Post New Article

Inspiring Pictures: Gleaming Notre Dame
to Reopen for Christmas Over Five Years
After Devastating Fire

Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought, 11/29/2024 2:05:08 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the “sublime” rebuild of the magnificent 12th-century gothic Notre Dame de Paris cathedral as he toured it before reopening on Friday. Notre Dame de Paris will reopen on December 7th, in time for Christmas, some five years and eight months after it was tragically gutted by fire, burning out the roof and bringing down its magnificent timber and lead spire. French President Emmanuel Macron, who has somewhat tied himself politically to the rebuild — having promised to have it done in five years shortly after the blaze — made a final site visit to the church on Friday

Post Reply

Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”

Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.


Reply 1 - Posted by: mc squared 11/29/2024 2:07:46 PM (No. 1845131)
The concern about the man walking around the cathedral just before the fire isn't important anymore.
36 people like this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: Catherine 11/29/2024 2:12:58 PM (No. 1845135)
And weren't some of the important items already removed from the church? I thought I read that somewhere.
8 people like this.

Reply 3 - Posted by: happywarrior 11/29/2024 2:17:40 PM (No. 1845139)
Why was Moochelle sipping champagne and watching it burn from a boat on the Seine?
11 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 11/29/2024 2:36:51 PM (No. 1845148)
We have been to Notre Dame several times, starting in the early 1970s, and most recently a tour of the bell tower and roof in the 2015-ish time frame, which took us through the roof area, where we saw the giant oak beams that supported the roof, and which eventually burned. So happy to see it back in good condition. We once enjoyed a practice session with the magnificent organ, and the acoustics of the great cathedral were truly breathtaking.
25 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 11/29/2024 2:37:17 PM (No. 1845150)
The Muslims will try again.
24 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: bpl40 11/29/2024 3:16:17 PM (No. 1845181)
Wasn't there some talk of turning it into a multireligious place of worship including Islam? I guess they came to their senses.
17 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 11/29/2024 7:30:50 PM (No. 1845277)
Yes, but do the French go to church? That's my inconvenient question.
13 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 11/30/2024 2:24:19 AM (No. 1845470)
It's truly amazing what a mere cleaning can do in these ancient cathedrals. We first visited the cathedral at Chartre in 1970, after studying about it in college. It was built in 1145 and the interior has been lit with various candles, whale oil lamps and similar smoky light sources for almost 900 years. In the last decade or so, there has been a project to clean the interior stonework, ceilings and some of the sculptures. Some of the 'old timers' have been throwing a hissy fit as they see the "character of the cathedral being destroyed"....by clearing off a layer of nasty black grime. And the results are magnificent! The cleaned areas just pop, and the architectural beauty of the stone ceiling vaults and the details of the sculptures are now so much clearer. My wife said "If the makers could have visited in the 1980s they would have been very upset and said "Why haven't you people taken care of the beautiful cathedral we built? You have let it get so filthy, dark and run down!' " I agreed. But today, the cleaning is showing the beauty that was so long hidden under black grime. And the same with Notre Dame. The newly cleaned and repaired areas are so much brighter and the art and architectural details are so much more visible. It's wonderful. And also, when we visited Chartre in 2019, there just happened to be a British choir group visiting, made up of what appeared to be 10-12 year old kids. They were singing just beautifully and the old cathedral's wonderful acoustics just made their angelic young voices sound so much more amazing. We had planned a short stop, and to push on to Paris, but wound up spending a bunch of extra time just enjoying the choir singing in that magnificent setting. I recorded some of it on video, and it's wonderful.
19 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: avital2 11/30/2024 7:27:06 AM (No. 1845555)
#7 Notre Dame is an historical landmark and gives testimony to man's talents of a thousand years ago as well as devotion to God. whether the French worship there or not is of little consequence. as for the renovations, they are stunning - although i could do without the modern touches of those ugly chairs and one or two of the futuristic altars.
5 people like this.

