CITIZEN OPEN THREAD — THURSDAY

Posted by Kane on October 31, 2024 5:03 am

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Charlie Kirk appears on Megyn Kelly show yesterday. Excellent.

 

 

 


 

 

 

No memes or photos or youtube videos of any sort in the open thread today.

 

Just written comments and links.

 

Yesterday, the CFP home page set another record with 3.4 million unique visits and 17.3 million pageviews.

 

The server is working overtime to say the least.

 

And when you post photos, memes, cartoons and videos in the comments here — it can cause substantial issues for how the home page loads.

 

When the CFP home page (the Stack) is loading 1 million times every hour, it can’t afford to be recached every time someone leaves a comment in here.

 

I’m also shutting off voting for comments as this creates an additional burden for the server.

 

Thank you.

 

 

 


 

 

17.3 million pageviews in 24 hours is insane

 

 

 

 

There are only 6 news websites in the United States that are doing 17 million pageviews per day.

 

CNN

FOX NEWS

New York Times

Drudge

Wash Post

Citizen Free Press

 

 

 

 

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Kittypigeon
Kittypigeon

President Trump explains how the garbage truck and the orange vest came to be. Absolutely hilarious.

Absolutely brilliant!

NoTwoSystemsOnlyOneChiCom
NoTwoSystemsOnlyOneChiCom

Hochstein + Axios + Leaks = No Deal
“Negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah have made significant progress in the last 24 hours but the Biden administration hasn’t reached a final agreement with either Israel or Lebanon, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the issue told U.S. news portal Axios.

A U.S. official said Biden adviser Amos Hochstein’s mediation trip to Beirut last week made progress towards a deal, especially around Hezbollah’s willingness to cut a deal with Israel separate from the war in Gaza.”
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308977-ceasefire-talks-make-significant-progress-as-draft-agreement-leaked

https://allisrael.com/lebanese-pm-hopes-for-ceasefire-within-days-leaked-deal-outline-envisions-idf-pulling-out-within-7-days

Blackie Lawful
Blackie Lawful

Good Thursday Morning, CFP Patriots!

Congrats on the massive (and ever-growing) amount of pageviews, Boss!

By the way, “Happy Halloween” 🎃 ☠️🧟‍♂️🦇🐈‍⬛ 👻

ckbro
ckbro

Good morning from beautiful Arizona. The Lord’s blessings to you and yours!
Matthew 18 “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them”.

Words of encouragement for the coming week my friends!

1 Peter 5
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit be with you all.
Amen
You all have a great day!

Lonesome Cowpie
Lonesome Cowpie

Of those 6 news websites you listed I would think only Citizen Free Press and FOX NEWS to a lesser degree (I still don’t trust them) would be considered conservative and fact based.

The others that make up the balance is troubling to me as the majority of what they peddle is cherry picked and agenda driven.

I would hope the increase of numbers here on CFP are driven by people who are seeking the ‘The Rest of the Story’ as it were for comparison and enlightenment.

Once they realize that…

Meddling Kid
Meddling Kid

I would like a fiscal analysis…

Page views per dollar

Take each of the above sites’ page views (annual total or daily average) and divide it by their total budget (annual or daily average).

Something tells me that graph of results would be amazing for CFP.

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n Kid. This is a truly amazing place and group of people!

Deb
Deb

Good morning and congrats on the great numbers boss. It comes as no surprise though. You have given so many a news home base. A place where we know what we view has been vetted. In a time of such rapid fire posting it is blessing to know you are here. When the spam filter catches me, I usually wonder if I said something wrong, then remember the amount of traffic here and spend those times catching up on the stack. No matter how hard I try I cannot keep up, life interferes. I believe we have truly been blessed to have you. I just keep praying that your drive to be the best beats the burnout that has to threaten you. We feel bad when we cannot post for a bit, but your success is something we all root for.

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n neighbor

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning CFP fans.
Why hasn’t Wanda the ballot stuffer been arrested?

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n harley

MI Girl
harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning MI Girl.
Bill telling people they were better off with Trump but to stay on the plantaion.
I guess those voters didn’t finish grade school.

MI Girl
MI Girl

Bill seems a bit off to me the last few years. Since most of the rank & file uaw workers are for Trump, is he telling them it’s all good? I think people are sick of being told who to like and what to do! Have a great day hc

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

‘It’s an universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education.
An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.’
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

MI Girl
MI Girl

Boss, you’ve beat Breitbart!

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Noticeably cooler today.
Went to bed and woke up to HEAVY rain.
It wasnt the rain that woke me, it was that sound every Okie knows when they are born.
Tornado!
That awful grumble that you feel in your bones.
Then the sirens went off.
Do we take cover or ride it out?
Radar showed it right over Fairland, Ok, not good.
Were 20 min from Fairland!
The grumble faded.
No EMS sirens, rain let up.
I rolled back over and slept like a log.
Hope everyone is ok in Oklahoma?

MI Girl
MI Girl

Glad you are safe- we have rough weather heading our way later today, too. Snow expected in the Upper. Our beautiful Indian summer is over!

