Dear KAG: 20210401 Daily Open Thread

It’s a hard thing to accept when family and friends will not emerge from the echo chamber of Project Mockingbird. All of us are there with family and friends in this whole scamdemic and faux “presidency.” So many are falling for the lies, and not accepting the reality of adverse effects without “news” sources they trust telling them that it is happening.

We who actually frequent alternative news sites…yeah, to them, we’re nuts.

Note to the XVII team, President Trump, etc., END THIS PLEASE.

And then there was this.

https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1377044643133730818

Thank Heaven for Peter Navarro. Somebody has to say it. If it’s him, all the better. But, still….

And don’t forget what the media entertainment complex trained the public to think about those who follow the conspiracies.

With that in mind…..

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1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Prayers for the nation, the salvation of humanity, and all of us here – lurkers and members – as well as our families, are welcome.

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There’s something very odd about this.

Dear KAG: 20210331 Open Thread

All part of the same company, and the flight # was 666.

Coincidence?

The power of three and all that.

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Are we ready for the next act in the Chy-NAH virus that never seems to die?

Oops! Were we supposed to see that?

Probably not, but we are supposed to believe this.

Can you say “GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES?”

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: e37132 No.10870492 
Oct 1 2020 11:51:00 (EST)

Spy campaign failed.
Russia Russia Russia failed.
Weissmann [Mueller] failed.
Leaks failed.
Fake news reports failed.
Impeachment failed.
CDC/WHO recommend ‘do not close’ border failed.
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What if C19 didn’t exist?
Economy today?
Unemployment today?
Trade today [China phase II held accountable]?
Rally POTUS v BIDEN attendance?
BIDEN interview(s) non_basement?
BIDEN question(s) non_basement?
Removal of delay(s) re: Durham (GJ + interview(s) + testimony + DECLAS]?
Removal of BIDEN ammunition P_Debate 1, 2, and 3 [200k dead, down-economy, unemployment, debt, …..]?
Removal of mail-in ballot harvesting + fraud [normal in-person voting]?
Removal of tech [tyranny] censorship [WHO foundation _anti WHO = suspend/terminate [C19 basis]]?
Removal of bailout attempt re: CA & NY [debt solution]?
…………………….
MATHEMATICAL PROBABILITY OF C19 EVENT AS SOLUTION TO ABOVE _PERFECTLY TIMED ‘WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY’ START RE: IMPACT NOV 3 P_ELECTION ADV [D]?
WHO BENEFITS THE MOST?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html
WHY DID WH STRIP CDC CONTROL OF C19 DATA?
BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
Q

When the book is FINALLY written on this episode of human history, it’s going to be a page turner, that’s for sure.

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MATTHEW 26:14-25

14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him. 17Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?” 18He said, “Go into the city to a certain one, and say to him, `The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.'” 19And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover. 20When it was evening, he sat at table with the twelve disciples; 21and as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” 23He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me, will betray me. 24The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” 25Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Is it I, Master?” He said to him, “You have said so.”

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome.

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Dear KAG: 20210330 Open Thread

Cover image: “Zerogee,” by Paul Granlund, 1983, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri. Full image:

This sculpture is along the path from the entrance of the Garden to the Climatron, a piece of architectural history all its own.

Okay, now that the Evergreen shipping container saga is at intermission while the ship is moved to undergo “inspection,” it’s time to talk about the next move against the freedom of humanity.

VACCINATION PASSPORTS???????

This has GOT to be a joke. Right? I mean, if the blasted virus is constantly changing, and one has to be shot up every year just to be able to get on a plane, train, or cross a state line, doesn’t that sort of violate our rights as humans let alone Americans where papers have never been required on the interstates?

patfrederick
March 29, 2021 at 3:50 pm

IF i could walk anywhere with impunity and no mask, i MIGHT consider the pros and cons of a vaccine. but you still have to wear a mask–you can still get covid and you can still transmit…what in the blue blazes is it good for?

