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The death of Hassan Nasrallah shows why this is a just war Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was killed last night in an Israeli air strike on Beirut, as part of its ongoing offensive in southern Lebanon. Nasrallah's death exposes the glaring omission in most of the media coverage of the conflict. Few outlets seem willing to recognise the fact that [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/09/28/the-death-of-hassan-nasrallah-shows-why-this-is-a-just-war/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Visited Mama T-B., Two Guys visit senior she man man. Mama T-B. didn't yell at us about much, fine with us man. Mama T-B. offered to fund lunch for us and Mini-B., leftover monthly funds man. Mini-B. declined and we accepted, si man. Mini-B. instead consumed a hunk of pecan pie, ingest wee man. At the casa, we consumed the lunch, ingest we man. It was flank steak, baked tater, green bean almondine, beef noodle soup, roll, blackberry cobbler, si man. We and Mini-B. watched most of a football game, watch Two Guys man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This vaulted us into the minimum for a Two Guys week, Many (2x2x2 +2+1) bowls man. Around Many p.m., Mini-B. requested onecan of S+Ms, ingest wee man man. We conquered the Many (2+1) laundry loads and dished/de-dished the warsher, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came to see the season premiere of AFV, pretty good man. Mini-B. departed, end of Two Guys week man. Later, we got the inevitable call of a forgotten item, deliver we man. We then went to nearby supermarket for a frozen Mexican din-din, ingest we man. Miu demanded din-din, 2 brushings, and much play, demanding miu man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. No fixed plans for Monday, play-by-ear we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

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Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star. Stargazers and astronomers around the world continue to gaze toward the Corona Borealis constellation 3,000 light-years from Earth, where a long-dead star is expected to reignite in an explosion so powerful it will briefly rival the brilliance of Polaris, the North Star. The stellar corpse last turned on almost 80 years ago and will not reignite for another 80 years, making this a nearly once-in-a-lifetime experience. Already, the stellar remnant, a white dwarf called T Coronae Borealis that's feasting on material from a nearby red giant star, has revealed [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-prepare-once-lifetime-event-100001266.html

Sunday -- time for our approval-evoking*, positive-news-prompting* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *that is, if correlation = causation ============================================================== GOD IS WATCHING The children in a Catholic primary school were lined up in the cafeteria for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted it on the apple tray: "Take only one. God is watching." Farther along the lunch line, at the other end of the table, was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. One child whispered to another, "Hey, we can take all we want. God is watching the apples."

'Now Who Am I Supposed To Send My Wordle Score To?' Cries Rashida Tlaib WASHINGTON, D.C. — An emotional Representative Rashida Tlaib publicly grieved the death of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, demanding to know who she was supposed to send her daily Wordle score to now that the terrorist was gone. "Who's going to send me little clapping emojis when I get Wordle in two tries? Who?!?" cried Tlaib, breaking into tears. "I've got no one left! No one!!" According to Tlaib, [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/now-who-am-i-supposed-to-send-my-wordle-score-to-sighs-rashida-tlaib

Kamala Announces Construction Of 'Murderers Only' Express Lane At Southern Border CALEXICO, CA — Border Czarina Suprémè Kamala Harris has just announced that she will be implementing a new national security measure at the southern border checkpoints: a Murderers-Only Express Lane just for illegal immigrants who have been convicted of killing two or more people. Sources within Kamala's administration say that the measure is meant to help reduce processing times at the border by not making murderers wait quite as long in line. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/kamala-announces-construction-of-new-murderers-only-express-lane-at-southern-border

Comments on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Decline and Fall of the Iranian Empire The killing of Hassan Nasrallah and the entire Hizballah high command, followed almost immediately by the killing of Nasrallah's designated successor Hassan Khalil Yassin, could mean the end of Hizballah as a force to be reckoned with in Lebanon. Nasrallah's death also strikes a serious blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran's decades-long effort to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East. Back in 2015, Iran's Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, explained that once Israel is destroyed, "the West's hegemony and threats will be discredited" and "the hegemony of Iran will be promoted." Iran had been working for years to promote that hegemony through a series of allies, clients, and proxies across the Middle East, Hizballah being the chief among them. In fact, [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/09/28/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-iranian-empire-n4932921

I will greatly miss Kmart.

