This special Cozy Q Tree Sunday open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.
Say what you want, comment on what other people said, comment on people’s comments. Keep it civil. Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.
Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.
See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road, which are few but important.
Wheatie’s Rules:
- No food fights.
- No running with scissors.
- If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
No running with scissors is a good rule!!! 😀
Heheh.
Well, I don’t wanna have to clean up after any food fights, either.
😀
A.W.E.S.O.M.E. tree banner you picked.
I’m glad you like it, TTT…I thought it fits well, as an image of our Q Tree lair.
With a MAGA wiz inside!
I like the image – the use of light and dark. There is light from above, shining on the tree amid the dark world around it. There is light within the tree shining out. There is a sense of peace within the tree itself.
Very nice, Miss Wheatie!
(Southerners call ladies they respect Miss whatever their marital status)
Thanks, GA/FL!
I’m so glad you like it.
😀
And a lot of us out here on the plains observe that custom too, of using ‘miss’ and ‘mister’.
It’s a nice custom, isn’t it.
Yes – respect is a good thing. Manners, etiquette, courtesy…. we need all that to make a comeback in Western culture.
GA/FL, your comment below about the need for a comeback of manners, etiquette, courtesy reminded me of this book by Joy Berry from the late 70’s “May I? Please? Thank You!: A Children’s Book About Manners” which would be a good starting point to dig our way out of the dialogue hole we exist in today…..
Well, I see below becomes above when posted and perfectly positioned! LOL
ga/fl, thank you for that nice description. Like it a lot, too.
I’m so sorry, Zoe…I should’ve included a description of the tree image for you:
It is a huge old tree, in a little clearing in a dark forest.
There is diffused light streaming down upon the tree.
There is a doorway at the base, with bright light coming out from it, lighting the path leading up to it.
A figure is standing in the doorway…but it is too small to see it clearly.
It looks inviting inside.
The figure gives us a point of reference on the scale of the tree:
It is enormous.
There are little windows up on the massive trunk, at intervals leading up the trunk to the branches.
A large fork in the trunk has a little window too.
There is light coming out of the windows, giving forth the image that the inside is light and warm and cozy.
The tree is obviously big enough to hold a lot of people.
*grins*
Wheatie, wow, that is even more fantastic than I realized. Really amazing. Love old trees, anyway, and this one is so interesting. Had my pic taken in England once standing in an old yew tree–think that is what it was, with some other women. Please, Wheatie, hate for you to worry but always appreciate if you happen to think of it and have the time. If not, I know how it is sometimes.
NIIIIICE tree!
Thanks, Steve…I was glad to find that pic.
It looks like how I envision our Q Tree lair.
So, it’s your turn tomorrow, Steve? Or how do you want to set up the rotation? I’m pretty flexible but perhaps you and Wheatie have preferred times? If not, we could just do a three day rotation. What do you think?
I’m not sure what Wolf wants to do. He’s not leaving until the 17th. Maybe he wants to keep it until then.
Wolf??
Wolf hasn’t left yet, though.
He may want to do some of these before he leaves…maybe?
So it’s kind of his call, I think.
Ah, there is that. Getting a little ahead of things it seems. Think I’ll call it a night. Play nice everybody!
You were just thinking ahead, which is good.
Nighters, T3.
Food fight. Now. You cannot go to sleep yet TTT. Ok, guess you may. I’m getting tired also.
God bless and night night.
Wheatie, thought I thanked you somewhere but don’t seem to see it anywhere, so thank you for this lovely page. Have been having a lot of trouble with computer again so was not on here last evening or earlier today. Hope the computer holds up for a while longer.
Thanks, Zoe!
Sorry you are having computer problems…I was wondering where you were.
You’ve been missed.
Good to see you back!
Well, it’s nice to be missed and also very nice to be back. Computer on its last legs. Windows may have been trying to finish an update or something, and if I can’t see the screen to know what is going on when it freezes up, I can’t do anything but wait … and wait … and … well, you know. Lol.
Well, I hope your computer hangs in there for you and doesn’t give you any more problems.
Oh, and now there are 3 ….. thanks for being part of the expanded team and this is for all of you Eaglets making WM so proud!
http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu/files/2011/03/Three-Eaglets-61.jpg
Awesome!
Aww…what a great picture!
Thanks, Judy.
And having 3 eaglets is not all that common for a nesting pair of Eagles, from what I’ve seen.
YW….Eagles are my favorites!
They are truly awesome creatures, aren’t they.
So beautiful.
And yet, so fierce when they have to be.
My cousin has a state license to handle eagles (didn’t know you needed one until she told me!)
She said her best advice was to NEVER get on the wrong side of an eagle because they are so powerful and fierce.
Didn’t know that either, and will carefully avoid antagonizing eagles.
Their beaks are very sharp and powerful…they can easily chomp through bones or frozen meat.
Their talons are razor sharp too…and large.
So yeah, I wouldn’t want to piss off an Eagle.
😀
LOL, I thought her best advice would be to stay the heck away from them! Magnificent creatures appreciated from a nice, safe distance!
She is also a falconer, and owns an absolutely gigantic owl who lives in a “mew” in her backyard (I also thought mews were for horses, but apparently not only).
One look at the owl from about ten feet away and that was as close as I wanted to get. He looked at me like I was a mouse.
It was embarrassing to learn at my advanced age “the rest of the story” about why the eagle is our national symbol.
I always thought it was just magnificence and determination. Now I know it also means we will rip your throat out if you are not careful.
Wow, an owl.
That’s impressive…owls are awesome!
And yeah, an owl can be fierce too.
I wouldn’t want to have one annoyed with me.
I am grateful to have some owls living in the woods behind our house.
They keep the rodent population down.
Sometimes they swoop down into our yard and get a rabbit.
In the scorching heat…the owls sometimes come in and take showers in our sprinklers.
So nice!
Tonawanda ~ I’m reading a wonderful book titled H is for Hawk about a woman who trains a Goshawk, the most prized of all falconry hawks back in medieval times. Perhaps your cousin would enjoy it.
https://groveatlantic.com/book/h-is-for-hawk/
Wonderful, TY!
Never heard of the book but based on your post read some other reviews (glowing!).
Now I am going to read it myself, as well as get a copy for my cousin!
There are bald eagles nesting on St. George Island, Florida where the fish are plentiful.
http://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5126/5361871789_fef17e4d04.jpg
I’m also fond of Red Tail Hawks. They are smaller than eagles, but majestic in their own way….and nurture their young in the same dedicated way:
http://www.inhf.org/webres/file/blog/Redtail_Nest04-small.jpg
When I’m on the road, I see them in the tree tops, like sentinels along my journey. Once, a red tail hawk swooped a stranger who approached me when I was walking along a secluded road by a lake.
http://www.grahamowengallery.com/fishing/brown-trout-2009/hawk-flight.jpg
I have a carved red tail hawk on a piece of driftwood hanging and keeping watch by the front door of my home.
GA/FL, what lovely pics! I have friends who tell stories of interactions with birds similar to the red tail hawk that swooped a stranger who approached you when walking along a secluded road by a lake. Warms my heart when birds appear to me “out of the blue” and I usually look up their meanings which I always find interesting.
Your interactions connect to this description in amazing ways…..”Red-tails adapt easily to life with and around humans and, in general, are more in service to humanity than other hawk species. There is a famous red-tailed hawk that has nested on the side of a skyscraper on the edge of New York City’s Central Park for over twenty years. The male hawk, known as “Pale Male”, has an entire film documentary about him, his various mates, and his young.”
https://www.wildgratitude.com/red-tailed-hawk-symbolism/
Thank you for the great story and link, Miss Judy! Very much appreciate it.
I posted a video from Pere Marquette State Park up and across the river in Illinois about the eagles there on the open thread yesterday. Fascinating animals. They migrate down the rivers from up north and winter north of here where food for them is plentiful. Fish in the river are easy to see, there’s all kinds of small game, and roadkill. The thing is, you have to be careful driving up there or one might get hit. Happens.
Anyway, they are seen now quite a bit in the lower 48. So are golden eagles and hawks. I’m 10 blocks from the city line, and there are hawks everywhere keeping the rodent population in check. We have a lot of big owls, too. People with small dogs have to be careful letting them out.
Wheatietoo, food fights are fun. Please, please. Especially if we can “take” the elites.
LOL! I think I went to the wrong school.
Me too. We never had that much fun, except at my Catholic HS when the guys started throwing butter pats against the wall to see whose would stick the longest and at the highest point of the wall.
Eww-hoo…I remember some boys doing that.
There were some minor food fight skirmishes in HS, but they were nothing compared to the ones I observed in college.
I’m talking handfuls of mashed potatoes and corndogs, flying through the air.
😆
LOL. Bet it still makes you giggle at the stupidity of it all.
The things I missed going to an all girls school. Although, my brothers tell stories.
I never went away to school. I had to work and do night school at a Purdue and Indiana University satellite. Wish I could have. But life is good never the less.
I actually went away to one of those schools for two years. Worked my way through the university seven blocks from home.
The all girls school was high school. It’s back on the nationally competitive list. YEA!
Kind of makes the value of school sink in hard. Doesn’t it. All our kids were responsible for their tuition. We paid room and board and a beater car. Our daughter phoned us right after she dropped her tuition for her first semester. She was thinking about how many pots she scrubbed at the dinner club where she worked all through HS, for her tuition. Best thing we did.
OMG, Animal House. The movie had just premiered and I wanted a toga party for my 16th birthday. My parents were in the midst of divorce. Dad would NOT allow liquor and mom would, thus the party was at mom’s house.
What a life lesson it was.
We made a trip “down to the bayou” to pick up homemade Everclear for the punch (that was an experience) and we mixed up a 55 gallon garbage can of screwdrivers and one of jungle juice.
I was terrified no one would come, and then EVERYONE came, including the police.
Jungle Juice stains do NOT come out of carpeting, and my paycheck, for months, went to replacing the family room and game room carpeting, plus one small broken window.
Yes, dad was right. It was a helluva party though………
LOL!!! “Oh, my!” hahahahaha!
Such a great picture!
Aww… a wheat field. Heheh.
Thanks, TTT.
Wheatie !!! Woo Hoo I knew you could do it 😊😊👏👏
Awesome picture of that tree. You totally ROCK 💖😍💖😍
Thanks, Alison. 🙂
Love this “dirty” Acosta meme!
Oh man are you a rascal, Wolf.
Haaaa. I love it, too!
I am absolutely helpless. All I have to see is Jim Acosta standing there like that I the giggles start bubbling up. This was AWESOME!
He’s almost lovable in like one of those troll dolls from long ago. Icky and lovable and hilarious at the same time!
What was really funny was how POTUS picked up on the internet meme regarding Acosta, “Dear Diary.”
Yeah, that one’s for guys.
I’m pretty sure most of you have read Atlas Shrugged, and probably have seen the them at the theater when the movies came out during the red reign of barack hussein.
I read the novel over twenty years ago, and wanted to read it again, but the print must have shrunk while the book lived on my shelf. Therefore, We decided to view the movies again at home. Just finished part 2. There are so many things that are completely relatable still today.
Ayn Rand escaped communism, and so must we.
AMEN!!!
Be aware that the movies are a very, very thin shadow of the book, and a lot of very good stuff from the books never made it into the movies. (It really needs to be done as a nine hour or more miniseries; the director of the movies was an IDIOT for trying to do each of the three parts as a SHORT movie.)
I agree Steve, but, unless I can get an audio, I wouldn’t be able to contend with the fine print. If I could find large print, I probably wouldn’t be able to hold the book very long. 🙂
Wish it could be re-done as you say.
