2023·10·21 Joe Biden Didn’t Win Daily Thread

If You are a Patriot and Don’t Loathe RINOs…

Well this is the week my old McCarthy vs. Dungsmear question would have repeated.

We know the answer. Dungsmear.

But now let’s talk about RINOs in general, and why they are the lowest form of life in politics.

Many patriots have been involved with politics, often at the grassroots, for decades. We’ve fought, and fought, and fought and won the occasional illusory small victory.

Yet we can’t seem to win the war, even when we have BIG electoral wins.

I am reminded of something. The original Star Trek had an episode titled Day of the Dove. It was one of the better episodes from the third season, but any fan of the original series will tell you that’s a very low bar. Still, it seems to get some respect; at a time when there were about 700 episodes of Star Trek in its various incarnations out there, it was voted 99th best out of the top 100.

In sum, the plot is that an alien entity has arranged for 39 Enterprise crew, and 39 Klingons, to fight each other endlessly with swords and other muscle-powered weapons. The entity lives off of hostile emotions, you see and it wants a captive food source. (The other 400 or so Enterprise crew are trapped below decks and unable to help.) Each side has its emotions played and amplified by the alien entity; one Enterprise junior officer has false memories implanted of a brother who was killed by Klingons. The brother didn’t even exist.

Even people killed in a sword fight miraculously heal so they can go do it again.

The second best line of the episode is when Kang, the Klingon captain, notes that though they have won quite a number of small victories including capturing Engineering, can’t seem to actually finally defeat the Enterprise crew. He growls, “What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*”

Indeed. He may have been the bad guy, but his situation should sound familiar.

We are a majority in this country. We have a powerful political party in our corner. There is endless wrangling.

And yet,

What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?

In our case, that power is the RINOs in our midst. They specialize in caving when on the verge of victory. Think of Obamacare’s repeal failing…by one Republican vote. Think of the way we can never seem to get spending under control (and now our entire tax revenue goes to pay interest on the debt; anything the government actually does now is with borrowed money).

We have a party…that refuses to do what we want it to do, and that refusal is institutionalized. If you’ve been involved with GOP politics, but haven’t seen this, it’s because you refuse to see it. Or because you are part of the problem yourself. (If so, kindly gargle some red fuming nitric acid to clear the taste of shit out of your mouth, and let those not part of the problem alone so they can read this.)

We fight to elect people, who then take a dive when in office. But it’s not just the politicians in office, it’s the people behind the scenes, the leaders of the national, state and county branches of the party. Their job is to ensure that real patriots never get onto the general election ballot. They’re allowed a few failures…who can then become token conservatives who will somehow never manage to win (Jordan), or can be compromised outright (Loren Boebert).

That way it doesn’t actually matter who has a congressional majority. I remember my excitement when the GOP took the Senate in 1980. But all that did was empower a bunch of “moderate” puddles of dog vomit like…well for whatever reason forty years later the most memorable name is Pete Domenici. And a couple of dozen other “moderates” who simply had no interest in doing what grassroots people in their party–those same grassroots people who had worked so hard to elect them–wanted them to do.

Oh, they’ll put up a semblance of a fight…but never win. And they love it when we fight the Dems instead of fighting them. Just like that alien entity, whose motto surely was “Let’s you and him fight. It’ll be delicious!”

If you think about it, your entire political involvement has come to nothing because of these walking malignant tumors.

That should make you good and mad.

The twenty five who blocked Jordan, and the hundred people who took that opportunity to stab Jordan in the back in the secret ballot should make you good and mad.

I’ll close this with another example of RINO backstabbing, an infuriating one close to home.

In my county, the GOP chair is not a RINO. She got elected when the grassroots had had enough of the RINOs. Unfortunately the state organization is full of RINOs, and the ousted county RINOs have been trying to form a new “Republican Party” and get the state GOP to recognize them as the affiliate. I’m honestly amazed it hasn’t happened yet.

In other words those shitstains won’t just leave when they get booted out; they’ll try to destroy what they left behind. It’s an indication that they know we know how important that behind-the-scenes party power is.

So they must be destroyed. That’s the only way they’ll ever stop.

We cannot win until the leeches “on our side” get destroyed.

What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*

We know it. What is going to be done about it?

*NOTE: The original line was actually “What power is it that supports our battle yet starves our victory.” I had mis-remembered it as feeds. When I checked it, it sure enough was “supports” and that’s what I originally quoted. On further reflection, though, I realized my memory was actually an improvement over the reality, because feeds is a perfect contrast with starves. So at roughly 7PM Mountain time I modified it and wrote this note. A lot of the comments thus quote the original version, since that’s what people saw up until then.

RINOs an Endangered Species?
If Only!

According to Wikipoo, et. al., the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is a critically endangered species. Apparently two females live on a wildlife preserve in Sudan, and no males are known to be alive. So basically, this species is dead as soon as the females die of old age. Presently they are watched over by armed guards 24/7.

Biologists have been trying to cross them with the other subspecies, Southern White Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceri?) without success; and some genetic analyses suggest that perhaps they aren’t two subspecies at all, but two distinct species, which would make the whole project a lot more difficult.

I should hope if the American RINO (Parasitus rectum pseudoconservativum) is ever this endangered, there will be heroic efforts not to save the species, but rather to push the remainder off a cliff. Onto punji sticks. With feces smeared on them. Failing that a good bath in red fuming nitric acid will do.

But I’m not done ranting about RINOs.

The RINOs (if they are capable of any introspection whatsoever) probably wonder why they constantly have to deal with “populist” eruptions like the Trump-led MAGA movement. That would be because the so-called populists stand for absolutely nothing except for going along to get along. That allows the Left to drive the culture and politics.

Given the results of our most recent elections, the Left will now push harder, and the RINOs will now turn even squishier than they were before.

I well remember 1989-1990 in my state when the RINO establishment started preaching the message that a conservative simply couldn’t win in Colorado. Never mind the fact that Reagan had won the state TWICE (in 1984 bringing in a veto-proof state house and senate with him) and GHWB had won after (falsely!) assuring everyone that a vote for him was a vote for Reagan’s third term.

This is how the RINOs function. They push, push, push the line that only a “moderate” can get elected. Stomp them when they pull that shit. Tell everyone in ear shot that that’s exactly what the Left wants you to think, and oh-by-the-way-Mister-RINO if you’re in this party selling the same message as the Left…well, whythefuckexactly are you in this party, you lying piece of rancid weasel shit?

In Defense of Ranked Choice Voting

One of the biggest obstacles to direly-needed change is RINOs, and one of the weapons in their arsenal is the “Wasted Vote” argument.

Periodically a third party has arisen, trying to hold RINOs to account by putting pressure on them from outside of the party, since doing so from the inside has historically done very little good. But, even if you find a third party candidate who perfectly reflects your views, you’re likely to vote for the RINO anyway. Why? Because if you don’t, the Democrat might win, and that would be even worse. So if you vote for that third party (that few will vote for), you’re throwing your vote away and increasing the likelihood of the Democrat winning. (It’s half as much a gain for the Democrat, as actually voting for the Democrat would be. Not as much, but half as much. Because although you denied the R your vote, you did not flip your vote to the Democrat.)

The Republican Party Establishment knows you don’t love them. But they know you hate the Democrats worse, and they use that to continue to herd you into supporting them. With gritted teeth you cast your vote, but your vote counts the same whether you cast it enthusiastically. And the other alternative, pissing on the voting apparatus to express your actual feelings, is probably a felony.

But what if you could vote for that third party without increasing the chances of the Dem walking away with the prize?

This is what ranked choice voting, or instant runoff voting, can do provided it is properly implemented. (And this includes the votes, and only genuine votes, being counted honestly, of course. However, I’m going to compare it to what we have today, and pretend that is honestly done too. RCV can’t work if it’s not honestly administered, just like our current system isn’t working because it isn’t honestly administered.)

The idea behind RCV is to vote by expressing your order of preference. You could vote for the Patriot Party, then for the RINO Party as your second choice (and ignore the Democrat, the Green, the Overt Socialist Schmuckmonkey Party, etc).

What does this do? It nullifies the wasted vote argument. Your vote will be counted for the Patriot party, first, then instead of it being “wasted” when the Patriot Party loses, it ends up going to the RINO. Actually, it’s just barely possible that the Patriot Party would actually beat the RINO, if people weren’t all individually afraid to vote for it.

It’s just like the famous “Prisoner’s Dilemma” where your fear of other peoples’ actions prevents you from doing the optimal thing–and vice-versa. As long as Job Lowe is afraid to vote Patriot because he’s afraid you’ll vote RINO, you’ll have to vote RINO because you fear that Job Lowe will, because he fears you will.

So on the whole I like RCV. It gives you a no-risk way to vote against the RINO scum, and in favor of someone who deserves your vote.

The problem is, as done here in the US, it comes packaged with a “jungle primary.” A bunch of candidates get to put their name out there, and the top four (or so) candidates get onto the “main” ballot. This gives party establishments their way around the threat of a good third party bumping them off. Because they know that few people bother with primaries, and third parties don’t have the resources to run in a primary…so they throw two or three establishment hacks into the primary and they will probably beat the third party. The result is the RINOs end up with two of the four slots in the general election, and the Dems get the other two. Now there’s suddenly no third party candidate on the ballot at all.

If we were to combine RCV with the present system where each party could nominate exactly one candidate to appear on the November ballot, or at the very least, ensure minor parties could get onto the ballot with at least one candidate regardless of the primary, we would be getting somewhere, but the establishment is smarter than we like to give them credit for. They will support the jungle primary + RCV “solution” rather than the more appropriate one-candidate-per-party + RCV solution.

It’s not RCV that is the problem, it’s the primary structure grafted onto it.

Justice

It says “Justice” on the picture.

And I’m sure someone will post the standard joke about what the fish thinks about the situation.

But what is it?

Here’s a take, from a different context: It’s about how you do justice, not the justice that must be done to our massively corrupt government and media. You must properly identify the nature of a person, before you can do him justice.

Ayn Rand, On Justice (speaking through her character John Galt, in Atlas Shrugged):

Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification—that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly, that just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero—that your moral appraisal is the coin paying men for their virtues or vices, and this payment demands of you as scrupulous an honor as you bring to financial transactions—that to withhold your contempt from men’s vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement—that to place any other concern higher than justice is to devaluate your moral currency and defraud the good in favor of the evil, since only the good can lose by a default of justice and only the evil can profit—and that the bottom of the pit at the end of that road, the act of moral bankruptcy, is to punish men for their virtues and reward them for their vices, that that is the collapse to full depravity, the Black Mass of the worship of death, the dedication of your consciousness to the destruction of existence.

Ayn Rand identified seven virtues, chief among them rationality. The other six, including justice, she considered subsidiary because they are essentially different aspects and applications of rationality.

—Ayn Rand Lexicon (aynrandlexicon.com)

Justice Must Be Done.

Trump, it is supposed, had some documents.

Biden and company stole the country.

I’m sure enough of this that I put my money where my mouth is.

The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system. (This doesn’t necessarily include deposing Joe and Hoe and putting Trump where he belongs, but it would certainly be a lot easier to fix our broken electoral system with the right people in charge.)

Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 or 2026 is pointless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud in the system is not part of the plan, you have no plan.

This will necessarily be piecemeal, state by state, which is why I am encouraged by those states working to change their laws to alleviate the fraud both via computer and via bogus voters. If enough states do that we might end up with a working majority in Congress and that would be something Trump never really had.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

Spot Prices

Last week:

Gold $1,932.60
Silver $22.84
Platinum $891.00
Palladium $1,170.00
Rhodium $4,950.00

This week, 3 PM MT on Friday, markets closed for the weekend

Gold $1,980.10
Silver $23.45
Platinum $907.00
Palladium $1,122.00
Rhodium $5,500.00

Gold has more than recovered from its recent dip…and I expect it will keep going up. There’s a lot of concern in the markets over the Israeli-Hamass war and the current mess in Washington.

I’ve never been able to locate the exact record gold price (I get sent to pages that show a chart of the last ten years, then you have to pick the right fraction of pixel to see the peak price as a number…and there’s no way to zoom into these, they’re all set to have today as the end date). But it’s under $2100. At least one person I know who watches it for a living thinks it will bust $2100 soon.

We’ll see soon enough if he is right.

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

To conclude: My standard Public Service Announcement. We don’t want to forget this!!!

Remember Hong Kong!!!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3tnH4FGbd0

中国是个混蛋 !!!
Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!!
China is asshoe !!!

China is in the White House

Since Wednesday, January 20 at Noon EST, the bought-and-paid for Joseph Biden has been in the White House. It’s as good as having China in the Oval Office.

Joe Biden is Asshoe

China is in the White House, because Joe Biden is in the White House, and Joe Biden is identically equal to China. China is Asshoe. Therefore, Joe Biden is Asshoe.

But of course the much more important thing to realize:

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

乔*拜登没赢 !!!
Qiáo Bài dēng méi yíng !!!
Joe Biden didn’t win !!!

Dear MAGA: 20231015 Open Topic

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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.”

To Live is Christ . . .

Philippians 1:21 says, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Most people focus on the second part of the verse, “to die is gain,” and contemplate the joys of heaven. But we should not overlook what comes before. The importance of the phrase “to live is Christ” cannot be overstated. In all honesty, this phrase should be central to every Christian’s life.

In this statement, the apostle Paul is saying that everything he has tried to be, everything he is, and everything he looked forward to being pointed to Christ. From the time of Paul’s conversion until his martyrdom, every move he made was aimed at advancing the knowledge, gospel, and church of Christ. Paul’s singular aim was to bring glory to Jesus.

“To live is Christ” means that we proclaim the gospel of Christ. Paul preached in synagogues; he preached at riversides; he preached as a prisoner; he preached as an apostle; he preached as a tentmaker. His message was constant: “Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). He brought the message of Christ’s sacrifice to kings, soldiers, statesmen, priests, and philosophers, Jews and Gentiles, men and women. He would preach to literally anyone who would listen.

“To live is Christ” means that we imitate the example of Christ. Everything that Jesus did and said, that’s what Paul wanted to do and say. The church benefitted from his godly example: “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). What would Jesus do? That’s what we want to do.

“To live is Christ” means that we pursue the knowledge of Christ. We want to know Christ better and better each day. Not just a set of facts about Christ, but Christ Himself. “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:10-11).

“To live is Christ” means that we are willing to give up anything that prevents us from having Christ. Paul’s testimony in this regard: “Whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him” (Philippians 3:7-9). We cling to the promise of our Lord in Mark 10:29-30 that our sacrifices for Jesus’ sake will be repaid a hundredfold.

“To live is Christ” means that Christ is our focus, our goal, and our chief desire. Christ is the center point of our mind, heart, body and soul. Everything that we do, we do for Christ’s glory. As we run the “race marked out for us,” we lay aside the entangling sin and worldly distractions, “fixing our eyes on Jesus” (Hebrews 12:1-2). He is our life.

https://www.gotquestions.org/to-live-is-Christ.html

Looking At The Dark Side Of The Moon

The Annular Eclipse of 14 October 2023

I posted about this a couple of weeks ago (see sidebar, last entry as of now…well until Wolf adds this post to the sidebar right underneath it). This is an event that would be a total solar eclipse…except that the Moon is near the farthest point in its orbit when it happens, so it’s consequently farther away and appears smaller. Too small, in fact, to cover the disk of the Sun. (The fact that the Sun is slightly closer to the Earth in January than it is in July–because of Earth‘s elliptical orbit around the Sun–probably doesn’t play much of a role; in October it ought to be pretty close to its average distance to Earth.)

