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Notre Dame Rebuilt.
by coldwarrior ( 100 Comments › )Filed under History, Open thread at March 9th, 2021 - 7:00 am
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Play nice!
When I saw the title I thought that the Irish might have dumped Brian Kelly and were searching for
a new head coach.
@ RIX:
HA!
our CON-servative word whore betters
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lincoln-project-laid-bare-co-founders-knew-about-weavers-bait-and-switch-tactics-young
Hey CW. When are you gonna delete the widget for the jacked & obsolete twitter feed on the sidebar? 😀
@ Bunk X:
The link to DoD is jacked too. Needs to be redirected.
@ Bunk X:
I’ve been wondering about expired blogs too.
@ right_wing2:
This link is worthless.
https://www.facebook.com/blogmocracy/
Carpe Donktum has a podcast on FB. The intro themesong/vid is cool.
https://wwwDOTfacebookDOTcom/413755415822746/videos/258908532493775
I don’t know where he was – hardware store maybe – but I saw a clip earlier of Biden just standing there looking like he had zero idea where he was.
He’s not going to make it 2 years.
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah, he’s been caught having a couple episodes over the last few weeks. Once on a teleconference with reporters and dem leaders and once doing the disaster relief for TX. It’s looking real bad. Other countries press are picking up on it and asking questions.
Well, I think I finally found something that CBD has some effect on me with. Having really bad gout flare up right now and have some broad spectrum CBD samples oral and topical. Combined with Ibuprofen they seem to be giving me some relief against the inflammation. At least the agony is down to tolerable levels now. So, I guess they actually might be good for that at least. Inflammation seems to be where they are the most effective.
@ eaglesoars:
@ coldwarrior:
4 hours to go before the Kick-off of the REAL America’s Cup. Sailing conditions are excellent on the Hauraki Gulf with a current Souwester turning to a Norwester later in the afternoon at 15 knots and smooth seas. First race at 1600 and a second at about 1745. The Italians look dangerous but the word is out that the Kiwi’s boat is a rocket shipwith capability of 50 knots and up to 60 knots if you’re brave. It’ll be down to how close to the edge the Kiwis are prepared to go. Especially rounding the marks where things can go catastrophically wrong at high speed.
My guess is that the Kiwi boat will be all over the Italians like a rash but they have to keep their boat in one piece to win with first with 7 wins.
🙂
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
I’m glad you’ve found some relief. I tried CBD for my knees. Topical did nothing, oral made me sick. But topical lidocaine helps a lot.
@ Aussie Infidel:
got pics? Those boats they’re racing now are out of sci fi
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah, I was at the point I thought I was either highly resistant or that stuff was just a placebo. But, it seems to be having at least some effect on this at least.
eaglesoars wrote:
Will post the URL of the race #1 as soon as it’s hot off the presses.
🙂
Heading back to Miss AI’s place to watch the video walk through and ensure that the painters and carpenters keep well out of shot!
🙂
Bunk X wrote:
At this rate? Never. No time.
Roger Mudd has died
coldwarrior wrote:
It’s easy to do. Toss me some Admin keys(or not)and I’ll look it over this weekend, see if I can clean it up a bit. This week is treatment week so concentration will be in the ozone for the next couple of days.
“When socialists carry out a revolution they try to demoralize people, shock them, make people feel there is no hope and little point in standing up against it. But a lot of this is based on bluff.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialist-policies-can-be-resisted-peacefully-if-people-do-not-lose-hope-trevor-loudon_3722828.html
@ Bunk X:
Thx!
I’ll give ya the keys tomorrow when I get home
https://thepostmillennial.com/french-schoolgirl-says-she-made-up-story-that-got-teacher-beheaded-by-muslim-radical
coldwarrior wrote:
No hurry. The stoopid will be kicking in by noon.
Bunk X wrote:
I mean the More Than Usual stoopid.
@ Bunk X:
Loudon said that the communist agenda of the Democrats had to be stalled for the next two years “so there is a meaningful election in 2022.
fail.
anyone who puts faith in elections is offering the neck to the knife
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
Tart Cherries are supposed to be good for gout. Old Farmer recipe.
eaglesoars wrote:
Yup.
US elections are now passed given that the Democrats are putting rules in place that make a mockery of voter security.The only way that the RNC can compete is to out cheat the DNC.
The US electoral system has so many variables that depend on State legislation that they become suseptible to cheating and lack oversight.
The other side of the Democrat tactic is to so dispirit their opponents that the RNC don’t even turn up at the polls.
