Punxsutawney Buck

• 2 oz Pennsylvania rye.  We happened to use Wigle Whiskey Phil’s Shadow, which is finished in maple syrup barrels for 16 months.  Another Pennsylvania rye you should consider trying is Dad’s Hat.  Either will make a fantastic buck.  
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice. If you want to be less scientific, then simply use 1/2 of a lime.  
• 6 oz ginger beer.  We used Fever Tree, but Gosling’s is also a good option.  

Step 1: Fill a copper mug with ice.  (If you don’t have copper mugs, then any mug or decent sized glass will do.)

Step 2: Squeeze 1/2 lime into the mug.  

Step 3: Add 2 oz rye.  

Step 4: Top with 6 oz of ginger beer.  

Step 5: Stir gently.

Step 6: Serve and enjoy!

Are we ready?

Badlands News Brief – February 1, 2024

Utah is the latest state to ban DEI efforts on campus and in government

Bank Crash 2.0 Incoming? Another Bank On The Verge Of Collapse — Death Candle — Trading Halted!

Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles

A $560 Billion Property Warning Hits Banks From NY to Tokyo

The CDC just accidentally proved “The Great Replacement Theory” is 100% real…

Americans are losing trust in almost every major profession, with doctors and police taking the biggest hits

Police? I trust them. Doctors…not so much.

Tweets & Stuff From X

Huh?

Memes & Other Fun Stuff

EWWWWWWWW 🤮🤮🤮

Watch the scary fish on the second post to about 45 seconds or more.

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MALACHI 3:1-4

1“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. 2But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? “For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the LORD. 4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.

PSALMS 24:7-10

7Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 8Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! 9Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! [Selah]

HEBREWS 2:14-18

14Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. 16For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people. 18For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

LUKE 2:22-40

22And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, 28he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; 30for mine eyes have seen thy salvation 31which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.” 33And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; 34and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against 35(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.” 36And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan’u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, 37and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

Snowball

Ingredients

• 2 ounces brandy
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 1 large egg white, optional
• 2 to 3 ounces ginger ale, to taste

Steps to Make It

1. Gather the ingredients.
2. In a cocktail shaker, pour the brandy, simple syrup, and egg white. Fill with ice.
3. Shake vigorously to ensure the egg is properly mixed.
4. Strain into a collins glass filled with fresh ice.
5. Top with ginger ale. Serve and enjoy.

Well, well, well. It looks like the Revolution might be televised after all.

More in the links and X files below. (And don’t forget, this is an election year. Would it be happening if it wasn’t?)

Breaking: Looks like we’re witnessing the epic end of Justin Trudeau…

Badlands News Brief – January 25, 2024

Texas Versus DC at the Border Is the Most Important Political Battle in Decades

Just like the Civil War, it’s a states’ rights issue. This time, though, the line ain’t the Mason Dixon.

After McConnell Tried to Blame Trump for Senate Border Bill Failure – Today McConnell Returns to Back Ukraine Funding Joined to Immigration Bill

The turtle needs to slink into his shell.

Neil Cavuto stunned when UAW president says majority of members are voting for Trump, the “pro-working class guy”…

Tweets & Stuff From X

One major daily down, four to go. Although, the Wall Street Journal does have its uses that has nothing to do with news.

Another one chewing on dust.

Drip, drip, drip

IDK…it IS an election year.

Absolutely.

Election year, election year.

Yeah, I temped at the Red Cross more than once. Aside from First Aid, and training lifeguards, I’ll pass.

Memes & Other Fun Stuff

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

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

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LUKE 10:1-9

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.’

SATIRE!

Or FG&C.

If you don’t follow Jimmy and Clarence….

That channel has some earthily funny stuff.

Have a good weekend!

Salty Ginger-Ade

Ingredients

• 1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 Medjool date, pitted
• 1 pinch fine sea salt
• 1 pinch ground cumin
• 6 ounces ginger beer
• Garnish: mint sprig

Steps

1. Add the lime juice, date, salt and cumin to a shaker. Let sit for 5 minutes, then muddle until the date is pulverized.
2. Add ice and shake until well-chilled, then pour unstrained into a tall glass.
3. Top with ginger beer and stir well to combine.
4. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Badlands News Brief – January 18, 2024

They Call it Biden’s Secret Internet Surveillance Court – But Really, It Seems Like a Filtering System

Purple Revolution

Why Gain of Function is the Greatest Threat to Humanity

Report: Michelle Obama Angling to Replace Joe Biden for President

Jordan Peterson: Bureaucrats will rue the day they tried to shut me up

Senate braces for Trump to try to kill its border-Ukraine deal

All Of A Sudden, Leaders All Over The World Are Warning That World War III Is Very Close

Tweets & Stuff From X

Schmuck…yeah, all the same thing.

Memes & Other Fun Stuff

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

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

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MARK 3:13-19

13And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. 14And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach 15and have authority to cast out demons: 16Simon whom he surnamed Peter; 17James the son of Zeb’edee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Bo-aner’ges, that is, sons of thunder; 18Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

B&B Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces brandy
• 1 1/2 ounces Bénédictine Liqueur

Pour in glass. Stir. Add ice if desired. (Ice in brandy?)

Forwarded from Where We Go 1 We Go All (Brad Cologero GetZ)

Trump drained the Swamp.
What was once hidden by murky water is now in plain view for the whole world to see.
The Faucis, Schiffs, Comeys and Brennans of the world are all now household names.
The entire corruption infrastructure of Washington is now common knowledge to most.
Like the pied piper Trump drew them out one by one.
All while talking to us every day, letting us know what he was working on, who was doing what… we were finally privy to the inner workings of D.C.
Where we go from here is yet to be determined.
But this gift Donald Trump bestowed upon us can never fully be appreciated

t.me/TheStormHasArrived17/13982

Badlands News Brief – January 11, 2024

Would a Trump/RFK Jr. Ticket Be Unstoppable?

