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DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230210

Fireball Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 dashesTabasco Sauce
  • ¾ ounceLight Rum
  • ¾ ounceFireball (or cinnamon schnapps)

Directions

1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well.

2. Stir well and strain into a shot glass.

3. Serve it up and get it down!

What a week. Here’s what I’ve got:

Badlands News Brief

Rather than copy and past the whole thing, I just figured I’d put the link up. Good stuff.

Pro Tip For Democrats — Never invite Matt Walsh to a hearing on sexual mutilation of children…

America’s Disarray Is A Stark Contrast To China’s Unity

If Reparations Are Owed … the Democratic Party Should Pay Them

The Squad’s Rejection of Objectivity

Educating For Today

So when is the FEC going to fine the WaPo, the NYT and all the other media outlets that bury stories or post false ones to influence elections?

Good question.

What to make of the Twitter hearings held yesterday

World Economic Forum secures a seat on the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government

The Grammys Wasn’t Enough for the Woke Mob

From Libs of TikTok

AOC lied about me on the House floor in an unhinged tirade

The press versus the president, part one

The Necessity of Virtue

Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, ARE ART AND MUSIC FALLING SHORT? WITH JAMES KENNEDY

Trump rips Club for Growth after he wasn’t invited to donor retreat

They’re trying to paint him as petty. Won’t work for those who know him.

Disinformation Inc: Meet the groups hauling in cash to secretly blacklist conservative news

But GDI, which did not reply to several requests for its exclusion list, discloses in reports which outlets it identifies as the “riskiest” and “worst” offenders for peddling disinformation. These 10, which all skew to the right, are the American Spectator, Newsmax, the Federalist, the American Conservative, One America News, the Blaze, the Daily Wire, RealClearPolitics, Reason, and the New York Post.

That list doesn’t make any sense. It’s a pretty hefty mix of viewpoints.

The UN’s War with the “Infodemic”: Misinformation is a Virus

This is an interesting talk on Hollywood with a producer in that town. The truth bombs about fame and fortune, and what the execs do to control talent is pretty interesting. Feel free to ignore the Catholic talk. There is a little there.

VIDEO: Former Trump aide Johnny McEntee reveals what Nikki Haley’s “2024 run” really means…

Prominent conservatives speak out in support of James O’Keefe after cancellation attempt

And from Sundance:

Inside Baseball Stuff About the House Oversight Committee and the Twitter Censorship Hearing

DeSantis Management and Branding Team Schedule Nationwide Book Tour in Advance of 2024 Announcement

Hostile Takeover of Project Veritas Seeking to Remove James O’Keefe – DeSantis Aligned Operatives Spearheading Effort for Removal

He killed it again.

https://youtu.be/0IQN8QWAS2I

Tweety Tweets:

Yes, it’s really all about exposure rather than prosecution, but scenes like this make it worth it.

Interesting.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623517037124255744

Well, and the occasional trip to the beach.

The must read thread that was featured in the comments on yesterday’s daily. If you missed it, here it begins.

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1623528200486649856

And they thought no one would notice?

Wakey, wakey

Red pills everywhere.

Yes. Back to the barter system for some of us.

OOH, OOH, OOH, ME ME ME ME ME!

THIS is why I, if no one else, do not want him to be speaker.

WELCOME!

Remember, they sent whatever hit the Pentagon on 9-11 straight into the office where the audit staff and evidence were. They will stop at nothing.

I wonder if he asked to be patted down.

Interesting thread:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623857256335872007

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623511886988804097

MEME STASH:

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1623458000106295296

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GENESIS 3:1-8

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, `You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3but God said, `You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'” 4But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. 5For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. 7Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. 8And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230209

Head’s Up – Apparently, There’s a Limit on Tweets Now?

That was my question.

I went to the link provided and took a look at what limits there are:

Across the board, there were people posting “test” and “Hello” and other messages of that variety. Have the algorithm elves been busy?????

As it happens, I retweet the tweets I bring here just to have a place to stash them. Well…after that little surprise, I stashed the links with the article links. HA!

Why did this happen on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023, of all days? Did this have something to do with it?

https://twitter.com/SantaSurfing/status/1623411847528587266
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623486354033188866

WATCH: Rep. Byron Donalds Crushes Ex-Twitter Fascist Yoel Roth During Congressional Hearing on Censorship

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623515434140987394

Mmmm…wouldn’t put it past our own intelligence people.