The hardback has much larger type. So if you were struggling with the paperback, maybe it’s worth a try.
OTOH I don’t know just how bad your eyes are.
I hit eye strain real fast.
Actually, it’s funny you should say those exact words. I heard a story once that she joked that the paperback had been set in “5 pt. Eyestrain” as if there were a font named Eyestrain.
LOL.
Most libraries have a copy in hardback. They might even have it in large print – but then, that’s already a very thick book, so maybe not.
I have whole bibles that have larger font and are smaller books. 🙂
Audible has the unabridged book in sound.
Thanks Tona.
FWIW, Amazon (I know Bezo/WaPo) has a Kindle version for $9.99. On my device I can enlarge the text and the device doesn’t get any heavier (he,he,he).
That’s what I did for Nook.
LOL. I have been resisting Kindle, but will probably have to go there in the future. My book shelves are at capacity. I had to give up about a hundred books about ten years ago.
I am quite adept at concentrating on several things at once. My lifestyle pretty much tells me that I need to go audio soon. One, so I can keep moving when my body needs to physically keep moving, and two, so I can sew and/or cook while hearing a good book.
Check with your local library to see if they have an audio version.
PS: If not, tried requesting one.
Most people in directing anymore are idiots. Not many would have taken the time to understand what they were committing to film.
Have read this 3 times over the last 15 years but have never seen the movie..must look it up! Yes, definitely some recognisable actions and ideas which I wouldn’t have identified otherwise. Actually, I think it was the last book I read before this all started…woke me up ready 😁
Good lessons in it.
Speaking of movies, yesterday or the day before, someone posted a link with a movie poster about a movie on Amazon Prime recommending it to us all. Of course I didn’t bookmark it and now can’t find it via the search box. Anybody remember what the movie was? Help!
…So as you might guess, I recommend borrowing a hardback copy (much larger type than the paperback) and reading it.
Ayn Rand did something I think we could do well to emulate, though. She condemned all forms of collectivism. Communism is just one species of collectivism, and technically, all of today’s left isn’t necessarily communist–communist is a very specific political theory–but some variant or other of collectivist.
That’s largely why I call them the left, rather than just calling them all “communists.”
wish it were required reading.
It should be noted that Ayn Rand was an atheist. She came up with an entire philosophy in large part to derive morality and ethics from the simple facts of earthly reality, thus without having to assume the existence of a deity giving them to us. Atlas Shrugged is based on that philosophy, as applied to life in a country that was (and still is) sliding into collectivism. She found the United States Of America to be the ONLY country ever founded on a rational basis.
She expounded herphilosophy of Objectivism in The Fountainhead, which I also read over twenty years ago…with fiftyyear old eyes. 🙂
Maybe I should give that one another go now that I have ‘50 year old eyes’ , not so Plain Jane! (I really feel like a child here amongst the intelligence and world smarts represented here on Q Tree). Tried around 10 years ago…Altlas was difficult enough for this moderately educated working girl and to be honest, since I went through my cancer journey six years ago I have been on a voyage of discovery of thought ultimately leading me here! There you go.
I wonder if Atlas is available on an audio book? I find I fall asleep with audio but on iPad is good with enlarged font.
Have a great Sunday!
You also Shebythesea. Glad you kicked the cancer. Happy you are here.
Going to make babyback ribs tomorrow in the instant pot…then in the oven just to carmelize. Never tried them in the Instant Pot before, but the recipe videos sure look worthy. Can’t wait to try them.
I brought POTUS cookies.
https://www.lilaloa.com/2016/09/how-to-make-decorated-donald-trump.html?m=1
I brought the sour grapes!
Ive got my own grapes!
LOOOOOL
Tee hee, I like it!
Oooh, too pretty to eat!
If you dont like cookies-
http://pawleysislandliquorstore.com/wp-content/uploads/wolf.png
Are you trying to imply that Wolf is nuts?
No, but he might like to drink them!. It actually sounds tasty…
I’ve heard of beer nuts but this is new.
Hiya Steve– There is NO implying! Everyone Here IS NUTS. I believe that has already been Factually reported from various outlets…;)
I tray to maintain a high enough level of NUTS that I’m at least 0.1 Kanye units ahead of the crowd.
Exactly how to you measure a kanye unit? Just stay away from “fish sticks”. 😎
LOL!
Arithmetic scale of unbelievability. The ratio of people who DON’T believe you to those who do.
One Kanye unit means HALF the people who know you think you’re WRONG or CRAZY, and the other half believes you or agrees. 0.1 Ku ahead of the crowd would mean slightly more unbelievable than average. It’s weak sauce, but sometimes high believability is needed for survival.
Truths at 100 Ku are difficult to share. Most will not believe them. Even from a highly credible source, people will look for alternative explanations. It’s an interesting phenomenon.
Yes, with the exception of a few Q people even at TEA Party, solid Constitutionalists sit with quisical, astounded looks on their faces when we speak of the rot in our elite “leaders.”
Wolfie!! You da HEAD NUT! And we so thank you for it!! 0.1 Kanye units gives a quite a bit of leeway! Again ! Thank you for the Crazy! Would NOT be able to handle the so called Normies without you!!!
Ooooh. I’d like to try that.
It *does* look yummy, doesn’t it.
I love pecans.
Oh yes!
wheetie!! So glad I “stayed up”– went to bed then couldnt fall asleep! You found the perfect tree!!! It’s in the middle of the Swamp!!! However, It brings Light to the dark! It totally reminds me of Lord of the Rings!! ME and kids would watch the trilogy every year and make LOR food! Roasted chicken and Cheese and bread loaves– I really can’t remember exactly– but it was an ALL DAY/Nite affair!!
Cheers to your 1st POST!!
Thanks, Marica!
Hobbit food…yum. 😀
Hobbit Food INDEED!!!! LOL!!
So for about a year straight after the trilogy was over, mr gil would watch the extended versions, and without fail, 2 times a week, I would wake uo and the dvd was on while he was asleep on the couch. The music kept him asleep. No bose wave machine necessary.😃
Mr. Marica thought it was (still does) the worst story ever…SMH– #Doesntgetit
WE love LOTR in our house. Whenever it’s on, we’ll watch it. Never tiring of it.
One of the most fun live to projection movies to do for orchestra and chorus. I had “earplugs in,” “earplugs out” and “giant squid” written in my score. Really, we had a great time doing that one.
“People are going to be exposed that nobody ever thought possible.”
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1084289958494519296
And someone just made a meme out of it:
https://twitter.com/electricalmama/status/1084304483293847552
Linda!! Excellent!! you just gave me a possible Sleeping potion!!
Kinda Wired tonite–went to my brother’s for dinner tonite..Dinner and Euchre–we laughed alot–But right before we left–He went off on POTUS and the Shutdown–thinks 2 more weeks and the WORLD IS GOING TO END! US ECONOMY PLUNGES! POTUS TWEETS STUPID STUFF! ON AND ON..
Don’t tell Steve–But Marica was a bit Marose!
Glad that I could be of help! I know that interview really perked me up. I think he’s trying to tell all us deplorables that it’s going to happen, we just need to be patient a little bit longer.
Yes! That was me too, Linda.
I watched it…while doing other things…so when he said that, my ears perked up.
But I was going, “Did he just say what I think he said?”
I’ve been on air ever since.
Hah.
US deplorables –so tired of fighting off our family and friends—BUT then–POTUS fighting off the Deep State and the entire WORLD– I need to put in perspective–
I was gonna # hashtag a smartass comment– But No.
We are in a WAR. and so very few people know this…
Yes! That’s absolutely what I heard.
The all-seeing eye spotted you.
CHEER UP, DANGIT! HITLARY ROTTEN KLINTON is NACHO PRESIDENT!!
Top two on my list of “never thought possible” were Brennan and Obama. AND JARRETT. Oh, would THAT be sweet!
Wolfie– POTUS said he would Never FORGIVE OBAMA for “that and other things that will come out”…
Yup. Bet there’s some stuff there.
Unseal the school records…..
Expose AND Validate that BOTH Birth Certificate are FAKE.
Name(s) used….. Citizenship
Mooch…. I mean Mike?
rearend Wright?
Bill Ayers connection(s)?
Rezco connection(s)?
I’m sure there’s moar.
A LOT of RINOs too… part of the reason IMO he hasn’t done it yet. He needs his own “party” support.
Good thinking. Yup. Gonna be some jaw-droppers, I’ll bet.
Possibly why Graham has had an epiphany of sorts. Kinda, sorta when he criticized POTUS regarding Syria, then came out after his meeting with PDJT that he was told things he was not aware of. And quite possible his few ‘golf’ outings may have set LG straight also.
Steve–Ya think LG was scared straight? 😉
C_A is the key to MOST of this mess. JB Must get it in the end.
All three! Messrs. B-O-Jarrett
I. CAN’T. WAIT!!!!!!
PDJT was very reassuring, wasn’t he?
The Jeanine/Trump interview is already getting a buzz on-line. We need to go over it.
Brazilians on Gab have great memes! MASSIVE RED PILL BUNCH.
That’s perfect, isn’t it.
But then, I’m just guessing at the translation. Heh.
Google Translate detected Portuguese
1st Pic – Your House In Socialism
2nd Pic – House Of YOUR Politico In Socialism
https://twitter.com/StormIsUponUs/status/1084321439539437568
strange… or Accurate?
Very interesting. And we know from Q that Comey uses Twitter to send coded messages.
Comey’s tweets are strange, probably because they are coded.
Here is an article about RBG’s daughter that mentions “To Kill a Mockingbird”:
What’s Jane Ginsburg Doing In 2019? RBG’s Daughter Followed Her Mother’s Footsteps
https://www.bustle.com/p/whats-jane-ginsburg-doing-in-2019-rbgs-daughter-followed-her-mothers-footsteps-15551183
“Ginsburg might not be as big of a name as her mom, but she’s certainly following her mom’s footsteps. In the film, we get to see how passionate she is about law, engaging in debate about her views on To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus Finch’s actions…”
Whether that’s related, I don’t know. But I don’t like Comey tweeting anything with the word “kill” in it because I don’t think his tweets are ever about their purported subject. And “All rise” as the message of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is clearly some kind of signal. It’s creepy.
Coding coded codes causes coded codes to be coded, if you can code the code.
Covert cOmmunications recorDed surrEptitiously…. 😎
Is he asking the mockingbird fake news to turn up the volume, “all rise” (to the occasion) .
Occasion being the present wall impasse or maybe something else he sees further down the road that’s scaring him.
Excellent point RAC! And considering my Normie Brother and his screaming response regardiing the shutdown..it seems to be the case…
Agree T! I don’t like it either! not one bit..PRAY EVERYONE!
Another day of crazy activists weaponizing law enforcement…
My Little Visit from the FBI
https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/my-little-visit-from-the-fbi.html
So one small postscript from my “No Quarter November” remains necessary. I did want to share with you all that my month-long adventure in blogging without brakes did garner me a visit from the FBI. It was not as exciting as it sounds, but it was noteworthy, and worthy of a few follow-up observations.
What happened was this. A few weeks ago, I got a call from an FBI agent (apparently on the road) to see if I would be in my office later that afternoon. I acknowledged that I would be, and we arranged a time. At that arranged time, two field agents showed up, very personable, professional and polite. As far as I knew, it could be anything from running a security check on someone who had me down as a reference to hauling me off for thought crimes against our Brand New Republic. …
So what are my take-away observations from all of this? I have just a couple.
