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Spear & magic helmet vs. Daisy BB gun…
Lovely Daughter even makes a cameo (at about 2:45)!
Aggie Beau’s Opera
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Go Bugs!
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Ticker Dude rides again
Listen up folks, after you read the bankruptcy filing for Detroit.
1. Right now, the City cannot meet its basic obligations to its citizens.
2. Right now, the City cannot meet its basic obligations to its creditors.
3. The failure of the City to meet its obligations to its citizens is the primary cause of its inability to meet its obligations to its creditors.
4. The only feasible path to ensuring the City will be able to meet obligations in the future is to have a successful restructuring via the bankruptcy process that recognizes the fundamental importantance of ensuring the City and mee its basic obligations to its citizens.
I have repeatedly pointed the impossible position that many governmental units, whether they be state, local or Federal, have placed themselves in by creating special classes of “untouchable” promises that were negotiated in bad faith by one or both sides and which are then ensconced with special protections under the law.
The fundamental reality of taxation is that if the economy is growing in your city (town, state, etc) then tax rates can remain the same or decrease and tax revenue goes up. That’s because economic activity increases and taxes, as a matter of rate upon an activity, being a constant, results in more revenue.
Now four important axioms:
Economic progress only comes through capital formation.
Capital formation only comes from economic surplus.
Economic surplus is earnings less expenses including taxes.
All other forms of “development” are nothing more than leverage-driven bubbles.
If you increase tax rates then you decrease economic surplus. This inevitably slows economic expansion; it mathematically must.AND
Those who made these promises and did these things in the past must be held to account. The policies and promises that were made and cannot reasonably be fulfilled must be rolled back and repudiated.
I know nobody wants to talk about this say much less do it, but it must be done and done now.
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Fixin to head out to the woods. Alas and alack, my kilt has not yet arrived. To compensate for this sartorial deficiency, I have purchased a pair of undershorts that are designed to keep the covered region cool. At $35.00 a pair, they dang sure better. I also got me a straw hat that Charlie Daniels would be proud of (bottom right corner). I can use it for shade, for keeping the ticks offin me, and feeding a herd of cattle for a day or two if need be.
There will be 20 or so of us attending this soirée, mostly men, and each is bringing something for a pot luck tonight. Since it will be mostly men, we will be eating sensible food. There will be smoked pork, smoked and seasoned cabrito, Cajun sausage, charro beans, blueberry muffins, apple pies, watermelon, homemade sauerkraut, homemade salsa, and homemade pralines. We told somebody to bring a three bean salad, but only so we could point at him and laugh when he does. -
That Warner Bros cartoon was probably the greatest animated short ever. They’ll still be watching it 100 years from now.
Chuck Jones said when he organized the WB cartoon studio with a bunch of unemployed WWII veterans, they just created cartoons they thought were funny with a large dose of adult humor because they never believed WB was going to allow them to continue anyway. None of them thought their cartoon shop would be a success. -
I’ll leave Squawk to find us some representative pics of Sarge’s $35 skivvies.
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I think some of the “actors” in this movie wore kilts. LANGUAGE WARNING: NSFW
On a side note – if you’ve ever wondered why Robert Downey, Jr. has recurring substance abuse issues this should give you some insight. His father directed this movie and it was Jr’s first movie. -
Morning, Hamsterville. TexMo, I hope the ventilated skivvies are shown on a plastic dummy and not on a live model! Sarge, we are interested in your treks but there are some things we don’t need to know! Tedtam, good luck today with your further adventures in pain relief!
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Kill the wabbit!
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On second thought they may have been tu tus. Grandpappy always said “One man’s kilt is another man’s tu tu.”
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There will be smoked pork, smoked and seasoned cabrito, Cajun sausage, charro beans, blueberry muffins, apple pies, watermelon, homemade sauerkraut, homemade salsa, and homemade pralines. We told somebody to bring a three bean salad, but only so we could point at him and laugh when he does.
The 3-bean salad might just be the tipping point to cause you people to asplode from gastro-intestinal pressure.
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I wunner if his special cooling shorts have frills on the aft portion like a radiator for when he wears his man-skirt?
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Thank you, Turkey, since Bronco is a raging incompetent!
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I think there may be a repeat of this scene at Sarge’s camp-out.
