DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230630

Americano

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Campari
  • 1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
  • Soda water, chilled, to top
  • Garnish: orange twist

Steps

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice, then add the Campari and sweet vermouth.
  2. Top with the soda water and stir gently to combine.
  3. Garnish with an orange twist.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts Former Acting CIA Director Mike Morrell for Discussion to Help Multinational Corporations Engage with Fourth Branch of Government

mirror of no-consequence

Badlands News Brief – June 29, 2023

Russian IMF Official Says The United States Is Driving Other Nations From The Dollar

Trump’s Stance On Birthright Citizenship Puts Him Decisively To The Right Of Any Other Candidate On Immigration – And It’s Not Even Close

Corporate America Doesn’t Hear Anybody

The Controlled Demolition of Nation-States

Fewer Than One in Seven House Republicans Have a Good Liberty Score Grade

Latest Leaks Don’t Incriminate Trump, They Incriminate Democrats

The Post-Cold War Consensus Is Dead. What Will Take Its Place?

The term “American System” was coined by the statesman Henry Clay in the early 19th century, but it refers to something as old as the republic itself—the use of public policy to support domestic manufacturing and develop emerging industries. You wouldn’t know it from today’s market-liberal economists, but this has been the preferred approach of virtually every major leader in our country’s history.

DP – Uh, Marco, when push comes to shove, are you going to be the one sponsoring the bills to get such policies in place?

National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

Sad. We still have a box of the maps that came in the various issues back in the day.

Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action

Dr McCullough showcases a shocking study that could mean 200 million people worldwide have myocarditis (13 million Americans) – Myocarditis is just one serious adverse event from C19 injections

Q1 GDP Unexpectedly Revised Sharply Higher On Bizarre Surge In Net Exports

AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon’s Bestseller Lists

This is NOT a good development for those of us who write.

We’re Being Regulated Out of Business, New England Fishermen Say

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674411062647562240
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1674429543279628292
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674428628023787520

With just a pinch of arson.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674442645181956096

Boo effing who.

https://twitter.com/SamuelDSamson/status/1674440697020022784

LANGUAGE WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just pull the plug already.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674441338421407744

MEME STASH:

It’s true.

July, for the record.

https://twitter.com/contextdogs/status/1674097196231282689

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PSALMS 128:1-5

1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! 2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

MATTHEW 8:1-4

1When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; 2and behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230629

Without further ado…..

Ulysses’s Odyssey.

No need to apologize to Joyce. He was just as much of a degenerate commie as the rest of the pack of 20th century writers the publishing houses pushed on the populace.

Badlands News Brief – June 28, 2023

Jack Nicholson, Donald Trump, And The Ugly Work That Needs To Be Done

A New America: Only After Liberals Break Everything

After crafting their COVID giveaways and losing $200 billion, Democrats blame Trump

The end of the American Experiment?

It’s Time to Go for Woke Hollywood’s Jugular

The Trump Distraction

This author, IMO, starts out with a faulty premise. He claims Trump’s brand is forever tarnished. Yeah, no. The style over substance neocons jumped ship, but the rest of us didn’t. Fair weather fans at best, they are.

Looking for the Deep State

Seriously, people: WAKE UP! Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. It’s called the SES. That literally IS the deep state, the permanent bueracracy. ARGH!

‘Phooey on FOIA’

In 1966, Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act. It was meant to open up the records of federal agencies to the public. The law came about because of public unhappiness with the way the federal government had been handling things since the end of World War II. With the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese vanquished, Americans might have imagined that the country would return to older norms of governmental openness. The days of “loose lips sink ships” were behind us.

But by then the Cold War had made its chilly entrance, and in 1946 Congress passed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which created the postwar template for how our vastly larger collection of federal agencies would go about their business. This meant the galaxy of new agencies created under the New Deal as well the expanded powers of the wartime government now had their own rule of law, crafted to keep them within Constitutional bounds. I am no expert on these matters, but the APA included in Section 3 a license for federal agencies to exercise their own discretion over the information they disclosed.

Kash Patel Asks Why Republican State AGs Aren’t Going After the Biden Crime Family

House Oversight Committee Just Went Nuclear on ‘the Bidens’

‘Shockingly Callous’: Fox News Fires Remaining Tucker Staffers In Show’s Final Stroke

The Truth About Transanity From an Insider

Thank you John Dewey.

Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness

Waking up on this topic is not fun or easy. But it is necessary.

TARGET ON THEIR BACKS: Moms for Liberty Invests in Extra Security Ahead of Summit After Receiving Threats

“It’s About the Children!”

TWEETS!

ICYMI:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1673858773457281026
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673842109021863938
https://twitter.com/leslibless/status/1673872161964949505
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673871606651781122

If she didn’t dress like she lived in a trailer park….

Is the material girl out of adrenochrome?

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

I miss the bay….

The a-hat with wings is a yellow jacket.

Mastiffs…such wonderful pooches…and they outweigh me.

Just a reminder of what the Detroit…woman… was all about back in the day:

IDK…I kind of prefer the original.

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ACTS 12:1-11

1About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. 2He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. 6The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.” 9And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11And Peter came to himself, and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

PSALMS 34:2-9

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8, 17-18

6For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

MATTHEW 16:13-19

13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare’a Philip’pi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli’jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Remembering Sts. Peter and Paul today.

There’s another song from the Psalm selection I can hear in my head, but Heaven help me if I remember the title.

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SATIRE

Dear KAG: 20230628 Open Thread

Cover image: Olympic National Park

Badlands News Brief – June 27, 2023

How Can the Dems Get Rid of Joe?

Six Reasons Price Transparency Won’t Fix Healthcare

Four Ways the Deep State Betrays Americans

Only four? The deep state IS a betrayal of Americans.

Corporate Culture and the Lords of Lies

For cooking, use stainless steel, enamelware or cast iron. You can’t go wrong. Teflon is poison.

Western Man and the Suicide Porn of Our Age

No Dope

Even in the swanky parts of town, every parking lot reaks of it.

