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General Discussion, Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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Went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse tonight with some of the wife’s extended family. Her real dad’s brother and wife were traveling through town, and we went with her mom and BF, and her brother and his family. It was nice, but super packed, and loud. Couldn’t hear a thing.
We were seated at a bar/table, tall, narrow, long. There were nine of us, and I was on the end, with a hard divider under the table, so I couldn’t even scoot closer. However, a very nice older couple came in and sat down right next to me, on the other side. They were retired. We ended up chatting quite a bit. They loved our family, and my 7-year-old nephew.
The gentleman was from Swiss, but had been in the States since he was basically old enough to do so. He said he had gone through the military in Switzerland, but fell in love with America because of John Wayne. He wanted to live where John Wayne lived, see what he saw, and be as free as he was. It was a big adventure, so he did it. Started out on the east coast, NY, NJ, and hated it. Lived in Omaha for 8-10 years, then made it to California. He’d been living in the San Fran bay area ever since.
His wife had tremendous fake boobs, and a fake deep tan, and new teeth. She was also retired, very nice to talk to, and dressed in a VERY nice red and black dress. She was dressed the nicest of anyone in the place (and believe me, it was very strange and disconcerting feeling to think “oh, nice boobs – oh, wait, old enough to be my grandmother…Ugh).
Anyway, I’m the most extraverted introvert anyone ever knows, and I was trying to spread the love, so we were talking a bit. I couldn’t resist tweaking (fake lady from CA has to hate Trump) so I asked her husband what he thought of Trump. He was super nice about it. He thought that were pros and cons, and had some serious concerns, but thinks that he also has some big plusses, and it was too early to say. He wanted to wait and see. He asked what I thought, and I told him I was cautiously optimistic. No need to barrel them over right at the start.
Anyway, the wife was every single stereotype you can imagine. She related a story on how she had to go to her therapist on the day after the election, and her therapist told her they are all in mourning, and have to help each other through it. She has scheduled a 10-day retreat at her Buddhist camp to center herself next week, so she can try to make it through his inauguration. *eyeroll*
Anyway, I infected them with my positivity. She kept remarking on how everyone in AZ is so nice (they were there just to get away from the rain in SF right now), and how much she was enjoying it. She couldn’t understand how I wasn’t worried, so I recommended Bridge of Spies to them, relating the story of the Russian who wasn’t worried, and when asked why not by Tom Hanks, he kept replying, “would it help?”
I also told her she’s a CA gal, and she should know how to spread the love and positivity. LOL. She seemed to take it to heart. She wanted to friend me on facebook (I don’t do facebook).
Anyway, that’s my story of doing my part to help break through the cloud and the fear for the anti-Trumpers and the ctrl-Lefties out there, while hijacking Stella’s blog yet again.
Apologies to Stella and all! Cheers, and happy Wednesday!
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That’s pretty cool. I can respect the husband’s position on things a little more then I can respect his wife’s.
Good for you, being a Trump abassador.
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Good job! It could open their eyes…..even if it is just a little bit. I think your approach was just right.
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Nice boobs are immortal. Viva American engineering!
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Not real;
just real
expensive. 😉
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If you can touch them, they’re real. They may not be natural, but they are definitely real.
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So may be the resulting morals charges…..
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Depends on your definition of ‘real’.
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all immigrants wanting to come to America should be forced to listen to all of Obama’s speeches for the last 8 years and have to write an analysis of how he met his promises as an example of what must never happen again should they be allowed to stay here.
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If you made them listen to ALL his speeches, they would probably pack up and go back home half way through. 😯
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called INTENSE VETTING.
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I know that many people dislike BOR, but he summed it up pretty well last night.. His take, based on performance, not politics, was that POTUS didn’t do well at all….
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Did you watch it ?
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I am the lonely BOR fan… 😦 I tape every show.. lately he has been MIA,,, I think he is getting ready to quit..
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No I am just a dope! I for some reason read BO instead of BOR and thought you somehow managed to listen to Barack’s call to arms farewell speech. Bill O is on right now 🙂
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“Strengthen our weakness, we beseech Thee, that we may do valiantly in this spiritual war.”
