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This week sure went by fast. Coffee up y’all. Nice picture up top. Real close to home. Beautiful this time of year.
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EASY resolution to make!
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Good morning, Mary
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve, Dolly!
Blessings to all here!
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Happy New Year to you and yours, Mary! Many blessings and best wishes!
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Mary!!! Posting your pre K pictures!!!
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You’d be surprised, Col.
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I’ll have a cup…then wake me up when it’s January 20 so I don’t miss the big party 🎉🎉🎉
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Don’t miss the run-up. Every day, new revelations…
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Good morning Mary, just a bit south of you across that Golden Gate. Hi!!!
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Morning, Derk!
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(Waving back)
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Morning, Texan, thanks for coffee!
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Yes, Tex, will have a couple of cups…..San Antonio from the movie “Rio Grande”…….
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Coffee looks good. Wasn’t supposed to be here, hoped to be in bed but as I let the old and ‘fluffy’ border collie out for her last constitutional she walked right into four deer in the backyard. She’ll be bsck soon, she’s just shooting for familiarization.
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Dog’s back, gotta listen to a ‘just missed it by thiiiiiiiis much’ story and then it’s off to bed.
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Good morning, Czar.
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You’ll notice that was morning, early morning. Then again to a dog or cat it’s not a thing about morning, afternoon, night…it’s all ‘ awake or asleep” as we found out before dawn when something got up,on the patio and two dogs loudly told it were it not for the glass door they’d both be out there to kick its furry tail. From the length of the noisy encounter I presume the critter was sitting out there reminding them ‘there was a door though’. Sheesh, and I put up all of those ‘no trespassing’ signs. Blasted Common Core….
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(drive-by)
Living here is just one joy after another:
California Democrats legalize child prostitution
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-democrats-legalize-child-prostitution/article/2610540
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Actually a part of the prog/Communist legislative agenda for a long time. Legalizing sex with children….excuse me, allowing juveniles to freely express their sexuality free of bourgeois control, has been pushed for decades various US and especially European Lefitist groups. Chickenhawks of the world and Roman Polanski salute you, California.
Did they name this the Michael Jackson Act?
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I read about that today…I thought I was misunderstanding what I was reading
But then I remembered it was in California
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Speaking of California, another Manson family member is up for parole.
This Manson family member is the longest-serving woman in California prisons. Will she get parole?
Confined to a California prison since 1971, former Manson family member and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel is now the longest-serving female inmate in the state’s correctional system.
On Thursday, the 69-year-old will have a chance at freedom when a review board considers whether to recommend her for parole.
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According to Wattley, Krenwinkel has two key factors working in her favor – both revolving around age.
Because she was 21 at the time of the murders, she is considered a youthful offender under a law that took effect in 2016. Also, commissioners must recognize the elderly have a lower risk of future violence, he said.
“I’m not saying the crime doesn’t matter,” Wattley said. “But it does not predict her future risk to public safety. That’s why the law requires her release.”
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“Society cannot allow this serial killer who committed such horrible, gruesome, random killings back out,” Tate wrote in an online petition that has garnered more than 95,000 supporters.
https://www.change.org/p/california-board-of-parole-hearings-keep-charles-manson-cult-murderer-patricia-krenwinkel-from-getting-parole
She personally stabbed to death Abigail Folger, as well as Leno & Rosemary LaBianca. She mutilated Leno LaBianca’s body with a carving fork- carving the word “WAR” into his stomach before writing words in blood all over the home. She has admitted that was not a direct order from Charles Manson or anyone else- it was her own idea.
For years this woman laughed about the murders in court and showed absolutely no remorse at all. She admits she was not on drugs the nights of the murders & committed them to ignite a race war.
Society cannot allow this serial killer who committed such horrible, gruesome, random killings back out & I am asking for your help to let the parole board know you do not want to see her get early release. Her last parole board in 2011 gave her a seven year denial- however she has asked for a new hearing based on her age even sooner & was granted one!
The eight victims of the Tate/LaBianca murders (which includes Sharon’s unborn son) deserve justice. This woman was originally sentenced to die in the gas chamber, but her sentence was commuted to life in prison- which is where she should spend the rest of her life.
When signing this petition, you can chose to not make your name or comments posted publically.
Thank you for your help if you could take a brief moment to sign this petition.
Thank You-
Debra Tate
(Sister of Sharon Tate)
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I heard that she is also saying that she was abused by Manson………….or someone………maybe. No, she should be tortured in prison until her death.
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Make her Hillary’s cellmate.
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Let the abuse each other?
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Good morning, Aus! But she is not tortured, she just lives there at our expense. That is not to say that she should be paroled, G-d forbid!
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I think they should act out, every day, to her what she did to those people. Terrorize her.
