Saturday Open Thread - 10/25/25: Odds and Ends
Hey, good people!
Monday in el's ot, I bitched about a judge being insulting to me, my client, and the attorney aligned with my client's child.
On Wednesday, the ruling was sent out to the parties, and it was in favor of my client.
Why we are in a contest of tariffs, or of any nature, with Canada above my pay grade.
When animals win, 'nuff said.
There is all kind of stuff and things going on in the world. Breached peace treaties, no peace treaties, etc...As the day goes on, events will happen and their posting in this thread, which is open to all things, is to drop in anything any of you think is important to share.Even winning animals!
We have a big storm a'coming and I will be inside, watching for articles and videos to share with you, my friends.
Vice versa?
Let 'er rip!
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Hey, good morning!
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Heard this melody from Hippie Soul Cafe which I wanted to share.
Glad you prevailed in the suit. Take your gains with less lost.
Having red beans and rice for breakfast with a ham steak from yesterday.
Ahh, the bachelor life!
Thanks for the OT.
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Good morning, Cap'n!
Well, breakfast should be whatever rows your boat. That's important for a cap'n.
I rarely wake up hungry, and only eat a bite of something to keep my stomach from growling. I have better ways to get attention.
While food banks can't stock up enough food for the hungry, while we have record numbers of homeless, let's get all excited about a damn ballroom at the White House. I can't think of a better symbol for the 1%. They have their priorities.
I haven't checked out news headlines this morning. I wanted to sip coffee and watch some birds before I jerked myself back into reality.
Enjoy your day, dear friend, and thanks for the tune!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
F that judge
...and other government officials with their abusive little tics.
You won OTC, chuka he! (congrats)
Anytime I see that Secretariat video from Belmont, it reminds me of my late brother. In his heyday, he lived in the Village and played the horses at Belmont often. 5 years younger than me, yet people thought we were twins. I'm afraid I corrupted him by getting him a part time job selling pretzels at Roosevelt Raceway when he was 14 or 15 years old. I had worked there during the summer for a couple of years. Apologize I always tell that story.
Thanks for the O&E, OntheCusp. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
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Wonderful tune
brings back long shed tears
the keyboard work is exemplary
hope life is worth living in your
neighborhood. Going to attempt
a meatloaf today among other things.
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Good morning...
Yesterday was busy here. Had our helper first thing. We hauled branches, cut a couple of trees blocking the trail and made a little firewood, and weedeated out front.
Then the plumber came to replace a failed check valve in our floor heat pump (it is about to get cold next week).
Then we set up for a campfire and dinner at the camp house and had guests during the evening and into the night.
A fun day but tiring.
Had a productive Trade day this AM. Found a nice fire set on a nice stand with a cover for outside for $15 and a new toaster oven pan set for $2.
Leaves are falling and raking season has begun. I have leaf blowers we use too.
Next week I'll get a load of horse manure to put in the garden. There plenty of horse manure in the news, but it doesn't help the garden. We got the sweet potatoes dug last weekend. Always something.
Well, y'all take care and have a good weekend! Thanks for the OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, LO!
Great shopping trip, eh? I so wish he had such a weekly event here. We have a giant annual yard sale event to raise money for the public library. I haven't been in years because I can't resist the temptation to fill up the back of the truck with stuff.
When living in the holler, "retirement" doesn't mean a cessation of work. It means different work. Glad you found a helper!
So, your camp house is turning into a party venue! How wonderful! Here's my camp house story: Around here, there are deer camps everywhere. Most of them have freezers where they stock up on deer meat. Seems this young man was accused of being in a theft ring that broke in the camps to steal the deer meat. I managed to keep him out of prison, and lo and behold, he completely reformed. If we cross paths, to this day, almost 40 years later, he will grab me, give me a big hug, and tell me he loves me. It's the little things...He was 17 when he got busted.
My shopping list is short, but I suspect I will see way more items as I shop that I should have added to said list.
Enjoy your day and have fun and make music with your friends!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
not sure if this belonngs here
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but fwiw
something came up
your conscience is your own
but it is remotely controlled
do not be surprised when your
mind has been changed
it is not your decision
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I admit I have not read Mirriam Websters'
definition, but my conscience is my personal limit on what I can or can't do in order to be free of guilt and regret. That said, I developed my sense of right and wrong from my parents. What if they had told me there are good reasons to lie or cheat? So, I acknowledge intervenors in my conscience.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc, thanks for the OT. We were supposed
to get blasted by an atmospheric river starting yesterday - so far nada but now projected to get light rain this am. Probably will hit while we're at farmers' market because life is like that. Made pancakes this morning, just finished the last one. Starter is still lively, but should refresh later.
