On 4/3/2024 9:22 PM, Snag wrote:
> On 4/3/2024 6:53 PM, Ed P wrote:
>> On 4/3/2024 7:35 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>>
>>> Persistence paid off.  I found an open campsite for the night
>>
>>
>> Well, it was stupid to schedule the eclipse on a Monday anyway.
>> Should have been a weekend so more people can get out to see it.  Who
>> the hell is in charge of this stuff?
>
>   If that part of Missouri is where you'll be ... that's only about a
> hundred miles from where I live . We'll be watching it from lawn chairs
> out in the yard . Or possibly from the swing on our deck .
>
So you either live in Missouri, Southern Illinois just east of Cape
Girardeau, or in NE Arkansas. Pocahontas is where the executions of the
Confederates took place. There are still folks there who feel that it
was the Union Army who murdered them, instead of rogue persons who were
fighting for the Union cause, and who likely knew them personally, which
is a very different thing. I guess that makes them feel better about
flying the "Stars and Bars" in front of their houses.

--
--Bryan
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On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>
>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>
>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>
> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>
> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>
> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>
LOL I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
Greg and Hank, the sideline jester. Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
Brian. Heh. I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
about me.

Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.) Yet all
the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
eclipse. It doesn't make any sense.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>
>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>
>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>
>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>
>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>
>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>
> LOL I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester. Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
> Brian. Heh. I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
> about me.

Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark ", lol...

And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...

:-D

--
GM

On 4/3/2024 10:09 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I know the kayak store is shutting down to let their staff see it.  The
> owner figured everyone will be out watching the eclipse so they may as
> well shut down for an hour or so. For some reason, they are closing
> elementary and high schools. I don't understand that.  I would have
> thought they would have kept kids safer by keeping them inside.

For some odd reason the schools down here will be closed for the eclipse
even though we are nowhere near the path of anyone being able to see it
except on television.

> Everyone
> has been warned not to watch the eclipse without special filters.  I
> suppose some will ignore the warnings and suffer eye damage. Those
> people probably won't make it through life anyway.
>
The Darwin effect. Heh.

>> On the news, they said that hotel rates in the path run from $600 to
>> $750.  I can go to Dallas and stay for free but I'm not interested
>> enough to make the trip, drive or fly.
>
> Niagara Falls hotel rates have soared.  You might have thought they
> would be happy to have rooms filled at a time when they are usually empty.
>
Did you expect hotels to charge the same as if there was no one booking
rooms? Of course they're going to take advantage of a huge influx of
business. If people are willing to pay ridiculous prices, why not?

Jill

On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>
>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>
>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>
>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>
>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>
>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>
>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
>> Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
>> about me.
>
>
> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
> ", lol...
>
> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>
> :-D
>
Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
are.

I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
yourself/ People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.

Mike Duffy wrote:
> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>
>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>
>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>
> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>
> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>
> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>

C'mon man, let her majesty slide. It's just her natural royal disposition.
It's normal for her highness to do the same things she bitches about.

GM, on the other hand is being deliberately vindictive. But even he can be
understood even if not forgiven. Trump probably grabbed his pussy at some
point in time.

On 4/4/2024 5:36 PM, GM wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>
>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>
>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>
>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>
>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>
>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>
>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
>> Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
>> about me.
>
>
> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
> ", lol...
>
> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>
She's the Princess of Heifers, and she's clueless about why she's
despised. "A tad sick."

--
--Bryan
For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
tested on laboratory animals.

"Most of the food described here is nauseating.
We're just too courteous to say so."
-- Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-04-04 6:21 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:

> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
> Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
> about me.
>
The sad thing is they are so twisted they probably enjoyed it.

> Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
> view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.)  Yet all
> the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
> eclipse.  It doesn't make any sense.

We are in the path of totality and schools are closing. I don't know
why. They are talking about safety concerns. Silly me. I thought they
would have been safer in a school with a roof over their heads. I guess
that wouldn't work for high schools since they would be out of school by
the time the eclipse hits, so I guess that closing the schools for the
whole day is a waste.

There has been a lot of chatter about keeping your pets inside. They are
especially worried about dogs. I have no idea why they would think that
dogs would sit there staring at the sun.