Can’t agree with him here. RFK Jr. has useful information on vaccines, but he isn’t VP material.

NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED… GBI Strategies Employee Who Turned In Fraudulent Muskegon Voter Registrations Gives STUNNING Interview — Lists Urban Cities Where Organization Operates In Michigan and Nationwide [VIDEO]

Do the Deep State Release Another Pathogen This Election Season?

Does a bear $#!+ in the woods?

Russian MIL Claimed the US are Planning ANOTHER Pandemic

Whatever. Still planning a road trip to see the total eclipse of the sun in April.

Elon Musk’s Short Tweet Embodies the Necessary Attitude to Stop the “Woke Mind Virus”

Thread reader:

NEW: The Texas Military Department confirms the TX National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass (city property where mass illegal crossings are), and is restricting Border Patrol from accessing the area, saying the Feds “perpetuate illegal crossings”. This is the area where Border Patrol has been cutting TX razor wire. Razor wire and fences are now deployed to block the area off from the public and federal government. Attached video is from our crew on the ground this morning as they began blocking it off.
You can expect DOJ to sue Texas over this.
Texas Military Department statement:

“The Texas National Guard has maintained a presence with security points and temporary barrier in Shelby Park since 2021. The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area.”

I reached out to CBP/Border Patrol in the sector for comment hours ago – no response yet.

IG: Pentagon Didn’t Track Missiles, Bombs and Other Weapons Sent to Ukraine

Tweets & Stuff From X

Memes & Other Fun Stuff

And now for the business portion of the post borrowed from Tuesday:

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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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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

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

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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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MARK 2:1-12

1And when he returned to Caper’na-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. 3And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. 5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question thus in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk’? 10But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic — 11“I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home.” 12And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

Cocktail of choice. I’m open.

Badlands News Brief – January 4, 2024

Politicized, Progressive Big Philanthropy

The Jeffrey Epstein files have been unsealed. We have the documents

Tucker Carlson ignites the Internet with new insider info on Epstein’s death…

We Sat Down With the Conservative Mastermind Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster

Forwarded from Just Human ️️️

The release of new Epstein/Maxwell-related documents has refreshed allegations that Trump was somehow complicit in the blackmailing enterprise that they ran.

This could not possibly be more untrue.

Though some of the transcripts that mention Trump, Mar-a-Lago, and the Atlantic City Casino are newly public, it was previously known and recently testified to in the Maxwell trial that Epstein/Maxwell targeted Mar-a-Lago and that one of the girls in that trial, “Jane,” was taken there in 1994.

It was also previously known that Trump chartered one of Epstein’s planes to take him from Florida to New Jersey. This was testified to by the pilot when he took the witness stand in Maxwell’s trial.

However, what is key here is that Epstein messed up by putting himself on Trump’s radar. Here’s how:

The Atlantic City hotel was a trap for criminals from day one. The FBI and the Trump Organization coordinated during the pre-construction phase to set it up as such. Mar-a-Lago is likely similarly set up.

Epstein/Maxwell’s targeting of Mar-a-Lago employees and guests later caused Trump to ban them from the property in 2008, shortly before Epstein pleaded guilty.

Furthermore, and perhaps most significantly as it concerns these new documents, the very attorney who helped get them unsealed says that Trump was the only person who picked up the phone and was eager to help him investigate Epstein and Maxwell. And that was back in 2009.

Do you know of any other acquaintances or clients of Epstein who were eager to help any investigator or journalist who was looking into Epstein or Maxwell?

So, when you include this information (and I put the citations below), Epstein and Maxwell were walking directly into a trap set up by Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne/Batman when they engaged with Trump and visited his properties!!

PS: Another bad move Epstein made was trying to “weasel” his way back into Trump’s world in 2016, no doubt trying to make friends in high places ahead of a Trump Presidency ( a Clinton Presidency would have been preferable to him, of course). And so Epstein had lunch with Trump ally Peter Thiel, who we now know was also a DOJ asset! Hahahaha!!

PSS: Y’all know that it was Trump’s DOJ who indicted both Epstein and Maxwell, right?

: )

Really? Megyn Kelly? Not that it’s no plausible, but…Megyn Kelly is in on it?

Long read, but worth it. I disagree on some of the finer points, though.

Democrats, do us all a favor and don’t open your fucking mouths moving forward, unless the words are “I’m sorry, you were right”.

You people have lost your privilege to speak in our presence.

You all had the AUDACITY to call us deplorable, while worshipping literal pedophiles.

You all discriminated against us, weaponized all levers of government against us, and claimed WE were the evil ones, because YOU were brainwashed by the pedophiles YOU claimed were the “decent” ones.

You all called us crazy for talking about widespread pedophilia and child trafficking. You claimed that we were conspiracy theorist whack-jobs. Well turns out we were right.

So moving forward, you all do not get the privilege of being taken seriously in any capacity. If you do not denounce your leaders and their crimes against children, you are complicit perpetuating the enabling of crimes against children.

We will not be taking any shit from people who rape children, or their supporters. Your leaders will pay for what they have done, and you can either join us, or shut the fuck up and get out of the way.

And now for the business portion of the post borrowed from Tuesday:

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. There is also a “rescue” thread there for members of the Tree to rendezvous if the main site goes kablooey. A third site has been added for site outages of longer duration.

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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

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

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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.

_____________________________________________________

1 JOHN 3:11-21

11For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17But if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth. 19By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him 20whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!