Our 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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Cats sleeping in.
feline parkour
Adorable cat.
Miss August?
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Ya’ll done real good, Jay. Love it!!! 🙂
One of my favorite album covers for Linda. 😉
Man that first video…seeing Bonnie Raitt and Emmy Lou Harris THAT young…wow. I was never a fan of Bonny, but Emmy Lou Harris albums were a staple in my house, especially at Christmas.
https://www.google.com/search?q=bonnie+raitt+homeplate+album&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
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Bonnie Raitt
I was made aware of Bonnie Raitt when her cover of “Feels Like Home” (written by Randy Newman) was put in the soundtrack of the 1997 movie “Michael.” Her performance of that song was so genuine and heartfelt (and especially well-adapted to the particular scene on the movie), it turned me into a permanent fan.
PS – that song was also performed earlier by Linda Ronstadt, and later by Chantal Kreviazuk and Chantal’s version became a popular hit in Ireland and Canada as well as the U.S.
Morning jay, Garrison, and Keln.
Good First Day of The Weekend to all of the fabulous guys above…G, Garrison, Mr jay, and Keln😍
Thanks Mr jay. Now that’s the way to begin the day!
Good morning Bet! This is my sixth Saturday in a row. 😍
Hey, G!!!! See what I just posted right below duchess’s lovely daily scripture postings below. Such great news from our legislature. I was completely unaware. 😘
I have a new Kindle…test, hoping this posts🙏
YAY!!!
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Morning Patience and Ma! Join me in that cuppa😁 Does wonders for the soul😘🙏
Coffeeeed-up since 5. 🥹 thanks.
See ya later, Betsy❣️
Oh yes you will!
Going there right now.
Morning Bet and Gramps! 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Love Dixie Chicken!
Thank you, Jay!
A great 1977 performance to start off this Saturday.
Yum, yum. Love me some “Dixie Chicken”
Jay, uv great taste!
One more . . .
Kind of funny playing ‘Old Man’ after showing Young singing as an old man.
Good Morning Garrison ❤️
Morning Cat! Did you catch my post, around 10 days ago about finding some great forests for a feral cat to play in? ❤️😀
Goodaye grandpa! No, I missed that one….now that I know….hmmmm road trip to see you and mrs grandpa in my future? First thing…must learn to properly back tank up…lol
Hope you and mrs have some fun today!!!!
The Mrs is gone all day, doing stuff with Nipper’s mom. Most likely I’ll get him early afternoon to entertain him and take him to church tomorrow. Since my arrival I’ve seen him just once for about half an hour cause he already started school. But we’ll get in the flow of things.
I bet he missed you something fierce, as you did him.💕
(You’re the bigger heart, he the smaller.)
Good morning, Cat💖
Good morning Betsy ❤️
Have fun today!!!!
You as well, Cat😉
Good mornin’ Cat! 🙂
Southern man don’t need him around, anyhow
Lol…
I had a very serious crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar back in the 90s. She just completely disappeared. Actually surprised to see her again.
I aged better than she did I think.
Time slays all. Even Buffy.
I think she realized more than many of her peers that top level stardom has a heavy price so she “let up on the gas pedal” somewhat and turned in a somewhat different direction. She married Freddie Prinze Jr in 2002, they have 2 children, and they’re still married! That says a lot!
https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-sarah-michelle-gellar/erin-mccann
Very clever 😎
Happy Caterday, Treepers. Pet ‘yer kitties for me . . . 🙂
Goliath and Red Lady together again…
You Texans got some rain and here comes some more in a couple to three days.
POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR (noaa.gov)
Houston here. 2 1/5 inches and not a puddle on the ground. Very thankful for the green and the cracks are beginning to disappear.
Hill Country, got some gentle rain yesterday, still fixing to go and water the garden this morning.
Another good morning,.G. Excellent. I’m hoping we’ll see some starting tomorrow. But like you, I’m watering my lawn this morning. I’m hoping by doing so we’ll be sure to see that heavenly moisture…like washing the car and then down it comes. At any rate, I just went outside to I’ve our resident his morning brush and it was decidedly cooler. Lovely.
Just got back from the garden. The ground was nice and wet so I did some pretend watering and picked a couple of zucchini, few tomatoes, and few peppers. The garden loves when God waters it.