Exactly, Pat. Exactly.

Note to meme makers: we need some good COVID Passport memes. Thanks.

In the comments, please, let us know what the first stamp in your first passport was. Mine was the island of St. Maarten. The next one I got at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam a couple years later. My current passport is blank. 😖

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: aa946f No.11091496
Oct 15 2020 17:22:02 (EST)
Without you, collectively, there would have been no way to bypass their control.
They weren’t about to repeat the mistake(s) of 2016.
You are what matters most.
UNITED NOT DIVIDED.
You awake, thinking for yourself, is their greatest fear.
WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD.
WWG1WGA!!!
Q

Something to keep in mind as things look to be getting far more real in the last week whether individuals joining us here want to believe it or not.

Just a reminder:

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

And now for something completely different.

Your weekly 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.”

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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

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ISAIAH 49:1-6

1Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. 3And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.” 5And now the LORD says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my strength — 6he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.

Dear KAG: 2021-03-26: The Great Wakee Wakee Edition

JOE BIDEN IS A TOOL, and not a very sharp one.

It’s We-Don’t-Suffer-Fools-Gladly Friday at Wolf’s Pub. Oh, I hope the Meme Magic is strong today and we can soundly and roundly mock the Swamp Things in D.C. They richly deserve it.

It’s just got to be said over and over and over again:
Joe Biden Didn’t Win!

He’s a fraud

He’s a fake

He’s a phony fool

The Resident of the United States is such an embarrassment to the Cabal (whichever hydra head you want to refer to) that they are undoubtedly regretting him–especially if he’ll be running for reelection in 2024 (!!!) as he insisted yesterday. But, there’s an even deeper embarrassment—Heels Up Harris. This was the best they could do? The tools are nowhere near as useful as the weekly Tool Man (h/t to Valerie and her son).

Goodness, who are they gonna get for Harris’ fake role of VP if she does manage to blow her way through into His Fraudulency’s throne room?

We can only imagine.

It’s a grand show these vain, corrupt and very malicious people are putting on for us, eh?

INSANITY REIGNS WHILE LIFE GOES ON

Meanwhile, our daily lives gallop on. At least mine seems to gallop on. We don’t know the ending of the show, but it is probably wise to stay in top form in light of the uncommon times we are living in. Life in the time of Covid-2019, Covid-2020, and now Covid-2021 is getting a bit monotonous.

I BEG YOU to listen to (AND SHARE) Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav’s interview about how the medical establishment and the Corporate Elite in Nazi Germany (and internationally) joined with the Nazis to DO HARM and how our own government and medical establishment is doing this with Covid-19 now. She is warning us. It has come around again.

Click to watch: Where All Of This Is Heading

Note: Here is a link to an investigative piece Sharav mentions: Schwab Family Values. It shares a lot of what has been scrubbed from the net about Uncle Klaus and his background/family.

IN THE GARDEN

Excellent books for planning to thrive in hard times

One’s thinking can get a bit stunted at times. I tend to get obsessed with certain political issues and forget that “The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings,” to quote Robert Louis Stevenson .

To that end, I’ve been forcing myself offline a bit more. I’m tending more to my mental and physical garden. Someone said here the other day that they had invested in a stationary bike and cut sugar out. That really got me thinking about my own extended response to the political crisis we are being forced to endure. One thing I love about the Qtree is the great deal of wisdom I find here.

I have learned more about so many things just by reading the comments. Lots of subject matter experts, lots of life experience. Very grateful.

ON TO THE HOUSE RULES

You know the drill. We’re all growing together in this garden plot, so we might as well get along. Some of us are veggies, some are fruits, some are nuts, some are mushrooms. I self-identify as a nut. Anyway, here’s the Rules that keep us growing together. The Utree is for off-color, off-site stuff, and a place of refuge in case something happens here.

