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A snack for MaryfromMarin!
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Now why did you pick THOSE, I wonder?
Serious question, nyet.
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Waiting for an ANswer, nyet….
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Just because?
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I actually do like Swedish fish, a lot, but never said so on CTH or here–so I wondered why such a coincidence. Out of the literally hundreds of candies you could have chosen. I mean, what’re the odds?
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They are made from hashish?
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Does that explain the popularity of your breakfasts? A hidden layer of Swedish fish underneath the bacon and/or gravy?
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Possibly. Night, I have to get up at 4:30
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I’m only up at 4:30 am if I have a nightmare.
Good night–looking forward to seeing tomorrow’s breakfast at afternoon tea-time.
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BTW–guess who had to stop and buy some Swedish fish on the way home from work today?
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I don’t know…. Trump?
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Ha, ha, guess again [here, have one, nyet].
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Yes, it’s a weird title, but there are two links–one a response to the other–and they are definitely worth reading, IMO. 2nd Amendment stuff:
“…And slim slithered out of the building when the first ballots were cast at 3250fps…”
https://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/and-slim-slithered-out-of-the-building-when-the-first-ballots-were-cast-at-3250fps/
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What a troll, a Mass. State Senator, who supports the Second amendment. The comments were worth the read.
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I agree, Col., the comments were great.
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BTW, another gorgeous photo, stella!
Thursday blessings to all! See you at tea time.
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Mornin’ y’all!
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They’re finding more and more fraud in the Iowa caca!
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No! How could that be?
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I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you…
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Me too. 🙂
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Mornin’ Sha!
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Good after noon everyone. Stella you have a great place. I love the pictures and the great company. 🙂
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Good afternoon, and thanks!
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Hi there, Sha!
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Good morning Sha 🙂
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And Cruz voters are still running around either lying or misinformed and claiming tweets weren’t sent out until 8p.m. so it didn’t cause anyone to change their vote. When I’ve seen them confronted with the truth then they say, “Trump is a liberal and wants one payer, you’re not a pure conservative or you would see through him.”
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Did they forget that there is such a thing as video and cell phones?
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Cussbot won’t play well with the “Live Free or Die” crowd. The National Review is taking credit for Trump’s second place finish in I-wow.
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Mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Michelle!
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Good morning WeeWeed and *ALL* <<<< tip to Nyet 😎
And for the love of…. just imagine being under that billowing muumuu 🙈
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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Due to spending 30-40 minutes daily hunting down and saying good morning to everyone wandering around in the thread looking for coffee and/or bacon in the pantry, I’m going to get this out of the way all in one shot:
Mornin’ stella! 😎
Mornin’ WeeWeed! 😛
Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎
Mornin’ Ad rem! 😎
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 🙂
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
Mornin’ texan59! 😯
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 😀
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014 🙂
Mornin’ lctdar 🙂
Mornin’ ltessa50 🙂
Mornin’ lvarsityward 🙂
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 🙂
Mornin’ taqiyyologist! 🙂
Mornin’ Howie! 🙂
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂
Mornin’ michellc! 🙂
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 😐
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂
Mornin’ complainers! 👿
Mornin’ whiners! 👿
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 🙄
Also just in case, mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, czarowniczy and F.D.R. in Hell!
Breakfast!
Cinnamon rolls for coffee!
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Nyet, you are a pal. Thanks for the promotion! Breakfast looks luscious. I’m going to deal with three children under four today. I shall need it.
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But, huh oh, you’re going to flunk the ZM scale.
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Bacon’s done!
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Well done, Varsityward! Good morning.
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Good morning WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ B!
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Good morning Nyet. Good morning everyone! Thanks for breakfast!
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Good morning Varsityward 🙂
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Good morning lovely Lovely!
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Nye! Like,like,like!!!
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I think I just gained 2 pounds just looking at that. 😯 Good Morning everyone I hope you don’t mind me stopping by to say Hello ! 🙂
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The more the merrier! 😀
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We’re always happy to see a familiar and friendly face! Welcome.
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Someone else to add to the list. Good morning!
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Happy to have you here, Sha. I think Stella welcomes all friendlies, we are in a beautimongous place, free of trolls, bastages and haters.