And yes…I remember a conversation where I begged people to say “the far side of the moon” to mean the side we don’t see. Because that far side isn’t always dark; it’s quite well lit up when we see the new moon; at new moon the side facing us is the actual dark side of the moon.

Well moons don’t get any newer than when there’s a solar eclipse; we literally see exactly none of the lit side of the moon at those times; it’s perfectly back-lit. So this being my third full eclipse (another annular also in Albuquerque back in 2012, and the total eclipse in 2017), I’ve now seen the entire dark side (and this time it’s correct to say it) three times.

Anyway, it seems like I did everything I could to try to sabotage myself without quite succeeding in doing so. I planned to leave before 4 AM, it was 5 AM when I left. I left the camera I intended to use at home (idiot!) but had every other camera including my second choice (ironically a more expensive camera by far). I forgot to charge the batteries…one was dead, one was halfway there and I had trouble finding it. I also forgot to hang a weight off the tripod.

OK so the original plan was to drive to Albuquerque from Colorado Springs. Albuquerque was almost right in the middle of the track for this thing; the eclipse would last the longest and the Moon would almost perfectly center itself on the Sun…my eyeball, the moon, and the Sun would be in a perfect line for a split second. But the late departure meant I had to take more extreme measures.

Refer to the map:

I-25, which comes down from Colorado Springs is the thick line that comes into the frame at the top, just to the right of center. You’ll notice it meanders a bit. Just after entering the eclipse path, it jogs northwest, and gets no further in; finally it reaches Albuquerque.

I decided, because I was running late, to do something desperate. Notice right after I-25 enters the path, there’s a road running southeast from it (US-84). That’s a two lane road with very little traffic, I could get on that and drop down to the east-west road (I-40) then turn west and actually be getting deeper into the zone.

The eclipse was in progress by the time I reached US-84. I got about halfway down I-40 from US-84 to the next diagonal road (which also runs the wrong way!), stopped and set up. This was exit 234 if memory serves, and if you want to follow along on a more sophisticated map.

By the time I set up my equipment, the eclipse was well under way.

The Equipment

OK, let’s see, I had a Canon R5–roughly $3500. A Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.0-5.6 L, roughly $2200. A $250 tripod. And a two dollar filter to dim the sun enough it didn’t roast the electronics in the camera.

Clearly, before next April’s eclipse I will need a better camera.

OK, seriously, the filter is a piece of thin cardboard with a 1×5 inch window in it; the window has the same plastic they use in eclipse glasses. It’s handy for quick looks at the sun…or it can be duct taped over a camera lens (make sure the duct tape covers any part of the lens the filter does not).

And, incidentally, the R5 is arguably the best EOS camera Canon makes right now, though the R3 is better at a number of things. But not for this job. So I guess I have no choice but to improve the filter.

Oh, yeah, I forgot the duct tape. Fortunately gas station convenience stores usually sell it. Not cheap but IneededitrighteffingNOW!

The filter works…but it imparts an orange glow to everything, and the sun gets an orange tinge to it. Well it would if it weren’t blown out in the images. Which is fine, it should look white not orange anyway. (I could conceivably get photographs of sunspots if I didn’t blow out the sun by mistake; I know I did with the same filter on a different camera during the Venus transit of 2012.) In a way the event looked better through regular cheapass eclipse glasses (which I also had with me), because they aren’t obviously glaring orange in areas that ought to be jett black.

Here’s the first picture I took after setting up.

(Cropped from 8192×5464 pixels full frame down to 3000×2000, then reduced in size 50 percent to 1500×1000.)

The Moon came in from about 45 degrees clockwise from the top (1:30 though I shouldn’t use clock positions to indicate directions here because someone might think I am actually giving the time). So given that you can see it has 60 percent of the way across the Sun already. I cut it close!

Closer to annularity:

This is right about the point (just a bit later actually) where the crescent of the Sun starts to curve inwards at the tips. That can only happen if the occluding body isn’t as wide (in terms of angle of sky) as the Sun. Or in other words, you won’t see it look like this shortly before a total eclipse.

Getting very close.

At this point things happen rapidly. I started hitting the button on the bulb (wire remote) every second or so, I can flip through them on my computer and watch the horns of the crescent grow longer. (I want to figure out how to make a time lapse movie out of them. And yes the camera could probably have done that, except I couldn’t remember how to set it up and certainly didn’t have time to do it right there and then!)

Oh, good, I wasn’t imagining things! This is 57 seconds after the previous picture:

This is the moment right before annularity. The ring is complete…except for two breaks. These are due to mountains on the moon cutting off the Sun’s disk, still…for just that moment. As the moon moves further down and to the left the mounts will eventually fall completely inside the Sun’s disk.

A similar effect happens during a total eclipse but is much more obvious, because the sun shining between the mountain peaks is the ONLY sunlight in view (the rest of the ring is absent). This is called “Bailey’s beads.” Bailey’s beads are visible with the unaided eye and are evidence the moon has mountains and is not an absolutely smooth sphere. (This was controversial around Galileo’s time when many believed everything in the sky was pristine and perfect. Clearly no Chinese weather balloons back then!)

I wasn’t in the middle of the path so the “ring of fire” was not of uniform thickness even at mid eclipse. At roughly 10:38 AM Moutain Daylight Time, this is as close as it came from where I was:

You’ll notice in these last three pictures the sun is apparently moving up and to the right. I didn’t bother trying to center it when I cropped the big 45MP image. Instead I made sure to crop exactly the same area off each picture, so you could see the (apparent) motion of both the Sun and Moon as the eclipse progressed.

Several times I had to loosen the tripod and shift to keep the Sun/Moon from leaving the frame entirely, but I did not have to do that at this time, and so what you see is the real relative motion of the Sun and Moon against the sky as A) the Earth rotates, causing the illusion of motion from east to west, B) the Sun moves, ever so slowly reoughly west to east, taking a full year to completely circule through the entire sky. (That’s what a year is, in fact.) This is “real” motion against the background stars…except for the fact that it’s really us on Earth moving, in the other direction! The Moon is also moving west to east across the sky, about 12-13 times faster than the sun; New Moon is when it laps the sun going across the sky. (And this time it really is the Moon that is moving.)

And now annularity ends.

Again, we see the effect of mountains on the lunar rim. People on those mountains, at that moment would see Earth and Sun on the horizon…in two exactly opposite directions. (I did not have to move the camera, but I did crop this from a different location in the frame, so that’s why it seems to be centered again.)

The total duration here, according to the timestamps, is 3 minutes, 49 seconds.

The moon looks like it’s dropping through the center of the bottom side of the Sun. In fact, I joked with another eclipse watcher who was there, that I was now taking pictures of the Turkish flag..which is often hung downwards like a banner (much like the US flag is hung behind the Speaker’s chair in the House of Reprehensibles), with the crescent points towards the ground. Of course the Turkish flag also has a big five pointed star on it.

Last one…the moon almost completely departed, Down and left the tiniest “cut”.

Many lessons learned for next April. Better filter. Dial down the exposure a bit (and maybe catch some sunspots if there are any), and the focus could be a tiny bit sharper.

Until then…

2023·10·14 Joe Biden Didn’t Win Daily Thread

News Flash

Today, it is still the case that Joe Biden didn’t Win.

I realize that to some readers, this might be a shock; surely at some point things must change and Biden will have actually won.

But the past cannot actually be changed.

It will always and forever be the case that Joe Biden didn’t win.

And if you, Leftist Lurker, want to dismiss it as dead white cis-male logic…well, you can call it what you want, but then please just go fuck off. No one here buys that bullshit–logic is logic and facts are facts regardless of skin color–and if you gave it a moment’s rational thought, you wouldn’t either. Of course your worthless education never included being able to actually reason–or detect problems with false reasoning–so I don’t imagine you’ll actually wake up as opposed to being woke.

As Ayn Rand would sometimes point out: Yes, you are free to evade reality. What you cannot do is evade the consequences of evading reality. Or to put it concretely: You can ignore the Mack truck bearing down on you as you play in the middle of the street, you won’t be able to ignore the consequences of ignoring the Mack truck.

And Ayn Rand also pointed out that existence (i.e., the sum total of everything that exists) precedes consciousness–our consciousnesses are a part of existence, not outside of it–therefore reality cannot be a “social construct” as so many of you fucked-up-in-the-head people seem to think.

So much for Leftist douchebag lurkers. For the rest of you, the regular readers and those lurkers who understand such things: I continue to carry the banner once also carried by Wheatie. His Fraudulency didn’t win.

Let’s Go, Brandon!!

Hey China!

Or rather, “Hey Chinese Communist Party and your entire array of servitors, ass-wipers, and fellators!”

You’re not even worth my time this week. When you decide to act like civilized people, maybe I’ll give you a lesson or two in how non-barbarians behave.

Hey BiteMe!
(Or, Whoever Has Their Hand Rammed Up That Putrefying Meat Puppet’s Ass)

[Language warning]

You and yours have caused a lot of injury. Literal injury with your war on people who don’t want to take an untested vaccine. When people die in an emergency room because a hospital won’t admit them because they haven’t had their clot shot, that’s a crime.

I’m going to address here the insult on top of the injury, because I am among the insulted. I still have my health but apparently you want me to live under the 8th Street Bridge (which actually isn’t on 8th Street, but whatever, that’s what the I-25 overpass over Cimarron is called), so maybe if you have your way that won’t be true for long. Dreadful time of year to become homeless.

No, you’re just trying to make me unemployed, because I won’t take your fucking shots.

Well, that threat is NOT going to work. I. Won’t. Take. Your. Fucking. Shots.

And it looks like enough people agree, that you’re having to back down, you worthless asswipe.

You’re LOSING.

You LOSER.

You Chinese-bought ratfucking traitor.

I would love to see you die an agonizing, humiliating death. (This isn’t a threat, because I am not threatening to cause that death. I am just announcing my intention to party if it happens.) It would be just recompense for the way you’re killing America…and millions of Americans.

His Fraudulency

Joe Biteme, properly styled His Fraudulency, continues to infest the White House, we haven’t heard much from the person who should have been declared the victor, and hopium is still being dispensed even as our military appears to have joined the political establishment in knuckling under to the fraud.

One can hope that all is not as it seems.

I’d love to feast on that crow.

(I’d like to add, I find it entirely plausible, even likely, that His Fraudulency is also His Figureheadedness. (Apparently that wasn’t a word; it got a red underline. Well it is now.) Where I differ with the hopium addicts is on the subject of who is really in charge. It ain’t anyone we like.)

Justice Must Be Done.

The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.

Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 is hopeless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud is not part of the plan, you have no plan.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

Tranheuser Busch

Those asshats either get the world, all time record for obtuseness…or this is deliberate somehow. And their namby pamby non-apology that amounts to a “We’re sorry you’re too much of a knuckledragger to appreciate what we did” simply underscores the stupid. It’d be like a 400 pound golfer wearing spikes tromping on your instep and being utterly clueless why you are screaming in pain.
Me

I wrote that months ago, and they are casting about now trying to figure out how to get people to come back. However the one thing that might work (an abject admission that they were wrong to even think of doing this) is the one thing they cannot do. Because the decision makers are woke and cannot conceive that they were actually fuckheadedly wrong to do this.

Spot Prices.

Kitco Ask. Last week:

Gold $1,834.10
Silver $21.69
Platinum $887.00
Palladium $1,149.00
Rhodium $4,450.00

This week, markets closed as of 3PM MT.

Gold $1,932.60
Silver $22.84
Platinum $891.00
Palladium $1,170.00
Rhodium $4,950.00

WOW Gold has recovered nicely from whatevertheheck happened to it the last couple of weeks! (Hopefully, you bought some.) Platinum and palladium have undergone a more modest recovery (and I’ve not compared them to where they were before gold took its dive). Rhodium, on the other hand, went up over ten percent (beating what gold did)!

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

Remember Hong Kong!!!

Whoever ends up in the cell next to his, tell him I said “Hi.”

中国是个混蛋 !!!
Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!!
China is asshoe !!!

China is in the White House

Since Wednesday, January 20 at Noon EST, the bought-and-paid for His Fraudulency Joseph Biden has been in the White House. It’s as good as having China in the Oval Office.

Joe Biden is Asshoe

China is in the White House, because Joe Biden is in the White House, and Joe Biden is identically equal to China. China is Asshoe. Therefore, Joe Biden is Asshoe.

But of course the much more important thing to realize:

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

乔*拜登没赢 !!!
Qiáo Bài dēng méi yíng !!!
Joe Biden didn’t win !!!

Dear MAGA: 20231008 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.

It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.

Please also consider the Guidelines for posting and discussion printed here:
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/01/01/dear-maga-open-topic-20190101/

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.”

Spiritual Warfare

Various people in the Gospels and the Book of Acts commanded demons to leave other people—the disciples as part of Christ’s instructions (Matthew 10); others using Christ’s name (Mark 9:38); the children of the Pharisees (Luke 11:18-19); Paul (Acts 16); and some others (Acts 19:11-16).

It appears that the purpose of Jesus’ disciples casting out demons was to show Christ’s dominion over the demons (Luke 10:17) and to verify that the disciples were acting in His name and by His authority. It also revealed their faith or lack of faith (Matthew 17:14-21). It was obvious that this act of casting out demons was important to the ministry of the disciples. However, it is unclear what part casting out demons actually played in the discipleship process.

Interestingly, there seems to be a shift in the latter part of the New Testament regarding demonic warfare. The teaching portions of the New Testament (Romans through Jude) refer to demonic activity, yet do not discuss the actions of casting them out, nor are believers exhorted to do so. We are told to put on the armor to stand against (not attack) them (Ephesians 6:10-18). We are told to resist the devil (James 4:7), be careful of him (1 Peter 5:8), and not give him room in our lives (Ephesians 4:27). However, we are not told how to cast him or his demons out of others, or that we should even consider doing so.

The book of Ephesians gives clear instructions on how we are to have victory in our lives in the battle against the forces of evil. The first step is placing our faith in Christ (2:8-9), which breaks the rule of “the prince of the power of the air” (2:2). We are then to choose, again by God’s grace, to put off ungodly habits and to put on godly habits (4:17-24). This does not involve casting out demons, but rather renewing our minds (4:23). After several practical instructions on how to obey God as His children, we are reminded that there is a spiritual battle. It is fought with certain armor that allows us to stand against—not cast out—the trickery of the demonic world (6:10). We stand with truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer (6:10-18).

It appears that as the Word of God was completed, the Christians had more weapons with which to battle the spirit world than the early Christians did. The role of casting out demons was replaced, for the most part, with evangelism and discipleship through the Word of God. Since the methods of spiritual warfare in the New Testament do not involve casting out demons, it is difficult to determine instructions on how to do such a thing. If necessary at all, it seems that it is through exposing the individual to the truth of the Word of God and the name of Jesus Christ.

2023·10·07 Joe Biden Didn’t Win Daily Thread

McCarthy Out

For the first time in decades, a Swamp Rat is penalized for being a Swamp Rat–outside of being primaried, which doesn’t happen nearly often enough (in fact, primarying is usually a weapon they use on good Americans).

