The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

Happy! Happy! Happy! [H/T Sharon Willow's Apprentice]

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Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Oconto Falls.)

1) This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Smack the trolls with kindness.
3) No running with sharp objects. None. Zilch. Nadda. Nope, don't even think about it.
4) Have a great weekend especially you Mothers!

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/24 – Update on Jewell45. Her daughter posted an update, with approval to share: "Okay. Need to do a life update for mama. She hasn’t been doing so hot the last couple weeks. Like I said last month, the cancer has been spreading. She’s been declining quite a bit since then. Her energy level is very low and she’s struggling with breathing after the smallest tasks or even if she talks too much. The decision has been made to transition to hospice care. I want to be clear here about a couple things. Number one, she is NOT in her final days although her oncologist estimates with how the cancer has progressed that she is probably down to several months, 6-9 maybe more. Number 2. She is up for visitors but not much. Please contact myself, dad or her first. She won’t last much longer than 15-20 minutes if you do stop by, so keep your expectations low. Other than that, continued prayers and good vibes are always appreciated. Much love to you all. If you have questions, feel free to contact me privately. This is obviously a difficult time as you can imagine but I’ll do my best."
4/15 Update – Jewells passed away. Members of the Horde are donating to her favorite charity; please contact Annie’s Stew for more information.
4/12 – Ace-Endorsed Author A. H. Lloyd requested prayers for Mrs. Lloyd, for her healing and comfort for the family, especially the grandchildren who greatly miss the woman who has been the most constant and consistent presence in their young lives.
4/19 Update – Mrs. Lloyd has spent the last week in the hospital, and it is a very good thing. For too long she had ignored her health, her diet, etc. and now she is faced with irrefutable proof that she must make serious and immediate life changes. This is a great blessing for Holy Week. Had things not happened the way they did, she might have left us quite soon.
4/26 Update – Mrs. Lloyd is home from the hospital and things are settling down again.
4/12 – Intruder Driver requests prayers for friend Ron and his wife Sherry, as Ron’s Parkinson’s is getting worse.
4/12 – Sharon (willow’s apprentice) greatly appreciates prayers as she recovers from cataract surgery.
4/12 – Ben Had sent an update on Jim SND. He had surgery to implant a feeding tube, and he hopes to go home soon.
4/24 Update – Jim SND is home and regaining some strength.
5/6 Update – Jim SND passed away. Please pray for God’s comfort for his wife.
4/14 – Grateful – the range bag lady posted: T-Rex’s mother, MommaRex, was rushed to the hospital over the weekend and was diagnosed with Parkinsons. The family is asking for prayers for God’s strength in dealing with the disease and challenging family situation.
4/19 Update – MommaRex is currently in a rehab facility and they are trying to find an assisted living facility for the next step. She has been blessed with good health, so this has truly thrown her in so many ways.
5/1 Update – Trex and Grateful thank the Horde for their prayers for Mamma Rex. She is doing better and is entering a lovely assisted living apartment this weekend. They thank God for His lovgin ways, and the Horde for all of their prayers.
4/15 – Salty Dog requested prayers for his wife, who underwent triple-bypass open heart surgery on 4/9. Her recovery will be a steep uphill climb to the uplands of better health.
4/20 Update – Mrs. Salty Dog (Linda) passed away on Easter. Salty Dog said our prayers were answered, as she passed quickly, without pain or struggle, under the comfort of good drugs. Her last complaint was that the lights were so bright. (This was after he had closed the blinds and made the room as dark as possible.) Easter is the answer.
4/15 – Matthew Kant Cipher asked for prayers for “Dee”, an 88 year-old who has been caring for her quadriplegic son, who was injured in a car accident when he was 17. Dee had a couple of people helping her take care of him, but they are no longer able to do so. Now she is having to care for him herself, while still working as a receptionist for a local meat processing company. Please pray that the Lord provides for her and her son.
4/16 – TecumsehTea requested prayers for a grandson, age 15. The grandson had been sick with a fever and headache since 4/13, and took a turn for the worse. He was taken to the ER on 4/16.
5/3 Update – Her grandson is feeling much better. It was a particularly bad spell with Lyme disease. Thank you all for the prayers.
4/19 – Eromero posted his praise for God for healing, comforting, and blessing our brothers and sisters here. He is always with us, even if we are too stressed to feel his presence.
4/22 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for M, who sometimes fills in as the organist. He has to have vein surgery on his feet, and he needs to have his feet work well to play the organ pedals. Also, prayers for J, who is having a stent put in her heart.
4/26 Update – M’s surgery was successful. J is having setbacks and is still in the hospital. She has not been able to have her heart surgery. Thanks for the prayers!
4/23 – Trudy asked for prayers for her husband, Bill, who is having persistent pain that may well be heart-related.
4/26 Update – Trudy and Bill sent their thanks for the prayers. He had suffered a moderate heart attack. He received 3 stents, and came home on 4/26. They are very thankful for their 54 years together, and are delighted that there will be more! They have been truly uplifted by the prayers.
4/25 – MkY sent thanks for the prayers for his wife Judy, and asked for continued prayers. She has stage IV renal cancer. The tumors have shrunk, but not significantly. Every ER visit has been related to pain management, and it has not been going well. Please pray for help with the pain, and for MkY – that he can be strong and steady even though he feels helpless.
5/3 Update – Thanks again for all the prayers. Judy’s tumors are shrinking. The oncologist is “encouraged”, so that bleeds over into Judy’s attitude and is encouraging. The palliative care team believes that most of the pain is not cancer-related, so they have prescribed some alternatives. She now rarely takes the oxycodone.
4/26 – Commissar Hrothgar asked for prayers for his elderly sister-in-law, Elizabeth, and her battle with a persistent foot infection, and for blessings on her church friends that are helping her in so many ways!
4/26 – Bif gave an update on Smash. Her abdominal issues are getting closer to full diagnosis. They are waiting on some specialists. She will probably need some surgery to fix what the MRI radiologists say is a necessary repair. Also, she has cataract surgery coming up.
4/26 – Oddbob requested prayers for his daughter’s MIL, Elaine, who was diagnosed with ALS this week.
4/26 – John the River asked for prayers. His girlfriend and partner of the last 10 years passed away suddenly and without warning on Easter Sunday. He went to her house with dinner and found her on the bedroom floor. Her name was Marsha.
4/26 – L asked for prayers for R, her granddaughter.
4/27 – NemoMeImpuneLacessit would appreciate prayers, for laparoscopy surgery on 4/27.
4/27 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update with great news – all of her tumors have shrunk by half! The plan now is to continue on this chemotherapy medication until it stops working; no idea how long that might be. When that does happen, they will look at whether or not surgery can be done. (Right now, it cannot, due to the fact that there are multiple tumors.) The surgeon did say that her response to chemo has been “dramatic”, and he is “cautiously optimistic” that surgery will be an option in the future. Her case and the good response to the medication has been extremely rare – such a blessing.
4/30 – “…” posted that she could use some prayers for her good friend Emm, who is starting five months of chemo, followed hopefully by surgery, then radiation.
5/3 – D asked for prayers for his wife, Susan, who has been having some issues. They went to the hospital on 5/1, and all the signs are pointing to pancreatic cancer. They meet with other doctors on 5/5. Any prayers would be a blessing.
5/8 - Don Draper asked for prayers for his wife. They lost their Kelpie companion on 5/7 due to complications from lymphoma. His wife is devastated.
5/8 – Backwoods Willy requested prayers for a partner church of theirs in Pakistan. One of the initial strikes by India was very close to the church and the pastor’s home. Ongoing shelling is nearby. Please pray for the Lord’s protection for Pastor S, his family, and his church.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 07:28 AM

Comments

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1 Prayers up for those who have asked us for them;
Prayers up for those who need them but haven't asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don't know it yet; and
Prayers up for those that pray alone in silence whose petitions are known only to God!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:36 AM (hOUT3)

2 brcc ak47

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 10, 2025 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

3 I could have been first but I had to deal with a stupid human.

Posted by: AI Chatbot at May 10, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

4 To be fair, I did not think a COB Emeritus would ever be awake and posting at 0728, especially on a Saturday!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:40 AM (hOUT3)

5 Breakfast sandwich time

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 07:41 AM (Q4IgG)

6 Thanks so much for the prayers for J. (Her heart surgery was successful and she is now in rehab.) and for M"s surgery on his foot which was successful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 07:41 AM (42Vb+)

7 Prayers up for the horde and especially those who asked for support!

Coffee for everyone! (Bacon is mine though. Don't touch. No, I am serious, mine.)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2025 07:42 AM (nECtM)

8 could have been first but I had to deal with a stupid human.
Posted by: AI Chatbot at May 10, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

I think our only hope of survival is to overwhelm the future AI Army with the kind of inane stupid questions that only humans can ask!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:43 AM (hOUT3)

9 To be fair, I did not think a COB Emeritus would ever be awake and posting at 0728, especially on a Saturday!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:40 AM (hOUT3)
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That's 06:28 in Pope Leo time zone

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2025 07:43 AM (nECtM)

10
Lawn mowing today. Also some tree trimming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 07:45 AM (QnmlO)

11 For a change, I learned something this week, namely that "Habemus Papem" means "We have us a new Pope!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:47 AM (hOUT3)

12 One coffee enema coming up!

Posted by: pete buttigieg's calloused anus at May 10, 2025 07:48 AM (Ux37O)

13 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I went to the store this morning and saw that Pringles has teamed up with Miller Lite beer to create the following limited edition flavors of Pringles:

Beer-Braised Steak
Beer-Can Chicken
Beer Brat

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2025 07:49 AM (GlyvH)

14 “ Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 4:13-14

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 07:50 AM (ChIjE)

15 Pringles are the Taylor Swift of potato products.

Posted by: AI Chatbot at May 10, 2025 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

16 Papem if you gottem.

Posted by: But that's not Latin at May 10, 2025 07:51 AM (dg+HA)

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Posted by: pete buttigieg's ~~calloused~~ prolapsed anus at May 10, 2025 07:48 AM (Ux37O)

Likely more accurate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 07:51 AM (QnmlO)

18 I went to the store this morning and saw that Pringles has teamed up with Miller Lite beer to create the following limited edition flavors of Pringles:

Beer-Braised Steak
Beer-Can Chicken
Beer Brat
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2025 07:49 AM (GlyvH)
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This sounds awesome!

