Pickett’s Charge
On July 1, 1863, began the largest battle of the Civil War – Gettysburg.
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Thanks, Nyet!
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My hubby went to many historical battlefields on summer vacation as a kid. His dad is a big history buff and passed that love on to my husband. Best way to learn the real stories as opposed to what’s being taught in school these days!
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Yeah, we’re only able to get in as Mary’s AWOL and the gate’s unguarded.
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As Lou Armstead crossed the wall with his hat on his sword, “Give them the Cool Steel, Boys”, then he was shot fell by the battery. The picture above is Picketts Charge Day 3, the fighting on 1 July was fought west and north of town, driving two Union Corps on to Cemetery Ridge.
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Thank you, Colonel, for the details.
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Yeah, but this is a cool painting!
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“AWOL”? No way–I had a note from home.
Greetings from Utah (via short window of internet connectivity).
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Yay! The game’s afoot!
Where in Utah…I’ll tell you if that jurisdiction has any warrants or attachments on me. Then again it’s been a long time since I lived there and the statue of limitations has probably taken care of most of them.
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Today, Bryce Canyon. And only a little bit afoot, in order to see 1,600-year-old bristlecone pines.
Saw this very tree–and part of it is still alive:
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Beautiful part of the world. Have fun!
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Thank you–have been!
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OK, you’re in the southern part of the state, all of my time there was along the Wasatch Front. Enjoy.
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Look out for Mitt! I hear he is getting grumpier by the day 🙂
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Today is also the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (WWI) — a horrific battle, especially for the Brits, who, in typical amazing ceremonial grandeur, honored the dead so beautifully: Check out the article’s photos. Some will make you weep.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667796/We-remember-Queen-leads-night-long-vigil-honur-hundreds-thousands-soldiers-killed-wounded-Battle-Somme-100-years-ago.html
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My mother’s older brother, Allen, was gassed October 7th, 1918 at Argonne Meusc.
It was a truly horrible war. The British lost much of an entire generation of young men, and many thought “why?”
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I read “The Guns of August”– the carnage as described was beyond imagination.
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My grandfather, the Brit one, was gassed at Loos – by his own forces. Brits planned on using gas to soften German lines before the attack…and the wind changed. Brits suffered more casualties from their own gas release than the Germans did. Over 1 million gas casualties in WWI, majority Russian.
With be gassed in WW I and another a German Pioneer office my ending up as a Combat Engineer and a Chemical Specialist was sort of ironic but my service was nothing like the hell they lived through daily in WW I. To me it was the fusion war where traditional face-to-face war met modern industrial slaughter.
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I just realized that I wasn’t clear about my uncle (not that it matters to anybody but me). He was not killed, but lived a foreshortened life.
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Thank you ZM for the Link. It’s just unbelievable, sad, very sad. “The Lost Generation”.
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Ode of Remembrance (Laurence Binyon, from For The Fallen)
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England’s foam.
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It is the world’s first ‘modern’ war. Folks forget that there were around 23 million total casualties in that war when the world’s population was only about 1.8 billion.
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Only time for a quick breakfast today:
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Thanks ZM! Kind of you to share! 🙂 Is it morning where you are? I’m assuming you’ve returned home.
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Yes. Home office day today, which is good since I am still fighting off bronchitis.
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Hope you feel better quick! Sorry you’re been under the weather.
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thanks!
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ZM, I think you gave me your cold. 😦
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Feel better soon!
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Thank you.
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Ugh! Feel better!
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Oh no ! The accursed inter web viruses! Get well soon Ausmom!
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Chicken soup, Mike, and lots of rest.
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At least it’s not strep throat, it seems everyone I talk to has strep lately, from toddlers to the elderly. My daughter and I was talking yesterday and she says she thinks all the illegals are to blame for that as well. lol
I told her that was part of it probably and another part of it is people have no common sense or common courtesy anymore and don’t keep themselves or their kids at home while they’re contagious.
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I almost never get sick like this. My throat is sore, so I am going to go to Urgent Care here in a little bit to have them check for strep. I am making a trip to see my grandbaby in a few weeks, so I want to be sure I am completely over whatever this is.
