The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/23/22

Good morning, kids. As if you needed further evidence that the GOP is not "the stupid party" but are, in fact, traitorous collaborators with the Left in the dismantling and destruction of the American nation here is the latest example. Rep. Chip Roy, one of the few relatively decent folks in Congress at least tried to put the brakes on some of the insane waste of money in this omnibus pillaging of your grandchildren's futures. Here's the shot:

Roy proposed an amendment to the $1.7 trillion government spending bill that would not allow any of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) $3.28 billion in funding for “programs and management” to go towards “environmental justice activities.” Another of Roy’s proposed amendments would ensure that none of the $9.4 billion earmarked for the State Department and foreign programs would go to Kerry’s office.
“This omnibus funds all manner of fantasy climate ideology – a dream come true for far-left members like @RepAOC [Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez] who constantly whine about “climate change” and “environmental justice,” Roy’s office tweeted Thursday. . .
. . . In addition to the billions allocated for green energy programs and climate initiatives, the massive spending package will put a minimum of $575 million towards “family planning” and “reproductive health,” including in areas of the country where population growth “threatens biodiversity.” The bill would also give over $1.56 billion to Customs and Border Protection for “Operations and Support;” however, the money can’t be used to expand border security measures that stop illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S.

Look, for my money (pun intended), what we need is a GOP whose main platform is the complete dismantling of the entire federal government with the exception of those functions laid out in the Constitution such as national defense. Even that becomes suspect considering the vastness of the graft and corruption attendant with the monies allocated there, not to mention the madness of the current DoD's mission. Putting that aside for a moment, I know full well that dismantling the bureaucracy is a virtual impossibility. That however does not negate the absolute righteousness of the goal nor the necessity to attempt to carry it out. Yet, the best we have been able to do for almost a hundred years is slow the rate of the borrowing and spending, not actually cut it.

After that little pause and preamble, we go back to the situation at hand. Chip Roy has done what he could to stop the insanity. With that shot, I give you the chaser delivered by none other than the glittering jewel of two-faced treachery, Mitt "Pee-Air Defecto" Romney:

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said Thursday that he backed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill because he did not trust House Republicans to handle crafting a budget in light of Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California’s difficult campaign for speaker of the House.
“House Republicans say that they want to craft a budget, but they haven’t yet been able to select a speaker,” Romney said, referencing the fact that several House Republicans came out in opposition to McCarthy’s bid for speaker. Romney noted it would be very difficult to sort out budgets for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year. . .
. . . Some House Republicans were outraged when the Senate passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package despite their calls for a delay until a Republican majority took office on Jan. 3. McCarthy backed conservatives who threatened to oppose legislation by Republicans senators who voted for the measure.

This guy. This fucking guy. This has absolutely zero to do with who the House is going to choose as speaker/majority leader. Check that; it probably does. This crooked mutt piece of shit does not want a speaker that could even be considered as being the tiniest fraction of MAGA curious because, Heaven forfend!, they would attempt to cut out as much of the pork, grift and graft that lines the pockets of McGOPers like him and the 18 desiccated amoral turds who helped pass this $1.7 Trillion gang rape along with the Democrats. Worse than merely the money, is the destruction of our freedoms and society it funds, as Chip Roy's cuts demonstrate and barely scratch the surface.

Romney "doesn't trust the GOP-led House." There's the takeaway and it's just so in-your-face revelatory about both the uphill battle to wrest control of the GOP and make it an actual opposition party. Because that statement also reveals the myth of the two-party political system.

As I have often said, the Democrats are out to destroy America for ideological reasons combined with graft and a lust for power. The GOP essentially enjoys the perks of power but their primary motivation is greed. That party has had no problem with New Deal-type big government and has done nothing to curtail it. They differentiate themselves with the Dems as being "better managers" of an ever-expanding centralized bureaucracy.

So, probably going back to since the mid-60s, the GOP has become an ally of convenience for the Left. If we ever get to the point where the Left wrests absolute control and power, and elections are either no longer necessary or perhaps abolished altogether, individuals like Romney, Liz-ard Cheney and all the rest who so smugly engage in kabuki-bukkake theatrics will be shocked – SHOCKED! – to one day find themselves among the first to be stood up in front of a wall, if not dangling upside down from a K-Street lamp post after getting pummeled by the fists and hate-shakes of mostly peaceful Antifa/BLM Internal Security troopers.

. . . the whole purpose of constitutions is to limit power. In a constitutional system like ours, one is not supposed to be motivated by crushing one’s enemies. This has never been the inclination or aim of conservatives, who do not share the Left’s aversion to limits on political power. But things have changed. What happens when one side has no regard for the constitution or the limits of power? The goodwill of the conservative has been mercilessly abused, and he is searching for shelter from the obscene freak show of anarchy and disorder that has descended upon his country.
Joe Biden is but the vessel of the deranged, domineering spirit behind the corruption. This malign force is not the beneficent liberalism of the founders, who cherished freedom of speech, religion, and opinion and, of course, the right to bear arms, and its implicit right of revolution. It is a tyrannical will that asserts total ownership of everything, proudly celebrates evil by calling it good, treats decent people like terrorists, exalts criminals and the insane, snatches children from their parents, and requires submission to itself—in mind and body—for citizens to earn bread.
On top of it all, the means of democratic recourse appear to be slipping. Our elections are a Third World sham, and millions of foreigners with no right to be here live in the country without fear of removal. Their numbers are rapidly growing under the explicit protection of an administration whose party, in between giving lectures on the rule of law, brags about replacing and disenfranchising the country’s natives.
The country is changing fast. A decade ago, the Left said, “We just want gays to be able to marry,” and now they say, “We just want to parade our depraved fetishes in public and sexualize children."
Faced with all of this, a Caesar who promises to sweep away the trash begins to look appealing to many. . .
. . . . The increasingly medieval nature of American politics has left many feeling that a faith in what used to be called principle is outdated and foolish. The two dominant factions now resemble hostile nations living under one government while speaking completely foreign languages. Consequently, politics has become a struggle for survival in which, because of universal suffrage, all are conscripted. The inconsequential noise of mutual recrimination leads many to tune out, but to do so, to remain unallied, is to let oneself be trampled.
This is a sad state of affairs, but it is reality. The inducements for the Right to ditch conservatism are likely to multiply as the conflict deepens, convulsions of disorder worsen, and more people on the Right begin to realize they will never be left alone. The irony is that the Left, in the process of steamrolling normal people, may have created the very “fascists” they claim to be against.

In an otherwise excellent essay, I do take umbrage to Matthew Boose's referring to us as becoming "fascists" even if he does so in quotes sarcastically. What these evil, sick tyrants who destroyed our society and overthrew our government want is to enslave us and liquidate those who refuse to knuckle under.

What they are turning us into is resisters and - I'll declare it right here - revolutionaries. And more and more as the peaceful avenues of elections, the courts and law enforcement are corrupted and denied us, the battle cry and pillar that they rally around and use, By Any Means Necessary, is going to be turned against them.

As I once told a dipshit leftist, "If Trump really were the fascist you snowflakes think he is, you'd be smoke up a chimney right now."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2022 09:14 AM

MP4 is to say the least not very sanguine about the prospects for turning things around. But, given the right, or in this case the nightmarish circumstances that this nation is rapidly heading towards, anything is possible.

God help us. And God help them.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Julie Kelly: "Congressional Republicans think lining Zelenskyy’s army-green pockets with more U.S. tax dollars is a greater need than tackling any number of ongoing crises roiling the country right now."
Traitors
"Orwell should have been alive to see what his native land has become."
In England, Silent Prayer Can Be a Crime

