Dear MAGA: 20190407 Open Topic

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This Storytime Sunday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

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How The Wolves Saved Yellowstone

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Thank God For Apex Predators!

God in his infinite wisdom, created a natural order to the lands that we are blessed to live in. And we have learned that the Apex Predator is one of his most important creations. The Wolf is one of His most perfect apex predators.

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We didn’t know how important wolves are until, in our ignorance, we hunted them to near extinction. This brief video gives you a condensed version of the story of How Wolves Saved Yellowstone:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_YQZheKr4&w=640&h=360]

When a Wolf pack brings down an Elk, that kill ends up feeding as many as 50 other species, from eagles to insects. Once the pack has fed…they abandon the kill and all the other species come in to eat what is left.

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After the Wolves were gone from Yellowstone, the deer and elk became overpopulated and they devastated the vegetation in the valleys and on the riverbanks. Aspen and willow trees did not regenerate because the elk ate the seedlings. Beaver left…as well as other species. Bird populations disappeared. The bare riverbanks collapsed and the river became wide and shallow. This had a devastating effect on the fish population.

All this has gradually changed since the Wolves have been restored in Yellowstone.

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This video gives a brief recap of the history of how it happened:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft_FXd1M2S0&w=640&h=360]

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This video has a good Q&A about the ongoing Wolf repopulation effort. It actually has some very good questions — and answers:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXplYRCUpk&w=640&h=360]

It occurred to me that this story of the Wolves could serve as a ‘cautionary tale’ for our human species. What would happen to us as a species if we allow our own Apex Predators to become extinct?

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Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

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For your listening enjoyment, I offer this from the talented composer Dwayne Ford, from his album ‘Beautiful Battle’:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYXC1ZOmPDQ&w=640&h=360]

Titled: ‘When Soldiers Come Home’

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Visual Descriptions for our dear Zoe, and for anyone else who may find them helpful:
Top Image: Is an illustration of the base a huge Tree with double doors inside a pointed arch. There are two beautiful white wolves standing guard on either side of the doors. The doors have a carved medallion near the top with simple geometric shapes within it. The leaves on the tree are orange and starting to fall, indicating this is in autumn. There is a mist hanging in the air, in the surrounding forest.
Second Image: Is a cozy interior view of a stairway against the wall leading down into large area with overstuffed chairs and soft lighting. There is a bannister made of winding tree branches. Throw pillows and throw rugs add to the comfy atmosphere.
Third Image: Is a large closeup of the face of a wolf, looking straight ahead. He has golden eyes and a white muzzle, with tan and grey markings.
Fourth Image: Is a tan and grey wolf standing on a snow-covered rocky outcropping. He is looking intently at whomever is taking the photo. There is a dense forest in the background.
Fifth Image: A white and tan wolf with grey markings, is standing guard over three small pups. The pups look healthy and well fed. They are black and grey, and standing on an old moss-covered log. They are nestled into some dense vegetation that includes some yellow and orange wild flowers.
Sixth Image: Three white, tan and grey wolves are standing in a snow-covered clearing with a dense forest behind them. They look healthy and well fed, but they also look like they have spotted their next meal.
Seventh Image: Two inquisitive-looking pups are looking intently at something, from their position on a fallen log. One is tan, the other is black. There is filtered sunlight hitting the trees around them.
 

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drillerelite

Oh, i finally get to be on just in time for another fun tree and how do you not admire wolves? (Well, unless you’re a rancher) Wheati be bringing it!

Marica

Me Too!!!!! Now I gotta go watch Wheatie’s Awesome stuff!!! Hi Driller!! Hi Wheatie!! Hugs ya’ll!!!

drillerelite

👋🤗

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Wow – that’s actually a very profound take on things. Much food for thought.
And what was the species analogous to HUMANS that almost killed off the wolves and destroyed America?
GEORGE SOROS! 😉

ozzytrumpster

Everybody killed wolves. In fact they were treated as a competing species and pathways were made of wolf skulls. Similar to the Jewish bones crushed and used as paths at the extermination camps

ozzytrumpster

Ordinary folks feared wolves. Don’t forget that the European settlers came from Europe where wolves had been feared and woven into myths and legends for centuries. The werewolf attacks were almost certainly savage serial killer attacks and in places with endemic hunger and meat poor diets may have been organised hunts to gain a necessary level of dietary iron. Despite all the stories documented wolf attacks are actually rare.

thetinfoilhatsociety

Proof please. I swear the crap just keeps getting wilder. Lampshades made of human skin has been completely debunked. Pathways made of human bones??? Since when???

ozzytrumpster

Go to official autzwich site. Bones were crushed and used as fill on uneven ground. Note in photos camp officials always had shiny boots whilst the camps were a sea of mud. They needed fill for paths. Treblinka site used crushed bones as local fertiliser too. Photos of bone crushers avail online. No proof of skin lamps, or human soap. Documentary proof ie transport records of hair shipment and gold from teeth.

thetinfoilhatsociety

oh, like the exhibit of shoes that are placed on a slant so they look like more? I just looked at a photo of Auschwitz paths taken in 2017 and they were not in fact crushed bones, they were made of decomposed granite. And the Jewish tombstones used for roads, supposedly by the Nazis, were actually used by the Communists, mostly after WWII.

ozzytrumpster

And the autobahn were not another use for them . No autobahn construction concurrent with camps.
Sorry. I read a LOT. Probably got it from an autobiography, which is ,of course, subjective.

Plain Jane

“It occurred to me that this story of the Wolves could serve as a ‘cautionary tale’ for our human species. What would happen to us as a species if we allow our own Apex Predators to become extinct?”
Profound. We have seen what happens sociologically to a country when wimps go up against commies. We haven’t had an apex preditor as president for decades. Thank God we have one now.

Plain Jane

And they start with the little boys in K and pre-school.

JasonD

Well, they ain’t entirely stupid – rat cunning is the word that springs to mind.
Use your enemy’s strength against himself …
They almost got it done – in fact the war is not yet over …

Chris

+++++

ozzytrumpster

True but most of our apex predators are just that. They have no empathy or loyalty to anyone but themselves. Pres Trump is an oddity. A business predator with a heart of gold for the little people and a rock solid loyalty to the USA and the constitution

prairie123

Wheatie – you make a great point! I never thought about how in a society (of humans) we kind of need our apex predators… and how they are considered “bad” to today’s progressive culture. Toxic masculinity, white privilege, man-spaining and man-spreading are all considered evil. It seems like subliminal messaging (remember the old SNL Kevin Nealon reports?) and politically correct (or incorrect) issues are aligned.
*I came from this area of Wyoming as a kid, I remember the re-introduction of the wolves. Native Wyomingites were angry and thought “Californians” were taking over and bringing their ideology with them. But these people were ranchers who had a lot to lose since they let their cattle roam in the forest to fatten up all summer. However the cows are NOT a natural part of the forest ecology! I guess I can see both sides of the coin. I didn’t know how the wolves affect the rivers and water falls and the landscape in general. Good videos – thanks for sharing them!

Marica

Wolfie!! Wheatie’s posts keep telling us that WOLVES are so extremely important to the ecosystem — And You know this!! Cuz you!!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

😉
I do appreciate the votes of confidence!!! 😀
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Seriously, this is actually a very interesting lesson in the BALANCE of NATURE as being a SMART SYSTEM.
Letting a SMART SYSTEM manage itself – that may be a good idea.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

AMEN!!!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Note how the wolves – oddly – created enormous opportunity for COMPETING PREDATORS.

ozzytrumpster

Wolves, like all other predators, target the weak, the sick, the old. Predation actually improves the gene pool of the prey. Remember the wolf is running for a meal, the elk for its life. By taking out the easy kills scarce resources are not wasted on inferior specimens

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Marica

Zoo– I did spit!! and can’t type cuz i’m still giggling!! LOL!!

Plain Jane

Oh my goodness. LOLOLOL

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Linda

Wow, Wheatie, that video about wolves saving Yellowstone is a great story that I’ve never seen before. Very appropriate for our site.

drillerelite

Saving the wolves was muh “bleeding heart” issue back in the day. I remember meeting Pat Schroeder at my girlfriend’s house back then to talk about wildlife conservation. I didn’t know the difference between dems and repubes at the time, just wanted to save wolves, birds of prey and knew Reagan was kicking ass. Ah, the good ole days 🇺🇲… and to think, now we have PTrump!

Alison

Pat Schroeder !!! There’s a name from the dusty ledgers of Colorado 😊 Back when Colorado was still a Western paradise and Denver was a pokey little cow town. Man I miss those days!

drillerelite

Right? We’ve gone a long way down the road to californication since then, that’s for sure!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Good grief, you both need to wash your mouths out with soap!

Deplorable Patriot

I actually saw another video sometime back that explained how having the wolves put the entire ecosystem back into balance over time. It was very interesting.

Gil

They are just so full of life(not to mention the cute pups). Humans have a duty to respect and protect them.
http://a4.att.hudong.com/40/73/01300000013093120453736273551.jpg

Chris

Nice image Gil !
..kinda hard to tell where one stops and another begins..Pack LOVE !

Gil

I wonder what they were watching though?

Chris

Look @ their eyes..360 degree lookouts
kind of looks to me like they are huddled to stay warm, and They’re watching..
EVERYTHING !!
..ready to explode at a recognized body twitch..
very cool, maybe contemplating the photographer for dinner LOL

Chris

Mornin treeps, ! woke up for some reason..
..Pic #3 almost makes ya want to reach out and pet him..nice job wheatie !
question: I read a post here the other day,maybe a link that mentioned skywatch, it showed some interest, but did not ring any of my memory bells..can anybody fill me in to the significance ?

Gil

I love those stairs. Talk about major maintenance. 😮

Alison

Ah-Mazing photo of that wolf with the yellow eyes! Wheatie, you bring the most interesting topics & music to our cozy Den. Such a nice tribute to Warrior Wolfmoon, and provocative thoughts about how the wolfpacks work together to achieve their objectives.
I will look at the videos tomorrow after Church – I LOVE our National Parks & Monuments, especially being able to visit so many before they became too ‘people-oriented’.

Alison

Speaking of Wolves – a couple of movies worth rewatching:
Dances With Wolves (great soundtrack)
Open Range – ok this one isn’t about wolves ( I just realized), but it is a great movie.

JasonD

The Grey …
Matches man against wolf – in the wolf’s environment. Wolf takes no prisoners ..

drillerelite

Two great movies I haven’t seen in forever, thanks for the reminder! Also haven’t seen Lonesome Dove in a long while, hmmm 🤔

Alison

Thanks. Haven’t seen that one. Adding it to the list.

Alison

I meant I haven’t seen Grey.
Lonesome Dove is a classic! And Robert Duvall is my alltime favorite movie star (Please, God, if he’s a lefty, spare me that knowledge!)

NebraskaFilly

From March 2015:
“In addition to slipping Duvall acting tips and generally making him feel young, Pedraza has also helped him move further toward the center politically. In the past, he was an avid, longtime supporter of the Republican Party. He was personally invited to George W. Bush’s presidential inauguration in 2001, worked the floor—and narrated the videos—for the 2008 Republican National Convention, and publicly endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012. But last year, Duvall told The Daily Beast that he’s leaning independent because the Republican Party today is, in his view, “a mess.”
“She calls herself a tree-hugging Republican,” a chuckling Duvall says of Pedraza. “I’ve moved more to the center politically, more of an independent. We don’t want the government, the church, or anyone to tell us what to do. Especially the church,” he adds.
Duvall’s also found himself disheartened by the GOP stance against birth control, as well as its devotion to religion and how the party has let it influence the myriad Republican political stances. “It’s unfortunate,” he says, shaking his head. “Women can’t be independent. Also, religion and politics should be completely separate. Completely separate.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-duvall-tells-gop-keep-religion-and-politics-completely-separate

NebraskaFilly

“Clearly, some of the finest acting ever put to film by Robert Duvall must have been influenced by his lineage and own personal background. He was born on 5 January 1931 in San Diego, California. His mother, Mildred Virginia Hart, is a descendant of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee. And, as a descendant of Robert E. Lee, Duvall’s lineage can be traced as far back to the first U.S. President, General George Washington, who became his ancestor by adoption. Duvall grew up in a military family living for some time in Annapolis, Maryland near the United States Military Academy, as his father, William Howard Duvall, was a career military officer who later became a U.S. Navy admiral.
Interestingly, Duvall owns a large estate in Virginia, where some Civil War skirmishes were fought and where he has discovered some shells and war artifacts. His Virginia estate was also the setting of some scenes in the 2003 film “Gods and Generals,” where he played his ancestor, General Robert E. Lee. Robert Duvall himself is a veteran, having served from 1953 to 1954 in the U.S. Army and was subsequently awarded the National Defense Service Medal. By serving in the military, he has earned the privilege, should he so desire, to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery which is located on land seized from his ancestor, General Robert E. Lee.”
“Robert Duvall, who was described as having conservative political views, is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party. He was personally invited to attend the inauguration of Republican President George W. Bush in 2001 with whom he subsequently watched the special screening of “Broken Trail” on 11 June 2006 at the White House. In 2008, Duvall appeared on stage at the New Mexico rally of John McCain and Sarah Palin.”
http://www.hollywoodpolitics.us/robert-duvall.html

NebraskaFilly

Hmmm….wonder why he only served one year?

