DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230818

Plain Killer

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces El Dorado 15-year-old rum
  • 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 ounce orange juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1 ounce Coco Lopez coconut cream
  • Garnish: nutmeg, freshly grated

Steps

  1. Add the rum, pineapple juice, orange juice and coconut cream into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Pour the contents, including the ice, into a Tiki mug, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

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Badlands News Brief – August 17, 2023

Avoid the Avalanche, Protect Your Mind

One Year After Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s MAGA Movement Won’t Be Silenced

In Georgia, President Trump and the 18 Defendants Can and Should SUE Fani Willis For “Malicious Prosecution”

How President Trump Can Use Political Pressure to Defeat the Biden Witch Hunt

Here’s What The Democrats Should Expect If a Republican Wins Back The White House

Progressive Religion May Be Dying But the Gospel Is Thriving

Black man calls out Trump indictments as ‘two-tiered justice’ that will usher in a surge of black support

Media pundit blames widespread rejection of Bidenomics on Americans’ unwillingness to accept candidates that aren’t ‘warm and fuzzy’

National Review crashes and burns over “Rich Men North of Richmond”

End of the Dollar: South Africa Says Over 40 Countries Want to Join BRICS

UPDATE: Project Veritas Lays Off Most Employees Cutting To Skeleton Staff

Can You Feel It? Ten Signs That Things in America Have Reached a BREAKING POINT

Which Countries Are Interested in Joining BRICS?

Tweety Tweets:

“Experts” again.

You REALLY want to ask that question?

IDK, one of my brothers had a bug that presented as Lyme Disease and did damage to his heart. Could it have been a tick bite? Sure. HIV? No. The thing is, he had a pacemaker put in at the age of 32 due to severe arrhythmia.

MEME STASH:

Sat on one of those many a time.

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IDK…there’s a lot more demonic activity out there.

And now for the business portion of the post borrowed from Tuesday:

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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.

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.

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JOSHUA 24:1-13

1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, `Your fathers lived of old beyond the Euphra’tes, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. 3Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; 4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Se’ir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it; and afterwards I brought you out. 6Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did to Egypt; and you lived in the wilderness a long time. 8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and invited Balaam the son of Be’or to curse you, 10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand. 11And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Per’izzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Gir’gashites, the Hivites, and the Jeb’usites; and I gave them into your hand. 12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow. 13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you dwell therein; you eat the fruit of vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant.’

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

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cthulhu

Here it is Friday, again, so soon!

Thank you, DePat, for capping off week of wonderful informative and entertaining posts.

scott467

“Here’s What The Democrats Should Expect If a Republican Wins Back The White House”
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A ‘Republican’?

If anyone besides Trump wins the election, the Crims have nothing to worry about.

Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

Anyone besides Trump (either side of the Uniparty) is total victory for the Crims.

If Trump wins, the Dims still probably have nothing to worry about.

They’ll just do what they did during his last term.

Unless Dues Ex Machina finally happens.

scott467

Dues?🙄

Dues Ex Machina is Deus’ lesser known cousin 😂

cthulhu

“Deus Ex Machina” is “God from the Machine.” “Dues Ex Machina” is “Club Membership Payments from the Machine.”

Cuppa Covfefe

And then there’s the troublemaking cousin, always on the road trying to get away…

The Deuce Coupe 😀

(catch the front license plate):

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And the probably not street legal worn-out-Barbie edition 😀

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pgroup2

It would be street legal if it just had rear fenders.

scott467

“Black man calls out Trump indictments as ‘two-tiered justice’ that will usher in a surge of black support”
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Yep, that’s one of my favorite fingers to have pulled.

Few people are aware of this, but Waiting for Black People to Vote for Anyone Besides a Democrat was the original working title for Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

scott467

“BREAKING: #MAUI Just had confirmation by phone from a Private Detective that Maui Authorities turned the Water Supply OFF when Residents began dousing their homes with Water from hoses. Maui was a Terror Attack”

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If that’s true, if ‘Maui Authorities’ just murdered thousands of your own people, by making sure they burned alive…

If that’s not enough to make you go medieval on them, what else could they possibly do, that would get you up off your knees?

This hasn’t even provoked a mythical ‘riot’ out of them.

TheseTruths

I’m not sure what the definition of medieval is in this context, and I’m guessing it would be best not to spell it out here.

What good would rioting or “going medieval” do if the end result would only be more oppression coupled with prison time? To be successful, the people have to be able to maintain power over their oppressors.

scott467

“What good would rioting or “going medieval” do if the end result would only be more oppression coupled with prison time?”

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I don’t know, I don’t think like that.

I think that an island like Maui is a great test case.

If the majority of Maui residents revolted against the insanely evil power structure and eradicated it, burned it down and chased the survivors into the sea, what would happen to them?

There would be nobody left on the island to try to arrest anyone, and even if some gov’t criminal escaped into the woods, he isn’t going to be showing his face again, ever.

There would be nobody left to prosecute anyone, and even if there was, who’s going to convict them? What potential member of the jury didn’t know someone who was murdered by the government burning their friends and loved ones to death?

So there is nothing that would happen to them, because there wouldn’t be anyone to do anything to them, and even if there was, nobody would be convicted.

I can already hear you, making criminal officials go swimming with the fishes is probably considered a federal crime, so Brandon will send the fibbies in to arrest everybody.

They better come by sea, because a plane is a sitting duck on a runway.

And if they come by sea, the better be backed the U.S. Navy invading Maui, to arrest the population of the entire island, for doing justice to the Murderers of Maui.

Can you imagine Brandon’s Navy, invading Maui, to round up all the Hawaiians on Maui, to prosecute them in Washington D.C., for dispensing justice against the murderous officials of Maui?

I can’t either.

If they all stand up together, the Crims can’t do a thing to them.

And the rest of America would learn that lesson from Hawaii that will save our country, and the whole world.

TheseTruths

Perhaps you could lead the effort! It could wake up the people on the mainland too. The people who died in Hawaii are our countrymen.

scott467

“Perhaps you could lead the effort!”

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You’d like that, wouldn’t you! 😂

My understanding is that Hawaiians don’t like outsiders, and they are particularly hostile toward gringos.

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“The people who died in Hawaii are our countrymen.”

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So are the people in Chicago (bang, bang!). They’d shoot me as soon as look at me. Probably rob me first, so I get the whole experience.

You think they’re going to let me waltz into the south side of Chicago, sing a few bars of Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown, and then be their leader? 😂

Cuppa Covfefe

You could sing (in) a few bars in your best “Old Blue Eyes” imitation:

Chicago, Chicago–that toddlin’ town.

Chicago, Chicago–I will show you around. I love it.

Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago.

