Cover image somewhere in the Ozarks:
Yeah, that’s what the rivers look like.
Long day. Zonked out. This is a placeholder. I’ll put links in the comments once it is up.
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And, of course, the obligatory George Carlin:
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Thank you, DePat, for this Wednesday thread that arrived RIGHT ON TIME.
I was away from home for a few days. There’s no place like ho- CRASH!
Action shot of someone trying to put together a thread like DePat —
It’s not as hard as it looks.
When doing the morning read through of aggregate sites, and selected substacks and blogs, copy and paste links with accompanying snark into a notepad fileAs the day goes on, retweet tweets to store them in profile for later copyingCopy memes into the pictures folder. Yesterday’s cover serves as a bookmark for where I left off.On Thursday, there will be A LOT of memes.
Remember, in past lives I’ve worked in a library, and was an executive assistant. Organization is a hobby my family doesn’t understand.
The pros do it uphill.
Yeah, it is called Telemark skiing.
The Ups and Downs of Telemark Skiing Being a cheapskate I really loved Telemark skiing — lift pass? Nope!
Actually I was practicing on a bunny slope in NH one day and ended up as the ‘ski retriever’ for a group of amputees. With Telemark skies I could go up or down slope with equal ease without leaving foot prints so it was a natural fit.
That was in the early 1980s. The gear has evolved a bit since then.
My introduction to Telemark was via a caving buddy who taught the technique to the British Army recruits. He had me learning on the top of mtns. in the Canadian Rockies up near Alaska. I was skiing in snow that was well over my head. I know this because I managed to ‘fall off my skies’ and then had to get back on the bloody things with nothing to stand on but fluffy powder snow. 🙄 Obviously I finally managed the feat, but do not ask me HOW I did it.
Badlands News Brief – July 17, 2023
Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists
Well, somebody had to do it.
My heart just bleeds.
Voter rolls are garbage across the nation, and ProPublica runs a dozen sob stories against trying to clean them in Georgia. Then says, “the people trying to clean them wouldn’t talk to ProPublica”, as if that’s a surprise.
What’s worse, half the sob stories sound like totally legit reasons to drop people off the rolls.
This is one place where everyone, left and right, should be in full agreement – clean voter rolls. I used to get into it with a late cousin of my grandfather’s over it. Of course, he was such a reflexive Jesuit trained leftie, it didn’t matter how logical my arguments were. He wanted to find common ground and was blind to the realities that this is one place that should be above and beyond anything else.
“This is one place where everyone, left and right, should be in full agreement – clean voter rolls.”
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Why would Left ever want voter rolls cleaned?
Conservatives win when the voter rolls are ‘clean’.
The Left wins when voter rolls are ‘dirty’.
The last thing in the world the Left wants is a fair fight, because in a fair fight, the Left gets annihilated.
And they know it.
It’s only Marquess of Queensberry that wants a fair fight, that way they can lose with virtue, which is what really matters most to them.
^^^ This. From personal experiences going back over 45 years.
It has always been about the ballot, not the vote. Local participation in the election system is a must by patriots.
The fight is against the Uniparty system of retaining power. Which is centered around cheating the vote as necessary.
You’re assuming both sides value the integrity of the system more than winning.
There is only ONE side — not two
Ross Perot screamed it in the ’80s … RON Paul joined his choir and has never changed his tune …
Your point that it’s a uniparty is true, but I was talking about us vs. the Uniparty.
Sorry … reading comprehension problem …
still on first cuppa, late night … 😍
Fair enough!
Many of us suffer now and then from too much blood in the caffeine stream.
Ex-Trump chief of staff Kelly says second term would be ‘nonstop gunfight’
Bring it on.
Yeah, except this time our guns would be loaded.
Amazing the things he says. What an insignificant POS Kelly is.
Which proves, once again, that even PDT probably did not fully understand the depth of the treason, corruption and buffoonery when he walked into the oval office. He thought the military would be in his corner.
Most of his hires felt they needed to rein him in for their own doofus or swamp reasons. Yet, ISIS was destroyed, ME peace occurred, North Korea bridge building occurred, USMCA occurred, exits of bad trade and climate pacts occurred, wall building began, the economy took off like a rocket ship, and so on. America was once again respected on the world stage and people had jobs making good money.
If that is what chaos and a gunfight delivers, sign me up.
I’m of the opinion that Kelly is one of the “great actors” described by Q. Trump knew who was on what side from the beginning. I have no doubt.
Not to be controversial about this topic DP but I believe Trump was hoodwinked numerous times by a great number of people. Pence being the most obvious example of betrayal. Of course, just what I observed from my seat in the balcony.
… through your opera glasses. 😆
Shades of Murdoch on the A-Team where in the midst of terror at an opera, an opera-goer asked, “what’s going on here?” to which Murdoch replied, “I believe it’s Rigoletto”…..
I take my binoculars. I am deplorable middle class all the way.
Those around you are aghast …
Something like this? (you have to hold them upside-down 🙂 )….
An unpopular opinion, but in my view, you are correct.
It’s only unpopular with people who think “Trump can’t possibly have made a mistake its all part of the Plan.”
I know. But there are quite a few of those.
No doubt he got fed false information, and didn’t get fed a lot of true information.
But some of the people he brought in were people he already knew, and they turned out to be backstabbers or not sufficiently MAGA.
If blackmail is as pervasive as you imply, there’s basically absolutely no one Trump can hire, period.
As long as he tosses NSA/NSC out of the WH, things should go smoother
He better dismantle them.
If he doesn’t, they’ll just continue attacking the Executive Branch until they win.
If people think Elon is having trouble rooting out infiltrators from Tweeter, just imagine the job of rooting out infiltrators and bad actors from the Behemoth of the Federal Gargantuan Government.
Smelly Kelly…
Cocked, locked and ready to rock!
Within the past week, cleaned and function checked. 
Mine are all at the bottom of a lake. Terrible boating accident!
what a coincidence!
so are ours!
and our son’s
AND our daughter’s
what are the odds?
S___ happens. It does. It really, really does. 
Lol! Conservatives do love water sports!
The bottoms of every lake in flyover country must be five feet deep in dropped firearms.
At least I know where to go find some to replace the ones I dropped.
Sort of like ‘Take a penny, leave a penny’.
Lol, invest in dive gear.
Try that in a small town.
The Classic Psychology Text That Predicted Today’s Urban Decay
The story was interesting, of the cult that predicted the flood and how their failed prediction didn’t seem to make them start thinking that perhaps this was a fiction all the time, but instead they doubled down.
This resembles the way the climate «prophets» have been announcing one disaster after another for the last 60 years (or more), yet they never seem to stop and think about whether this is something real, or just fiction. Instead the story goes ever more like «next time is for real! Be Prepared!», and then the next disaster completely fails to appear as well. Repeat while profitable.
And in the normal dry spells in between, as as happened in the Ahr valley over here the last 40 years or so, they forget about patterns, and the past, and build houses and other structures in flood plains.
Then, again cyclical, rains occur, then floods, and they declare… OOOHHHHH NOOOEES, GORE-BULL WARMING…. and cry for ever more measures against that horrible CO², never thinking about RED China, India, and all the other countries that spew hundreds of times as much as Germany. As if Germany could cancel that out.
As if CO² were even a problem.
Then, after the smoke, OK, water, clears (and nothing useful is done by TPTB, natch) they quietly walk back the BS, and start building again in the same flood plain.