On 2024-04-04 8:05 p.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>
>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>
>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>
>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>
>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>> posts about me.
>>
>>
>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
>> ", lol...
>>
>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
>> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>
>> :-D
>>
> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
> are.
>
> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
> yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.

They are likely aware that most normal people here have filtered them.
The real losers, those who know they are complete losers, put
considerable effort into nymshifting to get around the filters, That is
the best indication that they have thrown in the towel and admitted to
themselves that they are complete losers.

On 4/4/2024 8:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>
>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>
>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>
>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>
>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>> posts about me.
>>
>>
>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
>> ", lol...
>>
>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
>> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>
>> :-D
>>
> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
> are.
>
It also gives any newbies here a clue about the pathetic trolls.

> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
> yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.

They are losers and I do not apologize for calling them that.

Jill

On 4/4/2024 8:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2024-04-04 8:05 p.m., Ed P wrote:
>> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>>
>>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>>> posts about me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy
>>> mark ", lol...
>>>
>>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex
>>> you are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>>
>>> :-D
>>>
>> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own
>> lives are.
>>
>> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really
>> denigrating yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it
>> good or bad.
>
>
> They are likely aware that most normal people here have filtered them.
> The real losers, those who know they are complete losers, put
> considerable effort into nymshifting to get around the filters,  That is
> the best indication that they have thrown in the towel and admitted to
> themselves that they are complete losers.
>
They do keep trying. But yes, they do keep proving themselves to be
idiotic losers who have nothing better to do.

Jill

Ed P wrote:

> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>
>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>
>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>
>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>
>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
>>> Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
>>> about me.
>>
>>
>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
>> ", lol...
>>
>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
>> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>
>> :-D
>>
> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
> are.

> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
> yourself/ People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.

Oh, spare us the lame lecture, Pops...

And if you aren't careful, Lochinvar, Jill will wink you into the sack, lol...

--
GM

jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/4/2024 8:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-04-04 8:05 p.m., Ed P wrote:
>>> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>>>
>>>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>>>> posts about me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
>>>> ", lol...
>>>>
>>>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
>>>> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>>>
>>>> :-D
>>>>
>>> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
>>> are.
>>>
>>> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
>>> yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.
>>
>>
>> They are likely aware that most normal people here have filtered them.
>> The real losers, those who know they are complete losers, put
>> considerable effort into nymshifting to get around the filters,  That is
>> the best indication that they have thrown in the towel and admitted to
>> themselves that they are complete losers.
>>
> They do keep trying.  But yes, they do keep proving themselves to be
> idiotic losers who have nothing better to do.
>
> Jill

Does your majesty think they are out to get you?

Hank Rogers wrote:

> Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>
>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>
>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>
>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>
>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>
>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>

> C'mon man, let her majesty slide. It's just her natural royal disposition.
> It's normal for her highness to do the same things she bitches about.

> GM, on the other hand is being deliberately vindictive. But even he can be
> understood even if not forgiven. Trump probably grabbed his pussy at some
> point in time.

My word, Sire Hank...!!!

I sublimate all my sexual and romantic energies into Our Lord's "Higher Purpose", in order to spread Peace 'n Love ALl Over The Universe...

--
GM

GM wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>
>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>
>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>
>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>
>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>
>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>
>
>> C'mon man, let her majesty slide. It's just her natural royal
>> disposition. It's normal for her highness to do the same things she
>> bitches about.
>
>> GM, on the other hand is being deliberately vindictive. But even he can
>> be understood even if not forgiven. Trump probably grabbed his pussy at
>> some point in time.
>
> My word, Sire Hank...!!!
>
> I sublimate all my sexual and romantic energies into Our Lord's "Higher
> Purpose", in order to spread Peace 'n Love ALl Over The Universe...
>

Cartman did that in an episode of south park where he became a gospel singer.

Hank Rogers wrote:

> GM wrote:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>
>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>
>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>
>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>
>>
>>> C'mon man, let her majesty slide. It's just her natural royal
>>> disposition. It's normal for her highness to do the same things she
>>> bitches about.
>>
>>> GM, on the other hand is being deliberately vindictive. But even he can
>>> be understood even if not forgiven. Trump probably grabbed his pussy at
>>> some point in time.
>>
>> My word, Sire Hank...!!!
>>
>> I sublimate all my sexual and romantic energies into Our Lord's "Higher
>> Purpose", in order to spread Peace 'n Love ALl Over The Universe...
>>

> Cartman did that in an episode of south park where he became a gospel singer.

