Dear KAG: 20220920 Open Thread

Cover image: Wheat Harvest in Salt Lake (1911), by Lorus Bishop Pratt.

Now that the Queen has been buried, and Meghan and Harry are more firmly out of the family, we move on.

First up is BioClandestine:

The Great Information War: State Dept and CIA At Odds with US MIL Psychological Operations

The US government admittedly engage in black and grey psyops via the CIA, and white psychological operations are carried out via the US MIL, predominantly the US Army. But the media and the Left want everyone to associate “psyops” with disinformation. Why? Because they are being exposed by the ongoing military psyop known as Q. We are in the middle of a propaganda war. This is informational warfare.

Also, I find it curious that Biden would PUBLICLY address this situation. He’s (allegedly) the Commander in Chief. He could have stopped any and all US MIL operations overnight the first day he stepped into office, behind closed doors, and we would never know anything about it. That is… unless he’s not actually in control of the US MIL.

All Biden is doing here is drawing attention to the fact that US MIL are conducting online psyops, and that Biden, The State Dept, and the CIA, don’t like it. The entities most commonly affiliated with Deep State corruption, PUBLICLY showing grievances regarding ongoing US MIL psyops… this is EXTREMELY abnormal. And PROVES that elements within the US MIL are not acting in accordance with Biden. It also confirms there is an ongoing information war between factions within the US government.

Both “sides” are telling the opposite story. But who’s telling the truth? Who do we trust?

Do we trust the State Dept, the CIA, the DNC, and their media lapdogs, who have been caught red-handed, lying for years about Trump, Russia, Mueller, Kavanaugh, Kids in cages, Jussie Smollett, Rittenhouse, Summer of love, “Mostly peaceful”, Ghost of Kyiv, Hunter Biden laptop being disinformation, “there are no biolabs in Ukraine”, etc., etc.? Damn near EVERYTHING the media and the Left have said for the past 6 years, has eventually turned out to be a flat out lie.

Or do we trust Trump and the US MIL (Q) that have been right about Trump, Russia, Ukraine, media corruption, human trafficking, Epstein, NXIVM, Hollywood, widespread elite pedophilia, FBI, DOJ, CIA, the Southern border, C19, social media Orwellian activity, etc.? The list goes on and on.

One from Sundance worth considering:

Sunday Talks, John Ratcliffe Questions the DOJ/FBI Classified Designations in Mar-a-Lago Documents

Ratcliffe suspects the documents are essentially the DOJ and FBI work products, including interviews with ‘sources’ like Igor Danchenko, from their fabricated case against President Trump.  If accurate, the objective of the DOJ/FBI would be to avoid sunlight on their political targeting operation.  This viewpoint makes sense when you consider the DOJ/FBI position that no one should ever be allowed to look at those documents, including the appointed Special Master in the case, Judge Raymond Dearie.

Wouldn’t that be interesting.

Okay, let’s see what else I’ve got:

Trump ‘Deliberately Stoking’ Violence, Courting QAnon, Professor Says

How? Just exactly how? If President Trump was really doing such a thing, wouldn’t we see it highlighted on MSDNC? Seriously, I used to sit next to a woman in the Symphony Chorus who self identified as an Atheist Jew who thought the “TEA Party people” were violent, and didn’t think it odd that there was no video to support the idea. She was a Chris Mathews groupie.

Joe Biden: People Disapprove of Me Because They Are Psychologically Unable to be Happy (VIDEO)

Yeah, sure, Joe. That’s it. That’s totally it.

MAGA’s Real Crime? Spotlighting Government Failure

That elected officials and high-ranking bureaucrats could so venomously condemn half the country as veritable enemies of the State is an inexcusable rhetorical escalation against American citizens.  Is this or is this not the “land of the free”?  Do Americans still have the right to disagree, debate, and speak freely?  Are we no longer “allowed” to dissent publicly from the officially held positions of the federal government and its officeholders?  How exactly does “democracy,” as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently claimed, require denouncing all contrarian viewpoints as unacceptably “extreme”?  Are we not “permitted” to express thoughts unless they are first approved by the State?

If a Democrat party emissary or any of the Democrats’ corporate news media sycophants ever deigned to attend a Trump rally or speak to actual MAGA voters, that rubbernecker would find some of the most pro-American patriots in the country.  Filled with military veterans and civilian law enforcement officers, their families, and their supporters, it would be impossible to find a less likely group of “insurrectionists.”  That so many Americans who have put their lives on the line in defense of their country could be called “terrorists” and “traitors” shocks the conscience.  That Americans who proudly wave the American flag and sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” with glee could be targeted as “extremists” undermines precisely what it means to be selflessly patriotic.  That the highest officers of the U.S. government could equate the 9/11 terrorists with so many Americans who actually put their lives on hold twenty years ago and ran into battle half a world away to make sure no 9/11 attack would ever happen again is outrageously disrespectful to every family who lost a loved one in those wars and utterly revolting to every servicemember who made it home.

Just what is so condemnable about MAGA Americans, anyway?  Is it their resistance to an economic globalism that has wildly benefited Wall Street and foreign adversaries these last three decades while destroying blue-collar manufacturing towns from coast to coast?  Does supporting the creation of Main Street wealth over the protection of international investment bank profits make one “extreme”?  Is it really too much for helpless Americans to demand that the federal government enforce its own immigration laws at the Southern border and, by doing so, cripple the rampant drug- and sex-trafficking and devastating violent crime anguishing families and towns throughout the country?  Is struggling to keep your children and community safe now the hallmark of a “racist”?  Is it somehow un-American for MAGA voters to oppose public schools’ unilateral decisions to indoctrinate their children with the tenets of Critical Race Theory, transgenderism, and other highly contentious school curricula?  When did the State seize more authority over America’s children than their parents?  Why should Marxism and pornography replace morality and religion?  Why must Americans heed every new stricture of “political correctness” promulgated by Democrats and their media allies to avoid being socially ostracized, punished, or fired?  If everyone must believe everything Democrats believe, how can any American ever be truly free?

CDC admits it:

Clinical Considerations: Myocarditis and Pericarditis after Receipt of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Dogs Bark, Wolves Howl: The Woke Demand to Be Domesticated

Hegseth: America’s Losing Faith … and We Only Have Ourselves to Blame

“Previous generations did a great job passing along peace, prosperity, leisure, entertainment and progress in medicine, science and technology. But along the way, previous generations passed on all the wants of the world and not enough of the needs. They took for granted the main ingredient that underwrites all of those worldly advancements. And that is faith.”

Capitalizing on the Left’s identity crisis

The venerable David Shor has smartly suggested that Democrats would be wise to embrace, what he calls, “popularism,” the idea that bread-and-butter issues like the economy and immigration, rather than woke pet-projects, are more conducive to winning elections. Still, it is unclear whether the post-modernist left will prioritize pragmatism and common good over ideology. 

Conservatives must seize this moment. While it’s also true that the right has its own internal fissures, pointing out inconsistencies on the Left should be a unifying effort. We cannot let the Left get away with blatantly obvious doublespeak on the campaign trail. J.D. Vance, much to his credit, has repeatedly made a point of emphasizing Tim Ryan’s politically expedient flip-flopping. The Left, in more ways than one, is dysphoric. For conservatives not to campaign on this would be negligent and dumb.

THE FED’S SECRET PLAN TO SUCK WORKERS DRY

As reported in Common Dreams, “Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said… that the U.S. central bank is ready to inflict ‘pain’ on households as it continues to fight inflation, remarks that drew widespread backlash from experts who warned the Fed appears poised to spark a devastating recession and mass layoffs.”

The Federal Reserve – the privately owned central bank of the U.S. – wants to screw us all some more. So the Fed claims it’s raising interest rates to fight inflation, but that isn’t why they’re doing it. The truth is it doesn’t care that much about inflation, which is caused by corporate greed. What it really wants to fight against is worker power.

Right now, average American workers have more power than usual there’s a wave of unionizing across the country. Companies have had to add all kinds of perks to get people to apply to work for them, like higher wages, good healthcare, and work-from-home agreements. Chik-fil-A was even hurling chicken sandwiches at people to get them behind the counter.

