Best Christmas Lights in Every State Part 1

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I love Christmas light displays!  I found an article on yahoo (of all places) for the best lighting displays in each state.  I included the link to the article at the bottom of the article so you can see their links and pictures (which I couldn’t copy here.) The pictures I did find to post, listed only the state in most cases, so don’t assume the picture matches the reference in the article.

From PARADE:

Here are the 50 best Christmas light displays in the U.S., state by state.

There is something about twinkling lights, hot cocoa in hand and Christmas music playing, right? It evokes that warm holiday feeling everyone loves. That’s why holiday light shows and holiday light displays are so special to children and adults—it’s a chance for everyone to pause and look at the magic all around.

And luckily, every state has a holiday light show they are known for (and usually, more than one!). We rounded up the best Christmas and holiday light shows in every state so you can plan your holiday tradition-making now.

Here are the 50 best Christmas light displays in the U.S., state by state.

Alabama — Huntsville Botanical Garden in Huntsville, AL

The Galaxy of Lights Festival at the Huntsville Botanical Garden in Huntsville, Alabama is a must-visit if you live in the Heart of Dixie. Starting over 25 years ago, the Huntsville Botanical Garden Christmas lights display now spans 2.5 miles and features classic holiday themes, characters, and even scenes from nature. It’s open from November 11 to January 1, can be driven or walked, (even with your dog some nights!) and tickets start at $16 for the public and $13 for members if pre-purchased. Tickets at the gate start at $25 for the public and $20 for members.

Alaska — Alaska Botanical Gardens in Anchorage, AK

If you live near Anchorage, Alaska, you know that Alaska Botanical Gardens is worth visiting at any time of the year. But particularly during the holiday season, Alaska Botanical Gardens transforms into a winter wonderland worthy of the North Pole itself. You’ll have plenty of time to experience this magic as the event begins November 27 and lasts all the way through January 21! Brighter Winter Nights Tickets start at $10 for members ages 7+ and kids 6 years old and under are free.

Arizona — Glendale Glitters in Glendale, AZ

With a name like Glendale Glitters, how could you not want to attend?! Glendale Glitters is home to the largest free light display—featuring 1.6 million LED lights—in the state, and runs from November 21 until January 11. This year marks the 27th anniversary of Glendale Glitters and the display illuminates 16 blocks of the town’s Historic Downtown District.

Arkansas — Lights of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, AR 

Beginning the Friday before Thanksgiving, the holiday celebration of lights in Fayetteville illuminates the Historic Square every night from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. The initial Lighting Night kicks off at 6 p.m. and is followed by a holiday parade. There are also plenty of vendors set up on the Square each night during the Lights of the Ozarks featuring winter treats, seasonal activities, holiday music and more. Lights of the Ozarks is a free public display and will run from November 18 to January 1.

California — Festival of Lights at The Mission Inn in Los Angeles, CA

Every Christmas season, Californians love visiting residential light displays such as El Segundo’s Candy Cane Lane or LA Zoo Lights. While those are both popular attractions, maybe you’d like to head to a different event in hopes of experiencing something new this year. Look no further than The Mission Inn Hotel and Spa in LA and witness the castle’s gorgeous interior décor. This year’s 30th annual lighting festival will take place from November 25 through January 6.

Colorado — Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, CO

Blossoms of Light is the Denver Botanic Gardens’ annual holiday lights event that has been held for three decades. Participants walk through the Blossoms of Light pathway and can stop by the Hive Garden Bistro for hot cocoa and other holiday treats. This event runs from November 18 to January 7, (closed November 24 and December 25) and tickets start at $24 for non-members, $21 for members, and each ticket is limited to a 30-minute time slot.

Connecticut — Holiday Lights at Lake Compounce, CT

Connecticut is home to one of the nation’s most unique light displays. In fact, it’s more of an experience than a display. Lake Compounce is an amusement park turned winter wonderland during the holidays! This year will be their longest running season yet, opening every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 19 through December 24 and Monday through Saturday December 26 through 31. Admission starts at $39.99 for adults but you can save some money if you buy online. There are plenty of twinkling lights to enjoy as well as fun festive activities!