Thank you Stella for a lovely haven.
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It is a really nice place . 🙂
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Stella fixed it up real nice didn’t she?
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Yes she did ! I see she has taste in friends as well. I haven’t seen a bad apple in the bunch. 🙂
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Not yet – but they can sneak up on ya.
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You need a resident William Tell, stella.
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Good evening, Sha!
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Mornin’!
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Yaaaaay nyet! Thank you, thank you! And good morning to you and all…
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Parenthetical comment: the breakfasts here are much more substantial than over yonder.
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I haven’t made it to that thread yet, did someone post some today?
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Nope. And now it’s too late. Hee hee [to quote Plain Jane].
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😯 You letting them go hungry?
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Since it was originally just a good morning post, I got tired of the non-joking criticism. Someone said something about vomit and at was it. Find and post your own happy pictures.
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More for us, then.
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Somebody ELSE’S cake.
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I see that Menagerie’s smiley has been upgraded.
At least mine didn’t nosedive.
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You rock, Nyet.
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Good Morning Nye.!
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Coffee
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😀 Good morning nyet. Up and at em.
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Yes Nye!! Massive amounts!!
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How about tea–as an addition to, not a substitute for, the coffee–once a week?
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Y’all see this?? 😦
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/02/assassination-attempt-on-donald-trump.html
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Sound waves? Possible…..
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I looked up this topic, so before the NSA and all of the fun alphabet agencies come knocking. Sound waves do create metal fatigue. You would need a large truck, with the machine mounted, auxiliary generator, and time. Also somebody near would hear this noise caused by this machine. Vibrations of the fan blades of a turbine are not normal, decrease engine efficiency. In other words deceased engine compression. Warning light on, decreased throttle, put the plane down.
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I seem to remember Mythbusters doing this on a bridge (scheduled for demolition anyway).
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This is not it, but another cool experiment with sound waves:
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The Germans experimented with sound-based weapons in WW2.
Matt and Trey invented the brown note in the 2000s. Albeit in an animated fiction.
Oh, if I could only make anyone poop themselves, like pushing the unlock button on a keychain remote. If only.
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If Trump’s plane was tampered with I hope that there is an announcement made. I worry every day about his security, Keith Schiller is always there and I’m sure that they take many precautions but Trump is a threat to so many people in power that he would need to live in a bubble to be completely safe .
Trump is disturbing the worlds of more people than JFK and Martin Luther King Jr combined.
I pray that a hedge of thorns surround him and a holy curse be upon his enemies.
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Maybe he should use his other plane for a while. It’s smaller, but may be safer.
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He’s going to have to have people he trust guarding his planes around the clock and hire a personal mechanic.
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I’m sure the SS watches it – but don’t the mechanics have to be sent in by Rolls Royce (someone else somewhere says the engines are RR, not PW?)
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I watched the tv show about his plane. He has a special shop (in Georgia, I think) who does the overhauls, regular maintenance etc.
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Does airport mechanics do regular checks of private planes?
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Yes, at your General Service Aviation Terminal.
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So if someone wanted to mess with the plane it would be possible?
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michellc, I think the pilot does a walk-around also before taking off, and I imagine (hope) somebody is watching that plane when it is on the ground.
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Stella, it is probably just my tinfoil hat but if you were someone checking everything out and somebody who is not a mechanic might not notice if you did something that could cause issues in flight.
An example that wasn’t sabotage just incompetence once I was with a friend who was getting her oil changed at one of these places where they’re down in a hole doing the work. We were standing above looking down, she knew nothing about cars and I had a hard time seeing but when they were done I just had a gut feeling. So in the parking lot I crawled under the car and sure enough they had left out the drain plug. Now if she had just pulled on out without stopping she would not have known until further down the road when all the oil had drained out.
I know zip about plane engines so I don’t know if there are little things that could be done that only a trained eye would see. Knowing how devious many are though, I just think I would spend the money to bring my own expert along with me and would watch anyone who touched the plane like a hawk.
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I agree, michellc (and a friend of mine had an engine ruined by a missing drain plug after an oil change).
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Apparently that happens quite frequently, especially at those quick oil change places. You’d think when all you do is change oil all day, it would be automatic to replace it.
