General Discussion, Monday, February 15, 2016

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Stella
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  1. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 15, 2016 at 12:14 am

    Congress Can Deny Barack Obama the Power to Replace Justice Scalia

    http://www.cato.org/blog/constitution-allows-congress-deny-barack-obama-power-replace-justice-scalia

    Indeed, President Obama isn’t even entitled to nominate a replacement for Justice Scalia–or at least, Congress can deny him that right. The Constitution gives Congress the power to decide how many seats there are on the Supreme Court. In 1789, there were only six. Given sufficient congressional support (i.e., veto-proof majorities in both chambers), Congress could reduce the number of Supreme Court justices from the current nine to eight. McConnell, Cruz, and Rubio could propose doing so right now. It seems strange to criticize senators who are merely expressing in what circumstances they will withhold their consent when Congress has the power to deny the president the ability to fill this vacancy entirely by itself eliminating this vacancy.

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  2. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 15, 2016 at 1:00 am

    Not sure why, but this seemed right to post:

    “Lift up your eyes to the sky,
    Then look to the earth beneath;
    For the sky will vanish like smoke,
    And the earth will wear out like a garment
    And its inhabitants will die in like manner;

    But My salvation will be forever,
    And My righteousness will not wane.”

    —Isaiah 51:6—

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  3. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 15, 2016 at 1:15 am

    Ansel Adams, Trees and Snow (1933)…

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      February 15, 2016 at 6:21 am

      Speculation, pure speculation, no autopsy. Pronounced of Death over the phone by the Magistrate. By, Law in Texas.
      Where was the US Marshal detail?

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      • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
        February 15, 2016 at 5:14 pm

        I think this is very suspicious, because Scalia was an important person in the U.S. Gov. and I can’t imagine there is not something radically wrong that he was pronounced dead by natural causes over the phone, no less. I can’t imagine that there will be no autopsy. And, look how frustrated Obama has been recently because he isn’t getting his way. Judge Scalia was in that way.

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        • Stella's avatar stella says:
          February 15, 2016 at 5:33 pm

          He was pronounced dead over the phone, but only after his personal physician called the local judge to discuss the condition of his health. That was a number of hours, according to at least one newspaper account that I read, after he died. Not until at least 8:00 pm. She waited to get that information before deciding.

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    • scherado's avatar scherado says:
      February 15, 2016 at 4:46 am

      I always thought myself fortunate that my parents of Italian ancestry left Queens in 1959 and moved to “cow country” (“Upstate New York”). I was born in “the country”. Throughout my life I’ve become close friends with Jewish people and began to notice that fact: Some say that there are similar family dynamics between the two types; also, Ginsburg and Scalia shared roots in two NY Burroughs which were very similar when they were young, but are not today. [I also share(d) with Scalia a preference for Irish partners (lol).]

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      • scherado's avatar scherado says:
        February 15, 2016 at 3:27 pm

        Thanks for the likes.

        I did not take the news about Scalia well at all. I don’t recall having this kind of reaction. My first thought was that we had lost a valuable General during a war–and a war of societal, political and cultural supremicism being waged on our soil, from within and on many fronts. I think the proper perspective is that it is 100-years-old.

        I was with a friend who said, out of the blue, “Scalia”. I looked at him and said something empty like, “yeah…”. He said with a bit of exasperation, “Now for Thomas.” The idea being that Scalia was a good start. He started to say something about how he particularly despised Thomas and I told him with as much seriousness as I could muster that if he wanted a fight, then go down that road. If we had that fight, it may have ended our friendship–which is based on something very important that is non-political.

        Of course, I would have had the same thoughts about Ginsburg or Kennedy–just in case you think I’m being superior–though I would NOT have gloated to him about such a thing.

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      February 15, 2016 at 5:42 am

      Morning Stella, great pictures. Light snow now, about 19* , winds have shifted to SSE 7-9 not looking forward too the layer of ice coming with the snow. Local weather babe says 2-4 or 3-6.
      Thank you Stella.

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    • Patriot1783's avatar ctdar says:
      February 15, 2016 at 2:37 pm

      She, Thomas and Alito wrote touching condolences…haven’t heard from the others besides Roberts initial statement.

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  6. TexasRanger's avatar TexasRanger says:
    February 15, 2016 at 4:57 am

    We Need Another Reagan…

    A Real Man – A Real American.!


    Reagan Kisses Flag

    And Never Ever Again This Disgrace To America.!:

    Barack Hussein Obama refuses to salute US flag

    Michelle Obama: “All This Over a Damn Flag”

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  7. TexasRanger's avatar TexasRanger says:
    February 15, 2016 at 6:05 am

    Very Interesting Whistleblower Interview.!