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

"Zelensky came to Washington to receive a $45 billion Christmas present, stuffed in a sack of $1.7 trillion in U.S. government spending."
Zelensky's Green Christmas and an Omnibus
"Zelensky understands just how shallow, pathetic, grasping, insecure, and easily manipulated America’s media, entertainment, and political establishment are and how to control those character deficits to his advantage."
Volodymyr Zelensky Plays Our Corrupt Elites Like a Fiddle
Zelenskyy spoke before a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday night following a visit to the White House, calling U.S. aid to the county “an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”
"Photo Op": Josh Hawley Mocks Zelenskyy’s Speech Before Congress as a PR Stunt
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The House will vote on the bill potentially Thursday and be signed into law before Friday night’s deadline ahead of a government shutdown. Senators were rushing to vote on the bill before terrible weather hit Washington, DC, that would prevent them from returning home."
$1.7 Trillion, 4,155-Page Omnibus Bill Passes Senate with Help of 18 Republicans
"In addition to the billions allocated for green energy programs and climate initiatives, the massive spending package will put a minimum of $575 million towards 'family planning' and 'reproductive health,' including in areas of the country where population growth 'threatens biodiversity.' The bill would also give over $1.56 billion to Customs and Border Protection for “Operations and Support;” however, the money can’t be used to expand border security measures that stop illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S."
SHOT: Rep. Chip Roy Unveils Amendments to Slash Green, Woke Handouts in Congress’ Massive Spending Bill
About the only thing differentiating this scumbag from Joe Scarborough is two IQ points and a dead intern. Just change parties already, not that it necessarily makes that much of a difference.
CHASER: Pee-Air Defecto Romney Says He Didn’t Trust GOP-Controlled House to Craft a Budget
"Of the 21 GOP senators who initially voted to advance the spending bill for consideration, 18 voted “yes” to pass it Thursday along with their colleagues among the Democrats and independents: Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Richard Shelby (R-AL), John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN)." (criminals, traitors and scum -jjs)
18 GOP Senators Vote for Omnibus With $750,000 Earmark for Group Wanting Trans ‘Discourse’ in Schools and ICE Dismantled
Sen. Mike Lee snarked: ". . . Congratulations to her. That’s great. Fantastic.”
Section on Page 610 of 4,155-Page Bill Renames San Francisco Federal Building "Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building"
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The question now is this: how many so-called “private” companies, such as Facebook, Google, Fortune 500 firms, and more, do the bidding of U.S. intelligence agencies that are renowned for their wildly partisan application of unequal standards? According to this recent statement by the FBI, many of them.
FBI Admits It Meddles In ‘Numerous Companies,’ Not Just Twitter
"There was a time, in years past, when calling someone a hypocrite was taken as an insult to a person’s integrity, or more specifically their lack thereof. That is no longer the case." 
From 'Free Speech' to Elon Musk
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"In the process of steamrolling normal people, the Left may have created the very 'fascists' they claim to be against." (irked at the author for the word "fascists" even in sarcasm, but otherwise he's right on - jjs)
Who Radicalized the Right?
"This vicious and vindictive action by Wray and the FBI is simply part of an ongoing campaign [pdf] to purge the agency of conservatives so that it can more aggressively serve as a Gestapo for the Democratic Party, without fear of discovery. . . our quickly narrowing window to recover the country . . . is sadly dependent on the cowards in the Republican Party."
Today’s Blacklisted American: The FBI’s Purge of Conservatives Forces One Agent to Sue
Everything down to the punctuation marks, spaces, indents and the paper's watermark is a fucking lie. It deserves to be soaked in gasoline, lit and shoved up Liz-ard Cheney's poisonous front-hole.
January 6 Committee Releases Final Report; Nearly 850 Pages
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Pebble Mine sits on top of 80.6 billion pounds of copper and 5.6 billion pounds of molybdenum, highly conductive metals which are crucial to producing solar panels, wind turbines and geothermal energy facilities."
Environmental Groups Deal Another Blow to Key Alaska Mine, Undermining Biden’s Green Energy Dreams
"Lives nasty, brutish, and short loom in the Great White North."
Canadians, Your Government Hates You
"Logging and paper production is one of Maine’s top industries and its forest products industry was responsible for more than $8 billion in economic impacts and nearly 32,000 associated jobs in 2019, according to a 2o21 University of Maine study." (Susan Collins may be a crooked shit-whore, but she's no dope - jjs)
Green Activists Seethe After Susan Collins Gets Firewood Branded a "Carbon Neutral" Energy Source in Spending Bill
"The decision is based on both green justice and social justice principles, so expect failure to ensue."
California Regulators Make Controversial Move to Reduce Incentives to Homeowners with Solar Panels
"An institution can best improve society at large by sticking to its defined task."
BlackRock’s Failures Are a Warning for All Institutions
"Namibia’s planned energy transition would immiserate the country, while contributing virtually zero to global emissions reductions."
Climate Follies in the Developing World
"Bill Gates and his greenie agri-biz cohorts are up to no good."
Grandpa Gates's Fraudulent CO2 Fetish
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Democrats who will spend, spend, spend other peoples' money to distribute to themselves and their believers."
Bidenomics in Action: November Leading Economic Indicators Down
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Fucking coward should have declared nullification.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Will Take Down Shipping Container ‘Border Wall’ One Week After Biden Lawsuit
". . . DHS can now keep the worst information from the public, despite what people in border states see with their own eyes. And with the FBI claiming the Twitter Files are the product of conspiracy theorists, similar claims can now be made about 'unauthorized' information regarding the border crisis. And of course, the low-information voters who limit their intake of news and have no idea what was released in the Twitter Files or what is going on at the border will gulp it down, nod, and ask for more."
DHS Hits the Border Patrol With a Gag Order
Adams is not discreet. He has laid down the gauntlet and told New York City residents to shove it. He’s planning to “cut back on basic services” so that taxpayers’ money can be spent on and for illegals.
Mayor Adams Makes History by Putting Criminals Before Constituents
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"DeSantis was a one-time proponent of the vaccines for certain demographics, namely senior citizens. However, he became skeptical of them over time, in particular because of the claims about their efficacy. The Associated Press reported that DeSantis contends that drug manufacturers had a financial interest in creating a mindset that vaccinated people could not transmit the virus to another person." 
DeSantis’ Chinese COVID Vaccine Grand Jury Gets the Green Light From the Florida Supreme Court
Henry F. Smith, M.D.: [Chinese] COVID-19 will likely be with us for the foreseeable future. It is, however, no longer a pandemic."
The Storm is Over
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Many Jews feel that the best defense against anti-Semitic attacks is armed self-defense."
The Case for Safety in the Synagogue
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"That situation has gotten far worse in the last few years."
Most College Students Self-Censor, Fear Disagreeing With Professor
“The more I push[ed] for policy change, the more resistant the leadership became. It was a highly macro-aggressive environment.”
Three DEI Staffers Resign From Princeton University, Accusing School of No Support
"The nation’s colleges – and the students who attend them – are in deep trouble."
College Carnage
"Is America’s oldest college still its greatest?"
Don’t Park Your Kid in Harvard Yard
"Defaming someone as a 'racist' now carries a hefty price tag, even when it’s a powerful and wealthy institution trying to crush a small business."
The $36 Million Question College Presidents Won’t Answer
ABORTION
"Now we wait for the annual Kabuki theater of congressional budget drama, for quick Christmas-season passage of a truly monstrous budget that people are too busy and distracted to notice."
Omnibus Bill’s Monstrous Linkage of “Family Planning” to “Biodiversity”
David Harsanyi: "Ocasio-Cortez is a perfect strawman for this piece because she completely misunderstands not only the Jewish position on abortion but religious freedom, as well."
No, AOC, Abortion is Not a Jewish Sacrament
"To be fair, between Twitter, Ukraine, Sam Bankman-Fried, the border, and the spending bill, AOC probably decided that people were not talking about AOC enough these days, hence the latest rant. And there are plenty of armchair apologists out there who wrangle scripture to suit their desires, not on just this issue, but plenty of others, including abortion."
The Blasphemy of "Titty Caca" AOC
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"It appears that Maricopa County did violate the law; they didn’t have a tally of the votes cast before they were counted. Why would there be such a blatant violation of the law, unless it was to ensure there was no official tally of votes cast to compare to the number of votes counted?"
Game-Changer? Huge Revelation in Kari Lake's Election Challenge Trial
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Daniel Greenfield: "The slimiest Clinton pal coordinates with Hunter Biden to reelect Joe Biden."
The Illegal Nonprofit Set Up to Defend Biden
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Bankman-Fried, who recently claimed to have only $100,000 left in the bank, will have to live at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, California, which has been put up as collateral under the terms of release, the judge ruled."
FTX Boss "Sham Bank-Fraud" Bankman-Fried freed on Bail Over Fraud Charges
"Rep. Susan Wild (D., Pa.) is poised to secure $1 million in taxpayer funding for a children's mental health asylum she defended in a molestation case."
Wild Spending: House Dem Lands $1 Million for Former Client Implicated in Child Rape Case
"Sinema allegedly does not start work before 8 a.m. and will not work after 8 p.m., which the report noted is rare for a U.S. Senator." (who knew that grifting and grafting the USA out of existence takes more than 12 hours a day? - jjs)
Alleged 37-Page Staffer Guide For Kyrsten Sinema: ‘It is Your Job to Make Her as Comfortable as Possible"
POLITICS
“I sincerely hope this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. . . " or else.
Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word "Jesus"; Calls for Americans to "Drain" Political "Poison"
"The votes are there to deny Trump the nomination, but only if those votes go to the same person. And nobody’s better positioned than DeSantis, fresh off his historic reelection win, to be that person. If I were him, I’d be having discreet conversations with Pence, Haley, Pompeo and anyone else who’s considering a 2024 bid. It might be hard to convince them not to run at all, but at the very least, they could all agree that, by Super Tuesday, it’ll be a two-man race."
If DeSantis Wants to be President, He Needs to Clear the Field
"The critical issue for any Republican running for the presidency is whether he or she can reach 270 electoral votes."
The Electoral Map Favors DeSantis Over Trump
"The red wave fizzled because Morphine Mitch killed it. Isn’t it time red voters killed his career?"
Maybe It’s Time for Republican Voters to Fire Mitch McConnell
"The embattled RNC chair should have known better than to fight with a young man who was willing to take America’s ideological war to college campuses."
Ronna Romney "Romney" McDaniel Tries to Level Charlie Kirk, Only to be Felled Herself
"Some say the Right should pursue a more principled, positive narrative."
Is ‘Conservatism’ a Bad Label for the American Right?
"Midterm election returns suggest they’re leaning rightward."
Jews May No Longer Like What the Democrats Are Selling
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
PM Netanyahu: “I have managed to set up a government which will take care of all the citizens of Israel.”
Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu Announces Formation of New Coalition Government
"His [junta] is hindering the damage it could do to the PRC."
Biden Must Go All In Against China’s Tech Industry
If you separate what he's saying from the imagery and apply it to our media regarding the situation in this country, the evil mass-murdering savage actually has a point. American media requires a "jihad of clarification" more than ever.
Iran's Lying Ayatollah Mocks Biden, Calls for "Jihad of Clarification" to Counter Western Media
“The conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijan wasn’t fueled by ancient, mythical hatreds.”
Armenia’s Race for Survival
"Under the guise of earnestness, Britain’s bureaucracy inclines to bullying and ineffectiveness."
Reign of the Administrators
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"One would think that the mission of the Marine Corps might have changed from warfighting to being at the forefront of using proper pronouns in the military."
Marine Corps Urged to Drop 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' Salutations to Be More 'Gender Inclusive'
"The revelations add further weight to the mountain of evidence that TikTok engages in illegal surveillance operations and retains strong links to Beijing that likely represent a serious threat to U.S. national security. Last week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation seeking to ban TikTok from all U.S. operations on this basis."
TikTok Admits to Spying on Forbes Journalists as Part of 'Covert Surveillance Campaign'
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"The figures are based on two reports released by the CDC on Thursday that pointed to [Chinese] COVID-19 and drug overdoses, primarily from powerful opioids such as fentanyl, as the primary drivers of premature death."
U.S. Life Expectancy Falls to Lowest Level Since 1996
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"The new spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam will have some advantages over India’s current and only spaceport at Sriharikota."
India Buying Land for New Spaceport on Country's Southern Tip
"The ice below ground sublimates to gas, and that gas bursts upward like the bubbles in simmering tomato sauce, bursting on the surface to form the cones."
Bursting Lava Bubbles on Mars
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Corrupting children and undermining the family, as the LGBTQ movement does, only weakens a country, Mr. President."
To Trump: Your Support for Gay Propaganda Will Not Make America Great Again
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
". . . Griner, who is mostly famous for being unjustly detained in Russia but is also a WNBA player, apparently doesn’t impress the community where she went to school that much."
A Homecoming Celebration Was Held for Brittney Griner. Guess How Many People Showed Up?
"It's just about people shitting on the street."
Bill Maher and Mark Cuban Blast Gavin Newsom’s California
Oh, the horror!!! How dare Mathis mention skin color and then argue that Jesus made everyone neighbors! In case you’re wondering, the reason Mathis’s song is supposedly “racist” is because he used “yellow” to refer to race.
Merry Cancelations: Johnny Mathis Christmas Song Censored on Radio for Being 'Racist'
"The earnings call revelation comes a month after the now-former CEO Bob Chapek was fired, with his predecessor, Bob Iger, once again taking the reins."
Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults
Christian Toto: "Avatar director's eco-activism, vegan lifestyle no match for online scolds."
James Cameron Learns Hard Lesson – You’re Never Woke Enough
"When Mike Itkis decided to run against Democrat congressman Jerry Nadler in New York's 12th district, he knew the odds were against him. Nadler can be seen regularly grandstanding at committee hearings and on the talk-show circuit. He's been in office since the early 1990s. Itkis needed to play catch up. So he made a sex tape. Come again? . . ."
2022 Man of the Year: Mike Itkis
HITHER & YON
"The religious and political tradition of the West in its best and most authentic form may not be summed up in natural right teachings after all."
Contra Michael Anton and America’s Natural Right Underpinnings
CHRISTMAS 2022
" . . . Believe it or not, all of our freedom depends on that."
It Must Always Be "Merry Christmas"
"The value of life; The value of death."
A Christmas I’ll Never Forget
"The Christmas truce of 1914 is a story many of us have heard, but it’s well worth revisiting. It’s almost too good to be true."
What The Christmas Truce of 1914 Teaches Us About Loving Our Enemies
"Even non-believers know there is something different about Jesus."
Why the Christmas Story Never Ceases to Amaze
Lloyd Billingsley: "When the people struck a blow for justice and truth."
A Memorial Day Christmas
". . . armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies. . ." (my own prayer for the past few years now - jjs)
Patton, Dec. 1944: 'Most Merciful Father ... Grant Us Fair Weather for Battle' to Crush Our Enemies

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:41 AM

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1 Happy Friday everyone.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 07:40 AM (4olE8)

2 happy fricking friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

3
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2022 07:42 AM (ENBF0)

4 Putting that aside for a moment, I know full well that dismantling the bureaucracy is a virtual impossibility.

I'm in agreement but think on this: Democrats ALWAYS go full retard with every single one of their ideas regardless if they are in the majority or not. So we need the GOP to do the same thing.

Every bill that comes up for a vote has at least five amendments that cut back on the bureaucracy. They don't get put on? No support from any GOP member.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 07:44 AM (4olE8)

5 Brrrrrrrr

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2022 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

6 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 07:46 AM (1n+EO)

7 Oddly enough, the temp has risen from 53.4 to 54 degrees.

But the humidity is dropping fast.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 07:47 AM (1n+EO)

8 willowed:

How well are the windmills and solar panels functioning? My guess is "as good as a frozen birdbath."
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 23, 2022 07:39 AM (DB16e)

Texas wind has done okay. It's supplying 18% of the demand load currently. Solar gives its little bump during late morning to late afternoon hours.

However, the arctic cold brings in a high pressure system so wind is forecasted to drop to minimal contributions later today and into tomorrow.

Natural gas and coal (and nukes) will save the day!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2022 07:44 AM (4I/2K)

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2022 07:47 AM (4I/2K)

9 Bust hell wide open, rinos. And your dem buddies, too. Of course. Leave your mittens at home

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 07:47 AM (TkO4P)

10 4 Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 07:44 AM (4olE

Well, that's the fight and more to the point, the mission.

We need a party who's platform is dismantling the bureaucracy and in turn the wealth and freedom of the people back to them. Period.

Every election. Every office. Every time. That must be the message which really means Government - Evil, Freedom - Good.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 07:48 AM (x0n13)

11 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 07:48 AM (Q/6pY)

12 -6 here.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 23, 2022 07:48 AM (fKYST)

13 U.S. population expands by close to 1.2 million people in 2022, driven largely by "international migration".

Also, Canada's immigration numbers the highest ever in 2020 since confederation [1867].

No, they're not trying to replace us.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:48 AM (Vwz3I)

14
-9 this morning in Kishinev. Wind is expected to be upwards of 50MPH driving the wind chill down to -35.

Feh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 07:49 AM (x0n13)

15 Good. I want more spending. You get a check and you get a check and you get an EBT card and you get a ponzi scheme payout and you get a fat pension, blah blah blah. Drive this corrupt nation into bankruptcy which the greedy and selfish so richly deserve.

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Elon!

Free Sam BankAccount-Fried!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 23, 2022 07:50 AM (R/m4+)

16 The House is filled with ruffians!

Posted by: Boneless Pork Rectum (R-Utah) at December 23, 2022 07:50 AM (QMN48)

17 One of the "earmarks" of a failed state is claiming that everything under the sun is Foreign Disinformation.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 07:50 AM (9UlRk)

18 @TheInsiderPaper
JUST IN 🚨 Staten Island ferry with hundreds aboard catches fire. Ferry evacuated in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/
1606075533296443395

Chyron here this a.m. reports five injured and 900 evacuated from the ferry.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:51 AM (Vwz3I)

19 Chyron here this a.m. reports five injured and 900 evacuated from the ferry.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:51 AM (Vwz3I)

How many are injured on a normal ferry crossing? Like, ten?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 07:52 AM (9UlRk)

20 He even got to hold the trophy!!!

@TheInsiderPaper · 13h
ALERT 🚨 FIFA investigating celebrity chef Salt Bae’s ‘undue access’ at World Cup final

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:52 AM (Vwz3I)

21 "The House is filled with ruffians!"

When the moon is in the seventh house...

And my hovercraft is full of eels....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 07:52 AM (1n+EO)

22 >Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults

that sounds vaguely 'eww'

Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (geLO8)

23 >>Marine Corps Urged to Drop 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' Salutations to Be More 'Gender Inclusive'

"When answering me the first and last words out of your filthy sewerholes will be 'SHIM!' Do you maggots un-der-stand me!"

"Shim yes shim!"

"I can't HEAR you! Sound of like you got a pair!"

"SHIM YES SHIM!!!"

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (Q/6pY)

24 We need a party who's platform is dismantling the bureaucracy and in turn the wealth and freedom of the people back to them. Period.

Every election. Every office. Every time. That must be the message which really means Government - Evil, Freedom - Good.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 07:48 AM (x0n13)

And they will need to have the courage to look at the press and say "We are not going to give up no matter how many mean things you print about us."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (4olE8)

25 My birdbath is not frozen.....YET !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (T4tVD)

26 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (T4tVD)

27 16 The House is filled with ruffians!
Posted by: Boneless Pork Rectum (R-Utah) at December 23, 2022 07:50 AM (QMN4

You know what they did to Ruffian back in '75?

Wink-wink.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (x0n13)

28 @4

>>I'm in agreement but think on this: Democrats ALWAYS go full retard with every single one of their ideas regardless if they are in the majority or not. So we need the GOP to do the same thing.

When the GOP is in the majority, we get stupid shit like pointless wars and military spending, lightbulb bans, corporate tax cuts, supercharged agencies, and pork, lots of pork.

As has been noted, the GOP has controlled the house, ie the power of the purse for 20 of the last 28 years and the Senate for 16 of 28 years and the Presidency for roughly half of that time.

We are where we are because of The GOP.

Voting for more GOP is a not going to extricate us from our predicament.

THEY ARE THE F**KING PROBLEM.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (up/3i)

29 WE don't need to burn, scatter, salt.

The uniparty is doing a fine job without our help

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (o0Fxd)

30 My pipes are not frozen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (4I/2K)

31 >Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults

that sounds vaguely 'eww'
Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (geLO

Their flagship shows are Star Warbles spinoffs, right? I guess it kinda makes sense in that regard.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (9UlRk)

32 The wind is REALLY blowin' out thar !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (T4tVD)

33 Marine Corps Urged to Drop 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' Salutations to Be More 'Gender Inclusive'

Former Marine here. I genuinely hope that the answer from on high was "Your feelings are noted" and continuing to train like we always have.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (4olE8)

34 @TheInsiderPaper · 15h
TikTok admitted that it inappropriately obtained the data of users, including of a Financial Times journalist, in order to analyse their location as part of an internal leaks investigation - FT

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (Vwz3I)

35
Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word "Jesus".

I'm glad he didn't.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (45fpk)

36 Mainstream media described those few GOP protestors of Zelinsky's speech as "supporters of Russia", adding evidence to Ace's analysis from yesterday. Disagreeing with Junta policy is now de facto proof you are a traitor to America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 07:55 AM (QMN48)

37 The House is filled with ruffians!
Posted by: Boneless Pork Rectum (R-Utah) at December 23, 2022 07:50 AM (QMN4

You know what they did to Ruffian back in '75?

