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Friday Gallipoli Over Troubled Waters Open Comments

The 1915 Canakkale Bridge opens today, Friday, March 18th in Turkey, a nation sitting astride two continents.  A famous natural waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea, the Dardanelles has seen more than its share of momentous events in human history.  Herodotus tells the story of Greek victory over the Persians there 2,500 years ago.  Sparta, Helen of Troy, Homer’s Iliad, the last battle of the Peloponnesian war, Alexander the Great and more recently, the disastrous 1915 battle at Gallipoli between Allied forces, including the ANZAC (Australian & New Zealand troops), and the mighty Ataturk and his armies of the Ottoman Empire.***

This video tells the quick story of how the bridge was built.

It is the largest suspension bridge in the world now connecting Asia and Europe.

***UPDATED: CORRECTED AND EDITED WITH A NEW LINK.

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106 responses to “Friday Gallipoli Over Troubled Waters Open Comments”

  1. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Hammie would’ve loved it. Because ridicule is the most deadly weapon.
    Don’t miss the video at the end.

  2. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Re: OC

    The story had me, of course, studying the maps of the area.

    Was looking at Ukraine and discovered that you can reach the Black Sea by boat all the way from Kyiv.

    Though I’m not sure how large a vessel can do it.

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Gang

  4. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Good grief. A 13 year old boy was driving the pickup that killed that golf team in west Texas.

  5. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Eastland County wildfires overtake town of Ranger.

  6. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #1

    Im dying over here!

  7. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    What he said;

    #1

    Im dying over here!

  8. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We are pulling out of the Branson area this morning. I hear thunder. We have a long drive today. Y’all play for a safe trip home for us, okay?

    We’ve had picture perfect weather all week. Been a great vacation.

  9. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    A Blastolene vehicle comes to visit Jay Lenno in his garage.
    A two-seater powered by a supercharged 12v71 Detroit 2-stroke diesel.

  10. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #5 Shannon: I was wondering what was burning. I had no idea the source was just west of Ft. Worth.

  11. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Friday C&C post:

    *THE C&C ARMY POST*
    The Joe Harding campaign told me late yesterday that the final multiplication numbers topped $62,000. All from small donations, which are the typical measure of a politician’s popularity. Well done. I also understand an Epoch Times article mentioning our Operation Multiplier is in the works.

    *COVID NEWS AND COMMENTARY*
    Stat News reported on a new research survey yesterday in an article headlined, “‘Is it worth it?’: New Report Lays Bare Harassment Of Public Health Officials During The Pandemic.”

    Hahahahaha! Poor public health officials. After swanking their unelected arbitrary emergency authority all over their fellow citizens and generally making everyone’s lives miserable pushing and enforcing restrictive measures that in hindsight were utterly useless if not terrifically destructive, public health officials were shocked to discover nobody was thanking them.

    According to the survey, health officials said that, during the pandemic, they were personally attacked, villainized, and their experiences were often marginalized. Oh my gosh! Not marginalized! The officials also complained feeling that their work was unappreciated (they should be thanking us) and that they were sometimes blamed for undefined “broader problems.” I bet they were.

    And it gets worse for the poor officials. Those who claimed they’d been “harassed” broke down like this: 24% reported facing “backlash on social media”; 6% said they had received mean messages; 6% said they received threats; and 2% were doxxed.

    Only six percent of officials who felt harassed actually received threats? Crybabies. Were any actually tarred and feathered? I’ve received plenty of threats over my mask and jab lawsuits. But nobody’s surveying ME.

    Well, one thing is certain. These officials haven’t learned their lesson. According to the article, they think the answer is MORE POWER. Study author Beth Resnick demanded CONSEQUENCES for criticizing government officials: “There should be more legal consequences for impeding people from trying to do their jobs, especially government officials,” she said. Guess who she wants looking into it? Of course — the FBI.

    How about NO? Public health officials need to go back to advisory roles and stay there. Don’t let public health officials off the hook for what they have done.

    And if you’re tempted to feel sympathetic or forgiving, say because the officials just had a hard job to do during a tough time, remember these are the same people now telling everybody that young, healthy people having blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes is NORMAL. So. They’re frauds, or worse.

    Here’s another hard pass. According to Business Insider, “Moderna is Seeking FDA Approval For a 4th Covid-19 Vaccine Shot For Those Aged 18 And Above.”

    Moderna is trying to shoot past Pfizer, who also this week sought emergency authorization for a 4th booster, but only for 65 and up. As recently as Monday, Moderna president Stephen Hoge insisted that only older and immunocompromised adults would need the fourth booster. But the science swiveled through the week and here we are.