A LIBERAL LIBATION OF LIQUEUR

Speaking of nuts, today’s special is amaretto, a liqueur that tastes of almonds, although it’s made with apricot kernel oil. Disaronno is a favorite and probably the most familiar amaretto in America. The lovely and liquid amaretto liqueur dates back to the Renaissance, and according to legend:

“As legend has it, amaretto was first created back in The Renaissance by a beautiful young innkeeper in Saronno, Italy. In 1525, the citizens of Saronno were completing the reconstruction of their city which was hit hard by war. Bernardino Luini (a member of the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art) was commissioned by the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Saronno to paint a fresco of the Adoration of the Magi, which included the Madonna.

Luini, passionate about his work and art, went on a lengthy search for the perfect model to represent his Madonna. He found that looking for someone who was patient, poised and beautiful was an arduous task until he first laid his artistic glance on the fair-haired innkeeper.

It was only a matter of time before the young innkeeper fell deeply and passionately in love with the artist. Her love was so deep that she created a special potion for her lover: amaretto. Unfortunately, the young innkeeper’s name has been lost, but her likeness and amaretto recipe lives on.”

Amaretto (“A little bitter” in Italian) has been used in Italian cuisine for centuries, such as the famous Italian cake “Tiramisu.” You can read more about it here. And above’s a recipe for a delicious Amaretto Sour. Don’t let the egg white deter you, these are really tasty cocktails.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

Back to tending our own gardens in this time of upheaval. Vox Day has published a short post (in full below) that says just that. I love it when I get these little confirmations. I started this article on Tuesday and Vox’s article shows up on Wednesday.

Those who were previously just bystanders are beginning to find it invigorating:

I used to just listen to people talking about what’s happening, but once you said “conflict is in the air we breath,” as well as once I heard Owen talk about crushing, creating…I just started focusing on building a community vs fear-porn watching and being paralyzed by the temptations from Satan and the material world.  Now I’ve got more friends than I have ever had before, who have homesteads, growing food, and truly care about the future of our community. Going from sterile sodomite land to where I’m at now… it’s awesome.

It’s the only way to make it to the next level. Start small, by leaving a review of a book on Amazon or buying an ebook from an author you haven’t read before. Later, perhaps you’ll start subscribing to UATV or starting a garden or getting on SG. Before long, you’ll be backing new projects, learning about the law, collecting leatherbound tomes for your future grandchildren, and making a material impact on the world around you. 

One step. One breath. One dive into the waters of conflict. That’s all it takes to begin the transformation. That’s all it takes to belatedly discover that you weren’t created to be a penguin waddling about the sterile ice in squawking confusion, you were created to be a killer whale, roving the seas as part of a fearsome pack.”

I use old forms to make new raised beds. Then do it over and over. I have made eight new beds this spring.

Are we not seeing a Great Awakening?

On Thursday morning’s War Room, Steve Bannon and Sean Feucht (author and founder of Let Us Worship), spoke about the Great Awakening as a great shaking of the world, Episode #825, the last 30 minutes or so. No matter what I do, I can’t get it to embed. Haloooo, Wolf!

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qjmv5-fed31a

MIGHTY MILO MAKES IT BACK

AND, here we have Milo Yiannopolous with his own Great Awakening. I remember being very grateful for Milo’s contribution to “Daddy” Trump getting elected. He’s a brilliant thinker, but I also saw he was headed for a bit of trouble. God, however, is turning it to good. In this interview he speaks of his own coming to terms with the sin of sodomy, and how he is taking his awakening one day at a time.

https://youtu.be/6BNZbEOwi7w

He also details how both the RINOs and the Left worked to destroy him, cancel him, ruin him financially. Please keep Milo in your prayers. His future plans include helping others to come out of the gay lifestyle. He is a potent enemy to the Left, and therefore under attack by both spiritual and material forces.

My own Great Awakening, besides the horrendous but needed understanding of our current political situation, has meant that I feel compelled to learn, appreciate, and pass on the truth, beauty, and goodness of our western civilization, which as we know, is in danger of being snuffed out.

