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Open Thread, Tuesday 24 September 2013
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Hey barn – looks like the next mayor of NYNY is a real doozy. Yikes!!
http://nypost.com/2013/09/23/getting-to-know-bill-de-blasio-belatedly/
Yeah…. another winner. Fat chance of the republican winning. I would have preferred Wiener over de Blasio. He’d have been too preoccupied to do anything.
That pic looks like the backyard of Hogwarts. . . lol
In other news, a 7.8 EQ struck Pakistan this morning (eastern time). I’m seeing it on the RSOE, but not any articles yet. Will link when I can.
No sooner so I post, than the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24222760#TWEET899945
Felt as far as Delhi, India.
That’s a pretty big EQ. Remote location and they still have 30 people killed right off the bat. When we had a 7.9 in San Francisco, I don’t think we had more than a death toll of 50 for the first few days. Of course, in Pakistan, [speculation deleted since it’s too early to be questioning the source of stray bodies in a tragedy].
And it created a new island!
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/pakistan-hit-by-74-magnitude-earthquake/story-fndir2ev-1226726509239
That’s a new one for me. Never seen a single earthquake create an island before!
Instapundit on prosecutorial overreach.
http://www.columbialawreview.org/ham-sandwich-nation_reynolds/
Pelosi is granted the rare privilege of being excommunicated. Hat tips: CtH and iotw.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/24/Head-Vatican-court-Pelosi-Communion
And by the way, that’s what “excommunicated” means. It doesn’t mean she can’t go to church. It doesn’t mean she goes to jail. It just means she’s denied communion as an outward sign that she’s not in complete communion with the Church, and when she publicly says things like “My devout Catholic faith tells me promoting abortion is ok” that she’s a big fat liar. And it’s official. Finally.
Amen. Nice to have this, officially. Now, let’s hope it is enforced, and held in her face, until she either shuts up, or cracks beneath the pressure of His Grace and Forgiveness and publically repents. . .
Well it is a pity! Any soul lost is always a pity. Long overdue though, very long. It is sad because todays verse of the day is so true and yet so many think it’s a joke or don’t think at all. A crying shame and a total disgrace to our Lord! Sorry, but we must “judge” them by their fruits!
Eagle kills deer on film.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/23/camera-trap-captures-the-moment-an-eagle-attacks-a-deer-guess-who-won/
“I think I can speak for everyone in the group that it was an honor to meet this man,” the video description continues. “This is what we need to see from police officers everywhere! THIS MAN IS A HERO.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/24/open-carry-activists-stunned-when-confronted-by-michigan-deputy-but-in-a-really-good-way/
Hey Sol! When you get back online, check out this 7th FS Reunion site that Franta Sredl dropped by! Pretty cool!
http://www.7fs.cityslide.com/albums/album_image/5290525/1560862.htm
Also check out his comment on the 1 August post.
Hey Barn! Did you find any good stuff on that Port Moresby site? Just by coincidence, I spotted this over on Wirecutter’s site, which is also a photo from the war in the Pacific. Carrier landing gone bad. The deck hand has some courage climbing on a burning plane trying to save the pilot.
Here’s a nice shot of some pre-war Seversky P-35s
The P-35 was the first single seat, all metal pursuit plane with retractable landing gear and fully enclosed cockpit. The aircraft was 25 feet long, 9 feet, 9 inches high and weighed 5,600 pounds. Each plane cost $22,500 and had a maximum speed of 280 MPH with a range of 625 miles and a ceiling of 30,600 feet.
Seversky Aircraft became Republic Aircraft making the P-47 all the way through the A-10 (Fairchild Republic) at Farmingdale Long island.
Cool!
BREAKING: Lurch To Sign U.N. Arms Treaty Mandating Gun Registry As Early As Wednesday…
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/09/24/breaking-kerry-to-sign-u-n-arms-treaty-mandating-gun-registry-as-early-as-wednesday/
F that S. Seriously. It’s an invalid treaty, and illegal law. .. no compliance.
Damn straight. They’re disregarding personal and national sovereignty, and that’s their goal. On our side (Kerry), this is straight up treason.
And srsly, certain people need to be arrestied, tried, and harshly sentenced. As in, not life in Leavenworth or exile. Prob’ly makes me a crappy Catholic and Christian, but I’m kinda used to that. . .
When are the REAL Americans gonna get it? These are TRAITORS to the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flaming skunks (sorry skunks)
And who at the UN is going to enforce this?
He can sign all the sh*t he wants. That don’t make it so until he can get 67 votes in the Senate. F*ck him. Sorry for the foul language, but I’m sick of these dillweeds going against EVERYTHING this Country has stood for for 237 years.
Mitch McConnell: Ted Cruz’s filibuster would shut down the government and keep ObamaCare funded; Update: Cruz to launch “talking filibuster” at 2:30
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/09/24/mitch-mcconnell-ted-cruzs-filibuster-would-shut-down-the-government-and-keep-obamacare-funded/
I guess I’ll have to tune in!
2:41…Cruz just started.
Cruz is kicking ass. “Where is the urgency in this body? When you go home to WV and TX and you see the suffering, where is your urgency?”
Apparently these Venus sculptures are tablet chargers.
Just say no to “crack”. LOL!:)
Shush! They’re reading about exercise.
Like the photo of Scotland! It captures the “first days of creation” feeling that Scotland’s landscapes have (as opposed to Ireland’s “first days of Elvendom in Middle Earth” feeling.
Pope Emeritus Benedict challenges atheist. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1304027.htm
Good response, I think.
actually I think his response is a really good one. However, the distorted “facts” of science will never replace “Faith” which is the foundation of what I believe in. Facts are great (just ask Thomas) but Faith is always better! 🙂