@Yutsano: You know The Kenyan™ is doing nothing in Syria.
13.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@SarahT:
Eh, we forgive you ya rotten christ-killer!
PBS ran a Rick Steves special on Easter through Europe. He covered several variations on the Passion Play but never mentioned the amounts of antisemitism present. Many of these plays, like the famous one in Oberammergau, came about as penance during the plague and went heavy on the “Its all the Jews fault!” stuff. I have heard that depending on the year some are still into that with other years downplaying that in favor of blaming the Romans. It all strikes me as odd; if you believe the Bible then Christs death was a necessity and a positive thing. If you are a believer then the roles of Pilate and the Jews should be celebrated for their furthering Gods grand plan.
@Yutsano: Even better 70% off large stuffies for the Bixby.
16.
SarahT
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): “Eh, we forgive you ya rotten christ-killer!”, says the Juicer known as “Schlemazel” :)
17.
lamh36
SyFy has been showing all the Chris Reeves Superman movies over this entire weekend.
Watching them, you realize good acting really can trump the latest/greatest special effects.
The special effects from the films don’t hold up, but the acting by Reeves et al in the at least the first 2 (I don’t hate the 3rd film with Richard Pryor, like some do) still holds up, IMHO
It all strikes me as odd; if you believe the Bible then Christs death was a necessity and a positive thing. If you are a believer then the roles of Pilate and the Jews should be celebrated for their furthering Gods grand plan.
And if you were a law and order type, you’d think you would support punishing somebody who was actually guilty.
20.
O. Felix Culpa
@TaMara (BHF): On behalf of Bixby, I forgive you the indignity. But cute. And the stuffies (almost) make up for it.
21.
Keith G
@SarahT: I am sorry you did, too, but probably for different reasons.
22.
benw
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): Christ was a Jew. He preached a strong message of economic justice, against the rich and bankers. He was for peace, and told his followers to care for the weakest and sickest among us. He had a strong following of youth, but the powers of the time hated him and his message. Let’s face it, Bernie is the second coming of Christ. He has risen again! Hallelujah!
23.
Big Ol Hound
I have a thing about anyone who dresses up pets or submits animals to human-like activities. Let animals alone and go play with dolls to satisfy the mommy urges…or what ever they are.
24.
O. Felix Culpa
@benw: And Trump is auditioning for the role of anti-Christ, since Darth Cheney did not finish the job.
“We Jews killed Christ, and if he comes back, we’ll kill him again!” – Lenny Bruce
26.
gwangung
@lamh36: Yeah, pretty much so. I think Reeves is the definitive Superman actor (followed closely by George Reeve). Routh isn’t bad, nor is Cavill, but Chris could pull off Superman in any era, any costume.
He was for peace, and told his followers to care for the weakest and sickest among us.
I attempted that logic with a RWNJ and he replied it didn’t mean the government should do it, but that the church should care for the weakest and sickest among us.
28.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@TaMara (BHF): Awww. Lucille wishes everyone a Happy Easter. Or (more importantly Chez Q), as Yutsy noted, the day before deep discounts on chocolates.
@O. Felix Culpa: Many treats were involved, so he was paid well for his services. He’s not opposed to bunny ears, but he hates posing for photos.
30.
Germy
I remember Bill HIcks doing a bit about Christ refusing to come back because he’s creeped out by all his followers wearing crosses around their necks. Hicks said it would be like honoring Jackie Kennedy by making a rifle-shooting gesture.
31.
Germy
@TaMara (BHF): I knew a dog who refused to pose for photos. Turned out he had an outstanding warrant in another state.
32.
O. Felix Culpa
@TaMara (BHF): Ahhh, many treats. My little treat-entitled fluff dog approves. Happy Bixby!
33.
benw
@O. Felix Culpa: pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name… woo hoo… ’cause what’s puzzling you, is the nature of my game… whoo hoo, whoo hoo!
