Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20231012

Today is going to be on the short side. There really wasn’t much out there other than Israel, and the whole narrative is starting to show the production seams.

Okay, well, Steve Scalise being designated House Speaker, but did we expect anything else?

Badlands News Brief – October 11, 2023

Who Is on a Bigger Bender in Our Country: Voters or Elected Officials?

Ron DeSantis: From GOP rockstar to a turd in the punchbowl…

The “Deaths of Despair” narrative is wrong

Here’s the most provocative take you’ll read on the war in Israel…

A Time to Strike

Stocks rise as all eyes turn to inflation data: Stock market news today

Arnold Schwarzenegger Calls For Secure Border, Reform To ‘Stupid’ Immigration System

What got into him?

Egypt never warned Israel of possible Gaza attack, official says – report

Hmm… Intelligence failure…. Ri-i-i-i-ght

It All Began with Beer and the Wheel

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1711900417725014333

MEMES and 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, 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.

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MALACHI 3:13-20

3 13“Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, `How have we spoken against thee?’ 14You have said, `It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts? 15Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.'” 16Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another; the LORD heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and thought on his name. 17“They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18Then once more you shall distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him. 4 1“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.

PSALMS 1:1-4, 6

1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away. 6for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230915

French Mojito

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a highball glass, lightly muddle the mint leaves.
  2. Mix in the remaining ingredients, as well as some crushed ice.
  3. Stir the mixture for a few seconds with a bar spoon, 
  4. Top with crushed ice and garnish with raspberries, blackberries, and a mint sprig

Badlands News Brief – September 14, 2023

Joan Rivers: A Botched Procedure or Malicious Intent?

I think we all know the answer to that one.

Germany Continues To Buy Large Quantities Of Russian Oil Through India

Green energy my backside.

BLOCKING MOVE: Lawsuits filed in Minnesota and California to keep Trump off the ballot

They’re scared. They should be.

Burisma wasn’t just paying off the Bidens. Ex-CIA directors are also on the payroll

I’m SHOCKED! SHOCKED I tell you.

DeSantis Spox Admits Trump’s Nomination ‘Seems Inevitable’.

BREAKING: Tim Ballard tells Congress Biden admin has become a ‘child-trafficking delivery service’

Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress

On this one, we probably can trust the science.

Thousands rally in Greece as anger mounts against biometric ID cards

Amazing how the powers that wannabe are clueless about the people they want to rule.

Defending America From Slippery Authoritarian Slopes

Is It Our Government? Or Their Government?

Something rather incredible is unfolding in Iowa…

India or Bharat?

Misinformation Study Is Full of Misinformation

The Return of Urban Retail Deserts

Very sad and completely preventable. I watched a local boulevard make a fabulous comeback in the late 80s/early 90s. and it got commercial, and the crime has taken its toll.

Save the Right Whales Coalition Slams NOAA and NMFS for Covering Up Big Wind’s Complicity in Whale Deaths

Falling Out of Touch With Each Other

New Hampshire Lawmakers: ‘No Legal Basis’ to Remove Trump from Ballot

Judge rejects request to try all Trump Georgia defendants together next month

Are We Fighting Two World Order Threats or Are They One in the Same?

Tweety Tweets:

That rant needs to be put into a transcript.

Jesse’s expanded thoughts on the topic above:

https://twitter.com/jejune_jmccc/status/1702278701184893426

Please, keep hammering it home, Bobby.

MEME STASH:

Ouch.

Watch to the end:

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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HEBREWS 5:7-9

7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear. 8Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; 9and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230914

As per a recent update, I cannot make links open in a new tab. If you prefer to view links that way, please, right clink on the link, and choose that option.

And….it seems the recent upgrade that took us back to the stone age in the comments section, didn’t really further effect the content editor, so here we go.

I apologize in advance for information overload.

First off, the Mexican alien, which appears to be what a baby born of E.T. and Yoda would look like:

Alright, moving on from the “Little Green Men” narrative until tomorrow when “NASA” gives a report…..

