Happy Bill of Rights Weekend

James Madison was the first person who served as a U.S. Congressman and later became a U.S. President. Madison was the Representative of Virginia from March 4, 1789 until March 4, 1797.
James Madison was elected the fourth President of the United States in 1808, and served until March 4, 1817.
Pictured is a statue of James Madison in James Madison Memorial Hall of the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building in Washington D.C.

December 15 is Bill of Rights Day. You would think that the National Archives would really feature this commemoration this year, given the part that free speech has played in the recent presidential election. But I haven't seen any big press releases. Have you? Do you plan to bake a cake? Make a pie?

Maybe you plan to support Freedom of Speech in some manner . . .

Bill of Rights Day, December 15
The National Archives and Records Administration joins in the national celebration of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which spell out our rights as Americans. It guarantees civil rights and liberties such as freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the federal government to the people or the states. The original joint resolution proposing the Bill of Rights is on permanent display at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

There are some videos at the link. Seen anything from your local schools on this?

Any movements to share the principles of the Bill of Rights with, say, the UK?

For Kamala, it will also be National Wear Your Pearls Day. Which is nice.

But back to the Bill of Rights:

James Madison

James H. Read, Free Speech Center, Middle Tennessee State University

James Madison (1751–1836), the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment, was the foremost champion of religious liberty, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press in the Founding Era.
Madison played a central role in drafting, explaining, and ratifying the Constitution; after it was ratified he sought to reassure its critics by adding guarantees of fundamental liberties.
His life’s work, as statesman and as political theorist, was to secure the American revolutionary experiment by guarding against its own potential weaknesses and excesses. Republican government was endangered, he believed, if unrestrained majorities violated the rights of individuals or if elected officials were immune from the scrutiny of a free press.

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Weekend

Tomorrow may be Bill of Rights Day, but today is National Alabama Day.

We know Alabama as the heart of America’s Deep South. Yet, this fascinating region comes with a long and rich history — both before and after it would become part of the United States. Before European settlers arrived here in the 16th century, Alabama was home to numerous indigenous peoples. The Spaniards were the first Europeans to explore the region, paving the way for other European countries to arrive.
The 250 years that followed saw numerous battles for control of the area among the French, British, and the Spanish. These events would culminate into the American War of Independence. What’s more, the foundations of the cotton economy began around this time — an institution that would go on to shape Alabama society, culture, and history.
Before joining the Union, Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. Up until then, Alabama was claimed by the colony of Georgia. As pressure to create two states mounted, Congress carved out a new Alabama territory from the east of the Mississippi Territory. William Wyatt Bibb was the region’s territorial governor.
Within two years, the Alabama territory grew in population and economy. Petitions for statehood soon became louder. Alabama’s shift to statehood began at a constitutional convention that took place in Huntsville. Six months later, Congress passed a resolution on December 14 granting statehood to Alabama — the only state added to the Union that year. Alabama joined the Union a few months before Maine and a year after Illinois. The town of Cahawba in Dallas County was the first capital, and William Wyatt Bibb became the state’s first governor. . .

Other than Southern Hospitality, what do you think of when you think of Alabama? Here are some guides from Dr_No (who originally was thinking nationally, not just about one state).

Thread of some surprising things that are older than other things

Notre Dame predates the Maori settlement of New Zealand pic.twitter.com/9RHqaHqkaN
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 8, 2024

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Music

Seeing something old in a new light:

Also old:

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, December 7, Notre Dame Cathedral - A story in the news with backstories

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

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Steven Hayward brings us up to date: The Week in Pictures: Drones and More Than a Penny

Posted by: K.T. at 11:00 AM

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1 Hello KT!

Posted by: kallisto at December 14, 2024 11:03 AM (EbHAX)

2 Pictured is a statue of James Madison in James Madison Memorial Hall of the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building in Washington D.C.

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How is it still standing? How'd the Summer of Lovers miss this slavemaster?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:05 AM (61D1G)

3 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:06 AM (WXNFJ)

4 I wonder if his parents named him after the college.

Maybe they were both alumni of JMU and really loved their time there.

Posted by: Vlad at December 14, 2024 11:06 AM (oQe/T)

5 Maybe you plan to support Freedom of Speech in some manner . . .

Beat the crap out of a commie (demoncrat)?

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 14, 2024 11:06 AM (0eaVi)

6 Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
A grand total of three members of Congress showed up to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush's farewell speech.

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Well, bye.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

7 Don't worry about the drones - even though we don't know who controls them, or what their purpose is, we can assure you that they are perfectly safe, and pose no threat to the country.

Posted by: Your Friends In The Federal Government! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (uxCna)

8 During the Summer of Love, the idiot interim president of my alma mater (James Madison College at MSU) sent an email out the alumni that Madison was now problematic and they were thinking of renaming the college.

This was followed a couple of days later by another email saying that they absolutely would NOT rename the college.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 14, 2024 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)

9 Having every day be a National This or That Day of course has the opposite effect.

The proliferation of things we're supposed to be "celebrating" just means nobody celebrates anything. It's the participation trophy, writ large.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:10 AM (61D1G)

10 The restoration of Notre Dame is magnificent and defies any human tendency to dwell in misery or sense of uselessness.

The Cathedral is actually better than before due to modernization with respect to fireproofing and addressing any issues that may have arisen since the last refresh.

Posted by: kallisto at December 14, 2024 11:10 AM (EbHAX)

11 I also heard Yo Ma-Ma performed in the back alley behind Notre Dame cathedral.

Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2024 11:10 AM (z+ik4)

12 I knew before I clicked what piece Yo-Yo Ma would perform.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:11 AM (fsC91)

13 sent an email out the alumni that Madison was now problematic and they were thinking of renaming the college.

Yale and Brown are named for literal slave traders.

Get back to me when they change their names.

Posted by: Your Friends In The Federal Government! at December 14, 2024 11:11 AM (uxCna)

14 Don't worry about the drones - even though we don't know who controls them, or what their purpose is, we can assure you that they are perfectly safe, and pose no threat to the country.
Posted by: Your Friends In The Federal Government! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (uxCna)

We're a week away from the Trucons, the nevertrumpers writing articles about how foreign spy drones are a conservative principle.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (61D1G)

15 Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
A grand total of three members of Congress showed up to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush's farewell speech.

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Well, bye.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (L/fGl)
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Don't let the door etc etc.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (fsC91)

16 What a great thread thanks KT

I saw meme recently; "Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Permissions"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (RIvkX)

17 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (fwDg9)

18 Powerline week in pictures is gold!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (6RwsA)

19 I wonder if his parents named him after the college.

Maybe they were both alumni of JMU and really loved their time there.
Posted by: Vlad at December 14, 2024 11:06 AM (oQe/T)

I suspect they were movie buffs.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:12 AM (61D1G)

20 Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
A grand total of three members of Congress showed up to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush's farewell speech.

Who was the third member then?

Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (z+ik4)

21 No love for Oscar Madison in here?

Posted by: Myrna Turner at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (G5+As)

22 Kamala should be trotting out her pearl handled revolver, to prepare for her new job.

LTG Patton: “They’re ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol.”

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (VNX3d)

23 THE James Madison?

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:14 AM (991eG)

24 Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
A grand total of three members of Congress showed up to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush's farewell speech.

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Well, bye.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

I don't think Crowder has done his Time To Close segment for either of them yet. If you've never seen them, they're a treasure.

Plays that sappy, sad song over pics of the idiots and losers who are bowing out of the national spotlight, one way or another.

He did one for Wray last week, I guess these clowns will get theirs on Monday.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:15 AM (61D1G)

25 Now go fly unmarked Cessna over same installations and see if response is similar.. guessing no.

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 14, 2024 11:15 AM (/6GbT)

26 We're a week away from the Trucons, the nevertrumpers writing articles about how foreign spy drones are a conservative principle.

"The Conservative Case For Having Drones Destroy Trump's Inauguration"

Posted by: The Bulwark! at December 14, 2024 11:16 AM (uxCna)

27 Carried forward from the last thread, with relevance in terms of James Madison's brilliance:

Van Jones is a communist, but he's one of the smarter figures on the Left these days.
Posted by: Tom Servo

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That could be an interesting discussion.

Being smart can encompass many different component attributes or traits, such as glibness, insightfulness, large working vocabulary, mathematical aptitude, etc, etc, etc. At the end of the day, what you do with the tools with which you are blessed and your talents, is what matters.

Intelligence that is merely self-serving, without morality seems to me like a huge waste.

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:16 AM (991eG)

28 Jamaal Bowman lost his primary, right? So too extreme even for dems…. But I’d bet his replacement is a Dem so not really much to celebrate

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:17 AM (6RwsA)

29 I did exchange with Birmingham AL in high school and the best part was when my host came to nyc to return the visit and I ran that innocent young boy through the underbelly of the city.

Talk about Worlds Colliding.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 14, 2024 11:18 AM (RIvkX)

30 I've made it a habit to read the Bill of Rights, including the preamble, to my kids for about a decade now, explaining the reasons why based on British abuses.
Won't be able to do it this year...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 11:18 AM (SSBCb)

31 "The Conservative Case For Hunting Down Any Hispanic Who Voted For Trump"

Posted by: The Bulwark! at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (uxCna)

32 Signs that America isn't totally lost to the left;

Last night we went to another one of our granddaughter's archery tournaments. It was at her school. Prior to the start of the tourney they played the national anthem. Everyone stood, removed hats, and mostly covered their heart and/or saluted the flag.

To be frank, it's the first time I've hear the anthem played at a live event I've attended in years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (Q4IgG)

33 From Prayer Revival- too good to willow!

353 Well, I have a Praise and Thanksgiving report.
The organist at Mr. S's church brought her daughter, the metal detector hobbyist, over and she found my lost wedding ring!
It was in the compost heap, which I thought was the likeliest place.
It is now safely in the dresser, until we can get to the jewelers.
I was playing it down, but I was so sad to have possibly lost it for good.
Thank the Lord for good, helpful folks!
Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (f+FmA)

Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (f+FmA)

34 If it is a choice between being ruled by Trump, or being ruled by the Lizard People of Planet Morturita in their drones, give me the Lizard People.