I know I have a boilerplate article in the rotation (I wish it had popped up this week) about him, wondering…because sometimes he did do something half-assedly useful. Like releasing the J6 tapes to some people. But he never turned the other cheek (er…so to speak) on these half-assed moves, so he made a complete ass of himself.

McCarthy said “Bring It” to Gaetz.

Happy just this once to see you obliged. You rancid piece of shit.

I hope that size fourteen golf cleat feels really good where it is right now.

Boebert the Swamp Rat

A damn shame. I almost live in her district. But what a curious role reversal: Instead of her voting to kick out the RPOS (rancid piece of shit), it was Ken Buck, the RINO whose district I actually do live in.

I don’t know if the stories about her taking money from RPOS are true, but it would mean it took basically nine months for her to be totally corrupted. This right on the heels of the big Theater Handjob Incident…well, let’s just say I am now unsubscribed from her e-mails. The last one I got (Friday morning) asked me if I supported PDJT for speaker…and it gave me a bunch of other choices. Still talking like a Patriot as if nothing had happened…

The Swamp Fox (if you get my drift…) actually is a Swamp Rat. She has transitioned…species, not “genders.”

A Political Statement

One of my stock jokes is to say, as I head off to the bathroom or washroom or restroom, “I’m going to go make a political statement.”

It certainly seems like urinating is a good way to make a statement about the YSM, and defecating works for politicians. Or the other way around is good too, though “#1” just never seems emphatic enough.

Maybe “#1” is just being polite, and “#2” is telling the fixtures what you really think.

Anyhow, I pretty much do plan to be polite to RINOs that electioneer or fundraise. I’ll tell them, Sorry, but I need to GO Pee…

Language Warning

In the next piece I had to discuss a particular topic. Unfortunately, I couldn’t discuss it without naming it. Therefore I apologize in advance for having to do so, and apologize to anyone offended by the sight of the name.

RINO McDaniel

RINO McDaniel continues to infest the GOP. But RINO McDaniel isn’t the problem.

Let me be crystal clear on this, RINO McDaniel is a lower-than-whale-shit, piss guzzling ratfucking shit eating traitorous rancid syphillitic cunt. Her worth as a human being is substantially less than zero, any oxygen sucked into her lungs is wasted, and it would be, no matter what job she had.

I fear I haven’t been clear enough, but that will have to suffice.

But she is not the problem…or rather, she would not be a problem were it not for others. She’d still be as I have described, but we wouldn’t know who she is and would not care, because she could do no damage. She’d just be anonymous human refuse.

No, the real problem is the fact that a majority of the 168 top GOP people voted for her. And now that has happened five times so they cannot claim they didn’t know what she was.

In spite of the fact that under her “leadership” the party has deliberately sabotaged the will of its base, has deliberately refused to challenge blatant election fraud, had gone out of its way to ensure certain candidates do not get nominated, has diverted donor money to namby-pamby candidates who have all the electoral appeal of a puddle of dog vomit…and in general has done nothing whatsoever to help fix the problems that plague America.

However that last is to be expected; I cannot expect anyone who IS the problem to help FIX the problem.

RINO McDaniel would be powerless without an entire party leadership of the same mind as her. They want this dismal performance; they want to ignore the party base.

If she were to drop dead this instant, it would solve nothing as someone just like her would be elected by those same pustulous people.

According to Charlie Kirk, about 55 people voted against her, 10-12 wanted something different but were too chickenshit to do the right thing, and roughly 100 people voted for her enthusiastically, and even had the unmitigated gall to complain to Kirk about US. Fuck ’em. Rusty 12 gauge bore brushes would be too good for these arrogant pricks and cunts.

Every single one of those hundred is just as bad as she is. In other words, they are all worse than I described at the beginning of this piece. And no doubt those people in turn have people who supported them to be state party chairs and whateveritis they call the other two people from each state and territory who were voting.

It’s time to face up to the fact that the Republican party is effectively owned by the shit-eating RINOs. We’ve got more work to do, a lot more work, to make the GOP an instrument for the restoration of the United States of America. And that’s in addition to cleaning up our elections.

There’s no point in cleaning up elections just to elect ratfucking RINOs.

OK, hopefully now you will have some inkling of my true attitude towards RINOs. Sorry that words were inadequate to give you the full picture.

The Real Fascist is His Fraudulency Joe Biden*

*Or whoever has his hand rammed up that meat puppet’s ass.

Brandon (which I will use as a term for whoever is the power behind the Porcelain Throne) has thrown down the gauntlet…but in a way where most of America will never see it. The networks didn’t carry his tirade. CNN air brushed it (or whatever you call editing the red background) for its five viewers (who aren’t trapped in airports).

Luckily for me I live in Colorado, and therefore, despite my best efforts, I probably didn’t vote for Donald Trump.

Of course, for this purpose who I actually did try to vote for will be essential, and they undoubtedly know.

Come and get us, asswipes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6ZZ28QtX4

Justice Must Be Done.

The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.

Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2022 or 2024 is hopeless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud is not part of the plan, you have no plan.

Small Government?

Many times conservatives (real and fake) speak of “small government” being the goal.

This sounds good, and mostly is good, but it misses the essential point. The important thing here isn’t the size, but rather the purpose, of government. We could have a cheap, small tyranny. After all our government spends most of its revenue on payments to individuals and foreign aid, neither of which is part of the tyrannical apparatus trying to keep us locked down and censored. What parts of the government would be necessary for a tyranny? It’d be a lot smaller than what we have now. We could shrink the government and nevertheless find it more tyrannical than it is today.

No, what we want is a limited government, limited not in size, but rather in scope. Limited, that is, in what it’s allowed to do. Under current circumstances, such a government would also be much smaller, but that’s a side effect. If we were in a World War II sort of war, an existential fight against nasty dictatorships on the brink of world conquest, that would be very expensive and would require a gargantuan government, but that would be what the government should be doing. That would be a large, but still limited government, since it’d be working to protect our rights.

World War II would have been the wrong time to squawk about “small government,” but it wasn’t (and never is) a bad time to demand limited government. Today would be a better time to ask for a small government–at least the job it should be doing is small today–but it misses the essential point; we want government to not do certain things. Many of those things we don’t want it doing are expensive but many of them are quite eminently doable by a smaller government than the one we have today. Small, but still exceeding proper limits.

So be careful what you ask for. You might get it and find you asked for the wrong thing.

Political Science In Summation

It’s really just a matter of people who can’t be happy unless they control others…versus those who want to be left alone. The oldest conflict within mankind. Government is necessary, but government attracts the assholes (a highly technical term for the control freaks).

A Few Things We Cannot Blame on His Fraudulency

I am pretty sure Joe Biden had nothing whatsoever to do with the 30 Years War that ran from 1618-1648 and probably killed about a third of the people then living in what is now Germany.

Nor did he cause the collapse of either Roman empire (Western, 476 CE, Eastern 1453 CE). Nor the ignominious failure of most of the Crusades. Nor the collapse of Bronze Age civilization around 1200 BCE (including the collapse of the Minoans and the blowup of Santorini).

However, my utter lack of ability to imagine how he could possibly be responsible for these things is not a valid argument against them, so I await correction if appropriate.

His Truth?

Again we saw an instance of “It might be true for Billy, but it’s not true for Bob” logic this week.

I hear this often, and it’s usually harmless. As when it’s describing differing circumstances, not different facts. “Housing is unaffordable” can be true for one person, but not for another who makes ten times as much.

But sometimes the speaker means it literally. Something like 2+2=4 is asserted to be true for Billy but not for Bob. (And when it’s literal, it’s usually Bob saying it.) And in that sense, it’s nonsense, dangerous nonsense. There is ONE reality, and it exists independent of our desires and our perceptions. It would go on existing if we weren’t here. We exist in it. It does not exist in our heads. It’s not a personal construct, and it isn’t a social construct. If there were no society, reality would continue to be what it is, it wouldn’t vanish…which it would have to do, if it were a social construct.

Now what can change from person to person is the perception of reality. We see that all the time. And people will, of course, act on those perceptions. They will vote for Trump (or try to) if their perception is close to mine, and vote against Trump (and certainly succeed at doing so) if their perception is distant from mine (and therefore, if I do say so, wrong). I have heard people say “perception is reality” and usually, that’s what they’re trying to say–your perception of reality is, as far as you know, an accurate representation of reality, or you’d change it.

But I really wish they’d say it differently. And sometimes, to get back to Billy and Bob, the person who says they have different truths is really saying they have different perceptions of reality–different worldviews. I can’t argue with the latter. But I sure wish they’d say it better. That way I’d know that someone who blabbers about two different truths is delusional and not worth my time, at least not until he passes kindergarten-level metaphysics on his umpteenth attempt.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

(Paper) Spot Prices

Kitco “Ask” prices. Last week:

Gold $1,849.40
Silver $22.28
Platinum $915.00
Palladium $1,282.00
Rhodium $4,450.00

This week, 3PM Mountain Time, markets have closed for the weekend.

Gold $1,834.10
Silver $21.69
Platinum $887.00
Palladium $1,149.00
Rhodium $4,450.00

The metals continue to go down. This may represent a buying opportunity. Be aware though, that the slide may continue. Also be aware that even if you buy twenty ounces of actual gold…you will pay $1955 per ounce at Kitco ($39,100.99 for 20 US gold eagles). In other words this slide might be purely a paper phenomenon.

Some suggest that perhaps bitcoin is a better option. But what is bitcoin, actually? It’s bits in a computer that–for now–people value a lot. How long will this actually last? The precious metals are physical items (well, if you’re not playing the futures market) that have been valued for 4000 years. Bitcoin–or at the very least, your bitcoin–could be wiped out by an EMP attack. Gold and silver would still be gold and silver, valued for being such. I think of them as a long-term play. The bubble could burst on bitcoin at any time. (Though I admit I expected it to happen long ago and I was wrong about that.) So: That’s my opinion; do not take it as advice. It’s worth at best exactly what you are paying for it, which is a non-negative amount…barely.

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

Remember Hong Kong!!!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3tnH4FGbd0

中国是个混蛋 !!!
Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!!
China is asshoe !!!

China is in the White House

Since Wednesday, January 20 at Noon EST, the bought-and-paid for His Fraudulency Joseph Biden has been in the White House. It’s as good as having China in the Oval Office.

Joe Biden is Asshoe

China is in the White House, because Joe Biden is in the White House, and Joe Biden is identically equal to China. China is Asshoe. Therefore, Joe Biden is Asshoe.

But of course the much more important thing to realize:

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

乔*拜登没赢 !!!
Qiáo Bài dēng méi yíng !!!
Joe Biden didn’t win !!!

Daily Thread 9/5/2023 – And now for something a little bit different…

20231005 Open Topic

I have mentioned before that my many-times great-grandmother was one of the last women tried for witchcraft in America, a full hundred years after Salem, in 1792. I say “tried,” but it was her neighbors, not the courts, who put her on trial. She was tortured, but survived. And she was about eighty years old when this happened, which is hard to imagine. According to documentation I discovered, she also lived until at least 1802, and died by 1803. I imagine that, considering what was done to her, she never walked without pain in those last ten years.

Anyway, Wolf said I should write about her sometime, and this is that time, I guess.

First, though, I want to share another bit of history from South Carolina where Mary Free Ingleman, my ancestor, lived, which might be related. This is a shocking tale, at least to me, considering the time period. I thought pre-Colonial America was more Puritan than perverse, but maybe not!

The story of the Weberites, also known as the Gifted Brethren, took place in an area of South Carolina known as the “Dutch Fork.” The settlers there were from the Palatinate area of Germany for the most part.

“Jacob Weber (also spelled as Weaver) was a Swiss immigrant who came to Saxe Gotha in 1739 with his brother. Weber underwent a conversion and started to preach to his neighbors starting around 1759. According to some sources, Weber’s group practiced animal sacrifices according to Old Testament rules and some fantastical accounts reported that they started dancing naked in the woods. Either way, the group grew and began to exhibit cult-like characteristics, as some members were apparently forced into joining. Soon, Weber began to believe that he was God himself and that a man named John George Schmidtpeter was Jesus Christ incarnate. An escaped slave named Dauber (or Dubard) was declared to be the Holy Spirit.

The only ordained minister in Saxe Gotha, Christian Theus, attended one of the meetings of the Weberites, where he was insulted and asked to recognize Weber as God. Upon Theus’ refusal, the congregation tried to drown him. However, Theus ran for his life and managed to escape after finding an enslaved person on a boat on the Broad River. Theus tried to get the colonial authorities involved to no avail.

During this time, the leaders of the sect began to have disagreements. Dauber was murdered by the sect, and Schmidtpeter murdered a Saxe Gotha resident named Michael Hans. This may have been an attempt to prove that Schmidtpeter could raise the dead. The murder of Hans enraged Weber who ordered his flock to beat and trample Schmidtpeter to death since he was Satan in disguise.

The murder of Hans was enough to get the attention of the authorities in Charleston though. The militia intervened and arrested seven of the Weberites. Four were found guilty and one, Jacob Weber, was executed. Weber wrote a confession while imprisoned and may have promised to rise from the dead after his execution.”

https://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/stories/the-murderous-saga-of-a-1700s-lexington-county-religious-sect,51197

From another account:

“During the harsh and violent winter of 1761 on February 23rd and 24th, thirty-one year old John George Smithpeter and allegedly “a godless colored preacher” named Dauber met with a sudden and violent death at the hands of Jacob and Hannah Weber, John Geiger, and Jacob Bourghart and possibly other followers of Jacob Weber at the Dutch Fork near the confluence of the Saluda, Broad, and Congaree Rivers in the western part of South Carolina north of Saxe Gotha. On Marach 17, 1761 a trial was held at the March Sessions of the court in Charleston, South Carolina. Jacob Weber, allegedly a crazed religious zealot, was convicted of the murders of John George Smithpeter and Preacher Dauber along with his wife, Hannah Wieber, John Geiger, and Jacob Bourghart. On March 31, 1761 Jacob Wieber was hanged for the murders at Charleston. Another Weberite, Abraham Geiger, was banished from South Carolina in about 1761 as a result of his involvement in the “Weberite Heresy.” Abraham Geiger died five years later in Georgia at the age of seventy-six. Dauber was NOT murdered by the Weberites at all; in fact it was Michael Hentz who was the second victim of the Weberites.

An item in the South Carolina Gazette, May 13-26, 1761 edition, on page three states the following: “At a court of Common Pleas held this week, before the honourable William Simpson, Esq; chief justice, John Gieger, Jacob Bourghart, and Hannah Wieber, (who, with Jacob Wieber executed on the 17th, were convicted of murder at March sessions and received sentence of death the 31st of the same month) were admitted to bail, to appear on their own recognizance from sessions to sessions, his majesty’s pleasure touching the sentence passed upon them shall be known.” It was however proven that the murder victims were John George Smithpeter/Schmidtpeter and one Michael Hentz. The preacher Dauber or Dubber was not in fact murdered and went on to live a long life.”

Mary Free Ingleman’s maiden name is not known. Her first husband, Lawrence Free, died in 1771, and she remarried not long after. There is a possibility that her new husband, Jacob Ingleman, was a member of the Weberite sect. That may have been the impetus for Mary’s neighbor’s suspicions of her. In any case, in 1792, they accused her of witchcraft. The following account states that Mary herself may have been a Weberite; I personally don’t believe that records support that conclusion.