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Acting out TO her will only entertain her, but acting out ON her…
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Okay, yes, I agree with you.
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Life sentence should not be allowed. Too expensive. If not parolled after so many years (not sure what this should be), death penalty. Too expensive. Crime should not cost the country so much.
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I agree.
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She should have been executed long ago…….
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Peppermint Patty, meh, OK but Squeaky Fromme was my pinup murderess.
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😮
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Very sick and depressing.
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Good morning, Lovely!
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Good morning Dolly 🙂
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Sounds like a bad joke. Or a bad dream?
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Mary you have my sympathies, and be ready for this one, legalized pedafellia. If this happens, Hopefully the good citizens will revolt.
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Except they will call it something else – minor-attraction.
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Another term (euphemism) for it: inter-generational love.
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Thank you Stella, and thank you for everything you do!!!
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Yet another reason for NAMBLA to have a hellove a New Years party. Hmmmmmm…NAMBLA and a lot of the bathhouse crowd have been lobbying long and hard for eliminating the age limits on kiddie fodder…you don’t think Barry’s DoJ put any backdoor influence into the law, eh?
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Had to go into the Big City this afternoon, highway was packed with logging trucks, each driving tobs of logs into the psper mill. These guys (OK, and gals) arevself-employed, payed by the load. Cash for loads, no benefits, they own and maintain their own equipment and work from before dawn to last light. They’ll fill their rigs with logs even after the mill’s closed, parking and taking their loads in for mill opening.
The guys/gals who operate the equipment tha cuts, drags and processes the trees for transport are usually owner/operators too, again they work from first light to no light and are paid by the job. It’s hard, dangerous and dirty work, you’ll usually find many of them have strong pain relievers in their lunch boxes right next to the thermos. No paid sick leave, no paid vaycay or holidays.
Wonder where I’m goin here? Well on the news we had another ‘labor organizer’ who was going on about how hard it was for an adult working flipping burgers or bending tacos to make a living wage. How the work is hot and dirty and the benefits and pay are inadequate…blah, blah, blah. The ‘workers’ were out making the usual aggrieved worker gestures and whines, demanding a $15 an hour salary at least.
Now how many of these loggers make $15 an hour after expenses? You’re going to tell me that line workers at a fast food shop somehow should get $15 an hour and benefits when these loggers who bust their asses working on a production basis and not on an hourly basis barely get that with no benefits? I sense a disturbance in the farce.
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Understand your point; however, two wrongs do not make a right.
Had our wonderful, caring politicians maintained COLA for the minimum wage, it would be around $25.00 an hour. Yes, $25.00 an hour.
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Morning, Impeach!
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Morning, Dolly. 😉
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Yes, BUT, those jobs were traditionally for students or folks looking for a part-time, low-pay job. Object was to keep labor costs low while providing a reasonably priced product, the jobs were never meant to be a career or living wage medium.
People in those jobs have a myriad of reasons why life sucks and why they have a jobette vice a career. So we’re going to turn this into a career? High school students are going to get $15 or more an hour or we’re going to have salaries needs tested? We’re going to see franchise owners lose already low-per-investment profits slump as people balk at paying increased prices? When it becomes cheaper to eat crap at home than eat crap at a fast food outlet why bother to go crap hunting? I think Mickey D’s food costs more than it’s worth now, even a slight increase will point me and my GGS to Ihop, and Ihop has more comfortable seats.
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Good comment. Got me thinking on the “pay” reflecting the difficulty/cost of the job performed. Here’s a simple list:
Military
Police
Fire/Rescue
Teachers
Nurses
Doctors
Lawyers
Politicians
Athletes
Movie Stars
Seems to me that if based on risk/reward/effort/benefit factors, top would be paid better than the below. Inverted to be sure. Perverted as well.
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Salaries for many of those jobs vary from state to state. For example, some LEO in NY may have a salary of like 80 to 90,000, where the same job in GA may be closer to 30. Its a huge difference. Some stuff makes no sense.
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Good morning, Amwick! Lots of things make no sense, but aren’t salaries supposed to reflect the cost of living?
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Salaries reflect what the market will bear, or they should. If a salary isn’t high enough for the area, the job will go begging.
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True, and by this principle, GA salaries are as appropriate for GA as NY salaries are for NY.
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The only question I would have is are the GA police represented by a public sector union? I know they are in most of New York.
I am not against unions per se, but I AM against public sector unions. The losers are the citizens, because we pay the salaries, and the negotiators – politicians – don’t care about representing us.
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In WI before Walker broke up the Union, teachers retired with 80% of their salary, (the average of three highest paid years were used to determine the amount of pay), the company that held the health insure policy charge like 3 times the average rates, the teachers paid like 5% or zero I can’t remember at the moment and the tax payers had to write the check for the rest.