The town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down.

On State Street, that great street, I’d just want to say –

They do things they don’t do on Broadway.

They have the time, the time of their life.

I saw a man, he danced with his wife.

In Chicago, Chicago, my home town.

😀

scott467

Yeah, that’d get me killed for sure… 😂

scott467

Not sure what happened to the ‘bang, bang!’ link.

Reposting:

kalbokalbs

Perfectly good with the street justice.

scott467

If there is going to be any justice, I don’t know how it would be any other kind.

Rule of Law is gone. Not for us, but for the criminals, which means equal justice under law does not apply, which in turn means Rule of Law is gone.

Law enforcement has abandoned us (and the Constitution).

Public officials have abandoned us (and the Constitution).

The military has abandoned us (and the Constitution).

The doctors and lawyers have abandoned us (and the Constitution).

They’ve all violated their oaths.

Except for DJT, we’re on our own.

There are 330+ million of us.

So it’s just a math problem.

para59r

And as presented last night, Water Equity Guy fancies himself is a master of babble and gibberish, likely an ex used car sales man that could of in all probability shared a seat at WEF’s School of Climate, Charm & Banalities along side Ssaint Greta of Loud Mouth. Hopefully his head will be rolled too like Siren Guy’s head was since Team Evil is worried now that simple bafflements are not going to appease the common folk.

Aubergine

Typical Hawaiian bureaucrat.

kalbokalbs

Agree.

Could also be in any Mainland shithole.

  • District of Criminals. Fed departments and agencies. Lefty maroons.
  • Blue shithole state, county and city.
Aubergine

Yes.

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

To all the Repub candidates:

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TheseTruths

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GA/FL

May the Lord bless and keep this young man from temptation and evil….and keep his heart, mind, music and voice for His Higher Purposes.

cthulhu

Beautifully said.

Amen.

RDS

150% agree.

Aubergine

We all need to rally around this good young man and protect him from the forces that would use him. Pray hard for Chris, aka Oliver Anthony.

Please

The best follow-up to a powerful song. His beautiful soul would be destroyed by fame and fortune. Good for him to reject The Evils temptations. God bless him.

pgroup2

I was almost in tears when Thayrone read this on his show. What a damning indictment and a stirring uplift, all at the same time.

He is America.

TheseTruths

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kalbokalbs

Obviously…

Kemp will NOT do anything. Kemp IS part of the problem.

House GOP will NOT do anything. House GOP IS part of the problem.

Prove me wrong.

Cuppa Covfefe

A few million people rattling his cage might get his attention…..

TheseTruths

I agree. But calling will annoy him and everyone in his office. They will know where the people stand.

Cuppa Covfefe

Georgia should be unKemped…

TheseTruths

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scott467

Or maybe you just did wrong by a lot of people 😂

cthulhu

Is that what he told Adolf?

TheseTruths

Churchill’s message is for good people who have made enemies, not bad ones. That’s why Trump “truthed” it. He has made so many of them just by doing the right thing.

GA/FL

Luke 6:26 – 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

kalbokalbs

Hope Sally Q and you are doing well. (Not prying. Warm wishes.)

GA/FL

You are so kind Kalbokalbs! It’s a daily challenge… a progressive disease means things keep changing and we are constantly having to solve new problems and dilemmas.

scott467

Ron (Code Monkey): “There is a cluster of military satellites around earth that are controlled by an AI called “SENTIENT”. SENTIENT is able to predict future events.”

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Anyone can ‘predict’ future events.

That’s a whole different thing than being right, unless you’re not just predicting, but also causing them to happen.

Cuppa Covfefe

The sad truth (for them) is no matter what, AI is programmed and run by REAL STUPIDITY. It CANNOT by definition and by fact, be sentient.

The sad truth (for us) is that they believe that AI works, and for their benefit.

Self-driving car running everyone into a wall, and then catching fire which can’t be put out (anaerobic combustion) and doors can’t open (electrically powered, doncha know)…

scott467

“Self-driving car running everyone into a wall, and then catching fire which can’t be put out (anaerobic combustion) and doors can’t open (electrically powered, doncha know)…”

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I don’t enjoy defending electric cars, and the only company whose product I know anything about is Tesla, but I’m pretty sure at least Tesla is aware that releasing a self-driving car that drives into walls is unlikely to boost sales 😂

I would also expect the doors to have manual overrides, either that, or Tesla better have massive liability insurance to cover inevitable baked driver and passenger claims.

I always wondered about that same problem with regular cars. If the car has power locks and windows, and the electric is cut (due to collision destroying or disconnecting the battery, or car sinking into a lake, etc.), how do you open the door or get the window down?

Cuppa Covfefe

The Tesla is the car I was thinking of. They’ve had problems with their “self-driving” feature, and there have been crashes (self-driving or not) where the main battery caught fire, the auxiliary (12v) battery was damaged (or the control wiring toasted) and the occupants were not able to get out of the car as the doors open ELECTRICALLY.

I’ve had a number of cars with power locks over the last 50 years, and they all still had a manual release…..

Ass-u-ming a design (or designer) will work correctly is just as bad (or worse) an idea in cars as it is in software..

scott467

The crypto and stock investment guy I watch every day on youtube has had a Tesla for something like 4 years now, with regularly updated Full Self Driving (FSD).

He loves it. It gets auto-updated regularly, I think he’s on version 11 something. Says he has had ZERO maintenance since he bought the car. Hasn’t even changed the tires. He mostly recharges at home, so his cost is practically nothing compared to gas.

I often see things posted here from the MSM about Telsa, and then check this guy’s Patreon website, and he has already debunked it and laid out the facts.

It’s like watching MSM about anything else, it’s either bogus for political reasons, or it’s straight up pay-to-play and the MSM is trashing Tesla at the behest of their advertisers like Ford, GM, etc.

Just like MSM tirelessly promotes Big Pharma, coincidentally their biggest advertisers.

Tesla doesn’t advertise.

pgroup2

Ask your friend how he feels about being banned from parking in large parking garages. Seems like a lot of them don’t allow electric cars due to fire danger.

scott467

I will ask about it the next time there is a thread on Tesla, seems like there is one every week or so 👍

Cuppa Covfefe

And sample size of one is pretty small….

We have a number of parking structures and garages that don’t allow electric cars to park there. And now a number of ferry operators are doing the same.

Seems a couple of ships have already run into trouble….

N.B. Parking lots have attendants checking for “overstays” and other issues (e.g. dog or child(!) left unattended in a car, etc.), and they can see if a car is electric or not… license plates here have an “E” on the end, although just seeing what make an model a car is is sufficient…

TheseTruths

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The longer the others keep up the charade and fail to support Trump, the more I resent and loathe them. At this point they look stupid and opportunistic, as if they’re waiting for Trump to be stopped. IMO they’re a bunch of losers.

