Earlier Parts:
- Part one – includes disclosures and background
- Part two
- Part three
- Part four
- Part five – updates to disclosures
- Part six
This week ended with the House holding a three day voting session between April 7th and 9th.
HB 1 and HB 2
On the 7th, the House voted on the two budget bills, HB 1 and HB 2. The House considered HB 1 in the morning and HB 2 in the afternoon.
I watched some of the livestream of the House debate on HB 2. There were attempts to amend HB 2 from the House floor to remove parts of the bill. During the part I watched, I saw amendments attempting to remove the prohibition on using state money to teach Critical Race Theory, to remove the rewrite of RSA 4:45, and to remove provisions expanding legalized gambling. There were more House floor amendments according to the bill’s docket page. All such amendments failed.
Both bills passed. HB 1 passed on a 205-178 vote. HB 2 passed on a 200-181 vote. Both go on to the Senate.
HB 2, the budget rider bill, contains, among many other things, provisions concerning penalties for violating emergency orders and modifies RSA 4:45. The provision concerning emergency orders violations rolls back any enforcement action for COVID-19 state of emergency orders violations and prohibits further enforcement of such orders. The modification to RSA 4:45 allows the Governor to renew a state of emergency only once unless at least half of the Legislature is incapacitated. If at least half of the Legislature is incapacitated, then the Governor can continue renewing the state of emergency if he feels the emergency has continued. Otherwise, the Legislature must vote to renew the state of emergency.
There are some other things in the budget rider bill that I like. Things like business tax cuts, a phase-out of New Hampshire’s income tax, a ban on use of state money to teach Critical Race Theory, and an order to New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) to eliminate unfilled positions. I’m not going to read the whole budget bill. There might be some bad stuff in there.
The main budget bill, HB 1, cuts spending more than the Governor wanted.
If passed, HB 1 and HB 2 take effect on July 1st, 2021. The New Hampshire state government budgets on a two year basis. Budgets end on June 30th in odd numbered years. The Governor has threatened a veto if he receives the House budget. We will see if the Senate removes the parts the Governor doesn’t like. I doubt the House will concur with removal of those parts.
HB 187
HB 187 had another vote before the full House. This bill reins in the powers of the NH DHHS Commissioner. The bill had gone back into committee after its first vote. The committee amended the bill. The bill passed the full House with a voice vote on April 7th. The bill goes to the Senate.
HB 220
HB 220 passed the House with a voice vote on April 7th. The bill updates New Hampshire’s communicable disease law to restrict the government’s ability to force medical treatment on people. The bill goes to the Senate.
HB 402
HB 402 restricts the ability of the government to take private property during an emergency. The bill failed on a 166-171 vote, and then was “laid on the table”.
As I understand it, “laid on the table” means the bill is actually not dead despite the failed vote. The House can act on it (i.e. bring it up for another vote) before the end of the session. At the end of the session, if the House hasn’t taken further action on the bill, the bill is dead. Given House calendar rules state that April 9th is the last day to act on House bills for this session, and the need for a 2/3rds vote to override House rules, I think the safe assumption is that any bill “laid on the table” at this point is dead despite the current legislative session not being finished.
HB 417
HB 417 is one of the many bills rewriting RSA 4:45. This bill passed on a 328-41 vote. This bill goes to the Senate. Unfortunately, if the bill passes into law, it explicitly does not affect the current state of emergency.
HB 433
HB 433 is one of the many bills rewriting RSA 4:45. This bill failed on a voice vote on April 7th.
HB 439
HB 439 repeals the law which municipalities have relied on to pass mask ordinances. The bill failed on a 185-192 vote and was “laid on the table”.
HB 440
HB 440 restricts emergency orders to prevent suspension of civil liberties. The bill passed on a 192-178 vote. It goes to the Senate.
HB 493
HB 493 makes it a crime to assault, threaten to assault, or disobey an employee conveying public health orders. The bill failed on a voice vote.
HB 506
HB 506 expands New Hampshire’s public accommodation laws to add people that have turned down medical treatment or refuse to use a medical device to the protected classes. The bill received an Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) recommendation from the committee majority, and an Ought to Pass (OTP) recommendation from the committee minority. This bill was on the list of bills the House would work on for the three day session, but I see no updates to the bill status or bill docket page at the time of writing. I think this bill is one of 73 which are now dead as the House did not get to them before the end of the three day voting session.
