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General Discussion, Monday, March 28, 2016

March 28, 2016 12:01 am

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  1. With all my heart, I wish I had nothing more than art to post.

    Instead, there is this:

    Suicide bomber targeting Christians kills 65, mostly women and children, in Pakistan park

    http://www.aol.com/article/2016/03/27/suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-52-mostly-women-kids-in-pakistan/21334113/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk3&pLid=-982860617&a_dgi=aolshare_twitter

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    By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 12:04 am

    1. (“Move along, no genocide to see here.”)

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      By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 12:05 am

    2. It’s Monday now, so it’s time, I guess. I wanted to take a rest from the ugly for a while on Sunday.

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      By stella on March 28, 2016 at 12:16 am

      1. Sorry, stella. Sorry for the evil and ugliness in the world. We know that it doesn’t win–we know that evil has already lost–but it shakes us to the core.

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        By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 12:26 am

        1. There will always be evilness in this world, it’s a constant Battle, Good v. Evil. Yes Mary, Good will win. Must always always remember; ” one man with courage is a majority “.

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          By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 8:59 am

      2. Happy news

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        By ImpeachEmAll on March 28, 2016 at 1:42 am

        1. I knew you knew; just
          trying to be positive. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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          By ImpeachEmAll on March 28, 2016 at 1:44 am

          1. I’m still grinning big time. ๐Ÿ˜€ I was secretly praying she had her baby today. Our daughter was born on Easter Sunday … and it was a blessing for me. I loved the photo she released. So refreshing to not have to wait until the highest bidder pays for the pictures and you never know if they are photoshopped. There’s just something pure about a mother/newborn photo. Dang she looked so good too. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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            By Margaret-Ann on March 28, 2016 at 1:53 am

      3. Morning Stella! Morning Mary!

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        By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:00 am

        1. And a beautiful morning to you, Col ! As beautiful as it is here, I hope…

          Monday blessings to everyone, as the Son shines.

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          By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    3. And they say Islam is a branch of the the Abrahamic religious tree. Guess it is even though they are descended from”…a wild donkey of a man, (whose) hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand will be against him…”. And who says the Scriptures aren’t accurate?

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      By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 2:01 am

      1. And then there’s this:

        Islamic State crucifies Catholic priest on Good Friday

        http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/27/isis-crucifies-catholic-priest-good-friday/#.Vvi3XYwiyt0.twitter

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        By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 2:33 am

        1. (“Move along, no religious persecution to see here.”)

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          By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 2:34 am

        2. I am hopeful that this is a false report. The WT and the Mirror are siting Cardinalโ€™s Easter Vigil for the source who reveled Father Tomโ€™s death but they misinterpreted what he said. Cardinal Schonborn asked for prayers of the repose of the souls of the 4 Missionaries of Charity and their 12 collaborators who were slaughtered by the devils of Islam.

          Although this is the headline the video attached does not match the content of the story. This is what the article says;

          ISIS crucify priest in chilling Easter execution after he was kidnapped from old people’s home

          Now the Washington Times has reported the savage murder has been confirmed at the Easter Vigil Mass by Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna.

          I believe that there is till hope that Father Tom is still alive, Cardinal Schonborn states this at the vigil; โ€œSince 4th March Faether Tom Uzhunnzlila Salesian Priest who has been serving in Yemen for several years has been missing, since the day he was kidnapped we do not know what has happened to him or where he is, there is still hope he might be freed.

          I hope and pray that the Washington Times has misinterpreted Cardinal Schonbornโ€™s words.

          I have been following this story and I canโ€™t find any source with actual knowledge that he was crucified. I would not be surprised if the devilโ€™s of Islam did crucify Father tom but it has not been confirmed, so let us hope and pray.

          Drudge also has a headline that Father Tom has been crucified but the link starts that;

          The Indian Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS-linked terroristsย in Yemen earlier this month was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed.

          The article also states Cardinal Schnborn told his congregation that Father Tom has been crucified but again unless it has yet to be released Cardinal Schonborn did not say this.

          Update while updating this post, I have heard from one involved in the community that boasting of Tomโ€™s death has been made by ISIS but no confirmation as of yet.