Anyway, I bought myself (decades late) Mortimer J. Adler’s “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading.”

Adler includes an appendix with a listing of what has been called the Great Books. There are 137 books on the list. Dare I dive in and begin this literary journey exploring Western Civilization’s canon?

I DARE.

If anyone else is interested, I am more than happy to start a little reading club (maybe a future Qtree forum would be a great place to have it). Here’s the list: Adler’s List of Great Books

Adler said:

“A good book does reward you for trying to read it. The best books reward you most of all. The reward, of course, is of two kinds. First, there is the improvement in your reading skill that occurs when you successfully tackle a good, difficult work. Second—and this in the long run is much more important—a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser, Not just more knowledgeable—books that provide nothing but information can produces that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life.”

I WILL NEVER SURRENDER.

For those who are inclined to a Black Pill, Gen. McInerney speaks. Scroll down, the first image isn’t the link:

Here’s another Black Pill. The Great Awakening is not always pleasant.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/25/dhs-preparing-to-use-private-contractors-to-scour-public-data-and-social-media-to-compile-dissident-citizens-for-watch-list-and-no-fly-lists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dhs-preparing-to-use-private-contractors-to-scour-public-data-and-social-media-to-compile-dissident-citizens-for-watch-list-and-no-fly-lists

The DHS can Puga ma hone.

I am getting old. I will go to sleep with my forefathers sooner rather than later. I will not BETRAY them by cowering before the tyrants. And I damned sure won’t BETRAY my grandchildren by bowing down before CCP/globalist puppets, those dirty POS. I spit on them.

Any American who colludes with the CCP is less than dirt. LESS. THAN. DIRT.

How many times do we have to do this?

LINKS

The Family Garden Plan

Seed to Seed

No Dig Gardening–Charles Dowding

[And with that, Wolf saith LET ‘ER RIP – PUBLISHING NOW!!!] -W

Dear KAG: 20210325 Daily Open Thread

Doing this a little early today as we’ve had a rough day here in the DePat house. Doggie heaven has one more inhabitant tonight. Thanks to all for the condolences on the loss of our beloved Yang.

So, there not being much in the way of news, period, let alone what we all want to hear, let’s just play some great tunes.

https://youtu.be/ZBgtzwE-FTA

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

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Thank you so much for any and all attention to such details. It is GREATLY appreciated by more than one party here.

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LUKE 1:26-38

26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” 29But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?” 35And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For with God nothing will be impossible.” 38And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Prayers for the nation, the salvation of humanity, and all of us here – lurkers and members – as well as our families, are welcome.

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Wildlife just thinks it all belongs to them.

Dear KAG: 20210324 Open Thread

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Or…maybe we’ll just pile some on today.

A while back, like close to two years, I think, I put forth an actual theory of “The Plan” and asserted that it really began to be put together about seventy years ago around the time of the Korean War. I also came to the conclusion later, that President Kennedy was the original “front man” for the operation, and that he was publicly executed as an example of what happens to someone when they cross the banking cabal.

That part has not really been questioned, but my idea that the start of the execution of the plan itself, when it started rolling, was in 1999 has been lampooned and scoffed at.

Only one (unfortunately now former) tree dweller thought maybe I had a point.

And then on Tuesday, while on the treadmill trying to work off some of the winter eating habits, I watched this. Start at about 24:30.

https://youtu.be/ZZ8QUUy7OMg?t=1474

Howard Hughes would not have been my first choice for someone who caught on to what was going on and made the first moves against the banking cabal, but to an extent, that makes sense.

However, Scott McKay is the first of the people claiming any sort of insider knowledge to state that the “start” was in 1999.

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Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: a0205a No.952914 
Apr 8 2018 13:15:14 (EST)

POTUS & JFK JR.
Relationship.
Plane crash 1999.
HRC Senate 2000.
The “Start.”
Enjoy the show.
Q

When the book is FINALLY written on this episode of human history, it’s going to be a page turner, that’s for sure.

