General Discussion, Thursday, May 19, 2016

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Stella

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  1. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    May 19, 2016 at 12:01 am

    First!

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  2. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    May 19, 2016 at 12:13 am

    Just sayin’

    😏

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  3. The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:
    May 19, 2016 at 2:22 am

    Oh joy! At last, at last! There’s finally another Trump rally on the schedule.

    – Thursday, May 19, 2016 –
    Lawrenceville, NJ

    Lawrenceville National Guard Armory
    5:00 PM

    Mr. Trump will be joining Governor Christie for a fundraising event.

    Event Schedule:
    Doors open at 5:00 PM
    Event begins at 6:00 PM
    Mr. Trump and Governor Christie are expected to speak at 7:00 PM

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  4. tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
    May 19, 2016 at 4:46 am

    She isn’t for everyone, but oh what a voice she had.
    Good morning all, have a great day!!

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  5. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    May 19, 2016 at 6:49 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  6. sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
    May 19, 2016 at 8:07 am

    Morning Wee, Mary, lovely, Nyet, Stella, Zurich Mike, Tundra, Tessa, czar and all others who enter today. Sorry if I missed any names!

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  7. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    May 19, 2016 at 8:10 am

    Good morning folks, the sun is shinning and it is a balmy 46° here 😊

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      May 19, 2016 at 9:21 am

      Good morning!

      The sun is out and it’s 50 here. I’m hoping the sun stays out and it gets warm today and no rain. All I have left to putting my office back together is washing the blinds and putting them back up and it’s much easier to do outside with the water hose.

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      • lovely's avatar lovely says:
        May 19, 2016 at 11:32 am

        The sun is shinning and we are up to 66° so a really lovely day 🙂

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      • Pam's avatar Pam says:
        May 19, 2016 at 12:57 pm

        73 here in mountains of GA. Forest all around me, and my “new” yard is really green – 90% weeds. Pollen flying everywhere. The weather here is so much better than where I was. Last summer, our first here, I think it got to 90 maybe 2 or 3 times. Higher humidity through the winter, which is good for my body.

        We’ve been having spring thunderstorms. Spectacular as the clouds build and roll across the mountains. Then the thunder starts, and you can hear it also rolling around, bouncing off the ridges. So cool.

        When God made this little area, there is this nice phenomenon: the way the mountains are situated. The big fronts will come up from the Gulf or from the west. When the storm front approaches our area, it can be a really big mass; most of the time, as it gets to us, something happens and the thing just splits and either diffuses or goes around us somehow.

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  8. SwissMike (formerly ZurichMike)'s avatar ZurichMike says:
    May 19, 2016 at 8:14 am

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  10. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 8:56 am

    Good morning everybody! Lovely day here, sunny and cloudless, temp is 53; should be 70 this afternoon.

    Trump rally this evening in New Jersey. The live feed begins at 6:30 pm.

    This poem by Shel Silverstein reminds me of Menagerie’s comments yesterday:

    God’s Wheel by Shel Silverstein
    GOD says to me with a kind
    of smile, “Hey how would you like
    to be God awhile And steer the world?”
    “Okay,” says I, “I’ll give it a try.

    Where do I set?
    How much do I get?
    What time is lunch?
    When can I quit?”

    “Gimme back that wheel,” says GOD.
    “I don’t think you’re quite ready YET.”

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  12. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    May 19, 2016 at 9:22 am

    Bunch of crybabies…. Here!

    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)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (bailey irish cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_|
    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:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Pastries for coffee!

    ⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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  13. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 10:11 am

    Trump taps climate change skeptic, fracking advocate as key energy advisor

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-energy-idUSKCN0Y41ZP

    Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has asked one of America’s most ardent drilling advocates and climate change skeptics to help him draft his energy policy.

    U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota – a major oil drilling state – is writing a white paper on energy policy for the New York billionaire, Cramer and sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

    Cramer was also among a group of Trump advisers who recently met with lawmakers from western energy states, who hope Trump will open more federal land for drilling, a lawmaker who took part in the meeting said.

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  14. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 10:16 am

    This Is a War We’re in, Damn It

    http://spectator.org/this-is-a-war-were-in-damn-it/

    My friend and mentor, Heritage Foundation founder Ed Feulner has always said that in the war of ideas there ‎is no room for pacifists. Even more so in a cultural war.

