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Haven’t been there, done that – yet.
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Got footwear and bunny ears. But he’s still buck nekkid, ain’t he?
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Germany’s elite knows perfectly well that the migrants bring social pathologies, because they have already seen the world’s worst sex crime epidemic unfold in Scandinavia. Sweden now has the highest incidence of reported rape outside of a few African countries, and nearly ten times the rate of its European peers—and all this has happened in the past ten years.
David P. Goldman, the Jewish scholar, continues in his column asking why Germany and the rest of Western Europe are willing to sacrifice their women and girls to Muslim rape in order to perpetuate an enormous lie.
Even in liberated, feminist, gender-neutral Sweden, there is something more horrible than rape, something horrible enough to persuade the political elite to sacrifice the physical and mental health of tens of thousands of Swedish women. That is the horror of social disintegration in the Muslim world.
Horror does not deter Muslims, because Muslims see the world in terms of unconstrained will. Allah’s will governs the spin of every electron and the path of every bullet. It is unfathomable and arbitrary, like nature in the pagan world. Islam can endure horror, but not humiliation.But horror is the Achilles’ heel of the Christian world, whose founding premise is that God offers unselfish love and unmerited grace to mankind, and in a sense stacked the deck in favor of goodness. The perception that the universe is cruel and without purpose is poison to Christianity. That is the great paradox of salvation: If God’s unselfish love and unmerited grace offer salvation to all humankind, what are we to make of those to willfully reject it?
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Was it the left or the right Vietnam?
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So the guy in the OC pic has lost all his threads. Hmmm, looks like he still has his socks on. Howsomever, long before the threads departed, he lost all his marbles.
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#8 Shannon
Another Queen Sheila quote. 😉
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Insert video of Steve & Eydie singing “Side By Side” here
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I don’t think there’s room to argue that this is a fake.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/08/ted-cruz-mother-birth-certificate/
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Texoat #5;
Fascinating insight!
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Bush’s net favorable rating among Republicans has dropped since July
Bush has lost more ground than any other major candidate
Bush now has the worst image among Republicans of any GOP candidateThe schadenfreude.
It washes over my body like a silk wave.
It is good.
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Today in financial news: (I think this lead photo may be associated with this news article somehow)
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I’ll buy that dime for $2 Million. 🙂
http://news.yahoo.com/rare-dime-worth-more-million-auction-tampa-183935869.html
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The Wacko Bird from Arizona doubles down.
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Robert M needs to come in and caption that photo. I’ll get it started:
Olly olly oxen free!
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*****PRAISE REPORT******
About 15 mins ago I was headed south on Telge about to turn east on West. I see a guy pushing his jeep east through the intersection, then 1 guy followed by 3 more guys come running out from filling up thier cars at the Chevron station (same place where Goforth was murdered) and help the guy get his car off the road and into the parking lot.
These were all strangers, yet they all cooperated to help another stranger in time of need. 2 white guys, 1 hispanic and one black and race did not make one bit of difference. This sort of thing helps me to believe that we may not be totally screwed yet. -
Dang.
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I heard this song years ago but could not remember the lyrics well enough to find it. Heard it today on Texas Mix and got the name. Minor language warning.
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#20 Goat: My kind of song :>)
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I drove from Wharton down to Bay City and then back up 35 a few days ago. I saw three of the largest construction projects I have ever seen. There is a power plant expansion south of Wharton. Turn left at 35 and I believe that is the Tenaris pipe manufacturing plant under construction. A bit down the road is a project that must be the Phillips Freeport LPG plant. It took a couple of minutes to drive past the whole project. The latter two are south of 35. North of 35 are barracks like construction and rv parks being built. I wonder how they find so many workers for these operations. Guess the oilfield guys are looking for some place to go. The contractor we are working for is paying $400/month each for two rv pads for his guys. Sure is a lot of work concentrated there.
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I also found out that I am not the backhoe operator I remembered myself as. Watching a real one flicking rocks out of his way made that rather obvious.
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23 gtotracker
Many of the construction sites around here are small and tight, surrounded at the zero lot line by brick walls of adjacent buildings on three sides. You ought to see some of these guys working over-sized hoes and shovels, dancing around in these tiny spaces. They’re pretty damned good. They also have no room to set aside dirt so every single shovelfull has to be dumped into a truck or container every time.
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#25 Texpat
I can see that as an additional logistical expense and problem. There has never been a shortage of space for spoil dirt where I have worked. I can see operating in cramped spaces may require higher skills than what I am used to. Speed matters where I usually am and they have the space.
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My chocolate story is a little bit weird. At an early age Mom had convinced me that you could draw a direct line from chocolate consumption to your pre-teen complexion problem.
At some point I created in my mind a real dislike for chocolate. It was a mind game that lasted almost fifty years.
I started easing my way into chocolate consumption a number of years ago. At some point my taste matured and I learned to disdain milk chocolate and love dark chocolate.
