@QMS 1600 lbs? Pretty damn manly man work project, sir!
I have considered buying a wood splitter. One might come in handy.
One project we are planning this week is to install a 3-car car port. It will save both time and money to buy a package, have it erected by the dealer, than to do it ourselves. Building projects might interfere with some concert somewhere, since we spend our spare time looking for them.
I get the biggest kick out of that video/song you posted! Thanks!
I haven't read any war news, still drinking coffee, watching the birds at the feeder. After lunch, I will check out the latest on the 2 war fronts, see if Russia has had enough of the bs.
Enjoy your outdoor projects, dear friend!

glad you made it back in one peace
sure the birdies are happy too

moved a 1600 pound cherry tree trunk
which was a cut-off from the tree service
yesterday using a gantry into a 13 foot trailer

the guy is bringing it to a sawmill, eventually
the basis for the furniture he makes

traded for the use of his log splitter later

sounds like Putin has put Ze on notice with
a major infrastructure raid with another to
follow. Hell to pay. Will the west back-off?

Anyway, thanks for the OT and welcome back!

PS. maybe misheard, but a rift on "my country 'tis of thee" sounded like 'my country
Tel Aviv' (who are we fighting for?) Axeing for a frienenemy.

@ban nock Different sources give very different news about the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the ME. I always check several before coming to any conclusions about who is kicking who's ass.
I have lost interest in the election details, as the matter amongst TPTB is settled, over, done, move on to the next distraction.
The Democrat party has moved further to the right than the traditional righties. As an individual with fairly leftist inclinations, I am out in the cold either way. Hence, I get away from it all whenever I can. Music doth soothe the soul.
Have a nice day, ban nock.

Assad, Putin, Iran, all not doing so well of late.

There used to be an IQ floor for being accepted in the armed forces, they get killed a lot quicker. Dangerous stuff wars.

Interesting data coming out of the election, of course the data is far from being definitive or complete.

@enhydra lutris we filled up the bath tub. Heathens, we were and still are.
It was at Baylor Univ. when taking the required course in The Old Testament, now called Old Bible, I first got educated on transliteration and translation. Native tribe speak, call it slang, spoken not written, into another similar slang, also not written, becomes a transliteration of the best guess of what was meant, then translated into another actual written language. Lots of ways to see that what we read in English bears no resemblance to the origin of the first Bible, and the slang long since gone. Moreover, what chapters and verses were left out, and who made the decision on what to include? I daresay, the New Testament has the same iteration. We have no idea what the Books were about, yet they are the sacred tomes of the majority of the world.
I was 16 when I took that course. The professor held a Doctorate, was an ordained minister, and he stressed one must just have faith that it is a Good Book, as there is no proof.
Two more days of escape form the office! Hope you have an escape from the chores, dear friend!

Since I am inclined to use the bathroom sink for its intended purpose, I used to ice my beer in the trashcan provided. They usually even have a plastic bag inside, waterproofing them.

Muslims, like Christers and Jews are "people of the book", same damn book, more or less with different editors, and hence it should be no surprise that they act just like the rest.

Integrity must be absolutely valueless if we have some and haven't sold it. Just sayin'.

be well and have a good one

@Lookout here. Given the forecast for the upcoming week, winter may have arrived. A quick mail box check, a quick trip to the local grocery store, the rest of the day will be waiting for dinner time cooking, tacos on the horizon.
I haven't done my usual surfing for news since arriving home yesterday afternoon. I am always curious to see the latest news from the ME.
I must say, Erdogan causes me severe head scratching. Sucking up to Putin and BRICS, except for funding a war with Putin on the other side. Way more complicated than I can comprehend.
I know the solution! Tomorrow's WW! Ok, dear friend?

Running a bit late here. It was 30F this AM, but warming to about 50F later.
I skipped trade day, but took the recycling, picked up some wheat straw, and ran by the grocery.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday that is continuing to be so. Thanks for the OT!

@snoopydawg to get shitlibs to understand that they are a democratic country with a capitalist economy. Communists are elsewhere.
Russia big, has natural resources, a population capable of producing a growing and continuing population. It trades fairly. For Russia, war is simply not the first resort, but the last resort until the last Russian.
Russia today is what Americans think America is.
The CIA must be congratulated on their extraordinary propagandizing. Nobody does it better than those murderous bastards. That is our most successful government policy.

Putin is saying in KGB that if “smart, experienced” Donald Trump doesn’t fulfill his obligations by forcing Ukraine to cede territory that Trump’s going to get assassinated.

“I think he is not safe even now."
Putin is publicly blackmailing Trump.
pic.twitter.com/1lcMRQlmy9

— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist (@jimstewartson) November 29, 2024

Putin is blackmailing and threatening Trump.

Also too shitlibs are not only supporting the terrorist violence in Syria, but they are cheering our attempted color revolution in Georgia. Any bets that they would have supported the Nazi Maiden coup?

This is what 8 years of Russia Russia Russia has wrought. Brain dead, brainwashed fools.

@humphrey writ large, humphrey. In re hegemony:

This is how bullies act but I doubt that the Global South is impressed.

I think that his inflated ego is about to receive a rude awakening.

@snoopydawg something to watch, read, and consider. This whole "cease fire" makes zero sense to me.
Maybe these links will help me and all of us get a better grasp of the situation.
Many thanks, snoopy

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After the ceasefire Israel is allowed to invade Lebanon? It gets to take territory that has been denied them by Hamas?

Strategically Hezbollah won. The zionist entity could not invade and thus far the illegal zionist settlers are not able to return to their illegal settlements in the north.

Now, after the ceasefire, we get reports such as (and this one is from Marwa Osman):

After futile attempts, Israeli tanks are invading specific neighborhoods in the border Lebanese villages which their soldiers failed to enter during the battle. With Hezbollah being committed to the ceasefire, who is going to stand up to the endless Israeli aggression?

The agreement, which comprises 13 points, involves Israel withdrawing from southern Lebanon, which will enable civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes.

Over the next 60 days, Hezbollah will remove its fighters and weapons from the area between the Blue Line – the unofficial border between Lebanon and Israel – to areas north of the Litani River.

In the south, Hezbollah fighters will be replaced with the Lebanese army who will ensure that infrastructure and weaponry are removed and cannot be rebuilt.

From 4am, November 27, 2024 forward, the Government of Lebanon will prevent Hezbollah and all other armed groups in the territory of Lebanon from carrying out any operations against Israel, and Israel will not carry out any offensive military operations against Lebanese targets, including civilian, military or other state targets, in the territory of Lebanon by land, air or sea.

(Note: Israel is staying and they say so. They say they will stay to see that the agreement is implemented, but it is not their task. In addition, they say they may start firing again at any time of their choosing).

Lebanon has thus far reported 32 violations since the cease-fire began early last Wednesday, including repeated shelling of towns in southern Lebanon, as per Lebanese media reports. Bear in mind there were no Israeli tanks in the area before the ceasefire. The Zionists immediately pulled into the area with tanks.

Instead of Israel withdrawing they have moved weapons, equipment and troops into S Lebanon. But Hezzbolah is expected to destroy all its weapons and equipment for making them? Seems like a one sided ceasefire.

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https://globalsouth.co/2024/11/30/ceasefire-israel-lebanon-the-good-the-...