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DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230105

Okay, that’s the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, but still, six votes, no speaker elected calls for black smoke as we wait. The record for voting for a pope with none actually chosen is something like two months. If it takes that long to expose the swamp…..

As the day went on….

Video – Day Two Speaker Drama, Kevin McCarthy Demands His Precious

Brilliant Plan – Kevin McCarthy Vows to Assuage Republican Fears About His UniParty Propensity by Organizing His Installation with Democrats

McCarthy Fails Again on Ballot Number Six, House in Recess Until 8:00pm ET

That, actually, is very possible as a strategy to actually get America First representatives on the various committees. Word was they were being shut out, and not put in positions where they can make the most difference. Remember, Paul Ryan did remove Devin Nunes from the Intelligence Committee when he went to President Trump with information rather than keeping it in the family.

This is why Sundance calls it “The Big Ugly.”

Mike Huckabee downgraded the episode to a temper tantrum, but it’s not over by any means.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1610804094280634369

Stay tuned for more humiliation delivered by MAGA.

Okay, what else have I got? Not much.

You Are a Horrible Person

It’s Time to Ask Whether Repeated mRNA Vaccine Shots Weaken the Immune Response to COVID-19

Nice to see opinion headlines catch up to the anons.

How Is The Uniparty Destroying America? Let Me Count The Ways

The Truth Behind George Santos’ Lies

His dishonesty, in an ironic way, is more truthful than the posturing of the preening hypocrites denouncing him.

The Equity Paradox

The Perils of Lifestyle Rightism

Trimming Back the Speakership

A tale of betrayal: Elon Musk exposes corruption, and the media goes scorched earth

TWEETS:

Faithful American Catholics are glad to hear it.

There are rumors, actually, about the true state of Damar Hamlin’s condition. Not going to contribute to them just now.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1610626675527622656
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1610772653119516680

Rumble’s music selection sucks.

What can I say…I’m a creature of the 80s.

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

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1 JOHN 3:11-21

11For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17But if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth. 19By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him 20whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

PSALMS 100:1-5

1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the lands! 2Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3Know that the LORD is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! 5For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

JOHN 1:43-51

43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44Now Philip was from Beth-sa’ida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathan’a-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46Nathan’a-el said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47Jesus saw Nathan’a-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” 48Nathan’a-el said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49Nathan’a-el answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.” 51And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

There are SO MANY settings of the Magnificat. Here is my favorite for congregational singing.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221229

Day 2 of DePat placekeepers while she gets over a cold.

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

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

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

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

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LUKE 2:22-35

22And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, 28he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; 30for mine eyes have seen thy salvation 31which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.” 33And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; 34and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against 35(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.”

There are SO MANY settings of the Magnificat. Here is my favorite for congregational singing.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221222

Are we there yet?

Man, when are the victories going to be more than cumulative? We need a friggin’ sha-ZAM!

We’ll start with Arizona, which is sort of waking people up, but really isn’t going anywhere otherwise if the court cases have judges on the take.

TheStormHasArrived17

Our country is governed by fraudulent leaders who have been put in place by fraudulent elections for decades.

Today we are witnessing that very election system placed under a microscope and picked apart by lawyers, after we watched them steal the 2022 election from the most popular gubernatorial candidate our country has seen in a long time.

I won’t pretend to know what the outcome will be, but we are in uncharted waters – and that’s a good thing.

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40.3KviewsTheStormHasArrived17, Dec 21 at 11:20

Kari Lake trial insane explosive bombshells…

FLASHBACK: One Week Ago Maricopa County Team SQUIRMED During Hearing When Kari Lake Team Asked to Inspect Ballots — NOW WE KNOW WHY – They INTENTIONALLY Used Wrong-Sized Ballots to Jam Machines on Election Day!

And they thought no one would notice.

Right.

On the Military Industrial Complex shake down of the American taxpayer [barely] disguised as a “war” in Ukraine:

Ukraine war live updates: Biden pledges to help Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’ in historic joint White House press conference with Zelenskyy

Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy Hold a ‘Tin Cup’ Press Conference

American Uniparty undoes the purse strings for foreign nations, murder, and Big Brother tyranny

Twitter twatter:

A deep dive into ‘Twitter Files 8’

Bombshells You Might Have Missed About the FBI’s Censorship and Election Meddling

Of Course the Feds Were All Over Twitter

Part 2 – Why Curation of Twitter File Release #8 Was So Important – The 2011 BETA Test Went Live in 2020

FBI Slams Journalists Behind Twitter File as ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ to ‘Discredit the Agency,’ Claims Internal Message Shows Nothing But a Longstanding Relationship with Twitter

If they’re dragging out CONSPIRACY THEORY, then we know it’s true.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1605616792507777025

And a mixture of other stuff:

The one with the government on his shoulder

Bonus points for anyone who got the Messiah reference. Hint: it’s in No. 12, “For Unto Us a Child Is Born.”

Sen. McConnell blunt: Senate Republicans couldn’t care less about you

Yes, we know that.

Schiff Storm

The California Democrat calls out the “intelligence community” pandemic performance—but there’s a catch.

Extremism Doesn’t Matter So Long As the Check Clears

Feminism Killed Feminism

CHIPS and Dips

The Shadow Presidency and the Oligarchy

Hey Tedros, shove it straight up your…

Why I’m still defiant for Trump

Urban vs. Rural, Notional vs. Real

A third category needs to be added: the SUBURBS. They are not urban, and suburbanites are a different breed.

Greene and Boebert trade public barbs over McCarthy, ‘space lasers’

Those two are getting into a cat fight over THAT?

