“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
For all those political junkies who honestly believe that while Creepy, Sleepy Joe Biden is the Democrat front man – for now – the real candidate is actually Senator Kamala Harris, tonight’s debate against Vice President Mike Pence may actually be revealing.
The pair will be in Salt Lake City, Utah to square off with USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page acting as moderator and a big piece of plexiglass separating the combatants as the former Attorney General of California is afraid of getting a bug with a 99% survival rate.
Begging the indulgence of the beloved Q Tree, please excuse any boo boos here. I aggravated an old lower back injury, and just had it stretched out, and went to see the puppy I’m helping with…she got underfoot and I wrenched it again. So, my head is not all here as I write this.
Declassified memos: CIA feared Clinton was ‘stirring up’ false Russia collusion narrative
Suspected goal was to “vilify Donald Trump” and distract from Clinton’s own controversies in 2016 election.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Tuesday declassified two documents showing President Obama’s CIA feared in summer 2016 that Hillary Clinton was “stirring up” a false Russia collusion narrative to “vilify” Donald Trump and distract from her own controversies heading into the election.
The memos indicate the CIA first received the information through the monitoring of Russian sources and deemed it credible enough to brief Obama on it in July 2016 and to refer the intelligence to the FBI in September 2016 for possible investigation.
The warnings came as the FBI was just starting its Crossfire Hurricane probe into now-disproven Trump-Russia collusion, aided by the Clinton campaign-funded dossier by Christopher Steele. They are likely to bolster GOP claims the James Comey’s FBI ignored clear evidence that the allegations were a political dirty trick and not evidence of a counterintelligence threat.
He gave up everything. He knew his life, and the lives of his family, would forever change. He knew [knows] the consequences. A man who had everything. Why do it? Q
How close did we come to losing it? What if she got in? What if she got (3+) SC Justice(s)? What if she got 300+ Judges? What if rogue elements remained [+ more added] within FBI, CIA, NSA, State, DNI, WH, IRS, DHS, ICE, WHO, CDC, ……..? What if our MIL remained financially starved? What if [F]oreign backers continued to control America’s policies? What if our borders remained open? What if China was given the keys? What if ………? This is not about R vs D. Q
Why are we being censored? Why are we being attacked daily? Why are we being condemned by Congress? 1984 thoughtcrime? What happens when people are no longer allowed to think freely? What happens when people are no longer allowed to challenge their authority? What happens when people no longer fight back? Q
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And for today’s musical selection from a movie, with the death of Eddie Van Halen to whose guitar licks I JUMPED during high school mixers while the guys were Hot for Teacher, this seemed like the obvious choice.
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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
In addition, it is requested that there be no swinging from the chandeliers, celebratory gunfire, messing around with the nuclear weapons, and, please, everyone wash your hands.
Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.
Those who have things to say that do not fit the generally accepted limits of “civil” discussion, Wolf has provided a venue known as the UTree. You’re welcome to visit over there and say hi to anyone hanging out over there.
A few other vital notes:
Please, review these rules that our host Wolfm00n outlined toward the beginning of the growth of the tree itself. it won’t take long.
Ridiculing the other side, on the other hand…well….
46And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; 49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation. 51He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, 52he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; 53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away. 54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.”
This passage has been set to countless tunes and forms in the last 1500 years. In the modern era, several stick out, but seeing as how “And Holy Is His Name” is no longer used due to the composer being a dirty old man accused of hitting on an under aged girl, here is a very nice setting.
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome.
Please include: President Donald Trump, the Q team, our soldiers in the field, special forces, tactical units, members of the Cabinet, first responders and those working behind the scenes.
Due to being knocked low by the Wuhan Flu, President Donald Trump was out of the public eye for a few days. We’ve all been following that story rather closely. So has his base, and if he couldn’t bring the rally to the people, the people brought it to him.
https://youtu.be/fE09RH65HZU
Of course, that sent the other side into a tizzy.
Oh, well, there’s always Valium. They’re usually into science and all that. Of course, there’s always herbs of essence.
Brings back memories of road trips in an 8-cylinder station wagon with an 8-track where we sang this sort of thing, the Kingston Trio, the St. Louis Jesuits, Neil Diamond, and the Bert & Ernie Sing-a-Long album.