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#13 mh42
Finally from the Syrian conflict, the Jerusalem Post is reporting that it is highly likely Syrian President Bashar Assad has his chemical weapons on the move, with the aid of the Iranians. (Even though other reports and evidence suggest it’s actually the terrorist rebels who in fact have used chemical weapons) A spokesman for the Free Syrian Army has said the Damascus regime has delivered a chemical weapons shipment to Hezbollah, Lebanese news site el-Nashra reported on Thursday. In the report it is claimed the weapons have made their way to Lebanon, coming within striking distance to the Israeli Borders.
If any of this is true, bad things are much more likely to happen.
Really bad things.
That will escalate the hostilities and spread them to places well outside the current conflict. Some may cause nearby nation-states to open direct and not-quite-unlimited hostilities. -
Just one more example as to why we should have turned the place into the proverbial “glass parking lot.”
HEADLINE: Afghanistan’s thanks for U.S. generosity: Karzai’s regime issues harsh exit levies
So much for thanks: As the U.S. accelerates its exit from a decadelong, $100 billion reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, American generosity is getting an unwelcome penalty in the form of taxes and fees imposed by President Hamid Karzai’s government on U.S. contractors supporting the rebuilding effort.
Everything from exiting military equipment and food for troops to new federal contract dollars are facing levies, customs fees and fines — a wave of taxation estimated to slice $1 billion or more off the top of aid that was supposed to go to the Afghan people. Instead, it’s going into the coffers of the Karzai government. -
This is what got them to the point at which they currently find themselves:
“Detroit cannot afford any further attacks on working families, who have already sacrificed so much without a say in the process,” Metro Detroit AFL-CIO president Chris Michalakis and Michigan State AFL-CIO president Karla Swift said in a statement. “City workers have already made severe concession to keep the city afloat. It is time to put the needs of Detroit residents above the interests of out-of-town creditors.”
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Here’s a blast from the past: This morning I was visiting with my aunt and she told the story of the milkman when she was a yute. The horse would pull the wagon and knew the route. The horse knew which houses to stop in front of and the milk man (not person SJL, you idiot) would get out and deliver the milk, cream and butter. The really interesting part is that he would go in the unlocked back door and put the stuff in the fridge (because that is where it belonged for cryin’ out loud) for his customers, pick up the empty bottles and leave everything else as it was. Imagine that, leaving the back door unlocked so that someone who was not a family member could come in your house while you were likely still asleep or in your jammies, and put stuff in your fridge. She added that her mother had a hard time understanding why they were being charged for so much butter; then came the answer. Her little brother, my father, would get on the wagon with the milk man at the end of the block and ride along and visit for a while. During those visits he, my dad, would grab a stick of butter, peel and eat it like a banana just because he liked it. Funny, harmless stuff from the past that seems like another world compared to today. This saga took place between 1935 and 1940 or so.
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My dad can’t go near butter.
When he was little, he ate some rat poison. Part of the treatment was being force-fed a large amount of butter. Between over-indulging on butter and the effects of the poison, he was pretty sick and the association has remained very strong since then (approx 1940). -
As funny as this opera is, I have an idea that AB liking it is minimal. He loves the old cartoons, but he HATES musicals. I have gotten him to go to one musical, Wicked, and I can’t get him to go again even though he enjoyed the first half of it. Something about singing what you are doing and feeling gets him.
We went to our first local minor league game here in town and had a good time. We entered into a raffle, I won a prize… two tickets to a musical at the local theater. Trying toforcegive them away to friends. Also all the dates available are from today till August 1st, which is about the same time Little Sunshine is supposed to come. As much as I like musicals, I don’t think sitting through one right now would be best. -
#17 Homer: from your linkie:
The filings also indicated that Orr may be open to offers on the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection, which is worth billions. Orr said he will continue to “engage all interested parties in dialogue regarding the City-owned art collection” and “reach a resolution with respect to such assets that will maximize the long term benefits to the City and the prospects for a successful restructuring.”