Posted by: Bill Kristol! at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (uxCna)

35 That Alabama decal is missing Baseball, apple pie, fried green tomatoes, Chevrolet, hot dogs, Mom, trains, prison, getting drunk, neurosurgery, apple pie, hounds, pickup trucks, coon hunting, squirrel stew, and other suchlike.

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (991eG)

36 Intelligence that is merely self-serving, without morality seems to me like a huge waste.
Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:16 AM (991eG)

People on the so-called right are often guilty of accusing all left-leaners of being stupid.

Many of them are. Some of them are not. Bill Clinton isn't stupid. Nazi Pelousy isn't stupid. I mean, she's senile and old and breaks her hip when she sneezes now, but she's not stupid.

The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (lH8E4)

37 29 I did exchange with Birmingham AL in high school and the best part was when my host came to nyc to return the visit and I ran that innocent young boy through the underbelly of the city.

Talk about Worlds Colliding.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It was quite the touch of evil taking him to the Ramrod over by West Street.

Posted by: Humpy Carlos at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (G5+As)

38 To be frank, it's the first time I've hear the anthem played at a live event I've attended in years.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (Q4IgG)

The county Chorale opens each performance with it and the audience sings, too.
And of course, local sporting events.
But I'm guessing we went 85% for Trump this time.

Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:25 AM (f+FmA)

39 Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (991eG)

And the Crimson Tide.

Posted by: BignJames at December 14, 2024 11:25 AM (Yj6Os)

40 Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (f+FmA)

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Hooray!!

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:25 AM (991eG)

41 MadisonTheCat is named after James Madison. MadisonTheCat loves America and Texas. She is a strong Presbyterian and Constitutional Conservative. I’ll put her up against Van Jones anyday, simply for her honesty, integrity, and loyalt.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:25 AM (jgmnb)

42 Jamaal Bowman lost his primary, right? So too extreme even for dems…. But I’d bet his replacement is a Dem so not really much to celebrate
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:17 AM (6RwsA)

Now that you mention it, I think maybe Crowder did his "Time To Close" segment for him when he lost his primary.

Not sure about Corrie "Hairy" Bush though.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:26 AM (lH8E4)

43 The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (lH8E4)

Could that possibly be true?? She came across as just plain stupid in every forum I saw her… she did not exude intelligence of any kind. I am skeptical…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:26 AM (6RwsA)

44 I have a neighbor that hails from Alabama. Knows most of the alphabet and can cipher numbers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 14, 2024 11:26 AM (gm9Sb)

45 That Alabama decal is missing Baseball, apple pie, fried green tomatoes, Chevrolet, hot dogs, Mom, trains, prison, getting drunk, neurosurgery, apple pie, hounds, pickup trucks, coon hunting, squirrel stew, and other suchlike.
Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (991eG)

Are you talking about the Alabama decal?

Or the Pride flag?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:27 AM (lH8E4)

46 The only part of Alabama I've been through is the bit where Mobile Bay lets out into the Gulf, going 60 MPH. And I was sleeping.

Which is sad, because I wanted to see the Bay as my Dad was stationed there during WWII.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:27 AM (fsC91)

47 >> Intelligence that is merely self-serving, without morality seems to me like a huge waste.

Which is exactly why we will ultimately win.

You can't stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2024 11:27 AM (LkLld)

48 My brain may be damaged. When Alabama is mentioned, my mind goes right to Fannie Flagg.

Posted by: Fried Green Etc. at December 14, 2024 11:28 AM (G5+As)

49 Listening to Christmas music.

My list of greatest male singers...

5. Raul Malo
4. Nat King Cole
3. Dean Martin
2. Elvis Presley
1. Bing Crosby

My list of worst Christmas songs....

5. Wonderful Christmas time by Paul McCartney
4. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by anyone
3. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth by anyone
2. Merry Xmas/War is Over by Lennon/Ono
1. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by .. Who fucking cares just turn that shit off!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)

50 Morning.

OT but it looks like South Korea's parliament removed the president.

Politico: South Korean parliament removes President Yoon, sparking street celebrations
The EU calls for “a swift and orderly resolution” of the political crisis in Seoul.

https://tinyurl.com/4b3rh9ck

Posted by: Robert at December 14, 2024 11:29 AM (KM/G9)

51 Dominic the Donkey belongs at the top of favorite Christmas songs.

Posted by: Lou Monte Trust, Inc. at December 14, 2024 11:31 AM (G5+As)

52 Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)
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There's a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin has been endlessly singing some novelty song ("Grandma", perhaps) and his Mom finally tells him to knock it off. Sulky Calvin: "I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny the first time, it's funny *every* time!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:31 AM (fsC91)

53 It's called 'The Bill of Rights' for a reason.

Not, The Bill of Lefts.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:32 AM (WXNFJ)

54 I H8 Dominic the Christmas Donkey song

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 11:32 AM (fwDg9)

55 Not, The Bill of Lefts.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:32 AM (WXNFJ)
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"One buwwet weft!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (fsC91)

56 1. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by .. Who fucking cares just turn that shit off!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)

I will admit I like that song… I listen with glee, I think because it has a mischievous spirit and a catchy tune. And BTW I loved both my grandmas so nothing against them! Makes me laugh when grandpa’s deep bass voice joins in….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (6RwsA)

57 2. Merry Xmas/War is Over by Lennon/Ono

Add "by any artist." John was my favorite Beatle, but that's a protest song. It's not made to celebrate Christmas. That's the only song I turn off when it comes on the radio. Can't stand to listen to it.

Also add, "All I want for Christmas." Most popular Christmas song my ass.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (0eaVi)

58 31 "The Conservative Case For Hunting Down Any Hispanic Who Voted For Trump"
Posted by: The Bulwark! at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (uxCna)

I'd fart at you, but alas I can't eat beans and the old farthole has been disconnected.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (SSBCb)

59 Madam Mayhem I could add a few more to your list

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (fwDg9)

60 The most Portland headline ever:

Portland DJ hospitalized after being stabbed by a stripper

"But I thought that the stripper really liked me!"

This happened at the "Casa Diablo Vegan Strip Club".

It doesn't get more Portland than that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (uxCna)

61 I dislike "Up On The Housetop." My store has a particularly obnoxious version with some high-pitched castrato as lead singer.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (fsC91)

62 Apparently, the lovely Mrs. has decided today is 'Replace all the batteries in the candles day'.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (WXNFJ)

63 Hippopotamus.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:35 AM (jgmnb)

64 I'd fart at you, but alas I can't eat beans and the old farthole has been disconnected.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)

We need common sense old farthole control!!

(Hope you heal up quickly jim.)

Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:36 AM (WXNFJ)

65 It doesn't get more Portland than that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (uxCna)
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Did you see the ad on the ONT for the thruple advertising for a live-in sperm donor? The location map was centered on Swan Island.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:36 AM (fsC91)

66 Two eVehicle stories.

Biden to Approve California's Gas Car Ban Before Leaving Office

Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt
NEWS: A $10B program to buy EVs for the U.S. Postal Service is far behind schedule, with defense contractor Oshkosh not disclosing significant manufacturing difficulties for more than a year.
The USPS has received only 93 trucks - far fewer than the 3,000 expected by now.

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At least Erf has been saved.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:37 AM (L/fGl)

67 33 From Prayer Revival- too good to willow!

353 Well, I have a Praise and Thanksgiving report.
The organist at Mr. S's church brought her daughter, the metal detector hobbyist, over and she found my lost wedding ring!
It was in the compost heap, which I thought was the likeliest place.
It is now safely in the dresser, until we can get to the jewelers.
I was playing it down, but I was so sad to have possibly lost it for good.
Thank the Lord for good, helpful folks!
Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (f+FmA)

Wonderful news.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 11:37 AM (SSBCb)

68 Having every day be a National This or That Day of course has the opposite effect.

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Come on Burt. It is a special honor reserved for the cream of the cream, the top 365 things (366 in a Leap Year) among all the things. It is a treasured acknowledgment of greatness among mediocrity.

I would be proud to be counted among the top 365 limerick writers*.

(*American, 21st century, white caucasian male, right-handed, residing in western Coloradfo with a dog named Buckley)

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:38 AM (991eG)

69 Did you see the ad on the ONT for the thruple advertising for a live-in sperm donor? The location map was centered on Swan Island.

But the ad said "Kenton", which is the Portland neighborhood our wonderful LGBTQLSMFT governor used to live in before she was elected governor.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 14, 2024 11:38 AM (uxCna)

70 John was my favorite Beatle, but that's a protest song.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present

I cant stand the Beatles. Any of them. But sometimes I think John Lennon didn't care that much about politics but his screeching whore did and he humored her. I know that isn't accurate but I still wonder about it.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:39 AM (4XwPj)

71 58 31 "The Conservative Case For Hunting Down Any Hispanic Who Voted For Trump"
Posted by: The Bulwark! at December 14, 2024 11:20 AM (uxCna)

I'd fart at you, but alas I can't eat beans and the old farthole has been disconnected.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (SSBCb
Jim, I had beans last night, and could have played The 1812 Overture. But, you’ll be back eating bean and, well you know ,in 6 months. Hang in there.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (jgmnb)

72 But the ad said "Kenton", which is the Portland neighborhood our wonderful LGBTQLSMFT governor used to live in before she was elected governor.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 14, 2024 11:38 AM (uxCna)
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Sure, but that reach of the Willamette made it instantly recognizable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (fsC91)

73 41 MadisonTheCat is named after James Madison. MadisonTheCat loves America and Texas. She is a strong Presbyterian and Constitutional Conservative. I’ll put her up against Van Jones anyday, simply for her honesty, integrity, and loyalt.
Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:25 AM (jgmnb)

And like Grant she would fight, too no doubt.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (SSBCb)

74 9 Having every day be a National This or That Day of course has the opposite effect.

The proliferation of things we're supposed to be "celebrating" just means nobody celebrates anything. It's the participation trophy, writ large.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:10 AM (61D1G)
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Good observation. We should only have National Day Of ____
for:
bewbs
gubs
weird but surprisingly yummy foods
anything with custard
did I mention bewbs?

