The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/23/24

Good morning kids. For those of a certain age, you'll recognize the name of singer Petula Clark and might be able to hum or sing a few bars of her smash 1967 hit "Don't Sleep in the Subway." As I once heard ad-libbed by famed DJ Harry Harrison on the now defunct NYC oldies station WCBS-FM after playing the tune, "You might miss your own mugging!"

Or in this case, your own immolation. Dear Lord!

A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the police commissioner called “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit.”
The savage killing — which happened at about 7:30 a.m. on an idling F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station — shocked commuters, MTA workers and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who said Sunday that the heinous crime “took the life of an innocent New Yorker.” “As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was in a seated position at the end of a subway car … and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” Tisch said at a press conference. Patrolling cops smelled and saw the smoke, then followed it to the flame-covered woman, the commissioner said. They extinguished the blaze, but the victim died at the scene.
Officials said the 33-year-old suspect came to the US in 2018 from Guatemala. He was detained by border patrol agents in Arizona in June of that year, sources said. His legal status wasn’t immediately clear Sunday night.
He received a transit summons in May 2023, but his criminal record in New York City was largely clean otherwise, sources said. He was living at a shelter on Randall’s Island at the time of the infraction.
Horrifying video obtained by The Post showed the suspect calmly looking on as flames consumed the still-unidentified woman, who stood inside the open subway car door.

He lit her on fire, he knew he could light her on fire, and no Daniel Penny appeared to save her.
A message was sent with the prosecution of Penny that anyone trying to save people on a subway from psychopaths with fiery murder on their minds would go through the prosecution he did, acquitted or not. That horse has left the barn.
What's more, as the cops slouched by, no one stepped in to try to put out the fire or rescue the victim. One cop bumblingly told the accused murderer, sitting on the subway station bench in order to gloatingly watch the crime, to move along, rather than collar him. He should have known better but didn't, so the alleged perp got away, until a couple of alert high schoolers called in that they saw him on another train. That was much less risk than stopping him, and with all the massive media coverage, the cops got serious about apprehending him, so he was finally picked up. He easily could have gotten away otherwise.

But at the same time this horrific drama was taking place, New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul was out crowing and gaslighting about how much safer she made the subways of New York:

In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day. Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up.

Meanwhile, just across the East River at almost the same time. . .

The audience at NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” cheered upon hearing the name of Luigi Mangione, the man who is charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City earlier this month.
It happened when “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost began to talk about Mangione being transported back to New York City by authorities after he was captured in Pennsylvania. Jost barely managed to mention Mangione’s name before the audience cheered and he stopped mid-joke to acknowledge the elation in the room.

Ignore the context, that is the disease-ridden sewer from which these words emanate:

“I think the whole country has what I call a low-grade fever,” Warnock said. “You know some mornings you wake up and you just don’t feel really well. You can’t even put your finger on it. We’ve been through four years of COVID. And people — you know, the early years of that, the early months of that, having to shelter in, all the trauma around that. Twenty years of what felt like an endless war, and then demagogues who make — you know, who exploit this moment through exacerbating the fault lines, the cultural fault lines of division in our country. And I think people just feel the full weight and the trauma of all of that.”

The unmitigated gall of this degenerate, savage, criminal vampire to dare state this when it is he, his political party and those who installed him in office (via actual legal votes or in his case, fraudulent ballots) that have utterly trashed this nation for over 200 years in an unslakeable lust for absolute power and control that at its core is the perverted vision of absolute moral superiority and belief not just that God is on your side but indeed that you and yours are Gods and that we are an evil to be eradicated.

And yet, how right he is, only not in the way perhaps he thinks. Cheering cold-blooded murder as well as what the majority of headlines in the links state, indicate how low we as a society and how much of the west has degenerated along with it.

The great Victor Davis Hanson ponders whither America and the World in the wake of Donald Trump's titanic and perhaps miraculous victory last November:

In sum, for the last four years, the world has watched aghast as the United States lost its collective mind and became a radical Jacobin revolutionary society.
So why is there not a sense of almost ecstatic relief, not just among conservatives but even among Democrats, that the years of darkness and madness are ending?
. . . Summed up, the welcomed counterrevolution is one of restoration—to dream again that nothing is impossible, and the dreary age of stasis, envy, cynicism, and nihilism is ending, replaced again by a world without limits. No one knows quite what is ahead, but all know that it is at least better already than the current nightmare.

I wish I could share the good Dr. Hanson's optimism, if indeed he is being optimistic. It's because I know as my dear mother of blessed memory taught me that evil never rests. Sadly, it is part of the human condition. It must be resisted by each of us in our own hearts and minds, and taught to the children lest we allow ourselves to be immolated on a subway car, or after a nightmarish trip in a cattle car in a gas chamber and ultimately to be turned into ashes in the crematoria.

This is where it eventually leads unless we not only pay attention but are willing to risk our own comfort and perhaps security to preserve this little slice of paradise that still in many ways is the last greatest hope for humanity. We, and the relative condition of living in peace and prosperity, faltering as it had in decades past is indeed not the norm. The notion of American exceptionalism is not that we are an exceptional people, but that the nation and society our founders created was intended to be the "exception" to history, which since the beginning of human history, in one form or another were tyrannies that placed the individual citizen at the bottom of a hierarchy that more often than not ground said citizen into the earth for the benefit of kings, tyrants, dictators and czars.

Well, for the first time in many many years both Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day. On that happy note, it is indeed a season and a time to celebrate holidays of salvation and of miracles.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Thad McCotter: Populism’s focus on domestic concerns may be flawed, but history proves globalist ideologies have wrought far greater destruction.
A Distinction Between Populist Movements and Globalist Ideologies
Roger Kimball: Elon Musk’s push for transparency and fiscal responsibility has reshaped the debate over government spending, exposing inefficiency and forcing Congress to answer to the public.
Musk Derangement Syndrome
“He is a politician,” Putin said of Biden. “And it is always important what is more in you — a politician or a human being. It turned out that Biden is more of a human being. I would not condemn him for this.” He’s not saying that as a complement! He’s saying that Biden is corrupt!
Putin: Joe Biden Is Corrupt, Unpresidential… and Less Honorable than Stalin!
Victor Davis Hanson: Eagerness to get rid of the current nightmare is pervasive.
Are the Years of Madness Ending?
They break everything on their way out.
Democrats Don’t Transfer Power Peacefully

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN

"We are obliged to respect the provisions of the International Criminal Court," Władysław Bartoszewski, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, told Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita on Friday.
Poland Says It Will Arrest Bibi If Israeli PM Attends Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary
Dozens injured as missile launched from Yemen strikes a children’s playground near Tel Aviv.
Houthis in Yemen Hit Tel Aviv With Ballistic Missile, Launch Drone Attack
CENTCOM also said the incident did not result from enemy fire. The incident followed precision airstrikes that CENTCOM said its forces carried out Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility run by Iran-backed Houthis within Houthi-controlled territory in Sana’a, Yemen.
US Navy Shoots Down Own Fighter Jet With Guided Missile, Forces Pilots To Eject Over Red Sea
The new South African ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, told South Africa’s Daily Maverick that the country had to consider its trade interests and therefore had to scale back some of its rhetoric on issues like the war in Gaza.
South Africa, Anticipating Trump, Backs Away from Anti-Israel ‘Megaphone’