It was a total scam.
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In Michigan, the health insurance company was/is owned by the teachers’ union. Same deal.
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I agree.
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There are horror stories about how they pad their last year for retirement benefits… SMH.
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Czarina used the ‘stuffing’ program to increase her retirement. State system is still very solid for those retired but looks dreary for many who aren’t. Then again, separate retirement funds for groups like the New Orleans firemen’s retirement have been savaged by local pols.
Years of court battles to restore the stolen funds had every court from local to Federal telling the city to cough up the stolen funds and the city refusing (you try that). When a ballsy judge ordered the city to reach a settlement or face hefty daily fines AND the mayor going to jail on contempt charges the city ‘found’ the millions. It’s a big game.
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That happens to a degree, but LE is(may be) a dangerous job, and it doesn’t seem that the people in GA get paid enough. They don’t think so either.
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Here are wage estimates for Georgia in May 2015. From Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ga.htm#00-0000
Police have occupational codes starting with ’33’.
33-1012 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $61,180
33-3051 Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers $39,510
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Georgia household income:
http://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/georgia/
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Those are interesting stats… still the difference in income doesn’t quite explain the difference in salaries that I heard about…
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Hard to comment on that without specifics.
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Say the median salary in NY being 60 thousand (2015 stats from your website), the median in GA something like 51, so it isn’t that far off, but the cops in NY paid more than double… Maybe it depends if you are a state trooper of a local town police officer. And I am thinking about Suffolk county, which is where I lived for a long time, not necessarily NYC.
But when you look at how corporate CEO’s are reimbursed, you are comparing raisins and watermelons…
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My only objection is that the government get involved in what people are paid. It should be market driven. As I said, the New York cops probably have a union (or a better one).
If the GA cops don’t like what they are paid, they can either unionize and attempt to extract more money, or they can find a better paid line of work. Other alternatives are a better education, or move to an area that pays better (New York, apparently).
PS: Minor point – neither of the websites I linked are ‘mine’.
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NY pay isn’t more than double. It is much higher (69,140, compared to 39,510), while the average income is 60,850 compared to 51,244. Another factor is undoubtedly the high cost of living and salaries in NYC.
PS: I checked Michigan. Avg income is about the same as GA, but the MI pay is much higher as well – more than 56,000.
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Big issue in NY is property tax.. That is like oh,,, maybe 5 times other states..
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Yup… that’s about what I heard.
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Morning, Derk!
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Good list, but my vet who spends a good part of his time reassigning the gender of bulls might like spot on that list.
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Same here Czar, mostly in the northern counties the border NY.
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On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me….
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I’m betting for what this cost I coulda done bought a whole pickup full of the cheap stuff and stayed in the holiday spirit/detox cell for months.
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Years.
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Months…I buy good cheap stuff, aged no more than the Velveeta I savor with it.
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Bizarre theme association:
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Yeah, the cheap stuff’ll do that to ya.
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The idea of a jelly omelet is disgusting. PS: I used to have a refrigerator like that.
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Eggs have little flavor of their own, and so can take on an infinite variety of flavors, from meringue to huevos rancheros.
Apple pie is often topped with a slice of cheese, so imagine a jelly omelette as being in the ballpark of apple cheese meringue.
I would imagine the beaten eggs for the omelette would have less salt, no pepper, and maybe a little sugar.
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I still say “yuck”, and I am not a fussy eater. I understand that eggs are used in desserts (custards, meringues etc), but this doesn’t appeal.
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Normally I buy the 5l cardboard box… Vella chillable red is my favorite.
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See Tex, he might have a fire sale going for this weekend…….. that mash has been cooking for 5 days……
Reminds me of my Ft.Bragg days, running around in the western part of NC. The smell of pine wood burning and mash cooking………”porch wine” 220 proof!!!
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First thing that comes to mind about Bragg is going back on a job in ’85 and discovering they’d built a HOTEL(!) on Smokebomb Hill.
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Armagnac is less expensive than Cognac. Due to being made from one grape type instead of a blend, it has a much longer shelf life. It is not impossible to get Armagnac bottled over 100 years ago. It just doesn’t have the marketing of Cognac.
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Oh yeah, found it for sale on an online booze shop for about $450 a bottle…still enough to fill my pickup bed and put a few pints in the glove box.
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Sip, sip, sip, gently………. and be very careful when you light that Cuban cigar…….
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Ain’t no point to smokin’ them things no more, they’re legal.
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Can I pour some of that in my morning (2am) coffee ☕
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And by 4pm you might peal yourself off of the ceiling. See Czar for other side effects, See Nye for the pure enjoyment……me I know my limitations!!!!
