I’m exhausted, gang!!!!! But happy. I will check in later after I get some sleep.

I’m exhausted, gang!!!!! But happy. I will check in later after I get some sleep.

Okay, gang. Today is the big day.
Q-Truthers everywhere expect it to be a landslide but they also expect optics galore and for things to remain chaotic until January and the inauguration but just get out and vote if you haven’t already!!!
That’s it for now! I love you guys! See ya!!
Wow. Well.
If you follow Phil then you know something really frustrating is going on.
He was going to do a livestream last night with some alleged “election intel” and what he did instead was “went dark,” followed by several other Truthers “going dark” who have a presence on Phil’s private chat. (Including Sara Hobbs, who posted that in Gematria, today is “blackout Monday”.)
Eventually, over an hour after Phil was supposed to go live, he posted: “I’m fine. Something came up. Back tomorrow.”
I guess we’ll see. He sure didn’t sound upset. But it would be nice to hear from him, in the midst of all this CHAOS, especially since some of the key election intel he gave us earlier seems to be sort of wrong...
Of course, it could still all happen TODAY. And that would create HUGE chaos….
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Very early this morning, from Intel Slava Z — it includes a short video of the front of the US Embassy in Moscow with words flowing across the front of the building:
“🇷🇺🇺🇸Message on the building of the US Embassy in Moscow.
‘You know who’s gonna win
No matter who your ballot paper is PUT IN for’
An interesting play on words. Something new and bold for our media.”
[If you follow Q, then you know that Putin, Trump & Xi are Allies, so this is funny, and maybe even a little exciting, but still really unexpected at 5:30 AM, the day before the election...]
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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – MONDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2024 (16 mins):
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Q-related.
Mike King’s “Anti-New York Times” post for today, goes into great detail about how the alleged MSM (under White Hat control now) is seriously riling up Leftists about Trump’s “subversive plans”, his upcoming sentencing for his “felony convictions”, etc.
You need a strong stomach to read the shit they’re putting out there, but here’s the link. Scroll down.
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News Treason speaks with Susanne Heger, a German journalist. Very interesting take on the woke media in Germany. But also disturbing.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T With Mark: Awakened Journalism in a Woke Society (2 hrs):
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Join Andy The Gabby Cabby In Conversation With Preston Journalist (UK) (1 hr):
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Preston Journalist (UK) – THE PUBLIC MIGHT MISS RISHI (2 mins):
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Ross K. Nichols – The Two Flood Stories of Genesis (56 mins):
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And that’s really all I’m going to post today about “news” unless something important comes up later. I’m off today, so I can easily jump back on.
But everything feels extremely wound-up in both directions, gang — predictions of all-out doom, along with a tsunami of votes for Trump tomorrow.
And no tangible sort of true intel from anybody. Strangely QUIET amid all the noise…
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Glasgow last night! Here are a few photos.
Check out that sea of people!!!!
(If it were a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden, they’d say it was reminiscent of Nazis in Berlin….. Anyway.)
They play Manchester tomorrow night. You can buy tickets here. Then they play Wales on Wednesday, but it is sold out.
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Our Daily Feature continues!!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Today, our random selection was actually really random, so it is back within Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, and it’s another weird one. The topic is the Ridiculous and the Sublime.
Keith informs us:
“You try saying twenty-five times, ‘Guilty, your honor,’ and keep a straight face.”
Hopefully, this issue won’t come up for any of us anytime soon, but we will keep this sobering bit of information in mind if it does.
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And that is it for today, gang. I have a lot of chores to do around here because, a week from tomorrow, I leave for NYC, and the house is a complete disaster. The guy who will be taking care of my cats is dropping over sometime during the week to meet the new “fosters” and I don’t want him to think I am living in complete squalor. (But I almost am, due to this high number of rumbunctious young cats hanging out here…)
The last time he took care of my cats, I had 7 indoors and one outdoors. Even with the passing of Lucie over the summer, I now have 2 cats outdoors, and 723 cats indoors…
Okay. Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!!
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My latest favorite driving-to-town song! It helps stave off nervous breakdowns!! (Try it and see!)
From Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ album MOJO, 2010 — “Let Yourself Go”. Enjoy!!
Loyal readers of this lofty blog no doubt recall that I absolutely LOVE the end of Daylight Saving Time and getting that hour back which gets stolen from me every Spring!!
