Dear KMAG: 20200127 Open Topic

This Merry Warrior Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

Yes, it’s Monday…again.

polar-bear-dragging-himself-around

But it’s okay! We’ll get through it.

Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

With the Storm upon us…please remember to Pray for our President.

TrumpGlare

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

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For your listening enjoyment, I offer this composition from CJbeards, titled ‘Fire and Thunder’:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkSfEQcZHy8&w=640&h=360]

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Wheatie’s Word of the Day:

Falderal

Falderal means “nonsense or foolish talk”. It can also refer to “a knickknack or gew-gaw”.

Alternate spellings: folderol, folderal and falderol.

The term originated as a nonsense word in the refrain of songs, dating back to Old English ballads and plays.

Used in a sentence: The Dirty Dems continue to spew forth their malicious falderal in their attempts to frame our President for things he didn’t do.

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20200125: Coronavirus

The details of the Coronavirus are sketchy and unreliable, which is why I avoided posting a thread. None of us want to spread bad information, and we don’t want to OVERreact and spread hysteria. The problem with this issue is, that as fast as the disease is spreading, so is the bad information. Thus, this thread. Perhaps we can sort fact from fiction within this forum.

Most of the reporting refers to various provinces of China (like our states). This map might be helpful as a reference.

World Health Organization Link: https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

American CDC Link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.html

The South China Morning Post is an outlet many of us follow. They are tracking the story closely. I counted a total of 25 stories about Coronavirus on their main page this morning. Here is their link: https://www.scmp.com/news/china

We know the US Senate has been briefed on the virus. Here is the President’s latest tweet:

This video is from a BBC reporter crossing a checkpoint in Henan (on the interior). He had his temperature checked before crossing the border.

Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, Harvard PhD in Epidemiology, and youngest dual PhD from Harvard SPH, has a thread which explains the contagen and the virality of spread, which scientists characerize as an RO factor. What is the typical R0 attack rate for the seasonal flu in most years? It’s around an R0=1.28. The 2009 flu pandemic? R0=1.48. The 1918 Spanish Flu? 1.80. This new #WuhanCoronavirus reproductive value again? R0=3.8 Reference for the typical spread rate of seasonal flu is found here: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-14-480 and the model for the Coronavirus is found here: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.23.20018549v1 Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding is alarmed by the high rate of spread for this virus.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1220919589623803905

PLEASE understand, the above thread is alarming………..!!!!!!! Kyle Bass, the hedge fund guy who has specialized in China for decades responds to the info posted by Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding (above) as follows:

If we think of the Coronavirus as a super version of a common cold, then we should make sure to wash hands, doorknobs, switchplates, cover mouth and nose when sneezing, ……. and don’t eat partially cooked bat soup from China. NOTE: The CDC in the USA has changed their position and is specifically NOT confirming the source of the disease as the Wet Animal Market in Wuhan. The CDC has yet to determine the source of this disease.

Within this thread, please dump your comments and theories, videos and links. Perhaps together, we can all get closer to the truth.

Dear KMAG: 20200125 Open Topic

Welcome! The doors are open, come on inside!

This Fortress Q Tree Saturday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

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Come on up and find a comfy spot.

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Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

With the Storm upon us…please remember to Pray for our President.

D2I_jOOXcAAiuQg

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

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Since Q tells us that we’re watching a movie, for your listening enjoyment, I offer this composition of background music by AShamaluevMusic:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAZHyyQIIIs&w=640&h=360]

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Visual Descriptions for our dear Zoe, and for anyone else who may find them helpful:
Header Image: Is a view of a gigantic Tree that dwarfs everything around it. Even though it is in the distance, it still looks huge. There are outcroppings of it’s bark that form ledges and there appear to be tiny figures on one of the ledges, headed for an opening in the massive trunk. A few gnarled outgrowths that may be roots are growing out of the trunk, with a large one growing down into the ground, perhaps serving as a support.
Second Image: A stone pathway leads up to tall double doors, built into the side of an enormous tree trunk. The doors are arched and covered in ornate carvings. There are a few small points of light in the doors, giving off a slight blue glow. Rays of sunlight illuminate the path in front of the doors.
Third Image: Is an open-sided room with a view of treetops. There is a warm glow coming from a wood-burning stove and a comfy looking couch. Nearby is a rustic table and chair, a bed covered in fluffy fur throws and a hot tub in the corner overlooking the mountain vistas. A large tree trunk and branches support the rustic ceiling…and tree branches form the railing along the side deck.
Fourth Image: President Trump has his back to us and is facing a gaggle of press curs across the lawn. He is holding up his right hand at shoulder level and making a fist…perhaps a signal that he is going in.

