Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230303

BRIGHT AND RAINY

INGREDIENTS

  • 1.5 oz gin
  • 0.5 oz peach schnapps
  • 0.25 oz lime juice
  • 3 oz ginger beer/ginger ale

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Stir all ingredients over ice in a rocks glass. Enjoy!

The end of the week. I’m ready.

Belarus President Lukashenko Visits Chairman Xi, Affirms Support for China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

You would think that Lukashenko violated a war commandment from NATO, the World Economic Forum and the Western alliance when you read the apoplexy from the media describing how he stood next to Chairman Xi during his Chinese leader’s first comments in public about China’s peace proposal.

When you look at the big picture, you realize how strongly the western alliance needs to maintain a NATO expanded war with Russia as the only possible path forward. Anyone like Viktor Orban (Hungary) or Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) who propose anything, except expanded war with Russia, are immediately attacked by the entire apparatus of western media.

It’s a remarkable dynamic to watch.

Badlands News Brief – March 2, 2023

At G20 meeting, India’s Modi says ‘global governance has failed’

A Subtle Way for Establishment Republicans to Sabotage Trump

The Death of Expertise

I’ve long despised the “expert” culture. May it be cremated so as to never rise again.

Blame the Science

More vaccines -> higher infant mortality

Why are young liberals so depressed?

Unmet unrealistic expectations. Happens to every generation.

Leftist Billionaires: The True Beneficiaries of Biden’s “Green Economy”

Do We Have a Contract With the Federal Reserve?

Inside the James O’Keefe ouster at Project Veritas

This all got blown out of proportion. Still, both sides left out a few points.

The Rise of the Right-Wing Peacenik

‘I realized that my own side was led by a bunch of incompetents and ideologues who had taken our country down a path of destruction. And for what?’

We won’t be smoking weed, and looking for free love, but war better have purpose above and beyond enriching the Military Industrial Complex.

Trump Proves The Establishment Wrong Again As He Surges In Another Major Poll

Asymmetric Linguistic Trend Analysis

Twitter File Release #17 – Matt Taibbi Outlines Obama’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) Labeling U.S. Accounts as “Foreign Actors” to Promote Media Narrative

Been there. Done that. Not doing it again.

Widespread public distrust in media baffles mainstream pundits

Disinformation Inc: Congress receives classified briefing on conservative blacklist group

BREAKING: Unsanctioned Russian Billionaires Discussed ‘Favors’ With Then VP-Biden After Going Property Shopping With Hunter

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1631121343482859520

I wish the COVID news wasn’t so morbidly depressing.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1631092444115742725
https://twitter.com/SantaSurfing/status/1631194089667567621

Anybody hear anything about this?

And counting, I’m afraid.

Will S’mores taste the same if we use Ghiardelli?

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1631361952801857537

We don’t know what we don’t know. It’s that simple.

Twitter files #17 dropped. It’s not the Fauci files, but it is interesting. The thread is broken on Twitter itself, so this starts in the middle.

https://twitter.com/nada88564211/status/1631434982366298112
https://twitter.com/ronin19217435/status/1631234821828616194

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1631100957206478849
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1631116952113491968

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1631106911566274560

https://youtu.be/ZJtQ4NwsA-g

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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EZEKIEL 18:21-28

21“But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness which he has done he shall live. 23Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? 24But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does the same abominable things that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, he shall die. 25“Yet you say, `The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? 26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die. 27Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life. 28Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

PSALMS 130:1-8

1Out of the depths I cry to thee, O LORD! 2Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! 3If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

MATTHEW 5:20-26

20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 21“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’ 22But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire. 23So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; 26truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230302

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1630754583977893889

Here we go.

And there was much rejoicing!

Badlands News Brief – March 1, 2023

Ron DeSantis’s book is already a #1 bestseller on Amazon

Amazing how that happens.

CNN ratings PLUNGE as coveted 25-54 age demo tunes out

Too bad, so sad.

What’s the Real Reason Political Anxiety Is So High?

“News” programming. There’s so blasted much of it, it’s hard to escape and take a break.

Zelensky warns skeptical Americans ‘if they do not change their opinion’ they can expect to send their sons and daughters to die for Ukraine

Yeah, no.

Lori Lightfoot’s Humiliating Loss Means Hope for America’s Future

The Population Crash

‘Critical Thinking’: An Educational Shock Collar

The End of the English Major

Ford patents car that can repossess itself and drive back to showroom

I would settle for a key fob that actually stays snapped shut after changing the battery. Two cousins and I accosted the family member who manages a Ford dealership on Saturday all with the same complaint. The darn things keep falling apart.

ANTI-WOKE NONPROFIT RELEASES AD SLAMMING PROGRESSIVE’S “EQUITY” OBSESSION THAT BLOWS GOP MEDIA CONSULTANT ADS AWAY

‘This Is War,’ Mother of 2 Sons Killed by Fentanyl Testifies, Telling Congress to ‘Do Something’

TRUMP RIPS FOX NEWS: ‘THEY LOOK TOO SCARED’ TO ‘REVEAL THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF VOTER FRAUD & IRREGULARITIES’

The Left Is Right To Fear Tucker Carlson

Did Speaker Kevin McCarthy Just Pull a Massive ‘BAIT AND SWITCH?’ Tucker Carlson and Staff Are NOT Allowed To Record or Remove Jan 6 Footage

Glimpses Into Hell – Part 2

Your Sickness Just Makes Us So Sad

We ALL know!