Between industrial strength cheating an keeping the RNC at home the Democrats will win every election until they are removed at the point of a bayonet.
Some RNC types don’t seem to realise these facts.
🙁
Lol City.
“This is a great example of how he’s a more powerful individual than the party actually is, at this juncture,” Santos said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-sends-legal-notices-to-rnc-nrcc-nrsc-to-stop-using-his-name-and-likeness_3723724.html
@ Bunk X:
And the RNC told him to piss off.
“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.”
— Johnny Cash
@ eaglesoars:
But Trump supporters heard him.
Bunk X wrote:
oh yeah
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
My girl friend’s aunt turned me on to the CBD oil she used, she swore by it. I started taking the drops Sept 2019 and bought some of their relief cream at the same time. It takes a couple of weeks for the drops to start to work, once you find your sweet spot, mine is about 5 drops twice a day. I haven’t had a severe gout attack since I started taking the drops. When I feel that joint tightness starting, I rub the relief cream into the joint, increase the drops and flex the joint, sometimes it takes a couple of days for it fade out. I started taking it because I screwed up my right knee and foot a few years ago, it helped. I just received my 3rd order of the relief cream; a bottle of the drops will last about 2 months. It ain’t cheap but it works for me.
I’m going to have to get CBD smart.
Garbage day here. I have to make stew out of all the food past its expiration date. Last time I think I let some cheese slide too long.
darkwords wrote:
Yeah I’ve heard that too.
Bordm wrote:
That’s another barrier. The cost. Looked at some CBD freezing gel since I like freezing gel. 70 bucks a tube is ridiculous.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
You are in good company.
Gout was historically known as “the disease of kings” or “rich man’s disease”.
https://www.medicalmarijuana.com/medical-marijuana-treatments-cannabis-uses/cannabinoids-positive-results-for-gout/
Outside of genetic factors it looks like removing sugar from the diet is essential. Taking in less calories. I would think drinking lemon water from fresh lemons would help the ph side of this? I’m at risk from all angles.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
I ordered this cbd creme once for the ex. Ramina products at ra-hem.com $30 for a small jar but it lasted. She thought it worked. They gave a free sample with the first order so $15 a jar.
I watched this show Utopia on prime. Pretty disturbing but I had to watch it to the end. It’s in a category like “The Boys” also on Prime. What I consider horrific violence. Trying to filter that stuff out.
@ darkwords:
There was a lot of interesting stuff in Utopia, like the way they would manipulate social media to rewrite people’s histories on the fly.
@ lobo91:
I have to catch that. I think it is written pretty well.
darkwords wrote:
Removed sugar a long time ago. Just get a random flare up once or twice a year.
In the event you were unaware, the rumor on the ground is that the razor wire and its attendant security services(‘rapid reaction force’) will be a permanent feature of Washington D.C. 10k Nat’l Guard troops, etc. (altho I don’t understand how this is not a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act).
Hast du deine Papiere?
I’m told the National Guard does not concur with the Secretary of Defense extending their DC deployment and will be issuing a memo soon
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1369514649230663681
Posobiec lives in D.C. He’s a devout Catholic of Polish heritage and he’s developed as a reporter with some fairly good sources. He’s an OANN guy.
bed nite.
@ darkwords:
I quit alcohol and soda(pretty much any hfcs drink) and I went from crippling gout to no gout.
@ Bordm:
My wife tried some of the CBD cream and it was kind of greasy to her.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Back in the day giving up Port was the ‘cure’ for gout!
🙂
@ eaglesoars:
@ coldwarrior:
There you go . Full coverage of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyn-VyuzrbcRace #1 and #2 on Dy 1 of the America’s Cup match racing in Auckland New Zealand
Enjoy
🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyn-Vyuzrbc
Seeing that we are entering yet another dystopian age I thought that a re-visit to my favourite dystopian movie might be in order.
🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbJBevuuQY
Wonder whether they burned Dr Suess’………. Cat in the Hat as well?
These ‘woke’ bastards need to be seriously ‘sorted out’ and soon!
SPIT
🙂
Julie Christie is better as the female lead in Dr Zhevargo but she still does sterling work in Fahrenheit 451.
There is even a young Anthony Hopkins giving a consummate performance as always.
@ Aussie Infidel:
What? Not this one?
https://youtu.be/S33K-ph23Aw
PaladinPhil wrote:
Nope. That one is just another shoot ’em up and of little consequence. The ones that survive the test of time tend to be more subtle and actually don’t have to throw the ‘lesson’ into your face. It just sticks better when it is given quietly and with thought.