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Mr. Rogers has a message for the Dirty Dems and the DNCmedia:

Their Scampeachment Schitt Show will be an epic fail.

Scampeachment, Shampeachment, Damnpeachment, Dimpeachment, Chimpeachment Vent Thread

Good grief, I cannot stand this pencil-necked traitor!

And his BOSSES ain’t gettin’ off the hook either.

OK people. Here it is.

We’ve had the Shampeachment Prayer Thread:

https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/shampeachment-prayer-thread/

We’ve had the Dem Impeachment Chaos Thread:

https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/dem-impeachment-chaos/

We even had a variety of Shampeachment threads last year, including one featuring that handsome Brit, Fiona Androstanova-Trotsky.

(Please don’t clutch her Polonium pearls.)

But that’s not what I need now.

I need a safe space for special terminology like

FUCKING TRAITORS.

So on this thread, we are hereby rescinding civility.

Bring your ABSOLUTE WORST RANTS AND VENTS here.

FUCKIN’ DEMS – LET ‘EM HAVE IT!

*wink*

W

Dear KMAG: 20200120 Open Topic

This Merry Warrior Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

Yes, it’s Monday…again.

polar-bear-dragging-himself-around

But it’s okay! We’ll get through it.

Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

With the Storm upon us…please remember to Pray for our President.

TrumpWavingFromAF1

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

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For your listening enjoyment, I offer this composition from Chris Davey, titled ‘Running In Dreams’:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2to9CvRSw&w=640&h=360]

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Wheatie’s Word of the Day:

Spatchcock

Spatchcock can be used as a noun or a verb. It is often used in cooking, referring to a preparation of chicken.

As a noun, spatchcock refers to “a rushed effort”. As a verb, it can mean “to prepare in haste”.

Used in a sentence: The Dirty Dems spatchcocked an illegal impeachment.

 
 

Dear KMAG: 20200118 Open Thread

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Welcome! The door is open, come on inside!

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This Back to the Fortress Q Tree Saturday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

With the Storm upon us…please remember to Pray for our President.

TrumpMarineOne

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

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For your listening enjoyment, I offer this mix of compositions by Fran Soto, titled ‘We Will Prevail’ and ‘Release Your Power’:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqSWeykXrg&w=640&h=360]

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Visual Descriptions for our dear Zoe, and for anyone else who may find them helpful:
Header and First Image: Is an enormous Tree standing alone in a clearing with a giant door built into the base of the trunk. A lone figure is approaching the doorway. There are patches of moss and small leafy branches emerging up and down the gnarled trunk.
Second Image: Is an interior room with vaulted ceilings and arched throughways. There is a sturdy-looking couch with throw pillows and nearby armchairs. Behind the couch is a table and chairs…and there are additional seating groups in the adjacent spaces.
Third Image: Is President Trump walking toward Marine One, on a cloudy, overcast day. He is wearing his long black overcoat and looks lost in thought.

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This goes out to the Dirty Dems who illegally impeached our President…and to Governor Coonman, who is violating our Constitution:

They are going to experience epic fail:

 

Please Don't Send Me Bomb-Making Instructions. QAnon is a Peaceful Movement.

File this post under Classes For Patriots: Plausibility 101.

First, the background.

Yesterday, I got into a great discussion with Gail Combs, which began by her pointing out the suicide of a Charlottesville “tiki torch” participant, Andrew Dotson.

I will just warn you that the link provided, which makes a good point about not letting the Alinsky left ISOLATE patriots (loosely defined), is on an arguably neo-Nazi site, the Daily Stormer, and the article is at least in part by a guy who is well-known as a rabid antisemite, and is either a real Nazi or a fake one used to gin up a casus belli for the left. Either way, I feel a bit unclean just letting the site be in my browser.

