Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230727

Are we ready kids?

It not just that it’s HOT HOT HOT outside right now and we need a cool day or two, but, literally, it was a heavy news day. I’m just going to link up what I saved up in the order it is in now rather than grouping stuff.

Here we go

Badlands News Brief – July 26, 2023

Never Wavered

The Democrats’ Dilemma: How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race

Welcome to the Persecution, RFK Jr.

How Investigative Journalists Have Become Cover-Up Promoters

American Thinker’s core writing stable is waking up, and it’s a BEAUTIFUL thing to behold.

The Two Kinds of Censorship. Well, Actually Six

The Educational Establishment’s Radical New Ploys

Jason Aldean’s Primal Scream

Pew Research: Democrats Value Free Speech Far Less than Republicans

The end of the Washington Post

Oh, well.

The case against surrogacy

Children are increasingly considered more as commodities than gifts from God. Surrogacy just reinforces that notion.

NIMBYs are the real revolutionaries

RFK Jr Slams Health Agencies for Pushing Mass Lockdowns: ‘You Never Lock Down a Population’

Matt Gaetz Warns He Doesn’t ‘Trust Speaker McCarthy’s Word on Impeaching Biden’: ‘Talk Is Cheap’

BREAKING: Hunter Biden pleads ‘not guilty’ to all charges after judge refused to sign onto ‘sweetheart’ plea deal

DeSantis Campaign Fires Creator of Ron DeSantis Promotional Video Showcasing Pro Ukraine Nazi Support and Symbolism

Tucker takes a detour through South Central LA — with Ice Cube

DC Deathwatch: McConnell in even worse shape than Joe Biden…

Ron DeSantis’ Hamptons fundraiser flops — while RFK Jr., Trump rake it in

Why women could be hurt more by AI in the workforce than men: study

TWEETS!

I’m with Sundance. This is sad, and the seniors in Congress need to be retired for everyone’s good.

So long as the red pills keep coming, RFK, Jr., can talk all he wants.

Could have been any number of things, but the reality is, it’s time for him to retire.

https://twitter.com/TerrenceBeBack/status/1684256956515483653

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

More true than you all know.

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Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

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All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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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DANIEL 3:52-56

52“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages. 53Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all forever. 54Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever. 55Blessed are you who look into the depths from your throne upon the cherubim, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever. 56Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever.

MATTHEW 13:10-17

10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: `You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. 15For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’ 16But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230721

Strawberry Gin Smash

INGREDIENTS

FOR A PITCHER:

  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 limes, juiced (about 1/4 cup)
  • 1 pound fresh strawberries
  • 2 cups gin
  • 3 cups club soda
  • Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

FOR A SINGLE DRINK:

  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 lime wedge
  • 3 fresh strawberries, 2 hulled and sliced and 1 reserved for garnish
  • 3 ounces gin
  • Club soda
  • Fresh mint sprig, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR A PITCHER:

  1. Muddle the sugar and limes in a pitcher that holds at least 8 cups (64 ounces). Set aside 6 to 8 small strawberries and make a small slice in their tips. Hull and slice the remaining strawberries and muddle the slices lightly with the sugar and lime juice.
  2. Stir in the gin and club soda and pack the pitcher full of ice. Add mint sprigs to garnish. Pour into ice-filled glasses and garnish with a strawberry, slotted onto the edge of the glass.

FOR A SINGLE DRINK:

  1. In a tall glass, combine the sugar and a squeeze of juice from the lime wedge. Muddle with the back of a spoon to dissolve the sugar. Add the sliced strawberries and lightly muddle.
  2. Fill the glass with ice and add the gin. Top with a splash of club soda and garnish with the last strawberry and a sprig of mint.

Badlands News Brief – July 20, 2023

Meta President Says AI “Quite Stupid,” Not A Threat Yet

It still needs to go.

DeSantis Megadonor: ‘No One Believes He Believes the Vaccine Stuff… It’s Politics.’