Orr also will continue to evaluate how much money the city could collect by selling other assets, including Belle Isle, the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, real estate and municipal parking operations.From what I read, the city is about $16B in debt. The union pension funds (which were unsustainable when they were agreed to) need to be liquidated and paid out to the pensioners at the rate of 20% of yearly payout up to age 85 in a lump sum. This will give the pensioners a lump of cash that could make life a whole lot easier, at least for a while, while eliminating that huge chunk of debt. The bond holders get paid at 20 cents on the dollar for immediate redemption only, if they wait they may get nothing.
The city owned art collection goes on the auction block along with the other big assets mentioned in the article. The proceeds from the sale of these assets will be dedicated to satisfy the above payouts. All future city employees will not have pensions, they will have an IRA to which they may contribute if they wish, just like the rest of us. The city and the union goon, socialist demo-nazis are going to have to live in the real world from now on. -
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from today till August 1st, which is about the same time Little Sunshine is supposed to come.
Launch window is now, how strong is the nesting urge on you so far? How many times have you re-arranged the baby area, child proofed the house, cleaned to an absurd amount, like everything from the pipes under the sink to the top of the motor on the ceiling fan?
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Kill the wabbit!!!
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#22 Bonecrusher
That nesting instinct hit me when we were still in our town home in Houston and I could actually bend over. I haven’t rearranged the baby area a whole lot because we JUST got all the stuff we needed for her. At our baby shower, 90% of the gifts we got were clothes, so we have been waiting till everything calmed down to get everything we need. The only thing left is a changing table.
When I am not wheezing and exhausted, I clean a normal amount. Again, I can barely bend over to put on pants let alone clean. AB has remade her crib bed twice that is in our room.
Baby proofing is this weekend together, but we are also praying she decides to come today, or anytime sooner. We are ready for her to be here. I took the stairs at the baseball game two at a time because I am trying anything to get her to come faster. -
#24 LD:
The only thing left is a changing table.
I never liked those wissin things. I always put my young-uns on the carpeted floor to do the diaper swap. It makes a whole lot of sense to put an auxiliary crap catcher ( a 2′ x 3′ washable pad) beneath the yute, before you take the primary crap catcher off. I like the floor a whole lot more because it is real hard to fall off the floor. When the changing was done with my little wiggle monsters, I could just walk away and they went right back to playing. In the beginning a changing table may be ok because newborns don’t move that much, that changes after about 3 months.
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it is real hard to fall off the floor
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#25 Bone
It makes a whole lot of sense to put an auxiliary crap catcher ( a 2′ x 3′ washable pad) beneath the yute, before you take the primary crap catcher off.
Her baby-experienced has provided a custom-made crap catcher.
Sewing PULtm fabric is a….well, it’s harder to sew it than other stuff. -
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#26 Homer:
it is real hard to fall OFF the floor
Tequila, in sufficient quantities makes one prone to falling ON the floor and once you are there, in that condition, it can be very difficult to get off the floor.
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#27 Hop-along: Is there a word or two missing from this sentence?
Her baby-experienced has provided a custom-made crap catcher.
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“MOTHER”
Oh, geez, cut me some slack will ya?
Or I’ll come after you with my sticks!
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Lotsa forehead holding on Drudge right now.
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July 19, 2013 at 8:20 am
Morning, Hamsterville. TexMo, I hope the ventilated skivvies are shown on a plastic dummy and not on a live model! Sarge, we are interested in your treks but there are some things we don’t need to know! Tedtam, good luck today with your further adventures in pain relief!12 wagonburner says:
July 19, 2013 at 8:26 am
I wunner if his special cooling shorts have frills on the aft portion like a radiator for when he wears his man-skirt?
And is he gonna borrow one of squack’s man-purses European shoulder bags to complete the ensemble?No shoulder bag other than the one that goes on my back and weighs 30 pounds.
No vents or frills. We’re talking science here folks. They also have utility with the kilt, so its a win/win if the work. and if they work I’ll get a second pair on a contrasting color so’s I know which ones to change into the next morning.Bonecrusher says:
July 19, 2013 at 8:59 am
I think there may be a repeat of this scene at Sarge’s camp-out.This is an actual requirement. Anyone who does not join in the chorus is immediately assigned the task of making the three bean salad for the next hang. Egregious and repeat offenders are assigned the duty of making the string bean with fired onion rings crap. The punishment also includes enduring the vociferous scorn of real men before the man card is returned to the offender, with the proper stamps that record the offense, of course.
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#29 bone
I read it correctly and wrote what I meant.