LINK: https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/dear-kag-20200116-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-365865

I had a very complex response to this, over two posts, because one cannot talk about anything connected to Charlottesville without dragging in the subject of controlled opposition.

Link 1: Dupes and Suicide. https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/dear-kag-20200116-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-365929

Link 2: Controlled Opposition and Set-Ups. https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/dear-kag-20200116-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-365998

The bottom line here is that I was REMINDED by this discussion of some nasty incidents, where I – much like Mr. Dodson – was set up and used. While our circumstances were quite dissimilar in many ways, they were almost identical in the CALLOUS ABUSE of us as individuals in the name of some hidden, self-justified, communist “good” – an “end justifying all means” – a rationalization that allows communists to use people – both allies and enemies – up to and including the point of DEATH.

The biggest difference BEGAN where I refused to take the easy escape route of suicide, but instead bided my time – waiting patiently – LEARNING what I needed – to figure out what in the hell really happened.

Within the larger communist conspiracy in the United States, there thus existed a smaller yet still very large scandal, which I refer to as the Conspiracy to Advance Affirmative Action, or as I typically refer to it in my own shorthand, CA3. It is important to note that I entered this conspiracy as a willing, eager, helpful DUPE. We wanted affirmative action to SUCCEED. We wanted to make sure it did not fail. The problem was, I was also a scientist. I still had certain allegiances to TRUTH PER SE. Not as I wanted it, but as it WAS. So I could not help but note that – when affirmative action showed a HUGE, serious problem – there would need to be a fix. I even had an idea for the fix, based on my own experiences at a different university – where the FIX WORKED (not on Affirmative Action, but on a similar problem of under-prepared students suddenly facing a college environment).

Stupid, stupid me – believing that the EVIL LEFT actually cared about things that were merely their COVER ACTIONS for GAINING CONTROL, POWER AND MONEY.

Well, somebody above me in the conspiracy – the REAL conspiracy – decided that the simplest fix was to get rid of both me and the student who caused the problem. And they had an extremely ingenious way of doing it, too. It all depended on THEM having information which we at the time didn’t realize they had.

It took me quite a while to figure out how all of this worked. But as Q says, FUTURE PROVES PAST.

Much of what led me to understand the larger conspiracy is what happened AFTERWARDS, when people tried to CLEAN UP. I was very fortunate, in that I got a MASSIVE TIP on what was happening, in the form of a failed drugged/hypnotic induction and debriefing which I accidentally remembered, and kept secret. This allowed me to be a step ahead of the MANY people who tried to gather information on CA3 during the next two decades.

LINK: https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/deja-woo/

AND THAT, dear friends, is how we are led to the TITLE of this post.

Please Don’t Send Me Bomb-Making Instructions. QAnon is a Peaceful Movement.

Allow me to explain.


In real life, I still have contact or potential contact with MANY of the people who were involved with CA3. That includes people who were involved in ALL phases – the original dupe conspiracy, the larger conspiracy, the “botched take-out”, the “cover-up”, the “information gathering” and the “attempted clean-up” phases. If anybody talks about “events”, they ONLY talk about the “socially acceptable” and publicly known cover aspects of the whole thing. It’s like an iceberg. Ninety percent of what was going on – much of which is covered by NDAs or known/presumed governmental secrecy – not to mention the 50% or greater aspects which are more or less CRIMINAL – dare not be spoken of.

It’s a complicated business. And most of it is UNDERGROUND – where everyone prefers it would STAY BURIED.

Anyway, I was very surprised, recently, to receive an email from one of the more inscrutable players in this drama. You are probably guessing from the title what that email might have contained.

This player is a bit of a geek, and in many ways reminds me of our good friend and fellow patriot cthulhu – somebody with a good education, many interests, vast knowledge, and a quirky sense of humor because of all of the preceding qualities.

The problem with THAT is that it is impossible to tell when this player is serious, joking, or even BEING SPOOFED.

At this point, a further digression is required.

I have received spoofed emails and text messages for YEARS. These are typically ALLEGEDLY from family members and friends. These are not just phishing from people pretending to be banks, credit card companies, and organizations. These are highly sophisticated attempts to manipulate me in one way or another – ways that require a “personal touch”.