The point is, workers have the power right now, and corporate America does not. And now we have proof that corporate America – which owns our government – wants to turn this all around immediately.

Getting a head start on the narrative for the next election:

Why we may not know who won the Senate on Election Day

Many of the same factors in the same battleground states are at play in 2022, starting with races that could have very slim margins. Add in the continued popularity of mail voting and state laws in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that can delay processing of those ballots, and the chance of another waiting game is distinct — possibly with control of the Senate up in the air.

Yes, and We the People are rather frustrated with this.

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

FBI Agent: ‘We Have More People Assigned to Investigate White Supremacists Than We Can Actually Find’

Current and former FBI agents tell The Washington Times that the perceived threat has become overblown under the administration. They say bureau analysts and top officials are pressuring FBI agents to create domestic terrorist cases and tag people as White supremacists to meet internal metrics.

“The demand for White supremacy” coming from FBI headquarters “vastly outstrips the supply of White supremacy,” said one agent, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “We have more people assigned to investigate White supremacists than we can actually find.”

The agent said those driving bureau policies “have already determined that White supremacy is a problem” and set agencywide policy to elevate racially motivated domestic extremism cases as priorities.

“We are sort of the lapdogs as the actual agents doing these sorts of investigations, trying to find a crime to fit otherwise First Amendment-protected activities,” he said. “If they have a Gadsden flag and they own guns and they are mean at school board meetings, that’s probably a domestic terrorist.”

The 5th Circuit says tech companies can’t use the 1st Amendment to censor speech

What Would C. S. Lewis Say?

In spite of his indifference to politics as such, he did often give prescient analyses of a variety of social and political topics. One example is Lewis’ sharp criticism of what he termed “the omnicompetent state,” that is, the modern welfare state that promises a universal curative for all of society’s ills. 

He saw it as antithetical to human freedom and the institutions that preserve it, and instead favored a regime of limited government. He was suspicious of technological advancement, but only because he thought technology in the hands of the omnicompetent state would result in widespread, pervasive tyranny. He noted that the lure of the welfare state is understandable in the face of seemingly limitless human suffering, yet he exhorted his readers to be wary of the purveyors of “utopian dreams.” He instead promoted the good actions of responsible individual citizens engaging the challenge of living in a fallen and dark world, stating, “the art of life consists in tackling each immediate evil as well as we can.”

Lewis expressed concern that the modern state could undermine human freedom and dignity should policymakers adopt a modern social science approach to governance. He also doubted the ability of any government to permanently reshape and subordinate a nation’s citizenry. Lewis viewed government overreach parading as scientific governance as the major threat to human freedom in modern society in our times.

Tweet hopper:

https://twitter.com/TimNorfolk3/status/1570816004758073349

LANGUAGE ALERT!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1570914564136640512
https://twitter.com/ArtValley818_/status/1571090370188156929
https://twitter.com/ccpecknold/status/1571476650088435713

What a dork.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1571863346667831299

Yeah…no.

LANGUAGE WARNING!

I prefer real men over women who have had their breasts cut off. It goes both ways.

I’m serious about staking him out next to a fire ant nest.

https://twitter.com/megbasham/status/1571666225733722113
https://twitter.com/David_Strathdee/status/1571804677834153986

H/T a friend

Meme & Fun hopper:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1570837693688610822
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1570867736972267521
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1571157025559441408
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1571830211439624192
https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1571626101910417408

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

I’d throw in a few Rockefellers and Rothschilds also.

Of course, this does not mean committing felonies, but standing up to the forces that want to tear this nation – and humanity apart. The very people XVII told us will be destroyed by the time this movie comes to an end are currently roaming the halls of power…supposedly. It’s a sickening sight.

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Proverbs 21:

[1] As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it. [2] Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts. [3] To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. [4] Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin. [5] The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

[6] He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. [7] The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment. [8] The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right. [9] It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. [10] The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.

[11] When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge. [12] The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil. [13] He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard. [14] A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath. [15] It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

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Anonymous ID: pqW40Wgk No.148156518 
Nov 5 2017 20:05:48 (EST)

>>148154137

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the power of God, cast down to Hell Satan and all his evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

>>148156518
Amen brother.
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As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome. Via con Dios.

Biden Tearfully Gives Queen One Final Sniff

WESTMINISTER ABBEY — President Joe Biden has flown across the Atlantic Ocean to pay his final respects to Queen Elizabeth the II and give her one last good sniff.

According to sources, with hundreds of world leaders and dignitaries gathered around for the Queen’s grand state funeral, President Joe Biden got up unannounced and made his way straight for the Queen’s casket.

“Goodbye, Queen Elizabeth. I’ll never forget you or your royal scent,” said President Joe Biden with a great, and powerful sniff while leaning down into the Queen’s casket. “Ahhh, even better than ol’ Joey remembered.”

Jab Club

Are YOU a Member of JAB CLUB?

Well, if you are, then start ACTING LIKE IT!

If you are saying BAD THINGS about the wonderful coronavirus vaccines with safe and effective mRNA technology, which have never killed or harmed anybody, then you need a REFRESHER COURSE in the RULES OF JAB CLUB.

#1 – The first rule of Jab Club is, you do not talk about Jab Club.

#2 – The second rule of Jab Club is, you DO NOT talk about Jab Club.

#3 – If someone dies or gets injured, it wasn’t the jab.

#4 – Two jabs to a vaccination.

#5 – One jab to a booster.

#6 – No admission of harm, no metrics except antibodies.

#7 – Jabs will go on as long as they have to.

#8 – If this is your first night in Jab Club, you have to get jabbed.

Now, we have a problem, people.

Not everybody is following the rules of JAB CLUB.

LINK: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/dan-bongino-reveals-getting-covid-vaccinated-greatest-regret-life/

LINK: https://www.bitchute.com/video/D60zcuock4Hk/

This kind of mistake is completely unacceptable. Although Mr. Bongino did not violate the first rule of Jab Club, which is to talk about Jab Club, he came very close. It’s clear that people are not following the rules of Jab Club, hence the need for this refresher.

We are providing the following examples for your education and sense of well-being.

EXAMPLES:

Example 1

This is a CLEAR violation of Rule #6.

#6 – No admission of harm, no metrics except antibodies.

You can’t say things that give people ideas.

The disease can’t hurt rabbits, because the jabs can’t hurt humans. Get it? Understand spike protein political vulnerability! Loose lips cause slips! Corona viruses are potentially bad diseases, that limit human life, but if we talk about any specifics, people will figure out that the jabs do the same thing, only worse, and that we’re making money on THEIR DEATHS.

Why, people might even figure out that we made the damn virus more deadly on purpose, to help depopulate the planet of all these annoying plebes!

Enough already! Wise up!

Example 2

This is a blatant violation of Rule #3.

#3 – If someone dies or gets injured, it wasn’t the jab.

It wasn’t the jabs. EVER.

The FAUCI WALL admits no blame. SUCK IT UP, PEOPLE!

Strike back against this one with “correlation does not prove causation”, said with a tone of certainty and finality. Remember: Follow the science means don’t question the jabs!

Example 3

LINK: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-life-expectancy-falls-again-in-historic-decline_4732330.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily

This one violates rules 1, 2, 3 and 6!

Unacceptable!

This one is a complete travesty, from talking about “sudden death” and individual athletes, to talking about things like overall mortality rates AT ALL. But it gets worse.

“Denial” is actually mentioned!

“DENIAL” is a code word for JAB CLUB!

REMEMBER!

#1 – The first rule of Jab Club is, you do not talk about Jab Club.

#2 – The second rule of Jab Club is, you DO NOT talk about Jab Club.

NOW – let’s look at somebody who knows the rules!

Example 4

(Hat Tip RDS, The Burning Platform, and Summit News)

https://summit.news/2022/09/16/video-hospital-runs-myocarditis-in-kids-awareness-commercial-as-if-its-a-common-illness/

This, my friends, is how you do Jab Club right!

