Tag: Dear MAGA

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230120

Dark N’ Stormy

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Gosling Black Seal Rum (Black Rum)
  • 5 oz Ginger Beer

DIRECTIONS

  • Add ice to the serving glass. Combine all the ingredients in the serving glass.
  • Give the drink a couple turns to chill and mix.

Apparently, this is a popular drink in Jamaica.

Prominent pro-abortion leftists made me pro-life

Staying Motivated During the Great Awakening

Mutiny erupts among WEF staff over role of ‘Mr Davos’

The Dawn of Stakeholder Geopolitics

Ratings Implosion: CNN’s Entire Primetime Lineup Fails to Equal the Audience of One Fox Program

[INSERT MANIACAL LAUGHTER HERE]

After a Long Drive Toward a Dead End, We Have Reached It (part one)

Play Long (part two)

Canada launches drastic new ‘alcohol guidance’ rules

Oh, yeah, THAT’s going to go over well up north, eh.

Tucker Carlson does a masterful takedown of WEF covering up evidence of its terrible track record of advice

Black Horse, Black Earth, and BlackRock

It Is Time to End the Pandemic Emergency

If you thought the Twitter Files were as bad as it gets for the “Trust & Safety” of Big Tech merging with government, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

The mob comes for Madison

Why Sweden and Finland still haven’t joined NATO

Church of England Bishops Refuse to Allow Same-Sex Marriages

Good for them.

The strange death of Clarkson’s England

Rep. Gaetz introduces bill to abolish the ATF

Really, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms should be the name of a convenience store here in the USA.

Could a national sales tax grease the economy and raise incomes by 10% — but hurt the middle class? Experts explain how the Republican plan to scrap the IRS and income tax would impact you

These are the House GOP power players in the 118th Congress

Post-Roe, Why We Still March for Life

How Do You Remove a POTUS?

Dealing with your brainwashed friends and family

Surprise! The Supreme Court “Investigation” That Was Designed to Fail to Identify the Dobbs Leaker Has Successfully Failed to Identify the Dobbs Leaker

During Remarks at World Economic Forum FBI Director Chris Wray Talks About Success in Combatting Pre-Criminal Activity

From the front lines in a hospital:

A nurse speaks out

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1615833518948458527

Who wants to see that?

https://twitter.com/LezLuthor/status/1616066520320180226
https://twitter.com/JosephJFlynn1/status/1616085787291811842

This one is two years old, but it needs repeating:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1616092642634244105

We’ll take victories where ever we find them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

They’re not going to stop until they’ve sucked all the joy out of life.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1616095111234097153
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1615910236207960064

It’s not just him.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1616198136674029568

MEME STASH:

Ah, the memories.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1616131695731961856

As long as the power doesn’t go out, sure.

RIP David Crosby.

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

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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.

_____________________________________________________

HEBREWS 8:6-13

6But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second. 8For he finds fault with them when he says: “The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israeland with the house of Judah; 9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the handto lead them out of the land of Egypt;for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord. 10This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord:I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 11And they shall not teach every one his fellowor every one his brother, saying, `Know the Lord, ‘for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” 13In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230119

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1615450907139002368

It was a sleepy one here on Wednesday. A real book and brandy with grilled cheese and tomato soup sort of rainy mess.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1615582148601450496

Here we go.

Dream Team: Oversight Committee Stacked with Conservative Firebrands

Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger sells signed copies of Jan 6th report for $100

That’s awfully expensive fire starter and birdcage liner.

Davos organizers: Musk wasn’t invited despite what he says

Really? That’s interesting. More on Musk and Davos farther down.

Bannon connects the dots on Davos…

Make 2023 the Year of Debate

Why Government Can’t Be Compassionate

California’s Mega Water Wasters

So stupid.

End Europe’s Security Welfare Check

Frankly, we can’t afford it.

Realism and ‘Realism’

Specialized Nature

Two Big Scandals Struck Brian Kemp This Week

SOCIAL MEDIA IS FILLED WITH SPOOKS! WITH MIKE PAPANTONIO

Joe Scarborough: Trump Vow To ‘Handle’ DeSantis ‘Sounds Like A Mob Threat’

How long before that goofus gets the boot?