Reply 10 - Posted by: The Remnants 11/30/2024 7:44:45 AM (No. 1845578)
I am a great believer in signs and wonders, and Our Lady's Cathedral being rebuilt at this time, is a wonderful sign of good things to come for us all. Thank you, God.
12 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: Alecto2 11/30/2024 8:49:35 AM (No. 1845662)
Beautifully done and a credit to the restorers. However, I think it was done less for religious or aesthetic reasons but, to keep the tourists and their money flooding into Paris.
4 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Zigrid 11/30/2024 9:58:37 AM (No. 1845717)
There's a purpose to everything under heaven...and the new face at Notre Dame works for me...as WE face a new phase in our lives....with President Trump leading the way....I recall and ole shaman...no eyes... saying 20 years ago...there would be turmoil and many deaths before the coming of the Phoenix rising....get ready folks...I think the Phoenix is flapping his wings ...ready to take off....and the world is anxiously awaiting the ascent!!
4 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: rikkitikki 11/30/2024 1:10:38 PM (No. 1845884)
FTA: “we do not know where the fire started, because there are not enough personnel to monitor the cathedral. I actually think that we have not given ourselves the means to avoid it” Seems like surveillance cameras, saving images to a remote server, would be something even Notre Dame could afford, and would provide the needed security...????
6 people like this.

Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Dreadnought"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by Dreadnought"
Wow! They Hate Kash Patel 4 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 11:34:34 AM Post Reply
Most of Trump's picks for Cabinet positions or vital posts have drawn a lot of Establishment criticism, but none has elicited more sheer panic than the announcement that Kash Patel would be heading the FBI. While I am not generally of the opinion that criticism from one's enemies is always a sufficient endorsement of a candidate--after all, a choice may be bad even if a leftist says it is--in this case, I am fully confident that Patel has earned his hatred from the left in a truly honest way and that they hate him because they fear he will expose their crimes and misdemeanors.
Watergate Prosecutor Wine-Banks: ‘Thrilled’
Biden Pardoned Hunter, Should Pardon ‘Himself’ Next
7 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:57:10 AM Post Reply
Former prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal, said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Prime” that she was “thrilled” President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden. Host Jonathan Capehart said, “Your reactions to President Biden pardoning his son?” Wine-Banks said, “I’m relieved and thrilled that he did it, this was one of the cases that called out clemency. Hunter Biden first of all would not ever be prosecuted for the gun crime, but for his last name. Second of all, he was addicted and that was a cause of his actions, he has now been sober
Biden Pardons Hunter on All Charges and
Anything Else He Might Have Committed
Since 2014
36 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:53:51 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter despite the White House saying over and over he would not do it. The pardon includes charges Hunter faced or might have faced from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024. Yes, ten years. Absolute insanity. That means anything else that pops up in that time period doesn’t count. Hunter cannot face any charges. Hunter pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He was going to face sentencing on December 16 for lying on a federal form by saying he was not using drugs or addicted to drugs when trying to buy a gun. Biden wrote in a press release: From the day I took
JD Vance Delivers the Perfect Response
to John Bolton's Freak-Out Over Kash Patel
1 reply
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:49:35 AM Post Reply
Of all the nominations made by incoming President Donald Trump, few are more important than naming Kash Patel to lead the FBI. The bureau has become a den of corruption focused on protecting itself and the Democratic Party. From targeting parents at school board meetings to raiding Mar-a-Lago, an overhaul is needed, and accountability must be brought to those who weaponized the agency. Patel, who is more than qualified for the position, is just the man to accomplish that. He was instrumental in uncovering the Russian collusion hoax and will not pull any punches to "protect the shield." Naturally, that's making all the right people upset.
Fauci's Final Fail? New Paper Filled With
Errors, Debunked Conspiracy Theories
4 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:43:06 AM Post Reply
Why won’t this man just go away? Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief medical advisor to the president, and face of the U.S. disastrous COVID response Dr. Anthony Fauci still refuses to leave the stage. His latest paper, "HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: Shared Lessons from Two Pandemics," published November 27 and written with researcher Gregory Folkers, is full of debunked claims and avoidance of his own accountability for the harmful mistakes made by the government when the pandemic hit. It wasn't me, the Fouch maintains—it was all Trump’s fault:
Video: James Carville Torches Harris Campaign
for ‘Almost Unfathomable’ Damage Inflicted
on Democrat Brand
12 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:37:36 AM Post Reply
Democrat fundraisers are ticked off after Vice President Kamala Harris (D) lost the election to Donald Trump, according to veteran Democrat strategist James Carville. During Thursday’s episode of “Politics War Room,” Carville criticized Harris’s campaign, saying, “The resistance is going to have trouble raising money. These fundraisers are burnt,” the Hill reported Saturday. “They’re really p* now, and the damage that the 2024 campaign has done, the damage that this decade has done to the Democratic brand is almost unfathomable, almost unfathomable,” he continued:
Biden departs for Angola, fulfilling promise
to visit Africa
8 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:33:06 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden departed the United States for Angola on Sunday night, fulfilling his promise to visit the African continent before his term ends in January. Biden boarded Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after 10 p.m. EST Sunday. He is scheduled to arrive in Sal, Cabo Verde, Monday morning for a brief refueling stop and a 9 a.m. local time meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva of Cabo Verde. Afterward, he will depart the West African island nation for Luanda, Angola, where he is expected to arrive around 6 p.m., according to an itinerary provided by the White House press pool.
By Pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden Covers
Up His Own Influence-Peddling Crimes
2 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:26:30 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden allowed himself to cover up his own apparent role in his son Hunter’s influence peddling by issuing a pardon Sunday evening that extended back through 2014, including Hunter’s corrupt role in Ukraine. While President Biden focused on his son’s conviction for gun crimes, and his son responded with a statement about addiction, the reality is that the pardon covers more serious conduct: selling U.S. foreign policy for monetary gain. The pardon covers actions between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024. Hunter Biden’s appointment to the board of the corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma was announced in May 2014.