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[Made larger, for your eating pleasure (?)]:
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Actually I generally won’t touch it with a rented tongue but for many years at Mardi Gras It’s been a trafitional dip mixed with Rotel and nuked. We’ve added chili, or chopped shrimp, crab, about anything short of….well, we haven’t found a limit yet….and after a day of partying and drinking it goes down well. Rest of the year it serves, at best, as Naugahyde patch.
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ZM will not be happy with the plated omelet.
Jelly is not an acceptable substitute for bacon. 😉
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ZM would take a horse whip to the maker of this contraption!!!!!
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The door may be open
and nobody home; but,
at least, the lights are still on. 😉
Time for another log…
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Some more hot chocolate
and a warm nap, too. 😉
Something for the sweet tooth…
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Fired up the fire! Done plowing, dry snow, about 4″ and its blowing around, so why waste fuel. Plus it’s a tad chilly, with wind chill…..
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The snow here stayed put
on the tree branches. Can
not say the same for some
of the tree branches. They
crash landed with a thud. 😉
Time for another log…
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Good morning Stella, fine people,
Austin Riverwalk, beautiful. My son is there now with his girlfriend, took in last nights Alamo Bowl. OK St. walloped Colorado even though he was dressed head to toe in Buff gear.
Gave my ph. # out the other day, and receiver replied, “Thanks for trusting me with this.” Thought it an odd comment. Wasn’t that long ago we had these huge directories delivered to our doorsteps listing such, along with an address most of the time.
Off to watch the sun rise over the East Bay. Yes, home of the Raiders!
Have a great day y’all!
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Good morning Derk 🙂
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The Nuge is awesome! Morning derk! Have fun!
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Morning, S&S!
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Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
(Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
(Tom Collins)
(Black & Tan)
(Boilermaker)
(Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
(Irish Car Bomb)
(Godfather)
(Mortlach)
(Roy Rogers)
(Classic Daiquiri)
(Gin & Tonic)
(Blackberry wine)
(Backdraft)
(Flaming Dr. Pepper)
(Stinger)
(Rusty Nail)
(Jack Daniels)
(Whiskey Smash)
(B52)
(Rum & Coke)
(Night Train Express)
(Albanian Raki Moskat)
(Hot Buttered Rum)
(Mudslide)
(RumChata)
Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)|_|
Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
Mornin’ texan59! 🙂
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂
Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀
Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂
Mornin’ Howie! 🙂
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂
Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂
Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂
Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂
Mornin’ Les! 🙂
Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂
Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂
Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂
Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂
Mornin’ joshua! 🙂
Mornin’ John Denney 🙂
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, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Christmas pastries with coffee
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Morning Nyet. Inspiring. Think I’ll go grab some myself.
Have a great day.
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Good morning Nyet 🙂 Thanks for the beautiful daily breakfast!
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Good morning, Nyet! Thanks for breakfast!
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Why are you serving dessert (first photo) for breakfast? Luckily, there is the second photo.
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It is supposed to be national bacon day here in the US… it was on Fox this morning… they had a bacon buffet..
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No one told me! 😦
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THat is why I mentioned it… you could make it a holiday… be the first on your mountain! 🙂
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I looked for you at the bacon buffet on FOX and FRIENDS this morning.
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No one told me. 😦 I guess I’ll have to put in on my calendar for 2017! 🙂
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Well, what if you choke on the main course and miss the dessert? Or you could just combine the two….see Velveeta and jelly omelette above (Sriracha whipped cream available on request).
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Morning Nyet! Thanks for breakfast!
Morning czar, Stella, Dolly, lovely, ImpeachEmAll, Col Ken, derk, Wee, Pam, Michelle, Rhea, Joshua, Zurich Mike, Texan59, amwick, hocus, Mary, Menagerie, Wooly, and all others who may be passing through today! Happy Friday y’all!
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Morning sandy!
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Morning everyone, from one of the “all others.”
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Hey Miss Tundra!!! I try to check through to see who’s dropped by to make the list. So sorry I missed you, but happy to say howdy to you now! 😊
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Howdy back, S&S. I’m here every day, but my comments are generally a bit late due to the time difference. Alaska is 4 hours earlier than the east coast, so by the time I sit down with my first cup of coffee, most of y’all are well into the afternoon.
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A lot of times I check in around 7 or 8 am CST and don’t get on again to read posts due to my job, so we miss each other. I’m always glad when our paths cross, though, and it’s fun knowing there are Stella’s Place friends in many time zones. 🙂
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Morning, S&S.
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Yay, biscuits and gravy! Mornin’ Nyet, everyone. 🙂
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Nye!!! Mid morning snack!!!!!!! Morning Everyone!!!!!
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Morning, Colonel, sir!
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Afternoon Dolly, and it is my wish, some day you and I will go and pray together at the tomb of our ancestors……….