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Saw that program a couple weeks ago about Trump’s plane. Very interesting.
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I wouldn’t just trust the SS if I was him. As for the RR, I have no idea, but I would at least want a personal mechanic to be watching anytime anyone was anywhere near the engine.
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I’d probably also be careful what I ate, but then I’m a wacko conspiracy theorist. lol
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You are correct about the RR engines, btw.
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Just a Hmmmm…. Given the airplane “event”.
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Probably having the plane checked over?
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Does that explain the emergency landing in Nashville en route to Arkansas?
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Good morning, everybody! Well, it’s Thursday; a little colder here and a bit of snow over night, but not too much.
It’s always a treat to wake up (even if it’s late, like today) and see all of you here! I appreciate each of you, and miss you if you aren’t here. We are all here for each other, I think, to support and help each other, as well as trade ideas, happy things in our lives, and sometimes sadness.
Ode To A Chatroom
by Marie Lehmkuhl
One day I decided to get on the net,
I thought a chat room would be my best bet.
I saw names and words come up from where
I knew not.
I soon took a chance and had a nice thought,
Could I do this, it looked really neat.
I saw names on the screen that started with sweet,
sweet smiles, Jo, and Smokey were there too,
And then I saw it, “Oh, yes, we’re talking to you,
come on in and chat for awhile. ”
And when I did I started to smile.
I saw Chuckie and Robbie and soon I was friends
with quite a few people by the days end.
And after awhile they called me their friend.
Sometimes I come in and my friends are not there,
But I’ll go back again because I know that they care.
Some live in the states and some do not,
But they always know when I need to talk.
I am so glad I took the leap and went into the
chat room where friends are so neat.
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Also, this:
Screen Friends
by Miasartiff
My husband has finally gone to work
My children have finished their play
they’ve gone to bed their stories read
Now it’s my time of day.
I’ve had one of those days
you know what I mean
so I sit back and relax
and turn on my screen.
I’ll talk to all my friends
who know just what to say
to make my stresses go
and my troubles fade away.
My friends you’re always there for me
whenever I feel blue
and though we’ve never met before
I know our friendships true.
And although we haven’t been friends for long
in this short time it seems
we shared so many things already
our hopes, our fears, our dreams.
We come from different walks of life
but we share a common bond
and it’s time to say that of all of you
I’ve grown so very fond.
So thank you friends for being there
whenever I’ve needed you
I know you’re always there for me
and you know I’m there for you.
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Yes Stella, at this age it is good to wake up. 😉
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Yup! One more day above ground, as it were….. 😀
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As pop says, “it’s always better on this side of the dirt.” 😆
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I really like the poem Stella.
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Good morning Stella.
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Good to see you michellc!
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You too Stella and I’m glad you invited us all over.
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Good morning Stella 🙂 I am happy to be here with such wonderful people 🙂
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Heh, I was just thinking about the differences between this and the old BBS chat rooms earlier this week. A chat room was much more time intensive. You had to be right there all the time.
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Good point. I think I like this better.
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What a medium this is.
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Apparently Trump is taking a hiatus from Fox News appearances. I was wondering what Morris’ thoughts were on Trump and this election cycle.
Dick Morris: Trump Is Right, Fox Is ‘In the Tank for Jeb’
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/jeb-trump-dick-morris-fox/2015/09/23/id/692978/
“Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, was [President George H.W.] Bush’s main guy and main strategist. I first met Roger in 1988 when he and I worked together on Bush 41’s campaign and worked on the negative ads that sank [Michael] Dukakis.”
“The Bush family has always been intimate with Fox News and they are protecting Jeb Bush.”
Fox’s allegiance to Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida is why Kelly purposely went after Trump in the first debate, Morris believes.
“She never would’ve done that if she hadn’t gotten encouraged from upstairs,” he said.
“That’s why Trump is correct for not going on there. They are set up for Bush. As soon as conservatives around the country realize that, which they will as they listen to the biased coverage, the better.”
“Donald Trump is a camera magnet and anybody that doesn’t cover Trump isn’t going to get viewers and isn’t going to get ratings,” he said.
“Fox will have to continue to cover Trump, but what Donald is saying is that he’s not going to go on Fox News as a guest, which is going to lower the ratings of O’Reilly and [Sean] Hannity and Megyn Kelly and all of those shows. They’ll feel it.”