Linda

Barry seems to be coming unglued lately.
https://twitter.com/StormIsUponUs/status/1114724523763322883

michaelh

Wow. He is such a spend shell now.
But the desperation in the need to control information coming out in his stuttered speech was palpable.
PERHAPS… perhaps he is distracted. I’ve heard that people who are in fear and are running from something, that they have trouble sleeping, trouble thinking clearly, that their intelligence drops off due to pre-occupation with other matters…

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

He could be worried more about the LEFT covering its tracks than the right.

michaelh

I love it when the LEFT plays DEFENSE… 🙂 They’re so bad at it, and you can’t win the game when you can’t score.

Tonawanda

The left NEVER played defense until Trump arrived, even when they were losing. Even now their approach is to attack, but VSG figured that out and is the first to use political jiu-jitsu.
Result: for the first time they are betraying a sense of fear.

michaelh

Yeah that was the problem with the German Socialists in the 1940s – they’d gotten so used to offense none of their capabilities had sufficient defensive measures 😉

ozzytrumpster

I’d be worried if I had the Trump posse on my trail

JasonD

They have 90% + of the MSM – and this is the result. He wants MOAR – and will end up with nothing.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

[X-FILES] And that’s all before you add in relativistic effects! 😉 [/X-FILES]

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Of course…relativistic effects actually would reduce his age, so even if he were born (say) 80 years ago he would have experienced–and aged–less than that.
OK, enough X files.

ozzytrumpster

But we do know his IQ is about the same as his shoe size

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

…measured in feet, of course.

para59r

He reminds me of the pope sticking the word “concrete” into his text messages. This is a desperate call for help.

ladypenquin

It was amazing – he was trying to insinuate that there would be impersonations and inauthentic “speeches” and words. This guy was speaking from fear. 1) Appears to know stuff is going to come out about him and his administration, and 2) trying to tell people that it’s all going to be made up by our side, that somehow we’re going to be able to take over the speaker and put words in their mouths.
Barry didn’t look well.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Obama has had a system in America creating a primrose path for him since the 1960’s or even earlier. People were either part of the path creation complex, or they were totally pwned by it, and backing off in fear or inability to do anything about it.
Think about the GRAVITY of the following truth.
Obama had SET UP FOR HIM – as his FAKE OPPONENT in the 2008 presidential election – a SOVIET PRISONER – the CAMP RAT – a guy who was actually REHABILITATED from COWARDICE AND TREACHERY by the commie-pwned media – so that he would be perceived as a HERO who validated the victory of THE COMMIE over the VIETNAM SOLDIER.
Look at the psychology of what they did to us.
Consider the magnitude of the DOWNFALL for Obama here. Consider the massive SWING – going from a media that cleared all obstacles for him – to having the military who KNEW THE TRUTH – who was NOT part of the MEDIA RE-TELLING of McCain – now in charge of America.
The fact that OUR VSGPOTUS coming out swinging against McCain at the very beginning HAD A VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE. It was a literal punch in the NOSE to the entire Soviet Democrat-media complex. It was utter rejection of their control.
Once you see the FAKE PSYCHOLOGY they created in this country – the manipulation – you cannot unsee it.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

PS – using this point right here as a metric of the size and scale of “The Plan”, one can actually see not only how USEFUL the Q operation is, and how THREATENING to the other side – but also what kind of time scale is needed to finish the job.

ladypenquin

I’m delighted to realize that POTUS was dropping breadcrumbs from way back when – I now realize he wouldn’t have said what he did… if he didn’t have a purpose and plan. He had enough information to make him fearless. Can’t even modify that with “almost.” Nothing almost about POTUS. 🙂

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Yes. The PLAN was huge. And the Soviet Democrat takeover KNEW IT, TOO.
Now it’s SO EASY to see how and why Cankles and Obarky operated relative to the military, using the CLOWNS as their go-to-agency. The subjugation of the American military through partial and complete TRAITORS and DUPES was a huge, massive, decades-long process – the better part of a century. HOW does one respond to a slow, patient takeover?
A slow, patient response.

ladypenquin

We are going to be Soooooooo Vindicated, Wolfie! 🙂

michaelh

The symbolism of KOM defeating VIETNAM SOLDIER is one I missed. These people are sick.
But the delicious irony is the symbolic mirror of history that followed.
After the fall of Saigon, and a period of KOM darkness in Vietnam, they realized that the KOM path was not working and needed reform. So in the mid 1980s they began the slow process of reforming to a market economy. Darkness to light.
Symbolically, the KOM defeat of the VIETNAM SOLDIER led to 8 years of legal and judicial darkness, and it was obvious that it was not working and needed reform. So in 2016, the people pushed in a new direction. Darkness to light.

michaelh

BTW Wolf, Mr. Busy Man…
At some point I would love for you to expand your thoughts:
The Real No-Name
– Early history
– How did he become the KOM chosen one
– What really happened to him as POW (I know there will be much that is speculation, but exploring the possibilities and KOM capabilties of the time is of interest)
– Aftermath
– Who was behind setting up No-Name in the US
– Roots of No-Name’s rage
– No-Name’s corruption
In some ways I feel it would be better if No-Name was forgotten, but the real danger is that we forget our history and the KOM rewrite what we know for us, and we’re blind to their MO.
A similar take:
Gore v. W 2000:
– 2 uniparty candidates
– Gore was clearly the chosen one. What went wrong?
– W as an acceptable alternative – what had to change to make W work? What had to be done to W do realign him? Was Cheney really the evil dark W handler the left portrays him as?
– What had to change (in the globalist plans) from the 2000 election to 9/11 to set the stage?
– Gore’s trajectory post election isn’t discussed much. A couple years hidden, magically becoming board member for Apple (which three-letter-agency or back channel arranged that?), regrouping, and seeming to magically appear back in the public eye in 2006 with a Fake Documentary, pushing another grand Uniparty program
– Back to W, what was useful with W that the globalists pivoted and tailored their plans to achieve maximum impact?
Q: Has the globalist uniparty settled on a two-term Pres cycle to maximize political stability (read: control) in the Executive? 8 yrs WJC, 8 yrs W, 8 yrs O, 8 yrs HRC/Jeb. In 1992 was the plans for 8 yrs of GHWB undermined by Billionaire Businessman, or was he part of their plan?
Or was Perot a useful tool/disrupter to get WJC in place?
Against GHWB loss, was WJC an acceptable candidate or the preferred candidate?

michaelh

Clarification:
In 1999-2000, No-Name was running against W for the nomination.
Q: Why was W chosen over No-Name?
Did they decide to keep their powder dry?
Was W considered an easier target and more defeatable by Gore in the general election?

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Great questions deserving some thought!!! I will re-read tonight and think about these questions. I already have some opinions, but I want to think some more….

Plain Jane

Hmm, I’ve seen bigger crowds at the rest stops on I 57.

Sue Mcdonald

I see ole barry is still talking about himself what a douche canoe heres a link to AT , https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/obama_shatters_previous_record_mentions_himself_467_times_in_one_speech_in_berlin.html the fake ex prez with not one whiff of scandal in his whole 8 years sounds like a rambling ,desperate man who knows the gig is up for him. why Berlin? does he feel safer there then I the US? I dont think he should feel safe anywhere he goes, in fact he should have his passport yanked.

thetinfoilhatsociety

You know, my FIL sounded a lot like this when he was delirious recently. Lots of words, lots of inflection, no actual meaning we could discern.

michaelh

I don’t know if many people here are connected with the various homeschooling movements, or with people who are homeschooling. In the interest of potentially being useful, I’m sharing some information I stumbled on to recently.
A number of people have raised a number of red flags about Classical Conversations, which ostensibly is a homeschool co-op. Extreme program rigidity, control of information within the community, questions about how tutors are paid and tax implications (classifying tutors as “independent contractors” but then trying to control everything the contractor can or can’t do, which is by definition not “independent”), questionable claims that the tuition program is less expensive than private schooling, comparisons of the organization to MLMs, cult groups, or spiritually abusive churches.
Many people report the program is working for them, but you can as easily find others who say the program did not work for them or that there were other concerns that led them to separate from Classical Conversations. A common theme was high control with little responsibility. There was also a lack of tolerance for disagreement or divergent opinion – reminds me of another blog I used to comment on, but I digress…
These blog posts lead with questions where much of the real meat is in the comments sections. Most of us here on Wolf’s site are already pretty comfortable with this kind of format, but I still wanted to point it out. Don’t skip the comments because that’s the bulk of the message.
First this post from April 2017, most recent comment from January 2019
Classical Conversations Negatives and Why We Didn’t Join
https://sallieborrink.com/classical-conversations-negatives-didnt-join/
Next, this series of posts from last year, starting in June 2018:

[ Note: If that formatting didn’t come through, visit here: https://spiritualsoundingboard.com/2018/09/05/classical-conversations-business-or-a-non-profit-cult-or-a-christian-homeschool-group/ ]
There is more on the site than I’ve posted here but should be enough to get started with.
Hoping that someone here finds this helpful, useful, and worth passing on…

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Thanks! I’m sure this will be useful to a lot of folks!

GA/FL

Thanks so much, Michael H. I’ll read over the articles before passing them along.
My daughter and her little girl are involved in this group. Our city also has many children being homeschooled… and many homeschool resources, an orchestra, arts classes, etc. They like the socialization and they both have friends in the groups, orchestra and their own church.
Granddaughter is in the 3rd grade this year. They seem very happy with the program, so far. Neither of them has expressed any concerns or doubts about the curriculum or organization. Daughter had some classroom/teaching experience in graduate school and elementary school level. She’s a lawyer, speech pathologist and her husband is a physician/professor in a family practice residency program. They are pretty discerning people. They are committed Christians and attend a PCA church.
Our daughter is not one of the organizers, but she does teach one of the weekly group classes. Their group meetings take place in a church that has a broad outreach in the community. She says it’s very demanding on her time to do the planning, etc. for the group. However, homeschooling in general is time-consuming if it is done as meticulously as our daughter does everything.
Previously, our Granddaughter was in a Christian school (Our city has 3-4 non-denominational Christian schools, several Catholic, one Episcopal and a one exclusive private school.) that is known to have a demanding college prep curriculum, but hit a snag when she was in a class with a new teacher, several boys with behavior problems and a lot of distraction, frustration, and the teacher used too much time correcting boys. Granddaughter could not concentrate on classes and began to show signs of anxiety, fear of falling behind, not sleeping, etc.. She is a very happy, loving, outgoing, compassionate child but very conscientious about her work. So the parents decided on homeschooling, which they did solo the first year. This is the first year with Classical Conversations.
Each child, family, school, group, class and year are different and will fit or fail to meet needs, personalities, expectations. Heck, even Jesus had folks who were not happy and left him.
Will definitely read the articles.

Plain Jane

Wow, I read your first link. I didn’t know how intense some aspects of homeschooling are or have been taken over. We have two grand nieces who are home schooled, brilliant, and way ahead of the kids who are public or Christian schooled, but they are also fun, typical military kids, who also are proficient in Chinese and English.
I intend to follow the other links you posted Michaelh.