    The tone of the article suggests that there is broad market demand for the 4th booster. I hope that’s not true. But I must admit, I know some folks who would probably run down and get it, eager volunteers in the grand experiment to find out how much spike protein the human body can tolerate.

    Ugh. It’s baaaaack. The Daily Mail UK’s classic extended headline yesterday said, “Voice of doom Dr Fauci warns US could face MORE COVID lockdowns as he admits latest variant set to hit US is less serious than Omicron: ‘We can’t just say we’re done’.”

    I have to admit, I laughed out loud a little considering the nickname “Voice of Doom” for that little cockroach. Anyway, I think Fauci syndrome is more like herpes simplex or shingles or fungus or something. It’s always there, dormant, right below the surface, erupting painfully at the most inconvenient times. The trick is to apply the antibacterial paste directly to the affected area.

    The Mail explained that Fauci told CNN yesterday, “If in fact we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is.”

    Wait a minute. We ALREADY pivoted. We pivoted AWAY from the pandemic. If we pivot again, that’s a swivel. That’s swiveling, not pivoting. Say it right.

    Fauci wasn’t done. Neither are we, apparently. “We can’t just say, ‘We’re done. We’re going to move on.’ We’ve got to be able to be flexible because we’re dealing with a dynamic situation,” the insect-like bureaucrat explained.

    According to Fauci, we CAN’T just move on. We CAN’T be done. Why? Because Fauci is stuck in 2021: measuring CASES. “The overall mortality is actually down,’ Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It’s a very interesting situation where the cases are going up, but it does not, at this point in time, appear to be any degree of severity.”

    Just cases. Not hospitalizations or deaths. So we can’t move on? Why doesn’t someone ever ask him how we are supposed to get to Covid-zero?

    Under their faces, CNN’s Chyron blared “W.H.O. Director-General: Global Covid Spike ‘Tip of the Iceberg.’” Blech. Please stop.

    So anyway, we aren’t out of the woods yet. Keep fighting. Don’t stop till its a distant memory.

    According to NPR, the Biden Administration re-pivoted again, or swiveled, or whatever, and suddenly replaced Covid Response Coordinator Jeff Zients yesterday with forever-masker Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health.

    Twitter avatar for @POTUS
    President Biden
    @POTUS
    I am excited to name Dr. Ashish Jha as the new White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator. Dr. Jha is one of the leading public health experts in America, and a well known figure to many Americans from his wise and calming public presence.

    Statement by President Joe Biden on the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator | The White House
    I called on Jeff Zients to lead my Administration’s COVID-19 response because there is no one better at delivering results than Jeff. COVID-19 is the
    whitehouse.gov
    March 17th 2022

    1,409 Retweets9,676 Likes
    During the pandemic, Jha was a frequent and loud fan of failed lockdown measures, measures since proven to have done absolutely nothing to stop the spread of the virus but which have definitely wreaked enormous social and economic damage. Jha’s still clutching the masks and he thinks they should be an essential standby item for Americans. Forever.

    “A mask is like a raincoat,” Jha explained to NPR, “You wear it when it’s raining. You take it off when it stops raining.” He continued, “and if we think of masks in that way then, yeah, during surges, we should have masks. And everybody should be wearing them. And then when the surge ends, we should take off our masks.”

    Jha is not a medical doctor, has never treated a Covid patient or any other kind of patient, and has no Covid scientific expertise. Is he a “mask forever” true believer or is he just good at parroting White House policy? I hope it’s the second one.

    Ugh. So, again, this thing ain’t over. We’re going to have to bury mask mandates in a nuclear waste mine in Colorado or something.

    Meanwhile, on Wednesday the Epoch Times reported a story headlined, “Fauci Braces for House GOP Investigations: ‘Benghazi Hearings All Over Again’.”

    Fauci told the Washington Post that he expects to be investigated like there’s no tomorrow if Republicans retake the House in November, just like Hilary Clinton was investigated over the Benghazi disaster. We can only hope.

    He’s got good reason to think so. Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) told Fox News last week, “And if you’re watching this, Dr. Fauci, look out, because when the Americans give us control in the House of Representatives, God willing, we’re going to get some answers on behalf of the American people.”

    Fauci is worried about having to answer America’s questions because he says it will just distract him from doing his work. Which would be a great outcome, if you ask me.

    ‍♂️ Yesterday, Governor DeSantis told reporters “This [mask mandate on planes] should not be extended. It should have never been done in the first place but clearly now this is a farce. They need to repeal the transportation mandate. Let people fly and let them breathe normally. We’ve got to stop with the theater.”