34.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@benw:
Yeah and the folks who claim to believe so much in the first one would be first in line to reenact the passion with Bernie playing the lead role
@BillinGlendaleCA: Didn’t Trump say he wouldn’t rule out nuclear weapons in the Middle East?
37.
gwangung
@Germy: Since the people choose the government, it’s a reflection their wishes. Ergo, his view of government is a reflection of HIM and his actions…and it’s not what Christ would do.
it didn’t mean the government should do it, but that the church should care for the weakest and sickest among us.
Right-wing Christians tend to only support the government bombing and killing and imprisoning, the way Jesus intended.
43.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Soylent Green: Ah poor Ted, he had the chance to get a free gun from the U.S. Government and be able to use live humans as target practice; but he pissed and shit his pants instead.
44.
hueyplong
In the spirit of Easter, I’m ruminating on Hitlery going all Vince Foster on srv, the effort coming up just short, but srv eventually expiring anyway because in the non-Bernie administration, there is no universal healthcare.
45.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Soylent Green: Is it wrong that I desperately want someone to put him out of my misery?
46.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Germy:
It was Crudz that said he would nuke the M.E. But I am sure Drumpf would agree if asked
@TheronWare:
I thought labs were where the goods got made.
51.
Ultraviolet Thunder
Mrs. Thunder got us Dove ‘eggs’ for Easter. Oddly, they’re prolate hemispheroids rather than full egg shapes.
I just don’t understand this world any more.
@Major Major Major Major:
Interesting, any chance you remember the name so I could hunt it down? I have an affinity for Judas stories, he is the one interesting character in the supporting cast. Did he really go to Hell for the betrayal? It seems it is what God wanted and his plan would have been foiled without Judas’ help. How can a benevolent God be justified if he sent his tool to Hell?
@Redshift:
Color me unsurprising. I didn’t know that but would have guessed it. I’d have to ask him why stop at tacticals? Why not level every city we have an issue with? That would show them and there couldn’t possibly be any repercussions, right?
My earliest photos are me and my sister in our matching Easter outfits.
Theres an old english superstition that at least some of your outfit on Easter must be new or its bad luck. Well, at least I put on fresh socks.
64.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Major Major Major Major:
Sorry, I found that too & we probably were posting at the same time.
I can’t explain it but I love twisting ideas and forcing me (well, really everyone) to try to think of familiar things in new ways. I love this concept & what it means to try to think along this line:
In his final book Den hemlige Frälsaren, Runeberg comes up with the argument that as God in human shape would be “made totally man, but man to the point of iniquity”, committing a sin would also not be beyond Him. More importantly, Runeberg states that a sacrifice limited to only one afternoon on the cross does not compare with the sacrifice of accepting shame and revulsion for the rest of history. Thereby, Runeberg concludes finally that He chose Judas as his incarnation. “God became a man completely, a man to the point of infamy, a man to the point of being reprehensible – all the way to the abyss. In order to save us, He could have chosen any of the destinies which together weave the uncertain web of history; He could have been Alexander, or Pythagoras, or Rurik, or Jesus; He chose an infamous destiny: He was Judas.”
It’s so awful. I sometimes just can’t believe this is real life and yet it is the predictable outcome for a political party that has been so detestable for so long.
Didn’t Cruz also call for carpet bombing (war crime) and then try to pretend he meant targeted carpet bombing? Isn’t targeted carpet bombing a bit oxymoronic even for him?
More mellifluous than oxymoronic, considering it’ss Cruz.
67.
The Other Chuck
Can’t sleep. Bunny will eat me. Can’t sleep. Bunny will eat me.
68.
Librarian
@MomSense: when it comes to Cruz, it’s not just oxymoronic, it’s just plain moronic.
69.