Wink-wink.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (x0n13)

Loved his songs Baker Street and Right On Down The Line.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2022 07:55 AM (4I/2K)

38 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (T4tVD)

39 Happy Christmas Eve Eve

The two faces of Christmas Eve

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (BRHaw)

40 Whatever you can spare helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated more than you know.

Of course!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (nxdel)

41 TikTok admitted that it inappropriately obtained the data of users, including of a Financial Times journalist, in order to analyse their location as part of an internal leaks investigation - FT
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (Vwz3I)
===============
"Yes, we took a few liberties with our teenage female users."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (QMN48)

42 I think my house is going to blow down the street.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (45fpk)

43 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Rootin for Putin.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (iayUP)

44 Good morning dear morons and thanks JJ

I'm sure we are in very dangerous times, and often find myself wildly gyrating between faith in our Constitution and despair at its betrayal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (EZebt)

45 Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word "Jesus".

I'm glad he didn't.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (45fpk)

Linus' Christmas Address >>> Biden's Christmas Address

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (4I/2K)

46 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (45fpk)

47 35
Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word "Jesus".

I'm glad he didn't.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (45fpk)

Then he would have to mention the other 4,999,999 illegals he has allowed in.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 07:57 AM (BRHaw)

48 My birdbath is not frozen.....YET !

If I had one it would not only be frozen but probably in several pieces. This cold and wind is downright evil!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2022 07:57 AM (nxdel)

49 "Joe Biden Delivers Christmas Address Without Saying the Word "Jesus"."

Did he mention Juan or Juanita?

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 07:57 AM (iayUP)

50 Blowed up real good...

@TheInsiderPaper · 16h
BREAKING: Massive explosion reported at a gas storage facility in the port city of #Mohammedia in Morocco

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/
1606022590052573202

[video]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 07:58 AM (Vwz3I)

51 It's from Hot Gas, but let us take a moment to reflect on Biden's Christmas message from last year.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2yxba4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 07:58 AM (1n+EO)

52 I'm glad he didn't.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:54 AM (45fpk)

Which amendment covers succession in the case of the president getting vaporized by a lightning bolt?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 07:58 AM (9UlRk)

53 Thanks for the reminder about contributing, just did my part for the quarter. I wish I could take my share out of the Ukraine gift train and ship it to you guys who actually are in a meaningful fight. God speed.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 07:58 AM (oWBc3)

54 The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light.
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them, a light has shined.

Isaiah 9:2

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 07:59 AM (45fpk)

55 >Their flagship shows are Star Warbles spinoffs, right? I guess it kinda makes sense in that regard.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

I wouldn't know- the headline suggests supposed adults flogging themselves to cartoons

Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 07:59 AM (geLO8)

56 It's just possible that the birth rate in both Ukraine and Russia is high enough--and the casualty rate is low enough--that the two incompetent Slav nations will be able to kill each other, equally. Forever.

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 07:59 AM (Q/6pY)

57 Happy Festivus Day, Horde!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 07:59 AM (NpAcC)

58 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 07:59 AM (qoGsy)

59 Marine Corps Urged to Drop 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' Salutations to Be More 'Gender Inclusive'

Every Marine involved in the process that led to that suggestion even being considered should be released from duty.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2022 08:00 AM (TgNpw)

60 33 I can just about guarantee that study group never visited a recruit depot, spoke with Drill Instructors or series commanders, or visited a squadbay. They also wanted recruit platoons to include both sexes, probably thinking boot camp has four man rooms.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2022 08:00 AM (lz5hY)

61 Biden's Christmas message plagiarized this famous speech

https://tinyurl.com/yckzrm4n

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:00 AM (QMN48)

62 And Happy Christmas Eve, Eve Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:00 AM (NpAcC)

63 The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light.
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them, a light has shined.

Isaiah 9:2
Posted by: grammie winger

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Posted by: Infidel at December 23, 2022 08:01 AM (ZEa+g)

64 >Happy Festivus Day, Horde!

Posted by: redridinghood

Thank you... yes...
A festivus for the rest of us

Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 08:01 AM (geLO8)

65 #34 #41 update: China-based employees of ByteDance admits using TikTok data to track journalists

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:02 AM (Vwz3I)

66 JJ, I will send a gratuity today, but I hate using PayPal and would not if I didn't have to.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 08:02 AM (iayUP)

67 Thank you Infidel! Merry Christmas to you as well!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:02 AM (45fpk)

68 It's just a conspiracy theory that there is a plan to weaken and destroy the military.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 23, 2022 08:02 AM (XGZoL)

69 I'm sure we are in very dangerous times, and often find myself wildly gyrating between faith in our Constitution and despair at its betrayal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2022 07:56 AM (EZebt)

If nothing else, the so called American Experiment has proven that no system outside of naked tyrranical adhocracy is suitable to rule a debauched culture.

The constitution demands that every person be their own liege lord, which doesn't work in a culture that demands that others are responsible for one's own safety and well being.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

70 Then Zod looked at the quaking, bound man who was painted blue, and had been taken in the last Flower War, and nodded to the priest, and said "harvest his heart, for he has transgressed, and the ziggurat thirsts for his blood." And the priest applied the obsidian blade to the chest and harvested the heart, and the crowd swooned, and Zod said "It is good."

Zod 13:2

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (Q/6pY)

71 "should be released from duty."

You mis-spelled 'Hanged from the neck till dead'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (1n+EO)

72 Remember when Trump was actually advancing a conservative agenda but the GOPe sneered that he wasn’t a real conservative because he wasn’t a “fiscal conservative?” These same clowns are now spending us into ruin.

Oh, and where’s “budget hawk” Paul Ryan? Oh that’s right, he either bashes Trump or mutters about entitlements, but he never actually opposes wasteful spending.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (d9Cw3)

73 Baby, it's cold outside in Texas.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (NpAcC)

74 It would be funny if SBF skips bond and is given asylum in a country that begins with the letter U.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (lz5hY)

75 @TheInsiderPaper · 2h
NEW - Japan approves a 114 trillion yen ($839 billion) budget for the year ahead, including record defense spending

||Japan increases defence spending by 20% to record $55B amid concerns over North Korea.||

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:04 AM (Vwz3I)

76 60 33 I can just about guarantee that study group never visited a recruit depot, spoke with Drill Instructors or series commanders, or visited a squadbay. They also wanted recruit platoons to include both sexes, probably thinking boot camp has four man rooms.

These are academics. They probably watched "Starship Troopers" and thought that was real life. And apparently the Marines have been told to start doing integrated training.

I'm trying to avoid saying "Back in MY day-" but it's getting tougher to hold back.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 08:04 AM (4olE8)

77 I was listening to the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah yesterday. So good.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:04 AM (45fpk)

78 What do the Marine's suggest? Corpseman? Oooop, no, not that.

Corpseperson?

...

Comrade?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

79 Verse for the Day

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

–Hebrews 13:8

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:05 AM (qoGsy)

80 >>74 It would be funny if SBF skips bond and is given asylum in a country that begins with the letter U.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (lz5hY)

...and is named by Elon Musk as new CEO of Twatter under the new "remote workplace" model.

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (Q/6pY)

81 Let it Burn, Make it Burn.

Whatever it takes.

Posted by: blaster at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (pwExq)

82 Fuck, it's cold.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (Wy1BU)

83 I was told in Basic Training: Don't you ever call me Sir, I work for a living. You will address me thus: Yes Drill Sergeant, No Drill Sergeant. You got that recruit? Now drop and give me 20.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (PSViO)

84 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

–Hebrews 13:8

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:05 AM (qoGsy)

Yes He is, and His love never fails.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (45fpk)

85 @72

>>Remember when Trump was actually advancing a conservative agenda but the GOPe sneered that he wasn’t a real conservative because he wasn’t a “fiscal conservative?” These same clowns are now spending us into ruin.

Trumps first budget after assuming office was a balanced budget that jettisoned much of the bloat that has been accumulating over the last 20 years.

The GOP house and Senate led by Paul Ryan and Lindsey Graham told him is was Dead On Arrival.

Again, the GOP has controlled the power of the purse for a generation, we are where we are because of them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (up/3i)

86 It's like they aren't even trying to hide it any longer. This new garbage spending bill is a disaster and only adds another $1.7 trillion to the debt while increasing the spending of nearly every government agency. Sooner or later the government is going to come for our 401k's, there is no way they can let that much money just sit there when push comes to shove and they have to cut grandma's social security check by 25%.

This is not sustainable and it is going to crash soon and a whole bunch of people are going to feel some serious financial pain.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 23, 2022 08:06 AM (uNylN)

87 The constitution demands that every person be their own liege lord, which doesn't work in a culture that demands that others are responsible for one's own safety and well being.

To be honest: Freedom is scary and our culture wants to avoid doing things that hurt someone's feelings. An unfortunate number of people would happily be slaves as long as the cable stays connected and the cell phones work.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (4olE8)

88 One more cup of coffee and I'm going to find a stocking cap and check on the snow drift situation here in central WI. Okay maybe two cups.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (qH6FZ)

89 It's 44 here now. But supposed to get up to a blistering 9 by 4 pm.

Posted by: blaster at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (pwExq)

90 Trigger Warning:

Current American life expectancy declined back to mid-90's levels, 73 for men and 79 for women.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (050Nh)

91 An unfortunate number of people would happily be slaves as long as the cable stays connected and the cell phones work.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (4olE

A lot of people would rather be subjects than citizens. They should move to England.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (45fpk)

92 74 It would be funny if SBF skips bond and is given asylum in a country that begins with the letter U.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2022 08:03 AM (lz5hY)

Uzbekistan? Uruguay? Uganda? UAE? . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (x0n13)

93 n addition to the billions allocated for green energy programs and climate initiatives, the massive spending package will put a minimum of $575 million towards “family planning” and “reproductive health,” including in areas of the country where population growth “threatens biodiversity.
--------

They take your money to fund killing their own voters. If they need some new voters in the cities, they just print up some ballots.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (C0Rwe)

94 I can see my birdbath from my den.

In solidarity with JT's, it is frozen solid it being -4 this morning.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:09 AM (qoGsy)

95 Gonna get a little bit chilly here in Virginny.

Posted by: ZOD at December 23, 2022 08:09 AM (Q/6pY)

96 Good time to have an EV. Hopefully your local charging station has power. Talking about heated seats and steering wheel, and all the other energy uses on your car. Hopefully that battery will get you the 200+ miles some manufacturers tell us you are good for now, in the winter. Local school district is going to buy only electric school buses from now on. Police dept says no...their patrol cars run all day, and no time to charge up. Environments upset at that dissension. (copied from my last post just before the morning report)

Posted by: Colin at December 23, 2022 08:09 AM (4p2ug)

97 @TheInsiderPaper · 1h
UPDATE 🚨 Two dead, four injured in Paris shooting: prosecutor

BREAKING UPDATES: Shooting in central #Paris, man arrested - police source

||Two people were killed and four injured in a shooting in central Paris on Friday, police and prosecutors said, adding that the shooter, in his 60s, had been arrested.

The motives of the gunman were unclear, with two of the four injured left in a serious condition in rue d’Enghien in the trendy 10th arrondissement.

“The shooter has been arrested with his weapon. The danger is over,” a police source told AFP. “His motives remain unknown at this stage.”

The shots shortly before midday (1100 GMT) caused panic in the neighbourhood, a bustling area of shops, restaurants and bars.||

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:09 AM (Vwz3I)

98 SBFs "$250M" bond turns out to be secured by his parents $4M home.

Now I am no math perfesser but that doesn't pencil out.

Posted by: blaster at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (pwExq)

99 Thanks for the shout-out, JJ.

I know it's probably boring and, most likely, actively annoying for people to read my posts, but I simply see no way out of our present situation without, as mentioned above -

Faced with all of this, a Caesar who promises to sweep away the trash begins to look appealing to many. . .

I am at the point of welcoming right-wing death squads, nacht und nebel and the entire Pinochet apparatus if it will destroy the left and the traitors on the right.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (AW0uW)

100 We're gonna have ice Xmas here in NJ
All that rain will freeze later today

Joy to the world

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (dO/0d)

101 Man convicted in 2021 German train knife attack sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

102 One more cup of coffee and I'm going to find a stocking cap and check on the snow drift situation here in central WI. Okay maybe two cups.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (qH6FZ)

We got 2 inches instead of the predicted 8. I think you guys up norther got it worse.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (45fpk)

103 Verse for the Day

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

–Hebrews 13:8
Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:05 AM
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This verse is inscribed upon the headstone of a beloved friend who passed on last year. RIP, RPM

Posted by: JQ at December 23, 2022 08:11 AM (o0Fxd)

104 Man convicted in 2021 German train knife attack sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

In NY that would be time served

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2022 08:11 AM (dO/0d)

105 I can see my birdbath from my den.

In solidarity with JT's, it is frozen solid it being -4 this morning.
Posted by: Tonypete

Mine's not frozen, but it WILL be around noon.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2022 08:11 AM (T4tVD)

106 A lot of people would rather be subjects than citizens. They should move to England.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (45fpk)

I sense a good GoFundMe campaign. "We are raising money to give you a one-way ticket to the paradise of your choice. In return, you will renounce your citizenship."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 08:12 AM (4olE8)

107 To see Karl Rove's overfed ass jettisoned from a helicopter makes me smile and giggle inside.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 23, 2022 08:12 AM (XGZoL)

108 Current American life expectancy declined back to mid-90's levels, 73 for men and 79 for women.
-----------
OD deaths [esp. fentanyl] and Covid blamed.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:13 AM (Vwz3I)

109 No birdbath here but there are a couple feeders that I can see from the living room. It's windy as hell and the feeders are swinging around but the birds... they hang on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2022 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

110 99 I am at the point of welcoming right-wing death squads, nacht und nebel and the entire Pinochet apparatus if it will destroy the left and the traitors on the right.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (AW0uW)

Agreed. Sadly. It didn't have to come to this, but then again, human nature being what it is, maybe it did.

