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Dear KAG: 20221102 Open Thread

It’s been a long day. Let’s see what I’ve got….

A Data Point to Understanding the DHS Portal Within Twitter is Found in Transcript of Former CEO Jack Dorsey

At this point in history, anyone who is claiming the U.S. Government is not directly coordinating with social media platforms to shape opinion and cull information adverse to their interests, is being intellectually dishonest.   There is simply too much evidence of the intelligence apparatus, specifically the Dept of Homeland Security, being enmeshed with the platforms of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google and Microsoft.

The DHS justifications for the relationship all involve claims of ‘national security’ and domestic terror threats.  However, the simple and transparent motivations of the relationship are all political.  The DHS terms of “disinformation, misinformation and malinformation” are simply excuses for the platforms to adhere to the demands of the government and censor or remove discussion that is against the interests of those in power.  The truth of this is in the sunlight now.

That said, the relationship between the intelligence community and social media is one of mutual benefit.  DHS gets to conduct surveillance and control permitted speech in the public square, and in return Big Tech gets assurances of their ability to continue monopolistic enterprise and simultaneously receive subsidies on operational costs.  The legislative branch allows this synergy without oversight because the legislative branch is in alignment with the larger ‘national security’ ruse.

That’s long hand for the DHS and social media is Operation Mockingbird on steroids.

Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist Says He is Open to Forcing Mask Mandates on Floridians

That’s one way to assure a loss.

Poll: Independent Voters Swing 18 Points Toward GOP on Generic Ballot

Lessons from the Debate Season

As we hurtle towards the day of reckoning, one of the most fascinating elements of this election season has been the utter destruction of nearly all Democrats who took to the debate stage, often by opponents who were considered intellectual lightweights, extremists, or sacrificial lambs by the media and the establishment.  Heading towards Halloween, these were the true horror shows for the Democrats, no doubt leading to many of them waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweat and tremors. 

There are a few key lessons that came out of those debates worth considering going forward. 

  1. Democrats are such a radical party at this point with such a horrible record that they cannot withstand the slightest bit of scrutiny by anyone who is not a sycophant.

DePat: and that goes for critiquing hairstyles as well. I thought it was more polite not to say anything.

Twitter, Safety, and Counter-Revolution

So the whole question of “safety” is a girl thing. As I say: “women expect to be protected.” And women don’t just expect to be “safe” from physical violence, but from verbal violence. That’s why “safetyism” has become such an issue at the university. Of course, it has, because women are coming to dominate the administration of universities, and that means replacing the old culture of insult, of the free exchange of ideas, with the women’s culture of complaint, whenever some man’s colorful one-liner makes her feel unsafe.

By the way, when Gadde “cries” about Musk taking over Twitter, we sexists call it “women’s tears win.”

Not in my neighborhood.

Tucker Carlson explains why the Democrats must rely on censorship to maintain political viability

We’ll take the wins where we can get them. Tucker’s loyalty has been spotty, but not on this.

The Trouble With Tactical Imitation of the Left

I too have ridiculed the GOP establishment and Conservatism, Inc. for their lack of “thumos” and have held up the fanaticism and competitiveness of the Democratic Left as qualities we on the Right should want to emulate. There are of course certain obvious reasons that we couldn’t get away with the Left’s bullying behavior, starting with how the woke leftist media would portray our bold actions. The Left is allowed and even encouraged to attack the headquarters of pro-life activists, and they can threaten the lives of judges whom they don’t like with impunity. Pro-life advocates by contrast will incur the wrath of the media and may even have the FBI come after them if they do anything as subversive as sing hymns in front of an abortion center.

While the Left continues to depict counterfactually the events at Charlottesville in August 2018 and the Capitol break-in on January 6, 2020, as attempted Nazi or fascist coups, the same media try to wipe from our consciousness anything that does not fit its narrative of “democracy” being threatened by a surging “white nationalist” presence. The black racist who ran over a crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin last Christmas was allegedly a poor soul who had trouble controlling his vehicle; while the hundred or so riots, some of them paid for by Democrats, during the “Summer of Love” in 2020 are recast as understandable reactions to the racist death of George Floyd. No matter how the Right reacts to the other side, the media will denounce its action as a “threat to democracy.”

There is, however, another reason that I couldn’t imagine a serious American Right that successfully imitates its enemy’s behavior, except in a limited tactical way. Some of the Left’s actors are so peculiarly leftist that it is hard to see how our side could imitate them. What would be the right-wing equivalent of Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O’Rourke, or the “ladies” on “The View”? I couldn’t begin to imagine how we’d offer our own version of these whinging guilt-mongers or splenetic true believers.

It could just be that traditional Americans are too honest to pull off duplicity.

Our Soviet Blue-Check Media

I don’t know how to put this gently to my fellow members of the blue-check media class, so I will say it bluntly. You guys resemble nothing so much as the info apparatus of some failing ideological state—late-Soviet apparatchiks, only without the erudition that was demanded of regime intellectuals in Moscow back in the day. Your conduct seems designed to stoke the very conspiracism you claim to despise in the public. It’s like you want to turn sensible Americans into muttering paranoiacs.

And no, apologizing roughly every two years that “mistakes were made” earlier doesn’t make it any better.

Oh, this is getting good.

U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why.

It wouldn’t be coddling through higher education, would it?

Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot

Skunk. Yeah, just say no. It’s one thing to relieve Parkinson’s symptoms, and get cancer patients to eat. There’s no good reason to say yes to this. And my state has it on the ballot.

Just watch the first thirteen minutes or so of Matt Walsh. I think he pretty much says it.

Republican Election Prospects Rise as Inflation Overshadows Abortion, WSJ Poll Finds

Tweets!

I’m allergic to it, but….

MEMES!

OREGON?! REALLY?!

Red wave indeed.

Have a good day y’all.

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

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

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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, bring enough for everyone

Please, stock up on blanks for celebratory gunfire, be ready to swing from the chandeliers…and no messing with the nuclear weapons.

Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.

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WISDOM 3:1-9

1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. 2In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an affliction, 3and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. 4For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. 5Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; 6like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. 7In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. 8They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever. 9Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.

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

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

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

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

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

SATIRE SECTION

Dear KAG: 20221101 Open Thread

Cover image: William Tylee Ranney, Advice on the Prairie

Allergy riddled and frustrated with a post-COVID landscape of reduced coffee shop hours for an escape from the homestead, here we go:

Well, Conspiracy No More – Leaked DHS Documents Show Portal Connections Where Govt Officials Backchannel Instructions to Social Media Engineers and Conduct Surveillance

DHS gets domestic surveillance tools under the guise of ‘national security’.  Meanwhile, massive social media companies get financial offsets for the extreme data processing costs associated with millions of simultaneous users.  That’s the mutual benefit behind “Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop.”  Previously people called it a ‘conspiracy theory‘, I didn’t care, still don’t, it just makes the most sense; Occam’s Razor applies.

Today, all that was almost certain is now brought forth with buckets of evidence showing how social media enterprises have direct portals to DHS to transmit information and receive instructions. It’s a public-private partnership, just like it always appeared.  To quote succinctly, we been knew.

Now before getting all giddy and excited about the documents leaked to The Intercept, proving what CTH has outlined for years, allow me to temper the thirst for immediate I toldyaso’s,   Slow your roll…

Remind yourself when everyone was giddy about getting to see for the first time in history a released ‘top secret’ Title-1 FISA application (Carter Page) and how everyone rushed to review and discuss it without asking the first question(s) first.  We know these are bad actors, so why was it released and who released it?

The same applies here. 

🚨FASCISM ALERT🚨 DNC Weaponized the DHS/FBI to Interfere in 2020 Election

New documents released to the public, pertaining to DHS secret relationships with social media companies, and the government’s hand in censorship of TRUTH, which altered the outcome of the 2020 election. See DHS/CISA documents here.

