Category: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241205

Cover image: Lake Tahoe in the snow

Where the Art of the Deal Meets the Spotlight

Badlands News Brief – December 4, 2024

Ninth Circuit rules in favor of federal deportation

‘A Press Release Is Not A Pardon’: Judge Shreds Biden’s Hunter Move, Calls President A Liar

Must-see sizzling hot all-star clip that has Revolver flexing—and Deep State sweating…

Mike Benz reveals how the left’s ‘censorship web’ first started and you won’t believe it… full Rogan episode…

Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Tennessee ban on youth transgender care

Well, the conservatives anyway.

LPGA Tour makes bombshell ruling on trans golfers in huge change to rules

At least one professional sports group is looking out for women.

Just keep the weight down, people. Learn to pack light.

Listen to Justice Alito run laps around the ACLU lawyer who thinks toddlers can choose their gender

‘Zero’ Senate GOPers privately oppose Pete Hegseth for defense pick as he vows to ‘never back down’ amid misconduct claims: sources

Looks like some people got a talking to.

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/its_The_Dr/status/1863956904801718484

https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1863932638941110317

@drawandstrike

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As you watch the pieces move about the board, if you have some idea of what the endgame looks like, you’re a very happy person these days. Hunter can talk now. About EVERYTHING HE KNOWS. Hell, as many of you know, I suspect he’s been talking for years behind the scenes. But now they can begin rolling out ‘the largest criminal investigations [note the plural, please] in modern day history.’ Declass is coming. They can’t stop it because the evidence was compiled years ago and patriots have been safeguarding it. The country is now ready to see it all. The country was not ready to see any of this in 2017. Or in 2020. Hell, not even by 2023 was much of the country ready to see the Awful Truth. Now? The battlespace is prepared. We are in position to finish the enemy off. When the Declass happens and it all comes out about JFK, 9/11, the Fed, where all the Ukraine billions actually went, what 100 bn/yr in ‘foreign aid’ actually is, where all the missing children went, Epstein Island & who was compromised and controlled there, etc. etc.? The public turns on The Machine. Forever. No going back. That will be the most dangerous time. Pray and stand fast in your faith and do not waver or be afraid.

https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/1864152002323677364

https://twitter.com/Athan_K/status/1864055523676402089

https://twitter.com/Babygravy9/status/1863180714113409460

https://twitter.com/toobaffled/status/1864234063936278619

@JoeLang51440671

Don’t listen to anybody telling you nothing is happening. News Flash: Trump was NEVER in any real legal danger. He knew that Soros prosecutors would go after him. He “purposely” took the slings and arrows to set future “precedent” so that past presidents are no longer above the law. Presidents can now be prosecuted for crimes once they’ve left office. Trump didn’t commit a single crime and knew he would never be sentenced. Now for the Boomerang. Have you noticed lately that a whole lot of judges are suddenly standing for the constitution instead of playing politics? What’s changed? Have you heard the term “enemy combatant”? These judges are making a choice to be on the right side of history. Do you want more evidence of that? “Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered by a local judge to release all communications between her office, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, and the January 6th Committee regarding her RICO case against President Donald Trump and his allies, after she was found to have violated federal law by withholding them.” https://zerohedge.com/political/fani-full-release-ordered-after-fulton-da-sat-rico-records… Fani Willis was bringing a RICO case against Trump. But now she has to turn over all communications she had with other “enemy combatants” that were helping her in a conspiracy to frame Trump. Now she is going to be exposed and will find herself being prosecuted in a RICO case of treason. The perfect boomerang! This was always going to be the outcome. This is just one sting operation. There are so many more about to be exposed. Greatest military planning in history.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1864335292347670633

https://twitter.com/LaughLoveLive1/status/1864405171574366385

https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1864212363769209285

https://twitter.com/LaughLoveLive1/status/1864480822264299952

https://twitter.com/_johnnymaga/status/1864379490840793124

https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/1864493013780578335

MEMES and FUN STUFF

Or that we no longer make Cabbage Patch Dolls.

Since she lived in the 13th century….

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1864424439385084401

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1864357006959890791

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1864401790101311860

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1864394242581516610

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1864272200054002085

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1864123905952100549

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1864268232045048173

https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1863846175134085253

https://twitter.com/VincentCrypt46/status/1863965424137777605

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And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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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Isaiah 26:1-6

1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in. 3Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee. 4Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. 5For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust. 6The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.”

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SATIRE

https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1864359350371778856

Confused Senior Citizen Pledges $1 Billion To Exiled Nigerian Prince

WEEKEND STARTER

Bonfire at night in the winter forest

The Marshmallow Mule Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1½ ounces vodka (or whiskey or rum)
  • 1½ ounces Marshmallow and Ginger Syrup (recipe follows)
  • Soda water
  • Lime wedges
  • 1 marshmallow, for garnish

Directions

  1. To make the cocktail, in a tall glass filled with ice, add the vodka and syrup.
  2. Top with soda water and gently stir.
  3. Squeeze in lime wedges to taste.
  4. Stick your garnish marshmallow onto a long toothpick.
  5. Light it on fire, blow it out, then stick the toothpick into the cocktail, marshmallow side out of the drink, to garnish.

Have a good weekend, y’all.

Have a good one y’all.

Dear MAGA: 20241201 Open Topic

This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.

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On this day and every day –

God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up

Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.

“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Faith and Hope

Faith and hope are distinct yet related. That there is a difference between faith and hope is evident in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Two of the three greatest gifts are faith and hope, listed separately. That faith and hope are related concepts is seen in Hebrews 11:1, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for.”

