This thread is for communication between and among AUTHORS about grunge stuff, scheduling, etc. Blog work. It is public to deter any kind of abuse. This is like the Wikipedia “talk” section. It replaces Gab chat and MOST (if not all) “private messages to Wolf”.
Non-author members of the site are welcome to observe, but please do not comment unless asked to provide information. I want to keep these proceedings very efficient.
Enjoy!
W
I’m going to start out by leaving links to two prior posts where I spell out the rationalization for creating this thread, in case we ever need to consult them for historical consideration:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/dear-maga-20190216/comment-page-2/#comment-76361
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/dear-maga-20190217-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-76368
Um, these aren’t opening for me in a place that makes sense. Is there a way to explain or copy and paste?
The Twitter plugin, sadly, causes the WordPress page location algorithm to go crazy, and after it jumps to the point of the post, the page “expands down”, and the actual point (which is typically the next post by the person” is BELOW where you are on the page.
SIGH.
I guess I will copy and paste. Hang on. Coming soon. 😉
I find that extremely irritating, actually.
The web programming books I have read (all many years in the past) advised you to ALWAYS include in your code that brings in an image, the size of the image so the browser could immediately size it.
Twitter loads so effing slowly, though, that I often see a plain text version before the image of the tweet loads. And those worthless toads do not include, with the text version that they definitely had to write special code to generate, code to generate the size of the damn graphic!
Of course a decent browser would let you re-click on the link number after it’s done spazzing out, and go to where it actually is–or not scroll there until it’s DONE loading.
So there’s blame to go around.
You can turn off rendering of twits before clicking the link to get to the place you want in the page. I’m not sure on other browsers, but Firefox has a shield icon to the left of the URL address box that allows you to enable tracking protection. When tracking protection is on, twits show up as blockquotes.
Repeating the posts here:
First Post:
I was asked to take this down, but (1) there is no private information here, (2) there is no information in this which could not have been stated publicly, (3) it’s actually pretty interesting and should be shared (Thanks, Michael! 😀 ), (4) it’s a good exercise for people to decode it, and most importantly of all (5) …..
I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO GET PRIVATE MESSAGES, AND AS I PROMISED IN THE CONTACT PAGE, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH ALL MESSAGES SENT TO ME PRIVATELY. I AM PUBLISHING THIS FAIRLY INNOCENT ONE BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I REALLY MEAN BUSINESS.
5:5? 😉
Now – this is critical.
I did not approve these messages to my knowledge. Up until this happened, I have been able to rigorously keep these messages unpublished. So this is very strange.
HOWEVER, I do have NATION STATE ACTORS on my devices – mostly White Hats lately – and BOTH SIDES have this really neat and highly deniable method of slipping in some clicks while the machine locks up. It’s actually an ingenious idea. But nevertheless, people need to understand that if you send me a “private message”, it’s not just ME who may decide to publish it.
5:5?
OK. More business.
I do not give out my email. I do not give out my phone number. BY ANY METHOD, including passively. I have reasons for this, which are probably not exactly what you think. Some will figure it out.
Gab chat for our authors is now problematic. We need to stop using it., because not all of us can get there, and I have to doxx myself in ways I don’t want, in order to get Gab Pro to invite people. SO – I will create a terrible “scratch pad thread” for ONLY AUTHORS to communicated on, regarding logistics of posting, etc. I ask ONLY authors to post there. Other posts will be removed. But EVERYBODY will be able to see us talk.
I want everybody who posts here, and particularly the authors, to know that you are at risk of being USED by forces much bigger than yourselves for our mutual enemies to FUCK WITH ME. The only way for me to stop that and PROTECT YOU is to make it impossible.
Please avoid private messages. If we ever get to the point where private communication is required, I will deal with it then. At that point, we will have bigger worries.
W
Second Post:
This is just logistics. I am STRONGLY discouraging “private messages” to me. See this link, where one SLIPPED THROUGH into public (and I’m leaving it up as a deterrent). It’s nothing super-secret, IMO, which is why it’s going up. I don’t recall approving this comment, which makes this a bit of a mystery. Likely a WordPress bug or my “secret super-admins” as I like to call them. 😎
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/dear-maga-20190216/comment-page-2/#comment-76361
I will be creating a thread for ONLY authors to communicate on – it will be public, but won’t get in the way of normal conversation. That will replace the Gab chatroom, which I can no longer invite people to. It may also take up some of the burden of private messages that really don’t need to be private – more like “sidebar” conversations.
Thanks for your attention to this matter!
W
PS – it turned out that Wheatie accidentally approved the messages, since it was her thread, and she was not aware of her moderation superpowers on her thread. The White Hats are OFF THE HOOK, and the Black Hats are OFF THE BOX.
Life is good! 😀
I am asking authors to NOT approve first posts by “unknowns”, unless you can personally vouch for their MAGA, non-troll, non-black-hat nature. I will moderate them. If I see unknowns posting (people I have not personally vetted using my extreme vettting), I will reserve the right to ban them if they act squirrelly.
Not all posters can handle free speech. Those who can’t can return to Twitter or the Middle East. 😉
Got it.
Wild and bizarre.
You got it, boss!
AWESOME! … but how’d you get all our photos like that? 😉
As for logistics, I’ve noted this elsewhere, but will put it here for the record. My family schedule has changed such that I’m getting up much earlier and more IRL stuff to do. I am not one that can do well without good rest.
Mainly what this means for my regular Dear MAGA Open Thread for Sunday is I regretfully won’t be around to engage or help with hospitality until late Sunday.
My weekends have a little more free time and so for now my plan is to set aside time on Saturdays to set up the Sunday Open and try to catch up on some the week’s events. Then late Sunday I’ll try to read/reply on the Sunday Open.
This place is way too much fun to not peek in sometime during the week, but I really am busy now.
As always, great work protecting us Wolf!
Thanks, T3 – I respect your thoughts here! You can schedule things, and I’ll check to make sure they post in time – no problem!
I dd stick around last night long enough to verify it posted and like the first couple of comments. 🙂
Oh, and as I’m going about my day I keep thinking of new topics worthy of writing about. You have unleashed my inner author. How nobody gets hurt.
Hope, not How in that last sentence. 😉
But HOW nobody gets hurt IS the big question!!! 😀
Snort!
Wolf…are you not checking in and reading Gab Chat anymore?
Nope. Going to abandon it. LP and Michael can’t get in. All talk disappears in a week. Have to remember to check it. Not worth it! I’ll add a sticky list on the right for some of our top posts, and the new thread will be one of them.
I hope you will go and read one last time before you abandon it.
😉
“LP and Michael can’t get in.”
_______
Trying to understand here…
So Gab won’t let them enroll in just a ‘regular’ account now, without giving IRL info?
If so, then that sucks.
It wasn’t like that two years ago, when I opened a Gab account.
What it means is that somebody has to invite them, and only pro accounts can invite.
Ah…so this is something new.
Because you were able to invite the rest of us, as a non-pro-account, right?
Yes! Gab is basically using its own populace to vet people. Smart move. Fewer bots. Also, if somebody invites any communists who put up fake Nazi ads, there will be an email for the (non-commie) FBI!!! 😉
All he did was invite us into the chat and he didn’t have to be a pro to do that.
We were able to sign up for Gab (the site itself) ourselves.
Apparently, now you can’t even get into Gab without an invite from a “pro.”
Yeah…and that sucks.
Especially since in order to have a Pro Acct, you have to pay money and give out personal information.
Yep.
I thought the system was a good one, but it has been destroyed.
I was wondering where LP was.
Note to everybody – when you get those ORANGE comments in your notifications – THOSE are in moderation that YOU are allowed to approve because it’s on one of YOUR threads. Note that any action such as liking or replying will make them VISIBLE – meaning it approves them.
If you see a known poster, you can almost always approve. Liking is easy if you like it. Approval happens a few seconds later. Same with a reply.
If you see an unknown poster, I suggest leaving the moderation for ME. I will vet them. EXTREME VETTING.
If you see that it’s a private message to wolf, just forget it and I’ll deal with it.
BEWARE of spam – some are known posters, but MOST are nasty, and need to be deleted. Again, best to leave for me if you’re not sure. If it’s a regular person you know, just liberate it.
Thanks for this, Wolfie.
I had no idea what those ‘orange’ comments were…so I have always clicked on them, just to clear the ‘orange’ out of my notifications list.
They have usually been from regulars, people who have been posting here for a while.
But recently…I did click on one that was ‘new’.
Their comment was small and seemed friendly enough.
Haven’t seen any more comments from that one, but I may have missed one.
Rest assured, now that I know what those ‘orange’ comments are…I will never click on one again!
😀
FEARING comments in moderation is a GOOD THING!!! 😉
I will now avoid those ‘orange’ comments that appear in my notifications…like they are RADIOACTIVE!
Haaa.
I guess you didn’t know that we were getting those, huh?
They all dump into a nice basket for me! Very convenient – like a LEAD CRUCIBLE!!! 😀
As it should be…since this is Your Blog, after all.
Hehe – “Orange Comment = Bad”
Ah Ha! We do have more power than we know!
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!!! 😉
I’m still wondering How Daughn was able to delete some comments that time, in one of her threads.
She doesn’t remember how she did it.
She disapproved them! She clicked on the “Approved” button and they went back into disapproval. They turned ORANGE.
That is from the WP “Comments” interface.
That is why I found them all in moderation.
No, I was referring to a comment that doxed her.
I doubt that it was in moderation…there was nothing about it that would kick it into moderation.
But it was a bone-headed thing for that commenter to do…and I was so glad that she was able to delete it.
It was on HER THREAD. She had superpowers!
She clicked on the “Approved” button in the WP commenting interface, which shows up if you have superpowers. It then changed to “Approve” and the post turned orange.
ORANGE POST BAD!
Okay…I haven’t discovered that button yet.
Not even sure on Where To Look.
😆
Amen.
Okay good.
Thank you for figuring it out.
Yes, she said it at the time, she wildly whacked at the offending posts with Sylvia’s shovel until they went away. 😉
I sure was pushing buttons that night.
Does this mean that you are disabling your PRIVATE_MESSAGE_TO_WOLFie feature, that automatically kicks the private message into moderation?
It is still a good feature, I think.
But it should be known…that it should only be used in a ‘Wolfmoon Thread’.
Otherwise, it will be seen by whomever authored the thread.
(Liked this post so it would appear.)
I will keep the feature, but I will not warn people about how to avoid its dangers. The more dangerous it is, the less people will use it!
😉
Okay, good.
But when we get a ‘new one’ that appears in orange…should we notify you?
And how would we do that?
Use the PRIVATE MESSAGE trigger in one of your threads?
That would work, wouldn’t it?
We could copy-paste the ‘new poster’ comment into that PRIVATE MESSAGE post to you…so you could see it too.
I see ALL the orange ones!
Oh! Great!
Good to know.
The all-seeing Wolfie sees everything.
Haaaa…I love it.
Yup. Just leave it there, and I will deal with it!
Cool.
That’s easy.
😀
Wolf, I honestly cannot remember if I ever clicked on an orange link, but if I did, I’m sorry, and I will not click on one again!
Glad I checked in here and read, as I am planning to drop another one tomorrow.
I am also glad you are so careful about who is allowed to comment here. Keeps the riff-raff out. Thanks for all you do!
We should set up a special system where your comments all show up in the notifier colored like an eggplant!
Lol! I love it!
Spit – eggplant for Aubergine.
I’m calling dibs on Cobalt Blue.
I always imagined blue being your color, perhaps because of your avatar(s).
You are most welcome, Aubergine, and looking forward to your post.
When I did the Friday thread (Georgia joked that I was like a dog salivating at the thought of MOAR SHUTDOWN a couple of days earlier, so I just couldn’t resist) I wasn’t able to “curate” it during the day very reliably–which means I wasn’t responding much or even hitting like all that often. That’ll probably be true for any other thing I author in the future (though I promise not to disable comments again–boy was that a bad call on my part).
…And I suppose if I need to send a private message to Wolf, I should do it here! At least it won’t *accidentally* be made public though Wolf might *deliberately* do so.
Yes – that’s a good plan to PM me on THIS thread, which now has a permalink on the sidebar!!
Good idea about the permalink…I had already bookmarked it.
I wonder if there’s a way to make that permalink visible only to authors?
OH GREAT LEADERS!! NEW Q!!!!
I’m going to insert this pro-tip, in the hope that no-one here on the author team ends up like John Podesta with a hacked email account.
If you haven’t already done so, please ensure that your primary email address is configured to require 2FA.
2FA stands for “Two Factor Authentication”. What would happen if a bad actor got your email password? They could get all your email! Unless, of course, you have a second token that sits on a key fob, a USB key, or on your phone.
It’s easy to set up, and easy to use, and gives you extra assurance that your accounts are safe.
Here’s a great list of sites that support 2FA:
https://twofactorauth.org/
A lot of folks are using Gmail for email – fortunately Gmail is very easy to set up 2FA for:
Google 2-Step Verification
https://www.google.com/landing/2step/
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to do so. It’s better safe than sorry – an easy way to protect yourself from identity theft.
(P.S. Obviously I have a lot more security PSA’s – in the future I’m planning to more fully developed them into posts.)
Of course, gmail is google.
My email password is long and complicated, unlikely to be cracked with any dictionary attack. I should remember to change it more often.
If nothing else, protect your e-mail password since it’s generally the key to getting all other passwords reset.
Agreed, two point ID is best and I change password all the time.
Good tip, Michael.
I set up 2FA for a couple of accounts and realized after a few days that some of the schemes are ripe for disaster. At least in my world. If the fob gets lost… If the phone gets reset… if the 2FA app gets hacked… if someone social engineers the kid at the AT&T store and moves your phone number to a different device.
Well, anyway, that last scenario is the really, really bad one. I’m practicing good password generation and rotation schemes. As time goes on I’m weeding out some of the older accounts and updating passwords for lesser used logins. It could be a full time job if I let it be. Anyway, those are my thoughts.
Ideally you’ll use one that can generate emergency access codes, which most of them support, so that helps keep the risk to a minimum.
Good point. 🙂
Wolfie, Thank you for a great blog.
I want to warn you about a guy I have tangled with for years. Jim (Underline Jim)
My favorite UK Socialist, Richard Courtney, over at WUWT will give you a better discription than I link
He followed me from WUWT to Tony Heller’s Blog and then showed at CTH so you may see him here.
(Tony Heller booted him)
Thanks for this. We will keep our eyes open. 😎
Hey, hey!!!!!!!!
I feel special! Finally received an orange highlighted notification.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/dear-maga-20190220-open-topic/
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Joined the group and didn’t have to eat a goldfish.
Question: when Q starts posting, how shall this be handled? New post by anyone to get it started? Shout out to Wolf?
A very good question. The current Q post is still only at 2833. I’d start a new one if I weren’t at work.
They’re caught up now – last time I looked 5 minutes ago!!!
Apparently there’s a 2839 out and has been for a while now. Don’t know how you missed it.
I’m thinking we should start a new Q thread if he makes a post after about 10AM, then put everything from that day there (he seems to be a bit of a night owl or I’d say midnight).
I’ve tried to keep them somewhat related by themes and bursts, which in practice means sometimes there is one per day, sometimes one every few days.
The CRITICAL thing is that the “Q thread” not fall off the bottom of the sidebar list of “recent” posts. It is 10 posts long, and we’re at number 5 now.
However, if there is some sudden change of theme or big news, then obviously a new thread makes sense.
While I don’t view it as a problem, people often drop fresh posts in the “open” threads, and many people don’t bother to look at the “Q threads”. Also, almost everybody here has a tab up with a dedicated Q post site. So I’m starting to wonder just how much value our Q threads add.
A lot of stuff to think about here….
Yeah, that’s a good point. And I think even position five means no one is looking at it any more (other than me).
My thoughts as of right now: As long as we’re in a Q blizzard, there’s no point in a separate thread. If he goes silent for days at a time (again) then pops up with a couple of closely related posts–THAT might be worth its own thread, especially if it’s a “breakthrough” sort of situation (something totally unexpected).
Could go either way.
If it stays in the Open, Wolf has less churn in his life.
If it gets into a new article we have a separate record to refer to if other sources go dark.
Not sure we need to worry about the second scenario.
So that leaves the question of does using the Open get messy?
I think we handle messy pretty good around here, so maybe that’s the way to go.
I guess there could be a pinned (like this one is) post that’s nothing but Q extracts for reference (Including pasting in tweets, etc, that only show as links in the original Q source), with replies disabled–the idea being to talk about them over on the daily but have the extracts for reference.
Of course that might be kind of superfluous. Consider this brainstorming where I put out silly thoughts in the hope that something I say will trigger a good thought.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Keep up the brainstorming!
Is that what they mean when they say a Storm is Coming?
On the other hand one should make sure not to confuse a brain fart with a brain storm.
The former is a short burst of incoherence, the later a wild but strangely coherent series of events.
Wolf…could you please delete this comment:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/dear-maga-20190223-open-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-81910
It showed up Orange, but I thought that Singingsoul had opened up a WP account and was posting that way for the first time…so I clicked on it to release it.
She has posted below this comment, that she used her Email account to post that comment.
And she is asking for it to be deleted.
Sorry.
I didn’t realize that was her email account!
Like I said…I just thought she had opened up a new WP account, and that’s why her comment was Orange.
Thanks.
PS: I clicked that comment again…to remove the ‘Like’ and Disapprove of it, like you instructed.
But that didn’t work.
Comment is still displayed.
I changed it from her email to singingsoul. I’v done that for a couple of people now – just fix the name to what it should be and leave the comment. It seems easier than deletion, frankly.
Oh good…that’s a much better solution!
Thank you!
Fixed!!!
Thanks!
Can I do the daily for Tuesday the 5th?
(And no, it’s not just because the “No shooting at the nuclear warheads” has been lounging around too much.)
I’m going to figure the deafening silence is my answer. I should NOT do the daily on Tuesday.
Sure – sounds fine to me!
Best assumption on the block around here is that I didn’t see something. WAY too much data flowing past me.
Tuesday Daily is great! Help yourself! 😀
OK.
I had to have an answer one way or the other just so I’d know we wouldn’t both do it!
I was ready to go just in case – moved my post to TOMORROW NIGHT.
Are you still going to do the Daily Thread tonight? Just checking!
Done!
Got a post sitting in draft mode…waiting for a slow day.
Good!!!
If you can read it let me know what you think.
Good! We need that reminder! Any time you want to post it, feel free!
Hey, I’m up for doing and ASH Wednesday Open if desired.
Let me know!
Sounds awesome. This means that I can move my scheduled Wednesday thread to Thursday. Will do! Have at it!
Crafted and in the Queue.
Another “effortless effort” post.
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Wolfie…need your assistance on this comment here by Kalbren2r1:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/americans-are-feeling-successes-that-havent-been-felt-in-the-past-2-decades-the-more-the-democrats-msm-rinos-globalists-leftists-etc-push-the-stronger-our-resolve/#comment-90475
She did an ‘oops’ and typed in her real name, by mistake.
She explains here:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/americans-are-feeling-successes-that-havent-been-felt-in-the-past-2-decades-the-more-the-democrats-msm-rinos-globalists-leftists-etc-push-the-stronger-our-resolve/#comment-90480
Done!!!
Thank you!
😀
Are you feeling any better?
Hope so!
Yes! But I don’t know how much longer this will last. Sometimes its’s just hours. But could be days.
If you’re having any congestion…take stuff to dry that up.
I don’t like to take drugs, but my doc fusses at me…says “you have to keep that shit dried up or you’ll get an infection!”
Heheh.
Unsolicited tips from your friend Think*3… If it’s sinus crud, Arm & Hammer has a saline spray that may help. I have a friend that swears by putting his face over a steaming bowl of water with apple cider vinegar added.
If it’s a head thing, I can sympathize. I’ve developed many tricks to try and help restore a normal state. Something as simple as pulling air briskly in through my nose to stimulate a nerve that can reset the vagal system to chicken broth with salt added. Menthol or essential oils. Epsom salt baths. Vanilla ice cream. 🙂
Vanilla ice cream! 😀
Sometimes, it works. And sometimes I’m just more comfortable while I wait for something else to work. 😉
Looks like I will need to be scarce for a couple of days. Will try to check back in when I can. And should be good to go for a Sunday Open as usual.Wishing everyone here well in my absence.