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Hmm.. I can’t find Trumps tweet saying he was taking a break from Fox News interviews.
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He did an interview with Greta yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qbeOgArdrQ
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Almost everything I have heard on FOX is either outright negative or a backhanded compliment for the most part.
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The blogosphere and online commentariat is the same today.
Nothing but anti-Trump from American Thinker to Townhall.
Looks like Hoft and Sundance are his only supporters.
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…all of a sudden.
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Something else. It appears that they are interviewing everybody they can find to say something negative about what Trump is doing. I’ve been kinda keeping an eye on them today and I have been a little surprised by the effort put forth to discredit Trump.
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Here’s something I classify as “ass backward”. “Discussing” on Facebook about what Ted Cruz did to Carson on caucus night (reporting that Carson was dropping out), and apparently Rubio did it too, so the line is that Trump’s Iowa organization was incompetent, which is why he didn’t try to take Carson’s voters. That is the only reason they would consider.
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A new explanation: Trump decided not to tell his voters about Carson, because he knew the votes would go to Rubio and Cruz.
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My only response is “Argggggggggggh!”
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There is a local fb group that is usually a farm group but for the past few months has turned into a political group. There is one woman who has been a consistent Cruz supporter, her profile pic has been a Cruz campaign button. She’s been one of the nicer ones on there and although she has criticized Trump, her criticism has been more about his rudeness, mainly she just campaigns for Cruz and she never calls Trump supporters names like most of the Cruz supporters do on the group.
I just saw they had a discussion about Cruz and the Iowa caucus. Reading through the comments she was in denial and making excuses that she didn’t think they meant to do anything wrong, but if she found out they did then she didn’t know how she could defend that. After someone posted the Breitbart youtube videos she commented that she was disappointed and that she didn’t know if she could continue supporting Cruz if he did not come out and say he does not approve of what his volunteers and staff did and will let any paid staffers go. She is now being called names and told Cruz doesn’t need her, she was never a Cruz supporter anyway, she’s not a conservative and will vote for a liberal(Trump).
She’s tried to reason with them that this bothers her and she’s not saying she won’t vote for Cruz but that if he doesn’t condemn these acts then she doesn’t feel in her heart she can support a man who would be fine with that and that she believes in winning fairly and not winning at any cost.
Some are telling her that’s politics and they all do it and maybe politics is not for her.
She made the mistake of asking if they think God would approve and then she was accused of calling Cruz a non-Christian.
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That’s what I’m seeing too. Some jerk called me a “liberal”.
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I think a combination of people learning more about Cruz and the attacks by his crazy supporters that he’s going to start fading away. If not then I’m going to start really questioning the morals of those supposedly on our side.
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Greta really outed the Cruz team on her show tonight. She talked with Karl Rove about their apology and new statement tonight and was appalled by both.
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I just saw it on Gateway Pundit, I think it was.
Yup:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/greta-van-susteren-goes-off-on-cruz-camp-dirty-tricks-horrible-this-is-appalling/
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Thx. I couldn’t find a source.
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Too bad she wasn’t talking to someone other than Rove. I’m sure Rove is just following through with the plan.
What bothers me is I liked Cruz and I had hoped Cruz was who I thought he was and could have been a help in the Senate. To find out he’s a fraud ticks me off, to watch him attempt to use God disgusts me.
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Even a swine finds a pearl once in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgEmgXXwF8&feature=youtu.be
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That is really sad.
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Marxist Utopia Venezuela strikes again.
The Venezuelan central bank’s latest orders have been exclusively only for 100- and 50-bolivar notes, according to the seven people familiar with the deals, because 20s, 10s, 5s and 2s are worth less than the production cost.
Venezuela Orders Bank Notes by the Planeload
http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBp6mfo.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=570&y=179
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/venezuela-orders-bank-notes-by-the-planeload/ar-BBp6pM9?li=BBnbfcN&ocid=HPCDHP
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“…simian hooting to non-existent gods.”
Gosh, THAT brings a certain “religion” to mind. (And if you don’t already know where I stand on this issue, you do now.)
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😀 LOLOL!!
