The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

(H/T KT)

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A picture can say a thousand words. 7 powerful photographs of terminally ill patients living out their final wishes

Few gifts are greater than having your final wish granted.
The Ambulance Wish Foundation, a Dutch nonprofit, helps people like Mario experience one final request.
It's a lot like Make-A-Wish, only it's not just for kids.
In 2006, Kees Veldboer, who was an ambulance driver at the time, was moving a patient from one hospital to another. The patient was a terminally ill man who had spent three straight months confined to a hospital bed. During the trip from one hospital to the other, the patient told Veldboer that he wanted to see the Vlaardingen canal one last time. He wanted to sit in the sun and wind and smell the water again before going back inside.

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Before we get into the Prayer Revival, just a few housekeeping items to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Ojibwa, WI)

(1) This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate away the morning.

(2) Be kind to the Hectors and Sydneys of the world. It isn't their fault they were dropped on their heads as infants.

(3) Only 23 days until your new deductible starts. Now is the time to run with sharp objects if you so choose.

(D) By all means have whatever kind of weekend you want. But, I'm hoping it is a good one.

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
10/21 – Sugar Plum Fairy asked for prayers for her dad, Mindful Webworker, as he has been pretty sick for the last few days. Prayers for recovery to full health and strength, and wisdom for her mom to help him would be appreciated.
10/28 Update – Mindful Webworker had an emergency surgery and is recovering well. They are not sure what happened, and tests are underway, but so far his prognosis is good. He is in good spirits and is recovering well. She sends thanks from the whole family for the prayers, and a special thanks to Muldoon for the limerick, which brought laughter to some dark days. Please keep praying, and thanks and glory to God for the doctors saving dad’s life.
11/18 Update – He is scheduled to have surgery the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, but for now, he is out of the hospital and home, where the coffee is good! Milady Jo could use some prayers, as she will be getting hip replacement surgery in Dec.
11/4 – Oddbob asked for prayers for his granddaughter. Without going into details, please pray hard for baby E. Thank you.
11/18 Update – Baby E is doing much better, but please keep praying. She and her parents (and grandparents) will need them for the long haul.
11/4 – Creeper asked for prayers again for his friend “Q”. We had prayed for Q, who had a bad back, and then had a temporary nerve stimulator put in, which helped tremendously. They installed the permanent stimulator last week, and it was a disaster. He woke up in excruciating pain, running a low fever, and vomiting. A CT scan found an ileus. It seems to have been caused by the stimulator, and if it doesn’t clear on its own, he will have to have it removed.
11/18 Update – They turned the TENS off for a few days. Then when they turned it back on, it was a big success. Q has control over the machine and is learning it fast. He’s not pain free – he never will be – but he is very happy with “tolerable”. Thank you to the ‘rons and ‘ettes. You’re the best.
11/15 – That Northerlurker what lurkd needs help. He commented that he is in the worst financial situation of his life, but the people in his town are reaching out to him to help. He added that the only thing worse than financial stress is asking for help.
11/19 Update That Northernlurker posted that he is on his first day of homelessness.
11/18 – Tonypete asked for prayers for the repose of the soul of B. He took his own life suddenly and without any apparent reason. He is greatly missed by his family, his classmates, and his teachers. He was an 8th grader.
11/18 – Hadrian the Seventh thanked everyone for the prayers for his sister. She came through her heart valve surgery with no problems and is recovering nicely.
11/18 – DMB had a job offer in Sarasota, FL that was withdrawn. God, in His providence, had better plans for DMB. He has now relocated to Ft. Lauderdale, and is still unpacking boxes, but started his new job this week! Praise be to God!
11/19 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for a 2 month old baby named Lillian, who has a UTI and possible meningitis. Please pray for healing.
11/21 – BD asked for prayers for his brother Paul. Paul is very ill, and gets worse every day. He has had a long, painful, fight with congenital issues with his lymphatic system. He’s only 57 and deserved better. Please pray for a miracle and for his soul. BD thanks the people here who make his day every day, but recently it hasn’t been enough to overcome his sorrow.
11/22 – Fox2! requested prayers for his newborn great-nephew, J, who is in the NICU. He turned blue overnight. Please pray for him and his family.
11/18 Update – J is out of the hospital and progressing nicely. Thanks for the prayers.
11/18 – Fen asked for prayers for R, someone in her congregation. R’s dementia is making him angry and verbally abusive, which is hard for his daughters. R’s wife died several years ago. They are having trouble finding additional caregivers to help out. Prayers that rough places could be made smooth for this dear family are appreciated.
11/18 – Reforger asks for prayers for grandchild #2, prayers that he will begin to figure out that every time Papa says “you’re going to get hurt doing that”, he would listen instead of getting hurt ,and proving Papa right over and over again. Also, Reforger is afraid he will lose one of his best friends soon. She grew up in a smoking house and has smoked since she was 13, and a minor flu has turned into a 4 day stay in the hospital. Reforger is trying to quit, too.
11/18 – G asked for prayers for a friend’s wife (named Ileana), who is undergoing cancer surgery. Prayers for a successful outcome and a speedy recovery.
12/2 – Muldoon asked for prayers for the healing of a leg infection suffered by the man who was scheduled to carry out the GPR survey of the property where the cadaver dog team found strong evidence of human remains, in a location that is highly plausible as a potential site where Muldoon’s F-I-L was buried by his neighbor. The infection has caused an indefinite delay in further searches, as this individual is the key team member for the GPR analysis. Prayers both for the infection to heal and for the process of discovering Jack’s remains to move forward.
12/4 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers as she went to visit a man “M” in the hospital. He’s not a member of her congregation, but is a friend of a friend who was okay with her visiting. He has had one thing after another, and has been in and out of the hospital. Prayers for his healing would be appreciated. Thanks so much.

12/5 – Jewells45 sent an update. She spent 5 hours seeing the doctor, waiting, getting the infusion of new drugs, waiting some more…. The news is a mixed bag: some improved, some stable, and some worsened, and new metastases in her lungs and ribcage. The pain is daily, but manageable for now. The good news was that it has not spread.
12/6 – Vic posted that his computer broke, and he has been in the hospital for 2.5 months with another cancer diagnosis.
12/6 – Jordan61 posted and asked for “good vibes”. His heart rate was going nuts and he was feeling some pressure in his chest so he went to the ER. He’d had one blood draw and was waiting for another to compare with – then he’d know whether he’d have to be admitted to the hospital.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

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Thank you Annie for your service to the Prayer Revival.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 07:58 AM

Comments

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1 Thank You

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 07:59 AM (hH3Px)

2 You're welcome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 09, 2023 08:01 AM (aA3+G)

3 And you thought Bambi was sad! Friendly deer called Bucky is EUTHANIZED by Kansas wildlife officials after becoming too tame

https://mol.im/a/12844455

Posted by: Ciampino - A good day perhaps?? at December 09, 2023 08:02 AM (qfLjt)

4 I NOODED!

Folks are slow this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:07 AM (hH3Px)

5 I can't imagine having any kind of smoothie first thing in the morning.

Well, maybe a smooth dump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 09, 2023 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)

6 "Well, maybe a smooth dump."

The story of my life, after the radiation treatment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:09 AM (hH3Px)

7 I put spinach in my omelet. But let the record show, it is AFTER coffee.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 08:09 AM (NBVIP)

8 Good morning again dear morons and thanks annie and mh

One thing for sure is that old lady's got vodka in her teacup.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

9 4 I NOODED!

Folks are slow this morning.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:07 AM (hH3Px)

Or sleeping in.

But I appreciate your service VIA.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 09, 2023 08:09 AM (aA3+G)

10 Nice article up to. Sounds like a great organization.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 08:11 AM (ZLI7S)

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*door bangs open*

Good morning, Hordians!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2023 08:12 AM (9mNHV)

12 Good morning.

We shall look back on today as the good old days.

Posted by: blaster at December 09, 2023 08:12 AM (ABLHj)

13 "One thing for sure is that old lady's got vodka in her teacup."

I saw this cute napkin the other day.

' During your zoom business meeting, occasionally blow on the wine in your mug.

Folks will think that your tea is hot.'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:13 AM (hH3Px)

14 Article up top is a good reminder: time is always shorter than you think.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

15 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2023 08:18 AM (ujoH+)

16 When I was a hotel lifeguard the night auditor would have dinner when I had breakfast. He had the busboy spike his prune juice with vodka every morning he called it his "Morning Thunder"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

17 I think the DEI proponents have badly overplayed their hand. Their own arrogance and overconfidence may end up being their undoing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 08:19 AM (S6gqv)

18 BRCC AK47

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 09, 2023 08:20 AM (lwOKI)

19 16 When I was a hotel lifeguard the night auditor would have dinner when I had breakfast. He had the busboy spike his prune juice with vodka every morning he called it his "Morning Thunder"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

I imagine "Morning Thunder" happened a little bit later, in his bathroom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 08:21 AM (S6gqv)

20 Glenn Greenwald is bitching TikTok has banned him.

So amusing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

21 Need some speedy prayers for my friend Lauren, her gallbladder done turned on her. Lotta pain.

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2023 08:21 AM (iRheJ)

22 Hot Coffee!!! sunrise soccer here in Sarasota

Posted by: Qmark at December 09, 2023 08:22 AM (tBTWH)

23 The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break

Is Bach okay, or are we doing Rimsky-Korsakov?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 09, 2023 08:22 AM (45fpk)

24
I think the DEI proponents have badly overplayed their hand.

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What measures will stop them? Are they being defunded anywhere?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2023 08:22 AM (9mNHV)

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Looks like 'Leonid and Friends' will be touring the USA in 2024, east coast mainly. Florida, Alabama, North & South Carolina, New York to name a few.

If you are over 29 you'll love their covers of some great songs.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

26 Today I have to fix the doorbell. I have been informed that we only want the DING DONG, no fancy music or cameras, just ding dong, I'm going to take down the 30 year old chime and fix whatever's wrong with it to keep the ding dong. There's not much that can go wrong with those old school ding dongers.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

27 Prayers up for Lauren.

Once a gallbladder goes bad, all you can do is put it down.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:23 AM (hH3Px)

28
Is Bach okay, or are we doing Rimsky-Korsakov?
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here

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Bach is always okay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2023 08:24 AM (9mNHV)

29 And you thought Bambi was sad! Friendly deer called Bucky is EUTHANIZED by Kansas wildlife officials after becoming too tame

https://mol.im/a/12844455
Posted by: Ciampino - A good day perhaps?? at December 09, 2023 08:02 AM (qfLjt)

Disney's ~~"Bambi"~~ "Bummer"

B: "Yay! All the people love me and pat me and give me carrots and apples to eat! I'm living my Best life!!!"

