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KS Mennonite > NJ > DC > NJ > ATL UU
Disabled due to Multiple Myeloma > lesions in 15 vertebrae + compression fractures.
Treatment's kept MM at bay
FYI, that's a Colt .38, & "FTG"=fuck that guy
Disabled due to Multiple Myeloma > lesions in 15 vertebrae + compression fractures.
Treatment's kept MM at bay
FYI, that's a Colt .38, & "FTG"=fuck that guy
Pinned
UUMAN Sunday Service, November 16, 2025 - “God Saved the Kinks”
YouTube video by UUMAN Unitarian Universalist Metro Atlanta North
www.youtube.com
Gave a sermon that I'd written 8 years ago, tore up, rewrote, and then rewrote again, mostly because it was so much fun to write.
Almost as much fun as it was to deliver.
Sermon's 38 minutes in, if you want to skip my lyrical Call to Worship.
#Kinks
www.youtube.com/live/g3KFwu8...
Almost as much fun as it was to deliver.
Sermon's 38 minutes in, if you want to skip my lyrical Call to Worship.
#Kinks
www.youtube.com/live/g3KFwu8...
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What’s the difference between a soprano sax and a lawnmower? If you loan your neighbor a mower you eventually want it back.
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What’s the difference between a soprano sax and a lawnmower? If you loan your neighbor a mower you eventually want it back.
What's NOT "controversial of late" is that #Oz, AKA "Oprah's contribution to so much that is fucked up and bullshit in this nation", would save *many* lives if he were to actually follow his own terrible advice, and thus shuffle off this mortal coil.
Ahhh...
a guy can dream, can't he?
Ahhh...
a guy can dream, can't he?
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What's NOT "controversial of late" is that #Oz, AKA "Oprah's contribution to so much that is fucked up and bullshit in this nation", would save *many* lives if he were to actually follow his own terrible advice, and thus shuffle off this mortal coil.
Ahhh...
a guy can dream, can't he?
Ahhh...
a guy can dream, can't he?
Dang, how did I miss this? And I love me some canned ham.
Guess I'm too close to the material, so to speak.
Guess I'm too close to the material, so to speak.
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dang, how did I miss this? And I love me some canned ham.
Guess I'm too close to the material, so to speak.
Guess I'm too close to the material, so to speak.
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
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Folks, perhaps if some wholesome good guys interviewed to be ICE agents, making up bad stuff they've done to get hired, we'd have some peace around here.
ICE has GOT to go! 👠
ICE has GOT to go! 👠
December 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Folks, perhaps if some wholesome good guys interviewed to be ICE agents, making up bad stuff they've done to get hired, we'd have some peace around here.
ICE has GOT to go! 👠
ICE has GOT to go! 👠
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I often look at Peter thiel and think "he's doesn't look correctly human* but now I realize it's just that he's probably an amalgamation of different murdered gazan children's parts and he's actually like 250 years old
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I often look at Peter thiel and think "he's doesn't look correctly human* but now I realize it's just that he's probably an amalgamation of different murdered gazan children's parts and he's actually like 250 years old
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This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
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Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have resulted in 600,000 deaths worldwide wide. But my liberal neighbor named his son Che. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have resulted in 600,000 deaths worldwide wide. But my liberal neighbor named his son Che. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
Just try to get this feathered fella's bird call out of your brain once you've heard it. Good luck.
December 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just try to get this feathered fella's bird call out of your brain once you've heard it. Good luck.
(c) 1979-infinity.
All wanks reserved.
All wanks reserved.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(c) 1979-infinity.
All wanks reserved.
All wanks reserved.
Reasonable aspirations.
I'd uh... fertilize some properties:
- Cover a certain country club in FL in horseshit.
- Got a convertible? Here: Have some free horse manure! No, I insist! Really!
- Swimming pool? You might have guessed that I feel a hearty helping of manure can really help fortify an aging pool.
- Cover a certain country club in FL in horseshit.
- Got a convertible? Here: Have some free horse manure! No, I insist! Really!
- Swimming pool? You might have guessed that I feel a hearty helping of manure can really help fortify an aging pool.
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reasonable aspirations.
I've daydreamed about what I'd do if a modest fortune were dumped my way.
