Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230504

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!

Diving in:

Badlands News Brief – May 3, 2023

Miriam Grossman talks powerfully with Dr. J.P. about the forgotten victims of the trans

The Dissident Right Loses Its Voice—for Now

Patrick Bet-David Offers Tucker Carlson A Home At Valuetainment!

$100,000,000 contract. Any number of professional athletes are probably thinking they pursued the wrong career.

Ford posts $1.76B 1Q profit largely on gas-powered vehicles

The customer base is always right.

WHO’S NEW PANDEMIC PREVENTION PLAN: FIRST FOCUS – RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS

Trying to scare us again?

OPEC Commences New Production Cuts

As if gas wasn’t already too expensive.

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Takes on Biden Executive Election Takeover

Could $100 Million Loan from Chinese State Bank to Rupert Murdoch Explain Tucker’s Ouster?

Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins

Vegetable Oils Linked To Ovarian Toxicity, ‘Estrogenic Properties’ In New Study

Another source of phyto-estrogen.

Covid Hospital Protocols Destroyed Thousands of American Families

Men of the West, On the Cusp

The GOP Has a Gen Z Problem

As gen z grows up, they will change. Every generation before them did.

An Age of Repoliticization

A Paleoconservative Return

‘Which NBA team would have her?’ Riley Gaines on Brittney Griner backing transgender athletes

The Crisis of American Journalism

How many more bank failures will it take to shake Americans’ confidence in the ‘full faith and credit’ of the U.S. government?

The Morning Briefing: Forget Biden, AI Might Kill Us First

Legacy of the Bavarian Illuminati – Part 1

Pentagon-Funded Censorship Firm Graphika Began Monitoring Covid “Disinfo” On Dec. 16, 2019 – Two Weeks Before WHO Knew Covid Existed

‘The DeSantis people are rookies’: Even Trump critics say he’s running circles around DeSantis

Housing Stick Save or Blow Off Top?

Same playbook, different decade. Yes, they are trying this $#!+ again.

The Decline & Fall of Fox News Has Finally Arrived!

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/JosephJFlynn1/status/1653719119760433152

It’s a Tabernacle Light. No Tabernacle Light ever started a fire.

Oh, well.

https://twitter.com/CounterproPepe/status/1653490013034926081

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1653595640654438417
https://twitter.com/_B___S/status/1653474511579168786
https://twitter.com/Figensport/status/1653831645504348160

In honor of Star Wars Day:

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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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ACTS 13:13-25

13Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphyl’ia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem; 14but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisid’ia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen. 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness. 19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years. 20And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; of whom he testified and said, `I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’ 23Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised. 24Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And as John was finishing his course, he said, `What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230428

Classic Whiskey Smash

Ingredients

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.Ingredients for whiskey smash cocktail gathered
  2. In a cocktail shaker, add the mint and lemon.Mint and lemon in a cocktail shaker with a wooden muddler
  3. Muddle thoroughly to release the juices and oils.Muddling the mint and lemon in a cocktail shaker
  4. Add simple syrup, whiskey, and fill the shaker with ice.Simple syrup, whiskey, and ice added to the shaker
  5. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.Shaking the whiskey smash cocktail
  6. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice.

The pictures are a bonus.

How about you?

Ex-Fugees rapper Pras Michel who Funneled $800,000 to Obama’s Campaign in 2012 found guilty in scheme to help China influence US government

Swamp draining goes on under the radar.

Badlands News Brief – April 27, 2023

The rise of voluntary celibacy: ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’

It really does protect better on many levels than any other form of “protection.”

‘You Don’t Get To Say That Sh*t’: Eric Swalwell Melts Down After GOP Rep Mentions Alleged Relationship With ‘Yum Yum’

I shouldn’t be entertained by this trash, but I am.

Biden has been wearing a New, More Obvious Earpiece for Instructions

Mom-of-three blasts Washington school board for canceling music lessons for fourth grade students because they promote ‘white supremacy culture and institutional violence’

When school districts have a cash shortage, music – a basic building block of brain development – is frequently the first to go. What about all the high priced administrators sitting in offices? Why are they needed. The kids need orchestra and band more than they need administrators.

Running on Fumes: Macron Forced to Travel With Generator Truck as Unions Literally Cut Off His Power

Maybe the French aren’t such cowards after all.