Die Linke, SPD, Greens, FDP, CDU/CSU (now both greener than green) are all on the same Merkel’sche page… no logic, no background, no science, only profi for the prophets of planned doom… only the AfD (our MAGA) say anything or suggest anything useful, and they’re viciously attacked for that…
The latest on that front is that the not Cs of the traffic-light coalition are discussing taking away passports from known “right-wing extremists”, or even people possibly headed to cities where so-called right-wing extremism exists! Meanwhile, the polling numbers for the traffic-light and “I know nothink” Scholz are plummeting. Same as for the DEMONRATS, when the going gets tough, lie, cheat, steal, and harrass your opponent, at any cost (especially for them)…
That’s what they get for listening to a Demonically disturbed puppet of Satan Sauros who spends 20% of the time she should be in school (Fridays for the failure, as it were) going around preaching her enviro lies to anyone who will listen (or won’t).
Greta the Greenwasher…
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
Ayn Rand has some prescient thoughts about Democrats’ avoidance of reality
The 34 Professors Who Protested My Speaking at Arizona State University
Biden’s Failure Record With Broadband Goes Back to the ‘Stimulus’ of 2009
Nationalist Big Tent or 90s Redux?
Elon Musk’s liberal-trolling AI plan has a core audience
‘When you have a big lead, you don’t do it’: Trump still not sold on GOP primary debate
And without him, it will be a ratings disaster.
Another reason to not join the “debate”.
It’s not over: FBI agent just came forward and hammered a huge nail in Hunter’s coffin…
Lucky for Hunter, his coffin is a convertible model.
He rides with the top down.
NOTHING meaningful will happen to Hunter. Nothing.
Well, until the smartest guy Briben knows, ODs.
Rand Paul Blasts “Retired” Fauci for Being “Treated like a President” with Taxpayer-Funded Security
I’m all for his having solid security, right up until the time his little feet are dancing in the air.
I’ve also got some ideas for a monument on the National Mall for him and all his genocidal friends.
#TerribleHerpesOrPlague
IDK, the National Mall is awfully picturesque.
Maybe in the circle around the Washington Monument? At least there the traitors would be surrounded by the flag.
Just as long as they can serve as a warning against genocide and unethical medical experimentation.
There’s a historical precedent for using a church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_Rebellion
Six feet under would be fine.
Placed in a sewer, where public urination authorized. I’ll be there.
The gift that keeps on giving…
In-N-Out Burger reportedly takes new bold stance about employees wearing face masks: ‘Smiles and other facial features’
This is Jesse Watters unpacked.
Talk about an outrage.
US Marshall’s “pay” for the security detail. US Marshall’s reimbursed by, HHS or some other criminal element in the USG.
Another outrage, where NOTHING will happen.
No ONE will be taken to task for such an ignorant decision.
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WORTHLESS republicans act as IF they have No Power Of The Purse..
WORTHLESS republicans TALK of Contempt Of…
WORTHLESS republicans rarely even talk about Impeachment.
It IS almost as IF, republicans ARE working WITH democrats. 
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Minor quibble. Jesse said ex VPs get protection. Nope. Ex presidents and their family do.
Farage: Bank Account Closed Because ‘Political Views Do Not Align with Banks Values & Purpose’Bannons War Room
https://rumble.com/v30u1om-farage-bank-account-closed-because-political-views-do-not-align-with-banks-.html
https://rumble.com/embed/v2y8mle/?pub=4
Coming To America. 
Well, already here, MeThinks.
Will become Common for EVERYONE, NOT echoing the approved narrative..
For some reason, I thought this was funny —
https://sinfest.dreamhosters.com/view.php?date=2023-02-14
Fun!
On a more cheerful and goofy tangent…..
LOL I thought for sure the biggest tire would win…it’s like failing physics all over again! I guess the big one lost momentum when crashing through a couple barriers 🙂
Things were headed in that direction, until the tire demolished the end of the ski ramp. Even though the “color commentary” was in Japanese, you could tell they were having a difficult time with it because they were laughing so hard.
Japanese media is such a delight. It is amazing that we can be friendly and enjoy each others’ quirks when, after all, we nuked them. There are places in the Balkans where they maintain 1400-year-old feuds because someone’s cousin killed someone’s uncle’s liege lord by knocking his donkey off a cliff.
And it’s not like I can say it’s because we’re both practical people. I mean……
which of course reminds me of this 😉
This definitely confirms that the Japanese psyche is more than 3 standard deviations from the mean of the bell curve. I am not a monster truck fan but I would buy a ticket to see the tire ski jump in the Olympics.
Am re-posting this please pay attention from 4:08 till 9:10, corrupt globo bastard smith has form.
He, via the DoJ, kneecapped the work Grennel and PDJT were doing over there, and put a president in jail on phony charges.
https://rumble.com/v30rh3g-richard-grenell-calling-out-the-failures-of-the-state-department.html
It is disgusting.
That is absolutely jaw-dropping.
Jack-$#!t Smith is the most unscrupulous slimeball to walk the planet since the likes of Idi Amin or LBJ or Pol Pot. And that’s what they needed to go after VSGPDJT. Someone for whom the truth has no value; only ideology, and the preservation of Satanic practices and profits. Gotta get that young blood… either as soldiers, refugees, or abortions…
unflippingbelievable 😡
Dear Q-Tree Friends,
I would appreciate your prayers for me today. I plan on attending a job fair where there are supposed to be instantaneous interviews with potentially multiple prospective employers. I’ve been out of the (paid) workforce for a few years, & frankly almost the entirety of my parenthood season. Since things have “stabilized” on the Homefront it seems like time to consider some workforce reentry.
I really desire the Lord’s protection, guidance, & leading along with open & closed doors, throughout this process. If nothing else I hope to score a few interviews & get some practice in that activity 🙂
So many of you have prayed for me &/or my family over the years & I so appreciate that support & encouragement. Thank you & God Bless You All!
You have prayers for immediate success, but we’ll also stand-by to assist in preparation.
What sort of gig are you interviewing for?
Honestly it’s currently nothing specific, though likely aiming at just PT options. It’s been a while & I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, at least to start out.
I guess we’ll see what the options are at the job fair & try to speak with the ones that make the most sense.
I printed off 20 resumes last night, just in case…
With Hubby’s current work schedule, getting up at 3am, leaving at 3:30am & starting work at 4:30am, my sleep “schedule” is Literally all over the place. I could conceivably be “comfortable” on days, evenings, or even nights…but I don’t want to get into a situation where Michael & I barely see each other. On his OT days sometimes he’s only got a window of a couple hours before he’s gotta get to bed, & sometimes he’s so exhausted he even naps during part of that time.
Given that you’re not focused on a particular deal, I’m not sure you’ll be able to do a firm close on anything. Collect business cards and talk to people, and let us know what you find out tomorrow.
I agree, & I really was thinking of it more like an opportunity to take a mini-refresher on the job search process in general. It was something I saw on a community bulletin board last week so it hasn’t been on my radar very long.
I’ll probably be the Only person in the building who won’t be eyes glued to a cell phone, seeing as I don’t have one. I’d say that would make me stand out but since few people even look up from devices that’s probably unlikely too.
I just hope I don’t get too beat up by the process. I’ve lived in pretty significant degrees of isolation for quite a while & am even more introverted now than I used to be so that having to head out into social situations can be off-putting.