God’s Garden
The Lord planted a garden
In the first white days of the world.
And He set there an angel warden
In a garment of light enfurled.
So near to the peace of Heaven,
That the hawk might nest with the wren,
For there in the cool of the even
God walked with the first of men.
And I dreamed that these garden-closes
With their shade and their sun-flecked sod
And their lilies and bowers of roses,
Were laid by the hand of God.
The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,-
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
For He broke it for us in a garden
Under the olive-trees
Where the angel of strength was the warden
And the soul of the world found ease.
~~Dorothy Frances Gurney~~
I thought you might like this one😘
A lot more on the way. Not just the tropical stuff from the south but the Monsoonal rains coming in from the west. Looks like Texas, pretty much all of it, is in for a drenching next week.
Hallelujah! Maybe I’ll get to have that giant bonfire, my burn pile.
Glory to God on high from Whom all good gifts come🙏
Amen!
Rained all night —but no wind. Yeah!
Thundered quite a bit though. Raining again now.
Good afternoon Patience! That is such a welcome sound, the rain. Don’t mind the thunder, either.
Thank you and good afternoon to you, Pa.
Yes, I love the sound of easy falling rain and even some cracklings and thunder rolls.
It smells and feels like spring today, but that’s fall a comin. Notice some leaves are already turning.
Hope it’s a long and lovely fall.
Have a great rest of this day, Grampa❣️
The Lord’s Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNk0j2H-Zs
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Missed you Sepp.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Holy Martyr Dometios of Persia (+ 363)
Holy Martyr Afra of Augsburg (+ ca. 304)
Saint Hierotheos, first Bishop and enlightener of Hungary (+ 10th century)
Saint Anthony, elder, of Optina Monastery, Russia
and many other Saints and Holy Martyrs commemorated today
August 7th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
August 20th – civil or commercial calendar
Sepp, that was so beautiful. Those voices! Thank you.🙏
“JoAnne”, written and sung by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees fame. What a beutiful voice.
“Different Drum” sung by Linda Ronstadt, but written by Michael Nesmith also.
The Joanne video is artfully constructed to focus on the words of the song. In doing so, the viewer than truly hears his voice.
But doesn’t his voice sound better because the viewer sees a bunch of pretty girls?
Well, first close your eyes and play it, then play it again with your eyes open and see if it sounds better….I don’t know. I am thinking you might hear the music more without the distraction of the pretty girls, Jim.
Cat crashes dream bicycle
Bicycle? That is a successful hunt. Stealthy approach. Chase. And closes with a might pounce.
🤣😂
Salty language but Russell Brand certainly nailed Dick Cheney. I did not know what a butt the Cheney’s are. You gotta love this one.
Very funny! Especially when he does his evil Cheney imitations…
[was looking thru my personal “top shelf” chapters again.. there’s one about where the term “fck’n diver” came from.. work.. it was during Quatrain 1990.. coming soon.. stay tuned..]..
I can’t remember if I posted this one.. but I have to be sure..
..because she’s a landmark..
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[shortened version..]
Houston.. 1984..
well.. you could say the “Runaway Radio” made me do it..
I did have a clock radio.. set on ‘wake to music’.. on 101 KLOL..
it was the beginning.. my first year.. a turning point in life..
you know.. those life changing moments.. ones that you never forget..
talk about motivation.. if this is what it’s like being a fck’n diver.. I’m never going to quit..
Cardi’s nightclub.. all I had to do was just stand there..
she was my first captor.. and I her captive.. the next morning I woke up.. and this song was playing on the radio.. 101 KLOL..
I rolled over and looked to my side.. and instantly fell in love with Houston..
“I’ll Wait..”.. and a butt naked sleeping beauty..
and she wasn’t done with me yet..
and so it began.. I had become a girl toy..
in Uptown.. Houston..
true fck’n story..
Memoirs of an Oilfield Diver
The Epic Archive
1984-1992
20 August Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed “the Storyteller”,[2] was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author.
Old Dogs
20 August 1999 Bobby Sheehan, American bassist (Blues Traveler – “Run-Around”), dies of a drug overdose at 31.
20 August 2020 Frankie Banali, American heavy metal drummer (Quiet Riot – “Cum on Feel the Noize”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 68.