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With G-d help! Thank you, sir!
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I could make a comment about the “white coffee with nutmeg” in the top photo.
(Yes, I know it’s gravy, but let your mind wander. Would be the perfect drink accompaniment to the Velveeta and jelly omelet.)
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Putin Stunner: “We Will Not Expel Anyone; We Refuse To Sink To Obama’s Level”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-30/putin-stunner-we-will-not-expel-anyone-we-refuse-sink-obamas-level
Which he did on Friday morning, when in a stunning reversal, the Russian leader took the high road, and in a Kremlin statement said that, contrary to expectations, Russia won’t expel any Americans in retaliation to US moves, in a brutal demonstration of just how irrelevant Obama’s 11th hour decision is for US-Russian relations.
In the statement Putin said that Russia won’t cause problems to U.S. diplomats or deport anyone, adding that Russia has the right to respond in tit-for-tat manner, but it will not engage in irresponsible diplomacy.
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“We reserve the right to retaliate, but we will not sink to the level of this irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy. We will take further moves on restoring Russian-American relations based on the policies that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump adopts,”
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Putin the benevolent dictator 😎 continues to prove that Obama is a feckless twat who even after 8 years as POTUS has learned nothing about public relations or haplessly escalating conflict with Russia.
Putin has invited all US diplomat children to the Kremlin for a grand New Year’s Eve celebration. Imagine sticky fingered smiling little American kiddos sitting on Putin’s lap and brining home gift bags from Papa Putin.
Meanwhile Obama will either be golfing or scowling.
These really are amazing times.
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Obama is simply trying to create as many problems as possible on his way our the door, like a bad tenant who skips town without paying rent and rips out kitchen cabinets before he leaves.So far, nobody is taking him seriously; certainly, Putin is too smart for that. I am hoping he does not do something that will cause irreparable damage.
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Morning Lovely, and yes you are, today especially so,
“feckless twat” Ok, got me laughing! Thank you.
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Me too, Derk. Pretty salty, Lovely.
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You gotta love when a woman, I presume, calls a man, BTW the leader of the free world, a “feckless twat”. Still laughing!
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Are you asking if I’m a woman? Why yes Kind Sir I am 😊. As to the feckless twat comment my father taught me to use the most appropriate words when one is speaking so I am just following orders. I challenge you to find a more succinct descriptor 😄.
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I could tell by the Avi… very positive and happy,,,
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Funny thing. Over at CTH someone accused me of picking that avi so I could trick people into believing I was benevolent and that I might use nice words while posting but they were just a ploy to trick people and hide my secret agenda (which I now have forgotten what that person thought my agenda was).
It was all because I disagreed with the consensus of the members and Sundance about what really happened in Waco with the bikers.
PS The reason I picked the avi was because to is easy to find 😄. And my personality in real life isn;t any different than my personality online 🙂
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Yeah, I’m a sarcastic jerk at home and here too.
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No reply under you Nyet but so long as you keep the booze and food flowing I think you are a swell fellow 🙂
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Not to mention that she has talked about giving birth.
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“Feckless twat” is what he is! I doubt that he is a leader of his own golf clubs, let alone free world! Placing one’s behind in the leader’s chair only makes one lead with his behind.
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My Sgt’s display more leadership qualities than Obama – Col Allen West……..
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I am sure!
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Golfing AND scowling.
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The whole statement is nothing short of wonderful diplomacy.
I only take issue with Zerohedge calling this a “shocker”.
Nothing shocking about an adult acting like an adult.
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Morning, Wooly!
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Hi, Lady!
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You’re such a gentleman! Nice to be called a lady.
Have a great day,
Dolly
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Dolly, I say that to every lady I know.
“Hey lady!”
Some actually think it’s rude, until I explain how it’s not. I got it from Andre the Giant in Princess Bride, because it’s so endearing in that scene (where he returns with five horses, one for the lady — “Hey lady!”)
And from Dick Tracy. Madonna’s response, properly, is “Hey mista!”
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Very nice! I like it. Happy New Year!
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One punch. Just one punch. That’s all it would take.
Actually, even just a feint. Barky would soil himself.
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It’s like an optical illusion.
Who is taller in this picture?
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LOL Now this is going to make Obozo even madder.
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Whom the Gods would destroy, first they make mad.
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Good morning, Stella, everybody! Nice picture!
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Morning Dolly!
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Good morning all.
I am here and not playing tennis. I am not happy at this exact moment.
I joined a local tennis club that went public, for the month of December, and I didn’t get to play one time. My own stupidity….
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Good morning Amwick 🙂
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Good morning.. hope all is well?
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It gets better:
From the Daily Mail, the best newspaper in the world:
The ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed the US and American people were ‘humiliated by their own President’ in what she described as the Cold War-style measures against Moscow.