I was going to repost the new Super Amended version of ‘Wheaties Rules’…
But in light of recent events, boss…I thought it might be a good idea to ixnay any mention of “nukes”, “shooting at nukes”, or any such things that the Loserfarians might try to use against this site.
I know it is all in good fun.
But these people have no sense of humor.
However…if you think I am being to cautious, Wolfie, I will add those other 4 things to the list.
No problem.
I think your caution is very warranted.
More on that in a second.
No – the other 4 rules are just “4 fun”! I like the idea of things not having to stay fixed here – of slow and gradual changes, whenever we feel like it. It’s nice to have a few traditions, but it’s also nice to change things up. Temporary features are good that way.
About “violence”.
I will be very blunt and very open, so that this goes straight into my record one more time.
Deep State was interested in me for years in a very interesting way. A particular DS asset was sent to “get in close to me” during the CLINTON administration. This was after considerable nastiness had passed in the CA3 “clean-up” years (Reagan, Bush), during which time many different operatives of different stripes were small-tasked to keep an eye, and a few to poke harder, all because it was so easy (location, location, location).
Anyway, my Clinton-era watcher was an interesting sort, who later began regular monitored phone calls (easily figured out). It became a game to figure out what they wanted – what they were trying to INPUT into me, and what they were LOOKING FOR in return. I also used additional information to put this together – including things given to me by the watcher to test me, and things I observed myself.
I came to believe that the feds basically “wanted” people who could be “radicalized” in almost any way possible, but the goal seemed to be to have people who could “create” an incident in almost any direction. Thus, these people “like me” who were also of interest to DS were not politically consistent. HOWEVER, they WERE consistent in being amenable to GUN NARRATIVES in one way or another.
SO – this seems VERY important to Deep State. Gun narratives – violence narratives.
Thus, you may now see my concerns.
Anyway, I’m saying “good call”! 😀
Thanks, boss.
Sorry you went through all that.
Damn!
They underestimated your intelligence level, bigtime.
The rat bastards.
They say what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
But this is little consolation while you’re going through all that ‘strengthening’.
I cried for days in 1996 after Clinton was reelected.
I knew they were evil.
The must be brought to Justice for all their crimes!
Very much agreed. Now you can see that bigger picture. I may not be up near that 40,000 foot view, but I’m pretty high on the ground, Every day, I understand more an more exactly HOW MUCH subversion was accomplished by sneaking communists into top positions. They can do an incredible amount of damage. Thus, I am very sympathetic to the idea – the NECESSITY – of what is happening. But even then, I’m just catching up, like everybody else.
Trump has selected some really good people. When I think about how much change they’ve accomplished in 2 years, I am beyond impressed. It tells me that the system itself wanted to clean up, all along, but was largely deceived into performing actions that took it further and further away from a clean state.
MALWARE.
Sunday OPEN queued up … nearly just in time. Some outdoor projects kept me from getting to it until just now. Lots of balls in the air at the homestead.
Not planning to update my consistent open banter as I happen to really like it the way you crafted it to begin with Wolf and now is the not the time for me to get creative beyond me original commitment.
We’ll let Microsoft and Apple worry about “updates”! 😉
Great topic, BTW. I think Rick Joyner is onto something. I hope Q sees this thread!!!
As a teacher, Rick has been consistent quality. As a mystic dreamer and visionary, Rick’s brought some of the deepest impact on my own walk with the Lord. The book detailing some of his early visions, The Final Quest, rocked my world in the best possible way. The revelations therein delivered me from long standing bondage and set me on a course to become extremely dangerous for Jesus.
Tomorrow’s Open is queued up for midnight-o-one!
I do mention the ultimate MALWARE. 😉
Fascinating! Looking forward to it!!!
(Practicing my emojis for BUGS and COOTIES thanks to Gail!) 😉
🐝 🐛 🐌 🐚 🐞 🐜 🕷 🕸 🦂 🐢 🐍 🐙 🦀 🐡
Testing……
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Something like this happened to some of our regulars a few weeks ago. Someone “not like us” hit “Like” on older posts by us back OT. That WP account was Postcards from Russia and their website did claim to be from Russia.
Today it’s likes on 9 posts from the 3/17/19 Open by WP account triarianiindah, with a website at https://triarianiindah.com which appears to be only one month old and seems to be incomplete, but definitely painting pretty picture of young female “menjani” (young virgin dancer). Not sure what it’s about, so, reporting here for your Wolf review.
A post with a like from this account:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/dear-maga-20190317-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-102245
Thanks! Unknown. Could be a proxy for the ChiComs or the Saudis, too. Or now the NZ ProgZs. Thanks for the tip!
BoW gives a thread today to expose derp shade entrapment scheming online…
https://twitter.com/BardsOfWar/status/1111677940981514241
I had not seen this earlier, T3. Thanks – VERY useful.
Still got technology wrangling going on. Can another brave soul take on the Sunday Open tomorrow? Wheatie?
Is your tech stuff adequately fixed up, or are things still sketchy? Don’t want to push you if it’s a pain!
It’s not the sketchiness, it’s the time crunch. Now that all is settling in, I’ve got the time. And with Holy Week upon us, I am shoving some other things to the side in order to contribute here.
As you well know, keeping up with the comments can snow one under when life is pulling you in 20 directions. 🙂
Amen!!!
Ok, I figured out why some posts that seemed fine were flagged. The person wasn’t logged in correctly and so their posts were in moderation due to not being an approved user.
New potential author/volunteer for the Wolf Tree!
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/be-like-lions-not-lambs/comment-page-1/#comment-137554
Yes, I would like to be an author.
I have normally been using an iPad to access the site. But I have a desktop computer with wired internet ready to go, if necessary.
Wolf…I made that ‘Poetry Tree’ thread that we talked about, and have had it in Draft.
Could you take a look at it and let me know if you think it’s okay?
I kept it simple.
And took care not to put our Bakocarl on the spot.
My thinking on doing it…was simply to have a place to collect the wonderful poetry that Bakocarl has gifted us with.
It is not meant to ‘replace’ the posting of his work in our ongoing threads.
It’s merely a place to chronicle them…and have a place where we can revisit them…and also for people who may not have seen them when they were posted.
I also threw it open to any Other poetry that people would like to add.
So anyway, please take a look at it and see whatcha think.
If you think it’s not a good idea…that’s cool…and I will trash it.
Looks good! I added some categories and tags. Otherwise unchanged! Once it’s published, I’ll add it to the sidebar.
Okay, cool!
I just read through it again and cleaned up some wording where I had dropped out some words that I’d intended to be in there.
Heh.
I am bad about doing that sometimes.
I think I might work on the Tree pic in the header just a bit…try to center it better and see if I can get the trunk to appear in the Thread View.
Then will post it.
I am very, very good at completely forgetting to do categories and tags.
They’re not generally remembered! 😉
I don’t think it’s cool…at all…when one Author steals another Author’s pictures out of the media file and uses them before their thread is posted.
This is an abuse of Author privileges.
Consider this a formal complaint.
Okay, I see what happened now…
I loaded some images into the media file and used them in the Memorial Day Open Thread, which I then scheduled to drop at the end of the day on Sunday.
FG&C came along and uploaded some of the same images, then used them in his own Memorial Day thread.
I guess he didn’t check to see what had recently been uploaded into the media file.
It would’ve been nice if he had.
I apologize for accusing him of “stealing” them…but that’s what it looked like, when I saw the same pics used that I had just loaded in.
Sorry, FG&C.
😔😟
Don’t go away, you do a lot of great work on your Friday threads…and I would hate to be the cause of your leaving.
OK – now I see what happened! WOW – interesting. Picture collisions. Eventually, it had to happen.
I was thinking it was ME. I actually DO use other people’s pictures, and I don’t always know if they have appeared yet! I *try* to use only ones I’ve seen, but it IS a temptation to just grab them and use them.
(See my post below, too.)
No…it wasn’t You, boss.
Heheh.
And I doubt that you would ever use images that someone has already scheduled in to post.
You have the superpowers to look and see what is in scheduling.
And besides…you’re the Board Owner, so you can use whatever you like!
I avoid looking at people’s posts unless invited. It comes from years in I.T., where I did my best to avoid unethical behaviors, even when asked to do them (“It’s OK if you know my password – I don’t care!”). I generally avoid Googling non-public figures, too, in any kind of invasive way. It opens one up to being played or influenced.
That said, Wolf’s Extreme Vetting is reasonably deep, but only enough to determine if the person is potentially disruptive to the board. I’ve let a variety of presumed operatives and IC-ish people in simply because spooks are people, too! 😉
I know that sometimes when I’m loading a particularly delicious photo I am grinning thinking of you swiping it for one of your posts Wolf. Makes me happy to imagine my pick is going to be used more than once. 🙂
Oh! and I’ll try to remember to resize big photos to take up less space and remove photos I don’t end up using.
Thanks! That would be awesome. They do give us a lot of space, but I told myself that at 25%, it was time to get serious about things!
“Memes are important.” And that includes the ones with zero characters on the written parts! 😉
Was the picture used in a comment or another post?
I hope I’ve never done this, although I have seen pictures where I wasn’t sure if they have been used or not. I don’t THINK I’ve used them but maybe I did.
I guess because we have one big picture bucket, we need to be careful.
I do see a lot of great pictures in there that “I don’t remember” – I guess we may need to avoid those.
Does this have something to do with a thread that was posted and is now in the trash? Maybe that post can appear later, after the original thread with the pictures appears.
I DO think we need some rules. Here is why:
(1) I see a lot of duplicate pictures. I made a few of them, but I try to avoid it now. Why?
(2) We are running out of space. We are only at 25% USED now, but at the current acceleration of the rate, we could be out of picture space in a year or so. And that is important, because…
(3) I will NEVER pay for more space here, because THAT is part of the site’s bulletproof security model. It means that I will likely create a new site and let this one be “the old site”. We should probably postpone that event as long as possible, and that means to be conserving with image space. NO DUPES if possible!
It was a couple of pics…
He used the Eagle-sitting-on-gravestones as the Featured Image in the Header.
Then used the Eagle with it’s head bowed, in the main post.
I was faced with either re-doing my scheduled thread…or leaving it and letting it look like I was the one using his pics.
Sorry, I overreacted.
But it was like I had been hit in the forehead.
It’s been a rough week.
I try not to whine about my own health problems, but I’ve been struggling with some.
Nobody likes to get scooped, even if accidentally! 🙂
I’m not sure if all people are authoring articles while paying attention to the picture bucket. I am under the impression that some folks just add pictures to articles by drag and drop, and this is why there are so many upload duplicates and repeats.
Hopefully he won’t leave it trashed, or I may just publish it myself, if there are no objections.
No objections from me, boss.
He posted this in TTT’s Sunday thread, in case you haven’t seen it yet:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/05/26/dear-maga-20190526-open-topic/comment-page-3/#comment-158396
Rather than reply to him there and further trash TTT’s thread…I tried to keep it here in Logistics.
A wise move. I made some replies to put out the fires.
I know the feeling of “take the marbles and go home” – I get it all the time – but it usually passes.
We ARE the news now, and we have newsroom issues. It’s that simple.
Removing duplicates is going to be tricky because you won’t know if all of them are in use in links. Unless you crawl under the hood and check each one. Not going to happen.
Exactly. Not really worth it. Easier to start a fresh site.
Hang in there Wheatie. Big weekends have their own stresses even if we don’t realize it at the time. Have some chicken soup and romaine salad if you can. Always works for me.
Thanks, TTT.
😌🙂
Stress I can handle…but throbbing pain is another thing entirely.
😒
I don’t always make the best decisions when my brain is preoccupied with ignoring pain.
Believe it or not, dehydration makes pain worse. Celery, lettuce, cucumbers, chia seeds are all good hydrating foods… along with chicken soup.
What we need isn’t a rule as much as an awareness.
And one important step.
We need to NOT use drag-n-drop, but always use [Add New] button so that we SEE what is most RECENTLY added.
Any new photos are likely in the draft posts of other authors.
This one awareness will likely be all we need.
Agree…that’s a good step, T3.
I usually scroll down and take a peek at what’s been added.
But that’s just me…and my curious-cat nature.
Encouraging this step going forward, would cut down on the possibility of duplicates and misunderstandings.
😉🙂
Wolf’s comment about there being a drag-and-drop method of adding photos explains how someone could be using a similar photo and not even know it.
Exactly. I don’t really want to dictate how people do their work, if only because we are limited in how much of other people’s work we can see anyway, to say nothing of not wanting to inhibit people. But I think it may just help to keep an eye on that photo bin which we do share. A quick look, and if there are no obvious problems, drag-and-drop away.
The most important thing, IMO, is to appreciate that we DO SHARE MEMES – that is part of their nature, their goodness, their utility, and their strength.
So I reverse a lot of normal imperatives, and end up with….
Appropriation is a HAPPY CUSTOMER in the SALE OF MINDSHARE.
If nobody wants to steal it, it ain’t worth stealing.
Two daily threads are better than one.
Themes, homage, and re-occurrences are STORY, and STORY IS GOOD.
Beyond that…..
There is no reason to be “really” angry with anybody on the internet. Not to where you would even think twice about saving them from harm.
People do stuff for reasons, and those reasons usually make sense under investigation. So investigate.
If you are an author here…you can upload pics to your own (dormant?) site’s media page, instead of to here, and then put in a link to that instead. That will save Wolfie some storage.
Excellent idea! Thanks for that!!!
OK, people. It is past noon, and FG&C has not rescued his post from the Trash. Probably busy, like I was.
I am going to rescue his post and publish it, with a note from me.
-W
Have a question for you on Gab, when you get a minute.
Sure!
Wolf…Patrick/PHC could use a little help with something.
Remember back in the beginning, when we would post videos here…and they would show up HUGE and overlapping out into the margins?
It was right after you set up this blog.
Then…you adjusted something…and the videos posted normally after that.
Would you mind going over to Patrick’s site and imparting your blog-knowledge to him on that?
People are posting videos and they are dominating the page.
I mentioned it to him…and he said he would appreciate it.
Here’s a link to his current thread:
https://phc.home.blog/2019/06/04/after-midnight/
Sorry – I just had to crash my computer due to a possible browser attack.
I don’t remember which setting restricted videos to “play in their lane”. I will look later. It MAY have been part of the THEME that I chose, although it may also be a WordPress setting. PHC will have to experiment, or others can experiment on their own WP blogs and advise him. Like I said, I can look later, but not now.
I know that PHC needs some lovin’ right now, but there are other issues that only I can solve, and they need solution fast, so I’m going to ask other people to help PHC.
I understand, boss.
Sorry…I didn’t mean to add to your load.
Let me know if there is something I can do to help.
I have a question to help understand posting here. I have been a registered WP user forever, so I don’t REMEMBER not being one. Did you become a registered WP user when you became an author, or earlier? Do you recall? I am not asking about you, specifically, as much as just looking for information in general.
I set up my WP account several years ago…2013, I think.
It was back when I was hanging out over at AoSHQ…and their blog would go down sometimes, so they set up a Alternate Site here on WP.
I didn’t use it much at all until I stopped lurking at CTH and started posting there in 2016.
Does this help any?
Yes! You never had certain problems – this explains it.
I’ve seen where some people get the idea that they have to “set up a blog” in order to have a WP account.
It was not a requirement when I signed up.
But I’m wondering if something has changed since then.
Do you know if it is a WP ‘requirement’ now…to set up a blog in order to have a WP account?
I don’t THINK so. However, one of WP’s main methods of trying to GET people to register is pushing the blog aspect, so I think that may be where the idea comes from.
Well, it’s the reason that quite a few people give…for not signing up for a WP account.
So I wondered.
Wheatie – I may want to gab a bit tonight around the time the new thread goes up!
Will do, boss.
Wheatie, Wolf,
Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy could you check that my Sunday open posts okay?
wheatietoo could you keep an eye on things if I don’t make an appearance?
I’ve got Sunday’s post written and queued up for 12:01 am ET Sunday.
But I’ve got a packed weekend and may not be around to keep an eye on things.
I really enjoyed putting together this one.
Shavuot and downstream celebrations all in one place. 🙂
Will do, T*3.
🙂👍
If it doesn’t drop on time…I’ll do a tap dance until it does.
And I’ll keep an eye on your thread, for as long as I can.
Much appreciated!
Sounds good – I should be around to make sure it appears on time – if not, I’ll give it a nudge! 😉
When was the last time you checked the Gab chat?
Wolf, FG&C may need a little tutorial about reloading photos filling up the database. Take a look at the media library for duplicates. Not sure how to fix this after the fact. If duplicates are deleted, they will no longer appear in the comments/posts where they are linked. The links could be edited after the fact, but that is a burden on Wolf. So I think he just needs to know going forward so we don’ burn through this platform too fast. p.s., pls check Gab chat at your leisure. Non-urgent info for you.
It’s all good.
Did I get this right?
When the media/content in the database gets to the free wordpress limit then we toss the sight into deep freeze and will need to start over on a new one, right?
Wheatie had asked me some time ago to provide some things for a memorial thread to PHC that she wanted to put up when the time came. She suggested I post it here for her. Patrick had a health crisis in the night and is closing his blog at midnight tonight so the time is drawing close. I should have posted this sooner, but I have found it difficult.
So Wheatie, this is what I’ve got. I hope it helps. I’d also like to suggest you might post a song that had a lot of meaning for him, Kris Kristoffersen’s Why Me, Lord.
Wheatie, you may use all of it or none of it or pieces of it…whatever you think best and however you choose.
*********************
PatrickHenryCensored started out OT as PatrickHenryRevisited and ultimately became PHC.
Some basic biographical facts:
Patrick lived in Central Texas for most of his life. He received a college scholarship but rejected his father’s plans for him to be a doctor and enlisted in the US Marine Corps, instead. He served during the Viet Nam war. When he returned, he lived in New Orleans for some time.
Both grandfathers were in the construction business, and that’s what Patrick wanted to do with his life, so he became a builder of custom homes as his main business. Along the way he also owned a couple of bars and was a partner in a limosine service.
Patrick played guitar, sang, and he drew and painted, and we all know he could write. He drank Crown Royal and he smoked Pall Malls. He owned and thoroughly loved a Harley Davidson Softail motorcyle that he put more than 100k miles on. He was a car enthusiast and owned various collector vehicles including a Bentley. He loved birds, owning and training several along the way including at least one African grey parrot. He also loved the wild birds around his home. The cardinals and the wrens were the most tame. He went out every morning to fill up the feeders with cracked corn. If he was slow with the feeding, the male cardinal would come into his shop and let him know he’d like his corn.
Patrick was preceded in death by a son. He was married for 45 years to his wife whom he adored and called his Angel. He is survived by his daughter and another son, and grandchildren including a new one born recently.
He was a Christian man of deep faith which helped him make the transition from this life to the next.
Patrick was a complex man, and he was so much more than these simple facts can reveal. He was funny, and his humor was intelligent, and often ribald. He was kind, unfailingly courteous, patient, generous of his time and helpful. He was strong and compassionate and brilliant and cared not one bit what others thought of him or how he chose to live his life.
Some sides of him may seem paradoxical. He loved his Angel faithfully for 45 years, but he loved all women, so women were naturally drawn to him. He said many times some variation of this comment he made recently:
“God made me to love women.
Can’t argue with The Man
Fine work, if you can get it.
Love the job.”
Patrick’s Angel knew her husband well. When she came to visit him she would read the blog and enjoyed laughing at his flirtations.
Reading Patrick’s cryptic comments and seeing his likes pop up in our side bars brought a lot of joy. We’ll miss him even while we look forward to what he called, “The Reunion.”
Thank you, Syl…this is very nice.
If you don’t mind, I will add this and quote you.
I am still unable to post a comment on his blog.
It’s weird…it’s like I am ‘banned’ from there…WP doesn’t allow me to comment.