Kansas Wildlife Official: Oh! Deer Privilege much! You simpering tool of white oppression! Die fucker!
*shoots B thru right eyeball*

Thumpetta: (fur dyed pink, glitter make-up, fake boobs) Ha ha ha! With that big nose, Fucker musta been a Jew too. Free Palestine!!!

KWO: What say we go groom some kids for trannie surgery!!!

Thumpetta: Hell, yeah! Hail, Satan!

FIN

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 08:24 AM (QzZeQ)

30 "There's not much that can go wrong with those old school ding dongers."

Broken spring, maybe.

That's about it unless the transformer smoked out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:25 AM (hH3Px)

31 Is Bach okay, or are we doing Rimsky-Korsakov?
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here

Yes!! Play "Holla Bach Girl". It's the best.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 08:25 AM (QzZeQ)

32 I'm going to a Christmas market this morning, where I will linger over trinkets I don't need and dole out money to the grands for sweets.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 09, 2023 08:26 AM (45fpk)

33 Woman trying to burn down MLK's home doesn't seem to have the news coverage one might expect.

I wonder what's up with that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:27 AM (hH3Px)

34 "Broken spring, maybe.

That's about it unless the transformer smoked out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

Transformer is ok. I'm figuring I just need to clean and lube the ol' ding dong.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

35 Sounds like a blast grammie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

36 "I'm going to a Christmas market this morning, where I will linger over trinkets I don't need and dole out money to the grands for sweets.
Posted by: grammie winger"

Mrs fd is done with those for the year. TG.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

37 I thought when a gall bladder goes bad they just rip it out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

38 "I'm figuring I just need to clean and lube the ol' ding dong."

Remember, don't skimp on ding-dong lube.

Nothing but the finest for us Morons.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:29 AM (hH3Px)

39 "I thought when a gall bladder goes bad they just rip it out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

That's the economy plan. With part G they use a scalpel and anesthesia.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:31 AM (vFG9F)

40 "With part G they use a scalpel and anesthesia."

Just slap hot iron to it!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:32 AM (hH3Px)

41 When my gall bladder turned on me it caused pancreatitis. Thought I was having a heart attack. Morphine to the rescue.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 09, 2023 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)

42 Here's a spinach recipe that looks good and should work well for holiday feasts:

https://tinyurl.com/44c6np2s

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (xxG/v)

43 39 "I thought when a gall bladder goes bad they just rip it out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

That's the economy plan. With part G they use a scalpel and anesthesia.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:31 AM (vFG9F)
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So the Cobs have Part G while the rest of us bums just scream our tonsils out?

Posted by: Ciampino - A good plan starts with Demerol. at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (qfLjt)

44 Looks like Law Enforcement has another mystery for the ages.

https://instapundit.com/621090/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (hH3Px)

45 Well, that was the point I failed to articulate.

No scalpel, no anaesthesia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

46 From Insty:

A man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, hours before the start of Hanukkah on Thursday...

Can anyone account for Joe's whereabouts on Thursday?

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (nfrXX)

47 That smirk in the painting up top really makes me wanna find wht she did and to whom is was done to.

*hope it wasn't me*

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 09, 2023 08:35 AM (3CCua)

48 "while the rest of us bums just scream our tonsils out?"

You have tonsils?

We sold ours for a bowl of gruel last week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:35 AM (hH3Px)

49 Are we going to have another October Missile Crisis? With FJB instead of JFK?

Cuba courts Iranian investors as they take on 'US and Western bullying'

https://trib.al/m5A0gwW

Posted by: Ciampino - A good plan starts with Demerol at December 09, 2023 08:36 AM (qfLjt)

50 A little prayer, a little coffee and a bit of art this morning.

Posted by: Tuna at December 09, 2023 08:37 AM (oaGWv)

51 Yep, total mystery why Mufid Alkhater fired off that shotgun outside the synagogue.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 09, 2023 08:37 AM (2NHgQ)

52 43 39 "I thought when a gall bladder goes bad they just rip it out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

That's the economy plan. With part G they use a scalpel and anesthesia.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:31 AM (vFG9F)
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So the Cobs have Part G while the rest of us bums just scream our tonsils out?
Posted by: Ciampino - A good plan starts with Demerol. at December 09, 2023 08:34 AM (qfLjt)

Ha, you are such a funny commenter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 09, 2023 08:37 AM (aA3+G)

53 (3) Only 23 days until your new deductible starts. Now is the time to run with sharp objects if you so choose.

Starting the jell injections on my left knee because the cartiledge has worn away. Eventual knee replacement is in my future, just like the right knee. But the insurance is taking its sweet assed time approving the jell injections. Who want the over on approval in January versus the next week? Been waiting two weeks already.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 09, 2023 08:38 AM (3CCua)

54 48 "while the rest of us bums just scream our tonsils out?"

You have tonsils?

We sold ours for a bowl of gruel last week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:35 AM (hH3Px)
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Rhetorical tonsils - I left mine in Kampala, Uganda in the early 1950s. Chloroform - I remember the smell.

Posted by: Ciampino - A better plan starts with Demerol at December 09, 2023 08:39 AM (qfLjt)

55 Good morning everyone. I'm going back to bed after I write this. I started the new drug treatment Monday. I have been through hell since then. Wednesday I started out with horrible aches and pains everywhere. Then I started getting chest pains. BAD chest pains. Went to the ER. They ran every test and ruled out heart attack. Went home and was in so much pain I couldn't function. Just sat there and cried. Took oxycontin and that helped. Thursday chest pain a little better but joint aches are horrible. Been dealing with that since Thursday. I can't eat. I can't do anything. I'm just existing on pain pills and water.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 09, 2023 08:40 AM (iF0sF)

56 Jewells, I'm sorry you are going through pain hell. We'll pray for you.

Posted by: Ciampino - A better plan starts with Demerol. at December 09, 2023 08:41 AM (qfLjt)

57 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 09, 2023 08:40 AM (iF0sF)

Stay strong, jewells

Posted by: dantesed at December 09, 2023 08:41 AM (88xKn)

58 Oh jewells! I wish there was something I could do to ease your pain. I'll ask God to alleviate your suffering and restore you to health.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 09, 2023 08:41 AM (45fpk)

59 There's not much that can go wrong with those old school ding dongers.
Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

Thanks!

Posted by: Count de Monet, old school ding dong at December 09, 2023 08:42 AM (4I/2K)

60 jewells'

I wish there were something besides prayer and words of encouragement we could offer.

But prayer is always good.

I'm just not good with words of encouragement.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:42 AM (hH3Px)

61 Oh Jewells I'm so sorry you are in such pain. Prayers up for you this very minute.

Posted by: Tuna at December 09, 2023 08:43 AM (oaGWv)

62 Prayers to ease your pain and comfort you, jewells.

Posted by: Count de Monet, old school ding dong at December 09, 2023 08:44 AM (4I/2K)

63 A collective prayer just went out Jewels.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

64 Batya Ungar-Sargon: every civilian life lost in Gaza is a tragedy

Omar Baddar: the babies deserved it

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

65 @26: Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:23 AM (vFG9F

I need to replace my door bell too. I want to get one with an extender so I can hear it in the basement. Then I thought maybe a security camera would be good. That’s why I haven’t done anything yet. Over thinking it I guess.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 08:45 AM (IT+6o)

66 Be careful when going to a Christmas Market. Or anyplace with large crowds during the holidays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 09, 2023 08:45 AM (R4t5M)

67 One thing for sure is that old lady's got vodka in her teacup.

and she's smiling like that because she babysat for you and changed your diapers.

Posted by: Count de Monet, old school ding dong at December 09, 2023 08:46 AM (4I/2K)

68 A prayer for complete and immediate healing for {jewells}

Thanks for letting us know. Take as much of the meds as needed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

69 I need to replace my door bell too. I want to get one with an extender so I can hear it in the basement. Then I thought maybe a security camera would be good. That’s why I haven’t done anything yet. Over thinking it I guess.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 08:45 AM (IT+6o)

Good thinking!

Posted by: Count de Monet, old school ding dong at December 09, 2023 08:47 AM (4I/2K)

70 There is a wonderful scifi story by C.M. Kornbluth "The Little Black Bag". It tells of a doctor's bag full of wonderful futuristic instruments and drugs. It is worth the time to read it as it is about greed.

Posted by: Ciampino - A wonderful writer at December 09, 2023 08:48 AM (qfLjt)

71 Father, come in to Jewel's situation. Bring peace, comfort, healing and grace.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 08:48 AM (NBVIP)

72 "That’s why I haven’t done anything yet. Over thinking it I guess.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly"

We were talking about the Wyze cameras earlier. For $20 they are amazing. You can set them up to send a notification to your phone when they see motion, say at the front door.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:48 AM (vFG9F)

73 The good thing about having a gall bladder removed is they replace it with fat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 09, 2023 08:49 AM (Angsy)

74 29 Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 08:24 AM (QzZeQ)

Haha, you are not right. I laffed, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 09, 2023 08:50 AM (OX9vb)

75 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 09, 2023 08:40 AM (iF0sF)

Jewells, hang tough, we love ya.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 09, 2023 08:50 AM (aA3+G)

76 Jewell, prayers and fervent wishes for you. hang in there. your strength and courage are inspirational.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (hyS0X)

77 73 The good thing about having a gall bladder removed is they replace it with fat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 09, 2023 08:49 AM (Angsy)
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Whose fat?

Posted by: Ciampino - are you saying he's fat? at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

78 We were talking about the Wyze cameras earlier. For $20 they are amazing. You can set them up to send a notification to your phone when they see motion, say at the front door.
Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:48 AM (vFG9F)

Thanks fd; I’ll look into that. More security is always a good idea, especially now.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (IT+6o)

79 I have the Wyzecam V2 and really like it.

It doesn't have an extender, but the regular house chime is pretty loud.

Plus, all the echo dots will mimic the doorbell ring, and then verbally announce that someone is at the door.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (hH3Px)

80 My son in law wants to install a security camera. I don't know why. They have a Lab and a Border Collie.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 09, 2023 08:53 AM (45fpk)

81 "Bell out of order. Please knock."