Origuy
There was a discussion of the timing of Easter in the last thread. This was a big deal in seventh century Britain. The Celtic Church, based in the Scottish island of Iona, had kept to the old tradition of following Passover, while the Roman Church had modified that. The Irish monks from Iona had converted much of the north, while the missionaries sent from Rome had been converting the south. King Oswiu of Northumberland followed the Celtic tradition, while his wife Eanflaed came from Kent and followed the Roman ways. This created a problem because Easter ends the fast of Lent. In those days, pious Christians abstained from sex during Lent. So the King would leave Easter mass ready for a feast and a fuck, but his wife would not be ready for another couple of weeks. He called the Synod of Whitby to settle the matter; the Romans won.
70.
NotMax
Celebrate.
Mexicans celebrating an Easter ritual late on Saturday burnt effigies of US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, whose anti-immigrant views have sparked outrage south of the American border.
In Mexico City’s poor La Merced neighbourhood, hundreds of cheering residents yelled “death” and various insults as they watched the explosion of the grinning papier-mâché mock-up of the real estate tycoon, replete with blue blazer, red tie and his trademark tuft of blond hair. Source
I was on my way to the theatre (actually got there and the place was PACKED – forgot about Dark Knight vs. grimdark Supes), so I went for a long drive. Ironically, it was one of the things Mrs. Cisco and I used to enjoy even when we couldn’t afford do anything else. It’s the first time I’ve done something alone that we used to do together that felt right. Peaceful even. Managed to regain some sense of clarity, and to understand that today was no day to hang my head. My beloved is at peace, and I can truly do no more for her. I have to continue on my walkabout, find my place in this world, to be able to live my life in a manner worthy of the love she so unconditionally gave to me. I would have expected the same of her, and I can do no less.
Many of us are hoping for direct hits on your current location at the time of bombing. Keep up your irrational hatred of the party that ended Jim Crow racism and brought America Social Security, Interstates, freedom from Nazi Germany, Medicare, Union labor, etc.
We know what you’re against, now tell us what you’re in favor of, so we can watch out for that.
@Ben Cisco: That’s very touching – and heartening to hear you found something you enjoyed together than now feels not painful. You remain in my thoughts.
87.
Brachiator
@Big Ol Hound: Whatever you do, stay away from Furries, and don’t see the movie Zootopia.
88.
Brachiator
@Ben Cisco: It sounds as though you were able to find some moments of peace. Thank you very much for sharing.
89.
Ruckus
@Ben Cisco:
Wow.
A wonderful tribute to your wife. And you.
90.
Denali
@Ben Cisco,
I know it is rather trite, but it is still true that you will always have her and your memories in your heart. You can always hold on to that.
91.
Patricia Kayden
LOL! at that photo. Never thought that an Easter Bunny could look so dang creepy. Could see it in a horror film.
Mark
Great picture.
Jane2
Easter bunny costumes are equal to clowns on the terror scale.
MomSense
I have a photo of my son in a giant Easter bunny costume at a daycare and a couple of the kids are fleeing in terror.
Yutsano
Happy Day Before Cheap Chocolate Day!
@srv: Post a link or GTFO.
Jane2
@Yutsano: I went all UK chocolate this year. With no glucose-fructose and “modified milk ingredients” my day is sublime.
jeffreyw
Wow! Much butthurt!
Eh?
SarahT
Happy Easter to you too, John Cole, and on behalf of my fellow Jews, sorry we killed your Lord ;). *
*Yes, everyone, this is a joke. Too soon ?
benw
@Jane2: the bunny costume in Donnie Darko is nightmare fuel. Great movie, though.
dr. bloor
Looks like the dust jacket for “EASTER,” the new novel by Stephen King.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@srv:
And a very merry fuck you to you too
BillinGlendaleCA
@SarahT:
Give it another 1000 years.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Yutsano: You know The Kenyan™ is doing nothing in Syria.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@SarahT:
Eh, we forgive you ya rotten christ-killer!
PBS ran a Rick Steves special on Easter through Europe. He covered several variations on the Passion Play but never mentioned the amounts of antisemitism present. Many of these plays, like the famous one in Oberammergau, came about as penance during the plague and went heavy on the “Its all the Jews fault!” stuff. I have heard that depending on the year some are still into that with other years downplaying that in favor of blaming the Romans. It all strikes me as odd; if you believe the Bible then Christs death was a necessity and a positive thing. If you are a believer then the roles of Pilate and the Jews should be celebrated for their furthering Gods grand plan.