🙂
Next stop: “Universal Basic Income”
https://www.city-journal.org/calif-ethnic-studies-curriculum-accuses-christianity-of-theocide
California’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum urges students to chant to the Aztec deity of human sacrifice.
Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology.
@ Aussie Infidel:
Good point. I liked it and bought it on Amazon Prime. Which I don’t recommend for anyone else. They changed the Taco Bell Schtick to Pizza hut, and badly. 🙁
Will save 451 for another time and movie night with the wife.
lobo91 wrote:
universal welfare
Gov. Cuomo allegedly reached under aide’s blouse and groped her: report
https://nypost.com/2021/03/10/gov-cuomo-allegedly-reached-under-aides-blouse-and-groped-her-report/
Am I crazy? I don’t intend to blame the victim here, but why do women not have the where withall to to just knee these guys in the nuts? A throat punch is not out of order.
That’s the way I was raised. CW and some others here have daughters. What are you telling them?
I was 10 years old when I came home in tears because some asshole on the playground kept throwing my skirt over my head and grabbing me between my legs. I won’t go into the entire story but that’s when my father taught me to throw a punch.
I just do not understand why physical consequences are just out of the question for women. I’m not strong anymore but if I decide you’re out of line, you’re going to wish YOU were dead.
There’s no excuse for Cuomo. But there’s also no excuse for these women having zero mental tools to take him down and for Cuomo and his ilk to not know it in advance.
@ eaglesoars:
Hmm, that seems to be violating first amendment establishment clause — and will cause a real moral issue for Christian children as this is chanting worship of a pagan false god.
I was thinking about this question for the woke crowd today. If I’m woodworking and make something from, say, African Rosewood, but use a Japanese cutoff saw or a European turning gouge to shape the wood, am I guilty of cultural appropriation? Can I only use african style tools on african wood, South American tools on woods from South American and European and American tools only on wood from the US and Europe? Seems like something the woke crowd should look into and would make a wonderful study for one of their so-called college intellectuals to explore.
AZfederalist wrote:
Yes. Denounce yourself.
A year or so ago I was an afficiando of the Iditarod. I sponsored a dog in the race.
As I experienced it, it was via twitterfeed. And I loved it. Keep in mind, this was not directed toward me, because I had not used the term. But somebody said ‘spirit animal’. And was gently chided that it was ‘cultural appropriation’.
Well, you know me. I popped up with IN ENGLISH?? Or am I just not allowed to have the idea?
I dropped the entire twitter Iditarod culture, the dog I had sponsored, the whole nine yards.
I canceled them. There aren’t many things that can get between me and dogs, but that garbage managed to do it.
Somebody is trying out a Drudge alternative, this time with a nearly identical format. I haven’t “vetted” them yet.
https://populist.press/
Judging by the format and a link, they’re related to this site:
https://www.refdesk.com/
Two repubs screwed John Moorloch out of what should have been an easy win for an Orange County Board of Supervisors seat by siphoning 20% of his vote. This is the first time since 1894 that Democrats have been in control of the board seat for the county’s 2nd District. Not a biggie, but a surprise.
https://www.courthousenews.com/democrats-flip-orange-county-supervisor-seat-held-by-gop-for-120-years/
The winner is the least qualified candidate, Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley, who has mismanaged the sanctuary city for years.
@ Bunk X:
yinz has the keys
eaglesoars wrote:
crush the tops of their feet, nuts, and eyeballz.
Bunk X wrote:
https://populist.press/ seems like a louche website compared to https://www.refdesk.com/
I’m trying to remember that pre drudge website I used to go to for news links. One pager. All text. Links were labeled as to category. I went for the NSFW links.
@ eaglesoars:
My culture is a culture of appropriation. I expect my house to have chopsticks, dream weavers, a book on Shaka Zulu, a picture of the pyramids.
The spirit animal for the millennial is a crybaby.
Pow wow’s never existed for the west coast Indians but today you’ll see their youth in a culture of Indian heritage that includes pow wows. Maybe its all casino driven?
I’m in some Facebook politics which I was trying to avoid. But in a thread with lefties saying they have never heard of any active Marxists in America in their time. But everyone white is a white supremist.
They can’t accept that the leaders of BLM are trained Marxists in their own words.
HR 8 and HR 1446 both passed the House this morning.
This morning Chris Plante was talking about a presser an admin person gave about the border. Some woman, I don’t remember her name. She first spoke in English and said the border is not open.
Then she switched to Spanish. Guess what she said.
C’mon in!
