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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over before we start. (Rulz for those of you in Little Suamico.) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Yes, even to the trolls.
3) Running with sharp objects? If I have written it once I have written it 12,702 times. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a wonderful first weekend of October.
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:
9/7 – Moki would be grateful for prayers for a nephew who just had a heart attack. He is 54 years old,
and has 3 kids under age 5.
9/7 – GWB requested prayers for a neighbor who is suffering after multiple back surgeries and in a LOT
of pain.
9/9 – Pookysgirl asked for prayers as Pooky has a procedure to hollow out his prostate on 9/23. They are
not sure of the long-term implications of his acute kidney injury, but his kidneys are recovering. God has
worked miracles to keep Pooky with them in the past, as an answer to many, many prayers.
9/13 Update – Pookysgirl reported that Pooky is on the mend. His kidneys are recovering, he is
sleeping better, he has been more confident interacting with the kids. Prayers of thanks!
9/11 – D sent an update for Susan, his wife, and her battle with cancer: Thank you, everyone, again for
your prayers for Susan. Her cancer markers went down at the last Dr visit, but she is back to having
abdominal pain that is making it hard to eat right. They are trying to get her weight up and thank God
for the good days they do have. The really good news is that she is able to walk around again without
the fear of falling over.
9/23 Update – The pain has started coming back, so they went to the hospital and found a cyst. They
are trying to determine if it is infected.
9/11 – Annie’s Stew asks for prayers of comfort for Charlie Kirk’s family (first and foremost), prayers for
this country as we all grieve, and that God would reveal His will for us, as we move forward as
individuals and as a country.
9/11 – Kindletot requested prayers for a friend named Wendy, who was diagnosed with stage III breast
cancer. Please pray for healing and reassurance. Wendy is afraid of chemo, which hurt her friend as
much as the cancer did.
9/13 – vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for her daughter KTE to fully recover from the
stomach bug that she has been suffering through.
9/18 – Taylor reported that WitchDoktor took his own life last week.
9/20 – Tonypete sent happy prayers for Will and Natalie, who were married on 9/19. May they continue
to live God’s plan for themselves and remain as happy as they were on their wedding day.
9/20 – Accomack sent his thanks for the prayers for his wife. She was cleared of the parasites, but her
liver has not returned to normal because of all the antibiotics. She has not been cleared to return to
work, but she has insurance and union payouts, so this could go on for a while. 9/20 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for her mama. On 9/17, she fell and broke ribs. It was the
second time in about 6 weeks, and much more painful than the last time.
9/27 Update – Thank you for your prayers. Her mother is recovering slowly.
9/20 – RedMindBlueState asked for prayers for the wife of a close friend. She is back in chemo for a
recurrence of cancer. Please pray for her and her family.
9/21 – P asked for prayers for her brother, T, in New York. He already has stage 4 lung cancer. His car got
totaled one night at 3 am, and when his wife was driving him to the insurance office the next day to
report this, he felt so wobbly that she diverted to the ER, where they found out he’d had a stroke.
9/22 – C requested prayers for a friend whose mother passed away after years of dealing with
dementia.
9/27 – Retired Buckeye Cop wrote to thank the Horde for praying for his kid brother, “J”, after he lost his
job back in June. A few weeks ago, J received two job offers. He accepted the job that offered $13K/year
more pay and had a shorter commute.
9/27 – vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for her husband’s swift recovery. His procedure
was minor, but not quite as minor as expected.
9/27 – Sock Monkey requested prayers for his paster, who went to the ER with chest pains and slurred
speech. The pastor is a young man, late 30s, and relatively fit. He has 3 young children with a 4 th due in
Oct. Please pray for his recovery and strength for his wife. He has been a tremendous blessing to the
church.
9/27 – Joe Kidd posted a request for a friend, Bill, who has assumed sole responsibility for the care of his
90-year-old mother. (The original caretaker has fallen into alcoholism and was been removed from the
premises. Please pray that she gains clarity and resolve to battle that demon.) And please pray that Bill’s
path is made straight as he decides between taking early retirement or continuing to balance full time
work with caretaking. Thank you and God bless.
9/27 – From about That Time asked for prayers for surgery on 10/1 to remove a growth. Please pray that
it’s just a small disposable annoyance, as expected.
9/27 – Tonypete gave an update on the people from his church who were in an automobile accident
earlier this year. Cheri is doing much better. While convalescing from the car crash, she fell and broke
her hip, so she is recovering from that also. One of the passengers, Nick, had a heart episode during the
wreck and died. He was his wife’s caregiver and she is now bereft. Prayers are still needed for all.
9/28 - Teresa in Fort Worth gave an update: It has been 1 year since Teresa started “down the cancer
rabbit hole”. She sends her thanks for the prayers as they have buoyed her and her family through this
year. She has been blessed to exceed the original 6-12 months predicted, by the grace of God – and the
prayers of many people. Her next CT scan is in November, and the surgeon is pretty sure that her tumors
will be small enough to remove/destroy. 9/29 – toby928 asked for prayers for a brother named Joe, who is being crushed by grief. Joe’s wife is in
a coma and will likely die in the next few days.
10/1 – Duke Lowell sent an update. He is home now, after 8 days in the hospital and every antibiotic
known to man. He sent thanks for the prayers, and thanks to God for granting him another day in this
glorious world He’s created.
10/2 – Bluebell passed along an update: grammie winger sends her gratitude for all the prayers – she
feels they are working. On Oct 6 she will be starting a cancer treatment program because her doctors
are “cautiously optimistic” that they can give her some more time. Monday she gets the port, followed
by 6 hours of chemo infusion on Tuesday. The Rev is doing better because now he has some hope.
Pleease pray for her as she starts this treatment program because in her words, “prayer changes things”. 10/4 - Legally Sufficient's "Boss" will be undergoing intestinal surgery shortly. It looks scary so prayers for him and his medical team. 10/4 - The Fabulous for safe travels as she travels to visit her oldest daughter who is about to be a mother of a baby girl. Prayers for the mom to be and her child. 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 anupdate. 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
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 04, 2025 07:56 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 07:59 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: TeeJ at October 04, 2025 08:00 AM (cMU4o)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2025 08:01 AM (tljrc)
Bought two bags last year and not a single kid showed up.
With my luck, if I don't buy any, the kids will be lining up at 6p.m.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
Have a prayer request, and couldn't figure out how to get it to Annie.
My dad fell at church back in August hitting his head when he fell, they did check out his head with tests but nothing else. He fell again at home and since has had bad back pain. Wednesday he is going for tests, but not retaking much for pain
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:06 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2025 08:06 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:06 AM (7v6oI)
By most people's accounts, that would be a good thing.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:08 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 08:08 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 08:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 04, 2025 08:09 AM (PiwSw)
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.
The Left has latched on to Proverbs 1:11-14 as their rallying passage.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:10 AM (a4flb)
Be kind to yourself.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2025 08:10 AM (XQo4F)
It came.
