How to Contact Authors on This Site

Recently, I got an excellent request from a member here, asking if I could forward their email address to one of the authors here, along with the nature of their question for the author, so that a private discussion could ensue.

On any normal blog, this might have happened – but not here – and there is a reason.

It turns out that – as far as I am aware, or can remember – I have NEVER given any of the email addresses of anybody here to anybody else.

I know that this gives people like cthulhu great joy and peace of mind.

I love being able to say that, too. Even if I did give out a single email with permission, I would then have to qualify my answer. I would have to say something like “I have NEVER given any of the email addresses of anybody here to anybody else, except one time with permission.”

YUCK! That just doesn’t sound as strong.

No authors or moderators (there are no mods) have access to these email addresses. Only me. Technically, our hosting company does as well, but they’re actually pretty good about privacy, so the only people besides me who have access to the email addresses are basically the intelligence community. And they’re going to hide their sources and methods.

So I’m just not going to do it. BUT – I have several great alternatives.

Use Private Message To Wolf (with underscores) on the Author’s Own Thread

The “Private Message To Wolf” function (a.k.a., PMTW) is discussed on the Contact Page.

If you don’t mind ME seeing a question to an author, you can just do a “PMTW” on the author’s post (meaning THEY are the author of the article/daily/whatever), and both ME and the author will see it. Well, hopefully. Some authors will just ignore “orange comments” that drop into the moderation bin, so you are taking a chance.

There is another problem with using PMTW – there is no way to private message BACK. You would have to be answered in public. Yes, you can use PMTW to pass on an email address, but even that is a bit sketchy. What if your PMTW has an error, and accidentally posts so that the whole public sees it? Yes, that can happen.

All of this leads to the next option.

Contact the Author Using Gab Chat or Twitter DMs

This is my favorite.

Gab Chat is right on the home page menu when you log into Gab. You simply click on “Chats” in the menu. It’s not the same as the old highly secure Gab Chat with end-to-end encryption, but it’s still good, and better than Twitter right now. And you CAN use the end-to-end encrypted Gab Chat, too, if both of you have it.

To contact somebody on Gab, you need to be on Gab, and then to know their handle. Go to their page and click on the two-bubble chat icon.

IMPORTANT! If you want to make sure the person sees your message, tell them on this site in a reply, that they have a Gab message waiting.

Here are the author handles on Gab:

Wolf Moon – @ WOLFM00N

TradeBait2 – @ TradeBait

Deplorable Patriot – @ FlyoverDeplorablePatriot

SteveInCO – @ SteveInCO

bakocarl – @ bakocarl

Aubergine – @ frznpch

michaelh – @ mhtx76

Gail Combs – @ GC0mbs [note the zero]

Valerie Curren – @ ValerieCurren

To contact somebody on Twitter, you need to be on Twitter, and POSSIBLY to be following each other. It depends on how permissive people have set their DMs.

Here are the author handles on Twitter:

Wolf Moon – @ WOLFM00N

TradeBait2 – none

Deplorable Patriot – @ LaughLoveLive1

SteveInCO – none

bakocarl – none

Aubergine – @ frznpch

michaelh – @ mhtx76 [suspended]

Gail Combs – none

Valerie Curren – @ ValerieCurren [seems to be no longer suspended]

Twitter is not as good as Gab, in my opinion, because Twitter DMs are all visible to the entire Regime AND the DNC. Gab is much preferred, IMO.

Hopefully this helps. If you have questions, comment below!

W

Gab News

There has been quite a bit going on with Gab lately. I kept putting off covering it – that oversight will be corrected by this post.

Gab Speech: “Go And Build”

Andrew Torba did some quality grandstanding for free speech at a recent conference – his speech was DYNAMITE, if you have not read it or seen the video.

TEXT LINK: https://news.gab.com/2022/02/25/gab-go-and-build/

VIDEO LINK: https://tv.gab.com/channel/three_spoons/view/afpac-3-andrew-torba-builders-621a33f8e6aba54ba5b106a2

This speech is absolutely unyielding push-back on cultural Marxism, and really rather amazing.