Too Much Winning: Antitrust Reform to Become Law

Congress will now write into law the first major enhancement of antitrust law since 1976. And anti-monopolists accomplished this feat against the wishes of both Senate leaders.

Did anyone actually know this was happening?

Ron Paul: Abolish the FBI

No argument here.

Story on Russia Blowing up Its Own Pipeline Begins to Shift

Published Mask Study Confirms: the CDC are Master Data Manipulators

I know a lot of people still under the spell.

It’s time to contemplate something along these lines:

Taxpayer March on Washington

That scared the crap out of the establishment. We need to do that again. Just stay off the Capitol lawn this time.

TWEETS:

Yep. Waking up is hard to do. (Somebody needs to set that to music.)

It’s just horrific all the way around.

We’ll believe it when we see it.

Get right with God.

History is literally written by the people with book contracts.

https://twitter.com/Unfilteredboss1/status/1605546251860090880

Yeah, that might make a mess of the manicures.

There actually is some sanity in this world. What about that.

Gotta love Juanita.

Thank you to whoever brought his to yesterday’s daily. BIG TIME PSA to pass along.

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1605605372034572299

MEMES:

I still see people driving in their cars wearing face diapers.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1605226266407231489
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1605526265376608257
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1605588654247727104

Rumble’s music selection sucks.

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

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LUKE 1:46-56

46And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; 49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation. 51He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, 52he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; 53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away. 54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.” 56And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

There are SO MANY settings of the Magnificat. Here is my favorite for congregational singing.

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SATIRE!

Biden Nervous As Boss Drops By Unexpectedly

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sources say Biden is feeling nervous after an unexpected visit from his Ukrainian boss Volodymyr Zelensky just as the White House was wrapping things up to go home for the holidays.

“Oh no! Vocab Zikorsky is here! What am I supposed to be doing? Everybody, look busy!” said a frantic Biden to White House staff as Zelensky’s limo pulled up. “Darnit all! Jill hates it when I have the boss over to dinner unannounced. Someone make some perogies or something. Do Ukrainians eat perogies?” Biden then sniffed a nearby staffer, something he always does when he gets nervous.

According to reports, Zelensky is stopping by Washington to check on the progress of the omnibus spending bill to ensure Biden gets it passed per his wishes. “Ukraine needs many more billions,” said Zelensky. “For President Biden’s sake, I pray he does not disappoint me.”

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221215

Is it Thursday already?

Jordan Sather

Forwarded from Redpill Project | Josh Reid

In the new global exercise called “Catastrophic Contagion” the fictitious illness is named as “Severe Epidemic Enterovirus Respiratory Syndrome” 2025.

Why is that unusual?

It’s acronym is SEERS. What is a “Seer”?
“person who sees or foretells future events”

Does anyone find that incredibly odd?

t.me/jordansather/7859

12.7KviewsDec 13 at 05:06

Young voters’ enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms

Gee, I wonder why.

TRUMP SLAMS ‘POLICE STATE’ OF WEAPONIZED JUSTICE SYSTEM

Thread:

The stuff uncovered in the Twitter whistleblower report is much crazier than anything in the “Twitter files” but it’s much less politically/tribally salient so it got no attention. Going to do a thread on some of the craziest things, in no particular order. 

Twitter didn’t monitor employee computers at all, it was not uncommon for employees to install spyware on work devices

Billionaire Leftist And DeSantis Megadonor Voices Support For DeSantis To End Populism By Running Against Trump

Billionaire note to the peasants: don’t get upity.

Election-Fraud Corruption Is Deeper than Anyone Can Imagine

Yes, it is and follow the money.

The famous syndrome hit Twitter bad

The Wasteland of Leftist Compassion

When Did Congress Vote To Go To War With Russia?

When the Military Industrial Complex said it was time.

You Were Right About Twitter

I was?

You’ll Own Nothing, and Hate It

Not even flower beds?

Long read, but worth it. Rod Dreher is a coward.

NO ENEMIES TO THE RIGHT? DC MILLER VS CHARLES HAYWOOD

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It

Maricopa Judge: “I have no confidence at all this election was run fairly.”

Neither does anyone else.

Beware: Marsha Blackburn’s “Free Speech” App Store Bill Has a Censorship Poison Pill

Why is it always the short and pretty ones?

Oh, wait…I’m short, and I’ve been told pretty.

TWO US-SUPPORTED COUPS IN LATIN AMERICA IN TWO DAYS, WITH BEN NORTON

Horowitz: Conservatives Must Finally Break Free From The Stranglehold Of Fake Republicans

Mirror, Mirror

Who’s the best candidate of them all?

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MEMES:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ISAIAH 54:1-10

1“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the LORD. 2Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; hold not back, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. 3For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities. 4“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be put to shame; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. 5For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. 6For the LORD has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. 7For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the LORD, your Redeemer. 9“For this is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you. 10For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221208

ULTRA Pepe Lives Matter 🐸

We expected them to cheat.
Feel the frustration of another rigged election but then give it over to God.
Figure out what God is calling you specifically to do.
Pray for this country.
Remember Trump’s recent statements.
We need an unprecedented cure so don’t hang your hopes somewhere where they don’t belong.
Only God can truly deliver this nation and we get to play a role together with Him and the beautiful Patriots we stand together with.
You’re not the only one feeling the anguish.
Get your eyes on Him.
We need a revival in this nation.
We need unity and truth.
It’s not over until God says it is.

t.me/PepeMatter/13411

55.1KviewsPepe Lives Matter, Dec 6 at 22:17

And if you missed it in the comments yesterday, this one is a must read for the weary keyboard warriors. It ain’t over yet.

