Monday January 23rd – Open Thread

Tomb of the Unknown ChristmasOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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112 Responses to Monday January 23rd – Open Thread

  1. MaryfromMarin says:

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    • allhail2 says:

      Mornin’ Mary and the rest of you night owls and west coasters.
      We are switching over from night work to days for a bit. It will be nice to finally get some real sleep. 16 years of 15 nights each month doing overnight work and then doing day stuff in the afternoons as well won’t be missed. I had no idea how tired I really was. It’ll be a little less income, but I’m ok with it for a season or two.

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  2. RedBallExpress says:

    I wonder what today will bring? It’s gonna be big!

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  3. Lucille says:

    For those who travel often, some good advice….

    “14 Things You Should Never Do on an Airplane” by Tyler Kendall
    Traveling is stressful as it is, so let’s not add the burden of getting sick from the flight to your itinerary. Experts reveal where the germs are hiding and how to stay healthy and comfortable while airborne.

    http://www.rd.com/advice/travel/airplane-travel-mistakes/

    Perhaps the young Trump supporter who was accosted by the woman with Trump Derangement Syndrome after boarding a recent flight should have asked the flight attendant for some disinfectant to spray on the gal’s chair after she was forced off the plane.

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  4. carterzest says:

    #PepetheFrog still ain’t tired of winning no!

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  5. TheLastDemocrat says:

    Maybe this is an old scam on Amazon, but I have not yet seen it.
    New sellers, “Just Launched,” with no feedback, selling basically consumer electronic goods at prices too good to be true. Many items.

    I stumbled on this when looking at one product. It all seemed too good to be true, but I clicked on “seller’s storefront” to see what else I could get, new, at perhaps 60% of decent “new” price, otherwise.

    From that, I saw another “just launched” seller selling one of these items, also low price. The deal looked the same. I hunted around and found a few. I think Amazon is giving them the boot once they catch them. However, after reviewing and screen-grabbing the Amazon guarantee on one purchase, for which I should be fine, I am amazed that Amazon has not yet contacted me to let me know this one order of mine was from a bogus vendor.

    Here are a few names of sellers that seem like they fit this pattern, and my list of the characteristics.
    possible fraudster vendors – this is fluid – Amazon may take them down by time you get tempted to shop with them.
    Jvanausdoll
    Wills Tech
    iezarrarr
    Ngmob
    cutelilteddybear

    characteristics-
    Just Launched, with 1 or VERY few reviews.
    Very low prices – deep-discount, final-clearance level.
    They will have a “storefront” – Many products for sale – when you find an item, you can click on “seller profile,” then select to see seller’s “storefront” – all the items they have listed.
    Long time frame on delivery.

    Why note an obvious fraud? Because Amazon has not yet noted anything about this sale I made in early Jan. They are sitting on the bad news.

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    • Lucille says:

      “Long time frame on delivery” likely means sent directly from China. I ordered some winter hats at extremely low prices and shipping from one of these vendors. It took two months for delivery plus they were sent in merely a plastic bag–no box to protect them–and were squished flat. Might as well laugh since I was dumb enough not to investigate the offer properly.

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  6. Garrison Hall says:

    Does anybody remember the old “Music ‘Til Dawn” late night radio show? It was sponsored by American Airlines and was broadcast, usually on 50k watt stations, around the country. When I was a kid, living in my uninteresting little town, listening to Music ‘Til Dawn over KRLD in Dallas was like a portal that I could peer into anytime I wanted to. What made it all work was that the DJ’s of the time knew how to skillfully create an imaginary place, a place where sophistication in thought and music were commonplace occurrences . . . at least for a few hours late at night. I miss those days.

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    • Lucille says:

      One of my fondest memories is of an evening music program out of Los Angeles that I started listening to when around 10 years old. I’d flip it on every night before going to sleep and try my best to stay awake until they signed off with “Dream” by a singing group which I think was the Pied Pipers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLLEc-Xh068).

      My father’s work hours caused him to come home about midnight and each early morning he would slip into my room to turn off the radio while I was asleep. “Have to save on electricity,” he’d kindly say if I woke up.