I would also add into this, a very interesting pedo entrapment scheme, back during the Clinton years. So I’m familiar with a lot of different Deep State discreditation tricks that involve impersonation.

Sometimes – particularly in “borderline plausible” cases – I will validate (presumably) that this spoofed communication is in fact a spoof. In lawyer-like fashion, I rarely ask that question unless I already know the answer. And I may yet learn something new, even when I DO ask the known question with a known answer.

Sometimes I DON’T ask the question, even when I know the answer.

Are you following me? It’s a complicated business, if you want to stay ahead in the game.

Back to the story.

Imagine my surprise when this person sends me an email which appears (from the preview) to be a scholarly article about the synthesis of the jihadist-beloved explosive, TATP, which is either triacetone triperoxide, or tetraacetone tetraperoxide, depending upon one’s sources and nomenclature preferences. And I don’t really want to get into the science of this stuff, for reasons that will appear shortly. But the bottom line, is that I got an email about making TATP.

Yeah. This is well within the plausibility limits of the quirky sense of humor of this person. They send me all sorts of stuff, contradictory and counter-intuitive, contrarian to the max. Sending me a link RAILING about jihadists – and then sending me something like this – is COMPLETELY plausible.

And yet, something BUGGED ME about this email. And I mean REALLY bugged me.

Could it have been a spoof? Maybe. I wouldn’t really know unless I asked. Which meant, I would be asking a question I didn’t at least half-way know the answer to. And I don’t like to do that in dangerous cases. And CA3 is a VERY dangerous case.

I chose not to open the email, and not to call, but instead to wait for some kind of inspiration.

Gail’s comment gave it to me. But I needed to sleep on it.


Last night, I had a dream. It was a complex dream with many moving and changing parts – some familiar, others not. One part of the dream was very interesting. In the dream I traveled somewhere, possibly by plane, or possibly by car or truck. I was in a hotel room. I was sorting through the contents of my large backpack. It was a big pack, suitable for hiking, camping, or other kinds of adventurous outdoor sports (Hi, Gail!). I was concerned about what was in the backpack. As I sorted the contents out onto the bed in the room, one object came out that I had never actually seen in my life. It RESEMBLED an alleged alien folding display device from old, pre-Silicon-Valley UFOlogy. But closer inspection showed it was not that device. It was something else.

The object was about the size of a thick paperback book. It was something which had been folded up. It consisted of many rectangular panes of a kind of extremely hard plastic, all joined strongly together at the edges with something like a clear, resilient joint similar to tape. It unfolded into a much larger rectangle – a bit like a map.

I tried to understand WTF this thing was. And then it dawned on me.

It was a PORTABLE BLAST SHIELD of some kind. The kind that might be useful for working with explosives outside of a laboratory. Since I had no idea what it was, until I figured it out IN THE DREAM, it had obviously been PLANTED in my pack. And yet, I was now discredited by this thing, which may have even passed through TSA.

At that point, EVERYTHING connected, and I woke up. I understood that I, personally, was now PLAUSIBLY CONNECTED to terrorist explosives.


The other side – and that includes a significant part of the Deep State – is DESPERATE to label the QAnon movement as violent. We are already “discredited” by the Trump campaign itself. Let’s talk about ALINSKY ISOLATION right there.

Whether or not this person intentionally or merely incidentally sent this information about making TATP to me – whether it was well-intended or not – doesn’t really matter.

The fact is, this information is now sitting right there in GOOGLE MAIL. No matter what this person might say to me, there is now a COMPLEX POLYGON OF PLAUSIBILITY which links “manufacture of explosives” to ME, PERSONALLY – and in a way that allows GOOGLE – and we are talking CROWDSTRIKE GOOGLE – to control that information.

Were I to get on a plane – much worse to visit the person in question – and there was an incident of some kind involving TATP – TWO of the primary witnesses most useful to the WHITE HATS in the CA3 matter would be connected to the incident, or worse yet – GONE, GONE, GONE. But that’s not all. The entire Q movement would be immediately discredited as VIOLENT. The enemies of America would suddenly have LEVERAGE they did not have before.