Thrive in the Transition

At this moment in history, the awakening mind needs encouragement and faith more than ever.

Without it, the black pill, ‘Doomer’s Refrain’ and defeatism can embed themselves deep into the psyche, and once it does, it often refuses to let go.

This cannot be allowed to happen.

We are witnessing a near-constant bombardment of information designed to bring others into contact with their red pill moment, and that is not always what the individual patriot is meant to digest on a daily basis. Thus, taking the eagle-eyed view might be your only true reprieve as we transition through these dire times. Cultivating that view should be one of your core priorities, or else the noise of the day-to-day news could drown out your hope until it becomes too difficult to defend your emotional well-being.

This Macro Viewpoint is why I’ve been such a proponent of feeding ourselves with more than just the same ‘precipice’ narratives designed for the normie and the half-awake. We do not need to continually risk our own mental health by incessantly reporting what is not always meant for you, the awakened patriot. Yes, these negative realities persist in our world and they need to be addressed, but there are also beautiful moments happening all around us, and your ability to see and focus on those moments that uplift you is imperative for mental and emotional survival in this barren season.

This is why I am writing this to you today, because not every season you pass through is destined to feel satisfying. 

Sometimes you’re simply going through a transition, leaving something behind in order to reach something new. 

On the one hand, you can’t give up the promises and faith you have for the good that might come into your life, but on the other hand, by living in the tension of not being where you want to go, you risk upending all of the progress you’ve made on this journey. 

More at the link in the headline.

Should We Expect Much from McCarthy and House Republicans?

In a word: NO.

‘A Long Train of Abuses’

But the Founders were prescient in their understanding of mankind.  Ben Franklin’s warning to the woman who asked what kind of government had been created surmises their awareness of the tendencies of men: “A republic, madam… if you can keep it.”  The Founders knew that government, not foreign powers, would be the biggest threat to the rights and freedoms of citizens. 

So the Declaration states, “…whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these Ends, it the Right of the people to alter or abolish it.”  They acknowledged man’s tendency to stick with the status quo, even in the face of assaults on their rights and freedoms: “…all Experience hath shown, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.”

Do We Even Know What Time It Is?

No…you?

The Tyranny of the Minority

A few hundred super-rich elites and a powerful handful of woke and climate activist ringleaders now tyrannize America.

A proposal for a renewed America.

SENATE CANDIDATE DIANE SARE REVEALS HOW SHE ENDED UP ON UKRAINE’S NOTORIOUS “INFO TERRORIST” HIT LIST

MacIntyre: The Twitter Files reveal the left will win at any cost

It’s called selling your soul.

Renée DiResta: EIP Misinformation Collaborator

Another woman. Go figure.

It’s Worse Than You Think: Social Media Censorship Is Mass Social Engineering for the One World Government

Actually, a lot of us figured that out. Welcome to the party.

YOU SHOULD NOT TRUST MAINSTREAM MEDIA: THIS MAN EXPLAINS WHY

Liberal Media Gets Desperate With New Talking Points Against Musk After Baker Firing

Twitter Files: Jack Dorsey urges Elon Musk after James Baker ouster, ‘Just release everything without filter’

Hey, there’s an idea.

Elon and Jack Talk Shop – Musk Says “Data May Have Been Deleted”

In a cover-up, one would think so.

The sinister truth about bird-killing wind ‘farms’

Piers Morgan Eats Steak in Front of Vegan Protester: ‘I Love Eating Steak, I’m Not Going to Stop’

Say what you want about the man, he is a world class smart-a–.

TWEETS:

Wakey, wakey.

Rigged, if you will.

As well as the other 48 states.

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1600509102245183490

This guy needs a straight jacket.

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1600507034360844288

Who has enough time on their hands to think up this sort of stuff to research?

Please, note I’m trying to keep mentions of unexplained and excess deaths to a minimum for my own sanity.

https://twitter.com/aibarra/status/1600523898390560768
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1600628232700760064

Works for me.

Just a reminder:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1600560393797373952

MEMES:

A very liberal friend posted this on another forum. I’ll take the pillbox chapeau, thank you.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1600020241425145857
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1600385102424420353
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1600224594928885760

I do that with blood and gore.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1600302824625143808
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1600489785810112513

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EPHESIANS 1:3-6, 11-12

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. 5He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 11In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will, 12we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221201

Good morning! Well, for some it’s morning, for some the middle of the night.

Here’s what I saved up.

Hired by the RNC, Harmeet Dhillon Teams Up with the Mitch McConnell Contracted Enforcer Who Destroyed the Tea Party

The Tea Party/MAGA movement is just looking for a Bastille to storm. They can’t arrest all of us.

The Unreality Paradox

The News is Fake … The War is Real

Yeah, we get that.

Trump Declares ‘You Can Never Have Free & Fair Elections With Mail-In Ballots’

Many of us have been saying that for years.

From Truth Social:

Democrats plan major shake-up to voting rules before 2024 election

Mollie Hemingway tells ‘far crazier’ story of Biden official stealing women’s luggage as only SHE can

Vera Bradley…. At least the guy has good taste in luggage and handbags. I’ve been drooling over the holiday collection for weeks.

Zero Tolerance: Survey Finds 33 of 65 Academic Departments Lack a Single Republican Professor

Yeah, a lot of us noticed that a while back.

Swiss bishop abolishes office of exorcist, says there’s no need to find ‘secret causes’ of problems

That is a violation of Canon Law, and bowing to Satan. I’m glad I don’t live in this guy’s diocese.

Gun Boom Continues: FBI Ran 192,749 Background Checks on Black Friday

Alternate headline: Americans Will Be Americans, Defying the people wanting to be overlords.