TWEETS:

Doesn’t matter if it was taken out of context. We’re sick of war. If the Military Industrial Complex and their NATO people would just understand that….

Yeah…that is weird to agree with him.

Can’t have the competition upstaging the chosen one, now can we.

I don’t remember if I was a freshman or sophomore in HS when we read it.

I wonder how much they are being paid.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1630716449915392000

Since when?

Seriously, have these people not seen Highlander II?

MEMES:

True story.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1630883016988934144

Looks like the squirrel put a paw in a socket.

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1630696703056592896
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1630775471464955905

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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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MATTHEW 7:7-12

7“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! 12So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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SATIRE!

Southern California Covered In 6 Feet Of Global Warming

ANAHEIM, CA — The Southland was turned upside down this week as an unexpected weather pattern left the region blanketed by what experts were only able to call “massive amounts of Global Warming.” Residents were told to remain indoors to avoid making direct contact with the Global Warming.

“Our world has officially ended,” said California resident Luis Garcia. “We’ve been hearing about Global Warming for years now, but it has now fallen upon us and brought destruction with it.” Though the final numbers were not yet reported, it is feared that perhaps dozens of people have been inconvenienced by this new outbreak of Global Warming.

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230224

Bijou Cocktail

The Bijou was popular for a few decades, but fell out of style after Prohibition. Unlike its popular cousins the Manhattan and martini, the Bijou was unknown until it was rediscovered in the 1980’s. The ingredients in a Bijou cocktail are equal parts:

  • Gin
  • Sweet vermouth
  • Chartreuse liquor

As a note, some people like to change-up the ratios to use less Chartreuse. We decided to stick with the 1890’s equal parts recipe, and we’re glad we did.

Once you’ve got your ingredients, this three ingredient drink takes only 5 minutes to make. Here are the main steps to make a Bijou cocktail:

  • Stir together all ingredients in a cocktail mixing glass. This is a classic “stirred” cocktail where you stir the ingredients together instead of shaking them. Shaking dilutes the drink with ice. Because this drink is all liquor and no juices or mixers, you stir it.
  • Don’t have a mixing glass? Use any glass or container you like to mix the drink, then strain it into the serving glass. Or, grab yourself a cocktail mixing glass. (Plus, it just looks cool.)

Doing this late, so the commentary will be sparse. Maybe

Badlands News Brief

Seriously, this is daily reading.

Sounding the Alarm Over the WHO’s Attack on American Taxpayers and Sovereignty….

New Forensic Expert’s Report Out of Allegheny County, PA Shows Duplicate Ballot Scans and over 50,000 “Non-Unique Tabulator CVR Numbers

Bill Gates buys nearly $1B Heineken stake — despite not being a ‘big beer drinker’

From Anonymous Conservative:

If you want to put recombinant proteins, or mRNA or DNA, or even living micro-organisms in people, beer is an excellent choice. It is just a big brew of living yeast cells you can put all sorts of stuff inside. I would bet he didn’t go with yogurt, because most of those consumers were the types who could just be told to take the new medical thing, and they would line up, and even screech at everyone else who didn’t do it.

Biden Family Key Partner Eric Schwerin to Flip in House Oversight Probe

NYC auctioned off $200 million worth of COVID gear for a small fraction: report

Higher Cognitive Ability, Less Concern for Political Correctness – Study Finds

No kidding.

A Great Awakening Decades in the Making

Taking Back America

Get In the Box, Peasant

Dark to Light: An Interview with Kari Lake

Odd “Coincidences” Surround Plane Crash That Killed Five People on Their Way to Ohio

Naive, much?

Shared Interests

Mystery Solved: Left-Wing Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group

NPR to lay off 10 percent of staff in ‘major loss’ as ad revenue drops

Parents Increasingly Move Back In With Their Kids, What’s Going On?

Pooling resources. Needing help as parents age. It’s happened in my family and circles my whole life.

Georgia jury forewoman throws Trump investigation into chaos after admitting it would have been ‘awesome’ to subpoena him

Toxic Wastewater From Ohio Train Derailment Headed To Texas

WIRED Magazine Exposes the Social and Environmental Costs of the “Green” Agenda

DeSantis Hosting Donors and Social Media Influencers During 3-Day Palm Beach Event

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1628592369359618048
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1628608370302238720

Shall we dance?

It was a new standard alright. A new standard of low, and how to kill people.

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1628752732923338758

Hmm…. Wonder what he knows.

Oh…thank you.

And how many legions does the UN have?

MEME STASH:

They were fun to climb on before I had an ipad.

🤮🤮🤮

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1628782340347494400
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1628538054100000768

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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ISAIAH 58:1-9

1“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God. 3`Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. 4Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. 5Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD? 6“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 8Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230223

Just going to get started. If anything was discussed yesterday, please, scroll past. I had a long day.

Badlands News Brief

Really, it’s become daily reading.

Steve Bannon breaks down the Veritas O’Keefe situation…

Biden says ‘Kyiv stands strong;’ Putin suspends nuclear arms treaty with U.S.

As we inch our way toward the Military Industrial Complex’s wet dream.

CDC confirms 100% of reported Covid-19 Vaccine Deaths were caused by just 5% of batches produced & the majority were sent to red Republican States across the USA

Hot batches. I could type something really nasty right now, but it’s Lent and I’m trying to clean up my mouth.

Doctors Sue FDA For Prohibiting Ivermectin To Treat Covid-19

They darn well should.

