Let’s have a caption contest:
Remember dear Granny Hamous and her delicate sensibilities.
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150 responses to “Friday Open Comments”
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Remember dear Granny Hamous and her delicate sensibilities
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tagged K-Y, TSA, Vaseline
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Remember dear Granny Hamous and her delicate sensibilities
and then
tagged K-Y, TSA, Vaseline
😀
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Caption:
Come, come my pretty.
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Caption:
Come, come my pretty.
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Sorry to have to re-use these gloves, we’re running low.
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Sorry to have to re-use these gloves, we’re running low.
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Just relax and you will hardly feel the pinch.
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Just relax and you will hardly feel the pinch.
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Well, I’ve been meaning to get that prostate exam anyway.
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Well, I’ve been meaning to get that prostate exam anyway.
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We’re the government and we’re here to protect you. Now bend over.
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We’re the government and we’re here to protect you. Now bend over.
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Think the cell cams will be out in force at the airports next week? Plenty of time for the prankers to scheme, YouTube should be a blast.
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Think the cell cams will be out in force at the airports next week? Plenty of time for the prankers to scheme, YouTube should be a blast.
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Touch my junk, please.
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Touch my junk, please.
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come here Lucy, I got some ‘zamminin to do.
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come here Lucy, I got some ‘zamminin to do.
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Thought cloud over the TSA dude:
“Man o man, If I can get through this one here without puking I’ll be lucky”
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Thought cloud over the TSA dude:
“Man o man, If I can get through this one here without puking I’ll be lucky”
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Do you want yours with or without the Astroglide?
At least the guy doesn’t start out with those gloves that go way up past his elbow!
How would you like your tonsils tickled all the way from Brownsville?
What can Brown do for you?
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Do you want yours with or without the Astroglide?
At least the guy doesn’t start out with those gloves that go way up past his elbow!
How would you like your tonsils tickled all the way from Brownsville?
What can Brown do for you?
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Wait’ll OSHA sees this pic, no safety glasses!
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Wait’ll OSHA sees this pic, no safety glasses!
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Come hither, yon weary traveler.
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Come hither, yon weary traveler.
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Anyone else disgusted by this whole fiasco?
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Anyone else disgusted by this whole fiasco?
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Dud, you got it all wrong.
The CEO came on TV in an ad and said GM had paid back the government, in full, with interest and before the due date.
They also claimed the Volt was an all electric car.
Who you gonna believe?
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Dud, you got it all wrong.
The CEO came on TV in an ad and said GM had paid back the government, in full, with interest and before the due date.
They also claimed the Volt was an all electric car.
Who you gonna believe?
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Wait’ll OSHA sees this pic, no safety glasses!
Have you been to the Airport Lately? It’s a “Leper Colony” out there. He really needs an Arc-Flash Smock
Mornin’ Gang, I slept late, got up about 7 and have loaded up the old Pick-Um-Up to head for the deer lease. 😉 -
Wait’ll OSHA sees this pic, no safety glasses!
Have you been to the Airport Lately? It’s a “Leper Colony” out there. He really needs an Arc-Flash Smock
Mornin’ Gang, I slept late, got up about 7 and have loaded up the old Pick-Um-Up to head for the deer lease. 😉 -
Lawrence, how much of that GM stock did you buy? 😀
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Lawrence, how much of that GM stock did you buy? 😀
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Good morning all. Really chilly 37 and heavy ground fog at 6. In contrast, bright Venus shone high above the eastern horizon. All was still and peaceful, swathed in the fog below, dew sparkling in the yard lights. It fled before the rising Sun and the stirring breeze. Another gorgeous Fall day awaits. Thank you, Lord.
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Good morning all. Really chilly 37 and heavy ground fog at 6. In contrast, bright Venus shone high above the eastern horizon. All was still and peaceful, swathed in the fog below, dew sparkling in the yard lights. It fled before the rising Sun and the stirring breeze. Another gorgeous Fall day awaits. Thank you, Lord.
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Hmm, with the GM IPO grabbing headlines, am I the only one thinking this is merely the latest stage in the continuing shell game of Government playing car maker? Aren’t we still holding the bag, only it’s an empty bag? Who’s holding the bag with $$ in it, and when are they getting out of Dodge with it? Eeek.
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Hmm, with the GM IPO grabbing headlines, am I the only one thinking this is merely the latest stage in the continuing shell game of Government playing car maker? Aren’t we still holding the bag, only it’s an empty bag? Who’s holding the bag with $$ in it, and when are they getting out of Dodge with it? Eeek.
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Dud, you got it all wrong.
The CEO came on TV in an ad and said GM had paid back the government, in full, with interest and before the due date.