The Ukrainification of the World

The Walls are Closing In Around Joe Biden

GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill That Would Bar Biden From Invoking a National Climate Emergency

Thing 1 and Thing 2 and Thing 3 are backfiring on the Dems in a big way…

Hollywood Elites Suppressed ‘Sound of Freedom’ for Years. I Ask Star Jim Caviezel Why

School performance is even worse than you think

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Whines that Term “ESG” Has Become “Weaponized”

Maye Musk Overrules Billionaire Son, Cancels Cage Fight Between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon

Can you imagine being caught in that woman’s “MOM” glare.

EXCLUSIVE: SOURCE: Top Anheuser-Busch Marketing Executives Behind Boycott Are No Longer Employed

By the brewery, anyway. There have been reports that the whole Dylan Mulvaney thing was done on purpose to destroy the company. However, this is a good step in the right direction when it comes to crisis public relations.

Ford Plans to Lay Off at Least 1,000 Contract and Salaried Workers

Phew! Maybe my next Escape or Explorer won’t have so many gadgets. Although…I do like the rear parking assistant feature on my dad’s.

Here Are Details of Quality Issues Affecting Siemens Gamesa’s Wind Turbines

Never mind the killing wildlife angle.

Even CNN Acknowledges Power Of Boycotts On Woke Corporations — “The Pressure Is Working On The C-Suites – They Are Pulling Back”

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673697171458097153
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673800047786336257

MEMES!

True story.

IDK, I like a good rip on a dive, myself.

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:

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  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone

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GENESIS 15:1-12, 17-18

1After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie’zer of Damascus?” 3And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.” 4And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir.” 5And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6And he believed the LORD; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness. 7And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chalde’ans, to give you this land to possess.” 8But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10And he brought him all these, cut them in two, and laid each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him. 17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra’tes,

MATTHEW 7:15-20

15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. 18A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus you will know them by their fruits.

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

So gross.

Dear KAG: 20230627 Open Thread

Cover image: E.L Henry, The First Railroad Train on the Mohawk and Hudson Road, 1892–93

Ready or not, here it comes.

A Bureaucrat’s Guide to the Durham Report – Part 1

China No Longer The Primary Source Of Global Metal Demand

Burisma Accountant, Who Blew Whistle on Biden Crimes, Found Dead

Exclusive — Peter Schweizer: ‘The Dam Is Starting to Break’ on Biden Family Corruption

That seems to bear out this:

The Word is Out – Corporate Media Start the Biden Removal Process

It’s happening. In slow motion, at the speed of glacier and the Vatican when the Vatican does the right thing, but it’s happening.

IMF Changes Course On Banning Crypto

US voters bitter about nation’s direction, 74% say it’s on the wrong track

Waking up is hard to do.

WHO Declares ‘Infodemic,’ Announces ‘Misinformation’ Surveillance Program

WHO needs to be sunsetted.

Leftism and the Enemies within the Church

The Masculinity Vacuum

A Look at Society Shows an Orchestrated Decline

5 Theories: Why Did Joe Take Hunter to Camp David This Weekend?

Especially now that Trump cleaned all the bugs out of the place.

We Need a New ‘Admirals’ Revolt’

Suddenly, School Choice: Its Rapid Post-Pandemic Expansion Sets Up a Big Pass/Fail Test for Education

Eight states – including Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and West Virginia – have approved “universal” or near-universal school choice laws since 2021. They open the door completely to school choice by making all students, including those already in private schools and from wealthy families, eligible for about $7,000 to $10,000 in state funding each year for their education.

DP – People who have children in private schools are already paying double. They may as well get their tax money back. However, this somewhat defeats the purpose of private schools if the schools are mandated to take anyone who applies.

Badlands News Brief – June 26, 2023

The Patriot Chronicles – Francis Marion

The Price of Faith. The Joy of Perseverance

The Espionage Act’s Ugly, Un-American History

The Problem with the Durham Report Most Americans See

Tweet hopper:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1672714831097462785

There are those who are not buying Ice Cube’s little rant here. We’ll see.

It’s a deal.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

For those who think Trump shouldn’t be POTUS in 2024 because he didn’t fully “drain the swamp” in his first term, allow me to offer some perspective.

Do you remember what it was like in 2017? Do you remember how many people were still completely brainwashed by the TV?

If Trump arrested Deep State actors as soon as he showed up, it would have been chaos, civil war, mass civilian casualties, legitimate threat to NATSEC, breakdown of society, etc.

At the time, a small percentage of the population even knew about the Deep State, let alone believed it was a real thing. Trump and his supporters were mocked relentlessly back then for talking about the Deep State, and now it’s widely recognized as a reality.

A large percentage of Americans believed the MSM at the time that Trump conspired with Russia. On top of that, Trump was hamstrung by the Mueller investigation. If Trump went scorched-earth on the Deep State during this time, it would not have worked. The Leftists were already emboldened to riot due to the BLM insanity. It would have been ugly.

We were on pace to handle it in Trump’s 2nd term, and then they released C19 on the world, the bio-medical police state was implemented, mail-in ballots were sent out en masse, the steal happened, and everything changed.

However, Biden’s disastrous term pretty much confirmed Trump was right about everything, and the American People got a quick 4 year dose of full-blown Orwellian totalitarian dystopia.

This caused a significant portion of the People to wake up to the realities about corruption and degeneration of society that Trump was talking about. The Left, the media, the corporations, all of the elements of the Deep State went completely batshit crazy, exposing themselves to the People.

Now add the optics of Biden weaponizing the DOJ to go after Trump over nothing, and all the sudden, if Trump went after the Deep State in his 2nd term, the public would not only understand it, they agree with him.

Then add additional layers, like that Biden admin and their Deep State affiliates are 100% responsible for the war in Ukraine, as they are trying to defend their illegal offshore proxy they created via CIA color revolution in 2014. Funding and arming nazi military forces and dragging the US/NATO into WW3 with nuclear superpower Russia and China waiting patiently in the shadows.

Why will Trump drain the swamp during his next term? Because the People get it now. They see what he was talking about. They had a front row seat to witness it for the last 7+ years.

Trump now has the political ammunition and the global support to do what is necessary and rid the world of the Deep State. And equally as important, the Deep State have lost control of the narrative because of the parabolic takeover of citizen journalism thanks to Elon’s introduction of free speech on Twitter.

