Dear MAGA: 20260825 ❀ DePat Tuesday ❀ Open Topic | The Alpha-Gal Switcheroo – Is Bill Gates Using “Boxes of Ticks” Misdirection to Protect Vaccines?

This DePat Tuesday Open Thread honors the author of the original Tuesday open thread on this site, namely the late Susie Sampson, a.k.a. Deplorable Patriot, among her other handles, pen names, etc.

For more on the untimely passing of Dear DePat, please see these three posts.


At one time, DePat handled FOUR daily open threads here, in addition to taking care of her relatives, choir duties, and numerous other responsibilities. She was a powerhouse – a dynamo – a true force of nature.

DePat’s faith in Trump, Q, “The Plan”, the White Hats, and “the anons” in general, was legendary. Although I didn’t always agree with her quick acceptance of some sketchier evidence and fringier theories, I will gladly admit to “coming around” to numerous so-called “conspiracy theories” which she championed first. I was always careful to give her credit for being right, too, when I had been wrong.

It is impossible to overstate how much DePat did for not only this site, but for her country. I urge all to say a quick prayer of thanks, whenever you think of her, for the privilege of knowing, in life or after death, such an exemplary human being, and lover of God.

And thank you, Susie, for the firm foundation which you left us, when you were called to your true home!


The Alpha-Gal Switcheroo – Is Bill Gates Using “Boxes of Ticks” Misdirection to Protect Vaccines?

Let’s do an experiment. Answer this question.

If you realized that – because you were getting vaccines – there was an increasing and dose-related chance you would become allergic to beef, and would have to stop eating beef – would you keep getting vaccines?


THAT is the question of the century. And it is a question nobody in Big Harma wants you to ask.

Stop for a moment to think about your answer, because IMO this question is NOT merely rhetorical. IMO, it’s REAL.

Speaking for myself, I’m not taking one more vaccine until I am shown the BOX it comes in, and then given WEEKS to research what is in that vaccine. Most vaccines will fail my standards, for one reason or another, and there are many good reasons. The exception might be a non-mRNA rabies vaccine after just being bitten by a bat, but otherwise, yeah. I am going to be a VERY difficult sell on any vaccine. You see, I read a very interesting scientific paper. You need to read it, too.

But before I tell you about it, I want to teach you about how I believe misdirection prejudiced me into believing an inferior scientific theory FIRST.


How the Scam Works

Magic – scams – con artist games – dirty FIB political manipulations – they almost all work by misdirection.

So how does that play out here? This is hypothetical, but tell me this doesn’t make all kinds of sense.

  • Bill Gates is deep in the weeds, controlling vaccines world-wide, for some reason (let’s not get into that now)
  • people have to want to take vaccines, because if they don’t (“hesitancy”), vaccines have no power to do whatever it is that they’re capable of doing (which includes literally remaking humanity)
  • suppose that vaccines start causing a problem
  • suppose that ticks also cause the same problem
  • suppose that pockets within vaccine science become aware that injection itself is and always has been a problematic methodology, due to side effects, including unwanted immune responses, off-target antibodies, etc.
  • well, if ticks alone can be blamed by those scientists, then vaccination and other injections can get off scot-free
  • even better, a vaccine for the “tick disease” can be turned into a hero, and any problems with THAT vaccine can then be blamed on ticks
  • note how COVID vaccine problems were blamed on the virus and “super-spreaders” who allegedly spread the virus right after the vaccine was given in nursing homes – same principle – misdirection

In the PAST – when I believed in an INFERIOR scientific theory – it was the “ticks alone can be blamed” part.

NOW – I believe the SUPERIOR and MORE GENERAL theory that injection itself can be, and often is, problematic. I am now a WISE GUY, who knows the same stuff as the people who wanted to blame everything on ticks.

It’s an AWESOME SCAM. Absolutely brilliant. But, in the words of every AI slop video….. IT’S OVER.

How I got from the bad theory to the good theory is next.


The Idea That Changed Everything and Opened My Third Eye to the Scams

I had heard of this “alpha gal allergy” that was spread by ticks – and I believed it all. It sounded a bit strange, but many parasitic and parasite-borne diseases (or in this case, really a “disorder”) are strange.

The fact that we had never experienced this condition before, but now it was going like gangbusters – well, that’s suspicious, too, but not unprecedented. I was willing to accept it.

The fact that Bill Gates was involved with it – sad, maybe outrageous, but typical. The man has a nose for BAD THINGS. Malaria, mosquitoes, failing vaccines. Its like he has an injection fetish. Ticks fit right into it. Not unbelievable, either.

And then I got an email for a substack article. Shown here as a tweet.


Here is the full text of the tweet.

We found more than 90% of U.S. children are injected with ~54 mg of alpha-gal-bearing mammalian gelatin through routine childhood vaccines before school entry. The evidence points to two possible pathways: 1) DIRECT: Vaccines may DIRECTLY promote alpha-gal sensitization. 2) PRIME-BOOST: Vaccines may PRIME the immune system, so a later tick bite BOOSTS the response to clinically relevant alpha-gal IgE levels. Yet the most obvious experiment has NEVER BEEN DONE: Measure alpha-gal antibodies BEFORE AND AFTER vaccination. This could help explain why suspected Alpha-Gal Syndrome has exploded by nearly 10,000% since 2013, while only a fraction of people bitten by ticks ever develop the condition. Alpha-Gal Syndrome has been known for 18 YEARS, yet no scientific paper bothered to investigate whether alpha-gal containing vaccines could be contributing. With 104 references, our study is one of the most comprehensive papers on Alpha-Gal Syndrome to date, covering its explosive rise, tick biology, vaccine exposures, immune mechanisms, genetic susceptibility, prevention, and treatments. This major McCullough Foundation–The Wellness Company collaboration brings together researchers across epidemiology, medicine, immunology, and public health to confront one of the biggest unanswered questions in Alpha-Gal Syndrome.

@twc_health @McCulloughFund @P_McCulloughMD @DrHarveyRisc @DrKellyVictory @jathorpmfm @drdrew @PeterGillooly

Here is the full infographic.

Another tweet has the study link and more infographics.

LINK: https://zenodo.org/records/22003548

Figure 1. Rising incidence of suspected alpha-gal syndrome in the United States, 2013-2024. Incidence of
alpha-gal-specific IgE seropositivity among adults tested within the TriNetX US Collaborative Network, rising from
0.95 per 100 patient-years in 2013-2014 to 94.06 in 2023-2024. Redrawn from data reported by Rama et al.12 The
event was defined by a positive alpha-gal IgE result without a requirement for documented symptoms; such patients
meet the standard surveillance definition of a suspected rather than a confirmed case. Rates are calculated among
persons who underwent testing and therefore reflect clinical recognition and testing practice as well as any true
change in occurrence.

Figure 3. Two proposed pathways by which vaccine-derived alpha-gal could contribute to alpha-gal
sensitization. Neither pathway is demonstrated, and the two are not mutually exclusive. Pathway 1, direct
induction. Historical aluminum-adjuvanted DTP and DTaP preparations delivered gelatin-borne alpha-gal
parenterally. Dendritic cells take up the epitope in an aluminum-conditioned, Th2-biased environment, and alpha-
gal-specific memory B cells undergo IL-4-dependent sequential class switching to IgE without tick involvement.
The pathway is depicted for historical formulations because every gelatin-containing vaccine in current United
States use is unadjuvanted. Pathway 2, priming followed by tick-bite boosting. Gelatin in live viral vaccines such
as measles-mumps-rubella and varicella carries alpha-gal and expands the alpha-gal-specific memory pool, with or
without detectable circulating IgE. A subsequent lone star tick bite delivers alpha-gal on a salivary glycoprotein
carrier with intrinsic adjuvant activity, boosting a recall response to clinically relevant titers. Amblyomma
americanum is depicted as the dominant vector, although other tick species have been implicated. Convergence. In
both pathways, alpha-gal-specific IgE bound to mast cells and basophils through the high-affinity IgE receptor
FcεRI mediates the delayed reaction occurring 3 to 6 hours after ingestion of mammalian meat that defines clinical
alpha-gal syndrome. Because all humans carry non-allergic anti-gal IgG and IgM, neither pathway requires primary
priming against a novel epitope; the required event is redirection of an existing response toward the IgE isoty

This new thinking makes incredible sense to me.

Tick bites are common, but they’re small, and neither leave much nor take much. The tiny payload makes sense for communicable diseases, which require only a tiny amount of biological material to cause a huge problem, but for allergies, the larger assault of vaccines just makes more sense than a tick bite.

The recent appearance of the disease – also neatly explained by vaccines. NOT well explained by ticks.

No – in my mind, vaccines need to share EQUAL HYPOTHETICAL LIABILITY with ticks – and IMO it’s actually more likely to be vaccines that are ultimately responsible.

Again, I urge you to look at the paper, and maybe download it.

LINK: https://zenodo.org/records/22003548/files/Risk%20Factors,%20Pathogenesis,%20and%20Management%20of%20Alpha-Gal%20Syndrome.pdf?download=1


Bill Gates – Turning Crisis into Opportunity by Misdirection?

This is the clincher for me.

Bill Gates has a history of leveraging people’s suspicions of him as a form of misdirection.

In the vaccines-and-depopulation space, we’ve already covered his meddling and psy-ops before.

The Population Control Shot – Did Bill Gates Gaffe, Troll, Let it Slip, Or None of the Above?

That post mentions SIX other posts, all of which cover what appear to be various wicked machinations by Billy Ghoul Gates of Hell (as some call him).

But my big question is THIS.

Has Bill Gates gone too far this time? Has he actually entered FRAUD territory? Has he even done something comparable to the SPLC supporting Nazis with donor money, as a way to stir up useful trouble to make MORE donor money?

Think about it. What if vaccines, in general, have an “off-target immunity problem” that can stem from the immunogen, the adjuvant, or BOTH. If so, misdirecting the public – and science – away from this alpha-gal story THROUGH Gates’ own enemies, would be a very smart move. Actually a diabolical move, but still. Very smart.

But is it legal? I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe DOJ does. At the very least, it’s reprehensible, IMO.

Let me put it this way. I don’t think these “Bill Gates is shipping boxes of ticks” stories are real. I certainly don’t think they’re organic. They’re obviously phony – but I think they’re phony with a purpose. A purpose that seems to help GATES and not US.

Is Gates behind those stories? Is there a money trail, like with SPLC?

I think these tick stories are a psy-op that is designed to gets blamed on the “anti-vax” and “anti-Gates” crowd – to sap the credibility of Gates’ enemies. At the same time, I think this psy-op is designed to mislead people – AWAY from vaccines – which Bill Gates is defending with all his might – and TOWARDS ticks – which Gates really doesn’t care about.

It’s not ticks. It’s vaccines. I’m convinced – at least right now – that they’re a better answer than ticks, on the question of alpha-gal syndrome. And it could even be that Bill Gates is defrauding all of us by blaming a vaccine problem on something else, and making his enemies be the mouthpiece for the phony alibi.

Bill Gates is innocent until proven guilty – just like SPLC. But I think somebody needs to look at this whole thing, and see if Gates has gone beyond just propping up bad science hit pieces like Lancetgate for corporate profits, which is perfectly legal, and has actually done any other things to defraud government, investors, and others – which are not legal. “Boxes of ticks” stories may be legal – but who knows? Maybe the people prosecuting SPLC would know.

As I said, things may get rough around here. Stay frosty. We’re up against the BIG-TIME trouble now.

W

Don’t accept dirty, two-cycle Trabant shots!

And remember…….

Until victory, have faith!

And trust the big plan, too!

And as always….

ENJOY THE SHOW

W



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cthulhu

We’ve got a Wheatie Day, and a DePat Day, but there’s someone else to whom I am massively thankful for showing the way…..

Flep.

pgroup

We need to honor the highest among us.

While recognizing that Christ is the Highest of all.

kalbokalbs

Woke school district clearly a concern.

Besides the information, education Flep delivered, Flep linked me to QTree.

Hugely indebted to Flep here.

Gail Combs

I think the firing is the LEAST of his worries.