Every single rule obeyed!

Check out the video – it’s a superb Jab Club TRAINING VIDEO!

https://youtu.be/61hmUuSewSY

See how that works? Just like back in Germany during the 1940s. People knew everything was OK for the Jews. Hitler was taking care of them, just as he promised. All those stories about maltreatment were misinformation – just like the misinformation we are experiencing now about the vaccines.

Yes, children are experiencing slightly more myocarditis these days, and government scientists are hard at work, figuring out why this might be. There are many possible candidates, including anxiety about gender, concern about insurrectionists, air pollution, and especially climate change. But children should not worry about disease – myocarditis is easily treated.

You may see graphs like this one.

If you see something, say something. This graph and others like it are likely to be misinformation, and should be reported to authorities, just like Jewish propaganda was successfully reported to the appropriate authorities around 80 years ago, in a similar fashion.

There are NO WORRIES when you follow the rules of Jab Club!

We hope that you fully understand the rules of our wonderful JAB CLUB that make sure we’re all safe, happy, and in excellent health.

Now – is your FIGHT CARD – whoops – I mean your VACCINE PASSPORT current?

If not, GET A BOOSTER! But just one! Remember Rule #5:

#5 – One jab to a booster.

The reason for Rule #4 (two jabs to a vaccination) is that it takes two shots of the deadlier Wuhan variant spike protein to seriously injure most people, and in particular for the second shot to create a bad reaction to the first shot.

The reason for Rule #5 (one jab to a booster) is to let each booster have enough time to kill people. Most people who are going to die, die about five months after the shots. Start bunching up the boosters, and it’s likely that people will die shortly after a booster, which makes Rules #1 and #2 more difficult to enforce.

And THOSE TWO are the most important rules!

#1 – The first rule of Jab Club is, you do not talk about Jab Club.

#2 – The second rule of Jab Club is, you DO NOT talk about Jab Club.

KNOW THE RULES, PEOPLE!

Science

Dr. Anthony Fauci

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“What are you doing out of bed? I think you need some more REMDESIVIR.”

PS…..

Hat Tip slowcreekno for coming up with the concept of “Jab Club” while answering my question about breaking through the “we can’t talk about the evil jab” wall of denial.

LINK: https://www.theqtree.com/2022/09/07/dear-kag-20220907-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-958117

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 September 7, 2022 08:25

We have to make it a cultural joke that “they” won’t mention their evil jab.

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 September 7, 2022 11:02

Something along the lines of the Fight Club perhaps…

The first rule of the Jab Club is: DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE JAB CLUB!

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 September 7, 2022 11:52

PERFECTION!

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 September 7, 2022 18:36

OMG that’s absolutely hilarious! PLEASE feel honored that I’m stealing the hell out of that!

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 September 7, 2022 19:11

“We have to make it a cultural joke that “they” won’t mention their evil jab.”

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Like “Ⅎ˥ƎSWIH ˥˥I⋊ ⊥,NᗡIᗡ NIƎ⊥SԀƎ”

This would be more like “100,000 vaxx takers didn’t kill themselves.”

Just need the data to prove it, which most of the so-called ‘authorities’ won’t acknowledge or reveal.

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Dear KMAG: 20220919 Joe Biden Didn’t Win ❀ Open Topic

Joe Biden didn’t win. This is our Real President:

AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.

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

And indeed, it’s Monday…again.

But we WILL get through it!

Maybe even with a dash of style!

And we will have fun doing it, too!

DON’T YELL TOO MUCH!

Dedication

WHEATIE – OUR WARRIOR ANGEL

by Duchess01


Please forgive us, Wheatie, we did not know
That you had left us with armor in tow
We had no idea with what you dealt
We did not know the pain you felt
And now we can only imagine
With you what really did happen
Cause rarely did you complain 
And/or share your personal pain
Of one thing we are most certain
You are flying high behind the curtain
Watching over us above the crowds
Our Warrior Angel above the clouds
Thank You, Wheatie, for caring for us
While you were here among the fuss
We miss you dear you have no idea
Since time began in the pangaea
With you there was no time
In your wisdom you would chime
To clarify and magnify
The what where how and why
We did not question when you left
We were not slightly bereft
But over time we wondered why
You did not at least stop by
Now we know where you have gone
With the break of this new dawn
We could be angry but are not
Tho with an arrow we’ve been shot
Rest peacefully Warrior Angel dear
Send us a sign that you are near
A butterfly a flower a kiss of rain
From your love do not refrain
God sends Angels to watch over us
And now we have an Angel Plus
A Warrior Angel of Magnificence
From today and forward hence

LINK: https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-917655

The Rules

TL;DR –

Wheatie’s Rules:

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

Boilerplate, more or less, but worth reading again and again, if only for the minor changes, and to stay out of moderation.

The bottom line is Free Speech. Theories and ideas you don’t agree with must be WELCOME here, and you must be part of that welcoming. But you do NOT need to be part of any agreement.

Bottom line – respect other people’s FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

Our only additional requirement is that you do so NICELY. Or at least try to make some effort in that direction.

SO….. [ENGAGE BOILERPLATE…..]

We must endeavor to persevere to love our frenemies – even here.

Those who cannot deal with this easy requirement will be forced to jump the hoops of moderation, so that specific comments impugning other posters and violating the minimal rules can be sorted out and tossed in the trash.

In Wheatie’s words, “We’re on the same side here so let’s not engage in friendly fire.”

That includes the life skill of just ignoring certain other posters.

We do have a site – The U Tree – where civility is not a requirement. Interestingly, people don’t really go there much. Nevertheless, if you find yourself in an “argument” that can’t really stay civil, please feel free to “take it to the U Tree”. The U Tree is also a good place to report any technical difficulties, if you’re unable to report them here. Please post your comment there on one of Wolf’s posts, or in reply to one of Wolf’s comments, to make sure he sees it (though it may take a few hours).

We also have a backup site, called The Q Tree as well, which is really The Q Tree 579486807. You might call it “Second Tree”. The URL for that site is https://theqtree579486807.wordpress.com/. If this site (theqtree.com) ever goes down, please reassemble at the Second Tree.

If the Second Tree goes down, please go to The U Tree, or to our Gab Group, which is located at https://gab.com/groups/4178.

We also have some “old rules” and important guidelines, outlined here, in a very early post, on our first New Year’s Day, in 2019. The main point is not to make violent threats against people, which then have to be taken seriously by law enforcement, and which can be used as a PRETEXT by enemies of this site.

In the words of Wheatie, “Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.”

A Moment of Prayer

Our policy on extreme religious freedom on this site is discussed HERE. Please feel free to pray and praise God anytime and anywhere.

Thus, please pray for our real President, the one who actually won the election.

You may also pray for our nation, our world, and even our enemies.

Musical Interlude

In the fashion of posts by our dearly departed sister Wheatie, let’s have some music to soothe, inspire, invigorate, or relax.

This one was a GREAT find – one of Wheatie’s favorite composers – posted on YouTube on the Qth of June this year, while we were actively looking for her, and right before I posted about what Aubergine and I had discovered.

Somebody’s liking this one! Talk about some EPIC background for our movie!

Call To Battle

Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.

Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.

https://beckernews.com/33-president-biden-has-just-declared-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-over-46972/

We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/far-left-activists-pushed-back-police-trying-confront-demonstrators-protesting-transgender-surgeries-children-boston-childrens-hospital-video/

Joe Biden didn’t win.

And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.

Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Day Year Week:

dash

verb (used with object)

to strike or smash violently, especially so as to break to pieces

to throw or thrust violently or suddenly

verb (used without object)

to strike with violence

to move with violence; to rush

noun

a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else

a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset

Used in a Few Sentences:

He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall.

Be careful not to dash one stone against another.

The waves dashed against the cliff.

The horses dashed out of the burning stable.

Don’t forget to a dash of salt.

They all made a dash for the door.

Used in a Fondly Remembered Video:

OMG — We Missed a Definition! (noun)

Em Dash vs. En Dash vs. Hyphen: What’s the Difference?