In order to start celebrating early, I turned the clock in my car back an hour before going into my evening shift last night. When I got back into my car, several hours later, to go home (and drive alone for 30 miles in pitch darkness!!), I was overjoyed to discover that, in my car, it was only 8:30!!! Yay.
So, when I got home, I stayed in the kitchen later than usual, watching, as always, endless re-runs of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” and laughing my quite comely behind off, even though I know all the jokes. And then I slept in for an hour and a half this morning and it was still only 5AM when I got out of bed!!!
(The cats were not fooled by the time change, however. They met me at the bottom of the stairs with their little empty bowls in their outstretched paws, while tapping their tiny impatient feet….)
Okay! Anyway.
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The news is, of course, getting intense. As much as they tell us that all the polls are now in Trump’s favor, that even CNN is turning on the fake Kamala, and that it will be a landslide for Trump; Q-Truthers are also telling us that it won’t matter how many people vote for Trump, the Dems will still rig the election. Again.
But VOTE, regardless. If a scenario like that happens, it will ALL be optics to wake up those remaining 4 Americans who are still sound asleep.
I have no clue what is up for Tuesday, but obviously, something is, and I am going to be naive and optimistic and hope that it will be something GOOD. And something that won’t interfere with my upcoming trip to NYC! We shall (finally) see in TWO days.
Meanwhile, Phil is supposed to do a livestream tonight at 8PM Eastern time, with “election intel”. Check here later to confirm.
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The petition is available in seven languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. It is hugely appreciated if you would sign and share it far and wide…”
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Here’s a streamlined version of Tucker’s Live show with Trump & RFK, Jr. Down to 2 hours from the original 4.
Tucker Carlson Live Tour Grand Finale With President Donald Trump LIVE in Glendale, AZ (2 hrs):
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News Treason – Friday Night Live With Patrick Gunnels (1 hr 16 mins):
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STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING WITH CHRIS & CHARLIE WARD (38 mins):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Will REFORM Back US LOT? VITAL That Farage And Tice Speak NOW! (5 mins):
From yesterday –
Tommy Robinson STITCHED UP (2 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – We got this – it’s in the bag! (top Democrats)? (5 mins):
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And in other news!!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Leeds in the UK last night and I get the feeling ALL of the UK shows are going to be incredible!!
Here are just a few of the many photos posted to Instagram last night.
They play Glasgow tonight and then Manchester on Tuesday. Buy tickets here.
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Our Daily Feature!!!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Oddly enough, it comes from Chapter One again: How Keith Richards Can Save Your Life. And the topic is Accept Your Addictions.
Keith advises:
“I don’t like to regret heroin because I learned a lot from it. It is something I went through and dealt with. I’d regret it if I hadn’t dealt with it.”
So if you are considering becoming a former heroin addict, this could be just the advice you need!
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And that’s it for now. I am going to try to luxuriate in this additional hour before going off for my evening shift with that elderly couple who are so smart, funny, and kind and who I just love spending time with.
Okay.
Enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this! Some snippets from “Mrs. Brown’s Boys.”
Enjoy!!!!
Rory couldn’t stop laughing when Mrs Brown asked him this!😳😂| Mrs Brown’s Boys Live – BBC (1 minute):
Mrs. Brown and The Mormons – Mrs. Brown’s Boys Episode 6 (1 minute):
Mrs Brown’s gonorrhoea | Mrs Brown’s Boys – BBC (56 seconds):
I’m not going to be able to do a post today. I agreed to work a double — and it’s a long one. In addition to my regular Saturday patient, they need me to go back out to the lady I was with last night because her regular Saturday night caregiver is sick.
So, heavy sigh. Another super long day when I said I wouldn’t do this anymore!!!
But I’ll be back tomorrow.
Enjoy your Saturday wherever you are in the world!!! I love you guys. Thanks for visiting!!
Yay! It’s Friday! Even though I have to work today, it’s a late shift so I have the entire day here to get some stuff done! Mainly — wash my HAIR. Do some yoga. Breathe….
And the patient I have on Friday evenings is just wonderful. She will be 99 (!!) in a couple of weeks. She’s blind. But she has good health and her mind is as sharp as a tack. She enjoys conversation, too. (And she’s a pro-Trumper.) Basically, I just have to make sure she doesn’t fall down. (She has 2 frisky cats and 3 very large, happy Labradors, who now have to stay eternally in another room.)