    Precisely.

    Go Pilots! The Independent UK reported a story yesterday headlined, “U.S. Pilots File Lawsuit Against Federal Mask Mandate On Planes.”

    The article explains that a courageous group of ten U.S. pilots from JetBlue, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines — some of whom are C&C fans — is now suing the CDC and HHS for its witless mask mandate that only creates a flying, virtue-signaling theatre of the absurd and just makes managing the aircraft that much harder.

    Filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the suit alleges that the mask mandate is wreaking “chaos,” and points out the CDC “ignored countless scientific and medical studies” disproving the effectiveness of masks in preventing the spread of Covid-19.” The legal claim is the CDC failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act, which is an argument that has gained traction in other courts considering various mandates around the country.

    We thank these heroic pilots and wish them well in their suit!

    The bottom story of the day. Yesterday, Apple announced adding a new feature to iOS 15.4 — the ability to unlock the phone using Face ID while wearing a mask. Great. But, can it unlock my phone with my eyes rolling this hard?

    Have a fantastic Friday! I’ll catch you back here tomorrow, which will be the first day of my Spring Break family vacation. Be prepared for a missing post here and there during the next week.

    You can help get the truth out and spread optimism and hope: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/-learn-how-to-get-involved-

    G-D SPEED TT FOR A SAFE TRIP HOME.

  12. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Shannon says:
    MARCH 17, 2022 AT 10:35 PM
    51
    Sure, might as well add some macaroni, too.

    The Scouts call this concoction Chili Mac.

  13. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    So, it’s the middle of March and I’m just now getting around to hauling off the Christmas Tree. 😀

  14. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #8 Tedtam looking at the radar, the bad weather is south and east of you, headed this way. The leading edge is running along I 65 from Mobile to Montgomery. All the way up and back to Kansas City. Weather Guessers say we’ll all be kilt. 😉

  15. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    A recipe video came across one of my backpacking/camping groups, and I was relieved to find out it was a Brit who did it as that would mean this kind of Trail Food might not have reached our shores yet. No, I won’t link the video:

    Cod with Chilli Butter and Potato Rosti

    I don’t know who should be the most offended, the cod or the chili. Dude appropriates three freaking cultures with one dang recipe.

    And he couldn’t spell chili right.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Bonecrusher, I have another friend in need of crushing. May I give him your contact info?

  17. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #16 TT: Yes, please. Cash/check only, no insurance or credit cards. Please make sure that he knows before he calls that my license is not current/active, so that there is no misunderstanding. Your notary friend seemed to do very well, but she stays very busy and hasn’t been back yet.

    Thank you for reaching out on my behalf. {{{{HUGS}}}}

  18. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Dude appropriates three freaking cultures with one dang recipe.

    That’s diversity doncha’ know? 😉

  19. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Shannon #1

    Congratulations George FloydF U N N Y    S T U F F

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    These maps also illustrate the most important aspect of this conflict: It is similar to most other previous European wars in that it is entirely territorial, with the conflict along somewhat distinct front lines and the status of the war determined mostly by the territory gained or lost by either side. This fact makes understanding the overall situation much simpler, despite the propaganda and the normal disinformation put forth by both sides.

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Bones, he had your email and phone number.

    He’s a special guy, treat him well.

  22. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Sparta, Helen of Troy, Homer’s Iliad, the last battle of the Peloponnesian war, Alexander the Great and more recently, the devastation of WWI’s Battle of Anzac.

    Texpat, the link is broken. I don’t recall nor can I find any references to the “Battle of Anzac” as relates to the Dardanelles. There is a Battle of ANZAC Ridge that occured during the Somme offensive in Yerp. I believe you’re referring to the Gallipoli Campaign in which Australian and New Zealand troops (known as ANZACS) were prominent. IOW, Battles are normally named after places, and ANZACS are people.

  23. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  Cooler this morning, and strong winds have shifted to the North (actually coming from the north).  So far we have avoided the outbreak of serious fires scattered about the western Texas area, but conditions are perfect, so caution is still the word of the day.  Prospects for rain after the weekend, so between now and then, I guess we will remain at high risk.

