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Monday Open Comments

Well, if the quality of voter in Philadelphia welcomes a farce named Fetterman, they should be ecstatic to prove their commitment to inclusivity and diversity by welcoming buses of illegals from Texas:

Officials in Philadelphia are preparing for the potential arrival of 52 migrants on a bus from Del Rio, Texas, sometime this week.

It would mark the first time that migrants have been driven from Texas to Philadelphia, though Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent thousands on buses to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.

/snip

“This information was relayed to us from a community partner organization as Texas officials have not coordinated with the city,” the spokesperson said. “We do not have an exact location of where the bus will disembark, nor do we have any specific information about those on board, nor do we know if other buses are planned.”

/snip

“As [President Joe] Biden does nothing, Texas will continue taking unprecedented action to relieve our overwhelmed border communities & secure the border,” Abbott tweeted this past week.

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I’m guessing that Abbott is making a statement.

 

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104 responses to “Monday Open Comments”

  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Brrrr 38 here this morning but it does make for good sleeping weather. Not sure what is on the agenda today but it will require long sleeves, I hate long sleeves.

    Mornin’ Gang

  2. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Good Morning – it’s 48 here in the woods… and the cardinals are feeding like crazy.  Weather prognosticator says cold front on the way with rain, for mid-afternoon arrival.  I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    The History of Pioneer Female Pilots Soars at the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater.

    That reminds me, I need to get back out there. I haven’t been there since my Clear Lake, Bastrop, Midland, Sweetwater, San Saba and Longview Road Trip in early March. FWIW; My main reason for going was the TSRA convention in Bastrop.

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #2 bsue that front will be here about 2 AM in the morning with a 90% chance of rain. We’re hoping for some more much needed rain.

  5. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I almost feel sorry for the illegals being sent to Philly.  A few weeks or months there and they’ll probably flee back to Latin America if they haven’t already been shipped home in a casket.

  6. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Professor Sal Mercogliano has started a new series on the history of military sealift operations by the U.S. Merchant Marine and it’s forerunners during all of America’s wars. This was the subject of his doctoral dissertation.

    He begins with the Spanish-American War, the earliest example of America projecting its power on a global scale.

    I am embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know (or had forgotten) that our first engagement against Spain took place at Manila Bay in the Philippines, not Cuba.

    This is a very interesting episode of this new series:

    https://youtu.be/E7rwW261sJI

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    General Jack Pershing gained his fame in the Philippines.

  8. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    One interesting point the Professor shares is that naval operations against Cuba were staged from the small port at Tampa Bay. On-board sewage was not treated in those days but simply dumped overboard, turning the port waterways into a giant stinking, festering un-flushed toilet – not a nice place to be in summertime Florida.

  9. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Since I’ve not had time to research the plane crash I only found out yesterday that the bomber was the Texas Raiders B-17. Dang, I hate that, back in another life, our company, Continental Radio totally refitted the avionics and interior on her. Some YaHoo on the other side of Houston had started on it and didn’t finish. They ferried her to Hobby using a portable Comm Radio and just the basic instrumentation, because she was gutted, the only wires in the whole plane were the Mag wires and the battery cables that were hooked up just for the flight.

    Since this project started in 1985 there isn’t much on the internet about this particular rebuild but I did find this, Restoration Complete 1986.  Also, I didn’t do any work on the project since I wasn’t on the installation group and I moved on to NASA right after the project started. I understand that it is was rebuilt again some years later.

    As I said before, the lose of life is most important but these planes can never be replaced and the P63 was one of a kind, the only one left.   🙁

  10. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Heard confirmation on the news that at least one of the pilots/planes involved in that disaster Saturday was based out of Conroe – the B-17… Of course, we were pretty sure that was the case, since we used to see them flying around over us fairly frequently.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Woke up to the news Ahern Rentals was purchased by United Rentals, deal to be completed by the end of the year. Last employer’s biggest client being an outside equipment repair facility. wonder if they had any heads up? Doubt it.

    Karma.