Another Top Biden Official Resigns as Disasters Pile Up

GOP impatience grows for DeSantis to make move on Trump

If We Survive the So-Called “Polycrisis” Then There’s a Silver Lining Lesson for America to Learn

Fakers, Frauds, and Fools

Artificial Intelligence and the Passion of Mortality

The Passing of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Amazing how respect for others has diminished since we went so casual.

Open Primaries and Closed Debate

The National Divorce Delusion

EXPOSED: THE DIRTY BONING BETWEEN BIG OIL AND THINK TANKS

ALEX VITALE, WHO WROTE THE BOOK ON POLICE REFORM, SAYS ISSUE IS POLITICS, NOT TRAINING

How Georgia Became Democrats’ Test Site For Their 2024 Private Takeover Of Election Offices

MUST WATCH: Trump says he would put an end to war in Ukraine ‘in 24 hours’

DISGUSTING: Democratic Campaign Committee Reportedly STOLE Military Records Of Republican Candidates To Smear Them

The establishment’s erasure of JK Rowling and other pulp fiction rebels is just the start

Key Dominion exec admitted company products ‘riddled with bugs’ days before 2020 vote: Fox lawyers

Man Finds Undetonated Blasting Cap on Property 1.4 Miles From Ohio Derailment Controlled Toxic Chemical Burn

Glimpses into Hell

Disinformation Inc vs the Founding Fathers

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1628232365649584132

Waiting for it.

She’ll come up again later.

From Anonymous Conservative on Petey:

Buttigieg refuses to answer Daily Caller reporter’s questions on East Palestine, but creepily snaps her photo. He does the photo-taking covertly like domestic surveillance is taught, keeping the phone down and out of sight as he suddenly stops and actively engages her in conversation to distract from it. He wanted to know who she was, and will give the photo to his intelligence handler probably, to ID for him. I had an older woman doing the same thing two days ago, pretending she was photographing price signs in a store, but always getting so I was behind the price signs she was photographing with her phone. Of course, I am videoing too, but I don’t think she noticed. America is probably straight up the creepiest nation to live in these days. Just creepy weirdos all around.

https://twitter.com/wopizza/status/1628089874577518595
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1628408014129491968
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1628240710984925185
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1628262090342383619
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1628486157238472705

Yes. Something flipped alright.

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1628374042624290821

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1628508296067043329

____________________________________

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.

____________________________________________________

Archbishop Viganò – Homily For Ash Wednesday 2023 (English Translation)

DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20

15“See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. 16If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to take possession of it. 17But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18I declare to you this day, that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live, 20loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; for that means life to you and length of days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

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.

LUKE 9:22-25

22saying, “The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” 23And he said to all, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it. 25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230217

King Cake Martini

What you need to make a King Cake Martini (and cinnamon vodka)

Cinnamon-Infused Vodka (Makes 8 servings)

  • 4 oz. vodka
  • 2 cinnamon sticks

King Cake Martini (Makes 1)

  • 1 ½ oz. hazelnut liqueur
  • 1 oz. white crème de cocoa
  • ½ oz. cinnamon vodka
  • ¼ oz. coffee liqueur
  • 2 ½ oz. club soda
  • Green, purple and yellow decorative sugars, for the rim of the glasses

Instructions

Make the Cinnamon-Infused Vodka

  1. In a mason jar, measure out the vodka.
  2. Add the cinnamon sticks, breaking in half if too large for the mason jar.
  3. Infuse for 5-7 days, then remove the cinnamon sticks and strain using a fine mesh strainer.
  4. Transfer to a clean mason jar, and store until time to make the drinks.

Make the King Cake Martini

  1. Add the colored sugar rim to the martini glasses: Dip the martini glasses in a shallow dish holding water. Sprinkle the three colored sugars onto a plate, careful to keep them separate. Dip the glasses’ rims into the sugar, and remove. Set aside.
  2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the hazelnut liqueur, white crème de cocoa, cinnamon-infused vodka and coffee liqueur and add ice.
  3. Shake vigorously until combined.
  4. Pour the drink into the prepared martini glass.
  5. Top with club soda, and enjoy immediately.

Wow that was a challenge to copy and paste.

Alright, let’s see…what have I got….

Small Clues, Sealed Cases, Future Shock

We Need a New “Church Committee” to Curb Massive Intelligence Agency Criminality Ranging From Illegal Surveillance to Torture and Assassination

Meet Samuel Armes – Groomed by the CIA and FBI and Author of the Original “1776 Returns” FED-SURRECTION Document – That He Reportedly Told a Friend to Send to the Proud Boys to Set Them Up

What it’s like to use Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing

It’s a pain in the a–.

U.S. Bishops Silent After FBI Claims Conservative Catholics Are ‘White Supremacists’

They’re silent about a lot more than that. Cowards. Zero spine in most of them.

By Forcing Americans Into Electric Vehicles, Leftists Ensure Road Trips’ Demise

That did cross my mind. The DS people must be regular drivers on I-95. Most crowded highway I’ve been on…well, other than the Pennsylvania turnpike.

Trust in media is so low that half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them

I call this progress.

Why not a ‘He Gets Us’ campaign for traditional values?

‘Isn’t Fear News?’

No, it’s a base emotion used for control in the news by those who either don’t like us, or want to sell something.

No, Slaves Didn’t Build This Country

A lot of immigrants did, though.

Is the Asbury Revival Real? That’s Not the Most Important Question To Ask About It

I’ve been seeing stuff about this revival. Is it real? The better question is will it last.

MEDIA IGNORE SEYMOUR HERSH BOMBSHELL REPORT OF US DESTROYING NORD STREAM II

Of course they are ignoring it. It destroys their narrative.