Faith is a complete trust or confidence in something. Faith involves intellectual assent to a set of facts and trust in those facts. For example, we have faith in Jesus Christ. This means we completely trust Jesus for our eternal destiny. We give intellectual assent to the facts of His substitutionary death and bodily resurrection, and we then trust in His death and resurrection for our salvation.

Biblical hope is built on faith. Hope is the earnest anticipation that comes with believing something good. Hope is a confident expectation that naturally stems from faith. Hope is a peaceful assurance that something that hasn’t happened yet will indeed happen. Hope must involve something that is as yet unseen: “Hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?” (Romans 8:24). Jesus’ return is our “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13)—we can’t see Him yet, but we know He’s coming, and we anticipate that event with joy.

Jesus said He is coming again (John 14:3). By faith, we trust Jesus’ words, and that leads to hope that we will one day be with Him forever. Jesus was resurrected from the dead, “the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Corinthians 15:20). That is the basis for our faith. Then we have Jesus’ promise: “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). That is the basis of our hope.

The relationship between faith and hope can be illustrated in the joy a child feels when his father tells him they are going to an amusement park tomorrow. The child believes that he will go to the amusement park, based on his father’s word—that is faith. At the same time, that belief within the child kindles an irrepressible joy—that is hope. The child’s natural trust in his father’s promise is the faith; the child’s squeals of delight and jumping in place are the expressions of the hope.

Faith and hope are complementary. Faith is grounded in the reality of the past; hope is looking to the reality of the future. Without faith, there is no hope, and without hope there is no true faith. Christians are people of faith and hope. We have “the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time” (Titus 1:2).
xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/difference-faith-hope.html

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241121

Cover image: Allegheny State Park, Pennsylvania. Thanks to PAVACA for the recommendation

Alberta and Ontario go rogue on trade

So Much For The Resistance

The Real Fight Begins

Badlands News Brief – November 20, 2024

Key Intelligence Watchdogs Resign in Wake of Trump’s Win

Trump Reveals What Was Discussed In Meeting With Scarborough, Brzezinski

Bob Casey Files More Ridiculous Lawsuits In Search Of Additional Votes

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s brilliant idea to challenge attacks on Matt Gaetz

SCOOP: Billionaire Musk foe Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, bankrolls second Trump resistance under “nonpartisan” banner🧵

Murdoch losing it over Gaetz and Gabbard…

House Ethics panel did not agree to release the Gaetz report — yet

I would wager there’s nothing damning in it. Otherwise, why wait?

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1859079763354063297

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1859247598206361899

https://twitter.com/TomHoman_/status/1859270619810185560

https://twitter.com/WayneTechSPFX/status/1859268403174797753

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1858752008187973867

https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1859283108308148635

https://twitter.com/WayneTechSPFX/status/1859285399190868250

@WayneTechSPFX

I’m feeling much better today. I’m at 95%. Thanks again for all of your support, well wishes, and prayers. I’m so behind on a lot of things. I’ll get caught up and start releasing shit. A lot of shit. We are still in the calm. Get your shit together. The hell storm is on its way. We have to survive it to make it to the end. These reports and comms I release are just public confirmation for me to talk about certain things publicly. The end is not for everyone. So, whatever your belief system is. Hold on to it. None of my pill and intel drops have changed. The information contained therein is static. All truths are necessarily good truths. But it’s nevertheless the truth. You can take the blue pill and ignore some of it. But the red pill will always be there. Mental health is real and not a joke. When all truths are revealed, getting close to the end, some will not be able to bear it. It’s best now that you soften the blow. Get your houses in order, stocks, preps, and finances together to ride this next phase out. Take this time now to learn, and I mean unlearn, then relearn everything. Because you won’t have time when the storm comes. Why? You’ll be too busy focusing on surviving.

https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1859315083886875118

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1859324355064315997

https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1859391311507489140

@WarClandestine

NATO was created in 1949 to stand up to the Soviet Union. If the West would just make peace with Russia, which Putin is willing to do, then there would be zero need for NATO. The only people who don’t want this, are NATO weapons manufacturers, and their bought politicians. NATO exists solely to enrich itself. Their business model is war, and our tax dollars are their life source. The best solution for humanity is to disband NATO, for Trump to make peace with Russia/China, then build a multipolar world, in which every country has a fair say. The days of the US/NATO waging war without consequence, must come to an end. Russia and China just want a seat at the table, and want the West to stop waging wars all over the globe for financial and geopolitical gain. They just want us to stop building our military bases around their civilizations. Peace is possible with diplomacy.

https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1859385325232996567

@GenFlynn

I want everyone to know who reads this, Barry McCaffrey is highly respected in the leftist neo-con warmongering mafia inside of the beltway’s military industrial complex who love perpetual war. His post shows the insanity we deal with when it comes to advice by certain elements of retired military officers. Nuclear war and nuclear attacks are not something we want on the table at all. The proactive offensive capabilities launched recently by the Ukraine are sheer madness. Instead of demanding peace and standing up for sanity, McCaffrey is stating the obvious for a nuclear counter strike as if this is going to solve the problems we face. God help us all and I pray that no one, and I mean absolutely no one, pays any attention to this too long in the tooth retired military officer. We have to cease and desist these missile attacks. WTH are they achieving? What are our goals and objectives? WTH are we doing? No one from this current administration has answered any of these questions. Congress, and @SpeakerJohnson please step in and stop this insanity! January 20th can’t get here fast enough.