This is a photo of the house Mary Free Ingleman lived in back in 1792 (obviously the pic was taken far more recently!

https://www.theqtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary-Ingleman-house.jpg

From “The Witches of Fairfield, S.C.,” by Lee R. Gandee, Fate Magazine, 1972:

In 1792 Fairfield County was across Broad River from Lexington County (an arm of Richland County now separates them), where a generation earlier a bizarre cult called the Gifted Brethren practiced incredible excesses, deifying three of its leaders as God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. This bizarre group practiced hypnosis and before it was broken up its leaders hanged or banished for the murders they committed, many of the “gifted” members had come to be considered witches. Colonial records suggest that Mary Ingelman was a native of Lexington or a member of a family who had lived there and it seems possible that the imputation of witchcraft followed her when she moved to Fairfield, about 20 miles from the headquarters of the Gifted Brethren. In any case, she was the principal one of the accused, the others being an old Mr. Harding and his wife and an old crone named Sally Smith.

Lawyer Pearson stated that from the time of the first settlement of Fairfield there always had been persons reputed to be witches living there but that up to 1792 their activities had been considered harmless, more in the nature of white hex than of black magic. In 1792, however, a number of strange phenomena occurred; women began to act possessed. Presently about one person in 20 yielded to unreason and organized to stamp out witchcraft.

Apparently they realized they might be held accountable for their acts for in assembling their evidence they took depositions and also kept written records of the testimony at the trial of the four accused. Pearson had access to these depositions and the testimony and repeats enough of it to allow reconstruction of a few of the incidents on which the charges were based.

The “judge” chosen to decide the cases was a respectable planter, Thomas Hill, whose home was five miles from Winnsboro. He was a slaveholder and a man of considerable property. The accused were brought to his plantation for trial, Mary Ingelman from a distance of about 15 miles. A jury was selected and John Crossland, a poor man, apparently young and strong and perhaps a tenant on Hill’s land, was named “sheriff” and “executioner.” The “trial” was conducted at night in a hut or outbuilding on the Hill plantation.

Mary Ingelman was accused by Rosy Henley and her sister of having placed a spell on them. Of the two Rosy was the worse affected and the evidence suggests that she was psychically disturbed — if not actually possessed by devils. The manuscript reads: “Lying in her bed she could not be prevented by the utmost exertions of four strong men from rising up and clinging to the ceiling. They were both bitten on the neck and shoulders and stuck over with pins and splinters. Their case was dreadful . . .”

Anyone can fake and two sisters could bite each other unobserved and if they were willing to undergo the discomfort, could stick pins and splinters into themselves or each other. but it is hardly possible to fake a levitation convincingly enough to withstand the efforts of four strong men to prevent it and equally difficult to give the impression of clinging to a ceiling while four men attempt to pull one down.

There seem to be only two possibilities: The individual supposed to be levitating, the four strong men and all witnesses were hypnotized and conditioned by suggestion to believe there was a levitation. Or the levitation actually occurred.

It is not possible to say whether autosuggestion could or could not simultaneously control the participants and witnesses of a supposed levitation. Hex and voodoo seem to utilize telepathic suggestion in a way which makes this possible but from admitting this it is only a short step to believing witchcraft. Rosy Henley may have been unconsciously overwhelming the sense-impressions of those around her and filling their consciousness with the fantasies of her own mind but the psychic energy necessary to cause this probably could produce an actual levitation just as readily. Whether Mary Ingelman had any part in it at all seems doubtful.

Pearson makes it clear that he believed the levitations occurred. In fact, a wizard not brought to trial, one Joe Fairs of Lower Fairfield, was accused of affecting tow of Drury Walker’s daughters in the same manner. Pearson said, “It took four strong men to prevent her (the worse afflicted one) from rising out of her bed to the ceiling. Sometimes she would rise up the wall, slide across the ceiling and descend the opposite wall without injury. There was no doubt as to these phenomena at Walker’s.”

For a circuit court lawyer to risk his reputation by making such a statement indicates he had complete confidence in the truth of those who reported these levitations. He also must have believed persons still living could and would verify his claim.

Aside from the levitations of the Henley and Walker sisters, the most unusual phenomena occurred in the case of Willing Haw “alias Martha Holley.” She testified that after Mary Ingelman bewitched her she “. . . put up (vomited) balls of hair with pins sticking out, was all over the neck and shoulders stuck full of pins and splinters and deprived of all peace and comfort . . . “

The other testimony reads like all testimony in witch trials for as far back as records go. Adam Free, Mary Ingelman’s son by a previous marriage, testified that his mother once asked him for one of his cows. When he refused Mary immediately cast a spell on it causing it to spring up convulsively, fall and break its neck.

His son, Jacob Free, testified that his grandmother once turned him into a horse and rode him to Pearson’s apple orchard on Broad River six miles from his home. The manuscript relates quaintly, “While she was filling her bag with apples, his eye was attracted by the beautiful red apples that hung over him. He put up his long horse head to obtain a stealthy supply and while he was attempting to do so, she drove a punch into his cheek from the effects of which he did not soon recover.”

One is tempted to say that a young man must really be bewitched to make such a statement or impelled by motives that a psychiatrist would find interesting.

However, it remained for Isaac Collins to accuse Mary Ingelman of consorting with Satan. “He testified that on one occasion he took his trusty rifle and went out on a deer hunt around McTyre’s old field. He saw a deer and tried several times to fire at it but the rifle would not fire. He suspected witchcraft so he removed the ball, split it and inserted a sliver of silver. The then fired; the deer vanished; in its place a large black cat appeared with its front leg wounded and the cat limped away.

“A day or two later he was plowing corn and became thirsty. He went to a spring near the field and while he was resting there Mary Ingelman came up with her arm in a sling and told him that he was to blame for her injury and that she would not forget it.

“He testified that after that she turned him into a horse and rode him to a grand convention of witches. Where, he could not say, but he thought somewhere in North America; and on the way the Devil rode up by her side and observed, ‘Mother Ingelman, you have a splendid horse.’

” ‘Ah,’ she said, ‘This is that rascal Collins!’ “

Faced with this a accusation Mary Ingelman offered no defense, nor did any of the others to the charges made against them. They were adjudged guilty and sentenced to be punished.

As punishment they first were tied by the wrists and hanged to joists in the building where they were flogged, the newspaper account says, brutally. They were taken down, “then placed with their feet to a bark fire and confined there until the soles popped off.” After this torture they were released and allowed to crawl away. The Hardings and Mary Ingelman escaped further abuse but Sally Smith was found some distance from the Hill plantation by a vindictive man who “cast her down and placed a pine log across her neck. She could not stir and the next day was relieved by a benevolent person passing along the path.”

Despite this treatment none of the four victims died as a direct result of it and the witch-hunters began to consider action against Hezekiah Hunt and his wife, Mourning Hunt, who were strongly suspected.

Evidently the group felt that public opinion protected them. Of the four only Mary Ingelman attempted to have anyone brought to justice for the outrages committed upon her. In all Camden District she found only one magistrate who would issue a warrant for anyone’s arrest. He was The Rev. William Yongue, a Presbyterian minister, so shocked by the circumstances that he ignored public opinion. He issued a warrant for the arrest of John Crossland who was tried in the County Court, found guilty of aggravated assault and sentenced to be fined five pounds. He never paid it but fled “the far west,” which in 1792 meant Georgia or Alabama. Pearson expressed some sympathy for him saying that “. . . other better-informed men than Crossland also participated . . .” and were not punished.

Early in the account Mr. Pearson referred to Mrs. Ingelman as ” . . . the dreadful old Mary Ingelman” but apparently this was intended as irony. In concluding his account he wrote: “Some persons now living may remember the great witch Mary Ingelman. She was a remarkably neat, tidy and decent old lady. She was of German extraction and probably a native of Germany. Her conversation was pleasant, entertaining, instructive; her manners mild, simple and agreeable. Her knowledge in pharmacy was considerable and her application of simples in the cure of country complaints was the result of much observation and gratuitous practice. . . .” He added that she was a pious old soul and that when her spirit left this earth it probably went to a better place.

In Salem, Rebecca Nurse was described in much the same way and Rebecca Nurse was put to death. Being a “remarkably neat, tidy and decent” person is no protection, nor is benevolence and piety when a community falls under the spell of a witch-hunt.

In Salem horror and excess brought about its own reaction. In Fairfield the delusion was broken by a a wise minister, “Preacher Woodward,” who announced that he would preach on witchcraft and thus attracted a huge crowd. The crowd was keyed to a high pitch of expectancy and the minister began by admitting that sorcery and magic exist, that indeed there are witches. However, he declared with mock seriousness, people should not imagine that old or ugly women were witches. What woman with supernatural powers would use them to make herself ugly or old, he asked the congregation. Rather, he said, suspect beautiful girls of witchcraft, since with a look and a few words murmured in a certain way they can draw boys away from their families, turn them first into lackeys and at last into lifelong toilers. Wizards, he averred, are not to be found among old, broken men but among the young and handsome who with a touch and a murmur can deprive a girl of her senses and turn the most lissome and carefree maiden into a servant and a household drudge.

The tension broke. The crowd laughed and the Fairfield witch-hunt was over. No more did Rosy Henley and the Walker girl rise to the ceiling. No more did William Haw “put up balls of hair with pins sticking out.” Witchcraft and laughter cannot coexist.”

I actually own a copy of the original Fate Magazine where this story was published.

My direct ancestor was Adam Free’s brother. He appears to have remained clear of the doings, and did not condemn his mother. As a side note, from the historical record it appears quite clear to me that Adam Free fathered some of his own grandchildren by not one but two of his own daughters. This was not a nice man.

Flep’s Twitter Travels #6 & Last

Some time back I was using Flep’s Twitter page–a longtime Q-Tree author–as a jumping off point to see what he was choosing to tweet about. He used to write nearly daily posts here at the Q-Tree sharing so much info on current events & his viewpoint was quite enlightening. He stepped away from the Q-Tree to focus on election issues in the lead-up to the 2020 election & hasn’t been by here much since then, that I am aware of.

Back then I was doing a series of posts inspired by Flep’s Tweets and actually had one in development still so I am taking Cthulhu’s advice again & working up one of my draft posts to fill in again for DP while she cares for her family. Please continue to lift DP in your prayers! I will leave what was gathered for that pending post below the black divider line that is about half-way down the page just to see what, if any, of the material is not being censored & to give us a snapshot from the pre-January 6 coup era to reflect upon.

DP stopped by yesterday to share news on her family situation here:

Furious Love

Deplorable Patriot(@depat)

Offline

Coyote

October 3, 2023 08:28

#1164732

Good morning,

I take it this is the daily for today.

At about 1:30 this morning, my mother went to God. As per her family tradition, she waited until she was alone to do so. Both of her parents went that way, as well as a number of other relatives.

Thank you so much to all who have been doing the dailies. I anticipate being back for the Wednesday post next week. There are so many things we are in the middle of doing.

Please, pray for my sister who is exhausted. My dad is going to be lost.

Thanks for being here for us and praying.

DePat

So let’s see what is currently happening by using a number of resources to come up with leads on current events. By the way, I’m sorry if any of this material overlaps things that have recently been shared at the Q-Tree. Doing this fill-in back-to-back post work as DP is dealing with her family situation has made me realize how much of a sacrificial effort of love DP has been putting in, to develop FOUR back-to-back currently focused posts Every Week. DP has been doing such Herculean work to the benefit of the Q-Tree for such a long time–we owe her Many Thanks!!! Please keep her & her family in your prayers…

Note, I just added DP’s comment about her mom above but am not otherwise planning to tweak this post as it’s getting too near the midnight launching hour. I finished working on today’s post in the early hours on Tuesday & noticed that some of the links in this post were already shared in yesterday’s discussion. Thanks for ALL the wonderful thoughts & links the amazing Q-Tree family brings each day to keep Wolf’s Pack so well-informed AND armed for the many battles that are ongoing. You guys Absolutely ROCK!!!

Well my initial plan to begin with Flep’s tweets is now thwarted by the fact that his twitter account is closed 🙁 I wonder if Flep left Twitter of his own volition or if he continues to be banned there, like me? Here is the most recent version of the Internet Archive where his Twit World account was still active:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201115233510/https://twitter.com/Baba9773/

Here’s a link to the pinned tweet thread from November 13, 2020 where Flep was doing a detailed analysis of the electoral fraud in Georgia related to Dominion. It’s interesting that the pinned tweet appears to have been saved through some French language version of Twitter that May have assisted Flep to dodge the censors for a while.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201114042344/https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1327464175770210304

I hope Flep is doing OK & has found a good place to land with compatriots who are continuing to encourage him in the fight. I would Love to see him drop by the Q-Tree…

A cursory search for him via Yandex and his longer screen name of Fleporeblog did not return current material, unfortunately. Here is the most recent working link to his old blog:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062432/https://fleporeblog.com/

Here is a look at how his WordPress blog looked, in multiple archived saves before being shut down:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181104003302/https://fleporeblog.wordpress.com/

This post below appears to be the last one captured before the blog is closed per January 2019 grabs.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181203024522/https://fleporeblog.wordpress.com/

OK strangely it’s possible that the powers that be were actively messing with Flep’s blog for there is this one from February 2019 that survives in the archives still:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190215202247/https://fleporeblog.com/

I’m not going to keep looking to see if there are other examples of the blog being restored after disappearing. It sure looks like Flep was over the target!!!

Please forgive the way this post will appear as the links won’t be as well organized as DP does with her epic posts. My feet of clay will be clearly on display 🙂 not that they are Ever very well hidden here at the Q-Tree!

Highlights from perusing Gab.com, no particular order:

So since I’m still banned on Twitter/X I now use Gab.com for primary social media interactions. I signed out of Gab to see what shows up on their main page of interest.

found at this Gab https://gab.com/David_Citizen/posts/111168000163454667

Lin Wood Calls Out Latest Lie From Rolling Stone & Other Fake Media

above link from this Gab https://gab.com/JackDennisTexas/posts/111167996301600102

from this Gab: https://gab.com/cybervigilante/posts/111167990427637187

This story can be found here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12581899/Woke-free-Bud-Light-beer-alternative-Ultra-Right-rakes-500-000-just-12-hours-releasing-special-edition-featuring-Trumps-mugshot.html

& another version here:

https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/woke-free-ultra-right-beer-releases-ad-attacking-bud-light/

From this Gab: https://gab.com/cecilhenry/posts/111167608870345119

https://youtu.be/lAeE2uHUcvI?feature=shared

From this Gab: https://gab.com/SaltyArmyDigitalBrigade/posts/111167802027782876

Marjorie3491@Marjorie3491

47m·

THE DEMONIC DEMS HEADED BY SATAN AND HIS HORDES WITHIN OUR U.S. GOVERNMENT are working 24/7, attacking those that have been in the forefront in the fight to uphold TRUTH, JUSTICE and THE AMERICAN WAY, like Mike Lindell. He’s not only stood strong for President Trump he stands strong and is outspoken in his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Men and women like them are sold out in their love for America and working hard to restore it to normalcy, sanity and the acknowledgement of the Great Creator, the Lord God Almighty!

The demonic Democrat hierarchs and their followers are evil to the core, illegally using our American Legal System with 100-year-old cases that are bogus garbage to take down and destroy our U.S. Constitutional sovereign Republic that’s been enjoyed by American citizens since the proclaimed Declaration of Independence of 1776.

