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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 25, 2024 [TRex]

[Photo: Silent Night Chapel, Oberndorf, Austria]

[Click through for Stille Nacht in the native German language, as God intended. No hidden Yoko. Really. How many skeptics want to click anyway just to check? What, you do not trust a dinosaur?]

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Good evening Horde. Was Santa good to you? Are you tinkering, reading, and otherwise enjoying surprises in your stocking or under your tree? As much as those things might be appreciated, we all know the true meaning of the season. Christmas and Hanukkah are not about stuff. They are really all about the ONT.

Here we go... Do not miss the mystery clicks. They are what I got you for Christmas but they were on sale, so I cannot return them.

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Variations on a theme:

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I am telling you why...Santa Claus is coming to town...with fixed wing firepower.

Given prior thread comments, the Warthog may be the unofficial mascot of the ONT. (mystery click credit: SARDiver. Look for lyrics in the comments)

20241221-Santa Claus flying in an A-10 aircraft(1).jpg

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Variations on a different theme:

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More theme variations:

Estimates suggest that Mariah makes $2.5m each year on royalties from this song alone. You do not come to the ONT expecting bland replays of Mariah. You came expecting high quality content like a guy in a horsehead mask sitting in a bathtub smashing the snot out of a five gallon plastic bucket with glow in the dark drumsticks. Here is Buckets the Drummer:

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Ever wonder why Colonel Sanders is always smiling?

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This is not the food thread, but TRex is skeptical that this meets the high standards of CBD so it lives in the ONT...

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Maybe you had an advent calendar. Were you cool enough to have an advent calendar with TRex and friends?

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In my careful reading, biblical accounts of the first nativity do not contain a definitive record of animals in attendance. Perhaps such details got lost in the path through Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin and the King James translation. A donkey, sheep, and cattle were are possible but none signed a guest register or posed for a photo. The Wise Men could have ridden camels (since they followed a star instead of taking a flight and trying to explain Frankincense to TSA).

The only logical conclusion is that dinosaurs might have been there too. Perhaps biblical scribes thought dinosaurs warranted no mention because dinosaurs naturally fit in with the other stable animals. You know...because dinosaurs typically keep a low profile and blend in with the crowd, even when they bring workshop tools as a gift to the newborn king. MUCH more practical than Frankincense. Although apparently they fought over presentation logistics... (Photo hat tip: Doof):

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Evil but cute? Do not know how Santa determines whether Minions are naughty or nice. They are enthusiastic but they did steal the moon...

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This is the best, but least sung or played Christmas hymn:

Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?

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Variations on yet another theme:

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Did anyone get a hippopotamus for Christmas? Pablo Escobar is the only person I can think of who had his own privately owned hippos but pretty sure he was on the naughty end of the naughty and nice scale.

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Hope in the darkest of times. The photo is in Nuremberg, Germany in 1931. Click on the photo for the backstory. Happy Hanukkah for those among the Horde who are of the Tribe:

20241220-A menorah defies the Nazi flag , 1931.jpg

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Snoopy and the Red Baron provide our big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. Thanks much to the Horde for playing along with the ONT reindeer games and an AoS HQ hat tip to the COBs and contributors for the help and support throughout the year. This is a special place. No, I will not be issuing pardons for barrel violations.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:56 PM

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1 First!

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:59 PM (Q8Bj8)

2 However

Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 10:00 PM (i0xsb)

3 Yay, National "Kiss the Cook" Day ONT!

Although I'm sure BJ's would also be gladly accepted.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:01 PM (lUFok)

4 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 10:01 PM (ZOv7s)

5 Merry Christmas good Hordians.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)

6 Great ONT TRex, thanks for this girthy post!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)

7 And I'd have been first except for that awesome content!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)

8 6 Great ONT TRex, thanks for this girthy post!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM
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Thanks and congrats on the Hrothgar family news!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (9tvFd)

9 Joyeux Noël!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (a07r0)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (Zz0t1)

11 Howdy T Rex! Nice job closing out Christmas with so much good stuff. On to peruse the offerings!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (BSDFI)

12 Thank you for a lengthy Christmas ONT TRex! Great job.

I liked the cat Christmas tree one. Snowflake and Trumpy really liked sleeping under the Christmas tree on the white blanket for awhile.

No damage but a few low hanging decorations got knocked around.

Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (jvJvP)

13 Crap. Strike one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)

14 Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (a07r0)

15 Crap. Strike one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)

Merry Christmas, brother!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (BSDFI)

16 Female T-Rex: PULL MY HAIR!!

Male T-Rex: I'M FKN TRYING!!

Posted by: Memes R US at December 25, 2024 10:10 PM (P4znf)

17 14 Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (a07r0)

Now I see it.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:10 PM (jvJvP)

18 Merry Christmas night, all! The "Once In Royal David's City" I saw in the hymn book at Linda's church this morning, but I didn't have time to peruse the lyrics, and the singer didn't perform it.

Today has been Clint Day on Grit. Pale Rider is on now. I'm going to head off to bed in about half an hour, though; planning to work out tomorrow, then try one of the new tobaccos Linda got me for Xmas. We had our ham and stuffing, some turtle cheesecake for dessert, and gave bits of ham to the cats. Stirling inhaled his; not sure if Dagny showed any interest, which means he inhaled hers too.

I hope everybody had a good Christmas Eve and Day!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:11 PM (omVj0)

19 Hello Horde, hope everyone had a merry Christmas or a happy Hanukkah....I always wonder how so many months of preparations seemingly are over so quickly!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)

20 Merry Christmas, Düph. Hope you had a great day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (Zz0t1)

21 Crap. Strike one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

But a fabulous one!

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (ftFVW)

22 There is an unopened GI Joe aircraft carrier on Ebay for a steal at $49,999.00.

Errr plus shipping at $2,500.

I think I knew two kids who got one. My parents just laughed when my younger brothers tried the "That's all we want. Combine our presents" thing.
I remember this because it was more that the heap of crap Camarro for sale down the street I was trying to get them to buy me.

Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (xcIvR)

23 The manger scene/T. Rexes deal took me a moment to see the manger part with the two adults praying. Those are pretty chubby tyrannosaurs, though; could be allosaurs or something similar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM (omVj0)

24 Dammit. Now I can’t see anything other than TRexes.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM (qVV8U)

25 How much did the GI Joe aircraft carrier cost in 1970 or whenever? I don't recall ever seeing it in stores. Of course I was way past GI Joe and into girls by then, so I guess I wouldn't have noticed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:14 PM (omVj0)

26 24 Dammit. Now I can’t see anything other than TRexes.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM
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Blame Doof.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (9tvFd)

27 I’ve been listening to Doris Day’s Snowfall.

I also love Manhattan Transfer’s & also Claude Thornhill’s (no lyrics) original.

Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (qz+gL)

28 Blame Doof.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (9tvFd)

I blame everyone but myself.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (DX6IT)

29 Have any of you ever thought “let me put a horse mask on, lights around my neck and play plastic cylinders in and around my tub as drums to Mariah Carey”?

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

30 DOOOOOOOF!

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (PiwSw)

31
I blame everyone but myself.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (DX6IT

It is the way.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (Zz0t1)

32 I blame everyone but myself.
Posted by: BCochran1981

I've always found that to be the best way!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (hOUT3)

33 Good evening and Merry Christmas to everyone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (6ZHNK)

34 Merry Christmas, Blanco Basura. Actually had a slightly chilly wind this afternoon.

Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:18 PM (qz+gL)

35 Have any of you ever thought “let me put a horse mask on, lights around my neck and play plastic cylinders in and around my tub as drums to Mariah Carey”?

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

Of course not! That would be ridiculous!

*checks bathroom for cams*

Why do you ask?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:18 PM (YnIVK)

36 Donald Trump's offer to people of Canada in bid to 'take over'

https://mol.im/a/14226271

Posted by: Ciampino - about CA population size at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (i0xsb)

37 The earlier thread's 'No Yoko', would not have been posted if the profanity had not been overlooked. Double negatives and all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (6ZHNK)

38 Good evening morons and Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah and its not that I don't trust you TRex but I have been burned by too many mystery clicks before.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

39 Have any of you ever thought “let me put a horse mask on, lights around my neck and play plastic cylinders in and around my tub as drums to Mariah Carey”?
Posted by: Piper

Not me, my middle son though...

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:21 PM (ftFVW)

40 Hope everyone's had a great Christmas!

I'll be gone until January 2. The family and I are going on a cruise in the Caribbean for the next week(ish).

See you all next year!

Posted by: Dr. T at December 25, 2024 10:21 PM (jGGMD)

41 Once more, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to this incredible cadre of people. Here’s to new traditions, however ridiculous they may be!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM (p4NUW)

42 Is FEMA going to knock them down? Not to code?
Survivors of Hurricane Helene receive heartwarming gift for Christmas

https://mol.im/a/14226537

Posted by: Ciampino - hey baby it's cold outside at December 25, 2024 10:23 PM (i0xsb)

43 Safe travels Dr T.

Don't let the old lady throw you overboard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:23 PM (Zz0t1)

44 41 Once more, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to this incredible cadre of people. Here’s to new traditions, however ridiculous they may be!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM
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And a Happy Halloween to you!!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:24 PM (9tvFd)

45 Happy Christmas! Thanks for ONT, Trex

Posted by: Iris at December 25, 2024 10:24 PM (bOJ2I)

46 Watch the hate speech, fanatics!

Toby Young@toadmeister
The Church of England has told clergy in Birmingham to watch out for "problematic words" in Christmas carols that imply Jesus is the "true Messiah" or other religions aren't valid. And they wonder why the pews are empty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (L/fGl)

47 Evenin'

'missile toads'

Heh!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (Wg6v7)

48 Merry Christmas to all the Moron Horde.
It's been a great day. Between real space and video face time we saw all the kids and grandkids. At one time in my living room we were connected to here in PA, Montana, Ireland, and Djibouti. Everybody could see and talk at once. A long way from sending and waiting for letters when I was first overseas in the 70's.

Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (juYdJ)

49 Werner returns briefly from hiding from Krampus to bid all a Merry Christmas. I left out a note announcing that I was to be found at Michael Moore's house, so hopefully it's his problem now. Also, many thanks, TRex - that first musical selection really hit Werner in the feels. Suddenly it seems a trifle dusty around here, as obviously Werner would not weep. Ja, I don't believe me either. In any event, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (G6LTi)

50 I just went downstairs for more beer and heard water running.

The cats staying with us turn on the water faucet in the bathroom next to the laundry room. The faucet releases water onto a downward, open, cascade when you lift the handle up.

I'm trying to remember to close the door there at night.

The water's not going full blast. But still. Water!

I thought it was Snowflake who has a ton of playful energy. I looked in the bathroom the other day and Snowflake was on the ground looking up at Trumpy on the counter amazed at the falling water.

Very cute. Not my cats, but cute.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (jvJvP)

51 Merry Christmas, Düph. Hope you had a great day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (Zz0t1)

I did, thanks. Rare occasion of both of my boys and me together. And older son's girlfriend. I soaked up every minute of it!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (BSDFI)

52 Our Christmas gifts to each other this year included socks, floor mats for my pickup, Viking drill bits, a message board for the home office, kitchen tools, and emergency flashlights. It was our most practical Christmas ever.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (9yUzE)

53 TRex and Grateful, the little one finished the Lego poinsettia. Pictures will be incoming.

Also thank you for the ONT!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (pZEOD)

54 Blame Doof.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (9tvFd)

*laughs like Muttley*

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:27 PM (BSDFI)

55 It's been a great day. Between real space and video face time we saw all the kids and grandkids. At one time in my living room we were connected to here in PA, Montana, Ireland, and Djibouti. Everybody could see and talk at once. A long way from sending and waiting for letters when I was first overseas in the 70's.
Posted by: Cosda

This is a profound example of how technology makes like better. This does not represent the other 99% of times it makes it worse.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:27 PM (Q8Bj8)

56 52 It was our most practical Christmas ever.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM
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Outstanding. I got a Rigid EZ Change Plumbers Wrench Faucet tool that I'm told was recommended by the Horde. Thank you whomever made the recommendation!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (9tvFd)

57 Not my cats,
Posted by: Stateless at December

Lies.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (pZEOD)

58 *pours bourbon* MERRY CHRISTMAS, HORDE.

CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (Xo+UM)

59 "Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World."
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Unincorporated territory under our protection but no US voting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (6ZHNK)

60 Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?
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Several, 'Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella', and 'Good King Wenceslas', among others, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'The Holly and the Ivy'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (XeU6L)

61 TRex and Grateful, the little one finished the Lego poinsettia. Pictures will be incoming.
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I need to figure out how to bottle her focus and determination, it's inspiring.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:29 PM (9tvFd)

62 It was our most practical Christmas ever.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM

Should I conclude your new roof is coming along?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (Q8Bj8)

63 39 Have any of you ever thought “let me put a horse mask on, lights around my neck and play plastic cylinders in and around my tub as drums to Mariah Carey”?
Posted by: Piper

I got to horse mask and was expecting you to go Godfather with fake blood in bed.

Man, I have been watching a lot of disturbing horror movies.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (jvJvP)

64 51 Rare occasion of both of my boys and me together. And older son's girlfriend. I soaked up every minute of it!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM
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Nice. Glad to hear. We like a happy Doof.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)

65 Of all the leaves within the wood, the holly bears a crown …

Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (qz+gL)

66 Yea, Buckets!

Posted by: Texican ette at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (SNf74)

67 14 Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

--

Yup

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (WL2lA)

68 Bravo is stretched out on the cat bed next to the sofa I like on. Tis a good night.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (9yUzE)

69 That shooting in Walmart a few days ago? One turns himself in.

https://tinyurl.com/2yw8ajp8

Shame victim was not intended target. Nice looking lady.

Posted by: Ciampino - social workers wouldn't work at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (i0xsb)

70 Fantastic ONT TRex!
Stopped by earlier hoping you all had a fun, happy and healthy day!
Love you guys 🙏🎅🤶💖❣!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (L83z3)

71 And a Happy Halloween to you!!
Posted by: TRex at December 25

🤣🤣🎄👻

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (p4NUW)

72 We didn’t do a ton in the way of presents this year, due to multiple large trips, but I got good stuff. Perhaps my favorite came from the Eldest Drunken Midget. I collect Funko Pops and always get some at Christmas. She got me an excellent Bane Funko.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (fz7Mb)

73 That menorah not only still exists but I believe last year it was lit in Gaza by IDF soldiers who are the fighting embodiment of 'never again'.

Posted by: stv at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (Vicsq)

74 "Should I conclude your new roof is coming along?"

Roof is fine. Kitchen is the problem.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (9yUzE)

75 70 Fantastic ONT TRex!
Stopped by earlier hoping you all had a fun, happy and healthy day!
Love you guys 🙏🎅🤶💖❣!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM
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Right back atcha! Fun and happy and healthy!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (9tvFd)

76 How much do dumplings weigh?

Wonton.

Posted by: Ciampino - curried wonton? at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (i0xsb)

77 >>> and emergency flashlights. It was our most practical Christmas ever.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Lights went out the other night but thanks to Harbor Freight Toy Store there were several battery lamps to light up the house.
-tool tip, when the lights come back on be sure and turn off those battery powered accessories-

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (6ZHNK)

78 It is a religious obligation for the menorah to be in the window because one purpose of lighting it is to shine a light in the dark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

79 Second video down (I can't figure out how to link directly).

The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,

https://is.gd/bt2Dox

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (L/fGl)

80 "Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?"

Glad you asked!

Since Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I say Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus" is a Christmas song. This is a hill I will fight to defend!!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (BSDFI)

81 TRex!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (mH6SG)

82 Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

That version is definitely T Rexes, since someone photoshopped eyeholes into them.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (DgGvY)

83 61 I need to figure out how to bottle her focus and determination, it's inspiring.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December

She will love this!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (p4NUW)

84 81 TRex!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM
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Doctor Deal!!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (9tvFd)

85 That menorah not only still exists but I believe last year it was lit in Gaza by IDF soldiers who are the fighting embodiment of 'never again'.
*****************
That's right, I forgot about that. But that photo just touches my soul. Hope and light in the face of darkness

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (9tvFd)

86 Since Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I say Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus" is a Christmas song. This is a hill I will fight to defend!!
Posted by: Doof

Does that extend to the Marilyn Manson version?

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (ftFVW)

87 Merry Christmas, Miss Adriane! Hope you, the hubbby, and the killer cactus had a great one.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (lUFok)

88 Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (G6LTi)

Frohe Weihnachten.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 PM (RIvkX)

89 Owner of Turkey quake hotel that collapsed and killed 72 is jailed for 17 years

https://mol.im/a/14226069

Posted by: Ciampino - Turkish prison is not Delight at December 25, 2024 10:36 PM (i0xsb)

90 I know it's not a prayer thread, but if you could say a quick prayer for my brother in law in the hospital- to be honest, pray for my sister who is stuck looking out for him.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:37 PM (WL2lA)

91 This is a profound example of how technology makes like better. This does not represent the other 99% of times it makes it worse.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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As an engineer who spent his earliest days using an outhouse, I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of 99% of technology making things worse.

Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 10:37 PM (juYdJ)

92 76 How much do dumplings weigh?

Wonton.
Posted by: Ciampino

What's the difference between a well-dressed man on a unicycle and a poorly-dressed man on a bicycle?

Attire

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (pZEOD)

93 And a Happy Halloween to you!!
Posted by: TRex at December 25

Why do Comp Sci majors confuse Halloween and Christmas?

Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.

A short seasonal* animated video:
https://youtu.be/UAm3RPqwmq4

* - both

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (DgGvY)

94 Wow, TRex, this is like a whole other present. Thanks!

We had a lovely day- feasting and relaxing and
reminiscing about Christmases past.
I hope all of yours were great, too.

I made a pork loin filet for lunch, and it was so delicious that it is now my official holiday meal.
If you want turkey, you may have to make other plans.
Wow, it was good.
And not terrifying like a turkey.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (f+FmA)

95 Nice. Glad to hear. We like a happy Doof.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)

Thank you, my friend. Happy Doof is really the best Doof.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (BSDFI)

96 95 Nice. Glad to hear. We like a happy Doof.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)

Thank you, my friend. Happy Doof is really the best Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Cheers to this!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:39 PM (p4NUW)

97 I know it's not a prayer thread, but if you could say a quick prayer for my brother in law in the hospital- to be honest, pray for my sister who is stuck looking out for him.

Will do. Just went through that same scenario. Unfortunately, we lost him. Will pray for a better outcome for you.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:39 PM (mH6SG)

98 Unlikely as it seems Jennifer Nettles really puts her heart into 'Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel'
t.ly/YEo2Q

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (XeU6L)

99 57 Not my cats,
Posted by: Stateless at December

Lies.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (pZEOD)

I hope you had a very happy day, blended into many other happy days.

It takes the pressure off though. We have a routine now. Snowflake wakes me in the morning. I have the door closed now so I can sleep but she meows.

I put her and Trumpy outside.

I go back for last bits of sleep. When I get up, I just open the front door and Snowflake races from across the street at her 'owners' inside to eat. Trumpy too. Scares the crap out of me though.

Inauguration weekend seems like the right time to send the pet thread pictures of Trumpy.

And Snowflake.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (jvJvP)

100 Thank you, my friend. Happy Doof is really the best Doof.
+++++++++++++++++++
Wait, I was told that Disco Doof is really the best Doof

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (9tvFd)

101 Does that extend to the Marilyn Manson version?
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (ftFVW)

Of course!

I also forgot to mention The Doobie Brothers "Jesus is Just Alright With Me". Classic Christmas song!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (BSDFI)

102 Happy Doof!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (mH6SG)

103 It is a religious obligation for the menorah to be in the window because one purpose of lighting it is to shine a light in the dark. Posted by: San Franpsycho

As usual, America found its own way to these traditions: "During the American Revolutionary War, whenever a soldier went to war, the family he left behind would light a candle in the window every night he was gone. The candle remained burning until he returned. Many families, who lost their loved ones to the war, continued to light the candle in the window in remembrance of the soldier who would never be coming back home." This tradition became part of the American Civil War.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (Q8Bj8)

104 52 Our Christmas gifts to each other this year included socks, floor mats for my pickup, Viking drill bits, a message board for the home office, kitchen tools, and emergency flashlights. It was our most practical Christmas ever.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (9yUzE)

I mentioned earlier that I got a new ironing board cover.
But I quilt, so I consider that a tool.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:42 PM (f+FmA)

105 Since Die Hard is a Christmas movie,

-
Die Hard, the Musical.

https://is.gd/UvpeWK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:42 PM (L/fGl)

106 #97

A soothing song, set on a Christmas card stage for troubled hearts...

https://tinyurl.com/3ttfw4mu

Posted by: Ju at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (aTmM/)

107
Good evening again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (O/0gI)

108 As usual, America found its own way to these traditions: "During the American Revolutionary War, whenever a soldier went to war, the family he left behind would light a candle in the window every night he was gone. The candle remained burning until he returned. Many families, who lost their loved ones to the war, continued to light the candle in the window in remembrance of the soldier who would never be coming back home." This tradition became part of the American Civil War.
*************
Wow. I spent years in New England, where candles in the windows are more the rule than not, and I never heard or read about the origin story. Thanks.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)

109 That photo looks like the starting location of the Gary, Indiana Downhill.

Holy shit, there goes a snipe!

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (LkLld)

110 Wait, I was told that Disco Doof is really the best Doof
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (9tvFd)

Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (BSDFI)

111 Two T-Rex fighting over a table saw as the killer asteroid approaches...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (ynpvh)

112 Of all the leaves within the wood, the holly bears a crown …
Posted by: Adriane
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King's College

t.ly/B-ojT

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (XeU6L)

113 This is a profound example of how technology makes like better. This does not represent the other 99% of times it makes it worse.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
**********
As an engineer who spent his earliest days using an outhouse, I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of 99% of technology making things worse.
Posted by: Cosda

I concede graciously your true point. Where shall we settle this dispute? 80%?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (Q8Bj8)

114 Inauguration weekend seems like the right time to send the pet thread pictures of Trumpy.

And Snowflake.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (jvJvP)

I love how fast they trained you! Kovu’s big self is in his basket enjoying the tree after being told no 800 times today as he tried to pull bows off presents. Sabi is crashed on the chair. All is good at Casa de Piper. Thank you, Stateless, for your good thoughts.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (p4NUW)

115 {{{Doof}}}♡♡♡

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (L83z3)

116 Happy Doof!
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (mH6SG)

Cheerful (I hope) Deal!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (BSDFI)

117 110
Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Followed by?

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

118 Howdy COMM ❣️

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (BSDFI)

119 Just realized I got the #100 comment - so that means I get some of Piper's delicious dessert treats, right?

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (9tvFd)

120 79 Second video down (I can't figure out how to link directly).

The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,

https://is.gd/bt2Dox

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (L/fGl)
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Good site, thanks.

Posted by: Ciampino - Turkish Delight at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (i0xsb)

121 I also forgot to mention The Doobie Brothers "Jesus is Just Alright With Me". Classic Christmas song!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (BSDFI)

Our pastor was a Doobie Brothers fan, so on his last Sunday before retiring from our church, the worship team performed "Jesus is Just Alright" in his honor. That was fun!

Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (Sf2cq)

122 The Church of England has told clergy in Birmingham to watch out for "problematic words" in Christmas carols that imply Jesus is the "true Messiah" or other religions aren't valid.

-
Jesus is Just Alright With Me
But No Better Than Mohammad You See

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (L/fGl)

123 COMM!

Hi there lady! Blessings upon you.

Merry Christmas the rest o you finks!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (UpLUT)

124
Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

Thanks to the two holes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 10:48 PM (63Dwl)

125 The King is a fink!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (Zz0t1)

126 Thank you TRex for the marvey ONT! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah to all the beloved Horde!
Blessings to all of you and your families.

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (+VovS)

127 FIRST day of Christmas

Still time to finish my shopping....

Howdy, hordelings. Best of spirits to y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a part ridge in appear tree at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (09AS9)

128 I love how fast they trained you! Kovu’s big self is in his basket enjoying the tree after being told no 800 times today as he tried to pull bows off presents. Sabi is crashed on the chair. All is good at Casa de Piper. Thank you, Stateless, for your good thoughts.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (p4NUW)

You also.

The more I hear about other people's cats, the more I think these are pretty chill. Sweet!

All the best.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (jvJvP)

129
~~Unincorporated~~ Conquered territory under our protection but no US voting.

Better

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (dxSpM)

130 Have any of you ever thought “let me put a horse mask on, lights around my neck and play plastic cylinders in and around my tub as drums to Mariah Carey”?
Posted by: Piper

Two out of five ain't bad.

90's mikeski did have some thoughts involving Mariah Carey and a tub.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (DgGvY)

131 Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Followed by?
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

Well. Umm. Careful -- this is a dangerous line of thinking you've embarked on!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (BSDFI)

132 117 110
Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Followed by?
Posted by: Piper

She Hobbit behind the RVs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (IDcT3)

133 108
Wow. I spent years in New England, where candles in the windows are more the rule than not, and I never heard or read about the origin story. Thanks.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)
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I spent a year and a half in Cambridge. Does this explain the many house fires in Boston?

Posted by: Ciampino - Really bad one in Roxbury ca 74 at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (i0xsb)

134 She Hobbit behind the RVs.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Again? I never get to go anywhere nice.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (ftFVW)

135 Wizards with Guns, Grinch song uncensored

https://youtu.be/nQLJNCDa4GA?si=88gchAL63lcNQxCW

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (lhenN)

136 Dogs have masters and cats have staff.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (bSUYY)

137 125 The King is a fink!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

I may have used that as a nic for a local newsblog I troll.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (IDcT3)

138 She Hobbit behind the RVs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (IDcT3)

Wait.......what?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (Zz0t1)

139 Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Followed by?
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

Well. Umm. Careful -- this is a dangerous line of thinking you've embarked on!
***************
I was informed that Pickleball Doof followed!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (9tvFd)

140 Again? I never get to go anywhere nice.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

You know I think you're the bee's knees.

