Today’s post is a Placeholder Open Thread for our good Gail Combs. Hoping that all is well with her.
Please, Civil Discussion is practiced here. Please do not give the modern-day version of Cato the Elder the opportunity to show “enmity” to the board.
However, to kick things off, there is this: www.theburningplatform.com/2024/10/01/urgent-the-left-is-going-to-war-on-the-first-amendment/, by Alex Berenson. It appears that John Kerry, who flies around in private aircraft, is making it quite clear that if he and the WEF have their way, free speech will have a large, red “X” target painted on it. Mr. Kerry, who supposedly will “decide” what is “disinformation” and who is “spreading disinformation”, made the following statement during the WEF meeting at which he spoke on Wednesday 25 September:
So, with civil discussion, have at it.
Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA
It was great to hear from Gail and confirm that she’s still alive and kicking.
It’s unfortunate that something seems to have kicked back. She expressed a desire to grind through the pain to get her post out, but it’s better that she recuperates for a bit and gets her rye in.
I had missed her comment. Thanks for letting us know. 🙏 for her recovery from the back injury.
Here is a link!
https://www.theqtree.com/2024/10/01/dear-kag-20241001-open-thread/#comment-1344618
Thank you!
Wolf Moon
Thank you. Sending Good Energy and Deep Healing to our good Gail Combs.
Amen!!!
thank you!
You are most welcome! And good morning to you! After sleeping on things, I’m very happy about the debate last night. J.D. has made me rethink things in a good way.
Trust the Middie. The principles of MAGA are strong.
I read that about fifteen times before I realized it said MIDDIE instead of MIDDLE.
positive energy nourishes the soul
So you have telepathy or what? I saw nothing from Gail.
https://www.theqtree.com/2024/10/01/dear-kag-20241001-open-thread/#comment-1344618
ThanQ
Q’re welcome! 😉
And, here, I was going to try to convince him it was telepathy…..
😂
AND LOGIC is always to the rescue! 😉 🚀 🌎 🌠 🌃
Sea aye eh necklace 😉
I’m thinking that “get your rye in” is the opposite of “poke your eye out.”
Oh, I missed that comment! Thank you. I have been worried about her.
That header pic is so perfect I might just kneel at your feet.
Was that Alice Cooper in that clip? He’s a Christian now, I believe. I heard part of his radio show on the road a few years ago, quite eclectic & interesting!
Yes! He was always fairly conservative – or at least much more than people expected. The first time I read about him playing golf and having a beer with some guy who I don’t recall, I was taken aback. But yeah.
Very cool, thx 🙂
He had one clip where he said something like, “Hi. I’m Alice Cooper. I’m a celebrity. If you’re getting your political views from celebrities, you’re an idiot.”
👍 👍
He’s supposed to be a pretty good golfer. In this story, he shot four over par on an unfamiliar 9-hole course.
https://www.sovanow.com/articles/alice-in-spikes-a-golf-fanatics-story/
https://www.whywelovegolf.com/golf-wiki/what-was-alice-cooper-s-lowest-handicap
Thank you, CV, for hustling up a quick placeholder post and allowing Gail to recover.
AMEN!!!
Excellent cartoon. He has the traitors pegged perfectly.
John Kerry is a traitor, and hopefully one day soon he’ll be in Gitmo.
I’m good with it.
Always has been. Described his antics relating to our industry in my BIMD.
I know someone who would only vote against the Dem if he deemed them anti-American. He didn’t deem Kerry anti-American but did think so about Obola.
I of course disagreed with him about Kerry. Anyone who would testify to Congress that he committed war crimes in Vietnam either committed war crimes, or was trying to smear the United States. Either way, NO GO.
Traitor Kerry: “Our First Amendment stands as a major block to be able to just, you know, hammer it [dissenting opinion] out of existence.”
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Someone’s gonna hammer YOU out of existence, you *&^%ing scumbag traitor.
The job of POTUS is to UPHOLD the Constitution, you slimy shit-stain.
The dude is definitely a traitor. Always has been. Always will be.
And an arrogant traitor.
Yes, that is what makes Kerry so enraging. He’s a dope, a smarmy idiot, and all his other “virtues”, but he’s just utterly arrogant at all times. And he was CHOSEN FOR POWER in this country because of his treason – NOT because he’s capable or ingenious.
Thank goodness he was swift-boated out of ever being POTUS.
Perfect description 👍
In honor of JD Vance’s stellar performance last night …
^^^ That sentiment dawned on me a few days ago.
Recent D-Rat candidates for WH. Primary criteria for VP, who’s dumber.
Protects against impeachment.
if she picked someone other than walz, the dems might be calling for her to step aside. she’s secure this way.
Yes – in some ways it’s protection against her fellow piranha.
I think they are about to reach the bottom of the barrel 🙂
NEVER underestimate the depth of the barrel of stupid.