Delaware — Historic Odessa Candlelit Tours in Odessa, DE

Throughout the First State, Christmas light displays are abundant and in fact, Frampton Realty has put together an amazing stop-by-stop road trip for light-lookers that spans all of Delaware. However, if you want to hone in on just one area, consider taking a Historic Odessa Candlelit Tour in the 18th-century hamlet of Odessa, DE. Tours span throughout the month of December on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and you must have a reservation. On the tour, you’ll walk past Historic landmarks and buildings like the National Historic Register Wilson Warner House (c. 1769), National Historic Landmark Corbit-Sharp House (c. 1774), the Stone Barn (c.1812), and of course, bear witness to a plethora of beautiful light displays.

Florida — Night of Lights in St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine, Florida is a Historic area and as most historic areas tend to do, offers a one-of-a-kind light display each year during Christmastime. Known for its famous white light display along 20 blocks of Historic buildings, Night of Lights is celebrating its 29th year in 2022. Pro tip: The event is best witnessed, according to the website, from either the Plaza de la Constitución or The Bridge of Lions and will be open each evening from November 19 to January 31.

Georgia — Fantasy in Lights in Pine Mountain, GA

Did you know that Georgia is home to one of the top 10 light displays in the world? Experience the wonder of one of the world’s most top-rated light displays at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, which claims to feature 10 million twinkling lights across 2500 acres. This year, Fantasy in Lights is introducing a new scene called the Celebration Lake which will feature a floating combination of 30 dancing trees in honor of the event’s 30th year. Tickets range from $15 to $39.95 depending on the night you choose, and while you’re there, don’t forget to hop on the Jolly Trolley!

Hawaii — Honolulu City Lights in Honolulu, HI

Honolulu City Lights—put on by Honolulu’s city hall Honolulu Hale—usually kicks off with an electric light parade and the annual lighting of the town’s Christmas tree. This year, Honolulu City Lights is inviting guests to partake in a free milk and cookies night on December 17 for its 20th year.

Idaho — Winter Wonderland Festival in Caldwell, ID

The Winter Wonderland Festival takes place at the Indian Creek Plaza every year in Caldwell, Idaho and features all kinds of festive activities. Downtown Caldwell is lit with over a million lights and will stay lit from November 19 to January 9.

Illinois — Christkindlmarket in Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois is home to many various Christmas light displays, but an annual favorite has to be Christkindlmarket. An authentic and traditional German-style holiday market, Christkindlmarket will be open to the public from November 18 to December 24. Always admission free, the Christkindlmarket boasts plenty of vendors that will appeal to all the senses! From seasonal treats to holiday music and of course twinkling lights, this festival should definitely be on your to-visit list this year.

Indiana — Santa Claus, IN

In a town aptly named Santa Claus, you’ll find Indiana’s 1.2-mile-long Christmas LED-light display called Shining Story of Rudolph at Lake Rudolph Campground. The drive-through display runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from November 25 to December 4 and every night December 9 through 26 (but is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day).

Iowa — Adventureland Resorts in Altoona, IA

In Altoona, Iowa, you’ll find the Jolly Holiday Lights at Adventureland Resorts. Open from November 25 through January 1, the Jolly Holiday Lights display features 2.5 miles of stunning lights to feast your eyes on. What’s more, 100 percent of the admission fee goes to Make-A-Wish Iowa, which sponsors the event annually. To date, they have funded over 1000 wishes! The event is also offering virtual meetings with Santa Claus as well.

Kansas — The Lights at Ability Point in Wichita, KA

In Sedgwick County, Kansas, The Lights at Ability Point is one of the most unique Christmas light displays throughout the Sunflower State. While the drive-through light display, featuring more than 1.5 million glittering lights, offers admission by donation on Mondays, a $10 fee is required to visit The Lights every other night from November 24 until December 28.

Kentucky — Lights Under Louisville in Louisville, KY

 

From now until January 1, the Lights Under Louisville Christmas light display is open for business in Louisville, Kentucky. One ticket for a passenger vehicle costs $34.99 and the event starts at the Louisville Mega Cavern. Known as the world’s only underground lights show, the tour rides along 17 miles of lit-up underground passageways throughout the city.