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Looks like Colon Bowel is in hot water along with The Beest. Condoleezza Rice Aides, Colin Powell Also Got Classified Info on Personal Emails
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rice-aides-powell-also-got-classified-info-personal-emails-n511181
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Okay, I’m getting a headache because of the political bickering. Here’s something odd that I just read in “Cook’s Illustrated”:
The liquid from a can of chickpeas can be used as a substitute for egg white in meringue. Great if you are allergic to eggs.
We subbed 4 ounces of chickpea liquid for the four large egg whites called for in our Classic Meringue Cookies. We whipped the chickpea liquid for 5 minutes, slowly added the sugar, and then continued to whip for a whopping 5 minutes more. (We omitted the salt since the chickpea liquid was already salty.) To our surprise, the liquid produced a more-than-decent facsimile. Just like regular meringues, these were snow white with crisp piping lines. In terms of taste and texture, they were more coarse, with a sweeter, more starchy taste and a hint of salt.”
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How in the world did it ever occur to ANYONE to substitute chickpea liquid for egg whites?
It’s like a culinary version of Monty Python.
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A vegan is my guess. Their whole cuisine is substituting things for butter, eggs, milk etc.
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Vegans do so many things with nuts, even make a cheese of sorts.
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Dyslexic speed reading caused me to see ” Vegans are nuts so do many things with sorts of cheese.”
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LOL
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How did it ever occur for some one to eat the first egg…..especially after they saw where it came from? 😯 😆
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Earth, Wind & Fire Founder Maurice White Dies at 74
http://variety.com/2016/music/news/maurice-white-dead-dies-earth-wind-fire-1201697605/
I have a DVD – think I’ll play it tonight!
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The next big war will begin with EMP attacks.
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/super-emp-missile-launch-window-approaches-a-mortal-nuclear-threat-to-the-united-states-right-now_02042016
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If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend “One Second After.” Good read – scary as hell.
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I don’t think I can handle scary as well as I used to.
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It’s bad, I’ll tell ya.
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A great book, a real eye-opener. Made me think about so many aspects of life that I took for granted. Like toilet paper.
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Probably because we live so close to scary these days!
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Very frightening and sobering book, WeeWeed. I’m not sure I could bring myself to read it again.
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There’s a sequel, ‘One year later’ that I haven’t read yet.
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One picture is worth a thousand words…..from Drudge.
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This ought to generate some unforgettable memes.
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“Horrorshow.”
I think Anthony Burgess would agree.
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Watch out for ZIKA. It will spread out of Miami fast this summer. The Skeets carry it.
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/
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We don’t have that kind of mosquito in the north.
ADD: From what I hear on our local news, it isn’t a big deal anyway, unless you are pregnant.
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I’m just wondering what has made this such a big deal all of a sudden. A couple of friends of mine took a cruise a few years ago and were told about this virus and they didn’t get off at one of the ports because of it.
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Personally, I think it’s 99% crap – another excuse to give $$$$$$$$$$ to the third world shiteholes we all know and love. Dictators gotta dictate.
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I wonder if somebody has a vaccine on the horizon and is getting us set up for it. 🙄
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I don’t recall if I brought this up last time but the CTH gaslighting post reminded me;
That movie/story “Gaslight” was based on a real event. It was the president of the American Medical Association in the 1920’s-30’s that did that to his wife. There were books and plays. I’ll have to look it up for the names and dates.
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Really!! How interesting. That movie creeped me out. I started looking at the people around me a little different after that. 😯
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Dr. George H. “Doc” Simmons
“”Doc” Simmons’ lucrative dominance of the American Medical Association led him into numerous sidelines. In 1921, he established the Institute of Medicine in Chicago. This apparently was nothing more than a holding company for his bribes. He had also been enjoying the perquisites of the American success story, a buxom mistress installed in a luxurious Gold Coast apartment. Scoundrel that he was, Simmons was not content to flaunt this liaison to his wife; he also became increasingly cruel in his determination to get rid of her. He then embarked on a classic ploy, the physician attempting to dispose of an unwanted wife by plying her with narcotics, trying to convince her that she is going insane, and hopefully, driving her to suicide. After some months of this treatment, his wife fought back by filing suit against him. A highly publicized trial in 1924 ended in his wife’s testimony that he had given her heavy doses of narcotics, prescribed on the strength of his “medical experience,” and then began proceedings to have her declared insane. This was not such an unusual procedure during that period; it had happened to literally hundreds of wives. However, his wife proved to be tougher than most victims. She testified in court that he had tried to have her framed on a charge of insanity. This trial inspired more than a dozen subsequent books, plays, and movies based on the story of a physician who tries to drive his wife insane through a campaign of ministration of drugs and psychological terrorism. The most famous was “Gaslight,” in which Charles Boyer played the role of “Doc” Simmons to perfection, the luckless wife being played by Ingrid Bergman.