The memes…they just keep coming… 🤣
Here’s what Tim Walz said: “I’ve become friends with school shooters”
If that was a misspeak, I don’t know what he was trying to say. All I know is that if Vance had said something like that we would never hear the end of it. It would be used as a reflection on Trump, and it wouldn’t matter what Vance would say to clear it up.
He said it twice???
Damaged goods.
Pedo pantsed???
A new version o the JetPack plugin just went in. Hope for the best!
Quick! Roll out the St. Michael prayer!
All prayers accepted!
One person’s account regarding Asheville, NC:
Potentially unpopular take follows.
This may have been a “warning from above” to our side, about what things will be like after the other side does its thing soon, to try to stop Trump. Why? To help us have the mental, moral and psychological strength we’ll need to withstand things, and to push back as needed.
We need to be ready for as many different scenarios as we can think of.
• weeks without water
• looters
• communications down
• lack of fuel
• lack of proper medical care
etc.
EXACTLY. You’ve got it.
TheseTruths
100%.
Wolf Moon
Yes. Spot on.
😂😂😂😂 Walz can’t catch a break
I LOVE THIS! thanks Alison!
Pat, Hubs and I watch Tool Time for chuckles before going to sleep.
That is a standard retort in our house 😁
OURS TOO!!😆
Kamala Harris slammed for ditching hurricane season preparedness briefings
Who would have guessed that the NUMBER ONE SOROS DA would be a LAZYBONES?
Wolf Moon
Yours Truly is persuaded that the neglect / minimizing of the immense disaster in western NC and eastern TN is intentional.
Intentional, as in:
It’s “acceptable collateral damage” that millions of people are displaced / lost their jobs / have lost relatives / have inadequate or no access to food, clean water, gasoline, medical care, and more, to:
“President Biden”
VP “KamaCackle” Harris
Gina Raimondi
Pete Buttigieg
Alexander Mayorkas
Gov. Roy Cooper (NC)
Every state and local elected official that hasn’t made it their TOP priority to get every type of assistance ALREADY ON THE GROUND.
The question is, WHY is this situation being relegated to “acceptable collateral damage?”
CUI BONO? Whose “orders” are they really following?
I think MI’s Witchmer may have started that way too 😡 demons 👹
I know why she was a no-show.
Because she had nothing to contribute, she is too stupid.
Because she had no ability to absorb or take away any new knowledge that might help her make decisions in the future. She won’t be making any tough decisions anyway, that is what her ‘team’ is for.
Nothing to give, nothing to take away. And she knew it. Ergo, no-show
He’s right. They do owe him an apology.
I like this attitude and policy. Don’t talk to fake news when they’re sticking to lies.
Attitude and policy repeated as much as possible.
Called out Pravda News for what it is.
now do government!
Fundamentally, 60 Minutes should have corrected the record, long ago. At a minimum when FIB admitted Trump was right.
An on air apology at the beginning of a 60 Minutes show.
Then again, when (if) 60 Minutes interviews Trump. When the interview starts.
Bonus. Trump would further slam Leslie Stahl (I think that was the lying dog breath POS bitch).
They won’t because they are not journalists. They are propagandists. They have not been journalists for a century or more.
That’s how Walter Cronkite could fool people for so long while really being a communist. It’s a facade. A construct of the criminal cabal.
PDT is right to ridicule them at every opportunity.
Then I wonder what Kevin Sorbo knows. Is it specifics, or just generalities about parties and what they did there?
I suspect that the Dems are happy Walz only screwed up to the extent that he did.
Yup. A losers perspective. Jabs come to mind.
“Thankfully. It could have been worse.” 😂
LOL!!!
If I was that cat, I wouldn’t go near her. The woman obviously does not have the cat’s well-being at heart, abandoning her during a hurricane
Not having watched it…is it possible the woman couldn’t find the cat when she evacuated?
Cats generally have a certain level of taking-care-of-themselves, especially outdoor cats. Might impact local bird population, however.
Climate activists? Straight up commies? Foreign agents, let across the border?
Whoever it is, they need to be massively “helped” to give information before they get to the hospital.
IMO if it’s climate activists, FIB is actually helping them.
This is akin to the people preventing linemen in Houston to do their work. If you’ve been without power the sight of linemen is elating. You know soon it’ll be fixed. ONLY people who have been tasked to shoot at, use bats, etc would do that. It’s not a natural reaction.
Scamtifa?
Jason Whitlock, who I have learned about thanks to his commentaries about how Caitlin Clark was treated this season, has an interesting commentary today about what’s wrong with sports.
He says things I don’t hear anyone else saying… things that would get most people canceled.
He holds back a little… but still better than anyone else I’ve seen out there.
About a week ago, when he said most of the WNBA players were “tatted-up, angry black lesbians”, I immediately subscribed to his y/t channel 👍 😁
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Weird, I was watching your video when it froze, but the rest of the page seemed to be working fine. Reloaded the page & now your video doesn’t show at all. Could be my overloaded computer or perhaps the gremlins who don’t like real men telling Truth!
