Dear MAGA: 20190509 Open Topic

Guess who stopped by yesterday!!! 😀

Repeated as TEXT for our visually impaired friends….

bakocarl
May 8, 2019 at 14:36
As I walked down today’s path in the wood,
Planning to perch on my branch in the tree,
I spied a new, smaller path as I stood
And, looking onward as far as I could,
Tried to see if this new path suited me.


Where I was going, I’d perched there for years;
A tree, grown large, both well rooted and true,
Full of birds singing songs, but now, less clear,
And the sun, once bright, dimmed by clouds and drear.
I knew at this moment what I must do.


I turned to the right and took this new way,
The light seemed brighter and the way was clear.
Ahead, a clearing, bathed in the sun’s rays
And a small, green tree, some birds in array,
Singing songs of freedom, hope and good cheer.


As I approached, I saw more birds perched there,
And a small, sharp shovel leaning nearby.
Just then, I knew, this tree, tended with care,
Might have a little perch for me, somewhere,
To settle myself in and occupy.


All to my surprise, as I looked around,
I saw that I knew many birds perched here.
Old friends from before, but now seldom found;
Old friends with whom I share common ground,
Old friends who I know are good and sincere.


Amwick, GA/FL, and LadyP,
Pat, PRising, Sylvia, Covfefe,
Daughn, Gil, Gail, Marica and Mousey,
Curry, NEFilly and, of course, PHC,
And wolfmoon, yes, wolfie, tending the tree.


I’ll try to be nice and I won’t throw food,
‘Cause Wheatie’s made rules, so that we play fair.
I’ll be sure that I’m not crude, rude or lewd,
But will write poems, when I’m in the mood,
And bask in the light and breathe the fresh air.

bakocarl, The Q Tree, May 8, 2019

https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/dear-maga-20190508-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-144009

I clearly wasn’t the only person who was missing bakocarl and his poems! There was a rousing welcome, as you can see at the link above.

Others are finding us now, too. Teagan and Gunny in the last day or two, and many others in the last few weeks.

I want to take a moment to thank ALL the people who come here, and even those who just lurk.

<3 THANK YOU! <3

And now back to our regularly scheduled program – before my closing words at the end.


This <3 THANK YOU THURSDAY <3 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.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it SOMEWHAT civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.


AND THESE FIVE WORDS FOR OUR LOYAL VSGPOTUS…..

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!


Always keep our movement’s larger purpose in mind – RESTORATION!!!

That is why there MUST BE the DRAINING of the SWAMP!!!

Our movement

Is about replacing

A failed

And CORRUPT

Political establishment

With a new government controlled

By you, the American People.

Candidate Donald J. Trump

Also remember Wheatie’s Rules:

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

It’s very nice to have the gang back together here. I had hoped that bakocarl would eventually find his way here, because I knew at that point, there would be the closing of one chapter, and the opening of another.

Time for the NEXT CHAPTER!

Have a great THURSDAY, and let’s keep LOTS of people in prayer!

W

JUSTICE IS NOT JUST A DREAM!
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michaelh

For Thank you Thursday I want to thank Mike Rogers. There are not enough thanks in the world for a man who understands his duty under the Constitution, and has the character and courage to act no matter the real risk to his career, his reputation, his family, and yes even more beyond that. It would’ve been easy to go along to get along, but Mike Rogers was not a man who could simply turn a blind eye to what he was seeing.

Kalbo

Yes, we are hugely indebted to Mike Rogers.
Over the past couple years, and heightened by posts the past couple days I have wondered, what part Retired Admiral Rogers and Retired General Flynn are playing. Professionally they seem to be “close”. Careers touched or followed each other. Different Services, but Joint Staffs are just that…all Services. Apparently, very like minded to their Oath!!!
We may never know. That is OK. Their services may be needed in the future. Discretion, including secrecy has its rightful place.

Rodney Short

I read that they grew up together,cant remember where I read it I sufer from CRS

Kalbo

Yes. Saw they grew up together.
Initially I took that literally, through part of their childhood, teens… But nothing came of that.
The “growing up together” could be their years in the Military. The Intelligence field in each Service is quite small and specialized.
Probably their growing up together was through the ranks, like duty stations. Dunno.
Botgh speculating and the slow kidddd.

Deplorable Patriot

They both went to Naval War College. That might be it.

wheatietoo

Perhaps it was from this: 👇
😉😃
https://twitter.com/WellHellsBells_/status/1125642485781487616

fleporeblog

The GREATEST WHITE HAT of them all!
https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/992826250816311296

Rodney Short

A true hero

trumpismine

And a true blue American Patriot

Sylvia Avery

Oh yes, most definitely! Good thought, michaelh. We all owe Admiral Rogers so much. Good call, and thank you Admiral!

Sylvia Avery

I’m also profoundly grateful to PDJT, General Flynn, and now AG Barr.

ozzytrumpster

Extra thanks to AG Barr because he’s just so damn entertaining

Sylvia Avery

Yes, he is!

SingularZoe

Michaelh, want to also add my thanks to Adm. Rogers. Also, Wolfie, thank you for your wonderful and kind intro with also the text for vision impaired. We all love you, Wolfie. The verses lots of fun. Not certain if or how I will continue to comment here as tried it with new computer and it sent me into a black hole. I am using old keyboard at the moment, but will not be able to continue on old computer. I may be just a lurker eventually, not that I comment a lot. Love to all. I’ll do my best. We shall see.

nikkichico7

Love you SingularZoe ❤️ and God bless you ..comment image
Numbers 6:24-26 New King James Version (NKJV)
24 “The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”

SingularZoe

Thank you, dear Nikki. Blessings.

nikkichico7

😉🤚❤️‼️

Marica

Good morning ZOE!!!! So good to see you!! Just wanted to let you know I have been thinking of you !! And love you so much!!! HUGS!

singingsoul

SingularZoe
Many prayers to you.
New computers can be a problem . I hope sooner than later that your computer works for you?
I am getting a new one next month lets see how I do 🙁
God Bless you Zoe I be thinking of you.

Kalbo

Nice article Wolf. It is warming, to see friends reacquaint after being apart.

grandmaintexas

I’m so happy to see that Gunny has found us! I can’t tell ya how many times I wanted to like or reply to his comments OT. 😄

wheatietoo

*Waves*…to all the Lurkers and others who are finding their way here to the Q-Tree.
👋👋😃👋👋
Welcome!
And don’t be shy!
We look forward to hearing from all of you.
Thank you, Wolfie…for highlighting and posting Bakocarl’s most excellent Poem.
My heart leapt when I saw that he had posted.
😍
And I got a little lump in my throat when I read his wonderful Poem for us.
*cough*
What a great Rally we had!
Our President was stoked and chomping at the bit to run against whoever the Dirty Dems decide on, to run against him.
Hah!

SingularZoe

Welcome to all the new-old friends at this tree. Hi, Wheatie.

wheatietoo

Hi Zoe!
*waves*
Good to see you again.
Hope you can get your new computer to let you keep commenting here!
We would miss your comments.

SingularZoe

Thanks, dear Wheatie. Maybe it will work out eventually. Whatever happens, I’ll be reading all your posts and comments and will still want to know how each of you is doing.

Rodney Short

I wish you all well and will keep you in my prayers.I need to take a break for a bit,today I took a spill and got banged up pretty good my vision was affected because of an old head injury,I will be back God willing but for now I need to focus on saving the only eye I have left.
Thank you for your hospitality and kindness God bless you all.
This Swamp Jumper is one tough ol bird but for now my head and eyesight is most important.

wheatietoo

Oh goodness, Rodney…I’m so sorry to hear you took a spill and were hurt!
😟😩😢
Yes, by all means, take time to heal.
And prayers for your quick recovery!
😌🙏🙂
Come back to us when you can.

Rodney Short

Thanks Wheatie it’s gonna take alot more than a spill for the devil to get me down.It was my own fault,I tripped over a handbag I meant to throw out for a while,came down on my bad shoulder and it couldn’t support 215 pounds coming down.I busted my head pretty good on a rock and that is what got me.Everything so far looks good,I will know more after my Dr appt this week.

wheatietoo

I’m so glad to hear it’s looking good so far, Rodney.
*Hugs*
🙂

Alison

Oh, Rodney, I am so sorry to hear about your tumble. Take time to heal and know that we are thinking of you every day here in Wolfie’s Den.
Somehow I missed Bakocarl’s beautiful poem yesterday so THANK YOU, Wolfie, for highlighting it. Bako’s poetry resonates with so many of us, and I am thrilled to hope he might grace us with his talent.
Riches abound when we look at how far we’ve come in a few years 💖🇺🇸💖🇺🇸💖🇺🇸

Rodney Short

Thank you

Sylvia Avery

Rodney, so sorry to hear this. Please look after yourself and come back when you can. I enjoy your posts. God bless you and keep you.

Rodney Short

Thank you Sylvia,I am back as much as possible

Sylvia Avery

<3

Cuppa Covfefe

Take care of yourself and get better soon. May GOD Bless you and heal you soon!

Rodney Short

Thank you

Plain Jane

Prayers for you Love.

Jan Phillips

Oh, Rodney! I’m so sorry!! Will miss you so much!! Get well soon and come back! 🙏🙏

Rodney Short

Thank you

Jan Phillips

So glad to see you!!!!!!

ladypenquin

Rodney, take care. Rest, put your feet up. Let visions of POTUS and his #MAGA dance in your head. ❤
Oh, and don’t forget to count all the constitutionalist judges filling the Courts.! 🙂

Rodney Short

Thank you,MOAR Judges

Pat Frederick

and you will be in my prayers!! take care of yourself!

Rodney Short

Thank you

daughnworks247

Rodney!
Hope you are feeling better.
Take care, mi’ love!

singingsoul

Rodney my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Rodney Short

Thank you

SingularZoe

Rodney, so sorry. In my prayers. Take care of that eye and that head, friend. By the way, my brother is not drinking, so relieved–I pray it lasts–so far, it has never lasted, but the Lord answers prayers. Rodney, eventually I hope you can let us know how you are doing. You and NYGuy.

Rodney Short

Thank you,I will keep your brother in my prayers.
I have a Dr appt this week so I will know more

SingularZoe

Rodney, thank you. Any news on your situation? Prayers.

Rodney Short

See my Dr Thursday, my eyesight is getting better but headache wont go away.I been wearing sunglasses when online it helps.Thanks for asking.

GA/FL

Prayers and blessings for you, Rodney! Take good care of yourself and know you will be missed and thought of often. Vaya con Dios! Much love to you!

Rodney Short

Freddy Fender popped into my mind,thank you GA/FL.

Deplorable Patriot

Lots of rest and a tincture of time I hear is the way to heal from just about everything. Take care.

Rodney Short

Thank you

bflyjesusgrl

Dear Rodney, the Lord Bless you and Keep You. God heals all your sicknesses and diseases and causes every part of your body to function in the perfection which He created it to function, from the top of your head to the souls of your feet. By His stripes, you are healed and whole, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. 💕💕

nikkichico7

Amen

Gail Combs

AMEN!
Take care and rest.

nikkichico7

Aww thank you Gail … God bless your sweetheart 🙂🤚❤️‼️

Rodney Short

Thank you

bflyjesusgrl

You’re so Welcome. I pray you are doing better. We miss you around this tree!!

Rodney Short

Doing better and will know more this week,thank you for your prayers.

nikkichico7

So sorry to hear you took a tumble, please take care of yourself … heal up, lurk and come back when you can I enjoy your posts … God bless you with healing and safety in your physical movement throughout the days Rodney …. ❤️🙂🤚❤️‼️
http://animalsmagnets.ergoiamtoo.com/image/cache/data/magnets/charlie-brown-hugging-snoopy-700×700.jpg
Numbers 6:24-26 New King James Version (NKJV)
24 “The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
I’ve taken a few tumbles, I tend to rush/panic doing something and lose my balance and the floor hurls up and smacks me … it’s disappointing and a nuisance 🤨‼️ … and it can hurt. My eyes 👀 are getting out and don’t want to see as good as they used to, nuts. I bought some $ store reading glasses and they help, I’ve noticed they work ok watching tv … that weirds me out .. 😳🤚

nikkichico7

… ☹️ … eyes getting OLD .. not out .. 😳😑🤚 ❤️

Marica

Oh Rodney!! So very sorry to hear about your fall!! Please take care of yourself and hurry back!! We will miss your spot on comments! HUGS!!

Rodney Short

Thank you Marica

Marica

Rodney!! Good to see you’re back!! How is your eyesight? Are you doing better?

Rodney Short

Hard to keep this ol mule down,devil already lost the battle now it’s up to us to save our country.
We got this and it scares them to death.
I will know more this weekafter my Dr appt.

Marica

Keep fighting Dear Rodney!!! We are SO DAGGONE CLOSE!!! and we need YOU in the fight!!! Stay with us darlin!!🤗😊

Rodney Short

I am in it to win it, went to a local tribal meeting and was totally surprised in how WOKE people are getting.There are a few of us here who spread the word, we will not be silenced.

Marica

In it to win it!!! Wait– are you actually Dan Crenshaw? Sylvia’s and mine favorite hot pirate congressman with an eye patch? Say YES!! LOL!!!

Rodney Short

Dan in a kilt?that would be cool

Marica

Eyepatch and a kilt!! Be still my heart!!💕💖

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Yeah, eyesight is a good thing to not lose!
Take care of yourself, and when you’re ready we’ll have your branch saved.

Rodney Short

Lost my right eye 3 weeks before my 21st birthday,I was running a 200 ton punch press and a punch blew apart in my face that was my 3rd life.I cant deal with the screen light much now,have dr appt this week and will know more so for now I see kaleidoscope for vision lol it’s hard to focus.

Rodney Short

I will be in and out,I have brightness down all the way and have sunglasses on.There is no place I would rather be than right here chillaxin on my branch I love this place.

Rodney Short

Love y’all.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Ick.
I have a vaguely similar issue, which is (fortunately) correctable with contacts. Glasses cannot correct it.

Rodney Short

In my last years of running masonry crews I gave one warning for being on my job site without safety glasses that were OSHA approved, second time I caught a person without safety glasses they were fired.I was a prick and needed to be, eye safety comes first.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

No kidding!

Rodney Short

when i was in John Hopkins the fellow next to me lost his eye reading the Sunday paper,he turned the page and the paper sliced his eye as he turned it.Diabetes got his good eye and he was in to have it removed.
Eyes and feet,thats what will make for a happy soul

Prairie123

Wow! What an exciting time, lots going on at the tree! And more friends are finding us! I’m so happy! I’ve been kind of busy this week so I have lots of great reading to catch up on! Thank you all for being such a wonderful group to hang out with! Thank you Wolfmoon for the Qtree!

michaelh

Dallas County could walk away from TechShare program, lose millions
By FOX4News.com Staff
Posted May 07 2019 05:29PM CDT
Video Posted May 07 2019 06:13PM CDT
Updated May 07 2019 06:21PM CDT
http://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-county-could-walk-away-from-techshare-program-lose-millions

For years, a failed plan has kept Dallas County courts in the dark ages when it comes to keeping track of court cases by computer.
Now, FOX 4 has learned that after investing millions, Dallas County may soon decide to walk away from the TechShare program. The county is now looking to possibly move to a different system.
Dallas County commissioners recently received a confidential report by consultants hired to assess TechShare’s viability. Consultants told the county it will never get the court computer system it’s already paid tens of millions of dollars for.
“What many of you may not know is we have recently been run over, absolutely bullied by the new TechShare body,” said Dallas County Commissioner J.J. Koch.comment image
The idea originally sounded like a good one. Instead of paying a company for court software, the county could create its own and then sell it to other counties. The plan was called TechShare. But $30 million later, Dallas County has no courts software to show for it.
“It is a crime that we are trusting our future to people who have no business experience in the business we are asking them to be expert at,” Koch said.
And now to make matters worse, Koch explained at commissioner’s court that the county has no voting control over TechShare through a new partnership.
“In the new body, essentially Tarrant County has decided that our $30 million does not count,” he said.
While Dallas County has invested nearly twice as much as Tarrant County, the new governing board gives Tarrant County nearly two-thirds of the voting strength on TechShare decisions while Dallas County only has 25 percent.
“How are you going to tell me that $30 million just evaporates?” asked Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price.
“We face a ruthless manipulator in Judge Glen Whitley,” Koch said.
Judge Glen Whitley said that Dallas County lost its voting strength by refusing to pay $600,000 in maintenance and operation fees. The county decided to not pay for operation of software that does not exist.
Koch contends that the voting weight should still be based on the county’s capital investment.
“No way you can allow county tax dollars to pay for something that you don’t have,” he said. “We have been robbed and run over. What’s worse? We are now going forward extremely vulnerable.”
Dallas County is planning to stick with the TechShare programs developed previously with the juvenile, prosecutor, and indigent systems. The county is keeping its legal options open to try to recover the $30 million lost on the courts system.
In the meantime, the commissioners will consider looking at other private software vendors at their next meeting.

michaelh

I have a friend at Tyler Technology and was always suspicious why they didn’t get the contract.
DALLAS, TARRANT COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BANKROLL LOBBYIST GROUP
https://empowertexans.com/features/dallas-tarrant-counties-continue-bankroll-lobbyist-group/
A public sector lobbying group may be staying afloat thanks to several urban counties funneling millions to them through TechShare.
December 11, 2017 by Ross Kecseg
CATEGORY: AROUND TEXAS, FEATURED ARTICLES, METROPLEXcomment image

Two of Texas’ largest urban counties continue to funnel untold millions to a public sector lobbying group through a controversial software contract.
Dallas, Tarrant, and Travis Counties had previously wasted millions in taxpayer money on AmCad, a private software firm that was hired to develop jail management and other critical software.
AmCad was selected despite offering a high bid of $11.8 million, because counties wanted to own the software, not license it. A competitor, Tyler Technologies, was willing to license software to the same counties for far less, at only $6.4 million.
Tyler was passed up because they refused to hand over the source code to the counties, which is proprietary and of value. By turning over the source code, Tyler would not be able to license the product it developed to other customers.
AmCad was chosen. But the plan flopped, as AmCad went bankrupt. The counties were left with an expensive, useless product riddled with glitches.
Instead of finding a credible firm to contract with, the same counties again chose to develop their own software – known as TechShare – through a partnership with the Texas Conference of Urban Counties (CUC). The CUC also handled the failed AmCad deal, but was again selected to manage the dubious venture.
The archaic software systems used by both counties need to be replaced. But the price tag of counties developing their own software, instead of licensing it, is simply staggering. Documents obtained by Direct Action Texas via an open records request show Tarrant County has spent millions on TechShare in recent years.
The Texas Scorecard has submitted its own request to the Tarrant County Auditor, Renee Tidwell, who has yet to respond with TechShare’s total price tag.
TechShare is so costly that Travis County has already pulled out. Despite the mounting costs, the project’s two biggest proponents remain outgoing Dallas County Commissioner, Mike Cantrell, and Tarrant County Judge, Glen Whitley. Whitley serves on the CUC’s Board of Directors as the TechShare’s Vice Chairman.
One motivation to push TechShare forward is the misplaced desire for counties to develop and own software. The other is the fact it’s bankrolling the CUC, one of the most powerful and influential government lobbies in Texas. In fact, a news report ranked the CUC as the second most powerful “public sector lobby” group.
During the 85th legislature in 2017, the CUC primarily focused on stopping two property tax reform bills – Senate Bill 1 and Senate Bill 2 – that would have given local taxpayers a public vote on excessive county tax hikes.
It’s unclear how much counties have spent on TechShare overall. But the CUC is using millions in taxpayer money ­­– not only to develop overpriced software they will own – but as a cash cow to support their own anti-taxpayer lobbying efforts.
The lobby group is funded by its thirty-seven member counties, which pay membership dues. An entity the size of Tarrant County likely pays between $40,000 to $50,000 per year. So while the CUC generates roughly $1 million in dues annually, TechShare rakes in tens of millions.
Since the CUC is a “private” association, even though it’s wholly taxpayer supported, it remains unclear who profits from it directly.
Tarrant and Dallas Counties are forcing taxpayers to fund a costly, government venture into the software licensing industry. And they’ve hired an anti-taxpayer lobbying group – with a failing track record – to do it.
Despite the fact that private companies could provide the needed software for a fraction of TechShare’s cost, Tarrant County officials are planning to waste millions more on the next phase at Tuesday’s commissioner’s meeting.
Unless taxpayers demand for the charade to end, Whitley and Cantrell will continue with business as usual, fleecing the taxpayer.

ZooNTexas

Ha I posted the same article.

Deplorable Patriot

Why would the counties want access to own the code?
I mean, this makes no sense from a number of perspectives. You’d have a number of counties with different systems that may or may not talk to each other.
And why would the state not step in and….
I don’t get it.

michaelh

There you go, trying to apply LOGIC to a governance problem! 😉

Deplorable Patriot

It’s just that a member of my family works for a system that is technically under the government with a number of branches. This person is a software administer for the state on a couple of things. The infighting…and there is no reason for it other than institutional hubris.

michaelh

Yep… they want to be king of their own fiefdom…

ZooNTexas

“I have a friend at Tyler Technology and was always suspicious why they didn’t get the contract.”
Travis county one of the counties involved in this scam has finally turned to Tyler Technology for the solution. But I think they tried another company (Odyssey) that also went out of business.

Sylvia Avery

Heavy on the crap. Very sad.

ZooNTexas

Dallas, Tarrant Counties Continue to Bankroll Lobbyist Group
A public sector lobbying group may be staying afloat thanks to several urban counties funneling millions to them through TechShare.
https://texasscorecard.com/local/dallas-tarrant-counties-continue-bankroll-lobbyist-group/

ozzytrumpster

Someone saw them coming. Just because you are smart ,even genius in one area means nothing in another. Isaac Newton lost his money in the south sea islands scam

NebraskaFilly

Re-inventing the wheel – what a waste of time and resources! Reminds me of the Software Productivity Consortium where I worked as the Business Administrator back in the ’80’s.
It was a consortium of 12 aerospace companies who sent their own assignees to help take off-the-shelf software/hardware from different companies (and yes, we got source code, as well as authority to modify that source code) to facilitate interoperability across the entire spectrum. I was a part of the negotiating team with my boss, one of the VP’s, and the General Manager (boy, do I have some stories about HIM – would blow your mind – he was a genius but, at the same time, deeply disturbed. He was eventually escorted off of the premises, thanks to me.)
So instead of – again – reinventing the wheel – we took the wheels (both hard and soft) already out there and made them work together. We had the first ever intranet that combined a myriad of different hardware and software on the same network, all working together smoothly, from simple Apollo work stations to a Gould super mini-computer.
Truly exciting – and educational – times for me!

Gail Combs

NebraskaFilly,
Was that the Open Software Foundation??? Hubby wrote computer manuals for them just before we moved south.