[INSERT IMAGE OF MICKEY MOUSE DISPLAYING AN OBSCENE GESTURE HERE]

Mumford & Sons founder speaks to Tucker… Fantastic interview…

Here’s How They Did it: Real-time Election Fraud

Effing mail-in ballots again.

The Guilty Justify Their Cruel and Anti-Social Values

Citizenship and Intervening in Elections

The Power of Americans’ Rising Political Self-Consciousness

Hysteria Over ‘Hate Speech’ Is Killing Civil Society

New Dennis Prager:

The Question Fools Don’t Ask

The Human Right

The left is only ever early to the leftist. Until we measure by the human scale, every rightwinger stands alone.

The Politics of Self-Loathing and Death Instinct

The White House Just Changed Its Plan To Refill SPR At $70 Per Barrel

I just talked to embalmer Richard Hirschman about the reaction from Died Suddenly

Two Oath Keepers, including founder, convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case

Pfizer CEO is Found Guilty of Making ‘Disgracefully Misleading’ Statements on Child Vaccination

This was in Britain, but still….

Twitter Suspension Amensty Begins, Musk Prepares for Even More Firings

And there was great rejoicing.

The Morning Briefing: Government COVID Fascists Can’t Grasp That We’ve All Moved On

Yeah, we the people with sense and all that are DONE.

EU Calling for International Tribunals in Ukraine for Alleged Russian War Crimes

Would the Military Industrial Complex give it a rest?

Elon Musk confirms what we already knew about Twitter

Election interference.

The fashion world is discovering ‘suicide chic’

It’s still not painless, no matter what Robert Altman would have us believe.

What middle America could tell the January 6 committee

Essentially, shut the eff up. We’re looking for a Bastille to storm.

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/AntonioSabatoJr/status/1597914739702915075

I crochet, therefore, I am…an expert. Who does she think she’s kidding.

QAnon fashion…why am I envisioning Captain Sweatpants, and a bunch of guys in shorts and t-shirts that say, Kiss Me, I can recite Pi to about forty-five digits.

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina and all that.

https://twitter.com/Robert04727771/status/1597992340068925440

MEMES:

American Bastille…. It WILL HAPPEN.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1598023185009893376
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1597858949772234752
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1597856573678059520

RIP, Christine McVie. She was one talented lady.

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

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ISAIAH 26:1-6

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

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221117

Must read starts us off:

All Assets Deployed

Before I get into the meat of my argument, allow me to drop all pretense and disavow you of any notion that I consider negative emotions or frustrations on account of the position we find ourselves in today to be without merit. That said, while I would certainly like to be celebrating the aftermath of a crushing Red Wave that soundly overwhelmed [their] systems of fraud en route to taking Congress as an appetizer to Trump’s coup de grâce announcement, I do not believe anything we have witnessed in the last 24 hours, or even the last week has fundamentally altered the overall trajectory of our movement.

What we are dealing with here, on an emotional level is simply a case of the expectation game rearing its ugly head. It’s a serpent that has bitten us all, which, rather than wearing as a mark of shame we should consider the scars of perceptive, engaged and discerning minds. Minds that hunt in the deep places and scour the dark so that we might cast a bit more light on the proceedings and take back the past, present and future Globalist forces would seek to deprive us of.

There will always be claims of goalpost moving or hopium, which some of us refer to as the ‘Doomer’s Refrain,’ but the fact remains that we are currently involved in and engaged with the most complex Fifth-Generation Psychological and Information War ever waged both against AND for the American people, and the people of the would-be sovereign world, for that matter.

It stands to reason that much is obscured from us, just as it stands to reason that ‘assets’ in every sense of the word will be activated when the collective and subversive enemy believes it is an opportune time to strike at the heart of a MAGA base they see as fracturing.

That piece is worth the time, especially for those who cheered the Daughn comment yesterday.

Transcommunism is coming.

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”.  Winston Churchill made this statement immediately after the end of World War II when he sat in Yalta with US President F.D Roosevelt and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to divide the Allies’ spheres of influence.   It also led -and Churchill referred to this with his ‘never let a good crisis go to waste’ statement- to the creation of the United Nations.

As with many of Churchill’s other quotes, that statement took on a life of its own, long after the man’s passing, but there are some things to be said against the final outcome.  The Yalta meeting eventually resulted in mistrust, the Cold War, the arms race, the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall and everything that came after.

The Unpopular Cure for Our Electoral Woes

Over at the Conservative Treehouse, site owner Sundance provides an excellent article distinguishing the difference between ballots and votes.  Votes are the expressed intention of a voter for a particular government leader.  Ballots are filled out pieces of paper that express the choice of a particular leader.  Both are counted for an election.  In the current system, ballots are gathered or harvested either, legally or illegally, and submitted.  Given the lack of prosecution, the legality of it apparently does not matter.  Votes represent the will of the people; ballots may or may not.

This disenfranchising process could not happen if one political party vehemently opposed it.  Another excellent, must-read article by Dan Gelernter on American Greatness observes that the fault lies not with a particular political party, but with all “the politicians,” to include their supporting cast of donors.  It’s not a grand coordinated conspiracy based on an ideology.  It follows the fractal pattern of self-organization with a common motivation: greed.

Our first president, George Washington, provided a warning of the eventual power political parties could attain.  In his farewell address, Washington cautioned, “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

Mob Rule and the Death of Trust

For over six years, representatives of every established institution in the country have stereotyped Americans who voted for President Trump as bigots, idiots, ignoramuses, haters, psychopaths, and traitors. The virulence of this condemnation has escalated each year, culminating during the 2022 mid-term election cycle with a full-court press to tag anyone who supports the former president as a fascist and and potential “domestic terrorist.”