Remember the Woke teen girls could accuse him of sexual molestation and he could get railroaded into prison.

Thanks to the #@#$@! local teachers, a girl down the street did just that to her father. She would bribe the family saying she would recant her testimony if they got her a car. They got her a car and she laughed in their faces. She terrorized that family. This was over a decade ago, more like 2.

Gail Combs

Very. At the time there was a drug dealer prowling around trying to snatch kids by getting Child Protection to give her custody. I know of at least 3 instances and talked to all the families involved.

When Biden came into office, she left the area and moved to the border area in Texas. A very nice house.

If that woman was not involved in sex trafficking kids, I’ll eat my hat!

Valerie Curren

Are you saying that Flep removed ALL of his Posts (not just his comments elsewhere)? If the post is removed does that also dissapper the discussion too? That would be an Incredibly sad loss for MAGA AND the Q-Tree.  😮   😪   🙄 

I thought he was part of (attempting to) expose the 2020 steal & was still working behind the scenes on that worthy endeavor…sigh…

Gail Combs

Something really spooked him then.

patfrederick

perhaps if election results are ever scrutinized properly, he could come forward with his predictions and results and come out of the shadows.

lotta good people disappear and we never get to know why.

patfrederick

this is true!

Gail Combs

We do know he had connections to Florida so that is a real possibility.

cthulhu

I hope he’s ok, wherever he is….

Gail Combs

AMEN!

If I recall he had a wife and family (and a pot belly pig) I imagine his family was a major part of his calculations.

Gail Combs

A man who is single, esp an orphan is going to be willing to do things a married man with kids will not.

Given how downright NASTY NYC and that area now is, I will not travel thru it much less live there.

I sure hope he is close to retirement and can beat feet to FL soon.

Who knows he may show back up here soon.

cthulhu

The pig’s name was “Mu Shu”.

Gail Combs

As a singleton that is often the only option. The Cabal is very, very good at erasing ‘inconvenient’ people. Think Andrew Bretbart, Phil Haney, Michael Hastings among many others.

Jan 6th was a MASSIVE ‘erasure’ as another example.

Flep didn’t have anywhere near the stature (or money) needed to fend of the Cabal.

LoneStar

How long ago did he die?

LoneStar

Oh, reading further….he’s alive. I read his posts.

Valerie Curren

That’s really sad. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t find much by him back when I did some random openings that were sort of styled a la Flep…hmmm.

Did he run it by you or just delete away?

Here was my last Flep-ish post:

https://www.theqtree.com/2023/10/04/fleps-twitter-travels-6-last/

I was skimming through this post a bit & it mentions DP & her work, her mom had just died, & some digging on Flep, Twitter, & the Internet Archive

Valerie Curren

Well I’m actually sorry if I, in Any way, contributed to his fright & flight actions…sigh…

Valerie Curren

Well that last post I referenced above was in October 2023 & I thought he’d mostly been gone since around the stolen 2020 election. I have no idea when he actually deleted his work here.

He was crunching a lot of election-related data & sussing out much truth, iirc, but perhaps blind to the level of desperate malevolence that was looming waiting to crush the right & MAGA  😡 

Valerie Curren

I think that I was trying to cover for DP a few times as she was dealing with some major stuff & took a suggestion from someone to polish up something I’d been working on to get it out fast…maybe. It’s all fuzzy now 😉

Valerie Curren

 👍 

Valerie Curren

I was ready for J6.”

I wasn’t, but I also wasn’t there. Even after all the depredations on freedom from the Obamanation I didn’t actually think that a coup would succeed. The evil is deep & pervasive & holds sway over a number we’ve thought were allies, God help us!

Aubergine

If it’s EVER BEEN online, it is forever. There is no privacy here; that certainly is a delusion.

cthulhu

I was unaware of the scale of this.

gil00

I think thats fair.

LoneStar

I always wondered about Wheatie? I was missing her OT and came here because of her.

Valerie Curren

 😪 

Valerie Curren

multi-front, multi-modal WARfare   :wpds_twisted: 

Praise the Lord AND pass the ammunition!

Sir ES

I can’t even imagine that Wheatie succumbed to ANY amount of pressure from ANY source, family included.

We’ll never know for sure what her circumstances were, but I prefer to believe that whatever final route she followed, she knew enough to deny the pseudo-vaxxing.

Along with many other Q-Treepers, I and she had a sympatico of perspective.

At some point, one must rely on others, when becoming incapacitated, and one may not have had any choice.

I regret not re-engaging here earlier – even though dealing with ‘real life’ can be extraordinarily taxing.

Wheatie was someone uniquely special!

And so it goes…

Barb Meier

“Canoodling” spreads slowly across the ether.

https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/business/wachtell-is-forcing-out-canoodling-central-park-lawyer-nathaniel-cullerton-after-viral-smoochfest-sources/

Canoodling Central Park lawyer getting forced out of firm after being caught in viral NYC smoochfest: sources

By Ariel Zilber

Published Aug. 24, 2026, 5:21 p.m. ET

scott467

Meddling kids!
.

Gail Combs

  :wpds_lol: 

scott467

Cullerton’s looming exit is the latest twist in a remarkable stretch of upheaval surrounding Wachtell’s high-powered litigation department, where he and Borenzweig worked alongside lawyers who represented OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in their courtroom battle against Elon Musk.

With the canoodle-ette:

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cthulhu

She looks quite canoodlable and positively inclined towards the practice.

Not the law practice, the canoodle practice.

cthulhu

According to https://nypost.com/2026/07/30/us-news/lawyer-caught-canoodling-in-central-park-stands-to-lose-millions-as-lucrative-job-offer-reneged/ , he is married. And one of the pictures on the park bench has her wearing a ring.

As a point of interest, two of the senior lawyers skipping off to Gibson Dunn were in a relationship that recently ended, but neither partner worked for the other.

Anyone know how to pitch a TV series?

pgroup

She looks positively leftist.

patfrederick

i got that vibe too.

Valerie Curren

He doesn’t look like a survivor to me 😉 😉

pgroup

BTW, who is holding the camera?

scott467

Apparently someone who recognized him. The article link includes several video stills, and it looked like the lawyer wasn’t happy about it.

But being a lawyer, he also knew there wasn’t anything he could do about it, besides make matters worse by taking the phone (theft) or assaulting the person taking the video.

Wonder if he thought of bribery.

Would have been much cheaper than the price he’s paying now.

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cthulhu

He was mentoring her through a team-building exercise.

cthulhu

They should have stuck with Plan A — go to a Coldplay concert.

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kalbokalbs

Set-up.

Gail Combs

Good call!

cthulhu

With more suspects than a game of “Clue”….

MarieUrsula

Found on my trapline a few hours ago, on a related subject:

“Here’s a story about vaccines with danger, deception, and intrigue, like a thriller. It’s an important piece of the vaccine puzzle. Produced by Del Bigtree, it’s essential for anyone still considering the validity of vaccines.” c. 1 hour 22 minutes.

https://www.aninconvenientstudy.com

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TheseTruths

It’s not ticks. It’s vaccines. I’m convinced – at least right now – that they’re a better answer than ticks, on the question of alpha-gal syndrome. And it could even be that Bill Gates is defrauding all of us by blaming a vaccine problem on something else, and making his enemies be the mouthpiece for the phony alibi.

I think you’re spot on, or at least on the right track. It’s all too suspicious.

This, from the Hulscher tweet, needs to be done:

Yet the most obvious experiment has NEVER BEEN DONE: Measure alpha-gal antibodies BEFORE AND AFTER vaccination.

If they didn’t get the measurement before vaccination, they could start by measuring the antibodies in asymptomatic vaxxed people. It would provide some information. They could also measure the antibodies in unvaxxed people.

Gail Combs

There are the Amish and also people like me that have not had a vaccination since the early 1970s.

scott467

“…I predict that “they” will have to come up with a really bogus reason why this sort of testing cannot be done, or why the results can’t be trusted, or are meaningless or defective,

___________

Just ask Brave Ai for a preview, Brave flacks for the Left with the best of them.

Gail Combs

BOY ain’t that the truth.

I just notice today they have buttons

News from the Left
News from the Right

Mine was already pressed.

Gail Combs

If you got tests from large groups (over 1,000) from four catagories:

#1 Amish and others non vaccinated.

#2 People like me who have not been vaccinated in decades. Boomers would be preferable since we had very few school mandated shots.

# 3 Younger people who are current on all the shots.

#4. Those with the syndrome.

I think you could get a lot of useful data.

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

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patfrederick

makes sense to me.

Gail Combs

GOOD NEWS if they follow thru.

TEXT:

Gunther Eagleman™

@GuntherEagleman

THIS IS HUGE.

The Trump Education Department just recommended stripping the American Bar Association of its power to accredit law schools.

A 500-page report concludes the ABA’s accreditation arm is not independent, it operates like a cartel that injects its own political ideology into the process.

For decades the ABA has held a near-monopoly over who gets to become a lawyer in America. That monopoly is now under direct attack.

No more forced ideology.

No more one organization controlling the pipeline.

This is how you break the stranglehold!

Skuttlebutt is ABA is connected to the Brits. And then there is the International Bar Assoc.

BRAVE AI

The International Bar Association (IBA) is the world’s leading organization for international legal practitioners, bar associations, and law societies. 



 Established on February 17, 1947, in New York City, its global headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., Seoul, South Korea, and São Paulo, Brazil. 

The IBA serves as a vital forum for the global legal community, influencing international law reform and shaping the future of the legal profession. Its membership includes more than 80,000 individual lawyers and over 190 bar associations and law societies spanning 170 countries. 

Key aspects of the IBA include:

  • Mission: To promote the rule of law, support judicial independence, and protect human rights for lawyers worldwide. 
  • Structure: Organized into two main divisions: the Legal Practice Division and the Public and Professional Interest Division. 
  • Human Rights Institute: The IBAHRI, established in 1995 under Nelson Mandela, works to promote, protect, and enforce human rights under a just rule of law. 
  • Activities: The IBA provides professional development through high-quality publications, world-class conferences, and committees that facilitate the exchange of information on legal practices globally. 
Gail Combs

And speaking of our VERY CORRUPT legal system…

‘Woke Privilege’: WaPo Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Who Smeared Charlie Kirk After His Death

The Washington Post was ordered to hire a fired columnist who seized upon Charlie Kirk’s death to launch a baseless diatribe about the late TPUSA founder’s alleged racism.

But the arbitrators forcing the legacy media publication to give a platform to the former Global Opinions Editor is a classic case of “Woke privilege.”

scott467

The Trump Education Department just recommended stripping the American Bar Association of its power to accredit law schools.

______________

Strip it!

Strip it GOOD! 👍😁
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TradeBait2

About time. This is very good news.

I touched on this subject back in American Stories. American law is directly linked and has evolved from British law. The same Crown/Brits who have controlled or attempted to control this country directly and indirectly for a very long time. The ABA is their tool. There are valid reasons the legal community is dominated by the uniparty.

Gail Combs

MOAR of POTUS slapping the EU/Globalist around.

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patfrederick

that’s dated a month ago…has it happened yet?

pgroup

He’s negotiating. It’s what he does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Deal

patfrederick

ahhh…gotcha

pgroup

Interestingly, Steve Bannon [on Warroom] finally had enough of the Iran War dilly-dallying and expressed his disgust with how long it’s taking to get out. There seems to be a consensus among his guests that while it is DJT’s signature trait, it’s also a weak point.

His Achilles heel, so to speak. At least as far as this war goes.

Gail Combs

Steve Bannon is full of Schiff.

The Iran war is going exactly as planned. IT IS A SIEGE… DUHHhhhh

Brave AI:

Definition and Etymology A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender. 



 The term originates from the Latin word sedere (meaning “to sit”), reflecting the historical practice of armies “sitting down” or encamping around a fortress to cut off supplies 👉and wait for a surrender👈

Aubergine

“There seems to be a consensus among his guests that while it is DJT’s signature trait, it’s also a weak point.”