    Why do so few conservatives get that? The left does. That’s why it is winning….

    Here’s my point. The Trump movement — not necessarily even Trump himself — is a welcome and so needed rallying cry against the radicalization of the left and their ridiculous causes — whether it’s transgender bathrooms, climate change fanaticism, 80 percent tax rates on anyone who is successful, free college tuition for illegal immigrants, or whatever the latest liberal grievance is. The other day the leftists protested in Chicago against a billionaire hedge fund manager for not paying his “fair share” of taxes. This is a man who has given $500 million to Chicago area arts, schools, and charities. ‎

    I almost laugh out loud when I see anti-Trumpers on the right say: “he doesn’t share our conservative values.” I feel like screaming: Don’t you get it. The left has been assaulting our conservative values without serious opposition for decades. We’ve been like the French in the two world wars, just folding as the Germans march right into Paris. Those “conservative values” have been run over by liberal tanks. By joining the leftists against Trump brigades, you’re aiding and abetting the people who were driving the vehicle. I even see there is now a Republicans for Hillary movement. Don’t let the door hit you on your fannies on the way out of the party….

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  15. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    May 19, 2016 at 10:53 am

    My assertion — Dr. Adam Weishaupt, (6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830) professor of Canon law in the university of Ingolstadt, — founder of Socialism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt

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  16. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 11:37 am

    Those of you with dogs: I just received dog treats ordered from Costco, and the dog and CAT both love them. They are Nature’s Domain Grain Free Jerky Treats With Real Wild Boar. They are not cheap, but were couponed. The first ingredients are Wild Boar, Pork, Pea Flour, Glycerin, Pork Liver, Natural Smoke Flavor. The rest are water, vitamins, color and preservatives (sorbic acid and potassium sorbate).

    The fact that the CAT likes them indicates to me that they are pretty good. She is very picky. Doesn’t like even the best wet cat or dog food, only certain dry cat food, canned tuna or roast chicken, and crackers.

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  17. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 12:18 pm

    The great Iggy:

    De Blasio proposes a $2million vasectomy campaign for the deer population of Staten Island.
    Story doesn’t mention whether sex reassignment surgery, including antler removal, will also be made available for bucks who identify as does, but I think we can safely assume it will be.

    Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkywatzky

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    • Pam's avatar Pam says:
      May 19, 2016 at 1:12 pm

      Is this a joke? I don’t have much hair left to pull out.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      May 19, 2016 at 1:39 pm

      Yeah, but it will cut down on the size of lines at thecrestrooms

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      May 19, 2016 at 1:39 pm

      I could send a dozen Wisconsinites, take away the bag limit and they will cull the population in no time. Plus the venison could be given to food pantries.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        May 19, 2016 at 2:01 pm

        We could send some from Michigan, too. Problem is that people think every deer is Bambi, hate guns, and want to be “compassionate”. The idea is stupid, devised by ignorant people.

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        • lovely's avatar lovely says:
          May 19, 2016 at 2:16 pm

          Yep. Here in WI if you hit a deer (by accident) with your car, you can bring it home and make a meal.

          Being from Chicago it took me a while to get used to deer tied to people’s cars during the hunting season. It still is a bit of a shock to me.

          Apparently our local animal shelter has a couple of fawns that someone brought in as “strays” 🙄 I have no idea what they are going to do with them.

          We also have a deer farm near here, I took my girls there when they were young for a hayride and to pick pumpkins. The owners were giving a tour and the father was all farmer and not politically correct, he told a group of small kids about someone getting gored by a buck ( in quite graphic detail) and then he complained for about 5 minutes about regulations on deer farming and butchering.

          It was an interesting experience.

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          • Stella's avatar stella says:
            May 19, 2016 at 2:46 pm

            Ditto here in Michigan if you hit a deer. My friend’s daughter was the recipient of a deer hit by a car – the local fire department called her husband, and they filled their freezer.

            The office park where I worked had a large herd, which couldn’t be shot because it was in the city limits. People fed them, and they would allow you to get very close. They repaid our kindness by eating the shrubbery and trees.

            The last winter I worked there, I narrowly avoided hitting one of the darlings on two different occasions. The second time was so narrow that I only just saw it before braking, and it jumped over my front fender. I got out of the car to be sure I hadn’t actually hit it.