Turns out the “Disinformation Governance Board” was already going on before they told us about it. The US Intelligence Community were giving orders to social media companies on moderation. Instructing them what to label as “mis/disinformation”

Elon Musk wastes no time changing Twitter

Less than 24 hours after completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk decided to change its homepage.

He requested that logged out users visiting Twitter.com be redirected to the Explore page that shows trending tweets and news stories, according to employees familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to speak without the company’s permission. Before, visiting Twitter’s homepage while logged out showed only a sign-up form, encouraging the creation of an account to view tweets. Musk’s directive, which was implemented late Friday, required VP involvement to override a code freeze put in place to prevent rogue staffers from making changes during the takeover process.

Though Musk didn’t widely articulate a reason for the change, to the employees who observed it, the message was clear: no more sacred cows. Inside the old Twitter, such a decision would have been fought over between teams for weeks. But this was the new Twitter. As a former executive told me: “That’s definitely one way to make it clear you’re in charge now.”

BE RUTHLESS

ADVICE FOR ELON: 13 STEPS TO FREE THE BIRD AND BECOME GREAT

Climate Vandals Want to Destroy What They Can’t Understand or Replace

I’ve written here before on “Why I’m a Climate Denier and You Should Be Too.” Global elites who peddle the claim that the earth’s climate is radically changing as the result of human carbon emissions are wielding biased, coerced, propaganda “science.”

You know, the way the same elites censored, blackballed, and tried to destroy dissenters from the manufactured COVID panic (including world class epidemiologists and doctors), in order to:

  • Crush small businesses.
  • Enrich conglomerates such as Amazon.
  • Shutter our churches.
  • Steal our medical privacy.
  • Make our elections insecure.
  • Massively enrich Big Pharma at zero legal risk. And
  • Force on all of us an untested, risky vaccine dependent on the abuse of aborted babies.

Remember that?

The COVID panic saw a Chinese bioweapon wielded as part of a massive power grab over the whole population of earth. That scam has run its course and achieved its goals. The test run for global tyranny was an overwhelming success, as our politicians and pastors mostly flipped over like beaten dogs and showed their bellies.

Poor Mika….

She just doesn’t get that the narrative had moved on days before.

NYT reporter says quiet part out loud, Biden was ‘an emergency nominee’ and Dems didn’t plan ahead

No kidding.

Corrupt Socialist Lula Beats Bolsonaro in Brazil’s Closest Presidential Election in Decades

Using Dominion voting machines to boot.

Is the ‘secret majority’ about to make a powerful statement on Nov. 8?

Over the past few years, I have lost count as to how many Republicans, conservatives, independents and libertarians have told me that they have learned the art of self-censorship when it comes to discussing or even hinting at their political or faith-based views.

They went into self-censorship mode as a self-preservation response to the woke/cancel culture vigilantism many believe has swept into the corners of academia, corporate America and the mainstream media. As many now believe that identity politics and the search for any micro-aggression or misappropriation rule the day in these powerful, left-leaning institutions, they have decided that discretion is indeed the greater part of valor. They’ll make their views known only in the privacy of a voting booth. 

For decades, we have all heard of the “silent majority” in American politics. Today, for incredibly practical reasons, it may have morphed into the “secret majority.”

OR Gov General – Oct 2022

If that is true, the MAGA inroads are bigger than all media sources know.

As Midterms Approach, Democrats Scream in Protest of Accountability

Moral blackmail is Democrats’ bread and butter. But this time, it isn’t working. Their rhetoric has just become too preposterous: How is “democracy” threatened when the people peacefully choose new leaders? Democrats can’t say. Anyway, they’re the last people who should be giving lectures on democracy. As Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake boldly reminded us the other day, Democrats were “election deniers” long before they concocted the term as a childish libel against the Right. 

What Democrats really fear is being held accountable for the miserable “new normal” they foisted on the country.

Why Does FBI Want Seth Rich Records Sealed For 66 Years?

Good question, Governor Huckabee.

Let’s Check In With the Celebrities Who Said They’d Quit Twitter if Elon Musk Took Over

Tweet hopper:

https://twitter.com/WillOckhamMemes/status/1586800238353842177

Ri-i-i-i-i-ght. We’ll believe it when we see it.

What, no spa services? I mean, I could use a day of beauty about now.

There’s multiple ways to look at this: unjust, yes, but exposing the courts, and the double standards…priceless. Here’s to hoping the judge gets disbarred.

May as well.

HEAR, HEAR!

Meme & Fun hopper:

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

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

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

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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, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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.

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Latest from Archbishop Vigano (this one is pretty Church specific, not so much political)

REVELATION 7:2-4, 9-14

2Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.” 4And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel, 

[5] Of the tribe of Juda, were twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Ruben, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand signed:

[6] Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Nephthali, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Manasses, twelve thousand signed: [7] Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand signed: [8] Of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand signed.

9After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen.” 13Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?” 14I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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Anonymous ID: hHkrVD7x No.148156632 
Nov 5 2017 20:06:36 (EST)

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

>>148154137

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

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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

Satire

Dear KAG: 20221026 Open Thread

The 2022 Election is the Opening Salvo in the Repudiation of America’s Elites

The Democrat Dilemma — What to Do about Joe

Democrats are now hostage to the transgender extremists, and it is going to cost them dearly

J6 Prosecutors Redouble Retaliation and Revenge

Natural Right and Historicism

O’Rourke vs. Abbott Is the Last Political Race of Its Kind

Whatever Happened to the Antiwar Left?

The Left’s Taxpayer-Funded Voter Registration Machine

Who is funding Just Stop Oil? | The billionaires backing the art vandals

Why this pro-choice Democrat is voting Lee Zeldin for governor

Karl Rove’s Establishment Super PAC Backing Josh Shapiro Over Doug Mastriano, Because of Course It Is

Rhode Island Priest Rebukes Public School for Pornographic Books in Library

Net Zero Bombshell: The World Does Not Have Enough Lithium and Cobalt to Replace All Batteries Every 10 Years – Finnish Government Report

Google CAUGHT Manipulating Search, Buries GOP Campaign Sites in 83% of Top Senate Races

Alaska GOP Censures Mitch McConnell For Meddling In Race Between Two Republicans

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1584998629471031296
Ha ha.Vote as many times. Ha ha

MEMES!

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1584720146358116352
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1584639117266386944

Have a good day y’all.

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

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

And now for the obligatory message from our sponsors:

Here at the Q tree we believe in the concept of CIVIL open free speech and the discussion that fleshes out ideas. When commenting and participating in the OPEN discussion on this thread all comments MUST NOT CONTAIN personal threats, baiting, name calling, or other anti-social words fomenting hate, violence or destruction. Our host Wolfm00n has strict rules about that.

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, bring enough for everyone

Please, stock up on blanks for celebratory gunfire, be ready to swing from the chandeliers…and no messing with the nuclear weapons.

Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.

Those who have things to say that do not fit the generally accepted limits of “civil” discussion, Wolf has provided a venue known as the UTree. You’re welcome to visit over there and say hi to anyone hanging out over there. The “Rescue Thread” is also over there. In the event a rendezvous of the tree is needed, please check it out, as well as the newest rescue venue.

Auntie DePat’s requests:

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.

One other vital note:

Please, review these rules that our host Wolfm00n outlined toward the beginning of the growth of the tree itself. it won’t take long.

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EPHESIANS 6:1-9

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3“that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” 4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. 5Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ; 6not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men, 8knowing that whatever good any one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

PSALMS 145:10-14

10All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, and all thy saints shall bless thee! 11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and tell of thy power, 12to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom. 13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. 14The LORD upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down.