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A group of federal government employees, dubbed the “federal environment and energy workers for justice in Palestine,” wrote an open letter to the White House, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) published on Medium on Thursday. The anonymous career staffers are demanding that the junta disburse all designated federal funds to the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) and end collaboration with Israel.
Lame Duck Biden junta Faces Mounting Pressure To Shower Anti-Israel, Anti-Cop Nonprofit With Taxpayer Cash
ASSAD REGIME COLLAPSES"
The United States military has announced the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Yusif, who was also known as Mahmud, in Syria. According to U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the airstrike was conducted in an area that, prior to the recent political changes, was under the control of Bashar al-Assad’s government and Russian forces.
US Airstrike Eliminates Islamic State Leader Abu Yusif in Syria.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: There’s a sinister method to this madness.
German Interior Minister: Magdeburg Vehicular Attacker was ‘Obviously Islamophobic’
At least 5 people have died and more than 40 had life threatening injuries.
Saudi Man Who Mowed Down 200+ People Was Reportedly Mad At Refugee Treatment In Germany
And can you guess what Bangladeshi authorities did?
Bangladesh: Muslims Raid Over 100 Hindu-Owned Properties, Loot Millions Over Alleged Blasphemy
Iran seeks to have proxies recruit and hire the children because they want a level of plausible deniability. (And Pliable Detonatability! - jjs)
Iran Reportedly Hiring Children To Carry Out Terror Attacks Against Jews In Europe
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Some mornings you wake up and you just don't feel really well," said Sen. Raphael Warnock. (Warlock, a degenerate, malignant, heathen, criminal slumlord - jjs)
Democrat Senator Says U.S. Has ‘Low-Grade Fever’
Lloyd Billingsley: Exposing the deep state collaborators.
Thy Rod and Thy Staff
Ancient Jewish study techniques, if applied to the FBI, would break the leftist groupthink that plagues this too-powerful organization.
Redeeming The FBI By Forcing Them Out Of Their Intellectual Prison
“I am asking you — pleading with you: stay. Your decision isn’t just about your career, or a single president. It’s part of a larger war, one waged throughout American history, over what the federal government can and should be.” (Fire any insubordinate bureaucrat for cause and confiscate pensions - jjs)
Politico Oped Urges Federal Workers to Resist Trump from Inside Administration
on Reddit we read about Portland's tolerance crowd going after people's inanimate possessions. Leftist have an intolerant attitude toward inanimate objects that symbolize what they hate. They torch factories, labs, police stations, churches, federal buildings, and places where businesspeople dare sell SUVs.
Tesla Owner Is Sent a Uniquely Portland 'Message'
UHC CEO MURDER
The Post said that according to corrections officials, the messages included emails, physical letters, and 163 deposits into an account so he could buy commissary items
Report: ‘Groupies’ Send Love Letters to Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione in Jail
"You're wooing for justice right?" asked "Weekend Update" anchor Colin Jost.
‘SNL’ Audience Cheers For Man Charged With Murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the police commissioner called “one of the most depraved…
Guatemalan migrant arrested for setting sleeping NYC subway rider on fire, watching her burn to death: cops (If only Meathead Reiner was there to upstage the victim - jjs)
A truly sickening crime on the New York subway with a cowed public not wanting to step in and stop it.
No Daniel Pennys: Migrant sets woman on fire in New York subway as cops bumble and Gov. Hochul touts making subway 'safer'
Daniel Greenfield:Also a monster who raped and murdered an 8 and 9-year-old girl out riding bikes
Biden Considering Clemency for Mother Emmanuel and Tree of Life Killers
“…anyone who supports commuting their sentences will and should be painted as soft on crime in campaign ads.”
Report: Biden Mulling Over Idea of Commuting Sentences of Some Federal Death Row Inmates
Gendarmes, the police force responsible for fighting cyber crimes in France, revealed Thursday that they have seized some 122 computers, 152 smartphones, and 330 other digital media devices containing 375,000 photos and 156,000 videos totaling 217 terabytes of data as it dismantled a large-scale international child pornography operation.
French Police Arrest 95 in Major International Child Pornography Ring Bust
"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“We’re going to do the job. They’re not going to stop us. They can make it difficult. They can make it less efficient. They can make it dangerous. What they need to understand, and every sanctuary city needs to understand, we can arrest a bad guy in the safety and security of a jail,” Homan said.
Tom Homan Sends Clear Message To ACLU’s ‘Gameplan’ Attempting To Block Trump’s Mass Deportation
Victor Davis Hanson: [so-called quote-unquote] President Biden’s border policies created a humanitarian, economic, and legal crisis that dismantled immigration enforcement and overwhelmed American communities.
Fixing the Biden Border
The U.S. has lots of leverage for getting such tasks done.
Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget: Deporting Millions of Criminal Aliens Won’t Be as Hard as the Left Suggests
The crackdown is seen as a significant step against Tren de Aragua, a gang that has infiltrated the U.S. among waves of asylum-seeking migrants since 2022. The gang is known for recruiting within publicly funded migrant shelters and engaging in various criminal activities, including drug, gun, and human trafficking in New York. John Fabbricatore, former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief in Denver, expressed concerns over the gang’s growing influence and its expansion in sanctuary cities.
Feds Bust Tren de Aragua Gang Hideout in NYC Using GPS Ankle Monitor.
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
The WSJ reports Biden met infrequently with his cabinet, while emails show he interacted ‘countless’ times with his degenerate son’s clients.
Joe Biden Met With Hunter’s Business Associates More Times Than With His Cabinet
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Clarice Feldman: The big story this week is how X (formerly Twitter) worked to dramatically change the American legislative process.
Trump and Musk Demolish the Obama Hallucinatory Permission Structure
Court records and documents obtained by The Federalist show there’s far more to the story than the Times lets on.
Court Records Blow Holes In The New York Times’ Latest Anti-Hegseth Smear
These legacy media outlets can't lie to Americans anymore, not because they don't want to but because no one believes it anymore.
Legacy media is dead—they just don’t know it yet
MAGA must avoid the Tea Party’s fate.
How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump
Lesley Stahl and Peggy Nonnan keep digging.
Lesley Stahl Can’t Figure Out the Decline of Legacy Media
It’s time to scrap the Pulitzer Prize and start issuing the more appropriate Duranty Prize for flagrant attempts to lie to and mislead the public to push a leftist agenda.
Walter Duranty Would Be Proud Of How The Press Covered For Biden
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Climate Defiance took credit for Biden's attacks on oil and gas projects
Hollywood Elites Bankrolling Environmentalist Group Disrupting Events Across the US, Tax Forms Show
At this time, global warming is about the farthest thing from Americans’ minds.
A Cold Christmas
NASA seems intent on ignoring the very real possibility that fluctuations in the earth’s magnetic field have anything to do with “today’s climate change.”
Real Science and the Earth's Magnietic Field
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
According to a report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, college enrollment in 2023 dropped by 5% from the previous year, suggesting that high school students are beginning to question the value of attending colleges where anti-Semitism and bigotry is promoted and white and Asian students are treated like dirt.
Enrollment in colleges nationwide dropped 5% in 2024
Daniel Greenfield: What are your tuition dollars buying these days? Well, let’s see. At the University of South Carolina, you can learn all about how “Islamic Magic” can be used both as a weapon against the evil Western world and a remedy for the damage it has done. Yes, this is the kind of thinking that gets formerly ordinary kids joining Antifa and living in pup-tents for Hamas.
‘Islam Is Magic; Magic Is Science; Science Is Empire’
The Panel for Education Policy passes a contract preserving the specialized high schools’ admissions exam.
A Win for Merit in New York City’s Schools
ABORTION
The lawsuit accuses Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, a New York doctor and founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, of illegally supplying abortion drugs to a Collin County woman, in violation of the state’s prohibition against mailing abortion pills and prescribing drugs through telehealth without holding a valid Texas medical license.
Texas Sues New York Doctor for Sending Abortion Pills Across State Lines in First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS
Catherine Engelbrecht: True the Vote’s bold ten-point plan empowers citizens to safeguard election integrity with innovative reforms that prioritize transparency, security, and liberty.
Election Reform: The Way Forward and a Call to Action
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
If the only time you come out swinging in defense of funding for childhood cancer research is when you can use it to smear your political opponents and push through pork spending, but you stay silent when your own party sits on the legislation (after Republicans passed it), you’re not the good guy. You’re a hypocrite using sick children as leverage to further your pet projects. DEMOCRATS ARE CANCER - jjs
Dems Refused To Pass Kids Cancer Research Bill Until They Could Use It To Push 1,500 Pages Of Pork
Granger’s absence spurred questions from her Tarrant County and Parker County, Texas voting base about why she hadn’t voted during the crucial continuing resolution battle.
GOP Rep Kay Granger Hasn’t Voted In Six Months, Turns Up In Nursing Home
. . .Congress’ dirty little not-so-secret secret is that its main business isn’t the people’s business, and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s getting reelected. . . There wouldn’t be a need for a DOGE if Congress, and even just conservatives in its lower chamber, had been as dogged and diligent about daily dishing the details about an increasingly omnipresent Nanny State as about their desperate “dialing for dollars.”
Where Were Conservatives Whining Over The ‘Cramnibus’ The Last, Oh, 27 Years?
The COVID relief money disbursed to Auberge du Soleil corresponds with a 2021 ethics report in which former Speaker Pelosi reported that her family’s income generated from their stake in the hotel jumped from $1 million to $5 million. In most years, Auberge du Soleil has reported losses ranging in the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
How a Luxury Hotel Lined Malig-Nancy & Paul Pelosi’s Pockets with COVID Cash.
POLITICS
The swamp dwellers are now in a quandary. They desperately need to derail this Trump train.
The Democrat Trump-Musk Feud Strategy
Daniel Greenfield: Obama is over. What will the Dems do next?
After Obama
When 80% of your counties want to secede, it is only a question of time before they secede.
Oregon and secession
Host Manu Raju asked, “Do you still consider yourself a Democrat?” Manchin said, “I am not a Democrat. in a form of what? What the Democratic Party has turned itself into the national brand? Absolutely not. And they know that. They’re all good people on both sides.”
Manchin: Democrat Party Brand ‘Toxic,’ They Have Tried to ‘Mainstream the Extreme’ (Where have you been since 1804, Joe? - jjs)
Since Trump’s first term, Democrats, along with a handful of Republicans, have been vocal critics of the president-elect, with some Democrats refusing to commit to certifying the election results prior to Trump’s win in November. On ABC’s “This Week,” co-host Jonathan Karl questioned the Pennsylvania lawmaker on what he is “most optimistic” about in a second term under Trump, as well as what he fears.
‘I’m Not Rooting Against Him’: Fetterman Expresses Hope For Trump’s Presidency
“After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Lara Trump, 42, said.
Lara Trump Withdraws Her Name From Consideration For Florida Senate Seat
Biden brought true chaos.
Biden Promised A Return To Normalcy, Looks Like Trump Will Deliver It
In addition to publishing offers, there is speculation regarding potential interest from streaming services such as Netflix, which is considering producing content related to Harris after her tenure as Vice President. Similar endeavors have been pursued with other political figures, though outcomes vary.
Kamala Poised for Lucrative Book Deal Despite Landslide Election Loss.
Miranda Devine: The mendacious minders around Biden, including his ambitious wife, were having too much fun abusing the powers of his presidency. They justified their malfeasance by giving the president free rein on his “good days.” Considering Biden in his prime was an incompetent blowhard, dire consequences for America and the world were inevitable.
Joe Biden has been president-in-name-only since he was inaugurated (Obama in Pagliacci white-face - jjs)
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The strikes came days after Russia launched sweeping attacks on Ukraine’s already battered energy grid, threatening to plunge thousands of homes into darkness as winter tightens its grip over the region, and as Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor nears the three-year mark.
Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Russian Fuel Depot for Second Time This Month
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Trump noted that the U.S. was the top user of the canal, with more than 70% of the ships that move through the port “heading to, or from, U.S. ports.”
Trump: Panama Must Stop ‘Ripping Off’ U.S. Or America Will Take Panama Canal Back
“[R]eplace a professional universally respected Ambo with an absolute moron – he should stay home! SAD!” LaCivita added, noting that Mandelson previously described President-elect Trump as “a danger to the world and ‘little short of a white nationalist.'”
Trump Team Unhappy with UK Govt Choosing Epstein-Linked ‘Moron’ as Ambassador to USA.
New data suggests that at least one in six people arrested in Britain’s anti-mass migration protests and riots earlier this year were children. The riots erupted after three young girls—Alice da Silva Aguiar, age nine, Bebe King, age six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, age seven—were stabbed to death during a dance class in Southport, England, on July 30. Several others were wounded in the attack, allegedly by Axel Rudakubana, born in Wales to African migrant parents.
Immigration Riots: One in Six Arrested Were Children, Data Reveals.
A Western nation just killed democracy, and no one who is supposed to care about this sort of thing does.
Romania and the Iranization of the West
Fico arrived in Russia on a “working visit” and met with Putin one-on-one on Sunday evening, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s RIA agency.
Putin Holds Talks With Slovakia PM Fico in Rare Meeting With EU Leader
BIDEN/HARRIS AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
[so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden apparently kept the grieving families of the Marines who died during the botched U.S.-Afghanistan withdrawal so he could take a nap, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.
Biden Reportedly Napped On Air Force One While Grieving Family Members Waited After Botched Afghan Withdrawal
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The Pentagon’s “China’s Military Power Report” exposes Beijing’s military growth but neglects the PRC’s belligerent ambitions, leaving the U.S. unprepared.
More Threat Deflation: The Pentagon’s China Study Is the Last Gasp of Biden’s of Neo-Engagement
Can Trump 2.0 deliver the “cyber-safe” America that the past year has shown we desperately need?
Biden’s CISA Was Largely a Failure: 2024 Cyber Review and 2025 Preview
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Its domestic migration loss since 2020 has been the largest of any state.
What’s Behind New York’s Population Swings
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Bird-flu cited as the reason for limited supplies. However, experts project shortages will be localized and short-lived.
Egg Shortages Reported Across the United States as the Holiday Baking Season Begins
Unfortunately, misguided public health policies, driven by misinformed lawmakers, have resulted in unjustified opposition to safer alternatives for nicotine delivery, thereby hindering progress in overcoming smoking addiction.
Nanny State Nonsense Hinders Smoking Cessation
Despite the decrease in COVID-related deaths, Kochanek said that the virus continues to pose a threat, noting that future trends remain uncertain. In addition to COVID-19, the CDC report outlined the top causes of death in America: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. While death rates fell for nine of the top 10 causes last year, cancer rates saw minimal change.
U.S. Life Expectancy Surges to Post-Pandemic High.
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Not only will these companies provide a better service faster and at less cost than the NASA TDRS satellite constellation, that there are four of them provides redundancy as well as fosters competition.
NASA awards four companies contracts to provide communications for operations in Earth orbit
Overall the military launched nine satellites of this design, while NOAA launched three. Of these twelve satellites six have now broken apart. We should expect a large percentage of the remaining six to also break up.
Defunct Pentagon weather satellite breaks up
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The docket cited public comment and pending lawsuits for the withdrawal.
After Public Blowback, Biden Finally Withdraws Insane Title IX Rule About Gender In Schools
If you are a student at a woke university, what’s a girl to do? You go along until the fashions change.
Are Liberal Women Suffering From Preference Falsification?
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
The Public Religion Research Institute’s (PRRI) survey posted on December 13 found that “As the holidays approach … Democratic voters (23%) are nearly five times as likely as Republican voters (5%) to say they will be spending less time with certain family members because of their political views.”
Survey: Democrats ‘Significantly’ More Likely to Slash Family Time During Holidays over Political Differences
Robert Spencer: ” It seems that “longtime Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Amazon — which bought MGM studios in 2021 — are in an ‘ugly stalemate’ over decisions about the future of the franchise.” If you suspect that this “ugly stalemate” has to be over whether this dashing, upper-crust, womanizing agent for the forces of good is going to be turned into a woke shadow of his former self, you’re right on the money.
Will This Be the End of Bond — James Bond?
“What it conveys is quite specific: grandeur, beauty, dynamism, and power.”
A New Deal for Architecture
Christian Toto: Rogan and rebel comic Tim Dillon tee off on diminished Commander in Chief
Joe Rogan: Biden, Harris Like Last Blockbuster Managers
It looks like people aren’t putting up with intentionally offensive page displays being shoved in between the manger and the menorah this year. Just a few days after the Satanic Temple’s second attempt at erecting a demon goat statue outside the New Hampshire State Capitol was thwarted by vandals - or heroes, depending on how you see it - a group of Minnesota Satanists found themselves facing similar pushback after putting up a similar satanic display at their own state house.
O Holy Fight: Minnesota Satanic Display OK'd By Tim Walz Gets Destroyed
HITHER & YON
Henderson was a 10-time All-Star player, notching up 3,055 hits and 297 home runs with a .279 batting average in his 25-year career starting with the Oakland A’s in 1979 and retiring with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2003. He also played for the Yankees, Blue Jays, Mets and Padres, among others. Henderson scored the most career runs in MLB history with 2,295 runs. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Baseball Legend Rickey Henderson Dies At 65
The joltingly novel aspect of “September 5” the film is that, for the sportscasters, it was so new. Over more than five decades, we’ve normalized the inconceivable.
‘September 5’ film on 1972 Munich Olympics captures the truth about terrorism

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 23, 2024 07:30 AM (Rcnd3)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 23, 2024 07:30 AM (GYt5+)

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ESPONJA!!1!!1111!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2024 07:31 AM (tljrc)

4 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 23, 2024 07:31 AM (JcnCJ)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 07:32 AM (GHvvy)

6 Good morning, one and all. It's a bitterly cold day in the GPROMD and today and Friday are the only ones that I am working. Looks as though several packages may be delayed until after Christmas but I file that under "First World Problem" and move on.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 07:32 AM (NR6c1)

7 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 07:33 AM (gbOdA)

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Baseball Legend Rickey Henderson Dies At 65

another grim milestone for the biden-harris administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2024 07:33 AM (tljrc)

9

If only the Guatemalan could've lit Rob Reiner on fire, he'd preserve his reputation and gained legions of new fans!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:33 AM (x0n13)

10 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2024 07:33 AM (a1415)

11 Good morning, J.J.

Everyone knows we need a real president because Joe's been MIA since 2019. But, now that President Trump has been re-elected, I still worry the PTB are so insane, they'd rather burn the country down than let President Trump 2.0 take office.

So yeah, I'm with you on this.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 23, 2024 07:37 AM (tT6L1)

12 “Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22 when their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire,” CENTCOM said.

****

Dear CENTCOM Public Affairs Officer:

The U.S. Navy’s dual-seat F/A-18 is not crewed by two pilots. It is crewed by one pilot and one weapon systems officer.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 23, 2024 07:39 AM (Y1sOo)

13 Someone gave Hochul some sort of spread sheet full of safety metrics which proved, proved! subways are safer under Hochul's leadership.

Naturally, real life rudely raised its head and told Hochul she's an idiot.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 23, 2024 07:41 AM (tT6L1)

14 Seeing Thad McCotter prompted memories of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 23, 2024 07:41 AM (JcnCJ)

15 Anyone believe it is The Joetato doling out federal death sentence commutations? Brings to the forefront the legality of many things that have happened during his misadministration. I hope the GOPe looks into it...(rolls eyes)

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 07:41 AM (1FWWQ)

16 Good morning JJ, and all the fine people on this fine blog.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 07:42 AM (SfhV1)

17 The Big Apple flambe.

What a hive of scum and villainy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 07:42 AM (Aqu9a)

18 A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning

When I see the word "allegedly", I'm done reading the article.

Especially in the age where all a person has to do is exist to be called "racist", "sexist', "homophobe", "nazi", etc. rather than endure the smears "alleged nazi" or "alleged racist".

"Allegedly" is the term of cowards.

The coward doesn't even mention the perp's name, and we get "Guatamalan immigrant".

Cucked.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 07:43 AM (rHxhM)

19 G'mornin' everyone!

from the X:
"Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸
@pmarca
The thing about Elon’s alleged political power is that it mainly flows from just saying things out loud that are obviously true."

ponder that for a moment if you will.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 23, 2024 07:43 AM (cY18j)

20 'Thad McCotter: Populism’s focus on domestic concerns may be flawed, but history proves globalist ideologies have wrought far greater destruction.'

I don't agree that a focus on domestic problems is flawed. Some domestic problems cannot wait.
For example, the Civil War had to be dealt with before we could ever contemplate acting on the world stage.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 07:43 AM (3wi/L)

21 12 In the woke Navy, the back seater may be a DEI officer.

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 23, 2024 07:43 AM (JcnCJ)

22 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

23 Yonder Horde
-----
Good morning kids. For those of a certain age, you'll recognize the name of singer Petula Clark....
====
Or as my dad used to say; "Peculiar Clark."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 07:45 AM (Q4IgG)

24 A match allegedly lit a sleeping subway rider on fire....

Posted by: AP headline, probably at December 23, 2024 07:46 AM (PiwSw)

25 “Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22 when their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire,” CENTCOM said.

I like the gratuitous word "safely" inserted into the narrative.

Because nothing is more safe than be shot out of the skies in a heavily armed weapon of war, your craft splashed in the ocean, having to violently eject out of the aircraft only to also splash into the ocean injured and hoping a team will accomplish a rescue before dying of injuries or drowning.