The first is that we can see yet another example of the ongoing weaponization of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies. What is happening all the time in Washington these days—hugger mugger stuff under both definitions—is spreading. What is happening in Washington—can you say Russia, Russia, Russia?—is extending out to the hinterlands. What used to be mere political differences, or perhaps differences over appropriate rhetorical voltages, are in the process of being criminalized.
Low-budget adversaries can make a complaint to an agency with considerably more resources than they have, and if the allegation is sensitive or lurid enough, that agency feels compelled to protect itself by “making sure” there is nothing to it. This kind of thing has happened to me before—I was the subject of a six-month investigation by the Attorney-General’s office here in Idaho, and all on the basis of a complaint from an aggrieved and singularly ill-informed citizen. …
A second point is worth making about all of this. There are two kinds of Christian leaders in the world, dividing them broadly into two camps. Mention that someone has gotten a visit from the FBI on the basis of something he said in a sermon, on a podcast, on his blog, or in the church newsletter, and Christian leaders will sort themselves out accordingly. One group shakes the head disapprovingly, worried about the testimony, and what does this do to the good reputation among outsiders (1 Tim. 3:7Open in Logos Bible Software (if available))? The second kind of Christian leader hears of something like this, and his heart sinks. “Why can’t something like that ever happen to me?” And his wife says, “Honey, don’t . . .”
One kind of Christian leader thinks that it is an honor to be honored. The other believes that it is an honor to be dishonored, a grace to be disgraced. There is obviously more to it, but that basic division explains a lot of other things too.
Another form of “SWATing” someone you want to hinder in their efforts in life. Grrr. Abuse and misuse of tax dollars at the very least.
The new “SWATing” is “FIBbing” – you’re right! Totally makes sense!
Uh oh…Michael Delauzon is probably going to get kicked off twitter for posting this.
I always thought it was fishy, though, the way that Joan Rivers mysteriously died after saying this:
Oh Wheatietoo, I remember that well! Here’s info on the lawsuit that has been settled with the details:
Joan Rivers died Sept. 4, 2014, at age 81. The comedian’s death came days after she stopped breathing after undergoing a routine endoscopy at Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan.
Melissa Rivers filed the suit in 2015 in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging that the doctors performed unauthorized medical procedures, as they were caught taking a selfie with the Fashion Police star while she was under anesthesia.
Melissa Rivers’ attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Jeff Bloom did not disclose the amount of the settlement, but said they wanted to “make certain that the focus of this horrific incident remains on improved patient care and the legacy of Joan Rivers,” according to the Associated Press.
The lawsuit alleged that doctors at the clinic mishandled Rivers’ procedure by performing a laryngoscopy on her vocal cords without consent, instead of an endoscopy. According to the AP, the suit claimed that when an anesthesiologist expressed concern over what the procedure would do to her ability to breathe, she was told that she was being “paranoid.”
The autopsy revealed that Rivers’ official cause of death was due to brain damage from lack of oxygen.
Read More:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joan-rivers-death-medical-malpractice-893559
I don’t have a drafted prayer tonight. It has been a long but exceptionally good day. My morning was very engaged. I am physically tired but my spirit is refreshed and quickened. I am encouraged as force multipliers come together by God’s providence. Our army grows stronger.
Continue to pray. Remember, this is spiritual warfare. Like any hybrid war-fighting domain, use the tools that are most effective in that domain. In the spiritual domain, the proper weapon is prayer.
So pray for your fellow treepers, protection against spiritual warfare, and for the rest that they need for the fight.
Amen Michael. Each day has it’s team of heroes.
EEEEKKK! I’m SO late to the party! Sorry Wheatie, had some IRL stuff to do, but for sure I wanted to be here for your maiden voyage! Whoo hoo!
And I just love the tree. It makes me want to be a Hobbit for sure and live in that tree!
Congrats, Wheatie, and my heartfelt thanks for pitching in to give us this terrific tree.
Thanks, Syl!
That’s what is so great about this place…you can mosey in and out, as your time affords.
Glad you like the tree.
I thought it looked cozy and secluded, like something a band of Q-peeps would feel comfortable hanging out in.
Heheh.
VERY homey. A nice fluffy blanket and that bottle of pecan whiskey or whatever that was upthread and I’d be asleep in no time.
Mmm, indeed.
With a cookie…a cookie would be good too.
Mmmm…..a nice, warm fresh from the oven chocolate chunk cookie with walnuts, chocolate chunks slightly melted….Oh, bliss.
Oh well in that case…maybe two!
Yummm!
SayIt-OutLoud has put up a short new video about ChiFiDi:
https://twitter.com/RealTT2020/status/1084333136559796229
Hmm. This one is interesting. No mention of any of this in the MSM. That’s when you know it’s worth the time to consider.
From the other thread…
President Trump could:
* Cure Cancer
* End Poverty
* End World Hunger
* Bring Peace in the Middle East
* End Global Warming
* Cure AIDS
* End Abortion
* Balance the Budget
* Close the Gender Wage Gap
* End all Illegal Immigration
* Get the Israelis and Palestinians to accept a Two-State Solution
* End Homelessness
* Pay off the National Debt
* Eliminate Crime Nationwide
* Get NINE conservative appointments to the Supreme Court
* Put America back on the Moon and on Mars
* Permanently Fix Social Security
* Walk on Water
Never-Trumps would still say:
* He’s not a man of character
* He doesn’t stand by his principles
* He’s mean and a bully
* BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS TWEETS?!?!?
I seriously need a series of these Jim Acosta memes for Never-Trumpers:
* News Flash: President Trump Cures Cancer!
* Overwrought Never-Trump says: “…but, but… WHAT ABOUT HIS TWEETS?!?!”
So. Very. True!
The Trump-haters have no shame.
I like where VSGPDJT said of the wall, “you can call it peaches…”.
I wonder if he was pinging Mad Maxine with that one?
(Peach foty-five, peach foty-five, etc.)…
Peach Foaty Fy
Trump Walks on water…….
Media says:….
Trump Can’t swim!
The best thread EVER for comments was the daily from December 4…779.
Let’s beat that mark.
Can you see “Views” on the author back-end? The numbers are really up there!
Yes I can. You’re right! We’ve got lots of lurkers, methinks. It took me quite some time to get comment statistics.
We can see ‘Views’? Where do we see those, TTT?
One of the highlights of Gutfeld’s show this evening:
https://twitter.com/karli_bonne/status/1084333326264086529
Because it’s eagles….
One of their best, IMO!
What’s cool, is all the younglings who are discovering the music of the 80’s…and going, “Wow, this is great music!”
I see their comments under a lot of the vids from that ear.
They are sick of Rap and Hip Hop stuff, too.
😀
…*vids from that era.
Eeesh.
Spellcheck is worthless when your typo is another word.
Heh.
A long time ago, say about 2003, a friend of mine posed the question…he noted that people in our generation wouldn’t have been caught DEAD listening to our parents’ music, yet by then, teens were actually listening to stuff 20 years old. He wanted an explanation and said “don’t try to tell me it’s because today’s music is crap.”
I told him that today’s (2003’s) music was crap, and I explained why: Rap is distinctly deficient in melody.
“Rap is distinctly deficient in melody.”
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Yes, exactly.
Some of the newer stuff seems to be making an attempt at having a little melody…but the result is more like a cadence, like something to march to.
The thing is, there are a lot of artists producing music that conforms to the older norms, but they just don’t get air time, and I tend to discover them by sheer accident.
One good thing about the internet is it gives people an avenue to get around the “industry” and “labels”
Hence why live festivals would be a great thing to bring back. Or the small venues where the underground bands used to play. The Mr. Bigs of the world put them out of business, at least around here.
Entertainment in general (and this includes sports) has reached the point where it consists of people who are either starving to death (or need a day job) OR are phenomenally popular and end up in a ten million dollar mansion. That has a lot to do with media being able to make someone known to millions, instead of just thousands, then exacerbated by leagues, record labels, etc who want to maximize bang for their promotional buck. Before cable/the internet there was only so much broadcast time that could be used, so you were either the lucky artist/athlete on the air generating revenue from millions, or you were nothing.
At least with the internet, if there are ten thousand people out there somewhere who like your stuff, they can find you, instead of being diluted in an audience of millions. Unfortunately, half of that ten thousand will simply pirate your work.
Yeah, but money is still scarce. Finding a paying gig is not as easy as it sounds.
Indeed.
That’s largely because you’ve got to appeal to a large enough percentage of the people in your area to make it pay off.
The people who can reliably do that probably can have nationwide appeal, if they can get nationwide exposure, and that’s what the “labels” and “studios” gave them. There are probably more people like that than nationwide slots, so you end up with people being favored by the packagers getting nationwide exposure, and the rest not doing so well, because the audience itself only has so much time to devote–and that goes to what’s on the TV and Radio.
In essence once we had a nationwide media, most very good, and all good, musicians became doomed to a lower standard of living.
I think something similar is going to happen to teaching as well, as online learning becomes more and more of a thing. A merely average teacher isn’t going to succeed on video and on the internet, a very good one will be able to reach millions as a lecturer. In this case, though, it will be a huge benefit to most students.
I meant to respond last night, but just didn’t get this far.
The situation is more simple than that: publishers are making decisions on what they want the masses to hear and are continually dumbing down the product. Even in opera, the pop singers, if you’ve got a good manager and publicist, make more than the people who actually trained (and know how to center a high pitch).
Bread and butter for those not at the top of the food chain always was church jobs, and those can be hard to find. The cathedrals generally have a handful of paid positions, and there are always weddings and funerals if you can get a gig with stiff competition, but it is not a living. Not even organists and musically speaking they are in a class of their own.
And then there’s the ears that aren’t trained to know what they are hearing. And that includes clergy.
But, ultimately, this culture never had the tradition in an overall sense. That’s part of the problem. Music, good music, was considered a luxury. Classical was denigrated for a long time.
It’s just a mess.
I’ve had the sense we’ve been talking past each other a bit in this conversation.
I was trying to make the point that once millions of people can hear one sing, then only a few singers will dominate the marketplace and others will struggle and be unable to make a living on it. It’s the same phenomenon as millions of people chasing a very very few pro slots in sports.
Your point, also a good one, is that the marketers have been steering the market to boot. They got that power, of course, because they controlled those few slots.
This can be illuminated further by looking at it from the audience point of view. I as a listener can only spend so much time listening to music. About 30 years ago that would consist entirely of the radio and TV, and those were very low-choice venues. Marketers had total control; the most that could happen is the audience drifts off and the marketers have to think of a new gimmick OR maybe once in a blue moon decide to try to reverse the dumb down, though there’s no recorded history of that happening.
I understand your disgruntlement about the specific training you went through finding no home today, but a lot of people just don’t care about that. I doubt that operatic singing has EVER been that popular compared to (now forgotten) popular music of whatever era. SOme get the training…then move into popular music and their ability can get recognition (“she’s got pipes!”) if and once they get past the marketing barrier.
Main points: 1) Once technology evolves to the point where millions of people can be served by one person, that’s what’s going to happen. 2) If some marker puke controls the channels of distribution, it’ll be turned into trash. 3) Because of this live music in general will suffer.
Well…in the symphony halls, what has been discovered is what we call “live to projection.” The orchestra, and chorus if one is required, perform the score live under a big screen with the movie playing. Performances SELL OUT at a rate not seen for anything other than “Carmina Burana.” People who have never been to a symphony concert before will drive 100 miles for these performances. Even with the royalties paid, we’re talking a lot of profit. And it’s fun stuff, too.
So, all is not lost. Audiences are getting the full impact of live music and seeing what goes into pulling off a score like that. The one pitfall, especially with John Williams scores for the brass, is that 3 hours is long. Not as bad as the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, but tiring.