Ha an infusion yesterday, which meant that we did dinner out since it is still my week to cook through mañana. My life is lately on automatic, more or less, so it turns out that me GI specialist retired in Sept (who knew) and I need to line up a new one, I just have to remember to call come Monday. Meanwhile, time to get ome shoes on, feed the birds, and head on out for carrots and stuff.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
automatic life
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interesting perspective
have no way of knowing
exactly how things go down
putting on the shoes is a start
to any great adventure
do not want to go barefoot
whenever climbing a mountain
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When I was a kid growing up in OB shoes
were quasi optional, needed for school, chirch, and most sports, but still mucho barefootin' went down, also go-aheads and huaraches, soles of my feet were like iron.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Same, here.
Shoes were for school and cold days.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
actually was going to ask about that earlier
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but forgot (which is typical).
An Iron nation is not the same as an iron
ability or an iron resolve There exists some
continuance one may suppose, without over
exposure.
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Good afternoon, el!
Here of late, Dear One comes up with these dinner meal ideas that are great, and always featuring items I cook, not him. Hmmm...We are having chili con carne tonight. I have already cooked the pintos. He will do the rest. This is to usher in the cool weather. It rained here, but was not the flooding type first forecast. No power outages, no detour signs. Maybe enough to lift the burn ban.
Are the infusions a forever thing? Man, I hope finding a new dr. doesn't goof up the schedule. Around here, it takes months to get into to see a dr.
Well, enjoy your cooking, dear friend, and look forward to soon passing the torch. I meant, spatula...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
AFAIK the infusions are a lifetime thing. With Kaiser
getting a replacement doctor is a phone call away, one can even get a new GP over the web, but specialists are a bit more special (heh). By law, MY GI has to approve each infusion, in advance, so a stand-in has been signing off on mine, one at a time. If I get replacemeet GI, they will be able to sign off on a whole quarter or two's worth at a time, simplifying the process for the GI dept, the pharma types and the infusion center all in one fell swoop.
Chili sounds good, it is that time of year.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Well, your dr. situation
sounds good. Lifetime of infusions sounds yucky. Too bad you can't get a port inserted so you could stay home and infuse yourself.
plans changed...we will dine out, save the chili for tomorrow.
Dear one had to wait 2 months to see his GI specialist. And what did the dr. bitch about? Dear One taking too long to get himself to a dr.!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I believe that both Friday and Saturday are
supposed to be pata pata time, so ...
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
prolly the superest rendition of that song
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have yet to hear in previous lifetimes
thanks for that
just made my weak end mo bettea!
beginning to understand the spirit
defeating SA from their apartheid ways.
Israel is next up. Hava a tequila ..
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Great song!
n/t
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning, soryang!
@#music used to be so good. What happened? Where are the keyboardists? Actual good singers? Why am I suddenly wanting to find sheet music and tickle the ivories? And hunt for a good horse? Most of today's music makes me hunt for something to stop my head ache.
The most fundamental trial procedure is to ask your witness fact questions, to elicit who, what, when, where, how, and why facts into evidence. When questioning opposing witnesses, questions are supposed to lead to only yes or no answers. Leading questions are just the proper way to conduct yourself in trial. "Isn't it true you have been arrested twice for crimes of violence since the last time this case went to court?" drew an objection from the judge that I was injecting facts not in evidence. First, judges are not allowed to object. Secondly, it took me 10 minutes to get the man to admit he had 2 pending charges. If she is ever assigned to one of my cases in the future, I will tell my client to hire another attorney.
Did your brother ever see Secretariat? I bet Triple Crown race day was nuts!
Well, enjoy your weekend, my friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
what are horses running from
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or to? They are a majestic beast
and amazing to watch. My riding days
are well done at this point.
Can't say I am sorry.
Thanks for the memories.
Scuffing along a trail ducking branches.
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I, too, am done with riding.
I should donate all my riding attire to some training barn. I will keep my spurs.
I have seen horses break out of pens and pastures just to be free. I have seen them run to be with the herd or possible mate. The times I found myself with absolutely no control over my horses were when they were spooked. I think Wildfire went searching for his closest friend. My last 2 horses ran across the pasture at the sound of my truck coming home from work so they could say hello and give me a kiss.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I agree
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horses are tough animals to train
but given a bit of grain
they come down to us humans
just to say hay
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They also turned their butts to me,
not to kick, but to get a little scratch at their tails.
I have had two horses sneak into my home through the front door.