The issue seemed to partially clear around 6PM CST. Another theory on what was going on:

And that was not the only thing that exploded yesterday.

Details Surface of Biden Administration Deliberately Destroying Nord Stream Pipeline, Then Lying About It Repeatedly

No $#!+. Several of us figured that out at the time.

Rounding out the Sundance links:

The Great Lou Dobbs Nails It

The approved GOPe script, a construct of multinational financial influence and background motive, was/is intended to write President Donald Trump out of the Republican political framework. Governor Huckabee-Sanders went along with the plan. She, along with all of the non-pretenders, knows this, as all of them do. It is a sad acceptance to realize just how metastasized the political cancer has become, and how few can hold firm against the power of the corrupt political apparatus.

And all this surfaced AFTER I collected a lot of this:

Zoom to lay off 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce

Well, that was fast after a good chunk of the country went back to work.

Social Security, checks, and Rube Goldberg

Don’t mess with seniors and their social security. They worked for it. And the politicians have been dipping their hands in that till for decades to cover their hair-brained schemes.

The Soviet Erotic and Today’s Misbegotten Effort to Kill Eros

Missing Something Holy

The Neomercantilist Mind

Tenderness Without Tyranny

Turning Your Dreamer Back On

Study: 60 Percent Of Women Who Aborted Babies Say They Were Pressured Into It

BIG PROBLEM! It’s really not that women WANT to kill their children. It’s that their support systems want them to. In that case, we have a pretty serious cultural issue.

Democrats Keep Cranking Up The Heat On The Gas Stove Debate, But All Their Arguments Flame Out

This one is a definite losing argument for the rats. If they actually do it, the efforts will go the same way as the artisan cheese aged on wood did. POOF! The cooks among them will complain.

Top U.S. Pharmacies To Offer Abortion Pill After FDA Loosens Regulations— What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Shall we count the ways? If the clot shots don’t kill young, fertile women, this might do it if the drug is administered incorrectly or too often. No real women, no babies. It’s that simple. Depop.

Purpose Of Education

The Botfire of the Humanities

India And Russia To Bypass Dollar In New Energy Deal

Another country shuns the petrodollar.

Binance Suspends US Dollar Transfers

Madonna Responds To The Criticism Over Her Face

Criticism? Horror is closer.

Must watch short video at the link 👇:

Yep he said it! The Hunters have become the Hunted!

Marty Walsh to depart from Biden Cabinet for job atop hockey players’ union

Rats are jumping ship. Did he really have to go to the hockey players, though?

The History of Fractional Reserve Banking in America

The FBI Doubles Down on Christians and White Supremacy in 2023

Competence is dead and diversity killed it

The REAL State of the Union Must Be Fixed Immediately

EXPOSED: Globalists want everyone eating crickets because their exoskeletons contain CHITIN that parasites and pathogens use for protection when infecting humans and animals

They want us to eat bait.

The Rise Of Pop Culture’s Woke Satanism, How Not To Take Their Bait, And The Joys of Being Old and Old Fashioned

Matt Gaetz’s New Committee Assignment A Reward For Clearing The Way For McCarthy’s Speakership!

Jesse Watters had a great prime time show on Wednesday.

https://youtu.be/21QjEnEjTWo

What the…you know the word I want to use.

Breaking | James O’Keefe placed on leave by Project Veritas board…

I don’t see the board members listed on the website or at wiki. They are funded by Donors Trust.

There’s something fishy here. There’s no annual report or financials on the website, which is supposed to be done for all non-profits. Trust me, I used to manage content on websites for multiple non-profits, and this was part of my job. The other shoe may well drop later in the week.

TWEETS:

Jesus is a man. He called God Father. How hard is this?

If someone could find said report, that would be great.

She does get that Babylon Bee is satire, right?

🤡🤡🤡

Not the first time this has happened in an earthquake. Saw it with a tornado as well.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1623149648406773762

Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Sotomayor.

Eustice Mullins made the same argument in his book Murder by Injection.

I have two cousins expecting as I type. One of them, I know, did not take shots just for this reason. She’s expecting a girl in July.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1623086810044723200

I know it’s dance tune day, but this popped into my feed, and it’s just too good to skip.

See the Sacred Scripture section for why I love this tune.

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
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Remember that Holst above? Well….

Yes, I have that descant on verse three practically memorized. We sing it a bit faster, though.