Posted by: Sign on the Wizard's Door at December 09, 2023 08:53 AM (SYTee)

82 Whose fat?
Posted by: Ciampino - are you saying he's fat? at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

Everybody's, I guess. Wife had to have hers removed and gained weight. It's hard to process food with it missing.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 09, 2023 08:53 AM (Angsy)

83 Starting the jell injections on my left knee because the cartiledge has worn away. Eventual knee replacement is in my future, just like the right knee. But the insurance is taking its sweet assed time approving the jell injections. Who want the over on approval in January versus the next week? Been waiting two weeks already.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 09, 2023 08:38 AM (3CCua)

Do those injections work? A college injury came back to bite me, bye-bye cartilage.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 08:54 AM (gtzCA)

84 Plus, all the echo dots will mimic the doorbell ring, and then verbally announce that someone is at the door.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:52 AM (hH3Px)

That would probably work for me

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 08:54 AM (IT+6o)

85 From the WSJ:

Biden lags behind Trump by 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%, on a hypothetical ballot with only those two candidates. Trump’s lead expands to 6 points, 37% to 31%, when five potential third-party and independent candidates are added to the mix. They take a combined 17% support, with Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drawing the most, at 8%.

Posted by: dantesed at December 09, 2023 08:55 AM (88xKn)

86 Just keep in mind that WiFi cameras can begin to tx your router, even at higher internet speeds.

Wo wound up going with a total of five netgear routers in the house.

One main router, and the other four connected by ethernet cable, and put into 'Access Point' mode.

There isn't a room in the house that is more than one wall and 20 foot from a router.

So the cameras have minimal lag time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:55 AM (hH3Px)

87 If someone comes to my door all my cats scatter as if they are in grave peril. So I know even before the bell rings or they knock.

Posted by: Ciampino - a small, yappy dog is a great door announcer at December 09, 2023 08:55 AM (qfLjt)

88 Biden lags behind Trump by 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%, on a hypothetical ballot with only those two candidates. Trump’s lead expands to 6 points, 37% to 31%, when five potential third-party and independent candidates are added to the mix. They take a combined 17% support, with Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drawing the most, at 8%.
Posted by: dantesed at December 09, 2023 08:55 AM (88xKn)

So, the Kennedy will take votes from Trump story is just wishful thinking by fat New Jersey-ites and GOPers?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 09, 2023 08:56 AM (Angsy)

89 So sorry, Jewells. Prayers up.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 08:56 AM (nfrXX)

90 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 09, 2023 08:40 AM (iF0sF)

Jewells, hang tough, we love ya.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 09, 2023 08:50 AM (aA3+G)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 09, 2023 08:56 AM (T4tVD)

91
There is a wonderful scifi story by C.M. Kornbluth "The Little Black Bag". It tells of a doctor's bag full of wonderful futuristic instruments and drugs. It is worth the time to read it as it is about greed.
Posted by: Ciampino - A wonderful writer

There were three different TV productions of that story.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0717072

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280876

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660832

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2023 08:57 AM (63Dwl)

92 "My son in law wants to install a security camera. I don't know why. They have a Lab and a Border Collie."
You ever see the camera footage whee the crook walks up to the open garage door to steal a bike from inside the garage?

Suddenly the family lab rushes into the garage from the dog door into the house, runs over and gets pets and rubs from the thief, who then makes off with the bike.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 08:57 AM (hH3Px)

93 I've had cameras and dvrs at my house for years. It's really nice to be able to see what's going on outside, and who came and went.

Posted by: fd at December 09, 2023 08:57 AM (vFG9F)

94
They take a combined 17% support, with Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drawing the most, at 8%.

It ain't over till it's over - but it's over!!!!

1980 Election all over again. Electoral landslide.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2023 08:58 AM (enJYY)

95 Not sure I understand the value of the doorbell camera. On NextDoor (ugh) I see loads of grainy videos of some bubba in a hoodie trying to open a car's locked doors then moving on when they won't open. Of course the owner expresses outrage that this happened in their driveway.

But so, what? Can the police do anything with the video?

What else did it do but confirm you live in the part of town you wish you didn't live in?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 08:59 AM (NBVIP)

96 Prayers up for all of you. Especially the babies. I am heartbroken over suffering babies.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 09, 2023 08:59 AM (OX9vb)

97 Suddenly the family lab rushes into the garage from the dog door into the house, runs over and gets pets and rubs from the thief, who then makes off with the bike.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

They want to be everybody's friend.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 09, 2023 08:59 AM (R4t5M)

98 New line dance

You can do it...(Do it)... the electoral slide..!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:00 AM (hH3Px)

99 Prayers jewells, hang in there, and to all Horde members and their loved ones

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 09, 2023 09:01 AM (wukIh)

100 91
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2023 08:57 AM (63Dwl)
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I didn't even know they had 'movied' that story.
Thanks.

Posted by: Ciampino - M Kornbluth was a wonderful writer at December 09, 2023 09:01 AM (qfLjt)

101
But so, what? Can the police do anything with the video?

What else did it do but confirm you live in the part of town you wish you didn't live in?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 08:59 AM (NBVIP)

Police asked my brother for his camera video to help investigate a crime on the street

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 09:02 AM (uEP50)

102 So the Democrat party has jettisoned Israel, making our Middle East policy a partisan issue for the first time.

This will not cause them any loss of support.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

103
Doesn't matter if they replace Biden with someone else. The 3rd party candidates mean the parties' over for the (D)'s.

Hey, (D)'s - Please turn the lights out when you leave and let the door hit you in the ass.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2023 09:03 AM (enJYY)

104 I need another nap since I had a couple of hours earlier but have been up since 2AM. Talk to you all later.
Jewells chin up.

Posted by: Ciampino - CM Kornbluth was a wonderful writer at December 09, 2023 09:04 AM (qfLjt)

105 "But so, what? Can the police do anything with the video? "

With grainy and shitty black and white Ring videos from up close and limited view, not much.

But, we have 9 cameras out front with overlapping views, and clear vision out to over 50 foot at night.

Local Sheriff typically teaches out to ask if I have anything on video when something happens in the community. Just like yesterday. Gave them a MicroSD card with 53MB of video from four cameras in full color and great clarity.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:04 AM (hH3Px)

106 Lifting up prayers for you Jewels. Having survived breast cancer for 10 years I have a small understanding of your pain and the fear it brings. Please know you are and have been in my prayers.

Posted by: LMD outer banker at December 09, 2023 09:05 AM (BGW2E)

107 Spent 90 minutes on the phone yesterday with my oncologist.

Bloodwork was inconclusive for PSA levels, with the sensitivity limits of the lab needing to be addressed.

So....15 minutes of medical talk.

75 minutes of social commentary and interaction to include the concept of MoMe's and the folks who attend them.

I like my oncologist. A lot!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:08 AM (hH3Px)

108 Prayers jewells, to help you through another day.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 09:09 AM (V43mi)

109
Gave them a MicroSD card with 53MB of video from four cameras in full color and great clarity.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:04 AM

Are the images time stamped so the can fast forward to the time they're looking for?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2023 09:09 AM (enJYY)

110 So, the Kennedy will take votes from Trump story is just wishful thinking by fat New Jersey-ites and GOPers?
------
Yes.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:09 AM (krqg6)

111 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Mugsy at December 09, 2023 09:10 AM (83IzV)

112 Thanks VIA. Good to know the technology is improving.
Hope to talk with you again at a future MoMe.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 09:10 AM (NBVIP)

113
The link between owning kittens and increased ordnance of schizophrenia is real and it's spectacular:

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-link-

between-owning-cats-and-schizophrenia-is-real-study-says

(remove extra space)

Surprisingly, it may not totally involve Kitty Brain Parasites or at least not totally.

Interesting factors:

1) There seems to be a "sensitive period" when subjects own cats between the ages of 9-12)

2) There appears to be a connection between being bitten by cats and the occurrence of schizophrenia.

CATS

And now we know why Progtards are the way they are!

Interesting read in any event.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:10 AM (QzZeQ)

114 Boobytraps are against the law.

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2023 09:11 AM (iRheJ)

115 Huh? Weird.

ordnance = occurrence

Thnx AC!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:11 AM (QzZeQ)

116 Wow. Good news/bad news/prayers for Vic!!!

Posted by: t-dubya-d at December 09, 2023 09:11 AM (w+7qh)

117 114 Boobytraps are against the law.
Posted by: Eromero

Because they work?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 09, 2023 09:11 AM (hOUT3)

118 "Are the images time stamped so the can fast forward to the time they're looking for?"

Yes.

All the cameras are time stamped, with synchronized times and camera name. Individual video files for each of the cameras. You can literally watch these two asshats working their way down the street from car to car for 8 houses. The fact that a handgun was stolen from one of the vehicles ramps up the local LEO interest as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:12 AM (hH3Px)

119 "Hope to talk with you again at a future MoMe."

Looking forward to it!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:12 AM (hH3Px)

120 "ordnance of schizophrenia"

What caliber ordnance?

Posted by: That guy at December 09, 2023 09:12 AM (NBVIP)

121 I installed several of the Blink brand (Amazon) wireless, battery powered cameras at our place. Mostly to see what sort of critters come around. We've caught raccoons, opossums, foxes, coyotes, cats and dogs that have come around the house at night. No people. They're relatively cheap but require a data plan through Amazon to be used to full effect.

We also have a driveway alert that sets off a piercing noise if it detects motion on the path to the house.

The joys of being rural...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 09, 2023 09:13 AM (Q4IgG)

122
Bloodwork was inconclusive for PSA levels, with the sensitivity limits of the lab needing to be addressed.

So....15 minutes of medical talk.

A few years back my GP informed me that receiving the digital palpitation prostate exam (i.e., finger up the butt) will cause variations in PSA test results (toward higher levels, IIRC).

He offered me to "choose the form of the destructor!". PSA it was ... imagine that!

Posted by: Ferrous Bueller at December 09, 2023 09:13 AM (urNWR)

123 114 Boobytraps are against the law.
----
Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting stwippers.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:14 AM (krqg6)

124 Not sure I understand the value of the doorbell camera. On NextDoor (ugh) I see loads of grainy videos of some bubba in a hoodie trying to open a car's locked doors then moving on when they won't open. Of course the owner expresses outrage that this happened in their driveway.

But so, what? Can the police do anything with the video?

What else did it do but confirm you live in the part of town you wish you didn't live in?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 09, 2023 08:59 AM (NBVIP)

Not touting a product here but I personally know people with the Ring doorbell who have had packages stolen from their front door and the police used the footage from the Ring to arrest the thief.

Easy-peasy. Though as always...YMMV.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:14 AM (QzZeQ)

125 The other day I recommended following a guy named Mike Benz to any morons on Twitter. He's a former State Dept cyber guy and knows all about the government censorship regime. He claims as bad as what we have seen so far is it is just the tip of the iceberg.

Example. Did you know the US State Dept ran the same censorship stuff in India to try and defeat PM Modi? They also had help from Google and the usual collection of leftist billionaires and NGOs as well as foreign spy organizations. Some good information in the articles in these tweets.

https://tinyurl.com/23kcmfrh

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:15 AM (ZLI7S)

126 Cats don’t make people crazy, cats soothe and calm people. Everybody knows that except experts.

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2023 09:15 AM (iRheJ)

127 "A few years back my GP informed me that receiving the digital palpitation prostate exam (i.e., finger up the butt) will cause variations in PSA test results (toward higher levels, IIRC). "

I have heard that before.

