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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
[Hope you say a prayer for me this morning.]
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Marinette.) 1. This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2. Be kind be nice, remember to put yourself in the other guy's shoes. Slugs do have shoes.
3. No, you do not have any expressed or implied permission to run with sharp objects. So get that idea out of your mind.
4. Have a great weekend!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
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:
7/9 - Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her niece Amanda, and her husband Barkley. They are at
Vanderbilt Hospital, where Amanda seems to be rejecting her second heart transplant. She is only 40
years old, and has been having heart issues for 20 years. She had her first heart transplant 4 years ago,
and things are not looking good.
8/2 Update – Amanda isn’t out of the woods yet, but her condition is improving each day.
7/11 – JR requested prayers for the families of those killed in Gaza.
8/2 – JR asked for prayers for the starving children in Gaza.
7/11 – Matthew Kant Cipher requested prayers for Layne, a family friend who is also his son’s FIL. He
was diagnosed with bladder cancer and is awaiting further test results to determine whether they treat
with chemo or remove his bladder. As of now, it appears to be contained. Please pray that he and his
family are blessed with God’s love and grace through this time of trial.
8/13 Update – Layne has had some good news. His PET scan indicated that the cancer hasn’t spread
beyond his bladder. Also, it seems to be a less aggressive form of cancer than originally diagnosed. The
Horde prayers are blessing him greatly and are immensely appreciated. Please keep them coming!
7/23 – D sent an update on his wife Susan, as they deal with cancer. The last few weeks have been a
roller coaster. They cannot operate on the cancer, because it has spread too much. They have started
chemo and hope to get it to shrink. Susan’s gallbladder is inflamed, but they cannot remove it, due to
the chemo, and her blood sugar is having issues. Thanks to everyone for their prayers; Susan has pulled
through all of this and is looking great as they keep praying to the Lord.
8/14 Update – Susan had to go back to the hospital and is still there. It seems like every time they
make progress, something else happens and she is back in the hospital. Prayers are deeply appreciated
and needed.
7/26 – Stateless asked for prayers for his neighbors. The nice lady across the street lost her husband of
30 years about 3 months ago. And a different neighbor lost his beloved wife of 34 years in July.
7/26 – Fenelon Spoke requested prayers for J, a dear lady who attends her church. J has been going
downhill since she had a heart procedure several months ago and now cannot speak. She may have
dementia and is living in an assisted living facility.
7/26 – Coelacanth sent his thanks for prayers for his son. He has come a _very_ long way but could still
use more prayers as he deals with vax and black mold injuries. Also, Coelacanth cut his left hand pretty
badly and severed two tendons. He will be on light duty at work for 6+ weeks. Prayers are appreciated.
8/16 Update – Surgery for the repair went very well. He had cut 3 tendons, and all were repaired. He
has 6 weeks in a split and then limited use for a few months thereafter. Thank you all for all your
support and prayers! 7/26 - Brother Tim was discharged from the cancer rehab facility and has returned to his routine of living
out of hotel rooms, while working on better housing prospects. He is praising God for all the blessings
and mercies!
7/30 Update – Brother Tim found out that the cancerous mass impinged on a blood vessel. He needs a
full body scan to make sure it has not spread. He is relieved that he only needs radiation and not chemo
to make sure the original cancer stays gone. He’s also out of PTO. He said that sometimes it feels like
2025 will be the death of him – possibly literally.
8/16 Update – The latest scan confirms the cancer did not spread, so radiation therapy will likely start
on 8/28. The other problems are not budging, but he is thankful for the news he gets that is good.
8/1 – Jmel requested prayers for her husband, whose father just passed away after fighting cancer for
two years.
8/2 – “Perfessor” Squirrel asked for prayers. His job seems to be in dire jeopardy.
8/2 – Teresa in Fort Worth received the good news that her cancerous tumors continue to shrink. She
had some not-so-good news, that she has 2 pulmonary emboli, and has been put on a blood thinner,
which should dissolve the clots and prevent any new ones.
8/4 Update – The oncological surgeon said everything is looking great. After her next CT scan, they will
be planning surgery to remove the tumors. The largest tumor is showing signs of calcification, which
means that it is dying.
8/2 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for P. She was to have an experimental but successful heart
procedure which the surgeon thinks will help her arrythmia, pain, and fatigue, but insurance will not pay
for it. Prayer that rough places are made smooth for her to have this procedure.
8/4 – Moki posted that s/he could use some prayers. A daughter has gone AWOL, claiming that they
don’t love her.
8/9 Update – Moki reported that her daughter has come home.
8/4 – Inogame asked for continued prayers. Baby #5 continues to grow, and the genetic test came back
clean. Prayers for mom and baby (daughter #4), and also dad and son are appreciated.
8/13 – MkY sent an update on his wife Judy’s battle with cancer. Her immunotherapy is scheduled for
every 3 weeks. Six weeks ago, she had a cold and had to skip it, and it was the best she had felt in a year.
So they skipped the last one, too. She is scheduled for it again on 8/14. She’s not hurting. She is sleeping.
She’s not healthy, but she’s got stage 4 cancer! September is the next CT scan, and they will find out if
the immunotherapy is making enough of an impact to continue. They are very grateful for the prayers.
8/13 – MkY would appreciate prayers for Butch and Harry, who have worked with him for 20 years. Both
have recently been diagnosed with cancer. Butch has liver cancer and Harry has cancer in his larynx.
8/16 – Our Country is Screwed sent an update. He said he had his last chemo last week, and has a break
before radiation begins. Everything looks good so far. He is easily fatigued, and has to build strength.
8/16 – Hadrian asked for prayers for Her Majesty, who is away on the show circuit, with The Big Dummy
until Labor Day. Prayers for health and safety (especially from hurricanes) for them are appreciated. 8/16 – naturalfake requested prayers for a quick and full recovery from a bilateral inguinal hernia. It will
be 2-4 weeks before being able to move around without pain, and up to 12 weeks, depending on how it
heals. Thank you for the prayers.
8/16 – From about That Time asked for prayers for a daughter, whose baby is overdue. The daughter
was scheduled to be induced on 8/17.
8/16 – GV requested prayers for his neighbors, Kathy and Nicola, a mother and daughter. Kathy has a
tumor near the base of her brain. She has been in and out of hospice care, and is getting radiation at a
hospital an hour away. She is very weak and can barely walk a few steps. Nicola has a heart of gold, and
quit her job and moved in with her mother to care for her. They are now saddled with medical expenses
that go along with a bedridden patient, plus the cost and difficulty of maintaining two homes.
8/16 – Madmike requests prayers for his friend Jim. In less than a month, Jim went from being a fit,
healthy 70+ runner to bedridden, needing both open heart and brain surgery.
8/20 – rickb223 sent an update. His wife, Stacy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 endometrial cancer on
3/5/23. She had been seeing an oncologist in Plano, TX, but after two years, the chemotherapy was no
longer working, and was doing more harm than good. They wanted to try and let her body heal for a
couple of weeks. She went on hospice 8/1/25. They thought they would have more time, but God had
other plans. She went Home at 10:20 am, to be with her father, brother, granddaughter, and our Lord. 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.
Comments
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (Wnv9h)
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Too hot to sleep so here I am, awake at zero dark thirty.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 07:36 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)
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“ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
John 6:26-27
John 6:26-27
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM (hLl4k)
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The best part of waking up is boobs?
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Simplemind at August 23, 2025 07:43 AM (YrUlT)
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100% humidity and 100% cloud cover today = 0% solar energy production.
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)
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Thanks for all you do here, MisHum and I will say a prayer for you but not because you posted a boobette this morning😉 although the men will enjoy it . However, I'm dubious ad to whether buxom gal is thanking God for coffee. The rest of us might be.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (FrD9h)
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That's ok though because we have wind ENE 5mph.
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)
That was very funny- and early in the morning as well. I congratulate you!
That was very funny- and early in the morning as well. I congratulate you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (2GCMq)
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Can I get some more cream for my coffee?
Posted by: TC at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (cHOHf)
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Chemistry question for the horde: if I put an oxygen generator like Oxiclean in a basic or acidic solution, all I get is more water?
Posted by: Accomack at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (6cOjz)
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brcc ak
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)
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Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 07:55 AM (blVh+)
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Thanks for the weekly updates. I don't like coffee, BUT - a hot cup as above would be tasty!
Prayers for all above and those not mentioned.
Prayers for all above and those not mentioned.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at August 23, 2025 07:56 AM (ha1wR)
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Cancer's been tagging a lot of us this year, it seems. Prayers for all who need.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 23, 2025 07:58 AM (KlyfU)
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Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 07:59 AM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:02 AM (hLl4k)
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I just thought this was a very nice story about a kindly postman from Australia:
https://tinyurl.com/3xr8cvd2
https://tinyurl.com/3xr8cvd2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:02 AM (2GCMq)
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So many cancers in the prayer list.
Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.
Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (6ydKt)
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An art posting to began Saturday. …art that sort of gives you a strange urge to began the day pole vaulting.
Posted by: Voter theater. at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (FCPbW)
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Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (2GCMq)
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I can see where one of my chores today will be refilling the bird feeder. After several years I finally found a raccoon-proof location for it too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)
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Now THAT is a fan-service coffee picture if I ever saw one.
@6/fd: "The best part of waking up is boobs?"
I can think of a few times where boob appreciation was definitely one of the best parts of waking up, along with what naturally followed.
@6/fd: "The best part of waking up is boobs?"
I can think of a few times where boob appreciation was definitely one of the best parts of waking up, along with what naturally followed.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (O7YUW)
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Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (6ydKt
No, it's not just you. Almost every time I turn around there's another story of someone I know or someone connected to someone I know who has cancer. I don't ask people but I know that lots of them got the shot. Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
No, it's not just you. Almost every time I turn around there's another story of someone I know or someone connected to someone I know who has cancer. I don't ask people but I know that lots of them got the shot. Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)
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G'morning, all from upstate at the lake. Back at the house we had over 5 inches of rain in under two hours. More to come today.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (14NAx)
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Good morning, Mis Hum - and the rest of you caffeinated prayer warriors too!
Posted by: Doof at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (QMAsf)
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That was very funny- and early in the morning as well. I congratulate you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM
A Fen-approved boob joke?
My work here is done. 😄
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM
A Fen-approved boob joke?
My work here is done. 😄
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (Wnv9h)
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Remember that only 5-8% of cancers are genetic. That leaves a lot of room for other things to be disease vectors. Watch your diet and every thing you put in your mouth. Go basic and organic where you can. There are a lot of bad things in seemingly innocuous foods like, say, oatmeal that’s not organic. Filter your water. Eat foods that increase your gut biodome, act as anti inflammatories or boost your immune system. Most of all increase your activity. Don’t overwhelm yourself. Do one thing at a time increasing your changes over time. You also don’t need to run a marathon. Go out. Walk. Breath the air and enjoy Gods creation. Thank him every day, and ask him for strength.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (hLl4k)
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Fine image and mystery click this morning. Thanks MisHum.
Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 08:10 AM (7SbDV)
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Morning again, all. I'm back from washing the car. Not it is time to detail *me*: shave and shower, and possibly some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 08:10 AM (omVj0)
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Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)
He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.
A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.
It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)
He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.
A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.
It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt)
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Oops. *Now* it is time to detail me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 08:12 AM (omVj0)
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G'morning, all from upstate at the lake. Back at the house we had over 5 inches of rain in under two hours. More to come today.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (14NAx)
It’s been monsoon weather around here since yesterday afternoon.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (14NAx)
It’s been monsoon weather around here since yesterday afternoon.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:12 AM (6ydKt)
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Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt
I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.
I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)
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Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 23, 2025 08:15 AM (kTd/k)
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I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)
It’s a man-made nightmare that, unfortunately, nobody will ever learn from because it’ll probably be fifty years before the whole truth comes out, and by then nobody will care because they’ll have their own crazy problems to deal with.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)
It’s a man-made nightmare that, unfortunately, nobody will ever learn from because it’ll probably be fifty years before the whole truth comes out, and by then nobody will care because they’ll have their own crazy problems to deal with.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (6ydKt)
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And for the ladies: handsome shirtless farmers I. I'm dubious that these are really all farmers but I did see some handsome fit farmers yesterday at the fair but all of them had shirts on:
https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh
https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (2GCMq)
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Oh man, I just put the sprinkler out and the grass hasn't been mown going on two weeks now, with another 5 days to go. Lawn work next week is gonna suck!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (3Ope8)
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So many cancers in the prayer list.
Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
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Go out. Walk. Breath the air and enjoy Gods creation. Thank him every day, and ask him for strength.
Amen!
Amen!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3Ope8)
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It wasn't just Fauci, he was part of it, but federal structures lead by Biden, and state officials across the country, forced people to take it, or lose their jobs and other resources, their means to live. the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3wi/L)
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Rickb223, I am so sorry about your wife. May her memory be a blessing to you.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:21 AM (77rzZ)
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I was sorry to hear about your wife rickb.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:21 AM (g47mK)
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condolences on your wife's passing, Rickb. It does get better but it takes time.