George Soros tied to at least 54 influential media figures through groups funded by liberal billionaire: study

Nigel Farage: Green Ideology Has Replaced Christianity as Driving Force of the Conservative Party

God’s creation is beautiful, but it is meant to be used and conserved for our benefit. Natural law has been turned on its head.

Top Scientist on COVID Vaccines: “Withdraw Them Immediately”

When the recommendation finally comes down for the shots to stop, the reaction is going to make women demanding mammograms when there is no indication for needing them look like a walk in the park.

Elon Musk chose us to report on the Twitter Files. Here are the disturbing things I learned about the FBI

Good read:

The Chosen One

Elon Musk says WEF is ‘unelected world government that the people never asked for and don’t want’

Pretty much.

MUST WATCH: Rebel News Reporters Confront Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on His Unsafe and Ineffective mRNA Shots

Project Cedar: Inside the Plot to Destroy the U.S. Dollar

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1615744441980960771
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1615408156410286080
https://twitter.com/Edwin07011/status/1615659252256751618

No thanks.

MEMES:

HIT IT

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1615777776002269185

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

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

HEBREWS 7:25–8:6

7 25Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did this once for all when he offered up himself. 28Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever. 8 1Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. 3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

PSALMS 40:7-10, 17

6Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required. 7Then I said, “Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me; 8I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.” 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O LORD. 16But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”

MARK 3:7-12

7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea 8and Jerusalem and Idume’a and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him. 9And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him; 10for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. 11And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE!

Pelosi Releases Limited-Edition Replica Of Dentures Worn During Trump Impeachment

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230113

Kisses From The Pear

Ingredients

  • 1.2 oz. Rye whiskey

Steps to Make

  1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. 
  2. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and shake for about 10 seconds.
  3. Strain cocktail through a Hawthorne strainer or a slotted spoon into a tumbler glass.

Okay, let’s see what we’ve got now that the Biden Corvette is bound to be impounded for illegal storage of classified documents.

Right the Ship

Trump Calls on Congress to Investigate How the ‘Deep State’ Censored Americans

Penn Biden Center where classified papers were found is a ‘dark-money nightmare’

Americans Rank Congressmen Lower Than Journalists and Car Salesmen for Honesty and Ethical Standards

Pfizer drops $1 million on Big Pharma delegate Chinless Mitch

Status Matters

The GOP House Rebels Are Tea Partiers, Not Populists

Why Is Everyone Fat?

OPINION & ANALYSIS

CHRIS HEDGES: AMERICA’S THEATER OF THE ABSURD

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

WEAPONS CONTRACTORS KILL 11,000 CHILDREN WHILE READING FAIRY TALES

Mayor Pete’s planes, trains and automobiles

REPORT: CIA Infiltrated Watergate Break-in as Nixon Threatened to Leak CIA Involvement in JFK Murder

More Nixon reputation rehabilitation. Hmm….

Kevin McCarthy comes out hot…

No, really.

Presser: Kevin McCarthy acting tough…. sends DC into a panic over pledges, like on J6 footage…. Hmmmm

Actions speak louder than words, Kevin. Let’s see the follow through.

Missouri v. Biden: More Stunning Developments

List of republicans attending WEF in Davos…

Some unanswered questions about those Biden classified documents

Dr. Malone shares dire warning: mRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply…

Tweety Tweets:

Actually, there was a third bust. Go figure.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1613302974704410624

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/ihatethemedia/status/1613684837956857856

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1613563578220482560
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1613643041826570241

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

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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.

_____________________________________________________

MARK 2:1-12

1And when he returned to Caper’na-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. 3And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. 5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question thus in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk’? 10But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic — 11“I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home.” 12And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230112

Not sure how to start, but here it goes. Some links were on yesterday’s comments.

The Truth

Gen. Flynn Exposes ‘Secret’ US Shadow Government: ‘Parallel Supreme Court’ Operates in the Shadows

The Biden Docs Scandal is about DECLAS!

America’s Animal Farm

End ‘Cancel Culture

How Individuals Can Realign America

‘Belief in Freedom’ Is
Bad for You

Americans Flee Mask Mandates

Back to Basics

America, Tear Down This Flag

Is the Conscience Reliable?

