It’s Never Too Early to Start Christmas Shopping!

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Recent events have emphasized the need to shop early!  Besides beating the crowds and garnering the best selection, prices are never going to be lower!

Let’s start with a stocking stuffer idea… MASKS!  No, I’m not talking about the silly cv masks…I’m talking about the ones that cover up way more than a nose!  Everyone who has a RINO on their shopping list knows their current masks are slipping and it’s time for some new ones.  The Bushes and Mitt Romney are sporting the new We-Trust-the FBI look this coming election season.  Intending to portray strength and trust in government agencies, it’s difficult to pull off and your most discerning patriots won’t even attempt to wear this.  But if have a relative who believes 9-11 was a terrorist plot or that Romney is still a Republican, then this is definitely a MUST-HAVE!

For a personal gift, how about some of the new perfumes and colognes on the market right now?  Joe Biden continues to wear the classic Obsession (with getting Donald Trump) cologne, while the Intelligence Community continues to peddle their favorite smell…OPPRESSION (of the truth).  Merrick Garland hopes to corner the market with his latest offering OBSTRUCTION (of justice) but it doesn’t seem to be selling among the general population. They all seem to mirror the favorite scent of the left: DESPERATION. I do hope Michelle Obama buys Barrack a new cologne for Christmas though, because that stink he’s wearing now? follows him everywhere!

Another gift to consider is a plant.  Not the poinsettias or small fir trees…no, we’re talking people whose loyalty can be bought or shifted after the fact.  You can prebuy them—like gift cards!!  Insert them into an opponent’s campaign or administration and at the time of your choosing, they’ll turn on your opponent.  You wind them up and make them say whatever you want—it’s all the rage!!

If you’re looking for something a little more personal, there’s a new storage service that might be perfect!  The FBI is offering compartments to store unsightly personal mementos that you can’t quite get rid of, but certainly do not want to store at your home.  The cost?  A healthy donation to the Democrat Party or one of their preferred candidates (they’ll provide you with a list–simply ask Alexa: who should I donate to? And a list will appear on your laptop—how convenient is THAT?) And then that racy diary or depraved laptop of your youth can be whisked away from public scrutiny forever!

But let’s get to the hottest gift this Christmas—JUDGES!!!!  Judge shopping is a difficult task for sure.  You have to find one that you control somehow—so that might not be an easy task.  You might have to settle for a Magistrate—a step down from a judge—but realistically you might be able to fool your friends!  It all depends on what you want your judge to do—they do come with optional activist packages (see SCOTUS Sotomayer) but that can be expensive!  If you’re going to need your judge over and over though, it might be well worth the investment!

I hope these shopping tips have been useful.  Christmas really is a magical holiday!! HO, HO, HO!

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  1. EXCERPT: “Story at a glance:

    – Data from Liverpool University Hospitals revealed admissions for adverse drug reactions jumped from 6.5% in 2004 to 18.4% in 2021. They estimate the cost to be over £2 billion ($2.45 billion) per year.

    – Health Affairs calls overprescribing “America’s other drug problem” as it has led to 42% of older adults taking five or more drugs, $62 billion spent in unnecessary hospitalizations and estimates of 150,000 premature deaths.

    – Evidence shows that even the unborn are affected by exposure to antidepressants, increasing the risk of autism. In 2014, 10,000 toddlers were medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 249,669 babies aged birth to 1 year were prescribed antianxiety drugs.

    – The history of pharmaceutical intervention began with the 1910 Flexner Report commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation; this led to the demonization of alternative medicine and the rise of eugenics, or the study of perfecting people through genetics.

    The subsequent financial growth experienced by the pharmaceutical industry has also been a large contributor to polypharmacy as physician training has been highly influenced by donation and research dollars; consider these signs that you or a loved one may be taking too many drugs.
    Research published July 4 online revealed some shocking statistics about the dramatic rise in adverse drug reactions in the U.K. Many of these adverse reactions were related to the number of prescriptions prescribed to the individuals.