Hmmm... maybe I could become the second Little Richard, then...

"In 1949, Little Richard began performing in Doctor Nubillo's traveling show. Richard was inspired to wear turbans and capes in his career by Nubillo, who also "carried a black stick and exhibited something he called 'the devil's child'—the dried-up body of a baby with claw feet like a bird and horns on its head." Nubillo told Richard he was "gonna be famous...

Richard got involved in voyeurism in his early twenties. A female friend would drive him around picking up men who would allow him to watch them having sex in the backseat of cars. Richard's activity caught the attention of Macon GA police in 1955 and he was arrested when caught in the act...

Despite saying he was "born again" after leaving rock and roll for the church in 1957, Richard left Oakwood College after exposing himself to a male student. The incident was reported to the student's father, and Richard withdrew from the college. In 1962, Richard was arrested for spying on men urinating in toilets at a Trailways bus station in Long Beach, California. He participated in orgies and continued his voyeurism.

In October 2017, Richard once again denounced homosexuality in an interview with the Christian Three Angels Broadcasting Network, calling homosexual and transgender identity "unnatural affection" that goes against "the way God wants you to live..."

--
GM

On 4/4/2024 8:41 PM, GM wrote:
> Ed P wrote:
>
>> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>>
>>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>>> posts about me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy
>>> mark ", lol...
>>>
>>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex
>>> you are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>>
>>> :-D
>>>
>> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own
>> lives are.
>
>> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really
>> denigrating yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it
>> good or bad.
>
> Oh, spare us the lame lecture, Pops...
>
> And if you aren't careful, Lochinvar, Jill will wink you into the sack,
> lol...
>

I saw something that may apply to you:

Jesus loves you.
Everyone else thinks you are an asshole.

Ed P wrote:

> On 4/4/2024 8:41 PM, GM wrote:
>> Ed P wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>>>
>>>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>>>> posts about me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy
>>>> mark ", lol...
>>>>
>>>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex
>>>> you are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>>>
>>>> :-D
>>>>
>>> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own
>>> lives are.
>>
>>> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really
>>> denigrating yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it
>>> good or bad.
>>
>> Oh, spare us the lame lecture, Pops...
>>
>> And if you aren't careful, Lochinvar, Jill will wink you into the sack,
>> lol...
>>

> I saw something that may apply to you:

> Jesus loves you.
> Everyone else thinks you are an asshole.

"Lol, Ed!

- Jill"

O:-)

--
GM

On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 20:35:20 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2024-04-04 8:05 p.m., Ed P wrote:

>> I was taught that when you denigrate others, you are really denigrating
>> yourself/  People are forming an opinion of you, be it good or bad.
>
>
>They are likely aware that most normal people here have filtered them.
>The real losers, those who know they are complete losers, put
>considerable effort into nymshifting to get around the filters, That is
>the best indication that they have thrown in the towel and admitted to
>themselves that they are complete losers.

Aren't Greg, Hank and Bryan, despicable as they are, at least
consistently posting under the same name, at least as far as we know?

Do people who've been here longer than me, know if Greg was ever sane?
Is he gliding into socially unacceptable dementia, like... what was
the name of the homophobic, misogynist racist who's so dearly missed
by Joan and Jill? Or was he always like this?

On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 20:36:56 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 4/4/2024 8:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
>> On 4/4/2024 6:36 PM, GM wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>>
>>>> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
>>>> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan,
>>>> not Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic
>>>> posts about me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey, sweetie, FYI your inane clueless persona makes you an " easy mark
>>> ", lol...
>>>
>>> And you truly dig the " attention ", it's a substitute for the sex you
>>> are sorely lacking in your pitiful " lonely girl " existence...
>>>
>>> :-D
>>>
>> Yes, it gives low class people a chance to show how poor their own lives
>> are.
>>
>It also gives any newbies here a clue about the pathetic trolls.

I doubt it. The only newbie here at the moment is "D" and he's copying
Greg's behaviour.