In the meantime, our favorite letter of the alphabet has gone quiet again. Signs of activity we don’t know anything about?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejld46TWAAIbjdv.jpg
Time will tell.
Of course, the obvious theme for President Trump leaving the hospital after only a few days, and looking quite well despite the crepe hanging coming from the left and the dinosaur media:
To understand just what Williams does to orchestras [it’s ROUGH stuff] you have to watch it live. Unfortunately, this is the only live video at the correct tempo I could find.
And a reminder to take the pledge:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
Bonus video (I’ve been waiting for this one):
And now for the nitty gritty of the Q Tree 5 minute, stand up, Tuesday morning meeting version of the Daily Thread.
The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out with anyone who happens to still be hanging out there.
This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.
Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
And please, if you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it.
And the gospel reading that perfectly exemplifies why my grandmother’s middle name was Martha. She never could sit down when there was work to be done.
LUKE 10:38-42
38Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. 39And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; 42one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.
We are now in completely uncharted territory as our very own President Donald J. Trump is forced to cancel live, in person campaign rallies, uh, protests against stupidity due to testing positive for the Wuhan Flu.
This evening he was supposed to be in Florida, and that just is not going to happen.
So, the rally will be virtual.
How exactly this is going to work is not quite clear as of this writing. Supposedly, it will be a sign up event via the Trump Campaign event website. When the link is available, I will add it.
It’s been a hectic few days. Shall we relax a little?
[14 seconds into the video] Enough of that.
Okay, here we are. RED OCTOBER.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpHpea3WwAANJMG.jpg
Yes, patience is wearing more thin than usual. However, for many Americans, the strategy to wake the people slowly and methodically is working. It may not always seem that way, but it is.
As usual, this is the daily thread, the place to put all information that needs to be out there – Q drops, Q drop decodes, riot information, rumors about MAGA rallies starting up again, news flashes, Chy-na flu updates, fashionable mask photos, satire, memes, and of course cute animal videos.
In the meantime, the short and sweet version of “THE RULES” is here borrowed from Tuesday:
The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out.
This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.
Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Since it is almost the weekend, the reminders are in place to not swing from the chandeliers, wash your hands and face, and be nice to the liberals whether they deserve it or not. Making your bed, OTOH, is optional.
1After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road. 5Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. 7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; 9heal the sick in it and say to them, `The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11`Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Okay…venturing to the state that just slipped through President Trump’s Electoral Count grasp in 2016 for some shoring up, our very special genius is headed to one of the largest freshwater ports in North America.
Situated on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the largest metropolitan area (and second-largest city) on the lake and is accessible to the Atlantic Ocean 2,300 miles (3,700 km) away via the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway.[6] The Port of Duluth is the world’s farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships,[7] and by far the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes.[8] The port is ranked among the top 20 ports in the United States by tonnage. Commodities shipped from the Port of Duluth include coal, iron ore, grain, limestone, cement, salt, wood pulp, steel coil, and wind turbine components.
A tourist destination for the Midwest, Duluth features the United States’ only all-freshwater aquarium, the Great Lakes Aquarium; the Aerial Lift Bridge, which is adjacent to Canal Park and spans the Duluth Ship Canal into the Duluth–Superior harbor; and Minnesota Point (known locally as Park Point), the world’s longest freshwater baymouth bar, spanning 6 miles (10 km).[9] The city is also the starting point for vehicle trips touring the North Shore of Lake Superior toward Ontario, Canada.
Freshwater aquarium, huh. Wonder if they have any trout.