–St. Augustine–
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^^^ Theme association with life. ^^^
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This is not hollywood.
This is the real world.
The recording shows the truck careening to a stop immediately in front of the two Marines. In all of the instantaneous violence Yale and Haerter never hesitated. By all reports and by the recording, they never stepped back. They never even started to step aside. They never even shifted their weight. With their feet spread shoulder width apart, they leaned into the danger, firing as fast as they could work their weapons. They had only one second left to live.
The truck explodes. The camera goes blank.
Two young men go to their God.
Six seconds.
Not enough time to think about their families, their country, their flag, or about their lives or their deaths, but more than enough time for two very brave young men to do their duty, into eternity. That is the kind of people who are on watch all over the world tonight – for you.
http://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/dispatches/0117.html#article1
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Happy thought and
KARMA moment…
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The question is will Mosby have to Google “Malicious Prosecution”? My best guess is yes.
SMH
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38.7 °F or 3.7 °C
Heat wave returns.
Time for another log or two…
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With a dash of nutmeg…
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Finally arrived.
Better late;
than never…
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Warm up a marshmallow or two…
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Then, dip them
in caramel and
then chocolate.
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Interesting and marginally relevant fact: squirrels have the largest testicles for their size of any mammal.
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Over to you, Nyet or Joshua…
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Some sort of advertisement for Squirrel Nut Zippers or oven mitts is now forming …..
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kinda like the OB/GYN said, “you know, it’s a funny thing, when you look right at it.”
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Was that Golden Gate Park?
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Talk about FAKE NEWS…..walnut hacking by Russian Squirrel
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We’ve had 70’s for two days, winter returns though and possible ice starting Friday.
As much as I hate the cold and as much as I love warm weather, I wish it would either just stay cold instead of this back and forth, it’s hard on the body.
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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 – Single Barrel )
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 (Tom Collins)
Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 (Black & Tan)
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 (Boilermaker)
Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 (Irish Car Bomb)
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 (Godfather)
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 (Mortlach)
Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 (Roy Rogers)
Mornin’ Howie! 🙂 (Classic Daiquiri)
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 (Gin & Tonic)
Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 (Blackberry wine)
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 (Backdraft)
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 🙂 (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 (Stinger)
Mornin’ Les! 🙂 (Rusty Nail)
Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 (Jack Daniels)
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 (Whiskey Smash)
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 (B52)
Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 (Rum & Coke)
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 (Night Train Express)
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) 🙂 (Albanian Raki Moskat)
Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂 (Hot Buttered Rum)
Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 (Mudslide)
Mornin’ John Denney 🙂 (RumChata)
Mornin’ litenmaus 🙂 (Smoking Bishop)
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!
Pastries for coffee!
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Good morning Nyet 🙂
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Looks amazing Nyet!!!! Good morning!
Howdy everyone! Half-way through the week and nine days to Trump! 🙂
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I’m going out for breakfast this morning. I think I will get a plate like that one. 🙂 Mornin’ Nyet, everyone. 🙂
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Morning Nyet, thank you.
Have a great day up your way.
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Ty Mr. Neetot…
If you want a wonderful breakfast in Pidgeon Forge, Tn this is the place:
Called the Old Mill, we went there by accident once.. It was wonderful.
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This mill looks very much like the one at Loretty’s place in Hurricane Mills, TN. Beautiful country.
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Pidgeon Forge is really a strip of hotels, and touristy places… but the mill was wonderful.
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Do they serve Mountain Oysters for breakfast?
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Looks great! Thanks Nyet!
Morning everyone!
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My grandson has gotten to where he loves eggs, but only over easy or boiled. Every morning he asks my daughter to cook him an egg and at least once a day asks for a “water egg.” He came up with that on his own, I guess in his little mind an egg in water is naturally a water egg. lol
When he’s at my house he always asks for white rice with butter or white sghetti, that’s what he calls fettuccini alfredo.
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Aren’t the terms they come up with adorable? My son came up with, when you put something together, you have to read the “constructions.”
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My goofy Hubby calls them “the destructions”. He’s not very good at putting things together, or following
the destructions”,lol.
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LOL
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Mornin’ kids!
