General Discussion, Sunday, March 31, 2019

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Stella

Las Fallas is a tradition honoring Saint Joseph in the region of Valencia, Spain. This extensive celebration officially begins on March 1st with a mascletà, a boisterous firework show, which recurs every afternoon through March 19th.
During the final week of the festival, music fills the streets, participants don traditional outfits, and revelers party in the streets until sunrise. In preparation, each neighborhood spends months creating giant, papier-mâché statues (fallas) to display around the city. These fallas usually satirize politics and social customs. On the final night, the fallas are burnt to the ground amidst fireworks.

 

 

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98 Responses to General Discussion, Sunday, March 31, 2019

  1. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    March 31, 2019 at 12:24 am

    Relax and enjoy a…

    …and your blessings, too…

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  2. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    March 31, 2019 at 12:26 am

    Justice With Judge Jeanine * 3/30/19
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTaHmUSCyfg

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      March 31, 2019 at 3:56 am

      I went looking for a complete copy of Sharia which I thought I’d saved 10-12 years ago in a Word document; but couldn’t find it. I didn’t want to do a google search with the annoying results starting out with jihadist propaganda and Islamic lies.

      It’s important that people not only in Minnesota but around America read this compilation of abhorrent laws, and speak out about Shariah…before the inevitable clamp-down arrives due to dhimmis, lefties, and stupidly “tolerant” folk betray us all.

      I did find this 2003 article written about Oriana Fallaci’s book “The Rage and the Pride”…

      Fallaci writes: Because out cultural identity has been well defined for thousands of years we cannot bear a migratory wave of people who have nothing to do with us, who are not ready to become like us, to be absorbed by us. Who, on the contrary, aim to absorb us. To change our principles, our values, our identity, our way of life. And who in the meantime molest us with their retrograde ignorance, their retrograde bigotry, their retrograde religion. I am saying that in our culture there is no room for the muezzins, for the minarets, for the phony abstemious, for the humiliating chador, for the degrading burkah.

      Fallaci, a passionate defender of Western Civilization, vows to fight to the death. She tells the Islamic enemy, “War you wanted, war you want? Good. As far as I am concerned, war is and war will be. Until the last breath.”
      ——————

      Of course she’s gone now and a whole new generation has come of age not knowing who she was, what she said, and how much and why she loved Western Civilization.

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      • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
        March 31, 2019 at 10:41 am

        Brave lady and 100% correct

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      • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
        March 31, 2019 at 4:25 pm

        This is all of the information you Need!

        The False Prophet:
        Prophet Mohammed’s confession:
        “I have fabricated things against God and have imputed to Him words which He has not spoken.” 
        — Al-Tabari, The History of Al-Tabari, vol. vi, p. 111 

        ‘Then Gabriel came to the apostle and said , “What have you done, Muhammad? You have read to these people something I did not bring you from God and you have said what He did not say to you.”‘ 
        — Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 166

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  4. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    March 31, 2019 at 5:12 am

    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’ czarina33! (aka 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)
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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! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    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)
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    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)
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    Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
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    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
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    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Cinnamon rolls for coffee!

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  5. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    March 31, 2019 at 7:33 am

    Stella, your picture made me recall this article and photo, which I read last night. It’s in Detroit, and packs quite the wow factor. This parish obviously gets out in support of the feast of St. Joseph. Like the author of the post, I am tickled by the priest in sunglasses. He absolutely looks badass, like he is leading his troops, as indeed he is.

    http://wdtprs.com/blog/2019/03/officially-badass-catholic-photo/

    May the good God give us more priests, ministers, and rabbis of such character.

    I sure have enjoyed festival week. Off to mass, happy Laetare Sunday all. “Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult and be filled from the breasts of your consolation. Psalm: I rejoiced when they said to me: ‘we shall go into God’s House!'”

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  6. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    March 31, 2019 at 7:41 am

    Mornin’ y’all!

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  8. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    March 31, 2019 at 8:21 am

    Good morning folks 🙂 !

    Has Wooly been around at all? Praying daily for you Wooly.

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  9. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    March 31, 2019 at 1:27 pm

    Found a refernece to this in a recent column by Cal Thomas, & thot ya’all might want to see it. Thomas’ column is also very good.

    https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/26n.muellermadnessbracket.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&strip=all

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  10. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    March 31, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    This is a quote from Pope Francis while on his visit to Morocco this weekend: “‘We know, too, that the consolidation of true peace comes through the pursuit of social justice, which is indispensable for correcting the economic imbalances and political unrest that have always had a major role in generating conflicts and threatening the whole of humanity.”