Could be YT censors. They absolutely will remove video they when they don’t like it. He might ought to change to Rumble or Truth Social.
Could be. Are you & your family OK since the hurricane?
I just checked it and it’s working fine now, so maybe there was some kind of interruption, but seems to be working now 👍
Not for me, but now no videos on the page show except the ones within tweets.
IIRC he was on Tucker’s Fox show and ALWAYS made insightful commentary similar to this video.
These days, rarely give sports 30 seconds.
Decades ago, I became disgusted with sports “heroes” total obsession with money, not “Team.”
Jason Whitlock commentary superb.
hubby still watches football.
when i am in a football mood? I watch The Replacements!
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.
Ah, I see. Not just any Trump t-shirt.
Purple T. Defiant Trump, raised fist, (any blood?), Fight, Fight, Fight. 😂
we can be heroes…for just one day.
the owner of the nfl team in that movie had it right. the striking nfl players were just “bitchy millionaires” who forgot what the sport was about. so true today.
Yea, I was funnin.
Trump truly is a genuine American Hero Everyday.
Trump is absolutely motivated for America’s best. Of course, his children and Grands future on his mind.
J13 when he came up, total inspiration.
his love for this country is obvious and the New Yorker in him drives his willingness to fight for it. he is the man this country needs now.
helped by her WGTTs foundation 😉
they help make the message stand out..LOL
LoL indeed.
you gotta work with what God gave ya!
Work it girl!
It’s good that you can be up front about things.
“How many people in music & entertainment knew about this?”
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Not that many, only all of them.
All of them, their hairdressers, make-up people, agents, housekeepers….
All of whose jobs depended on keeping quiet, I imagine. Some probably feared for their lives if they said anything. But I wish they had.
Names need to get mentioned, before some corrupt court, orders names redacted or otherwise not released.
Stop treating hollyweird and politicians as if they rate special treatment. They are people, like everyone else.
Comment of the century!
The establishment protects itself. Most of all, it hides its greatest evils.
New Schlichter — https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/10/02/the-biden-administration-is-laughing-at-red-state-flood-victims-n2645541
Well crap. I missed out on an opportunity to title a post “Place Holder Under Arrest” again!
Gail did pop in late Tuesday; I hope for speedy repair of the mess she’s in.
Me, too! Hopefully she’ll be OK in a week. But no matter what, your readiness to Place Holder Under Arrest is appreciated!
SteveInCO
Yours Truly simply took a chance and came up with something for today.
Glad you did. I didn’t even show up yesterday until after time.
Thanks for stepping up PAVACA! Has anyone heard from Gail (I didn’t get to read any of yesterday’s Q-Tree & am heading out of town for very hit or miss access for the next couple of weeks)? Hope she & all others affected by the Hell-ene disaster are OK 🙏
edit, clearly I should have read down the page to see Cthulhu’s comment, at least 🙂
Safe travels, Valerie!!!
TY Barb 🙂
What’s the status w/ your housing situation given storm complications? Hope All’s well!!!
Week or two delayed closing is what I recall. But tracking OK
Unless things got more complicated AND I missed the update..
Thanks for remembering, Kal! You guys are like family I have yet to meet in person. QTreepers help me stay straight, steady, and informed amidst all the chaos. Funny thing, in spite of the 900 miles between my family and me, we manage to find all the same unfiltered facts. I have no idea where they source their news, but they are awake, not woke.
“awake, not woke”
GOOD!!!
It is so good not to need to get people you love up to speed on reality, isn’t it? 😀
Amen! All our kids are quite dialed into what’s Really going on & I don’t know if Any of us have similar sources.
You might not want to meet.
We’re not real big in the looks department.
Well, some of us are plenty big in the looks department — not good, but big.
😂
😂
TY KBK 🙂
You’re welcome, Val! Thanks for asking, all is well here. Kal is right. The earliest closing is the 11th so hopefully in October before we get snow.
great! hope things go well & as God wills & directs you…Blessings!
I get it, I get it. Vance wanted to be cool, calm, collected, and “moderate.” He did not want to do it in the street and frighten the horses. And he succeeded wonderfully.
This is all good for Trump in terms of the election. Let VSG throw the bombs, he knows what he is doing, and it is expected.
But when do we get a debate which reflects the pov of the tens of millions on our side?
For example, “Yes, climate change is a hoax.”
Or: “Yes, millions WILL be deported if they entered America illegally, and we will use the authority of the federal goverment to go it, even if it means cancelling 87,000 jobs at the IRS and creating 87,000 for ICE and border patrol. The consequences to those illegals and their families are consequences caused by commiting the crime, not caused by the lack of compassion.”
It is bad enough to watch the dreary robots who moderate these things. In what upcoming decade can we expect to have Tucker or Rogan or Taibbi or even Coulter ask the questions? People who will be pointed but fair to both sides?