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          By lovely on March 28, 2016 at 12:27 pm

          1. As of a couple of hours ago (on Monday 28th) Catholic Online is stating that he is still missing, that the reports of crucifixion are just that: reports, unconfirmed. Pray for his safety and eventual release. Here is the linkโ€“the update is at the END:

            http://www.catholic.org/news/international/middle_east/story.php?id=68121

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            By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:15 pm

        3. There, you see, prof they are a religion of peace – no proof thry killed the priest. They respect other religions by not killing adherents on their holy days.

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          By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 4:26 pm

  2. Ironically, here is art that depicts part of what is WRONG: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters [Francisco Goya, 1799, Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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    By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 12:30 am

    1. its like you’re reading my mind…!
      been thinking about Goya’s work…
      this one goes to his take on universal foolishness
      and the ignorance of the Elites.

      Los Caprichos.

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      By smiley on March 28, 2016 at 5:26 am

      1. Is that what we are told it means or is that really what it means?

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        By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 10:55 am

        1. here’s an interesting little essay by Robert Flynn Johnson on Goya’s “meaning”, in this series of etchings.
          (scroll down past images of the Goya Exhibition of Los Caprichos)

          source article : http://www.a-r-t.com/goya/

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          By smiley on March 28, 2016 at 11:11 am

          1. Hmmmm. I’m unsure. Is Robert Flynn Johnson’s little essay just parroting back what someone else told him? To me the drawings make much more sense in the reverse. They are mocking the enlightened and reasoned. The monsters were the OWS types waiting for taking by force their fair share.

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            By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 10:24 pm

        2. My take is that it is a warning–that when reason sleeps, monsters are free to roam around.

          e.g., OUR reason tells us that Islam is slaughtering Christians as part of religious cleansing; reason ITSELF tells us that. The “reasoning” capabilities of the leftists/ruling elite/world leaders have been allowed to go to “sleep” (or deliberately put into sleep mode) and therefore “monsters” are free to roam around.

          Jihadists are not the only monsters that are taking advantage of the sleep of reason. We see the monsters all around us, every day. Their numbers are growing.

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          By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:22 pm

    2. You have to think about what was going on at the time this was painted.
      (1685-1815) The Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment.
      (1789-1799) French Revolution

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      By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 8:26 am

  3. That is a beautiful picture Stella!

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    By tessa50 on March 28, 2016 at 12:38 am

    1. Oh I agree! Ironically, today (while ordering a scented plug-in) I decided my new bathroom colors will be green and shades of pink. I remember in the 50’s … my grandmother loved pink and green decor.

      Beautiful photo, Stella. ๐Ÿ™‚

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      By Margaret-Ann on March 28, 2016 at 1:59 am

      1. 1950s
        green & pink and…

        Nantucket bags

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        By smiley on March 28, 2016 at 5:40 am

  4. Morninโ€™ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Morninโ€™ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (Old Fashioned)
    Morninโ€™ Menagerie! ๐Ÿ˜Ž |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿธ (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ texan59! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐ŸŒฏ (It’s bacon, not a burrito)
    Morninโ€™ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| ( and Czarina ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ )
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ ctdar! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Morninโ€™ MaryfromMarin! ๐Ÿ˜€ |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Morninโ€™ Howie! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Morninโ€™ TwoLaine! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Morninโ€™ Sha! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Morninโ€™ The Tundra PA! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (bailey irish cream on the rocks)
    Morninโ€™ lovely! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Tom and Jerry)
    Morninโ€™ michellc! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Salty dog)
    Morninโ€™ auscitizenmom! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ
    Mornin’ holly100! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ Monroe! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ Les! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (โ€œStellarsโ€) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_|
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! โญ ๐Ÿ˜› (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. ๐Ÿ˜ณ
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! ๐Ÿ˜•

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra and F.D.R. in Hell! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Pastries for coffee!

    โญ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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    By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 8:17 am

    1. Mornin’!

      Salty dog, eh?

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      By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 8:35 am

    2. Morning Nye! Well done!

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      By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:03 am

    3. Mornin’ Nyet and everyone. ๐Ÿ™‚

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      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 9:54 am

    4. Good Morning Nyet,
      Still in the Bay Area? Had me plenty of Grand Slam breakfasts in my time. 2x2x2x2.
      Thanks, and as always, appreciated.

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      By derk on March 28, 2016 at 9:59 am

      1. Yup.

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        By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 10:00 am

        1. Good for you, it is a beautiful city, to me anyways, but still can only stand to be there over night, then I get to feel claustrophobic. Too much movement in too tight of space. I hope you enjoy it as you can while working.

