Wednesday mind bender ~ 30 OCT 24


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Fall is Falling

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Being an open thread, post any and all sundry items you have.

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QMS's picture

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A bit lite on the political commentary construction today.
Blame it on the weather or bathroom renovation chores.
Your choice.

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Lookout's picture

the drought. I love walking in the woods this time of year.

Hope the renovation is going well. Thanks for the OT.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

The gorgeous foliage I see is in photos someone posts.
Sigh...
Must head to work, get ready for court this morning. In my spare time, I will come up with some errand for Dear One, as it is quite important for him to stay busy doing things for me.
At least, that is my perspective.
Can't wait for this election to be over.
Take care of the plumbing, friend, and thanks for the OT!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

usefewersyllables's picture

fall on me on the way to work this AM, and had the first freeze last night. It's been a long and very pleasant Indian summer, and it'll be right back up into the 60s for a few more days after this.

Many of the leaves are still on the trees, though colorful, so I'm glad that it is just a small flaking. Usually, this time of year, we get a branch-stripper storm or two. But that makes it official: time to start wearing long pants and socks again. Sigh...

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Twice bitten, permanently shy.

enhydra lutris's picture

yesterday's (i was out of commission) plus still trying to organizize my e. sierra pics, which do have some color, even though generally "alpine".

Good luck with the plumbing, far from my favorite task.

Thanks for the Ramsey Lewis, his stuff always had a certain bounce to it, helps with the "get your ass up and face the day" perspective.

“Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

except for the minor details that is is already 08:01 and not 5, and our yard has some Maguey but no Prickly Pear.

be well and have a good one

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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 --

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@enhydra lutris
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seems life is a never ending chore list
had to cut out the old drain yesterday
( a mystery why it dissolved after 20 years )
picked-up replacement parts today
mucho knee time upcoming to finish
removing stained flooring

bien suerte amigo

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https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/10/30/by-creating-hostilities-wit...

Was Lula doing the west’s bidding by keeping Venezuela out of BRICS? Will it be reversed when he leaves office? I hope so.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

A friend ate a cheeseburger from Whattaburger for lunch Saturday. Monday morning, the digestive games began. The dr. says she has e-coli.
Be careful about eating fast food!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

soryang's picture

...in less than 15 minutes, with no explanation. They call that conclusory agency decision making. All they do is list all the proof and legal documents you must submit to appeal the claim determinations divided into separate categories and subject to three different appeals processes. Why should they have to give an explanation or cite a regulation? Due process? You can appeal there's your f...ing due process. Like a person whose home is ruined and needs to be repaired has time to submit the Magna Carta for some help recovering transitional costs from a disaster. You have to guess why they denied your claim. There is a marked difference in the demeanor and attitude of inspectors. It's a railroad job. The inspector was at my home for nine minutes and acted put upon the whole time.

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語必忠信 行必正直

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@soryang
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You must be pretty pissed.
We are victims of our institutions.
Blackmail seems to be only thing
they understand. A curse upon their house.
Sorry soryang.

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@soryang Sorry you couldn't request as an illegal immigrant.
I am actually seeing that preferential treatment for local flooding victims.
What a crappy program.
So sorry, friend.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@soryang

...they just approved "miscellaneous claims." Just this minute. That's a relief. Tired of being negative.

thanks for the support here. I needed it.

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@soryang
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hope the hurdles going forward
are surmountable

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@QMS

The impact is mostly psychological. It's small, relatively speaking, compared to out of pocket expenses so far, a trifling sum, it's just the idea of someone helping to mitigate the losses, helps a lot. They should wait until the whole claim is decided, before telling claimants, claim denied, claim denied, claim denied. It was such a downer. Then to get a letter almost four hours later, oh, this part of your claim approved.

Ms. So purchased a relatively comfortable chair so she would have something to sit on. Can I get it delivered today? Answer, do you have the ap, scan the qr code, pay online, blah, blah, blah, we don't do that here anymore, you have to do it online. Luckily, there is friend from her church with a trailer that's been helping us, we'll give him the cash if they don't want it.

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語必忠信 行必正直

From reading the military pundits, Israeli attack on Iran was not very successful. If it was actually meant to be. Iran may just let a counter attack go for awhile at least. If the time comes when Iran uses the full force of its missile armada, I fully expect Israel to use nukes on Iran. The country as a whole has been an End of Days death cult.

Propaganda about North Korean troops in Ukraine being used by Ukraine and warmongers to directly involve NATO. Problem is that it would take NATO isn't ready to take on any major conflict unless it is shooting and bombing defenseless rural villagers. Plus look at the inability to stop the Ansar Allah in Yemen.

No respect for German FM.

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@MrWebster
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scheming around in the background
've must destroy the world to control it'
idjits

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@MrWebster

then it’s no other country’s business. This whole scheme is just a way for NATO to let Ukraine use their bombs deeper in Russia and maybe to put their own troops into Ukraine.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?