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Mornin’ Miss Wee!
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Mornin’ Derk!
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Good morning WeeWeed 🙂 Is the lady rat representing the MSM?
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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CNN
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Don’t they always steal the cheese? 🙂
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For anyone interested, I found the rules for the Congressional Art Contest.. This is about that painting in Congress that is in the middle of a big controversy… anyway, here, take a look.
Click to access 2016artcomp_rulesguidelinesdeadlines.pdf
As outlined in these guidelines, the final decision regarding the suitability of all artwork for the 2016 Congressional Art Competition exhibition in the Capitol will be made by a panel of qualified persons chaired by the Architect of the Capitol. While it is not the intent to censor any artwork, we do wish to avoid artwork that is potentially inappropriate for display in this highly traveled area leading to the Capitol. Artwork must adhere to the policy of the House Office Building Commission. In accordance with this policy, exhibits depicting subjects of contemporary political controversy or a sensationalistic or gruesome nature are not allowed.
So this painting should never have been selected in the first place.. It was a no brainer, seriously…. SMH
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Absolutely. But, the black caucus and groups think at this point they can get away with anything. You put up white people being attacked by black people and they would have a fit.
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Yes, but here we have written rules, very clearly written, so the question is why and by whom was this selected??
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It failed to meet the criteria… it isn’t simply a matter of like or dislike… they need to just quote the rules and explain that it was a mistaken selection.
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Caution, racist statement: I’m guess the “whom” doesn’t need a tan.
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Of course you are right on the money.. but it is not something subjective, not really. This is being presented as a matter of personal perspective, but I keep saying, the rules are clear. This whole kerfluffle is exactly why they have them… exactly.
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Yes, but liberals don’t think they have to follow them.
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Liberals don’t follow the rules, and the laws.
They follow the more powerful liberals.
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“whom” small version of WHOOOOOOOOOM, like an elephant fart.
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Good Morning Stella,crew,
Clouds cleared for a bit this morning, beautiful full moon! Obama on his way out but California is still attached to y’all. Mary and I are pleased at least.
Love the pic, you have quite the inventory. Have a great day you all!
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Have a beautiful day Derk 🙂
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And you as well Lovely!
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One day soon I’ma make a Stellasplace1 Photonbucket account.
It’s only been, what?
409 pictures since day one? No wait. Divide by seven.
58 weeks?
I find that hard to believe. Only 58 open thread pics, the first many of which were the same Dr. Seuss cover?
Double it for Caturday pics.
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SO MANY good photos on your OT, Stella.
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https://twitter.com/Stmpy_Mch/status/818988900219699200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Just heard on FOX and FRIENDS the liberals are now attacking LLBEAN. It is because someone on the board supports Trump. Linda Bean gave $60,000 to a pro Trump superpak. The money was private and had nothing to do with the business. SMH
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LLBEAN sells quality merchandise. I rarely buy anything, but it is because I live in FL. I always send my sister and her husband something from there at Christmas because they live in Canada and need warm clothes. This boycott is so stupid.
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A while back, I wanted blue jeans… solid, good denim, basic. The only ones I found came from LL Beans.. grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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I used to buy my husband’s blue jeans from a Made In America blue jean store. The cost was about the same as Levis. They actually were very sturdy and lasted forever.
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I found those wonderful LLBean pants, super heavy denim.. at the thrift store. $5.00
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I live in LL Bean’s fleece-lined jeans about 9 months of the year. They are fabulous, fit well, and last forever. Plus keep me warm at 20 below.
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The things I have sent my sister and BIL have worn really well and lasted for years and years.
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Yes. They’re the only ones my brother in north 48 country can wear during the winter.
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They are just the best! And reasonably priced.
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is the crotch area also covered with fleece? man….itch city!
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Socialists live to
hate and hurt.
That’s all
they do.
Socialists all
have one thing
in common.
They are all POS.
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Good morning all!
Busy news day today. More Senate confirmation hearings, and votes, beginning at about 9:00 am (see post).
At 11:00 am, PE Trump will hold a press conference at Trump Tower, and we will have a live link.