@ eaglesoars:
Reminds me of when Arafat used to say one thing while in front of a western audience, and then say exactly the opposite when he thought nobody could understand him.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’ll look into it this weekend and I promise I won’t change the banner to Possum’s kitty pron.
darkwords wrote:
American indians weren’t (and aren’t) a homogenous people at all, and most didn’t have access to eagle feathers. Hogans were cooler than wigwams or cliff caves too.
darkwords wrote:
Politics on FB is a game of out-trolling the trolls. I mostly use it as a news link supplement (after I check out what Eaglesoars has turned up).
Bunk X wrote:
Eaglesoars is currently swimming in the monarchal crisis in the UK. And no, it’s not just about those two grifters,H&M, this is deadly serious.
Her Majesty really should yank those titles. She can’t do anything about his status as a prince, that’s a birthright, but the dukedom, earldom, etc yank all of it.
As I have opined previously …. Markle has Harry’s balls in her handbag.
Harry should be media savvy enough given his background NOT to get caught lying so obviously. Don’t forget mate the interweb never forgets!
🙂
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2021/03/mrs-and-mr-markle-and-their-fact-free-fantasyland.html
Bunk X wrote:
… and they are linked genetically to the inhabitants of northern Finland!
🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
Talk about swimming…
This is a great reason NOT to go swimming on all of those great Gold Coast canals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEoYg1-1hcs
Like everything in Australia ….. it all looks wonderful and scenic, but EVERYTHING there is out to eat you, bite you or poison you.
🙂
Some idiot sneak thief was burglarising canal houses in a row boat last week. She got caught trying to row away … pst oe oar and finally dived into the 2 metre deep canal. This is NOT a very smart idea as the canals are swarming with big crazy hungry Bull Sharks with a taste for human flesh!
🙂
Aussie Infidel wrote:
lemme tell ya, Harry is no innocent. One of his former girlfriends said he’s not a nice person, that no matter how cool you think you are, how you treat people is the tell.
It’s true that his balls are in her purse, but he’s a vindictive son of a bitch.
Soon to be memory-holed.
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/dr-jim-meehan/surgeon-destroys-myth-if-masks-dont-work-why-do-surgeons-wear-them
Aussie Infidel wrote:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e1972a3d199ba091762acfcb2115aa3c0d2a49aba8dd31f201ecd2a69944a5d1.jpg
@ Bunk X:
He’s exactly right
@ Bunk X:
Thank YOU!
https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/cortes-hispanic-men-are-rallying-to-america-first/
Very important going forward.
darkwords wrote:
Please tell me that you have ditched ALL social media. You’ll thank me one day and be a much happier person as well.
Social Media rots the soul.
eaglesoars wrote:
Of course he is.
He bought into the whole elitist rule the world schtick years ago. His mates in the Marines gave him a wide berth because he was using them as ‘extras in his PR shots and he was a walking talking Target for every Taliban marksman in Afghanistan. He was dangerous to be around. His helicopter flying was minimal as the Taleb knew when he was flying from sources inside the base and every Taleb wanted to collect his scalp for their belt. Eventually because it was causing problems with his squadron he was transferred back home and the Apache drivers went back to doing what they were supposed to do.
Then we had the whole ‘wounded warriors’ thingie. The Invictus Games were supposed to be about the athletes (former and still serving wounds warriors) but Harry sucked all of the Oxygen out of the games and it became all about him. I know all about it as we sent out VP of the ARSA to Florida as a representative as well as a dozen wounded vets. Harry and the press are toxic and the vets got left in his dust. Then we have the obvious signals from Harry showing his pedigree with the world’s OWG Masonic Order with the hidden hand and all the rest ‘sekret stuff’ 🙂
Pathetic !
Mrs. and Mr. Markle deserve each other. They are media whores living off their celebratory status and contributing zip. Harry will always be Prince Harry Wales-Mountbatten. Markle’s royal title is just an honorific nothing more. Their kids like all of the Queen’s great Grandchildren DO NOT HAVE TITLES.
Markle should have researched that a little more before hooking Harry.
🙂
Archie will just be plain old Mr. Archie Wales Mountbatten forevermore.
It’s interesting where the Windsor’s got their name. Queen Victoria was married to a German who’s pedigree was Von BattenBerg. (from Batten Mountain) but WWI ruined that for all of Victoria’s children and Grandchildren. So Queen Elizabeth’s uncle became Mountbatten, the Anglicised version of von Battenberg and the ‘House of Windsor’ (the Queen’s official home’ ) was born to cover the children of Victoria’s progeny.
Prince Charles had his favourite Grand Uncle Lord Mountbatten until the IRA blew up his sail boat in Ireland.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
That was horrific
Day #2 for the America’s Cup Racing on the Waitaamata Harbour. One race each team.