Badlands News Brief – September 13, 2023

Crypto Goes Volatile As FTX Liquidation Looms

Computer/data bytes are not a commodity. That should be sinking in about now, but somehow it isn’t.

Czech Republic Dramatically Increases Russian Oil Purchases

We talk about the G7, G20 countries trying to force “green” energy on everyone, and we forget that the smaller developed nations aren’t having any of it. Good on the Czechs.

Where the lawsuits attempting to block NM firearm restrictions stand

Skip this one and keep reading.

Biden Sneaks a Fast One Into Government Funding Bill, Tries to Gut ICE While Republicans Stay Silent

Lots of Red Ink at the Fed

Are we finally watching the beginning of the end?

Colleges Flunk Out

Precautionary Principle Extremism

Revenge of the Bums

Trump Taught Republicans How To Win

Republican megadonors wait for their anti-Trump champion

“Anyone but Trump” is still alive and well.

Libertarian National Committee Moves to File for Conservatorships for Biden and McConnell, Citing “Clear Incapacitation, Mental Lapses, and Deficiencies in Decision Making”

School of Assassins and Dictators

I disagree with the premise that Reagan didn’t know he was surrounded. He did, and took action that went around them on a few things. But, yeah, the deep state didn’t want him in office.

Court blocks Jack Smith’s access to many of Rep. Scott Perry’s contacts about 2020 election

Oh, this is getting good.

Federal judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public ordered by New Mexico governor

TWEETS!

Being a good percentage Irish, I’m keeping a book on this. Anyone want in?

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1701791463506350256

Things that make you go hmmm…. And I am NOT a fan of the NFL:

Hold that thought for farther down.

https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1701931393595425274

Will they cross the aisle? Keeping a book on that as well.

New plot twist:

This is worth watching, IMO:

The sanitized version of what I put on yesterday’s daily:

Good for FOX on this one.

Ya think?

He’s still around?

Tootles, Mittens.

Follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

True story. Same for being at a funeral listening to someone butcher “Ave Maria.”

I didn’t know chickens liked mice.

Just don’t get close to his face.

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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.

____________________________________________________

PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11

6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. 9Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

JOHN 3:13-17

13No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

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SATIRE

My dad does this all the time. Although, he is an aerospace engineer.

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230908

Fall from the Tree

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Laird’s applejack (or bourbon or scotch)
  • 1 ounce fresh apple juice
  • 1/2 ounce cinnamon syrup*
  • 1/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1 dash The Bitter Truth aromatic bitters
  • Garnish: apple slice

Steps

  1. Add the applejack, apple juice, cinnamon syrup, lemon juice and bitters into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  3. Garnish with an apple slice.

*Cinnamon syrup: Add 1/2 ounce cinnamon bark, 2 cups turbinado sugar and 2 cups water into a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Cover the saucepan and let simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for at least 24 hours. Strain into a container. The syrup will keep, refrigerated in an airtight container, for up to 2 weeks.

Badlands News Brief – September 7, 2023

Donald Young, Larry Sinclair, Obama

From Anonymous Conservative:

Some interesting 4Chan comments, thrown together:

Resetting the master code does nothing. Their backdoor supersedes whatever you do. There is no way to stop them from opening your safe for the feds if the feds want in, and they have demonstrated they will open it for the feds with no fight.

i can tell you this young grasshopper, the more sussy their company name sounds the more likely they work with glowies. ergo: liberty safe, american first lock, patriot front, etc.

I’ve worked in electronic locking hardware for 20 years. Every single electronic lock of any kind has a backdoor, and all of the ones for homes and apartments have backup codes for police, fire, military, etc. It’s billed as “emergency access” and also each lock has an audit trail, where every interaction with the lock is recorded.

New Covid booster shots to be approved in just TWO DAYS, sources suggest – but only 17% of Americans got the last one

Yeah, that’s probably all of the Americans who are still fooled by all this baloney.

