Dear KAG: 20230503 Open Thread

Stopping off at Yellowstone….

Cover image: Old Faithful Geyser erupting at sunset is a photograph by Thomas Elsnab

Are we ready kids?

Starting with banking:

JP Morgan boss plays down risk of crisis after second biggest bank failure in US history

. . . The Truth About What the Banking Crisis REALLY Means for Your Money

Three More Banks See Stock Trading HALTED, Financial Sector Collapse Contagion Accelerates as Migrant INVASION Staged for US Southern Border

Tucker, Blackrock and the SIFI Two-Step

That one is a frightening read. Right now, the only thing standing between the Deep State and American retirement savings is Jerome Powell.

On to Bud Light:

The Untold Story of the Bud Light Fiasco

🚨JUST IN: Bud Light sales numbers for the week of April 22nd just dropped.

Someday, it will be known as the “My Pillow Effect.” That was the first boycott that really worked to take down woke companies.

Pro-life issues:

Coca-Cola Shareholders Reject Proposal to Stop Selling Products in Pro-Life States

Pro-Life Activists Owe Donald Trump Their Support in 2024

National Abortion Ban Is a Trap for 2024 Republicans

This really is an issue for the states, not the federal government. Changing hearts and minds on the matter is the job of faith leaders.

Everything else:

Badlands News Brief – May 3, 2023

Survey shows 41% of young LGBTQ people contemplated suicide in the last year

We have a mental health crisis on our hands.

A Woman is not a Cat

The New Robber Barons

Now Progressives are Sneering at Economics

Tucker Carlson and the Silk Purse

The Other Hills to Die On

The Conservative Case for Getting Sued Into Oblivion

Winning the Culture War in an Age of Incoherence

Exclusive – Rep. Lance Gooden: DeSantis Is ‘Not Quite Ready’ for the Presidency

“In my heart, I thought I would probably eventually be on board with the Trump team, but I wanted to do my due diligence first and be able to actually honestly say that I had vetted the candidates, the serious candidates,” he said. “And I spoke with DeSantis. He was a nice guy, but I realized he’s not quite ready to be in Washington and in the presidency. I think he’s done a decent job as governor and should probably finish out his term and focus on that.”

“But we just can’t afford someone coming to the White House that doesn’t have experience and doesn’t know what they’re doing in the situation they’re in, and when we have an option, and that option is Donald Trump, that has the experience that knows how to defeat these people — and by people, I mean, the Democrats who are seeking to destroy our nation — it just seems crazy to me that we wouldn’t rally behind him and support his campaign, and so that’s what I’m doing,” he added.

We Must Seize the Means of Propaganda

Why Do We Know What We Know?

Bipartisan group, including Gaetz and Ocasio-Cortez, unveil bill to ban lawmakers from owning stocks

We’ll see how far they get with this given the gravy train the politicians are riding.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Sales Crash as Company Reports Drop in Revenue

Guess there’s no demand anymore.

Tweets!

Systematic destruction in action.

Nothing new under the sun.

The liberals always defend Justice Thomas. That says something about the man.

Oh, well.

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1653466523087032320

MEMES!

They don’t make ’em like this anymore.

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:

https://youtu.be/NBE-uBgtINg

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1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-8

1Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, 2by which you are saved, if you hold it fast — unless you believed in vain. 3For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

PSALMS 19:2-5

1The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

JOHN 14:6-14

6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. 7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.” 8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. 12“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. 13Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; 14if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

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.

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