This article gives interesting background, unknown to most, about the dead terrorist and political blunders by the U.S. -- worth reading! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Killing Nasrallah: Israel shows America how to win wars [...] securing a nation's peace has nothing to do with winning narratives, or nation-building, or balancing U.S. allies against your mutual enemies for the sake of regional equilibrium, or any of the other academic theories generated to mask a generation's worth of failure. Rather, it means killing your enemies, above all those who advocate and embody the causes that inspire others to exhaust their murderous energies against you. Thus, killing Nasrallah was essential. [...] https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/killing-nasrallah

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Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: The day started out unthrillingly, certainly man. The casa's A/C unit continued to malfunction, not fun man. Despite ceiling fan, we awoke sweating well before sunrise, perspirational we man. We again left message for A/C repair co., message we man co. man man. Call was returned a bit after Many (2x2x2 +1) a.m., return call they man to we man man. Technician appeared just 2 hours later, pleased we man. Tech wanted to see upstairs unit first, always good to check man. Found a capacitor on its last legs, good to replace now before heater use man. This capacitor cost $Many, man. Tech checked outdoor unit, check he man. Bad capacitor there, culprit issue man. This one was covered under parts warranty, financially relieved we man. Everything fixed and tested in half an hour, highly impressive man. The bill for first capacitor, labor, & Saturday visit was $Many00 -- si man, $Many00 -- man. Miu was quite excited at this entire chain of events, variety for miu man. Miu jumped on tables & counters and chewed up every paper & napkin on them, masticatory miu man. Temperature inside casa was by now Many (2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2) F., unbearable man. Took until nearly sundown before it fell to usual, slow progress man. Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, ingest Two Guys man. We got going at ES-ing by noon, better than expected man. We returned a bit after Many p.m., efficient we man. We briefly considered mowing front lawn, consider briefly we man. We opted for a shower and a much-needed siesta, good decisions man. Din-din was beef pot pies and the other half of the Aldi chocolate cake, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. was too full for another movie night, actually so were we man. Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, traditional man. Of course Mama T-B. got us her grocery list too late to get anything in advance, we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Thrilling Saturday ES report, see man: Because of mandatory delays (see Thrilling Saturday non-ES report to follow, see man), we attended only the Many (2+2+1) ESs, attend we man. The first, Many'rd, and Many'th (2+2+1th) ESs yielded the take, prodigious man: -- leather belt, 2 Craftsman screwdrivers, NIP box Cascade dish powder, Many (2+2) NIP specialty dish-liquids, 2 NWT pants for Mini-B., NWT KitchenAid can-opener, zipper coin-holder = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1), deal man -- NIP Many-pack ([2x2x2x2]-pack) drink cups, NIP Sunbeam electric can-opener, 2-hole desk organizer = $Many ($2x2x2), steal man -- 2 NWT Nautica warshcloths, toucans chicken noodle soup, onecan Cream of Potato soup, onecan Many-bean ([2+1]-bean) salad, onepack microwave Rice-A-Roni, plastic matzoh box = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2)

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And there, along similar lines, is Jack In The Box called "King In The Box"?

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~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harris Campaign Declines To Say Whether She Supports The Hurricane Or Not U.S. — According to media representatives, journalists are being stonewalled by the Kamala Harris campaign as they seek a simple comment on Hurricane Helene. Campaign officials have repeatedly declined to say whether or not Kamala Harris supports the category 4 storm. "It's not even a question, we're just asking for a comment," noted Jimothy Raincourt, a meteorologist at Orlando Action News. "The longer she holds out on commenting, the more I'm starting to think she loves hurricanes." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/harris-campaign-declines-to-say-whether-kamala-supports-the-hurricane-or-not