So what is a poor Wolf to do?

Why, this post is what.

So here is the message:

I don’t care who you are – I don’t care what you want. I do not want you to either SEND ME or POST ON THIS SITE any kind of bomb-making information. It is important to protect the reputation of the QAnon movement as NON-VIOLENT.

We love our guns and Bibles, and some of us even love fireworks. Some of us who have actually lived through explosions – like our dogs – may have somewhat less love for fireworks, but we still love our Star Spangled Banner – maybe even more than most, because we understand the PRICE PAID in seared and torn-up flesh to hold up that beautiful Flag.

But we are NOT TERRORISTS, and we are NOT BOMBERS, and we are NOT VIOLENT. We do not want our beautiful movement to be TAINTED with this sort of stuff. So TAKE CARE what you SEND or POST, because WE CARE.

Are we good?

HELL YES, WE’RE GOOD. BECAUSE WE’RE THE GOOD GUYS. AND GIRLS.

W

/THE_END

Dear KMAG: 20200114 Open Topic

This JOYOUS JANUARY [0114] Q’PER TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!).



You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.


However, we have a new policy. Starting 20191110. Keep it SOMEWHAT civil.

We have a new board – actually a new SITE – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation. NOT HERE.

This board will remain a REFUGE for those who need civility, either some or all of the time.


Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.


SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT!

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!


AND WHAT TIME IS IT?

TIME TO….

DRAIN THE SWAMP

Our movement

Is about replacing

A failed

And CORRUPT

Political establishment

With a new government controlled

By you, the American People.

Candidate Donald J. Trump

Also remember Wheatie’s Rules:

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

Oh, this guy is one amazing POS. He is a GIFT if the DEMONCRATS give him to us, and we just handle him correctly.

Even the MEXICANS got fed up with Nanny, who is the PRECURSOR TO COMMUNISM.

LINK: https://thefederalist-gary.blogspot.com/2013/10/mexicans-revolt-against-nanny-bloomberg.html

I’m actually hoping that NANNY is the guy they run. Repudiation of NANNY will destroy SO MUCH on the left, we won’t have enough MAGA folks to fill all the abandoned Dem offices.

All of the possible Democrat nominees would make OUR VSG look great, but NANNY has special properties which nuke SO MUCH of PROGRESSIVISM. He may seem like the most Republican of the possible opponents, but he is a GIFT if played correctly.

And that’s all before we get to Gun Control. Seriously – the way to go after Nanny is to not even talk about Gun Control. Everything else about the guy makes the NUTTIEST GUN NUT YOU KNOW look marvelously SANE.

Oh, but it gets better. NANNY was the Wall Street Socialist WARM-UP for the utter Brooklyn Communist insanity of DE BLASIO. Check this out.

Nanny outlawed private food donations to the homeless because they could not be checked for nutritional content.

NANNY can be safely called “pre-De-Blasio”, and the entire FAILURE of WALL STREET SOCIALISM dumped squarely on his shoulders.

And that’s before we even BEGIN to bring in CHYYYNNAA.

LINK: https://breakthematrix.com/blog/michael-bloomberg-china-is-not-a-dictatorship/

Come on, Nanny! You can do it!

Trust me – NANNY is a gift. Here’s a toast to his crazy campaign.

W

Oh Nanny Boy, the soda pops are calling….

Dear KMAG: 20200113 Open Thread

This Merry Warrior Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KMAG/KAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).

Yes, it’s Monday…again.

polar-bear-dragging-himself-around

But it’s okay! We’ll get through it.

Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

With the Storm upon us…please remember to Pray for our President.

Trump_Melania_Secret_Service

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

For your listening enjoyment, I offer this composition from Marcus Warner, titled ‘A Matter Of Time’:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCKXs0Xhj2Q&w=640&h=360]

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Wheatie’s Word of the Day:

Fix

‘Fix’ is a hard-working word that wears several hats. In it’s several forms, it acts as a verb, a noun, an adverb and an adjective.

A ‘Fix’ can refer to a repair, a correction, a dose of something or a corruption…as in, “the fix is in for him to win”.

‘Fixed’ can refer to something that has been repaired…but it also can refer to an animal that has been neutered.