GENESIS 2:18-25

18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him. 21So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; 22and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.

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!

MARK 7:24-30

24And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid. 25But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoeni’cian by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27And he said to her, “Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29And he said to her, “For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” 30And she went home, and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.

And what I really thought about bringing to the daily:

The text is from St. Augustine of Hippo.

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230203

Man O’ War

(Yes, I know it’s not quite horse racing season, but….)

INGREDIENTS 

For The Man O’ War Cocktail:

  • ice cubes for chilling the glass and for the shaker
  • 1 1/2 ounces good-quality bourbonor your favorite rye whiskey
  • 1 ounce Cointreau or other orange liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
  • 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

For Garnish:

  • Brandied cherry
  • Lemon peel
  • Chill The Glass: Fill a coupe glass with ice and water and set aside.
  • Make The Man O’ War Cocktail: Add the bourbon (or rye or whiskey), Cointreau, sweet vermouth, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker. Fill halfway with ice.Close and shake until it is thoroughly chilled (almost too cold to touch), at least 20 seconds. Taste and add more lemon if you want it more tart or more Cointreau if you want it sweeter.
  • Serve The Man O’ War Cocktail: Dump the ice water from the coupe glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Spear a brandied cherries and a bit of lemon peel onto a few cocktail toothpicks and garnish the glass. Serve.

Highlight of Thursday (instrumental music from Bizet’s Carmen is a bonus):

Put some ice on it.

TheStormHasArrived17

Forwarded from Just Human ️️️

Folks, I’m going to put this as bluntly as I can:

THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

-That’s why Biden is speaking through his lawyer.
-That’s why there are these searches by his lawyers.
-That’s why there are searches by the FBI.
-That’s why there is a Special Counsel.

Who, btw, officially started work as a Special Counsel TODAY.

This isn’t just about misplaced documents that are marked classified. If it was, the FBI would not be taking documents which are not classified and which date all the way back to Biden’s days as a Senator.

Everything [they] accused Trump of, everything [they] put Trump through, is being reversed onto [them].

It’s beautiful and amazing.
The best show ever.
Enjoy it.

t.me/TheStormHasArrived17/12510

Winter is only Temporary, My Enduring Soul

Energy Department proposes efficiency rules for cooking devices after gas stove furor

Keep reading. This is not the end of this.

Pfizer Shares Plunge Along With Demand For Covid-19 Drugs

“Objectivity Has Got To Go”: News Leaders Call for the End of Objective Journalism

More Than 4 in 10 Republicans and a Third of Parents Now Oppose Schools Requiring Children to Get Vaccinated for Measles and Other Illness, Up Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Began

If we have effective anti-viral drugs, why do we need vaccines?

Cursive handwriting and other educational anachronisms

I don’t get it. This morning I responded to a poll in the online blog of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC, the conservative answer to AARP) regarding cursive handwriting. Specifically: “Cursive writing (“handwriting”) has been on the decline for over a decade, though 21 states still mandate it in their curriculums. Should it still be taught?”

I found myself in the distinct minority by voting “No.” An overwhelming majority of respondents think cursive is necessary to read historical documents and foster critical thinking by 50 to 1. I know many of you will agree with that view; you will insist that the curricula of our old school days were more effective in training young minds and that cursive is an essential aspect of that.

But I simply do not agree. And, in a significant way, I have made my living by writing. I have been the author or coauthor of some 270 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 10 books, along with a handful of patents. And since 1983, all were done on some form of computer or another device that is not a pen. Admittedly, my handwriting was the despair of my parents and teachers.

Sure, I have jotted notes by hand. I have a file cabinet of my notes from grad school, and my lab notebooks were all handwritten. In some cases, such as with a potential patentable invention, such notebook entries were punctuated by a witness who had to attest in (hand)writing: “read and understood.”

But the vast majority of my written output had to be electronic, or my publishers would have thrown it back in my face! That’s just the simple reality. This got me thinking about some of the other anachronisms of my schooling, distinct from my education.

As the child of an educator, there are multiple reasons to learn cursive. The first is brain development. Small motor control in the fingers is another, which as a craft artist I can attest is necessary. Another is notation retention when things are written down. Of course, I have what has been described as pretty handwriting, so I’m biased.

UnLocke-ing the American Founders

If Trump is such a terrible candidate, why does everyone fear him?