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We are doing cloth diapers
^5s and MAJOR KUDOS to Yall!
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The punishment also includes enduring the vociferous scorn of real men before the man card is returned to the offender, with the proper stamps that record the offense, of course.
Do what the Boy Scouts do. If you handle your knife of axe improperly or fail to observe proper fire safety, they admonish you and cut a corner off your Tote ‘n’ Chip or Fireman Chit card, respectively. When the fourth corner is cut off, you hafta do the training again.
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Planking, owling, batting, Tebowing, are all so last year.
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I will leave you with this. Language warning.
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#37 Pyro
But you could cook cloth diapers for supper???
Yeh, Katfish, something is missing in your tale about diapering & cooking…
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#37 – #40 – GEEZ Yall literal wonks! We had to choose between pampers and
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#35 Katfish
Yea we are doing it for budget reasons. The woman at the store was going on and on about environment benefits. I could give a flying hoot. We want a large family and when we looked into everything, it costs close to $2800 diaper a kid for two years (avg. time to potty training a kid). So I can make a 2K investment over time for all the kiddos or spend between 5-10K further.
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I usually have hard time taking a nap during the day. It’s just something my body doesn’t like to do.
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The woman at the store was going on and on about environment benefits.
Actually, a case can be made that cloth diapers are harder on the environment due to all the bleach & detergent.
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Rest up, lady, you won’t be stressing your hurt parts while you snooze.
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It was damp outside earlier this morning, but by 11 a.m. I deemed it dried enough to mow my tall back yard grass. I planted a Chinese pistache tree about 15 years ago and it now shades the entire back lawn area until noonish. Took only 15 minutes and I barely broke a sweat, but did get some much-needed limbering up.
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#43 – Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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#43 Mharper
It was damp outside earlier this morning, but by 11 a.m. I deemed it dried enough to mow my tall back yard grass. I planted a Chinese pistache tree about 15 years ago and it now shades the entire back lawn area until noonish. Took only 15 minutes and I barely broke a sweat, but did get some much-needed limbering up.
Rub it in, lady, just rub it in.
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Why is the president doing a briefing on the Zimmerman verdict and racism?!?!?!! WHY, you like a judge should be REMAINING IMPARTIAL. You were not there, you did not see the case, and you are the FREAKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHUT YO mouth.
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#50 – TELLIM Mom!
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my little wiggle monsters
I thought that was why there was a low setting on the taser.
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My daughter, HeartCrusher, was such a world class wiggler, you could strap her into her high chair, tightly using the supplied seat belt, then put the try right against her, locked in place, tightly then turn around to get something out of the pantry and by the time you turned back around she would be standing in her high chair. Scared the wiss out of me the first time, as we had tile floors. I quit strapping her in after that and just put the tray on instead of trying to isolate her or pin her in as it would not do any good anyway. We just had to make it clear that she was never allowed to stand in her high chair ever again and she would be spanked if she did. One spanking was all it took. She was so flexible that you could still put the tray up close, turn around and get something out of the pantry, turn back and see her foot on the tray – absolutely amazing.
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TT: I think I am going to cut the grass right after I eat my lunch.
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#56 Bone
I’d wave at you as you roll by on the lawn mower, but the medicines have me so drowsy I can only lift one finger. -
Fox headline – Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago’
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Yup, a dope-smoking loser.
but also a bit different seeing as how T didn’t like teh geys.
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#57 TT
That’s more of a salute than a wave. I’m sure Bones will like that!
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The Great Divider is talking about Trayvon to maintain The Great National Distraction from Benghazi, the IRS scandal, Government Spying on Private Citizens, Gun Control, ObamaCare(less), Fast and Furious, etc.
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JugEars seemed a bit upset that “black boys” were profiled. Gee, let’s see, 25+% of the 17-30 year old universe of American Blacks have either been in jail, are in jail or are in court about to go to jail. 25% of 6% of the population responsible for over half of the murders in this country and that sack-O-crap has the gall to raise an objection to this group being profiled by the average citizen?!? Here in real-ville, if you don’t profile the most likely threats, you wind up dead.
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I can only lift one finger.
You mean that I don’t even merit the whole bird, only a feather? I feel slighted.