Posted by: vivi at August 23, 2025 08:24 AM (cpunl)
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Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
So sorry to hear about your wife's passing. Prayers up for strength and comfort.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
So sorry to hear about your wife's passing. Prayers up for strength and comfort.
Posted by: Doof at August 23, 2025 08:26 AM (QMAsf)
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Don't get a rise on the food thread, but noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (+qU29)
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And a prayer for Fen, who has a very busy weekend service schedule, and to all the horde.
Thanks for the lovely babe up top MisHum, and the music as well.
Thanks for the lovely babe up top MisHum, and the music as well.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (6AztD)
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Prayers for all the Horde who need them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (Mgy3C)
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:28 AM (77rzZ)
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>> Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
They say my cancer was from 9/11 and all the crap I breathed in trying to avoid two 100 story buildings falling on me. I told them only God knows that answer. They just looked at me.
They say my cancer was from 9/11 and all the crap I breathed in trying to avoid two 100 story buildings falling on me. I told them only God knows that answer. They just looked at me.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:29 AM (hLl4k)
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Prayers and the best of vibes to all! Today's nod goes to the gal in the pic! Selma Hayek? :-D
Posted by: Danimal28 at August 23, 2025 08:30 AM (mNOhh)
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Thanks all for the kind words, thoughts & prayers.
As I said earlier, Ace has created a truly special place.
As I said earlier, Ace has created a truly special place.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (zXOsD)
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Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:29 AM (hLl4k)
Wow, that must have been some day for you. We're coming up on the 24th anniversary. Incredible.
Wow, that must have been some day for you. We're coming up on the 24th anniversary. Incredible.
Posted by: dantesed at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)
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@MAstronomers
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Aug 22
BREAKING🚨: Astronomers can’t believe what’s coming from Uranus.
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Feel better, everybody.
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Aug 22
BREAKING🚨: Astronomers can’t believe what’s coming from Uranus.
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Feel better, everybody.
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 08:33 AM (AOsQT)
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Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
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I think we all should have a cancer plan ready, more than just "oh maybe I should ask the dr to look at this".
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.
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I think we all should have a cancer plan ready, more than just "oh maybe I should ask the dr to look at this".
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:35 AM (Mgy3C)
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@23/SpeakingOf: "Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally."
It has, and part of that is (I suspect) things like the long term exposure of radiation we did to ourselves with all of the atomic weapons tests. Look up "Low-background steel" and the reason why steel produced today always has a weak radioactive signature: It's the very air used in the process which is now slightly more radioactive than it was before those tests. Since we're breathing that air, those radionuclides (or radioactive isotopes) are going to affect us as well, just like they affect the steel in the refinement process. It's not like we're all going to drop dead suddenly, but an increase in cancers as a result of increased radioactive isotopes in our environment seems to be a reasonable expectation.
Further, there's all the things in our dried, preserved, and processed foods that while they keep things for us longer, also might have negative cumulative effects. It's a trade-off.
We have the Baby Boomer generation that's aging out and passing away, and cancer is one of those "If nothing else gets you, that one will" things.
It has, and part of that is (I suspect) things like the long term exposure of radiation we did to ourselves with all of the atomic weapons tests. Look up "Low-background steel" and the reason why steel produced today always has a weak radioactive signature: It's the very air used in the process which is now slightly more radioactive than it was before those tests. Since we're breathing that air, those radionuclides (or radioactive isotopes) are going to affect us as well, just like they affect the steel in the refinement process. It's not like we're all going to drop dead suddenly, but an increase in cancers as a result of increased radioactive isotopes in our environment seems to be a reasonable expectation.
Further, there's all the things in our dried, preserved, and processed foods that while they keep things for us longer, also might have negative cumulative effects. It's a trade-off.
We have the Baby Boomer generation that's aging out and passing away, and cancer is one of those "If nothing else gets you, that one will" things.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:36 AM (O7YUW)
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That top photo looks like something you'd see in a passport bro video. Can't quite tell if it's South America or SE Asia/The Philippines, but either way, I'm not complaining!
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 23, 2025 08:36 AM (JCZqz)
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>> Posted by: dantesed at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)
Seems like yesterday. I pushed a lot of it down for years and used it to stoke my anger as I trotted across the globe. Many times that separated me from God, to my eternal disadvantage. But thankfully He took me back and I’ve learned to be introspective. But now I’m oversharing…
Seems like yesterday. I pushed a lot of it down for years and used it to stoke my anger as I trotted across the globe. Many times that separated me from God, to my eternal disadvantage. But thankfully He took me back and I’ve learned to be introspective. But now I’m oversharing…
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (hLl4k)
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Repeating some good news from last night, Zeus finished his championship yesterday in Lake Elmo, MN with a huge 5-pount major win.
With that, Delilah, his late, great mama, is eligible to be enrolled in the Register of Merit of the BCOA, a program that recognizes sires and dams whose offspring have achieved notable recognition.
Lila is our fourth generation homebred, - born and -raised ROM recipient, after her mother Carmen, grandmothers Faith and Lacey and great grandmother Possum.
Repeating some good news from last night, Zeus finished his championship yesterday in Lake Elmo, MN with a huge 5-pount major win.
With that, Delilah, his late, great mama, is eligible to be enrolled in the Register of Merit of the BCOA, a program that recognizes sires and dams whose offspring have achieved notable recognition.
Lila is our fourth generation homebred, - born and -raised ROM recipient, after her mother Carmen, grandmothers Faith and Lacey and great grandmother Possum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (qdIj7)
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rickb223, I am so very sorry. May perpetual light shine upon her.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:38 AM (Mgy3C)
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Hadrian is Zeus one of the last puppies she had or from a brood prior ?
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:39 AM (g47mK)
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Nice eye opener to round out the wake up mug.
A cool(ish) weather break is intruding. Upper 80's to low 90's highs and low 70's lows. Nice!
A cool(ish) weather break is intruding. Upper 80's to low 90's highs and low 70's lows. Nice!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:39 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)
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CO gray wolf reintroduction update:
Two days ago the CO legislature voted to pause the gray wolf program "temporarily", so that there will be no. new wolves brought to the state for next year. The money originally allocated for the wolf program will be diverted to pay for transgender treatments at Childrens Hospital Colorado, among other healthcare funding shortfalls.
https://is.gd/h5QCXa
The funny thing about this budgetary diversion is that the money saved by not bringing apex predators to our ranching communities will be $264,268. This amount is intended to offset a health care funding shortfall of $1.2 billion. $1,200,000,000.
$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Two days ago the CO legislature voted to pause the gray wolf program "temporarily", so that there will be no. new wolves brought to the state for next year. The money originally allocated for the wolf program will be diverted to pay for transgender treatments at Childrens Hospital Colorado, among other healthcare funding shortfalls.
https://is.gd/h5QCXa
The funny thing about this budgetary diversion is that the money saved by not bringing apex predators to our ranching communities will be $264,268. This amount is intended to offset a health care funding shortfall of $1.2 billion. $1,200,000,000.
$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)
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Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
Same here - I got my diagnosis after having Covid, but before any vaxes available in summer 2020.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
Same here - I got my diagnosis after having Covid, but before any vaxes available in summer 2020.
Posted by: Nova Local at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (tOcjL)
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Speaking of puppies frolicking in a sun-dappled meadow...
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)
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Just a suggestion to the folks of religious faith. If you haven't done so yet, please consider writing out an obituary for the funeral home before you go to be with the Lord. A dear woman in the church I serve recently diex ( Thanks for the prayers for J)
Her daughter provided an obituary for the funeral home which talked about her love for animals and social occasions. That's great, but the nice daughter who lived at a distance was not really religious and didn't go to church and wasn't a member of the church. Her mother, on the other hand, had attended church since she was a kid and was a woman of faith and prayer but the obituary didn't mention that. I will of course, bring that up in her memorial service at the funeral home ( she wasn't a church member of the served but she started attending when Covid restrictions closed down her church) but I think J would have liked that . And no, it had nothing to do with contributions to the church because that wasn't mentioned either. A simple "her faith was important to her" would have been nice.
Her daughter provided an obituary for the funeral home which talked about her love for animals and social occasions. That's great, but the nice daughter who lived at a distance was not really religious and didn't go to church and wasn't a member of the church. Her mother, on the other hand, had attended church since she was a kid and was a woman of faith and prayer but the obituary didn't mention that. I will of course, bring that up in her memorial service at the funeral home ( she wasn't a church member of the served but she started attending when Covid restrictions closed down her church) but I think J would have liked that . And no, it had nothing to do with contributions to the church because that wasn't mentioned either. A simple "her faith was important to her" would have been nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (3Ope8)
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69 Upper 80s to low 90s is “coolish”? Gads, I would hate to live where you do.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
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@53/Skip: "... noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20"
Same here, in the $20 to $30 range. These things used to be $9 regularly, and $6 on special. We've significantly cut down on the coffee we drink as a result. A 3x increase in price on something just hurts. It'll eventually sort itself out on issues affecting production, but I suspect we'll never see the prices we saw before, even if we have a bountiful supply, partly due to inflation overall, and in small part due to some companies taking the stance of "They were willing to pay it before, let's slowly edge the price back until we find the optimal point on the Laffer Curve, and then we'll hold it there and go no lower except for when we run a special sale."
Same here, in the $20 to $30 range. These things used to be $9 regularly, and $6 on special. We've significantly cut down on the coffee we drink as a result. A 3x increase in price on something just hurts. It'll eventually sort itself out on issues affecting production, but I suspect we'll never see the prices we saw before, even if we have a bountiful supply, partly due to inflation overall, and in small part due to some companies taking the stance of "They were willing to pay it before, let's slowly edge the price back until we find the optimal point on the Laffer Curve, and then we'll hold it there and go no lower except for when we run a special sale."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: pawn at August 23, 2025 08:43 AM (pL2PR)
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I think we all should have a cancer plan ready, more than just "oh maybe I should ask the dr to look at this".
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Ivermectin. But that pony paste sure tastes nasty.
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Ivermectin. But that pony paste sure tastes nasty.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:44 AM (zXOsD)
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Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)
I laughed . But I think in order to be frolicked she had to be dancing or something. The puppies are still😉
I laughed . But I think in order to be frolicked she had to be dancing or something. The puppies are still😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:44 AM (2GCMq)
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I have been only making 1 very large coffee cup a day for most of the summer
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:46 AM (+qU29)
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Actually, I wonder if $264,268 would cover the cost of the Lupron prescribed for children in CO for one year...
I would bet not.
I would bet not.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:47 AM (/iMjX)
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Prayers up for all the Horde. So many hard things. We do wonder sometimes what the Lord is doing, but I always come to the conclusion that even if He were to sit down and explain it all to us, we simply wouldn't be able to comprehend all His plans.
All we can do is trust that He is good and that He loves us, as shown to us in His Son.
All we can do is trust that He is good and that He loves us, as shown to us in His Son.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (mZ/55)
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Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
Hugs, rickb223. I am so sorry. I pray that your memories will be of the good times.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)
Hugs, rickb223. I am so sorry. I pray that your memories will be of the good times.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (h7ZuX)
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There are protocols for ivermectin/fenbendazole. It doesn't work on all cancers but worth a try. Search for Dr Maki. Chlorine Dioxide is another useful remedy as is DMSO. Now is the time to learn about this while RFK Jr is in office. They may crack down on it again.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (kUxzU)
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69 Upper 80s to low 90s is “coolish”? Gads, I would hate to live where you do.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
August typical is 95+ for Houston. Fortunately, the proximity of the Gulf of America's humidity moderates the summer temps from Dallas' typical 100+ Texas Plains temps (it's a dry heat).
OTOH, the humidity reservoir makes Jan - Feb temps feel that much colder, penetrating right to your bones with a damp chill.
The exterior mold and mildew loves it though, so there's that.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
August typical is 95+ for Houston. Fortunately, the proximity of the Gulf of America's humidity moderates the summer temps from Dallas' typical 100+ Texas Plains temps (it's a dry heat).
OTOH, the humidity reservoir makes Jan - Feb temps feel that much colder, penetrating right to your bones with a damp chill.
The exterior mold and mildew loves it though, so there's that.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (wVcYX)
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All we can do is trust that He is good and that He loves us, as shown to us in His Son.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Amen
And how are you Tecumseh? How is recovery?
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Amen
And how are you Tecumseh? How is recovery?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:49 AM (Mgy3C)
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Meant "in order to be frolicking"...
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:50 AM (2GCMq)
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Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:50 AM (mZ/55)
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Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (cYBz/)
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I laughed . But I think in order to be frolicked she had to be dancing or something.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I don't follow. I was referring to CPW's recent euphemistic description of wolf pups captured on a game trail camera.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I don't follow. I was referring to CPW's recent euphemistic description of wolf pups captured on a game trail camera.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (/iMjX)
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So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?
