General Discussion, Friday, November 9, 2018

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Stella

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  2. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    November 9, 2018 at 12:10 am

    James Woods spent the entire day (11/08/18) tweeting and retweeting information about missing people who are presumed in danger in the California #CampFire. He has 1.84 million followers. He is helping to locate people and alert authorities to where people were last known to be. Woods is helping terrified and worried people connect and using his star power to reunite or get information to people about loved ones whereabouts.

    All day long he has been doing this.

    https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1060752509185257473

    https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1060739539499659264
    https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods

    https://i.imgur.com/zQZcSuL.jpg

    God bless you James.

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  3. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
    November 9, 2018 at 12:11 am

    Gonna take the plunge and try CBD oil for the old dog’s arthritis. The standard meds haven’t hurt her kidneys or liver but if the CBD works we won’t have to worry about trading one problem for another.

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  4. Gil's avatar Gil says:
    November 9, 2018 at 12:20 am

    Kiddo’s artist this month is Marc Chagall.

    “Marc Zakharovich Chagall (/ʃəˈɡɑːl/ shə-GAHL;[3][nb 1]born Moishe Zakharovich Shagal;[4] 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin.[1] An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints”
    “He had two basic reputations, writes Lewis: as a pioneer of modernism and as a major Jewish artist. He experienced modernism’s “golden age” in Paris, where “he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism”. Yet throughout these phases of his style “he remained most emphatically a Jewish artist, whose work was one long dreamy reverie of life in his native village of Vitebsk.”[5] “When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picassoremarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is.”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall

    He loves the bright colors and the concept of painting what he dreams. Marc Chagall would frequently paint goats, but it turns out there was a reason:

    “In general, Chagall’s inclusion of farm animals into his paintings allude to his memories of childhood. In particular, visits to an uncle on a farm where he knew every animal by name. Many of Chagall’s paintings include farmyard references such as to his childhood in Vitebsk, alongside images of Paris. 
    The goat is a Jewish symbol for the day of atonement – a feast when the sins of the people were once symbolically expiated ( Leviticus X!V) by tying a red ribbon (rep. the sins)around the neck of a goat and casting him out into the wilderness to die. (After the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, a rooster or hen was used for this purpose instead). See painting on this subject by William Holman Hunt. 
    It is most probable, that Chagall used this image with both these ideas in mind.”

    https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080111014219AAHYjFq

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  5. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    November 9, 2018 at 12:35 am

    I’m listening to President Trump’s presser where he slapped the snot out of Acosta.

    Two things I’ve noticed;

    1) President Trump said that he knows more about the democrats than they know about him.

    2) More importantly, I’m about 35 minutes in and from President Trump’s first words there was something different. And then it hit me. President Trump is tired. He turned off the theatrics and the negotiator and simply let his disdain for the media show. This was Trump raw, it was the Trump that Fred Trump said “Don’t be so blunt. Add some sugar son.”

    I like this Trump at least as much as the other Trump.

    Trump sugar free. Sweet.

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  6. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    November 9, 2018 at 6:44 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 >-I (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 >-I (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) =^-^= >-I (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 >-I >-I (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 >-I (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 >-I (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 >-I (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) 🙂 >-I (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 >-I (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 >-I (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 >-I (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_| (Godfather)
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    Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 >-I (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 >-I (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 >-I (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 >-I (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 >-I (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 >-I (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 >-I (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 >-I (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 >-I (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 >-I >-I (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”) 🙂 >-I (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 >-I (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 >-I (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 >-I (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 >-I (1961 Château Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 >-I (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 >-I (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 >-I (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney! 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! 🙂 >-I (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler! 🙂 >-I (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG! 🙂 |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ G-d&Country! 🙂 >-I (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! 🙂 |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 >-I (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 >-I (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 >-I (Lburg lemonade)
    Mornin’ davidhuntpe! 🙂 |_| (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ skipper1961! 🙂 |_| (Brompton’s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
    Mornin’ mightyconservative! 🙂 |_| (Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
    Mornin’ NC Nana! 🙂 >-I (Beautiful)
    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! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    http://www.oinkety.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSCN48361.jpg

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/150127_em_bacon.jpg

    Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Tarts

    https://savorysweetlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blueberry-lemon-cheesecake-tarts.jpg

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  7. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    November 9, 2018 at 6:55 am

    I’m taken the capitalism show on the road again in a few hours. I will not be in the new home for the rest of the year. While I’ll be having turkey TV dinner in a few weeks, at least I get to watch the ball drop in person again.

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    • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
      November 9, 2018 at 7:42 am

      Safe travels, Nyet! Hope you will share interesting travel stories with us.