Trump’s Movement Transcends Politics

When Men were Men: Today in History, Europeans Pulverize Jihadists

The COVID-19 Iron Curtain

Conservatives must be honest with themselves

Since what we all thought was the “conservative movement” turned out to be a con job to lead traditional Americans to a buffalo jump, or something similar, what needs to be remembered is the values and culture that made America, not the controlled opposition propaganda of the National Review.

Some interesting sidenotes to Larry Sinclair’s tale of sex and drugs with Obama

The real reason the government panned ivermectin

A Quick Note to Republicans About Mitch McConnell

Food, Energy, and Money: How They Plan on Moving EVERYONE Into “Smart Cities” Before 2030

In the older cities, I’m dying to see how this works. Just a reminder of what happens eventually when people are crammed in a confined space.

I pass the site quite often.

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/Thekeksociety/status/1699651457773863117

https://twitter.com/DaveEDanna/status/1699806599173320707

Hmm…..

MEME STASH:

Got that from a flaming liberal choir member. Little does she know it’s true.

That’s what I am afraid of.

Heh. One of the great movies of that era.

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.

_____________________________________________________

ROMANS 8:28-30

28We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. 29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. 30And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230907

As per a recent update, I cannot make links open in a new tab. If you prefer to view links that way, please, right clink on the link, and choose that option.

About Tucker’s Episode 22:

The last five minutes are really rather interesting. I share a similar experience in race relations as Mr. Sinclair. I called that Anita Hill was lying through her teeth back in the early 90s and people thought I was nuts.

Classic Tucker

Five year delta. Ya don’t say.

Badlands News Brief – September 6, 2023

DWAC Secures Vote For Extension On Merger With Trump Media And Technology Group

Analysis on this at Badlands indicates the Truth Social investors don’t want the merger. Anonymous Conservative seems to think the DS Sec, DOJ, etc., are in on this trying to take down TS. They’re getting desperate.

Huge: Trump FINALLY Addresses Vaccine Side Effects, Urges Transparency by Big Pharma

Jill Biden’s COVID Test Sparks Conspiracy Theory: ‘All Part of the Plan’

Theory? Watch this stuff long enough and a pattern emerges. That’s where the “theories” come in.

Dark Web ‘Fraud for Hire’ Commercial Uncovered: Billion Dollar Industry Sells AI Tools to Criminals

Real or not? It’s anyone’s guess, but this one is plausible.

Art, furniture and more from the Rothschild family’s private collection could fetch $30m in unprecedented New York sales at Christie’s

The Rothschilds selling more of their stuff? Hmm….

Leftists Make Great Pets but Lousy Leaders

We can’t be at fault — it must be you

Details of the Amish Farmer Story Prove the FDA and USDA Should Be Dissolved Completely

Non-COVID deaths are still way higher than normal. Why?

DeSantis built a massive network of big donors. Many have ditched him.

Cancer Surging Among Under-50s Worldwide, Study Says

Poor diet is probably the best explanation. I knew a man who died at 89 after at least 60 years of cigars, and gin on a daily basis.

Study finds psychiatrists refuse to take the drugs they prescribe to the mewling masses…

Really. Ya don’t say.

Of course Biden’s age is a legitimate voter concern

The Delights of the Pfizer/Moderna Catfight

I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I am taking a perverse pleasure in watching this catfight between Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna play out. Not to gloat, but I find it validating and rather satisfying to watch these companies file lawsuits and counter lawsuits that boil down to a schoolyard squabble over who came up with the ideas and initial proof of concept for using mRNA for developing drugs and vaccines – when neither actually did the initial “proof of concept” work. Companies that have exploited and unethically weaponized my early work and ideas for enormous profit while also seeking to write me out of history. “O what a tangled web.”

“The Endgame Is Clear” – Gold’s Role Rises as Dollar Hegemony Falls

The Digital Services Act

Let’s talk about Eris (EG5) and Boosters

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/austerrewyatt1/status/1699500809971458051

This is starting to take on the aura of a shiny red ball.

https://twitter.com/Thekeksociety/status/1699452144565538876

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

It’s true.