Yeah. The new "safe" as in the C19 Kill Shot being "safe and effective"™

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 07:46 AM (rHxhM)

26 After the tapioca pudding, me and Elvis and JFK are gonna hunt down that mummy, Bubba Ho-Tep and give him what for.

Posted by: US Congresswoman Kay Granger at December 23, 2024 07:47 AM (Aqu9a)

27 'It's because I know as my dear mother of blessed memory taught me that evil never rests.'

Your mom's right.
Although evil will sometimes take a break after you beat it to a pulp.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 07:48 AM (3wi/L)

28 Tesla Owner Is Sent a Uniquely Portland 'Message'

In an ideal world, the answer would be this.

"Dear neighbor,

Thank you for your concern wrapped in a threat. It might be in your interest to know that I have cameras monitoring my property and if you and your kind vandalize my car, you will be nothing but a chalk outline afterward. May I suggest you adhere to the deeper meaning of the phrase "Coexist" that you probably have on your vehicle?"

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 07:48 AM (NR6c1)

29 If you HAD to pick two of the following candidates to vote for, who would you choose:

Raphael Warnock
John Fetterman
Lindsey Graham
Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Vlad at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (Djkcg)

30 Biden is making sure history remembers him as an amoral pile of shit full of hate for all decent Americans; commuting the sentences of child murderers and rapists.

Those federal prisoners who he just spared their just end were not mild one-time offenders:
They are horrible monsters who committed pure evil acts.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (PixdE)

31 25 You forgot that the beacon was made in China, along with the LR1 raft you're still bobbing around in 24 hours later.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (gm9Sb)

32 You cannot import millions of third world peasants into the country and expect them to assimilate. You, yourself, become the third world with all of its associated pathologies. Merry Christmas Morons and good morning.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (1FWWQ)

33 26 After the tapioca pudding, me and Elvis and JFK are gonna hunt down that mummy, Bubba Ho-Tep and give him what for.
Posted by: US Congresswoman Kay Granger at December 23, 2024 07:47 AM (Aqu9a)

Whoever runs her office needs to go to jail for fraud.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (PiwSw)

34
Good morning JJ, and all the fine people on this fine blog.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 07:42 AM (SfhV1)

*looks around puzzled*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 07:51 AM (dxSpM)

35 A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the police commissioner called “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit.”

Can you imagine how horrified the passengers would have been if a white former Marine had been on board and subdued the man?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

36

It's not necessarily the peasantry. IT's the heathen criminality.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:51 AM (x0n13)

37 30
'commuting the sentences of child murderers and rapists.'

That's a gift from FJB to the communist pope.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 07:52 AM (3wi/L)

38 Common sense and comprehensive lighter laws coming up in NYC in 5...4...3...

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 07:52 AM (gm9Sb)

39
Guatemalan immigrant was dedicated to moonwalking and entertaining the passengers. What's the life of some random woman compared to that kind of cultural enrichment?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 07:53 AM (dxSpM)

40 Morning everyone, thx JJ. A piping hot 0° out with wind chills of -5°>
Biden has apparently commuted the sentence of 27 of 30 Federal death row inmates. The scumbag is going out Obama style

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 07:53 AM (DopAq)

41 Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Russian Fuel Depot for Second Time This Month

Lets call them what they are: "US Drones"

And I find it interesting that article after article is either "Drones Destroyed [ something important ] and Women and ~~Children~~ Minorities suffer" or "Drones ( similar to what is causing death and destruction in Russia/Ukraine ) are flying over critical US infrastructure ( but "authorities" urge people not to worry we are "safe" )

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 07:53 AM (rHxhM)

42 37 30
'commuting the sentences of child murderers and rapists.'

That's a gift from FJB to the communist pope.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 07:52 AM (3wi/L)

In NYC Child murderers and rapists are the commuters!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:54 AM (x0n13)

43 It's not necessarily the peasantry. IT's the heathen criminality.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:51 AM (x0n13)

***

Both. This country has drastically changed over the last 30 years (maybe longer) and it is not for the better.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 07:55 AM (1FWWQ)

44 Guatemalan immigrant was dedicated to moonwalking and entertaining the passengers.

In the same spirit Nero "entertained" his guests with organic garden lighting.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 07:55 AM (rHxhM)

45 >>I like the gratuitous word "safely" inserted into the narrative.

CENTCOM's PAO who thinks there were two pilots aboard the mishap aircraft meant successfully ejected, not safely ejected.

The PAO is definitely DEI.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 23, 2024 07:55 AM (Y1sOo)

46 The remedy is simple and obvious.

Punishment, and let the punishment fit the crime.

Unfortunately, punishment has been deemed a crime.

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2024 07:56 AM (i0F8b)

47 Both. This country has drastically changed over the last 30 years (maybe longer) and it is not for the better.

Do you notice a direct correlation between this change and the mass adoption of "Diversity Is Our Strength" ?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 07:56 AM (rHxhM)

48 42 "Dammit, there goes my train. I'm going to be late for my 10:30 rape". "Tell me about it, I had a 9:45 murder that I've already rescheduled once".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 07:57 AM (gm9Sb)

49 >Egg Shortages Reported Across the United States as the Holiday Baking Season Begins-
----

no shortages in Colorado that I see, but prices are way up. This is Gov Jared Penis- a notorious sodomite- signed a bill that ALL eggs sold in CO must be cage-free. This action, as well as the ill-conceived wolf re-introduction program, was taken because the Governor's gay sex partner is a radical animal rights activist.

Also, as we all know, 'cage free' doesn't mean shit to the chickens. Chickens don't know they are cage free. But it makes animal fetishists feel good about themselves. Which is a stupid metric to use when formulating policy.

Colorado explained.

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 07:57 AM (/7KEl)

50 On the other hand, Trump is sure signaling that next year is the start of "no more bullshit."

I like what he told Panama--he's right.
From what I understand, them little socialist shits that rule the country stoked resentment at America for decades over the canal.
And Trump is the 1st President in 50 years to put them some facts--we spent billions of our money and tens of thousands of lives.
What did them little shits spend?

The whole world has been ripping us off, cheating us, taking advantage of our kindness.
And then turns around and stokes hatred against us.

Time to put away the carrot and vigorously apply the stick.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 07:57 AM (PixdE)

51 Saudi Man Who Mowed Down 200+ People Was Reportedly Mad At Refugee Treatment In Germany

According to the rules (snicker) governing refugees, unless they're coming from Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, or Poland, they should have stopped before they got to Germany.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

52 40 Morning everyone, thx JJ. A piping hot 0° out with wind chills of -5°>
Biden has apparently commuted the sentence of 27 of 30 Federal death row inmates. The scumbag is going out Obama style
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 07:53 AM (DopAq)

Seriously, I am shocked that vicious cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal was not pardoned.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:58 AM (x0n13)

53 I don't believe that the us navy shot one of its own planes down either. Some skinny got off a lucky shot is my guess and the navy is too embarrassed to admit it. With this Junta though you can just assume they are lying to us.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 07:58 AM (1FWWQ)

54 Good morning good people. Thank you J.J. Happy Birthday!!

But don't forget - "All cultures are equal."

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 07:58 AM (WXNFJ)

55
Why didn't Biden or whoever did it pardon everyone on death row? In that case, he's acknowledging that there really are crimes deserving of the death penalty. And if there are, what made the 37 worthy of mercy?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 07:59 AM (dxSpM)

56 Willowed
So who made up this asinine rule? Some bureaucrat? Let him explain the logic.
Get rid of the rule. Only Congress needs to make up rules.
Was this rule applied when FEMA disaster funds were used for illegals instead?
--
FEMA seems to be very confused as to why people in #WNC are so upset about the "50% Rule" for disasters...

https://tinyurl.com/sbyte8nn

Posted by: Ciampino - FEMA needs gone at December 23, 2024 07:59 AM (i0xsb)

57 The whole world has been ripping us off, cheating us, taking advantage of our kindness.
And then turns around and stokes hatred against us.

Time to put away the carrot and vigorously apply the stick.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Dad, is that you?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 07:59 AM (WXNFJ)

58 Morning again, folken! Props to JJ for maintaining the Morning Report even as Hanukkah and Christmas approach. I'm back from my workout, showered and feeding myself; the cats got their chow more than an hour ago.

At some point today I have to hit Dollar Tree to get some wrapping paper and one of those little holiday totes, you know, the ones with the ribbons, which are perfect for something you can't wrap easily. The two items I ordered for myself for Xmas won't be here -- one has vanished into the ether and the other got sent to Massachusetts! -- so I'll focus, as I should, on Miss Linda's gifts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2024 08:00 AM (omVj0)

59 Kay Granger hets my vote as a clear thinking effective Republican leader!

Posted by: Joey Choo Choo at December 23, 2024 08:00 AM (Yawo6)

60
But don't forget - "All cultures are equal."
Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 07:58 AM (WXNFJ)

Except the United States, which is worse than everyone else.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 08:00 AM (dxSpM)

61 43 It's not necessarily the peasantry. IT's the heathen criminality.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 07:51 AM (x0n13)

***

Both. This country has drastically changed over the last 30 years (maybe longer) and it is not for the better.
Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 07:55 AM (1FWWQ)

Being poor in and of itself is not a crime. Pelosi has the combined wealth of El Salvador and Nicaragua and she's evil scum. The conditions that make and keep you poor, especially self-destructive behavior, is another thing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 08:01 AM (x0n13)

62 Hadrian - you had some shoulder problems yesterday, yes? How are you doing today?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 08:01 AM (SfhV1)

63 Also, Colorado's latest lunacy is the legalization of certain hallucinogenic drugs- mushrooms and the like. There will even be clinics where you can go to safely trip out on 'shrooms.

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:02 AM (/7KEl)

64 Time to put away the carrot and vigorously apply the stick.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

***

Go on...

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at December 23, 2024 08:02 AM (1FWWQ)

65 50 Time to put away the carrot and vigorously apply the stick.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And you do NOT want to know how that stick is going to be applied.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:02 AM (NR6c1)

66
The whole FEMA-NC thing is a salubrious lesson in why you can't depend on the government to help. In case of disaster, it's 1) yourself, 2) friends, 3) the community, 4) private groups.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 08:03 AM (dxSpM)

67 60 Except the United States, which is worse than everyone else. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The US, Israel and any culture that has a white male anywhere in the power structure.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:03 AM (NR6c1)

68 And if there are, what made the 37 worthy of mercy?

$$$

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:04 AM (rHxhM)

69 Good morning Hordelings!
Thanks, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2024 08:04 AM (RFPHU)

70 Another 'migrant' doing the work Americans won't do. Setting women on fire, causing them to burn death, in a subway car.

Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:04 AM (aBgBM)

71 So why is there not a sense of almost ecstatic relief, not just among conservatives but even among Democrats, that the years of darkness and madness are ending?

-------------

OUT: The Medieval Dark Ages.
IN: The DogEater's Bark Ages.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 23, 2024 08:04 AM (z3WOQ)

72 No mention if Biden commuted Nadal Hassan's death sentence (Fort Hood killer). Last I knew he was in the Leavenworth stockade with the death sentence over his head.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

73 Hadrian. If potatus had commuted the Boston bomber's sentence I seriously believe that someone would have tried to assassinate him. The other two are evil white men and are double evil because white, so no commutation. I'm not saying those 2 should have had their sentences commuted, all 40 shouldn't have.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2024 08:05 AM (2NHgQ)

74 67 60 Except the United States, which is worse than everyone else. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The US, Israel and any culture that has a white male anywhere in the power structure.

You guys should rethink reciting the left's catechism even sarcastically. You'll end up believing it on some level.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 08:05 AM (3wi/L)

75 So why is there not a sense of almost ecstatic relief, not just among conservatives but even among Democrats, that the years of darkness and madness are ending?

The Bible talks about men loving darkness, because their deeds are evil.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 08:05 AM (SfhV1)

76 I actually wrote a song about the savages in Bangladesh in 1971.

Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
Where so many people are dying fast
And it sure looks like a mess
I've never seen such distress
Now won't you lend your hand
Try to understand
we got to relieve Bangla Desh...

Waste my time I did. Some things never change.

Posted by: Zombie George Harrison at December 23, 2024 08:06 AM (R/m4+)

77 One lighter a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Your local neighborhood Karen at December 23, 2024 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

78 Sooo...any murderer who gets sentenced to death in the future just has to wait for a Democrat president to commute their sentence to life on their way out the door? That about right?

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

79 So horrible.. I read the story on Yahoo news yesterday and made the mistake of reading the comments... Most were blaming Trump because he came here in 2018....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (VE6XX)

80 "Another 'migrant' doing the work Americans won't do. Setting women on fire, causing them to burn death, in a subway car.
Posted by: Gref

This is Pelosi's "spark of humanity".

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

81 Another 'migrant' doing the work Americans won't do. Setting women on fire, causing them to burn death, in a subway car.

Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:04 AM (aBgBM)

---------------

Behold one of Nanzi Pelosi's "Sparks of Divinity."

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (z3WOQ)

82 Today is Festivus!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

83
Hadrian - you had some shoulder problems yesterday, yes? How are you doing today?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 08:01 AM (SfhV1)

Thank you for asking. It's variable. Sometimes it's fine and sometimes I move it and it hurts a lot. It was diagnosed by X-ray as calcium tendinitis. It's not caused by anything I did and can't be treated by anything but time. I was prescribed anti-inflammatories, which help a bit.

And thank you to everyone for their concern. There are others here whose pain is ten times worse. I should feel bad about bitching and moaning about my little aches.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (dxSpM)

84 @52 JJ, thankfully Biden doesn't have the power to do anything with Mumia. Mumia was convicted under Penn law, Pres can only pardon Federal convicts.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (DopAq)

85 I'll say it again, the first act of Trump should be to declare all executive orders of Biden null and void as there is no proof he was competent to act.

Then move on to every pardon and commutation for the same reasons.

Let's have that "constitutional crisis" the left is sure to howl.

If there can be "reasonable" and "common sense" restrictions on the absolute of the 2nd Amendment, there sure as hell ought to be reasonable and common sense restrictions on the pardon power.