The video includes the audiovisual warm-up of the crowd for his speech – it’s worth a look even if you prefer the text of the speech.

“The people in power want a Great Reset, but what we are going to give them instead, is a Great Restoration.”
Andrew Torba, AFPAC 2022

Not one to be all hat and no cattle, Torba’s speech was CATCHING UP to what he’s been doing.

Check it out.

Gab Infrastructure

LINK: https://valiantnews.com/2022/03/twice-as-fast-torba-announces-200000-server-upgrade-for-gab-gab-tv-tech-boost/

Unlike the Demon Democrat Communists, who define “infrastructure” as needles for junkies, Gab defines infrastructure as UTILITY HARDWARE for the benefit of civilization. Plowing money back into INFRASTRUCTURE is clearly part of Andrew Torba’s STRATEGY.

Gab is quite zippy these last couple of days, and MORE IRON is clearly why. Gab just added 200K bucks in new servers.

Gab TV is also part of that infrastructure strategy. I suspect that Torba is preparing for the moment that Rumble and GETTR get knee-capped by Woke Tech. You know it’s coming, but it has to be closer to the election.

If anything, Gab TV works “too well”, with its annoying auto-play function making its “very well-working” embeds in WordPress quite toxic. Rumble beats Gab on that count, and is why Rumble videos are preferred on this site, but MAYBE Gab will fix it. In any case, Gab TV works nicely on the Gab platform, so we can just provide links to Gab TV.

Beyond Gab TV, methinks Gab has its sights set on the FALL OF DUCKDUCKGO, and the need for a true FREE SPEECH SEARCH ENGINE.

And THAT leads to THIS.

Gab Search

Gab knows how to achieve REAL RESULTS. Start small and manageable, and GROW. Thus, Gab Search is starting its search tool on its own data. It will index itself, before it moves out.

I’m really thankful for this. Gab’s existing search engine was weak sauce for a long time, then turned off completely after the DEMON TRANNIES “faux-hacked” the site.

Now the site search is back, and it works NICELY for once.

Here is a search to find our group.

LINK: https://gab.com/search/groups?q=the%20q%20tree

Click on the result to get to our group.

LINK: https://gab.com/groups/4178

Here is a search for a member of our group!

LINK: https://gab.com/search?q=bflyjesusgrl

Here is her homepage!

LINK: https://gab.com/Bflyjesusgrl

Unlike Twitter, you can COUNT on “owning” that URL for the rest of your life.

More about that in a bit.

You can also search on posts directly from the member name.

LINK: https://gab.com/search/statuses?q=bflyjesusgrl

You can search the new Gab Marketplace, too!

LINK: https://gab.com/marketplace/listings?query=wolf

Speaking of which…..

Gab Marketplace

We’ve covered this before…..

DEAR KAG: 20220211 – The Pub is OPEN / G-Bay (Gab Marketplace) Is Here / Fake Science Normalized by Fake News and Fake Entertainment / Malone and Bhakdi Validated by “Pro-Vax” Paper

The Pub is *STILL* OPEN! We are doing our best under the circumstances! While our beloved REAL bartender takes a needed break of unknown duration, we continue to ENDEAVOR TO PERSEVERE. Christmas Spirit We still have lights up all over the area. LOL! Hey – how about we just keep believing? And now, the rules …

The Marketplace…..

LINK: https://gab.com/marketplace

…..is actually filling up with “stuff” that normal people buy and sell, and it’s looking a lot more like Ebay every day. If you get a PRO membership, you automatically get to post stuff on Gbay – and THAT leads me to my next point……

Gab Pro

There are a bunch of reasons you MIGHT want to upgrade to Gab PRO – and if you do, there is ONE reason you may want to do it NOW…..

Notice the option on the RIGHT, which is NOT the default.

Basically, the price for 5 years is being discounted from $500 to $315, and the price of a LIFETIME membership is being discounted to the normal price for 5 years.

I’ve already been on Gab for over 5 years. The chance that I’ll be on there for another 5 years is quite good. There is some chance I’ll be on for the rest of my life. When that’s over, I can’t take my money with me. Bigger still, my money is losing its value in the bank – but NOT when invested in FREE SPEECH.

