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The Apennine Colossus is a stone statue in Vaglia, Tuscany in Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine Mountains, in the late 1580s.

“The colossus is about 11 metres (36 ft) high. It was the water source for the Pratolino, its fountains and secret water plays. The colossus has the appearance of an elderly man crouched at the shore of a lake and is surrounded by other sculptures depicting mythological themes from Ovid’s Metamorphosis including Pegasus , Parnassus or Jupiter.It is presumed that Giambologna was inspired by the description of a mountain-like Atlas in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, when he designed the figure of Apennine. Other sources cite the Atlas as described in the Aeneid of the Roman poet Virgil as an inspiration.

With his left hand in front of him, the Apennine seems to squeeze the head of a sea monster through whose open mouth water emanates into the pond ahead of the statue. The stone colossus is depicted naked, with stalactites in the thick beard and long hair to show the metamorphosis of man and mountain, blending his body with the surrounding nature, populated by aquatic vegetation. The statue is described to originally have been emerging from its environment like being alive. The giant was able to sweat and weep over a network of water pipes. In the winter season, icicles would cover his body. The work was made of stone and plaster and appearing to be partially covered with moss and lichens.”
– Wiki

If I make it back to Tuscany, this is on my bucket list.

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well as expected the brunt of the storm missed the old home place and is now up in north central Georgia, man that was fast! Sister reported about 3″ of rain from 10 AM to 4 PM but it had slacked off by then. Looking at the radar it didn’t look like there would be much more rain after that. The bulk of the rain came when the eye of the storm was 150 miles south the Big Bend area of Florida and about 300 miles from Podunk. No reports on any damage from the wind yet but it was expected to be only 10-20 MPH, gusting to 30.
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Watching the local news here is fun, it seems that y’all have a Federal Judge that pulled a “Jesse Smollette” and faked a MAGA attack on-line. Of course the Police Officer Gerald Goines conviction was interesting and they even tied him to George Floyd some way? OH and please tell me the clown running against Ted Cruz doesn’t have a chance. He seems to be running on abortion per his ads. FWIW; The Ted Cruz race is of course on nation news when the Senate is discussed. Oh wait, I have to check out Jennifer’s traffic report. 😀

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      The “Judge” who created the hate hoax, KP George, is the county judge of Fort Bend County, not a federal judge or a member of the judiciary.

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I saw a Mattress Mac commercial and dang he’s looking bad, how old is he, a 100?!? If memory serves he’s only a few years older than me. He didn’t age very well. He is a good man though.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      IIRC, Jim McInvale has had a few bouts with cancer. Cancer and Chemo wreak havoc on the body and ages one very quickly.

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Sister just reported in and she didn’t get any real wind at all. Little rain overnight.

  5. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This is the worst case of corporate moral deviancy I have seen. If there is worse, I’m unaware of it.

    Anti-woke crusader Robby Starbuck has been on the front lines, combating the rise of “wokeism” that has infiltrated the nation, primarily through mega-corporations pushing this far-left sinister agenda to undermine the West. This public/private partnership is being achieved through corporations, governments, and large non-governmental organizations to usher in wokeism, or as some experts suggest, ’21st Century Communism’.

    and this unbelievable garbage can of corporate behavior,

    Toyota sponsored a drag queen program at a summer camp for kids identifying as LGBTQ+.

    Toyota opposes laws that ban sex changes for kids and funds groups who work to make sex changes legal for children and they worked with the @HRC to oppose these laws.

    Toyota openly supports “the equality act” which would allow men into girl’s bathrooms, sports and locker-rooms.

    Toyota funded the @HRC’s Time To Thrive Summit where they worked with the largest teachers union to push gender ideology into elementary schools.

    get this one,

    100/100 CEI score from the HRC for 16 straight years which means that they pay for not only employee transitions but for children of employee’s to transition in states where it’s legal.

    1. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      UN-DAMN-BELIEVABLE BUT Not surprising. ~SIGH~

    2. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      My wife has had a bee in her bonnet about Toyota for decades following a bad experience at a dealer. She will not ever even consider a Toyota or Lexus vehicle; not gonna happen. After reading the above, I am on the same page. I’m not going to support companies that are inherently evil. Promoting child mutilation is inherently evil.

  6. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    A Bellville woman is in custody, accused of stealing more than $10,000 from her local little league baseball organization.