Because you are.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (IDcT3)

141 123 {{{nurse}}}

Thanks so much sweet girl!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (L83z3)

142 Again? I never get to go anywhere nice.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (ftFVW)

Bruce should be better, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (Zz0t1)

143 Again? I never get to go anywhere nice.

I try to fix the place up with my limited budget, but no, it's not good enough for you.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:55 PM (lUFok)

144 I spent a year and a half in Cambridge. Does this explain the many house fires in Boston?
************
Sure does, that and those wooden houses. No wonder brick was a game changer.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:55 PM (9tvFd)

145 Bruce should be better, then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Oh, that's low. Funny though hahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:56 PM (ftFVW)

146 137 125 The King is a fink!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

I may have used that as a nic for a local newsblog I troll.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (IDcT3)

Regicide is under rated.

And so less common than it should be....

But so's that tree of Liberty watering thing.....

Every 3 months!

Fa la la la la la la la la

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:57 PM (jvJvP)

147 Re: Die Hard, the Musical.

-----------

Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with bearer bonds and love, where dreams don't die hard
Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with shoulder pads and love, where dreams can fly hard

https://youtu.be/luDto63LDlo?si=67ELEgj7N3uzhY-q

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:57 PM (9yUzE)

148 I was informed that Pickleball Doof followed!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady

Man, there are euphemisms, and then there are EUPHEMISMS!

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (+VovS)

149 Oh, that's low. Funny though hahahaha
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:56 PM (ftFVW)

😁

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (Zz0t1)

150 Here's 76 seconds of 9.6 pound Snowflake outside attacking snowflakes.

She looks much heavier because she's so incredibly fluffy. It's like petting and kissing a cloud that purrs,

https://tinyurl.com/mrjvu59r

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 11:01 PM (jvJvP)

151 Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December

Followed by?
Posted by: Piper

A Doofpensation.

Posted by: Papal Nuncio Miklos at December 25, 2024 11:01 PM (xesY+)

152 I was informed that Pickleball Doof followed!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady

Man, there are euphemisms, and then there are EUPHEMISMS!
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (+VovS)

I think Grateful just created a Doofemism. Or would that be Deuphemism?

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 11:02 PM (BSDFI)

153 Good evening, Horde. We did a present exchange with the parents this afternoon, then came back and opened our gifts. After that I finished making dinner, which was ham, potatoes and carrots, maple bacon Brussels sprouts, and creamed spinach. I'm looking forward to the weekend to try my new antenna for working satellites. I think the ISS is sending slow-scan TV images from now through early January.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 11:02 PM (yHP5w)

154 I concede graciously your true point. Where shall we settle this dispute? 80%?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
*********
I can't but a percentage on it. We raised a family in a house we built ourselves at the end of dirt road in the northern PA mountains. They grew up wearing boots, hunting and fishing, riding horses and raising dogs. They attended private schools. Yet as adults they have dispersed across the world. It's just nice to keep in touch with them.

Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 11:03 PM (juYdJ)

155 Ozempic Santa

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/
1872086971557761348

Posted by: Ciampino - He's eating too well at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (i0xsb)

156 Nite all. Gotta work tomorrow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (Zz0t1)

157 This talk about Canada is nonsense.

No one wants Quebec. The Canadians don't want Quebec.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

158 . I collect Funko Pops and always get some at Christmas. She got me an excellent Bane Funko.
Posted by: BCochran1981

KTY gives me extras of those really tiny itty bitty funkos that she knows I like - she's given me Galadriel and Gandalf, and a minion

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:07 PM (OTdqV)

159 Oops KTE not KTY

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM (OTdqV)

160 I concede graciously your true point. Where shall we settle this dispute? 80%?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
*********
I can't but a percentage on it. We raised a family in a house we built ourselves at the end of dirt road in the northern PA mountains. They grew up wearing boots, hunting and fishing, riding horses and raising dogs. They attended private schools. Yet as adults they have dispersed across the world. It's just nice to keep in touch with them. Posted by: Cosda

Technology corralled my life and then became my career. I fully grasp your point. I was mostly having a moment of bombastic fun. The miracle of America is your family. My ancestors, not that many generations ago, put muscle into making this happen too. We live on the labors and genius of multitudes.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM (Q8Bj8)

161 There’s a wonderful version of the Wexford Carol with Alison Krause and yo yo ma. Believed to be Irelands oldest known tune, from the 12th century.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 11:14 PM (7MHHr)

162 Funny meme

https://tinyurl.com/yz5e9du8

Posted by: Ciampino - Hernia inducer at December 25, 2024 11:16 PM (i0xsb)

163 160 We live on the labors and genius of multitudes.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM
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Which naturally leads us to Buckets the Drummer.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:16 PM (9tvFd)

164 Am I alone? Electric is leaves me wanting to crawl under a blanket. Gas heat is a lovely and a perfect heat for a complete house. Wood heat is the heat that makes me perfectly content.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:17 PM (Q8Bj8)

165 Good evening, 'ettes and 'rons, and hope y'all have had a wonderful day. Nice work on the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at December 25, 2024 11:17 PM (v23vE)

166 Which naturally leads us to Buckets the Drummer.
Posted by: TRex

I lean more in the direction of Kentucky Fired Chicken franchises.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM (Q8Bj8)

167 Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with bearer bonds and love, where dreams don't die hard
Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with shoulder pads and love, where dreams can fly hard
Posted by Victor Tango Kilo

Werner is not too proud to admit that he spent part of the early Nineties trying to work up a version of "Die Hard" that took place in a dirigible, or at least some version of a rigid airship, like a zeppelin. Klaus Kinski would, of course, be the villain, going up against the one of the most manic, impulsive, and irreverent performers ever, Max von Sydow. I know, it writes itself. Creative differences and relative supplies of helium vs. hydrogen really brought things to a halt, and by the end I was pitching Herve Villechaize on a box kite. It was, alas, not to be. Also, Werner realizes in retrospect that he may have confused Max von Sydow and Michael Madsen.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM (G6LTi)

168 124
Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

Thanks to the two holes.

The front and the back.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

169 Gas heat is a lovely and a perfect heat for a complete house. Wood heat is the heat that makes me perfectly content.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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Boiler - hot water. Three different zones in the house,each with seperate thermostat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 11:20 PM (XeU6L)

170 166 I lean more in the direction of Kentucky Fired Chicken franchises.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM
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Colonel Sanders would agree. I mean...look at that smile.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:21 PM (9tvFd)

171 Technology corralled my life and then became my career. I fully grasp your point. I was mostly having a moment of bombastic fun. The miracle of America is your family. My ancestors, not that many generations ago, put muscle into making this happen too. We live on the labors and genius of multitudes.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
****************
I figured you were tounge in cheek. I went engineering in order to have a skill that would let me work in today's world yet live in home heated by wood I cut. I agree with you assessment of my kids. Thanks. And Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (juYdJ)

172 >>No one wants Quebec. The Canadians don't want Quebec.

You live in San Francisco.

Quebec City is great. Kind of like San Francisco but way less crime.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (LkLld)

173 I'm not familiar with either of the hand gestures in the Hornet video. It looks like the splattered hand against the canopy is denoting a hard echelon turn, maybe?

What is the hand waggle after catching the wire?

Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (WlvCt)

174 And thank you, TRex. Good ONT, especially for Christmas when everyone is so busy.

Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:23 PM (WlvCt)

175 I love Once in Royal David's City, but that was a horrible version - snare drums? For this elegant hymn??? You need the Westminster Choir and full organ to give this song its due. Same with Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silent. Two undersung Christmas hymns!

Posted by: Moki at December 25, 2024 11:23 PM (wLjpr)

176 She Hobbit behind the RVs.

Is this the Moron edition of Clue?

Bluebell in the kitchen, She Hobbit behind the RVs, Muldoon with a limerick in the Morning Report?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:24 PM (EXyHK)

177 One of my best Christmas was when my future spouse and I had next to nothing and leading into the big day had to shop in gas stations convenience stores and 99 cent stores for our decorations. We were so poor those were are gifts to each other plus a bottle of wine.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (Q8Bj8)

178 >>>Quebec City is great. Kind of like San Francisco but way less crime.
Posted by: JackStraw
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You can have the Beckers but no voting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (6ZHNK)

179 121 I also forgot to mention The Doobie Brothers "Jesus is Just Alright With Me". Classic Christmas song!

Check out the Byrds version. Seriously.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (3/XaG)

180 Added to 'Rarely in rotation list' , 'I Wonder as I Wander'

I certainly am enjoying FBCradio. Last hour or so:
Duration
20:37:12 Christmas Day 5:57
20:34:23 As with Gladness, Men of Old 2:49
20:30:32 Once in Royal David’s City 3:51
20:28:20 Who Is This, So Weak and Helpless? 2:13
20:27:41 Station ID 0:39
20:25:02 A Virgin Unspotted 2:40
20:23:15 Gentle Mary Laid Her Child 1:47
20:21:49 Ding Dong! Merrily on High 1:26
20:18:17 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 3:32
20:16:03 Angels We Have Heard on High

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

181 161 There’s a wonderful version of the Wexford Carol with Alison Krause and yo yo ma. Believed to be Irelands oldest known tune, from the 12th century.

Posted by: Tom Servo

youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc

AK could sing random words out of a phone book and win a couple of Grammy's.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (Wg6v7)

182 This is, I think, the 57th anniversary of my parents not getting me the lava lamp I wanted. As I recall, they'd just been invented, and mom and dad thought they were too hippy-druggy for a 13-year-old.

This is also roughly the 20th anniversary of my dad getting me a lava lamp for Christmas. Yes, I appreciated it just as much as I would have in 1967, maybe more so, and still do. A very thoughtful gift.

Posted by: Dr. Weevil at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (43XUo)

183 Re: Here's 76 seconds of 9.6 pound Snowflake outside attacking snowflakes.

The late and much missed Dipset (Norwegian Forest Khet) loved playing in the snow

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (9yUzE)

184 Doesn't matter which heat you use.

I'll still have the window open in the bedroom.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (vAtLy)

185 Quebec City is great. Kind of like San Francisco but way less crime.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (LkLld)
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I'll never defend San Francisco, I hate it here. My wife and kids think it's great.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:26 PM (RIvkX)

186 No one wants Quebec. The Canadians don't want Quebec.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You live in San Francisco.
Posted by: JackStraw

But he's not tryin' to pawn it off on another country, is he?

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 11:27 PM (DgGvY)

187 And I haven't seen that Warthog video in a couple of decades! Thanks for that!

Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM (WlvCt)

188 170 166 I lean more in the direction of Kentucky Fired Chicken franchises.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM
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Colonel Sanders would agree. I mean...look at that smile.
Posted by: TRex

A brunette and a red head! The Colonel is acting out his Gilligan's Island fantasy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM (Wg6v7)

189 187 And I haven't seen that Warthog video in a couple of decades! Thanks for that!

Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM
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Thought you might like it!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:29 PM (9tvFd)

190 No, the version of Joy to the World we want does not begin, "Jerromiah was a bullfrog..."

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 11:30 PM (QSrLX)

191 Cat meme

https://tinyurl.com/vcbm7k6z

Posted by: Ciampino - fingerprints at December 25, 2024 11:31 PM (i0xsb)

192 Night all! Sleep well.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 11:35 PM (pZEOD)

193 Good Evening, All. We had pretty much the perfect Christmas here at oikos Bulg.

Thanks to Ace, the cobs, and you all for being a small but valued part of it for me.

Merry Christmas and God bless us all, every one.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:36 PM (v6JzV)

194 >>I'll never defend San Francisco, I hate it here. My wife and kids think it's great.

It was. Was one of my favorite places.

I blame you.

https://tinyurl.com/4yzws2e7

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:37 PM (LkLld)

195 191 Cat meme

corrected link
https://tinyurl.com/4adf7r3p

Posted by: Ciampino - fingerprints at December 25, 2024 11:39 PM (i0xsb)

196 Heh.
I've been to that chapel.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (W/lyH)

197 Wow. I spent years in New England, where candles in the windows are more the rule than not, and I never heard or read about the origin story. Thanks.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)

I mentioned last night that I brought back the tradition of lighted candles in the window from my years in New Hampshire. It's nice to know the back story. We keep them lit all winter. It's a nice feeling pulling into the driveway on a cold wet night and seeing the candles glowing in the windows.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (3Ev2O)

198 DD#1, DD#3, and their families were all here with us for Christmas. Tomorrow we all head out in different directions. We had a wonderful time with everyone, although my reading of "The Littlest Angel" went over like a lead balloon. DD#1 couldn't understand why I got so teary-eyed at the end of the story. I can't really explain it; it is just so beautifully written, and the copy that I have has such lovely illustrations. Oh, well.

Got a big hug from DD#3's husband when we were saying goodbye (they are leaving very early in the morning) - I asked him to take care of her for me, and he said, "Always". That young man is a real keeper.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (jx3Zf)

199 I’m about 85pct done with printing out the Settlers of Catan.

This is the reason I had to get a 2nd printer.

Just printing out the storage bins is going to take a week.

I got some color changing filament I’ll be testing out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2024 11:41 PM (XV/Pl)

200 Doesn't matter which heat you use. I'll still have the window open in the bedroom. Posted by: nurse ratched

You have salt air to breathe instead of Chihuahuas partying all night long outside your window. Such things alter your tolerance and perspective.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:44 PM (Q8Bj8)

201 193 Good Evening, All. We had pretty much the perfect Christmas here at oikos Bulg.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:36 PM
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Good evening Bulg. Glad to hear.

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:44 PM (9tvFd)

202 Diogenes!

Merry Christmas! It's been raining big raindrops
All day. Supposed to get windy late tonight.

Bring in some wood for the fireplace and charge up your phone!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:45 PM (cZQmn)

203 Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah.
Maison JTB was quiet and peaceful. Walks with Precious the Bichon, a great meal, reading about Christmas past, and listening to Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas album. For dessert I found beautiful renditions of two of the most beautiful carols ever: Wexford Carol and the Coventry Carol.

We got a video of our great nephews, ages 5 and 2, in their Christmas Jeep. They managed to dent a wall in the house in the first minute. Judging by the giggles of the 2 year old, he's ready for demolition derby.

Posted by: JTB at December 25, 2024 11:46 PM (yTvNw)

204 201 Thank you, TRex.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:46 PM (v6JzV)

205 A little last minute Christmas rapping. Funny, and probably NSFW due to language.

https://www.bitchute.com/
video/WHDY6vaGB51J

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 11:48 PM (bSUYY)

206 I mentioned last night that I brought back the tradition of lighted candles in the window from my years in New Hampshire. It's nice to know the back story. We keep them lit all winter. It's a nice feeling pulling into the driveway on a cold wet night and seeing the candles glowing in the windows.
Posted by: Beartooth

This is the soundtrack to that:

https://youtu.be/PQlJrh4AwHU

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 11:50 PM (DgGvY)

207 Nurse Ratched. I'm out on the Peninsula. All rain, all the time!

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at December 25, 2024 11:50 PM (zOD0w)

208 Merry Christmas, Teresa in Fort Worth.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:52 PM (v6JzV)

209 Paul Harvey: A Christmas Story (4:53)
https://youtu.be/UV7wNBnPddo

Posted by: mindful webworker - word made flesh at December 25, 2024 11:53 PM (09AS9)

210 JackStraw, Mrs. F. specifically remembers that summer "everything changed" for the worse even though she was only 5 or 6.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:55 PM (RIvkX)

211 There’s lots of leftover gravy.

I see gravy, and I go into my happy dance.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:57 PM (v6JzV)

212 207 Nurse Ratched. I'm out on the Peninsula. All rain, all the time!
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir?

I'm hoping to head out to Hama Hama before the First.

I love it out there.

*waves from Alki*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:57 PM (cZQmn)

213
Paul Harvey: A Christmas Story (4:53)
https://youtu.be/UV7wNBnPddo
Posted by: mindful webworker

I KNEW it was going to be the man and the birds.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)

214 A long time ago.

https://tinyurl.com/5sr6v6tw

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 12:02 AM (LkLld)

215 Five humans for a fine Christmas dinner.
Five dogs running around us.
Beverages were imbibed.
Presents were opened.
Jesus was discussed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - festive at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (09AS9)

216

41% of voters aged 18 to 29 years old either consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomas as “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

Support for the killing drops significantly in older generations, as 23% of voters aged 30 to 39 support the killing and 13% of those aged 40 to 49.

Just 8% of voters aged 50 to 59 support the killing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (63Dwl)

217 @WallStreetMav

The USA captured Guam from Spain without even having a battle. We just sent 4 ships in 1898 and told them, “you are part of the USA now”.

It was done.

Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal will likely be similar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:04 AM (6ZHNK)

218 Nurse Ratched. I'm out on the Peninsula. All rain, all the time!
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir?

Some of my great memories are hiring a drift boat to fish for steelhead and salmon on the wild rivers on the peninsula in winter. I so miss the Pacific Northwest sometimes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 12:06 AM (Q8Bj8)

219
The USA captured Guam from Spain without even having a battle. We just sent 4 ships in 1898 and told them, “you are part of the USA now”.

I thought it was spoils of the Spanish-American War.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:06 AM (63Dwl)

220
I thought it was spoils of the Spanish-American War.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Guam was probably glad to see the Spanish gone. The Filipinos were, except for the collaborators.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:12 AM (7qcmZ)

221 Frohe Weihnachten, everyone! Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 26, 2024 12:13 AM (NezMn)

222 >>JackStraw, Mrs. F. specifically remembers that summer "everything changed" for the worse even though she was only 5 or 6.

San Francisco is a beautiful city. One of my favorite places literally in the world,

I know what's like to live in a city.

We're coming back.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 12:18 AM (LkLld)

223 I think one reason "Once in Royal David's City" doesn't make the rotation too often is that the harmony is kind of difficult. Have you ever heard it sung in more than one part?

60 Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?

Several, 'Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella', and 'Good King Wenceslas', among others, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'The Holly and the Ivy'.

Nice choices. "Good King Wenceslas" always reminds me of the miserable experience of the father of a friend who was in the hospital before the days of patient control over TV, etc. The sound system was stuck on a repeat of this song all night.

The Irish Rovers do a good version.

Posted by: KT at December 26, 2024 12:19 AM (xekrU)

224 "Some of my great memories are hiring a drift boat to fish for steelhead and salmon on the wild rivers on the peninsula in winter. I so miss the Pacific Northwest sometimes."

Sometimes I have to look around and realize: this is pretty good stuff.

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at December 26, 2024 12:19 AM (zOD0w)

225 >173 I'm not familiar with either of the hand gestures in the Hornet video. It looks like the splattered hand against the canopy is denoting a hard echelon turn, maybe?

The Navy and USMC may do things differently. To me that would have been "Push button 5," change the UHF channel to the pre-loaded frequency 5.

It's difficult to tell in the video but it might also have been "Take 5-second spacing," which would explain the turn away from the wingman. IIRC for us that was a twirl followed by the 5 sign.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 26, 2024 12:20 AM (NezMn)

226 The Filipinos were, except for the collaborators.

Like Ireland, you may be overlooking a few details on this.
You're among very special friends here, and clearly can say about anything -- but I wouldn't flop that one out on the bar in public.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 12:21 AM (zdLoL)

227 TRex, the music at the opening mystery click is great.

I am just getting around to the day's posts, and the Joe Mannix non-rant includes a version of Silent Night that comes with a backstory from the program notes. This version was also used in a short Kevin Sorbo Christmas video.

"In 2003, Pete and Judy Duelo of Minneapolis lost their son Nick in a tragic car accident. Nick was a senior at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and had been an enthusiastic participant in the choral program there, so his family decided to honor his memory by commissioning a new arrangement of a choral piece. Mack Wilberg was chosen for the commission, and his crystalline arrangement of “Silent Night” was premiered at the 2006 “Christmas at Luther” concert.

The shimmering orchestration and hushed choral writing touched the audience deeply during the candle-lit performance. . . . As the Duelos had hoped, this beautiful arrangement of “Silent Night” will now continue to reach and touch millions around the world.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krj_9gOdy8k

Posted by: KT at December 26, 2024 12:27 AM (xekrU)

228 JackStraw,
I hope You're right. And I hope Seattle can regain it's lost luster. It has the capability of being an incredible city.

Portland used to be fun and safe and beautiful.

We will see

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 12:30 AM (1xHyf)

229 Ride the subway, city subway,

https://tinyurl.com/ykuva2s9

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:31 AM (7qcmZ)

230 Ice bath for thee not for me.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjkyyyb

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:38 AM (7qcmZ)

231 Ride the subway, city subway,

Since we’re mentioning songs tonight, I thought this would be a parody of “Silver Bells”…

Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 12:40 AM (qz+gL)

232 Merry Christmas to TRex and the ONT Horde. Back from a delightful dinner with friends in Gilbert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:42 AM (8zz6B)

233 Donald Trump's offer to people of Canada in bid to 'take over'

https://mol.im/a/14226271
Posted by: Ciampino - about CA population size at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (i0xsb)

A 60% tax cut? Twist my arm, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:46 AM (8zz6B)

234 Merry Christmas, Alberta Oil Peon!

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:52 AM (v6JzV)

235 There’s a wonderful version of the Wexford Carol with Alison Krause and yo yo ma. Believed to be Irelands oldest known tune, from the 12th century.

Posted by: Tom Servo

youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc

AK could sing random words out of a phone book and win a couple of Grammy's.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Such profound beauty. Music has such power and is why it will always be something that can take me closer to which I aspired to be.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 12:53 AM (Q8Bj8)

236 Watching 1% Club on Amazon Prime.

Episode 3. I want to save a bunch for us. They ask a bunch of questions, not trivia, to a lot of Americans. Have 100 contestants. Each has $1000.

They ask questions 90% of Americans got right.
Then 80%, 70% down to 15%, 10%, 5% and the 1 percent.

It's logic, word, spatial reasoning puzzles.

I took a test at the computer company like this when I worked at the casino. White guy in a room full of Indians. The guy in charge said the test would tell them exactly how great a programmer you could be.

40 questions.

Very hot black girl came up to me shortly after grading. I was the only person they ever had that scored perfect.

Go white guy.

Still. Cool show. I do stop it to check my answers. I'm not the fastest. And I've had plenty of Christmas beer. But still

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 12:55 AM (jvJvP)

237 Donald Trump's offer to people of Canada in bid to 'take over'
https://mol.im/a/14226271
Posted by: Ciampino

A 60% tax cut? Twist my arm, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And he didn't even mention the yuuuge drop in "euthanasia" as cause-of-death.....

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 12:55 AM (DgGvY)

238 Merry Christmas, Altaria Pilgram.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:59 AM (v6JzV)

239 Merry Christmas, Altaria Pilgram.
Posted by: Bulg

Oh thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you too Bulg.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 01:00 AM (Q8Bj8)

240 Goodnight, All. It’s been a wonderful Christmas for me. I hope it has been likewise for all of you. Sleep well, each and every one of you.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:09 AM (v6JzV)

241 Goodnight, All. It’s been a wonderful Christmas for me. I hope it has been likewise for all of you. Sleep well, each and every one of you.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:09 AM (v6JzV)

Thank you, Bulg. And the same to you. May you find rewarding employment in the new year!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 01:11 AM (8zz6B)

242 Lovely ONT, TRex. We had a blind draw paint the person across from you. Laughed so hard my ears hurt. Two talented painters, 3 with no artistic talent, 10 that were 'not that bad,' and one big red crayon.

Posted by: scampydog at December 26, 2024 01:21 AM (41CYW)

243 Well, getting late. I am going to hit the sack. Marry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 01:31 AM (8zz6B)

244 41% of voters aged 18 to 29 years old either consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomas as “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

Support for the killing drops significantly in older generations, as 23% of voters aged 30 to 39 support the killing and 13% of those aged 40 to 49.

Just 8% of voters aged 50 to 59 support the killing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (63Dwl)

Anything over 1% is abhorrent.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 01:33 AM (D6PGr)

245 Anything over 1% is abhorrent.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

And anything between 0 and 1 wouldn't give me the warm fuzzies about my fellow Americans, either.

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 01:43 AM (DgGvY)

246 As a Canadian, I'll happily sacrifice 35 million, hell, even more to feel free.

Fuck this shit.

Damn, a lot of Christmas beers.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 01:44 AM (jvJvP)

247 Hey Horde, Merry Christmas, I had a great day with my family. I am less stressed and infinitely happier. I really hope that you all had a nice day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (Sgq8y)

248 41% of voters aged 18 to 29 years old...

Don't know their ass from a hole in the ground, if they think that k1lling a CEO is gonna do jack or sh1t about changing healthscare in the US.

Indoctrinated little commie b@stards.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (YoCnN)

249 Well thats another Christmas in the books. I hope everyone had a good one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (VwHCD)

250 {{{Debby}}}

Merry Christmas! Glad you had an excellent day.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 01:55 AM (YoCnN)

251 Merry Christmas, DDS! Glad you had a great day.

Posted by: scampydog at December 26, 2024 01:56 AM (41CYW)

252 And on that Christmas genocidal note, I guess I killed the ONT.

After the last 4 years in Canada, you can take over the place. I hope the jabs take out these bastards soon.

Sorry, beer. Gaslighting. Angry.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 01:57 AM (jvJvP)

253 Stateless, I'd love to have a beverage or two with you & have a real mud-slinging b1tchfest with ya!

I'm in a mood tonight! Heh.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:02 AM (YoCnN)

254 Mostly, today was quiet and uneventful. Except! Our lovely neighbor lady brought over a couple of *yuge* pieces of hot, freshly baked apple pie this evening.

