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Why are flags at half staffed (Original Post) gopiscrap Nov 5 OP
Cheney? senseandsensibility Nov 5 #1
Oh yeah forgot about that gopiscrap Nov 5 #3
USA should be smudging anywhere Cheney tarried. PufPuf23 Nov 5 #7
Cheney's death /nt Abnredleg Nov 5 #2
They're for Cheney but in my opinion, not for what you might think Jarqui Nov 5 #4
Cheney deserves no respect. Irish_Dem Nov 5 #5
Darth Vader died. Emile Nov 5 #6
Darth? SheltieLover Nov 5 #8
Maybe to commemorate the death of maga? SheltieLover Nov 5 #9
Why would anybody mourn that?? lastlib Nov 5 #13
Who is in control of all 3 branchs & scRotus? SheltieLover Nov 5 #14
A former Veep died obamanut2012 Nov 5 #10
....again. lastlib Nov 5 #12
How did you drive by them at sea? lastlib Nov 5 #11
thank you gopiscrap Nov 5 #15
Wow, you may be better at this than I am! lastlib Nov 5 #17
No not at all...I love it gopiscrap Nov 5 #18
Thank you for that clarification. I have never thought about the distinction and used both LoisB Nov 5 #16

gopiscrap

(24,509 posts)
3. Oh yeah forgot about that
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:41 PM
Nov 5

I thought it might have been Repukes in mourning over the election results last night

PufPuf23

(9,665 posts)
7. USA should be smudging anywhere Cheney tarried.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:53 PM
Nov 5

Smudging is the ritual burning of sacred herbs (white sage is an example) for spiritual cleansing or blessing.

Smudging GOP crap as a federal jobs program would burst some bubbleheads and do good.

Some are still following the PNAC/Cheney plan to remake the Middle East.

Jarqui

(10,783 posts)
4. They're for Cheney but in my opinion, not for what you might think
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:41 PM
Nov 5

as a symbol of what he did to his country ...

lastlib

(27,101 posts)
11. How did you drive by them at sea?
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:51 PM
Nov 5

Ships have masts. Flags are flown at *half-mast* on ships. On land they are flown at *half-staff*. Minor distinction, maybe, but I'm that kinda guy.

gopiscrap

(24,509 posts)
15. thank you
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:12 PM
Nov 5

this is not my native language I spoke 3 other languages before English. I have always wondered about the difference

just as couch, divan, davenport and sofa

lastlib

(27,101 posts)
17. Wow, you may be better at this than I am!
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 09:09 PM
Nov 5

(BTW, I hope I didn't come across as too snarky--I didn't intend to be, just a bad quirk of mine sometimes!)

Fight the good fight!

gopiscrap

(24,509 posts)
18. No not at all...I love it
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:28 PM
Nov 5

I am still learning English even after all these years of being in the US

LoisB

(12,035 posts)
16. Thank you for that clarification. I have never thought about the distinction and used both
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 08:02 PM
Nov 5

terms indiscriminately. My bad.

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