I'll see myself out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)
There's coffee in that picture?
I'll see myself out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)
There's coffee in that picture?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (snZF9)
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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.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially most in need of they mercy. Amen.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially most in need of they mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
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Prayers up for all of The Horde this morning.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (Wnv9h)
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https://tinyurl.com/cvcfu3hf
Posted by: Dangerous things in the kitchen at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (pL2PR)
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And it's easier to get ivermectin now. I have pills on a prescription from Leading Edge clinic. In some states, you can buy it over the counter.
I think a lot of us no longer trust the medical profession. With them bringing in doctors from third world countries, that may be a good thing. Some will be good, some won't.
I think a lot of us no longer trust the medical profession. With them bringing in doctors from third world countries, that may be a good thing. Some will be good, some won't.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (kUxzU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (2GCMq)
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There's coffee in that picture?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM
It took a while to spot it, but yes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM
It took a while to spot it, but yes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)
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Just as a data point, I never had the jab, and the mass that held the cancer pre-existed COVID, so, no clue. Make sense I get an odd one, though.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (k1NY3)
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What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (3Ope
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The sire of one of her litters was named Bubba.
What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (3Ope
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The sire of one of her litters was named Bubba.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (qdIj7)
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I think back to how many people in my extended family died of cancer and it was pretty small. Heart attacks were the big cause of death for my great-grandparent's generation.
Cancer took 1 of my 4 grandparents, and did it in his late 80s.
Two of my aunts had or have cancer at much younger ages and one of my cousins' kids had it in adolescence. Something is definitely not right.
Cancer took 1 of my 4 grandparents, and did it in his late 80s.
Two of my aunts had or have cancer at much younger ages and one of my cousins' kids had it in adolescence. Something is definitely not right.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 08:55 AM (ZOv7s)
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (qdIj7)
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There's coffee in that picture?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Odd - I initially only saw two cups.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Odd - I initially only saw two cups.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (cYBz/)
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We had someone in our family pass away "unexpectedly" this week. This was one of the three people in our lives who were downright creepy about haranguing me and my husband about getting the shots, telling us we were going to die if we didn't and that we weren't obeying God.
She developed heart and circulatory issues and kept getting hospitalized every October or November since 2021. (What medical treatment is usually administered in the fall?) No autopsy, but evidence suggests she died of a blood clot despite being on blood thinners.
And nobody ever made the connection, even though it was weird seeing a formerly vigorous person undergo a huge decline every fall.
Her daughter is devastated.
She developed heart and circulatory issues and kept getting hospitalized every October or November since 2021. (What medical treatment is usually administered in the fall?) No autopsy, but evidence suggests she died of a blood clot despite being on blood thinners.
And nobody ever made the connection, even though it was weird seeing a formerly vigorous person undergo a huge decline every fall.
Her daughter is devastated.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (FMtrg)
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There has been an uptick in younger folks getting cancer.
Statistically.
I only know of a few folks that died in the past two years. They were all old.
Statistically.
I only know of a few folks that died in the past two years. They were all old.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (ZmEVT)
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Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (/iMjX
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about puppies
On the lady on the picture. 😉
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about puppies
On the lady on the picture. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (2GCMq)
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Hadrian, Amen
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (cYBz/)
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So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?
I'll see myself out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Not disagreeing, but what's a better coffee in that price range?
I'll see myself out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Not disagreeing, but what's a better coffee in that price range?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (XvL8K)
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It's getting worse!
Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies
Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (wVcYX)
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rickb223
I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers for comfort and peace.
May you feel the deep love of God as you deal with all that comes from a loved one's passing.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers for comfort and peace.
May you feel the deep love of God as you deal with all that comes from a loved one's passing.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (mZ/55)
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Prayers for all the listed intentions and for those of the Horde who suffer in silence. May God's love shine through us and upon us.
https://tinyurl.com/ysvdwn8b
https://tinyurl.com/ysvdwn8b
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 23, 2025 08:59 AM (kOluj)
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Just a suggestion to the folks of religious faith. If you haven't done so yet, please consider writing out an obituary for the funeral home before you go to be with the Lord.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
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I wrote my obituary about a decade ago, and have updated it as life has changed and grandkids were born.
My purpose wasn't to get the story straight so much as save my bereaved family the burden of putting it together when the time came. Plus, I can settle scores from beyond the grave!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
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I wrote my obituary about a decade ago, and have updated it as life has changed and grandkids were born.
My purpose wasn't to get the story straight so much as save my bereaved family the burden of putting it together when the time came. Plus, I can settle scores from beyond the grave!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
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89 Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (hOUT3)
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The heat finally broke and it looks like a week of lovely days in the 70s. So nice to be able to sleep comfortably.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 09:01 AM (kUxzU)
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (qdIj7)
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Amen!
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (qdIj7)
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Amen!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)
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I think the increase in cancers can be partially attributed to better/more screening and detection. Plus a population more agreeable to said screening as it's likely fairly routine. Even if you don't have any symptoms.
Plus it's a source of revenue for the health sector. So it's more common.
Plus it's a source of revenue for the health sector. So it's more common.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (Q4IgG)
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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;
Prayers up for those that pray alone in silence whose petitions are known only to God;
And bless all those that have sought Your wisdom, heard Your answers, and are trying to do Your will on this Earth!
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;
Prayers up for those that pray alone in silence whose petitions are known only to God;
And bless all those that have sought Your wisdom, heard Your answers, and are trying to do Your will on this Earth!
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (L/fGl)
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Muldoon, it's been a while since I've seen an update regarding the canine search. Have I missed the conclusion, or is the investigation ongoing?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:06 AM (h7ZuX)
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119 American Tests Positive for the Bubonic Plague in California
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American or "American"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (L/fGl)
tbf, Bubonic plague is endemic in the rodent populations of the sw (ground squirrels, etc.) I remember this being mentioned was back in '95 during my epidemics class in college.
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American or "American"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (L/fGl)
tbf, Bubonic plague is endemic in the rodent populations of the sw (ground squirrels, etc.) I remember this being mentioned was back in '95 during my epidemics class in college.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:07 AM (bss/y)
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Prayers for my 'adopted' grandbaby and his parents if you please: At the beginning of summer they fostered a brother and sister that are older than their natural child. It has been an unmitigated disaster - the new kids are abusive to each other (SA) along with a host of other serious behavioral issues. Dangerously so. Mom and Dad are well suited to handle special needs kids by both profession and temperament but all the upheaval has threatened to destroy their original family.
The brother and sister are now being refostered and, in my opinion, not a moment too soon. It's a awful situation for all but not all matches are good ones.
The brother and sister are now being refostered and, in my opinion, not a moment too soon. It's a awful situation for all but not all matches are good ones.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (FMtrg)
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Brothers
I said, brothers
Now you got yourself two good hands
And when your brother is troubled, you gotta reach out your one hand for him
‘Cause that’s what it’s there for
And when your heart is troubled, you gotta reach out your other hand
Reach it out to the man up there
‘Cause that’s what He is there for
I said, brothers
Now you got yourself two good hands
And when your brother is troubled, you gotta reach out your one hand for him
‘Cause that’s what it’s there for
And when your heart is troubled, you gotta reach out your other hand
Reach it out to the man up there
‘Cause that’s what He is there for
Posted by: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (wVcYX)
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Happy Saturday! I managed to sleep until 5:00, which is quite contrary to my usual weekend insomnia. I'm heading out in an hour or so for another radio nerd hike. Hopefully the band conditions will be as good as they were on Thursday; I was hitting coast-to-coast and into Japan.
Posted by: PabloD at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (oK+P4)
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On the plus side, if they get bitten by a flea and come down with the plague, they will feel like really really bad crap and should immediately run to a doctor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (bss/y)
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Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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Plus, I can settle scores from beyond the grave!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Oh I like this idea!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Oh I like this idea!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (Mgy3C)
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Seems like yesterday. I pushed a lot of it down for years and used it to stoke my anger as I trotted across the globe. Many times that separated me from God, to my eternal disadvantage. But thankfully He took me back and I’ve learned to be introspective. But now I’m oversharing…
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (hLl4k)
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Not as far as I'm concerned. Sharing is not automatically "oversharing". It's just that a lot of us were raised to be seen and not heard, an attitude that can't help but stunt emotional growth. Here we get to be heard and not seen.... not sure how, but this is surely better than being totally unheard.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (hLl4k)
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Not as far as I'm concerned. Sharing is not automatically "oversharing". It's just that a lot of us were raised to be seen and not heard, an attitude that can't help but stunt emotional growth. Here we get to be heard and not seen.... not sure how, but this is surely better than being totally unheard.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 23, 2025 09:09 AM (kOluj)
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Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!
May God bless all of his children.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
May God bless all of his children.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 23, 2025 09:10 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (L/fGl)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s
That was thoughtful of you to save people trouble, but I feel it hard to think of you trying to settle scores beyond the grave.
That was thoughtful of you to save people trouble, but I feel it hard to think of you trying to settle scores beyond the grave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (kW7P+)
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I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.
I know it’s not the book thread, but I found Alan Nourse’s Blade Runner to be an amazing and sadly predictive book.
Note that it has nothing to do with the Blade Runner movie, which was based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
I know it’s not the book thread, but I found Alan Nourse’s Blade Runner to be an amazing and sadly predictive book.
Note that it has nothing to do with the Blade Runner movie, which was based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (EXyHK)
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Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (bMlVe)
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The brother and sister are now being refostered and, in my opinion, not a moment too soon. It's a awful situation for all but not all matches are good ones.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (cYBz/)
Those poor children. All of them. I pray that the siblings are placed in a home where they can heal and flourish. Lord have mercy on them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (cYBz/)
Those poor children. All of them. I pray that the siblings are placed in a home where they can heal and flourish. Lord have mercy on them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)
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Don't get a rise on the food thread, but noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20
The Sam's Club store brand 2 1/2 pound bag that was (IIRC) $13 last year is $20 now.
The Sam's Club store brand 2 1/2 pound bag that was (IIRC) $13 last year is $20 now.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 09:12 AM (3nLb4)
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Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
Thank you so much
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
Thank you so much
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:13 AM (Mgy3C)
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A blast from the past...
The song on Today's Pixy Tech Thread, "Moonlight Shadow" is sung by Sally Oldfield, the sister of-
Mike Oldfield of "Tubular Bells" fame.
She has a nice voice and I always liked that song.
Give it a listen if you haven't, and-
Sally has some other good songs released during her brief period of success.
A blast from the past...
The song on Today's Pixy Tech Thread, "Moonlight Shadow" is sung by Sally Oldfield, the sister of-
Mike Oldfield of "Tubular Bells" fame.
She has a nice voice and I always liked that song.
Give it a listen if you haven't, and-
Sally has some other good songs released during her brief period of success.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (iJfKG)
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Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)
He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.
A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.
It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt)
There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)
He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.
A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.
It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt)
There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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TonyPete how awful. I will pray for them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:15 AM (Mgy3C)
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rickb, I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers and hugs for you and yours.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:16 AM (7HoOO)
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That was thoughtful of you to save people trouble, but I feel it hard to think of you trying to settle scores beyond the grave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (kW7P+)
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I mean, it's a joke.
Mostly.
I do enjoy putting humor in it. Such as "contrary to his many jokes, his liver will not be given separate burial with full military honors."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (kW7P+)
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I mean, it's a joke.
Mostly.
I do enjoy putting humor in it. Such as "contrary to his many jokes, his liver will not be given separate burial with full military honors."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
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Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!
Posted by: Hrothgar
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I was wondering how Sharon is, thank you both so much.
TecumsehTea, how are you doing?
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!
Posted by: Hrothgar
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I was wondering how Sharon is, thank you both so much.
TecumsehTea, how are you doing?
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (7HoOO)
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Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
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Have I missed the conclusion, or is the investigation ongoing?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Thanks for asking. The investigation is ongoing, with some positive developments that I have to keep under my hat for now. We got a bit of a start a couple of days ago when CBI discovered old human remains in a remote mountain subdivision about 25 miles from where Gramps disappeared. Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.
https://is.gd/s4Lxgo
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Thanks for asking. The investigation is ongoing, with some positive developments that I have to keep under my hat for now. We got a bit of a start a couple of days ago when CBI discovered old human remains in a remote mountain subdivision about 25 miles from where Gramps disappeared. Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.
https://is.gd/s4Lxgo
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)
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Ok all. Out for awhile. BBL.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (zXOsD)
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There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.
To be fair, it is less conspicuous than if the Anglicans and UMC hung banners of Baphomet or pentagrams on their altars. Same thing spiritually, though.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.