I know, I know. The results were good, assuming there is an election and that it is even possible for VSG to overcome the fraud.
In the meantime, maybe it is just a dream to watch one of these things and hear actual reality come up once in a while.
>>> When, a real debate. I’ve suggested the answer a number of times.
Focus is 100% on the candidates.
Broadcast, stream by CSPAN.
Moderator control the mics and are time keepers.
Two podiums. No notes. Pad of paper, pen and bottle of water. No audience.
Toss a coin. Determines who makes opening statement first, asks first question and closing statement.
Opening statements. Two minutes each candidate.
Candidate A asks a question. One minute.
Candidate B asks a question. One minute
Rinse. Repeat. 90 minutes.
Closing statements. Two minutes each candidate.
Focus is 100% on the candidates.
i think there needs to be a lightning round too. one candidate is put in a sound proof booth while the other responds in a one word answer to pictures. then that candidate goes in the booth while the other comes out and gives the one word answers.
then their answers are revealed together.
when they debate, they have a lot of time to prep and frame possible answers to pretty much say nothing (if they choose).
this could be very telling…
Speaking of debate prep, it’s been stated that chest feeding Pete was prepping Walz…not being briefed on the massive infrastructure failures …nope..prepping Walz. That’s the Biden-Harris admin priority, not the flooding, landslides, highway destruction, loss of life
Which is a huge freaking deal and lends strongly to them seeing fortune in delay.
Exactly Para.
Excuse me…but this is an OUTRAGE! (yes, I yelled that!)
Mr. Pete Booty…however you spell that…is OUR employee. He is being paid with our taxes!! He is being paid…BY US…to do a specific job.
As our – we, the American people – employee, he should be working his job, and not be allowed to spend his working time for the benefit of his political party. NOT when our country is now in the throws of a major, catastrophic event that has impacted life-saving transportation needs.
Immediate, and long-term.
You know. The job for which we are paying him!!!
He thinks the job we are paying him to do is to polish his performance and help advance the queer agenda.
He needs to be retired because he’ll never do the job.
Both Senators from Georgia and North Carolina along with one Senator from South Carolina voted to confirm Pete. Both Senators from Tennessee voted against.
Agree, but Moderators cannot control microphones. Can we work cattle prods into the rules somehow? 😀
Would be awesome. However, Demmunists will never allow this. They are at the point now where they need “moderators” as bullshit maintainers. They’ll never throw away that crutch!
I understand your wish, but we must realize that the communists handling Democrat candidates for POTUS will NEVER make the mistake of undoing decades of patient gaslighting and psychological bullshitting by allowing ANYBODY with “red pill abilities” to moderate a presidential debate. NEVER.
This is why Kakala and Walz (in reality Plouffe) ONLY agreed to debates on friendly ground. Even Fox – moderate, insipid Fox – was 100% off their menu.
President Wolf Moon would play a harder game during his re-election campaign – willing to scrub all debates by demanding that both candidates be wearing their favorite, loaded guns, visibly, during any debate. No “concealed carry” allowed! 😉
WAYNE ROOT: JD Vance Did Fantastic. Landslide Winner. But…Why Were None of the Most Important Issues or Questions in America Asked in This Debate?
This looks like a nice place to eat. 🤔
He can’t even answer that question without letting Plouffe handle it. WOW.
Wolf Moon
Is Plouffe that one sees on the right at 0:01-02 in the video — either the guy with the white cap on, or perhaps further back?
Making School Boards Great Again.
Assuming the school board weasels returned, I hope someone, LOUDLY called them cowards.
Excellent.
Note that it took a CHILD to break past the “juvenilization rules” that control discussion in school board meetings. This says a lot. They would have called the cops on an adult, but with a child, all they could do was walk out.
Don’t worry – the Obastoids will come up with some way to deal with this. They’ll call in FIB if they have to.
“Don’t worry – the Obastoids will come up with some way to deal with this. They’ll call in FIB if they have to.”
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When they do, call them out for being child predators, grown adults who go after children.
Then start calling them pedos and groomers too, and if they don’t back off, then every agency that supports or goes along with it are pedos and groomers and child predators too.
Won’t be long before every single person in a position of government and law enforcement is openly called pedos and child predators. Let the Pension Protectors live with that, every time they interact with the public.
The police motto used to be “To Protect and Serve”.
They protect and serve, all right.
They protect and serve their pensions.
Awesome!
Tim Walz wandered into the wrong bar tonight.
^^^ Hilarious AND funny summation.
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Imagine, Walz sitting across from Putin, Xi… Walz would wet his pants. Really would.
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Part of JDs appearance is rooted in Marine Corps training. Guaranteed. Lawyer stuff of course also a big part.