TheseTruths

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scott467

Where’s his drowning pool in that photo?

Cuppa Covfefe

Surrounding the island/land mass…

scott467

The reports were very specific about it being a ‘pond’.

Is the area we can’t see from the photo enclosed, and separated from the ocean, and is that what they were referring to as the ‘pond’?

A ‘pond’ has a border circumventing it, which the reports kept trying to call a ‘shore’, which does not apply to ‘pond’.

………………….
Shore
Noun
The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
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Cuppa Covfefe

You’ll have to ask them… or Barky…

TheseTruths

CIA SUED for working with the Biden campaign to produce ‘Dirty 51’ intel letter calling Hunter’s laptop disinformation

The CIA has been sued for its role in helping to craft a letter from 51 intelligence officials discrediting Hunter Biden‘s laptop as Russian disinformation.

The letter that was signed by 51 intel officials in 2020 immediately before the presidential election falsely claimed that Hunter Biden’s laptop had all the ‘classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.’ 

Republican report released in May showed that the CIA was actively involved in getting signatures for the letter which ‘was a political operation to help elect’ Joe Biden in November 2020. 

Government watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit Thursday after it failed to receive requested documents from the agency regarding the internal crafting of the letter. 

The GOP report alleges that a CIA employee ‘may have helped in the effort to solicit signatures for the statement’ and accuses former Deputy CIA director and Acting CIA Director Mike Morell and the Biden campaign of conspiring to quickly get the letter approved…

The new report also revealed that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper provided editorial advice to ‘strengthen the verbiage.’

…He also offered a key phrase to include, writing: ‘I have one editorial suggestion for the letter: I think it would strengthen the verbiage if you say this has all the classic earmarks of a Soviet/Russian information operation rather than the ‘feel’ of a Russian operation.

Morrell replied that Clapper’s suggestion was accepted and ‘It was a good one.’

These people should be in prison.

kalbokalbs

Don’t hold your breath. The “justice” system IS FUBAR. Literally, FUBAR.

TheseTruths

It is, but we can’t keep silent.

scott467

Sticks and stones will break their bones, but words will never hurt them 😉

scott467

Then I guess we have no choice?

The pedophiles must be eradicated.

kalbokalbs

That one should go viral.

Barb Meier

You’re right, kalbo. I just retweeted.

kalbokalbs

Glad ya did. Thanks.

mollypitcher5

He has an excellent point and I don’t even think it’s the actual LBQt ++++ that started all of this. Whether by MKultra or years of careful planning societal destruction, the WEFComms evil power hungry demons set all of this sexual perversion in motion.

TheseTruths

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cthulhu
cthulhu

With her mobility issues, I really don’t want her to be scrambling around.

kalbokalbs

Gil is inland.

Mr Gil can easily pick up whatever supplies they may need.

  • Kiddo is big enough to help carry stuff into the house.
  • Assuming they have not stocked up, cuz CA and the world, is so fucked up.
  • It’s not like there has been insufficient warning the past ~six years.
mollypitcher5

No rain at my daughter’s house as of 7:40. Not joking at all about this, i hope there aren’t those “dry hurricane winds’ that seemingly catch everything on fire

mollypitcher5

All those years I lived out there I don’t recall a hurricane, ever. Sometimes they would say something like we’d catch part of a typhoon but hurricane ? Plenty of major storms but a hurricane ?

kalbokalbs

Nor I. Strong winds out of the SW, into SoCal. No hurricanes. Zero.

pgroup2

Hurricanes in the Pacific are called typhoons.

Cuppa Covfefe

The YSM/MCM CAGW crowd are fanning the flames of Gore-Bull warming….

I can remember being at Uni in LA back in the 70s and it was over 100°F in FEBRUARY… OK, that was an outlier, but all of the past’s peaks have been shaved down by the Manniac Climastrologists…

And many, MANY weather measuring stations both domestic and international have been shut down over the last 20 years or so, enabling the climastrologists to interpolate their bogus numbers on ever larger grids, “because they have to, no stations, etc., etc.)… Anthony Watts at WUWT has/had a Surfacestations project which sought to clean up the data mess. I haven’t been following it, probably Gail has a lot of good info…

PAGING GAIL !!!

mollypitcher5

Exactly so why are they using a named hurricane for this ? is it for lemming consumption by the globos thinking that everyone understands and fears hurricanes but explaining that it’s called a typhoon is too time consuming and takes away from the climate change narrative ?

cthulhu

Some reports say that this is potentially the first hurricane to hit SoCal in 84 years — so it’s not an impossibility, it’s just that very few are old enough to remember the last one.

pgroup2

I think it’s just to minimize the confusion of using two words to mean to same thing. Like flammable and inflammable. You don’t see the later any more but I saw it quite often when I was a kid.

kalbokalbs

Guessing.

Point of origin, determines Typhoon V Hurricane V Cyclone.

Think I read that many, many years back.

kalbokalbs

Santa Ana’s.

pgroup2

The firestorm on Maui was fuel by buildings that were over 100 years old. The wood of which they were made had been drying out for that length of time. The town sits in an area that gets less than 10 inches of rain annually.

The buildings could almost ignite from staring at them. 70 MPH winds and one spark is all that was needed to basically explode into flames.

For illustrative purposes, compare trying to ignite a small amount of flour with the dusty conditions at big storage facilities.

https://knobelsdorffenterprises.com/grain-elevator-explosions-what-are-they-and-how-to-prevent-them/

Cuppa Covfefe

The other thing is total lack of forest management (or total manglement), just like in Gruesome Newscum’s Kalifornistan. All that fuel load just waiting to go up. And the bastiges knew it, and did nothing to clean it out (maybe it would disturb the tourists…)…..

Just look at the Oakland (CA) hills fire from a while back, not to mention the Camp fire. The Eucalyptus trees there went up like gasoline (as they do anywhere… all those etheric oils, which is why they are in Vaporub, etc.) and they often were too close to houses, etc.

I was in Scouts when they changed the underbrush clearing “stragedy”, stopping the controlled burns, and even stopping weed and brush clearing, and abandoning the fire roads. My troop (especially Star rank and above, for their Life and Eagle projects) would do volunteer work for the CDF and the US Forest Service, clearing (under)brush, fixing gullys, digging and doing other erosion mediation… and then it stopped… they didn’t want to do anything anymore.

And that was a loooooonnnggg time ago. Late 1960s….

pgroup2

Agreed. The sad thing is that every year they give fire season warnings, which invariably include ‘dry brush’ or ‘drought conditions’ in the press release. So it’s not like the dangerous tinder condition of the buildings wasn’t known.