HB 542
HB 542 is a bill excepting churches, synagogues, mosques, and the like from emergency orders restricting public gatherings. The bill passed on a 199-173 vote. The bill goes to the Senate.
SB 138
I forgot to cover SB 138 last week. This bill originally allowed the governor to establish price controls during a state of emergency. A Senate amendment completely rewrote the bill. The new bill exempts certain contracts the state’s Uniform Securities Act. The bill no longer has anything to do with price controls or emergency powers. The newly rewritten bill has passed the Senate and is in the House.
News Coverage
Several news outlets covered the budget vote.
- Union Leader
- Bonus Union Leader link
- NH Journal
- InDepthNH
- Granite Grok
At an Executive Council meeting, the Governor said yes when asked if 4th of July parades could happen.
Reopen NH celebrated the successes. As did the House Freedom Caucus.
WMUR covered the passage of HB 542.
The Governor’s Reopening Task Force recommends allowing tables for outdoor dining to be three feet apart instead of six feet apart.
Not one, but two instances of drama at the three day House voting session. Well, two instances that made the news.
Some Thoughts
I have not been able to come up with an explanation for why certain bills passed and some didn’t.
I know there are Republicans who won’t break with the Governor because of party loyalty and also some that support his actions. Democrats’ complaints about the Governor are either that he did not allow them any input during the last term (when Democrats controlled the Legislature) into how Federal aid money was spent or that he has never been restrictive enough with his emergency orders.
Given what I know about the House make-up, I think this is about the best we can do with what we have.
The Senate is next. I think the Senate will be a harder battle than the House.
I expect the Governor will veto every bill which reaches him that is related to the state of emergency.
When there is more news, I’ll write more. I think things will be a little quiet for a while. At this time, the Senate has only one of the above bills scheduled for a hearing. That is HB 220 on Wednesday, April 14th.
Judy Aron’s piece in Granite Grok about the second day of voting popped up after I hit the submit button for this piece.
They should just make you Governor. Because, it looks like you know more of what is going on than the politicians.
No dig on DEG, but that’s a low bar.
True, and I almost wrote that.
I’ve met DEG, he wouldn’t fit under a low bar. 😉
Double so since limbo is out of the question. I’d like to not aggravate my disc herniation anymore than I probably do in the gym.
Dig a trench and use a wheeled platform.
You can do it!
Heh.
Finally a candidate we can vote for.
“I don’t do a thing for balance and am starting to wonder if I should. Maybe get a wobble board or something like that. I’m curious what any of you do to work on balance.”
Yoga is good for that.
I skump on a long board and paddle board. No impact. Covers all the bases.
A wobble board would make a better governor than me.
😉
Skateboarding. Just don’t crash.
I use an inflated rubber disk, like this:
https://fitter1.ca/collections/active-sitting/products/fitterfirst-classic-sit-disc
Supposedly designed for “active sitting” (and indeed, the Spousal Unit uses it for her seat whilst working in the home office), but trust me, standing on it in bare feet is a real workout, and very easy on your joints as well.
Thanks for this. Interesting to see how the sausage is made.
You know what they say about hot dogs and law…
Mustard and sauerkraut. Chopped onions, too. And chili gravy.
If you knew how it’d turn out, you’d avoid both of them?
It’s OK if it is a Progressive politician?
You’re welcome!
Meanwhile, in Canada…
“A church in Edmonton, Canada wouldn’t obey politicians and lock its doors. So they jailed the pastor for 35 days. The church still wouldn’t close. So police raided it, turned it into an armed garrison & occupied it. And still the Christians come.”
https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1381319356265676805
That’s insane.
And of course the Bee has that covered.
Also, in Canada
“200 cops for a church!!!!”
https://twitter.com/RealCanuckNews/status/1381335392541151233
Polite NAZIs?
Fucking evil.
We have the same Nazi-assed bastards right next door. Fence, arrests and everything.
While I think that Mark Geragos often talks nonsense, professionally (e.g., anything he says about Kapernick), his pro-bono stuff is solid (I believe he’s representing Tinhorn Flats pro-bono*).
I hope he crushes the city.
* he’s got his own restaurant and is dealing with restrictions, so he’s not dispassionate on the case, but I think it’s a case of doing well by doing good.