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          By derk on March 28, 2016 at 10:05 am

          1. I enjoy the hotel breakfasts. ๐Ÿ™‚

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            By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 10:11 am

            1. Wave at me, nyet. I’m just a few miles to the north.

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              By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:24 pm

              1. I am waving.

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                By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 6:30 pm

                1. ๐Ÿ™‚

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                  By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:32 pm

    5. Good morning Nyet ๐Ÿ™‚

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      By lovely on March 28, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    6. Good afternoon, and thank you for the deliciousness. Perfect …I’m a simpleton.

      ๐Ÿ˜›

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      By Margaret-Ann on March 28, 2016 at 2:51 pm

  5. Phew! Just sliding in here with coffee to go with the Capitalism Evangelizer’s breakfast. Late morning, sorry guys.

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    By Menagerie on March 28, 2016 at 8:23 am

    1. Morning Menagerie, good coffee!

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      By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:04 am

  6. Stella, you have a gift for selecting beauty. Love the picture. Soon my woods, and the forests all around will look just like this. The dogwoods have bloomed already but some of the bushes are slower this year.

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    By Menagerie on March 28, 2016 at 8:25 am

    1. Ours have, here – a delight to the eye!

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      By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 8:30 am

    2. Last week, I went looking for photos of dogwoods in the forest. At one time the company I worked for had an office in Charlotte, NC, and I visited there in the Spring when the dogwood was blooming in the woods behind the building. It was so very beautiful, and I wanted to show that here. I’m not sure that even this photo is as beautiful as I remember it, but it pays homage to that memory.

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      By stella on March 28, 2016 at 8:32 am

      1. Out in our woods that are still bare is a wild dogwood, I never noticed it until this year.

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        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 8:42 am

        1. I have two white dogwoods, about 40-50 y/old. I have tried many times over the years to grow pink dogwoods.

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          By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:10 am

          1. This one is small and not very old, I imagine God’s little birds carried the seeds out in the middle of all the large trees and bushes and it managed to take root.

            Over the years I have bought dogwoods and redbuds and planted them where I wanted them and have never gotten them to live. That makes me love the wild ones and although I’m probably silly, I always look at them as a gift from God.

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            By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 9:24 am

            1. Yours IS a miracle – we tried many times in W. TX with dogwoods and azaleas – wasn’t happening. Too hot, too dry, possibly….. maybe too much full sun, who knows.

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              By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 9:47 am

              1. I’ve planted many azaleas over the years as well and only once have gotten one to live. I was so proud of myself. ๐Ÿ™‚

                A friend of mine has them all over her yard. I swear she can plant a new one and forget to water it for a month and it will live.

                My mother always had a green thumb, but the one thing she could never get to live is an azalea.

                It’s getting about time to take a drive to Muskogee, OK and see all the azaleas at Honor Heights Park, they have over 30,000 azaleas, the big festival is in April.

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                By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:01 am

              2. I’m gonna guess “all of the above” … I haven’t seen them either. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                By Margaret-Ann on March 28, 2016 at 2:14 pm

              3. No wonder – I remember cactus carrying canteens in El Paso.

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                By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 10:21 pm

  7. Late here, too – Reveille got me up! Mornin’ kids!

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    By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 8:43 am

    1. Funny! Good morning.

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      By stella on March 28, 2016 at 8:58 am

      1. Mornin’ Stella!

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 9:07 am

    2. BAWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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      By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 9:00 am

      1. Mornin’ B!

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 9:07 am

      2. MY EXACT WORDS!!!

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        By MaryfromMarin on March 28, 2016 at 6:25 pm

    3. Always enjoyed the boom of the cannon then “reveille” as Old Glory is raised too its rightful place of honor.

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      By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:18 am

      1. Mornin’ Colonel!

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 9:26 am

    4. Mornin’ Wee!

      Hilarious!

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      By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 9:25 am

      1. Mornin’ Michelle!

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 9:27 am

    5. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

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      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 9:59 am

    6. Good morning WeeWeed ๐Ÿ™‚

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      By lovely on March 28, 2016 at 12:37 pm

      1. Mornin’ Lovely!

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 12:58 pm

    7. Gary Larson.

      “Mork calling Larson. Come in, Larson!”