    A couple of years ago I rewired my kitchen fluorescent light fixtures and installed LED bulbs; each fixture has 4 bulbs in it.  My first venture was to replace the bulbs in only one of the fixtures just to see how it worked, if I like them, etc. Anyway, I was pleased with the results, so I ventured forth to redo the second fixture.  I used a different brand of bulb, but with the same specs as the first fixture, and they worked well for a while.  Then one bulb out of the second installation started having a problem.  The guaranty was “lifetime” and the company sent me a replacement bulb.  A few months ago, another one of the bulbs started flickering, but the original bulbs were no longer available.  I was able to find a set of 2 used bulbs of the same type, so I got them in and installed one to replace the second defective bulb.  I took that bulb apart, and there was a loose wire in there that had broken free of its solder joint, so it would not make contact all the time after it warmed up – so I made note of the cause of this defect.  I still have one of the used bulbs that I bought.  Last night, another of the original bulbs has begun flickering, and this morning, it is doing the same as the others; so I’ll replace it sometime today.  But it’s apparent that this batch of bulbs was defective which probably explains why they are no longer available.  The company is not willing to make good on their warranty as they say they can only replace the defective bulb with the same bulb, but the same bulb is no longer available.  I’ll probably mess around with them a little but I don’t really expect any satisfaction on this issue.  After this, the next time one of them goes out I’ll probably just get a different brand and replace the whole lot of them.  I still really like the LED’s and just think I got hold of a bad batch.

    Not sure what’s in store for plant duty today, but I’ll get out there and mess with them when it warms up a little more.  I’ve had enough of these strong March winds, but I don’t have much sway as to getting that changed any time soon.

    You all have a great day.

  24. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Snack Barr attempts to rehab his image.
    20 months late and a few billion dollars short.

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    22 Sarge

    Thanks.  It was really late and I was bleary-eyed trying to put that post together.  You’re right, it didn’t make any sense.

    I corrected the text and provided a new link.

  26. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    21 Sarge

    In the comments is the first reference I’ve seen to Chechen Special Forces working in the coastal city of Mariupol.
    They’ll be no one left to document the atrocities.

  27. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     Bonecrusher says:
    MARCH 18, 2022 AT 9:59 AM

    Snack Barr attempts to rehab his image.
    20 months late and a few billion dollars short.

     

    He gave Trump good advice which Trump ignored. Trump was, and still is, his own worst enemy. I have no problems with Bill Barr, his record speaks for itself.

  28. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    1 Shannon

    That video was the last thing I watched last night so I went to bed with a big smile on my face.  You are right – Hamous would have loved it.

  29. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Enough with this wind already.

    Dang.

  30. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     

     Shannon says:
    MARCH 18, 2022 AT 10:24 AM

    Enough with this wind already.

    Dang.

    I’ve been trying to shoot video lighting antique backpacking alcohol stoves out on the veranda of my palatial suburban estate for the past two nights. Let’s just say that so far, the footage isn’t good advertising—-

  31. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    We’re headed to 75° today and skies are as blue as a robin’s egg with a mild breeze.  Shockingly nice conditions for this time of year.

  32. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Jump in the van from this chilly gale and turn on the heater.

    A mile down the road I’m switching to AC.

    You’d think this was Texas or something.

  33. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Some Davey Tree Service guys are trimming trees on San Bernard power lines out here.

    Glad I’m not up there in a bucket today.

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    What’s with Virginia school boards covering up high school (gang) rapes??

  35. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good Friday morning, Hamsters.

    Yesterday’s muggy mid 70s surrendered here to the latest cold front early this morning in a dive from 61 at 6 to 58 and falling now.  The very strong north wind  sends the neighbor’s Texas flag ruffled and standing straight out.  The rain of live oak leaves continues with a renewed vigor as it blows yesterday’s accumulation away while replacing it with fresh ones today.  March winds, April showers, bring forth May flowers so goes the saying in the midwest.

    #26 Shannon’s comments on #21 Sarge’s post could easily freeze your blood.  It is horrendous now but could be much worse (is there even a description for that?) if the invasion doesn’t stop soon, like today.  Evil stalks mostly unfettered it seems.

  36. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    He gave Trump good advice which Trump ignored.

    I agree.

    Trump was, and still is, his own worst enemy.

    I agree.

    I have no problems with Bill Barr, his record speaks for itself.

    I disagree based on Barr’s flippant, unserious assertions about the integrity of elections around the country.  He didn’t look hard because he didn’t want to know.  It simply wasn’t a battle he wanted to fight or a hill he wanted to die on.  No, no, there’s nothing to see here. Just move along.

    Barr was done at 70, twice the American AG, he’s rich, comfortable, huge book contracts waiting, lucrative speaking fee offers, so why crash this cushy, lavish retirement with endless work and court battles ?  Who needs those headaches when you’re Bill Barr in the year 2020 and besides, those speaking fees and book deals could go away if he continued to question elections, no matter how crooked they are.