Dictatorial bureaucrats
I’m not going to cry when a few of them end up hanging from lampposts.
I keep waiting…
I’m going to laugh if any of them end up hanging from lampposts.
Stick a fork in it, the Republic is done.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyuuCbfXIAE0Tvs.jpg
LOLOLOLOL
This went over well:
“Why you shouldn’t knock so-called “sweatshops” if you care about women’s empowerment…”
https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute/status/1381242399343718402
These people don’t care. Look at the prohibition on low paying jobs. That brings plenty of misery to the people it’s designed to help.
It’s not designed to help them.
So, if NH gets the Vax passport, are they gonna change their motto to ” Live free or fly”?
More likely “Live, Flee, or Die, we don’t care…”
Heh.
At this point, it looks like we won’t unless the Feds push it or enough private businesses push it.
The Senate President, before Sununu said anything about them, said no to vaccine passports. Sununu eventually came around to no vaccine passports.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2021/04/09/new-west-virginia-law-cuts-taxes-for-manufacturers-gun-owners-n43333
Good for WV. Let’s see more of this!
Nice!
Nice series of articles here, DEG.
Thanks!
Yeah, thanks. It’s interesting to see how a state with more than just one party runs.
Just spent the evening with a house full of about two dozen Russians for a private concert.
No masks.
It was quite refreshing.
An orgy of unprotected collusion?
It’s nice to be around people who understand what hardship actually is and how to get out of it.
Work, work harder, and work even harder than that.
And they understand that the government is not your daddy.
I used to frequent a late night coffee shop called Top Fuel in Hollywood. This was right around when a lot of Ruskies were just starting to move in. I was an upper level pool player and used to run the one table they had there almost all night. One night, these two Russian chicks were playing pool, really badly. They just kept playing anyway, preventing me from starting my run. I started talking to them and helping them with their game. They were utterly clueless. I asked them if they played much back in Russia. They said that only rich people could play pool. I then said, ” I thought there were no rich people there?” They said, you know, like the government.
Well, did they put out?
Your story telling needs more closure.
/said to one of the most interesting peeps here, unironically.
Those girls were a nyet. There were plenty of fish in that sea, though.
/considers caviar joke
/reconsiders and gets read for work
Oh, and thanks, but I’m really kinda boring now. Wife, kid, full time job. Not a lot of time/energy for the crazy stuff anymore.
Oh, and thanks, but I’m really kinda boring
Says the guy who dated a porn start who, if I’m being honest, I definitely induced me to have relations with myself, back in the day.
(I have no doubt she was a PITA, as you’ve mentioned)
I would have figured they were running a good con, and walked away if/when I was up.
Excellent.
While on a hike a few months ago without a mask, a Russian walking the other way said “Thank you for not wearing a mask. This is so ridiculous.” They definitely assess risk differently.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/08/homicide-surge-progressives-district-attorneys-479966
Let’s hope they kick Krasner to the curb.
We’re working on kicking out our douchebag, Gasc’on, as well.
Well, all those DA’s are cut from the same cloth and are members of the same political party, so yes – it is a clear national phenomenon.
At the gas station by work, they have a sign that reads: No hoodies, glasses, hats or [redacted} allowed. Right next to it is a sign that says masks are required.
My imagination runs wild with the possibilities for [redacted]. Heh.
One of the local liquor stores still has a sign up asking people to not wear hoods, glasses, or hats inside. Right next to the sign mandating masks.
To maintain one party rule, the one party sometimes has to throw a leading member under the bus.
Thanks Deg! I have to eat some stuff now and go to bed
.
You’re welcome.
I also have to drop off. I have to be up early tomorrow.
Just got back from Pedlow skatepark. I couldn’t really do much, again. I’m stiff as a board. Maybe I need some yoga or something. It’s about half the time that I just can’t seem to make myself move properly. I’d say getting old sucks, but the alternative is much worse. The city welded up a bunch of openings the skaters made, but there’s always a workable one. And, there’s always a crowd.
I don’t think my liver will take another zoom meeting this week, thank Zod!
https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2021/04/masters-2021-hideki-matsuyama-wins-the-green-jacket-becomes-first-japanese-to-do-so.html
Must be his inner whiteness that did it.
I refrained from making a similar comment. Thanks for the assist. ?
sino-caucasian ?