     

     

     

  12. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  Woke up to 45 degrees this morning, much warmer than yesterday.  Overcast this morning, so mty eyes are not hurting so much as they do with the bright sunshine we normally have out here.  Not sure exactly what all is on my agenda today, but I’ll figure that out after a little bit of coffee.  Already got the trash out, so I’ve got that going for me.  You all have a great day out there.

  13. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    8 Shannon

    Teddy Roosevelt’s invasion of Cuba was a disorganized disaster.  US newspapers ignored this fact while making TR a big hero.

    One century after the war experts still  do not [have] a clear idea about the Spanish casualties in the Spanish American War. Data varies but indicates that between 55,000 and 60,000 men died. Of these men,  90 %  died from malaria, dysentery and other diseases; the remaining 10 % died during the battles or later as a consequence of their injuries.

    The American military fortunately learned a lot from the Cuba blunders about military field sanitation and tropical diseases.

  14. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #13 Also the Rough Riders charged San Juan Hill without their horses since most were lost at sea.

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I went out to collect what I could from the garden before the storm blows through.  I have a half-ripened tomato, so I pulled it and will let it finish ripening on my counter.  Not as good as on the vine, but safer.  I have so many green tomatoes hanging right now – I hope the cold front doesn’t take ’em out.

    My thai basil is reseeding itself freely.  I clipped a whole stem for drying.  I like the flavor, and I’m sure I’ll have plenty again next year.  And I gathered a few more cayenne peppers.

    It looks like I’m getting a head on one of my broccolini, so that’s exciting.  It’s quite a contrast to the 5 foot high broccoli that I planted late in the season.  I’m about to chop that Frankenstein down, even though I’ve been waiting for a head on that thing forreeevvvveerrrrrr.  It’s a good thing I like the stem as well as the florets.

    Well, I have coffee in hand, sooo………..

  16. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    We win no wars without the merchant marine. Their rate of casualties in WWII was higher than any of the service branches.

  17. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Link for my #15.

    http://www.usmm.org/casualty.html

  18. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    C&C NEWS ☙ Monday, November 14, 2022 ☙ FOXES, HENHOUSES, AND LAUNDERERS

    Your roundup today includes: a warning for people considering moving to Florida; election news; a not-so-subtle kids “attraction” in Venice; more genders than ever; China substantially amends its covid-zero policy; the foxes begin a study of the myocarditis henhouse; an updated FTX roundup; and more.

    The FTX thing was discussed here a day or so ago.  And again with the kids!  Why can’t the left just leave kids alone?

  19. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    How about some chili and eggs for breakfast this morning?  Why yes, I think I will.

  20. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Childers starts out with a story about a Burmese python with a 5 foot alligator in its stomach.  He recommends that all the folks coming to Florida exercise their 2nd Amendment rights by carrying a rifle in their cars.

    Just in case.

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Chili and eggs sounds delish.  After I get the headache toned down.

  22. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    In Venice, California, there’s a public event with a “kid’s corner”:

    Of course, the family-friendly festival featured scantily-clad drag performers in the Orwellian “Kids Corner,” as well as a ‘fun’ ring-toss event using realistic black, pink, and rainbow-colored adult marital aids. Aids that start with a “d,” rhyme with “big toe,” and sometimes run on batteries.

    Childers makes this very, very valid point:

    Um, I know it’s impolite to ask, but how EXACTLY is this “kids corner” any different from a “grooming corner”?

    Leave. The. Kids. Alone.

    And imprison their parents who think stuff like this is a good idea.

  23. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    How about some chili and eggs for breakfast this morning? Why yes, I think I will.

    Dang, and I’m about 900 miles away! Yanno’ since it’s in the 40’s here, maybe I’ll make another batch of chili.  😉

  24. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Today’s “Return to Tradition” (playing via Roku as I peruse the C&C), reports how Francis is sending his minions to pillage seminaries and monasteries.  He’s already taken out some other religious groups.

    I despise this Pope.  We’ve had corrupt Popes before, but this guy is not only a tyrant and a thief, he’s a heretic and trying to guide us all to one world religion.

    I pray for my beloved Church, and I have to remind myself who wins.  It’s just getting to the winning that’s going to be painful.

