I don't think there was ever a plan for no democrat to go on FOX.

I've already made a "friend" at my new place. I've been working in the backyard clearing all the invasives, weeds, pruning trees, etc. Every time I am back there this little black racer (about 3-4 feet long) shows up and just hangs out. The other day, I was absent mindedly reaching for the loppers at my feet and it kinda registered in my brain that my lopper was moving. Well, it was not the long black handle of my lopper but the black racer. He was so relaxed, which is kinda unusual and he just stayed near my feet while I talked to him.

Seriously though, when Dock Ellis pitched that no-hitter on acid, he said one batter looked like Nixon and he thought another guy was Jimi Hendrix.

My friend, oddly the very same I was bowling with that fateful night, had a Turkish Puzzle Ring.

He had it for years and no one could put it together.

Yes, one night in his dorm room, on acid, I put it together

Check out De La Salle HS, a private Catholic school which had a 12 YEAR winning streak, 151 games, with a student body of just over a thousand.

So the Catholic schools get to bring in ringers from OTHER STATES if they want to, and dominate the football leagues.

There is no way a few ringers in public schools can match what the private schools can do, even though they play in the same athletic conference. And get creamed.

You mess with the Cassowary you get the Claw

The fire department ordered priorities in accord with its protocol: save the people, save the art and treasures, and then, focus on the structure--what can be rebuilt and what cannot.
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The 13th century Rose Windows have been saved along with the historic basics of the medieval organ.

French billionaires have pledged funds to rebuild/restore the Cathedral (which is owned by the French government).

 The families/corporations of Kering (parent of Gucci), LVMH (Bernard Arnault), and L'Oreal (Bettencourt-Meyer).

 Some criticism has come for such donations to a building rather than to so many causes and other needs of people, such as refugees.  I think both can and should be done, but these billionaires are not likely to do both, other than through taxes.

 Arnault, for example, is worth about $91 billion and the Bettencourt/Meyers heiress is one of the richest women in the world

Anyway after all that buzzing and hustle and bustle to walk into to cool vastness and beams of light.

1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced1
 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion salt1
 dash Worcestershire sauce

1 head of lamb
1 lamb liver
1 lamb tripe
1 Lamb intestines
5 tongues of lamb
2 lamb hearts
1 lb of beef sweetbreads
1 large white onion chopped
2 cups Scallions chopped
1 cup Dill chopped
1 cup Parsley chopped
1 head of Boston leaf Lettuce shredded
1 Cup olive oil
1 Cup fytini (Greek butter, can be substituted with margarine or butter.)
1 Cup fresh lemon juice
3-4 Eggs
1-1/2 Tbsp. fresh ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. kosher sea salt
3 chicken bouillon cubes msg free
1 cup Uncle Ben's Rice
1 cup of lemon juice for cleaning offal
4 tablespoons of kosher sea salt for cleaning offal
Water
Method

Clean all lamb parts. Intestines and tripe should be cleaned with a mixture of ½ cup of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of kosher sea salt and 2 quarts of water.
Intestines can be cleaned inside and out, using a wooden chopstick to turn the intestines inside out to thoroughly wash with the lemon, water and salt mixture.
Let the intestines soak in a second fresh mixture of lemon juice, salt and water for 20-30 minutes until whitened.
In a medium to large pot cover the tripe and intestines with water, add one teaspoon salt and bring to a boil for 2-3 minutes.
In a separate pot place head, liver and tongues, and sweetbreads, cover with water, add a teaspoon of salt, and bring to a boil for 2-3 minutes.
Drain both pots, discarding the water and set everything aside.
Clean the tripe, intestines, head, tongue, and sweetbreads by rinsing well.
Return the tripe and intestines to the cleaned pot and cover with fresh water, add 2 teaspoons of sea salt and return to a low boil.
Return the head, tongues, liver, and sweetbreads to the cleaned pot and cover with fresh water, add 2 teaspoons of sea salt, and bring to a low boil.
Boil both pots for 1-1/2 hours periodically skimming off any foam or impurities.
Strain the both pots, reserving the broth for later, set aside all the offal to cool.
When cooled sufficiently, Chop all the offal into 1/8 inch small pieces.
Starting the soup

I can't say as I ever participated in the abuse of LGBT kids personally when I was in school, but I certainly stood by and allowed it to happen right in front of me, and I either said nothing or perhaps even laughed at it occasionally, just to show that I was one of the boys. And for that, I'm now very ashamed.

I look back at it now, from the perspective of time and history, and I can only admire the extraordinary bravery it must've taken for individuals such as you to come out. There is no personal experience that's even remotely comparable for any of us in the heterosexual community. Those straight people who'd claim otherwise are merely deluding themselves.

The only thing we can do henceforth is ensure that future times are much more enlightened and conditions much more amenable to coming out, so that the forthcoming generations of LGBT youth won't have to face that sort of blatant discrimination with which you had to deal back in the day.

The humanity there jumps out at you. This is a hugely accomplished person -- Rhodes scholar, military veteran, elected mayor of his hometown at 29 years old -- who wished for years that he could be something other than what he knew he was. Someone who "needed to not be" gay. Someone who, at one point in his life, would have gladly taken a pill to make him not gay -- or even cut out his "gayness" if he could.

That's stunning stuff. And while Buttigieg's struggle may be familiar to many gay people, it likely will be the first time many straight people have heard someone's coming-out story presented in such raw and personal terms.

There's also a universality in the internal struggle Buttigieg is describing. You don't have to be gay to understand what it's like to deny parts of yourself, to wish you were something different than you are. To pray for an easy way to dissolve all of your internal turmoil. To be wiling to do almost anything to get it to go away. The terms in which Buttigieg is talking about grappling with his homosexuality also describe, for many of us, the human condition: A lifelong struggle to accept who we are, with all the positives and negatives that come with it.

Particularly when that choice may be seen as a political one.

His answer as you say was close to perfect.  He might have been "taken aback" but he should, and probably does, thank her.