Caucasian adjacent.
Haidomo.
Slutty Sunday is keepin’ it fake.
https://archive.li/VY6Ue
More Prime recommendations: the Quest of the Muscle Nerd – a guy wants to add bodybuilding to dragon con and The Way of the Puck -elite air hockey.
At this point, my reaction to moves like that is to demand to know why they want to change something that has never traditionally contained their chosen activity
“Just spent the evening with a house full of about two dozen Russians for a private concert”
Pretty sure that triggered every government agency to come check out this site… Assuming they’re not already among us.
People who attend accordion concerts are probably already on a list of some sort.
+1 OOM-PAH-PAH!
Wunnerful, wunnerful! -Lawrence Welk
https://www.amazon.com/Wunnerful-wunnerful-autobiography-Lawrence-Welk/dp/B0006WCAD2
Fuck the government and its food pyramid disaster.
https://news.byu.edu/new-research-on-alzheimers-disease-shows-lifestyle-origin-at-least-in-some-degree?0000016b-9611-db18-a16f-971de1d00000-page=2
That was the old government. The new one’s experts can be trusted 100%.
Whew… I was worried for a second.
We’re saved!
I was at a conference speaking with some very smart people in the low-carb camp: doctors, mostly, but a number of other folks and one of the women who had been working in the public policy side of food said that the US obesity epidemic tracks almost perfectly with the govt takeover of nutrition. i.e. The nutrition guidelines (with a slight shift to the right for lag time). When I asked about the correlation she noted that a WHOLE bunch of programs for the poor rely upon the govt guidelines for what is “healthy.”
So if anyone is really curious as to why the poor are also fat, you can thank the USG.
Don’t forget the AG subsidies which, incidentally, drive their nutrition guidelines.
” Man! I can afford all of this government cheese!”
*cheese product*
I remember that 90s CA lottery ad, and damned if I can find it anywhere.
POV camera anyway.
I won’t bring it up because I believe I’ve already ranted here about the fact that Coca-Cola gets its main ingredient subsidized by the US taxpayer – to your point about the absolute evil that are the Ag subsidies…
Okay, I can’t help myself: The “Wizard of Omaha” is the largest single-shareholder of Coke, gets his product subsidized, and then owns DaVita, the dialysis company. So, he gives you the diabeetus w/ subsidized liquid HFCS and then cashes in when people get near the end and their kidneys finally fail.
But he says he wants to be taxed more so that means he’s the right kind of billionaire. (Insert something about woodchippers and feet first.)
Wife: Look at all of those tattooed people.
Me: They obviously hate themselves and wish to mutilate their bodies.
OK, glibs, lay it on me.
At one point I wanted a UPC bar code for chunk white tuna tattooed on my ass.
In other words, I chalk tattoos up to poor judgement.
Ive mentioned it before, but if I ever get inked its gonna be a W on either ass cheek.
When I bend over it will say WOW
Upside-down, its MOM
I know a bar owner who has “Your Name” tatooed on his ass. Whenever some new ladies come into the bar, he’ll ask their names. Then he’ll tell one of them he has their name on his ass. A bet ensues, and he wins every time. That tat has paid for itself many times over.
He’s a really funny, crazy dude. His bar is always hoppin’ when he’s there. He’s the main attraction.
I got semi-sleeved in blackwork back in 1983. Back then it was the equivalent of carrying a sign that said, ” arrest me”! And, they did, many times. I got my last tatt in 1983.
To be fair, I’ve considered two mutilations to my wrinkly skin
– Gadsen snake on my left shoulder saying, “Fuck off Slaver”
– ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ on my right wrist.
Depends upon if I get drunk enough.
I find it more a sign of narcissism. And I run with a crowd that likes to show off their latest work at parties.
I obviously wanted to get a rise out of people and failed.
I got the standard USMC stuff and that led to a couple of others, but back when I was a young officer, it was frowned upon for officers to have ink if you weren’t a maverick, and even if you were, nothing that would show when you were wearing your Class C’s.
Then sleeves became all the rage and the Marine Corps had some problems “making mission” (recruitment goals) and the standards changed.
I don’t care for ink on women (with the occasional exception).