But I donated my prostate to the Prostate Cancer Research Center back in 2010.

The is recurrence, and radiation treatment follow-up.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:16 AM (hH3Px)

128 I'm having my PSA bloodwork done soon too, guys!

Maybe we can start an HQ club??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:16 AM (krqg6)

129 "ordnance of schizophrenia"

What caliber ordnance?
Posted by: That guy at December 09, 2023 09:12 AM (NBVIP)

"Oh God, No! Not the wallabies" caliber.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:16 AM (QzZeQ)

130
Dropped the chemiculus reference

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 09, 2023 09:17 AM (urNWR)

131 >>> "There's not much that can go wrong with those old school ding dongers."

Broken spring, maybe.

That's about it unless the transformer smoked out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

The old hardwired clunky transformer dies on mine recently.
So I replaced it with a standard duplex outlet and plugged in a common 12V transforme from whatever wifi (or other computer accesory) it came with. Have a ten of the things.. Cut off the jack and spliced in the two door bell wires with some tiny wire nuts.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 09, 2023 09:17 AM (cOq4q)

132 Guys with cats?? I don't know...

https://youtu.be/mPI8hz4lnFc

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 09, 2023 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

133 >>> Woman trying to burn down MLK's home doesn't seem to have the news coverage one might expect.
I wonder what's up with that.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

It was the crazy eyes. News orgs saw the crazy eyes from the first minute. Cannot let crazy eyes images get out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 09, 2023 09:18 AM (cOq4q)

134 he wanted to see the Vlaardingen canal one last time. He wanted to sit in the sun and wind and smell the water again before going back inside.

You could see the good it was doing him, too, breaking out of that prison. Powerful stories in there.

Posted by: t-bird at December 09, 2023 09:19 AM (HjfVN)

135 I just saw the best paragraph I've ever seen in a written sports article. It's in regards to Alabama's Will Reichard, who just became the sports most prolific scorer and has been the difference maker in multiple NC contending teams, being skipped over for an award:

"And forget that Reichard wasn’t playing against children in the MAC, kicking short freebies against f’n future Kia salesmen; he was kicking against future NFL defenders."

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023 09:20 AM (voL7Z)

136 They also had help from Google and the usual collection of leftist billionaires and NGOs as well as foreign spy organizations. Some good information in the articles in these tweets.

https://tinyurl.com/23kcmfrh
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:15 AM (ZLI7S)

///

This, on top of Ace's reports yesterday that the MSM is withholding news from is for our own good.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 09:21 AM (Ib1uS)

137 "It was the crazy eyes. News orgs saw the crazy eyes from the first minute. Cannot let crazy eyes images get out."

Well...that and the fact that she could pass for one of Obama's daughters.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:21 AM (hH3Px)

138 120 "ordnance of schizophrenia"

What caliber ordnance?

Posted by: That guy at December 09, 2023 09:12 AM (NBVIP)

.45 AND 9mm!

Posted by: Schitzo Pistol at December 09, 2023 09:21 AM (SYTee)

139 I've always thought the MLK statue in DC on the national mall looks downright Soviet.

Posted by: But that's just me at December 09, 2023 09:22 AM (NBVIP)

140 "I'm having my PSA bloodwork done soon too, guys!

Maybe we can start an HQ club??"

With our own coffee mugs at the MoMe!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:23 AM (hH3Px)

141 I cannot think of a time in my life when prayer was more necessary. The Cold War had its tensions, but our nation and institutions were for the most part run by serious-minded adults, and our nation by and large respected people of faith.

One cannot imagine any tolerance of grooming back then, nor allowing men in wigs wandering naked through female locker rooms.

It feels very much like the start of Lord of the Rings - the Enemy is on the move at last, advancing on every front, and the traitors in our ranks are being revealed. It is very clarifying.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 09:24 AM (llXky)

142 A PSA exam? How exciting!

Posted by: Pete Bootyboot at December 09, 2023 09:24 AM (NBVIP)

143 Interestingly, Ryan O'Neal who died yesterday at age 82 suffered from prostate cancer.

Guys....don't put it off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:24 AM (hH3Px)

144 So, the Kennedy will take votes from Trump story is just wishful thinking by fat New Jersey-ites and GOPers?

To re-purpose an earlier comment:

Everybody knows that except experts.

Posted by: t-bird at December 09, 2023 09:24 AM (HjfVN)

145 It was the crazy eyes. News orgs saw the crazy eyes from the first minute. Cannot let crazy eyes images get out.
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Spitfire @DogRightGirl 2h
This is who was caught trying to burn down MLK Jr’s home.
Was she trying to create another hoax race crime?
https://tinyurl.com/3rpv9hma

Catturd @catturd2 2h
This pic of Meow Meow I just took - 😂
https://tinyurl.com/ybtk6sez

[photos only in both links]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:25 AM (krqg6)

146 Howdy, all,

Nikki H: I saw the reference to your family Buick in the Tech Thread. What kind and what year is it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2023 09:26 AM (omVj0)

147 I have to make an appointment to see Dr. Jellyfinger. Being 29 (+21).

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 09, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M)

148 *This is who was caught trying to burn down MLK Jr’s home.*

She was just turning her life around. And on her way to Bible study.

Posted by: The usual narrative at December 09, 2023 09:28 AM (NBVIP)

149 Interestingly, Ryan O'Neal who died yesterday at age 82 suffered from prostate cancer.

My doc said that basically everyone with a prostate gets prostate cancer sooner or later. Mostly later and they die with it, not of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 09:28 AM (nfrXX)

150 Can the police do anything with the video?

******

Zoom in! Enhance!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2023 09:28 AM (991eG)

151 >>> The fact that a handgun was stolen from one of the vehicles ramps up the local LEO interest as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

If Soros Prosecutor somebody is going to get burned for improper storage. And then some if the thief is a minor.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 09, 2023 09:28 AM (cOq4q)

152 "Mostly later and they die with it, not of it."

Mostly....yes.

I was diagnosed in my early 50's during my retirement physical.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:29 AM (hH3Px)

153 Which is not to minimize the importance of getting the test. Mine popped hot at age 53.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 09:30 AM (nfrXX)

154 Can the police do anything with the video?

******

Zoom in! Enhance!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2023 09:28 AM (991eG)

That's my line!

Posted by: Jack Bauer at December 09, 2023 09:30 AM (4I/2K)

155 What is encouraging to me is how people are responding. While the Church has its apostates and traitors, people of good will are standing up. The homily two weeks ago brought of the Cristero War. Last week Helm's Deep was cited as an example of fighting on even against what seem impossible odds.

Yesterday, my wife and I attended the 9 a.m. Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and the parish school kids were there. Props to the little girl who belted out the Penitential Act so loud it echoed across the sanctuary! I've been part of this parish for a dozen years, but the kids now seem much more disciplined and just better catechized. It's quite encouraging. There's also more students than ever, because the vaunted public schools in this college town now suck.

When bad things happen, they are a call for the faithful to repent and for the lukewarm to return to the faith. I have no optimism whatsoever for the election, because what is happening is far deeper and more profound than politics and it will not be solved at the ballot box.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 09:30 AM (llXky)

156 "Mine popped hot at age 53."

* Fistbump*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:30 AM (hH3Px)

157 17
'Their own arrogance and overconfidence may end up being their undoing.'

I'd like for that to be true. What makes you think it is?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 09, 2023 09:31 AM (roH4R)

158 Spitfire @DogRightGirl 2h
This is who was caught trying to burn down MLK Jr’s home.
Was she trying to create another hoax race crime?
https://tinyurl.com/3rpv9hma

Sure looks like it. If a riot starts in that part of Atlanta, the city burns to the ground.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 09, 2023 09:31 AM (R4t5M)

159 >>This, on top of Ace's reports yesterday that the MSM is withholding news from is for our own good.

If the government wanted to design a better system to monitor citizens and control the flow of information they would design a system that looks exactly like the internet. Which is why they were involved with the internet since day 1 and they've never left. They just expanded to include private partners like the media.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)

160 With our own coffee mugs at the MoMe!
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They can be brown!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:33 AM (krqg6)

161 I've done read that frequent and regular emptying of the prostate gland helps reduce the odds of it turning cancerous.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 09:33 AM (4I/2K)

162 "They can be brown!"

Butt...of course!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:33 AM (hH3Px)

163 Prayer for Jewels and for all for that matter.
As the Sunday Book thread is my weekly reminder that I need to read more the Saturday Prayer thread is now my weekly reminder I'm an idiot and need to go get another nicotine packet thingy and resist the urge to go out into the shop for a smoke this morning.
I am down to about half a pack a day now though.
Beer is still the worst enemy of trying to quit.
Like potatoes without steak.

I did very well last weekend. Then Monday happened and I was forced to suffer the stupidity at work.

I'm not real good at suffering.

Posted by: Reforger at December 09, 2023 09:34 AM (BR6NL)

164 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:34 AM (lwOKI)

165 Nikki H: I saw the reference to your family Buick in the Tech Thread. What kind and what year is it?

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2008 Lucerne, bought for years from now when offspring start driving but I appreciate the steady long-road cruising "stretch your legs" value that it might provide on road trips right now.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023 09:34 AM (voL7Z)

166 If the government wanted to design a better system to monitor citizens and control the flow of information they would design a system that looks exactly like the internet. Which is why they were involved with the internet since day 1 and they've never left. They just expanded to include private partners like the media.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)
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I think it went wild on them, and the push to get people on social media was to tamp that down. It's easier to monitor people when they tell you everything they are doing and provide all their personal information up front.

In any event, the growing incompetence of the ruling class is our greatest hope. We built billion-dollar weapons systems and hand them off to diversity hires and trannys because it makes our betters feel good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 09:36 AM (llXky)

167 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum!

Prayers up for the Horde and all who love them.

Prayers up for those who need them, and for those in need who don't realize it yet.

Prayers for Israel and her people.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 09, 2023 09:36 AM (a8Rgt)

168 They just expanded to include private partners like the media.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)

Let us not forget AT&T and Verizon's contributions to the sanctity of the state!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 09, 2023 09:37 AM (hOUT3)

169 Warning - though I doubt any of y'all are stupid enough to fall for it.

There are emails/texts now being sent from a-holes claiming to be the USPS saying they have a package at their warehouse with an incomplete address so follow the link and give them your info.

So, you know, be aware.

Also, believe it or not those Nigerian Princes are Fakes!!!1111!1!11!1!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (QzZeQ)

170 Beer is still the worst enemy of trying to quit.
Like potatoes without steak.

-

It really is. I was playing in a pool league when I was getting serious about quitting. Yeah, that was foolish.