MiStro is a goofball retired fireman I’m friends with on FB. I just thought this was hilarious.

Or after dinner at my parents’ house when my one brother is in town and there are three empty bottles on the table – white wine, red wine and Jameson. Happened over the summer.

Went on a cruise once where the cover band in the club played this EVERY night.

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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.

____________________________________________________

COLOSSIANS 1:9-14

9And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

PSALMS 98:2-6

2The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. 3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. 4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! 5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody! 6With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

LUKE 5:1-11

1While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes’aret. 2And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, 7they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zeb’edee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.” 11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

One of my favorites that has all but disappeared from the hymnals.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230901

Black Mole Margarita

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 ounces mezcal
  • 1 ounce Cointreau
  • 1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 ounce black-cocoa-and-orange syrup*
  • 3 dashes mole bitters (such as Bittermens)
  • Soda water, to top
  • Garnish: lime wheel (dehydrated or fresh)

Steps

  1. Add all ingredients except soda water into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
  3. Top with soda water and stir gently to combine.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel.

*Black-cocoa-and-orange syrup: Add 1 cup demerara sugar and 1/2 cup water into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder and the peel from 1 large orange. Stir until cocoa powder is dissolved, and allow to steep until cool. Strain out solids. Will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to one week.

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Badlands News Brief – August 31, 2023

Projections See World Heading To A Lithium Shortage

Gee, I wonder why.

We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence Its Critics

Despite the pope’s yelling and the FBI’s spying, traditional Catholic Latin Mass is booming

And the Novus Ordo, or the “New Mass” which is at least my age old, is tightening up in many places.

Abolishing Women’s Rights, One at a Time

Colorado Controversy Raises Questions Over the Meaning of the Gadsden Flag [Updated]

Julian Assange and the Wikileak revelations that Changed the World

Here’s the Hard Proof That Covid Jabs Were Intentionally Designed to Kill Preborn Babies

Big Pharma has a dirty little trick up their sleeves when it comes to child vaccines…

‘We will not comply’: Trump sounds alarm on COVID ‘tyrants’ ahead of 2024 election

Tweety Tweets:

Too bad. So sad.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1697310863412146283
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1697314496216273312
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1697355395134550314
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1697396738334568734
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1697392032581304806

MEME STASH:

Made with Square InstaPic

That song is a total earworm, but I like it.

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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MATTHEW 25:1-13

1“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6But at midnight there was a cry, `Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the wise replied, `Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. 11Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12But he replied, `Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230831

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Badlands News Brief – August 30, 2023

A Country Worth Conserving

Docs Offer Glimpse Inside Censorship Industrial Complex

Saving the Environment from Environmentalists

Bill Barr

Disney Finds Out: Stock Down Almost $200 Billion as America Rejects Woke Perversion of Walt’s Legacy

Was it really a perversion? That’s a legit question.

Macron: BRICS expansion threatens the existence of the “Western” world order

And fiat currency.

Angry Indians: Yet another instance of Native Americans having it up to here with the left

The New Socialism Is a Public-Private Partnership

Paul Sperry drops three juicy rumors on Jack Smith’s flimsy case against Trump…

‘I Mean This With Due Respect’: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls Out MSNBC Host For Linking Climate Change To Major Hurricane

The on air coverage was so over the top, it was disgusting. All of my family members in Florida survived unscathed. And about the flooding…try living near the Mississippi River.

Major Offshore Wind Company Takes Huge Losses After Struggling To Get More Biden Bucks

And Save the Whales gets a boost.

Gaetz Demands Tracking of US-Trained Coup Leaders in Africa

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1696563109769498774

Things are going to be different this time around.

Last time, they created J6 and C19 to justify censoring and purging all dissenting voices from the public sphere.

It gave them complete power over all public discourse. Anyone who said anything negative about masks, vaccines, man-made origins of the virus, etc., all of these things would get you banned immediately, under the guise of “public health disinformation”.