Sadly, on this point I agree.

patfrederick

i think it’s his reluctance to harm the Iranian people. the irrg or whatever they call themselves–sure–they’re fair game. but killing others as collateral damage doesn’t sit well with POTUS. I understand that.

Gail Combs

POTUS is a BUILDER.

Also the Cabal LOVES bombed out countries with lots of valuable resources. They move right in and enslave the people. Think Africa and South America.

patfrederick

true

Gail Combs

And the EU, aka Globalists, responded thru Canada.

No wonder the Canadians are whispering in the ears of US politicians.

TradeBait2

THIS is my President. Take no prisoners.

Gail Combs

Redstate:
Iran Puts $10 Million Bounty on Barron Trump in Twisted New Video 

[QUOTE]
While Iran’s capacity to do, well, much of anything is badly degraded, and they are about to be hit with the mother of all economic crackdowns, so it’s not at all clear that they would be able to pay $10 million to anyone for anything. For one thing, the Iranian rial has crashed into the basement, through the basement floor, and has sunk through the earth’s crust and into the mantle. As of this writing, $10 million American would be 13,745,704,467,353 Iranian rials. That’s almost 14 trillion rials. It’s likely that the Iranians simply can’t cover that bet. For another thing, Iran’s military and civil authorities and facilities have taken a beating that will cost the country a lot to repair, regardless of who’s left in charge when all this finally ends.

The Euronews report has a few other details:

The video further alleges that “a girl” had found a way past the Secret Service’s protection, sat with Barron Trump in a private meeting and passed information to the programme’s makers.

It claims Barron Trump communicates privately via voice and text on Xbox, away from his security detail. Euronews could not independently verify any of these claims.

The broadcast follows a similar video released by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency in July, titled “Where and how is Melania Trump accessible?”, which detailed her movements in New York and alleged vulnerabilities in her security.

Here’s the thing: Barron no doubt communicates privately by voice and text, maybe on Xbox, maybe by other means. He’s a college kid. It kind of goes with the territory. College kids communicate privately and always have, even if some of us are old enough to remember doing it via smoke signals. As for the nature of any girl and any “private meeting,” well, we won’t speculate about that.
[UNQUOTE]

….

All I have to say, is Iran really, really does not want to poke the bear. They kill Barron and there will be smoking craters where Iran AND THE UK were.

scott467

$10 million is an insult. They must be running really low on credibility.

And cash, too.

Gail Combs

Mostly cash.

They never had credibility except with terrorists. Unfortunately that is just who they need to have credibility with.

pgroup

Smoke signals is a winner.

scott467

Gail Combs

A very athletic young man.

Can you see a woman trying to compete with him.   :insane: 

scott467

Gail Combs

She sounds Jamaican.

Just had a nice conversation with a Jamaican lady a few days ago. She is the type of immigrant I have ZERO problems with. Polite, pleasant and hard working.

scott467

I don’t know why it’s showing the same video (Black Woman tells the TRUTH about Whites) twice, it was two different videos when I posted them.

Never mind, I refreshed the browser and it’s fixed now.

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Valerie Curren

This appears legit unless the video is faked.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f6a8.svghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f6a8.svg Every person injured by the “vaccine” needs to see this: Dr. Peter McCullough’s Recovery Perspectives
“If we don’t address the spike protein, it’s not going to get better.”
Dr. McCullough recommends three key substances for those seeking recovery after the injections:
1.) Nattokinase
Why? It degrades spike proteins, as suggested by preclinical studies.
• Take 2,000 units twice a day.
2.) Bromelain
Why? Similar to nattokinase, it can also break down spike proteins.
• Take 500 milligrams once a day.
3.) Curcumin
Why? It may help reduce inflammation and damage related to the spike protein.
• Take 500 milligrams twice a day and combine with 5–10 mg of piperine to improve absorption.
That sums up Dr. McCullough’s “Base Spike Detoxification” protocol.
ADDITIONAL TREATMENTS
• Hydroxychloroquine: Added if there are signs of autoimmunity.
• Ivermectin: Included if there are signs of persistent infection.
• Colchicine: Used if there are significant signs of pleuropericardial problems involving the membranes around the heart and lungs.
• Nicotine patches or oral acyclovir: Considered if there are neurological symptoms like brain fog.
• Low-dose naltrexone: Used to enhance the body’s natural response to relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

https://x.com/Fa21519230/status/2091956824861777984

If this really works to detoxify the spike protein perhaps it might also work on long covid…I hope…

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Gail Combs

I have the Wellness Company’s “Ultimate Spike Detox” [Take 4 a day = serving]

Per Serving:

Selenium — 75 mg

Tumeric Root extract –500 mg

Bromelian — 500 mg

Natto Seed Extract 400 mg or (Nattokinase — 8,000 FU)

Black Cumin Seed Powder — 100 mg

Dandelion Root — 50 mg

Black Pepper [makes body absorb turmeric better] 5 mg.

Valerie Curren

Interesting that it doesn’t have the Nattokinase that he mentions first. Is the Black Cumin Seed Powder a form of Curcumin?

Has this product helped you that you can tell? I still have “long covid” & cough up colored crap most mornings but am not sick. I assume it’s lingering spike protein.

Gail Combs

You can get Black Seed Oil. (I think it was Singing Soul who suggested it) I take it some times and it seems to help.

Brave AI

Black seed oil, derived from Nigella sativa seeds and rich in the active compound thymoquinone, is widely used to support immune function, reduce inflammation, and improve skin health. 

Functional, Nutraceutical, and Pharmacological Properties of Black Seed

ABSTRACT

Since ancient times, black seed, or Nigella sativa, has gained popularity in modern industry and health due to its numerous nutritional and therapeutic applications. Detailed coverage of the botanical description, taxonomy, and phytochemical composition can be seen in this review about the most crucial bioactive compounds, such as thymoquinone, alkaloids, saponins, and fixed oils. This therapeutic plant has undergone numerous studies about its solicitations in treating cancer, its protective effects on the heart, and its antiviral, antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties. Side by side with its function in conventional medical practices of Ayurveda and Unani, its amalgamation is also specified in the review. This also takes into account the health benefits of black seed, its metabolism, macro‐ and micronutrient composition, and other nutritional considerations. The usages discover the product development potentials within the pharmaceutical and food industries, such as functional foods, health supplements, and cosmetics. Customer attention in natural products has made novel prospects, but side by side with them, there are different concerns about stability, bioavailability, and regulatory problems. To augment the medicinal and economic value of N. sativa , there is potential for its genetic development, for more progressive cultivation methods, and for biotechnological policies. Thus, the incorporation of N. sativa into current healthcare and industry comprises creative, multidisciplinary investigation.

Valerie Curren

Thank you Gail 🙂

Gail Combs

Also:

Natto Seed Extract 400 mg or (👉Nattokinase — 8,000 FU)

Valerie Curren

Thanks 🙂

Gail Combs

You are welcome.

TheseTruths

Nicotine patches or oral acyclovir: Considered if there are neurological symptoms like brain fog.

Speaking from a position of ignorance on this subject, I wonder about the nicotine patches. I have read (here) that one must be cautious about their use.

Valerie Curren

I think that was something DP was also using, possibly unwisely, near her death 🙁

Valerie Curren

Our loss AND her family’s & her church’s but clearly Heaven’s gain!

Valerie Curren

This is an uplifting, God-focused view…

Austin Smith
@TheHustleCritic
·
12h
Last night I was up from 1 AM to 7 AM doing emergency surgeries.

I’m tired.

A few years back, I would have been angry and frustrated that I didn’t get any sleep.

But to my surprise, last night was full of peace.

I’m a long ways off, but God has done something profound in me.

He’s taught me to be content in all circumstances.

The ups and downs of life don’t toss me like waves anymore.

And it’s because of one thing: I’m starting to live for His glory, not my own life.

Bad days are now an opportunity to depend on Him and respond to life in a way that brings Him glory.

This is the power of the gospel.

This is what it means to be free.

This is what Jesus can do for you.

https://x.com/TheHustleCritic/status/2091991724189175983

TradeBait2

Amen.

Valerie Curren

Great way to honor America in our 250th year!

Erica
@EricaArndts
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8h
My hands are taking a quick rest from one of my biggest murals to date at Majors Enterprises Inc. in Monroe, Ohio! So grateful to Michael Majors for trusting me with his grain bin and bringing this project to life. And a huge thank you to Josh Curington for putting so much time and effort into this killer video! I hope this mural brings lots of smiles to everyone who sees it! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/2764.svg

https://x.com/EricaArndts/status/2092044540899189107

TradeBait2

Awesome.

i grew up down the road from Monroe and remember it well. Have not been back in awhile, but know where this farm is. Been by it many times years ago.

That is a We the People part of the country.

Valerie Curren

JD Vance adjacent stomping grounds?

kalbokalbs

Very cool!

^^^ Great stuff ^^^

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Valerie Curren

Yes  😍 

patfrederick

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TradeBait2

Tim Burchett has lit a fire in east TN. Many counties and cities in our area are just saying no or ending agreements with Flock.

Knox County’s mayor, Glen Jacobs, told Flock to get out and take their cameras with them a couple of days ago. The scummy, corrupt former sheriff’s department leaders from the 2020-2024 period have all been indicted and going through criminal trials for using vice connected funds for personal purposes. Flock and them were also in cahoots on the cameras. No telling how much under the table cash was passed between them.

They had executed a contract with Flock back in 2020 for stop light cameras that came in like $10 under the county limit that would have required county commission approval. Flew it right under the radar with commission and mayor knowledge until well after the fact. They were trying to steal public money with fines that the state had long since ruled against. The legislature essentially told the public to ignore any attempted fining and let your rep know if you had any problems. However, many people did not know and paid the fines, especially those from outside the state.

Over the years since the start Flock was paid over $300 K by the county, far in excess of the authority of the sheriff’s office to pay. Audit caught it and the fact that the contract with Flock expired in 2024. Flock tried to claim that the contract had automatically renewed. Jacobs told them to kick rocks, he never signed the original or a renewal, which Flock knew was required since the former contract stated maximum revenue terms. That ended the current sheriff’s department’s attempt to add more and probably scuttled the city’s attempts to do so in the process.

🖕 Flock.

Gail Combs

GO TIM!!!

We have to remember WE the people need to grab control of our local government.

Valerie Curren

The love of money AND tyrannical, unconstitutional power are roots of much evil

patfrederick

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Brave and Free

We take the dog on a morning walk along a nearby canal. Lately the grass hasn’t been mowed, so it’s waist height now.
Well the other day after our walk I find a tick on me after petting the dog. 🤨
Luckily it hadn’t bitten me or the dog. 🤗
No more walking there untill it’s mowed now.

patfrederick

gees…BE CAREFUL!

Brave and Free

So the canal was mowed this morning, so I took the dog there this morning.
Well two more ticks on her. 😠
Back to the sidewalk for awhile now. 🫩

patfrederick

does she wear a flea collar or get tic treatments?
(I don’t have a dog, so I don’t know the protocol.)

patfrederick

WTF?! Abdul El- Sayed says CIRCUMCISION is the same thing as SEX CHANGES FOR MINORS
JESSE: “So you think it’s okay for a parent to SLASH his kids dingaling off?! You think that’s okay?!”
ABDUL: “Are you circumcised, Jesse?”
JESSE: “Uhh yeah, that’s a PERSONAL QUESTION,… pic.twitter.com/Znb3ix0ToD
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 25, 2026

pgroup

Maybe he’s confused about female genital mutilation.

Certain countries in Africa call it female circumcision.

Aubergine

Nobody in media ever challenges these morons correctly.

Circumcision removes a piece of skin that makes no hormones or functions in any way except as skin.

Sex changes which include hormone treatments and/or physical castration CHANGE the hormonal makeup of the body, which causes many side effects.

Come on, Jesse.

Gail Combs

The question was meant to derail Jessie mentally and did so. General Jessie is a lot more on the ball.

Notice how it was slammed into the conversation out of no where.

Gail Combs

Yes, very tricky. He shocked Jesse and made it personal and then derailed the conversation in a way Jesse was not at all prepared for.

