General Discussion, Sunday, July 14, 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Stella

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  1. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
    July 14, 2019 at 1:37 am

    Total rain here from midnight to midnight today was .8 inches, most of it coming after 8 PM as a couple of band remnants passed over. As of the 10 PM news the official rain today in NOLA was .59 inches. We have, possibly, one more day of patchy rain so let’s see what that brings,.

    When I went into Bogalusa yesterday the city folks had bought every drop of gas in every station in town. I guess they were counting on a disaster equal to what the panicmongers were pushing, booze at the Maison d’Chevron was low too, wonder if someone was paying off the media????

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      July 14, 2019 at 7:08 am

      Armageddonites were wrong ………Again. Happy you and Mrs. Z didn’t have to fight off a disaster.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        July 14, 2019 at 11:43 am

        This morning there’s a huge band of solid, heavy rain training over Baton Rouge giving it and the areas way north and south a heavy soaking. There’s about a 90 mile clear gap and then there’s a second band just to our west in Louisiana that is mostly little popcorn cells of rain – nowhere near as bad.

        In all this has been a blessed weekend for most of us, folks hereabout are very hard workers and don’t need what they have Katrina’d again. Despite the rain the churches will be full today.

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  2. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    July 14, 2019 at 7:11 am

    Ten Smiles

    1) When you find out Farm Aid will be near you and that Willie Nelson and Neil Young will be there.

    When you find out who else will be there.

    2) President Trump is a builder he tests the ground, the water, the air and the neighbors before he builds, I never worry about his strategy or the time it is taking to see the nooses on the gallows.

    “Nothing is surer to lead to ultimate failure than a rash disregard for the requirements of logistics at every level.” __David Chandler, “The Art of Warfare on Land”

    3) ”The winds of change are blowing wild and free.”__Adele

    4) Allen West suggested that Nancy Pelosi be put in prison for aiding Illegal Immigrants.

    5) Sunflowers from the farmers market.

    6) When a beautiful old friend calls and you stay up until the early AM catching up.

    7) Workers take a break during the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, 1959.

    8) “The mind is wider than the skies”__Dr. William Chester Minor

    9) Yummo

    10) Conversations that end with “I love you.”

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    • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
      July 14, 2019 at 8:03 am

      Morning lovely! Another great list! The food on the grill looks soooo good! Love the sunflowers! The guys “resting” on the bridge looks terrifying, but they seem completely comfortable up there!

      Allen West lives in a town fairly close to us and rides his motorcycle up our way. He’s recently announced that he is running to head up the GOP in Texas and I think that would be awesome. My husband met him, got a photo with him and book signed at the NRA gathering in Dallas in 2017. They got to talk for a while, because the whole thing was wrapping up and as my husband was heading out of the building he saw Col. West packing up his area, there by himself because most everyone had left the event, and stopped to say hello. They just stood there and chatted for a good while. The entire event was amazing as that’s where my husband met so many big names we see on TV and got to hear our Pres and VP. Special day. 🙂

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      July 14, 2019 at 12:17 pm

      “Nothing is surer to lead to ultimate failure than a rash disregard for the requirements of logistics at every level.” __David Chandler, “The Art of Warfare on Land”

      I’ve posted before on this a few times next door. Our ability to mobilize our logistics has won us every war from WWII to date – except for Vietnam and Korea where our politicians limited the ground and air forces actions and surrendered before we could win.

      The logistics in Desert Storm were largely ignored by the media but our ability to move thousands of personnel, hundreds of aircraft, all of the armor and associated support personnel in such a short time to bases thousands of miles away is unparallelled. The Russians couldn’t adequately supply their Afghanistan troops and they were right across the border. We were, at one time, supplying combat troops engaged in full-on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while also supporting our other bases around the world. Right now no one in the world other than us can do that.

      China has spent a huge amount of spy-time studying and copying our logistics system and developing ways to counter it. Right now they’re developing a nuclear defense to us, building up forces to counter an invasion and strengthening their abilities to conduct operations in nearby areas. Their abilities to conduct operation abroad will depend upon their ability to effectively supply those forces abroad. They will keep their logistics abilities as secret as their combat abilities but with their joint commercial/military basings abroad and their unsurpassed shipping abilities on water all they’ll need now is a robust airlift capability and we’re looking at a big, big problem.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      July 14, 2019 at 4:03 pm

      Wonderful enumeration of SMILES, lovely! #5 is my favorite…beautiful sunflowers…and #6 in memory of my friend Will, a film industry camera operator when I met him who I loved as a great pal during the 70s and 80s. We could talk all night on the phone and your #10 would be our close-off; such fun and knowledgeable and sweet and sorta crazy. He counseled me on my boyfriends and I did the same for him with his girls. He went to New York and we eventually lost touch. But the SMILES will be remembered forever.

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      • lovely's avatar lovely says:
        July 14, 2019 at 10:14 pm

        Thanks Lucille, Sunflowers are just so happy, I forgot I was headed out of town when I bought them so they’ll probably be shedded all over my table by the time I get back home.