LUKE 13:22-30

22He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23And some one said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, 24“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, `Lord, open to us.’ He will answer you, `I do not know where you come from.’ 26Then you will begin to say, `We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27But he will say, `I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!’ 28There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. 29And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God. 30And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

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

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

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

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

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

SATIRE SECTION

Dear KAG: 20221025 Open Thread

Cover image: Threadleaf Japanese Maple Tree in Autumn Fall Foliage Orange Tree of Life Zen Nature Photography

Diving in:

About the Xi having the former boss removed from the floor of China’s legislative body:

What we just saw was the making of an All Xi’s Men team, the breaking of decade-long rules, and the birth of an unlimited supreme leader. These are not entirely surprising, but Xi’s grab of power is still beyond our expectation. He is now a truly modern emperor. 1/

Xi will rule China for not one but at least two and likely three terms (15 years). He is “only” 69 year old: Mao ruled China until his death at 83 and Deng kept CMC Chair until 1989 when he was 85. So don’t expect Xi to retire before 2037. Xi’s power apex just started, today. 2/ 

No successor. Xi is too “young” to pick up a successor. His ministers have no interest in suggesting one. Potential candidates dare not imply it. Xi’s future successor is now a nobody (who is not even in the Central Committee this time). Succession may not be an issue in 2027. 3/ 

The rest is available at Thread Reader.

America’s World War II Nostalgia Risks Blowing Up the World

Instead, we would like to warn about how the World War II afterglow has warped America’s ability to make war in a rational way. The generation that actually fought World War II has died out, and the generation that even remembers the war will join them soon. Instead, America is ruled by Baby Boomers and GenXers grew up on World War II nostalgia. Psychologically, they crave the chance to wield American power with the same moral certainty of their fathers and grandfathers. They want to win victories that are just as drastic. But to win World War II-style victories, one needs World War II-style enemies. And so, depressingly but predictably, America has conjured these enemies into being even where they don’t exist.

This warped perspective has already led to disasters in Afghanistan and Iraq, which were bad enough. But now, a persistent failure to learn has brought America’s ruling class to the brink of igniting a global nuclear war.

“We’re Looking at Something Very Different – The Press Being Part of the Intelligence Community” – Lee Smith Describes the Latest Role of the Fake News (VIDEO)

Hey, somebody noticed.

Rep. Liz Cheney on Trump testimony: He’s ‘not going to turn this into a circus’

Asked about the possibility of Trump testifying publicly, Cheney said the committee will treat his testimony “with great seriousness.”

“(Trump)’s not going to turn this into a circus,” Cheney said. “This isn’t going to be, you know, his first debate against Joe Biden and the circus and the food fight that that became. This is a far too serious set of issues.”

I hate to tell the bottle blonde, but it’s already a circus, and Trump is the attraction the crowds actually want to see.

Cheney: I Will Do Whatever It Takes Including Presidential Run to Stop Trump

Anchor Chuck Todd said, “Donald Trump ends up the nominee in 2024. You’ve said you won’t be a Republican anymore, so it implies you think the party can be saved.”

Cheney said, “I think the party has to come back from where we are right now, which is a dangerous and toxic place, or the party will splinter, and there will be a new conservative party that rises if Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party, the party will shatter, and there will be a conservative party that rises in its place.”

Chick, you LOST your primary by forty points. These delusions of grandeur need to stop.

THREAD: In @SenatorLeahy‘s new memoir, there’s a wild story in it that I haven’t ever seen before—a rare glimpse into the shadowy way that the intel agencies interact with Members of Congress. It feels ripped from a political thriller movie…:

Interesting read in Thread Reader.

https://youtu.be/XRkpMhuXmZU

Win with Wisdom

I will tell you now that the West will survive only if America survives, and America will survive only if enough Americans awaken to the real threat of encroaching totalitarianism quietly descending all around them.  Speech codes, thought police, digital tracking, universal surveillance, political persecution, unrestricted government power — these are the calling cards of tyranny.  Either Americans will wake up to the bitter reality that their lives and liberty are already on the line, or they will one day be woken up by the same jackbooted enforcers who always come knocking on the insufficiently indoctrinated’s doors.  In the space separating these two possible futures, there will be a moment — a spark, if you will — that will either catch fire in the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere or be extinguished before it takes hold.  That moment will decide everything.

The question for anyone alive today is this: what will you do with that moment?  Will you let it slip by because you have convinced yourself there is nothing to be done?  Will you throw up your hands in despair at overwhelming odds?  Will you hope that someone, somewhere does something in your stead?  Or will you dig deep and armor your resolve with iron courage?

Signs of the Red Wave Approaching

Yes, folks, the red wave is real and coming to your town soon.

I have discussed the types of bias that can occur in political polling in several previous articles, one of which you can read here.  Unfortunately, that bias is still out there.  More on that later.

I have also discussed the hidden conservative vote, now officially recognized by pollsters and referred to as partisan non-response bias.  This means Democrats want to talk to the pollsters, and Republicans don’t.

In 2020, polls overestimated Joe Biden’s support by roughly 4% nationwide and by an average of 4.3 points at the state level.  The only factor the American Association for Public Research could point to for the polling miss was partisan non-response bias.

Uncivil Modernity

Hartle explains that if this central claim about the primacy of leisure is allowed, the preservation of the common good requires the presence of gentlemen who rule and philosophers who teach them. Furthermore, the presence of these human types involves nothing less than the institution of slavery for their upkeep, and this grave difficulty constituted the Classical-Christian tradition’s “Achilles’ heel.” For his part, Montaigne perceives an opportunity in this weakness. He conceives of a philosophy of equality and freedom, which replaces the old tradition’s foundation in inequality and hierarchy. To achieve this, the first order of business has to be the reconstruction of philosophy itself.

No longer will philosophy be the “love of theoretical wisdom” but will take the form of “sociable wisdom.” Such a redefinition of philosophy allows for avoiding or at least minimizing political conflict. With this consideration in mind, Hartle shows how Montaigne denies the sacred tradition’s divine origin by reducing it to the level of mere human custom. Without spiritual support, the sacred tradition is merely an arbitrary and contingent inheritance from the past. This process amounts to the mastery of human nature itself, which is the essence of the modern project when all is said and done. Montaigne’s “New Adam” differs radically from the old. He is not the created being who stands in contemplative wonder about the world and its Creator. Instead, he is a presiding judge who orders everything according to his will.

‘BIG MISTAKE!’: Trump drops Truth bomb after DeSantis endorses GOP candidate he disavowed

This endorsement battle is really getting tedious. Is DeSantis a snake, or is he playing the GOPe?

Stay tuned.

A Star Is Born: Kari Lake Shows the Real Path to “Trumpism After Trump”

In a great many cases, this post-Trump ideology is little more than wish fulfillment—the dreamer’s fantasy of a political movement that takes everything the dreamer likes about Trump while cutting loose everything they dislike about it. In fact, the most common dream is better described not as “Trumpism after Trump,” but as Trumpism without Trump.

According to these establishment luminaries, Donald Trump was too crude, uncouth, and belligerent. He spent too much time on Twitter jousting with his critics, and too little time poring over the most recent Conservatism Inc. white papers. Trump traumatized these nerds by blowing up the polite version of politics that they wish existed; the fake image broadcasted in Aaron Sorkin TV shows.

When these people dream of a political future, they fantasize about Trump’s policies (or a stale, watered-down version thereof) offered by a figure as boring as they are, someone less combative and therefore more “respectable.” This person, they believe, will win electoral and policy victories without spurring the liberal opposition’s anger and intensity. He won’t get them denounced as “fascist” by the media or their former friends.

These people mean well, but they misunderstand Trump and they misunderstand America.

“THEIR” DEMOCRACY

The Biden administration continued its campaign to criminalize political opposition on Friday after a judge sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in jail for criminal contempt of Congress. Bannon is reportedly set to become the first person to be incarcerated for Contempt of Congress in more than half a century, and also faces a $6,500 fine for his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the show trial masquerading as the House January 6th select committee. The former White House Chief Strategist joins a long list of figures who have been found in contempt of Congress including Eric Holder, Lois Lerner, and Janet Reno. Of course, none of those figures were sentenced to jail time for the same crime, and it doesn’t matter that Bannon did not participate or even attend the January 6th protests. The purpose of the select committee is not to actually investigate the events surrounding the protest but instead to punish Donald Trump and the political opponents of the Democratic Party.