Trump didn’t have all this going for him his first time around. Now much more of the world is awake, and more of them will continue to wake as WW3 and nuclear destruction looms over us all.

Trump said it himself. “We are in a position to do that now because Pandora’s Box has been opened. People will say ‘now we get it’”.

The Left are right; if Trump wins 2024, it WILL be a “Retribution Presidency”.

Meme & Fun hopper:

That’s more true than not.

He would lose in the first heat of the trials.

https://twitter.com/_B___S/status/1672713812741373954

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

I’d throw in a few Rockefellers and Rothschilds also.

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

Guidelines for posting and discussion on this site were outlined by our host, WolfM00n. Please, review them from time to time.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out. There is also a “rescue” thread there for members of the Tree to rendezvous if the main site goes kablooey. A third site has been added for site outages of longer duration.

This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.

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.

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

The scroll wheel on your mouse can be your friend. As mature adults, please use it here in the same manner you would in avoiding online porn.

Thank you so much for any and all attention to such details. It is GREATLY appreciated by more than one party here.

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PSALMS 15:2-5

2He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart; 3who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; 4in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; 5who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

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Anonymous ID: hHkrVD7x No.148156632 
Nov 5 2017 20:06:36 (EST)

Anonymous ID: pqW40Wgk No.148156518 
Nov 5 2017 20:05:48 (EST)

>>148154137

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the power of God, cast down to Hell Satan and all his evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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

Satire

Dear KMAG: 20230626 Joe Biden Didn’t Win ❀ Open Topic

Joe Biden didn’t win. This is our Real President:

AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.


Next week, we will start a new half-year of Monday posts.

I may take some liberties with the format! Be brave!


This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – 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/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

And yes, it’s Monday…again.

But we WILL get through it!

‘Cuz Wheatie Sez!

Just like Trump!

So HOLD ON for the ride of your life!


Dedication

WHEATIE – OUR WARRIOR ANGEL

by Duchess01


Please forgive us, Wheatie, we did not know
That you had left us with armor in tow
We had no idea with what you dealt
We did not know the pain you felt
And now we can only imagine
With you what really did happen
Cause rarely did you complain 
And/or share your personal pain
Of one thing we are most certain
You are flying high behind the curtain
Watching over us above the crowds
Our Warrior Angel above the clouds
Thank You, Wheatie, for caring for us
While you were here among the fuss
We miss you dear you have no idea
Since time began in the pangaea
With you there was no time
In your wisdom you would chime
To clarify and magnify
The what where how and why
We did not question when you left
We were not slightly bereft
But over time we wondered why
You did not at least stop by
Now we know where you have gone
With the break of this new dawn
We could be angry but are not
Tho with an arrow we’ve been shot
Rest peacefully Warrior Angel dear
Send us a sign that you are near
A butterfly a flower a kiss of rain
From your love do not refrain
God sends Angels to watch over us
And now we have an Angel Plus
A Warrior Angel of Magnificence
From today and forward hence

LINK: https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-917655


The Rules

TL;DR –

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

Boilerplate, more or less, but worth reading again and again, if only for the minor changes, and to stay out of moderation.


MINOR CHANGE NUMBER 1

Now shortened.

Give them nothing.

Play smart. Every minute, the COUPISTS who stole the election – who lied – who deserve to be at the business end of the very same laws they are using so wrongly against the January Sixth defendants – are trying to set you up. Don’t be a chump. Turn everything back against THEM. Every day, every hour, every minute, every second.

LIKE SUNDANCE DID HERE.

AND HERE…..

Occam’s Razor – Fed Entrapment

YOU are responsible for your own comments, if they come knocking. YOUR choice. Just remember this…..

For an updated version…..

And for a version that includes your having righteously defended yourself…..

OTHER THAN THAT…….


The bottom line is Free Speech. Theories and ideas you don’t agree with must be WELCOME here, and you must be part of that welcoming. But you do NOT need to be part of any agreement.

Bottom line – respect other people’s FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

Our only additional requirement is that you do so NICELY. Or at least try to make some effort in that direction.

SO….. [ENGAGE BOILERPLATE…..]

We must endeavor to persevere to love our frenemies – even here.

Those who cannot deal with this easy requirement will be forced to jump the hoops of moderation, so that specific comments impugning other posters and violating the minimal rules can be sorted out and tossed in the trash.

In Wheatie’s words, “We’re on the same side here so let’s not engage in friendly fire.”

That includes the life skill of just ignoring certain other posters.

We do have a site – The U Tree – where civility is not a requirement. Interestingly, people don’t really go there much. Nevertheless, if you find yourself in an “argument” that can’t really stay civil, please feel free to “take it to the U Tree”. The U Tree is also a good place to report any technical difficulties, if you’re unable to report them here. Please post your comment there on one of Wolf’s posts, or in reply to one of Wolf’s comments, to make sure he sees it (though it may take a few hours).

We also have a backup site, called The Q Tree as well, which is really The Q Tree 579486807. You might call it “Second Tree”. The URL for that site is https://theqtree579486807.wordpress.com/. If this site (theqtree.com) ever goes down, please reassemble at the Second Tree.

If the Second Tree goes down, please go to The U Tree, or to our Gab Group, which is located at https://gab.com/groups/4178.

We also have some “old rules” and important guidelines, outlined here, in a very early post, on our first New Year’s Day, in 2019. The main point is not to make violent threats against people, which then have to be taken seriously by law enforcement, and which can be used as a PRETEXT by enemies of this site.

In the words of Wheatie, “Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.”


A Moment of Prayer

Our policy on extreme religious freedom on this site is discussed HERE. Please feel free to pray and praise God anytime and anywhere.

Thus, please pray for our real President, the one who actually won TWO elections.

You may also pray for our nation, our world, and even our enemies.


Musical Interlude

In honor of dear Wheatie, we now present some music to soothe, inspire, invigorate, or relax.

Gotta listen to “Drinkaby again! That’s in the RULES now! (JUST KIDDING)

Sorry – can’t keep this one out of my head, so gotta make myself sick of it first!