It could be interesting, so we’ll see. I’ll try to provide some type of update when I get the chance, it will really depend on how depleted the process will leave me…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts & insights 😊
My most successful interviewing technique (as an employer) was to spend 1/3 my time talking about the company and the position that we needed to fill. Then I spent another 1/3 drilling down on the resume and getting to know about the qualifications. Finally, I spent the last 1/3 talking about how those qualifications (often shorn of a bunch of BS) would fit into what we needed. Since that last 1/3 was collaborative, applicants could do well for themselves by being inventive.
TYVM
Did you enjoy the process from that side of the table?
My dad was talking Up North about his Ford days & how when they had a position to fill they had 1,000 applicants & his boss wanted 3 people from the team to go through all of the resumes each & come up w/ 3 or 5 people to interview. Then they interviewed the 3 people that were most agreed upon by the team. In a specific hiring situation they chose someone with a military background because he was willing to do anything to get the job done even though a couple people (on paper) appeared more viable.
I’ve never sat on that other side of the table so have no experience with a “boss’s eye view”…
Hiring sucks. It’s almost as bad as being short-handed.
LOL, better to do things yourself & see it done right than deal with some idiot off the street that might talk a good game but is likely full of crap!
AND you end up having, not only to do it yourself anyway, but to clean up the idiot’s mess to boot.
100%
Hiring the wrong person IS worse,
than being short-handed.
I agree. Hiring is hard.
This, by the way, can help you reassure hiring managers that have no clue as to how to interview (which is surprisingly common).
Ask them to tell you all about the company and the job. Go over your resume, stressing the good parts and glossing the weaker bits. Spend the last bit of time talking about how your qualifications (off your resume) will solve their problems.
That would be funny if I end up spending more time putting them at ease, using my “counseling skills” LOL.
I just hope that the interviewers are older than my kids or that’s going to be a rather strange experience.
Years ago I went through the then current What Color is Your Parachute book. I think there was a section focused on “transferable skills” & that is more where I have placed my emphasis in the current iteration of my resume, having not been an employee very much over the last 3 decades…
Well I’m going to try to catch a little sleep before my day “begins” in earnest.
Blessings!
If I could give you only one piece of advice, it would be to look everyone straight in the eyes and give them a big smile. I, too, can be very introverted, but I stand out with this philosophy.
Smiles are free, and people enjoy cheerful people.
This is excellent advice.
🙂
Great tip A–Thank you! 😍
Good luck! I’m sure you will be great!
🙂
prayers going up Valerie!
be yourself always!
good wishes!!
Thanks Pat–Hugs! ❤
I have to “be myself” in restraint or I tend to overwhelm people, at least that’s how it is with differing communication styles in the family 🙂
you’re like a beam of sunshine Valerie…we may have to squint at first, but then we feel the warmth and it’s all good!
LOL that’s a good one! Thanks for such a generous & forgiving perspective ❤
Done. 🙏
TY TB!
Sending much Good Energy your way today!
TYVM RDS/CV–Blessings!
Absolutely. You’ve got this Valerie. 
Thx KBK 🙂
GOOD LUCK!
Hop you manage to fall into your dream job with a great boss.
TY Gail, that’s so sweet!
Sunday and Monday, my right shoulder ached like I’d dorked it somehow (I don’t remember a specific incident). On Monday, I tried to be easy with it and figured a good sleep should take care of things.
Tuesday morning, the pain woke me up early and I couldn’t get back to sleep, despite mainly sleeping on my left side.
If this were the front of my shoulder, I might suspect I’d cracked my collarbone, but this is around back. I can barely reach high enough to turn the key to start my car. Moving my elbow away from my body is painful.
I’m hoping that Wednesday morning will be better.
Yikes, Cthulhu, that’s a bummer. Hope you feel better ASAP.
It is a significant annoyance, and painful. But it’s not quite a bummer yet.
Alternating hot & cold on the affected area? Pain meds? Michael likes Ibuprophen for muscle pain though one of his trucking co-workers suggested Aleve & he tried it & likes it pretty well now. He’s also an Excedrin Migraine guy w/ headaches.
I rarely take pain meds & mostly try to tough it out. Same with fevers, unless they get out of hand–I hit 104.5 a few years back & was so miserable, plus that’s getting into dangerous territory, so I took stuff–for I think that God designed fevers as a way to kill off the bad bugs & I want that process to happen even though w/out meds it’s much more miserable…
I tried to do some hot/cold in the shower, but it’s in a weird place. It’s like someone tried to do a joking punch in the arm, but missed and hit about two inches further back.
Since Tuesday morning, I’ve been doing ibuprofen for pain meds. As you probably know from my repeated protestations, aspirin will break a fever for me but won’t touch pain; ibuprofen will reduce inflammation and relieve pain, and I consider acetaminophen to be toxic sludge that should be banned. I don’t have much experience with Aleve (naproxen) because ibuprofen works well with me.
It’s very position-dependent, so I keep thinking it should heal when not triggered. Getting worse on Tuesday morning was an unpleasant surprise.
I’ve had an intermittent shoulder issue for like 20 years after tripping over a baby gate at the bottom of our stairs & spraining my ankle & falling awkwardly on my right shoulder (to protect the wet towel on my head from hitting the floor if you can believe it). Nowadays that arm still bugs me at times when attempting to sleep. Using extra pillows to prop my arm, my back, my stomach, & even between the knees (done that since pregnancy 30 years ago) it’s possilbe to Eventually get into a position that relieves most of the discomfort. Sometimes it requires sleeping on the couch to get that extra back support.
Basically, do what you need to do to get as comfortable as you can, & playing enjoyable music can help you relax too…
Chiropractor time.
TB has excellent insights on selection. IIRC.
Hot and cold alternating generally work because it brings blood (healing) to the area with the heat and then pushs the toxins away with the cold.
Most injuries are a LOT worse the second day, esp if you did not ice the injury the first day.
Check for bruises or have someone check for bruises. Also try immobilizing the arm for a day or two. More to keep you from trying to use it than anything else.
Valerie has some good ideas too.
Thanks for expanding on why alternating hot & cold is an effective approach! Tag team 🙂
That’s us!!!
It is why the QTree is such a great place.
Amen! 🙂
Years ago, I learned that any of our muscles can cramp and it’s really painful. Unlike the base of one’s foot, you can’t push down on the front of many locations like we can push down on the front of our feet to make a muscle relax. I found a clinical masseuse who worked in a hospital at a local salon in STL. She could feel the knots in my leg muscle that hurt and taught me to line up my thumbs on top of the muscle. Press down hard and push the thumbs apart. She said sometimes muscles ‘forget’ how to let go. Perhaps it is something like that. Stress can also cause aches and pains. We should blame OBiden. I hope whatever is causing you back pain gets better soon.
Amen 🙂
Heating pad and Emu. Trust me!
Assuming I could even find an emu at this hour, I’m seriously dubious about the reaction from the fiancee from bringing it into the house.
possibly referring to “blue emu”, I think, some type of product to rub on the problem area…
My parents periodically mention how getting older isn’t for wimps, & my husband & I are inclined to agree!
Soaking in a warm/hot bath w/ Epsom salts could also help as could some of those topical things like Ben-Gay or Melaleuca Oil, iirc…
When I build my home spa in NC, these will absolutely be options.
Well, you gotta get there first 🙂
Watching Cooth transition to NC, is like watching a NASA launch.
NASA talking head…
Same scenario playing out elsewhere. 🙃
That’s why I think he’s just BSing us.
For me, it’s now in the pics-or-it’s-not-happening stage.