EXPOSED: DeSantis Doesn’t Have Enough Donors to Qualify for First GOP Debate

Not Just Gas Stoves: Biden Admin Rule Would Outlaw Nearly All Portable Gas Generators

Yeah, that’s not going to go over well with my liberal neighbors who all have generators for when the power goes out.

Remote work has made downtown DC a ghost town as federal office buildings sit mostly empty

Remote work? Sure. Some sources say it’s been a ghost town for years.

America’s Degradation Is No Accident

Is Sound of Freedom the Next ‘Shot Heard Round the World’?

Adrenochrome “Conspiracy Theory” Gets Fresh Round of “Debunkings” With “Sound of Freedom” in the News

Which means it’s probably true.

Doubts and Questions About Biden Will Only Grow

EXC: DeSantis Fundraiser is Uniparty Neo-Con Who Supported Bush, Ryan, & Rahm Emanuel.

303 Creative: The Promise, and the Doubts

‘America’s New Slave Trade’ Is Here at Hands of Mexican Cartels, Border Expert Tells Lawmakers

Tweety Tweets:

Weird things do happen.

He he

MEME STASH:

https://youtu.be/0e2CuyIG7x8

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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.

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2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-21

14For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. 15And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. 17Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. 18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230720

Starting early today.

How to Fly your Vimana

Clif High is wacko. Totally.

Badlands News Brief – July 19, 2023

GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

Rattled? They should be scared $#!+less given that they ran on true American values and gave their constituents anything but.

Algebra 1 effectively eliminated from Harvard-area middle schools because too many white and Asian students were taking it: Report

TBH, when it came to math, I got Bs in algebra. It stood for “bored.” I essentially had the same algebra class three years in a row.

Trump Doesn’t Need to Unite the Republican Party to Win the Election

Senate Republicans Despise Their Voters

The peculiar racism of the Ivy League

Should America Dominate the World?

After Long Silence on ‘Long Vax,’ Science Magazine Links Autoimmune Disorders to COVID Shots

Two members of my immediate family learned that the hard way, and one is still in denial.

Say what you want about Tucker, in this case he’s correct.

Biden cuts off funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology linked to COVID-19 outbreak: Report

The End of Ordered Liberty

Panic in DC …

Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed.

In Nature, no less. Hmm.

Wind and Solar Are NOT Cheaper than Coal and Oil

TWEETS!

In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.

As so many pointed out, I was present at Route 91-where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy. NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart.

Try That In A Small Town, for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences. My political views have never been something I’ve hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this Country don’t agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. But the desire for it to- that’s what this song is about.

Why Me? by Catturd.

I’m exhausted – mentally and physically. This Catturd thing has been a 5 year rollercoaster ride. I basically work 7 days a week; no days off, no vacations. I don’t even know how I got here. I often ask, why me?

I have no idea how I’ve gained such a large following – sometimes I think it’s mostly luck. Most the larger accounts on the conservative side have lived a very different life than me. In short, they did most everything right in life, and I did almost everything wrong – lol.

You couldn’t get a more flawed and imperfect person than me. Although I’ve never been in trouble with the law, arrested, and only had one traffic ticket in my life – I was aimlessly adrift for many of my early years.

I joined the Army at 17-years-old, once my service was over – I basically started immediately screwing up. I was so lost. I had several failed marriages when I was way too young and had no idea what love was. Then I spent over a decade as a hippie musician, growing my hair, carefree, smoking weed, drinking too much, and even using some hard drugs. (I even had a VW hippie van – lol ) I was homeless at one point, living in a tent beside a lake for months. I fought alcoholism pretty hard during these times and still have to watch myself today.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret a moment of my life, because I strongly believe it takes lots of failures to become successful at anything.

I finally seemed to get my shit together around the age of 40. It took me long enough – lol. At the age of 54, I decided to join social media for the first time because I suddenly got arthritis in my fingers where I lost the ability to play guitar. I was lost again and needed some kind of artistic outlet. Sometimes I think Catturd saved me in a way.

With this reach and when you truly speak your mind, The Left will viscously try to destroy you. YOU MUST BE SILENCED and it never ends.