  37. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    English chili?

    I just threw up.

  38. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #34

    That’s the most outrageous thing I’ve ever heard about a school board doing! Let’s see some retribution.

  39. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I was satisfied, at the end of the day, that it was suicide. – Bill Barr

    Liar.

  40. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Snack Barr attempts to rehab his image.
    20 months late and a few billion dollars short

    The Deep State Barracuda. Just another blood money sucking Vampyre in the never ending list. He played rope a dope his entire tenure as Trump’s AG.

    He folded like a cheap sans a belt slack suit on the stolen election.
    He concluded Epstein committed suicide.

    He performed a great disservice to the country and let all his fellow deep state crooks off the hook.
    And now like all good deep State ticks he writes a book in hopes of acquiring a little more blood money.

    I’m sure the Dizzy Crawford Cowboy Dunce and Bill Kristol-Meth will purchase a copy.

  41. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    39
    Jessie has more self control than I.
    I would’ve laughed in his face.

  42. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    The bottom just fell out, rain is coming down pretty good and lots of Thunder Boomers.
    Oh and 42!

  43. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    MY Handy Dandy weather station says .2″ of rain and .97″ per hour. I can barely see the stand of woods 100 feet from my window.

  44. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I’m rich, I’m rich.  I just got a text message that some company that I never heard of had overcharged me $712.36.  They are prepared to issue me a refund for the overcharge, and all they need is my bank account and pin numbers and the money will be sent immediately.  Can’t wait.  Oh, seems I can’t remember my bank account or my pin number, so they will just have to wait while I go find those numbers.  Been looking for about an hour now, and they are still holding.

  45. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #42 – what kind of weather station did you get?  I’ve been researching them but don’t now enough to know what good and what’s cheapo plastic that will break when the wind gets over 10mph.

  46. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I have two ladders leaning against the wall outside the kitchen window.  The garage area was used years ago for an expansion on the house so storage is almost non-existent here.  For the second year in a row now, a pair of doves has decided to build a nest in the ladder steps about 36″ from the window.  They laid and hatched two eggs last year and we watched them train the babies to fly and leave the nest.

    Anyway, Her Highness is glued to the kitchen window and it is almost the only thing she talks about.  Just between you and me – doves are pretty low on the ornithological IQ chart.

  47. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    .45′ of rain already, 2.47 inches an hour!

  48. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    .82″ of rain 5.53″ an hour! Dayaam!

  49. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #45 El Gordo I’ve not taken tome to research the weather stations but they’ve gotten real cheap. My boy gave me mine for Christmas and it’s been up about a year. It is plastic but has survived fine so far. I figured that if it wasn’t up to snuff I’ll get a better one but so far I’m happy. Here is what I got; Ambient Weather WS-2902C WiFi Smart Weather Station, @ $180 bucks, not bad.

  50. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    15 sarge
    When Brits use the term “chilli” it just means some kind of chile pepper. Could be a bell pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, etc. all the way up to those nukuler peppers.

    An actual bowl of chili might be fatal to them.

  51. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    These teacher unions and administrators are turning millions of mothers and fathers into militant conservative activists across the country.  Keep it up, you fools.

    MADISON — Parents are “not entitled” to know their kids’ gender identity, according to a recent woke training session in the Eau Claire Area School District.

    Empower Wisconsin has obtained a copy of a training slide from last Friday’s staff development session. The 2021-22 Equity session on Safe Spaces reminds teachers that “parents are not entitled to know their kids’ identities. That knowledge must be earned.”

    “Teachers are often straddling this complex situation. In ECASD, our priority is supporting the student,” the professional development facilitator guide states. Teachers were encouraged to “Talk amongst yourselves!”

    The lesson — that teachers know better than parents about what is best for their kids — is not sitting well with some community members.

    “We are appalled that ECASD would display such blatant disregard for the parents and guardians of our community’s children. We are equally dismayed that current school district leadership would pressure teachers into breaking a social contract that we all know and understand—that parents and guardians hold primary responsibility and decision making for the welfare and care of their children,” said parents and school board candidates, Nicole Everson, Corey Cronrath and Melissa Winter in a joint statement.

    The district’s training session is also legally suspect.

    A related story out of Colorado.

    None of the three women had ever been political, but said they were compelled by the 2020 COVID shutdown and other government policies of the past two years to get involved. Similar to the way Democratic women mobilized after the election of former President Donald Trump, conservative women who never before attended a caucus or canvassed a neighborhood are organizing in living rooms across Colorado.