Blow Pops, tootsie roll pops, and jolly ranchers helped me a lot, as did chewing toothpicks. Just be sure to brush and floss frequently.

Good luck.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (voL7Z)

171 161 I've done read that frequent and regular emptying of the prostate gland helps reduce the odds of it turning cancerous.
----
Way ahead of you, bro!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (krqg6)

172
I've done read that frequent and regular emptying of the prostate gland helps reduce the odds of it turning cancerous.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 09:33 AM

I had a doctor who told me that she could tell the 'good priests' by the way they walked. She was a bit of a nut.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (enJYY)

173 Runoff election day for the city of Houston. Can Sheila Jackson Lee and her hairbonnet pull out an upset win and become Houston's next Mayor?

Great weather today for any turnout.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (4I/2K)

174 2008 Lucerne, bought for years from now when offspring start driving but I appreciate the steady long-road cruising "stretch your legs" value that it might provide on road trips right now.
Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023

***
A very nice beast, a worthy successor to the Park Avenue. Buicks are the unsung bargains of the used car world (and, I suppose, the new). Mine have provided me with 75% or more of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the price, have been reliable, inexpensive to feed and maintain compared to Benzes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2023 09:39 AM (omVj0)

175 "Also, believe it or not those Nigerian Princes are Fakes!!!1111!1!11!1! "

WUT!!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:40 AM (hH3Px)

176 >>I think it went wild on them, and the push to get people on social media was to tamp that down. It's easier to monitor people when they tell you everything they are doing and provide all their personal information up front.

I think that's a fair assessment. My only minor quibble would be over whether it went wild or they just needed a better means of control do to the phenomenal growth of the internet. But yes, social media is absolutely a crucial part of their strategy which is why losing Twitter was so bad for them and why are going after Musk so hard.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:41 AM (ZLI7S)

177 Also I'll vouch for that fd guy any day of the week, but I probably wouldn't be telling y'all anything new.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023 09:41 AM (voL7Z)

178 Reading the local weekly newspaper show a pic of a young girl who is 12 and got her first buck, a big one. Probably 180 pounds and a huge rack. I got my first deer at about her age, damn hard work to get it to the car. Since I only weighted maybe 140 pounds. Had help from my dad and an uncle.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2023 09:42 AM (34WQA)

179 Mornin' Horde. Adding my prayers to all the others for Jewells, and all the Hordelings and our loved ones.

Mis Hum, I've been digging the selections for Zappa month so far. They remind me of Jesse and make me smile.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 09, 2023 09:43 AM (aBJcM)

180 reduce the odds of it turning cancerous.

But think of the kittens killed!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 09, 2023 09:43 AM (DECGl)

181 A 180 pound 12 year old girl with a huge rack?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 09, 2023 09:45 AM (DECGl)

182 A very nice beast, a worthy successor to the Park Avenue. Buicks are the unsung bargains of the used car world (and, I suppose, the new). Mine have provided me with 75% or more of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the price, have been reliable, inexpensive to feed and maintain compared to Benzes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 09, 2023 09:39 AM (omVj0)

when I got married, my wife came with one of the legendary 70's deuce and a quarter, one of the biggest (and most comfortable!) land yachts I've ever driven. Damn I miss that car! 4 door but one with no pillar between front and back door so you could put all the windows down and it felt like an auditorium in there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 09:46 AM (S6gqv)

183 178 Reading the local weekly newspaper show a pic of a young girl who is 12 and got her first buck, a big one. Probably 180 pounds and a huge rack. I got my first deer at about her age, damn hard work to get it to the car. Since I only weighted maybe 140 pounds. Had help from my dad and an uncle.

oh, Colin.

phrasing!

we are Morons, after all

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:46 AM (AcWfM)

184 I think it went wild on them, and the push to get people on social media was to tamp that down. It's easier to monitor people when they tell you everything they are doing and provide all their personal information up front.

I think that's a fair assessment. My only minor quibble would be over whether it went wild or they just needed a better means of control do to the phenomenal growth of the internet. But yes, social media is absolutely a crucial part of their strategy which is why losing Twitter was so bad for them and why are going after Musk so hard.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:41 AM (ZLI7S)

Yeah, even though Tik-Tok is run by the Chinese gov't/military and should be shutdown, it has not been shut down.

Which means that Our Betters find it useful to have Chinese propaganda influencing American youth.

That's more important than nation security.

These evil stumble bums are going to lead us into war at the very best.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (QzZeQ)

185 That didn't take long

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (hH3Px)

186 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

my word it was awful. I didn't make it through and I've watched Warhol films.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (AcWfM)

187 >>Let us not forget AT&T and Verizon's contributions to the sanctity of the state!

I worked for The Phone Company, aka AT&T for a few years just after divestiture. I think there is a tendency to forget that prior to the break up AT&T was essentially a government entity. And when the government owns something they never really leave.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (ZLI7S)

188 “D.C.’s total registration rate — its total number of registrations divided by the most recent census estimates of its citizen voting-age population — is greater than 131%,” said the review.

Once on the rolls
The bell never tolls

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:50 AM (lwOKI)

189 There are emails/texts now being sent from a-holes claiming to be the USPS saying they have a package at their warehouse with an incomplete address so follow the link and give them your info.

So, you know, be aware.

Also, believe it or not those Nigerian Princes are Fakes!!!1111!1!11!1!
Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (QzZeQ)

I get one of those it seems weekly along with credit card offers, etc. The tip off to me is when I see “no content “ in the email, it goes right to trash.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 09:50 AM (afk5c)

190 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

my word it was awful. I didn't make it through and I've watched Warhol films.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (AcWfM)
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Couldn't watch the whole thing. Maybe 20 minutes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

191 I remember my father working for Western Union back during the early cold war. This was after his Air Force service in communications.

Western Union had their systems just about everywhere there was high level military facilities.

And dad spent a lot of time around the DC suburbs and mountains working on 'stuff'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:51 AM (hH3Px)

192 139 I've always thought the MLK statue in DC on the national mall looks downright Soviet.
Posted by: But that's just me at December 09, 2023 09:22 AM (NBVIP)

it looks like a big white Chairman Mao.

almost as bad as the infamous "Lucy" statue.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 09:52 AM (S6gqv)

193 I can 100% see a new Lucerne being competitive with the Camry-based Lexus of the time, especially if they could sell it for $2K or so less. The only problem would've been that Buick badge and the "old person car" stigma that went along with it.

I even still sort of remember the Tiger Woods ads of the time, but I doubt it ever really made a dent in the demographics.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 09, 2023 09:52 AM (R92o9)

194 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

my word it was awful. I didn't make it through and I've watched Warhol films.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (AcWfM)

I think the main problem was that they wanted to make a satire of Soviet bureaucracy without it bleeding over into a satire about the horror of communism/Socialism cuz they loves them some of that.

So, instead of a fun, sharp-toothed satire/comedy, you were being gummed by a toothless 80 year old hag of lukewarm non-offense.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:53 AM (QzZeQ)

195 Buicks are the unsung bargains of the used car world (and, I suppose, the new).

I picked up a 1983 Cutlass Calais for $50.00 back in the early 2000's. Dude swore the trans was wasted. Dropped the pan, did a cleanout of the gunk in it and got another 30,000 miles out of it.
Thing was awesome. Like a Lazyboy on wheels.
I damn sure couldn't afford to feed one these days. It got like 11 miles to the Gallon going downhill with a tail wind.
I do miss waking up so comfortable at work though.

Posted by: Reforger at December 09, 2023 09:53 AM (a6M5V)

196 Glenn Greenwald insists TikTok is controlled by the U.S. National Security State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

197 Temple Israel Synagogue shooter has been identified as 28 year old Mufid Fawaz Alkhader.

Alkhader, yelled "Free Palestine" as he shot off a round on the premises of Temple Israel and appeared to have torn down an Israeli flag

damn PA Dutch trouble makers

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:54 AM (lwOKI)

198 As mentioned before; the NSA has equipment in most every telecom facility. Not just to scarf up phone calls, but all data. Then they can apply whatever filters, searches, etc. to pin down certain topics of conversation or words, phrases, whatever and follow the trail back to the individuals who either sent the data or looked for the data.

Those who were in the capitol city on J6 know this all too well.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 09, 2023 09:54 AM (Q4IgG)

199 "it looks like a big white Chairman Mao.

almost as bad as the infamous "Lucy" statue."

Do they beat the Britney Spears birthing statue?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 09, 2023 09:54 AM (hH3Px)

200 Does anyone know where Northenlurker lives?

Posted by: LASue at December 09, 2023 09:54 AM (Ed8Zd)

201 >>And dad spent a lot of time around the DC suburbs and mountains working on 'stuff'.

The largest concentration of data centers and telecom activity related to data transfer is not in California, it's in Loudoun County, VA.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 09:55 AM (ZLI7S)

202 I think the main problem was that they wanted to make a satire of Soviet bureaucracy without it bleeding over into a satire about the horror of communism/Socialism cuz they loves them some of that.

I guess that does explain it naturalfake

and with the... political climate now it's really jarring

it was a clear example of how Soviet the English creative class actually are (as well as the participating American actors)

what were they even thinking with that mess?

and why do people I respect love it so? I only watched it b/c I was repeatedly shamed into doing so "oh you'll love this you must watch it!"

I should know by now that doesn't seem to ever work. I'm glad San Franpsycho agreed with me; sometimes I think I'm alone in the woods.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:56 AM (AcWfM)

203 Good luck.
Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 09, 2023 09:38 AM (voL7Z)

Thank you.

Posted by: Reforger at December 09, 2023 09:56 AM (a6M5V)

204
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (0eUIs)

205 186 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?
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It wasn't called The Georgian Patient??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (krqg6)

206 196 Glenn Greenwald insists TikTok is controlled by the U.S. National Security State.

Gleen is correct

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (AcWfM)

207 “I got caught up in what had become at that point, an extended, combative exchange about policies and procedures,” Gay said in the interview. “What I should have had the presence of mind to do in that moment was return to my guiding truth

my truth??????

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (lwOKI)

208 190 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

my word it was awful. I didn't make it through and I've watched Warhol films.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (AcWfM)
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Couldn't watch the whole thing. Maybe 20 minutes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2023 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

It is VERY dark humor, but I say that as someone who absolutely loved that movie. You have to realize that although they emphasize it's ridiculousness, *Every* *Character* in that film was a real person, and Every One of them did the things they are shown doing (with some slight artistic liberties) When it shows Beria kidnapping the wives of one of his fellow politburo members and torturing her for years - yeah, he really did that. Execute everyone at Stalin's dacha? Yeah, they did that. Give orders to shoot crowds coming in to Moscow for Stalin's funeral? Yeah, they really did that.