Side note: why no retrofitted sprinkler systems? You’d think insurance companies would demand it.

Cuppa Covfefe

The cynic in me thinks “not if they’re going to buy the demolished properties for pennies on the dollar, develop them, and flip them for 1000-10000 times what it cost to do so”….. Black(hearted)Rock and all… Jamie DEMON… and f(r)iends…..

kalbokalbs

Sprinkler systems, “may” have been in some commercial buildings.

BUT, they require water.

Have never heard of sprinkler systems in residential homes.

Cuppa Covfefe

Our house in Livermore (Livenomore) had sprinklers, required by code. As a bonus, the 1¼ or 1½ water main to the house allowed for an impressive lawn/garden sprinkler system 🙂

I’m not sure if that code was at the City or County level; I suspect the latter…

On the one hand, I didn’t like the idea of stuff getting wet if a sprinkler went off accidentally; on the other, if there really was a fire, it would (probably) help quite a bit.

I think there was an alarm that detected if the sprinklers were going, but it’s been a long, long time (almost 30 years), though my cobwebbed brain should remember. I know I’d remember if it had gone off 😆

kalbokalbs

Interesting. Appreciate the insights.

Yea, I’d pin it on nanny state out of Alameda County.

Bizarre requirement for residential single homes, IMO.

Apartments, condos, and the like, I suppose. Not for me.

Almost assuredly a dry system – no water past the sprinkler valve. Water gets past the valve, sensor activated.

Have some history maintaining wet and dry systems while in the Navy. Dry, no water at the individual sprinkler head. Wet, water at the sprinkler heads.

Cuppa Covfefe

IIRC they were the wet type, with a wax seal. If the temperature goes up enough to melt the way, on come the sprinklers…

I never tested them 😀  💧  🌊  🚣 

The city of Livenomore site is now geoblocked, and I can’t get to it even with Tor 😡 😡 😡 😡 so I can’t say what the code is now.

We bought the house new, and the sales rep told us about the alarm(s) that would go off if there were a HUGE water flow as would happen with sprinklers. Basically, don’t turn all faucets and toilets and outside sprinklers on at once, or something to that effect…..

And here I was, looking forward to having a 1″ garden hose, watering the yard in just five minutes 😀 Or having all five sprinkler zones on at once 🙂 gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…

kalbokalbs

Surely many buildings were akin to kindling.

Toss in.

  • No sirens.
  • Power NOT shut off.
  • Water shut off…residents couldn’t try to protect their homes.
  • LE blocking escape routes.

Obviously, ALL a coincidence.

kalbokalbs

From the opener. Balanced. SUPERB review AND insights…

scott467

“The firestorm on Maui was fuel by buildings that were over 100 years old. The wood of which they were made had been drying out for that length of time. The town sits in an area that gets less than 10 inches of rain annually.

The buildings could almost ignite from staring at them. 70 MPH winds and one spark is all that was needed to basically explode into flames.”

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Then why now?

mollypitcher5

With that knowledge why wouldn’t the braintrust have amplified water resources for use in a catastrophic fire situation in their prime area ?.Why wouldn’t they have gotten the necessary pump thing to access ocean water.
I’m sure the Ocean gods would approve for equity and diversity.

Being prepared and proactive is always last on authorities list. Too late now

pgroup2

All it takes to create a disaster is a few conditions and govt involvement. Poof!

scott467

A lot of good ones today, thank you DePat!

This is just one that made me laugh out loud 😂

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Aubergine

Make sure to watch the compilation reaction video for “Rich Men North of Richmond.” It is fantastic. Made me cry.

kalbokalbs

Got it, and another open tabs in the queue. Thanks for the endorsement, to watch.

Aubergine

🙂

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

There are quite a number of reaction videos. Which one?

Tatonka Woman

Steve – Tara Bull – just above the MEMES.
Worth watching. 3:18

Aubergine

The one in the opener up above 🙂

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

You know, the tweets don’t show pictures for me –all I see is a bunch of links–so it’s hard to spot. Especially since the wording of the tweet doesn’t say anything about a reaction video.

Aubergine

Well, that sucks!

This one:

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Oh, i did find it based on “the last one before the memes” and it was good.

Thanks!

scott467

Yes, it was great!

I recognized at least a couple of the ‘reactors’ too.

I only saw the actual video (for the song) the first time yesterday (or Wednesday). I remember seeing Barb make a reference to ‘Oliver’ somebody the other day, and I didn’t know who she was referring to 😂

Barb Meier

Well oops! I was probably referring to Oliver Anthony whose first name is Chris. He said he used Oliver Anthony to honor his grandpa since that’s his grandpa’s name, IIRC.He probably mentions that in his formal introduction above. He’s a sweet guy and I’m sorry he’s had trouble with depression.

scott467

Yes, I think it was Oliver (Chris) Anthony you referred to, and I wasn’t aware of him or his songs yet, or maybe I had read here (or at CTH) that he had several hits in the top 10 on some music list (Apple Store downloads maybe?), but I still had no idea who he was and hadn’t heard the song yet.

Since I don’t do cell phones and rarely access major social media (besides youtube, if that counts), it usually takes a few extra days for the latest craze to find me 😁

Barb Meier

Yep, he has three hits in the top 10. Youtube does count with lots of people. I go there as needed and finally set up an account with them again. I’ll try to add more info so people know what I’m talking about.

scott467

It was completely on me for not knowing who he was, not your fault… I was probably the only person here who hadn’t heard his Rich Men North of Richmond song yet 👍😁

pat frederick

I’m with you Scott.
heard all about it…but not the actual song yet

Valerie Curren

Nope I was clueless on that song too 😉

Cuppa Covfefe

I read he has nine (9!) hits in the top 20…

He sure deserves both the attention and the success, and that people hear his message…

Barb Meier

Wow, and here I am trying to give people encouragement of who we actually are not who the uniparty/media tell us we are. Lots to be done.

I did listen to Tucker’s interview with Vivek and he had a lot of great points and is a very smart person. It has gotten so hard to trust anyone. He suggests the fix must come within our families filling the void. They played a clip of a lady who asked Vivek a question about LGBT and his response to her. Vivek told Tucker that he felt the young lady was lost and when he asked her what she thought, she had a vacant look in her eyes. He says we need to learn again who we are and fill that void.

It’s the problem with parroting propaganda. The person doing that doesn’t really know why. The young lady said she’s pan sexual. I don’t know why anyone cares about other adults’ sex lives unless they are harming children or other unwilling adults.

Aubergine

Lol! It is amazing how everyone I know, from 20 years old to 70, knows this guy now.