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DANIEL 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

14King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? 15Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe, and all the other musical instruments; otherwise, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God that can deliver you out of my hands?” 16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17If our God, whom we serve, can save us from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us! 18But even if he will not, know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.” 19Nebuchadnezzar’s face became livid with utter rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual 20and had some of the strongest men in his army bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into thewhite-hot furnace. 91King Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” “Assuredly, O king,” they answered. 92“But,” he replied, “I see four men unfettered and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God.” 95Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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, first responders and those working behind the scenes…and any and all people with family members in the hospital, COVID or not.

Dear KAG: 20210323 Open Thread

Cover image: Cherry Blossom Festival by Sarah Grainger, 2010.

As we wait for shoes to drop…or any movement on the surface that matches up with anecdotal accounts and CEO resignations on the side…it is worth a trip down memory lane to remind ourselves that this war in which we are entangled is far older and more engrained than any of us imagined when an anonymous account on a public chat board started putting out breadcrumbs for anons who were hungry for information and willing to find public records of events in the past and piece together the puzzle of just what the powers that wanna be have been up to while We the People on the fruited plain and elsewhere in the USA and the world were distracted with life. (Please, skip to 8:41 mark for the important segment.)

Ike having been in command positions in the U.S. Army and as NATO Supreme Commander was in a unique position to know what sort of dangers foreign powers could pose to the nation.

And then there was this:

Text for this speech can be found here.

This speech was given in 1961. Imagine how, in the secrecy of non-transparency, those involved in President Kennedy’s “conspiracy” would have augmented their control and power since that time.

At a certain point, it would seem limitless with as many government agencies, departments and branches under enemy control (foreign or domestic doesn’t really matter at this point) BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY and working toward the common goal of delivering up the nation to the other side.

The enemy has been in this war a lot longer than most of us. And…”they” aren’t going to give up without one heck of a fight.

The problem, then, for our side is one of perseverance and a certain dying to self to make it to victory. No one person or his or her (in objective truth) feelings is above the fight. To give in to self, to make the fight about “what have you done for me lately” or all surface victories when the larger war is galloping in the background is to succumb to division, a tactic the other side uses constantly and with impunity.

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Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: d73264 No.5245228 
Feb 18 2019 13:57:32 (EST)

How can an entity known only as ‘Q’ (face-less, name-less, fame-less, etc.) begin to ask questions on 4ch (now 8ch) and build something of this magnitude?
How can this same ‘Q’ entity garner such a massive amount of WW MSM [FAKE NEWS] attention [attacks]?
How is it possible this ‘Q’ entity can ‘forecast’ future events or ‘know’ when the POTUS is about to Tweet?
How is it possible ‘FUTURE PROVES PAST’ re: information provided?
How is it possible this ‘Q’ entity, an entity who began by merely asking questions on 4ch/8ch, was able to ………(fill in the blank).
Think logically.
People are craving TRUTH.
People are craving TRANSPARENCY.
People are craving EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW.
People are craving GOOD.
People are craving RIGHT.
People are craving TRUE FREEDOM.
People are craving SAFETY & SECURITY.
People are craving ………..(fill in the blank).
PROOFS NEGATE FALSEHOOD/CONSPIRACY ATTACKS.
Those who attack have an agenda or remain plugged into the biggest disinformation campaign to be ever witnessed.
———————————-
Ask yourself, why are ‘Liberals’ always angry?
Why do they curse?
Why do they slander (push fake labels > racist, sexist, …ist etc.)?
Why do they create ’emotional outbursts’ when challenged?
Why are they violent?
Why do they form mobs (packs)?
Why are they incapable of listening to the other side (fascist)?
When you don’t have facts to support your arguments (present logical reasoning), you must resort to the above tactics.
The NARRATIVE is designed to keep people in a constant state of ‘FEAR’ thereby forcing ‘ANGER’, ‘RAGE’, ‘VIOLENCE’.
Emotionally unstable people are easier to CONTROL.
They want you DIVIDED.
DIVIDED BY RACE.
DIVIDED BY CLASS.
DIVIDED BY RELIGION.
DIVIDED BY POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
DIVIDED AS HUMAN BEINGS.
DIVIDED you are WEAK.
TOGETHER you are STRONG.
WHEN YOU ARE STRONG YOU THINK FOR YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU ARE STRONG YOU CHALLENGE WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO BELIEVE.
WHEN YOU ARE STRONG YOU ARE AWAKE.
WHEN YOU ARE STRONG YOU ARE NO LONGER CONTROLLED.