J.D. was clearly a brilliant pick. And he’s a Marine, too. I have to kick myself to remember that, because it’s easy to forget. J.D. giving himself that intro at the beginning was very, very smart. It sounded a little out of place when he did it, but it was necessary. Paid off in spades later. Military thinking right there.
Walz realized his mistake in not giving one and tried to get a half ass one in about two thirds through the debate. Weak!
That was when he got caught having to explain China 😆 Looked and sounded totally stupid especially when the moderators did something right by forcing him to answer the question.
Notice that Axelcommie was there, too. He was trying to look confident, but down underneath, he knew this dude was right.
Their speechless… must be waiting on more prepared scripts. 😆
After watching a few vids from NC I sure hope whoever is heading up the Gofund that Trump started know that it’s goods that they need right now. Having a war chest of dollars doesn’t help unless they have people in place to use the $ to travel outside the zone, buy water, food, and necessities and then figure out the means to distribute.
i was wondering how those funds would be administered and WHO was i charge of it.
A woman in FL set up the fund in Trump’s name (with his knowledge). Likely she has the capability to administer it.
thanks!
Imagine if looters figured out that all they had to do was open a ‘go fund me’ after a disaster, and they could rake in a million times more than looting, and do it all from the comfort of their own home.
This is what it seems like charities and NGOs have become, they prey on people’s desire to send money to help others.
And when there aren’t enough natural or man-made disasters to keep the racket running, their side hustle, human trafficking into the U.S. and child trafficking plugs the income gaps.
It just seems insane to me, to send money to some unaccountable (or worse, unknowable) person at a ‘go fund me’, who receives who knows how many tens of millions of dollars, and then allocates that money however he or she sees fit.
Even if they WANTED to do the right thing, 100% with a good heart and a pure conscience, HOW would they distribute the money?
How do they know who actually needs it, and what’s the validation test?
Is there some sort of application, or do they just hand out thousands of dollars to whichever Haitian shows up with a half-eaten cat and a sob story?
Who is going to vet all the applicants?
Do they even need to provide I.D., and if so, why? If it’s racist to require I.D. to vote, imagine how much more racist it is to require I.D. to receive free money.
There must be hundreds of moving parts to the administration of tens of millions of dollars in a disaster zone. Who is in charge of that? What are their qualifications? Does anyone even know?
Does the person in charge have any experience in this sort of thing, or is it just some guy named Toby, working out of his basement?
In an era of post-covid total distrust, it beggars belief that people are still expected to just send money to anonymous organizations, trusting that even a plugged wooden nickel will ever actually get to the intended recipients.
It’s almost like impromptu ‘charity funds’ are just created to relieve well-meaning people of their hard earned money, and do so in a way that will make the donors feel good about themselves for doing it.
What a perfect scam that would be.
There may not even be a distribution model associated with the ‘charity’, because that would require actual work, and if there’s no intention to actually send money to anyone besides the ‘go fund me’ creators, why do it?
I don’t mean to come across as skeptical (🙄), I just don’t know how many times we have to be burned, before we learn not to touch that red thingy on the stove…
Incredible..I can’t imagine . The one and only good thing is that the weather hasn’t gone cold yet but siiting in water ..omg
Past due statement of the obvious.
No idea what happened before house flooded, or there terrain, but damn.
It would be terrifying. They probably are hoping that the water recedes but how do you decide when to start wading through deep water? You can’t even know what your feet are walking on. They could try and get to the roof and somehow put a SOS..but I don’t know
If they go outside, they have a greater risk of drowning. Is this a group home for special needs people? They would not have beds at a community center, would they. I am glad they are all together and alive. The dogs are up out of the water. It may seem awful, but they are not panicked. That makes rescue easier. Hopefully, since this video made it to the Internet, crews know where to find and help all these people.
Yep incredibly tough situation. I don’t know any particulars. Cheap seats are safe.
“We gotta think about getting out of here.”
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Seems like you better think about how to get everyone on the roof, out of the toxic water, to get dry, and then call for a private helicopter or boat to come pick you up.
Because if you’re waiting for the government to save you, you’ll be dead long before they ever get there, if they ever get there.
And you can’t just stay in the water.
And since you don’t appear to have a boat (why don’t you have a boat, if you live in a flood zone?), you can’t just walk out, because you can’t see where you’re walking, and the last thing you need is to step on something sharp and slice your foot open in that toxic sludge.
Because what are you going to do then, out in the middle of nowhere, with water up to your chest?
Get dry, which means get on the roof. I would say move to the second story, but if it was a two story house, (hopefully…) you wouldn’t all be sitting in water on the ground floor.
And since some of those people must be neighbors, apparently nobody in the area has a two story house, or you’d all be there, dry, on the second story, instead of where you are.
Why the whole neighborhood is in a flood zone, and consists of one-story homes and no boats, is a mystery for another day. But if you survive, somebody is going to get their ass chewed out over that — you can count on it 😂
Since your phone is working, call for help. Call 911, just to let them know everyone’s name and where you are. Then call family who are not in the disaster zone, and have them arrange for a rescue, by boat or helicopter. People in the area with boats should be helping with rescues.