Biden Lied to ABC News in June: Said He
Had ‘Ruled Out’ Hunter Pardon
6 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:23:39 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden lied for years about whether he would pardon his son, Hunter Biden, for his crimes — even telling David Muir of ABC News in an exclusive interview in Normandy, France, in June that he had “ruled out” a pardon. As ABC News reported at the time: President Joe Biden said he would not pardon his son Hunter amid an ongoing felony gun trial during a wide-ranging exclusive interview with ABC News anchor David Muir at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Muir asked Biden on Thursday if he would accept the outcome of his son’s trial in Wilmington, Delaware, to which the president said, “Yes.
Dems fear Harris’ continued fundraising
‘erodes trust’
4 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/1/2024 4:26:41 PM Post Reply
The 2024 election is over. But Kamala Harris’ fundraising emails keep coming — and sound as urgent as ever. “Even a quick donation of $50 is enough to help us in this fight,” said one email sent two weeks after Election Day. “And with only hours left to hit our goal today, NOW is the best time to rush your support.” Another recent message carried the simple subject line: “Please do not click away.” The fundraising appeals may be necessary: Harris’ operation ended with around $20 million in debt, according to two people familiar with her campaign finances and granted anonymity to speak freely.
Exclusive–Pete Hegseth’s Mother Apologized
Immediately After Sending Him Emotional Email
6 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 11/30/2024 10:30:16 PM Post Reply
Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s mother apologized to her son immediately after sending him an emotional email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating his ex-wife in the midst of their difficult divorce, according to an email viewed Saturday by Breitbart News. In the follow-up email, sent on May 1, 2018, Penelope Hegseth apologized for sending an email the evening before out of emotion and frustration, saying she should know better. She added that the divorce had been difficult and frustrating for her and that she had felt desperate.
Apple Releases Shocking Pro-Family Christmas Ad 3 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 11/30/2024 6:49:24 PM Post Reply
Apple released a pro-family ad reflecting on the joys of fatherhood to kick off the Christmas season after Jaguar’s recent ad was accused of peddling wokeness: The ad is shot mainly through the eyes of a loving father who struggles with hearing loss. It traces back over memories of his young daughter throughout her childhood, but they are muffled in sound because of his handicap. In present day while the family is exchanging gifts around the Christmas tree, his daughter, whom he watched grow up, receives a guitar and begins to sing and play “Our House” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Biden Pardons Hunter on All Charges and
Anything Else He Might Have Committed
Since 2014
36 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 12/2/2024 12:53:51 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter despite the White House saying over and over he would not do it. The pardon includes charges Hunter faced or might have faced from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024. Yes, ten years. Absolute insanity. That means anything else that pops up in that time period doesn’t count. Hunter cannot face any charges. Hunter pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He was going to face sentencing on December 16 for lying on a federal form by saying he was not using drugs or addicted to drugs when trying to buy a gun. Biden wrote in a press release: From the day I took
George Clooney ‘Furious with
Obama’ for Using Him as a ‘Patsy’
for Kamala’s Defeat
27 replies
Posted by 4250Luis 12/2/2024 5:50:43 AM Post Reply
The bromance between George Clooney and Barack Obama is reportedly on the rocks, with the Hollywood star said to be “furious” with Obama for setting him up as the “patsy” to end President Joe Biden’s career and then absorb the blowback following Kamala Harris’ election defeat. Another unnamed source said: “George feels duped and vows he’s not going to be anyone’s political water boy anymore.” George Clooney emerged as a major player in the 2024 presidential election cycle when he wrote a New York Times op-ed calling for President Joe Biden to give up his re-election bid following his disastrous debate performance in June.
What is net worth of Trump's Cabinet?
The staggering wealth of his nominees revealed
25 replies
Posted by Imright 12/1/2024 6:12:49 AM Post Reply
Donald Trump is on course to assemble the richest cabinet in American history, with a number of billionaires sending its total net worth soaring over $9 billion - not even including Elon Musk. While Musk will serve in an unofficial capacity focused on slashing government waste and therefore will not need Senate approval, those that will are set to break records. The previous mark was unsurprisingly set by Trump in 2016 when his first cabinet boasted a combined net worth of $6 billion.
Making Greenland Great Again? 24 replies
Posted by Hazymac 12/1/2024 7:54:34 AM Post Reply
It was the summer of 2019 and President Trump was about to embark on a state visit to the tiny Nordic country of Denmark. Both parties were readying themselves for bilateral talks, but that was before President Trump floated one of his famous spontaneous trial balloons. Trump said that he had had a conversation with the Danish prime minister, stating that the U.S. might be interested in purchasing the island of Greenland. He said that the concept came up and he said that he would be interested in the purchase from a strategic point of view. This did not sit well with the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, who has been described