To be fair, it is less conspicuous than if the Anglicans and UMC hung banners of Baphomet or pentagrams on their altars. Same thing spiritually, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
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Bustelo is a nice cup for the price range. I’ve not been successful finding that “sensible middle” Coffee. It’s either over priced or pretty gnarly. I tell myself the cheap stuff is good enough and does the job. I like (sue me!) Starbucks Pike Place Market blend, it has that skunky flavor that I enjoy. But it is roughly $20 a pound. They don’t even sell it by the pound, these twee bags of some odd tare.
For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.
For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (jIaF7)
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The funny thing about this budgetary diversion is that the money saved by not bringing apex predators to our ranching communities will be $264,268. This amount is intended to offset a health care funding shortfall of $1.2 billion. $1,200,000,000.
$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM
Seems like forbidden math will be needed to resolve that, but as a first approximation, no.
$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM
Seems like forbidden math will be needed to resolve that, but as a first approximation, no.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:23 AM (0sNs1)
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. the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
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I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.
Had they turned it down, I was going to let them fire me, take my annuity (which I found I would get, fired or not), my SS, any unemployment I could get, and see if I could file a wrongful termination suit. My income would have been lower than it is now -- but I would not have been destitute.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
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I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.
Had they turned it down, I was going to let them fire me, take my annuity (which I found I would get, fired or not), my SS, any unemployment I could get, and see if I could file a wrongful termination suit. My income would have been lower than it is now -- but I would not have been destitute.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)
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Good morning all
Everything went like clockwork with surgery last Wednesday. My nurse in recovery was bragging about how well I was doing and ended up home by 4 pm. I felt so good, I sent my son home that night and have been able to take care of myself. No side,effects, little pain. More stiffness. PT who came yesterday said he might be sble to get me off walker and back to cane next week.
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Everything went like clockwork with surgery last Wednesday. My nurse in recovery was bragging about how well I was doing and ended up home by 4 pm. I felt so good, I sent my son home that night and have been able to take care of myself. No side,effects, little pain. More stiffness. PT who came yesterday said he might be sble to get me off walker and back to cane next week.
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practice.
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Pope Leo said that preserving Nature is one thing, but raising Nature to the level of an idol is wrong.
Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practice.
________
Pope Leo said that preserving Nature is one thing, but raising Nature to the level of an idol is wrong.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (qdIj7)
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Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)
Interesting, and heartbreaking. Some other family will have answers soon.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)
Interesting, and heartbreaking. Some other family will have answers soon.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:25 AM (h7ZuX)
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but not because you posted a boobette this morning😉 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM
Given the naming conventions around here, I take it you would prefer a picture of a boob, such as Michael Moore or George what's-his-name from yesterday?
Given the naming conventions around here, I take it you would prefer a picture of a boob, such as Michael Moore or George what's-his-name from yesterday?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:25 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:26 AM (IQY71)
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Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
The chapter of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic of which I am a member meets on Mondays. Thus, we usually pray the Joyful Mysteries, but we do sometimes "change-out" the particular Mystery. I think the Holy Spirit will prompt you.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
The chapter of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic of which I am a member meets on Mondays. Thus, we usually pray the Joyful Mysteries, but we do sometimes "change-out" the particular Mystery. I think the Holy Spirit will prompt you.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:26 AM (pJWtt)
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Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Wow, Sharon! That is great to hear! Looking forward to seeing you tear up targets and the dance floor in Corsicana.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Wow, Sharon! That is great to hear! Looking forward to seeing you tear up targets and the dance floor in Corsicana.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:27 AM (7HoOO)
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I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)
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I thought it was funny that that weirdo last week (Scogg?) was accusing me of bowing to the state when I've pretty openly described how I chose to retire from the military rather than take the jab.
And as for pronouns, I threw the Agents of the State out of my house when they threatened me and lawyered up, ultimately emerging victorious.
Of course, the will to do those things came from God, not me, and my faith is much stronger as a result, which is also why I come here to encourage people to do likewise - trust in God.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)
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I thought it was funny that that weirdo last week (Scogg?) was accusing me of bowing to the state when I've pretty openly described how I chose to retire from the military rather than take the jab.
And as for pronouns, I threw the Agents of the State out of my house when they threatened me and lawyered up, ultimately emerging victorious.
Of course, the will to do those things came from God, not me, and my faith is much stronger as a result, which is also why I come here to encourage people to do likewise - trust in God.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
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Bustelo is a nice cup for the price range. I’ve not been successful finding that “sensible middle” Coffee. It’s either over priced or pretty gnarly. I tell myself the cheap stuff is good enough and does the job. I like (sue me!) Starbucks Pike Place Market blend, it has that skunky flavor that I enjoy. But it is roughly $20 a pound. They don’t even sell it by the pound, these twee bags of some odd tare.
For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025
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There's Cafe Morro, much like Bustelo, at Aldi. Recently it went up from $2.89/8.8 oz. to $3.25. Yes, it's a small brick, but the stuff is pretty strong and you don't have to use as much per cup as you might a medium roast.
For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025
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There's Cafe Morro, much like Bustelo, at Aldi. Recently it went up from $2.89/8.8 oz. to $3.25. Yes, it's a small brick, but the stuff is pretty strong and you don't have to use as much per cup as you might a medium roast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (omVj0)
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In the 1980s 180 apartment complexes were built in Taiwan that inadvertently used recycled steel in the structural components of the buildings that had been contaminated with Co-60 (half life 5.3 years).
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:
Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:
Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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Everything went like clockwork with surgery last Wednesday. My nurse in recovery was bragging about how well I was doing and ended up home by 4 pm. I felt so good, I sent my son home that night and have been able to take care of myself. No side,effects, little pain. More stiffness. PT who came yesterday said he might be sble to get me off walker and back to cane next week.
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025
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Good news, Sharon!
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025
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Good news, Sharon!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (omVj0)
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Pope Leo said that preserving Nature is one thing, but raising Nature to the level of an idol is wrong.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (qdIj7)
Worship the Creator, not His creation, is how I learnt it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (qdIj7)
Worship the Creator, not His creation, is how I learnt it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (wVcYX)
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There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
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Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)
That's wonderful news!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)
That's wonderful news!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:31 AM (h7ZuX)
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In the 1980s 180 apartment complexes were built in Taiwan that inadvertently used recycled steel in the structural components of the buildings that had been contaminated with Co-60 (half life 5.3 years).
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:
Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:
Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:31 AM (iJfKG)
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Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
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Rosary curious? There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions. It is like 99cents. It explains how to, and a technique that leads naturally into a deep meditative prayer state. Surprising results. Google it.
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Rosary curious? There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions. It is like 99cents. It explains how to, and a technique that leads naturally into a deep meditative prayer state. Surprising results. Google it.
Posted by: Simplemind at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (YrUlT)
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I'm sipping the last cup of the 5-cup pot of Cafe Morro I made when I got up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (omVj0)
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Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
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$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)
Over the last year, I've been seeing lots of cracks appear in Denver & CO budgets, at the same time as the all-important housing market there is cooling down rapidly, and federal infusions of cash get cut down by the BBB. Now Trump is threatening more federal funding based on Sanctuary status.
I've been certain that the city of Denver would eventually implode Detroit style, but it may come sooner than I thought.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)
Over the last year, I've been seeing lots of cracks appear in Denver & CO budgets, at the same time as the all-important housing market there is cooling down rapidly, and federal infusions of cash get cut down by the BBB. Now Trump is threatening more federal funding based on Sanctuary status.
I've been certain that the city of Denver would eventually implode Detroit style, but it may come sooner than I thought.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)
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Pray that the second round of antibiotics works and Pooky can finally get some sleep if he doesn't have to get up to go to the bathroom every hour (or less).
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (Wt5PA)
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There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
I agree completely, About 3 years ago, I got a corporate email survey "Tell Us About Your Pride!" I replied that while it was appropriate to take some pride in a job-well-done for a client, Pride is undue self-regard and a Deadly Sin. They seemed to promoting the sin, since all I saw was a celebration of homosexuality and discrimination against heterosexual Christians.
Funny enough, I never got a response, but that was the first and last year that sort of corporate survey got sent to the worker bees.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
I agree completely, About 3 years ago, I got a corporate email survey "Tell Us About Your Pride!" I replied that while it was appropriate to take some pride in a job-well-done for a client, Pride is undue self-regard and a Deadly Sin. They seemed to promoting the sin, since all I saw was a celebration of homosexuality and discrimination against heterosexual Christians.
Funny enough, I never got a response, but that was the first and last year that sort of corporate survey got sent to the worker bees.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:33 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 09:33 AM (AOsQT)
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MisHum can post whatever pictures he likes. I like
him . I pray for all the people regardless of whether they do boobapaloooza or not . And I not do not pray." Lord , please stop boobapalozza."
Which would be a silly prayer. 😉. But yes, I like the term boob for ignorant blockheads . It seems not to be for that too much any more but as simply a term for breasts.
him . I pray for all the people regardless of whether they do boobapaloooza or not . And I not do not pray." Lord , please stop boobapalozza."
Which would be a silly prayer. 😉. But yes, I like the term boob for ignorant blockheads . It seems not to be for that too much any more but as simply a term for breasts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (B6Nth)
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Quick, which team is leading the standings in the WNBA?
* waiting *
Ok, no "Yas slay queen!" for you.
* waiting *
Ok, no "Yas slay queen!" for you.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (0sNs1)
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Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (wVcYX)
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What I pray for often is that people don’t lose their faith if prayers go unanswered.
Mathew 26:39
My Father, if it is possible let this cup pass from me, yet not as I will, but as you will.
Mathew 26:39
My Father, if it is possible let this cup pass from me, yet not as I will, but as you will.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:35 AM (EYmYM)
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There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions.
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Well, I ought to get it. I'm perpetually mentally distracted in prayer. I confessed it recently and said I didn't know why it happened. The priest grunted in reply, "Because you're human."
There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions.
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Well, I ought to get it. I'm perpetually mentally distracted in prayer. I confessed it recently and said I didn't know why it happened. The priest grunted in reply, "Because you're human."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:36 AM (qdIj7)
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the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner
DiSantis just told a holier than thou judge to go pound sand.
Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis just announced the deportations WILL CONTINUE at Alligator Alcatraz after an activist judge ordered they start shutting the facility down.
"We're not gonna be deterred. We're totally in the right on this."
"We are gonna be opening ANOTHER facility...Deportation Depot."
Posted by: runner
DiSantis just told a holier than thou judge to go pound sand.
Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis just announced the deportations WILL CONTINUE at Alligator Alcatraz after an activist judge ordered they start shutting the facility down.
"We're not gonna be deterred. We're totally in the right on this."
"We are gonna be opening ANOTHER facility...Deportation Depot."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (L/fGl)
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I have been only making 1 very large coffee cup a day for most of the summer
Posted by: Skip
Me too. My cup holds 18 ounces.
Posted by: Skip
Me too. My cup holds 18 ounces.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (0U5gm)
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@75 great grandmother Possum
What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!
"Possum" is Latin for I am able, "I can do it." Good dog.
What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!
"Possum" is Latin for I am able, "I can do it." Good dog.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (zdLoL)
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There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
Well, they're trying to prove a negative.
"There is no God." is impossible to prove.
So, they try to set conditions for what would prove non-exxitence according to their vision of the world/universe/whatever.
Kind of silly because they're trying to universalize their appeal to themselves.
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
Well, they're trying to prove a negative.
"There is no God." is impossible to prove.
So, they try to set conditions for what would prove non-exxitence according to their vision of the world/universe/whatever.
Kind of silly because they're trying to universalize their appeal to themselves.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:38 AM (iJfKG)
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the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
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Gov Gordon (WY) gets a mixed review on COVID from me. WY was of course a lot more open than many places, but he gave a nasty speech in fall 2020 calling us knuckleheads and said we were making the healthcare workers cry. The he instituted a statewide mask mandate. Right after that, he got COVID. (I may have laughed.)
But we did escape a vax mandate at UW, despite the shrieking harpies among the faculty.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
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Gov Gordon (WY) gets a mixed review on COVID from me. WY was of course a lot more open than many places, but he gave a nasty speech in fall 2020 calling us knuckleheads and said we were making the healthcare workers cry. The he instituted a statewide mask mandate. Right after that, he got COVID. (I may have laughed.)
But we did escape a vax mandate at UW, despite the shrieking harpies among the faculty.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (7HoOO)
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Some other family will have answers soon.
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We had the same thought. Good for them.
We also have not discounted the possibility that the person who killed Gramps may have killed others, and it would be somehow fitting if this recently discovered body were another of his victims and led to his conviction.
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We had the same thought. Good for them.
We also have not discounted the possibility that the person who killed Gramps may have killed others, and it would be somehow fitting if this recently discovered body were another of his victims and led to his conviction.
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (/iMjX)
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So.....how's everyone's gallbladder?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (g8Ew8)
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I wanted to post a bunch of ❤️ and 🤗 with the last comment but Pixy wouldn't let me.
