Offsite Comments

Sssssshhhh! Everyone act natural!
Posted by: rickb223

Outside the realm of possibility here!

Caught up to my own first comment.

Last line should've been
"a cupful of gruel"
Stupid Autoincorrect.

Refresh!

What will they dine on
at Sidwell's today?
Sweet curried yams
and herbed lamb flambe.

What will kids get
in the public school?
A packet of crackers,
a fulfil of gruel.

______

Morning, Glories! I'm here.

Now to back up & read the world's greatest headline news and commentary service, VNN & co. Might even glance at the post.

Michael “Gasbag” Moore going down in flames.

Oh, the humanity (for certain values of human)!

Did I say I was done? I just checked my newsfeeds again and found some related items.

The Other McCain: "Conquest’s Second Law: 'Any organization not explicitly and constitutionally right-wing will sooner or later become left-wing.' Catholics are seeing it confirmed."

And, the "couple of ordained ministers in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, who have been told that they either have to start performing same-sex weddings or face jail time and up to $1000 per day in fines." (Fox News c/o Chicks on the Right)

(You also get…)

I read something about renting out the Sistine Chapel to a Porsche Tour Group for a wine/dine experience under the ceiling complete with choir music and yummy food, proceeds to go to the Pope's personally selected charities? Seems… disrespectful. Well…

Then there's matters like, Cardinal Raymond Burke sent to Malta, being portrayed as a blow against traditional teachings. Meanwhile, I read something about a liberal Chicago archbishop favoring Obama-style "immigration"?

Just putting those out here. In the midst of war, it's hard to parse out what's true. And keep up with everything. Obviously, I could do more research on some of the points above. Do I have a point? Overall, hard to know what to think. Perhaps some thoughtful replies will help me think, though.

At least writing this helps me retire several browser tabs I've had open for a while.

(I'm done now.)

(Rambling on)

In my tinfoil turban perspective as a Concerned Outsider, I thought the Church was going off the rails with the two-Pope solution, but I can't say I've since closely followed all the ins-and-outs about Francis. I admit I haven't even thoroughly studied all of chrissy's posts, e.g. answering media reports about Pope Francis. I subscribe to a few blogs that seem to have strong Catholic influence. (!) Although I may not keep up with everything, you don't have to be Jewish to support Israel, and you don't have to be Catholic to pray the Church withstands the infiltration and undermining that has been tried with all the churches.

So, I recently read Ann Barnhardt suggesting Francis is intentionally undermining the traditional church.

At Liberty's Torch, Francis W. Porretto quotes Ann and somewhat ambivalently suggests it could be true.

I've read commenters taking this very seriously.

Methinks, oh, yeah?

(just one more)

chrissy > "Pete usually takes the week-ends off" - yeah, that's what I was thinking. Well, then, some "Sunday" fare I've been thinking about.

Even a faithless, unchurched, heretic heathen like me can see pretty clearly that, along with the rest of the War on Truth, Justice, and the American Way, there is throughout the world a serious ramp-up in the war on real faith, churches in general, and Christianity in particular.

One more relatively small but all too common example: "A school board in Georgia voted Tuesday night to remove or cover up Bible verses on a controversial monument that was recently installed near a district-owned football field."

(The Blaze, c/o Weasel Zippers)

The "controversial" quote, to which "at least two atheist activist groups" objected — did it call for stoning witches? did it speak of raining hellfire on Sodomites? did it call for beheading of unbelievers?

It reads: "If God be for us."

Oooo!!!!11!! That's pretty offensive, all righty. (Petty grievance lawfare; we hates it. The problem here is compounded by the government running the schools in the first place — but I digress….)

Then there's that big fat target in Christianity, you know, that Vatican-centered sect. (Continued…)

I have some links I thought y'all might appreciate. Will Pete be giving us a post today? (Not that this thread didn't go "off-topic" immediately.) :)

Good Afternoon.

Obama is all about equality and stuff, so he doesn't want any branch of the service to feel left out. Sent in the Coast Guard to get blood samples off the cruise ship.

The evil accelerates daily.

People are gullible.
Posted by: Joseph Smith

Heh.

Had to search on Marshall Applewhite. Don't think I'll forget the name again.

Wait... the Gospel of Barack is not parody??

Until I read past the quote, I presumed it had to be.

Holy smoke.

All Hail Eris > Adult Onset Attention Deficit Disorder

When full-blown, one has trouble actually reading comments, instead just hitting refresh like a lab-trained coke monkey.

Your Life's Work: Librarian
http://bit.ly/1oiZKM9

vintage b/w ed vid c/o Weird Universe

Here's something Moron-ic

A Complete List Of Every President's Favorite Drink
http://bit.ly/1FlFkqX

link to WZ, full article NY Poste

Morning, Glories.

Hazy sunlight leaves long shadows across the yard and pastures. I really like the light this time of day, ask the trees' trunks and the canopy lit from beneath until the sun climbs. Supposed to be a nice week.

Not quite finding anything to say here tonight, and now I'm done watching strange videos, following weird links, and lurking on strange comments. So…

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for." —Will Rogers

Good night, Gracies.

Howdy, y'all. Crowd-sourcing. Is there a good way to email a tip for the Book Thread poster?

A little something from the old home town, or, anyway, the town just north of the old home town.

In the photo, these cousins of Pistol Pete are standing on the front porch of the Tom Mix museum, ready to head to an Old West re-enactment.

Before he took his cowboy skills to Hollywood, Tom Mix worked various jobs in Dewey, Okla., including, for a time, working in the cement plant my grandfather managed. I don't know if Mix remembered his roots, but Dewey still celebrates him.

Here's a funny clip from 1932's Justice (or Destry, depending on the re-issue) Rides Again. I had hoped to find Mix doing some of his rope tricks, but a few horse tricks will have to do.

Feline version of hand in the cookie jar

Feline selfies