NebraskaFilly

No – different group. Below is a brief abstract on the Consortium.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/0471028959.sof326

michaelh

That sounds like it would’ve been an adventure 🙂 But the people headaches are always the worst part! You can fix technical problems but people don’t behave like machines lol

wheatietoo

Louis Gohmert said things that Needed to be Said. 👇
If you haven’t seen this…it is well worth your time, IMO:
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Cuppa Covfefe

He needs those ultra-cool sunglasses…

nikkichico7

😎👍‼️❤️
I agree 😉👍❤️

wheatietoo

Well if the concept of Karma does apply to a country as a whole…then there are a lot of countries out there that are on borrowed time.
My husband clicked on and watched a video today on twitter that destroyed him…and he will probably be haunted by it forever.
It was a video of organ-harvesting on live children.
Live…children.
He is the silent type but I could tell something was up with him.
So I pressed him until I got him to talk about it…and I think it helped him.
He told me that he’s praying to God that He will forgive us for what is going on out there…and hopes that God is not about to do some Big Do-Over, like He has done before.
My sweet hubby has a point.
😳😒
We have allowed the depravity and the rot get so bad…that we simply Have To do everything that we can, to restore honor and goodness to our country, and to our planet.
The Left has embraced evil and infected the country with it.
They have made honor a thing to be ridiculed and mocked.
They have made evil into something to aspire to…because of the way it triumphs over the foolish.
The Left revels in it’s own Hypocrisy and have taken it to a new level, so much so, that the word ‘hypocrisy’ is now inadequate to describe it.
We are in the fight of our lives, Wolf.
The Dark Left’s plan was to make things so bad, that chaos would break out and they could take over…offering up their ‘socialist utopia’ as a solution.
They were sooo close.
And still are!
They are like a crew of fake doctors and nurses who are still trying to kill the ailing patient, that is fighting for her life.
Our President is trying to save the patient.
He is faced with cutting out the diseased parts…without hurting the patient too much, while trying to make her stronger at the same time.
He needs our help, in any way that we can.

daughnworks247

Oh, Dear God, no.

ladypenquin

Wheatie, how terrible, but I understand. The abortion stories produce the same horror. Something that the people could never have fathomed doing just a few decades ago, now has become so commonplace to where “execution” of babies is being talked about openly. when WWll ended, the U.S. Army told what they found – they were shocked beyond words. We had the Nuremberg trials. Then #Never Again. Yet, here we are today – the “people” doing the work of the Nazis.
Roe v Wade opened the Gates to Hell.
That’s what happens when a society loses it’s moral compass – which the Lefties have deftly eliminated from being taught. No belief in the Creator, and then you can live as you please – without consequence.
At least they think that… but why are they all so unhappy?

Aubergine

Oh, the poor man. How awful.
I, too, have stumbled into things which can never be forgotten, depravity which defies imagination.
I am very sorry for your husband.

Gudthots

There’s a book, “Nazi Doctors.” I’ve been told NOT to read it if I don’t need to but the main point was the regular military would not run the death camps. The doctors, especially psychiatrists, had the “right” training to act perfectly nice while efficiently running those camps in all their horror.
Operation Paperclip is where we took those psychopathic leaders from Nazi Germany and purposely placed them into every part of America’s science/medicine/military/chemicals/agriculture. First head of FDA was a Nazi. Don’t think the poison from that one infusion of morally defective leaders did not destroy millions of Americans one way or another.

Jan Phillips

Thank you, Wheatie! That was great!

wheatietoo

Louis was eloquent, wasn’t he.
He was a JAG in the Army and a District Judge, then even filled a vacancy as Chief Justice on Texas’s 12th Court of Appeals for a while, before being elected to Congress.
So Louis Gohmert knows the Law…and how it is *supposed to be* upheld.

Jan Phillips

Yes. Very eloquent. My daughter and SIL are fortunate to live in his district.

wheatietoo

Wow…yes, they are!

daughnworks247

Gohmert gave an eloquent smackdown.

GA/FL

It was great UNTIL Congressman Gohmert said, “…join forces in trying to push the idea of an attempted coup….”
There actually WAS an attempted coup – it wasn’t just an IDEA.
The Democrats still want to impeach or remove President Trump BAMN.
The Democrats don’t want power – they don’t just feel entitled to hold power….they DEMAND to hold power or else!!!!

GA/FL

Correction – he said join forces “and quit trying push this idea of a coup.”
The coup attempt was REAL as all get out!!!
Democrats are in utter denial of reality, that their policies and ideology have been rejected.
They demand to win no matter what!

nikkichico7

The demoncrats as a whole have reprobate minds and souls … evil to the core … 😖🤚☹️
Reprobate | Define Reprobate at Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com › browse › reprobate
noun. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation
They better wise up … or eternity will literally be hell for them … 🤨

GA/FL

You mean, Deplorable and Irredeemable™?

SingularZoe

Unless they repent and receive Jesus Christ as their savior and redeemer. We’re all sinners saved by grace.

GA/FL

Truth. Eternal Truth.

SingularZoe

Amen, sis.

nikkichico7

Yup … hell fire too 😉👍
auto correct is a sneaky little bugger .. 😬 .. almost posted he’ll … but I caught it .. this time 😈

Deplorable Patriot

And the 2004 White House press to the DoJ while the AG, Ashcroft, was in the hospital comes up again.
I’m still thinking that incident has something major to do with the players.

nikkichico7

💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 BOOOOOOOOM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥‼️
🤨👍‼️‼️‼️‼️🇺🇸‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🇺🇸‼️
God bless this awesome patriot ‼️‼️‼️

Sadie Slays

A quick anecdote about our ROARING economy:
I went car shopping yesterday. The large dealership I visited was completely PACKED! There were so many buyers that there was a queue to meet with the finance managers who handle monetary transactions. Even the sales people seemed stunned by the amount of business they were getting.

Katie

Tax refunds?

Gil

We have our wolf mascot, now we have a theme poem now, nay our poet laureate. We have multiple thread posters and daily regulars. We are rockin!
But we need a signature drink of the house….. hmmm….. depends on the day. Always a morning cupcomment image
But in the evening what should it be?
Mr Gil and POTUS both obsess over diet coke. But im thinking for good dayscomment image
The firecracker cocktail
And panna cotta shooters(for non jello eaters like myself)comment image
And on a really hot good day pina coladas…comment image

nikkichico7

……… 🤤👍❤️ …….

Sylvia Avery

Very cute!

Sylvia Avery

Those drinks look perfect. Just what I’d like to be drinking on that treehouse deck that Wheatie has posted, or the lounge area inside the treehouse. Just perfect!

Cuppa Covfefe

Wow! Looks great. But it’s only breakfast time here… (OK, Bloody Marys or Tequila Sunrises…).
The best part of waking up is Covfefe in your cup 🙂
(and maybe some Japapeno/cheddar cornbread)…

ozzytrumpster

It may be breakfast time But the suns over the yard arm somewhere.

daughnworks247

Ohhh, heck yeah. We can make some pretty cocktails!

bflyjesusgrl

YUMMY Miss Gil, now I’m very very thirsty and longing for the beach!!!🍹🍹🏝 🏖 🌞 👙 🌊 😍😍

grandmaintexas

Add a freshly made margarita…only freshly squeezed lime juice and a simple syrup, with a good orange liquor and a silver tequila. A strong pour of course. 😄

nikkichico7

WHOO-HOO‼️‼️ … party at Gil’s house …. Let’s all saddle up and move out … (sumo … used by US Marines … courtesy of my two Marine Vietnam veterans … who both survived … thank God 🤨👍❤️🇺🇸❤️‼️)

Marica

Mouth watering Gil!! LOVE!!!😍😍😍

Kalbo

Looking forward to this one!

nikkichico7

Oh yeah 😃👍‼️‼️‼️‼️ .. me too 😬

Harry Lime

Most of us know what Joan Rivers said about Barry and Michael Obama…shortly before she mysteriously died during routine surgery…
Here is what she had to say about Donald Trump. I’m surprised that the youtube powers that be haven’t completely erased it from history.

Sadie Slays

“Who exposed the pedo network within H wood?
You can’t answer the above but will laugh once disclose details.”

Sylvia Avery

Thanks, that was fun! She’d be delighted, I think, with how well PDJT is doing!

nikkichico7

😉👍 … 🤨👍‼️❤️

Sylvia Avery

Thanks Wolfie for reposting Bakocarl’s poem. Welcome to all the lurkers who may not post or seldom post but like to read. I love seeing old friends again!

Jan Phillips

Thank you, Sylvia, for telling me where y’all were!!! I felt just like Bakocarl, although I had only been OT for about a year. And thank you, Wolfie, and all the great contributors!!

Sylvia Avery

Jan, I’m so glad you are here with us!

daughnworks247

Glad Sylvia snagged you, Jan.

nikkichico7

Me too‼️ 😃👍‼️‼️‼️❤️

pgroup

Upthread are several comments referring to Mike Rogers status as a national hero. It just struck me that thanks to his devotion, we’ll all be living in a real Mister Rogers Neighborhood called Great Again America.

Sylvia Avery

Yippee! Marie Barf is leaving FOX to go work for one of the gazillion Democrats running for President. Seth Moulton? Never heard of him. Don’t let the door hit ya….
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/marie-harf-leaving-fox-new-to-join-2020-democratic-campaign

pgroup

Be still, my heart!

Deplorable Patriot

And good luck to her.

bflyjesusgrl

NOT! HA! 🤪

nikkichico7

… 🧐 … 😞 … awwwwwww

Kalbo

Empty head Marie Barf is nauseating when she speaks. Fits in well with the D-Rats thinking they are presidential material. Cesspool quality.

nikkichico7

Ohhhhhh … personally I’d kind of like for a real special big heavy door to hit her on the way out … 😃👍
May those who love us, love us.
And those that don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn’t turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we’ll know them by their limping.
I don’t know … 😐 …. I’m thing foot dragging would be real nice …. 😃👍

Sylvia Avery

“The Democratic National Committee may be banning Fox News from hosting a presidential primary, but congressional Democrats are setting their sights on the network.
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives are reportedly advocating for members to make appearances on Fox News and have even planned a training to help them prepare, CNN reported.
The Democratic Policy and Communications Committee will reportedly be holding the session, titled “Winning on Fox News: Best practices,” on Friday, according to an invitation sent to lawmakers and obtained by CNN. The training is set to show attendees “how to effectively engage anchors, answer tough questions, and develop your own formula for success….”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/08/house-leaders-encourage-democrats-to-train-for-more-air-time-on-fox-news-752911

Cuppa Covfefe

Wonder if Donna Brazile will be there, giving them “pointers”…

Sylvia Avery

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least!

nikkichico7

I’d like to be there with a rolled up newspaper 🗞 …. BAM 💥 … no that response is crap and it sucks‼️ .. bad demonrat .. try again or 🗞🗞🗞‼️

nikkichico7

Yeah .. well the miserable pud can do whatever he wants after the newspaper 🗞 whupping … and the paper is in shreds ….😁👍‼️🤨‼️

Sylvia Avery

That would be so great!!!

nikkichico7

Bwahahahahaha … bring in the festivus pole, air our grievances and let the beatings begin 🗞🗞🗞 … 😃👍‼️

Kalbo

Another nauseating hack…Donna Brazile.

nikkichico7

We could pray for God to strike Brazile … mute 🤐 …. 😃👍‼️

nikkichico7

And the mouthy tank from Georgia who thinks she won … what a lippy maroon … 😖🤚

Sue Mcdonald

Donna the Debate fixer will be handing out cheat errr I mean cliff notes to the unhinged attendees.

Harry Lime

I made a few tweaks to that last sentence in order to make it more accurate…
The training is set to show attendees “how to effectively lie to anchors, dodge tough questions, and develop your own formula for gaslighting….”

Deplorable Patriot

They are fully aware of audience share. Not that appearing on Fox is going to help them, but they know where the viewers are now that they’ve defected.

pgroup

Sara Carter is reporting that Pompeo told May that if she allowed that Chinese 5G crap in her country, she can kiss goodbye her connection to our intel networks.
Five Eyes is being dismantled right before our eyes (no pun). Thank God DJT has The Orb Network.
[exit laughing, stage right, all the way to fadeout]

churchmouse

Correct.
I read a British journalist’s tweet to that effect this morning. I didn’t bookmark it, though.

churchmouse

I found the tweets. Pompeo had a go at Jeremy Corbyn (Labour leader), too, over Venezuela. 🙂 Journo is from the Labour-supporting Daily Mirror:
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1126127767748251652
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1126129519470030848

ladypenquin

It occurred to me that AG Barr should wear that silly “Contempt of Congress” citation, from the most Contemptible Congress of all time, as a badge of Honor.
Aside from the Dems’ Mueller Report demands, I believe they were just itching for an opportunity to issue a “contempt” citation against a GOP AG – in retaliation of Holder’s. Of course, Holder really was in Contempt for real malfeasance. Barr is obeying the Law, and the Constitution.

GA/FL

AG Barr should frame it and put it on his wall along with his other awards, citations, diplomas, etc.!

Kalbo

Put it on the wall as a dart board.

Deplorable Patriot

I actually think Barr was singled out. There’s something else in the background. There’s always something else in the background. Hang out around theater and live performance backstages and people long enough, there’s always something going on that the audience (in this case, the American people) don’t know.

ladypenquin

A new puzzle? Hmmm. I hope they all get exposed. My local Commie rag has headlines, including, “President Trump invokes Executive Privilege to block access to Mueller Report” – which isn’t true, but now they get to continue the narrative – Mueller Report is being kept from the people because there’s “orange man bad” stuff in there. Insidious snakes.

Sylvia Avery

Vanity Fair did a piece about FOX news. I posted it because there were some interesting bits and pieces in it. Unknown if they are true or not.
They discuss Judge Jeanine’s suspension. Bret Baier’s hijab wearing producer was all “snitty” about Judge Jeanine taking it to that reprehensible Ilan Omar and made a complaint. It was believed Jeanine was fired or going to be fired. PDJT called his buddy, Rupert Murdoch to intervene on her behalf.
The “news” people and the “opinion” people are supposedly hating on each other, divided by PDJT.
One of Rupert’s boys, the most left leaning of the two with the die hard Climate Change activist wife aren’t involved in FOX News any longer, it is only Lachlan who is described as Libertarian Republican, which I interpret to mean he’s all cozy with the Koch Bros.
Anyway, there’s some interesting gossip in the piece. Bottom line, speculation is FOX News will be sold.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/fox-and-friends-will-be-next-lachlan-murdoch-is-in-a-trump-trap?verso=true

wheatietoo

Rupert Murdoch has already sold off all of their TV-show production…to Disney.
Arrrgh.
😟😩
If he does decided to sell off the NewsCorp holdings…then I pray that some conservative billionaire out there will buy it!
Such as it is, Fox is all that we have right now, for getting some semblance of the truth out there to the people who aren’t on the internet.

NebraskaFilly

OANN

Sylvia Avery

Social Media’s Endgame
“Ultimately what started out as open platforms for ideas, collaboration, and dissent have devolved into curated echo chambers where independent thought is wholly unimportant. The only true purpose of these platforms now are for some entities to push narratives, and other entities to induce consumption through clandestine means, meanwhile, users stay happily entwined as imaginary points (shares, likes, etc) create a dopamine feedback loop. And it’s going to get worse (much much worse)…”
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/social-medias-endgame/

wheatietoo

I think the whole reason why it was called “social media” was to lure people into it as something ‘fun’.
Calling it ‘Cyber Media’…or ‘Internet Media’…would’ve been accurate.
Because that’s what it is!
Instead, they came up with the term ‘Social Media’.
When it is corporations that have been pushing it from the beginning!
I remember back in 2007-2008 when Twitter was still getting started…and seeing businesses say “Follow us on Twitter and Facebook”.
Then politicians jumped into it bigtime.
“Follow me on Twitter and Facebook”…and establishing their own Youtube channels.
That’s not ‘social’ — it’s business.
Thing is, their widespread use has turned these Internet Media Platforms into ‘Common Carriers’.
Which means they can be classified as Utilities now!

Cuppa Covfefe

A few days ago I posted about the BigBoy 4014 being restored and back under live steam. It made its first run on the 4th (the 4th was definitely with it), and is making an excursion run from Cheyenne Wyoming to Ogden Utah and back as part of the 150th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. There are some videos on YouTube, but this one was really striking, as it has a spectacular night scene that looks almost like a diorama, followed by a roaring hill climb.
(4th video of 4, but most spectacular.) Comments noted that the 4014 is gradually being pushed harder, as it’s breaking in. It also seems to burn more cleanly than the other steam loc, which I think has also been converted to oil. The smoke being white shows it’s cleaner.
What a sight! Back in action after 60 years. They said it couldn’t be done, but American know-how and the spirit of getting it done prevailed.
If anyone’s nearby, a trip would be a chance to experience history being made (especially if you’re a railfan!)…
First a few links:
Long vid, great view of hill climb *

auf Deutsch *

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 and UP 844 – First Double Header *

Union Pacific Steam Shop Tour and Big Boy 4014 Restoration *

Union Pacific HD 60fps: Pacing UP Big Boy 4014 & FEF-3 844 North of Laramie & Into Rawlins (5/4/19)
(Someone tracked it on the first run with an iPhone! ) *

And now the video, [be still, my steaming covfefe 🙂 ]

Kalbo

Cuppa Covfefe, Wow! Cool stuff. Steam locomotives make my day! Will look into Big Boy 4014 schedule. Will be on the road a good bit this summer. If I can cross paths with Big Boy 4014, I will.
Related, not as cool as steam engines, Tehachapi Loop. When I lived in Ridgecrest, CA (Mojave Desert), we’d take an hour drive to Tehachapi, CA, to watch trains. (Wife thinks I’m a nut.) Grandsons loved it, as did I.
Restored train station in town with freight trains roaring by, seemingly constantly. Then a ten minute drive to the loop, Tehachapi Loop. Trains literally make a 360 turn, loop before our eyes. So cool.
If I used Imgur correctly, freight train making the entire loop below…

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Kalbo

comment image
Try again…

Katie

Wow! I lost my Dad a couple years ago…he was a train fanatic. I sure wish he’d lived to see the Big Boy brought back to life. He’d have LOVED this!!

Cuppa Covfefe

Here’s the schedule for the next few days:
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm
Thursday, May 9
Ogden’s Heritage Festival
Celebration 10:30 a.m. MT Ogden, Utah
Ogden Union Station 2501 Wall Ave.
Open to the Public No Ticket Required
More Information: https://www.visitogden.com/goldenspike2019/ogdens-heritage-festival
On Display: Noon – 3:00 p.m. MT Ogden, Utah
Ogden’s Union Station 2501 Wall Ave.
Experience the Union Pacific Rail Car https://www.up.com/heritage/experience-up/index.htm
The Great Race from Ogden – No. 844 and No. 4014
Following the 150th anniversary celebrations, No. 4014 and No. 844 will double-head on their return trip to the Union Pacific Steam Shop in Cheyenne, stopping in communities along the way including Rock Springs and Laramie, Wyoming.
Great Race to Ogden Route Mapcomment image
Friday, May 10 – Saturday, May 11
On Display: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. MT Ogden, Utah
Ogden Union Station 2501 Wall Ave.
Experience the Union Pacific Rail Car
https://www.up.com/heritage/experience-up/index.htm
Sunday, May 12 Spike 150 Train Excursion
Depart 8:00 a.m. MT Ogden, Utah
Ogden Union Station 2501 Wall Ave.
Spike 150 Train Excursion Tickets: https://spike150.org/train-excursion
Arrival 9:15 a.m. MT Morgan, Utah
Depart 9:25 a.m. MT 98 Commercial Street
Arrival 9:55 a.m. MT Echo, Utah
Depart10:05 a.m. MT Echo Road Crossing
Arrival 11:05 a.m. MT Evanston, Wyo Evanston Depot 10th St.
Monday, May 13
Depart 8:00 a.m. MT Evanston, Wyo.
Arrival 10:00 a.m. MT Granger, Wyo.
Depart 10:45 a.m. MT Main Street crossing
Arrival 11:50 a.m. MT Green River, Wyo.
Depart 12:05 p.m. MT 200 E. Railroad Ave
Arrival 12:45 p.m. MT Rock Springs, Wyo. 501 N. Front St
Tuesday, May 14 – Wednesday, May 15
On Display: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. MT Rock Springs, Wyo.
501 N. Front St
Experience the Union Pacific Rail Car: https://www.up.com/heritage/experience-up/index.htm
Thursday, May 16
Depart 8:00 a.m. MT Rock Springs, Wyo. 501 N. Front St
Arrival 9:00 a.m. MT Point of Rocks, Wyo.
Depart 9:15 a.m. MT Black Buttes Road
Arrival 10:30 a.m. MT Wamsutter, Wyo.
Depart 11:30 a.m. MT Near Water Tower Broadway Street
Arrival 12:45 p.m. MT Rawlins, Wyo.
East Railroad St & Higley Blvd.
Friday, May 17
Depart 8:00 a.m. MT Rawlins, Wyo.
East Railroad St & Higley Blvd.
Arrival 9:00 a.m. MT Hanna, Wyo.
Depart 9:15 a.m. MT Main St. & Front St.
Arrival 9:45 a.m. MT Medicine Bow, Wyo.
Depart 10:45 a.m. MT Hwy. 30 at Medicine Bow-McFadden Rd.
Arrival 12:45 p.m. MT Laramie, Wyo. Laramie Historic Railroad Depot
E. Kearney and S. 1st St. No Public Access
Saturday, May 18
No Public Access Laramie, Wyo.
Laramie Historic Railroad Depot E. Kearney and S. 1st St.
Sunday, May 19
Depart 8:00 a.m. MT Laramie, Wyo.
Laramie Historic Railroad Depot
E. Kearney and S. 1st St.
Arrival 9:15 a.m. MT Sherman Hill, Wyo.
Depart 9:25 a.m. MT
Arrival 11:05 a.m. MT Cheyenne, Wyo. UP Steam Shop
(that’s all they have up for now – be sure to check their link for more/revisions)
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

Cuppa Covfefe

And here’s some spectacular footage (from a drone, no less – old tech meets new tech!) complete with sound. The Consist is really “carrying the mail” as my former C&O Dad used to say:

Cuppa Covfefe

And here’s one where someone paced (tracked) the BigBoy. Check out around the 3-minute mark where he’s effectively right besides the loco, probably doing 60mph or so. Almost looks like an O-Scale engine or so, except for the 1:1 scale people 🙂 (Reminds me of my Märklin/Trix BigBoy H0 engine – weighs about 5 pounds or so! ):

trumpismine

Wow!
I remember my Ol’ Man exclaiming ” he’s ball and jack! ”
Thanks for sharing Cuppa Covfefe

ladypenquin

I LOVE trains!

singingsoul

ladypenquin
“I LOVE trains!”
________________________________________
My husband loves trains and converted half of our basement into his train playing 🙂
We took 4 times trip to Hinton WV with the “New River Train.”
Nw they use diesel engine and we no longer go.
I grew up with steam engine trains and trains in general and riding almost on daly bases. I see trains different. I would have loved to take the Orient Express but not now. I am not sure it still runs.

ladypenquin

It’s my bucket list item – only two items on list. Ride a train across the country, and stay at the Trump International Hotel in DC. 🙂
I went to college in Durango, Colorado. They still have the narrow-gauge train – Durango to Silverton. Have to get tickets a year in advance. Some of the most beautiful scenery around that part of the state – goes through the mountains.

Cuppa Covfefe

There are still others in West Virginia that use steam locos, for instance the Cass Mountain Railway. They use Shay logging locomotives, and a few Heislers and maybe some others. The pistons work vertically, and are fascinating to watch. Because of this orientation, they can negotiate very tight curves, and they can also climb steep hills without cogs (important for a logging railroad)… Little-known fact: the steam whistle at the quarry on “The Flintstones” is a retired Shay locomotive whistle…
Here’s some info about Cass Mountain Railway (and park):
http://mountainrailwv.com/tour/cass-scenic-railroad-bald-knob-trip
https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park
Interesting comment from the video below:

Paul West3 years ago Folks, this is an awesome “bucket list” trip for anyone. It does get rather cold and blustery on Bald Knob, or you can take the shorter trip to Whitaker and back down if that suits you better. You can even rent a local house from the original era of the mill town for a weekend for a group. As I said, it is a great unique vacation idea.