Exploding Restaurant Buzzer Takes Out Hezbollah Party Of 6 BEIRUT — The carnage of surprise attacks on the terrorist organization in recent weeks continued in downtown Beirut today, as a party of six Hezbollah members was suddenly taken out by an apparent exploding restaurant buzzer. The group of terrorists had reportedly taken a break from plotting the deaths of innocent civilians to grab dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, where they requested a table before being given a remote buzzer. Moments later, witnesses reported an explosion. "Ahmed! Party of six!" the hostess shouted immediately following the explosion, apparently not noticing the remains of the Hezbollah members strewn throughout the restaurant's foyer. "Ahmed? Party of six?" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/exploding-restaurant-buzzer-takes-out-hezbollah-party-of-6

Maybe he has assumed room temperature after all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did Israel Get Nasrallah? UPDATE: 'Communication Lost' Says Reuters Source Let's put it this way: no one's heard from the head of Hezbollah since the IDF struck its headquarters in Beirut a few hours ago. When the air strike took place, Israel took care to note that they had no confirmation that Hassan Nasrallah got killed in the attack. Since then, though, silence has spoken volumes. If Nasrallah had survived, and especially if he hadn't been at their Dahiyeh underground complex, he surely would have gotten word out shortly after the attack. Lebanese media started off reporting that Nasrallah survived and that a statement would get issued shortly. That has changed, however: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/09/27/did-israel-get-nasrallah-n3795096

Holy mackerel -- look at what the USSS did to their top drone agent. Heads need to roll. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Did the Secret Service Resist Drone Technology? [...] Several sources in the Secret Service community point to the work of Special Agent Rashid Ellis, who they say could have been instrumental in setting up a more innovative and expanded program years before the two assassination attempts against Trump. But Ellis' experience, laid out in a lawsuit he filed against the agency earlier this year, reads like a case study of Secret Service leaders' tendency to engage in petty squabbles, favoritism, and retaliation instead of keeping their focus on the big picture – its mission of protecting presidents, former presidents, and candidates for president. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/27/why_did_secret_service_resist_drone_technology__151698.html

Good! More power to you, si man. Aside from structural damage and no power, this is the big thing. It took weeks for my area to pick up yard debris after Beryl. Hurricanes tend to do this.

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Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Mini-B. had no skool, in-service teechur day man. Convinced Mini-B. to join us on the ES run, amazingly successful we man. The first ES was run by the lady who had sold us Mini-B.'s new desk, opportune man. We introduced Mini-B. and had him thank ES lady, appreciative ES lady she man. After last ES (in FST), went to FST restaurant for lunch, Two Guys experience man. Mini-B. had the half-pound hamburger, ingest wee man. We had chopped hamburger steak + double green beans, ingest we man. Two Guys were too full for pie for dessert, sated Two Guys man. Went to FST supermarket, second consecutive week for we man man. Mini-B. got some Body Armor and Kool-Aid bottles on sale, satisfied wee man. We got some other needed items, satisfied we man. On way back, stopped at Academy Sports to look at new Crocs for Mini-B., growing wee man man. He found some, rather expensive man. At register, cashierette offered $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 -2) off if we got store credit card, hmm man. We of course jumped at this, financially savvy we man. Mini-B. loved his Crocs and we loved the price, satisfied Two Guys man. At the casa, Mini-B. wanted to invite amigo over, agree we man. Amigo stayed for Many (2+1) hours, satisfied wee men man. They were quiet enough for us to take a dead-to-the-world siesta, zzz we man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers, traditional Two Guys Friday din-din man. Movie night was more Everybody Hates Chris episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. One more bowl is needed for an official 2-digit-bowl week, almost certainly achievable man. We noted that casa A/C wasn't cooling casa, uh-oh and service call we man. We expect a callback on $aturday, $adly nece$$ary man. We have itineraried 2 GSs and Many (2+2+1) ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man. Mini-B. may go over to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s, advisable if A/C on the fritz man. It was a great Two Guys day, agree Two Guys man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: We hurriedly itineraried Many (2+2) ESs this morning, scurry and hurry we man. The Many'th (2+2th) yielded the take, see man: -- partial jug All laundry soap, full bottle rubbing-alcohol, full box cotton swabs, half-roll wax paper, warshcloth = $Many ($2+2+1), deal man Total = $Many ($2+2+1)