    Tompkins formed Liberty Girls in Douglas County, which has grown from about 20 women who first gathered in her house for coffee and snacks a year ago to more than 300, all standing, she said, for God, country and family.

  52. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Every good pot of Brit chili begins with a pound of finely ground sheep kidney.

  53. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    50 wagonburner

    An actual bowl of chili might be fatal to them.

    I don’t know about that.  Have you ever ordered the “hot” version of a dish in a Pakistani restaurant in Liverpool ?  I did and it nearly killed me.  After too many gin & tonics at the hotel bar, I told the waiter I was from Texas and nothing was too hot for me.

    Recommendation:  Never say that to a waiter.  You should have seen the smirk on his face.

  54. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    A little over 2″ of rain so far and we got an inch and a half in less than thirty minutes.

  55. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    E F Swamp Creature speaks.
    Do people listen?
    And to think he just won his primary.

    If the goopeeCons do get lucky and win back the house for doing absolutely nothing to help the country I expect the backstabbing from this one to continue.

    20 years in Iraq and a loss.
    20 years in Afghanistan. Another loss and a disgraceful exit.
    4 years of lies about Trump-Russia collusion.
    2 years of Covid-1984 and Count Fraudcila lies.
    2 years of The Wooden Dummy’s son’s laptop is Russia disinformation lies.

    But let’s give it one more try.

  56. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Moving forward, choose your medical professionals with care.

  57. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Alabama man allowed to keep controversial license plate. LGB FJB.

  58. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Brother Phil

    Crenshaw is a/an (fill in the blank. ____________)

    If the goopeeCons do get lucky and win back the house for doing absolutely nothing to help the country I expect the backstabbing from this one to continue.

    It no longer matters who owns the house or the senate or the residency.  The “fix” is in.  Think about this.  Our economy is on the verge of collapse.  Biden is urinating off (unnecessarily) everybody in the world that can kill out economy by threatening theirs.  He threatened China with sanctions if they help Russia?  He did this in public and then crowed about it in public.  There is going to consequences for making Jim Ping Pong lose face in public and that is how he is going to take it.

    This world is insane and in an insane world one more thing going wrong usually does.  The system is broke and their is no fix no matter who is in office.

  59. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    An old psycho snake attempts to read a poem about snakes.

    I very much prefer this one over Baby Jane’s rendition.

  60. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    She didn’t even get the irony about driving out old snakes even though she resides over a house full of old pit vipers.

  61. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    59 in the bucket.
    No bad words and only two links.

  62. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Brother Phil

    It is restored

  63. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Thanks Brother Squawk.

    And regarding your #58 I fear you may be right.

  64. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Blog Monkey gets very nervous when people start talking about snakes.

  65. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    In remembrance of musical post Fridays and Monica oc pics.

  66. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     Shannon says:
    MARCH 18, 2022 AT 11:07 AM

    I was satisfied, at the end of the day, that it was suicide. – Bill Barr

    Liar.

    I submit that using Occam’s Razor as a guiding principle, it is more likely that he read a report of an investigation that convinced him it was suicide and that the liars are those who conducted the investigation and wrote the report.

    The biggest part of the Swamp is not always those at the top who serve limited terms in revolving door positions, its those permanent government employees who have reached a point where they can advance more quickly through loyalty than through merit and can easily be convinced by outside influencers to go along with their narrative with a promise of rich reward later.

    But, if you need a boogie man, its easier to go with the guy at the top, which is how the guys just below them get away with it.

  67. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “I don’t believe in coincidences.” – Leroy Jethro Gibbs

  68. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #49 – After all my internet sleuthing, that’s the same unit I was focused on.  Looks like it does everything and has the ratings and comments to go with it.  At this point, I’d say it’s running if 1st position.

  69. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Let’s see….
    Once Epstein was the jailed the entire world predicted an Arkancide and then the night of the event we had….

    Cameras off ✓
    Security guards asleep or surfing the web ✓
    Then it happens ✓
    Afterwards security guards get 100 hours community service ✓

    Yet 0% credibility Bilk‘em Barr and his very very dull Occam’s razor believes it was suicide because of an underlings report?.?

    What can I say to that but….

