Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230817

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Badlands News Brief – August 16, 2023

Fitch Warns It May Need To Downgrade US Banks Soon

‘Clockwork’: Four Trump Indictments Drop After Four Damning Biden Business Revelations

Yes. Many of us out here on the fruited plain noticed. Weeks ago.

Three military services now without Senate-confirmed heads for first time in history

Curious.

The Democrats are Certain They Will Never be Held Accountable for the Trump Indictments and Biden Cover-Up

The Impeachment Chorus Needs to Cool It

Why is Ron DeSantis faltering in the polls?

Because he’s been outed as a deep state hack.

America Under Attack: Massive Blaze in Pensacola Marks NINTH Recycling Plant Fire in First Half of August Alone

The Erroneous ‘Underpaid Teacher’ Claims

It seriously depends on the school district.

How Unions Have Betrayed America

The Unforgivable Ivermectin Swindle

‘Sound of Freedom’ Director Calls QAnon Labels ‘Heartbreaking,’ ‘Not True,’ Debunks With Details of Film’s Origins

Trump’s momentum shows few signs of waning despite growing legal storm

The deep state cabal really doesn’t know the American people at all.

Like Pigpen from ‘Peanuts,’ criminal charges cloud Trump. Had enough yet, GOP voters? | Opinion

Keep bringing it, and the lawfare becomes really transparent to the people who are still asleep.

Eastman Decries Fulton County Indictment: ‘This Is A Legal Cluster-Bomb’

Tucker, Twitter, and the Truth Community

NOW Is the Time to Share the Evidence of Massive, Widespread Voter Fraud

President Trump claims it’s coming on Monday. We’ll see what the media conjures up to bury the story.

BREAKING: Apple removes ALL of Glenn Beck’s podcasts from iTunes

What did he do to tick off the cabal this time?

TWEETS!

He might be borderline uniparty, but he does have a way with words.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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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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MATTHEW 18:21–19:1

18 21Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. 23“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. 24When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; 25and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, `Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ 27And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. 28But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, `Pay what you owe.’ 29So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, `Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ 30He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. 31When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. 32Then his lord summoned him and said to him, `You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; 33and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. 35So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.” 19 1Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230811

Dirty Shirley

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces vodka
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 6 to 8 ounces lemon-lime soda, to taste
  • 1 to 1 1/2 ounces grenadine, to taste
  • 1/2 ounce maraschino cherry syrup from the jar, optional
  • 1 to 2 maraschino cherries, for garnish

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.Ingredients to make a Dirty ShirleyThe Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck
  2. Add the vodka and lime juice to a tall glass. Top with plenty of ice.A glass with lime, vodka, and iceThe Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck
  3. Add the lemon-lime soda, then top with grenadine and maraschino cherry syrup, if using. Stir to combine.A glass of lime, vodka, soda, and grenadine being stirredThe Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck
  4. Taste, adding more soda or grenadine if desired. Garnish with a maraschino cherry or two and serve immediately.A Dirty Shirley garnished with two maraschino cherries

Badlands News Brief – August 10, 2023

Growing Number of Leprosy Cases Reported After COVID-19 Vaccination

That’s one that’s really curious. Although, Leprosy did pretty much disappear once immune systems were stronger than in Biblical times.

Target hit with shareholder lawsuit after Pride backlash damaged stock price

A Modest Proposal to Defeat the Political Class

There should be nothing modest about it. It’s all or nothing at this point.

Evil Never Takes a Holiday

The petty totalitarians have moved from a marathon’s pace to a sprint not because the finish line is just ahead, but because too many ordinary people have begun to figure out what is going on around them. The left has been slowly herding Westerners like a flock of sheep to a pen down the road, but now the sheepdogs have begun nudging the herd toward a different direction. In the process, it appears that there are a lot more sheepdogs hiding among the sheep than anybody ever knew. That is a problem for the wolves who have assumed that they could lock everyone into a new cage and begin feasting without a fight. The wolves have become visibly authoritarian because unexpected resistance has made them foolishly desperate.