They won’t have that luxury this time. Elon is at the helm of public discourse now, and he is keen to their plans. By the public having a platform to discuss freely, the enemy’s mask, vaccine, and pandemic propaganda will not work. Too many voices with global reach are driving the conversation and we are winning the court of public opinion. People aren’t buying the bullshit this time.

Humans have a deep fear of being alone or ostracized. Many wanted to speak out against the bullshit last time, but stayed silent and complied because they didn’t want to be the outcast. Now that truth-tellers have a massive platform and are dominating the public conversation, those who feared to stand up last time will be emboldened to stand up this time, because they do not feel alone.

That’s why each and every one of us has to stand up at every battle we are faced with. No more putting on a mask to appease employers or a public business. No more going along with the official narrative because you are avoiding confrontation. We have to stand up to it everywhere, and our courage will spread to others.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

Yeah…not going there.

For a couple of my cousins, that would be called dinner.

Or after dinner at my parents’ house when my one brother is in town and there are three empty bottles on the table – white wine, red wine and Jameson. Happened over the summer.

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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.

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.

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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.

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1 THESSALONIANS 3:7-13

7for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith; 8for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. 9For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God, 10praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? 11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; 12and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, as we do to you, 13so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

MATTHEW 24:42-51

42Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. 44Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 47Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48But if that wicked servant says to himself, `My master is delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken, 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, 51and will punish him, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.

Sang this one for the first time in A LONG, LONG, LONG time over the weekend.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230825

Undead Gentleman

Ingredients

  • Absinthe blanc, to rinse
  • 1 1/2 ounces blended aged rum (such as Appleton Estate Reserve or The Real McCoy five-year-old)
  • 1 ounce black blended overproof rum (such as Hamilton 151)
  • 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice (white or pink), freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 ounce John D. Taylor’s Velvet falernum
  • 1/2 ounce Smuggler’s Cove cinnamon syrup*
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • Garnish: lime twist
  • Garnish: grapefruit twist

Steps

  1. Rinse a chilled cocktail coupe with absinthe blanc.
  2. Add the blended aged rum, black blended overproof rum, grapefruit juice, lime juice, falernum, cinnamon syrup and bitters into a shaker with cracked or cubed ice and shake until well-chilled.
  3. Double-strain into the prepared glass.
  4. Garnish with intertwined lime and grapefruit twists.

*Smuggler’s Cove cinnamon syrup: Put 2 cups of water in a saucepan. Add 3 halved 6-inch pieces of cinnamon stick to the water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add 4 cups of granulated sugar and stir with a whisk (or an immersion blender) until dissolved, about 1 minute. The liquid should become clear such that you can see the bottom of the pot. Immediately remove from the heat. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 12 hours. Strain through cheesecloth into a bowl, and then use a funnel to pour into a lidded bottle or other sealable container. The syrup will keep, refrigerated, for several weeks. Makes 4 cups (32 ounces).

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Badlands News Brief – August 24, 2023

So long as he’s dropping red pills, he’s on our side. Otherwise, still not voting for him.

Trump and the Tower of Lies

‘Liberalism’ itself is now fading in Germany

Can Cuppa confirm this?

Some thoughts, all cynical and sour, about the Republican debate

So, I sat through all two hours of the debate amongst the Republican primary candidates, although I was very irked by Larry Elder’s absence. Having said that, he didn’t miss much. It was like watching a junior high school debate, complete with the cool kids asking stupid questions and the geeks fighting on the stage. I hated every minute of it, thought it was embarrassing for all involved, and found it insulting to the American voters.

‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ is dangerous to the Democrat party

Grading the First Peanut Gallery Debate

Not that any of them stand a chance.

Some MAGA fans think a pro-Trump rally outside the Atlanta jail is an FBI setup

Well, it probably is. It’s been known to happen.

BRICS Economic Bloc Expands Adding Iran, Argentina, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Ethiopia During Summit

The whole point of BRICS is to go back to the gold standard, not cave on digital currencies.

Who won the GOP debate? President Trump

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/austerrewyatt1/status/1694674201192403051

MEME STASH:

And he grew up not too far from where I live, actually.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1694302756083814595

That song is a total earworm, but I like it.