IMPORTANT READ:

The Petrodollar System: A Shift Away From a Dominant Currency (Plus Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Replace Us All)

Planned New FBI HQ Is Twice the Size of the Pentagon

The FBI as Intelligence Unit for the Administrative State

The Unacceptable Cost of Open-Border Mission Creep

The Never-Ending Covid Emergency

Steve Bannon Slams Nikki Haley Amid 2024 Rumors: ‘Ambitious as Lucifer’

And no small measure of pride.

Pfizer reports $100 billion haul, with vast majority of profits looted from US taxpayers

DoD Adds “Cognitive Security” to Governmental Disinformation Campaign

“Most-Read Propaganda Paper Ever”: The Dam of Lies Surrounding Covid Lab Leak Is Breaking

Everything that needs electricity is made with oil

McConnell Removes Senators Scott And Lee From Influential Committee

I have read over the years that Mitch McConnell has a mean streak. It’s like he’s Irish or something.

‘FENTANYL IS COLORBLIND’: BLACK CONGRESSMAN UNLOADS ON BIDEN ADMIN’S PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO BLAME ANY CRITICISM ON RACE

Hawley: Biden Administration Is Attempting to Wipe Out Blue-Collar Economy, Culture

The CORE, the ESSENCE, the CORNERSTONE of Globalism – The “Exfiltration of Wealth” – One Exceptional Example

The Master Builder (part 2 of Master and Commander earlier in the week)

Sorry Zerohedge: For Better or Worse, US Dollar Will Remain the King of Currencies

America’s National Exorcism: How It’s Going So Far

DID THE CIA SET UP NSA LEAKER REALITY WINNER?

President Trump Also Watching RGA for Background Moves in 2024

This pretty much says it:

(For those who do not know the original Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, look up Veruca Salt. BRAT.)

Tweety Tweets:

I am religious, and yes, it is demonic.

https://twitter.com/ChayaRaichik10/status/1620886183952908289

Good question.

We didn’t in the 70s and 80s, either.

https://twitter.com/mlynnmt09/status/1621140172359499778

It’s not like rock salt for the roads degrades over time.

The Bidens are white trash. Change my mind.

Come and take it, indeed. That goes double for the in ground gas grill.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1621210261091753985

And this is what Sundance is trying to tell the world.

MEME STASH:

Okay, guys, if you want to skate in drag, this is how you do it.

https://youtu.be/uplqKPMBlCQ

I don’t remember that program when it happened, but laughed all the same.

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620861647865712640
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1621049887025405955
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620934382830641152
https://twitter.com/MissFlyByNight/status/1620757424323067904
https://twitter.com/Enezator/status/1620876997852561408
https://twitter.com/S0NlA9/status/1621096344835469312
https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1621132858302803970

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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HEBREWS 13:1-8

1Let brotherly love continue. 2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you also are in the body. 4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. 5Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.” 6Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?” 7Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

ROMANS 5:1-5

1Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

PSALMS 117:1-2

1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! 2For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!

MARK 16:15-20

15And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” 19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.

SATIRE!

Punxsutawney Phil Emerges From Burrow To Let Everyone Know There Are Some Documents Marked ‘Classified’ Down There

‘Is It Working Now?’ Asks Elon Musk Flipping Random Switches In Twitter Basement

Politicians Forced To Cancel Prayer Breakfast After Lightning Keeps Striking Building

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230202

Alright, you furry rodent, we’ve had a number of nasty, cold winters in a row. Give us a break, will you.

Tucker nailed it Tuesday night.

What have I got squirrelled away for today.

Ha.

We Just Witnessed An Economic Sign That Hasn’t Happened Since The Peak Of The Great Depression In 1932

From…NEWSWEEK?

It’s Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives | Opinion

From Badlands News Brief:

Our Take: The about-face by the corporate press continues to accelerate on the Big Lie that was the COVID Scamdemic and its ensuing lockdowns and involuntary gene therapy experiments on the largest subset of guinea pigs ever assembled. What’s more, the Media Industrial Complex is attempting to massage this about-face using ‘Opinion’ pieces, which are being used as both Narrative Trojan Horses and as the hopeful foundations for a mass ‘Forgive and Forget’ campaign when the true cost and magnitude of the COVID era lies are revealed to the slowly-waking masses. The thing is … it’s much too little, much too late for the powers that would be. We won’t forgive. We won’t forget.” — Burning Bright

Iran, Russia integrate banking systems

No Central Bank, fiat petrodollars for them.