So here you go – Drinkaby first DONE, then explained – in English and Chinese.

Some interesting background on the song:

https://tasteofcountry.com/cole-swindell-drinkaby-lyrics/

I think I may be done with the line dances, but here’s a live version in ST. LOUIS!

Was DePat sneaking into a Cole Swindell concert? You never know! And if I did, I wouldn’t be telling!


Call To Battle

Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.

Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.

https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/1673113678491598848

We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.

The replies. Oh, the replies!

https://twitter.com/Liberacrat/status/1673055999589072897
https://twitter.com/Cera88651507/status/1673052312494030849

Joe Biden didn’t win.

And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.


Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:


implosion

noun

  • A violent collapse inward, as of a highly evacuated glass vessel.
  • Violent compression.
  • The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.

Use in politics:

Typically, the term means the collapse or crisis of some political entity due to internal shortcomings or some kind of self-inflicted damage.

Recently, almost entirely used against Trump, and rarely against Democrats unless there is internal party criticism involved.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=implosion+politics&t=brave&ia=web

How implosion was likely experienced on the Titan:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/titanic-sub-search-catastrophic-implosion-rcna90744

What is an implosion, and what would it have been like for the Titan sub passengers?

The Titan submersible was so deep, experts told NBC News, that the forces crushing it would have been equivalent to the weight of the Eiffel Tower.

The deep-sea water pressure that appears to have crushed the 22-foot craft would have been roughly equivalent in weight to the 10,000-ton, wrought-iron Eiffel Tower, experts told NBC News on Friday. The colossal forces would have acted so quickly that it would be like the vehicle’s carbon-fiber hull “suddenly vanishing” before anyone inside knew what was happening, one expert said.

“They would have known nothing — the minute this body of water hit them, they would have been dead,” said Paul White, a professor at England’s University of Southampton, who specializes in underwater acoustics and forces.

“The air inside would compress down to a point, and the forces of the water rushing in and the collapse would be enormous,” he said. “Structurally,” he added, it would be equivalent of the capsule housing the crew “suddenly vanishing.”

“This whole process from start to finish is happening in the blink of an eyelid, the click of a finger,” he said. “I don’t think there would have been any suffering or any knowledge of what happened.”

What is Known About Submarine Implosions:


ENJOY THE SHOW

Have a great week!

W

Dear MAGA: 20230625 Open Topic .

This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.

It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.

In the QTree, we’re a friendly and civil lot. We encourage free speech and the open exchange and civil discussion of different ideas. Topics aren’t constrained, and sound logic is highly encouraged, all built on a solid foundation of truth and established facts.

We have a policy of mutual respect, shown by civility. Civility encourages discussions, promotes objectivity and rational thought in discourse, and camaraderie in the participants – characteristics we strive toward in our Q Tree community.

Please show respect and consideration for our fellow QTreepers. Before hitting the “post” button, please proofread your post and make sure your opinion addresses the issue only, and does not confront or denigrate the poster. Keep to the topic – avoid “you” and “your”. Here in The Q Tree, personal attacks, name-calling, ridicule, insults, baiting, and other conduct for which a penalty flag would be thrown are VERBOTEN.

In The Q Tree, we’re compatriots, sitting around the campfire, roasting hot dogs, making s’mores, and discussing, agreeing, and disagreeing about whatever interests us. This board will remain a home for those who seek respectful conversations.

Please also consider the Guidelines for posting and discussion printed here: 
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/01/01/dear-maga-open-topic-20190101/


On this day and every day –

God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up


Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.

“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Seek the Things Above .

Over the past weeks and months, it has become increasingly difficult for me to remain interested in the details of what ultimately could be a huge victory for us Deplorables . . . the rectification of the great election steal. I would have to spend too much time wallowing in mainly unverified details with speculative conclusions.

Additionally, if I decide to spend time on what purports to be the significant events of the day, I have guidance from God’s Word that is pertinent.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philippians 4:8)

If I follow the day’s events, instead of thinking about the positive topics stated by Paul, I am force fed topics that are:
false and dishonest instead of true;
base and vile instead of noble;
wrong and perverted instead of right;
polluted and corrupted instead of pure;
ugly and foul instead of lovely;
contemptible and sordid instead of admirable;
coarse and gross instead of excellent;
reprehensible and offensive instead of praiseworthy.

Neither the great election steal nor the publicized events of the day hold much information to build up Christians, particularly in consideration of guidance from God’s Word to think about positive topics and seek things from above.


Gill’s Exposition of the Bible – Colossians 3:2

Set your affections (phroneite) on things above
Unless the affections are set on them, they will never be sought after in a proper manner. The word signifies to mind them, and think on them, to favour and approve of them, to be affectionately desirous of them, and concerned for them; for where the treasure is, the heart should be; and as the saints’ best things are above, their minds and affections should be there likewise; their contemplation should be on those things, and their conversation should be in heaven; nor should they regard anything but what is there, or comes from thence, for they belong not to this world, but to another and better country: their citizenship is in heaven, and there, in a short time, they must have their everlasting residence; and therefore should seek after, and highly prize and value heavenly things, and set their affections on them.


Colossians 3:2 says, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things,” or, “Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth.” To set one’s mind on something is to choose to think about it, influencing one’s goals and guiding one’s course of action. The first part of the chapter is worth quoting in full to give the proper context:

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:1–17).

Colossians was written by the apostle Paul to the church in the city of Colossae. The culture of Colossae was thoroughly pagan and immoral, as it was in most of the Roman world—and as it is in much of the world today. The Christians in Colossae could no longer take their cues from the world around them. They had to take direction from “above.” Although physically in the world, they were not to believe the same things that the culture around them did. They were not to behave according to the standards of the culture around them. That would be taking their cues from “below.”

Paul describes the “below” culture in a number of words and concepts: anger, rage, malice, slander, filthy language, lying. The “above” culture, in contrast, is characterized by compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, peace, singing, worship, and gratitude.