    Economic Collapse Warning USA Crisis 2016 Financial Dollar Crash Coming!

    RT Daily News Video Interview Feb-13-2016:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGh7oQKkK4
    NOW New World Order Illuminati

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  8. Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
    February 15, 2016 at 6:33 am

    From the Pittsburgh Tri: 14 February 2016,
    For as Mr. Justice Scalia himself warned nearly 20 years ago:

    “If the courts are free to write the Constitution anew” — as a “progressive” majority surely would — “they will, by God, write it the way the majority wants; the appointment and confirmation process will see to that. This, of course, is the end of the Bill of Rights, whose meaning will be committed to the very body it was meant to protect against: the majority.

    “By trying to make the Constitution do everything that needs doing from age to age, we shall have cause it to do nothing at all.”

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  9. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    February 15, 2016 at 8:27 am

    Coffee’s up y’all. Hang tight and the smiley deleter of innocent people will be here with breakfast. If he likes you. And doesn’t virtually kill you off.

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  10. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    February 15, 2016 at 8:29 am

    Waiting for you Mary, and hoping your Monday is a good start to the week.

    Hope you didn’t give up tea for Lent!

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  11. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    February 15, 2016 at 8:35 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  12. ImpeachEmAll's avatar ImpeachEmAll says:
    February 15, 2016 at 9:14 am

    Today will be a busy day for someone.

    http://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule

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  13. derk's avatar derk says:
    February 15, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Mornin’ (as yet) Nyet,
    And a Good Mornin” to all of you, bright, beautiful, radiant, shining, bold, inspiring, passionate people arrayed across this majestic land. Have a great day. Stellar On!

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  14. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 15, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Oh, hi all!

    Been painting, scrubbing, cleaning, patching, sanding, and hauling stuff for three days.

    Remodeled the front of the house and got ‘er open this AM after being closed for a week. The restaurant looks gorgeous. New floor, new colors, new lunch counter.

    I’m taking today off. I think.

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  15. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 15, 2016 at 9:53 am

    My Nana died a few months ago, and my two aunts just sent me a box of things from the house.

    One of them is a little tiny book called The Following of Christ, by Thomas A. Kempis. I thought it was a little bible at first, bound in faux black leather, gilt-edged pages.

    Menagerie, ever heard of this book? It’s pretty old, this copy. Printed in 1924 in Belgium.

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  16. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    February 15, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Mornin’ stella! 😎 :developer:
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! 😛 😀
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 🍸
    Mornin’ Ad rem! 🐱
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 🙂
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
    Mornin’ texan59! O_o |_|
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🌯 (It’s a bacon breakfast burrito)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014 🙂
    Mornin’ ctdar 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ tessa50 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ varsityward 🙂
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! o_O |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ taqiyyologist! 🙂
    Mornin’ Howie! 🙂
    Mornin’ Sha 🙂
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ lovely! 🐻 🍸
    Mornin’ michellc! 🐻 🍸
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🐻 🍸
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂
    Mornin’ Les 🙂
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂
    Mornin’ oldiadguy 🙂
    Mornin’ derk (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ⭐
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Breakfast!

    Cinnamon rolls for coffee!

    ⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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  17. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 15, 2016 at 10:09 am

    Good morning to all! Bit more snow on the ground today, and it’s a little warmer. Ever wonder about “Presidents Day”? This is what Wikipedia has to say about it:

    Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February, meaning it can occur the 15th through the 21st inclusive, in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732. Colloquially, it is widely known as Presidents Day and is often an occasion to remember all the presidents, not just George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is also in February. The term “Presidents Day” was coined in a deliberate attempt to change the holiday into one honoring multiple presidents.

    Some states DO celebrate today as “Presidents Day”, but not the United States as a whole. If you want to know what your state calls it:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Birthday

    So, Happy Washington’s birthday, everyone!

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  18. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 15, 2016 at 10:23 am

    Damn foreigners!

    Calls me and she can’t speak English worth a damn, all I can understand is this Donna, I tell her she has the wrong number and then something about puter owner and I tell her I’m not interested and she calls right back.
    Then a little clearer says “why you hang up?” I tell her because I’m not interested in whatever you’re selling or whatever scam you’re running. She says something about not sell you, puter ID. Not interested, do not call here again. She calls right back and says something about not hang up, call again, puter hacked. I tell her if she calls again I’m reporting her number to police. She calls back and again something about not hang up, she mad, ID stolen, listen. I tell her I’ve got police on the other line tracking her number. She hangs up and calls back again, DH answers and says, “I am U.S. government, do you see the drone?” She hung up and hasn’t called back.