Finally, here’s a vid of Fall Foliage (almost Heaven, West Virginia!):

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I guess I must have been fortunate, in re: the Durango and Silverton.
I got a ticket for the glass-topped car by walking in.

Cuppa Covfefe

You might want to look at the Cass Mountain Railway in WV. They use Shay logging locomotives, and a few Heislers and maybe some others. The pistons work vertically, and are fascinating to watch. Because of this orientation, they can negotiate very tight curves, and they can also climb steep hills without cogs (important for a logging railroad)… Little-known fact: the steam whistle at the quarry on “The Flintstones” is a retired Shay locomotive whistle…
Here’s some info about Cass Mountain Railway (and park):
http://mountainrailwv.com/tour/cass-scenic-railroad-bald-knob-trip
https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park
Interesting comment from the video below:

Paul West3 years ago Folks, this is an awesome “bucket list” trip for anyone. It does get rather cold and blustery on Bald Knob, or you can take the shorter trip to Whitaker and back down if that suits you better. You can even rent a local house from the original era of the mill town for a weekend for a group. As I said, it is a great unique vacation idea.

Finally, here’s a vid of Fall Foliage (almost Heaven, West Virginia!):

Cuppa Covfefe

Wurst Press swallowed my comment, which is now under LadyP’s response to you. I figured if you’re going to WV, Cass isn’t far away.
Here’s a “treehouse” in WV, (albeit at ground level, but still breathtaking and breathtakiingly expensive 🙂 ):

Cuppa Covfefe

Yes, the Orient Express still runs (and it hasn’t gotten any cheaper 🙂 ). Here is a site that has some good descriptions (although their example trip, Berlin to Paris, is of two cities I’d rather avoid, but it’s not their fault). https://www.bahndampf.de/reisen/orient-express
Ameropa also has more information; I think they have an English-language site (bahndampf doesn’t).
https://www.ameropa.de/bahn/erlebnisreisen/in-europa/venice-simplon-orient-express
The carriages are spectacular, as is the cuisine and the service. There are also trains that run clear to Russia, through Russia (oh! the collusion! 🙂 ), and others to China, or a combination thereof. For well-heeled train fans, there still are a TON of options and nice trains over here…
Sad to say, the only Orient Express I’ll ever be able to afford is made by Trix (and I gave that to my nephew years ago – drat. He’s not even interested in it…). OTOH, I did manage to get an H0 BigBoy from Trix as a closeout for half price… 399 Euros… some deal, eh? 🙂 But it IS SO COOOOOOLLLL!!!
Anyway, trains over here are not a lost art, even if they’re crowded from time to time…

GA/FL

I would definitely enjoy it – but would insist on a full US Marine platoon escort package.

GA/FL

…preferably special ops trained….level one, of course.

wheatietoo

It is so great that some of these steam-powered locomotives are being restored and preserved!
And not just for Historical reasons…
If we ever did suffer a big EMP event across the country, at least we could power up these beauties and put them to use…until we got the rest of our transportation system operational again.
😁👍

Cuppa Covfefe

We used to drive from California to West Virginia almost every year in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1960 or 1961 we were driving through Wyoming when my Dad yelled out BIG BOY!!!, almost running off the road (or so it seemed). He hit the brakes, and turned around to speed up and follow the loco. My Mom and Sis weren’t too thrilled (probably wound up, but not thrilled 🙂 ).
As 4014 was taken out of service in December 1961, it could well have been that loco. Now I know why loco means crazy – I’m crazy about trains, and so was my Dad (and his Dad, and his Dad – a C&O family).
Also great to see the flags in front. All Øbozo could say (OK, lisp) was “Yes we can”. VSGPDJT, on the other hand, can say “YES, WE DID!!!”…

daughnworks247

We have a big track in our town. Part of the reason the town was burned during the Civil War. We own the building which was used for the town’s cold storage, 18″ thick brick walls. Glorious warehouse.
Well, as other modes of transportation became more popular, and with Obama’s stagnant economy, the Illinois Central considered tearing up the tracks in our town. I was saddened by the prospect.
Well, guess what?
With Trump, we’re up to 6-8 long trains a day. Love those whistles. Sound of progress, transportation, goods shipping, production.
We’re busy again!

Cuppa Covfefe

That’s great! For long hauls of heavy loads, and even LCL (less-than-carload-lots) the railroads can’t be beat (that should even make the greens happy, [as if I care 🙂 ]). I guess I’m not the only one who actually likes sitting at a grade crossing watching (and counting)(heyyy Steve) all the cars go by…
Somehow the scene in “Went With The Wind” comes to mind, where the Union Soldier knocks on the door and asks for a match 🙂

SingularZoe

I’ve only ridden on two or three in England, but I just adore steam trains.

Cuppa Covfefe

I’d love to have ridden the Flying Scotsman…sigh. And the other thing I remember about England’s trains (other than the tube, which sometimes I’d like to forget, ha! ) is the unique rhythm of the wheels going over the track joints… pa-da pa-da….pa-da pa-da….pa-da pa-da… Never heard that rhythm anywhere else…
Arlo Guthrie, in his song “City of New Orleans” (a fallen-flag train which was discontinued during the USA’s railroad purge years) speaks, OK sings of the rhythm of the rails. ”
“Good Morning, America, how are you? (Say) don’t you know me, I’m your Native Son? I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans; I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done…”
Here’s a photo/video music montage of a trip on the City of New Orleans… now where did all that dust come from?

SingularZoe

Cuppa, City of New Orleans still runs right through my town in Illinois. Of course all the trains are so altered now, except for not being on time. Lol. I did take the lovely night train from London to Edinburgh and back in 1979–it was rather posh, at least in first class, and we booked compartments, and it was so much fun riding through the countryside with the window open and the lady bringing tea and biscuits in the evening and morning–getting off the train in the morning and walking down Princes Street looking for a breakfast place. And the trains there still make that sound you describe. How you evoked so many memories. I have taken two little narrow-gauge steam trains over there

daughnworks247

City of New Orleans passes 500′ from my door.
Singular – next time I see it, I will wave to you!

SingularZoe

Daughn, please do. Think it passes near me, too, as I also live near the train tracks. We’ve taken that train on short trips many times in the past. It was more fun when those trains had the really fancy dining cars.

ozzytrumpster

The climate crazies would lose it. They run on….gasp…..coal.( the Black Death!!!)

Cuppa Covfefe

These have both been converted to oil, so it burns a bit cleaner. The main problem with the Big Boy, at least, was the sheer volume of coal needed to keep the fire going. Impossible for a human stoker to fire, they used a mechanical one which drew coal directly from the tender. With oil, the various potential problems are avoided, and the need for coaling stations is gone. Also, it could well extend the range of the 4014, if the tracks can handle the weight…
As they pushed it clear from LA to Cheyenne, it could be there are some really cool excursions to come!

Kalbo

Yep, Big Boy 4014 is one BIG locomotive!
Handful of restored, and operational steam locomotives at Carson Train Museum and one that runs between Virginia City, NV and Mound House, NV for tourists and train buffs. They are beautiful. But, so much smaller than Bog Boy.

Gail Combs

North Carolina has more than one historic Rail.
The Town of Sanford (Raided for illegals at munitions manufacturer) has a very nicely restored R/R station. Not far from there is a place run by a bunch of hobbists, the bonsal group near New Hill NC. We have taken or train loving caving buddies there.
New Hope Valley Rail Road (New Hill)
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g49390-d4186428-Reviews-New_Hope_Valley_Rail_Road-New_Hill_North_Carolina.html
When we lived in the Boston area we took them on every single one of the subway trains one Chritsmas.

Kalbo

Bookmarked.
Operate a locomotive…now that is inviting.
Thanks!

wheatietoo

Charles Payne did a segment yesterday, on the Big Tech Tyrants censorship of conservatives:
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Even CarpeDonktum was mentioned!
These guys from Human Events are getting more airtime and notice by the day.
I noticed that even Don Jr. tweeted out one of their articles a few days ago.

churchmouse

The subtitles with this video are hilarious and sadly true. Watch for someone to pop up near the end:

GA/FL

That guy has serious long-standing mental issues. You can see it in his eyes and mannerisms, hear it in his speech. What kind of person would vote for this man? That is a matter of grave concern.

churchmouse

This x1000!
Pat will have to fill us in on these rather mad (i.e. crazy) Pennsylvanians.
Gosh, not so long ago, Pennsylvania was a nice state with nice people. I’m sure it still is, but there are some occurrences there, such as this guy’s election, which are bemusing, to say the least.

GA/FL

Sims belongs in the trash box with Omar, Occasio and Tlaib.

churchmouse

Yes, indeed!

nikkichico7

… the porcelain throne …. aka the game of porcelain throne …. 😃👍‼️

Pat Frederick

the problem with our state is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia…both love illegals and they are redistricting as fast as they can to squeeze out the Trump supporters. Hazelton in the northeast part of the state is also becoming unrecognizable with illegals taking that over too. Here in redneck country we are staunch Trump and 2A supporters…but since the shooting in Pittsburgh, they are trying to grab our guns. Not gonna let that happen!
Got a friend that belongs to a motorcycle club (mostly Vets) and they are riding to meet with Sims and a group of pro-lifers…gonna see how tough that little bitch is then…lol

churchmouse

Oh, great — keep us updated.
Thank you for the insight, Pat. Greatly appreciated.

Pat Frederick

YW wish it was better news…
it’s sad really, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were always bigger cities, liberal strongholds…but then they started bringing the illegals in to Hazelton–and BOOM–the illegals liked the quiet little town. so much they brought their WHOLE families–Hazelton tried to fight it for a while, but it seemed like overnight buses were dropping off more and more…now its over run…

churchmouse

How awful.
I do not understand how whole families can continue to arrive just like that.
Good grief. I feel for the locals.
Are church agencies bringing them in or what?

Aubergine

This is an interesting topic for me, because I see it a lot.
Human beings are supposed to be naturally attuned to reading the eyes, body language, and energy “signature” of other humans. We should know instinctively when someone is “off” or dangerous. Somehow we are losing this ability.
I think, but can’t prove, that living in cities is a major factor. To live in that close proximity with that many people, it is necessary to “shut down” to some degree, just to be able to survive it. It’s no surprise to me that Sims’ district is in Philly.
It would seem this phenomenon is a contributor to the ability of people like this man, who should be scary, to rise to positions of power, especially in the overcrowded areas on the East and West coasts.
We in the hinterlands have not lost the ability to read people so much. I have a dear friend who is a professional healer. She is amazing; I call her a miracle worker. When Trump was running for president, she told me he was the only one on the debate stage whose energy was not “off.” All the rest, she said, had something “wrong” with them. I believe she was correct. None were right for our country this time around.

GA/FL

Conditioning. The most reliable, provable psychology theory.
We can become conditioned to ignore inner warnings…and to rationalize/excuse evil.

GA/FL

Whereas, Freud’s theories, though part of the common language now, are not provable. You can’t prove the existence of an Ego, Id, Super-ego, etc.
There is also proof Freud and his colleague betrayed their female patients who were traumatized by sexual abuse.
There is also some evidence to suggest that Freud sexually abused his daughter.

Cuppa Covfefe

Same thing with Kinsey, who was a real piece of work…

GA/FL

The more I read about Kinsey… evil dude.

nikkichico7

…. kind of like Stockholm syndrome … we’ve been captive to a false and evil plan/narrative (aka BS) for decades until God blessed us with our warrior patriot President Donald J. Trump and I’m am so very thankful … 🤨👍❤️😉❤️🙂❤️‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸‼️

GA/FL

Your friend sounds like a true soul – someone whose inner compass is true.

Aubergine

Yes, she is that, for sure. A blessing to all of us who she heals on the regular. Another friend of mine is literally able to walk without assistance because of her.

GA/FL

GOD’s power working through her.

Pat Frederick

I think this guy’s “draw” is his trendiness–he’s gay–it’s trendy to be so “open minded and supportive”…
suckers.
it’s the character of the person running–not what sex they are, which church they go to, or the color of their skin.

Deplorable Patriot

“Human beings are supposed to be naturally attuned to reading the eyes, body language, and energy “signature” of other humans. We should know instinctively when someone is “off” or dangerous. Somehow we are losing this ability.
“I think, but can’t prove, that living in cities is a major factor. To live in that close proximity with that many people, it is necessary to “shut down” to some degree, just to be able to survive it.”
As a city dweller who used to commute downtown on public transit, being in close proximity makes this ability acute, actually. There’s no shutting down. You turn it up all while watching others to protect yourself. Sort of like when spies, cops and members of the mafia walk into a restaurant and put their backs against a wall to watch the rest of the room. The suburbanites are not very good at it, but city dwellers are. Honestly, you can tell when people actually are city dwellers, their awareness is that good.
I think it’s more a matter of less human social interaction, actually, that this ability is going away if it really is rather than not being developed due to being so spread thin with constant activity and deprivation of contact with others. Too much time in cubicles and behind screens and not enough visiting the neighbors on Sunday on the front porch. Lack of church fellowship contributes. Hyper-competitiveness to the point that winning being everything takes the social learning out of grade school sports and music and theater, etc.
Well, and then there’s the fluoride in the water and all the chemicals in the foods. I noticed a difference switching to spring water and real food. That could be part if it.

Sue Mcdonald

I believe it’s what is known as losing our survival instinct ,that gut sense we have when something is off.i watch enough of the ID channel to have noticed that most women who wind up dead is because they were not listening to that gut instinct telling them to run,or not go with this person . When my dog growls at a person my hackles raise too, if my dog is sending a warning he is also warning me. I don’t put myself into dangerous situations if I can help it..that could be why I am now in my 60’s lol.
People thinking that everyone is a friend with no malice towards others is a dangerous way of thinking.if I don’t know you ,you are not a friend you are someone I will be wary of until I do know you. I mean really why would a woman go alone at night to a bar or club in the first place??talk about being a target..Thank you women’s lib movement.

nikkichico7

Well I find it oddly comforting this PERSON has to live with his miserable scummy self every second every minute every day …. he’s miserable and it’s simply sublime … 😌👍 .. 🤨👍‼️‼️

Bwahahahahaha … ☺️🤚 … bwahahahahaha .. bwahahahahaha

nikkichico7

… unfortunately I look 👀 like ⬆️ … that guy … seriously 😐 ….. 😜 … 😫

Pat Frederick

i watched it with the sound off…even better!

churchmouse

I didn’t have the sound on. 🙂
If I find subtitles on anything, I don’t bother with the audio.

churchmouse

Hmm. Paul Joseph Watson received an interesting message re social media censorship:

Pat Frederick

people encouraging him to seek Counsel from the group representing Sandmann…that would be interesting!!

churchmouse

If only!

nikkichico7

…… DO … IT …. ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

churchmouse

YES!!!

nikkichico7

🤨👍❤️‼️😉❤️

daughnworks247

Thankful Thursday…… Wolfie, you’re the best. We’re grateful.
We were all just little seeds. Now, we’re a prairie full of wildflowers.
It’s a gorgeous “site”.

nikkichico7

Beautiful … wonderful daughn … 🙂❤️‼️

wheatietoo

David Harris Jr. reminds us of ways to protect our Trump signs, for the upcoming election season.
Heheh.
https://twitter.com/DavidJHarrisJr/status/1126315748358365184

Pat Frederick

GENIUS!!!

GA/FL

Brilliant! Love the ending!

nikkichico7

Love it 😍👍‼️‼️‼️
Don’t start nuthin’ won’t be nuthin’ …. 😂👍‼️

Pat Frederick
Pat Frederick

11 years old…raped and now pregnant…another illegal to blame
FTA:
Are sanctuary cities endangering our citizens in the name of cheap labor? This town had a big ICE bust of 100 illegals in 2018 at a local meat supplier.
Yet another illegal alien is accused of raping a child. The 11-year-old girl is now pregnant.
The young girl’s mother reported her missing last Wednesday. The local police went to Juan Leon-Gomez’s house and when they arrived the lights were suddenly turned off. The man’s roommate let the police search the house because he didn’t want to be involved. The 11-year-old girl was eventually found in an upstairs bedroom closet.
https://100percentfedup.com/ohio-11-year-old-raped-pregnant-by-juan-leon-gomez-from-guatemala/

GA/FL

This is what you get when you allow 3rd world barbarians in your country.
Same with the Pakistani grooming gangs, stabbings, vehicle-murders in Britain, Islamist rape gangs in Sweden and Germany and auto burning and shootings in France.

Pat Frederick

absolutely! they are predators and as such must be dealt with…stop with the bullshit stories–they just want a better life.

Pat Frederick

not to mention Measles and Chickenpox…among other diseases…
FTA:
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas say they have detained 289 Central American migrants, including some children with measles and other illnesses.
Some of the children were also found to have chickenpox.
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/mexican-officials-find-289-migrants-in-tractor-trailer-rigs

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Renewed my measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, not to mention polio, tetanus, diptheria and whooping cough vaccinations…bunch of stuff that was ERADICATED in the US until we started taking in people from who-knows-where.

Cuppa Covfefe

Yep. The human equivalents of ticks…

wheatietoo

“How do we restart it?”
😅🤣

Pat Frederick

okay, that was funny…and yes, dancing in my seat and singing the “jenny” song now…lol…

churchmouse

That is BRILLIANT! Have bookmarked.
‘Four minutes’ to dial a number! Pick up the receiver first, guys!
ROTARY PHONES + CURSIVE = SUBVERSIVE TACTICS 🙂

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

A manual transmission automobile is now an anti-theft device.

churchmouse

Wow.
Another item to add to the list. 🙂

wheatietoo

At first, I thought this was a joke…but it’s not.
This is a real video and tweet from the Chinese:
https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1126286219808210951
.
In case the video doesn’t play, embedded in Dan’s tweet:

Pat Frederick

ehhh…if there were piranhas in that hole or alligators in the mud then maybe they’d be tough…our SEALS would eat them alive…

wheatietoo

Yeah, and not only our SEALs…we’ve got teenage boys who do that sort of stuff on a lark.
Let’s keep sending China all the soybeans that they want.
😉😎
And we’ll keep the red meat for our menfolk.

Aubergine

Yeah, this is hilarious.
I used to be married to a Marine. They put us wives through worse than this on “Jane Wayne Day.”

daughnworks247

I am not impressed by a dirty plunge pool.
My plunge pool is clean and pretty.
My army does not play in plunge pools.
WTF is this?
Why does China Propaganda have a Twit feed?

nikkichico7

… put a New York City sewer cover over the hole after the suckers jump in … 🤨 … and see how tough they are … oh oh and drive a tank over the hole with the tread on the sewer cover … breath deep guys 😃👍‼️
☺️❤️

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Or, alternatively, have an unemployed deplorable with welding skills weld the cover into place and drive the unemployment rate still lower.

nikkichico7

😃👍❤️‼️‼️‼️‼️👍🇺🇸‼️

Deplorable Patriot

With apologies to Michaelh and probably even Admiral Rogers, a former NYT reporter lays it on the line about the intelligence guys and what they tried to pull on Trump. It is a Brennan operation, Clapper is an idiot, and Sy Hersh has nothing good to say about Rogers. We don’t know what we don’t know.
The language is rough, it’s hard to understand in places, but Hersh is honest enough to say that the Times will lie like rugs to embarrass Trump and his operation.
https://youtu.be/Gnx99uyI234

daughnworks247

We’re too cynical to believe the intel communities now.

NebraskaFilly

IMO, this is a self-serving, arrogant prick speaking here……splitting hairs. He hates Rogers for different reasons, methinks……

Deplorable Patriot

Yes, to all of the above. That does not mean he does not speak the truth on what he knows.

NebraskaFilly

IMO, he speaks truth as long as it doesn’t make HIM look bad. Slanting…..always slanting…..

wheatietoo

Heheh.

nikkichico7

😂👍‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️❤️

redlegleader68

Bakocarl … welcome my friend; as many have noted, you’ve been missed. Settle in … I’m sure you’re finding all your old friends here. 🙂

GA/FL

Break the rules, the law, violate the Constitution – By Any Means Necessary BAMN – that’s the Democrap way.

daughnworks247

Mind-boggling.

churchmouse

Brexit Party news 🙂 :

GA/FL

Thanks for keeping us posted on Brexit, Churchmouse! Great news!

churchmouse

You’re welcome!
The Brexit Party is going from strength to strength. Nigel’s using the Trump playbook, which is excellent.

daughnworks247

Time to free England.

churchmouse

You bet.
I only hope that Nigel can stay the course on this one. He strikes me as someone who enjoys the pursuit more than the conquest. I hope I’m wrong.

Cuppa Covfefe

Sounds like the entrepeneurs in the (old) Silicon Valley, who were able to invent, and build a company from the ground up, but weren’t the type to keep a steady state or deal with the issues of being huge. The companies that succeeded, and remain successful, are the ones who brought in seasoned (but technical) managers to go from that point on. “Soul of a New Machine”, by Tracy Kidder (though not about the Valley) has some great discussions about that…great book, btw.
What it looks like in Nigel’s case is that he was looking to make a handoff, and there was no-one there. Happens in American Football, too. Quarterback calls a play for a pitch out (of the ball) right; he fakes left, tosses right, an no one’s there because they missed the call, tripped, or lined up on the wrong side. Kind of funny to watch; rare in the pros, not so much in the junion junior leagues 🙂
Who is there to build on what Nigel Farage is creating? Obviously not May (I think a closet remainer at best)… Rees-Mogg? (IIRC)

churchmouse

Great analysis, CC. Thank you.
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s sister, Annunziata, is an MEP Brexit Party candidate. He says she would make a great PM. I tend to agree, although I don’t know much about her.

NebraskaFilly

Exactly! Since WHEN did they have rallies like that in the UK? Uh, never, to my knowledge! MBGA

churchmouse

Correct!
MBGA is right!

GA/FL

BIZARRE – that’s the word for it.

Bizarre that Hillrotten, Abrams, Gillum and Harris are still in denial that they and their policies were rejected, are refusing to concede and/or saying elections were stolen.
The Democrats 2020 candidates and policies are even more Bizarre than 2016 and 2018.

GA/FL

TRUTH:

Kalbo

It’s EVERYWHERE…ALL DAY LONG….
1. Hold a press conference or interview of sorts and state anything as fact, (its still a lie).
2. Press reports the statement as fact. Confirming the lie, as fact.
3. D-Rats, Comey, Gillum…have a press verified fact they cite.
Clear as day…Nitwit Nancy smear theory validated everyday in the MCM.
Creating a false narrative is childs play when D-Rats, the likes of Comey and MCM are on the same team.

GA/FL

It’s their consistent MO.

Sue Mcdonald

It’s even more appalling that these treasonous evil doers are still walking around free to run there mouths.

GA/FL

ENCOURAGEMENT from Ronna Daniels!

GA/FL

CONTRAST!

Pat Frederick

they have no platform to run on…they are the party of NO…
NO legislation passed
NO job proposals
NO immigration proposals
NO border solutions
NO hope
NO brains
No morals

GA/FL

NO laws and NO Constitutional Rights

daughnworks247

Strange that I have not been contacted, eh?
Strange that I have volunteered….. what……. a dozen times?
Strange that I had to organize, myself, a group of 20-30 people to successfully overturn a state senate seat, for leader of the minority.
Strange that I run so much, on line, husband as Pres of local club, and we have Senators show up in our town to campaign without so much as a phone call.
Odd, eh?
And did I mention my family has donated to the RNC for 3 generations and over 60 yrs?