      Please come back! Do it for the chillren!

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      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:09 pm

      1. Gary Larson. Are you going to let Piraro (“Man, that mfer’s name Mitt” — Snoop Dogg) take your belt?

        Get back in the ring.

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        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:11 pm

        1. Crazy thought:

          Piraro IS Gary Larson.

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          By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:14 pm

          1. Maybe they’re “partners”.

            As it were.

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            By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:31 pm

            1. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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              By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    8. What the……………… ๐Ÿ˜ฏ ๐Ÿ˜†

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      By texan59 on March 28, 2016 at 9:35 pm

      1. Well, cats. You know. ๐Ÿ™„

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 10:01 pm

        1. ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† I do indeed. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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          By texan59 on March 28, 2016 at 10:28 pm

  8. I saw the youtube video at the neighbors of lyin’ Ted. If memory serves me correct the first reaction from Cruz came after the tweet by Trump and he didn’t denounce the ad, he said it didn’t come from them and warned Trump to not go after Heidi.

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    By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 9:30 am

    1. I just watched the entire interview and this man has no sense of decency. Trump or nobody has attacked his wife, his family or his kids.
      Retweeting a picture is not an attack. If posting bad pictures is an attack, I’m going to have to go to war with my children who always seem to find the worst old family pictures to share with family on FB. lol

      Revealing Heidi’s past when her past has been working against the sovereignty of our country is fair game, especially for a woman who is going to have unelected power in the White House. Especially when she comes out and says, “we are running for President.”

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      By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 9:52 am

      1. I am indignant because not only did he say this, but a lot of newsguys are repeating it and calling it an attack on Heidi. They state it as though it came out of thin air, too. Somebody else has to point out that it is after Cruz’s people put the picture of Melania out. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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        By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 10:02 am

        1. Attacking her policies is not attacking her.

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          By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:52 am

      2. By and large the US public has forgotten the woman behind the man. Of course she’s of interest. We are getting two people in the role of president, not one.

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        By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 10:10 am

        1. Ask schoolkids about Mooch approved lunches.

          I think a woman like Heidi who works to get funding for her husband through her contacts should receive scrutiny. What is she promising these folks in return for their donations? She should have to answer those questions along with she should have to answer questions about her work with Council on Foreign Relations.

          Cruz doesn’t want that scrutinized and that’s why he’s playing the fake outrage act of attacking his wife.

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          By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:51 am

  9. (Oops, accidentally posted this in yesterday’s Open.)

    Morning, all.

    This article should go viral, IMO. I hope it becomes a post here, at CTH, at AoSHQ, full text.

    Oleg Atbashian (Peopleโ€™s Cube, and ex-Soviet citizen, and creator of the banner for The Last Refuge), today at American Thinker.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/03/some_of_my_best_friends_are_trump_supporters.html

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    By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:05 am

    1. FTA:

      ” The strongest fire from all media portholes and loopholes is directed at the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump, and his supporters. They are being described as uneducated, angry, vengeful, racist, xenophobic, and plain stupid. Authors of these assumptions, mostly writing from within the Boston-New York-Washington corridor, admit that they don’t even know anyone who likes Trump. But how can they write about what they don’t know? When the electoral map is fluid, when things are happening rapidly in real time, and when no reliable historical data exists, we rely on personal experiences and anecdotal evidence. In the absence of such, the writers simply fill the gaps in their knowledge with their own prejudices, similar to how medieval mapmakers marked unexplored areas with “here be dragons.”

      There’s a big probability that Trump supporters are, in fact, all around them, even in their own families — and the reason why these writers don’t know it, is their own snobbery. No one likes to be called stupid, his IQ questioned, or presumed to be an unthinking herd animal, and many simply don’t have the time to stop and explain their reasons whenever a #Nevertrump activist feels like trashing Trump voters. Many simply choose to remain silent.

      Very long essay for AT, and very good. Many great comparisons with the USSR.

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      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:07 am

      1. These guys come up with new epithets for Conservatives faster than National Geographic‘s colored-pencil artists come up with new Pokemon. I mean dinosaurs.

        Why would we attempt to argue with them, with dialectic OR rhetoric. It’s not possible. I don’t try and levitate objects with The Force, either. Because attempting the impossible, again and again, only leads to strife with these people, and insanity for both participants. So they told us to shut up. So we did.