Louisiana — Holiday Trail of Lights in Natchitoches, LA

If you’ve spent more than five minutes in the state known for its Mardi Gras, then you know that Louisiana is big on all celebrations. Christmas, of course, is no exception. The Holiday Trail of Lights is Louisiana’s statewide light display with several towns included on the trail. However, if you’re going to visit just one, check out Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase Territory.  You’ll find 300,000 lights and more than 100 set pieces on display in Natchitoches alone. This year is the Holiday Trail of Lights’ 96th, so head out and celebrate!

Maine — Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, ME

Every year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens hosts Gardens Aglow in the Boothbay peninsula of Maine. This year the event will be more traditional as they reinstate the walking tour. Tickets start at $18 for non-members, $14 for members, and the event runs from now until December 31.

Maryland — 34th Street in Hampden, MD

Nearby Baltimore, 34th Street in Hampden, Maryland—also known as Christmas Street—is known for its holiday decorations come December. The lights will be shining brightly this year from November 26 to New Year’s Day and there will be plenty of food, drinks and shopping to enjoy!

Massachusetts — Zoolights at Stone Zoo in Stoneham, MA

Walk along the zoo’s 26 acres under lighted trees and see animals such as black bears, arctic foxes, lynx and reindeer. On certain nights you may even catch a glimpse of Mrs. Claus! Zoolights will be open from November 18 through January 8, (closed November 24 and December 25) and general admission for non-members starts at $12.95.

Michigan — The Big Bright Light Show in Rochester, MI

The Big Bright Light Show in downtown Rochester, Michigan, is quite a sight. From now until January 3, as you walk through the downtown area, you’ll bear witness to every single building covered in more than 1 million lights in rainbow order. The result? Downtown Rochester transforms into a holiday-themed rainbow.

Minnesota — Bentleyville Tour of Lights in Canal Park, MN

The goal of Bentleyville’s Tour of Lights is to bring people together during the holiday season. The free, walk-through light display features more than 5 million lights and 20 acres of the park to walk through, as well as free hot cocoa and treats. Parking for the event is $10 per car.

Mississippi — Victorian Christmas Festival in Canton, MS

With more than 100,000 lights glowing from the town’s historic buildings, the Courthouse Square carousel, a 4-story tree, an 18-foot walk-through gift box and Rudolph’s playground, Canton transforms itself into an authentic Christmas village each December. Also, be sure to check out the town’s Animation Museums for an animated Polar Express train and stop by Santa’s Workshop to play “I Spy” and look for the elves’ top 10 favorite toys!

Missouri — Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO

While visiting Silver Dollar City in Branson, you’ll stumble upon one of the best holiday light displays in the state. From November 5 to December 30, An Old Time Christmas is a light spectacular at the center of Silver Dollar City. Featuring 6.5 million twinkling lights, animations, and other larger-than-life displays, the whole light show spans nine stories into the sky above.

SOURCE: PARADE

Stephanie Osmanski

December 22, 2022

50 Best Christmas Light Displays State by State

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  1. Christmas lights celebrate the Light of the World – Jesus Christ – who came to bring light, love and peace to this dark world.

    “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light…” Isaiah 9:2“I am the Light of the world” (John 8:12) is the second of seven “I AM” declarations of Jesus, recorded only in John’s gospel, that point to His unique divine identity and purpose. In declaring Himself to be the Light of the world, Jesus was claiming that He is the exclusive source of spiritual light. No other source of spiritual truth is available to mankind. 

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      1. it’s very much like how things are done when writing an open, so although it’s inconvenient now it’s not that new for us. but if you’ve never worked with their writing format before it is very different!
        i can walk you thru stuff…

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        1. Good morning! Sorry but you are sugar-coating this FUBAR BS! A lot IS new to me, even considering all the many opens I’ve prepared. When I first started, they were just introducing the “new” block method, which I have never used and have no intention of using! If they want to fuck around like this, they need to provide INSTRUCTIONS on WTF they are doing and how to navigate their new procedures!!! Again, sorry, but this has just got me REALLY fired up!

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          1. Good Morning Filly!
            i think this is always how it has been for me writing opens. the twitter links are fubar.
            but we HAVE to persevere!
            they are making it difficult for us to spread news and information and memes…we have to keep trying and we will figure this out!

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        1. Sometimes it works – sometimes nothing. I tried their new system for posting images and nothing happened. I tried posting an image link earlier in the comment box at Marica’s, but that dien’t work either.