    Another name for overprescribing medications is “polypharmacy.” The issue has been snowballing in the last decade as Big Pharma continues to develop new drugs. The stated intent is the hope of lengthening life through chemistry, but the goal is growing revenue.

    If the goal were better health, the initial recommendation would be lifestyle changes that support health, and the secondary or tertiary step would be prescribing medications. But that isn’t what always happens. Instead, the first step is often skipped and providers simply prescribe drugs for a condition, sometimes with multiple prescriptions.

    When a patient ends up taking more than one prescription, it’s called polypharmacy, a term that is often used, but the definitions vary. According to one article the term polypharmacy “was used over one and a half centuries ago to refer to issues related to multiple-drug consumption and excessive use of drugs.”

    No matter when the term originated, it is commonly accepted that polypharmacy is the prescription of too many medications.”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/america-drug-problem-polypharmacy-overprescribing-cola/

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    1. they did this to my dad…his heart specialist never consulted with the pulmonologist who never consulted with the endochrinologist…
      so almost every new year’s, he’d end up in the hospital where the ER doc took him off all the meds and only reintroduced the most necessary one at a time till he was stable and doing well enough to go home. then he had to see his “reg” doctors and they started him back on the drug carousel…till he end up in the ER again…

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  4. can’t vouch for the validity of the tweet…but it certainly knocks the wind out of the devolution stuff imo -from wolfs

    Gil00Online
    Coyote
    September 2, 2022 15:18

    My brother’s an officer in the Army and I’ve asked him point blank what his opinion on this is. He didn’t even hesitate about the answer. He said while some (himself included) wouldn’t go after civilians, the vast majority would, w/o hesitation.

    — punk rock & ponies. (@MosDef_Steph) September 2, 2022

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  5. delusion runs strong in this one…optimistic??? she must’ve been hammered

    Tonight, @POTUS Biden, in his inspiring and optimistic remarks, made crystal clear that our rights, our freedom and our Democracy are on the line.

    — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 2, 2022

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  7. another “out there” theory building on a conversation cruz had w/the little fascist…
    from tcth

    Bob Stone
    September 2, 2022 3:44 pm

    Why Donald J. Trump Is the Current President of The United States—Regardless of Any Alleged Voter Fraud.

    READ SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY:

    The State of New York committed DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE MURDER as a matter of logic by mandating COVID patients into nursing homes while locking down the entire healthy population to keep COVID as far away from the elderly as possible.

    A person is guilty of DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE MURDER when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave and unjustifiable risk of death to another person, knowingly disregards such risk, and thereby causes the death of that person.

    The law of non-contradiction holds that two contradictory propositions cannot be true simultaneously. The truth of one necessitates the falsity of the other. Simply put, the State cannot lock down the entire healthy population for the ostensible purpose of protecting the elderly from COVID while simultaneously creating a grave and unjustifiable risk of their deaths by mandating COVID patients into nursing homes.

    If the State believed “the necessary precautions”—i.e. the CMS and CDC “transmission based precautions”—would keep the elderly safe enough to justify the nursing home mandate, then the lockdown was never necessary and all deaths resulting therefrom were DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE MURDER.

    Alternatively, if the virus was so novel as to warrant locking down the entire healthy population like communists to protect the elderly from COVID, then mandating COVID patients into nursing homes during the lockdown was DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE MURDER.

    Thus, because the nursing home mandate issued during the lockdown violates the law of non-contradiction, it is categorical proof of depraved indifference murder. There is no triable issue of fact because there is no possible defense.

    Schrödinger’s cat must be either Dead OR Alive outside the box. It can’t be both.

    Not even the most power-addicted Marxist—immune to facts, truth, and reality—would dare reveal himself by contradicting the foregoing.

    Now that you can’t unsee what you’ve just seen, let’s revisit Dr. Fauci taunting Senator Cruz.

    FAUCI: Yeah. I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?

