Does anybody with power give a damn about our troops?

It's become our favorite over the last couple of years. Family company out of Ohio. Solid recipe. Dunno if they're nationally distributed

(They also make smaller jars of a more concentrated pizza sauce, very handy.)

ARRRRRGH.
ICYMI: I was interested to read Fr James Martin's post today about having a one-hour meeting with Pope Francis about his use of the “frociaggine” slur, and their next encounter. www.facebook.com/reel/3320717...

MID'S All Natural, True Sicilian Pasta & Pizza Sauce Welcome to Mid's. Traditionally crafted, slow-simmered sauces made with the freshest ingredients available. Find Mid's at a store near you.

What's your take on Mid's? (Maybe not available on the east coast?) www.midssauce.com

Heck, check out the Post Offices, even in farm-to-market county seats.

PS - it embiggens to a high-res image

Gold armband with jewels and a Herakles knot The Herakles knot on this sumptuous armband is enriched with floral decoration and inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel. According to the Roman writer Pliny, the decorative device of the Herakles...

Hope you can ward this shit right off.

Pliny thought this "Herakles knot" motif could cure wounds, and it may also have been thought to avert evil.

ARMBAND, Greek, 3rd-2nd c. BCE. Gold, garnets, emeralds, enamel. Met Museum, NYC. Photo by Stephen Chappell www.flickr.com/photos/chapp...

Not to mention, a BRILLIANT tag line!

The "Return" of the Golden Sword My grandfather guarded it. The British stole it. I'm named after it—and I'm going to fight for it.

Thank you.
I ran across this repatriation piece by Karen Attiah earlier today: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-return...

Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yogi Bear, looking straight at the viewer with a surprised and befuddled expression.

Dunno, Fred always had gainful employment, and AFAIK he never strayed from his first wife. I get more of a Yogi Bear vibe. Bone-deep confidence that he's smarter than the average bear - cheerful disregard of any "rules" that stand between him and a pic-a-nic basket - easy to catch in the act.

The Piers Morgan of American journalisticish entertainment.

Sean Hannity says faith is 'stronger' than ever after leaving Catholic Church over 'institutionalized corruption' Popular talk show host Sean Hannity revealed that despite leaving the Catholic Church due to institutionalized corruption, his Christian faith and relationship with God continue to be the source of

Wait - Had he rejoined after he flounced out in (checks wikipedia) 2019?

Did he fail to achieve escape velocity?

www.christianpost.com/news/sean-ha...

Still from animated "ARCHER" series: Malory Archer, a commanding silver-haired white woman in a business suit with expensive pearl jewelry and a bobbed haircut, holding a drink. TEXT: "Well, if I did want a grandchild, I would just scrape all your previous mishaps into a big pile and knit a onesie for it."

Another compilation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASxg...

From the animated series "Archer," a head-and-shoulders still of Archer's mother, Malory Archer. She wears a business suit with two strands of pearls and large pearl earrings. Her silver hair is cut in an expensive chin-length bob, and she has sunglasses propped on her head whose frames match her suit. A text box has a quote: "Well, people in hell want ice water." - Malory Archer

MALLORY ARCHER, kids!
Jessica Walters was the Queen.

(Here are six minutes of evidence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMB... )

Could be a gift from your PeriFairy!

Blue Crawler Blue Crawler is a free website that provides the latest Bluesky stats.

(This just hit bluecrawler.com/tools/bluesk.... Thank you for your service.)

Just WOW, y'all. Happy weekend!

Hey, most of what we were taught and sold actively *interferes* with your curl / wave.

You'll likely figure out that you need to shampoo less often, use products that don't have the interfering ingredients, etc. Read a couple of the intro pieces, start simplifying, pay attention to what happens.

Welcome to the Curly Girl world! Changes your life, no joke.
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(That's Lorraine Massey's phrase - her book was a gift to curly/wavy white girls everywhere.)

also www.reddit.com/r/curlygirl/

It can happen during menopause, too! (New growth being curly, I mean)

It's a proud tradition (of very important people who are new on the scene) to teach their grandparents how to suck eggs.

Dunno. But he WAS the Prior General of the worldwide Order. Twice.

And they save big money on human security staff - Walmart's been calling the local police on small-time shortlifters for decades.

Stay away from those self-checkout lanes, y'all.

(Knew *some* companies were doing this - but, shit, Target!)

I miss those long-ago days when Tar-zhay was a happy place... Take a pleasant walk around the store and bring home some nice things I hadn't seen everywhere else. No more!

PRODUCTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, y'all.

Idaho Banned Pride Flags. Boise 'Complied.' Delicious compliance.

Good local coverage of the DELICIOUS COMPLIANCE saga via Dok Zoom: www.wonkette.com/p/idaho-bann...

(for anyone unfamiliar: iheartumami.com/coconut-stic... )

(Are you able to eat sweet coconut rice? Because ripe mango slices over that are a marriage from the heavens.)

Word. Been happening a long time, has reached critical mass in some big areas, eg SCOTUS.

The Three Major American Brands of Christian Supremacy They disagree on almost everything — except that Christians should be in charge.

Another very good post, just this week: matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/the-three-... Group #3? The Anti-Vatican II Catholics