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1859397168433627484

https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1859413031081382143

MEMES and FUN STUFF

https://twitter.com/iamNickPeterson/status/1859055809121939642

Not very lady like, but true.

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1859207562257744005

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1859370622389797290

https://twitter.com/NoCatsNoLife_m/status/1858639757989081362

https://twitter.com/Brink_Thinker/status/1858866267744264605

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1859245611981090976

https://twitter.com/OregonZoo/status/1858914698479235515

https://twitter.com/NAmazing44779/status/1858959582741024930

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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.

____________________________________________________

Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22

1“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: `The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “`I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead. 2Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. 3Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. 4Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ 

[ 7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia, write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David; he that openeth, and no man shutteth; shutteth, and no man openeth:  8 I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.  9 Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.  10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of the temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth.

 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.  12 He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.  13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.]

14“And to the angel of the church in La-odice’a write: `The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. 15“`I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. 17For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 19Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'”

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SATIRE

Cheer Up, Libs: Here Are 10 Things You Can Still Be Thankful For This Year

Before DOGE Cuts Funding, NIH Working Feverishly To Complete Study On The Effects Of Giving Meth To Jetpack-Wearing Hamsters

WEEKEND STARTER

Stone Fire Pit

Harvey Wallbanger

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 ounces vodka
  • 1/2 ounce Galliano L’Autentico liqueur
  • 3 ounces orange juice, freshly squeezed
  • Garnish: orange slice
  • Garnish: maraschino cherry

Steps

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice, then add the vodka and orange juice and stir.
  2. Float the Galliano on top.
  3. Garnish with a skewered orange slice and maraschino cherry.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241114

Cover image: Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan. Thanks to Valerie for the recommendation.

Such a beautiful sight.

Hmm….

Okay, on to business.

The Two Factors That Cheated Trump Out Of Even More Electoral Votes

Why The American Founders Would Adore Trump’s Tariffs Plan

Dollars didn’t make Texas blue… again

An affair to remember

John Thune Wins Senate Majority Leader Vote on Second Ballot 29/24

Open Borders Finally Make Sense

Badlands News Brief – November, 13, 2024

Exclusive — Speaker Johnson Orders Entire Biden Administration to Preserve and Retain All Records and Documents

Church of England leader who married Harry and Meghan resigns over pedophile scandal

As a Catholic, not saying a thing.

We now have the actual ‘blueprint’ Trump used to hack the 2024 election and it’s BRILLIANT…

How Our Past & Future Collide in Present Existential Crisis Risking America and Humanity’s Survival

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/thehealthb0t/status/1856466021990969388

https://twitter.com/MustangMan_TX/status/1856501074401591648

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1856532055481324031

https://twitter.com/TONYxTWO/status/1856519044687434124

https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1856534379054481552

https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1856698941770727551

OK let’s deal with this. The biggest ‘elephant in the room’ open secret in Washington DC. The money laundering. Let’s deal with it. No, they don’t actually SPEND all 4.5 million dollars to spray alcoholic rats with bobcat urine. I doubt they spent as much as $100,000 on it. What they are doing is what they have been doing for decades: stealing your tax money and laundering it. People who’ve been studying and researching how the money laundering game works internationally have known all along the USG does not actually spend $2500 on a hammer or $1 million on a box of parts. Look, as they steal the money and send it out to be laundered, they got write SOMETHING down, OK? About where it went, what it was used for, right? Here’s the brutal truth: you’ll never grasp exactly HOW MUCH they’ve been stealing until you realize about 75% of ‘foreign aid’ PLUS all of these weirdly expensive ‘studies’ are money-laundering fronts. Nobody audits the foreign aid, something the Ukraine madness has highlighted for the past 3 years. What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are being brought in to do is to primarily REMOVE THE COVER for the money laundering operations that have been ongoing for more than a century. The Biggest Lie they ever told you was that they 6 trillion a year or whatever it is to fund this USG. That’s never been true. What they’ve been doing is stealing around 5 trillion/year. And you need an awful lot of laundering to cover up that kind of trail. Heads should be on a swivel because the last time a real initiative was undertaken to audit the Pentagon, it was suddenly ‘discovered’ that $2 trillion of taxpayer’s money was ‘unaccounted for’ and an investigation had been launched to try to discover where the missing money went. Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld came out to announce the missing $2 trillion and the launch of the investigation on….September 10, 2001. Guess what happened next?

https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1856672757250920518

There needs to be an immediate hiring freeze inside the USG. There are reports from good people inside the government, much as

@obama hired approx 2500 personnel to subvert the 2017

@realDonaldTrump transition and presidency, the current administration is doing the same thing. This CANNOT be allowed. If no hiring freeze, then all new hires should be put on notice, their jobs should be terminated on Inauguration Day. The subversion ongoing inside of this administration is outrageous and must cease.

https://twitter.com/DavidJHarrisJr/status/1856472044449476961

https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1856723118682755567

https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1856542948999012652

@VigilantFox
TMZ Founder: Hollywood Is In a State of PANIC Over Diddy Sex Crime Scandal

“Every celebrity in the world seems to have gone to one of these white parties. Everybody wanted to go. And if you got an invitation, you went. So you can pretty much count every high profile [celebrity] has been to one of these parties.”

Harvey Levin went on to explain that Hollywood can get very loud very quickly when it wants to. But oddly, they are utterly silent on the Diddy allegations.

Harvey Levin explained that numerous videos reportedly kept by Diddy over the years have now been seized by federal authorities and are being shared with civil lawyers.

This has caused widespread panic in Hollywood, as people are questioning whether they might appear in the footage or be implicated in past events.