Yum! We gots awesome neighbors!

But hubby is still about the same-- not all there; still needs diapers; easily confused. Don't know if this is permanent, as *last time* he managed to improve quite a bit. Just takes time. And I can only wonder and wait.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (YoCnN)

255 253 Stateless, I'd love to have a beverage or two with you & have a real mud-slinging b1tchfest with ya!

I'm in a mood tonight! Heh.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:02 AM (YoCnN

I have 1.5 crappy Corona's left that I'm killing.

What's going on?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (jvJvP)

256 How do I know its Christmas? The ham fairy did a strafing run on my house. We got smart this year, we gave out ham door prizes to people as they left.
Oh, you're leaving? Take some frigging ham.

Hey thanks for coming, drive safe, here, some ham for you.

Heading out? wait.. have some ham.

Woah, where are you going? You take this fucking ham.

I won. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 02:11 AM (VwHCD)

257 Evening, Horde. Hope you had the best Christmas Day you could, ditto for those observing the first day of Hanukkah. For those observing neither, that it was a good day . Sleep well.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at December 26, 2024 02:11 AM (hBG3V)

258 But hubby is still about the same-- not all there; still needs diapers; easily confused. Don't know if this is permanent, as *last time* he managed to improve quite a bit. Just takes time. And I can only wonder and wait.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (YoCnN)

Ooooooo. Caregiver. Me too.

Horrible. Unappreciated. Tiring. 24 hours a day and you sleep when you can.

I added cats. Ughhh. Beautiful. Love them. But I'm stretched so far.

I can actually imagine what your day was like.

How can we be happy today?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:13 AM (jvJvP)

259 What's going on?
Posted by: Stateless

Nothing in particular, other than that I'm simply frustrated with life in general. Feelin' b1tchy because I'm having a fking pity party for myself.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:15 AM (YoCnN)

260 I won. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Fkin A, dude! That rocks!

I'd gladly take a ham, but you know: 3k miles...

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:16 AM (YoCnN)

261 Unappreciated. Tiring. 24 hours a day and you sleep when you can.
Posted by: Stateless
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Yeah. "Please" and "Thank you" don't happen anymore. I'm The Bad Guy for everything.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:18 AM (YoCnN)

262 259 What's going on?
Posted by: Stateless

Nothing in particular, other than that I'm simply frustrated with life in general. Feelin' b1tchy because I'm having a fking pity party for myself.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:15 AM (YoCnN

You are so blessed to have a husband. Not now, but you had happy times.

I'm single so far. Taking care of my 88 year old mother in Canada.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:20 AM (jvJvP)

263 I really miss my sweet, smart, happy-go-lucky hubby. He's been gone for 4 years.

Until a couple weeks ago, he was at least capable of self-care and occasional fun conversation.

Now? An oversized toddler what isn't quite potty-trained.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:24 AM (YoCnN)

264 And "they say" he hasn't had a stroke

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:25 AM (YoCnN)

265
Yeah. "Please" and "Thank you" don't happen anymore. I'm The Bad Guy for everything.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:18 AM (YoCnN)

Last year and before, I watched kids comedy shows. Not woke, no gays, no blacks bitching about racism.

And there was actually a lot of very nice shows out there. Funny and touching.

Now. I'm watching the most horrific, bloodiest movies I can find.

Caregiving is hell..

How long have you been married.?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:25 AM (jvJvP)

266 My heart goes out to you, Stateless!

It's a very tough job.

Reading about your interactions with *not your* (giggle!) cats, really warms my icy heart!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:27 AM (YoCnN)

267 Been together 22 years. Married for 15.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:28 AM (YoCnN)

268 267 Been together 22 years. Married for 15.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:28 AM (YoCnN)

Wow, you are so blessed.

Too many years alone. God put me on the shelf for someone amazing.

How do you relax?

I'm over whelmec right now after house renovations. Between Mom, the cats, the dog and so much clean- up I just want to stay inbed.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:32 AM (jvJvP)

269 How long have you been caring for your mom, Stateless? What condition is she in?

Yeah, I hope you'll meet that *special someone* when you're ready & able!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:35 AM (YoCnN)

270 Sleeeeeeeep, glorious sleeeeeep! Oh, if I could have a few nights (or even days) of quality, uninterrupted REM sleeeeep!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:36 AM (YoCnN)

271 I really miss my sweet, smart, happy-go-lucky hubby. He's been gone for 4 years.

Until a couple weeks ago, he was at least capable of self-care and occasional fun conversation.

Now? An oversized toddler what isn't quite potty-trained.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:24 AM (YoCnN)

My brother's inlaws are in their 90's. I was watching them last night. Good god. The MIL takes 1 inch long steps, and has a walker with wheels, so she gets nowhere fast. The FIL sleeps probably 18 hours a day. He fell asleep at the diner table, in front of the TV, and thats in between being sprawled out and passed out on the couch. He's done, body is going night night. The mother in law still drives, so its a major undertaking to get them in the car. They get the apollo crew ready for space travel in less time. They really need to be in assisted living, but nooo, that costs money, better to have people spend their day checking up on them. They're sitting on a few 100K they don't want to touch, because ..."its for when we get old and sick". Newsflash, you already blew past old and sick, you're ready for a burn and urn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 02:42 AM (VwHCD)

272 {{{JQ}}} {{{stateless}}, I feel your pain, hubs passed, but my last remaining sibling has been diagnosed with dementia. Prior to this he was only paranoid schizophrenic. Now we have two treats in one. I still had a great Christmas.

Bers, seriously, I am craving salt right now, I would cube up a few slices of ham and brown 'em up in a skillet and eat on toothpicks after dipping in mustard. I am very glad that the Ham Fairy was in good enough health to deliver the goods this year, must make Mrs. B very happy.

AOP, sorry that I missed you, glad that you enjoyed the day with friends.

Thanks scampy dog. it was such a nice day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 02:43 AM (Sgq8y)

273 88. Pretty good but she has pain after she eats.

The pain goes away after she lays down. She had diverticulitis before so the doctor prescribed meds. Didn't work. Went to ER early in the morning. More meds which really knocked her out.

Third round. Nothing.

Called the health food store. Described everything. First question. Did she have her gall bladdervout?

Yes? 30 years ago.

Probiotics. Gut health and I'm trying to keep her happy until we get to this great natural doctor the lady at the store swears by. But it's the end of January.

And you know how everyone that isn't there with you every hour has an opinion.

Fuck them...tired.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (jvJvP)

274 Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:32 AM (jvJvP)

I'm struggling with the 'alone' thing right now.

65 years old... been married... had kids... been in multiple relationships after divorce...

yet... today... Christmas... only my Son who lives with me (after saving him from being homeless)... even wished me a Merry Christmas.

I'm struggling with how much of these situations we bring on ourselves (yeah, I'm an Introvert Sigma)... vs how much is people just writing us off... and... sadly... how much I should care.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (QAkQ3)

275 270 Sleeeeeeeep, glorious sleeeeeep! Oh, if I could have a few nights (or even days) of quality, uninterrupted REM sleeeeep!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:36 AM (YoCnN)

PREACH!!

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:47 AM (jvJvP)

276 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 02:42 AM (VwHCD)

spent 10 years as the care taker watching my Mother die... 4 different major surgeries... breast cancer (clear)... and after 3 covid shots, turbo cancer.

If I had known what I was getting into... I still would have done it... but, it's like volunteering for combat. Something no one should have to go through.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (QAkQ3)

277 Bers, that's sad. But, at 90? Totally understandable.

Hubs is only 70. We're *not* sitting on 100s of K, and he will likely need nursing home if he doesn't pull out of this. I just can't do it all anymore. Medicaid spend-down on this POS house, I guess. Hope I can make it livable, because it'll be where I die.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (YoCnN)

278 And you know how everyone that isn't there with you every hour has an opinion.

Fuck them...tired.
Posted by: Stateless
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Amen!

When hubs was discharged from hospital a week or so ago-- the nurse said I should "get some help"

Oh, really?!?! No sh1t! But she didn't hand me a list of names & numbers. Fk'n useless.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (YoCnN)

279 I'm struggling with the 'alone' thing right now.

65 years old... been married... had kids... been in multiple relationships after divorce...

yet... today... Christmas... only my Son who lives with me (after saving him from being homeless)... even wished me a Merry Christmas.

I'm struggling with how much of these situations we bring on ourselves (yeah, I'm an Introvert Sigma)... vs how much is people just writing us off... and... sadly... how much I should care.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (QAkQ3)

Romeo13,

I would thank God to be as 'alone' as you are.

Married! Kids! Relationships! Wow.
You are so blessed.

There are some of us not so blessed.

And you've been here so long, I know you have ampersand privileges.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (jvJvP)

280 spent 10 years as the care taker watching my Mother die... 4 different major surgeries... breast cancer (clear)... and after 3 covid shots, turbo cancer.

If I had known what I was getting into... I still would have done it... but, it's like volunteering for combat. Something no one should have to go through.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (QAkQ3)

And people don't appreciate it.

My mother does. And tells everyone.

But that constant 24 - 7 stuff is so exhausting.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:04 AM (jvJvP)

281 I'm struggling with how much of these situations we bring on ourselves (yeah, I'm an Introvert Sigma)... vs how much is people just writing us off... and... sadly... how much I should care.

Posted by: Romeo13
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A lot of it (IMO) is the latter. People don't know how, or don't want to, deal with *less than perfect* situations.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:05 AM (YoCnN)

282 Amen!

When hubs was discharged from hospital a week or so ago-- the nurse said I should "get some help"

Oh, really?!?! No sh1t! But she didn't hand me a list of names & numbers. Fk'n useless.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (YoCnN)

Yeah, and then you have to be up for the help.

And you want the place somewhat clean for their shit ass help.

Unless those helpers are placing hands on Mom, blue light starts glowing and healing occurs, just go away.

I have enough things to take care of.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:09 AM (jvJvP)

283 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:09 AM (1feMt)

284 The man I was with previously, died a couple years before I met hubby. That's why I say-- this ain't my first rodeo-- and the only thing I would change, would be that these wonderful men would both be alive & healthy, even if it meant that I'd never get to be with them.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:10 AM (YoCnN)

285 Oh, JQ and Stateless. It's hard to hear your stories without bringing back the memories of taking care of mom.

You are both in my prayers .

Perseverance and strength. You are doing the right thing, and it won't be for forever. ( even if it feels that way)

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:11 AM (1feMt)

286 JQ -

Does the hospital have a social worker or patient advocate? {They would have names and numbers more readily available than a nurse.}

Also HHS, Adult division as your hubby is over 65.

In AZ, they actually had a pamphlet with names, numbers, and services. Some services worked better than others, as with most things.

Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 03:12 AM (qz+gL)

287 A lot of it (IMO) is the latter. People don't know how, or don't want to, deal with *less than perfect* situations.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:05 AM (YoCnN)

Yeah. My brother basically said if I wasn't here, they'd deal with.

FUCK YOU!

I've taken care of our elderly parents and gave then the best life possible. I've sacrificed a lot.

Fuck you.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:13 AM (jvJvP)

288 Yeah, and then you have to be up for the help.
And you want the place somewhat clean for their shit ass help.

Unless those helpers are placing hands on Mom, blue light starts glowing and healing occurs, just go away.

I have enough things to take care of.
Posted by: Stateless
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I'm with you on that! But hubs' PCP authorized "home health" so I expect them to call tomorrow. And it'll be physical & occupational therapists (pffft! go away!) a nurse to check vitals (yeah, I can do that cheaper!) and a bath aide (which we could actually use).

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:14 AM (YoCnN)

289 JQ, what Adriane said.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:15 AM (1feMt)

290 You are both in my prayers .

Perseverance and strength. You are doing the right thing, and it won't be for forever. ( even if it feels that way)

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:11 AM (1feMt)

Thanks so much.

From a nic that sounds very understanding.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:15 AM (jvJvP)

291 Agree with you about levels of help. Take the personal care help if you can. That was most difficult for my son and I. But at least mom was small in stature so sort of easy to maneuver

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:17 AM (1feMt)

292 Stateless, when my dad got ill, my older bro said oh gee he would help...

And then begged off all but maybe *twice* in 2 years. Yeah, some help. And I was still working fulltime then!

Care slave, I am.

Never. Again.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:18 AM (YoCnN)

293 I'm with you on that! But hubs' PCP authorized "home health" so I expect them to call tomorrow. And it'll be physical & occupational therapists (pffft! go away!) a nurse to check vitals (yeah, I can do that cheaper!) and a bath aide (which we could actually use).

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:14 AM (YoCnN)

Yeah, fortunately you don't have other things to do while waiting for them.

It''s past 3am. A bunch of us tired loving caregivers are up consoling each other.

Worst breakfast club evef.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:20 AM (jvJvP)

294 Adriane "Does the hospital have a social worker or patient advocate?"

Yes, and said *advocate* was supposed to meet with us the day hubby was discharged.

No show.

Thanks a lot, "advocate"!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:21 AM (YoCnN)

295 Stateless, I took care of my mom, in her home, with my oldest son's help for almost 7 years. Dementia.

She died 2 1/2 years ago.

Now after a bout with a non cancerous brain tumor, (removed 6yrs ago) Mr. I is starting the dementia journey.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:22 AM (1feMt)

296 {{{MLii}}}

Long time no see! Merry Christmas!

Thanks for prayers!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:23 AM (YoCnN)

297 Hi My Life, I hope that you had a nice Christmas, I spent the day with my grandkids yesterday, it was way beyond nice. Hope that it was the same for you.

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Christmas Cafe

When a strange dog decides to give you a present and that present is himself.

A lonely golden doodle in a wheelchair makes a friend.

The cutest little shop clerk.

Playing soccer with an elk.

It's too quacking cold!

Deer running on a trail at night.

It isn't just cats that enjoy the Christmas Tree.
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Merry Christmas to all!

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1 Hey cafe

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're hard players at December 25, 2024 07:33 PM (i0xsb)

2 Merry Christmas to Ace and all members of the Horde!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 07:35 PM (u73oe)

3 The first trip outside the US that my wife and I took was to Iceland and we got to go on a horseback ride. Very docile creatures and since I was an absolute beginner, the horse I was riding was very patient with me.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM (lXCUP)

4 I really like that watercolor painting. The painter is Coller. Is that someone you know?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 07:37 PM (D6PGr)

5 Lottsa posts today.

Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 07:37 PM (i0F8b)

6 nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 07:37 PM (XHxxX)

7 We be gots a Christmass E-Mail from Presdent Obama wishing us Happy Holliday's. We be so happy to hear from our Presdent of Coller. Anibody wants a copy send yoor email adddress to me at:

marclog@comcast.net

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 25, 2024 07:38 PM (A2iSa)

8 Merry Christmas, Ace and the Horde.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 07:38 PM (hoCmQ)

9 A bran mash, carrots and molassses cookies. My horses are happy.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:38 PM (XTmTf)

10 Sure thing, Mary. My email is eatshit@fuckyou.com.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM (u73oe)

11 3 The first trip outside the US that my wife and I took was to Iceland and we got to go on a horseback ride. Very docile creatures and since I was an absolute beginner, the horse I was riding was very patient with me.
Posted by: NR Pax

You're very fortunate. Twelve tourists have been bucked-off into an active lava flow just this year. The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?

Posted by: No Yellow! at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM (G5+As)

12 Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2024 07:41 PM (xAPJi)

13 I love the dog nativity scene. Thank you, Ace, and all the CoBs, for your hard work putting this place together and keeping it running, and to Pixy for keeping the hamsters fed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:43 PM (VNX3d)

14 Good evening everyone and hope everyone had a Merry Christmas

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 07:43 PM (fwDg9)

15 The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?

Melly Chlistmas!

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're hard of hearing at December 25, 2024 07:43 PM (i0xsb)

16 Merry Christmas, Morons

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 25, 2024 07:43 PM (dEYSD)

17 >>A bran mash, carrots and molassses cookies. My horses are happy.

One of my favorite traditions. Christmas around the barn was a joy.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:44 PM (LkLld)

18 Putin gave a Christmas gift to Ukraine today...

Written on all the missiles that hit Ukraine was the following message...

"From Russia with Love"........

President had no comment other than to drool on himself and Jill.......

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 07:45 PM (FDlb9)

19 bran mash, carrots and molassses cookies. My horses are happy.
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Hell, I'd be happy with that.
Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 07:45 PM (4780s)

20 Pet food recall over bird flu

https://tinyurl.com/mshdt2tb

Posted by: Ciampino - they are working for a pandemic at December 25, 2024 07:46 PM (i0xsb)

21 My email is eatshit@fuckyou.com.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM

That's not the email we have on record for you.

Posted by: Jacque LeStrappe from OnlyFans Customer Support at December 25, 2024 07:49 PM (a3Q+t)

22 It's too quacking cold!

Duck, duck, duck, duck..... what the hell? We're all ducks. We can't play the game, then.

Posted by: the lead duck at December 25, 2024 07:51 PM (DgGvY)

23 JackStraw , we weren't the only ones that spent Christmas in a barn.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:52 PM (XTmTf)

24 I might worry the elk would take the ball and go play with his friends

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 07:54 PM (fwDg9)

25 Left cookies for the neighbors yesterday. We don’t know them and we are about an acre apart, just six houses on the loop. Nobody was home. Today we walked the dogs around and only one plate was left. Nearest neighbor called out Merry Christmas as we passed. I call that a success. We will no doubt meet everyone over the summer..

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2024 07:56 PM (xZ/E3)

26 21 My email is eatshit@fuckyou.com.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM

That's not the email we have on record for you.

Posted by: Jacque LeStrappe from OnlyFans Customer Support at December 25, 2024 07:49 PM (a3Q+t)
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Shit, I didn't know they kept records!

Posted by: Philippe Philoppe - thongs for you at December 25, 2024 07:57 PM (i0xsb)

27 One more Merry Christmas to Ace & the Horde, & g'night !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 07:57 PM (cY18j)

28
The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?
Posted by: No Yellow! at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM (G5+As)

__________

"American tourists are the worst!" - American tourists trying to curry favor with Europeans

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:00 PM (dxSpM)

29
Saw on a tub of bacon grease, "Shelf Safe". Looked at Diana. Put tub in refrigerator.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:01 PM (dxSpM)

30 Thank you to the Horde for every laugh till you cry moment, I didn't know that moment and unending prayers for friends in need

You are the spirit of Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:02 PM (XTmTf)

31 11 You're very fortunate. Twelve tourists have been bucked-off into an active lava flow just this year.

The only relatively bad moment I had was when we got to the middle of the trail and we were going to stop for a quick break. My horse knew that path and that there was some really good grass before the stopping point. He tried to make a beeline for it. I disagreed.

You know you're supposed to pull on the reins to get them to stop? I nearly took his neck out of the socket. He sullenly listened to me and grazed at the designated location instead.

(One of the people who work at the stable commented on how he's on the trails 2-3 times a day and he's still rather fat.)

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 08:04 PM (lXCUP)

32 Ex-Eagles, Bengals Linebacker Bill Bergey Dies After Battle with Cancer at 79

Posted by: SMOD at December 25, 2024 08:04 PM (GITLP)

33 You would have loved my mom, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 08:05 PM (LkLld)

34 What does Zorro do after dark?

Catches up on his Zzzs.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 08:06 PM (yr/Go)

35 Good evening and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 08:07 PM (WXNFJ)

36 JackStraw, without a doubt.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:10 PM (XTmTf)

37 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:12 PM (Zz0t1)

38 I mostly lurk, but I want to say Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to the horde.

Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:12 PM (TS8/c)

39 Thank Heaven!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 08:13 PM (QSrLX)

40 Merry Christmas you fargin iceholes.

😁

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:13 PM (Zz0t1)

41 38 I mostly lurk, but I want to say Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to the horde.

Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:12 PM (TS8/c)

Welcome.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 08:13 PM (jvJvP)

42
iGloo is Apple adhesive

It holds the Apple World together.

Posted by: Ciampino - I remember Visicalc at December 25, 2024 08:14 PM (i0xsb)

43 Merry Christmas you fargin iceholes.

😁
Posted by: Sponge

See? He does love us!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 08:14 PM (WXNFJ)

44 Ronster, there you are. You have been in my thoughts. Hope you are well and Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:14 PM (XTmTf)

45 Merry Christmas dear morons and !חנוכה שמח

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

46 SanFranpsycho, Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:16 PM (XTmTf)

47 See? He does love us!!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 08:14 PM (WXNFJ)

Hells yeah!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:16 PM (Zz0t1)

48 iGloo is Apple adhesive

It holds the Apple World together.
Posted by: Ciampino - I remember Visicalc at December 25, 2024 08:14 PM (i0xsb)

iSpew has replaced Steve Jobs in Apple PR.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:17 PM (VNX3d)

49 Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you spent it with loved ones and good food and drink.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2024 08:17 PM (3Ope8)

50 I ate waaaaaayyy too much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (Zz0t1)

51 Ben Had, Back at ya.

Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (TS8/c)

52 Well, most of you anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (Zz0t1)

53 Thanks Ben Had. My gift from Girl F. is a ticket to a show where two gay dudes re-enact an episode of The Real Housewives of New York City

I'm very excited.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:19 PM (RIvkX)

54 34 What does Zorro do after dark?

Sharpens his gay blade?

Zorro signs with a Z because he's spastic.

Posted by: Ted Striker - also a drinking problem at December 25, 2024 08:19 PM (i0xsb)

55 SanFranpsycho, oh shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:20 PM (XTmTf)

56 Bill Bergey was a Philadelphia icon

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:21 PM (fwDg9)

57 I ate too much and have to get up at 0345 for work.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 08:21 PM (LHPAg)

58 SanFranpsycho, she couldn't just give you a fruitcake?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:22 PM (XTmTf)

59 34 What does Zorro do after dark?

Takes off his mask and dons Aviators.

Posted by: Ted Striker - also has a drinking problem at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (i0xsb)

60 I don't have to go in early tomorrow now. Yay for the small things.

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (FM3QA)

61 That sounds very San Francisco.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (Zz0t1)

62 Thanks Ben Had. My gift from Girl F. is a ticket to a show where two gay dudes re-enact an episode of The Real Housewives of New York City

I'm very excited.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Don't you just love it when your loved ones know you better than you know yourself. I am looking forward to your report.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (Q8Bj8)

63 iGloo is Apple adhesive

It holds the Apple World together.
Posted by: Ciampino - I remember Visicalc

There are a lot of days when I think the text interface, or even text window interfaces, were the peak of computing. I miss the simplicity of WordStar and VisiCalc.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (VNX3d)

64 Sponge!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (XTmTf)

65 Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (XTmTf)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:25 PM (Zz0t1)

66 As mh and I have discussed at length, fruitcake is teh awesome! Tomorrow Imma hit the gourmet store to pick one up on sale!! Maybe a panettone too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:25 PM (RIvkX)

67 That sounds very San Francisco.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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Their nationwide tour starts here and yea they are very popular. They have no mercy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:26 PM (RIvkX)

68
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 08:27 PM (tljrc)

69 SanFranpsycho, being I live in the fruitcake capitol of the world we need to talk.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:27 PM (XTmTf)

70 Collin street bakery ftw.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (Zz0t1)

71 That stray dog, Walker. The video ends there but did the dog stay with the little old lady? I was left uneasy after that.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il cane era randagio at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (i0xsb)

72 Ben Had!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (Wnv9h)

73 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

We interrupt this Christmas Cafe for an important Sunday Morning Book Thread update...

I've made significant progress in Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. I have less than 400 pages to go...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Christmas confabulations...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (BpYfr)

74 53 Thanks Ben Had. My gift from Girl F. is a ticket to a show where two gay dudes re-enact an episode of The Real Housewives of New York City

I'm very excited.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:19
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Payback for something?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (hoCmQ)

75 Merry Christmas to all!
Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

And you as well, Ace. Thanks for everything, dude.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG)

76 How many pages is it total?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (Zz0t1)

77 RMBS, Merry Christmas to you both. I know your meal was divine.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (XTmTf)

78 71 That stray dog, Walker. The video ends there but did the dog stay with the little old lady? I was left uneasy after that.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il cane era randagio at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (i0xsb)

Well the little old lady was Korean, so….

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 08:33 PM (7MHHr)

79 I've made significant progress in Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. I have less than 400 pages to go...

I'm still slogging through it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (mH6SG)

80 Went to nieces' house last night in CO Spgs. Saw my sister who lives in WY. She is 78, 3 years younger than me, and falls down a lot. Our half sister is taking care of her, don't much care for her.

Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (TS8/c)

81 RMBS, Merry Christmas to you both. I know your meal was divine.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM

And to you! Dinner was lovely, thanks. Best oysters we've gotten in years.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (Wnv9h)

82 How many pages is it total?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (Zz0t1)
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1,329...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:36 PM (BpYfr)

83 Ouch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:36 PM (Zz0t1)

84 How many pages is it total?

1000+

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:37 PM (mH6SG)

85 Far Too Good For Me Wife: “I mean, what is it that you think is going to happen in London? In Paris if we end up taking the train over?”

Me: “…..do you ever pay attention to the news?!”

Her: “No!”

Me: “…….ok. I’ll be blunt. They have a huge Muslim immigration thing and I’m walking around with five white American women. Two of whom are part Jewish.” (The Eldest’s friend and her mom are on the trip too.)

Her: *SIGH*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)

86 My cat Penny is perched on the back of my office chair like a little supervillain kitty...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:40 PM (BpYfr)

87 28
The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?
Posted by: No Yellow! at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM (G5+As)

__________

"American tourists are the worst!" - American tourists trying to curry favor with Europeans
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Heh! I used to work with one of those. Moved to midshift so don't deal with him anymore. He brags about a visit with his wife to Europe and bonding with a local over TDS. Needless to say this guy is a gaping commie asshole.