Something to think about.

But still – why pay for Gab PRO? To put it very briefly, you get new stuff first, and you keep getting it “for free”. Thus, if something like “Gab Blogs” happens, PRO will see it first.

Here are the CURRENT perks of Gab Pro.

Apply for verification and receive a blue checkmark on Gab.
Compose Rich Text posts (Bold, Italic, Underline and more)
Create 15 listings per day on Gab Marketplace.
PRO users get their own Gab TV channel to host videos.
Become an admin of your own group for any interest.
Video uploading limits increased to 1 gig per video.
Remove all promoted posts in your Gab Social feeds.
Schedule posts in your Gab Social feeds.
Bookmark and save gabs to a private collection.
Set your gabs to self-destruct after a period of time.
Fight against Silicon Valley tyranny

As the group admin, this makes sense for me. If we are forced to “go to backup”, we can hit the ground running.

YMMV. But still, something to think about.

Now – here is another deal.

If you sign up for Gab Pro, you can pay in several ways. E-Check (meaning use your bank account) is probably the easiest, but you can also try out the beta test of GabPay.

So let’s talk about that!

GabPay

When I said GabPay is actually in beta test, I wasn’t kidding.

The website is actually UP, and can answer all your questions!

LINK: https://www.gabpay.com/

You can even sign up – although I must warn you…..

I tried using the beta test, and it didn’t work for me. Is the software still a bit too “alpha”? Not sure. I may need to try it again. Nonetheless, I got a good look at the interface, and it seems pretty solid and fully “beta” – NOT alpha.

So – that’s it for now. I will let you know if something big happens, or if I get more insight into GabPay and Gab Marketplace.

Until then, GAB ON!

W

PS – have you seen the “easy” version of Gab Chat? It’s HERE:

LINK: https://gab.com/messages

Its not as secure as the older end-to-end encrypted chat, but it’s useful for everyday stuff that you don’t mind potentially being hacked by demon trannies working for Dodge and FIB.

PPS – check this out! You can still vote.

LINK FOR POLL: https://gab.com/a/posts/107981114447068593

Gab PRO – The Most Direct Investment in Free Speech Possible

Kitty Shackleford reposted

SuperLevure
@DedeDeSinope
9h

··Cozy Pond FrogGang

So it has begun, frens.

The great battle of our time.

For free speech, our civilisations, and everything cozy in this world.

Andrew Torba
@a
10h·

Gab is inevitable. Our community has grown to the point where the GOP can’t simply pretend we do not exist anymore as they have for five years. Now they must attack and defame us like the left does. Our community will primary every last one of you in 2022. Every last one.

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Yes – even the Texas GOP stood up for Gab without flinching – and without attacking Gab’s attackers. SOMEBODY actually gets FREE SPEECH!!!

Mark Smith reposted

Andrew Torba
@a
4h·

THANK YOU @TexasGOP

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This was all in response to Gab being somewhat stupidly criticized by Governor Abbott during a photo op with two state reps touting an antisemitism bill.

As I’ve said before, NOTHING has done more to wash out the antisemites at Gab, than the massive influx of normies simply seeking free speech.

Addressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Statement About Gab

Post author
By Andrew Torba
Post date
March 10, 2021

Every month 30 million people use Gab’s services to get access to the free flow of information online. Gab is the home of free speech in a world where Big Tech oligarchs have censored, deplatformed, and demonized tens of millions of good, honest, and decent people with whom they disagree politically.

Tonight Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a “Republican,” issued a despicable and false statement smearing Gab as an “anti-semitic platform that quote “has no place in Texas.” This is the same Gov. Abbott who just five days ago said he was “taking a stand against Big Tech censorship.”

Gov. Abbott’s statement will likely not sit well with the nearly 800,000 Texans who have visited Gab.com in the past 24 hours alone. What is even more strange is that the Texas GOP itself is on Gab with a verified account.

Gab is not an “anti-semitic” platform. We protect the political speech of all Americans, regardless of viewpoint, because in this age of cancel culture nobody else will. That means unpopular viewpoints may be found on the site.