Gil

I like a veggie burger, since I dont eat beef, but some take it a step too far. This is just disgusting and potentially a health hazard. Burger King is foolish to sell these!
Burger King is patting itself on the back for adding the “Impossible Whopper” to its menu in some locations, but what they’re not openly sharing is that the new meatless patty used in the sandwich is full of GMOs and made with toxins like MSG. Sure, it’s not meat – but it’s definitely a poor excuse for “food.”
The plant-based faux meat patty comes from California-based Impossible Foods. Its main selling point is heme, which is created in this case from a genetically modified yeast to make the patties look like they’re bleeding just as real meat would, and gives them a meatlike taste.
Heme is found in the hemoglobin in our blood and carries oxygen throughout the body. It’s also responsible for giving blood its red shade. In addition to being found in animals, soy roots also have heme in them. However, because they only contain a small amount, Impossible Foods decided to use genetic engineering to tweak the DNA of yeast in a way that enables soy root nodules to produce heme at scale. Is your mouth watering yet?
https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/04/06/burger-king-rolls-out-the-genetically-modified-meatless-impossible-burger-made-with-questionable-chemicals/

Linda

Yuck! That sounds absolutely disgusting. I don’t eat hamburgers very often anymore, but when I want one, I want the real thing.

grandmaintexas

That film is so disturbing and dark. “Soylent Green is people!” One of Charlton Heston’s best lines.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

OMG – White Castle is doing it, too, with “Impossible Sliders”!!!
Sorry, folks – Wolf must be brave where Sliders are concerned.
I will “take one for the team” and see if these things taste reasonable! 😉
https://www.whitecastle.com/promotions/impossible-slider

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

LOL! “B-B-B-BUT SLIIIIIIIIIDER!!!!!”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! 🙄
Seriously, I may just spit the damn thing out!

ozzytrumpster

Bite it and spit/barf it out at the counter. Make like your chocking/allergic and really make a scene

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

“GMOs! And WHIPLASH TOO!” 😉

Harry Lime

Amazing Polly on youtube has done a couple of videos on “impossible meats” that I posted some time back…really disturbing stuff. I recommend watching them. If artificial meat isn’t creepy enough, one of the ‘meat’ factories was located directly across the street from a Planned Parenthood…and we all know how moral they are…

Harry Lime

Btw…Polly’s youtube subscribers are rising at a rapid rate…her hard work and investigative skills are really paying off. Good for her.

GA/FL

Polly had better ‘save’ and back up all her videos – she’s in real danger of YouTube censorship/banning with her exposés and research into various nefarious entities.

para59r

Especially now since O has put out his cry for help (re. Linda’s Joe M piece above).

Gil

I tried the beyond burger at home and then in a restaurant to see if theres any difference in taste. I didnt really like it. There are only a few veg burgers I will eat and this one really is meh. Also in the store the beyond burger comes in a 2 pack, for $7 bucks. Very pricey for meh food.

NebraskaFilly

Being from one of the beef capitols of the world, I would NEVER countenance putting a yucky veggie burger in MY mouth! To this Husker, that would be no less than sacrilege! LOL – besides which, once you have tasted OUR home-grown beef, any other is lesser than…..

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Here it is. She has undeniably proven that the entire list of dubious actors (including SOROS) are connected to this company. And – you can see it right on Google Street View – frigging Planned Parenthood is RIGHT across the street from their factory.
OK – let me entertain the “conspiracy theory” – as well as HOW TO DISPEL IT.
I have to say, it would be a VERY sweet scam to take buckets of human heme from a place that generates buckets of human heme not from the tiny fetus but from the blood-rich PLACENTA – create some PHONY or TRUE story of genetic engineering that produces human heme – and make a KILLING on it for ALL the actors on the left that the Soros world wants to profit. The profit margin for reprocessing medical WASTE – basically the blood-rich human placenta – full of HUMAN HEME – into the one thing needed to make the monstrous prior/failing investment in artificial meat WORK – well, just do the math.
Do the numbers add up on “Soylent Red”? I think they do.
The numbers will ALWAYS GET BETTER if Solyent RED human heme is added to the process.
The way to PROVE that this is a legit process is to send in investigators who can VALIDATE THE NUMBERS – that EXPENSIVE HEME is being produced and obtained in the proper quantities, and that CHEAP HEME is not being INFILTRATED INTO THE PROCESS and TAKING A CUT.
Remember, people – AND LOGIC. Both things can be true.
Expensive heme could be produced by an artificial process. CHEAP HUMAN HEME could be used to extend it, to increase the profit margin, and to help pay for abortion. All of which has COINCIDENT GOALS.
I’m sorry, but I simply don’t trust these people. PLACENTAS are a way cheaper source of human heme than any GMO process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfcdHVbO8Q

Gil

😣😣😣🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😖😖😖😖😖
Thats sickening.

Deplorable Patriot

Yeah, no. 80/20 ground beef for me.

ladypenquin

I don’t like the idea of GMOs, and the saturation of soy as a protein substitute in our food supply is a serious problem – though the control freaks would have you believe otherwise.
Besides people having soy intolerance, soy protein is full of Tyramine – which they now know can cause headaches, migraines, increased blood pressure and heartbeat.
My husband did so much research trying to find why he couldn’t sleep, when he’d never had a problem before, and by God’s Grace, stumbled on the fact that Tyramine intolerance actually causes a methamphetamine like reaction – that’s exactly what was happening to him – instead of migraines, he couldn’t fall asleep – like someone who had taken stimulants. He avoids Tyramine foods, and can sleep. Also must avoid MSG.
The doctored food supply chain is going to kill us. High Fructose Corn Syrup doesn’t break down in the body like regular sugar does, but they use it because it’s cheaper…

Gil

That is very interesting. High fructose and soy are in dang near everything. I appreciate companies using sugar again or for the snowflakes “cane syrup ” aka SUGAR. Just moderate it people.
I feed mr gil and kiddo turkey burgers when i cook.

ladypenquin

My husband has done extraordinary research, could be a doctor with what he knows – he had to find the culprit on his own – doctors had no clue except to offer sleep drugs which he did not tolerate.

Plain Jane

Why do vegans want to eat stuff that looks like stuff they don’t want to eat?

Chris

We always prefered the open flame burgers over other methods,so BK is our choice
At home it’s Ground Chuck from the local meat market over hardwood charcoal (royal oak)

GA/FL

Sounds like what happened to the US Embassy personnel in Cuba.

grandmaintexas

Great point. That was a strange thing.

GA/FL

Sounds like those tin foil hats might not be a bad idea. And ear plugs too?

grandmaintexas

Need to watch Signs again. The scene with the tinfoil hats was vintage Mel Gibson.

GA/FL
grandmaintexas

It’s a beautiful story of recovered faith after tragedy. The aliens are secondary. 😁

Pat Frederick

“why can’t they get girlfriends?”
there are some funny moments in the film too…

Harry Lime

This is truly an EPIC open thread, Wheatie. I can’t wait to come back later (after some zzzz’s) to check it out in detail.

GA/FL

Better copy and save it. Good stuff disappears on YouTube and Twitter.

grandmaintexas

Our President continues to show overt support for our 2nd amendment rights!
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/05/donald-trump-address-nra-meeting/

Gil

Its the happy wolfpack. On a mission, letting everyone know why, but dont get in the way or theyll rip you apart. 😎

itswoot

Like this guy at a roadside tourist trap, Ms Ocasio-Cortez really ought to be in a different line of work. In her present situation, she is a fountain of misquotes and half-truths. Wholly unsuited.comment image

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Feeding time with my bearded dragon…x1000

grandmaintexas

A nice primer on the major players of the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) and how the Left views these free thinkers. Many of them lean left, but have incurred the wrath of their own for stepping off the ideological plantation. I take them with a grain of salt…was a big fan of Jordan Peterson until he suggested that Brett Kavanaugh resign for the sake of unity if he should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Peterson also is trying to pull both the Right and Left more to the center. Anyway, this is a nice article on the IDW:
https://amgreatness.com/2019/04/06/the-establishment-war-on-the-intellectual-dark-web/

JasonD

Peterson apologised for that. Nobody is perfect, and should be cut slack when they admit error.

grandmaintexas

He didn’t apologize. At first he doubled down and when the flack continued he gave a rambling and tortured explanation.
He’s a smart guy, but he’s out of his depth when it comes to American politics.
Also, I didn’t condemn him out of hand. I bought numerous copies of his books and have attended one of his talks. He says good and important things but we must always be wary of motives.

A Fortiori

Wholeheartedly agree. Obviously we need to distinguish real humility from the phony “I’m sorry if you perceived the literally insulting thing I said as an insult” variety, but we should forgive good people their mistakes.

singingsoul

JasonD
“Peterson apologised for that. Nobody is perfect, and should be cut slack when they admit error.”
_________________________________________–
I like Peterson he makes perfect sense. For me he does not need to apologize its all good. He is one of the good guys. I am not perfect and I do not expect perfection from others.

JasonD

That attitude is rarer here than one would expect

JasonD

This guy has been doing the rounds, and Shapiro is helping to raise his profile. Fortunately motormouth Shapiro speaks for less than 5% of the time.
Stephen Meyer on the failure of neo-Darwinism and an argument for Intelligent Design. One interesting idea that is argued is that there is not nearly enough time for “random mutation” to deliver the amount of information contained in DNA – let alone what initiated life. Worth a look …

Cuppa Covfefe

Werner Gitt has been lecturing on that for decades. He has many books on Creation, one of which discusses this very point: “In The Beginning Was Information”. An older version of it is available as a pdf from http://www.wernergitt.com . The link is http://www.clv-server.de/pdf/255255.pdf
He’s a strong Christian, was for many years of professor of intormation sciences, and is an interesting person as well. His books are well worth reading (though some get VERY technical, nonetheless readable)…

pgroup

If ‘motormouth Shapiro’ speaks for only 5% of the time, somebody spiked his coffee with thorazine.
/s

GA/FL

Go Katrina!

Cuppa Covfefe

Reminds me of the meme about “Pound Me Too”…

GA/FL

Go Ronna!

GA/FL

Spies in your kids colleges and grad schools?

GA/FL

Go Brad Parscale, Trump Campaign Manager Extraordinaire!

President Trump has put together a great comms team for this election.
We will still need to GOTV – Get Out The Vote and wear our MAGA gear and put out our Trump signs, banners, wave the Trump-Pence signs at the polls.
AND – Go to a Trump MAGA rally if you can – it’s awesome fun and you meet the loveliest people!

GA/FL
Pat Frederick

crap…I wasn’t expecting these…coffee all over the keyboard again! I need to buy (or invent) the keyboard cover to protect from such occurrences! LOL
thanks…he’s a funny guy!

Alison

I’m a victim of chocolate cake. It illegally invades my shopping cart.

Sue Mcdonald

I survived anorexia due to my unholy intake of maple bars. /s

NebraskaFilly

Sad to say, but Catturd is WAY wrong about the Wookie – if it enters the race, it WILL win! Mark my words!

GA/FL

This is just plain creepy:

Shudder.
Best not to take either one of this couple seriously as MAGA people.

GA/FL

Yep. There have been rumors that Meghan Markle is also doing that while play-acting being pregnant. Flying all over the place, wearing spike heels, no signs of ankle swelling… always patting her ‘bump’ (I hate that term) looks abnormal.

NebraskaFilly

Well, if the reason is medical and she can no longer physically carry a child, that’s one thing. However, sadly, it is probably just her figure and the restrictions during pregnancy that she is avoiding with surrogacy.

GA/FL

IVF, Frozen embryos, sperm donors, surrogate mothers, genetic engineering, cloning, etc. open up a whole nuther can of worms.
It’s ‘MY WILL BE DONE’ on steroids.
This isn’t natural and isn’t godly and there are horrible ethical conundrums.

Deplorable Patriot

Fourth baby shower??????

phoenixRising

My thought too D.P.
Don’t you usually get only ONE, the first ? (that is, if you’re lucky !)

Deplorable Patriot

One relative of ours who had triplets years after her older child had one, but that was a special case. There is such a thing as a “sprinkle shower,” but that really should be reserved for a child of the opposite sex coming in a completely different season, or if there is more than one.

Deplorable Patriot

Actually, now that I think about it, a second shower for a baby that comes quite a bit after older children, like 8-10 years or more, is not uncommon. But that close together, no.

Deplorable Patriot

The late pregnancy showers I was thinking about happened in 1975ish and about 1983. The first of those children has a PhD in violin performance, and the second is the mother of three herself now.
Wearing white for a wedding, yes, is recent. At this point, marriage is so divorced from a covenant anymore and is so much an industry, it’s all but meaningless in some circles.

Gil

I only had my little guy and did not have a shower. Most anyone was older who would come and not interested. Although I remember they used to be hosted by a friend when I was a kid. My wedding shower was embarassing and awful so it wasnt so bad, but being taken to lunch wouldve been nice. People gave me plenty of things but I bought most of what I needed.
Having that many showers is just greedy and wierd.

singingsoul

I never had a baby shower. I did not know people and just had moved to MO when I was 5 months pregnant.
I think it is for those who have relatives or good long established friends. I was invited to one shower when my sons wife was expecting their first child.