Good!
I DID at one point go to Denver’s orchestral concerts…when they weren’t playing something atonal and obscure. (Then traffic–there was always a damn accident–became a net stressor.) They noticed that their seats would fill and be jam packed when it was Beethoven or Rachmaninov, I’ll bet. (Of course, only a little bit of vocal in that mix.)
Oh, yeah. When I was in the chorus, word came down that we were going to see a regular rotation of Carmina, Requiems of Mozart, Brahms, and they added Verdi after it sold out, Beethoven 9, return of the annual Messiah, and a handful of other things strictly for the ticket sales.
“modern classical” seems to be beloved by the performers because it’s challenging to play and they like displaying their abilities.
Unfortunately, it seems the motto is that if it is hard to play, or hard to write, it should be hard to listen to, too.
Oh, you’re talking about John Adams, Philip Glass and the other doofuses who think they can be Poulanc just because he wasn’t trained. Yeah, no.
I admit my classical exposure is almost totally instrumental, with some choral, and very, very little opera. Something about those long arias strikes me as over the top.
The airs in Oratorios are worse.
Having worked 10 years in the band scene mostly full time (5-6 nights a week) in the 90’s I found the venues dried up as pubs were converted into taverns (now just a guy with a guitar), nightclubs went dj only and if you were lucky enough to be chosen for a support gig with a prominent act you were privileged therefore not requiring much payment (token $100 per person). It was hard slog (with plenty of fun moments) surviving by adapting. We worked as a duo, trio and band as required and if you wanted to go up a level you were owned by agents who had their interests, not yours, put first. I got a real job and mortgage late in life due to said career as the internet side of things started taking off.
DP, thanks for sharing tidbits of what you get up to. I snuck into rehearsals and ultimately got to perform Verdi’s Requiem -300 strong choir when I was told I couldn’t go to University . my dream job as a child was working in the Disney orchestra (classically trained) but was required by parents to enter the workforce as soon as school was done…took a few years to fall into the rock scene but yeah, I had fun!
Verdi’s Requiem…I ended up on the second soprano part with all the chromatics. That one is a romp even if it is supposed to be sacred.
Rap music = Poetry to a beat
(Zero “Music”)
Precisely.
Hip hop at least tries to inject some musical element to it, but to me still sounds awful.
I determined that I abhored rap back when I first saw The Music Man when I was young. There is a scene with salesmen on a train doing what amounts to rap.
Actually…. I call it SeeRap…………………… (CRAP)
LOL.
Notice how many TV ads are using 80’s music in their commercials.. Those beats were catching, and you could understand the words.
Very little structure and discipline available in today’s culture and therefore educational offerings. Classical training. What is that anymore?
I grew up listening to Mozart; I really didn’t get introduced to popular music until I was in early double digits. Not that I didn’t hear it a lot; I just didn’t care. But in a way a lot of music from my childhood is actually “before my time.”
We simply *have to* cut off all the freebies to illegals!
https://twitter.com/_Eee_Dee/status/1084202322765537280
This is one of the things that has the Dems in a panic:
The welfare state is modern-times’ slave state. Just a fancy word for assistance, aid, etc. etc. But ultimately it enslaved the individual to the STATE. Democrats traded plantations for welfare checks – result? dependency and expectations.
It’s also how they keep people voting for them. Recipients are afraid of being free, and fail to recognize how they’re being held hostage.
Twenty years on welfare, feeding 7? That lady has already created another generation of welfare dependents.
Exactly.
YES – it is a hostage situation.
THEY ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
I said this below in another comment:
“And you can’t just take someone who is a single mom with multiple children and get her started in a minimum wage job b/c the law is structured that she will lose her support, leaving her family with nothing. The better goal working with her (she doesn’t want to be dependent, but she is) is to help her see how she can break the cycle and keep her children from becoming dependent.”
I heard it described this way. I don’t like the nomenclature but the concept is sound.
This is how it was put to me:
The challenge was posed “Show me where there is institutional racism? Just show me. I don’t see it.”
He made his point well, the conversation moved on. But during a lull in the conversation I countered with this point:
I’d argue that there is a great deal of institutional racism still prevalent. In fact I consider many of the government programs nothing less than predatory. Just a few examples:
* Food Stamps
* Housing Assistance
* Child Welfare
* Corrupt schools and education system
* Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines
* Policing in Democrat controlled cities/districts
* A non-government example, the political influence of unions
He agreed 100%. Many of the programs are predatory in terms of negative outcomes (government programs are rarely conceived with outcome based metrics). It’s a struggle to overcome the fact that someone can make $45k a year in welfare benefits (the pre-tax equivalent to a $65k a year job) versus working.
And you can’t just take someone who is a single mom with multiple children and get her started in a minimum wage job b/c the law is structured that she will lose her support, leaving her family with nothing. The better goal working with her (she doesn’t want to be dependent, but she is) is to help her see how she can break the cycle and keep her children from becoming dependent.
He made the following point:
There are two types of racism: positive racism and negative racism.
The positive racism is the one that we’re familiar with: The direct, hostile racism, like what was experienced in the civil rights era. Stories of parents packing up their kids in the dead of night and moving from South Carolina to Minnesota because the mob was coming for dad. On the less extreme side, the angry dislike for others.
The negative racism is more subtle and covert: The racism of low expectations. Of looking at people as incapable, objects of charity, broken, or as victims (victomology).
The trouble is that moving from one to the other we never learn to treat people with the proper dignity and respect.
Part of treating a man like a man is that as a man I am going to expect things from you. Part of respecting a man is expectations. Freedom comes with responsibilities.
If you agree to take a job, then as a man I’m going to respect you, and you’re going to respect me.
* You are going to respect me by expecting me to honor my word and provide you a paycheck for the work you’ve done.
* I am going to respect you by expecting you to honor your word. I’m going to expect you to be at work on time. I’m going to expect you to be clean, sober, and dressed for work. I’m going to expect you to do your work without requiring micromanagement or continuous supervision.
* You are going to expect that if you don’t follow your word, consequences WILL happen, you will lose your job. (Or more salty versions, “I’m going to kick your BUM out and drop you on the street!”)
Some people will say Whoa man! That’s tough! Yes it is. That’s part of being a man, that’s part of freedom is taking responsibility, and the expectations that come with respect. If it isn’t tough, you’re not being treated like a man, you aren’t being respected: You’ve being treated like a child that can’t be trusted to take care of themselves or do what they say they’ll do.
IIRC, there was also forced racial gerrymandering due to the Hart-Celler Act of 1965… could explain (at least some of) why California has become Kalifornistan…
“During his radio program this week, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh noticed something unusual about the ongoing border wall/shutdown fight debate: a lack of polls.
He specifically noted that no meaningful polls were published after President Donald Trump delivered an Oval Office address Tuesday in which he explained the ongoing battles to the public and implored Democrat to end them by agreeing to secure the southern U.S. border.
“There has been no polling data that we could find anywhere following Trump’s speech,” Limbaugh said Friday. “There weren’t any Frank Luntz focus groups with any undecideds out there.”
“They didn’t gather any Trump voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and ask them if they’re still behind Trump. The media didn’t do any of the stuff they usually do. We have no idea what the valued and very wise independents thought of Trump’s speech…”
Follow link to the rest of the article:
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/01/12/rush-limbaugh-notices-something-glaringly-missing-from-border-wall-discussion-713024
This means that the polling results were in favor of PTrump!
Because you just know that there was polling done.
They always do.
EXACTLY!
As soon as I read that I thought, oh my gosh yes. They always have those dumb azz “dials” to show how the Dims hated everything Orange Man Bad said, and of course the never ending polls. They always do.
Of course they polled after his speech, and absolutely the reason we haven’t heard a peep is pretty darned clear.
Wow. They must have REALLY showed strong support for PDJT and The Wall. Must take more Winnamins…
Yes! Haaaa. 😆
It’s always baffling to me why they don’t want the polling data out there.
See, I’m a numbers guy. Gather the data – HONESTLY – and then let’s see where the chips land.
I need as accurate and scientific understanding of the real world as possible, in order to properly analyze, evaluate, and plan my next steps and decisions.
The reality however, and this is hard for me to wrap my brain around as an INTJ, but the reality is that most people don’t have the understanding of data and statistics to appreciate polling data for what it is. Instead, they look at statistics through untrained eyes (cf. Darrell Huff, “How to Lie with Statistics”) and interpret them through the lens of emotion.
The key here is EMOTION. A lack of statistical literacy is one thing, but EMOTION is something else entirely.
EMOTION is powerful. It enables EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION. Queue up your propaganda.
So now we can see what’s really happening. The MSM isn’t interested in reporting facts per se. Their primary goal is narrative control and public manipulation. If the facts support that, great, report the facts. If there is a moral case, great, hammer on the moral case. But if there aren’t facts and there aren’t moral reasons, make an emotional case, and make it good. Manipulation 101. (cf. Aristotle, “Rhetoric”)
This in mind we reach the conclusion:
THERE ARE NO POLLS BECAUSE THE MSM DOESN’T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT THEY’VE LOST CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE.
THERE ARE NO POLLS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T MANIPULATE THEM TO CHEERLEAD THAT AMERICANS ARE OPPOSED TO THE WALL.
THERE ARE NO POLLS BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT AND MUST NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE TRUTH: AMERICANS SUPPORT THE WALL.
Simply, there are no polls because the FACTS the polls would show (from preliminary polling) run so counter to the MSM narrative that they can’t be manipulated and are toxic to their narrative.
FYI: Being an INTJ means that you take something that seems very simple and obvious to everyone else, find it strange that this simple thing runs contrary to your expectations, and so you aren’t satisfied until you’ve pulled this simple thing apart and understood the whole system’s behavior to the point that you can make accurate predictions on how it will actually behave in real conditions. It’s the personality of over-thinking and over-explaining simple things that most other people take for granted.
A mind on INTJ is a beautiful thing to behold!
Was this Tulsi Gabbard’s “Sistah Soljah” moment?
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“Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls out fellow Democrats for ‘religious bigotry’ over Knights of Columbus flap
Sens. Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono quizzed judicial nominee on affiliation with Catholic men’s charity
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has criticized her fellow Democrats for targeting a judicial nominee over his membership in the Knights of Columbus, calling it “religious bigotry.”
“While I oppose the nomination of Brian Buescher to the U.S. District Court in Nebraska, I stand strongly against those who are fomenting religious bigotry, citing as disqualifiers Buescher’s Catholicism and his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus,” Ms. Gabbard wrote in a Tuesday op-ed in The Hill.
While Ms. Gabbard mentioned no names, two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee — Kamala Harris of California and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii — raised the issue of Mr. Buescher’s Knights membership last month in written questions.
“If Buescher is ‘unqualified’ because of his Catholicism and affiliation with the Knights of Columbus, then President John F. Kennedy, and the ‘liberal lion of the Senate’ Ted Kennedy would have been ‘unqualified’ for the same reasons,” Ms. Gabbard said…”
Read the rest here:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/10/tulsi-gabbard-calls-out-fellow-democrats-religious/
Tulsi Gabbard seems to have good political instincts.
But she entered politics at 20 yrs old and was first elected to office at 21, to the HI legislature.
So…she is a career politician.
Her modus operandi is ‘opposing’ things and criticizing what others are doing.
She is weak on offering viable solutions.
While it is commendable that she called out fellow Dems for ‘religious bigotry’…that was sort of low-hanging fruit…and she was raised Catholic.
Tulsi has No Executive Experience.
And…she wants to be the Chief Executive for the whole country?!
She has zero experience in economic matters.