How are we to cultivate the values that are from above while living below? It takes a concentrated effort. We must “set our minds” to it. We are inundated with messages that promote the “below” behavior. If we listen to the radio, overhear conversations at work, read billboards, watch the news, read the newspaper, flip through a magazine at the doctor’s office, watch TV programs or movies, etc., we will be constantly directed to embrace values that are clearly from below. Even if the messages we receive are not overtly immoral, the perspective is one that excludes God and prioritizes things as though life on earth is all that matters—our happiness and fulfillment (the “right” to be happy) are top priority.

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus as Lord, live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7

If we want to be directed “from above,” we must make an effort to counteract the messages that are omnipresent in our culture. To set our minds on things above, we must read and meditate on Scripture, attend church, listen to uplifting music, and read things that turn our hearts toward God. This is a recurring theme in Scripture:

Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

Matthew 6:19–20, 33: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . . . Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

1 Timothy 6:17: “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.”

Following his contrast of things below and things above in Colossians 3, Paul goes on to give a list of standards for Christian behavior that make absolutely no sense in today’s culture. Everything about the individualist, self-centered priorities that have high value today run counter to the type of restraint and sacrifice that Paul enjoins in verses 18–22:

“Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.”

The only way that we can live according to the above dictates is by taking directions from somewhere other than the secular culture. Thinking on “things above” (the truths of God’s Word) not only guides us in what we should do but gives the reasons we should do it (grace, our position in Christ, our eternal reward, etc.). As we believe the truth “from above” more than the lies “from below,” we will start to act like creatures born from above, who have been raised with Christ (Colossians 3:1) and seated with Him at the right hand of the Father (Ephesians 2:6).


All things considered, I believe the best advice for me to take is to . . .

. . . and not just as an occasional act, but as a perpetual habit: looking, thinking, seeking and acting in accordance.

2023·06·24 Joe Biden Didn’t Win Daily Thread

News Flash

Today, it is still the case that Joe Biden didn’t Win.

I realize that to some readers, this might be a shock; surely at some point things must change and Biden will have actually won.

But the past cannot actually be changed.

It will always and forever be the case that Joe Biden didn’t win.

And if you, Leftist Lurker, want to dismiss it as dead white cis-male logic…well, you can call it what you want, but then please just go fuck off. No one here buys that bullshit–logic is logic and facts are facts regardless of skin color–and if you gave it a moment’s rational thought, you wouldn’t either. Of course your worthless education never included being able to actually reason–or detect problems with false reasoning–so I don’t imagine you’ll actually wake up as opposed to being woke.

As Ayn Rand would sometimes point out: Yes, you are free to evade reality. What you cannot do is evade the consequences of evading reality. Or to put it concretely: You can ignore the Mack truck bearing down on you as you play in the middle of the street, you won’t be able to ignore the consequences of ignoring the Mack truck.

And Ayn Rand also pointed out that existence (i.e., the sum total of everything that exists) precedes consciousness–our consciousnesses are a part of existence, not outside of it–therefore reality cannot be a “social construct” as so many of you fucked-up-in-the-head people seem to think.

So much for Leftist douchebag lurkers. For the rest of you, the regular readers and those lurkers who understand such things: I continue to carry the banner once also carried by Wheatie. His Fraudulency didn’t win.

Let’s Go, Brandon!!

Hey China!

Or rather, “Hey Chinese Communist Party and your entire array of servitors, ass-wipers, and fellators!”

You’re not even worth my time this week. When you decide to act like civilized people, maybe I’ll give you a lesson or two in how non-barbarians behave.

Hey BiteMe!
(Or, Whoever Has Their Hand Rammed Up That Putrefying Meat Puppet’s Ass)

[Language warning]

You and yours have caused a lot of injury. Literal injury with your war on people who don’t want to take an untested vaccine. When people die in an emergency room because a hospital won’t admit them because they haven’t had their clot shot, that’s a crime.

I’m going to address here the insult on top of the injury, because I am among the insulted. I still have my health but apparently you want me to live under the 8th Street Bridge (which actually isn’t on 8th Street, but whatever, that’s what the I-25 overpass over Cimarron is called), so maybe if you have your way that won’t be true for long. Dreadful time of year to become homeless.

No, you’re just trying to make me unemployed, because I won’t take your fucking shots.

Well, that threat is NOT going to work. I. Won’t. Take. Your. Fucking. Shots.

And it looks like enough people agree, that you’re having to back down, you worthless asswipe.

You’re LOSING.

You LOSER.

You Chinese-bought ratfucking traitor.

I would love to see you die an agonizing, humiliating death. (This isn’t a threat, because I am not threatening to cause that death. I am just announcing my intention to party if it happens.) It would be just recompense for the way you’re killing America…and millions of Americans.

His Fraudulency

Joe Biteme, properly styled His Fraudulency, continues to infest the White House, we haven’t heard much from the person who should have been declared the victor, and hopium is still being dispensed even as our military appears to have joined the political establishment in knuckling under to the fraud.

One can hope that all is not as it seems.

I’d love to feast on that crow.

(I’d like to add, I find it entirely plausible, even likely, that His Fraudulency is also His Figureheadedness. (Apparently that wasn’t a word; it got a red underline. Well it is now.) Where I differ with the hopium addicts is on the subject of who is really in charge. It ain’t anyone we like.)

Justice Must Be Done.

The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.

Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 is hopeless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud is not part of the plan, you have no plan.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines,  here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

Tranheuser Busch

Those asshats either get the world, all time record for obtuseness…or this is deliberate somehow. And their namby pamby non-apology that amounts to a “We’re sorry you’re too much of a knuckledragger to appreciate what we did” simply underscores the stupid. It’d be like a 400 pound golfer wearing spikes tromping on your instep and being utterly clueless why you are screaming in pain.

Me

I wrote that months ago, and they are casting about now trying to figure out how to get people to come back. However the one thing that might work (an abject admission that they were wrong to even think of doing this) is the one thing they cannot do. Because the decision makers are woke and cannot conceive that they were actually fuckheadedly wrong to do this.

Spot Prices.

Kitco Ask. Last week:

Gold $1,959.20
Silver $24.29
Platinum $992.00
Palladium $1,449.00
Rhodium $7,100.00

This week, markets closed as of 3PM MT.

Gold $1,920.20
Silver $22.52
Platinum $972.00
Palladium $1,316.00
Rhodium $6,100.00

Wow, gold and silver have been taking a beating lately! Market manipulation? Or just fake good news about the dollar?