In its slaphappy way, "Death of Stalin" is the most historically accurate and serious depiction of the Soviet Union ever put to film. And yes - most of the Politburo was *always* barely functional criminals and idiots.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (S6gqv)

209 G'morning, Morons.

Neighbor has cameras all over the house and yard. They give me the creeps when I go over to feed their dogs and let them out.

I remember a time when you not only didn't need to spy on people, closed-circuit cameras didn't even exist.

And we call this "progress"?

Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (cTCuP)

210 186 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

I like the dead Stalin part.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (lwOKI)

211 ***When bad things happen, they are a call for the faithful to repent and for the lukewarm to return to the faith. I have no optimism whatsoever for the election, because what is happening is far deeper and more profound than politics and it will not be solved at the ballot box.***
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 09:30 AM (llXky)

Vivo Cristo Rey! We had a similar homily last week.

Posted by: LASue at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (Ed8Zd)

212 It got like 11 miles to the Gallon going downhill with a tail wind.

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I don't know if it's common to all the GMs of era, but this Buick coasts better than any car I've ever driven. Let up off the gas and you don't lose too much momentum on flat ground, and you have to watch it going down a small hill or you'll be doing 70 before you know it.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (R92o9)

213 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

I can't explain it. It reached my funny bone quite well. Knowing the history, the zeitgeist, and the characters' background legends worked for me. I thought the actors nailed it for chuckles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

214 Tom - I know those were real people. I know they did those things.

that's why it was so painful

I guess this is similar (but much much worse) to my reaction to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

DON'T SUGARCOAT ACTUAL HISTORY YOU ASSHOLES

those people (in OUATIH) were MURDERED. they didn't GET SAVED.

the Soviet leaders then were MONSTERS. it's NOT FUNNY. it's not fun. it's not disturbing tho, the way it's presented in the film.

the film honestly made me sick that it was made.

at some point that film will become a touchstone for the actual history. that's ... just incredibly depressing.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:00 AM (AcWfM)

215 Yeah, even though Tik-Tok is run by the Chinese gov't/military and should be shutdown, it has not been shut down.

Which means that Our Betters find it useful to have Chinese propaganda influencing American youth.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM (QzZeQ)
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It's just greed, pure and simple. All they want is money and the power that comes with it. They don't care about anything else.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:00 AM (llXky)

216 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?

my word it was awful. I didn't make it through and I've watched Warhol films.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 09:47 AM

Stalin dies in it, I would think.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2023 10:00 AM (aQy7p)

217 I like the dead Stalin part.

yeah right, Weekend at Stalins

fucking hilarious

our culture will be rotted by this

do we have accurate films to refer to? Just The Lives of Others, I think, and that wasn't as well known as this mess.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:01 AM (AcWfM)

218 G'morning, Morons.

Neighbor has cameras all over the house and yard. They give me the creeps when I go over to feed their dogs and let them out.

I remember a time when you not only didn't need to spy on people, closed-circuit cameras didn't even exist.

And we call this "progress"?
Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (cTCuP)

Are you scantily clad ?

Posted by: JT at December 09, 2023 10:01 AM (T4tVD)

219 G'morning, Morons.

Neighbor has cameras all over the house and yard. They give me the creeps when I go over to feed their dogs and let them out.

I remember a time when you not only didn't need to spy on people, closed-circuit cameras didn't even exist.

And we call this "progress"?
Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 09:58 AM (cTCuP)

Yes, it's great as I tell Abner all the time. Lotsa strange goings on over at the Stevens' place. I get to see it all!

Posted by: Gladys Kravitz at December 09, 2023 10:02 AM (4I/2K)

220
In its slaphappy way, "Death of Stalin" is the most historically accurate and serious depiction of the Soviet Union ever put to film. And yes - most of the Politburo was *always* barely functional criminals and idiots.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 09:57 AM (S6gqv)
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Truth! I've watched it multiple times and it is hilariously accurate. All of them were tools, hated and feared the boss, and took countermeasures. If you stay with it to the end, you get the grim satisfaction of seeing Beria taste his own medicine and find yourself cheering for the Red Army, who at least had some men with guts.

"Pick your dates, boys!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:04 AM (llXky)

221 You have to tell the story of the Soviet Union as a comedy to get anyone to watch it, because as a straight up retelling it would be the greatest tragedy in the history of the world. (Zhivago barely scratches the surface of the evil that went on)

And I want to add that I found Zhukov an incredibly entertaining character, the only one I actually liked in that movie. (and it actually fits what you read about him as well)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:05 AM (S6gqv)

222 Truth! I've watched it multiple times and it is hilariously accurate. All of them were tools, hated and feared the boss, and took countermeasures. If you stay with it to the end, you get the grim satisfaction of seeing Beria taste his own medicine and find yourself cheering for the Red Army, who at least had some men with guts.

eh maybe in another life or something

or not

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:05 AM (AcWfM)

223 The largest concentration of data centers and telecom activity related to data transfer is not in California, it's in Loudoun County, VA.

When you drive west from Fairfax Co. you pass miles of enormous blank cubes and boxes. It is a bit disconcerting. Some of the locals are quite upset about it. They probably express their anger through e-mails to their representatives.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:05 AM (CsUN+)

224 Stalin dies in it, I would think.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2023 10:00 AM (aQy7p)

You, good sir, are remarkably prescient!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:06 AM (4I/2K)

225 Still waiting. It is, after all, the hardest part.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2023 10:06 AM (991eG)

226 Alkhader, yelled "Free Palestine" as he shot off a round on the premises of Temple Israel and appeared to have torn down an Israeli flag

damn PA Dutch trouble makers

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 09, 2023 09:54 AM (lwOKI)
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Radical militant Amish.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:07 AM (llXky)

227 You have to tell the story of the Soviet Union as a comedy to get anyone to watch it, because as a straight up retelling it would be the greatest tragedy in the history of the world. (Zhivago barely scratches the surface of the evil that went on)

I'll argue that it was Communist China, or possibly Genghis Khan, but they were all awful.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:07 AM (CsUN+)

228 186 can anyone explain the appeal of The Death of Stalin to me?
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I like the dead Stalin part.

See, this is why when you think you have something clever to say, you should always ^F first. Because not only is everyone here as clever as you* but at least one of them is faster.

* exception for Muldoon of course

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 10:09 AM (nfrXX)

229 >>do we have accurate films to refer to? Just The Lives of Others, I think, and that wasn't as well known as this mess.

Did you ever see Citizen X? It's a pretty accurate and grim depiction of the dysfunction of the Soviet system trying to deal with a serial killer.

Extremely well done but depressing as hell.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 10:09 AM (ZLI7S)

230 *I was told Jordan61 is a "she"....

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:10 AM (V13WU)

231 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2023 10:11 AM (qoGsy)

232 Speaking of sharp-toothed satire....

I noticed that "Little Murders" was streaming for "free" on the Criterion Channel and figured that going into next year it would be relevant as hell.

And it was.

"Little Murders" is a very dark comedy from 1971, directed by Alan Arkin(!) about a couple who meet in a socially/culturally/economically violently crumbling New York City.

The couple meet cute when the woman saves the man from a violent mugging he's to apathetic to get himself out of.

Lots of great and/or familiar actors in bit parts throughout.

With just a few tweaks LM could be about today and the future Our Betters have planned for us: constant rolling blackouts, meaningless street violence and murder, out of control crime, religion with no point of view, the abuse of local and federal policing power, the disintegration of the family, science and scientific experts spouting absurd nonsense, parents who know more about entertainment than their own children, even gays and trannies squeak in for their share of punches. And everyone does get their punches! This is all played for laughs, until it isn't, and then it is again.

Brilliant stuff, but I don't want to over sell it

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 10:11 AM (QzZeQ)

233 You have to tell the story of the Soviet Union as a comedy to get anyone to watch it, because as a straight up retelling it would be the greatest tragedy in the history of the world. (Zhivago barely scratches the surface of the evil that went on)

And I want to add that I found Zhukov an incredibly entertaining character, the only one I actually liked in that movie. (and it actually fits what you read about him as well)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:05 AM (S6gqv)
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More truth! The film is a great starting point to understanding Soviet politics, and the corrosive effect of the cult of personality when the boss dies.

And yes, Zhukov is played wonderfully and there was real fear that he would take over everything, because the Red Army worshipped him. He was untouchable and knew it.

The casting is amazing. Malenkov being utterly useless, Molotov trying to tease out the proper Marxist formulation for everything, Khruschev dictating dinner conversation for blackmail/personal protection and Beria being evil personified, it's all there.

If you cannot handle dark humor, you will not like it, but it is exactly the treatment they deserve.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:11 AM (llXky)

234 Still waiting. It is, after all, the hardest part.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2023 10:06 AM (991eG)

Agreed.

Posted by: Carly Simon singing Anticipation, waiting for her ketchup at December 09, 2023 10:11 AM (4I/2K)

235 Did you ever see Citizen X? It's a pretty accurate and grim depiction of the dysfunction of the Soviet system trying to deal with a serial killer.

yes but it's a serial killer story. Chernobyl is a disaster story

the true story of banal human evil? has not been told. when will it be? after it repeats itself a few more times?

110 million dead just in the Soviet Union. ha ha. super funny, look how fat Beria is.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:13 AM (AcWfM)

236 Accessible movies that document the USSR:

Doctor Zhivago
White Nights
Gorky Park

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:13 AM (llXky)

237 (con't)

You're just as likely to hate it as like it.

LM aims to make you uncomfortable and it does as much as you will laugh at it.

If you're on LM's wavelength, you'll enjoy it. If not, well, you've been warning.

"Little Murders" also streams on Amazon.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2023 10:13 AM (QzZeQ)

238 Got the Grands coming over in a few. Better go get some milk and cereal.
I ate it all last night watching a Johny Carson from the 80's.

Posted by: Reforger at December 09, 2023 10:14 AM (a6M5V)

239 >>Which means that Our Betters find it useful to have Chinese propaganda influencing American youth.

A guess?
It's similar to pot/mushroom legalization (not to mention fentanyl easily brought over the border): it distracts and weakens the community, making their rule easier. If you're an addict - drug or phone screen - you're not noticing what's going on.

TiTok pushes the wokest, most progressive politics, which lures/keeps the kiddies on the Democrat reservation.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2023 10:14 AM (izj35)

240 If you cannot handle dark humor, you will not like it, but it is exactly the treatment they deserve.

I fucking love dark humor

this was too kind

far, far too kind to them

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:14 AM (AcWfM)

241 Are you scantily clad ?
Posted by: JT at December 09, 2023 10:01 AM (T4tVD)

No.