     

  25. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Back to the C&C – China is backing off of its previous draconian WLR policies:

    From the new Amendment 16:

    It is strictly forbidden to close schools and classes, stop work and production, restrict traffic without approval, introduce unapproved lockdowns or remain in lockdowns for overly long periods. Other kinds of exaggerated behaviours such as random suspension of diagnosis and medical treatments will result in increased notification and public exposure, leading to severe punishment for those local authorities that cause serious consequences.

    Fortunately for local officials, it appears China is also backing down from mass testing, so the hapless bureaucrats won’t be crushed in the pincer of failing to stop covid versus stopping covid too hard.

    The new amendments will be a great disappointment to American fans of lockdowns and masks. China was …. the ultimate proof that hard lockdowns, masks, and draconian mitigations actually do “work.” Pro-maskers had been holding out hope that China could “beat” covid, through its costly, self-sacrificial lockdown strategy, and then American liberals would be able to say ha!, they were right the whole time.

    Yeah, lotsa lefty disappointment there. If the Commies don’t support masking, then what hope do they have?

    But they still have stacked elections.   All is not lost.  /sarc off

  26. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My sister showed up yesterday with a Cornish Game Hen, well actually a Publix Rotisserie chicken but I don’t think that thing weighed 3 Lbs! She brought along some cream corn and purple hull peas that she froze in the spring so we cooked that up and I made a pot of rice, fine supper for sure. Wife made it home early, about 4:45 so we had timed supper to be ready when she arrived.  BTW; That home grown corn was fine, naturally sweet.

  27. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Our great-grandfather, Curtis Alexander, rode his horse in 1898 from Copperas Cove in Coryell County to the Menger Hotel in San Antonio to sign up with TR’s Rough Riders.  He was one of 5 farriers they took to Cuba to keep the horses moving and shod.  Curtis was injured in Cuba and suffered throughout his life making a number of trips to the old VA hospital in Temple.  He passed away at 77 in 1955 when I was almost 3 years old and our mother was pregnant with Shannon.

  28. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    NBC explained, “the first research in the U.S. is underway, tracking adverse health effects — if any — that may appear in the years following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated heart problems.” Pursuant to FDA’s approval of the Pfizer and Moderna jabs, both firms are now — AFTER the spike protein is out of the barn and all the way across the meadow — now they are required to complete five-year studies of vaccine-injured heart patients.

    SO!  They are admitting that the jab causes heart problems.  Progress!

    Obviously, the studies aren’t meant to prevent the shots from being approved. …The studies are just to find out what we’ve done to people. And, in its infinite wisdom, the FDA thought putting companies who could be liable for vaccine injuries in charge of finding out whether there were any.

    It’s like asking the foxes to study the henhouse.

    Makes perfect sense to me.

    You gotta read the C&C to hear about Mr. Miller, the focus of the article being quoted in the C&C.  

    Poor guy.  But, he’s “lucky” and “can take comfort”.  Where’s my bucket of spit?

  29. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #19 Super Dave

    My sister showed up yesterday with a Cornish Game Hen,

    While I was shopping for my on-sale meat yesterday (may go back again today), I saw a (more) elderly lady holding one of those in her hand and talking with the butcher who was standing next to her.

    “What’s so special about these?  They’re not magic!”

    I started cracking up laughing.  The butcher was not pleased.

  30. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I hear banging outside.  Hubby said they are working on stuff to get our new generator ready for hooking up.

    I remember how Hubby said he was doing this because he was concerned about me suffering through a power outage (head issues).  He is so sweet.  I’m glad I married a man who’s a handyman.

  31. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good Morning Hamsters,

    Temp is lounging at 54 and not likely to get much warmer.  Rain is forecast for this afternoon to complete a miserable day weather-wise.  But Hamsters can always find interesting things to post about regardless of what is happening outside.

    It would seem that Philadelphia is a champ at painting itself into corners, as here come the south of the border refugees on top of the mish/mash they already have.  No wonder residents are fleeing somewhere else.  If some of them are headed to Texas, y’all just leave your politics there before you come here.