If abortion can be a "sacred" right that flows from the "emanations and penumbras" of the Constitution, there sure as hell can be a restriction that the President must be competent for his acts to be valid.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (PixdE)

86 Something is definitely not adding up on the shootdown. I sat in the chair, on that specific ship, prior to retiring. The system will not let you designate a friendly squawking the correct IFF codes as hostile - which you must do prior to engagement. So either the vermin got lucky and damaged the plane while feet dry OR proper procedures weren’t followed to check IFF system prior to launch and immediately after launch. The plane appeared as a pop up on radar and it seems as if they are operating in a very permissive weapons/engagement environment so it was a shoot first, ask questions later type of thing

Posted by: Swodog at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (3UZiK)

87 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (jHelr)

88 One lighter a month ought to be enough for anybody.
Posted by: Your local neighborhood Karen at December 23, 2024 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

***

NO ONE NEEDS MORE THAN ONE LIGHTER EVERY OTHER YEAR!

Posted by: Enlightened Karen KNOWS What Needs To Happen at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (1FWWQ)

89 The whole FEMA-NC thing is a salubrious lesson in why you can't depend on the government to help. In case of disaster, it's 1) yourself, 2) friends, 3) the community, 4) private groups.

That was also obvious in the Bastrop Texas wildfires and the February 2021 Texas Deep Freeze.

Government is run by wicked people who will use their positions to comfort themselves long before any thought towards the population that is robbed every day to support the bureaucrat's lifestyle.

When the Freeze hit the greater Austin area, the iconic picture taken from a balcony of a brightly lit downtown area: marquees, parking lot lights, every wasteful use of electricity was on display while the city was ringed as far as the horizon in total freezing darkness.

They had their lights and heat and that was good enough.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (rHxhM)

90 Dang it's cold.
Another Joe Biden Dark Winter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (dg+HA)

91 84 I was surprised Wolf didn't commute or pardon Mumia on his way out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (gm9Sb)

92 Horde mind is scary.

Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (Oy/m2)

93 "Behold one of Nanzi Pelosi's "Sparks of Divinity."
Posted by: ShainS"

Oh yeah. Thanks for the swift correction!

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (vFG9F)

94 I think it's *biden's petulant staffers who're stacking up the pardons and commutations. They're probably using the infamous "autopen" to sign them too.

An honest opposition party would be looking into that. And reversing every single one as illegal.

Has anyone in the press even asked *biden if he's aware who he's pardoning.... or if someone's using his name and position to further grind their ax?

The vicious little shit would likely reverse those pardons just out of spite.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (Q4IgG)

95 Biden didn't pardon anyone.. His handlers did

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

96 Today is Festivus!
Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

Let no grievance remain unaired!

Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2024 08:10 AM (RFPHU)

97 'Thad McCotter: Populism’s focus on domestic concerns may be flawed, but history proves globalist ideologies have wrought far greater destruction.'

How many people have been elected to federal office on the explicit promise to start a bunch of wars and send as much tax money as possible to other countries?

You asshats get elected to deal with the issues facing US, you know... domestically, and not to strut around as Mr. Statesman.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

98 Mornin’, All. Happy Christmas Eve Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:10 AM (v6JzV)

99 Has the Governor of New York ever been on the NYC subway?

I doubt it.]

Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2024 08:10 AM (Oy/m2)

100 Something is definitely not adding up on the shootdown.

I expect nothing but complete lies, fabrications, and gas lighting from every agency, branch and department of government.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:11 AM (rHxhM)

101 Did the lighter have the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Your local news stooge at December 23, 2024 08:11 AM (dg+HA)

102 If you HAD to pick two of the following candidates to vote for, who would you choose:

Raphael Warnock
John Fetterman
Lindsey Graham
Mitch McConnell
Posted by: Vlad at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (Djkcg)

Cholera and Ebola. Maybe Fetterman.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

103 Must ban all assault lighters now !

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:12 AM (VE6XX)

104 With all Biden's commutations, what happens to all the lawfare against death sentences? The ACLU probably mourns the loss of so many clients.

Posted by: Joey Choo Choo at December 23, 2024 08:12 AM (UnrFW)

105 I got some real problems with you people!

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2024 08:13 AM (dg+HA)

106 Poland Says It Will Arrest Bibi If Israeli PM Attends Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

What the hell has happened to Poland?
Go ahead and arrest him. It will give Israel the chance to beat Germany's record of subduing Poland in 39 days.

Posted by: HEY MEATHEAD! at December 23, 2024 08:13 AM (oOc/o)

107 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

108
Mumia was convicted under Penn law, Pres can only pardon Federal convicts.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (DopAq)

I don't think even Shapiro is obtuse enough to commute Mumia's sentence and release him. Mumia may be the darling of the Left, but they're a small and dwindling number compared to those who think he got off easy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2024 08:13 AM (dxSpM)

109 Biden is making sure history remembers him as an amoral pile of shit full of hate for all decent Americans; commuting the sentences of child murderers and rapists.

Actually, the point that needs to be made is the Biden is senile. He isn't making these decisions. Democrat staffers are making these decisions and using the act the Harris was too weak to remove a senile President.

ALL Democrats are to blame for this. Every single one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

110 So horrible.. I read the story on Yahoo news yesterday and made the mistake of reading the comments... Most were blaming Trump because he came here in 2018....
Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:07 AM (VE6XX)
*******
New York is sanctuary state thanks to Democrats.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

111 60 Minutes - "The Pager Plot":

https://tinyurl.com/3u9m75sx+

BTW, it's pronounced "Moe-Sod", not "Mah-Sod."

Speaking of 60 Minutes, here's Jack Posobiec with a one-line smackdown:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4e3ta6+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:14 AM (GHvvy)

112 Cure discovered for Asma sufferers:

https://tinyurl.com/2pkzynms+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:15 AM (GHvvy)

113 Who likes colorful charts?

https://tinyurl.com/4eybp5nb+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:15 AM (GHvvy)

114 The Rogue DC Regime presents: "The Blob!"

https://tinyurl.com/3835mzad+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (GHvvy)

115 Seriously, what needs to be done to enemies of the Republic such as AOC?

https://tinyurl.com/2bvrs5nv+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (GHvvy)

116 Mista we could use a man like Giuliani again...

Posted by: Archie Bunker at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (1FWWQ)

117 Joe Biden's mind is closed.
WSJ article out front should've told you.

Posted by: John Candy at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (dg+HA)

118 It wasn't swords or pistols but it'll do:

https://tinyurl.com/32jsy5sv+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (GHvvy)

119 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

120 @86 Posted by: Swodog at December 23, 2024 08:08 AM (3UZiK)
-----------------
If it were the local vermin who shot down the jet, how would they have accomplished it? SAM? If so, would Russians have fired the missile?

Posted by: Joey Choo Choo at December 23, 2024 08:17 AM (azqDg)

121 We are obliged to respect the provisions of the International Criminal Court," Władysław Bartoszewski, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, told Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita on Friday.
Poland Says It Will Arrest Bibi If Israeli PM Attends Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

=====

Well, it's Poland...like they need an excuse....

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2024 08:17 AM (QTCRF)

122 I want to thank the NCAA and the committee for giving us some really embarrassingly shitty playoff games over the weekend.

Where there is some merit to the 'lesser' of teams not being allowed to get away with various violations and not able to field a team of studs every season, SMU, coming back from the dead to make the 12 team playoff (piss off Ole Miss and Alabama. Win the games you're supposed to), Pedd State shouldn't even HAVE a team after running a child sex farm for a decade or 2. And it's good to know pass interference is different depending on what team you play for.

They should've used the bowl games instead of giving the powerhouses a home game. That's just amazing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

123 /rant

Back to the content.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

124 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2024 08:18 AM (d7tAk)

125 I was surprised Wolf didn't commute or pardon Mumia on his way out.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

State charges, not federal. No can do.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:18 AM (jHelr)

126 No mention if Biden commuted Nadal Hassan's death sentence (Fort Hood killer). Last I knew he was in the Leavenworth stockade with the death sentence over his head.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

The fact that he's still breathing fifteen years later is complete bullshit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

127 Let no grievance remain unaired!
Posted by: Doof at December 23, 2024 08:10 AM (RFPHU)
******
And feats of strength.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

128 30 Those federal prisoners who he just spared their just end were not mild one-time offenders:
They are horrible monsters who committed pure evil acts.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 07:49 AM (PixdE)

Well, you can't get Federal Crackdowns if they monsters aren't on the streets to terrorize the populace.

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 08:19 AM (UnA8+)

129 Poland Says It Will Arrest Bibi If Israeli PM Attends Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary
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I used to scoff at people who called these the End Times but I'm really not so certain now.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2024 08:19 AM (K1FQ5)

130 Speaking of 60 Minutes, here's Jack Posobiec with a one-line smackdown:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4e3ta6+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:14 AM (GHvvy

60 Minutes is shit and has been for a LONG long time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

131 Poland’s treatment of Jews, like Ukraine’s in the second world war was shameful, overall.

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 08:20 AM (PCK5/)

132 I like aluminum. Has a good strength to weight ratio.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2024 08:20 AM (dg+HA)

133 HEY MEATHEAD!

Poland has such a powerful military they could concur Germany, and occupy it if needed.

Keep Israel busy on Mt Hebron and the annexation of the Druze communities.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

134 Minutes is shit and has been for a LONG long time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
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Yeh but back then it took 2 or 3 lines to smack 'em down.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:20 AM (GHvvy)

135 Denzel Washington has become a licensed minister in the Church of God.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

136 So horrible.. I read the story on Yahoo news yesterday and made the mistake of reading the comments... Most were blaming Trump because he came here in 2018....
---
The addiction to hate by the whole of the left won't be cured by a single election loss.

These hate junkies have no other existence, no other accomplishment, no other motivation in their lives that isn't tied to hating Trump, hating Republicans, hating conservatives, hating America.

As that brilliant article by Kurt Hoffmen points out:
The malicious evil of Obama and his crew was that they demanded people externalize their morals to the Party.
No reliance on the internal, no allowance for dissent, no independent measure of worth--all values, all good, all meaning directed by the Party.

It won't be a more reasonable, more centrist, more traditional Democrat that rises to party power next:
It'll be the one that promises the most hate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (PixdE)

137 >19
The thing about Elon’s alleged political power is that it mainly flows from just saying things out loud that are obviously true."

ponder that for a moment if you will.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
----
Like Will Rogers.

Posted by: CapeFear at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (IMg5s)

138 *60 Minutes is shit and has been for a LONG long time.*

Fake, but accurate!

Posted by: Dan Blather at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (dg+HA)

139 Seriously, what needs to be done to enemies of the Republic such as AOC?

https://tinyurl.com/2bvrs5nv+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:16 AM (GHvvy)
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Every one of her voters needs to understand AOC supports lighting them and their subway cars on fire.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (4dFVt)

140 Keep Israel busy on Mt ~~Hebron~~ Hermon and the annexation of the Druze communities.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:20 AM (u82oZ)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (GHvvy)

141 109
'ALL Democrats are to blame for this. Every single one.'

This is correct.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 08:21 AM (3wi/L)

142 The system will not let you designate a friendly squawking the correct IFF codes as hostile - which you must do prior to engagement.

So much for air superiority and AWACS or satellite situational awareness.

For the trillions of dollars that are dropped on the MIC, they totally suck at their job of killing people and destroying things.

it seems the only effective means of statecraft Babylon DC has is the CIA and all they do is topple governments, including the former US.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:22 AM (rHxhM)

143 109 Biden is making sure history remembers him as an amoral pile of shit full of hate for all decent Americans; commuting the sentences of child murderers and rapists.

Actually, the point that needs to be made is the Biden is senile. He isn't making these decisions. Democrat staffers are making these decisions and using the act the Harris was too weak to remove a senile President.

ALL Democrats are to blame for this. Every single one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

Someone is telling Joe and DOCTOR Jill that pardoning or commuting the sentences of this group and the previous group of 1500 criminals will enhance his legacy. Why? For money for the pardon whisperers and/or Joe? To pay Joe's or the Junta's IOUs owed to Leftist individuals or groups? Every last thing the Junta does is immoral if not evil.

Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:23 AM (aBgBM)

144 it seems the only effective means of statecraft Babylon DC has is the CIA and all they do is topple governments, including the former US.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Way easier to tear down than build up.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:23 AM (jHelr)

145 Today is Festivus!
Posted by: redridinghood

"I got a lot of problems with you people!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 08:23 AM (WXNFJ)

146 The thing about Elon’s alleged political power is that it mainly flows from just saying things out loud that are obviously true."

There is that weasel word "alleged" again. There is nothing alleged about Elon's political power. He has it, all it takes is a couple well placed Tweets and all hell breaks loose from those who agree and have found their voice.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:24 AM (rHxhM)

147 Shakes my head at the loss of the F/A-18.
Tracker Ally did not look at the IFF. I foresee lots of relief for causes in the future.

The Yemeni lie. They did not shoot down the aircraft.

The rot in the USN continues.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

148 143
'Someone is telling Joe and DOCTOR Jill that pardoning or commuting the sentences of this group and the previous group of 1500 criminals will enhance his legacy. Why?'
He just visited the pope. The pope is both anti-American and anti-death penalty. Look no further than that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (3wi/L)

149 "The U.S. has lots of leverage for getting such tasks done.
Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget: Deporting Millions of Criminal Aliens Won’t Be as Hard as the Left Suggests"

If we can transport millions of illegal immigrants into and around our country, give them EBT cards and put them up in our hotels, and provide free healthcare for them to boot, we certainly have the capability to deport all of them. It's not impossible at all.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (HW6hZ)

150 Every last thing the Junta does is immoral if not evil.
Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:23 AM (aBgBM)

***

Embrace the power of and...

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (1FWWQ)

151 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Elon Muck does not take threats lightly, and he can not be bribed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

152 Someone is telling Joe and DOCTOR Jill that pardoning or commuting the sentences of this group and the previous group of 1500 criminals will enhance his legacy. Why? For money for the pardon whisperers and/or Joe? To pay Joe's or the Junta's IOUs owed to Leftist individuals or groups? Every last thing the Junta does is immoral if not evil.
Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:23 AM (aBgBM)
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I don't think anyone is telling Joe (or Jill) much anything - not for a long time.

I mean, other than "sign here."

Think about it. Do you think Brandon prepared or even read some 10,000 pardon/commutation letters?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (GHvvy)

153 Hadrian, glad to hear you're on the mend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2024 08:26 AM (omVj0)

154 Happy Holidays JJ

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:27 AM (YCxFk)

155 I do not accept tgat Biden commuted any sentences until he can publicly tell America he knows his name, address and the current date.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 08:27 AM (ISA3i)

156 Likely the commutations were planned, and the visit to the Pope was contrived as a plausible motivation for them.

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2024 08:27 AM (i0F8b)

157 Manchin says there are good people on both sides. What a big dummy. There's like three good people and they're all on one side.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2024 08:27 AM (K1FQ5)

158 It feels like a Pinot Grigio day...

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 23, 2024 08:27 AM (dg+HA)

159 125 Wolf was PA governor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (gm9Sb)

160 If it were the local vermin who shot down the jet, how would they have accomplished it? SAM? If so, would Russians have fired the missile?