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It’s all ZM’s fault. 😦
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It’s odd how many people from different parts of the country have strep.
The good news about strep is after 24 hours on antibiotics you’re no longer considered contagious and usually you feel a lot better after two days of antibiotics.
If you can see your throat in a mirror and it has white spots, good chance you have strep. When I was a kid I would get strep several times a year and the test always came back positive every time I had pus pockets on my throat.
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I have known people to have strep without having the pus pockets. That is one reason I am going to get tested. This just started last night, so I really don’t know what it is.
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No strep. Just a cold. I called a friend and she gave me a “Poor Baby.” I feel a little better now.
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That is good news ((ausmom)) Get well soon!
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OK, here’s the deal about Strep. First, you can’t diagnose it by looking at it. What looks like classic Strep–red, swollen tonsils, and white shaggy exudate, bad breath, big lymph nodes, fever, no cough–often isn’t; and what doesn’t look like it–just a red throat–often is. Testing is the only way to know. Strep can start with a sudden headache, or a stomach ache, and very little sore throat. Second, it is not the antibiotics that make you feel better, and we don’t prescribe them to make you feel better. Strep is a rapidly-passing infection. You would feel better in about 3 days whether you took antibiotics or not. The problem is that 20% of people with untreated Strep will get a major complication in the kidneys or heart, 3-4 months later. Of course, 80% won’t. But to prevent the complications, we treat everybody with antibiotics. And because the complications happen so much later, you can take the antibiotics a month after your Strep throat and still prevent the complications. The key to feeling better is Tylenol, ibuprofen, warm salt water gargles, sleep. Of course whiskey with honey and lemon is warranted too. Hope everybody is feeling better soon!
And I just realized that no one will see this except Stella, because I’m so late you’ve all gone to bed. Oh well.
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I’m awake and learned something new so thanks Tundra!
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You’re welcome, lovely! Glad somebody is still up.
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Hi, Tundra! Michellc will see it too.
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I saw it. 🙂 I saw the doctor yesterday and they did one of those quick cultures and it was negative. But, he said he was sending one out and they would notify me if it was positive. He said this is just a cold. I don’t believe it, because I had a high fever last night, I felt like I was going to set the sheets on fire I was so hot. But, my temp is back down to normal this morning. I don’t have the runny eyes and nose that I associate with a cold. Just a sore throat.
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The Rapid Strep Test (RST) has a 2% false negative rate–will say negative when it really is Strep. At our institution, we do a “long culture” on all negative RSTs for this reason. It takes 2 days, but catches those false negatives. Most people feel better by the time the result comes back, but as explained earlier, you still need treatment to prevent the complications.
Your description does sound like Strep, USmom. The culture will tell. In the meantime, do the warm salt water gargles every hour and stay on the Tylenol and/or ibuprofen round the clock. Hope you are better soon!
And, BTW, the very worst throat I ever saw in 24 years of practicing medicine, was viral–mononeucleosis. That was one very sick young man, and there was very little we could do for him other than symptomatic treatment. He wanted a medically-induced coma until it was over.
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Can I ask what the Tylenol is for? I don’t take anything like that. And, I can stand the discomfort. I also am a believer that the fever is to help fight the bad germs. Anyway, I don’t have much fever right now, just a really bad sore throat. I find it hard to believe it is a cold, since there is some sinus involvement but it is just draining down my throat.
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Tylenol and ibuprofen are simply to reduce pain and fever, which allows you to feel better while your immune system fights off the invasion (by either bacteria or virus) which is causing your symptoms. There are a handful of bacteria which cause upper respiratory symptoms, but there are about 50 different viruses (called rhinoviruses, where “rhino” = nose, which is how we acquire them) which do. Symptoms will vary somewhat from one to the next, and first exposure is usually worse than subsequent ones. If you are sick from a virus, and it is the first time you’ve had this particular virus, your symptom complex may be different from other episodes of viral Upper Respiratory Infection (URI or “common cold”). It usually takes our immune system 10-14 days to conquer an invading virus, and the only thing to do while waiting out that process is to treat the symptoms.