On 2024-04-04 4:21 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/3/2024 10:19 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>
>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>
>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>
>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>
>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>
>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>
> LOL  I apologize for resorting to the same low-brow tatics as Bryan,
> Greg and Hank, the sideline jester.  Also for the typo; s/b Bryan, not
> Brian. Heh.  I'm getting a tad sick of their stupid vitriolic posts
> about me.
>
> Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
> view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.)  Yet all
> the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
> eclipse.  It doesn't make any sense.
>
> Jill
A partial eclipse is just as dangerous.

On 4/4/2024 10:47 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2024-04-04 4:21 p.m., jmcquown wrote:

>>
>> Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
>> view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.)  Yet all
>> the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
>> eclipse.  It doesn't make any sense.
>>
>> Jill
> A partial eclipse is just as dangerous.

This was in the USA Today news

On April 8 in Gatesville, Texas, members of Coryell Community Church
will celebrate the 'Eclipse of the Crosses' with live music, games and
worship at the center of the solar phenomenon’s path of totality.

Organizers at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo have bought
a thousand eclipse glasses for a viewing event complete with
black-and-white deli cookies.

Ancient cultures viewed the temporary death of the sun’s light as a sign
of the gods’ anger or even their impending departure. This month, the
faithful convene in gatherings that reflect how celestial events
continue to wield spiritual significance today.

'An eclipse is yet another opportunity to witness the handiwork of God,'
said Eric Moffett, Coryell’s lead pastor. 'We aren’t looking for any
omens in the cosmos, but we are using this as an opportunity to, for a
little over four minutes, be reminded that we live in a world made by God.'

Eclipses have inspired fear and awe from the Aztecs to the ancient
Hindus. They’re also associated with some major religious events,
including Jesus’ crucifixion and the passing of the Prophet Muhammad’s son.

Among the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the sun was considered to bring
life and fortune, the newspaper Biskinik reported. In some communities,
when solar eclipses occurred, it was as if great black squirrels were
devouring the sun. In response, all were called upon to make noise to
frighten them away.

Bradley Schaefer, a professor of astronomy at Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, said in most premodern cultures, the sun god was among
the most powerful deities in the pantheon. An eclipse represented the
destruction of that god – or at least a dire sign.

'Where better to put signs from the gods but in the heavens?' Schaefer
said. 'They’re telling us something, and what was universal from culture
to culture is that it was always bad.'

Today, perspectives on eclipses vary widely within religious communities
as well as between them.

The Talmud, a central Jewish text, says, 'When the luminaries are
stricken, it is an ill omen for the world.' More conservative members of
the Jewish community still consider eclipses warnings, 'a time for
prayer and introspection,' said Mark Horowitz, chief operating officer
for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.

Some have claimed eclipses bear political significance. Anne Graham
Lotz, daughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham and founder of AnGel
Ministries, has seen speculation that the combined paths over the U.S.
of this year’s eclipse and the previous two solar eclipses mimic the
shapes of the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet – in other
words, the beginning and the end.

'Maybe people are reading too much into it,' she said. 'But when you
look at the world, you don’t need an eclipse to know that things are
getting really dangerous. Maybe it’s telling us it’s time to get right
with God and the people in our lives, so that we have no regrets.'

Fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad watched his toddler breathe his last as
the skies darkened above them – the beginning, it is believed, of a
total eclipse. His followers speculated that even the sun and moon were
grieving. Muhammad dispelled the notion but added that such events, as
signs of God’s power, should nonetheless inspire prayer.

Omid Safi, a professor of Islamic studies at Duke University, said
tradition holds that eclipses are divine, while honoring the prophet’s
'steadfast refusal to use the fortuitous occasion of a solar eclipse at
the passing of his son as a way of bolstering his own standing.'

Islam’s eclipse prayer is not mandatory, but many still take time to
recite it. Nadia Abuisnaineh, who volunteers as a NASA solar system
ambassador, organized an event in metro Minneapolis for last fall’s
annular eclipse hoping to pique not only her community’s scientific
curiosity but their sense of identity as Muslims.

She had no idea the gathering would come as Palestinians scrambled to
evacuate northern Gaza, a week after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on
Israel. The timing made the gathering all the more powerful, she said.
Attendees were overcome by the eclipse, some moved to tears.

'My community was very hurt, and for them it was a time to reflect and
ask God to alleviate the pain and suffering,' Abuisnaineh said. 'I never
imagined that five months later, with the second eclipse coming, that we
would still have to think about this and be advocating for our brothers
and sisters in Palestine.'