Deplorable Patriot

I agree on the greedy thing about showers, especially after a cousin in-law went ON and ON about how it took her FOREVER to choose the stroller she wanted.
From me, if I’m invited to a shower, the kid gets crocheted beanies/hats. I do a year’s worth starting at newborn the season the child comes. One cousin’s child got a pumpkin AND a Santa hat. That was the one I did a fishing hat too.

Gil

Those are so much better than a gift card. Its a keepsake!

NebraskaFilly

I don’t understand why people here are so upset about multiple baby showers. What, exactly, is wrong with that? TBH, I thought most people had a shower for each baby……and I had a shower for my 2nd wedding. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that either. My future MIL and SIL wanted to give a shower so their friends could meet me and participate in the celebration.
As for wearing white, I wasn’t allowed to wear it at my first wedding when I was 17. Oh, no, I wasn’t PURE enough for that! SMH – bunch of damned hypocrites, was what they were!!!! In fact, they didn’t even want to allow me to get married in the church! SMH

Deplorable Patriot

Around here, people have one baby shower unless there are extenuating circumstances. Bridal showers…depends on circumstances as well. My brother’s wife didn’t have one. They claimed they didn’t need it. They did, but that’s another story altogether.

NebraskaFilly

These days, many people who get married and/or have babies have already been living together for some time and have their households established. As for the extra baby showers, a part of the focus, particularly in low-income areas, is so the new baby will get at least some “new” clothes vs. hand-me-downs.

Deplorable Patriot

I’m the oldest in my family and always wore hand me downs. There’s a coat I wore in second grade, I was the third girl to wear it. 15-20 years later, I spotted it across the Church, and walked over to the family that had it at the time. That coat had been passed around the parish for almost 20 years.
But, that’s the way we did things here. Now, people give their kids’ stuff to charity.

NebraskaFilly

That is the way we do things here as well. I pass on my granddaughter’s clothes to a friend’s granddaughter. Yard/garage sales are, of course, huge here. We always used to go to the one’s in the ritzy neighborhoods – man, you can get some REALLY good stuff cheap, many brand new with the tags still on them. 90% of my granddaughter’s stuff came from yard sales, including her furniture. Set of dresser, book case, desk in white for $100!

GA/FL

MAGA alive and well in Vegas!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

The Wynn is very close to Trump International.

grandmaintexas

Taki has a great take on the Pudue Pharma oxycontin scandal. I love his name-dropping! Also, there’s some other articles for context. Big Pharma is taking a hit. 😈https://www.takimag.com/article/a-tale-of-extravagant-greed/
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/members-of-purdue-pharmas-sackler-family-leave-nonprofit-board-11554498588
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/money/5640480/oxycontin-opioid-crisis-purdue-pharma-sackler-family-lawsuits

Pat Frederick
para59r

Okay, help me out here. I see from this story a premature baby suffering from an incurable ailment and the mother is told to take it off the respirator. Then I see the child is moved to end of life care at which time the baby got well.
Was this a physical move? I’d assume so. Moved to a different ward. Was the child then also removed from what was keeping him from getting better, or worse making him sick and that then was the cause of the miracle?
Sorry for the assumptions but I wouldn’t trust doctors in that country where the state decides who lives and who dies.

Pat Frederick

the mother believes the baby got better because she prayed and prayed to God that he would–the doctors did their part she acknowledges, but attributes the baby’s improvement to prayer…
but yeah makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

para59r

Yes it does yet, still a miracle no matter how it’s explained. 🙂

GA/FL

Border Patrol El Centro (just one region) have arrested illegal invaders from all these foreign countries!!!

GA/FL

This is disgraceful – heart-breaking.

ForGodandCountry

Where was Jussie Smollett?
Asking for 2 Nigerians.

Pat Frederick

with the horrendous number of cases, how does this judge think this can be accomplished? So now they steal into our country, demand asylum (not request anymore) and then can “request” to be put at the top of the list just because they want to be? WOW that’s IA privilege for you…
FTA
“A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to give quicker bond hearings to immigrants caught on the border who pass initial asylum screenings.
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle granted a preliminary injunction and found the immigration courts should conduct the bond hearings within seven days if immigrants request one.
She also said it’s up to the U.S. government to prove why the immigrants shouldn’t be released.
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project challenging delays in bond hearings for detained asylum seekers.
Matt Adams, the group’s legal director, said the decision could help thousands of detainees in facilities across the United States.
Some, he said, have waited weeks for bond hearings after they were interviewed by an asylum officer who determined they were afraid to return to their countries.
“We just have clients who sometimes wait for weeks and sometime wait for two months for a bond hearing,” he said.
The Department of Justice declined to comment on the decision.
The decision is set to take effect in 30 days. The government can accept the order or appeal, Adams said.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-judge-orders-quicker-bond-hearings-asylum-seekers-62208972

Pat Frederick

i see no reasonable argument in favor of this…all the asylum seekers who have been here longer waiting for their hearings should be outraged if someone “new” can request a hearing in a week—doesn’t that invalidate the whole equal “justice” for all? there can’t be any legal justification for this ruling at all…and since you are basically making a request from our government (which they do not have to grant), how do you get to request a swift hearing?

ForGodandCountry

Try to keep in mind this is all part of the “Lawfare” strategy to take down our country by the left. She knows there is a crisis….she’s just doing her part to make it worse.
She’s a Clinton appointee who resides in one of the most liberal parts of the country.comment image

Katie

Sure that’s a ‘she’?

amwick

😮😟 ?

sallyal

I thought the same thing.

Pat Frederick

found this and thought ForGod&Country might enjoy…
https://wallbuilders.com/ten-facts-about-george-washington/

para59r

re. #10 Doctors Killed George Washington. I still don’t trust doctors.

Deplorable Patriot

I trust some, but not all.
In reading the account, President Washington had pneumonia, most likely, that was not helped by the bleeding that was done. Bleeding by leeches was common then, but really should be reserved for a completely different set of ailments.

GA/FL

8 surviving Apollo astronauts pose for 50th anniversary photo – Buzz Aldrin steals the show:
https://www.weaselzippers.us/416753-eight-surviving-apollo-astronauts-pose-for-50th-anniversary-photo-buzz-aldrin-steals-the-show/

Pat Frederick

Aldrin made me smile!

drillerelite

“Aldrin has made the news for his bold fashion choices in the past, particularly during Men’s Fashion Week in 2017 when he took to the runway with fellow man-of-science, Bill Nye.” ..fellow man of science, puuhleeease. Yuuuge eyeroll 🙄
Buzz is awesome though 🇺🇲!

phoenixRising

All this good/great news ! Be still my heart… landslide comin’ ….
wheatie, really outstanding post, filling for t3…
love the photos of wolves… looking forward to reading the info you posted. You have a treasure chest of goodies, my friend. Thank you for sharing !

Deplorable Patriot

How’s this for a backhanded compliment (note that Planned Parenthood is not named in the lede):
https://news.yahoo.com/us-anti-abortion-film-surprise-box-office-success-010603753.html
US anti-abortion film a surprise box office success
New York (AFP) – A movie produced by a Christian studio about a former employee of an organization that provides abortions who became a “pro-life” activist is proving to be a surprising box office hit.
“Unplanned,” which was released in theaters on March 29, has pulled in more than 8.6 million dollars in North America, according to Box Office Mojo.
That put the film in an unexpected fourth place for the week behind the much bigger budget pictures “Dumbo,” “Us,” and “Captain Marvel.”

phoenixRising

That put the film in an unexpected fourth place for the week behind the much bigger budget pictures “Dumbo,” “Us,” and “Captain Marvel.”
Bigger budgets have nothing to do with audience reception idiots…
I hope it becomes No. 1 … praying for the babies.

Deplorable Patriot

The MSM is clueless on what the public really wants to see, believes, and all of that.

phoenixRising

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1114830766238773248
Is NY’s recent legislation giving the mother right to withhold care for newborn baby any different than “leaving a newborn in the hall”???

NebraskaFilly

Hm….some good comments about the veracity of this. Not that it wouldn’t happen, of course, but someone said he is speaking Arabic vs. Farsi, which would lead one to believe it is not Iran. Also, who knows who this guy is – this could be entirely fake.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I remember how annoyed Hollyweird was that they couldn’t pull people away from Lord Of The Rings simply by putting a big name in as lead of a piece of crap.

Deplorable Patriot

Or the reception of “The Passion of the Christ.” They just didn’t get that Christians might want to see a compilation of the Passions in Sacred Scripture together with the Stations of the Cross (what was left out of the Passions, but given to us by Our Lady as she walked the delarosa every time she was in Jerusalem) on screen.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I do remember the guy at work saying, “Whatever you do, don’t tell me how it ends…”

Deplorable Patriot

It ended with Mel Gibson’s Pieta. Stunning as the figures were portrayed by actual humans, not marble, stone or pigment.

Deplorable Patriot

I was thinking about this…Dumbo and Captain Marvel are not heavy subjects. Us is a different story, but the American people don’t want to see the topics of typical R ratings. Imagine that.

phoenixRising

Oh happy day !! G’ mornin’ Qtreepers …
https://twitter.com/annvandersteel/status/1114823484641824769
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”
~ Amos 5:24

para59r

Yet another reason a Special Prosecutor is not needed. Most everything has already been discovered, laid out like a map with all the crimes and their pathways x’d and traced. All they need are real prosecutors that live by their oath to confirm such and tie this up with real indictments.

GA/FL

Not surprising – Buttgieg is a horrible mayor.
Dan Greenfield roasts, slices and dices:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273361/mayor-buttigieg-runs-president-while-his-city-daniel-greenfield

ForGodandCountry

The left says we don’t have any clue how to handle this punk.
The projection is hilarious.

para59r

He supports every plank his fellow communists candidates support. The only difference is that he’s low key which means his fellow communist candidates are going to eat his lunch in the primaries. That and he’s favorited by Zuck and I’d not call that a plus.

Gil

Marxism sure does have a lot of gays and trans and nutjobs. Lots of ends justifying means. Anyone in education who is a marxist and not just teaching why its wrong should be thrown out on their a ss. His father certainly had an agenda.

drillerelite

Oh my, those are some pretty damaging numbers for mayor buttplug. Picture they used is funnycomment image

phoenixRising

People, governments … waking up across the globe.

https://twitter.com/V_of_Europe/status/1114204423704723456

GA/FL

US Space Force – not a moment too soon.

India’s space activities are far less a problem than China’s…. Article: https://spectator.org/the-arms-race-in-space-is-here/

GA/FL

Earth orbit needs some kind of debris vacuum cleaner, as does the ocean. Some nations are extremely irresponsible about littering and pollution.

Deplorable Patriot

India wants to play with the big boys on our turf…they just don’t quite know what that entails.

ForGodandCountry

Remember kids…..Obama eliminated US capability for manned space operations and turned NASA into a climate change advocate.
And no, don’t tell me that he had to do it, either. That is liberal BS.

GA/FL

He also turned NASA into a ‘make muslims feel good/included’ organization.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

An argument can be made that prodding private companies into developing manned launch capabilities is actually a good thing, in the long term. We might come out of this with cheaper, better access to space.
But it sure sucks in the meantime!

phoenixRising

https://twitter.com/hredriders/status/1114609122895261696
h/t Nick the Deplorable ———-
reposting this from yesterday’s THREAD here

phoenixRising

Our VSG POTUS has ‘closed the border’ WITHOUT closing the border
link to slideshow of 26 photos of lines waiting to get into US from 3 different points in Mexico…
ain’t a desirable situation, esp. if you’re hauling perishables…
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/trucks-gridlocked-at-us-mexico-border-idUSRTS2G6MC
Raise your hand if you think CoC will be on phone to Yertle all week-end…
Raise your hand if you think Congress will very soon be considering a few changes in immigration laws.
We WILL have six more years of President Donald J. Trump… so, unless you want your BP constantly rising, best get used to this man manipulating the press into screaming about one thing, while realty is manifesting another. (“Might give Mexico a year to … vs “BP agents moved from secured border points of entry to unsecured areas being breached by illegals” … BRILLIANT…

Chris

Seeing concertina on top and bottom of our wall simply warms my heart.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

MOAR CONCERTINA!!