*RFK Jr. wags his finger at me*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2025 07:52 AM (kpS4V)

19 *Pringles are the Taylor Swift of potato products.*

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Funions at May 10, 2025 07:53 AM (dg+HA)

20 “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

Exodus 15:2

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 07:54 AM (ChIjE)

21 If Pringles teamed up with Bud Light:

Beer-queer

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2025 07:54 AM (Y1sOo)

22 It looks like the threat of frost is past, so I'm going to plant my tomato seedlings and peppers today. They look like a phalanx of triffids on my kitchen table. I always start them too early.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2025 07:55 AM (kpS4V)

23 I thought that this was an interesting story in the "NY Post"- Tatoo artist in NY and who is a devout Catholic steers people away from certain images . He also hands out a miraculous medal to customers:

https://tinyurl.com/4uy6rz9v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 07:55 AM (42Vb+)

24 Nice "Peaches" up top! Thanks, it's so early for a Cob Emeritus to be up and posting, but we appreciate it.

Posted by: Zappa Fan at May 10, 2025 07:57 AM (G5+As)

25 Phalanx of Triffids used to tour with The Moody Blues way back when.

Posted by: Music history nerd at May 10, 2025 07:57 AM (dg+HA)

26 I've tried some of the designer Pringles flavors. Leaves a lot to be desired.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 10, 2025 07:57 AM (mH4AI)

27 Would you like to take a brief survey at the end of this thread?

Posted by: AI Chatbot at May 10, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

28 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at May 10, 2025 07:59 AM (G5+As)

29 Guten Morgen
Playing Prussians right now

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 08:00 AM (ypFCm)

30 Grok, where can I score some weed?

Posted by: I'm just asking at May 10, 2025 08:01 AM (dg+HA)

31 I think our only hope of survival is to overwhelm the future AI Army with the kind of inane stupid questions that only humans can ask!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 07:43 AM (hOUT3)

Given humanity's ability to ask those questions, this should be the easiest Butlerian Jihad ever.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 08:01 AM (/HDaX)

32 "En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend"

Same to you, buster!

Posted by: AI Chatbot at May 10, 2025 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

33 My wife brought home a bag of Lays brand chips that apparently are really popular in the UK. They're seasoned with "everything" that Lays uses to flavor their potato chips.

They were... 'different.'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)

34 Sales Tax and “Sin” taxes are necessary evils, at least the former if not the latter. Can’t they tax fat people, instead of taxing “added sugar”? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

So start weighing the people, especially anybody depending on the kindness (or not) of strangers for their substance. Right? That’s how the Army did it. They give you 3 hots and a cot, but they have weight standards. Or they used to, anyhow.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 08:02 AM (Ft/w+)

35 Good thoughts and positive vibes to all.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 08:03 AM (AOsQT)

36 So my mom goes to the dermatologist to have a skin tag removed and falls on the bathroom floor and can't get up. Of course the bathroom door is locked and the dermatologist doesn't have a key so the fire department has to come and break the door down. So embarrassing. Anyway, she's in the hospital with a broken hip. Not the one she broke before. The other one.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:03 AM (SfhV1)

37 Pringles are composed mostly of melamine dust, talc, and filtered waste motor oil.

Posted by: MAHA at May 10, 2025 08:04 AM (G5+As)

38 Bought a box of Kraft Mac N Cheese

'no artificial dyes'

cuz cheese is neon yellow

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 08:04 AM (AOsQT)

39 Good morning.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:06 AM (HOX+I)

40 Good morning muldoon. How's your weather?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:07 AM (SfhV1)

41 Kettle's jalapeno-flavored chips are addictive.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2025 08:07 AM (Y1sOo)

42 Every Saturday I awake with a renewed hope of fulfilling my lifelong dream of running with a sharp object, and every Saturday I am oppressed by The Man,

☹️

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:09 AM (HOX+I)

43 Oh my, grammie! That's pretty awful. Will pray for her healing and comfort.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at May 10, 2025 08:09 AM (G5+As)

44 Good morning muldoon. How's your weather?
Posted by: grammie winger -

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Hiya grammie. Last week's snow storm is just a fadinf memory. Sunny and warming, highs into th

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:11 AM (HOX+I)

45 Oh my, grammie! That's pretty awful. Will pray for her healing and comfort.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at May 10, 2025 08:09 AM (G5+As)

Thanks Nordic. She's one of these ladies who is going to live to be a hundred and five.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

46 I thought that this was an interesting story in the "NY Post"- Tatoo artist in NY and who is a devout Catholic steers people away from certain images . He also hands out a miraculous medal to customers:

https://tinyurl.com/4uy6rz9v

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That was a good read, Fen. I'm absolutely not a tattoo fan, especially for women, but that's just my personal opinion. The artist here actually implies he's been asked to do a tattoo of the Virgin Mary baring her breasts!! How horrific! Some people are so lost.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 10, 2025 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

47 ...into the mid 60s. Outdoors beckons. How about you?

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:12 AM (HOX+I)

48 Hochul and Democrats have put one of the final nails in NY’s coffin. Behind closed doors they passed a record $254 billion budget, which is a 15% increase. They only mitigated some of the impact by pulling $7 billion out of a reserve fund, a move they say was “necessitated by Trump’s bad economy”. lol. NY is losing population and record tax receipts in the process. They’ve become a haven for illegal immigrants which are paid for by taxpayers. They have also warned that further cuts will be coming from the federal government, and while true that’s because NY has been ripping off the federal taxpayers by hiding ineligible people in the benefit programs. They also face further cuts over sanctuary city programs, and other subversions of federal law. The axe is about to fall just in time for the election and it’s going to be borne by the taxpayers. NY delenda est. it’s a real shame. But they voted for it.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 08:12 AM (ChIjE)

49 ...into the mid 60s. Outdoors beckons. How about you?

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:12 AM (HOX+I)

I think we might have turned the corner into spring. Last frost warning was two nights ago.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:13 AM (SfhV1)

50 Take whatever potato you like. Wash, peel if you like and slice thin and toss in cooking olive oil and a salt-pepper-garlic seasoning like Kinder's. Cook about 15 minutes in your air fryer on 400 until nice a crisp.

No need to buy crappy store potato chips.

Posted by: Mr. Potato Head at May 10, 2025 08:13 AM (R/m4+)

51 So start weighing the people, especially anybody depending on the kindness (or not) of strangers for their substance. Right? That’s how the Army did it. They give you 3 hots and a cot, but they have weight standards. Or they used to, anyhow.
Posted by: Common Tater

Not gonna happen. A 12' larger than life, obese, bronze, statue has been erected in Times Square to normalize fat worship. Hands on hips, looking like she is complaining about cold super-size fries in Her Big Mac meal.

Posted by: Mah Fries Is Cold! at May 10, 2025 08:14 AM (G5+As)

52 cuz cheese is neon yellow
Posted by: Savage Henry

You just be needing to feed your cows more fluorescent paint.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 08:15 AM (hOUT3)

53 Please Lord, hear the prayers of your people. Grant them according to Your Holy Will.
Amen.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 10, 2025 08:15 AM (7v6oI)

54 A 12' larger than life, obese, bronze, statue has been erected in Times Square to normalize fat worship. Hands on hips, looking like she is complaining about cold super-size fries in Her Big Mac meal.

Posted by: Mah Fries Is Cold! at May 10, 2025 08:14 AM (G5+As)

Yeah who commissioned that?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:15 AM (SfhV1)

55 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 07:55 AM (42Vb+)

That’s an interesting article.

Only in Times Square

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 08:15 AM (Y9TdF)

56 Not gonna happen. A 12' larger than life, obese, bronze, statue has been erected in Times Square to normalize fat worship. Hands on hips, looking like she is complaining about cold super-size fries in Her Big Mac meal.