Anyway. It’s a wonderful environment, but it’s in the middle of pitch-black nowhere, 30 miles from here… so I’ll be glad when I’m back home.
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This video was GREAT.
If you don’t understand Q and would like to, this video is fantastic.
I just wish these darn things weren’t so long, because it takes me forever to listen to all this stuff right now. And now that rumble has so many darn ads, I can no longer listen while driving in the car, because I can’t skip the ads while going 87 MPH down the freeway… (if you don’t press ‘skip’ the ads go on forever.)
Anyway!
News Treason Channel 17 – Q News Review With Mike King #019 (2 hrs 23 mins):
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Phil is supposed to do a livestream tonight, but no time has been announced yet. Check here later.
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From Absolute 1776:
“Let me get this right:
On 10/30 at 4pm, The White House made a tweet which simply said “Ban Assault Weapons”.
at 3:22am on 11/1, news breaks out of Orlando that there is a mass shooting.
And I’m supposed to believe the two aren’t related? As if the playbook isn’t well known by now? Yeah. Okay. I was born at night, but it wasn’t last night.
Drop 1400:
“What is the common theme when bad news is about to break (against them)?”
“Stay vigilant.”
Drop 38 (11/2 Delta):
“Note false flags”
(If you’ve watched Eye Of The Storm, you will know that this drop has been mentioned recently as we currently have 4 carrier groups in the Pacific, and Huma is back in the news.)
Drop 47 (11/2 Delta):
“Be vigilant today and expect a major false flag.”
“Does anyone find it to be a coincidence there is always a terrorist attack when bad news breaks for the D’s?”
Now I ask you: Why did Jill Biden wear a Panda costume while at the same time Uncle Joe was meandering around biting infants? What about the most recent Diddy allegations and the recent outburst of high profile celebrities endorsing Kamala. Celebrities who just so happen to be Diddy Party Adjacent.
What, exactly, is about to be exposed on [them]?
We should all probably buckle up. Turbulence inbound. Stay frosty, frens. See something, say something.”
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Sanity4Sweden – Good stuff from Idaho – Pulling the covid tea (6 mins):
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“…a madcap journey from the retailer to the laboratory, through corporate boardrooms, down back alleys, and into the halls of Congress…”
Official 2021 documentary re-release: Stink! – Watch full movie, Now FREE! (1 hr 30 mins):
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From Matt Roeske’s Cultivate/Elevate newsletter — (if you’re like me, and basically only eat an organic, non- GMO, free-range, super food diet, you still have to watch out for chemicals).
| AVOID THESE INGREDIENTS IN YOUR SUPERFOODS: |
| Maltodextrin is primarily derived from genetically modified corn and has been shown to cause bloating, alter the gut lining, and brain fog. Potassium Sorbate is a preservative used to prevent mold growth in foods such as cheese, yogurt, wine, dried meat, pickles, apple cider, and many herbal dietary supplements. Potassium Sorbate may cause damage to the lymphocytes. Soy Lecithin has been shown to impact digestion and reduce the absorption of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc and may equally cause stunted growth in children. Citric acid: During the 1970s citric acid was derived from fruits such as lemons and limes. But around the 1970s citric acid became derived from GMO mold & GMO corn syrup. The mold (Aspergillosis) can cause inflammation, bloating, nausea, and other allergic reactions. Artificial colors Artificial colors such as yellow 5 have been linked to behavior disorders, damage the DNA and causes cell mutation and cellular damage. Artificial or Natural flavors: At the moment there are about 1,300 different chemicals approved for flavoring agents and due to the current regulations companies do not need to disclose the chemicals used in a flavoring agent. These flavoring agents can be made up of just about anything including pig bones, msg, and other chemicals which may lead to health issues and alterations in dopamine. |
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Replay of Tucker Carlson’s live event with Donald Trump & RFK, Jr, from last night ( 4 hrs. 38 mins):
Click Link — for now, you can only watch it on Tucker’s site, but he eventually moves it over to rumble.
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Related —
From Real Raw News –
“Trump Cryptically Reveals Ongoing Deep State Purge at Campaign Event, says White Hat Source
How does one say the Deep State has been getting purged without saying the Deep State’s been getting purged?
Well, President Donald J. Trump found a way last night while speaking with Tucker Carlson at a campaign event in Arizona Thursday evening. In discussing the Deep State’s unwavering support for the criminal Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump called the now-deceased Liz Cheeney a “Warhawk” and said she deserves to receive a 9-gun salute for embracing terrorism and endorsing Kamala Harris.