😔😩
Wheatie, you may use this however you choose. You can quote me or not, I leave it all in your capable hands. If it helps, I’m glad. Smiley provided a nice eagle picture…the eagle is flying into the light…he changed his avatar to that this morning. I don’t have the pic but Smiley could provide it. I don’t imagine it will be long now…
wheatie, one small correction…I said he liked to drink Crown Royal but it is Crown Royal Black Label. An important distinction, apparently! TY for being patient with me. This has about crushed me.
I’ll make that correction, Syl.
🙂
*Hugs*
I know what you mean about being crushed…this is so very sad.
😢😔😥
Thank you, Wheatie.
I feel like I let you down not getting it to you sooner, but I guess part of me was having a hard time facing reality. Is STILL having a hard time facing it. Thank you for doing this Wheatie. Hugs, Sylvia
You didn’t let me down, Syl…not at all!
I added your bio of PHC to the thread post.
It’s perfect.
😌🙂
I want to thank you both for doing this.
And Sylvia, I want to thank you specifically for tending to Patrick all this time. Not just as a good and kind and decent human being, and a member of this community, but because you made up for my NOT doing anything for him – or at least not doing much. WHY that is doesn’t matter – the fact that you stepped up and helped ease Patrick’s passing is a wonderful thing, and literally *redeems* this community.
So – hugs to the both of you for helping Patrick along. I really don’t deserve good folks like you two here. The only thing I can imagine is that this is some blessed endeavor, and all the stuff we THINK this site is for, is really just to make sure it’s here for something else. But who knows. I will say this. Patrick will know the truth before we do, and I’m sure it will make him smile.
SO – time for me to put up the next daily, and I’ll just hint at the closure of the PHC blog, and I’ll leave it for you all to fill people in on what is going on. The thread should be up soon.
Wolf, can you check the bin for me please? I have an orange one. Thanks.
Cannot find ANYTHING from you! It must have gone into “the pit of unquestionable spam”, over which I have no control.
Were there links in it? Something is very strange. Usually one has to use deep porno terms to make things go beyond where I can see them. “Rhymes with bunt” sometimes goes there.
It’s on the Social Engineering Post. The one about the kitchens. The comment is long enough I cannot read the whole thing without clicking on it.
Reporting in, boss…what’s up?
Probably re: my reposting a WSJ article. If so, no biggie and I can appreciate why. Can take it down and post a link to same in the Open Thread.
This was supposed to be in reply to you, Wheatie.
I hadn’t noticed that you put up a new thread…so I just clicked on it and it looks it’s been taken down.
OK, I’m going to have to be slightly unpleasant here.
FG&C just put up a wonderful article that MAY STILL ACTUALLY GET US SHUT DOWN.
And I really have to say WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK.
That was a COPIED, PAYWALLED ARTICLE from the frigging WALL STREET JOURNAL.
Barely a WEEK OLD.
In its fucking entirety.
And who is this “Wall Street Journal?”
A malignant MSM outlet that is absolutely RIVEN with communist TRASH – that was used as an assembly point for the TRAITORS in Fusion GPS – that is embarrassingly anti-Trump and anti-MAGA.
And you wanted to give them a CASE against this site? An ACTIONABLE CASE? POWER over us?
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?
It was a great article, BTW, and one that I can’t even READ now because I know it was STOLEN.
ANYWAY – the article has been taken down. TAKEN DOWN. The article is DOWN. FINITO. DONE.
Nobody had commented on it, and hopefully nobody but me saw it.
I’m not going to be rash about this, because it sure seems like something that somebody with a stolen password might do, but really – I’m scratching my head. You folks are smarter than this. I CERTAINLY HOPE!!! 😀
My apologies. I didn’t even think of it that way. I think it’s probably best i just become a lurker. I hate being a problem for people and no one makes me do or say the things I do. It’s my responsibility, no one else’s. Don’t feel bad. Love all you guys. Always will. Hope nothing happens because of this. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed. MAGA forever! See you on the other side where there will be no more mistakes! ❤️
Hang on FG&C, if it was a Wall Street Journal Article I don’t see the problem, but I don’t know all the details. Not like you’re trying to pretend the Onion is real.
The idea of you not posting here is a bit harsh – particularly in view of the fact that we have foreign operatives and assets of all kinds freely posting here – both beneficially and less beneficially – it’s simply not “proportionate justice”. I mean – who is going to engage and reverse some of this stealthy anti-MAGA stuff if it’s not YOU? 😀
I appreciate your willingness to offer a way to help me “secure the site”, because I was going down a somewhat nuclear road otherwise, “just to be sure”. (Not you personally – I mean the most likely parties who might mistakenly “order” this idea.)
What I have done is made you a “Contributor”, which means I just edit any articles you want to publish. It’s a needless, unnecessary step, really, but it serves to (1) show concern, prevention, whatever, in a legal sense. I’ve made it very clear that “it won’t / can’t happen again”. That protects us legally. AND (2) it secures this site against any possibility that I have made errors in judgment.
SO – feel free to post, lurk, or write articles which I will undoubtedly approve!
It’s ALL over, as far as those on this site are concerned.
W
Wow, holy crap.
Okay, I get it now… I think.
Was the problem that the whole article was copied? When the article was behind a paywall…. and thus we are distributing content for which WSJ should be paid? Is that it?
Yes. It’s heavily paywalled with a BIG MEMBERSHIP AD, 50% off offer, after paragraph 2.
Understood, completely. That would be a no-no. It’s why we only include first paragraph and then link to source.
Easy mistake to make, one time.
Hope we are okay and all is forgiven.
Forgiven, yes. Forgotten – we’ll see.
The fact remains that the LEVERAGE that would have been obtained here is very likely handled by a very specific player who would DESPERATELY want to shut me up or gain information.
That, obviously, is very hard for me to “unsee”. Hence my particular acuity of the problem with posting WSJ’s stuff without permission or right to do so.
Does anybody know which law firm(s) handle WSJ’s legal stuff? I will not confirm or deny who I am talking about, but – let’s just say they’re big shots, and surely handle SOME of their stuff.
I saw it, but only b/c I had the all seeing eye turned on.
You miss nothing, see everything.
I am looking at FG&C’s post on my WP Reader tab…which was open when he posted it.
So as luck will have it, it’s still there since I haven’t refreshed that tab yet.
There is no mention at the top of the post, that it is entirely a ‘reprint’ of another article…from WSJ or anywhere.
So it ‘looks’ like it is written by FG&C.
Which is a no-no.
Granted, he puts a link to the article at the very bottom…
But he still did not make it clear that the entire post was a complete reprint of the WSJ article.
You’re right, Wolf…it’s a great article!
And I am enjoying reading it, since I cannot see it behind the paywall at WSJ.
Heh.
But that is what crosses over into copyright violation territory.
So yeah, it could’ve gotten us in Big Trouble.
😬😖
The article is gone, by the way – no longer in the queue and “Private” – the way I left it. I did not delete it – I’m assuming that FG&C performed the deletion – if not, it is likely “somebody else” (COUGH, friend or foe unknown) did it. I have not told everybody about that part, but I’m sure a jury or tribunal would find it interesting, so if that is the case, no worries.
In other words, I cannot guarantee the integrity of data on this site. Just a reality of “hats” out there.
The deletion is a mixed blessing. We are no longer in possession of the stolen bits that would have given Wall Street leverage, but I am missing my evidence in case of an accusation.
However, I am not missing ALL of my evidence, and what I have is both good and suitable for fair and legal use, so I think we’re comfortable now. 😉
Are those images still in the media file?
I haven’t checked…
But those were from the paywalled article, so…maybe they should be deleted.
They are going to be “fair used” in a BIG and EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE article I am planning to publish JUST IN CASE there are any problems. They are also evidence. They need to stay right where they are. 😉
I get the near disaster you just averted Wolf, but people (including me) post images, text, sometimes substantial text of small freely available articles (with attribution) all the time. I get why it is an especially big problem for WSJ and similar, but I’m going to have to review copyright policies again as this gets me wondering…
Yes – there is a nebulous border in there. Very fuzzy. However, THIS case is amazingly clear-cut, and would put us smack into the hands of whoever handles legal cases for WSJ. Or, more ominously, whoever they would pick for THIS particular case.
[Be prepared]
That was an AWESOME tip.
WE ARE THE TARGETS. BUCKLE UP.
Psalm 3
1-2
God! Look! Enemies past counting!
Enemies sprouting like mushrooms,
Mobs of them all around me, roaring their mockery:
“Hah! No help for him from God!”
3-4
But you, God, shield me on all sides;
You ground my feet, you lift my head high;
With all my might I shout up to God,
His answers thunder from the holy mountain.
5-6
I stretch myself out. I sleep.
Then I’m up again—rested, tall and steady,
Fearless before the enemy mobs
Coming at me from all sides.
7
Up, God! My God, help me!
Slap their faces,
First this cheek, then the other,
Your fist hard in their teeth!
8
Real help comes from God.
Your blessing clothes your people!
The Message (MSG)
O.M.G.
Verse 7b. King David sure was a violent warrior!
If I may be so bold.
You all may need to implement strict rules similar to the ones I stumbled upon on Hot Air, following Flep’s link to their story on the Border Wall: https://media.townhall.com/townhall/privacypolicy/TermsofUse.htm
Yeah, we may need to LAYER on top of the rules that WordPress themselves have. Although I would likely make my terms much more simple and clear. Thanks for that idea.
Wise Wolf. I LOVED that beautiful masterfully written article – read it all and had written a comment praising the author Wotz. It was a masterwork. Made me wish I subscribed to WSJ. No wonder FG&C was super excited and forgot all the rules.
I appreciate/admire your fierce wolflike protectiveness of WQTH. You made a wise decision. Thank you for holding the fiery sword, watching and keeping all of us in line.
Yes, that article was a temptation. As soon as I felt the temptation, I saw the danger.
“All along the watchtower.”
From Wikipedia….
Several reviewers have pointed out that the lyrics in “All Along the Watchtower” echo lines in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5–9:
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise ye princes, and prepare the shield./For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth./And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed./…And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.[8][9]
I’ve spent a lot of time in Isaiah and need to spend a lot more. It parallels what is going on today, our fallen Western nations, our hearts, the rise of Assyria/Islam, etc. Shows us the road back to GOD, peace and joy….Just like Romans, Isaiah shows us our sin and how to be redeemed. So do many other books…in The Holy Bible, thankfully.
Isaiah 10:5 – Assyria (Islam) is a rod of discipline in GOD’s hand.
Isaiah 26:3, 30:15…then comes 31:8-9 – which says the sword of man cannot defeat the spirit of Assyria – only the Sword of the Lord – which is the Word of GOD – a confirmation of II Chronicles 7:14 re: the salvation of a nation.
Got it.
Just a few things…
1. I deleted the post entirely because I ASSUMED that was the right thing to do. Wolf has never made any attempt to reach me or ask me anything, either through email or by post here on this forum. Put another way, rather than have some back and forth, Wolf chose to assume he knew everything and give me a tongue-lashing. Ok. His choice and his prerogative.
2. Some of the images used were the same ones in the article, true, BUT I found them ALL on Google and copied them from the Google Images page, not from the article itself. In fact, I used many that were NOT in the article. Here again, you would never know that because no one bothered to ask, just assume. Wow. See where this is going??
3. The article was sent to me via email as a .pdf file. I did NOT take it from behind WSJ’s paywall. In fact, I never visited WSJ’s website at all. As such, I was unaware that it was even behind a paywall. And I can PROVE this, too. MORE assumptions! Are you guys having fun, yet??
4. In my opinion, providing a link to the article AS WELL AS giving info re: the author (his email address) is quite obviously giving attribution where it belongs. Said link was in the .pdf sent to me and I provided it specifically to give proper credit where it was due. Any insinuation or accusation that I tried to make it look like I wrote it is utterly ridiculous in light of this fact. Just as ridiculous, in fact, as accusing me of stealing photos from someone’s Memorial Day post. Interesting that the same person is once again making accusations. Actually pretty pathetic, really, but that is par for that woman’s golf.
5. Now, I have to assume Wolf knows far more about this space and it’s being “watched” somehow, in some way, by people Wolf refuses to identify. He only says this is happening, but interestingly has never offered any proof one can independently verify. That said, I DO have access to this site’s traffic statistics same as you other authors and, in internet terms, this space may as well be non-existent. Here is why I say this…
6. There is possibility, and then there is probability. It is absolutely POSIIBLE that some party might try to use my mistake to come after this site. After all, ANYthing is possible. That said, the PROBABILITY this will happen is fucking miniscule to non-existent. Here’s why…
7. The post was up for LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. It was taken down so quickly that no one could even comment on it, and less than 5 people even saw it. In other words, APPROPRIATE ACTION WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN. Put this another way….LEGAL REMEDY was satisfied so quickly as to be described as INSTANTANEOUS. <——- A perfect proof for how insignificant and minuscule this space truly is compared to other media outlets that can and do take DAYS to remedy a situation.
8. Given all the above and the past dramas that have taken place, I am no longer going to be participating on this site. As I have stated in the past, I dislike drama and my integrity means everything to me. From Wheatie to PhoenixRising and now to the Wolf himself, I am done taking slings and arrows for crap that isn’t true. Yes, I made a mistake. But not one that is going to cost anyone anything. And you people know it, too. In just a few month’s time, Wheatie accused me of stealing her photos on Memorial Day, then found out it wasn’t true after throwing a fit. Her apology was a fucking joke and she never took action to einsure I saw it. Quite simply, she didn’t care and was far more concerned with her own feelings….typical woman. Then PhoenixRising threw out a bunch of stupid, idiotic drama and blatantly leveraged her community popularity in order to dox me by saying a post I made was about her and she therefore wasn’t going to post here anymore….both statements of which were full of shit and untrue, as I made quite clear…and as she herself prove by posting AS SOON AS I DID….meaning she was waiting and watching for me to post. Now this crappy thread….full of accusation and assumption with NO…ZERO…ZILCH attempt made to understand or find out what happened. No questions, just assumed fact (for example, that I had gone to WSJ’s website, gotten behind their paywall, THEN intentionally and knowingly “stolen” the article in order to post it here….oh yeah, and let’s not forget that, according to Wheatie, I tried to make it look like I wrote it too, right?). I’m not upset Wolf took the post down….that was the right thing to do. I pissed off about the assumptions, the accusations made FROM those assumptions, and the lack of ANY effort WHATSOEVER TO DETERMINE THE TRUTH BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE TRUTH-SEEKERS!!
9. There are a lot of people here who claim to be Christian who need to be praying about their hypocrisy. I am one of them, of course, but then again I have never held myself out to be a paragon of virtue like so many here do. You and I know who they are, too.
10. Walking away from this community is going to be very painful and difficult for me. It has been a wonderful outlet to voice my opinions and beliefs. And it is very hard to distance oneself from a community that shares in the same hopes, beliefs, and values that we do. That said, please pray for God’s help in making the transition successful and to help me forgive all of you who I see as making this step necessary (as well as the reasons why). I’m not mad. I’m sad. If you think I want to leave, you are mistaken.
Quite frankly, I gave you the best of me, and you are not worthy of it. Any subsequent comment made by ANYONE to somehow imply or flat out contend I have not been a BIG part of this community will be a gross lie, and the person making it a LIAR.
Btw, I saw all the things you people were saying about me….how quickly you hypocrites can and do turn on someone. How, for example, I was “the best shortstop on the team, but you wouldn’t want to hang with me off the field” after PhoenixRising’s assassination of me when SHE arbitrarily decided a post I made was about her. I saw all the comments on Merica’s blog, too. Oh yes….I’ve been lurking there, too. Well, now your team can do without me altogether. And you can absolutely count on this, unlike PhoenixRising’s BS female drama. I will prove this by deleting my WP account, which will delete all posts and comments I’ve ever made. I will delete my account on Sunday at midnight after some time has passed allowing the people who need to see this post to have done so. And notice how I’m posting it here and not on the main Open Thread for all to see? You fucking women are such a pain in a man’s ass, and most of you are hypocrites, which is why God himself says what he does about women.
Last, but not least…
None of you, nor this community, has anything whatsoever to fear from me. If I was who you idiots have accused me of being, you most definitely would. But I’m not and never have been, AS YOU KNOW, so you don’t. Besides that, I have far more to lose than making trouble for you people would be worth. Give thanks for both of these truths.
God forgive you, God help me to forgive you, and God bless our Republic and President Trump.
Busy right now – back later.
Btw, let the record (while it lasts) reflect that I intentionally waited to make this post during the scumbag Mueller’s public testimony….in other words….when everyone else’s attention was turned elsewhere, so as to avoid making a huge ruckus about it and limit it to the eyes that needed to see it. I offer this as further proof of the quality of my character in marked contrast to others.
I love you way too much for you to leave, so don’t, please.
My post below was supposed to be in reply to you, Daughn. ❤️
I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I need all of you. And y’all need me, too. This fight we’re in is WAY too damn important to let a little online drama divide us. Our President…and our Republic…needs us to stick together and stay informed, red pilling others and supporting each other as best we can. This is our WWII. I believe this as much as I believe in America and the Holy One who appointed and anointed it. I hope folks will forgive my rant.
WWG1WGA
Relief. Throw my arms around you in a big hug.
I understand I’m not part of this skirmish at all, but that doesn’t matter.
I really don’t care if, one day, you call me an A$$hole. I will probably deserve the brief smack. Bottom line, I know I am YOUR a$$hole, you have my back and I have your’s, and that will never change.
We’ll figure it all out.
Hey, Wolfie, we have an idea to propose:
NYGuy came up with an idea and posted this:
As I find MAGA candidates running for office, I will post them. It would be great if we could set up a separate area to give these fine people publicity. POTUS needs the help.
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daughnworks247
August 12, 2019 at 11:21
This is a great idea, NYGuy, we need to discuss the “hows” and swing into action asap.
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NYGuy54
August 12, 2019 at 11:51
I love this stuff. Maybe set up a subsection on the daily thread if that is possible
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daughnworks247
August 12, 2019 at 11:53
That’s what I was thinking.
Mini sidebar encyclopedia for candidates running for office, listed by state/office/district.
Sure would come in handy.
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NYGuy54
August 12, 2019 at 11:56
All of us can populate it. Where’s Wolf…ask him.
Hey boss, Smiley has a comment that’s landed in the Spam Bin.
I noticed it when I was checking for Duchess’s Blessing graphic, which often ends up there.
Smiley’s comment is posted in Fle’s News Roundup thread…so I cannot release it.
I don’t think that Fle knows how to check in the Spam Bin yet, so you’ll have to be the one.
The comment looks fine to me.
Thanks – I’ll go take a look. I just watched the full hour of that Bob Lazar body language video. Totally blown away.
Wolf, I’ve queued up Sunday Open posts for the next three weeks in anticipation of travel and lack of access to regular time on my computer. These posts are “recycled” from some of my favorites.
I am hopeful that I’ve managed to schedule them for the correct time (12:01am) for the next three Sundays. WP was giving me trouble with scheduling. Perhaps you could take a look and see if the times look right.
As a side note, while I was reviewing former posts to choose the which ones might be appropriate to re-feature, I decided to create mirror copies on my own WP site (comments disabled, I have no interest in moderating an active commenter community).
These mirror copies, sadly, lack the most important part, the comments, but at least the images, text and so on would preserved if/when this platform becomes unavailable. I believe Flep is doing the same for the economic news posts.
My intention, when I’m back in the saddle will be to create new posts first on my own site so that my uploaded images don’t add to the media content limit here at your WQTH site. I can then use a single cut/paste to create the post here for our community to read and comment.
Any ideas or input about this plan would be greatly appreciated.
Link… https://kbmcgee.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/think3-wqth-mirror-site-intention
Sounds like a good plan to me! I will check those posts, and in any event I will “kick them loose” if they somehow get stuck.
Thanks!
It’s great to have a place in The Q Tree.
Boss, there are a couple of ‘orange’ comments in the bin, for the 20190824 Open Thread, that look like new commenters.
They look okay to me…but it’s your call.
Let me take a look….
Refresh your browser – the only two I’m seeing are from a known poster who asked for the two to be “deleted” (I just “unapproved”) so that they could share the link with friends and family.