    Purrscilla kitty is adventurous this morning in her leap to the top of the tall bookcase next to the computer, taking off from the computer desktop.  She occasionally does that and inspects what is on top to see if anything has changed, but it hasn’t.  I have the antique porcelain vaze filled with fake ivy that every so often gets dusted.  If an item is worth $25.00 or less, it’s a vase; if it’s worth more than 25.00 it’s a vaze. Mom got that years ago from a friend during WWII.  I think it might be interesting to an antique collector but have yet to get around to seeking an opinion.

  32. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Next time you’re in San Antonio, this is a cool place to check out.

    This is the bar at the Menger Hotel right across Crockett Street from the Alamo where Teddy Roosevelt signed up volunteers for the Rough Riders in 1898.  It is an exact replica of London’s House of Lords Pub.

    Photo by Jeffery Burton courtesy of National Trust for Historic Preservation

  33. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Now, on to Childers’ discussion of FTX (emphasis mine):

     The FTX story is not a distraction from the election news. It IS election news. I’ll be covering it going forward until we fully understand the giant Democrat-Ukrainian-Cryptocurrency money washing machine that it sure looks like.

    He started a breakdown on his Sunday thread, which I don’t do.  Carry on.

    For what is probably a very good reason, the World Economic Forum has deleted its web page promoting FTX. Buh bye!

    There’s no apology there, though. Just an error page.

    /snip

    How did the analysts miss the signs? Were they told not to look? We’re talking about some of the most sophisticated analysts in the world, including for Blackrock. Yet, for some reason, they seemed to miss truckloads of red flags. Red flags like drug use, which was apparently part of the day-to-day work lifestyle at FTX, for performance enhancement (stimulants) and limiting down time (sleeping aids).

    You really ought to trot over there and see the embedded tweets. Freaking amazing.

    Next, FTX and 134 of its subsidiaries and related companies filed emergency chapter 11 bankruptcy cases on Friday. Oddly, the filing paperwork was incomplete, which is typical for smaller companies filing rushed cases, but is completely NOT typical for large, complex, billion-dollar companies who always have their ducks in a row before filing a chapter 11 case.

    … I would have expected, not just completed paperwork, but also a motion to consolidate all the cases for joint administration plus a completed proposed chapter 11 plan. All on day one.

    So it’s either incompetence, a VERY last-minute poorly-thought-through decision to legally stop customers from pulling all their funds out, or an intentional bad-faith strategy to drag the case out as long as possible. I’m leaning toward the latter.

    … Only fraudsters ride it out to the ultimate collapse, because filing bankruptcy stops them from siphoning money out. And, by filing bankruptcy themselves, instead of waiting for someone else to do it for them, they remain (for now) in control of things, including information.

    If the large investors are legitimate victims, instead of political pawns, their next move will be to file an emergency motion to appoint a trustee to take control of and supervise the companies’ assets. If they don’t, I will be extremely skeptical.

    Again, I’m thankful for the legal analysis and insight Childers provides.  I am totally unfamiliar with the legal aspects of bankruptcy.

    I was unaware that it was laundering money for the Dems, but I’m not surprised.

  34. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And from the comments at C&C:

    It was no accident that the FTX implosion coincided with Election Day. SBFs job was done, the DEMs had their money, and the steal was on. There were multiple reasons why they had to steal this election, none less than what would have been exposed by Republicans with subpoena power looking into FTX. Now it will just get buried, like every other scandal.

    I can’t argue with that.

  35. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    So Microsoft swept through here with an update last night to Windows 10 and when I went to look something up on Google Maps (it’s the only Google product I use besides G-Mail) I find it had switched the region & language setting to Dutch.  Then I had to figure out how to change it back to English because Google’s own instructions do not work.  I truly wish somebody would come up with something as good as their maps, but I know it’s not likely.

  36. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Happy to report that I’m still 100% Microsoft free out here.  Well, except for one little mini-computer connected to my TV for some reason that I forgot and never use.  No Apple products either.  Too many Amazon products though.  I think my Android phone is a Google product though, but it seems to be cooperating with Amazon these days.  TV is also an Android, so I suppose that means Google, but I don’t use the smart feature but use the Fire Stick instead.  And now we have to count light bulbs and wall switches.  So if I can do all that without Microsoft or Apple, I figure everything is going to be OK.