“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her,” said Trump. “Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face,” Trump said, to the outrage of liberals across the country.
White Hats, however, championed Trump’s rhetoric even though the real Liz Cheney has been dead since April 2023. She died not by the bang of gunshots but by a rope placed around her neck at Guantanamo Bay, having been convicted of treason two weeks earlier. […]
[…] A source at Camp Pendleton had a different take on Trump’s rhetoric. “What I heard last night was a message for normies—President Trump wasn’t espousing some dark fantasy; he was cryptically admitting to what’s been going on these last several years, the prosecution and execution of Deep State criminals. He speaks in code, and you have to read between the lines. […]
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Ross & Jono – Torah Pearls: Noach (1 hr):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – You’re Not Silly Are You (18 mins):
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In other news…
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Antwerp again last night, and beginning tomorrow, they are in the UK for the next couple weeks, then they close the tour in Paris on November 17th.
Some of these shows are sold out, but you can still get tickets to a lot of them. Check HERE.
And this is the photo I have for today!!!!! From early this morning, Nick Cave with his grandson!!!
And here’s this from about 30 years ago, just because I love it… Nick with Luke, the father of the grandson:
And here’s this!
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (and the Audience!!)- Into My Arms, live @ Arena Zagreb 2024, October 15th 2024, Croatia
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Our Daily Feature!!!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
I confess, I purposely tried to get a “random sampling” from the beginning of the book, just so we wouldn’t always end up in Chapter Five…
So, from Chapter One (!!): How Keith Richards Can Save Your Life. And the topic is Accept the Rolling Stones as Your Metaphorical Overlord.
Keith’s advice: “There’s the sun, there’s the moon, there’s the air we breathe, and there’s the Rolling Stones.”
And I have to say, gang, that from age 12 to about age 19, this was an excellent way of describing my life!
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That’s it for now.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with a beautiful song I listen to every night now as I drift off to sleep… I can’t really post about why, though. Not yet, anyway. It’s sufficient to say that this whole album is keeping me alive these days.
Diana Krall, “I Remember You” from her phenomenal album, The Look of Love, 2001. Enjoy, gang.
When I saw this post last night on Absolute 1776, it really made me chuckle.
I thought the garbage truck bit was funny enough — only because I can’t even imagine how annoying it was to people who hate Trump. But when I saw that he kept the orange vest on during his rally– just too funny.
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Okay. Not funny at all.
Also posted to Absolute 1776 yesterday – (link includes photos — info came from Daily Mail UK):
“JUST IN: Photos released of Diddy & J.Lo arguing, the same night that Diddy is accused of r*ping a 13-year-old girl while two celebrities watched.
If the allegation is true, the two celebrities could be in the photos you see below.
According to a lawsuit, the girl went to lie down in bed after she felt woozy after being handed a drink.
Diddy eventually entered the room with two celebrities, one a man and one a woman.
“Celebrity A” held the girl down and r*ped her while Combs and “Celebrity B,” a female, watched.
After Celebrity A was done, Combs r*ped the girl while the other 2 watched.
According to the Daily Mail regarding the September 7, 2000 incident, here are some of the celebrities who were allegedly in attendance at the party.
Jay Z
Ben Stiller
Fred Durst
Ice T
David Blaine
Damon Dash
Eminem
Dr. Dre
Steven Dorff
Josie Maran
Carmen Cass”
“The temple is toppling.
In this drop (for those unaware) is a list of names reported to have visited Little St. James.”
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Dinesh D’Souza – Vindicating Trump | Full Movie (1 hr 35 mins):
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This one is long but worth every minute!!
Lara Logan is Fearless | The Roseanne Barr Podcast #71 (2 hrs 22 mins):
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Bongino – Garbage, Bitter Clingers, Deplorables, Nazis, Fascists… (Ep. 2361) – 10/30/2024 (1 hr):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Tommy Robinson Is SAFE For Now (3 mins):
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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – A HUMAN EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED ON YOUNG PEOPLE ( 15 mins):
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James Tabor – Did Paul Get His Gospel from James and the Apostles Who Knew Jesus? (33 mins):
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And in other news!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Antwerp last night! They also play there again tonight. Buy tickets here.