Deplorable Patriot

WOW that’s a lot of razor wire.

Sylvia Avery

I feel like that wall is a tourist destination. I’d like to go see it, take a selfie with it, smash a bottle of champagne over it, perhaps even kiss it.

ForGodandCountry

Family came into town for a funeral this weekend.
Brother: “I sure hope nobody starts an argument this weekend.”
Brother then proceeds to do just that at last night’s dinner, then claims innocence.
smhcomment image

phoenixRising

Family … ya gotta love ’em, right ?

drillerelite

This is exactly how I see my next family get together. Lil bitch ass brother I presume?

NebraskaFilly

Just what we need – more chemicals in our air!!!!

phoenixRising

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Chris

:reminder .. news stories from sources without names or faces is …
FAKE NEWS
Any Organization that passes/relays or otherwise repeats FAKE NEWS is…
PROPAGANDA

phoenixRising
phoenixRising

Deplorable Patriot

Will be making gluten free snacks appropriate for Fridays during Lent. After all, the tweet doesn’t say WHEN the referrals are coming.

phoenixRising

PM is under investigation ?
https://twitter.com/TrueEyeTheSpy/status/1114691381182726144
https://twitter.com/TrueEyeTheSpy/status/1114698680563654656
Interesting comments back and forth in the THREAD – click on either tweet

GA/FL

Remember, ‘investigation’ does not infer or impute guilt. New non-profits probably get investigated. PM may be a target because of his views and work. Hope he passes the scrutiny and comes off with an A+ score!

GA/FL

New businesses, corporations, non-profits, etc. probably get investigated as a matter of course, put through their paces, open their books, etc. to prove they are on the up and up.

A Fortiori

Some comments here:
— The IRS often targets its audits based on reports in the press, whether there is merit to the reporting or it is fabricated by MSM types with an ax to grind.
— PM could be paying taxes on his income from the Q stuff, and we would not know it. This is perfectly on the up and up; the tax law has an entire set of rules for charities that raise money from taxable activities called the “unrelated business income tax” rules.
— PM’s activities relating to Q may not be making enough money to be taxable. Just because you get payments for something doesn’t mean you have a profit. (While it is unlikely,) it is entirely possible that PM’s expenses from these activities exceed his income, in which case the IRS would argue it is a hobby and deny the loss.
— MSM types who claim people are taking deductions for payments made to PM are pretending to know something they cannot possibly know. PM was not making money from Q prior to 2018. If there is a universe of people claiming 2018 payments to PM as charitable contributions, only a very small portion of that universe would get a tax benefit because only a very small proportion of Americans benefit from itemized deductions. Moreover, a large proportion of the people who itemize their deductions have not yet filed their tax returns (most returns for people with itemized deductions are extended beyond the April 15 deadline that applies generally). And the IRS does not audit returns in real time; they lag a couple of years behind. So, nobody on the planet has this information, and anyone who tells you they know this is happening is lying to you.

Sue Mcdonald

reading on this over at voat,general consensus is eye dude is a complete whacko nut who isnt tolerant of any dissent from his view and blocks anyone who does not agree with him, heres the link at voat. https://voat.co/v/GreatAwakening/3143689 I have always liked PM and have followed him for over a year, he isnt doing anything weird or unusual that I can see.

thetinfoilhatsociety

Still says it as a matter of fact, I just checked, April 7.

thetinfoilhatsociety

But EyeTheSpy may in fact be correct; the donate button WAS scrubbed from every page. That in itself is suspicious. I’m of the opinion that many “nonprofits” are scams. I have personal experience with several types of non profits and most of them are scams; they need a lot more scrutiny than they get. I used to be the treasurer for one a long time ago and we shut it down when its purpose was no longer relevant.

Deplorable Patriot

If PM is claiming to be religious and a c8 that in and of itself is fraud. Religious orgs are c3s.

Deplorable Patriot

501 c ….8? All churches and religious orgs are c3s.
Hmmm.

Kalbo

While I should read on in the thread, first I heard of this.
Not surprised. Think IRS harassment of Tea Party specifically and conservatives in general.
Still like PM, and will read / listen to his stuff.
Fully expect every conservative, more specifically popular or well followed to be accused of everything under the sun.
Hell, us commoners are deplorable, Nazi’s racist, myso…whatever they hell the lefty socialists call everyone on the Trump Train. Quite pointedly, F’m!

Kalbo

No plans tro donate to PM. Nor have I in the past.
That said, if I was concerned, I’d send a PM of sorts to PM and simply ask him.

singingsoul

Kalbo
“No plans tro donate to PM. Nor have I in the past.
That said, if I was concerned, I’d send a PM of sorts to PM and simply ask him”
__________________________________________
I came across Praying Medic several months ago and he introduced me to Q. I fond his interpretations interesting.
What I know is he started a healing channel or healing group on the Internet and maybe that is where the paying comes from..? I believe he offered the healing for a set fee.
Many people do that from Yoga to dietitian and other.
I never have known otherwise that PM ask for money or donations.
My feeling is people are free to donate or not and that is their business.

A Fortiori

On the possibility that we may be returning to the gold standard, I found this article interesting. I particularly like the notion that “the gold belongs to the people of Italy.”
This article makes me wonder whether Italy is taking steps to protect its gold reserves in the event that gold again becomes the foundation for our currencies. With its relatively lax views toward fiscal policy, Italy could expect substantial demands on its gold supply in order to support the value of its currency if we were operating on a gold standard, or even a gold linked standard like Bretton Woods.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-05/it-belongs-people-not-bankers-italy-moves-seize-gold-central-bank
Another data point that I just recently connected to the gold issue is the chaos in South Africa. I wonder if the whole “kick out all the white people” thing is a subterfuge intended to enable some group to obtain control of some of the richest gold deposits in the world.
Anybody else follow this stuff?

GA/FL

Gold, among other things, probably made Libya a target of gold-diggers Hillary and Obama.

A Fortiori

This is very interesting. On top of the money they made running Libyan guns to Syria.

pgroup

Ghaddafi did not hide his desire/plan to issue Libyan dinars backed by gold, which he intended to call Gold Dinars. He intended to price Libyan oil in gold.
The petrodollars crowd could not allow that. It would instantly expose their oil as extremely overpriced in fiat dollars. The only oil producer that could switch over easily is Saudi Arabia whose costs to pump a barrel of oil is about three fiat dollars per barrel.
Gold backed money is anathema to fiat currency debt notes. Make no mistake – Ghaddafi died on a Cross of Gold. And JFK was whacked for his precious-metal-as-money ideas. And now we have DJT rumblings about gold and the fed. Hope that’s not a bad sign.

A Fortiori

Your comment on Ghaddafi’s interest in pricing Libyan oil in gold reminded me of an announcement I saw earlier this week that Saudi Aramco is planning to issue some new type bond, with varying long-term maturities ranging from 5 to 30 years. The announcement was pretty cryptic, and I believe the offering documents are not yet available, but at the time I wondered if the bonds might be some type of mechanism to gradually move toward the same goal — selling oil at a fixed price in gold.
As to your last comment, I believe I could list a dozen or so assassination attempts on PDJT. And I am quite sure there have been more than I know about.

SingularZoe

South Africa also has a lot of mineral resources–maybe rare earths, definitely diamonds. Could China be behind some of what is going on there? Just wondering.

Deplorable Patriot

I do believe we are headed back to gold. How is another question.
And Italy and gold is interesting. Despite appearances, the Italians do know money. They would be the first in line to ditch fiat currency if precious metals were in the wings.

A Fortiori

Interesting that you say that. Italy is reported to be the third largest holder of gold in the world. This surprised me.

Deplorable Patriot

Don’t let the Italians fool you. They know money. The Borgias out of Firenze (Florence) were great, if greedy, bankers. Central banking came out of the Ghetto in Venice. They know money, the value of it and how to bargain. That’s where I learned to do it, with the street vendors. Best bargain I ever got was a purse I still have for 35K Lira in 2001. That was about $17 at the time. Here, the same thing would retail for over $100 easily.
The Italians are a lot smarter than they look.

Cuppa Covfefe

Hmmm. And Druggie, er, Draghi, is bleeding the rest of Europe dry with his zero and sub-zero interest rates. And I’ve seen this disaster grow over the last 35 years.
I have no interest in my life savings, retirement, and my son’s future “building fund” financing Italy’s fiscal profligacy…
Yes, they do very well indeed. With other people’s money (sounds familiar)…

Cuppa Covfefe

Opps, no interest ON my life savings, which is in danger of getting negative interest before long…
Plus, I get to pay a fee for them doing NOTHING with my money…geesh.

A Fortiori

Yes, I saw an article last month reporting on the staggering amounts of European sovereign bonds trading at negative yields — something on the order of 22% of bonds outstanding were effectively paying negative interest rates. I admit I don’t fully apprehend what this means, but it makes me wary.

Greg Cox
A Fortiori

I get the feeling we are going to hear a lot about Ukraine in 2019.

drillerelite

I remember when I used to think those who hear voices in their head were just crazy people

drillerelite

Whoa, how’d this get here? Meant to be a response to Wheati Twitter links way up there 👆

pgroup

Rudy doing Howie Kurtz MediaBuzz – explosive wildfire! Rudy at the top of his game and poor Howie (urge to barf just typing that) trying desperately to play ‘fair n balanced’. And failing.
Rudy is taking zero prisoners. And he has no intention of changing that strategy.
Pass the popcorn, pleae. This shitshow is entertaining.

phoenixRising

here’s link to CBS

phoenixRising

pgroup

Rudy linked Ukraine with the creation of the Steele dossier! The fecal matter has hit the rotating blades!
Where is Q? We need some Q!

Deplorable Patriot

My suggestion is to go back to the beginning in October 2017 and start over. There’s a lot there that we have forgotten and probably misinterpreted at the time, like the Godfather III references. My take is that the crown prince of SA (Saudi Arabia) came to VSG to make amends for the family’s past sins, and in Las Vegas, his cousin the dopey prince tried to take him out. This is the post that indicates that is the case:
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Anonymous ID: cS8cMPVQ No.148031295 📁
Nov 5 2017 00:55:46 (EST)
Seth Rich only mentioned because it directly relates to SA.
Las Vegas.
What hotel did the ‘reported’ gunfire occur from?
What floors specifically?
Who owns the top floors?
Top floors only.
Why is that relevant?
What was the shooter’s name?
What was his net worth?
How do you identify a spook?
What can historical data collection reveal?
Was there any eye witnesses?
Who?
Was he registered as a security guard?
Why is MS13 important?
What doesn’t add up?
Was there only one shooter?
Why was JFK released?
What do the JFK files infer?
Was there only one shooter?
Who was in LV during this time?
What was the real mission?
Speculate.
Why are survivors dying randomly?
What do each of these survivors have in common?
Did they talk on social media?
What did they say?
Were they going to form a group?
Why is this relevant?
How did they die?
What CIA report was released by WK?
What can control a car?
How did the (2) of the survivors die?
Car crash?
How does this connect to SA?
What just happened in SA?
Who owns the top floors of the hotel?
What happened today in SA?
To who specifically?
Was POTUS in LV that night?
Yes/no?
Why was he there?
Who did he have a classified meeting with?
Did AF1 land at McCarran?
What unmarked tail numbers flew into McCarren that night?
Trace AF1 that entire day.
What do you notice?
Classified.
Q
When Q mentioned that one of the three families that ran the Democrats was removed, we all assumed at the time it was the Rockefellers since the patriarch, David, died. I am now inclined to believe it was the House of Saud.
Seriously, go back to the beginning after 17 months and rethink what we know and don’t know in light of what has happened since then.

A Fortiori

I agree about the House of Saud. There was quite a purge after the crown prince returned to SA.

phoenixRising

Brian has a THREAD on emergency at southern border and
the MSM’s active participation in the problem – long one and
twitter may screw up the THREAD… if so, read at Brian’s TL

GA/FL

Deplorable Patriot

AGREED. Fantastic thread.

patrickhenrycensored

Aw c’mon democrats……………..
‘Muh Tax Returns’ ?
As if Mueller hasn’t pored over them thoroughly.

phoenixRising

Good morning Patrick…
It’s all they got ………
DIMs pile one lie on top of another… until… they be like
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1114671370644918275

patrickhenrycensored

‘Mornin’, pR
Good one!