Rumor was about a guy who got “FUCK WAR” tattooed on the edge of his hand such that it could be read whenever he would salute. Good enough to get out of the draft. I wore a peace sign in basic and got nothing but massive shit about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMEViYvojtY
Private Joker had the same problem with The Man, TBH. You’re in good company.
My fear of needles protected me from having a lot of bad decisions marked on me.
I still appreciate those who get well done art on them.
Im off to work, kids. Don’t burn the place down.
Im off tomorrow in the event someone is hosting an early week Zoom.
/burns place down
Be careful,you might get no-scoped by a white Hispanic teenager with his murder-16
Dammit, now we’re going to need yet another place.
It was an ugly place anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Db3rluT76w
Spotify Rules! I’m lost in metalandia! fuck yeah!
BOOM!
Kebu, the Whitest guy in the World next to me, electronica Live,,
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XNih4GTeMVeQmiXq3CqS6
I forgot how badass the Kid is, check this out, Kebu,
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XNih4GTeMVeQmiXq3CqS6
To dance again.
“DANSER ENCORE” – Flashmob – Gare de l’Est – 8 Avril 2021
Excellent.
Génial! J’en suis ravie! ❤️ ??
Not kidding: has really made my week.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeFhSzoTuc
I seem to have killed all activity, until tomorrow.
Just had a shower, doesn’t take much to make an old guy happy these days. I had the shower handicapped a few days ago but I need a little help getting in and out. I can do most (or all) of the homework alone, once I get in. I have a stair lift on order, will be installed in a couple weeks.Right now Mrs Fourscore is carrying my meals downstairs, where I’m holed up. I can get around pretty well alone, I have 3 walkers prepositioned. (Bed R, bath room, living room by the recliner) so I don’t have to drag one around when I’m in the wheel chair.
Eating better, sleeping at night is better but I’m up 3-4 times a night to go to the bathR.
Life is slowly getting better, pain is minimal unless I get my bad leg twisted and then goes away when I get it straightened out.
Good to hear things are getting better.
You are thought of often, Mr. Fourscore! Hope you’re doing well and being kind to yourself. Good to hear you’re figuring out ways to enable a little bit of independence as you regain functionality.
Good luck! You are our group inspiration!
I dedicated a First to you. Did they tell you?
Hurrah!
Don’t mind BW, bless his heart.
Yay! Glad to hear your body is healing and your house adjustments are going well for you.
I might need some tips on the stair lift issue in the future…I have 2 sets (front of house or back of house) but they both are half-staircases with a 90 degree turn half way up. Not sure if a chair lift or an elevator is the way to go.
There’s a new bill which, according to Sheila Jackson Lee, will help “bridge racial divides.”
So it must be good!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9455811/US-Congress-study-slavery-reparations-amid-racial-reckoning.html
G$M ?
“Do I hafta come right flat out and tell you everythang?”
L love ar all,
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https://archive.li/cwaD8/f602ac9990fff056a917577c6b5672dc26df4ca2.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/ux8Uh/80b2723783502c607288f421c3956b2eaec8bf2d.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/Vd8kk/06bfbbd9d5d1201418aa9e8d82b7f0b0796fc9e1.jpg
NSFW.
I swear, I live the most miserable, boring yet comedic life. I’d swear I’m a bit character in a sitcom.
Todays adventure: There was a squirrel in my house. No idea how he(?) got in. I opened the front door and tried to shoo it out. I went to grab a chair to sit and watch if it went out, sat for about 20 minutes and didn’t see the fucker again, then a squirrel comes to the open door and I can see it thinking about coming in. I’m assuming it’s the same one and it had left when I went to get the chair, because I haven’t seen it since. (and during this whole bit I’m wandering the house smacking my cane against things to try and scare it out…
He’s still there. Waiting for the right time.
Squirrel?
/dog
1) Chimney entry
2) Gap between exterior wall and the clothes dryer vent
3) Attic vent or woodpecker hole enlarged by chewing
But maybe he doesn’t fit anymore so the front door looks tempting. Or only the baby squirrels are in the house, and the momma squirrel want in the front door to care for them.
Squirrels are just rats with good PR, but I love rats, so….
We have red squirrels, apparently the most intelligent rodents. They have free reign over the bird feeders because they are surprisingly not too dickish about them. Except for crows and kestrels. Hoo boy do they hate those birds…
One of the most entertaining moments in my life was luring a squirrel into the dorm and herding it into the women’s showers.