Just know that although I haven't posted much lately, I'm here. The horde members who I talk to IRL kept me going.
Love and hugs to all,of you. We are indeed a unique community.
Just know that although I haven't posted much lately, I'm here. The horde members who I talk to IRL kept me going.
Love and hugs to all,of you. We are indeed a unique community.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:40 AM (t/2Uw)
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Well, I ought to get it. I'm perpetually mentally distracted in prayer. I confessed it recently and said I didn't know why it happened. The priest grunted in reply, "Because you're human."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:36 AM (qdIj7)
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Maybe the distractions are the point. When I say a Rosary, I rarely focus on the mystery at hand for more than a few seconds because my mind immediately wanders into other matters - fear about this one thing, hope about another, confusion about what to do.
I've learned to go with it. I continue to recite the prayers, and if it leads me to an idea about what to do about the car, or how to handle a situation with my kid, that's God opening up pathways for me.
At this point, my go-to method for big decisions is to grid out the options, sleep on it, and say a Rosary - not always in that order, of course.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:36 AM (qdIj7)
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Maybe the distractions are the point. When I say a Rosary, I rarely focus on the mystery at hand for more than a few seconds because my mind immediately wanders into other matters - fear about this one thing, hope about another, confusion about what to do.
I've learned to go with it. I continue to recite the prayers, and if it leads me to an idea about what to do about the car, or how to handle a situation with my kid, that's God opening up pathways for me.
At this point, my go-to method for big decisions is to grid out the options, sleep on it, and say a Rosary - not always in that order, of course.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
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John 20:29 is my favorite verse
Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those that have not seen yet have believed.
Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those that have not seen yet have believed.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (EYmYM)
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There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
It's the old Problem of Evil. They don't want to accept that Evil is the absence of Goodness. They also conflate natural disasters with Evil.
While it's not fun at the time, there is a real salvific value to suffering. It is an opportunity to either give or receive unconditional love. For example, after Mom died and the Old Man declined into dementia, I eventually realized that it was a gift. The Old Man and I became much more emotionally closer (we were not estranged, but too much alike: Type A Personalities at tended to be correct but with too little tact) before he died.
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
It's the old Problem of Evil. They don't want to accept that Evil is the absence of Goodness. They also conflate natural disasters with Evil.
While it's not fun at the time, there is a real salvific value to suffering. It is an opportunity to either give or receive unconditional love. For example, after Mom died and the Old Man declined into dementia, I eventually realized that it was a gift. The Old Man and I became much more emotionally closer (we were not estranged, but too much alike: Type A Personalities at tended to be correct but with too little tact) before he died.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:42 AM (pJWtt)
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Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.
But encouraging in that at least the authorities are not still actively ignoring you.
But encouraging in that at least the authorities are not still actively ignoring you.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 09:43 AM (3nLb4)
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'Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.'
He reached the finish line.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3wi/L)
Given that he was Secretariat's jockey, I'm surprised it took so long.
He reached the finish line.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3wi/L)
Given that he was Secretariat's jockey, I'm surprised it took so long.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:43 AM (ExV1e)
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96 And it's easier to get ivermectin now. I have pills on a prescription from Leading Edge clinic. In some states, you can buy it over the counter.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:53
Thanks for this info on Leading Edge! I'll look.
I get all my meds from allfamilypharma.com, except for the Ivermectin pills from The Ivermectin Store (www.theivermectin.com), and Fenbendazole pills from BP Life (https://shopbplife.com/collections/fenbendazole-capsules).
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:53
Thanks for this info on Leading Edge! I'll look.
I get all my meds from allfamilypharma.com, except for the Ivermectin pills from The Ivermectin Store (www.theivermectin.com), and Fenbendazole pills from BP Life (https://shopbplife.com/collections/fenbendazole-capsules).
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (HcbZb)
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I fall asleep many times praying the Rosary. I've been assured by others that the Holy Spirit finishes it for me in those cases.
Is that true? It's a mystery.
swidt?
Is that true? It's a mystery.
swidt?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (cYBz/)
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I've been certain that the city of Denver would eventually implode Detroit style, but it may come sooner than I thought.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)
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Detroit got as bad as it did because Michigan had an immense amount of wealth - at one point it was near the top of the states in per capita income. That left a lot of money that could be pissed away without consequence.
Colorado lacks the population and tax base to play those kinds of games.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)
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Detroit got as bad as it did because Michigan had an immense amount of wealth - at one point it was near the top of the states in per capita income. That left a lot of money that could be pissed away without consequence.
Colorado lacks the population and tax base to play those kinds of games.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
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Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake
I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake
I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (L/fGl)
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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
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Militant atheists are tiresome wankers. I don't have to deal with 'em where I live now, thank G-d.
Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
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Militant atheists are tiresome wankers. I don't have to deal with 'em where I live now, thank G-d.
Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)
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I fall asleep many times praying the Rosary. I've been assured by others that the Holy Spirit finishes it for me in those cases.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (cYBz/)
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Heh(TM)
Some years ago my wife led a decade of the Rosary at our parish chapel and her voice was so soft and soothing that when it was time for the response, no one said anything, not even the priests. She she gave her own response and the chapel erupted in guilty laughter.
Afterwards Father Gordon told her not to feel bad but good, because she was clearly calming us and bringing us the peace of God!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (cYBz/)
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Heh(TM)
Some years ago my wife led a decade of the Rosary at our parish chapel and her voice was so soft and soothing that when it was time for the response, no one said anything, not even the priests. She she gave her own response and the chapel erupted in guilty laughter.
Afterwards Father Gordon told her not to feel bad but good, because she was clearly calming us and bringing us the peace of God!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
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Just saw rickb's news - I am so sorry for your loss 💔💔💔
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 23, 2025 09:49 AM (SRRAx)
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It's getting worse!
Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (L/fGl)
I believe that's because with that many babies they're born premature and, it's believed, may suffer health issues. I don't know that it's the doctors being ghouls, they just don't necessarily care about killing a human.
Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (L/fGl)
I believe that's because with that many babies they're born premature and, it's believed, may suffer health issues. I don't know that it's the doctors being ghouls, they just don't necessarily care about killing a human.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
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So, which coffeehouse was thst picture taken at? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:50 AM (9yO8k)
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https://tinyurl.com/59ej9t3y
Posted by: Joe Jackson at August 23, 2025 09:51 AM (pL2PR)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
It might be based in the Protestant tradition, but have you tried Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) praying?
It might be based in the Protestant tradition, but have you tried Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) praying?
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Wt5PA)
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the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
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Evangelical atheists are a tiresome bunch, and usually spectacularly ill-informed.
My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all.
If one is going to logic and reason, be consistent. One can't just handwave miracles (including ones with tens of thousands of witnesses like Fatima) because you don't like it.
And there is of course the obvious: For 2,000 years the brightest minds in history accepted God, but wow, man, you're so super-smort that you proved them all wrong. Why not invent cold fusion with your gigantic brain?
My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all.
If one is going to logic and reason, be consistent. One can't just handwave miracles (including ones with tens of thousands of witnesses like Fatima) because you don't like it.
And there is of course the obvious: For 2,000 years the brightest minds in history accepted God, but wow, man, you're so super-smort that you proved them all wrong. Why not invent cold fusion with your gigantic brain?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
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195 Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)
If I do not own a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz, may I substitute a meteor hammer?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)
If I do not own a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz, may I substitute a meteor hammer?
Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (9yO8k)
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I saw the Shrieking Harpies open for Neil Diamond at Red Rocks in ‘09
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (jIaF7)
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It might be based in the Protestant tradition, but have you tried Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) praying?
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Wt5PA)
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No, I've not. I'm content with where I am at the moment and as the grandkids become less of a responsibility, I'd like to add more Rosaries and do some daily Masses.
At some point I want to do pilgrimages and retreats as well.
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Wt5PA)
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No, I've not. I'm content with where I am at the moment and as the grandkids become less of a responsibility, I'd like to add more Rosaries and do some daily Masses.
At some point I want to do pilgrimages and retreats as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
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Heh.
Just found "The Most English Man In The World."
It's an AI YTube parody of the Dos Equis commercials
There is an entire series of them poking fun.
https://youtu.be/DKLPWtLlMPo
Just found "The Most English Man In The World."
It's an AI YTube parody of the Dos Equis commercials
There is an entire series of them poking fun.
https://youtu.be/DKLPWtLlMPo
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (wVcYX)
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I still contend the whole op behind covid was compliance. There were some inside government who wanted to see how far they could push the public with dystopian mandates and get compliance. The appearance of covid gave them a reason to test it.
It was, by any measure, successful.
I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.
It was, by any measure, successful.
I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)
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Our current governor in Georgia is, at best, GOPe, and also tolerated the cheats in both 2020 and 2022, but he did not allow a statewide mandate to get the clot shot. I never did get the shot and am glad for that. Many of my neighbors did, against my advice, when asked, and they now regret it. It seems like the only people getting COVID now are the ones who got the shot and boosters. I had the original alpha version and the omicron variant. I believe, for various reasons, the omicron variant was released to shut down the spread of COVID-19 (omicron had bits and pieces of all the previous versions such that a healthy immune system could fight off all variants afterwards). Also omicron was milder than previous variants. That people are still getting COVID suggests that they have damaged immune systems.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (ZVgZ4)
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If I do not own a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz, may I substitute a meteor hammer?
Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (9yO8k)
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The Holy Clown Hammer of Cyprus is also acceptable.
"I rebuke thee!"
Squeak!
"I chastise thee!"
Squeak!
"Repent!"
Squeak!
Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (9yO8k)
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The Holy Clown Hammer of Cyprus is also acceptable.
"I rebuke thee!"
Squeak!
"I chastise thee!"
Squeak!
"Repent!"
Squeak!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
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Even some of the most brilliant minds tend to hedge their bets when faced with their own immediate mortality. Johnny Von Neumann famously perplexed his fellow physicists on his deathbed.
Kurt Gödel famously “proved” the existence of God mathematically, but I’ll not try to follow along with the theorem. But it’s clear to me throughout history that many famous minds were men and women of great faith. Religion is also blamed for a great many wars or genocides, but it looks more to me like to get the real slaughterfests going throughout the past they are generally pagans, atheists, and truly perverted tyrants with their own ideas on how things should go. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, et. al cannot be considered men of great faith
Kurt Gödel famously “proved” the existence of God mathematically, but I’ll not try to follow along with the theorem. But it’s clear to me throughout history that many famous minds were men and women of great faith. Religion is also blamed for a great many wars or genocides, but it looks more to me like to get the real slaughterfests going throughout the past they are generally pagans, atheists, and truly perverted tyrants with their own ideas on how things should go. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, et. al cannot be considered men of great faith
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Militant atheists are tiresome wankers. I don't have to deal with 'em where I live now, thank G-d.
Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)
Militant atheists are not intellectually-honest inquirers. They are not interested in a conversation. Plus, they are cowards: they are more than happy to "debate" Christians and Jews, but nary a peep to Muslims.
There are plenty of rational arguments for the proof of God's existence. However, if you discount the spiritual and transcendent, and only focus on the material, you will not accept the existence of God.
I'm a mechanical engineer, but engineering can't explain everything. It can't explain why we have consciousness and self-awareness.
Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)
Militant atheists are not intellectually-honest inquirers. They are not interested in a conversation. Plus, they are cowards: they are more than happy to "debate" Christians and Jews, but nary a peep to Muslims.
There are plenty of rational arguments for the proof of God's existence. However, if you discount the spiritual and transcendent, and only focus on the material, you will not accept the existence of God.
I'm a mechanical engineer, but engineering can't explain everything. It can't explain why we have consciousness and self-awareness.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (pJWtt)
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Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (wVcYX)
Eh, the longterm deleterious effects from the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs are well documented.
One of my patients was a guy who'd been plunked down in Nagasaki right at the end of the War. According to him, most of the guys he kept in contact with had life-long health issues and/or died of cancer fairly early on. He himself had had multiple bouts with cancer and a large piece of his skull carved out to save his life. He lived to an old age but it wasn't a free from health issues existence.
Of course, the study says "chronic exposure" or long term exposure rather than a quick KAZOW! of radiation.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (wVcYX)
Eh, the longterm deleterious effects from the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs are well documented.
One of my patients was a guy who'd been plunked down in Nagasaki right at the end of the War. According to him, most of the guys he kept in contact with had life-long health issues and/or died of cancer fairly early on. He himself had had multiple bouts with cancer and a large piece of his skull carved out to save his life. He lived to an old age but it wasn't a free from health issues existence.
Of course, the study says "chronic exposure" or long term exposure rather than a quick KAZOW! of radiation.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (iJfKG)
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194 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake
I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (L/fGl)
That's not how it works. Peter Parker got bit by the radioactive spider. Try biting someone and see if they develop any powers. Then you gotta find a good custom leotard guy.
Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake
I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (L/fGl)
That's not how it works. Peter Parker got bit by the radioactive spider. Try biting someone and see if they develop any powers. Then you gotta find a good custom leotard guy.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (pIfcn)
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The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch >>> everything else
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g'mornin' again, 'rons
g'mornin' again, 'rons
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Pookysgirl, our pastor has talked about ACTS prayer. Thanks for the reminder. Prayers for you.
I don't comment much any more, but do read and pray for people here. Grateful to hear updates, and condolences for those in loss.
I don't comment much any more, but do read and pray for people here. Grateful to hear updates, and condolences for those in loss.
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It was, by any measure, successful.
I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)
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I disagree. It was a mixed bag and ultimately a failure because even purple states (like Michigan) ended up repealing the laws that enabled tyranny.
I keep bringing this up, but Michigan's police uniformly took a pass at enforcing the edits. The governor ranted, the AG wailed, and the sheriffs and local cops shrugged.
The entire might of the state descended on a barber in Owosso and shop on the west coast and...failed.
Now the Dems got re-elected, but that was because Biden's FBI faked a kidnapping, and the truth is going to wreck all of them because they knew it was fake at the time. Trump is of course timing the official release of this for maximum damage.
But the real failure is in the collapse of medical authority. Vaccine intakes have collapsed. Trust in medicine is at all-time lows, and of course MAHA is wrecking Big Pharma.
A Pyrrhic victory at best.
I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)
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I disagree. It was a mixed bag and ultimately a failure because even purple states (like Michigan) ended up repealing the laws that enabled tyranny.
I keep bringing this up, but Michigan's police uniformly took a pass at enforcing the edits. The governor ranted, the AG wailed, and the sheriffs and local cops shrugged.
The entire might of the state descended on a barber in Owosso and shop on the west coast and...failed.
Now the Dems got re-elected, but that was because Biden's FBI faked a kidnapping, and the truth is going to wreck all of them because they knew it was fake at the time. Trump is of course timing the official release of this for maximum damage.
But the real failure is in the collapse of medical authority. Vaccine intakes have collapsed. Trust in medicine is at all-time lows, and of course MAHA is wrecking Big Pharma.
A Pyrrhic victory at best.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:
That is a very sensitive prayer and thought. Thanks.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:
That is a very sensitive prayer and thought. Thanks.
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Among those teachings (though we will not hear it during Ordinary Time this year) is Jesus’s instruction on how to pray as He gives us the Lord’s Prayer. This is such a profound prayer, but sadly, due to it’s familiarity, we can often just recite it There were two individuals walking together, one of whom had a horse that belonged to him. They were discussing the difficulty of staying attentive during prayer. The man with the horse shared how he can’t even make it through the Our Father without getting distracted. The other man laughed, as he was convinced that he could keep focused through the entire recitation of this simple, short prayer. The man with the horse said: “Ok, let’s make a deal. If you can pray the Lord’s Prayer without getting distracted, I’ll give you this horse.” The other man smiled and gladly accepted the challenge, and he began: “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hollowed be thy name.” At this point, he stopped and asked the man with the horse: “Does the saddle come with the horse?”
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rickb223, I received your email. My connection has been kicking me out of my email since last evening. I will reply as soon as I get a connection.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:05 AM (dxWFK)
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NR Pax and his family could use prayers. His dad was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Posted by: Annie Stew at August 23, 2025 10:09 AM (KyYqI)
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I guess my point is that, after a lifetime of arguing with militant atheists, I'm over it. I could hold forth about philosophy and science and the many, many people much smarter than them who were not atheists.
Or I could just say "put a sock in it, wanker. You'll eventually learn that you can't eat enough dicks to fill that G-d shaped hole inside you, without any help from me."
Or I could just say "put a sock in it, wanker. You'll eventually learn that you can't eat enough dicks to fill that G-d shaped hole inside you, without any help from me."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (BI5O2)
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Evangelical atheists are a tiresome bunch, and usually spectacularly ill-informed.
My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Bart Ehrman immediately comes to mind. He's a guy that went into Moody(?) University with faulty understanding of Scripture (he came from a Christian denomination in which he was taught as a child that God had dictated the books of the Bible). He encounters variant Gospels (i.e, a word change or spelling error by the scribe, not the Gnostic Gospels - those are a different thing), and has such a crisis of faith that he becomes an Evangelical Atheist.
But he's a duplicitous little $h!t, writing one thing for serious Biblical scholars and a different thing for lay people.
My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Bart Ehrman immediately comes to mind. He's a guy that went into Moody(?) University with faulty understanding of Scripture (he came from a Christian denomination in which he was taught as a child that God had dictated the books of the Bible). He encounters variant Gospels (i.e, a word change or spelling error by the scribe, not the Gnostic Gospels - those are a different thing), and has such a crisis of faith that he becomes an Evangelical Atheist.
But he's a duplicitous little $h!t, writing one thing for serious Biblical scholars and a different thing for lay people.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (pJWtt)
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Grandson delivered healthy as can be and daughter is of course sore but doing fine.
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.
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I forgot, thanks for the prayers. Much appreciated.
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Grandson delivered healthy as can be and daughter is of course sore but doing fine.
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Congratulations all around and welcome to the world, little guy!
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Congratulations all around and welcome to the world, little guy!
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 10:12 AM (7HoOO)
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Well, got to go before Mrs. Cop starts cracking the whip!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:12 AM (pJWtt)
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good morning MisHum, Horde
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Good morning good Horde. Thx MisHum as always.
Even though this is a beautiful weekend, no court rulings against the left will happen. An actual reason to look forward to Monday
Even though this is a beautiful weekend, no court rulings against the left will happen. An actual reason to look forward to Monday
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 10:13 AM (ncxww)
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Last night I had a very vivid dream that I was a retired fighter pilot and I experienced a profound sense of disappointment when I woke up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)
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So, as I lay abed, tired after last night's feasting and festivities, I started thinking I ought to get up so I can list all the books I got for my birthday, and then I remembered, it's not Bookday, it's Prayerandcoffeeday. Whew.
Daisy the jet-propelled Malinois took me for a leisurely walk. Now I've poured a cup of coffee and I'm ready to be a Moron.
🐕🚶♂️
Speaking of petitioning the Lord with prayer (despite what Jim Morrison said), this coming Tuesday morning, they're going to poke at my heart and see if they can improve its functioning. Perfectly routine, I'm told; they do this thousands of times a year.
Yeah? Well, this is the only heart I've got and I'm kinda fond of it.
The chutzpah of modern medical wizards thinking they can improve on the Creator's design. And yet, sometimes they actually do some good. 😁
Tally ho, y'all. Into the post and comments I ride.
Daisy the jet-propelled Malinois took me for a leisurely walk. Now I've poured a cup of coffee and I'm ready to be a Moron.
🐕🚶♂️
Speaking of petitioning the Lord with prayer (despite what Jim Morrison said), this coming Tuesday morning, they're going to poke at my heart and see if they can improve its functioning. Perfectly routine, I'm told; they do this thousands of times a year.
Yeah? Well, this is the only heart I've got and I'm kinda fond of it.
The chutzpah of modern medical wizards thinking they can improve on the Creator's design. And yet, sometimes they actually do some good. 😁
Tally ho, y'all. Into the post and comments I ride.
Posted by: mindful webworker - is it tomorrow already? at August 23, 2025 10:15 AM (i1iCx)
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I don't often sit and pray the rosary (a failing of attention) but sometimes I will pray it while doing something.
Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
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Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need
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But he's a duplicitous little $h!t, writing one thing for serious Biblical scholars and a different thing for lay people.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (pJWtt)
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Yes, I've heard of him, watched him in debates. The problem he is facing is that his schtick has gotten stale. He's now just rewriting the same books over and over again, but even people sympathetic to his arguments are getting bored because he has to tilt the playing field so much.
Brant Pitre wrote a rebuttal to him and I did a speed run through it because Pitre's arguments aligned with ones I had also come up with, all of which wrecked Ehrman.
Ehrman's greatest sin is no longer his atheism, it's that he's boring.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (pJWtt)
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Yes, I've heard of him, watched him in debates. The problem he is facing is that his schtick has gotten stale. He's now just rewriting the same books over and over again, but even people sympathetic to his arguments are getting bored because he has to tilt the playing field so much.
Brant Pitre wrote a rebuttal to him and I did a speed run through it because Pitre's arguments aligned with ones I had also come up with, all of which wrecked Ehrman.
Ehrman's greatest sin is no longer his atheism, it's that he's boring.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
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"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)
Lol
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)
Lol
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 23, 2025 10:19 AM (lFFaq)
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Marinette? Marinette Dupain-Cheng, character and female protagonist of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir? Oh, just another Wisconsin hamlet.
The top pic on the officials Marinette website includes a great old Studebaker pick-up. Okay, it's a slideshow. Your milage may vary.
The top pic on the officials Marinette website includes a great old Studebaker pick-up. Okay, it's a slideshow. Your milage may vary.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bet it's a manual trans at August 23, 2025 10:21 AM (i1iCx)
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Finished with vacuuming the carpet and banging out the filter outdoors. It's funny: Stirling the big cat, who once was the most confident kitten you ever saw, vanishes into the bathroom the moment he sees the machine. In contrast, little Dagny sits quietly on the dinette table, well above the fray, and watches me vacuum as if wondering what the hell I'm doing to cause all that noise.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:21 AM (omVj0)
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Atheists should ponder it this way:
We live in a vast mysterious universe, perhaps a multiverse.
The more we learn in scientific observation, the more mysterious it all becomes, from the quantum level to scale of universe(s).
I believe that there is intelligent life outside of our solar system, somewhere.
So think of God as an alien being, similar to Q from Star Trek, omnipotent, omnipresent, but without the trickster nature of that fictional god.
You simply can’t rule out that possibility even if you don’t believe in human organized religion.
Perhaps, as is often believed by many, we are created beings in a created universe, and that life is a school, a test, in which our souls learn and grow and contribute to the larger whole for some purpose we cannot understand until that souls is freed and enters another ‘dimension’ we have giving the name of Heaven.
Atheists get hung up on what they consider myths instead of considering the possibilities.
They need proof when they should simply contemplate what the meaning of it all is, and why God is not only real but necessary to explain the nature of existence and the reasons for it.
We live in a vast mysterious universe, perhaps a multiverse.
The more we learn in scientific observation, the more mysterious it all becomes, from the quantum level to scale of universe(s).
I believe that there is intelligent life outside of our solar system, somewhere.
So think of God as an alien being, similar to Q from Star Trek, omnipotent, omnipresent, but without the trickster nature of that fictional god.
You simply can’t rule out that possibility even if you don’t believe in human organized religion.
Perhaps, as is often believed by many, we are created beings in a created universe, and that life is a school, a test, in which our souls learn and grow and contribute to the larger whole for some purpose we cannot understand until that souls is freed and enters another ‘dimension’ we have giving the name of Heaven.
Atheists get hung up on what they consider myths instead of considering the possibilities.
They need proof when they should simply contemplate what the meaning of it all is, and why God is not only real but necessary to explain the nature of existence and the reasons for it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:23 AM (6ydKt)
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MisHum, I would be remiss not to mention what a lovely… cup of coffee in the top pic. As for the music marathon behind the pic, should I save that for tomorrow's "reading" thread?
Posted by: mindful webworker - music for praying and sipping coffee? at August 23, 2025 10:24 AM (i1iCx)
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Not just the Anglicans and UMC.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:20 AM (3wi/L)
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Yeah, rogue priests and renegade bishops are nothing new, and these guys are dying out. That's why they are doing this.
Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:20 AM (3wi/L)
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Yeah, rogue priests and renegade bishops are nothing new, and these guys are dying out. That's why they are doing this.
Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
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If there *is* a G-d, wouldn't it make sense that the committed unbelievers would immiserate themselves, wasting their spiritual energy railing against Him to the deaf ears of the faithful?
Because if there's one thing you can count on, it's that the militant atheist trying to convert you or denigrate you is a joyless, miserable person. They always are.
Because if there's one thing you can count on, it's that the militant atheist trying to convert you or denigrate you is a joyless, miserable person. They always are.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:27 AM (BI5O2)
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'Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.'
I hope he does. Any church that wants to survive needs to jettison Pride.
'Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.'
I hope he does. Any church that wants to survive needs to jettison Pride.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (3wi/L)
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Atheists blaming religion for wars might just as well blame breathing.
All societies throughout history have had some sort of faith, and would draw upon it in times of turmoil and strife.
Often religion was used as a cloak for other things, like pure greed, or joy in violence. And yes, actual atheists are actually the worst because not only to the wage war on others, they wage their worst wars on their own people.
The Mongols at least slaughtered their enemies, not themselves.
All societies throughout history have had some sort of faith, and would draw upon it in times of turmoil and strife.
Often religion was used as a cloak for other things, like pure greed, or joy in violence. And yes, actual atheists are actually the worst because not only to the wage war on others, they wage their worst wars on their own people.