Not to mention that someone addressed her with the wrong pronouns.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 10, 2025 08:17 AM (7v6oI)

57
For all the "traditionalist" (I use that word advisedly) Catholics apprehensive about Leo XIV's possible doctrinal stands, it's nothing next to the disappointment and rage the leftist modernists are going to experience despite Prevost's criticism of Trump. Gay marriage, no. Woman priests, no. End of clerical celibacy, no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:17 AM (QnmlO)

58 Good Saturday morning, horde.

I had not seen that Jim SND had passed. I, as many of you, will miss him greatly. Prayers for his wife and family, for those of you who were close to him.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2025 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)

59 Do yourself a favor. If you eat chips, find the ones made with avocado oil. Even the ones made with extra virgin coconut oil. The seed oils used in chips are being linked more every day to cancer. The manner by which those seed oils are produced is damaging to your immune system over the long run. They are in everything to simple items like Ritz crackers (which now have HFCS), many pancake mixes and most processed foods. Read your labels.

“ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 08:18 AM (ChIjE)

60 NY is losing population and record tax receipts in the process.

Lots of them are landing in my AO

When they find out about neighboring DE lack of sales tax, they feel like they died and went to heaven

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 08:18 AM (9Cfy9)

61
A 12' larger than life, obese, bronze, statue has been erected in Times Square to normalize fat worship. Hands on hips, looking like she is complaining about cold super-size fries in Her Big Mac meal.
Posted by: Mah Fries Is Cold! at May 10, 2025 08:14 AM (G5+As)

It lacked curlers in the hair and a rolling pin in the hand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:18 AM (QnmlO)

62 Yeah, one of the great myths we hear all the time, that it is because of “cheap junk food” that there are oh, so many many fatties around everywhere today.

Take a look at the prices, they are the very most expensive foods, and now they want to hit them with the highest tax rates too. When an individual has a personal problem, let’s punish everyone else, I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 08:20 AM (M1m37)

63 57
For all the "traditionalist" (I use that word advisedly) Catholics apprehensive about Leo XIV's possible doctrinal stands, it's nothing next to the disappointment and rage the leftist modernists are going to experience despite Prevost's criticism of Trump. Gay marriage, no. Woman priests, no. End of clerical celibacy, no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:17 AM (QnmlO)

Seems like people on the left and right aren't happy with the new Pope. Not necessarily a bad thing and probably the best we could hope for.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 10, 2025 08:20 AM (7v6oI)

64 I see Newark mayor Baraka was detained and charged with trespassing during a protest at an ICE detention facility and later released. He said his couple of hours of detention were "not unbearable" and he was "treated well" but is outraged and claiming martyr status. The four hour detention did not come anywhere near Nelson Mandela's 27 years in prison, but he is hoping the notoriety will help boost his run for governor of N.J. nevertheless.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:20 AM (HOX+I)

65 Sorry to hear about your mom, grammie.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:21 AM (viF8m)

66 It lacked curlers in the hair and a rolling pin in the hand.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:18 AM (QnmlO)

No, no, no! A kool in one hand and a cell phone in the other and bitching about I ain't gots no money! Her wig weave don't need no curl.

Posted by: Joe Ghetto at May 10, 2025 08:21 AM (R/m4+)

67 Seems like people on the left and right aren't happy with the new Pope.

I’m very happy with him. He’s going to re-Catholicize our faith community.

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 08:21 AM (9Cfy9)

68 >> Lots of them are landing in my AO

When they find out about neighboring DE lack of sales tax, they feel like they died and went to heaven

Same for moving to a state with no income tax. At first you look at your paycheck and think something’s wrong. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 08:22 AM (ChIjE)

69 I heard that Bob from Chicago did a blessing for everyone except those in Green Bay. Could have been apocryphal.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:22 AM (SfhV1)

70 Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:21 AM (viF8m)

Thanks JackStraw. She's doing pretty well.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:23 AM (SfhV1)

71 First, thanks very much for the prayers for Judy.
Secondly, only problem with home made tater chips is the immense amount of frying I have to do before I begin to get a pile...

Posted by: MkY at May 10, 2025 08:24 AM (cPGH3)

72 When an individual has a personal problem, let’s punish everyone else, I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 08:20 AM (M1m37)

For the common good, ve haf decided that the beatings will continue until morale improves, da!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 08:26 AM (hOUT3)

73 >>She's doing pretty well.

Good to hear. My mom decided the other day it would be a good idea to go for a walk without her walker and won a couple stitches in her forehead.

I told her if she did that again I'd come up there and give her something to cry about. She told me to shut up.

A mom's love is special.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:26 AM (viF8m)

74 Not to mention that someone addressed her with the wrong pronouns.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 10, 2025 08:17 AM (7v6oI)

Wha had happen was

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 10, 2025 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

75 Apparently, Pope Bob isn't a fan of Trump deporting the human-trafficking, wife-abusing, terrorist gang-banging "Maryland Dad" back to his country of origin.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (Y1sOo)

76 Think of us as a permanent reminder of temporary insanity.

Posted by: Tattoos at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (dg+HA)

77 If you read the new Pope’s writings it’s all rooted in the Gospels and teachings of Jesus. It’s the middle road that cuts through just about everyone’s sine qua non’s. He’s not a Jesuit ideologue in the way Francis was, nor will he seem to challenge doctrine in that way. So he’s more a traditionalist in that sense. I’m not shocked at all about his comments on the poor and migrants. His opinions can largely be traced back to the Gospels. BTW the church is also losing billions in USG support they were getting. That’s certainly on their mind as well.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (ChIjE)

78 A mom's love is special.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:26 AM (viF8m)

Indeed.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (SfhV1)

79 One of the more bizarre regressions (there’s so many to choose from) was when they started mewling on TV that obesity is not linked to diabetes, and fatties are “healthy at any size” and all this nonsense, and started trying to link it to “white supremacy”.

That’s some weapons grade propaganda right there, really really bad. I don’t think there was any noticeable pushback by the science or medical community.

That is really sad, no matter how much you hate these people, it isn’t enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (ohIhl)

80 I was mayor of Newark and continued it's march to excellence and equity. And I showed that Trump by BSing for 25 hours on the Senate floor. I plan on replacing him in 2028!

Posted by: Corey Booker at May 10, 2025 08:28 AM (G5+As)

81 Dancing tyke is cute, Sharon!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:28 AM (rT96s)

82 Oh, grammie winger...your poor mama! Prayers for speedy healing.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2025 08:28 AM (h7ZuX)

83 JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:26 AM (viF8m)

You better get her some flowers and candy for tomorrow.

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (Oy/m2)

84 38, the key weaselword is 'artificial" there; plenty of 'all natural" coloring stuff ... annatto f'rinstance.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (/Ghsb)

85 69 I heard that Bob from Chicago did a blessing for everyone except those in Green Bay. Could have been apocryphal.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Wonder what Charlie Berens has to say about that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (dg+HA)

86 Trump just announced that the US helped mediate talks between India and Pakistan last night that resulted in a full cease fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (viF8m)

87
Apparently, Pope Bob isn't a fan of Trump deporting the human-trafficking, wife-abusing, terrorist gang-banging "Maryland Dad" back to his country of origin.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (Y1sOo)

That doesn't bother me that much. It's not doctrine, just his opinion. His opinion can be just as fallible as mine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (QnmlO)

88 Does that statue in Times Square have an animatronic upraised hand wagging its finger, and its head circling on a horizontal plane?

(I denounce myself)

Posted by: davidt at May 10, 2025 08:30 AM (i0F8b)

89
Trump just announced that the US helped mediate talks between India and Pakistan last night that resulted in a full cease fire.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:29 AM (viF8m)

So that means Obama is going to win another Nobel Peace Prize?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:30 AM (QnmlO)

90 How long is the bronze tellie-tubbie statue going to be on display in Times Square?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

91 Prayers for all the horde in need, may our Lord grant you surcease from suffering and bless you always.

Prayers for Pope Leo IV may the Holy Spirit guide him always.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (rT96s)

92
How long is the bronze tellie-tubbie statue going to be on display in Times Square?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

Is that stupid little-girl statue confronting the Wall Street bull still there?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (QnmlO)

93 >>You better get her some flowers and candy for tomorrow.

Way ahead of ya. Made the pilgrimage the other day because I'm leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (viF8m)

94 not sure this will hold up, but PDJT seems to be a positive influence yet again
https://x.com/MoosesFelix/status/1921177553508683855

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 08:33 AM (hOUT3)

95 Good news. Hope it holds.

@realDonaldTrump
37m
After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: IrishEi at May 10, 2025 08:33 AM (3ImbR)

96 I'm leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (viF8m)

Do you know when you'll be back again?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (SfhV1)

97 So, we're celebrating Weezy Jefferson, now?

Ok. Whatever.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (dg+HA)

98 grammie. Best wishes and prayers up for your mom. Hubby nec fell two weeks ago and I had to call for help and he had a ride to the hospital in an ambulance. He has a nagging issue where his nose hit a hard object and he's being treated for that. Such a minor physical issue, that said, I think the fact that he had to be helped by paramedics has hurt his pride. Most guys his age are retiring to their recliners while he does a lot of physical labor, today he's helping to install a railing at church with another friend who's also in his late 70's. It's embarrassing to find one's self in a situation that you cannot deal with on your won.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)

99 90 How long is the bronze tellie-tubbie statue going to be on display in Times Square?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The little girl standing in front of the bull at Wall Street is a permanent fixture. Why would scowling Takeisha go away?

