General Discussion, Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Stella

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  1. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    January 13, 2016 at 12:08 am

    This is very good, IMO:

    How Does Sharia Define “Jihad”?

    https://www.understandingthethreat.com/how-does-sharia-define-jihad/

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      January 13, 2016 at 6:06 am

      Morning Mary! Good article. About 2/3 of people in the Musslooom world do not have the reading comprehension skills needed to understand, read, the koran. Sounds familiar?

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      • lovely's avatar lovely says:
        January 13, 2016 at 8:02 am

        Yep, it is largely an illiterate, malformed culture.

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
        January 13, 2016 at 12:16 pm

        I think that, given what we see in Europe’s and America’s people, even white non-Muslims have no reading comprehension skills needed to understand, read, the koran.

        Let alone the whole of the ahadith. RoTT, Bukhari, Islam, Sunnah, Shia. All of this is incomprehensible to most people you know. Even if they actually tried.

        Most people have no reading and comprehension skills. Nor logic. Nor solid reasoning abilities. Not just Muslims. Most people.
        Let alone the whole of the ahadith.

        Most people have no reading and comprehension skills. Nor logic. Nor solid reasoning abilities. Not just Muslims. Most people.

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    • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
      January 13, 2016 at 9:45 pm

      BTW, good day everyone!

      (If I’d been thinking, I’d have said “good morning” last night, and beat the rush. Live and don’t learn, that’s me –modified h/t: Hobbes, from “Calvin and…”)

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  2. Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
    January 13, 2016 at 6:24 am

    Report from the PA Farm Show. Food is great, the company is good, and the Belgium horses are advertising, breeding orders are coming in. This will provide extra income for a deserving family. Spent a lot a time yesterday talking too other “landed gentry”, about local issues; clean and green, property tax relief, State/Federal EPA regulations for land, wetlands, coal/gas industry, and political issues local and national. Trump is very popular and may do well with the voters. Spending another day here, Harrisburg, then hauling the Big Boys home.

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  3. Stella's avatar stella says:
    January 13, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Good morning, everybody! I wanted to sleep in a bit this morning, but the cat was having none of it – time for breakfast for her! Oh well, I can take a nap later if I need it. I can hardly believe it’s almost the middle of January. The big event in Detroit this time of year is the North American International Auto Show. This week is press week, and starting Saturday, the public.

    Friday night is the charity preview event. I went one year; it’s quite a “do”.

    http://naias.com/

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  4. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    January 13, 2016 at 7:34 am

    Breakfast!

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  5. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    January 13, 2016 at 7:46 am

    You watch. I’ll post it and it will be the day texan59 logs in…. Coffee up!

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  6. hoosiergranny's avatar hoosiergranny says:
    January 13, 2016 at 7:48 am

    Morning, all. It’s 1* and still pretty dark out there this morning. It’s only supposed to get up into the 20’s today. This is the type of morning that make me glad the outhouse is an option rather than a necessity. Indoor plumbing. One of God’s most unappreciated blessings. 🙂

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      January 13, 2016 at 7:53 am

      Mornin’ hoosiergranny!

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      January 13, 2016 at 8:07 am

      Mornin’ Granny!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      January 13, 2016 at 8:10 am

      Good morning Granny 🙂

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      January 13, 2016 at 8:17 am

      Morning! That’s funny, about the outhouse. I remember that my grandma in Canada would usually make the trek outside to use the facilities, rather than dirtying up her inside bathroom. Different times!

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      January 13, 2016 at 10:35 am

      According to my Granny that’s what coffee cans were for. 🙂

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        January 13, 2016 at 10:58 pm

        The same grandma also had chamber pots under the beds. I don’t think I ever used one of them, but it was there in case of emergency.

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        • michellc's avatar michellc says:
          January 13, 2016 at 11:36 pm

          Mine had the coffee can. I learned about the coffee can when I spent the night with them by myself for the first time and woke my Granny up wanting her to take me to the bathroom. She pulled the coffee can out from under her bed and told me to pee in the can.
          I ended up peeing in the can, I didn’t like my other alternatives. 🙂

          The next morning she emptied the can, washed it and put it back under the bed.

          It was a story for me to tell all my friends, some of which had grandparents who had chamber pots under the bed but none who had coffee cans.
          Somehow I don’t think kids today would be too impressed with peeing in a can. Heck it would probably start a CPS investigation.

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          • Stella's avatar stella says:
            January 13, 2016 at 11:44 pm

            I think you’re right about the CPS investigation!

            My only real experience with outhouses was at our cottage “up north” when I was a kid. We didn’t have running water there, or electricity when I was little. There was a hand water pump on the porch.