Tucker Carlson is Right: It’s about Evil

The CDC’s ‘Public Health’ Ruse

September Is Over

Arctic Fever

Steven Spielberg Slams Woke Edits to Hollywood Classics, Including His Own

Autism Revelation: Associated Medical Conditions Point Clearly to a Common Avoidable Cause

Trump zeroes in on a key target of his ‘retribution’ agenda: Government workers

Whistleblower Mysteriously Disappears after Vowing to Testify against Biden Family

Is there a Biden body count that none of us have heard about?

The Great Energy Deception: The Truth Behind The $5 Trillion Renewable Energy Scam

CATTLE GROUP FORMS SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER MRNA “VACCINATION” OF FOOD ANIMALS

I’m hoping they are lawyering up to take the FDA/USDA to court if they push the clot shots on the food supply.

Making Devils

I promise there is not much Catholic specific content in that video. Interesting stuff, though, about gods/demons and the gay pride push.

True FED

Bush, 9/11, the CIA, Secret Societies

The Economy: Weaponized

Is Trump Inevitable? Some in the GOP Are Starting To Wonder

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/Figensport/status/1651204478585180161

Has anyone ever played this version of checkers?

BRAVA! Madame, BRAVA!

MEME STASH:

Some women no longer have a uterus. Does that mean their opinion doesn’t count?

I know priests who go to the shooting range. This is not implausible.

True story. Nothing gets ball point pen ink out of oxford shirts like it. Also, it was the best for spraying on the soles of character shoes for the stage.

https://twitter.com/_B___S/status/1651668573562241024
https://twitter.com/PuppiesIover/status/1651597399092260867
https://twitter.com/its_jessi_grace/status/1651572146001281024
https://twitter.com/Figensport/status/1651605575300534273

Not my cup of tea, but okay.

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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ACTS 9:1-20

1But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him. 4And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting; 6but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.” 7The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. 8Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank. 10Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Anani’as. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Anani’as.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul; for behold, he is praying, 12and he has seen a man named Anani’as come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.” 13But Anani’as answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem; 14and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.” 15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; 16for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” 17So Anani’as departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized, 19and took food and was strengthened. For several days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 20And in the synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesus, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

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!

JOHN 6:52-59

52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. 58This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” 59This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper’na-um.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230427

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1650943095381323793

Badlands News Brief – April 26, 2023

Secret Meeting Planned In DC To Discuss 2024 Elections

One America News Network Founder Robert Herring Extends Invitation to Tucker Carlson to Become Host on Network in Multi-Million Dollar Offer

Tucker can write his own ticket. Stay tuned. He’s spending time with his wife for now.

Italy Strips Some Gay Couples of Parental Recognition

Are the Italians going to lead the way out of psychological insanity?

Lasting Cultural Change Takes Time

Sauna treatment found to lower blood pressure, improve vascular health

Maybe the Finns really do know what they are talking about.

Gatekeeping the Open Range

Tucker Carlson And Don Lemon Lawyer Up — And It’s The Same Guy

This explains the whole “FOX will pay out Tucker’s full contract.”

The Significance of White Squall

What is a Democrat?

Christians: The Victims That Must Never Be Named

‘Too Big to Fail’ Is Too Big Period

A Tale of Two Earth Days

Fox News Refused To Pay Tucker Carlson Severance After Sudden Firing: ‘Everyone Expects’ Ousted Anchor To Launch Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Over Axing

Hence hiring the lawyer he did.

Bannon: Murdoch Paid Out Tucker Carlson’s FOX News Contract to Keep Him Off the Air – They Want to Keep the Leading Populist Voice Off the Airwaves – And Chop-Block Trump (VIDEO)

Regarding My Friend Tucker

Tucker Carlson Has His Own Theory On Why He Was Fired – Huge Changes Are Expected At Fox News

The Fed Balance Sheet

Ship of Fools

Lost Norms, Flipped Meanings, and the General Derangement of American Political Discourse

TWEETS:

Yeah, no.

MEMES:

I’m not asking quesitons.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1651282069979267087
https://twitter.com/GravySauceCream/status/1651190342345957378

I’ve been listening to WAY too much First Wave.

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

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

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

This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.

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

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

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

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

  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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

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

The scroll wheel on your mouse can be your friend. As mature adults, please use it here in the same manner you would in avoiding online porn.