For just giving my honest opinions, I’ve been doxxed, harassed, 100 hit pieces written about me, people come by house and scream obscenities, tons of death threats, and on and on. Everyone I’ve known for 40 years and many of my family members have been bullied and relentlessly harassed for years.

Sometimes I don’t know why a screw-up like me was give this much reach. I pray every night I’ll use this opportunity the right way to help as many people as possible – and pets. I’m always struggling in which direction to go.

I can honestly say, however, the love I get from my followers pushes me through the hard times, when I’m exhausted or down. Whether it’s on social media or on our podcast, I try to make people laugh every day to ease the pain of what this country is going through.

In closing on this novel, I feel so blessed to have the support and love from so many of you. I don’t claim to be perfect, but I’ll always give you my raw and unfiltered opinions, right or wrong. I’m not afraid and I’m fighting for this country as hard as I can.

All of you saved me – I love you all.

Agreed. Faults, history and all.

My hometown is divided into more neighborhoods than that. They all have a name, too.

That’s the only reason to watch that video.

Divine intervention?

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Company manners are appreciated. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog out discussions best saved for a wrestling mat. If, for some reason, this site is not available, head over to the UTree and visit the post at the top of the list or the closest rescue thread.

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.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES, ETC., SO LONG AS THEY CAUSE NO PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS OR DOXX OUR FELLOW TREE DWELLERS.

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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.

____________________________________________________

EXODUS 3:13-20

13Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, `What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, `I AM has sent me to you.'” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, `The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, `The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt; 17and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per’izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb’usites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”‘ 18And they will hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, `The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, we pray you, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ 19I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. 20So I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all the wonders which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.

PSALMS 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27

1O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples! 5Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 8He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, 24And the LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes. 25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. 26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

MATTHEW 11:28-30

28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

I sang that for a jury in college.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230714

The Real Mojito

Ingredients

  • 10 fresh mint leaves
  • ½ medium lime, cut into 3 wedges, divided
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
  • 1 cup ice cubes, or as needed
  • 1 ½ fluid ounces white rum
  • ½ cup club soda, or as needed

Directions

  1. Place mint leaves and 1 lime wedge into a sturdy glass. Use a muddler and crush to release mint oils and lime juice.mint leaves and lime wedge being muddled in a clear glassDOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
  2. Add remaining lime wedges and 2 tablespoons sugar, and muddle again to release the lime juice. Do not strain the mixture.additional limes and sugar being muddled in clear glassDOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
  3. Fill the glass almost to the top with ice.clear glass with muddled mint, lime, and sugar filled with iceDOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
  4. Pour in rum and fill the glass with club soda.a high angle view of a clear glass with rum and ice poured in on top of muddle sugar and lime.DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
  5. Stir, taste, and add more sugar if desired.an eye level view of several mojito cocktails.

How’s the weather out there?

Short one again today as a brother and nephew are visiting, and I’m spending a lot of time away from home with a Sheltie. Ying might get jealous.

Rabbit Faced Baby Found in Iowa, Buck Toothed Mom Chewed Carrots While Pregnant

Badlands News Brief – July 13, 2023

America: Land of the Free, Home of the Deluded

The Big Gaslight

Rep. Matt Gaetz: Don’t Haiti My Florida

New MSG “Sphere” in Vegas is remarkable, but the backstory on how it came to be is even better…

New court doc reveals Biden’s FTC browbeat an accounting firm to “punish” Elon after he purchased Twitter…

WEF: ‘Digital Cash’ Will Force Climate Agenda onto Public

Nobel Prize winner denounces alarmist climate predictions: ‘I don’t believe there is a climate crisis’

One Bubble Is About to Pop…and No One Is Talking About It

Opill, first over-the-counter birth control pill, approved by FDA

Considering that the trials for the original birth control pill were moved out of the country because too many women were dying, was it ever really safe to begin with? Those warnings on the ads are no joke.

