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From the “Starting Wars Is Easy…Ending Them Is Devilishly Difficult!” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “Starting Wars Is Easy…Ending Them Is Devilishly Difficult!” Dept:

Here is another post from the Facebook thread started by a mate of mine that I wanted to capture as we're now almost two years on from Hamas attacking Israel with the situation on the ground now being far more dire and deplorable. The person I was talking to pivoted to her hatred for President Trump because he "allows Netanyahu to kill all Palestineans. I do hate him for this" as well as his inability…

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25 Aug 2025
From the “Well, It Seemed A Decent Enough Day…” Dept:
Doing the News

From the “Well, It Seemed A Decent Enough Day…” Dept:

There seems to be a fundamental law of the universe that says that when I have a happy day that ends with a client settling their bill, then obviously I'm in need of immediate punishment that effectively spends it before deposit at the credit union. In this particular case, it was eerily similar in location and root cause to an incident just a couple of years earlier...

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24 Aug 2025
From the “What I Feel Is Far Worse…” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “What I Feel Is Far Worse…” Dept:

Hating Trump is certainly "easy" in this day and age but what I truly feel is pity for the shadow of a human being he's become and those much more clever than him that rule him from the shadows. Pity is far, far worse than hatred and it is something for which the President and his sycophants in government have no effective defence.

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23 Aug 2025
From the “Oh, God. Zod!” Dept:
Doing the News

From the “Oh, God. Zod!” Dept:

One of the most memorable villains ever on film is also the same chap who played Bernadette on "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". But then that was Terence Stamp to a "T"...such contradictions but also such a sublime talent! He will be missed... :(

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18 Aug 2025
From the “Töltött for Tití!” Dept:
What's For Dinner?

From the “Töltött for Tití!” Dept:

Miguel's aunt has come to North Carolina to visit which is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Szent István Nap (St Stephen's Day) a week early with some Hungarian comfort foods! :)

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14 Aug 2025
From the “You Decide Which One Is Dumber!” Dept:
People I Can Do Without!

From the “You Decide Which One Is Dumber!” Dept:

It's the summer season of nasty storms and of course that brings out the roofing contractors who are ready, willing, and if you agree able to try to scam your insurance company for a new roof. Unfortunately, this year has they're bringing their A-game of annoying and stupid behaviour to my doorstep and postbox... :(

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12 Aug 2025
From the “Sheriff Buford T Justice Would Understand Completely!” Dept:
Doing the News

From the “Sheriff Buford T Justice Would Understand Completely!” Dept:

After decades of inspections that were ten minutes and forking over some cash, the emissions testing regime for this year has been an exercise in frustration and stress beyond belief. At least the Traverse has finally passed for another year and hopefully the emissions testing will go the way of the dodo in Wake County before next year's renewal season!

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02 Aug 2025
Episode 5 – From the “Quelle Surprise, Lowe’s. Quelle Surprise!” Dept:
Harrowing Tales of Customer Service

Episode 5 – From the “Quelle Surprise, Lowe’s. Quelle Surprise!” Dept:

Two days of "management" considering an appeal of their initial settlement offer and they managed to come up with...the exact same figure I already had from Ms Kayla at the Knightdale Lowe's store. That seems to be an argument that there's a whole bunch of people in Mooresville who need redundancy notices in the worst way...

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01 Aug 2025
Episode 1 – From the “Lowe’s Most Spectacular Appliance Installation Failure Ever!” Dept:
Harrowing Tales of Customer Service

Episode 1 – From the “Lowe’s Most Spectacular Appliance Installation Failure Ever!” Dept:

What should have been a simple installation of a new refrigerator turned into the stuff of nightmares all because the installation technician Lowe's sent round couldn't be bother to shut the valve to the water supply to the refrigerator prior to disconnecting the existing hose. And then their warehouse supervisor as well as offshore outsourced "customer service" made the situation far worse... :(

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26 Jul 2025
From the “The Prince of Darkness At Centre Ice!” Dept:
Those Are The Mad Notes!

From the “The Prince of Darkness At Centre Ice!” Dept:

On the day Ozzy Osbourne left us, that night would find me in the scorer's booth spinning the tunes for Ironclad. It may not have been the set I was intending that night but there was no way we weren't going to celebrate his music all night long...

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22 Jul 2025
From the “The Guadalupe River’s Other Name” Dept:
Doing the News

From the “The Guadalupe River’s Other Name” Dept:

From pleasant memories of tubing on the "What a Loop, Eh" River to the horrific news that the Guadalupe lived up to it's more sinister nickname of "Flash Flood Alley" that has claimed many lives including several young girls who were at Camp Mystic. May their memory be a blessing to others... :(

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06 Jul 2025
From the “¡Feliz Día de la Independencia!” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “¡Feliz Día de la Independencia!” Dept:

Who knew that the memory of Richard Dawson on "Family Feud" would become the defining way on how I'd come to view being able to actually celebrate Independence Day this year in spite of the deplorable activities of our current government?

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04 Jul 2025
From the “So Much For The Other 49 States!” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “So Much For The Other 49 States!” Dept:

Senator Murkowski in a rare moment of unintended honesty after being the vote that allowed Trump's evil budget bill to go back to the House made it clear her vote was for sale to whoever would exempt Alaska from the pain this bill will cause the rest of us. :(

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02 Jul 2025
From the “Brave, Brave Sir Thom! He Bravely Ran Away…” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “Brave, Brave Sir Thom! He Bravely Ran Away…” Dept:

Much as I respect Attorney General Jeff Jackson, I can't in good conscience agree with his assessment of Senator Tillis announcing he was standing down from the Senate. After years of ignoring consistent majorities of North Carolinians, he's decided to chicken out of standing in the mid-terms and let the voters have their say about his extensive records of political flip-flopping and inability to stand his ground against a threatened primary opponent in the 2026 election. Sir Robin has forgotten more of courage than Senator Tillis will ever know... :(

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30 Jun 2025
From the “We’ve Got Spirits, Yes We Do!” Dept:
The Rampaging Moderate

From the “We’ve Got Spirits, Yes We Do!” Dept:

When Israel started attacking Tehran and Iranian nuclear weapons sites, the only question was *WHEN* the US would be asked to bring in the B-2 Spirit and it's two GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordinance Penetrator) bombs to really ruin the day at Fordo and Natanz.

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22 Jun 2025
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