Posted by: Ciampino - you can add. Don't forget bewbs at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (i0xsb)

75 Buckley seems like a hard name to rhyme, but I'm not an expert.

Posted by: Man From Calcutta at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (G5+As)

76 the old farthole has been disconnected.

But the stoma still will issue foul gas.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (KYNqM)

77 Just gotta say it. I've never heard of the Bill of Rights Day. My education is incomplete.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (W/lyH)

78 Outgoing Rep. Bowman: I Wish I Didn't Pull That Fire Alarm

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Captain of the Titanic: I wish I'd missed that iceberg.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (L/fGl)

79 But sometimes I think John Lennon didn't care that much about politics but his screeching whore did and he humored her. I know that isn't accurate but I still wonder about it.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

Favorite performance of Oh No. Chuck Berry, Lennon and Oh No where the sound engineer turns off Oh No's mic. LOL

32 sec.
https://t.ly/cRWkg

Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (WXNFJ)

80 You'll be cropdusting Walmart before you know it, Jim.

Get well, sir.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (dR6yv)

81 Tom Homan wishing us a Merry Christmas.

https://tinyurl.com/2b8c95fk

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (lUcMX)

82 The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (lH8E4)

Could that possibly be true?? She came across as just plain stupid in every forum I saw her… she did not exude intelligence of any kind. I am skeptical…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 14, 2024 11:26 AM (6RwsA)

Let's put it this way... I'm sure it's POSSIBLE for someone below a 100 IQ to graduate law school and pass the bar, but it's not very likely.

And even if they do, they're probably going to be prosecuting traffic cases, and generally don't rise to be the Top Kop in the state, with or without skillful execution of blow jobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (lH8E4)

83 dislike "Up On The Housetop." My store has a particularly obnoxious version with some high-pitched castrato as lead singer.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

High school... We made up new lyrics for that.

Up on the housetop reindeer fell
Then I thought I smelled a smell
Looked out the door and there I saw
Poor little Rudolph splattered on the wall.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (4XwPj)

84 Looking closely at some of those drone pictures..Why do some have red and green lights on their wings. Navigational lights that every craft either in the water or in the air carries. Maybe even strobe lights on some.

Posted by: Colin at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (wlQdF)

85 Jim, I had beans last night, and could have played The 1812 Overture.
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Well, you only need 16 cannon shots.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (fsC91)

86 Also add, "All I want for Christmas." Most popular Christmas song my ass.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (0eaVi)

It's cute when the first grade sings it at the holiday program. But nowhere else.

Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:43 AM (f+FmA)

87 74 9 Having every day be a National This or That Day of course has the opposite effect.

November was Manatee Awareness Month and I think it brought a lot to mind and table.

Posted by: National Nuisance at December 14, 2024 11:43 AM (G5+As)

88 did I mention bewbs?
Posted by: Ciampino - you can add. Don't forget bewbs at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (i0xsb)

You didn't mention custard covered bewbs.

Fail.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:43 AM (lH8E4)

89 Favorite performance of Oh No. Chuck Berry, Lennon and Oh No where the sound engineer turns off Oh No's mic. LOL

32 sec.
https://t.ly/cRWkg
Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (WXNFJ
Priceless!

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:44 AM (jgmnb)

90 Drones aren’t that easy to shoot down.

https://tinyurl.com/y33h2xf4

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 11:45 AM (lUcMX)

91 I hope these pants show up on the book thread

https://tinyurl.com/ype3yss8

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 14, 2024 11:45 AM (Wx316)

92 "The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:23 AM (lH8E4)"

I read that she took an IQ test in Law School, got an 85 and thought that was a good score.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 14, 2024 11:45 AM (+H2BX)

93 Come on Burt. It is a special honor reserved for the cream of the cream, the top 365 things (366 in a Leap Year) among all the things. It is a treasured acknowledgment of greatness among mediocrity.

I would be proud to be counted among the top 365 limerick writers*.

(*American, 21st century, white caucasian male, right-handed, residing in western Coloradfo with a dog named Buckley)
Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:38 AM (991eG)

Damn.

My cat's name is Buckley.

Oh well, maybe next year.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:47 AM (lH8E4)

94 Partying with booze and drugs destroys brain cells

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 14, 2024 11:47 AM (Wx316)

95 86 Also add, "All I want for Christmas." Most popular Christmas song my ass.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 14, 2024 11:33 AM (0eaVi)

It's cute when the first grade sings it at the holiday program. But nowhere else.
Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:43 AM (f+FmA)

Oh, wait.
Are we talking about "my two front teeth"? Or "you"?
if the latter, forget what I just said.

Posted by: sal at December 14, 2024 11:47 AM (f+FmA)

96 Buckley seems like a hard name to rhyme, but I'm not an expert.
Posted by: Man From Calcutta

**********

Luckily...

...neither am I.

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 11:48 AM (991eG)

97 Damn.

My cat's name is Buckley.

Oh well, maybe next year.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:47 AM (lH8E4)

And I just realized I was a minor tweak here or there away from an award winning haiku.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:48 AM (lH8E4)

98 Thx K .T. The thread about things older than the other is really great.
It is amazing to think how farsighted our founding fathers were. Madison's statement above is 100% applicable to today's events.
We don't think enough about how they influence our lives . Oddly a little later I'll be taking a walk uptown and will pass the grave of one of them , George Clinton. Been past it a couple thousand times and don't think twice about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 11:48 AM (YO1Vi)

99 43 The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.

At least 30 years ago, she had a great working knowledge of practical anatomy, which is what made her career work well until just recently

Posted by: azjaeger at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (3/XaG)

100 new lyrics

In the lane, snow is glistening
'cause that's where
some bums were pissing
What a horrible sight
When we shot them last night
They were walking 'round in women's underwear.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (Gwb1P)

101 That Madison stuff, this part " or if elected officials were immune from the scrutiny of a free press."

Madison was obviously very clever. He probably assumed the 2nd Amendment would protect the Republic from within. They had just proven that against the British.
Shame he didn't foresee (a) the lack of a FREE press; (b) the apathy of a large swathe of The People, who should have risen up long ago when elected officials turned out to be liars (taxation for one, the uncontrolled growth of Government another).

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm amazed how much I've learnt here at AoS at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (i0xsb)

102 >>>It's cute when the first grade sings it at the holiday program. But nowhere else.
Posted by: sal
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When it was published America was full of babies and parents.
Family was a big fad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (lUcMX)

103 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by .. Who f***ing cares just turn that shit off!

I'm developing a theory about Xmas music. If you keep it to a tolerable frequency and duration, you can listen to it every year without a problem. However, if that condition is not met, then you become permanently allergic to it, and no amount of time without it will cure you.

I am in that latter camp.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:51 AM (xCA6C)

104 103 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by .. Who f***ing cares just turn that shit off!

Elmo and Patsy.. They were locals.. And yes the song stinks

Posted by: It's me donna at December 14, 2024 11:53 AM (VE6XX)

105 I read that she took an IQ test in Law School, got an 85 and thought that was a good score.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 14, 2024 11:45 AM (+H2BX)

First question on the IQ test:

1. If you got a score of 85 here, how would you respond?

A: Celebrate, I rarely got B's in high school
B: That's rayciss
C: I better warm up my lips
D: Whatever, that's what I got on my SAT's, and yet here I am

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:53 AM (lH8E4)

106 The Founders did have a front row seat to the French Revolution.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 14, 2024 11:53 AM (+H2BX)

107 Buckley seems like a hard name to rhyme, but I'm not an expert.
Posted by: Man From Calcutta

It can be an adjective. He can't sing, so he sang the song suckley.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:54 AM (xCA6C)

108 However, if that condition is not met, then you become permanently allergic to it, and no amount of time without it will cure you.

I am in that latter camp.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:51 AM (xCA6C)

So the radio stations switching to Christmas music starting the day after Halloween are right out?

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 14, 2024 11:54 AM (/6GbT)

109 madammayhem--

I was listening to Raul Malo's wonderful holiday station on Pandora this morning! In addition to Raul's songs, they were playing all of your other favorite male singers. You should check it out.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 14, 2024 11:55 AM (FEVMW)

110 Virginia had many including former governor Patrick Henry, against the new Constitution, who worked to gerrymander the Congressional districts in an attempt to keep Madison out of the first Congress. This resulted in Madison having a very hard fought against James Monroe.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 14, 2024 11:55 AM (pKRNC)

111 The only part of Alabama I've been through is the bit where Mobile Bay lets out into the Gulf, going 60 MPH. And I was sleeping.
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So you missed the battleship?

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 11:55 AM (VCgbV)

112 102 >>>It's cute when the first grade sings it at the holiday program. But nowhere else.
Posted by: sal
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When it was published America was full of babies and parents.
Family was a big fad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (lUcMX
A church should be as you described, big family with a lot of babies.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 11:56 AM (jgmnb)

113 So the radio stations switching to Christmas music starting the day after Halloween are right out?

You are correct. Sirius changes the 40s station to Xmas noise about that time.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:56 AM (xCA6C)

114 I am in that latter camp.
Posted by: Archimedes

We tried to warn you about binge-watching Hallmark Christmas movies year-round.

Posted by: Aunt Becky at December 14, 2024 11:56 AM (G5+As)

115 I never realized that was a Vivaldi masterpiece. Something that always made midnight mass, as a kid, a dusty place. The Latin sounds glorious, never diminishes.
I confess that from a small boy I have always enjoyed Gregorian Chants and loved a sung mass. I am a fan of the musical group of that name - they have done some wonderful covers.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm amazed how much I've learnt here at AoS - thanks Horde at December 14, 2024 11:57 AM (i0xsb)

116 Were any reindeer around when Pelosi fell down the stairs? She might've been run over.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 14, 2024 11:58 AM (L/fGl)

117 So you missed the battleship?
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 11:55 AM (VCgbV)
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Yeah, wanted to see that, too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 14, 2024 11:59 AM (fsC91)

118 I never realized that was a Vivaldi masterpiece. Something that always made midnight mass, as a kid, a dusty place. The Latin sounds glorious, never diminishes.