The local vermin also developed and deployed hypersonic weaponry just like Ukraine developed and deployed state of the art missiles and drones.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (rHxhM)

161 A country with a Death Penalty is a country without real men.

Because Real Men Kill.

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (UnA8+)

162 I got some real problems with you people!
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 23, 2024 08:13 AM (dg+HA)
*****
My first grievance on this day of Festivus is Why isn't Vic still not on the Absent Friends List?

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

163 I have friends who live in the City of Chicago who complain about the crime etc... They have the funds to leave it, but they continue to stay because of the nightlife.

Same with New Yorkers. If you choose to live there, this is the risk

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

164 I go through the high-traffic 125th and Lex subway station in Harlem regularly and see Hochul's shock and awe campaign in action. I can report that a dozen Law Enforcement hang together at the entrance, talking sports and shit. They occasionally put out a table to search commuters for WMDs. They don't even try to stop the yutes evading fares by jumping turnstiles right in front of them.

There's a metaphor in there somewhere, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (Gqoy+)

165 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

The barbarians inside the gate working for select federal agencies show yet again how much they hate Americans and traditional American values.

It is a big FU to America to issue those pardons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

166 That egg shortage story, "will be localized and quickly filled", is BS. Let me explain how this works.

Chickens have a cycle of laying. Younger chicken lay the most, older chickens taper off. Commercial houses push this as hard as they can. They also know that Christmas and Easter holidays have the biggest demand for eggs. So they clear out the older hens and restock, usually six to eight weeks before peak run. Killing off chickens for bird flu disrupts this. The new hens are coming from commercial houses that raise them. This will be impacted by bird flu as well. You can't snap your fingers and make this go away. Expect egg prices to be high and eggs in short supply. Might be worthwhile to have some freeze dried eggs on hand for emergencies. I base this on my year's experience at an egg ranch and doubt that things have changed much.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:29 AM (NQtI0)

167 Somebody put out a list last week at redstate , of all the awful socialist Biden appointed judges, that Joe Manchin voted to confirm.

F him. He is trying to stay relevant

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

168 The left said it was OK to assassinate Trump because they don't like him.

The left says Mangione is a hero for murdering the insurance CEO because they didn't like him.

The left is a murderous clan of moronic, imbecilic thugs that should be shunned, imprisoned or institutionalized.

It's the only conclusion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

169 "I mean, other than "sign here.""

It's Hedley Lamarr and Gov. Lepotomaine.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 23, 2024 08:31 AM (Gqoy+)

170 159 125 Wolf was PA governor.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (gm9Sb)

Even then, he couldn't unilaterally pardon state charges.

He only could if the state board of pardons brought a recommendation to his desk. They originate the process, not the Governor.

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 08:31 AM (UnA8+)

171 Who is Joe Biden's Corporal Radar O'Reilly getting him to sign the papers?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (Aqu9a)

172 At least we know Elon's name.

We know nothing of the people who have been acting for Biden the last 4 years.

As I said, if there were "good days and bad days," as they admit:
What dates were the bad days?
Who acted for the President on those bad days?

Life is not scheduled or convenient: There were "bad days" where Presidential decisions had to be made.
It's impossible to claim the world took a pause 'cause Grampa Joe wasn't having a good day that day.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (PixdE)

173 Expect egg prices to be high and eggs in short supply. Might be worthwhile to have some freeze dried eggs on hand for emergencies. I base this on my year's experience at an egg ranch and doubt that things have changed much.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:29 AM (NQtI0)

We have resorted to buying eggs because Daughter's hens aren't laying right now. I don't know if that just happens as part of a natural cycle or not. All I know is store-bought eggs are not the same.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (SfhV1)

174 F him. He is trying to stay relevant
Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

***

He is as relevant as Fatboy Larry Hogan

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (1FWWQ)

175 Biden has been "incapacitated" since day one of his reign.. Everything he "signed" should be null and void

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (VE6XX)

176 That egg shortage story, "will be localized and quickly filled", is BS. Let me explain how this works.

2 dozen eggs at Sam's has went up to $6.44 from $5.99.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (jHelr)

177 What am I signing Radar?

Posted by: Henry Blake at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (dg+HA)

178 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Thank you for correcting my mistake.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

179 131. Spot on. Something that has been glossed over by Western Media. Many Ukrainian's voluntered for SS extermination squads, and were camp guards.

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

180 Which came first, the hen shortage or the egg shortage?

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2024 08:33 AM (i0F8b)

181 I don't get 'pasture raised organic' eggs. What the hell does that even mean??

Posted by: dantesed at December 23, 2024 08:33 AM (Oy/m2)

182 Saw this on X yesterday

Ronald Reagan described the deepstate in 1975

https://youtu.be/CNmnmdtcdcg?t=91

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (/7KEl)

183 They have the funds to leave it, but they continue to stay because of the nightlife.

Same with New Yorkers. If you choose to live there, this is the risk
Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

Party or a long, fruitful life. Huh.......And they wonder why I pray for their soul, but have no pity on them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

184 President Trump has talked about replacing the income tax with tariffs (taxes on selected imports). Would you support or oppose such a move?

A plurality of those responding answered yes. Specifically, 46% said they either support the idea “strongly” (17%) or “somewhat” (28%).

I think any reasonable person would see that a consumption tax distributes the burden across all income earners. And the increase in privacy and personal beliefs would increase 100 fold. (Dont buy products that support causes or countries you oppose)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

185 171. I hear it is Susan Rice, doing the bidding of Obama's third term

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

186 Who's making decisions in the Oval Office today?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (dg+HA)

187 I seem to remember that a country does not have to accept an ambassador, necessitating the foreign country nominating another. As a last resort there is a little ceremony where an ambassador presents his credentials.

Posted by: Ciampino - tell the UK to send another at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (i0xsb)

188 the 50% rule...
About 30 or so years ago I got my annual county appraisal for property tax purposes. My overall appraisal did not increase but I noticed the value of the land shot up while my 'improvements' declined. Basically my $110k appraisal that had my lot value at $15k and house at $95k flipped to lot at $95k, house at $15k.

I thought it odd but there was no increase so meh. 20 years later when Harvey sent 75% of Houston underwater it all came clear. That 50% rule dated back to the value flip and a lot of people ended up tearing down the house they grew up in and inherited that had to be removed to accommodate the McMansion they will never be able to pay off.

Posted by: DanMan at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (8uzBS)

189 What am I signing Radar?
Posted by: Henry Blake at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (dg+HA)

Initial here, sir, to confirm you signed these other forms. Then sign this form to confirm you initialed the first form.

Posted by: Cpl Radar O'Reilly at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (Aqu9a)

190 I imagine Joe is gonna pardon the entire Jan. 6th committee next.. At least his puppet masters will

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (VE6XX)

191 I enjoyed Trump saying that he is rescinding the renaming of bases and parks. I refused to call Mount McKinley or Fort Hood by those woke names.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (RXTAs)

192 It's Hedley Lamarr and Gov. Lepotomaine.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 23, 2024 08:31 AM (Gqoy+)

Except Miss Stein (the secretary) is only 12.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

193 2 dozen eggs at Sam's has went up to $6.44 from $5.99.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (jHelr)

"You're welcome."

- - - - The FDA murdering millions of chickens because bird flu is in Africa

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

194 148 143
'Someone is telling Joe and DOCTOR Jill that pardoning or commuting the sentences of this group and the previous group of 1500 criminals will enhance his legacy. Why?'
He just visited the pope. The pope is both anti-American and anti-death penalty. Look no further than that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 23, 2024 08:25 AM (3wi/L)

The trip to see the pope one last time is upcoming, January 12-15. The last time Joe was overseas, to Brazil and Africa, is when he announced his pardon of Hunter. During this overseas trip will the Junta announce Joe's pardons of his brother, along with Liz Cheney, Wray, Lisa Monaco, Schiff, and the rest of the Democratic "Get Trump Team"? In order to avoid Joe and Mop Top refusing to respond to questions about them on TV for several days afterward, letting some of the dust settle? I have 25 quatloos on yes.

Posted by: Gref at December 23, 2024 08:35 AM (aBgBM)

195 I don't get 'pasture raised organic' eggs. What the hell does that even mean??
Posted by: dantesed

Layers are raised is such a fashion as to allow them to peck and consume their own poop that is in the dirt. Among other things.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 08:36 AM (WXNFJ)

196 On a good note. In the last week or so, the phase "have a happy holiday" has been erased!!! and Merry Christmas has been gleefully spoken by everyone I've met. Vendors, cashiers, co-workers, neighbors, and other sane society members say "Merry Christmas" along with a very big smile and it's as if a cloud has vanished and they don't have to feel ashamed to say Merry Christmas. It's a beautiful thing.

Posted by: just saying at December 23, 2024 08:36 AM (Uy/WF)

197 What am I signing Radar?
Posted by: Henry Blake at December 23, 2024 08:32 AM (dg+HA)

The fact that Radar remained a corporal shows he wasn't very bright.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:36 AM (ExV1e)

198 Anyone who acknowledges "smoke" is bad for you but lobbies for chemical steam going in your lungs repeatedly is a fucking dumbass.

Posted by: ... at December 23, 2024 08:36 AM (K1FQ5)

199 I don't get 'pasture raised organic' eggs. What the hell does that even mean??
Posted by: dantesed

More expensive.

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (i0F8b)

200 $5.19
SNAP EBT
Kroger® Large White Eggs
12 ct

not too long ago it was under $2

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (/7KEl)

201 The question becomes what else will Obama minions do to America and free world before Biden shuffles off. Throw Israel completely under the bus ? Blow up American oil and gas refineries? Give the Ukrainians nukes? Move the sentencing up and throw Trump in jail? The evil lives on...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (DopAq)

202 BTW, have you taken a moment to think about how awesome the State of the Union is going to be?

Trump, with no shits to give, forcing the Democrats and the media to listen to him.

I want him to say, "I see the Democrats are wearing white again. They haven't worn that much white since they were hunting down Republicans in the South for registering black voters."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (PixdE)

203 On Grampa Joe's first day in office, he had a stack of 50 some EO's piled up that he was signing. At one point he says out loud "I don't even know what I'm signing". 25 year old female aide says "Just sign it!"

Posted by: Addled On Day One at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (G5+As)

204 Typical GOP Senate, or Washington Generals. Make a deal with Schumer on Judges. Allow lower district judges to be confirmed, in exchange more powerful Appellate vacancies to be held over for Trump. What happens, 3 obama judges set to retire, decide to stay in. Morons

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

205 Happy Monday!

>>Officials said the 33-year-old suspect came to the US in 2018 from Guatemala. He was detained by border patrol agents in Arizona in June of that year, sources said. His legal status wasn’t immediately clear Sunday night.

Don't send him home. Send him to God for judgement.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2024 08:39 AM (u1uWe)

206 We are obliged to respect the provisions of the International Criminal Court

Because doing the bidding of other nations worked out so well in Polish history.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:39 AM (NR6c1)

207 Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

Biden’s newcomer, who entered the country illegally and is staying in a taxpayer-funded hotel with her three children, calls the housekeeping staff b*tches for not allowing her to cook in her room. Additionally, she is threatening to sue a hospital where her disabled daughter is being cared for and is giving a hard time to the hospital staff, with her daughter’s treatment also covered by taxpayers.

January 20th can’t come soon fast enough.

https://tinyurl.com/4zx6wzxf

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

208 No death penalty in NY

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (/7KEl)

209 $5.19
SNAP EBT
Kroger® Large White Eggs
12 ct

not too long ago it was under $2
Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:37 AM (/7KEl)

Golly!

Kroger Grade A Large White Eggs 18ct $3.69 here.
(Houston)

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (Aqu9a)

210 205 Don't send him home. Send him to God for judgement.
Posted by: Lizzy

"He was shot trying to escape."
"He was in handcuffs and leg irons."
"Yeah. Little bastard could hop like a kangaroo."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (NR6c1)

211 I will be watching the actions of Pam Bondi. No worries on Kash Patel. She needs to fire mass amounts of lifetimer's in the DOJ

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

212 Return the murderer to Guatemala and toss him in one of the active volcanoes. Eye for an eye

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (DopAq)

213 Bald dude is not spending $600 M to marry fake titties gal.
Just look at it on your screen and you know this is total bullshit.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 08:41 AM (gbOdA)

214 From reading the reporting the jet had just launched. Gettysburg would be the Air Warfare Commander and would know the launch schedule BUT if the jet wasn’t squawking the correct IFF then GTY would immediately launch due to the closeness of the perceived threat to the carrier. Its o’dark thirty, they have been in an active shooting situation prior to this-can easily see an “oh shit” happen

Posted by: Swodog at December 23, 2024 08:41 AM (d9SZG)

215 The question becomes what else will Obama minions do to America and free world before Biden shuffles off. Throw Israel completely under the bus ? Blow up American oil and gas refineries? Give the Ukrainians nukes? Move the sentencing up and throw Trump in jail?

==

They've already done all those things, including (no on the list) attempted assasination of Trump.

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (QTCRF)

216 *assassination

Posted by: runner at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (QTCRF)

217 Are the insane prices for eggs because of F. Joke's inflation, or a shortage actually caused by bird flu? Both? Neither?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (omVj0)

218 I enjoyed Trump saying that he is rescinding the renaming of bases and parks. I refused to call Mount McKinley or Fort Hood by those woke names.
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Oh yeah, that is awesome.

And Mount McKinley was a shot aimed at Mookowsky.
He basically told her, get on board or imma gonna f you up.
She tweeted some lame-ass wokism response showing she didn't get the message.

I'll say the tide has really turned when he mocks the Commanders, "what kind of name is that, weren't they always the Redskins?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (PixdE)

219 This is fun. Ana Kasparoan says "California cannot withstand another incompetent Democrat as governor"

https://tinyurl.com/2dep8jtj

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (7c6NI)

220 Gentlemen! I despise each and every one of you!

Posted by: Toyama Koichi, Japanese Godfather of Festivus at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (PiwSw)

221 >> I enjoyed Trump saying that he is rescinding the renaming of bases and parks. I refused to call Mount McKinley or Fort Hood by those woke names.