Oh, I 100% believe Cooth is serious, about moving to NC.
Many, many, intricate, financial and personal details for Cooth to align.
If nothing else, shipping numerous Pak-Rat containers many, many months ago, IS telling. Shipping the containers is pricey enough. I’m guessing and NONE of my business, storage for full containers, month after month, can be pricey.
As screwed up as my executing a move from NV is, Cooth’s situation appears a much lmore complex challenge. Smart guy he is. He’ll get it done.
❤ ❤ ❤
LOL perhaps “Cooth” plays a rocket scientist on TV 😉
Yeah, but rocket science isn’t rocket science.
That’s for durn shure 😉
I avoid TV.
Being an accountant, I’m more likely to tell you how much a rocket costs than how it works.
🙂 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 😉
Rotator cuff? That can be excruciating. And then recurring.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore…”
Revelation 1:18 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Thank you for these. Prayers ongoing for you here and at Marica’s blog. Be well.
Amen!
anyone ever heard of the Global Methane Hub? who voted for this?
FTA
We are now being told that producing food is bad for the planet. To “save” the planet, globalists insist, farms must be shut down across the globe.Under the guise of reducing “methane emissions,” thirteen nations have signed a pledge to engineer global famine by gutting agricultural production and shutting down farms. Announced earlier this year by the Global Methane Hub — a cabal of crisis engineers who exploit public panic to destroy the world food supply — those thirteen nations are:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United States, and Uruguay.
Imagine no meat production from Australia, Brazil and the USA. This is the goal of the globalists. And they admit it’s all part of the climate fraud which has been thoroughly exposed as a quack science hoax, by the way. As Luis Planas, Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food says, “I am glad to see the shared commitment by the international community to mitigate methane emissions from agriculture as a means to achieve the goals we signed for in the Paris Agreement on climate.”
“Food systems are responsible for 60% of methane emissions,” warns Marcelo Mena, CEO of the Global Methane Hub. She is saying that farming is destroying the planet. Hence, their demand to shut down farms. Without farms, you have no food. And without food, you get exactly what Kamala Harris called for over the weekend: “Reduced population.”
The depopulation agenda is no longer even a secret. They are bragging about it.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-18-nations-engineer-global-famine-destroying-agriculture.html
And termites “emit” more methane than people.
ok, I’m blond so i can’t tell if you’re joking.
Something like this? [just kidding!] 😀
A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handy-woman and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood.
She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.
“Well, you can paint my porch,” he said, “How much will you charge me?”
The blonde, after looking about, responded, “How about $50.00 ?”
The man agreed and told her that the paint and other materials that she might need were out in the garage.
The man’s wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, “Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the house?”
A short time later, the blonde came to the front door to collect her
money.
“You’re finished already?” the husband asked.
“Yes,” the blonde replied, “and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats.”
Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50.00 and handed it to her.
“And by the way,” the blonde added, “it’s not a Porch, it’s a BMW.”
Nice. 🙂
SPIT!!!!!!!!!!
you made me spit iced tea all over the table!
You knew it was a joke when you started to read it.
that doesn’t diminish it’s ability to tickle my fancy!
I knew biden would be a disaster in office and yet I am often surprised by the depth of the depravity in the wh
YEAH!!!
What did the pregnant blond say to her boyfriend?
”Is it mine?”
snicker
NOT A JOKE!
Graeme#4
July 8, 2019 at 10:04 pm
Plus I do not see what their problem is…
Methane emissions: don’t blame cows and camels, blame the oceans(Jo Nova)
thanks Gail, you bring the receipts!
I try!
Can we ponder how long termites have been on the Earth, and how much damage they have committed exponentially?
So do volcanos.
And to think that the CO² measurements driving the Gore-Bull warming madness are done at the top of Mauna Kea, which has been known to spew a bit of CO² itself…….
BY a method (IR) I KNOW from first hand experience is of less use than tits on a bull. IR is great for IDing an organic compound but absolutely USELESS for quantifying the amount. This is why “…large portions of raw data were rejected, leaving just a small fraction of the raw data subjected to averaging techniques…”
In other words you have a wildly inaccurate method giving a wide range of test results that are then pick over for ‘values’ that best fit the narrative.
…
Carbon cycle modelling and the residence time of natural and anthropogenic atmospheric CO2: on the construction of the “Greenhouse Effect Global Warming” dogma.
Tom V. Segalstad
Mineralogical-Geological Museum
University of Oslo
http://www.co2web.info/ESEF3VO2.htm
Do termites produce more methane gas than cows? – Quora
The stuff I learn here QTree. Absolutely priceless AND fun. 
Have the termites and cows discussed this?
Especially the ones in gubmint…
How many cow farts equal a terrorized pipeline.
Make a start where it will count most, Swamp gas is primarily methane.
no wonder everything coming out of DC smells like shit
Methane is odorless.
It’s the other chemicals that provide the stench.
(And the reason you can smell a gas leak is they add an impurity that smells, so you can smell a gas leak.)
thank you professor!
I like your new picture!
Yes.
I had to run a bonestock firefox install to get it to upload properly. (Apparently some setting in my more locked-down “Arkenfox-ish” firefox was interfering.)
Mercaptans…
Oh captain, mercaptans 🙂
(dead poets’ society)…
When driving from Houston to San Antonio, about halfway there was a smaller town that smelled bad. I thought it smelled of methane that came as a result of oil wells. It smelled of rotten eggs. I would not expect them to add that much stink to pollute the air in the whole town. What am I missing?
Yea. I recall that smell along I-10, a few times. Basic area you describe.
Swampy area as I recall. <<< Which is what I chalked it up to.
Will pay more attention next pass through.
Figuring round trips, used to run I-10 El Paso to Houston area, ~four times each year.
With the border overrun with scum bag criminals, may shift future travel to SW TX, via to I-40. Drop down Amarillo or a bit further east.
Swamps release a lot of different gases, not just methane; anything rotting will smell.
Methane out of the ground isn’t pure, it will include other things. Even the natural gas you buy has some ethane in it (as well as the odorant).
It smells like shit, because it IS shit. 😀
On top of that, cows don’t fart. They belch.
I’m not that friendly with any cows to verify your statement
Trust me. 😎
oh absolutely…not information I personally WANT to verify
Next up, Cliff Clavin on why and how beer makes you smart 😆
😄😄😃
Link please.
/s
I once met some handsome show calves at a local farm and they slobbered A LOT. They sure were pretty though, bathed and brushed out.
Evil. Aside from those who KNOW what they are doing and have a goal of depopulation, those who heed this kind of nonsense are the ones who don’t believe our Creator knew what He was doing. And the nonbelievers think they can rule a system as complex as this world by reducing the population and being in charge. They are useful idiots, facilitating evil.
https://mole.substack.com/p/spox_dilemma-2023-07-19-wed-killjab
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/massachusetts-governor-calls-residents-house-illegal-aliens-their/
July 18, 2023
“Massachusetts Governor Calls on Residents to House Illegal Aliens in Their Guest Rooms”
Yours Truly: IMO, it’s only a matter of time before “consider housing illegals in your house” becomes “Starting next month, all residents who have a spare bedroom must accommodate non-family members who are homeless or are immigrants to the United States. Failure to comply will result in a fine, a jail sentence, and/or your house being taken by the state.”
They can try. Likely will try some variation.
Bottom line with those concepts. GFL with that.
I’ve got Third Amendment protection.
There you go. Exactly correct.