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        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:15 am

      2. I should’ve waited a minute to post it! Twinkies!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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        By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 11:22 am

  10. A really good piece from Oleg Atbashian.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/03/some_of_my_best_friends_are_trump_supporters.html

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    By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 11:21 am

    1. LOL

      Good. It had to be posted twice.

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      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:32 am

    2. I’d post it over at CTH, but I’m not sure which thread I’m allowed to post it in.

      Someone probably already has, anyway.

      I barely read there, lately, since SD changed tracks (from investigative-crime to investigative-political), mainly because the political is somewhat either beyond me, or because the place is growing too fast for me to keep up with 600-comment threads. Breitbart has 6,000 comment threads, now. I moved away from the big city for a reason, and the same applies here.

      And Stella, when your Place gets that big, I guess I’ll make Wooly’s Backyard.

      Liked by 4 people

      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:42 am

      1. IMHO this should be posted on the 2016 Presidential Election Thread.

        Liked by 3 people

        By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 11:47 am

        1. Yes.

          Liked by 1 person

          By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 11:55 am

          1. Should I say “needs to be”?

            Liked by 1 person

            By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 12:45 pm

        2. Done. And nobody had posted it, prior.

          Liked by 3 people

          By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      2. Most of y’all are invited. At least half of most of y’all. Not less.

        ๐Ÿ™‚

        Liked by 1 person

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:43 pm

        1. I like less than half of y’all more than you deserve, but I like more than three quarters of y’all more than I can fathom.

          Bilbo heard me.

          Liked by 2 people

          By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 2:04 pm

  11. (Are there more mods next door, yet? Or still the same core 7 or 8?)

    Liked by 2 people

    By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 11:45 am

    1. Same ones.

      Liked by 2 people

      By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 11:55 am

      1. And a 400% increase in comment traffic? Is that about right?

        Oh, and I’m in moderation over there. Probably because of the new name?

        Liked by 4 people

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 12:02 pm

        1. Yup – I’ll go fetch ya’s….

          Liked by 2 people

          By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 12:19 pm

          1. Much obliged.

            Liked by 4 people

            By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 12:25 pm

  12. Looks like Ryan is going to have to concentrate on keeping himself on that cot in his office.

    Paul Ryan faces primary challenge from wealthy businessman โ€˜betrayedโ€™ by House speaker

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/28/paul-ryan-faces-primary-challenge-wealthy-business/

    A wealthy businessman with tea party ties confirmed Sunday that he is mounting a primary challenge to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, saying that after donating to the Wisconsin Republicanโ€™s past campaigns he feels โ€œbetrayedโ€ by the speaker on trade deals and immigration.

    The businessman, who is not yet revealing his identity, promised that his run will โ€œshake up the establishment in a profound way,โ€ according to a political consultant close to the prospective candidate.

    Liked by 4 people

    By lovely on March 28, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    1. I truly believe the ripples from Donald Trump’s stand are moving across the country. This may not have a direct tie to Trump, but it may have made this potential candidate think about actually running, think that he might have a chance, or at least, think it is worth it to try. He is a leader.

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      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 1:04 pm

      1. So excellent, and so much more — timely.

        Liked by 1 person

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:19 pm

      2. Stout-hearted Men don’t fecate upon police cars. They also don’t throw bricks through windows. They also down burn down portions of St. Louis.

        Liked by 1 person

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:23 pm

        1. Those aren’t men, which act that way.

          Those are either poorly-taught children or barbarians.

          It’s gonna be an interesting year.

          Liked by 1 person

          By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:36 pm

          1. Regardless, the progs will, within three generations, go, grunting or semi-verbalizing and ranting utter nonsense in an almost incoherent dialect, back to either the forests or the seas.

            Admission:
            (I stole that from someone, that I read today, in some comment section somewhere.)

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            By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:41 pm

  13. A great breakdown of the Cruz scandal by Stefan Molyneux. He does a very good timeline about the Melania photo to the present.

    Liked by 3 people

    By shiloh1973 on March 28, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    1. My mental math:
      “Cruz Sex Scandal” < "Great Leap Forward II"

      Actually, the former is less important to me than HAARP.

      The latter is quite up there on my List of Things About Which to be Somewhat Concerned.