Okay, yeah…they’re not orange now.
Thanks, boss.
I just didn’t want to click on them without checking with you first.
No problem – thanks for checking! A couple of older ones are “No – possible trouble – keep investigating slowly” and “Not enough data – keep in the parking garage”. 😉
S.O.S. to Wolf:
The Scheduler is gone from my author account. I have a couple in draft, went to schedule one and accidentally published it. I put it back in draft, but it needs to be scheduled.
Weird that scheduler disappeared, but sometimes the tabs at the top of that page turn into a single-button menu.
It’s scheduled properly now at 12:01 AM on 9/4!
Great, thanks.
NOTE TO WOLF
I’m not seeing a scheduling option in the content editor. Is it in another place?
You have to CHANGE THE PUBLICATION DATE into the future, for the “Publish” button to turn into the “Schedule” button!
I don’t even have a date to work with in the content editor.
Click into the TITLE and look to the RIGHT for the toolbox that pops up. Click on the link that says “Publish immediately” or whatever. That brings up the calendar.
I did that, and nothing changed. Did I maybe accidentally click on something to change the setting?
Click on the GEAR at the top right, next to the Publish button – that is the SETTINGS button, which brings up the right sidebar.
I uploaded a screenshot of what I am seeing in the media of the site. I’ll delete it when you see what I am seeing.
Click on the word “Immediately” which is barely showing in the picture! That should give you the scheduler pop-up!
Got it. Thanks.
Great! Sorry I was out and about all day – “duties” – errr – “chores”! 😀
Message for Daughn ~
If you are going to be putting up a Rally Thread today, you are most welcome to use this rally pic that is already loaded into the media file:
I only mention this in the interest of conserving space on our media file, which is filling up pretty fast.
🤓🙂
If you want to use it…simply use the Search line at the top of the media file:
Type in: “trump-rally-e15”
And it should pop right up for you to click on.
It’s already cropped with the Trump image to the side, so it won’t have the logo across his face…for use as a Header picture.
If you don’t want to use it, then that’s cool; I’ll understand.
No problem.
Hey Wheatie, I also notice the media file was filing up pretty fast. Been trying to “copy address” and then paste the pic which does not add to the media file. What do you think?
Or —- we could have a standard pic for the Daily thread? Might be a choice. Don’t want Wolf to have to pay for an upgrade on memory.
I’ve started doing that too…with some pics and with gifs.
But not with a ‘Featured Image’ in the Header.
Wolf said that the trouble with using hot links, is that they may disappear at some point in the future.
😕 Which would be a bummer.
So I’ve only been using them down in the thread post.
It’s totally up to you, though.
Just trying to help. 😀
Yes, disappearing info is no so good. We’ve had problems with it as well.
Hi Daughn, I’m just dropping by the Author’s thread and noticed your conversation. I’m going to post some tips about saving image space and other posting tips.
Okay, Wolf I have a draft of one of my promised posts re Scandals and men sitting on the papal throne. How much citation is needed? I did link a lot, but….
NEW AUTHOR TIPS
The steps I take might look like this…
1. Go to the WordPress editor page here:
https://wordpress.com/posts/my/wqth.wordpress.com
2. Right click on the “…” icon to the right of the last post I published and
Select “Copy” from the drop down menu
3. When the new post appears in the editor I make the initial changes
a. Update title to correct date: “Dear MAGA: 20191006 Open Topic”
b. Update topic in top intro line
c. Click Edit button (pencil in lower right corner) on Featured Image to change header photo
d. Click Gear Icon at top (just left of the white Preview Button) to see Post Settings
e. Click Status drop down, then Publish dropdown
f. Use the Choose a date to schedule to:
+ select date you are publishing for
+ set time to 00:01 (a minute past midnight because exact zero has problems)
(this should work, no matter what time zone you are in)
4. Click on the “Save” link at the top of the post
5. Click on the orange Schedule button
6. Click on the orange Schedule button (with exclamation point) to confirm
After this you can still edit your post (even after publishing) and follow steps 4, 5, and 6 to Update.
Really NEW NEW NEW author help here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts
Some thoughts about MEDIA | IMAGES | FREE BLOG SPACE
Wolf has “promised” that he will never go with a paid space due to unmasking during payment process.
THEREFORE Wolf has also promised that when we run out of space in the MEDIA folder, a NEW blog will be spawned and this one will sit in suspended animation from then on out.
Which leads to a question:
How can we slow the speed at which our MEDIA space is filling up?
My original answer, upload to Gab and use links here failed since Gab migrated to a new platform and all the older photos disappeared! Similar problems have occurred when Twister links went to accounts that were de-platformed.
An easy alternative is to post images to Parler.com as they use https://imgur.com/ and so far that platform has survived the tumultuous we find ourselves in.
Another ALTERNATIVE is that you can hope your WordPress platform survives the run up to the 2020 elections and host the media for your posts on your own WP blog (which is what I am doing now). Doing this simplifies the process for creating new posts as follows:
1. Create a new draft post on your site, adding all images, gifs, etc. to your own MEDIA storage.
2. Use white PREVIEW button in the editor to check out the results, before copying to WQTH site.
3. In the WP editor (not preview) SELECT ALL from your WP blog draft post and COPY the contents of the post
4. Create a new draft post here are WQTH and PASTE the post you copied in step 3 into the new draft.
5. Add featured image (can’t copy that) and schedule the post using the tips listed above.
If you do this, you will want to learn how to make a back up of your WP site using their export feature.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/export
Good ideas!
On another topic, have you checked out BitBox?
Basically it’s a browser locked inside a virtual machine (sandboxed) to isolate it from the rest of your computer.
https://support.cyberghostvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002248034-BitBox-Browser-in-the-Box
very cool!
Not sure, but may only be available for windoze OS.
Hi boss…could you check out the link in this comment:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/dear-kmag-20190928-open-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-265117
I think the link was a mistake.
Do you think it should be disabled?
I thought about doing it, when it was posted…but then thought I was being a worry-wort, and didn’t.
After reading your comment No.269373 about the recent hacking you’re experiencing…I flashed on that comment with the link to editor functions…and thought I should make you aware of it.
Thanks! Fixed it!
Cool.
I’m kicking myself for not fixing it earlier.
😬😕
But like I said, I figured I was just being a worrier.
Then after seeing what’s been happening to you, I thought I should make you aware of that one.
Been having a little bit of ‘activity’ like that too…but it is quickly dispatched by the zappers the hubby has installed on this ‘puter.
Interesting! I won’t ask about those zappers, to preserve their efficacy – but NOTED.
Back up plans are getting put in place. Am preparing a new back channel account. Will contact you there as soon as it’s up. God speed.
Thanks for all you do here.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/author-logistics-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-301116
And thank you as well, T*3.
😊🥰
Sunday Open full of snark.
Start here.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/dear-k-maga-20191006-open-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-272678
Ah, noted! Good response. I’d say somebody’s arse got handed back!
No urgency, IMO. We need a small amount of practice at being poked and prodded. I’m finding it useful, like the building of natural immunity.
Based on my deep assessment of things, we will have tools needed to deal with the inevitable escalation back from the workshop in time for such. And the hammer remains ready, always.
My finger was twitching. Being the thread author it was pretty tough to hold back and not vote someone off the island. 😉
Yup. For me it’s the opposite problem. I have that ONE ban that I’d really like to undo, but I just know it’s not a smart move yet.
BTW, we are under real mixed spiritual / cyber attack. Here is an example. Which I am using for some BTFO and also flight insurance, so to speak.
I’ve talked about how my wife’s YouTube feed has been very smartly tweaked by YouTube algos to influence her. Since I know what her buttons are, I can tell when they’re pushing her buttons based on what they show her – either as video selections or ads.
At first, it was anti-Trump ads and suggestions. MASSIVE anti-Trump. It’s very arguable if this was personally directed at her, but I had a suspicion that it might have been, based on certain characteristics and patterns.
Remember – SHE is the one who got ME to support Trump. That stuff just rolled off her back. No problem.
There was a LATER campaign that targeted all her friends and acquaintances, and that had MORE effect, but eventually it kind of backfired, too, as when these people would confront my wife about Trump, she started selling her friends on Trump – or at least how he wasn’t so bad, and it was working. HAHAHAHAHAHA.
The second time I caught them targeting her, though, it was something so off-beat that it was extremely obvious how she was being influenced AGAINST ME – or more specifically, about something that annoys her about me. See? This is so specific, it just could not be random. They used both ads and videos there, but primarily ads, since she had no interest in the subject at first, but eventually she did watch some of them. That was very obvious to me. I noticed it BEFORE it influenced her behavior, so that when it did precipitate ACTION by her, I was, like, “OMG – YouTube got her goat on this.” It would have strongly interfered with this site and my TIME and ability to work on it, let’s just say. Very cunning.
I defused that rather handily, in part by explaining that YouTube was influencing her. And – oh yeah – when people hear it and GET IT (light bulb goes on), it really works.
So after that, it seemed like they laid off a bit. But then, more recently, I noticed that they were giving her a LOT – more and MORE – of a very specific genre of video, and she was getting literally addicted to them. It concerned me more in a moral way than anything else. It is a mild form of cultural Marxism, let’s just say. She always liked “action” genre entertainment, but this is a very particular kind that is somewhat unique, and – in a weird way – *VERY* targeted to HER, personally, as in a CHARACTER. I noticed that odd point, but didn’t really think anything more about it. “Oh, just a coincidence.”
Today, she literally behaved like one of the archetypal characters in these videos. I don’t want to say what that was, but it was STUNNING. It was like she was possessed. LITERALLY. Demonically possessed.
Never, EVER, has she acted like this. She had perhaps exhibited a POTENTIAL to act that way, but nothing quite like it.
They could determine this from my and her NSA data. I’m sure that’s how it happened. They knew there MIGHT be a button there, and they actually pushed it.
Let’s just say this was a very dangerous button for *ME*. Bad for her, but WORSE for me.
They KNEW this. They KNEW this from our data. This was TARGETED cultural Marxism at the 2-person interactive level.
I’ve been in dangerous situations since Trump started running, but this was the most dangerous *physically* since I was set up in that “shooting gallery” op – the second one where the woman frisked me. There were at least 4 operatives on that one, so it was SERIOUS. And this may have been MORE dangerous than that.
SO – here’s the kicker. As this behavior started, sporadically, I started thinking I needed to get proof. So I got my camera ready, and I managed to get it on FILM. The *BEST* part. The NSA can get it. So can the black hats.
Now – nobody is going to want this, because if it happens again, my intention is to SUE YouTube for every last dime.
Remember their crazy vegan sword girl shooter episode in California? I believe that I can link this to that in a way that juries simply CANNOT dismiss. I think that I can explain it to the jury in a way that they will believe, and it will implicate the CIA, blowing some of their biggest cover. Discovery would have a field day. I believe that the CLOWNS are basically controlling the feed at YouTube and experimenting on people to drive them this way or that, and obviously they have issues with me.
So THAT is that. If this happens again, I sue the fuck out of YouTube and any government agencies that are working with them. And the money is secondary next to the warmth of the crash and burn of the Wocommie Empire.
Have a nice day, Susan Wocommie. You should not have gone after somebody who sees your plots as they unfold.]
I expect that my wife’s YouTube feed will return to things that undo the damage that was done. She IS a wonderful test subject – first for YouTube – now for me.
Yes, my wife now understands the connection of her behavior to what she has been watching, although this knowledge will not change her watching preferences, thus making her an ideal test subject. Of course, I have no idea who she might tell, but you never know how far that knowledge will spread.
Fascinating day, yesterday. I was almost a victim of MK a SECOND time.
Wow. 😳🤨
I don’t have a Youtube account.
And I don’t see any ads there, because of ad blockers.
But they do put up “Recommended to you” videos in the sidebar, based on what I’ve watched…or what mr. wheatie has watched.
Which really messes with them.
Hah.
The ‘recommends’ range from my music choices…to Fox news clips…to Car Maintenance and Home Improvement videos.
Heheh.
I’m sorry that’s happened to Mrs. Wolfie!
But at least it’s served to increase her awareness of what is going on.
😏
They’re much more subtle when they try to influence me! But that’s another story for another time. 😉
Yes – I think this really got her attention. It certainly did mine. I have learned so much from this. The power of YouTube is phenomenal. Videos are very powerful influencers. Which explains why NXIVM used videos to test girls at that college recruitment party.
OMG – that’s a bit like Aubergine in college, only they used real PROPS instead of videos. So it WAS most likely recruitment of some kind.
I completely get what you are describing. Amazing audacity on the part of the players.
Good. I’ve picked up a few tricks from Q! 😉
I hoped you would know what I was saying.
The full details (including some stuff that only me, her, and the 3-letters know) form a simple and *extremely* compelling story of inhibitions lowered through *shockingly identical* modeled behavior. It immediately jumped to my mind that CAUSATION was obvious. Told correctly, a jury will find for the plaintiff, NO DOUBTS.
They’re desperate. I think THAT is what is behind the audacity.
Another media tomfoolery I’ve been pondering…
What if your playlist (Spotify, youtube, etc.) has songs in it that have been, erm, “enhanced” to deliver a specific payload. Subliminal messages, brainwave state entrainment, etc.? How would you detect it?
I’ve noticed yootoob serving me copies of my favorite worship band music videos, but from channels I don’t recognize. What if these videos have been doctored? How would I know?
Precisely. You would not know. And this may explain how these worked so fast on my wife, although I don’t need that, for reasons I won’t go into. The psychology of these videos she likes is something I’ve studied quietly as she views them. It’s very interesting. Like I say, I would make an amazing witness on this.
I have no idea if my wife’s videos have been modified. Remember – they can do this ON THE FLY, so that there is no evidence left behind on the internet. But there IS at the receiving end.
You may want to use a video downloader occasionally and save some videos. Maybe every 20th one, save. Do it once a week. Dump them off onto a DVD.
Someday the tech to analyze them easily for MK payloads will likely appear, and you can test them.
Left you a request see in newer comments. – thx
Wolf Boss I’m having trouble with the 1st paragraph after the header on a new post scheduled for tonight’s release.
Can’t get the date changed to 20171010. perplexed!
duh, should read 20191010
We all have our moments with date confusion. Is all well now?
Wolf Boss is here now and thanks T*3
Let me take a look. Are you using the block editor? If so, you can always delete a block and then add an empty one back using the little “+” in a circle that floats above the top of a block when you hover near the top edge.
I tried that and repeatedly tried to change that date in the first para, but no luck.
Yes using the block editor probably not to my advantage though
I’m having a lot of trouble doing administrative functions right now. Every time I try to do anything that connects to an administrative function like checking your posts, I come under some kind of relentless BS that locks up my browser.
You’re on your own. If I can get in before tonight, great, but if not, just leave it like it is. If the post won’t schedule, somebody else is going to have to do a substitute post.
Things are going to get ugly this month. My prediction is that 8-chan will go back up, impervious to their BS, so they will pick on other targets, and WE are one of them.
I’m having the same problem on my laptop freezing up. On my iPad now(I hate this thing) which seems to be working ok.
Been having some issues with the laptop as of late…
Good news about 8-chan ,but the last sentence and WE is disconcerting 🙁
I just got in and fixed it. I also found that image on the internet (tumblr_whatever.gif) and fixed that, too. All scheduled.
OUTSTANDING!
TY Sir
You’re welcome. But you are really on your own next Thursday. Just FYI. Whatever you can do, just schedule it! 😀
This week has been bad for me. I usually spend a little more time getting the post ready,
but today has been a struggle to get everything done.
Not that I’m complaining.
Taking life one day at a time and happy I am everyday I wake up and still have the drive to get it done.
Amen. Every day is a gift!
I’m beginning to think we will need to be running our WP activities sandboxed in virtual machines.
The least resource demanding would probably be https://www.sandboxie.com
A more intensive option would be VirtualBox or VMware.
It’s less demanding resource wise than “burner computer” option, but would take a learning curve investment to implement.
For a lightweight initial option, maybe using a separate locked down browser just for WP work.
Any other ideas?
I miss triple T.
Theoretically, any uniformity across our group works against us, IMO. Randomness and unpredictable variation work in our favor. I have my own perspective on my own effectiveness, and my best tactic is simply not to talk about it, other than when I can get maximum broadcasting of blame and reporting on their tactics.
I’m fairly comfortable where things are right now. I may experiment with various forms of sandboxing if I have to do it.
Interesting… vocabulary word for this article: “neoliberalism” … Sen Harris, Doh-CA is sinking.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/465008-saagar-enjeti-ride-is-likely-over-for-kamala-harris
Okay, for a refresher…
UNDERSTANDABLY — IT WAS A BIG BIG BIG DAY YESTERDAY — one of our authors fell asleep at the keyboard and the MAGA Open was delayed. Happily Wolf was on the case, so I hit the sack knowing something would be posted, but it reminded me that I don’t remember our guidelines for this kind of event.
If we don’t see an Open posted before ????, then any author can throw together a backup for that day.
IS THAT RIGHT?
Thanks for taking it on this time Wolf.
If we didn’t have such early hours at our house, I would have tried harder to remember the plan.
I’m thinking about an hour is an OK wait. Remember – in my case, I can see if there are any drafts by ANYBODY. I could tell that Daughn hadn’t even started one, so it was really a safe bet.
People are afraid of there accidentally being two dailies. I absolutely don’t care about that. No biggie to me. I just know that people wait on the new daily threads, so it’s worth getting a new one up. But also not a disaster if it waits a while.
So I think 1 AM Eastern is a good wait, and if no sign, throw one up for the person.
Next time! 🙂
Again, my apologies.
Nothing to apologize for. Everyone gets to fall asleep at the keyboard once in a while. 🙂
We had just finished the rally. I was all jazzed up, …… and WHAM.
Wolf. Is this allowed?
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/dear-kag-20191016-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-282079
Food fight.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/dear-kag-20191016-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-282237
Push back against ill manners provokes the flamethrower.
Sometimes engagement just fans the flames.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/dear-k-maga-20191020-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-286102
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/dear-k-maga-20191020-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-286577
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/dear-k-maga-20191020-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-286583
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/dear-k-maga-20191020-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-286586
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/dear-k-maga-20191020-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-287141
Can dish it out, but doesn’t want if back…
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/dear-kag-20191023-open-thread/comment-page-3/#comment-288788
I’m taking lessons from D.P. …
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/dear-kag-20191023-open-thread/comment-page-3/#comment-288944
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place!
Beautiful to see it all running like a well-oiled machine (and it is well-oiled with prayer) while our host, the great and terrible Wolfmoon is off on a secret mission to contribute his part to saving the world.
Ha! A small part of that secret mission is about to be revealed! Stay tuned! 😉
Yes, it did run beautifully while I was gone. So happy! We are SUSTAINABLE, and I love it!!! 😀
Message to WOLF: I’ve got a draft going for an author post. Kind of a plea. Please, let me know if this is welcome.
Looks good to me! (I could have written that anyway due to FREE SPEECH, but I did look at it to provide assurance.) Just needs a header image!!! 😉
Thanks. I’ll Schedule it for Saturday, I think.
Hey Wolf. Your pet troll is at it again.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/dear-kmag-20191104-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-301109
Have you ever heard of a kind hearted couple that took in foster kids that needed a lot of help healing and learning to be part of a family but they allowed one of the foster kids to abuse the other children because, well they were kind hearted? This is starting to look a little too much like that scenario. Check yourself. This is too important a place to get this wrong. Thanks.
Buried in Truth! It was a long time coming, but it finally came. I missed everything earlier, so the RECAP by Wheatie was a great idea. BRINGING THE CONTEXT makes it clear WHY she chose to continue the fight – to not allow “duck and cover”.
But if troll boy keeps picking on Duchess…then it’s probably time for the Wolf to growl at him, boss.
I won’t growl – when it happens, he’s just GONE. When the Wolf strikes, it will be OVER and done in one bite to the throat.
But I think we have to also give him the opportunity to behave, too. He treats every sub-thread as a “new leaf” – if attacked b/c of a prior engagement, he considers that the other person “started it”.