ForGodandCountry

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Deplorable Patriot

Like any of them are going to understand the math behind appreciating and depreciating assets let alone an actual multipage balance sheet. The alphabet soup networks would need to get accountants to “interpret” the documents and then would tell the public what to think about them whether or not what they are saying is the absolute truth.
We’ve done this MO before, multiple times.

drillerelite

Is this beto? Omg, hilarious and even if not it looks like it could be him. WARNING, swallow all drinks before viewing. BETO 2020!
https://twitter.com/Joseph11996029/status/1114914497708347394?s=09

phoenixRising

No Driller, that’s a parody of Robert Francis I think…
One of the few things he can do is skateboard… and pretend he’s Mexican.

phoenixRising

I want to change what I said Driller… 😉
That may well be Robert Francis “learning how to” skateboard…
I checked the net and really good skaters claim he is a rank amateur …
Probably another of his stunts… guess he out grew wearing dresses, in public anyway 😉
The video is funny, and thanks for the warning about beverages…

drillerelite

Really? … 😆😂

ForGodandCountry

Wow…..OT SD is, in essence, implying that the Cesar Sayoc pipe bombs to dem leaders in Sept. 2018 was a FF that helped dems win the House, as winning the House was critical to ongoing DS efforts against PDJT.
He writes…
“I’m not prone to wild conspiracy theory; and readers here well know our objective: The Truth Has No Agenda”. That said, with an understanding that 40 FBI agents knowingly participated in a two-plus year operation into a Russian election conspiracy-collusion theory that never existed…. there’s something seriously 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺 here.”
We should start a countdown clock to SD admitting Q is real.comment image

Deplorable Patriot

SD could be pumped full of sodium pentothal and he wouldn’t admit Q’s existence, veracity or prescient questions.

phoenixRising

GA/FL

PLEASE slap a VETO on this garbage, Mr. President!!!!!!!

GA/FL

A humanity break:

drillerelite

Weird, someone must’ve been spraying pepper oil or something nearby right when I was watching that, “muh eyes!”

Molly Pitcher

For sure Driller..that oil blew clear over here to Tn…sniff

daughnworks247

I’m worried about it. Between the Catholic church scandal and the feds compromising ou immigration policy, the churches are seen as corrupt.

phoenixRising

Friends or family still not supporting Donald J. Trump ? Okay y’all… here’s the best red pill EVAH… Stole this from OT from one of my fav posters – cuz it’s sooooooooo outstanding !
duchess01 says:
April 7, 2019 at 1:37 pm
Guitar Picks – Great Compilation of Tweets –
AOC Accent – HRC Accent – David Harris, Jr. – Pandering –
President Trump’s Prison Reform and First Step Act Celebration –
Beto is a Bozo – as usual – typical Backwards Liberal Think –
The Collusion Delusion – President Trump Tweets – Trump Haters – Give up!
Republican Jewish Coalition – President Trump speaks –
Candace Owens speaks – she is funny – examples of pandering to minorities by Dims
Watters Words – Freedom of Speech – Inside the mind of a Liberal – want to control us –
Judge Jeanine Pirro – Opening Statement – Interviews Charlie Kirk –
TRUMP – I’M Who they HATE!” IT SHOWS WHO THEY ARE” – for whom the bell Tolls
https://youtu.be/ywttBENrAxE
p.s. This vid is also affirmation for pulling the plug on your TV … too many lyin’ low I.Q. on the screen…

drillerelite

Gotta watch that video 😆

daughnworks247

amen

ForGodandCountry

Word Press is Reeeeeeeeally starting to piss me off.

bflyjesusgrl

It ate pggroup. 😩

pgroup

And didn’t like the taste so it spit me back out. 🙂

ForGodandCountry

Word Press is reeeeeally starting to piss me off.

phoenixRising

Get in line ! 😉
Patrick says he has problems OT also…
I have to refresh, refresh … and sometimes close the window and re-enter the site, and still, refresh…
grrrr…
better than not be able to post at all, right?

phoenixRising

Another red pill… you may already know this, if not… dig… Gladio
“…virtually every alleged ‘leftist revolutionary’ group operating in Europe throughout the post-war years was, in truth, either a Gladio ‘secret army’ unit or else was subsequently being steered by them for Gladio-style state-terrorist ends.”

para59r

Interesting read. What is omitted in the story other than white man fighting communists with secret international armies funded by drug monies are bad? I mean that is what you come away with. Essentially this white washes any and all involvement of the USSR, China et al on the world stage since Stalin. It doesn’t touch upon how these Gladio armies have transitioned to support the Cabal and the support being given to spread Islam. Instead it leaves that to the author of the book, of which this piece is someones summary, to write those chapters himself when ever, should ever, he gets around to it. In the meantime white man is bad. Got it.
Essentially this is all out of context and likely has holes. It all also neatly stops at the point where America has started to transition into a more socialist state. How convenient. In the meantime I’d say much may be true however without the context and continued history I’d really not be able to say what, so then it’s nothing I’d formulate an opinion on. Maybe some one more learned but not I.
Meanwhile fascinating read. Thanks P.R.for catching this one and bringing it here. Always important to see where thoughts are flowing.

PureInHeart

https://youtu.be/noA3u0sm8DE
This is a new video posted by Donne Clement Petruska showing clips of prophetic words from Kim Clement regarding President Trump and possibly QAnon. YouTube is threatening to take the video down. Want as many people as possible to see this video. WWG1WGA is also alluded to in Kim’s prophecy.

phoenixRising

Okay… POTUS is FOR SURE taking a tougher stance on immigration…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-07/homeland-security-chief-nielsen-resign-report
“@CBSNews has learned Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is meeting with President Trump this evening to submit her resignation”

phoenixRising

Maybe he’ll be the acting Secretary to replace K. Nielsen ?

patrickhenrycensored

“A U.S. official tells CBS News that Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan is under consideration to serve as the acting DHS secretary if Nielsen’s resignation becomes official, but it is unlikely he would be nominated as Nielsen’s permanent replacement.”
CBS

phoenixRising

POTUS has said he likes “Acting” … 😉
No action, makes for traction… back into the unemployed line.

GA/FL
Linda

Gil

She cant do the job. Not sure she ever could.

TheseTruths

Maybe, “Resign or be fired”?

patrickhenrycensored

Bernie (as are all democrats) is pushing the ‘felon to vote’ (even while in prison) idea, because it is believed they will vote democrat.
Isn’t that like saying most criminals are democrats????

phoenixRising

Aren’t they? 😉

patrickhenrycensored

They are in congress

Kalbo

Ya, they are going to idiotic lengths to get votes.
That said, once they are released, I am good with Rights restored.

bflyjesusgrl

Well, it’s backfiring. According to Kushner, the First Step Act people that are being released are registering as Republicans. The Dems May go in as crims, but they come out the Conservative spout!😃

Cuppa Covfefe

Or, perhaps, most DEMONcRATs are criminals…

amwick

Jared Kuschner said that contrary to popular belief, they tend to register then vote Republican….hmmmmmm
It was on the Ingraham Angle.. but here is an article
https://www.newsweek.com/more-florida-ex-felons-registered-republican-democrats-says-jared-kushner-1382838

bflyjesusgrl

Long overdue…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/breaking-kirstjen-nielsen-to-resign-as-homeland-security-secretary-cbs-report/
“…Nielsen’s expected departure is a part of a massive DHS overhaul engineered and directed by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, according to a senior U.S. official. It’s unclear whether Nielsen is deciding to resign voluntarily, or whether she has been pressured to resign. Nielsen has served as DHS secretary since December 2017, and questions about how much longer she might last have swirled for months, as the president continues to articulate his frustrations about illegal immigration…”

patrickhenrycensored

patrickhenrycensored

bflyjesusgrl

She gone!!
Nielsen leaving DHS after White House meeting with Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nielsen-leaving-dhs-after-white-house-meeting-with-trump

phoenixRising

Sounds as if she’s gone IMMEDIATELY…
Yeeeaaaayyyy !
butterfly, this is worthy of a few emoticons, doncha think? 😉
At least a butterfly or two…

bflyjesusgrl

🦋🦋🦋🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🦋🦋🦋
🤗🤗🤩🤩🤗🤗
😋🥂 🍻🍿🎂🍨😜

phoenixRising

ohh my… ice cream too ? You’re too much girlfriend…
you thought of everything…
Hope McAleenan starts work pronto… soon you think?

bflyjesusgrl

Rule #3 PR!! 🍔🌭🍟🍕🌮🥗….🍰🍦🧁🥧🍪🍩🍫🥛☕️🥤🍾🍷🍸🥃🍹😋😜

Cuppa Covfefe

And, adding a “happy, rhythmic sound” (aka 70s disco, sorry 🙂 )… because:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7zRfHG0no
(that’s the way I like it)…
(except disco, ha).
Two scoops, with a cherry on top…

bflyjesusgrl

💃 💃 💃

kea

Oh happy day!?!?!

phoenixRising

So, Tsar position still being considered by POTUS ?
Kris Kobach ?

patrickhenrycensored

Logical Conclusion………………….

Sylvia Avery

I hope so. DHS is a big operation. Borders are in crisis and need urgent, focused leadership by an immigration hard liner.

Cuppa Covfefe

Spain also had a problem “On The Border”, as Al Stewart noted in his great song… seems the “Süd-süd-südländers” (refauxgees now, north Africa) were a problem then, too)

Sylvia Avery

Another stellar Al Stewart song. And appropros.
“…On my wall the colours of the maps are running
From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming
The torches flare up in the night
The hand that sets the farms alight
Has spread the word to those who’re waiting on the border
In the village where I grew up
Nothing seems the same
Still you never see the change from day to day
And no-one notices the customs slip away…”

Cuppa Covfefe

Click “view on YouTube” to see in in a “visible” window.
This is probably one of the earliest, and best, versions out on “the tube”… rifles to silver, indeed…

Sylvia Avery

Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes.
A song for our times..

Cuppa Covfefe

Yep. I love that song (the piano line), also “Year of the Cat”. Takes me back to when I was at ‘SC in Los Angeles, and times were simpler (and also more difficult, finals, juries, hellllp) then. Hard to believe Al Stewart was there in LA at the same time, too…. geesh… I lived for a while just off Sunset Blvd…
And i had a cellist girlfriend who could be “and she comes out of the sun, in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain”… what a picture that evokes… (‘course it never rains in southern California)…
Who in the world (outside of Schubert, perhaps) could write a mellifluous line like that? Rachmaninoff could do it with the music, but Al did (does) it with the lyrics…
Here’s Al (gosh, he’s old, too) talking about himself, his career choice(s), and “Year of the Cat”. Really interesting.

phoenixRising

daughnworks247

Nielsen was useless.
Gotta wonder what kind of a bargain General Kelly made for her to get the slot.

pgroup

Occam says like David Petraeus.

kea
Elizabeth Carter

Kea, I wonder how long it will take for Germany and all of the EU members to realize that they are not and have never been sovereign countries? They are subjects of the Queen of England. The British Empire never went away; they just did a sort of propaganda revision to make their people feel more like Americans. Now they are trying to make America go away so that the Queen is Supreme here also. They have no personal freedom at all. The Queen despises the Commoners. Even the lesser Royalty in their countries are not free at all.
America is a country of the people, by the people and for the people. We stand alone in the world.

Cuppa Covfefe

We’re not subject to the Queen of England. We are, however, subject to the global elite, aka the Illuminati.
Granted, the leader of the Masons, and the illumis is that worthless codger, Prince Phillip, who, like his Mountbatty forebears, is a few bricks short of a full load. Inbreeding will do that to you…
Were it not for the industrial power of Germany, and the intellectual power backing that, Europe would be even worse off than it is now. And the people here are getting woke, despite what the YSM like Bild (think “National Enquirer” and “an alien kidnapped my dog”) say…
Come to think of it, the refauxgees, illegal aliens, tend to HATE dogs. Something to do with Sirius and Allah…

Sylvia Avery

I’d wear a hijab to stop bullies if it made for an effective and efficient way for me to conceal my…shovel. The shovel stops bullies far better than a tablecloth, IMHO.

Linda

“The shovel stops bullies far better than a tablecloth, IMHO.”
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Thanks for the laugh, Sylvia.

Sylvia Avery

Laugh is about all I know to do. It is better than crying. Honestly, reading stuff like that about the hijab just infuriates me!

Cuppa Covfefe

Helps to clean up afterwards, too IYKWIM 🙂

Sylvia Avery

Oh, indeed I do! 🙂

GA/FL

This is so disgusting.

Cuppa Covfefe

I think concealed carry woul do a lot better…
(Oh, slap. Mutti and her bestie (BEASTIE?) Øbozo wouldn’t like that….)