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      November 9, 2018 at 8:12 am

      Yer gonna freeze yer tush off, B!

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      • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
        November 9, 2018 at 8:13 am

        We were just laughing about how cold we think 70 is now

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        • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
          November 9, 2018 at 8:14 am

          IKR?? Me, too – I really detest the cold.

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          • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
            November 9, 2018 at 8:22 am

            We didn’t get rid of any cold weather clothes since I do end up other places, but it felt funny while unpacking all of it when it was 117 outside

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          • lovely's avatar lovely says:
            November 9, 2018 at 9:00 am

            We’re getting our first snow of the season. Predicted 1 inch, looking out my window to see we already have 2 inches and the snow is still falling. It is a light snow but still 🙄.

            29°

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              November 9, 2018 at 9:45 am

              Snow here too. Surprised me when I took Tucker out this morning.

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            • The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:
              November 9, 2018 at 4:44 pm

              We still have yet to see a single snowflake! Odd to be this late into November without a whiff of white stuff. It’s been cold; we had several days at +5 degrees, and now consistently about 15-20 degrees overnight with daytime highs in mid 30s. Just clear blue skies and bright sun. No snow predicted for the next 10 days. We were rewarded with some Northern Lights on Sunday and Monday nights, a somewhat rare treat. Not the most stunning display, but still pretty awesome. First time in the last 2 years for me (they can be surprisingly easy to miss if you don’t just happen to wake up at 2 am or so and bother to get up, put on a heavy coat and boots, hat, gloves to go outside and look).

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              • lovely's avatar lovely says:
                November 9, 2018 at 4:53 pm

                We were rewarded with some Northern Lights on Sunday and Monday nights, a somewhat rare treat.

                What a wonderful treat 🙂 !

                There is no more snow predicted here until November 22nd.

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              • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
                November 9, 2018 at 5:43 pm

                Doesn’t someone have an “Amber Alert ” type app to let you know when the lights are good?!?!

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                • The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:
                  November 9, 2018 at 6:36 pm

                  I wish I had a “Lights detector” on the roof of my house that set off an alarm at my bedside! But no. People who want to see them often set up their own phone tree with friends to call around when the lights are out. Helps to have a few insomniacs in the group. It also helps if you have a north-facing window looking across a clear field so you know whether it is worth gearing up to be outside for a half hour. Unfortunately I don’t. I have to walk 10 feet from the house to get out from under the eaves to see the night sky to the north. I usually check the aurora forecast website at the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks before going to bed. On nights with high auroral activity, I’ll drink a big glass of water before going to sleep, guaranteeing I’ll have to get up to pee about 2 am. Then I’ll check the website again to see where the lights are most likely, and if they are in my area I’ll go outside and look. But the website doesn’t account for local cloud cover, so even if they are likely, doesn’t mean I’ll be able to see them.

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    November 9, 2018 at 7:37 pm

                    LOL I never heard anybody using their middle of the night trip to the bathroom as an alarm.

        • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
          November 9, 2018 at 8:34 am

          You were laughing? 😀

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      • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
        November 9, 2018 at 12:24 pm

        Leaving Mrs.Nye unsupervised is not good……..

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      November 9, 2018 at 8:57 am

      Safe journey Nyet. You’ll be there just in time for all the Times Square protest gatherings.

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    • litenmaus's avatar litenmaus says:
      November 9, 2018 at 10:07 am

      wishing you safe travels in the wild winter lands of the northeast nyet….:0)

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    • TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
      November 9, 2018 at 10:38 am

      Hey Nyet – if you’re going to be in the NE, are you going to be in the NH area?

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      • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
        November 9, 2018 at 10:56 am

        It depends….. do I owe you money? …. I may not be anywhere near you if I do….

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        • TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
          November 9, 2018 at 11:12 am

          Hahahaha! No, but but I know good restaurants, and I am not a bad cook either as long as you don’t have any CBD oil or cologne on. I am terribly allergic to any hemp/marijuana. I have no warranty what you would be fed if you cause an allergic reaction 😉

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    • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
      November 9, 2018 at 5:58 pm

      I’ll be in Boston next Wed-Sun. Taking warm clothes which I rarely get to wear, but predictions here & there are for 30 at night & 50’s during the day while I’m gone.

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      • TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
        November 9, 2018 at 8:30 pm

        The 14th to the 18th? Will you be in Boston or a suburb? We really don’t go into or know our way around the city of Boston anymore. It’s changed in the years since we moved away. Stella has my email if you have spare time to get together. Just let us know 🙂

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        • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
          November 9, 2018 at 11:11 pm

          Downtown I guess, staying across the street from the convention center in the Seaport area. Boston is a mystery to me.

