General Discussion, Saturday, April 18, 2026

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Stella

Day FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR of Presidential recovery.

 

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35 Responses to General Discussion, Saturday, April 18, 2026

  1. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    April 18, 2026 at 12:03 am

    Good mornin’, and happy Saturday! I’m up past my bedtime, but heading there very soon. Let’s head outside for coffee this morning! Keep your head on a swivel and carpe’ your coffee.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      April 18, 2026 at 1:22 am

      Good morning, Texan! Making and drinking coffee outside around a warm fire is part of our national history. Since Stella posted an article re Paul Revere, let’s take that as our cue to find out about the non-alcoholic beverage the boys and girls (I assume) were drinking during Colonial days and into the American Revolution….

      Sip Sip Hurrah! How Coffee Shaped Revolutionary America

      Here are 5 facts to pique your curiosity about how this perky beverage played a role in the Revolution….

      Updated January 1, 2024

      Did you know that the first mention of coffee in America was by Jamestown’s most famous settler? Captain John Smith knew about coffee from his travels in Turkey and told his fellow colonists about the bean, although it would not arrive in the US until the 1640s.

      Coffee seeds themselves were introduced to the New World in 1723, and the coffee trade flourished. Even George Washington took part, growing coffee beans at his Mount Vernon estate, a variety of which is still grown in that garden today. Thomas Jefferson noted the connection between coffee houses and bold thinking, calling it “the favorite drink of the civilized world.” We understand his point!

      https://www.battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/sip-sip-hurrah-how-coffee-shaped-revolutionary-america

      Keep the fire burning because I get the feeling MUCH coffee will be consumed this day. Have a good one!

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      April 18, 2026 at 7:33 am

      Mornin’ ‘n gracias T!

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    • Stella's avatar Stella says:
      April 18, 2026 at 10:46 am

      Good morning! Nice!

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  2. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    April 18, 2026 at 8:18 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  3. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    April 18, 2026 at 9:09 am

    National Animal Crackers Day

    National Lineman Appreciation Day

    National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day

    National Columnists’ Day

    National Poem in Your Pocket Day

    National Exercise Day

    International Day for Monuments and Sites

    International Amateur Radio Day – with cellphones everywhere there must be fewer people who bother with this

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    • texan59's avatar texan59 says:
      April 18, 2026 at 10:24 am

      Haven’t had an animal cracker since the last grand turned 7, and are we supposed to appreciate the offense or defense?

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      April 18, 2026 at 10:29 am

      LINEMEN – all day, every day!

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    • Stella's avatar Stella says:
      April 18, 2026 at 10:49 am

      Morning czarina! A poem for you:

      Mary Oliver: Morning Poem

      Every morning
      the world
      is created.
      Under the orange

      sticks of the sun
      the heaped
      ashes of the night
      turn into leaves again

      and fasten themselves to the high branches–
      and the ponds appear
      like black cloth
      on which are painted islands

      of summer lilies.
      If it is your nature
      to be happy
      you will swim away along the soft trails

      for hours, your imagination
      alighting everywhere.
      And if your spirit
      carries within it

      the thorn
      that is heavier than lead–
      if it’s all you can do
      to keep on trudging–

      there is still
      somewhere deep within you
      a beast shouting that the earth
      is exactly what it wanted–

      each pond with its blazing lilies
      is a prayer heard and answered
      lavishly,
      every morning,

      whether or not
      you have ever dared to be happy,
      whether or not
      you have ever dared to pray.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      April 18, 2026 at 1:30 pm

      Good day, Czarina! Perhaps medicine cabinets are an expense owners/builders don’t bother with anymore. My apartment, built in 2015, doesn’t have one.

      National columnists? Who are they? Sort of old-fashioned concept. Clarice Feldman’s weekly column is on my read list. And I used to read Kurt Schlichter’s every column. Maybe I’ll look him up today to see what he’s commenting on. I do check out favorite YouTubers daily, though.

      My 1965 visit to the Statue of Liberty was a great tour of a national monument. Joined in with a friendly group of folks from around the country.

