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2024-05-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel begins Rafah offensive after rejecting Hamas ceasefire ploy

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Posted by Fred 2024-05-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [259 views ] Top
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#1 We continue to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interests of the Israeli people

Clear case of metabolic lead deficiency.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-05-07 00:19|| 2024-05-07 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Israeli official to 'Post': 'America wants war to end, we want to win the war'

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-05-07 11:13|| 2024-05-07 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm so old, I remember when we used to end wars by winning them.

Posted by SteveS 2024-05-07 11:25|| 2024-05-07 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Gee Steve we're the same age.

Posted by alanc 2024-05-07 12:01|| 2024-05-07 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Dat's old, man...

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 12:04|| 2024-05-07 12:04|| Front Page Top

#6 makes sense to do targeted strikes and special ops before the main action

you get intel and it causes the enemy to have to scramble

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-05-07 12:53|| 2024-05-07 12:53|| Front Page Top

Ref #3:

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
~ Will Rogers

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 15:41|| 2024-05-07 15:41|| Front Page Top

Will Rogers and famed aviator Wiley Post died in a 15 August 1935 plane crash aboard a Lockheed Monoplane at Point Barrow, AK. Rogers was one of the greatest political sages America has ever known.

Some of his sayings:

* Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

* There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.

* Never miss a good chance to shut up.

* If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

* The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

* There are three kinds of men:

The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of
them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

* If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

* Lettin'the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.

* After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.

The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

ABOUT GROWING OLDER..

First ~Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and
start bragging about it.

Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to
know 'why'I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.

Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of
Algebra.

Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.

Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it's such a nice change from being young.

Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to
laugh at when you're old.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 15:48|| 2024-05-07 15:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Should you find yourself in Colorado Springs, visit the Shrine of the Sun. Built by a good friend of Rodgers', it was dedicated to him after his untimely death.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 16:18|| 2024-05-07 16:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Men like Will Rogers and his friend Spence Penrose, where can they be found today ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 16:43|| 2024-05-07 16:43|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ Lots of idiots would point slobberingly at Elon Musk, but when that man gets out of his lane he makes Tulsi Gabbard look like a moderate and Kristin Noem look like an animal lover.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 16:52|| 2024-05-07 16:52|| Front Page Top

#12 I love the story (no idea if it's true) that Penrose founded The Broadmoor after he was denied a room at The Arrowhead because of his miner's attire at the front desk.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 16:54|| 2024-05-07 16:54|| Front Page Top

#13 If you make it to The Broadmoor, have lunch at The Golden Bee. Mine is on the dash of my third car since I was there.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 16:56|| 2024-05-07 16:56|| Front Page Top

#14 I have tipped a few at the Bee. The piano 'sing alongs' were legendary. Fond memories indeed.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 17:00|| 2024-05-07 17:00|| Front Page Top

#15 Did the waitress flick a bee onto your shirt?

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 17:03|| 2024-05-07 17:03|| Front Page Top

#16 I suspect many chapters on that young fellow Musk are yet to be written.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 17:04|| 2024-05-07 17:04|| Front Page Top

#17 Don't get me wrong, he's way ahead of the pack. But when he starts in on his opinions of civilian gun ownership he sounds like some software guy practicing medicine.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 17:05|| 2024-05-07 17:05|| Front Page Top

#18 Yes, I wore several. And no doubt drank a few...thanks to turning my back fellow Bee goers.

Do they still award the charming stick-on insects ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 17:06|| 2024-05-07 17:06|| Front Page Top

#19 I feel like getting in the car and going to find out.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 17:07|| 2024-05-07 17:07|| Front Page Top

#20 Whahahahahahahaa

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-07 17:08|| 2024-05-07 17:08|| Front Page Top

#21

Golden Bee, Circa 1999

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-07 17:14|| 2024-05-07 17:14|| Front Page Top

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