    SEN. CRUZ: Given what we know now? The State of New York—through its governor—committed depraved indifference murder of U.S. citizens as a matter of logic by mandating COVID patients into nursing homes during its lockdown. And since a nation ‘dedicated to the proposition’ of contradicting tyranny logically excludes States that murder its citizens, Congress was categorically prohibited from counting New York’s electoral votes among “the whole Number of Electors appointed” under Article II, since doing so would mean endorsing tyranny and mass murder in violation of Article VI.

    Therefore, subtracting New York’s 29 votes from “the whole Number of Electors appointed” reduces Joe Biden’s total from 306 to 277; leaving Trump’s 232 votes unchanged. Biden 277, Trump 232.

    FAUCI: Like I said, I have to laugh at that.

    SEN. CRUZ: “Stay tuned” my Jesuit-trained pimp; because New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and California ALSO mandated COVID patients into nursing homes during their respective state lockdowns. [1] [2] And since subtracting their 105 votes from “the whole Number of Electors appointed” leaves Biden with 172 votes and Trump with 232 votes, that makes Donald J. Trump “The Person having the greatest Number of Votes and shall be the President.”

    Accordingly, so long as the Biden administration refuses to concede that Donald J. Trump is the rightful President of the United States, this nation—and all other nations still recognizing the legitimacy of Biden’s presidency—shall remain dedicated to the proposition of murdering mothers and grandmothers to shame people into isolation, loneliness and ruin while pushing children to suicide.

    [1] [Four] governors besides Cuomo who sent COVID-19-positive patients into nursing homes, By Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, March 1, 2021

    [2] Four Democrat Governors Issued Similar Nursing Home Policies to Andrew Cuomo’s, By Wendell Husebo, Breitbart, March 1, 2021

    I’m so certain of this, I bet my sister I’d quitclaim my home to her if she proved me wrong.

    https://www.houseofstone76.com/
    Last edited 26 minutes ago by Bob Stone

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    1. PUBLISHED: 01.02.2021

      JOINT STATEMENT FROM SENATORS CRUZ, JOHNSON, LANKFORD, DAINES, KENNEDY, BLACKBURN, BRAUN, SENATORS-ELECT LUMMIS, MARSHALL, HAGERTY, TUBERVILLE

      EXCERPT: “The election of 2020, like the election of 2016, was hard fought and, in many swing states, narrowly decided. The 2020 election, however, featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.

      “Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes.

      “And those allegations are not believed just by one individual candidate. Instead, they are widespread. Reuters/Ipsos polling, tragically, shows that 39% of Americans believe ‘the election was rigged.’ That belief is held by Republicans (67%), Democrats (17%), and Independents (31%).

      “Some Members of Congress disagree with that assessment, as do many members of the media.

      “But, whether or not our elected officials or journalists believe it, that deep distrust of our democratic processes will not magically disappear. It should concern us all. And it poses an ongoing threat to the legitimacy of any subsequent administrations.

      “Ideally, the courts would have heard evidence and resolved these claims of serious election fraud. Twice, the Supreme Court had the opportunity to do so; twice, the Court declined.

      “On January 6, it is incumbent on Congress to vote on whether to certify the 2020 election results. That vote is the lone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.

      “At that quadrennial joint session, there is long precedent of Democratic Members of Congress raising objections to presidential election results, as they did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017. And, in both 1969 and 2005, a Democratic Senator joined with a Democratic House Member in forcing votes in both houses on whether to accept the presidential electors being challenged.

      “The most direct precedent on this question arose in 1877, following serious allegations of fraud and illegal conduct in the Hayes-Tilden presidential race. Specifically, the elections in three states-Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina-were alleged to have been conducted illegally.

      “In 1877, Congress did not ignore those allegations, nor did the media simply dismiss those raising them as radicals trying to undermine democracy. Instead, Congress appointed an Electoral Commission-consisting of five Senators, five House Members, and five Supreme Court Justices-to consider and resolve the disputed returns.

      “We should follow that precedent. To wit, Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed.