Of course, Lowrents. I don’t know what I was thinking. Please accept my apologies for needlessly besmirching the good name of GM.
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Dud, you got it all wrong.
The CEO came on TV in an ad and said GM had paid back the government, in full, with interest and before the due date.
Of course, Lowrents. I don’t know what I was thinking. Please accept my apologies for needlessly besmirching the good name of GM.
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The terror case that Eric Holder cherry-picked to go to civilian court for trial blew up in his face.
The failure of Holder’s DoJ to win anything more than a single conspiracy count against Ghailani as a result of using a process designed for domestic criminals than wartime enemies shows that the critics had it right all along. It also shows that both Obama and Holder have been proven spectacularly wrong, since a man who confessed to the murder of over two hundred people will now face as little as 20 years, with a big chunk of whatever sentence Foopie receives being reduced by time already served. [emphasis in original]
Our country is in the best of hands.
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The terror case that Eric Holder cherry-picked to go to civilian court for trial blew up in his face.
The failure of Holder’s DoJ to win anything more than a single conspiracy count against Ghailani as a result of using a process designed for domestic criminals than wartime enemies shows that the critics had it right all along. It also shows that both Obama and Holder have been proven spectacularly wrong, since a man who confessed to the murder of over two hundred people will now face as little as 20 years, with a big chunk of whatever sentence Foopie receives being reduced by time already served. [emphasis in original]
Our country is in the best of hands.
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re the picture:
“This won’t hurt. Much.”“Officer LB Turner gestures to the next passenger in line that he’s applied industrial lubricant and is ready to conduct the security and prostate screening.”
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re the picture:
“This won’t hurt. Much.”“Officer LB Turner gestures to the next passenger in line that he’s applied industrial lubricant and is ready to conduct the security and prostate screening.”
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How much of that stock did I buy?
Zilch, zero, nada. Wouldn’t touch it with a 10′ pole. Although, I do believe the government(read taxpayers) will continue to prop up/pump the stock price but the inevitable failure will most likely be just a few short years away. At the risk of offending Sarge, I would be willing to wager GM is back at the “bailout trough” within 5 years from yesterday.
Outside of my ’68 Camaro, I will never own another GM or Chrysler product.
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How much of that stock did I buy?
Zilch, zero, nada. Wouldn’t touch it with a 10′ pole. Although, I do believe the government(read taxpayers) will continue to prop up/pump the stock price but the inevitable failure will most likely be just a few short years away. At the risk of offending Sarge, I would be willing to wager GM is back at the “bailout trough” within 5 years from yesterday.
Outside of my ’68 Camaro, I will never own another GM or Chrysler product.
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G’Morning all
Caption:
Two fingers?
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G’Morning all
Caption:
Two fingers?
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My pardons to Hammy’s Grandma – I had to blank out one letter.
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Harried young mothers and children with mittens,
Angry male passenger who never listens
As I tell him to spread ‘em
And give me his rings –
These are a few of my favorite things!Young German hausfraus who eat too much streudel,
Las Vegas bound fun-seekers who’ll lose all their boodle,
They all come to me and we search what they bring –
These are a few of my favorite things!Beauty queens come through wearing their sashes,
Teen girls in short tops and little tight *sses,
Pilots and stewards with bright shiny wings –
These are a few of my favorite things!“Spread ‘em out wide!”
“Arms up at your side!”
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember what I do at my job,
And the I don’t feel….
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My pardons to Hammy’s Grandma – I had to blank out one letter.
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Harried young mothers and children with mittens,
Angry male passenger who never listens
As I tell him to spread ‘em
And give me his rings –
These are a few of my favorite things!Young German hausfraus who eat too much streudel,
Las Vegas bound fun-seekers who’ll lose all their boodle,
They all come to me and we search what they bring –
These are a few of my favorite things!Beauty queens come through wearing their sashes,
Teen girls in short tops and little tight *sses,
Pilots and stewards with bright shiny wings –
These are a few of my favorite things!“Spread ‘em out wide!”
“Arms up at your side!”
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember what I do at my job,
And the I don’t feel….
So bad! -
This might be popcorn-worthy. Our friends at the Westboro “Baptist” “Church” are getting geared up for another protest. For once, it doesn’t involve the funeral of one of our fallen heroes.
This time they’re off to the suburbs of Detroit. Specifically to Dearborn, where they will be informing the locals of how much they think God hates them. From the WBC website (if you want to read the rest, you can find it via your favorite search tool):
the WBC will picket the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, MI, the largest mosque in North America, to remind the idolatrous, doomed Muslims that Mohammed was a pedophile and a false prophet.