It would be a waste of time to list the countless Washington DC functionaries who have committed far worse crimes, including fabricating evidence and directly lying to Congress, and faced zero jail time. Those individuals are shielded by their allegiance to the deep state after all and Bannon has declared himself an enemy of that same permanent bureaucratic class, and this cannot be tolerated. From the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence to their sweeping arrests of peaceful pro-life protesters, the message is clear: the federal justice system is a tool to punish political opponents of the Biden administration and the progressive Regime. The selective enforcement of a violation that no one has been incarcerated for since the 1940s is not hypocrisy, it is the establishment of a permanent political and legal hierarchy put on public display for all to see.

Sundance highlights a couple of 180s which are most curious given the timing:

FBI and DOJ Switch Tactics, Now Claim 2022 Election is Vulnerable to Manipulation

Media is Backing Away from Arizona’s Democrat “Valley Girl” Candidate Katie Hobbs

Interesting….

Tweet hopper:

https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1579128655271579648

He certainly is acting like it.

https://twitter.com/thebias_news/status/1584628292266729473
https://twitter.com/LezLuthor/status/1584637345059332097

Meme & Fun hopper:

Dan Scavino posted this on some one of his accounts over the weekend:

Yeah, no.

https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1583801257637994496

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

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

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

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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.

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, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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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New letter from Archbishop Vigano.

PSALMS 128:1-5

1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! 2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

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>>148154137

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

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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

Satire

Man Pretending To Be Woman Visits Man Pretending To Be President

WASHINGTON, D.C. — History was made last week as Dylan Mulvaney, a pretend woman, sat down in a one-hour Now This News special with Joe Biden, a pretend president.

“OMG OMG OMG Mr. President, how aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrree you? EEEEEEEEEE!” said pretend woman Mulvaney in a perfect impression of a totally normal woman. “I’m so, so, so, so, so, so excited to talk to you about important issues concerning very, very young little girls just like me!”

“That’s right,” replied Biden. “I’m not even being facetious here. Not a joke. For real. Annie Oakley.”

Aides then poked the pretend president with their handy cattle prod, as he was pretending to be awake.

Dear KAG: 20221019 Open Thread

This is going to be a quick and dirty one y’all.

Igor Danchenko Found Not Guilty on all Four Counts of Lying to the FBI

Not surprising, but not the point of the effort. A lot of information about the FBI and their criminal behavior came out.

The FBI’s Million-Dollar Men

As I’ve reported, the FBI spends an average of $42 million per year to pay informants and does so with absolutely no financial or legal accountability. Confidential human sources are paid in cash; they can offer their services for a variety of reasons including financial need or to obtain a change in immigration status. FBI agents are required to keep at least one informant on the books, an FBI whistleblower told me; successfully using a CHS to bust up a crime is one way to get promoted.

But ongoing trials related to the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, January 6, and the Whitmer fednapping case are once again shining a light on the way the bureau hires snitches to advance political goals.

Historicism and the Right

People who resisted COVID jabs are ‘superheroes’ who ‘embody the best of humanity’: French general

Busted: China’s Attempt to Warp the 2022 Midterm Election

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

It’s starting to turn toxic out there for Democrats

The Cult of the Individual

Dennis Prager’s latest:

Explaining Conservativism II: Why the Left Hates It

The Gaslighting of the Masses

Tweets!

https://twitter.com/RealBrysonGray/status/1582494464387731456
https://twitter.com/WillOckhamMemes/status/1582556011801456640

MEMES!

Have a good day y’all.

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

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

And now for the obligatory message from our sponsors:

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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, bring enough for everyone

Please, stock up on blanks for celebratory gunfire, be ready to swing from the chandeliers…and no messing with the nuclear weapons.

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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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ISAIAH 12:2-6

2“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” 3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations, proclaim that his name is exalted. 5“Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be known in all the earth. 6Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

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

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

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

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

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

SATIRE SECTION

Dear KAG: 20221018 Open Thread

Cover image: Welcome To Orange Forest, Misty autumn beech forest Evgeni Dinev by Evgeni Dinev

Just thought I would throw in some photography.

ULTRA Pepe Lives Matter 🐸

A word to the wise:
In my opinion, it’s usually best to ignore the drama, haters and shills. They want you to react to them and when you do you are playing exactly into their hands.
This is exactly what the enemy wants.
He wants to disrupt your peace and cause you to make missteps.
There’s nothing that enrages an enemy more than when none of their attacks shake you at all.
You’re living above the clouds and all they can do is shake and wring their hands to no avail.
You can apply this to many areas of your life.
A calm and cool demeanor will alleviate much suffering.

t.me/PepeMatter/12317

66.1KviewsPepe Lives Matter, Oct 16 at 14:10

No good deed goes unpunished:

Arizona AG asks FBI, IRS to investigate election integrity watchdog True the Vote

They put themselves on the line to bring us evidence of the corruption. This kind of crap would dissuade and destroy lesser people.

True The Vote Responds to RINO AZ Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s Referral to the FBI-IRS – And a Veiled Shot at FOX News

What’s strange is that FOX News reported on AG Brnovich’s letter on Friday, but, as both Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips confirmed, FOX News never reached out to True The Vote for comment on these defamatory and (somehow) criminal referrals made by the Attorney General’s Office in Arizona.

Democratic operative says he’s been committing voter fraud for decades and warns ‘war coming November 3rd over this stuff’

“This is a real thing. And there is going to be a f—ing war coming November 3rd over this stuff,” the operative, who spoke to the New York Post on the condition of anonymity, explained. “If they knew how the sausage was made, they could fix it.”

He added, according to the New York Post, that “fraud is more the rule than the exception” when it comes to mail-in voting.

The whistleblower described himself as a Bernie Sanders supporter and said he chose to come forward a couple months before the election in the hopes that election officials will beef up security.

The operative explained that the ballots themselves were easy to reproduce and feature no security features. He would put them into a copy machine and make his own. However, the return envelopes are “more secure than the ballot,” so he procured them from legitimate voters by canvassing neighborhoods with other staff members and convincing voters to give them their completed ballots.

The COVID Cult Proved How Desperate Westerners Are for Meaning

And that those of us who do not have to struggle to survive have too much time on our hands.

The Establishment is Still Terrified of Donald Trump

This is really all we need to know about the continued hysteria over January 6 and the government’s fishing expedition relating to some files Trump was keeping at Mar-a-Lago without permission from ideologically compromised librarians at the National Archives. The apparatchiks in the permanent administrative state see Trump not as a threat to democracy, as they claim, but as a threat to themselves and their power. While the bureaucrats have made significant inroads under the lawless Biden regime, they have not, at least not yet, been able to make Trump and the people he represents go away. This terrifies and angers them. As long as dissent is a possibility, they won’t be satisfied.

The regime mouthpiece, Washington Post, expressed the anxiety of the nomenklatura in a recent hand-wringing screed depicting the doomsday scenario of Trump’s restoration. What more could Trump possibly do, after winning an election he wasn’t supposed to win in 2016 and then almost stealing another with help from QAnon, to harm “Our Democracy™”? Well, he could install “loyalists” in the federal government (as opposed to the disloyal bureaucrats from his last administration who went on TV to testify against him in partisan show trials). He could “politicize the FBI” with “endless” investigations into his opponents. Just imagine! A president using the justice system as a political weapon? That would be shocking.

Is Ron DeSantis his own worst enemy?

Well….

Megyn Kelly Notes Why Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against Donald Trump, She is Not Wrong

Good, long read that may be tough to swallow, but has some good points:

How Fashion Was Used as Lethal Weapon to Successfully Destroy America

Air pollution is making women fat: study

As excuses for bad choices in diet, exercise, etc., that one takes the cake.