Murdoch Outlet – Struggling DeSantis Discounts Admission Price for Rich People to Meet Him in Hamptons

Tweety Tweets:

Remember the whole push about fitness being a right wing conspiracy theory? Part of that is stories like this:

I’ve been following this guy for a while. He’s doing something about his weight and posting his daily progress complete with meals cooked, and videos of workouts. The weightlifting community has been nothing but supportive, and all the keto cooks are as well. Recently, Dave proposed to his girl, and they are getting married in November. His is not at all the only story of this sort out there. Why this is being politicized when these people are taking steps to help themselves be healthy is a mystery.

Not really, but at least they are speaking out.

Good question.

Variety is the spice of life

Creative writers do need to unite on this one. It would save Hollywood – hooked on franchise continuation – a lot of money not to have to pay human talent.

Welcome aboard, Jim.

MEME STASH:

I may have to rethink my opinion of crows.

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.

_____________________________________________________

MATTHEW 10:16-23

16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, 18and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. 19When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; 20for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; 22and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230713

Happy Thursday, y’all!

This is a little light as I had family stuff going on. Enjoy.

Artificial Intelligence Positioned to Define Terms of Reality

Badlands News Brief – July 12, 2023

The Brainwashing Race

The Censorship Empire Strikes Back After Missouri v. Biden Free Speech Victory

Foreign Donors are Influencing Elections Through 501(c)(4)s

Artificial Intelligence

Report: Ukraine Intelligence Coordinated with FBI to Censor Americans on Social Media

Watch Live: Wray Gets Flayed On Capitol Hill After FBI Bombshells

Highlights in the Tweets section.

Anti-fitness and pro-fat: The left’s war on humanity’s existence

President Trump issues blistering statement calling out Biden for just leaking classified information on national TV…

BREAKING: Our investigation has revealed a ‘partnership’ between the world’s biggest tech companies to together rig AI to be woke. The partnership explicitly cites Karl Marx and Critical Race Theory in their plans.

Researchers Find Micro-Clotting and “Long Covid” Are Both Caused By Covid Vaccines

HOLY MOLY! This man actually said this to the EU Parliament!

Dylan Mulvaney leaves the US ‘to feel safe’ amid Bud Light backlash

APPLAUSE!

IDAHO’S DAVOS: Big-Tech Billionaires, Intelligence Operatives & Media Moguls Invade Sun Valley To Decide Our Future In Shady Back-Room Summit

TWEETS!

Thought provoking thread.

Get a load of the portraits behind old Henry.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1679205872600248328

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Company manners are appreciated. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog out discussions best saved for a wrestling mat. If, for some reason, this site is not available, head over to the UTree and visit the post at the top of the list or the closest rescue thread.

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.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES, ETC., SO LONG AS THEY CAUSE NO PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS OR DOXX OUR FELLOW TREE DWELLERS.

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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.

____________________________________________________

PSALMS 105:16-21

16When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread, 17he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 18His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron; 19until what he had said came to pass the word of the LORD tested him. 20The king sent and released him, the ruler of the peoples set him free; 21he made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,

MATTHEW 10:7-15

7And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay. 9Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, 10no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food. 11And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart. 12As you enter the house, salute it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. 15Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor’rah than for that town.

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230707

Pimm’s Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Pimm’s No. 1
  • 4 1/2 ounces sparkling lemonade
  • Cucumber slice or peel, for garnish
  • Fresh mint sprig, and/or orange slices or strawberries, for garnish

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients. Ingredients for Pimm's cup cocktail recipe gathered
  2. In a tall glass filled with ice cubes, pour the Pimm’s.Pimm's and ice cubes added to two highball glasses
  3. Add the lemonade.Lemonade added to Pimm's and ice cubes in glasses
  4. Garnish with the cucumber and any combination of mint, orange, and strawberries that you like. Serve and enjoy.Pimm's cup cocktail in highball glasses, garnished with mint and cucumber and orange slices

Badlands News Brief – July 7, 2023

State Department Cancels Facebook Meetings After Trump Judge Blocks Biden Regime From Censoring Conservatives Online

I’ll bet they did.