‘They are the group of foreign policy losers, angry and shallow-brained,’ she said.
In a personal onslaught, she claimed Secretary of State John Kerry was not in line with what Moscow sees as draconian measures.
‘The most surprising thing is that having failed to add to the history any achievements at the world stage, the Noble Prize winner managed to make a big inkblot instead of an elegant mark.
‘Only Kerry deserves sympathy from this group of spoilers.
‘He was not an ally, but he tried to remain professional and to keep his human dignity.’
She claimed: ‘His own colleagues were mocking him, cheated on him and did not let him work.
‘God save any Secretary of State from what he had to go through.
‘Mr Kerry, at this hard moment for the USA let me express my solidarity with you – you have done everything possible in order to prevent foreign policy collapse in your country. ‘
John Effin Kerry is being compared favorably to Obama. What a world.
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shallow-brained 😊 love it.
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I rather like “feckless twat” better.
Gotta be diplomatic, I suppose.
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Idi Amin compares favorably when weighed against Obama…better table manners too.
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Mornin’ kids! Apparently feckless leader continuing his m.o. of making an ass of himself is all the news. 😉
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Good morning WeeWeed 🙂 Image Charlie playing at the Inauguration. Something like “The Devil went down to Hawaii, he was looking for his soul he sold…..”
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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In 21 days, Trump will tell Obama to “sit down there, in that chair right there, and let me show you how it’s done.”
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In 21 days, Trump will show Obama “that door right there,” and lock it behind him. Then he will show the world how it’s done!
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In 22 days Barry’ll be out there doing all he can to undermine Trump. He’ll undoubtedly get help of all kinds from the Clintons and every corrosive BLM, La Raza and Moslem anti-American group they can poke with a stick.
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Plus, Obama is putting in place right now as many things as he can to trip up, stop, and slow Trump’s progress. What he has done with Russia, for example, will make it more difficult for Trump to normalize relations with Russia; if he eases the restrictions put in place by Obama he will be accused of favoring Russia over our own country (political points in future elections against R’s) but, if he doesn’t, foreign relations become more difficult.
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Yeah Bathhouse B will have his little dens of termites in place but I’m betting Trump’s team will try to ferret them out.
Barrry will be working as a civilian to cause as much trouble and anti-Trump sentiment as he can, wouldn’t be surprised if his little band even manages to make a few brother martyrs for the cause, Manchurian Martyrs as it were. He ain’t gonna be sittin’ idle (as opposed to a sitting idol) as the Blue-eyed-Devil-in-Chief dismantles his Baathist-in-the-Hood agenda.
He’s damned if he does, damned if he don’t whichever way he turns and presumed public opinion hasn’t stopped him from doing what he sees needs to be done to date. I believe he’ll do what his business spidey senses tell him to do as his only option is to prove his detractors wrong, otherwise the Rats and RINOs will gang up on him in 2020. If he can make the public think he’s reigned in Putin it will be a feather in his ushanka when the next election cycle rolls around – and Putin knows that too.
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Like this??
http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/12/branco-cartoon-angry-duck/
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We’ll be lucky if the Obamas only burn down the White House on their way out.
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For sure! Mornin’ WeeWeed.
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Mornin’ Stella!
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Good morning, Miss Wee!
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Mornin’ Miss Dolly!
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Mornin’ Miss Wee!
(think I actually replied in right spot today. Baby steps!)
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Afternoon Derk!
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Afternoon Ms.WeeWeed!!!!!!!! Cold and windy here. Snow was dry, some ice spots, over all a bust…..Local weather babe was full of excuses today during her forecast. If you have your January copy of VFW magazine, go to page 31. Many years later, met “The Medal” awardee. Quality guy, a true gentleman…….and a good friend………
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Afternoon Colonel Sir!
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This is news today, Sikh LEO in NYC have won the right tow wear their traditional turbans and beards.
hmmmmm
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Nothing against Sikhs, but we shouldn’t be making exceptions based on religion. Can they now deny female Muslim officers the right to wear their religion’s headgear?
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Or bomb-belts for that matter.
Hey, it’s just “cultural”.
And we all know that “cultural” means fuzzy teddy bears, excluding American or White European culture, that is. Or Russian culture, in a bizarre twist of the Left.
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This is just my opinion but I think all these exceptions that are made, whether for religion, size, age, sex, etc. are making our public service unsafe.
A friend and I were talking today about all the house fires lately and how all of them have been a total loss. Her husband is a retired firefighter and was complaining years ago before he retired about exceptions they were starting to allow so they wouldn’t discriminate against women or those not in good physical shape was going to lead to inept fire departments.
There was a reason for uniforms, physical tests, etc. that was for the safety of those in these jobs as well as the safety for citizens.