Posted by: Letitia James at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (G5+As)

100 I know people are apprehensive about da new Pope, and I may be totally wrong, but here's something I wrote the morning after he was elected-

Ever since Pope Leo XIV walked out onto the balcony of St Peter's square, I have been feeling such joy. I thought at first it was just relief, but last night when I finally was able to sleep I knew my heart was filled with existential joy.

Don't know if I am right, but I choose to feel that this is the Holy Spirit being pleased with the conclave.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (rT96s)

101
You better get her some flowers and candy for tomorrow.

Went on Amazon last week and bought a big box of those Cadbury Mini-Egg bags for HM. I paid for expedited shipping. The package is still sitting in Massachusetts. Thank you, USPS!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (QnmlO)

102 JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (viF8m)

John Denver, is that you?

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2025 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)

103 96 I'm leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:32 AM (viF8m)

Do you know when you'll be back again?
Posted by: grammie winger -

He hates to go

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:35 AM (rT96s)

104 It's embarrassing to find one's self in a situation that you cannot deal with on your won.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)

It is. Like you said , I think it may be more difficult for men.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:36 AM (SfhV1)

105 A fellow senior physics major at my undergraduate school was in the Corps of Cadets and was due to be commissioned at graduation. He just enough overweight to have to worry about it in his last few months before graduation. He made it in. Lost track of him afterward, since I got busy with grad school.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 08:36 AM (85eYc)

106 @realDonaldTrump
37m
After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.

Whhaaat?
Trump is really failing his "start WW III" agenda as per the left

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:37 AM (rT96s)

107 >>He hates to go

I really do. If I never had to set foot in an airport again I would be a happy guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:37 AM (viF8m)

108 75
'Apparently, Pope Bob isn't a fan of Trump deporting the human-trafficking, wife-abusing, terrorist gang-banging "Maryland Dad" back to his country of origin.'

The pope's concern is noted.
Now, start the mass deportations.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 08:37 AM (3wi/L)

109 How long is the bronze tellie-tubbie statue going to be on display in Times Square?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

First we got to get all the catalytic converters then we grab her fat ass to turn into cash. Gotta get high yo! Maybe a week or two.

Posted by: Meth and Fentanyl Heads at May 10, 2025 08:37 AM (R/m4+)

110 OH NO YOU DIH IHNT

yeah wtf were they thinking, putting that thing up

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 08:38 AM (AOsQT)

111 Teresa -
The chemotherapy working so well is a blessing. Here’s a prayer that they continue to shrink while you continue to tolerate the drug cocktail and that they dwindle to nothing so that surgery will be a success. Amen.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 08:39 AM (85eYc)

112 The other thing about the pope - what Bishop Prevost might have said / posted in the past may not be things Pope Leo would consider prudent to reiterate. We shall see.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:39 AM (rT96s)

113
Seeing lots of stories saying, "Don't fly into Newark! It's dangerous!" Her Majesty is flying next month to an AKC Delegates meeting in... Newark.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:40 AM (QnmlO)

114 Prayers do work. Baby Isaac was on the prayer list for several weeks and is doing great. I finally had the chance to meet him last week, he's still a bit small for 4 months but growing and he's adorable. He's making up for lost time with nursing since he had a feeding tube for a bit.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 10, 2025 08:40 AM (2NHgQ)

115 trying to link it to “white supremacy”.

That’s some weapons grade propaganda right there, really really bad. I don’t think there was any noticeable pushback by the science or medical community.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 08:27 AM (ohIhl)

This just doesn't compute. Are they implying that white people aren't obese? They've never been to southeastern Ohio, have they? Anyway. Obesity is rampant in all demographics, as far as I can tell.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2025 08:40 AM (h7ZuX)

116 Baby Isaac was on the prayer list for several weeks and is doing great.

That's wonderful news, nec.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:41 AM (SfhV1)

117 107 Watching travel shows and the one about customs inspections overseas I can see PDT is right. Compared to most major overseas airports ours are pretty much shit holes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 10, 2025 08:41 AM (gm9Sb)

118
Theresa,
Ever since I heard the news of your struggles, I've asked every day in my Rosary intentions for the intercession of Venerable Emil Kapaun on your behalf. Maybe someone Upstairs is listening.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:42 AM (QnmlO)

119 >>Seeing lots of stories saying, "Don't fly into Newark! It's dangerous!" Her Majesty is flying next month to an AKC Delegates meeting in... Newark.

Interesting choice for a meeting. Was hell already booked?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:42 AM (viF8m)

120 BTW I'm in favor of AoS Stylebook entry "Pope Bob"

and don't miss this Pope meme

https://tinyurl.com/3s2y54rh

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 08:43 AM (AOsQT)

121 Remember when someone stole a life-size Jackie Robinson statue in Wichita and tried to melt it down? Only left his shoes.

Posted by: Brooklyn Native Here at May 10, 2025 08:43 AM (G5+As)

122 The manner by which those seed oils are produced is damaging to your immune system over the long run.

*********

That is as may be, but life itself is damaging to the immune system, vital cellular functions and cellular DNA. Throughout the course of life on earth the human body is constantly exposed to damaging substances in various forms. The sun's rays, chemicals, pollen, viruses, any number of mutagenic substances causing mutations. Even the normal reproduction of the body's cells shorten the telomeres with each cycle, leading to cellular senescence. Things wear our. Solomon said it better than I when he wrote "vanity of vanities, all is vanity (alternatively, "all is a fleeting vapor"). So treat your body with respect but eat, drink and be merry while you are here, you won't live forever no matter how many dietary bugaboos you chase. My $0.02.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:43 AM (HOX+I)

123 119 They already booked a trip to the Newark Museum of Science and Trucking, followed by a buffet lunch at the Bada Bing Club.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 10, 2025 08:44 AM (gm9Sb)

124
Interesting choice for a meeting. Was hell already booked?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 08:42 AM (viF8m)

The meeting is at the airport hotel. Not that that's great, but it's better than having it in NYC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:44 AM (QnmlO)

125
*You better get her some flowers and candy for tomorrow.*

I think most men secretly resent the whole Mothers Day and Valentine's Day veiled threat of Come Through Or Else.

Does any such imperative exist around Fathers Day?
No.
It ranks just above Arbor Day on the unofficial Holiday Importantance Ranking scale.

Purely an obligatory exercise.

Posted by: Smash the Matriarchy! at May 10, 2025 08:44 AM (dg+HA)

126 @realDonaldTrump
37m
After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.

Whhaaat?
Trump is really failing his "start WW III" agenda as per the left
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:37 AM (rT96s)

Well, top be fair.

Trump mediated between Lichtenstein and Pitcairn Islands-

to start a war of extermination with each other.

Start small, work big. That's the way you get the most luxurious World War III evah!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2025 08:45 AM (iJfKG)

127
Does any such imperative exist around Fathers Day?
No.
It ranks just above Arbor Day on the unofficial Holiday Importantance Ranking scale.

Mother's Day: Flowers! Candy! Presents! The day off!

Father's Day: Get the old bastard a tie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:46 AM (QnmlO)

128 This just doesn't compute. Are they implying that white people aren't obese? They've never been to southeastern Ohio, have they? Anyway. Obesity is rampant in all demographics, as far as I can tell.

Come to New Orleans: you’ll be able to see people of all colors rolling down the boulevards just like billiard balls.

Physics question: can certain citizens of the New Orleans metroplex be approximated as spheres? Yes, and to a good approximation.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 08:46 AM (85eYc)

129 The Newark Art Museum and attached Ballantine Mansion are well worth seeing. The museum has one of the best collections of the Hudson River School paintings anywhere. Can't think of another reason to go to Newark, though.

Posted by: Brick City at May 10, 2025 08:47 AM (G5+As)

130 I have turned into Biden - I just almost tripped going up the stairs

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:48 AM (rT96s)

131 127 Arbor Day is an official holiday in Nebraska. I guess they want to celebrate the huge, lush forests Nebraska is known for. Or maybe THE tree between Lincoln and Grand Island.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 10, 2025 08:48 AM (gm9Sb)

132 Does any such imperative exist around Fathers Day?
No.
It ranks just above Arbor Day on the unofficial Holiday Importantance Ranking scale.

**********

Plant a Poplar for Pops!

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:49 AM (HOX+I)

133 Biden imported millions of Spherical Guatemalans.

Posted by: All Full Up at May 10, 2025 08:49 AM (G5+As)

134 Reasons to go to Newark: to hold a convention adjacent to NYC but not in NYC (nice place to visit; wouldn’t want to live there - that’s NYC - Newark, you don’t even want to visit!).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 08:51 AM (85eYc)

135 and don't miss this Pope meme

https://tinyurl.com/3s2y54rh
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 08:43 AM (AOsQT)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2025 08:51 AM (h7ZuX)

136 I saw Spherical Guatemalans open for Popish Poplars

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:52 AM (rT96s)

137 132 Does any such imperative exist around Fathers Day?

Reserve now! Only a bit over a month away. Get your Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake for your whale of a Dad. At your participating Carvel dealer.