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Weather.com gave me good advice to mow my yard this morning. A nice little shower rolled in right on schedule and has really cooled things down.
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‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago’
I thought he was the guy who looked like the son he didn’t have?
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I may not get to cut the grass, dammit, it is about to rain and there is lots of lightning in the immediate area.
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You mean that I don’t even merit the whole bird, only a feather?
Maybe it’ll be the middle one.
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#66 bone
It just went through here on its way to there.
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seeing as how it is about to rain and I am at home now, it could be beer-o-clock.
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Now, now, no drinkin’ and mowin’. Safety first.
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It’ll help take the edge offa when he runs over his foot.
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Now, now, no drinkin’ and mowin’. Safety first.
I do not cut the grass when it is wet. As of this writing, it will not be cut until Sunday at the earliest.
It’ll help take the edge offa when he runs over his foot.
Only stoopid mo-rons do something like that. I have been called many things, Smart-Azz comes to mind, but almost never in the lack of intellect category.
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I thought he was the guy who looked like the son he didn’t have?
I’m confused.I think he just said he’s his own grandpa.
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Every facet of this admin screams gross incompetence and criminality; how much longer before the all but the racist, brain-dead, lefty, retards in the country figure that out? How much of a stain will it put on the whole D party?
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#74 For years people have been saying use the power of your vote to effect change. I don’t believe that is the answer any longer. So where is society’s tipping point, or are we so far gone that those who want America to be the country it should be are powerless to effect that kind of change in any manner?
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So where is society’s tipping point, or are we so far gone that those who want America to be the country it should be are powerless to effect that kind of change in any manner?
You weren’t around but I
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Hamster, that’s who I was thinking of! Haven’t heard from him in over a year, I’ll have to text him and see if the number I have is still valid. But I agree, we’ve passed the event horizon.
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#75 HS: I believe that this admin wants as much civil unrest as possible so as to hide their incompetence and evil agenda. They will push as hard as possible to incite riots and perhaps a race war, at which time they will declare martial law and suspend the constitution. The gun grab will happen right around the same time. Unfortunately, I do not believe that this situation will get any better before there is a tremendous amount of blood on the ground.
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This is kind of interesting. It would be much cooler if you could track it with a smart phone anywhere and when you get close, then and only then, does it beep.
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#78 As hard as that is to believe, I believe it. I pray to God to not let that happen.
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It is really tragic that there are enough corrupt judges and politicians, coupled with spineless, wussified RINOs to allow the situation to get to this point. We elect the terds based on the promises and when they crawfish and/or hide their misdeeds, we keep electing them. On the other side, the corrupt bastiges insist on buying votes with tax dollars and we friggen let them get away with it.
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#77 – I saw DJ just a couple of months ago (ST and Emme too) back when that BritJIT (aka IDJIT from across the pond) Piers Morgan & Terrible Ted Nuge came to a gun shop right near here………..the wildman Alex Jones even showed up (and just as nutty in person IMHO)
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#77 Wow! Glad to hear he’s not clinked up! 🙂
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…………………….he even has a driver’s license now *OMG*
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#84 Geez, we’ve definitely crossed the event horizon then!
By the way, my next purchase is a Browning Bush Mark Camper .22, something my girls can learn and practice with. Plus the ammo is a lot cheaper than the 9mm. Cost me and Gregg about $30 each for 20 minutes of shooting yesterday with our 9mm’s! -
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Browning Bush Mark Camper .22
An excellent selection. Extremely accurate when you feed it what it likes. Buy several different types of .22lr from different makers, shoot from a rest and see which one groups the best – there will be a difference. Then stock up on what it likes and don’t buy anything else.
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My .22 pistol is one of these; 10″ bull barrel. Without question it is the most accurate firearm I have ever shot. When I was younger, before the big eye change, I could nibble the end of a stick the size of a pencil at 30 yards, off hand with it and never miss. I would regularly outshoot people with cheap semi-auto rifles.
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#85 Headshaker, the Browning Bush Mark Camper .22 is an great choice for the girls.
#87 Bones, I have one of those with a 5″ barrel, it’ s a tack driver with open sights. My boy cut his teeth on that thing and now he can shoot any pistol better than most men.