    So if you get a call from 203-318-0712 just answer and say the drone is outside or on it’s way and you will only have to answer once. lol

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      February 15, 2016 at 11:07 am

      They’ve been around for a few years, and you’re not the only one to get called. They call up asking for the person responsible for the computers in the home, telling them they are from Microsoft and that they’ve been hacked. Then they try to get the individual to grant them remote access over the internet to “fix” the problem.

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      February 15, 2016 at 11:32 am

      Using caller ID, I don’t answer the telephone unless I recognize the name or number, and I want to speak with the person calling. I do not answer calls from “Private Caller” or “Unknown Name” either.

      If the call is important, they will leave a message. If they don’t leave a message, I assume the call was not important.

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      • michellc's avatar michellc says:
        February 15, 2016 at 11:46 am

        I’ve been answering strange numbers lately because for a change I’ve kind of been enjoying answering all the polls and there have been a bunch of them.
        I kind of find it odd though because when I search for Oklahoma polls I can only find a few.

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      • Patriot1783's avatar ctdar says:
        February 15, 2016 at 2:28 pm

        My favorite ones are from “city,state” like uh ok that narrows it down.

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      February 15, 2016 at 11:35 am

      A good way to deal with calls like this is to say, “please hold”, then put them on hold, or set the receiver down until they hang up.

      The best way is just to hang up without saying anything.

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      • michellc's avatar michellc says:
        February 15, 2016 at 11:49 am

        Normally when you say they have the wrong number and hang up they don’t call back.
        I think this is a first where I had them call back numerous times.

        Reading some of the people who has dealt with them though they seem to call over and over again even if you don’t answer and they will leave repeated messages if you let it go to voice mail or answering machine.

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    • Patriot1783's avatar ctdar says:
      February 15, 2016 at 2:25 pm

      203 is CT
      And no, not me!

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      • ImpeachEmAll's avatar ImpeachEmAll says:
        February 15, 2016 at 11:44 pm

        (203) 318-0712

        Owner’s name hidden by Whitepages for privacy reasons

        Owner is based in Madison, CT

        VoIP – Zipwhip/Frontier Communications SMSEnabled

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  19. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 15, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    BTW: Good morning, all–from the REAL morning! No work today! (Except for errands, which expand to fill the time available.)

    Beautiful weather here (and what happened to the much-vaunted El Nino, I might ask?) Hope your days are beautiful as well. God’s blessings on all.

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      February 15, 2016 at 2:19 pm

      It is beautiful here as well, supposed to stay beautiful all week, they’re even claiming 80* Thursday. It’s 60* today with a light wind.
      I went out in the pasture and sat in the sun and took pictures of the animals to update our farm page. Then I just sat out there and enjoyed the sun on my face.

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  20. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 15, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    A fascinating and absorbing article – The Secret Life of Passwords (By Ian Urbina)

    Long, but well worth the read, I think.

    Several years ago I began asking my friends and family to tell me their passwords. I had come to believe that these tiny personalized codes get a bum rap. Yes, I understand why passwords are universally despised: the strains they put on our memory, the endless demand to update them, their sheer number. I hate them, too. But there is more to passwords than their annoyance. In our authorship of them, in the fact that we construct them so that we (and only we) will remember them, they take on secret lives. Many of our passwords are suffused with pathos, mischief, sometimes even poetry. Often they have rich back stories. A motivational mantra, a swipe at the boss, a hidden shrine to a lost love, an inside joke with ourselves, a defining emotional scar — these keepsake passwords, as I came to call them, are like tchotchkes of our inner lives. They derive from anything: Scripture, horoscopes, nicknames, lyrics, book passages. Like a tattoo on a private part of the body, they tend to be intimate, compact and expressive.

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  21. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 15, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    This is just me, but if I was running a charity I would refuse to pay to have someone speak. Presidents should not ask to be paid for speaking at charities, imho.

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-veterans-charity-george-bush-charged-100000/story?id=32251253

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  22. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 15, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    I will never understand Cruz, is running for President worth destroying your reputation and more importantly does he honestly believe that God approves of lying while calling upon His name?

    No Senator Cruz, Donald Trump does NOT want Single Payer health care.

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  23. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 15, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    SCOTUS Analyst: Loretta Lynch ‘Most Likely Candidate’ to Replace Scalia

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scotus-analyst-tom-goldstein-loretta-lynch-most-likely-candidate-replace-n518916

    As seen on Facebook: “You Read It Here First: The backroom deal on the table will be Lynch prosecutes Hillary in exchange for confirmation.”