Oh well. 244 years or so was a pretty good run for what they Founders were attempting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 08:13 AM (x0n13)

111 ...hurt someone's feelings. An unfortunate number of people would happily be slaves as long as the cable stays connected and the cell phones work.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2022 08:07 AM (4olE

There's the nub of it. It isn't that anyone cares about hurt feelings in general. They just don't want to hurt the feelings of a bully who can wreck your life if you say the wrong thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 08:16 AM (9UlRk)

112 -6 now. Dog is not making any indication he wants to go out right now, and I am not encouraging him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 23, 2022 08:16 AM (CsVWE)

113 @TheInsiderPaper · 2h
NEW - Japan approves a 114 trillion yen ($839 billion) budget for the year ahead, including record defense spending

||Japan increases defence spending by 20% to record $55B amid concerns over North Korea.||
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:04 AM (Vwz3I)
================
by population proportion, our equivalent budget would be $2.2 trillion. Instead the U.S. federal government spent $6.8 trillion in fiscal 2021.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:16 AM (aaiRr)

114 I hope Jason Chaffetz primaries Mitt Romney and beats his ass like Harriet Hageman beat Lizard Cheney.
I think Jason can win in Utah.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

115
Current American life expectancy declined back to mid-90's levels, 73 for men and 79 for women.

:: checks watch ::

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 08:16 AM (enJYY)

116 "We got 2 inches instead of the predicted 8. I think you guys up norther got it worse."
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:10 AM (45fpk)

We got about 4" instead of the forecasted 5"-8". Right now I think our biggest concern is the power staying on for the next 36 hours while this wind is blowing.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 23, 2022 08:17 AM (qH6FZ)

117 Uzbekistan? Uruguay? Uganda? UAE? . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (x0n13)

USA.

I can't imagine they'll actually do anything with this little snot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2022 08:18 AM (9UlRk)

118 Nice to see you again, Zod!

**makes obeisance**

Merry Christmas to you all and a happy Hanukkah to the MOT.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:19 AM (AW0uW)

119 No snow here in NE MA, but very windy and lots of rain.

The lights are flickering here at Stately Poppins Manor; I hope they don't go out, because if they do, it means I will have to leave the house and go into the office for the day, which I absolutely do not want to do.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:21 AM (AW0uW)

120 If the power goes out, I won't be able to make my Swedish food for Christmas Eve. Family might count that as a plus.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:23 AM (45fpk)

121 Watched a documentary on the Rise of Communism last night. It could just as well be about the US.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 08:23 AM (4h9M3)

122 Michelle.Malkin for Speaker of the House. Might need a Filipina-sized hammer but she will do just perfectly.

And it is minus 10 here in N. Indiana with minus 34 wind chill. Garage is above freezing. All the kitters accounted for and getting along. Even George S. Pawtton the Polydactyl is on best behavior.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 23, 2022 08:23 AM (3Or4S)

123 The electoral map favors desantis over trump
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Now that's funny.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:24 AM (C0Rwe)

124 Anyone looking for some last minute gifts?

They're selling Rachel Levine socks.

https://tinyurl.com/228jazyc

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

125 The tiny pups went out for about 20 seconds to do their business and are now using their collective mass to ensure the fuzzy blanket does not float off the recliner.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2022 08:25 AM (TgNpw)

126 I would encourage my Senator from the great State of South Carolina to go fcuk himself, after his budget vote.

As well as just in general principal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:26 AM (1n+EO)

127 Doesn't appear to be a lot to be optimistic about at this juncture, reading the news.

Perhaps, while celebrating the season one might reflect on similar times through our history where we met and ultimately prevailed over other serious issues.

I submit THIS is our heritage, to continue the struggle of our predecessors and ensure our Republic endures.

We are Americans. so failure for us is not an option.

Keep that in mind as we celebrate the birth that changed the world.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 23, 2022 08:27 AM (KATBx)

128 Seems to me that the Republicans, led by McConnell, have kicked the rest of us out, or seceded from us. Why not make it official? Until that happens, things only get worse, not better

D I V O R C E Can we get on with it?

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 23, 2022 08:27 AM (Tc2CN)

129 Good morning, Horde.

I forgot to turn on the heat to some minimal level in my office when I left yesterday evening. Thankfully, the PCs and dehumidifer kept things (just) above freezing, but this room was in the 30s. The heater has some catching up to do, and I'm freezing my tail off while it does its thing. It's a heat pump, so it's in resistance mode right now. Heat pumps are gonna be useless today.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:27 AM (t0OGg)

130 Dragged our garbage can to the street this morning, but no one else has yet. I can understand why-the streets haven't been plowed even though the 2" of snow pretty much stopped over 12 hours ago (shakes taxpayer fist). Yes, it's -12 with -41 windchill, but C'MON PEOPLE! This isn't Minnesota!

Posted by: pookysgirl, turning on the foot warmer at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (XKZwp)

131 FBI Admits It Meddles In ‘Numerous Companies,’ Not Just Twitter
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Fairly obvious but why is Musk the first time we've officially heard about it? Must be all those corporations on our side.

The fact that Mitt Romney famously fronted for "corporations" I guess was the clue bat.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (C0Rwe)

132 Seems to me that the Republicans, led by McConnell, have kicked the rest of us out, or seceded from us. Why not make it official? Until that happens, things only get worse, not better ...
Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 23, 2022 08:27 AM (Tc2CN)
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This year, the GOP made it *very* clear - clear enough that even people who pay little attention will notice - that they are totally divorced from their own base and on the same team as everyone else in government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (t0OGg)

133 Spincoming!!!

Jan.6 panel's final report asserts Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multipart conspiracy" to overturn election results.

845-page report concludes an 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (Vwz3I)

134 127 I would encourage my Senator from the great State of South Carolina to go fcuk himself, after his budget vote.

As well as just in general principal.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:26 AM (1n+EO)

And yet he wins with overwhelming majorities in both primaries and general.

Posted by: blaster at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (pwExq)

135 We are Americans. so failure for us is not an option.

Keep that in mind as we celebrate the birth that changed the world.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 23, 2022 08:27 AM (KATBx)

Without any trace of cynicism or sarcasm, I wish I had your view, sir. I salute and thank you for it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:29 AM (AW0uW)

136
Current American life expectancy declined back to mid-90's levels, 73 for men and 79 for women.

But if you're a male who has already hit 73 years of age you can expect to live another 13 years to the age of 86.

Female who has already hit 79 can expect to live another 11 years to the age of 90.

Something is killing the younger folks. Thanks China.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 08:29 AM (enJYY)

137 Good to see you grampa. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:30 AM (C0Rwe)

138 Roy proposed an amendment to the $1.7 trillion government spending bill that would not allow any of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) $3.28 billion in funding for “programs and management” to go towards “environmental justice activities.” Another of Roy’s proposed amendments would ensure that none of the $9.4 billion earmarked for the State Department and foreign programs would go to Kerry’s office.
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Roy is making the crucial mistake of accepting the premise. Why does the EPA need $3.28 billion? Regardless of what it's spending money on, that's too much. Why does State need $9.4 billion? Cut all of those budgets by at least 50% and keep the drive alive by cutting the budget by half in each of the next five funding bills.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:30 AM (t0OGg)

139 Cannot bring myself to read headlines, let alone content about the crazies in DC and Zelensky being labeled a Churchillian hero.

Praying the trees remain upright and power stays on.

Listening to the O Antiphons is always good.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 08:30 AM (4h9M3)

140 "And yet he wins with overwhelming majorities in both primaries and general."

My kingdom for a decent primary opponent.

But we seem to be sorely lacking in this department.

Instead, we get folks like Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:31 AM (1n+EO)

141 That simple. As long as McConnell is Minority leader, I will not give one dime

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:31 AM (Cw0fX)

142 Dear friends, I truly hate doing this especially given the financial situations of many of us, but if at all possible, could you please hit Ace's as well as my tip jar? Whatever you can spare helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated more than you know.

I appreciate little reminders like this. I contribute infrequently...usually when I see a post like this. The last thing I'd want it for AoS to shut down, or content be reduced, because it wasn't worth the time invested anymore. Bleg as needed!

Posted by: Boon at December 23, 2022 08:31 AM (NCgXW)

143 845-page report concludes an 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (Vwz3I)
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They had a year and a half and could only come up with less than 900 pages of lies?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:31 AM (t0OGg)

144 I forgot to turn on the heat to some minimal level in my office when I left yesterday evening.

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We lost power over on this side town for most of the night last night. *Not* looking forward to going out to my office in a few minutes. Heater is back on, I'm sure. But I bet it's only in the forties in there

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (oINRc)

145 "Orwell should have been alive to see what his native land has become."
In England, Silent Prayer Can Be a Crime
________
Lewis and Chesterton saw it coming.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (TgBWG)

146 WNBA star Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for former U.S. Marine, Paul Whelan.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

147 "Something is killing the younger folks. Thanks China."

Hey, what about us.

Posted by: Dindu and Dinsee Nuffin at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (1n+EO)

148 Here in upstate NY it could be near 50 next weekend. Just in time for the New Year 2023 celebrations. God knows (maybe) what the new year will bring. President Kamala I would guess. We are screwed no matter what, other than the entertainment we will see from Congress, just more hot air, is Pelosi going to be around yet, I've lost track. I'm sure she has or her staff have been busy with the shredder that last few days or weeks.

Posted by: Colin at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (4p2ug)

149 Posted by: Paul at December 23, 2022 08:21 AM (eY+2r).

Maybe stop waving your micro dick in the ladies rooms

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (C0Rwe)

150 "Zelensky understands just how shallow, pathetic, grasping, insecure, and easily manipulated America's media, entertainment, and political establishment are and how to control those character deficits to his advantage."
Volodymyr Zelensky Plays Our Corrupt Elites Like a Fiddle

Maze @mazemoore

Apparently this is what modern war looks like.

Video: http://bit.ly/3FS4bYM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Do5/p)

151 Out of the 18 Traitors who voted for a pork bill that gives no $$$ to our own border, many our from our reddest states.

SD, Arkansas, Missouri etc... What the hell is the point anymore?

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (Cw0fX)

152 Here it comes.

Two degree drop in three minutes, and still dropping.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (1n+EO)

153 “House Republicans say that they want to craft a budget, but they haven’t yet been able to select a speaker,” Romney said, referencing the fact that several House Republicans came out in opposition to McCarthy’s bid for speaker. Romney noted it would be very difficult to sort out budgets for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year. . .
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Because your crew refuses to compromise, Mitt.

Why is that the Freedom Caucus has to compromise with McCarthy and support him, but McCarthy and his ilk - including you - have *zero* obligation to them or to the base?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (t0OGg)

154
Well, it certainly was nice of Mutt Rombley to admit that the only reason that he and the 18 Pieces of Republican't Shit who voted for the $1.7T Corruptobill
was to -

completely cut the influence of successful Republican voters out of the Budgeting Process and reduce their influence to zero next year.

Honestly, what are the Republicans going to do now besides run lame-ass do-nothing, go-nowhere rehashes of 2020/2022, which plays straight into the Democrat hands as our nation slips further down the toilet.

You can hear them now: "look at those do nothing Conservative Republicans running show trials, instead of trying to help the people." On every single branch of the MSM every single hour or every single day.

I suppose "the only game in town" needs to find out that it ain't.

To bad the US will be completely destroyed over the next two years to even get a chance to show them.

Can we just adopt Venezuela's flag now instead of the Star and Stripes and be done with it?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (KLPy8)

155 A lot of people would rather be subjects than citizens. They should move to England.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 23, 2022 08:08 AM (45fpk)

Too bad we can't trade them for Chinese democracy advocates and North Korean political prisoners.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at December 23, 2022 08:34 AM (MIb2C)

156 Goodness knows I bash the hell about Romney, and any religion that considers such a snake to be an honored elder, but be real. Enough Republicans defected to make this a "bipartisan" cock-up.

Vladimir Putin has done more to resist globalism than any American with the exception of Donald Trump.

Posted by: trev006 at December 23, 2022 08:34 AM (YzASi)

157 All the weather misery going on in the Midwest etc... and all the media grifters talk about is NYC. F$$k NYC

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:34 AM (Cw0fX)

158
Power went out at 6:30. We got the generator going, plugged it into the transfer switch and got the circuits for the well and furnace running. So we have heat and water.

The outage appears to be local, so maybe we won't be out very long.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 08:34 AM (JmGmD)

159 Coldest I've seen it since I moved to my little town in WY. -30 Yesterday morning. Toyota still started though.

So I could go to work.

Thanks Toyota.

Posted by: Bothan Spy Union, yes there are a few still alive at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (WcPfR)

160 the whole purpose of constitutions is to limit power. In a constitutional system like ours, one is not supposed to be motivated by crushing one’s enemies. This has never been the inclination or aim of conservatives, who do not share the Left’s aversion to limits on political power. But things have changed. What happens when one side has no regard for the constitution or the limits of power? The goodwill of the conservative has been mercilessly abused, and he is searching for shelter from the obscene freak show of anarchy and disorder that has descended upon his country.
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We're post-law and post-Constitution now. Anyone planning on anything dependent on the old way of doing things is in for a surprise.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (t0OGg)

161 Dear friends, I truly hate doing this especially given the financial situations of many of us, but if at all possible, could you please hit Ace's as well as my tip jar?

Admit it, this is for bail, isn't it? In that case I want to signed perp walk picture. if Donald Trump can do it, you can do it. Off to take care of some financial business. And one more thing, thank you for the hard work that goes in to this publication.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (c7ca9)

162 Lets see how Cowardly McCarthy responds to Romneycare's indictment of the House GOP.

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (Tc2CN)

163 Jan.6 panel's final report asserts Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multipart conspiracy" to overturn election results.

845-page report concludes an 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM (Vwz3I)
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Oh, it's complicated! That explains so much! That's probably why it seems merely a hyperpartisan political persecution by swamp creatures, then.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (vBtmB)

164 Something is killing the younger folks. Thanks China.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I'm not claiming you are incorrect about that but there is a chart somewhere I've seen long ago that showed if you made it into your late 60's, (statistically) you'd make it into your late 80's. I'm generalizing but that's the gist of it. This was long before the Wuflu hit us. There is a 'die off', if you will, of both men and women before their 70's and then it calms down for years.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (qoGsy)

165 WNBA star Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for former U.S. Marine, Paul Whelan.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

Holy schnikes! Link?

Posted by: pookysgirl, turning on the foot warmer at December 23, 2022 08:36 AM (XKZwp)

166 WNBA star Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for former U.S. Marine, Paul Whelan.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Vwz3I).

That's mighty white of her, but be real. As a military vet and normal American, he has zero value to the Biden regime.

Posted by: trev006 at December 23, 2022 08:36 AM (YzASi)

167 Lets see how Cowardly McCarthy responds to Romneycare's indictment of the House GOP.
Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM (Tc2CN)
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As soon as Franks kicks him out of bed and gives him the focus group script, I'm sure we'll find out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:36 AM (vBtmB)

168 "Something is killing the younger folks. Thanks China."

Way back when I did back of the envelope math to show that opioid ODs were shortening US life expectancy more than Covid, by a lot. It's a fiction of the ODs killing the relatively young, while Covid was killing the relatively old.