BREAKING: DOJ Recommending Steve Bannon Be Sentenced to Six Months in Prison

Right before the election, too.

Trump Tops Biden in NY Times 2024 Poll; GOP Leads Dems in 2022 Congressional Races as Independent Women Massively Shift to Republicans

Don’t Listen to the Polls: Only Three Things Can Prevent a MASSIVE Red Wave Next Month

In reality, the GOP as a whole and most candidates are very much in command of this election. It’s for that reason that anyone who supports Republican candidates should do everything in their power to not only vote (in person, of course) but to get as many friends and family to do the same. There are three major ways the election can be salvaged for the Democrats and all three are in play. We have to pretend like we’re about to be dealt a massive defeat and voting is the only way to extend the life of the United States of America.

Grassley To FBI: We Know You Have ‘Impactful, Voluminous Evidence’ Of Biden Family Corruption, So ‘Come Clean’

Good luck with that.

This woman, Caitlin Dougherty, is a mortician who I have followed for years. Her content is VERY informational, and entertaining in a dark sort of way. She makes death and the industry around it seem human. Nothing she does is political. YT, owned by Alphabet, really needs to revisit this.

Tweet hopper:

About Ryan endorsing ANYONE:

Follow the $$$$$.

Video and the internet are forever.

Liar.

https://twitter.com/SteveSkojec/status/1581709952036397056

We used to do aesthetics so well.

Suck it up buttercups.

Compare and contrast:

Meme & Fun hopper:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1581317727972622339

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

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

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

Guidelines for posting and discussion on this site were outlined by our host, WolfM00n. Please, review them from time to time.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out. There is also a “rescue” thread there for members of the Tree to rendezvous if the main site goes kablooey. A third site has been added for site outages of longer duration.

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.

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, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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 10:1-9

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.’

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

>>148154137

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

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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

Satire

Jill Biden To Dress Up As Real Doctor For Halloween

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With holiday festivities gearing up in the nation’s capital, sources in the White House confirmed that First Lady Jill Biden has chosen her Halloween costume, which will include a white lab coat and stethoscope to make her look like a real doctor.

“Jill Biden has always been a style icon, and this year’s selection of a costume that makes her look like an actual doctor is just stunning,” said Lomble Von Blegnio, Editor-in-Chief of VOGUE. “It almost looks totally convincing — like she’s a real physician who heals people! Amazing!”

The women wears clothing reminiscent of table cloths and upholstrey. A white lab coat would be an improvement.

Dear KAG: 20221012 Open Thread

Guess what. Tulsi Gabbard jumped ship.

Whether she votes with the Republicans or not, she’s dropping red pills (thanks, Pepe, my friend). That’s worth something.

Why I’m leaving the Democratic Party

Tulsi Gabbard

I love our country. Our God-given rights of freedom, life, and liberty enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights are my inspiration. I answered the call to duty and took an oath, dedicating my life to supporting and defending those freedoms, both in uniform and in public office.

Growing up in Hawaii gave me a special appreciation of our home, water, and precious natural resources.  So when I was 21 years old I decided to run for Hawaii State House so that I could be in a position to protect our environment.  I wasn’t politically affiliated before that, but as I was about to file my election papers, I had to choose which party to affiliate with. 

As I did my research, I was inspired by Democrats who stood up against the war in Vietnam, and those who fought for Hawaii’s plantation workers who were being abused and exploited by wealthy landowners. I was inspired by leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy and drawn to the ideals of a big-tent Democratic Party that stood up for working men and women — the little guy.  In contrast, the Republican Party seemed like one that stood for the interests of big business and warmongering elites.  So I became a Democrat and remained one for over 20 years — an independent Democrat to be sure, but a Democrat nonetheless. 

I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, demonize the police and protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, are dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.

Now we get to see what Tulsi is made of.

3 Myths Debunked: Animal Agriculture’s Real Impact on the Environment

The Madness of America’s Ruling Class

Some say Putin’s back is to the wall, or near enough.  The war hasn’t resolved as he hoped.  Yet, one must account for the fog of war and propaganda, which makes war foggier. 

Putin has announced the annexation of Ukrainian territory: Luhansk and Donetsk (republics) and two areas in southern Ukraine, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.  All are under Russian control.  The spin that Putin is losing may just be spin.  Col. Douglas Macgregor, a dissenting voice and a regular guest on Tucker Carlson’s show, thinks so.  

Who trusts “U.S. intelligence sources” (Deep State) and corporate media anymore?  We hear that American intelligence is backdooring Russian generals.  Putin is hamstrung, unable to unilaterally use nuclear weapons.  We’re to believe this based on unidentified sources? 

Having been misled by U.S. intelligence about “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq and given virtually no heads up about the looming defeat in Afghanistan last year, we shouldn’t be skeptical? 

Biden speaks casually of Armageddon.  Armageddon because of a localized conflict.  Let that sink in.  A war where no vital American interest is at risk.  A war that’s limited to Ukraine and poses no threat to the homeland.  A war, though, that the ruling class and military-industrial complex conflates with U.S. security. 

Americans Must Permanently Marginalize the Perpetual Adolescents of the American Left

Currently in the United States, less than 8% of Americans identify as very liberal or essentially Marxist and another 11% identify as liberal.  Yet this small subset (19%) of Americans dominates the culture, entertainment, education, the federal bureaucracy and most importantly, the Democrat party.  In November of 2022, the 81% of Americans who do not identify with the left must begin the process of permanently defeating the radical left and their fatuous acolytes if the nation is avoid the precipice toward which it is headed.  

The United States must not be destroyed by the American Marxists and their attendant gaggle of egotistical and perpetual adolescents; therefore, the counter strategy is to denigrate these buffoons by never missing an opportunity to call them out, and above all by ignoring their infantile tactics as they have no weapon other than words and idle threats.  In other words, treat them as the adolescents they are.

Is America deserving of God’s blessing…or His curse?

https://youtu.be/-d4pgodp-pE

The Dishonest and Dishonorable Disagreements of Former Friends

Who does this? The answer turns out to be: a lot of people. Did people used to behave like this? Not in my experience, nor do I find examples in literature. I have experienced a few, however, in my own life. 

This fall, I gave a speech at the Philadelphia Society, a notable conservative gathering founded in the wake of the 1964 Goldwater defeat. I was asked to answer the question “what do the founding principles require of us today?” I discussed my proposed talk in advance with Society President R.J. Pestritto, a longtime friend and now colleague. He and I agreed that I would address the increasing tendency of conservatism, or at least of conservatives, toward historicism: the idea that political right is contingent on its historical situation. In particular, I planned to criticize what I consider conservatism’s tendency toward so-called “rational historicism”: the notion that history has an upward direction, that “progress” somehow makes awful calamities in the human past impossible to recur in the future. The American founders, I would claim, did not believe this. They may have hoped that their revolution would, mirabile dictu, turn out to be permanent, but they did not assert that human nature had (or could) permanently change for the better, or that tyranny could never recur. Hence they claimed that the right of revolution—the right of the people to alter or abolish tyrannical government, and establish a new one—is the most fundamental of all political rights, the one on which all the others rest. 

I predicted to R.J., and then predicted in the speech itself, that the right of revolution would be denounced simply because I cited it, and that I would be accused by “conservatives” and former friends of calling for violence. Right on cue, both predictions came true. Leading the charge was America’s foremost former conservative, Bill Kristol.

FBI: Over Twice as Many Killed with Knives, Cutting Instruments than Rifles

And yet, no one is calling for Cutco, Chicago Cutlery or any other chef knife level manufacturer to be put out of business.

Pfizer Director Admits Before European Parliament the “Vaccines” Were NEVER TESTED FOR STOPPING TRANSMISSION of Covid-19

No kidding. So, some of my beloved cousins were hospitalized for nothing?

