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DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241024

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

The White Pill Emporium – Part 1

Badlands News Brief – October 23, 2024

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

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

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

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

Can’t fix stupid.

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

Good.

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

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

It’s Us vs The Machines

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

His gut and many a deplorable brain.

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

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

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

Is sense FINALLY making its way into the trans thing?

SPOOKED! Witches complain they cannot cast harmful spells on Trump

Thank God for small favors.

TWEETS!

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

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

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

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

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

MEMES and FUN STUFF

It was full of whisky sours.

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

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

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

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

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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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Ephesians 3:14-21

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

Luke 12:49-53

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

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Death in the Afternoon

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Published: Oct 23, 2020 · Modified: Apr 3, 2023 by Kevin Mayfield · This post may contain affiliate links.

Halloween Cocktails: Death in the Afternoon is a Real Treat

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

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

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Death in the Afternoon will make you Comfortably Numb

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

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

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

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

Ingredients Needed

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

  • Champagne
  • Absinthe

And that’s it!

Tips for Success

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

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

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241017

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

Eye of the Storm 173 & Meet Milton

Badlands News Brief – October 15, 2024

Don’t Get Complacent

Tucker Carlson and Mark Halprin Pretend 2024 is really 1998

Stay Focused on the Big Picture

Badlands News Brief – October 16, 2004

Absentee Ballots Suddenly Begin Disappearing in Michigan Just Weeks Before Election

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

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

AKA bribes.

Gallup: Trust in Establishment Media Hits Record Low

Gee, I wonder why….

The Dems’ new smell: Desperation

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

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

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

TWEETS!

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

We need names. Sorry, but we do.

True story.

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

More of this story:

MEMES and FUN STUFF

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

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

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

LOVE Yo Yo Ma grooving to the beat.

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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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Psalms 98:1-6

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

Luke 11:47-54

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

Philippians 3:17–4:1

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

Psalms 34:2-9

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

John 12:24-26

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

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

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Pumpkin Nog

Ingredients

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

Steps

Serves 16.

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

That’s rather complicated, isn’t it.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241010

Cover image: Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia

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

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

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

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

Five Half-Truths About the Longshoremen’s Strike

Canada’s Transition to Collectivist Green Dystopia

Badlands News Brief – October 9, 2024

The Best Is Still Yet To Come

The 2020 Theft Saved This Country

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

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

TWEETS!

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

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

Anyone close to the north west have sauce on this?

Dry ice, apparently.

Really, is there sauce on this?

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

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

My source in the chicken industry wondered the same thing.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

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

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And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Luke 11:5-13

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

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SATIRE

I have a leftist, Jesuit educated friend….

WEEKEND STARTER

Black Russian

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces vodka
  • 1 ounce Kahlúa

Steps

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

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20241003

Cover image is somewhere in North Carolina.

Making room for microschooling

The Great Purge of the Cabal Has Begun

Badlands News Brief – October 2, 2024

Eye of the Storm 169 & Bonus Video

Are Jay-Z and Beyonce the next to fall?

Trump just gave a masterclass on tariffs on Dave Ramsey…

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

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

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

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

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

TWEETS!

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

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

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

THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT!

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

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

MEMES and FUN STUFF

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

Getting a degree gave me research skills.

Or a plaque.

Some people have no sense of humor.

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

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

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Job 19:21-27

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

Luke 10:1-12

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

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

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

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

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240926

Cover image: Lake Cumberland, Kentucky

Okay, so, the family was on a camping trip in the old pop-up camper, and we had entirely too much rain for a couple days. Mom had a nasty cold. We were all in the station wagon waiting for mom and dad to take down the camper, and mom let her side down first and WHOOSH. The rain that collected on the roof of the camper for a few days drenched her. My brothers were like, Hey, Mom, do that again. It happened in Lake Cumberland State Park.

Badlands News Brief – September 25, 2024

Majority of Americans Admit to ‘Self-Silencing’ on Hot-Button Issues, Survey Finds

It’s a matter of keeping the peace in most cases.

It’s the ‘Caddyshack’ Election

Sundance responds to a reader:

Dear Bob Parker…

Senate Homeland Security and Govt Affairs Committee Releases Interim Report on Butler Assassination Attempt of President Trump

Mistakes were made…yeah, there’s an understatement for you.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams Indicted by DOJ

Indicted, huh. Let’s see what the indictment says before we, the people get all excited.

*** General Flynn on Eye of the Storm

Not stupid, just lazy

MMA fighter reveals why he’s entitled to beat up on women in the Octagon

Spiciest one-minute take on entire COVID sham: it was all about hysterical female energy…

COVID…Prohibition…[insert female led movement here]

The Vast Pharmaceutical Conspiracy to Silence Dissent Online

I went out to lunch with a friend on Wednesday and we got to talking about this. She and I are so on the same page, it’s not even funny.

Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration

Money talks.

Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses

Hey, there’s a stunner. The Vatican did something right for once.

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1838665564648280274

Another post on this UN thing. VERY important.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

Play the E natural first.

It’s really more stylish than the Delorian.

Or osteosarcoma. Yes, it happens to runners.

Anymore, it’s a pain in the backside.

Shut up, little girl.

She called her husband Fang while doing stand-up. Great lady.

It’s the little things….

Couldn’t happen in a nicer city…says the St. Louisan where we regularly question Chicago’s spotlight.

I 💕 capybaras.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1839020048800977258
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1838951600351748601

That has to be a guy thing.

Just because it’s my current earworm….

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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

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:

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Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever. 5The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6The wind blows to the south, and goes round to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. 10Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us. 11There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to happen among those who come after.

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SATIRE

Come live out here during tornado season.

And for those looking for wholesome content on YouTube, I’ve been following this lobster fisherman in Maine. We know farming, but do we know commercial fishing?

WEEKEND STARTER

Martha’s Cider-Bourbon Cocktail

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup apple cider
  • ⅓ cup bourbon
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 (2 ½-inch-long) thin slices fresh ginger
  • 2 thin slices from a small apple, such as lady, for garnish

Directions

  1. Make cocktail:Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add cider, bourbon, lemon juice, and ginger; shake until well chilled.
  2. Strain and serve:Strain and divide cocktail between two glasses. Garnish with apple slices.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240919

Cover image: Bear Lake, Idaho

Long story short, my sister and I were driving from Salt Lake City to Jackson, Wyoming, and found this lake. Really, we should have stopped.

Badlands News Brief – September 17, 2024

Thread reader: The State Department, joined by the likes of the Poynter Institute, Clemson University, disinfo professor Kate Starbird, and Snopes, have secretly coordinated on a “fake news” listserv targeting conservative media

ICYMI – The Media is the Enemy of the People

Bad Lands News Brief – September 18, 2024

Erik Prince on Trump Assassins Allegedly Appearing in BlackRock Commercials, “The Statistical Likelihood of that Being Random Is Impossible” – UPDATE: Routh Video NOT from BlackRock Ad

Darn.

Biden-Harris’s Migration Inflates Americans’ Auto Insurance Rates

So, it’s not just all the electronic stuff on the new cars that’s jacking up the prices?

Hedge Fund Billionaire Threatens to Pull Out of Stock Market if Commiela Harris Wins

Democrats are the abortion radicals — but they’re hiding the gruesome truth

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/ronin19217435/status/1836112567422308430

One of the sources I read who claims to have inside sources with governments all over the world says that the writers for The Simpsons get scoops from White Hats on the inside trying to warn the populace.

Trump is headed there anyway. Sometime in the next couple of weeks, I understand.

Another ICYMI (this was posted in the comments on Wednesday):

Keep reading here.

Can’t quite figure him out.

Is the legacy media covering this?

My one idiot brother did this. (Gee, thanks.) Although, without it, we would not know we are 1% North African. The British/Irish (trust me, it’s Irish), “other European” and Iberian Peninsula overwhelms that, though.

No white Ford Broncos?

IDK. I wonder if he’s not going to be Epsteined.

The tide is turning.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

Or…as in my neighborhood…there’s a gate blocking the street right where you want to go. I’ve seen more people slam on the brakes….

Umm…that just brings on different insomnia, headache and stress.

Ya don’t say.

A story here in STL regarding the Cathedral Basilica in the last couple days I know isn’t completely true because I was there. There’s a lot more that isn’t being reported, although, that’s probably for the best given the details.

Didn’t everyone have to do the index card thing and cite every quote down to the subtitles? Oh, wait…I was taught by nuns.

Well…I live behind enemy lines. Not so much here.

True story. Those furniture pieces are still in my dad’s bedroom.

That’s not a Border Collie, but that’s beside the point.

https://twitter.com/puppiesDoglover/status/1836238032162169320

Great, pretty unknown movie from 1992.

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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.

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John 15:12-17

12“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17This I command you, to love one another.

Luke 7:36-50

36One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house, and took his place at table. 37And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” 40And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “What is it, Teacher?” 41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Today is a memorial, and both Gospel readings are important.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Sea Breeze Cocktail

How to make a Sea Breeze: The recipe we’re sharing today makes 1 cocktail. You simply pour the ingredients in a glass over ice and stir to combine. Either a tall high ball glass or short old fashioned glass works just fine. If you’re entertaining a group, make a large batch by easily maintaining the proportions and scaling up each ingredient to suit how many guests you have.