And I read today he turned down eight million dollars for a record deal. Apparently, he’s not for sale!

Barb Meier

On FB, he warned to watch out for fakes trying to cash in on his name but said he’s only selling stuff at his live appearances until he gets a website set up. He said he wants to keep everything local with people he knows. He’s getting good advice. So glad for him not to get suckered.

Aubergine

Oh, me too! I pray he is suited up in the armor of God.

scott467

I read the same thing, probably at a link from DePat’s opener.

I hope he has some plan to capitalize on his newfound popularity. After all the struggle he’s had, I wouldn’t want to miss an opportunity like this, that’s for sure.

If he can market and monetize his music himself, without involving the corrupting influence of the music industry, that would be great 👍

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It just might end up being the deplorable anthem.

Aubergine

I think money is not his motivator. I read he turned down eight million dollars.

My prayer is that God is his motivation, and his strength. We need Godly heroes, badly.

scott467

Right, I agree, but from his story, it sounds like he could use some money.

I mean, the whole song is about working so hard, and getting nothing for it. Then he told us that he had a back injury that sidelined him for a while.

He lives in a trailer that he bought on Craigslist for almost nothing.

This is his chance to not struggle for the rest of his life.

I wouldn’t look that gift horse (or blessing) in the mouth 😁

Aubergine

I agree, but I would be very careful not to bed down with a nest of snakes in the process.

Barb Meier

Today, I finally understood that John Rich does not deal with the music companies. He’s on his own and that’s a blessing. He gets it that they would control the music he could release.

I think Oliver is making a great start by keeping things with people he already trusts locally.

pgroup2

John Rich is working with him.

Aubergine

I’m really glad about that. John seems like a good man.

Cuppa Covfefe

Speaking of totalitarianism, overfunded Ukraine, and sanctions gone awry, here’s something from OT about the life of a daily ruble 🙂 H/T another ian at Chiefio’s:

(don’t know why SD had it cued up an hour in…)…

kalbokalbs

Grocery store well stocked AND prices low, compared to USA.

GA/FL

Brava, extraordinary post today, Diva DP!!!

cthulhu

I did a lot of “shaking the tree” for medical stuff on Thursday. If I’m lucky, it all worked and I can verify Friday morning, then have labs done Friday afternoon.

I’ve got three different doctors’ orders that need to all be ready before the stick, and they need to include adrenal function from the endocrinologist when she wanted to do a ton of diabetes labs (which duplicated my PCP’s) instead. I give this about a 30% chance of working.

On a slightly different track, the same endocrinologist had asked for a detailed CT scan of the blob on my adrenal gland, with and without IV dye. This fell into the cracks between the insurance company and the doctor, but I think I’ve managed to rescue it. I am, naturally, terrified at the prospect (might need 2 Xanax), but it is on a direct track to possibly solve my real problem so I need to make it happen. To make matters even worse, imaging dye made my mom sick as a dog, and my reactions tend to follow hers.

It’s 3AM here, so I probably won’t be doing much before 11AM. Either things will be on track for a 3PM blood draw or it will be a complete clusterfark I can contemplate over the weekend.

phoenixrising

God bless you Coothie … praying for resolution for your health issues…

pat frederick

I’ll pray for smooth procedures, good results and happy, calming thoughts throughout!

RDS

Coothie
Good for you being “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Sounds like the adrenal gland issue might well be the locus of importance. Fingers crossed, prayers and sending Good Energy that you sail through the procedures with no problems!

kalbokalbs

O’Connor? Traffic not an issue for your driver. Best wishes.

Valerie Curren

I hope all of this stuff goes off without a hitch for you 

phoenixrising

This performance puts us in touch with heaven while we grieve for the destruction experienced all around us … Good morning and God’s blessings to all …

TheseTruths

Peaceful and restorative. Thank you, and God’s blessings to you too.

phoenixrising

You’re welcome TT …

Happy go lucky

💕💕💕💕

phoenixrising

Larry Johnson’s latest …

THE HORRORS OF UKRAINE AND MAUI MADE POSSIBLE BY GOVERNMENT INCOMPETENCE
17 August 2023 by Larry Johnson 

https://sonar21.com/the-horrors-of-ukraine-and-maui-made-possible-by-government-incompetence/

phoenixrising
pat frederick

awwww. such a shame

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pat frederick

whoa…so sorry it’s so-o-o-o big…lol

kalbokalbs

Thought it was perfect, till ya mentioned it. Still do.

Aubergine

Made me laugh out loud, so it was just right!

kalbokalbs

Hope Trump holds a rally on the 23rd. Yield Nothing To rCONS.

pat frederick

my tinfoil hat theory?
the elites will not live in 15 minute cities. they will “reclaim” the islands as private paradises for themselves once the vermin (aka…the “little people”) have been driven off them. we will never be allowed to travel so we can never see that they continue to live in opulence while the rest of the world gets cram packed into concentration camps.

Cuppa Covfefe

Yep.

“REWILDING” isn’t for the flora and fauna after all…

Just like solar, bird-choppers, heat pumps, CO² sequestration, and all the CAGW madness isn’t to save the earth or the environment.

It’s wealth redistribution. Robbing from the poor to give to the rich.

REVERSE ROBIN HOOD…

(One might well say GEB’s are Robbing Hoods)…

mollypitcher5

Wow, I bet you’re right Pat

Please

every island becomes an epsteen island

pat frederick

BINGO!

kalbokalbs

Makes too much sense.

kalbokalbs

Guinea pigs for C O N T R O L.

duchess01

Verse of the Day for Friday, August 18, 2023

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” 

Philippians 4:11 (KJV)

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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!

duchess01

PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.

I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.

Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.

With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.

Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. 

Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

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duchess01

BE MY VOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

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RDS

duchess01
Thank you for these. Prayers ongoing for you here and at Marica’s blog. Be well.

