Meme and promo delayed

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By Holly the Assistant

So when I woke up this morning, I had a message sent at three am my time letting me know that as Sarah is in transit and certain EU airports provide insufficient working conditions to access the blog, please to let you all know that the meme and promo posts will be delayed by a day.

You are all now informed, and I hope your plans for autumn are going well!

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          2. If something needs to just become missing, tell the Cajuns that they are out of season and good to eat.

            One friend of mine said that ge was in his 20s before anyone told him that he wasn’t supposed to hunt at night, and another friends’ family still had a 2 gauge punt gun, and a flat backed pirogue to shoot it from.

            A 2 gauge fires 1/2 pound+ of shot over black powder. The gun is mounted to the boat by ropes like a cannon, and fired at rafts of ducks on the water.

            Not legal anymore. :-(

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            2. Florida Burmese Python

              yeah

              tasty good eatin and stylin leather.

              Spread the craze.

              Please. Before they wind up hip deep in the dang things.

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        2. You only have to worry about a bag limit if they are still in a bag.

          ”What snake?”

          Though if eating the apple did what it did, there could have been… issues… with eating the snake.

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          1. Where in Genesis was there a law against eating snakes?

            IE In Eden, the only rule was “don’t eat the fruit of that tree”.

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            1. Yeah, but grilling up and eating an angelic being, even a fallen one, might end up with some side effects…

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                1. That was it. I recall that being read to me by my mother from a cheaply printed book called Fifty Famous Fairy Tales. I think I was a teenager when I put a new cover on it, even though the pages were yellowed and starting to crack. (Cheap acid-based paper. The ban of all paperback collectors.)

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              3. There’s a guy in Greek mythology who saved a clutch of baby snakes and in return they gave him the ability to understand animals, but I forget his name.

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              4. You can find everything on the Internet.

                Here’s a random guy doing a podcast just telling fairy tales, Grimms and Andersen, and some others. Includes The White Snake.

                WP wouldn’t let me embed the actual link.

                The Bosun’s Story Locker – YouTube

                A collection of fairy tales and other stories from around the world.

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            3. Nothing in Genesis that I know of, but Leviticus 11:42 takes snakes off the menu.

              Some 30 years ago I quit eating the “unclean” things from Leviticus 11 (the only one I really miss is bacon–oh, man, I miss bacon!) and the payoff was a YUGELY improved immune system. Before: 2 or 3 butt-kicker colds per year. After: maybe every two or three years I think I may be coming down with something, but it never settles in.

              I don’t think those dietary laws were just a religious hoop He wanted us to jump through; cancelled by Peter’s dream in Acts 10 and 11. I think they were (and are) Pro-Tips from the Manufacturer about which fuels burn the cleanest and foul the plugs the least.

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            4. Nothing in Genesis that I know of, but Leviticus 11:42 takes snakes off the menu.

              Some 30 years ago I quit eating the “unclean” things from Leviticus 11 (the only one I really miss is bacon–oh, man, I miss bacon!) and the payoff was a YUGELY improved immune system. Before: 2 or 3 butt-kicker colds per year. After: maybe every two or three years I think I may be coming down with something, but it never settles in.

              I don’t think those dietary laws were just a religious hoop He wanted us to jump through until canceled by Peter’s dream in Acts 10 and 11. I think they were (and are) Pro-Tips from the Manufacturer about which fuels burn the cleanest and foul the plugs least.

              (I wish whichever unclean spirit writes the dietary laws for WordPress would command it to quit eating my comments!)

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            5. Right, so to eliminate the problem of the snake continuously whispering “do it, do it, do it!” In Palpatine Voice, you eat the snake. Problem solved, thinking laterally within the rules.

              There’s actually video of primates, I think chimps, going off on a snake in their territory. Massive direct violence, followed by snacking on the remains, so completely in character for A&E.

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              1. But as I said yesterday in a comment WP ate, WPDE, eating an angelic being, even a fallen one, could perhaps have side effects of its own.

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  3. I’ve already had evenings where I’d liked to “turn on the heat” but the apartment building’s management hadn’t allowed that.

    Interestingly, they decided that next week would be cold enough to turn on the heat (actually it will be done Monday).

    My crazy mind thought about Illinois weather making heating not necessary later this month.

    Of course, even with the “heat turned on”, I can still control “how hot it’d be in my apartment”. 😁

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      1. And if that (or blankets on the bed) doesn’t work, there’s such a thing as space-heaters.

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        1. Also: Electric blankets, throws, and heating pads.

