Dear KAG: 20230201 Open Thread

https://youtu.be/L2hSMrPz75s

Let’s hop to it.

The 2024 GOPe Roadmap Appears Modified to Use Republican Governors Association

Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer to Consult Legal Services Before Pledging to Testify

6 Reasons The NYT’s Hit Job On John Durham’s Imminent Report Instantly Unravels

Ford’s slashing Mustang Mach-E prices in latest volley in EV price wars

Move Over, Jayson Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud

Classified Documents Are A New Potential Trap For Any Politician Who Crosses The Deep State

Government is Americans’ top problem – poll

Pentagon Can’t Account for $220 Billion of Gear Given to Contractors

Again with this crap?

Nolte: Cheaper to Drive Gas-Powered Car 100 Miles than Average Electric Car

I’m sensing a trend regarding electric vehicles.

WATCH: TENNIS PLAYER SHUTS DOWN WOKE REPORTER SO HARD, OTHER ATHLETES NEED TO STUDY HER AND TAKE NOTES

President Trump Calls Out “The Club for No Growth’ and Karl Rove

Is Donald Trump Worth The Fight?

Taking on the Would-be Destroyers of America

The root of our problems as a nation

Post-Roe Principles

Another electric vehicle piece:

First, They Lied About the Range . . .

Pfizer Virus Mutations Aren’t the Only Inconvenient Truth About Project Veritas’s Latest Scoop

The Path to Persecution

This one is a bit of stretch, IMO, but it looks like John Roberts may be approaching microscope level of sunlight.

At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties

Johnson & Johnson can’t invoke bankruptcy to stop cancer lawsuits, court says

Beattie gets candid with Bannon… explains little known difference between Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy…

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1620548925508972545

Agreed. The current two parties are more like combined fraternity and sorority clubs than anything else.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1620219966036529158

It’s creeping out to the ‘burbs here. In Mid-County, there are two parking lots where I smell it regularly.

Ooh. We’ll see how this turns out.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1620264513072418817

MEMES!

President Trump’s new Truth Social profile pic. War paint?

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1620308788728467459

Have a good day y’all.

(I don’t remember who brought this to a daily in the comments, but thanks.)

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

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Fellow tree dweller, the late Wheatie, gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

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

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HEBREWS 12:4-7, 11-15

4In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? — “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. 6For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” 7It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 11For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

MARK 6:1-6

1He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. 2And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands! 3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” 5And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them. 6And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome.

Please include: President Donald Trump, the Q team, our soldiers in the field, special forces, tactical units, first responders and those working behind the scenes…and any and all people with family members in the hospital, COVID or not.

And…members of the QTree who no longer participate for one reason or another.

It is quite clear, as per Wolf’s message from July, that we are under spiritual attack. Building up a robust arsenal of prayer and discipline is a must in fighting the enemy and his minions.

In that spirit, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel from Tuesday’s threads, and the Breastplate of St. Patrick, not to mention the Litany of Humility are favorites recommended by exorcists in spiritual warfare.

SATIRE SECTION

12 Life Hacks To Avoid Looking At Women In The Gym

  1. Gouge out your eyeballs: A trusted biblical solution!
  2. Punish yourself for peeking by dropping a barbell on your own neck: It’s hard to stare at girls with a crushed larynx.
  3. Picture every woman at the gym as Elizabeth Warren: Unless you have a thing for Elizabeth Warren. Then don’t do that.
  4. Go to a jungle gym instead: No hot women, but you may have to fight an 8-year-old kid for the monkey bars.
  5. Do all your workouts facing the corner like you’re in timeout: No one will think you’re weird.
  6. Run for Congress and ban women’s activewear: It’s time to pass the Gym Decency Act!
  7. Wear women’s activewear so the women stare at you instead: My eyes are up here, lady!
  8. Ask MrBeast to reverse the eye surgery he bought for you: Functional eyes will only get you in trouble.
  9. Become gay: Staring doesn’t count if you’re gay.
  10. Become a member at Beefcake All-Men’s Gym down the road: Wait, this is a gay gym!
  11. Close your eyes while running on the treadmill: It will be fine.
  12. Just give up on all fitness goals: McDonald’s is closer to your house than the gym is, anyway. MMmmm… McDonald’s…