Oh, and Merry Christmas from a large imposing federal building near the Potomac!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (e9bwN)

88 "It's fine. All subways are safe!"

- - - - - Governor Hochul

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (Zz0t1)

89 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)

London is no better than Paris.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (RIvkX)

90 My cat Penny is perched on the back of my office chair like a little supervillain kitty...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:40 PM (BpYfr)

Any looks like, "No, Perfessor Squirrel, I expect you to die!" yet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)

91 When we light the first candle tonight we remember Kfir Bibas, a baby taken from his crib and held a prisoner more than most his life for the crime of being born a Jew.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (RIvkX)

92 85

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)
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That *SIGH*

was a *Le SIGH* right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, c'est ceci at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)

93 I have to wonder how many pairs of black pants, white shirts, and blouses are sold every year for children to be in a Christmas concert or pageant. I guess teen girls need a little black dress, too. Would China collapse without this business?

Posted by: Choral Atoll at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (G5+As)

94 Pecan wood fires fills one's home with a scent that recalls contentment.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (Q8Bj8)

95 Any looks like, "No, Perfessor Squirrel, I expect you to die!" yet?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)
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That's her default expression.

Come to think of it, ALL my kitties regard me with that expression...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (BpYfr)

96 Merry Christmas and all that.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (sAPEi)

97 When we light the first candle tonight we remember Kfir Bibas, a baby taken from his crib and held a prisoner more than most his life for the crime of being born a Jew.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I too will join with you in spirit.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:46 PM (Q8Bj8)

98 87

Oh, and Merry Christmas from a large imposing federal building near the Potomac!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (e9bwN)
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Ah, the Geometric Monstrosity!

Posted by: Ciampino - octadeca-something or other at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (i0xsb)

99 My Christmas wish is to go sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow and it is Jan. 20, 2025.

Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (rl0iN)

100 London is no better than Paris.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (RIvkX)

Oh I know.

That *SIGH*

was a *Le SIGH* right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, c'est ceci at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)

It was irritated, perhaps a bit put upon. That counts as French, right?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (moA/t)

101 “In a statement, United Airlines confirmed a body was found Tuesday after flight 202, a Boeing 787-10, arrived in Kahului from Chicago,” HawaiiNewsNow

A long cold flight. Probably went sleepy sleep due to lack of oxygen before cruising altitude. Then froze solid.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)

102 Lucy the Fink has a pretty red and white puffy collar on with jingle bells and looks very pretty. She doesn't seem to mind it too much as she's not oozed out of it all day.

Super quiet on the beach. We are supposed to get another couple back to back winter storms blowing through next week.

Merry Christmas y'all. Please remember to reach out to folks you know are alone. Even if they don't pick up, they know you tried and it means a lot.

I called a friend earlier today. It was nice to hear his voice and he was happy to talk to someone today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 08:48 PM (nWwhV)

103 You know what would be great?

If everyone gave our host a tip today.

I know it's been a rough couple of years for everyone but this the place we've come.

$1. $5. $100. Whatever you can afford.

Thank you, ace. And Merry Christmas.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (LkLld)

104 Do not miss quote me.........

"It's fine. All subways are safe!"

When I said this, I was talking about Subway Sandwich Shops......

Posted by: Governor Hochul at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (lgj4s)

105 Any looks like, "No, Perfessor Squirrel, I expect you to die!" yet?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)
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That's her default expression.

Come to think of it, ALL my kitties regard me with that expression...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (BpYfr)

I wonder if Robert the Cat (TM) looks at BeckoningChasm that way....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

106 97 When we light the first candle tonight we remember Kfir Bibas, a baby taken from his crib and held a prisoner more than most his life for the crime of being born a Jew.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I too will join with you in spirit.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:46 PM (Q8Bj

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I don't have to be Jewish to empathize.

Posted by: Ciampino - octadeca-something or other at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (i0xsb)

107 It's Christmas. Did anyone think to check the Vespa Accessories catalog for a gift for the Boss. The Flame decals are really nice, as is the Chrome Deluxe Kickstand.

Posted by: Practical KDF Mann at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (G5+As)

108 When I said this, I was talking about Subway Sandwich Shops......

Posted by: Governor Hochul at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (lgj4s)

Those are MAGA country!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (Jtz/H)

109 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 08:48 PM (nWwhV)

*smooch*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:51 PM (Zz0t1)

110 We interrupt this Christmas Cafe for an important Sunday Morning Book Thread update...

I've made significant progress in Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. I have less than 400 pages to go...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Christmas confabulations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (BpYfr)
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Churchill is now Prime Minister in Gilbert's biography. LFG!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

111
It was irritated, perhaps a bit put upon. That counts as French, right?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (moA/t)
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As long as it was nasal, adenoidal.

Posted by: Ciampino - sinusoidal at December 25, 2024 08:52 PM (i0xsb)

112 Not Yoko, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 08:53 PM (6ZHNK)

113 Second try

Not Yoko, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

https://tinyurl.com/4cyx6c75

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 08:54 PM (6ZHNK)

114 Merry Christmas, everyone!

When I was young, Christmas Morning was the thing.

I now savor the evening. Early on, we almost always stayed at the maternal grandparents, and Jo Stafford got prominent LP play. That is what I am doing now, listening to the most chill music ever recorded as the logs on the fire wither to coals and ash. All is peaceful, contented.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)

115 smooch*
Posted by: Sponge

Awwww. Please give the First! Lady a hug and smooch from me.

*squeezes sponge's bottom*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 08:56 PM (m+Iyu)

116 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, dear Hordelings.

Missed most of the open threads today. Was there a 'Crap Tree' reposting yet?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (znG43)

117 It's Christmas. Did anyone think to check the Vespa Accessories catalog for a gift for the Boss. The Flame decals are really nice, as is the Chrome Deluxe Kickstand.
Posted by: Practical KDF Mann at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (G5+As)
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Forward-firing Ruger 10-22 rigged for 100 round snail magazine, rear-mounted oil slick generator.

Not technically street legal, but it comes with a ICE notice of detainer court date set for 2027.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)

118 Y'all I'm happy to report that the sticky toffee pudding turned out amazing and was a yuge hit with all my family. I am so stuffed...

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 09:00 PM (JRHzL)

119 Missed most of the open threads today. Was there a 'Crap Tree' reposting yet?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (znG43)

Damn I miss that hornery bastard.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:00 PM (fz7Mb)

120 101 “In a statement, United Airlines confirmed a body was found Tuesday after flight 202, a Boeing 787-10, arrived in Kahului from Chicago,” HawaiiNewsNow

A long cold flight. Probably went sleepy sleep due to lack of oxygen before cruising altitude. Then froze solid.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)
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I didn't post this as it's sad but since someone else did, this has a link.
Body found in wheel of United Airlines plane after it lands at Maui Airport

https://mol.im/a/14225901

Posted by: Ciampino - It's cold at 36,000 feet & no Oxygen at December 25, 2024 09:01 PM (i0xsb)

121 Thank you, phone, for autocucumbering my post into a non-word. Super special.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (fz7Mb)

122 97 When we light the first candle tonight we remember Kfir Bibas, a baby taken from his crib and held a prisoner more than most his life for the crime of being born a Jew.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I too will join with you in spirit.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

And I. And for little Ariel, too, and their parents.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (NFX2v)

123 Merry Christmas to all you Morons.

Grandchildren give the day a new dimension.

--Jinx, who posts far too infrequently

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 25, 2024 09:03 PM (23yAo)

124
Her Majesty got us tickets for Space Center Houston, which we have never been to after 15 years here - and for a boat tour of the Port of Houston.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM (dxSpM)

125 Merry Christmas to All, God bless us everyone!
Hope Santa brought you everything on your list.

Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM (+HzbQ)

126 (i]Hope Santa brought you everything on your list.
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM

Didn't have a list, but it was a very light Christmas here because f*ck Joe Biden.

Stepmother broke down once because she wanted to call my dad.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (Zz0t1)

127 Feeling fat & sassy after the day's festivities.

Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (+HzbQ)

128 When I was young, Christmas Morning was the thing.

I now savor the evening. Early on, we almost always stayed at the maternal grandparents, and Jo Stafford got prominent LP play. That is what I am doing now, listening to the most chill music ever recorded as the logs on the fire wither to coals and ash. All is peaceful, contented.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

As this day has progressed from day to night I have reached an appropriate moment of reflection. Our journeys through the years are myriad and often evolve to places unexpected. It has been a decade since I spent the Christmas holidays with family or friends. I didn't intend for this to happen but it did and now I find myself uncomfortable at the thought of being with others. Still I find myself full of the season and blessed.
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:09 PM (Q8Bj8)

129 Stepmother broke down once because she wanted to call my dad.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (Zz0t1)

I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. May next year be better.

Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:10 PM (+HzbQ)

130
I've just seen some paintings of the Nativity by Chinese artists, done in the 1930s and 1940s. Of course, Madonna and Child are both Chinese. Very touching.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:11 PM (dxSpM)

131 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:12 PM (fwDg9)

132 Spider solitaire is evil
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:12 PM (fwDg9)

I wonder if AtC would ever try playing it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (VNX3d)

133 I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. May next year be better.
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:10 PM

Thank you. 2024 can die a slow, miserable death.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (Zz0t1)

134 Heard from all five sons today. Nice!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (WXNFJ)

135 121 Thank you, phone, for autocucumbering my post into a non-word. Super special.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (fz7Mb)
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So you were auto-cucurbitacinated?

Posted by: Ciampino - zucchine at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (i0xsb)

136 Merry Christmas again! I hope yours was blessed.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:16 PM (p4NUW)

137 Merry Christmas to all you Morons.

Grandchildren give the day a new dimension.

--Jinx, who posts far too infrequently
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 25, 2024 09:03 PM (23yAo)
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That they do. It's like being a parent again, only better.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

138 As this day has progressed from day to night I have reached an appropriate moment of reflection. Our journeys through the years are myriad and often evolve to places unexpected. It has been a decade since I spent the Christmas holidays with family or friends. I didn't intend for this to happen but it did and now I find myself uncomfortable at the thought of being with others. Still I find myself full of the season and blessed.
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:09 PM (Q8Bj

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My story is much the same. Although I had an opportunity to mingle with others today, I passed because I prefer my solitude, especially around the holidays. And yet I don't feel like I am missing out on anything, as I, too, am exceptionally blessed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 09:17 PM (BpYfr)

139 BCochran, ain't technology wonderful?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:17 PM (XHxxX)

140 If it was wolf spider solitaire...

Empress and a flamethrower.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (XHxxX)

141 So you were auto-cucurbitacinated?

Posted by: Ciampino - zucchine at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (i0xsb)

Didn’t even buy me dinner first.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (fz7Mb)

142 Thank you. 2024 can die a slow, miserable death.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (Zz0t1)

Agreed.

Of course, the one Deagel intelligence website predicted massive population loss by 2025.

Canada down to 18 million.

I'm indifferent.

Merry Christmas everyone. I'm going to watch a horror movie.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)

143 I don't have to be Jewish to empathize.
Posted by: Ciampino
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This relates, in a way, to an experience I had last week. There were some things that I needed to deliver to a couple that I know who live up north of here a bit. Well, I got lost. That's easy to do when you get up in the mountains a bit. Having explored this cove and that cove, I was passing a church, a very typical church in these parts...nice smallish brick structure on the side of a hill, no real settlement around.
A Baptist church as it happens. I noted a car turning into the drive leading to parking in the back, and thought 'Aha, maybe I can get directions'. In the back, it was obvious that the church and members were collecting and distributing supplies for those in need. This has been true for every church I have been by within 50 miles. Very nice couple and their son there for a Christmas pageant set me on the right direction. As I was pulling out, I noticed on their sign board in front, 'We Stand With Israel'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (XeU6L)

144 . I didn't intend for this to happen but it did and now I find myself uncomfortable at the thought of being with others. Still I find myself full of the season and blessed.
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

If you ever find yourself near the Gulf Coast of Alabama, you have family here to spend the holidays with. And to help you transition to being around others, we can ignore you except when it’s time to eat. 🙂

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:19 PM (p4NUW)

145 I wonder if AtC would ever try playing it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (VNX3d)

Fuck that game.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (1YfKX)

146 Captain Whitebread. So good to see you post. Merry Chirstmas.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (83y/e)

147 Summary of day at Chateau Lloyd:

Everyone sleeps in.

Brunch.

Everyone takes a nap.

Dinner.

Food comas.

Furtive attempts to eat dessert.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

148 >>Thank you. 2024 can die a slow, miserable death.

2024 sucked for many of us.

2025 is gonna to be lit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (LkLld)

149 *waves to the Empress*
How fares Alextopia?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:21 PM (XHxxX)

150 Happy Hanukkah to all the members of the horde celebrating this miracle tonight.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:22 PM (p4NUW)

151 A riff on the top image:

https://tinyurl.com/55de8fuw

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:23 PM (XHxxX)

152 2025 is gonna to be lit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (LkLld)

Trump has made me optimistic. I hope government gets decimated. And globalists around the world need to be hunted down, have everything taken from them and their bloodlines eliminated.

Fa la la la la la la la la

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:23 PM (jvJvP)

153 My story is much the same. Although I had an opportunity to mingle with others today, I passed because I prefer my solitude, especially around the holidays. And yet I don't feel like I am missing out on anything, as I, too, am exceptionally blessed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December

I need to learn how to appreciate this. It's hard, after raising my boys and always hosting friends and my brother, to adjust to letting them all go. The kids are adults and finding their own way. I love the quiet beach, even though it makes me cry.

Please help me learn how to adjust.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:24 PM (IeFUY)

154 I hope January is filled with many in the Federal bureaucracy taking their retirement and running.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:24 PM (XHxxX)

155 Nurse

Time to rediscover hobbies of your youth

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (XHxxX)

156 How fares Alextopia?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:21 PM (XHxxX)

Well. I have cherry pie.

That is not an euphemism.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (1YfKX)

157 Was wondering this evening if the Pope got his baby Palestinian in the manger back?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (fwDg9)

158 So, you got a Warrant for Christmas

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:26 PM (XHxxX)

159 If you ever find yourself near the Gulf Coast of Alabama, you have family here to spend the holidays with. And to help you transition to being around others, we can ignore you except when it’s time to eat. 🙂
Posted by: Piper

Thank you. That is a lovely offer. That Gulf Coast of Alabama is an entry on my bucket list.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:26 PM (Q8Bj8)

160 Well. I have cherry pie.

That is not a euphemism.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (1YfKX)

How sweet is it? Would it make a grown man cry?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (BBjH5)

161 Would almost rather be alone, than dealing with hubby's newfound dementia.

He's on the phone with his son... who finished talking & hung up about 10 minutes ago. Hubs still has the phone to his ear, although nobody is on the other end.

This is just sooooo fk'ng sad.

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (YoCnN)

162 https://tinyurl.com/55de8fuw
Posted by: Anna Puma

Kajit?! They have Christmas in Tamriel?

I doubt Mary would appreciate them bringing baby Jesus a bottle of skooma.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (ftFVW)

163 The cats are in early tonight. And not zoomy.

They've been staying with us for 3 months. Last weigh in Snowflake 9.8 pounds and Trumpy just under 12 pounds.

I combed them. They are so fluffy, they look twice their weight.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:29 PM (jvJvP)

164 LOL @ She Hobbit

Maybe give it to the Romans instead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:29 PM (XHxxX)

165 Way past my bedtime, Merry Christmas and
Happy Hanukkah

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:30 PM (fwDg9)

166 This is just sooooo fk'ng sad.
Posted by: JQ at December

I am sorry you are going through this, and your husband is so blessed to have you taking care of him and keeping him safe for as long as you are able.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:31 PM (p4NUW)

167 Going back to the increasingly distant years of my youth, Christmas vacation was a time of much gaming. The pinnacle was combining Third World War: Battle For Germany with Southern Front in 1990. It was epic, but many other designs featured over the years.

Yesterday, I recalled a stalled effort to do a card-driving War of the Roses game using a system I worked out for (believe it or not) Irag, Syria and Libya.

First obstacle: I don't have a plotter at my beckon call to print maps. As I pondered this, I realized that I was of the analog generation, and actually have transparent hex maps! Tomorrow I shall endeavor to develop a test map and then start playtesting with the family.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)

168
I think tonight's movie shall be Mel Gibson's Fatman/

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:33 PM (YQOEL)

169 >>Trump has made me optimistic. I hope government gets decimated. And globalists around the world need to be hunted down, have everything taken from them and their bloodlines eliminated.

It's already started.

Milei haș accepted Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration. No foreign leader has ever attended a US presidential inauguration. Ever.

The cult has gone global. Not bad for a bunch of know nothing cultists.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:34 PM (LkLld)

170
Did anyone watch Diehard?

I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days.
Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:35 PM (YQOEL)

171 The grandkids have been playing with the Little People Nativity.

Apparently Toph from The Last Airbender was present at the manger.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:38 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Milei haș accepted Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration. No foreign leader has ever attended a US presidential inauguration. Ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:34 PM (LkLld)

Really?

That's surprising. I'd think most world leaders would show up at every inauguration to keep the goodies flowing.

To God's ears in any event.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:38 PM (jvJvP)

173 Toph is with what their aunt called "the three wise guys" when she was little.

Not sure what gifts the Three Wise Guys brought, but it was probably classy and totally legit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

174 Did anyone watch Diehard?

I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days.
Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.
Posted by: Soothsayer

While I prefer to hold it for Christmas eve, the little hobbits pulled it out last week. Not quite the same, but we got it in the larger rotation.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (ftFVW)

175 WHAT THE F*CK?

Ace is muscling in on my art territory?

Ewoks are cut-throat bastards!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)

176 Did anyone watch Diehard?

I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days. Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:35 PM (YQOEL)

I watch Christmas Vacation and Die Hard every year on Christmas Eve. Usually finishing some time after midnight. This year was no exception.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (Jtz/H)

177 I need to learn how to appreciate this. It's hard, after raising my boys and always hosting friends and my brother, to adjust to letting them all go. The kids are adults and finding their own way. I love the quiet beach, even though it makes me cry.

Please help me learn how to adjust.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I made peace as my circumstances changed each time. When I was a decade younger I went photographing Christmas on Christmas Day, when I was less younger I wrote about Christmas on Christmas Day, now that I am no longer young I am enjoying that I have a lovely home, a bottle of scotch, a pecan wood fire in the fireplace and a 75 inch TV with the Godfather playing. After spending months living in car 15 years ago - well, I am tempered differently now. Plus New Mexico. Blessing come where blessing are.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (Q8Bj8)

178 Mostly stress free Christmas, although I think I’ll be returning the VR setup for the grandsons Ps5, the implementation is just not great and the game selections are just not geared to a 7 year old.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (XV/Pl)

179 I just told my family I ate too much and need to go work out. My 13 year old said “go ahead, mom. Do you. We won’t ever get in your way if that’s what you feel like doing. Unless we are hungry.”

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (p4NUW)

180 Ewoks are cut-throat bastards!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)

You really have to watch for them going through your trash.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:41 PM (Jtz/H)

181
Sure, yeah, I'll argue that The Godfather is a Christmas movie.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:42 PM (YQOEL)

182
Incidentally, Godfather Part III was released around Christmas time, and I saw it on Christmas Day. 1990, I think.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:43 PM (YQOEL)

183 I just told my family I ate too much and need to go work out. My 13 year old said “go ahead, mom. Do you. We won’t ever get in your way if that’s what you feel like doing. Unless we are hungry.”
Posted by: Piper

I am now fully in love with your kids.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:43 PM (Q8Bj8)

184 I just told my family I ate too much and need to go work out.
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (p4NUW)
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My father's family had everyone go out for a walk after dinner. It was just understood.

Then the women would work in the kitchen, the men would argue politics in the living room, and the kids would pile into the den and watch "The Sound of Music."

I miss those days. I totally took them for granted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

185 Don't get ahead of yourself with that top pic, Ace. We got 11 more days of Christmas before that event.

Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (QNH/l)

186 Bladerunner is a Christmas movie!!!

Actually, I think I'll watch that over New Years. Haven't seen it in a while.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (Wg6v7)

187 Milei haș accepted Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration. No foreign leader has ever attended a US presidential inauguration. Ever.
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I learned only today that Gorbachev attended Reagan's funeral.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (XeU6L)

188 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)

Yo Cochran!
How do you be?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (hOUT3)

189 Ewoks are cut-throat bastards!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)
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What part of the "laying live traps for humans" and then treacherously attacking the Empire via ambush did you not understand?

Even when Leia begged for the lives of her friends, they were like "Nah, we're hungry, bitch."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

190 Incidentally, Godfather Part III was released around Christmas time, and I saw it on Christmas Day. 1990, I think. Posted by: Soothsayer

It was a complete disaster. However the re-edited version is a everything you could want. Look for: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020)

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (Q8Bj8)

191 >>Really?

Really really.

Can you imagine if Harris had been shot in the head during campaign?

That happened to Trump. After they raided his home.

Defense prevents losing. Offense scores points.

We are about to score points. Lots.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (LkLld)

192 Don't get ahead of yourself with that top pic, Ace. We got 11 more days of Christmas before that event.
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (QNH/l)
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The Three Wise Guys are across the room from the manger, and the grandkids will get to follow them on their journey.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

193 Actually, I think I'll watch that over New Years. Haven't seen it in a while.
Posted by: Puddleglum
-------

I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe.

Posted by: Rutger Hauer at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (XeU6L)

194 We are about to score points. Lots.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM

The winning will be epic.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (dEYSD)

195 Watched Die Hard on Monday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (Zz0t1)

196 Thank you, Anna Puma.

I never had a hobby when I was a kid. I was either in school, doing homework or at the gym.

Time to figure something out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (6QeR0)

197 Yo Cochran!
How do you be?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (hOUT3)

Well ho-lee shit. Hrothgar! I be well. You and yours?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (doeWO)

198
Defense prevents losing. Offense scores points.

We are about to score points. Lots.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM

Crush
Drive
Lamentations

ad infinitum

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM (tljrc)

199 Good evening Hordelings! Hope your day was enjoyable however you spent it!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (BSDFI)

200 Crush
Drive
Lamentations

ad infinitum
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM

As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)

201
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2024 09:53 PM (O/0gI)

202 Defense prevents losing. Offense scores points.

We are about to score points. Lots.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (LkLld)
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I think we got some pick-sixes in there. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)

203 Crush
Drive
Lamentations

ad infinitum

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM

————-
As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)

————-

Burn. Scatter. Salt.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (tKNHW)

204 197
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)

Good to hear that.
To be fair, I am recovering from finding out, as a sort of Christmas present, that my second great-grand-child be making an appearance this summer!
But all seems well with Clan Hrothgar...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (hOUT3)

205 Ok, mellowness just increased as cat is now chilling with me. Fading fire, whiskey, Jo Stafford. Can't complain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)

206 2nd great grand?!? Congrats, my friend!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:55 PM (LNEQ2)

207
As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)

___________

A man received a telegram saying his mother-in-law had died and asked for instructions. His reply was, "Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (dxSpM)

208 Congrats, Hrothgar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (Zz0t1)

209 To be fair, I am recovering from finding out, as a sort of Christmas present, that my second great-grand-child be making an appearance this summer!
But all seems well with Clan Hrothgar...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (hOUT3)
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That's pretty awesome.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

210 Time to figure something out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (6QeR0)

Masturbation and bourbon drinking.

It's the Moron way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (d9fT1)

211 207 2nd great grand?!? Congrats, my friend!
Posted by: BCochran1981

The grand-son seems to have married what we primitives once called a good woman, so I think they will continue to be a great part of my family!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (hOUT3)

212 A man received a telegram saying his mother-in-law had died and asked for instructions. His reply was, "Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (dxSpM)
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Wasn't that Churchill's response to Stanley Baldwin's death?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (ZOv7s)

213 That's pretty awesome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Thanks, not an easy task when you are only 29!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:59 PM (hOUT3)

214 Our Vice President bakes biscuits with his daughter on Christmas Eve
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Wierd! That's so cis-normal that I can't absorb it.

Posted by: Wokester at December 25, 2024 10:02 PM (XeU6L)

215 Masturbation and bourbon drinking.

It's the Moron way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (d9fT1)

That's hot.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (Zz0t1)

216 NOODlum

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)

217 Good evening, Horde.
We had a lovely day- just the two of us, mostly feasting and relaxing.
We texted with all the kids and older g-kids and talked to three of them, which was nice.

I'm reminded that back in the mid-60s, one of the men on our street worked for Ma Bell. Since he was a nice-looking and well-spoken guy, he got to do the PSA's the Austin office produced each year to inform people when would be the best times to call family and friends long-distance.
Some of us remember when that was a big deal.
We all thought it was so cool that the T's dad was on TV, even for that.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:14 PM (f+FmA)

In the Lion's Den Open Thread

Whoops I got caught up and forgot I still have to post!

A sickly fox pup was found alone on the side of the road.

Her caretakers say she's now "just like a dog," including tail-wagging to show happiness.