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  25. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    February 15, 2016 at 6:13 pm

    Eric Bolling is hosting the Bill O’Reilly show tonight at 8:00. He is going to have Shannon Bream on talking about her interview of the person who found Justice Scalia. He said there would be some answers to the questions we are all asking here. In case you are interested. 🙄

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    • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
      February 15, 2016 at 9:07 pm

      ‘The Passing of Justice Scalia
      Eric welcomed Fox News legal correspondent Shannon Bream, who scrutinized a controversy involving Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. The Internet rumor machine went wild after comments made by Texas businessman John Poindexter, who discovered Scalia’s dead body. “He has been quoted as saying that he found Justice Scalia with a pillow over his head,” Bream reported, “which sparked a lot of questions and conspiracy theories. But Poindexter told us there was nothing unusual in the location of the pillow and he wanted to correct some misimpressions of that. A judge said there was no evidence of foul play and Justice Scalia had various medical conditions. So there was no autopsy and the family didn’t want one.”‘
      http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShow&showID=4118&dest=/pg/jsp/community/tvshowprint.jsp

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  26. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    February 15, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Just about every article I have read about Justice Scalia’s death mentions that a priest came and gave last rights, properly termed Anointing of the Sick, one of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church.

    Apparently I wasn’t the only one somewhat taken aback by this anointing after death. For anyone who might be interested, Father Z has a discussion clarifying why this was done and how a priest judges it permissible to anoint. There is discussion by early church theologians and a really intruiging comment from a nurse, as well as commentary from several priests.

    http://wdtprs.com/blog/2016/02/ask-father-how-long-after-death-can-last-rites-be-given/

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  27. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 15, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    Found at Vox Day’s site, by VDH.

    Three pages of true.

    https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/hillary-dead-end-campaign/

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  28. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 15, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/kanye-west-asks-for-prayers-tweets-out-hes-53-million-in-debt/

    I love ending my commenting day with some happy news!

    😀

    ‘Night, Stellars.

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  30. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    February 15, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    I’ma tell you one thing. If this smarmy little f**k thinks he’ll ever get elected to something more than where he is right now, I hope a big ol’ bolt of lightnin’ strikes him square on top of his head. I can’t believe we thought he had it goin’ on just four short years ago. Bastid. “Speaker” Ryan on visa caps. 👿

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/15/paul-ryan-were-not-going-to-be-talking-about-visa-caps/

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  31. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    February 15, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    “Depression” among the BLM “leaders”. Boo-freakin-hoo. Guess they know deep down that the con they’re pullin’ really is just that. 🙄

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/15/my-demons-won-today-ohio-activists-suicide-spotlights-depression-among-black-lives-matter-leaders/

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  32. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    February 15, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    Makin’ whoopee wards of dementia. That’s good. 😯

    FTA – “In particular, they were able to recall lists and recognise patterns.” This part…..not so impressed. I’ll just continue to write down the grocery list. 😉

    http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/644291/having-sex-wards-off-dementia-especially-youre-older-man-scientists-claim

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  33. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 15, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    I’ve posted before about Joey + Rory, her three wishes were to live to see another snowfall, another Christmas and to see her little girl, Indy’s 2nd birthday. Indy’s birthday is Wednesday.

    Their new album which is all hymns came out today, I didn’t know there would be a DVD as well, but saw it tonight when I went to Rory’s blog. My husband and daughter are huge fans and both have wanted the CD so I ordered both of them the DVD/CD.

    Listening to these old songs bring back so many memories. My earliest memories are Saturday nights, my family sitting around the living room, my Dad playing the guitar and all of us singing old gospel songs with a few Hank Williams songs mixed in there. 🙂 Dad loved him some Hank Williams and he was providing the tunes. lol The night always started and ended though with “I’ll Fly Away,” the very first song I learned by heart and still one of the few songs today I can sing all the words without having to think of all the words.

    Here is a video of a few of the songs with some of the interview with them before they knew the Chemo wasn’t working.

    http://gaither.com/videos/joeyrory-hymns

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  34. The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:
    February 15, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Sled dog update. {deep sigh} The Yukon Quest ended as expected. Hugh Neff won, Brent Sass was second and Allen Moore was third. They all ran good races. Many teams are still on the trail, and the Red Lantern still has 325 miles to the finish. Good luck to him, and all the teams still racing. And congratulations to Hugh. Well done.

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  35. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 16, 2016 at 12:00 am

    I thought W was supposed to be throwing Jeb a lifeline. Reminding folks the Bush family are establishment and proud of it doesn’t seem like much of a lifeline and instead sounds like he threw him a rope with a brick tied to it.

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/15/george-w-bush-campaigns-for-jeb-warns-against-supporting-donald-trump/

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