The Jawa Report is on top of it with an awesome headline: “Let’s Hope They Don’t Team Up To Make Some Mega-Hater Conglomerate”
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This might be popcorn-worthy. Our friends at the Westboro “Baptist” “Church” are getting geared up for another protest. For once, it doesn’t involve the funeral of one of our fallen heroes.
This time they’re off to the suburbs of Detroit. Specifically to Dearborn, where they will be informing the locals of how much they think God hates them. From the WBC website (if you want to read the rest, you can find it via your favorite search tool):
the WBC will picket the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, MI, the largest mosque in North America, to remind the idolatrous, doomed Muslims that Mohammed was a pedophile and a false prophet.
The Jawa Report is on top of it with an awesome headline: “Let’s Hope They Don’t Team Up To Make Some Mega-Hater Conglomerate”
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Palin/O’Donnell 2012!
WASHINGTON—A CNN/Gallup Poll released Monday revealed that a vast majority of registered male voters would have strongly supported a naked woman in the 2010 midterm elections.
The online survey found that regardless of political philosophy or party affiliation, 85 percent of American men in every ethnic, age, and socioeconomic group consistently chose a completely nude woman over a Democratic, Republican, or independent candidate.
According to the survey, 52 percent of respondents who preferred the naked woman said that nipple visibility was more important than job creation; 26 percent would accept higher taxes in exchange for a close-up view of her pubic region; and 18 percent stipulated that none of the good parts should be obscured by her hands if she wanted to earn their vote
Content Advisory: Nipple visibility
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Caption:
“Man, I’m gonna need FOUR gloves for this one!”
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Caption:
“Man, I’m gonna need FOUR gloves for this one!”
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The one good thing to come of this “enhanced security” is that more people will be driving.
More drivers mean more cars.
More cars mean more gas being sold.
More gas being sold means more tax dollars.Perhaps this is The Big O’s way of enhancing our states’ revenues?
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The one good thing to come of this “enhanced security” is that more people will be driving.
More drivers mean more cars.
More cars mean more gas being sold.
More gas being sold means more tax dollars.Perhaps this is The Big O’s way of enhancing our states’ revenues?
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Kneemail, Please
Got a crazy week next week
Tuesday 9AM:
Take Dee to the hospital for Achilles Tendon surgery. She hurt it playing tennis about 4 months ago and they found excess calcium on her heel that was rubbing it like sandpaper. They have been trying all kinds of phys. therapy, casts, etc to no avail. Now they are going to detach it, scrape the bone, insert a doohickey in her heel to resew the tendon to. One month on crutches, remove the plaster cast and replace it with a calf high removable cast and two months in a walker. Three months of removable soft cast and cane(if required). I will also have to give her a shot every day for the first month until the tendon bonds itself to the doohickey thing.Tuesday 12:30
Pick up daughter at airportTuesday 2:30
Drop daughter off at doctor for routine anualTuesday 3:00
Pick up wife at hospital and take her home.Tuesday 4:00
Pick up Reesa and get every bodies medicine
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Tuesday 5:00
Fix supperTuesday 6:00-10:00
Put up with cranky wife and feed her pain pills as requiredAlong with all of that we will have 18 people for Thanksgiving, so this weekend Dee and I will be making cranberry sauce, pies and anything else that will keep till Thursday. Oldest son is bringing yams, mashed taters, etc. On T’Day my brother and I will do the turkey and gravy. His wife will supervise grand kids for deviled eggs, relish tray, etc.
If I survive, I’ll consider myself Superman and put on the costume.That way I can point to the costume and tell everyone “See my big red S?”
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Kneemail, Please
Got a crazy week next week
Tuesday 9AM:
Take Dee to the hospital for Achilles Tendon surgery. She hurt it playing tennis about 4 months ago and they found excess calcium on her heel that was rubbing it like sandpaper. They have been trying all kinds of phys. therapy, casts, etc to no avail. Now they are going to detach it, scrape the bone, insert a doohickey in her heel to resew the tendon to. One month on crutches, remove the plaster cast and replace it with a calf high removable cast and two months in a walker. Three months of removable soft cast and cane(if required). I will also have to give her a shot every day for the first month until the tendon bonds itself to the doohickey thing.Tuesday 12:30
Pick up daughter at airportTuesday 2:30
Drop daughter off at doctor for routine anualTuesday 3:00
Pick up wife at hospital and take her home.Tuesday 4:00
Pick up Reesa and get every bodies medicine
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Tuesday 5:00
Fix supperTuesday 6:00-10:00
Put up with cranky wife and feed her pain pills as requiredAlong with all of that we will have 18 people for Thanksgiving, so this weekend Dee and I will be making cranberry sauce, pies and anything else that will keep till Thursday. Oldest son is bringing yams, mashed taters, etc. On T’Day my brother and I will do the turkey and gravy. His wife will supervise grand kids for deviled eggs, relish tray, etc.