Posted by: Ace at 06:23 PM

Comments

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1 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (QSrLX)

2 Second!

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:27 PM (Q8Bj8)

3 I don't know about that lion. The dude shown with him about 2/3 of the way through had two prosthetic legs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 06:28 PM (Dm8we)

4 Go Milo!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 06:28 PM (QSrLX)

5
Beyonce channeling Dolly was hot, don't care what you say.

Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 06:30 PM (q5rNo)

6 Good evening 🙏

Posted by: OkJohn at December 25, 2024 06:31 PM (NC/it)

7 Okjohn, Good evening and Welcome.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:33 PM (XTmTf)

8 I like Cafe style dissimilar species bond stories

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (fwDg9)

9 Fox makes a nice warm hat. Dachshund, not so much.

Posted by: Felix the Cat at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (G5+As)

10 Skip, Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (XTmTf)

11 Why don't teddy bears eat desert?

They're stuffed!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (VNX3d)

12 You never sausage a dog!

Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB at December 25, 2024 06:35 PM (G5+As)

13 Just make sure the lion is well fed.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 06:35 PM (ZmEVT)

14 Except foxes can never be housebroken. Domesticated yes, but they make a mess.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:36 PM (7r9lR)

15 I thought cooking would involve a microwave by now.
Posted by: Boss Moss

https://is.gd/5s2213

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:37 PM (L/fGl)

16 Just saw that Molly B's Polka Party is playing two dates in February in Apache Junction, AZ. Jealous.

Posted by: The Schmenge Brothers at December 25, 2024 06:37 PM (G5+As)

17 What kind of animal do you need in the Himalayas?

A Yak of all trades.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:38 PM (XTmTf)

18 I would never trust a lion with a little dog like that.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 06:38 PM (LHPAg)

19 8 I like Cafe style dissimilar species bond stories
Posted by: Skip

My Norwegian cousin married an Italian guy-turned out just fine.

Posted by: The Vulgar Boatman at December 25, 2024 06:40 PM (G5+As)

20 Paste error.

I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny
Posted by: Ben Had

https://is.gd/5s2213

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:41 PM (L/fGl)

21 Lin-duh!

Did Buckley get back from doggie boot camp? How's he doing? I bet you missed your troublemaker.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (qoB0Q)

22 I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll bet it's peppered with puns.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (OX9vb)

23 17 What kind of animal do you need in the Himalayas?

A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had

Not a Dalai LLama?

Posted by: Man Mountain Mike at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (G5+As)

24 AWrecks, perfect.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:44 PM (XTmTf)

25 I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll bet it's peppered with puns.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (OX9vb)

Sounds a-maize-ing!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (VNX3d)

26 Have a sore at base of my tongue all day and hard to eat, hasn't stopped me, just painful some.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (fwDg9)

27 'Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World."

-- The Once and Future President Trump

Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)

28 How did the Yak almost die? Cardi-Yak arrest.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:47 PM (XTmTf)

29 The Once and Future President Trump

Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Would be a good way to really connect Alaska.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (LHPAg)

30 Lin-duh!

Did Buckley get back from doggie boot camp? How's he doing? I bet you missed your troublemaker.
Posted by: nurse ratched
----
He's back. He is calmer and listens better. Now working on the family. He just got home yesterday. The e-collar is a game changer. It really helps him to get focused otherwise he was all over the place and pulling my arm off.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (rkQAd)

31 What's a yak's favorite song?

https://youtu.be/Zcq_xLi2NGo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:50 PM (VNX3d)

32 What do you call a Yak fortune teller? A Zodi yak

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:52 PM (XTmTf)

33 29 The Once and Future President Trump

Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)

Empty out all the undesirables. Which is most of them. That's a lot of natural resources and valuable land.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 06:53 PM (jvJvP)

34
No, I don't want Canada. Not a good match. Plus, there'd be a dozen new Democratic states.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:55 PM (dxSpM)

35 Needs more seal lions

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:59 PM (7LvAb)

36 Where do you find Yak relatives? In Yak-ima

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:00 PM (XTmTf)

37 What kind of animal do you need in the Himalayas?

A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had

Not a Dalai LLama?
Posted by: Man Mountain Mike at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (G5+As)

Not a Pack Yak?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:01 PM (VNX3d)

38 Needs more seal lions
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:59 PM (7LvAb)

Sea otters as well.

Just no spiders or snakes, please.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:02 PM (VNX3d)

39 What kind of animal do you need in the Himalayas?

A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had

Not a Dalai LLama?
Posted by: Man Mountain Mike

Not a Pack Yak?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

A pack Yak with a Pak40?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:03 PM (VNX3d)

40 What types of aircraft to Yaks fly? Yakolev.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:04 PM (VNX3d)

41 >>I would never trust a lion with a little dog like that.

https://tinyurl.com/yptf6skk

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:05 PM (LkLld)

42 Regrettably, because there is simply no workable, practicable alternative, the plan is for Canadiacs to be repatriated on a permanent basis to Newfoundland. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your attention to this matter

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:05 PM (VqV9I)

43 What do you get if you cross a Yak with a donkey? A yakass.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:06 PM (XTmTf)

44 No, I don't want Canada. Not a good match. Plus, there'd be a dozen new Democratic states.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:55 PM (dxSpM)

Give canada new york, connecticut, assholechusetts, vermont, maine and rhode island. The US can take everything west of Thunder Bay. The US gets rid of the democrat parasite states and the newly acquired land can be renamed "New Trumpia". It will be huge and beautiful!

Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at December 25, 2024 07:06 PM (R/m4+)

45 What do you get if you cross a Yak with a donkey? A yakass.

Heh, you're on a roll Ben Had.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 07:08 PM (mH6SG)

46 The US can take everything west of Thunder Bay.
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump

Do we really want Vancouver?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 07:08 PM (Dm8we)

47
Give canada new york, connecticut, assholechusetts, vermont, maine and rhode island. The US can take everything west of Thunder Bay. The US gets rid of the democrat parasite states and the newly acquired land can be renamed "New Trumpia". It will be huge and beautiful!
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys

_________

Sounds good. And we can make Uranium City great again!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:09 PM (dxSpM)

48 Notorious BFD, simple pleasures for my simple mind

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:09 PM (XTmTf)

49 It might be time to sea what otter puns might work tonight.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:10 PM (VNX3d)

50 12 You never sausage a dog!
Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB at December 25, 2024 06:35 PM (G5+As)

...

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 25, 2024 07:12 PM (sDWtc)

51
I'm willing to give Vermont over to Canada anyway. Smug, useless state full of smug, useless artsy-craftsy types. And Bernie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:13 PM (dxSpM)

52 Dachshunds are irrepressibly brave little b@stards.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 07:14 PM (6ZHNK)

53 Regardless of what you think of his politics or his understanding of religion this is joy. The world is healing.

https://tinyurl.com/yc85h75m

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (LkLld)

54 Read today Trump is trying to get Greenland

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (fwDg9)

55 from the BBC in 2000, A Ghost Story for Christmas: "A Warning to the Curious" with Christopher Lee. Story by MR James.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSbAWyswN0

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (XHxxX)

56 Helga Von Tippler Dec 24
This is Max . Many many years ago he ran a stable and a group of 20 something girls fresh out of school boarded their horses there. Fast forward to today . We’ve grown, we’ve lived our lives and today we are all still close friends . We’ve never let time nor silly differences get in our way or end our connection , even today’s disagreements are settled as to “What would Max think?”.

So one man, truly larger than life still influences lives led today. So if you think you don’t influence the future.. guess again. ( the horse is Buckwheat)

https://tinyurl.com/4x7rmph2

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 07:17 PM (6ZHNK)

57 Sunset has arrived in NM causing me to light the Christmas evening fire. It is lovely. Pecan wood make excellent firewood.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 07:18 PM (Q8Bj8)

58 What a story!!! And, a coincidence. Bone Digger was my nickname in college. And I love sausage dogs.

(Christmas impropriety is important)

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 07:20 PM (dIske)

59 I think there's a guy in Russia (?) who specially breeds foxes that have calmer, more dog-like characteristics.

Posted by: Paco at December 25, 2024 07:21 PM (mADJX)

60
Dachshunds have more guts than sense.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:21 PM (dxSpM)

61 >>I'm willing to give Vermont over to Canada anyway. Smug, useless state full of smug, useless artsy-craftsy types. And Bernie.

Fuck that. We aren't giving up shit. Not even giving Texas back to Mexico despite their most famous battle being a loss. To Mexico.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:22 PM (LkLld)

62 Dachshunds have more guts than sense.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's the end result of breeding dogs to go into badger burrows and drag out the badgers.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 07:23 PM (DgGvY)

63
I thought we tried to buy Greenland after WWII for $100 million and Denmark said no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:24 PM (dxSpM)

64 We aren't giving up shit. Not even giving Texas back to Mexico despite their most famous battle being a loss. To Mexico.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:22 PM

How about California? Can we give California back to Mexico?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (a3Q+t)

65 55. Great storytelling from Christopher Lee! I think that yarn has also been dramatized in a film short somewhere, but I can't remember where I saw it.

Posted by: Paco at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (mADJX)

66 Did we do the one about the yak's favorite car yet?

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (vFG9F)

67 Dachsies are pretty fearless, for their size. They are highly intelligent and usually obedient, but they also have a “the hell with you, I do what I want” mode they slip into from time to time. They are masters at manipulation as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (VqV9I)

68 fd, not yet.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (XTmTf)

69 Caddy-yak!

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

70 What is a yaks favorite car? A caddi yak

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:28 PM (XTmTf)

71 Caddy-yak!
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

I thought it was a Ponti-Yak, myself. Especially if it was a Trans Am.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:28 PM (VNX3d)

72 Read today Trump is trying to get Greenland

Greenlandia, Canadia, and Panama. You never know if you don't ask!

Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2024 07:29 PM (Av2Ad)

73 He's back. He is calmer and listens better. Now working on the family. He just got home yesterday. The e-collar is a game changer. It really helps him to get focused otherwise he was all over the place and pulling my arm off.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (rkQAd)

Lin-duh, I'm intrigued about the e-collar. We have an 8 month old baby basset hound who has all manner of bad habits that we're trying to break.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at December 25, 2024 07:29 PM (v23vE)

74 I'm full as a tick on a blood hound.

I ask for forgiveness for gluttony on Christmas.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (D6PGr)

75 And a Merry Christmas to all you good 'ettes and 'rons. Especially Ben Had. She knows why.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (v23vE)

76 Can we give California back to Mexico?

(Looks around) haven't we?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (yr/Go)

77 The Ugly Dachshund was one of my favorite Disney movies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 07:31 PM (D6PGr)

78 My roast came out pretty good this year. Boneless ribeye, about 3.5lbs. A simple salt, pepper, and garlic powder rub. 350 for a little over an hour, 20 minute rest, came out nice and crusty on the outside, rare in the middle. Plenty left over for sammiches.

Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (i0F8b)

79 >>How about California? Can we give California back to Mexico?

I might be in the minority but I'm not if favor of giving up anything. Not an inch.

How about we just curb stomp the scumbags who have ruined California and take it back. Seems like a better plan.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (LkLld)

80
They are highly intelligent and usually obedient, but they also have a “the hell with you, I do what I want” mode they slip into from time to time. They are masters at manipulation as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (VqV9I)

_________

So, a typical Hound.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (dxSpM)

81 How many yaks, could a Yankee yak yank, if a Yankee yak could yank yaks …

Posted by: Adriane the Everything Goes Better with Yakkity Sax Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 07:33 PM (qz+gL)

82 Adriane,1?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (XTmTf)

83 How many yaks, could a Yankee yak yank, if a Yankee yak could yank yaks …
Posted by: Adriane the Everything Goes Better with Yakkity Sax Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 07:33 PM (qz+gL)

Impressive!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (VNX3d)

84
Nud

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (dxSpM)

85 78 My roast came out pretty good this year. Boneless ribeye, about 3.5lbs. A simple salt, pepper, and garlic powder rub. 350 for a little over an hour, 20 minute rest, came out nice and crusty on the outside, rare in the middle. Plenty left over for sammiches.
Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (i0F8b)

Mine just went in. Round roast this year, no need to show off with ribs. It has been almost twenty years since I did the 18 lb monster standing rib roast for 24 people. DH’s last grandmas last Christmas. Kinda memorable. Not one ounce left over either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2024 07:35 PM (xZ/E3)

86 Do we really want Vancouver?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Well. Are if you throw out all the druggies and derilects and bums, YES! It's a great city! Seriously, it's an awesome city. Without the aforementioned.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM (xOhpI)

87 The most famous battle in Texian history may be the Alamo, but that bought time for the most important battle, San Jacinto. That changed the world.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 07:37 PM (a07r0)

88 if you throw out all the druggies and derilects and bums, YES! It's a great city! Seriously, it's an awesome city. Without the aforementioned.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: San Francisco at December 25, 2024 07:46 PM (a3Q+t)

89 Snowflake the cat was outside for over an hour.

Came in, peed in her litter box.

Love that cat.

PlutoTV. Doctor Who... The Five Doctors. Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 07:48 PM (jvJvP)

90 if you throw out all the druggies and derilects and bums, YES! It's a great city! Seriously, it's an awesome city. Without the aforementioned.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM

This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: San Francisco

If sconces were mentioned then yes, if not, then no.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 07:53 PM (Q8Bj8)

91 Dachshunds are irrepressibly brave little b@stards.

Posted by: Braenyard
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In their genes, probably comes from diving down into badger dens.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (XeU6L)

92 Merry Christmas Ace.

Sincerely,

Long Time Lurker

Posted by: Dion at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (W3bMI)

93 "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"

Why does this happen for embedded YouTube videos, and what can one do to make it not ever happen again?

Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 09:39 PM (MSTeU)

94 I should add that I'm using an iPad.

Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (MSTeU)

The Hounds of Christmas Open Thread

It�s time.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/UjbQy5UJHj
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 13, 2024

Dog having his own fun.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/zMISiMoZjd
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 25, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 04:30 PM

Comments

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1 Ahhhroooooooooooo!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (a3Q+t)

2 Ahhhroooooooooooo!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024

***
Werewolves of London!

(Though I doubt they'd recognize the place these days)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (omVj0)

3
No Hounds. No thread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (dxSpM)

4 Merry Christmas everyone!

I love the doggies.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 25, 2024 04:37 PM (1gLn1)

5 Leo the cat looks like he has a Maine Coon's tail. Somebody's Coon cat was sowing some wild oats, methinks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (omVj0)

6 Willowed....

She was no Honey West.

The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (jvJvP)

7 Re: Dog Having His Own Fun.We could replace 30-40% of Congress with Border Collies and be much better off. They’re smarter, more loyal and task oriented.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (Jpaxf)

8 Ah screw it.

I'm going to drink.

More.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (jvJvP)

9
Is there any performer more phony and plastic than Mariah Carey? She's more of an audioanimatronic machine than a human.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (dxSpM)

10 Leo the cat looks like he has a Maine Coon's tail. Somebody's Coon cat was sowing some wild oats, methinks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (omVj0)
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Wonder if he's got a few extra toes...apparently that's also common among Maine Coons...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (BpYfr)

11 Re: Dog Having His Own Fun.We could replace 30-40% of Congress with Border Collies and be much better off. They’re smarter, more loyal and task oriented.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (Jpaxf)

Let's start with their complete staffs. The collies can herd the congresscritters into the chamber for votes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (VNX3d)

12 Is there any performer more phony and plastic than Mariah Carey? She's more of an audioanimatronic machine than a human.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (dxSpM)

Listen, tits are tits my friend.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)

13 Besides being sexy, Anne Francis gave her characters a thoughtful quality. She plays a very effective villain in two early episodes of U.N.C.L.E., and of course she was in Forbidden Planet and a slew of other movies and TV shows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (omVj0)

14 Happy Houndsmas!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (Wx316)

15 8 Ah screw it.
I'm going to drink.
More.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (jvJvP)

I'm going to wait until 5:00. Pretending to have self-control.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (OX9vb)

16
Dogs in snow.

https://youtu.be/bDjGJzBdAwY

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (dxSpM)

17 No Hounds. No thread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It was Elvis that Put people off hounds. Cryin' all the time. Never caught a rabbit.

Posted by: Ain't No Friend Of Mine at December 25, 2024 04:43 PM (G5+As)

18 Finished wrapping another batch of lumpia

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:43 PM (Wx316)

19 I just noticed the license plate on the top video
Lol

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:45 PM (Wx316)

20 18 Finished wrapping another batch of lumpia
Posted by: vmom

I quit wrapping the lutefisk I hand out on Christmas. Even through the fancy paper, their nose told them what it was.

Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024 04:46 PM (G5+As)

21 That Mercedes in vid#1 sees VW's "farvergnugen" and raises it a Fab Doodle.

Posted by: Rex B at December 25, 2024 04:46 PM (PT7Bh)

22 Remember, little things can make a difference.

https://youtu.be/ibDD8Y3IJrg

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:47 PM (VNX3d)

23 Christmas Manhattan here. 5lb pork shoulder marinated overnight in garlic, oregano, mashed pineapple and other seasonings overnight currently in the oven.

Little is showing admirable restraint, refusing all solid food except for cookies until dinnertime in another three hours..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (Cbio9)

24 The pig has been in the oven for ninety minutes. Approximately thirty to go.

Repeat, the pig is in the oven.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (omVj0)

25 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is 178 minutes long, just under 3 hours. It may get abridged for TV.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glowworms at December 25, 2024 04:49 PM (i0xsb)

26
Running out of sugary blender juices. And rum.

Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 04:49 PM (q5rNo)

27 Repeat, the pig is in the oven.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM

How about the chair? Against the wall?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (9JrK/)

28 I quit wrapping the lutefisk I hand out on Christmas. Even through the fancy paper, their nose told them what it was.
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024

***
When the Norwegian Seamen's Church was here, they had a gift and food section at the rear of the building. Seems I recall canned lutefisk being available. I was never tempted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (omVj0)

29 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (OX9vb)

Enjoy!

The cat and dog were cute. 'Our' cats have amazingly fluffy tails like that. They both come in, tails up in the air and they are like feather dusters.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (jvJvP)

30 The pig has been in the oven for ninety minutes. Approximately thirty to go.

Repeat, the pig is in the oven.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (omVj0)

The Wolf is at the door. Le repet. The Wolf is at the door.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (VNX3d)

31 My cat Lily has that same bottlebrush tail.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (kpS4V)

32 I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (FEVMW)

33 "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is 178 minutes long, just under 3 hours. It may get abridged for TV.
Posted by: Ciampino - "

On right now on GritTV. The schedule says 1:30-5:30.

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 04:53 PM (vFG9F)

34 Auspex back when Ace was a new thing there was often a holiday cocktail and recipe thread. And after a short while the cocktail recipes would become 'pour bourbon in glass, drink', etc.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:53 PM (UKUm3)

35 The Church of England has told clergy in Birmingham to watch out for "problematic words" in Christmas carols that imply Jesus is the "true Messiah" or other religions aren't valid. And they wonder why the pews are empty.

https://t.co/klsTU9Cy0H

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of clergy at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (i0xsb)

36 Listen, tits are tits my friend.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)

A tautology if ever I read one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (bss/y)

37 When the Norwegian Seamen's Church was here, they had a gift and food section at the rear of the building. Seems I recall canned lutefisk being available. I was never tempted.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I lived right down the block from the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I never went to an English church service until I was 12.

Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (G5+As)

38 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is 178 minutes long, just under 3 hours. It may get abridged for TV.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glowworms at December 25, 2024

***
Grit crams in commercials, so a three-hour movie goes to 3.5. Looking at it now, I see this movie was quite an epic. The sandy desert wastes that I remember from the opening and ending bookend all sorts of scenes, Civil War battles, Eastwood's Blondie and Eli Wallach's Tuco dynamiting a bridge, Lee Van Cleef's "Bad" smoking his pipe as an army sergeant and interrogating Tuco, etc. No wonder there always seems to be something in it I haven't seen before.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (omVj0)

39 That'll teach that little pig to build a house out of straw.

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (vFG9F)

40 I should have said when Ace was a new to me thing. I wasn't around in the earliest years, but its been over 16 now.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (UKUm3)

41 36 Listen, tits are tits my friend.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)

C'mon here Nancy Pelosi....

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (jvJvP)

42 It's sad to see a family torn apart ... especially if it is by the Hounds of Christmas.

Posted by: Kwanzaa Timmy at December 25, 2024 04:56 PM (aD39U)

43 I lived right down the block from the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I never went to an English church service until I was 12.
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024

***
I really liked going there. A few years back I attended their St. Lucia evening service led by a local singer named Theresa Andersson.

I loved the architecture of the building. I think it's still there, but I don't know what's taken it over, if anything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (omVj0)

44 More than 20. I remember reading posts here on election night 2004.

Fuck, that makes me feel old.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (bss/y)

45 Husband and I are both card-carrying Texans so I can't believe we made it until Christmas Day without hearing "Merry Christmas from the Family."

https://tinyurl.com/3xcssnan

Most of my family didn't drink, but it still makes us think of them, most of whom are departed now.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (FEVMW)

46 Well, the apple and cherry-stuffed pork roast was delicious. My sides were not optimal this year.
Mom liked 'em, but she's obligated to say everything I do is perfect.

Time for a Blake's Black Philip hard cider.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (kpS4V)

47 Multiple injured after car plows into pedestrians in New York's Herald Square

https://mol.im/a/14226357

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of lethal weapons at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (i0xsb)

48 40 I should have said when Ace was a new to me thing. I wasn't around in the earliest years, but its been over 16 now.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024

***
I've been reading since 2010 and commenting since 2011, so yeah, a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (omVj0)

49 C'mon here Nancy Pelosi....
Posted by: Stateless

The Speaker Emerita is not sufficiently mobile at present. You'll have to go to her.

Posted by: You Asked For It at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (G5+As)

50 Hey kids, what time is it?
It's post time.
Make mine rye.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (w/3ky)

51 About 2003.

Chuck from lgf went insane and I found here.

Thanks ace.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (jvJvP)

52 ERIS!!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (1Le5v)

53 49 C'mon here Nancy Pelosi....
Posted by: Stateless

The Speaker Emerita is not sufficiently mobile at present. You'll have to go to her.

Posted by: You Asked For It at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (G5+As)

Tits are tits...

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:01 PM (jvJvP)

54 Tits are tits...

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:01 PM (jvJvP)

There you go

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:02 PM (1Le5v)

55 Been here since around 2009, under a couple of different nics.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (mH6SG)

56 ..."The photographer, astronaut Bill Anders reflected:
"The Earth we saw rising over the battered grey lunar surface was small and delicate, a magnificent spot of color in the vast blackness of space.
Once-distant places appeared inseparably close. Borders that once rendered division vanished. All of humanity appeared joined together on this glorious-but-fragile sphere. We set out to explore the moon and instead discovered the Earth.""

https://tinyurl.com/3z8nzjvn

Merry Christmas, everyone

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (w/3ky)

57 So, I'll bitch here since it was impolite to do it yesterday.

I go home and 'surprise' Mom and Dad during midnight mass every year. Well, this year, instead of doing it at St Augustine's they did it at Sacred Heart (the parish I grew up in.) Little did I know, but quickly realized once I left home, we were a very liberal parish. About 20 years ago, they built a new church for the parish because the old one had been intended to be temporary (they used it for 20 years) and was a converted basketball arena. It was nice- if rectangular.

Well, the new church... yeah. I played a game with myself last night and tried to count the number of crosses. 3. 3 in the whole church. Not a single crucifix. In a Catholic Church. One standing on the altar. One on the Ciborium. One fashioned to look like it was leaning on a pillar. The 'stations' are floor impressionist versions sunk into the stone. The walls? Completely bare.

Iconoclasts, man. Fucking iconoclasts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (bss/y)

58 Most of my family didn't drink, but it still makes us think of them, most of whom are departed now.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (FEVMW)

But they smoked Salem lights, right?

Right?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (Cbio9)

59 13 dogs and 1 cat enjoy a Christmas dinner...

https://youtu.be/vhg7Xm4FXAY

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:04 PM (Q8Bj8)

60 More on royal warrant from charles

Also missing out this time is consumer goods multinational Unilever, whose products include the likes of Marmite, Magnum ice cream bars and Pot Noodle.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of royal decrees at December 25, 2024 05:06 PM (i0xsb)

61 Linda and I went to 9:30 Mass at her church. I like better to go on Christmas Eve, just from the feeling of the darkness outside the windows and the look of the lights inside. It's a beautiful and ornate church. The new pastor has a Spanish (?) accent and looks like he ought to be wearing a suit and waiting outside a Cadillac to drive Don Corleone home.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:06 PM (omVj0)

62 My family. How many will there be for Christmas dinner? 125

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:07 PM (XTmTf)

63 The last one looks like a Lab, not a Golden.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 25, 2024 05:07 PM (1bNHn)

64 When I walk into a Catholic Church I want to see two things.

The Tabernacle straight ahead on a high altar and a big crucifix immediately above it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (ZmEVT)

65 Also missing out this time is consumer goods multinational Unilever, whose products include the likes of Marmite, Magnum ice cream bars and Pot Noodle.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of royal decrees at December 25, 2024

***
Is Unilever the parent company, or the descendant, of Lever Brothers?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (omVj0)

66 King Charles: First official portrait since coronation is unveiled, painted by Jonathan Yeo

https://tinyurl.com/pya9fjv6

Apparently Charles aspires to be Vigo the Carpathian.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (aD39U)

67 Chistmas on the ISS

https://mol.im/a/14226065

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of angels at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (i0xsb)

68 Merry Christmas, everyone!

Thank you, Ace, making the best blog on the intertubes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (cY18j)

69 64 When I walk into a Catholic Church I want to see two things.

The Tabernacle straight ahead on a high altar and a big crucifix immediately above it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (ZmEVT)

THIS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (bss/y)

70 My sister Violet, the one with the Mercedes and room for a pony, purchases only fine goods which have the Royal Warrant. I also very much try to. My sisters Daisy and our Rose, could care less.

Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at December 25, 2024 05:10 PM (G5+As)

71 That's Speaker Excreta to you

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 25, 2024 05:11 PM (/cBnn)

72 Dogs...For Molly Dog's first Christmas we wrapped up gifts for her and placed them under the tree. She didn't pay any attention to them until Christmas morning when we encouraged her to open gifts. This resulted in much late puppy mayhem and joy. This also resulted in lots of complications every Christmas after that...seems she liked getting wrapped presents to tear apart and being something of a sociopath she quickly and permanently concluded all wrapped presents under the tree were hers.

I so miss her.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:11 PM (Q8Bj8)

73 47 Multiple injured after car plows into pedestrians in New York's Herald Square

https://mol.im/a/14226357
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of lethal weapons at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (i0xsb)

"...It's unclear whether the crash was intentional or an accident..." Indeed. And I assume we will never, ever, know the driver's motive.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 05:12 PM (OX9vb)

74 Good eye, Grump!

disturbing is an understatement

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 05:12 PM (cY18j)

75 New Mexican Catholic churches seem to specialize in excessive tortured Jesus iconography.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:13 PM (Q8Bj8)

76 54 Tits are tits...

Posted by: Stateless
---

All tits are perfectly different.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (w/3ky)

77 Vigo the Carpathian, also known as Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy, is an ancient 16th-century medieval tyrant and sorcerer. You may now continue.

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)

78 Yeah well Hope and Chaney crap aint putting my mind to rest.
Fuckin Dems news cycles that I have opted out of since Carters Douch bag Express administration

HEH HEH Charter WAS Biden with a conscience.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (wDJaI)

79 Our parish sold the old church and move to a larger property with a new building. The statuary from the old was installed in the new church, with the ginormous all-wood crucifix suspend by heavy-duty cables over the altar. A Blessed Sacrament chapel, alas, but quite tasteful.

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (rj6Yv)

80 75 New Mexican Catholic churches seem to specialize in excessive tortured Jesus iconography.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Mexico also operates horse slaughterhouses.

Posted by: Par For Course at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (G5+As)

81 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (bss/y)

I'm sorry. It's very hard when things change

We're a Protestant church from the 1850's and while we don't have crucifixes we do have two crosses and one on top of the Christian flag. We also have beautiful banners on the walls with sayings of about Jesus " Resurrectoon and the life"
" "son of God" , Prince of Peace" Holy Spirit
The denomination may be liberal . I'm conservative
And before somebody possibly charmingly tells me I'm congratulating myself , I am not. The banners were there before I ever arrived but I do like them .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (BsSjd)

82 Santa ACE.... Ho Ho Ho

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (wDJaI)

83 Apparently Charles aspires to be Vigo the Carpathian.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (aD39U)

As stupid a painting as the Kenyan homosexual disappearing into the bushes. These elite, ain't.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (0eaVi)

84 Took a pass on bil invite to come for prime rib. They think beef should be dry and black, like fajitas and wrapped in wonder bread. Haute cuisine y'know.

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (/cBnn)

85 77 Vigo the Carpathian, also known as Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy, is an ancient 16th-century medieval tyrant and sorcerer. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)

Don't forget 'Vigo the Butch.'

Posted by: Peter Venkman at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (bss/y)

86 by: Hyacinth Bucket at December 25, 2024 05:10 PM (G5+As)

lol
Great show and great actress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (BsSjd)

87 COCHRAAAAAAAN!

Say hi to the Cheerleader and the demonettes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (kpS4V)

88 Hyacinth Bucket at December 25, 2024 05:10 PM (G5+As)

lol
Great show and great actress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (BsSjd)

I think of her every time some Michael Buble song comes on. I'd bet two generations ago they pronounced the name "Bubble."

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:20 PM (0eaVi)

89 Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:20 PM (0eaVi

I believe she was a classically trained singer and shen she sings and it's so bad I laugh. That cast worked remarkable well off each other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:23 PM (BsSjd)

90 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:02 PM

We are honored by the presence one who's contribution to to Horde lore will last and be memorialized until the Sun expands and engulfs the Earth!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:24 PM (a3Q+t)

91 Iconoclasts, man. Fucking iconoclasts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Going back to Jax for my parents funeral this coming Spring. I have been warned that St. Matthew’s is very much changed.

Posted by: The Methodists at December 25, 2024 05:24 PM (qz+gL)

92 I believe she was a classically trained singer and shen she sings and it's so bad I laugh. That cast worked remarkable well off each other.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:23 PM (BsSjd)

Sort of like Foster Brooks being "drunk." You can't sing that badly unless you can sing well.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:27 PM (0eaVi)

93 Patricia Routledge played the part of "Ruth" in Joseph Papp's 1980 production of "Pirates of Penzance". A far superior performance compared to Angela Lansbury's character in the movie version.

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

94 Say hi to the Cheerleader and the demonettes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (kpS4V)

Eldest Drunken Midget graduates in May and is headed to LSU.

Time freaking flies.

Duncan that is far far too kind. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:30 PM (qVV8U)

95 Lassie - The Christmas Tree
https://youtu.be/9JW98dWFEfY

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:33 PM (Q8Bj8)

96 New Mexican Catholic churches seem to specialize in excessive tortured Jesus iconography.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

***
NM had that sect called the Penitentes, who would whip themselves with branches and, I believe, would select one of their number every year to be whipped and then tied to a cross. An honor, I guess. Like being chosen to play Jesus in the Christmas pageant but, you know, with pain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (omVj0)

97 A BCochran sighting?!!?!

We are not worthy!
Seriously though. Nice to see you. Hope all is well with the spawn. Jeepers, time flies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (O9B8K)

98 Tens of thousands of Germans are on the streets [last night] to protest against open borders after the Magdeburg attack.

https://tinyurl.com/28cy4em9

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (w/3ky)

99 Sort of like Foster Brooks being "drunk." You can't sing that badly unless you can sing well.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024

***
Brooks was so good he fooled one of my fellow drama students into thinking he, Brooks, really had showed up drunk for the Dean Martin Roast program or whatever it was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)

100 97 A BCochran sighting?!!?!

We are not worthy!
Seriously though. Nice to see you. Hope all is well with the spawn. Jeepers, time flies.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (O9B8K)

Everybody comes home for Christmas. It's nice.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (OX9vb)

101 missing out this time is consumer goods multinational Unilever

Even before the Queen died, Unilever had closed the plants of several uniquely British products and moved their production to other countries. A royal warrant ought to mean something. Because "multinational" sure does.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (zdLoL)

102 98 Tens of thousands of Germans are on the streets [last night] to protest against open borders after the Magdeburg attack.

https://tinyurl.com/28cy4em9

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (w/3ky)

Peaceful protests are soooo cute.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (jvJvP)

103 NM had that sect called the Penitentes, who would whip themselves with branches and, I believe, would select one of their number every year to be whipped and then tied to a cross. An honor, I guess. Like being chosen to play Jesus in the Christmas pageant but, you know, with pain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Probably a challenge to drive home with the blood in your eyes from the Crown of Thorns.

Posted by: Not Putting My Hat In That Ring at December 25, 2024 05:40 PM (G5+As)

104 I've been here since it was on blogspot

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 05:41 PM (QfvaV)

105 Sort of like Foster Brooks being "drunk." You can't sing that badly unless you can sing well.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024

***
Brooks was so good he fooled one of my fellow drama students into thinking he, Brooks, really had showed up drunk for the Dean Martin Roast program or whatever it was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)

I've watched him in a lot of them. You can almost see him change in the first few steps once he stands up.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 05:43 PM (VNX3d)

106 Vigo the Carpathian, also known as Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy, is an ancient 16th-century medieval tyrant and sorcerer. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)p/i]

You forgot "Vigo the tampon" and "Vigo suspiciously silent on certain international crimes"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:43 PM (D7oie)

107 Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (w/3ky)

Peaceful protests are soooo cute.
Posted by: Stateless
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Their ptb should take heed. Get those types riled up and there will be trouble.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:44 PM (w/3ky)

108 Foster Brooks could always crack up the dais, and was on many celebrity roasts. Dean Martin and Don Rickles particularly could not help but crack up. Brooks was a guest on Adam-12 as an impaired driver 3 times, I believe, though once he was-Surprise!-smoking pot and had a flaming joint down his shirt.

Posted by: Cooter Brown at December 25, 2024 05:46 PM (G5+As)

109 Sort of like Foster Brooks being "drunk." You can't sing that badly unless you can sing well.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:27 PM (0eaVi)

Madeline Kahn does that in Blazing Saddles, when she does her hilarious parody of a Marlena Dietrich song. (Laziest girl in town).

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (7MHHr)

110 Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 05:29 PM (rj6Yv

I didn't see Angels Lansbury but I saw a video of the production with Patricia Routlege andLinda Ronstadt and the whole cast was terrific,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (fYujv)

111 Anyone else read the book series that launched or sprung from sixties TV shows?
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)

112 Their ptb should take heed. Get those types riled up and there will be trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:44 PM (w/3ky)

No chants, no waterballoons full of piss, no banners, no costumes, no shouting and screaming, just really pissed off Germans marching.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (D7oie)

113 103 NM had that sect called the Penitentes, who would whip themselves with branches and, I believe, would select one of their number every year to be whipped and then tied to a cross. An honor, I guess. Like being chosen to play Jesus in the Christmas pageant but, you know, with pain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Probably a challenge to drive home with the blood in your eyes from the Crown of Thorns.
Posted by: Not Putting My Hat In That Ring at December 25, 2024 05:40 PM (G5+As)

You laugh but the passion plays can get really out of hand some places. IIRC, there were ones in the Philippines that got kind of crazy (bloody.) Flagellants were a thing. It's a human thing that seems to pop up. Always verges or crosses the line into making a show of piety. Especially the public displays.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (bss/y)

114 Braenyard, the yellow vest protests were huge but accomplished little.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)

115
Where's our Yule Log?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)

116 Braenyard, the yellow vest protests were huge but accomplished little.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)

covid happened

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (D7oie)

117 Make America Fun Again.

https://tinyurl.com/2zssw3vu

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (LkLld)

118 Anyone else read the book series that launched or sprung from sixties TV shows?
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)

IIRC, MASH was a novel first, then a movie, and finally a TV series. There are quite a few MASH novels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (8zz6B)

119 BCoch!
You get to London, you keep your head on a swivel. Wouldn't want "diversity" to ruin your trip...

Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (WbGL/)

120 Where's our Yule Log?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)

Well, you know [wink, wink] I gotta little . . . . Um, sorry, that's actually a roll of quarters.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (D7oie)

121 kindltot, the first yellow vest protest were in 2018, I believe.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:52 PM (XTmTf)

122 Duncan that is far far too kind. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:30 PM

And the same to you and yours!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:53 PM (a3Q+t)

123 Madeline Kahn - I'm Tired
https://youtu.be/Uai7M4RpoLU

Foster Brooks - Dean Martin Roast
https://youtu.be/8na9wwjFy2I

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:53 PM (Q8Bj8)

124 I bought a copy of Jesus Huerta de Soto's Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles because a 2 inch thick economics book is the true definition of Christmas.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:54 PM (D7oie)

125 Anyone else read the book series that launched or sprung from sixties TV shows?
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)

IIRC, MASH was a novel first, then a movie, and finally a TV series. There are quite a few MASH novels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM

AOP, you are correct.

Modesty Blaise books were vastly superior to any movie or TV versions.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:55 PM (a3Q+t)

126 Duncanthrax, you know you used up your one indulgence for a missed MoMe right?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:56 PM (XTmTf)

127 116 Braenyard, the yellow vest protests were huge but accomplished little.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)

covid happened

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (D7oie)

I was on Instagram at the time and there were massive protests that were hidden by the media against the jabs.

Unless the protests happen at politicians houses leaving no survivors, they're cute and pointless.

At some point, I hope the rest of the Western world loses it's collective crap and purges our elte scum and their bloodlines.

Fa la la la la la la la la

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:57 PM (jvJvP)

128 Ben Had, they got ended by the French 2020 lockdowns.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:58 PM (D7oie)

129 Where's our Yule Log?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)

Well, you know [wink, wink] I gotta little . . . . Um, sorry, that's actually a roll of quarters.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (D7oie)

Sob. All I have a fun size Mounds bar.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 05:58 PM (VNX3d)

130 119 BCoch!
You get to London, you keep your head on a swivel. Wouldn't want "diversity" to ruin your trip...

Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (WbGL/)

Oh I had that convo with all three of my girls. “You will go absolutely fucking nowhere without me. Not a trip down to the corner store. You leave the hotel, I’m with you. Period.”

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 06:00 PM (DX6IT)

131 Brooks was so good he fooled one of my fellow drama students into thinking he, Brooks, really had showed up drunk for the Dean Martin Roast program or whatever it was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)

Yeah, he was a drunk playing sober, hoping no one would notice.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 06:01 PM (0eaVi)

132 300,000 yellow vest protestors in France in one March in 2018. This was pre- covid. It was about energy prices.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:03 PM (XTmTf)

133 A history lesson.

https://is.gd/zxL1Ae

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:04 PM (L/fGl)

134 The first Christmas arrest in Las Cruces. Apparently he was doing some very last minute Christmas shopping.

https://is.gd/YLfg5V

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:06 PM (Q8Bj8)

135 We are the manager, Karen.

https://tinyurl.com/yycwbcrk

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 06:07 PM (LkLld)

136 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:07 PM (Le00v)

137 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Evening! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

🍹
🍸
🥃

Merry Christmas to you and your extended friends and family.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:09 PM (u82oZ)

138 NaCly, you are proof that there are Angels.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:10 PM (XTmTf)

139 While I think little of Charles, I think that's A pretty good portrait, and fits in well with other royal portraits. Agreed pretty much with the artist.
Obama's was a shitty piece of drek.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 06:10 PM (4780s)

140 The sheriff's department just showed up on Christmas Day and took my dog to jail.

Unpaid barking tickets.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 06:11 PM (E7mWg)

141 BCochran1981

Good to see you posting. I'm sure you raised your daughters right. They know you love them because they saw you dance on stage for them.

Be safe, and have a lot of fun.

Too bad you can not carry a cordless hole puncher, and try for tight groups.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:11 PM (u82oZ)

142 We are the manager, Karen.

https://tinyurl.com/yycwbcrk
Posted by: JackStraw
------

I had that hapen once. A customer in a fit of self-induced pique insisted on 'speaking to the manager', replies I, 'I am the manager.

Customer: "oh...uh, well..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:12 PM (XeU6L)

143 Ben Had
**Uh ... tugs on collar*

Could you tell my wife?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:12 PM (u82oZ)

144 NaCly, that's a conversation for a different time

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:14 PM (XTmTf)

145
[ponders 'must see' places in London]

Westminster

The Tower

For me (curiously), Bedlam

Interestingly, walking over to Bedlam, I passed William Bligh's house.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:15 PM (XeU6L)

146 {{{Ben Had}}}

Got it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (u82oZ)

147 LOL, new scare story from Faux News... supposedly if the Speaker is not re-elected in the House, it may delay Trump's election being ratified by the House on Jan 6.

Yeah.... right...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (QAkQ3)

148 It doth be my pleasure to start to get dinner ready. Lots of prep work tonight.

Have a great night, everyone. May you be warm and happy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (u82oZ)

149 Mike Hammer, do go through Bedlam to get to chaos?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:17 PM (XTmTf)

150 >>I had that hapen once. A customer in a fit of self-induced pique insisted on 'speaking to the manager', replies I, 'I am the manager.

>>Customer: "oh...uh, well..."

Had that happen more than once in my career. Karen is almost always wrong.

I kind of enjoy those conversations.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 06:18 PM (LkLld)

151 It doth be my pleasure to start to get dinner ready. Lots of prep work tonight.
--------

[opens oven door, shoves in frozen pizza]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:18 PM (XeU6L)

152 I thought cooking would involve a microwave by now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:19 PM (wZ2Bf)

153 My favorite Christian moment in song: Philadelphia Opera Company "Hallelujah Chorus" flash mob in the Philadelphia Macy's (formerly Wannamaker's) with the amazing organ.

https://tinyurl.com/4258jfup

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 06:20 PM (FEVMW)

154 [opens oven door, shoves in frozen pizza]
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Don't forget to add the kale, okra, and pineapple first.

Posted by: Resident Noodge at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (G5+As)

155 Back home
Dad had trouble getting upright after sitting awhile at my aunt and uncle's place
My aunt tried unsuccessfully to amputate her finger making dinner

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)

156 I thought cooking would involve a microwave by now.
Posted by: Boss Moss

And I thought we'd have flying cars by now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (L/fGl)

157 Do rabbits eat pizza now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (wZ2Bf)

158 I happen to know Piper's Christmas menu and kale is no where to be found.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (XTmTf)

159 Vegetables are what food eats.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:23 PM (wZ2Bf)

160 My aunt tried unsuccessfully to amputate her finger making dinner

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)

Same with my mom. “I’ll be right back. Just cut my finger.”

*me looking around* “How??? I’m the one carving the meat…”

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 06:24 PM (oOhJv)

161 Mike Hammer, do go through Bedlam to get to chaos?
Posted by: Ben Had
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Ah. I add The Imperial War Museum. Pic of the front
t.ly/Ur9dq

Lots of very neat stuff/exhibits there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:24 PM (XeU6L)

162 Duncanthrax, you know you used up your one indulgence for a missed MoMe right?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:56 PM

One? Where in the rules does it specify one?

I may have to try for Friday this year; third Saturdays may be problematic.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (a3Q+t)

163 I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (XTmTf)

164 Philadelphia Macy's (formerly Wannamaker's)
---------

It's a miracle!

Posted by: 34th Street at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (XeU6L)

165 I happen to know Piper's Christmas menu and kale is no where to be found.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM

Note is taken of nothing being said about okra and Brussel Sprouts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (a3Q+t)

166 157 Do rabbits eat pizza now?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Yes, and squirrels are eating voles, and Haitians in Springfield are eating our cats and geese. I think Obama has stopped eating dog, though.

Posted by: Care-A-Lot Pet Center at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (G5+As)

167 Nood.

Lion's Den.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (jvJvP)

168 I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny
Posted by: Ben Had

I am still waiting...

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (Q8Bj8)

169 Duncanthrax, this does not make me happy.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:27 PM (XTmTf)

170 158 I happen to know Piper's Christmas menu and kale is no where to be found.
Posted by: Ben Had

Why on earth would you think resident noodge was referring to Piper? She's a bright star on this desolate blog.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness at December 25, 2024 06:29 PM (G5+As)

Reindeer Rock Open Thread

Happy Christmas spirit on the way pic.twitter.com/O2x1zE0elJ
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) December 16, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 03:30 PM

Comments

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 25, 2024 03:31 PM (e00aV)

2
The Waitresses!

HQ Tradition lives on!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (YQOEL)

3 Hola straight vez.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (e00aV)

4 Heh. He said Cornholio. Heh.

Posted by: Beavis at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (mH6SG)

5 Dammit. Not first.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (tKNHW)

6 1.5 hours until dinner. Still have stuff to prepare. Sheesh.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (E7mWg)

7 Santa Claus is coming on a boogie woogie choo Choo train!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (XTmTf)

8 OTRA vez! Damned autosuck

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (e00aV)

9 BCochran, how very nice to see you.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (XTmTf)

10 Also had a Chemistry Set and you could go down to the Woolworth and by chemicals in a bottle. Bought Potassium Nitrate, Sulfur, and crushed charcoal to make my own gun powder. I did not grow up to be the Unabomber and a Leftwing Anti-Vietnam Protester freak either.

And I did not make any bombs and anything dangerous other than to myself through the old fashion learning process. Imagine that???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (FDlb9)

11 Why is a foot a good Christmas present?

Because it makes a good stocking filler

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (JvXtq)

12 BCochran, ditto what Ben Had said. Don't be so scarce, huh? Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (OX9vb)

13 soothsayer, I thought I had it covered because I posted it the day after thanksgiving but you said you hadn't seen it so I added it.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (KRtlO)

14 Hey Ben! I’ve been popping in and out the last 24 hours. It’s good to see everyone.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (moA/t)

15 Willowed: Johnny Eagle Lieutenant guns.

Man from UNCLE guns.

I had a one track wish list.
Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024

***
I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.
Also they had the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.

Earlier, during my Westerns phase, I'd had several Mattel versions of the Colt Single Action Army w/ plastic grips painted like carved bone and with the two part bullets that worked just like the real thing. A cap on the flat base banged as the hammer came down, and the plastic "bullet" left the brass cartridge and flew out the barrel. Of course we lost the plastic bullets early, but the guns still loaded and fired.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (omVj0)

16 Been getting for a few days a YouTube about the Waitresses, and none looking like fans

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (fwDg9)

17 >>>I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.
Also they had the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.

cool, i always wanted one of those UNCLE guns.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (KRtlO)

18 Santa Claus is coming on a boogie woogie choo Choo train! Posted by: Ben Had

It isn't a train but it will have to do.
https://youtu.be/nSmvHPG9MD4

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (Q8Bj8)

19 Hanging in

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (w3u3d)

20 i had an electronics kit and I'm ashamed to say I never did anything beyond making a light light up with an accompanying sound.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (KRtlO)

21 And just posted downstairs
Only a couple minutes left of the Queens College Ancient Choir version of Handel's Messiah, 2 hours and 18 minutes so expecting to see some orchestra members to collapse.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)

22 That reindeer has a mask on? Worried about covid or it biting people?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (sAmhv)

23 I didn't like erector sets but I had a Girder and Panel bridge-making kit and building-making kit. They were pretty awesome.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (KRtlO)

24 Girder and Panel building set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus

the bridge set was better

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (KRtlO)

25 Here's Chuck Berry's "Run, Rudolph, Run" as covered by the Canadian rock band Crowbar:

https://youtu.be/5B3w5aZsP1g

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (8zz6B)

26 ace, Merry Christmas and thank you for this amazing community.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (XTmTf)

27 Merry Christmas to you, Ben Had, and thank you for making this community what it is.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:42 PM (KRtlO)

28 I am cooking by nose today, at three hours in magic starting to happen. Nose is saying, "so close, but not yet." I am cooking a bottom round roast at 250 degrees in the oven because it was too big for the crock-pot.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (Q8Bj8)

29
2 hours and 18 minutes so expecting to see some orchestra members to collapse.
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)

__________

Götterdämmerung clocks in a 5 hours. At one performance at the Met, a violinist was seen to lean forward and kiss the last page of his part.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (dxSpM)

30 ace, Merry Christmas and thank you for this amazing community.

Yes.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (mH6SG)

31 Santa Claus is coming on a boogie woogie choo Choo train!
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (XTmTf)

https://youtu.be/iYO8mrsgw9g

Santa Claus Boogie!
https://youtu.be/aUrWFBfz3SM

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (VNX3d)

32 ace, Merry Christmas and thank you for this amazing community

DITTO!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (JkO4W)

33 Dorothy Parker's, "Prayer for a New Mother":

The things she knew, let her forget again --
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
the gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.

Let her have laughter with her little one;
Teach her the endless, tuneless songs to sing,
Grant her her right to whisper to her son
The foolish names one dare not call a king.

Keep from her dreams the rumble of a crowd,
The smell of rough-cut wood, the trail of red,
The thick and chilly whiteness of the shroud
That wraps the strange new body of the dead.

Ah, let her go, kind Lord, where mothers go
And boast his pretty words and ways, and plan
The proud and happy years that they shall know
Together, when her son is grown a man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (omVj0)

34 Mr. Dmlw! and I are continuing our Christmas tradition of watching World's Strongest Man Competition marathon. Hands down my favorite thing on television.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:45 PM (OX9vb)

35 Merry Christmas, Ace. It’s been roughly 15 years I’ve been in and out around here. Been a blast and made some great friends. Thank you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 03:46 PM (DX6IT)

36 And the “NY Post” has the best headlines. Maybe J.J. Had this in his morning report
It’s about American Airline travel delays- and yes, I feel badly from people getting delayed from seeing loved ones. I still think the headline is darkly amusing:

How the glitch slowed Christmas .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:46 PM (ZpVYH)

37 17 >>>I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.

friend of mine had an u.n.c.l.e. camera that would transform into a gun, way before transformers were a thing. we didn't have a tv, so i had no clue about it.

he also had a green hornet toy car. i also had no clue about that.

clearly, i was deprived. maybe i should seek therapy.

Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (IKg+A)

38
ace, Merry Christmas and thank you for this amazing community

DITTO!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

__________

For a bunch of cranks, impecunious layabouts, dipsomaniacs, wastrels, depressives, loudmouths and poseurs, we do very well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (dxSpM)

39 >>>friend of mine had an u.n.c.l.e. camera that would transform into a gun, way before transformers were a thing. we didn't have a tv, so i had no clue about it.

my brother had a robot that turned into a tape recorder (for some reason)

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (KRtlO)

40 The grandkids have torn through all their present and are now... "bored."

Because grandma got them clothes.

I think it's time for another Bourbon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (Q4IgG)

41 Ran around yesterday for some last minute shopping and realized I just used up both packing tapes.

Other than that … Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Adriane the If it Weren t for Bad Timing, Id have no Time at All Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (qz+gL)

42 While having brunch today, watched a deer hobble across the neighbors yard. Front left leg appeared to be injured/broken. Made it across the street and into the woods. Kind of a bummer.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (hoCmQ)

43 Watching a replay of a LIV golf tournament. It's at the course Trump owns in NoVA, along the Potomac. Lovely area. I think this was a couple of years ago.

I forgot the Steelers were playing today. I see I'm not missing much. They're getting crushed. I guess they hit that wall where the talent will go as far as it can. They'll be one and done in the playoffs.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

44 24 Girder and Panel building set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus

the bridge set was better
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (KRtlO)

My brother had a few of those growing up. I remember the bridge set.