I told you all of that just to tell you that there are apparently a few exceptions to that rule. A visitor to Fay brought a get well package that included an imported Belgian goodie that is pretty amazing:
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I’ll put up the guy who’s fixed my water leaks for six years against anyone. I have seen him perform some amazing feats. I was grabbing my phone to be ready to call 911 a few times. A true master acrobat on a Case 580.
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Belgians – pretty good with chocolate and handmade lace….but not much else. 🙂
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Hailing in Glorious Copperfield right now.
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My friend the backhoe operator laments that he has outlived a certain style of backhoe controls. You can no longer find a low-hours backhoe for sale that doesn’t have the joystick style controls. He’s rarely operated the joystick type, but his next purchase will have to be of that type. He figures he’ll slowly get used to it. But he’s worn out his shoulder joints and other arm/hand joints and won’t be doing it much longer anyway.
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#29: WHOA WHOA WHOA THERE DUDE they also happened to make some of the finest firearms, like the Browning Hi-Power
https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=uV6QVqWlIIeIjwOW85vwBw&q=browning+hi-power+9mm&oq=Browning+Hi-Power+&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.0.0l4j0i24.5020.16733.0.20365.16.12.1.3.3.0.259.2303.0j3j8.11.0….0…1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-hp..1.15.2427.2.OJeHZhh_53g#imgrc=XoaxEmwGUBnSiM%3A -
#31, never could get used to a foot swing and have not seen one in a while now that you mention it. Not that I was any good with either system. Wobble and joy sticks are what I have seen of late.
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Hail in the barrio.
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Pretty amazing the terpenes released when large amounts of hail fall through pine trees. And you definitely know you’re living in a house with a metal roof.
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…but not much else.
Those Belgian monks are pretty dang good a brewing beer.
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#32 Don’t forget the finest semi-auto shotgun ever made, the Browning Auto-5, I have three of them, the oldest one belonged to my dad and was made in 47.
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The Belgians are a blackhearted, murderous bunch.
I once worked for a man who was a captain in the Belgian Commandos in the Congo. His stories were unbelievably gruesome. The old bastard is dead now. King Leopold II ordered the deaths of more than 10 million Africans in the Congo.
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An Aussie tune.
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And you definitely know you’re living in a house with a metal roof.
Coming soon to the “Ranch House” in Alabama, talked to an old friend of mine today about putting a tin roof on it. The neat thing about it was that I found out that the tin is manufactured in Troy Alabama, just up the road.
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#30 Bones
Hailing in Glorious Copperfield right now.
Hmm, around 7 pm it started raining hard at Chez Harp and we heard a few hits that sure sounded like hail on the west side windows. But nothing visible on the ground.
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#34 would seem to confirm we got some hail near Tidwell at TC Jester.
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Texpat, if you have not read it you might like Tip & Run by Edward Paice. No excuse for what came after but a great history on how and who the colonial powers were and where they were after WWI.
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On books. My sister gave me a copy of Ian W. Toll’s The Conquering Tide for Christmas. I can’t put it down. This is a really well researched history and well told.
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Finally winding down after a whole day with Mom. This has been a real challenge.
First, Mom’s transport instructions, which I gave to the nursing home last week, specified that Mom was supposed to BE at the imaging clinic at 10:30. Somewhere, someone told the driver to pick Mom up at 10:30. That automatically put us almost two hours late, since the clinic is on the far west side of town, and it takes time to load and unload Mom in the wheelchair.
Then, the driver was overbooked by his boss, so he was an additional 30 minutes late. We also had a few extra minutes getting an aide to Mom’s room to help move her from her bed to the wheelchair. I spent that waiting time getting Mom’s stuff organized for the trip.
While en route, Mom was supposed to drink water to get her bladder full for the sonogram. She can’t hold things in her hands very well, so I had to reach over the back of my seat to hold the water bottle and straw for her, which meant I was cutting circulation off to my arm, so I had to hold her water – bring my arm up – hold her water – etc. We got her all watered before we got to the clinic, got unloaded, and then we had to wait, since they were now working her into their schedule. So Mom had to sit in her chair and try not to pee away what we had worked so hard to get into her.
I told the driver we’d be several hours, since that’s what I was told when I registered Mom for the tests. Ahmed left after I got his phone number. It turns out it didn’t take nearly that long to get the images taken, so I took Mom to the cafeteria to get her something instead of nursing home food for a change. After I got her settled with her food and got my plate, I messaged Ahmed that we’d be ready in about a half hour, and what was his ETA?
We finished eating, after Mom dropped some of her chicken fingers on the floor and spilled her drink (didn’t lose too much, thank goodness), and then we waited for Ahmed at the front lobby.
For over two hours.
It turns out that he’d been sent to Pearland, especially since I told him we’d be busy for hours. His boss sounded a little ticked off when I called a second time. Mom and I had a really good conversation while waiting, which is the silver lining in the whole day. Ahmed finally showed up, we loaded up, and we headed home after a brief detour to pick up another nursing home resident at the VA. We arrived back about five o’clock. I was happy to see Crystal was the aide helping Mom when we got back. She’s a real sweetheart, and kisses my mother’s cheek a lot.
