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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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(R) Gabe Evans
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November 11, 2021 06:16 AM UTC
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Good morning, Polsters.
The beast is back. The people from the next building in our apartment complex saw my flyer and texted me to come get Pooka, a bad-ass, glossy, pure black cat who would much rather be stalking mice in the wild than limited to unwary birds lighting on the balcony feeder.
Not everyone will take in a miaowing critter, who shows up at your door demanding entrance, sustenance, and the right to pee on your floor should you not have proper accommodations for him. But they did.
So my daughter and granddaughter get their favorite feline back, I will try to be a better kitty entertainment system, and this vast 300 unit apartment complex feels a bit more like a community.
Good news on the cat.
Best "kitty entertainment system" at our house is an alert cat versus the elusive point of a laser pointer. The not-so-alert cat joins in sometimes, briefly. His brain is engaged by a different box to get into.
Very sweet story, especially at this time of year. Thank you for sharing.
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Hope you will keep it indoors! Outdoor cats kill many, many birds each year. I'm sure this will bother you, but there needs to be a 24 hour/365 day per year bounty on outdoor domestic cats. Say 5 bucks pet cat? Rats, maybe 75 cents each
November 11, 1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
I think it was about that long ago that I took calculus in college. I can no longer get past the first page or two of the textbook . . .
WOTD: Resilience
Kwtree if you’ve got a balcony with a birdfeeder, that’s the best cat entertainment center there is. We have a feeder in our front yard and a table, that I’ve given over to the cats, in front of our picture window. We call it Cat T.V. It’s funny to hear them make that “ak-ak-ak” noise. Our vet told us that it means “come here little birdie, come here, come here so I can eat you”.
Why am I getting a “Stop sending stimulus checks to illegals” banner this morning? Is this what happens now when I engage with Pfuit? Maybe posting the Nebraska Trump bull semen baron endorsement?
Michael,
I know you are country hick, but you can install an adblocker.
,dave
Let me see if my five year old grandson can fix that for me. We country hicks have special powers but installing ad blockers ain’t on my list.
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Barnes, I want to go back to these days:
A shout out to all veterans today, in particular my father, and my 97-yr old great uncle who is still with us, an unapologetic Democrat who fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Also to to V for his service. You made Phillips County proud.
To our LGBTQ veterans:
Thank you, and we’re sorry.
Yes, this, so very much.
Also, my thoughts today are very much with my late Dad who fought with great distinction against North Korean and Chinese troops from 1951 to 1953 as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corp. Nearly everyone with whom he served during those grueling years was either killed or wounded, while my Dad came home at war's end with remnants of a superficial bullet grazing and a wrenched knee. He spoke little of his wartime experiences, except occasionally to relate a funny or more lighthearted story. I think he may have experienced a touch of "Survivor's Guilt" but, regrettably, hid it well for the most part.
Interestingly, his younger brother served concurrently in Korea starting in '52 in the U.S. Army Infantry. He too survived unscathed — unsurprising, given that they grew up exceptionally tough and savvy street kids from a poor family. Due to scheduling conflicts, they were never able to see one another in person while serving overseas, only reuniting upon their return stateside.
The real veteran in my family is my late father-in-law. He fought as a combat engineer in Normandy.
A special shout out to the Weed for Warriors community. A survey shows 75% of Veteran respondents “would be interested in using #cannabis or #cannabinoid products as a treatment option if it were available.” Many feel that they've been deterred from using medical cannabis by the VA’s policy.
My salute is to just about every man in my extended family except my brothers Steve, Christopher, and yours truly. My Dad served in the Air force. My son Dylan in the Army. My brother Bob was a sailor.
…and I declined the opportunity to attend the Coast Guard Academy.
My niece, Cheryl, continues to serve the Army in Alaska.
Very proud of her.
Today is a very good day. Karen's out of hospital! She's exhausted, and sore but home! I can take it from here. She sends thanks for all the good wishes for her recovery
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Awright, awright, awright!
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Great to hear of Karen's liberation to your tender home-based care.
My late father tried to enlist in early 1942, but the military wouldn’t take him. One reason was age (33 1/2). The main reason was his occupation: tool & die engineer in the automotive & aeronautics industries. The recruiters told him he would be far more valuable to the war effort continuing as an engineer.
When I went through his papers in early 1993, after his passing, I found maybe a dozen different recruitment letters from 1942-44, from a variety of auto and aircraft manufacturers.
My grandfather enlisted during the Great War as a teenager, determined to kill the "krauts." The army decided that his skill set, as a train dispatcher, was better put to use in logistics. Family lore is that he was engaged in a great deal of hand-to-hand combat, but exclusively the drunken kind with his comrades in arms. Never got to shoot anyone, but made it back safely.
My father-in-law served in WWII. He was barely 17 when his whole class enlisted on graduation day in '42, but they were hard up enough to let him pass.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women?source=search_google_dsa_paid&gclid=CjwKCAiAm7OMBhAQEiwArvGi3AnZMYDbiFrj1T11hKyFtrEgk4ItLZVunuV4HcB2QDlPTFpjYPqVDBoC9lMQAvD_BwE
I've been haunted by this article in The New Yorker on 9/6/21 that describes a reporter's journey in rural Afghanistan , mostly Helmand Province, where he interviewed many Afghan citizens about their decades-long experiences with war. Taliban, Soviets, warlords,a corrupt and brutal Afghan government, Americans, and now back to the Taliban. The numbers of family members killed in each family is stunning. It's particularly troubling to learn how the Americans sided with the worst of the warlords to terrorize the citizens. And, it's not surprising to learn that many preferred Taliban rule. I'm tempted to ask Congressman Jason Crow to react to this article.
Read or watched Charlie Wilson's War?
Rep Crow is a good guy with an outstanding service record. Taint him with Afghanistan and no good can come from it.
Almost no one did the political geneology on General Norman Schwarzkopf jr. Specifically his father's role in occupied German and then Iran (see coup and SAVAK, also Republican Guard).
Afghanistan has been a US foreign policy and military mess for a long time. There is nothing Rep Crow can say or do that will not be problematic for him. If you know him, ask him privately. If not, ask him about fixing Social Security or transportation infrastructure in his district.
Understood. I would do it privately with Jason. But, the revelations (to me, at least) of the atrocities we committed against the Afghan civilians, to the point where many in the rural areas view the Taliban as a better alternative to the Americans, demands that leaders such as Jason Crow, as wonderful a person that he is, comes to a recognition of his role so that we never do it again.