    No mention of the TRUE PEACE, our Prince of Peace. This Bible passage gives the reason for a Christian leader to visit cities and nations…https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A10-20&version=TPT. It’s certainly not to promote social justice.

    “Pope Francis security scare in Morocco as man sprints towards King Mohammed’s car and is tackled by his guards while the pontiff looks on during visit to build Christian-Muslim ties”
    By Leigh McManus FOR MAILONLINE – 30 March 2019
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6867973/Security-men-panic-Pope-Francis-visit-Morocco-man-sprints-car-kings-motorcade.html

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  11. Stella's avatar stella says:
    March 31, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    Speaking of Wooly, I just ran across this video, about Montrealers who choose to wash dishes for a living.

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  12. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    March 31, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    We’re not only missing Wooly and TOG&C and their wonderful input but so many others who have sort of dropped out of CTH and those we’re concerned about here at Stella’s. We pray God’s blessings on them all!

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    • joshua's avatar joshua says:
      March 31, 2019 at 6:13 pm

      I think a lot of folks are having commentary stomach aches from too much misinformation and blathering on the media and internet lately

      and it is spring outside too.

      folks come when the spirit strikes them….and if they go anywhere, Stella’s is the safest and sanest in the lot.

      the sheep will come home, I bet.

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      • lovely's avatar lovely says:
        March 31, 2019 at 6:33 pm

        Joshua you may have been out when Wooly popped in, he almost died due to complications from his alcoholism. He moved back to Florida and is living near his parents. He had some concrete plans but his health (this is my inference here) was still delicate when he checked in. I could not tell you when he gave us the update though.

        Not sure on anyone else.

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        • The Tundra PA's avatar The Tundra PA says:
          March 31, 2019 at 10:07 pm

          I must have missed the update also, this is new info to me. Thanks, lovely. He is in my prayers most nights, I hope he is healing.

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          • lovely's avatar lovely says:
            March 31, 2019 at 11:00 pm

            Hi Tundra, maybe Stella or someone has a link to his post. He had a health emergency that had to do with his stomach (I just don’t remember specifics, maybe a perforation or ulcer) caused by the alcoholism. He managed to call 911 before passing out.

            He was in intensive care, (I believe underwent emergency surgery) and the doc told him drinking again would kill him.

            Anyhow he found a home for Tripod and made it to Florida near his parents, he had a plan to get his license and move on to his new life.

            I am worried because I know alcoholism can have sneaky effects that are devastating and might not show up for quite some time even after the last drink.

            I hope he is enjoying the Florida sun and getting healthy. 🙏🏼

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    • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
      March 31, 2019 at 9:33 pm

      Yes… missing so many friends. Hopefully they will rejoin us at some point.

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  13. Rhea Volans's avatar rheavolans says:
    March 31, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    I have not, as I mentioned before, watched TV in a very long time. Sometimes I catch bits and pieces when other people have it on, but I haven’t watched like I used to with my regular TV shows in forever (because once my regular TV shows went off the air, I bought the DVDs that I wanted of them and didn’t bother to look for new shows.)

    Anyway, the ads I get now I get on YouTube and there are also ads that play before my podcasts and I’ve begun to feel vaguely insulted by the AT&T ads that iHeartRadio keeps playing for me.

    I wish I knew why I felt that way.

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  14. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    March 31, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    These people are delusional and deranged. The MSM, Democrats and the education system have made this girl unable to think like a rational human being. Fear mongering for votes and trained ignorance has enslaved this young woman to an ideology and possibly a lifetime of irrational fear.

    https://twitter.com/Trump454545/status/1112354282081304578

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  15. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    March 31, 2019 at 9:01 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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  16. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    March 31, 2019 at 9:02 pm

    A prayer for Justice Kavanaugh and Col. Flynn:

    Prayer to St. Michael

    St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
    be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
    May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
    and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
    by the power of God,
    thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
    who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

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  17. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    March 31, 2019 at 9:18 pm

    Thank you Trooper Gerald Ellis.

    ISP Trooper killed on I-94 reportedly intentionally struck wrong-way driver in order to save others

    https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2019/03/30/isp-trooper-killed-on-i-94-reportedly-intentionally-struck-wrong-way-driver-in-order-to-save-others/

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