MacIntyre: Progressing toward decay: How the modern leviathan state destroys living humans in the name of a theoretical ‘humanity’

NO ACCIDENTS: The oblivious masses have no idea they are being systematically EXTERMINATED by a series of planned disasters

While this is true, the waking up is in progress. Just listening to the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, talk reflects this.

SCOTUS Will Decide Whether to Take up a 2020 ‘Rigged Election’ Case on Friday

Writers at another website I follow think the Brunson case is DOA. We’ll see.

The Republican Big Club Are All In to Have Culture War and Anti-Woke Efforts Dominate 2024 GOP Primary

Maybe they do know something about the base. Do they care? That’s another question.

Is the Federal Reserve a British Institution?

Jekyll Island is in Georgia. That’s where the creature was spawned…by people with ties to the British banking empire.

Excess size caused train to break down in days before it derailed in Ohio, employees say

Actually, after reading the article, it sounds like excess weight. It was too heavy. As someone who lives in a metro area where every American train line has a presence, getting stuck at a train crossing with a two mile long one happens. A lot. But, a lot of times those long dudes have a lot of empty coal cars or empty automobile carriers, and extra engines in the middle. 9,300 hundred feet is not quite two miles. Sounds like it was heavy.

No Vaccine No Food? Grocery Industry Merging with Big Tech and Big Pharma

Yet another reason to pay cash.

Naomi Wolf: Autopsies Revealed Catastrophic Lesions On Many Organs Likely Caused By Covid Vaccine

Tweety Tweets:

Some of us who are close to rail lines AND major waterways in this nation are NOT happy. It could happen to any of us and not just hit the northeast, but a whole lot of farmland.

https://twitter.com/OneAddyAdds/status/1626105538042908674

As a matter of history, the New River runs through Charleston, West Virginia, which is in a valley where EVERY major chemical company has a plant. That valley is called “chemical valley” for a reason. My dad claims that dead fish were a regular feature of the river in the late 1940s and 50s. By 1997, the last time my family was there to bury my grandmother, the New River had recovered, but it took decades. This will pass, but it’s going to take time.

Now we know why ObamaCare installed that massive online chart system. It’s handy for ER doctors who are dealing with drug addicts, but can be used for nefarious purposes.

In the comments, someone explained that this is a short spur of sorts, not a main line. From observation, the main lines are quite well maintained. The tracks themselves are not an issue.

I’d settle for potholes being filled. The streets in the city are a mess. Tell me again why we poured asphalt over the bricks that are still functioning fine on the back streets, side streets, and allies.

Uh-oh.

Getting that idea.

Damn straight I agree with her.

Easier said than done. It’s a side effect of the shot, and may not be related to any drug. And…long COVID is real. Really real.

Apparently, it’s only one car that didn’t turn over. But, still….

https://twitter.com/Resist_05/status/1626031499958190080

The people are working on it.

Reminder from yesterday on SIDS happening over 90% of the time the week after a vaccine:

And the discussion on putting babies on their backs to sleep…a relative of a relative lost a baby who spit up and aspirated the spit in the middle of the night. I will NEVER put a baby on his or her back again.

https://twitter.com/MichaelDeLauzon/status/1626360961710817280

How much did the Big Club pay the people in the seats for their appearance?

https://twitter.com/Rothbard1776/status/1626327375578337282

Close enough.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1626073196012179458

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1626302273138614277
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1626269533995425792
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1625979904415133696

https://youtu.be/RZMUkhRyUPk

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GENESIS 11:1-9

1Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. 6And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9Therefore its name was called Ba’bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

PSALMS 33:10-15

10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nought; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 11The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! 13The LORD looks down from heaven, he sees all the sons of men; 14from where he sits enthroned he looks forth on all the inhabitants of the earth, 15he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.

MARK 8:34–9:1

8 34And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37For what can a man give in return for his life? 38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” 9 1And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230216

Shall we dive right in?

Novelty

The Crap on the Wall

Yes, I know the two links above are teasers for subscription.

Missouri US Senator Eric Schmitt Announces He’s Backing President Trump in 2024

Shocker. I thought for sure Schmitt was uniparty all the way.

The ‘DeSantis Is Trump Without the Baggage’ Crowd is in for a Rude Awakening

I’ll say.

Make Being a ‘Joyful Warrior’ a Personal Calling

The Libertarian-Socialist Axis

What Difference Your Ephemera Makes

Woke AI: Dystopia’s Final Frontier

COVID litigation conference next month in Atlanta

Dr. McCullough: Lawsuits Are Coming for Those Who Defrauded the Public

Conservative talk splinters in post-Rush era

Rand Paul Explodes On Denied Care To Unvaxxed

WHO official calls for increased ‘surveillance’ to help end COVID ‘emergency’

HELL TO THE NO! NOPE. NOT EVEN. NO WAY JOSE.

The Declaration of North America: A Globalist Worldview We Should Care About

Now, why does just the title seem like NAFTA revisited.

Elon Musk Warns ‘World Government Summit’ That A Global Government Could Lead to Civilizational Collapse

And Elon said it at a world government sort of conference.

Oh SH*T! Something BIG is happening and they’re trying to DISTRACT us

Geological Study Refutes Green Energy Agenda: Not Enough Metals to Replace Oil

Apropos of DC – Senator Dianne Feinstein Says She Was Unaware of Retirement

Uniparty is finished with her.