Fighting the Flying Monkeys

Political Prosecution: A Constitutional Crisis In The Making

For Washington Post’s Feared ‘Pinocchio’ Fact Checker, Forthrightness Dies in ‘Updates’ to Biden-Burisma Story

Legal expert says 2020 election interference was ‘Deep State FBI’

At this point, anything is possible.

Could walking extend your lifespan? – study

Oh, man, I hope so.

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?

Like it worked so well the last time.

Liberal Republican donors are souring on DeSantis because of his pro-life, pro-family record

Somehow, I don’t think that’s why.

7 Trends That Indicate Economic Disaster Is Approaching Very Rapidly

So the FBI’s Los Angeles and Portland field offices also helped out with targeting Latin Mass Catholics?

“There’s a Fresh Wind Blowing” For Religious Freedom in America

EV startup Lucid is losing over $500,000 for every car it sells

Everyone who wants a car run on batteries already has one.

Biden Corruption Context and The Lightbringer

I think Sundance will be surprised at just how much gets exposed.

Bidenomics – Multiple Key Performance Indicators Spell Trouble Ahead

Nothing new, just another voice to add to the Greek chorus.

Snarky and Brilliant – President Trump Will Travel to Iowa State Fair With 9 Florida Republicans Who Endorsed Him, On Same Day DeSantis Will Attend

He he he

Tweety Tweets:

If it actually happens….

I swear to God that this division in the republican party is going to cost us the election. I have friends voting for DeSantis. I’m not going to try to change their mind, but many DeSantis supporters are all up and down my feed screeching like liberals.

Literally repeating the same thing over and over. Trump isn’t going to win. There’s no way. Might as well vote for DeSantis. Trump is selfish. If he cared about the country, he would back DeSantis.

Who tf are you trying to convince here? Apparently not confident enough to keep regurgitating the same thing over and over.

You’re not changing my mind or other Trump supporters’ minds.

You will cost us the election.

I put a half a pound of those in my fruitcake every year.

Not good.

Amen.

Can any North Carolina peeps confirm this?

MEME STASH:

Yeah, I know. GONG!

Yuck. And it’s teflon, too.

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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JOHN 15:4-10

4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. 9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230810

Badlands News Brief – August 9, 2023

The WHO’s Last Stand

US Credit Card Debt Passes $1 Trillion For First Time

Almost have mine paid off.

Trump likely to face gag order after he targeted prosecutors, witnesses, and judges online, experts say

Good luck with that.

Turning California Purple

Meet the Company Trying to Control Your Mind

LEAKED Secret “Cypher” Catches Biden Red Handed In Ouster Of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

The Biden Crime Cartel strikes again. I have a feeling what we know now is just the tip of the iceberg.

Rogan says “No f**king way” to digital currency, “That’s game over”…

Agreed.

Is America an open-air insane asylum?

The trouble with battery-operated cars

Who is Michael Jones?: FBI Informant Planted in Proud Boys Caught on Tape on January 6

Breaking: NIH Secret Third-Party Royalty Database Uncovered

Joe Rogan and Patrick Bet David Begin to Figure It Out – “There Are Trillions at Stake”…

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1688831915329982464

There is a massive energy shift going on.

It feels like we have reached a tipping point in the normie-waking campaign. S

o many people are now outspoken about the lies and deceit, that it’s given others the courage to do the same.

This effect has compounded across the globe. Now it’s considered socially acceptable to be a “truther”. It’s the counter-culture now.

It’s cool to be anti-establishment. Now that a large enough portion of people have begun to reject establishment narratives, many of the sleepers will join with us, simply because of their natural human desire to fit in.

In other words, we have been dominating the culture war, and now it’s starting to bear fruit.

I really wish people who post online would learn proper punctuation. A period NEVER is supposed to be outside quotation marks. Ask my mother the grammar nazi.

I agree. We need to get organized.

It’s time she retires, at the very least.

I know people with this issue.