……………………
TRUST YOURSELF.
TRUST THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
TRUST THAT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE RIGHT BESIDE YOU FIGHTING FOR WHAT WE KNOW TO BE RIGHT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
WHERE WE GO ONE, WE GO ALL!
Q

Remember: to shut up this entity that pushed all followers to think for themselves, an entire social media chat board system was de-platformed.

That simply cannot be dismissed.

Just a reminder:

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

And now for something completely different.

Your weekly 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.”

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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all, ahem, adults, although some of us are beginning to wonder what the threshold for true adulthood is:

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NUMBERS 21:4-9

4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. 5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7And the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.

DEAR KAG: 2021-03-19 Welcome to Reality!

concrete road

“Truth is the norm of logic. Correctness in thinking is the normal means to reach truth, which is the conformity of thought with things as they are—with reality.”

It’s Friday and Wolf’s Pub is open for business. Thank the good God. Who the heck couldn’t use some camaraderie at the pub and a good stiff drink?

It’s been a hard week for some of us. Vaccine mayhem, sick pets, blizzards, car trouble, hospital stays, to mention a few. But we made it through and now we fortify ourselves and get ready for whatever comes next in this wild world.

HOLD THE LINE

There are times in history when the world runs particularly mad. This is one of them. We’ve been urged to HOLD THE LINE, so let us link arms and face down the madness together.

One of the best tools we can have in these times is the ability to utilize LOGIC, which according to “The Trivium” by Sister Miriam Joseph, C.S.C.., Ph.D., is “the art of thinking.

The Trivium is a classical term denoting three of the seven branches of the Liberal Arts (and we aren’t talking Queer Gender Studies here) that make up both the Trivium and the Quadrivium. We are going to focus on one part of the Trivium, LOGIC, but the other two parts are GRAMMAR (the art of inventing and combining symbols”) and RHETORIC (the “art of communication”).

Yes, we are going to utilize the tools that have stood Western Civilization in good stead for many centuries. I think it was mostly white men who discovered and codified this SUPERIOR way of learning but let us not enrage any lurking BLM Marxists too much…yet.

The propaganda below is evidence of the lack of reason, logic, and critical thinking that is endemic in our culture right now:

You see, comrades, giving THEM any way of showing proof or giving examples is verboten.

LOGIC: THE ART OF THINKING

You may have noticed that people are having a great deal of trouble reasoning nowadays. They have fallen victim to inferior education, indoctrination, their own emotions and foibles, fear, intimidation, celebrity culture, etc. Clear thinking has gone out the window.

Violent Antifa riots are called “mostly peaceful protests.” Black Lives Matter calls white people racists based only on their skin color. Simply being born white is an offense.

People with gender dysphoria are encouraged to undergo surgery rather than consider the historical and emotional causes of such illnesses.

Indeed, the time has now come when the plain provable, scientific facts of biology are officially refuted in order to maintain a political narrative that seeks to overturn the existing order. The madness is such that it is now suggested children be given a cocktail of puberty blockers in order to first discern and choose their sex, gender being the term for sex now, rather than its traditional grammatical function of feminine or masculine in language usage.

