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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
[Even this mixed up species gets it. Any complaints? Send them to Ace.]
Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over (Rulz for those of you in Markesan) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Keep your permanent record spotless.
3) No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a great weekend!!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests:
3/5 – IrishEi has learned that she needs major surgery on 3/16, and she would really appreciate prayers.
4/4 Update – Irish Ei posted her health update. She quit smoking 8-10 years ago, after reading Alan Carr’s “Easy Way to Quit Smoking”, on Ace’s recommendation. Since then, she has gone for the annual low-dose CT scan of her lungs that is offered to smokers/former smokers. They were always negative, until this year. She had one very small spot, which was confirmed as Stage I CA. The spot was removed, and no chemo or radiation is needed. She has been home for a week and is feeling better and stronger every day. She did want to encourage everyone to take whatever screenings are offered. She had no symptoms at all, and her doctor had suggested that she could stop with the annual CT scans. But early detection is crucial. 3/10 – Update on Susan, who we have been praying for as she battles cancer. She is hospitalized again with an infection in her colon that quickly turned bad. The doctor says the signs are sepsis but they are running tests to make sure. The good news is that the pancreatic cancer was and is responding to the chemo and her cancer numbers are going down. God bless and thank you!
3/23 Update – Susan finally was able to come home. She is doing better than expected. Thanks to everyone for your prayers.
4/18 Update – Susan is doing outstanding. Her weight is better than expected. They have increased her dosage for chemo, and her cancer numbers are the lowest they have been since they started keeping track of them. They are so thankful for the mercy they have received. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. 3/14 – Retired Buckeye Cop asks for prayers for Mrs. Cop’s cousin, “A.B”. He has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He is a retired police officer who was hit by a car years ago. He attempted to deal with the pain by self-medicating with too much Tylenol, which ended up poisoning his liver. His only alternative is a liver transplant, but he is uncertain if he wants to have surgery.
4/11 Update – A.B. got a second opinion and testing determined his live score was 15. (21+ means transplant time.) That’s bad, but not as critical as initially thought. He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a third opinion, and testing found that his score had dropped to 9 and a liver transplant was not even something to consider. The doctor suspected a reaction to Ozempic and told him to stop taking it for 6 months. 3/21 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for her son, who is still looking for work. He has a horticulture major, and would ideally like something related to research, but he is certainly willing to labor outdoors.
4/10 Update – FenelonSpoke’s son got a job. She sends her thanks to everyone who prayed on this thread here and elsewhere. 3/28 – Cosda posted the happy news that a new grandson should be arriving on 3/28. 3/28 – Defenestratus asked for prayers for grief at the loss of a dear friend and boss of 20 years, who passed away unexpectedly on St. Patrick’s Day. 3/28 – San Franpsycho posted that Pnina bat Surel is not improving, sadly. She has had a third hospitalization, and this has taken a toll on her. She is not bouncing back like she has before. 3/28 – From about The Time posted that prayers would be appreciated after the last chemo treatment for Lymphoma. It went reasonably well - thanks for the prayers. 3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel, who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well, as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Dad survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with. 3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics, which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress. 4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids). 4/4 – Reforger posted that his wife’s father passed away on 4/3. After a 50 year battle with Hep C, he fell and broke his neck. He lasted about a month, in and out of induced comas, and now the pain is over. Reforger lost his father on Holy Saturday (years ago) and now his wife lost her father on Good Friday. 4/11 – Eromeros craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins infusions on 4/23. 4/18 – Vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for Captain Whitebread, who is back in ICU with a leg infection that sounds very serious. She also asked for prayers for her husband’s mental and emotional well-being as he faces transition of a possible forced retirement in 3 months. 4/18 – Warai-otoko offered a prayer of thanksgiving that he got a new job that he is really enjoying. Wifey also got an offer for a new job that sounds great, after a decade of putting up with her old job. 4/18 – fd posted that MIL went into the hospital with multiple issues. Then Dad went in. MIL is still there, and Dad is out. Both will be okay – as well as can be expected for 87 and 89 year olds. Also GSD Bruno started chemo for lymphoma and is responding well. Prayers from the Horde have helped. 4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree. 4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis. 4/18 – PA Dutchman asked for prayers for his family. His dad passed away on 4/9 after complications from a fall. He was 95 and a veteran of the Korean War, 34th Inf Rgt. Mostly prayers are need for PA Dutchman’s mom, who is absolutely heartbroken. 4/18 – PabloD has been having dizzy spells for the past few weeks. He is seeing a doctor soon, and is requesting prayers that figure it out and that it’s nothing too serious. 4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery facility after having a tracheostomy. 4/18 – Doof provided an update on his mother. She is doing better. She moved into her own room in an assisted living facility. It’s walking distance from Doof’s house, which is great. Her mental state has improved dramatically. She can no longer walk but she does stand with some assistance and can transfer between a wheelchair and bed or a lift/recliner chair. This facility is more of a home and less of a hospital, which hopefully will provide a good opportunity for her to enjoy life. He appreciates the Horde’s prayers and asks for prayers that she settles in comfortably and develops new friendships. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
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Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 08:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 25, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
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Nooded. Let the corgi's arrive.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 25, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
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And as always, dutifully called em
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 08:09 AM (Ia/+0)
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Good morning, Mis Hum.
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2026 08:11 AM (QLC6i)
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Good morning, Saturday caffeinators! The sun is shining in my hotel room window. Rain is not due until tonight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:13 AM (+2QQb)
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It should be pointed out, that in the tune Abilene the specific Abilene in question is not revealed. “Women there don’t treat you mean”, however, so it is probable it could be deduced by this manner. It is unclear if this has been investigated.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 25, 2026 08:14 AM (EACZC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
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I love that pic!
I am still abed. My canine guard barked me awake but by the time I had done my morning ablutions he was snoozing again. Thus I returned to my bed.
Alas, further repose eludes me.
I am still abed. My canine guard barked me awake but by the time I had done my morning ablutions he was snoozing again. Thus I returned to my bed.
Alas, further repose eludes me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0)
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Foggy morning here. And wet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (jehhT)
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I am still abed. My canine guard barked me awake but by the time I had done my morning ablutions he was snoozing again. Thus I returned to my bed.
Alas, further repose eludes me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
I am still abed. My canine guard barked me awake but by the time I had done my morning ablutions he was snoozing again. Thus I returned to my bed.
Alas, further repose eludes me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
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Good Saturday morning, horde. All the prayers have been said. May the Lord watch over each and every one of you.
Would love to have some news about grammie winger.
Hiya, JT!
Would love to have some news about grammie winger.
Hiya, JT!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (h7ZuX)
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I am still abed. My canine guard barked me awake but by the time I had done my morning ablutions he was snoozing again. Thus I returned to my bed.
Alas, further repose eludes me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0)
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You talk purdy!
Alas, further repose eludes me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0)
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You talk purdy!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
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Morning, all. 40 sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's not supposed to get much warmer today, so if I go for a walk, it won't be very far. There's a graveyard at the bottom of my street, so I might go there and wander for a while. Or I may just go back to bed. I'd really like to go book shopping to blow away this depression I am in, but that's just a temporary fix and wouldn't address the real issues (whatever they are).
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (qRla/)
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Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s dad who is need peace and strength as he goes through some troubled times.
Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. She will need to switch medication in a couple of months, which is unfortunate, since this med is working well and doesn’t have the side effects the old med had.
Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. She will need to switch medication in a couple of months, which is unfortunate, since this med is working well and doesn’t have the side effects the old med had.
Posted by: Annies Stew at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (VEsJT)
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ICYMI, hopefully Grammie can read.
A baseball story. True, names changed.
Last year we had this spindly little kid, who played summer league B-team last year with us. Call him Ace. First year playing, not too fast, not very athletic, two sizes too small for his grade, needs coaching in every category. But the kid has a heart of gold, he is an excellent team mate, he has a positive attitude, and he is as coachable as they come. Typically plays right field, he is happy to do so, and you never hear a negative word.
Last night, at a home game, AWAY was down by 8 runs to start the 4th of the number 2/JV game. Coach made a bunch of subs, including putting in a pitcher who doesn't normally pitch, Garrett. Garrett proceeds to put on a demoralizing exhibition on how to load up the bases and tie up the game for AWAY (or AWAY goes one up, I don't have full story).
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A baseball story. True, names changed.
Last year we had this spindly little kid, who played summer league B-team last year with us. Call him Ace. First year playing, not too fast, not very athletic, two sizes too small for his grade, needs coaching in every category. But the kid has a heart of gold, he is an excellent team mate, he has a positive attitude, and he is as coachable as they come. Typically plays right field, he is happy to do so, and you never hear a negative word.
Last night, at a home game, AWAY was down by 8 runs to start the 4th of the number 2/JV game. Coach made a bunch of subs, including putting in a pitcher who doesn't normally pitch, Garrett. Garrett proceeds to put on a demoralizing exhibition on how to load up the bases and tie up the game for AWAY (or AWAY goes one up, I don't have full story).
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (dK+Kv)
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In any case, after a depressing top of the 4th, HOME is up to bat (likely in the bottom of the order), and Ace is up. He might normally get put out or strike out. But not tonight. Tonight is Ace's night. He gets probably one of his first hits of the year, gets around to third as the walk-off run. There's a wild pitch or passed ball, Ace takes off toward home, and successfully steals the walk-off run. The team goes wild.
The team picks him up on their shoulders and carts Ace around like he's the emperor of baseball.
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The team picks him up on their shoulders and carts Ace around like he's the emperor of baseball.
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (dK+Kv)
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
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Boy F. has been watching cat videos and I am reminded of all the reasons not to have a cat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
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Boy F. has been watching cat videos and I am reminded of all the reasons not to have a cat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)
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Prayers for everyone on the prayer list, specially those struggling with major illness, and for all the Horde in need.
May the Lord bless us and heal us.
May the Lord bless us and heal us.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (LmPA0)
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (dK+Kv)
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I read that last night and thought "that's baseball."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (dK+Kv)
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I read that last night and thought "that's baseball."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
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Annies Stew, thank you for mantaining the prayer list. It is a great act of charity, as we Catholics might say.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:20 AM (LmPA0)
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There's a graveyard at the bottom of my street, so I might go there and wander for a while.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (qRla/)
The cemetery is my second-favorite place to wander (first is the woods, but I have to drive there). The town where I live has a beautiful, old cemetery. I love reading the old names, and identifying trends by generation.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 25, 2026 08:17 AM (qRla/)
The cemetery is my second-favorite place to wander (first is the woods, but I have to drive there). The town where I live has a beautiful, old cemetery. I love reading the old names, and identifying trends by generation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:20 AM (h7ZuX)
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Good rain and thunderstorms overnight, which was nice. We needed it, had been a while since a good rain. Very fresh smelling out this morning.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 08:21 AM (yGkmH)
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Now I have "Abilene" as an earworm.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 25, 2026 08:21 AM (qRla/)
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I ask the Lord to bless and keep you all.
Posted by: Bob Ben Had at April 25, 2026 08:24 AM (DIbRX)
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"I am still abed."
Posted by vmom deport deport deport
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I am currently achair, but may soon be acouch.
Posted by vmom deport deport deport
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I am currently achair, but may soon be acouch.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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Mornin', Horde. Prayers up for all of those in need.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2026 08:25 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 25, 2026 08:26 AM (qRla/)
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“Vintage” Country & Western is unique Americana. Fun on roadtrips. Radio was a shared experience kind of thing. Johnny Horton “North to Alaska” and Hank Snow “I’ve Been Everwhere” were great fun tooling along in the station wagon across the endless Great Plains.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 25, 2026 08:26 AM (EACZC)
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I love reading the old names, and identifying trends by generation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:20 AM (h7ZuX)
Then grabbing a bite to eat.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:20 AM (h7ZuX)
Then grabbing a bite to eat.
Posted by: Zombie Kid at April 25, 2026 08:26 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)
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g'mornin', 'rons
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 25, 2026 08:28 AM (2/MrR)
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Good morning! Dogs walked, coffee on. Hoping for sausage gravy and eggs to go with sourdough biscuits I made the other day! Yum!
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 08:28 AM (I0N4X)
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I like to visit old graveyards as well, specially those with upright headstones and mausoleums.
By comparison, modern cemeteries, neatly laid out with flat burial plaques in ordered rows, seem rather ... lifeless.
By comparison, modern cemeteries, neatly laid out with flat burial plaques in ordered rows, seem rather ... lifeless.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:29 AM (LmPA0)
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> There's a graveyard at the bottom of my street, so I might go there and wander for a while.
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This area is littered with small cemeteries. Some go back to the Civil War. Many are family plots. One in particular that I pass periodically only has about 18 or 20 headstones or markers.
Most are well kept. Not overgrown with weeds.
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This area is littered with small cemeteries. Some go back to the Civil War. Many are family plots. One in particular that I pass periodically only has about 18 or 20 headstones or markers.
Most are well kept. Not overgrown with weeds.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 08:29 AM (jehhT)
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Muldoon, do we get an update on The Case today?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
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Cemeteries and the Allman Brothers piece “In memory of Elizabeth Reed”. Dickie Betts told how he was having a fling with the girlfriend of Biz Skaggs, whenever Boz was out of town playing a tour. For the trysts they would go to a cool private spot in an old cemetery, which few people visited anymore. She asked Betts to write a song for her - well of course he did, but he had a problem; he sure couldn’t name it for her, or Boz would know what had been going on.
“In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” was written on the tombstone at their meeting spot in the old cemetery.
“In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” was written on the tombstone at their meeting spot in the old cemetery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (yGkmH)
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Good morning Horde. Thx MisHum. A happy Saturday to all.
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Thx for your prayers. The extreme gout has cleared and the nasty wound in my low back is healing. Still in rehab but getting stronger
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Thx for your prayers. The extreme gout has cleared and the nasty wound in my low back is healing. Still in rehab but getting stronger
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (gu0hJ)
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Prayers for all.
Posted by: Mick at April 25, 2026 08:32 AM (HFx9z)
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Folks are dying to get in here.
And wow, what traffic on election day!
And wow, what traffic on election day!
Posted by: The big cemetery on the other side of town at April 25, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
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A Botanist friend of mine introduced me to an old Cemetery in Atalissa, Iowa. Notable here because of some very ancient Oak trees and other species that are ordinarily long gone. Massive limbs that extend very far out along the ground. Settlers, Pioneers, the Railroads, and paddle wheel Steamers along the Mississippi meant all the trees were cut down. It must have been quite a sight to see the original eastern forest trees.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 25, 2026 08:33 AM (EACZC)
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By comparison, modern cemeteries, neatly laid out with flat burial plaques in ordered rows, seem rather ... lifeless.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:29 AM (LmPA0)
Yeah, they all seem to be called "memorial gardens" or some such, and it just doesn't appeal to me at all. Few, if any, trees and bushes, no carved angels or spooky mausoleums (why is there a chain around that one...), so boring.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 08:29 AM (LmPA0)
Yeah, they all seem to be called "memorial gardens" or some such, and it just doesn't appeal to me at all. Few, if any, trees and bushes, no carved angels or spooky mausoleums (why is there a chain around that one...), so boring.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:34 AM (h7ZuX)
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The best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup.
Posted by: Mrs. Olson at April 25, 2026 08:36 AM (oftw2)
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Still in rehab but getting stronger
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (gu0hJ)
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Great news b"h
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (gu0hJ)
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Great news b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
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Do your cats ever go nuts when you return home after being away for a few days?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
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Do your cats ever go nuts when you return home after being away for a few days?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 25, 2026 08:37 AM (gnNyN)
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Hello Fellow Young People, What's Groovin'?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 25, 2026 08:39 AM (XV/Pl)
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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. Amen.
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. Amen.
St. Fidelis, holy martyr, pray for us.
I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
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. Amen.
St. Fidelis, holy martyr, pray for us.
I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 08:39 AM (ksbjf)
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En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend at April 25, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)
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I was lucky enough to be able to walk through Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh, a 16th century graveyard that still looks much as it did then. JK Rowling spent time there writing, and you can find many of her characters names there.
What I loved most was that I actually found two Blackadder’s there!
What I loved most was that I actually found two Blackadder’s there!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 08:41 AM (yGkmH)
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Colorado Gray Wolf update: Activity map for 3/24 thru 4/21/26
https://is.gd/xE4ct9
To me it looks like the wolves are ranging over a smaller area than previously, retreating from the southern parts of the state and sticking to mountainous zones in the northwest part, entirely west of the Continental Divide. Largely in the upper Gunnison and upper Colorado River basins. CPW says this is denning season so they may not be roaming as far and wide.
Of Colorado's roughly 7 million population, probably 6,999,000 will never see or encounter a gray wolf in the wild. Especially not the metro Denver and Boulder Disney fantasists who voted for this project. Western Slope ranchers and cattlemen on the other hand...
https://is.gd/xE4ct9
To me it looks like the wolves are ranging over a smaller area than previously, retreating from the southern parts of the state and sticking to mountainous zones in the northwest part, entirely west of the Continental Divide. Largely in the upper Gunnison and upper Colorado River basins. CPW says this is denning season so they may not be roaming as far and wide.
Of Colorado's roughly 7 million population, probably 6,999,000 will never see or encounter a gray wolf in the wild. Especially not the metro Denver and Boulder Disney fantasists who voted for this project. Western Slope ranchers and cattlemen on the other hand...
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 08:43 AM (I0N4X)
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Lord hear our prayers!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 25, 2026 08:44 AM (HO4dE)
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A lot of the stones in my cemetery are not actually stone, but a metal treated to look like stone. These aren't modern--they're from the late 1800s. I hadn't seen these before, but it was a thing.
https://tinyurl.com/mtv996kd
Turns out, Americans have been turning out imitation materials for a very long time.
https://tinyurl.com/mtv996kd
Turns out, Americans have been turning out imitation materials for a very long time.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:45 AM (h7ZuX)
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By comparison, modern cemeteries, neatly laid out with flat burial plaques in ordered rows, seem rather ... lifeless.
