THURSDAY #4789

 One Of My Very Own

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EMAIL: ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

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READ ALL ABOUT IT

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I am never in silence. Constant TV in office and studio and book on CD in my truck.

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Did I mention my mother met Wernher von Braun - in person and even got his autograph?

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As I understand it we now dope our troops up also.

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Typhoid Marys anyway...or Plague Rats if you prefer.

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I learned a new word.

The tendency of some vaccinated people to continue self-isolating during periods of relatively low COVID infection rates has been called “cave syndrome.” Hikikomori is a chronic mental illness that stems from a fear of others, whereas cave syndrome is a temporary inability to readjust baseline social habits, such as not seeing friends or eating in restaurants. The danger comes when maladaptive behaviors are brushed off as cave syndrome when they are really the beginnings of hikikomori.

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*I'm not sure what it means but the wife and I are perfectly comfortable with our self-imposed isolation but I can understand people who find it problematic.

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I understand the concern to get people back to work. And not just to keep the economic engine humming, but rather the EMT, firemen, cops, teachers, nurses, etc, who we all rely on.

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*All the jokes about how stupid Floridians are may be true if they elected that man. But the thrill of him running against Trump in seeking the nomination makes my dick hard

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A recent comment left on Folio Olio:

Him: So a good progressive idea is to have the government (taxpayer) guarantee student loans.

Me: The federal government guarantees the loans now. The banks have no risk.

 Loans are then made to anyone who wants one.

No. You have to qualify for entrance into a college.

 They are told to pursue degrees in whatever interests them…you know art history, social studies, political science, gender studies, etc. 

As opposed to what? Having the government assign them a major?

So loans are made regardless of the earning potential and the ability to repay. 

I've stated previously that making money is not and should not be the primary goal of a college degree.

This free-for-all creates abnormally high demand that allows universities to keep increasing the cost of tuition, books, and R&B. 

Universities are not in control of pricing books and most students live off-campus. But state-owned universities pricing themselves out of the reach of all but the rich is a travesty. 

And the libs even double down this fiasco by calling grades “racist” and eliminating them. So the “intelligent” college graduate who can’t afford his useless degree wants the hard-working guy who couldn't afford college to pay their college debt. Meanwhile, the “intelligent” student leaves school one way or another, can’t get a job in anthropology becomes negative, disgruntled, and is anything other than a productive member of society. Libs worry about what kind of planet we’re leaving for our kids. Many with common sense worry about what kind of kids we are leaving for the planet. The lib boondoggle continues unabated.

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Dear Gentle Readers, Please read that last paragraph again. That is the kind of copy and paste bullshit I'm flooded with.

Everything this man writes comes down to race and money. I actually feel sorry for the man. He sounds like a man who thinks artists, poets, writers, etc, ought to be pitied because they don't make enough money.

I think that a thriving country must have an educated populace.

But for the sake of argument, could we at least have programs that educate teachers and nurses for free?

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But the names tell the tale.

Socialism means the welfare of the people is paramount whereas Capitalism means the money is paramount.

Ask a modern conservative if he thinks we should do something about children going to bed hungry in America and the first question out of his mouth is, "How much money will it cost me?"

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You don't need social skills if you don't have a social life.

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HUMAN CREATIVITY

PROFESSIONAL HUMOR

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I am of the mind that the writers don't get near enough credit. The actors just memorize what the screenwriter wrote and spit it back out on cue.

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But some actors are very good at the regurgitation of what's written in the script.

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AMATEUR CREATIONS

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Shoe removal the hard way...

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Judgement Day...

*No dogs were harmed in the making of this video.

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*MNBT

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Some efforts at humor are more successful than others...

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That guy is good.

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I ran across this recently...

It shows my uniform for all formal events: black hat, black T-shirt, black and white Converse All-Stars, tux jacket, and jeans.

The beautiful young woman on the far left is a designer for Barbie dolls. She comes up with making the doll an astronaut, scientist, or such things. Smart lady.

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Bars should add a sad hour when drinks are even cheaper and everybody acts cool if you cry a little.

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OBJECTS OF INTEREST

Seriously, would that actually work? If the color of the straws is any indication I would have to say it's functional.

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Giraffe caretakers had reason to believe that their long-necked vegetarian friends were strictly silent beings. After all, a 13-foot trachea isn’t exactly conducive to vocalization, but then they listened.

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So, what do you think happened?

I can't see that little device creating that by itself. Maybe it hit a gas leak?

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But the money was not burned or flushed down the toilet. It was given back to the taxpayers in the form of wages, purchasing materials, research personnel salaries, Asian slave children circuit assemblers, etc.

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*Don't fuck with Mother Jenny.

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When we were still cooking we threw away a lot of food. It's hard to buy for just two people. Bags of lettuce go bad before we could finish it. Potatoes start growing. Onions get mushy. Once a chicken got so fed up it tried to walk out. We followed the little nubby tracts all the way to the back door but the poor ice-encrusted little bastard couldn't reach the doorknob and just thawed to death right on the doormat.

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Any theories? I'll go first. The costume had a forgotten bag of cocaine in a pocket.

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A couple told my wife that they found the perfect hiding place for the Oreos to keep them away from their 6-year-old...the oven.

Then one day they found that the package had been violated and questioned their daughter. Come to find out the daughter would go into her mother's bedroom while the mother slept and whisper questions in her ear. And sometimes the mother answered with useful information. When asked how that made her feel, the child shrugged said, "Powerful". Indeed.

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2 Kinds of Dogs

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Sheep Dog Training Sheep

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This is a pretty good segue for the next section.

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Government officials being allowed to buy stocks is worse than athletes betting on the games.

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AND AWRY WE GO

I think the photographer put them there on purpose. For the laughs don't you know?

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Did you notice the final splash?

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A final salute to a trusty steed...

Then the walk of utter resignation.

There's a lot of that going around...

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A couple of very close calls...

And...

I understand that the last clip was from a security camera, but why was the guy being filmed changing the tire?

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How could that not break his legs?

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Use men love to watch other men bust their balls...

And...

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Me live Upnorth? I think not.

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He went off through the cafeteria or whatever. So, how was he supposed to stop?

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"Model for me, Amber, but this time try not to do anything stupid."

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Think about the tilting of the rotor. Jeez.

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Proposal Omen?

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Guy fights off a black bear trying to get his pups.

I've asked several times - do people who live among wild animals take any precautions that people like me do not?

I once visited my dear friend, Billy, in the mountains of North Carolina and noticed the elaborate garbage cans designed to keep the bears out. I asked him if he took any other precautions and he said that the bears don't attack humans unless they are very hungry. I asked how I would know if they were hungry and he said, "Cause they attack you."

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The sweeper.

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That's the kind of gaping plot holes you get when you are not allowed to ask questions.

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WOMEN JUST STANDING ABOUT

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