If I survive, I’ll consider myself Superman and put on the costume.That way I can point to the costume and tell everyone “See my big red S?”
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#26 Wagonburner
Now, THAT will be interesting. Let’s start a betting pool:
How long before some Muslim physically attacks one of these losers?
How many Westborians will escape with their lives?
How many Westborians will be forced to repent their evil ways and follow the enlightened religion of Islam?
How much screaming will occur worldwide as the entire Ummah has a simultaneous apoplectic fit?
Who will TBO bow to when he apologizes?
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Which of our representatives will call for limits on “hate speech” against Muslims? (Not Christians, just Muslims) -
#26 Wagonburner
Now, THAT will be interesting. Let’s start a betting pool:
How long before some Muslim physically attacks one of these losers?
How many Westborians will escape with their lives?
How many Westborians will be forced to repent their evil ways and follow the enlightened religion of Islam?
How much screaming will occur worldwide as the entire Ummah has a simultaneous apoplectic fit?
Who will TBO bow to when he apologizes?
AND…
Which of our representatives will call for limits on “hate speech” against Muslims? (Not Christians, just Muslims) -
#30 Oletimer
My regrets and my regards! 😉
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#30 Oletimer
My regrets and my regards! 😉
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#30 otl
After all that, you might end up telling everyone to kiss your big red ‘S’.Prayers on their way.
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#30 otl
After all that, you might end up telling everyone to kiss your big red ‘S’.Prayers on their way.
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I see on Drudge that 1 in 5 Americans are mentally ill.
They should be easy to find. Just wait for the Democrat primary.
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I see on Drudge that 1 in 5 Americans are mentally ill.
They should be easy to find. Just wait for the Democrat primary.
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#31 tedtam
On one side we have a bunch of crazy nuts armed with obnoxious personalities and fruity rainbow signs.On the other side we have a bunch of crazy nuts armed with obnoxious personalities and swords and explosives.
How bad can it get?
Thursday’s news Headline…”Westboro pickets mosque in Dearborn with ‘God Hates Muslims signs””
Friday’s news Headline…”Mysterious bombing in Kansas annihilates controversial church”
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#31 tedtam
On one side we have a bunch of crazy nuts armed with obnoxious personalities and fruity rainbow signs.On the other side we have a bunch of crazy nuts armed with obnoxious personalities and swords and explosives.
How bad can it get?
Thursday’s news Headline…”Westboro pickets mosque in Dearborn with ‘God Hates Muslims signs””
Friday’s news Headline…”Mysterious bombing in Kansas annihilates controversial church”
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31 Tedtam says:
November 19, 2010 at 9:36 am#26 Wagonburner
Now, THAT will be interesting. Let’s start a betting pool:
How long before some Muslim physically attacks one of these losers?
How many Westborians will escape with their lives?
How many Westborians will be forced to repent their evil ways and follow the enlightened religion of Islam?
How much screaming will occur worldwide as the entire Ummah has a simultaneous apoplectic fit?
Who will TBO bow to when he apologizes?
AND…
Which of our representatives will call for limits on “hate speech” against Muslims? (Not Christians, just Muslims)A really serious aspect of that will be if they target the church and burn it down, or even worse, bomb it on a Sunday.
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31 Tedtam says:
November 19, 2010 at 9:36 am#26 Wagonburner
Now, THAT will be interesting. Let’s start a betting pool:
How long before some Muslim physically attacks one of these losers?
How many Westborians will escape with their lives?
How many Westborians will be forced to repent their evil ways and follow the enlightened religion of Islam?
How much screaming will occur worldwide as the entire Ummah has a simultaneous apoplectic fit?
Who will TBO bow to when he apologizes?
AND…
Which of our representatives will call for limits on “hate speech” against Muslims? (Not Christians, just Muslims)A really serious aspect of that will be if they target the church and burn it down, or even worse, bomb it on a Sunday.
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#35 WB
Dang man, you must type faster then me.
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#35 WB
Dang man, you must type faster then me.
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BTW, I got a text from Reesa yesterday asking for the Hambone address. Looks like we may be getting a New York view of current events.
P.S. She also has my weird sense of humor.
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BTW, I got a text from Reesa yesterday asking for the Hambone address. Looks like we may be getting a New York view of current events.
P.S. She also has my weird sense of humor.
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BTW – I found an interesting article on a Mexican billionaire. I posted it a little late this morning, but it’s up now.
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BTW – I found an interesting article on a Mexican billionaire. I posted it a little late this morning, but it’s up now.
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We’ve been fighting a war for nine years and we’re just now deploying tanks???