She would have no clue on how to keep our economy healthy.
And I cringe at the thought of seeing her on the world stage, facing off against world leaders.
They would eat her lunch!
She worries me a bit. She’s a young, attractive, personable, woman of color and capable of pulling off a shrewd political move like calling out her fellow Dims regarding religious bigotry.
So, she’s already ahead of about half the pack right there. Millenials will swoon over the notion of the first female, first Hindu President!
But, she hasn’t cooked mac and cheese, had her teeth cleaned, or drank beer in a video yet, or even danced, so there may be lots of stumbles ahead.
But you know, I look back and think how smooth Marco Rubio looked for while there, too, and PDJT almost made him cry. He visibly shrank from a man into a boy right on stage. It was like watching Tom Hanks in BIG or something.
The next two years will fly by.
Tulsi would have to defeat all those other Dems who are running, before she gets to stand at a podium opposite our President.
I think it’s really doubtful that she will be the ‘favored one’ that the DNC rigs their primaries for.
The DNC will use Tulsi to get the younger voters interested.
It will give the younglings the false hope that Tulsi might win…while the DNC plans to ‘turn’ them, like they did with the Bernie voters.
I don’t think that the DNC has figured out yet Who their ‘favored one’ is going to be, yet.
Right now, it’s still at the elbowing stage.
We should know by summer, though…maybe even by this spring.
We will know, by how the Enemedia starts covering for the ‘one’…and letting out damaging stories for the others.
I am hoping for the nastiest, dog eat dog battle of all time in this primary.
But Dims are so disciplined. They will have it all ordered behind the scenes who their anointed one will be and then it will be like magic. All opposition will fall away and there this magnificent being will stand in all their glory.
I suspect you are right that the king makers will try to lure in the youth with all the young Commie candidates and then they will pull a Bernie on them and produce their “real” candidate.
I can’t quite believe they are ready to put out a full fledged Commie yet, so it will probably be someone slightly more restrained. But all of those type candidates are white men and I simply cannot see them putting up a white man, ever again frankly.
They have unleashed a sh!t show with their viscious identity politics and it seems to keep getting wilder and crazier.
Oh…. I think that “They” know who will battle Trump….. just waiting.
January 12, 2019
France’s yellow vests have something to say about those Orwellian speed cameras
By Monica Showalter
“Lucky France. The yellow vest protests are showing no signs of letting up. In fact, France is revving up for a new round from les gilets jaunes, so it’s going to get ugly once again.
Ahead of that, the tax-protesting revolutionaries, who lit the bonfire last November over the French government’s scheme to raise fuel taxes in the name of “going green,” have not only forced the unpopular government of President Emmanuel Macron to delay its much loathed fuel tax, but taken the battle to a related quality-of-life front that hurts them a lot: speed cameras. Those Orwellian devices that are everywhere in France, monitoring how fast people drive and issuing automated tickets for even the slightest over-the-limit infraction.
The yellow vests have trashed more than half of the detested devices. Newsweek reports the figure at 60%…”
Read the rest here:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/frances_yellowvests_have_something_to_say_about_those_orwellian_speed_cameras.html
Vive la France!
Again
Vive la France!
Again!
Vive la France!
AGAIN
Vive la France!
AGAIN!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
WITH FEELING!!!
VIVE LA FRANCE!!!
EVERYBODY NOW!
VIVE LA FRANCE!!!
This is a fun video:
https://twitter.com/RealTT2020/status/1084114126484398080
Nice job Wheatietoo! Love the tree and the bridge that runs through it. It looks so serene.😊
Thanks, Bcootz!
Continuing on with the eagle theme…
Christian Rock from the late 1970s.
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Funny how the NYSlimes buried that part at the end:
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Actually, not so funny…more like infuriating.
Uh oh…Lizzie, you’re not going to get chosen as the ‘favored one’ if you say things like that.
She said she thinks the DNC ‘rigged’ their primaries for HRC in 2016.
https://twitter.com/mrntweet2/status/1084316360866332672
Ack…well that video isn’t playing as an embed.
So let’s try this:
https://twitter.com/DavidGotNews/status/1084051907235250176
What the Bernie supporters went through, during the DNC convention, was terribly unfair. Can’t believe ANY of them voted for Hillary after that point. And YES, we noticed polling in early August of 2016, was strangely skewed.
Curry posted this one over in LadyP’s thread about CNN/Navarro…it’s even more gut-wrenching:
You’re right.
She should be so ashamed of herself. She should be reprimanded by CNN. She should apologize to the Angel Families.
None of that happens, but it should.
What an absolute monster of a human being! There are no words…this goes way beyond the sick game of politics.
Then again…the more CNN and it’s on-air demons do this type of thing the more ordinary (normal) people will tune them out as irrelevant deep state propagandists. Keep it up CNN…dig faster…dig faster!
Notice her big diamond on that ring finger. Nothing like a bored “royalist” disdaining to speak on issues.
That clip is going to follow her a long time. It’s up to us to make sure it does.
Greg Gutfeld goes over the events of the week.
“The media makes everything worse.”
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1084276336598966272
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Gee, it would be a real shame if those FISA docs and other things that prove it’s all a hoax…were to just Leak Out.
Yep. That would be just terrible.
But then, leaking has been a real problem.
There have been leaks of all sorts of things.
😉
My that is a wonderful collusion narrative you have there.
Sure would be a shame if someone were to…
rip open the curtain and show everyone the truth.
Just sayin’, you know.
Just sayin’.
Something maybe to think about, ya know?
If you are a Mother or Father who like me constantly worries about your children, this is a comforting article for a Sunday morning.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/the-most-powerful-thing-you-can-do-for-your-kids
Wonderful article – and surprised it came from FOX News!
QUOTE: “When praying for my kids, I have always used the words, “my boys” or “my sons.” There is, of course, nothing wrong with praying this way. God entrusted four boys to my husband and me to raise to His glory. But on one particular and unforgettable night, while crying out to God about a painful hardship one of my boys was facing and feeling completely incompetent to help him navigate it, I felt the Holy Spirit remind me that these boys are first and foremost sons of God. That as much as I love them and long for them, they were “perfectly and wonderfully” made by God (Psalm 139), they belong to God, and God’s love and desire for them is infinitely more profound and pure than even mine.”
Thank you for sharing this.
Wheatie I’m not able to like your post – computer/Wordpress issues…but I love that tree! Is that a small figure in the center of the larger picture of the tree?
Thanks, Holley.
Yeah, that’s a small figure in the doorway…which I liked, because it shows the scale of how large the tree is.
🙂
I think it is Wolfmoon making sure the light is on so we could find our way here.
Nice.
I had a similar thought, Syl.
Nice Image:
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H/T – TLR2
great picture choice Wheatie! mysterious, beckoning, but welcoming too…great choice!
What I wanna know is…are there little people making cookies in that tree? Cuz, I’m hungry. That would probably be a fire hazard…but I’m willing to risk it. Mmmmm cookies!
Yes, cookies…mmm.
Haaa.
As long as there is good venting, I don’t see a problem with having some little ovens in that tree.
😀
if you’re looking for the cookie tree–that would be the “K” tree…for the Keebler elves…4 trees over…
this is the “Q” tree…we bake loaves of bread…lol
Okay, that was darned funny!
🙂
Thanks, Pat!
I am so glad you like it. 🙂
Pat, you are so right! That is exactly the mood, isn’t it? A bit of mystery with the dark forest surrounding it and the moss, but the light makes you want to come inside where it is safe and dry. I love it.
HOW NO BORDER WALL CAUSED A HOMELESS CRISIS 2,500 MILES AWAY IN MAINE
Building a wall won’t just protect states that share a border with Mexico, but even states that share a border with Canada.
January 10, 2019 Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272446/how-no-border-wall-caused-homeless-crisis-2500-daniel-greenfield
Pat, thanks for posting a fascinating (and devastating) look at the impacts of open borders/no wall on our Southern border on the unlikeliest of places throughout our country.
Very interesting read. I highly recommend it for anyone concerned about illegal immigration.
I never knew the Somali illegals were as bad as that in Maine. I have a fb friend who lives in Michigan—she doesn’t recognize parts of her own state anymore and there are places she refuses to even travel through–they reroute AROUND several areas. That’s just heartbreaking to me.
What I especially liked about this article is it took a big subject, illegal immigration, and used Portland, Maine, for goodness’ sake as an example that is numbers small enough to comprehend and a way to put the impact into context.
For example talking about these illegals coming over the southern border and heading north and basically hoovering up all the resources earmarked for Maine’s poor people.
As a result, Maine’s indigent are left to suck it while the illegals get the beds in the shelters and so forth.
Wow. Just wow. Multiply this one example throughout the country…
exactly! so many think illegals scatter across the country–but don’t realize that if they amass in locations–it could be devastating to the locals there—they OVERWHELM the system–isn’t that the MO?
If the truth would ever be revealed about the illegals getting comprehensive resources, at the expense of our own citizens, and leaving them to suffer, there would be a revolt – in the Democrat Party’s base.
All it would take is finding a way to override the control of information in this country – including throwing some of the MSM in jail for their criminality in Dems’ corruption.
RICO ought to be applicable somewhere in this mess.
in that article, Portland has already raised taxes and had to rent out an entire hotel to accommodate the illegals..a hotel??? nice conditions–separate baths, nice beds instead of cots–why wouldn’t illegals flock there??? while the actual Portland homeless are pushed out into the cold…smh
LP, you are exactly right and my housekeeper, a legal immigrant from Panama is one who understands that it is her taxes paying for the results of those illegals who refuse birth control from Public Health Resources…you never want to get her started in that line of conversation….wish there was a way to band those like her together. This is untapped power at a level we have yet to see!
Criminals, human and drug traffickers and terrorists coming through the Democrat open highway….
The USA should NOT be putting our border patrol at risk with this garbage!!!
Once we get the Southern border built, we’ll need to address the northern border…
Um-hmmm….!
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/1083787690913476609
under budget and ahead of schedule–that’s our BOSS!
finish the wall while the Dems party out of town…LOL
Being a man, just gotta say that wall is … sexy!!!😳
Well, why are we wasting money on that wall? I don’t even see any illegals trying to cross there. 😂
Same as Charlottesville…. (*&^%!!)
Democrats being Democrats
The corruption in the FBI/DOJ is being exposed. Recent leaks coming from Congress?
Clarice Feldman looks at the ‘dung’ in the Mueller mess.
With input from Sundance….
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/there_is_a_pony_in_the_mueller_heap_of_dung.html
Well written!
Clarice Feldman at American Thinker has an pretty good piece revisiting Spygate and the border crisis.
“It is increasingly obvious that there is a pony in the heap of Mueller Trump-Russia dung, and the pony is a corrupt FBI and CIA covering up their unlawful conduct. Even the best efforts by the wrongdoers’ media mouthpieces are not sufficient to keep us from seeing that…”
You can read it here:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/there_is_a_pony_in_the_mueller_heap_of_dung.html
great minds Sylvia!
Wow, no kidding!
Marvelous job, Wheatie, thank you very much!
Aww…thanks, Daughn!
Family Ground Report: The Conversion to MAGA is Complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talked to step-daughter in AZ last night. She was the prissy one, urban, Boston, spoiled rotten.
Her fiance wasn’t there……… because he was out with the guys for the weekend, hunting wild boar.
I was listening to the conversation between husband and his daughter, as the convo turned to personal firearms to keep by the bedside.
Husband was the Boston Trial lawyer, altar boy, good suburb, great Ivy League education, well-traveled…… who didn’t know how to run a weed eater when I met him. In fact, he had never TOUCHED a weed eater when I met him.
