Day: July 11, 2024

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240711

Badlands News Brief – July 10, 2024

Gov. Little Makes Idaho the First State to Take Executive Action for ‘Only Citizens Will Vote’

The Silence of the Bells

Not in my city.

Against Our ‘Service Economy’

The trip I did take

Four generations in any branch of my family tree is 60+ people, easy. Irish, Spanish and French sides. Only the French get together anymore.

Group of House Democrats Who Want to Unseat Biden Cry ‘Actual Tears’ as Their Plan Falls Apart: Report

Nikki Haley Not Invited to RNC Convention – Releases Delegates to Vote Trump

Barack Approved – George Clooney Tells Joe Biden, It’s Time to Go

NEW: Shocking Report Reveals Young Americans Are Flocking To The GOP

TWEETS!

Agreed. It will die in the Senate.

I know a lot of people who would be REALLY pissed off.

Great. It’s a deal.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

Ehh…this house isn’t picky about that.

Not much that is original out there today.

https://twitter.com/theworldofdog/status/1811034792592359446

Parking in front of a plug will cost you.

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And now for the business portion.

Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Company manners are appreciated. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog out discussions best saved for a wrestling mat. If, for some reason, this site is not available, head over to the UTree and visit the post at the top of the list or the closest rescue thread.

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.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES, ETC., SO LONG AS THEY CAUSE NO PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS OR DOXX OUR FELLOW TREE DWELLERS.

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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 34:2-11

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! 9O fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want! 10The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

One of the few Jesuit ditties I expect to survive the test of time:

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SATIRE