If none of that is possible, if there is no way that help can come to you in a reasonable time, then you have to help yourselves. You have urgent needs to concentrate on, meaning fresh water, food, getting DRY and finding temporary shelter, someplace dry where you can get some sleep.
In which case you better start building rafts out of anything that will float, because you can’t just stay in dirty chest-high water for long, without everyone’s health starting to deteriorate.
If you build rafts, tie them together so you don’t get separated, end to end, like a barge, so people can paddle on either side, where the water is stagnant.
Good luck.
And for the democrats in your group, on election day, make sure to remember which government officials didn’t help you at all.
Building rafts would almost certainly be harder to do than it seems.
Doors would make for good flat pieces of wood (like bigger versions of what the dogs are standing on), but they probably need to be solid wood doors (I don’t know, I’ve never tried to float a door in a swimming pool or similar before), and unless it’s an old house, the interior doors are probably not solid wood.
The exterior doors should be solid wood, but you may only have two or three exterior doors per house, so if you can get an exterior door off its hinges, and it floats, you’ll have to scavenge the exterior doors from neighbor’s houses too.
Looks like there are about 11 people in the group, so you’ll need 11 doors, so get 12, and make the barge two doors wide by six doors in length.
Hope you can get to your tool chest.
Going by the video, the top hinge is well above the water so it should be relatively easy to remove, and the middle hinge should be not far below the water line, so you can feel for that one and get the job done. The bottom hinge is going to be a challenge though.
If the door is solid wood, and you get the top two hinges off, you might be able to just rip the bottom hinge off by twisting the door. Otherwise you’re going to need a piece of garden hose to use as a snorkel, while someone else holds the open end above water, and remove the bottom hinge by feel, with your eyes closed. Sounds like fun.
Once enough doors are collected, you need a way to tie them together so they don’t come apart, so you don’t all drift away from each other.
Grandpa’s old hand-crank drill would come in handy about now, so I hope you saved it.
If not, I doubt your battery powered drill is still functioning, so you’ll need to come up with a way to get a couple holes near the edges of each door, without the hole being too close to the edge that the wood breaks under stress.
You could drive roofing nails through it if you have them, and remove the nails with the hammer claw, and end up with a hole big enough to put a metal hanger through. If you unwind a metal hanger (at the top, where the hook is), it’s probably about 3 feet long, which should be plenty to tie the doors together.
If you don’t have roofing nails and a hammer, or a hand-drill, hopefully your ammo cases are the metal kind with the rubber seal, so your ammo is still dry, and hopefully your AR-15 didn’t float away.
This is the solution I was hoping for anyway 😁
Stand the door up, and shoot holes the size of a .223 round wherever you need them.
Tie the doors together with at least 2 or 3 metal hangers per hole, two doors wide and 6 doors long. There’s your barge.
You’re probably going to need (or at least want) extra flotation. Any plastic bottle that seals shut and has a built-in handle, preferably at least gallon-sized or larger, should work.
Empty plastic gallon milk jugs, Clorox bleach bottles, laundry detergent bottles, etc. should work if you can find enough of them. They seal tight and the handle is built in as part of the bottle, so you have a way to secure them to the raft.
Tie the sealed, empty plastic jugs to the hangers that tie the doors together, all around the perimeter and underneath, where the doors are tied together down the center of the barge. The more the better.
Take a plastic tarp with you, if you can find one. It won’t take up any space if you sit on it, and if it rains, you can get under it.
Make rough paddles and a rudder out of pieces of wood, and take extras to replace the ones you lose (or break). Pop a hole in them and secure them to the hangers. Or if you can get to the garage or shed, use shovels for oars, and tie them off to the raft by their handles.
Take an Igloo cooler for whatever food and water you have, and tie it to the raft. If it falls off, it should stay closed and float, so you should be able to get it back.
If you have a working battery operated boom box, bring some tunes. I’m thinking maybe CCR’s Born on the Bayou or Proud Mary or Who’ll Stop the Rain would be good theme music.
Or Dueling Banjos, from Deliverance… if you put all this time and effort into it, you gotta have some theme music to ride with 😁
Now, this last part is critically important.
In case it wasn’t already abundantly clear from all of the above, whatever you do, don’t put me in charge of this mission… you definitely don’t want that… 😂 🤣 😂
When I was growing up on the farm in Ohio we would build a raft every Spring as the rains fell in April. We usually nailed a wooden platform to a couple of 55-gallon drums to float down our creek when it flooded. We did not follow Huck down the Mississippi. We were not inspired enough to apply to the Naval Academy or to pursue a career at sea. None of us drowned, so we had that going for us.
That sounds incredibly dangerous and fun. I bet you didn’t even wear a bike helmet 😂
I put on my first helmet when I played football.