  37. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I recommend going to Substack and reading Childers’ Coffee & Covid for Sunday, November 13.  It’s his roundup on the strange, apparently corrupt US aid to Ukraine, WEF, FTX bitcoin scam, Democratic Party money laundering conduit.

    It’s worth the read.

  38. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Returning from Fredericksburg yesterday evening, they must have had a really bad wreck about ten miles east of Luling.
    I finally made it to an exit and went North,then East on a bunch of crazy backroads all the way to LaGrange then Industry.
    Needless to say I didn’t make it home before dark, as planned.

    Driving at night is unnerving enough on those dark backroads. Doing so during hunting season is probably stupid.

  39. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I haven’t walked the main street of Fredericksburg in decades.

    Gentlemen, the scenery is spectacular. I’ve always enjoyed a good fashion show.

     

  40. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Her Highness got a fancy new bird feeder for her birthday.  This morning all the birds – mockingbirds, cardinals, sparrows, wrens, chickadees and doves – were having a feast.  Suddenly, two huge hawks came swooping through the back yard and every bird, squirrel and rabbit vanished.  Nothing is moving out there.

  41. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    From the crossword;

    brassica

    noun

    bras·​si·​ca ˈbra-si-kə 

    : any of a large genus (Brassica) of Old World temperate-zone herbs (such as broccoli and cabbage) of the mustard family with cylindrical pods.

  42. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    There is a high-end ladies milliner there in Fredericksburg and it appeared they were doing a good business.

    I’ve always regretted that women quit wearing hats.

    A pretty woman with a fine felt gaucho hat is pleasing to the eye.

  43. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23

    Texpat, do you know Dutch? That is amazing!

  44. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    31 mharper42

    No, there are languages I would like to learn, but Dutch isn’t one of them.

  45. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I used Duolingo to learn enough Italian to be dangerous on our trip to Italy, then to learn Spanish.  It’s interesting that I can stump magister with Spanish inspired questions in our Latin lessons.  We have a Filipino member, and she also throws in every now and then.

    I’m in no way fluent in Spanish, didn’t stick with it long enough, but maybe I’ll pick it back up in the future.

    Duolingo has Latin, but not ecclesiastical Latin.  It would be hard to get through the verbal responses part successfully unless I want to learn Classical and remind myself to switch over to Ecclesiastical when necessary.

    IIRC, Duolingo has 70+ languages in its system. I’ll bet Dutch is in there. And it’s free.

  46. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Dutch, the guttural nightmare that makes German sound sweet.

  47. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Got my turkey in the oven.  Now to treadmill while it cooks.

    I’ve tried to debone a turkey before (or at least cut one up).  Nope.  Never again.

    Gonna cook this one well, then debone it.  Crock up the carcass and make stock.  Can the stock and and the meat and put it on the shelf.

    There are recipes for turkey pot pie, and I think Hubby would eat turkey that way.  There may even be a keto version.

  48. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Texpat

     Suddenly, two huge hawks came swooping through the back yard and every bird, squirrel and rabbit vanished.  Nothing is moving out there.

     

    One of my gardening channel ladies has a “bird garden” and she created a loose canopy of dropped branches and discarded items to keep the hawks away.  They can’t dive and hunt without a certain amount of clearance.

  49. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And Hubby did one more favor for me this morning. I was getting rid of the extra OH desk from the office to make room for food shelving.  I put it up on Nextdoor and a lady who was homeschooling her kid asked for it.  I even offered to just give it to her, but she’d need a truck to come get it.  She assured me she’d be by the next day. I managed to get it downstairs by myself (and I was feeling it the next day).

    She never came by.  Kept assuring me that she’d be by within x hours to get it.

    The desk overnighted twice on my porch.  Hubby took it to Forgotten Angels as a donation this morning.  I was getting pretty ticked off at this lady for not coming and getting it.  I kept watching the porch.  I put it there so I didn’t have to be available for her, but still…waiting for strangers to come by is something that I wanted to watch for.  Plus, Hubby and I are both “if you say you’re going to do something, do it”.