Bang Your Head, would have posted COFTN but age restricted.
20 August 2018 Eddie Willis, American guitar and sitar player (The Funk Brothers), dies of polio complications at 82.
August 20 Oswald Chambers
Completeness
And I will give you rest. — Matthew 11:28
Whenever anything begins to disintegrate your life with Jesus Christ, turn to Him at once and ask Him to establish rest. Never allow anything to remain which is making the dis-peace. Take every element of disintegration as something to wrestle against, and not to suffer. Say — “Lord, prove Thy consciousness in me,” and self-consciousness will go and He will be all in all. Beware of allowing self-consciousness to continue because by slow degrees it will awaken self-pity, and self-pity is Satanic. “Well, I am not understood; this is a thing they ought to apologize for; that is a point I really must have cleared up.” Leave others alone and ask the Lord to give you Christ-consciousness, and He will poise you until the completeness is absolute.
The complete life is the life of a child. When I am consciously conscious, there is something wrong. It is the sick man who knows what health is. The child of God is not conscious of the will of God because he is the will of God. When there has been the slightest deviation from the will of God, we begin to ask — “What is Thy will?” A child of God never prays to be conscious that God answers prayer, he is so restfully certain that God always does answer prayer.
If we try to overcome self-consciousness by any commonsense method, we will develop it tremendously. Jesus says, “Come unto Me and I will give you rest,” i.e., Christ-consciousness will take the place of self-consciousness. Wherever Jesus comes He establishes rest, the rest of the perfection of activity that is never conscious of itself.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Civilization is based on principles which imply that the passing moment is permanent. The only permanent thing is God, and if I put anything else as permanent, I become atheistic. I must build only on God (John 14:6).
https://utmost.org/classic/completeness-classic/
Happy Saturday, Feral Cat ❤
Back at ya rebel! ❤️
One mew??
Just one more. The song Porterville. Back in the 60s Porterville was an odd town, borderline lawless yet extremely conservative. NOTHING was open on Sunday except the one 7-11. If you didn’t have what you needed by Saturday you wouldn’t get it till Monday.
At that time there were more veterans in Porterville, per capita, than anywhere else in the US. To this day at the Veteran’s Day Parade we get an Air Force Flyover down Main Street at exactly 11am.
Goood morning treepers!!!
Let the day begin 🎶
❤️
Wow, I am getting a sense of Déjà vu for some reason, X2 even….LOL
But…but…I am ready for the day to end, dough on the hook right now, sigh… the never-ending chores.
Morning FC, stay away from the mixer, it could easily crush you if you manage to tip it over. (where in the heck are the emojis to insert here?)
Awww, thanks magic!! The monkey bread was delicious….thanks for the recipe.I’ll pass on the chicken for awhile. Watching you cook all that filled my belly for long time.
Good night?
Yep, dough off the hook and in fridge now, shutting down this system and head off for bed.
NOAA is claiming that July was the 3rd hottest on record for the US. It is an outright lie and below Tony Heller shows it is not even close.
What Tony did years ago was download all of the data from the US historical climate data network (USHCN). These stations have been kept to a higher standard than the bulk of the weather station network. They are stations with a long record located in “pristine” locations where urban heat island effects or other factors can not corrupt the data.
Then Tony, being a computer programmer and troubleshooter, wrote a program that anyone can download to run on Windows or Mac, to pull up and graph whatever portion of the date set they desire.
So understand what Tony presents in this video is NOAA’s own data from their most accurate network of weather stations.
Our own government would mislead us??? I am Shocked! shocked, I tell you. In fact, if you exclude the CDC, FBI, DOJ, DOD, EPA, OSHA and Congress (both houses)… it is an extremely rare occurance
You forgot the NSA.
And FDA, and BATF, and IRS…
Thanks for posting that. Just sent it to the preacher where I go to church in the event he can use it.
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidels.
That looks like the double. Too much hair on his head and his eyes are too open.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Thank you, duchess. I look forward to these every morning. Blessings to you.🙏🙏
I did not know this, but in Texas, a law was passed in 2021 I believe, that if signs saying “In God We Trust” are donated to a school, they MUST be put up. Our motto.