Both China exports.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (SJsWC)

169 157. Wise old uncle in my family, says the only way you can get rid of evil old politicians and Billionaires, like McConnell, Pelosi, Buffett, Soros etc.. is the natural way. Sadly they all seem to live into their 90's, while the great guy down the street who volunteers and is church going, drops at 60

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (Cw0fX)

170 I gotta stop saying to be real. The perils of third shifts.

Posted by: trev006 at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (YzASi)

171 In Rockford, got far less than the predicted snowfall, but the winds and temp predictions were accurate. Deadly cold.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (24fqN)

172 WNBA star Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for former U.S. Marine, Paul Whelan.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

That was big of her...

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (4h9M3)

173 ... Honestly, what are the Republicans going to do now besides run lame-ass do-nothing, go-nowhere rehashes of 2020/2022, which plays straight into the Democrat hands as our nation slips further down the toilet. ...
Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (KLPy

++++
Repeal the "budget" these people just passed, repeal the debt ceiling increase and send a new budget.

While that is all distracting everyone in a battle that can't be won because the Senate will never pass those bills, try other things. Pass large volumes of pointless legislation with specific reversals buried in the text. Rename some bridges while also repealing bad laws or imposing limits on executive agencies. Flood the zone with bills and some will slip through. Use guerrilla tactics until a real opening emerges.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (t0OGg)

174 Ace and JJ, the tip jars have been hit.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (DBrN4)

175 House Republicans say that they want to craft a budget, but they haven’t yet been able to select a speaker,” Romney said, referencing the fact that several House Republicans came out in opposition to McCarthy’s bid for speaker.

Fuck that guy in particular. There wouldn't be any difference between McCarthy and Pelosi in terms of meaningful action to reform congress and prepare for impending shit storm that's gonna happen when the economy collapses.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (TgNpw)

176 Well, work will probably be coming in soon, so I'dbest get ready.

How about a song? "Christmas Fais Do Do" by Marcia Ball:

https://tinyurl.com/4hcktnyr

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (AW0uW)

177 "Admit it, this is for bail, isn't it? In that case I want to signed perp walk picture. "

Hmmm. JJ Sefton superhero cards?

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (iayUP)

178 "Orwell should have been alive to see what his native land has become."
In England, Silent Prayer Can Be a Crime
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Alot of places limit protesters' access to abortion mills, even nonviolently blocking sidewalk access or talking to the girls/women, but the English lady was clearly across the road and by silently praying, clearly wasn't obstructing or interacting with any 'patrons'.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (Vwz3I)

179 Vladimir Putin has done more to resist globalism than any American with the exception of Donald Trump.
Posted by: trev006 at December 23, 2022 08:34 AM (YzASi)

He's not really resisting globalism, as much as pitching an alternate brand where he and Xi Jinping run the show.

Xi Jinping is playing a "heads I win, tails you lose" game, since he also is behind the other side.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (MIb2C)

180 @99 Mary Poppins’ Practically Perfect Piercing-Congratulations on the shoutout and being labeled “less than sanguine” and not get banned for curse filled comments in the morning. I so love the fact that someone here can pull that off! Carry the torch for curse filled comments though, I fucking love it you salty motherfucker!👍

Posted by: JROD at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (0ET/O)

181 Out of the 18 Traitors who voted for a pork bill that gives no $$$ to our own border, many our from our reddest states.

SD, Arkansas, Missouri etc... What the hell is the point anymore?

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM (Cw0fX)

But NOT IOWA.

Posted by: pookysgirl, standing tall in the cornfields (cuz they're empty) at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (XKZwp)

182 "The irony is that the Left, in the process of steamrolling normal people, may have created the very “fascists” they claim to be against."

No. That's their fucking playbook.

They provoke decent, peaceable people until their backs are against the wall. When they inevitably react ("reactionaries") then they say "See!! We told you these people are dangerous!!"

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (crFGa)

183 Romney is non grata. The only good thing happening, is this was the last hurrah for the Quisling Senate Republicans for 2 years. They are toothless, and when the Ukraine gets their ass kicked this winter, they will have panic attacks

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (Cw0fX)

184 The question now is this: how many so-called "private" companies, such as Facebook, Google, Fortune 500 firms, and more, do the bidding of U.S. intelligence agencies that are renowned for their wildly partisan application of unequal standards? According to this recent statement by the FBI, many of them.
FBI Admits It Meddles In 'Numerous Companies,' Not Just Twitter

Another question is how many institutions and corporations and governments are controlled by WEF "young leaders". And I bet the WEF "young leaders" are not just in elected positions in governments, but also in the institutions like FDA, CDC, EPA, NEA and intelligence community organizations (FBI, CIA, DNI, etc).

The Discover the Networks radical left network was just the tip of the iceberg as it turns out. The WEF alone has infiltrated every Western nation in the world. I have no doubt they have people within FBI, CIA, US military etc.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (Do5/p)

185 The contrast of the modern military worrying about pronouns versus Patton moving an army 50 plus miles in 20 degree temps to engage an enemy is surreal.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 08:39 AM (oWBc3)

186 Wise old uncle in my family, says the only way you can get rid of evil old politicians and Billionaires, like McConnell, Pelosi, Buffett, Soros etc.. is the natural way. Sadly they all seem to live into their 90's, while the great guy down the street who volunteers and is church going, drops at 60
Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (Cw0fX)
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The ruling class is all-in on life extension. That so many of them get so old and still remain in power makes no sense. It strains credulity. These people are doing everything in their power from chemical supplements to the blood of children to hold off death so they can stay in power and perform the devil's work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (t0OGg)

187 It looks like the sky is clearing here in the Bluegrass, but the wind is still howling out there. -7 with a wind chill around -25. And I have to drag the trash bin down to the road before the trashman comes... assuming he'll actually be working today. And then walk back down to the road to fetch the mail and drag the bin back off the road so it doesn't get hit.

I'll get my steps in today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

188 181. Ernst was allowed to vote no. She is a RINO and McConnell Brown eye girl

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (Cw0fX)

189
I'm not claiming you are incorrect about that but there is a chart somewhere I've seen long ago that showed if you made it into your late 60's, (statistically) you'd make it into your late 80's. I'm generalizing but that's the gist of it. This was long before the Wuflu hit us. There is a 'die off', if you will, of both men and women before their 70's and then it calms down for years.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:35 AM

I used the 'official' Social Security web site for the data:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi

Punch in your date of birth and gender, that's all. Unfortunately there are only two choices for gender.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (enJYY)

190 Fuck that guy in particular. There wouldn't be any difference between McCarthy and Pelosi in terms of meaningful action to reform congress and prepare for impending shit storm that's gonna happen when the economy collapses.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

They'll watch shit burn from a distance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (h3tqt)

191 #165 Link?
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Brittney Griner thanks her supporters, urges them to write to Paul Whelan in letter
The WNBA star asked her supporters to advocate for other Americans in foreign detainment

https://tinyurl.com/bdf2myse

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:41 AM (Vwz3I)

192 Holy crap it's cold out there. Just got back from walking the dogs. 8 degrees and the wind kicked in halfway through our walk. It ain't supposed to be this cold in Texas.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 23, 2022 08:41 AM (uNylN)

193 186. Spot on Joe. Soros and Evil Warren Buffett have serach teams looking to buy the Fountain of Youth

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:42 AM (Cw0fX)

194 @183, so true. One wonders how they will spin the obvious? Of course if they give in and allow Zman to have his offfensive weapons capability it starts to have a Revelations feel to it ,no?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 08:42 AM (oWBc3)

195 The question now is this: how many so-called “private” companies, such as Facebook, Google, Fortune 500 firms, and more, do the bidding of U.S. intelligence agencies that are renowned for their wildly partisan application of unequal standards? According to this recent statement by the FBI, many of them.
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Many? Try all. It would shock me if there is a single enterprise with more than 500 employees that is not answering to the US government and doing what they're told. Sometimes this is likely irrelevant (like restaurant chains) and sometimes it is very relevant (like communications firms), but the corporate side of things is firmly in the Complex along with the state, the Party and the media.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:42 AM (t0OGg)

196 "What we need is a GOP whose main platform is the complete dismantling of the entire federal government..."

Good morning, isn't that what President Trump somewhat wanted to do with his " drain the swamp" slogan? And now the Dems AND quite a few GOPers have come at Constitutional-loving people tenfold for it.

Posted by: sidney at December 23, 2022 08:42 AM (Uy/WF)

197 A financial tip for y'all from DU! Combine their COVID panic and economic analysis at your own peril...
Chinese hospital predicts half of Shanghai residents to be infected by CoVID by end of next week. That would be around 12.5 million cases, just in Shanghai.

Talk about supply chain disruption! Is it time to bring mfg home yet?

I've heard estimates of at least 1,000,000 dead coming in China. I fear that is a gross under estimate as their vaxes are not effective.

China only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID death toll. Fatalities that occur in patients with pre-existing illnesses are not counted as COVID-19 deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, the head of infectious disease at Peking University First Hospital.

This runs counter to the policy in most countries of counting any death in which COVID-19 is a factor as a coronavirus-related death.

there's an international airport there. If it spreads that fast it's only a short matter of time before it spreads to the rest of the world!

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 23, 2022 08:43 AM (NCgXW)

198 Good for Griner, at least she's trying. But Whelan is a cishet white male and a military man, and not even a minor celebrity like her. As far as the Party is concerned, he's not an American. No overture will be made. Whelan should've gotten famous, donated to Democrats, or at least sucked a few wieners or chopped off his own or something, if he wanted this country to have his back.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 23, 2022 08:43 AM (oINRc)

199 House GOP has two jobs, Dk'ing all legislation, and Investiagating. They know the Senate GOP is corrupt, and Tom Cotton cemented that fact yesterday.

Addition by subtraction

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:44 AM (Cw0fX)

200 ... Talk about supply chain disruption! Is it time to bring mfg home yet? ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 23, 2022 08:43 AM (NCgXW)
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How did a Trumpist end up at DU? The moderators are going to have to have a chat with him.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

201 Tom Cotton is a traitor

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:45 AM (Cw0fX)

202 .... there's an international airport there. If it spreads that fast it's only a short matter of time before it spreads to the rest of the world!
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 23, 2022 08:43 AM (NCgXW)
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LOLWUT? What planet is this person on? And is he advocating for racist and xenophobic travel restrictions?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:45 AM (t0OGg)

203 The ruling class gets top notch medical care that no one else in the country does. They don't wait four months to see their PCP or need approval from the insurance provider to have a necessary test performed. And they don't suddenly drop dead, because liars that they are, most of them did NOT get jabbed. So yeah, they live well into their 80's and never retire.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 08:45 AM (4h9M3)

204 NBCNews: Jan. 6 committee recommends Congress look to bar Trump from federal office

Bills of attainder are forbidden to both the federal government and the states, reflecting the importance that the Framers attached to this issue.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (X5CsJ)

205 @162

>>Lets see how Cowardly McCarthy responds to Romneycare's indictment of the House GOP.

Basically I would respond this way.

Any legislation proposed by the Senate regardless of the party involved is DOA in the House.

Individual pieces of legislation, depending on their nature and scope, may be reviewed and taken up by the House.

Once sworn in, the House GOP will adhere to the September deadline for producing a budget which is mandated by law.

The House will impose and strictly enforce regular order and will be producing as close to a balanced budget for fiscal year 2024 as is possible given the disastrous fiscal landscape that has been imposed by previous Congress's.

IG's to monitor the spending of any provision of legislation and allocation of funds exceeding 100 million dollars will be provided for in law and funding.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (up/3i)

206 I've heard estimates of at least 1,000,000 dead coming in China. I fear that is a gross under estimate as their vaxes are not effective.
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Oh..."their" vaxes are not effective! And Pfizer is?

Thanks for the morning laugh!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (vBtmB)

207 Repeal the "budget" these people just passed, repeal the debt ceiling increase and send a new budget.

While that is all distracting everyone in a battle that can't be won because the Senate will never pass those bills, try other things. Pass large volumes of pointless legislation with specific reversals buried in the text. Rename some bridges while also repealing bad laws or imposing limits on executive agencies. Flood the zone with bills and some will slip through. Use guerrilla tactics until a real opening emerges.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:38 AM (t0OGg)

Yeah, it's a plan if McCarthy and crew can find the integrity, gonads, and grit to bring the battle not only to the Dims but to Turtle and the Traitors (worst rock band evah!)

The battle for 2024, wherever that takes us, started the minute Turtle and the Traitors (still the worst rock band evah! Hasn't improved over the last second or two).

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (KLPy8)

208 Ernst was allowed to vote no. She is a RINO and McConnell Brown eye girl

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (Cw0fX)

Grassley didn't vote for it either, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I'm taking the wins where I can get them.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not even close to an optimist at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (XKZwp)

209 "But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11

Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (wgAtL)

210 Enjoying the hell out of my carbon footprint this morning - burning a shit ton of wood from a tree I cut down and took apart with a gas chainsaw.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (oWBc3)

211 All the weather misery going on in the Midwest etc... and all the media grifters talk about is NYC. F$$k NYC

Posted by: Corky

Where is this midwest you are writing about?

Posted by: Colin at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (4p2ug)

212 Arkansas is all GOP. Gov, Senators, House members etc..

But both Uniparty hack Senators, agree to Planned parenthood gettinga 100 million, just to give more $$$ to the Ukraine Welfare Queen

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:47 AM (Cw0fX)

213 Yeah, it's a plan if McCarthy and crew can find the integrity, gonads, and grit to bring the battle not only to the Dims but to Turtle and the Traitors (worst rock band evah!) ...
Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM (KLPy

++++
Ha.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:48 AM (t0OGg)

214 I'm worried with all this cold that my feral kitties will freeze. I have a bunch of insulated shelters with straw in them, but I hope it's enough and they don't actually freeze on the ground somewhere as the temps drop from 50 to subzero tonight.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 23, 2022 08:48 AM (DBrN4)

215 208. Respect that. Grassley was a solid no, but Ernst voted for Gun Control and is Mitch's peg girl

Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:48 AM (Cw0fX)

216 Bacon, eggs, scrapple, toast and fried potatoes this morning for breakfast.

I'm gonna eat like an American damnit!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:48 AM (qoGsy)

217 But both Uniparty hack Senators, agree to Planned parenthood gettinga 100 million, just to give more $$$ to the Ukraine Welfare Queen
Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:47 AM (Cw0fX)
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"We must support Z-Man" is much a lie as "we stand with America."