DɘɘᏧɘɘ１④𝟾┑@Deedee1487

1h·

It Never Stops: Mike Lindell\’s MyPillow Under IRS Audit for Alleged Unlawful Employment Practices (VIDEO) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/mike-lindells-mypillow-under-irs-audit-alleged-unlawful/

Marxists Play Smashmouth: Mike Lindell’s MyPillow Under IRS Audit for Alleged Unlawful Employment Practices (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

In recent news, Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a staunch supporter of President Trump and conservative politics, revealed that his company is under IRS audit…The Gateway Pundit Link Feed1

https://gab.com/Marjorie3491/posts/111167862890389687

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/excess-deaths-cardiovascular-diseases-44-last-year-among-uk-citizens-aged-15-44

From this Gab: https://gab.com/TrumpKatt/posts/111167980195011910

https://gab.com/MorpheusMAGA/posts/111167805992377727

Morpheus MAGA@MorpheusMAGA

1h·

Lara Logan dropping one truth after another
about the current state of the southern border
and all of the child sex trafficking being allowed to take place under the biden administration.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sidney-powell-paid-georgia-election-machine-examination-upon-threat-her-lawyer-says

This Gab has details about why NASA can’t measure ocean water levels: https://gab.com/Nekromant18/posts/111167677168776856

Democrat Alderman ‘Innocent People are Being Hunted Like Prey in Chicago’ (Video)

https://gab.com/KRYPTORNATION/posts/111167716122679727 has a really rude meme involving aka BHO that may or may not be true…perhaps KBK would appreciate this…

https://gab.com/S_Cooper/posts/111167740693628502

https://gab.com/ClassicalLearner/posts/111167925976050201

ClassicalLearner@ClassicalLearner

55m·

The history taught schools is nonsense. It’s all about memorizing basic facts and dates. People who really study history, understand the interconnectivity between government, finance, and industry, and that’s what they don’t want people to know.

2 minute video explaining how banks own & control government using Honduras as an example, from ClassicalLearner.com

It would be great if Gab posts would embed here like Twitter currently does. Copying the Gab content here doesn’t present nearly as clean of a look, unfortunately…sigh…

Not wanting to disappoint anyone who expects “too much information” from me…let’s see what’s currently playing at Whatfinger.com 😉

Please note that some of these items Appear like broken links to me, but they are still active, so I am including the URLs in the captions where possible…I’ll try to clean this up before the final posting but bear with me if it’s a bit chaotic (I was trying to find the correct links to put in captions for things that Had been working but then disappeared)

Troubling Video Surfaces Exposing Their Plot – Something real fishy and illegal going on

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/04/troubling-video-surfaces-exposing-their-plot-something-real-fishy-and-illegal-going-on/

https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/mccarthy-ousted-as-house-speaker/

Whatfinger’s take on the above story: McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker – New American – McCarthy Is Gone!!!! as of 4:50 pm ET First time in American history folks – HISTORY – a Speaker has never been ousted like this. Good! – see below – Sgt A)

BREAKING: Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy has been removed as House Speaker.

Here is Matt Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by “lobbyists and special interests” right before McCarthy was ousted.

“I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh… pic.twitter.com/bk1jzGCEOR
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709307848319254863

CDC is no longer distributing COVID vaccination cards

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/03/cdc-is-no-longer-distributing-covid-vaccination-cards/

https://generaldispatch.whatfinger.com/dr-navarro-before-our-eyes-our-entire-economy-and-financial-system-is-disintegrating/

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/03/breaking-controversial-zero-bail-policy-takes-effect-in-los-angeles-allowing-non-violent/

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/03/breaking-controversial-zero-bail-policy-takes-effect-in-los-angeles-allowing-non-violent/ Whatfinger take:
ALL CRIME THAT IS NOT VIOLENT NOW LEGAL IN LA: BREAKING: Controversial zero-bail policy takes effect in Los Angeles, allowing non-violent… Rob any store you want, as that is the intention of the Democrats, to destroy all business

https://slaynews.com/news/democrat-offers-solution-schoolgirls-shower-males/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/4-common-fruits-could-improve-memory-and-cognitive-issues-global-study-5495905?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/on-becoming-ungovernable

Whatfinger take on above link:
On becoming ungovernable. The key to freedom is knowing what slavery looks like – Leo Hohmann

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/army-to-overhaul-recruiting-after-missing-2023-goal-by-10000-new-soldiers-5503396?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

BERSERK Chunk Yogurt Blurts Out that Garland Prosecution of Trump Entirely POLITICAL

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/04/berserk-chunk-yogurt-blurts-out-that-garland-prosecution-of-trump-entirely-political/

https://canadafreepress.com/article/anthropological-truth-buried-by-gender-lies

Whatfinger take on the above link: Anthropological Truth Buried By Gender Lies. Allowing them to suffer their self-induced delusion is one thing, but denying what you know to be an absolute truth is inexcusable – CFP

Aaron Rogers just referred to Travis Kelce as “Mr. Phizer” live on ESPN 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/0k7Lkrgoq9
— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709278537906352425

https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/coronavirus-covid-19-cber-regulated-biologics/novavax-covid-19-vaccine-adjuvanted

Whatfinger take on the above link: FDA Approves it – so we know it must be safe (lol) Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2023-2024 Formula) Authorized For Individuals 12 Years of Age and Older(Never again FDA, you lost our trust in all things until you are cleaned up of Marxists)

Bidenomics downgrade as the Bureau of Economic Analysis revises down the last 3 years of economic data.

Turns out inflation was higher. Growth and income was weaker. And federal spending is now replacing the consumer.

Gems include $1.1 trillion in vanished savings, a 9-sigma… pic.twitter.com/baXa4n5xsc
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709187945356222746

https://www.dailyfetched.com/large-scale-human-trafficking-bust-rescues-100-victims-in-ohio-1000s-of-kids-still-missing/

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/03/tom-fitton-inflection-point-will-republican-controlled-house-continue-to-fund-corrupt-prosecutions/

https://waynedupree.com/2023/10/mccarthy-pushes-back-on-secret-ukraine-deal

https://www.independentsentinel.com/mark-levin-rages-against-matt-gaetz-gets-fact-checked/

https://www.independentsentinel.com/mark-levin-rages-against-matt-gaetz-gets-fact-checked/ Whatfinger take: Mark Levin Rages Against Matt Gaetz – Gets Fact-Checked – Independent Sentinel (As we have said Levin is controlled opposition, doing as the Deep State wants while making it look like he is on our side, but always supporting America’s decay under the Deep State, that obviously has something on him to turn him – Sgt A)

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/10/03/how-weve-been-tracking-the-reports-of-people-dying-suddenly-and-what-our-numbers-show/

This is the final Battle. 🔥🔥🔥

Trump will Demolish the Deep State. pic.twitter.com/r4eUMbzmLX
— Freedom 🇺🇸🦅 (@PU28453638) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709037732603838958

Who dat? pic.twitter.com/APCyte0bBn
— C3PMeme (@C3PMeme) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709197171872981133

OBGYN Confirms: Over 10,000 Babies a Year Killed in Late-Term Abortions, Most Babies are Healthy

https://www.lifenews.com/2023/10/03/obgyn-confirms-over-10000-babies-a-year-killed-in-late-term-abortions-most-babies-are-healthy/

https://canadafreepress.com/article/preparing-for-the-coming-storm-fraud-in-the-2024-elections

Whatfinger take on the above link:
Preparing for the Coming Storm: Fraud in the 2024 Elections The road is hard: This is our time, and our fight, and our obligation to all those who have come before us to cherish and defend the dream of liberty and justice for all – CFP

JUST IN: Video emerges of Judge in Trump Fraud case discussing his ability to OVERRULE A JURY based on his assertions and feelings about the case.. pic.twitter.com/g3RO21LXYM
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709185190273167863

https://expose-news.com/2023/10/03/genocide-depopulation-covid-vaccination/

https://peternavarro.substack.com/p/stop-the-wokefare-crucifixion-of

Matt Gaetz:

If this country's going down, and if we're losing the dollar, I'm going down fighting. And I don't care if that means fighting Republicans, Democrats, the Uniparty, the leadership, the PACs, the lobbyists. I've had it. pic.twitter.com/OqaSQrsBFs
— Index Red (@indexred) October 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1709058046239088791

https://www.independentsentinel.com/donald-trump-explains-what-hell-do-if-elected-president-in-2024/

https://thenewamerican.com/uncategorised/134-un-members-led-by-cuba-demand-global-control-nwo-your-money/

OK the Whatfinger links above I just added before Midnight, the ones below earlier…

https://vigilantnews.com/post/study-links-unexpected-vaginal-bleeding-in-women-who-do-not-menstruate-with-mrna-vaccination

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/house-gop-seeks-dod-fbi-answers-on-chinese-efforts-to-infiltrate-us-military-bases-5502664?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://mypatriotpost.com/is-gwen-stefani-getting-red-pilled-pop-sensation-gushes-about-life-in-oklahoma-micca/

https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/02/gaetz-files-motion-remove-kevin-mccarthy-speaker/

https://www.dailyfetched.com/orange-county-doctor-charged-with-stealing-150m-from-federal-covid-program/

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/i-am-demanding-that-hunter-biden-be-subpoenaed-i-want-joe-biden-subpoenaed-im-sick-and-tired-of-this/

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/i-am-demanding-that-hunter-biden-be-subpoenaed-i-want-joe-biden-subpoenaed-im-sick-and-tired-of-this/
Here’s how Whatfinger calls MTG out! (She is such a con-artist…. and she still supports her Deep State master Deep State McCarthy – Sgt A)

FRAUD: Why the Climate Change and Global Warming Industry Exists…. Surprise!

FRAUD: Why the Climate Change and Global Warming Industry Exists…. Surprise! – Super-Thread for Climate Change – News Variable – Choice, https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/fraud-why-the-climate-change-and-global-warming-industry-exists-surprise/

WOW! Tonight I had a Donald Trump mug shot cappuccino.

I didn’t even want to drink it! Coolest coffee ever. Never seen something so cool!😍 pic.twitter.com/y93pyqcVth
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 2, 2023

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/con-artists-against-trump-5-billion-offer-to-not-run-fake-trials-and-bears-oh-my/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/osha-head-on-vaccines-we-didnt-demand-that-anyone-be-fired-5502422?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-york-judge-takes-issue-with-18-million-valuation-of-mar-a-lago-5502507?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://notthebee.com/article/this-phili-car-dealership-has-been-open-less-than-a-week-and-theyve-already-lost-over-60-of-their-cars-to-theft/

https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/here-s-all-the-evidence-you-need-to-kick-biden-out-of-office

Here’s a little love for Michigan & Football!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2023/10/02/college-football-re-rank-michigan-passes-georgia/71025283007/

AND the Detroit Lions lead the NFC North…Finally!!!

https://humanevents.com/2023/10/02/joe-allen-neuralink-is-elon-musks-first-step-towards-the-creation-of-a-superhuman-mind

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1299177.shtml

Here’s Whatfinger’s take on the above link…Chinese Propaganda Play: PLA Eastern Theater Command releases new short film on National Day, expressing hope for reunification across Taiwan Straits (How funny are these Marxists…. like the nazi’s releasing a film of how happy Jews are under their leadership – Sgt A)

Doocy: "Would President Biden ever try to get out of a meeting by pulling a fire alarm?"

WH press sec: "Not gonna comment" pic.twitter.com/ub3felR2DS
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 2, 2023

changing x.com to twitter.com may allow the one above to play here…

Whatfinger’s take on the above link…Peter Doocy: He has his moments, but as controlled opposition he no longer impresses me even if funny here and there. His Dad is now a total Anti-Trump con. But this was a little funny – Fast clip at Twitter

I have no words for this next one but there is an eye/mind bleach warning attached 🙁

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708867147710259374

https://comments.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/if-you-put-me-next-to-any-other-woman-you-wouldnt-tell-the-difference-is-this-true/

🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump speaks to press after court. pic.twitter.com/WiLUh4IuG4
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 2, 2023

hopefully Trump’s video plays here this way…

Now There is Evidence the FBI Planned the January 6 Operation and Planted Documents Days Earlier That Were Later Used Against Innocent Americans

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/now-there-is-evidence-fbi-planned-january-6/

Elise, even @MariaBartiromo converted.

You don’t have to walk the plank like this. pic.twitter.com/TfnuXCMZA1
— Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) October 2, 2023

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/gaetz-to-stefanik-elise-even-maria-bartiromo-converted-you-dont-have-to-walk-the-plank-like-this/

https://www.firstpost.com/world/nobel-prize-in-medicine-2023-awarded-to-katalin-kariko-drew-weissman-for-pioneering-mrna-vaccine-to-fight-covid-19-13194442.html

Whatfinger take on the above…

Novel Prize – Even with MILLIONS now dead. Such a great technology huh! Hitler would be proud – Nobel Prize in medicine 2023 awarded to Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman for pioneering mRNA vaccine to fight COVID-19 – First Post

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/10/02/is-sen-to-be-butler-eligible-to-represent-california/

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) on her effort to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY):

“It’s not just the act of pulling a fire alarm … It was during an official proceeding. That is the same thing that they have gone after those individuals who walked into the Capitol on Jan. 6th.” pic.twitter.com/tVxzFQun1L
— The Recount (@therecount) October 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708870233727844440 hopefully lets the above play here

.@AlinaHabba: "We will continue to fight in hopes that there is some level of law and order in this country…

Although my faith in the system is weary, I do have faith in Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/MjhfjAWudP
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708903960587780546

Nazi show trial!@liz_churchill10 @gc22gc pic.twitter.com/QwftIhIkQU
— ULTRA MAGA PARTY 👑 (@MaxEvansUMP) October 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708903960587780546 this should embed & play here–Worth It!

https://choiceclips.whatfinger. com/2023/10/02/the-ivermectin-smear-continues-even-though-it-has-cured-millions-world-wid-big-pharma-wants-it-killed-get-some/

To get the above item to work remove the space between the “.” & the “com”. There is A Lot of Good Info there! https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/the-ivermectin-smear-continues-even-though-it-has-cured-millions-world-wid-big-pharma-wants-it-killed-get-some/ Whatfinger’s take on the above link…The Ivermectin smear continues even though it has cured millions world-wid. Big Pharma wants it killed, Get some… tell Big Pharma and Democrats to go to hell… Super-Thread on Ivermectin

Wow. This video from inside the courtroom speaks volumes. Watch NY AG Leticia James stare at Trump. She looks like an obsessive creep. Then watch the Judge smile for his moment in the sun. These people are deranged, Marxist tyrants. pic.twitter.com/s11O9kshEP
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708855333471334437 That link Should play here…

One hundred percent TRUTH through humor! Must watch!

THE PARASITES👇 pic.twitter.com/vQL11RUg0o
— suzy (@Suzy_1776) October 1, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708548644956242107 This is a fun 2 minute video on parasites!

COVID Vaccines Damage ALL Hearts, Study Finds

https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/covid-vaccines-damage-all-hearts-study-finds/

🚨The most INSANE video we’ve ever produced.

Trump took us up to the top of his TALLEST $1,000,000,000 skyscraper.

From gold-plated dining to the highest private apartments on earth. No areas OFF LIMITS.