But you've given me an idea.

Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 10:14 AM (cTCuP)

242 I'll argue that it was Communist China, or possibly Genghis Khan, but they were all awful.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:07 AM (CsUN+)

Mao killed 100 million of his own people just because he couldn't admit he was wrong about something.

I'd actually argue that Genghis was a great benefit to most who followed him, and many of those he slaughtered (especially when he made it into the muslim lands) deserved it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:15 AM (S6gqv)

243 I've always thought the MLK statue in DC on the national mall looks downright Soviet.
Posted by: But that's just me at December 09, 2023 09:22 AM (NBVIP)
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Well, the sculptor is a Chinese national, so, yeah, the Socialist Realism is strong in that one.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 09, 2023 10:15 AM (ScR16)

244 How about a little Fiddler On The Roof to set you sunny side up?

Tradition!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:16 AM (4I/2K)

245 "I said 'take me to see Eva Vlaardingerbroek,' not the Vlaardingen canal, you idiot!"

- Terminally ill Dutchman.

Posted by: PabloD at December 09, 2023 10:16 AM (X3tGB)

246 the true story of banal human evil? has not been told. when will it be? after it repeats itself a few more times?

110 million dead just in the Soviet Union. ha ha. super funny, look how fat Beria is.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:13 AM (AcWfM)
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Again, it's dark comedy. Graveyard humor.

It does show the banality. Did you watch the whole thing? There's actually a scene where they are executing people one by one, then the amnesty order arrives and the firing stops and it shows the closeup of the guy next in line trying to process what happened.

Or a kid who informs on his father and then he's released and comes home. The cruel arbitrary nature of the Soviet system is right there, and it highlights the absurdity that it was run by vain, bumbling, semi-senile idealogues.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:16 AM (llXky)

247 I guess I'm not making myself clear

I hated The Death of Stalin the same way I hated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and for many of the same reasons.

I tried to explain it but sometimes I'm not the best at writing things clearly.

but too pretty. too pretty by half. dark comedy, in this case, needed to be sharper, and darker. it was not. it missed. it softened horrible things. it served a purpose, in the end, different from what the creators were aiming for. I know this from what the people around me who recommended it said, why they liked it, and who they are.

anyway got to go! busy weekend.

hang in there, Muldoon.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:16 AM (AcWfM)

248 >>>>do we have accurate films to refer to? Just The Lives of Others, I think, and that wasn't as well known as this mess.

Can't think of a film, but Milan Kundera books describe life under Czech Communism well.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2023 10:17 AM (izj35)

249 Accessible movies that document the USSR:

Doctor Zhivago
White Nights
Gorky Park

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"The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"
"Rocky and Bullwinkle "

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:17 AM (V13WU)

250 How about a little Fiddler On The Roof to set you sunny side up?

Tradition!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:16 AM (4I/2K)
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Great example that life in Czarist Russia wasn't a peach, either.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:18 AM (llXky)

251 "Death of Stalin"

Been a couple of years, but...
Found it to be a very dry and dark comedy about a bunch of inept middle manager types running a country but cannot be removed because it would be admitting that the "Big Guy" was inept in hiring them, power hungry dolts who torment all below them in the food chain and terrified that those above them are just the same (and are right). Casually disposing of any below them while knowing the same can happen to themselves. All while pretending to be in a perfectly normal typical existence.
If I recollect correct, Stalin wanted to see a theatre production which terrified the 'cast' who feared he wouldn't like it and would have them killed with the smallest hand gesture (and go on as if the it was an ordinary unremarkable day).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 09, 2023 10:18 AM (cOq4q)

252 230 *I was told Jordan61 is a "she"....
Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:10 AM (V13WU)

We try to be flexible...

Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 10:18 AM (cTCuP)

253 and it highlights the absurdity that it was run by vain, bumbling, semi-senile idealogues.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And here we are also.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2023 10:19 AM (NReIw)

254 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at December 09, 2023 10:19 AM (sVc11)

255 >>yes but it's a serial killer story.

Yes, Chikatilo's story, a true one, is the engine of the movie but it's more than that. It is the story of the incompetence and evil nature of the Soviet system and way of life that grinds society into a dystopian society. There isn't a single positive aspect in the entire movie, just misery, treachery incompetence and suffering.

A pretty accurate portrayal of the life of average people in the Soviet Union.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 10:21 AM (ZLI7S)

256 And here we are also.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2023 10:19 AM (NReIw)
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Yep, which is why I can't take politics seriously.

It is literally a farce.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 09, 2023 10:21 AM (llXky)

257 I wonder if "WITHIN THE WHIRLWIND" is any good. Or if they made a drama romance out of that as well.

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:22 AM (V13WU)

258 Accessible movies that document the USSR:

Doctor Zhivago
White Nights
Gorky Park

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"The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"
"Rocky and Bullwinkle "
Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:17 AM (V13WU)

Emeargency! Please to get from streets!

and White Knights.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:23 AM (4I/2K)

259 Senate Democrats Seek to Place “Humanitarian” Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Israel

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And by "humanitarian" they mean "dead Jews."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:25 AM (FVME7)

260 There are two movies about the Holodomor of which I am aware. One is Mr. Jones, which I have seen, and which is excellent, and the other is Bitter Harvest, which I haven't seen, but here are the trailers.

https://tinyurl.com/mrterkx2 (Mr. Jones)
https://tinyurl.com/a5585wu8 (BItter Harvest)

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:25 AM (CsUN+)

261 JackStraw and A.H. Lloyd, we are facing a similar fate as the old USSR with kangaroo courts, gulags, deliberate famines, all the joys of communism. Unless…..unless…..some people stop it.

Posted by: Eromero at December 09, 2023 10:26 AM (NI/Xt)

262 “Humanitarian” Conditions o

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how about "proportionate" conditions ?

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:27 AM (V13WU)

263 Accessible movies that document the USSR:

And, of course, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:27 AM (CsUN+)

264 Megyn Kelly Reveals What Chris Christie Said to Her at Debate During Break

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"Get me a doughnut, bitch"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:28 AM (FVME7)

265 Another day and Trump still isn't dictator.....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 09, 2023 10:28 AM (TzW+Y)

266 There was a time I was working for Ford and they provided transportation, so I chose a Lincoln Continental.

I realize it's the thing to laugh at them, it IS like driving your living room, but you can do 6 or 7 hundred, get out and not feel beat to pieces. A huge plus.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2023 10:29 AM (KATBx)

267 Black Orchid, most people are not going to wade through Russian history to figure out what actually happened, and a lot of those folk were brought up thinking Stalin was a transformative figure, and not a bloody monster that had the most powerful people in his country dancing like puppets out of fear.
all power came from Stalin and the committee couldn't shake that hand when he was dead, until Beria made the move to be the power using the security services and everyone knew that he would purge them to cement his power, just like Stalin did. Everyone pretended it didn't matter, wasn't happening, or was for the best. It was a tragedy, even if it was presented as a black comedy

Steve Buscemi did a great job, I think.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2023 10:29 AM (D7oie)

268 Megyn Kelly Reveals What Chris Christie Said to Her at Debate During Break

According to the Bulwark, Crispy Creme owned PDJT during the debate. There were serious.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2023 10:30 AM (NReIw)

269 >>JackStraw and A.H. Lloyd, we are facing a similar fate as the old USSR with kangaroo courts, gulags, deliberate famines, all the joys of communism. Unless…..unless…..some people stop it.

I completely agree. Nationalism vs Globalism.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 10:30 AM (ZLI7S)

270 Talk about turn out!

131% of Eligible DC Voters Registered

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:30 AM (FVME7)

271 Good morning all.

Found this to be inspiring:
https://tinyurl.com/bd3uj9n3

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 09, 2023 10:30 AM (t/2Uw)

272 Stupid phone!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2023 10:31 AM (NReIw)

273 "Humanitarian” Conditions"

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how about "proportionate" conditions ?
Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:27 AM (V13WU)

Senator Lane expressed my view:
They (Hamas) were decently treated. They were decently fed and then they were decently shot. Those men are common outlaws, nothing more.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:32 AM (4I/2K)

274 Poor baby!

Hunter Biden Claims Media Trying to Kill Him, Wreck Dad’s Presidency

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:32 AM (FVME7)

275 Many Russians loved Stalin...the ones that got to eat.

Posted by: BignJames at December 09, 2023 10:32 AM (AwYPR)

276 Will Ferrell: “Isn’t It Just Time for Women To Run the Planet?”

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You mean like they run the Ivy League?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:33 AM (FVME7)

277 There's Uncle Joe
He's moving kinda slow
At the Kremlin

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:34 AM (4I/2K)

278 I haven't jumped on here in awhile - I usually remember about halfway through the day or later.

Things have been up and down, but the last week or so has been awful. The divorce may be final on Monday. My kids are suffering, but there's a lot of extra issues with my 14-year-old daughter. If y'all could add me to your prayers, I'd be most appreciative.

Posted by: Katja at December 09, 2023 10:34 AM (GDvjU)

279
LATimes crossword, 10 Down, 7 spaces
'informal gatherings'

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:35 AM (geLO8)

280 Many Russians loved Stalin...the ones that got to eat.

In any population, there will be those who prefer evil. It's not always because they're fed, I guess they just like the atmosphere. I view these people the same way I view women who send love letters to Charles Manson.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:35 AM (CsUN+)

281 Rand's We the Living I think caught the spirit of Soviet Russia pretty well.

Posted by: Reforger at December 09, 2023 10:36 AM (HUH7B)

282 >>Senate Democrats Seek to Place “Humanitarian” Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Israel

Started my day with a snippet on NPR about how upset people were about the inhumane treatment of Palestinian captives (young men) stripped to underwear with wrists tied, followed by Peggy Noonan's (I know, not a fan either*) WSJ column "The Rape of the Israeli Women."

Forgive me if I am now having difficulty processing the demands for "humanitarian" treatment of the people who participated in the 10/7 attacks. Pretty sure this includes a lot more than we know given how Franklin Graham described the attacks (on Newsmax, interviewed in Israel while there w/ Samaritan's purse). He said there was not one attack, but three waves of attacks. There was the initial attack, but then several hours later as second that included killing off survivors and looting. Then, hours later there was a third wave of more looters and killing anyone who had survived but stayed hidden during first two waves. The 2nd and 3rd waves were iwhere women and children participated.

*Recommend getting over dislike of Noonan for this one, the details of the brutality need to be understood.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2023 10:36 AM (izj35)

283 229
'Extremely well done but depressing as hell.'