Thank you so much for any and all attention to such details. It is GREATLY appreciated by more than one party here.

____________________________________________________

ACTS 8:26-40

26But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert road. 27And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Can’dace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship 28and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.” 30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31And he said, “How can I, unless some one guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. 33In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth.” 34And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, about himself or about some one else?” 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. 36And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?” 38And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40But Philip was found at Azo’tus, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesare’a.

PSALMS 66:8-9, 16-17, 20

7who rules by his might for ever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations — let not the rebellious exalt themselves. [Selah] 8Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard, 15I will offer to thee burnt offerings of fatlings, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. [Selah] 16Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me. 19But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

JOHN 6:44-51

44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

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SATIRE

Are we sure that’s satire?

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230421

The Best Amaretto Sour

INGREDIENTS  

  • 1 egg white
  • 3 ounces Amaretto
  • 1.5 ounces bourbon
  • 2 ounces lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons simple syrup
  • 1 lemon twist
  • 2 brandied cherries optional

INSTRUCTIONS 

  • Put the egg white in a shaker or ball jar, and give several good shakes to loosen it.
  • Add the remaining liquids and shake again. Add ice to the container and shake or swirl to chill it. Pour into lowballs over ice.
  • Garnish with the twist and, if using, the cherries.

NOTES

If you don’t want to use a shaker you can use a hand blender or whisk to make the egg white gently frothy.

Morning!

Badlands News Brief – April 20, 2023

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over using Twitter data for its A.I.

Battle of the tech giants. This is going to be one heck of a show.

If Only Our Tormentors Spoke Flyover

Pandemic and Panopticon: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State

The AIDS Empire Strikes Back

A Free Republic Depends on Worker Power

The Long, Slow Death of Global Development

Egypt Sues Netflix For Falsely Depicting Cleopatra As a Black Woman

As well they should.

The False Messaging on Vaccines Given to Pregnant Women

Giving Speeches is a Felony, Because Putin

PARADIGM SHIFT? POPULAR ESPN HOST SPEAKS OUT AGAINST LIA THOMAS, BIOLOGICAL MALES COMPETING IN GIRLS’ SPORTS

Keep an eye on the tweets today. This is starting to trend.

The Way to Sell Beer – Pabst and Wade Boggs Show Bud Light How It’s Done in New Ad Campaign

Biden’s non-binary ex-nuclear waste chief Sam Brinton will undergo mental health evaluation as part of diversion program after stealing luggage from Minneapolis airport – as he also avoids jail time for theft in Las Vegas

WT-? We all know he’s crazy. Lock him up, please.

After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024

‘Trans’ blob of adipose tissue dispatches a ‘call to arms’ and refers to himself as a ‘wild animal’ ready to unleash violence

How’s that for a headline.

New Cars Are Finally Selling Below Sticker

Trump crafts bold new plan to rid Dem-run cities of “zombie apocalypse”…

Democrat Stacey Plaskett threatens ‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi with prison

She doesn’t even have a vote in Congress. What is she doing on a committee?

TWITTER FILES: Twitter loves Dr Fauci and Big Pharma “marketing strategy”

Fill Out Your Form Before You Have an Opinion

CROWDER EXPOSES PETA AS THE VICIOUS ANIMAL-KILLERS THEY ARE

Homeschoolers Do Way Better Than Kids in Govt School, Evidence Shows

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/Iranwillbefree_/status/1648679831394041856

Talk about a DIY project. Lady, most of us clean our own houses.

Who cares. Bye bye, BuzzFeed.

Is she volunteering to be the model?

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1649070358039756803

So much for feminists having other women’s backs.

https://twitter.com/AnnaApp91838450/status/1649065221925871616

I had never heard of Egard Watch. It is a luxury brand dedicated to the bond between fathers and sons, and they are sticking up for women. It’s beautiful to see.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1649163827114651650

Important! Guys in women’s sports are injuring women, not just defeating them.

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/Figensport/status/1648846441706651648
https://twitter.com/satisfyingpub/status/1648999250884431873

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.