      “Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed.”

      https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/joint-statement-from-senators-cruz-johnson-lankford-daines-kennedy-blackburn-braun-senators-elect-lummis-marshall-hagerty-tuberville

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  8. from wolfs

    eilertOnline
    September 2, 2022 17:29

    Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 09/02/2022 17:24:08

    Truth Social: 108930914585216422
    Bill Barr had “no guts,” and got “no glory.” He was a weak and pathetic RINO, who was so afraid of being Impeached that he became a captive to the Radical Left Democrats – “Please, please, please don’t impeach me,” he supposedly said. Barr never fought the way he should have for Election Integrity, and so much else. He started off OK as A.G., but faded fast – Didn’t have courage or stamina. People like that will never Make America Great Again!

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  9. from tcth

    SunnyFlower5
    SunnyFlower5
    September 2, 2022 5:29 pm

    TRUTH

    Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
    Former A.G. Bill Barr was fired long before I left the White House on January 20th. He acted very slowly on the “No Collusion” Mueller Report in that the FBI and “Justice” had the “Laptop from Hell” in their possession, which totally exonerated me long before Mueller’s decision came out, years later – A waste of time & money. The Laptop information should have been released BEFORE the Rigged Election, not after it, for the VOTERS TO SEE. He was petrified of the lunatic Dems & of being Impeached

    TRUTH
    Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
    Bill Barr had “no guts,” and got “no glory.” He was a weak and pathetic RINO, who was so afraid of being Impeached that he became a captive to the Radical Left Democrats – “Please, please, please don’t impeach me,” he supposedly said. Barr never fought the way he should have for Election Integrity, and so much else. He started off OK as A.G., but faded fast – Didn’t have courage or stamina. People like that will never Make America Great Again!

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  10. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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  12. it’s weird…the raid lasted like 9 hours, right? then why did they seize close to 12,000 documents that contained no markings what so ever? they had plenty of time to discern what was pertinent and what was not. this does seem like a smash and grab except for the length of time they spent there…
    FTA
    FBI agents seized over 11,000 documents and photographs without classified markings from the home of former President Donald Trump, according to an inventory released on Sept. 2.

    Agents during the Aug. 8 raid at Mar-a-Lago seized 11,179 materials that were not marked classified, the inventory says.

    They also took 103 documents marked classified, including some marked top secret.

    The warrant, approved by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart days earlier, enabled agents to seize any documents with classification markings, as well as containers in which the documents were located and any containers stored or found together with the documents.

    It also let agents seize information regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material; any government and/or presidential records created between Jan. 20, 2017, and Jan. 20, 2021; and any evidence “of the knowing alteration, destruction, or concealment of any government and/or Presidential Records, or of any documents with classification markings.”

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-government-seized-over-11000-non-classified-documents-from-trumps-home_4706797.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily

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  23. Sorry this is a drive by drop of a copied comment from the Q-Tree…I’m running out of gas & need to get some sleep. Don’t know when I’ll get more computer time with the gang up here. Love to all!

    Mini ground report:

    I filled up the gas tank in Metro Detroit Wednesday & was a bit below $4.00. Friday, at my exit in Northern Michigan that price was about 5 cents more. However later Friday on a trip to town those prices were 10 cents cheaper than our exit, so would be 5 cents less than Detroit. Formerly prices here were typically 10 cents more than down state.

    I hit one rest area on the road trip & the holiday weekend courtesy tent was manned by local Masons. One fella struck up a conversation & mentioned he had 12 great grandkids, also 15 grandkids, & 3 kids! Real salt of the earth types that were pleasant to interface with, & I got a free bagel from their offerings. Didn’t see any face masks at this stop thankfully!

    While on I-75 North at one point I noticed what appeared to be evidence of a vehicle fire in the left lane/shoulder area. This was a vehicle size black charring just on the pavement. It made me wonder if that was from an electric car fire. I didn’t notice metal melted nor vegetation issues but was whipping by going 75-80mph (in a 75 zone). I have seen such black patches before on I-75 South, returning from Northern Michigan.

    It’s supposed to be pretty hot up here this weekend, during the days, though to cool down at night. We hit 85 today & it’s just under 70 outside now. Good thing we’re by the lake!