Donald Trump: Ron DeSantis ‘Hurting Himself Very Badly for 2028’

Billionaire backing and a pretty wife will only get you so far. Some personality would help.

IRS quietly changes rule on how your children’s inheritance is taxed – here’s what you need to know to avoid a shock bill

Elimination of inheritance is one of the planks in Communist Manifesto.

Hunter Biden’s Cocaine Is a Manufactured Distraction From Consequential Crimes

Given the way the story keeps changing, I tend to agree.

The Price of Admissions

One Equal Temper

Democrats eyeing suburban women to launch new gun control effort

Same move over and over. This is how we ended up with Prohibition that gave us gaslighting and multiple complexes regarding alcohol.

Politico Says What We’re All Thinking: What If Biden ‘Just Dies One Evening?’

The “Joe Biden has to go” narrative beats on. Prepping the masses for the inevitable.

Leftist Agenda Can Only Advance by Force and Deceit

The Burning Platform Merch

10 Million-Year-Old Tree Fossil Explains Natural Climate Change

No, The Supreme Court Did Not Carve Out A Military Exception In Race-Based Admissions

Purpose in Malaise

Communism has deserted the banlieues

The corruption of French feminism

Facebook’s Twitter Alternative Is Already Censoring

Army exempts trans service members from physical fitness standards

What?

DeSantis Hauls in Whopping $150 Million in Fundraising, Bests Trump’s $35 Million

Yeah, but WHO is funding him. Not the little people who vote.

The People’s President – Trump Campaign Raises $35 Million, With Average Contribution $34.20

Tweety Tweets:

Not sure how to snark that one.

Or DeSantis t-shirts or bumper stickers, for that matter.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1677059684749000704

MEME STASH:

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And in the good news department. Eagle 126 is the eaglet Murphy was fostering when he was REALLY little. He gets released at 10 am today.

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.

_____________________________________________________

PSALMS 106:1-5

1Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever! 2Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or show forth all his praise? 3Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times! 4Remember me, O LORD, when thou showest favor to thy people; help me when thou deliverest them; 5that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy heritage.

MATTHEW 9:9-13

9As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. 10And as he sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13Go and learn what this means, `I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230706

Badlands News Brief – July 5, 2023

Twitter Is Falling Apart as Massive Failures Break the System

Mmm…no. Not falling apart at all.

It’s the General Election, Stupid

And more people wake up.

Is Ukraine Planning a False Flag Attack on Their Own Nuclear Plant?

Alert: Your Phone Has a Secret Map That Shows Where You’ve Been – But Here’s How You Can Get Rid of It

Trump Cuts the Head off the Snake

A Libertarian Case for Public Works

The Muddled Mindset of Progressivism

‘Adoption, not abortion?’ How the Dobbs decision is affecting adoption in the U.S.

Republican Senators Blast NIH For $3 Million Grant To Expand Medical Transitions For Minors

As well they should. Our money is paying for this butchering?

The Integralist Upshot

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676665198063636483
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676669976172810258
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676707107154931712

The jokes write themselves.

Thread reader for this one here.

Yes.

Free speech for all.

Hmm…. Does that mean Xi opposes what Soros stands for?????

https://twitter.com/CilComLFC/status/1676285158553538563

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676649423726583811

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

Can someone confirm this is a California king snake?

Remember the eaglet that Murphy was fostering??????????

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Company manners are appreciated. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog out discussions best saved for a wrestling mat. If, for some reason, this site is not available, head over to the UTree and visit the post at the top of the list or the closest rescue thread.

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.

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Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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.

____________________________________________________

JOHN 12:24-26

24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230630

Americano

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Campari
  • 1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
  • Soda water, chilled, to top
  • Garnish: orange twist

Steps

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice, then add the Campari and sweet vermouth.
  2. Top with the soda water and stir gently to combine.
  3. Garnish with an orange twist.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts Former Acting CIA Director Mike Morrell for Discussion to Help Multinational Corporations Engage with Fourth Branch of Government

mirror of no-consequence

Badlands News Brief – June 29, 2023

Russian IMF Official Says The United States Is Driving Other Nations From The Dollar

Trump’s Stance On Birthright Citizenship Puts Him Decisively To The Right Of Any Other Candidate On Immigration – And It’s Not Even Close

Corporate America Doesn’t Hear Anybody

The Controlled Demolition of Nation-States

Fewer Than One in Seven House Republicans Have a Good Liberty Score Grade

Latest Leaks Don’t Incriminate Trump, They Incriminate Democrats

The Post-Cold War Consensus Is Dead. What Will Take Its Place?