_____________________________________________________

ACTS 5:34-42

34But a Pharisee in the council named Gama’li-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while. 35And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you do with these men. 36For before these days Theu’das arose, giving himself out to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was slain and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. 37After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered. 38So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; 39but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!” 40So they took his advice, and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. 42And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

PSALMS 27:1, 4, 13-14

1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 4One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. 13I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! 14Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!

JOHN 6:1-15

1After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber’i-as. 2And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. 3Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, “How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?” 10Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.” 13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten. 14When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!” 15Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230420

It’s Thursday already? Where does the time go?

Starting with Sundance:

The Legislative Branch’s Biggest Leaker of Classified Intelligence, Rails Against Small Fry Ability to Leak Classified Pentagon Intelligence

The Bloom Is Off The Ruse – President Trump Gains Ten More Florida Republican Congressional Endorsements, DeSantis Has One – Rep Greg Steube Explains Why

NIH and CDC Directors TestiLie to Congress

Two-Tiered Justice, IRS Supervisor Says Political Intervention Taking Place to Protect Hunter Biden – Requests Whistleblower Protection

Everything else:

Stating the Obvious.

Badlands News Brief – April 19, 2023

Not seen on the “news” programming:

Massive Protest Sees Demonstrators Call for Czech Government’s Resignation

Hate the smell of BO? You might be xenophobic: Bizarre study finds people who are sensitive to disgusting smells are more likely to have negative attitudes towards migrants

Who thinks up this stuff? The worst smelling people I’ve encountered were not immigrants, legal or otherwise.

The real scandal behind the Pentagon leak

China Reveals What It Says to Be True Purpose of ‘Overseas Police Stations’

Like any of us are going to believe them.

Don’t cancel Picasso

Yes, Picasso was a genius. He painted what the salon set in Paris would buy. He knew it was junk, but he produced it anyway. Genius about making money.

Don’t play an instrument? No problem! Even listening to music prevents dementia

A More Than Material Matter

Riley Gaines shreds Biden promise to veto bill protecting women’s sports: ‘Catering to a radical minority’

Meet The Shadowy Group That Ran The Federal Government’s Censorship Scheme

You Can’t Just Move Away from it

The Hacker Who Hijacked Matt Walsh’s Twitter Was Just ‘Bored’

Ri-i-i-i-i-ght.

Ron Paul: Will the End of the Petrodollar End the U.S. Empire?

TWEETS:

Yes, he bang banged Fang Fang.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1648800139010506752
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1648774547804504066

I’ve been listening to WAY too much First Wave.

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ACTS 5:27-33

27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” 33When they heard this they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

PSALMS 34:2, 9, 17-20

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! 16The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

JOHN 3:31-36

31He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all. 32He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony; 33he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. 34For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he gives the Spirit; 35the Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.

Arguably the best thing he ever wrote.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230414

Lavender Sapphire Collins

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces gin
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 ounce lavender syrup
  • 3 to 5 ounces club soda, to taste
  • Lemon wedge, for garnish

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.
  2. In a collins glass, add the gin, lemon juice, and lavender syrup.
  3. Stir and fill with ice.
  4. Top with club soda.
  5. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve and enjoy.

Starting with the whole Bud Light fiasco, it seems that the internal control structure of the brewery (that’s STL parlance for AB) is a bit of a mess. Headlines started to appear today that anyone who knows how the place USED to run, before one August Adolphus Busch, III, sold the company to an international outfit, could easily guess was the case.

‘No one at a senior level’ was aware Bud Light had made the ‘mistake’ of partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney – as parent company Anheuser-Busch loses $6BN in six days

‘Mistake’: Stunning Details Emerge in What Led to Bud Light’s Trans Marketing Partnership – Report

It seems that the c-level people were – supposedly – blindsided by the whole thing…which would explain the also stunning lack of crisis public relations a la how the Tylenol crisis was handled forty years ago. AB InBev is acting more like the leadership team at Exxon did when the first mate of the Valdez rammed into a sea wall, backed up and rammed into it again. Those two responses are case studies in all PR textbooks. The former is the way it SHOULD be done. The latter is the way it should NOT be done.

That says a lot.

What were they thinking at Bud Light?

Agreed. Something is in the background on this one.

Also, information started to surface about the gal who made this whole mess.

Leaked pics show Bud Light exec who wants to update company’s ‘fratty’ culture enjoying fratty party

Didn’t we all.