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Nope. I don’t like this. Just ONE step closer to burkas. (I know Sikhs are not muslim, but allowing changes in dress code for other cultures is not a good idea.)
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Agree 100%. The word uniform means uniform… funny how that goes…
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And, this is the United States of America.
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Hey, y’all, DoD relaxed its military dress regulations some three years ago allowing troops to wear religious headgear, have beards, tattoos or piercings if their religion requires it. Jewish soldiers can finally wear their yarmulkes, Siks their turbans and beards, Moslems their beards and Wiccans their piercings and tattoos within reason.
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I see your point (s) on this article. When a Sikh says he has your back, your covered. Some of the bravest soldiers in the British Army…..
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The Battle of Saragarhi
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Peggy Noonan did well with this one:
Shining a Light on ‘Back Row’ America
http://www.wsj.com/articles/shining-a-light-on-back-row-america-1483056652
I’ve written of the great divide in America as between the protected and the unprotected—those who more or less govern versus the governed, the facts of whose lives the protected are almost wholly unaware. Mr. Arnade sees the divide as between the front-row kids at school waving their hands to be called on, and the back-row kids, quiet and less advantaged. The front row, he says, needs to learn two things. “One is how much the rest of the country is hurting. It’s not just economic pain, it’s a deep feeling of meaninglessness, of humiliation, of not being wanted.” Their fears and anxieties are justified. “They have been excluded from participating in the great wealth of this country economically, socially and culturally.” Second, “The front-row kids need humility. They need to look in the mirror, ‘We messed this up, we’ve been in charge 30 years and haven’t delivered much.’ ” “They need to take stock of what has happened.”
Of those falling behind: “They’re not lazy and weak, they’re dealing with bad stuff. Both conservative and progressive intellectuals say Trump voters are racist, dumb. When a conservative looks at a minority community and says, ‘They’re lazy,’ the left answers, ‘Wait a minute, let’s look at the larger context, the availability of jobs, structural injustice.’ But the left looks at white working-class poverty and feels free to judge and dismiss.”
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To read the complete column, go to Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=peggy+noonan&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Then select the left-hand box, labeled “Shining a Light on ‘Back Row’ America”
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And better, and better…
Maria Zakharova claimed US citizens were let down by the White House, and added: ‘Not by international terrorists, not by troops of the enemy.
‘This time Washington got a slap in the face from its own master and it increased the urgent agenda of the incoming Donald Trump team to its maximum level.’
Moscow hopes that Trump’s arrival next month in the White House will gradually lead to a reset of relations between the two countries.
‘That’s all, the curtain falls,’ she said of the Obama presidency.
‘The bad performance is over.
‘The whole world, from the stalls to the upper balcony, is watching the smashing blow on American prestige and its leadership made by Barack Obama and his illiterate foreign policy team, that disclosed its top secret to the world – their exceptional nature was a mask for their helplessness.
‘No single enemy could do more harm to the USA.’
:slow clap:
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Why can’t I read this without hearing the dialogue in Natasha’s voice?
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Yes, yes, Czar have heard that slow sexy voice many times, especially when she puts her red heels on, then I awaken from that dream……..
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I thonk we’re talking different Natashas
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My Natasha is Kathleen Turner……..Hot, Hot, Hot!!! And she can cook.
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Serious talent:
Unbelievable.
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http://www.tomatobubble.com/putin_obama.html
Scroll down and see PUTIN vs FECKLESS TWAT!
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Well done!
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That is great! Thanks 🙂
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Naah, it’s just a clock.
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You can tell from all the wires sticking out…
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Tick tock 😊 So then I guess Obama should be inviting Putin to the White House soon.
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The National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund reported that the number of officers murdered in 2016 was at a five year high and PBS, TIME and NPR are milking it. PBS is saying the numbers ‘shot, killed’ are up, NPR is saying number killed by firearms is up, TIME saying the numbers are up in 2016.
True dat, numbers are up but under Obama we’ve seen three notable spikes in LEO shooting deaths, 2010, 2011 and 2016. The liberal MSM attributes these deaths to firearms, as if the firearm enchanted the shooter to shoot the officer, the evildoer had no evil intent to donevil until the evil gun forced him to do so. Never mind the spikes underbthe most cop-hate inspiring president we’ve ever had.
Of note is that the MSM makes no mention of the numbers of LEO killed by their own weapons. It’s a dirty lil secret that a goodly number of the police shootings, fatal,or not, are done by perps taking away the officer’s guns and turning them on the officers. I went thru the academy many years ago and weapons retention was a big issue then, We went through a full day of retention traning and updated retention training regularly after that, the figures we were given way back then were that over 20% of officer shootings were by weapons taken away from officers. There was also an active market in retention holsters that required up to three separate actins to be taken by the officer before the gun could be drawn.