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (VCgbV)
I was told earlier in the year to stock up on supplies and batteries because big bad hurricanes are coming.
I knew better.
Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2025 08:12 AM (Oy/m2)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (7v6oI)
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Great news!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2025 08:12 AM (u73oe)
Also glad to see some hopeful news about grammie. Dear Lord, if it's your will please let her stay here with us longer.
Prayers for all y'all and your loved ones
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 08:13 AM (CJ7TG)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 08:14 AM (VCgbV)
By most people's accounts, that would be a good thing.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:08 AM (a4flb)
I suppose you could look at it that way, but I got tired of eating mini Hersheys, Reese's, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Kit Kats, and Whoppers for two months afterwards.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:14 AM (6ydKt)
I like it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 07:59 AM (kpS4V)
Pfft.
Posted by: The Dead at October 04, 2025 08:14 AM (uQesX)
Mr. Finn is still at the emergency vet. When I went out at about 6:30 yesterday to let everyone out, he would not get up. It was obvious that he also had urinated on himself. He complained loudly when I got him up with a leash.
I got him in last night and right now he's undergoing blood work and an X-ray. While this is not a euthanasia situation (right now), I fear he's on the closing chapter. He's 10 years old (a good age for a Borzoi male) and is obese.
Her Majesty is in Omaha at shows and so I have to handle this myself. It's both expensive and heartbreaking.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 08:15 AM (tgvbd)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Awesome news! So thankful to hear this.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 08:17 AM (CJ7TG)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
Just make sure you have no decor outside and your lights off. That usually does the trick.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (uQesX)
And likely shot.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (LlsND)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2025 08:21 AM (LlsND)
Posted by: Caffiend at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (CJ7TG)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
Just make sure you have no decor outside and your lights off. That usually does the trick.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 08:18 AM (uQesX)
That's the plan.
I think kids go to Halloween parties now, instead of trick or treating. Parents too worried about letting out on the streets, I suppose. I've seen less and less put at night over the past 10 or 15 years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 04, 2025 08:23 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2025 08:24 AM (u73oe)
It's Caturday! MegaRoy is celebrating with a very attention to detail observation of the backside of his eyelids. On Smash's side of the bed. I'm off to have breakfast with some of my crew from a previous contract, then off to the motorcycle rider's course. Cow-orker and her brother will both ride for the first time ever today.
Prayers up, asked and unasked.
Please pray my cow-orker and her brother learn enough to be safe too, please.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 04, 2025 08:24 AM (QVmho)
Interesting times.
A woman, Sanae Takaichi, was elected as the Japanese Prime Minister.
She is known as a strong ally of Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated. And Abe and Trump got along very well.
The world is changing, folks. And not always in a crap direction.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:24 AM (iJfKG)
Re Hurricanes, with Trump as President, even Mother Nature know better than to mess around!
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2025 08:24 AM (hOUT3)
Her Majesty is in Omaha at shows and so I have to handle this myself. It's both expensive and heartbreaking.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 08:15 AM (tgvbd)
Poor guy.
I hope he makes it through and you get some more time with him until he go peacefully in his sleep.
It's tough getting attached to dogs, who are only with us for such a short time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:24 AM (6ydKt)
The finality will probably hit him at that point.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2025 08:25 AM (l3pKY)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 04, 2025 08:25 AM (H4xOd)
Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2025 08:25 AM (Oy/m2)
You will never speak to anyone as much as you speak to yourself in your head.
Be kind to yourself.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
I'm not talking to that dumbass in my head, he didn't listen to me and I was right. Of course he was speaking with a heavy spanish accent and sharing his tequila with me at the time.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 04, 2025 08:26 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:26 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2025 08:28 AM (k29Yc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:29 AM (ZmEVT)
My kind of guy and a great heel.
Posted by: Hey Roddy! Pipe This! at October 04, 2025 08:30 AM (oftw2)
Sick animals are so hard to deal with because the owner is almost always an observer trying to determine a solution without being able to discuss the problem
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2025 08:30 AM (hOUT3)
Prayer request - that my husband may agree to return to going to Sunday mass regularly.
Also horde pet hoomans take note - today is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, who loved all creatures.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 04, 2025 08:31 AM (GhIJO)
If I get kids it's usually tiny tots on their first Halloween, close to home. I'll toss in stickers too.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:31 AM (kpS4V)
Be kind to yourself.
Huh. There are studies that estimate between 5%-10% of the population doesn't have that "inner monologue" that narrates thoughts, reflects on experiences or rehearses language silently in the mind.
Other studies indicate that between 30%-50% DO regularly experience the inner monologue.
That means as much as 70% of the population either lacks it or it is infrequent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:32 AM (a4flb)
Proverbs 1:11-14 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/pro.1.11-14.KJV
I have read the NT a lot but little of the Old. The things you learn here.
The wife had blood work Thursday. Her liver numbers are better but her kidney results were not, whatever that means.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2025 08:32 AM (28cZF)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:33 AM (kpS4V)
I'd appreciate some prayers from the Horde. I'm one of the 5% of gov't workers that make the other 95% look bad, and I'm trying to move to the private sector for various reasons including getting punished by the process for doing the right thing (even if everyone I talk to agrees I did the right thing, the process itself to get formal resolution is punishment right now).
I've finally found a good possibility (among the hundreds of "might as well apply and see" so far) to both meet or exceed my pay and do an interesting job that's a good fit for my skills and interests. Had the 2nd-stage interview last week. Waiting to hear back from that and find out if I made it to the final round. Praying that if it's where God wants me, it all goes well and quickly. Praying that wherever God wants me, He make it clear, and the road smooth. Hoping this is it.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 04, 2025 08:33 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2025 08:28 AM (k29Yc)
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Wow! Sounds like the neighborhood I grew up in. We had 100 kids grow up on our one block, most of them Irish Catholics
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 04, 2025 08:34 AM (H4xOd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Been there a couple of times myself.
Both times late on a Friday night.
One with hemangiosarcoma, the other with pericardial effusion.
Came home both times with an empty leash.
Tough drives home.
Hope you have a good outcome with yours.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2025 08:35 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:32 AM (a4flb)
We both agree that that boggles our mind.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2025 08:35 AM (F98rG)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2025 08:36 AM (u73oe)
Are you familiar with Dunning-Kruger?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)
Our bishop recently asked us to do a bit of evangelizing one on one. He asked that while in conversation we say "I'm so happy to be a Catholic", hoping to start a dialogue. I'm going to try that with the kids, both lapsed in their faith. I know one thing I better have many reasons available why I'm happy.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (kpS4V)
Be kind to yourself.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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So true. I've struggled a lot with negative self-talk... I could be a real bastard sometimes. Through various efforts (most especially prayer) I'm managing to find myself forgivable. I've also come to realize that humility is an important element of accepting Grace. I heard a great line this week that really resonated: "Humility isn't thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less"
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (kOluj)
Behold the tyranny of a four-tier justice system:
! Rich connected politicians and their friends
2. The inhabitants of the justice system itself (judges, prosecutors, liberal attorneys)
3. Criminals that enable or benefit liberal causes
4. Mere peasants
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (6ydKt)
With the proliferation of Trunk and Treats, and schools having harvest festivals, I think it's more that kids usually stick to their own neighborhoods instead of going all over. If you're in a kid free neighborhood, you won't get many. I still get a few bags because there's kids on my block. I have decor outside and will keep doing it until the last kid gets too old for doing it. Then, no H'ween decor. Just Christmas.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (uQesX)
Just like the narcoterrorists, hurricanes come into the
Gulf of FAFO at their own risk.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2025 08:38 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2025 08:28 AM (k29Yc)
We have a friend who lives in the designated snobby, rich folks area of DFW, Highland Park.