Merry Christmas, all!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (Cbio9)

45 There are two others by Dorothy about Jesus, "The Gentlest Lady" and "The Maid-Servant at the Inn." Each is a little long to go into a gray box here, I think. But they are worth looking up. Good for today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (omVj0)

46 Finally.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (LkLld)

47 For a bunch of cranks, impecunious layabouts, dipsomaniacs, wastrels, depressives, loudmouths and poseurs, we do very well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (dxSpM)

You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:50 PM (muwun)

48 At Denny's. Busy! Lots of kids wearing Christmas themed pajamas. Some adults are too.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 03:51 PM (ctJ5/)

49 My cousin had a toy Colt Walker, ever since then wanted a replica cap and balk pistol

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:52 PM (fwDg9)

50 I forgot the Steelers were playing today. I see I'm not missing much. They're getting crushed. I guess they hit that wall where the talent will go as far as it can. They'll be one and done in the playoffs.
Posted by: Puddleglum

The Steelers are enjoying all the reasons Denver ate his $250 million contract to get rid of him.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:52 PM (Q8Bj8)

51 Merry Christmas, Ace. Thanks for hosting the most entertaining and informative comment section in the www.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (OX9vb)

52 For a bunch of cranks, impecunious layabouts, dipsomaniacs, wastrels, depressives, loudmouths and poseurs, we do very well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Hel … loooooooooo.

Posted by: The Methodists at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (qz+gL)

53 friend of mine had an u.n.c.l.e. camera that would transform into a gun, way before transformers were a thing. we didn't have a tv, so i had no clue about it.

he also had a green hornet toy car. i also had no clue about that.

clearly, i was deprived. maybe i should seek therapy.
Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024

***
I had a dim memory of transforming toys like that, but I think they were part of a Mattel line called "Secret Agent Zero-M," or something like that. The young Kurt Russell did TV commercials for them: https://tinyurl.com/9j2hfjhk

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (omVj0)

54 Tough call today: Bourbon, Scotch, Irish, or Rye. Canadian is not on the list because of reasons.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (Q8Bj8)

55 From a trip to Gettysburg had for a long time a musket that would fire caps

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (fwDg9)

56 Just got around to checking here today, so this is late but Merry Christmas to all of you. Enjoy your loved ones, drink some eggnog, and watch "Lethal Weapon"

Posted by: UGAdawg at December 25, 2024 03:55 PM (tRd71)

57 Going to go visit my parents and aunt and uncle
Back in a bit

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (fwDg9)

58 Tough call today: Bourbon, Scotch, Irish, or Rye. Canadian is not on the list because of reasons.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (Q8Bj

I've dropped Irish since its despicable recent insult to Israel. So Scotch it is.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (muwun)

59 I've put the food from the pig into the oven: a nine-pound ham, sliced and cooked, but it will take two hours to heat. I've set my running stopwatch to keep track of the time. In the meantime, I'm having a couple of crackers. This afternoon, cool and damp, would be perfect for a pipe; but I've had one today and don't really feel like another.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (omVj0)

60 Merry Christmas to you, UGAdawg!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (sSkcu)

61 Well, Merry Christmas hordelings. Got to get ready for work in the electronic salt mines of the five sided nut house along the Potomac. I'll check in over the shift, now and then.

Later.....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (sAmhv)

62 One of my worst Christmas disappointments was getting my first real bike and realizing it was not a Schwinn. This moment prepared me for the Rolling Stones and "You Can't Always Get What You Want." After that song I went into my macramé and all-natural phase until I decided plastic packaging was the way to go.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (Q8Bj8)

63
I've dropped Irish since its despicable recent insult to Israel.

________

Just being Irish would suffice as a reason.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:59 PM (dxSpM)

64 Man from UNCLE guns ...

When I was a kid, I recall one of those guns was in the shape of one those multi-band portable radios. One moment, it looked like a tablet-sized radio, then you push a button and the barrel pops out of one side, a stock folds out on the other side, the trigger and receiver pop out of the bottom, and you use the handle as a sight.

Awesome and very fragile. It wasn't mine (very expensive).

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:00 PM (rj6Yv)

65 Girder and Panel building set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus

the bridge set was better
Posted by: ace
------

See my willowed post, 207, previous thread.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:00 PM (XeU6L)

66 ...Christmas 1968, from the far side of the Moon with Earth entirely hidden from view, the Apollo 8 spacecraft ignited its SPS engine to return to Earth.

James Lovell radioed back to mission control: "Please be informed there is a Santa Claus," as they began their way home. …

more & pic:
https://tinyurl.com/3z8nzjvn

Merry Christmas

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:01 PM (w/3ky)

67 I've dropped Irish since its despicable recent insult to Israel. So Scotch it is. Posted by: Cicero

Scotch it was and Scotch it will be my friend. I am about to get into my bottle of Colkegan whiskey distilled here in NM and "peated" with mesquite. They can't call it scotch but it is scotch. Plus 92 proof. It is divine and wild at the same time.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:02 PM (Q8Bj8)

68 Just got around to checking here today, so this is late but Merry Christmas to all of you. Enjoy your loved ones, drink some eggnog, and watch "Lethal Weapon"
Posted by: UGAdawg
--------

Well...it IS Christmas, so Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, late of Ga Tech at December 25, 2024 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

69
Humility-Gratitude is all you need to know and ALL knowledge comes from God.
Plug into the Spirit and get HIGH
-Raggedy Hobo

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:04 PM (wDJaI)

70 ***
I had a dim memory of transforming toys like that, but I think they were part of a Mattel line called "Secret Agent Zero-M," or something like that. The young Kurt Russell did TV commercials for them: https://tinyurl.com/9j2hfjhk
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
---

I received a spring loaded cannon. The barrel was about a foot long and the shells were about three inches. It could shoot them about twenty feet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (w/3ky)

71 Star Trek fans (not me, nowadays... I checked out after TNG) will be pleased to know that Star Trek: Discovery (aka "WokeTrek") has not only been canceled, it's been officially erased from the canon.

They've retconned it using the "alternate time line" method, so future Trek efforts won't need to take it into consideration.

At all.

Merry Christmas, all!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (W5ArC)

72 For a bunch of cranks, impecunious layabouts, dipsomaniacs, wastrels, depressives, loudmouths and poseurs, we do very well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.
Posted by: Cicero
-----

I think of AoSHQ as a landscape of iniquity.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (XeU6L)

73 Spent a lot of the day following AoSHQ linked stuff. Some very good, but it takes a while to go through it all!

Late for the toy thread. We had Tinkertoys and Lincoln logs, but my friend's family had those Kenner girder and panel sets, the older white plastic kind (called?), *and* erector sets. And an HO scale trainboard! Had a lot of fun with those.

Some of the can't-have-those-today toys I had:
❄ The vac-u-form, where you heated up a plastic sheet, flipped it over a form, and vacuumed the plastic to become a car or whatever.
❄ That toy where you cooked rubber bugs and worms out of plastic. Creepy crawlies or whatever it was.
❄ My favorite, a cotton-candy maker. Pour in the colored sugar, which was heated and spun into the bowl, where the paper cone was twirled. Soon ran out of the colored sugar, but found that regular sugar worked. That was great until my older brother decided to try jell-o. End of that toy. There's a list of toys older brother destroyed similarly. Including my first bike.

Merry Christmas, y'all.

Click on the nic link for a bunch of seasonal videos (and an eclectic playlist of those songs I've linked from my ONT sign-off comments all month).

Posted by: mindful webworker - baby c'mere and stand under this mistletoe at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (09AS9)

74 2
The Waitresses!

HQ Tradition lives on!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (YQOEL)

A reminder to beg the smoker's you know to quit.

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (Fg0Nr)

75 Remember Marvel the Mustang? I never aspired to have one... frankly, it looked pretty crap as a toy.

The commercial jingle was catchy as hell, though. I still remember every word.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (W5ArC)

76 > Creepy crawlies

There was a version called "Incredible Edibles" that made bugs and other disgusting stuff that you could actually eat.

A young Merrick Garland likely had one of those.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:07 PM (W5ArC)

77 I had a dim memory of transforming toys like that, but I think they were part of a Mattel line called "Secret Agent Zero-M," or something like that. The young Kurt Russell did TV commercials for them: https://tinyurl.com/9j2hfjhk
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>>

#64 I searched the internetz and found the portable radio gun. It was the Secret Agent Zero M Radio Rifle.

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:09 PM (rj6Yv)

78 Man from UNCLE guns ...

When I was a kid, I recall one of those guns was in the shape of one those multi-band portable radios. One moment, it looked like a tablet-sized radio, then you push a button and the barrel pops out of one side, a stock folds out on the other side, the trigger and receiver pop out of the bottom, and you use the handle as a sight.

Awesome and very fragile. It wasn't mine (very expensive).
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024

***
I still think that was part of Mattel's Agent Zero-M line. If I'd seen an U.N.C.L.E. tie-in toy like that, I'd have wanted it.

The ID card that came with the Ideal gun sets looked fantastic. I carried it in my wallet for years until my wallet was stolen one day at college. I had little money in it and no credit cards or driver's license then, so it was a small loss. But I missed the card most of all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:09 PM (omVj0)

79 mindful webworker--

I had a Vac-u-form, a Creepy Crawlers, AND a cotton candy machine!! Fortunately I was an only child so I didn't have an older sibling to destroy things.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:11 PM (FEVMW)

80 Big Bang cannons. Several kids in the neighborhood had one. We would have battles in one kid's crawl space. The cannon flshes from the different dark corners were great! I still have this one, and the carbide:
t.ly/-eYCL

I also have the one that my dad had as a kid
t.ly/gXGlb

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (XeU6L)

81 Off grid living

https://tinyurl.com/ye292mzz

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (wDJaI)

82 When I was nine, I think, I received Mattel's talking dolls of Beany and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent from the Bob Clampett cartoon series. In time Beany vanished, but my mother kept Cecil, even though his cord-pull talking box had long gone mute, on a chair in her bedroom. Another item I wish I'd grabbed when I cleaned out her place after she died.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (omVj0)

83 Posted by: mindful webworker - baby c'mere and stand under this mistletoe at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (09AS9)

Thanks for the links.

And now I remember that I had one of those cotton candy makers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (S9oCJ)

84 My nose was right - I just pulled the slow roasted bottom round roast and stuff from the oven. Tender, a miracle, and tasty. Plus veggies. Plus scotch. Plus a nice fire. I may be on my own for Christmas but I am handily making due.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (Q8Bj8)

85 Didn’t want any Man from Uncles toys, I wanted Ilya. The real one, not a toy.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (2NHgQ)

86 1950s. Triang all metal toys. Japanese.
I still have a large red crane with 4 rubber wheels and the original string for cables. Can raise/lower the boom and raise/lower the lead hook (yes, lead as in Pb). I lost the removable bucket.
I also still have a large racing car (50s F1 type) with a Japanese-looking driver. The car makes a siren sound when pushed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glow in the dark at December 25, 2024 04:16 PM (i0xsb)

87 Christmas when I was ten, I had a cold and felt terrible. Tht year I received a Mattel gun and holster set (holster of tan-colored, "tooled" plastic), and the Hartland standing figure of Bat Masterson from the TV series. It was part of the Hartland "Gunfighters" range. Bat came wearing his trademark glossy vest, grey trousers (I think they were textured to have a faint pinstripe!), his string tie, and removable parts -- his derby hat, gun in belt holster, and his famous cane. The figure goes for some money now, and I can see why, as it's very good-looking.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:16 PM (omVj0)

88 Star Trek fans (not me, nowadays... I checked out after TNG) will be pleased to know that Star Trek: Discovery (aka "WokeTrek") has not only been canceled, it's been officially erased from the canon.

They've retconned it using the "alternate time line" method, so future Trek efforts won't need to take it into consideration.

At all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (W5ArC)
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Wasn't ST

(interesting abbreviation, BTW) already playing fast and loose with the Star Trek timeline? Makes sense that it wouldn't fit into the "official" canon.

Sadly, the Star Wars sequels are still considered "canon" I think.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:17 PM (BpYfr)

89 would be perfect for a pipe; but I've had one today and don't really feel like another.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Never stopped me!

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (G5+As)

90 A school mate and I used a chemistry set to make a "fuel additive" and poured it into their maid's car. Ruined the motor. Oops.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (ctJ5/)

91 I remember one Christmas where I got exactly what I wanted (5 speed with banana seat and sissy bar) and it ended up being the worst Christmas ever because you cannot ride a bike in MN in December. My little brother got ALL sorts of cool toys because he didn't get an expensive bike. I made everyone miserable with my plaintif cries and whiny warbling. Good times... good times.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (1FWWQ)

92 My nose was right - I just pulled the slow roasted bottom round roast and stuff from the oven. Tender, a miracle, and tasty. Plus veggies. Plus scotch. Plus a nice fire. I may be on my own for Christmas but I am handily making due.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (Q8Bj

---
A properly tuned nose can be an amazing instrument in cooking, helping you time things perfectly just by the aroma.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (BpYfr)

93 Rum is the answer to all questions.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)

94 ...Christmas 1968, from the far side of the Moon with Earth entirely hidden from view, the Apollo 8 spacecraft ignited its SPS engine to return to Earth.

James Lovell radioed back to mission control: "Please be informed there is a Santa Claus," as they began their way home. …

A Christmas I will never forget.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (mH6SG)

95 I received a spring loaded cannon. The barrel was about a foot long and the shells were about three inches. It could shoot them about twenty feet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (w/3ky)

When I was a kid, the big thing was the Big Bang toy military howitzer that used carbide for the ... BANG. I was the victim of a Big Bang prank. Nearly lost an eye, but didn't because my Guardian Angel was on duty and on alert.

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (rj6Yv)

96 Didn’t want any Man from Uncles toys, I wanted Ilya. The real one, not a toy.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024

***
You weren't alone, and you aren't even to this day. TV Guide did a piece on Illya and McCallum, quoting some fan as saying he was "the greatest thing since peanut butter and jelly."

Since I was on the other side of the fence, I wanted to *be* Napoleon Solo. Two years later when Stefanie Powers played April Dancer, the Girl From U.N.C.L.E., I wanted a girlfriend like her. (The show was awful, and I realized it even at the time. But she was great.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (omVj0)

97 "Christmas Rapping" and A Fairytale of New York are IMHO the best rock Christmas songs . Patti Donahue of the Waitresses was good looking but unfortunately died young

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (URPU1)

98 Rum is the answer to all questions.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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Except "Why is the rum always gone?"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)

99 I think of AoSHQ as a landscape of iniquity.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Bad Blog for Bad People.

Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)

100 Family and I will have a hopefully good crock pot roast with vegetable , then we'll go visit an over the top light and inflatable display that a congregation member told me about . The kids of the couple are grown and out of the house , but the kind people keep it going because people enjoy it so. Then we'll return for
Apple tart and son and I will have Kaluha and crème.Then I think we'll watch a version of Dylan Thomas' "A child's Christmas in Wales" from the BBC.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 04:22 PM (qd34F)

101 Rum is the answer to all questions.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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Except "Why is the rum always gone?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)

Or, who the hell didn't replace the empty toilet paper roll? Just to spitball here.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (muwun)

102
When I was a kid, the big thing was the Big Bang toy military howitzer that used carbide for the ... BANG. I was the victim of a Big Bang prank. Nearly lost an eye, but didn't because my Guardian Angel was on duty and on alert.
Posted by: mrp
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See 80

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (XeU6L)

103 After eating of the pig, Miss Linda and I will try this film Remember the Night from 1939, a rom-com with a Christmas theme with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. It'll be hard for me to look at them outside their iconic roles in Double Indemnity, but I'll try.

The film is on Putlocker -- someone here put me on to it -- and I can mirror it on my TV. But the closed captions are very tiny when cast onto the big screen. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (omVj0)

104 The definitive Jingle Bell Rock - as performed by somebody cutting Trump together.

https://x.com/i/status/1738912435749134538

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (setIA)

105 Since I was on the other side of the fence, I wanted to *be* Napoleon Solo. Two years later when Stefanie Powers played April Dancer, the Girl From U.N.C.L.E., I wanted a girlfriend like her. (The show was awful, and I realized it even at the time. But she was great.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (omVj0)

She was no Honey West.

The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)

106 See 80
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (XeU6L)

I deed. I deed. "Look down the barrel and see what's stopping the .. [bang]."

One of the many close calls in life.

Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (rj6Yv)

107 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (W5ArC)

DS9 had some very good episodes. There's a father - son episode that was amazing.

And it was nice to see the Federation at war.

I actually liked Voyager too. 'Year of Hell' and the finale were great.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:27 PM (jvJvP)

108 When I was 12, I got a Schwinn 5-Speed Collegiate on Christmas Eve. We had just moved from Brooklyn to Rockland County. I set off on Christmas Day alone on a 30 mile circuit of the local reservoirs and lakes even though it was 30 degrees and light snow/flurries. It was fun!

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at December 25, 2024 04:27 PM (G5+As)

109 Big Bang cannons. Several kids in the neighborhood had one. We would have battles in one kid's crawl space. The cannon flshes from the different dark corners were great! I still have this one, and the carbide:
t.ly/-eYCL

Posted by: Mike Hammer

Those were so much until one 4th of July we figured we could wrap the "safe and sane" Whistling Pete fireworks in duct tape which produced a highly entertaining version of dynamite.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:28 PM (Q8Bj8)

110 I thought maybe I got a bit carried away with the bacon. Compound butter with bacon on the rib roast, cheesy mashed potatoes with bacon, green beans with bacon, and then I realized.

No, I didn't get enough bacon.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (LkLld)

111 Rum is the answer to all questions.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
--------------
Except "Why is the rum always gone?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)

Or, who the hell didn't replace the empty toilet paper roll? Just to spitball here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (muwun)

Rum might explain why no one replaced it, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (VNX3d)

112 Two years later when Stefanie Powers played April Dancer, the Girl From U.N.C.L.E., I wanted a girlfriend like her. (The show was awful, and I realized it even at the time. But she was great.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024
*
She was no Honey West.

The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024

***
True. Anne Francis as Honey built the blueprint for TV female action stars. Girl From ignored that blueprint, unfortunately, or it would have been a better show. I got to see some of the Honey West episodes on Decades a few years ago, and they were fast-moving (it was a half-hour show) and entertaining.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (omVj0)

113
Bad Blog for Bad People.
Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)

________

*grinds out cigarette on carpet*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (dxSpM)

114 I think of AoSHQ as a landscape of iniquity.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Bad Blog for Bad People.
Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)

Are you claiming this is the Mos Eisley Spaceport of the Internet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:30 PM (VNX3d)

115 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is on Grit this afternoon. It's funny, but I have never seen that film all the way through. So, whenever I turn it on, I see a segment of it that I have never watched before. And it's not that long a movie, not like Lonesome Dove or something. Odd.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (omVj0)

116 Lights on.
-Ronald Reagan

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (wDJaI)

117 Sounds lovely Fen. I had a bacon wrapped tenderloin filet and some scalloped potato thing. Filet was tasty even though I cooked it a bit too long. Luckily I have 3 more to work on my technique.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (UKUm3)

118 Nood!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 04:33 PM (a3Q+t)

119 I've got a toy muzzle loader cannon that was my grandpa's. It's got a touch hole but I don't know what to load it with or how. (Preemptive phrasing acknowledgment.)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (Dm8we)

120
She was no Honey West.

The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)

Penny from 'Lost in Space.' First actress crush.

Lydia Cornell from 'Too Close for Comfort.' Whoa.

Mary-Ann

Dyna-Girl from "Elektra Woman and Dyna-Girl."

And 'Wonder Woman" had a hot younger cousin.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:36 PM (jvJvP)

121 Nood.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:37 PM (jvJvP)

122 Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (UKUm3)

Sounds delicious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (MQJVv)

Forgotten Toys Open Thread

Some toy commercials, and a couple of videos looking at older toys.

One of the toylines shown is the "Ding-a-Lings," a line of robot toys. Terrible name, cool toys. They've got a big giant robot that's piloted by a smaller robot that goes inside his head. The smaller robot is "Brain."

And obviously, you have your Star Wars, Steve Austin, Evil Kneval, etc. Also "Action Man," which was (I think) the UK's version of GI Joe. Not sure if they were sold in the US.

And if you're just a little younger than Almost 29: Here are lost toys from the 80s and 90s.

Posted by: Ace at 02:00 PM

Comments

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1 My parents told me it was a toy but I knew that it was really just an empty shampoo bottle from the neighbor's trash can.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:03 PM (muwun)

2 Merry Christmas Horde!

Posted by: Czech Chick at December 25, 2024 02:04 PM (fpVC1)

3 Doh. Stopped to read the content.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 02:05 PM (ZmEVT)

4 My parents told me it was a toy but I knew that it was really just an empty shampoo bottle from the neighbor's trash can.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

You got the whole bottle ???

Luxury!!!

Posted by: The Yorkshire Chillren on Christmas with their Shampoo bottle caps. . . at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (qz+gL)

5 A ghost gun eh! Can't have that.

Posted by: BATFE at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (i0xsb)

6 Dinner soon

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (fwDg9)

7 I want you to play with my ding a ling.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:08 PM (LkLld)

8 1 My parents told me it was a toy but I knew that it was really just an empty shampoo bottle from the neighbor's trash can.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:03 PM (muwun)

Empty? I got a full one, but not full of shampoo.

Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (i0F8b)

9 forgotten toys?

when i was about 5 or so, i was in a couple of tv commercials. one was for potato bug, kind of a mr. potato head but with bug parts. the other was 'copter kite, a kite that had a rotor spun by the wind instead of a big flat sheet that caught the wind.

i can only presume that my involvement in the commercials doomed the toys.

oh, yeah. my earnings? mom used it to buy shoes for all us kids. i was disappointed.

Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (IKg+A)

10 Doof adopted "Ding-A-Ling" as the name for a body part earlier this week.

IIRC, it was to be prefaced with "cute".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (a3Q+t)

11 Oh yeah, I had one of those big Shogun guys from the second video.

Was anyone else into Micronauts? I had a crapload of those, and read all the comic books, and was really disappointed that the last Ant Man movie didn't feature them in the quantum world.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (wdBxn)

12 I got a nerf blaster for my daughter to teach her gun etiquette.
We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (GxmKP)

13 Don't play with your food.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (2vTK0)

14 Are Etch-A-Sketches still around?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (v6JzV)

15 Oh, and Merry Christmas, Ace.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:12 PM (v6JzV)

16 Take it away Chuck.

https://tinyurl.com/396f8rmc

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:12 PM (LkLld)

17 Merry Christmas all you happy pipples.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at December 25, 2024 02:13 PM (IQhz0)

18 Watching the 1970s Toys You'll Never See Again video, I feel cheated.

I used to hang a pair of pantyhose over the mantle every Christmas, but Farrah Fawcett was never in them on Christmas morning.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (a3Q+t)

19 Most memorable Christmas presents was when I got a foldable brush and a t-shirt that said “I want it all”

My parents basically canceled Christmas that year

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (HYKHz)

20 Are Etch-A-Sketches still around?
Posted by: Bulg

* search *

The wikipedia link was first, the Amazon link was second.

So, still around, but barely. Any merchandise that doesn't deserve SEO is just about dead.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (DgGvY)

21 7 I want you to play with my ding a ling.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:08 PM (LkLld)

Child please …

Posted by: zombie Chuck Berry at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (TTAGa)

22 My son’s second Christmas was at the height of the Tickle Me Elmo craze. I somehow acquired one for him. Another random Santa gift was a set of muffin tins. He played with the muffin tins all day and totally ignored Elmo.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (u73oe)

23 14 Are Etch-A-Sketches still around?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (v6JzV)
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Very popular with the current White House denizens. Hunter does great lines.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of FJB at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (i0xsb)

24 Major Matt Mason was my favorite. An astronaut GI Joe with better movement. Came with a space capsule, a moon rover, and a backpack jetpack. 50+ years later all I have left is the visor from his helmet. Wife thinks I'm looney for keeping it.
Also miss the creepy crawler make your own candy critters that turned out to cause cancer.

Posted by: Sharps45 at December 25, 2024 02:18 PM (STWC5)

25
All the children in the 70s were killed by Jarts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:19 PM (dxSpM)

26 https://youtu.be/hdIhNQKgMdg?si=g_MEtYiyHtj-eLW4

"Gas the bastard in the mall"

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:20 PM (2vTK0)

27 There are no good toys in PMIA prison, but you do get PMIA, so there's that.

Posted by: Sean Diddy Combs at December 25, 2024 02:21 PM (paSBy)

28 Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:12 PM (LkLld)

I had no idea ( and just learned this) that Chuck Berry had a father who was a deacon in the Baptist Church or that he only was married once for about 40 or more years. He was a great musician, but I rdon't think that Beethoven would really "roll over" 😉As musicians they'd probably have a lot of talk about as long ad they could get over the language barrier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:23 PM (LCCzK)

29 I just yesterday wrote my friend Paul's z"l widow to tell her the story of when we were about 8 years old, he got a Verti-Bird

That was the must-have toy that year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 02:24 PM (RIvkX)

30 Merry Christmas, Morons! It’s been a Griswald level disaster so far. But all is well…eventually.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (mokJ5)

31 I got a Stretch Armstrong doll. My brothers, Thing One and Thing Two, each got one as well. Took about six months for the goo to start leaking out of those. I presume that now it would be six minutes and the goo would be toxic waste from China.

My grandad used to tell us that if we weren't good, we would get a bundle of twigs from Santa. I was a teenager before I heard it was a lump of coal. One year for a joke Mom and Dad left each of us a bundle of twigs under the tree. We stared at them in confusion and then started swatting Dad with them. Easy to do since he was on the floor, laughing. They did bring out the real presents, eventually.