ENJOY THE SHOW

Have another great week!

W

Dear MAGA: 20220918 Open Topic

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

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On this day and every day –

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

Caesar . . . or God?

If there’s anything that will spark a spontaneous debate, if not an outright argument, it’s a discussion involving politics—even among believers. As followers of Christ, what should be our attitude and our involvement with politics? It’s been said that “religion and politics don’t mix.” But is that really true? Can we have political views outside the considerations of our Christian faith? The answer is no, we cannot. The Bible gives us two truths regarding our stance towards politics and government.

The first truth is that the will of God permeates and supersedes every aspect of life. It is God’s will that takes precedence over everything and everyone (Matthew 6:33). God’s plans and purposes are fixed, and His will is inviolable. What He has purposed, He will bring to pass, and no government can thwart His will (Daniel 4:34-35). In fact, it is God who “sets up kings and deposes them” (Daniel 2:21) because “the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone He wishes” (Daniel 4:17). A clear understanding of this truth will help us to see that politics is merely a method God uses to accomplish His will. Even though evil men abuse their political power, meaning it for evil, God means it for good, working “all things together for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

Second, we must grasp the fact that our government cannot save us! Only God can. We never read in the New Testament of Jesus or any of the apostles expending any time or energy schooling believers on how to reform the pagan world of its idolatrous, immoral, and corrupt practices via the government. The apostles never called for believers to demonstrate civil disobedience to protest the Roman Empire’s unjust laws or brutal schemes. Instead, the apostles commanded the first-century Christians, as well as us today, to proclaim the gospel and live lives that give clear evidence to the gospel’s transforming power.

There’s no doubt that our responsibility to government is to obey the laws and be good citizens (Romans 13:1–2). God has established all authority, and He does so for our benefit, “to commend those who do right” (1 Peter 2:13–15). Paul tells us in Romans 13:1–8 that it is the government’s responsibility to rule in authority over us—hopefully for our good—to collect taxes, and to keep the peace. Where we have a voice and can elect our leaders, we should exercise that right by voting for those who best demonstrate Christian principles.

One of Satan’s grandest deceptions is that we can rest our hope for cultural morality and godly living in politicians and governmental officials. A nation’s hope for change is not to be found in any country’s ruling class. The church has made a mistake if it thinks that it is the job of politicians to defend, to advance, and to guard biblical truths and Christian values.

The church’s unique, God-given purpose does not lie in political activism. Nowhere in Scripture do we have the directive to spend our energy, our time, or our money in governmental affairs. Our mission lies not in changing the nation through political reform, but in changing hearts through the Word of God. When believers think the growth and influence of Christ can somehow be allied with government policy, they corrupt the mission of the church. Our Christian mandate is to spread the gospel of Christ and to preach against the sins of our time. Only as the hearts of individuals in a culture are changed by Christ will the culture begin to reflect that change.

Believers throughout the ages have lived, and even flourished, under antagonistic, repressive, pagan governments. This was especially true of the first-century believers who, under merciless political regimes, sustained their faith under immense cultural stress. They understood that it was they, not their governments, who were the light of the world and the salt of the earth. They adhered to Paul’s teaching to obey their governing authorities, even to honor, respect, and pray for them (Romans 13:1-8). More importantly, they understood that, as believers, their hope resided in the protection that only God supplies. The same holds true for us today. When we follow the teachings of the Scriptures, we become the light of the world as God has intended for us to be (Matthew 5:16).

Political entities are not the savior of the world. The salvation for all mankind has been manifested in Jesus Christ. God knew that our world needed saving long before any national government was ever founded. He demonstrated to the world that redemption could not be accomplished through the power of man, economic strength, military might, or politics. Peace of mind, contentment, hope, and joy—and the salvation of mankind—are provided only through Jesus’ death and resurrection.

“Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s” is a well-known quote that appears in Matthew 22:21 and is part of Jesus’ response to a joint attempt by the Herodians and Pharisees to make Jesus stumble in front of His own people.

The Herodians were a non-religious Jewish party who supported the dynasty of Herod and the general policy of the Roman government. They perceived that Christ’s pure and spiritual teaching and influence were antagonistic to their interests. The Pharisees, on the other hand, were members of an ancient Jewish sect who believed in the strict observance of oral traditions and the written Law of Moses. They didn’t believe that Christ was the Messiah, despite His many miracles during His earthly ministry. Although Herodians and Pharisees were at opposite ends of the political spectrum, their common hatred of Christ was enough for them to join forces to try to destroy Him.

Here is the context of Jesus’ command to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”: in Matthew 22 Jesus had just returned to Jerusalem for the final time and recently finished sharing several parables with the crowd. Jesus’ enemies saw an opportunity to put Jesus on the spot in front of His followers. In verse 17, they say to Jesus, “Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” (ESV). It was a trick question, and they knew it. If Jesus answered, “No,” the Herodians would charge Him with treason against Rome. If He said, “Yes,” the Pharisees would accuse Him of disloyalty to the Jewish nation, and He would lose the support of the crowds. To pay taxes or not to pay taxes? The question was designed as a Catch-22.

Jesus’ response is nothing short of brilliant: “But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius” (Matthew 22:18–19, ESV).

The denarius was a coin used as the tax money at the time. It was made of silver and featured an image of the emperor with an inscription calling him “divine.” The Jews considered such images idolatry, forbidden by the second commandment. This was another reason why, if Jesus answered, “Yes,” He would be in trouble. His acceptance of the tax as “lawful” could have been seen as a rejection of the second commandment, thus casting doubt on His claim to be the Son of God.

With the coin displayed in front of them, Jesus said, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” The Herodians and Pharisees, stating the obvious, said, “Caesar’s.” Then Jesus brought an end to their foolish tricks: “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21, ESV). Upon hearing this, Jesus’ enemies marveled and went away (verse 22).

Caesar minted coins, as he had a right to do, and he demanded some coins in return, as was his right. After all, his image was stamped on what he had made. God has “minted” the human soul, and He has stamped His image on every one (Genesis 1:27). So give Caesar his due—the temporary stuff of this world—but make sure to give God His due: “Offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness” (Romans 6:13).

When Jesus said, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,” He was drawing a sharp distinction between two kingdoms. There is a kingdom of this world, and human rulers, from benevolent monarchs to corrupt, vicious tyrants hold power over it. But there is another kingdom, not of this world, and Jesus is King of that (John 18:36). Christians are part of both kingdoms, at least temporarily. Under our human rulers, we have certain obligations that involve temporal things. Under Christ, we have other obligations that involve things eternal. If our human rulers demand money, give it to them—it’s only mammon. But make sure you also give God what He demands.

RALLY THREAD: Save America – Youngstown, Ohio, September 17, 2022

About Youngstown:

Youngstown was named for New York native John Young, who surveyed the area in 1796 and settled there soon afterward.[8] On February 9, 1797, Young purchased the township of 15,560 acres (6,300 ha) from the Western Reserve Land Company for $16,085.[9] The 1797 establishment of Youngstown was officially recorded on August 19, 1802.[10]

The area that includes present-day Youngstown was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, a section of the Northwest Territory that Connecticut initially did not cede to the Federal government.[11][12] Upon cession, Connecticut retained the title to the land in the Western Reserve, which it sold to the Connecticut Land Company for $1,200,000.[11][12][13] While many of the area’s early settlers came from Connecticut, Youngstown attracted many Scots-Irish settlers from neighboring Pennsylvania.[14] The first European Americans to settle permanently in the area were Pittsburgh native James Hillman and wife Catherine Dougherty.[15] By 1798, Youngstown was the home of several families who were concentrated near where Mill Creek meets the Mahoning River.[16] Boardman Township was founded in 1798 by Elijah Boardman, a member of the Connecticut Land Company. Also founded in 1798 was Austintown by John McCollum who was a settler from New Jersey.[17]