Apparently such signs are being donated all across the state. Isn’t that just brilliant??
Hallelujah!!!!! Almighty God is back in our schools. Right where He needs to be.🙏
PTL! Didn’t know that, Bet.
Glad to know I wasn’t the only one. And YES! PTL!!🙏
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Amen!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
The 4 horsemen of this apocalypse are Big Pharma-Medicine, Big Government, Big Tech and Big Media.
The institutions we all grew up admiring, the heroes we all aspired to be, in fact, turn out to not only have clay feet, but, murder in their hearts. They are, literally, assassins. In search of short term profits, power and sinecure, they all conspired to promote a “vaccine” that was NOT a vaccine, which, during trials they knew was not just deleterious, but in fact lethal. Big Pharma turned a blind eye to clotting, myriad heart disorders, still births, miscarriages, erratic and troubling menstrual cycles, lowered semen counts, high incidences of cancer, diabetes, the list is literally too long to print here.
After the roll out of the Vaccine, many highly qualified experts questioned the veracity of the claims made by Big Pharma, and, indeed, produced study after study which called into question and refuted the narrative that the “vaccines” were “safe and effective”. By June of 2020, the terror that dominated the news cycle in March of 2020, seemed to many Americans, specious and overweening. At this point, the cancelation and deplatforming of dissent from the “safe and effective” narrative was directed at not just the average, everyday American, but, a full on enfilade, with promises of termination of employment, social opprobrium, slander and even legal action was the emphasis and threats from three of those horsemen at the direction of the endemically compromised fourth horseman, the CDC-FDA-WHO-NIH. They were on the same page and in too deep to climb out.
By the fall of 2020, studies showing that lockdowns, masks and social distancing did not work and in fact were not only counterproductive, but downright pernicious were available for anyone with even a cursory interest in the ongoing Covid disaster could see. Did not the everyday doctors and nurses who injected us see the anecdotal evidence of increased heart, cancer and myriad other problems in their hospitals? They did, you know they did, I know they did, and, they know they did. The mask was not only slipping off of the faces of Americans everywhere, it was slipping off of the “narrative” and revealing to some, dark and dangerous possibilities too awful to really articulate. We didn’t believe it yet.
At this point in time, many if not most Americans had logical, reasonable, questions about the “safe and effective” narrative. The “vaccine” did not stop Covid and boosters were required. Why were we ostracized if we thought maybe therapeutics would be helpful? Hydroxychloroquine had been around for 50 years, it was NOT the poison that the media told us it was. Ivermectin was a wonder drug on a par with penicillin, but now, suddenly, it was only a “Horse Dewormer”? Suspicion increased exponentially. The four horseman floundered frantically and pushed the remainder of their cash/credibility across the table. They were all in.
It is important to stop at this point and ask the question that is the crux of the coming prosecutions. What did they know? When did they know it? There is no, plausible deniability in my opinion, after this point in time. They all knew.
By the fall of 2021, the evidence of the metaphysical failure of the “vaccine” (Which now, has been proven to compromise your immune system, make you more vulnerable to not only Covid, but will, without a doubt, shorten your life, prove to exacerbate your genetic disposition to familial morbidities and often times, flat out kill you the day or week you get the “jab”.) is well known.
By the spring of 2022, Insurance Companies were losing money and talking about “Sigma” events which relate to “All cause mortality”. All of the major insurance companies were telling their stockholders, that the “sigma” event of 2021 was a 10,000 year anomaly that couldn’t be explained. This many unexpected deaths had NEVER happened before. Profits were down dramatically because Life Insurance payouts for so many dead young people were huge.
We have left “correlation” in the rear view mirror 18 months ago. We are firmly ensconced in “causation” territory with no other explanation possible, with the exception of the wilfully impercipient, the uniformed obtuse, or, the criminals who are in on the scam.
Just yesterday, on August 19th, 2022, I saw a commercial encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated.
Let’s be categorically clear about this. The 4 horsemen, are guilty of Mens rae, pre meditated, criminal intent, capital black letter murder for profit.
At some point soon, all Americans will understand, that this is NOT a political issue and Republicans, Democrats and Independents have all been made equal in the democracy of death. Then, when the dam breaks, what?