TaMara (BHF)
Bixby Bunny wishes you a Happy Easter!
TaMara (BHF)
@Yutsano: Even better 70% off large stuffies for the Bixby.
SarahT
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): “Eh, we forgive you ya rotten christ-killer!”, says the Juicer known as “Schlemazel” :)
lamh36
SyFy has been showing all the Chris Reeves Superman movies over this entire weekend.
Watching them, you realize good acting really can trump the latest/greatest special effects.
The special effects from the films don’t hold up, but the acting by Reeves et al in the at least the first 2 (I don’t hate the 3rd film with Richard Pryor, like some do) still holds up, IMHO
superpredators4hillary
EASTER BERNIE IZ IN UR BASKET, SNATCHIN UR PEEPS
Mike J
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor):
And if you were a law and order type, you’d think you would support punishing somebody who was actually guilty.
O. Felix Culpa
@TaMara (BHF): On behalf of Bixby, I forgive you the indignity. But cute. And the stuffies (almost) make up for it.
Keith G
@SarahT: I am sorry you did, too, but probably for different reasons.
benw
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): Christ was a Jew. He preached a strong message of economic justice, against the rich and bankers. He was for peace, and told his followers to care for the weakest and sickest among us. He had a strong following of youth, but the powers of the time hated him and his message. Let’s face it, Bernie is the second coming of Christ. He has risen again! Hallelujah!
Big Ol Hound
I have a thing about anyone who dresses up pets or submits animals to human-like activities. Let animals alone and go play with dolls to satisfy the mommy urges…or what ever they are.
O. Felix Culpa
@benw: And Trump is auditioning for the role of anti-Christ, since Darth Cheney did not finish the job.
Germy
@SarahT:
gwangung
@lamh36: Yeah, pretty much so. I think Reeves is the definitive Superman actor (followed closely by George Reeve). Routh isn’t bad, nor is Cavill, but Chris could pull off Superman in any era, any costume.
Germy
@benw:
I attempted that logic with a RWNJ and he replied it didn’t mean the government should do it, but that the church should care for the weakest and sickest among us.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@TaMara (BHF): Awww. Lucille wishes everyone a Happy Easter. Or (more importantly Chez Q), as Yutsy noted, the day before deep discounts on chocolates.
TaMara (BHF)
@O. Felix Culpa: Many treats were involved, so he was paid well for his services. He’s not opposed to bunny ears, but he hates posing for photos.
Germy
I remember Bill HIcks doing a bit about Christ refusing to come back because he’s creeped out by all his followers wearing crosses around their necks. Hicks said it would be like honoring Jackie Kennedy by making a rifle-shooting gesture.
Germy
@TaMara (BHF): I knew a dog who refused to pose for photos. Turned out he had an outstanding warrant in another state.
O. Felix Culpa
@TaMara (BHF): Ahhh, many treats. My little treat-entitled fluff dog approves. Happy Bixby!
benw
@O. Felix Culpa: pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name… woo hoo… ’cause what’s puzzling you, is the nature of my game… whoo hoo, whoo hoo!
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@benw:
Yeah and the folks who claim to believe so much in the first one would be first in line to reenact the passion with Bernie playing the lead role
BillinGlendaleCA
@srv: Who will The Donald nuke?
Germy
@BillinGlendaleCA: Didn’t Trump say he wouldn’t rule out nuclear weapons in the Middle East?
gwangung
@Germy: Since the people choose the government, it’s a reflection their wishes. Ergo, his view of government is a reflection of HIM and his actions…and it’s not what Christ would do.
SarahT
@Keith G: sounds intriguing !
O. Felix Culpa
@benw: Could it be…..SATAN???
/SNL Church Lady, for the young and/or uninitiated
Soylent Green
Not the Onion.