With the April 8 event coming at the height of Ramadan, Abuisnaineh
isn’t planning to arrange another gathering. Instead, she plans to
remind community members to use the time to reflect.

For herself, the avid stargazer is not about to miss a solar eclipse.

'If it’s sunny, I’ll take out all my eclipse glasses and knock on every
door in my neighborhood,' she said. 'It’s just a bummer to live your
life and not know these things happen.'

Schaefer, of Louisiana State University, said as the science behind
eclipses began to be understood, some used such knowledge to their
advantage.

In 1504, Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked with his crew in Jamaica
and for months relied on local natives to provide food. When the natives
refused to continue, Columbus seized on the idea of using an upcoming
lunar eclipse to convince the locals he could commune with the gods and
make the moon disappear.

'Columbus knew it was just a shadow. But the Jamaicans saw it as a death
of a god,' Schaefer said. 'Once you understand what an eclipse is, it’s
no longer the realm of the gods.'

Still, witnessing a solar eclipse can be a spiritual experience, even
for those who aren’t necessarily religious.

Former NASA engineers Jeff and Susan Stone will watch the eclipse from
their hilltop home in Kerrville, Texas, hosting a dozen-plus visitors
from as far away as Sweden.

When they worked as flight controllers for the space shuttle program,
the couple traveled to Mexico in 1991 to experience nearly seven minutes
of totality. They’ve been eclipse-chasers ever since.

'It’s such an emotional event,' Jeff Stone said. 'It touches your soul,
it really does. Any time you realize there’s something bigger than you,
it gives you perspective. Surely that power has a purpose.'

In Buffalo, Horowitz said the eclipse, while an obvious reminder of
nature’s beauty, offers a chance to reflect on nature’s fragility and
find hope amid worldly chaos and personal challenges.

'You can sometimes be clouded by all that darkness,' he said. 'The
natural world is trying to tell us that beyond the darkness, there is
light.'

Ed P wrote:

> On 4/4/2024 10:47 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2024-04-04 4:21 p.m., jmcquown wrote:

>>>
>>> Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
>>> view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.)  Yet all
>>> the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
>>> eclipse.  It doesn't make any sense.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> A partial eclipse is just as dangerous.

> This was in the USA Today news

> On April 8 in Gatesville, Texas, members of Coryell Community Church
> will celebrate the 'Eclipse of the Crosses' with live music, games and
> worship at the center of the solar phenomenon’s path of totality.

> Organizers at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo have bought
> a thousand eclipse glasses for a viewing event complete with
> black-and-white deli cookies.

> Ancient cultures viewed the temporary death of the sun’s light as a sign
> of the gods’ anger or even their impending departure. This month, the
> faithful convene in gatherings that reflect how celestial events
> continue to wield spiritual significance today.

> 'An eclipse is yet another opportunity to witness the handiwork of God,'
> said Eric Moffett, Coryell’s lead pastor. 'We aren’t looking for any
> omens in the cosmos, but we are using this as an opportunity to, for a
> little over four minutes, be reminded that we live in a world made by God.'

> Eclipses have inspired fear and awe from the Aztecs to the ancient
> Hindus. They’re also associated with some major religious events,
> including Jesus’ crucifixion and the passing of the Prophet Muhammad’s son.

> Among the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the sun was considered to bring
> life and fortune, the newspaper Biskinik reported. In some communities,
> when solar eclipses occurred, it was as if great black squirrels were
> devouring the sun. In response, all were called upon to make noise to
> frighten them away.

> Bradley Schaefer, a professor of astronomy at Louisiana State University
> in Baton Rouge, said in most premodern cultures, the sun god was among
> the most powerful deities in the pantheon. An eclipse represented the
> destruction of that god – or at least a dire sign.

> 'Where better to put signs from the gods but in the heavens?' Schaefer
> said. 'They’re telling us something, and what was universal from culture
> to culture is that it was always bad.'

> Today, perspectives on eclipses vary widely within religious communities
> as well as between them.

> The Talmud, a central Jewish text, says, 'When the luminaries are
> stricken, it is an ill omen for the world.' More conservative members of
> the Jewish community still consider eclipses warnings, 'a time for
> prayer and introspection,' said Mark Horowitz, chief operating officer
> for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.