In HP, if you want to remain in good social graces and apparently you do,
you will give out candy and it will be normal, full-sized candy bars, etc.
Since this is well-known, HP is invaded by hordes of cultural enrichers, who take time off from curing cancer, to Trick or Treat there.
Our friends spent over $2000 last Halloween in candy give outs.
This makes you a good person because you helped The Poors(TM).
It ain't easy being a rich snob.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:38 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)
Or, as I like to call it, Dumbass-Krugman.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2025 08:39 AM (F98rG)
Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2025 08:40 AM (k29Yc)
Never quit. Praise the Lord our God. That’s a long, painful journey, but you made it.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2025 08:40 AM (ejZQA)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:40 AM (ZmEVT)
35 Prayers for all intentions, and Congrats on the forthcoming grandbaby, Mis Hum!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 04, 2025 08:23 AM (kOluj)
Thanks
It is our first. We were never expecting any at this stage
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2025 08:40 AM (Eymsi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:41 AM (kpS4V)
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we say some mean things about gov't employees in this space, but we know there are some good people there too, just caught up in the swamp.
Good luck.
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 08:41 AM (AOsQT)
If you've read the NT a lot then you've read more than you may think of the OT. It gets quoted a lot in the NT. And prophecied events in the OT referred to in the new.
Glad to see you use the KJV.
Prayer for the Mrs!
Posted by: TeeJ at October 04, 2025 08:42 AM (cMU4o)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 04, 2025 08:43 AM (aJQbY)
Further studies have shown that those without an inner monologue have instead-
a continuous loop of a cartoon cow dancing with a crow to Turkey in the Straw.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:44 AM (iJfKG)
Begging is for the poor and working class.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:44 AM (ZmEVT)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (7v6oI)
That's wonderful news! Big hugs!!!
Go ahead report me to HR
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2025 08:44 AM (Eymsi)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 08:44 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:45 AM (ZmEVT)
———
Every kitten is new, if you stop and think about it.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 08:45 AM (+oiHq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:46 AM (ZmEVT)
People spend ten times that just for the decorations.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:46 AM (a4flb)
The show must go on he said
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:47 AM (+qU29)
Read an article where unnamed Xandrites opined that they felt pressure to shovel candy out and decorate their houses like a magazine cover.
Noblesse Oblige.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:47 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: RandomDave
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I'll join you in that prayer. Hope you can get out on your own terms. I'm a state employee myself, and while I believe government employment is in desperate need of reform/reduction (as your experience illustrates), know that it won't be without pain, some of which will hit the good ones.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 08:48 AM (CJ7TG)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:49 AM (+qU29)
May God bless each and every one of His children today.
And may Got continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 08:49 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 08:50 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:47 AM (kpS4V)
Yes, Eris. Exactly.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:50 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Hugs and prayers, dear Eris.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 08:50 AM (CJ7TG)
The wars and prophets of the OT blur together. Without the Thompson’s, I wouldn’t get anywhere.
I have Douay and an ASV but KJ is Biblical, if that makes any sense.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2025 08:51 AM (4qMiv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:52 AM (kpS4V)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (7v6oI)
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God be praised!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 08:54 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 08:44 AM (kurEY)
I couldn't have spit it better Ben
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2025 08:54 AM (Eymsi)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 08:56 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: Accomack
That's what I like about the OT. A lotta history there.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 08:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2025 08:58 AM (T1QkV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 04, 2025 08:41 AM (kpS4V)
Sorry to hear that, Eris.
This sounds like when my Mom died.
When she did wake up from time to time in the last 10 days or so, Mom said she saw an angel standing in the corner of her room and asked if we saw her too.
We could not see the angel. But, Mom took a lot of comfort in the angel's presence.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:58 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (6ydKt)
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The biggest factor is the weather. If it's warm, people will sit out front with the candy and the whole neighborhood held a block party.
We've also had snow and sleet, so much less traffic.
The subdivision is closing out a generational turnover as it was built in the 1970s and the original owners are passing away or moving out. They are being replaced by families with young children, and based on their ages, well have trick or treaters for a while.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 08:58 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:59 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 08:08 AM (VCgbV)
How many cats do you have now??? You're getting pretty close to the threshold of Crazy Cat Lady...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (+qU29)
A steady diet of the King James Version of the bible, I guess.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Accomack
Which is why Israel should stop seeking the release of the remaining hostages and just go in a finish the job in Gaza.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 08:58 AM (iJfKG)
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As my grandmother lay on her deathbed, news of her sister's death reached my mother, who gave her the bad news.
My grandmother replied: "I know."
"How? We just got the call?"
"How do you think? She *told* me."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)
Looting and pillaging is not war but a crime in our time.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2025 09:03 AM (T1QkV)
We've got plenty of kids in this neighborhood, but most of them are not part of the Western cultural tradition.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2025 09:04 AM (kUxzU)
It makes perfect sense. The only other possible, which I don't hardly know at all, is the Geneva Bible.
For you, lin-duh and others, search online for American Presbyterian Church ESV. What you'll see also applies to the niv, nasb, nkjv and the rest of the new age Bibles.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 04, 2025 09:05 AM (cMU4o)
I am doing a daily rosary in October and will be sure to include her in my prayers
Posted by: Black Orchid at October 04, 2025 09:06 AM (FHttA)
Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2025 09:06 AM (k29Yc)
Looting and pillaging is not war but a crime in our time.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2025 09:03 AM (T1QkV)
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Wars were different back then. More troops died of hunger and disease than battle, and pitched battles were difficult to arrange. Mostly raids and skirmishes.
Also, there was no civilian/military distinction. Everything was a legitimate target. Kill the military-age men, enslave the women and children.
One of my sources of irritation is religious figures acting as though our current haphazard framework for the Laws of Armed Conflict are ordained by God or something. They were made by men for mutual advantage. They have zero moral component.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:06 AM (bXbFr)
Looting and pillaging is not war but a crime in our time.
Posted by: Accomack
Remember, the Levant was a crossroads between Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. Lots of peoples passed through there. Thus, the wars.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:07 AM (77rzZ)
Last Halloween, we got no Trick or Treaters.