Disgusted
Disgusted

We heard sirens as well. The weather radio said sever thunderstorm warning so we didnt worry. We sure needed the rain. It finally feels like fall.

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Disgusted.
We got our first rain in over a month.

Deb
Deb

Rain? I have forgotten the smell of fresh rain. I reminisce about it as I watch the lawn burn up.

Disgusted
Disgusted

Morning, harleycowboy! It’s been a long time for us as well. The creeks were drying up!

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

It seems that Missouri gets 1/2 of its rain in 2 days, 1 day in Fall and 1 day in Spring.
My BMI loves the cooler weather!

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning TC.
Glad you’re ok.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Gmornin Mr Cowboy.
Been in the Vortex 3x, tornadoes don’t scare me enough to get out of bed.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Although I am sad about not being able to see our homegrown memes, I am happy about the 17 MILLION page views!
Nothing satisfies like a job well done.
Good hustle K!

Texdeb
Texdeb

So true, TV! 17 M page views is very impressive!

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Texdeb.

Texdeb
Texdeb

Good morning, Harley!

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

17.3M!

Chef Fred
Chef Fred

Goooood morning from the Smokies beloved and faithful Patriots!!!😊🐶☕️☕️☕️

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Gmornin chef!

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Chef.

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n Chef!

Christina
Christina

Christina, you were never blocked.

For some reason the spam filter grabs some of your posts.

I approve them by hand.

Also, a message to Tuliptree if you’re reading.

It started happening to your posts one day, and you left in a huff.

I approved your posts but you never saw them.

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Christina.
Hang with us. It’ll get staightened out after a while. The boss is a one man arrmy.

TBone
TBone

No excuse early voting opens this morning in Kentucky! I’ll be there at 8:30! See y’all at the polls!

Lc
Lc

Congratulations!

We do our part in the high Sierras to spread your links throughout California and Nevada! Citizen Free Press is our primary news source.

Lc
Lc

How do we contribute financial support to CFP?

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/citizen-free-press-fund-drive/

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Lc.
Keep up the good work.

Jessiefan in Chapel Hill
Jessiefan in Chapel Hill

A blessed Good morning to all. Forecast again is for mostly sunny skies and a temp of almost 80 by this afternoon.
These sunny weeks after the horror of Helene have been a blessing to the folks of western NC. as they recover to get back to normal.
:⁠-⁠)

wkwe
wkwe

With all due respect; Western NC and East TN will NEVER get back to ‘normal’.

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning wkwe.
Not until the event has faded into the passage of time and a new normal appears.

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Jessie.

Tally Wacker
Tally Wacker

CFP is our retribution!!! Thanks Kane!

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Tally Wacker.
Spread the news.

hunter's laptop
hunter's laptop

Good Morning!

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

Good morning!

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning hunter’s laptop.

windoffreedom
windoffreedom

Trump 47 is NOT AN OPTION! It is a MUST! The time is at hand NOW! Fight, fight, fight!!! … right up to the last minute!
* Fight 1 – Prayer, intercession & fasting every day if possible to the Lord Jesus Christ for a Trump victory to have mercy and spare America from destruction.
* Fight 2 – VOTE! Chase ballots – tell friends and family.
* Fight 3 – Get involved. Donate as much as you can to Trump team (I’m donating a 2nd time with hundreds of more $). Go out and flag wave at near voting areas (my wife and I did this yesterday). Get involved with Swamp the Vote (https://swampthevoteusa.com/).

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning windoffreedom.

R.Bastid
R.Bastid

Morning all!

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

Morning RB! 🌞🇺🇸⭐️☕️

Dee
Dee

Morning RB. Enjoy your coffee !

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

Best of days, RB!!! ☕️☕️

Disgusted
Disgusted

Good morning!

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n RB

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning R.B.

C and the Birds
C and the Birds

On October 31st
Goblins & witches 🧙‍♀️
Do their worst
Pumpkins into faces turn 🎃
Little candles 🕯 in them burn
Big mean kids dressed up like ghosts 👻
Put those lanterns on gate posts
Ring doorbells & slip away
What was that?
The people say! 😬

Dee
Dee

Cute

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning C and the Birds.

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

The telephone rang. It was a call from his mother. He answered it and his mother told him, “Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday.”
Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.”
Jack, did you hear me?”
“Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It’s been so long since I thought of him. I’m sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,” Jack said.
“Well, he didn’t forget you. Every time I saw him he’d ask how you were doing. He’d reminisce about the many days you spent over ‘his side of the fence’ as he put it,” Mom told him.
“I loved that old house he lived in,” Jack said.
“You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man’s influence in your life,” she said. “He’s the one who taught me carpentry,” he said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important. Mom, I’ll be there for the funeral,” Jack said
.As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser’s funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered.
Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture…
Jack stopped suddenly…”What’s wrong, Jack?” his Mom asked.
“The box is gone,” he said.
“What box?” Mom asked.
“There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he’d ever tell me was ‘the thing I value most,'” Jack said.It was gone.
Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it. “Now I’ll never know what was so valuable to him,” Jack said.
“I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom.
“It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. “Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,” the note read.
Early the next day Jack went to the post office and retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention.”Mr. Harold Belser” it read.
Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope.Jack’s hands shook as he read the note inside.”Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life.”
A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filled his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.
Inside he found these words engraved: “Jack, Thanks for your time! — Harold Belser.”