The problem is simple. He is TRYING very hard to demonstrate Christian hypocrisy, and he’s almost doing it. He’s an excellent lightweight test for us, of turning the other cheek, and extremely good practice in this regard. It can be VERY difficult.
I think that standing up to him is important, and an important part of free speech, which curbs his tongue, and also teaches. But we need to become more artful in this regard, and doing nothing, saying nothing, is an important part, which will help visualize demonic activity.
I am seeing how he conveys cultural Marxist memes (we all do, to varying extents, all falling short), but he does it at levels that we all can see are likely hinting at actual close-to-the-surface demonic activity. I believe that an absence of engagement and a failure on our part to be drawn in on this stuff will make it dry up and blow away under some conditions. However, there are other outcomes that will demonstrate hostile intent and stronger demonic purpose – that I can act on to remove, in good faith toward free speech. We are not exorcists. We are close to where I can reach a branch in the decision tree that would mean a ban.
What I need from everybody is to turn the other cheek for as long as they can – and see what he does in that space. What I need to see will become visible. Who is in control? Andy or the demons?
I am not unconcerned about what is going on. Trust me, I am not seeing any kind of false symmetry. However, we claim to be different, and we really have to SHOW IT and PROVE IT WORKS.
Trust that I fully sympathize with those of us who react in righteous anger to the outrageous. We need to support Duchess strongly. The trick is doing that in ways that rebuke Satan and not Andy.
I get what you’re saying boss, I do.
But the toxic effect that the disruption trolling has on this place will result in people just leaving.
It already has.
Attention-seeking behavior is one thing…but bullying people is another.
Bullies love it when people turn the other cheek because it gives them power.
They use it to their advantage, thinking that they can get away with anything…and if anyone stops turning the other cheek, then they can accuse them of hypocrisy and thus act ‘superior’.
This has a demoralizing effect on the community as a whole…because people don’t like to see unmoderated bullying.
So they just leave.
It’s up to you, boss, of course.
But in this case…I think a stern warning could have a positive effect, without resorting to the banhammer.
I keep writing responses to this and trashing them.
I have reduced it to six words.
MAKE HIM RESPECT YOUR FREE SPEECH.
Sometimes that means making him FEAR your free speech.
Sometiems that means making him LIKE your free speech.
I will say more after I sleep on things, but I would prefer that people learn to COUNTER-PUNCH LIKE TRUMP. That means NEVER make the opponent the good guy by a dirty, late, or below-the-belt hit. When Andy is good, treat him well or at least respectfully ON THAT POST. When he’s nasty, BURN HIM LIKE A FLAMETHROWER – BUT ONLY ON THAT POST.
Don’t do late drive-by hits on “behaved” posts. Some (not you) do that, and it does not TRAIN properly.
Don’t assume that the “Jesus!” posts are malevolent. That’s the demon winning when you assume the worst. Think about how that works. I had to figure that out. It’s very smart. Incredibly tricky. If you CAN read the posts as a light-hearted running gag, consider that maybe you SHOULD read them that way.
If you assume bad intent on those posts, the DEMON wins.
The DEMON is not just working on HIM.
More later. I need sleep.
Messy. Don’t really want to invest much time in your lab experiments at this point.
“Keep it civil” assumes some self policing. While I admire your commitment to the guy in the gutter, I’d rather not be thread author while this goes on because I don’t see it at hospitality when the town drunk is vomiting on the other guests. I’m not threatening to quit, I’m telling you how I feel about this. I’ve been on the line for months considering to take a break or maybe even retire from authoring on your site simply because I have taken on more commitments in the local arena. The only thing that has kept me from stepping away has been my love and appreciation for you and the other authors and commenters here.
What you choose to do is solely up to you. You are the boss. I’m profoundly grateful for what you have created here and I am in no way second-guessing your approach. Thank you.
Here you go.
A little something to post in replies to “naughty” posts.
https://youtu.be/bFYO49dMRBQ
See reply to T3 below. I’ve given up on Andy. Give me an ACTIONABLE incident where he is NOT baited into misbehavior, but clearly the initiator. Just notify me when I’m online. No prior incidents that day. He has to attack, mock, or otherwise cause trouble AS THE INITIATOR. It needs to be fresh and outrageous.
Then he’s gone. Like I said, see below.
Thanks, boss.
I’ll keep an eye out.
I’m doing my best on this, but he called me the b-word while you were gone. At that point, I was done.
Yeah, me too, I’m done with him.
And his cat lady tag team cohort…just scroll, DP, just scroll.
Okay, not sure if you’ll see this reply. I’m late to the all these details and the big picture. I remembered reading the start of this thread, but obviously never continued with it. Had no idea it had expanded to this extent, and obviously the content has been serious.
I’m following links back and forth and just now learning more details of why T3 ended their tenure as Sunday author.
Andy is a challenge, but I guess one that I didn’t make a personal challenge. He does say inappropriate things but something drives him to do so. I don’t know, he has been a little quieter the past couple of days. Today is November 10th, so maybe being shunned a little is getting the message through.
It’s been a complicated business. If WordPress offered an “ignore” feature, this would all be over. Since they don’t, now they get TWO trees (or three, counting CTH) aimed at the DEMS and the DEMOCRAT FAKE NEWS!!! 😀
Two plus Marica’s spiritual warfare blog.
CTH – that’s a blog I don’t understand.
OT question: did you see my second reply about dreaming about the homeless being weaponized? Same principle could apply to other communities as well. Carelessness can be weaponized.
No, I haven’t seen it yet, though I will later.
Time for some bluntness.
I’m researching our drunken friend. It’s very interesting how he got here, actually. It was part of the “PHC event” which caused so much disruption. A group of posters from the non-political open thread at CTH all came together, including:
Dora
smiley2
mandy
andyocoregon
Duchess01
There are a few others, but these are the most prominent current posters from the lot.
All of the new posters coming here and fitting in caused a lot of issues. Free speech, Duchess and Andy were not a good combination. Note that Duchess MIRRORS her CTH posting here, and Andy can nick her for it here, which he can’t (or at least doesn’t) do there.
What’s interesting is that all of them are still posting on CTH. Andy’s last posts there were in June of this year, but I don’t *think* he’s banned. Mandy went back, I believe after a serious scolding for Eeyore postings. She is not banned here – she just left. Dora and smiley both recovered nicely from CTH Eeyoreism, and have had no issues.
If Andy can still post at CTH, I’m strongly considering just “banning him back”. He will have a place where he gets along with people and minds his manners. Duchess can and does post both places, and has no problems with anybody but Andy, and she has no problems with him there.
Does anybody know if Andy has been banned by Sundance, Menagerie or Ad Rem?
If we had an “ignore” feature, I would tell all the people who don’t like Andy to ignore him. Sadly, we don’t have that, and so I’m basically screwed on upholding free speech.
I will begin looking for platform changes that can get us to an ignore feature, but that will not happen any time soon.
I will deliver the bad news to Andy the next time he screws up, but it will NOT be if anybody here attacks him first. I want LICENSE TO KILL, so to speak, and if people nick him out of the blue, I do not have that. He needs to attack an innocent person. Bring me the evidence, and he’s gone.
Are we happy? He’s about to be my second ban.
Catch him throwing the first pie.
Got it boss.
Much appreciated.
Hey Wolf,
Congrats to you. You’ve done a lot of detective work, here.
Way ahead of the game.
As a contributor, it makes me/us feel more comfortable.
Thank you.
No problem. Things were getting out of hand, but sometimes it’s hard for me to see how other people are impacted, b/c I see things from an administrative angle that encourages a kind of “forgiveness from above” due to seeing multiple sides. It can be a mess!
You’re doing well. Sorry I missed the drama. Let us know if you need us.
OK – will do.
I will say this: that uncivility thread was enlightening.
Beyond that, some thoughts WILL remain unpublished.
🙂
While I’m thinking about it. Most interesting you could figure out who was posting in two places.
Don’t suppose we will ever know what is really going on…
…. but something is going on between the two sites.
Not sure how WordPress works, way outside my wheelhouse.
Yet, if someone is banned, they should be banned without a manual deletion of comments, right? And the deletion should be permanent until the owner of the page lifted said ban, right?
Makes sense.
Well
Yesterday, I was working on the rally thread, moving quickly between Twitter and here. By accident, dropped a comment “OT”. Didn’t realize what I had done until people started commenting on it and I received notifications.
Curious.
How could it happen if I was banned?
And yeah, I was banned, no likes, no ability to post.
So why is it, months later, we can occasionally comment and like.
Weird.
Big Mama Tea did fuss at OT for the bannings a few months back. I think that might have kicked some of us out of the dog house. We still don’t know who was/is monitoring our activity on this site and initiating the bans. At the time it seemed all so strange and life was too busy to invest in the crazy. Love my people here and so here I stay. Thanks for all you do Daughn.
That’s very interesting. You WERE banned – there is no doubt.
Wondering if your comment is still up there.
I have theories on what is going on. If your comment is still up, but you go back now and can’t post, it would strongly favor one theory.
Well, I know that I was a recent complete ban. About 3wks ago, Right after Q-Tree’s birthday thread. Until then my rare comments were going into moderation. Now, no comments, and no likes. Interesting, once banned you can’t even see who is liking comments OT.
In reply to above discussion about civility and uncivility…
In her usual succinct manner, DP has summed up an observed behavior pattern.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/07/on-expectations-of-civility/#comment-304406
After thinking it over, I highly doubt that this behavior will change on this site based on the m.o. as observed up to this point. An enlightening self-description came when he described what he considered fun for the trick or treat guests to their home. A sign on the tent he sat in said, “don’t look” and when they violate the injunction, the consequence dealt out is a full blast of cold water to soak the offender. Asymmetrical attacks that apparently soothe the person’s missing sense of feeling powerful in their life. Adults shouldn’t need to assault others, especially children, to meet some need in their world. Especially when the payload carries not just intensity but apparent malice as well.
In regards to needing to step down for now…
I do appreciate having a good enemy from time to time to strengthen me and develop a greater love for the One who died for me when I was still His enemy as well. And therefore I’ve been doing a lot of processing and listening since yesterday’s new developments.
I came up with strategies for how I would fully lean into remaining engaged. And then I finally just asked the question, “What am I to do?” and the answer was very clear, “Let it go.” This has probably been the answer since about July, but as usual I’ve been fighting my inner knowing that I need to step away from a current commitment to engage with other new commitments.
The timing of this is going to cause some people to assume I’m unhappy with the site or Wolf or others. Not true and I don’t really want to have a long discussion about it. Some people are just going to get it wrong and nothing I say will likely help.
I love this site and I love how it have challenged me, stretched me, made me a better person. But I must follow my heart and step away from the commitment to post the Sunday open, perhaps remaining active in comments when I have the time or fading away if that is what is needed for the other work I’m engaged with now.
You have my respect, my appreciation, and my affection, all.
I’m bummed.
I’m sorry Daughn.
I thought it might hit you harder than most because you are a community builder like me. Just know you will always be in my heart with great admiration.
No problem – I understand! I will take this Sunday’s open and go from there!
You’ve served this place extremely well, and I never really thanked you adequately for it – my mistake. But that’s water under the bridge now. I always knew you would do the right thing, whatever that was, and just let things go as they should go. Lazy? Yup – another one of my sins.
If you ever want to author a post, you will still have the privilege. I can remove it if you feel like it’s a temptation you don’t want, but I suggest keeping it in case you really think something needs to be said. Having that Occasional Author thing is very liberating compared to the daily threads. You don’t have to ask permission of any kind – just post.
Again, thank you for your service! It has been greatly appreciated. I hope you are still able to spend as much time here as your other commitments allow.
Thanks for understanding!
And yes, if an open door isn’t too much of a temptation,
leaving it open seems perfectly reasonable.
Blessings and grace to you along with all who dwell here.
AMEN!!!
I’m, like so many others are going to miss you’re Sunday posts T*3 but we all understand if you need to step away.
God Bless you and know we all appreciate your input and wisdom.
Please don’t be a stranger here!
Thanks. Just admitting I needed a break rolled a huge weight off me and I was 2x as productive at the office today.
Yeah, this site is a RETIRED PERSON’S GAME. No way would I be doing this stuff and working at the same time.
And yet. Nothing I love more than launching a new product. It’s been a good run.
Oh no…this is sad news, Think*3.
I will miss your Sunday threads and miss having you here on a regular basis.
🥺😞
But I understand, because I know how the weight of that commitment can weigh heavy at times.
I hope you’ll continue to check in with us here, though.
I will miss your valuable contributions.
Don’t be sad! We –every one of us– will always have the Q Tree in our hearts. What we let go of today opens up room to embrace what is coming tomorrow. The BEST is yet to BE.
I’m very sorry to read this. Really. For now, I’m sticking around, but today…usually I can take a lot, but I’m in tears being called things I’m not, and just being disrespected for being who and what I am. In tag team formation. By people who have never done that before.
I have to quit crying cause I can’t sing if I’m a mess like this, but I’m trying to get a book out, and it’s hard to concentrate….
Sorry. Maybe I just need a little break.
I am very sorry D.P.
Your own steadiness have been a support for me in my own times of trial. Thank you for that. If break can help you retain your steadiness, it’s worthy of asking our source of Wisdom for the wisdom to know how to proceed.
I can recall the very moment I discovered that nearly all of my family had been “making nice” for all my life but once the restraining influence (elder) in the family passed away, all the ugliness manifested. It was a horrible shock which took a very long time to resolve. Turns out the circle of people that were truly mature was far smaller than I thought.
Here’s what I am seeing…
The ability to truly SPEAK FREELY is “heap big medicine.” Many people living in adult bodies have no concept of the level of maturity it takes to PROTECT OTHERS FROM YOUR POWERFULNESS.
But, eventually those without the maturity to protect others from their powerfulness will discover that they become ruled by tyrants (surrogate parents) until such time as they can develop their own ability to exercise restraint.
Wolf will either let it become Lord of the Flies or he will develop benign tyranny for those that need it.
Boy, you can say that again. I was doing okay, and almost started crying again at the homily this evening. What Father had to say was perfect for the situation. And then the petitions were read, and I found out a mom from my childhood died. So, I have to go to a funeral this week. Then I went home for dinner since my brother we see once a year is in town, and he was explaining something badly and my sister blew up at him for what turned out to be no reason.
And to top it off, the dog I’m sitting with right now does not like other dogs, and every time I’ve taken her out today, we’ve run into at least one.
It’s just been a crappy day.
Nikki’s post from today may be apropos.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/dear-kmag-20191109-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-306193
Dep Pat – I strongly suggest you avoid that place. It was NOT made for you. It was made so you could stay HERE and others could LEAVE.
For what it’s worth, the attacks on you were wrong and totally unjustified IMHO, but “picking sides” only inflames things in savage fighting cultures. NOT HELPING a contestant is how you help them have a respectable showing. You have to take your lumps and know who stands with you through their silence.
T3’s analogy of Lord of the Flies is very apropos.
The bad guy martial arts center is next door. AVOID. Stay HERE!
I’ll avoid religious discussion. The priest saying Mass this evening spoke words I needed to hear in that regard. The trick is to be happy and content, and for them to ask why.
To avoid the place is…IDK, just not conducive to open speech. I don’t have to say anything to at least get a lay of the land.
the other thing I realized, is that by doing what FOUR people did this afternoon, they exposed themselves for all to see what they are. AND, that what we see as objectionable coming from our political opposition, is exactly how those people behaved.
EXACTLY.
In a way, Wolf drew them out.
BTW DP, I think I need to tell you, I’m sorry for being an ass.
Though at least I hope I’m a loveable ass! 😉
You are at least willing to admit that there may well be something out there you don’t know. You’re not one to come to a conclusion and then go looking for supporting documentation to “prove” a point that’s erroneous from the get go.
Plus, you don’t call people “arrogant” without actually having met the person. Seriously, each of us could be sitting next to the other(s) on an airplane for eight hours and not know it.
Frankly, if there was just a wee bit of selectivity in the boarding process, that would be an awesome flight! Either that, or let there be a “just tape them to their seats” drama in the middle, so there would be even more to talk about. 😉
DP, I’m sorry anyone made you feel that way today. It shouldn’t be that way.
You do a great job of standing your ground and I admire your faith and commitment. If I was picking people to fight alongside with against the black hats, you’re on that list. 👍
Teasing is one thing, and spirited debate is one thing, but being mean-spirited to the point where someone is genuinely upset just isn’t right, especially among MAGA patriots, and even more so among Christians.
I spent a couple years fighting in the comments section at places like Breitbart, back when 1,000 comments was a big deal (I just checked, there is a thread over there with over 17,000 now), so it was small enough that you could have extended debates with Lefties.
It was great training or practice, but it makes no sense to treat people on our own team (the people here) like this is a ‘live fire’ exercise. It’s one thing to spar and build each other up, and minor injuries are par for the course sometimes — but it’s a whole different thing to hurt somebody on purpose.
There are lots of effective strategies to deal with online opponents, and I wrote a whole long post before I realized that’s probably not what you want to talk about right now. I saved it, so I can post it later, if you’re interested.
What I really wanted to say is that there are lots of people here (including me) who value your contributions and look forward to your comments, so I hope you’re not upset to the point of thinking about leaving.
This is a great group of people here, the best that I’ve ever been around. There is so much happening right now, and this election year is going to be a crazy fun ride. There’s no better place to enjoy it!
Here’s your good morning song, and I hope you have a great day today 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZbIezChI
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And if that one doesn’t make you smile, this one has too 😁
So decent since the civility hammer came down, but a few teeth might be showing again. What is your take? Ends with HAHAHA to try and smooth it out?
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/20191113-schiff-show-impeachment-hearings-thread/comment-page-3/#comment-309588
Looks like baiting to me, but I’d prefer a consensus opinion.
P.R. opened the gate and in he went. Cuppa rose to the bait as expected.
Snark, shark, bait, schtick, stock.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/dear-kag-20191113-open-thread/comment-page-3/#comment-309909
T3, is this a private thread, or can anybody click in here if they see one of our posts in the “Recent Comments” column along the right hand side of the screen? Pretty sure it’s open to everyone, right?
Is there a way to ‘follow’ certain posters?
It seems like there must be, but if so, I don’t know how. The reason it seems that way is because sometimes when I post, even if it is to an old Article like this one, people see my post and reply or ‘like’ it, and I don’t know how they would be able to do that unless you can ‘follow’ people’s posts here, or they just check the “Recent Comments” column regularly.
By civility hammer, do you mean Wolf’s threat to remove someone from posting on WQTH and move them exclusively to Utree?
I miss so much drama that’s going on around here, and there’s so much happening, that instead of spending a couple hours getting caught up, I have to just skip to what’s current or I end up 5 or 6 threads behind and never catch up.
As for my take, I will wait to hear back from you here first. 👍
Not private. Only restriction is that this is only to be used for author’s discussion. (In my mind it’s ok that you joined to speak a kind word to one of our authors, D.P.)
Don’t think you can follow a specific person. Some get notifications when a reply is made to their posts. They will see those even if it’s older. Anyone using a reader will see all comments (ordered newest to oldest). And yes, recent comments are seen by all.
Correct on civility hammer. You haven’t missed much really. However the back story to the creation of our new wild west playground probably starts here:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/author-logistics-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-301112
“Not private. Only restriction is that this is only to be used for author’s discussion. (In my mind it’s ok that you joined to speak a kind word to one of our authors, D.P.) ”
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Hmm… I wonder how I ever stumbled onto this thread then? I don’t remember now, and I’m not in the habit of checking the ‘recent comments’ listing on the right hand side of the screen, but that must have been how I found it.
Thank you for the explanation on the ‘following’, I wondered about that, and wasn’t sure if I was missing something.
My take so far is that the Utree seems to be going well (I haven’t really checked it today yet), it’s just hard to keep up with everything. Before Utree, there was regularly at least one thread here on WQTH that I didn’t really get to or if I did (I do try to read all the articles), I didn’t have time to read 400 or 500 comments, between breaking news and scouring other websites for news and updates that people here would be interested in.
Now with Utree, it’s even harder to keep up with all the threads and comments!