Klaus Schwab Outlines How the Transformation Will Deliver the New “Master of the World”…

Why would we need a new “Master of the World” when we have Father, Son and Holy Ghost?

Project Veritas Digs Deeper Hole – Releases Statement Pretending Hostile Coup Against O’Keefe Never Happened

Does this mean that conservatives have learned the art of pushback?

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: “The Cause and Effect Is Clear”…

Jim Jordan Issues Subpoenas to Big Tech Execs For Info on Alleged Collusion With Government to Censor Speech

WHO “Abandons Plans for Covid Origin Investigation”. A Perfect Cover-Up?

TWEETS:

Next, they are going to tell us we have a higher risk of tuberculosis.

Has she ever READ a book? That’s expensive fire starter right there.

On this, I agree with her.

https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1625783105914130433

The next James Bond movie is missing a villian.

Millie Weaver’s dad, actually, is the one to hear out in the video. He used to work for a railroad company.

Jesse Watters asked the congresscritter for that area if the company was asking people to sign waivers. He hadn’t heard of that, but he was on the scene for the townhall meeting. Officials from Norfolk Southern were not. Who is advising them on a public relations front? That violates at least three of the cardinal rules of crisis communications. (I got an A on that paper.)

Old grandmothers always know the scoop.

This is getting really old, really fast.

Better to be tried for the lie.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1625683094849179648

People like this make us feel good about being Americans.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1625578734680956944
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1625987372813787142

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Abp. Viganò: Pagan modernity is preparing a scourge ‘far more disastrous’ than the Flood

GENESIS 9:1-13

1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. 3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it and of man; of every man’s brother I will require the life of man. 6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image. 7And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.” 8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9“Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. 11I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

MARK 8:27-33

27And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare’a Philip’pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” 28And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Eli’jah; and others one of the prophets.” 29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30And he charged them to tell no one about him. 31And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men.”

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230210

Fireball Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 dashesTabasco Sauce
  • ¾ ounceLight Rum
  • ¾ ounceFireball (or cinnamon schnapps)

Directions

1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well.

2. Stir well and strain into a shot glass.

3. Serve it up and get it down!

What a week. Here’s what I’ve got:

Badlands News Brief

Rather than copy and past the whole thing, I just figured I’d put the link up. Good stuff.

Pro Tip For Democrats — Never invite Matt Walsh to a hearing on sexual mutilation of children…

America’s Disarray Is A Stark Contrast To China’s Unity

If Reparations Are Owed … the Democratic Party Should Pay Them

The Squad’s Rejection of Objectivity

Educating For Today

So when is the FEC going to fine the WaPo, the NYT and all the other media outlets that bury stories or post false ones to influence elections?

Good question.

What to make of the Twitter hearings held yesterday

World Economic Forum secures a seat on the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government

The Grammys Wasn’t Enough for the Woke Mob

From Libs of TikTok

AOC lied about me on the House floor in an unhinged tirade

The press versus the president, part one

The Necessity of Virtue

Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, ARE ART AND MUSIC FALLING SHORT? WITH JAMES KENNEDY

Trump rips Club for Growth after he wasn’t invited to donor retreat

They’re trying to paint him as petty. Won’t work for those who know him.

Disinformation Inc: Meet the groups hauling in cash to secretly blacklist conservative news

But GDI, which did not reply to several requests for its exclusion list, discloses in reports which outlets it identifies as the “riskiest” and “worst” offenders for peddling disinformation. These 10, which all skew to the right, are the American Spectator, Newsmax, the Federalist, the American Conservative, One America News, the Blaze, the Daily Wire, RealClearPolitics, Reason, and the New York Post.

That list doesn’t make any sense. It’s a pretty hefty mix of viewpoints.

The UN’s War with the “Infodemic”: Misinformation is a Virus

This is an interesting talk on Hollywood with a producer in that town. The truth bombs about fame and fortune, and what the execs do to control talent is pretty interesting. Feel free to ignore the Catholic talk. There is a little there.

VIDEO: Former Trump aide Johnny McEntee reveals what Nikki Haley’s “2024 run” really means…

Prominent conservatives speak out in support of James O’Keefe after cancellation attempt

And from Sundance:

Inside Baseball Stuff About the House Oversight Committee and the Twitter Censorship Hearing

DeSantis Management and Branding Team Schedule Nationwide Book Tour in Advance of 2024 Announcement

Hostile Takeover of Project Veritas Seeking to Remove James O’Keefe – DeSantis Aligned Operatives Spearheading Effort for Removal

He killed it again.

https://youtu.be/0IQN8QWAS2I

Tweety Tweets:

Yes, it’s really all about exposure rather than prosecution, but scenes like this make it worth it.

Interesting.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623517037124255744

Well, and the occasional trip to the beach.

The must read thread that was featured in the comments on yesterday’s daily. If you missed it, here it begins.

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1623528200486649856

And they thought no one would notice?

Wakey, wakey

Red pills everywhere.

Yes. Back to the barter system for some of us.

OOH, OOH, OOH, ME ME ME ME ME!

THIS is why I, if no one else, do not want him to be speaker.

WELCOME!

Remember, they sent whatever hit the Pentagon on 9-11 straight into the office where the audit staff and evidence were. They will stop at nothing.

I wonder if he asked to be patted down.

Interesting thread:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623857256335872007

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623511886988804097

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1623458000106295296

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This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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

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

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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

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GENESIS 3:1-8

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, `You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3but God said, `You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'” 4But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. 5For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. 7Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. 8And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230209

Head’s Up – Apparently, There’s a Limit on Tweets Now?