That was a sad moment.
I've always enjoyed the fun of Halloween. Too bad that kids are missing out on that, buuuuuut-
I guess that's what happens when neighborhoods get older and probably more importantly,
we no longer live in a high trust society.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 09:07 AM (iJfKG)
There were still yet a few of the pioneers living sprinkled around. I inferred from the remainder that these were very nice places to live and raise a family and grow. Solid people make the difference. They also had neighborhood grocery stores. The 24 hour handi marts and shopping centers didn’t exist, so small outlets where you could get the staples were pretty common.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 09:09 AM (DaCyj)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2025 09:00 AM (ULPxl)
Poor Spawn and her siblings. Replaced by a cat not even a dog.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2025 09:09 AM (Eymsi)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 09:09 AM (10WMV)
Posted by: DenverGregg at October 04, 2025 09:11 AM (9aCp1)
Posted by: TeeJ at October 04, 2025 09:05 AM (cMU4o)
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I don't think we have a KJV among the many Bibles here. I'm getting the St. Ignatius Study Bible fairly soon.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)
That was a sad moment.
I've always enjoyed the fun of Halloween. Too bad that kids are missing out on that, buuuuuut-
I guess that's what happens when neighborhoods get older and probably more importantly,
we no longer live in a high trust society.
Posted by: naturalfake
I saw that same change during the 31 years I had my first house. I slowly watched the neighborhood age change. And you are correct, it's a little bit of both. I watched the neighborhood go from young families with children to the children, leaving as they grew up, and also, the popularity of trunk or treat at the neighborhood, churches and police department.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 09:14 AM (10WMV)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Inherited from the late Middle Ages when various noble houses were used to trading various civilian populations back and forth like herds of cattle.
Of course you don’t want to hurt the cattle in the process, that’s bad business.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:14 AM (WZaJc)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 09:07 AM (iJfKG)
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It's highly localized. This is a big country, after all.
This is also nothing new. New York's famous blackout in the 1970s kicked off a wave of looting, but a multiday power outage here over the summer had no such effect. If anything, people reached out to each other more.
There's a line from Hurricane Katrina that has stuck with me through the years. A reporter went to the French Quarter and found that the bars had opened their doors and were offering up water to those that needed it and cooking up their food before it spoiled. People with swimming pools were bucketing out water to be used for cleaning and sanitation. Everyone worked together to get through the crisis.
One of the locals observed; "Some people became like animals. We became more civilized."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:15 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:16 AM (bXbFr)
This is not optional, your society will not be sustainable in any way, not for long, without it. A lot of our public national malaise, the “news” dances around this. It’s apparently so obvious no one can see it any longer. It isn’t even discussed.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 09:16 AM (Vq1kH)
Or was. Not sure how the situation is now with the change in public perceptions and, perhaps increased LE attention.
The grandkids will come over and Mamaw will shower them with treats before they go on their own trick or treat with friends in their 'hood (which is mostly pro-Trump rednecks.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 09:16 AM (Q4IgG)
While John Cheever and John Updike were writing tedious novels about suburban alienation, half the world would have crawled across continents of broken glass to live in American suburbia.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 04, 2025 09:16 AM (h/ffs)
Hugs Eris. I lost my mom the year before I had my first baby. You are so fortunate to have had her in your life. I hope this continues to be peaceful and pain free.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2025 09:17 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 09:17 AM (+qU29)
I think kids go to Halloween parties now, instead of trick or treating. Parents too worried about letting out on the streets, I suppose. I've seen less and less put at night over the past 10 or 15 years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2025 08:22 AM (6ydKt)
Not in my neighborhood - we have about 50 kids come.
Since I trick or treated as a youth, I will ALWAYS give out treats on Halloween. One of those "do unto others as was done onto you" - I can't tell you as a kid how much it sucked when someone obviously didn't give out candy.
And if you don't want to give candy, buy a roll of quarters and give out cash. It's the giving and getting a door open that makes a kid happy, less the actual treat.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2025 09:19 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 09:19 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2025 09:20 AM (t/2Uw)
Of course you don’t want to hurt the cattle in the process, that’s bad business.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:14 AM (WZaJc)
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That's a very crude way of putting it and not at all how they thought. The question of rulership was bound up in divine legitimacy, and so if you are the rightful king/duke/count, you don't want to take over a desolation.
Yet the English in the Hundred Years' War did engage in pillage through their Chevauchees, which were designed to delegitimize French rule because they obviously could not protect their realm.
There were rules of a sort, and they generally came from the Bible. If a city resists, you offer it terms. If the terms are rejected and the city falls, it gets no mercy.
The notion that there are unbendable laws without any reciprocity is a purely modern phenomenon, and utterly unsupportable in practice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)
The peasants were routinely slaughtered.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 09:21 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 08:06 AM (+qU29)
Prayers for your dad, Skip. Seems like once someone starts falling, it doesn't stop. Bless our parents, Lord.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2025 09:21 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: McKenzie Glen Ross at October 04, 2025 09:21 AM (7xvhd)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:21 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)
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The kids in my neighborhood get the best of both worlds. There's a large church at the end of my street that does Trunk or Treat. Then they go up and down my street and a few neighboring streets for a second run. They make out like bandits.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 09:22 AM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:21 AM (kurEY)
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Gotta get those baby teeth out somehow!
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Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 04, 2025 09:23 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:24 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:25 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
I drove through a snowstorm in Glacier National Park in September.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:11 AM
Recommended.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2025 09:26 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Col at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (p0ID1)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 04, 2025 09:16 AM (h/ffs)
See also: The Catcher in the Rye.
"Boo-hoo! My life is so hard! Boo-hoo! My dad is an investment banker! Boo-hoo! He keeps sending me to fancy schools and I keep getting kicked out because I am an obnoxious little shit. Boo-hoo!"
I'm sure I'm not the only one who cheered when that whiny little asswipe got his ass kicked.
Posted by: The Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (qpyNK)
They were making Thunderbirds.
And Teej came rolling off the assembly line, too.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (cMU4o)
I suppose I shall always be a bit Cromwellian in my opinions of the nobility. If I had lived then, I have no doubt I’d have been in his army.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (WZaJc)
Posted by: The Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker
If this is a sock fail, it's a good one.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:28 AM (77rzZ)
Incredible what a difference it made.
I haven't had unaided distance vision since Nixon was in the White House.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2025 09:28 AM (XQo4F)
Miss Linda and I will go out for some coffee in a bit. I'm thinking I'll go hog-wild and have some espresso and a croissant.
Tonight she wants to go to this Evening Stroll thing along an uptown shopping district. For me this means driving over bad streets, struggling to park, and walking up and down to no point amid throngs of people. We've done this before, and I was bored. The only pro I can see: It's free.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 09:30 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:30 AM (bXbFr)
Starting to line things up. Figuring out where I put things away from last time. Can't wait.
Soon....