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          1. One trick, GA, that Pat showed me is that there MUST be some text – even if it’s only one letter – in the comment box before you post the picture link. When she does it, she gets prompted to add a caption – I can’t find anyway to do that so I just add “NF.”

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              2. Bet WP got a LOT of complaints on their new system.

                After I read the recipe more carefully – it wasn’t that good. It was a Publix recipe for Peach Breakfast Bread that used pie filling rather than fresh or frozen peaches. I guess I could have adapted the recipe, but experimenting with a recipe right now, with Sally’s condition needing such careful supervision is not on my agenda.

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          2. Oh, and I have no obvious way to “edit” after I’ve pasted the link so I have to add a blank line above or below the pic link, then put a letter on that line before submitting the comment.

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    1. Morning, Pat! Tell me about it! Woke up to 14 degrees; made it into the upper 30’s yesterday. Wheezer was snoozing on his fleece this morning and is still sleeping, even after I turned the patio light on! I am well stocked on BF bites now – I should be good for 6 months or more! LOL – now watch me lose my appetite for ’em! That would be just my luck!

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        1. 👍👍👍👍 Predictions are we may hit 50 tomorrow but it won’t last long at all. The temp plunges to almost single digits at night by Thursday or Friday, and highs in the 20’s.

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  6. @JudicialProtest

    As if there was any doubt that Hobo Judge Arthur Engoron’s Principal Law Clerk Allison Greenfield is a radical corrupt Democrat hack, Judicial Protest has connected the dots. Watch as Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine essentially promises Allison Greenfield a judgeship as he rails against Trump and his supporters with Allison Greenfield in the front row cheering Levine on at a Democrat rally while the #TrumpCivilFraud case was pending. Allison Greenfield is on the take and is being bribed by the Democrat mafia in New York, purposefully steering Hobo Judge Engoron against Trump on behalf of the Democrats in exchange for a judgeship after the trial concludes. Allison Greenfield has committed over 100 ethical violations and counting. She should never hold a position of public trust and must be immediately fired. Allison Greenfield should be disbarred!

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  11. @goddeketal

    Did you know that Bill Gates’ primary residence in Seattle boasts 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, a 60-foot pool with an underwater music system, a 2,500-square-foot gym, a 1,000-square-foot dining room, six kitchens, and a trampoline room with a 20-foot ceiling? And let’s not forget the 2,100-square-foot library, a home theater that seats up to 20 guests, and a massive 300-square-foot reception hall with room for 200 guests. And there’s also a spacious guesthouse, a garage that fits 23 cars, and an artificial stream stocked with fish. Depending on the source, its value is estimated at $127 to $170 million. But wait, there’s more! Gates also owns homes in Del Mar, California at sea level ($43 million), Indian Wells, California ($12.5 million), Wellington, Florida ($8.7 million), and a ranch in Wyoming ($8.9 million). A fun little tidbit about his Florida property: In 2016, he paid $13.5 million for the neighboring house. Rumor has it he’s also bought four other properties on the same street, making him the sole resident of the entire block. In addition, Bill Gates has ironically splurged $650 million on ‘Aqua’, a luxurious super yacht. This extravagant purchase, complete with lavish amenities, starkly contrasts his public stance on environmental conservation. Gates’ Aqua, a symbol of opulence, raises questions about the sincerity behind his environmental advocacy. And the hypocrisy does not stop there. Just as Gates allegedly advocates for the environment while doing the exact opposite, he has behaved in a ‘supposedly selfless’ manner during the alleged global health crisis of the past four years. For instance, in September 2019, he invested $55 million in BioNTech, a company then only recording losses, coincidentally months before the outbreak of an alleged pandemic. This vaccine, produced by BioNTech and Pfizer, would reduce transmissions and deaths, Bill claimed, only to sell 86% of his cheaply acquired shares two years later for hundreds of millions of dollars. ‘Purely by chance,’ Gates had also previously invested in Moderna. By his own admission, he turned 1 billion dollars in health industry investments into 20 billion. Trusting someone who funds the WHO more than entire nations, predicts a viral pandemic, and then profits from it, is like believing a firefighter who predicts every single fire. Often, such people are more the cause of problems than the solutions. Coming back to his real estates and his luxury yacht: Isn’t it ironic that one of the main proponents of reducing our carbon footprint lives like this? With such an expansive estate and luxurious lifestyle, we can’t help but wonder how much his own carbon footprint is ballooning. If the people who are urging us to reduce our carbon footprints are living lives of excess, how can we trust their motivations and the validity of their claims about man-made climate change? Cheers, Dr. Simon P.S. Oh yes, and let’s not forget the curious case of chiIdp0rn discovered on his private property in 2014, where it seems one of his employees might have conveniently been the fall guy. Plus, his 37 visits to Epstein Island? Purely coincidental, of course – much like his investments right before the pandemic. P.P.S. Bill Gates has also bought up 110,000 hectares of farmland while pushing for soy products and fake meat, which really makes you wonder why.

