You know what to do, Treepers. Time to have a little fun, and let off some steam. Post your funnies here! Jokes, pictures, tall tales, we like it all. For our newest members, we get a little risque here, but if in doubt, err on the side of decency. 
In response to emails regarding my dog…

The last few weeks have seen an exciting increase in those who choose to climb up and grab a branch here in the Tree. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all, to thank you for enriching the conversations, discussions, and the culture we have here on our site. Sometimes when you choose to join in and meet new cyber friends, things can be a little confusing because you feel like you just missed a part of the conversation, or that there is an unknown language you just can’t quite pick up. Perhaps you are wondering if there may be some unwritten rules you don’t know about, or some vague protocol that you should observe. You may have found hints about our history in some of the comments. We would like to try to help you with all that, as much as is possible in a single post written by a menopausal admin with early onset Alzheimers.    (more…)

I started to think about a post for Good Friday, and I did some reading, and googled some images. Then I decided to check last year to see what we did. I had come up with almost the same post, so I am recycling last year’s post and adding a few new pictures. It is our wish here in the Tree that you all, so dear to us, and to each other, have a blessed and holy weekend, this most holy time of the year. May the lamb’s Good Friday sacrifice lead you to the joy we rightfully claim on Easter Sunday. This post mentions some things from my Catholic “language” or viewpoint, if you will. How I would love to have you share some of the traditions and customs from your church or family with us. Are there special observations and services at your church this weekend?
The Easter Triduum, the marking of the days of Jesus’ passion and resurrection, the  most important time of the church year, begins with the evening Mass of Holy Thursday, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes on Easter Sunday evening. After preparing during the days of Lent, we celebrate these holiest of days in the Church year. (more…)

Time for a rant. Thanks, Patriot Dreamer. Your reference to Eric Holder’s “my people” comment has set me off. In the last few days, we have watched as the drama in France unfolded and the police cornered the monster who finished his killing spree by chasing a little girl with his motorcycle and holding her by the hair as he shot her in the head, because she was Jewish.
Everybody in the whole damned world, including the ignorant and willful liberals who hide from common sense like it is the plague, knew this man was going to be a muslim well before the newspapers were forced to tell the story. We are embroiled in the story of the death of Trayvon Martin. Robert De Niro has been gracious enough to share his views on white First Ladies with us. Some idiot who detoured her Slut Walk through the hallowed halls of Congress, where empty heads abide, has added fuel to the War on Women Crusade led by the least feminine and respectable females ever to lay claim to an X chromosome.  (more…)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our Treepers. We hope you will join in as we celebrate in memory of Ireland’s great saint, remembered throughout the world for his legendary faith and contributions to Ireland and her people. Of course, today has long since become as much about the Irish and her wonderful people as it is about one of her patron saints. Please take time out from your green beer and Irish whiskey (almost as good as Tennessee sippin’ whiskey) and spare us a joke or two, a fine Irish tale, or any little blarney you might think of. Slainche.

Apparently the vehicle drove onto the runway and burst into flames as Panetta’s plane was landing for his surprise visit. Obviously the surprise visit was not much of a surprise at all.
Fears are growing that U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was the target of a suicide bomber at Britain’s main base in Afghanistan today.
A vehicle drove onto the runway at Camp Bastion and exploded into flames at the same time as Mr Panetta’s plane was landing. Unconfirmed sources say it was a suicide attack. (more…)

On Friday March 9, Sadie arrived at 12:34 PM. She has navy blue eyes, and dark hair, and she is all around perfect. She is a very laid back and relaxed baby, but she knows what she wants and insists upon it. She really hates having her diaper changed. She likes to work her feet out of the blanket, and she will frequently wiggle a hand out too. Most people say she looks like her beautiful young mother, but I think she just looks like Sadie. Perfect. A blessing from God, a gift from God. A gift only God, who knows us so well, knew we needed. The best kind of gift, a surprise. (more…)

A controversial Muslim lobby group tied to a major terrorist-financing scheme is attempting to file a third amended complaint in its lawsuit against a father and son who documented the group’s links to worldwide jihad through a six-month undercover operation.
The new proposed complaint asks federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to add as a defendant lawyer David Yerushalmi, a prominent advocate of efforts to curb the influence of Islamic law in the U.S.
In the latest proposed complaint, CAIR argues Yerushalmi and his group, Society of Americans for National Existence, should be included in the suit based on the discovery of new information. The Islamic group contends Yerushalmi guided the Gaubatzes efforts to get inside information from CAIR, entering into written agreements “that evince a conspiracy to commit fraud and misappropriation.
CAIR’s Minnesota chapter declared victory Monday when a Minnesota lawmaker dropped an anti-Shariah bill based on legislative language crafted by Yerushalmi. The proposal was dropped after CAIR held a news conference earlier in the day to “challenge the threat to religious freedom posed by the bill.” CAIR’s national office released a “community toolkit” last week that includes background on Yerushalmi. (more…)

At Monday’s meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama the Israeli prime minister will deliver a stark warning, reports Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem

H/T to Patriot Dreamer for this wonderful post from Misfit Politics. I love it so much, I copied headline and all. This one is full of dead on zingers, for deadbeat law students, and all who idolize them. Enjoy.
A law student at Georgetown wants us to panic, because if she doesn’t have access to free birth control, it’s going to cost her $3,000 a year! My God, how do the common people function without their diamond encrusted platinum diaphragms? I went to a state school, so my government diaphragm was only sterling silver with turquoise. I know, right? Deprived!
No, actually, when I was in college, I worked at the Student Health Center, where we had a giant silver cannister of free–count ‘em–FREE condoms for anybody to grab who walked in the center. Most student health centers do, so if you need free condoms, put your cap on backwards and pop into your local university’s clinic. Nobody will question you. Just grab a handful. I did. I brought bags of free condoms back to the dorm for the girls who were too shy to obtain them. They were even the fancy spermicide coated rubbers. And that was the magical year I discovered I was allergic to Nonoxynol-9. Oy vey. (more…)