CITIZEN OPEN THREAD — THURSDAY
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
Boss, you’ve beat Breitbart!
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?
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!
So true, TV! 17 M page views is very impressive!
17.3M!
Goooood morning from the Smokies beloved and faithful Patriots!!!😊🐶☕️☕️☕️
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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.
No excuse early voting opens this morning in Kentucky! I’ll be there at 8:30! See y’all at the polls!
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.
How do we contribute financial support to CFP?
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https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/citizen-free-press-fund-drive/
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.
:-)
With all due respect; Western NC and East TN will NEVER get back to ‘normal’.
CFP is our retribution!!! Thanks Kane!
Good Morning!
Good morning!
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/).
Morning all!
Morning RB! 🌞🇺🇸⭐️☕️
Morning RB. Enjoy your coffee !
Best of days, RB!!! ☕️☕️
Good morning!
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! 😬
Cute
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
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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. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
He’s the best!! ⭐️🇺🇸❤️
Indeed he is! 🔆🇺🇸❤️
Loved the garbage truck and his speech at the rally after! I watched it three times, not gonna lie. Trump is the winner!
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!
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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.
(almost) everyone is searching for truth. **I remember those days!!**
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!
I remember the early days too and the page view numbers now are incredible
, really incredible. Nice work, Boss
VICTORY in AMERICA.
11-5-2024
VOTE.
I pray you are right. I have a terrible case of election jitters, as does Dee (above)
“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
“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
Luke 12:32-40 (Gospel, St. John Kochurov)
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Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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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.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
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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.
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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.
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And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
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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.
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Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Perfect for these days, Jessie, thank you, especially love that last verse!!! 💖✝️💖
Thanks, Jessiefan
**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
Mama pj, he is the real deal, gotta love him!!! 😁
soda, and i do!!
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!!! 💖
Good Morning soda!! 🌸🕊️🪴
Have a wonder filled day, dear Mama pj!!! 🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸
Good morning soda.
Always a helping hand in His word!
Thank you for sharing… 🌻
🙏✝️
Thanks, soda
Is there any chance you could also turn off the demon party? Just asking…
D-NoMoray, good to see you!!! Great idea! 🙏✝️🙏
Hope all is well D-No!
Ahhh, the sweet memories…🇺🇲