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            • lovely's avatar lovely says:
              May 19, 2016 at 3:31 pm

              They can really cause damage to your car if you hit one. My friend hit two in one year and totaled one of his cars.

              My sister the bleeding heart liberal hit one, it didn’t die immediately so she sat on the side of a busy highway right next to it to make sure it was going to “pass on”. I don’t know what her plan was if it didn’t die but thankfully it did.

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              • Pam's avatar Pam says:
                May 19, 2016 at 7:26 pm

                I know I’m a wuss, but I’m not liberal. I have no problem in my mind with people hunting deer. They have to be culled. And no problem with eating the meat. I still know that I’d have to be really hungry to do it myself. One of the nicest things when we moved to our little house near the top of the hill next to the forest, was last winter the deer came down to the houses where people will leave some food out for them. I got to watch two of them right out the window of the back of my house, so close to me. They were the ones with the long, pretty tails. There was a 12-point buck my neighbor knew, but I never saw him. I could tell the previous owners had left deer food out back for them, because we sort of figured it out when they were hanging, waiting for it.

                Sometimes I’d walk up to the window and there they would be. One of them would just look right into the window and stare. She could see me. She just looked and looked. I figured out she was saying “hey, get some food out here please.” My husband would go out and put it down; they’d run up the hill, then come right back to eat.

                We had wild turkeys, too. Hilarious to watch a whole bunch of them gobbling all over our driveway and yard. My husband came in one day and said he saw this huge peacock out where the deer would come. I said “huh?! There can’t be wild peacocks running around here.” Then one day I saw it out the same window. It was the biggest turkey I have ever seen. I have no idea how to guess its weight but it was HUGE. I called my husband and said “is this the peacock?” He had to laugh, finally.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      May 19, 2016 at 1:41 pm

      Sounds like a news leak, must be a mohel in his Administration

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  18. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 12:24 pm

    Bacon porn for ZM:

    Photo from Pioneer Woman’s blog. Story behind it – she is opening a mercantile store and deli in her Oklahoma town, and they are test tasting different bacons:

    http://thepioneerwoman.com/confessions/adventures-in-bacon/

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  20. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
    May 19, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    Armed Forces Day on Saturday and none of the three major installations around are hosting any activities. No money…seems we have the funds to feed, house, medicate and otherwise pamper hordes of potential Moslem terrs and Latino Democrats but not enough to honor the people many of these may have been shooting at, or wish to eventually shoot at.
    Yeah, I know, not exactly warm, welcoming and inclusive of me…..tough Shiite.

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  21. Stella's avatar stella says:
    May 19, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    This is hilarious. I wonder who approved this one?

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  23. Pam's avatar Pam says:
    May 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    Thank goodness. I went out to the home page this morning after I had been in here. I glanced over at the “Recent Comments” and blushed with embarrassment. My little rose was just one long column. I thought “oh, no.” I didn’t do that, did I? Yes, I did.

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  24. ImpeachEmAll's avatar ImpeachEmAll says:
    May 19, 2016 at 6:50 pm

    Sad update…

    Officials: Wreckage of EgyptAir Flight MS804 found.

    Equally sad, MSM unable to freely say, “Terrorists.”

    http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/18/egyptair-says-flight-ms804-from-paris-to-cairo-has-disappeared-from-radar.html

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  25. Pam's avatar Pam says:
    May 19, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    I’m signing off before I fill up the “Recent Comments” section. Have a wonderful evening, everyone.

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  26. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    May 19, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    Mrs. T says she needs some smokes and cold beverages airlifted in to Rancho el Gordito. We don’t have a swamp cooler. It’z a swamp thang! 😆

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      May 19, 2016 at 11:06 pm

      I think it was last Summer in Seattle that for some reason people started building swamp coolers. I don’t know if there had been something on TV or on the Internet, but thousands of people bought Styrofoam ice chests, plastic elbow joints and little electric fans, only to throw them all away a few days later. Something about humidify near the Puget Sound. (ROTFMAO suckers)

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  27. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    May 19, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/26/bright-flash-of-light-marks-incredible-moment-life-begins-when-s/

    Note the use of the word “human” in the article.

    This is a wonderful discovery, because, yeah, we all knew that before you sciency types did, and you’uns just proved us right. With your fancy degrees and high-speed-microscopic cameras and all that.

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