  70. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #68 El Gordo I’m happy with mine and they all seem to be in this price range +or-. It’s accurate enough but I did have to tweak it for a few days. Naturally the barometer was set to 29.92 so I had to get the barometric pressure reading from Blackwell field only 4 miles away. The temperature reading uses a RTD instead of a Thermocouple so it was off by several degrees but I used my digital Fluke 89 IV to set it. I guess that they use a RTD because the unit is outside and it can be in -50 to +120 degrees range so it might have a problem with the Thermocouple reference junction. The best thing is that is wireless but isn’t everything now? FWIW; Many years ago I researched a good weather station and it cost about $900 but there were very few units made for the masses and the professional ones were off the charts. The one I wanted was hard wired and was from Edmunds Scientific and they never been known for low prices.

  71. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My #70 That $900 had to be 30 years ago so do the inflation math.

  72. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Appaerntly, Edmunds is now Fisher Scientific and they have a nice weather station for about $1300 bucks. Cole-Parmer Davis Instruments 6162C Plus Cabled Weather Station System.
    From the looks of it, it’s probably worth the price, just not to me.

  73. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Deshaun Watson traded to the Cleveland Browns.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/browns-deal-five-picks-to-texans-for-deshaun-watson-and-a-pick/ar-AAVf7pk

  74. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Car is ready for tomorrow night, weather going to be awesome, quite a few family members coming to watch the show. Excited.

  75. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    9 Bonecrusher

    I didn’t see it, but I was curious whether that vehicle came with its own drip pan to catch the oil that leaks from single Detroit engine I’ve ever seen.  It’s like Detroit’s response to every engine the British ever made.  I’ll make an exception for Rolls-Royces here.

  76. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    STOP IT. if I hear the line Biden is poking Putin one more time I am gonna scream.  Do you know what visions get conjured up in my brain?  STOP IT.

    I want to go on record, so here wents…….

    The United States has no reason to go into Ukulelecrane for nothing no how no way NATO be damned.  If the United States wants to engage in World War III then okay go after China.  We have more interest in Taiwan than Ukulelecrane.

    So that is my 33.3 record opinion and I am sticking to it.

     

  77. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Super Dave #72

    How bout this weather station?  They are cheap.

  78. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Someone in the neighborhood wanted the wife to list a house they got stuck with from their son who walked on a loan they had co-signed on. One acre, nice lot but just a cheap run down single wide mobile home on it. They had about 130-140K in mind, wife tells them she thinks she could get 160K for it, buyers ecstatic. After getting crews to get yard cleaned up and repairs done in the house, wife is anxious as the deeper you got into it, more issues seen, so she’s been apprehensive. She puts it out live this morning, three showings right off, first one offers 10K over list. Wife happy. She’s damn good.

  79. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    66 Sarge

    The biggest part of the Swamp is not always those at the top who serve limited terms in revolving door positions, its those permanent government employees who have reached a point where they can advance more quickly through loyalty than through merit and can easily be convinced by outside influencers to go along with their narrative with a promise of rich reward later.

    Precisely.

    And those were the very underlings in DOJ, the AAGs and DAAGs, scattered across the country, terrified of losing their prestigious positions, who were quite willing to tell AG Barr there was nothing to any allegations of fraud and deceit in their respective states regarding elections.  Bill Barr said: “That’s fine, I’m headed out the door anyway and I don’t want any part of this mess.  Let somebody else do it.”

    I’ve been around for 69.6375 years and 61.64 of those years have mostly been obsessed with politics, governments and the creeps who inhabit them.  Barr has his good qualities and weak ones.

  80. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    77 Squawk

    El Gordo ought to get a weather dog.  This is Charlie, the weather dog, and is probably the best I’ve ever seen. He kept us laughing the whole time.

  81. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    That is funny right there.

  82. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     Dr phil Good says:
    MARCH 18, 2022 AT 4:11 PM

    Let’s see….
    Once Epstein was the jailed the entire world predicted an Arkancide and then the night of the event we had….

    Cameras off ✓
    Security guards asleep or surfing the web ✓
    Then it happens ✓
    Afterwards security guards get 100 hours community service ✓

    Yet 0% credibility Bilk‘em Barr and his very very dull Occam’s razor believes it was suicide because of an underlings report?.?

    What can I say to that but….

     

    I agree with all of that, But the only way you can realistically lay it at Bill Barr’s feet would be to say that he planned the whole thing, or ignored a true report.

    His hands were basically tied. There is a legal problem with his saying, “I don’t believe this, come back with something I can believe.”

    Would have the effect of any trial that might come about thrown out of court, and that was his job, taking things to court. The net effect would be the same. The report said that “A” was true and “B” was not. If any Officer of the Court tells investigators to keep investigating until they prove “B” he’s lost the trail before it hits the docket.

  83. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Epstein committed suicide by Hillary.