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  3. sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
    July 14, 2019 at 7:47 am

    Rich Little was on Huckabee last night. 😊

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  4. just stevie's avatar just stevie says:
    July 14, 2019 at 8:01 am

    Have a Blessed Sunday!

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  5. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    July 14, 2019 at 11:17 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)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Mortlach)
    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)
    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’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney! 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler! 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG! 🙂 |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ G-d&Country! 🙂 🍸 (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! 🙂 |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 🍸 (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 🍸 (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 🍸 (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! 🙂 🍸 (Beautiful)
    Mornin’ bjosz! 🙂 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Some of Menagerie’s Jack Daniels – Shhhhhh)
    Mornin’ Angelle Staria Literary Works! 🙂 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Some more of Menagerie’s Jack Daniels – Shhhhhh)
    Mornin’ just stevie! 🙂 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 (Chateau Pape Clement Blanc Pessac, 2014)
    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!

    Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Tarts

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  6. litenmaus's avatar litenmaus says:
    July 14, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    Morning all…it’s a beautiful day here. Life has a peculiar way of testing me sometimes and I haven’t posted any pictures or any updates on my renovation as there has been zero work done since my last update. I’m now a month and a half to my ‘drop-dead’ absolute ‘this must be done’ deadline. I’m not sure at the moment that the deadline will be met and I’m not really sure what I’m going to do if it’s not.

    On a high note, I’d like to introduce you all to Ignatz. Whoo boy, Squeaks is not happy about the new kid and he’s spent the last four days making sure I know it.

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    • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
      July 14, 2019 at 3:20 pm

      Squeaks must be a verrrry sensitive cat! Most of ours have ignored a new kitten, some have taken it on as a “mom project”. I remember Ignatz as a very bad mouse…

      https://www.google.com/search?q=ignatz+cartoon+character&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=ZO2Cs_MXIdw1lM:

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      • litenmaus's avatar litenmaus says:
        July 14, 2019 at 3:38 pm

        :0) Ignatz loved tormenting Krazy Kat….and yes, that was the thought behind the name.

        Squeaks was a feral czarina and he has been pretty possessive of me since day one. After the last year and half of just the two of us, he’s become fairly aggressive. My hope is that a new companion will help ‘chill’ his attitude a wee bit. However, after the last couple of days, I’m thinkin’ that it might take a little longer than I anticipated for Squeaks to buy into the game plan.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      July 14, 2019 at 8:02 pm

      It takes a while for most new cats to adjust, we have that problem regularly. We just make sure that every room is open so they both have plenty of space, even have separate food bowls so there’s no ‘food fear-food fight’.

      There’s usually a bit of spraying for territorial reason by the dominant cat but we’ve mixed cats and dogs of various ages with each other and never had a problem that wasn’t resolved in a month or so. Might see if dominant cat will sit and take affection from you on one side while new cat’s on the other. It’s somewhat more difficult introducing a new cat into a house with a dominant single cat, especially a kitten that doesn’t have ‘cat manners’ yet and looks to the other cat as a guide.

      It’ll work out, just needs patience, TLC and cleaning solution…and time.

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      • litenmaus's avatar litenmaus says:
        July 14, 2019 at 9:24 pm

        Thanks czar, I saw a little bit of a break in Squeaks tonight when he let Iggy get about three inches from his tail before he bapped the snot out of the little guy…It’s the first time in four days that Squeaks hasn’t shrieked, hissed and growled when Iggy got within two feet of him, so I think we’re makin’ progress. :0)

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        • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
          July 15, 2019 at 12:04 am

          They’re just setting boundaries. Even now the older Fat Thing will push the other two inside cats off the food bowl when he’s hungry while they’ll wait if they’re hungry and he’s eating. Fat Thing has made our bedroom his at night. Every now and then one of the other cats may come in but he’ll chase them right out.

          Hard to think that cats, not being all that much a ‘social’ animal establish rank and boundaries.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      July 14, 2019 at 10:17 pm

      Aw!!! What a sweetie 🙂 ! Evening litenmaus.

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  7. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    July 14, 2019 at 4:42 pm

    “Chinatown” (Original Soundtrack 1974)
    Uan Rasey (1921-2011), Trumpet (talk about a lush sound!! Rasey was a master.)
    Jerry Goldsmith, Composer (1929-2004)

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  8. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    July 14, 2019 at 9:00 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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  9. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    July 14, 2019 at 9:02 pm

    A prayer for Justice Kavanaugh and Gen. 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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  10. Stella's avatar stella says:
    July 14, 2019 at 9:14 pm

    Epstein’s girlfriend has flipped on him?

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      July 14, 2019 at 10:25 pm

      If Ghislaine was willing to procure young girls for rape in order to live the lifestyle of fortune you can bet your last penny that she will sell Epstein down the river to get any deal she can from the Feds. Probably has been granted Use Immunity also lovingly refereed to by the Feds as FU Immunity.

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  11. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    July 14, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Good night! God bless!

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