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6 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
On the first day of creation, God created the Earth along with the heavens
On the fifth day of creation, God created the fish and birds.
I don't know why this song flashed into my noodle... But it did. Just enjoy, don't ask questions:
Some of the finest poetry ever written:
"After seven days
He was quite tired so God said
"Let there be a day
Just for picnics, with wine and bread"
He gathered up some people he had made
Created blankets and laid back in the shadeThe people sipped their wine
And what with God there, they asked him questions
Like, do you have to eat
Or get your hair cut in heaven?
And if your eye got poked out in this life
Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them
The people cleared their throats and stared right back at himSo he said "once there was a boy
Who woke up with blue hair
To him it was a joy
Until he ran out into the warm air
He thought of how his friend would come to see
And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?"God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them
The people cleared their throats and stared right back at himThe people sat waiting
Out on their blankets in the garden
But God said nothing
So someone asked him "I beg your pardon
I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke
What that a parable, or a very subtle joke?"God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them
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3 hours ago, KD in CA said:
Did you fondle a coma patient?
Society is way beyond that.
https://www.health.com/pregnancy/give-birth-in-coma-vegetative-state
Only total losers get past "First Base." And, today, it's a nobody who ain't a loser...
A victim, loser, or a nobody... Except those Roman Catholic kids in MAGA hats... They are winners!
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All these posts in an no cougar jokes.
Kids got it easy nowadays... We never had cougars at our bus stops!
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Holy crap... Read this:
https://wildsafebc.com/cougar/
Gee... Ya think? Remember the good old days, when we just wiped them out... At least could walk to bus stop in relative calm. /smh
- If there have been cougar sightings, escort children to the bus stop early in the morning. Clear shrubs away from around the bus stops, making a radial area of about 9 metres.
- Installing a light at the bus stop may also increase security.
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14 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:
I was under the impression that a mountain lion could destroy an 80 pound pit bull with ease. Is this true?
I once saw one upstate laying down in a field off the side of the road. I stopped my car to check it out and it turned around and glared at me. My ass was out of there in a flash.
Not saying it would be easy, and while getting mauled, dreadfully painful... But without a weapon to draw blood... What options do you have beside going for a soft spot like eyes and ears... At least jam something by the head... Rock, stick, you half-ripped off arm...
Like the article said... Keep on fighting. Connect with the eyes seems the most logical. No?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/11/i-fought-off-mountain-lion-experience
"...Feeling the lion’s face, I found its right eye and pushed my thumb through the eyelid all the way to the muscle at the back of the eye. I managed to get my knife free and stabbed at the top of its head before pulling myself to my feet and running away, down the trail...
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7 minutes ago, Pete said:
Fake news. Or at least highly embellished.
Why? You lay down and quit, you're toast. At least the thing is dead before it becomes habitualized on human blood. We are top of the food chain.
I just walked into the kitchen and my cat was stalking me. Good thing I noticed, I got really big, raised my hands above my head & attempted a 65 yard punt. End of story, threat neutralized. ?
Geeze... At least carry knife (strapped to your shin) or something while jogging... Get some good swings in there.
I always said... With the huge deer population here, one female big cat re-introduced here would probably keep things in check... And those pesky humans too. The mass hysteria would keep everyone on their toes. LoL..
2 minutes ago, dpberr said:I've never understood the logic of running or biking in mountain lion country without being armed with a knife, small handgun, etc. that gives you a fighting chance if you find yourself squaring off with a hungry mountain lion on his home turf.
Do the runners and bikers think they will outrun a mountain lion? Do they think they are stronger than the mountain lion?
There's no way Mr. Jogger Man killed a mountain lion with his bare hands. Not a chance.
Again... Why not? Betcha pretty banged up. But fighting back anyway possible... Dig into the eyes... Depends how big the runner vs cat is.
If one is attacked, there is no other way... Besides having a weapon like a knife to at least inflict damage back.
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28 minutes ago, mead107 said:
I’m good for another 25 years
And the password is easy to crack in under 10 tries before nuking the account:
OpenSesame
Or is it:
OpenSaysMe
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26 minutes ago, Keukasmallies said:
Do you pair it with a red or a white?