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Bones, that .22 is sweet! I want one 🙂
Thanks for the advice guys I appreciate it. Enjoy the weekend and be careful, it’s already starting out West:
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How much of a stain will it put on the whole D party?
Not near as big a stain as the Rinos get when they wet their pants over the thought of standing up to the media, confronting a demoncat, or standing on principle and truth.
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#89: When I was on a gig in Live Oak,
FloridaCrackerland, I had to special order it from a little place called Lundy’s Gun Shop. This was in the late 1980’s. Ruger no longer makes that particular model, they are up to the Mark III model, and I don’t know if they offer a 10″ bull bbl or not. Find a gun store that you like and ask them to check and order it for you. -
Good evening Hamsters. Busy day made it difficult to drop in until now. Pleasant 71 this morning and a NE breeze for a while. Despite much rumbling on the doorstep, nothing but a few sprinkles here this afternoon. Currently a cool 78 and sort of clearing from the NW. Our place is left at the altar again. This is getting really old.
Love that wabbit hunt cartoon and have seen it several times over the years. Clever and always entertaining every time I see it. Somebody loved Wagner and skillfully used his operas as the music that perfectly makes it hang together. Culture while you’re having fun.
Despite folklore, the Vikings did not have horns on their helmets. Can you think of better handles for an enemy to grab to break somebody’s neck or slit his throat? The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is hosting a special exhibit on the Vikings that we saw a little more than a week ago, the tour in English given by a Danish history major. (Danes learn English starting in first grade, and almost everyone speaks excellent English.) It’s a fabulous collection covering the Viking era from 700-1100 AD, which just happened to coincide with the Medieval Warm Period. 😉 Wish we’d had time to roam the entire national museum. The Viking exhibit will travel to the US, and if Houston is lucky it will come here. We bought several excellent books on the Vikings and Viking ships in the museum gift shop. Spouse did not take any pictures inside, as flash photography was prohibited and it was too dark otherwise–all to protect the objects exhibited. Of course a few did take pictures without flash, and the guide and docents discouraged that. One moron pointed a small LED flashlight at a piece of jewelry in a glass case, the better to see the detail. That brought a quick rebuff and a docent’s hand pushing the flashlight away from the case. Don’t mess with Viking descendants, either. -
More and more we are becoming two distinct and incompatible nations:
Just twenty years ago, this Republican state edge might not have been so big of a deal. In 1993, 49% of the Senate Democratic caucus came from red states, and 28% of the Republican caucus came from blue states.
Now though, straight-ticket voting is becoming the rule for senate elections. Only 25% of the Democratic Senate caucus comes from red states, while 16% of Republicans come from blue states. The 25% and 16% listed above should fall even further as Republicans bump up their numbers with red staters in 2014, while the Democratic caucus will become more limited to blue staters.
These statistics explain why Democrats are having such recruitment problems in red states in 2014, and why they should for years going forward. People don’t want to run in races they’ll probably lose. -
Live Oak? Man, you were deep.
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Live Oak Florida? How the h3!! did you get there? It’s on the Old Spanish Trail (US 90) and since I 10 bypassed it in the 70’s you can’t go THROUGH there you can only go TO there….Oh and it’s really more South Georgia than North Florida. If memory serves, they grow a lot of P-Nuts there. 😉
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OK counting down!! #97!
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I just thought of something from the distance past, wasn’t it a rest stop on I 10 near Live Oak Florida that Tom Tynan got shot on his honeymoon??
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To reiterate how incredibly screwed up this country is one only has to read this article on why Latinas are converting to Islam:
Imam Ali says that the strength of Islam for some female converts is linked to gender equality. “Islam came with the idea that all human beings are equal, including male and female,” he said an interview at the Indonesian consulate in Manhattan. “Women have an important role in societies, not only at home.”
“Little by little, I started identifying with a lot of teachings of Islam,” S.A. explains.
In particular, the rights of women in Islam caught her attention. S.A. says she was surprised to find out that men are asked to help women in the daily household chores. She was also pleased to learn that she had no obligation to share her salary with her father or any other male relative as mentioned in Islam.
“If it wasn’t about the balance I found in Islam between men and women, I think I would still be doing a lot of things that made me suffer,” S.A. says, referring to the years she stayed silent and lived under her father’s domination.Guadalupe Marcado, who goes by the name Lupz Muslimah, was hesitant to convert to Islam because of her sexual orientation. She is a member of the LGBT community. “It was one of the main reasons I was scared to come to Islam. You hear all these stories about how they treat LGBT members in other countries; and it’s frightening.”