“I think there’s a lot of panic, and that’s what we’re hearing. And people just don’t want the association, and they don’t want to talk about it. I think it’s that simple,” Levin said.

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1856768227000697025

https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1856789770980266288

https://twitter.com/FiatLuxGenesis/status/1856781698052014176

I have stopped creating AI images. First of all, it isn’t art. Secondly, a few days ago I went to create an image of a girl by a waterfall and was terrified when a girl by a waterfall had a black cloaked demonic figure behind her as if it was going to choke her. I also note that most of the images created by others tend to be dark, bizarre, or sexualized. Not all, but the majority. I hoped to use it to bring some beautiful ideas to life, but ultimately, after the demonic image manifested in front of me, I could not justify utilizing it anymore. Beware.

https://twitter.com/LaughLoveLive1/status/1856814420598690040

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1856751628701110353

Please join with me and pray for my dear friend and Salem radio colleague, Dennis Prager. He had a bad fall and doctors are currently assessing the best treatment options. His impact on my life, and this country, have been enormous, and I’m praying for a full and speedy recovery.

It’s a back injury. Please, pray.

An actual female who is funny:

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1856794310026641533

https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1856864398507479194

Regardless of how anyone feels about Trump’s picks, let’s isolate what we know: -The enemy is terrified -Elon is bullish on justice Based on the reactions from the Left, Trump appears to have touched some nerves with his appointees. Great sign. Elon is excited about it, and he is incontrovertibly one of the smartest living beings on Earth. He seems to be all-in on the situation and he has been in Trump’s ear the entire time. I trust his judgement and his vision. If Elon is excited, that’s a great sign. The country is in good hands. Also, Trump and Congress just proved that us bitching about who we want on the Internet, solved absolutely NOTHING and changed zero minds. Trump still picked Rubio for SOS, and the Senate did not pick Scott for SML. We may have influence, but not raw power. My point is, that it’s out of our hands now. We generated enough votes and hired Trump to get the job done. Now all we can do is see if he and his team can produce results. If they do, awesome. If they don’t, well then we are right back where we started, but at least there will be less LGBTQ flags flying around, cheaper gas, and it’s infinitely better than Kamala. Ultimately my message is … relax. Let it unfold. Focus on what we can control, which is replacing the failed corporate media, and waking up normies. The rest is in Trump’s hands now.

https://twitter.com/texan_maga/status/1856723594903945300

MEMES and FUN STUFf

https://twitter.com/shouldhaveanima/status/1856457695047327834

https://twitter.com/stlzoo/status/1856787462195933385

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1856430609784086904

https://twitter.com/puppiesDoglover/status/1856598782286160121

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1856753920569475466

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1856595111326388314

https://twitter.com/puppiesDoglover/status/1856476418915610728

https://twitter.com/puppiesDoglover/status/1856589330396930533

https://twitter.com/puppiesDoglover/status/1856229629964816692

Have I ever posted this?

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Luke 17:20-25

20Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; 21nor will they say, `Lo, here it is!’ or `There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” 22And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it. 23And they will say to you, `Lo, there!’ or `Lo, here!’ Do not go, do not follow them. 24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day. 25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

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SATIRE

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1856528460014825622

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1856693233947939024

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1856712385223864657

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1856781590472400932

WEEKEND STARTER

Brandy Old Fashioned

Ingredients

  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 2 orange slices
  • 2 brandied or maraschino cherries
  • 1 sugar cube
  • 2 ounces brandy
  • 7UP, Sprite or club soda, chilled, to top
  • Garnish: brandied or maraschino cherry
  • Garnish: orange slice

Steps

  1. Add the bitters, orange slices, cherries and sugar cube to an Old Fashioned glass and muddle to combine.
  2. Add ice to fill the glass, then add the brandy.
  3. Top with the 7UP, Sprite or club soda, and stir to chill.
  4. Garnish with a skewered cherry and an orange slice.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241107

Fat-lady-sing

The fat lady sang. And, no, it wasn’t me.

My apologies if things are discombolulated today. Between the Couch Commando and a friend…I got out of synch.

Insurance Companies Going Bankrupt Due Tsunami of Deaths from COVID Vaccines

Red Wave or Red Tsunami?

Badlands News Brief – November 6, 2024

‘Get US Out of the United Nations’

Jake Tapper’s stunned reaction goes viral after Kamala Harris fails to outperform Biden in a single state

Biden-Harris DoJ Reportedly Winding Down Trump Criminal Cases

Liberal tears are flowing, and we found the craziest female meltdowns ever…

Bannon goes where nobody’s gone before: Most CHILLING 90-second warning to the Deep State…

‘He’s an American badass’: Vivek Ramaswamy explains why Trump won the US elections

Tulsi Gabbard Thanks President-Elect Donald Trump for Allowing Her to ‘Play a Small Part’ in His Campaign

Humility. How refreshing.

Generation X Has Spoken: We Want Our Country Back, Why We Overwhelmingly Supported Trump

We’re pissed off, and the time has come to undo the damage the boomers did. We knew it was coming. We’re there.

‘YOU PEOPLE SUCK!’ Bannon Vows DOJ and FBI Will ‘Pay the Price’ When Trump Re-Takes Office

Former My Faith Votes CEO Charged with Child Porn Possession

It’s not just Catholics.

New Jersey might be a swing state now

I had a feeling….

TWEETS!