GA/FL

GA/FL

I have read that neither Vitiello, nor Nielsen were in favor of closing the border.
They may be responsible for THIS:

GA/FL
Alison

His twitter feed is CBP_McAleenan
#BuildTheWalll
#StopTheIllegals

Linda

GA/FL

Thanks so much!

phoenixRising

Brian has a THREAD about Nunes’ referrals

Sylvia Avery

Wasn’t McCabe already referred for prosecution? After the IG report? But no charges have been brought?

rf121

Maybe DOJ needed reminding.

Sylvia Avery

Reminding? That’s what I do when I tap someone on the shoulder with perhaps a slight sigh of impatience (if needed).
In this case, a pallet of dynamite to blow the log jam (metaphorically speaking of course) seems more appropriate.
Maybe the criminal referral is for MOAR charges against McCabe? I have no idea. It will be interesting to see what happens.

rf121

Hurry up and wait.

Cuppa Covfefe

(Forgive me) “Ex-Blast: it gets things moving”…
(reminds me of Murdoch in the A-Team, season 5, “forgive me Father, for I am going to sin”…)…
Having said that, just what do you tap them on the shoulder with? 🙂

Sylvia Avery

LOL, it depends on how impatient I am!!!

bflyjesusgrl

Definitely will be charging Weissman and other guy starts with Z? He mentioned 2 people being in on dossier chain of custody since 2016.

GA/FL

Kobach has been aggressively campaigning for some kind of immigration job for the last several weeks:
https://twitter.com/JxhnBinder/status/1114976079222136838
So has the Fisher Corporation been campaigning to build the wall faster and cheaper than other groups – Fisher says it can build a mile per day of wall.

phoenixRising
bflyjesusgrl

Too slow, and expensive! We need Moar bang for our buck! MUST HAVE MOAR WALL!!!!

Gil

I agree. Far too slow. We will be seeing armed citizens soon if the illegals keep piling in. Id just like to know where they are going. CA, AZ, TX, NC, FL, GA? Only so much cash from taxes.
Newsom facing a recall petition, gas here is $3.70 – $4.50 a gallon, $1 more than a month ago and higher than anywhere. With summer on its way, people get testy and more short tempered. Theres only so much a citizen can take.

Sylvia Avery

Git yer bright yellow vest here! Step right up, folks, git yer bright yellow vest here!

Plain Jane

Darn, I had one from when I was a street walker (exercise 🙂 ) years ago, but I gave it away. Neon yellow.

Sylvia Avery

🙂 I bet it looked great with your thigh high boots and fake fur jacket!!! 🙂
Seriously, I’ve been thinking about getting one to wear when I’m dog walking, or to hang in the closet so I’m ready if the word comes down that it is time to take it to the streets.

Plain Jane

Yep, but Don’t forget my black velvet bustier. LOL.
After almost getting knocked over by a huge dog, that towered over me with his paws on my shoulders, DH would walk with me if it was after dark, carrying a hickory ax handle.
Seriously, if you are out after dark, the yellow vest is the way to go. I really encourage it. We have no sidewalks in our subdivision…properties are an acre in size. Quasi- rural.

Sylvia Avery

Still laughing over the black velvet bustier. Of course! It would totally complete the look!
I have sidewalks where I usually walk, but anything to enhance visibility when there are cars around is a good thing. The way the illegals drive around here you aren’t safe even on the sidewalks.

Plain Jane

Now the size would be a 36 Long. LOL.
Yep, please get the vest. You probably have streets to cross also.

Gil

Ive got an orange one but…yep!

Sylvia Avery

Should work just fine if it comes down to it!

Plain Jane

Sounds like slow walk talk IMHO.
Go with Fishers Corp, or do we have to have the ACE do it because of money found in the military budget?

kea

Talk about odd. I was watching an old show from 2005/2006 and thinking to myself ‘Well thank goodness they can’t do any anti Trump comments’.
And then bam a little jab at Trump. In a 2006 tv show? I think someone time traveled back in time to add the comment.
I’m am shocked and a little amused I must say.

Marica

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1114995326979661825?s=20
Is this tweet giving us a heads up for POTUS tweets tonight? Hope so!!

GA/FL

About Kevin McAleenan – born in 1971 to an immigrant mother from Finland and a father who was a part of the Irish migration that took place in the Northeast.[10] McAleenan received an undergraduate degree from Amherst College. McAleenan then received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Chicago Law School and practiced law in the state of California.
McAleenan practiced law in the private sector from 1998 until 2001, when terrorist attacks that September motivated him to apply to work for the FBI. He was recruited to help start up the new CBP Office of Antiterrorism, eventually becoming its executive director.
In 2006, he became CBP’s area director of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). During his time as the port director of LAX, he was responsible for the security operations for that airport as well as 17 other airport facilities. In 2011 McAleenan became the acting assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations.In this position he was in charge of airport operations and was responsible for securing the US border while ensuring lawful trade and travel at 329 ports of entry in the United States of America, as well as 70 international locations in more than 40 countries.
After 2 years in private consulting, McAleenan returned to CBP in 2010, leading field operations until being appointed deputy commissioner in 2014.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
In 2015 McAleenan was awarded the Presidential Rank Award, the highest civil service award in the United StatesIn 2005 McAleenan received the Service to America Medal, Call to Service Award for his leadership and help, developing and implementing a comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy for border security after September 11, 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McAleenan

GA/FL

My impressions of McAleenan – He is all business in his presentations when President Trump has visited the Border. He is FBI and CPB trained. Joined FBI after 9/11/01 and then went to CPB with the goal of stopping terrorists. Also has law degree which will come in handy too with the need for judges, legal processing, etc.
Lots of awards!

rf121

Lots of awards in government unfortunately translates into politician . Oann reporters opinion.
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1115014693549223936?s=19

GA/FL

McAleenan has cop training and lawyer training.
Nielsen was trained in law and bureaucracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirstjen_Nielsen
Kobach is a politician for sure.

GA/FL

Kobach – very smart – Harvard, Oxford, but a lawyer and politician. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Oxford….. ALARM BELLS…..

GA/FL

But I liked Zinke too…all that Navy SEAL charisma. I trust PDJT on this one.

Sylvia Avery

And gosh did that man look fabulous on a horse! I miss him.

Plain Jane

Um, um um, um um. I agree Sylvia? Guess I should sign this Mrs. Robinson.

Sylvia Avery

🙂 🙂 🙂 That made me laugh.
(Oddly enough, I have that song Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy stuck in my head right now…)

Plain Jane

I like that too. LOL.

Sylvia Avery

Yeah, but now I have that scene from the movie imprinted on my eyeballs where Dustin Hoffman finds Mrs. Robinson on the bed with one knee up. “Mrs. Robinson!”

Plain Jane

I doubt I could get my knee to bend that far these days. 🙂

Sylvia Avery

🙂 🙂 🙂

Gail Combs

For Sylviacomment image

Sylvia Avery

Ahhhh! Thank you, dear! What a sight that is.

Sylvia Avery

He may be simply a place holder.
I hope he’s better than blondie.

rf121

Not sure who he could get confirmed through the swamp open border types like Mitch.
She is still easier on the eyes. 😋😋😋

Sylvia Avery

I haven’t seen his picture. And while firmly in the hetero camp, I agree Nielsen was really attractive.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Just to validate what you said, yes, indeedy she is.

GA/FL

Just noticed – Girdusky is in NYC. How does he know a lot about the border situation?

phoenixRising

A correspondent for OANN…
that makes him an authority on McAleenan ? Don’t think so….
Graham reads of his responsibilities in the beginning of this vid, and then McAleenan speaks…

click on Brian’s tweet for his THREAD…

rf121

daughnworks247

McAleenan sounds like a Dem.
But, we don’t trust the old Repubs either.

GA/FL

FAIR doesn’t like Nielsen very much:

GA/FL
Marica
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Sylvia Avery

Gusty sigh. My system flooded with adrenaline, and now I’m all disappointed.

Marica

So Sorry Syvia!! I deserve a shovel hit! Go ahead and take a swing!! I Usually runover to qanon.pub to check–Maybe a little antsy 🐜🐜🐜

Sylvia Avery

Aw, no shovel hits for you Sweet Marica! And I know how you feel. Changeover at DHS, Nunes making criminal referrals… I’m on edge. Probably need some nice chamomile tea or something.

bflyjesusgrl

False start, 10yd penalty. Repeat 1st down. Hugs, Marica!!🤗🤗

Marica

Hey Butterfly!! I’ll take the penalty!! Sylvia is sparing me from a shovel whack –So…Mea Culpas all around!!

Sylvia Avery

You get extra points for the really cool bug emojis.

Cuppa Covfefe

Nah, no penalty for y’all.
Just Joe Biden, for illegal use of hands… 🙂

Cuppa Covfefe

I was thinking 15 yards, then recalled the Raiders vs. the Browns, where the Browns ended up 4th and 74(!!!) – a double-reverse and a scramble having gone VERY wrong, with a holding penalty on top of that…
Then “15’ll get you 20” came to mind. Gropin’ Joe better watch for the REAL refs…

ForGodandCountry

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Marica

LOL!! yeah–Like that!…It was an ACCIDENT!!!

Cuppa Covfefe

The sorrows of young Ronaldo (who’s been known to do such things).
Balottelli is also, erm, “friendly”…
Kid can’t add. Two yellows makes a red…
I’ll take Messi any day. (One look at my office shows why 🙂 )… creative, I say…
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, what, then, is an empty desk??? 🙂

Plain Jane

I guess I don’t understand whatyour apology is all about.

Marica

Jane! It’s a FAKE Q drop…I jumped the gun and didn’t check!! Sorry…

Plain Jane

Oh. That’s ok, my adrenaline kicked in a bit,and that’s a good thing at my age. 🙂

Marica

LOL!!!!🤣🤣😘

coosmama

Yay! Thanks, Marica! Anyone else noticing a shift from Friday afternoon news drops changing into Sunday afternoon news drops? After the morning shows have spewed their talking points.

Plain Jane

Yippee!

pgroup

Oh happy day! Nielsen is gone!
And it’s all Stephan Miller’s doing!

Sylvia Avery

Thank God for Stephen Miller. Seriously. I wish we could clone him to staff the entire Administration.

Marica
Sylvia Avery

No doubt in my mind.

Linda

Poetic justice:
African Rhino Poacher Trampled by Elephant, Then Eaten by Lion
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/04/07/african-rhino-poacher-trampled-by-elephant-then-eaten-by-lion/

ForGodandCountry

Ha!!
I’ve been waiting YEARS for this headline. YEARS, I say!
http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Daniel-Bryan-YES-YES-YES.gif

http://31.media.tumblr.com/6032324095224059127c55ae4c71fc20/tumblr_n0i2v9mchI1s14vnro1_250.gif

ForGodandCountry

I keep celebrating the thought that this guy set out to illegally kill an endangered rhino and wound up as elephant-trampled cat schiff.
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Plain Jane

Ouch, but I side with the elephant here. Apparently the elephant and lion sided with the rhino. Cozy.

Sylvia Avery

Wheatie, I’m really late to the party today. Brunch with a friend from out of state, grocery shopping, dog walking, and stuff so I’m frantically trying to catch up. I wanted to thank you for doing the daily thread for us again and another wonderful tree pic (with wolves!) and I love the lobby of the QTree! So cute, so rustic. If a spring shower drives us in from the deck, that lobby looks very inviting!

Marica

I agree! War IT IS!

ForGodandCountry
GA/FL

rf121

Commentator on CNN or MSNBC? 🤔🤔🤔

Sylvia Avery

Ouch. I was just contemplating the big juicy book deal she will likely receive to tell “her truth” about working for the Trump Administration.
Your prediction is even worse.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

If she’s smart, she should hold out for a university presidency or similar! Don’t sell out cheap, Kirstjen!!!

GA/FL

This old guy won’t make it through another campaign.

Bernie has really aged since last year.

Sylvia Avery

Now I’m curious. I’ll have to go search images. To me he looks the same. Has probably looked the same for forty years. So I’ll have to go look.
I can’t believe he said that out on the stump, though. Did they forget to tell him that he’s supposed to be a huge Open Borders guy? Or is this one of those typical socialist deals where they flat out lie during the campaign and then do an about face once they’re in office?
I thoroughly dislike this old crack pot and cannot for the life of me understand how America’s youth find him so wonderful.