The Mongols at least slaughtered their enemies, not themselves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
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Almost 250 comments in, an noone have commented about today's featured coffee being 'con leche'?
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:23 AM (6ydKt)
Which is just another of their cognitive dissonance examples.
Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.
Which is just another of their cognitive dissonance examples.
Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
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Atheists or Agnostics tend to be thoughtful, deliberate people. Open to reason, certainly. Usually.
There’s a distinct variant - the “Anti Theists”. It isn’t that they don’t believe in God, they have a certain hatred of God. It’s a kind of demonic trait, they only seek to destroy or pollute. They detest innocence or goodness, beauty, truth etc.
There’s a distinct variant - the “Anti Theists”. It isn’t that they don’t believe in God, they have a certain hatred of God. It’s a kind of demonic trait, they only seek to destroy or pollute. They detest innocence or goodness, beauty, truth etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)
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I hope he does. Any church that wants to survive needs to jettison Pride.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (3wi/L)
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The Church will be fine. Francis did his utmost and failed. What you are seeing are the angry holdouts trying to create maximum embarrassment on their way out.
Fernandez tried to put out a letter (Fiducia Supplicans) authorizing blessing "irregular unions" and immediately had to issue a clarification, and then personally apologize to the Copts. The Eastern Rite Catholics declared it null and the African bishops denounced it and refused to follow it.
So much for the papal dictatorship.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (3wi/L)
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The Church will be fine. Francis did his utmost and failed. What you are seeing are the angry holdouts trying to create maximum embarrassment on their way out.
Fernandez tried to put out a letter (Fiducia Supplicans) authorizing blessing "irregular unions" and immediately had to issue a clarification, and then personally apologize to the Copts. The Eastern Rite Catholics declared it null and the African bishops denounced it and refused to follow it.
So much for the papal dictatorship.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)
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There’s a distinct variant - the “Anti Theists”. It isn’t that they don’t believe in God, they have a certain hatred of God. It’s a kind of demonic trait, they only seek to destroy or pollute. They detest innocence or goodness, beauty, truth etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)
Very good point - and those who hold that view (they’re always the loudest) can’t see that they are the most fanatically religious in their beliefs of all.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)
Very good point - and those who hold that view (they’re always the loudest) can’t see that they are the most fanatically religious in their beliefs of all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:32 AM (PfGa7)
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Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)
I have way more respect for atheists that also don't believe in aliens than those that do.
I have way more respect for atheists that also don't believe in aliens than those that do.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)
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Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
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They believe in science, but also multiple genders.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
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They believe in science, but also multiple genders.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)
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the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Was in a Wally Market when the 'official' word came out that the State was done with the B.S..
They immediately started pulling all the signage and stuff down, cashiers and clerks and stockers and managers dropped the masks, etc.
A couple days later Corporate laid down the law and told them to continue with the lockdown protocals. All the shit went back up and employees masks back on... But they didn't even pretend to enforce it on customers.
Virtually everyone everywhere knew it was a farce, but largely submitted.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Was in a Wally Market when the 'official' word came out that the State was done with the B.S..
They immediately started pulling all the signage and stuff down, cashiers and clerks and stockers and managers dropped the masks, etc.
A couple days later Corporate laid down the law and told them to continue with the lockdown protocals. All the shit went back up and employees masks back on... But they didn't even pretend to enforce it on customers.
Virtually everyone everywhere knew it was a farce, but largely submitted.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:34 AM (/lPRQ)
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A lot of people love to blame religion for most wars, but it’s simply not true.
Most wars are over resources, ideological conflicts, and/or self-protection from conquest.
There have been religious wars sure, but most of it is groups who just can’t get along for whatever reason and eventually the arguing stops and the fighting begins.
Most wars are over resources, ideological conflicts, and/or self-protection from conquest.
There have been religious wars sure, but most of it is groups who just can’t get along for whatever reason and eventually the arguing stops and the fighting begins.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:34 AM (6ydKt)
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The IRA weren't fighting to defend Catholicism.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (EYmYM)
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I always find it curious that people like Joe Rogan believe that a revelation of alien life would cause a crisis of faith. It simply wouldn't. It's just a complete misreading of religious faith by people who don't have.
People have been migrating and exploring since the dawn of time. Nobody's ever had a crisis of faith because they encountered a new civilization or life form, and it's happened many, many times.
People have been migrating and exploring since the dawn of time. Nobody's ever had a crisis of faith because they encountered a new civilization or life form, and it's happened many, many times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (BI5O2)
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Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)
My favorite time to pray is when I go out walking, because I am a lot freer of distractions. I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)
My favorite time to pray is when I go out walking, because I am a lot freer of distractions. I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:37 AM (h7ZuX)
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Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
The thing is, even in ‘science’ a lot of the bigger questions have not been proven and are still theories.
There are many things that science simply cannot find an answer to, and likely never will.
Maybe in a few hundred thousand years humans will have all the answers but until the. science is just as much based on dogma and faith as religion is.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
The thing is, even in ‘science’ a lot of the bigger questions have not been proven and are still theories.
There are many things that science simply cannot find an answer to, and likely never will.
Maybe in a few hundred thousand years humans will have all the answers but until the. science is just as much based on dogma and faith as religion is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:38 AM (6ydKt)
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Lot of leftist atheists also believe in ghosts and spirits.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:40 AM (EYmYM)
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En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffeinated Carlo at August 23, 2025 10:40 AM (G5+As)
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Almost 250 comments in, an noone have commented about today's featured coffee being 'con leche'?
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
'Con Leche'
Like the lady in the background.
Photo has good composition.
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
'Con Leche'
Like the lady in the background.
Photo has good composition.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:41 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:41 AM (x+FIc)
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Top photo reminded me of my Lady in Red watermelon painting.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:42 AM (EYmYM)
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A simple "her faith was important to her" would have been nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
as one of your parishioners, you have every expectation of writing a secondary one for this lady if you think something has been missed.
Dad wrote up his own Obit, he had been a newspaperman and was rather exasperated with the ones in the paper, which to be fair, are written under great stress and grief, and rarely with all the facts at hand. Dad had done things and been members of organizations I had never known about, and had time to revise and edit it.
Mark Twain wrote his own obituary after he got to read all of his own written by wire services and newspapers when someone had sent out a fraudulent report of his death when he was in Europe on a lecture tour. I think that was also Dad's inspiration.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
as one of your parishioners, you have every expectation of writing a secondary one for this lady if you think something has been missed.
Dad wrote up his own Obit, he had been a newspaperman and was rather exasperated with the ones in the paper, which to be fair, are written under great stress and grief, and rarely with all the facts at hand. Dad had done things and been members of organizations I had never known about, and had time to revise and edit it.
Mark Twain wrote his own obituary after he got to read all of his own written by wire services and newspapers when someone had sent out a fraudulent report of his death when he was in Europe on a lecture tour. I think that was also Dad's inspiration.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (rbvCR)
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My favorite time to pray is when I go out walking, because I am a lot freer of distractions. I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:37 AM (h7ZuX)
Lao Tzu was big on this.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:37 AM (h7ZuX)
Lao Tzu was big on this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (BI5O2)
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John C. Wright, the science fiction writer, was a militant atheist until he challenged God to prove that He exists. Wright promptly had a heart attack. Furthermore, he had a vision during the heart attack that has led him to become Christian, specifically Roman Catholic. He, of course, survived the heart attack. He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw, but he has written a little bit about it, from time to time. His wife is a Protestant, and writes under the name L. Jagi Lamplighter. Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)
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Good morning again dear horde and thanks annie, mh, and you morons for praying
Mrs. rickb223 may her memory be a blessing
Hiya JT
Mrs. rickb223 may her memory be a blessing
Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
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Most leftists believe if you cut off your dick, you’re a woman, when in reality you’re now just a man with a severed dick
Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (x+FIc)
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There are also right wing atheists, Sargon of Akkad is one, who do not believe in God but believe that religion provides essential and important structure to society.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)
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HHS Sec Bobby Jr. is revamping the Vaccine Court.
I listened to a report on Roman's channel, the govt. puts anyone who dares file a claim through bloody hell. The torture and abuse extends to the expert medical witnesses the claimant calls to testify.
I listened to a report on Roman's channel, the govt. puts anyone who dares file a claim through bloody hell. The torture and abuse extends to the expert medical witnesses the claimant calls to testify.
Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 10:45 AM (dCxaZ)
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The IRA weren't fighting to defend Catholicism.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (EYmYM)
Thye might have if they had been funded by the Vatican instead of the USSR
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (EYmYM)
Thye might have if they had been funded by the Vatican instead of the USSR
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:45 AM (rbvCR)
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Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
Ditto that! Always in my prayers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
Ditto that! Always in my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (h7ZuX)
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Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)
sort of a deathbed conversion, except he didn't die.
Conversions arrive in all sorts of flavors.
sort of a deathbed conversion, except he didn't die.
Conversions arrive in all sorts of flavors.
Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (dCxaZ)
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Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)
Yes they do but I expect them to be consistent in supporting their non-belief as people on the Right. Again if any of them believe in aliens or ghosts I think they are just pretending to be conservative.
Yes they do but I expect them to be consistent in supporting their non-belief as people on the Right. Again if any of them believe in aliens or ghosts I think they are just pretending to be conservative.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (EYmYM)
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I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Yes, it's very refreshing.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Yes, it's very refreshing.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:48 AM (Mgy3C)
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269 There are also right wing atheists, Sargon of Akkad is one, who do not believe in God but believe that religion provides essential and important structure to society.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)
Richard Dawkins ended up there as well. It’s a very weak intellectual position, holding essentially that people have to be tricked into believing “good lies” in order to live decent and responsible lives. It’s a very autocratic view of mankind. (Only a small ruling class should be allowed to know “truth”
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)
Richard Dawkins ended up there as well. It’s a very weak intellectual position, holding essentially that people have to be tricked into believing “good lies” in order to live decent and responsible lives. It’s a very autocratic view of mankind. (Only a small ruling class should be allowed to know “truth”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:48 AM (PfGa7)
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Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Quite a claim to fame. Just sit there and let the fastest horse in history do his thing.
Wiki (yeah, well):
Secretariat, also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and his record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is often considered the greatest race ever run by a thoroughbred racehorse.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Quite a claim to fame. Just sit there and let the fastest horse in history do his thing.
Wiki (yeah, well):
Secretariat, also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and his record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is often considered the greatest race ever run by a thoroughbred racehorse.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 31 lengths is outrageous at August 23, 2025 10:49 AM (i1iCx)
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I 'pray' on specific matters but I also have a running conversation with God 24/7. I put pray in parentheses because it's frequently just part of my 24/7 conversation.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:50 AM (EYmYM)
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There's just no way to explain or generalize some things.
A Russian scientist got zapped with an assumed fatal dose of radiation in the 70's and lived.
https://tinyurl.com/yde4eece
A Russian scientist got zapped with an assumed fatal dose of radiation in the 70's and lived.
https://tinyurl.com/yde4eece
Posted by: pawn at August 23, 2025 10:51 AM (pL2PR)
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Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Does he have his conversion story on his site?
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Does he have his conversion story on his site?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:51 AM (Mgy3C)
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Most leftists believe if you cut off your dick, you’re a woman, when in reality you’re now just a man with a severed dick
Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (x+FIc)
Most don’t it’s a small percent that truly believes this idiocy.
But most go along with it because the overall cause - leftism in general - is more important than the individual.
Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (x+FIc)
Most don’t it’s a small percent that truly believes this idiocy.
But most go along with it because the overall cause - leftism in general - is more important than the individual.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 10:52 AM (4HxCT)
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John C. Wright, the science fiction writer, was a militant atheist until he challenged God to prove that He exists. Wright promptly had a heart attack. Furthermore, he had a vision during the heart attack that has led him to become Christian, specifically Roman Catholic. He, of course, survived the heart attack. He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw, but he has written a little bit about it, from time to time. His wife is a Protestant, and writes under the name L. Jagi Lamplighter. Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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A general rule of mine is to never challenge unseen forces to show themselves. This works well with possible hoodlums skulking in dark alleys, enemy soldiers when you are patrolling the perimeter jungle, ancient aliens, etc...
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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A general rule of mine is to never challenge unseen forces to show themselves. This works well with possible hoodlums skulking in dark alleys, enemy soldiers when you are patrolling the perimeter jungle, ancient aliens, etc...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:53 AM (/lPRQ)
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I don't try to convince atheists or agnostics of my beliefs. The most I do is telling them that it's really something you can't explain and can only be experienced, similar to having a kid.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:54 AM (EYmYM)
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@ 14 Chemistry question for the horde: if I put an oxygen generator like Oxiclean in a basic or acidic solution, all I get is more water?
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Ummmm ... not rezack'ly. You get more 'O' ... the key is to put it in a neutral solution. The clothes aren't any brighter, but the risk level is way down ...