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  12. @RepMTG

    Let me get this straight. The Republican majority controlled Congress has ousted a Republican Speaker and is now on the verge of expelling a not yet convicted Republican member, but we can’t even impeach Mayorkas or Biden or stop the weaponized DOJ against Trump and all their political enemies?

    Let me get this straight.

    The Republican majority controlled Congress has ousted a Republican Speaker and is now on the verge of expelling a not yet convicted Republican member, but we can’t even impeach Mayorkas or Biden or stop the weaponized DOJ against Trump and all their…

    — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 27, 2023

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    1. I look for something allegedly in response to the “pandemic” of pneumonia in Chinese children….now spreading to other countries, supposedly….

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  14. I was reading an article about ultra maggot’s newest proposal to cancel student loan debt and i found this in the comments

    17 hours ago

    Don’t think the following contributed to an educated citizenry:

    Cornell University – tree climbing

    Princeton University – getting dressed

    University of South Carolina -Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame

    Montclair State University – how to watch television

    University of Iowa – the American vacation

    Duke University – California Here We Come: The O.C. & Self-Aware Culture of 21st Century America

    Michigan State University – Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse—Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior

    These courses are just a few on many in this country.

    Anyone taking these should be bared from student loans!!!!!!

    if THOSE are actual classes…colleges need to be defunded and they should have to pay the student loans.

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    2. This needs to extend to the high school Guidance Counselors, too – they push tons of kids and their families into signing up for loans!!!

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      1. i took the SAT’s in high school and was a Merit Scholar finalist. I withdrew from that because I had no interest in college at that point and frankly my family couldn’t afford to pay even for the “incidentals” in me going to college. my guidance counselor kept trying to get me to go to college anyway. when i finally went, i was was ready for it, i wanted a degree and i was focused. took me 3 1/2 yrs to get a 4 yr degree. maturity makes a BIG difference

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        1. I’ve said for many, many years that kids should take a couple of years and explore the world a bit first. That is also why I’ve always advocated in the past for them to either join the military (not now, of course!), join the Peace Corps for 2 years or something along those lines. Get a little hands-on experience at life first. But, then, I’ve also always advocated for 21 being the official legal age.

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          1. some are very mature and focused and some are not. there is no one size fits all. some are focused on a trade–and make tons of $$ at it…so pushing them to college is pointless.
            hubby works with plumbers who make roughly $35 an hour to START with…(that does not include benefits)

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            1. Oh, my, yes! Plumbers, electricians, welders, mechanical engineers. Our Community College in Norfolk has one whole division that focuses on the trades. They’ve even erected high-power poles/lines so they can learn to be linemen. I think they have a 2 year Associates Program.

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          2. The frontal lobe of the brain is not fully developed till mid twenties.

            “An underdeveloped frontal lobe can manifest in several ways. One of the most common signs of an underdeveloped frontal lobe is impulsivity, where an individual struggles to inhibit their actions and make good decisions. Other symptoms may include poor planning, difficulty with problem-solving, a lack of emotional control, and difficulty with task initiation.”

            Great… sounds like what we see as some of the dominant influences in the over hyped popular culture. Oh, & interestingly, one of the first links in my search for “age of frontal lobe development” was a link for a contrarian fact check from “Slate.” surprise/ S

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        1. I can’t stand Jr. – never have liked him – just the way he holds his head says “ARROGANCE” to me. He has a short man complex, too.