It's an excuse to do what they want to do anyway, nothing more.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:49 AM (t0OGg)

218 Anyone looking for some last minute gifts? They're selling Rachel Levine socks. https://tinyurl.com/228jazyc
Posted by: redridinghood

Seriously, that is it? Socks? WTH. At a minimum I would have expected this offering to include panties and a nursing bra.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 08:50 AM (c7ca9)

219 Happy Frijole Friday and Christmas Eve Eve, All!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 23, 2022 08:50 AM (atmen)

220 Julie Kelly is a treasure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2022 08:51 AM (vBtmB)

221 Seriously, that is it? Socks? WTH. At a minimum I would have expected this offering to include panties and a nursing bra.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 08:50 AM (c7ca9)

Dildos are where the money is...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 23, 2022 08:53 AM (R/m4+)

222 For the first time (duh), I wonder how disastrous would Romney have been as President?

I'm pretty slow sometimes.

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in Illinois at December 23, 2022 08:53 AM (esfM3)

223
Cricket Bacon, Cricket eggs, Cricket scrapple, Mealworm-flour toast and Cricket-fried potatoes this morning for breakfast.

I'm gonna eat like an American damnit!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:48 AM (qoGsy)

FIFY

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 08:53 AM (KLPy8)

224 >Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults

that sounds vaguely 'eww'
Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (geLO

I'd guess that a lot of that is driven by all the Star Wars stuff they put on there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM (1Z8zZ)

225 Three people were killed and three injured after a gunman opened fire in and around a Kurdish cultural center in the heart of the French capital, officials said.

Gee, I wonder who the attacker could be?

Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM (88xKn)

226 Did someone say brown eye? The magic words that summon me?

Posted by: Little Petey Buttplug at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM (WcPfR)

227 The senate has largely been funded by corporate interests and large donors.

The House has been very successful in gaining funding from the base.

That's all you need to know.

You have an Imperial Senate that is completely disconnected from the governed.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM (wgAtL)

228 Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults

that sounds vaguely 'eww'
Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 07:53 AM (geLO

I'd guess that a lot of that is driven by all the Star Wars stuff they put on there.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM (1Z8zZ

That and its like the Playboy channel for pedos.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 23, 2022 08:55 AM (XGZoL)

229 "Bills of attainder are forbidden to both the federal government and the states, reflecting the importance that the Framers attached to this issue."

The left doesn't GAS about what the Constitution says other than what it is supposed to stop them from doing.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 08:55 AM (iayUP)

230 186 Wise old uncle in my family, says the only way you can get rid of evil old politicians and Billionaires, like McConnell, Pelosi, Buffett, Soros etc.. is the natural way. Sadly they all seem to live into their 90's, while the great guy down the street who volunteers and is church going, drops at 60
Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (Cw0fX)
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The ruling class is all-in on life extension. That so many of them get so old and still remain in power makes no sense. It strains credulity. These people are doing everything in their power from chemical supplements to the blood of children to hold off death so they can stay in power and perform the devil's work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:40 AM (t0OGg)

Read the Lloyd Billinglsey article in the Christmas section.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2022 08:55 AM (x0n13)

231 Three people were killed and three injured after a gunman opened fire in and around a Kurdish cultural center in the heart of the French capital, officials said.

Gee, I wonder who the attacker could be?
Posted by: dantesed

I'm not saying it's aliens but - it's an alien.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2022 08:55 AM (qoGsy)

232 Breakfast this AM was sunny side up eggs, corned venison hash and sourdough toast.

Not sure if eating gets much better.

Now for the morning half gallon of coffee.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 23, 2022 08:55 AM (KATBx)

233 I have never taken a crap on the sidewalk. But if I ever make it back to San Francisco again, I'm gonna find the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building and squeeze out as much as I possibly can right on the front steps.
I want to honor that bitch in a way that she deserves.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 23, 2022 08:56 AM (dr4Q1)

234 Enjoying the hell out of my carbon footprint this morning - burning a shit ton of wood from a tree I cut down and took apart with a gas chainsaw. Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

It is because of people like you that we have nice things. Don't die. I am not asking.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 08:56 AM (c7ca9)

235 Visiting college campuses this week. Ugh.

One had posters every five feet reminding everyone Racism stops with ME!

Cafeteria poster reminding students to be mindful of carbon footprint of some foods: Eat apples, not meat.

Rainbow signs galore.

Free tampons/maxi pads in all gender bathrooms (all the bathrooms are all gender, btw)

That place got scratched from the list.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 08:56 AM (4h9M3)

236 I gave up the conservative label a while back. If I have to characterize my politics now it is "revanchist".

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at December 23, 2022 08:57 AM (3DZIZ)

237 Coming to something when Brittany Griner is more patriotic than our "elected" officials.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:57 AM (sCXJQ)

238 "Bacon, eggs, scrapple, toast and fried potatoes this morning for breakfast.

I'm gonna eat like an American damnit!"

That's some damn fine eatin' right there!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 08:58 AM (1n+EO)

239 I have never taken a crap on the sidewalk. But if I ever make it back to San Francisco again, I'm gonna find the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building and squeeze out as much as I possibly can right on the front steps.
I want to honor that bitch in a way that she deserves.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

What about doing that on her living room carpet? Apparently, it is rather easy to get into her house.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 08:58 AM (c7ca9)

240 'Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childish Adults'

Fixed it.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 08:58 AM (iayUP)

241 Gee, I wonder who the attacker could be?
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A man in his 60s!

Duh!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 23, 2022 08:58 AM (Vwz3I)

242 The ruling class is all-in on life extension.
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And yet they're so concerned about "overpopulation", resources and the Earf.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (sCXJQ)

243 This year, the GOP made it *very* clear - clear enough that even people who pay little attention will notice - that they are totally divorced from their own base and on the same team as everyone else in government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:28 AM

In my opinion, it is far past time to end "caucuses". One big example is the "Freedom Caucus". That is completely useless and inept and powerless. It's nothing but a label to try to say "I may be in the Republican Party, but I am not GOPe". Yeah, maybe, but you still are controlled by the GOPe. So just leave already.

Anyone in the "Freedom Caucus" should leave the Republican party and start the Freedom Party (or something). The Republican Party eventually ended the Whig Party. Time to do the same to the Republican Party. We need a true conservative political party. If "Freedom caucus" members and Donald Trump/Ron DeSantis moved to a "Freedom Party", I bet within 10 years, the GOP would be marginalized. Or most current Republicans would just move to Democrat Party and GOP would cease to exist.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (Do5/p)

244 Merry Christmas to nurse r., and all the commenters on-line.

Posted by: The Hamsters at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (a3Q+t)

245 Whom do you serve?

Posted by: Saruman at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (SYTee)

246 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Posted by: Archer at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (gmo/4)

247 What Romney has bleated is he doesn't trust the people's judgment. It's that simple. That's pretty revealing as to what the Republican Senate Caucus believes.

This isn't just McConnell. It's an infection.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (wgAtL)

248 211 All the weather misery going on in the Midwest etc... and all the media grifters talk about is NYC. F$$k NYC

Posted by: Corky

Where is this midwest you are writing about?
Posted by: Colin at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM

Remember, citizen. Coastia has always been at war with Midwestia.

Posted by: Big Brother at December 23, 2022 09:00 AM (NCgXW)

249 It looks like the worst of it is over in North Texas. Temps around 10, and expected to get into the 20s by lunchtime.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2022 09:00 AM (lTGtQ)

250 "What Romney has bleated is he doesn't trust the people's judgment"

Especially the people who voted for him more than once.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 09:01 AM (iayUP)

251 Revanchist? I am so using that piano mover. Thanks.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 09:01 AM (oWBc3)

252 "Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope."

Romans 5:3-4

Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2022 09:01 AM (wgAtL)

253 So how exactly will Kari Lake's case be trashed? A dismissal by the judge? There's no jury, so is that the final word?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (H8QX8)

254 Save us from our sins, O Lord.
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (z3WCn)

255 124 Anyone looking for some last minute gifts?

They're selling Rachel Levine socks.

https://tinyurl.com/228jazyc
Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:25 AM

THEY SHOULD SELL RACHEL CORRIE SOCKS. BECAUSE THEY'RE FLAT.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (NCgXW)

256 Whom do you serve?

Now I've got a George Thorogood earworm.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (AW0uW)

257 Coming to something when Brittany Griner is more patriotic than our "elected" officials.
Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 08:57 AM (sCXJQ)

Wait 'til s/he plays her first game...

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (4h9M3)

258 I've already got a Rachel Levine sock. I drag it out every once in a while.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2022 09:03 AM (iayUP)

259 >>The question now is this: how many so-called “private” companies, such as Facebook, Google, Fortune 500 firms, and more, do the bidding of U.S. intelligence agencies that are renowned for their wildly partisan application of unequal standards?

The safest of safe assumptions: ALL OF THEM.

Reminder: Hillary's State Dept helped get Google into National Security biz, bigly:
https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

Also, Google's Eric Schmidt helped bankroll the creation of Crowdstrike.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:03 AM (im7mX)

260 Fuk the Senate.

Work to never lose control of the house. Money better spent targeting and keeping districts. Statewide race, pfft. (Excl'g AG, governor, etc).

Make the senate bow to the house's purse. Problem solved.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 23, 2022 09:03 AM (NW9xb)

261 They're selling Rachel Levine socks.

https://tinyurl.com/228jazyc
Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 08:25 AM

THEY SHOULD SELL RACHEL CORRIE SOCKS. BECAUSE THEY'RE FLAT.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 23, 2022 09:02 AM (NCgXW)

They should sell Dick Morris socks. He's into feet.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:03 AM (AW0uW)

262
You have an Imperial Senate that is completely disconnected from the governed.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 23, 2022 08:54 AM

/////

I hear echoes in history of other failed nations.

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in Illinois at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (nzs7r)

263 Cold consolation that I was right about Romney ages ago when he ran against Ted Kennedy. But in those days I thought he was simply a spineless loser and a counterfeit conservative. I didn't fathom the depths of his vileness.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (H8QX8)

264 well, so, the PCE numbers show inflation is slowing

numbers brought to you by the US goverment

you know, the guys that missed the jobs number by 1.1 million this spring

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (us2H3)

265 Did I misinterpret Romney as saying that he doesn't trust the House to handle money, so him and Mitch stepped up and handled it for them? Usurpation of constitutional powers?

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (U4pE/)

266 Why is that the Freedom Caucus has to compromise with McCarthy and support him, but McCarthy and his ilk - including you - have *zero* obligation to them or to the base?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 08:33 AM

The "Freedom Caucus" has to compromise, because they are part of the Republican Party. Thus they are controlled by the GOPe, no matter what clever name they call themselves.

If they want to be true to their principles, they need to forget the stupid name and just leave the party and form a Freedom Party. Anything less is pointless.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (Do5/p)

267 Breakfast this AM was sunny side up eggs, corned venison hash and sourdough toast.

Not sure if eating gets much better.

Now for the morning half gallon of coffee.
Posted by: irongrampa

Going out for huevos rancheros** with green chiles, home fired potatoes, tortillas, coffee, and my tablet where I will continue reading JJ and such.

**Having concluded my survey of the best tacos in Las Cruces I have moved on to grinding my way through the challenge of finding the best huevos rancheros in Las Cruces. It's hell, but if I don't do this who will?

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (c7ca9)

268 Romney reads from a script. That's his job and he does it well.

You can recognize the script from how antagonistic the words are.

Romney could mouth platitudes about the "right thing to do" but no he says they have to do it because R's can't even be trusted to elect a Speaker. Think about how much that sounds like an AOC quote.

He's yanking your chain.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:05 AM (sCXJQ)

269 In my opinion, it is far past time to end "caucuses". One big example is the "Freedom Caucus". That is completely useless and inept and powerless. It's nothing but a label to try to say "I may be in the Republican Party, but I am not GOPe". Yeah, maybe, but you still are controlled by the GOPe. So just leave already. ...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 08:59 AM (Do5/p)
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Oh, many of the caucuses are GOPe. There is a group called - and this is not a joke - the "Caucus against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy" and they are lauding the new measures in the bill that allow the US to seize assets from Russians and transfer them (the proceeds from their sale) to Ukraine for "rebuilding."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:05 AM (t0OGg)

270 >>Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults

And what percent of those adults are really child-attracted adults?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:05 AM (im7mX)

271 Enjoying the hell out of my carbon footprint this morning - burning a shit ton of wood from a tree I cut down and took apart with a gas chainsaw.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 23, 2022 08:46 AM

HOW DARE YOU???!!!?!!?!!?????

Posted by: Greta, the future Mrs. Thunberg-Hogg at December 23, 2022 09:06 AM (a3Q+t)

272
I gave up the conservative label a while back. If I have to characterize my politics now it is "revanchist".

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at December 23, 2022 08:57 AM

Great word. From "revanche" - the French word for revenge.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 09:06 AM (enJYY)

273 Portrait of Courage

"The House will vote on the bill potentially Thursday and be signed into law before Friday night’s deadline ahead of a government shutdown. Senators were rushing to vote on the bill before terrible weather hit Washington, DC, that would prevent them from returning home."

This is reminiscent of the bravery and selflessness exhibited by General George Washington and his motley crew of small pox sick rebels who crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve to kill the enemy Hessian mercenaries in their sleep.

Just like that.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:06 AM (3hSHB)

274 >>Romney reads from a script. That's his job and he does it well. You can recognize the script from how antagonistic the words are.

So true, ...

Just like McCain before him, he's here to keep pulling that football away at the last minute.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:07 AM (im7mX)

275 Portrait of Courage

"The House will vote on the bill potentially Thursday and be signed into law before Friday night’s deadline ahead of a government shutdown. Senators were rushing to vote on the bill before terrible weather hit Washington, DC, that would prevent them from returning home."

This is reminiscent of the bravery and selflessness exhibited by General George Washington and his motley crew of small pox sick rebels who crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve to kill the enemy Hessian mercenaries in their sleep.

Just like that.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:06 AM (3hSHB)
++++
Put them all on stamps! They've EARNED it!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:07 AM (t0OGg)

276 Merry Christmas Lizzy!!!!

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:08 AM (sCXJQ)

277 PCE numbers show inflation slowing and Wall Street CEO's saying the recession will be a "hard landing," not a soft one.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 09:08 AM (4h9M3)

278 **Having concluded my survey of the best tacos in Las Cruces I have moved on to grinding my way through the challenge of finding the best huevos rancheros in Las Cruces. It's hell, but if I don't do this who will?
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM

Are there no migas in Las Cruces?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 23, 2022 09:08 AM (a3Q+t)

279 "Put them all on stamps! They've EARNED it!"

And let us name fighting Naval warships after them as well!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2022 09:09 AM (1n+EO)

280 went to the tony carriage trade grocer over in Great Barrington this morning for a few sweet sausages

I could probably have a popular you tube channel just video taping NYC weekenders buying the most ridiculosly expensive chunks of meat

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (us2H3)

281 >>They're selling Rachel Levine socks.