As for the background of the place, this is fairly common throughout the Native American history of the midwest:
The Ojibwe, sometimes referred to as the Chippewa, are clan members of the Anishinaabe, a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples including the Ojibwe who are resident in what are now Canada and the United States. The Ojibwe have a inhabited the Lake Superior region for more than 500 years. Already established as traders, after the arrival of Europeans, the Anishinaabe found a niche as the middlemen between the French fur traders and other Native peoples. They soon became the dominant Indian nation in the region, forcing out the Dakota Sioux and Fox and winning a victory against the Iroquois west of Sault Ste. Marie in 1662. By the mid-18th century, the Ojibwe occupied all of Lake Superior’s shores.[10][11][12] In 1745, they adopted guns from the British for use against the Dakota nation of the Sioux, whom they pushed farther to the south. The Ojibwe Nation was the first to set the agenda with European-Canadian leaders for signing more detailed treaties before many European settlers were allowed too far west.[13]
The Ojibwe are historically known for their crafting of birch bark canoes, use of copper arrow points, and cultivation of wild rice. The settlement in Ojibwe is Onigamiinsing (“at the little portage”), a reference to the small and easy portage across Minnesota Point between Lake Superior and western St. Louis Bay, which forms Duluth’s harbor.[14] For both the Ojibwe and the Dakota, interaction with Europeans during the contact period revolved around the fur trade and related activities.[15]
According to Ojibwe oral history, Spirit Island, near the Spirit Valley neighborhood, was the “Sixth Stopping Place”, where the northern and southern branches of the Ojibwe Nation came together and proceeded to their “Seventh Stopping Place” near the present city of La Pointe, Wisconsin. The “Stopping Places” were the places the Native Americans occupied during their westward migration as the Europeans overran their territory.[16]
Several factors brought fur traders to the Great Lakes in the early 17th century. The fashion for beaver hats in Europe generated demand for pelts. French trade for beaver in the lower St. Lawrence River had led to the depletion of the animals in that region by the late 1630s, so the French searched farther west for new resources and new routes, making alliances with the Native Americans along the way to trap and deliver their furs.
Étienne Brûlé is credited with the European discovery of Lake Superior before 1620. Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers explored the Duluth area, Fond du Lac (Bottom of the Lake) in 1654 and again in 1660. The French soon established fur posts near Duluth and in the far north where Grand Portage became a major trading center. The French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, whose name is sometimes anglicized as “DuLuth”, explored the St. Louis River in 1679.
After 1792 and the independence of the United States, the North West Company established several posts on Minnesota rivers and lakes, and in areas to the west and northwest, for trading with the Ojibwe, the Dakota, and other native tribes. The first post was where Superior, Wisconsin, later developed. Known as Fort St. Louis, the post became the headquarters for North West’s new Fond du Lac Department. It had stockaded walls, two houses of 40 feet (12 m) each, a shed of 60 feet (18 m), a large warehouse, and a canoe yard. Over time, Indian peoples and European Americans settled nearby, and a town gradually developed at this point.
In 1808, the American Fur Company was organized by German-born John Jacob Astor. The company began trading at the Head of the Lakes in 1809. In 1817, it erected a new headquarters at present-day Fond du Lac on the St. Louis River. There, portages connected Lake Superior with Lake Vermillion to the north, and with the Mississippi River to the south. After creating a powerful monopoly, Astor got out of the business about 1830, as the trade was declining. But active trade was carried on until the failure of the fur trade in the 1840s. European fashions had changed and many American areas were getting over-trapped, with game declining.
In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft visited the Fond du Lac area and wrote of his experiences with the Ojibwe Indians there. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based the Song of Hiawatha, his epic poem relating the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman, on Schoolcraft’s writings.[17]
Natives signed two Treaties of Fond du Lac with the United States in the present neighborhood of Fond du Lac in 1826 and 1847, in which the Ojibwe ceded land to the American government. As part of the Treaty of Washington (1854) with the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa, the United States set aside the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation upstream from Duluth near Cloquet, Minnesota.
That’s him. One of the favorite punching bags for the tar and feather brigade looking for a scalp in the plot to prevent his election and then overthrow President Donald Trump.
What he’ll be able to talk about since it is reported that former FBI Director James Comey gave up his security clearance a while back is anyone’s guess…although…come to think of it…Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe DID declassify all those documents related to the Crossfire Hurricane plot and swift boating yesterday….
Coincidence?
You decide.
At any rate, here are the links that should be going live.
Tuesday was a busy day what with the General Flynn hearing which sounds like it was an exercise in torture, and the debate (that has its own thread). And, of course, a few more booms from our favorite letter of the alphabet.
1) DNI info to Graham: In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump..
