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I glanced at the dashboard last night and noticed Tedtam had scheduled the next several days’ O.C. postings. I wrongly assumed Thursday was in there or maybe I was a day ahead of myself.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/11/30/man-cured-prostate-cancer-doctors-shock-tumour-death-testosterone/
This article is a very important read for those of us who may be concerned about prostate cancer. -
My chest cold or whatever it is is still creeping down into my lungs. Must have a slight fever with some chills but never did break out in a cold sweat last night, so must still have a way to go. The good news is that it’s supposed to be rainy and cold for the next few days,so that’s a good excuse to stay indoors. Nothing else to report for now. More later.
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There were more Jews expelled from Arab lands than there were muzzies from Israel.
Funny how no one in the LSM or academia ever want to discuss that fact. -
We are looking for a bonded and insured cleaning company for our office. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. We are on Buffalo Speedway, north of 59/69.
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Those Germans need to get their stuff together. We should as well, particularly after the disaster of the JugEars admin.
HEADLINE: Arrested German spy was a onetime gay porn actor — and a secret Islamist
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Morning, mah leetle chickadees. Chilly good morning to all.
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Those were the words Wednesday of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as he failed to convince fellow senators to even hold a floor vote that could block changes to what is known as Rule 41 from taking effect Thursday.
Wyden was referencing an amended Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure, which originated from an unelected advisory committee and was signed by the Supreme Court in April. By rule, it becomes effective December 1. The measure clarifies the law allowing judges to sign warrants that let authorities hack into computers outside a judge’s jurisdiction. The rule also gives federal judges the authority to issue a warrant to search multiple computers—even without knowing who is the targeted computer owner. Previously, some judges had practiced this, while others did not. -
I taught my class last night, after missing a week for Thanksgiving. I’ve told my students since the beginning of the year that I was taking grades and would be forwarding their records to my church boss as well as their teacher for next year’s final Confirmation prep classes. I also told them that if they thought I was strict, wait until next year…they get fined if they don’t have their Bibles, for example. My whip doesn’t crack nearly as much as next year’s teacher.
Before they left, my awesome helpers had put together a progress report, showing the worksheets assigned and turned in with their grades. A lot of plain white space for a lot of the kids there. They also got yet ANOTHER copy of the prayers they are supposed to be able to recite by memory and, for some, ANOTHER copy of my Code of Conduct page, which is an agreement to my rules for the classroom as well as a list of approved adults with whom the students may leave.
My assistant told me that she tried to give the papers to the parents whenever possible, which caused no small level of consternation among the students. I actually got a couple of the packets back last night, so we can grade those. There’s no reason the worksheets can’t be done during class, while I’m giving them the answers. I know they’re not going to remember everything I teach, but I want them to have some passing familiarity with the information, and know where to go to find answers when they leave my class. Last night, more of them actually worked their homework during class and turned it in. One student asked me for help after class was over. I think he has some educational challenges, because as I was helping him, even when I told him the answers, he tended to write down something else. He told me he “got lost” during class. I helped him through last night’s worksheet and we tackled one of his late assignments. I broke a rule and allowed him to take a text book home with him so he could take his time and do the catch up work.
If he’s trying, I’m helping. All I want is the effort, and he certainly wants to try. God bless him. He’s a good kid. -
Regarding that explosion in SW Houston area last night…
http://www.click2houston.com/news/explosion-reported-in-stafford-area-investigators-actively-search-for-source -
It was prolly some liberal still trying to accept the election results.
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Via Instapundit:
There are data, grounded in real-world calculations, that show China’s economic importance falling — not rising slowly, nor staying stable, but falling. The most important indicator is net private wealth, which is the single best measure of a country’s economic size and of the pool of resources available to its public sector for military or social spending.
In work dating back to 2000 and carried out with no geo-economic agenda, Credit Suisse has estimated private wealth. The new estimates, through the middle of 2016, show American private wealth at $84.8 trillion and Chinese private wealth at $23.4 trillion. Moreover, the gap is widening. With $60 trillion less in private wealth than the United States, China’s global economic leadership is a fable. -
Elijah McCoy was born in 1843 in Colchester in the province of Ontario, Canada, where his parents had settled as fugitives from slavery. The family returned to the United States five years later and settled in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Though poor as church mice, their hard work and thrifty habits eventually paid off. Elijah was sent to Scotland at age 15 to study mechanical engineering, and he returned afterward to work for the Michigan Central Railroad.
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“Others tried to imitate McCoy’s invention, but he kept ahead of them with his superior engineering skills,” writes Folsom. “His standard of quality was so high that to separate his lubricating cup from cheaper imitations it became known as ‘the real McCoy,’ which many believe to be the origin of the famous phrase. The grateful management of the Michigan Central promoted McCoy and honored him as a teacher and innovator for the railroad.”
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One more oar in the water pushing the reelection of Trump is Pelosi’s retention of the minority leader position. Bravo.
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We are not the only country with some really, incredibly stupid people:
HEADLINE: Someone Handed In A Dead Jellyfish To The Police Thinking It Was A Breast Implant From A Murder Scene
This incident happened in Australia.
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Gay man pens defense of Chip and Joanna Gaines, slams Buzzfeed article as ‘dangerous’
Link to the Buzzfeed article in question.
The commentary in the Buzzfeed highlights the Homo-Nazi Mafia in action. No dissent is tolerated from those who demand tolerance. -
Gto, mharp
Michael Berry says those guys donated the catering for the Marine Birthday party every year at his club, serving a thousand vets. He said that pit was gigantic. -
Linda Graham makes it clear why he should never be allowed anywhere near the levers of governmental control and prolly sharp objects, for that matter.