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  4. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    April 18, 2026 at 11:51 am

    Mornin’ All. It is cool, 39*, and sunny here. The sky is completely blue as far as I can see and it is really beautiful day. Hope your weather has cleared up wherever you are. And, I hope all you people down in those Southern states are not being overwhelmed by the heat. 🙄

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  5. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    April 18, 2026 at 12:54 pm

    This isn’t good.

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    • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
      April 18, 2026 at 1:28 pm

      I saw what a disaster No Child Left Behind was going to be and I am so glad I pulled my son out and started homeschooling him. And, I am glad his wife is homeschooling my 4 grandchildren. They don’t let the kids use computers at all. They do watch a show or movie once in a while, but it does not run all day ever.

      I do have a side note on this. When their first was only a year old, they started letting her look at pictures of herself on their phones. Then, they noticed on their bill that they were being charged for movies and started checking. She had figured out how to watch Disney movies, to start, put them on hold, and restart them. They took the phone away completely at that point.

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  6. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    April 18, 2026 at 2:10 pm

    Translation:

    he United States signed a defense agreement with Morocco yesterday, which concerns the Strait of Gibraltar (the gateway between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic).

    Thus, in just over a year, the United States has fully controlled the world’s four major maritime chokepoints:

    Gibraltar
    Malacca
    Hormuz
    Panama

    I don’t need to spell it out—everyone can see this is a carefully orchestrated strategy, and it feels a bit more reliable than the Belt and Road Initiative.

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  7. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    April 18, 2026 at 2:25 pm

    Translation:

    Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump

    The question today is not who started the confrontation… but who stopped the danger before it grew larger.

    1- Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump… because you understood what many ignored for years, that the Iranian threat was not theoretical nor media-driven, but missiles being manufactured, drones being stockpiled, cells being planted, and an expansion project awaiting the moment to pounce.

    2- Thank you because you were not deceived by the peace slogans raised by day, while weapons were being shipped at night to the Popular Mobilization Forces, Hezbollah, and the cross-border militias.

    3- Thank you because you realized that every day of delay was not a day for de-escalation… but an additional day in missile factories, a new day in uranium enrichment, and another day in training proxies.

    4- Thank you because you read the history of the region well, and knew that those who bombed embassies, hijacked planes, threatened navigation, and struck oil facilities are not deterred by a statement of condemnation or a diplomatic smile.

    5- Thank you because you knew that the security of the Gulf is not merely a local matter, but a pillar of global economic stability, and that targeting Riyadh or Abu Dhabi or Kuwait or Manama or Doha is an attack on energy, trade, and markets around the world.

    6- Thank you because you did not wait until Iran became a nuclear power imposing its conditions on everyone, making its deterrence more costly and more dangerous.

    7- Thank you because you distinguished between the noble Iranian people, who deserve life and prosperity, and the regime that spent its wealth on militias instead of schools and hospitals.

    8- Thank you because you exposed the falsehood of what is called the Axis of Resistance, which raised slogans for decades while its rifles were aimed at Arab capitals more than at its declared enemies.

    9- Thank you because you proved that firmness is sometimes the shortest path to peace, and that prolonged hesitation may breed a greater war in the future.

    10- Thank you because you gave the peoples of the region hope that the era of blackmail with missiles and drones is not an eternal fate.

    11- Thank you because you said in the language of power what years of fruitless negotiations failed to achieve: that the security of allied nations and their sovereignty are red lines.

    12- Thank you because you sent a clear message to all who think of threatening their neighbors, that the world may be patient… but it does not forget.

    13- Thank you because you stood with your allies when they needed a stance, not just words.

    14- Thank you because you understood that stability is not made by those who fund chaos, but by those who deter it.

    15- And finally, thank you… because you made many review their calculations, and realize that the time of recklessness may be long… but it does not last.

    As for us in the Gulf… we want real peace, the peace of nations not the peace of militias, the peace of development not the peace of fear, the peace of the future not the peace of slogans.

    Dr. Mansour Al-Malik

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  8. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    April 18, 2026 at 2:33 pm

    Read this story and the comments. There are so many stories of answered prayers here.

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