The globalists and Marxists who seek to wrest power from the citizens have embarked upon the familiar tactic of overturning the foundations upon which our political system exists, even our understanding of REALITY.

We are experiencing a satanic rebellion. Mankind has seen it before. This is nothing new.

There was another time in history in which the same kind of mass insanity held sway, and that was the French Revolution (one can also add the Russian revolution and other such events). The will to power, rather than truth and the legitimate seeking of redress for wrongs, takes hold of those who let rage, envy, greed and violence fill their minds.

Cunning. Clever. Predictable.

It’s enough to make you want to drink. 😊 Let’s!

Today’s special is the Texas Two-Step, or in more common parlance, a Boilermaker. A shot of whiskey and a beer. Here’s a bit of history about the Boilermaker. Fta:

“Stories are murky at best as to how the boilermaker first came into existence, but it’s pretty clear that the drink was originally consumed by blue collar workers at the end of a long shift – which is why it’s now become the shift drink of choice among bartenders. It’s believed the drink takes its name from the workers who built and maintained steam locomotives in the 1800s. These workers were known to head to the bar at the end of the shift, and a shot of whiskey with a beer became a staple for quickly easing the pain that came from a hard day of back-breaking labor. As it was the drink consumed by boilermakers, it took on the name as well.”

I’m going to feature this Irish whiskey that DePat suggested in a comment the other day.

I just happened to be down in the metroplex and picked up a bottle of Powers Irish Whiskey (do read their introduction. I swear I could hear an Irish brogue emanating from the screen while I read it).

From their website:

“YOU DON’T LAST OVER 200 YEARS BY
CUTTING CORNERS”

Powers Irish Whiskey

That could be said about the USA, too, eh? These damned commies just do what they want and cut corners, like ignoring the rule of law and the will of the people.

 Back to the Boilermaker. DePat, I just love you. Powers is one of the most delightful whiskeys I’ve ever tasted. From Cork, where my husband’s family history hails, it has firmly supplanted his current favorite (which I will not name out of an abundance of respect for it).

However, Powers has a light refinement to it that is reminiscent of some of the best whiskeys. Looking forward to trying all three types.

I paired it with Guinness, which was NOT MY CHOICE. I would’ve gone with a lighter beer, but sometimes you have to let your better half do what he’s gonna do. That said, it pairs up pretty darn well.

Now, there are several ways of drinking a Boilermaker. Back in the day, lo these 40 years ago, we did it as this fine fellow does in the video below. He’s a hoot.

Let us raise our glasses to DePat and her sweet pup. God keep them together now and in eternity.

HOUSE RULES

Before we get much further, this eminently annoying but much needed reminder: let us down our Boilermakers in a spirit of true brotherhood. We might disagree—strenuously—but we are patriots. And we stick together like glue. Rules here.

The bouncers are happy to direct you to the Utree if you feel the need to boil over. Besides being a release valve, the Utree is also another place to gather in case something happens here.

HOW TO LIVE

Circling back to LOGIC (Red Jen just saw what I did there) here’s another quote from The Trivium:

“The utilitarian or servile arts enable one to be a servant—of another person, of the state, of a corporation, or of a business—and to earn a living. The liberal arts, in contrast, teach one how to live; they train the faculties and bring them to perfection; they enable a person to rise above his material environment to live an intellectual, a rational, and therefore a free life in gaining truth.” Sister Miriam Joseph

Sister Miriam Joseph

“…a free life in gaining truth.”

That is the crux. How does one live “a free life in gaining truth” when all around us is lies? Our pastors lie to us. Our government lies to us. Academia lies to us. The Press lies to us constantly. Business lies to us. Big Pharma lies to us.

I think freedom comes from “conformity of thought with things as they are—with reality.”