In a move signaling a major escalation in the offensive against the Taliban, the U.S. military reportedly is deploying heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war.
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We’ve been fighting a war for nine years and we’re just now deploying tanks???
In a move signaling a major escalation in the offensive against the Taliban, the U.S. military reportedly is deploying heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war.
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GEEZER: Knee-mail on the way
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GEEZER: Knee-mail on the way
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I have to say that the creativity of the caption entries is darned amusing, and some here are pretty darned sick. I knew that I liked y’all for some reason:>)
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I have to say that the creativity of the caption entries is darned amusing, and some here are pretty darned sick. I knew that I liked y’all for some reason:>)
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Caption contest…
“Remember to turn your head and cough”
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“Yes the dark lord has returned and he is looking for Harry Potter… Show me your scar”
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Caption contest…
“Remember to turn your head and cough”
OR
“Yes the dark lord has returned and he is looking for Harry Potter… Show me your scar”
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Dems reject motion to defund NPR is this really a big piece of news?
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Dems reject motion to defund NPR is this really a big piece of news?
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#30 Superman, I’m sure you’ll survive. It sounds like you’ll have some help with cold-pack duty at first. Remember to take good care of yourself so you can take better care of her.
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#30 Superman, I’m sure you’ll survive. It sounds like you’ll have some help with cold-pack duty at first. Remember to take good care of yourself so you can take better care of her.
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Sanford Airport is to Orlando as Hobby is to Bush. Looks like they’re opting out of being felt up by TSA Burger King rejects and going with a private security firm, hopefully with a softer touch:
A Central Florida airport is preparing to replace the Transportation Security Administration.
Orlando-Sanford International Airport President Larry Dale said he has begun the process to replace TSA agents.
Dale said he hopes to hire a private security company to take TSA’s place. It won’t change any rules, which are mandated by the Department of Homeland Security, but Dale said he feels it will lower overall security costs and streamline service.
Maybe they’ll even cuddle afterward.
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Sanford Airport is to Orlando as Hobby is to Bush. Looks like they’re opting out of being felt up by TSA Burger King rejects and going with a private security firm, hopefully with a softer touch:
A Central Florida airport is preparing to replace the Transportation Security Administration.
Orlando-Sanford International Airport President Larry Dale said he has begun the process to replace TSA agents.
Dale said he hopes to hire a private security company to take TSA’s place. It won’t change any rules, which are mandated by the Department of Homeland Security, but Dale said he feels it will lower overall security costs and streamline service.
Maybe they’ll even cuddle afterward.
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40 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 10:03 amWe’ve been fighting a war for nine years and we’re just now deploying tanks???
And we shouldn’t be.
Armored vehicles are most vulnerable to attack from above—its where the least armor and its poorest visibility are.
Our tanks are driving in valleys between mountains. The math doesn’t work well.
Its tactical foolishness to use armored vehicles in terrain where their paths are predictable. AFV’s (Armored fighting Vehicles) are better used in open terrain. Using them in mountains and cities leads to them being nothing more than good ambush targets.
We’d be better off using more aviation assets, particularly helicopters, to move rapid reaction forces to points where they are needed or where they can cut off a retreating enemy.
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40 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 10:03 amWe’ve been fighting a war for nine years and we’re just now deploying tanks???
And we shouldn’t be.
Armored vehicles are most vulnerable to attack from above—its where the least armor and its poorest visibility are.
Our tanks are driving in valleys between mountains. The math doesn’t work well.
Its tactical foolishness to use armored vehicles in terrain where their paths are predictable. AFV’s (Armored fighting Vehicles) are better used in open terrain. Using them in mountains and cities leads to them being nothing more than good ambush targets.
We’d be better off using more aviation assets, particularly helicopters, to move rapid reaction forces to points where they are needed or where they can cut off a retreating enemy.
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#48 Sarge: I would like to add big fixed wing aircraft capable of deploying Daisy Cutters and MOABs. It is really cool when you can set one of those off near the mouth of a cave; My understanding is that it sucks all the air out of the cave and kills most in there if it does not collapse it.
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#48 Sarge: I would like to add big fixed wing aircraft capable of deploying Daisy Cutters and MOABs. It is really cool when you can set one of those off near the mouth of a cave; My understanding is that it sucks all the air out of the cave and kills most in there if it does not collapse it.
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I hate to admit my ignorance of how things work at the State level in Austin, but the guys over at Red State seem to have a mad on for Speaker Straus. Interesting read. Wish I understood it better.
http://www.redstate.com/razshafer/2010/11/19/your-voice-is-like-kryptonite-to-bad-politicians/ -
I hate to admit my ignorance of how things work at the State level in Austin, but the guys over at Red State seem to have a mad on for Speaker Straus. Interesting read. Wish I understood it better.
http://www.redstate.com/razshafer/2010/11/19/your-voice-is-like-kryptonite-to-bad-politicians/ -
‘nother caption:
“Of course my fingers are clean. I lick them off and wipe them on my pants between each passenger.”