Dutch Member of European Parliament Questions Pfizer About COVID Vaccine, the Answer Destroys Foundation for COVID Passport

How the Dems Built a Non-Profit Local Fake News Machine

And the IRS is letting them get away with it.

Seriously, blow up the 1954 IRS non-profit code. It’s been nothing but trouble.

Joe Biden-Brokered Railroad Union Deal Falls Apart

What “Diversity and Inclusion” Means at Microsoft

From 2021 to 2022, I worked as a manager in Microsoft’s AI Platform division. I’ve been working in the software industry for over a decade, and while I’ve often encountered some combination of the words “diversity” and “inclusion,” how those words have been translated into culture and policy has varied dramatically over time and between companies. At Microsoft, I became concerned about diversity and inclusion policies that required me to sacrifice what I viewed as the best way to serve the company’s mission, particularly as it affected work prioritization, hiring, and promotions.

Large companies like Microsoft have a major impact on their billions of users. But they also influence other companies’ cultures and policies, since former employees move on to other firms and use what they learned, and some people view things being done at large successful corporations as “best practices.” How these cultural and policy issues manifest themselves at universities has received a lot of attention. My aim in writing this piece is to raise awareness of what’s going on inside one of the world’s most valuable companies.

I’m publishing this article pseudonymously because I fear I would be fired or many companies would in the future refuse to hire me for writing it.

Tweets!

MEMES!

It was a decade to forget in the decorating and fashion department to be sure.
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1579835460494368768
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1579555503629545473

Have a good day y’all.

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

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

RIP Angela Lansbury, consummate professional.

https://youtu.be/48fzJttqb4Q

Just ’cause I’m in the mood.

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18But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, 21envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

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

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

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

SATIRE SECTION

After Brief Interview With Ye, Tucker Carlson Releases First Rap Album

People who work closely with Carlson first started to notice changes in his personality and dress the morning after he recorded his interview with Ye. “I’m used to seeing him walk into the morning meeting in his normal sport coat and khaki pants,” said production assistant Hallie Burton. “But the morning after his interview with Ye, Tucker showed up in a full-body, black rubber jumpsuit and mirrored wrap-around sunglasses. We could tell big things were happening.”

Though it was plain to see the influence his brief interaction with West had on his outward appearance, it wasn’t until Carlson announced his plan to record a rap album that his inner circle truly began to realize the impact the interview had on him. Carlson’s debut album will be released under his new rap name “Tucky C” and will be entitled Blood On My Bow Tie. It’s expected to be a hit with conservatives, Fox News viewers, MAGA voters, and your grandmother.

Dear KAG: 20221011 Open Thread

Cover image: Autumn on the Wissahickon (1864). Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was an English-born artist who became one of the greatest painters of the Hudson River School. While some of his paintings were of the eastern US, the bulk of his work had as its subject matter the Rocky Mountains and the Far West.

Diving right in:

Connecting Things – Konnech Election Compromise, CCP Infiltration, CEO Arrest, True The Vote and Recent Deep State Misinformation Efforts

A familiar pattern: (1) Write a requested ‘conspiracy theory’ hit piece.  (2) Immediately watch the reality of the next event confirm the ‘conspiracy theory’.  (3) Attempt to recover credibility after the disinfecting sunlight exposes the motive of the effort.  This is what ideological narrative engineers do in their relationships with the corrupt system operators within government.

The FBI takes the information provided by True The Vote, assembles the evidence that supports the claims by the voting integrity watchdog, then takes the information up to the DC FBI leadership and almost immediately the switch is triggered.  True The Vote now becomes the target of the political FBI.  We have watched this outline numerous times, only this example is brutally obvious.

So, we have Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltration -via software exploitation- into U.S. election systems and databases.   That’s the bottom line.

From Mary Katherine Ham:

In the Age of Quiet Quitting, I Was Quiet Suspended, And I Can’t Shut Up About It

Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part one

Some two dozen Democratic candidates for Congress, running as challengers to Republican incumbents or as would-be successors to retiring Democratic incumbents, are drawn from the military-intelligence apparatus. This phenomenon, which the WSWS first analyzed and exposed in 2018 in our much-read series “The CIA Democrats,” is becoming an increasingly important factor in American official politics.

Eleven military-intelligence candidates were elected in 2018 as part of the Democratic takeover of control in the House of Representatives. Their numbers increased by one in 2020, as one of the 11 lost his bid for reelection, but two new military-intelligence Democrats were elected. This year, the size of the “caucus” could nearly double, even in an election in which the Democratic Party as a whole may well lose ground.

The influx of military-intelligence operatives into the ranks of the Democratic Party in Congress is now an ongoing political trend. There were 30 such candidates nominated by the Democrats in 2018, 11 of whom won. There were 35 such candidates in 2020, including the 11 incumbents, and 12 won, a slight increase despite the election being a poor one for the Democrats. In 2022, the total number of such candidates stands at 34: in addition to 11 incumbents, there are 23 more candidates drawn from the CIA, Pentagon and State Department.

Remember Charles’s swollen digits?

King Charles III heartbeat away from death? Report claims doctors told Prince William to prepare

Just a report, but this claims congestive heart failure.

There’s more to it than this, but no one wants to hear that women on the pill aren’t really thinking straight when they meet men. It does alter judgement.

Democrat Mayor Switches To Republican Party: ‘Can’t Stand With The Socialists’

This is starting to sound like a trend.

Exclusive: Dozens of CIA officers accuse intel agency of soft-pedaling its ‘Havana Syndrome’ investigation

Bill Gates Foundation Donated $200 Million to Expand Digital ID Surveillance System

Satanism, Freemasonry Become Election Topics in Religious Brazil

Putin’s take:

Crimean Bridge Investigation Indicates Ukrainian Special Forces Behind Attack

Putin concludes that the sabotage was inflicted by Ukrainian Special Forces, which is on par with Kiev’s consistent and recent usage of terrorist tactics, to include the provocation and shelling on the Zaporozhizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Putin goes on to elaborate on other terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime and declared that such actions will no longer continue to be met without retaliation.

The Polls are Lying: Dems in Deep Trouble

But, even at that, the polls during this cycle are likely the worst we’ve ever seen and the fault lies more with the administration than the polling industry.   There is simply no way to accurately capture voting percentages when broad swaths of the country are hiding their views.

The alignment of the Democrat media, academia, the leftist government bureaucracy, social media, and entertainment industry into a cultural Death Star aimed at Republicans birthed the concept of the “shy” voters.  In 2016, this phenomenon helped to explain how Republicans, to include President Trump, overperformed their polls. 

But a lot has changed since 2016.  Where voters might have once had concerns about how they would be perceived, they now know that the government and its cultural flying monkey minions view them as the enemy.  The scales have fallen from their eyes.  So, the shy voter has been replaced by the smart voter who has seen far too much evidence that the government is out to get him, or at least to monitor and silence him.

The Media’s ‘Far-Right’ Obsession

In our study, we conducted data analysis of millions of news and opinion articles from popular U.S. and U.K. news media outlets and quantified the media’s use of extreme qualifiers such as “ultra,” “extreme,” or “far” when speaking about right and left political orientation. That is, we counted the number of times different news outlets mentioned terms such as “far-right,” “far-left,” “radical right,” “radical left,” “right-wing extremism,” “left-wing extremism,” etc. Overall, we found that most mainstream news-media outlets mention the far right much more often than the far left. 