  • Vodka: Just plain budget-friendly vodka that you would enjoy drinking straight is all you need, nothing fancy.
  • Cranberry Juice: Use cranberry cocktail, like OceanSpray that contains various fruit juices in it. 100% cranberry juice will make the drink too bitter.
  • Grapefruit juice: You can buy this, but since grapefruits are a year-round fruit, we recommend squeezing it fresh.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240912

Cover image: Meramec (some spell it Maramec) State Park, St. James, Missouri

Badlands News Brief – September 10, 2024

Just In: Rumble is NO LONGER AVAILABLE in Brazil-A Direct Attack on Freedom of Expression in Yet Another Country

Public Intellectuals Unite to Shame Darryl Cooper

Bright Brief – The Princess and the Frog

Badlands News Brief – September 11, 2024

Full Debate Analysis

4th Generation Warfare

Top US toolmaker quietly removes DEI and LGBTQ campaigns from its website after boycott

Saving Journalism from the Journalists

And for those who can’t view Twitter videos…until YT takes it down:

TWEETS!

And…all the evidence of one HUGE anti-trust lawsuit against the Rockefellers, supposedly.

My one brother had a roommate in college who was from Puerto Rico. He said straight out that the people of Haiti are 96% Catholic and 100% Voodoo. Of course, the two are not compatible, but the Haitians compromise.

Most of us dog people are not exactly cat people, but the cats may need the dogs for protection. Cats do have a place in life…even if some of us are allergic to them.

No kidding.

Great. We upstream in the Mississippi River Valley are anxiously awaiting what’s left of Francine when she gets here. We need the rain. Badly.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

Back when we used them as trash liners and book covers at least they had a second life.

I’m not sure this is really true about the cures, but a cured patient is a customer lost.

Unless I miss my guess, that’s the Lowenbrau tent. I was there in 1999.

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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.

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Luke 1:46-55

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.”

So many settings of this text….

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Limoncello Spritz

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp limoncello
  • Chilled dry Prosecco
  • lemon slice

Instructions

  • 1. Pour limoncello into a champagne flute or coupe glass. Top with prosecco. Garnish with lemon slice.

Limoncello…rooftop in Rome 2009…Barb…yeah, she had too much.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240905

Cover image: Sebago Lake State Park, Maine

Badlands News Brief – September 3, 2024

Warren Buffet Dumps More Bank of America Stocks Indicating Possible Financial Meltdown

The Great Realignment

With RFK Jr. still on campaign trail, voters revisit Democrats’ COVID restrictions and censorship

Free speech on 2024 ballot because entrenched disinformation policing infrastructure, analyst says

Cable TV’s collapse deepens: ‘It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no longer any floor’

It still sucks. We can’t get the SEC network because our provider is in a price war with Disney. My dad will be lost without Mizzou football.

The Werewolf Game – Creation Myth Clues

Badlands News Brief – September 4, 2024

Will Election-Riggers Wag the Dog Again?

Kamala Harris new campaign hire attacks America as a ‘cult,’ ‘bloodthirsty imperial beast’

Another Huge Mall Retailer Closing 150 Locations

Now, Macy’s. I wrote about this on one of my personal blogs in the last week. I think the issue is oversaturation, to be honest. During the golden age of the mall, they sprang up all over. There just aren’t enough shoppers to make them all profitable.

Robert Kennedy Junior’s Greatest Red Pill Moments

The Deep State Admit They No Longer Control Public Opinion!

The Deep State’s Next Contingency

U.S. Steel shares plunge on report White House preparing to block Nippon Steel takeover

We need our own steel. End of sentence. It really is a national security issue.

TWEETS!

Psst: It’s “Walzes.” Any number of nuns are rolling in their graves.

The guy was fair in his assessment. Watch the whole thing rather than take internet armchair pundits at their opinion.

Yep. There was a home here for kids who didn’t get enough sunlight when the coal dust smothered the city.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

At least one of those guys is dead.

https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1831462242597978236

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1 Corinthians 3:18-23

18Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” 21So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apol’los or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours; 23and you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

Psalms 24:1-6

1The earth is the LORD’s and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein; 2for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers. 3Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully. 5He will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of his salvation. 6Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. [Selah]

Luke 5:1-11

1While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes’aret. 2And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, 7they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zeb’edee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.” 11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Forbidden Sour

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce bourbon
  • 1 ounce Pama pomegranate liqueur
  • 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
  • Garnish: orange wheel
  • Garnish: cherry

Steps

  1. Add the bourbon, pomegranate liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
  3. Garnish with an orange wheel and a cherry.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240829

Cover image: Flathead Lake, Montana

Badlands News Brief – August 27, 2024

Half of Americans under 35 would rather quit their job than work with political ‘opponents.’ That’s scary

Most of us do work with political opponents. It’s called being an adult.

China’s strategic silver takeover: A calculated move to drain the west

Which is Worse: Conspiracy Theory or Hive Mind?