❤️🤠💃
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2025 09:31 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:32 AM (a4flb)
Seems like that would be a blessing. I wonder if they fall asleep easily?
On the other hand, that inner dialogue probably helps most of us behave better in public.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2025 09:31 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:31 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2025 09:32 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:33 AM (kurEY)
Picking up Finn now. Our little gentleman will be coming home.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 09:34 AM (AFKK9)
One of the locals observed; "Some people became like animals. We became more civilized."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025
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This no doubt happened much faster after Hurricane Betsy in '65. After Katrina it took many weeks to get the power back on. I remember it took less than two in '65.
Difference: The city was filled with many more self-reliant people.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ben Had
Same in '68 - '75.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 09:35 AM (10WMV)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2025 08:32 AM (a4flb)
As Warai posted yesterday about that inner monologue; “you mean a lot of people only have one?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:35 AM (WZaJc)
Posted by: Not a joke at October 04, 2025 09:35 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:35 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 09:36 AM (AG3iD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Prayers for your mother, Eris. Again, Lord, please bless our parents, who were so good to us.
*Those whose parents weren't good to you, Lord bless you.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2025 09:36 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:37 AM (WZaJc)
Posted by: Tom Servo
What story is this?
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 09:38 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:27 AM (WZaJc)
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Yeah, and his system collapse how quickly after he died?
As I've gotten older, I'm more convinced that much of the hate against the nobility is completely fabricated by a greedy and envious middle class. "Prima Noctem" is a fraud, total fabrication. Zero contemporary evidence.
The nobility had extensive obligations to their estates and were required to provide justice and enforce the laws. Far from being idle, they had an obligation to grow their holdings and their people. It's interesting that when the franchise was extended to non-propertied people, the servants and tenant farmers voted heavily for the Tories because the alternative was living in a row house in a factory town.
Having "your people" starve was a disgrace to the family name. And of course in time of war, one was supposed to sacrifice sons for king and country. Compare that with our fake meritocracy where grifters buy access and then strip the country bare.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
There’s nothing wrong with arguing with yourself.
It IS a problem if you lose the argument.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:39 AM (WZaJc)
It's funny that the House of Lords is more in tune with the people these days than the Commons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:39 AM
Prima Noctus on the ONT is a thing, however.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2025 09:42 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:42 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:43 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 09:43 AM (LbMjz)
He said that this gave the enlisted a tremendous trust him, because they knew that he would die a hideous death rather than stain the family honour. He's was also highly capable, no doubt having been taught the basics of the family business since birth.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
https://is.gd/BmjYlI
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
Warning, you can get sucked into the Hoyt site and may not resurface for a while, but they are all good!
Posted by: Hrothgar, The Hrothgar at October 04, 2025 09:44 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Prayers Eris.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 09:44 AM (10WMV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 09:44 AM (LbMjz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (kurEY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Agree, A. H. A lot of folks here describe a coming "new feudalism" as if it were a completely bad thing. But feudalism was a system of reciprocal rights and obligations involving those at the top as well as those at the bottom.
Even in the Age of Absolutism, the monarch felt answerable to God for his/her governance.
Today's elites have no responsibilities to the common people, and certainly no accountability to God.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:39 AM"
Is this about me?
Posted by: Alleged Doctor Ian Roberts of Des Moines, Iowa at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (XQo4F)
'I'm more convinced that much of the hate against the nobility is completely fabricated by a greedy and envious middle class.'
It depended on the character of the ruler. If the ruler was a decent man (Wencelaus, Alfred the Great) they ruled mercifully. If the ruler was a shit (Ivan Grozny, King John) they treated people like cattle at best.
I see little evidence contradicting that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Tom Servo
What story is this?
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He suggested a Republican candidate "get bullets to the head" in a post on social media.
Typical Democrat acting typically.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 09:46 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Not a joke at October 04, 2025 09:35 AM (XQo4F)
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The Guns of Toblerone. Daring raid, man.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
No memes of Pope Bob blessing a hunk of ice. I am disappoint.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2025 09:32 AM
James Woods @RealJamesWoods
I’m so sad to be a Catholic these days.
Quote
American AF @iAnonPatriot
Pope Leo XlV blesses a block of ice in the name of the flght against climate change..
???
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 04, 2025 09:47 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 09:48 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:48 AM (bXbFr)
I hope that I am never in a position to get that angry at someone who is in the opposite party that I posting on social media that they would put a bullet in their head.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 09:48 AM (lQ+/f)
Prayer requested. We are taking my parents on a road trip. Dad has had a tough year. Tough several years with assorted medical issues. He is so excited about this trip. Please pray it goes well and there are no emergencies.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 04, 2025 09:48 AM (UCEkw)
I see little evidence contradicting that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 09:45 AM (fd80v)
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I mean we live in an age where it's has been decided to replace the people with new people because they are too independent.
Monarchy has a much more successful track record over the long run. No monarch or aristocrat actually succeeded in annihilating their nation. It might be conquered, or acquire a new dynasty, but "democracy" is actually creating democide.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:49 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Led by the bionic $100,000 Dollar Bar.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
What story is this?
Posted by: Bulg
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We're waiting. ...taps foot
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 09:49 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 09:50 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 09:51 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Mick at October 04, 2025 09:52 AM (HFx9z)
The bane of all dictatorships, good and bad. Marshall Tito had the same problem, succession almost never works.
I would argue that high on the minds of all of our Founders, who were very knowledgeable of what to them was fairly recent history, was how to redo Cromwell’s revolution without making all the mistakes that caused it to fail the first time.
In mind of your writing, I find Cromwell and Franco to be very analogous leaders. Except of course for the Very Catholic and the Very Puritan contrast between then. Even there, both had strong religious motivations and beliefs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:53 AM (WZaJc)
'It might be conquered, or acquire a new dynasty, but "democracy" is actually creating democide.'
Yeah, I'm not necessarily pro-democratic these days. I just don't feel a king is an improvement.
My solution to the extent I have one is to deprive my clear enemies of being able to vote for my subjugation.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 09:53 AM (fd80v)
Be kind to yourself.
Huh. There are studies that estimate between 5%-10% of the population doesn't have that "inner monologue" that narrates thoughts, reflects on experiences or rehearses language silently in the mind.
Other studies indicate that between 30%-50% DO regularly experience the inner monologue.
That means as much as 70% of the population either lacks it or it is infrequent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Inner monologue? I have a panel of squirrels with no moderator.
Be honest with yourself. The easiest person to lie to is yourself. The most dangerous person to lie to is yourself.
May our Lord grant Grammie and Rev more time together. Mens breakfast this morning. Off to scramble, flip some flapjacks and burn some sausage
Thanks morons .
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 09:54 AM (AG3iD)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2025 09:55 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 09:49 AM (uoNBM)
Texts came to late late yesterday where Jay Jones, Dem Candidate for AG in Virginia, openly wished for the murderous death of a leading Virginia Republican, and for the deaths of his children.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 09:55 AM (WZaJc)
Other studies indicate that between 30%-50% DO regularly experience the inner monologue.