Prestigious Liberal Watchdog Condemns New York Times’ Russiagate Coverage

Rep. Massie takes over key antitrust panel as GOP girds for Big Tech battle

Trump Lawsuit: Bob Woodward Concealed *Key* Parts of Months Long Interviews With President Trump – Here Are the Redactions Woodward Deceptively Deleted from the Audio

More Americans believe US provides too much support to Ukraine

ATF Slapped With Multiple Lawsuits After New Pistol Rule Takes Effect

The Real Lessons of the Real History of The United States and post-Glasnost Ukraine

No End to the Victim Narrative

Republicans need a good look in the mirror

The party is ripped apart by MAGA versus NeverTrump.  These two groups can’t even agree that it would be better if Republicans won so we can influence the course of the nation.  Talk about a chasm.  It’s not Trump or some other person; it’s getting like-minded thinkers elected and in power so we can reverse the course the left has chosen for us.  Why do we continue to be our own enemy?

Because they are bought off. Talk about hard to wake up. Jeez.

Willmoore Kendall’s 1787 Plan

Kevin McCarthy, Meet Frederick Gillett

“Name Redacted” Exposes Google’s Intel Community Censorship Cabal

Why People Stopped Reading Books

Guest Piece: Out of Eggs

LAWRENCE SELLIN: Slowly Boiled Frogs – Have Americans Lost their Capacity For Rage?

GOP Rep. Carl: ‘Everywhere I Go, There’s a Sales Job’ on Ukraine

The History of Central Banking in America

Pharmaceutical Whistleblower: Covid and the ‘Toxic Vaccines’ are Bio-Weapons Created by U.S. Department of Defense (Video)

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1620548925508972545

Neither have I, actually. Although, I don’t run or bike.

If only some people had listened.

I prefer jersey dresses, but, yes.

https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1620501991494660098
https://twitter.com/Fisherlady111/status/1620305447919190016

Learn to code.

And she gave us scarf wearers a bad name.

GOOD INTERVIEW:

Yep…although, I think he knew he was being lied to.

Would someone who knows where to look check out the veracity of this claim? Please. If that’s the case….

Two scrambled most days here. Soy free, pastured…expensive, but worth it.

MEMES:

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620566451802316801
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1620694294704144384
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1620844273347477504

In honor of Groundhog Day:

Memories of childhood…..

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

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

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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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MALACHI 3:1-4

1“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. 2But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? “For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the LORD. 4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.

Absolutely the toughest chorus in Handel’s Messiah:

PSALMS 24:7-10

7Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 8Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! 9Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! [Selah]

HEBREWS 2:14-18

14Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. 16For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people. 18For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

LUKE 2:22-40

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.” 36And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan’u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, 37and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.

Found this at random on YT. I’ve sung many Nunc Dimitis, or Song of Simeon, settings over the years. It’s one of the canticles in the Vespers liturgy:

This is really what I had planned to post for today:

Are You a Wild Christian Who Swims Upstream? Or a Lazy, Farm-Raised One Dyed Artificially Pink?

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SATIRE!

DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230127

Cuba Libre

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce rum
  • 3 ounces Coca-Cola
  • Garnish: lime wedge

Steps

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice, then add rum and Coca-Cola.
  2. Garnish with a lime wedge. Squeeze the lime into your drink, if desired.

The men in my family have a weakness for that one.

Eggs Causing Blood Clots? – Exercise On Examining How Clickbait Spreads and Medical Studies Are Warped

Mexico Has Banned All Attempts to Block the Sun

German Foreign Minister Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud On Ukraine

Steven Crowder versus Big Conservative Media?

Who Will Not Risk, Cannot Win

Forgiving the Medically Brainwashed in the Post-COVID Era

Most of them were brainwashed long before the COVID era.

Kristi Leigh: How Corporate Media Sells False Narratives

They get the 4 am talking points.

Unwinding the Long Great Society

Feds adapting AI used to silence ISIS to combat American dissent on vaccines, elections

‘Raises Serious Ethics Concerns’: House Oversight Republicans Demand Art Dealer Turn Over Info On Embattled First Son Hunter Biden’s Paintings

It’s called the provenance. All art pieces have one.