Guess that when you’re pushing your ‘unarmed population as walking target’ agenda tweaking the presentation of facts is a viable tactic.
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This is kinda the issue I have with the Slager/Scott incident. Not everyone agrees. Now he has been charged by the DOJ… Not sure I get that either.
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Let’s see if this plays out differently under Trump’s DoJ.
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I have to believe that if PE Trump had the full story, things might be different.
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Roseanne Barr critical of Obama? Wow!
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/roseanne-barr-tweets-obama-pushes-anti-jewish-laws-just-nazis
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Roseanne supported Trump.
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I don’t know what it is about what’s inside a person that shows in their face, but the last couple pics I saw of Roseanne, she looked pretty, and dignified. It was shocking to me.
I never thought I’d see that, or say that, but it’s true.
“You look different somehow, Roseanne.”
Got rid of the internal ugliness.
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More thoughts about Israel:
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That is helpful.
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My endeavor to read about the history of Israel was not that successful… It seems to me that it starts with “in the beginning” and just keeps going. That is a huge amount of time. I could use Cilff notes.
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LOL I had the same problem.
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Did you get to the Balfour Declaration??
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Nope,
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The more you know, the more you’ll wish you didn’t, because you’ll never convince those around you who know only lies about this whole history.
Ignorance is indeed bliss. I’ve never successfully de-programmed any anti-Israel drone.
Not once.
They know what they know, and all they know is lies, and are impervious to truth.
You have to have a hundred writers of masterful rhetoric, and a glass desk and a television bezel around your head, to have a remote chance of reaching these people.
Who the heck are you? You’re just their friend. Not their teevee people.
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Shameless, sycophantic, feckless t**ts, 2008 edition, wherein it is Urgent that we swear Obama into office RIGHT NOW, instead of January 20.
http://archive.mrc.org/notablequotables/2008/nq20081215.asp
I’m sure all these MSM quotes are actually the result of Russian hackers.
These people, in a just world, would all be homeless and panhandling.
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It amazes me that I’m still sane. Some would argue that point.
Some knowledge is too much for most people. I decline to share what I’ve seen with most people, because they’d go catatonic if they knew.
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Succinct:
https://ricochet.com/399685/election-not-hacked/
People only repeat the lie they’ve been told 5,000 times.
They know it’s true. They can’t explain it. They can only repeat it. And then go back to their Programs on teevee, which all tell them to repeat it again. Which they do, with the conviction of Pavlov’s dogs.
But they can’t explain it, and only get angry when you ask them rudimentary questions about it.
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Start with one question:
What was hacked?
“Duh! The Election! Haven’t you been listening to the Teevee?”
They only know to repeat that phrase. People who don’t know what a file extension is.
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I know folks who know how to cater for 400, or who know every building code in Michigan from electrical to HVAC, or who know how to take the front end off an engine and replace a timing belt.
And they could explain it all. In other words, people who should actually know better, but still repeat that phrase like Pavlov rang a bell.
If you ask them questions about their particular expertise, they will proudly and happily explain their depth of knowledge. Ask them questions, even very simple ones, about this, they will get angry and combative.
It’s almost scary to witness.
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Did I mention that it gets better?
HONOLULU (AP) — Stung by new punishments, Russia is looking straight past President Barack Obama to Donald Trump in hopes the president-elect will reverse the tough U.S. stance toward Moscow of the last eight years. In a stunning embrace of a longtime U.S. adversary, Trump is siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Whether Trump steers the U.S. toward or away from Russia upon taking office is shaping up as the first major test of his foreign policy disposition and his willingness to buck fellow Republicans, who for years have argued Obama wasn’t tough enough. Now that Obama has finally sanctioned Russia over hacking allegations, Putin has essentially put relations on hold till Trump takes over.
“Great move on delay (by V. Putin),” Trump wrote Friday on Twitter. “I always knew he was very smart!”
He was referring to Putin’s announcement that Russia won’t immediately retaliate after Obama ordered sanctions on Russian spy agencies, closed two Russian compounds and expelled 35 diplomats the U.S. said were really spies. Though Putin reserved the right to hit back later, he suggested that won’t be necessary with Trump in office.
It would be news to the Associated Press that Putin has been looking past Obama toward Trump for months.
An amazing time to witness. And to Witness.
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Punishments!!!
Really? As if the self-gelded USA could “punish” Russia.
As if a guy on a girl’s bike could. An amazing time.
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Obama’s “punishments” for 35 diplomats/spies was sending them home to be with their families over the Holiday.
What, was Gitmo out of the question?
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“I can’t get any more cynical. I can’t get any more cynical. I can’t get any more cynical.”
:reads news:
“DANGIT!!!”
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