I had to entice them back outside with feed!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I think Secretariat retired before
...my brother really became a inveterate racing fan. In 1973, my brother was only 17 or 18 and went upstate for college, although I know he liked to gamble on the trotters at Roosevelt Raceway. He worked there for a couple of seasons more after I left. Maybe in the early 80s when he started doing copyright law for the rock bands he probably started frequenting Belmont. He was just an associate at the time. Then he went to NYU for law a tax LLM. But I think he stayed with the racing bit, when he wasn't playing the poor student role. He was very successful for awhile in tax law publishing updates for a major publisher. Then the publisher was bought out, he lost his position, and everything went downhill. I can't even remember when I went to Belmont with him one time visiting NY. He was very proficient reading the horses and the cheat sheets. That day, he won over 800 dollars, while I only won 125 because I wouldn't wager like him.
Thanks for asking OTC. It's like QMS says good memories.
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gambling is almost like a jones
.
has something to do with
the thrill of risk
watched my dad get all crazy
tumbling dice in a hallway
unfortunately he bet on on a losing
horse and lost the farm
so I do not even buy a lottery ticket
to this day. there is a casino up the road a piece
and the losers that come in and out of the house
of shame do not seem very stable, either coming or
going. Do not understand that whole 'lucky' life.
Guess there is a lesson in that experience?
Lost on me.
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I lost a pile of money
...in the stockmarket, that was mostly on paper capital gain, but I had put a lot of time into it. That cured me forever. I was never much of recreational gambler. Too cautious.
語必忠信 行必正直
My brother has been addicted to gambling
since he was a teen. It started with pool, as he was a spectacular 8-baller, then those dice games and card games at the illegal secret black folks bar held in that invitees only back room, then his stint in La. working on oil rigs brought him the adrenaline rush of the casinos. Lottery tickets were also, for him, very exciting. He is in his mid-70s, spends every cent he has gambling. He lives for absolutely no other purpose.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
guess we all have our jonses
gambling is just a superficial ailment
only losing money. there are other ways
to drain our life energy. some more destructive
something in there to be learned
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One of the last times I went to the tracks
in Louisiana, just over the Texas/La. state line, I hit a trifecta and won $13,000, iirc. That completely paid for the addition to my home: a foyer and covered front porch. It was the track at Lafayette. And I am not into gambling, but could spot a good horse.
I went to a track in Lexinton, Ky. to watch some trotters races. Interesting, but not exciting.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
reminds me of the time
family gathering
all nighter with old songs
heartily harmonizing
somehow it was decided to bring in
one of the horses and lead it to where
my dad was tring to sleep.
Hell of a way to wake-up with a hangover
to see a horse kinda nestling. What is this weird
universe unfolding? Soimebody make a cup of joe.
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Lol!
If dogs and cats like to snuggle, why not horses?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
yeah
\.
I'm quite sure you have been blessed
with the horsee muzzle. it is a way to
show affection from the beasties.
Their nozzles are so soft. Imagine you miss
your four leggers. A lot of work to maintain
but seem to have an affinity for humans.
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I do miss my horses.
I swear to you, I "see" then sometimes.
They are buried in the pasture, and they will always be with me. My ashes will be spread beside them. I look out over that pasture from my new back room we recently built onto the house.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
beautiful and sad
.
both at the same time
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William Casey...
Hi, thought I'd throw this out here as a sort of plug for a couple of YT channels very good on economic and related goings on.
OtC, you might appreciate this episode with Gerald Celente, your favorite Casey quote gets a mention or two:
One more highly recommended - Sean Foo, out of Singapore I believe:
Cheers, BR
Thanks for the vids, BR!
I like Cambione, and this young Chinese guy seems to be up and coming.
We were gonna dine out at the one place that outdoor seating, but storms were on the radar, and although we would have a roof and 2 walls, winds could have soaked us.So, the chili is ready, and afterwards, the videos.
I will comment later. Oops, the rain just started hammering us. Fingers crossed the power holds.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Maybe Betrand's onto something here
It's worth it to open up his post. I'll read the Rand study later, my eyeballs are failing at this point.
語必忠信 行必正直
what's that song?
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you can't hide those lying eyes
(something) is a thin disguise
don't take this personally
meant in a general fashion
hope your eyes get better
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I actually skimmed just beyond a headline
about that RAND report, with the intention of reading it later. One side is telling Trump to back off China, the other side is telling Trump to use Venezuela to hit China.
Well, the MIC is in control, and they don't understand nuclear annihilation, so it seems.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Post-chili,
#8 I watched the videos and do think a huge crash is coming, but how to survive it is the question. I can't see how to stop CBDCs or stay outside that currency, either.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981