NRA’s Ted Nugent On Why Guns Are Better Than Women: “Guns Function Normally Every Day Of The Month”
BillinGlendaleCA
@Germy: Yup, he’ll use nukes in the mideast and go to war with China. What a peacenik!
benw
@Germy:
Right-wing Christians tend to only support the government bombing and killing and imprisoning, the way Jesus intended.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Soylent Green: Ah poor Ted, he had the chance to get a free gun from the U.S. Government and be able to use live humans as target practice; but he pissed and shit his pants instead.
hueyplong
In the spirit of Easter, I’m ruminating on Hitlery going all Vince Foster on srv, the effort coming up just short, but srv eventually expiring anyway because in the non-Bernie administration, there is no universal healthcare.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Soylent Green: Is it wrong that I desperately want someone to put him out of my misery?
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Germy:
It was Crudz that said he would nuke the M.E. But I am sure Drumpf would agree if asked
Roger Moore
@Yutsano:
FTFY.
TheronWare
Labs are the goods!
Mark
@srv: It could be you.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@TheronWare:
I thought labs were where the goods got made.
Ultraviolet Thunder
Mrs. Thunder got us Dove ‘eggs’ for Easter. Oddly, they’re prolate hemispheroids rather than full egg shapes.
I just don’t understand this world any more.
MaryRC
@BillinGlendaleCA: The other humans would have shot back.
Ultraviolet Thunder
@Ultraviolet Thunder:
I mean chocolate ones. No birds were harmed. Sorry for the confusion.
MomSense
@Germy:
He did and I think Cruz said he would make the ME glow in the dark.
Major Major Major Major
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): there’s a Borges story like that. Three Versions of Judas or somesuch.
Redshift
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): In his WaPo interview Trump wouldn’t rule out using tactical nukes against ISIS.
Redshift
@O. Felix Culpa:
Neither of them could get the role; the Antichrist is supposed to be extremely charming.
benw
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): feel the passion Bern!
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Major Major Major Major:
Interesting, any chance you remember the name so I could hunt it down? I have an affinity for Judas stories, he is the one interesting character in the supporting cast. Did he really go to Hell for the betrayal? It seems it is what God wanted and his plan would have been foiled without Judas’ help. How can a benevolent God be justified if he sent his tool to Hell?
@Redshift:
Color me unsurprising. I didn’t know that but would have guessed it. I’d have to ask him why stop at tacticals? Why not level every city we have an issue with? That would show them and there couldn’t possibly be any repercussions, right?
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Major Major Major Major:
NM, I found it – I sometimes forget how awesome google can be
Three_Versions_of_Judas
Major Major Major Major
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor):https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Versions_of_Judas
debbie
@MomSense:
And to see if the sand would melt.
Shell
My earliest photos are me and my sister in our matching Easter outfits.
Theres an old english superstition that at least some of your outfit on Easter must be new or its bad luck. Well, at least I put on fresh socks.
Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@Major Major Major Major:
Sorry, I found that too & we probably were posting at the same time.
I can’t explain it but I love twisting ideas and forcing me (well, really everyone) to try to think of familiar things in new ways. I love this concept & what it means to try to think along this line:
MomSense
@debbie:
It’s so awful. I sometimes just can’t believe this is real life and yet it is the predictable outcome for a political party that has been so detestable for so long.
Didn’t Cruz also call for carpet bombing (war crime) and then try to pretend he meant targeted carpet bombing? Isn’t targeted carpet bombing a bit oxymoronic even for him?
debbie
@MomSense:
More mellifluous than oxymoronic, considering it’ss Cruz.
The Other Chuck
Can’t sleep. Bunny will eat me. Can’t sleep. Bunny will eat me.
Librarian
@MomSense: when it comes to Cruz, it’s not just oxymoronic, it’s just plain moronic.
