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by Burning Petard
Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:43 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: This is how you do it (in case you weren't sure)
Replies: 13
Views: 91

Re: This is how you do it (in case you weren't sure)

State of the Union address next Tuesday evening. Is this where we will hear that the United States of America is at war with Iran, even though Congress, which is the body (not the 'unitary executive" ) that has the duty of sending the nation to war. Last Tuesday we observed 'Presidents Day' even tho...
by Burning Petard
Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:22 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: I challenge you
Replies: 1
Views: 19

Re: I challenge you

As per Matthew 6:1-5. Do it quietly, anonymously Snailgate.
by Burning Petard
Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:16 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: It's the Beginning of the End of Real Music....
Replies: 2
Views: 25

Re: It's the Beginning of the End of Real Music....

Just one more marker on the long road of monetization. I watch: "Live, From New York (on tape) IT'S STEVEN CORBAY !" One of my favorite christmas albums is a collection of traditional music, all produced and generated on an early Apple computer using a program written by the producer and performer n...
by Burning Petard
Wed Feb 18, 2026 10:38 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: A new generation of protest songs
Replies: 8
Views: 74

Re: A new generation of protest songs

My 20 year old grandson introduced me to Drop Kick Murphy about a year ago and I did not find the music very interesting. That is/was an old geezer response. I am gonna have to buy this album. For my grandson, '4 Dead in Ohio' is boring prehistoric. I need to make the effort to bridge the difference...
by Burning Petard
Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:21 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: And the award for the best shade throwing goes to...
Replies: 512
Views: 162342

Re: And the award for the best shade throwing goes to...

By the way, the Washington Post today had an interesting little item pointing out that the Official Federal holiday calendar still calls this day George Washington's Birthday. It has never been official changed to 'president day ' and so far Trump has not noticed.

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by Burning Petard
Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:56 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The symbolism of Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Replies: 29
Views: 470

Re: The symbolism of Bad Bunny’s halftime show

BSG, I have been retired now for about 10 years. I finally turned in my ministerial alliance card last year when I could no longer preach without word, for word written notes. with color hints in the margin. I know I am getting rusty in many ways. But lot of stuff I was exposed to said burn-out come...
by Burning Petard
Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:27 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The symbolism of Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Replies: 29
Views: 470

Re: The symbolism of Bad Bunny’s halftime show

"no comparable sign language developed anywhere else on Earth" Sort of an extreme statement. Why not ASL? or the sign language developed in Western Catholic monastaries after vows of total silence became typical in the middle ages in Europe?

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by Burning Petard
Thu Feb 12, 2026 3:34 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Worst of the Worst
Replies: 20
Views: 508

Re: The Worst of the Worst

I remember a line of dialogue from Al Capp in Li'l Abner newspaper comic strip, describing the MGTD: every part that falls off is Finest British Workmanship. Every time a senior member of the Trump administration speaks in public, it is a finest example of the wisdom and honor and dignity of that Ad...
by Burning Petard
Tue Feb 03, 2026 2:22 am
Forum: The Arts
Topic: Melania (PG13) review
Replies: 15
Views: 313

Re: Melania (PG13) review

Yet, the business report is that the opening weekend sales were better than any previous "documentary" It is always word-of-mouth that is more influential at the box office than critic reports. This may be a better predictor of the election next fall than the votes in the recent special election in ...
by Burning Petard
Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:36 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Worst of the Worst
Replies: 20
Views: 508

Re: The Worst of the Worst

Thanks for posting MG, good to know you are still around. I heard Ricky Skaggs "Gone Home' on the radio this morning and it tore me up. Maybe just cabin fever from being snowed in for the last week. But most of my friends have Gone Home and I get into a depression spiral wondering why I am still her...
by Burning Petard
Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:32 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Terrorist Blonde Woman Rams ICE Vehicle!!
Replies: 141
Views: 4455

Re: Terrorist Blonde Woman Rams ICE Vehicle!!

In Texas, as in most parts of America, Voters frequently do not vote for people they like. They vote AGAINST the person they dislike tube most.

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by Burning Petard
Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:06 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: question for the Juris doctors here.
Replies: 5
Views: 225

Re: question for the Juris doctors here.

No, I was wondering if my daughter-in-law could sue me for support or abandonment

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by Burning Petard
Thu Jan 29, 2026 2:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Terrorist Blonde Woman Rams ICE Vehicle!!
Replies: 141
Views: 4455

Re: Terrorist Blonde Woman Rams ICE Vehicle!!

Not everyone hats Td Cruz. Only those people who know him.

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by Burning Petard
Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:21 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: question for the Juris doctors here.
Replies: 5
Views: 225

Re: question for the Juris doctors here.

Thank you. That sort of goes to my observation that almost nobody in the USofA practices their religion religiously ()my dictionary has for definition 2 • with consistent and conscientious regularity

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by Burning Petard
Tue Jan 27, 2026 2:54 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: question for the Juris doctors here.
Replies: 5
Views: 225

question for the Juris doctors here.

I am probably snowed in for another day. I am bored. Dangerous condition, I have too much time to think weird thoughts, leading to a legal question. When i married I acquired brothers and sisters-in law. As time went on I added sons and daughters -in-law. What is the law? What legal duties do we hav...
by Burning Petard
Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:25 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Capt. Bone-spurs, truth and respect
Replies: 7
Views: 251

Re: Capt. Bone-spurs, truth and respect

Mr. Liberty, you do NOT remember correctly, Many big names on the right had children who pulled strings to get out of the draft. They were certainly 'outed ' by the left as 'chicken hawks.' Joan Baez was scorned by many on the left for her lack of support for her husband after he went to jail as a w...
by Burning Petard
Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:01 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Hammurabi cries out in Uvalde, Texas
Replies: 13
Views: 366

Re: Hammurabi cries out in Uvalde, Texas

Andy, I ask you a few simple questions. Is this trial in Texas? Is the incident commander a sworn police officer? Considering these two questions, the answer is clear--whatever the incident command does is perfectly ok. Perfectly. Just like the national C-in-C has declared that anything ICE does is ...
by Burning Petard
Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:48 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Capt. Bone-spurs, truth and respect
Replies: 7
Views: 251

Re: Capt. Bone-spurs, truth and respect

I still am thinking gloom and doom for the bi-election this fall. Reality seems to have no impact on the American voters. Trump has behaved consistently all his life. We know nothing about his wisdom, morality, ethics, goals in life, that was not known about him in 2015, Yet he still gets elected an...
by Burning Petard
Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:18 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Worst of the Worst
Replies: 20
Views: 508

Re: The Worst of the Worst

ICE arrested a person who 'demonstrated' in a church that uses an ICE agent as a volunteer lay-pastor, sort of. I am not very well informed about this. To me it appears that she may actually have been appropriatly taken in by ICE. BUT that is never enough ICE distributed her picture. Then later they...
by Burning Petard
Fri Jan 23, 2026 1:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Predictions for 2026
Replies: 19
Views: 548

Re: Predictions for 2026

I predict Rahm Emanuel (former Ambassador to Japan) will announce he is running for President.

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