    So, she lost out on a free desk for her son.  Not feeling sorry.  Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you don’t follow up on your promises. I’m sure if I’d made her Zelle me money for it the outcome would’ve been different.  People value what they pay for more than what they get for free.

  50. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    History

    According to SFGate, Saturday Evening Post credited Alphonsine “Therese” and Jacques Makowsky of Connecticut with developing the small fowl in the mid-1950s.[6] The couple crossbred Cornish game cocks with other varieties of chicken and game bird, including the White Plymouth Rock hen and the Malayan fighting cock, to produce a succulent bird suitable for a single serving.[6]

    The pianist and comedian Victor Borge was an early investor in and promoter of the concept,[7][5]leveraging his personal popularity to transform the dish from an exotic menu item into a common household meal. – Wiki

  51. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Good grief. At least six links!

    Privilege has its privileges.

  52. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I’ve been scouring the You Tube videos for that keto cherry cream cheese dump cake but can’s seem to locate it.  If you can find it, let me know – BTW, apply would be OK if you can’t find the cherry version, or even peach. And if it has the homemade vanilla keto Blue Bell to go with it even better.

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Farther down the, err, Internet Rabbit Hole you will discover that:

    Evidence from the molecular level derived from whole-genome sequencing revealed that the chicken was domesticated from red junglefowl about 8,000 years ago

  54. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    El G:

    https://cheeseknees.com/cream-cheese-cherry-dump-cake/

    https://diythrill.com/2017/12/03/cherry-cheesecake-dump-cake-recipe/

    https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/236732/cherry-cream-cheese-dump-cake/

    https://shesnotcookin.com/cherry-cheesecake-dump-cake-recipe/

     

    Take your pick.

    Yep, privileges.

  55. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    The chicken came first

  56. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Those don’t look very keto to me.

  57. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Sorry – I had “keto” in my search engine, I didn’t look at the recipes themselves.

    • Low Carb Maven
    • I Breathe, I Eat
    • All Day I Dream About Food (I think that’s right)

    It’s been quite a while since I visited those sites, but they are full of recipes.  If you are going to find a keto cheese cake recipe, those are places to start.

  58. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    All Day I Dream About Food Carbs

  59. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    I dunno about keto,  but that chicken/cream cheese slow cooker thing looks YUM!!!

  60. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    A happy ending story coming out of Katy:  https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/police-impersonators-home-invader-shoots-his-partner-then-is-shot-dead-by-homeowner/

    Best take away line – Deader than disco….

  61. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #42 EG:  I just love a story with a happy ending.

  62. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Lol that funny as hell!

  63. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Ahh the smell of chicken n dumplins.

  64. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Can’t access my analog rain gauge right now but we’ve had some good rain.

  65. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    I just heard that the abortion bill that was passed in California approves/allows abortions up to 30 days AFTER the baby is born…. How is that NOT murder???

  66. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    GJT, you need one of those fancy ‘lectrik rain gauges like SuperDave so you can report your rainfall down to the hundredth of an inch.

  67. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    The Nativity Fast starts tomorrow. I’ve also got my kids asking me what I want for Christmas. I haven’t really thought about what I want for Christmas. I’m just thankful I’ll be alive this Christmas, Inshallah.

  68. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #42 & #43 – Coinkidentally in the ‘hood right behind my motorcycle mechanic’s shop!

  69. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It is a miserable night out back for my wildlife friends: cold and wet. Glad I have the breezeway to give them a place to eat without just being in the rain.

     

  70. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Inshallah, Arabic in shāʾ Allāh, Arabic-language expression meaning literally “if God wills.”

    Meaning and usage

    In the Qurʾān

    The widely used expression derives from the Qurʾān, where it frequently occurs in combination with statements about the future.

    I heard this word very frequently in Morocco. Not so much in Saudi because pretty much no one talked religion in the workplace for fear of being accused of proselytizing. I hear it on occasion from the Arab Christians at church on Sundays.

  71. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    The home invader getting whacked by his accomplice’s gun after he accidentally shoots his accomplice causing him to drop said gun is just golden.

    He should be nominated for a Darwin Award.

  72. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I enjoyed this interview with U.S. Air Force Colonel (Retired) Steve Ladd about becoming a fighter pilot and flying the F-4 Phantom.