Also as a doctor, he would KNOW circumcision is performed routinely and Jesse would very likely be circumcised. I was aware it was routine back in the mid 1970s..

CDC’s Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure

…In the case of early infant MC, there are few public health interventions in which the scientific evidence in favor is now so compelling…

Gail Combs

Very very tricky… AND NASTY.

This guy is DANGEROUS!

Brave AI

Abdul El-Sayed was born Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed on October 31, 1984, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. 

 He was raised in the Detroit area by his father, Mohamed El-Sayed, an Egyptian immigrant, and his stepmother, Jacqueline El-Sayed, a native of Michigan.

He is qualified to be president and I would bet his father is Muslim Brotherhood (Tied to MI6)

Abdul El-Sayed’s Muslim Brotherhood Connections Keep Piling Up | GOP

1 day ago – An Egyptian American activist was sentenced to life in prison in absentia in Egypt for his support of the Muslim Brotherhood 

I get access denied

Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Outlet Praises Abdul El-Sayed After Michigan Senate Primary Win

Voltairenet.org
voltairenet.org › article206955
The Muslim Brotherhood as an auxiliary force of MI6 and the CIA

We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s new book, « Right Before Our Eyes ». 

In 1972-1973, an official from the Foreign Office – and probably MI6 as well – Sir James Craig, together with the British ambassador to Egypt, Sir Richard Beaumont, began an intense lobbying campaign aimed at harnessing the Muslim Brotherhood

William Engdahl: How MI6 & the CIA Created the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda & ISIS (26 minutes)

Aubergine

People are so funny to me about bodily functions and such things, like circumcision.

It’s just a fact about you, or not. You’re either circumcised or you aren’t. I don’t get why the question would “derail” Jesse. If somebody asked me, “hey, are your boobs real?”, I’d just laugh and say “original equipment.” Or, if they were fake, I’d say “no, don’t you just love my surgeon?”

I’m just not sensitive about stuff like that I guess.

patfrederick

madmani’s gov’t grocery idea produces lawsuit by “immigrant” owned stores who cry foul.

FTA
New York Post reports:

Immigrant grocers sue Mamdani over government-owned supermarkets, liken plan to Walmart coming to NYC

Immigrant grocers and bodegas sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan to open five government-owned supermarkets — likening his plans to the devastating competitive threat that would be posed by Walmart coming to New York City.

The Multicultural Business Coalition, which is comprised of 50 chambers of commerce representing ethnically diverse businesses, filed two lawsuits in New York state court on Monday — one of them a seven-page class-action on behalf of “hundreds” of store owners who are “members of groups historically discriminated against.”

The class-action alleges that the business owners’ civil rights will be violated if the municipal stores are allowed to open, according to court papers.

The second suit — a 13-page filing in New York state Supreme Court — claims that the government-owned stores would present problems similar to those posed by Walmart, which has attempted several times to enter the Big Apple without success.

For years, the Arkansas-based discounter has faced fierce opposition from New York politicians, with legislators and labor unions claiming small businesses would be decimated by the retail giant.

The municipal grocery stores “have pledged to sell food items 30% below the market-rate, a rate that rivals or exceeds Walmart discounts,” according to the second filing.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/immigrant-owned-grocery-stores-now-suing-mamdani-city/

pgroup

I have read articles saying that Walmart is slowly moving towards local sourcing for the goods on its shelves, especially produce. As long as items can be produced in sufficient quantities, Walmart is supposedly willing to give them a try.

Heck, Walmart even sells ground bison.

patfrederick

they do it with sweet corn every summer at our walmart.

patfrederick

Confirmed: FEMA Workers Skipped Trump Supporters’ Homes After Hurricane, Violating Federal Law.

A government watchdog report reveals FEMA workers bypassed Trump-supporting homes after Hurricane Milton, breaching federal law and agency policy.

WHAT HAPPENED: A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers intentionally skipped homes displaying Trump flags during relief efforts following Hurricane Milton in October 2024. The workers cited political signage as justification for bypassing properties, violating the Hatch Act and internal FEMA policies.

DETAIL: The Inspector General’s report, released Monday, verified 11 documented cases of politically motivated discrimination, with one FEMA worker explicitly noting, “did not visit due to Trump flag.” The scandal, initially exposed by a whistleblower, revealed systemic failures in FEMA’s training and oversight. FEMA’s own Office of Professional Responsibility initially downplayed the issue, with the OIG criticizing the agency for inadequate supervision and failure to document survivor interactions properly.

KEY QUOTE: “Federal disaster responses are supposed to serve every American equally, no matter who they voted for or what sign is in their yard,” a DHS official commented.
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f3af.svg IMPACT: The scandal previously led to the firing of FEMA Supervisor Marn’i Washington and three crew members, who were implicated in the politically motivated discrimination. Notably, Washington complained at the time that she was being scapegoated, and that such actions were widespread at the agency. President Donald J. Trump has cited the case in an executive order addressing political bias in FEMA.

FLASHBACK: The allegations first surfaced when internal FEMA messages revealed a supervisor instructed workers to avoid homes with Trump signage. FEMA initially claimed the incident was isolated, but whistleblower accounts and subsequent investigations revealed broader issues.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/08/24/confirmed-fema-workers-skipped-trump-supporters-homes-after-hurricane-violating-federal-law/

pgroup

This is not news to the Q-tree denizens. We knew in real time.

TradeBait2

Exactly.

Gail Combs

I do not watch TV, read newspapers, have Farcebook or Twatter and yet I seems to be better informed than most thanks to the Q tree (and to a lesser extent Badlands Media.)

barkerjim

Thank you, Wolf!!! Ticks and Bill Gates have a connection, likely philosophical!!!

patfrederick

ticks are Gates’ spirit animal…they both embed, burrow in deep and either suck the life out of you or bleed you dry.

Valerie Curren

AND inflict horrifying diseases!

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patfrederick

epic rant
h/t Marica

Glenn Reib
@GlennReib
Dear Sane Sane America,

To last few humans who still possess the IQ of a functioning toaster, Wake the fuck up. We are watching grown adults lose their goddamn minds over a T-shirt that quotes the dictionary. Enes Kanter Freedom…actual man, former NBA center, professional troll of the delusional, sits courtside at a WNBA game in a black shirt that says the most radioactive phrase in modern America: “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” That’s it. Not a slur. Not a threat. Not a manifesto. Just the definition that every species on Earth has operated under since sex evolved. The same definition that built Title IX, women’s scholarships, women’s locker rooms, and every women’s record book that isn’t currently being rewritten by males who decided to cosplay.

And the reaction? Absolute, screaming, pants-on-head stupidity. Chicago Sky player Natasha Cloud scores, then storms over yelling and pointing like the shirt personally stole her lunch money. Security boots the guy in the dictionary shirt. The player who initiated the meltdown keeps playing. He gets escorted out for the crime of noticing reality. She gets to keep her job in a league that exists because men and women are different. This is how stupid the bullshit has become. Men do not belong in women’s sports. Trans women are men. Full stop. They are adult human males. They have male skeletons, male muscle, male strength, male speed, and male performance advantages that no amount of hormones, makeup, or Twitter affirmation can erase. Pretending a man becomes a woman by declaration is not progressive. It is the dumbest collective hallucination in human history. It is the emperor’s new clothes, except the emperor is now dunking on actual women and demanding you clap or get called a bigot.

We will not play along with your delusions. We will not pretend that fairness is bigotry. We will not sit quietly while women’s categories are turned into participation trophies for males who couldn’t cut it against other men. Kanter Freedom’s shirt wasn’t “hate speech.” It was a flashlight pointed at the dumbest ideology currently destroying women’s sports, women’s spaces, and basic pattern recognition. The fact that stating “adult human female” gets you ejected while the people defending the opposite get applause tells you everything about how far down the rabbit hole the clowns have dragged us.

Sane America: the emperor has no tits, no ovaries, and no business in the women’s game. Stop treating this circus like serious policy. It is pure, unadulterated, face-palming stupidity dressed up as compassion. Call it what it is. Laugh at it. Reject it. And keep the dictionary open, because the people who want it banned are the ones who’ve already lost the plot. Yours in zero fucking patience for this nonsense, someone who still knows a man when he sees one and isn’t afraid to say so.

P.S. If reading this made you rage-post about “violence,” congratulations: you’ve just proven the point. The rest of us will keep living in reality while you argue with the English language.

pgroup

… the emperor has no tits, no ovaries, …

… and the emperor also lacks a cute ass.

patfrederick

Charles Dodgson
August 25, 2026 7:57 am

I posted this last night but for better coverage, posting today. Enbridge is a Canadian energy company that owns a significant amount of US oil and gas infrastructure. I think the US needs to seriously consider the national security ramifications of allowing a company based in an unfriendly nation to allow critical US energy infrastructure.
The one positive is that they are based in Alberta, and that is the one and only Canadian province I would consider allowing to become the 51st state.

patfrederick

Bubby
August 25, 2026 7:56 am

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/08/24/after-scotus-ruling-on-mail-in-ballots-newsom-decides-he-needs-to-sue-n2206021
FTA “The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a lower-court injunction that blocked key provisions of the president’s election-integrity executive order from being implemented against 23 states and D.C. ahead of the 2026 midterms. Because SCOTUS did not decide whether Trump’s directives ultimately would be found lawful, it left the door open for additional lawsuits, and right on cue, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was first out the gate to do so. 
Newsom called out “Trump’s latest attack on voting,” and announced he would introduce new legislation to “defend democracy.”

WOW. The Supreme Court just let the Trump Admin move ahead (for now) with its plan to disenfranchise voters across the country.

California will be suing AGAIN to block these Orwellian rules from being implemented. https://t.co/4N5mDXV248

— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) August 24, 2026

Gail Combs

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ORWELLIAN???   :insane: 

Valerie Curren

Accusing others of what they are actually doing   :wpds_evil: 

Brave and Free

One step closer to an actual SC ruling to answer the question.
Thanks Grewsom, you’re going right where PDJT wants.

Gail Combs

  :wpds_lol: 

barkerjim

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” — Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)

Valerie Curren

Fascinating theory Wolf which ticks (ahem) a lot of boxes. I’m so glad you are on the side of the angels!!! Thanks for perpetually prowling the perimeter profoundly!

kalbokalbs

It all makes perfect sense, considering Gates evil mind.

Gail Combs

Gates is just the face of a much larger group.

Fauci Photographed With Soros and Bill Gates’ Father, Who Was ‘Head of Planned Parenthood’

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Guardian: They’re called the Good Club – and they want to save the world 
Paul Harris in New York reports on the small, elite group of billionaire philanthropists who met recently to discuss solving the planet’s problems

2009 — Secret meeting of world’s richest people held in New York

The Good Club

Secret Group of Billionaires Working On Global Impact Investing

Michael Bloomberg NYC’s info-billionaire former mayor; Publisher of Bloomberg LP

Attended Launch (’09→?)*

Eli Broad LA real estate billionaire; founded KB Home, one of the country’s largest homebuilders and SunAmerica Insurance

Attended Launch (’09→?)*

Ted Turner American Media mogul; Turner Broadcasting founder

Attended Launch (’09→?)*

Oprah Winfrey Talk show host; billionaire

Attended Launch (’09→?)*

George Soros Currency speculator and major donor to liberal groups

Attended Launch (’09→?)*

David Rockefeller Jr philanthropist and son of David Rockefeller Sr

Launched (’09→?)*

Warren Buffett CEO at Berkshire Hathaway, Investor

Co-House / Founder (’09→?)*

Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft

Attended / Co-Host (’09→?)*

Rockefeller University

President’s Home Site of First Gathering (’09→?)*

Paul Nurse British geneticist

Lent Use Of House To (’09→?)*

kalbokalbs

Among them scum suckered, lots of money to promote evil.

Valerie Curren

Yes it does, along with perpetual psy-ops being inflicted on the masses ad nauseum!

pgroup

Lotsa peas!!!