In the meantime, a number of things popped up re the overall culture war:

“CELEBRATE THE WINS”: BOYCOTTING BUD LIGHT PROVES CONSERVATIVES ARE WINNING THE WAR

REAL women rise up to confront Bud Light’s embrace of ‘365 days of ‘girlhood’: ‘Where’s my sponsorship?’

Women Start Burning Nike Bras over Dylan Mulvaney Campaign

I know bras are not beer, but the rejection of the message is there.

The first point of conservatives flipping back to their old ways once the hub bub dies down is valid. I’ve watched it happen time and again. His second point…not so much, IMO. However, those looking for the list of AB InBev brands:

Okay, what else have I got?

Badlands News Brief – April 13, 2023

U.S. argues for immunity in MK-ULTRA mind control case before Quebec Court of Appeal

That means that in no way possible is MK Ultra a “conspiracy theory.”

Twitter rebrands NPR’s account as ‘government funded media’ after backlash

Twitter has removed the “US state-affiliated media” label from National Public Radio’s official account and has instead replaced it with “Government Funded Media.”

Who says Elon doesn’t have a sense of humor, if nothing else.

The West Declares War on Itself

The Great Awakening coming to normies everywhere.

The American Civil War: The Celts’ Last Stand

“Don’t Say Trans”: Language Control and The Liberty Daily

19 Statehouses Have Bigger Republican Majorities Than Florida. This Group Is Making Sure They Act Like It.

Well, somebody needs to

Why Did Wyoming Kill School Choice? Deep-Red States Often Don’t Act Like It, Data Shows

Rothschilds Send French President Macron to China in Attempt to Save Europe as U.S. Rockefeller Empire Panics

Underreported Bombshell: Seymour Hersh Reveals Massive Skimming of US Aid in Ukraine and Claims CIA Knows All About It

CONFUSED ABOUT MRNA “VACCINES” IN MEAT? THAT’S EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT IT

They do the same thing with finance and retirement planning. Make it vague and confusing on purpose so people will go to professional stockbrokers for investing information. Although, that article may bring to light why pork is so much cheaper than beef and chicken.

The Babylon Bee is suing California’s attorney general

Is Trump Leaving DeSantis and Company in the Dust?

The Inversion of Health

“Connect to Opportunity”: State Department Pushed LinkedIn to Censor “Disinformation”

The biggest problem mRNA skeptics face

The Trump Doctrine – President Trump Responds to Question About Nordstream Pipeline and Frames the Status of Current Global Threats

Social -vs- Economic Priorities

In the big picture, keeping the base GOPe voter distracted from the economic expansion of multinational globalism, the corporate ‘masters of the universe’ (ie. the Big Club), need to keep pushing anti-wokeism as a political strategy.

The cultural issues are useful tools to keep control of an alignment of voters.  It has always been thus, and even more important now that people are starting to realize the expansion of the rust belt.

The rust belt, the diminishment of the U.S. economic manufacturing base, was an outcome of corporate control over politics.  Corporations and banks seek profit, those profits are inflated by a U.S. service driven economic model.  Skilled jobs require higher wages.

If the skilled jobs can be outsourced to lower cost labor nations, the subsequent lowered labor costs drive bigger margins.  Again, it has always been thus.

The Full Surveillance Power of the U.S. Govt Could Not Find the Classified Intel Leaker, But the Media Did…

Tweety Tweets:

That’s one heck of a motorcade for an ex-president.

MSM is like an 8-track. Ha.

Yeah…Nike doesn’t make them in my size.

https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1646584196649893888

Good luck with that. My money is on John Thune.

I’m with Clandestine on this one. This is a show.

MEME STASH:

Agree

Sorry about that.

https://twitter.com/PuppiesIover/status/1646325833513177088
https://twitter.com/_B___S/status/1646591264001851393

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ACTS 4:1-12

1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sad’ducees came upon them, 2annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow, for it was already evening. 4But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand. 5On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, 6with Annas the high priest and Ca’iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed, 10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. 11This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. 12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230413

Starting with Sundance:

Sea Island Senator Tim Scott Announces 2024 Exploratory Committee

The Battle…

Ron DeSantis’ 2024 Florida Media Outlet Conducts a Poll – DeSantis Floor Collapses, Donald Trump Promotes DeSantis Poll

Badlands News Brief – April 12, 2023

Elbridge Colby Wants to Finish What Donald Trump Started

5th Generation Warfare Is Waged In The Mind, The Heart and the Soul

Laughing at the Lies of the Left

Let’s start with the fact that lying is a survival skill for the left. Over the millennia, lies have been the only way they can stay alive. Their skills of deceit and deception are akin to the mottled pattern of coloration on a snake to keep it hidden on the forest floor. Deceit has become ingrained in their psyche and their skills have been polished and perfected over generations.