Yo, Elon, please tell WordPress to get their $#!+ together. This not being able to share tweets and X-files sucks.

https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1854201845251441141

My counsel to everyone who reads this, listens to what I say, or gives a sh!t what I do, last nights victory was historic (YES!), but as in warfare, this was only the beginning of the long slog to achieving total victory. The best analogy is that we have seized the beachhead and have broken through the hedgerows into Normandy. I want everyone to understand, we have not achieved a “VE Day”, we are more like D-DAY+1. We have our beachhead, the troops are arriving in strength, with determined purpose, and a clear mandate. But now the real work of rooting out the evil infestation really begins. Removing the infiltrators, the bureaucratic systems and processes that infect decision making and do nothing to protect the safety and security of the American people along with many bureaucrats who wish nothing but ill will to our arriving troops. Sorry, not this time Obama. Fool us once, shame on us, try to fool us again, shame on you. Making America Great Again is our marching order and #WeThePeople are on the move. Lead, Follow, or Get the Hell Out of the Way!

You don’t like General Flynn…just keep in mind, the other side went out of their way to silence him. He’s a danger to them.

https://twitter.com/TruthfulTS/status/1854217295285088558

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1854231826015162809

https://twitter.com/fulovitboss/status/1854089861399269526

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1854226554655498693

https://twitter.com/DrBenTapper1/status/1854218468796534835

https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1854082236649226465

https://twitter.com/markeatsmeat/status/1854240937431744759

https://twitter.com/DissidentMedia/status/1854134993443869051

This one is important:

https://twitter.com/LaughLoveLive1/status/1854268668945010707

https://twitter.com/paintsaints/status/1854274167753077112

https://twitter.com/HerbsandDirt/status/1854214811179257927

https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1854294754239930760

https://twitter.com/Jordan_Sather_/status/1854305910342230490

It’s good to celebrate yesterday’s win, for sure. But something seems up. Seemingly little resistance to the election win. Basically no Antifa protests, no false flags, little push back from the establishment. Many of the Deep Staters have been quite silent. Are they cooking up something for us in the near future? A November or December surprise? I just don’t want to be distracted with the excitement and get blindsided. Should still stay frosty. “As one should always be careful when an adversary makes a retreat with no resistance or fight.” – Sun Tzu

https://twitter.com/SaltyGoat17/status/1854241953191256233

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1854287747877404951

https://twitter.com/JoeLang51440671/status/1854258668583436302

@JoeLang51440671

My friends, next up is election fraud exposure. That is what will be the “lead in” to the justice phase we have all longed for. I’m betting the Justice System takes the lead on this during Trump’s short time as president-elect. I think lawsuits are coming that will unravel the entire corrupt fraud. The enemy desperately wants to just move on. We are now able to compare data from three different elections and trust me, we aren’t moving on. That would never be allowed to happen. Knowingly conspiring to steal federal elections across the country, is treason. Treason opens the door to changing everything. That’s the whole point of all of this.

MEMES and FUN STUFf

https://wickedlynews.com/more-than-a-game-secrets-behind-the-mysterious-monopoly-man/

And it’s still better than anything produced in the last 20 years.

And really hungry.

I think we have a Christmas ornament….

Boo effing hoo

No one we know is flying this.

Never covered, and never duplicated.

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

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Luke 15:1-10

1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3So he told them this parable: 4“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. 8“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.’ 10Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Screw it. Find a Dom Perignon 1999, and celebrate!

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241031

Quick author note: there’s something going on with the Twitter interface with WordPress. I copy and pasted a number of tweets and many aren’t showing up. I’m putting this note in late before this post will publish, so I don’t have time to link up all the tweets, but the URLs are in the body of the post, and anyone can copy and paste those links into a new tab to see what the tweet was all about. Sorry about this.

Quick Wolf Note: I opened the post to edit it, and a bunch of the tweets loaded. Let’s see if they stick. I’ll update and check.

Cover Image

And now, for the payoff from the Democrats’ latest gaffe….

Garbage People and Trash

And now for links:

Hibernation Theory

The Multinational Offensive Against Free Speech Online

Badlands News Brief – October 30, 2024

Phillippe Reines: If Trump Elected Journalists Will Be in Jail ‘Six Months from Now’

Let’s hope so.

Trust in US news media hits record low – poll

I’m surprised that the number is 31%. I doubt it’s that high.

‘Garbage Is an Understatement’: Harris Donor Reinforces Biden’s Smear

Then I guess I’m white trash. I was hoping those genes are recessive in me.

It’s official: The Puerto Rican people refuse to fall for Harris-Biden regime’s latest PSY-OP…

“It’s Gonna Be Huge”: Frank Luntz Says Traitor Joe Calling Trump Supporters “Garbage” May Be a “Turning Point” for Key Voters

Jimmy Kimmel’s 19 minute anti-Trump rant backfires with viewers

Idaho Health Board First in U.S. to Defy CDC and FDA by Removing COVID Vaccines From Clinics

Did Government-Sponsored Disinformation Make COVID-19 Worse?

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1851217209151947206
https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1851706576337564073

MEMES and FUN STUFF

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1850949151019983271

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

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Ephesians 6:10-20

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; 16besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19and also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Witch’s Blood

Ingredients

Directions

1. Pour the cherry schnapps, vodka, whisky and lemon juice into a pitcher.

2. Stir well with a cup of ice.

3. Gently pour in the cherry soda and stir carefully to combine.

4. Either pour into punch bowl for guest to help themselves or serve in sugar rimmed glasses …

Read full directions

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241024

Cover image: Little River State Park Waterbury Reservoir Vermont Autumn In Vermont United States

The White Pill Emporium – Part 1

Badlands News Brief – October 23, 2024

https://youtu.be/wUUBBFT58Ck?si=940FPeWDd8C-asa7

‘Heartburn’: Democrats, Media Allies Begin to Hit Panic Button on Kamala Harris’s Election Hopes

Democrats brace for a possible crack in the blue wall and signs of North Carolina slipping

General Motors to Go Fully Electric by 2035 as EVs Remain Unprofitable

Can’t fix stupid.