ADAM SCHIFF IS SO DISTRAUGHT GETTING KICKED OFF OF THE HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE HE JOINS TIKTOK, OWNED BY…YOU KNOW

How George Soros funds ‘fact checkers’ to silence dissent

Matt Gaetz: “They Had to Accuse Trump of Colluding with Russia Because He Was the Only One Who Wasn’t”

The Church Committee, for Dummies

Federal judge suspends enforcement of new California law targeting docs that provide Covid ‘misinformation’

Eggs and weather cause blood clots; ‘stroke season’; and ‘sudden cardiac arrest’ forms for high schoolers

You’ll Feel Better After the Truck Hits You

DON LEMON: FLORIDA LAW BANNING PORN IN SCHOOLS IS TOTALLY ‘LIKE THE 1950S ALL OVER AGAIN’ OR SOMETHING

WATCH: COLLEGE SICKO CLAIMS 12-YEAR-OLDS CAN CONSENT TO SEX WITH ADULTS. THERE SHOULD BE A WORD FOR THAT…

RETIRED FBI SPEAKS OUT AGAINST FBI AGENT ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK

Sen. Johnson Calls For Congress to Investigate Vaccine Manufacturers and Covid Vax Approval Process in Response to Project Veritas’ Exposé on Pfizer

DR. DAVID MARTIN BRINGS MURDER CHARGES TO COURT OVER VAX DEATHS

Here’s Why the Big Club and People Managing Ron DeSantis Hate Donald Trump

Tweety Tweets:

Word is it’s feed from Tractor Supply.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618411322005417986

Doing the dishes, vacuuming the floor, scrubbing the toilet…these should all be avoided lest the heart stops.

Google strikes again.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618645796748152838

Really, Rand, please, comb the curls when you get out of the pool.

A lot of liberal men are still wearing them in these parts.

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618688830638526464

Remember this?

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618647581713928193

Thoughts?

No argument here. Well, other than the people here and several spouses of the same.

MEME STASH:

One relative from Florida was rather puzzled by that.

I’m really not sure if that’s satire.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1618626533362667520

https://youtu.be/gyTfre9gaYs

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  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
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MARK 4:26-34

26And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” 30And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; 32yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” 33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; 34he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230126

I know it’s Thursday, but that popped into my feed and I didn’t want to lose it.

Alright, let’s see what I’ve got:

Spooks in Silicon Valley: Flow of U.S. intelligence analysts into Big Tech jobs raises alarm

The Left-Wing Identity Crisis

BREAKING: Arizona Finds Massive Issues With 2022 Election Tabulators, Misread Nearly A Quarter Of A Million Votes…Here’s What You Should Know About The Ongoing Fight For Fair Elections

Removing Phantoms With Technology and ‘Gentle’ Persuasion

Parsing an Ungrateful Generation

Our Liberal Friends Have Learned Nothing

The Lancet goes off the deep end, devaluing human life as no more important than animals

The Environmentalist Assault on Civilization

We Don’t Need Another Church Committee, We Need a Reformation

We need the Church Committee for the exposure of the problem to create demand for reform or blowing it all up, one or the other. That seems to get lost in the argument quite a bit.

The Case for Great American Hagiography

Massive U.S. automaker reveals $854 million investment into V8 engines amid shift to EVs

Master and Commander

That is related to the banking moves Trump and his cabinet made in 2017. I remember Sundance writing a bit about all of this and the mainstreet economy back then.

Ex-FBI Official Who Helped Launch Crossfire Hurricane Charged With Laundry List Of Crimes

Oops.

Frozen: Trump’s primary challengers balk at jumping into the unknown

Matt Gaetz has a theory…

FDA Rushed Approval for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to Enable Vaccine Mandates: Emails

TWEETS:

As Sundance more or less said, who are you, and what have you done with the real Kevin McCarthy.

Put some ice on it.

A non-communist reading list….

It’s over.

Waking up is hard to do.

Done! Just found a bunch of old sheet music.

I’m with Stew on this one.

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1618006533769691137
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618067830125232128
https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1618339982829322240
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618375477709901828

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618053434154024961
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1618083937636712450

MEMES:

That’s the left side of the St. Louis Wolves infield. (Fans of Abbott and Costello will get that.)

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1618343041869418497
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1618207527422013442

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

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

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

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

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

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MARK 4:21-25

21And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. 23If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. 25For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

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SATIRE!

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.

https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/1615818049436663808

MEMES:

HIT IT

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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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/TaylorRMarshall/status/1613557998575620098
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.

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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/ChayaRaichik10/status/1612905570650198018
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.

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

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

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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.

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SATIRE!