I won’t post about that awful CNN/Buzzfeed “news”, but I thought you might like to watch Stefan Molyneux’s take on it:
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Katica found the Clinton documents that look very damning as to Hillary sending classified emails to most likely Sydney Blumenthal and suddenly CNN starts screaming fantasy as fact and almost all, even leftwing nutters, say there is no substance to the report.
Conclusion the Clinton News Network is doing what it does best, protecting Clinton.
The FBI documents;
https://archive.org/download/HillaryClintonFBI/
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/819180795873132544
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/818902079167168512
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Beautiful.
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Iowahawk has been on fire on Twitter.
I just scrolled back through his comments to the 9th of January.
Amazing points about race, about the formerly “malicious” use of tertiary names, about the MSM depictions of The South, and some amazing revelations about Iowa.
Great thing about his thread, timeline, whatever you call it:
You don’t even have to read the conversation, or what he’s even responding to, because we’ve all heard the obvious lame openings he’s responding to for about 40-50 years!
It’s like the joke about life prisoners telling jokes! “Number 26!” Brings down the house.
That’s the same with us and what dave is only giving us replies to. He should just start numbering them, too.
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And the joke was if nobody laughs when you say it, you just didn’t tell it right.
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I am crying.
Exclusive Excerpt – ‘Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/01/11/exclusive-excerpt-gosnell-untold-story-americas-prolific-serial-killer/
… What they said and the pictures they showed changed me. I am not the same person I was.
Abortion arguments from pro-abortion advocates tend to avoid any actual talk of how an abortion is done and what exactly it is that is being aborted. I know a lot about both now.
I now know that what is aborted is a person, with little hands and nails and a face that from the earliest times has expression. The humanity in all the pictures is unmistakable, the pictures of the babies that were shown as evidence in the Gosnell trial—first, second, and third trimester babies, in all their innocence and perfection …
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I know, right.
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I cannot read about the Gosnell horrors right now. I can’t even imagine.
One battle goes to the good guys.
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/11/planned-parenthood-baby-parts-vendor-stemexpress-drops-lawsuit-against-david-daleiden/
Planned Parenthood Baby Parts Vendor StemExpress Drops Lawsuit Against David Daleiden
In a huge victory for the pro-life advocate responsible for uncovering the grisly business of selling body parts of aborted babies, StemExpress has dropped its lawsuit against David Daleiden.
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Me neither, although I hope many who don’t know of these horrors will have their eyes opened. Hope it goes viral.
Has the film been released?
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I think they are still trying to get funding to release it.
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Later this year. They have to release it themselves, because nobody in Hollyweird will touch it.
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I have a rule: if it makes Stella cry, I don’t need to watch it.
Sound and imagery together with the written word, they go a lot further into the emotional side of our brains. And I’ve read reams about this. I’ve seen plenty of photos. I’ve heard plenty of testimonies. I’ve read plenty of research threads. I’ve cried from studying all four, separately.
I guess I don’t need to see and hear them all together, layered, complete with an inevitably ominous orchestral soundtrack.
Some people do, though. Those who need all that to make decisions. Leftists.
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And when I say Leftists are people who need all that to make decisions, I mean it.
Common-folk leftists, non-activist leftists, they’re not readers, they’re not researchers.
They are, though, avid, vociferous TV-watchers, MSM-listening sheep.
They need that glass-and-mahogany anchor desk. Those well made-up, well-lit, well-coiffed personalities. They need that layering of file photos of generic documents over the little animated icon of a reel-to-reel recorder while the recorded interviewee speaks, with ominous music in the background.
It’s like crack cocaine. They need that techno-digital gavel sound in every episode of Law and Order, they need that audio-visual surprise at the end of every episode of LOST. These crack dealers have been designing this stuff since B&W.
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Heck, since my Grandfather’s generation was listening to The Shadow and The Lone Ranger on a crystal set.
…
Since Shakespeare, even!
Heck, since Gutenberg…
I give up.
Evil and lies have been around as, and those who want to listen to them, forever.
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At least in the crystal set days, the propagandists were Pro-America.
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Got it in my email today!
