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Hello, all. I'm turning to our community here for assistance. As most of you probably know by now, I suffered a nasty stroke. I was in the hospital and rehab for a damn long time. Now I'm waiting for a government program to find me a new, handicapped apartment. My previous apartment wasn't handicapped accessible, so it had to go. Now to my need for your help. While I was in the hospital the docs told my sister I probably would not live. My sister has power of attorney for me and she's been amazing. The only real beef I have with her is that she left my library behind when she cleaned out my old apartment. She left instructions to the building management to let the other tenants take what books they might want. My sister has no idea how valuable my library was, nor how advanced. I can't see regular people having much if any interest in my books. I looked up some of my favorite books at Amazon and quickly learned my library amounted to several thousand dollars, so it's not realistic for me to replace them. I recently got myself an Amazon Fire tablet and have been downloading inexpensive e-books. This has enabled me to return to my routine of nightly reading, and I'm rather liking that. But I've pretty much picked up all the Amazon e-books related to ancient Egypt and the Near East. My question to you folks is, where else might I look for e-books on the ancient Near East? I'd appreciate any help rendered. Thanks.

I hate when I wake up late for work, get ready in a hurry and realize it's my day off....

A short poem loosely based on my experiences of playing rugby in p.e. at school. It's called, "The tackle." He's a big unit, Run or I'm dead, Seems I've woken up, In a hospital bed.

Wow. 70% of Americans declare as "Christian", and they are worried about the other 30%????? Oh those poor, persecuted Christians! Whatever are they going to do? Depending on who you read, the percentage of "non-religious" is roughly, 1.6% ( of those totally lacking a belief in deities) of the total population. Leaving the other 27.4% or the American population as deistic, of some flavor or another, whether Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Pagan, Satanist, or even the FSM. Perhaps, the rise (ahem) of atheism is a sign that humans are outgrowing the need for superstitions? That, maybe, perhaps, we no longer need to look at the supernatural, to explain the natural workings of our world and universe?

I've just tried clearing the ice off my car windscreen with an old discount card. Absolutely useless. I could only get 20% off.

Is this seriously what society has come to? Hell, if it's that much of a problem spray it with some fake blood. Give her vampire fangs or zombie make up. Sheesh.

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This remarkable video from Colombia shows the moment a cat leaps into action to save a baby from a nasty fall. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331977/cat-saves-baby-from-falling-down-staircase

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How to lose an argument with a woman: 1) Argue.

Oh, this is juicy. You realise that the Dems are only adhering to laws that the Republicans created in order to go after HRC, right? McConnell's scorched earth policy is coming back to bite him. It's not a violation of due process, because Republicans changed that process. Additionally, the Republicans are not 'the defence' and Congress isn't a court of law.

Made some real hot chocolate with milk, cocoa powder, sugar and vanilla. Total bliss!

My three granddaughters have volunteered to work at several charities this coming holiday season. The two youngest have already helped to fill Thanksgiving baskets at a local church and the middle school granddaughter has helped at the local soup kitchen.

El, I think you have unknowingly joined the "disinformation" club. To suggest that those creatures are baby owls is just ludacris. Just look at those hollow haunting eyes and spindly limbs. I cannot believe the guy filming didnt take proper precautions and wear his tin foil hat, those aliens clearly have him convinced that he is in no real danger being in the midst of "baby owls". I bet loading the video was his last action on this earth. Sayonara.

Thread cleaned @cladking If you want to discuss your pyramid ramp theory please do so in a dedicated thread, don't derail other unrelated threads. Thank you.

"As if battling House Democrats' impeachment inquiry against him wasn't enough, President Donald Trump will next have to face a "binding spell" cast by "thousands" of witches late Friday night. " https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/october/thousands-of-witches-still-working-on-binding-spell-against-president-trump I like the comment section.

Backward, turn backward, oh Time, in your flight; make me a child again just for tonight. Mother, come back from the echoless shore, take me again to your heart as of yore.

I could easily convinced myself to call in sick today but I know the world would end if I did.

They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high! Jimi

See you on the other side guys, taking time out. Much love you you all behave and respect each others views x

Who said anything about Mormons? Neither of those links are Mormon. Read them instead of making asinine statements.