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      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:47 pm

      1. Mao Tse Sanders.

        Here we go again. Double the death. Half the time.

        With our own special blend of Herbs and Spices!

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        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:49 pm

        1. That’s as opposed to our national Mousey Sanders, right.

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          By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 8:23 pm

      2. Like

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:50 pm

        1. Aus: Taqiyy!!

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          By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 1:57 pm

          1. LOL

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            By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    2. That was so good. Did anybody else notice when he speaks for Cruz or Bush, he uses a Southern accent? LOL

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      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 2:37 pm

  14. Good afternoon, Stella… and ~All! ๐Ÿ™‚

    I am beginning a (last) week move-a-thon and will drop by as often as I can, if only to read at the least. Everyone have a fabulous week.

    Liked by 6 people

    By Margaret-Ann on March 28, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    1. Where ya movin’, GF?? Lemme tell ya, it’ll wear ya out….. ๐Ÿ™„

      Liked by 3 people

      By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      1. I hate moving. We’ve done it I think 4 times during our marriage and every time it took us a week to move.
        Our old house we rent out and I swear renters can be moved in a day and moved out within 4 hours.

        Liked by 4 people

        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 7:23 pm

        1. Oh I know, Michellc. I’ve known about this move for over two years, have postponed a million times in the past 9 months. And it’s down to the last six days. :\

          Liked by 2 people

          By Margaret-Ann on March 29, 2016 at 12:10 am

      2. Back to Fort Worth in a house we’ve been in since ’77. I’ve been living in my parents house (my home town), they have passed and it’s time to move back to where my girls and g-kids are. I’ve been to daughter’s house in Dallas many times, but haven’t been back to the house in over five years. It is gutted and my husband has renovated it. Hoping happy times are in the future. ๐Ÿ™‚

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        By Margaret-Ann on March 29, 2016 at 12:06 am

  15. {giggle} I really like this ad with Charlie Daniels.

    Liked by 1 person

    By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    1. I like this one, too.

      Liked by 1 person

      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      1. Both are excellent, Aus.

        Liked by 1 person

        By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    2. Liked, very much.

      Like

      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 6:36 pm

  16. Liked by 1 person

    By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 6:42 pm

    1. If I ever write a rap about gun control, (and I could), it would be entitled, “Christian/Newsom:R.I.P.”.

      Had they been packin’… there wouldn’a been no jackin’.

      And none of what evil that followed.

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      By Wooly Phlox on March 28, 2016 at 6:46 pm

  17. There’s something sticking to the back of my mind like toilet paper to a shoe – the Turkish connection to ISIS’s murder of the Mideast Christian community.
    Turkey has been actively suporting ISIS in hopes that ISIS wiil kill Kurds and create Sunni enclaves in the Syrian territories adjacent to Turkey in Syria, territories the old Ottoman Empire once owned. In the process the ISIS forces are murdering all of the Christians and non-Moslems it can get its bloody hands on, depopulating these same areas, plus others, of their Christian/non-Moslem occupants. This is a boon to Turkey as it has no more use for the Christian population than it does the Kurds. A pliable Sunni population under Turkish military and religious control is the best outcome for Turkey and if they can get ISIS to do the job all the better, and there’s that much more deniability they can wave in front of them to divert blame.
    Reason this stuck in my mind was the Armenian Genocide, where the Ottoman Empire murdered better than 1.5 MILLION Christians while the rest of the world, occupied by WW I, looked the other way. The word ‘genocide’ was created to describe the Turks’ actions in trying to totally wipe the Christian ‘race’ from the face of the Ottoman Empire.
    Jump ahead 100 years and a resurgent Turkey is once again trying to expand its influence and territory while trying to eradicate the Kurdish ‘race’ while allying itself with another Moslem group all too happy to do Turkey’s dirty work. Might the Turks now be subcontracting its work out to keep its hands clean? They could let ISIS keep on cleaning housebof non-Moslem and politically inconvenient Moslem groups then, when the time comes, turn on ISIS with Western help, cleaning up the mes on the livingroom floor.
    Just wondering…

    Liked by 3 people

    By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    1. Liked by 1 person

      By Howie on March 28, 2016 at 8:11 pm

      1. I’d heard that the pic was when the Queen inducted him into the Knights of the bath house.

        Liked by 4 people

        By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 8:38 pm

        1. ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘

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          By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:17 pm

  18. Bill Clinton has disappeared from the presidential campaign of wife Hillary โ€” amidst troubling new charges of past cocaine use and his own increasingly bizarre behavior! The National ENQUIRER has revealed a number of recent disturbing moments as the former Prez has campaigned for his wife. His bizarre statements and dazed appearances culminated early last week with Bill declaring that President Obama’s past eight years as President created an “awful legacy!”

    http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/bill-clinton-cocaine-brain-damage-claims/photo/153043/

    Liked by 2 people

    By Howie on March 28, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    1. Cocaine! Cocaine? No, I didn’t Mena do that!