Let reality order our thoughts:

  • There are two sexes: Male and Female. The biological reality of that fact is not negated by surgery or saying differently.
  • Calling white people racist on the basis of their whiteness…is RACIST.
  • Wearing a mask is largely an exercise in virtue signaling or servile compliance, or is worn by POWs in the global war on freedom.
  • Experimental vaccines are not a panacea for fear of death from a virus that over 99% of us would survive anyway.
  • Sending your children to the public schools and expecting they will be the very few who are not affected by communist/globalist indoctrination, is unrealistic.
  • The 2020 election was stolen from the American people.
  • No one man is adequate to saving a country from revolution.
  • Evil ideologies flourish anywhere they are given a foothold, including the United States of America.

In a world full of lies we must stand for the truth, for REALITY.

It may cost us dearly. The path of revolution very well might have to come full circle. Let those of us who make it through be ready pick up the mantle of reason and rebuild. We owe it to our posterity.

Resources to teach ourselves and others how to think:

The Trivium by Sister Miriam Joseph

The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers

The Organon: the Works of Aristotle on Logic

And just for fun, The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. You get a Hollywood taste of the French Revolution, but it’s still a great film.

Dear KAG: 20210317 Open Thread

Okay, I’m celebrating my heritage today. Back to camels next week. Maybe.

That’s supposed to be Powers Whiskey, not Jack that gives me a headache.

So, my old accompanist is from Cork, and her dad and brother were (are) competitive anglers in the Old Country. Nothing like this:

If only life was that simple.

[If HOPIUM is needed, please ask for directions to the nearest Hopium Den. We’ll be happy to help you out.]

Just a warnin’ to you all now on the day of St. Paddy, this is about what life around here has been like of late.

https://youtu.be/ZmvlcE3zHOg

Although, being Americans we’re less likely to stick around for those who stick to the Marquess of Queensbury rules. It’s more of a free for all where the more polite depart. That’s where the more modern of Irish romances come in. (Seriously, this one is worth watching for the travel porn alone.)

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Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone

Please, stock up on blanks for celebratory gunfire, be ready to swing from the chandeliers…and no messing with the nuclear weapons.

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. The “Rescue Thread” is also over there. In the event a rendezvous of the tree is needed, please check it out.

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If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

The scroll wheel on your mouse can be your friend. As mature adults, please use it here in the same manner you would in avoiding online porn.

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JOHN 5:17-30

17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.” 18This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God. 19Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise. 20For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel. 21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 25“Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, 27and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. 28Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. 30“I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

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, first responders and those working behind the scenes…and any and all people with family members in the hospital, COVID or not.

Dear KAG: 20210316 Open Thread

Cover image was uploaded to a stock art site with no artist information.

Waiting, and waiting, and waiting.

And the weather is gloomy.

And it doesn’t “look” on the surface like anything is happening, at least not that We the People are allowed to see on the geo-political front. There’s just a lot of signaling tweets from people on the good guys’ side that something is going on.

On the COVID front, on the other hand, physicians are speaking out on the last year and are shooting straight about the way the entire episode in American history was handled. Thanks to GrandmainTexas for bringing it to us. It is well worth the hour to watch and listen, and hear how physicians’ trust in the medical and technoscientific establishment(s) has been shattered in the last year.

https://youtu.be/q11V9ijJUXs

Just one more layer of darkness to add where hopium is denied.

But, hey, we’re still Americans, right? We’ve still got some fight left in us.

Just a reminder:

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

And now for something completely different.

Your weekly 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.

Ahem.

Guidelines for posting and discussion on this site were outlined by our host, WolfM00n. Please, review them from time to time.

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. There is also a “rescue” thread there for members of the Tree to rendezvous if the main site goes kablooey.

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:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all, ahem, adults…supposedly:

If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

The scroll wheel on your mouse can be your friend. As mature adults, please use it here in the same manner you would in avoiding online porn.

Thank you so much for any and all attention to such details. It is GREATLY appreciated by more than one party here.

__________________________________________________

From Monday’s Daily Mass readings:

ISAIAH 65:17-21

17“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. 18But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. 20No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.