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The cemetery where my mother, grandparents and, one day, where Mr. Black and I will be, dates back to the turn of the 20th century. All of the markers are flat plaques, with the very old ones having that greenish patina. I do notice there seems to be a trend in flat plaques for modern cemeteries, but the one we'll be planted in some day is very old with no upstanding tombstones.
I will say though, there's something mystical about walking through old cemeteries that have all kinds of above ground tombstones. They're very interesting to look at.
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The cemetery where my mother, grandparents and, one day, where Mr. Black and I will be, dates back to the turn of the 20th century. All of the markers are flat plaques, with the very old ones having that greenish patina. I do notice there seems to be a trend in flat plaques for modern cemeteries, but the one we'll be planted in some day is very old with no upstanding tombstones.
I will say though, there's something mystical about walking through old cemeteries that have all kinds of above ground tombstones. They're very interesting to look at.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 25, 2026 08:46 AM (qBdHI)
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When we were in Czech Republic we saw Dvorak's and Smetana's graves.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:46 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 25, 2026 08:47 AM (QVmho)
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I started visiting cemeteries when I was was doing a lot of Ancestry work on our genealogy. There is a certain peace about them.
MrT's dad once told us that when he and his wife were dating (in college) they would go to the local cemetery to make out.
MrT's dad once told us that when he and his wife were dating (in college) they would go to the local cemetery to make out.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:49 AM (nz1sK)
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (dK+Kv)
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Awesome!
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Awesome!
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 08:49 AM (I0N4X)
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Both of my parents were cremated. Dad was interned in a "memorial." What I mean is that his ashes were put in a hole in the ground near a wall. The wall had plaques with the deceased' name, birth and death dates and some quoted passage... biblical or otherwise.
Mom passed during the covid nonsense. She was supposed to be interned with my dad. The property is inside a private retirement community in NC. They did not provide any information to me or my siblings and we've not been back since.
Mom passed during the covid nonsense. She was supposed to be interned with my dad. The property is inside a private retirement community in NC. They did not provide any information to me or my siblings and we've not been back since.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 08:50 AM (jehhT)
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"I am still abed."
Posted by vmom deport deport deport
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I am currently achair, but may soon be acouch.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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I'm acouch. Started laundry, installed new ignighter on bbq grill while coffee perked. Gonna be staid boomer until that pot of coffee is gone. Haven't had that luxury for well over a month.
"I am still abed."
Posted by vmom deport deport deport
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I am currently achair, but may soon be acouch.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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I'm acouch. Started laundry, installed new ignighter on bbq grill while coffee perked. Gonna be staid boomer until that pot of coffee is gone. Haven't had that luxury for well over a month.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 25, 2026 08:50 AM (QVmho)
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MrT's dad once told us that when he and his wife were dating (in college) they would go to the local cemetery to make out.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:49 AM (nz1sK)
I imagine that happens a lot. I may have done that a time or two.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:49 AM (nz1sK)
I imagine that happens a lot. I may have done that a time or two.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 08:51 AM (h7ZuX)
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I'm not much for tramping around cemeteries, but the old ones have interesting grave-markers.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (ksbjf)
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Flounder, what ages are these kids?
What a wonderful story. Sports, when it isn't highly competitive, has so many benefits. But now it seems like the kids who have been in travel leagues and playing their sport since they were 3 get all the play time (junior high and high school level) and the rest of the kids warm the bench.
What a wonderful story. Sports, when it isn't highly competitive, has so many benefits. But now it seems like the kids who have been in travel leagues and playing their sport since they were 3 get all the play time (junior high and high school level) and the rest of the kids warm the bench.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (nz1sK)
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Do your cats ever go nuts when you return home after being away for a few days?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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First five mi ites of oh wow! You're home! Gimmme some scritches. And food. No one fed me while you were out. Then two days of pissyness to punish me for being gone.
No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Do your cats ever go nuts when you return home after being away for a few days?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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First five mi ites of oh wow! You're home! Gimmme some scritches. And food. No one fed me while you were out. Then two days of pissyness to punish me for being gone.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 25, 2026 08:53 AM (QVmho)
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>>The team picks him up on their shoulders and carts Ace around like he's the emperor of baseball.
Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m)
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Had a few nice spring days, cool weekend apon us here in east
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 08:56 AM (Ia/+0)
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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, forever. Amen.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 08:56 AM (ZOv7s)
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A racetrack was built on the property adjoining the cemetery where my mom and her side of the family are all buried. Mostly unpeaceful.
Posted by: Weasel at April 25, 2026 08:56 AM (PVV5z)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 25, 2026 08:57 AM (HO4dE)
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Flounder, what ages are these kids?
What a wonderful story. Sports, when it isn't highly competitive, has so many benefits. But now it seems like the kids who have been in travel leagues and playing their sport since they were 3 get all the play time (junior high and high school level) and the rest of the kids warm the bench.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (nz1sK)
This particular kid is in a 14U league, but he is 13, I believe. Dude was still beaming the next day.
What a wonderful story. Sports, when it isn't highly competitive, has so many benefits. But now it seems like the kids who have been in travel leagues and playing their sport since they were 3 get all the play time (junior high and high school level) and the rest of the kids warm the bench.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (nz1sK)
This particular kid is in a 14U league, but he is 13, I believe. Dude was still beaming the next day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:57 AM (dK+Kv)
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There's a small rundown cemetery about fifty yards from the end of our driveway (on a neighbor's 40 acre property). The remaining tombstones, weathered with age are all from the early 1870s, including some family plots. One family lost two young children just a couple days apart presumably from an infectious illness (?cholera). Hard times on the frontier.
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 08:57 AM (I0N4X)
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Thank you Mis. Hum and Annie.
Good morning all. That picture is perfect. My friends' cat Snowflake came in this morning and has the zoomies. I got a cute video of her entering the house, making herself at home and going up to say hello to my 14 year old dog Ralphy.
The anxiety and depression pills are apparently working now. My caseworker came by the house yesterday for our visit. I'll stay on these until after I build a life after caregiving. On the plus side, I haven't had any booze for well over a month. And edibles don't do much for me. I'm not a pill person at all, but I'll make an exception.
I actually left the house yesterday. Walmart, NoFrills and then my friend wanted to go to Costco so we went. My armagheddon supplies are refilled. I was shocked at how expensive everything is. I always did shopping for Mom and I so I know prices.
And all the socializing and going out cut into my unabomber isolated lifestyle but it was nice starting to rejoin society.
I hope everyone is doing well or as well as can be.
Good morning all. That picture is perfect. My friends' cat Snowflake came in this morning and has the zoomies. I got a cute video of her entering the house, making herself at home and going up to say hello to my 14 year old dog Ralphy.
The anxiety and depression pills are apparently working now. My caseworker came by the house yesterday for our visit. I'll stay on these until after I build a life after caregiving. On the plus side, I haven't had any booze for well over a month. And edibles don't do much for me. I'm not a pill person at all, but I'll make an exception.
I actually left the house yesterday. Walmart, NoFrills and then my friend wanted to go to Costco so we went. My armagheddon supplies are refilled. I was shocked at how expensive everything is. I always did shopping for Mom and I so I know prices.
And all the socializing and going out cut into my unabomber isolated lifestyle but it was nice starting to rejoin society.
I hope everyone is doing well or as well as can be.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 08:59 AM (Sco7b)
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I've mentioned that my 16 year-old grandson is feeling a call to the priesthood in the Catholic Church. Last week, he went to some sort of meeting with a group of young men discerning the priesthood. He told Mrs. Cop that he really liked the experience.
So, the process continues. Please continue to uplift "L.H." in your prayers.
So, the process continues. Please continue to uplift "L.H." in your prayers.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 09:00 AM (ksbjf)
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I'm not much for tramping around cemeteries, but the old ones have interesting grave-markers.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (ksbjf)
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In November our family (my wife in particular) did something of a local graveyard tour, praying for the souls of the dead. There are lots of cemeteries of varying sorts and the culmination was St. Joseph out on the northwestern side of Lansing, where the bishops are buried.
The first one we visited was in Okemos, and one of the oldest. It is owned by the township, and indifferently maintained. The road leading to it is blocked, but in high school you could drive through it and it was a popular make-out location because of the age of the markers and the fact that may use obelisks, and some have toppled. Very forlorn, and interesting to see families who names are all over roads and even neighborhoods. Sad that so many markers are neglected.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 08:52 AM (ksbjf)
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In November our family (my wife in particular) did something of a local graveyard tour, praying for the souls of the dead. There are lots of cemeteries of varying sorts and the culmination was St. Joseph out on the northwestern side of Lansing, where the bishops are buried.
The first one we visited was in Okemos, and one of the oldest. It is owned by the township, and indifferently maintained. The road leading to it is blocked, but in high school you could drive through it and it was a popular make-out location because of the age of the markers and the fact that may use obelisks, and some have toppled. Very forlorn, and interesting to see families who names are all over roads and even neighborhoods. Sad that so many markers are neglected.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)
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Good morning Horde, sending an abundance of prayers for all of you and your loved ones.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 25, 2026 09:01 AM (0nHVk)
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When the Atlanta airport was built two graves were found near the end of one of the runways. The graves could not be identified so they were paved over and crosses painted on the runway above.
Posted by: Weasel at April 25, 2026 09:02 AM (PVV5z)
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My kid is the kid who gets all the play time at catcher, because he is really talented and dedicated, if it is only about the win. But this year's coaches (one is a pastor, and the other is the leader of our home school group, in a public school team) are about male development (mental and physical), so rotations and ensuring everyone is improving is the goal. I've had to explain several times to my oldest, when he is disappointed that it is about trusting the coach, letting them play the talent where they really need it, being a good teammate, and helping your teammates improve.
A change of perspective does wonders for the mental state.
A change of perspective does wonders for the mental state.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 09:02 AM (dK+Kv)
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In November our family (my wife in particular) did something of a local graveyard tour, praying for the souls of the dead.
I do this after Mass on All Saint's Day. It's an A.M.E. cemetery, I think, but I don't think I'm hurting anyone.
In November our family (my wife in particular) did something of a local graveyard tour, praying for the souls of the dead.
I do this after Mass on All Saint's Day. It's an A.M.E. cemetery, I think, but I don't think I'm hurting anyone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 09:03 AM (tgvbd)
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Good morning all
I am achair finishing my first cup of coffee and trying to work up the energy to get a second cup and maybe toast up a piece of the banana bread I made yesterday. Dreary and about to rain here. Very unmotivated.
I am achair finishing my first cup of coffee and trying to work up the energy to get a second cup and maybe toast up a piece of the banana bread I made yesterday. Dreary and about to rain here. Very unmotivated.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 25, 2026 09:04 AM (kJmSS)
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Cemetery-adjacent, but I shocked my father a few years ago when I told him something that I he thought he knew, and I had discovered via the Find a Grave website: He had an uncle who died in infancy in the late 1800s and when the next son was born, they reused the first name. The baby's gravesite is in the family area of the cemetery, but Dad had never noticed it. Apparently my aunt had found out about a year before that, but didn't tell him.
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 09:05 AM (PrsTH)
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One headstone reads:
Amasah Taylor
Died June 19th, 1886
Aged 41 years, 5 months, 21 dayss
Co. K
1st Mich Cav.
Given his age and date of death I wonder if he was a Civil War veteran (in his late teens, early 20s) who found his way out to the Frontier in the '70s and '80s
Amasah Taylor
Died June 19th, 1886
Aged 41 years, 5 months, 21 dayss
Co. K
1st Mich Cav.
Given his age and date of death I wonder if he was a Civil War veteran (in his late teens, early 20s) who found his way out to the Frontier in the '70s and '80s
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (I0N4X)
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We have a tradition here in my part of the South called Decoration Day. It's a day set aside for cleaning up cemeteries where your people have been buried. Ours is always the 2nd Sunday in May. We will clean the headstones throw away old flowers and set out new ones. People come from all around to do this. Of course many of them are people we know. I usually go the day before to get my family's in order. I'll go by Sunday just to walk around and visit with people I know, so it's kinda like a get together for all of us to remember and talk about our family who have passed on.
Posted by: Case at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (pvf3X)
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Stateless, I know something about that of which you speak. I'm a solitary creature at the best of times. And I too am continually horrified at how expensive everything is, even at Walmart or Aldi. I've yet to check the local chain store, Dillon's, here in Salina, but might just to see what kind of extortion they expect.
It's gotten cloudy here, though the forecast says the rain won't happen until tonight.
It's gotten cloudy here, though the forecast says the rain won't happen until tonight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 09:08 AM (+2QQb)
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45 No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
That's funny because I know exactly what that's like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 08:16 AM (+2QQb)
That's funny because I know exactly what that's like.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:10 AM (Sco7b)
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Visted a cemetery last October near Corsicana, Texas last October (imagine that) to see the grave of a great aunt.
Walking back to my vehicle I pass headstone with this inscription on the reverse: "Now it gets interesting."
Walking back to my vehicle I pass headstone with this inscription on the reverse: "Now it gets interesting."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
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The Masons have interesting grave markers. One of the more 'modern' (and still active) cemeteries had both flat markers and traditional ones, and the Free Masons were quite into the obelisk thing.
The Catholic cemetery has the most elaborate markers and also the most traffic. In all our other visits, we might see one other vehicle, but there was light but steady traffic. Very well maintained. When I enlisted, I figured I'd be buried in a national cemetery, but now I think I prefer a Catholic one.
The Catholic cemetery has the most elaborate markers and also the most traffic. In all our other visits, we might see one other vehicle, but there was light but steady traffic. Very well maintained. When I enlisted, I figured I'd be buried in a national cemetery, but now I think I prefer a Catholic one.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)
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Given his age and date of death I wonder if he was a Civil War veteran (in his late teens, early 20s) who found his way out to the Frontier in the '70s and '80s
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (I0N4X)
Almost certainly! The Indian fighters of the 1870’s and 1880’s used Federal designations (e.g. 7th Cavalry) but had stopped using State name designations.
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (I0N4X)
Almost certainly! The Indian fighters of the 1870’s and 1880’s used Federal designations (e.g. 7th Cavalry) but had stopped using State name designations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (yGkmH)
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Since I plan to gas up before I head to Abilene, and the local coffee shop I plan to visit there opens at nine, I suppose it's about time I headed out.
The local chain of gas stations, JumpStart, offers premium (93) unleaded E10 at $3.09, less than for regular. My car does not require premium, but I'll take it at the price. Though I suspect they have more than 10% ethanol in it; the Buick has not been getting the highway mileage I expect and often see on Exxon or Shell.
The local chain of gas stations, JumpStart, offers premium (93) unleaded E10 at $3.09, less than for regular. My car does not require premium, but I'll take it at the price. Though I suspect they have more than 10% ethanol in it; the Buick has not been getting the highway mileage I expect and often see on Exxon or Shell.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 09:12 AM (+2QQb)
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Stateless, glad to hear you're getting better! As for grocery prices, I am astounded each time I cross the border, especially when it comes to meat and dairy prices. With the latter, it's government interference at its, ahem, finest.
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 09:13 AM (PrsTH)
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Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!
May God bless all of His children today with mercy and grace.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
May God bless all of His children today with mercy and grace.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 25, 2026 09:13 AM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (vTZFs)
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We have a tradition here in my part of the South called Decoration Day. It's a day set aside for cleaning up cemeteries where your people have been buried. Ours is always the 2nd Sunday in May. We will clean the headstones throw away old flowers and set out new ones. People come from all around to do this. Of course many of them are people we know. I usually go the day before to get my family's in order. I'll go by Sunday just to walk around and visit with people I know, so it's kinda like a get together for all of us to remember and talk about our family who have passed on.
Posted by: Case at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (pvf3X)
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We used to drive back down to Kentucky about once a year, and frequently stopped at cemeteries to visit ancestors. We swung through rural Ohio to see where much of my father's family is buried, and then did a wide circuit through western Kentucky to see the fresh grave of my brother-in-law in a military cemetery. He had a rough life.
At the start of road trips the kids (now adults) will pointedly say: "Okay, no more than one graveyard! Are we clear?"
Posted by: Case at April 25, 2026 09:07 AM (pvf3X)
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We used to drive back down to Kentucky about once a year, and frequently stopped at cemeteries to visit ancestors. We swung through rural Ohio to see where much of my father's family is buried, and then did a wide circuit through western Kentucky to see the fresh grave of my brother-in-law in a military cemetery. He had a rough life.
At the start of road trips the kids (now adults) will pointedly say: "Okay, no more than one graveyard! Are we clear?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
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Weasel:
I believe that is the Savanah, Georgia airport. I only know that because I spent a month of my life at the Gulfstream Aerospace facility there back in the mid-90s and one Gulfstream's test and evaluation pilots told me the story.
I believe that is the Savanah, Georgia airport. I only know that because I spent a month of my life at the Gulfstream Aerospace facility there back in the mid-90s and one Gulfstream's test and evaluation pilots told me the story.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (Y1sOo)
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Just noticed that Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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There is a cemetery in Paris TX with a statue of Jesus. If you look at it from behind, you can see that Jesus is wearing cowboy boots.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 25, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)
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I believe that is the Savanah, Georgia airport. I only know that because I spent a month of my life at the Gulfstream Aerospace facility there back in the mid-90s and one Gulfstream's test and evaluation pilots told me the story.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (Y1sOo)
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Could be. My BIL was a Delta captain based there and he told me about it. I thought he said ATL but I could be misremembering.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (Y1sOo)
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Could be. My BIL was a Delta captain based there and he told me about it. I thought he said ATL but I could be misremembering.
Posted by: Weasel at April 25, 2026 09:18 AM (DJPFk)
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Thank you Annie and MisHum for maintaining this quite unique prayer site.
Thanks to all of you who prayed for my friend Dan who has apparently made it through his open heart surgery and will hopefully be moving to a post-op rehab facility next week!