Those who openly proclaimed their support for Trump, even if they expressed themselves with tact and rational arguments, focusing on his policies, and even while acknowledging Trump’s often confrontational persona, lost lifelong friends and faced threats to their livelihood. By the millions, they were made to feel unwelcome in their own country.

Anger breeds anger. Contempt breeds contempt. With Newtonian certainty, the disgust has become mutual. But on one side, with rare exceptions, the entire institutional weight of the most powerful nation in the world has lined up. The media, the search engine and social media platforms, the entertainers, the teachers and professors, the corporations, the government agencies, the politically active billionaires: Almost all of them proclaim Trump supporters to be horrible, dangerous people.

Can Dave Chappelle Save Free Speech?

With their control of all major educational and media institutions, progressives have had the ability to control the political language we use for a good half century now. Historically, they have used that control, in Orwell’s words, “to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” In recent years, however, they have used language as a cudgel.

Orwell also told us how we fight back. “We have now sunk to a depth,” he wrote, “at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” Comedian Dave Chappelle has been made a pariah in many circles by doing just that, stating the obvious. “Did you know that Planned Parenthood was for abortions?” Chappelle said in a 2017 comedy special. “It’s for people that don’t plan things out at all.” He might have pointed out there is no parenthood involved either.

Chappelle accurately calls this era “the age of spin.” He followed up by subverting another euphemism of the pro-abortion movement, asking the young males in his audience, “Are you pro-choice or anti-consequences? What does it all really mean?” Many in the audience laughed and applauded, not fully realizing that Chappelle has just skewered one of their most sacred cows. In the process, he may have changed at least a few minds. Ridicule works.

GOP megadonors ditch Donald Trump’s 2024 White House run

Key Takeaways from the FBI Whistleblowers Report

He’s Back, President Donald J Trump Officially Declares His Candidacy to Run for President in 2024

There’s not a force of man or nature as strong in its devotion to a mission, as Donald Trump is to this nation.  That’s the core, the heart, the genuine essence of the thing, that separates President Trump from all others.  Within that love of country, is a strength of determination that is almost uncanny to witness; and from that love of country an authenticity emanates that is impossible to duplicate.

Donald J Trump is, quite simply, unapologetically American – and tens of millions just love him for it.

NATO Backtracks, Now Admits it Was Not Russia Who Fired Missile into Poland – It Was Ukraine, But Still Putin’s Fault

The Military Industrial Complex just can’t cover their tracks anymore.

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1592646996468600834

Well, it’s true.

And the fink has been elected Speaker of the House.

No challenging the Mitch, now. He’s got a mean streak.

On top of it, one of the reasons people are having fewer children is expense, which is an artificial construct. If the Dems want a higher birthrate, make parenthood affordable again.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1592719105827954689

Yes, I know this is photoshopped.

MEMES:

If only.

https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1592643067810488322

Until the WP-YT thingie gets fixed, y’all are stuck with what I can find on Rumble.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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MATTHEW 25:31-40

31“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. 34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ 40And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221110

It’s the day after the day after.

TheStormHasArrived17

Forwarded from Praying Medic (Dave Hayes) via @like

Text sent to me this morning from Major Patriot:

What happened yesterday? What happened in the grip of an intractable surveillance and police state cabal that has full spectrum dominance over every institution we have? From Academia, The Media, Big Tech, Hollywood, Wall Street, the Fed, Congress, The White House and the entire Administrative State?

We punched them in the face yesterday at the ballot box so hard that, despite the MSM happy dance football spike, we have at this moment NOT LOST THE COUNTRY and are poised to win full control of Congress.

President Trump had an incredible day yesterday. He endorsed 183 candidates. ONLY 9 did not go his way!

This is NOT OVER. It’s just beginning. Now more than ever it’s time to focus and have steely resolve…not crawl up in the fetal position.

All the odds have been stacked against us. But we are prevailing and those responsible for what they’ve done to our beautiful country will be held accountable.

~ Major Patriot

t.me/TheStormHasArrived17/11723

17.8KviewsTheStormHasArrived17, Nov 9 at 10:25

Take heart, people. There’s more good than bad in the 2022 Midterms, not the least in that far more people are awake.

Alright, what have I got…..

Big Picture, 2022 Midterm Elections Highlight the Distinct Difference Between Ballots and Votes

Important read due to the normalization of early and mail in ballot voting that was not the norm until recently.

Pennsylvania Ballot Fillers Elected a Dead Guy

So did Missouri a few years back.

Wakey, wakey:

The Partisan Rigging of the 2022 Election

It’s always useful for conservatives to watch the legacy networks, starting with PBS, to fully appreciate the level of bias that pervades their “news” organizations. While watching them all the time might quickly become intolerable, return periodically to be reminded: The political content on these networks serve the interests of the Democratic Party.

These days, and for at least the past year, PBS anchor Judy Woodruff, along with every PBS reporter, repeats the term “election denier” dozens of times during every daily news broadcast. They repeat it without irony, without hesitation or qualification. It doesn’t matter what level of skepticism someone may have about the 2020 election. Skepticism in and of itself makes one a “denier.” One can have well founded, incrementalist concerns about election integrity, or one can believe every allegation ever made about systemic election fraud, but there’s no room for such a continuum. According to PBS, all these folks are “election deniers.”

The Mediocre Communist Shit of Community Organizers

Turns out, there is nothing imaginative about Saul Alinsky’s method.

Did the paleocon purge seal our fate?