Born and baptized Catholic, Lupz Muslimah, 24, converted to Islam in November 2011. Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is from Andalusia.
Her journey to Islam started when listening to rap music, especially what she calls “revolutionary songs,” where she says she found several mentions to the Prophet Muhammad and religions. This led her to beginning questioning her faith.
She now attends Rutgers University in New Jersey and expects to graduate in October with a major in criminal justice and a minor in psychology and LGBT studies.I’ve seen a lot of delusional people in my life but none like this.
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Hunnert!
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100!
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dangit
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Bones, you’re welcome. 😉
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#99 Hammy
the balance I found in Islam between men and women
Wow, talk about stupid!
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Thanks Y’all :>)
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“Islam came with the idea that all human beings are equal, including male and female,” he said an interview at the Indonesian consulate in Manhattan.
That lie is right up there with:
* The check is in the mail
* I promise to still respect you in the morning
* Of course we will cut spending after we raise taxes
* there is no way that the IRS unfairly targets conservative groups
* Bronco Bama is genuinely concerned for the welfare of this country
* John McCain is a rock ribbed conservative
* Comprehensive immigration reform is a great idea
* ObamaCare will cut costs and increase the quality of care for everyone
* MoocheBacca is really a nice and genuine person on the inside
*Harry Reid is the most effective leader of the senate we have ever had
* strict gun control reduces crime wherever it is practiced, just look at Chicago
* Global Warming is caused by man’s use of fossil fuels.
* Welfare, food Stamps and unemployment payments are a great thing to stimulate the economy
I could go on but I think you get the drift.
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#105 – pretty country, though. The Suwannee and Withlachoochie Rivers are really scenic up there.
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SHABBAT SHALOM, Y’ALL!
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#101 #102 I think we’re gonna’ have to adjust that trigger spring, you seem a little slow to pull the trigger! 😀
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Hey I tried! 😉
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#109 Dave
Hey, I’m an old woman with slow reflexes, bad joints, and dementia, whatchoo expect? But thanks for the effort. 🙂 -
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Hey I have to get up early in the morning and I know that by the time that y’all have the weekend thread up, I’ll be contemplating lunch. 😉 -
#111 I don’t believe that for a minute, mowing grass, hauling water,….Naw. 😉
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Going wild on FB: “Breaking news: George Zimmerman is changing his name to Ben Ghazi so Obama and the liberal media will never mention his name again.”
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#113 Dave
Welp, my husband might say that the fact that I LIKE to mow grass and haul water is why I have bad joints, and furthermore confirms the dementia.
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#114 mh42
I just found out this bright quip originated with Larry Elder. I used to listen to his radio talk show long ago. Don’t know if he is still on the air. Seems like he called himself The Black Avenger. -
#61;
The Great Divider is talking about Trayvon to maintain The Great National Distraction from Benghazi, the IRS scandal, Government Spying on Private Citizens, Gun Control, ObamaCare(less), Fast and Furious, etc.
And don’t forget Detroit going bankrupt. But then again, you did write, “etc”.
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Piggybacking on previous comments (which I completely agree with), we all learened that 35 years ago Barak Obama could have been a bit stoned, walking alone at night wearing a hoodie and holding a bag of Skiddles, get noticed by a Hispanic male adult who’d follow him a bit, call the Hispanic male adult a “white cracker” (which is “not racist” to say) proceed to walk around trying to find his father’s house, walking up to the Hispanic male adult, punch the Hispanic male adult in the face, mount the Hispanic male adult on the ground, ground and pound the Hispanic male adult’s face, and then slam the Hispanic male adult’s head onto the concrete driveway below the Hispanic male adult’s head.
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lovelydaughter;
You’re doing well getting ready for Baby Lovely to come. While I fully recognize and respect that deciding on the number of children is a decision between the parents and God, people who actively plan to have a large family openly excites me. I’m already picturing many chitlins running around Grandma Tedtam’s house for Christmas. Many years of happiness to come. -
Is it lunchtime, Super Dave?
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35 years ago, I could have been Trayvon.
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