The Long Decline of the FBI

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1613220069428891651
https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1613205535041503232
https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1613282681130975238
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1613298542671724546

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1613005332892225537
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1613224796917202944

Rumble’s music selection sucks.

https://rumble.com/embed/v20oojq/?pub=4

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

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

HEBREWS 3:7-14

7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, when you hear his voice, 8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. 10Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, `They always go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.’ 11As I swore in my wrath, `They shall never enter my rest.'” 12Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today, ” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,

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

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230106

Let’s see…there has to be a cocktail for that….

Apparently not.

How about my Granny’s favorite?

Manhattan

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces rye whiskey
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Garnish: brandied cherry (or lemon twist, if preferred)

Steps

  1. Add the rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora or coupe glass.
  3. Garnish with a brandied cherry (or a lemon twist, if preferred).

Granny liked them straight up. It was shocking. Such a lace curtain Irish wannabe…. Talented woman, though.

Okay, so what has the gang been up to on Capitol Hill?

Groundhog Update- McCarthy Fails to Win Speaker Position During 8th, 9th and 10th Round of Ballots – Promises to Continue Until He Succeeds

Really?

Day Three House Speaker Election Effort Closes with Ballot Eleven Failing to Deliver – House Adjourns Until Noon Tomorrow When Ballot #12 Will Be Attempted

Thirteenth time is the charm?

Interesting Timing – President Trump Outlines Plan to Destroy Drug Cartels

Anyone living on the interstates coming up from the southwest is behind him.

This is from Sputnik, so take it for what it is worth:

Report: Private US Firm Feeding Illegal Spy Tech to British Intelligence to Target Russian Troops

George Soros ‘Quietly’ Dumped Another $140 Million into Political Causes in 2021

Rep. Norman says McCarthy won’t get support due to his contribution to gov. overspending

HAPPENING NOW: McCarthy Allegedly Caves, Gives In to Every Demand Made by GOP Detractors

We’ll believe it when we see it.

America Would Be A Better Place If We Taught The Truth About Slavery

Decoding Dan Crenshaw’s attacks on MAGA Republicans

A Significant Majority of Republican Voters Agree With the GOP Rebels

Well…yeah.

That’s enough for tonight.

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/jeepgirl9272/status/1610802686399504385
https://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/1610674314009010176

Any surprises there?

https://twitter.com/Kriscilicious/status/1611106956915388416

MEME STASH:

Check out the Superman lunchbox.

MUST SEE! SERIOUSLY!

https://twitter.com/duxashop/status/1610598450915323907
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1610937086902931457
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1610963193869869057
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1610659304301895681
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1611066247889752079
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1611002955791990785

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

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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.

_____________________________________________________

1 JOHN 5:5-13

5Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. 7And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree. 9If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son. 10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son. 11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. 13I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230105

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

As the day went on….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stay tuned for more humiliation delivered by MAGA.

Okay, what else have I got? Not much.

You Are a Horrible Person

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

Nice to see opinion headlines catch up to the anons.

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

The Truth Behind George Santos’ Lies

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

The Equity Paradox

The Perils of Lifestyle Rightism

Trimming Back the Speakership

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

TWEETS:

Faithful American Catholics are glad to hear it.

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

MEMES:

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

Rumble’s music selection sucks.

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

____________________________________

And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1 JOHN 3:11-21

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

PSALMS 100:1-5

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

JOHN 1:43-51

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

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

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20221230

And yet another DePat placekeeper. Getting there, but still living on Vicks and sparkling water.

With all luck I’ll be reasonably back along with the airline industry by next week.

Okay, a few tweets:

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1607820008423575552
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1607658707650809856
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1607988320289652736
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1608558942434775040

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

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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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COLOSSIANS 3:12-21

12Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, 13forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. 18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221229

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

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And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LUKE 2:22-35

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

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

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20221223

Ingredients

  • 1 ounceBailey’s Irish Cream (or other Irish cream)
  • 1 ounceCoconut Rum
  • ½ ounceCreme De Cacao
  • 10 ouncesHot Chocolate (or different amount if your glass is smaller)
  • add Whipped Cream
  • add Cocoa Powder

HELPFUL TIPS

  • You are going to be building this cocktail directly in the mug.
  • Even though you see two cocktails in this post, I will keep the recipe to the ingredients you will need for one cocktail.

HOW TO MAKE A SNOW PLOW COCKTAIL

PRE-STEP

Get a saucepan, glass mugs and measuring glass.