But doesn’t the Third Amendment apply to the quartering of soldiers in private houses? Not trying to cause a ruckus, just asking for clarification.
I identify those “Migrants” as an INVADING ARMY.
This actually happened in Russia immediately after the civil war subsequent to the Bolshevik coup. So many people moved into Petrograd/Leningrad that there was a housing crunch; of course nothing was being built in a purely socialist economy. Houses got subdivided to the point where entire families were living in one room of their (former) house and the bathroom was shared with families living in the other rooms.
The Greens and SPD already want to do it in Berlin, and apartments that have been standing empty they want to TAKE AWAY from the OWNERS (it’s called Enteignung) to house refauxgees!
No country can save another country (or countries) from being a dump. Only the country itself can do something. The refauxgees coming here from MEA (Middle East and Africa) are creating slums and no-go zones just like they had in the “old country”. Why, then, do they come here?
(Of course, the bleeding heart idjiots like Faeser and Merde-Kuh give them all sorts of freebies). But, as the Gumball Lecture shows, the only way to fix this mess is for the best and the brightest of those countries to bloom where they’re planted, and “bootstrap” the culture and people as best they can.
Time for the people of Massachusetts to take a stand. Do not comply, and tell them why and ask them to go first. That includes everyone on Cape Cod, too.
I don’t know if the Third Amendment would apply since it is about quartering soldiers, but even if it doesn’t, you can’t impose on a person’s domicile.
Third Amendment
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
It is not limited to US military. It applies to foreign soldiers as well. Such as that army that’s crossing the southern border.
Plenty of bedrooms in Martha’s Vineyard.
Why does “Try that in a small town” keep coming to mind? 😀
Well, there IS use for a husband after all.
not going anywhere…but made me laugh
republicans are ALL N O I S E. Zero signal.
Same asshole, Gaetz, doesn’t give a shit about injustices against J6 Persecuted Patriots.
Asshole, Gaetz is.
Still a better asshole than most critters.
Common, ringing endorsement among republicans.
The bile, I experience with republicans and democrats is unacceptable.
Oh but you’ll comply. Or else.
/s
Jack Smith should be sued by the GOP/RNC for interfering in its nomination process.
On a more practical note, somebody should find those witnesses Grenell talked about and see if they know any other dirt on him. Maybe put together a GOP version of the Steele dossier.
Jack Smith should be sued by the GOP/RNC for interfering in its nomination process.
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Struggling to peck these thoughts in…
Literally bent over laughing out loud. (Sadly true. Still chuckling.)
The mere thought,
The fuckers, GOP/RNC are In Bed with DOJ/FIB/Jack Smith.
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Guessing the lead sentence was sarcasm. Either way, thank you for the laughs.
Sarcasm – one of the many services I provide.
Which I, DO appreciate.
I suspect several of us have that talent, which comes natural like.
Oh, I have never, ever seen sarcasm here.
Shirley you jest 😆
Quit calling him “Shirley”!!!
Ok, DON’T be calling…
Well the UN, just like the WHO, is globo inc., who placed him there, looks like the DoI/j was resisting against PDJT even at that time.
“US Prosecutor Jack Smith appointed Specialist Prosecutor 7 May 2018 Press release”
“Jack Smith, a US prosecutor with experience in both high-level political investigations and international criminal investigations, has been appointed Specialist Prosecutor >>>after a selection process organised by the European Union.<<<”
https://www.scp-ks.org/en/us-prosecutor-jack-smith-appointed-specialist-prosecutor
One exception a “Steele dossier” of truth
Maybe fund a permanent vacation in Argentina or North Korea for Jacked Smith…
North Korea. Kim might like to do Trump a little favor…
Catturd PERECT SUMMATION.
The Republican Party = spineless, worthless, good-for-nothing cowards.
Prove me wrong. Prove Catturd wrong.
I disagree.
The Repub Party is a Globalist Uniparty WEF Wealth Transfer Group masquerading as spineless, worthless, good-for-nothing cowards
Continuing to pretend they are stupid or incompetent just helps them succeed in their goals.
Now, they may be and probably ARE stupid and incompetent, but their main attribute is corruption.
You can be stupid and incompetent and still take money and do the bidding of your handlers. It is probably a reason why they are so successful at being corrupt … where can you be stupid and incompetent and have a job where you make millions?
I might even go as far to say that someone who arrives at the ‘stupid’ conclusion with all the evidence of corruption, might look just like someone who was paid to post such a viewpoint to maintain the facade of ‘stupid’ covering the truth of ‘corrupt as fk’.
That last part is not pointed at you Kal
Ya posted truths. Clarity. Much appreciated.
^^^ Gets it.
The later are paid “social influencers” that the communists use throughout society. GOP uses them as well. Know a couple on the communist side. One is the ex of a nephew, the other a former friend and church member whose husband worked for Gore back in the day.
AND logic for the win…again!
Bingo
Whoa! A catturd re-truth! Talk about throwing down the gauntlet.
Amen! Sing it Brother …
Morning phoenix!
G’mornin’ Sweet Lady …
Thank you for the precious smile …
Hope you are well and your skies are clearing … 😘
our air is still in the unhealthy zone
the view to the north is clearer but the color hovers from the palest blue i’ve ever seen to gray/white.
The Daily Chart: Shocker—Biden Spending Underestimated | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)
https://archive.ph/1teFv
New York Post
July 19, 2023
“YouTube star Annabelle Ham dead at 22: ‘I don’t understand why god does things'”
Yours Truly: Ms. Ham, a college student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, apparently died from “an epileptic event.” Kennesaw State did require COVID-19 ‘vaccination”, then rescinded the requirement. IMO, this young woman was very likely “vaccinated” under the school’s former “mandate.” July
Epilepsy and several of its related complications are listed on the “Appendix 1. List of Adverse Events of Special Interest” in the Pfizer-BioNTech document, 5.3.6 Cumulative Analysis for BNT162b2, which the company gave to the FDA in April, 2021.
https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/ed-dowd-drops-bombshell-data-hematological
July 18, 2023
Yours Truly: Ed Dowd strikes again — this time, with data showing that claims for medical payouts for people with hematological (blood-related) conditions in England has skyrocketed above 522%. IMO, this increase is due to the negative cardiovascular effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines.” According to the BBC, almost 92% of all people over age 12 in the United Kingdom have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 “vaccine.”
https://icandecide.org/press-release/ican-warns-fda-advisory-committee-of-serious-issues-with-pfizers-rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-women/
July 18, 2023
Yours Truly: It appears that one of the serious issues that were raised by ICAN in its letter to the FDA is that the “clinical trial” for the Pfizer-BioNTech RSV “vaccine” on pregnant women did not have a placebo control group. This is aside from other serious concerns, such as miscarriage and fetal distress. Yet, the FDA “approved” this “vaccine” a couple of months ago.
All three links excellent information. Folks.
Please take less than five minutes, to learn easy to follow reality.
Would love to hear anyone endorsing Covid injections, splain, WTF is going on.
Very, very SHORT vid clip …
Should be MANDATORY listen, for every American.
Yup. They are called contractors.
President Trump gives us the respect of not talking to us like we are stupid, and he gets repaid with dumb shit like this:
And Townhall will embed the above in an article about Trump!
Sarcasm/parody is apparently the purview of the intelligent. Seriously. I have conservative friends who, if I send them a Babylon Bee article, think it is REAL.
It is not an exaggeration to say this is driving me CRAZY. I don’t even want to talk to people anymore.