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Thanks. I am going to visit my grandbaby in a few weeks. I sure hope I am completely over it by then. I probably will be.
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Yes, you probably will be. But if you have any residual symptoms, don’t kiss or breathe on the baby, and wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before holding the baby.
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Thanks for the advice. When I went to see her after she was born, I had to fly in and I was very paranoid about picking up something on the flight. So, I washed my hands before I touched her every time.
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Sorry, guy, I feel for ya but it’s all I got. Welllll….I could say that I’m sorry you’re a little hoarse from your colt, I’ll pony up a pun to make you feel better. If it’s caused by sinus drainage perhaps you’d feel better if you regularly gargoyled? Feeling better yet?
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The bronchitis I have gives me a headache, so I really can’t tell. BTW: the new Bio Pfefferminze Ricola are excellent.
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Our Ricola selection’s rather limited but I do use them. European makers use different parameters for flavor profiles than do US companies and I find the European ones stronger and more effective.
I had a bad ‘nasal discharge/Kloten’ and ‘Rhineoplasty’ set of puns but as you already have a headache I’ll pass on them.
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much appreciated. 😉
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Well, it is 12:36AM where I live. There is a raccoon on the roof. The dog is going cujo and the cat is going is freaking out. No sleep for me tonight.
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Sorry, Shiloh.
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My dog decided it was time to start the day at 2:27 am so I feel your pain. I hope you got some sleep !
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Coons and possums have been cleaning out our pig traps. So far this week they’ve eaten around 50 pounds of corn and a contractor’s sack of stale glazed/fried donuts. I figure that in another few days they can all do Rosie impersonations or will need insilin shots. Don’t expect to see them on our roof any time soon.
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TGIF, kids! Good morning!
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Love this! Thanks for the chuckle! 😀
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Mornin’ S2!
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Morning neighbor! How’s the weather there? It’s gonna be 100 to 102 with no rain in the forecast for the next 10 days here in N. TX. 🌞
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For a week our local forecast called for rain and 80’s by Friday until yesterday when they changed it to 95 for today and a very slight chance of rain today. We did get about 5 minutes of rain last evening, not enough to even settle the dust, but just enough to make it humid. I’m sure it will be another 100 degree day.
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After the crazy rain TX got not long ago, I was praying for it to stop, guess it’s too late to take it back! Need some cooling rain PDQ!!!
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Yep, I was sick of rain not long ago, but now I’d sure like to see some. lol
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For sure! Hehehe! 🙂
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It has been raining here this morning, but it just stopped. We really need rain.
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After two major floods last year and minor flooding this year, you’d think we wouldn’t be dry, but we are.
We’re having to water twice a day and still having a hard time keeping enough water on the gardens and flowers.
My potted plants I can water in the morning and by afternoon they’re drooping.
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Mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Michelle!
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Put the Hammer down Hilllabeast!!!!!
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If only!
Good morning WeeWeed 🙂
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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Oh look! They’re bringing Beavis and Butt-Head back!
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Morning Ms.WeeWeed!!!! What’s the inside scoop on the meeting between BJ Bill, and Lynch?????????
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Mornin’ Colonel!
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They reminisced about grand babies, gardening and skin cream. Hillary, Benghazi, the emails, none of that was on either of their minds. So sayeth the pawn-wench Lynch.
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Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
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( and Czarina 🙂 🍸 )
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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!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Pastries for coffee!
⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol
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Thanks Nyet. Mornin’ everyone.
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Morning Nye!!! Mid morning snack! SOS with bacon sammitchs to go, excellent!! Thank you!!!
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Kinda looks like bacon with a side of bacon! My kind of breakfast! Thanks, Nyet!
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Best one yet! I sure would like to have that for supper. Alas, there is no bacon in the house.
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Who is this clown?? Not that I’d be caught dead eating in Cleveland, but still…….
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/06/30/cleveland-chef-michael-symon-theres-not-chance-id-let-trump-one-my-restaurants
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Too bad. He has some nice restaurants. Also on television.
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I don’t know who he is, but I think he must be stupid.