You are going to build this cocktail directly in the mugs, so after you measure out the ingredients, add to the glassware.

STEP ONE

Gather the ingredients – hot chocolate mix, Irish cream, creme de cacao and coconut rum. (A)

STEP TWO

Measure 1 ounces of Irish cream. (B)

STEP THREE

Measure .5 ounce of creme de cacao. (C)

STEP FOUR

Measure 1 ounce of coconut rum. (D)

STEP FIVE

Time to make the hot chocolate.

Follow the directions on the bottle or container. Make sure you make enough to fill your mug. Also, I made my hot chocolate with milk, not water.

Before it comes to a boil, take it off the heat and pour the hot chocolate into the mug to join the alcohol. (F)

Alright, here we go.

Steve Scalise privately being prepped by Republicans to snatch gavel from McCarthy: Report

House GOP locates emails, texts showing Pelosi office directly involved in failed Jan. 6 security

ABC reporter Kristen Hentschel was paid thousands by lobbying firm to make hit pieces on politicians: report

James O’Keefe goes undercover, puts on leftist disguise at America Fest…

A ‘Cover-Up of Evidence of Mass Murder’: The CDC Appears to Be Removing VAERS Records

What Eddie Fisher Said

Orwellian Language and Democrat Doublethink

The Impaired Vision of World Remakers

Thanks to Elon, the FBI has a lot to answer for

The poor judgment of the loony left

The swamp strikes back

Suede Shoes, Common Sense, and the Failure of Philosophy

Lumber Prices Collapse As Homebuilder Sentiment Falters

Kevin McCarthy Skips Zelensky’s Walk into the Capitol Rotunda with Congressional Leaders

Here Are Some Long-Term Trends That Are Slowly Killing America…

Unprecedented Migration Crisis Continues as the White House Must Replace Disenfranchised Americans

The Morning Briefing: Twitter Files Takeaway—The U.S. Government Is Now Full Soviet

Please, add more in the comments.

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1606023318083026947
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1606030953477918720
https://twitter.com/Kriscilicious/status/1606030060737024001

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1605670338750210063
https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1605929399592767488

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

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. In that spirit, though, threats of violence real or hypothetical are out of bounds.

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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LUKE 1:57-66

57Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son. 58And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechari’ah after his father, 60but his mother said, “Not so; he shall be called John.” 61And they said to her, “None of your kindred is called by this name.” 62And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called. 63And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all marveled. 64And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea; 66and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20221222

Are we there yet?

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

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

TheStormHasArrived17

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

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

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

t.me/TheStormHasArrived17/12177

40.3KviewsTheStormHasArrived17, Dec 21 at 11:20

Kari Lake trial insane explosive bombshells…

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

And they thought no one would notice.

Right.

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

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

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

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

Twitter twatter:

A deep dive into ‘Twitter Files 8’

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

Of Course the Feds Were All Over Twitter

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

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

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

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

And a mixture of other stuff:

The one with the government on his shoulder

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

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

Yes, we know that.

Schiff Storm

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

Extremism Doesn’t Matter So Long As the Check Clears

Feminism Killed Feminism

CHIPS and Dips

The Shadow Presidency and the Oligarchy

Hey Tedros, shove it straight up your…

Why I’m still defiant for Trump

Urban vs. Rural, Notional vs. Real

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

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

Those two are getting into a cat fight over THAT?

Too Much Winning: Antitrust Reform to Become Law

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

Did anyone actually know this was happening?

Ron Paul: Abolish the FBI

No argument here.

Story on Russia Blowing up Its Own Pipeline Begins to Shift

Published Mask Study Confirms: the CDC are Master Data Manipulators

I know a lot of people still under the spell.

It’s time to contemplate something along these lines:

Taxpayer March on Washington

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

TWEETS:

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

It’s just horrific all the way around.

We’ll believe it when we see it.

Get right with God.

History is literally written by the people with book contracts.

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

Yeah, that might make a mess of the manicures.

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

Gotta love Juanita.

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

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

MEMES:

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

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

Rumble’s music selection sucks.

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And now for the business portion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____________________________________________________

LUKE 1:46-56

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

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

_____________________________________________________

SATIRE!

Biden Nervous As Boss Drops By Unexpectedly

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

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

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