Alas the wind has forsaken the Waitamata Harbour. Just 3-5 knots. Hoping for something above 10-12 knots by race time 1600 this afternoon.
The Kiwi boat is not set up for light winds, with its truncated small foils that cut drag at speed but loose grip at low speeds and allow the hull to ‘touch down’ killing speed during turns.
Beautiful day here. at 1200. Lunchtime. Blue sky and smooth conditions on the azure harbour.
WE WANT WIND!
🙂
I am off to read. There is absolutely nothing going on that I find the least bit interesting. Well, apparently 8 House Repubs voted for some gun bill but I haven’t seen names yet.
Prime Minister ‘cindy’ just deigned to reduce the Level #2 lockdown in Auckland where there has been zero community spread of Wuhan Flu for almost 2 weeks. She is still screwing about with small business holders and appears to be enjoying keeping them in the dark until the last moment. There is something very warped in this one! She’s loving the power trip a little too much!
She refuses to institute a Travel Bubble with Australia when the Aussies have now sorted out their tracing protocols which are now as good as those in NZ. She’s playing silly one-upmanship games with the Australian PM Morrison. They can’t stand each other and it really shows. ……
But the travel industry in BOTH countries are suffering not that she gives a toss. Bloody socialist bitch.
@ eaglesoars:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/11/house-passes-two-bills-targeting-background-checks-for-firearm-purchases/
The republicans in the House who voted in support of the background check bills are: Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Will Hurd (R-TX-23), Peter T. King (R-NY-2), Brian Mast (R-FL-18), Chris Smith (R-NJ-4), and Fred Upton (R-MI-6).
coldwarrior wrote:
If you can smell a fart your mask is worthless.
@ coldwarrior:
No promises, except for that thing about Possum’s cats.
just so y’all are up on the new trends
SuperStraight: The Newest Sexual Category That’s Taking The World By Storm!
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=393108
When the lesbians state that they don’t date men, the trans “women” call them bigots, haters, and transphobes.
Some guy on TikTok decided to do something about this.
What he did was to invent the newest LGBTQ+ identity, called “Super Straight.”
bwahahahahahahahahahahah
By the way, you can also be “Super Gay” or “Super Lesbian,” meaning that you are born with an attraction only to members of the opposite biological sex, and not people dressing up in a game of Genital Cosplay.
@ rain of lead:
As bad as HR 8 is, HR 1446 is worse. It turns the “Instant Check” system on its head, giving the bureaucrats the ability to prevent anyone from ever being approved for a purchase. First, it increases the maximum response time from 3 calendar days to 10 business days. Then, it changes what happens at the end of that time. Under the current system, if they don’t have an answer in 3 days, the dealer is allowed to proceed with the sale. Under the new system, they get an additional 10 business days (for a total of 20, which actually means a whole month, realistically).
If they still haven’t decided after that, you can submit a “petition” to have your application reviewed.
Right on cue:
creating maternity flight suits?
What a stupid time to be alive.
Milo’s back in the news!
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/activist-milo-yiannopoulos-is-now-ex-gay-consecrating-his-life-to-st-joseph
“Someone really ought to tell them to use more heterosexual-looking photos on their website. I can share some tips! My followers have been giving me a crash course in all-American straight guy aesthetics, which apparently include growing a mullet and learning to drive stick.” – Milo
Bunk X wrote:
This is a set up
@ rain of lead:
The graphics are awesome.
eaglesoars wrote:
Milo trolling? Nah.
@ eaglesoars:
Day #2 Race #3 and #4.
A bit of a one demential course off Takapuna Beach . Great for viewing off the Northern headlands and North Head but the course is in the wind shadow of Mototapu Island. So whoever wins the start dictates the race and the trailing boat can’t easily get past. Starting to Port as the lead boat and you can force the trailing boat into a extra tack and you can dominate them by putting your foul air onto their sals.
The Italians won the Start off the Port position and dominated. Team got the Port position and controlled the race #4 from start to finish.
That’s 2 races each in the first to seven.
They course committee need to go to the further off-shore courses that are not effected by wind shadows off the Gulf Islands.
This could be a Loooong series.
🙂
dimensional = demential
Bloody predictive strikes again!
Grrrr
Luna Rossa were trailing around buoy 2 and had a wee bit of a mechanical SNAFU when they dropped the foil and it failed to lock down and when they tried to retract the wet foil the bow did a dive. That was all it took as the Kiwis stretched their lead.
Impressive.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1369390961873281026