Haven’t had a microwave in seven years. Some days it is missed…especially when the double boiler doesn’t get cleaned out right away.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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That movie touched a nerve.

Probably not the cheese….

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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.

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2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-10

6The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. 9As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.” 10He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

PSALMS 112:1-2, 5-9

1Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! 2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. 5It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice. 6For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered for ever. 7He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. 8His heart is steady, he will not be afraid, until he sees his desire on his adversaries. 9He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

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.

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SATIRE

So, it wasn’t Sue Ellen’s sister?

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230804

Lemon Cooler

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth
  • 1 ounce gin
  • 1/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/4 ounce grenadine
  • Bitter lemon soda or lemon-flavored club soda, to top
  • Garnish: 1 lemon wheel

Steps

  1. Add the dry vermouth, gin, lemon juice and grenadine to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a Collins glass filled with fresh ice.
  3. Top with bitter lemon soda or lemon-flavored club soda and garnish with a lemon wheel.

Arabian Nights

True or not, that’s a fascinating read.

Badlands News Brief – August 3, 2023

Anons aren’t moving goalposts when we react with excitement to each new indictment, and follow with anticipation each new ‘walls are closing in’ deployment by media shills.

We’re acting this way because we were seeded with these ideas far in advance, so that we might act as the frame and support for the psychological battles and revelations to come.

To wit: many of us were saying this before the FIRST indictment.

As a result, a lot of Con Inc. doom merchants who never lost their blue checks are suddenly doing an about-face on how the walls are closing in on Trump because they’re realizing Anons have been right for years.

FOX News Crash-and-Burn: Only One-Third of Conservative Voters Now Trust FOX News

Progress

CIA moderating Wikipedia – former editor

That was a given considering that most of the pages are open to be edited by just about anyone.

Tweety Tweets:

MEME STASH:

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 9:35–10:1

9 35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” 10 1And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230803

Badlands News Brief – August 2, 2023

Additionally, whether the Trump-DeSantis feud is for narrative purposes or genuine, all DeSantis is doing by rushing to the timely defense of Trump is demonstrating to Trump’s supporters that the powers behind him are looking to wear the America First movement as a skin suit in order to co-opt the messaging of the man who sparked it all in the first place.

It’s not going to help Establishment polling, while it’s going to continue to launch Trump into the stratosphere.

Judge rules Trump protected by presidential immunity for claims doubting election while in office

Jonathan Turley Warns: Biden Allegations ‘Shaping Up to Be One of the Greatest Scandals in History’

Biden was just the bagman. Somebody else was running the show, like whoever was running Obama.

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Asks Judge To Block The Release Of Secret Jeffrey Epstein Files; Feds Claim It Would Mess Up The Jury Pool In ‘Possible’ Ghislaine Maxwell Retrial

Right. Sure. It’s not about WHO is on the client list, now is it. Nope. Might contaminate the jury pool. That’s a good one.

Dr. Robert Malone: COVID jabs were a CIA operation to depopulate the world

At least this is getting attention.

Bernie Sanders leads lawmakers demanding DOJ prosecute fossil fuel companies for climate change

Would someone please put this old fool out to pasture.

Biden Preparing to Declare Pandemic-Like ‘Climate Emergency,’ Energy Industry Insiders Warn

Why a kinder, gentler Trump cannot exist

Beyond Weaponized: The Department of Justice Is a Domestic Terrorist Group That Calls Good Evil and Evil Good

That’s one way of putting it.

Cancel culture is getting canceled and it’s about time

Yes, but it took the extremes to get the people to really vote with their wallets.

The Trump Indictment Criminalizes Political Dissent

They want us to think that, anyway.

‘I STAND WITH TRUMP’ MOVEMENT STRENGTHENS AFTER THIRD INDICTMENT AND BIDEN DOJ INTERFERENCE ALARMS AMERICANS

Maybe so, but a lot of us are not enjoying the show. At all.

Conservatives Shred Mike Pence After He Issues Statement Supporting Trump Indictment: ‘Should Never Be President’

Shed like a snake skin.