Origuy
There was a discussion of the timing of Easter in the last thread. This was a big deal in seventh century Britain. The Celtic Church, based in the Scottish island of Iona, had kept to the old tradition of following Passover, while the Roman Church had modified that. The Irish monks from Iona had converted much of the north, while the missionaries sent from Rome had been converting the south. King Oswiu of Northumberland followed the Celtic tradition, while his wife Eanflaed came from Kent and followed the Roman ways. This created a problem because Easter ends the fast of Lent. In those days, pious Christians abstained from sex during Lent. So the King would leave Easter mass ready for a feast and a fuck, but his wife would not be ready for another couple of weeks. He called the Synod of Whitby to settle the matter; the Romans won.
NotMax
Celebrate.
Ben Cisco
I was on my way to the theatre (actually got there and the place was PACKED – forgot about Dark Knight vs. grimdark Supes), so I went for a long drive. Ironically, it was one of the things Mrs. Cisco and I used to enjoy even when we couldn’t afford do anything else. It’s the first time I’ve done something alone that we used to do together that felt right. Peaceful even. Managed to regain some sense of clarity, and to understand that today was no day to hang my head. My beloved is at peace, and I can truly do no more for her. I have to continue on my walkabout, find my place in this world, to be able to live my life in a manner worthy of the love she so unconditionally gave to me. I would have expected the same of her, and I can do no less.
NotMax
Linky no worky. Fix
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Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)
@NotMax:
See!! They are violent and crude. Drumpf would never set fire to an effigy of Mexicans because he is cultured and responsible!
A Ghost To Most
@Ben Cisco:
Well said. I hope you find you find peace, and a new beginning.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@A Ghost To Most: Thank you.
Renie
@Ben Cisco: what beautiful words…hope you can to find peace
rikyrah
@Ben Cisco:
That was beautiful. Made me cry. I hope that someone will write of me the way you wrote of her.
J R in WV
@srv:
Many of us are hoping for direct hits on your current location at the time of bombing. Keep up your irrational hatred of the party that ended Jim Crow racism and brought America Social Security, Interstates, freedom from Nazi Germany, Medicare, Union labor, etc.
We know what you’re against, now tell us what you’re in favor of, so we can watch out for that.
MomSense
@Ben Cisco:
What a beautiful reflection. It brought tears to my eyes.
Amir Khalid
@gwangung:
Ahem. It’s Christopher Reeve (no s) and George Reeves.
J R in WV
@Ben Cisco:
Congratulations on your drive, and the peace it brought you.
Hang in there!
JGabriel
John Cole @ Top:
That poor dog looks like it thinks it’s being sold into furry sex slavery.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@Renie: Thank you. I will try.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@rikyrah: As do I. She was worthy of every word. I’m not sure I was worthy of her, but I damned well will try to be.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@MomSense: @J R in WV: Thank you.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Ben Cisco: That’s very touching – and heartening to hear you found something you enjoyed together than now feels not painful. You remain in my thoughts.
Brachiator
@Big Ol Hound: Whatever you do, stay away from Furries, and don’t see the movie Zootopia.
Brachiator
@Ben Cisco: It sounds as though you were able to find some moments of peace. Thank you very much for sharing.
Ruckus
@Ben Cisco:
Wow.
A wonderful tribute to your wife. And you.
Denali
@Ben Cisco,
I know it is rather trite, but it is still true that you will always have her and your memories in your heart. You can always hold on to that.
Patricia Kayden
LOL! at that photo. Never thought that an Easter Bunny could look so dang creepy. Could see it in a horror film.
Patricia Kayden
@Ben Cisco: ((Ben))
satby
@Ben Cisco: That’s a great testament to your marriage Ben. And a wonderful way to remember and honor Mrs. Cisco and your 29 years together. {{Hug}}
Ben Cisco
Thank you all.
Msilaneous
@Ben Cisco: How beautiful.
Paul in KY
@Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): You’d think that….
Paul in KY
@lamh36: 1st movie was pretty good. Very funny in places.
Paul in KY
@Ben Cisco: Very sorry to hear of your wife’s death, Ben. Glad you had this sense of peace when driving. Hope you get a lot more of it.