And I WANT to keep up with them, because there’s so much going on here… which is great 👍
So that’s a good problem to have.
Utree has a different ‘feel’ for me than here. Here is more like casual, shoot from the hip and that’s usually close enough, so it’s relaxed or laid back. And I like that. It’s not tense like CTH always was.
Utree reminds me of Breitbart when it had less volume of commenters, so it has an instant familiarity to it, which I also like, for completely different reasons. On BB, there were lots of enemies, so there was a ‘thrill of the hunt’ aspect while looking for someone to fight with that is missing at Utree (because we’re all on the same side of the political fight here), but just knowing that it’s ‘law of the jungle’ changes the atmosphere, and forces you to think a little more carefully before you post, and to take better aim instead of shooting from the hip, because that helps keeps you avoid unnecessary trouble.
People are naturally more careful when everybody has a gun and nobody is afraid to use it 😁
So it’s a little like the Wild West, in the sense that in a town with no law, it’s every man for himself. People either practice their quick-draw skills in order to stay alive, or they’re careful not to provoke anybody. Or some do both.
You can always shoot your way out of trouble, and that’s fun too, but you have to have the time available to commit to it, because if a confrontation starts, you’re kind of obligated to see it through, and that can take a while… when you might rather be reading the latest series of Q posts or some other breaking news, for example.
It’s also very interesting to watch how people process the new environment and adapt.
With regard to the current primary agitator, I think I understand what he’s doing, and I don’t think he’s really trying to ‘hurt’ anyone’s feelings at all. When I didn’t respond in a way that he was looking for a couple or three weeks ago (when he began getting in flame wars with numerous people), he just moved on to find someone who would respond in the way he was looking for.
Like he’s testing, but it’s not pointless, it’s not just provocation for the sake of provocation.
But I see how many people don’t know how to respond to what he’s doing, and they get frustrated, and then confront him angrily — which escalates and then feelings get hurt — but I don’t think that’s his objective, or what he’s trying to do.
If I explain it further, I might spoil it. If I don’t explain it further, he might eventually be kicked off the forum before people figure it out, which would be unfortunate.
Link to discussion about media files on the site, using URLs for non-header images and ways to get the header image sized 14:5 ratio best per Wolf…
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/dear-moab-yyyymmdd-open-topic-exemplary-daily-post/#comment-240600
[…] November 8, 2019 at 11:35 […]
Hey, boss, I have an impeachment hearings post set for 0035 EST. Are there specific tags/categories for such threads?
You are welcome to scroll through the categories and add any that are needed. I don’t know if we have an impeachment category. Might be a good idea. Certainly a good tag to add!
For Wolf.
Another.
Hahahahahaha!!!
Link, for the record…
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/threats-of-personal-violence-even-joking-will-not-be-tolerated-on-either-site
Some are asking where the offending comment can be found. Most likely to help understand your internal gauge for what “over the line” looks like.
Yes – I gave the location of the published PM to Alison in one of the comments just now. I will put it into a second announcement later.
The funny thing is I haven’t had time to keep up this week, but I noticed that the trawler was investing time in provoking NF. My exact thought was, ah, he found a new target.
Ah, I see the problem. It’s obvious who is the one doing the provoking and the one who is reacting. Sad for N.F. you have to do what you have to do.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/20191115-dear-kmag-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-311605
Yes – just sad.
She posted over at Marica’s place late last night. just 1 comment she had been banned from here.
i hate to say it but, live and learn. Feel bad for her
Good to hear that she has a place to post.
I hope she finds a good place with lots of friends and support. If that’s Marica’s, then great.
Think of this as a forward combat unit. Not everybody should be here – and that’s OK. We’re still on the same team, and we can still respect each other.
This unit requires fighting strength and intense discipline. It is NOT a place for recovery and healing, or (in some other cases) untreated issues. Not a good place for untreated or poorly managed PTSD, depression, anxiety, borderline, or any of the rest.
Marica’s is a good place to get strong and contribute to the fight!
Well said and I’m sure nf will be fine…tough little gal imo.
You got my support. That’s my j o b just like I feel loyal to many at this place who throw some respect back at me.
Bin Checking
Bakocarl asked and Wheatie answered questions on this topic.
Answers copied from here…
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/dear-kmag-20191116-open-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-312412
To access the ‘bin’…you go to “Comments”.
You’ll find that in the menu on the Left Hand side of your editor screen.
Click on ‘Comments’ and you will see the different categories.
Click on “Spam” to see the comments that have landed there.
Click on “Approve”…if it is someone that you recognize and the comment looks okay.
Beware of comments that appear with an orange icon in your notifications.
Those end up in the “Pending” category…and be careful about approving those.
If it is someone you do not recognize, leave it for Wolf to deal with.
When you ‘approve’ of an orange comment, you are giving them access to making comments on the blog.
Nice!
Last point about orange comments – letting me look at them allows time for “Wolf’s Extreme Vetting”. I can then take responsibility for letting them in.
Very important!
Can any of you astute authors help me with linking the Jan 1st open thread?
First, you cursor over the link to it…which can be found in most all of the Open Thread posts.
Then do a right click.
Select “Copy Link”.
Then go to your post that you are creating and highlight the words “Jan 1st open thread”.
Then select the Link Icon up in your tools dashboard.
It looks like this:
http://www.endlessicons.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/link-icon-614×460.png
.
Click on that.
A little box will pop up, with a space at the top of it.
Do a right click on that space and paste the link into it.
I hope I explained this so it made sense!
TY
I would love to see someone make this into the basis for a post at the U Tree (with Scott’s permission, of course)…
Scott, Troll Hammer says:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/threats-of-personal-violence-even-joking-will-not-be-tolerated-on-either-site/comment-page-1/#comment-312622
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/threats-of-personal-violence-even-joking-will-not-be-tolerated-on-either-site/comment-page-1/#comment-313164
BTW, a thought just crossed my mind today. Predators do not just groom the target of their abuse. They are careful to also build trust and good will with THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE PROTECT their target.
Child molesters groom the parents or caregivers of their target so no one will suspect or believe if told of the abuse to come.
Online stalkers groom the strongest voices on the forum by presenting a false front to recruit their good will, hopefully allowing them a “pass” when they attack their chosen target(s). It seems to me that both Scott and Steve were recruited in this manner. I was watching and made note of the behavior at the time.
Take a look at the update I just made on the announcement. It explains a bit more about the “why” of things. 😎 Also Daughn mentioned offering NF some admin responsibility on one of her groups – I’m assuming FB. Sounds like a plan! 😀
Shatter a holographic community and you just get MOAR holographic communities!!!
Throwing this out there to the terrific rotation of authors here at the Q tree…
Ozzy (if he’d be interested and needed) would be a terrific bullpen addition to your crew, he such a prolific poster in the early AM aggregating a lot of news from a different angle.
I’m probably stating the obvious or the oblivious…just popped in my head reading through his torrent of posts this AM.
Thanks all
Thanks! That IS a very interesting idea, although there are serious security concerns b/c overseas. But it becomes an immediate option if I decide we can safely change that policy.
Itswoot, Wheatie and I all have lodged our reservations about allowing in someone who we remember as souring the sauce OT.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/maga-kag-rally-sunrise-fl-welcome-home/comment-page-5/#comment-322829
I’ve replied to Daughn about this!
Heads up, boss!
Having trouble with my internet connection…it keeps going out.
Been unable to finish my Open Topic thread post for tonight.
But will keep trying!
Wanted to alert you to the problem…and possibility that you may have to step in.
So sorry.
Sounds good. If you have not gotten it scheduled by the appointed hour, I’ll finish. I can see your draft, so NO PROBLEM!!!
Cool. Thx, boss.
Managed to get it done, boss…it’s scheduled for 12:02 posting.
Excellent! Thanks! Is your connection improving at all? Sounds troubling – this seems not to have happened before!
It’s in and out…mostly out.
Very frustrating.
Not sure what’s causing it yet.
Let’s keep an eye on it. Could just be technical, but the other side could be targeting your router. Are you having to do router reboots?
No, not really.
I think it could be a physical problem…due to construction in the area.
Got an upgrade earlier today on the firewall installed.
It may be too gonzo and is deciding that No Internet Connection Is Secure Enough To Be Allowed.
Heheh.
Will keep troubleshooting.
Been having connectivity issues here as well, but only at the homestead. If I’m on a job, no problemo. My guess is the provider, but youneverknow.
trying to be discreet in a post I posted but obviously my cleverness has limits and my memory is even more limited as I don’t remember the exacts from what I used last spring. Oh well. This morning’s experience was more of a shock, surprise and frustration v. feelings hurt and sad/angered. Frustrating as it is a venue for MAGA …. but somewhat intriguing.
Will figure it out and will continue to be a force for MAGA in many ways.
I saw your missing post, which went into the moderation bin. I don’t want to get into the tech specifics of security on these sites, but let me just say that you are highly unlikely to have more than short and limited success with any method of getting back on OT, even with the most informed strategy, and it would not be kosher for me to assist in it, anyway.
I would highly recommend putting your efforts into posting on both Q Tree and U Tree, thereby building up the latter, which will eventually draw a more secular and CTH-like audience.
One thing we need more of on BOTH SITES is commentary on Sundance’s articles There is no reason you can’t do comments here on the open threads which cite the TITLE, SHORT EXCERPT or MAIN IMAGE, and a LINK to Sundance’s posts, and then go into discussion about what he is saying – POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. This will be a good thing for both sites.
For example:
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see this linked comment as an example:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/12/02/dear-kmag-20191202-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-326180
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I used bold tags around the copied title, italics tags around the copied first paragraph, the copied address of the first image, and the copied link of the SD piece. If people want to read more, they have to go to his site and give him traffic.
Sundance may or may not object to the hot-linking of his images, but IMO they will drive more traffic to his site, and I love using images to get people to click.
Got it…I think
Never thought of it as asking you to help with something nefarious. Just goes to show that once again you have a bigger picture view than I. I was just curious. Had actually been curious as to why others who were banned didn’t simply start over with a new screen name, email and, if needed, via VPN. I will ask husband for advice as not something I know much about at all.
Yes, I agree with investing here. In my opinion, the comments section there Needed positive people as I appreciate the articles but hate sending people there these days due to the comments section – some of which is still valuable but much of which is pure discouragement. If even a MAGA site has that much discouragement then it must be true….is what I don’t want people to think!
Plus, it is already a larger platform so comments are amplified. However, I have already switched my more detailed posts to here…in part because they were never asked for over there. You are kind about my input whether helpful or not and that has encouraged me.
I was just asking in what was intended to be an open post with out using my current name in case I was just in a time out over there as it was a surprise to say the least. I was trying to post publicly but with an older wqtree name so as to be discrete but was not trying sort post a private message. It went to the bin because I have forgotten my original, peacemaker motivated name. It was faulty memory v. an attempt to be private or put you in an awkward position, etc. I apologize I came across that way.
Now, to see how long my time out lasts or if just banned. and to decide about screen names. A surprise so don’t really have a plan.
Shake the dust off of my sandals, move on and, yes, I will still read and appreciate the articles of SD at TCH. As to what he would like and what he wouldn’t …. I am the last person to ask as I obviously was wrong since I am now banned!
Appreciate your time.
I’m working very hard at migrating all my computing to a completely different and much more sand-boxed set of platforms.
I came back over here to quickly register the info that you might not see much of me until after Christmas and BOOM, the tyranny of the mini-skirt post by DP was just to fun to not burn some of today’s clock while reading.
Wolf, you’ve created the ultimate intellectual patriot’s “cheers” bar times two.
Kudos and BRB in some weeks my friends.
See you again soon!!! 😀
Good to see Triple T
I just saw this (I should look on this thread more often, it seems!) and I’ve been doing the same thing.
I’m now running a virtual Linux machine on a Linux machine, right now, and so (in theory) the internet should find itself corralled in a very tiny sandbox here.
The downside is I don’t get two monitors worth of screen “real estate” I don’t even get one, because to make the virtual screen the size of one of my monitors means the borders would need to be accommodated too, and I only have a fixed number of sizes to pick from.
PRIVATE_MESSAGE_TO_WOLF
(No, it’s not private, but I wanted to be sure you’d see it as I’m asking you a question.)
OK, now for what I came here to post.
I did this: https://marica1776.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/when-you-wish-upon-a-star/comment-page-4/#comment-117741 as a comment over at Marica’s. I’m not sure why, it just sort of “growed.” Their theme today is about wishing on a star.
I hate to see it get buried. I could turn it into one of my “sciency” full-blown posts over here, and normally, I think no one would mind, BUT I know sometimes people get upset with non-original content, even when posted by its originator.
So I thought I would ask.
OK to post this here as a break from politics?
Absolutely!
I vote yes! Sounds good!
Well I hope so…I did it back in December! (A tale of two stars)
Come to think of it, I think you did make some positive comments on it.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/a-tale-of-two-stars/
Nope, I went and checked. You didn’t comment on that one though maybe you did see the one I did a few days later on Sirius.
I’ve got another topic bouncing around inside my head, but first I’ve got to do a blowout on Uranium on the U tree tomorrow (it’s Uranium day there).
Nope, you didn’t comment on Sirius either. In case you never saw it:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/another-sirius-tale-of-two-stars
Question for other authors:
Do any of you write out posts in a word processor and then copy and paste into WP? Are there advantages/disadvantages?
I have one in mind and want to get started, but I DETEST the block editor that won’t let me just put the cursor in a block and edit. A lot of times, I have to delete the block and start over again. And this post can’t be done in one sitting.
Thoughts?
I have not tired this, but I have considered it because of the bug you cite.
My way of getting around the bug is to change the block type to heading and back, which frees up the editing capability again.
Yes – this is a NEW BUG in the block editor, that makes the paragraphs uneditable within a short time. They MAY be playing with it, because I’ve seen it change to some extent.
One approach would be to notify WP on their blog that this is still a problem. I believe it is cross-platform, too – simply a problem of the block editor, that did not used to be there.
But as you say, typing out on a word processor gets around the problem.
Editing is impossible after the draft is saved. I’ve figured that out. I think I can get around this with the entries being essentially bullet points with out the bullets.
My worry with the word processor is if you copy as plain text, the paragraphs won’t be preserved and all of of them will have to be put back in by hand. Another site I am on, I run into that.
I have to wonder why WordPress is losing functionality so badly. Is it just us? These are major problems. And it just gets worse. Also noting thst some problems are site and user dependent.
The other site I write for doesn’t have the block editor. I’m wondering if that might be where the glitch is.
I’m sure it’s in the block editor. There is some parity value that is getting mis-set to “no-edit” or “no-cursor-focus”.
Hi Wolfie:
I’m using Ublock.
I’m on Duck Duck Go
I have a CC cleaner and Microsoft firewalls.
I haven’t changed anything.
It started yesterday.
Computer hasn’t been turned off in that time.
I will leave you a message on the author’s post.
Don’t want to be a problem in the middle of a thread.
So do you see the TEXT of tweets, but not the pictures? I had that once, and the only way I could get past it was turning off shields completely, which I didn’t want to do. Eventually, they fixed Brave to make it work OK. It was some failure of the platform to work properly with Twitter URLs. Brave actually has a preference about allowing embedded Twitter posts, so you may want to see if that turned off somehow, if DDG has such a setting, too.
Correct.
Text and no tweets.
Started suddenly
Kills the Flep blog for me.
Sorry, text but no pictures
This means that the WordPress plugin is working, but it’s not fully reconstructing your tweets to include the pictures.
This is the DDG *app* – correct?
It is very likely an app setting. What OS are you running this on? iOS or Android?
I’m on a laptop.
I figured out what to do.
If I go into Microsoft Edge as a browser, I can see the pics. Was making me crazy not to see the pics for His Roundup.
Weird, but it works.
Strange thing, if I compose a post in Edge, a new one, the format for WordPress is strangely different. I’ve played with settings, etc.
Not a permanent solution, feels like running with a limp, but I’m getting there
Good. Twitter is making changes and browser makers have to keep up. Cabal browsers get notice others don’t, I suspect.
Saw a message from Gail. She has compiled notes on the Corona virus. Looking for a thread from either me or you, Wolfie. I sent a message back, saying I would be happy to do one, or if she wants you to do it, that’s okay, too.
I was thinking, and let me know how you feel…..
We’re already over 600 comments on the Update #3.
I was thinking about doing a new thread, Week #4/Update #4 for Coronavirus from Feb 8th – 15th. I also like the idea of moving it immediately to the side bar.
What do you think?
Do it!!! I’ll update the sidebar link when it goes up!
Gail has not posted as yet. When she does, I will throw up a thread if I can.
FYI, I’m so frustrated with WordPress I’m losing my mind.
Did a complete system restore, played with settings all afternoon.
To a point where the computer may end up in the driveway soon.
I need a break.
Taking a break.
It’s 5:00 o’clock somewhere.
Tell me your symptoms – they may have chosen to mess with you the way they messed with me. It’s coming through YouTube, as near as I can tell. If I never open a YouTube tab, Susan Wocommies little marxy minions can’t do anything, and I don’t have problems. But eventually, it gets to the point where I can’t even open an administrative tab for ANY reason in WordPress.
They’re hitting YOU because you picked up the slack in the rope. Sorry, Daughn – but now you see what I was dealing with.
you there bakocarl?
Found this thread per you directions . . . thank you. And made the changes per Sylvia’s advice . . . all fixed.
Thank you.
You’ll have to drop a reply on one of bakocarl’s threads to guarantee that he sees it. You can tell him to look here. Or just put a reply on one of his OLDER threads and he’ll see it in notifications.
Unless he subscribes to this thread (I’m not actually sure if that is done or possible on the WordPress platform), he won’t see it, because it was my thread initially.
I’m here . . . with a question.
Would it be OK with you if I did a “Midweek Message” thread analagous to the midweek church services that I grew up with? It would just be a simple devotional or a message pulled from the internet, without any intro.
I’ve got one ready to go, planning to drop it 2/19 at 00:04, unless you’d like me to hold off.
Thank you.
Let me put it this way – if I ever stood in the way of MORE GOD in the public square here, then Dep Pat has permission to rap my knuckles with a yardstick and wake me up! 😀
So more than just saying “yes”, I’m saying that I don’t even feel like I have the right to say “no”, without being a free speech hypocrite, to say nothing of a religious coward!
One of the great benefits of having the UTree now is that non-believers can congregate there if they ever feel uncomfortable that things are to gettin’ too “churchy” here for them. So I’m quite pleased!
I understand the free speech aspect, but I want to be sure that I’m contributing to the success of your blog, and not bending it, even slightly, in a direction that you might not want to go at that time.
Just remember, I don’t measure success the way a lot of click-counters might! 😀
Experiment is good!
Question for Wolfboss or any of the esteemed authors who might be able to help. I’ve been adding images on my blog spot and being the illiterate ‘puter person I am, having difficulty using those images to post here.
Thanks for all your help😁
Let’s try one right here.
Right-click on the image in your blog spot, then copy the image address (menu item), and then paste that in a comment below this one. Let me see what that looks like.
ok – I messed up that 1st one.Are you saying this is how we load images on new posts?
Yes, exactly. Use your blog to store images, and then use the URL of those images on the WQTH blog.
In a COMMENT here, you can always use the image just by pasting the URL and removing the “?resize=219%2C219” part at the end.
There are two ways of doing it inside a POST. One is just like a comment, the other is using the image block.
You can just put an image (like your working one above, which ends in the extension, after you clear off “?resize=219%2C219”) in a block all by itself. That will turn into a picture, but you don’t get full control of it that way.
The other, which I prefer, is to add an “image block”, then click the URL option, use the URL, cut off the “?resize=219%2C219” part, and then hit the return key, which creates an image block with all the resize handles and options.
Either way, the storage goes into a different blog bucket with more space.
Note that this does NOT work for header images. THOSE have to be uploaded to WQTH. Not a problem. It will reduce the number of images needed here.
?resize=219%2C219
I have, however, made an exception for JAMES COBURN images. He’s our mascot, and deserves special sharing among all of us here! 😉
i.e.
Cool – Thanks!
Dearest Wolfie, other authors, and contributors,
Need your input, please.