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        2. I also hold his affair with The Slut against him, too! THAT is what broke up his marriage, not the BS about the envelope of white powder! In fact, I wouldn’t put it past The Slut to have sent it herself!!!

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  16. 13 yr old in NE…

    LINCOLN, Neb. —

    A 13-year-old girl hit 70 m.p.h. in a stolen car while trying to outrun law enforcement during a pursuit through Lincoln Sunday night according to the Nebraska State Patrol.

    A trooper spotted the suspected stolen Hyundai Elantra around 10:00 p.m. Sunday, half-an hour after it was reported stolen from 17th and South Streets in Lincoln.

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    The driver accelerated and fled as the trooper tried to stop the driver near 14th & Superior. The driver first went north on 14th Street through a residential neighborhood and then returned south, driving in the northbound lanes.

    The State Patrol says the driver reached 70 m.p.h. while approaching 27th Street at F. The driver then ran a red light, lost control and hit a pole.

    The Patrol says the trooper backed-off the pursuit shortly before the crash.

    The 13-year-old driver and a 17-year old passenger, both girls, were treated for non-life threatening injuries. The driver then was taken to a youth detention facility on charges of theft by unlawful taking, flight to avoid arrest and having no operator’s license.

    https://www.ketv.com/article/13-year-old-leads-nebraska-troopers-on-pursuit-through-lincoln/45963257

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    1. That’s Lincoln for you! When I first came back in 2009…I’ve talked about this before albeit a long time ago…I figured my best shot at getting a good paying job was Lincoln or Omaha. Since there is no way in hell I would go to Omaha, I chose Lincoln – both Sis and Mom lived less than an hour away and I have lived there multiple times in the past. My aunt and uncle lived there as well.

      I rented an apartment in a house with about 6 apartments, a block away from the capitol building. Every morning when I got up and went outside, I would find beer cans, liquor bottles, needles, etc. scattered around the yard and in the parking lot. It was disgusting! And talk about roach central!!! Oh, lordy! I spread boric acid all around the base boards, under and behind the appliances, etc. and managed to get them under control in my apartment at least.

      Since I wasn’t sure how long I would be there – I’d signed only a 3 mo. lease – I chose not to connect the gas for the stove. I managed with my MW and a large electric skillet, as well as my crockpot. It was basically one big room, with a small galley kitchen, small BR with a shower, and a closet. I did sleep with my windows open when it wasn’t too hot – technically, it was on the first floor but it was 5 steps up to the first floor, with big window wells for the basement apartment. It would have required a ladder to get to my windows.

      I did get to know some of the other occupants and we partied together. I never felt unsafe, per se, but I also never went out at night either, unless it was going from one apartment to the other, or sitting on the front or back stoop with a buddy for a little while in the evening. Ah, yes, the memories are coming back….interesting times!

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  17. Oh, FFS! Good ole Dr. Siegel ramping up the fear about the rampant illness in China’s children and upticks in sick visits here in the US. I’m tellin’ ya – watch for it! Scamdemic II on it’s way!!!

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  19. Well, these WP changes aren’t just affecting us. One of my main meme sites is on WP and now has text posted above every single meme whereas before it was only here and there.

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      1. Man, I hate these fricking games!!! If they would just be upfront and give SOME kind of explanation or warning! How hard would that be?!?! I mean, seriously!!! Just blast out something system-wide. But noooo….they have to leave us to scramble and guess what to do next!

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          1. M’s is a paid plan….and I’m positive my meme sites are, too. No, this is a wholesale, across-the-board upgrade – whether AI or not, I can’t say – and it takes time to propagate all the changes across all the browsers and operating systems. But I’ve been out of that world for so long now that I no longer know the ins-and-outs of it all.

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  23. “Ariella Messina, 27, of Jensen Beach, Florida, was arrested on Nov. 21 after SWAT team members searched her bag and found methamphetamines and other narcotics.

    While law enforcement was confiscating the drugs, Messina pleaded with them not to take a blue vibrator-like device, per a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun. “Don’t take my dildo,” she asked, per the report. 

    The backpack reportedly contained her license and “a necklace with the name Ariella,” cops wrote in the report. They also stated that by asking for her sex toy, Messina made it “apparent that the backpack was hers and she was aware of the contents inside.”