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Ummmm ... not rezack'ly. You get more 'O' ... the key is to put it in a neutral solution. The clothes aren't any brighter, but the risk level is way down ...
Posted by: Dr_No at August 23, 2025 10:54 AM (ayRl+)
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>>Secretariat, also known as Big Red
Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.
Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)
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And for the ladies: handsome shirtless farmers…
https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Wow, Fen. Them is some mooscular boys. Almost would think they were AI. Except the guy holding the Coors, who almost looks real. 😜
D'ya think the Horde has been influential on what that delicate demure flower Fenelon posts here? 🥵
https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Wow, Fen. Them is some mooscular boys. Almost would think they were AI. Except the guy holding the Coors, who almost looks real. 😜
D'ya think the Horde has been influential on what that delicate demure flower Fenelon posts here? 🥵
Posted by: mindful webworker - holy moley at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (i1iCx)
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Oh I found them by googling his name and "conversion "
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (Mgy3C)
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I’m not religious. I have no beef with anyone who is. The only exception is if people try to convert me, that does piss me off. I let you do your thing, be respectful and let me do my thing.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (4HxCT)
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“He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw.”
This is fascinating, and I’ll say something that people can believe or not. One of the ways to know for sure that one has had a real encounter with such power, and not just some mental aberration, is that this warning will come with it. And it’s mentioned in the gospels several times, so no one is making that part up.
This is fascinating, and I’ll say something that people can believe or not. One of the ways to know for sure that one has had a real encounter with such power, and not just some mental aberration, is that this warning will come with it. And it’s mentioned in the gospels several times, so no one is making that part up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:56 AM (PfGa7)
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This is an interesting discussion. Thank you all for articulating your thoughts so skillfully.
Personally, I believe that
Personally, I believe that
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)
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Lady in top photo is swooning
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 10:57 AM (AOsQT)
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I'd like to add on to Fen's suggestion about writing one's obituary: write memories of your childhood. Funny stuff as well as serious. Family history gets lost, but other kinds of history do as well. Ask a contemporary kid what clock-wise means, or what an egg slicer does.
Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 11:00 AM (sz3LH)
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>Secretariat, also known as Big Red
Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)
Yes. I was going to compare him to Jim Thorpe but non of Thorpe's records still stand. Though Thorpes Decathalon 1500 meter record stood until 1972.
Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)
Yes. I was going to compare him to Jim Thorpe but non of Thorpe's records still stand. Though Thorpes Decathalon 1500 meter record stood until 1972.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 11:00 AM (EYmYM)
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Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:01 AM (3ImbR)
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the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
Florida was not alone. My state opened quickly . I don’t remember the exact dates but I know by early summer 2020 everything was pretty much back to normal. Restaurants were open, bars, etc. I remember my family and I went to a restaurant on the lake with our boat. It was so packed and I was like ok this stupidity is over. Little did I know it would be another 2 years for 1/2 the country to figure it out.
Some corporate places had every other table closed off and shit like that. And Walmart insisted on masks. There was a lot of that around. But that wasn’t the government enforcing it.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
Florida was not alone. My state opened quickly . I don’t remember the exact dates but I know by early summer 2020 everything was pretty much back to normal. Restaurants were open, bars, etc. I remember my family and I went to a restaurant on the lake with our boat. It was so packed and I was like ok this stupidity is over. Little did I know it would be another 2 years for 1/2 the country to figure it out.
Some corporate places had every other table closed off and shit like that. And Walmart insisted on masks. There was a lot of that around. But that wasn’t the government enforcing it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:02 AM (4HxCT)
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Okay, time to get going. God be with you!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)
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Philosophy has already proved the existence of God through logic.
Thomas Aquinas documented the 5 proofs.
Thomas Aquinas documented the 5 proofs.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:05 AM (ZmEVT)
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SecDef Hegseth has brought back the Mexican Border Service Medal of 1918.
Lib heads to explode. Again.
Lib heads to explode. Again.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:05 AM (3ImbR)
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> Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.
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There's a large horse farm nearby. They board/train Quarter Horses. They keep them away from the fenced in field near the road, but periodically several will be out there.
Beautiful horses.
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There's a large horse farm nearby. They board/train Quarter Horses. They keep them away from the fenced in field near the road, but periodically several will be out there.
Beautiful horses.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)
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When you ignore the abundant evidence of the existence of God and worship the creation instead, He hands you over to your unnatural vices.
Romans 1
Romans 1
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:07 AM (ZmEVT)
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@295 And all the authority figures and pundits that bleated on about "the new normal" haven't mentioned how that's going since then. It was clear to me they spoke incessantly of it because they wanted their insanity to become the norm for everyone else.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 23, 2025 11:08 AM (36PRH)
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Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)
I've read and enjoyed and posted one of his wife's essays here. I think she might be a Christian Scientist.
I've read and enjoyed and posted one of his wife's essays here. I think she might be a Christian Scientist.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:10 AM (2GCMq)
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Nood Bullet trains
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:10 AM (ZmEVT)
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Secretariat still holds the record for all three Triple Crown races. His Belmont time will never be broken, unless by a robot horse. When he died they found his heart was two times the size of a normal horses. Not diseased just huge
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 11:11 AM (ncxww)
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Posted by: mindful webworker - holy moley at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (i1iCx)
😊. I've never thought of myself as delicate or demure.
😊. I've never thought of myself as delicate or demure.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:11 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 11:12 AM (kpS4V)
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The only exception is if people try to convert me, that does piss me
I don't mind them who try, some good conversations.
But don't insist. Then I get ornery.
I don't mind them who try, some good conversations.
But don't insist. Then I get ornery.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 11:13 AM (Mf0wV)
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One of the four natural virtues is Justice. Justice is paying what you owe.
Justice is thanking God for the gift of life.
Justice is thanking God for the gift of life.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:16 AM (ZmEVT)
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IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
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This is true. And it was worse than most. In the beginning, they weren't even allowing people from other states in! I remember Jane D'Oh had a vacation rental all set up in FL that she was worried about.
But it is true that FL was one of the first to drop all the crazy restrictions; however, I give more credit to Dr. Ladapo for that. DeSantis was smart to follow his advice.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
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This is true. And it was worse than most. In the beginning, they weren't even allowing people from other states in! I remember Jane D'Oh had a vacation rental all set up in FL that she was worried about.
But it is true that FL was one of the first to drop all the crazy restrictions; however, I give more credit to Dr. Ladapo for that. DeSantis was smart to follow his advice.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:17 AM (3ImbR)
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Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (rbvCR)
Well, she wasn't technically a parishioner ( she attended when a friend could bring her from the nursing home ) and her daughter - not a parishioner either didn't consult me, but I will do my best to involve myself the next time. Thx
Well, she wasn't technically a parishioner ( she attended when a friend could bring her from the nursing home ) and her daughter - not a parishioner either didn't consult me, but I will do my best to involve myself the next time. Thx
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:17 AM (2GCMq)
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Fenelon, usually the funeral home obits are online and have a section to comment. That is a respectful way to add in on your and her experience.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (rbvCR)
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"Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.
Posted by: IrishEi"
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But none of them as good as Big Red.
Posted by: IrishEi"
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But none of them as good as Big Red.
Posted by: Cosda at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (Jl99f)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:21 AM (2GCMq)
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Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (rbvCR)
I didn't see that. I saw " include some memories" on the website . It's ok. The people there will know that she was a person of faith and I am doing a nursing home service( which I do every month there) and I will give them time to speak.
I didn't see that. I saw " include some memories" on the website . It's ok. The people there will know that she was a person of faith and I am doing a nursing home service( which I do every month there) and I will give them time to speak.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:25 AM (2GCMq)
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Yes Lamplighter is Christian Scientist. Yes, he has occasionally posted on his site small bits about his vision, but infrequently, and without much detail. I originally wrote Wright was warned in his vision not to say too much about his vision, and inexpertly edited that.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:33 AM (ZVgZ4)
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I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.
the govt. has paid out 54 million dollars so far in EEOC claims due to the jab
religious exemptions denied
medical exemptions denied, and I imagine other causes of action
the govt. has paid out 54 million dollars so far in EEOC claims due to the jab
religious exemptions denied
medical exemptions denied, and I imagine other causes of action
Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 11:39 AM (dCxaZ)
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rickb223 -
Late to the thread, but just read of the loss of your wife. I am soooo sorry. Cancer f***ing sucks. May she rest in God's peace, and I pray memories of her are a blessing to you.
Late to the thread, but just read of the loss of your wife. I am soooo sorry. Cancer f***ing sucks. May she rest in God's peace, and I pray memories of her are a blessing to you.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 23, 2025 11:48 AM (7v6oI)
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Both Lamplighter and Wright’s writing have been influenced by their Christian beliefs. Lamplighter’s character Rachel Griffin of the Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin series has shown a Christ-like willingness for self-sacrifice. Also the Lion of Judah has made the occasional appearance in the series. It is set in another world’s equivalent of Hogwart’s. As for Wright, I recommend his novella, One Bright Star to Guide Them, which should have won the Hugo the year it was nominated (2015 Spokane Worldcon - if you know, you know) and did win a Dragon award that year. It asks the question, what happens after you return from that other world through the wardrobe and grow up? What then?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
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"And I not do not pray." Lord , please stop boobapalozza." Which would be a silly prayer."
Well, axeshully no. As "Pride" is condemned in scripture...so is "Lust."
Just sayin'. People certainly can live as they choose...and do. But some choices are a little iffy..."I have made a covenant with my eyes..." "...has committed adultery already in his heart..." "Flee youthful lusts..." but that's all just so analog these days, what with modern culture setting us free from closed mindedness.
However, with "open minds" there's the risk that brains just fall out.
The lady could have added a few more inches of cloth to her neckline and still been comfortable and pretty. What's the point of nearly bare in public? Just go full Kanye and be done with it.
Okay, I'll show myself out.
Well, axeshully no. As "Pride" is condemned in scripture...so is "Lust."
Just sayin'. People certainly can live as they choose...and do. But some choices are a little iffy..."I have made a covenant with my eyes..." "...has committed adultery already in his heart..." "Flee youthful lusts..." but that's all just so analog these days, what with modern culture setting us free from closed mindedness.
However, with "open minds" there's the risk that brains just fall out.
The lady could have added a few more inches of cloth to her neckline and still been comfortable and pretty. What's the point of nearly bare in public? Just go full Kanye and be done with it.
Okay, I'll show myself out.
Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 12:20 PM (vgX6l)
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Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Thanks. That's good to know. I am not familiar with the fictional works.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Thanks. That's good to know. I am not familiar with the fictional works.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (2GCMq)
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Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 12:20 PM (vgX6l)
Praying that people be more chaste in word and thought in action and less prideful is generally is not the same as praying that the horde stops posting this stuff which would probably be a wasted endeavor . And yes, for the naysayers here I am aware that I am a sinner and ask pardon daily
Praying that people be more chaste in word and thought in action and less prideful is generally is not the same as praying that the horde stops posting this stuff which would probably be a wasted endeavor . And yes, for the naysayers here I am aware that I am a sinner and ask pardon daily
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 12:25 PM (2GCMq)
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Hate to be "that guy" but the prayer requests by "JR" on behalf of children in Gaza sound like trolling to me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:54 PM (3Cz18)
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"...not the same as praying that the horde stops posting this stuff..."
Yeah, I get that.
'Pretty Lady Almost Wearing A Dress' today's pic; Focus on the Family founder, James Dobson died yesterday. He once served on a committee, organized to analyze pornography's effect on the nation, and had to endure piles of what is termed, "Art," (wink) "Free Speech," (wink) and listen to victim testimonies.
After many months, Dobson was grieved and heart sick with it all. He wearily got up from his desk and walked over to the office window, where he observed a wrecking ball, swinging heavily against a nearby building, knocking pieces to the ground bit by bit, piling rubble higher and higher onto the street.
He told radio listeners, "I thought to myself, that's what they're doing to our country." -Sigh-
Yeah, I get that.
'Pretty Lady Almost Wearing A Dress' today's pic; Focus on the Family founder, James Dobson died yesterday. He once served on a committee, organized to analyze pornography's effect on the nation, and had to endure piles of what is termed, "Art," (wink) "Free Speech," (wink) and listen to victim testimonies.
After many months, Dobson was grieved and heart sick with it all. He wearily got up from his desk and walked over to the office window, where he observed a wrecking ball, swinging heavily against a nearby building, knocking pieces to the ground bit by bit, piling rubble higher and higher onto the street.
He told radio listeners, "I thought to myself, that's what they're doing to our country." -Sigh-
Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 02:31 PM (vgX6l)
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Hi, Ju
Dr Dobson was a courageous man of faith, I did not know that he had died .I am glad he believed in the Lord, so I trust that he will be with him in glory.
Dr Dobson was a courageous man of faith, I did not know that he had died .I am glad he believed in the Lord, so I trust that he will be with him in glory.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 02:47 PM (2GCMq)
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