FNC’s Rove: Holding the Senate Becoming a ‘Nightmare’ for Dems

Good.

The Best Laid Schemes of the Ruling Class Have Turned to Ashes

From mean tweets to podcast president: How Trump is handing America back to strong, capable men…

It’s Us vs The Machines

Famed polling guru Nate Silver’s ‘gut says Donald Trump’ will win 2024 presidential election

His gut and many a deplorable brain.

Trump leads at 60.3% — why polls don’t matter now that betting markets rule

Yes, the culture has taken a leaf out of Irish tradition.

‘I’m not a woman’: Trans golfer Nicole Powers backs out of female-only competition

Is sense FINALLY making its way into the trans thing?

SPOOKED! Witches complain they cannot cast harmful spells on Trump

Thank God for small favors.

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1848378176751202403

Trump is surging! The early vote numbers continue to be catastrophic for the Dems, and it is starting to cause a widespread panic. Halperin says, “If this continues, Donald Trump can’t lose, because the Democrats can’t possibly do well enough on Election Day”. Spicer says, “The data is unbelievable. It’s almost too good to be true.” These are not polls. These are not betting markets. These are the actual votes coming in. Trump’s early turnout is unprecedented for a Republican, and if the trend continues, Trump may have the White House secure before Election Day, making it mathematically un-stealable, a.k.a. “Too Big To Rig”. The early numbers indicate the Trump base is energized and motivated, while the Dems are struggling, and the early vote is normally their strong suit. This does not mean the election is over, but the early numbers suggest Trump is trending SUBSTANTIALLY better than he was at this time in 2016 and 2020.

A lot of other disease oriented non-profits, too. I could go into detail….

This is true. I had a friend who lost her job, etc., and the people she really needed weren’t there for her.

https://twitter.com/Uncommonsince76/status/1848933514567164249

MEMES and FUN STUFF

It was full of whisky sours.

Ectopic pregnancies don’t count in this. Neither do miscarriages that don’t miscarry all the way. Neither will result in a viable child. The baby is already gone.

What you don’t want to see on your dashboard.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1848901655695176078

For the record, none of our dogs ever tried this with my dad’s O-Gauge, which has been sitting in a model train coma since 2013.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

Ephesians 3:14-21

14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man, 17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God. 20Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

Luke 12:49-53

49“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! 50I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! 51Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; 52for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; 53they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Death in the Afternoon

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Halloween Cocktails: Death in the Afternoon is a Real Treat

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Created by the legendary author Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon is a literary classic, and a great Halloween themed cocktail as well.

The Death in the Afternoon Champagne-based drink in a tall flute.
The Death in the Afternoon cocktail combines Champagne and Absinthe for a spooky treat.

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Death in the Afternoon will make you Comfortably Numb

Certain drinks just fit a ‘moment’ based on their name alone. Now that it’s Halloween time, this cocktail always makes an appearance.

Hemingway was living in Paris when he came up with this cocktail. It shares the same name as one of his bestsellers, “Death in the Afternoon.” Like other great authors, who invent drinks, he includes a written recipe for how to make it. The recipe was first published in a famous author’s cocktail book called, “So Red The Nose, or Breath In The Afternoon.” In it, Hemingway recommended the following directions:

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“Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly.”

I’d recommend using a little caution when following “Papa’s” drinking directions because this cocktail packs a punch, and three to five of these in a single day will hit you harder than a Hemingway metaphor!

Ingredients Needed

This is another great duo cocktail, meaning that there are only two ingredients required to make it:

  • Champagne
  • Absinthe

And that’s it!

Tips for Success

Since there are only two ingredients, it’s a pretty easy mix. However, there are a couple of hints that can make it a better drink.

  • Some ‘tips’ suggest adding the absinthe last and trying to ‘float’ it on top of the Champagne. But by the time it’s poured and served, the ingredients are all mixed anyway, so I suggest sticking with Hemingway’s directions.
  • Absinthe has always had an odd reputation. At one time it was said to be addictive or hallucinatory. In 1915, it was even banned in the U.S. and certain countries in Europe. Luckily it made a comeback and is enjoyed in many popular cocktails. But do yourself and others a favor and buy a name brand like Pernod. Yes, you’ll pay more money for it, but the taste and even the look are superior to lower quality spirits.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241017

Cover Image: Silver Falls State Park, Oregon. Thanks to Coothie.

Eye of the Storm 173 & Meet Milton

Badlands News Brief – October 15, 2024

Don’t Get Complacent

Tucker Carlson and Mark Halprin Pretend 2024 is really 1998

Stay Focused on the Big Picture

Badlands News Brief – October 16, 2004

Absentee Ballots Suddenly Begin Disappearing in Michigan Just Weeks Before Election

They’re going to steal it again. Or try. Will this be the trigger that touches off American anger?

Harris proposes 1 million forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs, as Trump makes inroads

AKA bribes.

Gallup: Trust in Establishment Media Hits Record Low

Gee, I wonder why….

The Dems’ new smell: Desperation

Democrats Are Launching A Judicial Power Grab In Case Of A Trump Victory

California police agencies going green with Teslas complain they’re ‘nearly unusable’ as squad cars

New Polling: Amid all National Civic and Political Institutions U.S. News Media are Least Trusted

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1846288752617939166

We need names. Sorry, but we do.