RDS

https://mole.substack.com/p/spox_dilemma-2023-08-18-fri-killjab

Which led to this:
https://angelovalidiya.substack.com/pcovid-19-vaccines-and-pregnant-women
August 17, 2023
Yours Truly: This Substack page is written by a PhD who was a former employee of NIAID. In the current article, she discusses the results of a NIH / NIAID recent study regarding the COVID-19 “vaccines” and their effects on pregnant women. The study concludes that “…the clinical significance of these findings is unknown and additional research is necessary…”

Yours Truly: Here’s the REAL SKINNY about the mRNA-based COVID-19 “vaccines” and pregnant women:
One: The OFFICIAL Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers issued by the FDA, http://www.fda.gov/media/167211/download for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 “vaccines” (original, first bivalent, and now the “Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine” from this company) states the following. on Pages 50 – 51 (of 79), under section 8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS:
8.1 Pregnancy
“No data are available regarding the use of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine, Bivalent during pregnancy.”
Section 8.1 then goes on to state that the risk of pregnancy loss or birth defects can be up to 20% in “clinically recognized pregnancies.” The document ALSO states that the “lab rats experiments” in which female rats were injected with BNT162b2 showed “No vaccine-related adverse effects” for female fertility, fetal development, or postnatal development were reported. THESE ARE LIES. The huge C4591001 study conducted by Pfizer-BioNTech, THE ACTUAL RESULTS DATA OF WHICH WERE GIVEN TO THE FDA, shows NUMEROUS reports of injected female lab rats with gestational problems and pups that had numerous physical problems (skeletal deformities, etc.) The reports from the C4591001 study are available at https://icandecide.org/ by searching “Pfizers documents.” The C4591001 study data was collected and submitted to the FDA by Pfizer-BioNTech under the identifier number 125742.

Two: The OFFICIAL Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers issued by the FDA, http://www.fda.gov/media/167208/download for the Moderna COVID-19 “vaccines” (original, first bivalent, and now the “Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine” from this company), states, in section 8 on Page 46 (of 72) the same LIES about “No data are available” and “No vaccine-related adverse effects” in the female lab rats experiments with mRNA-1273. The document goes on to describe the “Pregnancy exposure registry” set up by Moderna for women who get “vaccinated” with mRNA during gestation. The truth is that the Moderna female lab rats experiments with mRNA-1273 DID result in NUMEROUS problems with the injected female rats, and with their pups. These ACTUAL DATA RESULTS WERE GIVEN BY MODERNA TO THE FDA. A copy of the actual results is here: https://dailyclout.io/report-80-moderna-mrna-covid-injection-damaged-mammals-reproduction/.

Three: BOTH FDA documents for the Pfzier-BioNTech AND for the Moderna COVID-19 “vaccines” state, under the section 8.2 Lactation, that “Data are not available to assess” the risks of these “vaccines” on the “breastfed infant” or on “milk production/exfretion.” THIS IS ANOTHER LIE BY THE FDA. See below.

Four: Here’s the graphic presented by Dr. Rochelle Walensky at a conference about how the modRNA-based COVID-19 “vaccines” effect the pregnant woman who gets “vaccinated”, her unborn child, and the nursling infant of a “vaccinated” new mother:

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Cuppa Covfefe

And they’re both equally crooked and warped!

pat frederick

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TheseTruths

A DeSantis debate prep document has been released.

Trump-Booster Elise Stefanik Uses DeSantis Debate Memo to Pressure Florida Governor to Drop Out of Presidential Race

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the House GOP Conference chair, reacted to the news on Thursday of a memo from a pro-DeSantis PAC appearing online that advised the Florida governor to “defend” Trump during the upcoming primary debate.

“As a former debate prepper, the first and most obvious rule of debate prep is don’t leak the debate prep memo,” Stefanik wrote while sharing the story from the New York Times.

Notably, the memo was not leaked, but posted online by a website affiliated with the Never Back Down PAC’s chief strategist. PACs are not allowed to directly coordinate with their candidate, and sometimes will post information publicly online as an indirect way of getting it to the campaign.

“This is absolute malpractice. And as I have said from the very beginning, President Trump is going to steamroll the entire field. There is no real primary and we need to focus on defeating Joe Biden to save America,” Stefanik concluded, heavily suggesting Ron DeSantis and the other GOP presidential candidates should clear the field for Trump.

The Times reported Thursday that the documents included “four basic must-dos” for DeSantis, who is referred to in the memo as “GRD,” at the debate.

“1. Attack Joe Biden and the media 3-5 times. 2. State GRD’s positive vision 2-3 times. 3. Hammer Vivek Ramaswamy in a response. 4. Defend Donald Trump in absentia in response to a Chris Christie attack,” one of the key memos reads.

The memo even goes so far as to offer DeSantis some specific lines. “Trump isn’t here, so let’s just leave him alone. He’s too weak to defend himself here. We’re all running against him. I don’t think we want to join forces with someone on this stage who’s auditioning for a show on MSNBC,” the memo suggests DeSantis say in response to former New Jersey Gov. Christie attacking Trump.

DeSantis is being humiliated on the national stage, and he has brought it on himself.

TheseTruths

According to the article, it wasn’t actual debate prep that was leaked, but “advice” from a PAC. But it makes it look as if DeSantis needs someone to tell him what to say.

scott467

“But it makes it look as if DeSantis needs someone to tell him what to say.”

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And for the record, it only looks that way because he does… 👍😂

Barb Meier

I thought that it is not legal for PACs to work directly with candidates.

pat frederick

LOL

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scott467

“Trump isn’t here, so let’s just leave him alone. He’s too weak to defend himself here.”

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Yeah, that would go over well.

Sounds like Rob’s PAC is trying to provoke an audience member to break his jaw 😂

Cuppa Covfefe

Wonder if they’ve shut the water off there?

And if the sirens are being sounded?

And whose property is being destroyed: the natives’ or the investors’ ?????

scott467

“Firefighters are at the scene.”

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And this time, they really mean it.

Unless the water is turned off again.

RAC

Don’t look there, look here. See it’s a common enough occurrence, happens all the time, ask the Canary Isles. /s

kalbokalbs

Lived ~6 miles from there, for three years. Lots of mountains, trees… NOT One Fire.

RAC nails it. Common occurrence. Well, these days, common occurrence.

pat frederick

wow!
CONGRATS ALL!

kalbokalbs

Rather sure Wolf will surface Sunday. Wrapped up in local politics.

Been three or four days since I’ve noticed a Wolf post.

pgroup2

I’ve done my part with inane and dumbass comments.

scott467

Right dere wit ya! 👍😁

Cuppa Covfefe

With an assist from WGTT from Mars 😆  🤖 

Aubergine

Me, too! I feel pretty inane and dumassery just lately. Between the smoke here from the wildfires, and the allergies from the haying, I’m wrecked.

Valerie Curren

It’s a gift!  😂 

TheseTruths

Hat-tip Citizen Free Press: I find it amazing that this article in a women’s magazine, Evie, is talking about vaccine shedding. Once you get past the sex-related comments at the beginning, there is good info here. At any rate, word is getting out.

The New Protection: Why You Shouldn’t Have Sex With Him If He’s Covid Vaccinated
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eviemagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fnew-protection-why-you-shouldnt-have-sex-with-him-covid-vaccinated

mollypitcher5

that’ll be a conundrum for Liberal Karen since her natural hook-up choice would be Woke Beta however he’s vaxxed n proud. Good luck finding a Pureblood to have sex with cause they’re generally NOT Lefty

scott467

Liberal Karen is all shot full of vaxx herself, anyway 😂

pgroup2

Well, that’s too logical for them.