You’re a bad, bad man.
I admire that.
Good morning, Scruffy.
Why thank you!
And good morning to you.
*Randy Marsh “Niiiiccceee!”
These are interesting allegations –
“Lake Forest man arrested in sexual assault of woman in Irvine…
“Irvine police detectives said [Michael Sangbong] Rhee targeted the woman — who is of Asian descent — because he thought she was white, Davies said. Detectives said they believe the alleged assault was retaliation for hate crimes committed against Asian Americans.
“Hate crime charges will be added to the criminal complaint filed with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in the case, Davies said.”
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/04/10/lake-forest-man-arrested-in-sexual-assault-of-woman-in-irvine/
He attacked an asian woman, because asians are being attacked, but he thought she was white? So, because it was against an asian lady, it’s a hate crime? Am I getting this right?
*If* the charges are true, I imagine it’s a hate crime because he attacked her for her *perceived* race (white).
Of course, I’m curious how the cops claim to know the motives – it may be a motive he made up to look more like a hero in his own eyes. Assuming the got the right guy.
/libertarian disclaimers duly inserted
I’m going to go ahead and state the obvious – “hate crimes” are thought crimes and “assault”, “attempted murder” and “murder” pretty much cover things.
I RTFA and comprehend the whole thing, yet still I haz confuz.
From the guy’s name I surmise that he is Korean but I guess it could still be a hate crime because the victim is Asian even though the perp is Asian. I guess I don’t know how to use the racial/victim-oppressor cred scorecard.
If the cops are right about his guilt *and* about his motives (and both are of course big assumptions), it presumably means that the media coverage got to him – and he probably wasn’t stable to begin with – and he decided to wreak vengeance on the white people who were oppressing and killing asians.
It’s hate crimes all the way down.
I’m so confused.
Here, y’all. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5tl8B6u8Uc
Why the fake nails?
/collapses sobbing
She could be hotter than Hades without all of the superfluous accoutrements. On the plus side, she only eats meat, so it’s a push.
Mr Splosives is back, like Nebuchudnezzar, from his trip to temporary ICU psychosis but now he needs physical therapy for his brain aneurysm and stroke (as well as the chest wounds from heart surgery, and some muscle wasting, but that’s more straightforward than the issues from the neck up).
I am certain now that I won’t be able to give him as much care as he needs at home and still resume my full time work, so I think I’ll be looking for some part-time in-home nursing or housekeeping help. For now, I can coast on savings for a bit longer, but i’m definitely going to put out some feelers for recommendations from my neighborhood (a rather tight-knit bunch) so I can bring home a full paycheck and advance my career.
I naively didn’t realize the stroke would have such an effect. He can’t touch his nose with his left hand, but his comprehension and reasoning seem unaffected for the most part. He obsesses about little tasks that would take me 5 seconds to do for him but I think he’s doing it for his own therapy and mental well-being. I just need to be able to rest myself so I will have patience and won’t want to do the time-savers for myself.
I’m sorry to hear that he still has quite a bit of work ahead of him before he will be back to his old self. I still have him in my prayers and hoping he will be better soon.
I am at a loss as to any recommendations for care – I know what that’s like somewhat as I did take over for my step-mom for a week in taking care of a dad when his Parkinson’s was not yet heavy enough to require full-time care but still needed supervision. I expect your situation, while not being long term, will require professional assistance to get through.
Sorry but all I can offer from here is good vibes and prayers.
Never be sorry for kind words and prayers! They are more powerful than are often acknowledged.
Mr Splosives woke up Saturday just as ICU psychotic as he’d gone to bed Friday night, still needing restraints and fighting all the way to the CT scan. Afterwards, when they were about to take him back up, he says he saw a light and something else indescribable that passed through him and told him “Don’t fight my hands; they’re holding you. Let these people help you; I am The Helper.” I’ll leave it to the reader to decide if it was a hallucination that ended the bad hallucinations or if it was as Mr said. Here are a couple of biblical references to the “Helper.”
And for anyone who wants to pray but doesn’t know how or where to start:
Regardless of religious convictions, I think the Hebrew Bible and the Gospel should be taught in schools as literature and source of references in English culture and references, just as Greek and Roman myths, Beowulf, and Epic of Gilgamesh are taught,
“writing on the wall”
“Feet of clay”
“Cast not your pearls before swine”
Etc.