Project Icebreaker: The Beginning of a One World Digital Currency System

Reversing The Destruction of a Generation

The Left Has Killed Our Great Cities

NATO Generosity Betrays Institutional Obsolescence

NATO has one purpose: keep the Military Industrial Complex flush with cash.

Here are the 7 biggest revelations from the US leaks so far

The news is fake, but the leaks are real. Trying to decide on this one.

President Trump dropped several BOMBS on Tucker during his first interview since the arrest…

Two Men Hospitalized After Monopoly Game Ends in Sword Fight

It’s just a game.

Biden Supporters Triggered By Viral Video Showing Kids Chanting ‘Let’s Go Brandon’

Surprise! The COVID vaccines were never tested for safety

Just in case anyone didn’t know this already.

Surviving the storm

How Rejecting Biblical Masculinity Turns Men From Protectors To Predators

It’s Turtles All the Way Down

WOMEN WHO HAVE CELEBRATED GIRLHOOD FOR LONGER THAN DYLAN MULVANEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEIR BUD LIGHT DEAL IS

All the news that’s fit to pimp: Mockingbird corporate media no longer even pretends to be unbiased

Super Computers in the Info War

Mass layoffs and absentee bosses create a morale crisis at Meta

FTX’s Bankruptcy Lawyers: ‘The Dumpster Fire Is Out’

DNC Parts Ways With Marc Elias, the Clinton Campaign Lawyer Behind Steele Dossier

TWEETS:

Information forbidden, apparently.

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1646167521383333890

The rest of you all can come, though. We’ve got a bit of everything to accommodate most tastes.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1645930042524946433
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1646027871171887105

I’ve been listening to WAY too much First Wave.

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
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LUKE 24:35-48

35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. 36As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. 37But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? 39See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 41And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate before them. 44Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230406

And…we’re off!

Badlands News Brief – April 4, 2023

“TikTok Bills”: Do Americans Need Big Brother’s Help to Restrict Apps?

Former NZ PM Jacinda Starts New Job… Combatting ‘Online Extremism’

Ready Yourself for the 2024 Storms

Republicans Need a Tech Manhattan Project

Trump gets the Nixon treatment

The GOP Has an Obligation to Protect Its Voters

The GOP is more interested in preserving their $$$ than anything else.

How Climate Alarmism Killed Real Environmentalism

Group steers Swiss billionaire’s money to liberal causes

Accomplished psychiatrist says demons, demonic possession are real

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Says he is No Longer Interested in ‘Pleasing’ the United States

GET WRECKED: Elon Musk’s Twitter Labels NPR ‘State-Affiliated Media’

The Money behind the Transgender Movement

Know What to Expect: The Death of the Dollar Is Coming

Donald Trump’s arraignment day a throwback for news outlets

The Death of the Dollar and the Rise of the “Digital Dollar” Is Why Central Banks Are Buying Gold and Silver

What they’ve seen for a while, and what many American citizens are finally starting to see, is that gold and silver will be the only “safe haven” during the transition from physical fiat currency to Central Bank Digital Currencies. In other words, they want physical precious metals on hand as the U.S. Dollar crashes under the weight of the Biden-Harris regime’s intentionally awful fiscal policies.

Fascism is X and Not-X

The Emptying – transgender fetishism in a post-factual era

The War on Maga And The Republic Accelerates – Trump Ready to Fight the Indictments

This Is What You Need To Remember When It Seems Like The World Has Completely Gone Mad…

Why the Population Scare is Nonsense…

Vox Populi – Legislator Be Advised 2023 ~#17

Metaverse Fashion Week had big brands but few people

America Has An Egg Problem And It’s Creating Weak Men

Glenn Greenwald and Stephen Miller reveal dark, underlying reasons Biden’s regime is criminalizing MAGA…

Alvin Bragg Gets More Bad News As Trump Indictment Continues To Be Torn Apart By Legal Analysts

Sundance speaks:

“His Kind” Is YOU !