Valerie Curren

in a pod (people) 😉 😉

duchess01

FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL IN NEED OF PRAYER

PRAISE AND WORSHIP

LORD, LEAD ME GENTLY | 3 Hour Morning Prayer Piano for Guidance & Hope


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EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE

Verse of the Day for Tuesday, August 25, 2026

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”

Philippians 1:6 (KJV)

COMMENTARY FOR PHILIPPIANS 1

The Philippians felt a very deep interest for the apostle. The scope of the epistle is to confirm them in the faith, to encourage them to walk as becomes the gospel of Christ, to caution them against judaizing teachers, and to express gratitude for their Christian bounty. This epistle is the only one, among those written by St. Paul, in which no censures are implied or expressed. Full commendation and confidence are in every part, and the Philippians are addressed with a peculiar affection, which every serious reader will perceive.The apostle offers up thanksgivings and prayers, for the good work of grace in the Philippians. (1-7) He expresses affection, and prays for them. (8-11) Fortifies them against being cast down at his sufferings. (12-20) He stood prepared for glorifying Christ by life, or death. (21-26) Exhortations to zeal, and constancy in professing the gospel. (27-30)1-7 The highest honour of the most eminent ministers is, to be servants of Christ. And those who are not really saints on earth, never will be saints in heaven. Out of Christ, the best saints are sinners, and unable to stand before God. There is no peace without grace. Inward peace springs from a sense of Divine favour. And there is no grace and peace but from God our Father, the fountain and origin of all blessings. At Philippi the apostle was evil entreated, and saw little fruit of his labour; yet he remembers Philippi with joy. We must thank our God for the graces and comforts, gifts and usefulness of others, as we receive the benefit, and God receives the glory. The work of grace will never be perfected till the day of Jesus Christ, the day of his appearance. But we may always be confident God will perform his good work, in every soul wherein he has really begun it by regeneration; though we must not trust in outward appearances, nor in any thing but a new creation to holiness. People are dear to their ministers, when they receive benefit by their ministry. Fellow-sufferers in the cause of God should be dear one to another.

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Verse of the Day | Psalm 16:11 [August 25, 2026]


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

duchess01

WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL

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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PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

BE MY VOICE
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CHILD NOT CHOICE
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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

duchess01

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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duchess01

Powerful Psalms of Praise & Worship | Beautiful Gospel Songs to Feel God’s Presence

https://rumble.com/v7dsdlg-powerful-psalms-of-praise-and-worship-beautiful-gospel-songs-to-feel-gods-p.html



duchess01

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

Have you noticed evil increased on earth
The arrogance and flagrancy sheer girth
We are told to pray daily without end
We must not quit give up or even bend

What makes evil so blatant in plain sight
What can we do to curtail this and fight
We must don our Armor of God so fine 
We must be Prayer Warriors divine

We must empower others do the same
In His Precious and Most Holy Name
For whatever we ask of the Father
In Jesus’ name compares to no other

We must stand and be bold in all our ways
We must hold onto Him all of our days
We must not accept what’s meant to deter 
Redacted refracted revised to infer

We will find truth in His Word as put forth
We will discover knowledge for its worth
We will discern understanding in time
We will reap wisdom its purpose sublime

Saturated with lies and dire deceit 
We exhaust ourselves in fighting replete
Instead of uniting under His banner
We’re distracted in discordant manner

To God be the Glory forever amen
To Him be our allegiance now and when
We fight the good fight and are welcomed in
To our heavenly home purified within

D01: 08/04/2023



Valerie Curren

Wrestling with estate issues & insecurities that have resurfaced based on snarky communications I was Really wrestling with a lot of junk last night. Josiah came down & put some old school worship on YouTube on our TV & I just let it cycle through all sorts of related God-honoring music throughout the night & I could feel some of the heaviness lifting off of me. God is good & He is our burden bearer–PTL!

duchess01

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

prayeveryday777

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️



Aubergine

“Speaking for myself, I’m not taking one more vaccine until I am shown the BOX it comes in, and then given WEEKS to research what is in that vaccine.”

My question is, why would we ever take one?

Vaccines are far less helpful than a healthy, well-taken-care-of immune system, and modern sanitation and medicines.

Think about it. We just had a measles outbreak, and almost nobody died. No children died, because children are generally healthy. In most cases, the people who got sick were not vaccinated. But we know how to treat measles now, so people just live through it. I suppose if I lived in sub-Saharan Africa I might take a vaccine, or give one to my kids. But in the First World? Why?

—–

“This could help explain why suspected Alpha-Gal Syndrome has exploded by nearly 10,000% since 2013, while only a fraction of people bitten by ticks ever develop the condition.”

From Google AI:

Alpha-gal exposure can be cumulative in terms of sensitization (repeated tick bites can increase the risk of developing Alpha-gal Syndrome), but individual allergic reactions do not strictly pile up or compound in a cumulative way inside the body.
Sensitization and Tick Bites

  • Repeated bites: Multiple tick bites from species like the Lone Star tick can increase the likelihood of developing the allergy over time. [1]
  • Antibody levels: Each new exposure or tick bite can stimulate the immune system to produce more alpha-gal-specific IgE antibodies. [1]
  • Waning over time: If further tick bites are avoided, antibody levels often decrease naturally, and some people eventually regain tolerance to mammalian products. [1]

Now, check this out:

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That’s the graph you posted. It looks like the alpha-gal “explosion” really started around 2017. MANY people have reported that they were sure they had Covid far earlier than 2019.

It looks to me like the manufactured virus along with the Covid vaxx was where the plot really thickens.

Injecting crap that affects our God-given immune system is OUT for me. As you say, I guess if I were bitten by a bat I would risk a vaxx. But anything else? God forbid.

Gail Combs

My girl friend and I got covid in the Fall of 2018 from the UNC emergency room which is less than 1000 ft from Baric’s lab.

I got ‘asthma’ aka long covid and lost my sense of smell. It STILL is not completely normal. My girl friend lost her eye sight for several hours and then got epilepsy. A few years later she lost the use of a leg. She also had all the symptoms of a clot. (lump plus very cold foot)

UNC emergency gave her a PSYCH doc who would not check for a blood clot or do a D-Dimer test. You can get an at home kit for $125!!! so it certainly was not the cost.

FWIW
I have a very vague memory of both of us being offered a plastic glass of water. I can literally visualize the glass and female nurse but I can not remember when or where it happened. Also I know it was a one off.

We certainly could have been guinea pigs. My friend is essentially homeless and I, at the time had not been to a doctor for over 20 years.

Valerie Curren

You think you Might have been deliberately infected with that water? Just wow   :wpds_evil: 

Gail Combs

Yes, I do. Remember Rochester Memorial Hospital used my Mom for radiation experiments for the DOD and then used her for Chemo experiments and killed her.

I have NO illusions when it comes to TEACHING hospitals and the shit they will pull.

WHY would we both get ill? I normally never get the flu or colds and I have been handling hundreds of little kids every fall for over 35 years.

There was no one ill in that waiting room that I remember so where did we get it from?

Valerie Curren

Dark demon days   :wpds_evil: 

Gail Combs

Also I had brought my friend to UNC for kidney stones several times so they KNEW we were repeats and thus could be monitored.

Valerie Curren

Sick psychopaths!

pgroup

MANY people have reported that they were sure they had Covid far earlier than 2019.

I am one of that group.

patfrederick

NebraskaFilly
August 25, 2026 at 9:19 am Edit
H/T M

https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/svg/1f6a8.svgBREAKING: The Iranian Supreme Council was literally in the middle of counting votes to pick their next Supreme Leader when Israel completely leveled the meeting location. https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/svg/1f923.svg pic.twitter.com/6QdiMyXbA5

— Julian Assange™ (@JulianAssange_2) August 24, 2026

Gail Combs

WOW! Hope it is true however Assange usually is.

TheseTruths

Is that the real Julian Assange? The X profile says this, complete with emoji:

Out For The Betterment Of The World. You’re Indeed A Great Patriot 💥 WWGIWGA 💥 . (Where We Go One We Go All) America is Back 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇸

I doubt that Assange would be using a Q phrase, even if he believes in Q. Also, he is not American, so I doubt that he would say, “America is Back.”

(I hate when people use others’ names for their own benefit.)

Gail Combs

The TM = Trade Mark is really weird.

— Julian Assange™ (@JulianAssange_2) 

Gail Combs

From BADLANDS:

[QUOTE]
Ye-Putin Meeting “Possible”

Kanye West could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin when the rapper travels to Russia this fall, according to senior State Duma lawmaker Svetlana Zhurova. West, now known as Ye, is scheduled to perform at St. Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena on October 10 and 11.

Zhurova, first deputy chair of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee, said that “hypothetically, such a possibility exists,” but stressed that any meeting would depend on Putin’s and West’s schedules as well as presidential security requirements. There is no confirmed meeting or invitation from the Kremlin.

The head of the Russian concert promoter organizing West’s shows separately told Russian media that meeting Putin has been a “long-standing dream” for the rapper and that West has expressed admiration for the Russian president for years. The concerts will be West’s first performances in Russia, although he visited Moscow in 2024.

GhostofBasedPatrickHenry:
And here we are: the one meeting that we have been waiting for. The meeting that transcends both culture and politics. The meeting that has the potential to break the internet.

Kanye West visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow is the stuff of legends. It’s one of those interviews that, if streamed, would be impossible to ignore.

The connections between both Kim Jong Un and Kanye West, and the significant impact that they could each have on the current zeitgeist, cannot be overstated or ignored. The fact that we are now getting both of them back together, working a direct residency for the first time, can feel a little odd. But eventually those sentiments fade, and we all settle in.

I want to know more about the backchannel between Trump and Bazwell. In due time, we will. For now, we must take note that all the other European countries turned their backs on Ye, and refused to allow him to perform. Instead, he went to Russia to put on a show, and these reports make it sound like that it is Putin who wants to meet Kanye, face-to-face.

Boy would I love to be a fly on the wall for that meeting…
[UNQUOTE]

A bit of background

Dennis Rodman says he wants to bring Kanye West with him…

Guess what, I’ll take Kanye West to North Korea with me.” Weeping dennis rodman praises trump’s meeting with friend kim jong un, blasts obama for ignoring him.

Kanyewest in Korea North | TikTok

Kanye West North Korea concert, Kanye West meeting Kim Jong Un, historic performance by Kanye West, politics and music in North Korea, cultural dialogue Korea and US Last updated 2026-07-13.

I am not sure that concert actually happened. A concert in South Korea did. Also

Kim Jong Un ‘claps along to K-pop’ at North Korea concert

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife have turned out to see South Korean ‘K-pop’ acts at a rare concert in Pyongyang.

patfrederick

HOLY CRAP!
an ENTIRE FAMILY OF RACCOONS was just up on the deck–2 adults, three babies–in the morning…that’s not good!

Gail Combs

Very much NOT good.B-i-L’s girl friend was an animal warden and warned of a fatal disease from raccoons.

BRAVE AI

Raccoons carry several zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted to humans through contact with their feces, urine, saliva, or via bites and scratches. 

 The most significant health risks include Rabies, Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis), Leptospirosis, and Giardiasis. 

Rabies is a fatal viral disease transmitted through the saliva of infected animals, primarily via bites; raccoons are one of the most common wild carriers in the United States. 

 Raccoon Roundworm is a parasitic infection where humans ingest infectious eggs from contaminated soil or feces, potentially leading to severe neurological damage, blindness, or death if larvae migrate to the brain or eyes.  [She mentioned worms so I think it was this disease — GC]

 Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection spread through urine-contaminated water or soil, causing fever, muscle pain, and potentially kidney or liver failure. 

 Giardiasis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by protozoal cysts found in raccoon feces that contaminate water supplies or surfaces. 

Other less common but serious diseases include Tularemia (spread via ticks, handling carcasses, or inhaling dried tissue), Salmonellosis (from ingesting contaminated feces), and Toxoplasmosis (contact with feces), which can be particularly dangerous for pregnant individuals and those with compromised immune systems. Prevention involves avoiding contact with raccoons and their latrines, and seeking immediate medical attention for any bites, scratches, or suspected exposure.