Thanks to all of you who prayed for my friend Dan who has apparently made it through his open heart surgery and will hopefully be moving to a post-op rehab facility next week!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 25, 2026 09:18 AM (hOUT3)
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No doubt my black cat Stirling will immediately try to wake me at 3:45 am once I'm back home. I miss him, but not that little habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026
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That's funny because I know exactly what that's like.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026
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Yet I don't understand what he gets out of it. If I succumb and get up at 3:45, he *still* does not get his breakfast until 5 or later. Company? He has Dagny for that.
He only started doing it this year, not when I was working, thank goodness.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026
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That's funny because I know exactly what that's like.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026
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Yet I don't understand what he gets out of it. If I succumb and get up at 3:45, he *still* does not get his breakfast until 5 or later. Company? He has Dagny for that.
He only started doing it this year, not when I was working, thank goodness.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 09:18 AM (+2QQb)
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Wolfus - I gather that you're looking for a retirement spot, possibly in Kansas. Have you considered buying one of those missile silos they convert into homes? If I had the money, I'd buy a bunch of them and turn it into a Moron retirement community.
Posted by: PabloD at April 25, 2026 09:19 AM (zUFRX)
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"...that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background"
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Anyway...
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Oh, no!
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Anyway...
Posted by: Most people at April 25, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
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Almost certainly! The Indian fighters of the 1870’s and 1880’s used Federal designations (e.g. 7th Cavalry) but had stopped using State name designations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (yGkmH)
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The state regiments were either disbanded entirely, or returned to inactive duty status (that is, weekend drills). In Michigan, the battle flags were gathered together and when the new Capitol was completed in 1879, the central rotunda was lined with the battle flags, which was very impressive.
Alas, that was not a good way to store them, and many were badly damaged. In the 1980s, they were carefully removed to the state historical museum and put into climate controlled storage and photographed. Reproductions were made and that is what is in the cases today. I'm old enough to have seen them in the Capitol and it was very cool to see the faded cloth, many with bullet and shell holes torn in them, surrounding you under the vast dome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (yGkmH)
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The state regiments were either disbanded entirely, or returned to inactive duty status (that is, weekend drills). In Michigan, the battle flags were gathered together and when the new Capitol was completed in 1879, the central rotunda was lined with the battle flags, which was very impressive.
Alas, that was not a good way to store them, and many were badly damaged. In the 1980s, they were carefully removed to the state historical museum and put into climate controlled storage and photographed. Reproductions were made and that is what is in the cases today. I'm old enough to have seen them in the Capitol and it was very cool to see the faded cloth, many with bullet and shell holes torn in them, surrounding you under the vast dome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
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What an inspiring thought!
What an inspiring thought!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 25, 2026 09:22 AM (hOUT3)
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There is a cemetery in Paris TX with a statue of Jesus. If you look at it from behind, you can see that Jesus is wearing cowboy boots.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 25, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)
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In Marian apparitions, Our Lady always appears as a local woman, so an Aztec in Mexico, and Korean in Korea.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 25, 2026 09:17 AM (Lo97M)
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In Marian apparitions, Our Lady always appears as a local woman, so an Aztec in Mexico, and Korean in Korea.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
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Mrs. E reports she feels fine this morning. Praise be to GOD she has had only one distressful episode during the infusions. Begin again next Friday. Thank you all for past and continued prayers.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 09:22 AM (LHPAg)
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Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 25, 2026 09:13 AM (vrNzf)
Amen! Thanks for the prayers, LS, and for those of all here.
Amen! Thanks for the prayers, LS, and for those of all here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:23 AM (GGl3f)
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Fun fact: When the Spanish War started, the states were once more tasked with providing troops, and Michigan decided not to reactivate its Civil War designations but to continue the numbering system.
When the modern National Guard was established in 1916, the old "state" designations went away, but the new federal units were derived from them, and many of the modern units go by state nicknames which are outlined in their lineage.
Why yes, I was a unit historian, why do you ask?
When the modern National Guard was established in 1916, the old "state" designations went away, but the new federal units were derived from them, and many of the modern units go by state nicknames which are outlined in their lineage.
Why yes, I was a unit historian, why do you ask?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
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I was also based at ATL, although I commuted from Pensacola.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 09:24 AM (Y1sOo)
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Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 25, 2026 09:24 AM (YpHnX)
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I don't know why doggeh, who is 9, has decided he wont eat if is place is in its usual spot by the family room wall.
Now he only eats if we put the plate right next to a human sitting in the room.
Now he only eats if we put the plate right next to a human sitting in the room.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 09:26 AM (fE6HJ)
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>>>Just noticed that Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Posted by: Smell the Glove at
>Everything the JEF accomplished could be contained on two DVDs. What's the point?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at
>Everything the JEF accomplished could be contained on two DVDs. What's the point?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 09:26 AM (Fbc0I)
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Walking back to my vehicle I pass headstone with this inscription on the reverse: "Now it gets interesting."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
One of my local favorites is a husband and wife. Under the wife's name, it says "forever loose." Under husband's name: "forever slow."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
One of my local favorites is a husband and wife. Under the wife's name, it says "forever loose." Under husband's name: "forever slow."
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)
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Brought foorward from Wed ONT since some had asked for an update on The Curious Disappearance:
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Despite very strong K9 indicators of human remains on the neighbor's land in 2003, no remains have been recovered on extensive excavation during 2024
But since then, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. .
That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mothee in the 20-teens, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead of supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. The last credible contact with his family was ~2012-13. So we may have been chasing a dead man. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband describe him as "bat shit crazy", back then.
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Despite very strong K9 indicators of human remains on the neighbor's land in 2003, no remains have been recovered on extensive excavation during 2024
But since then, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. .
That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mothee in the 20-teens, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead of supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. The last credible contact with his family was ~2012-13. So we may have been chasing a dead man. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband describe him as "bat shit crazy", back then.
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (I0N4X)
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Just noticed that Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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It will be completely cringe-worthy. I cannot think of a single individual who has received so much praise while being so completely unworthy of it. Transparently mediocre in every way.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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It will be completely cringe-worthy. I cannot think of a single individual who has received so much praise while being so completely unworthy of it. Transparently mediocre in every way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
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At my job interview yesterday they asked me if I could perform under pressure.
I said no, but I can perform Bohemian Rhapsody.
I said no, but I can perform Bohemian Rhapsody.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:29 AM (l26NL)
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Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Nothing to see here!
Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Nothing to see here!
Posted by: Lt. Drebin at April 25, 2026 09:31 AM (Cqx++)
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Thanks for the update, Muldoon.
What drama.
What drama.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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Vendette and Wolfus...I did get chicken drumsticks for $1.99 a pound. But yeah, everything was crazy.
I stocked up on everything around 2021 when the world went nuts and I was taking care of Mom. I have hundreds of cans of beans, sardines, fruit, vegetables...in case shtf.
Most things were $0.99 Can a can or so. My 'return on investment' is crazy. Especially the sardines and fillets which I love.
Wolfus, Snowflake likes coming here now and sleeps in my room with Ralphy and I at night for the last few weeks. She doesn't wake me but waits for me to get up in the middle of the night and I let her out. Working out well.
Safe travels.
I stocked up on everything around 2021 when the world went nuts and I was taking care of Mom. I have hundreds of cans of beans, sardines, fruit, vegetables...in case shtf.
Most things were $0.99 Can a can or so. My 'return on investment' is crazy. Especially the sardines and fillets which I love.
Wolfus, Snowflake likes coming here now and sleeps in my room with Ralphy and I at night for the last few weeks. She doesn't wake me but waits for me to get up in the middle of the night and I let her out. Working out well.
Safe travels.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:31 AM (Sco7b)
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 25, 2026 08:18 AM (dK+Kv)
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I read that last night and thought "that's baseball."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
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Yes, I greatly enjoyed both posting. Made me think of the line from Moneyball "How can you not ne romantic about baseball?"
Thanks again for posting, Flounder. Also, is that a pledge pin.... ON YOUR UNIFORM?!?
(sorry, been wanting to do that for some time)
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I read that last night and thought "that's baseball."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
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Yes, I greatly enjoyed both posting. Made me think of the line from Moneyball "How can you not ne romantic about baseball?"
Thanks again for posting, Flounder. Also, is that a pledge pin.... ON YOUR UNIFORM?!?
(sorry, been wanting to do that for some time)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 25, 2026 09:34 AM (kOluj)
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>>The last credible contact with his family was ~2012-13. So we may have been chasing a dead man. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband describe him as "bat shit crazy", back then.
What a nightmare. Hope you get some closure.
What a nightmare. Hope you get some closure.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 09:35 AM (viF8m)
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I've stayed away from the active threads because I had a lot of stuff to do this week in and around the house. Also trying to build some writing momentum. It's going much slower than it did before, but I'm still grinding away and I do enjoy it.
I also needed to get some perspective, because the news cycle has been remarkably full of lies, as in: nonstop fabrications. For those who didn't see it, Pope Leo did two "back of the plane" interviews that completely destroyed the narratives surrounding him. No, he was not arguing with any politician and the remarks that supposedly criticized by Trump were written weeks ago about African conflicts. Catholic media was sadly complicit, but at least now we know who not to listen to.
The other narrative (sadly pushed by "conservative Catholics") that the Pope is a liberal/communist/Francis II was also wrecked. In response to the German bishops wanting to bless "irregular" couples (that is gay or remarried divorcees), he clarified that blessings are for everyone. At the end of Mass everyone gets them. He blesses everyone. But blessing an irregular union was never acceptable. (cont)
I also needed to get some perspective, because the news cycle has been remarkably full of lies, as in: nonstop fabrications. For those who didn't see it, Pope Leo did two "back of the plane" interviews that completely destroyed the narratives surrounding him. No, he was not arguing with any politician and the remarks that supposedly criticized by Trump were written weeks ago about African conflicts. Catholic media was sadly complicit, but at least now we know who not to listen to.
The other narrative (sadly pushed by "conservative Catholics") that the Pope is a liberal/communist/Francis II was also wrecked. In response to the German bishops wanting to bless "irregular" couples (that is gay or remarried divorcees), he clarified that blessings are for everyone. At the end of Mass everyone gets them. He blesses everyone. But blessing an irregular union was never acceptable. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
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When I visit graveyards, I just look to see if my name is on any of the tombstones.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
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I would like to ask prayers for our nursing home service today. One of the dear ladies in my Bible study group there mentioned that for the great Catholic residents there were, of course, services all during Holy Week. They also got to listen to Mass Simulcast on the TV. So as a Protestant she felt a little left out on Easter as the Protestant clergy were busy with their own services, and/or can't do simulcast or haven't thought about services at the senior center. She spoke to the activities director who spoke to me, so today we
an Easter service. It's appropriate since the Easter season in the church doesn't end yet, and as a wonderful inspirational Christian speaker on the radio who had a program on the air called "Let's Talk about Jesus?, used to say , "Everyday we Christians can be thankful for Christ's sacrificial death and celebrate his resurrection! Happy Easter!
an Easter service. It's appropriate since the Easter season in the church doesn't end yet, and as a wonderful inspirational Christian speaker on the radio who had a program on the air called "Let's Talk about Jesus?, used to say , "Everyday we Christians can be thankful for Christ's sacrificial death and celebrate his resurrection! Happy Easter!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:37 AM (5zRgl)
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At my job interview yesterday they asked me if I could perform under pressure.
I said no, but I can perform Bohemian Rhapsody.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:29 AM (l26NL)
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So you got hired AND promoted the same day?
I said no, but I can perform Bohemian Rhapsody.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:29 AM (l26NL)
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So you got hired AND promoted the same day?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)
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When I visit graveyards, I just look to see if my name is on any of the tombstones.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
There's a little cemetery in Moore, Oklahoma, but no one who lives in Moore can be buried there.
Because they're living.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
There's a little cemetery in Moore, Oklahoma, but no one who lives in Moore can be buried there.
Because they're living.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:38 AM (l26NL)
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121-Meant today we will have an Easter service.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:38 AM (5zRgl)
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Muldoon, wow. What a journey this has been.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 09:39 AM (h7ZuX)
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The SPLC directive went out.
Trump called 2 black people Low IQ, so this means he hates all black people.
Never mind that he called MeAgain, Cucker and Alex Jones low IQ in very public ways recently.
Trump called 2 black people Low IQ, so this means he hates all black people.
Never mind that he called MeAgain, Cucker and Alex Jones low IQ in very public ways recently.
Posted by: Heroq at April 25, 2026 09:40 AM (q1qnK)
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121-Meant today we will have an Easter service.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:38 AM (5zRgl)
Don't forget an Easter hat!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:38 AM (5zRgl)
Don't forget an Easter hat!
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 09:40 AM (PrsTH)
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(cont) The key to understanding Pope Leo's approach is that he is very traditional, and wants to restore the sense of continuity that Francis damaged. Many expected him to immediately repudiate Francis' actions and documents in Trumpian fashion, but in his view, that just creates more disruption.
What he is doing is moving slowly, deliberately, and carefully unwinding them by redefining what was said rather than just canceling it. So instead of withdrawing Fiducia Supplicens (for example), he clarifies that it could never have created disunity, because the Church is one. So it's still out there, but stripped of any controversy.
The same is true with the TLM. He's making a point of going to them, talking about their beauty, and encouraging their spread. He does not need to repudiate Traditiones Custodes, he's just rendering it moot.
In many of his other pronouncements, he is very careful to say "I think," or "I believe," or "As I see it," making clear that he is speaking just for himself. Again, shit-stirrers on all sides want to make something of it, and to my shame, I fell for it. I have not one but two drafts saved on my blog that I am glad I did not publish.
What he is doing is moving slowly, deliberately, and carefully unwinding them by redefining what was said rather than just canceling it. So instead of withdrawing Fiducia Supplicens (for example), he clarifies that it could never have created disunity, because the Church is one. So it's still out there, but stripped of any controversy.
The same is true with the TLM. He's making a point of going to them, talking about their beauty, and encouraging their spread. He does not need to repudiate Traditiones Custodes, he's just rendering it moot.
In many of his other pronouncements, he is very careful to say "I think," or "I believe," or "As I see it," making clear that he is speaking just for himself. Again, shit-stirrers on all sides want to make something of it, and to my shame, I fell for it. I have not one but two drafts saved on my blog that I am glad I did not publish.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
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There's a little cemetery in Moore, Oklahoma, but no one who lives in Moore can be buried there.
Because they're living.
Posted by: Blutarski,
You jest, but in Manila there is an old cemetery where people, who would otherwise be homeless, live. In some cases families who own mausoleums will pay one of the squatter families to be caretakers. They tell them ahead of time if there will be visitors to the grace and the caretakers clean up and temporarily move out.
Because they're living.
Posted by: Blutarski,
You jest, but in Manila there is an old cemetery where people, who would otherwise be homeless, live. In some cases families who own mausoleums will pay one of the squatter families to be caretakers. They tell them ahead of time if there will be visitors to the grace and the caretakers clean up and temporarily move out.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 09:42 AM (fE6HJ)
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Back when I was a student, I used to study in the graveyard because it was the quietest, calmest location near the campus. Eventually we all got run out because the grounds keepers said it was disrespectful.
Those graves were over 200 years old and probably nobody has looked at them or visited them for 100 years.
Those graves were over 200 years old and probably nobody has looked at them or visited them for 100 years.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 09:43 AM (Fbc0I)
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I would also like to ask prayers for " I " whom I visited and anointed with oil and prayed for healing with last week. She is not a member of my church She is a lovely woman and could be the age of my mother and is having health concerns. Thx
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:43 AM (GLmO1)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Thank you
That is helpful
Social media and bloggery / podcastery is rife with content that is meant to raise ire and sow division.
By these fruit we know them.
Thank you
That is helpful
Social media and bloggery / podcastery is rife with content that is meant to raise ire and sow division.
By these fruit we know them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 09:45 AM (fE6HJ)
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Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 09:40 AM (PrsTH
🙂I like hats, but don't wear them at services.
🙂I like hats, but don't wear them at services.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 09:45 AM (GLmO1)
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Mrs B and I have been in a rental house since mid November as we did a big remodel. We moved back on Thursday and while I feel like I'm released from prison, I will evidently be unpacking boxes for the rest of my life.
Two Li'l Blutarskis will be visiting in the next few days to help. The four rescue dogs are very happy to be back.
Two Li'l Blutarskis will be visiting in the next few days to help. The four rescue dogs are very happy to be back.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:46 AM (l26NL)
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Though I may touch on this tomorrow, last Sunday it read Scott and Kimberly Hahn's Rome Sweet Home, and it was much better than I expected. In fact, I couldn't put it down, read most of it Sunday, finishing it Monday.
It is their conversion story, and it is organized in chronological chapters where each of them does a section. Scott leads with his perspective, his life events and then Kimberly tells her version. It is neat to see how they go back and forth and how two people can end up in the exact same place but by different paths and for different reasons.
It gave me a lot of insights into my own marriage and how my wife see different things in the same things.
Like the Hahns, my wife and I came to the Church together, but not in the same way. I was moved by reason, the study of history and logic, while she was drawn by emotion, faith, and feeling. That's the same dynamic as the Hahns. Very well written, quite amusing in parts.
It is their conversion story, and it is organized in chronological chapters where each of them does a section. Scott leads with his perspective, his life events and then Kimberly tells her version. It is neat to see how they go back and forth and how two people can end up in the exact same place but by different paths and for different reasons.
It gave me a lot of insights into my own marriage and how my wife see different things in the same things.
Like the Hahns, my wife and I came to the Church together, but not in the same way. I was moved by reason, the study of history and logic, while she was drawn by emotion, faith, and feeling. That's the same dynamic as the Hahns. Very well written, quite amusing in parts.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
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Muldoon, Thank you for the update. Wish your MIL was able to hear this latest info. Still keeping your fami!y in thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 25, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)
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My wife's family is buried at what I'd describe as a storybook, hilltop, church cemetery in rural WV. Headstones from as far back as the early 1800's. Nothing but woods and pasture for as far as you can see.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)
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vmom - Time flies because I remember when your puppy came home.