This one's gonna blow your mind.

WATCH: Trump Cribs, Episode 1 on X pic.twitter.com/Z0Kp47GFTp
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 1, 2023

https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/02/california-the-great-destroyer/

This video is a masterpiece and documents the people who have been complicit in crimes against humanıty.

All these journalists, scientists, and politicians belong on the defendants’ bench, because their behavior has caused harm to millions. pic.twitter.com/DIOoMLgep1
— Dr. Simon (@goddek) October 1, 2023

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/02/this-video-is-a-masterpiece-and-documents-the-people-who-have-been-complicit-in-crimes-against-humanity/

Whatfinger take on the above link…

KEEP THIS LINK – vid of clips that you need to keep and remember forever. Know who the enemy of freedom is. Who is out to destroy us all…. so easy to see through the BS. No? Remember this for the next one. DO NOT COMPLY WITH ANYTHING THEY TRY knowing the BS they pulled. These people are a threat to our lives and freedom. – Sgt Pat

https://slaynews.com/news/canada-moves-regulate-censor-podcasts-track-subscribers/

Video: The WEF “Agenda Contributor” Announces The Next Crisis – Here’s What’s Next

https://redstatenation.com/video-the-wef-agenda-contributor-announces-the-next-crisis-heres-whats-next/

Americans Should Be As OUTRAGED At United States Congress’s Pork Filled Bills, That No One Has Time To Read, As Illinois Representative Mike Bost Was

Watch As He EXPLODES Over The Insanity Of How Congress & The US Government Operates pic.twitter.com/bDv7mIHatl
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 1, 2023

epic rant! https://twitter.com/i/status/1708482252492161141

https://headlineusa.com/covid-19-vaccines-resulted-in-17m-deaths-scientific-report-said/

https://sarahwestall.com/house-committee-releases-explosive-documents-confirming-hunter-sold-access-to-joe-biden-in-23-countries/

https://chartgpt.today/2023/10/ukraine-russia-war-by-the-numbers

Canadian Gov’t Admit 74% of Triple Vaccinated Now Have VAIDS

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/canadian-govt-admit-74-of-triple-vaccinated-now-have-vaids/

https://www.independentsentinel.com/world-economic-forum-flag-flies-over-abandoned-us-forts-in-panama/

Tucker on 2024: "This is not going to be a race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.” It's about to get very serious. “

His insightful comments should scare the hell out of you. pic.twitter.com/F5GffJWAnp
— Gary D (@KMGGaryde) September 30, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1708264740227625458 Great Tucker video!

China's carbon emissions have surpassed that of the entire developed world combined.

But if you just destroy your economy a bit harder with carbon-zero policies, you'll save the planet 💪https://t.co/3Se0F05dbC
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) September 30, 2023

https://conservativebrief.com/order-social-76848/ Alito Extends Order Temporarily Halting Biden Admin’s Social Media Limitations – Conservative Brief

Nigerians told the Deep State Globalists To Go To Hell, And won… How we win when they try it here

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/01/nigerians-told-the-deep-state-globalists-to-go-to-hell-and-won-how-we-win-when-they-try-it-here/

You Say You Want a Counter-Revolution

good article, don’t know why only the ad embeds here: https://freebeacon.com/culture/you-say-you-want-a-counter-revolution/

https://thenewamerican.com/uncategorised/134-un-members-led-by-cuba-demand-global-control-nwo-your-money/

BREAKING: Huge Explosion In Oxford, Looks Like a Nuclear Bomb

https://wltreport.com/2023/10/02/breaking-huge-explosion-oxford-looks-like-nuclear-bomb/

Here’s the official trailer for “Police State.” Please watch and share! Movie is in theaters Monday, October 23 and 25. Virtual premiere is Friday, October 27. All tickets only at https://t.co/L3EAH8QJTZ pic.twitter.com/zjlnn07hFc
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 3, 2023

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/populist-right-wing-party-opposing-military-aid-to-ukraine-wins-huge-election-victory-in-slovakia/

Tucker: Victor Davis Hanson explains how Donald Trump appeared in court today, but it wasn’t a legal proceeding.

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/10/03/tucker-victor-davis-hanson-explains-how-donald-trump-appeared-in-court-today-but-it-wasnt-a-legal-proceeding/

Sunday Talks – Matt Gaetz is Throwing Atomic Truth Hammers at The UniParty

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/10/01/sunday-talks-matt-gaetz-is-throwing-atomic-truth-hammers-at-the-uniparty/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/beer-can-with-trumps-mugshot-hits-major-milestone-ceo-5501789?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://sarahwestall.com/warning-fema-drill-and-frequency-weapons-in-the-wrong-hands-w-todd-callender/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-justice-clarence-thomas-5502235?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=whatfinger&src_src=partner&src_cmp=whatfinger

https://canadafreepress.com/article/preparing-for-the-coming-storm-fraud-in-the-2024-elections

https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2023/10/01/breaking-canadas-chrystia-freeland-and-americas-victoria-nuland-may-have-one-thing-in-common-adopted-nazi-slogan-surnames/

https://slaynews.com/news/canada-moves-regulate-censor-podcasts-track-subscribers/

https://canadafreepress.com/article/getting-real-with-roseanne-barr

Here are a smattering of items currently featured at PoliticalMoonshine.com

VIDEO: Amerikan Clown Show

So, How Do You Think World War III Is Going?

PROBLEMATIC: Election Thief “President” Gives ‘Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections’

COVID-19 Enterprise Fraud Construct Timeline: Major Dates, Events, Entities & Legislation

This is an epic work where much is exposed!

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I wanted to highlight the kill jab posts but apparently there are tech problems there 🙁

https://mole.substack.com/p/laptop-update-2023-09-25-killjab

Here is info on how their accumulation of links works through telegram:

https://mole.substack.com/about

From other authors he recommends:

https://kirschsubstack.com/

https://arkmedic.substack.com/p/5-ways-to-skin-a-genetically-modified

5 ways to skin a (genetically modified) cat

How many coincidences can there be in #plasmidgate?

Clearly that is a Ton of material to chew on going forward. Below is the historic material I was gathering when then planning to update the Flep’s Twitter Travels items…what a difference nearly three years makes!

Time Capsule Incoming!

This is the beginning of that existing draft post material:

Well this is hoping to pick up where I left off in the last Flep post here:

https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/11/02/fleps-twitter-travels-5/

[VC Note 10-3-23, the above link was the original post at the old blog but this is how it is accessed now: https://www.theqtree.com/2020/11/02/fleps-twitter-travels-5/ ]

Here’s is Flep’s twitter page where you can find his twitter journeys:

https://twitter.com/Baba9773

Well Score, Flep just put up a new pinned tweet thread so we’ll start there first!

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380024112779266

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380034715922433

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380037979090944

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380041691123714

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380044245409793

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380051145068550

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323380057667231748

We’re going to focus on Flep’s Tweets & Retweets here, not his media tab…

I'm doing screenshots of the #FakeNews forecasts. Feel free to reply to this tweet to add yours. pic.twitter.com/ZdGTYchSCd
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

The BEST President.

The BEST Boss.

President @realDonaldTrump‼️ pic.twitter.com/2gVmBgoH0q
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) November 2, 2020

.@FLOTUS soon taking off to #NorthCarolina to highlight President @realdonaldtrump’s record of promises made & promises kept! pic.twitter.com/s6trUZjrrd
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) November 2, 2020

Joe Biden’s plan to BAN FRACKING is an Economic DEATH SENTENCE for Pennsylvania. A vote for Biden is a vote to Ban Fracking, Outlaw Mining, explode energy costs, and totally DESTROY Pennsylvania. Get out tomorrow and VOTE #TrumpPence2020! pic.twitter.com/niFJw558En
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

#NC #EarlyVoting To those of you who are peeing in pants about NC, here's the Targetsmart model. D lead in '16 at this time was 10 pts and now it's 0.9 pts. How can Trump do less well in '16 in NC? No way no how. NC will be to the right of FL by a few pts. Trump wins easily. pic.twitter.com/ce0GX9yO0r
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/cnRzJEwXKO
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

#FL #EarlyVoting 3pm update. D lead at 112566, up, from trickling VBMs, by only 4.4k since 8am. It will end less than 120k, in the lower half of my estimate range. It is much less than where Ds need it to be to have a chance. Trump wins FL hands down, and with it presidency!! pic.twitter.com/d71z6swvCM
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

There will be a surge of votes for @realDonaldTrump on Election Day, and the data from the Scranton rally proves it:

✅ 80.1% (!!) have not voted yet

✅ 12,894 signups

✅ 21.2% NOT Republican

✅ 24.9% did not vote in 2016

Thank you, Pennsylvania!
— Ronna McDaniel (@RonnaMcDaniel) November 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/coosmama/status/1323360805853822978

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323352371439800327

pic.twitter.com/pHQwes68K3
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Thank you Georgia! #MAGA https://t.co/q6cbQQ0RRh
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/kKYQ9FCNLl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/br2k4cuC3F
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/RkRbEQcLpW
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/zvfI1eOKj6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

North Carolina Voter Data

2008 Dem Voter edge over Rep: 864,253
Obama win: 0.32%

2012 D edge: 818,443
Romney win: 2.04% (+2.36% for Rep from 08)

2016 D edge: 646,246
Trump win: 3.66% (+1.62% for R from 12)

2020 D edge: 398,953 (Rep close gap by 247,293 from 16)
Result: ??
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 2, 2020

THREAD MN EIPV/VBM Statistics – 11/2 Update.
Thanks to all who have RTed/followed. Over 2,300 followers! RT & Follow. 11/1 Data Drop.
@CottoGottfried@LarrySchweikart
@TRElections@PollWatch2020
@quantuspolling@Politics_Polls @Barnes_Law
@mattquigley4IL@RealAPolitics
(1)
— mngander (@mngander92) November 2, 2020

Biden was a pathetic laughing stock all over Washington for the horrible way he handled the H1N1 Swine Flu. Even his own Chief of Staff said he didn’t know what he was doing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Biden will RAISE YOUR TAXES (Biggest increase ever!).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

“No President in history has done more for OHIO than President Trump.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Susquehanna Pennsylvania
Trump 49% (+1)
Biden 48%

Trafalgar Pennsylvania
Trump 48% (+2)
Biden 46%
— David D. Chapman (@DavidD_Chapman) November 2, 2020

#FL EarlyVoting 1pm update. D lead at 110798, up by only 2.6k since 8am. Even at tomorrow, it will be less than 120k, in the lower half of my estimate range. D lead is much less than where Ds need it to be to have a chance. Trump wins FL hands down, and with it presidency!! pic.twitter.com/vsiLuwz1No
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

We have more Cases because we have more Testing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Pres. Trump will head to Kenosha later today.

In Wisconsin, weeks ago the partisan makeup of the electorate was D +12.3 – today it’s D +5.9.

Going into Election Day in ‘16, the gap was D +9.6.

Pres. Trump has a projected Election Day votes cast margin of over 100k net votes.
— BillStepien (@BillStepien) November 2, 2020

So there has been a lot of bluster, from pollsters and pundits, about what we should expect tomorrow.

President Trump has the momentum in this race and the math available to him to win on Election Day.

🚨 👇 THREAD 👇 🚨
— BillStepien (@BillStepien) November 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323323165620293633

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323323162000588808

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323323101464170496

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323323143990235138

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323323154857664512

HUGE turnout for @realDonaldTrump in Georgia and Florida!

Rome Rally:

✅ 42,067 signups

✅ 31.4% NOT Republican

Opa-locka Rally:

✅ 14,254 signups

✅ 23.9% did not vote in 2016

The enthusiasm is incredible!
— Ronna McDaniel (@RonnaMcDaniel) November 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/bishop_gains/status/1323311364320890886

If you need information on how or where to VOTE, click below! #MAGA https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

For 47 years, Sleepy Joe Biden betrayed Hispanic-Americans. Now he wants to close your small businesses, eliminate school choice, and attack our Hispanic Law Enforcement Heroes. I will always stand with the incredible Hispanic-American community! pic.twitter.com/4KMnlRkg7c
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Good Morning! Let’s #MAGA! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM pic.twitter.com/MF4A9aDG0R
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

The straightest electoral path to 270 for Trump is the Core 3 + 1

Core 3: FL, NC, AZ
+1: one of MN, WI, MI, PA

As referenced on the Rush Limbaugh show last week, we believe Trump will win the Core 3. Per our last tweet we see Trump winning PA, thus securing the Core 3 + 1.
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 2, 2020

BREAKING: DOJ is sending personnel to 44 jurisdictions in 18 states to “monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws.” pic.twitter.com/1XlaSFV6MN
— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) November 2, 2020

It’s 12:35amE in Opa-locka, FLORIDA, and there’s a #MAGA Rally in progress! Stop #5! Let’s MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Get out and VOTE #TrumpPence2020!
🌐https://t.co/zqgeZML9Hf pic.twitter.com/LSHwq4XmLb
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) November 2, 2020

West Virginia, Get Out and Vote for Patrick Morrisey for Attorney General! He has my Complete and Total Endorsement! https://t.co/paz9zrmeFJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

On 3 NOV we MUST choose:
Winners vs losers
Optimism vs discouragement
Persistence vs aggression
Truth vs fake news &,
democracy vs socialism

VOTE:
⁦⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ for ⁦⁦@POTUS⁩ – Deeds not words vs half a century of corruption.#SendTheDeepStatePacking pic.twitter.com/3I3TTnJcMo
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) November 2, 2020

Getting ready to land in the Great State of Florida. See you soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

New @trafalgar_group #2020Election #BattlegroundState #MIpoll conducted 10/30-31 shows consistent Trump lead:
48.3% @realDonaldTrump,
45.8% @JoeBiden,
1.7% @Jorgensen4POTUS,
1.3% Other,
3.0% Und. See Report: https://t.co/4wd3XdoYbt pic.twitter.com/057oy6J4t8
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) November 2, 2020

Remember, Third Quarter GDP is the biggest in U.S. history, by far. Next year will be our best ever!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Just learned that Sleepy Joe Biden is campaigning in Pennsylvania with Lady Gaga, a proud member of “Artists Against Fracking.” This is more proof that he would ban Fracking and skyrocket your energy prices…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Biden will repeal your Second Amendment and Pack the Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

This story is FALSE. They did nothing wrong. But the ANTIFA Anarchists, Rioters and Looters, who have caused so much harm and destruction in Democrat run cities, are being seriously looked at! https://t.co/3pmbMllPWS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Media going stir crazy that their gaslighting through bogus polls never seemed to work on @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/kccK7Gyvfj
— Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) November 2, 2020

Our new @trafalgar_group #2020Election #Ohio #BattlegroundState #poll conducted Oct 30-31 shows consistent Trump lead:
49.2% @realDonaldTrump,
44.4% @JoeBiden
2.1% @Jorgensen4POTUS,
1.7% Other,
2.6% Und. See Report: https://t.co/k6TtMjyTcs… pic.twitter.com/Ge1ho2v8sv
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) November 2, 2020

NEW POLL: TRUMP +1.9% IN PENNSYLVANIA

–was Trump +0.8 in previous Trafalgar poll https://t.co/w5lRZ3ml4g
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 2, 2020

New @trafalgar_group #2020Election #BattlegroundState #PApoll conducted 10/30-31 shows Trump maintaining a narrow lead &a few more unsure before Election Day:
47.8% @realDonaldTrump,
45.9% @JoeBiden,
1.4 % @Jorgensen4POTUS,
1.2% Other,
3.7% Und. Report: https://t.co/an9wtOvn0m pic.twitter.com/rhB4COVvEO
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) November 2, 2020

Excellent! https://t.co/2kTxSBTfE2
— Dr. Joseph Ford Cotto (@JosephFordCotto) November 2, 2020

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

#FL #EarlyVoting update D lead now stands at 108123, up by only 13k since yesterday am. This is at the low end of my estimate of 100k-150k. Last yr, it was 96k. With extra 811k VBM requests this yr, Ds came up with just 12k extra votes. A disaster for them. Trump wins FL!! pic.twitter.com/TjTy5Gk5EV
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

On my way to North Carolina. Big crowds, see you in a little while! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

Allegheny County councilman in Pennsylvania: 'I'm an elected official. I have had at least a dozen Democratic elected officials tell me that they are voting for Trump… but as Democratic elected officials they can't come out and say it.' https://t.co/i4AH2zqS7q
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 2, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump supporters are waking up this morning upbeat, energetic, optimistic and excited for tomorrow. The Great Red Wave is coming!