Fascinating chat between Roseanne and RFK Jr. on deprogramming Americans trapped in the deep state ‘psyop’…

The death of celebrity culture: why Americans are sick and tired of rich, pampered stars

‘He Has No Business Being Out on the Street’: Carville Says ‘More Humane Country’ Would Have Committed RFK Jr

Maybe Carville is the one who should be locked up.

No Deals = No Plea Deals for DJT

US Elections Must Be Independent

Badlands News Brief – August 28, 2024

Report: Kamala Harris Claims She ‘Does Not Support’ Electric Car Mandates After Years of Backing Them

Just like a woman changing her mind.

Elections commission votes to keep Kennedy on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot

If You Want To See Where America Is Heading, Look To 1453

Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan

Breaking: US Government-Funded Censorship Arm ‘Atlantic Council’ Targeted Telegram Just Two Months Before Durov Arrest

TWEETS!

Personally, barred owls are welcome in this neighborhood. They help to keep the critter population under control along with hawks and other owls.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

Jeremiah 1:17-19

17But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. 18And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.”

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Bijou Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce London dry gin
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth
  • 1 ounce Green Chartreuse
  • 1 dash orange bitters

Directions

  1. Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with cracked ice. Stir well for 20 seconds and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Twist a piece of lemon peel over the drink and use as garnish.
  2. For a more modern version, use 1 1/2 ounces gin, 1/2 ounce vermouth, and 1/2 ounce Chartreuse.

Have a good one y’all.

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20240822

Cover image: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Badlands News Brief – August 20, 2024

Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to vote supported by 24 state AGs in emergency stay with SCOTUS

EU capital’s government bans Telegram

Bright Brief – A Series of Shatterings

Grok’s take on Stormy Patriot Joe

The Werewolf Game – Modern Day Cyber-Necromancy

Anyways, zombies love to eat brains—this is a metaphor for the process of ideological indoctrination that NPCs like to inflict on free thinkers. I mean that quite seriously: many of my propagandized leftist friends from childhood are incapable of making coherent statements about current events that don’t sound like they were auto-generated by a discount version of ChatGPT that’s been trained only on MSM talking points. Furthermore, they get VERY agitated when you don’t share the same “programming” as them—I believe this is a real symptom of zombification, which I regard as a real condition.

Badlands News Brief – August 21, 2024

Pennsylvania Judge Rules Voters and Election Officials CANNOT Cure or Count ‘Naked’ Mail-in Ballots

Cuz They Can’t Cheat! — NY Times Admits Democrats Will Not Likely Win Red State Georgia with the New Election Integrity Laws in Place

Rifts Emerge Between Establishment Media, Democrats as DNC Problems Turn into Debacle

WEF Tells Public to Prepare for Major ‘Shock Event’ This Year

As if we didn’t know this was coming.

A United Ireland Defies Globalism

Dodge emasculates muscle cars

More American icons destroyed by globalists.

Rep. Thomas Massie Says Congress Members Should Not Be Dual Citizens, Gets Accused of Anti-Semitism

Well, he’s right.

Unrealized Gain Tax—A Coming Sea Change in FY2025 Budget Proposal?

Is there anything the vultures won’t tax?

Where are all the expired and busted wind turbine blades going?

Breaking: Jordan’s Weaponization Committee Investigating Quiet Skies for Politicization After Concerns About Gabbard

TWEETS!

The 1988 carbon dating used a portion of the Shroud that was rewoven by well meaning French Nuns after a fire in 1532. For those who scoff at French reweaving, my grandmother’s aunt had a French reweaving business that was used by dry cleaners across the country for decades in the 20th century. As a little kid, I remember the magnifying glass which was on an adjustable arm with a fluorescent light that the reweavers used when they patched holes in clothing. (Somebody in the family still has one.) I also remember going to the reweaving shop downtown where the elevator was operated by an older gentleman, and there was a gate across the doorway rather than doors. It really was an art form. Aunt R’s best reweaver, G or Mrs. M, patched a silverfish hole in a kilt for me in the 90s. You’d never see that today.

They also are of the same blood type as the blood on the Crown of Thorns in Paris, and The Sudarium in Spain, and every Eucharistic Miracle known. AB for sure, and I’ve read that the Rh is negative.

MEMES and FUN STUFF

SOUND UP

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1825626297902796911

I’ve known people who could do that.

Have I ever used this one?

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And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

Psalms 113:1-8

1Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! 2Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore! 3From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised! 4The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! 5Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, 6who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth? 7He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap, 8to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

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SATIRE

WEEKEND STARTER

Cosmopolitan

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. premium vodka
  • 1 oz. triple sec
  • 1 oz. cranberry cocktail juice
  • 1/2 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice

Instructions

  1. Add ingredients to an ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake well.
  2. Pour into a chilled martini glass.
  3. Garnish with a lime twist.

Have a good one y’all.