All I have left is Old Cat, 18 years young, and a visiting grandpuppy.
All I have left is Old Cat, 18 years young, and a visiting grandpuppy.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 25, 2026 09:53 AM (2OYwF)
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I just learned that Texas has the most recorded tornadoes per year. Makes sense because of its size but I just assumed it was OK or KS.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 09:53 AM (kxLc1)
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It will be completely cringe-worthy. I cannot think of a single individual who has received so much praise while being so completely unworthy of it. Transparently mediocre in every way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Would anyone look back and listen to any of his speeches today, as we look at Reagan’s, or Lincoln’s? Nothing but empty platitudes.
Also notable that the Dem candidate field is so devoid of rational candidates that their best bet is to try to play old favorites from their Greatest Hits album.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Would anyone look back and listen to any of his speeches today, as we look at Reagan’s, or Lincoln’s? Nothing but empty platitudes.
Also notable that the Dem candidate field is so devoid of rational candidates that their best bet is to try to play old favorites from their Greatest Hits album.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:53 AM (yGkmH)
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My, ( have to think) Great Great Grandfather I know around wher rd he is buried in a off way of the cemetery but last Memorial day couldn't find it. Its quite overgrown yet saw 1 fairly new grave maybe 10 years ago was there.
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 09:54 AM (Ia/+0)
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It's raining here, working on the 2110 database schema and entity map, it really comes together once you see the entity map.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 25, 2026 09:54 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Sco7b)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
That's the Vatican in spin mode.
That's the Vatican in spin mode.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (kxLc1)
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The Left has not had a single new idea in at least 90 years, not hard to make the case that it’s not since the death of Marx.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:57 AM (yGkmH)
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At AP: "Iran’s president calls on people to save electricity"
Schoolchildren going door to door, collecting discarded aluminum foil and glass tahini jars, to construct Leyden jars.
Schoolchildren going door to door, collecting discarded aluminum foil and glass tahini jars, to construct Leyden jars.
Posted by: gp at April 25, 2026 09:57 AM (N8ZBc)
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Two Li'l Blutarskis will be visiting in the next few days to help. The four rescue dogs are very happy to be back.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:46 AM (l26NL)
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As I am one of those degenerates who has watched Animal house at least two dozen times, the name Blutarski in my mind is inextricably linked with Belushi's face. So when you mention the li'l Blutarskis coming home, that's literally my mental image.... highly amusing!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 09:46 AM (l26NL)
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As I am one of those degenerates who has watched Animal house at least two dozen times, the name Blutarski in my mind is inextricably linked with Belushi's face. So when you mention the li'l Blutarskis coming home, that's literally my mental image.... highly amusing!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 25, 2026 09:57 AM (kOluj)
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Also notable that the Dem candidate field is so devoid of rational candidates that their best bet is to try to play old favorites from their Greatest Hits album.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:53 AM (yGkmH)
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This is why I have no patience for the "BUT THE MIDTERMS!1!" crowd. We don't even know who the candidates are in most of the races. People vote for the name on the ballot, not party preference.
In Michigan, the Dems have nominated a Hezbullah fanboy for U-M Regent. They've got a radical Muslim running in the primary for the open senate seat.
Oh, and the "WHERE ARE THE ARRESTS" crowd need to learn to read a calendar. The October Surprise is in... wait for it...October. You can't uncork that stuff now as the Dems will just do a switcheroo.
I know I'm often wrong about good things happening, but I'd rather look for goodness than spend every day bemoaning bad things that mostly don't happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 09:53 AM (yGkmH)
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This is why I have no patience for the "BUT THE MIDTERMS!1!" crowd. We don't even know who the candidates are in most of the races. People vote for the name on the ballot, not party preference.
In Michigan, the Dems have nominated a Hezbullah fanboy for U-M Regent. They've got a radical Muslim running in the primary for the open senate seat.
Oh, and the "WHERE ARE THE ARRESTS" crowd need to learn to read a calendar. The October Surprise is in... wait for it...October. You can't uncork that stuff now as the Dems will just do a switcheroo.
I know I'm often wrong about good things happening, but I'd rather look for goodness than spend every day bemoaning bad things that mostly don't happen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
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A married Irish couple, Serenity Sue and Grave Visitations tour ancient graveyards, mostly in Ireland but also elsewhere in Europe on Youtube. Have seen some amazing sights through their travels. The oldest marked grave they've shown is from 632 AD. The church ruins and scenery are often breathtaking.
Posted by: Tales From The Crypt at April 25, 2026 09:58 AM (oftw2)
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Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 08:28 AM (I0N4X)
I just found out yesterday that there is a town in Texas called Muldoon.
I just found out yesterday that there is a town in Texas called Muldoon.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 25, 2026 10:00 AM (lFFaq)
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That's the Vatican in spin mode.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (kxLc1)
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No, quite the opposite. The Vatican has been using the Pope's X account and getting words wrong, and pulling things out of context. You can proof-text it yourself.
There are a LOT of people who grift off of this. More than even I thought. Many Catholics who I regularly checked in with were revealed by this. The honest ones have come clean, saying they had it wrong.
Here's an easy one: Why did media run with a completely fabricated story that Trump's DoW summoned the Papal Nuncio in January and threatened them with a "second Avignon?" Who benefitted from that nonsense?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (kxLc1)
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No, quite the opposite. The Vatican has been using the Pope's X account and getting words wrong, and pulling things out of context. You can proof-text it yourself.
There are a LOT of people who grift off of this. More than even I thought. Many Catholics who I regularly checked in with were revealed by this. The honest ones have come clean, saying they had it wrong.
Here's an easy one: Why did media run with a completely fabricated story that Trump's DoW summoned the Papal Nuncio in January and threatened them with a "second Avignon?" Who benefitted from that nonsense?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)
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Apropos of nothing. I've been in a mood for John Denver songs lately and thought I would splurge on a couple of his CDs. Checked Amazon first. (No place in town sells them.) Then thought of B and N. They have both albums and significantly cheaper than Amazon, like a five dollar difference each. B and N doesn't ship as fast but the CDs will be shipped in a box, not a padded envelope, and the cases should arrive unbroken.
I've noticed that Amazon book and CD prices are often, maybe usually, lower but not always. It's worth checking B and N to save a few bucks and stick it to Amazon for their lousy packaging.
I've noticed that Amazon book and CD prices are often, maybe usually, lower but not always. It's worth checking B and N to save a few bucks and stick it to Amazon for their lousy packaging.
Posted by: JTB at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)
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143 Obama's library of Doom opens in 55 days by the way.
Thirty dollars a ticket!
American dollars!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Sco7b)
I hope they’re ideologically consistent and let all the homeless in for free. And that they all shit in the halls.
Did everyone notice that no one is even trying to build a Biden library? I’d love to see Trump park an old VW Bus out front and label it the Biden Bookmobile.
143 Obama's library of Doom opens in 55 days by the way.
Thirty dollars a ticket!
American dollars!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Sco7b)
I hope they’re ideologically consistent and let all the homeless in for free. And that they all shit in the halls.
Did everyone notice that no one is even trying to build a Biden library? I’d love to see Trump park an old VW Bus out front and label it the Biden Bookmobile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
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Just noticed that Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Barky at the opening of the Barky Presidential Center. I sincerely hope that while the interview is being conducted the entire building collapses in the background
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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It will be completely cringe-worthy. I cannot think of a single individual who has received so much praise while being so completely unworthy of it. Transparently mediocre in every way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Stephen Colbert or Barack Obama?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2026 09:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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It will be completely cringe-worthy. I cannot think of a single individual who has received so much praise while being so completely unworthy of it. Transparently mediocre in every way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Stephen Colbert or Barack Obama?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:02 AM (ksbjf)
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As I am one of those degenerates who has watched Animal house at least two dozen times, the name Blutarski in my mind is inextricably linked with Belushi's face. So when you mention the li'l Blutarskis coming home, that's literally my mental image.... highly amusing!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 25, 2026 09:57 AM (kOluj)
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In high school we used to have parties were we'd watch Animal House or Airplane! and everyone would repeat the lines and riff off of them.
I knew I was getting old when I quoted a line from "Stripes" to a captain and he didn't get it.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 25, 2026 09:57 AM (kOluj)
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In high school we used to have parties were we'd watch Animal House or Airplane! and everyone would repeat the lines and riff off of them.
I knew I was getting old when I quoted a line from "Stripes" to a captain and he didn't get it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)
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I live on a new development built on 1200 acres of a former cattle ranch over a 150 years old. There are two small grave yards with headstones from the 1860's. I'm told they were of the 'workers'.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:03 AM (kxLc1)
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The key to understanding Pope Leo's approach is that he is very traditional, and wants to restore the sense of continuity that Francis damaged. Many expected him to immediately repudiate Francis' actions and documents in Trumpian fashion, but in his view, that just creates more disruption.
I'm more encouraged by what Leo has said. It's a bit sad that he had to say what we have always thought was the case, but you never knew with Francis.
Unfortunately, Leo's words only go so far. There are still lots of bishops who are quite happy to tear out Communion rails, insist on taking the Host in the hand, shut down Extraordinary Rite Masses and cater to LGBTQ+ sensibilities.
The key to understanding Pope Leo's approach is that he is very traditional, and wants to restore the sense of continuity that Francis damaged. Many expected him to immediately repudiate Francis' actions and documents in Trumpian fashion, but in his view, that just creates more disruption.
I'm more encouraged by what Leo has said. It's a bit sad that he had to say what we have always thought was the case, but you never knew with Francis.
Unfortunately, Leo's words only go so far. There are still lots of bishops who are quite happy to tear out Communion rails, insist on taking the Host in the hand, shut down Extraordinary Rite Masses and cater to LGBTQ+ sensibilities.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 10:03 AM (tgvbd)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)
So Trump and Vance were hoodwinked?
So Trump and Vance were hoodwinked?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:05 AM (kxLc1)
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Here's an easy one: Why did media run with a completely fabricated story that Trump's DoW summoned the Papal Nuncio in January and threatened them with a "second Avignon?" Who benefitted from that nonsense?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)
I saw that, and immediately thought that not only would you have to be insane to believe that, you’d have to be insane to think you could get away with trying to sell such a ridiculous story.
It puts me in mind of the “Dead Internet Theory”.
“The dead Internet theory is a concept suggesting that much of the online content we see today is generated by bots, AI, and algorithms rather than real human activity, creating an artificial and curated digital environment.”
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)
I saw that, and immediately thought that not only would you have to be insane to believe that, you’d have to be insane to think you could get away with trying to sell such a ridiculous story.
It puts me in mind of the “Dead Internet Theory”.
“The dead Internet theory is a concept suggesting that much of the online content we see today is generated by bots, AI, and algorithms rather than real human activity, creating an artificial and curated digital environment.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (yGkmH)
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Annnnd it's a Pope Bob thread
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Y1sOo)
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Have Trump and Vance apologized yet?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (kxLc1)
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"I just found out yesterday that there is a town in Texas called Muldoon."
And another one just down the road called Limerick.
And another one just down the road called Limerick.
Posted by: Rimshot at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)
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Speaking of coffee..Starbucks HQ is moving to Tennessee. Nashville.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (GD0B3)
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143 Obama's library of Doom opens in 55 days by the way.
Thirty dollars a ticket!
American dollars!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Sco7b)
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Just throw them onto that pallet, over there!
Thirty dollars a ticket!
American dollars!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Sco7b)
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Just throw them onto that pallet, over there!
Posted by: The Mullahs at April 25, 2026 10:07 AM (Q2lQZ)
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Unfortunately, Leo's words only go so far. There are still lots of bishops who are quite happy to tear out Communion rails, insist on taking the Host in the hand, shut down Extraordinary Rite Masses and cater to LGBTQ+ sensibilities.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 10:03 AM (tgvbd)
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Francis was the great hope for liberal Catholicism, it's last chance to radically transform the Church. He created some confusion, but the counterreaction has created a groundswell in support of more traditional worship, and this has enraged the remaining liberal bishops.
They have shown us who they are, preferring to close parishes rather than host the TLM with them. They don't want to save souls, they want to punish their perceived enemies. We must pray for their conversion.
I will also add this: if you didn't like the dictator-pope, you can't push for a second dictator-pope who agrees with you. Pope Leo is moving slowly, doing gradual reassignments, but he's also leading by example, performing TLMs, encouraging their use. He's shaming the renegades, giving them a chance to reverse course without creating additional public scandal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 10:03 AM (tgvbd)
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Francis was the great hope for liberal Catholicism, it's last chance to radically transform the Church. He created some confusion, but the counterreaction has created a groundswell in support of more traditional worship, and this has enraged the remaining liberal bishops.
They have shown us who they are, preferring to close parishes rather than host the TLM with them. They don't want to save souls, they want to punish their perceived enemies. We must pray for their conversion.
I will also add this: if you didn't like the dictator-pope, you can't push for a second dictator-pope who agrees with you. Pope Leo is moving slowly, doing gradual reassignments, but he's also leading by example, performing TLMs, encouraging their use. He's shaming the renegades, giving them a chance to reverse course without creating additional public scandal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
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Blueberry scone, cherry chocolate pistachio biscotti, or chocolate pecan shortbread?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (RIvkX)
167
Red states need their own immigration policy, just saying.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM (GD0B3)
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I predict a gun fight breaks out at or nearby the Obama Library opening. Not sarcasm.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM (kxLc1)
Posted by: gp at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)
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“In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” was written on the tombstone at their meeting spot in the old cemetery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (yGkmH)
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One of my favorite Allman tunes, so (if that story has any truth to it at all!), thanks!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 08:31 AM (yGkmH)
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One of my favorite Allman tunes, so (if that story has any truth to it at all!), thanks!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Q2lQZ)
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160 Annnnd it's a Pope Bob thread
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM
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Holy Mackerel!
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM
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Holy Mackerel!
Posted by: said the snapper at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)
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166 Blueberry scone, cherry chocolate pistachio biscotti, or chocolate pecan shortbread?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (RIvkX)
My ranked choice:
1. Blueberry scone
2. Chocolate pecan shortbread.
That other thing has way too much going on for my pedestrian palate, and is not an option.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (RIvkX)
My ranked choice:
1. Blueberry scone
2. Chocolate pecan shortbread.
That other thing has way too much going on for my pedestrian palate, and is not an option.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (h7ZuX)
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Annnnd it's a Pope Bob thread
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Y1sOo)
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Why are you so angry? Do you walk into a party and knock over the punch bowl? What are you trying to accomplish? What response are you seeking from me?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Y1sOo)
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Why are you so angry? Do you walk into a party and knock over the punch bowl? What are you trying to accomplish? What response are you seeking from me?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
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>>> En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend at April 25, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)
When I practice Spanish I like to arbitrarily invent new conjugations for verbs. And I don't think it is generally adequate to just have 50 different conjugations in a language. I think every instance of a verb should have it's own unique, completely unidentifiable conjugation. A secret conjugation that only I know, a terrible chaotic power that I alone wield in order to keep the dark forces of strict organized grammar at bay.
Posted by: Caffiend at April 25, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)
When I practice Spanish I like to arbitrarily invent new conjugations for verbs. And I don't think it is generally adequate to just have 50 different conjugations in a language. I think every instance of a verb should have it's own unique, completely unidentifiable conjugation. A secret conjugation that only I know, a terrible chaotic power that I alone wield in order to keep the dark forces of strict organized grammar at bay.
Posted by: banana Dream - tomarachickentongfiord at April 25, 2026 10:11 AM (3uBP9)
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I predict a gun fight breaks out at or nearby the Obama Library opening. Not sarcasm.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM (kxLc1)
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I'm pretty sure they're a regular event in that part of town, so it's a sure bet.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM (kxLc1)
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I'm pretty sure they're a regular event in that part of town, so it's a sure bet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)
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I would like to see the Obama Library, but I'm never going to pay a fucking dime, not even for parking.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 10:11 AM (Fbc0I)
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167 Red states need their own immigration policy, just saying.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (GD0B3)
Sadly the Supreme Court put a stop to that under Obama. On the good side, States like California and Minnesota do not have the legal authority to block any Federal immigration rules.
167 Red states need their own immigration policy, just saying.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:08 AM (GD0B3)
Sadly the Supreme Court put a stop to that under Obama. On the good side, States like California and Minnesota do not have the legal authority to block any Federal immigration rules.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (yGkmH)
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Did everyone notice that no one is even trying to build a Biden library? I’d love to see Trump park an old VW Bus out front and label it the Biden Bookmobile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
MS Now is really going all in with the 'President Trump is unfit' idea. Last night around 11pm, one lady showed a picture of President Trump asking if he was napping....with about 10 people around him.
Irony is lost on these 'people.'
This is probably a good thread to ask. I'm going through old family albums, i've been taking out all the old black and white pictures and ancient pictures of my parents, grandparents and family.
But there are a lot of pictures of people and places I don't know. And photography wasn't a strong suit.
I'm thinking of taking the best and my favourites and just pitching the rest. There's no need to keep them around. No one to give them to. There are a LOT of pictures where you can make people out but not the best pictures. I'll decide as I go through. I have a ton of room. I'll salvage the must haves.
Btw...sorting family albums. Isn't that about 6,743 on most of your to do lists? Lol.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
MS Now is really going all in with the 'President Trump is unfit' idea. Last night around 11pm, one lady showed a picture of President Trump asking if he was napping....with about 10 people around him.
Irony is lost on these 'people.'
This is probably a good thread to ask. I'm going through old family albums, i've been taking out all the old black and white pictures and ancient pictures of my parents, grandparents and family.
But there are a lot of pictures of people and places I don't know. And photography wasn't a strong suit.
I'm thinking of taking the best and my favourites and just pitching the rest. There's no need to keep them around. No one to give them to. There are a LOT of pictures where you can make people out but not the best pictures. I'll decide as I go through. I have a ton of room. I'll salvage the must haves.
Btw...sorting family albums. Isn't that about 6,743 on most of your to do lists? Lol.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Quit playing a victim. This is aos where sarcasm and snark is it's trademark.