The enemies of freedom smear us with every name in the book because they hate America and they hate free speech. It’s a shame to see a GOP politician fall for this trap when conservative values are under sustained attack all over the country.

People smear Gab for the kinds of people we host. They never smear Gab for the kinds of people we ban. That’s because we don’t have political tests for our users. Ban decisions are made on an individual basis. Our test for political speech is whether it is legal or not. Pretty simple rule.

There are many Jewish Gab users and customers, whose lawful speech we protect with just as much zeal as we would protect the lawful speech of any person of any faith, ethnicity, or creed.

This is what America used to be like: a place where The People could speak freely regardless of their faith, ethnic background, or beliefs. This is the America Gab is fighting to preserve.

Apparently Gov. Abbott doesn’t agree.

Andrew Torba
CEO, Gab.com
March 10th, 2021
Jesus is King

LINK: https://news.gab.com/2021/03/10/addressing-texas-gov-greg-abbotts-statement-about-gab/

The bottom line is that Gab is one of our last bastions of Free Speech.

One way you can help, is by sending some money to Gab – either as a donation, or as a “PRO” membership.

LINK: https://pro.gab.com/

So what do you GET if you upgrade to PRO?

That Gab TV channel for hosting videos is potentially very cool!

How much does it cost?

You can even buy a GIFT subscription for another account. You can pay with a check or money order, an E-check (very conveniet), or Bitcoin.

So why do it?

But most of all – Gab is COOL. As in #SuperCool.

…..and while you may not consider yourself “super-professional” if you’re retired like me……

….. nevertheless, you may feel a little “old school” about things like privacy…..

…..so maybe you want to use the encrypted chat feature…..

…..and while you don’t need to have a PRO account to do that…..

…..you might like to keep it going, and get something back at the same time…..

So if you want to………………….

We’ll be waiting there for you!

W

Washington DC Pre-Rally Logistics Thread

This thread is ONLY for discussion of the the upcoming rallies and marches in Washington, DC, and in particular the LOGISTICS of getting into and out of the city, staying inside or outside the city, what to bring, etc., etc., etc.

PLEASE – under penalty of deletion – keep all discussion of THE STEAL, THE COUP, or EVIDENCE of such, on the daily threads or any new threads directly concerning the cheating. Only if somebody is scheduled to SAY SOMETHING do I want to hear about THE SCHEDULE of that event.

This is all about the rallies and marches themselves – about Washington, DC and surrounding area – about getting there.

THESE EVENTS ONLY.

Things are changing – this thread will help us react to the changes.

This thread is mostly for the benefit of those going to DC, and those who wish to cheer them on or help them. This thread will soon give way to actual “rally threads”, hosted by Deplorable Patriot, during the week. Our participants ONSITE will TRY to communicate “live from DC”, but due to intense network traffic, most comms will probably be nightly info-dumps.

This builds on our prior discussion HERE, from Aubergine:

OUR GENERAL HAS CALLED US TO DC JANUARY 6TH – LET’S ALL GO!!!!!!!

Addendum by Wolf – Current List of QTreepers Headed To DC Aubergine & Son, Mr. MAGA Mom & Son, Realsauce, grandmaintexas & DH, huskerheart & Patriot Friend, Kalbo & Wife, Wolf Moon (neither confirming nor denying) Current Total: 12
https://www.theqtree.com/2020/12/23/our-general-has-called-us-to-dc-january-6th-lets-all-go/

Please feel free to contribute, or to communicate publicly with other participants. I recommend discussions by GAB PM between participants, if you are planning on sharing any sensitive personal information like location, travel info, etc., which I am generally discouraging, and particularly PRIOR to arrival in DC. Use your head – be sensible.

Contact me if you have any questions. I am encouraging PRIVACY, SECURITY and AVOIDANCE OF DRAMA, yet with MAXIMUM BADASSNESS AND INFO-WARRIOR DROPPAGE. Note that P_M_T_W comms to me on HERE are private, but are NOT entirely secure because WordPress.com can see them. TRUST GAB. Participants are welcome to test out their Gab comms with me, and to make sure they HAVE Gab comms during their travels. Send me a PM on Gab chat (https://chat.gab.com)!

Thanks!