President Trump could be like any other politician, and talk down to the electorate using fifth-grade language, but he doesn’t. I appreciate it, and I know millions do, too. But there are so many people who just don’t get it, and say stuff like “if only he didn’t mean-Tweet. I feel like Ron White:
Perfectly delivered.
Managed to keep slow guys attention from the git go. 
Ron White is my favorite comedian.
Years and years ago I saw where he told the story of being tossed out of a bar in New York City (like a frisbee).
“I don’t think so, Scooter”
“I didn’t know how many of them it would take to kick my ass. But I knew how many they were going to use.”
Absolute classic.
🙂
Yup. Ron White delivers great comedy.
Larry Johnson’s latest features a guest writer…
David L.
WHAT WOULD OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SAY?
https://sonar21.com/what-would-oliver-wendell-holmes-say/
Subject is Free Speech …
I highly recommend …
Update: Just discovered zeroHedge has a piece on the Pentagon Memo…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-dod-lets-transgender-service-members-skip-deployments-receive-indefinite-physical
A nugget from the 34 pg Memo –
Translation: A copout for NEVER fighting!
Klinger’s dream comes true …
Unfortunately for Klinger, he’d have to take the hormones. And I don’t think he’d have liked it.
Come to think of it, if any of these “trans” servicemembers are faking it, this might get them to stop.
Your comment is rational …
Their ‘reality’ is not …
So, I’m not sure they would not TAKE the hormones (not talking about ‘fakers’ but deluded soy bois who think they are girls…)
Totally agree about Klinger …
Yeah, sadly many aren’t faking it, they’re actually deluded.
There was a time not too long ago when we assumed anyone making a tranny claim was a pervert who really just wanted to get into the women’s restroom. (The Left couldn’t understand this was our concern–that the tranny was faking–so they simply condemned us as intolerant.)
Now we’re realizing very little of it is fakery. So I guess the Left was right on this one micro-point, but I guess they need to be right about some things, some times, or they’d eat poison thinking it was nutritious.
At least now we can get to arguing over whether this is delusional, and both sides will actually be addressing the same point.
Glad you addressed this … it exists in more than a few families today that I know! A friend’s son married and his bride was the youngest of three … two brothers and her. About 2/3 years ago her younger brother declared he wished to be known as a female (about 32 y/o at the time) … different name, etc. Her Mom nearly had a nervous break-down. How does one acknowledge a child who claims his prior existence is dead? OTOH, the sister, a decade younger, readily accepted her “sister” …
My friend, the Mom … is in mourning.
Just one example… I know of other similar situations.
To be completely frank the only kind of tranny I really find interesting to understand is:
Or…I guess I am broad minded…this one too:
Not asking or expecting you to ‘understand’ …
Pointing out that in some instances family members are being traumatized by real transitions …
Same as some children have and are discovering that one of their parents is gay.
Nope, wasn’t thinking you were. Just making a bad joke. Probably not the right place for it. Sorry.
No prob…
I share your sentiment … in addition to what I shared above …😍
There’s also the various flavors of DSG automatics, up to 12 speeds now (though I think VW is having second thoughts about that)… I have a six-speed DSG on my Touran (OK low end, but it was high-end when it came out in 2008) and it’s as smooth as silk… not as fun as a stick, but it would be hard to match the 0-100 (0-60) times with a manual…
The other kinds of trannies can go get, erm, maintained at AAMCO… or MIDAS Muffler…
Is that the same as a Dual Clutch Transmission? Yes, they are nice. And if the car has paddles it can be almost like a manual.
Yep. You could say they put the double clutch inside the gearbox, so you don’t have to 🙂
The even gears and the odd gears have their own shaft, so the transmission is always ready with the next gear. That’s what makes it a smoother mover…
Oddly enough, a loooooonnggggg time ago we had a Renault Dauphine, a three-speed stick, and some of the marketing blurb we got along with the manuals spoke of their electric gear shift which seemed to be along these lines (but being French tech…….). That Renault, even with a stick, had a lot of personality (but not a lot of power…)….
The only hazard is sometimes the transmission guesses wrong as to whether you will be wanting to shift up or down, then it takes more time.
The Acura ILX (the distant descendant of the Integra) had a DCT. The revived Integra has a CVT (unless you get the high end model and take the manual transmission).
What I can’t wrap my brain around is why a CVT would need paddles.
But…but…butt…
England has King Chuckles…
Proof positive that (in)breeding isn’t everything… and the Pakis and other Moslems have taken over the UK (OK, they started doing that back when India got their independence and some sort of “citizenship deal” was cut)…..
Just look at Siddiqhead Khan-artiste, mayor of City of London… barf…..
AFL sued Garland and the DOJ for failing to require Hunter register as a foreign agent
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1681380850103992322.html
The Sound of Freedom is having a positive effect in the waking up of the masses. Interesting conversations pro-movie and message on a sports message board I visit daily. Apolitical requirement to post, but they are posting this. The posters are from all over America.
Good news. Hope it catches like wild fire.
Bets are now open on Jack Smith / Merrick Garland having Donald Trump arrested and/or indicted today during the committee meeting or shortly thereafter.
Comer is full of himself. Full of shit. Talk, talk, talk…
Comer and the rest of them assholes, ONLY TALK.
Fuckers have enough to impeach Briben, Hoe, Garland, Wray, Mayorkis, Idi Amin…
IF r-CON eyes are Wide Open, all the evidence they need to impeach, IS in front of them.
They’re all a bunch of worthless tossers. Time for fire and brimstone on DC and all the other Satanic “hubs of power” (Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Strasbourg, Geneva, etc.). Get the few good people out, and sulfur scrub for the rest…..
Larry’s latest
WHY NATO WAS OBSESSED WITH UKRAINE AND IS NOW IN A PANIC
18 July 2023 by Larry Johnson
To answer the question in my title you need only look at two numbers — 1) Ukraine’s rank in terms of natural resources and 2) the size of Ukraine’s Army in February 2022. Since the end of World War II the West has viewed Ukraine as a critical piece on the global chess board for attacking and defeating Russia. The joint CIA/MI-6 effort to destabilize the Soviet Union, which started in 1947 with the provision of funds, weapons and training to Stefan Bandera’s organization, was crushed by the Soviets by 1952. It was shortly after that, following the death of Stalin in 1953, that Khrushchev gifted Crimea to Ukraine (1954). Was it a reward for Ukrainian assistance in wiping out the CIA-backed OUN uprising?
How is it that on the eve of the Russian Special Military Operation in February 2022 that Ukraine was the poorest country in Europe but was ranked number four in the world in terms of natural resources?
con’t https://sonar21.com/why-nato-was-obsessed-with-ukraine-and-is-now-in-a-panic/
It’s what they do – manipulate and plunder.
Supposedly Afghanistan has a wealth of natural resources…..
Seems that RED China has *cough* bought up all (or most) of that…
DEMONRATS. Leading us straight into HELL with their incompetence, or, more likely, abject malice…
Exploitation of a poor country. Nothing changes. Greed is their undoing. I feel for the people of Ukraine war is unspeakable.
tantalizing, but is it true?
Just come out with it already, Patrick! IMO, statements like these start to look like attention-getting measures.
What does anyone expect Jack Smith to do as a result of this? Drop charges against Trump, when the entire Leftist cabal is counting on Smith and his charges as part of their plan to take him down? I think the Left would turn their backs on Smith and let him be destroyed. If there is really something on Smith, he’s in a tough spot.
agreed!
i hate the “coming attractions” type stuff
Rarely, IF ever, delivers to meet expectations.