McConnell DeceptiCon Foot Soldier Roy Blunt Takes Role with DC Lobbying Group

A Message

Entirely Apropos – Team DeSantis Promote 2024 Endorsement from Thomas Massie that Massie Himself Doesn’t Promote – Because He’s Positioning to Replace the AWOL Mitch McConnell

That explains a lot.

TWEETS:

It looks like this freak-a-zoid is renting himself out to kill brand names.

Dude, when you do high kicks, the legs need to be straight, and the toes pointed. Every REAL girl out there who actually has been on a dance or cheer squad or has taken ballet knows this. If you’re serious about passing yourself off as a girl, gain some weight. Go eat ice cream if you can’t get a date. That’s far more realistic.

The sad thing is, this Christian Soriano (Project Runway designer) offshoot is probably making more money with this schtick than highly trained dancers.

Enough of him. Giving him attention is encouraging this crap.

THIS:

I can go along with that.

Stormy Daniels got short changed.

https://twitter.com/Pipspiper2/status/1643652207861018625
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1643721322948591618
https://twitter.com/FiatLuxGenesis/status/1643671587185467403

Honestly, I think most of them are depressed and have PTSD of some sort.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1643709549772242945

Hmmm……

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/_B___S/status/1643368783791177728

Nauseating is a little closer. I’m getting dizzy.

I’ve been listening to WAY too much First Wave.

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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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JOHN 13:1-15

1Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. 5Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. 6He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.” 8Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.” 9Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you.” 11For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “You are not all clean.” 12When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

Where (There Is) Charity And Love

Christian Hymns & Songs

Where there is charity and love, God is there

We are gathered as one in Christ’s love

Let us rejoice, and be glad in that

Let us fear and love the living God

And from our hearts is the upmost sincerity

Where there is charity and love, God is there

Therefore, when we are gathered as one

Let us not be divided in mind (spirit), Take care

Stop malicious disputes, stop fighting

And may Christ, Our God be in our midst

Where there is charity and love, God is there

Together with the blessed we see

Your face in glory, Oh Christ, Our God

The joy that is vast and virtuous

Through ages, for endless ages

Amen. (I believe).https://lyricstranslate.com

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SATIRE

Actually, they’re called brew maestros, and when the geniuses at InBev bought AB, they didn’t have the ones they laid off sign non-competes, and several of them started microbrews here, which are arguably more popular when one is not going to a parade, on a float trip, or to a fish fry.

Ummm…no.

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230331

Grand Slam

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Flor de Caña 7-year-old grand reserve rum
  • 1 ounce Gosling’s Black Seal rum
  • 1/2 ounce Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao ancienne methode
  • 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed  
  • 1/4 ounce grenadine
  • Garnish: orange twist

Steps

  1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over crushed ice.
  3. Garnish with an orange twist.

Sorry about the brevity of this post. I was downtown for opening day festivities for part of the day.

That doesn’t mean there wasn’t big news:

New York Times: President Trump Has Been Indicted by Manhattan Grand Jury – Indictment Under Seal, Terms for Arrest Ongoing

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1641566996482408448

Other stuff:

Team DeSantis Say They Have Been Hoodwinked by Disney Inc. as Orlando Board Changed Covenants Before New Officials Appointed

Rand Paul Shreds Josh Hawley Over “Restrict Act” While Blocking Unanimous Consent and Reminding About Constitution and “Bills of Attainder”

Badlands News Brief – March 30, 2023

Jamie Dimon To Be Deposed Over JPMorgan-Epstein Relationship

The drug being readied for the avian flu plandemic causes side effects that include BELIEVING false narratives, making it perfect for social control

Given the source, I’m not sure this is real, but it makes a great headline.

Could the RESTRICT Act Criminalize the Use of VPNs?

The Digital Iron Curtain: How the RESTRICT Act Threatens to Devastate Privacy and Crush Free Speech Online

The Nosedive of Ron DeSantis

How Much Longer Can Western Governments Spit on Their People?

