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Everyone, This topic is the Aantares counterpart to the a series of free-ranging threads on the Amazon Christianity forum. The link is to the last thread in the series, which is still open. It's called My Mob's pub and coffee shop, Part the ummm 13th We discuss anything and everything on these threads, and there is no such thing as "off topic." The digressions are often fascinating, though. Aantares veterans as well as Amazon newbies are welcome to participate, and so is everyone else. Just don't expect consistency here. ![]() --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | ||
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First post on the first page of the Amazon topic linked above: Initial post: Jan 3, 2017, 9:14:34 PM PST
Unfortunately, the thread got sabotaged early on by some who do NOT behave decently. As a result, many of those posting on the first page, including Allan himself, have since been banned from Amazon. Some are already here, and I'm hoping more will arrive shortly. This is about as much continuity as I can manage on short notice, considering that I'm also going through a major domestic crisis concurrently. --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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To give Aantares regulars a feeling for what happens on these "pub and coffee shop" threads, I am reposting the three songs Bryan posted on page 2 of the "Amazon Refugee Camp?" topic this morning. He's been doing that for years--on any topic and any forum. "Only The Lonely" - The Motels We walked the loneliest mile We smiled without any style We kiss altogether wrong No intention We lied about each other's drinks We lived without each other thinking What anyone would do Without me and you It's like I told you Only the lonely can play So hold on, here we go Hold on to nothing we know I feel so lonely Way up here You mention the time we were together So long ago Well, I don't remember All I know is that it makes me feel good now It's like I told you Only the lonely can play Only the lonely Only the lonely can play Only the lonely Only the lonely can play It's like I told you Only the lonely can play Only the lonely Only the lonely can play ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bryan j borich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Heaven - Depeche Mode Sometimes I slide away Silently I slowly lose myself Over and over Take comfort in my skin Endlessly Surrender to my will Forever and ever I dissolve in trust I will sing with joy I will end up dust I'm in heaven I stand in golden rays Radiantly I burn a fire of love Over and over Reflecting endless light Relentlessly I have embraced the flame Forever and ever I will scream The Word Jump into the void I will guide the world Up to heaven Songwriters: Martin Gore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bryan j borich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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"I Am The Walrus" ("Magical Mystery Tour" Version) I am he As you are he As you are me And we are all together See how they run Like pigs from a gun See how they fly I'm crying Sitting on a cornflake Waiting for the van to come Corporation tee shirt Stupid bloody Tuesday Man, you been a naughty boy You let your face grow long I am the eggman (Ooh) They are the eggmen, (Ooh) I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Mister city p'liceman sitting pretty Little p'licemen in a row See how they fly Like Lucy in the sky See how they run I'm crying I'm crying, I'm crying, I'm crying Yellow matter custard Dripping from a dead dog's eye Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess Boy you been a naughty girl You let your knickers down I am the eggman (Ooh) They are the eggmen (Ooh) I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Sitting in an English Garden waiting for the sun If the sun don't come You get a tan from standing in the English rain I am the eggman They are the eggmen I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob g' goo goo g' joob Expert texpert choking smokers Don't you think the joker laughs at you? See how they smile Like pigs in a sty, see how they snied I'm crying Semolina pilchards Climbing up the Eiffel Tower Element'ry penguin singing Hare Krishna Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe I am the eggman (Ooh) They are the eggmen (Ooh) I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Goo goo g' joob G' goo goo g' joob Goo goo g' joob, goo goo g' goo g' goo goo g' joob joob Joob joob... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bryan j borich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Thanks for starting this. I hope you resolve your crises soon. | |||
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Put my post in the wrong place, LOL | |||
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Craig, Thanks, but that's going to take awhile. Right now my big concern is paying my rent and getting through the next week. --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Enjoy ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bryan j borich | |||
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@Bryan: Enjoy??? Oh yeah, scrounging up my rent money (something I haven't had to do in a long time) is really my idea of fun...NOT! You sure do have a strange sense of humor at times. Or did you mean enjoy the fact that I got this new topic new topic started? Now that you mention it, I am enjoying it. Now I have a place to rag on you about your weird sense of humor! Which is exactly what I wanted...among other things. --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Brian is lovable, isn't he? | |||
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Depends on who you ask robb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” | |||
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LOL! It definitely depends on who you ask! There are some on Amazon who would disagree with that assessment - vehemently, in fact. Obviously I'm not one of them. As I said earlier, Bryan was the original inspiration or instigation for my setting up this refugee camp in the first place. --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Two threads with the same people. Do you funnel people to one and let the other die or keep both and have to toggle back and forth? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” | |||
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So where is everyone? Do we need trolls to rile us up? I could try. ![]() | |||
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I didn't know you started this thread, just now found it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j m jones | |||
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mary s is now j m jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j m jones | |||
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Over on the refugee thread. The pub always had busy days and quiet periods. And we can always put Bry in the role of troll. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” | |||
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My most recent post on the Amazon Judaism forum, which I am also reposting here. I thought they should know, but for personal reasons I don't want to post the Aantares link there. I'll send it to Jezzie asap by email. Jezzie and everyone, I just learned from a mutual friend on another forum that yba's wife is in the hospital again. It seems she has taken a turn for the worse since the last time he posted here. I thought everyone should know, so you can pray for them if you so desire. I know I'm praying for both of them, and so are many of yba's Amazon friends from both the Judaism and Christianity forums. yba posted on both forums, but only on one topic on the Christianity forum. It's one where he knew he was among friends, many of whom have been recently banned. I assume he had the two ringleaders of the Posse on ignore just as I did, so he never had a chance to get on their bad side. This is something I have pieced together recently, with the help of some longtime Amazon members. I was trying to find a pattern to the epidemic of recent bannings, which for so long seemed to have no rhyme or reason to them. This is what I finally came up with. Incredibly, ALL the damage to the religion forums has been done by two malicious "born again" trolls who have figured out a way to game the system. I'll explain how that works in another post. That's right, just TWO of them--and they work more or less as a team. They have both been banned multiple times themselves for valid reasons, but keep coming back with different screen names because they open new Amazon accounts. They are both posting on the Christianity forum right now. If you posted on the Judaism forum exclusively, you were and are on safe ground since these two harpies never come here. Their home board is the Christianity forum. They always open or contribute to hot, controversial topics like the Protestant-Catholic debates--fertile ground for flame wars on every religion forum I've ever been involved with. The damage to the Judaism forum is basically collateral damage. They don't target Jews specifically, or atheists or mainstream Christians specifically, or any other group. The common denominator seems to be *whether or not you engaged them.* If you challenged them in any way at all--for their dishonesty and intolerance, their nonexistent knowledge of Hebrew and/or their equally nonexistent scientific knowledge--and especially if you did that repeatedly, you ended up on their hit list. That's how people as different from each other as Allan and Bryan and Josh and Big Shmooz, along with some others from the Christianity forum known to yba and Lois, all ended up getting banned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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Allan's name showed up on the Newest Members list this morning, so this is just a shout-out. Hey Allan, welcome to Aantares! I realize this pub is still a bit rough around the edges, but it's the best I could do on short notice. ![]() --Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. --P.C. Hodgell | |||
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