The trial brought Simmons a torrent of unpleasant publicity, and forced his retirement as head of the AMA. However, he retained the title of “general editor emeritus,” absenting himself in 1924 until his death in 1937.
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Oh, wow. Thanks for that history, Nyet. I don’t remember ever hearing that this was based on a true story. The movie version I liked best was the Charles Boyer/Ingrid Bergman one. He totally creeped me out in that one. And, of course, Ingrid Bergman was perfection as the fragile, terrified wife.
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Unclear on the concept much? How soon before ISIS starts releasing videos of these Barbies being beheaded?
Barbie gets a Muslim makeover – now there is ‘HIJARBIE BARBIE’ /i>
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/641273/Barbie-hijab-hijarbie-doll
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[i.e., “being beheaded” b/c of too much pretty face showing. Where are the niqabs?]
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{Gag}
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How funny–CTH rejected TWO attempts to post this on their Friday Open Thread. Is “hijab” now a verboten word? Or perhaps the culprit is “Barbie”?
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Haven’t a clue.
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ABC News Hosts “New Hampshire: The Republicans Debate” in Partnership with WMUR, Independent Journal Review, RNC and Saint Anselm College
Primetime Coverage Starts Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., ET in Manchester, New Hampshire
ABC News is partnering with ABC affiliate WMUR, Independent Journal Review, the Republican National Committee and Saint Anselm College to host “New Hampshire: The Republicans Debate” on Saturday, February 6, 2016. Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos kicks-off pre debate coverage at 8:00 p.m. ET with the powerhouse ABC News politics team in New Hampshire.
“World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir and Co-Anchor of “This Week” and Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz will moderate the debate. The debate will air live nationally on the ABC Television Network, locally on WMUR-TV and will be live streamed on ABCNews.com and across ABC News’ mobile and OTT platforms.
An on-demand replay of the debate will be made available across these platforms as well. WMUR anchor Josh McElveen, along with conservative journalist and blogger Mary Katharine Ham, will join Muir and Raddatz in questioning the candidates.
CANDIDATES
The following candidates have gained an invitation to the ABC News Republican Presidential debate on February 6, 2016 per the criteria announced by ABC News on January 27, 2016.
The candidates will take the stage at 8:15 p.m. ET in the following order from left to right:
John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Chris Christie
Carly Fiorina Excluded from next GOP debate, ABC News announces – Politico Feb-04-2016:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/carly-fiorina-excluded-from-next-gop-debate-218769
See Full Story By ABC NEWS PR Feb-04-2016:
http://abcnews.go.com/Press_Release/abc-news-hosts-hampshire-republicans-debate-partnership-wmur/story?id=36721534
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So, I’m fightin’ on ebay for a thing. Got 12 minutes before I have to “bid.” Tip – never bid on anything until the last 2 minutes. (45 seconds if you’re already set up. which I am.)
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Good advice.
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Yeah, well, you can still lose. P%$#. I wanted that thing, too. >:-(
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😦
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I had a good friend who used to bid on railroad collectibles. He told me that too.
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Oddly enough, this WAS a railroad collectible. Huh. Didn’t know that crap WAS collectible. Bet they’d like my Mack’s lunchbox and thermos from the ’20’s or ’30’s, huh? >:-(
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No doubt!
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Hey guess what I just won on the eBay!
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So funny… so bad!!
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Dang it.
Dang it all.
I quit drinking. Then I got sick.
I haven’t had a flu or cold or fever or any of that crap in the old NyQuil ads until now.
For five years.
