Jimbeaux

re: Blake Miguez La. US Senate Candidate

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/20/25 at 9:17 am

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I do want anyone but Billy. I will help anyone but Billy get elected. Have no use for him. Many of the folks have figured this clown out. Now he wants to ride Trumps coattails.

No you really don’t. You want SOMEONE other than Billy, but not ANYONE.

Do you want Sharon Weston Broome, or Gary Chambers? They qualify as “anyone”!

re: According To The WaPo, These Guys Comprise Trump's Inner Circle & Influence Him The Most

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/20/25 at 9:10 am

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Yeah, that explains why the IC is on the verge of getting their biggest win since maybe the 50s with military conflict with Iran

I know you’re a lawyer, but when and why did you become so intensely mendacious, an overt exaggerator, and a continual prevaricator?

re: My Daughter Wants Some Home Protection

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/19/25 at 10:00 pm

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What say yea? Did I give her good advice or can someone suggest something better?

Will she practice with the shotgun? Probably not, right?

Is she large? Or regular/small?

A medium sized female with no experience with a shotgun is a bad idea IMO.

She needs to feel comfortable with whatever weapon chosen, or its practically pointless.

Go with a sub compact 9mm or .380 with a laser sight.

Los Angeles Times Article from June 8, 2000, the day after we won the natty on Cresse’s walk off single RBI

re: Jones = Cresse?

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/18/25 at 10:11 pm

Tiger Rant

re: Blake Miguez La. US Senate Candidate

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/18/25 at 10:51 am

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Easy as A,B,C.
Anyone But Cassidy!

How bout NO!

That same line of thinking is how we got Cassidy in the first place, remember? It was, “Anyone But Landrieu”.

And some “super-marksman baw” from a camp in New Iberia isn’t going to cut it either.

Can we get someone smart, educated, accomplished, wise, experienced in politics, and conservative? I doubt we can because the “camp baws” keep applying ridiculously shallow litmus tests.

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re: Apparently Ken Burns is coming out with an American Revolution documentary series

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/17/25 at 4:13 pm

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Both can be true, we can celebrate one truth and call out the other as wrong, historical people aren’t all good or all bad.

Historical figures are historical because of their impact on history. That goes whether they are good or bad.

We don’t pause to consider the various minor virtues of Joseph Stalin, unless it is the stated focus, as in a biopic.

The Sally Hemmings story as you brought up, still requires more detailed background to properly gauge its probative moral significance. To go into that story in necessary detail would unintentionally diminish the significance of Jefferson’s contribution to human liberty.

It should also be noted that the story of Hemmingway IN ITS CONTEXT actually bolsters the understanding of Jefferson’s moral character, not diminish it.

re: Apparently Ken Burns is coming out with an American Revolution documentary series

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/17/25 at 3:38 pm

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I acknowledge that the founding fathers were men of their time, but implying these critiques are off base is stupid.

Even your acknowledgment is not the right perspective.

The American Founding Fathers were on the forefront of the western liberal philosophy which was recognizing for the first time at least three radical principals: the sovereignty of individual rights; the separation of religious practice/belief and the authority of the secular civic power structure; and a more robust form representative government.

The correct notion that slavery was antithetical to these brand-new, developing ideas was still being worked out. Holding that slavery was intrinsically wrong had not been debated by the great majority of even western minds, much less the slave based economies of the rest of the world, and much much less a well accepted truth.

So, far from criticizing the revolutionary war heroes for their underdeveloped notion of human rights, they should be praised for trail blazing the path to emancipation and full human dignity for all.

re: What’s the best way to keep blackbirds off the feeder?

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 5:36 pm

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We used to make traps with lard from butchering. Trip the trap when it was full of blackbirds. We'd kill so many we'd turn the snow red.

Gives a new meaning to “a murder of crows”.

Home & Garden

re: Despite most being garbage there is one modern appliance that does seem to last very long

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 5:24 pm

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I can see some households having the same ones they bought in the mid seventies into the 90s. In Sherwood my aunt had one that was installed in the wall like an oven.

Grandma still uses her Amana Radarange from sometime in the late 1970’s! :lol:

re: Why do protesters think they have super human strength?

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 10:07 am

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The Let My People Go chanter looks pale as frick. Hardly decades of oppression material.

She should spend 1 week on a prison farm. She should have to pick two sacks of potatoes before she earns a meal, or else go hungry. It would be life changing for her.

re: Kidney Transplants, Anyone?

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 8:07 am

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I'm one year into dialysis and not even on the list yet.

Why aren’t you on the list yet, Nap? Whats going on?

re: Baton Rouge’s own Jimmy Swaggart needs our prayers

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 8:05 am

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I get that asking for prayer in these situations is kind of standard, but when someone’s lived a full, long life, I’m not always sure what exactly we’re praying for, immortality?

Immortality? Not the way your thinking of it.

Death and passing is difficult on even an old person, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Some of us have faith in an afterlife, but even then, there are questions. Will there be a judgement day? As Christians, its pretty universally believed that there will be.

But besides the dying person themselves, death is difficult on the family. And maybe difficult is not the best or fullest word to use, especially for someone who’s lived a full life at 90. Maybe significant, or a focus point, is a better way to understand it for the living family and friends of who remain.

Prayers don’t have to be specifically articulated and well understood. God understands the “groanings” of our heart, the longing and searching, the unspoken supplications.

Have faith in the power of God the Father, and of our advocate, the Holy Spirit, and pray always.

re: Early unconfirmed report that the ayatollah has been killed

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/16/25 at 5:37 am

Vince Vance and the Valiants predicted it in 1980

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb
Bomb Iran
Let's take a stand
Bomb Iran
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks
Tell the Ayatollah, "Gonna put you in a box!"
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb
Bomb Iran
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

re: Today is the 20 year anniversary of 'Batman Begins'

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/15/25 at 8:43 pm

It’s also been 2.5 months shy of 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. I forgot they were in the same year.

Movie/TV Board

re: Every Man A King!

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/15/25 at 6:52 am

And we'll never be royals (royals)

re: My parents attended a No Kings rally today.

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/14/25 at 10:18 pm

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Imagine having a bias against your parents for Trump .., you a sad individual

i hope you’re joking

re: My parents attended a No Kings rally today.

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/14/25 at 10:16 pm

My parents attended a No Kings rally today.

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They are both in their 90s

Damn they’re hard core! 90’s and they’re still going to protests?

re: Why does Popeyes ask you to pull up?

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/14/25 at 10:12 pm

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I asked the same question at the window of another fast food place and they told me there is some type of monitoring system that tracks how long it takes for a car to go from ordering to pulling away and the corporate owner looks at the data to monitor productivity. So they game the system when the staff is slow by telling people to pull forward and the detection equipment spits out numbers that makes it look like the car went through fast.

Sorta puts the customer in a Catch 22.

Ignore the cashier and stay at window, and they’ll mess with your food and/or get real mean.

Follow their directions and pull up, and you defeat the purpose of the timer, and thus guaranteeing that the service will remain slow and crappy in perpetuity.

re: Mass Casualty event declared in Tel Aviv. Looks like multiple large buildings destroyed

Posted by Jimbeaux on 6/14/25 at 9:06 pm

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Pretty tough to negotiate a cease fire when you strike first and claim you'll continue striking until you feel it's necessary.

Are you referring to October 7?

You’re correct! Iran was the real power behind that first strike. Who can believe anything they say about a ceasefire?

Good on ya, Powerman. I knew you’d eventually come around.