    During the search early Tuesday morning, police also seized cocaine, brass knuckles, and other drug paraphernalia along with the methamphetamines, as mentioned earlier. According to the report, Messina was one of five individuals arrested at the scene. 

    At the time of her arrest, Messina was on probation for a 2022 conviction for possession of cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana. The drugs found in 2022 were found locked inside a safe in her residence, according to records obtained by the outlet. Messina was booked into a Martin County jail on a pair of felony drug counts. She is being held on a $10,000 bond.” — The Smoking Gun

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    so our son and his wife were here at Thanksgiving and they both weren’t feeling well. today i get a text that they have covid. After he was bragging at the dinner table that he got all the vaxes, followed all the protocols and didn’t get cv. Karma is a bitch and she slaps hard.

    hubby and i are sniffling and a little cough but nothing worse than a cold, but now we have to cancel our Christmas get together because we certainly don’t want to get my mom sick…she’s going to be so disappointed.

    we will try to reschedule for later in december.

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    1. Oh, snap!!! Talk about an in-your-face told ya’ so! 🙄😏😏🙄You know what to take for yourselves so I would make suggestions but do take it easy and rest a lot. Yeah, you definitely don’t want to expose your Mom. Still, it’s way early yet – plenty of time before Xmas.

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  25. “Wonder what bet he lost…”

    “An unhinged Disneyland guest was arrested after he was filmed tearing off his clothes and crawling around the iconic “It’s a Small World” ride in front of terrified riders. The unidentified 26-year-old was filmed in his boxers climbing over the animatronic figures and sitting in a representation of the Taj Mahal as flying carpets circled overhead. 

    “Stop, stop! I need you to stop,” one staff member could be heard screaming at the man as he stumbled over the equipment. “Please just stop, you’re going to get hurt.” A guest watching the scene unfold then cried out, “Oh God, he’s going to break all the stuff.”

    The rest of the article and more pictures of this goofball can be found here:”

    https://nypost.com/2023/11/27/news/streaker-is-arrested-after-parading-around-disneylands-its-a-small-world-ride/

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      1. Guarantee he was high as a kite! And NOT on pot either!!! Meth or fentanyl, I would guess, or some insane combo they’re tripping on these days.

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  29. Winston

    November 28, 2023 9:21 am

    BREAKING: DOJ Collected Name of Every Twitter Account to Like, Follow or Retweet Trump
    ‘Twitter is required to disclose the following information … all lists of Twitter users who have favorited or retweeted tweets posted by [Trump], as well as all tweets that include the username associated with the account (i.e., mentions or replies)…’
    November 27, 2023

    (Ken Silva, Headline USA) Justice Department attorneys have released records related to their search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, revealing that prosecutors obtained a vast trove of data about the former President’s social media activity—including info on every account to like, follow or retweet him.

    The heavily redacted search warrant was released Monday pursuant to a Nov. 17 judge’s order, which was made after a coalition of media groups filed an application in August for the warrant and other records to be made public.

    From the looks of it, Twitter forked over massive amounts of information to the DOJ.

    Indeed, Special Counsel Jack Smith sought, and apparently ultimately received, all users Trump followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked, or unblocked—as well as all users who have followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked or unblocked Trump.

    Additionally, Smith demanded Twitter data on “all lists of Twitter users who have favorited or retweeted tweets posted by [Trump], as well as all tweets that include the username associated with the account (i.e., ‘mentions’ or ‘replies’).”

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  32. This is kind of cool! I record My Lottery Dream Home…I FF thru some of them or delete those I remember seeing before. Finally, some new ones were on and there was a guy who lives in TX who won the $1K/day for life with his brother – $7M. They found him the first house, then found a house for their adorable parents – such a great couple! Followed up with the episode finding the brother a home in FL. Some of these shows are really fun!

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  33. this picture shows the sloppiness of reporting or of the wh staff….
    why the hell is there something on the floor on the right when they knew someone would be taking photos?

    okay, this is weird. this comment is the same format as the OLD system…only I can’t post a photo here at all. wth? can’t they be consistent at all?

    https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/11/27/gettyimages-1816638673_custom-c3f1425f57499c493ea6ab43e6010d6af527a3bc-s1200-c85.webp

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  45. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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