My, my, how times have changed. The conversion is complete.
good for you!!
a little bit of my own family news to share: my son proposed to his long time girlfriend! He’s had the ring since November and has been trying to find the perfect time–perfect setting to do it. Finally, he arranged to have his best friend fill the house with candles and rose petals minutes before they were due back from a dinner out…she was speechless.
Awwwwwww, how wonderful!!!!!!!!!
thanks! her father and I get along FAMOUSLY–he’s a HUGE Trump supporter—we drive my liberal son crazy!!!
Crazy = Triggering Cognitive Dissonance, the time test and trued path to wake people up from, shall we say, their dogmatic slumbers 😉
Bwwhwhaaaa, You guys will turn him around.
Here is a recent one from Pat Condell if you have not seen it:
I love the subtext of this youtube description.
got this from OT. seems US gov’t and City of NY contributed to AOC…if you click on the contributor in the article it shows the breakdown of party affiliations—eye opening…(hope it posts)
Tseg says:
January 13, 2019 at 7:55 am
There are many conservatives that think AOC, besides being a Socialist, is not very bright, despite her accomplishments (of being a community organizer and Congresswoman – sound familiar?). Follow the money. Who would be the primary “investors” in the early political career of such a mentally challenged upstart? That is correct: higher education institutions, your US government and her local government. You can’t make this stuff up.
https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contributors?cycle=2018&id=NY14&spec=N
It’s all just one big con. Her Wiki page claims she’s an educator and before running for Congress she was the educational director for the Northeast Collegiate World Series for the National Hispanic Institute. Keep reading and this director position was for 5 days! She’s 29 years old and her Wiki is longer with more references than highly accomplished people 3 times her age.
what utter nonsense…lipstick on a pig…
Hispanic female Obama. Hilarious.
Frankly, I had more accomplishments when I was 22 than she did at 29.
Of course, having several years of solid work experience, versus say um NONE, will do that.
Strange. Apparently the other Dim wunderkind of this election cycle, Robert Francis O’Rourke, better known as “Beto”, is a bird of a similar (red) feather.
Besides a 2 year stint as a congressman and achieving the most expensive 2nd-place finish in the history of United States Senate races, he really hasn’t done much of anything.
And now he wants to run for president.
Where does Soros find these people? Or who are his talent scouts? GRU? FSB? MB? CIA?
Seriously I don’t know the answer to those questions, but I can make a few informed guesses:
* They want younger, fresh faces. Optics.
* Inexperienced politicians, like the public at large, are easier for the handlers to control
* People with any substantive life experience are a risk factor because they are more inclined to think for themselves and go their own way.
* These people have been groomed and trained their whole lives in the pedagogy of the left – they haven’t
* Younger people are easily manipulated to become True Believers (cf, Stephen Hassan, books on Cult Mind Control)
* Younger people are more susceptible to positive programming of flattery: You’re the smartest, best person in a generation. You’re a natural leader. You were born to rise above the masses.
“These people have been groomed and trained their whole lives in the pedagogy of the left – they haven’t”
They haven’t pursued other opportunities for personal growth and development because they (and their parents/teachers/handlers) were singularly focused on their own leftist training objectives.
Interesting remarks.
Thanks.
Pat, thanks for this info proving we could not make up anything being exposed today! Even with this disclaimer, we know how contributions are “funneled” and individuals in organizations tend to reflect the organizational hierarchy: “These tables list the top donors to candidates in the 2017-2018 House election cycle The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations’ PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.”
Anonymous sources say that AOC has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
That is perfect! Says it all, LOL
I still remember Bill Whittle’s video the day Obola got nominated. He sat down, simply started cracking up, then got up and left. He didn’t actually say a word.
Simple truths!!!
It’ll CHOKE the income of the cabal.
Q said as much – that the border CLOSING will eviscerate them, financially.
Antifa won’t be so quick to front their chaotic efforts, when their PAY is in question.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
No $, no dance.
Poly (Many) Ticks (Blood Sucking Politicians)…..
Looking at you Dip Schitt Mitt (and others)
Yep. Follow the money. Always follow the money. It’s never about the money we can see, it’s about what we can’t.
OMG, Our VSG POTUS has perfected “The Art of Trolling”!
Lol 😎 — Love your rules, W2. They should be included as permanent rules for the Q Tree!!!
So do I.
I’ve added one more…
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1084469198498213888
THREAD
Cruz looks like a different person with that beard, kind of like a cool jazz guy. He should keep it. I like his funding idea, too.
“He should keep it”
Yes.
If for no other reason than to take my (our) attention away from his WEIRD LIPS.
Sorry! (Not sorry!)
VERY non-PC …
I know enough guys who’ve grown a seasonal beard to figure it’s coming off when the temps rise.
Yes, it is becoming on him, but I still get the willies when he talks. Never have been sold on him.
TOTALLY for this idea!!!
I’m with you 100% on idea too!!!
That’s great, but unfortunately it will never get through the House.
Chaff and countermeasures help win wars!
No, but Senator Blackburn is a champion for the cause, and we need women to lead the charge on it. The other side screams optics often enough, removing that bludgeoning tool is a good thing.
Keep tweeting
James Comey has been tweeting… AGAIN. Text of latest (about 6 a.m. Saturday):
The perfect day to see “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway. Amazing cast and vital message: “All rise.”
Anons believe past messages have been coded…
‘All Rise’ is said when a Judge enters & or EXITS the courtroom.
i think there was also a reference by Ginsberg’s daughter about that very book too—it’s definitely coded imo
https://twitter.com/katybarsdoor/status/1084410930203688961?s=20
I’m wondering how he’s finding out information to code, if that is true.
Who/what are his sources?
Why THIS information and not other information that is more sensitive?
Why him and not Clapper or Brennan or anyone else? Yates? McCabe?
Too many questions.
Who was REALLY colluding with Russia?
If that’s the case…where is the center of the Deep State and the money supplies.
For Wolf and Wheatietoo
In the midst of Mirkwood, surrounded stands, a Q tree
A beacon in the night, dark to light, bound to free
Prayers fly up, let all halt, and warrior heed
BOOM FREE, BOOM FREE, BOOM FREE, BOOM FREE
In the chaos, in the night, stands a Q tree.
I’ve thought Tolkien an AWESOME author for decades. I quote him as often as I may.
Wish the movies characterized the ETHICS in the books properly – but, it’s Hollyweird (oops – “Fakewood”!) after all. Perversion of good is their mantra.
I’ll stick with the ORIGINAL source.
Man, did he know LANGUAGE! An Oxford professor of Middle English, IIRC. Stellar use of words.
Hope you’re doing well, Spab!
I love it!!! Thank you! 😀
Thanks, Spab!
Good Morning..or afternoon to many! Love the tree ..it’s mesmerizing
Good article on the homeless messing up the beautiful people’s bubble. Reading it will confirm (imo) that just like in the 2016 election…a lot of Lefties talk the talk but in their heart they want what PTrump offers. They wouldn’t dare admit it over sparkling water /no straw of course but little tells sneak out
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/las-homeless-surge-puts-hollywoods-progressive-ideals-test-1174599
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Holy moly, Molly.
Thanks for the article — which includes a photo of a back alley homeless camp.
Recommended reading for everyone.
Hollywood folks are now experiencing what mainstream Americans are experiencing. Amazing.
And the solutions sound similar: a Guardian Angels solution (a la New York in the 1970s), forcibly removing the homeless, etc.
Recommended places to live are Pacific Palisades, where the Reagans lived — and the leftoids made fun of them back in the 1980s. Not so funny anymore. Now leftoids are touting it as being safe, with good schools for the kiddos.
How times have changed.
Suddenly, the all-embracing H’wood humanists and leftists are less tolerant when this happens to them.
HMM.
New Q drop 👍
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 9c745a No.4739743
Jan 13 2019 14:08:58 (EST)
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/11/former_cia_director_john_brennan_investigated_for_perjury.html
D House focus on POTUS = ‘insurance’ extension from MUELLER to House.
GJ testimony underway in several states.
Attempts to BLOCK/PROTECT themselves will FAIL.
Far beyond political corruption/sedition.
Law governing removal of a sitting Congress(m/w)/Senator?
Lights on.
Q
Brenna being charged with perjury would be nice appetizer!
What does “congress (m/w)/senator” mean? specifically the (m/w)
GJ testimony?
Grand Jury.
thankQ
GJ= Grand Jury
thankQ
Tag you’re it.
hahaha
Congressman/Congresswoman
Yea, guess that’s what I was thinkin
m/w :
men/women
Congressmen/Congresswomen
ThanQ!
Remember when DJT mocked the Media, by calling on Russia to send him Hillary’s missing emails?
It’s extra special fools, like Mark Warner, who still try to sell this line.
We all remember when Trump and his bluster basically said to the Russians, ‘if you’ve got more e-mails, bring them on.’ These are not actions of a traditional president for the United States.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/01/13/dem-sen-warner-curious-that-putin-policies-were-being-parroted-by-trump/
“still try to sell this line”
They haven’t any humor, don’t recognize humor, and try to mischaracterize humor. They FAIL at memes! Bigly. It’s SO obvious …
They are humorless. Who’d want to invite them to be with us – ANYWHERE???
Sen Warner sure is “curious”. But not in the way he – or BB, via the headline – means.
“extra special fools”
They’re special, alright. Meaning, special needs.
Scratch that! Special WANTS.
They’re going DOWN. Squawking and squealing.
Pass the popcorn, please!
Also –
GOOD GOIN’, Wheatie!
Ya done good!
Thanks, Em-star!
saw a headline that Graham suggests POTUS reopens the government for 3 weeks (so of course the gov’t workers would get paid) for a CHANCE TO SEE IF they can work a deal…what a wuss! give in again and maybe we will try to see if we can make a deal…NOT!
“gov’t workers would get paid”
It’s my understanding that the gov’t workers DO get paid. Just late / delayed.
Tempest in a teapot, even though SOME may need the income immediately.
yes, they will…and there are federal credit unions offering them loans at 0% interest…
Are the affected government workers eligible to collect unemployment benefits?
I think not.
They ARE employed – not let go, not furloughed, and not *officially* taking days off simply because of the shutdown.
They are ENJOINED from working … yet, they collect pay “credits”, even if the pay is “in arrears”.
They’ll get a FULL check, once the shutdown ends – even for “work” they didn’t do (wasn’t their fault they couldn’t “punch in”). They lose nothing but time.
At least, that’s my understanding.
“Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on ME!”
exactly! when he signed the omnibus–they promised immigration reform and border security–and now we’re back to more empty promises. I do understand POTUS’s position–he is trying to force Congress to DO THEIR JOBS–they want to avoid the tough issues and make him do it so they can keep their hands clean. Time for them to put up or shut up!
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Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 46eaf0 No.4740419
Jan 13 2019 14:52:02 (EST)
[D] Party Con.jpg
FAKE NEWS control over those who do not think for themselves limits exposure of TRUTH.
[D] Party Con.
Q
NEW Q DROPS!!!
Snow day at the White House…..
https://dailyworld.in/snow-covers-the-north-lawn-of-the-white-house-in-washington/
President Trump is doing battle on Twitter and likely over the phone while he pretends he’s waiting on the Democrats to do the right thing – he’s really waiting them out, while showing the American public why a WALL is a necessity.
Of course the Democrats aren’t going to do the right thing and President Trump will continue letting the Army Corps of Engineers build the wall with national defense funds.
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/1083787690913476609
Hey Wolf –
You having FUN?!
Within a week, you’ve (we’ve) got SteveInCO, T3, and Wheatie covering the Daily, and LP (and others on deck) to cover topical authorship.