Pat Frederick

OT in the Presidential thread (second page of comments) Dogsmaw posted a picture of the President (last night maybe?) getting on AF1 and the way the shadows lay–it really looks like there’s an eagle on his shoulder…it’s very cool, but I wasn’t sure how to copy the picture…so if you’re interested..you can see it there…

Aubergine

That is cool! Let’s see if I can put it here.comment image

Pat Frederick

YES! thank you Aubergine!!

daughnworks247

Hehe – he took their coat.

nikkichico7

Awesome Aubergine … 😉👍❤️‼️‼️❤️

GA/FL

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SCHEDULE – Thursday, May 9
All Times EDT:
11:45 AM Deliver remarks on ending surprise medical billing – Roosevelt Room
1:45 PM Receive intelligence briefing – Oval Office
3:30 PM Participate in a photo opportunity with the Boston Red Sox Team Leadership – Oval Office
3:45 PM Welcome the 2018 World Series Champions to the White House: The Boston Red Sox – South Lawn
Courtesy of ConservativeDailyNews.com
(Despicable twitter suspended

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule)

Pat Frederick

as I mentioned, I spent the last weekend with my daughter and family and they live near a college town. We went thru that town early Friday morning and I was pretty shocked to see 2, yes 2 ! crossing guards for the college. The road thru the college is posted 25 mph and it’s a basic small town 2 lane road. One crossing guard got the little snowflakes to the center of the road and then the other crossing guard came out to meet them and got them safely to the other side. What in the blue blazes do 18 year olds need with 2 freakin’ crossing guards? and we wonder why they can’t handle life…smh

Pat Frederick

i think it should be Darwin’s survival of the fittest instead. If by 18 you can’t cross a small roadway without getting hit, you shouldn’t be wasting your parents’ money in college that’s for sure…

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

The purpose of college is to try to ensure that only real misfits get ahead.

sallyal

Cleaning out the gene pool. Lol.

churchmouse

Labour are the anti-Semitic party in Britain. These controversies have been going full on for at least a year with no signs of stopping.
Terrible:
https://twitter.com/SophiaSleigh/status/1126046374494183425

GA/FL

UK is now practicing Islamist Sharia Blasphemy law.

churchmouse

Not sure how that relates to anti-Semitism?

GA/FL

Islam – in its core texts, traditions, teachings – IS – anti-semitic.
Islam was created to subsume, supplant and subject Judaism and Christianity unto itself.
Islam is an Anti-Christ spirit.

Spab

It begins to seem plausible that we will have to fight WWII again. Only differences I see are that Japan will be with us against China and it still remains to see whether Britian will be Allied or Axis. This time it may be a better idea to allow Poland and Hungary to administer the peace in Europe after the EU surrender.

wheatietoo

Jim Jordan, yesterday…”I will Not yield.”
https://twitter.com/T_WWG1WGA/status/1126429647409942528

nikkichico7

⭐️🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫💥💥💫⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤨👍❤️🇺🇸❤️‼️❤️❤️❤️
Totally AWESOME wheatietoo ❤️❤️❤️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸‼️‼️❤️😃🤚❤️

daughnworks247

Awwwww, Wolfie and ButterflyGirl meet for the first time.

Pat Frederick

how sweet!!

bflyjesusgrl

AwwwSome Sauce Miss Daughn!!!! 😍😍 🦋🦋🦋🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🦋🦋🦋 Hugs and kisses Wolfie!! 🦋🦋🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰🦋🦋

bflyjesusgrl

☺️☺️☺️
Isn’t this just so cool!!😎 🦋🦋🐺🐺 🦋🦋💕😍💕

Marica

That’s adorable!! Thanks for posting Daughn!!!!😍😍😘😎

nikkichico7

Awwwww so sweet ☺️👍❤️‼️

Pat Frederick

she and the brother should be charged with SOMETHING!
FTA:
Michael Fife died on April 27 after being attacked by a 17-year-old who had been told by his 16-year-old sister that Fife assaulted her while they were passengers aboard a Cache Valley Transit District bus on April 23 around 3 p.m., according to the Logan Police Department. She called him while on the bus, and the brother immediately went looking for Fife, meeting him when he got off of the vehicle.
Detectives who reviewed surveillance footage of the alleged sexual assault said: “the video showed Mr. Fife walking past the girl, but no sexual assault occurred.” The case is still under investigation and it is unclear whether the brother will be charged.
https://www.ibtimes.com/62-year-old-man-dies-after-teen-attacks-him-over-false-sexual-assault-claim-his-2790600

churchmouse

Conservative MP– Robert Halfon from Harlow (close to London) — rips into Theresa May’s leadership.
I doubt she’ll read his article, but it’s really good, especially the opening (see below). This is about last week’s local elections in England. Comments following the article are excellent, too:
https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2019/05/robert-halfon-does-mays-selfish-operation-care-at-all-about-the-partys-future.html
‘What a s**t-show. More than 1300 seats lost. Over a thousand hard-working councillors out on their ear – not for the most part because of anything they did wrong, but because of a disastrous national situation. We haven’t just lost councillors, but also a huge activist support network in the shape of their friends and families. Our grassroots operation, already weakened, has been further damaged and is now on life support.
‘Our failure to deliver Brexit, broken promises to properly address burning social injustices, our continued Party disunity and a lack of strong leadership brought about this disaster.
‘It was compounded by the incomprehensible decision to sack the Defence Secretary on the eve of the local elections. I spent much of Thursday telling at the Harlow polling stations. I lost count of how many voters came up to me asking: “What on earth is going on?” I have no idea as to the true story re Huawei et al, but why on earth did this need to be decided, in full media glare, just a few hours before the polling stations opened? …’

churchmouse

The 1922 Committee — Conservative MPs — want to know when Theresa May is leaving.
Not anytime soon:
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1126100674817732609

GA/FL

There was NO BUDGET for the entire Øbominable tenure – they used DEFICIT DOLLARS – Play Money – Monopoly Money.
That’s what Biden wants to do again – just charge it on the grand Democrat Carte Blanche Charge Card™.

DEMOCRAT POLICIES = US RUINATION, Bankruptcy, High Taxes, Oppression, Violation of Constitutional Rights, Target Opponents, Fiscal, Moral and Spiritual Destruction.

GA/FL

***Øbominable DOUBLED the national debt!!!
***(expletives, pejoratives, epithets galore)

churchmouse

Great observation about Facebook (holds true for other social media platforms, too):

NebraskaFilly

Just stop with the back-door swipes at Boomers already! I am sick to death of it, personally!!!!

churchmouse

Sorry, I missed that bit. I posted it because of the broader message.
I’m a boomer, too.

NebraskaFilly

Oh, don’t worry about that. I got into it with someone at BB who was blaming “all” boomers recently so I am sore on that point right now. Not your fault at all!

churchmouse

Oh, good! 🙂

GA/FL

A well-deserved slap-down – WHAP!

GA/FL
bflyjesusgrl

I hate that it’s the CriminalNewsNet, but I took it for the team.
Apparently NK hasn’t responded to us since Hanoi, so US has quit trying.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/politics/us-suspends-war-remains-north-korea/index.html

bflyjesusgrl

I’m thinking it’s time to get it on and over with!!! No more Mickey Mousing around!! POTUS needs to show FatBoy and Xi who their Daddy is. Let the War Games Begin!!

bflyjesusgrl

Amen to All !!!

Gail Combs

China is ANGRY with President Trump for NOT caving in and signing their death warrant of America treaty so China’s Attack dog is growling again. 🙄 Face With Rolling Eyes

Kalbo

See a NK freighter was seized carrying coal out of NK. Typically brings back heavy equipment to NK. Only saw the article in passing. I assume it was running across the Yellow Sea to China.
Did not see who seized the NK freighter. Hope it was SK. Moon needs to show some back bone.
Good we are tightening the screws on NK.
As for China, if their VP Liu doesn’t turn the China reneging on trade issues both countries agreed back the way they were, Friday’s tariffs stick. Even if he does get the agreed to items to where they were, let the increased tariffs stick as incentive for China to get on with negotiations.
Rather sure President Trump won’t play games with these Chinese putzes.

wheatietoo
GA/FL

Great Twitter Feed!

daughnworks247

Oh boy. Here we go!

Cuppa Covfefe

The Devlin Mz. Barrett…

Kalbo

G R E A T…now let’s follow the money source…:-)
IF Lisa Page and Peter Strokz haven’t folded and are cooperating, they will quickly.
An arrest, perp walk, deny bail, solitary confinement…they be the best canaries in DC:-)
Treason charges if they make them stick.
Really, really, want to see a few politicians get arrested. Ds and Rs…equal opportunity for all of the criminals:-)

GA/FL

State of the Nation and the world.

scott467

“SHIP THEM BACK!!!”
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It’s my understanding that just about anything sold and shipped by Amazon has a 30 day money-back guarantee, so yes, if we or anyone else isn’t satisfied, return the Muzzies for a refund and move on.

Pat Frederick

Judicial Watch is filing for the info which they say, if it isn’t classified, then Mueller has no reason not to give it up…pretty terrible using Fusion for investigators considering their role in the whole mess.
FTA:
Special Counsel Robert Mueller spent more than $732,000 on outside contractors, including private investigators and researchers, records show, but his office refuses to say who they were. While it’s not unusual for special government offices to outsource for services such as computer support, Mueller also hired contractors to compile “investigative reports” and other “information.”
The arrangement has led congressional investigators, government watchdog groups and others to speculate that the private investigators and researchers who worked for the special counsel’s office might have included Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS, the private research firm that hired Steele to produce the Russia collusion dossier for the Clinton campaign.
https://thenationalsentinel.com/2019/05/09/robert-mueller-used-hired-guns-for-his-report-who-were-they/

pgroup

I think it’s the best way for a white-hat covert counter-intel op to get the bad guys to think it’s safe to do their bad deeds again.
Thereby ensuring a conviction(s).

TheseTruths

That would be the ultimate insult to the American people.

Kalbo

And, possible….bordering on probable. If they stacked the Mueller office with Trump hating goons, I can easily see Weismann hiring contractors to help the hoax along…who better that the goons at Fusion.
If this proves out, wonderful.

Pat Frederick

there must be an unending source of madness in NY
FTA:
New York state is still busily chipping away at gun rights and now they’ve introduced Obamacare for guns. Legislators are hard at work trying to force every gun owner in the state (who isn’t a cop or active military) to purchase and maintain a minimum $1 million liability insurance policy.
§ 2353. FIREARM OWNERS INSURANCE POLICIES. 1. ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE WHO SHALL OWN A FIREARM SHALL, PRIOR TO SUCH OWNERSHIP, OBTAIN AND CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAIN A POLICY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY COVERING ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY NEGLIGENT OR WILLFUL ACTS INVOLVING THE USE OF SUCH FIREARM WHILE IT IS OWNED BY SUCH PERSON. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUCH INSURANCE SHALL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE REVOCATION OF SUCH OWNER’S REGISTRATION, LICENSE AND ANY OTHER PRIVILEGE TO OWN SUCH FIREARM. (source)
https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/05/09/new-york-wants-to-force-all-gun-owners-to-buy-a-million-dollar-liability-policy/

Pat Frederick

NY is drowning in debt and can’t remain solvent for much longer–they need a money making scheme quickly…they must have something going with the insurance companies…lol…like Obama did

Cuppa Covfefe

Maybe they’re going to buy a ton of insurance and commit sewercide???
Erm, make it look like (the elite and the effluent), erm, an accident…

TheseTruths

Surely this will be challenged in court. It’s unconstitutional.

bflyjesusgrl

Eeyores going after Cates. He ain’t having it!!

GA/FL

Is Gingrich & Co. that strange guy who attacked Q for exposing Gorka’s financial ties to the scam MAGA super-PAC?

GA/FL

This guy? *

bflyjesusgrl

Yep, associated with Ginger McQueen, a vicious lot they are.

GA/FL

I don’t know who Ginger McQueen is and don’t know/read the folks at her twitter feed.

bflyjesusgrl

Nope me either, just that that group and Gorka were anti-Q and went on loud nasty screeching attack last month in the Twittersphere.

GA/FL

I do remember that!

GA/FL

I am sooooooooooo glad to be away from OT and the feeling of walking on eggshells.
I also have an aversion to those kind of people who can never be questioned, never admit error, ban others without recourse.
Very much dislike the feuds and the scammers like the MAGA Coalition.
Many of these media personalities are not really MAGA policy Trump supporters – they are SELF promoters.

GA/FL

AND – I bet the President can very quickly tell the difference between real supporters and self-promoters.

bflyjesusgrl

Agh, I messed that up. She’s trying to get him fired.

GA/FL

Probably due to high cost of treating pre-existing multiple concurrent STDs, HIV meds, trans hormones/surgeries, mental health therapists, etc.

GA/FL

I did not mention the prevalence of injuries to delicate tissues nor the bowel syndromes, nor the frequent injuries and deaths due to relational violence highly correlated with the Buttigieg lifestyle.

holley100

I read an essay by Joseph Sciambra “Surviving Gay….Barely” that discussed these injuries. It was a SHOCKING first-hand account of what happens physically to these men’s bodies. Also gave a good explanation of why they allow themselves to be abused. Seems to have been scrubbed from the internet now. His personal website is blank.

GA/FL

Wonder if it’s cached somewhere? I’d love to read/save it.

holley100

I’ve looked all over the place for it, but the links just lead to his blank website. It’s worth reading if you can find it.

GA/FL

There is a quote from the essay here: https://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums/topic/39228-surviving-gay-barely/
Very truthful description of the consequences of engaging in this lifestyle.
Hetero and bi promiscuity also results in diseases and suffering. Read about the outbreak of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, etc. among very young teens in a luxury commuter neighborhood in Conyers, GA.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/georgia/etc/synopsis.html
And of course, there is the outbreak of the same STDs among the promiscuous seniors in the high-scale Villages community.
Old folks can also start an AIDS epidemic:
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/news-05-2011/seniors_sex_lives_are_up_and_so_are_std_cases.html

holley100
GA/FL

Hey – you should get a Research Whiz Badge™ for that feat!

GA/FL

Here is his entire archive: https://archive.is/bG9Ey
It’s full of truth treasures, including the story of his salvation and conversion to Christ.

holley100

Interesting! Wonder why he scrubbed his website. He has a FB page and last posted in January.
https://www.facebook.com/sonsofsaintjoseph/

scott467

“I read an essay by Joseph Sciambra “Surviving Gay….Barely” that discussed these injuries. It was a SHOCKING first-hand account of what happens physically to these men’s bodies. ”
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I don’t think I could even read it. I don’t even want that stuff in my head. I don’t want to look at people who do these things, and know even more, in disgusting detail, about what they do with each other.
Sorry if that sounds insensitive, that’s just a byproduct of the indoctrination we’ve all experienced to pretend like homosexual conduct is normal or acceptable, when it’s not. It’s gross. Apparently I missed all the indoctrination classes or skipped that grade or I was absent on the day they gave the inoculation shots or something.
A) nobody is ‘born gay’
B) children may exhibit masculine or feminine tendencies, often both. It’s not the job of a parent to promote and favor the WRONG tendencies according to the genetic sex of their child, it is the parents’ job to guide and teach and reinforce proper conduct and behavior. And you have to actually care more about your child and his or her future, than you care about impressing the gals at the Country Club with your virtue-signalling “I’m a blind follower who craves acceptance from other confused people” routine.
C) German hierarchy in WWII rationalized genocide, and they were just the latest in a long line of people who have rationalized and justified genocide throughout human history. People rationalize and justify sacrificing humans, including babies, to their pagan gods. Pedophiles rationalize and justify raping babies and children. So when it comes to criminal, insane or otherwise deviant behavior, people can rationalize and justify almost anything. Homosexuality has an entire INDUSTRY built around rationalizing and justifying their sexual perversion.
D) whenever any behavior is ‘normalized’ or ‘promoted’ or given special status, you can expect that behavior to increase, especially if you combine the promotion of that behavior with the condemnation of anyone who would oppose it.
Stop treating homosexuality as a ‘lifestyle’, and go back to treating it as a mental illness.
That is what people would do, if they actually CARED about people who are addicted to this madness.

Gail Combs

A gay guy told my Hubby at one time that they target young teenage boys because since they don’t have children it is the only way they can ‘reproduce’
The USA has DOUBLE the number of homsexuals compared to countries like the UK. link So that seems to indicate that at least in some cases it is a LEARNED behavior. (Remember Milo admitted he had been abused as a boy….)
Are there genetic problems such as hermaphrodites in the human population ? Yes of course there are but not at the frequency we see this diviant behavior.

scott467

“So that seems to indicate that at least in some cases it is a LEARNED behavior. ”
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I would guess around 99% of adult homosexuality is the result of learned behavior (voluntarily learned or learned through force, i.e., abuse, like Milo).
Apparently, actual figures are around 3% of the population is homosexual.
Imagine how much lower that number would be (1%, maybe?) if homosexuality wasn’t openly promoted 24/7/365 from Kindergarten through retirement.

scott467

And I realize many will claim that ‘treatment’ doesn’t work.
Treatment often doesn’t work for alcoholics and drug addicts, either.
That doesn’t mean you give up, hand them a case of Jack Daniels and a salad bowl full of the Meth and say “have at it!”.
It means you keep working at it, one day at a time.

holley100

Reading that essay forever changed my feelings about homosexuals. I agree. It’s mental illness.

bflyjesusgrl

Knew a lady who worked for a Gastroenterologist, aka, Butt Doctor. Same patients repeatedly back for reconstruction surgery, SAD!

GA/FL

I have read the CDC reports for decades and also have family members in medical profession.

GA/FL

…and they agree with your friend. There is a syndemic (multiple concurrent diseases complicating or preventing treatment) situation among this population.
https://daleoleary.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/the-history-of-the-syndemic-of-aids/

singingsoul

bflyjesusgrl
“Knew a lady who worked for a Gastroenterologist, aka, Butt Doctor. Same patients repeatedly back for reconstruction surgery, SAD!”
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What is embossing is when they come to the emergency with objects up their butt they cannot back out. at the staff has a big grin on their faces after they fix the problem. Not only gay people do funny stuff also heterosexual men.

TheseTruths

Seeing the discussion here, it occurs to me that this is what Butt-g’s candidacy will bring: more discussion about, and knowledge of, that lifestyle and its pitfalls. The more people learn about it, I think the less enamored many will be with the candidate.

GA/FL
TheseTruths

Thanks for the reminder. Maybe they won’t be allowing this kind of information to come out (which would be a shame), but many other sites will. Too many people have a religious conviction about it, are sickened by it, and/or believe it’s not good for society.

GA/FL

The agenda fails when honest Science, Statistics and Scripture are put to it. Even by the test of honest true compassionate love, it fails.

amwick

I do not think that flyover people are going to want a gay president. Not now…

scott467

“I do not think that flyover people are going to want a gay president. Not now…”
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…or ever.

amwick

I will not rule that out entirely. It would depend on the situation.. but, not yet…

kalbren2r1

Because they don’t have to do what they say! The rules are always for the other guy. AOC did not provide the injured worker’s compensation insurance either for her campaign workers.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-slammed-for-hypocrisy-after-her-campaign-fined-for-not-providing-workers-compensation-coverage, https://www.westernjournal.com/ocasio-cortez-campaign-punished-regarding-workers/

scott467

“Because they don’t have to do what they say! The rules are always for the other guy. ”
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Which means we can and should destroy them, every day in every way, according to Alinsky’s Rule #4, “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
But our side (for the most part) has no killer instinct.
They simply won’t DO it. Because it would be ‘impolite’, or something.
If anyone wants to learn how to defeat the enemy (the Left), then the Left is the best teacher you will ever have. Watch what they do to us.
And then do it right back to them.
We have DECADES of scars, we’re toughened from their abuses.
But they have no defense at all.
Like newborn babes.
Turn their own tactics on the Left, and it’s like clubbing baby seals while you leave your gas-guzzling SUV running to help speed up climate change… because let’s face it, the world being at LEAST a few degrees warmer wouldn’t just be a good thing — it would be GREAT thing!

fleporeblog

Early News Roundup is up if interested.

Pat Frederick

thanks, yes I am interested!

daughnworks247

No kidding.
Valerie Plame is running for Congress.

Deplorable Patriot

Oh, this makes my morning. Technical issues, banging my head against the wall with “but these go to 11” blindness, and now Valerie Plame. HA HA HA HA. Lately, I’ve been wondering if that whole fiasco wasn’t manufactured to entrap Scooter Libby and a few others.

NebraskaFilly

“The FBI lost notes from a 2015 meeting with people from the office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), according to newly released FBI records on the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s alleged mishandling of classified information.
The news raises concern that some information about an explosive lead passed by the ICIG to the FBI now might be lost.
The lost notes memorialized a meeting that took place on Aug. 3, 2015, less than a month after the ICIG made a referral to the FBI that classified information may have been disclosed in an unauthorized manner to a foreign power because Clinton conducted State Department business through an email hosted on an insufficiently secured server in her basement.
The ICIG-FBI meetings hold special significance because it was allegedly several of these meetings where the ICIG officials passed a lead to the FBI about anomalies in the metadata of the emails indicating that a copy of nearly every email was sent to an agent of a foreign power.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-lost-notes-from-clinton-probe-meeting-significant-to-concerns-over-foreign-exfiltration-lead_2912428.html

Spab

Those notes are lost only in the sense that documents put thru a shredder are lost.

kalbren2r1

Thank you Wolfmoon for the safe and encouraging place to be. I thank all the fellow Qtreepers here too! I have been waiting for the appropriate time to post this and Thank you Thurs thread appears! Our son, who was maliciously prosecuted and brow beat into a plea deal has finally been settled into the long-term living situation. We are counting our blessings and thankfully praising God for His hand in it. He ended up being rated minimal security risk so his living situation is like a college dorm he says. Of course it’s behind the “immoral” wall the state built! He is also at the facility closet to us and if we want we can see him up to 4 times per week. Visiting is in an open dining room like room and observations are cameras and people but the people are not obnoxious. In fact the other day, when hubby was having a bad chemotherapy medication reaction day, they were concerned and offered help. We have email contact as well as snail mail. So, all in all YAH worked out for good what man intended for evil. Hopefully, as rule of law returns to this blessed nation the power of the accusation will be lessened and we are actually innocent until proved guilty. Loving the 9th circuit court reversal of immigration policy, asylum seekers return to Mexico while waiting for decision. Thanks Qtreepers for your prayers and thoughts.
On another note, one of my online school assignments is to write about mentors. I will be writing about all the great mentoring here at the Qtree! I learn so much here about life well as economics and politics. Many thanks for all the shared experience and knowledge.I will not share personally identifiable information or website information.

NebraskaFilly

So wonderful to see not only old friends, but wonderful new friends who are finding our wonderful den. It is a travesty what happens to many of our young men in the courts. I worked with a woman whose 21 year old son was railroaded on a false rape charge and he will have to register for the rest of his life. Just sickening!

kalbren2r1

Yep, the me too movement is everywhere. Our son caught in that too. Registration after he is released. A fellow soldier buddy of his is doing 3 years and having to register because a female soldier “friend” wanted to spend the weekend with him. They were in the kitchen together horsing around, her 👙top string was hanging from under her hoodie. He pulled on it and it came untied. Monday morning at work she cries attack! 3 years in military brig. Prosecutors have the mentality of believe all women and children, they don’t lie! Yeah, I call bullocks! Thank you for the encouragement Nebraska filly.