That was my question.

I went to the link provided and took a look at what limits there are:

Across the board, there were people posting “test” and “Hello” and other messages of that variety. Have the algorithm elves been busy?????

As it happens, I retweet the tweets I bring here just to have a place to stash them. Well…after that little surprise, I stashed the links with the article links. HA!

Why did this happen on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023, of all days? Did this have something to do with it?

https://twitter.com/SantaSurfing/status/1623411847528587266
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623486354033188866

WATCH: Rep. Byron Donalds Crushes Ex-Twitter Fascist Yoel Roth During Congressional Hearing on Censorship

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623515434140987394

Mmmm…wouldn’t put it past our own intelligence people.

The issue seemed to partially clear around 6PM CST. Another theory on what was going on:

And that was not the only thing that exploded yesterday.

Details Surface of Biden Administration Deliberately Destroying Nord Stream Pipeline, Then Lying About It Repeatedly

No $#!+. Several of us figured that out at the time.

Rounding out the Sundance links:

The Great Lou Dobbs Nails It

The approved GOPe script, a construct of multinational financial influence and background motive, was/is intended to write President Donald Trump out of the Republican political framework. Governor Huckabee-Sanders went along with the plan. She, along with all of the non-pretenders, knows this, as all of them do. It is a sad acceptance to realize just how metastasized the political cancer has become, and how few can hold firm against the power of the corrupt political apparatus.

And all this surfaced AFTER I collected a lot of this:

Zoom to lay off 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce

Well, that was fast after a good chunk of the country went back to work.

Social Security, checks, and Rube Goldberg

Don’t mess with seniors and their social security. They worked for it. And the politicians have been dipping their hands in that till for decades to cover their hair-brained schemes.

The Soviet Erotic and Today’s Misbegotten Effort to Kill Eros

Missing Something Holy

The Neomercantilist Mind

Tenderness Without Tyranny

Turning Your Dreamer Back On

Study: 60 Percent Of Women Who Aborted Babies Say They Were Pressured Into It

BIG PROBLEM! It’s really not that women WANT to kill their children. It’s that their support systems want them to. In that case, we have a pretty serious cultural issue.

Democrats Keep Cranking Up The Heat On The Gas Stove Debate, But All Their Arguments Flame Out

This one is a definite losing argument for the rats. If they actually do it, the efforts will go the same way as the artisan cheese aged on wood did. POOF! The cooks among them will complain.

Top U.S. Pharmacies To Offer Abortion Pill After FDA Loosens Regulations— What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Shall we count the ways? If the clot shots don’t kill young, fertile women, this might do it if the drug is administered incorrectly or too often. No real women, no babies. It’s that simple. Depop.

Purpose Of Education

The Botfire of the Humanities

India And Russia To Bypass Dollar In New Energy Deal

Another country shuns the petrodollar.

Binance Suspends US Dollar Transfers

Madonna Responds To The Criticism Over Her Face

Criticism? Horror is closer.

Must watch short video at the link 👇:

Yep he said it! The Hunters have become the Hunted!

Marty Walsh to depart from Biden Cabinet for job atop hockey players’ union

Rats are jumping ship. Did he really have to go to the hockey players, though?

The History of Fractional Reserve Banking in America

The FBI Doubles Down on Christians and White Supremacy in 2023

Competence is dead and diversity killed it

The REAL State of the Union Must Be Fixed Immediately

EXPOSED: Globalists want everyone eating crickets because their exoskeletons contain CHITIN that parasites and pathogens use for protection when infecting humans and animals

They want us to eat bait.

The Rise Of Pop Culture’s Woke Satanism, How Not To Take Their Bait, And The Joys of Being Old and Old Fashioned

Matt Gaetz’s New Committee Assignment A Reward For Clearing The Way For McCarthy’s Speakership!

Jesse Watters had a great prime time show on Wednesday.

https://youtu.be/21QjEnEjTWo

What the…you know the word I want to use.

Breaking | James O’Keefe placed on leave by Project Veritas board…

I don’t see the board members listed on the website or at wiki. They are funded by Donors Trust.

There’s something fishy here. There’s no annual report or financials on the website, which is supposed to be done for all non-profits. Trust me, I used to manage content on websites for multiple non-profits, and this was part of my job. The other shoe may well drop later in the week.

TWEETS:

Jesus is a man. He called God Father. How hard is this?

If someone could find said report, that would be great.

She does get that Babylon Bee is satire, right?

🤡🤡🤡

Not the first time this has happened in an earthquake. Saw it with a tornado as well.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623149648406773762

Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Sotomayor.

Eustice Mullins made the same argument in his book Murder by Injection.

I have two cousins expecting as I type. One of them, I know, did not take shots just for this reason. She’s expecting a girl in July.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1623086810044723200

I know it’s dance tune day, but this popped into my feed, and it’s just too good to skip.

See the Sacred Scripture section for why I love this tune.

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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.

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Remember that Holst above? Well….

Yes, I have that descant on verse three practically memorized. We sing it a bit faster, though.

GENESIS 2:18-25

18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him. 21So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; 22and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.

PSALMS 128:1-5

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

MARK 7:24-30

24And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid. 25But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoeni’cian by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27And he said to her, “Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29And he said to her, “For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” 30And she went home, and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.

And what I really thought about bringing to the daily:

The text is from St. Augustine of Hippo.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230203

Man O’ War

(Yes, I know it’s not quite horse racing season, but….)