As the Western Reserve’s population grew, the need for administrative districts became apparent. In 1800, territorial governor Arthur St. Clair established Trumbull County (named in honor of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull), and designated the smaller settlement of Warren as its administrative center, or “county seat“.[18] In 1813, Trumbull County was divided into townships, with Youngstown Township comprising much of what became Mahoning County.[19] The village of Youngstown was incorporated in 1848, and in 1867 Youngstown was chartered as a city. It became the county seat in 1876, when the administrative center of Mahoning County was moved from neighboring Canfield.[20] Youngstown has been Mahoning County’s county seat to this day.[21]

Golden Age

The discovery of coal by the community in the early 19th century paved the way for the Youngstown area’s inclusion on the network of the famed Erie Canal. The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company was organized in 1835, and the canal was completed in 1840.[22] Local industrialist David Tod, who became Ohio governor during the Civil War, persuaded Lake Erie steamboat owners that coal mined in the Mahoning Valley could fuel their vessels if canal transportation were available between Youngstown and Cleveland. The railroad’s arrival in 1856 smoothed the path for further economic growth.[23]

Youngstown’s industrial development changed the face of the Mahoning Valley. The community’s burgeoning coal industry drew hundreds of immigrants from Wales, Germany, and Ireland. With the establishment of steel mills in the late 19th century, Youngstown became a popular destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe, Italy, and Greece.[24]

In the early 20th century, the community saw an influx of immigrants from non-European countries including what is modern day Lebanon, Palestine/Israel, and Syria.[25] By the 1920s, this dramatic demographic shift produced a nativist backlash, and the Mahoning Valley became a center of Ku Klux Klan activity.[26] The situation reached a climax in 1924, when street clashes between Klan members and Italian and Irish Americans in neighboring Niles led Ohio Governor A. Victor Donahey to declare martial law.[27] By 1928 the Klan was in steep decline; and three years later, the organization sold its Canfield, Ohio, meeting area, Kountry Klub Field.[28] Despite the prevalence of Irish Americans in Youngstown, their presence wasn’t always evident. When radio personality Pete Gabriel (who was Greek), came to Youngstown, he found out at the time that there was no St Patrick’s Day parade there, so he started one.[29]

The growth of industry attracted people from within the United States and from Latin America. By the late 19th century, African Americans were well represented in Youngstown, and the first local congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in 1871.[30] In the 1880s, local attorney William R. Stewart was the second African American elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.[31] A large influx of African Americans in the early 20th century owed much to developments in the industrial sector. During the national Steel Strike of 1919, local industrialists recruited thousands of workers from the South, many of whom were Black.[32] This move inflamed racist sentiment among local Whites, and for decades, African-American steelworkers experienced discrimination in the workplace.[33][34] Migration from the South rose dramatically in the 1940s, when the mechanization of southern agriculture brought an end to the sharecropping system, leading onetime farm laborers to seek industrial jobs.[35]

Youngstown’s local iron ore deposits were exhausted by the early 20th century. Since the city is landlocked (the Mahoning River is not navigable), ore from Michigan and Minnesota had to arrive by rail from Cleveland and other Great Lakes port cities where large bulk carriers were unloaded. This put Youngstown at a competitive disadvantage to the iron and steel producers in Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit—all on Great Lake shores. Compared to these four cities, Youngstown had a higher cost of transporting raw materials to the mills, according to a Harvard Business Review report published in January 1933. Higher transportation costs are one reason why Youngstown mills began their decline before those in other “rust belt” cities.[36]

More at wiki.

Sat, September 17, 2022
07:00 pm (EST)
Doors Open: 02:00 pm

Covelli Centre
229 E Front St
Youngstown, OH 44503

Here is the complete list of speakers:

  • J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator for Ohio
  • Rep. Jim Jordan, U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 4th Congressional District
  • Rep. Bill Johnson, U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District
  • Hon. Max Miller, Republican Nominee for U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District
  • Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District
  • J.R. Majewski, the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District

Then at 7 p.m., former President Donald Trump will be speaking in support of Vance.

About Save America

Over the past four years, President Donald Trump’s administration delivered for Americans of all backgrounds like never before. Save America is about building on those accomplishments, supporting the brave conservatives who will define the future of the America First Movement, the future of our party, and the future of our beloved country.  Save America is also about ensuring that we always keep America First, in our foreign and domestic policy.  We take pride in our country, we teach the truth about our history, we celebrate our rich heritage and national traditions, and of course, we respect our great American Flag.

  • We are committed to defending innocent life and to upholding the Judeo-Christian values of our founding.
  • We believe in the promise of the Declaration of Independence, that we are all made EQUAL by our Creator, and that must all be TREATED equal under the law.
  • We know that our rights do not come from government, they come from God, and no earthly force can ever take those rights away. That includes the right to religious liberty and the right to Keep and Bear Arms.
  • We believe in rebuilding our previously depleted military and ending the endless wars our failed politicians of the past got us into for decades.
  • We embrace free thought, we welcome robust debate, and we are not afraid to stand up to the oppressive dictates of political correctness.
  • We know that the rule of law is the ultimate safeguard of our freedoms, and we affirm that the Constitution means exactly what it says AS WRITTEN.
  • We support fair trade, low taxes, and fewer job-killing regulations, and we know that America must always have the most powerful military on the face of the Earth.
  • We believe in Law and Order, and we believe that the men and women of law enforcement are HEROES who deserve our absolute support.
  • We believe in FREE SPEECH and Fair Elections.  We must ensure fair, honest, transparent, and secure elections going forward – where every LEGAL VOTE counts.

2022·09·17 Joe Biden Didn’t Win Daily Thread

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?

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 2022 or 2024 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 $1,718.10
Silver $18.93
Platinum $888.00
Palladium $2,257.00
Rhodium $16,200.00

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

Gold $1,676.90
Silver $19.69
Platinum $916.00
Palladium $2,217.00
Rhodium $14,950.00

What the heck happened to gold?

Big Bang In Trouble?

Well, I’m still not seeing anything about JWST imperiling the Big Bang theory, other than from the people who say that all the time.

I’ve seen reports that it’s seeing well-formed galaxies from earlier in the universe’s “life” than previously expected…but that does not imperil the Big Bang hypothesis as such. It does mean our current theories of how galaxies form might need some tweaking.

I am expecting the results will be modifications of the details (some of which I tried to explain back when I was doing physics posts) of what’s going on.

The most recent earthquake in cosmology was the discovery that the universe’s rate of expansion is increasing…not decreasing as previously expected. This was around the turn of the century. We still haven’t figured out precisely what this means or what it’s causing it or what the distant future of the universe will look like. In other words, a lot of details need to be fleshed out. So too with the observations from JWST.

Is it possible that by the time we fix the theory of galactic evolution, we’ll have to change other things too for consistency? Sure. But it’s very, very, very unlikely that the basic concept of the Big Bang is going to go away. We might end up changing time scales (e.g., adjust the elapsed time since the Big Bang), for instance or things like that that essentially describe the Big Bang “story,” but junk the whole thing? Pretty unlikely. (I won’t say “never” but geez, I’m tempted to.)

Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked about this on a YouTube channel called Star Talk. Yes, I know he’s a climate change douchebag…but he is an astrophysicist and this is an astrophysics question. So I’m prepared to respect him on this one.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t go into details about the current claims! However this video is worth watching for other reasons; he describes the whole thing with Einsteinian general relativity replacing Newtonian gravitation pretty well, and why it doesn’t actually invalidate Newton.

More to the point, are these two articles.

The first, No, James Webb did not disprove the Big Bang – Big Think, basically says what I just said; it’s likeliest the Big Bang will still be around, albeit with some changes to details.

The other one asks deeper questions, wondering if the failure to find out what dark matter is, is really an indication of deeper problems. Are we in 1904 all over again? (To be sure I’d consider the dividing line to be a bit earlier than 1904.) Is the Big Bang in crisis? | Astronomy.com. I know I have wondered this in the past–it seemed to me like postulating inflation and dark matter and dark energy might be too much patching up of a wrong paradigm. I wonder about it less often now that I better understand some of the lines of argumentation, particularly for dark matter, but I do keep it in the back of my mind. It’d sure be reassuring to figure out what dark matter is. Or interesting (and dramatic) to show there is no such thing.