First up would be to establish a rude polling firm to ask all the questions corporate media won't.
But next up would be to do dark money rat-fucks. Like these.
The ads are absolutely brutal.
apnews.com/article/burt...
First up would be to establish a rude polling firm to ask all the questions corporate media won't.
But next up would be to do dark money rat-fucks. Like these.
The ads are absolutely brutal.
apnews.com/article/burt...
Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia's Lt. Gov. Burt Jones
A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November.
apnews.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've daydreamed about what I'd do if a modest fortune were dumped my way.
First up would be to establish a rude polling firm to ask all the questions corporate media won't.
But next up would be to do dark money rat-fucks. Like these.
The ads are absolutely brutal.
apnews.com/article/burt...
First up would be to establish a rude polling firm to ask all the questions corporate media won't.
But next up would be to do dark money rat-fucks. Like these.
The ads are absolutely brutal.
apnews.com/article/burt...
I'm certain if Frank and Dean were around today they'd refer to Miller as "that fuckin' putz."
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm certain if Frank and Dean were around today they'd refer to Miller as "that fuckin' putz."
Brilliant! People who are good at talkin', expecting you to WATCH them... talk.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Brilliant! People who are good at talkin', expecting you to WATCH them... talk.
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NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
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Really the only way I can hope to enjoy this particular Macca composition.
🎵 The party's on
The spirit's up
We're here tonight
And that's enough
Simply having a
The spirit's up
We're here tonight
And that's enough
Simply having a
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really the only way I can hope to enjoy this particular Macca composition.
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Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet
For those of us about to celebrate with well funded feasts, a sobering tale about fellow #Americans, our original inhabitants, with little to show for lifetimes of giving.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
A deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.
apnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For those of us about to celebrate with well funded feasts, a sobering tale about fellow #Americans, our original inhabitants, with little to show for lifetimes of giving.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
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The Clash - (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Democracy dying in stenography
The key facts here beyond the headline:
• grocery prices (meat, poultry, bread, cereal, coffee) going up a lot
• “Most of the strength is coming from wealthier households” spending on travel, restaurants, luxuries — Oxford Economics chief economist
• corporate profits way up, $166B Q3 vs $6.8B Q2
• grocery prices (meat, poultry, bread, cereal, coffee) going up a lot
• “Most of the strength is coming from wealthier households” spending on travel, restaurants, luxuries — Oxford Economics chief economist
• corporate profits way up, $166B Q3 vs $6.8B Q2
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Democracy dying in stenography
This is a bit of a tragedy, really.
I was never likely to own one, and these days I've no interest in ICE vehicles--that's throwing good money after bad--but still.
Longroofs rule. Crossovers drool.
Here's hoping an EV Volvo wagon arrives one day.
www.theautopian.com/volvo-is-kil...
I was never likely to own one, and these days I've no interest in ICE vehicles--that's throwing good money after bad--but still.
Longroofs rule. Crossovers drool.
Here's hoping an EV Volvo wagon arrives one day.
www.theautopian.com/volvo-is-kil...
Volvo Is Killing Off Its Last Wagon In The US, So If You Want One, Order It Now - The Autopian
If you want a new Volvo wagon, you have about a month to order a V60 Cross Country before it's discontinued for the American market.
www.theautopian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is a bit of a tragedy, really.
I was never likely to own one, and these days I've no interest in ICE vehicles--that's throwing good money after bad--but still.
Longroofs rule. Crossovers drool.
Here's hoping an EV Volvo wagon arrives one day.
www.theautopian.com/volvo-is-kil...
I was never likely to own one, and these days I've no interest in ICE vehicles--that's throwing good money after bad--but still.
Longroofs rule. Crossovers drool.
Here's hoping an EV Volvo wagon arrives one day.
www.theautopian.com/volvo-is-kil...
Golden Shower Video Fleet.
Just days after plastering his name onto the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., President Trump will be naming a new class of battleships after himself. The “Trump-class” battleships will be part of his vision of a new “Golden Fleet.”
Each ship is expected to cost at least $5B. trib.al/GyRkGV9
Each ship is expected to cost at least $5B. trib.al/GyRkGV9
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Golden Shower Video Fleet.