Yep.
Any more when I see that kind of crap, I add the purveyor to the “Lying internet shitweasel” list.
clickbait … interested in $$$
add to the list, most anons … still hanging on to grifting…
OR Lying in a coffin…
We have learned over time and are more sophisticated now. They need to understand that. You can’t keep pulling the wool over our eyes, and giving us tick-tocks is not going to win someone followers.
I do not trust Patrick this could be a trap. He does not have a clean track record.
Byrne has no credibility by me.
Whatever Byrne thinks he has on Jack Smith IS worthless, UNLESS played.
Byrne, Is Full Of Shit, until Byrne proves otherwise, by delivering on Byrnes hype.
even if ‘played’ …
won’t have any traction…
Once Byrned, twice shy…
PERFECT!
Amen
Byrne is a favorite of Patrick Gunnels. He has praised him on many occasions.
(That goes in the negative column BTW)
Yea. I have both Byrnes and Gunnels down as opposition. I won’t click on them.
Patrick Byrne, you are a liar.
Everyone who says they have stuff they will drop soon, is a LIAR.
One would think the suckers who breathlessly hang on their your every post would have learned by now.
But until they do, you’ll get away with it and learn nothing about the value of integrity.
His ex GF is now a member of the RF parliament, so if he’s got any kompromat from that direction it better be good, as it’ll be an uphill struggle against the fake news.
Because no Republican voter wants to vote for the Republican. They’re bought off or intimidated. Which is why these idiots begged the Republican electors to “vote their conscience”–completely unable to recognize that that is exactly what the elector was planning to do.
The head of the British MI-6, Richard Moore, called on the Russians to cooperate with the intelligence service and put an end to the “bloodshed”. According to him, Russia has little chance of restoring its position in Ukraine. “I invite them to do what others have done over the past 18 months and join us. Our door is always open. Their secrets will be safe.”
If Russia had “little chance” of regaining ground, you, Richard Moore, would not have made such a fuss.
As for “open doors and keeping secrets”, you might have been believed if you had presented the Skripals. Usually those who believed and trusted you, you destroy in the first place.
https://t.me/MariaVladimiro…
British MI-6… 
The UK needs less Moore. Indeed, they need no Moore.
That SOB toff (toffee-nosed snot) thinks the Ukraine is actually ahead????!!!!!!!
He must have a lot of, erm, traffick tied up there in Ukie-land…
Ba$tard.
He probably likes to see other people and, especially, other peoples’ kids die…..
Moore is a paid liar. Has a narrative to push.
Not unlike, Idi Amin, Milley, US military in general, and US IC. <<< ALL, paid liars.
word is Richard Moore is creator and handler of … Ukr President Zelensky
Nuland is jealous. Wants credit. /s
… meant to add …
… word is Richard Moore is creator and handler of … Ukr President Zelensky
who … as Scott Ritter points out in his 2 part series …
has accomplished ten out of ten points assigned to him by intelligence agency
If one considers US military/NATO never intended to defeat Russia militarily, just as Rumsfeld predicted after 9/11, USA will be involved in ‘Long War’ …
then Moore sees Ukraine/Zelensky winning …
You and I and many others of course see it differently …
⚡️ In connection with the cessation of the functioning of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the сlosing of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00.00 Moscow time on 20 July 2023, all vessels sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo.
▫️ Accordingly, the countries of such vessels will be considered to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kiev regime.
▫️ In addition, a number of sea areas in the north-western and south-eastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation. Corresponding information warnings on the withdrawal of safety guarantees to mariners have been issued in accordance with the established procedure.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
There’s a positive development.
Kal,
You might be interested in article wrt at Andrei’s blog today
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/07/it-is-only-natural.html
Thank you.
A little echo of history. Now the wolf packs will be Russian. The Russian navy is going to get some warfare practical experience.
Have never heard or read, following thought.
Guessing, Russia has underwater listening devices in Black sea.
Much like the US listening devices in several oceans.
Satellites and sonar. It is hard to hide these days.
fConfidential Biden DOD memo reveals “transgender” service members can skip deployments and receive indefinite physical fitness/standards waivers
The Dossier is publishing the Pentagon memo for public consumption.
From Jordan’s ‘The Dossier’ :———————————————-
The document, which is not classified but has long remained unavailable to Americans, is being published here for the first time for public consumption.
The 34 page memo details the enormous perks granted to service members who identify as transgender.
con’t https://www.dossier.today/p/confidential-biden-dod-memo-reveals
John “Pinocchio Nose” Kirby, will defend the policy, as delivering war fighting readiness.
That’s discrimination.
The West/USA/NATO … have only two tools atm
Terrorism and censureship/propaganda
Thankfully we have the Internet and each other, in our pursuit of the truth.
Surely their are like sites somewhere.
Wish they were common to the point of, majority of the folks see them daily.
Wolf providing QTree, Is Pure Gold, 24/7. For which I, we, are thankful.
Hearty Amen!
Off the wall.
Great question for Kevin, the Weasel, Speaker.
Nanzi had Capitol Police expand operations, beyond the District of Criminals.
Louder.
The IRS whistleblower hearing is going on now.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/citizen-open-thread-tuesday-2/
RSBN: https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/live-hearing-with-irs-whistleblowers-about-the-biden-criminal-investigation-7-19-2023/
Faux News run live? Rghetorical. “ll see soon enough.
Catching up. Seven hour drive home, from San Joaquin Valley, CA.
Ahhh, typical Kalifornistan… surrounded by fruits and nuts… or, as Frank Zappa opined, “California Granola; a lot of fruits and nuts, but mostly flakes”… 🙂
Have a good drive… Highway 99?
With safe passage in the grain corridor now closed.
If a ship comes to grief as it may, and they blame Russia as they will.
A reminder that ukrainian mines are still bobbing about in that water…
“A patrol ship 180 km north-east of the Bosphorus Strait in the Black Sea found a thwarted drifting Ukrainian mine, according to the Russian Black Sea Fleet
The mine was destroyed by a Ka-27 helicopter – the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation publishes a video from the scene.”
https://t.me/ukraina_ru/160782
…Except it’s not in the slightest bit funny.
The Vigilant Fox:
long but interesting reading about joe as VP going to Honduras
disclaimer: I do not know the author at all…
https://mmccormick.substack.com/p/the-bidens-cartel-connections-part
CMT Does A Budlight – Being anti-riot now “racist”? WT? | Musings from the Chiefio (wordpress.com)
Thermonuclear War & The USA – survival prospects? | Musings from the Chiefio (wordpress.com)
Interesting and thought-provoking.
It seems clear that if there’s a nuke exchange and somehow this site manages to survive…well, Saturday will be open.
It appears most of the twitter sites that I follow regarding the Ukraine/Russia conflict haven’t had any updates for the past twenty hours….Is anyone else that follows the conflict seeing the same issues??
I don’t tweet …
But other sources reveal Russia is busy …
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Russian Defense Ministry: Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with high-precision sea and air-based weapons on military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Odessa, as well as on the Kanatovo air base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovograd region. All assigned objects are hit. The target has been reached.
https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/13662
US not ready to announce any measures to support ship traffic to Ukrainian ports after Russian Defense Ministry statements – White House
Türkiye will not escort ships with grain at the request of Ukraine – Bloomberg
Well, that’s actually all the “meaningful answers” on this topic.