    Hoffman first came under the radar of authorities after claims surfaced that receipts were missing from the concession stands at Bellville Little League baseball games during the 2023-24 season. Through bank records, authorities discovered more than $10,000 had been stolen from the league.

    1. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      I guess that explains why she recently resigned from Bellville City Council.

  7. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Starting out the day with temp and the dew point in the 50’s is glorious.

    1. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      Downright Fallish. 😉

  8. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    He is right, you know. Trying to make freedom of movement illegal is unconstitutional. I’ve been a lifelong opponent of abortion and was horrified as a teenager when the original Roe vs Wade suit was filed. However, this seems over the top, a violation of basic rights and unnecessary virtue signaling by some people in Amarillo.

    It’s entirely possible that there was an Amarillo resident or two in the crowd who quietly rejoiced to see Stanley topple over. In his brief tenure as mayor of the Panhandle capital, Stanley has managed to upset and surprise a whole range of constituents. Most notably, Stanley has been at the center of the citywide debate over a proposed abortion “travel ban” that would prohibit the use of streets and highways in Amarillo to obtain an abortion in a state where the procedure is legal.

    and,

    Stanley, 46, said he believes legislating anything related to abortion is above his grade.

    “That’s just not my job,” he said in an interview with The Texas Tribune.

    Freedom of movement under United States law is governed primarily by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, “The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.” Since the circuit court ruling in Corfield v. Coryell, 6 Fed. Cas. 546 (1823), freedom of movement has been judicially recognized as a fundamental Constitutional right. In Paul v. Virginia, 75 U.S. 168 (1869), the court defined freedom of movement as “right of free ingress into other States, and egress from them.” 

  9. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    The land for the Arlington National Cemetery was stolen from General Robert E Lee. How is an intriguing story.

    The 45 Graves that Defended Arlington National Cemetery

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      Nice find. I knew the Arlington Cemetery land belonged to the Lee family, but I never knew the backstory.

  10. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Reel Companions, Miller Brewing Company Ad 1958 with a Rainbow Trout.
    The good old days?

  11. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Let me introduce you to Dahlia Rose Hibiscus. Don’t be drinking your coffee when you watch this. It is priceless.

    Meet Kamala Harris’s holistic thought advisor Dahlia Rose Hibiscus (Desi Lydic), who is deeply committed to helping the Vice President translate words into idea voyages. Hibiscus preaches the practice of speaking without thinking and encourages Harris to describe her journeys, molding our Vice President into a meditative guru.

    Some friend of Ed Morrissey found this Comedy Channel’s The Daily Show video. It was made back in May when any reasonable person couldn’t imagine a Kamala Harris candidacy for president. Shockingly, it is still up on YouTube, but they have the url blocked for reposting to try and keep it from going viral.

    1. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      BAWHAHAHA!!!! That is hilarious!

    2. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      Advanced “Mind Space” Yup plenty of empty space! 😀

  12. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Kamala Harris keeps repeating this line.

    We have the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been and then to make the possible happen actually.

    A writer pointed out this week the line is lifted almost verbatim from Communist dogma. Unsurprising, since Harris’ father is a Marxist economics professor. George J. Woolridge writes…

    The phrase “What can be, unburdened by what has been” resonates with themes found in revolutionary movements, including the Chinese Revolution, by suggesting a radical break from the past to envision a new future. Here’s how it parallels with the Chinese Revolution:

    Vision of a New Society: The Chinese Revolution, especially under Mao Zedong, aimed to create a new society free from the shackles of feudalism, imperialism, and traditional Chinese culture, which were seen as oppressive. Mao’s vision was for a society where the proletariat would rise, unburdened by the historical inequalities and class structures of the past. This mirrors the idea of envisioning “what can be” when one is not limited by historical precedents or conditions.

    Cultural Revolution: Mao’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) was explicitly about erasing the “Four Olds” (old customs, culture, habits, and ideas) to make way for the “Four News.” This was an extreme attempt to be “unburdened by what has been,” where traditional Chinese culture was seen as an impediment to the progress of a socialist state. The destruction of cultural artifacts, the re-education of intellectuals, and the promotion of revolutionary art and literature were all part of creating a new cultural landscape, unburdened by traditional values.

  13. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Conservatives continue to win around the world despite the best cheating intentions of the Left.