I liken it to the amazing success of the blog you sagaciously created, in parallel to the amazing “stepping up” of your loyal and true followers.
(NO TROLLS!)
I hope you’ve been able to relax a bit, given the stupendous volunteering of your blog adherents.
Rest easy, Master Wolf! Do what you gotta do, and we’ll keep the flame ALIVE and WELL during your trials.
YOU done GOOD as well!
Wish you the very BEST of luck, fortune, serendipity, and resolve.
MAGA!
Thanks! Very much appreciated! 😉
OK, so I don’t remember the mechanics of how to post a thread reader without all of it posting and I so hope this doesn’t duplicate but given that confession, J.T. Wilde’s words about the acquisition of Re-Awakened patriots and how @POTUS and his team have accomplished this goal through multi-media campaigns along with his speaking to the Q Community are worth the time to read and think about for those of us following Q.
“What has worked in the past to unite people? Well I would say an “anonymous truth teller”! They would need a way to speak about the corruption in D.C. to the very people that have THE POWER to vote and NOW the power to promote their own narrative.
What does a great leader do?
Most of all they “empower” their people to make their own choices and have their own voice. Great leaders create “great leaders” it’s just that simple.
Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for Trump 2020 knows way more about how to KEEP us in the Trump camp than he will ever lead on to. So, this brings us to the current situation of #QAnon followers and the rest of MAGA. In this section I have to address the Q community…..Read More in the link below:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1084150136597594112.html
Excellent read Judy! Thanks for sharing–Particularly like What Gen Flynn messaged him–“We Will Win!”
This is so key.
#WWG1WGA
AMEN! This is EXACTLY true.
I’ll read the thread at some point, but we do need to remember that this is a years long assault on the deep state, and is not just about the faces in government offices. It’s about the people funding them, and who are directing traffic in the shadows.
Comey is the herald of death.
GHWB, and now RBG.
Nice role, traitor. A propos.
once a leaker, always a leaker…
I don’t know how things work with SCOTUS, but I imagine that at least some of the Justices have had contact with RBG. I know that Scalia and RBG used to be friends, and imagine that others on SCOTUS are friends of hers, too. They would be in touch with her. And I would think the Chief Justice would be in contact. So for her to be dead, then some, if not all, of the sitting Justices would be complicit in covering it up. (There’s no way Thomas, Grouch, or Kavanaugh would be in on such a scheme.) I don’t know what the penalty for such an offense is, but the public humiliation alone would be devastating, when found out. I can’t see it happening.
I have played out scenarios where aids of RBG are contacting SCOTUS to say she is resting at home, etc. Then not one Justice would have talked with her. It would be a VERY risky business for those complicit. What would they gain by doing that? If RBG were dead now, they couldn’t perpetuate the myth of her being alive until closer to the 2020 elections; it just wouldn’t work. So I don’t see a reason to do it at this time. If anything, delays help the Trump administration by giving it more time to find a replacement.
RBG’s entire family would have to be in on the scheme, as well. I don’t know why they would do it, and it would be very painful for them to have to pretend their loved one were alive instead of being able to grieve and have a burial or memorial.
Gorsuch, not “Grouch.” Spellcheck, LOL.
LOL! OK, that software has some HUMOR! 😀
https://twitter.com/TheSpeaker2018/status/1084279633376272384
Had to comment!
THREAD
https://twitter.com/StormIsUponUs/status/1084321439539437568
No she’s not. No news of her demise….yet.
I don’t think we’re being told the truth… “news of her demise” will come when ‘they’ ready to say so.
Joe M is subbesting Comey is announcing to “them”
others are seeing Comey tweet as a threat to Haberman or even Judge Jeanine
That Comey tweet is old.
It’s dated January 12, 2019:
I was talking about the old dog tweet.
Oh, sorry. 🙂
Comey is a strange character…. mental case it would seem.
Yes. There’s a there there.
I get the ‘dog tweet’ reference now — Benji and GHWB:
wrt another theory: lyrics to “All Rise” at link
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blue/allrise.html
https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1084583796698157056
Ha, ha. Anti-Climactic. Yeah, okay, that’s one way to describe it!
Hahaha. And this isnt sabo. Excellent!
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheFaction1776/status/1084548376941621249
Hope you can see the photo!
Hilarious.
And in WeHo, too.
I love this so much!
Woohoo…the NPC meme has gone big!
I think I fell asleep before I got to say, thats Wheatietoo!
Dang auto correct…. THANKS…
Thanks, Gil!
That’s a sweet kitty pic.
Is it? Yay.
An Ibama nominated judge in CA has ruled against Trump admin birth control rules citing a dranatic cgange in policy as the reason. Because, none of Obama’s changes have been dramatic or unreasonable or illegal.
A U.S. judge in California on Sunday blocked Trump administration rules, which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, from taking effect in 13 states and Washington, D.C.
Judge Haywood Gilliam granted a request for a preliminary injunction by California, 12 other states and Washington, D.C. The plaintiffs sought to prevent the rules from taking effect as scheduled on Monday while a lawsuit against them moved forward.
But Gilliam limited the scope of the ruling to the plaintiffs, rejecting their request that he block the rules nationwide.
The changes would allow more employers, including publicly traded companies, to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptive coverage to women by claiming religious objections. Some private employers could also object on moral grounds.
California and the other states argue that women would be forced to turn to state-funded programs for birth control and experience unintended pregnancies.
“The law couldn’t be more clear — employers have no business interfering in women’s healthcare decisions,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement Sunday. “Today’s court ruling stops another attempt by the Trump Administration to trample on women’s access to basic reproductive care. It’s 2019, yet the Trump Administration is still trying to roll back women’s rights. Our coalition will continue to fight to ensure women have access to the reproductive healthcare they are guaranteed under the law.”
The U.S. Department of Justice said in court documents the rules “protect a narrow class of sincere religious and moral objectors from being forced to facilitate practices that conflict with their beliefs.”
At issue is a requirement under President Barack Obama’s health care law that birth control services be covered at no additional cost. Obama officials included exemptions for religious organizations. The Trump administration expanded those exemptions and added “moral convictions” as a basis to opt out of providing birth control services.
At a hearing on Friday, Gilliam said the changes would result in a “substantial number” of women losing birth control coverage, which would be a “massive policy shift.”
The judge previously blocked an interim version of the rules — a decision that was upheld in December by an appeals court.
https://ktla.com/2019/01/13/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-rules-allowing-some-employers-to-opt-out-of-providing-birth-control/#thumbnail-modal
The judge:
https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/hsg
Xavier Becerra is just horrible!
No one is “blocking women’s access” to anything!
Women are free to buy their own birth control products.
When businesses are forced to pay for it…they have to add that cost to their products or services.
This is inflationary.
This just passes the cost onto us consumers!
But then, everything that socialists do is anti-consumer.
Gavin newsom wants to tax our drinking water.
He is the Californian macron. That needs to stick.
Isn’t he Nan’s nephew?????????????????????
Yes he is… arrogant pos…alcoholic too. His wife is promoting gender fluidity and the pronoun changes.
One of the pitfalls of the employer pays for everything. And it’s not just this, but you should hear people complain about having to pay out of pocket for annual tests. Spoiled is what a lot of them are.
Grahamnesty on with Chris Wallace. LG spoke with PDJT before going on air. LG wants PDJT to declare a state of emergency for the wall. Sounds good on the surface, but, considering the source, is it?
Im not sure what the final play is here. Dimms partying in pr, new caravan, overwhelmed agencies across the country. Theres a fine line between patience and being weakened by looking indecisive. Only POTUS himself knows what his red line is.
IKR?
I was thinking yesterday that whatever PDJT has on the Dems **must** come out this year. The sooner the better.
I am still wondering at the logic of people OT who, a year ago at this time, said, ‘Patience, grasshopper! Wait until the mid-terms are over.’
Right, so the mid-terms are over and we’ve lost control of the House. No more Nunes interviews giving us hope for justice to be done.
Even a year from now it will be too late, because the election campaigns will be in full swing. PDJT will then be accused of influencing the election via Dem arrests, even of Dems who are not running for office.
Anyone saying ‘Wait until after the election’ should perhaps think twice about posting that now, in light of CTH commenters’ ‘Wait until after the mid-terms.’
POTUS has said he doesn’t know how long the gov’t will be shutdown…
translation: how long before he gets what he wants for southern border protection in the CR
SOTU address comes on the 29th… 2 weeks away. A time when Cabal/DS Media is forced to broadcast his speech, which is excellent vehicle for showing the disregard for DIMs concern about national security, especially if the coming caravan has forced callout of additional military.
Border security is MORE than the wall. POTUS wants bad legislation produced under zero negated.
Mitch has to get POTUS’ judicial nominees confirmed.
POTUS does not look indecisive. He has tremendous leverage, and he is exercising it. We all know what his red line is… BORDER SECURITY..
SOTU will be the place all the dimms and rinos and patriots can be in one place and hear him loud and clear with no delay. Itd be nice if he got a GOOD wall deal prior, but making the dimms squirm during the event will be great.
Rep Jim Hines (D-CT) on Maria Bartiromo about the Dem’s HSPCI. Anti-PDJT actions to kick off next month:
Dang.
Sorry:
Opinion was divided OT on the interview.
Short version:
‘bour3 says:
January 13, 2019 at 5:11 pm
‘Well, that was horrible.’
‘Proud American from Texas says:
January 13, 2019 at 6:00 pm
‘I don’t know. Maria took his smirking axx to the woodshed. IMO’
I jolly well hope so.
Thanks for the tweet. 🙂
More about the Dems’ junket in PR during shutdown:
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/30-democrats-party-in-puerto-rico-during-government-shutdown/
‘At least 30 Democrats from the House and Senate are said to be kicking back on the island in a trip sponsored by lobbyists from companies like Facebook, Amazon, Comcast and Verizon. They’ll have a chance to view a showing of the hit musical Hamilton, and get acquainted with the show’s cast.
‘BOLD PAC, a political component of the ethnic-lobby House Hispanic Caucus, is said to have chartered a Boeing 737 to transport visitors to the Caribbean island, still said to be recovering from the effects of Hurricane Maria …
‘Perhaps Menendez should be more careful about signing himself up for lavish overseas trips. (Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea.) The Senator was charged with accepting bribes in the form of gifts, most notably trips to the nearby Dominican Republic, where it’s alleged he was provided underaged prostitutes by a doctor named Salomon Melgen … ‘
Re the good doctor, Salomon Melgen.
1/ From Feb. 2018:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article201585704.html
‘Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen learned Thursday that $73 million of attempted Medicare fraud equals 17 years in federal prison.
‘Melgen’s sentence after a federal jury in West Palm Beach found him guilty of 67 counts of healthcare fraud and also includes a preliminary order of restitution of $42,561,205 and three years of supervised release after prison.
‘This comes down three months after a hung jury ended the New Jersey federal court trial of Melgen and close pal Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, on bribery and fraud charges.
‘Though Melgen gave to politicians on both sides of the aisle, Melgen hosted Democratic fundraisers at his 6,536-square-foot North Palm Beach home. Federal campaign records say he contributed around $32,000 to Menendez’s campaigns. Also, Menendez flew on Melgen’s private plane at least once to the Melgen’s native Dominican Republic and went to France on Melgen’s dime …’
2/ From April 2018:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime–law/salomon-melgen-debt-patients-insurers-swells-million/0LtxX9At0ReNitozyubq2K/
‘Nearly six weeks after Dr. Salomon Melgen began serving a 17-year sentence for treating scores of patients for non-existent eye ailments, a federal judge this week added $10 million to the once-respected Palm Beach County physician’s legal tab.