The term “American System” was coined by the statesman Henry Clay in the early 19th century, but it refers to something as old as the republic itself—the use of public policy to support domestic manufacturing and develop emerging industries. You wouldn’t know it from today’s market-liberal economists, but this has been the preferred approach of virtually every major leader in our country’s history.

DP – Uh, Marco, when push comes to shove, are you going to be the one sponsoring the bills to get such policies in place?

National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

Sad. We still have a box of the maps that came in the various issues back in the day.

Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action

Dr McCullough showcases a shocking study that could mean 200 million people worldwide have myocarditis (13 million Americans) – Myocarditis is just one serious adverse event from C19 injections

Q1 GDP Unexpectedly Revised Sharply Higher On Bizarre Surge In Net Exports

AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon’s Bestseller Lists

This is NOT a good development for those of us who write.

We’re Being Regulated Out of Business, New England Fishermen Say

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674411062647562240
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1674429543279628292
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674428628023787520

With just a pinch of arson.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674442645181956096

Boo effing who.

https://twitter.com/SamuelDSamson/status/1674440697020022784

LANGUAGE WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just pull the plug already.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674441338421407744

MEME STASH:

It’s true.

July, for the record.

https://twitter.com/contextdogs/status/1674097196231282689

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.

_____________________________________________________

PSALMS 128:1-5

1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! 2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

MATTHEW 8:1-4

1When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; 2and behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230629

Without further ado…..

Ulysses’s Odyssey.

No need to apologize to Joyce. He was just as much of a degenerate commie as the rest of the pack of 20th century writers the publishing houses pushed on the populace.

Badlands News Brief – June 28, 2023

Jack Nicholson, Donald Trump, And The Ugly Work That Needs To Be Done

A New America: Only After Liberals Break Everything

After crafting their COVID giveaways and losing $200 billion, Democrats blame Trump

The end of the American Experiment?

It’s Time to Go for Woke Hollywood’s Jugular

The Trump Distraction

This author, IMO, starts out with a faulty premise. He claims Trump’s brand is forever tarnished. Yeah, no. The style over substance neocons jumped ship, but the rest of us didn’t. Fair weather fans at best, they are.

Looking for the Deep State

Seriously, people: WAKE UP! Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. It’s called the SES. That literally IS the deep state, the permanent bueracracy. ARGH!

‘Phooey on FOIA’

In 1966, Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act. It was meant to open up the records of federal agencies to the public. The law came about because of public unhappiness with the way the federal government had been handling things since the end of World War II. With the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese vanquished, Americans might have imagined that the country would return to older norms of governmental openness. The days of “loose lips sink ships” were behind us.

But by then the Cold War had made its chilly entrance, and in 1946 Congress passed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which created the postwar template for how our vastly larger collection of federal agencies would go about their business. This meant the galaxy of new agencies created under the New Deal as well the expanded powers of the wartime government now had their own rule of law, crafted to keep them within Constitutional bounds. I am no expert on these matters, but the APA included in Section 3 a license for federal agencies to exercise their own discretion over the information they disclosed.

Kash Patel Asks Why Republican State AGs Aren’t Going After the Biden Crime Family

House Oversight Committee Just Went Nuclear on ‘the Bidens’

‘Shockingly Callous’: Fox News Fires Remaining Tucker Staffers In Show’s Final Stroke

The Truth About Transanity From an Insider

Thank you John Dewey.

Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness

Waking up on this topic is not fun or easy. But it is necessary.

TARGET ON THEIR BACKS: Moms for Liberty Invests in Extra Security Ahead of Summit After Receiving Threats

“It’s About the Children!”

