General Discussion, Saturday,May 7, 2016

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Stella
North Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah

North Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah

 

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61 Responses to General Discussion, Saturday,May 7, 2016

  1. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    May 7, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Another beautiful image, stella.

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  2. shiloh1973's avatar shiloh1973 says:
    May 7, 2016 at 12:11 am

    Arches may be the most beautiful place I have been. I visited all the parks in Utah, but liked this one the best.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      May 7, 2016 at 12:23 am

      When we lived there my favorite was Christmas Meadows up in the Uintas. We spent a lot of time in the 4-corners area with the anthro department of the college and BYU (not fun people) and hit the parks but what I mostly miss is the high mountain areas, Christmas Meadows especially.

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    • ZurichMike's avatar ZurichMike says:
      May 7, 2016 at 4:25 am

      I will spending a couiple of weeks in that area in September. Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce, Zion, etc. Really looking forward to it.

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      May 7, 2016 at 6:41 am

      Was at Dugway PG,

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        May 7, 2016 at 9:37 pm

        So was I. Was there for the great ‘oops’ sheep kill. Our munitions were stored there as were some other stuff we were inventorying. Lived in Ogden.

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  3. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    May 7, 2016 at 12:23 am

    Mr. Wilders is a genuine hero. I have had the pleasure of hearing him speak in person. Memorable and inspiring.

    Anti Islamification Politician Geert Wilders Will Travel To Republican Convention To Support Trump

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/06/anti-islamification-politician-geert-wilders-will-travel-republican-convention-support-trump/

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  4. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    May 7, 2016 at 6:53 am

    We made it to Saturday. Here’s our reward. Thank God for all good things , especially coffee.

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  5. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    May 7, 2016 at 8:27 am

    Mornin’ Derby fans!

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  6. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    May 7, 2016 at 8:41 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| ( and Czarina 🙂 🍸 )
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ctdar! 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
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    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
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    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ⭐ 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

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

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  7. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    May 7, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Article from Sharyl Attkisson about Lance Simmens being blocked from writing for HuffPo.
    “Is HuffPo under Big Pharma’s tent?”–Lance Simmens
    https://sharylattkisson.com/is-huffpo-under-big-pharmas-tent-lance-simmens/

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  8. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    May 7, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Well, well, well, they come right out and admit they were in control of the news from Truth rRvolt.
    ‘Top Obama Aide: We are the Ventriloquists that ‘Shape the News’
    “They call us to explain to them what’s happening…”‘
    http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/top-obama-aide-we-are-ventriloquists-shape-news

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      May 7, 2016 at 12:11 pm

      “All these newspapers used to have foreign bureaus. Now they don’t. They call us to explain to them what’s happening in Moscow and Cairo. Most of the outlets are reporting on world events from Washington. The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.”

      This is why all the news from Ukraine in the Western media was one story line, but all the on the ground reports from people living there were completely different.

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  9. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:11 am

    Any of y’all see Jeb’s whinging “I congratulate Trump” post on Facebook. I couldn’t resist expressing my opinion to the big sissypants.

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  10. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:21 am

    You Can’t Handle the Ruth: Davidson Leads Scottish Tories to Massive Gain

    http://heatst.com/uk/you-cant-handle-the-ruth-davidson-leads-scottish-tories-to-massive-gains/

    A conservative – but this one happens to be a lesbian. Interesting turns in politics these days.

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  11. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:30 am

    The great Iggy:
    “–There have only been two occasions where the more disliked person lost: In 1992 and 2000. George H. W. Bush had higher strong unfavorable ratings but lost to Bill Clinton and Al Gore had higher strong unfavorable than George W. Bush but lost.–”

    It should be noted that in both those cases the losers were attempting to extend either a 12 or 8 year long stay in the WH.
    So Hillary has a double whammy going on.

    The most strongly disliked person being elected makes sense if you stop and think about it.
    Fear is the greatest motivator and who is feared and disliked more than the guy perceived to be the largest threat to your issues?
    The lack of strong dislike should be a bit of a red flag that your candidate is neither a threat to your opponents nor likely to fight.
    Get worried when Hillary’s “strongly dislike” numbers start exceeding Trumps.
    smile emoticon

    Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkywatzky

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  12. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:48 am

    Jeb Bush broke his pledge to support the Republican nominee.

    https://newrepublic.com/minutes/133357/jeb-bush-broke-pledge-support-republican-nominee

    The pledge, of course, was designed to keep Trump from bolting the GOP and launching a third-party bid, which the RNC feared would scuttle the GOP’s chances of winning the general election. So far, no one seems too concerned that a Bush/Graham third-party ticket could do the same.

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  13. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Here Comes Ted Cruz’s Third-Party Candidacy

    https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/04/here-comes-ted-cruzs-third-party-candidacy

    So why has Cruz just unveiled a new logo and announced a running mate? Pundits have professed themselves baffled; after all, even if Fiorina could pick off some female Republicans here and there, and help somewhat with California, the dynamics of the race will remain fundamentally unchanged. The consensus seems to be that this is an act of desperation by Cruz, a Hail Mary pass with zero chance of success. Jim Newell of Slate confidently announced that he expects “pulling a Cruz” to become a synonym for delusional political gambles. After all, Newell says, this move is “unfathomable.” ….