Going Out of Line

A lot of different categories of numbers have been mentioned here recently, from rational numbers, to irrational numbers, to transcendental numbers.

But those aren’t all the types. Not by a long shot.

Going the easy way first, we have a group called, variously, the counting numbers, the whole numbers, and the natural numbers. This last designation is a bit problematic because there are two competing definitions. One of them is that ℕ includes 1, 2, 3, 4, etc, and the other one starts with 0, then picks up with 1, 2, 3, 4…

I was taught that the “natural numbers” did not include zero, but that “whole numbers” were the natural numbers, with zero added in. But others got something different. Mathematicians have taken to writing ℕ1 and ℕ0 to distinguish the two possibilities.

One distinction that mathematicians like to make is whether a grouping like this is closed or open for some operation.

For example ℕ (either one) is closed for addition and multiplication, because you can take any two numbers from ℕ, add (or multiply) them together, and the result is a member of ℕ. However, ℕ is open (or just simply “not closed”) for subtraction and division. 5 – 19 = ?? 2 ÷ 3 = ???

Yes, there are valid answers to those problems, but they are not part of ℕ.

In early elementary school, of course, these are the only numbers you work with at all, so your teacher just told you that you couldn’t subtract a big number from a little one, and division was for later anyway.

Now there is a caveat. If you think of division as “quotient” and “remainder” (or “modulo”) then ℕ0 is closed over division. [With of course the important caveat that you cannot divide by zero unless you are Donald Trump on a Batman day.] Because you can divide any ℕ by any other ℕ and you will get a whole-number quotient and a whole number remainder, both of them 0 or greater. But notice, ℕ1 is not closed for division, because something like 3 ÷ 4 has an answer quotient 0, remainder 3 and 0 is not a part of ℕ1.

Zero was the first addition to the set of numbers that pegged some people’s bullschiff meters at the time. Zero, to them, wasn’t a number, it was a lack of a number.

But arithmetic works far better with zero being considered a number than it does without it (and no I’m not just talking about the difference between working in Roman and ‘Arabic’ numerals–the Roman system didn’t have zero in it at all, much less the convenience of the way numbers can be written provided you have a zero). The fact is that people literally didn’t think of zero as a number in its own right, even after deciding it might be handier to work with “10” than “X”.

This was reflected in the way musical intervals were counted (a musical “first” is the same note, the second is the adjacent note and so forth, “first” didn’t mean the note immediately following the base note, because there wasn’t a concept of going zero steps). It even made its way into the Bible; the resurrection is depicted as happening on the third day…even though Sunday is only two days after Friday, and in fact based on times of day, it was less than 48 hours after the crucifixion. If this happened today the Gospel writers would probably have said “less than two days later…” to mean the same thing. Friday isn’t zero days after the crucifixion in the Gospels, it’s the first day. No concept of a zero.

In any case, we’re well past elementary school, and we have a way to close the number set, for subtraction at least, and that’s the negative numbers, -1, -2, -3, and so on. Add them to the set denoted by ℕ0 and you have the integers, for which the symbol is, of course, ℤ. After all what else could the symbol for “integer” possibly be?

You can add, subtract, and multiply any integers together, and still get an integer, you can do division (again, no dividing by 0) with remainders, too.

You have two identities as well. There’s the additive identity, 0. Because you can add (or subtract) zero to anything…and it doesn’t change. And the multiplicative identity, 1. You can multiply anything by 1, and it doesn’t change.

You have inverses, too. Pick some number…oh, say 17. It has an additive inverse, -17, because when you add a number and its inverse, you get zero. And there’s also a multiplicative inverse (also called the reciprocal), the number you can multiply 17 by to get 1…and that of course is 1/17.

So this is the sort of things that mathematicians think about when talking about sets of numbers, and the operations that can be performed on them. If it sounds like this is all third grade stuff…okay, fifth grade stuff since long division is in there…that’s because we’re dealing with a simple case; these issues become a big deal when talking about vectors, matrices, and tensors.

(In fact when I was going through elementary school these “simple” rules plus ones like associativity [(a+b)+c = a+(b+c)] and commutativity [a+b = b+a] were put out there and I was wondering why they were harping on them so much. Well it’s because mathematicians need to consider this stuff for higher mathematics.)

What’s missing here? Fractions, of course! In essence any number you could get by dividing integers (again, not by zero, though you can divide zero by anything else) is some sort of fraction, or perhaps a compound number like 1¼, which you can get from 5 divided by 4. This is the set of rational numbers, symbolized with…wait for it…ℚ.

“Rational” comes from “ratio,” not our modern meaning of “rational” to describe the exact opposite of “woke”.

ℚ is closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (so long as you don’t divide by zero).

You can exponentiate, i.e. raise these numbers to a power. Is ℚ closed for that operation? Well you can raise to any integer power, without a problem. Squaring, cubing, etc any of these numbers gives you another such number (and in fact that’s true even for whole numbers, like -42) and still be within ℚ. You can even use a negative number, because 5-1 is simply 1/5. But that’s not all that is in ℚ. The fractions are in ℚ and if you raise a number to a fraction you will end up taking a root. The simplest most trivial case where ℚ “breaks” is 2½, which is the square root of 2 and that is not a rational number, it’s an irrational number: 1.414… And here irrational means it cannot be expressed as a ratio between two integers.

Well. It seems like every time we introduce a new mathematical operation it “breaks” our number set and we have to extend it, doesn’t it?

We now have a set of the combined rational (ℚ) and irrational numbers. Does that have a name? Not really because there are still more numbers that cannot be written as fractions, and cannot be got at just by taking some root of a rational number. These are the transcendental numbers like e and π.

Lumping all of these together you get a set known as the real numbers, and that is symbolized by ℝ, so at least now we’re back to symbols that make sense given the name of the number set. Why “real numbers”? Well…read on, it will become clear presently.

ℝ is closed over addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It is still not closed over exponentiation, though. Wait, we’re no better off than we were with rational numbers ℚ??