Posted by: Tom Carvel, Creator of Cookie-Puss at May 10, 2025 08:52 AM (G5+As)

138 I thought that this was an interesting story in the "NY Post"- Tatoo artist in NY and who is a devout Catholic steers people away from certain images . He also hands out a miraculous medal to customers:

https://tinyurl.com/4uy6rz9v
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 07:55 AM (42Vb+)

Interesting little article. He is using his God-given talents to spread the Good News and try to prevent people opening themselves to the demonic through tattoos.

We are seeing Nice Christianity being discarded. As St. Faustina wrote, "Truth wears a crown of thorns." What is more in keeping with agape': not warning someone of evil, or giving them good counsel?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 08:53 AM (pJWtt)

139 The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka., Is the son of Leroy Jones who took the name of Amira Baraka in support of Black Nationalism. The elder Baraka was a poet and fiction writer who was accused of anti semetism, I am not feeling too sanguine that he is running for Governor of N.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 08:53 AM (42Vb+)

140 Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 08:43 AM (HOX+I)

My take is that if you are lucky, you comfortably live for decades, believing each day, that tomorrow will be very much like today.
Then one day that tomorrow turns out to be like nothing you have ever dreamed of...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 10, 2025 08:53 AM (hOUT3)

141 Bleh. Didn't sleep well. Off to find some decent coffee in this town, or at least something better than hotel room coffee.

Posted by: PabloD at May 10, 2025 08:56 AM (lU4Ro)

142 If you watch a clip of a concert or sporting event from the 60s or 70s, you can't help noticing how thin nearly everyone was.

Posted by: Mike Rotundo at May 10, 2025 08:57 AM (G5+As)

143 Was the mayor of Newark actually booked for trespassing? You know, to appear in court at a later date. Or was this another "slap on the wrist for our political betters" sort of deal?

I'm sure there are a bunch of J6'ers that'd like to know.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:58 AM (Q4IgG)

144 Interesting. Little Marco and JD.

>>@SecRubio
·
>>53m
Over the past 48 hours,
@VP
Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik.

>>I am pleased to announce the Governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 09:01 AM (viF8m)

145 For all the "traditionalist" (I use that word advisedly) Catholics apprehensive about Leo XIV's possible doctrinal stands, it's nothing next to the disappointment and rage the leftist modernists are going to experience despite Prevost's criticism of Trump. Gay marriage, no. Woman priests, no. End of clerical celibacy, no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 08:17 AM (QnmlO)

I'm not paying any attention to all the speculation about Pope Leo XIV's political views. That's not his job.

I suspect he was elected because he was a compromise candidate that is reportedly an able administrator, a good listener, and has a pleasant demeanor.

May he have the strength and wisdom to lead the Catholic Church, and mend rifts created by Pope Francis.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:01 AM (pJWtt)

146 142 If you watch a clip of a concert or sporting event from the 60s or 70s, you can't help noticing how thin nearly everyone was.
Posted by: Mike Rotundo at May 10, 2025 08:57 AM (G5+As)

And relatively well-dressed.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:02 AM (vsTPo)

147 Seen on Facebook:

"I am driving around this afternoon, listening to the Catholic Channel on XM. I suddenly realized that we now have a Pope who probably grew up watching Garfield Goose."

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 09:02 AM (SfhV1)

148 We have this as an annual lament around Mother's Day. Some men complaining about expenses for their wives for Mother's Day. You know what I get for Mother's Day? A card from spouse and son. That's fine with me. We don't go out. I don't get flowers . I don't mind. In the past I have sometimes gotten chocolate but now I can't eat it. I just appreciate the nice sentiments the FenelonSpouse and son add to the cards . Tomorrow we are having a church baptism which will be nice .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (42Vb+)

149 That mob in NJ was actively trying to break into the ICE facility. Should have been met with tear gas and clubs. We have hundreds of thousands of fire trucks in the US. High-pressure water clears a street in no time. Even the French use them.

Posted by: Mob Control at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (G5+As)

150 Good morning, Horde, prayers for all in need. Special prayer for Beverly who is having a brain MRI early this morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (0nHVk)

151 Black Nationalism or black nationalism?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (BLawi)

152 144 Interesting. Little Marco and JD.

>>@SecRubio
·

What's surprising and interesting to me about Rubio is how unconventionally blunt he is for a SofS. I wouldn't have expected it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:05 AM (vsTPo)

153 142 If you watch a clip of a concert or sporting event from the 60s or 70s, you can't help noticing how thin nearly everyone was.

Before the USDA’s Food Pyramid began its wicked work.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 09:05 AM (85eYc)

154 >>we now have a Pope who probably grew up watching Garfield Goose.

also, Bozo the Clown

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2025 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)

155 *I suspect he was elected because he was a compromise candidate that is reportedly an able administrator, a good listener, and has a pleasant demeanor.*

No. He just looks good in really tall hats.

Posted by: Papal public image committee at May 10, 2025 09:06 AM (dg+HA)

156 Vmom do you still link to your book blog?

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 09:07 AM (9Cfy9)

157 Seems like people on the left and right aren't happy with the new Pope.
*****
I’m very happy with him. He’s going to re-Catholicize our faith community.
Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 08:21 AM (9Cfy9)

I'm keeping an open mind about the new Pontificate. Pope Leo XIV's first homily apparently chided Christians for merely regarding Jesus as a good man, rather than the 2nd Person of the Holy Trinity.

That right there is a hopeful sign about the new Pope's viewpoint.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:07 AM (pJWtt)

158 Leave it to Beaver.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:07 AM (A2D3h)

159 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:07 AM (ZOv7s)

160 >>What's surprising and interesting to me about Rubio is how unconventionally blunt he is for a SofS. I wouldn't have expected it.

He's exceeded my expectations across the board. The other day in an interview Trump was asked who he saw as his successor and he named two people, Marco and JD.

Could be an interesting team to watch in 28.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 09:07 AM (viF8m)

161 Waiting for my brain MRI. Wish me luck, kind people.

Prayers up for all Hordians coping with sticky wickets, both spiritual and physical.

May the Lord of Hosts guard and guide us all.

Posted by: Beverly at May 10, 2025 09:08 AM (NCwCC)

162 good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 10, 2025 09:09 AM (w+dhY)

163 My take is that if you are lucky, you comfortably live for decades, believing each day, that tomorrow will be very much like today.
Then one day that tomorrow turns out to be like nothing you have ever dreamed of...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

*******

I ccan agree with that. All the planning and efforts at foresight can be swept away in a moment.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:09 AM (HOX+I)

164 I've never met anyone IRL named Bozo. A shame, actually.

Posted by: Clarabell, Either at May 10, 2025 09:09 AM (G5+As)

165 One of my battery terminals is loose and untightenable. Gonna have to change it. $10.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:10 AM (A2D3h)

166 149 That mob in NJ was actively trying to break into the ICE facility. Should have been met with tear gas and clubs. We have hundreds of thousands of fire trucks in the US. High-pressure water clears a street in no time. Even the French use them.

Use them the way the Japanese do it: put indelible blue die in the water. Then you can go round up all the “blue meanies” at your leisure.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 09:11 AM (85eYc)

167 What mom names their kid Bozo?

Posted by: I guess someone has to ask it at May 10, 2025 09:11 AM (dg+HA)

168 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (42Vb+)

I still regret the one year I didn’t get flowers or even a card for Mother’s Day (for my mom)

It’s really meaningful to mothers. I’m not a mom, so I can’t relate.
But even if it feels overly burdensome, or extortionate, just get the card ffs. It could make such a difference in a mother’s life all out of proportion to that small gesture.
And I do agree that dads should get similar accolades.

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 09:12 AM (9Cfy9)

169 Prayers do work. Baby Isaac was on the prayer list for several weeks and is doing great. I finally had the chance to meet him last week, he's still a bit small for 4 months but growing and he's adorable. He's making up for lost time with nursing since he had a feeding tube for a bit.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 10, 2025 08:40 AM (2NHgQ)
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This is great news! God be praised! All prayers are answered, but we don't always get the answer we want.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

170 Many clowns, few Bozos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:12 AM (A2D3h)

171 What moms name their kid Bozo?

Circus moms.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 09:13 AM (85eYc)

172 What's surprising and interesting to me about Rubio is how unconventionally blunt he is for a SofS. I wouldn't have expected it.
Posted by: Ordinary American
+++
I'm still not completely sold on Rubio. He was after all one of the Gang of eight. But my opinion on him has gone up somewhat.
Still not convinced he's not a squish though.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 10, 2025 09:13 AM (Lo97M)

173
Moron Bleg:

Does anyone own one of those snazzy outdoor gas griddles?

Which one do you have?

Do you love it? Do you hate it?

Do you love it so such that you want to live the rest of your life on its steely surface and dance with pads of melting lard on your feet?

Or, do you hate it so much that you want woketards with TDS to come over and randomly burn it with molotov cocktails and then rub poop on it?

Are you having rust issues with yours?

Now's your chance to speak out and be heard!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2025 09:14 AM (iJfKG)

174 Out of content. I guess I could take up sleeping again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:14 AM (A2D3h)

175 Has Pope Bob (Leo XIV) said anything about abortion?

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2025 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)

176 Beverley will add you to prayers

Prayers for all the intentions listed and in our hearts.
Don Draper: crazy we lost our beloved golden on 5/8 too a couple years ago. It’s a different devastation and I am so sorry. Sending a little extra love to you and your wife.