Again, there were tons of photos and videos on Instagram from last night, but I’m posting just one photo, in 2 parts — so that you can read the comment (translated from Dutch)!
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Our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Randomly chosen, yet again, from the enormous Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. The topic today is a weighty one: Self-Knowledge.
In this area, Keith advises:
“I’ve lived my life in my own way, and I’m here today because I have taken the trouble to find out who I am.”
Actually, I really relate to that one. Maybe you do, too!
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And here’s this!!! Just because I love it!! The photographer of this photo posted it on Instagram yesterday, saying that it was taken 30 years ago in the UK.
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And I think that is it for today.
I have a long day today. An afternoon shift, followed by a required training session at the Agency tonight! Aaaarrrrgh. I really don’t like to be out & about, driving alone in the dark on Halloween. (The agency’s offices are 30 miles from here.) But oh well.
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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My driving-home-from-town-music yesterday!! It was a gorgeous day, and I had just spent 4 wonderful hours with just the most incredible patient I have had so far. (The 94-year-old Japanese man.)
Just a great song for driving on a gorgeous day when you feel so great about everything. Enjoy, gang.
“You And Me”
Take a look
At what I got
I can’t promise
You a lot
But you and me
And the road ahead
I can’t save
You from yourself
You gotta want it
All that’s left
Is you and me
And the road ahead
Wherever that wind might blow
Wherever that river rolls
You know I will go with you
Lookin’ over
The mountain’s crown
The water roars
And tumbles down
Like you and me
And the road ahead
Wherever that wind might blow
Wherever that river rolls
You know I will go with you
Just you and me
And the road ahead
Just you and me
And the road ahead
c – 2002 Tom Petty
One thing that is worth noting is that Phil was with his family at Yankee Stadium in NYC last night, watching the World Series, so how bad can it really be right now, if he’s at a ball game, having a great time?
That said, the “news” is just getting more and more alarmist (from the Truther camps), as we get closer to the alleged Election Day.
As you go over the posts below, just either try to use discernment, or just sigh and say, “whatever will be, will be, at this point.”
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SGT Report – WARNING: A STAGED INSURRECTION TO JUSTIFY DOMESTIC MILITARY OPS — Jeffrey Prather (43 mins):
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Nino’s Corner – Emergency Response Drills Begin At White House In The Dark Of Night? BlackRock To Takeover Bitcoin? (35 mins):
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From Charlie Ward–
THE ENEMY WITHIN WITH PATRICK BYRNE & CHARLIE WARD (14 mins):
3-part docuseries mentioned above –$5 on rumble, limited time. I’ve purchased it, but I haven’t had time to watch it yet:
The Enemy Within Docuseries (All 3 Episodes)
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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – WEDNESDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2024 (11 mins):
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And We Know – 10.29.24: Yellow FLAG, Military OPS? NAZI propaganda backfires, PR jokes, PEOPLE REJOICING, PRAY! (1 hr):
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X22 Report – Ep. 3487b-Clowns:Insider Attacks On Election Likely, Capitol Police Simulation, Time To Show The World (1 hr):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Tommy Robinson In DANGER‼️ (3 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Cynics, Aggressive Cancer and Lunatic AUS Politicians (5 mins):
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From NewsTreasonChannel17:
“🔥 President Trump has received the endorsement from over 300 former Generals and Admirals.
🟨 Re-read Q drop 4 – posted exactly 7 year ago TODAY 🔥
“WHY IS POTUS SURROUNDED BY GENERALS”
Probably a “coincidence”
🇺🇸🟨🇺🇸”
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And on that note– on to other news.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play Antwerp, Belgium, tonight, but it is sold out. They play there again tomorrow night, You can buy tickets here.
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Our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Another timely bit of advice from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations! This time, the topic is Experience & Education.
Keith’s overall response to it:
“Some of it, you really want to unlearn.”
And I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t agree more!!
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And that is it for today.
Stay alert, stay safe, let’s try to get through the next SIX days without losing our minds, wherever we are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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If you need a good laugh right now, here’s this!!
The Babylon Bee Officially Endorses Kamala Harris (satire) (2 mins):
And here’s this, just to remind ourselves… Sing along, sing loudly!!! Enjoy, gang.
Seven more days, gang.
Of course, fear mongers out there are now starting the rumor that the Left won’t concede, won’t ratify the results of the election because Trump is a felon and so they will put him in prison, etc., etc. That there is no end in sight to this, even if Trump wins…
I guess we’ll see.