More JWST Pictures

The Tarantula Nebula is in a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. That’s actually a small galaxy in orbit around our own Milky Way galaxy. It’s relatively close to where Supernova 1987A was. Sadly, it’s well below the southern horizon for most people in the United States.

Here it is in “near” infrared (i.e., the higher frequencies, closest to being visible)

And here, with the Mid Infrared camera (that’s the one that has to be cooled to nearly absolute zero)

And the Orion Nebula. This one is easy, it’s the fuzzy “star” in Orion’s sword. What we are seeing here is very young stars (Orion, like Tarantua, is a stellar “nursery”), and even some protoplanetary disks. Planets are being formed!

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!!!

If anyone ends up in the cell right next to him, 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 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: TGIF Open Thread 20220916

I started working on this, and realized I was editing last week’s post, not copying a new one. I’ve had a long week, and mourned a friend all day Thursday. Please, lift a Crown Royal on the rocks in his honor when you have the chance. Bill was a great guy.

Archbishop Vigano gave an interview. This is more about the state of the Church than politics, but some might find it interesting.

Judge Cannon Rejects DOJ Motion for Stay, Appoints Special Master Judge Raymond J Dearie

Legislation Within the Biden Green New Deal, Inflation Reduction Act, Has Created a Domestic Carbon Trading Platform

How can an element be traded. Yes, I did pass chemistry.

Election Interference: DOJ/FBI Carpet-Bombed Subpoenas An Attempt To Freeze Political Opposition In Runup To Midterms

Highway Robbery: Americans Spent More on Taxes Last Year Than Food, Healthcare, Education, and Clothing… COMBINED

In the Climate Change Church, the Woke Play Pope

Don’t Tolerate People Who Hate You

Counterculture Warriors

https://youtu.be/iJeFbGBA68g

Tucker Carlson Notices the Missing Jubilation in Martha’s Vineyard as Dozens of Illegal Aliens Arrive

Tweety Tweets:

What an idiot.

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1570476540353454080

And now for the business portion of the post borrowed from Tuesday:

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12Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. 20But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

SATIRE!

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DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20220915

We begin today with a master class put on by Senator Rand Paul.

Yowza.

Okay, now that Special Prosecutor John Durham has produced another revelation – that Igor Danchenko was on the FBI’s payroll during the first Trump Administration as confidential informant – we have competing theories as to what the purpose of the probe really is. Sundance came out in the “it’s part of the cover-up” camp Tuesday evening, and doubled down on that on Wednesday linking the Durham Probe and the raid on Mar-A-Lago as having the same goal: keep the FBI malfeasance under wraps.

He’s not alone in that stance, but there are others who don’t share that opinion.

Brian Cates

Well….SURPRISE!

Durham didn’t wait for the trial to actually start before dropping his first bombshell.

The entire time the media was in a frenzy over “RussiaGate”, the entire time the Mueller Special Counsel was active, the entire time Gen. Flynn and others were being targeted for investigations and prosecutions based on fake allegations or no evidence whatsoever….

the FBI Crossfire Hurricane team / Mueller Special Counsel had ol’ Igor tucked safely away for safekeeping.

The whole time people were running around trying to make sense of the Dossier, where it’s fake allegations came from, who the primary source was, the source was being paid to hide and keep his mouth shut.

Boy, I bet nobody was more surprised than Igor when he suddenly got indicted by Special Counsel John Durham after getting this special treatment from the FBI/Mueller SCO for more than 3 years.

Sucks to be you, Igor.

t.me/drawandstrikechannel/53866

Brian Cates

Devin Nunes will be able to freely talk once Durham’s revealed more of his evidence.

Nunes always said when people found out what really happened with SpyGate, it would blow their minds.

Especially after the Fake News spent more than 5 years trying to program everybody about who it was in the 2016 election that was working with Russian intelligence.

They insisted there was good credible evidence that showed Donald Trump and his associates were Putin affiliated. Working with the Russians.

But that was never true.

In fact it was the Hillary Clinton campaign that was paying an actual Russian national, a ‘former’ [note I always put ‘former’ in quotes?] Russian intelligence officer to create most of the Steele Dossier accusing Trump and his team of being Russian agents.

5 years they managed to keep a lid on this, that Hillary paid an actual Russian spy to help create a dossier accusing her campaign rival of being a Russian agent.

Durham’s about to take the lid off with evidence in the courtroom.

And I’m gonna enjoy watching it.

t.me/drawandstrikechannel/53867

Durham shocker: Danchenko was a paid FBI informant

The purposes of making Danchenko a CHS should be quite clear. The Crossfire Hurricane investigation was plagued with problems from the outset. The reasons for opening the investigation were bunk. Those problems continued as the investigation went on, with claims of Trump/Russia collusion proven unverified or outright false. (Thus the targeting of Flynn for a Logan Act violation.)

That developed into the Carter Page FISA applications, first submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in October 2016, and which relied substantially on the Steele Dossiers (aka Steele Reports). The FISA applications were renewed three times – more on that later. Each application had its own problems, from FBI lawyers lying about Carter Page to the Court being generally misled.

Realizing its own misconduct, the FBI made Danchenko a paid CHS in March 2017 – just before the third FISA warrant was submitted in April 2017. This would allow Comey’s FBI to work directly with Danchenko in support of its counter-intelligence investigation against President Trump.

Danchenko being a CHS also served another purpose: it protected the Bureau and the Mueller Special Counsel from revealing their “sources and methods.” How do you hide misconduct? Bury the witness.

What is interesting in this, is that the mainstream media essentially declared the probe over. This is from the New York Times.

The special counsel appointed by the Trump administration to examine the Russia investigation seems to be wrapping up its work with no further charges in store.

Curious.

As of this writing, I haven’t taken a side, as there is so much flak in the air, the curtain still hasn’t dropped.

I’m an arts and theater person. It ain’t over ’til it’s over, and it ain’t over yet.

Tabs:

Boomerang.

Don’t let yourself get burnt out on information.

Take it from me, this is a very real thing. There was a time, for the first year or so of my awakening, where before both of my eyes were fully open in the morning, I was reaching for my phone to check what was going on in the world. I was obsessed with the daily goings on, reading every news story, deciphering the possible hidden meanings, and it completely depleted me for awhile. Dangerously depleted, to the point where it almost killed for good my desire to pay attention or try to help out anymore. Those who followed me back then might remember entire weeks and months where I would go missing. For those weeks and months I was utterly useless to the cause I care so much about. It was a big lesson for me, and over time I have finally learned to listen to my soul which was crying out for balance.

Balance is the key to health.

Sure, a big part of what we’re in is an information war, that is very true. But there’s only so far we can advance in this direction with misinformation coming from both sides and no real access to “inside” information. How can we actually know anything? Even if you see something with your own eyes, it might not be an actual representation of the truth. Good guys might be bad, bad guys might be good. It’s exhausting.

In my opinion, the goal is to pay attention enough to grasp the big picture. Familiarize yourself with what we are up against and the tactics they use, this will support your drive to fight for what’s right. And we must stand up for what’s right. But that’s only a piece of it.

We were born during this time to be a part of something massive: The Great Awakening. Humanity has been on the path of covert slavery in a Silent War that was waged on us while we were sleeping. This point in history is where the path starts to pivot and turn back in the other direction.

Former Twitter Security Chief to Congress: Twitter Leadership Is “Misleading” Public” and Can Track Any User’s Location at Any Time (VIDEO)

A Leaking Ship of Fools

Thinking — and doing it well — is tricky business. This is especially true if by “thinking” you mean eventually arriving at the truth. In order to do so one must have reliable facts and terms, some understanding of the rules of logic, and, most importantly a clear understanding of how one thing differs from another. Unfortunately, we seem to be losing any ability to do that. I don’t know if this lack of specificity and discrimination has been trained into us via propaganda and indoctrination, or if we’ve just become lazy and don’t want to bother. One way or another we no longer practice the 3 Ds of thought: discernment, differentiation, and distinction.