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            • michellc's avatar michellc says:
              January 14, 2016 at 12:00 am

              My Poppa even after getting a bathroom kept his outhouse. Up until the day he died he still used the outhouse.
              He fought the bathroom for a long time, but his children talked him into it. They had water to the kitchen for years before they got the bathroom.
              Granny, though once she got a bathroom her days of going to the outhouse or warming up a tub of water in the kitchen to bathe in ended.

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              • hoosiergranny's avatar hoosiergranny says:
                January 14, 2016 at 12:59 am

                All my relatives were city folk. Papa’s grandparents, however, were country folk. Even after we married, they had an indoor bathroom that they rarely used, preferring the outhouse. The bathroom had too many issues and never really worked properly. Our granddaughter thinks we’re weird because we have the outhouse and continue to use it (occasionally).

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                • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                  January 14, 2016 at 9:20 am

                  We have an outhouse as well, but it never gets used. It’s there for emergencies or if everything crashes.

                  When you have a well you never know when you might need it for a day or so.

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                  • Stella's avatar stella says:
                    January 14, 2016 at 9:31 am

                    Isn’t that the truth! I haven’t had a well for a long time now, but I remember.

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                  • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                    January 14, 2016 at 10:29 am

                    A well is a pain when something goes wrong with it. Luckily ours isn’t extremely deep and can be pulled by hand, but we just recently had to replace the pump and motor and all the electrical wire.
                    We do have rural water to our property but not to our house and we also have a separate well that is just used to water animals and gardens because it’s sulfur water.
                    So we’re able to fill up buckets of water for toilet flushing, but after taking two days to get the pump in and hauling water for two days I was ready to just use the outhouse. lol

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  7. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    January 13, 2016 at 7:48 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  8. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    January 13, 2016 at 8:22 am

    I didn’t listen to el Dumbo’s prattling but I hear he basically said America sucks and Muslim’s are God’s greatest beauty.

    I also read that he mentioned a mosque being burnt down as evidence of the infidels hatred toward Muslims, only the mosque that he mentioned was burnt down by a practicing Muslim to make people sympathetic toward Muslims.

    The Muslim is Gary Nathaniel Moore and the mosque was in Houston. Anyone know off hand if Obama did mention it. I’ll do some research later.

    Houston Man Charged with Burning His Own Mosque Down

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/12/30/houston-muslim-charged-with-lighting-his-own-mosque-on-fire/

    Lazy ass Obama probably saw the name and thought it had to be some infidel hating Muslims.

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
      January 13, 2016 at 12:24 pm

      The 2016 Lincoln Continental looks like a winner.

      Question: Will Toyota ever make the Prius look like a normal car, with a nice long hood and a mean-looking profile? Or will it always look like that “different” car? Does Toyota do it on purpose? “Lets make the ugliest car on the market, because the idiots that think it’s actually somehow ‘green’ and makes them better people — actually prefer to have an ugly baby because it sets them apart from the masses?”

      I want to see a good-looking Prius.

      I won’t hold my breath. I want to see a good-looking feminist, too.

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
        January 13, 2016 at 12:49 pm

        Seriously. When I see a Prius I see Ugly.

        It makes the Pontiac Aztec look like a dream-car. It makes the AMC Gremlin look good.

        Toyota Edsel. That’s what the whole entire shape and form of the Prius looks like.

        It’s a horrible creation, aesthetically speaking.

        And I think it’s on purpose.

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      January 13, 2016 at 12:22 pm

      An Irishman who had a little too much to drink is driving home from the city one night and,of course, his car is weaving violently all over the road.

      A cop pulls him over.

      “So,” says the cop to the driver, “where have ya been?”

      “Why, I’ve been to the pub of course,” slurs the drunk.

      “Well,” says the cop, “it looks like you’ve had quite a few to drink this evening.”

      “I did all right,” the drunk says with a smile.

      “Did you know,” says the cop, standing straight and folding his arms across his chest,”that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?”

      “Oh, thank heavens,” sighs the drunk. “For a minute there, I thought I’d gone deaf.”

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      January 13, 2016 at 12:26 pm

      Mary Clancy goes up to Father O’Grady after his Sunday morning service, and she’s in tears.

      He says, “So what’s bothering you, Mary, my dear?

      She says, “Oh, Father, I’ve got terrible news. My husband passed away last night.”

      The priest says, “Oh, Mary, that’s terrible. Tell me, Mary, did he have any last requests?”

      She says, “That he did, Father.”

      The priest says, “What did he ask, Mary?”

      She says, “He said, ‘Please Mary, put down that damn gun!”

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      January 13, 2016 at 12:35 pm

      Brenda O’Malley is home making dinner, as usual, when Tim Finnegan arrives at her door.