> Some have claimed eclipses bear political significance. Anne Graham
> Lotz, daughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham and founder of AnGel
> Ministries, has seen speculation that the combined paths over the U.S.
> of this year’s eclipse and the previous two solar eclipses mimic the
> shapes of the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet – in other
> words, the beginning and the end.

> 'Maybe people are reading too much into it,' she said. 'But when you
> look at the world, you don’t need an eclipse to know that things are
> getting really dangerous. Maybe it’s telling us it’s time to get right
> with God and the people in our lives, so that we have no regrets.'

> Fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad watched his toddler breathe his last as
> the skies darkened above them – the beginning, it is believed, of a
> total eclipse. His followers speculated that even the sun and moon were
> grieving. Muhammad dispelled the notion but added that such events, as
> signs of God’s power, should nonetheless inspire prayer.

> Omid Safi, a professor of Islamic studies at Duke University, said
> tradition holds that eclipses are divine, while honoring the prophet’s
> 'steadfast refusal to use the fortuitous occasion of a solar eclipse at
> the passing of his son as a way of bolstering his own standing.'

> Islam’s eclipse prayer is not mandatory, but many still take time to
> recite it. Nadia Abuisnaineh, who volunteers as a NASA solar system
> ambassador, organized an event in metro Minneapolis for last fall’s
> annular eclipse hoping to pique not only her community’s scientific
> curiosity but their sense of identity as Muslims.

> She had no idea the gathering would come as Palestinians scrambled to
> evacuate northern Gaza, a week after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on
> Israel. The timing made the gathering all the more powerful, she said.
> Attendees were overcome by the eclipse, some moved to tears.

> 'My community was very hurt, and for them it was a time to reflect and
> ask God to alleviate the pain and suffering,' Abuisnaineh said. 'I never
> imagined that five months later, with the second eclipse coming, that we
> would still have to think about this and be advocating for our brothers
> and sisters in Palestine.'

> With the April 8 event coming at the height of Ramadan, Abuisnaineh
> isn’t planning to arrange another gathering. Instead, she plans to
> remind community members to use the time to reflect.

> For herself, the avid stargazer is not about to miss a solar eclipse.

> 'If it’s sunny, I’ll take out all my eclipse glasses and knock on every
> door in my neighborhood,' she said. 'It’s just a bummer to live your
> life and not know these things happen.'

> Schaefer, of Louisiana State University, said as the science behind
> eclipses began to be understood, some used such knowledge to their
> advantage.

> In 1504, Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked with his crew in Jamaica
> and for months relied on local natives to provide food. When the natives
> refused to continue, Columbus seized on the idea of using an upcoming
> lunar eclipse to convince the locals he could commune with the gods and
> make the moon disappear.

> 'Columbus knew it was just a shadow. But the Jamaicans saw it as a death
> of a god,' Schaefer said. 'Once you understand what an eclipse is, it’s
> no longer the realm of the gods.'

> Still, witnessing a solar eclipse can be a spiritual experience, even
> for those who aren’t necessarily religious.

> Former NASA engineers Jeff and Susan Stone will watch the eclipse from
> their hilltop home in Kerrville, Texas, hosting a dozen-plus visitors
> from as far away as Sweden.

> When they worked as flight controllers for the space shuttle program,
> the couple traveled to Mexico in 1991 to experience nearly seven minutes
> of totality. They’ve been eclipse-chasers ever since.

> 'It’s such an emotional event,' Jeff Stone said. 'It touches your soul,
> it really does. Any time you realize there’s something bigger than you,
> it gives you perspective. Surely that power has a purpose.'

> In Buffalo, Horowitz said the eclipse, while an obvious reminder of
> nature’s beauty, offers a chance to reflect on nature’s fragility and
> find hope amid worldly chaos and personal challenges.

> 'You can sometimes be clouded by all that darkness,' he said. 'The
> natural world is trying to tell us that beyond the darkness, there is
> light.'

Tell us, Ed... does all the above somewhat "frighten" you...???

Is your "goat barn" all stocked up for the coming "End Times"...???

BEWARE...!!!