Why. . who would want. . . WTH?!?
Why would you want socks with the image of *any* government bureaucrat, let alone that unsightly person?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (im7mX)

282 **Having concluded my survey of the best tacos in Las Cruces I have moved on to grinding my way through the challenge of finding the best huevos rancheros in Las Cruces. It's hell, but if I don't do this who will?
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:04 AM (c7ca9)
++++
Heh. I love going out for breakfast. I have made a long-term survey of every breakfast joint in any given area that I've lived. Some get only one chance (if you manage to fuck up eggs, I don't go back), some enter regular rotation, some are occasional visits. I am more focused on southern breakfast than Mexican breakfast, but it's the same basic concept.

In other words,
:: fist-bump ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (t0OGg)

283
Power restored here at Schloss Hadrian. Happy that the transfer switch actually works for the furnace and well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (MoZTd)

284 He's yanking your chain.
Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:05 AM

But the people of Utah love him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (a3Q+t)

285 I may have to get a birdbath, in keeping with the spirit of the times.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (ykeLU)

286 Over Half of Disney+ Subscribers are Childless Adults. that sounds vaguely 'eww'. Posted by: DB

I'd guess that a lot of that is driven by all the Star Wars stuff they put on there. Posted by: I used to have a different nic.

Disney+ has the entire Marvel movie catalog which is something of a sacred thing apparently. FYI: "eww" is an accurate description of this demographic.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:11 AM (c7ca9)

287 Why. . who would want. . . WTH?!?
Why would you want socks with the image of *any* government bureaucrat, let alone that unsightly person?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (im7mX)
++++
The same people who buy Fauci votive candles?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:11 AM (t0OGg)

288 And Merry Christmas to you, ... !!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:11 AM (im7mX)

289 Rachel Levine socks are the perfect gift for teenage boys at camp. They use them in a clever way in the middle of the night when the bathroom is just too far away. Yes, they do that.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 09:12 AM (4h9M3)

290 I may have to get a birdbath, in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (ykeLU)
++++
I think the spirit of the times requires you to acquire a bird *brain,* not a bird *bath.* If you get one of those, you'll be able to go on a rocket ride right to the top.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:12 AM (t0OGg)

291 "Dear friends, I truly hate doing this especially given the financial situations of many of us, but if at all possible, could you please hit Ace's as well as my tip jar? Whatever you can spare helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated more than you know."

Done, JJ. Long overdue but done so with a cheerful heart. Still hoping to get you to sign my copy of your book one day!

Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2022 09:12 AM (yUjc0)

292 The Billingsley article is indeed quite instructive. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (U4pE/)

293 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (MoZTd)

How long was the power out?

Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (88xKn)

294 Happy Festivus: How to celebrate the ‘Seinfeld’ holiday for ‘the rest of us’

https://tinyurl.com/4wenw7jf

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

295 >>Disney+ has the entire Marvel movie catalog which is something of a sacred thing apparently.

Yes, I have a sister who is really into Marvel along with her college-aged daughter. Watching them enthuse over it, it becomes clear why it has transitioned from MCU to "M She U."

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (im7mX)

296 Heh. I love going out for breakfast. I have made a long-term survey of every breakfast joint in any given area that I've lived. Some get only one chance (if you manage to fuck up eggs, I don't go back), some enter regular rotation, some are occasional visits. I am more focused on southern breakfast than Mexican breakfast, but it's the same basic concept.

My local place closed down a couple of months ago to re-open under new management. I hope they don't fuck it up, because I like going there for an early-morning meal of poached eggs, sausage, hash browns and toast and covfefe.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (AW0uW)

297 As if Congress is ever going to pass a budget again. Why bother?

Posted by: huerfano at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (dTFZY)

298 J.J.: I quit PayPal. Is there another way to hit the tip jar?

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in Illinois at December 23, 2022 09:14 AM (6HS1w)

299 Power restored here at Schloss Hadrian. Happy that the transfer switch actually works for the furnace and well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:10 AM (MoZTd)

I had a transfer switch hang on me, Roasted the box

don't frust them anymore

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:14 AM (us2H3)

300 Happy Festivus to all. When does the Airing of Grievances commence??

Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2022 09:15 AM (yUjc0)

301 They're selling Rachel Levine socks.

********

Ha!!

Putting the 'hag' in hagiography!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:15 AM (ykeLU)

302 In other words,
:: fist-bump ::
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Nods back at you with that Amen type of look.

For the record: the greatest huevos rancheros in the USA are at the El Camino in ABQ. It isn't even close.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:16 AM (c7ca9)

303 My local place closed down a couple of months ago to re-open under new management. I hope they don't fuck it up, because I like going there for an early-morning meal of poached eggs, sausage, hash browns and toast and covfefe.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (AW0uW)
++++
Sounds good to me. My preference is biscuits and gravy, ham, scrambled eggs. But virtually *all* breakfast is good breakfast. I freaking love breakfast, and I love going out for breakfast.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:16 AM (t0OGg)

304 Happy Festivus to all. When does the Airing of Grievances commence?? Posted by: Doof

When did that cease?

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:16 AM (c7ca9)

305 Happy Festivus to all. When does the Airing of Grievances commence??
Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2022 09:15 AM (yUjc0)
******
Today is the official day.

In reality everyday is Festivus @ AOSHQ.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

306 For the record: the greatest huevos rancheros in the USA are at the El Camino in ABQ. It isn't even close.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:16 AM (c7ca9)
++++
If I'm ever in ABQ (I've never been, oddly), I'll look it up!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

307
At this point in time it is only appropriate to believe the worst is on its way.

Bird bath status: Upside down until Spring.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 09:18 AM (enJYY)

308 So the bill gets signed and Biden and Dr. Jill come out wearing Santa hats to tell us that we were just given the best gift ever: $2 trillion !! but we must share it with Mother Nature and Vlod Zelenskiya and 10% for the Big Guy. (smiles, waves, and kisses blown)

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

309 A colleague is treating us all to breakfast bourritos this morning from a Mexican restaurant that's been in business forever. I may get through half of it (they're huge). Yum!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (im7mX)

310
How long was the power out?
Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2022 09:13 AM (88xKn)

__________

Just a couple of hours, but you never know. I remember 2021 all too vividly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (MoZTd)

311
I had a transfer switch hang on me, Roasted the box

don't frust them anymore

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:14 AM

Not your entire service panel, I hope?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (enJYY)

312 I may have to get a birdbath, in keeping with the spirit of the times.

The birdbath I'm looking at is over 160 acres, has six ducks in it, waves and blowing mist from north to south.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:20 AM (3hSHB)

313 My preference is biscuits and gravy, ham, scrambled eggs. But virtually *all* breakfast is good breakfast. I freaking love breakfast, and I love going out for breakfast.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Biscuits and gravy on a cold morning is like a little slice of heaven.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2022 09:20 AM (lTGtQ)

314 I love seeing North American product and culture exports.

For example, I routinely get a preroll ad on Swedish YouTube for "Extra" chewing gum, which is a Wrigley product. It features an interracial lesbian kiss set to "Call Me Maybe" by Canada's Carly Rae Jepsen.

No wonder these people hate us.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

315 Merry Christmas to all.

Posted by: Ziba at December 23, 2022 09:22 AM (4h9M3)

316 297 As if Congress is ever going to pass a budget again. Why bother?
____

1996 might have been the last time a budget was passed by the deadline.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 23, 2022 09:22 AM (fs1hN)

317 Bisquits, gravy, eggs, hashbrowns, sausage from Whataburger at 0500. Second breakfast around 0930, dinner at noon, snack at 1500, supper (white beans with sourdough bread) at 1845. Fuel for the furnace.

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 09:22 AM (TkO4P)

318
God eats a Southern breakfast every morning. Country-fried steak, eggs, grits, biscuits and gravy. With lots of coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:22 AM (MoZTd)

319 Rachel Levine socks are the perfect gift for teenage boys at camp.

*******

Even the legendary self-pleasuring "enthusiasm" of teenage boys would be dowsed by that image.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM (ykeLU)

320 My preference is biscuits and gravy, ham, scrambled eggs. But virtually *all* breakfast is good breakfast. I freaking love breakfast, and I love going out for breakfast.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

That sounds good, too. I love breakfast and being able to sit for a while and read. I may just have to go up the road early tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM (AW0uW)

321

There are frozen hovercrafts in my eel pond!

Posted by: Dirty Frank at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM (YdC5O)

322 Whom do you serve?

- You, my Lord.

What do you seek?

- The Grail.

Posted by: Sir Gawain at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM (gmo/4)

323 So the bill gets signed and Biden and Dr. Jill come out wearing Santa hats to tell us that we were just given the best gift ever: $2 trillion !! but we must share it with Mother Nature and Vlod Zelenskiya and 10% for the Big Guy. (smiles, waves, and kisses blown)

They used to call stolen money "investments" just a few years ago. At least now they acknowledge that there are no returns on the money stolen from this and several future generations.

And "Mother Nature" is so grateful for this "gift" that xe has decided to freeze out most of the nation in the form of what the climate hysterics are calling "Winter Storm Of This Generation"™

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM (3hSHB)

324 Forgog the picante!

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (TkO4P)

325 They're selling Rachel Levine socks.
_____

*tries them on*

Hey, I still look like a man!

But then again, so does "Rachel".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (fs1hN)

326 I may have to get a birdbath, in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Posted by: Muldoon

If i had one, it would be frozen this morning. 4° here in Huntsville, AL.

Merry Christmas, everyone. May your family be safe and happy when visiting. Lefty family members need not apply.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (3CCua)

327 Thumbpads need recaps.

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (TkO4P)

328 Biscuits and gravy on a cold morning is like a little slice of heaven.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2022 09:20 AM (lTGtQ)

MMMMMMM HHHMMMMM.
Alright then

Posted by: Slingblade at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (yUjc0)

329 Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Richard Shelby (R-AL), John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN).

May Satan's Horned-Cock find their assholes on a bleak and dreary day in this very Winter.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 09:25 AM (BRHaw)

330 Scrambled eggs, Home fries, Bacon & Rye toast. Coffee and Orange juice.

Posted by: Archer at December 23, 2022 09:25 AM (gmo/4)

331 MMMMMMM HHHMMMMM.
Alright then
Posted by: Slingblade at December 23, 2022 09:24 AM (yUjc0)

Judges would have also accepted biscuits and mustard.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 09:25 AM (BRHaw)

332 Is Mutt going to end up GOP Senate Leader?

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2022 09:26 AM (SYTee)

333 All this breakfast talk is going to make me forego my intermittent fasting and leave the house in search of chicken fried steak and eggs.

Posted by: PabloD at December 23, 2022 09:27 AM (AI0SL)

334 I swear they post these stories just to piss us off:

@washingtonpost

A new study found that exercise, in almost any amount, reduced people’s risks of being hospitalized or dying of covid.

No kidding? Tell that to the guy in NJ whose gym was relentlessly attacked/fined by the local government for daring to stay open.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:27 AM (im7mX)

335 Even the legendary self-pleasuring "enthusiasm" of teenage boys would be dowsed by that image.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:23 AM

Is that particular anatomical feature considered suitable for dowsing? I thought it only pointed in one direction.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 23, 2022 09:27 AM (a3Q+t)

336 All this breakfast talk is going to make me forego my intermittent fasting and leave the house in search of chicken fried steak and eggs.
Posted by: PabloD at December 23, 2022 09:27 AM (AI0SL)

I had my breakfast a few hours ago. I don't know what I am going to have for supper tonight.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:27 AM (AW0uW)

337 Not your entire service panel, I hope?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (enJYY)

yep pretty much the entire generator panel

luckily, I found a guy with another panel in LA

150 including shipping

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (us2H3)

338 Just a couple of hours, but you never know. I remember 2021 all too vividly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2022 09:19 AM (MoZTd)
*******
Same.
Just when we thought we were out of the woods because it was February and my crape myrtles were pruned.
The amount of money that was spent on replacing plants and repairing pipes and ceilings at family members homes was a nightmare.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

339 Y'all are making me hungry. Might have to head to Waffle House and look for Miklos and his harem (Darlene, Carleen, etc)

Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (yUjc0)

340 I can't believe JJ shares a birthday with our Lord.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (Aejvq)

341
I like going out for breakfast.

But, it's become like going out for meals in general. Usually, we can cook it better at home than they can in the restaurant.

Mexican breakfast is something that we haven't got totally under our belt yet, unless it's something like huevos rancheros or migas.

Crossroads Diner was pretty great but Covid killed it off along with our fave Mexican breakfast places.

*sigh*

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (KLPy8)

342 Is Mutt going to end up GOP Senate Leader?
Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2022 09:26 AM

No. It's my turn, darn it!

Posted by: John Cornyn, RINO-TX at December 23, 2022 09:28 AM (a3Q+t)

343 329 Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Richard Shelby (R-AL), John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN).

and the dims complain about Sinabuns and Manchin

Posted by: REDACTED at December 23, 2022 09:29 AM (us2H3)

344 Yep. Everyone in the world knew that masks do nothing to prevent the contraction or spread of viruses prior to March 2020. Fauci himself gave a CBS '60 Minutes' interview where he laughed at the interviewer when asked if masks would do anything for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, then stated that masks do not provide anywhere near the protection that people think, they are more just a comfort thing to make people 'feel' more 'safe'.

But then when China, WHO and WEF sent the talking points out and ordered the worldwide lockdown, the entire narrative immediately changed in every Western nation and all the lies began. Criminal and evil.

Martin Kulldorff @MartinKulldorff

In March 2020, the UK Advertising Standards Authority ruled that ads claiming that masks prevent the spread of COVID-19 are "misleading, irresponsible and likely to cause fear without justifiable reason".

http://bit.ly/3BWSvCU

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 09:29 AM (Do5/p)

345 Sams Club as this item called Fire Cheese Wheel which is spiced up cheddar.

Sourdough english muffin, a thick slice of the Fire Wheel Cheese, two slices of Canadian Bacon, three slices of thick bacon (cut to size), half of a sliced jalapeno and a wild duck egg cooked in a Breakfast Sandwich Maker.

That right there is the best breakfast sandwich.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:29 AM (3hSHB)

346 Is that particular anatomical feature considered suitable for dowsing? I thought it only pointed in one direction.

******

Rachel Levine socks, putting the 'witch' in water witching.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:30 AM (ykeLU)

347 You're so close to the mark, J.J.

It's #conservatives who keep electing the scumbags. It's #conservatives who have this rosey, sentimental view of their childhood spent in government indoctrination centers, who believe that federal jack-booted goons like their fathers and grandfathers should receive our redistributed wealth in the form of federal checks that start and never stop, who believe that socialist healthcare can work for veterans, who cannot wait for the day they can stop being productive and directly receive their own federal paychecks while calling it "my retirement".