      It’s wonderful having fond remembrances of your parents, their goodness, their sweetness. A blessing for which I thank the Lord.

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  7. MaryfromMarin says:

    (drive-by)

    Liberal Support for the American Flag Hijab is an Endorsement of Slavery

    https://counterjihadreport.com/2017/01/22/liberal-support-for-the-american-flag-hijab-is-an-endorsement-of-slavery/

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    • Piper says:

      meant to say start video at 28:01 and watch all the way to the end, it is so cute the awkward little pat President Trump gives Melania to comfort her 🙂

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    • duchess01 says:

      Probably, Piper – but, that does not make it any less touching!

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    • dalethorn says:

      So what was the foreign language speaking about? Muslim, Jewish, Christian? I saw the African pillbox-looking hat – didn’t look Jewish or Christian.

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    • jbrickley says:

      Yes, and she was the first to her feet which triggered a standing ovation. It was a beautiful rendition sung by a beautiful soul with some very difficult disabilities. Shame they didn’t show the singer.

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  8. F.D.R. in Hell says:

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  9. F.D.R. in Hell says:

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  10. F.D.R. in Hell says:

    I can relate. 👿

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  11. somejoe says:

    The words of that prayer are the correct ones, no embellishment is needed.

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  12. smiley says:

    Not Plowed

    1985

    watercolor

    Andrew Wyeth ~ American Realism

    🙂

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    • mysticrose80 says:

      Beautiful picture. Almost has me yearning for that sort of reality to occur close to home. I’m going through snow withdrawals.

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  13. Dora says:

    George Bellows, “A Morning Snow” (1910)

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  14. Dora says:

    Some strange trees here. I’m a tree hugger from way back. I admit it. 🙂

    ===

    Ancient Trees: Beth Moon’s 14-Year Quest to Photograph the World’s Most Majestic Trees
    http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/12/ancient-trees-beth-moon/?src=footer

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  15. Lburg says:

    For those of you with Gmail, this is an important read about a phishing issue and how to spot it. (Not overly technical.) https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/

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  16. WeeWeed says:

    Mornin’ infidels!

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  17. Dora says:

    Oh go on and have a slice. 🙂

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  18. duchess01 says:

    Verse of the Day

    “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”
    Psalms 1:1 (KJV)

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  19. At EWR last night a half dozen or so Pussy Hat girls were in the group 2 queue I was in 1 and walked by them. I asked how did it go they were all happy face. The I boomed them right between the eyes. Where were you when President Bill Clinton was having sex in the oval office with Monica? Crickets I finished with ‘Google it’. They were probably 5 years old at the time.

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  20. duchess01 says:

    Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!

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  21. hugofitch1 says:

    Sargon was on his game yesterday.

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  22. smiley says:

    Mattis Celebrates First Day By Blowing Up ISIS 31 Times

    1/22/2017

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/22/mattis-celebrates-first-day-at-pentagon-by-blowing-up-isis-31-times/

    as the tables turn 🙂

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  23. duchess01 says:

    MOM CONVICTED FOR HOMESCHOOLING NOT BACKING DOWN
    http://govtslaves.info/mom-convicted-for-homeschooling-not-backing-down/

    [1/21/17] In its defense of an Ohio mother convicted over homeschooling, the Home School Legal Defense Association is charging a state “bureaucracy gone awry” is responsible for the hell she suffered.

    Last September a common pleas judge in Warren County, Ohio, imposed a guilty verdict on Valerie Bradley for being “criminally reckless” in her son’s education, according to Jim Mason, vice president of litigation for the world’s premiere homeschooling advocates.

    She was convicted even as a state official praised her for her success, evidenced by her son’s high academic achievement.

