I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

bluedahlia

crazy4carrots

River -- Up about 20 km northward from the Falls, to the mouth of the Niagara River where it meets Lake Ontario is my beautiful town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, home to the Shaw Festival, several dozen wineries AND breweries, and the finest soft fruits you'll find anywhere!

Jackie, I'd have to say the one and only good thing about Faux Snooze is that its promotion of idjut anti-Americans such as Bundy and his ilk promotes traffic (and thus funding) to many, many political and culture-oriented websites!  Oh, and it gives us dumb rocker Libs a well-deserved feeling of superiority. 

Bren-2007

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the wonderful Mother's Day wishes!  There are only two holidays I really care about ... Thanksgiving and Mother's Day.  I'm glad I got to spend time with my mom on Wednesday to celebrate with her.

So glad our Kay and Pip got to spend some time together.  It's really special when we meet our on-line buddies.  I think I'm going to be seeing our old friend Barb in a couple of weeks.  She has a business trip scheduled for about an hour away from where I live ... easy drive, and we haven't seen each other since Niagara.  She was my roommate on that trip.  Please keep her in your thoughts ... she gets the results of her scan next Thursday.

Finally got the mowing done, and as a special Mother's Day present, Tim actually weedwacked the front bank.  I'm so happy. 

Hope you're all enjoying the day.

hugs,

Bren

River_Rat

Bren, my best thoughts going out to Barb.

C4C, I've been to Stratford but never made it to Niagara-on-the-Lake for the Shaw Festival. Now that I consider the wineries I'll have to put that on my list.

suzieq60

C4C - I absolutely loved Niagara on the Lake - did a day trip from Toronto years back. It was my first experience of a Christmas Shop quite a novelty at the time, but the same theme has caught on over here in a few places. It was the most beautiful town I have ever visited.

I didn't realise it's Mother's Day for you all too so HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

Bren-2007

River Rat,

Let us know when you're heading to Niagara ... maybe we can all get together again!!

hugs,

Bren

Anonymous

Pip & Kay - so glad you both got to meet in person....can't wait to make it to one of the gatherings of the DDL ( dump duped lefties)

Glenna - I'm of the Dylan, Leonard Cohen ( b4 he sang his own songs ;)Judy Collins ( Suzanne) generation, whenever we got stoned, that was the first choice, so we listened to them a lot.  Never, honestly heard KD Lang, she is SO awesomely powerful - wow.

C4C, your community is so wise.  The road salt is killing ALL the sugar maples which used to line the roads here, like saying goodbye to the Elms in southern CT in my youth, the City of Elms is no more.  At least that was an insect, the Maples were definitely the road salt.  

The birds eat the eggshells around here, expecially at nesting time, and I eat the cinnamon!  So the ground creatures have to make do with the concoction of dried hot chilli peppers, cayenne ( have a coffee grinder JUST for that process) and the mice aren't too fond of it either.  At least that's the only thing so far which has kept them from nesting in my car engine ( EATING coating on wires!$$$$$$) again.

Some say dryer sheets deter mice, the ones here used it as nesting material.

Deliriously lovely Spring day, in the 70's, sunny, with almost enuf wind to keep away the black flies. Almost.

bluedahlia

I really love this guy!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/09/us-pope-...

How will hardcore republican Christians respond to this?

http://thinkprogress.org/home/2014/05/09/3436223/p...

pip57

I too love the Pope.  However, maybe the Vatican can lead the way.  

RetiredLibby

Awww, River, thanks for asking!  I'm just fine ... Just haven't posted much lately.  DH is off his wanting-a-sailboat obsession and back to his wanting-a-camper obsession, so we have been looking at campers on weekends.  No closer to buying anything, but it keeps him occupied with a dream.  We are trying to stop putting things off until some imaginary "more convenient" time, so we may actually end up with a camper.  I'm happy about that, because I loathe the water and will never get in it willingly - a sailboat would have been a solitary pursuit for DH.