      Liked by 1 person

      By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 10:34 pm

  19. http://www.infowars.com/walker-will-endorse-cruz-in-wisc-push/

    The Big Steal is on โ€“ trust me.

    The Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Romney, Ryan, McConnell faction has united and is moving into high gear to steal the nomination from Trump. The immediate plan is an all out bid to deprive Donald Trump of victory โ€“ and the delegates โ€“ in Wisconsin.

    Governor Scott Walker, long reliant on Koch money, will endorse Cruz. A victory in Wisconsin for Cruz makes the big steal possible. A loss there makes the big steal much more difficult.

    The power-brokersโ€™ short term game is clear; stall Trump just short of the magic number of delegates needed to be nominated on the first ballot with the knowledge that many delegates bound on the first ballot by Trump primary and caucus victories would be unbound on a second ballot. Much in the way the RNC stacked the galleries with anti-Trump partisans in the last two debates, anti-Trump quislings are being planted in various delegations that will be free to betray Trump on subsequent ballots.

    Some Republican state chairmen, for example, in Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Connecticut, North Dakota, and other states, are planting โ€œTrojan Horseโ€ delegates into slots won by Trump on the first ballot.

    The second part of their audacious plan is to use procedural votes to adopt rules for the convention as recommended by the Rules Committee and the seating of the delegates as recommended by the Credentials Committee, neither of which will favor Donald Trump in any way. Those key committees are made up of two members from each state and the conspirators have been quietly placing their establishment stooges in these positions. This poses the gravest danger to Trump.

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    By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    1. This is going to cost them a lot more than the presidency if Trump is not elected due to their duplicity. Voters will punish them in every race on the ticket.

      Apparently they don’t care to give up at least four years in the White House, but what will it do to their power structure and ability to money grab when they lose big time from Congress to dog catcher? I believe it will happen.

      Is this country so far gone that it won’t matter? I can’t see how that is possible. They really, really overestimate their ability to pee down our backs and tell us it’s raining.

      Liked by 2 people

      By Menagerie on March 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm

      1. I honestly don’t think they care because some business donor or lobbyist will give them a cushy job. The donors and lobbyists don’t care who is in charge as long as they get theirs.
        Then the RNC can beg for money if you want to turn this country back around.

        Liked by 1 person

        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    2. Wi is going to be a mess. I live in one of the most conservative counties in the country and republicans are all over the place. You have Trump supporters who are pissed at Ryan and the GOP cabal, you have Party loyalists who are leaning Kasich and you have the lock step Walkerists who think Cruz is the best bet and hate Trump because they blame him for Walker’s early withdrawal from the race.

      Trump is doing well everywhere other than Milwaukee (no surprise) and the conservative enclaves.

      Tomorrow Trump is going right into the hot seat of Ryan’s home town. There are already protesters there. The Freedom riders are coming tomorrow to put themselves and their Harley’s between Trump supporters and the idiot protestors.

      Liked by 1 person

      By lovely on March 29, 2016 at 12:45 am

  20. Well of course Tom Cole loves him.

    http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/274355-ryan-moves-stir-white-house-talk

    With the ugly GOP primary race heading toward a possible contested convention this summer, some of the Speakerโ€™s biggest fans have begun rooting for Ryan to become this yearโ€™s GOP nominee โ€” a consensus pick in the event the delegates in Cleveland canโ€™t agree on anyone else.

    โ€œLook, heโ€™s already been vetted, heโ€™s been on a national ticket, millions of people have already voted for him in that regard, we know how he performs,โ€ Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said in an interview on C-SPANโ€™s โ€œNewsmakers.โ€ โ€œAnd frankly, he does represent the kind of vision and values, as a Republican, you would want to put forward.โ€

    Liked by 2 people

    By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    1. Pardon me while I ……..Empty the contents of my stomach……

      Liked by 4 people

      By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    2. The Republicans no longer have any vision or values. Period. The can’t see the brick wall they are headed toward and their values appear to be me, me, me!