Will this be happening w/Mt Evans, too?
It's now Mt Blue sky.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 23, 2024 08:44 AM (u1uWe)

222 Chickens will stop laying in winter, unless they have artificial light.

As for cage free, where I worked, chickens were two in a cage with just enough room to turn around. Calcium was controlled to make sure the shells didn't break. That meant, when you grabbed the chicken to take it out of the cage, the leg would break. Some of us consder these inhuman conditions for living animals.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:45 AM (NQtI0)

223 I doubt there's one person who actually oversees or "runs" this White House. The government is too unwieldly to be administered by just one person. I think there are several factions at work... and have been for decades, pre-dating Obama and Bush.

It takes a certain discipline to manage something like the country's foreign affairs... the political, non-military stuff. It's quite another discipline to manage war.

Domestically, there's security matters, social issues, financial concerns and so on.

All that's by design. Presidents have always delegated responsibilities to subordinates and IMO those responsibilities have never left the positions they were assigned. In some cases, neither have the actual people. Which is a real problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 08:45 AM (Q4IgG)

224 I think any reasonable person would see that a consumption tax distributes the burden across all income earners. And the increase in privacy and personal beliefs would increase 100 fold. (Dont buy products that support causes or countries you oppose)

Yeah, where are all of the "Fair Tax" activists? They should be masturbating themselves into blindness over the tariff proposals because it gives them exactly what they have been bitching and whining about having for decades.

The Extra Bonus is that the consumption tax is levied against foreign goods, not on domestic goods.

You would think that this would be a Win/Win.

But the "Fair Tax" people are bitching and whining because it never was about a consumption tax, it was just a vehicle in order for them to complain against the current system.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (rHxhM)

225 My phone typing skills are at their usual fat-fingered level today. Apologies to Ana Kasparian for mistyping her name.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (U7ZsA)

226 Gentlemen! I despise each and every one of you!
Posted by: Toyama Koichi, Japanese Godfather of Festivus at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (PiwSw)

Season's Greetings!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (Aqu9a)

227 Too bad Trump can’t restore the name of Ayers Rock.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (v6JzV)

228 There'd have to be some sort of accelerant involved, no? Modern clothing just does not catch fire like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (bss/y)

229 Only 10K chickens nationwide have died of bird flu. Millions have been killed preemptively by the Feds. Just like Peanut and Fred.

Posted by: Our Pups And Kitties R Next at December 23, 2024 08:47 AM (G5+As)

230 We're coming to the end of Obama's Third Term. A Fourth would have killed us.

Our working class was punished with deficit-driven inflation and ten million more illegals. They turned out for Trump or stayed home, and that made the difference.

Obama boiled the pot too quickly and the frog jumped out.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 23, 2024 08:47 AM (Gqoy+)

231 Let me say this about that

some of the (hopefully) incoming admin officials- Homan, Patel, etc- have made some bold statements about what they are going to do after Jan 20.

I hope they are not just blowing smoke. My fear is that actual performance will fall short of promises. That is the nature of the beast we call politics.

Also, this bit about Trump 'taking back' the Panama Canal is fight that doesn't need to be picked right now.

All of this is IMHO, YMMV.

Fire away.

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:47 AM (/7KEl)

232 This is fun. Ana Kasparoan says "California cannot withstand another incompetent Democrat as governor"

https://tinyurl.com/2dep8jtj
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 08:42 AM (7c6NI)
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That's not going to stop Californians from electing them again and again and again until California is nothing more than a smoking hole in the ground, looking up at the Gazans as a shining beacon of progress.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 23, 2024 08:47 AM (BpYfr)

233 Polyester catches fire like that. Cotton burns well too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:48 AM (NQtI0)

234 Only 10K chickens nationwide have died of bird flu. Millions have been killed preemptively by the Feds. Just like Peanut and Fred.
Posted by: Our Pups And Kitties R Next at December 23, 2024 08:47 AM (G5+As)
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"Can't make an omelet without breaking eggs!"

-- Our betters in government

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (BpYfr)

235 Too bad Trump can’t restore the name of Ayers Rock.
Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024

***
Is that like the Tarpeian Rock in ancient Rome? We could use something like that. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (omVj0)

236 But the "Fair Tax" people are bitching and whining because it never was about a consumption tax, it was just a vehicle in order for them to complain against the current system.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Don't settle for a "Fair Tax". Insist on my 9-9-9 Plan!

Posted by: Zombie Herman Cain at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (G5+As)

237 We need to take back the Panama Canal to keep it away from the ChiComs.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (v6JzV)

238 I enjoyed Trump saying that he is rescinding the renaming of bases and parks. I refused to call Mount McKinley or Fort Hood by those woke names.

I be okay also with the new Sec. of the Navy renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to someone else that deserves the honor.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (WXNFJ)

239 Ah chickens. We raised 300 or so a year when I was a kid. Meat chickens. Got them in the spring, butchered them in the fall, with a little bitof hold over. The laying hens were a different bunch. They could run around some in the daytime, but went into the henhouse at night, because of predators… EVERYTHING loves a chicken dinner…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 08:50 AM (PCK5/)

240 But the "Fair Tax" people are bitching and whining because it never was about a consumption tax, it was just a vehicle in order for them to complain against the current system.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:46 AM (rHxhM)

I think Neil Bortz was a believer in a new system. And yes many just like to complain.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

241 Swodog

The Jagman investigation will be lit. AW missed some context here. An inbound popup maneuver close to the CV would look different than an outbound strike aircraft.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

242 237 We need to take back the Panama Canal to keep it away from the ChiComs.
Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM (v6JzV)

At least make the threat....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

243 The fact that Radar remained a corporal shows he wasn't very bright.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 23, 2024 08:36 AM (ExV1e)
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Some people just plain refuse promotions!

Posted by: Captain Major Major at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (9VUoo)

244 Some of us consder these inhuman conditions for living animals.

That is why we use the word "inhuman" not "inanimal"

Apparently its better for the chicken to be outside and be pecked to death by its own kind or to be snatched by an apex predator.

The goal is not to create a country club atmosphere for critters, its about producing at scale protein food source.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (rHxhM)

245 Naysayer Don Black continues to throw shade and rain on my parade.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (G5+As)

246 You might watch Homan's interview with Tucker. He is dead serious. He was retired and is coming back for this job. He has a video on his phone, that an agent sent him, of one of the gang members skinning a man alive just to send a message. And he talks about a nine year old girl that was sex trafficked. He is not going to let the sanctuary nonsense get in his way.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (NQtI0)

247 Kroger Grade A Large White Eggs 18ct $3.69 here.
(Houston)
Posted by: Count de Monet

Remember, a lot of East Texas is the Chicken Pluckers Association HQ.

People are either raising fat yeller chickens for Bo Pilgrim or eggs.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (jHelr)

248 My recent gripe about the Salvation Army was based on a circa 2021 document “Let’s talk about racism”. The Bibles in my house list “Honor thy father and thy mother” as the commandment number five.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 23, 2024 08:53 AM (r72iY)

249 Our eggs are free, the best kind of eggs… two dozen a week. Also some nice duck eggs… duck will lay their eggs just anywhere, unlike chickens.

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 08:54 AM (PCK5/)

250 Major Jihadi slaughtered American troops on an American army base.

They should have had a Court Martial, and probably hanged within a month on Ft. Hood. They could have had the whole fucking base turn out at O’dark thirty to watch.

Of course, none of this happened - total pussies and traitors have been running things for decades now. My favorite response was some cocksucker lamenting that “we” wouldn’t want the slaughter to affect “our commitment to diversity”. Sure wish these fuckers would get set on fire once in a while.

Oh. Merry Christmas!! And a Happy,Prosperous New Year

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 08:55 AM (49u8i)

251 The governor of New York is on the side of evil. That IMO is what is happening. The "dark side" is trying to destroy humanity, although I don't know why. Joe Biden is also trying to destroy humanity and America. When the tea party was around, it was always pointed out how clean they left what ever property they were on. Parents always want to leave their children in a good position. Eviil people want scorched earth.

Posted by: Chillin the most at December 23, 2024 08:55 AM (AhKLt)

252 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 23, 2024 08:55 AM (53oGX)

253 The “talk/conversation about racism” is always “wipipo bad.” Thus, merely an ignorant assertion, not a conversation at all.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:56 AM (v6JzV)

254 Duck eggs aren't all their quacked up to be. And goose eggs are a zero at my house.

Posted by: Walking On Eggshells at December 23, 2024 08:56 AM (G5+As)

255 Remember, a lot of East Texas is the Chicken Pluckers Association HQ.

People are either raising fat yeller chickens for Bo Pilgrim or eggs.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 08:51 AM (jHelr)

One of our first plans when we get moved, God willing, is to start raising chickens. Fresh eggs are the best eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 23, 2024 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

256 No, you are throwing up a straw man argument. It will not break the bank for these corporations to use cages that are a bit larger. Same issue with how we raise pigs. The cage free plants do sometimes have a way for the chickens to get some sunlight, which results in more nutritious eggs. As long as the state doesn't mandate cage free, let the market decide. For you though, I would like to see lab grown eggs. We do judge people on how they treat animals.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 08:56 AM (NQtI0)

257 The Panama Canal is becoming less relevant in the grand scheme of things. Many of the so-called "Panamax" cargo ships are too large to fit through the canal's various locks. Those ships account for a lot of the cargo transported by sea.

It is a strategic bottleneck though. And there's still a lot of trade that goes through it, just not as much as there used to.

And there's the issues with the dropping water tables that have made it unpassable at various times... for anyone.

If Trump thinks all that's makes the canal a worthwhile point of contention and spending billions or trillions of dollars on...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 08:57 AM (Q4IgG)

258 So, Poland is threatening to arrest Bibi if attends the Auschwitz Liberation anniversary? Nice country you have there. Be ashamed if we help Putin do a little tour of it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 23, 2024 08:57 AM (iODuv)

259 32 You cannot import millions of third world peasants into the country and expect them to assimilate. You, yourself, become the third world with all of its associated pathologies. Merry Christmas Morons and good morning.
Posted by: Life of Wryly
______

First, denigrate all the good things about the country in media and academia. Why would an imported person even want to assimilate? Cash the checks that the overweight, tatted, pierced, danger colored hair government employee hands you and do whatever you like, exempt from all the ever growing list of laws, rules and customs that the average citizen has to deal with.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 23, 2024 08:58 AM (fs1hN)

260 MAGA must avoid the Tea Party’s fate.

.. besides the IRS treatment, the biggest pile of crap that beset the Tea Party were fake Tea Party fundraisers who pocketed all the funds raised.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

261 Poles are for strippers.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:59 AM (v6JzV)

262 thatcrazyjerseyguy

The current government took over in a EU coup. Easier is to start a counter coup.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

263 248 My recent gripe about the Salvation Army was based on a circa 2021 document “Let’s talk about racism”.

The very instant they did that, my wallet closed permanently for them. Especially after the weasel like apologizing and the fact that none of the people who were responsible for it were fired.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:59 AM (NR6c1)

264 According to Fox News, Garland recommended all these commutations. Biden Administration justifying that they are in keeping with the administration’s stance against the death penalty.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 23, 2024 08:59 AM (L39RQ)

265 There is online chatter that the Hawk Tuah Girl, after getting vilified for her Bitcoin scam, has reformed, repented, and joined the Salivation Army.

Posted by: Danny Thomas Spit Take at December 23, 2024 09:00 AM (G5+As)

266 If California or Colorado want to specify certain conditions for eggs or hogs or whatever

What they can’t do legally is restrict other states from selling their eggs or bacon in the state.

Although they are going to try. Maybe if the gubbmint hadn’t fucked over the currency and our industrial base for 60 years, people would have a lot more money to spend.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 09:00 AM (49u8i)

267 208 No death penalty in NY
Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 08:40 AM (/7KEl)

"Used to be!"

Sound of Old Sparky snapping its fingers . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 09:00 AM (x0n13)

268 Yeah no need to be intentionally cruel to animals… I often thought about this as a kid as I pulled the heads off the meat birds ( my job on the farm when I was a little guy)…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (PCK5/)

269 NR Pax

Same here. They were a tight, disciplined charity before that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

270 One of our first plans when we get moved, God willing, is to start raising chickens. Fresh eggs are the best eggs.
Posted by: Sponge

Build your coop varmint tight, and then build it again. Stepson has lost almost all of his to predators.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (jHelr)

271 267 I thought Old Sparky was in Florida.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (v6JzV)

272 Side note: When I unsubscribed from the SA's mailing list I got the "Why are you leaving?" questionnaire.

My response: "Your recent actions have made it obvious that as a white person, my money is no longer good enough for you."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 09:02 AM (NR6c1)

273 263 248 My recent gripe about the Salvation Army was based on a circa 2021 document “Let’s talk about racism”.

The very instant they did that, my wallet closed permanently for them. Especially after the weasel like apologizing and the fact that none of the people who were responsible for it were fired.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 08:59 AM (NR6c1)

Yeah. I forgot the details but I remembered they did something that in the intervening years made me keep on walking. They're camped out at my supermarket entrance.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 09:02 AM (x0n13)

274 They were a tight, disciplined charity before that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

They are also a church. Rev's grandmother attended a Salvation Army church, because they were one of the only non-State churches in Sweden at the time.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (SfhV1)

275 Caging plants is inhumane.

Wheat was meant to grow FREE!!!

Posted by: buckwheat flowers stein at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (hovnC)

276 Evil never rests. Yet it always ultimately loses. Why is that?

Because the good guys never rest either and there are far more of us.

We've survived far worse things than Joe frigging Biden and Barry Obama. Now comes payback.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (LkLld)

277 besides the IRS treatment, the biggest pile of crap that beset the Tea Party were fake Tea Party fundraisers who pocketed all the funds raised.
Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 08:58 AM (RHGPo)
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I would have said the biggest crap sandwich was the politicians who ran as tea party candidates but who, once elected, turned into Paul Ryans.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (hs23C)

278 271 267 I thought Old Sparky was in Florida.
Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (v6JzV)

Nope. Sing-Sing. Well, there may have been an electric chair in FL.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (x0n13)

279 How many “Tea Party” candidates won election, and then turned out to be same ole same ole Establishment drones?

I can think of at least two major politicians

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (49u8i)

280 Use electric fence or electrified mesh. Nothing gets a predator's attention faster than getting shocked.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (NQtI0)

281 Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
BLUE STATE EXODUS: DEMOCRATS REPLACE FLEEING TAXPAYERS WITH MIGRANTS

New Census data reveals Democratic strongholds only grew thanks to record foreign migration offsetting massive domestic flight.