Valerie Curren

iirc Toxoplasmosis was a risk when pregnant & a reason I didn’t have to scoop kitty litter back in the day 🙂

TheseTruths

If there is ever food there, they will frequent the area and their population will explode.

patfrederick

we don’t have trash outside ever. they do like to rip the drip pan off the grill though. And they tend to eat the mouse bait we have out. we do have apple trees, and berry bushes. but there’s a hundred acres of edible non garbage food.

gil00

Sigh. Fortify all the entry spots. Man the trashcans! Trash pandas on the loose!

patfrederick

we don’t have garbage pickup here. we burn everything we can and the rest we take to the gas station garbage can–food scraps–because we don’t want to attract raccoons, skunks, bears, coyotes and the rest.

gil00

Oh wow. Thats how non city folk git it dun.

patfrederick

yep. the post office won’t deliver the mail out here–we go into town twice a week. no garbage pick up…even amazon prefers to leave packages at the PO in town.

patfrederick

as much as we can.

gil00

Sure is.

Gail Combs

We take our garbage into town and drop it off at the recycle station near the P.O. when we go into town. If it is stinky garbage it gets wrapped and stashed in the freezer til garbage day. Veggie scraps go to the goats.

patfrederick

there’s a transfer station about an hour away for broken electronics, metals, and such. but we barely have a walmart sized bag of food scraps every other week.

Gail Combs

I do not burn trash so we have plastic and such.

Valerie Curren

You could compost the food scraps…

Gail Combs

With her critters, she would have the bears tearing up the compost heap.

Valerie Curren

That would be bad. We’ve “composted” food scraps forever at the Cottage & it has produced a rich dark soil in that specific location that is very different than the mostly sandy soil of the area. If anyone ever gets serious about gardening (we have raspberries, rhubarb, & some green onions that keep re-seeding themselves up there), that richer soil would be ideal to get better growth of whatever we decide to plant 🙂

patfrederick

we did that–but that attracted the bears, we had it pretty far in the woods away from the house, but they wandered and found the ramp to the house and then they were on the deck raiding the hummer feeders. sigh

Valerie Curren

that’s a Huge Bummer, wow. Your place sounds like near paradise though  😍 

patfrederick

we love it!

Valerie Curren

That’s what counts!   😍  

pgroup

… we don’t want to attract raccoons, skunks, bears, coyotes and the rest.

… or the homeless …

patfrederick

i doubt anyone would wander out this far into the woods to find a home.

cthulhu

They might get eaten by the raccoons, skunks, bears, and coyotes…..

patfrederick

coyotes especially.

gil00

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TradeBait2

One of those stinkers decided to enjoy an evening in one of our church’s trash cans a year ago. Our pastor was in working late, came out the door by the cans to get to his car, and nearly died of a heart attack when it knocked over the can and shot out of it as he passed by.

Needless to say we have varmint proof trash bin now.

Valerie Curren

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gil00

I bet you do. 😊

Gail Combs

Time to put out lots and lots of mouse bait… AWAY from the house.

patfrederick

they eat it like candy

LoneStar

Is it a poison?

cthulhu

They try to keep it to mouse/rat-sized doses. As Paracelsus wrote: “the dose makes the poison.”

cthulhu

Didn’t we just do a post where boron in animals enhances their sex drive?

patfrederick

yup we have those liquid ant bait traps on the deck for the carpenter ants. and they are always turned over and dry–even the bears are attracted to them. i doubt they get a lot out of them though.

gil00

Oh Lord.

patfrederick

Tomcat is the name of it. made for mice.

LoneStar

Just looking for food. Ignore and they’ll likely not return if offered no food or water.

patfrederick

well the drip pan is a constant and we grill every Sunday.

pgroup

B-B guns work well.

Just one head shot and drop dead coon. No loud gunshot to scare off the others.

Gail Combs

Even a slingshot if you are good with one.

cthulhu

Flamethrowers.

patfrederick

hubby shot several this past winter. We have a trail cam on the deck that allows us to see what’s coming and going and when he saw the raccoons were up on the deck pooping on the adirondak chairs, he decided enough was enough. we set traps and he caught more than a dozen one year, but a bigger meaner one bent the bottom metal plate trying to escape and it’s not as quick anymore. we need another.

there used to be a hunter who stopped at the house one night asking if he could retrieve his dog (he had a gps on his collar). the man hunted raccoons and he said he’s on your property and got something treed and he won’t come back to me till i go to him. We said sure and soon enough we heard the shot and he came back thru the woods with the dog and a bag.

patfrederick

we did. He passed away close to 10 years ago…exactly when the trouble with all the raccoons ramped up.
He used to sell the pelts…and now there’s always an ad in the Penny Saver that wants to buy pelts.

barkerjim
TradeBait2

Highly advise folks read this. If things go down as it appears, you will be well versed on the why and interconnections.

Gail Combs

Gee, that certainly dovetails with the articles I dug up connecting the Muslim Brotherhood, CIA and MI6!

TradeBait2

Yes it does, which tells me we are on track!

Gail Combs

And the CIA.

It is why I had no trouble believing Colonel Towner’s information on Operation Gladio.

barkerjim

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/going-home-tuesday-august-25-2026

Good morning, C&C, it’s Tuesday! Your roundup includes: how nine blue states and the ACLU sprinted to the Supreme Court to stop an envelope, and lost 6-3 in a ten-page order that dropped after quitting time; the barcode the Postal Service will print on that envelope, which requires the states to produce a list of their eligible voters, a request they are treating roughly the way a teenager treats “let me see your phone”; the 200,000 visitors who came for the long weekend and stayed for the asylum hearing, now getting the largest mass visa revocation in American history; the H-1B application fee going from $2,300 to $103,265, which is either an outrage or the going rate for an American job, depending on who signs your paycheck; and the Washington Post — the paper that has never met a school-choice argument it wouldn’t strangle in the second paragraph — running a Heritage fellow’s case that public schools are unconstitutional, un-rebutted, above a comment section that currently reads like a Thanksgiving table with an open bar.

Gail Combs

From C&C (Who has a much better discussion than Turley.)

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Gail Combs

Great comment from James Goodrich

The best thing that could ever happen to the generation that is currently in public schools is if this woke department of education were to get out of local and public schools all together. Over the summer I went into my local high school and walked around the place a bit. Right in the main lobby is a big glass case filled with rainbows, trans info, woke info, nothing educational at all. All this Marxist woke agenda being stuffed down the throats of these pour kids. I couldn’t help but think of 8th grade kids in China taking calculus courses, getting a real class A education, while our kids are getting a headful of mind numbing nonsense. Nothing that will help them through life’s journey. The department of education is a joke and should have been abolished decades ago when Ronald Reagan was president! These communists should never again be allowed to corrupt another child let alone another generation, it’s absolute insanity!

Gail Combs

Today, Jeff brought up

On August 13th, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed Jacobsen v. Spellerberg in Lancaster County District Court in Nebraska. The plaintiffs are two families in the Lincoln Public Schools district: Justin Jacobsen, and Timothy and Joanna Menter…

 The Jacobsen family alleges one of their daughters was told she must accommodate biological males in the girls’ bathroom and locker room, and could simply remove herself from those spaces if the arrangement made her uncomfortable…

And yesterday he brought up:

Education Secretary Linda McMahon tells CNN that one in ten children will be molested before they finish high school, and Dana Bash asks her where she heard such a thing; California, where a teacher’s disciplinary record is better protected than a doctor’s, a cop’s, or a lawyer’s; pass the trash; and Moderna’s stock leaps 177% on a press release with no numbers in it.

So why don’t we just be done with it and install convicted child rapists in our schools? After all the DSA wants to get rid of cops and prisons so I am sure they would be OK with that solution.

duchess01

Democrats PANIC as The Supreme Court Just SAVED The MIDTERMS!!!

duchess01

Mamdani BANS POLICE IN STORES… Wiping 17,000 Businesses OFF THE MAP

duchess01

DEVELOPING: ICE arrests over 1,300 migrants in MASSIVE takedown

Aubergine

This is a good explanation:

Full text:

“The new mail-in ballot procedure isn’t something to be afraid of. It works like this: 1. The state provides a list of the ballots they intend to mail out. 2. USPS assigns a unique barcode to each. 3. When the ballot is mailed out, this barcode is scanned to ensure uniqueness and that it matches. If there is no match or it’s a duplicate, it is not delivered. 4. When the voter mails the ballot back, the USPS scans it again and checks to make sure it matches what went out and isn’t a duplicate. Any ballots that don’t match won’t be delivered. 5. This is all done on the exterior envelope. The USPS isn’t determining eligibility or deciding who gets a ballot. They can’t see the actual votes. They are essentially just ensuring there are no duplicates, that the number mailed in isn’t greater than the number mailed out, and that the person mailing one in was the same person who received them. This is a common sense solution and is completely reasonable. Why would anyone oppose it unless their intention is to cheat?”

There are some good questions and answers in the comments.

TradeBait2

Dolly passed away.

Heartbreaking! her kidneys were worse than she let on.

gil00

If her husband hadnt passed i wonder if shed have pulled through?

TradeBait2

From family members wifey facebooks with – it set her back.

She had let her health issues and exam follow ups go while staying with him through that last year. Carl lived at least two years past what many expected him to do. His health was poor and Alzheimer’s had been setting in at least a half dozen years before he died.

gil00

Well i can understand why she did. He was her everything. Now theyre together. Just about a yr and a hslf apart. Healthy n whole now.

Aubergine

The other example I know of this, as far as “celebrities” go, is June Carter Cash and Johnny. He couldn’t live without her, either.

MollyPitcher5

Was just going to post the sad news too…She was something!
RIP Dolly
https://www.hellomagazine.com/us/899511/dolly-parton-emotional-health-update-meds-treatments/

A video from her regarding her health

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Gail Combs

OH NO!!

She was an icon. The USA has suffered a great loss.

kalbokalbs

Prayers. Condolences to Wifey, yourself and all that knew Dolly.

Absolute unforgettable gem Dolly was.

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TradeBait2

Thank you, Kal. Wifey has been fielding calls this afternoon. I’m sure my brother in law is as well. His name among others involved in commissioning it is on the plaque of her statue. The sculptor (Jim Gray) is our area’s most accomplished artist. BIL had a lot of other business and publicity related interactions with her. Wifey has some great funny stories about Dolly’s momma in particular. Her and wifey’s dads were friends back in the day as well.

https://smokymountains.com/sevierville/things-to-do/dolly-parton-statue

Everybody who met her will have their Dolly story to tell. But some who grew up with her along with her family need prayers during this time. She did something that only they truly understand. She brought HOPE to hillbillies living in poverty around the region.

One of my meeting Dolly stories was related to being told by wifey in advance to not get any crazy ideas. Who me? 😂 I told her I had already met her at age 12 after a Porter/Dolly concert, so she was old news to me. Then I ducked.

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gil00

So now i have to ask, how did she set up dollywood once she was gone?

TradeBait2

She was in partnership with the much larger Herschend Family Entertainment of Branson, MO on Dollywood. The organizational structure at Dollywood is strong with support from the larger Herschend organization. Her family and key leaders will be well taken care of and keep it running smoothly. The career opportunities for average workers, musicians, managers, etc. are almost endless for folks.

https://www.hfecorp.com/about/

There are more 300 room hotel resort properties to be built on site over the next decade that have financing committed. They add rides and attractions to the park every year. The master plan is to become an Appalachian version of Disney World. Her namesake hotel in Nashville is underway as well.

Gail Combs

What a wonderful legacy for Dolly.

gil00

Ah. I think as long as family who knew her stays active itll be ok. Learn from Walt and Roy Disney. I didnt know she has a hotel in Nashville too.

Gail Combs

I was thinking the same. It is often the 3rd generation who is bad news.

Aubergine

My Dad met Dolly once. He talked his way backstage at a concert. She walked right past him without her customary wig on yet, and he didn’t recognize her! He soon figured it out, and I guess they had a laugh over it.

We all loved her growing up.

TradeBait2

Love it! I can see that he might not of recognized.

Just a super nice, REAL person. Not fake.