That is the exception to the rule, because...Vivaldi.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:59 AM (xCA6C)

119 Buckley seems like a hard name to rhyme, but I'm not an expert.
Posted by: Man From Calcutta
**********
Luckily...

...neither am I.
Posted by: muldoon
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My cat's name is Buckley.
Oh well, maybe next year.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Replace the B with a C, D, F, H, M, N, P,R, S, T, Y... heck, any letter and it works.
My dog is named Buckley too, I use the F often.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:02 PM (VCgbV)

120 20 Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
A grand total of three members of Congress showed up to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush's farewell speech.

Who was the third member then?

Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2024 11:13 AM (z+ik4)
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Well obviously not Nancy. With all that booze in her they probably had anaesthesia problems.

Posted by: Ciampino - They used that huge gavel on Nancy for General Anaesthesia at December 14, 2024 12:03 PM (i0xsb)

121 We tried to warn you about binge-watching Hallmark Christmas movies year-round.
Posted by: Aunt Becky at December 14, 2024 11:56 AM (G5+As)

All I know about Hallmark Christmas movies is that they are where all the MILFY former Hollywood stars go to keep their careers going.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:04 PM (lH8E4)

122 Meme: Caveman Surgery
Patient on a slab. 'Doctor' next to him. Assistant is by the cave wall and asks, "Local or general?" while looking at the wall where are hanging a small mallet and a very large mallet.

Posted by: Ciampino - They used that huge gavel on Nancy for General Anesthesia at December 14, 2024 12:06 PM (i0xsb)

123 119 Buckley seems like a hard name to rhyme, but I'm not an expert.
Posted by: Man From Calcutta
**********
Luckily...

...neither am I.
Posted by: muldoon
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My cat's name is Buckley.
Oh well, maybe next year.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Replace the B with a C, D, F, H, M, N, P,R, S, T, Y... heck, any letter and it works.
My dog is named Buckley too, I use the F often.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:02 PM (VCgbV)
This is true, names morph. Our kitten .Mineola, became Miinnie, now is Minnifer, a name she always answers to. I think it’s actually her secret cat name.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:07 PM (jgmnb)

124 A dear friend who is godmother to my daughter and an SSJ is virtually a Yo Yo Ma groupie, and took my daughter to a couple of his concerts at Tanglewood

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 14, 2024 12:08 PM (wBaIH)

125 > Looking closely at some of those drone pictures..Why do some have red and green lights on their wings. Navigational lights that every craft either in the water or in the air carries. Maybe even strobe lights on some.
Posted by: Colin
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My DJI Phantom 3 drone has red and green lights on it. Mostly so that at night I can tell what orientation it's in. Green for the two front rotors, red for the back two.

Larger, commercial drones over a certain weight are considered "unmanned aircraft" and require a license to operate and, according to the FAA, must also have a transponder that can be tracked. Plus... navigation lights. Red/green... just like airplanes.

The licensing and transponder requirements make me think the government is responsible and/or an active participant in this ongoing "drone invasion of NJ." Probably collecting data from phones, WiFi, telematics from "connected" vehicles, security systems, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 12:09 PM (Q4IgG)

126 Replace the B with a C, D, F, H, M, N, P,R, S, T, Y... heck, any letter and it works.
My dog is named Buckley too, I use the F often.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:02 PM (VCgbV)

The only reason the disgusting filthy smelly foul dove shows up in poetry and song is because of its rhyme.

If romantic or spiritual fealty was called wigeon*, we'd use a different bird.

*Huh, just looked it up, there's an actual bird called the wigeon. Looks like a duck to me. I guess they don't call it a duck though, because otherwise it would show up in a different style of poetry.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:10 PM (lH8E4)

127 This is true, names morph. Our kitten .Mineola, became Miinnie, now is Minnifer, a name she always answers to. I think it’s actually her secret cat name.
Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:07 PM (jgmnb)

In my experience, the only reason to name a cat is so when people ask you the cat's name, you have something to tell them.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:11 PM (lH8E4)

128 The licensing and transponder requirements make me think the government is responsible and/or an active participant in this ongoing "drone invasion of NJ." Probably collecting data from phones, WiFi, telematics from "connected" vehicles, security systems, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 12:09 PM (Q4IgG)
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The passivity of government response makes me think the same thing. It would be simpler if they simply announced it was a deone test and sorry for causing so much consternation

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:12 PM (TW+5E)

129 ---------------
The passivity of government response makes me think the same thing. It would be simpler if they simply announced it was a deone test and sorry for causing so much consternation
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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It's not passivity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 12:13 PM (lUcMX)

130 what do you think of when you think of Alabama?

I think of him triple-dog daring MisHum to feature Yoko on the ONT, and the total carnage that followed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:14 PM (a3Q+t)

131 In my experience, the only reason to name a cat is so when people ask you the cat's name, you have something to tell them.
Posted by: BurtTC
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My cats know their names and answer, or rather meow, when called.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (VCgbV)

132 Q4IgG)

126 Replace the B with a C, D, F, H, M, N, P,R, S, T, Y... heck, any letter and it works.
My dog is named Buckley too, I use the F often.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:02 PM (VCgbV)

The only reason the disgusting filthy smelly foul dove shows up in poetry and song is because of its rhyme.

If romantic or spiritual fealty was called wigeon*, we'd use a different bird.

*Huh, just looked it up, there's an actual bird called the wigeon. Looks like a duck to me. I guess they don't call it a duck though, because otherwise it would show up in a different style of poetry.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:10 PM (lH8E4
Lake Aviation named one of their amphibians Wigeon.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (jgmnb)

133 Go Army, Beat Navy!

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (2cS/G)

134 Luxenbourg. a major European power.

Drunk-fest junket.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (+H2BX)

135 60 The most Portland headline ever:

Portland DJ hospitalized after being stabbed by a stripper

"But I thought that the stripper really liked me!"

This happened at the "Casa Diablo Vegan Strip Club".

It doesn't get more Portland than that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (uxCna)
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Where was she hiding the knife?

Posted by: Ciampino - They didn't check there? at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (i0xsb)

136 Go Army, Beat Navy
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What time does it start?

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:16 PM (VCgbV)

137 George Michael's "Last Christmas". Someone noted you could substitute any holiday, like Arbor day, and it'd still work.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:17 PM (SSBCb)

138 All I know about Hallmark Christmas movies is that they are where all the MILFY former Hollywood stars go to keep their careers going.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:04 PM

To be fair, there has to be something for the husbands who are forced to watch them with their wives.

Posted by: Hallmark Christmas Movie Producers at December 14, 2024 12:17 PM (a3Q+t)

139 In my experience, the only reason to name a cat is so when people ask you the cat's name, you have something to tell them.
Posted by: BurtTC
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My cats know their names and answer, or rather meow, when called.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (VCgbV)

I know people who think their mailboxes respond to them.

I call those people "patients."

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:18 PM (lH8E4)

140 In my experience, the only reason to name a cat is so when people ask you the cat's name, you have something to tell them.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:11 PM (lH8E4)
If that was the case I’d make up a silly name like Juan Eromero or something

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:18 PM (jgmnb)

141 Spawn update, she got a merit promotion then got promoted to flight Sargent. She is just finishing up her first semester of her sophomore year and she is the highest ranking kid aside from the seniors. This is for JROTC.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM (VCgbV)

142 76 the old farthole has been disconnected.

But the stoma still will issue foul gas.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 14, 2024 11:41 AM (KYNqM)

That may be true but with a decided lack of vector control.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM (SSBCb)

143 Apparently, the lovely Mrs. has decided today is 'Replace all the batteries in the candles day'.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 14, 2024 11:34 AM (WXNFJ)

Beats the hell out of replacing them in the fire alarms.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 12:20 PM (W/lyH)

144 I like the older Hallmark Christmas movies before they add the gay bromance to every story.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 14, 2024 12:20 PM (+H2BX)

145 This is true, names morph. Our kitten .Mineola, became Miinnie, now is Minnifer, a name she always answers to. I think it’s actually her secret cat name.
Posted by: Eromero
_______

My cat's name morphed into Smellyfat.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 14, 2024 12:21 PM (Dm8we)

146 George Michael's "Last Christmas". Someone noted you could substitute any holiday, like Arbor day, and it'd still work.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:17 PM (SSBCb)

Well sure, because rest stop men's rooms are open every day of the year, and that's what he was singing about. Lamenting the fact that some guy he picked up in the john never called him back for a second go.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:21 PM (lH8E4)

147 Spawn update, she got a merit promotion then got promoted to flight Sargent. She is just finishing up her first semester of her sophomore year and she is the highest ranking kid aside from the seniors. This is for JROTC.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM

Why, I remember her when she was just knee-high to a grasshopper, chasing a kitten.

* sheds single tear *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (a3Q+t)

148 > The passivity of government response makes me think the same thing. It would be simpler if they simply announced it was a deone test and sorry for causing so much consternation
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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It's not passivity.
Posted by: Braenyard
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If the feds are active participants, then yea, it's not passivity. If it's a contractor acting on their behalf (most likely) then the feds are sort of being passive. They're also not denying anything nor confirming anything.

I can attribute that to incompetence. Or malice. Or both.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (Q4IgG)

149 To be fair, there has to be something for the husbands who are forced to watch them with their wives.
Posted by: Hallmark Christmas Movie Producers at December 14, 2024 12:17 PM (a3Q+t)

There IS something for husbands who have to sit through Hallmark Christmas movies.

It's called a secretary.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (lH8E4)

150 What time does it start?
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:16 PM (VCgbV)
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The internet claims 3PM eastern, but you know how the internet hets everything wring....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (nHscG)

151 @134 Luxembourg must have some chops they took out the former speaker of the US House

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (YO1Vi)

152 Go Army, Beat Navy
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What time does it start?
Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:16 PM

I believe kickoff is 3:00 EST.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (9JrK/)

153 That may be true but with a decided lack of vector control.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM

Control thrusters are overrated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (a3Q+t)

154 88 did I mention bewbs?
Posted by: Ciampino - you can add. Don't forget bewbs at December 14, 2024 11:40 AM (i0xsb)

You didn't mention custard covered bewbs.

Fail.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:43 AM (lH8E4)
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Shit!!