Yes and yes. Donald Southerland's character was very compelling. All he did was maneuver and take his political opponents out but he was essential to the detective's success.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 09, 2023 10:36 AM (roH4R)

284 UPenn President Lights Special ‘Please Don’t Pull That $100 Million Donation’ Menorah

https://tinyurl.com/4vw4m6f3

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 10:37 AM (CsUN+)

285 Nazi Germany was terrifying because it was incredibly evil, yet had highly intelligent and capable men running it. The Soviet Union was terrifying because it was incredibly evil and immensely powerful, yet it had barely functional idiots running it at all levels.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:37 AM (ua+YH)

286 If y'all could add me to your prayers, I'd be most appreciative.
Posted by: Katja at December 09, 2023 10:34 AM (GDvjU)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

287 LATimes crossword, 10 Down, 7 spaces
'informal gatherings'

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Parties

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:37 AM (V13WU)

288 https://tinyurl.com/yc6je38a

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2023 10:38 AM (izj35)

289 270 Talk about turn out!

131% of Eligible DC Voters Registered
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:30 AM (FVME7)

And we have nine months to go before registration "closes"!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 09, 2023 10:38 AM (hOUT3)

290 nope

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:38 AM (geLO8)

291 Ok, time to take the birthday boy for his walk and get on with the day. Later.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2023 10:39 AM (ZLI7S)

292 Started my day with a snippet on NPR about how upset people were about the inhumane treatment of Palestinian captives

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here they go again....

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:40 AM (V13WU)

293 Time to go get stuff done that needs doing before the big football game later this afternoon.

Go Navy! Beat Army!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 09, 2023 10:40 AM (4I/2K)

294 Palestinian Authority Wants to Rule Gaza With Hamas as Partner Following End of War

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And I want a threesome with Gal Gadot and Kate Upton.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:40 AM (FVME7)

295 Metups

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:40 AM (V13WU)

296 Mettups..

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:41 AM (V13WU)

297 >snippet on NPR about how upset people were about the inhumane treatment of Palestinian captives
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they are alive and still have heads
whaddya want

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:41 AM (geLO8)

298 286 If y'all could add me to your prayers, I'd be most appreciative.
Posted by: Katja at December 09, 2023 10:34 AM (GDvjU)

Absolutely.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Yes indeed!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 09, 2023 10:41 AM (hOUT3)

299 third time

M E E T U P S

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:41 AM (V13WU)

300 spelllling

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:41 AM (geLO8)

301 300 spelllling
Posted by: Don Black

is ouverratted!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 09, 2023 10:42 AM (hOUT3)

302 DING DING DING
come on down and pick up the keys to your new Buick!

( I thought meetups was an AoS thing)

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:42 AM (geLO8)

303 I had those freeby NYTs CW packs on my phone, and they included Wordle ! Probably still have it.

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:43 AM (V13WU)

304 Dang. Late to the Thread. Read rulz carefully. Open season on 'ette hair, perhaps the last time this year!

* looks around *
* all 'ette pigtails are already dipped! *

Dang.

* scuffs shoe in dust *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2023 10:44 AM (a3Q+t)

305 Good morning all.

Found this to be inspiring:
https://tinyurl.com/bd3uj9n3
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

The CIA can't meme for shit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:44 AM (FVME7)

306 they were not the whole puzzle , something to do in like a minute or 2

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:44 AM (V13WU)

307 Palestinian Authority Wants to Rule Gaza With Hamas as Partner Following End of War

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:40 AM (FVME7)

If the PA were smart, which they have proven they’re not time and time again, they’d keep their mouths shut and their heads down. It’s not over yet and other than in the US DoS and the White House they have few friends.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 10:46 AM (VloHh)

308 I like crosswords- they are bicep curls for my brain

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:47 AM (geLO8)

309 Golf Influencer Paige Spiranac Makes up With “Happy Days” Actor Scott Baio After Online Spat

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So peace is possible?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:47 AM (FVME7)

310 tales from gaza...IDF troops uncovered a sniper rifle hidden inside a stuffed teddy bear during a search of a school operated by UNRWA....

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:48 AM (V13WU)

311 It's a dream come true!

El Salvador Now Offering Citizenship in Exchange for Buying $1 Million in Bitcoin

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:48 AM (FVME7)

312 Prayers for all in the list.

Posted by: Don Draper at December 09, 2023 10:52 AM (5GWDq)

313 110 million dead just in the Soviet Union. ha ha. super funny, look how fat Beria is.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 09, 2023 10:13 AM (AcWfM)

Mao was fatter, still. I think Pol Pot was kinda chubby too.

Cops, paramedics, psychiatric nurses, [the sanest] counselors, combat vets, all have the oddest sense of humor, because sitting and reflecting seriously on it will drive you insane, and the black humor allows the stories to come out with how to cope with it so they don't drive you insane keeping it bottled up. It serves a second purpose on the listeners, it lets people know it happens, that it is survivable and sometimes gives tips.

Horror is in the world. People need to know it exists and it is survivable. Even more important is to teach "don't let this happen, it is bad"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2023 10:52 AM (D7oie)

314 Is there a good syrup for my pancakes?

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 10:52 AM (QFp1h)

315 Honey is best syrup for pancakes.

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:53 AM (V13WU)

316 Can't win them all.

Kodak Black, a rapper whose sentence Trump commuted before leaving office, has been arrested in Florida on cocaine charges

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:53 AM (FVME7)

317 Golf Influencer Paige Spiranac Makes up With “Happy Days” Actor Scott Baio After Online Spat
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So peace is possible?

Our Long National Nightmare is over.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 09, 2023 10:54 AM (nfrXX)

318 >Is there a good syrup for my pancakes?

Posted by: JM in Ill
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oh yeah

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:54 AM (geLO8)

319 If the PA were smart, which they have proven they’re not time and time again, they’d keep their mouths shut and their heads down. It’s not over yet and other than in the US DoS and the White House they have few friends.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 10:46 AM (VloHh)

The most ridiculous part of this is that even the Palestinians in the West Bank say that the PA is the most corrupt, useless, and incompetent body in the entire mix over there. Everyone on all sides hates them. So they should be picked to have power? Abbas is an 88 year old corruptocrat with no obvious successor, the PA is just a doorway to more chaos.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:55 AM (i9ffA)

320 tales from gaza, cont...AK-47 rifles, grenades, and ammunition were found inside the classrooms of a school in Shejaia....

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:55 AM (V13WU)

321 * looks around *
* all 'ette pigtails are already dipped! *

Dang.

* scuffs shoe in dust *
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Mornin' Duncanthrax.

My pigtails remain unpulled this morning. *sad face*

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 09, 2023 10:55 AM (aBJcM)

322 I wanted to express my shock (along with NPR) over the Palestinian men forced to sit in the street in their underwear, but alas no matter hard I kicked it, my give-a-shit meter wouldn't even twitch. Damned thing is almost useless of late!

Perhaps the IDF should cut off their genitals so they can more properly relate to their October 7th victims?! Maybe the meter would wiggle then?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 09, 2023 10:55 AM (8Ta2Y)

323 Kodak Black, a rapper whose sentence Trump commuted before leaving office, has been arrested in Florida on cocaine charges
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:53 AM (FVME7)

A man named Kodak Black? Who woulda thunk it?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (i9ffA)

324 my go-to is Log Cabin

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (geLO8)

325 If y'all could add me to your prayers, I'd be most appreciative.
Posted by: Katja
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You got it, Katja.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (aBJcM)

326 El Salvador Now Offering Citizenship in Exchange for Buying $1 Million in Bitcoin
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:48 AM (FVME7)

Wait fort the dip

bitcoin is a fiat money with limits to production and cheaper transaction costs. You may hate it, but the only thing the USD or EURO is better at, is that it is accepted for taxes in their respective areas, and has greater demand and exchange ability.

And that can be said why USD is better than silver in bullion

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (D7oie)

327 PA can turn into a full blown hamas at a moment's notice...

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (V13WU)

328 can we snap bra straps
that was my thing in junior high

Posted by: Don Black at December 09, 2023 10:56 AM (geLO8)

329 But you've given me an idea.
Posted by: creeper at December 09, 2023 10:14 AM (cTCuP)

I would be happier if you don't tell me you are clad in scanties

Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2023 10:57 AM (D7oie)

330 Abbas is an 88 year old corruptocrat with no obvious successor, the PA is just a doorway to more chaos.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:55 AM (i9ffA)

You know Tom, that seems strangely familiar, but I just can’t put my finger on it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 09, 2023 10:58 AM (VloHh)

331 Things have been up and down, but the last week or so has been awful. The divorce may be final on Monday. My kids are suffering, but there's a lot of extra issues with my 14-year-old daughter. If y'all could add me to your prayers, I'd be most appreciative.
Posted by: Katja at December 09, 2023 10:34 AM (GDvjU)

very sorry to hear your life has been so hard of late, you of all people didn't deserve that. May your faith and friends bear you through it all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 10:59 AM (i9ffA)

332 326 El Salvador Now Offering Citizenship in Exchange for Buying $1 Million in Bitcoin
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 09, 2023 10:48 AM (FVME7)

I swear, Bukele may end up dictator of all of Central America before he's through. Then he might really get ambitious!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 09, 2023 11:03 AM (i9ffA)

333 Shout out to Ojibwa. You're better than Spooner.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at December 09, 2023 11:04 AM (wGerL)

334 Prayers for the Horde's intentions both voiced and those kept in their hearts.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 09, 2023 11:05 AM (Hdtdj)

335 Nood bonobos. you go now

Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 11:05 AM (V13WU)

336 276 Will Ferrell: “Isn’t It Just Time for Women To Run the Planet?”

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Don't get me started listing the roster of the Women In Power Hall of Fame.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 09, 2023 11:16 AM (hiMh5)

337 Some of these are just cringe-inducing.

https://tinyurl.com/2nzpm3vt

Posted by: Archimedes at December 09, 2023 11:17 AM (CsUN+)

338 Noonan archived: https://archive.ph/NLNu2

Posted by: jayhawkone at December 09, 2023 11:17 AM (SzJDA)

339
*Recommend getting over dislike of Noonan for this one, the details of the brutality need to be understood.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2023 10:36 AM (izj35)

First column I've read of hers in years.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 11:20 AM (GoNTt)

340 248 >>>>do we have accurate films to refer to? Just The Lives of Others, I think, and that wasn't as well known as this mess.

I forget who, some big conservative pundit, hated The Lives of Others" for being too soft, for downplaying the brutality of the East German regime

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 09, 2023 11:26 AM (GoNTt)

341 Nood bonobos. you go now
Posted by: runner at December 09, 2023 11:05 AM

They're not penguins.

* and there was much rejoicing amongst The Horde *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2023 11:27 AM (a3Q+t)

342 Words of wisdom for these troubled times.

Posted by: Jack_of_Spades at December 09, 2023 04:40 PM (saWxR)

343 Thank you.

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