TWEETS!

ICYMI:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1673858773457281026
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673842109021863938
https://twitter.com/leslibless/status/1673872161964949505
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673871606651781122

If she didn’t dress like she lived in a trailer park….

Is the material girl out of adrenochrome?

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

I miss the bay….

The a-hat with wings is a yellow jacket.

Mastiffs…such wonderful pooches…and they outweigh me.

Just a reminder of what the Detroit…woman… was all about back in the day:

IDK…I kind of prefer the original.

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

Please review our HOST and site owner’s Guidelines for posting and discussion for this site. Wolf is kind enough to put up with *most* of us and our antics after thorough vetting. Violators of the baiting and deliberately attempting to divide the group rules WILL face consequences.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Company manners are appreciated. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog out discussions best saved for a wrestling mat. If, for some reason, this site is not available, head over to the UTree and visit the post at the top of the list or the closest rescue thread.

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.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES, ETC., SO LONG AS THEY CAUSE NO PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS OR DOXX OUR FELLOW TREE DWELLERS.

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

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, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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.

____________________________________________________

ACTS 12:1-11

1About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. 2He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. 6The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.” 9And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11And Peter came to himself, and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

PSALMS 34:2-9

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8, 17-18

6For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

MATTHEW 16:13-19

13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare’a Philip’pi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli’jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Remembering Sts. Peter and Paul today.

There’s another song from the Psalm selection I can hear in my head, but Heaven help me if I remember the title.

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230623

Sweet Tea Smash

Ingredients

  • 2 lemon wedges
  • 4 mint leaves
  • 1 ounce George Dickel No. 12 Tennessee whiskey
  • 1 teaspoon Strega
  • 1 ounce unsweetened iced tea
  • 1 teaspoon cane syrup
  • Garnish: mint sprig

Steps

  1. In a shaker, muddle the lemon wedges and mint leaves.
  2. Add the whiskey, Strega, iced tea and cane syrup with ice, and shake until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a Collins glass filled with fresh ice and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Note from DePat:

Happy Friday! This will be REALLY short and sweet as I was with my mother for out-patient surgery on Thursday most of the morning (CRASHED all afternoon and evening), and the pre-op work up team discovered a previously undetected issue. Let’s just say, for everyone here, please implore your vaxxed family and friends to request EKGs at their next appointments with their primary care team. Or sooner. We were at a hospital my family normally doesn’t use, and that step was added to the pre-op prep, and may very well have saved us a lot of grief down the line. Mom now is stalking cardiologists. So, my apologies for this not being quite up to DePat standards.

About the sub “lost” or “imploded” which raised red flags for many of us:

Long story short, mother WEFers were “aboard.”

Good questions that should all be on the table.

Several of us thought that from the beginning.

Badlands News Brief – June 22, 2023

Understand the Biden Plea Deal for What It Is: Evidence

At this stage, convictions may not be the objective. Just getting the evidence in the public eye may be.

The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans

Jews, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Satanists and other people of faith say the laws infringe on their religious rights.

Jeffrey Dahmer Angry That Some Conspiracy Theorists Harbor Doubts About the Wholesome and Nourishing Meat in His Freezer

I thought he was dead.

NHL commissioner: No more specialty sweaters during warmups

Pride is a mortal sin. The players who are largely Christians know that. The commissioner who isn’t learned the hard way.

‘We Are in a Spiritual War’: Goya Foods CEO Speaks on Holy Spirit, Warns America’s ‘Morality’ at Risk

Tweety Tweets:

Yeah, it’s bread and circuses, but the information is getting out to the normies.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1671680487755075584

Not so sure about that.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1672056681839075329

MEME STASH:

True story.

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.

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2 CORINTHIANS 11:18, 21-30

18since many boast of worldly things, I too will boast.) 21To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one — I am talking like a madman — with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea; 26on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren; 27in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant? 30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

PSALMS 34:2-7

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

MATTHEW 6:19-23

19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; 23but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

So many songs in these passages.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!