Quit playing a victim. This is aos where sarcasm and snark is it's trademark.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (kxLc1)
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169 I predict a gun fight breaks out at or nearby the Obama Library opening. Not sarcasm.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM
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Especially if it's anywhere near a street named after MLK, Jr.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:09 AM
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Especially if it's anywhere near a street named after MLK, Jr.
Posted by: But you can't say that out loud at April 25, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
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One of my favorite Allman tunes, so (if that story has any truth to it at all!), thanks!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Q2lQZ)
I heard it in an interview with Dickie Betts himself!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Q2lQZ)
I heard it in an interview with Dickie Betts himself!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:14 AM (yGkmH)
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Did everyone notice that no one is even trying to build a Biden library? I’d love to see Trump park an old VW Bus out front and label it the Biden Bookmobile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
I recall reading stories from spring/summer 2025 that they can't find people willing to pony up the bucks needed to build one. Now there's a sign that no one wants to be associated with you if they can help it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
I recall reading stories from spring/summer 2025 that they can't find people willing to pony up the bucks needed to build one. Now there's a sign that no one wants to be associated with you if they can help it.
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 10:14 AM (PrsTH)
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So Trump and Vance were hoodwinked?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:05 AM (kxLc1)
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They responded to the questions they were asked, and if you noticed, Trump subsequently downplayed it.
It was definitely an op. The fake nuncio story was the first clue. I'd argue that Ted Cruz promoting that weird screed on X about the SSPX-led Catholic conspiracy was the opening volley to discredit Catholics and drive a wedge into the conservative Christian coalition.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:05 AM (kxLc1)
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They responded to the questions they were asked, and if you noticed, Trump subsequently downplayed it.
It was definitely an op. The fake nuncio story was the first clue. I'd argue that Ted Cruz promoting that weird screed on X about the SSPX-led Catholic conspiracy was the opening volley to discredit Catholics and drive a wedge into the conservative Christian coalition.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
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Yet I don't understand what he gets out of it. If I succumb and get up at 3:45, he *still* does not get his breakfast until 5 or later. Company? He has Dagny for that.
He only started doing it this year, not when I was working, thank goodness.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 09:18 AM (+2QQb)
Even humans can issue exuberant greetings far too early, just because they're wide awake and happy to see you, without accounting for your own sleepiness and mood. It could just be that he's sleeping better now that you're around more, and that's the result.
He only started doing it this year, not when I was working, thank goodness.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 09:18 AM (+2QQb)
Even humans can issue exuberant greetings far too early, just because they're wide awake and happy to see you, without accounting for your own sleepiness and mood. It could just be that he's sleeping better now that you're around more, and that's the result.
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM (Sy6m/)
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Yeesh, wake up this morning and Pixy's breaking out the Cure.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (yYROg)
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I also needed to get some perspective, because the news cycle has been remarkably full of lies, as in: nonstop fabrications. For those who didn't see it, Pope Leo did two "back of the plane" interviews that completely destroyed the narratives surrounding him.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Yes, both Pope Leo XIV and the Trump administration have worked to "turn-down the temperature" last week. That's gratifying to see.
I looked up Arbp. Broglio's statement concerning Just War (he's quoted by the National Catholic Register), and he used the weasel-words that say the armed conflict (I hesitate to call it a war, it's really a punitive expedition) may not be in accord with Just War Theory until the Iranians have nuclear weapons.
I fired off an email to his office at the Archdiocese of the Military Services last week, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself. I never received a reply. I suppose he didn't appreciate me quoting the specific section the Summa Theologica, and a Dominican friar's commentary on the Summa[/].
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Yes, both Pope Leo XIV and the Trump administration have worked to "turn-down the temperature" last week. That's gratifying to see.
I looked up Arbp. Broglio's statement concerning Just War (he's quoted by the National Catholic Register), and he used the weasel-words that say the armed conflict (I hesitate to call it a war, it's really a punitive expedition) may not be in accord with Just War Theory until the Iranians have nuclear weapons.
I fired off an email to his office at the Archdiocese of the Military Services last week, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself. I never received a reply. I suppose he didn't appreciate me quoting the specific section the Summa Theologica, and a Dominican friar's commentary on the Summa[/].
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)
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The scone is a good choice Mrs. F. uses both dried and fresh blueberries.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
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Quit playing a victim. This is aos where sarcasm and snark is it's trademark.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (kxLc1)
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That's not snark, it is a deliberate insult. When I found that some of my snark crossed the line, I dropped it because I see the Horde as a group of friends.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (kxLc1)
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That's not snark, it is a deliberate insult. When I found that some of my snark crossed the line, I dropped it because I see the Horde as a group of friends.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
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This is probably a good thread to ask. I'm going through old family albums, i've been taking out all the old black and white pictures and ancient pictures of my parents, grandparents and family.
But there are a lot of pictures of people and places I don't know. And photography wasn't a strong suit.
I'm thinking of taking the best and my favourites and just pitching the rest. There's no need to keep them around. No one to give them to. There are a LOT of pictures where you can make people out but not the best pictures. I'll decide as I go through. I have a ton of room. I'll salvage the must haves.
Btw...sorting family albums. Isn't that about 6,743 on most of your to do lists? Lol.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)
My dad has tons of old pictures and he's distressed at what will happen to them when he's gone, so I understand what you're going through. Are there any that could be of interest to a local historical society?
But there are a lot of pictures of people and places I don't know. And photography wasn't a strong suit.
I'm thinking of taking the best and my favourites and just pitching the rest. There's no need to keep them around. No one to give them to. There are a LOT of pictures where you can make people out but not the best pictures. I'll decide as I go through. I have a ton of room. I'll salvage the must haves.
Btw...sorting family albums. Isn't that about 6,743 on most of your to do lists? Lol.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)
My dad has tons of old pictures and he's distressed at what will happen to them when he's gone, so I understand what you're going through. Are there any that could be of interest to a local historical society?
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (PrsTH)
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Muldoon, Thank you for the update. Wish your MIL was able to hear this latest info. Still keeping your fami!y in thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Mrs JTB
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Thanks. Perhaps the biggest news or paradigm change to come out of this latest briefing from the detectives is the relationship between the fugitive and his mother. We had been working under the assumption that he was a "momma's boy" and was depending on her for material support and if found would be near his mother. So, we were expecting him to be in TX. Now we know from his sister's interview that she and her husband fled Colorado to get away from him, and that the mother and her husband, after being threatened, followed a couple years later. The sister thinks (?hopes) that he is dead. I tend to agree. 15 years living rough either in the deep woods, a cave or mine shaft, or squatting in vacant cabins without having once had an incident with the public or a medical emergency is not likely. He would now be almost 60 if alive.
Posted by: Mrs JTB
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Thanks. Perhaps the biggest news or paradigm change to come out of this latest briefing from the detectives is the relationship between the fugitive and his mother. We had been working under the assumption that he was a "momma's boy" and was depending on her for material support and if found would be near his mother. So, we were expecting him to be in TX. Now we know from his sister's interview that she and her husband fled Colorado to get away from him, and that the mother and her husband, after being threatened, followed a couple years later. The sister thinks (?hopes) that he is dead. I tend to agree. 15 years living rough either in the deep woods, a cave or mine shaft, or squatting in vacant cabins without having once had an incident with the public or a medical emergency is not likely. He would now be almost 60 if alive.
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (I0N4X)
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120 When I visit graveyards, I just look to see if my name is on any of the tombstones.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: E. Scrooge at April 25, 2026 10:19 AM (nWPIJ)
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I fired off an email to his office at the Archdiocese of the Military Services last week, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself. I never received a reply. I suppose he didn't appreciate me quoting the specific section the Summa Theologica, and a Dominican friar's commentary on the Summa[/].
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)
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I can't recall any precedent for what he did. Putting moral doubt in the hearts of Catholic servicemembers in a time of active operations is the opposite of pastoral care.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)
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I can't recall any precedent for what he did. Putting moral doubt in the hearts of Catholic servicemembers in a time of active operations is the opposite of pastoral care.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
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Even humans can issue exuberant greetings far too early, just because they're wide awake and happy to see you, without accounting for your own sleepiness and mood. It could just be that he's sleeping better now that you're around more, and that's the result.
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM
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"One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him."
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM
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"One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him."
Posted by: Proverbs 27:14 at April 25, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:20 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 25, 2026 10:20 AM (Cqx++)
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Mary probably looked like Abby Shapiro.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:20 AM (yYROg)
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>>It was definitely an op. The fake nuncio story was the first clue. I'd argue that Ted Cruz promoting that weird screed on X about the SSPX-led Catholic conspiracy was the opening volley to discredit Catholics and drive a wedge into the conservative Christian coalition.
Why did the Pope meet with Axelrod? Genuinely curious why a guy who's twitter feed was full of far left bullshit would meet with Obama's hitman, a secular Jew, for no apparent reason right before the kerfuffle started.
Why did the Pope meet with Axelrod? Genuinely curious why a guy who's twitter feed was full of far left bullshit would meet with Obama's hitman, a secular Jew, for no apparent reason right before the kerfuffle started.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)
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Funny story, there is no "Abby Shapiro"...I mean there is , but it's not who y'all think she is.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:22 AM (GD0B3)
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The weather conditions for tornadoes forming generally starts in Texas. We have the Llano Estacado, which is an uplift that runs a bit west of I-35. Warm moist air from the gulf hits that moving westwards and is pushed up into the cold air moving southeast from the arctic. If you look at historical tracks of tornado activity, they tend to start near the base of the panhandle. Tornadoes don't always form in Texas, but many of them get their raw ingredients there.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 10:22 AM (0U5gm)
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I also ask GOD for blessings on all listed and unlisted above.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:22 AM (uDa2+)
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The real question is: what papers of any value will be in the Obama library? What internal deliberations will he share? What correspondence will cast new light on key decisions?
Everything he did was crooked if not illegal.
It's going to just be canned speeches and celebrity endorsements.
Everything he did was crooked if not illegal.
It's going to just be canned speeches and celebrity endorsements.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
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183 Did everyone notice that no one is even trying to build a Biden library? I’d love to see Trump park an old VW Bus out front and label it the Biden Bookmobile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
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I thought the Biden Library had already been established in Biden's garage, right next to the 'vette.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:01 AM (yGkmH)
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I thought the Biden Library had already been established in Biden's garage, right next to the 'vette.
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (nWPIJ)
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So to make sure I'm not bearing false witness, did the Pope say the US-Israel war against Iran was Unjust or not?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (kxLc1)
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Quit playing a victim. This is aos where sarcasm and snark is it's trademark.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (kxLc1)
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That's not snark, it is a deliberate insult. When I found that some of my snark crossed the line, I dropped it because I see the Horde as a group of friends.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Several us mackeral-snapping Romish papists have requested that Pope Leo's correct name be used. Criticize his statements to your heart's content, but just use his correct name.
The reaction of certain members of the Horde have been to double-down. It's all very passive-aggressive.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:12 AM (kxLc1)
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That's not snark, it is a deliberate insult. When I found that some of my snark crossed the line, I dropped it because I see the Horde as a group of friends.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Several us mackeral-snapping Romish papists have requested that Pope Leo's correct name be used. Criticize his statements to your heart's content, but just use his correct name.
The reaction of certain members of the Horde have been to double-down. It's all very passive-aggressive.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (ksbjf)
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Heaven knows, Mr. Allison
Great film, and it doesn't take the cheesy end of her leaving her religious order and ending up with Mr. Allison.
Great film, and it doesn't take the cheesy end of her leaving her religious order and ending up with Mr. Allison.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (6jy2V)
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Trump keeps setting precedents.
He's declared war on both the Pope AND the ayatollahs.
He's declared war on both the Pope AND the ayatollahs.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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>>> Even humans can issue exuberant greetings far too early, just because they're wide awake and happy to see you, without accounting for your own sleepiness and mood. It could just be that he's sleeping better now that you're around more, and that's the result.
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM (Sy6m/)
I had a giant black lab that would walk up to my bed, (he was tall enough that his head was level to my head resting on my pillow), and just stare at me, six inches away while I sleep. I know this because I would be asleep and feel a presence, and once, he sneezed on me while doing this. He was darker than night so I couldn't see anything but the brown of his eyes. A Cheshire Lab.
When he saw my eyes open he would then, very slowly, and as carefully as a ten ton black lab can, climb up and lay on top of me to sleep.
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 10:15 AM (Sy6m/)
I had a giant black lab that would walk up to my bed, (he was tall enough that his head was level to my head resting on my pillow), and just stare at me, six inches away while I sleep. I know this because I would be asleep and feel a presence, and once, he sneezed on me while doing this. He was darker than night so I couldn't see anything but the brown of his eyes. A Cheshire Lab.
When he saw my eyes open he would then, very slowly, and as carefully as a ten ton black lab can, climb up and lay on top of me to sleep.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2026 10:24 AM (3uBP9)
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Wow- disappearing posts! I'll try again.
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I heard it in an interview with Dickie Betts himself!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:14 AM (yGkmH)
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Playing now! (Live from the Fillmore version). Just great stuff.
I actually wrote a paper in high school on this song, in answer to a question "What is a beautiful thing?" and got a C minus. My asshole teacher was not a fan of the Allman Brothers. Of course he turned out to cheat on his pregnant wife and plays "American Songbook" piano (with his girlfriend) in Vermont restaurants now, so not a good judge of beauty.
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I heard it in an interview with Dickie Betts himself!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:14 AM (yGkmH)
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Playing now! (Live from the Fillmore version). Just great stuff.
I actually wrote a paper in high school on this song, in answer to a question "What is a beautiful thing?" and got a C minus. My asshole teacher was not a fan of the Allman Brothers. Of course he turned out to cheat on his pregnant wife and plays "American Songbook" piano (with his girlfriend) in Vermont restaurants now, so not a good judge of beauty.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2026 10:24 AM (28hw3)
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The horror.
>>@nypost
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>>Greta Thunberg and beau skip Gaza flotilla amid sexual misconduct allegations
>>@nypost
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>>Greta Thunberg and beau skip Gaza flotilla amid sexual misconduct allegations
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m)
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I believe Ted Cruz commented on the SSPX because a group of them started making a lot of noise in Arlington, Texas back in February. (Of all places)
Muslims, Mormons, Pentecostals, SSPX; everybody’s got something going on in Texas these days.
Muslims, Mormons, Pentecostals, SSPX; everybody’s got something going on in Texas these days.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (yGkmH)
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Pope Leo is not friend of MAGA or Trump. So, let's not. He is a leftist who spent his formative years in South America among the proletariat and is preaching like a Marxist.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (GD0B3)
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It's only an insult to you because you have an enormous ego and think everyone here should kowtow to you.
You are a complete nobody to me.
You are a complete nobody to me.
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And if it's news to some that he is, welcome to reality.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:26 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: How was his education paid for? at April 25, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
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Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (ksbjf)
The same courtesy should apply to Mormons of which we have a number at aos. The number of underwear and multiple wives snark is ubiquitous when Mormons are discussed.
The same courtesy should apply to Mormons of which we have a number at aos. The number of underwear and multiple wives snark is ubiquitous when Mormons are discussed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:27 AM (kxLc1)
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>>> Greta Thunberg and beau skip Gaza flotilla amid sexual misconduct allegations
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m)
I think a
"I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY GRETA THUNBERG ON A BOAT AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS TSHIRT"
tshirt would sell like fire.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (viF8m)
I think a
"I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY GRETA THUNBERG ON A BOAT AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS TSHIRT"
tshirt would sell like fire.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2026 10:28 AM (3uBP9)
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"Gret Thunberg" and "sexual misconduct" should NEVER be in the same sentence.
Posted by: Ewwww... just eewwww at April 25, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)
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Why did the Pope meet with Axelrod? Genuinely curious why a guy who's twitter feed was full of far left bullshit would meet with Obama's hitman, a secular Jew, for no apparent reason right before the kerfuffle started.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)
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Axelrod has a sick kid, and Archbishop Cupich set up the meeting. Cupich is pretty dirty, and he likely enjoyed the resulting speculation, but that's what actually happened.
If you look at the old feed, you see his account mostly retweeting colleagues. Not a lot of engagement.
There is also the fact that he is no longer in Peru, whose politics are much different than ours. I'm going to watch what he says and does as pope.
I'm also very much aware that the people pushing this made big bank off of Francis outrage and want that to continue. The honest critics admit that there is in fact a sharp contrast between the two, and the actions I mentioned above highlight it.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)
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Axelrod has a sick kid, and Archbishop Cupich set up the meeting. Cupich is pretty dirty, and he likely enjoyed the resulting speculation, but that's what actually happened.
If you look at the old feed, you see his account mostly retweeting colleagues. Not a lot of engagement.
There is also the fact that he is no longer in Peru, whose politics are much different than ours. I'm going to watch what he says and does as pope.
I'm also very much aware that the people pushing this made big bank off of Francis outrage and want that to continue. The honest critics admit that there is in fact a sharp contrast between the two, and the actions I mentioned above highlight it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ewwww... just eewwww at April 25, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
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When I visit graveyards, I just look to see if my name is on any of the tombstones.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM
An old friend from high school lost his father on Good Friday. He sent me a pic from the service at the cemetery because it turns out our fathers are now neighbors. Blew his mind to see my dad's headstone a couple of yards from his dad's grave.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 09:36 AM
An old friend from high school lost his father on Good Friday. He sent me a pic from the service at the cemetery because it turns out our fathers are now neighbors. Blew his mind to see my dad's headstone a couple of yards from his dad's grave.
Posted by: RedMindBobState at April 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)
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Bet at Obama's Tower one won't find anything about hos college records
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Again did the Pope call this an unjust war or not? I don't hold it against him if he did though I disagree. I just don't want to spread untruths.
Again did the Pope call this an unjust war or not? I don't hold it against him if he did though I disagree. I just don't want to spread untruths.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (kxLc1)
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Pope Leo is not friend of MAGA or Trump. So, let's not. He is a leftist who spent his formative years in South America among the proletariat and is preaching like a Marxist.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (GD0B3)
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No, he was a missionary fighting Liberation Theology.