  84. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     squawkbox says:
    MARCH 18, 2022 AT 5:19 PM

    Epstein committed suicide by Hillary.

    Couldn’t agree more.

    Now all we have to do is prove it in a way that will hold up in court and we’re golden.

  85. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Sarge

    Now all we have to do is prove it in a way that will hold up in court and we’re golden.

    Darn it man why do you have to right all the time?

     

  86. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Actually, its not all the time. I’ve had chili with beans and used Ritz Crackers to eat Boudin.

    Then there’s that whole “Born in New England” thing, but that was kinda out of my control.

  87. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Ewwwwww Ritz Crackers????  Nasty

  88. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Dr …… Dr……. I am suffering from a parasitic infection!!

    Really?  Let me see……………….

    There is nothing to see here Dr,  It is my Ex-wife and her lawyer.

  89. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    For St, Patty’s Day I made corned beef and put it in a tortilla.

    I call it a Beto Sammich.

  90. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #72 – I’m not planning to put in an airport, so just to keep an eye on the weather for myself the plastic model seems like a good fit.

    while I’m at it, I just polished off a couple of the country style pork ribs that came out of the 20 hour sous vide bath and about 10 minutes on the GF grill, and they were excellent.  I had tossed a few cloves of garlic in the package along with the usual seasonings, and it made the difference and was well worth it.  Won’t have to worry about the vampires messing with me tonight with that good garlic breath.

  91. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    88 Sarge

    I’m glad I read that after I finished supper.

  92. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    So Deshawn Watson got traded to Cleveland.  A cursory check shows at least 100 massage parlors in Cleveland.  With $200M guaranteed over 5 years he oughta have enough money to payoff his current 20 lawsuits and plenty left over for future lawsuits.

  93. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Wow, talk about having my lucky day.  Not only am I in line to get a refund of $712 from some company that overcharged me for something I never bought, I now get a message that I have not yet claimed my new iphone that I won in the sweepstakes that I never entered.  But if I don’t hurry up an claim it, it will be tossed back into the prize hopper and someone else’s name will be drawn.  All they need for me to do to claim my new phone is give them a lot of personal information and they will ship it right out.  Can’t wait.  What are the odd of getting a $700 refund by only giving up my account and pin number and then winning an iphone by only divulging my social, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name.  Ah yes, it’s my lucky day.

  94. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    EL Gordo

    Looks to me like you and DeShawn tagged into the same luck ferry.

  95. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Sarge

    I rescued your comment

  96. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, the rain is gone, 3.11″ total with 1.5″ coming in less than half an hour. Driving past Marley Mill I noticed that Bear Creek was way above it’s banks, in the morning I’ll get in the Mule to check it out on the dirt road. I’m sure it didn’t cross the road but it’ll be a foot or so beneath the bridge.

  97. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Been making and receiving calls today as things are starting to move on BFF’s estate.  I’ve been able to point people in the right direction as to where things may be, and at least I think I’m being helpful.  We’ve (meaning the family) really been lucky in that BFF had friends who are professionals and who can get things done.  Of course, nothing has been actually done so far, but the plans are in place once the legal matters are resolved things should move pretty quickly.  She does have some client records that need to be shipped out, and that will be a pretty big project since the case was in litigation for over 12 years and went from District Court to the Fifth Circuit to SCOTUS and back until the 3rd time which was charm and the final rulings were granted – she won by the way.  There is no way justice in America can be fair since her client just happened to have the very deep pockets required to stay in the game until the end.  No telling how many millions he spent on this matter and he will get nothing back, but he doesn’t have to pay any either.  A regular person would never have been able to stay in the game with the stakes so high.

    It’s about an hour until bedtime, but I may turn in early.  I’ll go turn on the TV for a while and then give it up for the day.  You all have a good evening now.

    PS – I might be able to hang around long enough to see if we can score a hunnert.

  98. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Well, Rice baseball game is over, and somehow, Owls won.  So that means bedtime for me.  I’m still gonna look in the morning to see if we have made our hunndet.  Nite all.

  99. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I’ll push it closer to the magic number…

     

  100. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Woo Hoo!

  101. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    buncha fuddy-duddys!

    It’s FRIDAY!

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqa1s4jhkQ8

  102. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Everybody needs…

  103. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It has been far too long since this song was linked here…

  104. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I’m goin’ to the country…do you wanna go ?

    Taj and Ry

  105. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Oh. You wanted to hear some Blues?

     

    OK

  106. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    105 Sarge

    Wow is not near enough.  Brings back some great memories.

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