Before you tell me that this should be in the "AI Artistry & Creation" section, I did initially post this only to that AI section. The owner of the AI section sent me a PM stating "Your topic AI Crucifixion was deleted. Please do not post christian imagery in this section." REALLY??? I checked the "Please read" post in the AI section, and it showed nothing about religious imagery. I wonder if the owner of that section is anti-Christian?

So, re-posting it here...we regularly see pictures here of churches and other religious topics. The images shown were created using Bing Creator AI using the text: "Crucifixion on Calvary, with 2 additional crosses for thieves, sky background, saying INRI on top of Jesus' cross, with Mary, Martha, St. John, Roman Soldiers." There were several images created, and here are the best of the lot. Note that in the last 2 shown, it put the INRI (which translated is: Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews) onto to thieves crosses, so I blurred those out in post.

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In the early 21st century, the UK malls had a big problem with teenagers gathering at malls and making their mischief and hurting sales. So the mall owners used a device, called the Mosquito ("It's small and annoying"), which emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that can be heard by most people younger than 20 and almost no one older than 30. The sound is designed to so irritate young people that after several minutes, they cannot stand it and go away. Store owners in the mall were happy. For the details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito

FEAR STRIKES

2000 – Y2K is going to destroy everything!
2001 – Anthrax is going to kill us all!
2002 – West Nile Virus is going to kill us all!
2003 – Sars is going to kill us all!
2005 – Bird Flu is going to kill us all!
2006 – Ecoli is going to kill us all!
2008 – Financial Collapse is going to kill us all!
2009 – Swine Flu is going to kill us all!
2012 – The Mayan Calendar predicts the world ending!
2013 – North Korea is going to cause WW III
2014 – Ebola Virus is going to kill us all!
2015 – ISIS is going to kill us all!
2016 – Zika Virus is going to kill us all!
2020 – Corona Virus is going to kill us all!

The truth is: If you let it, FEAR is going to kill you … Turn off the TV, and wash your hands!

Ah! The Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner salesman!

True Story: Back in the 1950s in Queens NY, a vacuum cleaner door-to-door salesman came to our door to try to sell his product. Mom let him in. His demonstration included putting some soot on our carpet, and showed how the vacuum cleaner sucked it up. Then he proceeded to jump on the vacuum cleaner to show how strong it was. Then, I, as a young 5-year-old whippersnapper proceeded to follow him up on that. I jumped on the vacuum cleaner and broke it. The salesman left without a sale.

A very powerful movie, which portrays Mother Cabrini, wanting to establish schools and orphanages and hospitals throughout the world, trying to do good for the Italian migrants, who in the 19th century were considered by the USA to be the scum of the earth... all while facing much opposition from Politicians, Bankers, Police, and yes even the Vatican. It's also a real tear-jerker, as my wife showed the tears throughout.

A Tesla Dealership, huh! I think that Tesla will soon go the way of the closed malls!

An old Irish blessing (to be said with an Irish accent):

"May you be in heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead!"

Also, the experts on ergonomics recommend putting the top edge of any screen at your eye level...either by adjusting the monitor or your chair. That way you're not looking UP and the screen which would give grief to your neck.

A four leaf clover! Methinks that Ireland is noted for the 3 leaf clover, which was St. Patrick's way of explaining the Blessed Trinity to the people of Ireland.

I have found that Celtic Thunder and Celtic Woman to give us some wonderful performances and vocalists over the years. Very nice to listen to when compared with some of the trash in other musical genres. The YouTube video from the OP is typically the finale of each performance. It seems that every few years, they change out the singers.

PS: I'm 1/2 Irish.

Here's a short video of the demise of Music City Mall, taken during normal business hours. You could probably count the people there on one hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CPcAcBjkFj0

...and another slightly longer one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJD8x54iGk

Yesterday, wife and I went to the movie theater at the Music City Mall (formerly known as Vista Ridge Mall) in Lewisville, TX to see the movie "Cabrini" (but the movie is a whole nuther story.)

We hadn't been to this mall in quite some time, and it was a shocking eye-opener. We remember it to be a lively, bustling mall with lots of people walking the corridors, and almost 100% store occupancy. As we got there early, we had the opportunity to walk the mall. To our surprise, it appears virtually dead. We saw about a dozen people walking inside. We'd estimate that about 20% of the store fronts were occupied, and those that were occupied were of cheap, 3rd world kind of establishments. One storefront boasted, "Nothing over $8.99 in the entire store." There were previously 4 large anchor stores, like JCPenney, Macys, Dillards, Sears…now only 1 remains, and Dillards was renamed to Dillards Clearance…one can only imagine!

It sure looks like the Music City Mall will soon be the recipient of the wrecker's ball, much like the Valley View Mall in Dallas which was demolished in 2019.

The only thing I see different between the two images ... is that in the FINAL she got lipstick.

Viagara stolen. It’s in the news.
Hardened criminals on the loose.

Ole went to the neighborhood dance
And he won the big door prize
It was a toilet brush and he took it home
And the next week one of the guys
Said, “Ole’s, how’s that toilet brush?
The one you got from the neighbors?”
And Ole said, “Oh, it works pretty good.
But I think I’d rather use paper.”

The farmer had a champion bull
Who bred two hundred times a year.
The farmer’s wife said, ‘Two hundred times!
Isn’t that wonderful, dear?
Maybe you ought to watch him,
Maybe he’d show you how.”
The farmer said, ‘He’s a heck of a bull
But it wasn’t all with the same cow.”

A German shepherd walks into a bar
And says “Hey, I’m a talking dog.
I know other dogs do tricks,
But you ever hear one talk? I
How about a drink for a dog
Who’s articulate and erudite?
And the bartender said, “Sure,
The toilet’s there, first door on the right.”

Ole lay on his deathbed,
He knew he was going to die.
And then he smelled a beautiful smell
Of Lena’s rhubarb pie.
He crept downstairs to the kitchen,
There it was, he let out a moan.
Then Lena whacked him with a broom:
That’s for the funeral. Leave it alone.

There are a ton of camera stores in Brooklyn, and most all are places to avoid. For the details, the reviews, and pictures of the storefronts see: http://www.donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/

The pictures alone would be enough to scare anyone considering Brooklyn.