Clear from the faces of Biden surrogates on TV yesterday and today that they’re worried…very worried.
— Jason Miller (@JasonMiller) November 2, 2020

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/RealRLimbaugh/status/1322953317006409728

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

People are forgetting that if Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Dems win, you will vey quickly lose your Second Amendment! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

This deep dive on early voting in key battleground states validates SPR recent polling in #pa, #wi, #Fl, #NC and #AZ showing close races and strong potential for Trump victories. https://t.co/yu6Oofg5ep
— SP&R (@SusquehannaPR) November 1, 2020

Pennsylvania: Biden said that he doesn’t want Fracking. Besides, and more importantly, his handlers won’t allow Fracking. That would be the end of Pennsylvania!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Biden did a very POOR job of handling H1N1 Swine Flu, yet all he talks about is Covid, Covid, Covid, like he would actually know what he is doing. He doesn’t. Plus, he would be TERRIBLE with the Economy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/Baba9773/status/1323105595042521092

Democracy Institute State Polls:

(per Breitbart)

FLORIDA
Trump 49%
Biden 45%

MINNESOTA
Trump 48%
Biden 46%

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Trump 47%
Biden 43%https://t.co/pRoKgkkxPk
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 1, 2020

National GE,
Among those who plan to cast their ballot on #ElectionDay:

Trump 69% (+42)
Biden 27%@YouGovAmerica/@CBSNewsPoll, LV, 10/26-30
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) November 1, 2020

Chris Wallace of @FoxNews, by far the lowest rated of the Sunday morning news programs, can’t get over his poor debate performance, probably even worse than Sleepy Joe’s. His show is a total “hit job” on your favorite President, me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Thank you North Carolina! https://t.co/rOjbbWyDV2
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong. Instead, the FBI & Justice should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people! https://t.co/of6Lna3HMU
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

For decades, Joe Biden let other countries rip you off and cheat America blind! The only people who’ve benefited from his policies are himself & his family. He shows up every 4 years, and then goes back to D.C. and caters to his special interests. My only special interest is YOU.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Unbelievable evening in Hickory, North Carolina! Get out and VOTE, let’s WIN, WIN, WIN! Next stop, GEORGIA! #Election2020 #MAGA🇺🇸🦅
🌐https://t.co/zqgeZML9Hf pic.twitter.com/xWIe5V2Wcc
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) November 2, 2020

Thank you Iowa!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/RealRLimbaugh/status/1323014660589867009

In 2016 FL seniors (65+) voted for Trump 57-40% & made up 30% of the electorate.

As of today's electorate, they make up 36%.

Rs have 235,000 more "supervoters" than do the Ds.
— . (@LarrySchweikart) November 1, 2020

Michigan was GREAT! Landing now in Dubuque, Iowa. See you soon.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

High end. Trump 48.5 Biden 46.5. Trump +2.0

More likely is Trump 48.5 Biden 47.6. Trump +0.95. I'll know more if we get Targetsmart numbers tomorrow and Tuesday.
— mngander (@mngander92) November 2, 2020

Thank you to all law enforcement for your service. I know the people of Pennsylvania and our country appreciate you keeping us all safe. https://t.co/tKzsQs6KOW
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) November 1, 2020

Biden is a proven Castro puppet! Vote TRUMP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Toledo and Pittsburgh endorse @realDonaldTrump , first Republican endorsements in Democratic areas since 1988 and 1972, respectively. https://t.co/y3aj7g3tUo
— Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT (@Peoples_Pundit) November 1, 2020

Biden will terminate school choice, eliminate charter schools, defund religious schools, ban prayer in public schools, indoctrinate your children with Anti-American lies, and force you to subsidize extreme late-term abortion. We believe that every child is a Sacred Gift from God!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

#FL #EarlyVoting 6p update D lead now at 102538, only up 7.6k for the day. It doesn't include Miami-Dade or Sarasota, I think. But we're looking at 110k max, way below 299k minimum, or 650k (or even 900k) Ds needed. Trump wins FL, and by extension the nation!! pic.twitter.com/gdddlllx5J
— au ng (@athein1) November 2, 2020

Just delivered our family's ballots to a voting dropbox while a huge MAGA/Trump Truck parade was going on in Northern Los Angeles County. Was quite an experience! Loved it!
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 2, 2020

Joe Biden is the candidate of rioters, looters, arsonists, gun-grabbers, flag-burners, Marxists, lobbyists, and special interests. I am the candidate of farmers, factory workers, police officers, and hard-working, law-abiding patriots of every race, religion and creed! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Special thank you to @MariaBartiromo for having me on her @foxnews @SundayFutures show this am. It was an honor to be there with a political legend like @Mark_Penn who’s work I’ve followed and respected for many years. You can watch the full segment here: https://t.co/ko0SRdLBMZ pic.twitter.com/lyMH7bXhIo
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) November 1, 2020

We are also seeing late-breakers going to the president, whom we call “reluctant leaners”, in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

They will vote, on Election Day, and the issue will be their wallets. https://t.co/YmQzHhrQIb
— Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT (@Peoples_Pundit) November 1, 2020

JEWS FOR @realDonaldTrump CARAVAN IN NEW YORK CITY — I REPEAT, NEW YORK CITY!

(It stretches for +50 miles)

https://t.co/W0h0pvMZir
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 1, 2020

.@Facebook Put them back NOW! https://t.co/eLgs5viXKp
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

FINAL StatesPoll map: Trump 322 https://t.co/CMN8PLn0wj
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) November 1, 2020

Trump Supporters Fill Streets of Beverly Hills: ‘The Silent Majority is Silenced No More‘ https://t.co/YKfqBM1Fbo via @BreitbartNews Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

WISCONSIN! Vote to defend your family, your Country, and the American Way of Life. Get out and VOTE TODAY before In-Person Absentee Voting ends. Your vote will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/1ZHvrX3Hgk
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

This newspaper has not supported a Republican for president since 1972. But we believe President Trump, for all his faults, is the better choice this year.

Via @pgopinions https://t.co/dZYEQp3pGY
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) November 1, 2020

https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM pic.twitter.com/EBtsPQznVV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Joe Biden constantly used the term “Super Predator” when referring to young Black Men, according to my sources.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Biden wants to LOCKDOWN our Country, maybe for years. Crazy! There will be NO LOCKDOWNS. The great American Comeback is underway!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

When I originally became your all time favorite President, the Great State of Michigan was hemorrhaging car companies and jobs. Plants were closing and moving to Mexico, and other places. No new plants for decades. I stopped the moves, & now many plants are and have been built…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Our numbers are looking VERY good all over. Sleepy Joe is already beginning to pull out of certain states. The Radical Left is going down!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Biden has 4 events in PA tomorrow. All in Philadelphia. What does that tell you?
— David D. Chapman (@DavidD_Chapman) November 1, 2020

The legendary actor, 007 Sean Connery, has past on to even greener fairways. He was quite a guy, and a tough character. I was having a very hard time getting approvals for a big development in Scotland when Sean stepped in and shouted,“Let him build the damn thing”. That was….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Tell me, what Republican candidate has won Iowa and Ohio in a romp, put Florida to bed by 9PM, and lost the election?
— Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT (@Peoples_Pundit) November 1, 2020

#FL #EarlyVoting update 8am. Dem Lead now at 94905, down from 486k just 11 days ago, well below what they need to have hope. I think it'll end up in 100k-150k range by tomorrow. Given Ds had requested 811k more VBM ballots, Rs are in a great position to win FL. EC Landslide! pic.twitter.com/HiioMvkfvX
— au ng (@athein1) November 1, 2020

Joe Biden called Black Youth SUPER PREDATORS. They will NEVER like him, or vote for him. They are voting for “TRUMP”.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/TheCons67597137/status/1322769236746506240

https://t.co/VvRphYrorX
— Lombardy (@Jppointstreet1) November 1, 2020

A vote for Biden and Harris is a vote to Ban Fracking, Ban Mining, and Completely Destroy Pennsylvania. A vote for me is a vote to remain ENERGY INDEPENDENT! Let’s WIN PENNSYLVANIA, get out and VOTE!pic.twitter.com/aR8iwO6Gvl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Thank you Wisconsin for your immense support & pride for our country. I am now off to Pennsylvania! pic.twitter.com/aaZK3KdChr
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) October 31, 2020

I LOVE TEXAS! pic.twitter.com/EP7P3AvE8L
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://t.co/6jKLxRTIPJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/CrazyCatRescuer/status/1322654521013751808

Huge crowds for @realDonaldTrump’s rallies today, and tons of new voters!

✅ 43,673 signups

And thousands people who did not vote in 2016:

✅ 23.0% Reading

✅ 24.1% Butler

✅ 28.8% Montoursville

Thank you, PENNSYLVANIA!
— Ronna McDaniel (@RonnaMcDaniel) November 1, 2020

Joe Biden has vowed to ABOLISH American Oil and Natural Gas. Today I signed an order to strongly protect Pennsylvania's energy & fracking industry. If Biden & Harris get in, they will terminate this order and implement the Green New Deal. Get out and VOTE! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM pic.twitter.com/VJMr2IeIgo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Thank you Butler, Pennsylvania!https://t.co/4bjYabvV6g
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2020

Joe Biden has been a disaster for African Americans and Hispanic Americans—I am fighting for citizens of every race, color and creed. We achieved record low unemployment rates. I signed landmark Criminal Justice Reform, and we will deliver School Choice! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM pic.twitter.com/o6bZkdj4Fg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Similarly, we found Indy moves to Trump in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio.

Really depends on the state. Think a lot of others too mistook a more partisan lean as an Indy swing when it was not. https://t.co/WZY8z8SNy7
— Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT (@Peoples_Pundit) November 1, 2020

#FL #earlyvoting 6pm update D lead is at 91065, -25k for the day. Accounting for still arriving VBMs + blue counties opening extra days for IPEV, it could go back up to 130k by ED. Even if so, Trump is all but assured to win FL. Rs will crush on ED. GO VOTE! #MAGA2020 pic.twitter.com/BkWAENizCD
— au ng (@athein1) October 31, 2020

For the last 4 years you have seen me fight for you – and now I am relying on YOU to deliver another historic victory for our Country. A vote for me and the Republican Party is a vote for the American Dream! Get out and VOTE!#Election2020 #MAGA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5EyXIHjfib
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2020

The red wave in Pennsylvania @OANN pic.twitter.com/Zxhpb1E0CH
— Jenn Pellegrino 🇺🇸 (@JennPellegrino) October 31, 2020

Thank you Pennsylvania! With your vote, we will continue to support our Military, Veterans and our Police Officers. Biden and Harris would pass legislation to slash police funding all across America. They stand with the rioters – we stand with the HEROES of Law Enforcement! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/qqTZPLqzFV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1322636029539557378

MASSIVE crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania for President ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩‼️

ZOOM IN ⬇️ 👀 pic.twitter.com/cJ9KNtaj2L
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) October 31, 2020

Share on Twitter https://t.co/QnNZEHrQLT
— . (@LarrySchweikart) November 1, 2020

Thank you Montoursville, Pennsylvania! https://t.co/mvOazHnkoL
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

It’s nice to see that at least so many of the people that Flep tweeted about still have a presence on Twitter/X & that all conservative voices there haven’t been silenced! Hope they are not actually controlled opposition meant to deceive us 🙁

I was thinking that both 9/11 and January 6 were extreme watershed moments in our nation’s history. The first was used to justify the satanically misnamed Patriot Act passing the Congress unexamined. The second was to justify the extreme weaponization of government, via the “Patriot Act” at least in part, against Patriotic Americans exercising their God-given rights. I often check copyrights on my reading material to see if they are pre-2001 or not. At this point the material saved from this original draft post represents what was being discussed after the debacle of the 2020 Presidential Election but before January 6, 2021 when some of us still had hope that Truth & Justice would prevail.

Like watching video from September 10, 2001, this saved snapshot of materials curated by Fleporeblog & captured by me in November 2020 reveals aspects of a more hopeful time; before the coup against America had been solidified and our society was fractured by so many deliberate & diabolical lies of genocidal totalitarian psychopaths. Those “good old days” are now gone forever. God grant us the ability to rightly restore the Republic so that our children AND grandchildren might know & love & live in an America that is Free & again founded on Biblical Truth & our precious Constitution. In God We Trust!

Well Dear Q-Tree family, I hope you have a blessed day. Thank you for indulging me as a substitute author while DP continues to focus on her family. God Bless You All!

Speaking of snapshots of another era, here is a link to a post I wrote just before January 6, 2021. The scriptural truth contained within remains timeless…

The Battle belongs to the Lord!

Furious Love

So I am taking Cthulhu’s advice & working up a draft post that has been pending for a while to use for one of my fill-in posts for DP while she is tending to the needs of her family in this challenging time. Please keep DP & her family in your prayers…and as Duchess reminds us daily, please pray for one another…

This post was originally begun as a reflection on our journey as my husband transitioned from purchasing, which he had done for more than 20 years, into truck driving. It was intended as a reflection on the past year but through procrastination now is from slightly more than a year & a half since jumping with both feet into that transitional time.

Note: if you don’t care to read what is a personal testimonial, please just scroll down to the next time you see the below page divider. Thanks for stopping by!

Some of you may recall that I was asking for prayer as this journey unfolded, when my husband precipitously decided to leave his long-time company, just months after getting a 25 year “award”, to go to trucking school. What was billed as typically a 6 week process in our particular case dragged on for more than 3 months in the schooling portion before the job search could officially begin. There were many ups & downs & significant frustrations as the system, including the state entities, conspired to keep my husband, & our household, in a seemingly ceaseless state of flux.

During this season of upheaval, uncertainty, & frustration there were a number of songs that really ministered to my husband & helped him hold on through all the changes. Some of these songs even ended up being part of the worship sets that Michael played as he continued to faithfully minister musically at church and have one area in his lifestyle that remained relatively unchanged. This post’s title, “Furious Love”, grew out of a reflection on some of the music that ministered to him during this very challenging time 🙂

The video below, being filmed near Michael’s birth-zone, is personally moving to him…

During transitions, upheaval, & uncertainty focusing on the Lord, His peace that passes understanding, His provision, & His comfort were keys to overcoming the obstacles…

God did provide for us in sometimes miraculous & very timely ways over the many months we were without direct income. A number of times God spontaneously moved on the hearts of people to give us money, just when we really needed it, & had mentioned it to no one but the Lord. It was scary, exciting, and even strangely serene to be in a place where God alone was the source of our supply & there was sometimes a sense of wonder and definitely a pervasive deep gratitude when He would come through Just In Time for our material needs, especially as He also continued to address those needs we both faced in emotional and spiritual arenas.