Posted by: Ciampino - There's always one omission at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (i0xsb)

155 3 PM for the Army-Navy game. Weirdly, I don't see it on my TV schedule. I see it available on Paramount+ and FUBO, neither of which I subscribe to.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2024 12:24 PM (2cS/G)

156 Why, I remember her when she was just knee-high to a grasshopper, chasing a kitten.

* sheds single tear *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (a3Q+t
And suddenly….the catnapper showed up.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:24 PM (jgmnb)

157 Where was she hiding the knife?
Posted by: Ciampino - They didn't check there? at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (i0xsb)

New rule: Avoid strip clubs where the dancers have places they can hide a knife.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:24 PM (lH8E4)

158 Why, I remember her when she was just knee-high to a grasshopper, chasing a kitten.

* sheds single tear *
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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She still chases kittens 🐈‍⬛😁
In fact she got bitten last night by a cat she was holding... manhandling

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:25 PM (VCgbV)

159 @155 Army - Navy is on ABC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:25 PM (YO1Vi)

160 Don't us who are over 29 remember the TV ads for cassettes or CD's for just 9.99 dollars plus shipping. (which was another 9 dollars) with all the John Denver or others Christmas music. Those were the days.

Posted by: Colin at December 14, 2024 12:26 PM (wlQdF)

161 Army - Navy is on ABC
Posted by: Smell the Glove
__________

How will they handle Penny? Ignore it?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 14, 2024 12:27 PM (Dm8we)

162 99 43 The best evaluation I saw of Cummala Harris is that she's above average intelligence. About 105.

At least 30 years ago, she had a great working knowledge of practical anatomy, which is what made her career work well until just recently

Posted by: azjaeger at December 14, 2024 11:49 AM (3/XaG)
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.... practical anatomy consisting of a ~~vain~~ vein map of a certain piece of driftwood.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's always one omission .. at December 14, 2024 12:29 PM (i0xsb)

163 161 Army - Navy is on ABC
Posted by: Smell the Glove
__________

How will they handle Penny? Ignore it?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 14, 2024 12:27 PM (Dm8we
Would be cool to see Penny seated with President Trump.

Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2024 12:29 PM (jgmnb)

164 Don't us who are over 29 remember the TV ads for cassettes or CD's for just 9.99 dollars plus shipping. (which was another 9 dollars) with all the John Denver or others Christmas music. Those were the days.
Posted by: Colin
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What is a "TV" ad?
What is a "cassette"?
What is a "CD"?
Who is this "John Denver"?

Everything is streaming, everything has always been streaming.....
You must be old!!!😂🤣😂🤣

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:29 PM (VCgbV)

165 It can be an adjective. He can't sing, so he sang the song suckley.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:54 AM

*cough*

Adverb.

Posted by: The Grammar Police at December 14, 2024 12:29 PM (9JrK/)

166 148 > The passivity of government response makes me think the same thing. It would be simpler if they simply announced it was a deone test and sorry for causing so much consternation
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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It's not passivity.
Posted by: Braenyard
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If the feds are active participants, then yea, it's not passivity. If it's a contractor acting on their behalf (most likely) then the feds are sort of being passive. They're also not denying anything nor confirming anything.

I can attribute that to incompetence. Or malice. Or both.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (Q4IgG)

Ooh, malicious incompetence. Sounds Bidenesque

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:30 PM (SSBCb)

167 It would be cool for President Trump to give Penny an award for his deed...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 14, 2024 12:31 PM (VCgbV)

168 SpaceX is asking the county to incorporate Starbase and Boca Chica as a city. This would allow for a municipality to develop around the SpaceX factory and space launch area, and move the responsibility for schools, roads, policing etc to an elected body.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:33 PM (kLb13)

169 Deleted account on X claims mystery drones are a precautionary measure sweeping for.nuclear weapons....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 14, 2024 12:33 PM (wDJaI)

170 157 Where was she hiding the knife?
Posted by: Ciampino - They didn't check there? at December 14, 2024 12:15 PM (i0xsb)

New rule: Avoid strip clubs where the dancers have places they can hide a knife.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:24 PM (lH8E4)

I guess you haven't heard stories of hidden pistols or shows in Thailand (so I'm told)...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:33 PM (SSBCb)

171 7 Don't worry about the drones - even though we don't know who controls them, or what their purpose is, we can assure you that they are perfectly safe, and pose no threat to the country.
Posted by: Your Friends In The Federal Government! at December 14, 2024 11:07 AM (uxCna)

If we think the unelected people in power are giving up without a fight....

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 12:34 PM (2NXcZ)

172 James Madison was president during the War of 1812, and I thought I read somewhere that he may have actually led, or been with, troops in the field briefly. In any event, I believe he took charge of defending Washington, D.C. (heck of a job, Jimmy!)

I don't wish to put him down. I think he was a great man. It pains me to compare and contrast the first few presidents we had with the long line of succeeding presidents. Some exceptions, here and there, but most weren't a patch on George Washington's greatcoat.

Posted by: Paco at December 14, 2024 12:35 PM (njExo)

173 Speaking of drones...

Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese citizen in America on a legal immigrant visa, has been arrested for flying a drone illegally over Vandenberg Air Force Base.

~~~ via BehindTheBlack

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:36 PM (kLb13)

174 New rule: Avoid strip clubs where the dancers have places they can hide a knife.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:24 PM (lH8E4)

I guess you haven't heard stories of hidden pistols or shows in Thailand (so I'm told)...
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:33 PM (SSBCb)

I'm assuming anyone going to "shows" in Thailand aren't there to see the nice (adult) ladies.

Female ladies, I mean.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:36 PM (lH8E4)

175 Happy Army Navy day you mean.

I'm here in the stadium waiting on the game to start.

Trump, Vance, Elon, DeSantis are all gonna be here and he invited Penny as a guest.

The only way it could be better is if Elon does the opening coin toss with a DOGE coin.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 14, 2024 12:37 PM (JyM4X)

176 Speaking of drones...

Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese citizen in America on a legal immigrant visa, has been arrested for flying a drone illegally over Vandenberg Air Force Base.

~~~ via BehindTheBlack
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:36 PM (kLb13)

Has "Biden" pardoned him yet?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:37 PM (lH8E4)

177 Morning, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 14, 2024 12:40 PM (8zz6B)

178 Do you plan to bake a cake? Make a pie?

Why, to mark the occasion, I believe I'll have the kitchen maid whip up some white pot pudding, and I'll wash it down with a glass of cherry brandy.

Posted by: Paco at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (njExo)

179 The Federalist Papers did have a problem with the Bill of Rights, though. Federalist 84 argues against such an inclusion on the basis of "For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"

Which was startling considering that in Federalist 83, regarding the Constitution made no provision for trial by jury in civil cases, they argued "Hence, say they, as the Constitution has established the trial by jury in criminal cases, and is silent in respect to civil, this silence is an implied prohibition of trial by jury in regard to the latter."

That is, in Federalist 83 Constitutional silence is not prohibitive, while in Federalist 84 Constitutional silence IS prohibitive. To this day that circle has never been squared.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (bufu1)

180 176 Speaking of drones...

Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese citizen in America on a legal immigrant visa, has been arrested for flying a drone illegally over Vandenberg Air Force Base.

~~~ via BehindTheBlack
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 14, 2024 12:36 PM (kLb13)

Has "Biden" pardoned him yet?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 12:37 PM (lH8E4)

Too late to pardon the Chinese balloon...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (SSBCb)

181 Happy Army Navy day you mean.

I'm here in the stadium waiting on the game to start.

Trump, Vance, Elon, DeSantis are all gonna be here and he invited Penny as a guest.

The only way it could be better is if Elon does the opening coin toss with a DOGE coin.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 14, 2024 12:37 PM (JyM4X)
***

Daughter #1 of Diogenes is also there. Having a blast!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (W/lyH)

182 I have no idea if it is still the same, but the battleship Alabama was a fantastic experience circa 1998..most of it was open and there were people around to keep things from getting broken but you could roam the ship mostly by yourself including climbing outside ladders, sticking your head in main turrets, going through rooms..perhaps by now the liability lawyers have taken over but I don't know

Posted by: azjaeger at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (3/XaG)

183 179 The Federalist Papers did have a problem with the Bill of Rights, though. Federalist 84 argues against such an inclusion on the basis of "For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"

Which was startling considering that in Federalist 83, regarding the Constitution made no provision for trial by jury in civil cases, they argued "Hence, say they, as the Constitution has established the trial by jury in criminal cases, and is silent in respect to civil, this silence is an implied prohibition of trial by jury in regard to the latter."

That is, in Federalist 83 Constitutional silence is not prohibitive, while in Federalist 84 Constitutional silence IS prohibitive. To this day that circle has never been squared.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (bufu1)

Don't forget the anti-Federalist papers

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:43 PM (SSBCb)

184 ----
Where was she hiding the knife?
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Portland? Is 'she' a true female?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 12:44 PM (lUcMX)

185 If the feds are active participants, then yea, it's not passivity. If it's a contractor acting on their behalf (most likely) then the feds are sort of being passive. They're also not denying anything nor confirming anything.

I can attribute that to incompetence. Or malice. Or both.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 12:22 PM (Q4IgG)

Ooh, malicious incompetence. Sounds Bidenesque
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:30 PM (SSBCb)
***

All this coverage makes me wonder what isn't being reported???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 12:44 PM (W/lyH)

186 Let's put it this way... I'm sure it's POSSIBLE for someone below a 100 IQ to graduate law school and pass the bar, but it's not very likely.

And even if they do, they're probably going to be prosecuting traffic cases, and generally don't rise to be the Top Kop in the state, with or without skillful execution of blow jobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 14, 2024 11:42 AM (lH8E4)

A recent story out of California: Lawyer admitted to paying someone else to take the bar exam for him. Seems this was not a one off case in California, either. I bet you this is what Kamala did for her second attempt (took her two tries IIRC).

Posted by: Farquad at December 14, 2024 12:46 PM (CFMhl)

187 Army/Navy game is on CBS (and Paramount+) at 3:00 EST.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 14, 2024 12:46 PM (FEVMW)

188 153 That may be true but with a decided lack of vector control.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM

Control thrusters are overrated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (a3Q+t)
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Are the gases hypergolic?

Posted by: Ciampino - There's always one joker at December 14, 2024 12:46 PM (i0xsb)

189 "James Madison (1751–1836), the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment, was the foremost champion of religious liberty, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press in the Founding Era."

And these are very Positive Rights, even though Obama (and others) claim they are Negative Rights (things the government can't do, can't overrule, without an amendment I suppose). To say they are negative rights is an abuse of language, which the left loves to do in their destructive propaganda missions.

The government does not have rights, it has restrictions and obligations. The Bill of "Rights" are for the citizenry. Obama wanted "positive rights", things the government must do FOR the people. Like supply housing and medical and maybe a job, if the citizen feels like working. That is another system call "communism", or maybe Marxism.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2024 12:47 PM (Cus5s)

190 It can be an adjective. He can't sing, so he sang the song suckley.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 11:54 AM

*cough*

Adverb.

Dang, you are correct.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 14, 2024 12:47 PM (xCA6C)

191 183 179 The Federalist Papers did have a problem with the Bill of Rights, though. Federalist 84 argues against such an inclusion on the basis of "For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"

Which was startling considering that in Federalist 83, regarding the Constitution made no provision for trial by jury in civil cases, they argued "Hence, say they, as the Constitution has established the trial by jury in criminal cases, and is silent in respect to civil, this silence is an implied prohibition of trial by jury in regard to the latter."

That is, in Federalist 83 Constitutional silence is not prohibitive, while in Federalist 84 Constitutional silence IS prohibitive. To this day that circle has never been squared.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (bufu1)

Don't forget the anti-Federalist papers

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:43 PM (SSBCb)

The true irony of the federalists/anti-federalists is that they were both right.

Posted by: Farquad at December 14, 2024 12:48 PM (CFMhl)

192 Stahl pointed out that legacy media continues to have record low levels of trust "down there with the lawyers," largely due to people like Trump and Elon Musk insisting "legacy media is dead."

No, Leslie, it's because you've been exposed as liars and propagandists, withholding real stories while pushing false ones. I'm surprised they don't poll worse than Chlamydia.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:49 PM (SSBCb)

193 damn

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:50 PM (SSBCb)

194 Juneteenth is a national holiday
.
Bill of Rights Day is a Sunday in December.

America in 2024.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 12:50 PM (MZRQu)

195 191 ...
The true irony of the federalists/anti-federalists is that they were both right.
Posted by: Farquad at December 14, 2024 12:48 PM (CFMhl)

Why the points each side made were important. Better, smarter, more educated than men you generally find today.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:52 PM (SSBCb)

196 Stahl pointed out that legacy media continues to have record low levels of trust "down there with the lawyers," largely due to people like Trump and Elon Musk insisting "legacy media is dead."

—
Trump and Elon are trustworthy. You’re not. Now FOAD.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 12:52 PM (MZRQu)

197 Here’s a video from ABC News 7 of a “drone” in New Jersey last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2y3fef
(Benny Johnson on X)

I have never seen a drone like that.
I suppose it could be lens distortion?

But that looks like those globes from the 80s & 90s where the static electricity would follow your fingers as you touched it.

That’s the only New Jersey drone video I’ve seen that looks extraterrestrial.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 14, 2024 12:53 PM (6ydKt)

198 I plan on exercising a few rights this weekend--blog posting (free speech) coming and going as I please etc.

It occurs to me that we ARE governed, not ruled by the most unique political system in history. Something else to be thankful for in this most exceptional country.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 14, 2024 12:54 PM (hKoQL)

199 Israelis pounded the hell out of Syrian military sites overnight. Hit missile silos and underground bunkers. Legal Insurrection has pictures and links. Hamas also fired some rockets out of Gaza from an area near a UN warehouse. The IDF naturally blasted it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:54 PM (YO1Vi)

200 What I need to know is which side Federalist or anti-Federalist, made better use of pronouns?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 12:55 PM (MZRQu)

201 Are the gases hypergolic?

GASSSSS

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 14, 2024 12:55 PM (VUMeO)

202 188 153 That may be true but with a decided lack of vector control.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:19 PM

Control thrusters are overrated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2024 12:23 PM (a3Q+t)
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Are the gases hypergolic?
Posted by: Ciampino - There's always one joker at December 14, 2024 12:46 PM (i0xsb)

Not usually, but have been know to cause skin, eye, nose, and throat irritation.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:56 PM (SSBCb)

203 Daughter #1 of Diogenes is also there. Having a blast!
Posted by: Diogenes at December

I initially read that as daughter number 11 of Diogenes and was very impressed and wondering how many guns you own.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 14, 2024 12:56 PM (kTd/k)

204 Here’s a video from ABC News 7 of a “drone” in New Jersey last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2y3fef
(Benny Johnson on X)

I have never seen a drone like that.
I suppose it could be lens distortion?

But that looks like those globes from the 80s & 90s where the static electricity would follow your fingers as you touched it.

That’s the only New Jersey drone video I’ve seen that looks extraterrestrial.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 14, 2024 12:53 PM (6ydKt)
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I have a drone very similar to that in my den. It's a toy I bought a year ago. About the size of a baseball, it floats, spins, and has bright little lights.
The blades are inside a cage that holds the lights.
It would be easy to build a bigger one.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 12:57 PM (W/lyH)

205 It's schadenfreude on steroids watching the propaganda ministers realize their irrelevance. Stahl, Raddatz, the Morning Joe crew, Anderson Vanderbilt, and the network newsreaders are realizing they are the dinosaurs and the meteor has hit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:58 PM (YO1Vi)

206 Army Navy game is on CBS

On brave old Army team
On to the fray
Fight on to victory
For that's the fearless army way!

I predict Bryson Daley will rush for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns. He's funn to watch.

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 12:59 PM (991eG)

207 Let's not forget the CSS Alabama.

https://tinyurl.com/2jrsfhe9

Posted by: Paco at December 14, 2024 12:59 PM (njExo)

208 Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:54 PM (YO1Vi)

Well that Bezalel Smotrich does believe most of Syria, all of Lebanon and Jordan really belong to Jews.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 12:59 PM (2NXcZ)

209 Correction the game is on CBS not ABC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 01:00 PM (YO1Vi)

210 Posted by: Diogenes

********

You've got mail.

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 01:00 PM (991eG)

211 I initially read that as daughter number 11 of Diogenes and was very impressed and wondering how many guns you own.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 14, 2024 12:56 PM (kTd/k)

Heh.
I used to have lots of gubs, but like so many others, there was a canoe, and a very deep lake...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 01:01 PM (W/lyH)

212 197 Here’s a video from ABC News 7 of a “drone” in New Jersey last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2y3fef
(Benny Johnson on X)

I have never seen a drone like that.
I suppose it could be lens distortion?

But that looks like those globes from the 80s & 90s where the static electricity would follow your fingers as you touched it.

That’s the only New Jersey drone video I’ve seen that looks extraterrestrial.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 14, 2024 12:53 PM (6ydKt)

Looks like it's surrounded in cold plasma. Or lights w fog/CO2 to give that effect. Could also be spinning fast.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 01:01 PM (SSBCb)

213 205 It's schadenfreude on steroids watching the propaganda ministers realize their irrelevance. Stahl, Raddatz, the Morning Joe crew, Anderson Vanderbilt, and the network newsreaders are realizing they are the dinosaurs and the meteor has hit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:58 PM (YO1Vi)

They’ll still walk away very wealthy though. Which is the shitty part.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 01:02 PM (MZRQu)

214 @208 probably be a lot better off if Israel ran those places

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 01:02 PM (YO1Vi)

215 49

My list of worst Christmas songs....

5. Wonderful Christmas time by Paul McCartney
4. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by anyone
3. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth by anyone
2. Merry Xmas/War is Over by Lennon/Ono
1. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by .. Who fucking cares just turn that shit off!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 14, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)

Everybody dumps on Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas is you' but I like it. Same for 'I wanna hippopotamus for Christmas'.