There are still plenty of people who believe something really terrible is going to happen this week, that will cancel the election entirely. OR that Trump will end up running unopposed. OR that the Left (who is mostly already in gitmo or have already been executed) will try to rig the outcome yet again….
We just have to wait and see.
I am, of course, still undecided. I usually take my cues about who to vote for from Putin and he endorses Kamala… what to do, what to do.
Of course, just kidding.
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Okay!!
Steve Bannon is free. He will hold a press conference today at 3PM.
“Admiral Stephen K. Bannon and Cpt. Maureen Bannon Outside Danbury Federal Correction Facility at 3:15AM ET”
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I know this is in really bad taste, but I thought it was funny. [See “Arkancide” if you don’t know why this is funny.]
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Tommy BANGED UP Tice MESSED UP Now What (5 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Australia having regrets. Dr Phil Supporting Trump is Big News in Sweden (6 mins):
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David Mahoney Discusses The Golden Age with Nicholas Veniamin (32 mins): (click link)
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Matt Roeske – petrified Stones and being your own healer (1 hr):
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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – TUESDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2024 (18 mins):
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A night off for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds!!
Tomorrow they play Antwerp in Belgium but it is sold out. Thursday they also play Antwerp, you can buy tickets here.
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The Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
From the inevitable Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, the subject today is Inspirations & Influences. On Phil Spector (convicted murderer, now deceased, and the ex-husband of Ronnie, a woman Keith absolutely adored), Keith advises:
“Phil is, was, and always will be a complete weirdo.”
So, I guess if Phil Spector comes up on a pop quiz or something for you today, there’s your answer!
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And that is it for today.
Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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This morning’s breakfast-listening-music!!
Once again, Elvis Costello & the Attractions. From about 1977 until the late 80s, I really loved Elvis Costello. But for some reason, he fell off my radar after that. I think because my life started to get stupidly busy when my fiction-writing career began to take off while I was still a singer-songwriter with a 4-piece band, actively performing in clubs in NYC.
This song below astounded me when I first heard it. I thought the prosody of the lyrics was fantastic and I really studied them, wondering how I could ever write a song like it. (I never did! ) Anyway.
“Beyond Belief”, from Imperial Bedroom, 1982. Elvis Costello & the Attractions. Enjoy, gang!
“Beyond Belief”
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies the same defeats
Keep your finger on important issues
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues
I’m just the oily slick
On the windup world of the nervous tick
In a very fashionable hovel
I hang around dying to be tortured
You’ll never be alone in the bone orchard
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel
So in this almost empty gin palace
Through a two-way looking glass
You see your Alice
You know she has no sense
For all your jealousy
In a sense she still smiles very sweetly
Charged with insults and flattery
Her body moves with malice
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous
And now you find you fit this identikit completely
You say you have no secrets
And then leave discreetly
[Chorus:]
I might make it California’s fault
Be locked in Geneva’s deepest vault
Just like the canals of Mars and the great barrier reef
I come to you beyond belief
My hands were clammy and cunning
She’s been suitably stunning
But I know there’s not a hope in Hades
All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle
So-called gentlemen and ladies
Dog fight like rose and thistle
I’ve got a feeling
I’m going to get a lot of grief
Once this seemed so appealing
Now I am beyond belief
[Chorus]
c – 1982 Elvis Costello
But let’s start with last night.
Wow, what a privilege it was to be able to watch that incredible Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night in the home of that husband & wife couple that I just adore (patients in my senior care job). They are both close to 90 and are serious Trump supporters, pro-America, level-headed, smart, funny people.
It was just a wonderful way to end the evening shift.
If you missed it, here is the replay (of the rally — not of my evening shift):
LIVE: President Trump in New York, NY (2 hrs 25 mins): (I don’t know why the video is not showing here, click the link to watch it.)
I ended the evening feeling really, really happy. I was coming off of 10 shifts in 6 days, the rally was exciting and it was so great to see a thing like that finally happen in NYC — my spiritual home. I just felt like this war is finally going to be over SOON. Wow.
But when I awoke to a text at 5AM from my dear friend Kara — she was confirming that we are doing dinner & a movie on November 8th (the Andrea Bocelli celebration film), but she also had a lengthy diatribe about why she hates Trump and fears that if he gets back in the White House he will end free speech entirely and the world will become Orwellian…
Good god, you know? Just when you think people are waking up.