      “Brenda, may I come in?” he asks. “I’ve somethin’ to tell ya.”

      “Of course you can come in, you’re always welcome, Tim. But where’s my husband?”

      “That’s what I’m here to be telling ya, Brenda. There was an accident down at the Guinness brewery…”

      “Oh, God no!” cries Brenda. “Please don’t tell me.”

      “I must, Brenda. Your husband Shamus is dead and gone. I’m sorry.”

      Finally, she looked up at Tim. “How did it happen, Tim?”

      “It was terrible, Brenda. He fell into a vat of Guinness Stout and drowned.”

      “Oh my dear Jesus! But you must tell me truth, Tim. Did he at least go quickly?”

      “Well, Brenda… no. In fact, he got out three times to pee.”

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
        January 13, 2016 at 1:01 pm

        Need. To. Memorize.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        January 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm

        That was my best friend’s favorite Irish joke.

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      • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
        January 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm

        This man was driving along a highway, and he saw a sign saying “Sisters of Mercy – House of Prostitution – 2 miles.” He is rather interested and is even more excited when he sees a sign, “Sisters of Mercy – House of Prostitution – 1 mile.” He decided that he’ll visit this place, and when he sees the next sign “Sisters of Mercy – House of Prostitution – Turn Left”. He turns left and parks in the parking lot, he goes in and sees a nun sitting behind a desk, he is rather excited by this, and he goes to the nun and says “Err I’m here to um… you know..”

        The nun smiles and nods “Follow me.”

        He follows her and they proceed along hallways and through doors. Finally they stop in front of this door. The nun holds out a can and the man, getting the hint, puts $50 in there and goes into the door and closes behind him. When he looks around, he realises he’s outside again, there is a sign saying “You’ve just been screwed by the Sisters of Mercy – please go in peace.”

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  11. Stella's avatar stella says:
    January 13, 2016 at 11:22 am

    Just went over my taxes (general) to see what, if anything, is to my advantage to file this year. My only income was Social Security (tiny amount of cash income in January). Pleasantly surprised that I get a substantial refund from my state, but nothing from Federal (naturally).

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  12. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    January 13, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    Little retarded boy, getting on the bus. First day of school.

    LRB: (Shaking and beating his chest with limp right forearm and hand.)
    “Ish thish my busth?”

    Bus driver takes LRB of the bus and kicks the living snot out of him.

    Second day of school. LRB is bandaged up and in a bit of pain.

    LRB: (Shaking and beating his chest with limp right forearm and hand, less so than on day one.)
    “Ish thish… my bussth?”

    Bus driver takes him off the bus and beats him mercilessly.

    Third day. Kid’s got the cops and his parents with him. And his right arm is broken.

    LRB: (Shaking and resorting to beating his chest with a limp left forearm and hand, as his right arm is in a cast and sling.)
    “Ish thish.. my bussth?”

    Bus driver tackles kid out the door, raises his fist to strike…

    Cop grabs his fist, asks “Why are you beating this boy?”

    Bus driver says: (Shaking and beating his chest with right forearm and hand)
    “He wassh maykin funna me.”

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
      January 13, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      What I like about this joke, done physically, is that at first it’s REALLY offensive.

      And that by the end it’s actually not. Too much, anyway.

      Mel Brooks would approve.

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  14. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    January 13, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    I saw a post on FB that said today’s Democrats are a mix of communists and socialists, Republicans with the exception of a few are a mix of socialists and liberals. Trump is a mixed bag of conservative and blue dog democrat but for a conservative this is the best we get this year and the best we’ve had in generations.
    A young person commented and asked what a blue dog democrat was?
    My daughter commented and said, “this isn’t cool now I’m being made to feel old.”

    When my daughter starts feeling old, does that make me an antique?

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  15. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    January 13, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    I guess I’ll go buy my Powerball ticket now……. I’ve decided to win that bugger tonight. 😀

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  17. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    January 13, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    This article says in a lot of words what I’ve concluded, eat a balanced meal and don’t fret over your food, you can just as easily be hit by a bus tomorrow as that your food might kill you over several years. These experts have been telling us for years that this food will give us a disease to the next year it’s actually good for you, but the food they told you last year was good for you will give you cancer this year.

    http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/you-cant-trust-what-you-read-about-nutrition/

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  18. Stella's avatar stella says:
    January 13, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    California is reporting that they sold the winning PowerBall ticket.

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  19. Stella's avatar stella says:
    January 14, 2016 at 12:07 am

    Interesting article. Since I’ve retired, I often do this.

    Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You

    http://slumberwise.com/science/your-ancestors-didnt-sleep-like-you/

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