That means as much as 70% of the population either lacks it or it is infrequent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
I don't get your math. If 30-50% "regularly" experience it, then it is not infrequent.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
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Nope. You're thinking as an Anglo-speaker does. Merchant classes and lesser nobles have pulled off successful revolts against the monarchy in Britain and America, but for everyone else, it's rampaging peasantry, or quickly descends into that. Those revolts also usually failed, for a very long time.
This is because of serfdom, which began dwindling away in Britain centuries before it did everywhere else. People hate being serfs. You can keep them in serfdom. You can argue it's better for them, or that it's the natural state of affairs. But they resent it. And eventually they'll break out of it.
It's also the old "compared to what" thing. The bourgeoisie is much less likely to revolt when there's a massive, restive underclass they're afraid to descend into or be killed by.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2025 09:56 AM (BI5O2)
Meh. Tribalism. It's what's for...pretty much all of human history.
Posted by: man at October 04, 2025 09:57 AM (tubbA)
I thought having frozen things in church was purely a Presbyterian thing.
Posted by: Bulg
Fruit and / or vegetable infused flavored gelatin rings on a bed of iceberg lettuce are chilled, not frozen. Do pay attention, please.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Comment of the week....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (IQ6Gq)
Hey, son, you're short on the hay ration pick up that scythe and get to work.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Bulg
Fruit and / or vegetable infused flavored gelatin rings on a bed of iceberg lettuce are chilled, not frozen. Do pay attention, please.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
I was talking about the congregants. "God's Frozen People."
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:01 AM (L/fGl)
Pope Leo XlV blesses a block of ice in the name of the flght against climate change.
What a fooking idiot he is in that regard.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 10:01 AM (xG4kz)
Fen, I hope your son finds the job he wants. Has he looked into the Dept. of Agriculture?
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 10:02 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Virginia's so kinky it might be a plus.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:02 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:02 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 04, 2025 10:03 AM (dyL4B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2025 10:04 AM (c1sJh)
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we will soon learn that he 'misspoke'
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:04 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Damn right winger!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:04 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:05 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:05 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2025 09:56 AM (BI5O2)
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The abolition of monarchy gave us world wars, far more pitiless than anything short of the Thirty Years' war. Even the wars of Napoleon were less destructive. That's because democracy requires the people to be worked into a frenzy, and once activated, the bloodlust cannot easily be sated.
Under monarchy, wars are frequent, but limited, and the costs borne by the Crown, armies made up of riff-raff, and no one particularly invested in the outcome. Oooh, who shall be the King of Spain, that inbred or the other inbred?
Negotiated settlements all the way down.
Serfdom and class arrangements were highly localized. This isn't a case of the Continent vs England. The Netherlands was not Prussia, was not Hungary, was not Poland was not Russia was not one of the Italian states.
Americans are very moralistic and love dichotomies. That's another reason why we find it so easy to go overboard in things that don't really concern us.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)
I think this was an incident that happened a couple of years ago and he said he had apologized.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:07 AM (ZeH0U)
This Pope strikes me as not overly bright.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Frozen Chosen at October 04, 2025 10:08 AM (XQo4F)
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we will soon learn that he 'misspoke'
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:04 AM (AOsQT)
I believe you mean that "it was a joke".
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 10:08 AM (iJfKG)
TCU – Texas Christian University denied a request to host a Turning Point USA event featuring detransitioner Chloe Cole, sparking backlash from elected officials and reigniting debate over free speech on campus.
Cole told The Dallas Express that TCU made the student chapter “jump through arbitrary hoops for awhile and finally denied it outright yesterday.” She added that the event will now be held at Birchman Baptist Church instead of on campus.
https://tinyurl.com/585fkp43
Wonder if they do the same for BLM or any other group?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:09 AM (10WMV)
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I'm not arguing they were identical. But they were so different from England that they don't bear even a slight comparison after the advent of the plague. Two different worlds.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2025 10:10 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (uoNBM)
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Wait, so freeholders don't harvest grain and don't pay taxes on it?
What is the practical difference between sending a share of your harvest to the tax collector vs landlord? Oh, yeah, the landlord actually wants you to have enough to eat so you can keep working. The tax collector? Not so much.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
protagonist in the chocolate wars
Beau Biden died in the Battle of Toblerone.
Posted by: Not a joke
The corpses of the endless hordes of chocolate Easter bunnies felled around his dead body attested to his moniker, "Doomslayer of Chocolate Wobblies".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 10:10 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 04, 2025 10:10 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2025 10:11 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 04, 2025 10:11 AM (h/ffs)
This Pope strikes me as not overly bright.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
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Color me "disappointed". I kept waiting for the "pour bourbon over the ice" part, but it never came.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:11 AM (JN5c9)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 10:11 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:11 AM (AOsQT)
She is known as a strong ally of Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated. And Abe and Trump got along very well.
The world is changing, folks. And not always in a crap direction.
Posted by: naturalfake
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Abe was a good guy. An Abe acolyte as Prime Minister good, that other guy was a crap show. Chinese are unhappy with this turn of events for sure. South China Sea temps just got a little warmer. hahahah
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:12 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Is the Pope allowed to drink (other than the Eucharistic wine, that is)?
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ordinary American
Pffffft. Hold my beer.
From 9-11 to Mamdani in 25 years.
Posted by: NYC
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:12 AM (10WMV)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2025 10:10 AM (BI5O2)
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Much more than two. Dozens.
I'm biased by ancestry, but I think the Dual Monarchy was close to ideal. It combined self-rule by local legislatures with a national union for common defense.
One of Woodrow Wilson's greatest crimes was the breakup of Austria-Hungary, which made German expansion inevitable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:07 AM (ZeH0U)[.i]
"Forgive and forget!" should not work in this and many other cases!
Posted by: Hrothgar, The Hrothgar at October 04, 2025 10:13 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:13 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 10:14 AM (vL0rw)
Posted by: Next on The History Channel at October 04, 2025 10:14 AM (XQo4F)
I remember discovering they were hollow, and thinking 'what a gyp'
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:15 AM (AOsQT)
I not saying it's ok, only that perhaps he ought to not text when he's so livid.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:15 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Austria-Hungary broke itself up. The various peoples declared their independence, and the King-Emperor had to acquiesce.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
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This is unforgiveable. Wishing the death of children should result in immediate banishment from public life.
These people are completely unhinged, totally detached from human compassion and morality.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)
'I not saying it's ok, only that perhaps he ought to not text when he's so livid.'
With that temperament and lack of self control he is unfit for the office he's running for.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 10:17 AM (fd80v)
From 9-11 to Mamdani in 25 years.
Posted by: NYC
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:12 AM (10WMV)
Quite true. Touche.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 04, 2025 10:17 AM (h/ffs)
That picture made me laugh.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:17 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:09 AM (10WMV)
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I thought all those Fort Worth society ladies on the Board of Trustees had more gumption, and weren't afraid to kick a little academic ass to protect the mission of a great Christian university.