2 Timothy 3:1-5:
"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people..."

--
GM

GM wrote:
> Ed P wrote:
>
>> On 4/4/2024 10:47 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-04 4:21 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> Here's an oddity: where I live is nowhere in the path of being able to
>>>> view the total eclipse (even with proper shielding eyewear.)  Yet all
>>>> the schools in the county will be closed on Monday for the solar
>>>> eclipse.  It doesn't make any sense.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> A partial eclipse is just as dangerous.
>
>
>> This was in the USA Today news
>
>> On April 8 in Gatesville, Texas, members of Coryell Community Church will
>> celebrate the 'Eclipse of the Crosses' with live music, games and worship
>> at the center of the solar phenomenon’s path of totality.
>
>> Organizers at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo have bought
>> a thousand eclipse glasses for a viewing event complete with
>> black-and-white deli cookies.
>
>> Ancient cultures viewed the temporary death of the sun’s light as a
>> sign of the gods’ anger or even their impending departure. This month,
>> the faithful convene in gatherings that reflect how celestial events
>> continue to wield spiritual significance today.
>
>> 'An eclipse is yet another opportunity to witness the handiwork of God,'
>> said Eric Moffett, Coryell’s lead pastor. 'We aren’t looking for any
>> omens in the cosmos, but we are using this as an opportunity to, for a
>> little over four minutes, be reminded that we live in a world made by God.'
>
>> Eclipses have inspired fear and awe from the Aztecs to the ancient
>> Hindus. They’re also associated with some major religious events,
>> including Jesus’ crucifixion and the passing of the Prophet
>> Muhammad’s son.
>
>> Among the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the sun was considered to bring
>> life and fortune, the newspaper Biskinik reported. In some communities,
>> when solar eclipses occurred, it was as if great black squirrels were
>> devouring the sun. In response, all were called upon to make noise to
>> frighten them away.
>
>> Bradley Schaefer, a professor of astronomy at Louisiana State University
>> in Baton Rouge, said in most premodern cultures, the sun god was among
>> the most powerful deities in the pantheon. An eclipse represented the
>> destruction of that god – or at least a dire sign.
>
>> 'Where better to put signs from the gods but in the heavens?' Schaefer
>> said. 'They’re telling us something, and what was universal from
>> culture to culture is that it was always bad.'
>
>> Today, perspectives on eclipses vary widely within religious communities
>> as well as between them.
>
>> The Talmud, a central Jewish text, says, 'When the luminaries are
>> stricken, it is an ill omen for the world.' More conservative members of
>> the Jewish community still consider eclipses warnings, 'a time for prayer
>> and introspection,' said Mark Horowitz, chief operating officer for the
>> Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.
>
>> Some have claimed eclipses bear political significance. Anne Graham Lotz,
>> daughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham and founder of AnGel
>> Ministries, has seen speculation that the combined paths over the U.S. of
>> this year’s eclipse and the previous two solar eclipses mimic the
>> shapes of the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet – in other
>> words, the beginning and the end.
>
>> 'Maybe people are reading too much into it,' she said. 'But when you look
>> at the world, you don’t need an eclipse to know that things are getting
>> really dangerous. Maybe it’s telling us it’s time to get right with
>> God and the people in our lives, so that we have no regrets.'
>
>> Fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad watched his toddler breathe his last as
>> the skies darkened above them – the beginning, it is believed, of a
>> total eclipse. His followers speculated that even the sun and moon were
>> grieving. Muhammad dispelled the notion but added that such events, as
>> signs of God’s power, should nonetheless inspire prayer.
>
>> Omid Safi, a professor of Islamic studies at Duke University, said
>> tradition holds that eclipses are divine, while honoring the prophet’s
>> 'steadfast refusal to use the fortuitous occasion of a solar eclipse at
>> the passing of his son as a way of bolstering his own standing.'
>
>> Islam’s eclipse prayer is not mandatory, but many still take time to
>> recite it. Nadia Abuisnaineh, who volunteers as a NASA solar system
>> ambassador, organized an event in metro Minneapolis for last fall’s
>> annular eclipse hoping to pique not only her community’s scientific
>> curiosity but their sense of identity as Muslims.
>
>> She had no idea the gathering would come as Palestinians scrambled to
>> evacuate northern Gaza, a week after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on
>> Israel. The timing made the gathering all the more powerful, she said.
>> Attendees were overcome by the eclipse, some moved to tears.
>
>> 'My community was very hurt, and for them it was a time to reflect and
>> ask God to alleviate the pain and suffering,' Abuisnaineh said. 'I never
>> imagined that five months later, with the second eclipse coming, that we
>> would still have to think about this and be advocating for our brothers
>> and sisters in Palestine.'
>
>> With the April 8 event coming at the height of Ramadan, Abuisnaineh
>> isn’t planning to arrange another gathering. Instead, she plans to
>> remind community members to use the time to reflect.
>
>> For herself, the avid stargazer is not about to miss a solar eclipse.
>
>> 'If it’s sunny, I’ll take out all my eclipse glasses and knock on
>> every door in my neighborhood,' she said. 'It’s just a bummer to live
>> your life and not know these things happen.'
>
>> Schaefer, of Louisiana State University, said as the science behind
>> eclipses began to be understood, some used such knowledge to their
>> advantage.
>
>> In 1504, Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked with his crew in Jamaica
>> and for months relied on local natives to provide food. When the natives
>> refused to continue, Columbus seized on the idea of using an upcoming
>> lunar eclipse to convince the locals he could commune with the gods and
>> make the moon disappear.
>
>> 'Columbus knew it was just a shadow. But the Jamaicans saw it as a death
>> of a god,' Schaefer said. 'Once you understand what an eclipse is, it’s
>> no longer the realm of the gods.'
>
>> Still, witnessing a solar eclipse can be a spiritual experience, even for
>> those who aren’t necessarily religious.
>
>> Former NASA engineers Jeff and Susan Stone will watch the eclipse from
>> their hilltop home in Kerrville, Texas, hosting a dozen-plus visitors
>> from as far away as Sweden.
>
>> When they worked as flight controllers for the space shuttle program, the
>> couple traveled to Mexico in 1991 to experience nearly seven minutes of
>> totality. They’ve been eclipse-chasers ever since.
>
>> 'It’s such an emotional event,' Jeff Stone said. 'It touches your soul,
>> it really does. Any time you realize there’s something bigger than you,
>> it gives you perspective. Surely that power has a purpose.'
>
>> In Buffalo, Horowitz said the eclipse, while an obvious reminder of
>> nature’s beauty, offers a chance to reflect on nature’s fragility and
>> find hope amid worldly chaos and personal challenges.
>
>> 'You can sometimes be clouded by all that darkness,' he said. 'The
>> natural world is trying to tell us that beyond the darkness, there is
>> light.'
>
> Tell us, Ed... does all the above somewhat "frighten" you...???
>
> Is your "goat barn" all stocked up for the coming "End Times"...???
>
> BEWARE...!!!
>
> 2 Timothy 3:1-5:
>
> "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of
> difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud,
> arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
> heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not
> loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of
> pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but
> denying its power. Avoid such people..."
>