Well we are, because as long as you are raising to an integer power, you can raise any real number to a power and you’ll still have a real number. So e23 is a real number, so is e-23, or -337 or even (-π)-4. And you can raise any positive number to any real power, e.g., 27e, 3.247/13. These are all in ℝ.

The problem arises when you try to take any root of a negative number (i.e., raise to a fractional power).

At the most trivial, the square root of minus one (√-1) is not in the real set. There is no real number you can multiply by itself to get minus one. Nor for any other negative number. You can try to take a crack at something like √-9, though:

√-9 = √9 ⋅ √-1 = 3 ⋅ √-1

You will end up with some answer, multiplied by this non-existent “square root of minus 1.” It’s like taking the square root of a negative number almost works like taking the root of the same number as a positive number–you can do the same arithmetic to extract the root, but then this bogus “square root of minus one” piece which just hangs around as some bit of ballast.

OK, let’s take a bit of a breather.

Another one of those things I saw in elementary school which made me think “why bother” is the number line.

Here’s one for ℕ0:

Notice it seems to end on the left hand side at zero, but it continues after 100, implying you can get higher and higher numbers. But this is clearly not a number line you’d want to use for negative numbers. When those come up you suddenly see a whole left side of the number line with the negative numbers on the left, and it open on the left too, implying numbers can get lower and lower than that.

And fractions, of course have their places between the integers. The irrational numbers actually fit in between fractions. You can write down some fraction arbitrarily close to, say e but not quite reach it, from both above and below. You can narrow the gap with increasingly ridiculous fractions, but you can’t close it, so e, π, √2 and all the other irrational numbers are wedged in between the rational numbers.

Another way to think of ℝ is as the complete set of numbers that can be represented on the number line. Negatives, fractions, irrationals, transcendentals, you-name-it, it’s on there…somewhere.

It’s just a shame you can’t take the square root of a negative number. It’s not much consolation to know that you can take the cube root of a negative number just fine: -8 = -2 x -2 x -2, therefore ∛-8 = -2.

Actually you can do it, but you’re going to have to expand your notion of what a “number” can be, literally into another dimension.

Let’s just define √-1 to be i. (Lower case “I”.)

Why i? Because someone decided to name this number “imaginary.”

You can multiply i by a real number…like 17…to get 17i, which is still considered an imaginary number. You can square i, of course, to get -1, you can cube it to get –i. The fourth power of i is actually +1. What happens if you want the reciprocal of i? In other words, what is 1/i?

1/i = 1⋅i / ii = i / i2 = i / -1 = –i.

You can basically just do algebra on imaginary numbers, and when you square i, replace with -1. If you see higher powers of i, break them down into products of squares and proceed accordingly:

i3 = –i, i4 = 1, i5= i,

and so on.

Because you can do basic algebram it turns out that anything you could do to real numbers you can do with i.

But it doesn’t show up anywhere on the number line. And because this critter doesn’t appear on the number line, it isn’t a real number. It’s not real, so it’s imaginary. (And this is why they call ℝ the real numbers, by contrast with the imaginary ones.)

Imaginary is a crappy name, honestly, because all numbers are abstractions with no concrete existence. If you want to disagree with that last statement, point to three. Not three dogs, or three amigos, but just to three…and I don’t mean a copy of the symbol ‘3’ either, it’s a symbol for the abstract concept.

So “imaginary” numbers are no more imaginary than “real” ones, nor are “real” numbers any more real than “imaginary” ones.

But that doesn’t stop people from claiming mathematicians are just engaging in mental masturbation “imagining” things.

Well, no. That’s simply ignorant.

The fact of the matter is all electronic engineering, and almost all electrical engineering as well–in other words the tech you are reading this little ramble on– absolutely relies on these so-called “imaginary numbers.” [The only thing is, since i is current in electrical engineering, when electrical engineers want the square root of minus one, they write it as j. Which drives math teachers buggy, and of course probably the biggest swath of people in many college level math classes are electrical engineering students; who end up having to flip back and forth depending on whether it’s a math course or an engineering course.]

But we’re stuck with the name “imaginary”, so I will quit putting it in quotes.

Is it possible to have combinations? A “thing” that has both real and imaginary parts?

Not just yes, but hell yes. But if we do it, we end up with a number that has two distinct pieces, not just one. And since that sounds a bit complicated, these are the complex numbers, and their symbol is ℂ.

So how do they fit together? How do you combine them?

Not to sound flippant, but you combine them by, well, combining them. You have a nice imaginary number like 4i. And a solidly real number like -2.

To combine them, just do this:

-2+4i

There’s your complex number.

If these form a valid set of numbers, then what operations is ℂ closed over?

All of the ones I’ve mentioned. Even exponentiation, but I will have to demonstrate that some other week.

But how do they work?

Addition seems straight forward. Let’s take that complex number above and add it to 3-7i.

Hmm… (-2 + 4i) + (3 – 7i). Now what? Rearrange things. Combine the real and imaginary parts like this: (-2 +3) + 4i – 7i) and you see that you get 1 – 3i. Or a bit more succicntly: Just add the real parts together, and the imaginary parts together.

What about multiplication? Remember imaginary numbers can be mangled with algebra the same as real numbers, and so can complex numbers. If you want to multiply the two numbers above:

(-2 + 4i) × (3 – 7i)

You can “foil” it just like you would do with two binomials. FOIL, of course, stands for first, outside, inside, last.

First: -2 × 3 = -6

Outside: -2 × -7i = +14i

Inside: 4i × 3 = +12i

Last: 4i × -7i = -28 i2 which is to say -28 × -1 = 28

Combining bits and pieces, your answer is 22 + 26i.

And it’s now 13 minutes after 10 my time so I need to hit “post” and let you all bang your head on the wall trying to understand this! Much, much more about complex numbers…I think (unless you already know it) you’ll be a bit surprised!

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

Remember Hong Kong!!!

Whoever ends up in the cell next to his, tell him I said “Hi.”

中国是个混蛋 !!!
Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!!
China is asshoe !!!

China is in the White House

Since Wednesday, January 20 at Noon EST, the bought-and-paid for His Fraudulency Joseph Biden has been in the White House. It’s as good as having China in the Oval Office.