INGREDIENTS 

For The Man O’ War Cocktail:

  • ice cubes for chilling the glass and for the shaker
  • 1 1/2 ounces good-quality bourbonor your favorite rye whiskey
  • 1 ounce Cointreau or other orange liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
  • 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

For Garnish:

  • Brandied cherry
  • Lemon peel
  • Chill The Glass: Fill a coupe glass with ice and water and set aside.
  • Make The Man O’ War Cocktail: Add the bourbon (or rye or whiskey), Cointreau, sweet vermouth, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker. Fill halfway with ice.Close and shake until it is thoroughly chilled (almost too cold to touch), at least 20 seconds. Taste and add more lemon if you want it more tart or more Cointreau if you want it sweeter.
  • Serve The Man O’ War Cocktail: Dump the ice water from the coupe glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Spear a brandied cherries and a bit of lemon peel onto a few cocktail toothpicks and garnish the glass. Serve.

Highlight of Thursday (instrumental music from Bizet’s Carmen is a bonus):

Put some ice on it.

TheStormHasArrived17

Forwarded from Just Human ️️️

Folks, I’m going to put this as bluntly as I can:

THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

-That’s why Biden is speaking through his lawyer.
-That’s why there are these searches by his lawyers.
-That’s why there are searches by the FBI.
-That’s why there is a Special Counsel.

Who, btw, officially started work as a Special Counsel TODAY.

This isn’t just about misplaced documents that are marked classified. If it was, the FBI would not be taking documents which are not classified and which date all the way back to Biden’s days as a Senator.

Everything [they] accused Trump of, everything [they] put Trump through, is being reversed onto [them].

It’s beautiful and amazing.
The best show ever.
Enjoy it.

t.me/TheStormHasArrived17/12510

Winter is only Temporary, My Enduring Soul

Energy Department proposes efficiency rules for cooking devices after gas stove furor

Keep reading. This is not the end of this.

Pfizer Shares Plunge Along With Demand For Covid-19 Drugs

“Objectivity Has Got To Go”: News Leaders Call for the End of Objective Journalism

More Than 4 in 10 Republicans and a Third of Parents Now Oppose Schools Requiring Children to Get Vaccinated for Measles and Other Illness, Up Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Began

If we have effective anti-viral drugs, why do we need vaccines?

Cursive handwriting and other educational anachronisms

I don’t get it. This morning I responded to a poll in the online blog of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC, the conservative answer to AARP) regarding cursive handwriting. Specifically: “Cursive writing (“handwriting”) has been on the decline for over a decade, though 21 states still mandate it in their curriculums. Should it still be taught?”

I found myself in the distinct minority by voting “No.” An overwhelming majority of respondents think cursive is necessary to read historical documents and foster critical thinking by 50 to 1. I know many of you will agree with that view; you will insist that the curricula of our old school days were more effective in training young minds and that cursive is an essential aspect of that.

But I simply do not agree. And, in a significant way, I have made my living by writing. I have been the author or coauthor of some 270 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 10 books, along with a handful of patents. And since 1983, all were done on some form of computer or another device that is not a pen. Admittedly, my handwriting was the despair of my parents and teachers.

Sure, I have jotted notes by hand. I have a file cabinet of my notes from grad school, and my lab notebooks were all handwritten. In some cases, such as with a potential patentable invention, such notebook entries were punctuated by a witness who had to attest in (hand)writing: “read and understood.”

But the vast majority of my written output had to be electronic, or my publishers would have thrown it back in my face! That’s just the simple reality. This got me thinking about some of the other anachronisms of my schooling, distinct from my education.

As the child of an educator, there are multiple reasons to learn cursive. The first is brain development. Small motor control in the fingers is another, which as a craft artist I can attest is necessary. Another is notation retention when things are written down. Of course, I have what has been described as pretty handwriting, so I’m biased.

UnLocke-ing the American Founders

If Trump is such a terrible candidate, why does everyone fear him?

IMPORTANT READ:

The Petrodollar System: A Shift Away From a Dominant Currency (Plus Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Replace Us All)

Planned New FBI HQ Is Twice the Size of the Pentagon

The FBI as Intelligence Unit for the Administrative State

The Unacceptable Cost of Open-Border Mission Creep

The Never-Ending Covid Emergency

Steve Bannon Slams Nikki Haley Amid 2024 Rumors: ‘Ambitious as Lucifer’

And no small measure of pride.

Pfizer reports $100 billion haul, with vast majority of profits looted from US taxpayers

DoD Adds “Cognitive Security” to Governmental Disinformation Campaign

“Most-Read Propaganda Paper Ever”: The Dam of Lies Surrounding Covid Lab Leak Is Breaking

Everything that needs electricity is made with oil

McConnell Removes Senators Scott And Lee From Influential Committee

I have read over the years that Mitch McConnell has a mean streak. It’s like he’s Irish or something.

‘FENTANYL IS COLORBLIND’: BLACK CONGRESSMAN UNLOADS ON BIDEN ADMIN’S PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO BLAME ANY CRITICISM ON RACE

Hawley: Biden Administration Is Attempting to Wipe Out Blue-Collar Economy, Culture

The CORE, the ESSENCE, the CORNERSTONE of Globalism – The “Exfiltration of Wealth” – One Exceptional Example

The Master Builder (part 2 of Master and Commander earlier in the week)

Sorry Zerohedge: For Better or Worse, US Dollar Will Remain the King of Currencies

America’s National Exorcism: How It’s Going So Far

DID THE CIA SET UP NSA LEAKER REALITY WINNER?