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    • wondering999 says:

      HSLDA is a valuable organization. Anybody who wants to support their efforts, here is their link:
      http://www.hslda.org/
      I sincerely hope that We the People can provide more choices to parents under this new Administration without having to hire lawyers (such as HSLDA). Homeschooling is not for everyone, and there are some people who do a lousy job of it — but that is ALSO true of your average public school. Fairness requires the same standards for different educational methods, not a special pass for the usual classroom schools

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      • duchess01 says:

        Agree, wondering – Homeschooling is not for everyone – I guess I am a bit prejudiced because I homeschooled my daughter from 3rd grade through HS – and she just graduated from college with high honors!

        I also am in favor of parents choosing how to educate their children – the education system in America is severely lacking in quality – imho

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  24. duchess01 says:

    Tim Hawkins – A Homeschool Family

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    • wondering999 says:

      That was cute!! Thanks. While I wouldn’t want to subject such a cute family to the nutcases, wonder if that video has been posted on the threads where Hillary Clinton defends Barron from “accusations” of being a homeschooler. Really this deserves wider circulation. It’s funny and made me smile. It’s a takeoff on the “Addams Family” musical theme. Watch it if you have a chance, boost their numbers!

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  25. frogstamper says:

    From a Facebook post by Louis Hatcher:
    IF YOU WANT TO MARCH

    March your poor-little-protesting-self down to south Georgia or Mississippi and grab a chainsaw, shovel, or rake and get busy helping people who have real problems and issues – not problems and issues manufactured for the purpose of getting media attention, playing the victim card, and trying for the proverbial 15 minutes of fame. The people here have real issues – issues of life and death, of catastrophic injuries, and destroyed homes. People who are without power and a place to live. People who have now twice been through some of the worst storms in the nation in this new year.

    I promise you if you come down here to help you will be equal with everyone else – regardless of race or gender (whether you know what yours is or not), and regardless of any of the other issues you are using to divide the people of this great country. We’ll slap a chainsaw in your hand regardless whether you look like Madonna or Boy George (or are they the same person?). You radical feminists don’t have to worry about being the subject of cat-calls (and with all due respect, I don’t think many of you really ever have been), because you won’t look a bit sexy once you start doing clean-up work here in the streets of our towns. You’ll just be one more person helping other people; that’s the way we do it down here, and that’s why we have neither the time nor the inclination to march about made-up issues. That’s why the men and women here love and respect one another.

    To those of you protesting for women’s rights: Where have you been while the women of Albany, Georgia have wondered – because of the damage to their homes — where they and their children will spend the night? Where were you when those women needed help with caring for their children, when they needed warm coats and blankets and food and water? While you were making your cute little signs and plans for your trips to D.C., the strong and beautiful and wonderful women of south Georgia have been sawing trees and dragging and raking debris and caring for their families through the impacts of the awful storms that have devastated this region. The women here don’t have to talk nasty on national television to get attention – they earn attention and respect because they are awesome people. The women here don’t have to march to be treated well – they are strong and independent, while also being loving and loyal and feminine. The women here are special, and they don’t need you to march for them. They march to the beat of a different drummer – the beat of being strong women, nurturing women, women of morals, and women of courage. So, if you ever decide you want to be really special, you march right on down here and the women here will show you how to get respect – and it isn’t by marching, it’s by the way you live. And believe me, they live it.

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  26. Dora says:

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  27. Wayne Robinson says:

    It’s Monday morning Trump has not been on the job four days . Who was president on Friday ? Why would anyone count Friday and Sat and Sunday . As far as I’m concerned Trump has been on the job today only. I know I wouldn’t consider myself , under similar situations , to have been on the job four days already . We all love and respect President Trump but trust me he has to eat , sleep , and take care of personal stuff . He is after all humane . I’m laughing my ass off cause Trump made more real change and hope as president elect than the bummer that was in there did in eight years and most people are aware of this already but don’t want to acknowledge it. I’m more hopeful already than at anytime in the past including Reagans time. Praise God for his goodness towards America and let’s always pray for Trump , his family , and our government . May Gods will be done on earth as it is in heaven in Jesus name amen

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    • wondering999 says:

      I do pray for our Prez without ceasing, and hope that he gets the best food, sleep, privacy and recreational time that any human needs to do best work. He appears to enjoy what he’s doing and is energized by it. I am so grateful he stepped up, and to his family for choosing to support him in his decision

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  28. Travis McGee says:

    I hope Trump announces the US embassy move to Jerusalem today. Take the money we usually give the Palestinians to pay for the move and cut them off from any future money. They are not our friend.