On 4/4/2024 7:59 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> GM wrote:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-04, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With any luck Brian will gaze directly into it.
>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like your majesty is starting the same shit as GM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your highness should also call for brian to be beaten and raped.
>>>>
>>>> Naughty Hank and Jill. The vitriol drooled by Bryan & Greg is
>>>> beginning to to sink tentacles of hatred into your ambiances.
>>>>
>>>> Wishing Bryan blindness is wishing torture. Even if it were the
>>>> result of his own stupidity, it's still not a nice thought.
>>>>
>>>> Plus we would have to let him top-post.
>>>>
>>
>>> C'mon man, let her majesty slide. It's just her natural royal
>>> disposition. It's normal for her highness to do the same things she
>>> bitches about.
>>
>>> GM, on the other hand is being deliberately vindictive. But even he
>>> can be understood even if not forgiven. Trump probably grabbed his
>>> pussy at some point in time.
>>
>> My word, Sire Hank...!!!
>>
>> I sublimate all my sexual and romantic energies into Our Lord's
>> "Higher Purpose", in order to spread Peace 'n Love ALl Over The
>> Universe...
>>
>
> Cartman did that in an episode of south park where he became a gospel
> singer.
>
Eric Cartman is a truly inspirational character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0mmKKVWBsw
"Dude, I think it might be best for us to never piss Cartman off again."

--
--Bryan
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