Time to Stop Living a Half-Life

The world in which we currently live, or rather survive, is no longer sustainable. Although the talk about environmental sustainability is ubiquitous, that’s not what I’m referencing here—and I’m certainly not talking about the meritless mutterings of the leading environmental ideologues. There is, instead, a different kind of sustainability having nothing to do with proper stewardship of the planet but has to do with sustaining our own human existence and living in balance with our nature—particularly with our minds.

The machinations of atomization, which only grew stronger in the last two years, are moving us along toward darkness. Some say that every epoch marked by technological changes requires a period of adjustment and ironing out before things can run smoothly again. Therefore, they say, there is nothing to worry about in our time. This is fine. It has happened before, and people then, as now, always react foolishly in the face of inevitable progress. 

Election fraud in America: the evidence

Gender Ideology and the Paganization of Western Culture

Radical gender ideology itself is nonsense at best and radical evil at worst. The best place to start with understanding radical gender ideology is to ask: does it even make sense?

RFK Jr. ‘astonished’ after docs show Biden admin colluded with Big Tech on COVID censorship

He’s about the only one.

The Regime’s ‘Operation MAGA Fascist’ Gains Ground

A barrage of subpoenas issued recently by the Department of Justice—U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves’ office specifically—against Trump aides is not seeking  information about the Capitol protest but personal communications discussing what happened with the election and plans to fight the results. Graves wants records dating back to October 2020 “constituting any evidence (a) tending to show that there was fraud of any kind in or relating to the 2020 Presidential Election, or (b) used or relied upon to support any claim of fraud in relation to the 2020 Presidential Election.”

Targets must produce correspondence detailing “any strategies or options for ensuring the certification of Donald J. Trump.” Graves also is demanding information about how Trump raised money from “efforts to contest the 2020 election.”

Of course, this is what the January 6 hysteria has always been about. As the chaos unfolded on January 6, Joe Biden and his apparatchiks immediately denounced believers of the so-called “Big Lie”—the claim the election had been rigged, if not stolen, by powerful interests who wanted nothing more than to defeat Trump—and vowed revenge would come swiftly. “The totalitarian company line is any suggestion that election fraud exists is tantamount to sedition,” I wrote on January 11, 2021. “Americans who dare doubt the results, a popular political sport for Democrats over the past four years, are now vilified as ‘insurrectionists’ and plenty of our fellow countrymen want it punished accordingly.”

Oh, how their dreams have come true. Nearly 900 Americans face criminal charges for mostly nonviolent participation in the Capitol protest; lives have been destroyed, even ended, as a result of this cruel, vengeful prosecution recently rebranded the “Capitol Siege” investigation by Graves’ office. The weapons used in the first war on terror—secret surveillance, invasive investigation, armed raids, torture, and political prisons to name a few tactics—have been aimed at Trump supporters across the country in a show of force and intimidation.

Merrick Garland stars in Joe Biden’s ‘The Godfather Part IV’

Wow! Twitter Green Lights Anti-Trans Movement

Babylon Bee video making fun of Rings of Power now has more likes than Rings of Power trailer…

TWEETS:

September 24 might well be misinformation, but….

Okay, he’s on the right side of one issue anyway.

Turn up the volume.

https://twitter.com/LezLuthor/status/1570106926062571525
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1570106114632556544
https://twitter.com/sdcwatson_03/status/1569654960035356673
https://twitter.com/DaveEDanna/status/1570078971538071552
https://twitter.com/chieftalkbull/status/1570142333202747392

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1570092511384698881
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1570092218811092994

https://youtu.be/ZcXpKiY2MXE

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More Damning 9/11 Video Fakery Exposed

“Darkness to Light”

I have been talking for a while about the “videographic” theories of 9/11 fakery, that convinced me about 4 years ago that 9/11 was largely a psy-op on this world.

Well, that whole story just got bigger. Something that everybody missed. Until now.

Let me begin by thanking the member here, who – when this blog started – asked me the “shake-up” question needed to begin a seriously scientific approach to 9/11. This is the question he asked.

“Did you see the planes hit the buildings?”

I waffled with a standard response of some kind, and he asked it again.

“Did you see the planes hit the buildings?”

It’s a very simple question, but it “puts us in our place”, by forcing us to remember that we accept ALL of the 9/11 narrative on authority, and not on evidence that we, ourselves, obtained. We accept both the evidence and its interpretation on authority.

We are not being scientific about it.

MAINTAIN SOME SKEPTICISM. IT’S OK.

Now I’m going to show you a new “piece” of the video hoax which I had not seen before, plus another one that has been already very damning to the official narrative. Both of them are explained in a short Twitter copy of a video.

A quick word of thanks to barkerjim for alerting me to this, and to The Burning Platform for getting out the word. And some commenter on TBP, named Hardscrabble Farmer, who submitted it.

This is one tweet for the ages. Watch it while it’s still up.

https://twitter.com/MRock2021/status/1569279358551957505

Here is my earlier response.

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OK, this is excellent. The SECOND glitch is new and completely damning.

The “entry wound” is filled with errors. I saw a different video analysis of it which explains both the “slicing” problem described in this video, AND additional problems of the entry that are not described here. Beyond THOSE, I found my own problems with the entry, which I hold in reserve as nukes of my own, in order to prevent CIA from putting out “reactive disinformation”.

Notice how DHS has added 9/11 analysis to their “violent extremist” rhetoric. DOJ-NSD, CIA, and DNI (who basically run DHS) know that we know.

Now – as far as reactive disinformation, I can tell you this.

“They” (the whole gang) are VERY sensitive on South Tower fakery. They know they’re caught in multiple ways. They have put out a new “amateur video” in response to the actual amateur video without a plane. That video surfaced way late, and originally they covered it up by using shills to allege that it was a “plane removed” doctored video, but that response failed.

I’ve looked at the new fake amateur video long enough to figure out why it’s phony. They can’t actually “re-do” the bad entry, because any new videos will conflict with the old ones, so they are forced to include most of the same mistakes. IMO this video may have just been an old fake video that was kept in reserve and then freshened for re-release (there is a newer – IMO – cinematic video trick used).

Bottom line is that there is now 100% reasonable doubt. Thank you to Tonawanda for reminding us of that basic American judicial concept.

The jury is back. 9/11 Truth is winning. And THEY – all of them – are SKEEEERED BIGLY.

Here is the video without the plane, which I mentioned.

This video led me to other logical nukes which prove that the South Tower is a hoax. At first, they depended on this video, but then I realized that they don’t. It was in trying to validate this video that I found them.

I’m waiting for others to find them independently before I dump.

If you want to see some other posts done here about 9/11, the following list is useful. These are in reverse chronological order (most recent at the top).

9/11 Truth-Fest

(still from video, don’t click, see below!) I’ve spent a lot of time on Gab today, and I’m just blown away at the extent to which people are now ultra-red-pilled on 9/11. The amount of evidence pouring out is overwhelming. I’m seeing stuff I’ve NEVER seen before. Re-evaluating all of this evidence, knowing what we …

https://www.theqtree.com/2022/09/11/9-11-truth-fest/

For Whom The Bell Tolls

I leave this as an open question, although this thread is ultimately concerned with somebody named Barbara Olson, who died on 9/11. I believe that the method of Barbara’s murder is now demonstrated. Introduction The key to solving 9/11 is realizing that it was a CLINTON-centered operation which was launched AFTER the Clintons left the …

https://www.theqtree.com/2018/12/23/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/

Occam’s Razor, Tool of Deception

I was originally going to entitle this post something else – something cuter and more grandiose about “my life-long sword-fight with Occam’s razor“.  Hence the opening image.  However, that goal was WAY too big for a blog post.  I could literally write a book on it. The fact is, I have MANY issues with Occam’s …

https://www.theqtree.com/2018/12/06/occams-razor-tool-of-deception/

Darkness to Light: Eckert’s Law

As I’ve said before in the VLWC series, we discover nothing new, but we do rediscover what has been hidden from us by time and craftier people.  Over and over, the truth is hidden and revealed. Somewhere, a Soviet KGB analyst rediscovered this timeless principle, marveled at it, and filed it away for his next …

https://www.theqtree.com/2018/11/22/darkness-to-light-eckerts-law/

There was another post I was going to write, about my journey from 9/11 “true believer” to “scientific skeptic”, but never did.