BIMD, my Senior Credit Officer and I had meetings in Nashville. We went to Morton’s to have a steak on our employer. We sat, were served, and my co-worker looked over a few tables away and pointed her out. She was having a business meeting/dinner with some businessmen. I told him I was not going to interrupt her dinner and meeting.

We got up to leave and she recognized me and smiled/nodded. I just told her as we left that wifey said to say, “hey” if I ran into her when in Nashville and moved on so as not to interrupt. For the most part she was not all that recognizable with her short hair and lack of celebrity look unless you had time to process her facial features.

TheseTruths

May she RIP. She did a lot of good and was very generous.

I learned some things about her beliefs and politics from this article.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dolly-parton-county-music-icon-dies-80-rcna236277

TheseTruths

I knew she was a professing Christian:

Never shy at expressing her Christian faith, Parton was also a public supporter of the LGBTQ community who advocated for marriage equality and spoke up in defense of transgender people.

“I keep saying: If you’re the fine Christian that you think you are, why are you judging people,” Parton said during a 2017 interview with Larry King. “That’s God’s job.”

Some good people fail to see the consequences of certain policies.

Parton also left her fans guessing about her politics, although in 2016 she angered many Republicans by saying that Hillary Clinton was “very qualified” to be president.

In an online post, Parton insisted she was not endorsing Clinton or Clinton’s then-rival, Donald Trump.

While she generally dodged commenting on partisan politics, Parton was hailed in 2020 for helping to fund research at Vanderbilt University that led to the development of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.

“My longtime friend Dr. Naji Abumrad, who’s been involved in research at Vanderbilt for many years, informed me that they were making some exciting advancements towards research of the coronavirus for a cure,” Parton tweeted in April 2020, as much of the nation was under lock down. She added that she would be donating $1 million to the research.

I’m guessing she believed in the vax. I wonder if it played a role in her health problems and eventual passing.

I see her as a good-hearted, well-meaning, generous, immensely talented, but somewhat misguided person who did a lot of good in this world. She will be greatly missed.

TradeBait2

Probably an accurate description, TT.

Yes, she was jabbed. She sold out to the traditional medical industry approach. And yes, I believe it probably set her back in trying to overcome her health issues. But I do not KNOW that, just my opinion. Her kidney function deterioated rapidly.

Dolly was a moderate overall. Liberal in social issues, conservative in others, and non-committal publicly in most.

Yes, she was a Christian, but not all that scripturally aware IMO. She chased the world much of her life, but trusted in Jesus for her salvation. The former condition bothered her some as she aged, so there was progress in her journey.

PAVACA

God bless Dolly Parton. May she now sing with the angels.

cthulhu
Aubergine

So sad.

Even my weird neighbor lady stopped me on the sidewalk, just so upset. She was “going to do something fun,” she said, because she was just heartbroken over it.

TradeBait2

The local news are podcasting from the courthouse at the statue. You would not believe the flowers they are placing and people coming. There was woman tourist with her husband from York, South Carolina who just beautifully sang I Will Always Love You in the street where everybody is coming to pay tribute.

It’s not just the tourists, its the locals as well. Many are telling how they benefitted from her donations to help people suffering from the GSM fire as well as from Helene. All are talking about Imagination Library, which she said was probably her most important contribution to the world.

Dollywood will be overrun with visitors this week.

Aubergine

My daughter, who is 39, is very sad about it, too. Dolly touched hearts everywhere. She was an amazing human.

cthulhu

A light has gone from this world.

Firefly
Valerie Curren

RIP

TheseTruths

‘Life’s Too Short’: Buc-ee’s CEO Thumbs His Nose at Liberal States, Will Build Where He’s Wanted

Buc-ee’s founder and CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin III said he’s going to focus on expanding his operations in conservative locales with traditional values that match his own and which actually support something known as “business.”

Aplin:

We have a lot of opportunities. We’re growing. We’re building in a lot of places. But when you find a conservative, business-friendly state with a phenomenal workforce, it makes a difference.

And I’m starting to realize life’s too short to try to build in places that people don’t appreciate what you’re bringing.

Gail Combs

Good for him for telling it like it is!

TheseTruths

Yes! I can’t even imagine a Buc-ee’s getting looted or ransacked or becoming a low-life hangout. There’s no reason for Buc-ee’s to have a presence in places where such things happen, or where people don’t appreciate work ethic and what it takes to run a business.

Gail Combs

Maybe we will be lucky enough to see one here in the middle of NC.

kalbokalbs

Bucc-ees CEO is spot on. Piss on Retarded Libtards. (Repeating myself again.)

TheseTruths

John Cleese:

I’d like to suggest that promoting child marriage, stoning, halal animal torture, wife beating, sharia courts, and other behaviour contrary to British values, should now be referred to as Anglophobia

Robert Baker

Sorry John, what you say makes too much sense for a place like England. This is what it must have been like to witness the fall of the Roman Empire. Countries, like cities, fall when they let too many enemies inside the gates.

duchess01
duchess01

duchess01

Country Music Icon Dolly Parton DEAD at 80 Years Old— What Her Family Said After Will Make You… 

Gail Combs

  :wpds_cry:  It is so hard to watch.

TheseTruths

FAFO: US Air Force Major Hit With RARE Criminal Military Charges After Calling for President Trump’s Impeachment While in UniformA member of the U.S. Air Force is facing significant and rare charges after using his position to demand President Trump’s impeachment and removal from office.
As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson previously reported, Jason Watson, a US Air Force Major who attended the US Air Force Academy, was arrested following a press conference in July that was sponsored by far-left lunatic Rep.

According to that linked article, he was initially arrested for this:

“The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said. “It is important to note that there are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds where demonstrating is allowed.”

Back to today’s article:

…He was detained AGAIN last week for continuing to advocate for Trump’s impeachment.

On Monday, Watson was hit with a whopping 10 criminal military charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for his disgusting actions.

His attorney, Christopher Mutimer, revealed the following charges his client faced to Newsweek.

• Three violations of Article 88 for alleged “contemptuous” remarks about the president

• Five violations of Article 92 for allegedly disobeying orders

• Two violations of Article 133 for alleged conduct unbecoming of an officer

The use of Article 88 is exceptionally rare. Only two such convictions have occurred since the modern Uniform Code of Military Justice was enacted in 1951.

Watson is also the first major in the history of the military to be charged under Article 88.

CNN reports that the Article 88 charges are connected to a June interview Watson did with the Defenders of our Republic Substack newsletter, his protest in uniform at the US Capitol, and an August 17 CNN interview…

Newsweek reports that the Article 92 charges allege that Watson violated Defense Department regulations barring troops from speaking out on partisan politics.

Moreover, these charges allege that Watson wrongfully wore his uniform at the Capitol, violated leave regulations by traveling to D.C., and refused to wear his uniform after his CNN interview.

The two Article 133 charges allege that both the protest and the interview constituted conduct unbecoming of an officer.

The 40-year-old Watson could be dismissed from the military and forfeit his benefits if convicted.

Gail Combs

dismissed and forfeit his benefits???

Why doesn’t he get the same treatment the Jan 6ers got!

Goose — Gander!

kalbokalbs

Guessing the ass wipe was not promotable. ~18 years in, still a major. Douchebag.

Gail Combs

I am surprised he was not riffed. It used to be Up or Out for officers.

kalbokalbs

During Maggot years, military may have held on to dirtbags, such as this major, just for the active duty numbers.

Gail Combs

I was thinking that too.

Firefly
Brave and Free

😕 Sad news 🙏

duchess01

You Won’t BELIEVE What the WNBA Just DID!!!

Gail Combs

Time to rename it the Trans-women’s Basketball Association. REMOVE ALL GRANTS and then start another Female Women’s Basketball Association.

Perhaps Elon Musk can provide seed money for the new association.

duchess01

8.25.26: 35 States w/ 3.4 Million VOTE to VOTER discrepancy, 23.5 Million Errors + SCOTUS victory, PRAY!

And We Know

https://rumble.com/v7emw1m-8.25.26-35-states-w-3.4-million-vote-to-voter-discrepancy-23.5-million-erro.html

duchess01

Mamdani NUKES Uber & Lyft… Then 20,000 Workers LOSE THEIR JOBS

barkerjim

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Gail Combs

Wolf please kick my article out, it missed scheduled drop

scott467

From OT:

D’oh Canada – Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc Outlines the Fracture Points and Makes Mark Carney Look Like an Idiot
August 25, 2026

SD: “There are many people in Canada demanding to see the rough draft proposals of the U.S-Canada trade agreement so they can judge for themselves the issues that Carney claimed were irreconcilable. For those people this interview today by Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will only embolden those requests.

Trade Emissary LeBlanc outlined the major fracture points that drove Prime Minister Mark to reject the deal. I’ll put the full interview below which everyone should watch because what LeBlanc outlined is rather funny. Carney was obviously looking for a reason to walk away, because the fracture points were ridiculously small.

Essentially, it boils down to four issues. 1) Removal of tariffs on Canadian assembled Semi-Trucks. (2) U.S. streaming services writing code for “search engines” in the French language. (3) Canada demanding 5% of gross revenues from U.S. tech platforms, and the last one is silly because it already exists: (4) the U.S. having a right to reject a trade deal made by Canada with a non-market economy, ie. CHINA.

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Taking the issues one by one we start with ♦ U.S. tariffs on Canadian Semi Trucks. Canada wanted tariffs on Big Rigs removed. The U.S. said no.

The reason is simple. Big Rigs assembled/built in Canada are falling apart in the USA. Why? Because they are full of cheap Chinese component goods and parts that wear out quickly. The U.S. wants two things on this issue. Either: (1) Make them in the USA, or (2) stop using cheap Chinese component parts. The parts that Canada are using are not even available in the USA because we tariff and reject them, so why should we accept them when Canada installs them? Either quit using Chinese parts (hence, the trade alignment against Chinese imports), or accept a tariff equal to the rate we would apply if the product was coming directly from China.

The Stupid French Language thing. The French language stuff was an ancillary aspect where the Canadian Cultural Police were demanding that all U.S. streaming platforms (YouTube, Netflix etc.) must have search engines using the French language so Canadian users can search for stuff to watch using the French language. A ridiculous issue that was not part of the trade discussion, but Mark Carney saw political value in blowing up the issue.

This is really stupid, because when you buy your hardware (TV, Phone, Computer etc.) it asks you what language or country during set up. If you live in France, you put France. The operating system does the rest. We don’t code search engines for French in FRANCE because the OS does it! But Canada was requiring U.S. tech companies (streaming services) to install search features in French [I guess so they can set up the OS in English but get some ancillary feature.] It was a stupid “side paper” in the Intellectual Property sector of the trade discussion.

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Intellectual Property. Canada was demanding 5% of U.S. tech platform gross revenue (not profit, gross), they call it a tax. Canada then uses the “tax revenue” to subsidize Canadian media and information platforms that promote the approved government message. In essence, Canada demands that information providers pay them 5% of their revenue so that Canada can subsidize information providers they approve of. This is what the Canadian government calls “cultural protection.” In reality it is state-run media using a financial system that would make Vladimir Putin blush.

U.S. Right to Limit Canadian Trade Deals. This point is exponentially ridiculous for Canada to be upset about because the current USMCA/CUSMA already has that clause. The U.S (or Mexico) can exit the USMCA if Canada enters into a trade agreement with a “non-market” economy, ie China. [USMCA Sec 32:10]

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Canada was already in violation of the USMCA/CUSMA when they entered into a trade agreement with China and agreed to import Chinese EVs. This action triggered the U.S. to become more focused on the stuff Canada was going to import; hence, the renewed emphasis on the clause.

That’s it.

Prime Minister Mark Carney blew up the trade discussion based on his demand that: Canada should be allowed to make any deal they want with China; that Chinese component parts be allowed in Canadian assembled Semi Trucks; that streaming services install a French language search engine; and that tech platforms pay him to censor information and subsidize official narratives.

In other words, Mark Carney was looking for an excuse/justification not to make a trade deal, and make a political statement that would appeal to the uber leftist French Québécois and his partners in Beijing.