Would that be Dunn's masterpiece "The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt" 1998? I don't have time to read it just now, so I'll share what I found on Amazon: Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic resonance, claims renowned master craftsman and engineer Christopher Dunn. In a brilliant piece of reverse engineering based on twenty years of research, Dunn reveals that the Great Pyramid of Giza was actually a large acoustical device! By its size and dimensions, this crystal edifice created a harmonic resonance with the Earth and converted Earth's vibrational energies to microwave radiation. The author shows how the pyramid's numerous chambers and passageways were positioned with the deliberate precision to maximize its acoustical qualities. This may be the same technology discovered by Nikola Tesla and the solution to our own clean energy needs. This is just silly. #1. The GP is not a crystal edifice - it's a pile of stones. It's a mixture of different materials used for their load-bearing properties, not their atomic configurations. The vast bulk of the pyramids is limestone which, being a sedimentary rock, does not have a crystalline structure. #2. Microwaves are electromagnetic radiation generated when electrons are suddenly decelerated, usually when striking a target. You cannot generate em radiation just by shaking a stone. #3. Even if #2 were possible you would have to shake the stone at a microwave frequency, between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. An object's resonant frequency is inversely proportional to its size - larger (pyramid-sized) objects have very low resonant frequencies. To resonate at the required frequencies would require nanometre-sized objects and even then - what good would this achieve? #4. There's no evidence whatsoever that Tesla built 400-foot-tall stone pyramids anywhere as part of his research. Someone would surely have noticed? etc. My physics background and degree allow me to declare that there is no principle here - Dunn's ideas are worthless. They don't work. They can't work. Never did, never will. Simply labelling a diagram of a pyramid with a handful of vaguely-scientific terms does not constitute proof. Let's remind ourselves what we're dealing with here: About the only thing missing is the dilithium crystals!

All of them are. They are just a collective of like minded individuals typically following a head of their particular branch. Though modern religions such as Christianity are less a tradition cult and are more a cult of ego/mind. Then again, nearly any ideology can become/is cult like.

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The Iranians will take their country back. Give them time. But let them do it themselves.

"A sitting president can't be investigated for crimes." The mere fact that there is a possible Supreme Court Case arguing this is an embarrassment to America and a slap in the face of our Founding Fathers who were trying to avoid a monarchy.

Six children and three women have been killed by gunmen on a dirt road near the US border, family members have said. All nine were part of the LeBaron Mormon family who settled in the plains and hills of Sonora state decades ago. https://news.sky.com/story/mormon-family-massacred-in-mexico-attack-11854700

I do like to worry dog walkers and parents at my local park by walking around looking concerned with a 25 inch diameter black, leather studded collar attached to a 4 foot long, 3 inch wide rope shouting "Here Satan. Here boy".

Well then, President Trump is following in the footsteps of Obama and Bush, both of which got booed at baseball matches. In fact, the Phillidelphia Eagles crowd once booed Santa Clause. "Bah Humbug"

Sad, sad people who are setting off fireworks in October. One frightened the cats so much they ran up the Xmas tree.

If you could pick one. What would it be? ********************************************** My son and I hanging out at home one afternoon. He's seven at the time. And without context or prompt, as is rather routine for me, I ask him some random seeming question. Me: Hey! If you could pick any superpower right now what would it be? Invisibility? Super Strength? Flight? Son: (pause) Me: ... Son: (more pause, then) I'd be able to make angry people feel love. Me: ... Wow... That's amazing. (sinks in more, hang my head in mock shame) Son: what? Me: Well... your power kind of puts mine to shame... Son: Why? What's yours? Me: ... Son: ... ? Me: ... *sigh* i'd be able to **** other people's pants...

Overtiredness will do some freaky things to your senses. I get auditory hallucinations when I'm beat.

He evidently didn't try very hard did he ? Are you saying that those examples are better than his "proof" ? "Let's just say there is an adversary, there is a devil, there is a Satan. His whole job would be to try to convince the world that God doesn't exist. He's done an incredible job convincing people with the idea that we're just on a random speck in an infinite universe."

I had to leave my bed for work today. My bed is upset, we were so warm and snug, all cuddle up. I'll make it up later tonight.