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IKR????? The money he could make $$$$$$$$$……..
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Another Mistake by the Lake!!
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(sotto voice) He is.
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Symon is one of the whinny self aggrandizing chefs from the Food Network. I hope folks boycott any show that he is on. He also has a boatload of books so people can return them and buy anymore of his crap.
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I’m sure that will be standard behavior against him and any supporters for a while.
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WeeWeed – try the beer.
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Listening to Senator Whitehouse’s comments re: the Navy and global Warming, I thought you all might enjoy a story.
I live in a small house in a now-small town with my cat. Very few here know, let alone remember, that I am USMC. The one and only thing I have USMC is a small Eagle, Globe, and Anchor charm on a necklace chain, hanging on a corner of my fridge.
One of the guys walks in my small living room and asks Who is the Marine? I confessed and asked how he knew. “I read your refrigerator.”
Have a Blessed Day.
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Active terror/hostage situation at Holy Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh (20 – 60 hostages) explosion heard, people and police officers shot. Americans thought to be among the hostages.
Live update: Hostage situation, shooting at Gulshan
http://www.dhakatribune.com/2016/jul/01/hostage-situation-holey-artisan-bakery-gulshan
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36687616
Gunmen take hostages in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka
It is not clear who the attackers are, although a police officer told the BBC that Islamic militants were suspected.
Media reports quoted witnesses as saying that “Allahu Akbar”, meaning “God is greatest”, was heard as the attack took place.
MSM and Obama administration flummoxed as who the perpetrators could possibly be, likely to blame the patrons of establishment for existing.
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“Media reports quoted witnesses as saying that “Allahu Akbar”, meaning “God is greatest”, was heard as the attack took place.”
“Islamic militants were suspected”
Well, a big “DUH” to them. SMH
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I hope this is incorrect or there is no reason for the Sons of Islam to not start killing hostages immediately.
Trying to listen to Trump but I’m going to have to see if the police are actually announcing that they are going to storm the restaurant.
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I’ve got FOX on and, yes, that is what they said. SMH
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I’m sure they were dead immediately. Nothing to see here,……
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Yesterday he was Clock boy……coming soon Jihad boy
Ahmed, 14, arrived in Dallas on Monday after about eight months in Qatar.
Teen said he appreciated learning about Islam and Quran in new school
Visited Mecca.
Activist father who runs for President of ME country.
Ahmed says he returned to the US with a deeper knowledge of his religion and a desire to change the world.
Formula for Islamist terrorist = 1st generation on US soil of ME parents + Islam + Mecca visit + activist father
Just a matter of time. Obama support and the lack of punishment for his bad behavior acts as an accelerant because he knows no one dares to question him even if he wears a suicide vest.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3669892/Clock-boy-Ahmed-Mohamed-thankful-chance-visit-Mecca-learn-Islam-Qatar-nine-months-arrested-bringing-teachers-thought-bomb-school.html#comments
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Someone’s knocking at the door. If you don’t hear from me again, then you know Lynch and her DOJ henchmen got me.
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I wonder if any eyes will be opened.
Hillary’s America
Dinesh D’Souza
http://hillarysamericathemovie.com/#trailer
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I had to go to the store and this young woman kept yelling at her little boy who looked to be around 3 or 4. I thought she was calling him Epsom, like Epsom salts.lol
Finally, curiosity got the better of me and I asked her what his name was and she said Espan spelled Espn. lol
How exactly do you come up with a name like that? It’s like you’re sitting there and can’t come up with a name and flip over to ESPN and think, “that’s a good name.” 🙂
Good thing his parents didn’t like HBO.
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Bar. Swim up!! 😀
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Nice!
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Oh crap! My ice cube is getting away!
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Sweet!
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This is interesting. A new law in Tennessee says that if a business posts a gun free zone, they are responsible for protecting those people and liable if they are harmed.
‘Gun Free’ Zone Tennessee Business Liable for Disarming Concealed Carry Holders
“This bill imposes a duty of care.”‘
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/gun-free-zone-tennessee-business-liable-disarming-concealed-carry-holders
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