The Media’s Key Demo is Abandoning It

Gee, I wonder why.

Just the intro music…. The rest of it…. zzzzzzzzzzz

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1686711432555958273

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1686702131720445952

For all those who saw “Sound of Freedom”, does anything here look familiar?

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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.

____________________________________________________

PSALMS 84:3-6, 8, 11

2My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah] 5Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 7They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion. 10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

MATTHEW 13:47-53

47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. 49So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, 50and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 51“Have you understood all this?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” 53And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230728

Apposta Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 750 milliliter bottle gin
  • 2 cup Aperol
  • 2 cup sweet white vermouth
  • ⅔ cup fresh lemon juice, strained
  • 4 ounce (1/2 cup) grapefruit soda, chilled
  • fresh thyme and orange peel, optional

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a pitcher and serve in glasses over ice. Garnish with thyme and orange peel.

Badlands News Brief – July 28, 2023

Our Government Has Been Covering Up Its Crimes For A Very Long Time

The normies are figuring it out.

Eliminate Fraud with Patient-Controlled Healthcare

Human-Trafficking, Mind-Control and the CIA

Dear Hollywood: Learn to Code

I’d actually like to see a lot of them give it a go without the studios. The studios are stifling creativity, and there’s too much talent out there to waste it.

Anheuser-Busch to lay off hundreds of employees after Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney disaster

I’m now pretty convinced that the whole thing was done specifically to destroy A-B. This wasn’t the people at the top being unaware. They knew exactly what they were doing and how the American people would respond.

Is this summer’s extreme heat the new normal?

In these parts, it always has been normal. Frankly, here, the summer of 2013 was worse. So was 1988. My grandmother claimed 1934 was really hot. Hot summers happen.

“We’ve got dead aliens, but no Epstein client list?”: Americans unimpressed with UFO hearings…

Earlier this year, a number of sites and accounts I follow claimed that the U.S. Government was going to trot out the “little green men” narrative to cover for all the scandals. Darned if the “insiders” weren’t right.

Starbucks Hired Eric Holder To Conduct a ‘Civil Rights Audit.’ The Policies He Blessed Got the Coffee Maker Sued.

Another detransitioner speaks.

It Turns Out the Driving Range of Electric Vehicles Is Even Worse Than Advertised

Ya don’t say.

Check out the bar behind her. That’s some stock from the very people who demonize booze, and have psyched out a lot of people on the topic.

SCOTUS Rules Gas Pipeline Can Be Built, Slamming Bribery Biden’s “Green” Agenda

REVEALED: Mitch McConnell Recently Had a Major Fall at DC Airport – Also Reportedly Using a Wheelchair As a “Precaution” in Crowded Situations (VIDEO)

Report: Hunter Biden Appeared Agitated, Worried as Plea Deal Fell Apart

WATCH: Democrat Patty Murray Urges Befuddled Dianne Feinstein to Say ‘Aye’ During Appropriations Vote

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1684329826524577795
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1684355362969772034
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1684604337425612800
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1684624323955343360

Amen.

MIC DROP:

@PaulaYScanlan DESTROYS @RepCohen on biological men using women’s facilities

“By Rep. Cohen admitting that we need barriers [in women’s facilities] acknowledges there are biological differences between men and women.

And by acknowledging that we need to have private spaces that are separate from each other, why can’t we just use the locker rooms that we’ve always used – the men’s and the women’s?

If you’re acknowledging that we need protection and privacy from these men, then you’re acknowledging that the locker rooms we’ve always used are the correct ones.”

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1684307786325262343

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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PSALMS 19:8-11

7The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; 8the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. 10More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

MATTHEW 13:18-23

18“Hear then the parable of the sower. 19When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. 20As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 22As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

SATIRE!

As a child of the 80s, LOL!

Have a good weekend!

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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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.

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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.

_____________________________________________________

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

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

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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.

_____________________________________________________

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.

_____________________________________________________

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.

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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!