“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author's note: this one is going to be REALLY short and sweet. Grab a cold one, and kick back. Auntie DePat is running out of time to do one really right. Dress rehearsals are a pain in the backside. Badlands News Brief - February 22, 2024 TV Drug Ads Are Not About Selling More Pharmaceuticals, … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20240223
Badlands News Brief - February 21, 2024 MAGA’s Punching Bag Swiss Billionaire’s Nonprofit Sent $35 Million To Dark Money Group Propping Up Dems Donating Blood and the COVID Vaccine [Corrected] Irreconcilable Differences: California’s GOP Falters From Within The State of California is a textbook example of what happens when leftist oligarchs, environmentalist extremists, academic socialists, … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240222
French 75 INGREDIENTS 1/2 ounce lemon juice 1 ounce gin 1 small sugar cube 2 -3 ounces Chilled Champagne INSTRUCTIONS Add the lemon juice, gin and sugar cube in a shaker with ice Shake for 20 seconds so the sugar cube can dissolve Strain into a Champagne flute Top with Champagne Garnish with a lemon twist Badlands News Brief - February 16, 2024 … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20240216
Badlands News Brief - February 15, 2024 NCAA Official Resigns Over Trans Policies in Women’s Sports: “Authorized Cheating” Where We Go One, We Go All 1 dead, at least 21 others injured by gunfire at Chiefs Super Bowl parade in Kansas City: 'Tragedy' Stay classy, KC. This is why so many of us stay on … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240215
Attitude Adjustment Ingredients Makes 1 ½ oz. simple syrup (1:1) ¼ oz. Green Chartreuse ¾ oz. lime juice 1½ oz. Matusalem Clasico Rum Miller High Life to bottom (and as a side sipper) Lime wheel, to garnish Step 1Build in the shaker tin—first the simple syrup, then the lime, Chartreuse, and rum. Taste. Miller High … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20240209
Badlands News Brief - February 7, 2024 Right-wingers are scaring away the government’s “disinformation hacker army”… 2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex Gender Ideology Has Become Law The internet is ROFLMAO over Nikki Haley’s “none of the above” loss in Nevada… Tucker Carlson's Claims About Western … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240208
Punxsutawney Buck 2 oz Pennsylvania rye. We happened to use Wigle Whiskey Phil’s Shadow, which is finished in maple syrup barrels for 16 months. Another Pennsylvania rye you should consider trying is Dad’s Hat. Either will make a fantastic buck. 0.5 oz fresh lime juice. If you want to be less scientific, then simply use 1/2 of a … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20240202
Badlands News Brief - January 31, 2024 The De-evolution of the West This animus toward Western Civilization invites reverting to the Dark Ages of Europe. If, after all, any cultural practice is as valid as any other, why spend billions on modern medicine? Hire witch doctors and save a fortune. Actually, the Middle Ages weren't … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240201
Dear Q-Tree, Something apparently came up with Bako Carl so that he wasn't able to get his usual Sunday post up. Seeing no other subbed in posts this is basically a Sunday placeholder. Please pray for Carl as we don't know what is keeping him from his typical uplifting post. This is the day that … Continue reading Saving Sunday
Snowball Ingredients 2 ounces brandy 1/2 ounce simple syrup 1 large egg white, optional 2 to 3 ounces ginger ale, to taste Steps to Make It Gather the ingredients. In a cocktail shaker, pour the brandy, simple syrup, and egg white. Fill with ice. Shake vigorously to ensure the egg is properly mixed. Strain into a collins glass filled with fresh ice. Top with ginger ale. Serve and … Continue reading DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20240126