H/T Rosa:

“if i stole it” by el gato malo

stealing not just an election, but the society that underpins it is a tradition as old as democracy. many civilizations at many times have done it many different ways: some by stealth, some by blatant grabs, and many with the idea that if their treason doth prosper, none shall dare name it treason.

but to really do a good job of it, you have to start planning ahead and laying groundwork in advance.

of course, you need to be sure that exactly who is voting, for whom, and how many times is basically impossible to determine by moving to dodgy closed source voting methods and mail in ballots that can be added at will, ballot stuffed, and generally mishandled. this is just 101 stuff.

Challenges to a McCarthy Speakership Are Mounting

Hopefully…but, really…wishful thinking.

Judge blocks Arizona county from hand-counting ballots

Really, this should be the norm. Think about the implications.

The Establishment Is Trying to Divide and Conquer MAGA

I know that the months ahead will make for some spirited political debate among friends, but I encourage you to cement in your minds this quintessential image of Trump unbroken and unbowed.  Whatever else can be said about the man (and there is plenty), he remains the only leader in our times unafraid to stand alone.  When other self-proclaimed allies run the other way or look for somewhere safe to weather the approaching storm, Trump stands inside the tempest, demanding that it give up and surrender.  That’s something that will forever separate him from those who pretend to be him.

It has become normal to deconstruct Trump’s public appeal to something as basic as he fights!  Yet it is not just that Trump fights; it is why he fights that has attracted such a diverse voting coalition unlike any other political movement today.

In September 2009 the TEA Party scared the bejezus out of the establishment. That morphed into MAGA. They’re still trying to stop us.

Tough. We ain’t going anywhere.

Lessons from the GOP’s big winners

US Exit Polls: 73% of Voters Angry About Direction of Country – So They Voted Democrat?

Ri-i-i-ght.

TWEETS:

Waiting with baited breath.

https://twitter.com/YossiGestetner/status/1590277800166330369

POTUS 45 actually had a REALLY good night.

https://twitter.com/LezLuthor/status/1590326864601829376

View the image. Sick.

Maryland, oh my Maryland. Lived there for a while. BEAUTIFUL state.

Homeschool when possible, please.

https://twitter.com/samanthamarika1/status/1590054055464022016

They knew they didn’t need to.

EWWW!!!!!!!!!!!

And Florida fixed some of the systemic voter fraud issues.

Amen.

https://twitter.com/wakethesheepnow/status/1590338518433529856

Abortion? Seriously?

https://twitter.com/PastorBob63/status/1590296453930704899

I need a drink after that.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1590424892138487808
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1590405696688132096
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1590424540760657920

Until the WP-YT thingie gets fixed, y’all are stuck with what I can find on Rumble.

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

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

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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PHILEMON 7-20

7For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. 8Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you — I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus — 10I appeal to you for my child, Ones’imus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. 11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) 12I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. 13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel; 14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will. 15Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, 16no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 17So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. 18If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it — to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

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Millions Of Americans Struggle To Fill The Void In Their Lives Left By Absence Of Political Commercials

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221103

ULTRA Pepe Lives Matter 🐸

Forwarded from Qstradamus

Rant time.
Are we MAGA normies or are we digital soldiers? MAGA normies would be perfectly fine with “winning” an election, or gas prices going back to 2$.

We are not like them. Why? Because we have been unplugged. We have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Normies don’t see the light, they only grasp to live by the next wins and loses. We have seen the future. This separates us entirely.

Part of the separation also lies within understanding that this is all much bigger than just us.

We aren’t just fighting to get temporary wins. We are fighting for the world to be Changed! Change is hard. Change requires a leap of faith.

Every single one of us are making a leap of faith by putting our heart into the transformation of the world.
So let’s make a decision right now, do we want to just go back to the way things were, or do we want the world to be transformed?

This is where we’re at. Will you hold the line when things are uncomfortable? Will you stand your ground in adversity?

I don’t remember the Q post that says this will be comfortable and easy.. I do know that Q says “it’s going to be Biblical.”
Why?

Not only because prophecy connects to current events, more so the story of Moses. The people had to leave bondage. The people faced major challenges on their way to the promised land.

Can’t you see the promised land? A world without the Cabal…
We don’t even know what life really looks like.. they have created a vision of desolation imprinted on all of our eyes.

Guys.. frens.. the world is in a metamorphosis. We are standing at the doorway to the paradigm of the ages. God has Destined this moment. He is putting on a spectacular display for all to see.

Can you believe that this moment right now is the true beginning to your life? Can you be so optimistic that you see the glorious plans The Lord has for your life and the world?

If the world is changing then let’s join in the process, all will be swept up in the winds of change anyway! We become free.

I refuse to look back. I will peak into the mysterious birth of an Era.
I am making a simple choice. I will not let the war get any leverage on me.

I am a son of God and all forces against me will be my Bread, including negativity. I will stand in authority over Darkness.

God Wins. White Hats are in control. We are warriors. We do NOT live in the frequency of fear. We are NOT victims.
We are blessed. We are honored in Heaven. God is proud of us. The plan is going Perfectly.

End rant.
@RealQstradamus

t.me/PepeMatter/12640

In no particular order:

Biden Cybersecurity Director: ‘Errors,’ ‘Glitches’ Are ‘Normal’ in Elections

Not if paper ballots are used exclusively. Miscounts would be called what they are: either human error or cheating.

Supreme Court Allows TSA To Issue Mask Mandates

Yeah, good luck with that. BTW, this is the only mention I saw of this, so it’s a good bet it’s dead in the water.