O.K. My busy week has started…………got the IRobot doing the floors. Now I’m off to banking, laundry, Wally World (Walmart), post office “or whatever else turns me on.”
Thanks, everybody for the knee mail for Dee. See y’all later. -
‘nother caption:
“Of course my fingers are clean. I lick them off and wipe them on my pants between each passenger.”
O.K. My busy week has started…………got the IRobot doing the floors. Now I’m off to banking, laundry, Wally World (Walmart), post office “or whatever else turns me on.”
Thanks, everybody for the knee mail for Dee. See y’all later. -
#50 It’s getting interesting, that one. You have a couple of anti-Semitic chuckleheads sending out insinuating information about Straus’ religion. You’ve got liberal bloggers using that as ammo to tattoo all conservatives as anti-Semitic. You’ve got conservative bloggers taking that bait. It’s a real mess. The revelations in your link are news to me but if they turn out to be true then Straus is in some big trouble:
To recap: the Straus leadership team is conducting a closed investigation into whether the Straus leadership team is preparing to carry out political hit jobs on conservative Republicans.
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#50 It’s getting interesting, that one. You have a couple of anti-Semitic chuckleheads sending out insinuating information about Straus’ religion. You’ve got liberal bloggers using that as ammo to tattoo all conservatives as anti-Semitic. You’ve got conservative bloggers taking that bait. It’s a real mess. The revelations in your link are news to me but if they turn out to be true then Straus is in some big trouble:
To recap: the Straus leadership team is conducting a closed investigation into whether the Straus leadership team is preparing to carry out political hit jobs on conservative Republicans.
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#30 – WOW – talk about a full plate!
*kneemail* is UP
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#30 – WOW – talk about a full plate!
*kneemail* is UP
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49 Bonecrusher says:
November 19, 2010 at 10:49 am#48 Sarge: I would like to add big fixed wing aircraft capable of deploying Daisy Cutters and MOABs. It is really cool when you can set one of those off near the mouth of a cave; My understanding is that it sucks all the air out of the cave and kills most in there if it does not collapse it.
From what I understand, that’s also some feel good thinking.
What we’re fighting is more akin to the Indian Wars than anything else. The entire thrust behind COIN (Counter Insurgency) warfare is to provide safety and stability to the populace to the point where they rely more on you than they do the bad guys.
AFVs may be useful in providing protection and safety in villages, much in the same way forts did in the old west, but they won’t be useful in chasing down the bad guys. So much of AfPak is rural and/or mountainous, it takes rapid reaction and constant patrolling to provide the kind of security that makes COIN successful. Daisy cutters and MOABs would only be useful if bands of bad guys are corralled into a know area. Its more likely that they will be taken out in multiple small skirmishes and engagements and through the capture of important and charismatic leaders. These guys are Apaches, not Comanche. There won’t be a Palo Duro canyon, but there may be a few events along the lines of the surrender of Geronimo.
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49 Bonecrusher says:
November 19, 2010 at 10:49 am#48 Sarge: I would like to add big fixed wing aircraft capable of deploying Daisy Cutters and MOABs. It is really cool when you can set one of those off near the mouth of a cave; My understanding is that it sucks all the air out of the cave and kills most in there if it does not collapse it.
From what I understand, that’s also some feel good thinking.
What we’re fighting is more akin to the Indian Wars than anything else. The entire thrust behind COIN (Counter Insurgency) warfare is to provide safety and stability to the populace to the point where they rely more on you than they do the bad guys.
AFVs may be useful in providing protection and safety in villages, much in the same way forts did in the old west, but they won’t be useful in chasing down the bad guys. So much of AfPak is rural and/or mountainous, it takes rapid reaction and constant patrolling to provide the kind of security that makes COIN successful. Daisy cutters and MOABs would only be useful if bands of bad guys are corralled into a know area. Its more likely that they will be taken out in multiple small skirmishes and engagements and through the capture of important and charismatic leaders. These guys are Apaches, not Comanche. There won’t be a Palo Duro canyon, but there may be a few events along the lines of the surrender of Geronimo.
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52 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 11:22 am#50 It’s getting interesting, that one. You have a couple of anti-Semitic chuckleheads sending out insinuating information about Straus’ religion. You’ve got liberal bloggers using that as ammo to tattoo all conservatives as anti-Semitic. You’ve got conservative bloggers taking that bait. It’s a real mess. The revelations in your link are news to me but if they turn out to be true then Straus is in some big trouble:
Its a case of Establishment Republicans trying to maintain their hold on power. Locally, it involves an animus towards Dan Patrick among the Establishment.
