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All of a sudden the posts disappeared but then, voila, like magic.
— J.J. Sefton

The ampersand-filtering hamster is sick.

Morning, Glories. 5am suntime is a good 6am. I like 5am. Don't like government collective will all up in my clocks, though.

humans!

I'm done.

pax

Some people fail a belly dancing class, they try bicycling our yoga.

Others turn to writing....

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Good evening, briefly. Anybody seen an hour? I seem to have lost one.

One nice thing about the book thread is the comfortable chairs next to the bright incandescent reading lamps.

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Begging our host's indulgence, another tale plucked from that weighty revelatory tome The Urantia Book, digested for your edutainment.

Last time we ventured aboard Noah's Ark
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=346872#c21730253
This time, my boy Sherman sets the Wayback Machine much further back.

Originally, the grandest tower ever to be built (up to that time) was proposed as a monument to the fading glory of the tribe (what tribe? whole nuther story), near the ancient city of Dilmun.

Then it went to committee. With predictable results.

Confusion of purpose actually divided the Babel tower planners.

About half wanted a glorious, imposing monument to their tribal history.

The second biggest group wanted to honor their current culture and glory.

The minority group wanted the tower to be a monument of atonement for sin and past folly, dedicated to the Father of all, and representative of the spiritual culture of their people.

Here amongst the wise men and women of AoSHQ, I don't have to tell you which group got promptly voted down by the other two, do I?

"None of that guilt and stigma for us, thanks!" Then, the other two groups set to fighting between each other. The religion-minded bugged out, while Pride and Vanity about wiped themselves out.

A second attempt was made later, but nothing came of it.

Click handle to read online.

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The percentages of the parties involved reminds me of the way the nation shakes out nowadays. The minority of intelligent and spiritual voices that make sense are quickly shouted down so the stupid parties with their vainglorious agendas can attack each other.

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"Let's you and him fight." -The Prophet Wimpy

I had just been thinking, considering I'm a useless old PITB, preternaturally shy, even self-loathing, why do I keep tossing comments out as if I think anybody wanted to read mine? What compulsion motivates my manic public displays of my foolishness, ignorance, and social maladjustment?

Then I discover.. I'm ultracrepidarian.

Well, crep!

"It's almost like its a make work program for the unions, rather than making actual improvements." —Jen

No "almost" about it, tho.

Somewhere many moons back I ran across an article on how they build up roadbeds in Europe vs in America. The difference is in the resultant maintenance schedule. There are vast differences in American soil, weather, traffic, but fundamentally we build them weak on purpose.

We could also make a long-burning light bulb. Planned obsolescence is a disease of businesses. & unions.

Happy Birthday to Vic
When the news is all sick
He'll catch us up quick
Happy Birthday to Vic

Happy Birthday to Vic
Who posts news & opinion
If he ran for Overlord,
I'd be his minion.

Happy Birthday to Vic
From whose cake we can learn
The candles aplenty teach
Just Let It Burn

Happy Birthday to Vic
Who brings news with the dawn
And faces the foolish with
"Get Off My Lawn!"

-Karma Shave

"...only took home 3.8 mil. ... he was whining about all the attention."

"Only" took home $3.8mil. D'awwww.

Talk about crying all the way to the bank!

Rather than cut-paste re-inflict y'all with yesterday's rant about DST, which itself links to previous rants:

http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347740#c21874572

REPEAL! DST IS EVIL! (Except for Carol. )

We came thisclose to being the United States of Vespuccia!

More evidence that Obama is a joo h8ten muzzie.
http://tinyurl.com/qj4rzyt
Posted by: Vic

from the article:

State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki... to the PA-based Arabic-language Al-Quds newspaper, said, "The American position is clear, Israel is a Jewish state. However, we do not see a need that both sides recognize this position as part of the final agreement."

Now the Palis no longer have to give up their call for Israel's destruction. Progress! Forward!

I used to thank God we got GWB not JFingKerry. Yet here that bastard is! Help!

"Are you an illegal wanting to get into the US while a border patrol agent stands close by watching? Simply throw rocks at him and he will run away per new DHS directives...."

In memory of Brian Terry, et al., my vid from 2012,
http://mindfulwebworks.com/radical/approved-border-patrol-weapons

"why did not Bush who came after undo all the shit like this that he [Clinton] did via EO?"

Why did GWB snuggle up to the Muzzie Brohood after 9/11?

Why did GW get us all tangled without resolution ("nation building"???) in the Muddled East?

Why did Nixon kick Taiwan under the bus and instigate wage & price controls?

I could throw a little Reagan in there.

Because they are not Constitutional Conservatives, obviously. M/L passably good men (especially compared to the pResident Evil), but men of their era.

We are forced to learn self-government all over again. Like homeschoolers using 19th Century textbooks.

"They are now saying there were 4 suspect individuals on that plane that disappeared yesterday en route to Peking...."

Kuala Lampur didn't have our protective layer of grandma-gropers at the airport?

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Morning, Glories. I'm here. bfd

Who are those people in the pic at the top of the post? I have no clue...
g'evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson
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So it's not just me!

I was like

pic: who they?
kitteh!
That who's that guy? again
golfclapping grumpy kitteh!
back up & read about con artist
asshoes
universe
snake!
perv face!
turtle!... wtf?
rocket pen .. wait, what?
rocket bird and cat? what th...?
legs! b.. b.. but.. elongated lass?

then I was like... at the end of the roller coaster and it was over too soon... again.

Evening, rebels.

"...My whole family is Republican now, but it took awhile to make the transition official. ..." —stace

Like much of rural Oklahoma, it's not so much that the Republicans have done so well at attractively representing their ideals as that the Democrats have gone so repulsively far the other direction.

Perhaps two graphics vertically would ease our broader border issues?

Also, along with my semi-annual DST rant (last thread), I register my regular objection to folks employing the party-color-reversal trick pulled by the Commies:

http://mindfulwebworks.com/radical/blue

Too much? -Village Idiot's Apprentice

Not w/o bewbies. Or crossbows.

You guys are good at this! —FenelonSpoke

*snort*

"Sometimes I get off a good one
Least I think I do.
No, I know I do.
Shouldn't be thinkin' at all"
—Randy Newman

Sometimes I'm good for a round or two of repartee, but tend to fold in extended clinches. Especially now that I'm out of coffee.

Seriously, Seamus is inspiring. I'm not so original but I can ape.

Reminds me of a lifetime ago, sitting on the steps at school with genius (literally) friend Kirk (hi, Kirk!) and he made some pun and I got off a good pun in reply, then he bounced off that, and as we traded puns, I realized my mind felt like it had been kicked into high gear; I was kind-of amazed slow-witted me could keep up. I think Dana or Laura or someone was also in on that at first, and made a remark much like yours.

((wansers off into high school memories......))

That would make an awesome Twilight Zone episode- "Buried Alive, A Mime's Story"
—Seamus Muldoon, United Mime Workers local #555

That heart-wrenching scene where the mime pretends to bang on the "coffin" and "scream" for help is Emmy bait.