Breaking: Detroit Terminates Contract with Election Software Company Konnech After CEO with Ties to China Is Arrested for Poll Worker Data Theft

BIG TELL: Obama Snubs Desperate Democrats and Refuses Campaign Requests from Dozens of Desperate Democrats – Sees What’s Coming

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1579521919048908801

And…worth a repost. I don’t remember if I put this in a daily, but I know it appeared in the comments:

Why Trump Must Run

The response to the raid ranged from incredulity and disgust from the voting public to a kind of mollusk-like belching from the current GOP leadership. Evidently, there is somebody named “DeSantis,” who is, believe it or not, the governor of Florida, where Mar-a-Lago is located. The DoJ, in defiance of law, tradition, and common sense, set out to persecute an innocent man living in Florida, which DeSantis purports to govern. He could have answered this in tones of thunder, demanding to know what the Hell they thought they were doing in his state. He could have ordered the local SAC (special agent in charge) to appear at his office, and when he didn’t show up, drove over to his office escorted by State Police and plenty of media, to publicly humiliate him. He could even have shut the office down and ordered the staff out of state, as used to occur with regularity in my hometown when I was a kid (granted, it was the Mob-controlled police force that was doing this in Utica, but the principle is sound).

But he didn’t do any of this. No, he released a “statement,” which I’m not going to bother to look up – reading it once was enough. But it went something like, “That wasn’t very nice… maybe you shouldn’t do things like that.”

So much for the young GOP lion. Martha’s Vineyard stunts are one thing, standing up when it counts is something else altogether.

New from Archbishop Vigano:

WATCH: Viganò Responds To The Most Critical Question Of Our Time

Just read the transcript. Anthony Stine is zzz…..

Another link to this interview.

Tweet hopper:

https://twitter.com/MattsBanjo/status/1578489482441285634

Minimum wage in my day was, like, $3.65. Something like that.

Well, get on with it.

It’s the 1980s that are back in fashion, not the 1970s. The 80s is bad enough.

https://twitter.com/mattfradd/status/1578717186033475585

Crybaby.

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1579519072341229568

Actually, since my ancestors were – for the most part – from Ireland, France, Spain, Bavaria, and the Black Forest, I wouldn’t exist. I’m an All-American mutt.

At least that’s the impression the “news” gives. I drove through the streets of STL on Monday morning with the sunroof open, and no gunshots. Maybe a drug deal or two, but didn’t see any.

https://twitter.com/LezLuthor/status/1579518058326274048
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1579441070425133056

FACEPALM (Dear WP, we need a facepalm emoji.)

Can you say, “THEY HAVE NOTHING!”

Meme & Fun hopper:

Why music? Because I’m good at it.

Okay, I screen shotted that one.

LOOK! 😎 We have our very own C-Span call in number!

Symbolism will be their downfall.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1579491946799763456
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1579313268975288320
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1578781012355649536

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

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

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

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GALATIANS 5:1-6

1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. 4You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

LUKE 11:37-41

37While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table. 38The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. 40You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? 41But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.

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Anonymous ID: hHkrVD7x No.148156632 
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Anonymous ID: pqW40Wgk No.148156518 
Nov 5 2017 20:05:48 (EST)

>>148154137

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

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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

Pumpkin Spice Addiction: Know The Signs

  1. Heavy cinnamon use: This is a gateway spice.
  2. Doing pumpkin spice alone rather than in social settings: This could be a sign you are using the spice to self-medicate.
  3. Glowing blue eyes and sufficient prescience to fold space-time to allow for Faster-Than-Light travel: The ability to chart new regions of space is not worth the pain and suffering their family will go through.
  4. A pattern of waking up hungover, wearing three turtlenecks: And there’s a strange pumpkin in your bed!
  5. The need for twice as much spice to chase the original high: A clear sign you are spiraling toward an overdose.
  6. A tendency to lose children in piles of scarves: It’s not that cold, Betty! She doesn’t need that many scarves!
  7. Starbucks baristas know and fear you: And you have been there so many times you can now guess your barista’s gender on the first try.
  8. You feel annoyed or guilty when people bring up how much pumpkin spice you consume: Don’t be defensive, these people are trying to help.
  9. You add pumpkin spice to every single meal: Pumpkin spice steak is disgusting, but spice rutabaga is flat-out dangerous.
  10. Beautiful orange skin: And a penchant for border wall construction.

Dear KAG: 20221005 Open Thread

Are you ready kids?

‘Lender of Last Resort’ Passes It On

Like, Joe, who was to blame for the Crash of 2008 and the Great Recession, whatever? Oh yeah, I remember now. “Greedy bankers” was the agreed-upon narrative of your devoted regime scribes. Er, no, silly boy. The proximate cause of the Great Recession was Little Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Fed, who decided in September 2008 that he didn’t have the authority to bail out Lehman Brothers after the jolly old inflationary real-estate boom of the 2000s.

Ben, oh Ben!  Didn’t you know that the one and only justification for the Federal Reserve System — apart from its vitally important role to print all the money that’s fit to print – is to act as the “lender of last resort?”

Our Own Little Hills

Thanks to the protected life of leisure most Americans enjoy today, it seems unfathomable now that the fight for independence was fought in the very farms, fields, streets, yards, alleyways, and hills surrounding the colonials’ homes.  It is said that at least 20,000 colonists were killed during the Revolutionary War.  How many families destroyed?  How many homes torched?  Crops burned?  Personal effects taken?  The questions are endless, as was the devastation and despair.  The ultimate price that so many men and women paid with their own blood, sweat, and tears, in the belief that there was something better, to form a more perfect union, a union that they themselves would never experience.  How does one even begin to repay that favor?

I once naively believed that the fight for the freedoms our patriots provided us, the American Dream, was over.  That we won our independence, and now we’ll always be protected from the tyranny and oppression thanks to our Constitution, and that we’ll all have freedoms most people around the world can only dream of thanks to the Bill of Rights.  I was so naïve.  As I became more and more interested in American politics, and in turn, political history, the more I became acutely aware that the fight for our freedoms is never over.  It may be on the back burner for awhile, simmering quietly, but it never goes away.  Eventually, that pot on the back burner boils over if you’re not paying enough attention to it.

POPULISM RELOAD: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON

Mark Granza: Giorgia Meloni was elected Premier of Italy on Sunday. You’ve worked very closely with her in the past. Did you call her to congratulate her on the victory?

Steve Bannon: Let’s say we communicated our support beforehand and we communicated our great thrill at her amazing victory.

Mark Granza: What do you think her party’s victory signifies for the future of Populism in the West?

Steve Bannon: Oh, it’s a major victory. When I first met her, the party was polling at 2%. So that shows populists the importance of doing the work. She’s a perfect example. Somebody who just grinded through, worked hard, built up, and ended up with 26% of the vote, with virtually no money, right? Brothers of Italy is not a well-funded organization. So I think the lesson for every person out there, particularly in Europe, is: you can do this. But of course it takes hard work and also a real understanding of the issues you’re addressing – and she really does. She’s been going to these conferences around Europe talking about the importance of God, Homeland and Family, and she stuck to it. So I think that’s the biggest lesson for politicians around the world: it’s just not going to happen. It’s not going to be dumped in your lap. You can’t just sit on social media and complain, bitch and moan. You have to do the work.

Around Hunter Biden, Whole Lotta Spyin’ Goin’ On

The reason this is news again is that apparently there’s a whistleblower who’s come forward to confirm that, yes, she was a spy. But back in January of this year, Peter Schweizer, in his book Red-Handed, mentioned her by name and said she’d been employed by the Chinese government’s National Development and Reform Commission as a research assistant. Then she went to work for an investment firm called OpenGate Capital, which had known ties to the CCP. So, along with her move to the CEFC, her employment history shows a solid association with the Chi-Comms. And in 2017, when Hunter Biden went into business with CEFC, she was “assigned” to him. It’s hard to imagine they would “assign” any person to him who wouldn’t be spying.

As House Oversight Committee member James Comer of Kentucky says, it’s yet another “national security nightmare” connected to Hunter Biden. JiaQi (“Jackie”) Bao certainly did prove invaluable to Hunter in brokering the deal between CEFC and natural gas suppliers in the U.S.

And why would a short-term Chinese assistant be so interested in getting “Uncle Joe” elected as President?