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          • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
            November 10, 2018 at 8:50 am

            I sent stella an email.

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            • TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
              November 10, 2018 at 11:22 am

              Hi Czarina, I haven’t received it yet, but Stella is busy. I’ll continue to check.

              My cousin who travels a lot likes Tripadvisor for info. I looked up the hotel, and it’s directly on the water. The weather for those days has sunshine 🙂 40-50 degrees in the day and 30-40 at night. The windiest day is Wed. It gets very raw right on the water with the Atlantic Ocean and wind, but I don’t know what you’re used to as far as weather goes, just realize it will be damp outside around the hotel. The sun should help get rid of the dampness though.

              I don’t know if you’re renting a car, and that makes a big difference in ease of getting around.

              I’m not sure of your interests, but I like to see what a particular city has that others don’t. I would get a guide and walk the Freedom Trail. The guides make it much more alive, and you’re not alone with headphones on. They are dressed in period costume 🙂
              I would also see if the USS Constitution is open and go onto it. Both are not far from your hotel.

              The Duck tours are popular.

              There is also a “Hop on Hop off pass” to get around, just make sure where you are going. Maybe a group of people going to your convention would go together.

              If you like art museums, The Museum of Fine Arts is really nice with hundreds of beautiful and famous exhibits.

              Going across the river to the Harvard Museums in Cambridge would be nice if you liked the glass invertibrate photos I posted this summer. Harvard is also the only place with the glass FLOWERS. They have many more of the flowers than invertibrates.

              There is a bus tour that goes around Boston, Cambridge, Lexington, and Concord. But honestly, unless it was on your lifetime bucket list to see Lexington & Concord, you’ll spend most of the time on the road in the bus.

              This is a photo of the public gardens from Tripadvisor from Nov 2016. The Swan Boats are closed, but I don’t know if would be of interest to you. There may also be architecture tours, there used to be, but they were usually in warmer weather.

              https://i.imgur.com/bKkDlUc.jpg

              We had a bad windstorm up here in NH that blew all the maple leaves off which was too bad. It was such a good year for color even the oak leaves are nice colors. Maybe they did not blow off in Boston.

              Here is the tripadvisor link for Boston

              https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60745-Boston_Massachusetts-Vacations.html

              Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll check emails, and also back to this page for a couple more days.

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    • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
      November 9, 2018 at 8:17 am

      Morning WeeWeed!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      November 9, 2018 at 9:04 am

      Good morning Wee 🙂 !

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      November 9, 2018 at 9:43 am

      Mornin’ WeeWeed! We have snow on the ground, and still snowing a bit here. Big surprise (I didn’t watch the weather last night).

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    • TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
      November 9, 2018 at 11:45 am

      Morning WeeWeed 🙂

      What a little coward he is. Like all bullies, he is a coward. As soon as President Trump stepped out from behind the podium (twice) he sat down. He was also very submissive to the secret service man taking his pass – I notice he did not karate chop a trained male!

      I think he should be permanently banned. His career will just wither and die without the spotlight.

      If the networks choose another to harass the administration rather than ask questions, they should be put in the back of the room, and let civil reporters ask actual meaningful questions that matter to citizens.

      Either the mic should have a shut off, or a beefy offical should keep hold of it. Do not give it to a reporter.

      And this is what I really do not understand: Why are all the SAME reporters allowed to ask questions??? Why isn’t there a rotating list of a VARIETY of media outlets set up for the month to ask the questions each day? Too bad if Cnn or PBS gets their nose bent out of shape.

      End rant 🙂

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      November 9, 2018 at 12:11 pm

      Good morning, WeeWeed! How DO such childish people retain their positions. Acosta isn’t effective, and is all the things OUR President said. The guy really has issues.

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      November 9, 2018 at 12:27 pm

      Afternoon Ms.WeeWeed………..

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  9. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    November 9, 2018 at 9:05 am

    James Woods woke up this morning and went right back to work.

    Actor James Woods Aids In Search For Camp Fire Missing

    https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/11/09/actor-james-woods-aids-search-camp-fire-missing/

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  10. TheOriginalG-d&Country's avatar TheOriginalG-d&Country says:
    November 9, 2018 at 11:32 am

    From Irish artist KENNY MCKENDRY:

    https://i.imgur.com/xGS7T3K.jpg

    I love how he puts (little bits of) so many intense colors in the painting without it looking gaudy. That little bit of pale blue sky at the top really makes a difference.