As with the folks who just lost an election, the Establishment is relying on calling their opponents names, hanging unattractive labels on them, and trying to silence an ever increasing number of voices speaking out.
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52 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 11:22 am#50 It’s getting interesting, that one. You have a couple of anti-Semitic chuckleheads sending out insinuating information about Straus’ religion. You’ve got liberal bloggers using that as ammo to tattoo all conservatives as anti-Semitic. You’ve got conservative bloggers taking that bait. It’s a real mess. The revelations in your link are news to me but if they turn out to be true then Straus is in some big trouble:
Its a case of Establishment Republicans trying to maintain their hold on power. Locally, it involves an animus towards Dan Patrick among the Establishment.
As with the folks who just lost an election, the Establishment is relying on calling their opponents names, hanging unattractive labels on them, and trying to silence an ever increasing number of voices speaking out.
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#48 – Sarge ya beat me to it – most of the terrain in Afghanistan is “vertical”
Tanks operating in Afghanistan makes about as much sense as me trying to use Gracie for snow skiing or snowmobiling………..
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#48 – Sarge ya beat me to it – most of the terrain in Afghanistan is “vertical”
Tanks operating in Afghanistan makes about as much sense as me trying to use Gracie for snow skiing or snowmobiling………..
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58 Katfish says:
November 19, 2010 at 12:32 pm#48 – Sarge ya beat me to it – most of the terrain in Afghanistan is “vertical”
Tanks operating in Afghanistan makes about as much sense as me trying to use Gracie for snow skiing or snowmobiling………..
As I said, their utility is limited. I’m beginning to think its a desperation move. There’s a lot of resistance to the COIN strategy in this Administration. If implemented correctly, its an effective and near perfect permanent solution to the problem of Muslim Terrorism—just as it was in Arizona a hundred and fifty years ago, the Philippines a hundred years ago, and in Burma 60 years ago. The problem with it is that it does take a while to complete and we’re working with an Administration that thinks it can be solved by molly coddling. As a result, it appears they are now attempting to make an ice sculpture with a sledge hammer rather than a chisel.
The results in both cases are easily predictable.
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58 Katfish says:
November 19, 2010 at 12:32 pm#48 – Sarge ya beat me to it – most of the terrain in Afghanistan is “vertical”
Tanks operating in Afghanistan makes about as much sense as me trying to use Gracie for snow skiing or snowmobiling………..
As I said, their utility is limited. I’m beginning to think its a desperation move. There’s a lot of resistance to the COIN strategy in this Administration. If implemented correctly, its an effective and near perfect permanent solution to the problem of Muslim Terrorism—just as it was in Arizona a hundred and fifty years ago, the Philippines a hundred years ago, and in Burma 60 years ago. The problem with it is that it does take a while to complete and we’re working with an Administration that thinks it can be solved by molly coddling. As a result, it appears they are now attempting to make an ice sculpture with a sledge hammer rather than a chisel.
The results in both cases are easily predictable.
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#48 #58 – The traditional Taliban strongholds are in Kandahar and Helmand provinces and they are not mountainous.
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#48 #58 – The traditional Taliban strongholds are in Kandahar and Helmand provinces and they are not mountainous.
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60 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 1:09 pm#48 #58 – The traditional Taliban strongholds are in Kandahar and Helmand provinces and they are not mountainous.
Granted. They would be of greatest danger in Waziristan and along the AfPak border.
But I’ll stand my ground in saying that the utility of AFVs in COIN warfare is extremely limited, and that’s why they haven’t been in use.
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60 Hamous says:
November 19, 2010 at 1:09 pm#48 #58 – The traditional Taliban strongholds are in Kandahar and Helmand provinces and they are not mountainous.
Granted. They would be of greatest danger in Waziristan and along the AfPak border.
But I’ll stand my ground in saying that the utility of AFVs in COIN warfare is extremely limited, and that’s why they haven’t been in use.
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This long distance dedication goes out to TSA agents all across the fruited plains, who are likely to be the butt of many jokes in the coming week. Here’s The Who.
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This long distance dedication goes out to TSA agents all across the fruited plains, who are likely to be the butt of many jokes in the coming week. Here’s The Who.
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49 Bonehead,
Sarge is correct. These guys have already figured out that clumping together is not a good idea. European Theater tactics and weapons are useless against a disbursed enemy who can blend into the population.
There are still only three ways to defeat an opponent.
1. Kill all or most of his troops.
2. Deprive him of the supplies needed to wage war.
3. Do #1 and #2.
Political settlements are only pauses in the action where both sides want to stop to rearm and resupply in preparation for the next conflict.