I'm enjoying retirement tremendously - in a couple of weeks, it will be a whole year since I retired.  Not bad for a dumb dead rocker groupie, retiring on a full annuity at 55, eh?  

Delighted to hear about the FBI investigating the armed insurrectionists and seditionists who were pointing guns at Federal employees, stopping traffic along Federal interstate highways with armed checkpoints, and issuing death threats to civilians and Feds.  I knew it was coming - there are HOURS of video footage of those idiotic, gun-fondling droolers and thousands of pictures of them to go through and identify.  That's what intelligence analysts are for ... Reviewing the documentary evidence and putting together the info.  It's called an investigation.  I am eagerly awaiting news of arrests.

It was so nice to read about Kay and PiP's meeting - I love it when we can get together IRL!  It is so lovely to find kindred spirits amid the terror that is breast cancer.

Love you all!

L

crazy4carrots

RL -- I've been reading some on-line comments from folks who've been wondering why law enforcement hasn't stepped in sooner on those anti-American seditionists in Nevada, and now in Utah.  Seems to me that's exactly what they wanted, so that they could fire their p*nis extenders and claim the gubmint is taking away their rights and declaring war on them.  Smart folks at the FBI are putting all the air-tight pieces together prior to arrests.

Blue -- methinks Pope Francis' favourite Bible verse is Matthew 19:24 -- you know, the one about the camel, the eye of the needle, the rich man and the Kingdom of Heaven.

bluedahlia

CAC, you mean this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vClQcmMKL3E

I posted this on another board once, and wouldn't you know it, the bible thumpers (who know absolutely nothing of Jesus' words) managed to have the board shut down.  How can people who recite the bible not understand what they are reading.  IDJUTS, that's why!

River_Rat

RL, I'm glad to hear that you have just been busy enjoying retirement.

C4C and Blue, yep it sounds like Pope Francis is shaking things up. I hope he keeps doing it.

IllinoisLady

Blue enjoyed that piece.  Was taught that as a small child.  Not really sure why it becomes so difficult to 'understand'.  The truth is...at some point we quit looking at how the very young ( actually really, really old souls ) do things.  Singling out no one...each is as good as the other. 

So, I too say good for Pope Francis.  It is about time.  Someone has to  show some  principles that should prevail.  If you believe in the good book, and if you believe you are Christian....it is time to live by that essence.  Pope Francis seems to practice what he preaches.  It is way past time that everyone does.  Just my 2 cents --

Jackie

bluedahlia

IllinoisLady

IllinoisLady

IllinoisLady

Anonymous

I never have much interest in what folks "find" in the bible, cuz we all know a few pages later, there will be the opposite.  As for the Pope, seems to be a nice person, but I have no more interest in what he thinks should take place in the world either.  The hypocrisy of the Vatican will still be in place, long after this Pope is gone.  And that he led the drive to make a Saint out of a human being who ignored the coverup in his church, when so many hundreds of thousands of children around the world were being abused, so many more than the few who spoke up, finally, by those their families trusted MOST to watch out for them, still gives me the chills.  But then, they were living, breathing air human beings and not fetuses, so that may be a large part of it.  Hypocrisy rampant.  Thu endeth the rant ;-)

I prefer the founding documents of the good ole USA.  And think much of the RIGHT TO PRIVACY is being invaded in so, so, so many ways.  Cringe at the thought of what VA government tried to do with "vaginal ultra sound wands" and expect TJ was really shouting from the grave when that was attempted.

crazy4carrots

For all of you Americans who hate the Citizens United decision and the idea that "corporations are people", check out this website:  www.MAYONE.us

Anonymous

C4C - interesting, but I wouldn't trust McKinnon with a penny of anybody's money.  Effort too little, too late for even making a dent of a difference in the Koch Bros $$, ALEC on the state & local level.  Really - sorry to sound this pessimistic, but it's right up there with climate change, and don't wait for the USA to deal with it....

Truth - we're Toast.  Done.  Over ( ovah) - and when I reach that stage, you can bet as the resident Optimist for years, there's revolution in the wings.  I don't think even HRC and her husband could make a difference at this point.