And OBVIOUSLY he's not MAGA. He's the pope! Totally different job.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:25 AM (GD0B3)
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No, he was a missionary fighting Liberation Theology.
And OBVIOUSLY he's not MAGA. He's the pope! Totally different job.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
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So we can now make snide comments about Pope Bob's underwear?
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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I fired off an email to his office at the Archdiocese of the Military Services last week, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself. I never received a reply. I suppose he didn't appreciate me quoting the specific section the Summa Theologica, and a Dominican friar's commentary on the Summa[/].
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)
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I can't recall any precedent for what he did. Putting moral doubt in the hearts of Catholic servicemembers in a time of active operations is the opposite of pastoral care.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Yes, I lost all respect for Arbp. Broglio after that little interview.
Iran's repeated legitimate acts of war, such as seizing the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, attacking the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, and sponsoring guerrillas while U.S. forces were in Iraq have been ignored for decades. Not to mention the Iranians funding terrorist attacks around the world. We can't let them have nukes.
Contrast that to Obama launching military action against Libya. Nobody ever made a case for that. To this day, I have no clue.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)
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I can't recall any precedent for what he did. Putting moral doubt in the hearts of Catholic servicemembers in a time of active operations is the opposite of pastoral care.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Yes, I lost all respect for Arbp. Broglio after that little interview.
Iran's repeated legitimate acts of war, such as seizing the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, attacking the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, and sponsoring guerrillas while U.S. forces were in Iraq have been ignored for decades. Not to mention the Iranians funding terrorist attacks around the world. We can't let them have nukes.
Contrast that to Obama launching military action against Libya. Nobody ever made a case for that. To this day, I have no clue.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Tornado’s most often happen when a mass of rapidly moving cold air gets on top of a mass of moist, warm air (up from the south). Massive turbulence ensues as they try to trade places.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (yGkmH)
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Crap. Off, stale Bob sock!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Wnv9h)
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Muslims, Mormons, Pentecostals, SSPX; everybody’s got something going on in Texas these days.
Posted by: Tom Servo
That's because Texas matters now. Like California used to matter. Massachusetts before that.
Nobody is going to Louisiana or Washington State to start a new religion.
Posted by: Tom Servo
That's because Texas matters now. Like California used to matter. Massachusetts before that.
Nobody is going to Louisiana or Washington State to start a new religion.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)
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An American Pope was elected because the Catholic church needs a lot of funds. No African pope because how will the church coffers be filled from the poor. So let's elect an American one. They have the money, right. The Axelrod visit is very suspicious. It was not your regular audience where you come up, exchange a greeting etc., it was behind closed doors. Maybe he was trying to set up a tête-à-têtet between the pope and brack hussein.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (GD0B3)
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Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:23 AM (ksbjf)
The same courtesy should apply to Mormons of which we have a number at aos. The number of underwear and multiple wives snark is ubiquitous when Mormons are discussed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:27 AM (kxLc1)
I've never made such remarks, and think that they're in bad taste.
The same courtesy should apply to Mormons of which we have a number at aos. The number of underwear and multiple wives snark is ubiquitous when Mormons are discussed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:27 AM (kxLc1)
I've never made such remarks, and think that they're in bad taste.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:33 AM (ksbjf)
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So we can now make snide comments about Pope Bob's underwear?
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:33 AM (kxLc1)
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>>>"...what papers of any value will be in the Obama library?"
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His college transcripts.
Posted by: How was his education paid for?
>Did anybody ever resolve the birth certificate issue? Bueller?
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His college transcripts.
Posted by: How was his education paid for?
>Did anybody ever resolve the birth certificate issue? Bueller?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 10:34 AM (Fbc0I)
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No, he was a missionary fighting Liberation Theology.
And OBVIOUSLY he's not MAGA. He's the pope! Totally different job.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
And yet he is politicking for the Marxist-Green alliance. I can cite examples. He should stay away from politicking for the marxist-green alliance, not a good look.
And OBVIOUSLY he's not MAGA. He's the pope! Totally different job.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
And yet he is politicking for the Marxist-Green alliance. I can cite examples. He should stay away from politicking for the marxist-green alliance, not a good look.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:35 AM (GD0B3)
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An American Pope was elected because the Catholic church needs a lot of funds.
Posted by: runner
I thought the Vatican was just trying to dodge Trump's tariffs. Kidding!!!
Posted by: runner
I thought the Vatican was just trying to dodge Trump's tariffs. Kidding!!!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:36 AM (l26NL)
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Since this is a Smart Military Blog™ am I s'posed ta know what SSPX stands for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)
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So we can now make snide comments about Pope Bob's underwear?
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:33 AM (kxLc1)
No matter which, I'm pretty sure he don't need a cod piece.
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:33 AM (kxLc1)
No matter which, I'm pretty sure he don't need a cod piece.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 25, 2026 10:36 AM (snZF9)
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Again did the Pope call this an unjust war or not? I don't hold it against him if he did though I disagree. I just don't want to spread untruths.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (kxLc1)
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Every Pope at least going back to the 1900s has called for an end to conflict. That's what they do. His remarks that were attribute to being a direct rebuttal of Trump came from a homily he delivered in Africa, written well before the fact. Hence the constant call for dialog because these are internal wars.
I posed at length about this above. He has come out and said that he is not engaging anyone, and made it clear that everything has been overblown, and you saw Trump similarly work to lower tensions.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (kxLc1)
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Every Pope at least going back to the 1900s has called for an end to conflict. That's what they do. His remarks that were attribute to being a direct rebuttal of Trump came from a homily he delivered in Africa, written well before the fact. Hence the constant call for dialog because these are internal wars.
I posed at length about this above. He has come out and said that he is not engaging anyone, and made it clear that everything has been overblown, and you saw Trump similarly work to lower tensions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
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He should continue touring places like Africa, and giving people living under bloodthirsty islamism hope.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:37 AM (GD0B3)
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>>> An old friend from high school lost his father on Good Friday. He sent me a pic from the service at the cemetery because it turns out our fathers are now neighbors. Blew his mind to see my dad's headstone a couple of yards from his dad's grave.
Posted by: RedMindBobState at April 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)
When I was living in Savannah we would go to a lot of the civil war cemeteries there. A good number of her distant relatives were in the war, and she would take paper and pencil an transfer the relief over with rubbing with the pencil. This was nice because one of her relatives that she got a nice memorial image for on their family web page previously just had this one statement in their record books,
"He was taken by the diarrhea".
How would you like that, your one remaining imprint left on the world?
Posted by: RedMindBobState at April 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)
When I was living in Savannah we would go to a lot of the civil war cemeteries there. A good number of her distant relatives were in the war, and she would take paper and pencil an transfer the relief over with rubbing with the pencil. This was nice because one of her relatives that she got a nice memorial image for on their family web page previously just had this one statement in their record books,
"He was taken by the diarrhea".
How would you like that, your one remaining imprint left on the world?
Posted by: banana Dream - cha cha cha at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (3uBP9)
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My dad has tons of old pictures and he's distressed at what will happen to them when he's gone, so I understand what you're going through. Are there any that could be of interest to a local historical society?
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (PrsTH)
No. And no one was a professional photographer. There weren't landmarks or anything of value.
I don't expect to see or talk to any of these people ever again. I'm at peace with that. We were never very close anyways and I'll only hear from them for funerals. So I've decided to make this a fresh start for me.
I think I'll take the 'iffy' pictures and just have a separate album for those. After I'm blessed with family, this can be there problem a long time down the road.
Is your father sorting through his? I'm just going through an album at a time when I need to task switch so it's not over-whelming.
And thank you...
Oh, obama's library...I'd like to see
Copies of his birth certificate
His writings from college which we NEVER 'experienced'. Wasn't he the first black editor or something but we never saw anything he wrote.
Love letters to Mooch would be good for a laugh...
Posted by: Vendette at April 25, 2026 10:17 AM (PrsTH)
No. And no one was a professional photographer. There weren't landmarks or anything of value.
I don't expect to see or talk to any of these people ever again. I'm at peace with that. We were never very close anyways and I'll only hear from them for funerals. So I've decided to make this a fresh start for me.
I think I'll take the 'iffy' pictures and just have a separate album for those. After I'm blessed with family, this can be there problem a long time down the road.
Is your father sorting through his? I'm just going through an album at a time when I need to task switch so it's not over-whelming.
And thank you...
Oh, obama's library...I'd like to see
Copies of his birth certificate
His writings from college which we NEVER 'experienced'. Wasn't he the first black editor or something but we never saw anything he wrote.
Love letters to Mooch would be good for a laugh...
Posted by: Stateless at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b)
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Tornado’s most often happen when a mass of rapidly moving cold air gets on top of a mass of moist, warm air (up from the south). Massive turbulence ensues as they try to trade places.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Exactly. If you look at historical tracks of tornadoes in the US, the base of the Texas Panhandle and where the Mississippi River meets the gulf are prime formation areas. The corriolis effect makes the cold arctic air move eastward, and the moist air comes from the gulf, and when they hit each other, they provide the ingredients.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Exactly. If you look at historical tracks of tornadoes in the US, the base of the Texas Panhandle and where the Mississippi River meets the gulf are prime formation areas. The corriolis effect makes the cold arctic air move eastward, and the moist air comes from the gulf, and when they hit each other, they provide the ingredients.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (0U5gm)
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And Pope Leo needs to stop demonizing people fighting the enemy of humanity and peace.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (GD0B3)
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Axelrod has a sick kid, and Archbishop Cupich set up the meeting. Cupich is pretty dirty, and he likely enjoyed the resulting speculation, but that's what actually happened.
Seems odd. I'm a Protestant and I don't seek help from the Pope when I have problems.
Be that as it may its silly to pretend the Catholic Church and all religions for that matter don't meddle in affairs of the state. They have from day 1. Nature of the beast.
I don't care that they do but I do care when they pretend they don't.
Seems odd. I'm a Protestant and I don't seek help from the Pope when I have problems.
Be that as it may its silly to pretend the Catholic Church and all religions for that matter don't meddle in affairs of the state. They have from day 1. Nature of the beast.
I don't care that they do but I do care when they pretend they don't.
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By the way, I asked the internet what the proper word is for the process of rubbing a pencil on a surface to get an image of the relief and,... yeah I'm not writing that.
Posted by: banana Dream - not even in my cottage at April 25, 2026 10:40 AM (3uBP9)
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In China they have a national holiday that translates as "Tomb Sweeping Day." A time to maintain graves and monuments.
In China they have a national holiday that translates as "Tomb Sweeping Day." A time to maintain graves and monuments.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 25, 2026 10:40 AM (bYpLU)
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I don't think anyone should be offended by snark if it's witty . Don't be like Constanza and be pissed off because you can't come up with a good retort.
Being angry accomplishes the goal of the snarker. Just my two cents .
Being angry accomplishes the goal of the snarker. Just my two cents .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (kxLc1)
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Religons don't meddle in the affairs of state.
People do.
People do.
Posted by: The spirit of Don Rumsfeld at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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The Axelrod visit is very suspicious. It was not your regular audience where you come up, exchange a greeting etc., it was behind closed doors. Maybe he was trying to set up a tête-à-têtet between the pope and brack hussein.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (GD0B3)
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Private audiences are a thing. If you have connections, you can get one. Cardinal Cupich set this up. I think it's a nothingburger because Pope Leo absolutely does NOT want to be embroiled in American politics, which is why he is not visiting on the Fourth of July. He is a foreign head of state, serving a higher power.
Not only is he uninterested in grubby Chicago politics, he's been out of the country for most of his adult life.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (GD0B3)
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Private audiences are a thing. If you have connections, you can get one. Cardinal Cupich set this up. I think it's a nothingburger because Pope Leo absolutely does NOT want to be embroiled in American politics, which is why he is not visiting on the Fourth of July. He is a foreign head of state, serving a higher power.
Not only is he uninterested in grubby Chicago politics, he's been out of the country for most of his adult life.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
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Love letters to Mooch would be good for a laugh...
Posted by: Stateless
They'll be fake and ghostwritten. Especially from the semiliterate Michelle Robinson. There was a whole movie about those two lovebirds, Southside With You which tried to paper over so obvious the political union.
As before I know Big Mike ain't an actual Mike. If she was, Obama might actually want to spend time with her.
Posted by: Stateless
They'll be fake and ghostwritten. Especially from the semiliterate Michelle Robinson. There was a whole movie about those two lovebirds, Southside With You which tried to paper over so obvious the political union.
As before I know Big Mike ain't an actual Mike. If she was, Obama might actually want to spend time with her.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Again did the Pope call this an unjust war or not? I don't hold it against him if he did though I disagree. I just don't want to spread untruths.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (kxLc1)
As far as I know, Pope Leo XIV did not make any such statement. Archbishop Broglio did say it may not be a Just War (have to wait until Iran has nuke, just to be sure), but he hid behind weasel-words.
Pope Leo doesn't have to be a friend to Pres. Trump or the MAGA movement. He's head of the Catholic Church: he has other goals. To be honest, devout Catholics are not exactly conservative or liberal in their politics.
As for President Trump, I prefer to see what Pope Leo XIV does rather than react to what people tell me what he said. Pope Leo has an opportunity to mark his own path - we shall see what he does.
He did publicly state that he had not intention of getting into an argument with Pres. Trump.
Again did the Pope call this an unjust war or not? I don't hold it against him if he did though I disagree. I just don't want to spread untruths.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (kxLc1)
As far as I know, Pope Leo XIV did not make any such statement. Archbishop Broglio did say it may not be a Just War (have to wait until Iran has nuke, just to be sure), but he hid behind weasel-words.
Pope Leo doesn't have to be a friend to Pres. Trump or the MAGA movement. He's head of the Catholic Church: he has other goals. To be honest, devout Catholics are not exactly conservative or liberal in their politics.
As for President Trump, I prefer to see what Pope Leo XIV does rather than react to what people tell me what he said. Pope Leo has an opportunity to mark his own path - we shall see what he does.
He did publicly state that he had not intention of getting into an argument with Pres. Trump.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (ksbjf)
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>>>So we can now make snide comments about Pope Bob's underwear?
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
>If I was wearing a papal cossock, I'd go commando and be free-balling it.
Posted by: Kewl at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Boxers or briefs?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
>If I was wearing a papal cossock, I'd go commando and be free-balling it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Fbc0I)
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Yeah?
Well, the Jerk Store called...
Well, the Jerk Store called...
Posted by: George at April 25, 2026 10:42 AM (2Ez/1)
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Contrast that to Obama launching military action against Libya. Nobody ever made a case for that. To this day, I have no clue.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
I spent some time trying to figure out just why we did that back at the time, because on the surface it made no sense. Well one obvious reason was to make Hillary look like she was capable of being President (which failed)
But even more, I came away with the strong belief that France and Italy convinced NATO to push the US into doing it, because they needed the USAF. Purpose? So that Italy and France could take over Libyan oil production installations, which is exactly what happened after the Libyan government collapsed.
Except it’s not the Italian and French governments, it’s private consortiums and corps, which I’m sure have been making massive payoffs to the responsible Italian and French political players who handed this to them. Libya still produces plenty of oil; not a penny of it goes to anyone living there except a couple of warlords who provide security.
MadMaxistan indeed.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
I spent some time trying to figure out just why we did that back at the time, because on the surface it made no sense. Well one obvious reason was to make Hillary look like she was capable of being President (which failed)
But even more, I came away with the strong belief that France and Italy convinced NATO to push the US into doing it, because they needed the USAF. Purpose? So that Italy and France could take over Libyan oil production installations, which is exactly what happened after the Libyan government collapsed.
Except it’s not the Italian and French governments, it’s private consortiums and corps, which I’m sure have been making massive payoffs to the responsible Italian and French political players who handed this to them. Libya still produces plenty of oil; not a penny of it goes to anyone living there except a couple of warlords who provide security.
MadMaxistan indeed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:42 AM (yGkmH)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
You didn't answer the question. Unjust war holds a specific definition. Words matter in this case.
You didn't answer the question. Unjust war holds a specific definition. Words matter in this case.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:42 AM (kxLc1)
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>>I asked the internet what the proper word is for the process of rubbing a pencil on a surface to get an image of the relief and,... yeah I'm not writing that.
Frottage? What's wrong with that?
Frottage? What's wrong with that?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)
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Be that as it may its silly to pretend the Catholic Church and all religions for that matter don't meddle in affairs of the state. They have from day 1. Nature of the beast.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: Leo X at April 25, 2026 10:43 AM (n9ltV)
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>>> Tornado’s most often happen when a mass of rapidly moving cold air gets on top of a mass of moist, warm air (up from the south). Massive turbulence ensues as they try to trade places.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (yGkmH)
I like to imagine a Mexican weather girl describing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (yGkmH)
I like to imagine a Mexican weather girl describing that.
Posted by: banana Dream - visually, because I'm a visual learner at April 25, 2026 10:43 AM (3uBP9)
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The Jerk Store is always open here.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (yYROg)
Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (iJfKG)
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Lloyd you are trying to tell the audience here to ignore our lying eyes and ears when it come to Pope Leo.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (GD0B3)
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Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (ksbjf)
If he didn't, this is one reason why AI needs to diaf.
If he didn't, this is one reason why AI needs to diaf.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:45 AM (kxLc1)
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They'll be fake and ghostwritten. Especially from the semiliterate Michelle Robinson. There was a whole movie about those two lovebirds, Southside With You which tried to paper over so obvious the political union.
As before I know Big Mike ain't an actual Mike. If she was, Obama might actually want to spend time with her.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King [gKWVE] at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (yYROg)
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Given the quality of woke writing, they will be unintentionally hilarious.
Mooch's podcast where she constantly rips on her husband is wonderful. She's done it for years, but now that she doesn't have to live with him, there's more of an edge.
