Enjoy your long weekend!

[LuFins Dad]

[Horace]

Typical lefty, contemptuous of the military and of the very idea of sacrifice.

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting. I thought Memorial Day was like "Tomb Sweeping Day" in Asia, which is a day to honor your ancestors. I did not realize that it was just for the military.

I thought that Veterans Day in the US was for that.

I learn something new here every day!!!

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

Interesting. I thought Memorial Day was like "Tomb Sweeping Day" in Asia, which is a day to honor your ancestors. I did not realize that it was just for the military.

I thought that Veterans Day in the US was for that.

I learn something new here every day!!!

https://www.uso.org/stories/2522-understanding-the-difference-of-memorial-day-vs-veterans-day

Memorial Day: Honoring Those Who Died in Military Service
Memorial Day, which is celebrated on the last Monday in May, honors service members who have died in military service to the nation. The holiday has roots dating back to the post-Civil War era, when citizens would informally create spring flower memorials on the graves of fallen soldiers.

On May 5, 1866, the town of Waterloo, New York, formalized this ritual and hosted a city-wide “Decoration Day,” encouraging its citizens to create memorials on soldiers’ graves with flags and flowers. A few years later, in 1868, Gen. John A. Logan declared that the first-ever national Decoration Day should take place on May 30, as the date was a neutral day for both sides of the Civil War to honor their fallen soldiers.

Veterans Day: Honoring All Those Who Served in the Military
Veterans Day, a federal holiday which falls on November 11, is designated as a day to honor the 19.6 million men and women who have served in the military.

It was first observed on November 11, 1919, as Armistice Day in honor of the first anniversary of the end of World War I, which officially ended on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in 1918. In 1926, Congress called for an annual observance of the anniversary and by 1938 it was an official federal holiday. A few decades later, in 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day as it is currently known today.

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm pretty sure that half the people celebrating Memorial Day think the last line of the National Anthem is 'Gentlemen, start your engines'.

And more left turns than the Biden administration.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

I'm pretty sure that half the people celebrating Memorial Day think the last line of the National Anthem is 'Gentlemen, start your engines'.

We can dispute the number, but I'll agree with the concept (a lot of them think the last line is "Play ball!").

But the point is that the Vice-President of the US thinks it's about a 3 day weekend with no mention of, you know...the thing.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

I'm pretty sure that half the people celebrating Memorial Day think the last line of the National Anthem is 'Gentlemen, start your engines'.

We can dispute the number, but I'll agree with the concept (a lot of them think the last line is "Play ball!").

But the point is that the Vice-President of the US thinks it's about a 3 day weekend with no mention of, you know...the thing.

She's got some competition....

From The Desk of Donald J. Trump

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

She's got some competition....
From The Desk of Donald J. Trump

I think the word I used in another thread was reprehensible personality, or something to that effect.

But "we're better than that," I was told.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

She's got some competition....
From The Desk of Donald J. Trump

I think the word I used in another thread was reprehensible personality, or something to that effect.

But "we're better than that," I was told.

Her message is better than his. Admittedly she's forgotten about the reason for Memorial Day, but at least she's not being a twat about it.

Trump also seems to have forgotten something vital - the reason gas prices were so low was because nobody was able to go anywhere

[Copper]

A democrat that hates our country.

Typical.

[Mik]

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@george-k said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

I'm pretty sure that half the people celebrating Memorial Day think the last line of the National Anthem is 'Gentlemen, start your engines'.

We can dispute the number, but I'll agree with the concept (a lot of them think the last line is "Play ball!").

But the point is that the Vice-President of the US thinks it's about a 3 day weekend with no mention of, you know...the thing.

She's got some competition....

From The Desk of Donald J. Trump

That's really...really...well...it's...

So many words come to mind. None of them flattering.

[Jolly]

Trump's stuff is all political. I think a better comparison would be Memorial Day tweets from his time in office.

Just access his Twitter account and post some of those...

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

Trump's stuff is all political. I think a better comparison would be Memorial Day tweets from his time in office.

Just access his Twitter account and post some of those...

Yeah, he only turned into a miserable old twat ranting away in the wilderness once they took away his Twitter. Before that he was the Cary Grant of American politics. Charm, sophistication, great hair....

[Catseye3]

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

Yeah, he only turned into a miserable old twat ranting away in the wilderness once they took away his Twitter. Before that he was the Cary Grant of American politics. Charm, sophistication, great hair....

Rapier wit.

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

She's got some competition....
From The Desk of Donald J. Trump

I think the word I used in another thread was reprehensible personality, or something to that effect.

But "we're better than that," I was told.

You're still not getting your question answered.

Because Trump.

[Horace]

TDS destroyed millions of psyches. It was sad to watch them crumble under what should have been a bearable weight. But now they're betrayed forever, pathetic figures just waiting for the next thing to crumble under. I feel sorry for them.

[Mik]

@catseye3 said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

@doctor-phibes said in Enjoy your long weekend!:

Yeah, he only turned into a miserable old twat ranting away in the wilderness once they took away his Twitter. Before that he was the Cary Grant of American politics. Charm, sophistication, great hair....

Rapier wit.

He had a hard time getting dates but I don’t think he ever raped anyone.

Well, maybe. See Bill Cosby.