And now? BAM. Here, Taqiyy! Have some virii! Take two; they’re small! Incubate them!
Grr.
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:blows nose for the hundredth time today:
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Got lotion for yer nose?? I’m sorry, youngun’. It’s the rules: “It’s Always Somethin’.” 😦
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Hey, I’m not so young that I haven’t known that rule for a decade.
It sure is.
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Lots of vitamin C, echinacea and chicken broth taqiyy.
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I have a fridge full of Gatorade. And a restaurant next door. And a key to it.
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And four lemon tea bags.
And a bottle of honey.
Busiest weekend in SH coming up in two days.
It’s called the Ice Breaker Festival.
I slept five hours today, next to Tripod.
There’s my update, folks. Im’a go back to bed.
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Water, Taqi, water.
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The good part – you slept next to Tripod. 😀
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He;s curled up.
My mom invented a term for what kittehs do when relaxing: “camelling”
They curl their feets in like camels do.
My mom, when I ask where’s the kitteh?
“He’s upstairs on the bed, cameling.”
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🙂
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Having a fever feels like being high.
I forgot what that felt like. For five years.
This is a new experience, relatively speaking.
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Be sure and drink lots of water. 🙂
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Take good care of yourself.
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I always forget if it’s feed a fever and starve a cold or vice versa, but if you do one of those things it might work.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that darn cold bug lingers and lingers, especially the sniffles. Every time you think you have it licked you wake up needing another box of tissues.
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Well, I’m sorry you are sick, but glad you are checking in to let us know how you’re doing. Maybe it was all that paint and other crap that tipped you over the edge.
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Quitting alcohol has the effect of making the immune system take a major hit.
Or so I’m told.
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I think any huge change can do that. I remember how everybody said how much better I would feel when I quit smoking. Sure. Right. I felt like crap for a year or more. I’m still glad I did it, however.
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I think that is true. ;(
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And smoking, and coffee, and processed sugar, and …
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Think you could find some orange juice for poor Taqi?
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Won’t do ’em any good. It’s got vodka in it. 😦
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Okay, maybe you could find him some oranges. 🙄
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I’ll find out how to make polecat grease and then you can make it and send it to Taqi.
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Here, this is from the lady at table 32.
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Sorry you are sick, Taqi. Here is a motherly hug and a kiss on the forehead to make you feel better. 🙂
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Thanks for the kiss and the hug…. but I’m not Taqi….
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Poor thing.
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You knew that was for Taqi because he is sick. You should have passed it on to him. 😡
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˙ʞɔᴉs s,ǝɥ ‘ᴉbɐ┴ ƃuᴉssᴉʞ ʇou ɯ,I
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You owe him! 😈
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Happy to see you Taqiy. Sorry you are sick but over the moon that you are sober!!
Quitting alcohol has the effect of making the immune system take a major hit.
That’s because the alcohol quit burning off all the germs and your body has quit treating every substance that comes into it as a toxin. It happens to a lot of folks.
It is good news, it means that your body is no longer on war footing 24/7.
Also you aren’t holed up in your apartment all day so you have good old, exposure, working against you.
It will pass as your body adjusts to its new life 🙂
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Today would have been Ronald Reagan’s 105th birthday. We miss you, Ronnie!
1/11/1989
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Indeed we do. What a mensch.
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It’s a wonderful speech. I had forgotten what a great communicator he truly was. And so much is prophetic.
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Here’s the guy under which I’ve been an understudy for 25 or so years, who doesn’t know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlS223mciqY
And for Menagerie:
‘Night y’all.
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At 45:30, Don’t you worry. Amazing.
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At 54:00+, et al.
Furrowed brow, like a guitar god.
He feels it, as he channels it.
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Watch his brow. As his furrows it, and unfurrows it.
This is a guitar mensch.
I hope Bonamassa takes notes here.
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(if you don’t know who Joe Bonamassa is, you are missing this age’s best guitarist and blues singer.)
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Somebody shared a not so nice joke with me on FB, however it was still kind of funny and I’m sure there are menfolk who could relate.
http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/wife-catches-her-husband-cheating-but-she-didnt-expect-what-happened-next/?source=RWN
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😯 {snort}
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If you knew the lady who shared it you’d really be shocked.
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