      Liked by 2 people

      By Menagerie on March 28, 2016 at 9:59 pm

      1. Greed is their values imho.

        Liked by 3 people

        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:06 pm

  21. HUD is the new EPA. Sue and settle. Movin’ the po folks to a nice neighborhood near you, so they can have “access to opportunity”. I told ya’z years ago to watch that slimy little former mayor of the Alamo City. ๐Ÿ‘ฟ

    http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/hud-mandates-affordable-housing-affluent-baltimore-suburbs

    Liked by 3 people

    By texan59 on March 28, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    1. Tex, this has been going on in Allegheny County, which surrounds the city of Pittsburgh. Some of the Large Estate homes, county buys, Po folks move in. County mows the grass, and try’s too keep up with the appearance of the house. Within a year or so, the moving vans are moving other folks out.

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      By Col.(R) Ken on March 28, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    2. This is an easy one. You chain one of the protesters to a car and drag him/her off with the others being towed behind. You don’t have to go fast, just very slowly, it won’t take long until they give up.

      Liked by 1 person

      By auscitizenmom on March 28, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    3. They’ve been lloking at this for decades, economic redlining. One’s dedication to improving one’s lot, getting an education, having a work ethic, investing…you know, all of those things so many at the bottom rungs of our national ladder find so unappealing. Ahhh, if it weren’t for so many materialistic, overachieving ants the grasshoppers would be able to stumble across a crumb every now and then. Grasshoppers are oppressed!

      Liked by 2 people

      By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 11:00 pm

  22. I don’t understand private businesses, why don’t they tell the cops they want them gone and they want to file charges?

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/anti-trump-protesters-take-janesville-wisconsin-hotel-trump-set-speak-tuesday/

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    By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    1. This may get interesting. Buncha bikers on their way to Janesville for Trump’s speech. Jus’ sayin’…… ๐Ÿ˜€

      Liked by 3 people

      By WeeWeed on March 28, 2016 at 10:03 pm

      1. Maybe they’ll get scared and run away with wet pants. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Liked by 2 people

        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 10:26 pm

      2. Yep, they are on the way, they will probably then head to the Harley museum in Milwaukee and make a day of it. Should be a fun day.

        Liked by 1 person

        By lovely on March 29, 2016 at 12:53 am

    2. Franchise or corporate owned, they would be fearful of being put out of business.

      Like

      By nyetneetot on March 28, 2016 at 11:25 pm

      1. Well, you will never find me staying in one again if they don’t have them arrested. Who wants to stay somewhere that doesn’t care about the safety of their paying clients?

        Liked by 2 people

        By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 11:34 pm

      2. You mean, like Chik-fil-a?

        Liked by 1 person

        By auscitizenmom on March 29, 2016 at 6:46 am

  23. “They” aren’t gonna like this. American College of Pediatricians says transgender “conditioning” is child abuse. About time.

    http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/j-matt-barber/american-college-pediatricians-transgender-conditioning-child-abuse

    Liked by 5 people

    By texan59 on March 28, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    1. Appropriate doctrinal conditioning personnel, accompanied by IRS and Medicaid auditors, will arrive at the American College of Pediatrics offices shortly. How dare these persons of science contradict the pronouncements of progressive soft-science doctrinaires!
      Hang in there, NAMBLA, hope’s on the horizon!

      Liked by 2 people

      By czarowniczy on March 28, 2016 at 11:11 pm

  24. This is strange!

    http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-quick-cuts/watch/fiorina-on-trump-he-is-a-serial-philanderer-653826115566

    Liked by 1 person

    By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 11:02 pm

    1. BTW if someone ever asks my husband if he’s been faithful during our marriage and he lets another woman answer for him and refuses to answer the question, he will be kicked out on his rear.

      Liked by 3 people

      By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    2. Someone put it on youtube. I still can’t get over her saying she’s going to comment and the guy asking her if she has first hand knowledge of his marriage. lol
      Did either of them think this was going to help? This is the strangest defense I’ve ever seen.

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      By michellc on March 28, 2016 at 11:56 pm

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