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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
In addition, it is requested that there be no swinging from the chandeliers, celebratory gunfire, messing around with the nuclear weapons, and, please, everyone wash your hands.
Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.
Those who have things to say that do not fit the generally accepted limits of “civil” discussion, Wolf has provided a venue known as the UTree. You’re welcome to visit over there and say hi to anyone hanging out over there.
A few other vital notes:
Please, review these rules that our host Wolfm00n outlined toward the beginning of the growth of the tree itself. it won’t take long.
Ridiculing the other side, on the other hand…well….
1Then Job answered: 2“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God? 3If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. 4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength — who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? — 5he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger; 6who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; 7who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; 8who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the waves of the sea; 9who made the Bear and Orion, the Plei’ades and the chambers of the south; 10who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number. 11Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him. 12Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, `What doest thou’?
[13] God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
14How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? 15Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser. 16If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome.
Please include: President Donald Trump, the Q team, our soldiers in the field, special forces, tactical units, members of the Cabinet, first responders and those working behind the scenes.
Joe Biden’s (D) team has reportedly rejected the Trump campaign’s request to have the former vice president’s ears inspected for an electronic device prior to Tuesday night’s debate despite agreeing to the proposal just days ago. https://t.co/4rfPzUgyJ0
Cover image: Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debating at Charleston, Illinois on 18th September 1858, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Robert Marshall Root.
In the world of presidential politics, the question “Where’s Hunter [Biden]” can now be replaced with “Where’s Joe Hiden'”?
On Monday, for the TWELFTH time in September alone, Sleepy, Creepy Joe’s campaign manager called a “lid,” meaning he would not be making any public appearances. Here’s his absentee record for the last four weeks.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjAhDLrWoAMvU0v.jpg
So, is Joe doing debate prep or is the Scooby van being fitted to deal with whatever is going on with him that the campaign doesn’t want the rest of the world to know? We might find out at the debate tonight…if he shows up.
Will he? Please, put your thoughts in the comments. (If it’s really on, I’ll put up a debate thread tomorrow afternoon.)
Seventeen got on a roll. Here’s the juicy ones…and yes, I’m still sitting back and watching rather than trying to figure out if non-CNN employees are REALLY black hats or if they are just playing them on TV for laser pointer and shiny red ball purposes.
https://www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill Shaping the narrative takes work. Trial date: July 12, 2021 Unusual to have a 1-year gap from arrest to trial? What might be the purpose? Q
Family of ‘supporter’ hired @ CF engaged law firm(s)
CF ‘donated’ funds [primary influx _foreign][under ‘legal’ payment(s)] to engaged law firm [Dla Piper]
Dla Piper payment (salary, bonus & other) to family member of supporter
Family member transfer to supporter _campaign _foundation _gift _asset (home) _other https://www.clintonfoundation.org/sites/default/files/clinton_foundation_report_public_2018.pdf Follow the expenses. Follow salaries & benefits. Follow professional & consulting. Follow cost of sales. Follow other. FUNDS: EXPENSES V. PAYOUTS [for ’causes’] _analyze % [how much of the actual donated money actually goes to help select ’causes’]? Less than 10% [TTM _5 year historical]? Gifts & Grants: 2014: $172,579,474 2015: $108,915,463 2016: $62,901,979 [loss of power _POTUS win _start of PAY-TO-PLAY collapse] 2017: $26,566,825 2018: $24,167,053 [total revenue 2018: $30,703,366][total expenses 2018: $47,510,175] CLINTON FOUNDATION AT THE CENTER. Q
And then seventeen gave us this as a reminder in 4786:
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In preparation for tonight’s festivities…if they happen:
And a reminder to take the pledge:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
And now for the nitty gritty of the Q Tree 5 minute, stand up, Tuesday morning meeting version of the Daily Thread.
The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out with anyone who happens to still be hanging out there.
This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.
Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:
Under normal circumstances, the Scripture reading that appears in this space comes from TODAY’s Mass readings. However, on Sunday, the Second Reading, the one from the New Testament and not the Gospel reading, stood out as one to really remember. My pastor even gave us all homework to read it several times during the week. This is what it’s all about:
PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. 4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. 9Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.