Aubergine

Yeah, they put blondes to shame for being dumb. And I am blonde, so I should know!

pgroup2

They’re generally married, as well. But that wouldn’t stop lefty cougars.

Cuppa Covfefe

Mercurial…

(Ducks and runs from sequential turn signals)…

mollypitcher5

A lot of them are somewhere on the weirdo spectrum. Polyamorous, gay, pansexual, bisexual, furry, etal
Can’t stop ’em from shedding all over the place!

Cuppa Covfefe

These (if it posts…)….

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scott467

“that’ll be a conundrum for Liberal Karen since her natural hook-up choice would be Woke Beta however he’s vaxxed n proud.”

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Woke Beta only got himself vaxxed because Crazy Karen told him to 😂

Aubergine

I told my un-vaxxed single son a couple of years ago that he was going to become some of the most desirable male real estate on Earth pretty soon. Looks like I was correct.

mollypitcher5

LOL, right ?!
Move over Rico Suave’..we gotta Pureblood up in God’s Country

phoenixrising

litenmaus

Afternoon phoenix…..The stupid that is being and has been displayed since January 24. 2022 is just mind-boggling.

pat frederick

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Robert Baker

I know this is not a theology forum but I was reading a new book by Metzger on personalist philosophy when I read his interesting comment concerning the Trinitarian God. The final sentence was particularly compelling. For the Catholics in the group they may remember that John Paul II was particularly engaged in personalist philosophy as a component of his world view.

Each of the divine persons retains their distinctive identity. The Father is not the Son, nor the Son the Father. The Father is always the Father of the Son and the Son is always the Son of God the Father. As the eternally begotten, uncreated, and entirely unique Son, he is also the eternal Word who is the self-expression of God. The Spirit is also unique as the eternal Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ. The Spirit is the Lord and Giver of life, as the Nicene Creed declares. Whereas the Son is eternally begotten, the Spirit eternally proceeds. The Father creates, redeems, and perfects the creation through the Son and Spirit.[1]

[1] Paul Louis Metzger, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2023), 18–19.

pgroup2

Is this just something you wished for us to ponder?

Or is there a point that I’m missing?  🤔 

ROBERT BAKER

I thought the last sentence helped me understand the Trinity better. That was the purpose.

singingsoul1

Thank you R B for sharing part of Metzger book reading

pgroup2

ThanQ.

Barb Meier

This is a first amendment supporting site.  😃  Thanks for sharing this. I really liked Pope John Paul II but had never heard of the Personalist philosophy, so I’m glad to read this perspective. Thank you, Robert!

ROBERT BAKER

As I understand it, Personalist philosophy from a Christian perspective is essentially this: every human being is made in the image of God and must therefore be treated with dignity and as a person, not a thing or a commodity to be used for another person’s or government’s selfish reasons. Although I do not believe myself to be a personalist per se, I find that assuming every human being I meet deserves dignity set aside for creatures who specifically reflect the image of God affects my behavior in a good way. Dallas Willard, a Christian philosopher who until his death some years ago was a professor of philosophy at USC who’s books are also important. He was also a former Baptist preacher (just goes to show that God can use anyone  😃 ). He has written several books but the one most critical to my spiritual formation was The Divine Conspiracy. He thought that the importance of treating others with dignity was critical to a disciple’s walk with God. Along with CS Lewis, Willard has had an outsized impact on my ability to internalize the Scriptures in ways that influence my conduct and particularly my way of speaking to and about others. I did not know the personalist views of John Paul II until reading Metzger.

Barb Meier

Thanks for the info, Robert! My mom taught me to treat others with dignity as a person and not to get into cliques when I was little. She gave me many lessons on compassion and respect for others by sending me to visit with elderly people I had not met yet and to play with a wide range of kids, some who were from families of little means. She taught me to be comfy playing on my own. She also had me visit the various Christian churches in our town. Share your toys. Thank God often for all we have. It was a great start. I’ll keep my ideology simple like my small town start. Treat everybody with respect regardless of their job or financial situation. Avoid a-holes and people who only want to take from you. What you see someone doing to someone else, you can expect they would also do to you. If my dog doesn’t like a person, I know not to trust them or spend time with them. The doggies know… Biden’s dogs are mean because Joe is mean and mistreats them. The Bidens should be nowhere near pets or kids IMHO.

Valerie Curren

Thank you for sharing this  I’m too late to participate in the discussion but I think it’s a good thing that you raised this topic.

Nothing is out of bounds in the Q-Tree as long as we speak respectfully to each other I believe.

God Bless You sir!

CS Lewis has also impacted my thinking. I was just referencing some of what he proposed in the Narnian The Last Battle book, regarding Heaven & eternity in conversations with my husband the other day. Also I was referencing Out of the Silent Planet in relation to Creation & the theoretical possibility of beings elsewhere than Earth either knowing of Christ’s redemption or never having fallen, like in Perelandra, I believe. I guess Lewis’ stories have impacted my thinking & helped me understand God in imaginative & articulate ways.

Bible Gateway has a daily Lewis quote that you can get via a mailing list if you are interested. There is So Much to ponder from his many varied writings!

https://www.biblegateway.com/newsletters/

There are Many choices there of things that can come to you daily for encouragement.

scott467

From OT:

Emperor Murdoch Going Bananas – President Trump Will Interview with Tucker Carlson During GOPe Debate
August 18, 2023

SD: “Saving the Republic was always going to be a trilogy. In 2016 we caught the club off guard, “Club Wars” began. In 2020 the collective “Empire Strikes Back.” Now we enter 2024, all of the enemies are defined and the “Revenge of the MAGA” begins.

Within the epic battle that 2024 represents, the multinationals are deploying every available weapon in their arsenal and the rebellion is running an insurgency campaign while withstanding the constant bombardment. While much is yet to be determined, our flag is still raised, and we stand steadfast -living our best life- while the bombs burst all around us.

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The professional republican apparatus is assembling in Wisconsin for the trap debate, but the rebellion has successfully out maneuvered the plot and will stand unaffected while diminishing the first losers to the status they deserve.

Emperor Murdoch is furious, while Darth Ronna has failed in her effort to bait team MAGA.
NEW YORK TIMESThe former president’s apparent decision to skip the first debate is a major affront both to the Republican National Committee and to Fox News, which is hosting the event.

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A MAJOR affront.

Pearls firmly clutched in BOTH hands… 😂

pgroup2

A great mental pic – Murdoch clutching pearls in both hands.

kalbokalbs

Hilarious, Trump doing an interview with Tucker, same time, rCONS grovel on Fox.