‘Instead of paying $42.5 million in restitution to his former patients and Medicare and other insurers, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra upped the amount to $52.9 million …’
He is not talking to an “Underage” anything in the latest photo…..
Check out the HAIL DAMAGE to her legs?
Did anyone mention underage in the present context?
The article was reminding us of the past, i.e. Bob M’s trips to the Dominican Republic, notional ‘gifts’.
What stood out to me were the big comms companies sponsoring this junket.
I did…….I realize what you were saying….. Sheesh
No problem.
oops, meant to post this tweet instead…
https://twitter.com/MrWyattEarpLA/status/1084231328286019593
Don’t forget communist slavery in China, including massive internment camps built to suck money from the West.
From 2014 — Mitch McConnell hated the Tea Party (and, oh, look, there was a shutdown in October 2013):
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/emperor-mitch-mcconnell-pledges-crush-tea-party-rebellion/358995/
‘… Shortly after the government shutdown last October, business groups and the Republican establishment pledged to take do exactly what McConnell is predicting: snuff out insurgents in the primaries to both ensure general election victories and to stamp out the strain of conservatism that encouraged defaulting on the nation’s debt. The National Republican Senate Committee declared that it would get involved in primaries, contrary to past practice. And the Chamber of Commerce pledged millions in Senate races …’
Was looking around for the hell of it to find out if this cnn guy, Eli Watkins is by chance related to Ali Watkins..didn’t find out but ran across this article he wrote about ” one anonymous person with a Capitol Hill internet connection is making near-constant edits on Wikipedia, dropping trolling messages into several articles in front of an online audience.”
It’s actually interesting because Capitol Hill seems to be infested with aides and assistants that are thoroughly Left and have no regard for decorum, honesty and integrity….the whole damn govt is teeming with people who have no business being there.
Another quote from the article….. ” On Thursday, the editor or editors picked up the pace. In a series of left-leaning additions, one edit claimed the University of Maryland chapter of Our Revolution, the organization for Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ political movement, is “the best chapter out there.”
Reached via email by CNN, that chapter’s president said he did not know who was doing the edits.
A Wikipedia administrator blocked an IP address associated with the House of Representatives for 31 hours,
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/congress-edits-wikipedia/index.html
Any of the Awan clan still around? They even had remote access so they could sit in Pakistan for six months at a go and still access the servers. Who the heck even knows who is doing it? Disgusted.
Doesnt it look like the senator is asking his “colleague” for his change?
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/afr05n/republican_democrat/?utm_source=reddit-android
Funny that this is the only pic that has slipped out of them enjoying their down time . Ve moost prootect our masters
I agree. Its a good face of the trip though.
Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi’s family history, before she got married.
Lengthy, but well worth reading. Baltimore in days of yore (excerpted, emphases mine):
https://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_of_ours/2015/07/fbi-files-congresswoman-nancy-pelosis-father-thomas-dalesandro-jr-was-constant-companion-of-notoriou.html
‘Nancy Pelosi’s father Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. allegedly was a “constant companion” of notorious mobster Benjamin “Benny Trotta” Magliano and other underworld figures during his political years in Baltimore, MD. D’Alesandro was a Congressman for five terms from 1938 to 1947, and Baltimore mayor for three terms from 1947 to 1959. Magliano was identified by the FBI as one of Baltimore’s “top hoodlums,” and he widely was acknowledged as the representative for New York’s Frankie Carbo who made his bones with Murder, Inc. and later became a made guy in the Lucchese family. The allegations are included in D’Alesandro’s recently-released FBI files which Friends of Ours has obtained pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
‘In 1947 the FBI investigated Magliano for securing a draft exemption from Selective Service for himself and prize fighters he controlled by falsely representing they had essential employment at American Ship Cleaning Company which was operated by John Cataneo. In fact, Magliano and his boxers had no such employment, and they were convicted with Cataneo in federal court for their unpatriotic draft-dodging scam …
‘At that time the FBI never investigated D’Alesandro concerning this or numerous other allegations involving hoodlum associations and public corruption. Of course, while in Congress D’Alesandro sat on the appropriations committee and was a friend of Director J. Edgar Hoover …
‘Meanwhile, the allegations against D’Alesandro continued to pile up. Finally, in January 1961 President John F. Kennedy requested the G-men to address “allegations of D’Alesando’s involvement with Baltimore hoodlums; with favoritism in awarding city contracts; [and] protection for political contributors and the prosecution of local cases.” President Kennedy wanted to appoint D’Alesandro to the United States Renegotiation Board which was a government watchdog against profit gouging by defense contractors …
‘The FBI inquiry was a perfunctory exercise with little digging which vainly attempted to address two decades of allegations in less than two months, and of course some witnesses had lost their memories and others had died or otherwise disappeared …’
One allegation was about Nancy’s mother’s cosmetics business (now, we get the ‘beauty’ connection, with Nancy trying to look young):
‘Another serious allegation against D’Alesandro was that he had received kickbacks from building developer Dominic Piracci on city contracts. Piracci’s account ledger included several payments totaling $11,000 to D’Alesandro which he later erased to keep the information from investigators. The developer later explained that the payments were legitimate loans to Mrs. D’Alesandro to finance her cosmetics business which since had been fully repaid, and he doctored the documents only “to save” the D’Alesandro family “from embarrassment and from further trouble” given a criminal investigation into his business practices.’
In 1954, Mrs D’Alesandro, Nancy’s mother:
‘… testified on Piracci’s behalf at his criminal trial, and although she insisted the “loans” from Piracci were repaid there was no documentary evidence to corroborate that testimony. The supposed repayments were made in cash rather than by check. Mrs. D’Alesandro’s testimony may have saved her husband’s sorry ass from criminal liability but could not save his then-bid to become Maryland’s governor. The D’Alesandro’s son Thomas III later married Piracci’s daughter Margaret.’
Then, there was Nancy’s brother:
‘The Piracci trial at which Mrs. D’Alesandro testified immediately was followed by a child gang rape trial against the Mayor’s 20-yearold son Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro. The FBI describes the ugly case in a January 30, 1961 memo as follows:
‘”During the summer of 1953, Mayor D’Alesandro’s son, Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro, aged twenty, was one of fourteen youths charged with having committed rape or perverted practices on two girls, aged eleven and thirteen, during July of that year. It was reported that Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro was the only one of twelve of those tried at that time who was successful in obtaining an acquittal. Following this acquittal, a Baltimore, Maryland, Grand Jury indicted Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro on charges of having committed perjury in that he had lied during the afore-mentioned trial on charges of rape … It was reported that Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro was tried on the above charge of perjury at Salisbury, Maryland, during 1954, following a change of venue, and was found not guilty.”‘
All of these things took a toll on Nancy’s father’s health:
‘The corruption charges and his son’s rape trial all had become more than Mayor D’Alesandro could bear, and he suffered a nervous breakdown. D’Alesandro was admitted to the Bon Secours Hospital in Maryland where he rested from March 10 through July 12, 1954. During this period according to an FBI memo “the Balitimore City Police Department had two men assigned to protect the appointee [D’Alesandro] and also had two men guarding his home” at 245 Albemarle Street for unknown reasons and “a local paper carried a picture of him in his hospital room seated in front of a television set, dressed in a dressing gown.”‘
That said, it all ended well for the beleaguered mayor:
‘The allegations against D’Alesandro involving public graft and hoodlum associations were conveniently ignored or gratuitously explained away, and on March 28, 1961 he was sworn in as a member of the United States Renegotiation Board by President Kennedy. D’Alesandro’s wife and their 21-year-old daughter Nancy were by his side.’
There’s a pic of the D’Alesandros at the link ( https://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_of_ours/2015/07/fbi-files-congresswoman-nancy-pelosis-father-thomas-dalesandro-jr-was-constant-companion-of-notoriou.html ).
This photo seems to have been taken a bit later, as Nancy looks more mature here:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349503/Nancy-Pelosi-I-partied-President-John-F-Kennedy-heres-picture-prove-it.html
If she claims she was 20 at the time, that would have been 1960. The picture at Bitter Queen’s link was taken in 1961. She looks more womanly and less high-schoolish in the one she says was taken in 1960.
It always stuns me how most of the political dynasty families can withstand so many scandals and pass the mantle right on through the generations.
Thanks for the links.
They survive the scandals because the media gives them a pass…and covers for them.
That needs to stop, whether through the chans or a ‘visible’ (best word I can think of) independent MAGA journo.
You’re most welcome — and thank you also for yours.
Surely, this woman must have scandals of her own.
The acorn does not fall far from the tree.
She learned from her father. She is well protected. There is a there there.
He did it again!
https://twitter.com/k_ovfefe/status/1084645673549643776
Snakes take:” He’s in a good mood tonite!!” Din’t mean to break up good convos here–Just wanted to Let everyone know what I have been giggling about tonite… Sorry– CARRY ON..
https://twitter.com/MrWyattEarpLA/status/1084646445398011904
Agreed! We’re not worthy!!! 😀
We really aren’t…:) However–We ARE BLESSED!!
What follows might explain some of the anti-Deplorable syndrome as well as TDS — as perceived by Blue Staters.
Lucille at CTH commented that she reads James Howard Kunstler. I read him regularly years ago. Thanks to her, I tuned back in late last year. Although he says he does not like PDJT, I do wonder from this Jan. 4 post, which is about the Mueller probe (apols for language in links) …
http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/and-the-circus-came-to-town/
… and this comment (emphases mine below). It does explain a lot, IMHO:
http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/and-the-circus-came-to-town/#comment-389590
‘ … The contempt felt for obese white trash vaping away in camo ball caps while driving lifted pick-ups comes from one of two places:
‘1) The familiarity generates feelings of vulnerability: this could easily be me. We’re not that different.
‘2) Latent racism: this shouldn’t happen to my kindred, my demographic, my “people”. We’re better than that, right?
‘Both feelings are rather empowering learning moments.
Because both are wrong, and both are cover for the deeper feeling.
‘We allowed this happen to one another, to ourselves.
Because deep down, we loathe our way, the hateful, ugly, wasteful, and toxic world that we created.
The one swallowing us, too.’
Well, that’s nice that they can write of their elitist disdain of GOP supporters and how dirty it makes them feel but are perfectly willing to replace ( I saw fat, sick, ignorant, disheveled denizens of the great U S of A. They make me feel embarrassed to be a citizen of this shit hole.) these slob Conservatives with illiterate/low educated, 3rd world people ?
The propaganda that these morons swill 24/7 has created a huge divide. It reminds me of the things that many of the Northerners said about the Southerners during the Civil War era. So worldly & wise those Yankees having to sully themselves fighting the lowly country rabble from the South. They need to scurry on back to their Blue States and try to get the stench of MAGA off of them
https://twitter.com/StormIsUponUs/status/1084644198253514752
https://twitter.com/StormIsUponUs/status/1084657442653458432
Twitter stats from last month…
Actually AOCs numbers are alarmingly high for a bint who came out of nowhere.
IDK, she’s a walking gaffe machine. There may be a whole lot of patriots waiting for her to tweet something stupid.
I think we should build the wall and extend it to close California off from the rest of the Country…
They’re simply too sick.
Amy Mek speaking “I could have had a V-8” truths….
I wonder why.
Lots of ordinary French men and women are wondering why.
Do the police wonder why?
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/democrats-to-replace-house-foreign-affairs-subcommittee-on-terrorism-with-subcommittee-investigating-trump
This one is important. Thank you.
Ah, come on Wheatie. Food fights are fun! I promise, no bone-in food!