In one of the kinder things I've seen, someone suggested sending one or both of the U.S. hospital ships to Israel/Palestine and making their services available. Something like 1,000 beds each with doctors, nurses, ancillary services, and plentiful medical supplies. One way to get the injured and non-combatants to someplace out of the actual fighting.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Nov 20, 2023 12:43:49 pm PST #26949 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
DavidS - Nov 20, 2023 6:37:21 pm PST #26950 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh look, it's dark out. And has been for some time. It must be three o'clock in the morning....
::checks clock::
Nope. 6:37pm.
Una - Nov 20, 2023 8:39:30 pm PST #26951 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
So thanks to sj and ltc, I just impulse-bought myself two rock advent calendars on my phone while trapped under a cat. Sometimes the laziness enabled by modern technology is a little frightening.
(BUT shiny rocks to give to kiddos next Halloween sooo…)
Also count me in for wishing that people would treat other people as they’d like to be treated. We are all people.
sj - Nov 21, 2023 5:18:33 am PST #26952 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I knew the rock advent calendar would be something the buffistas would appreciate.
Steph L. - Nov 21, 2023 5:22:53 am PST #26953 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I knew the rock advent calendar would be something the buffistas would appreciate.
One of the rocks from my advent calendar last year was so cool that I still intend to make a pendant out of it.
Shir - Nov 21, 2023 6:46:18 am PST #26954 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
A hostage deal and a temporary truce will be brought to the government's vote in a few hours. I'm holding my breathe until this is decided and the kids are back home (OK, not home because of the mass evacuation, but in Israel). We really need some good news about it.
Also, I hereby present the most accurate geopolitical analysis of the Israeli-Arab conflict I've seen to date, which also answers the question, "how are you holding up?" [link]
Steph L. - Nov 21, 2023 6:48:59 am PST #26955 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
A hostage deal and a temporary truce will be brought to the government's vote in a few hours.
I hope the deal passes!
Also, I hereby present the most accurate geopolitical analysis of the Israeli-Arab conflict I've seen to date, which also answers the question, "how are you holding up?" [link]
Perfect!
Cass - Nov 21, 2023 12:44:11 pm PST #26956 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Also, I hereby present the most accurate geopolitical analysis of the Israeli-Arab conflict I've seen to date, which also answers the question, "how are you holding up?" [link]
Seems accurate to me.
lisah - Nov 21, 2023 1:31:02 pm PST #26957 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Dad is coming home from rehab tomorrow and starting hospice care. If anyone has any advice about what to ask the hospice nurse when they come tomorrow, I’d appreciate it.
JenP - Nov 21, 2023 1:33:03 pm PST #26958 of 30000
Oh, lisah, I don't have any experience so no advice on questions, but please know I'm thinking of you and your family. So much love to you.