Who knows? Maybe it’s still coming.

W

saved for posterity, you Twitter communists

Dear KAG: 20220914 Open Thread

Shall we vote?

Goofy or the boat horn. Please, put your vote in the comments.

Here we go.

Despite Temporarily Lower Gasoline Prices, August Inflation Skyrockets with Biggest Jump in Food Prices Since 1979

Twenty bucks for a pot roast. Sirloin is $9.99 a pound. But, hey, that fake meat is on sale!

Former Alaska Republican Lawmaker Dies In Car Crash

Former Alaska Republican lawmaker Vic Kohring has died in a vehicle crash.

“Alaska State Troopers say the 64-year-old Wasilla resident was driving a minivan that collided head-on with a semi-truck after crossing the center line of the Glenn Highway north of Palmer. Kohring served in the state House from 1995 until he resigned in 2007. He was chair of a special oil and gas committee. He favored small government, opposed taxes, and slept in his Juneau office to save money,” Alaska Public reported.

He was driving a Toyota minivan when he crossed the center line for unknown reasons and collided with the truck, Alaska State Troopers said.

Read this stuff often enough, and one could get suspicious.

Politico publisher under fire for leaked email wishing Trump beat Biden in election

The German media mogul who owns the news site Politico has come under fire on Twitter after a report cited emails he wrote hailing Donald Trump while “praying” that he gets re-elected as president.

Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Berlin-based conglomerate Axel Springer, emailed his top lieutenants just weeks before Trump would go on to lose to Joe Biden in the November 2020 presidential elections.

“Do we all want to get together for an hour in the morning on November 3 and pray that Donald Trump will again become President of the United States of America?” Döpfner wrote in the email, which was first reported by the Washington Post.

In the email, Döpfner praised Trump for his policies as president as they relate to what he considers some of the most important issues of recent decades, including “defending the free democracies” against Russia and China, encouraging NATO allies to increase their defense spending, pursuing peace in the Middle East, and overhauling US tax laws.

“No American administration in the last 50 years has done more,” Döpfner wrote.

So, it’s not just Twitter and CNN being acquired by Trump supporters. Wonder who else among President Trump’s admirers is interested in owning a media company?

Group led by Stephen Miller, Mark Meadows sues Lehigh Co. over ballot drop-off boxes

Just the Truth: No More Fake Politics

Now, Donald J. Trump is definitely not Christ. He is not part of any ancient biblical prophecy, nor is he a god, in any sense of the word. He never said he was. He is a fallible human being and a political leader of some courage and bravery. He may still have a “second coming” politically, (as did Grover Cleveland, serving two non-consecutive terms), but he certainly has in the last six years suffered the plight that Isaiah foretold.

Why is that?

Because he is a truth-teller.  Recently, he thanked me for an article I penned in this publication about “Trump’s Haters.” Surely there are any number of those types and the term designated for what most of them demonstrably suffer is: Trump Derangement Syndrome. The Left, RINOs and neocons have the most to fear and lose from Trump. They truly loathe him for a reason and it can often be quite personal.

He wants to put them all in the ash heap of history, to do away with their ideology, and remove them from what they most cherish: political power.

The Ruins of the Covid Regime

Covid is over. Though some blue-state hypochondriacs and control freaks refuse to let go, for the rest of us, the pandemic is in the rearview mirror. The White House has gently ushered Dr. Anthony Fauci off the stage. Restaurants, clubs, and concert halls are open. “Vaccine-pass” apps sit unused on smartphones, if they haven’t been deleted. And as I can attest from two recent trips abroad, mandatory masking on aircraft and in airports is a thing of the past.

So why does the ugly detritus of the age of social distancing still blight our physical landscape? Why are there posters everywhere still urging us to get vaxxed, mask up, and socially distance? Why don’t we remove those stupid signs affixed to the floors of churches, supermarkets, and schools teaching us to stand six feet apart (never mind that public-health authorities pulled the six-feet rule of thumb straight out of their, well, you know what I mean)?

Life For Border Ranchers: Assaulted, Dogs Beaten, Fences Destroyed, Dead Bodies

MIDDLE EARTH IN THE CONTENT ECONOMY

“Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time… The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away.”
— Christopher Tolkien, Le Monde

Trump’s Not Even Pretending to Hide His Support for QAnon Any More

“President Trump himself is making it UNDENIABLE that he is 100% aligning with the Q operation,” one QAnon follower said.

Did Trump’s Legal Team Stick the ‘Dagger’ Into the Heart of the Biden DOJ’s Mar-a-Lago Case?

They Fired Hundreds of Unvaxxed Nurses in Minnesota, and Now Thousands Are Going on Strike

Dennis Prager’s latest:

Nice People Do a Lot of Damage

Trump Supporter Has Home Raided by Armed FBI for Attending J-6 Rally That She Did Not Attend, But She Did Have an Anti-Biden Sign in Her Yard – Tucker Carlson Interview

Sundance also has this story.

Tim Ryan: We Need to ‘Kill and Confront’ Extremist Republican Movement

Ryan said, “I’m one of the most bipartisan members of Congress. The last two congresses, I have been in the top 10% of most bipartisan. I want to work across the aisle. Look, Democrats aren’t right on everything, and I’m willing to sit down and have conversations about how we can move out of this age of stupidity and into an age of reconciliation and reform. How do we fix all of these broken systems.”

He continued, “Some of those answers will come from Republicans, not the extremists that we are dealing with every single day. We’ve got to kill and confront that movement, but working with normal mainstream Republicans, that’s going to be really, really important.”

Ryan added, “I’m saying exhausted majority, Democrats, Republicans, Independents against the extremists, leading an era of reform around reconciliation so we can heal this country and move into the future. Again, I don’t have a billion-dollar donor to fund me. I need low-dollar people who can go to my website and chip in a couple of bucks and help us put this extremist movement to bed so we can move on with being Americans again.”

Here is the Updated List of US-Based Food Manufacturing Plants Destroyed Under Biden Regime — You Can Now Participate and Add More Incidents on the Interactive Map

As September 16th Deadline Looms, Major Freight Railroads Prepare for Possible Strike Costing US Economy More than $2 Billion a Day

Yes, it’s the first tweet below, but this is no joke. The rail lines keep us going. They go on strike, the country comes to a standstill.

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/EpochTVus/status/1569445894344572928
https://twitter.com/RealPressMMA/status/1567517993348775937
Renzo Gracie is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. 
https://twitter.com/stooge_report/status/1569528243975516161
https://twitter.com/chieftalkbull/status/1569672153888444419

LANGUAGE ALERT

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1569453007112388611
https://twitter.com/kjhealy/status/1569777036138369029

He doesn’t know what day of the week it is, and can’t use a fountain pen. This is going to be a disaster.

MEMES!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1569476301731549184

Have a good day y’all.

(I don’t remember who brought this to a daily in the comments, but thanks.)

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

Just ’cause I’m in the mood.

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NUMBERS 21:4-9

4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. 5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7And the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

JOHN 3:13-17

13No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

As always, prayers for the fight against that which seeks to enslave us are welcome.

Please include: President Donald Trump, the Q team, our soldiers in the field, special forces, tactical units, first responders and those working behind the scenes…and any and all people with family members in the hospital, COVID or not.

And…members of the QTree who no longer participate for one reason or another.

It is quite clear, as per Wolf’s message from July, that we are under spiritual attack. Building up a robust arsenal of prayer and discipline is a must in fighting the enemy and his minions.

In that spirit, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel from Tuesday’s threads, and the Breastplate of St. Patrick, not to mention the Litany of Humility are favorites recommended by exorcists in spiritual warfare.

SATIRE SECTION

Sincere apologies to all the good people stuck in California.