Both:
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Wow... Works gr8... Just downloaded app... Watching the 10:00 News. LoL... Sorry, got to get back to it.
Chicago market probably helps.
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1 hour ago, Augie said:
I got no joy from firing the constantly late and generally inept employees.
Working for the Federal Gov't... Almost nobody gets fired... Yet, in 60 years of existence (the field site/PDS @ work), they fired one guy last year.
Just couldn't show up on time for shift. Real space cadet.
A millennial. Combat Marine to boot. He felt entitled, like nobody could fire him... Argued with management, claimed PTSD... The whole 9 yards.
He was a probey, he gone. I couldn't believe they pulled the trigger and let him go... Boss that fired him is a Navy Vet, okay... LoL... Aren't Marines Department of Navy..
But anyway... Big thing, just couldn't show up. All you have to do is show up and not get anybody hurt. He almost got somebody hurt. /smh. I wonder if he failed drug test? Always vaping, head in clouds... Maybe he was on something... Then the entitlement factor.
Not sure how he made it through the Marines in Middle East. Got a few older service guys, retirees from Navy, Army... They seem to think it's the "New Service" (post 1980) with some of these young vets. Coddled too much. Too much baggage. Even if DoD broke him while he served, think giving him a job when he returned, a good paying job would have helped. Some just self-destruct.
Oh well, it was a first.
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I vote @Cripple Creek to be a moderator. He's got a certain flair, elan... Even esprit de corps for the job not unlike has been seen here in a short while! Very short while.
How long before we vote to fire him?
Over/Under... 6 months.
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41 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:
A quick review of your history indicates that POTUS may want to look into what you do on company time.
He mostly certainly could. I am not violating the Hatch Act.
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4 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said:
Think it was the weather or lack of targets?
A little of both. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
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11 hours ago, Cripple Creek said:
I know a guy who got fired for being on his cell phone continuously whilst at work. Beware carp tender, beware.
Dude... I am not at work. I work 3 days a week... Do you want my schedule? So you can keep track? I have been off since Tuesday @ 6pm.
Next day I go back is 2/7 (Thursday night)...Overnights.
You should be an over-officious moderator. You got the talent in you.
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16 hours ago, bbb said:
Next up for Kamala - outlawing train robberies!
Just saying... If the whole town was in on it, especially the authorities, who's going to jail? Especially in an era with weak Federal oversight. ?? Who gets charged with murder? I know you are not purposely trying to be obtuse. It's very confusing. You're looking at it from the 2019 eyes... Not with 1899 eyes.
I think you're still confusing the actual act of hanging vs. mob action that sometimes didn't result in certain death. Did you understand what I quoted above? I will quote it again below. Lynching didn't always mean certain death. There is a perception, a PERCEPTION that it did mean certain death. I take from this statement that not all lynchings involved certain death. I know, it's very confusing:
"...The perception is that a lynching always involved a certain means of death — whether by hanging or shooting or burning. ..."
The mob action was also a form of intimidation.
Formal definition, which includes death. What anti-lynching laws seem to have wanted to establish is criminalizing the mob action and acting without legal authority.
verb (used with object)
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The Super Bowl sucks. Just another Sunday. Not going to watch, why give my time and money to a crooked, fixed league.
Unless it is the Bills where I could hope to see them stick it to the farce... Why bother?
It starts with the individual. Don't go to the store and buy anything. It would be fascinating to see the what that would do to the economy the Super Bowl generates.
If you really want to change things... Stop playing into the vapid, gratuitous, over indulgent consumerist culture. How much easier can it be with the Cheaters in the game... You know, fighting the urge to watch.
Everybody complains about this or that, but then they run right back to the trough, buying what they are selling.
Sorry for being Mr. Ray of Sunshine.
Enjoy the game! Strap on the feed bag.
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25 minutes ago, bbb said:
Back when I heard about this when it was proposed I said Holy crap - lynching is legal??
Here is a good explanation:
"...The perception is that a lynching always involved a certain means of death — whether by hanging or shooting or burning. .