When I was in middle school, they had a small carnival at the riverfront. I was old enough to go on my own during the day. Rescuers retrieved the body of a drowned young man who tried to cross the Mississippi River in an intertube.
The small rescue boat docked at a landing ramp right beside the carnival rides where we were at. It was the first dead person I’d ever seen. His body so white. Terribly sad. They put him into a body bag and zipped him inside it. I did not recognize him.
BIMD, they did not try to hide death from the young ones. Perhaps it was better that way.
Rather sure when Trump approved his name sponsoring it, management was chosen and marching orders given. They knew $Millions would flow in.
Trump has himself donated $25 Million. Rather sure he has given specific guidance on its use.
I never doubt DJT’s big heart and sincerity so I hope it’s done quickly and to those way outside the bigger cities
Molly, following plenty of X accts who have boots on ground & helicopters in air etc. who are receiving supplies, starlink set ups etc. and moving from town to town methodically to reach people. Some are using own money; some take $$$ donations from VENMO, etc. and head to stores; some have facilitated a warehouse address whereby we out of staters can order from Amazon (from their list of needs) and get it delivered there overnight. Also orgs like Samaritans Purse take $$ donations and are actively supplying, cleaning up etc.
of course the immediate needs are greater than what’s available but the rampup from these ordinary cituzens is voluminous and continues to multiply as they get into an area and can specify what they need most.
Trump already donated $25 million (not sure how administered) but I’m confident the need for funds to rebuild will continue for years and his givesendgo $$ will get applied as quickly as possible. 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Good to hear. A local guy here has been taking truckloads up to a distribution point. I need to get off of here and take what I can to the pickup place. He’s going again on Friday. USA strong!
Thank you Molly! It is hard to be far away and feel helpless so it’s great when we are finally able to send $$ we know will be put to good use or we can place orders with Amazon.
On Facebook, I joined a public group called Burnsville Hub. John Green posted what he’s doing to help connect those needing help with those who want to help others.
Local group near me helping in Tennessee:
https://grindstoneministries.com/
They have done many disaster deployments over the years.
Also rescues trafficked children through:
https://www.kalebhouse.org/
Thanks for the links. So helpful.
When You Know It Was an Ass-Whoopin’… NY Times Headline Following Debate: “Vance’s Dominant Debate Performance Shows Why He’s Trump’s Running Mate”Jim Hoft Oct. 2, 2024 8:30 am
WOW.
I have come to believe that the Left has thrown all the normal standards of success and appeal out the window. They have tried to destroy standards of beauty and gender, and some of the WH hires are a freak show. It’s as if they’ve forgotten the common-sense rules of what it takes to be succesfull in the business and political worlds. They are so focused on their agenda that they put up substandard candidates and expect the public to accept them. That has happened in some blue states — Walz is a governor, after all — but it’s not the norm and it’s not universal.
The lunatic left faction of the donkey party will end on 11/5/24.
Too damn funny if D-Rats replace Walz.
Like Kakala, no one voted for Walz. Except hussein of course.
Not gonna happen. TPTB in the donkey party WANT those two to lose.
November 5 is the donkeys’ trash pick-up day. Believe me, the old donkeys know that those two are disaster and that portion of the party has to go.
This scheme is planned.
Good with it.
And it STFU race hustlers like rev Al, Whippy…
They have stayed silent too long and let the insanity go too far. The democrat party is already beyond redemption. All we are seeing now are the last gasps for control by totally incompetent idiots.
Word for our times:
The Law for Today
“And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?” (Deuteronomy 4:8)
God has never dealt with any nation as closely and fully as He has with Israel, but He nevertheless is directly concerned with every nation as a national entity. He has actually established each nation Himself (Deuteronomy 32:8), even determining the geographical boundaries of each and the time when each rises and falls (Acts 17:26).
Every nation has a purpose in history, but Israel had the highest calling of all. God personally gave them (through Moses) the finest governmental and legal system any nation ever had (Deuteronomy 4:5-8), and modern governments would therefore do well to emulate these as much as possible. In fact, it is amazing that this Mosaic legal code has since served effectively as the basic legal code for all the greatest nations in modern history. This in itself is clear testimony to its divine origin and is therefore justification for retaining and implementing it wherever possible, even today.
Sadly, however, modern political and judicial practices are departing further and further from this divine standard. The philosophies of evolution and relativism dominate our schools of law today, and the concept of absolute principles of righteousness and justice, rooted in the nature of God as Creator and in His revelation, are largely being replaced by legislation based on evolving social policies and preferences. Even the Ten Commandments are banned from our schools, despite the fact that they are engraved in the Supreme Court building itself.
It is sobering to consider that God did not even spare His beloved nation Israel when His people departed from His law. Nor will He spare America if our growing rebellion against His Word goes on much longer. HMM
https://www.icr.org/article/the-law-for-today/
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
AMEN!!!