    In what was the week’s second biggest surprise – the first one being China’a bazooka stimulus announcement – Shigeru Ishiba, who was widely viewed as an underdog in today’s LDP leadership election, was elected leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party, handing national power to a noted China and monetary policy hawk who wants a more equal defense relationship with the US and has vowed to fight to prevent the nation falling back into deflation.

    Ishiba, the 67-year-old former defense and agriculture minister, was elected LDP president on his fifth attempt and will succeed Fumio Kishida as Japan’s prime minister after a parliamentary vote on October 1. His biggest competitor for the leadership role, Sanae Takaichi, a popular follower of Abenomics and monetary dove who was expected to put an end to the BOJ’s monetary tightening, was widely expected to win and in fact won the first first vote round, sending the yen plunging in the morning’s early hours, but then unexpectedly lost the runoff, sending the yen soaring. 

  14. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    As usual, Peachy Keenan is correct. Like Rush Limbaugh always said: You have to change the hearts and minds of the people to rid the nation of abortion.

    But abortion is at its tiny beating heart not, I repeat not, a political issue. It never has been, actually. It is not solvable at the federal, or even state, level. It cannot be eradicated via executive order, law, or any craft we here possess. “Abortionist” is the second oldest profession after “prostitute.” Humans are human. They will therefore sin and keep on sinning until the very end of time. You could sooner ban porn, or gambling, or beer drinking than totally ban all abortion in the United States. Calling for angry boycotts, bans, and legislative fixes, moreover, is all very dry and dusty and angry.

    I understand the anger, of course—the wanton murder of fully-formed infants in the womb is a travesty we should all be sickened by. But the key audience to convince here is not the politicians or mass voting blocs. It’s the lone young female who presents herself at the clinic to terminate an unwanted—or wanted, but inconvenient—pregnancy. 

    1. Adee Avatar
      Adee

      Sigh, too many people of all ages and beliefs do not or will not concede that abortion is premeditated murder of a human being.

  15. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “The storm surge at Cedar Key, Florida, rose to 10.34 feet, beating by far the previous record from Hurricane Idalia on August 30, 2023, at 6.69 feet. Several other tidal gauges in the area also broke records.”

    Drone footage shows devastation at Cedar Key.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I was transferring my cooked pork into vacuum bags for freezing this morning, and was taking the bone out to the trash can before the truck arrived. (Made it just in time!) My neighbor called me over and before I knew it….

    Anyway, I’m back now. The OC pic looks interesting. So much to see and do in this big wide world, but I wonder how much of it I’ll get to see. The influx of people who’d object to my presence has grown in Europe. My dream trip would be to get in a car and just start driving the country, avoiding the big cities whenever possible. And blue states. I have no desire to see big city stuff; I’d rather discover the people in the smaller towns.

  17. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s one thing to appropriate money to Israel and another thing to actually deliver it or not slow walk the delivery.

    (Sep. 26, 2024 / JNS)

    Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced that it had secured an $8.7 billion military aid package from the United States on Thursday.

    According to the ministry, $3.5 billion of the money is for “essential wartime procurement” and the remaining $5.2 billion is for air-defense systems, including Iron Dome and David’s Sling.

    “This substantial investment will significantly strengthen critical systems, such as Iron Dome and David’s Sling while supporting the continued development of an advanced high-powered laser defense system currently in its later stages of development,” the ministry stated.

    I have Israeli friends, ex-IDF, who don’t think Israel should take money from the US or anybody else, but there is no choice in this war.

  18. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    WOW. Check out this blue agave plantation in Israel’s Negev desert.

    It’s almost 35,000 acres of Mexican cactus. Soon tequila from Israel. It’s one of the few crops you can grow in an arid desert.

  19. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Syrian journalist Hadi al-Abdallah wrote, “Even if the devil himself came and killed Hezbollah’s thugs, we’d be just as happy.”

    Many Syrians are celebrating Israel’s operations against Hezbollah because of the terror group’s role in atrocities during its civil war.

    During the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, Hezbollah assisted the government of Syria’s Alawite president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of the Iranian-Shia so-called “axis of resistance.”

    Hezbollah perpetrated numerous atrocities as they were deployed in various areas in Syria to crush Sunni resistance.

    Syrians have taken to social media amid Israel’s operations and are rejoicing over the Jewish State’s targeted strikes in Lebanon.

  20. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Dr. Malone’s Friday Funnies are out.
    https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-anything-but-credible?publication_id=583200&post_id=149425340&isFreemail=true&r=pn3fy&triedRedirect=true

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The Cackler’s new political ad about how she’s going to fix the border situation – I thought it was a joke at first.