  73. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Not sure if the link will work. 

    Prosecutors in New York do not plan to bring criminal charges against Rudy Giuliani in connection with a probe into his interactions with Ukrainian figures, they revealed in a letter to a judge Monday.

     

  74. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I’m just thankful I’ll be alive this Christmas, Inshallah.

    Absolutely!

  75. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    54

    And the Top Secret program of being able to train against MiG-17’s and Mig-21’s.

  76. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    We have dismal, cold, and still dripping everything out here on the moors of the Brazos at Richmond. Rain gauge holds 1.2″ but will likely get more drizzle.  Not a fit day for man nor beast outside.  Only plus is water for the yards and pastures without leaving puddles—umm, yet.

    Seems the Dems now regard the elections as permission to fumble their way through everything that they fancy, whenever they fancy it.  The influx of people wishing to escape to Texas and other Republican states that are doing well will surely increase.  Maybe we need guards at the borders.

  77. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I have an appointment at 8pm to go take a photo for the new church directory.

    Hopefully I look better than I feel.

  78. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I’ve had more blessings than I deserve for this year already, a lifetime actually.

    Conversely, my wife is having a real hard time deciding whether she can handle having her traditional family Christmas here this year after losing her sister. I think the rest of her family are actually looking more forward to it than normal. They all need it, I think it will be very helpful to share their heartache together. If we can pull her over the hump. She still cries just about daily.

  79. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    We’ll be praying for her and all of y’all.

    Now my eyes will be all bloodshot for the photo. Oh, well, they’re that way a lot lately.

    For any number of reasons….But especially yesterday morning at the baptism…following a really stupid decision to hang out in a karaoke bar until way too late Saturday night.

    🙂 🙂 🙂

  80. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’ve certainly been around karaoke, but never to a bar that is an actual karaoke joint.

    It has to be a gold mine in a tourist town like Fredericksburg.

    Crazy. Absolutely crazy.

    And no, I didn’t sing. After all these years I’ve only defeated about 70% of my stage fright. And I figured singing some old time bluegrass gospel number wouldn’t fly.

    But you should know that the two old guys (who could really sing) that sang old Sinatra classics got the best ovations.

    But listening to some of those folks was exceedingly painful.

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’ve never heard Garth Brooks music so painfully butchered.

  82. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I cornered one lady at the bar because I overheard that she was down from New Jersey visiting her folks in Kerrville. I told her all about my recent trip. She couldn’t sing worth a flip, but she could dance and was quite animated.

    It was fun.

    Too much fun.

  83. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I called them old guys.

    Sunday morning I realized that I might actually be one of them.

  84. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #47 Bsue

    I just heard that the abortion bill that was passed in California approves/allows abortions up to 30 days AFTER the baby is born…. How is that NOT murder???

    From what I gather, geography and biology don’t determine your humanity. In the womb or having a heartbeat and breathing on your own is trumped by the desire of the birthing entity’s desire to have you around.

    Next up: the very unhealthy and the elderly.

    I’m waiting for the day that the biological system creating the new soul-but-not-person-until-claimed is pushed out of the way and the government gets to determine who lives and dies.

    Hello, Logan’s Run.

  85. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I avoid karaoke night. Extremely annoying to me. But I avoid most crowds in general these days.

  86. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tedtam

    Yes. I fear this a really bad time to end up old and infirm at the mercy of caretakers who may be part of the growing “None’s” crowd. I think it is up to 40% of the American population, now.

  87. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I do, too, GJT.

    I guess I could have begged off and spent the evening in the glorious hotel room, but I wanted to spend time with family on this short trip.

  88. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    52 TexMo

    As salamu alaikum.

    Everywhere you go in the Ummah.

  89. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Hubby liked the turkey ‘n veggie soup I made for dinner.  I cooked the wings and the scrapped out drumstick in some water and broth, added some veggies from the fridge along with some of my jarred dried stuff.

    He said he was going to eat some more for breakfast.

    Score!

    Especially since he’s not a turkey fan.