“It’s not the method in which a person is killed, it’s the context in which they are killed,” said Hill, a professor of African and African-American studies at the University of Oklahoma. “That context is when the person is summarily, lethally and brutally punished for an alleged crime and denied due process of law. That cocktail of things is what we call a lynching. It’s less about being hung, shot or dragged to death.” ...
...In the early 1900s, at the height of lynchings in America, the NAACP tried repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, to persuade Congress to pass anti-lynching legislation..."
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14 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said:
How many people will be shot and maybe killed while the police are wasting their time with this fool?
Good thing The Polar Vortex wobbled south and was around. In February 2014, it was cold in Chicago. That month had lowest murder rate in Chicago since the 1950s!
Go Global Warming/Climate Change! A warming arctic causing a wobbly Polar Vortex is surpressing the murder rate in Chicago.
That's why this story is even more dubious sounding... When it gets cold, the murder and assault rate plummets with the temperatures.
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1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said:
Hmm, no games till Tuesday Duffer just said. PLenty O time for Q to come in and make a difference..Jbotts and Pegs..you owe this fan base..spend what is needed and give us some hope
Same thing happened in Chicago with Savard early. But they had balls to yank a legacy coach after a few games. The talent is there. Housley, mark my words, will wreck these kids.
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5 hours ago, WhoTom said:
Fires. ?
Yeah... I am on my phone 99.99% of time. I usually type two or more letters and then pick from the list... Must have not checked this one. Touch and go. Not going to edit a short post unless really bad.
No biggie. Close enough.
Well: Just edited this post! LoL..n
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14 minutes ago, KD in CA said:
Puh-leeze.
Anyone with an ethical heart has seen this sham tried many times before and they have identified those with zero moral compass who attempt to gain political advantage by perpetrating them. And they have seen which political candidates those people try to push on us. And sometimes, those who would not be so manipulated rebel at the polls. So you can play the 'mid-west rube tricked into voting for the wrong guy' card if it makes you feel better, but 2016 was not about picking the wrong candidate between two who both score zero on any ethical scale, rather it was, as Michael Moore astutely predicated, a "***** YOU!!" election. And it was very clear which one was the ***** you candidate.
You of all people here should appreciate that mindset far more than you do. But maybe for all the blather, when push comes to shove you are really just another party shill.
Of course it was a ***** you election. Totally agree.
That's human weakness and how it was manipulated. Why people are weak.
Don't want to be duped. Don't let emotions get the best of you.
Don't let your own self-interest control you. That's where the moral compass goes off the rails. The weakness of the average American mindset it very apparent. The moral cracks, plain as day.
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48 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
Years back in Rochester, a security guard "found" some travelers Cheques and cashed them at his bank 30 in Dansville.
This just really fire's me up.
That is all. Carry on.
50 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:I've never used them considering I grew up in the age where everybody has/accepts debit cards. But aren't travelers checks traceable? Like, isn't that literally the whole point of them, so if they get lost/stolen, they can be recovered?
Thank you Young Fella, you are a true American. LoL...
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
I've never fired anyone.
I was explaining complicated pyschological operations in another thread. I suggest you go there for formal reeducation.
Your post is exhibit A.
But anyway... I am on to you.
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24 minutes ago, KD in CA said:
Yup. That's the hilarious irony -- the hypocritical scumbags who perpetuate this crap are the primary reason why Trump won in the first place.
Yeah... I don't buy it. That's not a good reason. It's a weak reason, ability not to see the truth and still get manipulated to pick the wrong candidate.
You have to have zero ethical compass to be manipulated. What happens if it's all a "double psy-ops" situation?
Anyway, still an upside down election. The rural areas hold more electoral power... And it's those areas where their Christian moral compass was manipulated and played.
If people would have just followed their ethical heart, the choice not ideal, but the answer clear and free of any voter manipulation.
It's not about The SHill OR The Don. There are asymmetrical games being played. VERY complex psy ops... And they are very simple to avoid... But most don't avoid.
I will just leave it at that so the argument doesn't get too PPP.
How much snow dis you get yesterday?
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When were the other 3 years.
Again... I don't deny things. I simply dont care. Like we will ever get everybody to agree to stop whatever they are doing?
Only one solution: Adapt and overcome.