HEADLINE: Lindsey Graham is preparing a bill to make part of Obama’s executive amnesty permanent
What a disgraceful stack of walking and talking poo. To make matters worse, this CrapWeasel is there until 2020.
Lindsey Graham (b. July 9, 1955, in Seneca, S.C.) is a Republican member of the U.S. Senate from the state of South Carolina. Graham was first elected to the Senate in 2002 and most recently won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2014.
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My gas grill is run on natural gas. Natural gas is lighter than air and dissipates rapidly in an open environment. Propane, on the other hand, is heavy and when leaked into an open area tends to pool towards the ground and not dissipate very fast.
Propane can be really dangerous and many people aren’t aware of it. My volunteer firefighter neighbors have some real horror stories to tell about propane explosions and fires around here. -
The left wing campaign to reelect Donald Trump is in full swing.
Two classic American novels have been temporarily pulled from bookshelves in Accomack County Public Schools in Virginia.
Media outlets report that earlier this month, a parent filed a complaint about “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” for their use of racial slurs.
Superintendent Chris Holland says the use of both novels in classrooms and libraries has been suspended per guidelines in the Accomack County Public Schools policy manual. -
Well, no one ever said that criminals were intelligent.
I mean, what would you do after getting kicked in the groin while trying to rape a woman?
Declare you’re going to kill her, then stick your tongue in her mouth?
I hope she didn’t catch some nasty disease. -
There is speculation on Drudge that “The Bleeder” may move to CNN. Let’s see her ego take her down a peg or two. . . . . she may long for the days when she could get an appearance on Howard Stern’s show.
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For Hamous.
“Because of our economy, people are working 12- to-15-hour shifts, servers take home $200 to $300 a night in tips, the cooks are making $10 an hour and the owner takes whatever he takes, ” Cappelletti told MLive in 2011. “We’re going to have equal pay and equal say across the board. Everyone working together.”
Employees would be expected to join the union, Industrial Workers of the World, he said.
In keeping with the worker empowerment theme, he commissioned a mural depicting Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong and other provocative leaders tackling restaurant duties.
In the end, the restaurant failed to achieve the employee business model it envisioned.
“It had never been a worker-owned restaurant,” said Cummings. “That was a misnomer. We still bought locally and paid living wages.”
The living wage, no-tipping model required the restaurant to do a high level of sales to sustain the higher operational costs, he added.
While the restaurant’s menu garnered a loyal following and hefty praise, there were complaints about 40-minute waits for sandwiches and limited hours of operation. -
This article by Dennis Prager is not long and is well worth the read.
HEADLINE: 10 Reasons Left-Wingers Cut Trump Voters From Their Lives -
#26 EG: Junior High humor never gets old :>)
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If people on the Right would donate enough money to hire buses from Northern cities to haul all the hippies and homeless people out to the North Dakota pipeline protest, we could probably shut the whole nonsense down because the Indian tribes would get disgusted and go home.
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I’ll go ahead and be the first to post a Nancy Sinatra cover.
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29 Sarge
The natgas folks may not be too happy with a coal miner running the DoE. Getting another Republican senator would be worth it though. -
Texpat says:
DECEMBER 1, 2016 AT 3:36 PM
29 Sarge
The natgas folks may not be too happy with a coal miner running the DoE. Getting another Republican senator would be worth it though.Well, the gove of WV is a Dem, but I don’t know if he appoints a replacement or a special election needs to happen. I think Manchin might lose his seat anyway, but its more likely that a place holder would.
The odds with Hiedtcamp are better as that’s a special election.
The better thing about it is that cloture is going to be easier during the time when the Senate would be voting for Trump’s first SCOTUS nominee. -
I heard an interesting story on a talk radio show late last night. It seems a couple of years ago Mitt Romney gave a speech to a group of big money Republican/conservative investors.
He surprised the crowd by launching into a long and detailed Powerpoint plan he had to head up State and exactly how he would revamp totally the structure and management of the entire department from top to bottom. People there thought it was a very brilliant plan and that may be why he’s been in the running. -
revamp totally the structure and management of the entire department from top to bottom
With all the vipers, Commies, Globalists and America-haters over there, the best thing to do is back up the concrete trucks and fill those buildings up.
With everyone still in there. -
35 Shannon
Remember the Romney family dog story ?
How about we just take all the idiots from the State Dept. and put them in dog cages strapped to the top of Uber cars and have them barking all around town like the moonbats they are. -
30 Shannon
It, um, brings back some old memories. Nice. -
I’ve just about had it up to here with the Rommey-haters.
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I’m no Romney lover, but these people piss me off.
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I remember I hated some stuff Manchin did, but I’m not going to bother to look up what any of it was. Didn’t he get some special deal like that Cornhusker prize for some other Dim who caved to Obummer?
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They can’t just oppose the man.
They want to destroy him personally and then have him publicly, simultaneously disembowled and beheaded.
I’m sick of it. -
#41: Yeah, we should save that for Linda Grahamnesty and Juan McSwine.
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Now you’re talkin’.
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If Romney has a plan developed over time to uproot foggy bottom, let him have a shot. If #33 is true, changes my opinion of Mittens.
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Contagious and all, I struck out upon the road today. I carried a six foot piece of 1″ PVC pipe with me to keep people at a distance, because according to the internet I will be contagious until Monday afternoon.
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The Cowboys actually playing on the road, I didn’t think they had to.
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I forgot the Cowboys are on.
This year is the first time I have cared since Tom Landry. -
It’s high time these place kickers got better at the bank shot.
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Perhaps the Cowgirls will get all the stupid out of their system tonight. As for me, I’m switching over to the more exciting Gilligan rerun.
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