  90. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And the turkey carcass is in the crock pot, along with some items clipped from the garden:  a couple of broccoli leaves, parsley, a few other herbs.  Added some vinegar to help with mineral extraction from the bones, and I may be ready to can it up tomorrow evening.

  91. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’ve decided to blow off my planned Thanksgiving time on the Bay. Maybe next year.

    Bones, I may take you up on the invitation after all. Not sure at this point.

    🙂

  92. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay, I’m headed out to take a guaranteed bad photo.

    Later.

  93. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    bsue54 & Tedtam

    I don’t how much this helps because there seems to be a lot of slack in the laws there, but…

    November 8, 2022 at FoxLA:

    The amendment language put forward by Proposition 1 does not spell out which, if any, types of abortions would still be prohibited. But the courts wouldn’t interpret the amendment as an “absolute right” to any abortion in any circumstance, as they would still take existing law into account, said Kimberly West-Faulcon, a constitutional law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

    California already prohibits most abortions after fetal viability, defined in state law as the point during a pregnancy at which there is “a reasonable likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside the uterus,” usually around 24 weeks. Abortions in the third trimester are rare, and in California, permitted only if the mother’s life or health is at risk.

    Opponents, including the Catholic Church, are concerned the measure does not specify the maximum number of weeks that an abortion can be performed during a pregnancy.

    There does not appear to be any provision to legalize post-birth abortion or, as decent, moral people would put it, homicide.  Given the state of prosecutorial authorities in California, they probably wouldn’t file charges these days.

  94. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Rain total here is now 1.19″, temp is 50 and holding, and the wind is barely hanging on. That’s a recipe for a miserable night outside.  Hope all the critters have found dry shelter out of the wind.  The front and back doors to the barn are open maybe 2 ft, and creatures could take shelter inside.  The nightlight bulb inside is still functioning after more than 7 years solid of being on 24/7.  Spouse says that what burns lights out faster is turning them on and off.  When it goes it will not be replaced as there are other lights above the aisle and in the feed room that are not usually on and are still working.

    Our horses would have come into in the barn this afternoon to be out of the cold wet rain and stay inside overnight. Their blankets would be put on once they got dry. Their windows would be open under the awnings so they could see outside until 9:30 or 10, then closed for the night.  Hay racks would be full along with a few treats.  Our horses lived very well, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. 🙂

     

  95. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I have a different perspective.

    It’s a chilly 48° out there. A bit damp. A light breeze.

    Just wonderful.

  96. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    #74 Shannon – the chilly 48 IS invigorating, for a short while… then the reality of our house being 3 feet off the ground, with that chilly 48 degree wind going under the hardwood topped floor sets in 😉   I always used to go barefoot in the house – but now not in the winter… I’ve become a firm believer in warm socks, sometimes with slippers over them… ones with thick soles LOL

  97. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Admittedly, it was 68° in the house when I got back from the church. Heater just kicked off at 72°.

  98. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m worried HEB may go broke.

    This is like the fourth Saturday in seven weeks that I didn’t buy groceries.

  99. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Say goodbye to your freedoms.

  100. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Juan Browne over at blancolirio has not posted the results of his research into the Wings Over Dallas air disaster.  It contains a lot of good information as to the fundamentals of how these events are supposed to work.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C342dfNPCyg

    I watched it once, and I’ll probably go back and watch it again to see what I missed the first time.  If you want to see the actual crash itself, it’s all over YT and you can find it easily from several different angles.

  101. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ElGordo.

    One of the finest men I ever met was a gunner on a B-17. Cabinet maker of extraordinary talent. I watched him hand-build an all wooden spiral staircase in his shop over a period of a couple months. By himself. At age 77.

    He loved the 17. Hated the 24. The 17 would still fly with hardly anything left of it.

    He lost too many friends on the 24……it was full of hydraulics instead of cables. “One or two lucky rounds could bring the damn thing down.”

  102. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    My number 79 above.  It’s supposed to read “now posted” rather than not posted.  Eyes are still not right so I don’t proofread before posting just yet.

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The young people of this country are going to quietly kill us off so that the Medicare Advantage commercials will stop.

  104. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    😀 😀 For a fee I might consider taking myself out.

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