Those still optimistic of "progressive reform" are IMHO, naive.  And this is someone who organized for John Anderson in Cambridge MA, lo those thousands of years ago...and Eugene McCarthy in New York city years b4 that...

sunny210

Abrupt subject change.....May.....Snow?????   Who wants to visit? Doesn't it sound like fun?

Sunflowers, I am concerned that my rejoining the thread has corrupted your nickname. Should we be Sunny1 and Sunny2 or something?  

Still having brain fritz. Interesting in a wierd sort of way. Hard to see, walk, balance, breathe, but boy can I eat. Yay steroids. Starting year 10 of MBC so I'm not really complaining - except about the weather.

Hope all ,mommies enjoyed themselves yesterday. Our thoughts are with the Nigerian girls.

Sandy

IllinoisLady

Some interesting thoughts here....enjoyed the article http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/11/1298538/-House-Dems-Considering-Benghazi-Should-Take-Lesson-From-Nye-vs-Ham.    a good part of me would definitely lean toward not joining in and giving legitimacy to "more" Benghazi.  Gowdy already having to backpedal.  Doesn't bode too well as to knowing what your doing...maybe bad motive. 

Jackie

crazy4carrots

Sunflowers -- Sorry to be blunt but you've just underlined what the Democrats are most afraid of -- the pessimistic "It's too late, no point in going on, or fighting the powers-that-be, I give up etc." attitude.  No wonder all the media types are saying Democrats won't turn out for the mid-terms.  Remember the (definitely mythic) tale of David and Goliath?  I don't have any details about this McKinnon fellow (you can fill me in), but at least he's providing a potential weapon with which to fight the regressives.  I don't buy lottery tickets, even though I know that if I don't buy, I'll never win.  So......if you don't fight the bastards, you'll most definitely lose (and yes, I hate using war-like terms, but it's all I've got).  And I truly worry about the future of my next-door neighbour if you guys sit on your hands.

Sunny -- I think we're well and truly done with snow here.  Sorry to hear you're still dealing with it!

IllinoisLady

C for C....makes me think....where's there's a will, there's a way.  I have extreme trouble with the word Uncle and seldom will allow myself to think it -- let alone use it.  It is a family trait for the most part --- sometimes down, like most, but I am strong willed and when there is no door....I tend to make one.  It is always darkest right before dawn but the light/truth will come. 

Jackie

RetiredLibby

There is ALWAYS hope.  There is ALWAYS reason to keep fighting ....look, nobody thought that the Dems could sweep Virginia's executive spots, but we did.  A Democratic governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general (good bye and get lost, Crazy Kookinelli).  And we snagged the A.G. spot by a few hundred votes (at its smallest, I think the margin was 6)(no, I didn't miss any numbers there).  Every.single.vote.counts.  And no, there was no election fraud unless you count the regressives trying to stop people from voting in districts with constituencies who would likely vote for Democrats.  I will never, ever miss another election again, even for school board member - and I live in the deepest blue municipality in Virginia, where we joke that your property taxes are higher if you are a registered Republican.  

Every.single.vote.counts.  You and your book club, bridge group, or exercise class just might turn the tide on an election.  Never miss another opportunity to vote - truly, the future of our country depends on it.

IllinoisLady

Hope is free for the taking -- always.

Jackie

crazy4carrots

Faux News Question of the Day (seriously):  Gretchen Carlson asks "Do you think it's perfectly normal to see Jesus in a piece of toast?"

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Hope is what keeps us living.  Without it, we might just as well give up, give in, and die.  And hope also gives us the power to make things better........don't ever lose hope.

ananda8

FOX is talking about this.  http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/university-of-toronto-researchers-find-seeing-jesus-in-toast-phenomenon-perfectly-normal/  The article is titled "Seeing Jesus in Toast".  It's about pattern recognition, not Jesus.  Fox probably down played that part.

 

River_Rat

RL, exactly! Every single vote counts.

Notself, thanks for making sense out of that.