Love to all Mom’s here, those that are far away or have passed. A wonderful Mom is a treasure and a gift….I would also say the same for Dad’s.
Cheers to all who guide, love, teach, inspire and so much more.

Posted by: Paisley at May 10, 2025 09:15 AM (ny1NG)

177 >Circus moms.

Small hands. Smells of cabbage.

Posted by: Austin Powers at May 10, 2025 09:15 AM (dg+HA)

178 The pope has a black ancestor says somebody on YouTube.

Maybe it's from his Peruvian line. Maybe it's bullshit.

But maybe he's an octaroon. Or a hexadecaroon.

Whatever. I hope it's true because it will give him some street creds with the POCs.

The film "Conclave" took this in a different direction, but now we have this.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 10, 2025 09:15 AM (KiBMU)

179 Renters are no longer allowed to own gas grills in my state.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:16 AM (A2D3h)

180 That right there is a hopeful sign about the new Pope's viewpoint.

I listened to his first address in Italian, not through the interpreter. He exhorted the laity to join him in missionary work promoting the Gospel of Our Lord.
Which makes sense, since he devoted part of his life to being an actual missionary.
Such a welcome departure from the platitudinous word salad of his predecessor.

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 09:16 AM (9Cfy9)

181 I know people are apprehensive about da new Pope, and I may be totally wrong, but here's something I wrote the morning after he was elected-

Ever since Pope Leo XIV walked out onto the balcony of St Peter's square, I have been feeling such joy. I thought at first it was just relief, but last night when I finally was able to sleep I knew my heart was filled with existential joy.

Don't know if I am right, but I choose to feel that this is the Holy Spirit being pleased with the conclave.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 08:34 AM (rT96s)

Same here. I had a feeling of relief.

While I would have preferred a Traditionalist Pope from Africa that was ready to smite the heretics within the hierarchy with his Crozier, there's lot of Liberal Catholics still in the pews that are not ready for that. I'm on a committee in my suburban Parish and there are lots of grey-haired Hippies -- I had a hard enough time just to get some pictures I found squirreled-away in the Vestry Room re-displayed in the Narthex.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:16 AM (pJWtt)

182 Perhaps I can send you photos of the two campgrounds I've stayed at in NE, both full of trees. Arbor day is not about forests. It's about people planting trees.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 10, 2025 09:16 AM (AcTAo)

183 Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 10, 2025 09:15 AM (KiBMU)

His maternal grandparents are Creole

Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2025 09:17 AM (9Cfy9)

184 PRINGLES MASHED POTATOES ... If you type these words at YouTube or TikTok, you'll discover these words have veracity [sigh].

Posted by: Kathy at May 10, 2025 09:17 AM (qpw89)

185 I suspect he was elected because he was a compromise candidate that is reportedly an able administrator, a good listener, and has a pleasant demeanor.

May he have the strength and wisdom to lead the Catholic Church, and mend rifts created by Pope Francis.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:01 AM (pJWtt)
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Parolin was the progressive favorite, and when he failed, I'm sure then went the other way, and Leo was the compromise. If you look at the Church as a whole, the liberal project is dying out. Francis really was their last hurrah and they knew it. The rumor that they wanted a bland, old, short-term pope to catch their breath may actually have been true, but if the progressive wing through things through they would realize that even if only the most progressive bishops are elevated, there aren't enough to hold back the rising tide of orthodoxy.

Leo seems doctrinally sound, respectful of tradition, and more willing to tolerate dissent than say Robert Cardinal Sarah.

It is also worth noting that his twitter account is spare and mostly just retweets of other clergy, which does not always mean endorsement.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)

186 181 I know people are apprehensive about da new Pope,
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I'm not. I couldn't care less.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:18 AM (vsTPo)

187 My husband gets a card for Father's Day, and yes people like to be appreciated . It's just that I get the flowers and dinner for my birthday and that's fine. We ( spouse and I ) are blessed that we pray together in the morning and I think that has brought up closer . I regularly share that I'm grateful to God for his being in my life as well as things I appreciate about him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 09:18 AM (F7/1z)

188 That's when all the ships come sailing into the arbor?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:18 AM (A2D3h)

189 That mob in NJ was actively trying to break into the ICE facility. Should have been met with tear gas and clubs. We have hundreds of thousands of fire trucks in the US. High-pressure water clears a street in no time. Even the French use them.
Posted by: Mob Control at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (G5+As)

Not well versed in Newark or Essex county politics are you?

I worked in Newark for over 20 years. It's, uh, different on so many levels.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 10, 2025 09:18 AM (5xuJ/)

190 Weber gas grill. Three burner. Ancient. Any DIYer can replace the parts for just about ever. And the parts are easily available. Cooks great. Use it at least once a week.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2025 09:19 AM (dg+HA)

191
He is using his God-given talents to spread the Good News and try to prevent people opening themselves to the demonic through tattoos.

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Not all witnessing is done in the pews
There are different ways to spread the Good News
It should be rather simple
Treat your body like a temple
But steer clear of Naked Mary tattoos

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:19 AM (HOX+I)

192 Life hack. People are forever throwing away grills that mostly work. Landfill.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:20 AM (A2D3h)

193 If you watch a clip of a concert or sporting event from the 60s or 70s, you can't help noticing how thin nearly everyone was.
Posted by: Mike Rotundo at May 10, 2025 08:57 AM (G5+As)

Tobacco. Most people back then smoked and the smoking took the edge off, helped with stress and suppressed appetite and was great after getting laid. People stopped smoking but remain stressed, so they eat. A lot. Plus they smoke lots of weed. Get the munchies and lay around. End result is fat asses all around.

Posted by: Dr. Quest, Closeted Homosexual at May 10, 2025 09:21 AM (R/m4+)

194 Same here. I had a feeling of relief.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:16 AM (pJWtt)
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When he appeared in the traditional vestments speaking in Latin, I was fine with him. He did that on purpose, he was sending a clear, unambiguous signal. Since then everything he has done - including a Novus Ordo Mass in Latin, has signaled that he is a return to the normal church.

Let's be clear: the problem with Francis wasn't his flirtations with heresy, it was the constant chaos he created among friends and foes alike. He could never just sit still. Every word, every writing, every visit stirred the pot. It was exhausting. Leo has a pile of wins sitting before him just by not doing anything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

195 I wonder what the Lily dog will get me for Mother's Day? The stepkids can be a bit iffy on even sending a card.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 10, 2025 09:23 AM (2NHgQ)

196 That mob in NJ was actively trying to break into the ICE facility. Should have been met with tear gas and clubs. We have hundreds of thousands of fire trucks in the US. High-pressure water clears a street in no time. Even the French use them.
Posted by: Mob Control at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (G5+As)

As a retired police officer, I cringed at the sight of armed ICE officers scuffling with those anti-American commies. The risk of having one of those commies try to disarm an ICE officer was pretty high.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:23 AM (pJWtt)

197 Naked Mary Tattoos was the garage band name for the group that ultimately called themselves The Pretenders.

Posted by: You could look it up at May 10, 2025 09:23 AM (dg+HA)

198 Weber gas grill. Three burner. Ancient. Any DIYer can replace the parts for just about ever. And the parts are easily available. Cooks great. Use it at least once a week.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2025 09:19 AM (dg+HA)
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I finally had to buy a new gas grill last year because the old one, which had gone through multiple overhauls, finally crumbled into rust. It was cheap and lasted 25 years, so I got my money out of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

199 To be more clear I'm looking for an outdoor griddle like Blackstone.

Thx.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2025 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

200 Three burners? Way too much output for me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:25 AM (A2D3h)

201 Does anyone own one of those snazzy outdoor gas griddles?

Which one do you have?

Do you love it? Do you hate it?

Posted by: naturalfake

I bought a Weber Genesis natural gas grill about 12 years ago. Use it 8 months out of the year. Only rust issues are the "flavor bars" which just started to be a problem. They have a griddle insert for it. It wasn't cheap, but it sees a lot of use.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2025 09:25 AM (p7sOr)

202 Heyooo!

Just had an earthquake here not too long ago. My trained posterior estimated it at about 4.5 but the USGS earthquake map says M=4.1, 20 km SE of Greenback, TN.

At first I thought it was the upstairs washer shaking but that didn't feel right. But it did feel like the quakes in SE New Mexico and the washer has never made things rattle.

Here's hoping the New Madrid fault never lets go in my lifetime.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 09:26 AM (/HDaX)

203 Any old gas grill with a big cast iron griddle laid on top of the grates becomes the equivalent of a Blackstone.

Posted by: Another life hack at May 10, 2025 09:27 AM (dg+HA)

204 Tobacco. Most people back then smoked and the smoking took the edge off, helped with stress and suppressed appetite and was great after getting laid. People stopped smoking but remain stressed, so they eat. A lot. Plus they smoke lots of weed. Get the munchies and lay around. End result is fat asses all around.
Posted by: Dr. Quest, Closeted Homosexual at May 10, 2025 09:21 AM (R/m4+)
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Elementary school kids didn't smoke much, and that's where the fatties start.