          Haven’t had to deal with landlords controlling heat, or air conditioners, ever. Guarantied I’d have alternatives to “assist” with whatever was provided. (Not that we’ve rented in 36 years.)

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          1. “Also: Electric blankets, throws, and heating pads.”

            Heating pads aren’t a joke yet, longevity-wise, but the longest-lived electric blanket/throw I ever bought–a (chicom) Sunbeam from Costco, $26 out the door–lasted from November ’17, through that winter, survived storage through the warm season, and died a week or two into the next November. Costco grudgingly refunded the money and sold me another (for $6.50 more) that died in 91 days. The shortest-lived one (also from Costco) lasted 3 weeks.

            Googling the subject of electric blankets returned no end of consumer complaints about this, as well as the electric blanket industry’s response; essentially: “Yeah, we get that a lot.”

            My parents bought one in 1961(?) for, I think, $15–$158 today (by the nosiree-not-at-all-lowballed Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI table) that lasted until 1980 or so; still working, but so threadbare I tossed it out of sheer cowardice.

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            1. Takes about 3 – 8 years for us to kill the Costco purchased electric blanket. Throws and heating pads last a lot longer. We do not wash them (son does because one of the cats throws up on it, his blankets aren’t lasting as long). Nor do we have anything on top of one during use. OTOH we can stretch use because I don’t use my side much anymore.

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              1. Wow. You are blanket-blessed indeed! I never washed mine or slept on top of them; they would just up and die–with luck, not until after the winter. They sure were nice while they lasted, though. My local Costco hasn’t even carried them since the Covidiocy.

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                1. Our Costco doesn’t carry them all year. We never sleep on top of them but for awhile I had an special sized afghan on top on my side. The reason we use electric blanket is because I slept very cold for decades. Solution was “lots of blankets”, which was too heavy for my newly minted hubby. But I had trouble, even with an electric blanket, while now slept warm, I needed that weight. The afghan was the answer. Cuddles also helped, but “get your ice feet off of me” was heard yelped more than a few times. Now it is the opposite, I sleep warm (except sometimes the dang feet), and hubby sleeps colder. He still hates the weight. Just means I rarely use my side of the electric blanket; yes we get double control ones.

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    2. My neighbors on one side are originally from the Sudan (after living in Arizona), so they have strong views on turning on the heat, on any nights going down into the 40’s. Or maybe even the 50’s.

      I sorta intuited that this would be the case. But there was one pleasantly cool September night when I woke up, because it was getting to be 80 degrees, just from heat coming through the wall.

      So yeah… I’ve turned on the heat, a few nights now, just so that my neighbors didn’t jack up their heat quite as high, in a panic. If I turn on the heat to about 60 degrees in most of the house, and about 65 in the bedroom that borders their bedroom, they don’t get the illusion that they’re going to freeze to death, and I don’t end up sweating to death.

      All of life is an experiment, I guess.

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        1. Building is from the 1970’s or just before, and allegedly the insulation has kinda squished down inside the walls, as gravity acted on it.

          Shrug. It is pretty solid in other ways, but the shared walls are not so great.

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          1. Tapestry or curtain the shared bedroom wall. Have also seen “cork” (or similar) panels that look nice. Might also try a freestanding partition, although they cost much floor space.

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    4. Yesterday I opened windows to ease the heat in the house. Last night, the heat turned on — perhaps not for the first time, but the first time that I felt it.

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          1. Which always reminds me of the question “We know what they were doing in Sodom, but what were they doing in Gomorrah that is so bad that we can’t even talk about it?” 😁

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            2. It’s probably just that Abraham’s nephew Lot was in Sodom, and none of his family in Gomorrah.

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  10. If you want more awesome cartoons like the header, you’re looking for “Art By Karla” on Facebook, Instagram, or Patreon. I got a bunch of stickers from her store, including a lovely glittery holographic “Abolish the ATF” one. Note: store includes NSFW mermaids.

    https://www.artbykarlanemitz.com/shop-online

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    1. The Handmaid’s Tale pinup is just a giant middle finger to a certain subset of cosplay protest nincompoops.

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  11. Reporting in from Asheville, North Carolina. Kinda sorta back online after two-plus weeks of outages (momentary performance not a guarantee of future results). The region is at least as badly wrecked as you’ve heard, and I’m guessing the less you’ve heard from us, the worse than you’ve heard it has been. Each level of government — city, county, state, and Federal — has covered itself with something, but it’s not glory. (One report heard over radio: the Feds shipped to one particularly stricken area a pallet of sixty plug-in electric chainsaws, in a region where broad swaths are still without power. The Green New Deal has no room in the deck for such a joker as practicality, or its mutant twin sanity.)