I think we have a strategic need to be in Afganistan, but I am not certain how deep the support is with our allies or the American public for going much further. There is a finite limit to all things.
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49 Bonehead,
Sarge is correct. These guys have already figured out that clumping together is not a good idea. European Theater tactics and weapons are useless against a disbursed enemy who can blend into the population.
There are still only three ways to defeat an opponent.
1. Kill all or most of his troops.
2. Deprive him of the supplies needed to wage war.
3. Do #1 and #2.
Political settlements are only pauses in the action where both sides want to stop to rearm and resupply in preparation for the next conflict.
I think we have a strategic need to be in Afganistan, but I am not certain how deep the support is with our allies or the American public for going much further. There is a finite limit to all things.
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“You shouldn’t overspend at the moment. Frugality is important.”
Wearing a clown suit in bed with a couple of gay bears singing show tunes.
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“You shouldn’t overspend at the moment. Frugality is important.”
Wearing a clown suit in bed with a couple of gay bears singing show tunes.
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1. Kill all or most of his troops.
2. Deprive him of the supplies needed to wage war.
3. Do #1 and #2.
To crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet — to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best.
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1. Kill all or most of his troops.
2. Deprive him of the supplies needed to wage war.
3. Do #1 and #2.
To crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet — to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best.
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U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge will concede at 3 p.m. today after recount results show that Renee Ellmers will be the next congresswoman from the 2nd Congressional District.
Ellmers was 1,489 votes ahead of incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge today after a week-long recount.
The N.C. Board of Elections will certify the results Tuesday.
The final recount was 93,878 votes for Ellmers, a Republican, and 92,389 for Etheridge, a Democrat.
In the end, Etheridge gained just a six-vote difference.
Etheridge is scheduled to give a statement at 3 p.m. today in Raleigh.
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Hallelujah ! The Carolina Strangler has been vanquished.
Good.
We’ll add his scalp to that of Ex-congressman Shoe Scraping’s and that idiot who said he wasn’t concerned about the Constitution.
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Hallelujah ! The Carolina Strangler has been vanquished.
Good.
We’ll add his scalp to that of Ex-congressman Shoe Scraping’s and that idiot who said he wasn’t concerned about the Constitution.
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Then Republican operatives covertly released a video of Etheridge being questioned by two unidentified men on a Capitol Hill sidewalk. When they asked him about whether he supported President Barack Obama’s agenda, he grabbed one of the men and demanded to know, “Who are you?” It was a YouTube sensation.
Well, now he has answer to his question:
“We’re the guys who exposed you as an arrogant ass which cost you the election.”
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Then Republican operatives covertly released a video of Etheridge being questioned by two unidentified men on a Capitol Hill sidewalk. When they asked him about whether he supported President Barack Obama’s agenda, he grabbed one of the men and demanded to know, “Who are you?” It was a YouTube sensation.
Well, now he has answer to his question:
“We’re the guys who exposed you as an arrogant ass which cost you the election.”
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65, Sarge,
Don’t ya just love the simplicity of Conan’s view?
Simple
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65, Sarge,
Don’t ya just love the simplicity of Conan’s view?
Simple
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The tanks are indeed going to Helmand province:
The Washington Post said Friday U.S. and NATO Commander David Petraeus approved the deployment of about 16 armored battle tanks last month.
The newspaper says the M1 Abrams tanks will be used initially by Marines in the southwest region of Afghanistan in Helmand province, where the Marines have been engaged in intense battles with the Taliban.
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The tanks are indeed going to Helmand province:
The Washington Post said Friday U.S. and NATO Commander David Petraeus approved the deployment of about 16 armored battle tanks last month.
The newspaper says the M1 Abrams tanks will be used initially by Marines in the southwest region of Afghanistan in Helmand province, where the Marines have been engaged in intense battles with the Taliban.
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Let’s have a caption contest:
Come on, son. You got some junk I’m gonna touch.
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Let’s have a caption contest:
Come on, son. You got some junk I’m gonna touch.
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James Carville on Hillary! and Obama:
‘If Hillary gave him one of her b@lls, they’d both have two’
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James Carville on Hillary! and Obama:
‘If Hillary gave him one of her b@lls, they’d both have two’
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Got this link from Ree-C. We’ve moved into a dimension that cannot be comprehended by mortal humans.
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Got this link from Ree-C. We’ve moved into a dimension that cannot be comprehended by mortal humans.
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#73
Broken Arrow!!
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#73
Broken Arrow!!
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Four year old met his mother’s miscarried child in Heaven
Pretty interesting.
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Four year old met his mother’s miscarried child in Heaven
Pretty interesting.
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