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God, it makes me so sad, and sick, and angry. !^&@W#@$@$!*
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My brother and I were talking about abortions the other night and I was telling him how I have always believed women should have to view an ultrasound before they kill their babies so they can see it’s not a lump of cells, but a little human baby.
He said he’s never believed a woman couldn’t know that, so he’d go one step farther and say if they want to kill a baby and think it’s so easy and no big deal then they should have to watch the entire thing on ultrasound.
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Wait. Mccain gave the salacious documents to the FBI and the original document had “Disinformation” printed on it but by the time it made it to CNN the Disinformation marking had been removed? Curiouser and curiouser.
Is anyone talking about the newly discovered Clinton email revelations discovered in the FBI files?
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Begging pardon, but need to vent –
5 yo girl went missing Monday night. Locals wondered why no Amber alert issued.
In short – 5 yo girl was beaten to death by her mother, body stashed in family restaurant, later found by local LEOs. Father is naturalized Chinese, mother is illegal.
Public defender, translator, etc. etc. are now supporting these illegal child killers. Son and family live here, now supporting this detritus, and many more.
“Autopsy scheduled for 5-year-old Ashley Zhao”
“…Neither (parent) showing any emotion…”
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20170111/autopsy-scheduled-for-5-year-old-ashley-zhao
Apologies for being such a downer. Nights like this, wish I was a drinker.
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🙏🏼 prayers.
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😦
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Don’t wish that, jeans.
Be a prayer. In every sense of the word.
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Just got this in an email.. pretty funny!
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I just printed that. Then I folded it, and spindled it.
Then I sold it for $10.00 to a Trump supporter.
The spindles are cheap. Especially the wire ones.
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Very interesting …
Trump conducts his own sting operation to ensnare intelligence briefers – and says he caught them leaking
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4110654/Trump-conducts-sting-operation-ensnare-intelligence-briefers-says-caught-leaking.html
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I know! So amazing, this guy!
How many skyscrapers, resorts, high-rises, golf courses, et al did he get built?
You don’t do that by being ignorant of reality.
You don’t do that by not knowing how to govern.
You don’t do that by not knowing how to lead.
You don’t do that by playing checkers when everyone else is playing chess, or, in Obama’s case, Candyland™.
Trump doesn’t have “handlers”. He probably hasn’t since he was about 10.
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Ten years before my Grandma on my Dad’s side passed, she was still writing me regular letters from FL. She had taken a college course on programming spreadsheets and databases back when the Apple IIc was new, and she had one, and did so.
She was older than Trump even then. She was “just” an English teacher for most of her life. Quotes because I’m know that’s not really the case.
Now.
Do you wonder if Trump knows how to actually program?
I don’t.
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We see pics of Trump tweeting all the time.
In four years, it’ll have been more than we saw pics of Obama with Halos.
Obama had to have people tweet for him.
Obama couldn’t figure out how to close an umbrella when faced with a GATE.
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“Marine!!! HALP!”
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Oh, man, I had forgotten about that! He still could have gotten it through the gate with the umbrella sideways, and rotate it through. Poor dumb Obama. He isn’t very good at anything, but spatial relationships really aren’t his strong suit.
Smartest man in the room, my ass.
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And meanwhile, my grandmother, older than he is even now, knew how to program an Apple IIc, connected to a CRT TV set.
She’d have called him “Woodenhead.” She called my Dad that several times, I’m told.
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It’s not even about Spatial Relationships with these class of Elites.
It’s about — they’ve never had to open an umbrella by themselves. They can’t even find the button.
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They don’t even know there IS a button. They think it’s magic, and their fairies have always opened the umbrella for them with magic!
God bless whatever Marine took that umbrella and said, “Here, Mr. President. You take it.”
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That Marine can probably, even now, take apart a John Deere 4020, after rescuing it from mud up to it’s axles, and put it back together.
And also tweet by his own danged self.
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Right, but even if you don’t know how to work the umbrella, surely you can pivot it through the narrow gate edge first, handle last. It doesn’t take a genius.
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It takes…
Well, there isn’t yet a word for it. Submoronic?
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Supersubmoronic. Hypersupersubmoronic.
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A monkey could do it.
I went there.
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LOL!
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I don’t these lifers have ever seen anyone like Trump.