President Trump Also Watching RGA for Background Moves in 2024

This pretty much says it:

(For those who do not know the original Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, look up Veruca Salt. BRAT.)

Tweety Tweets:

I am religious, and yes, it is demonic.

Good question.

We didn’t in the 70s and 80s, either.

It’s not like rock salt for the roads degrades over time.

The Bidens are white trash. Change my mind.

Come and take it, indeed. That goes double for the in ground gas grill.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1621210261091753985

And this is what Sundance is trying to tell the world.

MEME STASH:

Okay, guys, if you want to skate in drag, this is how you do it.

https://youtu.be/uplqKPMBlCQ

I don’t remember that program when it happened, but laughed all the same.

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620861647865712640
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1621049887025405955
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620934382830641152
https://twitter.com/MissFlyByNight/status/1620757424323067904
https://twitter.com/Enezator/status/1620876997852561408
https://twitter.com/S0NlA9/status/1621096344835469312
https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1621132858302803970

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.

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

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

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 13:1-8

1Let brotherly love continue. 2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you also are in the body. 4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. 5Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.” 6Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?” 7Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

ROMANS 5:1-5

1Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

PSALMS 117:1-2

1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! 2For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!

MARK 16:15-20

15And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” 19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.

SATIRE!

Punxsutawney Phil Emerges From Burrow To Let Everyone Know There Are Some Documents Marked ‘Classified’ Down There

‘Is It Working Now?’ Asks Elon Musk Flipping Random Switches In Twitter Basement

Politicians Forced To Cancel Prayer Breakfast After Lightning Keeps Striking Building

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230202

Alright, you furry rodent, we’ve had a number of nasty, cold winters in a row. Give us a break, will you.

Tucker nailed it Tuesday night.

What have I got squirrelled away for today.

Ha.

We Just Witnessed An Economic Sign That Hasn’t Happened Since The Peak Of The Great Depression In 1932

From…NEWSWEEK?

It’s Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives | Opinion

From Badlands News Brief:

Our Take: The about-face by the corporate press continues to accelerate on the Big Lie that was the COVID Scamdemic and its ensuing lockdowns and involuntary gene therapy experiments on the largest subset of guinea pigs ever assembled. What’s more, the Media Industrial Complex is attempting to massage this about-face using ‘Opinion’ pieces, which are being used as both Narrative Trojan Horses and as the hopeful foundations for a mass ‘Forgive and Forget’ campaign when the true cost and magnitude of the COVID era lies are revealed to the slowly-waking masses. The thing is … it’s much too little, much too late for the powers that would be. We won’t forgive. We won’t forget.” — Burning Bright

Iran, Russia integrate banking systems

No Central Bank, fiat petrodollars for them.

Prestigious Liberal Watchdog Condemns New York Times’ Russiagate Coverage

Rep. Massie takes over key antitrust panel as GOP girds for Big Tech battle

Trump Lawsuit: Bob Woodward Concealed *Key* Parts of Months Long Interviews With President Trump – Here Are the Redactions Woodward Deceptively Deleted from the Audio

More Americans believe US provides too much support to Ukraine

ATF Slapped With Multiple Lawsuits After New Pistol Rule Takes Effect

The Real Lessons of the Real History of The United States and post-Glasnost Ukraine

No End to the Victim Narrative

Republicans need a good look in the mirror

The party is ripped apart by MAGA versus NeverTrump.  These two groups can’t even agree that it would be better if Republicans won so we can influence the course of the nation.  Talk about a chasm.  It’s not Trump or some other person; it’s getting like-minded thinkers elected and in power so we can reverse the course the left has chosen for us.  Why do we continue to be our own enemy?

Because they are bought off. Talk about hard to wake up. Jeez.

Willmoore Kendall’s 1787 Plan

Kevin McCarthy, Meet Frederick Gillett

“Name Redacted” Exposes Google’s Intel Community Censorship Cabal

Why People Stopped Reading Books

Guest Piece: Out of Eggs

LAWRENCE SELLIN: Slowly Boiled Frogs – Have Americans Lost their Capacity For Rage?

GOP Rep. Carl: ‘Everywhere I Go, There’s a Sales Job’ on Ukraine

The History of Central Banking in America

Pharmaceutical Whistleblower: Covid and the ‘Toxic Vaccines’ are Bio-Weapons Created by U.S. Department of Defense (Video)

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1620548925508972545

Neither have I, actually. Although, I don’t run or bike.

If only some people had listened.

I prefer jersey dresses, but, yes.

https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1620501991494660098
https://twitter.com/Fisherlady111/status/1620305447919190016

Learn to code.

And she gave us scarf wearers a bad name.

GOOD INTERVIEW:

Yep…although, I think he knew he was being lied to.

Would someone who knows where to look check out the veracity of this claim? Please. If that’s the case….

Two scrambled most days here. Soy free, pastured…expensive, but worth it.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620566451802316801
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620694294704144384
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1620844273347477504

In honor of Groundhog Day:

Memories of childhood…..

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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.

____________________________________________________

MALACHI 3:1-4

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

Absolutely the toughest chorus in Handel’s Messiah:

PSALMS 24:7-10

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

HEBREWS 2:14-18

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

LUKE 2:22-40

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

Found this at random on YT. I’ve sung many Nunc Dimitis, or Song of Simeon, settings over the years. It’s one of the canticles in the Vespers liturgy:

This is really what I had planned to post for today:

Are You a Wild Christian Who Swims Upstream? Or a Lazy, Farm-Raised One Dyed Artificially Pink?

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SATIRE!