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.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
BLESSED ARE YOU
Amen – Amen – I say unto you;
Gather together I am with you;
Remember what – for you – I have done;
To ensure you and I live forever as one!
Blessed are you who are poor in spirit;
The Kingdom of God is yours – albeit;
Blessed are you who mourn – in your hearts;
Sweet comfort for you – My Spirit imparts!
Blessed are you who are meek – and lowly;
For you shall inherit the earth – most wholly;
Blessed are you who hunger and thirst;
For righteousness you will be filled and first!
Blessed are you who are merciful – and kind;
Mercy shall be yours – so keep that in mind;
Blessed are you who are purest in heart;
For you will see God from the very start!
Blessed are you who strive to make peace;
As children of God – your joy will not cease;
Blessed are you who are persecuted for right;
The Kingdom of Heaven will be in your sight!
Blessed are you who men revile and persecute;
Relentless for My name’s sake they prosecute;
Saying in all manner of evil you’re defiled;
I will exalt you – you’ll not be beguiled!
Blessed are you who have suffered for Me;
For great your reward in Heaven will be;
As prophets of old suffered greatly as well;
Like them, you profit – your riches will swell!
Be not dismayed – there is right judgment;
Be not distressed – for any begrudge meant;
Know that I see what is hidden from sight;
As in the last days, it is I who is light!
Blessed are you who are faithful and true;
I am He who can see the good that you do;
Truly you are – blessed and holy you be;
Living in paradise – someday with Me!
D01: 07/21/2013
Thank You Duchess! 🙂
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1345050
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKUPiqPMs8M&t=2s
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️
The people in Appalachia will never see that kind of money…
That is sickening and maddening. The people have no say over where their money is going.
Hi all.
Last night’s debate was a game-changer. I know, I know, VP debates don’t mean anything is the conventional wisdom. But this one DOES. Hear me out.
We have been shown in the last couple of months how much a VP actually matters. And Biden has said he delegated all kinds of things to Camel-Uh. And she is in the trap of, “well I didn’t do anything at all as VP, but I learned all kinds of things about how to be President while I was VP, while I was doing nothing at all associated with this failing government whose policies have killed the economy, while I was learning great things while doing nothing…”
People have to know that the VP is a heartbeat away, or a long slow slide into senility away, from running the country. And WOMEN need someone, whether they know it or not, who they trust with their PHYSICAL SAFETY. That is a biological imperative that is baked into the cake, because of fertility. When you are nine months pregnant, you are physically helpless, and our brains are wired for that.
If you only listened last night, you missed it. There is no one-liner or soundbite that will describe the debate and who won it. J.D. Vance, with those beautiful, laser-focused, serious blue eyes and manly beard, WON by only looking like J.D. Vance. My favorite comment so far online was:
“He’s bringing me out of menopause.”
Trump needs the female vote. J.D. Vance hits a primal-need nerve in women. Trust me on this. Last night was a blowout, but not in the way you think. Primal politics.
Alpha males rising! Thank God, literally! BQQM 😎
AMEN!
Yeah, I agree. And it’s more than just women. Men with common sense and wisdom know that Walz has neither.
If I’m in a group of hikers (men and women), and our leader is completely incapacitated, who do I vote for to lead? Vance or Walz?
Walz is a scatterbrained troublemaker. I may want to listen to him, but I do NOT want him making decisions. I want Vance saying “Walz is right, BUT…..”
Vance is presidential timber. Walz isn’t even governor qualified, really. And that is why CHINA wants Walz.
Exactly!
I think Walz would be diagnosed with some kind of ADD or impulse control or other spectrum disorder … somewhat akin to whatever disorder his son has. That’s not to say someone with a disorder is incapable of handling the position he is seeking but HE IS NOT capable because his disorder is SO clearly evident.
I’d like to “piggy-back” on this comment. I have thought more than once that people under the age of 60 don’t have any experience with “real men”. I grew up with a very masculine father. He was a strict disciplinarian with no interest in being my friend. He was not always warm and fuzzy. He took care of his family and knew how to get shit done. I started my finance career with very masculine men. It was a bit of the “mad men” era. Many of them “hit on” the young gals, but accepted “no” for an answer and bought you a drink. They taught me how to drink Scotch, but they also taught me how to make loans, and they promoted me. Not one of them ever harmed me. I think the hysterical Trump hating women just don’t have any experience with a real man. There is a beautiful difference between men and women and it should be celebrated. I hate having bigger balls than men today.
numbersgirl, you have been missed. 😍
Nice to hear from you. And your comment is sweet and perfect. 🙂
Lol! GREAT PIGGY-BACK!
Absolutely, NumbersGirl. I, too, worked in two industries dominated by what would today be deemed toxic male environments.
Then I worked in a more current ‘evolved’ environment once the HR departments grew dominant and more women ran the show. The bitches, backstabbing, undermining and bullying were horrible.
i would choose to work with that prior workforce, hands down.