OTHER WORDS FROM fixed:
fix·ed·ly [fik-sid-lee, fikst-lee] , adverb
fix·ed·ness, noun

I don’t think I’ve ever used the words ‘fixedly’ or ‘fixedness’…but they are, in fact, words that are available for us to use.

“Fixing to”…did you ever wonder where that came from?

‘Fixing to’ is a shortened form of…”fixing my gaze on the task of”, which is an Old English phrase that survived in rural Appalachia and the South, but has spread to the rest of the country.

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Notice of Limited Ability To Publish and Administer the Site Due to Probable Browser Hack and Computer Compromise

Welcome. This post is extremely enjoyable, because I’m using a different setup, quite suddenly, and I can actually type. I have created a “window of opportunity” to talk to you.

This will also serve as notice for whatever future endeavors may depend on this information (I think that’s about as cagey as I can put it).

I expect to have a limited time-frame to compose this post – and maybe a few more – before whoever has gotten onto my computer is able to reconfigure their connections, and begin slowing me down once again, through this new and heretofore unexpected configuration. We could be talking minutes, hours, days or weeks. But in any case, I expect that whoever was slowing me down before, and making WordPress posting extremely difficult, will have their capabilities back soon, one way or another.

Until then I will be taking various evasive actions which will, sadly, cramp my style just as much as NOT taking those actions has allowed various inconveniences to build up, to persist, and to thereby slow me down. In other words, expect my getting away from my “visitors” to be just as infringing on my ability to run this site as putting up with them. I will be inconvenienced, and that inconvenience may cascade a bit.

Today was intolerable. I could not even get to the spam bucket to empty it. WordPress has a fairly clunky administration function, and it is made even nastier by my “guests” taking an extreme interest in moving data whenever I enter the WordPress administrative functions. But today was just outrageous. NOPE. I’m no longer going to put up with behavior which prevents the most basic functions of running this site.

As I can’t be sure who exactly is causing the problems, my best retaliatory moves are nuclear against everybody who could possibly be causing my issues. In other words, nuke China and let everybody else deal with the fallout and radiation. I’m bound to get the right people, one way or another.

However, I’d rather not go there yet, so I thus give fair warning, in case I’m simply dealing with white hats who are not “sending their best” in terms of malware. Maybe “not persisting” would be a good idea.

Now – where does that leave things?


(1) The spam bucket is going to get less and less frequent attention. Staying out of there is now YOUR responsibility. How do you do that?

  • Don’t publish exactly the same post on multiple sites. Change them up a bit. This is particularly true if you are posting to other WORDPRESS sites.
  • Avoid too many links. TEN is automatically moderated, but even less LOOKS like spam.
  • Avoid WORDS and IMAGES that always throw you into spam.
  • Avoid posting things you’ve posted before. Again, CHANGING some of the text in your cross-posted content might be a good idea.
  • Avoid posting things from places that WordPress doesn’t seem to like.
  • Try using URL shorteners to cover up URLs from places that WordPress doesn’t like.
  • Try publishing on Twitter, and THEN use a Twitter URL. Twitter URLs don’t go to spam.
  • Try multiple shorter joined comments, instead of one long one, using REPLY to keep the posts together.
  • Because I will take a “spam relief vacation”, you will see very quickly which things are going into spam, and this will teach you what to avoid.

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(2) I am looking for a TUESDAY author for the TUESDAY daily thread. I will continue doing Tuesday, but these will be placeholders, unless my new configuration works wildly well for a long time. The latter is DOUBTFUL.

Let me know if you are interested.


(3) I will most likely be delivering more of “what would be articles” as LONG COMMENTS. It is simply easier for me to do comments than articles / posts. These will be on the open threads.


(4) If my new configuration holds out, then I will need some time to make it more permanent. Thus, no matter what happens, I expect to take a bit of a hit in terms of productivity.


(5) Thinks will only get worse as the election approaches. Other authors will likely face similar issues.


(6) I will share more information as it is needed, as it becomes possible, and as it is advisable.


(6) I do have one article coming soon – it’s about half-done, and I will try to finish it under the new configuration.


Thank you for your understanding!

W