Today is the last day of the Coronavirus thread.
I’m ready for another update.
What I have been doing in the past is to go through all the comment section and cull info from the past week and add to the basic thread.
This creates timelines for each section. Problem is, we’re ending up with something unwieldy and confusing. It looks like a book instead of a blog.
Therefore, I believe it is time we go to a DAILY THREAD type format for Covid/WuFlu as well as a regular daily thread for these extraordinary times.
What say you?
Agreed!!! Things are changing too fast. And I like a separate daily thread for COVID. Very good. You can give links to the prior compilation threads.
Good,
Okay then, putting it together right now.
Yeah, I think that is such a good idea, I feel no guilt about “in before the others” to say AMEN.
Hey Wolfie, I’m setting up the additional daily threads for Covid 19, Wuhan flu, Kung Flu, whatever.
Is there something specific you want to call it?
AND
I’m going to set the schedule for these threads to come out at 12:06am. Normally, we have the regular daily come out at 12:01am Eastern and the COVID thread will come in after it.
Sounds great to me – and I think you can call it whatever you want. Just keep the date for searching! I like that timing – works nicely.
Banner okay with you????
I kind of like sticking it to China any chance we can….
Oh, you mean “that banner”? 😀 LOL
Fine by me!!!
Okay, done!!
On the issue of Virus Daily Threads. Some people are concerned the Daily Thread authors have their feelings hurt and/or the contributors are getting lost and can’t remember where they posted things.
Here is my comment.
I hear you and will let the group decide or Wolfie. Good with me.
I advocate on behalf of two threads.
Here is why.
1. Personally, I like two threads, because MOST of the virus stiff is here, and I can search and link to the big weekly threads. To link a Daily Thread would not work, see what I mean?
2. Also, many of us get to a point were we need to take a break and AVOID the virus. Daily thread is better and… nicer, mentally.
3. If we get jumbled and can’t remember where we put posts (easy to do) then logic would dictate we never need another individual subject thread. And then….. we would forget which day we posted a certain post….. so we would never need a daily thread for every day…. just one big thread.
4. This one issue will subside, the virus. Historically, it will be easier to go back and find info instead of searching through a daily.
5. The subject thread is easier to share across different platforms. It would be awkward to share our daily thread with some people and/or in certain social media platforms.
I think the creation of a separate string of virus threads – first periodic and then daily – was an inspired idea, and I’m still 100% behind it.
My main reason? Because the virus stuff is just nasty and I think it harms the daily threads. It’s like the hospital. It needs to be separate.
However, I am spending SO MUCH TIME there, I don’t know if there are negative impacts that need consideration, so I am very willing to hear alternative viewpoints.
I also think we are helping the administration and the medical fight BOTH by having separate threads, because those who need COVID answers – a very high priority – know where to look, and get our thinking in HIGH CONCENTRATION.
We will all be back together soon, either way. It’s not that much longer, IMO. A few months is nothing. Wolf is here for the long run, no matter what!!!
Agree with Wolf Daughn. Keep doing it the way it is. We need the Virus Thread especially now when this ugly bug is getting worse every.damn.day! It provides a wealth of info we all need to get through this.😷
Wolf, I just tried to post at the U Tree and got this message:
Been searching on the add author issue. Does this help?
Sadly, no. They removed that option – I cannot add – only INVITE – and it goes back to the same interface.
I sent a fresh invitation to user @thinkthinkthink – it will go to THAT email address, whatever that was.
Sigh…
Just checked. Nothing. Plan B, will create a NEW worstpress account and send you the handle via Gab Chat… three decades of working with tech has taught me that sometimes a fresh slate is the best state. 😉
Did your old thinkthinkthink account have a different email?
I’m in using the new account!!!
The handle won’t work! I can’t send an invite to a handle! Only to an email!
Howdy.
OK, this is coming from the old account.
Howdy.
This is from the new account, and was in moderation.
All systems are go, captain!
I’m logged in using a different browser to avoid conflicting WP cookies.
Can you think of any reason for me to keep using the previous account since it’s “broken” in some way I’m unable to figure out? I have no strong attachment. Can keep for archival (photos) use.
First, see if you can change this display name to thinkthinkthink – that will tell people it’s you. If that works, I’ll try making it an author on Q Tree, too.
seems so
Yup! You’re now TTT on the new email and username!
Changed it back. Hopefully didn’t break anything!
But, I do like the new name, so maybe okay to change back…
Whatever you want! I would suggest keeping the old account for backup to make sure your posts don’t disappear!
Absolutely.
And all the images used in those posts that are on my other site.
It’s like dual citizenship!
you have a lot of media space now!
That “thot” crossed my mind last night!
LOL!
I have to say “good THOT” just makes me think of this movie! 😀
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150319131832-01julia-roberts-super-169.jpg
Unless you want to just go with the new name.
sent author invitation for this site to this user!
Re: the possibility of a #DECLAS daily post, this was my last thought:
“After thinking about it, if the links to the documents are on the Judiciary Committee website, those can be copied and pasted. That isn’t going to disappear. It’s the Tom Fitton et al photographs that are an issue.
I think what we can do is have a running list of the declass links, and “What was new yesterday” in two different sections using the Twitter links. Otherwise, the graphics are going to have to be stored elsewhere if we want actual screen shots of the docs which could be looked at as reinventing the wheel.”
Okay, here’s the thing about the files from the Judiciary Committee: they are downloading PDFs. the first one is 37 pages long.
The FISA warrant application itself is 85 pages.
I’m currently copying photos onto my wordpress account and then putting in the link to the photos when we get to the drop down box for media.
It’s a pain in the ass, but it works. Cannot resize well on this computer, so I have to be selective about which ones I use. Only about half that I want will work.
I’m all for you doing a daily on FISA. Go for it.
The ANONS are restless and beginning to dig, BIG TIME.
Twitter is flooded with analysis.
Do you have hashtags? I have #DECLAS. I assume there are others.
Once Wolf give his blessing, I’ll get rolling. Just keeping a running list of links to the PDFs for now. I can keep a file with them.
I have a suggestion. How about the Covid stuff on this Tree and the Declass stuff on the U-Tree?
That would allow keeping the information ‘tighter’ and not spread over several threads.
The DECLAS stuff is not U-Tree material.
So long as there is a pattern to it, and I can get hooked into the right places on Twitter we should be good.
For quite a while DW and I have been discussing selling our house and getting another place down south to spend the winters and return when it starts warming up in the spring. Hey, it’s something every retiree contemplates when the cold weather comes. We are going to go for it when things calm down and we’re able to travel freely. Got so much on our plate to make this happen that I regret that I am informing you dear Wolf I’ll will have to bail on the Thursday open thread sometime in the near future. Not immediately but if you could find someone else to takeover would be grateful. Please let me know if I can help in anyway I can😡
Sounds good! I will put out a call soon. Let me know as soon as YOU know, what your last day will be!
Will Do.
❤💓✊🙋🙏❗
Wolf, Open Thread is scheduled for tomorrow and with your blessing I would now like it to be my last if only for the time being. Man!, I have a lot to do in the days ahead. God help me that this move is the right thing to do at this time. I’m not getting any younger and even older and wiser we never stop 2nd guessing ourselves. This place is my first go to and the last before I call it a day. This family you have created will ALWAYS have me to watch on your six.
t.i.m.
Thank you and God bless! You are hereby relieved of duty! 😎
Thank you for a great run! I will put out an offer for any volunteers to take Thursday night – if none take it, I will do it myself.
Yes, we have a great family here, and I will make sure it’s here for a LONG TIME TO COME!!! 😀
Again, thanks for everything – you really helped me out a lot, and I’ll always appreciate it. I know it wasn’t easy for you to pick up some of this obscure and picayune I.T. junk, but you dug in and did it, all by yourself, and it helped us greatly.
CHEERS and THANKS!!! <3
I think DePat’s DECLASS Thread needs to be added to the Key Posts in the sidebar, boss.
It’s getting pushed down new threads, more and more each day.
So it would be nice to have easy access to it.
😏🤓
Hang on…..
Done!
Thanks, boss!
I will let her know that it’s now in the sidebar.
She was going to make a new thread…but now that’s not necessary.
Thanks for doing that!
😀😊👍
On another note…
Steve posted this today on the Daily Open thread:
“A lot of people have been posting COVID stuff in both places, or non-COVID stuff on the COVID thread.
I think it needs to go away, it’s simply taking the place of this thread.”
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/dear-kmag-2020027-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-478373
Other folks agreed and have said as much too.
I tend to agree.
Lately I’ve been thinking of taking a sabbatical from doing the open threads, boss.
I mean…why bother?
The Daily COVID thread has been serving as the Daily Open thread too, which is fine by me.
So why have two?
PhoenixR and TheseTruths commented about too:
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PhoenixR:
“Thanks for info on the Declass Thread… it should be at the top of the threads everyday, imho… and while on the subject, the Daily thread is dying, has been for weeks due to the COVID thread …
I have just about quit posting, and probably will due to the fact that Duchess and I appear to be only ones posting on the Daily… wonder if that is why Pat Frederick hasn’t been around for almost a month now. No reply necessary.”
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/dear-kmag-2020027-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-478349
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TheseTruths:
“When COVID was new and raging, those threads were great sources of information about protection and facts about the virus. Now we know a lot more, and much of the COVID news falls under politics (tyranny of governors, states wanting money, etc.). I agree that that info could go in the daily thread, as much of it already does.”
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/dear-kmag-2020027-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-478435
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Like TheseTruths said…when the COVID thing was new, it was great to have a thread for information about it.
But now…everything has become intertwined and related to the ongoing COVID disaster.
And it is confusing for people to have two daily threads.
OK. I’m going to create a thread in a few minutes for explosive bitching by the entire site. I will sort through the rubble at the end and reconstruct a site based on who is still here, what is left, and who still wants to do open threads on which days. Everything will be up for grabs. It’s going to be Biblical – even if Carl is no longer here! 😉
This should be interesting. 😎
Uh oh…now I feel bad for bringing it up!
😬😦😔
No – it’s a good thing. I was not aware of the level of dissatisfaction. More than that, I’ve found it VERY hard to keep up with everybody – and that is exactly why I was unaware of problems. That needs fixed.
The best thing is to start over. Nuke EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY, so nobody has any commitments.
People now have to recommit if they either WANT SOMETHING or if they WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
This makes it a lot cleaner for everybody, and less/fewer hurt feelings.
We have NOTHING now. We rebuild ONLY what people want.
GO FOR IT!!! 😀
Check your Gab.
Thanks.
Trying to produce the Saturday thread, but my throughput is so low it took 5-10 minutes just to load the block editor.
It’s probably going to suck this first time around.
Don’t worry – short is fine!!! Introductory!
OK, got something passable I think.
Could you check to make sure the scheduled time is right? I recall there’s something funny about that when operating from a different time zone. I can’t remember whether I should schedule it for “midnight” or “10 PM” and if I recall, it’s not necessarily showing you what it’s thinking.
The desired result is one minute after midnight, Eastern Time.
It’s good! 12:01 AM Eastern!!!
Well it seems to have worked out tolerably well.
BTW I grabbed the eagle image, pulled it onto my computer, cropped it to the minimum size for a banner, and stuck the word JUSTICE onto it. It should, at least, take up as little room as possible that way.
Thanks for that!
Nice work on that header pic, btw…
I was wondering if you had worked on it to center it, since it looks so perfect.
Or if it was just serendipitous luck.
Nice job of getting the wqth logo and motto in the best position on the eagle!
😀👍
I did a slightly off center crop, just to make sure the eagle’s head wouldn’t be right under the Wolf Spot. I could have shown the fish he was carrying, or more of the wings; I opted for the wings.
Yep, I noticed that.
Very nice!
I do the same thing on header pics…especially the photos of PTrump.
It’s a shame the you had to sacrifice the fish, though…nice imagery in that.
As in “catching the prey”.
But I like how you did it.
Sometimes I include a full version of a header pic, at the top of a post…so people can see the whole thing, uncropped.
There’s no ‘rule’ that says we can’t do that, right?
So that’s something to keep in mind, when you’ve had to do some cropping.
Ack…*shame ‘that’ you had to
Made several comments on UTree.
Please find another author/contributor for the Friday thread.
Always thankful for the opportunity. Don’t worry, I won’t remove posts or do anything to sabotage. I’m just going away.
God Bless.
Love to all.
OK, I’m going to make one final offer. This is the “Daughn Wins Rule”, so I advise against rejecting it merely for dramatic effect, which you might regret later.
The idea is simple. All authors are free to publish WHATEVER THEY WANT. ALL authors. That means me, too. Nobody can come to Wolf and say “this is a problem”, because it’s NEVER a problem.
People can SAY (in a civil way) what they think, but their thinking has no effect. They’re welcome to comment or publish their own messages (if they’re authors) in contrary ways they see fit, but they can’t shut down other people’s posting. Note that this includes the case of “other daily threads”. Grumbling (in a civil fashion) is OK, but it has no effect other than any possible appeal to the reason of the authors themselves.
Essentially, I’m equating civil threads to civil speech. Free. It may be messy, but it’s a good mess, IMO.
You can accept this and stay, or you can say goodbye, and continue on out the door, in which case I will probably implement this ANYWAY just because I don’t want to deal with this situation ever again.
Your choice. But I need to warn you that if you say “I’m gone” to this final offer, you REALLY will be gone. I want to end the drama. This rule, and your choice to stay or go, ends the drama no matter what.
Whatever decision you make, will be respected!
No regrets.
And note, I didn’t bring the drama. I was blindsided by your public drama. Hell, I’m running away from the drama.
This has been going on for a month.
About a stupid thread?
Let Wheatie rule whatever she wants. Bottom line, I’m disappointed in you, for not handling it well.
There’s no coming back from that.
I wish you luck, Wolf. You were caught in the middle.
Thanks! You, too.
Do we have a saboteur?
https://utree.home.blog/2020/04/30/the-u-tree-canteen/comment-page-1/#comment-7175
Not here – not among us. If there are players, they are people we know OUTSIDE OF HERE. And for the most part, it’s just us. We all have different motivations, limits, open and hidden demands and non-negotiables – it’s a mess. I cannot even tell you the beginnings of what I know about what is going on.
All we can do now is play the bad position to a good one for as many players as possible, who choose to follow my lead. Same way Trump fights.
There is an outside hand on this, but it’s very hard to see. It’s not so much causing the problem, as making sure we cannot get out of it.
It’s very important to understand that – for “technical reasons”, I cannot communicate securely (my definition, not other people’s) or privately with Wheatie or Daughn except with extreme difficulty – to the point where it’s not worth it. More than that, during this “crisis” I wanted to keep it all in the open. Twitter DMs are like leaking stuff straight to the people trying to divide this blog. Facebook is 100 times worse.
No form of communication is secure. I have to keep secrets that would benefit others. Too bad, but that’s life. It’s UGLY.
I watched a friend DRIVEN CRAZY by the ChiComs, without revealing to anyone – even him – that I knew what was going on.
I dare you to find a bigger asshole than me.
But just understand this – who are the TWO PEOPLE who can’t get onto Gab chat for technical reasons? The two very valuable people who would most likely (in my opinion) be used to divide this site.
It’s not an accident.
The other side wants our thinking SEPARATED. They try to leverage that choice against basic site security (my definition), so that if I solve this problem insecurely, or wrongly, I create 5 new starter problems.
Nope. Sometimes one has to do things which are a bit inscrutable, and may even be despised for lack of an explanation.
We live in Justice Universe – Karma Universe. Every bad thought I had about Sundance “kicking us out”, I am forced to see now FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, but in the language of my own problems.
“Judge not lest ye be judged.” Still as true as ever.
They are going to do everything – EVERYTHING – to try to stop the next Trump term.
And we will fight them, and they will fail, in ways that will shock the world.
If you care about Daughn, don’t attack Alison. Support Daughn. I will be fine.
Somebody has to be the tungsten. And I’m REALLY good at it.
It is a privilege to burn up upon reentry, and serve God’s purpose.
I support YOU, Wolfmoon.
I know you are at the center of the whirlwind, and I am sorry for it. People are just so damned irrational. I get so friggin’ tired of their drama.
And I agree with Butterfly, about the saboteur. But it may not be about the site, so much as about the shit-stirrer personality type. I’ve know women like that all my life.
And then men like me play the stupid super-stir technique of “I’m stopping this car until somebody walks or tells me what the hell is going on – at which point GRANDMA gets out with her cane and says “See you all at church.”
LOL!
My Dad used to do that!
Hmmmm. Now that I think about it…. 😉
I have to partially take back what I said. Good sleuthing. Very good.
In one month she did some damage, took out one Author and repeatedly maligned another one.
Is the new Gab chat working for you?
It was, now says can’t find page. Is it down?
Try going in directly: https://chat.gab.com/chat
I figured it out. Does not work with MS Edge. Gotta use Brave.
Good. Check the PMs.
Re-verify our range to target… one ping only.
https://utree.home.blog/2020/04/30/the-u-tree-canteen/comment-page-1/#comment-7175
Hi Wolf, I was wondering if there was a way to “recover” an earlier version of what ultimately became my Luna Wolf Pack post. I had duplicated the tab as I was drafting that 1st official post. Prior to it becoming “Luna” the draft was a running list of ideas on things I might write about…
I copied that entire draft list into a document on my computer, but we have a crappy Word Processing program & that document appears blank now & I cannot access that list, not even the text portions, let alone links or graphics.
Anyway I don’t want to do Anything that might damage or disappear Luna, but I do hope to recover that brainstorming info that existed in that post “number” before the draft (copy) turned into Luna & the draft (original) disappeared or was re-written as Luna by default…
Later I might have questions about images but I’ll read through this entire thread (eventually) first to see if those Q’s have already been answered.
As a heads up, I replied to you via the notification bell, in a comment about the possibility of certain of my notifications that may be disappearing or being hidden. When you get a chance, if it’s not too much of a problem & won’t reveal anything you need to remain hidden, I’d appreciate if you address what I raised in that comment/reply.
Thanks again for all you do. God Bless & Keep & Empower YOU in & for & through all those many battlefronts!
I will look at what information there is still available (not destroyed) and get back to you. I may be able to clone an earlier version of your post into something you can deal with.
Thanks, Wolf, sorry to increase your workload. I really appreciate your help with this. There’s no specific rush on it either 🙂 Blessings
Found it earlier – see below!!!
Yes, Thanks again so very much!!!
Found it – here it is below. As to notifications – they scroll by into oblivion eventually. Just the way WP is.
Here you go:
Concepts
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Women in ministry/life
WolfMoon’s connection to that book, characters we identify with/why
Bio background to intro myself at Q-Tree
Good books to have in our arsenal, share about Man in the High Castle w/Chinese face in CA…
Free education online, like Hillsdale stuff
People we look up to who have influenced our lives: Sister Pat, Virginia Moti, Aunt Pat
Places where we refresh & regroup
Music that speaks to our souls
Favorite Bible verses for life
Historical food that says comfort
Movie Quoting Game by topics &/or source
Honoring our fathers & mothers
Pet Passions
Hopes & Dreams as yet unfulfilled
Favorite Characteristics to pass down to kids & society vs least desired
One perfect day…what would it entail
Vacation tales, what makes it special to you
How has God impacted your life & through you others
If I could have only one do-over what would it be?
Pithy tombstones
Prayer Requests
Favorite Traditions, Holidays, Cultural underpinnings
Classes you could teach
Men’s/Women’s Retreat best ideas…how to replicate online
Quotes to live by
Conservative Hall of Fame: Phyllis Schlafley, Concerned Women for America/Beverly LaHaye, Promise Keepers, Oath Keepers
Garden of Delights, scriptural & natural images
Prepper Nation recommendations
Must See USA/World
Passtimes with punch
Creation/Intelligent Design "proofs"
Mystery Science Theater style lines for video clips &/or images
Collecting crucial videos w/ timestamp descriptors, like by Gail Combs!