The Cultural And Political Forces Driving Violence In The Black Community

How the Media Doubles Down on Falsehood

The Source of ‘Too Big to Fail’

Learning from Our (Bank) Failures

Josh Hawley plays fast and loose with internet freedom… Rand Paul gets it…

Board transferred all its power to Disney shortly before DeSantis’ appointees took over

Durham Unveils Smoking Gun FBI Text Message, ‘Joint Venture’ To Smear Trump

Trump Knows

From Trans Supremacy to AI, How Wokeness Seeks to Replace God

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1641188069821804546
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1641220051150807045

Who said life was fair?

MEME STASH:

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JEREMIAH 20:10-13

10For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.” 11But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. 12O LORD of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause. 13Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

PSALMS 18:2-7

1I love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. 4The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me; 5the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me. 6In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

JOHN 10:31-42

31The Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?” 33The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, `I said, you are gods’? 35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), 36do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, `You are blaspheming,’ because I said, `I am the Son of God’? 37If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands. 40He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he remained. 41And many came to him; and they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” 42And many believed in him there.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230330

Today is opening day.

Jeremy really is the organist for both the Cards and the Blues, plus he has a church job.

I guess I better find out who made the final squad.

Can it be true?

JUST IN: Senate Votes 68-23 to End Covid Emergency

Most Americans moved on long ago, but why not make it official.

James O’Keefe Starts Looking at Fraudulent Campaign Donations – FEC Reported Donations Via Act Blue Appear to be Money Laundering

It’s about time SOMEBODY looked into this abuse of the non-profit tax code…now if he would look at the rest of the non-profit tax code.

Jacob’s Limp

Badlands News Brief – March 29, 2023

BREAKING: Jury in Douglass Mackey trial tells judge they cannot come to a unanimous decision

A hung jury in the meme trial is actually good news for about all of us.

The End of the Cult of Free

Maybe in social media, but not in America, that’s for sure. The novel I authored that’s free is downloaded about forty times more often than the rest of the ten novels with a price tag combined.

Dr. Anthony Fauci sells memoir for ‘just under $5M,’ book insiders say

That’s not much for a money laundering payoff. Maybe there’s something going on behind the scenes.

161 House Republicans Voted to Abolish Education Dept., 60 GOP Voted to Keep It

Just make it go away.

Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes

Criminals will use any and all tools they can find to achieve their objectives.

Ukraine and the FBI: Profiles in Corruption

Overcoming America’s Political Paralysis

Time to End the Veil of Secrecy Inside D.C. Kangaroo Court

Like ChatGPT, Google’s ‘Bard’ ChatBot Peddles Left Bias

The Cross of Code

The danger of A.I. is not that it becomes like us, but that we become like it.

XI’S ‘CHILLING’ REMARKS: WHAT THE NEW MULTIPOLAR WORLD MEANS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

China Circles the Wagons Around TikTok

Watch: Rand Paul Claims Fauci Is Not Really Retired

The Men Behind the Curtain – Part 6

The Metaverse Is Quickly Turning Into the Meh-taverse

Exclusive: FAA Quietly Updates Guidelines to Clear Some Pilots Previously Diagnosed With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

There’s a good reason why there are two pilots on every commercial flight. I have it on good authority that pilots will fly on airlines other than the ones they work for on a regular basis, so there is always a good chance there’s a spare in the cabin.

Watch Teens Attempt to Carjack Man, But Can’t Drive Manual Transmission to Get Away

Minor…problem….

The Next Phase Of The War – Trans Terrorism

TWEETS:

Yeah, really, oh, really. This has been noticed:

If these lefties aren’t careful, they will be facing felonies. Oh, well.

https://twitter.com/realstewpeters/status/1640813615086293020

Still some rats to catch, Elon.

Yep.

I totally agree. AI is more of a threat than not.

Amen, Abby.

Watched that live. What a liar.

Rumors are lung infection – don’t forget the real Bergoglio only has one complete one – or heart attack. Either way, may he have the best of care…and don’t forget that the Lord moves in mysterious ways.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1640825751887912961

MEMES:

Proof that good comedy is universal:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1641192094445232131

Murphy lives at the raptor sanctuary in west county here. He’s quite the character and LOVES water.

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GENESIS 17:3-9

3Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. 7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” 9And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

PSALMS 105:4-9

4Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually! 5Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 6O offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 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,

JOHN 8:51-59

51Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, `If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?” 54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him and I keep his word. 56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” 57The Jews then said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

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SATIRE