You can fiddle at the edges of the problem - the politicians - or you can take the core issue head-on, the so-called American People who say they want small government freedom with big government gibzmedats.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 23, 2022 09:30 AM (yl/tx)

348 JJ has his own payment system. You plunk in your CC and don't go through paypal. Ace is paypal.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 23, 2022 09:31 AM (DBrN4)

349 Posted by: Corky at December 23, 2022 08:37 AM (Cw0fX)

And the great guy down the street as long as her gave his life to the Lord and repented of his sins will go to the Lord. Politicians/ WEF etc who have no god but themselves and no philosophy but power and gain probably won't go to God unless he is very merciful.

But of course, good people who love the Lord can live long lives too. We've probably known such people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2022 09:31 AM (vH/6k)

350 340 I can't believe JJ shares a birthday with our Lord.

Jewish appropriation!

Posted by: Dirty Frank at December 23, 2022 09:32 AM (YdC5O)

351 Surprisingly, politicians in some heavily Jewish jurisdictions are trying to make these self-protection efforts illegal. A federal judge temporarily struck down a provision of New York’s gun law that makes it a felony for a person with a concealed-carry license to possess a firearm in places of worship, while Montgomery County, Maryland, recently passed a similar law.

All the big churches here have usually 3 or 4 armed men. Usually 1 by area with kids, one up near preacher, and one or two back near vestibule. I would not attend a service without some armed people. Church attacks have double in the last year and will be around 500 this year.

I know many of those are vandals but just wait...

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 09:33 AM (BRHaw)

352 Some things are getting better in South Dakota. The temp will be going up to 6F (it's -5F now) with windchills -21F.

I-90 is still closed from Rapid City to the MN border.

And I'm at work managing a skeleton crew.

Posted by: Archer at December 23, 2022 09:33 AM (gmo/4)

353 During my first few months in Albuquerque, NM I drove by this restaurant that had a line out the door on a Saturday morning. I stopped and discovered getting a place to park rivaled trying to park in Seattle on Seahawk Sunday - this was like a sign from heaven. I got in line, quickly realized nobody spoke English, chased off a few panhandlers, thought the Mariachi band blowing it up inside was dope, and that I had exactly no idea what I just signed up for. 30 minutes later I got in and noticed everyone, and I do mean everyone, was eating bowls of some sort of magical soup, richly red, and donuts coated in colorful icing and baked on site. So, I ordered the same thing. Soon, I discovered that lurking, unseen, in that spicy, red broth, were animal parts I didn't know existed. In those first two spoonfuls I realized that Menudo was a cultural step beyond the sum total of my life experiences squared. Looking back, I think that is the exact moment when I fell deeply in love with New Mexico.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:34 AM (c7ca9)

354 I can't believe JJ shares a birthday with our Lord.

Being that our LORD was born on (adjusted to Gregorian Calendar) September 11th 2 BC, at 6:15PM Jerusalem Standard Time; that is amazing longevity!

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:34 AM (3hSHB)

355 In March 2020, the UK Advertising Standards Authority ruled that ads claiming that masks prevent the spread of COVID-19 are "misleading, irresponsible and likely to cause fear without justifiable reason".

http://bit.ly/3BWSvCU
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 09:29 AM (Do5/p)

We should not be wearing mask!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK-ZyUjgFBI

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 09:35 AM (BRHaw)

356 In those first two spoonfuls I realized that Menudo was a cultural step beyond the sum total of my life experiences squared. Looking back, I think that is the exact moment when I fell deeply in love with New Mexico.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:34 AM (c7ca9)
++++
I've never had menudo that I found to be any good. Sounds like you did, though!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:35 AM (t0OGg)

357 Being that our LORD was born on (adjusted to Gregorian Calendar) September 11th 2 BC,

2 BC? Neat trick. But then again, He was no ordinary guy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:36 AM (AW0uW)

358 >>Surprisingly, politicians in some heavily Jewish jurisdictions are trying to make these self-protection efforts illegal.

Yeah, pretty sure Boulder made it illegal to carry in churches earlier this year. Stupid considering the attempted shooting at a Colorado Springs church a while back that was stopped by an armed parishioner. They should, and likely do know better.

The bigger churches and synagogues know they are targets, and plan accordingly.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2022 09:37 AM (im7mX)

359 Soon, I discovered that lurking, unseen, in that spicy, red broth, were animal parts I didn't know existed.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:34 AM

Aye, caramba!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at December 23, 2022 09:37 AM (a3Q+t)

360 Church attacks have double in the last year and will be around 500 this year.

According to the calculus of the Left, you are personally responsible for these past church attacks merely because you are expoing it Right Now.

Continuing to talk about it will likely may skyrocket even further.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:37 AM (3hSHB)

361 >THEY SHOULD SELL RACHEL CORRIE SOCKS. BECAUSE THEY'RE FLAT.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE RACHEL CORRIE GOT FLATTENED BY A BULLDOZER.

Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 09:38 AM (geLO8)

362 ..... John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN).
---------

Quality Candidates all

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:38 AM (9giKS)

363 Being that our LORD was born on (adjusted to Gregorian Calendar) September 11th 2 BC,

2 BC? Neat trick. But then again, He was no ordinary guy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2022 09:36 AM (AW0uW)

Well, he was a hit at weddings.

Posted by: Archer at December 23, 2022 09:38 AM (gmo/4)

364 It's #conservatives who keep electing the scumbags.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 23, 2022 09:30 AM

Yup. Go back to 2008, the conservative right was all-in pushing John McCain, with the justification that "this is the most important election in our lifetime and if we lose it's game over". Then lather, rinse, repeat in 2012 with Romney and Ryan. Then lather, rinse, repeat in 2016 with anyone other than Donald Trump.

And now after the past 20 years of GOP betrayal by every single elected representative pushed by conservatives, the same conservatives want to 'move on' from the rigged and stolen 2020 election and throw overboard the only elected Republican in the past 20 years to do anything for conservatives.

Conservatives trying to work to reform the GOP for the past 20 years are like beaten wives who keep staying with their husbands thinking things will get better. The GOP is the stupid party, because the GOP base is stupid.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2022 09:38 AM (Do5/p)

365 Aye, caramba!
Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!"

********

Stay in your lane, buddy!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2022 09:38 AM (ykeLU)

366 Being that our LORD was born on (adjusted to Gregorian Calendar) September 11th 2 BC,

2 BC? Neat trick. But then again, He was no ordinary guy.

Yeah, the government came up with the calendar. Just goes to show that there is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:39 AM (3hSHB)

367 >2 BC? Neat trick. But then again, He was no ordinary guy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

He could hit a curveball like nobody's business

Posted by: DB at December 23, 2022 09:39 AM (geLO8)

368 On a similar note, American Enterprise Institute scholar Rick Hess reports that 64% of college students claim that they put “a lot of effort” into school. But of the students who answered that they’re putting in a lot of effort, “a third said they devote fewer than five hours a week to studying and homework – and 70% said they spend no more than 10 hours a week on schoolwork.”

Bachelor Level classes take 4 to 8 hours on non class time to prepare for in most cases. What are the fucking high school counselors and college admissions telling these kids?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2022 09:39 AM (BRHaw)

369 In those first two spoonfuls I realized that Menudo was a cultural step beyond the sum total of my life experiences squared. Looking back, I think that is the exact moment when I fell deeply in love with New Mexico. Posted by: Lost in Space

I've never had menudo that I found to be any good. Sounds like you did, though! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I love the idea of what Menudo is all about, Menudo itself? That is a different discussion.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:40 AM (c7ca9)

370 Conservatives trying to work to reform the GOP for the past 20 years are like beaten wives who keep staying with their husbands thinking things will get better.

Usually they stay because between the beatings they have a roof over their head and food for her and the children.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 23, 2022 09:40 AM (3hSHB)

371 In those first two spoonfuls I realized that Menudo was a cultural step beyond the sum total of my life experiences squared. Looking back, I think that is the exact moment when I fell deeply in love with New Mexico.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:34 AM (c7ca9)
++++
I've never had menudo that I found to be any good. Sounds like you did, though!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 23, 2022 09:35 AM (t0OGg)

The experience of menudo that I and most of the people I know have had is -

1 magically delicious bowl to 5 bowls of "poo-ey" tasting menudo.

I've stopped ordering it.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 09:41 AM (KLPy8)

372 I love the idea of what Menudo is all about, Menudo itself?

What a bunch of tripe!

Posted by: Archer at December 23, 2022 09:41 AM (gmo/4)

373 What's menudos, Precious?

Posted by: Gollum at December 23, 2022 09:42 AM (SYTee)

374 1 magically delicious bowl to 5 bowls of "poo-ey" tasting menudo.

I've stopped ordering it.

Posted by: naturalfake

The trick is finding places that wash out the innards before cooking them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2022 09:42 AM (lTGtQ)

375 And now after the past 20 years of GOP betrayal by every single elected representative pushed by conservatives, the same conservatives want to 'move on' from the rigged and stolen 2020 election and throw overboard the only elected Republican in the past 20 years to do anything for conservatives.

---------

And replace him with a Yale Lawyer who is Fightin For Us (tm)

Preach brother

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:44 AM (777GK)

376 The experience of menudo that I and most of the people I know have had is - 1 magically delicious bowl to 5 bowls of "poo-ey" tasting menudo. I've stopped ordering it.
Posted by: naturalfake

Your experience matches mine. On the other hand, if you are Hispanic here in NM, it is a Saturday morning holiday. When I talk to my lovely Hispanic neighbors about Menudo, they wax poetic about it. Me, I just nod in agreement, not wanting to ruin their moment of ecstasy. I love Menudo as long as I am not eating it.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:46 AM (c7ca9)

377 And replace him with a Yale Lawyer who is Fightin For Us (tm)
Posted by: ... at December 23, 2022 09:44 AM

If you can't trust a Yale Lawyer, who can you trust?

Posted by: G. W. Bush at December 23, 2022 09:46 AM (a3Q+t)

378 The trick is finding places that wash out the innards before cooking them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2022 09:42 AM (lTGtQ)

Well...yeah.

Unfortunately, I have yet to find a Mexican restaurant with the sign: "We thoroughly wash all poo out of the innards before we make and serve you our menudo."

Hence, the Poo Roulette aspect of menudo.

The odds are not in your favor.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 09:47 AM (KLPy8)

379 Three Republican senators didn't vote on omnibus — John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

And hugely frustrating, I can no longer find a list of the 20 "R" senators (e.g. Rubio) that voted for cloture on this crapfest. It's like all the search engines plus the article in Breitbart that had this info has been scrubbed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 23, 2022 09:47 AM (fs1hN)

380 Unfortunately, I have yet to find a Mexican restaurant with the sign: "We thoroughly wash all poo out of the innards before we make and serve you our menudo."
Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2022 09:47 AM

Perhaps you're looking for the wrong sign, and should be seeking:

"Lavamos bien toda la caca de las entrañas antes de preparar y servirle nuestro menudo".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 23, 2022 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

381 I love the idea of what Menudo is all about, Menudo itself What a bunch of tripe! Posted by: Archer

The texture of what goes into Menudo, is a "what the hell is this" moment. Here in Las Cruces, a number of the grocery stores stock all kinds of interesting animal parts that I didn't know existed or were even remotely edible. The hair on the back of my neck used to stand up going to the grocery store. Now some years later when I go out to eat, I don't get too deep about what goes into a dish beyond the general classes of beef, pork or chicken. I have discovered things go better for me when I don't ask to many questions. The food here is truly fantastic and I utterly love living here.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 09:55 AM (c7ca9)

382 Tomorrow many of us will be focused on the family and Christmas, so I would like to take this opportunity while many are here, to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank all the writers here that make Ace of Spades a 24 hour event and the lovely and lively personalities that wander in and out the comments sections. I am sincerely grateful for the totality of what makes this publication one of kind.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 23, 2022 10:01 AM (c7ca9)

383 I love Ace sexually!!!!

Posted by: MikeN at December 23, 2022 10:02 AM (UFs6P)

384 Utah is a blue state that identifies as a red state.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 23, 2022 10:05 AM (7fVdQ)

385 I gobble testicles.

Posted by: MikeNew at December 23, 2022 10:06 AM (zFprf)

386 I savor Rosa DeLauro's leathery piss flaps like manna from Heaven

Posted by: MikeNew at December 23, 2022 10:10 AM (zFprf)

387 Jerry Nadler's dick taste like my mother's rectum. And pastrami. But mostly momma's rectum.

Posted by: MikeNew at December 23, 2022 10:17 AM (zFprf)

388 The house temperature has risen two degrees since I got up but it's still colder than a something or other heart.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 23, 2022 10:28 AM (eGTCV)

389 What made me angry was Romney saying that their budget was okay, it was all these social security takers and medicare takers that are bankrupting the country. Hey, we didn't ask for this!

Posted by: Ultra pj at December 23, 2022 10:38 AM (G1dq6)

390 What Dunanthrax said es veridad.

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2022 10:45 AM (z3WCn)

391 Here's a vote for ' impossible' goals like dismantling the Federal Leviathan.

The Left set as an ' impossible' goal the establishment of a Marxist Junta in the USA and in a very few, short years--Voila! We be Trotskyites!

Along with Th Right setting ' impossible' goals here's a suggestion that all the Marxists enjoy a treason charge or two. And all the punishment their treason deserves.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at December 23, 2022 10:47 AM (wReBR)

392 Here's a vote for ' impossible' goals like dismantling the Federal Leviathan.

The Left set as an ' impossible' goal the establishment of a Marxist Junta in the USA and in a very few, short years--Voila! We be Trotskyites!

Along with Th Right setting ' impossible' goals here's a suggestion that all the Marxists enjoy a treason charge or two. And all the punishment their treason deserves.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at December 23, 2022 10:47 AM (wReBR)

393 "Put them all on stamps! They've EARNED it!"

I see you got a (semi-) serious response to that, going to show how few people know about The Rule of How You Get on A Stamp. It's a lot funnier if you know.

"How long was the power out?"
I don't know. The clocks stopped.

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394 JJ thank you for another great report.

I will tip Ace today.

Can we get an affiliate link to Amazon for shopping so Ace gets a commission?

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Posted by: Tom at December 23, 2022 12:00 PM (ASTRa)

396 394 JJ thank you for another great report.

I will tip Ace today.

Can we get an affiliate link to Amazon for shopping so Ace gets a commission?

Sunny
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I think the affiliate link is up near the masthead on the left? The logo should be there.

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Well, it has been a while, and I'm OK in the cash department lately, eh?
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