“The thing he valued most was my time!” Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days.
*”Why?” Janet, his assistant asked.
“I need some time to spend with the people I love and say I care for,” he said.
“Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!”

Karen-Louise E Angus

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

🥰

Texdeb
Texdeb

Mama, that touched my soul! What a beautiful story’ Thank you!
I do love President Trump in his ‘garbage’ attire…..love that truck as well. ❤️🇺🇸❤️

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

He’s the best!! ⭐️🇺🇸❤️

Texdeb
Texdeb

Indeed he is! 🔆🇺🇸❤️

Wowza
Wowza

Loved the garbage truck and his speech at the rally after! I watched it three times, not gonna lie. Trump is the winner!

Dorota
Dorota

Beautiful

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n Mama That got me all misty-eyed. Thank you

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

Good morning Mama PJ.
It’s too early for my eyes to rain.

Dee
Dee

Good early morning CFP ( 3 am Mountain Time. Must be election jitters). So, just imagine a big steaming cup of coffee. lol!
17.3 million page views! Congratulations Bossy. Remember back when , when we would be telling everyone we knew to read CFP? When we would keep opening to the site to give it more views ?
Seems like ages ago. People now know where to go for the honest news, and currently all the election information. ( insert big smile here)
Hope everyone has a fun Halloween!

Thanks Dee.

To go from 300 visits per day in the first month, to 17.3 million per day now is not something I can comprehend.

It’s possible CFP will have a day next week over 20 million pageviews.

It will be very close to that number.

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

(almost) everyone is searching for truth. **I remember those days!!**

Irishsmithy
Irishsmithy

I remember those day’s. I felt like a large percentage of page views were mine but now not so much! Watching the growth has been amazing!

MI Girl
MI Girl

I remember the early days too and the page view numbers now are incredible
, really incredible. Nice work, Boss

ckbro
ckbro

I too remember. And all those that have fallen by the way. This should be the page header….
John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

A HARD RAIN
A HARD RAIN

VICTORY in AMERICA.
11-5-2024
VOTE.

MI Girl
MI Girl

I pray you are right. I have a terrible case of election jitters, as does Dee (above)

harleycowboy
harleycowboy

You’re not alone.
Does early voting no.s give “them” an idea on how many ballots to generate?

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”
— Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury
Source: The Federalist Papers at 184-188

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”
— Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
(1742-1813) Lord Woodhouselee, Scottish jurist, professor and historian

Jessiefan in Chapel Hill
Jessiefan in Chapel Hill

Luke 12:32-40 (Gospel, St. John Kochurov)
32
Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33
Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.
34
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35
Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
36
and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
37
Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.
38
And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39
But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

Perfect for these days, Jessie, thank you, especially love that last verse!!! 💖✝️💖

MI Girl
MI Girl

Thanks, Jessiefan

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n Jessie

booker
booker

My heart’s treasure! Good, sweet morning blessings, Jessiefan 💕✝️😊💕

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

**Picture of MAGA Garbage Truck**
BREAKING: One day after Joe Biden called Trump supporters “garbage,” Donald Trump gets picked up in Green Bay, WI by a Trump branded garbage truck flying an American flag.

Absolutely epic. —– Charlie Kirk

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1851868235337199631

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

Mama pj, he is the real deal, gotta love him!!! 😁

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

soda, and i do!!

booker
booker

Much laughter ensued in my house with what he did!!! Good, sweet morning blessings, Mama P 💕✝️😊💕

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

What does inspiration mean when applied to the Bible?

II Timothy 3:16, TLB.
“The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right.”

Inspiration means that God is the ultimate source of the Bible.

II Peter 1:20-21, NIV.
“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

Good and blessed morning lovers of God, family, friends, and country!!! 💖

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

Good Morning soda!! 🌸🕊️🪴

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

Have a wonder filled day, dear Mama pj!!! 🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸

7mountains
7mountains

Good morning soda.
Always a helping hand in His word!
Thank you for sharing… 🌻

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n 7. Good to see you

Jessiefan in Chapel Hill
Jessiefan in Chapel Hill

🙏✝️

MI Girl
MI Girl

Thanks, soda

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n soda Thank you for your faithfulness.

booker
booker

Good, sweet morning, soda…blessings to you and your precious family 💕✝️😊💕

D-NoMoray
D-NoMoray

Is there any chance you could also turn off the demon party? Just asking…

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2

D-NoMoray, good to see you!!! Great idea! 🙏✝️🙏

7mountains
7mountains

Hope all is well D-No!
Ahhh, the sweet memories…🇺🇲

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n D-No !!