True story.

A story that deserves everyone’s attention. Complete miscarriage of “justice.”

More of this story:

MEMES and FUN STUFF

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1846289959554269653

Vin Scully, Mel Allen (Yankees), Jack Buck (Cardinals) and Ernie Harwell (Detroit) all knew how to call a game far better than the people in the boxes now.

Leaving the politics at the door, music is about a group experience. We make it because we can.

LOVE Yo Yo Ma grooving to the beat.

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

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

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

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

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Psalms 98:1-6

1O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory. 2The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. 3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. 4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! 5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody! 6With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

Luke 11:47-54

47Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. 48So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, `I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ 50that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechari’ah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation. 52Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.” 53As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things, 54lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

Philippians 3:17–4:1

3 17Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us. 18For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself. 4 1Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

Psalms 34:2-9

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

John 12:24-26

24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

Today is the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch. The readings for his feast are the last three. There were too many good ones to choose just one.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Pumpkin Nog

Ingredients

  • 12 eggs
  • 1/2 pound sugar, divided
  • 750 milliliters light rum (Abou-Ganim used 10 Cane)
  • 5 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Garnish: whipped cream
  • Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg

Steps

Serves 16.

  1. Separate the eggs and refrigerate the whites.
  2. In a mixing bowl, beat the yolks until creamy.
  3. Gradually add in 1/4 pound sugar, beating at high speed until thick.
  4. Stir in the rum, milk, pumpkin, vanilla and cinnamon, and chill for at least two hours.
  5. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
  6. Add the remaining 1/4 pound sugar, beating the egg whites to stiff peaks.
  7. Fold the chilled rum mixture into the egg whites.
  8. Serve in Martini glasses garnished with a dollop of whipped cream and freshly grated nutmeg.

That’s rather complicated, isn’t it.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241010

Cover image: Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia

So, one August, my parents took off in the van by themselves. Where are you going, I asked. They responded, We don’t know, but we’ll call when we get there. They called from Blackwater Falls, West Virginia.

EVs Still So Unpopular that Car Thieves Won’t Even Steal Them

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien eviscerates the Democratic Party: ‘They have f**** us over for the last 40 years’

Oil Moguls Emerge as Key Cash Source for Trump as Race Nears End

Five Half-Truths About the Longshoremen’s Strike

Canada’s Transition to Collectivist Green Dystopia

Badlands News Brief – October 9, 2024

The Best Is Still Yet To Come

The 2020 Theft Saved This Country

FEMA sets up a ‘rumor response’ webpage to set the record straight after all the scrutiny of its response to Helene

Utah State 4th women’s volleyball team to cancel vs. SJSU

TWEETS!

“A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe. “Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast.” “No,” says the preacher. “I have faith in the Lord. He will save me.” Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat. “Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee’s gonna break any minute.” Once again, the preacher is unmoved. “I shall remain. The Lord will see me through.” After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone. “Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance.” Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him. And, predictably, he drowns. A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, “Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn’t you deliver me from that flood?” God shakes his head. “What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter.””

At this point, it’s anyone’s guess until we see the gadgets actually doing the dirty work.

Anyone close to the north west have sauce on this?

Dry ice, apparently.

Really, is there sauce on this?

Best marketing campaign ever before a woman was in charge. Too bad I hear the beer is crap.

https://twitter.com/StopHatingMe88/status/1844074373923098987

My source in the chicken industry wondered the same thing.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1843715486246416838

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

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

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

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

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.

____________________________________________________

Luke 11:5-13

5And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, `Friend, lend me three loaves; 6for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7and he will answer from within, `Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

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SATIRE

I have a leftist, Jesuit educated friend….

WEEKEND STARTER

Black Russian

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces vodka
  • 1 ounce Kahlúa

Steps

  1. Add vodka and Kahlúa into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241003

Cover image is somewhere in North Carolina.

Making room for microschooling

The Great Purge of the Cabal Has Begun

Badlands News Brief – October 2, 2024

Eye of the Storm 169 & Bonus Video

Are Jay-Z and Beyonce the next to fall?

Trump just gave a masterclass on tariffs on Dave Ramsey…

Internet fascinated by JD Vance’s ‘pretty eyes’ during VP debate against Tim Walz

As if it was the Nixon-Kennedy debate all over again.

1,000 active-duty soldiers to deploy to western North Carolina to help with Helene response

That’s all? Fort Bragg is not that far away.

Adam Schiff Called Out for Trying to Bully Tech Companies Into Censoring Americans Ahead of Election

TWEETS!

Don’t shoot the messenger. Just passing on information.

I’m sure it’s happening, but at this point all information on this is hearsay.

No. That’s really *NOT* the battle. If Chinese ports are automated in China, they are operated by Chinese owners.  If American ports are automated in the USA, they are operated by Chinese owners.  It doesn’t take a genius to see the problem. Fast forward to 2035, all of our critical ILA members have given up and gone to work for Wal Mart in the face of overwhelming opposition against them by a short-sighted American electorate.  The children of the dockworkers are now addicted to prescription narcotics, and the docks are automated by German industrial machinery, facilitated by Chinese technology that was purchased by Chinese owners. The machinery is operated remotely by Chinese, Indian and Pakistani workers getting $5/hr. After seamless integration, China decides to take the geography of New Zealand as the latest strategic notch in their Belt and Road initiative.  Wait, wha… the American politicians shout, “this cannot stand.”  But it does, because if the USA tries to make a move against it, the docks in the USA are brought to a halt by China. Sound crazy? ‘Crazy’ was 9-years ago when CTH was warning about a weaponized FBI operating like the Russian FSB.  ‘Crazy’ was our warning that a DC-based intelligence apparatus was conducting surveillance of a presidential nominee.  ‘Crazy’ was our alarms ten years ago that various interests of the DoS and DHS were deep inside the mechanisms of social media, controlling the content of private conversations.  THAT was then considered “crazy.” What we are talking about now against the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and remote automation, is not crazy; it’s predictable reality if the efforts of the ILA fail.

THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT!

If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN – you’ll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade. I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel and other supplies as well as helped people affected by the floods, but there are reasons why they are not allowing outside help. I cannot confirm the reasons why in NC, but i can tell you the reasons in other storms i have worked – i’ll explain below. Let me share with you the first disaster area that i finally realized that this was all about money. In the FL Keys with Hurricane Irma, after Texas got hit with Harvey, we finished our efforts in Texas and were the first citizen team to make it to Key Largo. The federal agencies had US1 shut down just South of Key Largo and wouldn’t let anyone in or out, even though the road was okay to pass. We explained to them that we had boats, Jet skis, food, water, chainsaws and fuel to bring these people. They didn’t care and wouldn’t let us in. It was night by that point and you rarely saw the lights of vehicles in the distance on the individual keys, meaning the emergency response teams from FEMA weren’t even working, it was all quiet. We decided that we would go in anyways. We filled up the boats and jet skis with all that we could reasonably carry and went by water, around all their BS blockades and around their law enforcement presence on the water. It was 87 miles by water to get to our first stop, Cudjoe Key and Sugarloaf Key. When we arrived there we were greeted by a homeowner (for privacy, I won’t name him, though we have video) who was elated to see us and all the supplies we brought, his house was in shambles. We started offloading supplies on the shoreline and helping to get them into what was left of his house. During that process, he explained to us that FEMA had set up a command center at a local high school on the island, but that they weren’t doing anything to help the residents, not even bringing them WATER! Instead, he explained that they were driving around using a loudspeaker, telling people to stay in their homes. They weren’t even helping the home owners with supplies. I was skeptical at first while he was telling me all of this, but then he said something that broke my heart…. He told us that the people of the keys were all in despair, because they had just seen, weeks before, the overwhelming support for Texas with Hurricane Harvey, by the citizens of this country. He, and his neighbors on all of the keys, felt like Americans had forgotten about them completely, because at this point, FIVE DAYS after landfall, all they had seen was FEMA, and they were of NO HELP. The residents were cut off from the outside world, no cellular, no internet, no way to contact anyone or hear of any efforts to try to help them. The ONLY communication they had was from a local radio station on Sugarloaf Key, that was broadcasting on AM to the surrounding keys. The man, after hearing that there were citizens trying to bring them help, but being refused entry by federal law enforcement was visibly upset. He, and his neighbors, really thought the country had abandoned them. He insisted that we get into his waterlogged truck and that he would take us to that radio station so that we could go live on air, to tell the citizens trapped in the Keys that we, the American people, were there to help and that the government was trying to stop our efforts. And that is exactly what we did. After that, we were determined to help as many people as we could, but we were met with red tape throughout the whole process and time we were in the keys. We finally we able to talk some authorities to let us down to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon towards the end of Boot Key. This was the same hotel where state and local authorities were staging their personnel and they were happy to see us. I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon. I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC. THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their “preferred vendors list” and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm. It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY. These ‘preferred vendors” are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the “vendors” make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks. So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks. This meeting solidified my resolve to help these people, regardless of what the greedy officials wanted, we were going to feed the lower keys that were being neglected. I diverted ALL SEMI TRUCKS to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon and filled the entire first floor with pallets upon pallets of food, water and essential supplies and created a food pantry for residents to come and get anything, and however much they needed. From local state troopers to the homeless, all were given wheel barrels and free reign to get anything they needed. We also delivered supplies down to Big Pine Key. We helped establish the tent city on Big Pine Key. Big companies like Titos Vodka and Whelen just kept bringing trucks full of everything that was needed. When FEMA FINALLY started handing out boxes of canned goods (limited to one per household), we were filing cars full of food and supplies for people and pets. There is so much more to the story in the Keys and further from there in other storms we worked- the common theme though, is that the federal government always tries to keep citizens from helping and the local authorities, the ones that live and work in the area are always happy to have outside help. I call out to Elon Musk and anyone else who can monetarily help people like myself and those that work with me, who have the knowledge and the will to help those devastated by these disasters. Help us side step the red tape and get the people the relief they need. We are willing, and we are many, and we are ready.

Fortunately, my cousin who lives in Ashville, is fine, according to my aunt.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

I cleaned ours out a few years ago. It hasn’t resurfaced.

Getting a degree gave me research skills.

Or a plaque.

Some people have no sense of humor.

No. Although, a couple of main roads I travel have been resurfaced recently.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1841216538998948346
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1841503915063279870

____________________________________

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

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

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

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

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.

____________________________________________________

Job 19:21-27

21Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! 22Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh? 23“Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! 25For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth; 26and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God, 27whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

Luke 10:1-12

1After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road. 5Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. 7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; 9heal the sick in it and say to them, `The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11`Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

This is entirely passe, but it holds a soft spot in my heart.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

For a cocktail…in honor of the North Carolina way of life…try to find some moonshine. In the 1920s a moonshiner lived on the next block from me. That’s the largest house in the subdivision.

Have a good one y’all.