You’d Better Be Prepared for the Perfect Transportation Storm

Loaded ships are still waiting off the coast of California because there aren’t enough trucks that meet the state’s emission standards to unload them — and it’s going to get worse in 2023, when more rules kick in.  The ports are choked with cargo containers while perishables spoil and store shelves run empty.   It’s a government-created problem.  What is the government’s solution?  Mandate that port employees work overtime loading the trucks that aren’t there.  It’s government problem-solving 101.

The airline industry is plagued with cancelations and late flights.  And it’s not because of climate change (bad weather) or mechanical failures.  It’s because they don’t have enough pilots. When we tried to control a virus by closing the country, pilots retired, others refused to comply with the vaccine mandate and were fired, and some unknown number took the vax and found they could no longer pass their physicals.  But this time, Pete is on the case.  He’s told the airlines that the Department of Transportation will fine them if they don’t hire more of the pilots that don’t exist.  That should light a fire under their executive tails.

I have it on good authority it’s not just pilots in short supply. Lack of ground crew is part of it as well.

Government by Sociology 101

Despite the fact that a Pew Research poll finds that only 27% of Americans think Biden succeeded in Afghanistan while a whopping 69% see his abrupt deadly withdrawal as a failure, Biden, apparently eager to show his contempt for the American people again, called the withdrawal “an extraordinary success,” but it wasn’t any of his sons or daughters blown to bits at the airport.  And the problems caused by arming the Taliban with the U.S.’s best military equipment will fall on future presidents, Afghan dissidents, the women and girls of Afghanistan, and the victims of future terror attacks.  Congratulations, Joe!

Another voice for the obvious:

No Amnesty for Pandemic Tyranny

Monday’s viral Atlantic piece—now subject to thousands of indignant tweets and TikToks and columns like this one—might be laughably outrageous, but it cannot be dismissed out of hand, for the Atlantic remains the mass middle-class, middlebrow magazine of choice in America; as a status symbol, it signals possession of a college degree, even suggesting a graduate school stint on top of it. It is Reader’s Digest for good liberals embarrassed by Reader’s Digest, a West Wing script on glossy paper. The people who do not deserve a pandemic amnesty read it. 

Emily Oster is an economist at Brown University. She wrote her Atlantic essay to ask the other smart moms of the world permission to forgive herself for masking her kids. But the Atlantic published her little essay to obscure a critical point: experts should be held to a different standard than the rest of us. Some people are downstream from “the experts,” and during the Covid responses they did what they thought they were supposed to do, as best they could tell. Neurotic rule followers are annoying, but if there are any in your family you should forgive them; the relationship is more important than “I told you so,” and hopefully they can admit they were wrong, that they listened to the wrong sources. 

Other people are “the experts” and, more importantly, “the authorities.” And when they are wrong they must admit it, and be held accountable. That is what makes them, in our modern democratic and scientific society, authoritative: accountability to the public record. The Atlantic’s amnesty essay blurs those two categories, for Oster is both a private citizen and a public expert admitting she got things wrong. But she can only represent, only speak for, the class of experts in general, not the public health experts who formulated our pandemic response or the authorities who implemented it. Her apology to herself, to her children, to her readers, is not theirs. In actually considering what the piece suggests, an amnesty for disaster, Oster and her personal record on the Covid response hardly matter. 

The boss might like to click on the link above for the cover image. 😁

“You Murderous Hypocrites”: Outrage Ensues After The Atlantic Suggests ‘Amnesty’ For Pandemic Authoritarians

That screed went viral.

The Pfizer way: produce the sickness, sell the cure

In another universe, it’s called return on investment.

How the Media Trains Journalists to Lie

Re Kari Lake:

She Was Supposed to Be Unelectable. Now She’s the Favorite.

Oops.

MASSIVE VICTORY — PA Supreme Court disallows all mail-in ballots with errors…

Massive? No, but it’s a chink in the wall of cheating.

White House Deletes Fact-Checked Misinformation They Tried Pushing On Social Media

[INSERT LAUGHING GIF HERE] Darn software wouldn’t let me.

OT headlines worth a look:

Democrats Rush Election Funds to Deep Blue Races in New York, Oregon, Illinois and California

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is Up for Reelection, Steve Bannon Interviews his Republican Challenger Joe Pinion

Can you say wave?

TWEETS:

Okay, but that group….

For the record, I sunburned before seed oils. One of the benefits of being more Irish than anything else.

Pureblood and not experiencing sudden death, so, there is that.

True statement.

I’ve got an Andrew Jackson for the first person who wants a blue check mark.

https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1587833014544994306

Please, be patient, feline feces. Elon isn’t done with Twitter yet.

This one is my favorite:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1587842202037805057

Eggs? I think he means cajones.

Forget the lipstick. The fake pearls and blue eye shadow make the look.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1587862272898129922

What sort of drip. Maybe that stuff from the Harry Potter series that transformed the witches and wizards into other people?

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1587672061710782464

I’m setting up the DePat Foundation and will be taking major gifts any day now.

Bela-whatever may have conceded, but the people haven’t.

Oh, well.

https://twitter.com/jimmyfailla/status/1587212056922669057

MEMES:

Really, Elon?

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1587860740828012553
https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1587514661120770049

Have we done this one yet?

Zzzzz. We need a dance number.

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

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LUKE 15:1-10

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

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Galactic Empire Requests Amnesty For Anyone Who May Have Gotten Carried Away And Blown Up A Planet

Democrats Worried Republicans May Take Lead Beyond Margin Of Cheating

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221027

Let’s get this out of the way….

Report, Twitter Employees Draft Letter Demanding Assurances Against Discrimination for Their Political Beliefs

https://twitter.com/drefanzor/status/1585355585931087872

This is almost as good as binge watching Bridgerton.