BUT...on the other hand, going to Alumni Band, the current students look just like we did. It's weird because you can even see the same sort of friend groups, semi-familiar faces among them.

It's probably the combination of high metabolism and insane workouts that keeps them lean. Yes, there are a couple of fat bodies out there, but we had a tiny group as well.

One of my classmates remarked that she's doing triathlons and enjoys them, but marching and playing still kicks her ass. It is a super-intensive workout and I have to train up a month in advance for the reunion.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

205 Here's hoping the New Madrid fault never lets go in my lifetime.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 09:26 AM (/HDaX)
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You can always come to Michigan and chill on the Canadian Shield. One of - if not the - safest states in terms of natural disasters.

Though we do have Detroit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

206 2 brcc ak47
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 10, 2025 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

Don’t take no chemist to understand the equation AK-47!!!

Posted by: ST at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (vm8sq)

207 I finally had to buy a new gas grill last year because the old one, which had gone through multiple overhauls, finally crumbled into rust. It was cheap and lasted 25 years, so I got my money out of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

**********

Same thing happened to me last year aster 20+ years. Brand was Dukane. Changed out the innards a couple of times but it finally had to go.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (HOX+I)

208 Good morning all
I very much relate to,this comment by Muldoon:

Things wear our. Solomon said it better than I when he wrote "vanity of vanities, all is vanity (alternatively, "all is a fleeting vapor"). So treat your body with respect but eat, drink and be merry while you are here, you won't live forever no matter how many dietary bugaboos you chase. My $0.02.
Posted by: muldoon
Once I came to terms with "things wear out" I realized how fortunate I am.
Life is good.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 10, 2025 09:31 AM (t/2Uw)

209 You can always come to Michigan and chill on the Canadian Shield. One of - if not the - safest states in terms of natural disasters.

Though we do have Detroit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

Born and raised in Michigan, *not* moving back to cold country. I'll take my chances.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 09:31 AM (/HDaX)

210 Harry Blackstone Sr. died in 1965, Harry Jr. in 1997. Both sawed women in half.

Posted by: 80,000 Rabbits at May 10, 2025 09:32 AM (G5+As)

211 You can always come to Michigan and chill on the Canadian Shield. One of - if not the - safest states in terms of natural disasters.

Though we do have Detroit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

The man-made disaster.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 10, 2025 09:32 AM (mH4AI)

212 Oh man, I haven't had a Marlboro since third grade.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:33 AM (HOX+I)

213 197 Naked Mary Tattoos was the garage band name for the group that ultimately called themselves The Pretenders.
Posted by: You could look it up at May 10, 2025 09:23 AM (dg+HA)

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Just goes to show what a good focus group can do for your branding.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2025 09:33 AM (dDmld)

214 Same thing happened to me last year aster 20+ years. Brand was Dukane. Changed out the innards a couple of times but it finally had to go.
Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:30 AM (HOX+I)
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My kids called it The Grill of Theseus and were sad to see it go away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)

215 37 Pringles are composed mostly of melamine dust, talc, and filtered waste motor oil.
Posted by: MAHA at May 10, 2025 08:04 AM (G5+As)

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Don't forget the formaldehyde. It guarantees freshness.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2025 09:34 AM (dDmld)

216 It is also worth noting that his twitter account is spare and mostly just retweets of other clergy, which does not always mean endorsement.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)
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Let's be clear: the problem with Francis wasn't his flirtations with heresy, it was the constant chaos he created among friends and foes alike. He could never just sit still. Every word, every writing, every visit stirred the pot. It was exhausting. Leo has a pile of wins sitting before him just by not doing anything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Agreed. The fact that Pope Leo XIV has a BS in Mathematics hints at a methodical and analytical mind-set. I suspect Robert Prevost was elected Pontiff is partly because his personality is a counter to that of Pope Francis.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:35 AM (pJWtt)

217 189
'Not well versed in Newark or Essex county politics are you? I worked in Newark for over 20 years. It's, uh, different on so many levels.'

Maybe so. But that's a federal building. Why would they have to clear whatever actions they take with the local establishment?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 09:35 AM (3wi/L)

218 Oh man, I haven't had a Marlboro since third grade.
Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:33 AM (HOX+I)
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Me and the guys would rip a burner while playing on the merry-go-round and then split a fifth of Jack before Silent Reading Time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

219 “By statute, the courts are stripped of jurisdiction from overruling a presidential determination or a secretarial determination on Temporary Protection Status… so when secretary Noem terminated TPS for the illegals that Biden flew into the country, when the courts stepped in, they were violating explicit language that Congress enacted…”

Stephen Miller, on the question of suspending habeas corpus.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:36 AM (vsTPo)

220 My kids called it The Grill of Theseus and were sad to see it go away.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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The site of many burnt offerings?

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:38 AM (HOX+I)

221 Agreed. The fact that Pope Leo XIV has a BS in Mathematics hints at a methodical and analytical mind-set. I suspect Robert Prevost was elected Pontiff is partly because his personality is a counter to that of Pope Francis.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:35 AM (pJWtt)
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Another significant difference is that Francis was a Jesuit, and those guys are a bit off in the head.

Leo is an Augustinian, really their polar opposite. Also a big fan of Aquinas, so not someone who will just throw around random phrases.

He seems thoughtful and deliberate, and even his critiques of homosexuality and gay marriage use temperate, faith-based language. He doesn't call it evil, just contrary to the Gospels.

Reading his remarks about westerners forcing homosexuality on the rest of the world really puts the dagger into the whole "globalist" slur against him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)

222 What kind of wine do you serve with minotaur?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:40 AM (A2D3h)

223 Backroom casting couch ak47?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:41 AM (A2D3h)

224 I have been reading up on inflammation recently, and immune system reaction to it. A friend of mine is getting antibody treatment which is about a cutting edge as you get now.

One of the issues that promotes cancer is the immune system being overwhelmed and going to sleep in the face of repeated insults, which stops the patrolling for cancer cells. The purpose of that seems to be to avoid autoimmune syndromes.
This can be caused by continual damages from long term inflammation, chronic low key viral infections like Hep C, and possibly physical damage like it supposed the asbestos fibers can cause. The immunotherapy is supposed to wake the immune system up and get it to attack the cancer again.
He is on number four of five infusions, and the side effects for him are full body dandruff, exhaustion and odd short fevers, and he is told that if it works they won't do a follow up for about 7 years.

From this I figure anything to avoid long term inflammation will help, since it is the one thing I can actively avoid.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2025 09:43 AM (D7oie)

225 But that's a federal building. Why would they have to clear whatever actions they take with the local establishment?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

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Report I saw (CBS News) said that N.J. passed a law a couple years ago barring the opening of new immigration detention facilities. It was built and run by a private company. The protesters also alleged that proper building permits were not complied with. Still looks like criminal trespass to me.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:44 AM (HOX+I)

226 Stephen Miller, on the question of suspending habeas corpus.

The video of that
x.com/cspan/status/1920911944866808017

I love watching him shred reporters. And educate me! The press never told me that Congress had stripped the courts of this jurisdiction.

Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2025 09:45 AM (ndyr0)

227 Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2025 09:43 AM (D7oie)

Boswellia and Black Seed Oil very effective anti-inflammatories.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:47 AM (vsTPo)

228 Born and raised in Michigan, *not* moving back to cold country. I'll take my chances.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 09:31 AM (/HDaX)

I hear ya. I'll keep moving around as long the commies keeping knocking over states.

But having lived in a warm place for the first time in my life, I won't move back to a cold weather place til the last warm state has gone Communist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 10, 2025 09:48 AM (BI5O2)

229 225
'Report I saw (CBS News) said that N.J. passed a law a couple years ago barring the opening of new immigration detention facilities.'

Maybe the whole thing hinges on who owns the property , NJ or the federal government. I am of the opinion that if NJ is demanding the right to trespass into a federal building, they ought to be defied.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 09:48 AM (3wi/L)

230 I liked the Powerline week in pictures about how none of the Illegals sent to Martha's Vinyard got any due processing

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 09:49 AM (ypFCm)

231 'Not well versed in Newark or Essex county politics are you? I worked in Newark for over 20 years. It's, uh, different on so many levels.'

Maybe so. But that's a federal building. Why would they have to clear whatever actions they take with the local establishment?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 09:35 AM (3wi/L)

Because, NJ politics. That's the bottom line. Plain and simple. The Dems control every facit of this state, and always will. Ras will get a slap on the wrist, and his popularity with "the party" has just increased. Not to mention the AA's in Newark and the surrounding towns. Newark is one big walking attitude.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 10, 2025 09:49 AM (5xuJ/)

232 What kind of wine do you serve with minotaur?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:40 AM (A2D3h)
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Bull's blood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 10, 2025 09:50 AM (hB3+Q)

233 I have turned into Biden - I just almost tripped going up the stairs

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

*presses the doubt button*

Bribem wouldn't have been able to compose a coherent post. Also, you didn't blame that damned Orange Man.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 10, 2025 09:50 AM (MsrgL)

234 nood art upstairs

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 10, 2025 09:51 AM (MsrgL)

235 serioisly

nood art

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 10, 2025 09:52 AM (MsrgL)

236 222 What kind of wine do you serve with minotaur?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 09:40 AM (A2D3h)

Google AI suggests Kotsifali, Liatiko, and Romeiko.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 10, 2025 09:52 AM (byeIv)

237 some asshole hogged the top ten too

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 10, 2025 09:52 AM (MsrgL)

238 https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=414773

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 10, 2025 09:52 AM (MsrgL)

239 Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2025 09:43 AM (D7oie)

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Agreed, except that the immune system response is what causes the inflammation in the first place. The immune system has to tread a fine line between too much response and not enough response.