Do people know where these sayings come from anymore?
One thing that it seems many/most people don’t seem to get is how one can be both Buddhist and Christian. Buddhism (at least as far as the Mahayana branch goes) does not worship a statue.
We have been raising our kids in the Buddhist faith but recently my ten-year-old needed to know about God’s unconditional love. That we are all flawed but are redeemed through his grace. It was a message he needed to hear – that most people need to hear at least at some point in their lives. At least this is my experience.
Why? no one believes in God it seems, and Satan is having a field day right now,
I am in total agreement with regard to teaching the Bible in Lit classes. Not as a religious text but as a gateway drug to the best of Western Literature and philosophy. No Bible, No Chaucer. Kids need to know where the roots of those ideas spring from.
I don’t think the people pushing CRT in the classroom know western literature besides as a boogeyman of ‘eeeevil whitey’
You and the Mr are in my thoughts, as well HE. Just make sure that the home-care nurses dress like Benny Hill characters. ”E’ll bee oop an’ aboot in no time flat!
LOL!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMjF2n3-SQ
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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/04/11/15-months-after-buying-dream-home-riverside-couple-finally-kick-squatters-out/
https://www.wfmz.com/news/man-shot-killed-during-minnesota-traffic-stop-sparks-unrest/article_71c6a261-4974-58f0-bec1-07facecd4937.html
Minnesoda. Again.
Yeah, I understand that they have to do their jobs. But can’t they just keep their “respect mah athoritah” boner in their pants for just a little while with all the other “bad apples” news going on right now?
Shooting a guy who just refuses to be taken in – without posing a direct threat. WTF?
He shot the guy while he was driving away? The article says the vehicle traveled several blocks before striking another vehicle. A dead/severely incapacitated driver at the wheel of a moving vehicle is more immediately dangerous than “man with outstanding warrant”, Shirley?
Mornin’.
I think the 48-hour rule applies here.
Yep.
Happy Monday Glib Friends, another day of Life,
For this is the Day the Lord has made,
Let us Rejoice in it,
Verily, we shall rejoice. Mornin’ Yu.
Take it outside, God-Boy! (kidding) Last night I heard this fantastic song from seven years ago and had to listen to it a half dozen times. I feel like I’ve been living under a fecking rock. https://youtu.be/vUw6XtiYWww
God loves you, whether you like it or not,
Cheers downer Boy,
Xe can worship me from afar. I’m actually feeling quite chipper. Did I not just share a tasty musical link?
Good morning, Yu, limey, & Fes!
Howdy from Mycopia, a bright dawn ahead,
A fine bright morning to you Red!
Morning Glibs. I’m back to the office this morning after a week on Hilton Head Island. Have yourselves a great day.
*grumbles a little*
Yeah, but you’re back in Michigan, IIRC, so you have my sympathy, 😉
Have a great day anyway,
You remember correctly. And thanks for the sympathy.
whaddup doh ?
What’s goody fam ?
Mornin’, homey! It’s payroll processing day, so I have to be half-ass on the ball. With any luck, no complications in this batch – just a few folks using the Emergency PTO the big bosses granted for employees who take time off to go get their vax (and in many cases, for suffering the side effects of same,)
Haha! Last night perusing the slim booklet which contains my collective agreement I found a little clause that states that “No employee shall be required to work alone on the premises on night shift”. Drugs just fell outta my rectum but I still find it pretty hilarious. So for 8 years we’re just bending the rules a little. Typical.
Congratulations, Festus, you have been classified as two half-time employees!
This guy manages.
Sean’s avatar right here.
To add to Yufus’s comment….”Jesus loves you, but I think you’re an asshole.”
TALL CANS for the Trinity !
Mornin’ Baby-Head! Short cans! Hope you have a goody!
Seems yet again I cleared the stock of TALL CANS® from my local Kroger. I had to make-do with 16 oz instead of my usual 24 oz.
MEDIUM CANS !
Port meets storm! Bottoms up, friend!
I found HM. He moved to Miami.
https://youtu.be/XGtfNsmDVZE?t=463
Yep.
That fib-fit thing? Definitely need to work on flex and balance. Strength and cardio are pretty good. Maintaining at 175.
Yoga classes. Hmmm…