Pat Frederick

i posted a link on the previous page about a sister who told her brother some guy sexually assaulted her on a bus and when the guy got off the bus, the brother clocked him i believe and the guy fell and hit his head and died. the police ran the tape of the bus encounter and there was nothing there…

kalbren2r1

Then the women wonder why men don’t want anything to do with them. The bus situation is too much! Lies lies and more lies and no consequences for the ones who make up the lies.

Pat Frederick

exactly! that poor man is dead and someone has to pay the consequences for that.

Gail Combs

PREMEDITATED MURDER and ACCESSORY to MURDER!
The guy went to the bus stop with the intention to do HARM. Let the defense try and convince the jury he did not plan to kill the guy.

BAM

The prosecutors like to make “brownie points” and it’s a lot easier if the accused has to use a public defender. Some of the public defenders seem to be in bed with the prosecution. It’s no wonder, they are paid by the same government that pays the lawyers that are prosecutors. It costs a LOT to hire a good attorney.

pgroup

There is one blemish in your statement about bed – which I do not disagree with. Most public defenders have clients that are guilty. They do the best they can with junk clients, which usually means getting the charges knocked down in exchange for a guilty plea. They MUST have good relations with the prosecution; otherwise all their clients get the worst outcome (for them).
Unsurprisingly, murder defendants get the skilled experienced public defenders. This is mainly so that once convicted, there aren’t any errors the appeals courts can use to reverse the verdicts.

BAM

Unfortunately, we had a relative that did hard time for something he didn’t do. He learned how to do law research, was one of the “in house” legal guys, and after he got out went through an appeal process with an attorney, although he himself had done almost all the paperwork and was successful with the appeal. There was a whole lot of learning involved on our family’s part.
It also helps when the local government’s legal system doesn’t have a lot of corrupted officials.

kalbren2r1

This long post is in response to several comments I have seen in this thread. I Thank you again Qtreepers for all your support and encouragement. Your reading eyes and words of insight are greatly appreciated.
Yes, it does cost a lot to hire an attorney. They wanted $20k down and then monthly payments of several hundred to a thousand to cover ongoing costs. We did that once several years ago to hopefully help son through an ugly divorce and get custody of the kids. Leveraging all financial resources and credit limits to do so. He pissed that in the wind, gave into the woman, gave her the kids. The he married the woman who was “supportive” during the first divorce. As soon as the divorce was over, read the competition was gone, the 2nd one flipped the switch and became the drunk abuser that she was. Then when he divorced her, she cries “attack” on her biological children. Let’s say in all honesty, our son did not make great choices in his relationships. It now has caught up to him and consequences for choices made are being paid. We did not have the finances to hire a lawyer again. So yes, a public defender had to be used.
Yes, the public defender acted hand in hand with the prosecution and yes, both lawyers received promotions within months of our son’s case being finalized. Yes, the department of assigned counsel or public defender office juggled lawyers. The first lawyer that would have beat this was pulled and put on a capitol murder case, which he won. The 2nd chair lawyer was then made primary defender. This younger lawyer then went on to make a name for himself by doing some hocus pocus legal beagle moves that he said would benefit our son. NO, they got him published in a professional journal and got some kind of evidentiary rule precedence set, but it hamstrung the defense. He even said to our son, “your face boo page is awful political, maybe you should have thought that through and not been so.” Our son was an ardent Trump supporter. The defense lawyer, prosecutor, and judge were openly political in their conversations “off the record” and jovial about their “friendships because the legal community is a small one and when you have been in the business awhile, you all know each other,” but that will not effect the decisions made or actions taken! The prosecutor’s son was an intern under the presiding judge. We awere told they were all professional enough that would not be a conflict of interest. The judge openly bemoaned the current political climate, his dreams of becoming a federal judge were dashed. They joked over the Supreme Court nomination process debacle pulled on then Judge Brent Kavanaugh. Our son’s trial was held during that time. So, the political and social climate was charged. The jury openly ignored judge directions of not “researching” our son online or using outside information to make the decision. The jury room was full of wall charts showing that they used outside and online research information, and the jury hung, yet no mistrial was called. The prosecution then informed our son via his lawyer that the new trial prosecution team would be a team of three women lawyers and defense would not change or offer up any known exculpatory evidence. As per his lawyer, “You are either the unluckiest man or guilty.” The state was sparing no monies for prosecution, yet funding for the defense office was under budget restrictions. Yes, the prosecution office plays money games with the defense counsel office to eat up their budget. So, when you do not have the money or expertise to fight the system this is what you are stuck with no matter the color of your skin. Rule of law and returning to INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT is my biggest hope out of the QAnon movement and the 45th presidency.

daughnworks247

We’re with you, Kalbren. Misuse of legal system is horrible.
Happens when you least expect it.
Prominent family of several local lawyers. I knew all of them for decades. We did biz with one who ended up as a local DA in the next county. He used to pay me in cash, his wife dropped off glad bags.
That would be his 3rd wife who used to be the babysitter.
Anyway, he decided to come after me for the job we were doing in mid-job.
Read as, he wanted to hire local jacklegs which would be cheaper.
Truth was, his wife was mad about it and wanted cash back – about $15K. Of course, he assumed I hid the cash. No, I deposited it, with proper notations, sales tax, etc. I’m the acct after all.
I refused to return the funds just because he was whipped by his babysitter wife. Funds spent on your stuff which was delivered.
And I was in the right.
Well, his DADDY came with him, former judge, to talk to my husband, to “make sure you get your woman in line”. You can imagine how well that went over…… They wouldn’t talk to me though. All these men, afraid to talk to me. Odd.
I still said no…. in writing.
He sent state police to interview me. I produced a 12″ think file and 523 emails + receipts…… and made the investigators chicken salad for lunch. Criminal charges (?) in what should have/could have been a civil case….. which I would have won.
He was using the justice system and taxpayer dollars because he was afraid of his wife. Well, he went away for 2yrs, thought it was resolved.
Husband and I were getting ready to go to Orlando, Gunner’s international robotics competition. Local police show up to ARREST me and husband. I felt sorry for them. I worked on his campaign and knew his parents.
Well, I hired an out of town lawyer and fought it all the way.
Cost me another $5K and wasted my time.
I was ready for trial….. insisted on a trial. I was NOT GUILTY.
At the last minute, he dropped the charges. Of course, cuz I would have exposed the lie to his legal buddies.
The whole time, all I could think of was….. is this what he did to poor local black citizens? The white trash? Who the hell does he think he is?
What if it would not have been someone like me? Who had the resources to fight back?
I filled a Bar complaint against him and got him sanctioned. I’m STILL mad about it.

SingularZoe

Calbo, so sorry about your son, and Daughn, amazing story as usual.

SingularZoe

Kalbren, I mean. So sorry.

kalbren2r1

Thank you Zoe for your condolences We are seeing it as a faith refining and strengthening time, it has brought our family closer and show us what is important. Not things or stuff, but relationship with YAH and each other.

SingularZoe

Kalbren2r1, so true. Thinking about you and sorry took so long to respond. God be with you.

kalbren2r1

Thanks Wolfmoon, and everyone for your support and encouragement! I appreciate it so much! Wolfmoon sorry we did not fight against the machine harder. The fight was just not in us on top of hubby medical issues. I hated that the son choose the deal, but it is what it is. We will walk it out and know it will be better in the end.Again ThankQ all for supporting and encouraging stories and well wishes.

kalbren2r1

Wolf, wish you could have been with us being the enforcer while we were beaten down by health and legal issues. Thanks for all your Spirit and bravery (read SNARL)! You, sir, are a great Alpha. I am grateful to be a pup in the pack. Hubby is on the mend and we are recovering more and more each day. Again, Yah will work out for good what man intends for evil.

bflyjesusgrl
NebraskaFilly

Bear in mind, please, this Dave Domina is a progressive dem in bed with the Kleebs (also used to be law partners with my step-brother). It’s a small world here in NE some times…..especially for someone like me, whose family settled Norfolk in 1866.
“In many cases, due to technicalities in FEMA, many small businesses will get NO financial support to rebuild. Some farmers are in the same situation, having literally lost everything. And it is not looking to get any better any time soon…..SMH.
“The Ruzicka family, who live at Pisherville, said they left their farm at 9 a.m. and returned about 1 p.m. to nothing.
The 112-year old farm house, which had never previously had water in it, was destroyed by ice; barns and machinery were destroyed and livestock were dead. They came to the meeting hoping that there would be someone who would have to answer for their losses.
One Niobrara business lost to the flooding, the Country Cafe, is rebuilding despite there being no assistance is available.
FEMA officials only deal with residential claims that will make a home safe to live in. They generally direct businesses to Small Business Association for a loan.”
http://norfolkdailynews.com/news/news-not-good-for-many-niobrara-businesses-recovering-from-flood/article_cbdeb5fc-70ce-11e9-b2e0-03582d3190a8.html

Gail Combs

That is really sad. I home President Trump can do something to help.
Now that we do not have a Stategic Grain Reserve (Thanks for NOTHING Dan Amstuz) it vitally important to get our farmers back up on their feet as fast as possible.
We DO NOT NEED CHINA comming in and buying up those farms at bargain basement prices.

Kalbo

I think part of the problem is, the D-Rats are holding flood recovery FEMA money hostage for more Puerto Rico Hurricane recovery money.
My estimate is, that is part of why President Trump held up the money chart at PAnama City rally. Graphic showing monstrous aid going to crooked Puerto Rico as compared to States. His chart had TX & FL. He did not highlight the plight in the Midwest. President Trump has tweeted about the D-Rat absurdity over the flooding aid not being funded…held hostage by D-Rats.

bflyjesusgrl

NebraskaFilly

Ah, crap! *sigh* Will have to bring in / cover flowers / tomatoes tonight – frost warning! Enough already!

kalbren2r1

It just maybe a short circuit in my tin foil hat, but I wonder if red states aren’t under some kind of weaponized weather attack. Nebraska and mid west with all the cold, blizzards and flooding. Florida and hurricane Michael’s path and timing. That funky cloud generation machine and HARPP makes you wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K99X9cC5LA 😼

Pat Frederick

I was just thinking that!
I was leaning towards China…but you know, the Dems want desperately to tank the economy so maybe it’s them!
(and by the way…your hat is lovely!)

kalbren2r1

Why thanks Pat!,

NebraskaFilly

I certainly see the chem trails often enough….

rf121

Solar minimum is causing the jet stream to move wildly which is contributing to most of this. Will only get worse for the next couple of years then improve again. Come the next minimum in 2028 we are all totally screwed.

Gail Combs

rf121, Yes the solar minimum causes ‘loopy’ jets.
An explanation:
https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/in-1975-scientists-blamed-jet-stream-dips-on-global-cooling/
(see comments too)
Tony Heller having fun with the Warmists:
https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/shocking-polar-vortex-from-20000-years-ago/

rf121

Piers Corbyn has a youtube explaining it also.

kalbren2r1

Thanks for the information.

JW in Germany

Top it off with the fact that Dems do not want to send relief to those areas—your tin foil hat sits pretty well!

daughnworks247

Weather attack. I was thinking same thing.

JW in Germany

I know what you mean! I am trying to grow 6 different sorts of chili peppers and they need sunshine and heat!
My Carolina Reaper!comment image?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.xx&oh=05c3da465166c4468015c9264d42bfad&oe=5D619424

JW in Germany

Try it this way:comment image

Cuppa Covfefe

Pepperworld has lots of equipment and stuff – not sure if they have smudge pots 🙂 Harald Zoschke, the founder, is a major chilihead and computer expert (used to buy lots of software from them)… The weather over here has been *shiver* less than helpful…
http://www.pepperworld.com/
Also http://notrickszone.com for infos on why it’s so blinking kalt…

JW in Germany

About a decade ago, I found this local shop in nearby Langenselbold called Casa Loca Hot Sauces. They run it out of their home. They sell some of the hottest sauces on the planet. What is cool is that I do not need to pay postage because they own a tailoring shop about a 5 minute walk from home. https://shop.strato.de/epages/197673.sf/de_DE/?ViewAction=View&ObjectPath=/Shops/197673/Categories/514184-78625&PageSize=50&Page=1

Cuppa Covfefe

Wow, not bad! I’ve got a stock of the different levels of Insanity…oh, and the sauces, too 🙂 including the Ghost sauce at 210K Scovilles. I want to grow Serranos this year, but I need for it to get warmer (or I guess I’ll try and grow them indoors, ha. In 2011 and 2015 it was hot enough to grow stuff without worry so much about frost or mold… sign… no green thumb here…
When I lived in Kalifornistan, we had a place called Food-4-Less that had these HUGE drums of varying hot peppers – Serranos, Jalapenos, Anchos, Pasillas, Anahims, Poblanos, Cascabel, you name it… and then not far from there, a real Tortilla factory. Run by LEGAL aliens….
Funny how here they say “Höllisch Scharf” and it’s just Paprika flavoring… I had a Phal in Scotland that was probably 2**n-1 Scoville; no one else in my group could eat it, even the curry heads. Cook kept coming out and checking (probably to see if I’d passed out yet 🙂 )… But curries are a different kind of heat.
Good luck with your Reapers, though – stress is good…for peppers…
What types of peppers are you planting?

JW in Germany

Starting with a simple pepperoni pepper at a heat level 5/10, then comes the Mini-Chilis (great for throwing in a bowl of stew), Tex-Mex and the Fire Ball all at 7/10. Then the Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Pepper the former world record holder<<<I was going to stop there until I saw the Carolina Reaper seedling at Dehner.
Last year would have been a great pepper growing season in Germany with all those days of sunshine we had. A couple of years ago I planted Scotch Bonnets but got infested with Blattläuse.
Had fantastic results in 2007 with the Red-Savina Habanero, Bolivian Rainbow, and Chocolate Jolokia. I am sweating just thinking about eating 2 of those Ghost Peppers at lunchtime at work—not one of my better ideas. But, the guys did not get the crazy reaction for a Youtube video that they were hoping for. LOL!
I would like to grow indoors, but I will have to get myself some good LED grow-lights before I start. One of the benefits of so many states legalizing cannabis is the rapid development of LED grow-light technology.

bflyjesusgrl

Now we’re talking!!! 😃👏👏
North Korean ship used to illicitly transport coal is seized over sanctions violation, US announces
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korean-ship-used-to-illicitly-transport-coal-is-seized-over-sanctions-violation-us-announces

Pat Frederick

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kalbren2r1

China’s red Dragon is unhappy so North Korea has to be made to act up. Yet it is the common people of NK and now Iran that will suffer the consequences the most.

singingsoul

I do not understand why politicians did not see China’s expansion coming? I cannot believe how they felt so comfortable with communist China.
Most people do not realize that Russia knows China and its people and they do not get taken in. They never have even though both were communist at the time.
This is like getting in Bed with Nazis.
Look how china uses and controls its people does anyone believe they will tread other nationalities different?
They are building a big Chinese empire a communist empire to control the civilized nations.
My father told me about this already in 1957.
I have seen them coming to the small University in Appalachia. They taught our teacher students. What do Chinese know how American kids learn anyhow they should be taught?
They were in research Universities brain picking . My son told me they are like a Chines Mafia . He was politically correct not to say it in public. He also dealt with Russian research students who wanted info never shared info.
Trump is right when he says some people are stupid !

Gail Combs

“….Look how china uses and controls its people does anyone believe they will tread other nationalities different?….”
China will treat LESSER races even WORSE!!!
China worries me much more than Russia because they really hate our guts.
Lessons of history: China’s century of humiliation: The repercussions of British opportunism in China during the Opium Wars can be felt in geopolitics even today
and
READ ▶️ China Picks at the Scab to Keep the Wound Fresh
Don’t forget The Chinese Red Army has been hacking hundreds of companies, universities and even the US government and Oak Ridge Labs.
……………..
Start with the Elites desire for a global government and work from that theory.
George Soros, Maurice Strong, now dead, and the bought and paid for Clintons want the USA REPLACED by China as world leader. When you think about it, the easiest way to do that is a hot war between the USA and Russia where China can step in and take over both when the dust settles.
Remember the Transnationals had already moved out of the USA so they really don’t care if the USA, Russia and the EU get bombed into the dark ages. They are well aware they made lots of money rebuilding Europe the last time so what’s not to like?
The Sugar Daddy of Al Gore (Jr and Sr) was Armand Hammer, chairman of Occidental Petroleum. In in 1921 he cut a deal with Lenin of the Soviet Union. In 1980, Deng Xiaoping of China said to Hammer, “You were a friend of Lenin. You must come to China and help us, too!” So in 1982 Hammer went to Peking and cut deals with China.
Maurice Strong, also a good friend of China and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union created the Earth Charter aka the Declaration of Independence ===> Agenda 21. Al Gore and George Soros have multiple connections with both.
Christiana Figueres, disciple of Al Gore, and Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention stated:
“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution… democracy is a poor political system for fighting global warming. Communist China is the best model.
Between Figueres and Pascal Lamy’s articles it is pretty darn clear the Globalist Elite are NOT in favor of a strong, capitalistic nationalistic USA.
The idiot Congress critters keep going on and on about Russian Hacking the election. (Eye Roll)
Where in HE!! have they been for the last twenty years while the Chinese were striping our companies, universities and government of intellectual property??
These are just the articles I bookmarked in passing:
Old link: 12/13/2011 — China Based Hacking of 760 companies reflects Undeclared Global Cyber War
*http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-13/china-based-hacking-of-760-companies-reflects-undeclared-global-cyber-war.html
Which helps China’s race for patents
April 2011 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Hacked
11/12/2014 — Chinese hack U.S. weather systems, satellite network “Once again, there is reason to believe the attack comes from China.”
More recently:
Businessman admits helping Chinese military hackers target U.S. contractors
U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers for Cyber Espionage Against U.S. Corporations and a Labor Organization for Commercial Advantage
China continues to move toward super power status. This item talks about the Chinese “Jin” class ballistic missile submarines.
*http://tammybruce.com/2017/01/new-chinese-submarine-can-strike-us-w-nukes.html
Although this shows that they have a long way to go to catch up to the US and Soviet Nuclear sub systems. These boats (and their recent effort to claim most of the south China sea as home territory do make them a legitimate strategic threat. Once they improve reliability and learn to quiet their boats it will be a different game.
*http://www.military-today.com/navy/jin_class.htm
If however they really are as noisy as the old Soviet Deltas, they would not survive long in a shooting war in the open ocean. In the 1970’s we knew where all the Soviet Deltas were almost from the moment they left the docks, and our modern very quiet fast attack subs would not have to work very hard to take them out.
Their newer longer range missiles do present a rising threat to the US as they can range the whole of North America from home territory with both their sub launched and new generation missile systems.

Pat Frederick

what an ASS!
FTA:
For eight years, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has capitulated to the eco-left. From preventing the construction of needed pipelines to banning fracking, he has implemented an extreme environmentalist agenda.
Now, the consequences of those decisions are hitting New York residents hard.
Earlier this year, it was reported how New York is facing shortages of natural gas, even though it has plentiful shale reserves and shares a border with Pennsylvania, a state that also has shale reserves. As the Wall Street Journal noted, “The reason for the shortage is obvious: The Cuomo administration has repeatedly blocked or delayed new pipeline projects. As a Con Ed spokesman put it, there is a ‘lot of natural gas around the country, but getting it to New York has been the strain.’”
It seems New York has a partial solution – import liquefied natural gas from Russia.
That’s right, instead of permitting pipelines and fracking to get access to domestic natural gas, New York is importing energy from across the world – and from a geopolitical rival to boot.
https://bunkerville.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/new-york-has-to-get-energy-from-russia-thanks-to-cuomo-and-the-eco-left/

NebraskaFilly

Why the surprise? I mean….really….Cuomo has said himself he is a socialist….

Pat Frederick

true and no one ever claimed he has the smarts God gave paste…but still getting something as important as this from a “geopolitical rival” is just seems all kinds of wrong.

Kalbo

A thought… The next two or three MAGA rallies in New York…highlight the stupidity of Cuomo and D-Rats.
– Need energy.
– – Build pipelines.
– – Fracking.
New York politicians cab brag about job growth. And fritter away extra tax revenue on their socialist programs.
D-Rats won’t care, but, more affordable heat for New Yorker’s.

NebraskaFilly

Just chatted with Caius Keys at BB briefly….sent him greetings from our Tree.

kea

bakocarl I just wanted to say your poem is just wonderful!!! 🙂

kea

Ahhhhh seems the Congress wants a pay raise this year…. for what?

pgroup

Same reason a cat licks his butt – because he can.

golsono

Today is Billy Joel’s 70th birthday.
I struggle to post links. Sure enjoy his music.
My local radio did a tribute to him just now….hard to choose one song.

Pat Frederick

We didn’t Start the Fire…I remember struggling to learn all the words to that one…lol

Sylvia Avery

Just the Way You Are
Only The Good Die Young
You May Be Right
Just the first three faves the come to my mind!

Marica

Piano Man
Jack and Diane

Cuppa Covfefe

OK, now I’ve got “Piano Man” in my head, and I can’t get it out 🙂
There are at least two YouTubes of Billy Joel performing this, the first the official (seems contrived) one, with him younger and his voice in top form, and the second, with a more mature, funny as heck performance (sends up Bob Dylan), but his voice shows the years. Fine wine…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIeI24MOnVM
(and the one with him younger is here

)
Somehow it seems that all the waitresses in that bar must be named “Dot”…

bflyjesusgrl

Kerry needs to be prosecuted!

Marica

He is almost speechless!!!! WOW!!

Marica

Barbara Flynn has something to say about this as well…
https://twitter.com/BarbaraRedgate/status/1126549455547682817

Marica

Could John Kerry be the first to go down? Seems to be getting legs…
https://twitter.com/BigStick2013/status/1126559791978037248

Marica

And here is the video

Deplorable Patriot

Since Pompeo put it out in the open, Kerry might be the first to go down. I also think there is an open message to the world leaders in that. Essentially, he’s telling the world don’t listen to that clown. We are still in control.

Marica

Excellent read DP!! ANd not just Kerry–Maybe a shot across the globetrotten Rotten O!

Deplorable Patriot

Could be. O might be in their sights.
I’m wondering how many of these guys are dumb enough to go into the meetings with foreign diplomats having their cell phones with them and on.

JW in Germany

They threw that Logan Act boomerang at General Flynn—missed the target—and is now returning at the speed of Trump!!!☄⚡🔥

Marica

So they did!!! BWAHAHAHAH!!!!

Marica

James! Robert Barnes has a thing or two about that boomerang

Gail Combs

John Kerry was spotted and overheard in cafe in Paris during collaboration meeting with Iranians.