Joe Biden is Asshoe

China is in the White House, because Joe Biden is in the White House, and Joe Biden is identically equal to China. China is Asshoe. Therefore, Joe Biden is Asshoe.

But of course the much more important thing to realize:

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

乔*拜登没赢 !!!
Qiáo Bài dēng méi yíng !!!
Joe Biden didn’t win !!!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230623

Sweet Tea Smash

Ingredients

  • 2 lemon wedges
  • 4 mint leaves
  • 1 ounce George Dickel No. 12 Tennessee whiskey
  • 1 teaspoon Strega
  • 1 ounce unsweetened iced tea
  • 1 teaspoon cane syrup
  • Garnish: mint sprig

Steps

  1. In a shaker, muddle the lemon wedges and mint leaves.
  2. Add the whiskey, Strega, iced tea and cane syrup with ice, and shake until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a Collins glass filled with fresh ice and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Note from DePat:

Happy Friday! This will be REALLY short and sweet as I was with my mother for out-patient surgery on Thursday most of the morning (CRASHED all afternoon and evening), and the pre-op work up team discovered a previously undetected issue. Let’s just say, for everyone here, please implore your vaxxed family and friends to request EKGs at their next appointments with their primary care team. Or sooner. We were at a hospital my family normally doesn’t use, and that step was added to the pre-op prep, and may very well have saved us a lot of grief down the line. Mom now is stalking cardiologists. So, my apologies for this not being quite up to DePat standards.

About the sub “lost” or “imploded” which raised red flags for many of us:

Long story short, mother WEFers were “aboard.”

Good questions that should all be on the table.

Several of us thought that from the beginning.

Badlands News Brief – June 22, 2023

Understand the Biden Plea Deal for What It Is: Evidence

At this stage, convictions may not be the objective. Just getting the evidence in the public eye may be.

The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans

Jews, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Satanists and other people of faith say the laws infringe on their religious rights.

Jeffrey Dahmer Angry That Some Conspiracy Theorists Harbor Doubts About the Wholesome and Nourishing Meat in His Freezer

I thought he was dead.

NHL commissioner: No more specialty sweaters during warmups

Pride is a mortal sin. The players who are largely Christians know that. The commissioner who isn’t learned the hard way.

‘We Are in a Spiritual War’: Goya Foods CEO Speaks on Holy Spirit, Warns America’s ‘Morality’ at Risk

Tweety Tweets:

Yeah, it’s bread and circuses, but the information is getting out to the normies.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1671680487755075584

Not so sure about that.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1672056681839075329

MEME STASH:

True story.

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2 CORINTHIANS 11:18, 21-30

18since many boast of worldly things, I too will boast.) 21To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one — I am talking like a madman — with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea; 26on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren; 27in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant? 30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

PSALMS 34:2-7

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

MATTHEW 6:19-23

19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; 23but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

So many songs in these passages.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230622

We begin with John Durham’s public day on Capitol Hill:

Highlights and/or lowlights:

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671528294787821570
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671526656282951680

Hard to say if he’s a chicken guarding the hen house or if he’s read in just for exchanges like that.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671519905366065159
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671539737364951040
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671577503750660109
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671564264560001043
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1671638757626241027

Badlands News Brief – June 21, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: The World’s Oldest Secret Society Is Being Torn Apart Over Transgenderism Infiltrating Its Ranks

Couldn’t happen to a better group.

Were They Spying on Trump All Along?

Short answer: yes.

The World Economic Forum and U.N. Agenda 2030

Oh, look! The normies are waking up.

Reading Body Language: The New Phrenology?

Something like that, that’s for sure. The number of people who get body language wrong is pretty spectacular.

Insect populations collapsing?

It’s been too cool here to tell, although, the dragonflies have been out in force.

Elon Musk’s Vision of Abundance

The ‘Get Trump’ Games Continue

Native Americans: Domestic Lithium Mining Is “Green Colonialism”

Maybe Robert Kennedy is right, maybe vaccines are really dangerous!

Hence why he must be destroyed.

The Fed Has Rigged the Stock Markets to Crash

The Zombie Apocalypse vs. The Great Awakening

A computer analysis shows where Republican politicians’ real loyalties lie

EXCLUSIVE: Previous Target of DOJ’s Trump Legal Hit Squad Alleges Witness Payoff Scheme

It’s Official: Flynn Case Against Govt to Stay in FL

TWEETS!

He’s dropping red pills. For that, we should be grateful.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671640394315059200

I’m not a feminist, but in this case, the ladies need backing.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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1 PETER 4:12-19

12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker; 16yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God. 17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And “If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?” 19Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.

PSALMS 126:1-6

1When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” 3The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad. 4Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb! 5May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! 6He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

MATTHEW 10:34-39

34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a man’s foes will be those of his own household. 37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

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SATIRE

Dear KAG: 20230621 Open Thread

Cover image: Glacier National Park

Today is on the short and sweet side, but there wasn’t much going on that didn’t involve Hunter Biden and his plea deal.

Badlands News Brief – June 20, 2023

Poll: 83% of Voters Say FBI Should Make Biden ‘Bribery’ File Public

Asa Hutchinson says GOP should ‘back off’ accusations’ of DOJ ‘weaponization

When a deep state hack says something like this, we shouldn’t listen.

Democrat Donor to Lincoln Project and Democrat Campaigns Arrested for Starting Massive California Fire that Destroyed 100 Homes

So much for global climate change.

Trust Is Gone from Healthcare (and Washington)

FINALLY!

The Swamp Strikes Back

Latest Ratings Crash Shows the Fox News Implosion Is Even More Glorious Than Most Realize

Decadent Elites Plunge America Into Political Crisis

How did we go from rainbow washing galore to Pride Month 2023’s complete lack of it?

The people said ENOUGH! We’re sick of this.

Robert Kennedy Jr. exposes what really went on in that bombshell Pfizer trial…

Ruin: A How-To

Only ten Gs?

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1670995489724985344
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1670975502771789825
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1670952105144614913

Buh-bye

We’ll see if Durham delivers.

MEMES!

I laughed if no one else did.

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:

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1“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2“Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 5“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 16“And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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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