California lost 239,575 residents to other states but gained 361,057 immigrants, while New York saw 120,917 flee as 207,161 migrants arrived.

Florida and Texas led real growth, each around 2%, powered by Americans seeking lower taxes and better jobs.

Their unemployment rates? 2.4% in Miami versus 6% in Los Angeles.

The kicker?

Blue states spending billions to attract migrants ($6.5B for California's illegal immigrant Medicaid) may face scrutiny from Elons new efficiency team.
Source: WSJ

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

282 The Panama Canal is becoming less relevant in the grand scheme of things. Many of the so-called "Panamax" cargo ships are too large to fit through the canal's various locks. Those ships account for a lot of the cargo transported by sea.

It is a strategic bottleneck though. And there's still a lot of trade that goes through it, just not as much as there used to.

And there's the issues with the dropping water tables that have made it unpassable at various times... for anyone.

If Trump thinks all that's makes the canal a worthwhile point of contention and spending billions or trillions of dollars on...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The US drew up the plans for expanding the canal before giving it away. Part of that plan included new dams to impound enough water for the new locks. Panama decided to skip that part, so in a dry year the canal becomes useless. Not only did we pay to build it, but the new owners can't run it correctly.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (RXTAs)

283 265 There is online chatter that the Hawk Tuah Girl, after getting vilified for her Bitcoin scam, has reformed, repented, and joined the Salivation Army.
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In the horn section??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (hovnC)

284 270 One of our first plans when we get moved, God willing, is to start raising chickens. Fresh eggs are the best eggs.
Posted by: Sponge

Build your coop varmint tight, and then build it again. Stepson has lost almost all of his to predators.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM (jHelr)

Bury your fencing at least a foot below ground around the henhouse.. get a dog ( and feed it well )…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (PCK5/)

285 {{{ grammie winger}}}

In my mind, the spiritual side of the SA was the more important. They went into thrift store territory too strongly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

286
MORONBLEG!

Looking for a couple of last minute gifts for offspring:

Have any of y'all played the games-

"Mysterium"

"Dixit"

"The Mind"

What's your opinion? Did you enjoy the game?

Thanks.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:05 AM (iJfKG)

287

Biden played Dixit with Ashley . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 09:05 AM (x0n13)

288 Thanks JJ. Morning all… on the left coast for Christmas… that 2 hour difference and I only make the tail end of the MR

Mangione is a despicable villain. I can’t fathom the cheering…. Was any act of journalism committed so we might hear from the audience members why? They just like murdering CEOs in cold blood?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2024 09:06 AM (GZOLv)

289 There is online chatter that the Hawk Tuah Girl, after getting vilified for her Bitcoin scam, has reformed, repented, and joined the Salivation Army.
Posted by: Danny Thomas Spit Take

Dear dad,
How does it feel that your daughter is known only for sucking dick?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 09:06 AM (jHelr)

290 Hop Sing >> Sing Sing

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:06 AM (v6JzV)

291
The new Murder-Centric Political Campaign of the Democrats-

probably won'T work out the way they think.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

292 291
The new Murder-Centric Political Campaign of the Democrats-

probably won'T work out the way they think.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

"Inshallah!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 09:07 AM (x0n13)

293 273 They're camped out at my supermarket entrance.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Obviously, I have nothing against the bell ringers but I have embraced the phrase "Why give money to people that don't like you?"

Posted by: NR Pax at December 23, 2024 09:07 AM (NR6c1)

294 yep

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:08 AM (YCxFk)

295 Dear dad,
How does it feel that your daughter is known only for sucking dick?
Posted by: rickb223

There's worse things.

-- Lily Philips' Dad

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2024 09:08 AM (WXNFJ)

296 Build your coop varmint tight, and then build it again. Stepson has lost almost all of his to predators.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 09:01 AM

Sage advice. At least a foot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 23, 2024 09:08 AM (H0zI8)

297 For you though, I would like to see lab grown eggs. We do judge people on how they treat animals.

Then it would disappoint you to know that I raise my own chickens and they wander around in a large coop.

I would like for them to roam free and forage the land for bugs and what-not, but with the leaves fallen from the trees I can see the myriad of hawk nests surrounding the area; the raccoons and possums that will remove every dead squirrel and meat scraps within hours of deposition; and the snakes that are doubtlessly in the area due to my acreage being significantly lakefront.

(yeah, my chickens have a lakeside view of the world - it doesn't seem to improve the quality of the eggs though)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:10 AM (rHxhM)

298 I don't feel like looking for it now but I read a tweet yesterday that pointed out that the treaty re. the sale of the Canal has a clause about it reverting back to US control if it isn't maintained properly [that's happening now] and a huge amount of the traffic is US vessels. [70%???]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:10 AM (hovnC)

299 Wait. We can just cap MFers we don’t like? Your Terms Are Acceptable

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 09:11 AM (49u8i)

300 There was a reason why the Nazties put their biggest Jewish extermination camp in Poland.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:12 AM (v6JzV)

301 From over the weekend.

Dec 12, 2024
Did South African trauma surgeon Dr. Vicky Jennings die after "suffering a sudden heart attack" related to COVID-19 vaccination, as implied by social media posts? No, that's not true: Jennings' colleague and head of department told Lead Stories that he can "unequivocally confirm that her death was in no way related to vaccination."

A medico-legal autopsy required by law in South Africa confirmed that she died of a pulmonary embolus after a long flight. "There were no associated other risk factors," said her colleague.

https://tinyurl.com/3jekaney

BLOOD CLOTS up +355%

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 23, 2024 09:12 AM (jHelr)

302 Will This Be the End of Bond — James Bond?

No.

THE NEW JAMES BOND FILM CURRENTLY BEING PRODUCED FOR AMAZON:

"You Only Trans Twice"

- Bond cuts off his wang to infiltrate a White Supremest Trannie Gang. Then later has Q make a new smaller designer wang because he now knows "how a woman feels" about getting rogered by his previously enormous hog.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:12 AM (iJfKG)

303 Sebastian Zapeta, a 25-year-old Hispanic male from Guatemala. In US since 2018. So he got in during Trump's administration.

Guatemala has a problem with femicide. hell, the other guy got away with it. Maybe this guy will be acquitted too

we have a dumpster in our area that is a magnet for this. Folks literally just walking around looking for stuff to burn.

This poor woman. Holy hell. A little shocked by the depravity. The NY authorities are a joke.

Let's see if they take this as seriously as they did the CEO. Trump will use this crime for his "Mass deportation" agenda.

This is why some people defend Penny. I know in that case he could have held him without killing him but people don't look at details like that. we need to take strong public positions in these cases to at least prevent the bs put out by the right wing. In this case they will start saying liberals invited this by being a sanctuary city.

Cameras did solve this crime quickly. If not for a camera in a subway car, the suspect would have most likely remained free.

Resources would have been better spent preventing crime than solving it.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 23, 2024 09:13 AM (JCZqz)

304 Dear dad,
How does it feel that your daughter is known only for sucking dick?

Probably beats knowing that his son isn't similarly known.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:13 AM (rHxhM)

305 and a huge amount of the traffic is US vessels. [70%???]
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:10 AM (hovnC)

Commander Chekhov told me that it’s spelled Wessels…. As in nuclear wessel…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 23, 2024 09:13 AM (GZOLv)

306 Jewish leader can't go to Holocaust remembrance at Auschwitz due to anti semitic courts. Priceless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 23, 2024 09:14 AM (DopAq)

307 - Evil?
You believe in that? How very unscientific of you.
Don't you know you're just highly evolved chimps, or orangutan, or something?

Posted by: TeeJ at December 23, 2024 09:14 AM (ytKo6)

308 Resources would have been better spent preventing crime than solving it.
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MOAR WELFARE FOR ALL!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:14 AM (hovnC)

309 "Nearly three years after Amazon acquired the right to release Bond movies through its $6.5 billion purchase of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, the relationship between the family that oversees the franchise and the e-commerce giant has all but collapsed,” reported WSJ.

Broccoli was quoted calling the studio “fucking idiots” for pushing the idea James Bond can become some kind of cinematic universe focused on a dozen characters. She also reportedly does not believe that Amazon, which owns MGM, should be the studio to carry on the franchise, believing that they have been holding it “hostage.”

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

310 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be warm, ensconced with family and friends, and blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

311 Blue State Cities had a huge Safety Net with a Dem POTUS. They could afford to give huge benies to illegals and bankrupt their coffers, because they knew Biden would bail them out.

2025 will change that, and these migrants will go back home

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (YCxFk)

312 303 Sebastian Zapeta, a 25-year-old Hispanic male from Guatemala. In US since 2018. So he got in during Trump's administration.

Saw stories emphasizing that he came in when Trump was President therefore it's not Biden's fault...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

313 Here is the text of the 1977 Canal treaty

https://tinyurl.com/345cfx6h

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (/7KEl)

314 > Build your coop varmint tight, and then build it again. Stepson has lost almost all of his to predators.
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Neighbor has a coop. Part hand built, part fiberglass shed. All surrounded by chicken wire (duh) including the top. Reinforced.

Coons dug under it all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (Q4IgG)

315 310. You as well NaCly

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:16 AM (YCxFk)

316 309 "Nearly three years after Amazon acquired the right to release Bond movies through its $6.5 billion purchase of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, the relationship between the family that oversees the franchise and the e-commerce giant has all but collapsed,” reported WSJ.

Broccoli was quoted calling the studio “fucking idiots” for pushing the idea James Bond can become some kind of cinematic universe focused on a dozen characters. She also reportedly does not believe that Amazon, which owns MGM, should be the studio to carry on the franchise, believing that they have been holding it “hostage.”
Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

========

The head of production at Amazon was described as a "fucking idiot" by another Amazon exec, now former.

Hasn't seen any Bond movie before Craig. Thinks that movies made in the 80s are "old" and not worth her time.

She runs one of the largest movie studios in America.

But she's a she. She's probably some kind of first, and that's what's important.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 23, 2024 09:16 AM (4LF+x)

317 312. But he went home and came back in 2023 , and was given free housing by Biden

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:17 AM (YCxFk)

318 317 312. But he went home and came back in 2023 , and was given free housing by Biden
Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:17 AM (YCxFk)

They seem to have skipped that part

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 09:17 AM (VE6XX)

319 1. Greenland
2. Canada
3. Panama
4. ?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2024 09:17 AM (LkLld)

320 Actress Gemma Arterton, who played Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace, also weighed in on the controversy of who James Bond should be in the modern world by denouncing the idea of a female Bond.

“They talk about it, but I think people would find it too outrageous. Sometimes you just have to respect the tradition,” she said.

... just trying to ripoff "Atomic Blonde" and "La Femme Nikita"

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

321 the words nullify and negate do not appear in the treaty

Posted by: Don Black at December 23, 2024 09:18 AM (/7KEl)

322 286
MORONBLEG!

Looking for a couple of last minute gifts for offspring:

Have any of y'all played the games-

"Mysterium"

"Dixit"

"The Mind"

What's your opinion? Did you enjoy the game?

Thanks.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:05 AM (iJfKG)

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I've played Dixit before, but not the version I'm finding on Amazon (or maybe we just played by our own rules). The version I know (if I remember, it's been awhile), for each turn, one person would give the category, and the others would put in a card they felt best represented the category. Then the person who gave the category would pick their favorite. There are a number of games like this. It was alright. We've got another game like this that I enjoyed more (I'd have to look up the name).

Another game you might consider is Set. I really like that one. Basically, you have a deck of cards where each card has 4 characteristics. 12 cards are laid down, and players have to find a set of 3 cards. A set is comprised of 3 cards where each characteristic is either all the same or all different. As sets are found, more cards are put down. Whoever finds the most sets wins.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 23, 2024 09:18 AM (OGOaV)

323 316. They killed Bond off. What is the point?

Posted by: Jonah at December 23, 2024 09:18 AM (YCxFk)

324 Resources would have been better spent preventing crime than solving it.
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MOAR WELFARE FOR ALL!!!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:14 AM (hovnC)

Midnight soccer leagues and rap sessions!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 09:18 AM (Aqu9a)

325 Biden just pardoned three dozen murderers...

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 23, 2024 09:19 AM (KTi59)

326 I’m woefully not up to speed on treaties.

“Negotiated” (wink wink) by Carter, then ratified by the Senate? What a bunch of wankers. Biden, et al

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 09:19 AM (49u8i)

327 When you raise chickens, be sure to keep the roosters away from the dogs. Especially the ones with paddles.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:20 AM (v6JzV)

328 Good morning all. Not sure what to say about the NYC subway story...sick shit.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 23, 2024 09:21 AM (EmT/E)

329 319 Liechtenstein FTW!

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)

330 The Panama Canal is becoming less relevant in the grand scheme of things. Many of the so-called "Panamax" cargo ships are too large to fit through the canal's various locks. Those ships account for a lot of the cargo transported by sea.

By definition "Panamax" means that the cargo ship is built to transit the Panama canal.

As it stands Right Now, building larger ships for the US market doesn't make much sense while we still have powerful stevedore unions that prevent automation. There are no US ports in the top fifty mostly because we rely on terrorists to unload ships to their own personal satisfaction.

Also, since the US refuses to modernize, dredging for the larger ships doesn't make sense either so the new super cargo ships need not stop in the former US and can continue to service serious nations.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (rHxhM)

331 >
1. Greenland
2. Canada
3. Panama
4. ?
Posted by: JackStraw
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4. A "soft" invasion of Mexico along the US border.

*an actual quote*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (Q4IgG)

332 What's your opinion? Did you enjoy the game?

Thanks.
Posted by: naturalfake

Take a look at Apples to Apples, there is a standard version and a junior version.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (RXTAs)

333 Remember this undocumented immigrant was just lighting the people on fire that Americans wouldn't. Really it is an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (oZhjI)

334 Q: The same chicken every time?

A: No sir, a different chicken each time.

Response: Please inform Mrs. Roosevelt of that fact.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (Aqu9a)

335 The World will be a better place when the invent the equivalent of "Ozempic for Ugly People"

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

336 276 Evil never rests. Yet it always ultimately loses. Why is that?