This next song has been ministering to my husband for quite a while, especially in relation to work upheavals. Years back Michael made a lateral move within his company to a different site & returned to purchasing after a few years as Shipping Manager at the company’s corporate headquarters. One motivation for this change was to get out from under the boot of a VP who was his direct boss while over shipping. For a season it was like M had been exodused out of Egypt and he really enjoyed his new boss & some of the perks of the location. Well, tragically M’s new boss had a massive heart attack at work & went home to be with his Lord. This unexpected vacancy in the company ended up being filled by the very VP M had rejoiced to previously escape from. The stress, sorrow, & intensity were overwhelming & Michael ended up playing this song on his way to work nearly daily as a way to shore himself up in the Lord.

It turns out that TobyMac, Toby McKeehan of DC Talk fame, wrote this song & filmed this video shortly before unimaginable tragedy struck in his own family. His son died unexpectedly & Toby’s music & faith was a huge part of what helped him get though that unbelievably painful season, as he shared in the clip below the music video…It is such a tremendous blessing to us all when others allow their pain & heartache to be molded in the Potter’s hands & used to minister to the needs of others–To God be The Glory!

One of Michael’s favorite songs & music videos, featuring wolves in an unflattering light

TobyMac shares about losing his son & God’s comfort

There are many uplifting and heartfelt comments at the above video, including:

@cece8095

1 year ago (edited)The fact that He said “God is kind” is nothing but the Holy Spirit. Human beings alone cannot do that by themselves after something like the loss of a child. Toby is a man of God, he is. And when you walk with God & you give your life to Him & things go terribly south in your life.. there’s gonna be many moments when you’re gonna be able to look at God and say, “You are still good.” God’s comfort is like no other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwrsv0bdrI&lc=UgxmSUcrIWGtHeDRve94AaABAg

Details on TobyMac can also be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TobyMac

Getting back to our personal journey, Michael has mentioned a number of times how instrumental I was in helping him through some of the darkest days of his transition into trucking. He has wrestled significantly with areas of change in his life (don’t we all) & God has enabled me to really be a stabilizing influence for him, & our kids, in times of major upheaval. [At one point I was doing quite a bit of work on PTSD issues & began a blog as a repository of both the researches & the reflections–something I can return to and further develop as the seasons of life permit.] He has said that he thinks of this movie scene as a good representation of the way he sees certain of my interventions in his life…

This next song has spoken to me for many years especially in the “desert place”, the “wilderness”, & “the road marked with suffering”. The pounding of the special needs parenting situations created Many Times when the message of this music was so very relevant. Years ago our young assistant pastor & his wife were expecting their first child, who tragically died in utero just before her due date. They played this song at their daughter’s memorial service & I will always associate it with that loss laid on the Altar.

Although none of us will ever suffer to the degree that Job endured in scripture it is a beautiful thing to take the sufferings & hardships in our lives and pour them out like drink offerings to our Lord, allowing Him to transform them into beauty in His Kingdom.

This next song has been one that’s ministered to me over the years in times of heartache, stress, & loss; bringing key scriptural truth alive musically. Though perhaps a bit dated now the album from where I first heard it, Integrity Hosanna Music’s “My Refuge”, helped me through many dark days, broken engagements, & even deaths in the family. There is something so healing to the wounds of the soul in making the Choice to praise the Lord when it truly is a Sacrifice of praise. He is Always Worthy & focusing on Him in adoration during seasons of suffering can actually be a mechanism that He uses to ease our pain.

So now in hindsight, the journey to a stable trucking job was pretty interesting & challenging. In the natural world my husband worked for 3 different companies, one for days, one for weeks, & one for months, before landing his current job, which he’ll have been at for a year next month. The variety of work he encountered: fuel delivery, bottled gas delivery, & over-the-road training, plus gravel hauling exposure during an interview process for a job he didn’t accept, have served to make him especially thankful for the job where he landed. He is doing a daily route making local/regional deliveries for a large distribution center mostly associated with the heating & cooling industry.

He is often in the position of driving a B truck for A truck wages, which is an ideal scenario according to one of his truck-driving school instructors. His boss and co-workers are pleasant to work with, which hasn’t always been the case in his career trajectory. His job-related stress is Way down. Overall he is much happier at this job, is now in better shape physically, & is mostly adjusted to the Very Early weekly schedule this position requires–he wakes up at 3 am, leaves at 3:30 am, & starts his shift at 4:30 am.

He managed to pursue a number of hiking and backpacking adventures with some friends during this transitional time including 2 separate 55 mile hikes along Lake Superior’s Pictured Rocks lakeshore. We just returned home from his most recent backpacking trip last weekend! This major hike revealed to him how much better he’s doing physically since the same hike last year. He hasn’t had lingering pain nor fatigue, so even though he’s a year older it’s like his body is younger now than it’s been in years!

Also I can thankfully report that just this weekend we discovered that he is apparently healed of what appeared to be a gluten allergy. I asked for help here at the Q-Tree in identifying what might have been going on with him physically after he had a sudden onset of troubling digestive symptoms following a weekend back-packing trip. Several of you suggested it could have been “Beaver Fever” or giardia, but Michael was convinced he had sudden onset gluten sensitivity. Regardless, whatever the condition was–& it caused him significant problems & missed work a number of times in the early months–it now appears to be healed or resolved. We even had an experimental pizza dinner at a favorite local restaurant to test his digestive status, without issue Finally. I am so thankful that Michael can now be liberated dietarily, though he plans to continue a number of his healthier eating habits going forward since there have been benefits to some of these changes. I cannot emphasize how much this represents a weight lifted from his shoulders! PTL…again!

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

We’ve also mostly adjusted to the many family changes that occurred in this transitional time. All of our kids also faced significant changes while Michael was going through his lengthy transition. Our oldest son & daughter-in-law became parents for the first time just a few months after Michael made his huge leap. They are actually now expecting another baby in a few more months! In addition Nathaniel has joined Michael in the creation of a new band that just recently started practicing in our home. They haven’t worked together musically before so this really is a new & exciting adventure for them & the guys that are rounding out the band. I am thankful to have band practice in our home for the first time after more than 2 decades of musical endeavors on my husband’s part.

Nathaniel recorded this cover for a contest, which is when we discovered that he has such singing talent…

Another aspect of family transition involves our middle son Brandon, who had been working as a hydraulics technician at Michael’s old company & ended up leaving some months after M did. This son had gone through Fire Academy while still a full time employee & was making efforts to change his career to that of a Fire Fighter. He ended up being hired on by the City of Detroit & is now almost done w/ his 6 month EMT training phase & about to begin Fire Fighting training for the city next month. Like my husband, each time he is facing a time of transition it becomes quite overwhelming. We are available to shore him up as needed, & to give him an outlet to process some of the crazy situations he’s encountered working for & in Detroit…He is in joyful pursuit of a lifelong dream!

Seeing our special needs son Josiah marry & move-out & then return to live with us part time, at a time when we were also having a dear friend stay with us for almost half a year as he was dealing with his own life’s upheaval, was a Very Challenging addition to the ongoing chaos. Helping Josiah with his marital upheaval was a very demanding & emotionally draining strain on both Michael & I but was also used in God’s economy to model marital reconciliation strategies for our friend who was reeling from his own marital trauma. Because of Josiah’s autism this very personal journey was lived out very directly in an unmasked manner before our friend, overlapping the majority of his stay with us.

Finally our daughter & son-in-law went through the dual changes of becoming parents & moving into their own home almost simultaneously. Thankfully by the time This baby was born Michael was settled into his new job so that we had steady income & the familiarity with the new schedule & lifestyle for me to be able to help Clarissa in the birth process while Michael & her brothers helped her husband in moving their belongings from his dad’s house to their new home while C & the baby were still in the hospital. They have not done all that must be done to have their home fully functional yet, so periodically Clarissa will come by to use aspects of our kitchen in the creation of some of her culinary masterpieces.

We are blessed to have our youngest & oldest kids & their spouses & kids live in our neighborhood now. Our youngest son alternates between living with us & living a couple miles away in our city with his wife & her multi-cultural & partially disabled family. Our middle son has been stopping by regularly, especially on Sundays, to have some dedicated family time. In fact he just left our home after doing “gear day light” with my husband as they are preparing for an upcoming bow-hunting trip next weekend.

Life is good, relatively stable now, & abundant in a number of ways–Praise the Lord!

Tomorrow I’ll try a post that is more current events focused. Today I hope our Q-Tree family will be happy to bring the links & the insights in our typical treehouse fashion.

If you need leads for where to find such material, please consider checking out some of the sites WolfMoon has suggested in this post:

Drudge Report Replacements – Find Yours From Our Top Ten

I enjoy perusing Whatfinger.com for links among many other sites 🙂

Thanks for stopping by. May the Lord guide, direct, protect, & bless us as we all keep fighting the good fight in our individual lives, our families, our communities, our nation, & our world! God Bless YOU!

In Jesus’ Love, Valerie

Dear MAGA: 20231001 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.

It’s also a place to read, post, and discuss news that is worth knowing and sharing. Please post links to any news stories that you use as sources or quote from.

Please also consider the Guidelines for posting and discussion printed here:
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/01/01/dear-maga-open-topic-20190101/

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.”

Simple, Understandable . . . yet Inconveivably Profound

In one sense, the gospel message is very simple to understand: Jesus died and rose again so that we can be saved. The basic facts of the gospel are easy enough to grasp. But in another sense the gospel message is one of the deepest of divine truths ever revealed to mankind: Jesus died and rose again so that we can be saved. The implications of those facts and the underlying theology of God are profound enough to keep even the most astute theologians pondering for a lifetime. When it comes to salvation, how thorough of an understanding is required before faith can truly be called “faith”?

It is undeniable that saving faith involves a certain level of understanding. That understanding is made possible through the preaching of the gospel (Matthew 28:18–20) accompanied by the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart (Acts 16:14). Paul delineates the process that leads to a proper understand of the gospel: preaching, which leads to hearing, which leads to believing, which leads to calling on the Lord for salvation (Romans 10:14). The “hearing” implies understanding; if the preaching is not understood, then it is not truly “heard.”

The content of the preaching that must be understood is the gospel. From the very beginning, the apostles’ message stressed the death and resurrection of Christ (Acts 2:23–24). This message is “of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve” (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). This passage contains the basic elements of the gospel, which centers on the Person and work of Christ: Jesus died for our sins, and He rose again from the dead. No one is saved without an understanding of this truth—and a reliance on it.

Each facet of the gospel message is important. Obscure the understanding of any element of the gospel, and faith dissolves: if we don’t understand that Jesus is the perfect Son of God, then His death is of no account, insofar as our salvation is concerned. If we don’t understand that Jesus died, then we logically won’t understand the resurrection. If we don’t understand the reason He died (for our sins), then we might view ourselves as guiltless and therefore not needing a Savior. If we don’t understand that Jesus rose again, then we miss the fact of a living Savior, and our faith is dead (1 Corinthians 15:17).

The Bible gives examples of those who had attained a certain amount of spiritual knowledge but were still unsaved. It was after they understood the essentials of the gospel that these individuals trusted Christ and were born again. The Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26–39), Cornelius (Acts 10), Apollos (Acts 18:24–28), and the twelve men in Ephesus (Acts 19:1–7) all had religious backgrounds, but the moment of salvation only came when they put their faith in Christ—and they had to hear and understand the content of the gospel first.

However, in order to be saved, it is not necessary to understand everything the gospel entails. In fact, understanding the fullness of all the gospel entails is impossible, this side of glory. We strive, paradoxically, “to know this love that surpasses knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19). But we will never fully understand the riches of God’s grace: “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! / How unsearchable his judgments, / and his paths beyond tracing out!” (Romans 11:33).

For example, we don’t need to understand the union of Christ’s humanity and divinity in order to be saved. Quoting the definition of propitiation is not needed for salvation. Neither is a working knowledge of justification, redemption, or progressive sanctification required for entrance into heaven. Knowledge of these things comes with time and study of the Word, but they are not necessary to be grasped at the moment one is saved. It is doubtful that the thief on the cross understood much about the nature and means of salvation when he turned to the Lord and said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom” (Luke 23:42).

The gospel message is simple enough for a child to understand. Jesus made a point of declaring that salvation is available to the little ones: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Mark 10:14). Praise the Lord, the gospel of Jesus Christ can be understood by children. Also, to those who are mentally incapable of understanding the gospel, we believe God extends His grace.

So, to go to heaven, we must “believe in the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:31). That is, we trust in the sacrifice of the Holy One of God who died in our place and rose again the third day. To those who believe in Jesus’ name, God gives “the right to become children of God” (John 1:12). The gospel is as simple—and as profound—as that.

https://www.gotquestions.org/fully-understand.html

If You are a Patriot and Don’t Loathe RINOs…

RINOs an Endangered Species? If Only!

In Defense of Ranked Choice Voting

Justice

Justice Must Be Done.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

Spot Prices

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

China is in the White House

Joe Biden is Asshoe

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

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.”

To Live is Christ . . .

The Annular Eclipse of 14 October 2023

The Equipment

News Flash

Hey China!

Hey BiteMe! (Or, Whoever Has Their Hand Rammed Up That Putrefying Meat Puppet’s Ass)

His Fraudulency

Justice Must Be Done.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

Tranheuser Busch

Spot Prices.

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

China is in the White House

Joe Biden is Asshoe

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

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.”

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McCarthy Out

Boebert the Swamp Rat

A Political Statement

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RINO McDaniel

The Real Fascist is His Fraudulency Joe Biden*

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Small Government?

Political Science In Summation

A Few Things We Cannot Blame on His Fraudulency

His Truth?

Lawyer Appeasement Section

(Paper) Spot Prices

Obligatory PSAs and Reminders

China is Lower than Whale Shit

China is in the White House

Joe Biden is Asshoe

Joe Biden Didn’t Win

20231005 Open Topic

DP stopped by yesterday to share news on her family situation here:

Highlights from perusing Gab.com, no particular order:

Not wanting to disappoint anyone who expects “too much information” from me…let’s see what’s currently playing at Whatfinger.com 😉

Here are a smattering of items currently featured at PoliticalMoonshine.com

5 ways to skin a (genetically modified) cat

How many coincidences can there be in #plasmidgate?

Clearly that is a Ton of material to chew on going forward. Below is the historic material I was gathering when then planning to update the Flep’s Twitter Travels items…what a difference nearly three years makes!

Time Capsule Incoming!

This is the beginning of that existing draft post material:

Note: if you don’t care to read what is a personal testimonial, please just scroll down to the next time you see the below page divider. Thanks for stopping by!

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.”

Simple, Understandable . . . yet Inconveivably Profound

RINOs an Endangered Species?
If Only!

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

“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.”

Hey BiteMe!
(Or, Whoever Has Their Hand Rammed Up That Putrefying Meat Puppet’s Ass)

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

“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.”

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

“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.”