But I guess that was wrong.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:17 AM (ujYJN)
Posted by: Bulg
99 Conclaves of bishops on the wall
99 Conclaves of bishops . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:18 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:18 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:18 AM (10WMV)
apparently he suffered no repercussions, which doesn't surprise me
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:18 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
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No, it didn't. Germany was falling back and Wilson's demands were public. That spurred radicals to take advantage of the situation and thus we got Bela Kun and all sorts of additional carnage after the actual war ended.
Abolishing Germany's monarchy opened the way for you-know-who as well.
Someone mentioned Franco, but the system he left lasted for decades until the left finally gained control and began to do the same old things. Not really like Cromwell at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
But I guess that was wrong.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Yeah, that's sad.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:20 AM (10WMV)
We fought.
I won.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 04, 2025 08:11 AM (7v6oI)
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That's wonderful!
Posted by: IrishEi at October 04, 2025 10:21 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 04, 2025 10:21 AM (LjSYW)
Posted by: SNL told me so at October 04, 2025 10:22 AM (XQo4F)
The Ottoman Empire was actually far more stable.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
They're pepper spraying frogs in Portland!
https://is.gd/y1Cgt1
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring!
Said frog is a "Student at Timberlake Job Corps, Happy Valley, Oregon". He must have a real soul crushing grind for his field of study, I guess.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Yes. Franco actually restored the monarchy.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)
In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality,[that's true misogyny - suck it up buttercup] the 64-year-old Takaichi makes history as the first female leader of Japan...
https://wgntv.com/
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (uoNBM)
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Tablet didn’t wade into the culture wars for its own sake. We did it because we feared we saw an emerging world in which the broad-minded American civic ideals and institutions that had kept us safe for so long were falling apart, which was bad for the country—and also meant that Jews would once again be seen as enemies to be eliminated.
As a result, our archive now looks like the answer to the question faced by so many people now—namely: What the hell is going on?
https://tinyurl.com/29n9xsbp
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (C6IUx)
Posted by: Just the punchline at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Just the punchline
Especially if some nekkid lardass is gonna sit on it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
'Eh, Austria-Hungary would have fallen anyway. It was too much of a hodgepodge of peoples. '
I'm not sure that's the case. WWI really weakened Austria-Hungary. They suffered some gigantic deaths in the first year of the war.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 10:24 AM (fd80v)
I hope she has very skilled and loyal to her secret service after what happened to Abe.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 10:26 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2025 10:26 AM (gZoFe)
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Protracted, benighted immiseration of whole nations as a stultifying lack of property ownership and individual liberty hampers forward progress so severely that it takes nearly a millennium for them to reach the level of achievement they had reached in the world formed by the mighty Republic and Empire that preceded them?
And which achievement only occurred as those nations slowly but surely sloughed off their kings?
But that's just the practical things. There's also the god-given self-determination and presumption of human equality that kings snatch away from their subjects.
If longevity is your only criterion, then sure, I guess monarchy is awesome. If there are any other criteria, it starts looking less good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2025 10:26 AM (BI5O2)
The Ottoman Empire was actually far more stable.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
Well, yeah! It had a big, naked fat man sitting on it..
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 10:26 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:27 AM (ZmEVT)
Dr Sherri Tenpenny@BusyDrT
It appears that the "doctor is in." Oh Joy! Chelsea Clinton is starting a new healthcare and health fact checking podcast. It appears she will debunk vaccine skeptics, raw milk and fluoride! Aren't we lucky!?
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I'm smelling a medical center, Dr. Jill, Lucy the Good Psychiatrist, and Chelsea!
P.S. She hasn't gotten any more attractive.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:27 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
The Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary routinely got their clocks cleaned in almost every war they fought, except for the one against Denmark, when they had the Prussians to helping them.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2025 10:28 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2025 10:29 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:29 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: rickb223
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I'll drive mine till the wire belts are sticking out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:30 AM (uoNBM)
Heh. I know they never gave me one, and I never go anywhere else.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2025 10:30 AM (gZoFe)
https://tinyurl.com/6ataenfh
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:30 AM (PVITw)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 04, 2025 10:31 AM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2025 10:31 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:32 AM (L/fGl)
Dr Sherri Tenpenny@BusyDrT
It appears that the "doctor is in." Oh Joy! Chelsea Clinton is starting a new healthcare and health fact checking podcast. It appears she will debunk vaccine skeptics, raw milk and fluoride! Aren't we lucky!?
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I'm guessing she wants to talk cosmetic surgery.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:32 AM (PVITw)
I had a flat. Other yokels said "It's too close to the sidewall." Discount Tire patched it and didn't charge me for it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:32 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2025 10:33 AM (LlsND)
I had a flat. Other yokels said "It's too close to the sidewall." Discount Tire patched it and didn't charge me for it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Yeah, my Discount Tire guys are great too. Four new tires installed in under 30 minutes. It's just damn they're proud of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:34 AM (10WMV)
What exactly are Chelsea's qualifications to run a medical debunking podcast? The poor unfortunate girl
Posted by: Moki at October 04, 2025 10:35 AM (wLjpr)
The Ottoman Empire was actually far more stable.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
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If they had zero interest in sticking together, why was the breakup enforced by the peace treaty? Why was a perpetual ban on Habsburg rule imposed?
As for Turkey, has that pesky Kurdish problem been resolved yet? Been a few years...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
OMG.. you cannot make this up..
These are some of the things the Democrats are demanding we fund:
- $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia
- $833k for transgender people in Nepal
- $4.2 million for lgbtq people in the Western Balkans and Uganda
- $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti
- $500k for electric buses in Rwanda
- $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians
- $300k for a pride parade in Lesotho
- $882k for social media and mentorship in Serbia
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:36 AM (L/fGl)
I went to Discount Tire for the slow leak. I got a quote from them and it was slightly better.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:37 AM (ZmEVT)
I had a flat. Other yokels said "It's too close to the sidewall." Discount Tire patched it and didn't charge me for it.
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That's usually what Discount Tire tells me, but often when I bring them one to repair, they replace it because there is[/ii] no sidewall. Making out like a bandit on that road hazard warranty.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2025 10:37 AM (gZoFe)
Don't talk about my daughter that way!
Posted by: Webb Hubbell at October 04, 2025 10:37 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Some did, some didn't. Aristocracy was a very uncertain roll of the dice for commoners on justice, welfare, and taxation. The main difference between aristocrats and our current elected officials is that aristocrats could take (not always) a longer view than our current politicians determined to stuff as much plunder as they can while they can. You did see that behavior though with King's ministers as your tenure was definitely uncertain.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:37 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2025 10:37 AM (gZoFe)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:38 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
They also did pretty well against the Italians whenever they clashed, but that’s not saying much.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2025 10:38 AM (WZaJc)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 04, 2025 10:39 AM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
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Oh, you mean Austria had difficulty fighting Napoleon? So did everyone. Prussia beat Austria-Hungary, and also France.