Sadly, I’m used to (what’s left of) my family being against Trump, and most of my colleagues hating Trump, and some people who used to be among my dearest friends who now haven’t spoken to me in 4 years because they hate Trump… and now this thing from Kara at 5AM.
Just when you think people are awake and the war is almost over and that you’re not going to be alone anymore, and you’re going to have a place in the world again.
You know, it’s one thing to face this onslaught of the past 4 years by standing your ground and putting on the full armor of God every single fucking day — and watching your career disappear, your social life disappear, the world you thought you knew so well, disappear; even when Nick Cave, Keith Richards, and Bruce Springsteen publicly told people to get the vaccine, while here in the Hinterlands ,all around me, people of all ages were literally being killed by those shots — I still found a way to keep standing my ground, keep allowing myself to feel love for the world, keep getting up in the morning and fighting the fight.
But Kara?? My dear, unvaccinated, strong-willed, strong fighter Kara, absolutely hating Trump?? It was too much.
So I cried. And I texted her some links about MK Ultra, and Operation Mockingbird, and stuff about scientists being against the climate change agenda, and yet another link to a Phil video on rumble…
And then I tried to slog through my morning.
I’m really, really tired.
Anyway.
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Okay. This other sad news just in — I’m hoping it’s a hardcore psyop/optics thing, as we wait for someone/anyone to Make England Great Again:
From disclose.tv:
“JUST IN – Tommy Robinson sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months over Syrian refugee contempt of court“
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And here are two bits of news, oddly related!!!
First, from MarkSteele(UK):
“Nobel Prize winner Dr. John F. Clauser signs the Clintel World Climate Declaration
[…] Clauser has publicly distanced himself from climate alarmism and this year he also joined the Board of Directors of the CO2 Coalition. In the announcement by the CO2 Coalition, Clauser was quoted in the following way:
‘The popular narrative about climate change reflects a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world’s economy and the well-being of billions of people. Misguided climate science has metastasized into massive shock-journalistic pseudoscience. In turn, the pseudoscience has become a scapegoat for a wide variety of other unrelated ills. It has been promoted and extended by similarly misguided business marketing agents, politicians, journalists, government agencies, and environmentalists. In my opinion, there is no real climate crisis. There is, however, a very real problem with providing a decent standard of living to the world’s large population and an associated energy crisis. The latter is being unnecessarily exacerbated by what, in my opinion, is incorrect climate science.'[…]
AND ALSO THIS!!
From disclose.tv:
“NEW – Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance is unaccounted for: That is nearly 40% of all climate funds disbursed by the bank over the past 7 years, Oxfam says.”
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Sanity4Sweden – Trump – A Nazi or a Jew lover? Make up your minds! (4 mins):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby – Come Join Me LIVE This Sunday Where We Discuss ALL Things News (1 hr):
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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH DREW DEMI – MONDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2024 (15 mins):
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Tomorrow is a big day for Steve Bannon as he will allegedly be released from prison!!
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James Tabor – Is This Our Earliest Surviving Christian Text Opposing Paul’s Claims to be an Apostle? (29 mins):
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In other news!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Lisbon last night, and I know I keep saying this, but it looks like the show was just seriously off the charts! Wow. here are some photos from Instagram, but there were TONS of them and tons of videos, too.
Next, they play 2 nights in Belgium — Weds & Thursday, Oct. 30th & 31st. Buy tickets here.
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Also, Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File early this morning, wherein he explained what it takes for him to feel free — in art, faith, love. He said, in part:
As a songwriter, I am primarily concerned with artistic freedom – freedom of expression, belief and imagination. What it takes for me to pursue these freedoms – to feel genuinely free – has paradoxically something to do with order and constraint. I feel free to express myself and can access a greater quality of imagination when certain restrictions are put into place…
You can read it in full HERE.
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And last but certainly not least!
Our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Once again, we find ourselves in the never-ending Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And quite fortuitously, the topic today is OTHER PEOPLE. How interesting, right?
Keith advises: “You learn to take people as they come. It doesn’t matter where they come from. So you learn to size up people really quickly. If you don’t you get into trouble.”
Need we say more???
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And that is it for today.
Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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More breakfast-listening music from Elvis Costello & the Attractions! This one, from 1982, “Man Out of Time” from the album Imperial Bedroom. This one suited my really, really difficult mood this morning. Enjoy, gang.