A tectonic shift that could lead to chaos and destruction throughout the land? Maybe.
But, as we all. who have been poisoned, languish and face our doom, perhaps, we should think of the future.
Nuremburg type trials for the Horsemen, the thousands of traitors and liars, might, just might be a salve on the wounds of the dead diseased and dying, and, hopefully result in a more open and free America, where we can all agree to listen to each other.
“The 4 horsemen of this apocalypse are Big Pharma-Medicine, Big Government, Big Tech and Big Media.” Indeed, however, the thing that makes them “BIG” is OUR joint participation/co-operation. Withdraw substantially from any of the four, and a 3 legged charger doesn’t look so scary any more. Two, even three of them should be easy, and I ain’t never yet seen a 1 legged pony win the Grand National.
Good morning Bet, Garrison, Grandpa M, Keln, jay, and all other Treepers. Another hot one today, mid 90s, then it cools down. We’re supposed to get thunderstorms in my area tomorrow. Really looking forward to some rain.
Aaaah. First cup of coffee. Slept like a log earlier this morning after staying up till about 3am.
I always like Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl”. Interesting lyrics and wonderful guitar riffs.
Good morning Joe!
Hey Joe where ya going with that 12 pack in your hand. 😉
“Ten Silver Saxes, a bass with a bow…
The drummer relaxes and waits between shows
for his cinnamon girl” ..
RIP Danny Whitten. You left this world way too early.
On July 15th, 2022, I experienced Los Lobos perform “Cinnamon Girl” in Atlanta…their performance of it is still ringing in my head…it was powerful and an exquisite rendition and yes, I have seen Neil perform it, as well..not even close
A quote from our treehouse friend, levi, who has not posted in a while, so I’ll continue in his place:
“happy cartoons and cereal day” to everyone
thinking of you levi…
Ditto…
Ludwig van Beethoven’s revolutionary Ninth Symphony is, without question, one of the greatest works in classical repertoire.
The Ninth is the culmination of Beethoven’s genius, in which he uses solo voices in a symphony for the first time. It is the longest and most complex of all his symphonies, which many regard it as the pinnacle of his achievement, because it is his last symphony.
But never mind that.
“A performance of Beethoven has been axed after a British orchestra refused to back down to a US orchestra’s Covid mask demands.
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus were due to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony alongside the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.
But the choir rejected the US orchestra’s calls to wear face masks while singing, meaning the event has been cancelled.”
https://www.gbnews.uk/news/beethoven-performance-axed-as-british-singers-refuse-to-back-down-to-us-orchestras-covid-mask-demands/354905
Face masks while singing. Sure.
I happen to be here in Edinburgh, and one of the events I was looking forward to seeing was this one.
They’ll be playing Beethoven’s 5th instead (without the Festival Chorus), and by the looks of the response, they’ll be plenty of empty seats. Mine among them.
Sad. Ridiculous. But unsurprising.
Happy Caturday, Treepers!
Another chapter of the C.J. vs. Libby saga.
I must admit, I’ve been taken completely by surprise by this whole assimilation process. When I first adopted Libby almost two months ago, I thought the two cats would be best friends within a few days, a week at the most. Silly rabbit.
But it’s not all bad news. We’re making progress, it’s just agonizingly slow. And I’m grateful that there has been no bloodshed. A couple of paw slaps may have made contact, resulting in hurt feelings but nothing more than that. No clawing, kicking, biting, mauling, or anything like that.
But I think we reached a milestone the other day. The two cats engaged in what could be loosely interpreted as “play.” I was sitting on the couch having some coffee. Libby came racing through the living room, with C.J. hot in pursuit. The stampede continued into the bedroom, and a few moments later here comes C.J. at top speed, with Libby right on her tail. This continued for a couple of laps, then C.J. started getting mad, so I gave them both something else to do. This “game” has continued for the past few days, and it may be that C.J. enjoys it a tiny bit; it’s hard to tell. She puts up this gruff and cantankerous front and sometimes I think it’s because she feels she has to, and not because of her actual feelings. Like Cruella, playing the part of the evil witch. She’s even got a big streak of white in her black hair (fur).