    Have a great day everyone! 🙂

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  11. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    November 9, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    “The Letter That Never Came” by Thomas Newman

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  13. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    November 9, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    This is surreal…
    Life in Occupied Paris [HD Colour]

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  14. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    November 9, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    BLACK NAZIS TERRORIZE JEWS IN NEW YORK
    9 attacks on synagogues, 7 fires, 1 broken window and 9 black male perpetrators.
    November 8, 2018 – Daniel Greenfield
    https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271871/black-nazis-terrorize-jews-new-york-daniel-greenfield

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  15. Stella's avatar stella says:
    November 9, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    Some of the ridiculous questions asked at the Presidential press conference, compliments of the Wall Street Journal:

    https://outline.com/CN3uRS

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  16. Stella's avatar stella says:
    November 9, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    Seen on Facebook:

    Now isn’t that special – in ATL – I just got an ‘urgent’ text from Stacy Abrams urging me to submit my ‘provisional’ ballot if I hadn’t done so – – think she has a plan??

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      November 9, 2018 at 3:35 pm

      from 470- 264-9852 – I got several texts from this number urging me to vote for Abrams all last week:

      URGENT: GA gov vote is TOO close to call. Today is the last day provisional ballots can still be counted. Did you submit a PROVISIONAL ballot at polls on Tues?

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  17. Stella's avatar stella says:
    November 9, 2018 at 3:40 pm

    McCarthy introduces bill to fully fund Trump’s border wall

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-introduces-bill-to-fully-fund-trumps-border-wall/ar-BBOiAIT?ocid=sf&fbclid=IwAR2KOzlXAYCEmO40IPFr0pTZEsgIWCS5jzUFEkK_1k5hMd9I-lj7TBfMAZw

    House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) introduced a bill on Friday to fully fund President Trump’s proposed border wall, a chief campaign promise that Congress has struggled to deliver.

    The measure, dubbed the “Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act,” provides $23.4 billion to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, with $5.5 billion in funding available immediately.

    About $16.6 billion would be dedicated to physical barriers, while the rest would cover technology, operations and other infrastructure costs associated with border security.

    The money would come out of the annual Department of Homeland Security budget, leaving it up to appropriators to decide where to cut from in order to cover the cost of the bill.

    “For decades, America’s inability to secure our borders and stop illegal immigration has encouraged millions to undertake a dangerous journey to come here in violation of our laws and created huge loopholes in the legal channels we use to welcome immigrants to our country,” McCarthy, a top Trump ally who seeks to replace retiring Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) next year, said in a statement.

    “President Trump’s election was a wake-up call to Washington. The American People want us to build the wall and enforce the law,” McCarthy said.

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  18. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    November 9, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    I still haven’t finished President Trump’s presser but here is a nice little nugget.

    President Trump responding to a question about the New House investigating him.

    These people are sick. They have to get their bearings.

    Man I love our president.

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  22. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    November 9, 2018 at 7:31 pm

    Oh, my…I just heard from my dear friend’s executive assistant that my friend’s home in Malibu may have burned to the ground. They don’t know exactly yet because no one is there obviously and there’s no way to check via air, of course. Everyone evacuated safely this a.m. just as the fire hit their property line.

    It was such a peaceful, gorgeous place with many acres of vegetation. Such a horrible tragedy! We’re all praying, but I think it’s likely everything is gone. I can’t believe it!

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  23. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    November 9, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    lilbirdee12’s prayer:

    Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.

    Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.

    Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.

    Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
    Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.

    We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
    Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

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  24. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    November 9, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    Prayer for Justice Kavanaugh:

    https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/kavanaugh-v.-ford
    “After watching her husband rip into pro-death senators who used Dr. Christine Blasey Ford in attempts to derail the appointment of her husband to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ashley is asking all people of faith to unite in praying Psalm 40, which reads:”

    “BE PLEASED, O LORD, TO DELIVER ME, LOOK DOWN, O LORD TO HELP ME. LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED AND ASHAMED TOGETHER, THAT SEEK AFTER MY SOUL TO TAKE IT AWAY. LET THEM BE TURNED BACKWARD AND BE ASHAMED THAT DESIRE EVILS TO ME.”

    In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen

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  25. Gil's avatar Gil says:
    November 9, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    We took a break today. It was a teacher inservice day, no school. I started drving us to school and kept going right past. When he said I missed school I said yep, because we are going to legoland.
    Yahoo! 😀 Free tickets helped. When we got there he said “it was really nice to take a break and go somewhere special to do something fun with me”.
    It was a good day.
    The fires are not near me but near the Reagan museum, malibu, etc. Bad bad stuff going on. I hope an arsonist doesnt start messing around nearby.

    Have a great Saturday all. 😙

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