Hunter Biden Responds to Pardon: ‘Will
Never Take the Clemency’ ‘for Granted’
21 replies
Posted by Hazymac 12/2/2024 6:24:58 AM Post Reply
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, issued a statement after he received a full and complete pardon from his father, stating that he would “never take the clemency” he received “for granted.” In a post on X, Matt Viser, a White House reporter with the Washington Post revealed that the younger Biden had issued a statement that he had “admitted and taken responsibility” for his mistakes “during the darkest days” of his addiction. Hunter Biden added in his statement that he would “devote the life” he had rebuilt to helping others who were “still sick and suffering.”
It finally dawns on Clooney that his BFF
Obama made him his patsy -report
20 replies
Posted by DW626 12/2/2024 5:52:11 AM Post Reply
It's not easy being George Clooney these days. The realization has finally hit him that Obama, his best friend forever, used him for a patsy in the recent election. First he had him hold a fundraiser for Joe Biden, where he could clearly see Joe's senilkity, and then he had Clooney write the editorial for the New York Times calling on Democrats to get that guy out of there. Now that the electoral disaster has happened for the Democrats as a result, Obama has left Clooney holding the bag.
Censorship Victim Warns MAGA: Don’t
Trust Zuckerberg
19 replies
Posted by Mercedes44 12/1/2024 5:15:43 AM Post Reply
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is kissing up to President-elect Donald Trump, trying to worm his way into the MAGA sphere and pretend he is enthusiastic for reform. But as a victim of devastating Facebook censorship warned, Zuckerberg is not to be trusted, especially since he has yet to apologize to and restore the data for multiple users whose lives were transformed by online censorship. When Zuckerberg issued a semi-apologetic letter and made a phone call to Trump over the summer, many conservatives, and Donald Trump himself, were delighted. Since then, Facebook censorship — including election-interfering censorship — continued unabated. Like many a careful businessman before him
Birthright Citizenship: The 14th Amendment
Does Not Apply to Illegal Aliens
18 replies
Posted by FlyRight 12/2/2024 5:18:30 AM Post Reply
America is about to go to war over whether the government has the power to deport entire families of illegal aliens. That question involves “birthright citizenship”—that is, whether a child born in the U.S. to illegal alien parents is automatically a U.S. citizen and, thus, an “anchor baby?” The answer, by any fair reading of the Constitution and history, is “No.” Our nation must have complete control of our borders. No illegal alien should be able to circumvent the laws of our nation. English common law, the basis for U.S. law, did not allow such people, the children of “hostile occupiers,” to become citizens by virtue of birth.
Democrats look to governors to lead them
to promised land
15 replies
Posted by FlyRight 12/1/2024 5:51:13 AM Post Reply
Democrats are looking to the governors of blue states as both a line of defense against the incoming Trump administration and a promising bench for the party in 2028. Governors are seen as leading the charge of Democratic resistance as the GOP gets ready to take control of Congress and the White House next year: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office promised to “Trump-proof” state laws, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has pledged to be a “warrior” against controversial policies.
We always knew Joe Biden would pardon
troubled son Hunter — fitting the president
would break another promise to the American people
14 replies
Posted by FlyRight 12/2/2024 4:52:14 AM Post Reply
We always knew Joe Biden would pardon his troubled son Hunter, no matter how many times he promised he wouldn’t. So it is fitting that one of the final acts of this mendacious president before leaving office was to break yet another promise to the American people. Thus on Sunday night, the president issued a statement from the White House declaring that he had just signed a “Full and Unconditional Pardon” for Robert Hunter Biden, 54. The pardon Joe vowed he would never give comes just days before Hunter was due to be sentenced over a felony gun conviction in Delaware in June and California felony tax-
DELICIOUS: Andrew McCabe Throws a Fit
on CNN Over Trump Nomination of Kash Patel
14 replies
Posted by FlyRight 12/1/2024 4:44:04 AM Post Reply
As we reported, President-elect Donald Trump has now nominated Kash Patel for the spot of FBI Director. Patel is a big favorite of Trump supporters and it's also going to be hard to argue that he isn't qualified. He's an attorney who has handled many trials, and served as Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council. How do you know it's a good pick? All the right people are upset. They know that Patel is not just going to be a status quo, ordinary Republican, and that he's going to clean things up.
Jonathan Turley Rips Biden's Pardon of
His Son to Shreds
13 replies
Posted by Imright 12/2/2024 8:17:18 AM Post Reply
George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley has now weighed in on the sweeping pardon that Joe Biden just gave his son on Sunday. It not only covers the crimes for which he was convicted or to which he pled guilty, but it also covers any other possible crimes that may have occurred over 11 years from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024. Turley just eviscerated Biden when he was asked about it by Fox News and the "bad precedent" that Biden could be setting. (X Video) Turley pointed out how this brings to mind the actions of Bill Clinton, who pardoned his brother.
Post New Article