Little Libby, bless her heart, she has the patience of a saint. She’s taken an enormous amount of guff from C.J. over the last several weeks, but she’s still willing to be friends. And she still talks to herself when she’s playing with her favorite toy! It’s one of the cutest, most endearing things I’ve ever witnessed.
And C.J., to her credit, is slowly – very slowly! – warming up to Libby. I think. Sometimes it seems as if she will bait Libby into making a move, so that C.J. can counter-pounce. Then again, Libby is not shy about invading C.J.’s space and triggering a reaction, so there are no guiltless parties here, lol.
Earlier I reported that the two cats had progressed to the point where they could both occupy the same room without mayhem breaking out. Now they can sit two or three feet from each other in a watchful truce (trust but verify, no?) and the other day they actually touched noses for about a nanosecond before C.J.’s Paw of Doom came out.
Speak of the devil, here comes Libby now to lay on my feet and bite my toes. She has such a soft and tiny little voice that sometimes her face goes “meow” but no sound comes out, unlike C.J. who sounds like Fran Drescher. So funny.
Alright, here’s a thought for the group. We all give our pets an “official” name. How many of us have “pet names” for our pets? [raises hand high] I do. I have a handful of pet names for my pet C.J.
“Seej”
“The Seej”
“Little Bitty”
“C.J.-riffic”
“Brathead”
And others not repeatable in public.
I don’t have many for Libby, but sometimes she is “The Monster” or just “Monster.” Also “Sweethead” and “Kirry Kitty.”
The backstory on Libby is that she was found in an apartment complex by a kind soul, wandering around near the dumpsters. This kind soul took her in and took care of her for a few days, but soon realized that, due to other animals already in the household, it wasn’t going to work out. So the kind soul brought her to the shelter, and fate brought us together shortly after. And I am so happy and proud that I can give to this sweet cat a loving forever home, where never again will she lack anything, especially love. (You hear that, C.J.? Get with the program! lol)
Best wishes to all you wonderful Treepers.
Concerning the drought in Europe. The EU is declaring it is because of climate change. The UN IPCC says it is not.
DEBUNKED: Europe’s claimed ‘worst drought in 500 years’ – Peer-reviewed studies, data & IPCC reveal ‘drought has not increased’ & ‘cannot be attributed to human-caused climate change’ – Watts Up With That?
The bottom line:
In Western and Central Europe — basically Atlantic France all the way to Moscow, north of the Mediterranean region and south of the North Sea region — the IPCC and the underlying peer reviewed research on which it assesses has concluded that drought has not increased and, logically, that increased drought cannot be attributed to human-caused climate change. The only exception here is that the IPCC has medium confidence in an increasing trend of soil moisture deficits in some subregions, however the IPCC has low confidence that this trend can be attributed to human-caused climate change. Looking to future, at temperature changes of 2C and more, at present the IPCC does not expect the current state of scientific understandings to change. But stay tuned — that’s why we do science.
Does anyone else have an erratic issue with CTH’s home page header not showing up? Just wondering…blank white area instead of ‘Home’ and all of the other options.
Sometimes, WSB, I get a temporary display glitch at the top but when I refresh its OK.
The big Andrew Breitbart graphic header does not display for individual article pages, but if you click “Home” that’s when it shows.
I see the Andrew Breibart banner but only see ‘Home’ in the pull-down on the right. Normally it is right up top on the left. Still happening.
I also only see August 20th Presidential thread. Are there any newer posts from SD tonight?
No newer articles posted yet. Open Thread and Presidential Thread are the only ones today so far..
OK. Somehow, the header just corrected itself! Ongoing…thanks, GB!
YW!
At Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, CA, the Mandrin and other dialects of Chinese have the highest failure rate. Slavic languages are next. German and Spanish/Italian are at the bottom of the list. At least that is the way it was when I was in the military and I see no reason for that to have changed. They had, and suspect still have a dedicated psychological counseling unit there just to take care of officers that fail.
“They had, and suspect still have a dedicated psychological counseling unit there just to take care of officers that fail.”
Psychological counseling?
Give them a choice – resign or get fragged.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen
The title indicates Idaho, but this a National! We must stop the coming global one world government.
Watch and share this. We must wake up the masses (as many as possible anyway!)
Jesus Christ is Lord.