Because the good guys never rest either and there are far more of us.

We've survived far worse things than Joe frigging Biden and Barry Obama. Now comes payback.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2024 09:03 AM (LkLld)

I want to believe that, but I fear we no longer have the capacity for that level of cruelty.

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (UnA8+)

337 Here is the text of the 1977 Canal treaty
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Is it 1,567-pages long??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:23 AM (hovnC)

338 335 The World will be a better place when the invent the equivalent of "Ozempic for Ugly People"
Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

Canada already invented that.

It's called MAID.

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 09:23 AM (UnA8+)

339 We've got another game like this that I enjoyed more (I'd have to look up the name).

If you could look that up, I'd appreciate it.

We have "Set". It's a fun game.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

340 1. Greenland
2. Canada
3. Panama
4. ?

You must be kidding....

• Washington DC
• Puerto Rico

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:24 AM (rHxhM)

341 There were actually two Canal treaties, signed on the same day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 09:24 AM (v6JzV)

342 The World will be a better place when the invent the equivalent of "Ozempic for Ugly People"
Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

We already did, thousands of years ago. It's called beer.

Perhaps you are familiar with its goggle effects?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (Aqu9a)

343 I prefer fewer “ states” rather than more…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (PCK5/)

344 Musk Derangement Syndrome

Musk’s push for transparency and fiscal responsibility has reshaped the debate over government spending, exposing inefficiency and forcing Congress to answer to the public.

.. somehow they will bring back the 'smoke filled rooms'

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

345 Take a look at Apples to Apples, [/i}

Thanks for the suggestion. We have this one as well.

It's fun.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

346 Part of the fun of the World's Fair,
Is the subway special that takes you there.
Any time, night or day,
Just pay fifteen cents, hop on board,
And you're on your way......

Posted by: #7 To Flushing at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (G5+As)

347 One thing we might observe with the left, despite Biden’s lofty pronouncements - they aren’t “against” the death penalty. Every policy is transactional, they are all about Free Speech when they aren’t in power.

They were hating on big corporations until they started running them.

They will use death penalty against their enemies the first chance they get. Watch. I would view it as a kind of barometer, to see their editorial position on this.

When they can start

Posted by: Common Tater at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (49u8i)

348 You can't hate the leftist news enough-

New York Daily News
@NYDailyNews
Woman dies after she catches fire in Brooklyn subway car; NYPD suspects homicide

https://tinyurl.com/2hxsau5d

Posted by: redridinghood at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

349 343 I prefer fewer “ states” rather than more…
Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (PCK5/

Agreed.. Let's get rid of Hawaii...)

Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (VE6XX)

350 335 The World will be a better place when the invent the equivalent of "Ozempic for Ugly People"
Posted by: SMOD

Done.

Posted by: Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer at December 23, 2024 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

351 So who's having sex with the hen?

https://youtu.be/Dii5OlXoeac

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 23, 2024 09:26 AM (dg+HA)

352 349 343 I prefer fewer “ states” rather than more…
Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (PCK5/

Agreed.. Let's get rid of Hawaii...)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 23, 2024 09:25 AM (VE6XX)

A good start… bust it down to territorial status, or peddle it to the Japanese…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:26 AM (PCK5/)

353 Mornin' Horde. I've got some time off around the holidays. Luxury.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (O7YUW)

354 There's cheap food and there's unhealthy food. We have been trending to unhealthy food some time now and it shows up as unhealthy people. We also have unhealthy pets, who get the dregs of meat production. They tried to put in organic standards, for folks that wanted something different. What we got was a system that was too expensive for small producers and let big producers game the system. They also bought up the brands that had been known for organic products. I don't care how cheap their bacon is, I am not a fan of Smithfield

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (NQtI0)

355 >>• Puerto Rico

You don't want Puerto Rico. Trust me on this one.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (LkLld)

356 I want to believe that, but I fear we no longer have the capacity for that level of cruelty.

So the Blob's Evil Plan to eliminate meat, push estrogen promoting soy products and universalize Birth Control Pills such that it is in the water supply all in the name of reducing testosterone in the domestic male population is working.

'bout time to flood the US with goat eaters who have lots of T.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (rHxhM)

357 Please inform Mrs. Roosevelt

That's out there in Panamax territory.
You guys are fun to watch. Like wingless flies. JFCA.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (zdLoL)

358 Another fun game is Carcassone.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 23, 2024 09:28 AM (RXTAs)

359 Was there not one man in the SNL audience that could have stood up and called the audience sick and evil people while walking out ? He could have had his well deserved 15 minutes.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 23, 2024 09:28 AM (D6PGr)

360 You don't want Puerto Rico. Trust me on this one.

I heard from reliable sources that it is an island of trash.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 23, 2024 09:28 AM (rHxhM)

361 355 >>• Puerto Rico

You don't want Puerto Rico. Trust me on this one.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2024 09:27 AM (LkLld)

Really enjoyed myself there over last Christmas… but, yeah, no.. good the way it is…

Posted by: tubal at December 23, 2024 09:28 AM (PCK5/)

362 Hawaii already belongs to the Yakuza, anyway...

Posted by: XTC at December 23, 2024 09:29 AM (UnA8+)

363 Bangladesh: Muslims Raid Over 100 Hindu-Owned Properties, Loot Millions Over Alleged Blasphemy

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Dude, it's Christmas, not April Fool's.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 23, 2024 09:29 AM (L/fGl)

364 339 We've got another game like this that I enjoyed more (I'd have to look up the name).

If you could look that up, I'd appreciate it.

We have "Set". It's a fun game.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 23, 2024 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

--------------------------

OK. Look for PicWits. Same concept. One player (the judge) flips a caption card, and the rest of the players choose the card they feel best fits. The judge then chooses their favorite.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 23, 2024 09:29 AM (OGOaV)

365 No one needs more game choices than the Solitaire game.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 23, 2024 09:30 AM (Aqu9a)

366 .
NOOD

Art Thread is up

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 23, 2024 09:30 AM (O7YUW)

367 No one needs more game choices than the Solitaire game.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 23, 2024 09:30 AM (Aqu9a)
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Which version?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 23, 2024 09:31 AM (BpYfr)

368
A
R
T

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

369 Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
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It looks like that's the original treaty that was superseded by the new one handing control of the Canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 09:32 AM (hovnC)

370 7,000 People Die Every Hour...

...nearly 62 million lives were lost worldwide last year - an average of around 7,000 deaths every hour...

.. The Circle of Life and all that jazz

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

371 In case you missed it, Winter officially started on Saturday morning, the 21st.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

372 Paid $2.15 for a dozen eggs at Aldi yesterday.

Posted by: So there's that at December 23, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

373 I think any reasonable person would see that a consumption tax distributes the burden across all income earners.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2024 08:34 AM (gbOdA)
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I think any reasonable person would see that a consumption tax distributes the burden across all consumers.

This includes the poor.

Posted by: Ciampino - tell the UK to send another at December 23, 2024 09:35 AM (i0xsb)

374 And if murder by burning was a Federal crime. then evil FJB would likely pardon this "Guatemalan migrant"

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2024 09:35 AM (bHjkq)

375 German 'Deep State' Effort To Ban AfD Faces Major Setback

An AfD ban is unlikely to pass in this legislative period, but efforts are still underway to ban the party...

.. the new way to win when you are losing .. ban your opposition

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:36 AM (RHGPo)

376 In the evolving landscape of global IT services, the recent class-action lawsuit against Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. stands out as a stark illustration of systemic employment discrimination within major corporations. This case, brought forward by Latreecia Folkes and over 2,000 other plaintiffs, has uncovered deep-rooted biases against NON-Indian employees, highlighting troubling practices within the use of the H-1B visa program.

... just another case after AMD had an internal enforcement of a caste system of Indian employees.

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:39 AM (RHGPo)

377 The Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, has claimed that child sex trafficking across the southern border is not his responsibility.

Margaret, we certainly have received reports of children being trafficked, even those as to whom we know where they are. That is outside the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security.

.. oh yeah, he was the Secretary of Homeland Jackassery

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:45 AM (RHGPo)

378 Miraculous. America was about to go over the cliff with Harris, no doubt creating a packed SCOTUS, leading to the end of 2A and restrictions on other rights.

But evil never sleeps.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2024 09:47 AM (+PfCm)

379 Putin: Joe Biden Is Corrupt, Unpresidential… and Less Honorable than Stalin!

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

380 BREAKING: According to Politico, Federal Workers are considering quitting their jobs over the holidays before President Trump takes office in January.

... pretty please with sugar on top

Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 10:00 AM (RHGPo)

381 "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing half-assed."

- Joe Biden

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 23, 2024 10:04 AM (gfztU)

382 Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas is playing 24/7 on YouTube. I forget what channel, but it is an official distribution one.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 23, 2024 10:07 AM (m+LmI)

383 370 7,000 People Die Every Hour...

...nearly 62 million lives were lost worldwide last year - an average of around 7,000 deaths every hour...

.. The Circle of Life and all that jazz
Posted by: SMOD at December 23, 2024 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

Reaper Status

[X] Not feared

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2024 10:44 AM (x0n13)

384 Chickens can stop laying because of natural light patterns of sunrise and sunset times, which is why people use artificial light timers in chicken coops (sometimes).

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 23, 2024 10:54 AM (vwtjq)

385 A person responded, "I love it so much here." Another chimed in, "It's a promise. Portland doesn't f**k around."

Too bad they don't try this in Texas; the results would be quite different that in the 2nd Amendment-Emasculated Portland, where fascism is cloaked in an anti-fascist name is all the rage, and the police and local government are happy to allow it full sway.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 23, 2024 11:12 AM (ynpvh)

386 A major pro-crime cause has been blocking the death penalty by falsely claiming that its use is ‘cruel’.

We can always go back to the methods not considered cruel or unusual when the Constitution was ratified. Public Hangings, anyone?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 23, 2024 11:17 AM (ynpvh)

387 Egg Shortages Reported Across the United States as the Holiday Baking Season Begins

Went to Costco yesterday, none of the least expensive white eggs (Costco employee said they were out of stock). Had to buy "organic" brown eggs instead. Not the worst I've paid for eggs in Kalifornia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 23, 2024 11:23 AM (ynpvh)

388 Those questions have yet to be answered, but for now, I think the most likely outcome is that we’ve already seen the sad and pusillanimous end of Romania’s 35-year experiment with democracy.

Can't have pusillanimous without someone being a pussy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 23, 2024 11:28 AM (ynpvh)

389 The solution is simple: Ensure every American can freely, safely, and privately support the organizations that represent their values and beliefs. We must end the ability of bureaucrats and political operatives to spy on donors and nonprofits.

We are beyond that point. Unless those organizations are cleansed/purged of those involved in the persecution of political "enemies", and those so purged are hit with the full force of the law, nothing will change.

The Left changed the rules of engagement; they now will have to live with it now that the shoe is on the other foot.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 23, 2024 11:47 AM (ynpvh)

390 We should start to refer to death row inmates as Fetuses and their cell's as wombs. Problem solved. And I bet the ‘’F’ ire train murderer gets 5 years for manslaughter and 10 years for subway damage.

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at December 23, 2024 11:56 AM (qX+wO)

391 Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
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It looks like that's the original treaty that was superseded by the new one handing control of the Canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999.
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@amuse @amuse 18h
PANAMA CANAL: Trump suggested the US might need to take over control of the Panama Canal. Interestingly the Torrijos-Carter Treaty allows the US to take control of the canal if operation is disrupted. Panama has struggled to keep the canal operating and it is the responsibility of the US to take over if necessary.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 23, 2024 12:07 PM (hovnC)

392 Good morning/early afternoon, all, and thank you, J.J. 🙏

Given the close proximity to both Christmas and
Hanukkah - but having spent the last handful of days SO aggravated over politics, MSM, government deception, and so on - I thought I better step back from my usual written ranting & be mindful of what's important to me and why. That's a long list of cherished people, events & customs, the freedoms we still have, and of course those in need - sometimes needing miracles with & in God's grace.

Did manage to watch Mark Levin's show with Ted Cruz & Victor Davis Hanson over the weekend. It was worthwhile; a mix of in your face realism & hope. And, yes, VDH is a PDT believer.

🙏 & good wishes for all the Horde, and for all of the Hamas hostages who will be missing their holiday celebrations once again & as they continue to be dearly missed by their families and friends.

Peace when & if possible.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 23, 2024 12:15 PM (NFX2v)

393 "interest from streaming services such as Netflix, which is considering producing content related to Harris"

...

First Meghan (and Harry) and now this. It's as though the whole point of Netflix is to produce content people can use as a pretext to hook up. You wouldn't want anything interesting.

Posted by: Bombadil at December 23, 2024 12:17 PM (MX0bI)

394 Having just dumped coffee on the keyboard, I have no number nine. Could be more keys out of commission soon but for now it's nine & some F keys dead.

Anyway, number three nine three, above, remember that's how Zelensky was 'made' and has been supported in part.

That stinking "Servants of the People" series loops on Jewish TV and on other sites, and, btw, it's also the name of that evil little worm's political party.

>Newsweek, Jul 27, 2024, Netflix Co-Founder's Massive Kamala Harris Donation ...

>And with Barack & Michele's Netflix involvement, too.

The Economic Times, 'After campaigning for Kamala Harris in the U.S elections, Michelle Obama’s latest mission is helping seniors find love; here's how she is doing it.' The Feed, Updated: 13 November, 2024

Governmental Vampires.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 23, 2024 12:35 PM (NFX2v)

395 We need to take back the Panama Canal to keep it away from the ChiComs.

Posted by: Bulg at December 23, 2024 08:49 AM

Matt Gaetz @mattgaetz

This is a fact.

We aren’t taking the canal back from Panama.

We are taking it back from China.

Alex Pfeiffer @AlexPfeiffer

A Chinese company has "a de facto monopoly over the porting industry around" the Panama canal.

https://bit.ly/3Pb2Tx1

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 23, 2024 01:02 PM (P5BPp)

396 Then stop the Clintons.

China also serves as a distraction:

Govconwire, today, 'Hanwha Completes Philly Shipyard Purchase'

South Korea-based Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Ocean have closed their acquisition of U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard for approximately $100 million to expand its footprint in the U.S. market for defense growth and commercial shipbuilding. 11 hours ago.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 23, 2024 02:46 PM (NFX2v)

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