    I do not have much of a grasp of how the country is regarding the disaster here. Is it Katrina 2, or does everyone think the relief effort has gone great? Or does nobody much care? Or have FICUS and Cackles really convinced everyone it’s all Donald Trump’s fault? What little news I’ve been able to get has mainly been Party Media, and that is a daily watermelon-sized black pill.

    One of the worst parts: I’ve missed Sarah’s last two meme collections.

    Republica restituendae

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    1. No one believes the official relief effort has gone smoothly. Unless people believe the official narrative that those on the ground, volunteers and victims, are spreading misinformation. I don’t. The volunteer ad hoc relief effort is going full force but by it’s very nature is going to be spotty.

      I don’t think the devastation and impact can’t be compared to Katrina. N. Orleans and environs are flat. You all had mountains fall on you. Had rivers take out the only roads into your communities. As far as the official response, it is being compared as Katrina 2. As far as the unofficial responders, like the private helicopters, the cajun navy, and other volunteer groups, they and the survivors digging themselves out, are considered unsung heroes.

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    2. I think most of the country has been very worried about folks, and there has been tons of charitable donation, churches and charities and so forth doing work. Remember, there are a lot of people who are from North Carolina, Tennessee, etc., even if they don’t live there at present, and of course they also have friends and neighbors outside that area who are worried.

      The national media hasn’t covered the story super well; but there’s been a lot of citizen journalism on various social media and Internet outlets.

      The main problem is that it’s been very difficult to get into areas that were devastated, because the roads and bridges and highways also got washed out or mudslided away. Thus all the helicopters, mule trains, and so forth.

      The other big problem was that the Tennessee National Guard was deployed overseas, right after the hurricane, which basically hamstrung a lot of normal rescue/recovery stuff.

      I suspect that usually the National Guard prevents government agencies throwing their weight around so much; but maybe government agencies are actually working on getting more annoying, and bad elements of local law enforcement too.

      That’s the best of my understanding.

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      1. Been one recent video rumor (will classify as a rumor because from a source of “heard”) that FEMA showed up in an area with chain saws for clean up. That have to be plugged in. In an area without power. No mention whether the generators to run them showed up too. Also, based on the pictures I’ve seen, along with the plug in chain saws I’ve ever seen, aren’t big enough to tackle even the relative small, but big for Appalachian mountains, trees, and debris. Hilarious and horribly sad, if true.

        Have also heard that now that the local stationed armed services have gotten the appropriate paperwork that they are doing the job needed. Seeing video too. They are having to hover, unable to land in areas, but they are putting people on the ground and hoisting people up.

        Lots of videos and pictures of people from all over delivering supplies donated. Just because they have the means, be it by mule, horseback, ATV, or helicopter, and they showed up, rolled up their sleeves, and went to work. Neighbors helping neighbors, even if the neighbor who is helping has nothing left, but the neighbor they are helping has something, anything to salvage. Videos and pictures of before and after, where entire acreage of homesteads, roads, bridges, and entire towns, are gone. Just gone.

        News is getting out. Unfortunately so is the narrative that FEMA is doing a bang up job utilizing the armed services. Anyone posting otherwise is distributing “misinformation rumors”. Are there rumors out there? Yes. Anything that is “I heard from someone …” OTOH not long before the same statement is “I saw”, “I was there when”, substantiating the rumor. Now there are videos warning and detailing how to ensure “whatever” doesn’t happen to the next volunteer groups, or truck of supplies. Or “getting around officials” to get the job done.

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        1. What the media insist on calling “Misinformation” sounds real plausible to anyone who’s ever dealt with Government “Assistance”, and their denials are an insult to the intelligence of the average toadstool.

          For example, NPR this morning said that the Tren de Aragua gangs had “only” hit “isolated” apartment complexes, and that “rumors” that they had taken over “the whole town” were False Claims™. Straw Man set up, Straw Man knocked down. One hundred percent minus ANY amount equals Zero.

          Rule of thumb: any topic that they NEVER FAIL to preface with the phrase “false claims of…” is an Inconvenient Truth.

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        2. Your FEMA story and mine about the pallet of electric chainsaws line up pretty well. I’m calling it Myth: Confirmed.

          I can testify personally about the chainsaw battalions. The main artery to civilization where I live, Overlook Road, was utterly choked with fallen trees the morning of Friday the 27th, as Helene was departing us. Complete blockage at numerous points. Getting anywhere was utterly hopeless. By the late afternoon, Overlook was navigable for most of its route. Local people busted out the hardware and got to work.