So sue me.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 14, 2024 01:04 PM (QGaXH)

216 jim in Kalifornia

A stoma lacks embouchure.

(This comment may not resonate with some.)

Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 01:04 PM (991eG)

217 199 Israelis pounded the hell out of Syrian military sites overnight. Hit missile silos and underground bunkers. Legal Insurrection has pictures and links. Hamas also fired some rockets out of Gaza from an area near a UN warehouse. The IDF naturally blasted it
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Because of the Issis take over Russia has stopped all shipment of wheat to Syria.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:04 PM (lUcMX)

218 216 jim in Kalifornia

A stoma lacks embouchure.

(This comment may not resonate with some.)
Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 01:04 PM (991eG)

Le Petomaine would agree.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 01:06 PM (SSBCb)

219 Because of the Issis take over Russia has stopped all shipment of wheat to Syria.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:04 PM (lUcMX)

Assad turned down Russian assistance to depend on the Arab League. Pretty Stupid. Now there will be a huge slaughter.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 01:06 PM (2NXcZ)

220 204 I have a drone very similar to that in my den. It's a toy I bought a year ago. About the size of a baseball, it floats, spins, and has bright little lights.
The blades are inside a cage that holds the lights.
It would be easy to build a bigger one.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 12:57 PM (W/lyH)

— —

I’ve got one of those like you’re talking about.

It could be something like that and the camera is so zoomed in you can’t get a feel for how big the thing is.

It strange looking, though.
If only they’d shoot one down we might get an idea about what we’re dealing with.

But it’s been going on for a month now, so every hoaxster & practical joker in Jersey and New York wants to get in on the action.

Now it’s impossible to tell what is what - is it the big military drones being tested or some wise ass putting his 3D printer to use making a UFO for shits & giggles?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 14, 2024 01:06 PM (6ydKt)

221 Besides why should Russia send wheat to Al Qaeda affiliates

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 01:07 PM (2NXcZ)

222 In my last couple semesters teaching US History, I've tried to give more emphasis to the Bill of Rights.

One of the things I stress to the students is that beyond any specific thing it says, the Bill is a rebuke to the idea that any government, even a democratically elected one, should be all-powerful, especially when you consider how often that "will of the people" slogan has been abused by politicians and bureaucrats.

I hope a few of them will remember that.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 14, 2024 01:08 PM (6b60r)

223 Trump gag order still in effect.
Just saying

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 14, 2024 01:09 PM (/lPRQ)

224 I told my brother that if he took a nice round piece of ahi tuna and poked a hole in the middle, it'd look like my stoma.
He was not amused.
"Are you trying to ruin sushi for me?". LOL.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 01:09 PM (SSBCb)

225 There was/is some video coverage of what's called "drone racing." Basically high performance hobbyist drones, mostly scratch built. Fast as shit. And covered with LEDs. I've seen video's of this... it's pretty wild. They fly in an arena, covered football stadium anyplace that's covered and dark. The "course" is lit up with fluorescent colored lights to indicated "gates" the drones have to fly through. The "pilots" are usually on the ground somewhere... but, and this is cool, they fly with VR glasses using a controller and POV from the drone.

At speed they are a spinning blur.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 01:10 PM (Q4IgG)

226 You've got mail.
Posted by: muldoon at December 14, 2024 01:00 PM (991eG)

Got it.
Response coming.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 01:11 PM (W/lyH)

227 222 In my last couple semesters teaching US History, I've tried to give more emphasis to the Bill of Rights.

One of the things I stress to the students is that beyond any specific thing it says, the Bill is a rebuke to the idea that any government, even a democratically elected one, should be all-powerful, especially when you consider how often that "will of the people" slogan has been abused by politicians and bureaucrats.

I hope a few of them will remember that.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 14, 2024 01:08 PM (6b60r)

The preamble does a good job.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 01:11 PM (SSBCb)

228 Never had a dog in the Army Navy game so usually go for the underdog Army

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:13 PM (fwDg9)

229 It's hilarious that the same feds that have been insisting that hobbyists get and maintain proper FAA licenses and annual renewals and possess documentation while they fly and have appropriate numbers marked on their $200 drones will also say they have no jurisdiction over these drones.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - the drones are an attempt to get Trump to disclose classified info at December 14, 2024 01:13 PM (OfSBu)

230 I like the Mariah song. And the George Michael (or is it wHAM?) one.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 01:13 PM (MZRQu)

231 Ima get drunk today.
-Bill Wright

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 14, 2024 01:15 PM (wDJaI)

232 Just saw the Pelosi trip story. Please tell me that there is video.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 14, 2024 01:16 PM (6a6jD)

233 225 There was/is some video coverage of what's called "drone racing." Basically high performance hobbyist drones, mostly scratch built. Fast as shit. And covered with LEDs. I've seen video's of this... it's pretty wild. They fly in an arena, covered football stadium anyplace that's covered and dark. The "course" is lit up with fluorescent colored lights to indicated "gates" the drones have to fly through. The "pilots" are usually on the ground somewhere... but, and this is cool, they fly with VR glasses using a controller and POV from the drone.

drone racing league. they have a simulator to recruit pilots. but i've never had a machine powerful enough to run it.

Posted by: anachronda at December 14, 2024 01:18 PM (edU/H)

234 208 Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 14, 2024 12:54 PM (YO1Vi)

Well that Bezalel Smotrich does believe most of Syria, all of Lebanon and Jordan really belong to Jews.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn
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There's a book with the original metes and bounds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:18 PM (lUcMX)

235 It would be a damn shame if Nanzi doesn't make it back in a couple months, real shame.

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:21 PM (fwDg9)

236 230 I like the Mariah song. And the George Michael (or is it wHAM?) one.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 14, 2024 01:13 PM (MZRQu)

I'm losing my marbles - I wrote Mariah Carey at post 215 but the song I was thinking of was really Darlene Love's 'Christmas (Baby please come home)'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 14, 2024 01:22 PM (QGaXH)

237 Philly loses control of Army-Navy Game. After this year, the city won’t host again until 2027
Philadelphia has hosted 89 of 122 matchups between the two service academies, but the organizers of the contest want to take the game elsewhere.

https://tinyurl.com/ydkktzh6

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 14, 2024 01:22 PM (wDJaI)

238 There's a book with the original metes and bounds.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:18 PM (lUcMX)

I'm not impressed by the idea of "greater (biblical) Israel". It's a foolish and dangerous concept.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 01:23 PM (2NXcZ)

239 > It's hilarious that the same feds that have been insisting that hobbyists get and maintain proper FAA licenses and annual renewals and possess documentation while they fly and have appropriate numbers marked on their $200 drones will also say they have no jurisdiction over these drones.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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Seriously. The hoops and hurdles for someone who wants to fly a drone to take pictures and video of their own property has to go through is absurd.

There's a test administered by the FAA, a fee for a license, a transponder to put on the drone, insurance, etc. Then you have to abide by the FAA's no-fly zones. Which are basically over any populated area, sports facilities, federal facilities, airports, military installations and a whole list of "other" facilities that changes depending on what day of the week it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 14, 2024 01:23 PM (Q4IgG)

240 Just saw the Pelosi trip story. Please tell me that there is video.

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I'm certain there is, but it's locked down tighter than Obama's grades.

That 84 year old woman was apparently wearing 4" stiletto heels, which is sort of hilarious to think of her vanity putting her in the hospital like it did.

Posted by: Infidelity during the entire month of December on Hallmark and Lifetime at December 14, 2024 01:24 PM (J+Ee3)

241 229 It's hilarious that the same feds that have been insisting that hobbyists get and maintain proper FAA licenses and annual renewals and possess documentation while they fly and have appropriate numbers marked on their $200 drones will also say they have no jurisdiction over these drones.
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More regulations for Trump to dump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:24 PM (lUcMX)

242 235 It would be a damn shame if Nanzi doesn't make it back in a couple months, real shame.
Posted by: Skip
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I don't wish her ill. May she she have a long and steady recovery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:26 PM (lUcMX)

243 My theory on Barky's missing grades are there isn't any.
He got the Diversity degree doing nothing but street work.
Wayne Allen Root even says no one remembers him taking classes.

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:27 PM (fwDg9)

244 Sadly my old live and let live for Marxists is gone, can only wish the departing to meet their maker

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:28 PM (fwDg9)

245
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024

https://tinyurl.com/yck8rxd4

If this is the plan it's a suicidal endeavor.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 01:28 PM (2NXcZ)

246 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:29 PM (fwDg9)

247 >>>I'm not impressed by the idea of "greater (biblical) Israel". It's a foolish and dangerous concept.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn
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Interesting perspective.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:30 PM (lUcMX)

248 what do you think of when you think of Alabama?
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Ceaseless chants of 'Roll Tide!'

And this Bear Bryant commercial, which I think of every Mother's Day. That last line was ad-libbed, and, of course they left it in:

t.ly/ymvKX

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

249 Gee, go away for a while and people respond to my post. Anyway about Yoko pushing the pol stuff, I'm sure of that. Read a while ago that John was rethinking Christianity and she talked him out of it. Don't like that Carey song at all, no matter who sings it. Up on the house top is ok if Gene autrey sings it. Now, back to the darkness

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 14, 2024 01:32 PM (Mqk1F)

250 My theory on Barky's missing grades are there isn't any.
He got the Diversity degree doing nothing but street work.
Wayne Allen Root even says no one remembers him taking classes.
Posted by: Skip
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We never saw an actual birth certificate, we never found out why his SS number was issued in CT.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 01:33 PM (XeU6L)

251 222 Dr. T

Very sound.

Posted by: mnw at December 14, 2024 01:33 PM (NLIak)

252 Interesting perspective.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 01:30 PM (lUcMX)

Do you really believe that they have a literally God given right to all of Lebanon and Jordan, most of Syria and Iraq and large parts of Egypt and Saudi Arabia? Dangerous and they can' do it unless America is jeopardized in the process.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 14, 2024 01:33 PM (2NXcZ)

253 A person on X by the name of Jersey Futures claimed to know exactly what the mysterious drones are flying over New Jersey and explained it all – before suddenly deleting their account.

Bob’s News screenshotted the tweets and said, in his opinion, this is the most believable reason for all the drones. That doesn’t mean this is true but it is interesting:
Indeed!

https://tinyurl.com/452ux4ts

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 14, 2024 01:33 PM (wDJaI)

254 So now that Catlin Clark has come out as a Woketard, can we all resume ignoring the pathetic WNBA?

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at December 14, 2024 01:35 PM (qUkBO)

255 Any theory on the drones is possible until it's proven what they are

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 01:37 PM (fwDg9)

256 That is, in Federalist 83 Constitutional silence is not prohibitive, while in Federalist 84 Constitutional silence IS prohibitive. To this day that circle has never been squared.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 12:41 PM (bufu1)

It was written by a committee as individual articles and not edited as a whole. Remember, this is something of a explanation of position, not an actual analysis of law, run up during the constitutional process to argue for implementation, and forestall the anti-federalists.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 14, 2024 01:39 PM (D7oie)

257 My theory on Barky's missing grades are there isn't any.
He got the Diversity degree doing nothing but street work.