You sure as heck aren't. 'Eidetic' was the claim. Hereabouts for an example, and after claiming the eidetic memory, he states, modestly: And then, from here: Indeed, quite a shame....... No immodesty or ego problem there.... BTW, amusingly, as I searched for the 'eidetic' references (there are several more), I noted that this isn't the first time that Mr Walker has fantasised, oh sorry, *experienced* mammals jumping around him... from that first link above, he states (and who would doubt him, after what has transpired here.. ): Yep. From that small splash of water on him, Mr Walker was (obviously) leaped over by a dolphin! One that he didn't actually see....... Golly gosh is all I can say.

I'm curious. You seem to troll with the 'fake impeachment' thing quite a bit, but I've never see you add any substance to your thoughts. Why, exactly, do you think this is a fake impeachment? For any neutral, this isn't an subjective series of events. These things happened, they are illegal and were covered up. And now Trump is directing people to ignore their own government's subpoenas. Trump could be impeached for these things multiple times over. Any Democratic President, without a Fox equivalent, would be in Republican crosshairs for the same actions. So what about it, specifically, is fake?

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse *****. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” James Nicoll.

Once again you have not studied your history. Jesus was mocked and taunted by the Romans and the Jewish power elite. That would be the entrenched conservative Right. In fact, Jesus would be considered a Leftie socialist if he lived today.

"A National Geographic documentary followed a team of archaeologists led by American explorer Dr Albert Lin as they used cutting edge technology to unearth the tunnels beneath Acre – one of the last known headquarters of the order. "‘I’m in Israel in search of the Knights Templar. These warrior monks are the stuff of legend, and so is their gold,’ Dr Lin said during the programme’s broadcast on Sunday. ‘During the Crusades the Knights Templar battle for God, gold and glory. Somewhere in the modern city of Acre lies their command centre, and possibly their treasure.’" Full report at the UK Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/23/knights-templars-lost-gold-treasure-tunnels-found-beneath-israeli-city-10968014/? And at the Daily Mail UK: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7603763/Archaeologists-discover-800-year-old-treasure-tunnels-built-Israel-Knights-Templar.html At IFLscience: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/tunnels-that-may-have-been-used-to-transport-the-knights-templars-lost-fortune-discovered/ 4 minute Nat Geo video at YouTube:

Seems that he has Horse Sense.

Don't mind me. I'm just here waiting for the fire storm to start.

One dark night at sea in the middle of the Atlantic about 1930 hrs (before the watch changed at 2000 hrs), it was a fairly calm night with a little swell , I was walking along the deck from the Bridge to the aft accommodation , to exchange some books , when a figure all in black clothes passed me making no noise walking going towards the Bridge , I said hello but got no answer , as I carried on a voice said quite clearly , quick , get on the other side of the deck as a rogue wave is coming ,so I did and within seconds a huge wave exploded over the deck I had been walking on ,had I been there , I would certainly been knocked off my feet and maybe swept overboard . I reached the crew accommodation and asked if anyone was on deck going forward to relieve the watch and a sailor said "I'm going in 10 minutes but its too early yet ", when I said what had happened no one laughed , and 3 lads said that they had seen this figure before at night just before a change of watch. I was on that ship for 10 months between Rotterdam and Philadelphia and no one went on deck after dark unless it was absolutely necessary .

We've had plenty of potentially interesting ancient Egypt threads, but inevitably cladking tries to hijack every such thread for the sake of his pet "theory." There is no potential for useful debate because cladking cannot offer realistic evidence to support his claims and does not even understand the workings of historical methodology or how to build and frame a working theory. I'll come down off my soapbox now.

So-called Islamic State have wasted no time in installing a new leader. His name is Abu Bakup al-Bigdadi.

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**** that. I would clap my ass off at every function. The type of people who are sensitive to clapping would never show up where there was a gathering of people so they are in this case a tool used to bully people and force conformity in the name of (fake) compassion.

Hi Hankenhunter Yes for some and then there are those that use the system to avoid responsibility/excusability for just bad behavior. I knew a guy that pulled that BS on a job site because it was his dad's project so I just packed up my tools and left. the next day the project designer and his dad called me and I told him straight up I come from the other side of the tracks and when a guy flaps his gums like that he better be putting his fists up but the son was the kind of guy to push you and call the cops to tuning his guitar and I don't put up with that in my personal or professional life so he kept his son off site.