As before I know Big Mike ain't an actual Mike. If she was, Obama might actually want to spend time with her.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King [gKWVE] at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (yYROg)
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Given the quality of woke writing, they will be unintentionally hilarious.
Mooch's podcast where she constantly rips on her husband is wonderful. She's done it for years, but now that she doesn't have to live with him, there's more of an edge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
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I don't think anyone should be offended by snark if it's witty . Don't be like Constanza and be pissed off because you can't come up with a good retort.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
OT, but my daughter attended a new play in Chicago last night. Jason Alexander is the director and she met him in the lobby.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
OT, but my daughter attended a new play in Chicago last night. Jason Alexander is the director and she met him in the lobby.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:46 AM (l26NL)
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I saw Taken By The Diarrhea open for Dexy's Midnight Runners at the Cow Palace in '82
Out: This One Last Wild Waltz
In: This Gallopping Case Of The Trots
Out: This One Last Wild Waltz
In: This Gallopping Case Of The Trots
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:47 AM (yYROg)
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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:46 AM (l26NL)
Was the play good?
Was the play good?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:48 AM (kxLc1)
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>>Religons don't meddle in the affairs of state.
People do.
Why is Brazil a Portuguese speaking country when the rest of Latin America speaks Spanish?
People do.
Why is Brazil a Portuguese speaking country when the rest of Latin America speaks Spanish?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)
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Was the play good?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
She said yes it was. A comedy. I don't think I got the name.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
She said yes it was. A comedy. I don't think I got the name.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (l26NL)
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>>> Was the play good?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:48 AM (kxLc1)
no, not really
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:48 AM (kxLc1)
no, not really
Posted by: Mrs. Lincoln at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (3uBP9)
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138 vmom - Time flies because I remember when your puppy came home.
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mustbequantum - I can't believe its been that long either
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mustbequantum - I can't believe its been that long either
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (LmPA0)
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The Jerk Store is always open here.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King
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Apparently the Plaid Store is gone, I don't much of it around here anymore.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King
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Apparently the Plaid Store is gone, I don't much of it around here anymore.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 25, 2026 10:50 AM (XeU6L)
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She said yes it was. A comedy. I don't think I got the name.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (l26NL)
I heard he was a nice guy from other regular folk who had interactions with him.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (l26NL)
I heard he was a nice guy from other regular folk who had interactions with him.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:50 AM (kxLc1)
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Posted by: Mrs. Lincoln at April 25, 2026 10:49 AM (3uBP9)
Did you tell the actors to break a leg?
Did you tell the actors to break a leg?
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 10:50 AM (yYROg)
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Oh, obama's library...I'd like to see
Copies of his birth certificate
His writings from college which we NEVER 'experienced'. Wasn't he the first black editor or something but we never saw anything he wrote.
Love letters to Mooch would be good for a laugh...
Posted by: Stateless at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b)
Pictures and letters from ‘Julia’.
Copies of his birth certificate
His writings from college which we NEVER 'experienced'. Wasn't he the first black editor or something but we never saw anything he wrote.
Love letters to Mooch would be good for a laugh...
Posted by: Stateless at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b)
Pictures and letters from ‘Julia’.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:50 AM (dtj4g)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:51 AM (kxLc1)
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Lloyd you are trying to tell the audience here to ignore our lying eyes and ears when it come to Pope Leo.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (GD0B3)
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Cui bono? Who benefits from your narrative? I've already shown that much of it is demonstrably fake.
Let me ask you a question: Do you think Cardinal Cupich, who just appeared on 60 Minutes with the other two notoriously dirty bishops to slag on Trump, would not set up Pope Leo for an info op? "Hey, Your Holiness, I have a friend with a sick kid who would like your blessing."
Cupich *is* a very political creature, and fully capable of doing that. And the goal is very much to split Catholics from the conservative movement. Hence the Nuncio op as well. The selective quoting and Trump/Vance baiting.
But you just saw all of it be repudiated, all of it toned down. If Pope Leo was an implacable enemy, why wouldn't he double down? No harm to him, lots of liberal Catholics would enjoy it. Francis made a career of it.
Pope Leo disavowed it very publicly.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (GD0B3)
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Cui bono? Who benefits from your narrative? I've already shown that much of it is demonstrably fake.
Let me ask you a question: Do you think Cardinal Cupich, who just appeared on 60 Minutes with the other two notoriously dirty bishops to slag on Trump, would not set up Pope Leo for an info op? "Hey, Your Holiness, I have a friend with a sick kid who would like your blessing."
Cupich *is* a very political creature, and fully capable of doing that. And the goal is very much to split Catholics from the conservative movement. Hence the Nuncio op as well. The selective quoting and Trump/Vance baiting.
But you just saw all of it be repudiated, all of it toned down. If Pope Leo was an implacable enemy, why wouldn't he double down? No harm to him, lots of liberal Catholics would enjoy it. Francis made a career of it.
Pope Leo disavowed it very publicly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:51 AM (ZOv7s)
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I heard he was a nice guy from other regular folk who had interactions with him.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
She said he was wonderful. Very generous with his time. She's a stage manager and has met a lot of less than good people, so it's high praise. Stacy Keach was great though.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
She said he was wonderful. Very generous with his time. She's a stage manager and has met a lot of less than good people, so it's high praise. Stacy Keach was great though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:52 AM (l26NL)
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"He was taken by the diarrhea".
How would you like that, your one remaining imprint left on the world?
Posted by: banana Dream - cha cha cha at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM
Hell of an epitaph, that.
How would you like that, your one remaining imprint left on the world?
Posted by: banana Dream - cha cha cha at April 25, 2026 10:38 AM
Hell of an epitaph, that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2026 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)
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I saw Taken By The Diarrhea open for Dexy's Midnight Runners at the Cow Palace in '82.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (iJfKG)
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I miss edgy 80s bands.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2026 10:44 AM (iJfKG)
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I miss edgy 80s bands.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)
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Was it a play about nothing?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 25, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 25, 2026 10:54 AM (l26NL)
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I was in the pool!!
Posted by: The play at April 25, 2026 10:55 AM (2Ez/1)
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Blaise Cardinal Cupich wanted to give Sen. Dick Durban - an avowed abortion supporter who has been denied communion by his own bishop - an award for his support for migrants.
Only after that bishop spoke up and a firestorm resulted was the award canceled.
So yes, Cupich is *very* much a Dem partisan.
Only after that bishop spoke up and a firestorm resulted was the award canceled.
So yes, Cupich is *very* much a Dem partisan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)
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Could have been worse. Gonorhea?
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:55 AM (dtj4g)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (qvWjQ)
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This place.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
*********
You should have seen it yesterday when Fenelon was bantering with Ace about "quim"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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You should have seen it yesterday when Fenelon was bantering with Ace about "quim"
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (I0N4X)
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The Axelrod visit is very suspicious....
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (GD0B3)
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Private audiences are a thing. If you have connections, you can get one. Cardinal Cupich set this up. ...
Not only is he uninterested in grubby Chicago politics, he's been out of the country for most of his adult life.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
The audience was a misstep. In hind-sight, I wouldn't be surprised if Cardinal Cupich was attempted to disrupt Pope Leo's papacy. Until this [orchestrated?] debate with Pres. Trump, most Catholics were generally liking what they were seeing in Pope Leo's actions.
It's a bit "inside baseball" but Bishop Martin in the Diocese of Charlotte issued a very crazy edict that limited the Latin Mass and private devotions last year. He had just so happened to be told not to that by Card. Prevost (before he became Pope), and Martin just happens to be one of Card. Cupich's creatures. That was all to derail negotiations with the SSPX.
Time will tell if Pope Leo has learned to be wary of Card. Cupich.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:32 AM (GD0B3)
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Private audiences are a thing. If you have connections, you can get one. Cardinal Cupich set this up. ...
Not only is he uninterested in grubby Chicago politics, he's been out of the country for most of his adult life.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
The audience was a misstep. In hind-sight, I wouldn't be surprised if Cardinal Cupich was attempted to disrupt Pope Leo's papacy. Until this [orchestrated?] debate with Pres. Trump, most Catholics were generally liking what they were seeing in Pope Leo's actions.
It's a bit "inside baseball" but Bishop Martin in the Diocese of Charlotte issued a very crazy edict that limited the Latin Mass and private devotions last year. He had just so happened to be told not to that by Card. Prevost (before he became Pope), and Martin just happens to be one of Card. Cupich's creatures. That was all to derail negotiations with the SSPX.
Time will tell if Pope Leo has learned to be wary of Card. Cupich.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (ksbjf)
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Much like the burning during urination.
Posted by: Kramer at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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Good morning good people! Just joining in.
Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2026 10:57 AM (Kyh8Y)
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Eromero, hugs to you and Mrs E. Hope everything goes smoothly. Sending healing thoughts your way.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 25, 2026 10:58 AM (kJmSS)
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Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
Posted by: Tonypete
Hey, bub, watch it.
Posted by: Tonypete
Hey, bub, watch it.
Posted by: Scientology at April 25, 2026 10:58 AM (l26NL)
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You should have seen it yesterday when Fenelon was bantering with Ace about "quim"
Posted by: muldoon
Quim the Eskimo was a great tune!
Posted by: muldoon
Quim the Eskimo was a great tune!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2026 10:58 AM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 10:58 AM (tgvbd)
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Obama's "library" is more like a base of operations for the continued Marxist takeover of the US. I'd bet only about 10% of the place is accessible to the public.
Makes you wonder what the rest is for.
A number of people have commented on its construction and the lack of any openness about it. A friend who's in the construction/architecture biz made similar observations about it. But let's agonize over the Trump ballroom instead.
Makes you wonder what the rest is for.
A number of people have commented on its construction and the lack of any openness about it. A friend who's in the construction/architecture biz made similar observations about it. But let's agonize over the Trump ballroom instead.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 10:58 AM (jehhT)
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Hey.
We're sitting right here.
We're sitting right here.
Posted by: Zoroastrians at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:51 AM (ZOv7s)
First of all , the "sick kid" is an adult, and axe is a Jew, so no, he does not believe that the Pope can heal his adult child, that narrative is nonsense. Otherwise Axe would have been hanging out at the Vatican a lot sooner, before Leo came into office. Who the fuck thought of that one? Axelrod going to the Pope because of his "kid". He already did one for his "kid", passed Obamacare. Leo has bad advisors, but then the buck stops with him.
First of all , the "sick kid" is an adult, and axe is a Jew, so no, he does not believe that the Pope can heal his adult child, that narrative is nonsense. Otherwise Axe would have been hanging out at the Vatican a lot sooner, before Leo came into office. Who the fuck thought of that one? Axelrod going to the Pope because of his "kid". He already did one for his "kid", passed Obamacare. Leo has bad advisors, but then the buck stops with him.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (GD0B3)
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I do know the Pope has accused the Trump administration of cruel and unjust treatment of illegals though has stated he does not disagree with right to secure one's borders.
I think that's what started the riff with Trump.
I think that's what started the riff with Trump.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (kxLc1)
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The audience was a misstep. In hind-sight, I wouldn't be surprised if Cardinal Cupich was attempted to disrupt Pope Leo's papacy.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (ksbjf
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See above. Cupich is completely corrupt.
Also: sinners are the people who need the most help, and the greatest joys in heaven are when the worst sinners repent, so meeting with someone like that is an opportunity to (perhaps against their conscious will), lead them to God.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (ksbjf
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See above. Cupich is completely corrupt.
Also: sinners are the people who need the most help, and the greatest joys in heaven are when the worst sinners repent, so meeting with someone like that is an opportunity to (perhaps against their conscious will), lead them to God.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)
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290 Good morning good people! Just joining in.
Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2026 10:57 AM (Kyh8Y
Raises hand. ‘Hey, what about us Presbyterians?’
Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2026 10:57 AM (Kyh8Y
Raises hand. ‘Hey, what about us Presbyterians?’
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (dtj4g)
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Got's to go to run errands.
The thread has reminded me that I need to pray a Rosary again for the Cardinals and Bishops. Some of those guys are a very bad glide-path.
The thread has reminded me that I need to pray a Rosary again for the Cardinals and Bishops. Some of those guys are a very bad glide-path.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (ksbjf)
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We don't get no respect.
Posted by: The Druids at April 25, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
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>>The audience was a misstep. In hind-sight, I wouldn't be surprised if Cardinal Cupich was attempted to disrupt Pope Leo's papacy. Until this [orchestrated?] debate with Pres. Trump, most Catholics were generally liking what they were seeing in Pope Leo's actions.
The Pope is originally from Chicago. He knows exactly who David Axelrod is and what he represents.
The Pope is originally from Chicago. He knows exactly who David Axelrod is and what he represents.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)
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Do you know shit?
https://tinyurl.com/yvzvmwjb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (qvWjQ)
Thanks for that !
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (qvWjQ)
Thanks for that !
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:02 AM (kxLc1)
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Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM (I0N4X)
Yes, Indeed. I have my bantering side 😉
It's generally not about quim, however. I never knew there were so many phrases for vagina until I got here, probably because I'm not a man. The image of quim being singed by the hotness of Ace was pretty funny, though.
Yes, Indeed. I have my bantering side 😉
It's generally not about quim, however. I never knew there were so many phrases for vagina until I got here, probably because I'm not a man. The image of quim being singed by the hotness of Ace was pretty funny, though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 11:02 AM (GLmO1)
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Retired Buckeye Cop, my concern was with Leo XIV's visit to Algeria. A tenth of the population was Catholic under the French, and there was a strong Jewish presence as well. The Pope went there to pray for the thugs who booted them out. Which led inevitably to the 1990s when Muslims revert to type.
Catholics can discuss what dog they got in the Muslim/Jewish fight, but it rubs them the wrong way when they're told "Algeria for the Algerians" and "France for... everybody!!".
Especially at a time Algeria's coreligionists are lighting up French cathedrals.
Catholics can discuss what dog they got in the Muslim/Jewish fight, but it rubs them the wrong way when they're told "Algeria for the Algerians" and "France for... everybody!!".
Especially at a time Algeria's coreligionists are lighting up French cathedrals.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (yYROg)
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I do know the Pope has accused the Trump administration of cruel and unjust treatment of illegals though has stated he does not disagree with right to secure one's borders.
I think that's what started the riff with Trump.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (kxLc1)
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It is shameful that some Catholic bishops are spreading lies about ICE agents raiding churches during Mass (hasn't happened) and offered dispensations from Mass attendance to illegals (but not Africans who are regularly attacked).
I think that's what started the riff with Trump.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (kxLc1)
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It is shameful that some Catholic bishops are spreading lies about ICE agents raiding churches during Mass (hasn't happened) and offered dispensations from Mass attendance to illegals (but not Africans who are regularly attacked).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)
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I guess I should have said that axe is not a catholic and does not believe in the healing powers of the Pope. It's not just jews.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (GD0B3)
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Cupich is completely corrupt.
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Saw an article that said Cupich has "profoundly reshaped" the US hierarchy. My thought was, "Yeah, like the Enola Gay 'profoundly reshaped' Hiroshima."
The guy's 77. He should have turned in his resignation a while ago.
Cupich is completely corrupt.
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Saw an article that said Cupich has "profoundly reshaped" the US hierarchy. My thought was, "Yeah, like the Enola Gay 'profoundly reshaped' Hiroshima."
The guy's 77. He should have turned in his resignation a while ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (tgvbd)
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You should have seen it yesterday when Fenelon was bantering with Ace about "quim"
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM
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Yeah. Had to look that up.
New to me.
Duly noted.
Posted by: muldoon at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM
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Yeah. Had to look that up.
New to me.
Duly noted.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)
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I do know the Pope has accused the Trump administration of cruel and unjust treatment of illegals though has stated he does not disagree with right to secure one's borders.
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A man for all seasons.
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A man for all seasons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 11:05 AM (qvWjQ)
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The Pope is originally from Chicago. He knows exactly who David Axelrod is and what he represents.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)
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Right. And then he left, was ordained, became a missionary and an Augustinian monk and eventually a bishop and then the Superior General of his order.
How would he have the time to keep up on that? Why?
The Pope is originally from Chicago. He knows exactly who David Axelrod is and what he represents.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)
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Right. And then he left, was ordained, became a missionary and an Augustinian monk and eventually a bishop and then the Superior General of his order.
How would he have the time to keep up on that? Why?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)
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Zoroastrianism has always worked for me, and nobody has a negative thing to say about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at April 25, 2026 11:05 AM (nWPIJ)
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Raises hand. ‘Hey, what about us Presbyterians?’
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (dtj4g)
Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 10:59 AM (dtj4g)
Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1)
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Do you know shit?
https://tinyurl.com/yvzvmwjb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM
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If not, you're SOL!
https://tinyurl.com/yvzvmwjb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 10:56 AM
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If not, you're SOL!
Posted by: And up a particular creek at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (2Ez/1)
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313 Zoroastrianism has always worked for me, and nobody has a negative thing to say about it.
Posted by: Cicero
Emperor Heraclius delivered something of an attitude readjustment in 628.
Posted by: Cicero
Emperor Heraclius delivered something of an attitude readjustment in 628.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 11:07 AM (yYROg)
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Talarico is a retard who hasn't an actual prayer in his race.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 11:07 AM (yYROg)
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Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1)
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Ecumenicism is when Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Hindus and Buddhists get together to agree that Tararico is a evil little piece of garbage.
Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1)
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Ecumenicism is when Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Hindus and Buddhists get together to agree that Tararico is a evil little piece of garbage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd)
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I saw Taken By The Diarrhea open for Dexy's Midnight Runners at the Cow Palace in '82.
Posted by: naturalfake
Should seen the tri-bill with The Cramps
Posted by: naturalfake
Should seen the tri-bill with The Cramps
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 25, 2026 11:08 AM (W5mpo)
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Is there still time to be the very first to slam Catholics, Mormons, Lutherans, Baptists, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, or Charismatics and their practices and beliefs?
You mean Papist welfare siphons, magic bloomer-wearing polygamists, Jello-salad freaks, card-playing whiskey-drinking hypocrites, usurious cheapskate porn-peddlers, quasi-catholics with a beard fetish, epileptic cosplayers and snakeoil-selling forehead slapping faith healers?