Wayne Allen Root even says no one remembers him taking classes.
Posted by: Skip

'street work' Exactly!
Oblowme the street organizer while in Chicago initiated the
idea that banks needed to forgo credit worthiness and give loans to minorities based on the color of their skin. Oblowme and company sweated banks by holding demonstrations at the locations and creating mounds of unwanted bad press.
This was the forerunner of the Fannie/Freddie liars loans predicated crash of 07.....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 14, 2024 01:40 PM (wDJaI)

258 I am wondering if there is going to be a huge Havana syndrome outbreak where all the drones are being sighted.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 14, 2024 01:40 PM (/vN74)

259 Guy who wanted a Baphomet statue put next to a crèche at a state house in NH said that the
statue was meant to celebrate Issac Newton and “ science and the pursuit of knowledge.”
Dimwit didn’t know that Newton was a Christian although an unorthodox one and that he studied the Bible daily? Newton probably wouldn’t approve of a religious figure who has also come to represent Satanism being put up next to a crèche.

Posted by: FenelonSpike at December 14, 2024 01:42 PM (i9IkU)

260 In my last couple semesters teaching US History, I've tried to give more emphasis to the Bill of Rights.
...

Posted by: Dr. T
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My 8th grade civics teacher emphasized that the Constitution applied to EVERYTHING except where it specifically stated otherwise.
Exmple -
1st Amd "Congress shall make no law... Who? Congress
2nd Amd 'shall not be infringed... Who? Nobody

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 14, 2024 01:46 PM (/lPRQ)

261 I am wondering if there is going to be a huge Havana syndrome outbreak where all the drones are being sighted.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 14, 2024 01:40 PM (/vN74)

I suspect that Havana syndrome is either a maser or sonic-frequency "laser". The fact that it has an acoustic signature makes me think that it is a high frequency coherent sound with a bit of decoherence around the edge of the pulse from reflection.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 14, 2024 01:49 PM (D7oie)

262 1926 short movie of kids in the snow

https://tinyurl.com/bdf5zddm

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 14, 2024 01:50 PM (NQtI0)

263 245
I'm pretty sure Trump's ultimatum said 'ALL HOSTAGES'. So all including the dead. No reciprocating Hamas POS released, that wasn't in the ultimatum. FAFO.

Posted by: Ciampino - Israel ccould kill a few palis an return bodies at December 14, 2024 01:52 PM (i0xsb)

264 SpaceX is asking the county to incorporate Starbase and Boca Chica as a city. This would allow for a municipality to develop around the SpaceX factory and space launch area, and move the responsibility for schools, roads, policing etc to an elected body.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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They can set it up like Disney did with its real estate in Florida, the place that is running with such order and efficiency that even 1940 Germany would be impressed.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 14, 2024 01:53 PM (/lPRQ)

265 They can set it up like Disney did with its real estate in Florida, the place that is running with such order and efficiency that even 1940 Germany would be impressed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 14, 2024 01:53 PM (/lPRQ)

There were a couple of industrial boom towns that actually ran well, and were a delight to be in, when you weren't exhausted. When I was a kid and the town next over had three running sawmills, it was a pretty nice town. A bit rough downtown, and a surprising number of bars, but it was nicer than it is today.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 14, 2024 01:58 PM (D7oie)

266 Isn’t that the place with gluten free lap dances?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 14, 2024 02:07 PM (NQtI0)

267 Well. If calculus hadn't been my downfall, I'd of been in the navy driving subs like me 'ol man. Heck. I was even born in Groton.
But. Nope.
So.
Go Army!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 02:07 PM (W/lyH)

268 Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 14, 2024 01:50 PM (NQtI0)

Thanks. Nice scenes. When they meet Santa they used music from many Protestant hymnals, " once to every man and nation".. ) since taken out .it's also the tune for ""God hath spoken by the prophets". The patriarch in my church hates the tune and calls it a funeral dirge but I find it very stirring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:09 PM (fNtHe)

269 Alabama's state motto is 'We dare defend our rights', or contemporarily, fuck all y'all.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2024 02:09 PM (aD39U)

270 Fenelon - How's the health picture?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 02:14 PM (XeU6L)

271 These are the words to "Once to every man and nation". It was taken out of the hymnal, I suppose because some people thought sounded too evangelistic:

https://tinyurl.com/bp95ka93

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:18 PM (QTDrh)

272 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 02:14 PM (XeU6L)

Much better, but I think I need to go back to doctor to check things out. Thanks for asking and for prayers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:19 PM (QTDrh)

273 Seeing a YouTube video that Dan Bongino is Trump's USSS chief pick

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 02:20 PM (fwDg9)

274 183 Don't forget the anti-Federalist papers

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 14, 2024 12:43 PM (SSBCb)

Absolutely. The Federalist Papers were not written to promote the Constitution so much as they were written to defend the Constitution against the very real and winning arguments which the Anti-Federalists were raising.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 02:24 PM (bufu1)

275 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 02:14 PM (XeU6L

How are things with you in NC, Mike?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:24 PM (/xdGM)

276 crèche, a bone to pick. Coming up I never saw that word. I think it has gained popularity in proportion to the popularity of the anti-Christ crowd. 'Nativity scene', is clear expression of the event whereas creche slips.

Seeking etymology, I found Google (I know) Books Ngram Viewer that graph's the frequency of word usage by amount and year.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfuvcny

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 02:29 PM (lUcMX)

277 191 The true irony of the federalists/anti-federalists is that they were both right.
Posted by: Farquad at December 14, 2024 12:48 PM (CFMhl)

Yes, but the Constitution proved to be pretty robust after all. And that was largely because Washington was the first President and set the manner in which the federal government would operate. It truly could have gone bad without his guidance down the initial paths.

After the ratification of the Bill of Rights, it took about 250 years for the rest of the anti-federalist arguments to come true.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 02:32 PM (bufu1)

278 Way more young men from Huntsville, AL, and surrounding towns below the Tennessee border, fought for the Union Army than for the Confederacy.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 14, 2024 02:36 PM (dQfJF)

279 crèche, a bone to pick. Coming up I never saw that word. I think it has gained popularity in proportion to the popularity of the anti-Christ crowd. 'Nativity scene', is clear expression of the event whereas creche slips.

Seeking etymology, I found Google (I know) Books Ngram Viewer that graph's the frequency of word usage by amount and year.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfuvcny
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 02:29 PM (lUcMX)

when I was a kid, it was always "the creche" though kids referred to it as the manger or nativity scene.
It was the classy way to refer to it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 14, 2024 02:38 PM (D7oie)

280 Yes, but the Constitution proved to be pretty robust after all. And that was largely because Washington was the first President and set the manner in which the federal government would operate. It truly could have gone bad without his guidance down the initial paths.

After the ratification of the Bill of Rights, it took about 250 years for the rest of the anti-federalist arguments to come true.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 14, 2024 02:32 PM (bufu1)

Simon Bolivar was a fearless soldier and a great leader, but he needed Manuela Sáenz to manage the legislature and play politics, and they didn't find a lot of success.
Part of Washington's success was that he did not try to control the various ex-colonies, and let Congress work as a collective run by the various states, and not a tool for the central government to control the various states.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 14, 2024 02:44 PM (D7oie)

281 DJT, JD Vance at Army Navy game

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 02:47 PM (fwDg9)

282 Go Navy!

Beat Army!

Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2024 02:51 PM (LkLld)

283 And leave it to a NH Democrat lawmaker to come up with this "brilliant" take:

She added that t the Baphomet statue was not meant to “demean others.”

“The reaction seems so emotional, so knee-jerk, that the idea that a mannequin and a goat mask would create all of this animosity,” she said.

You're kidding, right? The Satanic Temple has
No animosity towards Christianity . LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:51 PM (t4HfS)

284
How are things with you in NC, Mike?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Still quite a mess. All essential services have been restored. Corps of engineers is still working on at least one filtration plant. So much chlorine has put into the water system that using the water causes an aroma like an indoor pool, but it is drinkable, they say.

I-40 from here over to TN will not be reopened until January. Thousands of *large* trees down, but paths have been cut through all of the roads. A number of bridges were washed out. We've had people from all over the east, from Canada to Louisiana with bucket trucks trying to clean things up. I have asked numerous of them if they have ever seen anything like this, 'No' is the universal answer. There will be no recovery from this in my lifetime.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 02:52 PM (XeU6L)

285 It was the classy way to refer to it.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Not clear or descriptive at all. By that graph you must have been a kid in the 80s or 90s.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 02:54 PM (lUcMX)

286 Babylon Bee:

Wise Men Get Off Course After Accidentally Following Unidentified Drone Over New Jersey

They plan on taking a different route back, to see a Buc-ee's for themselves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 14, 2024 02:55 PM (VNX3d)

287 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 02:52 PM (XeU6L)

Thanks for the update. I'm so sorry things have been so very, very difficult for everyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 02:58 PM (C4g1y)

288 Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14

O.K From now on I will refer to it as a nativity scene.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 14, 2024 03:00 PM (C4g1y)

289
Thanks for the update. I'm so sorry things have been so very, very difficult for everyone.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Thnx.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 14, 2024 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

290 TD Navy

Posted by: Skip at December 14, 2024 03:25 PM (fwDg9)

291
Unbelievable.

No open thread for breaking news.

Disny "news" to pay $15M to President Trump for defamation AND a public apology.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 14, 2024 03:41 PM (lKXAJ)

292 Three things you don't get in the way of; flowers, pets, and food.
Wait, there's a fourth; CBD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 04:16 PM (lUcMX)

293 Speaking of ABC, they just had to pay out $15M to DJT to settle the bullshit Stephanopoopoo said.

Posted by: King Louis at December 14, 2024 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

294 it's not good to be the king
good to be DJT tho'

Posted by: gKWVE at December 14, 2024 04:20 PM (gKWVE)

295 Karma is real.

Still haven't forgiven snuffalupagus for the debate where he dropped the random question connected to roe v wade. All the republican candidates including Mitt stepped in it when they answered. That's on them. But he's been a smarmy tool of the left. Glad he's getting a little of his own back and his groomer employer has to shell out money.

I'm not tired of wining yet!

Posted by: LizLem at December 14, 2024 04:26 PM (yfWdj)

296 Nancy had to have her whole hip replaced at the Landstuhl military base...sadly they weren't able to do a brain transplant at the same time.

Posted by: LizLem at December 14, 2024 04:31 PM (yfWdj)

297 Still no pics of Pelosi's fall.
Kind of surprised.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 14, 2024 04:33 PM (W/lyH)

298

Bottom Burp. Well, more of a pesky rundown, to be honest...

Posted by: Raymond Burr's Flaccid Starfish at December 14, 2024 05:03 PM (2Lh/H)

299 Can't find one picture of Nancy in Luxembourg. Those bones must be brittle having the whole thing replaced. Wonder if she had them do a tighten up on those huge one's at the same time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxWYoHFHYU

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 06:02 PM (lUcMX)

300 President-elect Trump has settled his defamation suit with ABC News and George Stephanopoulos.

ABC News and Stephanopoulos have agreed to donate $15 million to a presidential foundation, the kind that presidents usually set up for their libraries, and they will also pay $1 million to Trump to cover his attorney’s fees.

ABC and Stephanopolous will also issue statements of regret.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 06:14 PM (lUcMX)

301 OK, calling third tit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 14, 2024 07:47 PM (lUcMX)

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