The key takeaway is that the Empire could endure defeats and still remain intact. France went through how many governments between 1820 and 1918?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
>>Cuomo is closing the gap on Mamdani. Cuomo is thug who murdered people during COVID but he'd be better than Mamdani. That's how far NYC has fallen
But a Mamdani win will teach a valuable lesson that communism cannot work, Cuomo winning will teach a bad lesson in that you can literally murder peoples parents and grand parents, lock people in their homes, generally be a dick and you can still have a viable political career.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2025 10:39 AM (BwfVM)
'JHC. Four brand new tires for the truck at Discount Tire = $1574.22'
It's only money. Good thing you got a discount.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2025 10:39 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)
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It's good to be the king.
Posted by: Your Highness! You look like the lowly pissboy! at October 04, 2025 10:40 AM (gZoFe)
Yeah, going to run them till the wires stick out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:41 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: toby928 at October 04, 2025 10:41 AM (o9/HH)
They like to tell stories while working on your vehicle. And you can hang out near the garage without the staff getting all pissy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 10:41 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2025 10:41 AM (BwfVM)
That means as much as 70% of the population either lacks it or it is infrequent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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"Inner Monologue" is a rather eggheaded obtuse way of saying "think about".
But certainly more acceptable than saying 70% refuse to or lack the capability of thinking.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Yes, the PKK dissolved itself in May.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 04, 2025 10:23 AM (xG4kz)
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24 years old. He oughta have a job by now, I bet his parents think.
Instead he has a twitter X profile reading "Trump is a fascist tyrant Nazi and if you support him that makes you a Nazi, and the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi."
Dangerous threats from an unemployed man wearing a frog costume.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (EtI5d)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Discount Tire will take care of you. Proper.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Inisfree at October 04, 2025 10:42 AM (6EVDR)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:43 AM (ZmEVT)
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I take this to mean there is a chance that someday you will change your mind.
In the meantime I shall merely meander when carrying bladed weapons and tools.
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2025 10:44 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
Better that Mamdani win. Some lessons however painful need to be learned.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 04, 2025 10:45 AM (h/ffs)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Is he at 98% among the DemCong now?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2025 10:46 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:46 AM (uoNBM)
sometimes I add that he is using a crutch
also, I have determined that God's real name is Art Howard
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:47 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2025 10:47 AM (ZmEVT)
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Oh dear! I hope he doesn't Kermit suicide...
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2025 10:48 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Your Highness!
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Weak kings not so much because of rival nobles, trouble at court, and worries about succession to the throne.
Strong kings, even they had regrets like Louis XIV did at the end of his reign for squandered wealth in wars. And all kings/queens were vulnerable when their health was failing as matters of state often took the place of familial love and care.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:48 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: toby928
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Many times, listening is precisely what someone needs. Especially at that stage of life. Prayers up for you and your family
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:48 AM (IQ6Gq)
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I'd watch if Newsom gets his mouth and Phil Mickelson gets a nine iron.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:48 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: toby928
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Sounds like you are very good at it. Being there is what matters. Listening matters. None of us have words for this, even if we've been through it. Prayers for y'all.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2025 10:49 AM (CJ7TG)
I ran thru 2 sets with my '92 Blazer
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:49 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Ordinary American
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If the elections are rigged, then elections have only a one way result. And with an open door, the productive leave with only the gimmedats and ideologues left--human immiseration is nothing to be saluted.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:50 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (XQo4F)
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Yep. I'm king and you have to do what I say, or else...I can't be king anymore...and sleeping soundly, yeah probably forget about that.
Posted by: Your Highness! You look like the lowly pissboy! at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (gZoFe)
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (0U5gm)
Always kinda fun to pursue the Wisconsin geography lessons.
Good morning Saturday hot beverage and divine petitions folk.
Took a chance and tried walking Daisy Dog off-leash this morning, but she spotted a small white tail out in the pasture and was gone in a flash. Couldn't blame her; that doe was so cute and chase-able. Full report on the pet thread.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bon voyage at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (fevhA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Weak and foolish people feel stronger in a crowd.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Shocking. This is not your fathers Democrat Party, just trying to keep the corruption gravy train going. Now they openly want blood.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:52 AM (PVITw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2025 09:58 AM (7RYym)
When I was 3, we camped in Estes Park. I wandered away from the full table during supper and decided to "share" my food with a chipmunk. My dad says that it managed to latch on to my thumb, I stood stiff in horror and let out an ear-piercing shriek before he rescued me. I became "Little Chipmunk" and called him "Big Chipmunk" for years before finding out why.
Many years later, my husband found a lifelike sized chipmunk in a giftshop that happened to be a puppet. It wound up in our car, and "Thumbiter" preys on innocent thumbs.
Posted by: pookysgirl, a/k/a Lil Chipmunk at October 04, 2025 10:52 AM (Wt5PA)
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What are the chances that a Job Corps Center in Oregon has been morphed into an Antifa Training camp? Combine disaffected youth with a committed faculty/staff, add a little groupthink and indoctrination and Bob's your uncle.
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2025 10:52 AM (/iMjX)
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Ha, and the new boss has a since of humor.
Congrats on the new job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:53 AM (uoNBM)
Here in Kenosha, Wisc., my wife and I hand out 100+ pieces of candy each year, if weather is at all decent. The city sets hours for trick-or-treating for the few hours between the end of school and sunset, which makes sense. We love to see the young moms and dads escorting their little ghosts and goblins around the neighborhood, and the junior-high kids often have very creative costumes. I like Halloween!
Posted by: Nemo at October 04, 2025 10:53 AM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Weak and foolish people feel stronger in a crowd.
Posted by: whig
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That and behind their computer screens posting anonymously in the safety of their home....or their parents home....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:54 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:51 AM (WDjG6)
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Well said. Yes, this is the truly stupid core of the Antifa riots in Portland, weak and foolish people (abetted by the local politicos and covered up for by the propaganda press) acting out their violent fantasies in self-reinforcing groups.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2025 10:54 AM (PVITw)
Posted by: Bulg
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Multiethnic empires collapse when the benefits are outweighed by the costs. Easier to have a cohesive empire when ethnicity is mostly homogeneous.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:55 AM (WDjG6)
Sunny Hostin Attacks Pro-Life Christians Over Guns and Immigration Views
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 04, 2025 10:55 AM (L/fGl)
Hurt people so they'll agree with you.
This is the Democrat party.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2025 10:56 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: whig
That's pretty much what I've been arguing on this thread.
Posted by: Bulg at October 04, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Grateful
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Also true. A certain male personality type, often quite intelligent, also gets enraged because they don't get the female attention, power, and/or wealth that they think should be given to them. So they want to burn it all down.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2025 10:57 AM (WDjG6)
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