Not anymore!
You mean Papist welfare siphons, magic bloomer-wearing polygamists, Jello-salad freaks, card-playing whiskey-drinking hypocrites, usurious cheapskate porn-peddlers, quasi-catholics with a beard fetish, epileptic cosplayers and snakeoil-selling forehead slapping faith healers?
Not anymore!
Posted by: Made all that shit up on the fly too at April 25, 2026 11:08 AM (TbWk/)
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Yeah. Had to look that up.
New to me.
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Check out #1 on the list
New to me.
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https://namingschemes.com/Vagina_Synonyms
Check out #1 on the list
Posted by: one hour sober at April 25, 2026 11:09 AM (Y1sOo)
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The Vatican should take in Muslim immigrants, sure they have some extra space buildings, practice what you preach they say.
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 11:09 AM (Ia/+0)
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Best prayer revival thread ever !
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:09 AM (GD0B3)
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Zoroastrianism has always worked for me, and nobody has a negative thing to say about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43)
I saw a YT about celeries' religion and one, maybe Morgan Freeman, was a Zoroastrian. And it was on YT so you know it's right.
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43)
I saw a YT about celeries' religion and one, maybe Morgan Freeman, was a Zoroastrian. And it was on YT so you know it's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (qvWjQ)
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Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1
Apparently he didn’t learn anything.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1
Apparently he didn’t learn anything.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (dtj4g)
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How would he have the time to keep up on that? Why?
Probably as part of the Catholic Church's incessant efforts to flood this country with as many illegals as possible. The idea that it and its hierarchy are not both savvy about political actors - particularly those on the let them all in side - and uninvolved in politics is laughable.
Probably as part of the Catholic Church's incessant efforts to flood this country with as many illegals as possible. The idea that it and its hierarchy are not both savvy about political actors - particularly those on the let them all in side - and uninvolved in politics is laughable.
Posted by: Schmope at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (qJYla)
Posted by: Scribbles notes furiously at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)
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I guess I should have said that axe is not a catholic and does not believe in the healing powers of the Pope. It's not just jews.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (GD0B3)
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So that's exactly the sort of person you want to convert.
Look, I was a critic of Pope Francis, but when he met with Fidel Castro, I thought it appropriate and it would have been wonderful if there had been a deathbed conversion. That is literally job one for the Pope - saving souls.
Statecraft is the sordid thing that you have to also deal with. Again, could Cupich have played a dirty trick? Highly likely.
BTW, Cardinal Burke (a traditionalist) was instrumental in the election of Pope Leo, and had the firm backing of luminaries like Cardinal Zen and Cardinal Robert Sarah.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:03 AM (GD0B3)
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So that's exactly the sort of person you want to convert.
Look, I was a critic of Pope Francis, but when he met with Fidel Castro, I thought it appropriate and it would have been wonderful if there had been a deathbed conversion. That is literally job one for the Pope - saving souls.
Statecraft is the sordid thing that you have to also deal with. Again, could Cupich have played a dirty trick? Highly likely.
BTW, Cardinal Burke (a traditionalist) was instrumental in the election of Pope Leo, and had the firm backing of luminaries like Cardinal Zen and Cardinal Robert Sarah.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (tgvbd)
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I assume TbWk/ also has an opinion on Talarico, which might not be fit for publication here.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at April 25, 2026 11:11 AM (yYROg)
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Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1)
I was very gratified to see Paxton already calling him out as a false prophet and a fake Christian. (Which is absolutely true; Talerico’s beliefs are demonic) Cornyn and the rest of the DC republicans would say “oh tut tut we should not mention a man’s beliefs.”
Btw it’s my considered opinion that Cornyn has already given up, and is making no effort at all to try and win the runoff next month.
Talarico just said Jews would be offended by the Ten Commandments. He went to Presbyterian seminary.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:06 AM (kxLc1)
I was very gratified to see Paxton already calling him out as a false prophet and a fake Christian. (Which is absolutely true; Talerico’s beliefs are demonic) Cornyn and the rest of the DC republicans would say “oh tut tut we should not mention a man’s beliefs.”
Btw it’s my considered opinion that Cornyn has already given up, and is making no effort at all to try and win the runoff next month.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 11:11 AM (yGkmH)
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Could the men engaged in internecine Christian squabbles and fisticuffs please take off their shirts when they're fighting and send pictures? . That way the 'ettes could enjoy their manly pulchitude as a contrast to boobette threads. 😉 Thanks
See some of you on Monday, folks.
See some of you on Monday, folks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 11:11 AM (GLmO1)
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Zoroastrianism has always worked for me, and nobody has a negative thing to say about it.
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43)
That's when you put on a hat and mask, and ride around on a horse named Toronado subduing bad guys in Mexico
Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43)
That's when you put on a hat and mask, and ride around on a horse named Toronado subduing bad guys in Mexico
Posted by: The Mark of Zoroastrianism! at April 25, 2026 11:12 AM (TbWk/)
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So that's exactly the sort of person you want to convert.
Look, I was a critic of Pope Francis, but when he met with Fidel Castro, I thought it appropriate and it would have been wonderful if there had been a deathbed conversion. That is literally job one for the Pope - saving souls.
Statecraft is the sordid thing that you have to also deal with. Again, could Cupich have played a dirty trick? Highly likely.
BTW, Cardinal Burke (a traditionalist) was instrumental in the election of Pope Leo, and had the firm backing of luminaries like Cardinal Zen and Cardinal Robert Sarah.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (ZOv7
LOL, I am laughing so hard, the neighbors want to know what's up.
Axelrod did not go there for conversion, AHL. If anything, the Pope was converted by Axelrod!
Look, I was a critic of Pope Francis, but when he met with Fidel Castro, I thought it appropriate and it would have been wonderful if there had been a deathbed conversion. That is literally job one for the Pope - saving souls.
Statecraft is the sordid thing that you have to also deal with. Again, could Cupich have played a dirty trick? Highly likely.
BTW, Cardinal Burke (a traditionalist) was instrumental in the election of Pope Leo, and had the firm backing of luminaries like Cardinal Zen and Cardinal Robert Sarah.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (ZOv7
LOL, I am laughing so hard, the neighbors want to know what's up.
Axelrod did not go there for conversion, AHL. If anything, the Pope was converted by Axelrod!
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (GD0B3)
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I'm not Catholic, so no skin in the game, but I've been suspicious of the Vatican since they retired Pope Benedict and installed Francis as soon as Benedict decided to publicly criticize Islam.
I know there have been a lot of theories on why that is, but it coincided with Europe opening up the borders and flooding the continent with Syrian "refugees".
All of that happening, and still to this day, the Pope will not criticize Islam or take the Christian side against them just makes me even more suspicious of Leo.
He's brand new so I'll give him more time to reveal his true intentions and beliefs, but I can't help but see him as a less extreme version of Francis right now.
I know there have been a lot of theories on why that is, but it coincided with Europe opening up the borders and flooding the continent with Syrian "refugees".
All of that happening, and still to this day, the Pope will not criticize Islam or take the Christian side against them just makes me even more suspicious of Leo.
He's brand new so I'll give him more time to reveal his true intentions and beliefs, but I can't help but see him as a less extreme version of Francis right now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (6ydKt)
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Don Lemon's next stop will be St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. He plans to get kinky.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Fbc0I)
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Okay, I'm going to take Ralphy to Tim Hortons. Coffee for me. They give him a free timbit.
I told my friends' cat Snowflake she's in charge of the house.
I told my friends' cat Snowflake she's in charge of the house.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Sco7b)
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Probably as part of the Catholic Church's incessant efforts to flood this country with as many illegals as possible. The idea that it and its hierarchy are not both savvy about political actors - particularly those on the let them all in side - and uninvolved in politics is laughable.
Posted by: Schmope at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (qJYla)
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Tell me you know nothing about monasticism without telling me you know nothing about monasticism.
If Pope Leo was focusing on politics, it was the politics of Peruvia, where he was, with whom he had to contend, not grubby Chicago.
Posted by: Schmope at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (qJYla)
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Tell me you know nothing about monasticism without telling me you know nothing about monasticism.
If Pope Leo was focusing on politics, it was the politics of Peruvia, where he was, with whom he had to contend, not grubby Chicago.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (ZOv7s)
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Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his first veto to derail a bipartisan bill aimed at combating antisemitism.
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The scourge of anti-antisemitism must be stopped!
@SteveGuest
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his first veto to derail a bipartisan bill aimed at combating antisemitism.
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The scourge of anti-antisemitism must be stopped!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (qvWjQ)
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Make an autistic that comfortable!
Dim the lights! (Stop reading)
Speak in hushed tones! (STFU)
How about fuck off retards.
Dim the lights! (Stop reading)
Speak in hushed tones! (STFU)
How about fuck off retards.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (RArFo)
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New fantastical novel by AHL, Axelrod was in the Vatican for a private conversion meeting! You know, on the other hand, let's spread that one around!
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (GD0B3)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (tgvbd)
Oh, yes. Talarico's religion is hard lprogressivism with a large dose of "Jesus approves of whatever anyone does as long as it's about Luuuuuuv.
Oh, yes. Talarico's religion is hard lprogressivism with a large dose of "Jesus approves of whatever anyone does as long as it's about Luuuuuuv.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (GLmO1)
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Zoroastrianism has always worked for me, and nobody has a negative thing to say about it.
Posted by: Cicero
Scrabble?
Posted by: Cicero
Scrabble?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (W5mpo)
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Don Lemon's next stop will be St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. He plans to get kinky.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Fbc0I)
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He's heard all about the "faggotry" in Italian seminaries. Pope Francis said so (yes, he did!).
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Fbc0I)
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He's heard all about the "faggotry" in Italian seminaries. Pope Francis said so (yes, he did!).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)
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That = twat
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (RArFo)
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Apparently he didn’t learn anything.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (dtj4g)
He just did the typical Leftist move and said something stupid in his attempt to trash the Ten Commandments legislation. He said the Ten Commandments would be an affront to Jewish, Muslim,........
He also knows nothing about Muslims either ( who also recognize the Ten Commandments as delivered by the 'Prophet' Moses.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 11:10 AM (dtj4g)
He just did the typical Leftist move and said something stupid in his attempt to trash the Ten Commandments legislation. He said the Ten Commandments would be an affront to Jewish, Muslim,........
He also knows nothing about Muslims either ( who also recognize the Ten Commandments as delivered by the 'Prophet' Moses.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (kxLc1)
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I have a friend here who said “well Talerico is probably counting on getting a lot of Hispanic votes.” I sent him a picture of him (you gotta go looking, surprisingly) and said “look at him. He’s whiter than my white bread Nebraska nephews.”
Talerico is Italian, not his birthname, only the name of one of his mothers later live in boyfriends.
Talerico is Italian, not his birthname, only the name of one of his mothers later live in boyfriends.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 25, 2026 11:15 AM (yGkmH)
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Eromero,
How did Mrs. E do with her first infusion? Please let her know the spawn and I are thinking about her and praying.🙏🏻
How did Mrs. E do with her first infusion? Please let her know the spawn and I are thinking about her and praying.🙏🏻
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 25, 2026 11:15 AM (DYEui)
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New fantastical novel by AHL, Axelrod was in the Vatican for a private conversion meeting! You know, on the other hand, let's spread that one around!
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (GD0B3)
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Guy with the responsibility for 1.4 billion souls who has barely set foot in his home town since being a teenager obsessively follows Chicago machine politics! Totally plausible.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:14 AM (GD0B3)
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Guy with the responsibility for 1.4 billion souls who has barely set foot in his home town since being a teenager obsessively follows Chicago machine politics! Totally plausible.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:16 AM (ZOv7s)
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I went to an Internecine Christian Squabbles thread and a Prayer Thread broke out!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)
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lin-duh, what about your dizziness?
Posted by: Bob Ben Had at April 25, 2026 11:16 AM (DIbRX)
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I went to an Internecine Christian Squabbles thread and a Prayer Thread broke out!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
I saw Internecine Christian Squabbles open for Stryper at Boozefest in Golden Gate Park in 1998.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
I saw Internecine Christian Squabbles open for Stryper at Boozefest in Golden Gate Park in 1998.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 25, 2026 11:18 AM (W5mpo)
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I was born in Oakland County, grew up there, lived there on and off, both my grandparents lived in Birmingham, spent summers there, visited over the holidays and yet I have no idea what is going on there.
Heavy highway construction last summer caused me to take the "back roads" and I did not recognize any of it.
Heavy highway construction last summer caused me to take the "back roads" and I did not recognize any of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:18 AM (ZOv7s)
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Anyway, the Pope can do a lot of good if he stick to his "core competency". His tour of Africa gave many poor and forgotten a lot of hope. Stick to that and he is golden! It does not help that on the day that Trump's administration announced firing squads for capital punishment, Leo came out with an indignation.
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:18 AM (GD0B3)
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I am sure it was all a coincidence...
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:19 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:19 AM (tgvbd)
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>>How would he have the time to keep up on that? Why?
Seriously? The POTUS is among the most famous people on the planet. If for no other reason than his policies are explicity poitical and touch all facets of life. And no US president got more international media than Obama, the media made him into a rock star. The Pope is on the same stage.
Obama's 3rd term, Biden, was centered on mass migration. The Catholic Church and many other churches were balls deep in that disaster. It was not by chance that Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde took the opportunity to lecture Trump on open borders right after he was elected.
It's a complete fallacy that religious leaders and their institutions are apolitical. It's a convenient dodge but it isn't true and hasn't been ever. Pollsters are literally doing polls on how Trump is fairing with Catholic voters after the dust up. Now why are they doing that if the Pope isn't a player in politics?
My Presbyterian church went completely woke, a big reason I have no interest in the place anymore. Faith and church are not the same thing.
Seriously? The POTUS is among the most famous people on the planet. If for no other reason than his policies are explicity poitical and touch all facets of life. And no US president got more international media than Obama, the media made him into a rock star. The Pope is on the same stage.
Obama's 3rd term, Biden, was centered on mass migration. The Catholic Church and many other churches were balls deep in that disaster. It was not by chance that Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde took the opportunity to lecture Trump on open borders right after he was elected.
It's a complete fallacy that religious leaders and their institutions are apolitical. It's a convenient dodge but it isn't true and hasn't been ever. Pollsters are literally doing polls on how Trump is fairing with Catholic voters after the dust up. Now why are they doing that if the Pope isn't a player in politics?
My Presbyterian church went completely woke, a big reason I have no interest in the place anymore. Faith and church are not the same thing.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2026 11:20 AM (viF8m)
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Anyway, as always, I pray for God to lead us not into temptation, but sharpen the fraud investigators' minds and harden the prosecutors' hearts against mercy for the guilty, which is cruelty to the innocent. I am absolutely furious about corrupt program administrators making me effectively into a gormless sucker-chump by proxy, and I have never even made six figures in a year; so if they go "oh well resources are tight so we can only go after the $M+ frauds," then that will in fact constitute a temptation to relieve my injured pride at a profit.
Just as an alcoholic in recovery doesn't trust in his willpower and go to a bar for the great happy hour food deals, but instead takes detours to avoid even passing by his former haunts, I pray for the removal of the temptation of free easy money. May God steady the hearts and minds of the hands of Justice in rapidly putting every single fraudster away, so that they will all soon be doing serious hard time in Federal prison. Amen.
Just as an alcoholic in recovery doesn't trust in his willpower and go to a bar for the great happy hour food deals, but instead takes detours to avoid even passing by his former haunts, I pray for the removal of the temptation of free easy money. May God steady the hearts and minds of the hands of Justice in rapidly putting every single fraudster away, so that they will all soon be doing serious hard time in Federal prison. Amen.
Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 11:20 AM (Sy6m/)
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I went to an Internecine Christian Squabbles thread and a Prayer Thread broke out!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hopefully some people can see through the op. That was my goal. There is very much an effort underway to splinter Trump's religious-based coalition, and Talerico is part of this.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hopefully some people can see through the op. That was my goal. There is very much an effort underway to splinter Trump's religious-based coalition, and Talerico is part of this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 25, 2026 11:20 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 25, 2026 11:13 AM (6ydKt
Interesting.
Interesting.
Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 11:21 AM (dtj4g)
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The Intercept
@theintercept
Twenty donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center said the alleged “fraud” being prosecuted in their name was exactly how they hoped the group would spend their money.
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Boy, you said it!
- Adolph "The Fuehrer" Hitler
@theintercept
Twenty donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center said the alleged “fraud” being prosecuted in their name was exactly how they hoped the group would spend their money.
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Boy, you said it!
- Adolph "The Fuehrer" Hitler
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 11:22 AM (qvWjQ)
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Can you recite the Internecine Creed?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 25, 2026 11:24 AM (qvWjQ)
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Can you recite the Internecine Creed?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:19 AM (tgvbd)
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
The actual God, not the one those Mary-worshipping weirdos believe in.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven, not priests or saints or cardinals or bishops.
He became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human, but Mary was not made a god.
Can you recite the Internecine Creed?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2026 11:19 AM (tgvbd)
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
The actual God, not the one those Mary-worshipping weirdos believe in.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven, not priests or saints or cardinals or bishops.
He became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human, but Mary was not made a god.
Posted by: it's a rough draft at April 25, 2026 11:24 AM (TbWk/)
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Can you recite the Internecine Creed?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Like it was yesterday !
"I swear on my name and the names of the ancestors, that I shall walk the Way of the Mand'alor, and the words of the Creed shall be forever forged in my heart..This is the way."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Like it was yesterday !
"I swear on my name and the names of the ancestors, that I shall walk the Way of the Mand'alor, and the words of the Creed shall be forever forged in my heart..This is the way."
Posted by: runner at April 25, 2026 11:27 AM (GD0B3)
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It's all tongue in cheek so nobody get their magic undies in a bunch or get incensed.
Posted by: Just watch it'll be the SDAs who got it right at April 25, 2026 11:27 AM (TbWk/)
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