          Not that there weren’t adventurous spots. It was one lane open at a lot of places, with cars going opposite ways having to take turns. Almost at the crest of the hill over which Overlook travels, there was a large fallen tree jammed horizontally, maybe nine feet above the surface of the road. You could drive underneath it, if it wasn’t a work vehicle or an ambulance, and for about a week many people did just that.

          As I said, city, county, state, and Feds (all headed by the same Party, but I didn’t say that) all stumbled, or worse. The people did not. dep729, I will sing those heroes.

          I should also mention those from far away coming to assist. A water distribution center within a mile’s walk of my home had Louisiana police cars at the entrance for a day or two. The electrical teams replacing poles and lines nearby hail from Ohio. They too can be proud of what they have done and are doing.

          Thank you here for all your responses. I’m feeling a little better, or at least a little clarified.

          Republica restituendae.

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    3. Those states and groups that can have mobilized resources to help NC/TN/FL. The local (TX/NM) power company sent linemen east to help, and to free up guys from even closer states. Likewise groups like the Baptists, Mennonites, other religious groups, and informal outfits that have formed to meet specific needs. There’s a hay lift going on, with those in TX and OK who have spare fodder sending it to TN, where it will be moved farther east as needed and as roads open.

      The sense out here is that things are bad, that the Fed.gov is not helping, and that the rest of us need to do what we can. Y’all have helped us when we needed a hand, and neighbors help neighbors, even if we’re several hundred miles away or so.

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      1. A lot of videos with truckers with song “Convoy” playing:

        Convoys of trucks from Walmart, lines of power line trucks with the caption “Texas is on it’s way”, convoys of trucks with livestock feed and alfalfa and hay, etc., all with police escorts.

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        1. Every state that can is sending something, I’ll rephrase that, every RED state that can is sending something. It’s not that the blue states won’t send something, It’s simply that they have nothing to send that isn’t already being used to cover the disasters in their own states. Thoughts and Prayers.

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      2. Samaritan’s Purse

        Baptists on Mission

        High effect in West NC and other places, high $ throughput, 11B-Mailclerk highly recommended for cash donations. Am personally doing so.

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    4. Frothing at the mouth furious about FEMA in sane circles. You may want to watch whether you read the comment threads here if you need calm to get things done.

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    5. Pretty much everyone knows it’s a cluster of horrible proportions. A week to get the title 10 authorizations? Nonsense.

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    6. Please, please tell me you’re pulling my leg about the plug-in electric chain saws or there was at least one generator and at least one extension cord on that load? No one could possibly be that dumb and not have to listen to a constant recording telling them “Breathe in; breathe out.”

      Please, pretty please, with sugar on top.

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      1. Oh, I totally believe it. They are not only that stupid, they are impervious to ‘wrongthink’ and blind to boot. Remember these are the same idiots that want electric fire trucks.

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      2. CCO, I can give you no reassurances on that score. I heard the original story on radio, presented in such a manner that didn’t really admit of it being a joke or a malicious rumor. The bureaucratic mindset behind it, devoid of practicality in pursuit of its ideological goal, is all too believable to me.

        And the hindbrain controls respiration. No cortical activity necessary, which is lucky for them.

        Republica restituendae.

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      3. All I can tell you is that there were a number of articles with pictures in various places, but a cursory search doesn’t show them any more. Whether it was a hoax, or whether the articles / sites responded to a quiet call from the “FEMA misinformation desk” is unknown at this time.

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    7. Welcome back.

      The propaganda is so effective Trump may take 300+ electors, and yield a Repub House and Senate.

      FICUS appears to be actively sabotaging Harris.

      Popcorn futures looking up.

      Be of good cheer.

      Who has been helping in your area?

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    1. Still can’t find those funny green cans of soup I had, at least they opened like soup cans….snark

      Whether it is Fibbie, or any other alphabet agency, ‘Pop goes the weasel’ is still the proper song. John Adams, probably. sarc.

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      1. The catch was really darned awesome, and the Starship reentry, with continuous video, was impressive as well.

        The upcoming design change to relocate the Starship forward flaps back around the hull will make things even better for the front flap hinge heating issue, but they seem to have a handle on that mostly – no melting hinges this time.

        Now to keep the FAA on leash…

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          1. I just looked through all the current FAA departure procedures for St Louis Lambert and I don’t see it, but I was told by a Boeing (McD) delivery pilot that there was a standard departure at the airport where Boeing did final assembly for F-15s that was basically “maintain runway heading, point straight up at the end of the runway until you pass through FL180, then contact departure…”

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