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 22:34-40

34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad’ducees, they came together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230824

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Badlands News Brief – August 23, 2023

BRICS Bank May Add Five New Members

‘Unmarked Indigenous Mass Grave’ Detected Under ‘Abusive Catholic Residential School’ Excavated in Canada – Turns Out to Be Just Rocks

And, yet, the Church was raked over the coals for an atrocity no one committed, and there will be no apology.

Germany Building ‘Mass Surveillance Apparatus’ Similar to the Nazis & Stasi, Historian Warns.

I get the idea it’s here in the west just about everywhere.

The Frame of Reverence

The Blunt Truth about Global Warming Models

Leftists Dig a Memory Pit for School Vaccine Mandates

Warning: They’re Trying to Normalize the Cancelation of the 2024 Elections

Hilary Epilogue: How Easy It Is to Panic Americans

Christianity and the Globalist Agenda

Project Veritas’ Financial Woes Go Beyond Layoffs

No James O’Keefe, no profits. It’s that simple.

Bring on the Counterrevolution

More rehabilitation of Nixon’s reputation. Hmm….

The Progressive Benefactor Who Makes U.S. Barriers to Foreign Cash Look Like Swiss Cheese

Deep State Spotlight: Victoria Nuland

Chessboard of Shadows: Prigozhin’s Deception

Putin plays for keeps

The Adversary Is Shifting Strategies and We Must Do the Same

TWEETS!

And what we all waited for……

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1694389032678002855

____________________________________

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.

____________________________________________________

REVELATION 21:9-14

9Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed; 13on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230818

Plain Killer

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces El Dorado 15-year-old rum
  • 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 ounce orange juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1 ounce Coco Lopez coconut cream
  • Garnish: nutmeg, freshly grated

Steps

  1. Add the rum, pineapple juice, orange juice and coconut cream into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Pour the contents, including the ice, into a Tiki mug, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

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Badlands News Brief – August 17, 2023

Avoid the Avalanche, Protect Your Mind

One Year After Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s MAGA Movement Won’t Be Silenced

In Georgia, President Trump and the 18 Defendants Can and Should SUE Fani Willis For “Malicious Prosecution”

How President Trump Can Use Political Pressure to Defeat the Biden Witch Hunt

Here’s What The Democrats Should Expect If a Republican Wins Back The White House

Progressive Religion May Be Dying But the Gospel Is Thriving

Black man calls out Trump indictments as ‘two-tiered justice’ that will usher in a surge of black support

Media pundit blames widespread rejection of Bidenomics on Americans’ unwillingness to accept candidates that aren’t ‘warm and fuzzy’

National Review crashes and burns over “Rich Men North of Richmond”

End of the Dollar: South Africa Says Over 40 Countries Want to Join BRICS

UPDATE: Project Veritas Lays Off Most Employees Cutting To Skeleton Staff

Can You Feel It? Ten Signs That Things in America Have Reached a BREAKING POINT

Which Countries Are Interested in Joining BRICS?

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1691985186265698413

“Experts” again.

You REALLY want to ask that question?

IDK, one of my brothers had a bug that presented as Lyme Disease and did damage to his heart. Could it have been a tick bite? Sure. HIV? No. The thing is, he had a pacemaker put in at the age of 32 due to severe arrhythmia.

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1692129439419695229

MEME STASH:

Sat on one of those many a time.

Made with Square InstaPic

IDK…there’s a lot more demonic activity out there.

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.

_____________________________________________________

JOSHUA 24:1-13

1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, `Your fathers lived of old beyond the Euphra’tes, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. 3Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; 4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Se’ir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it; and afterwards I brought you out. 6Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did to Egypt; and you lived in the wilderness a long time. 8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and invited Balaam the son of Be’or to curse you, 10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand. 11And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Per’izzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Gir’gashites, the Hivites, and the Jeb’usites; and I gave them into your hand. 12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow. 13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you dwell therein; you eat the fruit of vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant.’

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!