Paging Rob for comment.

Precious.

TheseTruths

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pgroup2

That doesn’t look like Rupert.

Aubergine

It’s his drag disguise.

mollypitcher5

Gotta love Gangsta Trump

gil00

The rnc debate will go down in flames if the interview is done at the same time.

kalbokalbs

rnc may adjust the time, at the last minute. Trump likely considering this.

Darth Ronna, fretting this potential train wreck.

Aubergine

I’ll bet Tucker and Trump are WAY more flexible than the whole second-squad debate team.

I’m gonna need more popcorn, and some high-end bourbon. Blanton’s preferably.

Aubergine

I hope the numbers for the debate are like Joe Biden’s 2020 rallies.

I hope Trump/Carlson dominates the hell out of Twitter.

I wouldn’t piss on Murdoch if he was on fire.

Barb Meier

DePat, my friends from Houston TX came to visit me when I lived on a ranch in the foothills of San Jose CA. They fixed the drink you show us but called them Pain Killers. hehe… I think your name for them is a little more accurate… We got tipsy!

Barb Meier

Just got info from Oliver on FB that he’s set up a Rumble account and he asked us to follow him there. He’s going to do a video of his live show and share it.

https://rumble.com/c/OliverAnthony

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Saturday’s post is in the can.

Editor was REALLY SLOW for me.

Imagine having to wait 30 seconds while it finishes displaying the sentence you just typed. Meanwhile you’re staring at a typo you want to fix.

kalbokalbs

Patience test of sorts. 🙂

pgroup2

Sounds like your ‘puter has malware sucking up your processor.

Or Winblows is doing a backup.

cthulhu

Yeah, it’s this very specific type of malware called “WordPress” — you may have heard of it.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

If it were the former, I’d see it doing other things too. Besides, this is a disposable VM and regenerates every time I open the browser.

And it’s not Winblows…that’s for sure!

Barb Meier

Gak. My computer runs much better since I shifted from Verizon wifi to Shentel’s DSL. I am blessed. Sorry you’re dealing with slowness somewhere along the route.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It’s really ONLY the wordpus editor.

kalbokalbs

Trump Is On A Roll…  😂   😅   😂   😅 
SD
This is Donald Trump’s Most Brilliant Inside Move to Benefit the MAGA Movement

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If you understand the war inside the machine {GO DEEP} then this move by President Trump will make a lot more sense.

Going all the way back to 2016, the #1 value to the RNC from the candidacy of Donald Trump President Trump has always been the supporter data, the donor files and data of the people who support Donald Trump.  This data was what literally floored Reince Priebus in 2016, because the RNC had never before seen such a scale of grassroots donor support in the history of the organization.

The RNC administrative leadership were floored when the data-sharing requirement forced Trump’s team to turn over the data right before the GOP convention. It was so far beyond the scale of what they had ever seen before, they could not believe it. Millions and millions of new first-time names. The core of middle-class America.

Data are people. MAGA people. Lots of them. More than the RNC has ever known.

Right now, the corporate club known as the RNC is as much the enemy as the Biden DOJ. Readers here know exactly what I am talking about, and there is no need to rehash all the facets and examples. The battle inside the RNC is between the billionaire Wall Street club who controls it, and the MAGA voting base who operate within it.

President Trump snubbing the RNC debate in Wisconsin is a direct shot against the RNC as a private corporation. An RNC club that is covertly in alignment with the DNC, another private corporation funded by the same Wall Street billionaires. The RNC is now going to justify the next attacks against Trump by pointing out his non-compliance with the debate.

More… https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/18/this-is-donald-trumps-most-brilliant-inside-move-to-benefit-the-maga-movement/#more-250067

Aubergine

This is just perfect.

I want the t-shirt. I wonder if they’ll make one?

gil00

kalbokalbs

Now we are talking…

gil00

Yep. More of this, lots and lots more.

mollypitcher5

Awesome! That’s how it’s done

gil00

😉

scott467

I was just gonna say that, Molly! 👍😁

barkerjim
cthulhu

Just got back from lab.

The endocrinologist reneged at the last minute and I didn’t get my adrenal function tests — but I only found out about this after I’d taken the Xanax and loaded up on water.

RDS

Coothie
Sending much sympathy for you, this is not a fun situation.

mollypitcher5

sheesh, sorry . It’s bad enough to prepare your mind and body and then…cancelled. Rescheduled or not needed now ?

cthulhu

I had three doctor’s worth of lab orders, plus the two I wanted to add. Only the adrenal function tests were dropped.

mollypitcher5

bummer getting them all done except that one. Hope you have a relaxing weekend now that it’s over

Linda

I’m so sorry to hear that, Coothie. Maybe you need to find a different doctor. Most endocrinologists seem to be good at treating diabetes, but could care less about adrenal issues or thyroid issues. I guess they don’t pay enough.

cthulhu

Yep. exactly this.

para59r

I guess Jessie has been busy. After his intro he follows it up with Laura Logan with moar information on these human sacrifices, and kids coming over for child prostitution, organ doners, even snuff films.

para59r

Okay, can’t edit. I’m posting too fast 😮😬🙄 … Seems moar crawled in there then intended. Watch Jessie then the nice lady in glasses. Hasn’t seen the other nice lady yet.

para59r

Recap….

mollypitcher5

The cabal and it’s global partners need to be excised and ground to dust. They can’t be rehabilitated

kalbokalbs

Paging them dynamic rCONS…

What Ya Gonna Do rCONS?

TheseTruths

Oh please no…

Biden Regime to Reinstate COVID-19 Restrictions Beginning with Mask Mandate as “COVID Cases Rise”, Say TSA and Border Patrol Whistleblowers

The Biden regime is preparing to reinstate full COVID-19 lockdowns, beginning with masking mandates for TSA and airport employees reportedly as early as mid-September, Infowars first to report.

A high-level TSA official reached out to Infowars, detailing a Tuesday meeting where TSA managers were informed of new memorandums and policies that would reimplement mask-wearing.

These policies will reinstate the mask mandate for TSA and airport employees starting in mid-September.

According to the TSA official, further details on how the policy will escalate will be provided next week.

The official added that by mid-October, mask-wearing will be mandated for pilots, flight staff, passengers, and all airport patrons.

mollypitcher5

  :wpds_mad: 

kalbokalbs

Just Say No. No at the supermarket, restaurants, …

Air travel – Do NOT Need It.

pgroup2

Time to refuse. That means boycott.

Demand that TSA provide proof of acceptance of liability for any hypoxia issues.

mollypitcher5

Yes let’s suffocate the already vaxxed damaged pilots.