So John Kerry just left a meeting @ L’Avenue in Paris w/3 Iranians. A friend was sitting next to their table and heard JK blasting @realDonaldTrump. The Iranians had a 5 person security detail and left in diplomatic vehicles. Is he FARA registered? @seanhannity @TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/vVYwDQTPNb
— Jason Osborne (@_JasonOsborne) May 12, 2018

Photos of Kerry’s Iranians buddies…
#BREAKING New photos emerge of 3 Iranians who held secret meeting with John Kerry yesterday in Paris pic.twitter.com/ZhQcdGGtuz
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 13, 2018
One has been identified as Kamsl Kharazi.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/photos-emerge-of-iranian-officials-who-met-secretly-with-john-kerry-in-paris-on-saturday-one-is-identified/
(2013)

Karzai Says He Was Assured CIA Would Continue Delivering Bags of Cash #Afghanistan #warlords #opium #taxpayersmoney http://t.co/wsyMU5A1qs
— Anna Ek (@ekenanna) May 5, 2013

Iran Nuke Deal — Bribes, Treason and Fraud – Dave Janda
May 13, 2018
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release)

Dave Janda, host of the popular radio show called “Operation Freedom,” says the Iran nuclear deal (also known as the JCPOA) is an unsigned scam with huge implications of “treason and fraud.” Janda says, besides the public not being told it was never signed by Iran, they were also lied to about the enormous amounts of cash brought to Iran on pallets. It’s way more than the $1 billion or so the Obama Administration admitted to giving the number one state sponsor of terror. Janda, who has high ranking sources in Intel, politics and law enforcement, explains, “Everybody got a piece of this. My contacts say when this happens, the cash gets lighter.
(Meaning, everybody gets a cut of the money.) I spoke to my contacts about the cash part of this and, according to my contacts behind the curtain about this stuff, they say it’s more than the $1.5 billion that folks have been speaking about, significantly more. My contacts are also convinced that some of that cash was filtered back to Obama, the Clinton Foundation, John Kerry himself, but not through him, through accounts through his wife Teresa. The money also went to (George) Soros and to European leaders. You can understand why Angele Merkel came jetting over to talk to Trump on the Iranian deal and why Macron came over. . . . Some of this money was laundered through the banking syndicate, which the Rothschilds are huge players.”
So, the Western leaders, who were a part of this Iran no signature “deal,” are up for treason and fraud? Janda says, “Yes, based on the information my sources are telling me.”
It gets worse. Janda says there was a so-called “deal within the deal” inside the Iran nuke deal. It involves drug trafficking between Iran and drug cartels south of the U.S. Border. Janda says, “The way the drug trade does business is in cash. So, according to my sources, this ‘deal within the deal’ with Iran was a deal that keeps spitting out more and more money because of this drug pipeline between Iran, South America, Central America and Mexico. . . . My source also told me that while Kerry was publicly meeting with Iran . . . at the same time, Obama reportedly, according to my source, took a little quick trip to Columbia to meet with people on the other end of the ‘deal within the deal.’”
On another subject, the coming economic reset that world leaders and global bankers have been talking about for years, Janda says, “I think what the reset is going to look like is a devaluation of the dollar to a significant degree. . . . The value of gold and silver is going to be reset to a much higher level. . . . When you see governments acquiring gold and silver and . . . when you see the banksters acquiring huge amounts of gold and silver for their own vaults, it tells me it is going to happen sooner rather than later.”
But do not fear because the best days for America are ahead. Janda predicts, “I believe the rule of law is going to be restored. I believe all of our lives will be much better. I believe we will have more opportunities than we can imagine. We are going to look back on these decades before, and we are going to say we were so oppressed and so persecuted by this criminal syndicate that was stripping us of our freedoms, liberties and our finances across the board, we are going to say how did we not do this sooner? How did we not overturn the system sooner? It was so bad then and it is so good now, but that doesn’t mean there are not going to be some tough times in the middle here.”
Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Dave Janda, founder and host of the popular radio show “Operation Freedom.”…LINK to video of 1 hour interview:
https://usawatchdog.com/iran-nuke-deal-bribes-treason-and-fraud-dave-janda/

Marica

Super Hopeful Gail!!! And Kerry is going to get his just desserts.. SPIT!

Deplorable Patriot

Telling the world to wait out this administration. Hmm. What do the Democrats think they have up their sleeves in 2020.
Hmm…..

JW in Germany

Secretary of State Pompeo is so pissed he can barely get the words out! If anybody ever qualified fully for prosecution under the Logan Act—it is treasonous John Kerry. Lock him up with ‘The Gimp’!comment image

Kalbo

So, p!ss on Kerry. IF he broke the law, as it surely appears, treat him as a criminal. Equal justice under the law.

Kalbo

Arrest him at 4AM. Swat team. SWAT team bring Mz heinz out in the cold. OAN on scene.
Perp walk. Deny bail. Solitary confinement.
This needs to stop.

Cuppa Covfefe

Kerry is Skull and Bones. Thinks he reports to a “higher authority”, Baphomet. He’s about to find out who is in authority, and that he doesn’t shortly end up meeting his Maker (treason), who is the highest authority of all.
It’s also reported that Lurch had a hand in pickling John Heinz… We’ll see who ends up in a pickle now…

Gail Combs

“Trump further hinted that Kerry violated the Logan Act by rhetorically asking whether Kerry is officially registered as a foreign agent.” https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-12/john-kerry-discloses-rogue-diplomacy-iran-during-interview-all-admits-logan-act
Now that the Mueller ‘Blockade’ has been removed, do not be surprised if Kerry ends up indicted.
Kerry’s daughter Vanessa is married to an Iranian national who is BFF’s with the son of Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif. dailycaller.com/2013/03/25/ ==> https://t.co/ACTIiv5kr5

Marica
Pat Frederick

I do love a man in uniform…Army, Navy, Marine, Good Humor, doorman…

Marica

Right there with ya Pat!!

Sylvia Avery

Same here!!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Never did like the current uniform; this is a VAST improvement.
I don’t know the history that well, is this pretty much what they wore in the 70s-90s too? It’s at least similar.

Marica

Unsure of the history as well–maybe James in Germany can answer…

Pat Frederick

hmmmm maybe Steve could model a few uniforms for us, huh???

amwick

Maybe somebody with active military connections could explain… Uniforms have to be bought and paid for by the service member, I think. It just didn’t seem fair to me…. maybe I am misinformed. So these spiffy new uniforms could cost somebody some serious cash…

ladypenquin

Military personnel get a uniform allowance upon entry, and some additional uniform allowance ongoing while they’re on Active Duty.

amwick

TY…. I hope it is enough money for them..

ladypenquin

It is.

Cuppa Covfefe

Somehow “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” is going through my head…
Looks Great!

Marica

How about this reunion…???

Pat Frederick

classic…between a rock and a hard place… LOL

Marica

Good one!👊👊

bflyjesusgrl

WOW! Going away ceremony for a Black-Hat Traitor??? 🤔
How many others got this treatment? Someone should send this to Some Dude!😉😃

Marica

LOL Butterfly!!! I don’t seem to remember Comey getting this treatment? Anyone else?😜😜🤪

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

As I recall, Comey got let go while away.
Quite similar!
/s

Marica

🤣🤣🤣

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

You misspelled “SunDirge.” 😀

fleporeblog

Marica

Excellent mini roundup Flep!!! I just said below–Hard to believe RR would get such a resounding ceremony if he were in fact a Black Hat…

Sylvia Avery

IKR?

Marica

Sylvia!! they were so relaxed and joking!! It seems as if they had all done their jobs–SO…JUSTICE IS COMING!!!(and tomorrow’s Friday…)😏😘

Sylvia Avery

I thought it was quite revealing to read, and the parts that I watched were even more revealing because you can see the facial expressions and body language.
RR does NOT look like he has a care in the whole wide world. Contrast that with Comey, Brennan, McCabe, or some of those.
Eye opener!

Marica

Compare and Contrast indeed!!!

ladypenquin

I don’t think RR was a rat. No way would they have been so warm in their sendoff if he was tainted.
Notice how Mueller isn’t getting any “He’s a fine gentleman” from our side.

amwick

It sure makes sense,, but I am fence sitting… The thing about wearing a wire, that leaves me uncomfortable.. even as a joke.. soooooo hmmmmmmmm
My take is that so much happened we will never know about, never, ever, ever, so we see a tiny bit of the picture and try to make sense of it… This is when faith in a person’s basic character comes into play…
I had that faith myself in AG Session, and it look at what happened..

ladypenquin

As to “wearing a wire” – didn’t that come from McCabe? Who I wouldn’t believe, but even if true, the context isn’t clear, at least not yet.

amwick

Exactly,,, it is still hazy…

Marica

Wow Wolfie!! THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE OF ANYTHING I HAVE HEARD OF READ TO DATE!!!
Thank you!!!!!🤗🤗😍😘

Sylvia Avery

Wow, Felice. I think this sounds like more than a polite goodbye.
I have thought RR was a rat, but recent events are making me reevaluate.
In trying to understand this coup, it really doesn’t pay to take hard and fast positions on who is doing what, because this is all sneaky super secret squirrel spy stuff and just when you think you have it figured out, you don’t. Not even close.

Marica

Agree!! “SNEAKY SUPER SECRET SQUIRREL SPY STUFF” say that 8 times fast!😊

Sylvia Avery

I had a hard time writing it once!!!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Cheat.
Copy it and paste seven times. Voila!

Sylvia Avery

🙂 🙂

Cuppa Covfefe

Add squealing scurrilous skunks in there somewhere…
(OK, OK, I know, I’m alliterate)…

Marica

Nice addition Cuppa!!😂😂🐿🐁(no skunk emoji?)

bakocarl

“just when you think you have it figured out, you don’t. Not even close.”
A very good thing to remember as we go about prognosticating future events . . .

Sylvia Avery

Yes. It is good to remember and reflect on it from time to time, isn’t it?
Disinformation is an important and necessary tool of counterintelligence investigations. And it is easy to see a pattern and latch onto it and think this is what’s going on because we are all hungry for answers/resolution.
I have driven myself nuts with this at times and caused myself foolish periods of despair. But when I collect myself I remember what I knew all along, which is that we see only a small part and it is what we are allowed to see.

bakocarl

I got caught up in that, also . . . and then I remind myself . . .
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

ladypenquin

I like what you’re saying, Bakocarl. Reminds me of a comment I left OT today in a thread from yesterday, re: Nadler. As much as I cannot stand the man – and I can’t – I won’t make fun of him for his weight or clothing. It’s obvious he has an eating disorder, medical issues, and associated mental health issues.
I’ll ping him for his communism and his rotten political manipulations, but I won’t attack him for his physical appearance – in that, I can give him pity.

Pat Frederick

squatters in the Venezuela Embassy in DC
FTA:
Maduro’s diplomats vacated the premises on April 24th. But before departing, they invited far-left activists to occupy the embassy in their stead. Activists from the radical-left group Code Pink, have led the Embassy Protection Collective, a conglomerate of extreme leftist groups that have devoted the last few weeks to propping up Maduro and preventing Venezuelan officials under Guaido from carrying out their diplomatic duties in the embassy.
This could be a Monty Python sketch. A group of white Americans is occupying the Venezuelan embassy in “solidarity with Venezuelans”. But when @democracynow asks @ArielElyseGold “Are there any Venezuelans here?”, turns out @codepink has shut them all out.pic.twitter.com/2PpjH5Jbee
— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) May 4, 2019
The far-left groups — which appear to be mostly Caucasian American Baby Boomers — have faced opposition from large groups of Venezuelan expatriates, who have arrived at the embassy to protest the actions of the pro-Maduro activists.
Let me try to get this straight: @codepink a group of ‘anti-imperialist’ gringos, who have literally invaded the Venezuelan Embassy, and not allowing actual Venezuelans to enter. 🤔#HandsoffEmbassy pic.twitter.com/JTEntdkU8C
— Moises Rendon (@MoisesRendon) May 4, 2019
#NOW @CODEPINK WILL NOT ENTER OUR EMBASSY! Cease the illegal occupation of the #Venezuela embassy! #OperationLibertyDC #OperacionLibertad #4M pic.twitter.com/Lm27HJyEPW
— Marlon Correa (@MarlonEcorrea) May 4, 2019
President Trump has every legal right to evict the protesters from the premises.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-off-power-commie-squatters-dc-venezuelan-embassy/

SingularZoe

Maybe Code Pink will leave the Venezuelan Embassy when the toilet paper runs out. On the other hand, maybe not.

Pat Frederick

well POTUS cut the power off…so we’ll see if that FLUSHES them out…LOL

Marica

Zoe! Toilet paper has been replaced with currency as they ran out of TP a long time ago!! Glad to see your old keyboard seems to be working!!!

SingularZoe

Lol. Yes, Marica, old keyboard so much easier, and not used to Firefox.

Marica

Great to see you here!! Did you see Bakocarl is aboard? Fun times!!!

Marica

Anyone else find this ADORABLE???!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat Frederick

I did, except you could see the AG literally shaking in his boots from the contempt vote earlier this week…
giggle snort

Marica

Noticed that too!!!! He a President Trump must both take HONEY BADGER pills every morning!🤣

GA/FL

I want/need some of those! Where can you get them?

Marica

Ga! I think you can get them at The Don’t Give a Sh*T Store!! We have one in my hometown!!😂😂

GA/FL

Snort – Miss Marica – YOU are a hoot! I don’t have one of those stores. I’ll try to see if I can find them online.

bflyjesusgrl

LOL, Rod wins the award for best DEADPAN!! 😂

Marica

JW in Germany

Rosenstein is not fired like Comey and Co.? Even gets a formal farewell ceremony? Hmmmmmm….
I think we may have a few candidates for an Oscar! Make the Academy Awards Great Again! MAAGA!

ladypenquin

No one can fake the warmth RR has received from people that WE hold in high regard. If AG Barr is that warm and gracious, Guiliani has been, KellyanneConway, and look, there is Jeff Sessions…
POTUS kept the man in that job. He got rid of people who we frankly saw as impeding his agenda. this did not happen with RR.
Do folks remember that just recently, Jeff Sessions returned to a ceremonial event where POTUS’ Cabinet gifted him with his chair. Scorned or tainted personnel don’t get that return invite if they’re on the wrong side of the angels. IMHO.

JW in Germany

I have been saying from the beginning that there will be twists and turns to the plot that will surprise some—and Rosenstein was near the top of my list.

holley100

Ohhh I love this! Just great!

Deplorable Patriot

The first minute of this is very funny.

JW in Germany

From the article: Illegal immigrants who were granted voluntary departure — also known as “self-deportation” — increased by 50% in 2017, according to information compiled by The Marshall Project. In fiscal year 2018, the number of aliens who asked an immigration court for permission to leave the country on their own accord doubled from the previous fiscal year. Applications in 2018, in fact, reached a seven-year high.
The rising number of self-deportations far outpaces the 17% growth in overall U.S. immigration cases, indicating that a higher percentage of illegal migrants are opting to leave rather than face government-coerced deportation.

Marica

Hey James! Funny how ‘Trump’s Plans” ALWAYS work?🤔😱🤭🤭🤭

JW in Germany

President Trump understands what makes people tick—becoming a lost art! Most on the Left never see it coming.

Marica

But at least a few may be learning from the MASTER! ie. Bill Barr!!!

bakocarl

This would be a good example of the benefit of citing actual numbers in addition to the percentages. A 50% increase from 2 to 3 is meaningless here, but from 200,000 to 300,000 would be a very big deal.

Cuppa Covfefe

Would that they would do that here…sigh…

ZooNTexas

The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy
#FactsMatter | Headlines warn that our soil is becoming so degraded that we are heading for an agricultural Armageddon. Can that be right?….NO….
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232291-100-the-idea-that-there-are-only-100-harvests-left-is-just-a-fantasy/

Gail Combs

“….Headlines warn that our soil is becoming so degraded that we are heading for an agricultural Armageddon……”
I CALL 🐄 💩
My farm when I bought it had ZERO topsoil left. (No organic matter per soil test) It was sold because it would not produce a crop. We added
🐄 🐮 🐖 🐗 🐎 🐔 🐓 💩
and now we have top soil again.
This is why the push towards Vegan is BAD!
Much of our farmland needs to be left as pasture because it is too steep or too rocky. Other land needs several years as pasture to rejuvenate it. Monocrop farming as done by Big Ag is the major problem. Several of the farmers around here run chickens and crops or pigs and crops and use the manure on the crop fields.

Gail Combs

Yes, It is you can actually grow more food per ac by Intercropping, rotation and having several species of plants and animals on your farm.
Got an orchard? Run pigs and chickens beneath the trees to eat the drops (full of bugs) and the bugs themselves. Unfortunately that is now pretty much outlawed.
WHY do we have the two words ‘Trash’ and ‘Garbage’?
Because garbage is FOOD that was collected and cooked and fed to pigs. As late as just after the Vietnam War, Ft Jackson basic training base was selling ‘Garbage’ to pig farmers.
‘Trash’ was non food and was collected separately. Hubby remembers his first grade teacher’s father had a large draft horse and cart he used to collect rags or anything he could rework to sell. He was a Russian immigrant who put all three of his daughters thru teachers college.

Marica

https://twitter.com/k_ovfefe/status/1126577311640424448
Hard to believe Bill Barr the straightest shooter in the DOJ would give this honor to a Black Hat?…

Pat Frederick

OMG I would literally pee my pants laughing if that happened!

Marica

Clean up on Pat’s aisle!!!😂😂😂

Pat Frederick

at least I wouldn’t be crappin’ in my pants like some Dems might be…LOL

Marica

Oh!! I think that IS happening!!! No Depends big enough to fit Nadler

Pat Frederick

good thing he’s from NY—they’re recycling that crap to heat homes! LOL a one man power station!

bflyjesusgrl

LOLOLOL, giggle, snort, one man power station!! 🤣🤣🤣

JW in Germany

You get no ‘like’ for that comment! I cannot get that image out of my head!🤢🤮

Marica

Sorry, James!!😂😂😂😱

ladypenquin

Marica, we’re on the same page. Too much genuine warmth, genuine regard, and respect shown by people who we have faith in – to think that RR isn’t one with them.

Marica

Exactly Lady P…But as in all good and riveting movies–and I have no doubt we are watching a MOVIE…Plot twists abound!!😆🤔😊

phoenixRising

Well now… a picture is worth a thousand words…
https://twitter.com/the_Fjalar/status/1126591666729697280

phoenixRising

Marica

Interesting perspective..

Pat Frederick

he wants reelection help

Marica

At least he took a damn stand!! Chickens the lot of them–Rand Paul has been the lone voice so far…

Pat Frederick

what the blue blazes is McConnell waiting for tho? slap this asshole into next week why doesn’t he?

Marica

drumming fingers on the table…WAITING!!!!

Pat Frederick

actually, altho this article mentions Skeletor, there are quotes by Graham, Grassley and Meadows…
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/09/prison-is-the-only-answer-sen-blumenthal-says-don-jr-belongs-in-jail-if-he-doesnt-comply-with-subpoena-753144

bflyjesusgrl

Cruz came forward, and a few in the House.

Marica

Thanks Butterfly! So few reliable GOP! Its frustrating…

bflyjesusgrl

Oh yeah, Burr ran away from reporters, chicken $h!t bastard!

JW in Germany

Burr and Warner joined at the snake-bellies are deeply involved in Spy Gate just like Schiff and Swalwell.
I do not trust Rubio either!

Marica

With ya James!! Rubio and Mittens are usually on the same team!

Gail Combs

“….the SQUISHY RINOs who hang out in the NEUTRAL ZONE are trying to save Dem ASS.” AND are thereby getting their OWN ASSES painted with a target!comment image

Gail Combs

===> Burr is super swamp <====
He is SOOooo bad I was going to campaign for the DEMOCRAT!

Marica

YUP Warner’s BFF!

Pat Frederick

glad they voted to deny the COMMUNIST party of China from providing phone services in thei country…
FTA:
China Mobile, which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), sought approval in 2011 to provide interconnection services for phone calls between the United States and other countries. The approval would have given it enhanced access to U.S. telephone lines, fiber-optic cable, cellular networks, and communications satellites.
The FCC voted 5–0 to deny the application, citing risks that the CCP could use the approval to conduct espionage against the U.S. government. China Mobile had not sought approval to provide wireless services to U.S. consumers.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said May 9 that the United States also should take “additional action” and investigate whether to revoke similar prior approvals for other Chinese-owned carriers, including China Unicom and China Telecom Corp, to operate in the United States. The carriers could not be reached for comment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fcc-votes-to-deny-china-mobile-bid-to-operate-in-us_2915047.html

Pat Frederick

they got a suspect in connection to all those guns in California
FTA;
Authorities apprehended a suspect late Wednesday after police discovered over 1,000 guns at a mansion in Los Angeles’s Holmby Hills neighborhood.
The Los Angeles Police Department took Girard Damien Saenz, 57, into custody Wednesday night after a group of local and federal agents seized a stash of more than 1,000 firearms of various sizes, makes and models from the home, according to NBC News.
Police are holding Saenz for suspected selling and lending of assault weapons as well as illegal transport of the weapons, according to a police spokesman, Lt. Chris Ramirez, NBC reported.
“We recovered over a thousand weapons of various makes, models and calibers — rifles, shotguns, pistols,” Ramirez said.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/09/guns-la-home-custody/

Gil

Mr gil said the same.

Sylvia Avery

That would be another wish fulfilled, wouldn’t it????? Well, why not. PDJT has a great way of using situations to our advantage. Maybe this, too, will be an Obamanation clean up of sorts.

Gil

Gun enthusiasts would be happy.

Sylvia Avery

Assault weapons my behind. I didn’t study the photo in depth but, as Sleepy Joe would say, c’mon man!
I challenge the lead investigator to walk over to the pile and pull out an assault weapon and show it to us. Just do it. Waiting…

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Just what the hell is an “assault weapon” anyway?
I gave it a casual glance and saw nothing visually resembling an assault rifle, which of course would still not be enough to positively identify something as an assault rifle since it’s hard to tell without close examination if it is in fact select-fire (the readily-available AR-15 isn’t, the M-16 is).

Gil

Hands and feet are assault weapons imo…. its a boogeyman term.
Btw glad youre back!

Sylvia Avery

Perfect description, Gil. Boogeyman term.

Sylvia Avery

Well, exactly.
It is one of those squishy terms that can mean anything to anyone and has no precise definition. Are we talking a fully automatic weapon? Or what?
It’s like white nationalist. What is that, exactly? I gather we are to merge it in our minds with white supremacists but how are those the same?
I get quite irritated by the theft of language.

Sylvia Avery

I know. It really makes me “snitty.” I get so annoyed I want to break things or shovel something.
I think knowing it is an old trick from the Commie toolkit makes me even angrier. I think to myself where is the outrage?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Are we talking a fully automatic weapon?

That’s what they want you to think AR-15s are; when they’re being slightly more circumspect they’ll call them “military style guns” (or some variant thereof). They can’t be nailed for lying, really, since the term has no real definition, but…they’re lying sacks of schiff nevertheless.

Sylvia Avery

🙂

Deplorable Patriot

Assault weapon…does a machete count? Sledgehammer? Kitchen knife? Candlestick? Pipe wrench?
It is an elastic term, isn’t it.

phoenixRising

Swampy just out of Twitmo, RT’d a THREAD wrt this raid
and in a THREAD of his own, Swampy asks if this was tied to Fast & Furious?
https://twitter.com/SwampyLives/status/1126489955998556160

Marica

Hey Phoenix!!! Was just wondering where you were!! Good to see ya today!!

phoenixRising

Hi Marica (waving heartily)…
Having a funky day – something must be happening tomorrow/week-end… ? 😉
Just got online a bit ago, trying to catch up….
Good to see you as always… twitter jacko hasn’t snagged you I’m happy to see !