Almost.

Google, Meta poach hundreds of Twitter employees put off by Elon Musk

Poach, or are these people anticipating a pink slip, and jumping ship?

Biden’s Destruction Of America Vindicates Mike Anton’s 2016 ‘Flight 93’ Essay

Anton said the U.S. administrative state’s gradual replacement of constitutional self-government has metastasized into a national emergency, an argument American conservatives have been developing for more than 100 years. The essay justified a vote for Trump based on his platform against open borders, endless foreign war, and trading our economic advantages to China.

It was these, Anton argued, that really triggered the opposition to Trump, not his public moral failings, since people who divorce their spouses, commit adultery, say mean things about their own political team, publicly glory in fetishes that involve sexual violence, proposition much younger sexual partners, and destroy their own families are funded through “conservative” institutions and celebrated by “conservative” politicians. They are accepted in public discourse and “vaunted institutions” even though such behaviors drive America’s decline.

MSNBC guest: Republicans are fascists for wanting to improve economy, tame inflation

It doesn’t seem to matter what people who aren’t liberals do, we’re always fascists.

Ronald Reagan and Capturing the American Moral Imagination

Presentism is characterized by people’s increasing myopia. Those who engage in it (and they are on both the Left and the Right) disregard the past and live only in the time that amounts to a few scrolls on the Twitter feed. To the extent they focus on the future, it is usually of either the negative variety (“we are all doomed”) or what may seem positive, but actually is just a fanciful and intergalactic futurism that puts man as the measure of all things (“let’s go to Mars”). As if human problems cease to exist in such an escape—either from the burden of having to solve them or from the limits of earth’s atmosphere.

If we are unable to find our common humanity in all of this chaos, then how can we expect to find what is unique in our individual selves and our nation? The result of ideology’s hold on American society is a death of imagination. Ideology forces us to only care about results, and in ways that dehumanize and objectify people—subsuming them into “masses” or a “collective.” In such a form, imagination is not permitted, and it leads at its worst to the killing of the human spirit, or at least to the creation of lifeless Kafkaesque bureaucracy.

Elite Capture, What It Is and How It Threatens America’s Future

Elite capture has been mastered by the Chinese communists (CCP) and it has proven far more successful in subverting America than the prior efforts by the Soviet Communists, who did succeed in the FDR and Truman administrations in controlling dozens of agents in the U.S. government. One such agent, Alger Hiss, was FDR’s right-hand man at the Yalta talks, and assisted Stalin sitting across the table to gain control of 10 Eastern European countries in the post-World War II world.

While the CCP uses front groups for propaganda, they have mastered all manner of techniques with an emphasis on infiltration to influence, compromise and co-opt elites so as to “capture” them. Typical targets include university professors and scientists, media executives and reporters, and political, and corporate leaders.

Elite capture, first developed in China, was a form of corruption whereby rural elites used their authority and influence to abuse public resources and monopolize the planning and management of development projects for personal gain at the expense of the larger population. Now the CCP uses it as the primary means in expanding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) all over the developing world, and to subvert developed countries, with a primary focus on the United States.

Americans choosing wallets over wokeness caught the elites by surprise

Really? Those people really do not live in the real world.

Most Candidates Who Think 2020 Was Rigged Are Probably Going To Win In November

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

These Governors Are Refusing to Mandate COVID Shots for Kids

After advocating for COVID-19 vaccination for over a year, Ben Shapiro says he was deceived: ‘We were lied to by everyone’

Not everyone. The “fringe” who didn’t take the shots did not lie. You just didn’t listen. CYA begins.

Steve Mnuchin is Not Pretending, States U.S. Economy is Already in Recession

Local Arizona Media Poll, Candidate Kari Lake Pulling Away as Democrat Katie Hobbs Refuses to Debate

TWEETS:

Is there a stronger word than disaster? This is a slow moving train wreck.

Well, definitely not the economy.

When the world runs out of lithium, the “transition” will reverse itself if not sooner.

This is my shocked face.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1585315335246184448

As a person who has struggled to keep the layers off after losing them as a late teen, get over it, and do your best to at least stay out of plus sizes. And, no, I’m not interested in dating a member of my own sex pretending to be a member of the opposite.

MAGA candidates, maybe, but regular Republicans?

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1585335746839601153

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1585349371142414337

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

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

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All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

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

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

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

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

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

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EPHESIANS 6:10-20

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

PSALMS 144:1-2, 9-10

1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under him. 9I will sing a new song to thee, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to thee, 10who givest victory to kings, who rescuest David thy servant.

LUKE 13:31-35

31At that very hour some Pharisees came, and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, `Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. 33Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ 34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! 35Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'”

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After Oz-Fetterman Debate, Pennsylvania Votes To Have No Representation In The Senate

HARRISBURG, PA — After witnessing last night’s debate between Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman, the people of Pennsylvania have overwhelmingly voted to just have no representation in the Senate at all.

“Yeah, after seeing that debate, I don’t even think we need a Senator,” said local steelworker Joe Wunpack while rummaging through the contents of his rusty old lunch bucket. “Those folks don’t seem all that bright if you ask me.”

Pundits on the Left are praising Fetterman for having a beating heart and functioning lungs while having the letter “D” after his name. Pundits on the Right, however, insist Oz is the best choice for Pennsylvania since he can form complete sentences and has a last name that makes him sound like an all-powerful wizard. Most citizens of the state are not convinced.

“Maybe we can just skip having a Senator this year,” said Suzie Homewife while setting an apple pie on her window sill to cool. “I think 99 Senators is enough, don’t you? Actually, maybe 99 is too many.”

Bonus video!