Clear enough?

Here’s Dominic LeBlanc:

Gail Combs

The anti-Trump comments are at the very top… SURPRISE!

scott467

It’s CNBS!

Gail Combs

It was snark, I guess I should have included /sarc

barkerjim

https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/massive-rust-security-compromise-malicious-crates/

Malicious Rust “Crate” found – huge security problem for millions of programs

Gail Combs

Think of how many system run Ubuntu. That’s the number of potentially compromised systems just from Canonical’s customers….

OH CRAP!

I am going to have to tell hubby about this. We run Ubuntu.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

kalbokalbs

Was scheduled for Saturday. Will leave it run, for those that may miss above post.

duchess01

Ilhan Omar Is IMPLODING! Trump Just EXPOSED What Could Get Her DEPORTED!!!

duchess01

Trump Always Aims Three Steps Away From His Real Target

cthulhu

Three steps is an important concept for negotiations…..

Gail Combs

Full video (36 minutes)

TheseTruths

Our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge (emphasis mine):

“Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely for the purpose of protecting ourselves. We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.”

Source: “Accepting The Republican Presidential Nomination,” on August 14, 1924. As found in The Mind of the President, p. 216-217.

I had forgotten the history. Our 29th president, Warren G. Harding, died of a heart attack two years into his presidency, in 1923. VP Coolidge became president then, and was elected to a full term in 1924. During the 1924 election season, Coolidge was devastated by the death of his 16-year-old son.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge#Early_career_and_marriage

The Coolidges had two sons: John (1906–2000) and Calvin Jr. (1908–1924). On June 30, 1924, Calvin Jr. played tennis with his brother on the White House tennis courts without putting on socks and developed a blister on one of his toes. The blister subsequently degenerated into sepsis. He died a little over a week later at the age of 16.[23]

I am often struck by my unawareness of the personal struggles, burdens, and losses borne by those who founded, fostered, and preserved this country. I am grateful for Coolidge’s views on immigration, which resound to this day.

Coolidge was president at America’s sesquicentennial in 1926, his 54th birthday. He was born on the 4th of July in 1872 and was the only president born on the 4th.

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pgroup

However, three presidents died on July Fourth.

Jefferson 07/04/1826
Adams 07/04/1826
Monroe 07/04/1831

duchess01

D’s Election Rigging System Exposed, Bessent Is About To Bring Down The [DS] Infrastructure – Ep. 3978
 August 25, 2026  x22report

https://x22report.com/ds-election-rigging-system-exposed-bessent-is-about-to-bring-down-the-ds-infrastructure-ep-3978/

Canada and the [CB] are fighting back, Carney setup and system to try to manage the tariffs that are going to hit Canada, Trump is going to make a move that they don’t expect. Trump is removing 200,000 business and tourism visas. Trump is removing the power of the Federal Reserve and transferring it to the Treasury. The [DS] sees their system being dismantled right in front of their eyes. The election rigging system is exposed for the world to see. Now Bessent is bringing down the [DS] infrastructure. The money laundering system that has been used around the world to fund the [DS] is now being shutdown, Trump and Bessent have warned the [CB]/[DS] and now it is happening. The entire infrastructure that kept the [DS] in power is being exposed, dismantled and brought to its knees.

Ep 3978a – [CB]/Canada Has Started The War,Trump Will End It,Power Of The Fed Is Being Stripped Away
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3978a-cb-canada-has-started-the-wartrump-will-end-itpower-of-the-fed-is-being-stripped-away/

Ep 3978b – D’s Election Rigging System Exposed, Bessent Is About To Bring Down The [DS] Infrastructure
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3978b-ds-election-rigging-system-exposed-bessent-is-about-to-bring-down-the-ds-infrastructure/

TheseTruths

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Gail Combs

But do not make it public. 🤓

patfrederick

that is brilliant!

patfrederick

On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.
The service XCancel is stopped until further notice.
We are seeking legal advice and won’t share more details for now.
Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel.

Gail Combs

DARN!!!!

  :wpds_sad: 

patfrederick

agreed

Valerie Curren

maybe the nitter version still works?

Gail Combs

Hope so.

Valerie Curren

I tried it on an X/tweet shared here earlier & got this:

Your connection is not privateAttackers might be trying to steal your information from nitter.poast.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warningnet::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

nitter.poast.org normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Brave tried to connect to nitter.poast.org this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be nitter.poast.org, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Brave stopped the connection before any data was exchanged.

You cannot visit nitter.poast.org right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.

https://nitter.poast.org/ronrule/status/2092227496468947151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2092227496468947151%7Ctwgr%5E0161ca75d6fa54400aa925a28326b47d6c27450b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theqtree.com%2F2026%2F08%2F25%2Fdear-maga-20260825-e29d80-depat-tuesday-e29d80-open-topic-the-alpha-gal-switcheroo-is-bill-gates-using-boxes-of-ticks-misdirection-to-protect-vaccines%2F

fwiw…sigh…

cthulhu

If this were FOSS, someone would d/l the source code, fork it, and recompile before lunchtime.

patfrederick

what language are you speaking in?

kalbokalbs

Geekology. Thankfully it is not contagious.   :cheers: 

patfrederick

  :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol: 
I’ve missed you!

kalbokalbs

Likewise.  :wpds_wink: 

cthulhu

If this were Free and Open Source Software, you could legally go to a published source, download source code for the program, and modify it (fork). One such modification might be changing the name.

You have to offer your modifications to the original source.

Then you can recompile the source code into a usable program and offer it to anyone.

patfrederick

easy for you to say! LOL

RedLegLeader68

Guess I’m missing nothing, since the “X-cancel” links would never work on my machine … just sayin’ …

gil00

Dang it.

barkerjim

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-tamiflu-kills

Twenty years too late, a study finds very bad news about the widely used flu medicine. Too bad the legacy media is burying the story, along with patients.

kalbokalbs

  :wpds_mad:  Piss on the wanking Karen.   :wpds_evil: 

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You’ve probably heard that part.

Here’s the part you haven’t:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women’s center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn’t be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn’t owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn’t read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

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TradeBait2

Much of what is stated is true. What is not is her paying for the new hospital. She contributed a million dollars with Dollywood and Dixie Stampede matching. The county had an old hospital they replaced with LeConte, which is quite well done and an attractive facility, and they used bond financing. The larger Covenant Healthcare chain based in Knoxville bought it soon after it opened.

What she did do as well is provide funding for the birthing center and women’s neonatal unit. It is now the #1 rated birthing unit in the state with 19 beds. The hospital was rated in the top maternity hospitals in the nation by Newsweek. Our granddaughter was born in the center with SonIL, wifey and me part of it as I posted on here. The delivery and care team were fabulous and tops in the profession. The head nurse in the team was a highly experienced older pro. There were some testy moments in delivery with daughter’s BP crashing, but they pulled her through with ease and were able to complete the planned procedure to tie her tubes. She’s had no issues since the delivery. Dolly deserves all the credit in the world for helping make that hospital what it is, but it has also taken great workers and leaders within its organization.

in the spring of this year she sunk “a fortune” (amount unknown) into East TN Children’s Hospital in Knoxville to totally transform it and its facilities. It was needing it as the population has grown it has not kept up with the needs. They named the hospital after her.

Some people talk big and turn out to be big nothings, Dolly lived big and shared it bigger.

gil00

Ok my favorite math nerds.
I bought kiddo his first graohing calculator. TI-Nspire CX II. Since i am no longer able to teach him nath hes doing Akgebra 2 online, with a geometry primer then integrated into the course. Sometimes during the course the teacher instruction includes how to use it. Just wondering if there are things to avoid but still do on paper only or if the calculators are reliable?
Also since hes in 8th grade, if he passes w say 85% is that good enough for the next level? And calculus or trigonometry? Ty!

cthulhu

As I’ve frequently noted, you can give a skilled carpenter a pile of lumber and some power tools, and he can build a house for you in 12 weeks. If you give the same lumber and tools to a wood butcher, he can build you a pile of firewood in the same 12 weeks.

If you give a skilled carpenter a pile of lumber and some hand tools, he can build you a house in 48 weeks; but if you give the same lumber and tools to a wood butcher, he can build you a pile of firewood in the same 48 weeks.

In some regards, the gilkid would benefit from some handwork; while, in others, the increase in speed is well worth it. Hand-smoothing curves between the dots on graph paper will help him when he hits calculus because calculus is partially the study of what happens in-between the dots. That said, there’s no reason to chain him to graph paper once he is familiar and comfortable with the practice. A well-written course will handle the paper/calculator issue within the course.

Similarly, the 85% number is also dependent on the course. The test score is not necessarily reflective of the amount learned. I’m sure you did due diligence on selecting the course, but whether it takes him to calculus is the final arbiter of its usefulness.

As far as trig goes, my dad tried to explain it to me in fourth grade, getting nowhere. I hit it again in “Algebra II/Trig” in early High School, and they ran out of time before doing any Trig. I then hit it with Analytic Geometry near the end of High School and said, “well, why didn’t you say so?”

cthulhu

My transcript from High School relied on primitive software that only had nine spaces for the course title. Thus, the “mathematical analysis” course near the end of High School showed up in my permanent record as “MATH ANAL”.

scott467

They coulda dropped the ‘L’… everyone would have known ‘ana’ was short for analysis just as well as ‘anal’ was short for analysis 😂

cthulhu

We all considered it “ANAL MATH”.

gil00

😄

gil00

Lol. Ty. They do calculus and act prep and all that. He definitly a math science kid. Not great w language arts at all. BUT I gotten him to be a good reader, w good retention.

cthulhu

When I took Probability & Statistics in college, I took the 5-question open-book midterm (on a blue-book) and was so ticked-off that I went back to the dorm, slammed my backpack into the bed, and went off in a rage. I knew I had completely botched one question and half-assed two others.

When the class came where the graded blue books were handed-back, the instructor stood at the front of the class and said, “you will be happy to hear that your results were a beautiful bell curve, with an average of 33. One student was an outlier with a score of 80….”

I looked down at my blue book…..the one that said “80”…..

cthulhu

I did that course with a credit-card-sized math calculator that did averages and standard deviations.

Gail Combs

I was so happy to see a calculator that would just do square roots!!!

I spend an entire Easter break doing square roots by hand.😥 It was for an analytical chemistry course. It wasn’t even a stat course, just a quicky intro to statistics.

I took stat courses later once I was working.

gil00

Whew. Good for you.

TradeBait2

This is how we’uns like to remember Dolly. One of a kind.

Aubergine

I love that song!

Aubergine

I just found this. Absolute proof, Dolly could sing anything.

cthulhu

cthulhu

Robert Plant reputedly liked her version.

TradeBait2

Absolutely brought tears to my eyes!

MarieUrsula

Dolly was a special person, indeed. Many people are going to her official YouTube videos and posting. Here’s 9 to 5:

May she rest in peace.

scott467

From OT:

UPDATE: South Carolina Special Election: Ralph Norman -vs- Darline Graham, Polls Close at 7:00pm ET
August 25, 2026

UPDATE: Graham Wins – AP Calls the Race

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SD: “The special election in South Carolina to fill the seat of Senator Lindsey Graham is today. The polls close at 7:00pm ET in South Carolina and for President Trump there is a significant stake.

The opposition media are hoping that Ralph Norman defeats President Trump endorsed candidate Darline Graham so they can write about articles about how Trump has lost his political strength and now suffers election embarrassment. President Trump not only endorsed Darline Graham, but he also held a rally for her last Friday and instructed his SuperPAC to fund her campaign heavily.

No one is sure how this special election is going to turn out. What I find interesting is the lack of publicly displayed and discussed polling over the past week. That doesn’t mean polls were not conducted, it only means conducted polls were never made public. This one will be super interesting to watch unfold this evening.”

(more…)

kalbokalbs

A near-total lunar eclipse will take place Thursday night and into Friday morning (August 27th-28th), which will be visible for most of North and South America and parts of Europe and Africa!

At the peak of the eclipse, Earth’s shadow will cover 96% of the moon.