Music genre playlists
Favorite music videos
Recommended viewing TV, movie, online & why
Birth Family Searching tales
Michigan’s abolitionist & Republican party beginnings–refert to notes from the book club
Sharing instances in media & culture where we are being trained to accept the unacceptable, like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "mole children"
BHO background deep dive
historical books, gleaning gems from Google Books or Google scholar or Gutenberg project, etc…
Detroit disasters, founding in 1700, cyndislist journals, annexing surrounding communities, Cooley abandonned images, revamping Train Station, Paris of America, old Forts & flags over Detroit
Mackinac Island & Northern Michigan gems
Gaylord Roots & Wings
Cause to die vs right to die
deep dive on Gretchen Whitmer, Soros connections?
John James promo
9-11 remembrances
Is the Income Tax constitutional?
Favorite conspiracy theories
Book of Job, & other "direct" biblical descriptions of being in God’s presence
Power of prayer, scientific underpinnings
Light, RBY, as a metaphor for God’s 3-part nature
Old buildings, house plans, dream houses, dream properties
Nature vs nurture
Multiple intelligences
Who sinned that this man was born blind? Finding God’s glory in seeming "mistakes"
These Truths…what is Truth…is there Absolute Truth…objective vs subjective truth
Gospel comparatives, attempting to create an overarching cohesive tale…beginnings, feeding the 5000, any other gospel event that occurs in all gospels
Telling my tale of darkness & scripture memorization
Twinsanity story
How correct are doctors, by the book & anecdotally
Vaccines & their hazards, dig into the stats & share anecdotal tales
Useless eaters? tale of the woman who’s child was anencephalic, "breath of life" radio story, how compassion & caring for others is a greater good
Abortion as witchcraft & feeding children to Molech or Baal
Condensed liver transplant tale
Favorite clean comedians w/ pithy clips
Trump as encourager in chief…words of encouragement as a love language
Powerful, relatable POTUS, being prayed for, epic clips & tweets
FLOTUS Fashion FAves
Sharing some Psalms of Josiah contrast with some biblical Psalms
Based on science…just What Science exactly?
Thank you so much for that! When you searched did you see the copy/pastes of some of the interactions & comments & URLs that were to potentially generate stuff?
Up until I created Luna I was adding snippets of things from Q-Tree & sometimes elsewhere in that running open draft. Having that generic draft open in a tab made it very easy to “archive” the source of certain thought processes & give me the link to refresh the conversation to help me when I finally decide, if I decide, to write any such post…
There are numerous (25?) versions of the document – and you can see them all if you use the web interface to this site, and the block editor. The exact one you want is likely in there, and you can go there if you access this site using its URL.
How do you put your work into WordPress?
My recommendation:
go to wqth.wordpress.com
click on “My Sites”
click on “Posts”, look under “Published”
click on your post
click on the Revisions in the right sidebar
explore the different revisions
copy what you need
cancel to get out.
etc – don’t save anything
Thank you for (attempting 😉 ) to teach a (wo)man how to fish!
Note that I converted your post to the BLOCK EDITOR format, to make sure I gained access to the sweet versioning split-screen editor it offers. You MAY be forced to use the block mode and/or block editor on it in the future, in whatever platform you are using.
POSSIBLE FORCED UPGRADE, but a good one.
Thanks, more to think about & investigate then…always… 🙂
What theme are you using here? I thought it was twentyseventeen but I’m not sure.
BakoCarl–there are three eagle images now–we only need one of them and Wolf is concerned about space.
Can you delete image and image3?
Hey Wolf, here’s one blog that clicked onto Q-Tree today…hmmm…it’s protected & this is just FYI
https://executivetreehouse.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/mon-tues-wed-admin-thread-403/
Thanks. I’ll investigate later. Seems interesting, but I’m going to avoid distractions right at this moment, during this major offensive. Heck – I haven’t even looked at your post today. 😀
There are a lot of very “interesting” blogs and sites that “like” and follow here. Many are likely COVER for all kinds of people. I’ve looked into some of them – sometimes they are somewhat spammy sites and individuals who monetize on WordPress. Other times it’s clear that they’re cover for the other side.
My recommendation is keep an eye on that stuff. Also – I repeat myself for everybody’s benefit – do NOT approve any new posters here, or liberate posts in moderation or spam – that’s my job. Site security must remain super-high right now.
Yes. I figured that that specific link was one of the moderators at CTH but it’s purely a guess…Be safe & thanks for your eternal vigilance! We all rest well in the wolf den when the Alpha Wolf is on patrol…
Hi Wolf, No rush on this one but is this even possible to do??? as I imagined/shared here:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/05/08/collaborating-to-calm-cv-craziness/comment-page-1/#comment-491792
Valerie Curren
May 8, 2020 at 19:23 Edit
I woke up after just a couple of hours of sleep with the idea of the final resulting “go to” pared down post having the outline form Only but all links (well except for some Few crucial ones to keep front & Center, like Color of Law) will be available by clicking on the below format (for each specific outline item) to open up more detailed info:
Level 1
Level 2 (to contain All of Level 1–or maybe just a clickable link to Level 1, + Moar)
Level 3 (to contain All of Level 2–or maybe just clickable links to Levels 1 & 2, + our best deepest dive)
Then going forward we can keep updating the individual Levels as stuff develops, maybe with a date of change noted, but be Always sharing the Main post far & wide for all of us that so choose…
In this way we could even have clickable State links, like my Michigan stuff, like a bunch of Matryoska (Russian nesting) dolls…
What do you guys think of that (assuming it’s even doable with WordPress)?
Thanks for all the great comments & thoughts shared by Everyone & the good thoughts & even prayers of those who may not be able to comment or even choose Silence (Do Good 🙂 )..you too are Running with the Pack!
God Bless all Q-Treepers, Visitors, & Wolf Pack Leaders 😉
Play with it, organize it, and try whatever you want, just know that It can’t get too expansive or compete with the open thread, or become a morass of attention suck in any other way that I discover later.
I will help you by making key links in the sidebar once whatever you do takes form, just like we did with Daughn’s stuff. But be prepared to keep changing things as we navigate toward DENORMALIZING this Democrat-Chinese psy-op.
Headliners need to be SPECIFIC STORIES. ATTACK POSTS PREFERRED.
I may bop things up with a sticky at my prerogative.
Organize the hospital however you want. My job is keeping people OUT OF IT. Everybody needs to understand that.
They inflicted this virus on us to distract us from DECLAS. Not gonna work.
They get DOUBLE HELL for what they did. I need specific ATTACK POSTS to do that.
5:5? GOOD!!! 😀
Just FYI I just had to Re-start my computer Again, the 3rd or 4th time in the last couple of days & this time I was signed out of WP, not my doing, & that hasn’t happened in Many, Many months. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence…
Regarding the conversation above, chopping yesterday’s post down to a more bare bones, cliff notes version, to at least get the key points “right” is what I was thinking of. Also, I’ll split the Michigan thing off entirely & keep any of the splits & sub- or supportive/expansive data in draft form.
Is there a way to have the sub-stuff exist in an accessible clickable link form without having to “publish” the linked info “directly” onto your blog, so as not to take up focus & energy?
Perhaps what I thought of, previous comment above, is too ambitious or complicated for WP (or even me 🙂 )…I don’t want to create an attention suck at all, just (eventually) a very usable & shareable tool.
Thanks for your patience with me as I try to work into what you are looking for (from me) around here.
5:5 refers to what?
You can publish things on your own blog and reference them with links, or just feed them into this blog in one of three ways that let them go in without seeming to be taking up too much attention.
(1) space them out, and/or
(2) publish a bunch of them all at once, and/or
(3) publish in the evening BEFORE the Daily and Flep, so that they drop UNDER the daily features. They WILL get some quick attention that way, too, since people are bored and looking for new stuff by then.
5:5 means “fully understood”, and “5:5?” means “do you fully understand?” Usually it’s done with the expectation that the answer will be yes, and is somewhat equivalent to “know what I’m sayin’?” or a winkie.
Gnome sane? 😉
LOL. Language is too much fun when abused. 😀
Thank you for that! I think this means I will work on more of the Dirty work of re-vamping the Sub-posts on my blog to not clutter up the Q-Tree, & maybe try “hidden” posting to get URLs but keep my own blog more streamlined.
When I get the Main one “done” aka more cleaned up then I’ll re-post it for feedback & tweaking. When a pretty “final” version, suitable for wider sharing, is available, then it might be a massive dump (seems like the wrong phraseology) LOL of the main post & the sub pages–which were developed in my area but could be copied into the Q-Tree for All pages because you have Way More traffic & interest in this arena here than the few that wander into my tiny corner of the blogosphere.
Does that seem like a theoretically reasonable approach to this topic, at least in the present tense?
I think so. It seems like the whole project is more of a project and NOT going into the forbidden zone (2nd explicit daily), and that is my main concern. Beyond that, how you do it is your choice. I’m thinking that good sidebar linking as suggested will make it simple and easy for people to go there, and my concerns are going to fade away.
Great, once it’s basically “done” then you can park it where you will on the Q-Tree & I’ll use the pieces integral to tweaking that “final” version on my SpecialConnections blog as I see fit. WIN WIN!
FYI, I’ve now pasted basically a copy of the CV Post I did here on my main blog, here:
https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/freedom-from-fear-coronavirus-edition/
I’m going to continue to refer people to the Q-Tree versions of the post(s) because that is where the community & more free-flowing info & interaction is. I hope this is at least partly what you’re looking for.
I think it’s almost certainly what I’m looking for – meaning keep people here where they are comfortable and yet can be helped to get strong enough to walk away from being COVID-centric thinkers. I’ll have to see what the effects are. Hopefully what I am aiming for.
Proof is in the result, not in what we expect. This is very tricky. How do we change thinking AWAY from something which has to be addressed?
Follow Trump’s lead and Q’s pointers is my tried and true tactic.
It is my intention to wean as many people here as possible, as far away as possible, from the “coronavirus mindset”.
Q’s post today is where I’m at. It will be difficult for many to accept this.
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Video Meme: COVID-19 Used to Control You
Q
!!Hs1Jq13jV6
9 May 2020 – 1:16:01 PM
https://twitter.com/Mrtdogg/status/1258739295172677632
Difficult truth.
Q
Thanks, Wolf. I’m not a Q follower myself, though get Much Helpful Q-related info here at the Q-Tree & then via following leads generated here, like on Twitter. Hopefully I’ll have time to see some of these important videos…
I don’t think any of what I’m aiming toward in the CV post even touches on any level of CV compliance crap. It’s going to be about providing Tools of Truth, like the Color of Law, & info to ease fears, like the truth of CV, & the safe effective treatments available, etc.
Running after the latest CV outrage, other than pointing out where we need to be increasingly vigilant, isn’t my intended focus.
I do marvel at your ability to sniff out the Psy-Ops & help us all remove those sunglasses & really step out into the Light & see!
https://youtu.be/pQtwLmvVGEI
Do Posts have a URL limit like comments do? If so that might be my simple answer…
Not that I know of – posts are not moderated!
What is the problem you are encountering?
The tweets are not showing as images, just as the URL links to the tweets.
Hi Wolf, I finally “completed” the deepest level on CV I intended to do, & posted it here:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/diving-deeper-on-the-chi-com-virus/
The Problem is that I liberally sprinkled in Tweets & now it appears that most of them are not actually showing up visually, just the URL is available. Do you happen to know a fix for this?
It’s pretty discouraging to have so labored on that post only to discover that the bulk of it may not be easily accessible 🙁 I was planning to press through on the 2 less voluminous posts before we head out of town tonight, but if this Twitter thing has parameters within which the posts need to function then those other 2 posts will probably have to wait until I get home & have more regular internet access…
Sorry to bother you with this technical detail at this time, but if I can’t clear up the Tweet stuff then my post is much less “easily” relatable & it loses quite a bit of its punch. If it needs to be broken down in to smaller chunks or parts that’s something I might not do til I get back home, probably more than a week from now.
If the post requires A Lot of re-working if you’ll let me know & put it back into draft form then I’ll handle it when the holiday excursion, & beyond 🙂 are concluded.
Thanks for all you do! God Bless!!!
I can recommend using the block editor to fix that stuff right up. Are you editing through a browser or a app? What device?
I’m on a desktop computer using a Google Chrome browser. I didn’t “level up” yet as WP has suggested…
I’m converting it now – just loaded it in the block editor – taking forever to convert!
Sorry about that. When I was in the “edit” mode on the posts sometimes the tweet itself would show like within it’s usual view. Sometimes a longer textish version of the tweet would show (it would have the date, the author, the links, & any text, but no image)–it usually looked like that in editing.
Sometimes, especially if it was is the preview or posted privately view it would just be the URL. I was using the draft mode &/or private post to get it “done” before publicly sharing, like today. Also, I thought it just Might be what I Saw but others Might have been seeing the tweets (computer issues on my end)…sigh…
Interesting. Hard to know if block mode would fare better in the small or worse in the large – the latter an open question, given that I cannot do the conversion and it seems “whole-document-related”!
OK
Wolf, it’s too late for today, but what’s the thinking on separate show hearings threads rather than just putting it all in the Daily? There’s now three people on record “disappointed” there isn’t one today for Little Tony’s video conference.
I think hearing threads are great! Just like rally threads. I like threads. I think people are really getting the wrong message about “not two daily open threads”. I would like MORE individual topic threads.
Looks like some Spam got through, boss.
I dunno how it happened, since Fle doesn’t seem to know where the Spam bin is.
In case you haven’t seen them:
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/6-11-20-news-roundup-kayleigh-mcenanys-press-briefing-pdjt-hosted-a-roundtable-discussion-on-race-relations-with-prominent-black-supporters-archbishop-viganos-letter-to-pdjt-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-521739
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/6-11-20-news-roundup-kayleigh-mcenanys-press-briefing-pdjt-hosted-a-roundtable-discussion-on-race-relations-with-prominent-black-supporters-archbishop-viganos-letter-to-pdjt-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-521742
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/6-11-20-news-roundup-kayleigh-mcenanys-press-briefing-pdjt-hosted-a-roundtable-discussion-on-race-relations-with-prominent-black-supporters-archbishop-viganos-letter-to-pdjt-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-521745
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/6-11-20-news-roundup-kayleigh-mcenanys-press-briefing-pdjt-hosted-a-roundtable-discussion-on-race-relations-with-prominent-black-supporters-archbishop-viganos-letter-to-pdjt-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-521787
Wolf, I would be happy to put up a thread for the Trump Rally…especially since it is happening in my home state.
But I think you know, that I would be accused by the Karens of “taking over Daughn’s job”.
Which would make people uncomfortable.
😔😕
So I am going to step back from doing one.
If you are going to do the honor, and don’t have a header pic in mind…then this one might work, since it is from a Trump Rally:
Miss Wheatie, what browser do you use? Gab Chat does not work on Microsoft Edge, but it does on Brave.
Ah…then that is probably why Gab Chat doesn’t work for me.
Thanks, Butterfly.
I will ask mr. wheatie about switching to Brave…since I am an idiot about such things.
Hehe.
i use edge, but pull up brave for chats. Don’t switch, just have it handy. Brave got flaky and wouldn’t display tweets, unless you use the version that needs to be updated daily. Got tired of that as you have to do it yourself and rebuuild favorites every time. Edge is stable. Have hubby install for standby.
Ah…thanks, Butterfly!
🤗😘
We gotta keep each other in the loop!!! On your 6!🥰🤗
This post in your Monday thread needs an edit to undox the auth.
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/dear-kmag-20200727-open-topic/comment-page-2/#comment-558377
Okay…it will take me awhile to scroll through all the comments to find it, though.
Michael has sort of doxed himself before, T3.
😉😏
Link should take you straight to his post… ?
Second to last page.
Has word “LifeWay” in the post.
Yes, that takes me to the comment in the thread.
But to edit it…I have to find it in the Main Comment Bin.
Am working on it — nearly there.
Oh man, now I remember… the joys of a tool like WP.
It’s done now.
🙂
Thanks, T3.
Hey Wolfie, so sorry to bother you during this very busy election season. There is a bit of a problem with the recent post of Flep’s Twitter Travels
https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/11/02/fleps-twitter-travels-4/
Apparently some people can’t actually see the tweets, just the URLs. Do you know a fix for this? Should I break the post down into smaller chunks?
If you discover a way to show the tweets please let me know so that I can do the fixing & not waste your time further. Thanks for your help.
God Bless! Thanks again for letting me part of the (occasional) Q-Tree authorship collective 🙂
Several people have said they only see the URL’s, but apparently at least the twitter links work!
Exactly. If it’s just text, or text and a picture, you CAN pre-load those to WordPress using PARAGRAPH and IMAGE blocks. But video is very tricky, and I think a twitter link is likely the best.
OK I’m almost done w/ Flep’s media tab post so I may just let it stand. Thanks for your answers
As far as I know there is nothing that you can do. I believe it’s a problem with the Twitter plugin which is literally DESIGNED BY TWITTER to “accidentally” screw up tweets RIGHT NOW.
The only fix IMO which guarantees that people can see stuff is to DISSECT TWEETS and post the pieces. This will work for tweets with PICTURES but not with VIDEOS.
Thus, instead of a URL, you post THE ACTUAL TEXT using a text block and the URL of THE PICTURE using an image block.
If there is a video, you’re screwed, unless you know how to download videos, re-host them, and use THAT URL (e.g., on BitChute), or find the video elsewhere and post THAT URL as an embed block.
Howver, it’s easier and simpler to just include the Twitter URL with a dot after it for the video, so people have to see it on Twitter.
It’s very nasty. Sorry I can’t give you a nice answer. Twitter is no longer our friend.
“Twitter is no longer our friend.” Were they ever? Thanks for the info. At least it wasn’t my mess up, so for that I’m thankful 🙂
Okay, I just remembered seeing this author logistics thread. I’m have trouble finding where I need to go to start a new topic, and then post it to the main Q Tree page. What about working on it piecemeal and editing to add additional content? Is there a tutorial for a newbie author to look at for guidance?
Also, I’m not showing up as being an author next to my online/offline indicator. Maybe a reason why I’m having trouble getting started on my topic post.
Once you’re an author – and you ARE listed as one – you have access to additional tools in your left-hand sidebar menu which appears under “My Sites” when you click it (left end of black toolbar), as well as your “Write” button on the right end of the toolbar. If you’re not seeing any of that, we need to fix that by getting you logged in. But if you ARE seeing it, you should be able to create a draft and save it. That is our first step – get you to be able to create a draft.
What is going on here with this new post on 11/4/21? Note that the comment is posted on the 5/22/21 daily thread. Troublemaker?
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Yeah, this is Turkish spam! Sometimes they go into the moderation bin.
Thank you for the explanation. Delete any of the links in the spam post that I copy and pasted.
I also figured out why “author” isn’t showing up next to my online/offline indicator.
Standing by.
Hey Wolfie, Heads Up.
Start Here:
https://www.theqtree.com/2023/01/30/dear-kmag-20230130-joe-biden-didnt-win-%e2%9d%80-open-topic/#comment-1040771
This one is pretty marginal. She’s calm, engaging in protected disagreement, which you’re absolutely welcome to ignore as well. As long as she’s courteous, she can reply wherever she wants. Sadly, we don’t have a block function here, so again we’re at the mercy of the civility clause. Courteous disagreements have to be accepted, because they can be ignored. I do it all the time.
Wolf,
This is straight up harrassment now.
https://www.theqtree.com/2023/02/12/dear-maga-20230212-open-topic/#comment-1049511
This constituted a provocation. A few more of these, and I’ll employ moderation to filter out fighting words. But you’ll need to ignore courteous disagreement between now and then.
Learning not to be annoyed by courteous disagreement is a powerful weapon. Read what is said. Understand it. Disagree with it honestly without saying anything. Then pick one of two great choices:
(1) Respond with your great arguments immediately, and courteously. Or…..
(2) Savor your correctness privately, waiting for the proper moment to deliver your devastating truth. Courteously, of course.
I am hopeful that Gingersmom will see the wisdom of not trying to trigger you, because your invitation to simply avoid responding to you, but still disagreeing by standalone posts is excellent. I use that a LOT on Twitter.
Free speech. It’s a wonderful thing, but it requires a lot of mutual restraint. And I’m willing to fight for it.