TheseTruths

Maybe he’s setting himself apart from the rest of the field by speaking SOME truth on that issue, unlike the most radical of the crazies.
Identity politics is confusing. Are Leftists supposed to support an old white guy, or not? Or what if he’s a younger, gay, white guy? Or a toothy, skate-boarding white male? I mean, they’re white and male. Isn’t it “time” for a woman, and preferably a woman of (at least a little) color? Or even a man of color, with the added bonus of being suspected of being gay. Choices, choices…

Sylvia Avery

I just want to know if they have published a handbooks so that people like me can understand who is worth more points on the victimhood scale.
Obviously, old white men are at the bottom of the barrel, or maybe young white men are worse because theoretically they would have more toxic testosterone. See, I confuse so easily.

Cuppa Covfefe

Bernie must have seen the “gumball lecture”, where the fellow showed the insanity of trying to solve the poverty problem by “inviting people in”…

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(NOTE: reposted for emphasis. You DO NOT want to miss this film. This has been a public service announcement.)

patrickhenrycensored

patrickhenrycensored

Sylvia Avery

I really like his repeating/emphasis on the theme “Our Country is Full.”
I happen to agree. In my part of the world all the farm land has been built up with houses. There’s less and less open space every year and you have to drive farther and farther to get away from it all.
If the illegals were excised from our community I seriously believe it would cut the population of my little city in half.

patrickhenrycensored

Clean Up on Aisle America

Sylvia Avery

We’re gonna have to get a bigger broom.

patrickhenrycensored

Or the un-PC, WetBack Vac

Sylvia Avery

Ooooohhhhh…………NICE one, Patrick! I’m going to steal that and try it out at dinner tonight!

patrickhenrycensored

Dinner Intercourse……………………Table Talk

Sylvia Avery

Thank you for clarifying. The first part created quite an image in my mind. Silverware flying, napkins thrown to the floor, tablecloth all bunched up! And I thought, “meal times at Casa Henry must be a blast” and I was feeling a little dull and staid.
But Table Talk snapped me back to reality! So with a big smile on my face, I’m off to dinner! See you tamale!

patrickhenrycensored

STIR the pot
PLAY with your food
And have a four letter word gerund good time.

Marica
ForGodandCountry

Try this simple exercise….
1. Go to Google
2. Copy/paste this in (or type it in yourself):
“Jussie Smollett is a “
3. Read auto-suggestions
4. Now, repeat at DuckDuckGo

Marica

DDG suggested: Liar, suspect, idiot!! LOL!!!

ForGodandCountry

Now tell me which search engine you think you should bookmark.

Marica

Exactly!! I only use DDG!!

Marica
Marica
TheseTruths

There have been other periods where Q has gone silent. We’re all used to it. Maybe if they would interview someone who actually knows what’s going on they would be able to present a clearer picture. But of course, that’s not their goal.

Gail Combs

About Praying Medic.
He was a full time writer and writing 2-3 books a year. He quite publishing and started Q decoding. His income fell as a result of 18 months and NO new books. Therefore he put up paypal & patreon links. He is now writing again and has one book finished and coming out now and a second book on it’s way to the editors. Therefore he no longer needs outside support and shutdown his paypal & patreon links.
THis explaination is per PM at the last 1/2 hour or so of The Matrixxx Grooove Hour With Praying Medic 2 hr YouTube
https://prayingmedic.com/2019/04/04/the-matrixxx-grooove-hour-with-praying-medic/

Gail Combs

I forgot to add. PM said he and his wife are self-publishing. Obviously, from what PM said, they are hiring an outside editor. I do not know what other expenses they have when it comes to getting a book published. HOWEVER I do know the left (and other ignorant idiots) can not tell the difference between GROSS income and NET income.
It is very possible that the gross vs net income for writing is similar to that for farming. Between MINUS 1% to 5% of the gross. So a Million dollar gross (1,000,000) will yield $50,000 for TWO people or $25,000 each….
If PM has a new book comming out NOW he would probably have the cost of the editor + cost of set-up + cost of publishing the first run as deductibles LAST YEAR….
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Just a Wild arse guess about what maybe going on.
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A related comment at the linked page

Elizabeth A Keppler on April 4, 2019 at 5:59 pm
I came across a Tweet from Mike Rothschild (@ rothschildmd) from today, at 6:11 PM (4/4) that reads,

“To my fellow Q Anon researchers: I’m looking for a long thread about Praying Medic’s tax status, and I can’t find it again. I’m doing a piece on the efforts to expose some of the big Q interpreters, and would love to be pointed toward anything else in that vein. Thanks!!”

I thought you should know, they are on the hunt after you. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, in Jesus’ name!!!

Gail Combs

And a THIRD comment (Sorry brain is a bit slow tonight)

Remember weeks ago: i told you PM was under investigation for fraud, then people said, “Eye, dont attack PM etc”.
Your “donations” were NOT and are NOT tax-deductible.
Want to guess his Net Worth?
Truth Coming
Save Your $

True Patriots, are Selfless.
*Site scrubbed too late. pic.twitter.com/QJ7v36sfR7
— EyeTheSpy (@TrueEyeTheSpy) April 7, 2019

The two phrases I bolded say DEEP STATE DIS-IFO AGENT!!! Why/ BECAUSE NO ONE but the auditors have a RIGHT to see PM’s records!!!
Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart D, “Protection of Privacy and Access to Individual Records Under the Privacy Act of 1974”
https://www.justice.gov/opcl/overview-privacy-act-1974-2015-edition
“Conditions of Disclosure to Third Parties

A. The “No Disclosure Without Consent” Rule
B. Twelve Exceptions to the “No Disclosure Without Consent” Rule

5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(1) (“need to know” within agency)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(2) (required FOIA disclosure)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(3) (routine uses)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(4) (Bureau of the Census)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(5) (statistical research)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(6) (National Archives)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(7) (law enforcement request)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(8) (health or safety of an individual)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(9) (Congress)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(10) (General Accounting Office)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(11) (court order)
5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(12) (Debt Collection Act)

https://www.justice.gov/opcl/overview-privacy-act-1974-2015-edition

Conditions of Disclosure to Third Parties
A. The “No Disclosure Without Consent” Rule
“No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains [subject to 12 exceptions].” 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)….

https://www.justice.gov/opcl/conditions-disclosure-third-parties#consent

TheseTruths

My impression is that EyeTheSpy is bad news. Neon Revolt dscredited him in May of 2018: https://www.neonrevolt.com/2018/05/29/eyethespy-backchannel17-all-over-again-becarefulwhoyoufollow/
I didn’t know people were still paying attention to him until I started seeing posts here.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Yeah, I was wondering what was up with that. Sounds like a coordinated attempt to cut into the Q movement. Q said “nothing but the chan channel”, and now I see why.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Thanks for this warning. He does have the “Q persona” down pat.

daughnworks247

More gun stories, now that Nielsen is gone:
You guys are going to love this one.
Our house was unoccupied for 23 years and we bought it in ’94, so, no one lived here since 1971. The renovation was massive and took six months.
We fought MOST about the attic.
Every subcontractor and my soon to be husband, thought I had so much space, cuz the house is so damn big, I would never use the attic. Yet, I fought viciously with the HVAC guys who wanted to run ductwork all over the attic – it was a perfect workshop for ME. After the renovation was done, I set to work making a workroom for me.
It’s the best spot in the whole house.
The attic is 2300 square feet, with a wide wooden staircase leading up and normal 5 panel door. The floor has pine plank flooring and a 22′ ceiling in the center section, about 35′ x 35′ and is surrounding by galleys, which have an 8′ ceiling, sloping down to the hip of the roof. The galleys are about 8′ deep. The space also has a 15’x10′ cedar closet.
I found a few treasures in the attic missed by the workmen.
I also found hundreds/thousands of OLD shotgun shells, scattered all over the attic and basement during the renovation.
One Christmas, I bought my stepson clear glass ornaments which were fillable. He had a lot of little mementos and he wanted to make his own ornaments. I helped him until he got the hang of it – he was about 10 yrs old at the time. During some afternoons, he would work on them by himself.
Unknown to me, my stepson had found several old shotgun shells, and was loading the decades-old gunpowder into the glass ornaments. From the garage, he used longer firecracker fuses from leftover mortar shells to create his “mini-bombs”. He had a stash of a dozen or more to take them out to deer camp. He thought he was cool.
I discovered them by accident.
On a rainy December day, I was up in the attic, wrapping presents, singing away to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on the boombox. One of the fabric ends on a package wrap was fraying, so I used a boat lighter to sear the end. I set the boat lighter down into a spare aluminum tin which was close by………..the same aluminum tin where he was mixing gun powder, and WHOOSSSSSShhhhh up went the flame to the ceiling.
Diving to get away from the blast, I fell into a pile of cheap glass filler ornaments, breaking dozens of them.
The “fire and fury” was gone but I had no idea what happened.
I started screaming.
Top of my lungs, screaming for help……………., nothing.
Husband and stepson, downstairs watching a football game, oblivious.
The house is all plaster, difficult to hear noises….. or screaming.
I got up, investigated a little bit, saw the old orange plastic shell tips, and figured out what he had been doing.
I made my way downstairs with a full head of steam, ready to dispense my first real ass-whipping on my stepson. I had blood all over me (not badly), and pieces of glass stuck all over my left side, and walked into the den to find husband and stepson.
I was carrying a fire extinguisher.
They looked at me, shocked.
“Can’t you hear me screaming for help?”, husband was on his feet like whiplash, thinking there was an active fire.
Apparently, one entire side of my body was covered in soot, my hair was singed, and I looked like Lucy Ricardo on a bad day or one half of Dick Van Dyke as a chimney sweep.
But I hadn’t stopped to check my damn lipstick and arrange my hair. I was looking for some 10yr old a$$ to beat.
“What the hell happened to you, babe?”, husband said. I pointed at Gray and said, “I’m gonna rip you limb from limb!”, and started to move towards him. I explained, spitting and gesticulating wildly.
Step son RAN.
Husband chased him into the back yard.
Probably a good thing I stayed out of it.
Boys…………..

daughnworks247

Yes. We’ve done that once or twice. Roman candle wars are big at our house. They are hard to keep up with.

daughnworks247

Bottle rocket wars are fun!!!!!!!!

daughnworks247

The “Couples Dove Hunt”.
In southern culture, it’s a big deal. Think months of preparation, farmers seeding fields with acres of sunflower, and women polishing silver.
It’s grand southern landowner meets English Country Squire.
The food and drink is amazing and everyone is outfitted like …. well, they look like they came out of Country Life Magazine (The Brit version).
So, husband and I went, and after libations, about dusk, we all go and sit in the field and wait on the doves to arrive……… to kill them.
Couples are far apart, of course, so no one shoots anyone else.
Husband and I got into the field and he only had 2 shotgun shells. He let me have them to “shoot”. We laughed and talked, we both love guns but we are not big hunters.
Well, a dove came across the field, straight for me. Everyone was shouting at me, so I shot.
And blew the dove to pieces. It could not have been more than 15′ from me.
We sat in the field, with me, petting the dead dove, for another hour.
That was my last dove hunt.

daughnworks247

The Great Mistletoe Hunt.
One of our staff members brought be a big branch of mistletoe one year. I had never seen real mistletoe before and I was thrilled. Our metro guests were amazed!!!!! I dressed up the branch with a big bow and hung it from the keystone in our big oak archway.
Well, the following year, I wanted more mistletoe.
Deer season begins over Thanksgiving weekend, and felt a little badly for all the Bambis in the woods…. but thought since the hunters are out there, maybe one of them could find me some mistletoe.
I took an add out in the local paper. Big trophy, pic in the local paper, for the highest “point” and largest KILL of mistletoe. I made a party out of it. Huge pot of chili and sides, with plenty of beer for the boys.
It became a “thing” and we all had plenty of mistletoe. Win-win.

daughnworks247

Sorry guys, thought I was on the gun thread.

Marica

I am glad you were here!!! LOL ! I am batting 1000 with my FAKE Q Post tonite…So…

daughnworks247

Hey Marica, it looked real to me, too.
No sweat.

Marica

Thanks Sista!! Love ya !!! I think the next couple of weeks are gonna ROCK!! Easter!! God! He IS RISEN INDEED!!!
Dontcha think it totally seems like Gods time–Q time…
Living in the MOST AMAZING TIME in US HISTORY!!! #blessed!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Monday’s daily thread will be up in about an HOUR (1:30 PM Eastern). Sorry for the delays!