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  29. smiley says:

    Day 1

    by Daniel Greenfield

    Monday, January 23, 2017

    http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2017/01/day-1.html

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  30. usnveteran says:

    I’m looking forward to President Trump getting rid of the Common Core of the United Nations … and ending the Marxist/Socialist ideology of picking our pockets to ‘spread the wealth’.

    Oh say, … can’t they see?

    July 12, 2016
    Michelle Obama Gives $100 Million Of Your Tax Dollars … To Muslim Girls In Morocco:
    (And there’s another $350 million behind that)
    https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/michelle-obama-gives-100m-of-your-tax-dollars-to-promote-education-for-muslim-girls-in-morocco/

    February 5, 2016
    By Denise Superville
    Financial Crisis In Chicago’s Schools Deepen Discord:
    “The financial uncertainty that stalks the Chicago school system jumped into high gear this week when, in less than a day, the teachers’ union rejected a contract offer from the administration, the district announced $100 million in cuts, and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rayner pledged to move ahead with plans to take over the district and push it into bankruptcy.”

    All of this unfolded while Mayor Rahm Emanuel – who has authority over the city’s schools – reportedly traveled to New York City to convince financiers to back a $875 million bond sale that would raise cash to keep the schools running for the rest of the school year.” …
    http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/02/05/financial-crisis-in-chicagos-schools-deepens-discord.html

    {What a horrific waste of the innocent mind …}
    “His parents must be so proud … no, really. They probably are.”

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  31. smiley says:

    not bad at all for Day 1 of the first week..

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/23/donald-trump-executive-orders-kills-tpp-announces-federal-hiring-freeze-restores-mexico-city-policy/

    Donald Trump Executive Actions Kill TPP, Announce Federal Hiring Freeze, Restore Mexico City Policy

    23 Jan 2017

    “…restoring the Mexico City policy bans federal funding from being used to fund abortions.”

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  32. Yankee Lawyer says:

    Hard to believe so many pundits saw Jeb and Senator Foam Party as viable leaders.

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  33. Sherlock says:

    I’m loaded with inaugural swag! My wife got home last night from the inauguration and came bearing gifts–inaugural banners, flags, hats, mugs, t-shirts, bookmarks, etc. Also a very nicely printed inauguration invitation and commemorative ticket and program. What a fine wife I have! The and my sister-in-law and others friends who went had a great time. LOTS of walking, but a once in a lifetime opportunity and I’m so happy she went.

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  34. Apparently there were shots fired at Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson Arizona & the base is on lockdown. I’m kind of curious if anybody with twitter knows what’s going on down there. https://twitter.com/phxdailynews/status/823596214335606784

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  35. Katherine McCoun says:

    Leftist turn nasty even on a humor site. I go here for a laugh every day. Now its turning political humor now that Trump is President (they sure didn’t make fun of Obama!) and a regular reader complained. Left went crazy and got vicious fast!
    http://pleated-jeans.com/2017/01/23/funny-pic-dump-1-23-17/#comment-2300326

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  36. Patriot Lady says:

    Sundance, I feel this important enough to post again. Hope you don’t mind….
    Fellow ‘Refugees’, that’s what my husband affectionately calls you Treepers 😎
    I am requesting a big favor:
    2 weeks ago I posted more winning news here in Ohio — GOP State Chairman, Matt Borges was defeated by Mrs Jane Timken, wife of TimkenSteel owner Tim Timken, Canton Ohio. Jane is now Party Chairperson and a big Trump supporter.
    Please send Jane a post card of congratulation like you did for President-elect Trump. The address is:
    Mrs. Jane Timken
    GOP Headquarters
    211 South Fifth St.
    Columbus, Ohio 43215
    Thanks so much.

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  37. F.D.R. in Hell says:

    That grinding sound is music to America’s ears…

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