There is a Global War on Women, and Western Feminists are War Profiteers

So whatever group the left selects as its strategic target of compassion makes the cut not because of genuine suffering or injustice, but because it has been identified as a potentially lucrative ally — rich in votes, or cash, or opportunities to manipulate and control people emotionally. That’s why leftists can weep real tears over hulking male athletes who wish to mow down girls on the rugby field or pummel them in boxing rings. Then coldly shrug as a majority of unborn black New Yorkers die in the womb.

Now you understand why Western feminists are busy denouncing the slightest protections for unborn children as a “war on women,” and eerily silent on the real, bloody persecution of women around the world. How many residents of Martha’s Vineyard, or writers for women’s magazines, are speaking up about what’s happening in Afghanistan? “What’s happening there?” you might ask, since it’s barely being reported.

Major Medical Orgs Demand That The DOJ Prosecute People Who Share ‘Misleading’ Information Online

The American Medical Association (AMA) sent Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter Monday calling on him to “investigate the organizations, individuals, and entities coordinating, provoking, and carrying out bomb threats and threats of personal violence against children’s hospitals and physicians across the U.S.”

“The attacks are rooted in an intentional campaign of disinformation, where a few high-profile users on social media share false and misleading information targeting individual physicians and hospitals, resulting in a rapid escalation of threats, harassment, and disruption of care across multiple jurisdictions,” the AMA, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) said in the letter. “Our organizations have called on technology companies to do more to prevent this practice on digital platforms, and we now urge your office to take swift action to investigate and prosecute all organizations, individuals, and entities responsible.”

They’re going to go after Matt Walsh. Using the DoJ. For reporting what happens in hospitals where money is put ahead of ethics and sense.

‘Family Guy’ Mocks MAGA Republicans as Evil Creatures from Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’

Yet another reason to not watch that unfunny program.

Above all the noise

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? — Psalm 120:1 – 3

It was not so long ago that I recall reading the story of a man who was being discussed in the news for something he had said years ago. What he said was not good, but it was said many years ago. Now, over 30 years later, he was being forced out of a job and ridiculed in the news stories.

The interesting thing was that this man had obviously changed his life. Since he had made those statements, he had professed his faith in God. That didn’t matter to anyone. I can only imagine the feelings that this man had. There was a lot of noise going on around him and I wonder if he felt like no one could hear him above the noise.

That seems to be the same situation that the psalmist is writing about here. He starts out by saying that he was able to call out to the Lord and that the Lord heard him. Why was he calling out and needing to be heard? Because the psalmist felt surrounded by a lot of noise. Lying lips, deceitful tongues, and those who wished to slander him. The psalmist asked God for deliverance from these things.

Did a 1982 book predict America’s decline?

Buried Bombshell: CDC Forced to Reveal They Had 71 MILLION Symptoms Reported to Them Following Covid Jabs

No kidding.

Americans’ support for Biden’s electric car push is nearly zero

A new poll shows that only 1.4% of voters “believe eliminating gas-powered cars and moving to electric vehicles is the best solution.”

The poll is from Convention of States Action, which worked with The Trafalgar Group, on the new results.

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https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1577359918553776144

MEMES!

https://twitter.com/DarwinAwards_/status/1577346435346939904
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1577260996426493952

Have a good day y’all.

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

And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:

Per the Boss:

In honor of the late Loretta Lynn:

Just ’cause I’m in the mood.

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

Please, stock up on blanks for celebratory gunfire, be ready to swing from the chandeliers…and no messing with the nuclear weapons.

Please remember to remain locked and loaded and ready for trouble should the insurrectionists try to invade your space.

Those who have things to say that do not fit the generally accepted limits of “civil” discussion, Wolf has provided a venue known as the UTree. You’re welcome to visit over there and say hi to anyone hanging out over there. The “Rescue Thread” is also over there. In the event a rendezvous of the tree is needed, please check it out, as well as the newest rescue venue.

Auntie DePat’s requests:

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.

One other vital note:

Please, review these rules that our host Wolfm00n outlined toward the beginning of the growth of the tree itself. it won’t take long.

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LUKE 11:1-4

1He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 3Give us each day our daily bread; 4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.”

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

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

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

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

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

SATIRE SECTION

Josef Mengele Accepts New Role As President Of The American Medical Association

CHICAGO, IL — To help support its recent efforts to conduct grotesque gender experiments on young children, the American Medical Association has appointed famed Nazi doctor Josef Mengele as its new president.

“We can think of no one better to represent our prestigious organization than Dr. Mengele,” said an AMA spokesman. “His incredible skill at performing gruesome amputations and mutilations on children has earned him a stellar reputation in the gender-affirming surgery community. Welcome to our community, Dr. Mengele!”

The AMA has reaffirmed its commitment to helping its members make millions by grooming, drugging, chemically castrating, and dismembering children. In addition, they are calling on the DOJ to investigate anyone who disagrees with what they’re doing. “We will never stop protecting a doctor’s fundamental right to get rich by acting out his sick kinks on children, er… I mean, provide gender-affirming healthcare,” said the spokesperson.

Doctors are being warned that any opposition to Mengele’s experiments on children will have their AMA membership revoked.

Dear KAG: 20221004 Open Thread

Cover image: American Flag Harvest Sunset is a piece of digital artwork by Gregory Retter which was uploaded on June 28th, 2018.

Headlines with DePat snark:

Electric Mania

The yin and the yang, the push and the pull, the light and the dark, the dirty and the clean, the good and the evil—this is electricity.

Some Friendly Liberal Advice to Republicans

Don’t give the Left a diversion that distracts from the consequences of their horrible policies.

Even the lefties know the Dems are full of $#!+.

DEEP THINKING PIECE

Why the West?

My Spanish ancestors are from the north. Jut sayin’.

Mamma Mia MAGA

Italy has spoken. And the White House and the media don’t like it.

Tuff. Tough. Spell it how you want. GO

A Commie Coalition of Racists, Butchers, Liars, and Ghouls

No, really, with a headline like that….

Millions of First Time Gun Owners Confirmed

The “Perfect Storm Has Arrived”: Famine, War, Chaos, and A Cold Dark Winter

The Hypocrisy of Modern Pharmacological Ethics

Exclusive — John McEntee on ‘The Right Stuff’: ‘Political Affiliation’ Has Displaced ‘Religion’ as ‘Biggest Deal Breaker’ in Dating

I’d prefer someone on the same religious plane, but…yeah.

Nolte: Planned Parenthood to Park Mobile Abortion Clinic at Red State Borders

To them, killing children is a sacrament. Seriously.

Tweet hopper:

This is a total mish mash:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1575901801643405313

Great, but I’d still rather hear and see the guy and hear the “click” when we meet.

Blue was bad enough.

Oops.

https://twitter.com/TimSwain/status/1576183916817326080

Monty Python isn’t even sacred anymore.

Oops. Another one. Babe Ruth territory.

Moms& kids.

https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1576270687232151553

Cardinal Nation mourns.

Nolte: Planned Parenthood to Park Mobile Abortion Clinic at Red State Borders

They’re serious about this.

Meme & Fun hopper:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1577024943656955904

I so wish we had this when my nephews were young:

https://twitter.com/GoodConceptPro/status/1573515645328949249
https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1576658729512017920

For them, it’s a sacrament.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1577039958388285440

Something to remember, always.

Per the boss’s instruction:

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

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

Guidelines for posting and discussion on this site were outlined by our host, WolfM00n. Please, review them from time to time.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out. There is also a “rescue” thread there for members of the Tree to rendezvous if the main site goes kablooey. A third site has been added for site outages of longer duration.

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.

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, bring enough for everyone.

And Auntie DePat’s requests:

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 11:25-30

25At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; 26yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will. 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Okay, so, it’s the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and Blessing of the Animals. Do I have stories about this…. Say the Sign of the Cross, and the pets just quiet. It’s stunning.

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Anonymous ID: hHkrVD7x No.148156632 
Nov 5 2017 20:06:36 (EST)

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

>>148154137

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

>>148156518
Amen brother.
Q

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