We are waiting for the night. Apparently, the Black Sea ports of the territory controlled by Kyiv are waiting for the next series of strikes, after which it will be possible to finally talk about a “grain deal” only in the past tense.
https://t.me/intelslava/50051
ulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia signed a declaration on extending the ban on the import of grain from Ukraine while maintaining transit, – Polish Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
added that Poland will not open its border for grain from Ukraine and will itself extend the ban on its import after September 15 if the European Commission does not.
https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/13668
The posts that you list are actually repeats of reports that were made yesterday phoenix…I’m just not seeing any current information and it seems odd….
Today’s reports are appearing now…
“We don’t sleep. The third series.
Arrivals in Nikolaev and Odessa. Missile launches were heard in our area. The Black Sea Fleet is working.”
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/92586
“There are already several arrivals in Odessa.
Work is underway on infrastructure and air defense facilities.”
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/92589
Arrival of the UAV “Geran-2” in Odessa.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/92590
“At these moments there is a powerful blow to Odessa and the region.Our Army uses a combined strike with the use of Cruise Missiles, Barging ammunition.The enemy has hell.Unthreads :Warehouses (BC and fuel),military headquarters and warehouses with armored vehicles”
https://t.me/rezervsvo/21253
“Nikolaev is also under a Powerful Missile Strike”
https://t.me/rezervsvo/21257
“Sumy region Powerful Explosions”
https://t.me/rezervsvo/21258
Just bethought myself you’re still in yesterday, all the above are dated 20th
Right… time zone difference
There was no intent on my part to imply I did not appreciate your post of news phoenix….I do. :0)
Still news for me. Perhaps others. Thanks for posting.
Terrible failure to communicate on my part RAC. :0) I didn’t mean to imply that the information wasn’t important or that I was disregarding it as being out of date. I’m sorry for my poor choice of wording…
Accounting for time zones, half way around the globe, gets messy.
While in the Philippines, twelve hours ahead East Coast, simple math still screwed me up a few times.
Slow guy is the type that appreciates re-runs… You bring lotsa goodness Litenmaus. 🙂 Appreciate it all.
:0) Thanks for the posts RAC….
Thanks for bringing these reports.
OH MY! Disorder Breaks Out as Marjorie Taylor Greene Holds Up Sexually Explicit Photos of Hunter Biden During IRS Whistleblower Hearing (VIDEO)
One of the Dems said, “Should we be displaying this…?” I think there was some rule about it, but the chairman said the photo had been public for years, and allowed it.
MTG:
The Crims doth protest too much, methinks 😁
Nolte: Far-left CNBC’s ‘Ten Worst States’ – All Deep Red, Texas the ‘Worst’
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/07/19/nolte-far-left-cnbcs-ten-worst-states-all-deep-red-texas-the-worst/
If this keeps leftists from diluting conservative votes and policies, great. This is one of the comments: 😂
Slow Guy’s Top Ten Relocation States Listed Above.
👍🏼💡
Act of God is trending on Twitter.
Amazing
This is big news all over North Carolina.
Tornado touches down east of Raleigh, causes significant damageA tornado touched down north of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Wednesday, causing significant storm damage and injuries, officials said.
That is out towards the coast from Raleigh. Its about an hour east.
AccuWeather says it was an F3 tornado.
Panic in DC … – by Joe Lange – Badlands Media (substack.com)
They had the same “cash for clunkers” scam here in Germany, and there are still ads begging for cars, running or not, to be sold and shipped to MEA…
We almost took up a cash-for-clunkers bid from VW themselves (a factory car with maybe 10 miles on it) but it wasn’t really the one we wanted. Might not have been a bad idea, though… get a(n almost) brand-new car for basically 50 percent off, €2500 cash for the clunker, and the “satisfaction” of having done a good deed…. then the thought came that our old “rote flitzer” might end up as a car bomb somewhere in the middle east…
A year later we got a great (again, factory) deal on a VW Golf VI Plus, and it’s been a great car. The “rote flitzer” didn’t go the way of C for C’s, but it didn’t meet mr. crusher, either… or Mr. MoHo…
I am still driving my ‘clunkers’ I LIKE not having a COMPUTER in my vehicle with an idiot light and an idiot computer that tells you to fix this and then this and then that and you STILL can not pass inspection.
A friend is going thru that hell with her VW right now that has been stuck up on a lift as it spams out code after code after code…
Have you read Chiefio’s tale of woe with his mercedes SUV that was to be his tow vehicle for moving stuff from Kalifornistan to Florida? Seems it had multiple brains (like some old dinosaurs) that were equally dumb… and sensitive to water incursion, etc.
I might get an OBDII interface (and software) for an old laptop we’ve got here so I can read and reprogram our cars (both over 10 years old, so wayyyy out of warranty). The newer ones are almost impossible to deal with, as with everything you change (e.g. from regular to LED indicator bulbs or vice-versa), you have to tell at least one, if not more, of the onboard control units what’s going on… Criminy, they should be able to figure that out themselves…
The old cars, in particular pre-electronic ignition, were much easier to deal with. And the older diesels as well (my wife’s nephew had an ancient Mercedes running on used vegetable oil – smelled like French Fries every time he drove by) would run on almost everything (which is how Rudolf Diesel intended)….
Unfortunately the fancy German cars are, from a reliability standard, now absolute crap after 100,000 miles and not so good before. And very expensive to fix.
I had a 1995 VW Passat VR6 Wagon that went 200K miles, then further still after we gave it to a friend of the family, who put a trailer hitch on it and went over the Alps a couple of times with it… fortunately the timing chain waited to fail until he was at a shopping center one day 😮 He sold that to a fellow in Holland who repaired it and who knows, it might still be going. Was a great car, but it had reached the point where repairs were getting too expensive and too frequent.
Kind of crazy, that was a very well-traveled car. From Emden to Kalifornistan and 100K miles, back to Germany and another 100K, and off to Holland, for who knows how many more… many trips to IKEA, garden and building supply stores, etc. Maybe the fact that I often used it like a truck made it last longer… and that car could fly down the Autobahn… (and I-5 when no-one was looking 🙂 )….
Some of the newer units will at least give you all the codes at once.
Which is something at least.
Posts reveal little to nothing about IRS whistleblower testimony today.
Saw the MTG thing / TW.
Guessing it was a bust. (One the road most of the day.) Heading out to look around.
I watched part of it. I think the information is highly significant, and that’s where we are at the moment:TONS of huge information on a lot of fronts, and things need to be done.
In the hearing, the Dems were highly defensive and several didn’t address the subject at hand. They tried to highlight “similar” offenses on the Repub side, or supposed hypocritical concern by Repubs. One of them didn’t even ask the witnesses any questions but just droned on for five minutes.
Bumbling Democrat Dan Goldman Brings in Witness Testimony at IRS Hearing that Joe Biden and Hunter Talked About Foreign Business Deals, Contradicting Joe’s Denials
Thanks.
Goldman’s blunder was a gift of sorts.
Did see several reports from the hearings. All good information to get out in the open.
Hopefully the hearing will result in ACTION.
Yes, please.
GWP
Odessa.
Couple brief videos at the link worth a look.
FTA
The targets were the infrastructure of the ports of Odessa and the region, industrial zones adjacent to it, military airfield and oil depot on the railway station.
Russian Defense Ministry:
Russia has been long planning the exit from the ‘grain deal’ and how to do it.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/odessa-port-heavily-bombarded-drones-missiles-worst-attack/