Marica

LOL!!! Not yet!! HA!! I’m always so happy to see your smiling face and biting wit!!! 😘😘

Kalbo

Uh, think there is more to this story…
So, this guy has over 1,000 guns and sold or loaned them.
Picture of ammo reflects not many rounds. Narrative said thousands of rounds.
This doesn’t make sense.
10 rounds per weapon = 10,000 rounds
100 rounds per weapon = 100,000 rounds.
Police reported “thousands” of rounds.
NOPE. Not buying the police party line.
IF he loaned weapons out, surely ammo goes with them. That would increase the stock pile numbers.
IMHO.

Marica

Marica
SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

One sure hopes.
It seems like this has been “soon” for two freaking YEARS now.
I agree with Huckabee–we need reparations. Trump gets an extra two years to make up for time lost to this BULLSCHITT.

Marica

It does, doesn’t it Steve?!!!! With the RR outgoing ceremony combined with Burr going after Don Jr…and Kerry being brought back into the news…It seems very like timing is right…? We’ll see soon~~I hope!!!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

On the subject of Burr calling DJTJr to testify…are we sure it’s about his dad’s (nonexistent) misdeeds…or could it be about how he was gone-after by the Black Hats?

Marica

Steve–we are NEVER sure of anything–but Burr doesn’t seem to be backed by any “good” guys…Also, Mulveney was a bit perturbed that he was not alerted ahead of time. I believe protocol dictates that should have been provided to COS 1st… Someone might know better than me…

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Mulvaney may be chief of staff…but Don Jr isn’t on the staff; Mulvaney isn’t his boss. (Jared and Ivanka are, as far as I know, on the staff, but Don Jr. and Eric aren’t.)
So I don’t see how Mulvaney should have been notified.
On the other hand, Burr is, in fact, a presumptive Uniparty puke. However, he too COULD be playing a role–or possibly, he’s trying to save his hindquarters and has “flipped.”

Marica

Wow!!! Steve–We have certainly missed you! I can actually see wheels churning!!!
As far as Don Jr–Due to the fact that he is a child of the POTUS–it was supposed to be protocol–or maybe just FREAKIN respect..(which of course they don’t have)…SMH

Deplorable Patriot

Given that we don’t know what we don’t know….
IDK, I’m enjoying watching the wheels come off the Democrat clown cars. No reason to stop them while they are making complete idiots of themselves.

Marica

speaking of clown cars…😜😜🤡🤡
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1126634193516212225

Cuppa Covfefe

Duck and cover. Wow. That brings back memories.
Having said that, it looks like Burr ducked and Cowerd… Coward-Shivvin*…

Gil

Just saw a news blurb that dhs is so overwhelmed at the usual border points here that they are going to start dropping off illegals in the counties north of the border, riverside and san bernardino, at a rate of 100-125 per day, for now. Thats just in addition to what they release already.
Theyre going to start a civil war. They cannot expect us in CA to pay $4 25 a gallon for gas, and all the other high prices, sales tax of 8.75%, and have the honor of the nations #1 location for millenials living with mommy in socal, and pay for these people too.

Gail Combs

The Border Patrol needs to drop the illegals off just outside of the homes and properties of:
DiFi and NastPiglosi and Chucky the Schmuck and Heels up Kamala Harris and Jared Huffman and John Garamendi and Mike Thompson and Ami Bera and Doris Matsui and Jerry McNerney…
There are over 50 California Reps in Congress. MAKE THEM FEEL THE PAIN!!!
All it takes is convincing 39 DemonRat California Reps that we NEED immigration reform to get a decent law passed.
All the current law says is they have to be released. So release them where it does the country the most good, in California Sanctuary Cities.

Marica

Here Here!! Gail!!!

phoenixRising

Amen Gail…
Gil, I love you gal, but your state has literally asked for this… Perhaps, some of those in congress will get enough complaints they will pass the legislation POTUS needs… takes 15 mins I hear (legislation is all ready to go… needs a quick up and down vote. Done.

Gil

Yep. Too many illegals, too much fraud, started bigly in education system, coincided with apathy. Btw, they just formally “updated” the sex ed guidelines yesterday. Teaching ok to be trans in kindergarten and anal, gay, and other sexual activities in middle school, with photographic how to guides. Despite having even teachers saying no!

Sylvia Avery

Marica

I bet the overflow was bigger that ALL the 2020 Dem candidates added UP!😂😂😂

Deplorable Patriot

I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but OMG, get me a paper bag. I can’t breathe. LMAO

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It was revealing when Dan Blather insisted that the memo might have been fake, but the story was still accurate.
In other words, he so believed that GWB was a draft dodger that saying so was telling the truth even if fabricating the memo was necessary to support the statement. He deemed it possible and desirable to serve the greater Truth by lying.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I dunno whether I’d consider it solely prog ethics; I’ve had people I no longer trust try to evangelize me by lying to me, presumably reasoning that saving my soul was worth lying.

TheseTruths

That is not only “ends justify the means” thinking, but it is against the tenets of the faith they were trying to introduce you to. A sad commentary.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

One would think it would be, no?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

And by the way it has been my general life experience that one’s religion/faith is no indicator whatsoever (either positive or negative) of one’s character. Zero correlation. There are scum churchgoers, scum mosquegoers (if that’s a word), and scum non-religious. And good people in all of those camps, and the thousands of other types I haven’t mentioned.

Gail Combs

Actually Wolfie, it is COMMUNIST ethics.

“Here is an example of a ‘Willing Accomplice’ who has been active for years influencing Americans:
Dan Rather
The poster boy for media’s PC (Political Correctness) anti-Americanism is Dan Rather. Almost a caricature of KGB covert influence Rather ran his own disinformation operation, complete with counterfeit documents. During President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign in 2004, Rather conspired to create fake letters from Bush’s military career. His reporting was intended to denigrate President Bush’s military record. When his plot was uncovered, like covert operators, he never revealed the truth.
Prior to his final PC disinformation operation, Rather hosted a CBS special in 1988. The program, The Wall Within, could have been produced by the KGB’s disinformation division. Rather interviewed six “former American soldiers, veterans of Vietnam.” They told harrowing stories of atrocities they’d participated in during their combat tours of Vietnam.
Rather somberly and seriously listened to their stories, damning America’s involvement in the anti-communist war in Southeast Asia. But, Rather’s carefully chosen interviewees were telling stories that were not true.
Later research revealed that only one of Rather’s six interviewees had actually been in Vietnam. And that one had been an equipment repairman, and did not serve in combat. Rather’s tactics were revealed for all to see.
The difference between Rather’s Progressive disinformation operation in 1988, and his operation in 2005, was the internet. In 2005, immediately upon Rather’s carefully planned revelation of the fake documents purporting to be President Bush’s National Guard file, actual document examiners blogged their analysis showing the documents were fake.
Irrefutable evidence proved that Rather’s documents were forgeries.
In classic covert operator, and now PC, style, Rather admitted nothing, denied everything, and made counter-accusations. He fought CBS’s attempts at punishment. He was finally allowed to resign. He later filed a lawsuit, crushed on appeal, against CBS. He has yet to admit his attempts at disinformation….

From the book Willing Accomplices: How KGB Covert Influence Agents Created Political Correctness and Destroyed America by Kent Clizbe
Another book on Russian Spies said journalists were a favorite target of the KGB, second only to Government Scientists.

sallyal

So that’s where AOC learned from. Not necessary to be factually correct as long as you are morally correct.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I doubt it.
It’s proper Marxist-Leninist principle; they both got it from somewhere else.

Marica

“Stunned anew”!!!! Good grief! Paging Wheatie with the Sheldon gif!!!🤣🤣🤣

Sylvia Avery

Bwahahaha!!!

Sylvia Avery

Let’s hope this unsealed indictment is a trickle that becomes becomes a flood:
“An indictment was unsealed today charging a former intelligence analyst with illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested this morning and will make his initial appearance today at the federal courthouse in Nashville. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jennifer L. Moore of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office made the announcement after the charges were unsealed.
According to the indictment, Hale was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force from July 2009 to July 2013, during which time he received language and intelligence training. While serving on active duty, Hale was assigned to work at the National Security Agency (NSA) and deployed to Afghanistan as an intelligence analyst. After leaving the U.S. Air Force, Hale was employed by a defense contractor and assigned to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where he worked as a political geography analyst between December 2013 and August 2014. In connection with his active duty service and work for the NSA, and during his time at NGA, Hale held a Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) security clearance and was entrusted with access to classified national defense information.
According to allegations in the indictment, beginning in April 2013, while enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and assigned to the NSA, Hale began communicating with a reporter…”
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-intelligence-analyst-charged-disclosing-classified-information

TheseTruths

One of the sealed indictments we’ve all been waiting for? This guy was leaking to the media; there have to be many more.

phoenixRising

Ah, let’s NOT forget the reporter…….. guess who ? from zeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-09/former-nsanga-analyst-indicted-leaking-classified-info-reporter
“… While the reporter isn’t named, MintPress News’ Whiteney Webb and others have deduced that it was The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill. “
And this THREAD

Sylvia Avery

Interesting indeed!

bakocarl

I, I suppose like many others, get caught up in the depths of corruption that has eaten away at the fabric of our faith and our country, the information overload that is associated with all that corruption, the seemingly snail’s pace of the arrival of facts, truth and justice, and the fear that an overall accounting of the major perpetrators may not happen.
Then, I have to remind myself that God didn’t put us here to be consumed by the affairs of corrupt men, or even the application of justice to those corrupt men. “Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, in due time their foot will slip; for the day of their calamity is near, and the impending things are hastening upon them.” and “If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.””
. . . and then I get such a warm, encouraging welcome at QTree from who? From friends . . . from like-minded people I believe generally feel the same as I about “one people, under one God, saluting one flag” . . . and I am truly and deeply affected.
I have feelings now of family, home and belonging. Thank you all . . . every one.

Gil
Sylvia Avery

So glad you’re here to add your warmth and insight. And humor!!!

TatonkaWoman

“…feelings now of family, home, and belonging.” So true, bc.
This tree reminds me so much of how CTH was in 2015-16 during the campaign.

Sylvia Avery

Yes it does!

Gil

Ca schools and rentals would empty out so fast. The chinee buy up all the homes near colleges and convert the dining and living rooms illegally. Pave over yards and rent to up to 8 people for a 3 bdrm house. Like locusts. And then section 8, lower rent places go to illegals. Hit on both ends.

Sylvia Avery

Yes. It is a horrible blight on communities. And all the modifications are unpermitted and not to building codes. Dangerous dangling wires. Stress put on sewage lines and water supplies. Just what you want next door.
I’m sorry Gil. It’s rough. I hope we live long enough to see the Left Coast regain it’s senses. I remain convinced if illegal immigration were stopped, illegals deported, and voter fraud ended it might make a difference.
I know you are talking about the Chinee and I’m referring to illegals but there are a whole lot of similarities in the impact it has on communities. Do you remember Dekester from OT? He’s Canadian. He would write about the Chinee buying up all of Canada.
In my part of the world they have done that, too, and very often move in marijuana grow operations into the single family dwellings they have bought. Seems to be quite profitable. Very odd since we were promised legal weed would make crime drop like a stone because all weed would be legal weed and there would be no more dangerous grow operations or street corner sales. Ho, ho, ho. Such big fat lie.

Gil

I sure do remember dekester. Canada on the west coast is the similar real estate market.

Sylvia Avery

I’m for it! Sounds like a plan! Let’s do it!

phoenixRising

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Sylvia Avery

Missed you pR. I realize you have a life, and actually I do too, but still I missed seeing you earlier and glad you’re here now! I love your little snippets of info that you post.

phoenixRising

Ah Sylvia, what a sweet thing to say…
You made my day! Hugs…

Sylvia Avery

<3 <3 <3

Kalbo

M O A R Judges!!!
Confirmations for these Friday:-)
Hope the judicial nomination pipeline is well primed….

phoenixRising

Kalbo,
Mitch is really running these confirmations through… when he can get the guys to work. You know they’re off on Fridays and they start late on Mondays (I know, nice work if you can get it, right?)
He may get them to confirm Monday at 5:30 or Tuesday a.m. at latest…
Numbers keep growing… Count Steve is back now, so perhaps he can keep the tally straight for me. I can’t count that high 😉

Marica

Guess who’s Anniversary it is today? These 2 amazing Patriots!!
https://twitter.com/JosephJFlynn1/status/1126614824798965761

realsauce

hmmm….drinking a beer, wonder what brand

Marica

Sam Adams?🍻🍺

Katie

Patriots Soapbox interviewed Joe Flynn this week – General Flynn’s brother. It’s a fascinating interview and he says that Mike Flynn will be heard from again and will make an impact on this country. Even alluded to a presidential run altho not in specific words.
Start around 3:30 in the video if you want to watch it. Made my day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECup4OtEf3E&list=PLxLKbTIcTQBM1u-972FgFPYgpb8vmQwnc&index=2&t=0s

Marica

oh Katie!!! Thanks for sharing! This should help lower BP!!

Sylvia Avery

Thanks Katie, sounds intriguing! I’ll bookmark it for later. I’d really like to think that we haven’t heard the last from General Flynn!

itswoot

Have been shut out from accessing the Qtree for the last week, which involved major browser troubles. Am currently back to using an old browser that is not based on Chromium/Chrome. Even then, it took a few tries to get in here. Never had any problems getting into TCTH for making access comparisons.
They’re after me! **shifts eyes left** **shifts eyes right**

Marica

LOL!!! Glad you mad it back in Itswoot!!

Sylvia Avery

“…A few Democrats have just now started to realize the trap that was set and Nadler’s incompetence in shuffling his way into it.
These few observant Democrats had their “the lights went on” moment when news of the Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena of Donald Trump Jr. regarding matters allegedly related to the now infamous Trump Tower meeting in 2016, went public via an alleged leak by a Democrat member of that committee to the Axios news organization.
It’s no accident both the Nadler House committee debacle and the rushed Axios story both took place within hours of each other—but apparently, it’s NOT Democrats (as they initially believed) who are pulling the strings on these matters.
Readers might recall when, not so long ago, Democrats and the media were outraged over President Trump’s insistence that the events surrounding the Trump-Russia hoax and Spygate scandal be declassified so the American people could know of it themselves. They claimed it was a serious breach of national security, would endanger members of the intelligence communities, etc.
Now, those same Democrats and media are demanding the full, unredacted version of the Mueller Report, (even though Democrat leaders are already allowed to go sit down and read it for themselves) which is a complete 180 to when they were demanding certain information be kept from the public.
Do you see what’s happened here?
President Trump has manipulated the Democrats into now demanding what he wanted all along – full disclosure….”
http://dcwhispers.com/hook-line-and-sinker-how-president-trump-just-played-democrats-media-into-giving-him-what-he-wanted-all-along/

Sylvia Avery

“Officials in a small Northern California community say an online conspiracy that started with a tweet from former FBI Director James Comey forced them to cancel an annual school fundraiser out of safety concerns.
The cancellation by a school foundation in Grass Valley, north of Sacramento, occurred after Comey participated in the Twitter hashtag trend #FiveJobsIHad, The Sacramento Bee reported.
A QAnon conspiracy theorist rearranged the letters in Comey’s tweet to spell “five jihads” and grouped the first letters of each of the jobs he listed – grocery store clerk, vocal soloist for church weddings, chemist, strike-replacement high school teacher and “FBI director, interrupted” – to spell GVCSF, the initials of the Grass Valley Charter School Foundation….”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/9/james-comey-qanon-conspiracy-theory-sabotages-gras/

phoenixRising

Disney and Hollywood…. owned by satanists……

phoenixRising

phoenixRising

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Sylvia Avery

I like the sounds of that.

daughnworks247

Oh yeah?
I gotta plan for you. Build the canal!

Marica

In the winning column….

Sylvia Avery

Whoo HOO!!!!!!!!

phoenixRising

I’ll keep covering the White House and wait for things to return to normal — if they ever do.
~ Dana Milbank
‘Normal’ ?
Normal is just a setting on the washing machine, Dana…

Marica

Good one Phoenix!! Jellenne made a good point:

Cuppa Covfefe

Dana? More like Abby.
Abby Normal…

phoenixRising

“The White House revoked my press pass. It’s not just me — it’s curtailing access for all journalists.”
Journalists… I don’t see no journalists… I see stenographers, fabricators, fiction/fantasy writers…
No journalists… nope… nada, none, zero.
————-
I tried to read Dana’s comments but article is behind a paywall… so I had my friend DDG look up her quote and the Washington Daily report let me read for free…
http://washingtondailyreport.com/white-house-revoked-press-pass/
The White House eliminated most briefings and severely restricted access to official events. And this week came the coup de grace: After covering four presidents, I received an email informing me that Trump’s press office had revoked my White House credential.
I’m not the only one. I was part of a mass purge of “hard pass” holders after the White House implemented a new standard that designated as unqualified almost the entire White House press corps, including all six of The Post’s White House correspondents. White House officials then chose which journalists would be granted “exceptions.” It did this over objections from news organizations and the White House Correspondents’ Association.

VSGPOTUS got really tired of all your crap Dana… deal with it.

Marica

LOLOLOLOLOL! Please tell me April Ryan and Jim Acosta were on that list!!!!BWAhahahah

phoenixRising

White House revoked “Hard passes” – which means (iirc from Acosta’s timeout) they can gain access, they have to go DAILY to the kiosk outside the building, and wait for clearance/ID check, etc., and get a DAILY PASS…
LOVE IT, LOVE IT…
Marica, WH did it en masse instead of only a random purge, so Acosta can’t get a lawyer etc. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE WH ALLOW PRESS IN FOR ANYTHING. Strictly tradition. Well, honey tradition can pound sand. This change will allow succeeding presidents to let stand a new “tradition”…
Our POTUS has some huge cojones !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

phoenixRising
Marica

Doesn’t he though?!!!! Titanium!!! Offense BABY!!!

Spab

It is as though the White House has toppled the statue of Woodward and Bernstein. It is horrible, yet I can’t look away.

Marica

Funny!!! Kinda like the toppling of Saddam Hussein statues!! Excellent visual Spab!!! Kelly Anne and Sarah look on and giggle!!!

daughnworks247

I might have to bake a cake!

Sylvia Avery

This story is fascinating. The killers were a leftist gay guy and some kind of a transitioning from something to other kid, so they don’t fit the MAGA white toxic male category. And now it seems the kids themselves were somewhat prepared that they were going spotlighted and exploited at this vigil, so they used community organizer like tactics and walked out, and stood outside chanting MENTAL HEALTH.
Felice must be right about GenZ! Maybe there is hope!
FTA:
“Dozens, if not hundreds, of STEM School Highlands Ranch students walked out in anger Wednesday evening after two congressional Democrats and a far-left group politicized a vigil for a student who was killed during a mass shooting at the Colorado school Tuesday…
[The far left activist} demonized pro-Second Amendment politicians, asked the students to elect Democrats into office and requested that they raise money for gun control advoca!ttes…
After walking out on her politicized speech, the students reportedly chanted “mental health,” held their own vigil outside and then later returned to the auditorium to blast Democrats and their allies with Moms Demand Action for disrespecting them.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/09/stem-students-storm-out-chant-mental-health-when-gun-control-activist-politicians-hijack-vigil-for-victims-753054

bflyjesusgrl

⭐️⭐️⭐️Lou Dobbs….Joe DiGinova and Victoria Toensig ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Joe D – IG Horowitz has confirmed final 3 FISA extensions were ILLEGALLY OBTAINED!!!! He’s doing more work to see if 1st one was too cuz FBI hid John Solomon’s info from IG
Victoria – “Chris Wray is hiding Jim Comey’s sins
Joe- Wray is empty suit, get along, go along guy, hates conflict, loves Comey and Mueller
Most of you know by now State Dept told FBI Steele was political, lying, and a fraud 10days before election. Our FBI retro classified doc in April 2019.
Democrats stole 2018 Election, colluded with Mueller to withhold report

Sylvia Avery

Oh boy. I have Lou recorded. Can’t wait to watch! Thanks for the tip!!!!

bflyjesusgrl

Solomon on Hannity tonight to discuss.

bflyjesusgrl

Solomon –
FBI had 4 different pieces/sources of evidence against Steele BEFORE they went to FISA Court.
This was interesting, he didn’t specifically say “which info”,
House and Senate Judiciary and Intel Committees – somebody chose to keep info secret, revealed in Citizens United FOIA

daughnworks247

YES, that’s it! Thank you.

bflyjesusgrl

Sadz 😞😫 Madz 😡🤬

Sylvia Avery

Dammit. James was such an effective fighter.
Well, I hope this helps to bring about whatever the day of reckoning will be for twitter, etc. James Woods is pretty high profile. He’s not some nobody with a colorful handle spinning wild-eyed theories in his parents’ basement. Sooner or later the world is going to notice that voices are being silenced every day.

Marica

And he was a very Strong advocate for VETS–especially ones that were considering suicide!!! He was a ROCK! Very Very SAD!

Gail Combs

James Woods is also a BRILLIANT MILLIONAIRE. He can afford really good lawyers and go after the Jack@$$ for censorship. I hope he does.

olderwiser21

Wolf – my thoughts, exactly. I don’t do Twitter and FB, but I know Gab is a good alternative, from what I have read. If Trump took his account to Gab, wouldn’t Twitter collapse?

Sylvia Avery

Deplorable Patriot

Amen. We don’t know what we don’t know, and what ever is going on in the background will likely make the chaos in the second act of the play “Noises Off” look sane.
(The 1984 movie with Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Marilu Henner, et al is HILARIOUS if you need a good laugh.)

phoenixRising
Marica

I was just going to ask if anyone was taking it for the team and watching the James Comey show? I just can”t!!!

Marica
bflyjesusgrl

I refuse!! I’ll watch his perp walk, trial, maybe, drive to jail, if someone posts a clip, probably.

Marica

Yeah–I’d probably break my TV watching….Not safe…
for giggles:
https://twitter.com/k_ovfefe/status/1126660097332129793

Deplorable Patriot

Don’t forget for a whole 24 hours a while back after some report was released and the 4 am talking points came out before anyone read the report itself, that Jim Comey was “insubordinate” to Loretta Lynch according to no less than John Podesta. They harped on it, realized that the black hat narrative was already set up and rolling, and the Dems backed off.
That alone tells me that the surface of the Comey frenzy is hiding one big old iceberg under the surface. There’s something else going on.

daughnworks247

Holy Crap – we need the tape of John Solomon on Hannity this evening.
State Dept chic interviewed Steele 10 days before FISA was filed. She talked to him for 45 minutes and discerned:
1. He was talking to NYTimes and WaPost
2. He was lying about important facts.
3. He admitted his goal was not to help intel community…… he had a political deadline, get the info out before the election.
One more I can’t remember.
AND Congressman Mark Meadows has confirmed the info was transferred to the FBI, THEY HAD IT, prior to the FISA application in October of 2016.
Fruit of the poisonous tree.
Whole investigation gets thrown out.
SHAME on Mueller.

phoenixRising

Not only are we twinsing…
we’re talking about the same thing… different sources 😉

daughnworks247

I do wish you lived next door PR.
Then, I could just bang on the kitchen window.

phoenixRising

backdoor and front door are always unlocked… come on in…
no need to stand in heat… lemonade or coffee inside.

bflyjesusgrl

Greg Jarrett just listed all the Comey sins, LONG LIST, he was excellent. Hopes Comey saved his book money, LOL.

bflyjesusgrl

Frikkin McConnell, gave a wishy washy non-rebuke to Burr, but a Case Closed to America. 🤯🤯
Dem candidate will push America into Socialism, not happening. POTUS doing a good job. Proud of the Courts.

bflyjesusgrl

Mark Levin – Whole Cabal needs to go in front of Grand Jury. Give em the Trump treatment, drag their kids in to.
Ooh, wants to know how Pelosi got soo rich. She knows nothing about law or Constitution.
Explains Dems dirty steps. 3 Blue State Leaders trying to reverse 2016 election, Americans aren’t gonna stand for it!!
Can’t wait for this clip, Go Mark!!