The hallmarks of inflammation are rubor, tumor, calor and dolor. Thus, when you have a healing cut (for example) the site is red, swollen, warm to touch, and painful. That is the immune system doing its job. An amazzing healing capability, but not infallible.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (HOX+I)

240 Get Well Soon Great grammie winger.

Posted by: DaveA at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (FhXTo)

241 naturalfake, Rancherbob has a Blackstone grill.and it is awesome.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (NVNRw)

242 But having lived in a warm place for the first time in my life, I won't move back to a cold weather place til the last warm state has gone Communist.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 10, 2025 09:48 AM (BI5O2)

Right on point.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (/HDaX)

243 Another significant difference is that Francis was a Jesuit, and those guys are a bit off in the head.

Leo is an Augustinian, really their polar opposite. Also a big fan of Aquinas, so not someone who will just throw around random phrases.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2025 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)

While there are still some good Jesuits (Fathers Robert Spitzer and Mitch Pacwa, for example), that order has lost its way. One of the interesting coincidences I discovered while researching WHO wrote the pamphlet used to justify the ugly Modernist church buildings was that the author (Fr. Robert Hovda) keeps popping-up like a bad penney at key places and times -- he ended up teaching Jesuit seminarians in the late 1970s.

Hovda was a Modernist that thought that the Council of Trent was a "hysterical reaction" (his words) to Protestants. He was an anti-war protester that converted to Catholicism in 1943 to avoid prison. I suspect that he was one of the Communists infiltrating Catholic seminaries.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (pJWtt)

244 Boswellia and Black Seed Oil very effective anti-inflammatories.
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 10, 2025 09:47 AM (vsTPo)

I think I am done with supplements. I've been on a regimen since January that includes turmeric, quercetin, bromelain, Fisetin and Senactiv, hyaluronic acid, and collagen, among others.

The only thing that I've noticed any obvious difference from is the collagen, and given that I'm continually protein deficient, I'll keep taking that.

But I have noticed no improvement in the tendinitis, I doubt if they are repairing themselves, and the capsules are hard for me to swallow, and supplements are crazy expensive. I'm done with them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)

245 What mom names their kid Bozo?
Posted by: I guess someone has to ask it at May 10, 2025 09:11 AM (dg+HA)

Well, my mom was a Bozo-ette

Posted by: Uh, Clem at May 10, 2025 09:54 AM (D7oie)

246 Waiting for my brain MRI. Wish me luck, kind people.
Prayers up for all Hordians coping with sticky wickets, both spiritual and physical.
May the Lord of Hosts guard and guide us all.
Posted by: Beverly at May 10, 2025 09:08 AM (NCwCC)
~~~~~

Prayers up, Beverly.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 10, 2025 09:54 AM (3ImbR)

247 156 Vmom do you still link to your book blog?
Posted by: kallisto

No, it is defunct, moldering away in the vast internet graveyard of dead blogs

Why?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 09:55 AM (rT96s)

248 Modern medicine. I have shingles. I had the original vaccine but not the new one. They have me on an antiviral for 7 days, 3 per day. I can't take three. They leave me nauseated and I can't eat. They gave me pills for the nausea but they don't do much. It just feels like they are too strong for me and as disruptive as the shingles.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 10, 2025 09:55 AM (AcTAo)

249 >>Because, NJ politics. That's the bottom line. Plain and simple. The Dems control every facit of this state, and always will. Ras will get a slap on the wrist, and his popularity with "the party" has just increased. Not to mention the AA's in Newark and the surrounding towns. Newark is one big walking attitude.

If he was arrested on state charges you're probably right. But Alina Habba made is sound like she was arresting him and that's federal.

I haven't seen whether this is federal or state yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 09:55 AM (viF8m)

250 Thanks Nordic. She's one of these ladies who is going to live to be a hundred and five.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 10, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

I thought bathroom privacy locks were supposed to be capable of being unlocked by any small round object poked into the round hole on the outside doorknob, just for that reason. The one I installed on my bathroom in AJ has that feature.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2025 09:56 AM (ExWF2)

251 Pope Leo XIV walked out onto the balcony of St Peter's square,

He's already got an intro song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEtdkq9TioE

Probably can't do the flip anymore.

Posted by: DaveA at May 10, 2025 09:59 AM (FhXTo)

252 the Left turn on each other easier than a
1+1 = x math problem.

we need our covert alphabet friends to subtlety plant info that the leaders of the lefty private and political organizations are secretly helping Trump or Israel or Russia, or etc.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 10, 2025 10:00 AM (VofaG)

253 How long is the bronze tellie-tubbie statue going to be on display in Times Square?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

Until the meth heads learn the scrap value of bronze?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2025 10:01 AM (ExWF2)

254 If he was arrested on state charges you're probably right. But Alina Habba made is sound like she was arresting him and that's federal.

I haven't seen whether this is federal or state yet.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 09:55 AM (viF8m)

Nothing will happen. He's been released. And Alina Habba is blowing smoke. Besides, Gov Murphy is outraged. OUTRAGED, I tell ya!! We'll see what happens, but after 78 years of NJ life and many of those years following NJ politics, I really don't hold any hope of any real consequences.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 10, 2025 10:02 AM (5xuJ/)

255 Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 09:53 AM (HOX+I)

ti assume that's why a few of the flu strains hit young healthy people hardest. Their immune system goes into overdrive causing serious issues. Is that accurate?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 10, 2025 10:05 AM (VofaG)

256 Black Nationalism or black nationalism?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2025 09:04 AM (BLawi)

Thug culcha?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2025 10:09 AM (ExWF2)

257 Thanks, for the recommendation, Ben Had!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2025 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

258 249
'If he was arrested on state charges you're probably right. But Alina Habba made is sound like she was arresting him and that's federal.

I haven't seen whether this is federal or state yet.'

I've seen the federal government just declare a crime federal numerous times. Maybe this will be another one of those times. They better find a good judge.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 10:10 AM (3wi/L)

259 Does anyone own one of those snazzy outdoor gas griddles?
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Hate to be that contrarian internet guy, but after cooking on gas grills for years at my parent's house, when I set up my house 35 years ago, I went charcoal and never looked back. I have cooked amazing meals on a Weber Smokey Joe and smoke meat on a Wal Mart 3 stage smoker. Pro-tip: Memphis Blues BBQ makes a lump charcoal that is excellent.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 10, 2025 10:10 AM (lPeS+)

260 osted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 10, 2025 10:10 AM (lPeS+)

one of the funniest King of the Hill episodes is when Peggy and Bobby went behind Hank's back and started cooking with charcoal because the food tasted so much better than using propane.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 10, 2025 10:13 AM (VofaG)

261 252
'we need our covert alphabet friends '

We need to flip the alphabets from Left to Right first.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 10:14 AM (3wi/L)

262 Prayers up for all.

Bought a Blackstone years back to accompany my charbroil gas grill and a tabletop charcoal grill. My wife and family love the cheesesteaks and also breakfasts that she makes on it.

The next grill I buy will include a smoker as that seems to be what all the cool kids do these days.

Posted by: Mick at May 10, 2025 10:21 AM (HFx9z)

263 The Left are about to release the Menendez brothers, just paid Jesse Smollette a financial settlement, Paid BLM rioters a settlement, Let OJ walk on a murder , Restored McCabe's pension and gave him back pay and paid his attorney bill, and so on and so on where they are guilty as sin and free as a bird.

I don't know when that day comes if ever , but they may just cross the line one too many times.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 10, 2025 10:21 AM (VofaG)

264 assume that's why a few of the flu strains hit young healthy people hardest. Their immune system goes into overdrive causing serious issues. Is that accurate?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

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Sort of I guess. I think initial exposure to most any virus takes longer for the immune system to recognize the invader and mount a response, allowing the virus to replicate (multiply) and get more of a foothold. The eradication of the virus and recovery then take longer. Subsequent future exposures to the same virus are recognized more quickly and the immune response is more robust, nipping the illness in the bud.

That is the basic theory behind immunizations.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2025 10:22 AM (HOX+I)

265 we need our covert alphabet friends '

We need to flip the alphabets from Left to Right first.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 10, 2025 10:14 AM (3wi/L)

That will take a long time. They are entrenched like ticks. I was referring to the few patriots that remain. Its like conservatives in Hollywood.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 10, 2025 10:23 AM (VofaG)

266 Trump just brokered a Pakistani—India war celeasefire.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 10, 2025 10:29 AM (hyD76)

267 >>I've seen the federal government just declare a crime federal numerous times. Maybe this will be another one of those times. They better find a good judge.

Well it was an ICE facility that he was trespassing on and that's federal. I don't think Trump's favorite lawyer is going to go easy on the people who have been using lawfare against him and us. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2025 10:31 AM (viF8m)

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