    From Cruz’s perspective, there is no downside whatsoever to continuing to run even after losing the Republican nomination. Bear in mind what the alternative for Cruz is here: to sacrifice the spotlight, to gracefully cede the race and watch Clinton/Trump from the sidelines. To go away quietly. Does this fit with his character? Why would he do it, anyway? Why wouldn’t he run as an independent? If all goes well, a new conservative movement will rise from the ashes of the Republican Party, with Ted Cruz as its head. As the party itself falls apart, Cruz will establish himself as the de facto national spokesman American conservatism. Given the option to either do that or withdraw, who would withdraw?

    With some appealing potential advantages, and zero real disadvantages, the choice seems clear, and announcing Fiorina suddenly makes perfect sense. Ted Cruz may be running in the general election, nomination or not.

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      May 7, 2016 at 12:07 pm

      Yeah, I was wondering if this was going to be the next phase of the splitter strategy. Now we will see 20 independent campaigns from the people who “suspended” their party campaigns.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      May 7, 2016 at 8:11 pm

      My 2 cents 🙂

      I don’t think we are going to see a third party run from any of the “16” losers, they would have to find backers who are willing to throw millions of dollars into a pit, toss gasoline on it and light a match, and all of that effort would only further damage the RNC’s chances of recovering from the Trump insurgency. The folks that are billionaires generally didn’t get there by being so foolhardy with their money.

      there are also I believe 2 states it is too late to get on the ballot in, one of them being Texas, but that is from memory which my be sketchy.

      We were given a peek into the Ryan/Reince game plan and Trump has already given a nod that he will play ball. The despicable Ryan has said that his main moral (ack) problem with Trump is that Ryan is just weak in the knees over the idea that Trump will not respect the separation of powers. (Vomit tray needed for Ryan’s hypocrisy). Anyhow Trump just said in the last couple of days that he hoped to work with Congress because he would like to not have to use the executive action option.

      Really IMO it’s like watching the scene from the Godfather when the judge is holding up his fingers to indicate how much money it will take to buy a pardon and the attorney makes a counter offer with his own fingers.

      Keep in mind how many times Trump has said, “I have a letter from so and so, I remember him he came to my office, here is LG phone #, Walker? Walker gave me a plaque 🙄, I know these people ” this is not lost on the scoundrels. There is a reason that Trump is still standing even though he has made such powerful very ruthless enemies over the last few month.

      Heck, I even chuckle when I think about Katrina being on the Enquirer’s list of Cruz’s conquests, can you imagine if that is true and Cruz and Trump have both known the truth since the day Trump made her his spokeswoman?

      We, I suspect, have no idea how over the barrel Trump has the filth who have held our country hostage for so long.

      The game is afoot.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      May 7, 2016 at 9:33 pm

      Ah yes, the Mugwump party. He should shut his mug and get his wump the **** out of thecway.

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  14. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 7, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    Friends in the Pacific Northwest?

    Swarm of earthquakes strikes Mount St. Helens

    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/07/us/mount-st-helens-mini-earthquakes/index.html

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  15. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    May 7, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    I was down there around the last time it did something in 2005. The media coverage made it like it was 1980 again, but not a lot happened.

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  16. ImpeachEmAll's avatar ImpeachEmAll says:
    May 7, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    A horse race of a different kind.

    Saturday, May 07, 2016

    ​Spokane, Washington

    ​Spokane Convention Center – Exhibit Hall A & B

    12:00 PM

    Lynden, Washington

    The Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center

    3:00 PM

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  18. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    May 7, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    Big development. Not a good one.

    The Innocence of Sadiq Khan [a title I interpret as pure sarc]

    Londoners just elected Sadiq Khan as their mayor, the first Muslim mayor of any Western capital city. Paul Weston has some thoughts about what this milestone event means for the future of Britain… :

    http://gatesofvienna.net/2016/05/the-innocence-of-sadiq-khan/#more-39602

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  19. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    May 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    Very interesting. I tweeted this article, and “saw” in the temporary preview window that there were multiple RTs and “likes”, but they never showed up on my TL. Someone in TPTB didn’t like the article title?

    Devout Muslims execute 7-year-old boy for ‘insulting divinity’

    https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/devout-muslims-execute-7-year-old-boy-for-insulting-divinity/

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      May 7, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      Twitter does something called “Shadow blocking” to conservatives and especially with factual posts about Islam. I’m not exactly sure what it is or how it works but posts basically disappear. It happens to a lot of people I follow. It has happened to me.

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  20. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    May 7, 2016 at 7:18 pm

    Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

    1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

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    • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
      May 7, 2016 at 7:36 pm

      And these two together:

      “A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.” [Micah 7:6]

      Jesus said, “…you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.” [Matthew 10:22]

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  21. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    May 7, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Love it 🙂

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  22. doodahdaze's avatar Howie says:
    May 7, 2016 at 11:01 pm

    Just thinkin’ about my teen years, and the teens now…I was just a beach guy. Drafted right out of high school. I remember we did not care much about the war in Nam. But we just accepted that we might have to go in the Army and go over there and fight. Some of us enlisted. Not too many. I just wanted to go surfin’. We all had to go on a bus and get inspected in Jacksonville to get classified. I got 1A. But then they had lottery for your birthday and I got 332. I was glad. It was luck of the draw. I really think I would not be so forthright to go do a stupid, even more PC war in the ME. I never could understand back then how come we did not just nuke em.

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