TheseTruths

I recorded the program. Here are the four derogatory pieces of information about Christopher Steele that the FBI had, according to Solomon:
1. He broke his FBI agreement and went to the State Dept.
2. He gave the State Dept. false information (the same type of info that was in the dossier).
3. He had a political deadline. His goal was not to help the intelligence community but to get the info out before the election.
4. He was in contact with and transmitting info to the Washington Post and the NYTimes.
If the FBI had all that info about Steele and went to the FISA court 10 days later and swore they had no derogatory info about Christopher Steele, “they would have overtly misled the FISA court in order to secure the first FISA warrant against the Trump campaign.”

daughnworks247

YEAAH! Thank you, These Truths!

TheseTruths

😉

Gail Combs

If I recall correctly, Steele was supposedly FIRED by the FBI for talking to the Press.
Old Notes on Steele:
THIS IS INTERESTING given the State Dept. Info on Steele.
BOMBSHELL: Secret TEXTS Show FBI, DOJ May Have RUSHED Anti-Trump FISA Warrant
by Sara Carter
3 Apr 2018
https://saraacarter.com/bombshell-secret-texts-show-fbi-doj-may-have-rushed-anti-trump-fisa-warrant
…..
Judicial Watch: FBI Records Show Dossier Author Deemed ‘Not Suitable for Use.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-records-show-dossier-author-deemed-not-suitable-for-use-as-source-show-several-fbi-payments-in-2016/
“The FD-1040a form explains why the FBI discontinued its relationship with Steele as a “confidential human source”…
….the most puzzling document is the FD-1057, noting that Steele was “admonished” by a FBI handler for an unspecified infraction. That document is dated February 2, 2016. Yet Fusion GPS would not hire Steele to compile a dossier on then-candidate Donald Trump until June, according to media reports that have not been denied by the FBI or Fusion executives….
Steele’s “dossier” was used as the primary basis of a FISA surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, obtained by the FBI in October 2016. Even though the bureau cut Steele off within weeks of the initial application, the dossier continued to be used to secure the three subsequent renewals….”

https://www.rt.com/usa/435078-fbi-steele-redacted-documents/
“…The documents show that Steele was cut off as a “Confidential Human Source” (CHS) after he disclosed his relationship with the FBI to a third party. The documents show at least 11 FBI payments to Steele in 2016 and document that he was admonished for unknown reasons in February, 2016. The documents were turned over in response to Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records of communications and payments between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his private firm, Orbis Business Intelligence….
The documents include:
Fifteen (15) FD-1023, Source Reports.
Thirteen (13) FD-209a, Contact Reports.
Eleven (11) FD-794b, Payment Requests.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/fbi-records-show-dossier-author-deemed-not-suitable-for-use-as-source-show-several-fbi-payments-in-2016/5649642
According to several current FBI Counterintelligence Agents in a position to know, Steele was a known agent of MI6 at the same time that he was working to compile and promulgate the DNC and Hillary Clinton funded dossier. This claim flies in the face of mainstream media reporting, which has claimed that Christopher Steele last worked for MI6 in 2008. The FBI’s counterintelligence division specifically focuses on identifying and tracking the whereabouts of foreign intelligence officers operating inside the United States.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/exclusive-christopher-steele-was-in-contact-with-british-mi6-and-russian-svr-during-the-2016-election/
From Grassley referral to FBI about Christopher Steele:
“(U) One memorandum by Mr Steele that was not published by Buzzfeed is dated October 19, 2016. The report alleges [redacted], as well as [redacted]. Mr Steele’s memorandum states that his company “received this report from [redacted], US State Department,” that the report was the second in a series, and that the report was information that came from a foreign sub-source who “is in touch with [redacted], a contact of [redacted], a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to [redacted].” It is troubling enough that the Clinton Campaign funded Mr Steele’s work, but these Clinton associates were contemporaneously feeding Mr Steele allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility.” https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/after-house-gop-memo-fbi-oks-release-unclassified-steele-referral

Deplorable Patriot

Here’s the problem with what the FBI had in 2016: evidence and information gathered and passed to the DoJ BEFORE Sessions cleaned the place out was going to end up contaminated in some way. Leaked, lost, bleached – name it. It would be unusable.
Sit on the information until the DoJ was cleaner than it was (when were all the US Attorneys fired?), and that’s a different story.
Q says expand your thinking. Not everything is as the surface – or the MSM interpreters – would have it.

phoenixRising

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-09/fbis-steele-story-unravels-agency-debunked-claims-fisa-application
“It is important to note that there is no Russian consulate in Miami.”
In short, the FBI undoubtedly lied to their teeth to the FISA court in order to obtain a warrant to surveil Carter Page and the Trump campaign.

daughnworks247

Hey WOLFIE – FYI
I’m starting to receive strange notifications. It’s happening more and more. We are attracting attention.
Got three since the last time I checked in, about 2pm, soooo about 6 hours ago.
I THINK it is a good thing but wanted to let you know, since you are the keeper of the gate.
One person, from outside of our group, reblogged the piece I did on the Border Wall.
Another one, reblogged our BARR thread – TWICE.
I check both people and them seem “like minded”.
We were complimented on our Barr thread.
Great work team!

Gil

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phoenixRising

I’m glad nothin’s habbenin !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THReAD by Ben …
https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1126649839771537408

bflyjesusgrl

There was a tweet earlier today, 4 previous UK officials are on the board or are working for Huawei. Bye 5Eyes, see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya!! 👋 👋

phoenixRising

Yes’m – feyes is gone!
I read/posted yesterday that POTUS signed a non-Nato …
here it is
https://www.stripes.com/trump-bumps-up-brazil-to-major-non-nato-ally-1.580256
And POTUS and Poland are mighty friendly… some other countries…
Yes, “allies” who are anything but, are going to be out the door… new and real friends comin’ in the door!

phoenixRising

Update:
Found this statement from Press Sec wrt 5G and Feyes
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-54/

daughnworks247

Jaw on the floor.
Nooooooooooo

Gil

Wow. Traitors all over. Paid for or true commies?

Marica

There’s a whole thread on this Liar’s town hall–I’ll leave one tweet–My BP just went up 10 points with 1…

daughnworks247

ACKKKKKK, I did that wild yell.
What the heck?????????/

Marica

Like I said!!! Tom Elliott has the patience of JOB…

Marica

ok– 1 more–Because…

phoenixRising

Got to get a breath… BP rising after that lie……………

Deplorable Patriot

The original wording was changed by Peter Strzok and said “negligent” IIRC.

Sylvia Avery

“plainspoken”
Oh, cuz we’s too stoooopid to understand them big words.

bflyjesusgrl

TGP has a headline, Liar says POTUS will be indicted after Presidency. Ha Ha fat chance! This should’ve been called Comedy Night instead of Town Hall.

TheseTruths

Indicted on what grounds? Comey is desperate.

bflyjesusgrl

Saw a clip on Ingraham. He’s sure there’s a couple of Obstruction charges to be had. Rudy was embarrassed and apologized for hiring Liar all those years ago. Said he doesn’t know what happened to Liar.

bflyjesusgrl

Undercover to do what? SPY?????????

Marica

Exactly!! That’s unasked question (of coarse) that no one in MCM will ask. The only answer would be : TO SPY!!!!!!

Deplorable Patriot

Y’all, have a drink, some snacks and consider this entertainment. We’re watching a movie. That means the final product of a production, not the rehearsals, rewrites or what ends up on the cutting room floor.

Marica

You are so very right DP!!! Thanks for the excellent reminder!!!

Deplorable Patriot

Seriously, watch enough “behind the scenes” interviews, and do live performance in theater and music, and what the audience sees…. Getting there can be PAINFUL.

Marica

I dearly love your insight, DP!!! You are a gem!!

Deplorable Patriot

I thought about this most of the morning, and really we’re seeing a production/performance NOT the backstage panic when somebody misses a cue, or the wrong props are put out. When I was in HS, I was in a production of Fiddler, and one of the guys walked up to me backstage, spread his arms out and mouthed “Do you love me?” with the Tevye character as he was singing, and I shook my head and said, “No.” The stage manager was rolling on the floor. Literally. I can still see it. And we couldn’t make any noise because that theater has perfect acoustics.
A few nights earlier, we were doing a run through, and the guy playing Model picked up Tzeitel in the Havala sequence, carried her off the stage, and we heard this CRASH. He had dropped her onto the benches we used in the wedding scene.
This sort of experience, and that of YEARS of cantoring, and singing major Liturgies where stage awareness and flexibility is an asset, lends the flexibility to think that Q telling us this is a movie and to enjoy the show means don’t take some of it, especially when there is too much protesting a la Shakespeare, too seriously. There’s a lot more going on than meets the eye. Don’t invest too heavily from an emotional standpoint on any one narrative. Most of them are going to evaporate sooner or later.
And some people are going to get medals of freedom rather than being perp walked. Just be prepared for disappointment in that regard.

Marica

Super Interesting!!! DP– when I was Little I did local stage and also directed summer Stock when I was in college… It was a true passion and I completely get what you just posted!! LIVE Theatre is more accurate than “Movie”…No edits.. Just need to go with it–THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!

Deplorable Patriot

My mom has some stories from college that make theater people cringe.

phoenixRising

Tracy has a THREAD on Lou’s show

daughnworks247

What? Trump ends AIDS?

Deplorable Patriot

Uh, so those of us who don’t engage in the behavior that spreads the virus are, what? That and a strict quarantine would have stopped it dead long ago.

Deplorable Patriot

Uh, not saying anything about Bill Cooper, but I get your point, and, yes, that is all plausible.

Cuppa Covfefe

There are a number of articles about him and the NWO, and the deep state, etc. on http://www.cuttingedge.org .The fellow running it is a strong Christian, and also was MI, so he’s got some background, to say the least. He has quite a lot of into on the Klintoons, and references Quigly, et. al.
Another Cooper to look at is Paulette Cooper, who is one of the folks hounded by $cientology. Jon Atak, in his book “A Piece of Blue Sky” exposes that cult, and the connections they have to the other cults, the elite, and the deep state.
Somehow I’m convinced that all these evil organizations are joined at the top. OK, joined at the bottom. In Hell, with their boss, the father of lies, Satan…

SingularZoe

cuppa, you have a way of getting to the nub.

bflyjesusgrl

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/lock-them-up-mueller-comey-rosenstein-weissmann-fbi-doj-used-steele-dossier-from-2016-to-2019-knowing-it-was-bogus-report-filled-with-lies/
Mueller’s team worked closely with dossier author Steele, a long-retired British intelligence officer who worked for the Clinton campaign. Mueller’s investigators went to London to consult with Steele for at least two days in September 2017 while apparently using his dossier as an investigative road map and central theory to his collusion case. Steele now runs a private research and consulting firm in London, Orbis Business Intelligence.
It’s not clear if Mueller’s office paid Steele, but recently released FBI records show the bureau previously made a number of payments to him, and at one point during the 2016 campaign offered him $50,000 to continue his dossier research. Steele was also paid through the Clinton campaign, earning $168,000 for his work on the dossier…
…Washington-based Judicial Watch suspects Mueller’s office may have farmed out work to the private Washington research firm Fusion GPS or its subcontractor Steele, both of whom were paid by the Clinton camp during the 2016 presidential election. Several law enforcement and Hill sources who spoke with RCI also believe Steele and Fusion GPS were deputized in the investigation.
The government watchdog group has requested that the Justice Department turn over the contracting records, along with all budget requests Mueller submitted to the attorney general during his nearly two-year investigation. It’s also requested all communications between the Special Counsel’s Office and the private contractors it used.
A Judicial Watch spokesman said its Freedom of Information Act request is pending.

bflyjesusgrl
TheseTruths

“Washington-based Judicial Watch suspects Mueller’s office may have farmed out work to the private Washington research firm Fusion GPS or its subcontractor Steele, both of whom were paid by the Clinton camp during the 2016 presidential election.”
I’m glad Judicial Watch is on this. It would never have dawned on me that the Mueller team might have been consulting with some of the very people they were supposed to be investigating. I’d like to know the ramifications of this, if true. It would reveal a blatant bias on Mueller’s part, and it would be unbelievably stupid of them to think it would not be revealed.

phoenixRising
phoenixRising

If the 3 renewals were illegal…
(hint, hint) the original was illegal…
BOOOMMMM

ZooNTexas

Didn’t they get the fisa just to cover the fact that they were already [s]pying?
Can’t remember but they thought she’d never lose.
KAG

phoenixRising

well, that’s what we believe, some of us anyway…
now it appears there may be proof of that.

ZooNTexas

Yah looks that way.

Gail Combs

Yes, contractors [Fusion GPS??? Crowdstrike???] were doing unauthorized ‘About queries’ and Admiral Rogers shut them down.

BAM

Wow, so much going on today! Been trying to catch up on outdoor stuff today, and when I’ve come in and peeked, saw a bit more, and now this evening, a LOT of stuff to read about!! Learned more about OT, and why all the posters I really enjoyed reading disappeared; and then all the news, some of it very pertinent but subtle so not a “headliner”! May go out and work a little more for a bit while it’s light and not so hot, well for here it’s “hot”! Not hot like the midwest, but hot for here! (lol)

daughnworks247

So glad you found us BAM!

Sylvia Avery

LOL, BAM, it IS hot, isn’t it? Got my windows open, fan going. Hot, hot, hot. I feel like such a wuss, but gosh it seems hot!!!

Sylvia Avery

I know what you mean. In the time it took to fix dinner, eat dinner, chat with the fam, I come back and look at the QTree and it looks like everything has broken loose all at once.

daughnworks247

I’m having a mind spasm.
Remember the CANAL PROJECT? And how I wanted desalination?
Well, a research univ has figured out how to desal water, chemically.
No more massive requirement of energy to push water through a membrane – or heat water and collect the steam, leaving the salt.
Much cheaper.
Unlimited water – drought proof, water to the desert.
Splodey head.
It’s at 15:45 in Scott Adams Periscope.
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMEOLomlKQ

Marica

THAT Canal Project needs to be Reblogged for sure!!! Would love for POTUS to get his eyeballs on THAT!

Marica

PS Daughn!!! I saw that you said the Barr Thread of 800+ posts was reblogged and went back to see it…
I was DYING LAUGHING ALL Over Again!!! Everybody was Hilarious and factual and ON IT!!! It truly was a fun thread!!! You Truly DO know how to throw a fabulous Party!!!! That was EPIC!!! and probably the only one on the WWW that was of significance!!! (but then I’m a bit prejudiced…)

Gail Combs

I always like the 2nd law
Everthing tends towards CHAOS…

bflyjesusgrl

Just got alert from WSJ, tariffs are a go! YAY!!!
Not sure if this will post.
https://apple.news/An11NGoP7SsO66P_xohZF0g

bflyjesusgrl

Economy
Can This Marriage Be Saved? Chinese-U.S. Integration Frays
As trade talks stumble, a broader decoupling between the world’s two largest economies looms
The sudden deterioration of trade talks between the U.S. and China this week has raised the prospect of a once-unimaginable rupture between the world’s two largest economies.
Whether talks ultimately yield a deal, the decadeslong integration of the two economies appears bound to go into reverse as mutual suspicion and geostrategic rivalry permeate political and personal relationships.
Late Thursday night, the White House said the U.S. plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, as planned at 12:01 a.m. Friday, even though negotiators from the two nations plan to resume talks aimed at settling their trade dispute Friday morning.

Cuppa Covfefe

Whoa.
“Integration of the two economies” !!!
Who wrote that? The US COC???
That’s beyond scary, and beyond treasonous…

Cuppa Covfefe

Some quotes from Wikiquote by Jean-Claude Juncker, which show pretty much the attitude, the evil, and the motivation(s) (but I repeat myself) of the globalist elites. (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker )
The first is most chilling, and we’ve been experiencing it in the EU for decades now (and in Germany since Gerhard I-never-saw-a-lie-I-didn’t-tell Schröder’s time):

We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don’t understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.

And on following the will of the people:

If it’s a Yes, we will say ‘on we go’, and if it’s a No we will say ‘we continue’.

Nothing like commitment and fair dealing:

I am determined, as is the Government, to do everything to preserve everything that we have worked for and that we believe in … by using all necessary means to fend off the hostile (bid).

And the Lisbon Treaty:

The constitutional treaty was an easily understandable treaty. This is a simplified treaty which is very complicated.”

This might be especially interesting to Churchmouse, re: Brexit:

am astonished at those who are afraid of the people: one can always explain that what is in the interest of Europe is in the interests of our countries.”
“Britain is different. Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But would I be intelligent to draw the attention of public opinion to this fact?”
“There is a single legal personality for the EU, the primacy of European law, a new architecture for foreign and security policy, there is an enormous extension in the fields of the EU’s powers, there is Charter of Fundamental Rights.

He should ask Hill-the-BEAST, then, for advice:

We all know what to do, we just don’t know how to get re-elected after we’ve done it.

This might be especially interesting to Churchmouse, re: Brexit:

am astonished at those who are afraid of the people: one can always explain that what is in the interest of Europe is in the interests of our countries.”
“Britain is different. Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But would I be intelligent to draw the attention of public opinion to this fact?”
“There is a single legal personality for the EU, the primacy of European law, a new architecture for foreign and security policy, there is an enormous extension in the fields of the EU’s powers, there is Charter of Fundamental Rights.

and

There can be no democratic choice against the European treaties, one cannot exit the euro without leaving the EU.

Once in a while he is funny, maybe because he’s been on the sauce. Oh, wait, he’s usually soused, so perhaps it’s when he’s sober: [“but only when he’s sober, so you’re alright 🙂 ” ]

Thank you, have a nice day. I will now see the president of Azerbaijan, so the nice part of the day is over.

And even Shrub junior (GW) had an apt remark about Juncker:

I was going to say he’s a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a ‘piece of work’?

Linda

“In recent months I have been writing extensively about the psychology of globalists as well as the strange cult-like beliefs that drive their philosophies. In my article ‘Global Elitists Are Not Human’ I outlined evidence that globalist motives and behavior are directly comparable to the ideals and behavior of narcissistic sociopaths (or what some people might refer to as psychopaths). I theorized that globalists are in fact a highly organized cult of narcissistic sociopaths, that they look for the inborn character trait of sociopathy in the people that they recruit, and that these people are like a separate species from normal human beings, as they lack most traits that we would associate with normal human behavior such as empathy and self examination.”
The Ultimate Goal Of Globalists Is To Make You Into A Monster Just Like Them
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-09/ultimate-goal-globalists-make-you-monster-just-them

bflyjesusgrl

This is going to be YUGE. Giuliani going to Ukraine to investigate more on POTUS’ behalf.
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1126647306508435456?s=20

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Marica

I LOVE THIS TWEET!!!😍😍😍 Thanks Butterfly!!!

bflyjesusgrl

In today’s presser, POTUS said they’re starting paperwork tonight for the $325. 🦋🦋🦋🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🦋🦋🦋😍
US to slap tariffs on $325B in Chinese goods, WH says, but trade talks to resume Friday
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-tariffs-set-to-increase-as-trade-talks-resume

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bflyjesusgrl

This is so cool. Love ❤️ the beautiful hearts of our First Couple!!💕

Linda

Just don’t read the comments. They’re all about their handwriting, not about how nice this was. POTUS and Melania do things like this all the time and all these brats can think about is their pettiness.

Sylvia Avery

LOL and then I write about their signatures!!! Funny!
But I didn’t read the comments after the post. I am always so disgusted. Even on something sweet like this little story people are vile. The hatred is sickening.

Sylvia Avery

Very sweet. Did you notice how similar POTUS’s & FLOTUS’s signatures are??? Interesting!

Deplorable Patriot

Systematic destruction, or self-destruction of the old guard?
Q, Babe, it’s quite a ride. It’s been a week.
COME BACK! PLEASE, COME BACK! This is not Oz, okay? No one is going to drop a house on the worst of the offenders.

bflyjesusgrl

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WE ARE THE NEWS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
WOWSA, What a night!! And we’re just getting started!!
Ni Ni All. 🦋🦋🦋 😴 💤 🛌 🦋🦋🦋

drillerelite

Yay, bakocarl. Love that poem

NebraskaFilly

I knew I remembered something about Wray and his old law firm. Found it – Sharia-compliant financing!
“Wray is a litigation partner at King & Spalding, which is one of the leading conduits for Shariah-compliant Islamic deal-making around the world. The firm prides itself in its connections to wealthy Middle Eastern investment groups.
According to its website, King & Spalding is a global leader in Islamic finance and investment. It was one of the first American law firms to aid Islamic investors in accumulating assets in the West.
The King & Spalding website states:
“Our work in the Middle East and our experience with Islamic finance date back to the early 1980s. In 1995, we were the first law firm to establish a dedicated Islamic finance and investment practice group. Our award-winning group has been successful in developing the legal architecture needed by our clients to break new ground in this specialized field. We are the only law firm with recognized experience and the depth to structure and implement sophisticated Shari’ah-compliant investment and financing transactions in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.”
Wray joined King & Spalding in 2005 as a litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices.
Michele Bachmann, the former congresswoman from Minnesota, said Shariah-compliant mortgage lending and finance have become big business as more Muslims migrate to the U.S.”
https://www.wnd.com/2017/06/trumps-pick-for-fbi-director-tied-to-shariah-compliant-deals/

Cuppa Covfefe

Interesting is this:

According to its website, King & Spalding is a global leader in Islamic finance and investment. It was one of the first American law firms to aid Islamic investors in accumulating assets in the West.

Hmmm. Bet there aren’t any Islamic prohibitions against robbing, raping, and stealing from the West, er, Dhimmis…..
Why, oh why, don’t we learn from history, and from others? Just look at England, where the Pakis started taking over in the 1950s/1960s, with the result being City of London with its Khan-artiste has turned into a Middle-Eastern bizarre… (OK, bizarre Bazzar)…
Could be why the Dhimmi-o-craps are so hell-bent on erasing the history books and statues, etc. Oh, wait. What other intolerant, cultic “culture” does that???

NebraskaFilly

Bingo! IDC whether Wray actually worked in that section of the firm or not – he SHOULD have been aware!!!!

NebraskaFilly

Doesn’t sound like he is “woke” to me but…..I will trust PDJT to do what is right.

NebraskaFilly

We’ll see….hope you are correct. PDJT has been given bad advice before….

Cuppa Covfefe

Good points. I can spot a $cieno a mile away… sometimes take their “personality test” to wind them up (answer all the questions wrong, and inconsistently, because they ask the same questions about eight different ways… gives their “scoring system” fits)…
So I guss the question is if he’s a fey Wray… if he’s an “escapee” from the swamp, all the better to see the sludge critters, having had their confidence beforehand…

Cuppa Covfefe

I even guess, sometimes… Guss, the theatre cat?

SingularZoe

Shariah in any form should be outlawed in the U.S. as it contradicts our laws and our Constitution in so many ways. Any law firm practicing or promulgating it through our legal system should be shut down and the practitioners possibly charged with sedition. I consider such practice an act of war.