    We’ve got a larger than usual gathering of extended family as my Aunt asked her family to come for the Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk in honor of her 85th birthday (last Dec.); one family from Illinois & the other from Pennsylvania.

    This will be the first trip to The Cottage for my oldest son, Nathaniel, with his baby. N “walked” the bridge as a toddler, when I was pregnant with our twins, so is hoping that his daughter’s first bridge “walk” might be a tad bit of a family history repeat. I don’t know if they still give out certificates but we’ve got a pic of him asleep in the twin stroller, that converted into a bed, with his proof of completing the walk tucked alongside. So cute!

    Hubby & I actually lived in The Cottage when N was born, so he got his height marked on the wall (door jambs w/ 5 generations of heights of visiting family) at One Day Old. I think his daughter will be the Next Youngest, after N, to get such a mark–she’s just about 9 weeks old now. It’s special to see the next generation coming up & to have these tangible reminders of the changes over the years.

    Speaking of changes, hubby’s surmise was right–Our daughter & son in law did want to share their good news before spilling to the extended family. They are expecting their First Child next April, so we’re going to be grandparents again! God is good. They will likely tell everyone tomorrow evening around dinner time when my husband & remaining single son arrive after their excursion in the hunting cabin/shack arena…

    Anyway I hope All Q-Treepers enjoy a wonderful holiday weekend with family & friends having safe travels, good food, & fellowship. We’ve gotta keep fighting that good fight, but it’s nice to get a bit of a reprieve every now & then.

    Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammo!

    God Bless!

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    1. I’m going to copy a reply to Cthulhu asking about how hubby’s job situation is going:

      https://www.theqtree.com/2022/09/02/dear-maga-tgif-open-thread-20220902/comment-page-2/#comment-955554

      He’s got week one under his belt, Praise God!!! He missed the 4th day with a “stomach bug” that really had him down. He’s hanging in there but it’s been pretty rough. His best days were the ones where he got to drive (which was what he was hired to do), one day on a B truck & the other on the A. He really enjoyed the driving & did well!

      Driving days, when they become his norm in another week or so, should be good. Warehouse days with major physical labor in brutal heat (or cold in the winter), that is way more problematic for him since his bout w/ heat stroke/exhaustion with that first job, have been quite challenging. Spending about 2 decades in Tulsa he used to handle the heat Way Better than has been the case the last couple of months. I got heat stroke/exhaustion years ago on a return visit to Tulsa & have been way more heat sensitive since then. I wonder if that experience can cause some kind of permanent change to one’s system?

      He got an atta boy from a co-worker who said that he appears to be picking up the techniques for rolling the gas cylinders way faster than most new guys do. That really encouraged him. Those excess physical demands have been hard on that 50 something guy…& the longhaulers breathing & heart issues don’t help. Soon we hope to get some Ivermectin to see if that will help.

      Next week he’ll likely be in the more office-type setting, w/ A/C!!! There he’ll learn about handling customer orders which will help him know the software & devices that are used including in his delivery & pick up trucking roll.

      His steel-toe boots, which he’s worn for months or even years without problems at his old job, are causing him to get blisters. It may have to do with the motions necessary to manhandle 2 gas cylinders. He’s been using moleskin & gauze & tape but his feet get so sweaty that sometimes they fall off–not his feet, the “bandages” that is https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/1f609.svg

      I was hoping he could use moisture-wicking socks that he uses for hunting but he thinks they are too short for the boot length up over his ankles. Maybe when he’s not rolling cylinders for 10 or 11 hours in a day like Mon & Fri it won’t be as big of a hassle.

      For the first time in his life, & in my family (that I know of), he’s going to be a union employee. Insurance, & pay scales, are handled by the union. We’ll have a bit of a learning curve on all that…

      Thanks for asking. It’s been Very Challenging for him this whole 6 month season of change. God’s helping him get through it but there have been Many bumps in the road & plenty of unexpected detours https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/1f609.svg I help as best I can but it’s been quite the journey–thus far!

      Thanks so much for the many prayers & encouragements through this extended season of upheaval. You all have been helping me get through it more than I can express!

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