Then I came home, fixed dinner, washed dishes, helped Hubby hobble in, and sat on the back porch with a cup of coffee with chocolate flavored creamer, watching the fireworks in the sky to relax.
I had only planned to be gone about five hours today.
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Oh, and I was wrong when I said before that Ahmed, the cheerful driver, was Christian. He is Muslim, but he spoke with me about my faith with some familiarity. It turns out the his nephew, whose mother is Muslim but father is Christian, lived with him for a while. His mother and Ahmed both made sure the nephew went to church when his father was gone or the nephew was in the states. Ahmed had helped his nephew learn his prayers, and he knew the Our Father and Hail Mary by heart, although in French. I told him it showed a great amount of respect that he made sure the nephew didn’t get lazy and miss mass. Ahmed said he’d have to practically beat the teenager to get out of bed and go to church. He was proud that the now-25-year-old nephew went to church regularly.
I really like our driver.
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If you enjoy reading someone trashing the RINOs running for Prez, here’s your writer:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2016/01/carr_rinos_jeb_bush_marco_rubio_and_chris_christie_chasing_fool_sIt’s brutally wonderful!
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Tedtam, your mother is incredibly lucky that she has a daughter like you to take care of her at this stage of her life. And you seem to be enjoying her company more now than you ever have written about before. That is a good thing.
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Oh and BTW how is your husband doing? Any update on his pains and need for surgery?
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Bonecrusher #18;
That was excellent!
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Texpat
The Belgians are a blackhearted, murderous bunch.
Is there any euro country’s people you like? I worked with the Belgians among other while in Europe and got along well with them all. Well except for the French. I have no love for them people at all. Back in them days the Belgians were a tough bunch of soldiers. Again back in those days I would have proudly fought side by side with any of them.
Now having said that I did earn their trusts by beating the crap out of one of their instructors.
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Sadly, Mom didn’t pursue a relationship with her kids, since she was dealing with a very difficult marriage and the strain of so many children. I am grateful that I get the chance to make up for some lost time before she goes.
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#50 – I’m about to decide that Cruz and Trump are the RINO’s now – the rest of the Republicans are no longer conservative or provide a voice of reason in opposing the liberal direction this once great nation is headed. As a general rule, I think it’s time to drop the Republican party on it’s head since it seems to do no good to elect these people and have them immediately turn on the people who sent them there (see Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, John Cornyn, et al just to name a few). So, the conservatives are now the RINO’s, the rest are just Dem lites. Remember when all those politicians who used to be Dems changed parties and joined the Reps? They didn’t change their spots, they were just opportunists who saw which way the wind was blowing.
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As for Hubby, he’s trying to negotiate the insurance company requirements and what the doctor wants. He’s supposed to be scheduling an MRI, but it hasn’t happened yet. He’s doing somewhat better. I went to the chiropractor and we talked about Hubby. I’d like for him to go see Dr. Bailey and discuss the need for surgery, since I ended up not needing it after I blew my disc.
We’ll see what happens.
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Tedtam;
I hope things go well with your mother. May God bless and guide you all.
And….go Ahmed!!! 🙂
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Now having said that I did earn their trusts by beating the crap out of one of their instructors.
That’s awsome. I’m sure the Belgians could hold their own back then. French soldiers on the otherhand…
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Today’s o/c pic never uploaded at work. Now that I see it I’m damned glad it didn’t. 🙂
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Belgians per MP.
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Sorry, doc, there are some songs that are just quintessentially Willie and that’s one of them.This one, too:
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One more that Willie owns lock, stock and barrel:
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My stepson and his Recon Marine buddies had to do some training with their French counterparts and indicated he wouldn’t look forward to going up against them.
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Sorry back Doc–I’ll have to disagree cause The King did it his way.
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packin Gracie and suitin up for more HEROS – not too far today – Lufkin bound
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Good morning Hamsters. Cold front pushed in here overnight so we’re down to 53 at 6 with clearing skies. Spouse says we didn’t get much rain and gratefully no hail, but it’s too dark the see the gauge clearly now. We were mostly in a gap between the ragged line of downpours ahead of the front. However the pictures on the 10 pm news were scary enough, thank you. The Brazos is swelling again.
In 2015 we had a bit over 60″ here, missing what fell a little over a month of days when we were on vacation. So it was likely a lot more that couldn’t be recorded on our kitchen calendar. It was closest to the wettest year since we’ve been out here, except maybe 1991 and 1993, or maybe it was the champ.
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We had quite a storm here in Clear Lake, yesterday, stared about dark. We only had a little hail early on. Clear, bright and sunny this morning. I put the bedclothes in the washer and I’m hopping that I can hang them outside to dry, nothing smells like sheets dried in the sun….Oh and we got an inch and a half of rain in a couple of hours.
Mornin’ Gang
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