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https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/819367218802819072
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Peter Gabriel was in Genesis. Way back when.
I say that as someone who listens to Bach and Rachmaninoff, a lot.
And Nina Simone, and Ella… and Billie.
And Willie. And Hank. And his kid. And even Johnny Horton.
Those are anchors.
This is new. Got to find new. Always.
There are stronger, more recent anchors like Bobby.
Tomorrow Mumford & Sons. The next day probably highasakite or Aurora. Or even Mozart.
Sonny Joe Williamson? Which one? Dad or son?
All up in my head, yo.
Sage Francis? Yesses, many of ’em. So many Yesses.
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Shock…
North? Even in MI it’s too damn cold. Love Johnny still….
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I’m not sure I’m following you, Wooly. If you’re looking for new music, something great, try Peter Hollens on youtube.
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I will, right now. You go ahead and watch my Bobbysplaining below. It’s illustrative.
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OMG thank you. Wow. College! Free!
Nyet. You can take me off the breakfast list for a week.
Got my food.
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You can’t follow me.
I’m not on Twitter.
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Wow thank you.
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His stuff is flat out amazing. I think he’s probably the best singer currently alive. His wife is very good too.
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Well, I’d probably disagree.
Ray LaMontagne is the best male singer alive.
I’d put Aurora Aksnes at the best female singer alive.
Understand that my view on both changes as they all surpass each other.
John Mayer might just be the best Male singer/player alive. Still deciding.
Beth Hart, ditto, for Female.
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Clearly, your style preferences differ from mine, so I’ll respectfully disagree. However, I won’t ever condemn someone their choices in tunes. I can recognize quality and talent, even if my preference is elsewhere.
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Absolutely loving this guy. Gonna spread it far as I can.
I’ll be looking for new musicians when I’m 90.
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“I see amazing things”……Howard Carter
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And yet… and yet…
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Never heard of him. Man, oh man. I bet Hollens is a Bobby fanatic.
No question, in fact. Prolly a Walk off the Earth devotee, too.
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Bobbysplaining:
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That is very cool.
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It is inherently human to wanna JAM.
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Built in. He proved it, right there.
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Yeah, touches the soul, touches the Eternal. I bet they have the BEST music in heaven. I wonder if they play some of the great hits from here sometimes, just to give a few of our greatest artists a nod, and humor the rest of us with something from our neck of the woods?
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Nobody on earth knows the notes to Psalms.
I’ve tried to make a few, but sure I failed.
139 was one.
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“…our neck of the woods…” is figurative, I know.
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You see that and wonder why anyone else is popular.
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Why anyone one Earth wanna see Steve Tyler sing “Dream On” for the gazillionth time.
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Why anyone would wanna see Pink. or Beyonce.
Or that zombie Cher.
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They can’t do that. They wouldn’t want to.
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I’ve never understood most “popular” music, with a few exceptions. Peter Cetera and Chicago were amazing, back in their day. Genesis was good, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Journey. There were lots of really good, talented folk making music in my childhood and earlier. Most all of that died by the early 90s, though, and it got worse and worse, with less talent, less musicality, less everything. Just more raunch.
Youtube, Patreon, and independent publishing is bringing back a golden age of artists, of sorts, who really know how to make music again.
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The 90’s is my least favorite era in popular music, followed by the 2000s.
I never want to hear another Nirvana or Alanis Morissette song in my life.
Heart, on the other hand. Yes, for a bit. Rush, heck yeah.
I stay away from Zeppelin and Floyd now, along with Eagles and E.L.O, knowing their Satanic imagery. And many others in my life, through Mr. Bungle, Skinny Puppy, and more, and more.
Now I like happy, and God-blessed music.
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Or here, even better:
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If I want techno, I’ll go here, not toward darkness.
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GAH! Technology!
G’night Stellars!
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One more spin:
I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who’s having a good time. You sure as hell don’t want to be with somebody who’s having a bad day. — Wolfman Jack, WLS-AM
Aw yeah, here we go…
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Tell you what. Uhh!
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I’m a liar.
That one brings the tears, sometimes.
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Me too, Wooly, me too.
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