    It wasn’t. It was a serious ad.

    But there is a joke. It’s her.

  22. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Israel targets Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in strike on Beirut headquarters

  23. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is a new source of info for me, the newspaper israelhayom.com. The link goes to this newspaper and is confirmation of Squawk’s 1:52 below.

  24. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Full text of Netanyahu’s UN speech: ‘Enough is enough,’ he says of Hezbollah, also warns Iran

    You would do well to RDTWDT.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      Oh, I actually watched the speech live on Fox before I left the house today.

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Here is a local Beirut video of the IAF destroying Hezbollah HQ.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I’m assuming that’s a middle finger. Too bad.

  26. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Florida man vs. TV camera. h/t CFP

  27. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Seems to be a lot of good information here.

  28. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    We can all relax now.

    A White House official says that President Bidenhas been briefed on the operation.

  29. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Many reports that Israel is confirming death of Nasrallah.
    Attack was timed during a meeting of what was left of the top leaders of Hezbollah.

  30. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Above is a wonderful work of art. There is much to see in it and well worth looking at it several times to see it all. 🙂

  31. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had some of my stitches removed today; I go back next week for the rest. We discussed my upcoming Nov. 6th surgery, which I have been dreading for a long time. “It shouldn’t be as bad as this one,” Dr. Lucena said. I replied “I don’t think anything could.” He chuckled.

    But he is pleased with the progress, and he confirmed that I will have a palate cover ready in November, when they take the tissue graft from the roof of my mouth.

    Since I was close to the VA Hospital, I stopped off to see my throat cancer cousin and Beloved East Texas Aunt. She has a bad case of TDS, thinks Trump is literally suffering from dementia. She believes that he wants to be a dictator. Walking into his room, they had PMSNBC on and I saw the chiron at the bottom of the screen something about a “No Dictator Declaration” bill??? WTH?

    But Kamala…is okay. And Arafat was “really pretty good”. /smh

    If nothing else, she is a reminder of how useless it is to try to reason with some people.

  32. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It is Shabbat right now and in Israel. All the news and media are shut down until sundown tomorrow. It’s 3:30 AM there now. Look for updated Israeli media and government updates after about 12:00 noon tomorrow EDT.

  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I am still stunned by this sculpture in Italy by this Flemish man in the 1580s. Jean de Boulogne had nothing but a hammer, a chisel and maybe a crude trowel. These whiny, lazy, weasels today who claim to be artists have no idea what passion, hard work and dedication are. This piece is 36 feet tall, for crying out loud.

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I tried to find some interesting trivia about the 1580’s when the statue was carved.
    Lotsa stuff going on but I recognized little of the historical names and places.
    16th century history is not my strong suit. 🙂

    Uh…..Martin Luther had been dead for decades. 🙂

  35. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Aha!

    The first recorded appearance of the English song Greensleeves. (1580)

  36. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Greensleeves

  37. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat
    For up to date news in Israel even during Shabbat, download Telegram for Mac create an account and follow this account @beholdisraelchannel. Amir Tsarfati is a native Israeli Jew and former major in the Israeli Defense Forces. Amir served as the deputy governor of Jericho, being tasked to negotiate and coordinate with the Palestinians for a successful Israeli withdrawal from the city. A lot of what you see on the news i have known about up to a month before you. BTW Beirut is burning.

    1. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      Wasn’t Tsarfati on YouTube at some point?

      1. squawkbox Avatar
        squawkbox

        Still is

  38. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I had to run by HEB to get some OTC drops for my eyes.
    Boar’s Head was having a big, manned, in-store promotion…serving all kinds of goodies. Late morning, I was hungry.
    I didn’t even know they made pickles. The last thing I ate was a small piece of Bread and Butter Horseradish pickle. Sounds weird but it was stunningly good.
    They got me…I bought a jar.

    1. bsue54 Avatar
      bsue54

      sounds like an interesting combination to me

      1. Shannon Avatar
        Shannon

        Typical B&B sweet but with whisper finish of horseradish heat.
        Unreal.

        1. Shannon Avatar
          Shannon

          He did say not all stores carry them.

  39. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tsarfati on YouTube

    1. squawkbox Avatar
      squawkbox

      Tsarfati on Telegram is better. I watch him on youtube also but his info on telegram is usually fresher and up to the moment.

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