I remember getting a LiteBrite and an Easy Bake Oven also.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (4XwPj)

32
Erector Sets. Gilbert Chemistry Sets.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (dxSpM)

33 Super Toe!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (Dm8we)

34 Battling Robots was fun.

I'm still convinced most parents could give their kids huge boxes, some art supplies and the kids will keep busy with that for weeks.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:26 PM (jvJvP)

35 My daughter wanted a Teddy Ruxpin, a teddy bear that "read" a story. The bear's mouth and eyes moved as it did. She was maybe four at the time, entranced watching the commericials. She was thrilled when she got one at Christmas--until it actually started reading to her. It scared her to death, she started crying, and we never spoke of it again.

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 25, 2024 02:27 PM (izAv/)

36 Doof adopted "Ding-A-Ling" as the name for a body part earlier this week.

IIRC, it was to be prefaced with "cute".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (a3Q+t)

You're thinking about my ding-a-ling on Christmas day? That's both flattering and creepy at the same time.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 02:27 PM (BSDFI)

37 I want a lemon filled with rocks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (63Dwl)

38 I didn't know they had the 6 million dollar man robot sasquatch. I had the rocket with steve austin.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (Y6IkP)

39 It’s been a Griswald level disaster so far

Shitter's full?

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (mH6SG)

40 Circa 2000 some co workers said they were going to every place that sold toys, buying a large action figure of Tarzan which had "spear throwing action" spear included but not in Kung Fu grip like hand. Package had the action lever arranged so you could demonstrate. But since the arm was folded down, it looked like Tarzan was fapping. Hilarious collectable.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (2vTK0)

41 31 Loved Lite-Brite. I was so happy when I finally got one for Christmas.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (v6JzV)

42 >>I had no idea ( and just learned this) that Chuck Berry had a father who was a deacon in the Baptist Church or that he only was married once for about 40 or more years.

Chuck was complicated like all of us. But a brilliant entertainer.

Broken toy as it were.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (LkLld)

43 It’s been a Griswald level disaster so far

Shitter's full?
Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (mH6SG)

Family Truckster blew up?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (VNX3d)

44 On that King Charles - Cadbury split:
As a bachelor on my own for the first time in Cambridge, MA - 1974-5, my typical evening meal was something that would heat up in a tiny toaster-oven while I watched Ch 56 - Star Trek or a Bruins game. This would be around 6 PM. In that hour I would eat a large Cadbury Milk Chocolate and drink a large glass of milk. Thus dessert first.
That Cadbury was imported from Ireland.
Early in 1975 the taste changed and I noticed it was now made in NJ. I don't remember who made it there but they screwed up the formula. I scoured the shops in Cambridge and Boston, with my future Mrs helping but eventually I ate all the imported stuff. It was never the same again except for the South African one which remained true.
I notice that Cadbury is now owned by 'others'. If accountants then I see why the loss of royal charter.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of sweet tooth at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (i0xsb)

45 Aside from Slinky's and Barbie and Easy Bake Oven and an hand made doll house, I don't recall much about other toys of my childhood. I think I was out a lot playing outside, going to the pond, trying to catch frogs, etc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (MQJVv)

46 Handheld video games were a big deal when I was a kid. I didn't even watch football, but I played the hell out of my Mattel Football II with the little red lights. Then around 6th grade I got a Microvision player with interchangeable game cartridges. I remember Blockbuster and a Star Trek-themed shooting game.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (yHP5w)

47 Erector Sets. Gilbert Chemistry Sets.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (dxSpM)

Yep. And Lionel Trains, every one of which still are part of my basement layout. Oldest one is from 1949, my third Christmas. Thanks Santa...er...mom and dad.

Posted by: the margins - now with a permanent smile at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (iODuv)

48 45 Fen, did your mandate also include weird bugs?

(Calvin and Hobbes reference)

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (v6JzV)

49 I got a drum set when I was 5 or 6, which I promptly lost for 2 weeks after I woke everyone up at 4:30AM one Christmas morn....

Those were the days.

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (Fg0Nr)

50 Off damned margins sock!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (iODuv)

51 Since drunken axe throwing at bars & clubs are ok,
can we bring back Jarts?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (E7mWg)

52 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)

53 The shitter being full and the truckster blowing up would be par for the course.

We leave for London tomorrow. We took the dogs to be boarded. Except the fucking place overbooked and there was no place for our dogs. Ultimately we got it settled…went to another place and got a chunk of money refunded…but it killed a bunch of time we didn’t have.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (mokJ5)

54 I was an easy child to shop for: legos and cash.

Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (aHqhe)

55 Oooh! One year we came out to find a ginormous box by the tree. A box the size of a washing machine. It was for all three of us. We lived in a small trailer at the time and that box took up most of the living room floor. We tore it open and found.... Sleeping bags! One for each of us! They were awesome.

We spent the rest of the day playing in the box.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (4XwPj)

56 Creepy Crawlers by Matel in the mid-60's. Iron molds, hot oven, plastic goop, noxious smells. It was awesome.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (hoCmQ)

57 The vintage toy I will always want:
https://tinyurl.com/36xn8mnr

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (1VvJB)

58 Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (v6JzV

Not that I recall except catching fireflies. I used to enjoy that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (MQJVv)

59 Loved Lite-Brite. I was so happy when I finally got one for Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg

Fist bump. Making the spiders and centipedes with the fishing lure plastic.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (E7mWg)

60 >>> Was anyone else into Micronauts? I had a crapload of those, and read all the comic books, and was really disappointed that the last Ant Man movie didn't feature them in the quantum world.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (wdBxn)

I had the Micronauts. One of my favorites along with gijoe. The minotaur dude with magnets shot real projectiles that could hurt. I'm sure millions of eyes were put out so they were banned. Lots of shooty things.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (Y6IkP)

61 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
====

Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (RIvkX)

62 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.

Thank you, Ben Had.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (mH6SG)

63 TCR Racing. The first race set that was magnetic so you could switch lanes. But the cars always flew off the track.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (Dm8we)

64 Merry Christmas Ben Had!!!🎄🎁

Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (7r9lR)

65 Lite-Brite.

Luxury. We got a book of matches.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (2vTK0)

66 I remember being thrilled to get Tinker Toys...and a Mr. Potatohead. Back then Mr.Potatohead had a little pipe.

Christmas music was the (mentioned on the ONT) Firestone Christmas LP's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

67 Thanks, Ben Had.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (hoCmQ)

68 We took the dogs to be boarded. Except the fucking place overbooked and there was no place for our dogs. Ultimately we got it settled…went to another place and got a chunk of money refunded…but it killed a bunch of time we didn’t have.
Posted by: BCochran1981

Sorry. You should have gotten every dime refunded and then some. Overbooking isn't your problem.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (E7mWg)

69 My Christmas gift to California is I am running Governor when Newsome leaves office.........

You voted for me for POTUS, now you can vote for me to be your Governor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cackle..... Cackle......... Cackle......

Posted by: Kamal Harris at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (l8kJx)

70 Not that I recall except catching fireflies. I used to enjoy that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (MQJVv)

Wiffle ball bat and August evenings.

Until that sucker glowed...

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (Fg0Nr)

71 The only toy I ever got that I was never allowed to open or use was the wood burning set. My mom figured I would accidently burn the house down. My mom had pretty good intuition.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (Y6IkP)

72 Atari 2600. And later Intellivision.

I bought my young god-daughter a talking Barney doll one Christmas. It wasn't long before someone would activate him and she would just say "Shit up Barney!"

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (jvJvP)

73 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yay! And Merry Christmas to you, Ben Had.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (E7mWg)

74 lin-duh, Merry Christmas and thank you for the picture of your lovely chil--- young adults now.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (XTmTf)

75 Lite-Brite.

Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
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Pfft. A small chunk of flint, and a rusty pocketknife.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

76 Present I miss the most? Daisey Red Ryder.

Yeah. No eyes shot out, but did get a buddy's ear.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (E7mWg)

77 65 Lite-Brite.

Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (2vTK0)

You got the whole book?

Luxury...

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (Fg0Nr)

78 Lite-Brite.

Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
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Pfft. A small chunk of flint, and a rusty pocketknife.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

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Flame decals.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (1VvJB)

79 I remember getting a Verti-Bird that was integrated into a styrofoam coast guard cutter. Must have been the Big Gift that year, one of my Uncles loved playing with it.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (L1omb)

80 My favorite was Hot Wheels.

I believe I had over fifty cars and the track to race them.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:40 PM (0rdRL)

81 Not sure my favorite but at least whish I still had them was Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:41 PM (fwDg9)

82 Stevens Model 311 12 ga double barrel. Christmas before my 12th birthday.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:41 PM (LHPAg)

83 Remarkably the football game on Netflix hasn't crashed. I wonder how much Netflix spent on computer hardware since the last time it streamed a game.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (Q8Bj8)

84 I miss my cap guns.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (XTmTf)

85 My favorite toys were probably hot wheels and the plastic race car tracks. That's what I remember playing the most with when little. Then classic car or airplane plastic model kits for some years, then I got a C64 and I fully transitioned into a nerd.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (Y6IkP)

86 The visible V8 engine. Whet my appetite for engineering. When I finally put the two D cell batteries in it and the Vaseline lubricated pistons started to move and the lights came on for the spark plugs I was hooked. I remember being mesmerized by the valve train.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 02:43 PM (dg+HA)

87 Furbies are still in the toy aisle. Along with yappy motion activated toy dogs.

Then there's the customers with their emotional support yappy tiny dogs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 02:44 PM (4pGuH)

88 I got a BB gun for my birthday one year. Dad took it away for awhile after the BB gun battle in the woods behind the house. I shot a friend of Thing One in the hat. I was aiming for his nose but he ducked very quickly. Dad was very not pleased because he had told us quite sternly and often not to shoot at other people. All three of us lost access to the BB guns for a few months.
Pappymayhem didn't play.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (4XwPj)

89 My Dad gave me a B-B Gun one year for Christmas. And you know what, I did not murder anyone or try to shoot the neighbor's dog.

Times were more rational back them and we did not have all these medications for every problem you had as a child. Got beat up by the bully, you lived with it and the neighbor's parents were not sued for a million dollars and the government did not to show up to throw the neighbors in jail for some social justice BS Crime.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (0rdRL)

90 I remember Stretch Armstrong , my buddy had one and he got Stretch’s head stuck in a branch so he hung on it and his neck stretched out like 12 inches and wouldn’t go back. One of the funniest things I ever saw!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (7MHHr)

91 13 Don't play with your food.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (2vTK0)

One exception.

Posted by: Kamala! at December 25, 2024 02:47 PM (smiC4)

92 Stevens Model 311 12 ga double barrel. Christmas before my 12th birthday.
Posted by: Eromero
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Remington Model 511, Christmas when I was 10 yrs. old.

My dad retained possession of the bolt for 2 years, until he was convinced by weekend shooting that my demonstrated handling and judgement were responsible.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:47 PM (XeU6L)

93 My brothers had the race track with the orange plastic tracks.

Those damned things hurt when Mom was pissed and grabbed the closest thing at hand to whack your butt or legs!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:48 PM (4XwPj)

94 86 The visible V8 engine. Whet my appetite for engineering. When I finally put the two D cell batteries in it and the Vaseline lubricated pistons started to move and the lights came on for the spark plugs I was hooked. I remember being mesmerized by the valve train.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 02:43 PM (dg+HA)
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LOL
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 02:49 PM (i0xsb)

95 Merry Christmas Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (LkLld)

96 Had a Puff Basketball Hoop in my bedroom. Loved the Sixers and Dr J and pretend to be Dr. J and Slam Dunk with the Puff Basketball hoop.

Today I would be sent to anger management and be put on Ritalin

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (0rdRL)

97 I think I was 13 when I received a Fox Model B side-by-side, 20 Ga., 26 inch barrels, improved and modified. Nice bird gun.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

98 Bag O' Glass. Packaging what the kids want.

Posted by: Irwin Mainway, Pres. Of Mainway Toys at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (R/m4+)

99 The Rude Awakening of Optimus Prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y

Posted by: I Stand with No One at December 25, 2024 02:51 PM (1tjz1)

100 Maybe the best ever present was a full-sized Schwinn bicycle. Suddenly, the world was my oyster.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (XeU6L)

101 Wasn't action man a TV show?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (HsOwE)

102 JackStraw, a very Merry Christmas to you and Elvis.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (XTmTf)

103 I miss my cap guns.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:42
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PSA. Do not hide caps from your brother in the floor lamp. Got my hide tanned over that one.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (hoCmQ)

104
27 There are no good toys in PMIA prison, but you do get PMIA, so there's that.
Posted by: Sean Diddy Combs at December 25, 2024 02:21 PM (paSBy)

Well, YOU are toy in Soviet Russia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (HsOwE)

105 LOL
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Was that using one of the Southwest Tech computers?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (XeU6L)

106 One year we got the proverbial pony.
Rein was under the tree. Shetland in the walkout basement.
Meanest little shit that ever was. I'm sure Pop got him at a good discount.

Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (cPGH3)

107 We are mixing dressing, can't stuff a ham you know.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)

108 I miss my cap guns.
Posted by: Ben Had
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I still have mine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

109 Anybody else remember these little "monster trucks" that had little foam rubber tires and ran on a single AA battery? We'd take them to school and make little obstacle courses for them out of pencils, books, etc. They were all the rage for about 3 months, and then something like the Rubik's Cube came along and distracted us.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 02:56 PM (yHP5w)

110 We did early Christmas morning with the kids today. The girl spawn won the best gift given sweepstakes. She did a drawing for her brother and his lady of their first dance at their wedding. Knocked out in a couple of hours in the wee hours of last night. It is beautiful and perfectly accurate.

That girl is a helluva good artist.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (4XwPj)

111 107 We are mixing dressing, can't stuff a ham you know.
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)

Honestly, the biggest downside to ham as a holiday meal. If you cannot stuff it with oyster-sausage cornbread dressing, what is the point?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (HsOwE)

112 can't stuff a ham you know.
Posted by: Eromero
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If there's a will, there's a way.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (hoCmQ)

113 Maybe the best ever present was a full-sized Schwinn bicycle. Suddenly, the world was my oyster.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Also, I didn't have to walk to school anymore.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (XeU6L)

114 My first bicycle coincidentally was a snow storm year, remember riding around massive snow piles

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (fwDg9)

115 What were those round toys you sat in, and had 2 big hand-cranked wheels?
We had two younger sisters that got a pair one Christmas, and we older boys wore them out.

Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (cPGH3)

116 105 LOL
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Was that using one of the Southwest Tech computers?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (XeU6L)
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We had one of those. I did better when I changed jobs and had them get me a Gimix 6809. The SWTc terminal came with it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (i0xsb)

117 Kids needs Happy Fun Ball again.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (aXxgO)

118 Merry Christmas to all the Horde and those whom they love!! ❤️

Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (3YGdZ)

119 Merry Christmas to you all!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (4XwPj)

120 We are mixing dressing, can't stuff a ham you know.
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)

Wanna bet? Woooowooo!!

Posted by: P. Pig at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (iODuv)

121 >>>> I miss my cap guns.
Posted by: Ben Had
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I still have mine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)
*******
I found mine, I don’t know how, but it’s now displayed my bookshelf.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 02:59 PM (XsuFr)

122 We had one of those. I did better when I changed jobs and had them get me a Gimix 6809. The SWTc terminal came with it.
Posted by: Ciampino
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I recall that SWT had a couple of 6809 based...was there a 'Tiger'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:59 PM (XeU6L)

123 Never punch happy fun Stretch Armstrong.

Posted by: eleven at December 25, 2024 03:00 PM (iziT8)

124 Lincoln Logs were OK; LEGO was better, before the extra-super customized kits where almost every part is unique.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (aXxgO)

125 Anybody else remember these little "monster trucks" that had little foam rubber tires and ran on a single AA battery? We'd take them to school and make little obstacle courses for them out of pencils, books, etc. They were all the rage for about 3 months, and then something like the Rubik's Cube came along and distracted us.
Posted by: PabloD

Stompers!

I had some of those. Not anymore. Still have my Rubik's Cube, though.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (DgGvY)

126 My brother put together a big box. Open the box and there's note. "It's not a carburetor. It's not a phone book. It's not used oil filter"

First I find a carburetor, then the phone book and then the oil filter.

At the bottom was a boatload of caps. Rolled caps.

Mom had bought me a cap rifle. It was great.

The poor crap metal on the rifle failed before Christmas day was over.

But it was fun while it lasted.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 03:02 PM (ZmEVT)

127 If a tree falls in the woods and Mrs. Athens does not hear it is it my fault?

Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 03:03 PM (jxVvT)

128 "Stompers!"

Ho Lee Fuk, I can't believe you remembered the name - but I googled it and, yep, those are the ones we had.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (yHP5w)

129 BiL got my wife a penis shaped charcuterie board. She got him a candle saying "Light when (BiL) farts." I'd say they're even.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (hoCmQ)

130 Tonka trucks. Man those were awesome. Hunks of real metal with potentially sharp edges moving dirt, rocks, and sticks. We loved the smell of tetanus in the morning.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (aXxgO)

131 Honestly, the biggest downside to ham as a holiday meal. If you cannot stuff it with oyster-sausage cornbread dressing, what is the point?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (HsOwE)
We're making oyster dressing and regular cornbread dressing. Mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, and cranberry sauce. And pecan pie. And perhaps whiskey.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (LHPAg)

132 >>>>>If a tree falls in the woods and Mrs. Athens does not hear it is it my fault?
Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 03:03 PM (jxVvT)
******
Silly rabbit, of course it is. Pay attention.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 03:05 PM (XsuFr)

133 Best toy ever was Lawn Jarts…

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (PCK5/)

134 If a tree falls in the woods and Mrs. Athens does not hear it is it my fault?
Posted by: The man from Athens
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Yes. You should've gotten her those new Apple ear buds featured in that nice tear-jerking commercial of theirs.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (hoCmQ)

135 Tonka trucks. Man those were awesome. Hunks of real metal with potentially sharp edges moving dirt, rocks, and sticks. We loved the smell of tetanus in the morning.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (aXxgO)

Didn't get many toys as a kid but I do remember the Tonka truck. Used it to haul the cat lumps out of the sand box.
Seriously. I was a little kid. What did I know?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (W/lyH)

136 olddog, hahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (XTmTf)

137 122
We started with their 6800 SS-50 board. After about 6 months they came out with a 6809 SS-50 board so we swapped that in. I got offered a job at another campus and that's where I got myself a Gimix 6809, also SS-50. Gimix changed name to GMX later.
Ran FLEX OS as single-user or UNIFLEX for multi-user. Later Microware Corp. came out with OS/9 which was a very nice OS. This would also run on the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo).
Still around in embedded systems as it was ported to other processors.
What's your familiarity with SWTc?

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (i0xsb)

138 Sit 'n Spin.
Hippity Hop.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (Dm8we)

139
Leftover hamhock and bean soup for lunch. Food that tastes better for having sat and reheated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (dxSpM)

140 Ahhh. Christmas is not complete until I've had to dig through the garbage looking for the one missing gift card.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (W/lyH)

141 Heartstring pulling Apple ear bud commercial.

https://youtu.be/EvnJhwIwqds?si=0T4bDq5kcWv-ihSt

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (hoCmQ)

142 141 Heartstring pulling Apple ear bud commercial.

https://youtu.be/EvnJhwIwqds?si=0T4bDq5kcWv-ihSt
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (hoCmQ)

That is a great commercial..

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:11 PM (PCK5/)

143 One year my Dad aka "Santa" bought me a Remington black and chrome .22LR with a scope. Unless we were out plinking, with or without camping involved, it was chained to a gun rack that was placed high on the wall over the stairway to basement. The logistics of getting a ladder setup on that stairway was sufficiently terrifying to dissuade my ill formed tween brain from ever attempting that. Plus, by then, I had developed a healthy relationship with firearms and understood it was best left alone until the next time we went plinking. Society truly was different then.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:11 PM (Q8Bj8)

144 If I gotten a pony I might have become a nuclear physicist instead of a horse trainer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:12 PM (XTmTf)

145 Diogenes: "Didn't get many toys as a kid but I do remember the Tonka truck. Used it to haul the cat lumps out of the sand box..."

Thank goodness you didn't get Litter Critters.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (aXxgO)

146 Dad gave me my first gun when I was eleven. I was totally capable of using it responsibly.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (PCK5/)

147 I had some of those. Not anymore. Still have my Rubik's Cube, though.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (DgGvY)

They have 4 x 4 and 5 x 5 Rubik's cubes. Cool.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (jvJvP)

148
Got a $125 Amazon gift card from the search firm I do work for. Spent, at her request, $85 on a 25-foot heated RV water hose for Her Majesty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (dxSpM)

149 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)

Thank you for that good news, Ben Had.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (8zz6B)

150 149 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)

Thank you for that good news, Ben Had.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (8zz6B)

Have no idea what is wrong with but hope he recovers.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (PCK5/)

151 Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (W

Sorry. It did make me laugh though and I can relate

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (JvXtq)

152
Happy that JT got remembered on this here fine day. Thank you, Ben Had.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (dxSpM)

153 Departed comrades… Bander, Vic, and not so recent Chavez…

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (PCK5/)

154 Merry Christmas everyone.

I still cherish the Christmas I got, not one but TWO bricks.
Man those bricks went with me everywhere.

Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (xcIvR)

155 Chevrolet 2023, A Holiday to Remember.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzXb6pRv_I

5.5 mins

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (hoCmQ)

156 tubal, that is his information to share. Hopefully we should have him with blog access right after the new year.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)

157 If I gotten a pony I might have become a nuclear physicist instead of a horse trainer.
Posted by: Ben Had

That is great. I have known a few ex-farmer's kids who concluded, after getting run over by pigs, kicked by a cow, and mucking out barns, that anything had to be better. Life's twists and turns and how they play out are special mysteries.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (Q8Bj8)

158 Merry Christmas everyone.

I still cherish the Christmas I got, not one but TWO bricks.
Man those bricks went with me everywhere.
Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (xcIvR)

I got a rock. -- Charlie Brown

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (VNX3d)

159 >>Ahhh. Christmas is not complete until I've had to dig through the garbage looking for the one missing gift card.

My dad used to love pranking me on Christmas by hiding the best gift. After the socks and underwear and other assorted whatever presents he would wait until I was thankful but clearly disappointed and then spring the real present on me. He'd ask me to go to the garage of the basement to get him something that he lost and there is was.

My dad was the best. I'd give back all presents to have him around for another day.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (LkLld)

160 Yes, thanks, Ben Had. That was kind of your to arrange that I hope to see him back on the board before too long with his humor and birdbath status updates.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (JvXtq)

161 156 tubal, that is his information to share. Hopefully we should have him with blog access right after the new year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)

Oh absolutely BH… just miss his birdbath status reports….

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (PCK5/)

162 Got a $125 Amazon gift card from the search firm I do work for. Spent, at her request, $85 on a 25-foot heated RV water hose for Her Majesty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

For a serf, you have a pretty good life.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (Q8Bj8)

163 My dad was the best. I'd give back all presents to have him around for another day.
Posted by: JackStraw

You and me both.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (u82oZ)

164 tubal, that is his information to share. Hopefully we should have him with blog access right after the new year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)

Oh absolutely BH… just miss his birdbath status reports….
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (PCK5/)

Here's hoping he has a birdbath - or at least a bird feeder - where he can see it where he is.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:20 PM (VNX3d)

165 Another great thing I got for Christmas back in the 1960's was... Rockem Sockem Robot Boxing Ring.

It was great Toy....

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:20 PM (FDlb9)

166 Please, I thank all of you for keeping JT in your thoughts along with your prayers.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (XTmTf)

167 One of my favorite toys were Jarts. Had some awesome ballistics wars with those.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (einT5)

168 Hot Wheels were great, too. Are they still around? They should be. We'd run two power houses in series and take up most of the living room floor with track. We ran the heck out of those things. Impressive it could take such abuse.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (aXxgO)

169 My dad was the best. I'd give back all presents to have him around for another day.
Posted by: JackStraw

You and me both.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (u82oZ)

I'd be happy just to have another conversation or two with mine. Or even just his advice on occasion.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (VNX3d)

170 167 One of my favorite toys were Jarts. Had some awesome ballistics wars with those.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (einT5)

Yeeeeessssss…. playing catch on either side of the house… good times good times..

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)

171 144 If I gotten a pony I might have become a nuclear physicist instead of a horse trainer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:12 PM (XTmTf)
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It could have put a glow in your cheeks ..... just saying.

Say did you know that Rudolph got his glowing nose from working in the Glow-in-the-Dark/Radium section of Santa's Workshop?

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 03:23 PM (i0xsb)

172 Also remember the Electric Football game where the Metal Field would vibrate, and the players would move as a result.

You could also have the QB throw a pass with the small football.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:23 PM (FDlb9)

173 I have a watch with glow in the dark numerals… what do they use now??

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:24 PM (PCK5/)

174 Thank you for letting me know it will really make a difference for me

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 03:24 PM (7MHHr)

175 If a tree falls in a forest, does a Chihuahua 500 miles away bark?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (VNX3d)

176 One of my favorite kid toys was the Creepy Crawler thing that allowed children to learn the difference between 1st and 2nd degree burns. I still hold suspicions that my parents were not oblivious to this in spite of them acting completely oblivious to this.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (Q8Bj8)

177 Tonka trucks. Man those were awesome. Hunks of real metal with potentially sharp edges moving dirt, rocks, and sticks. We loved the smell of tetanus in the morning.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

Heh, I still have the scar from where they cut my thumb open to stop the blood poisoning, after excavating a particularly poor location with my Tonkas.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (einT5)

178 Merry Christmas again Hordelings!🎄

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (BSDFI)

179
If I gotten a pony I might have become a nuclear physicist instead of a horse trainer.

_______

Saw a funny cartoon. In the first frame, a little girl in a riding outfit sitting on a huge draft horse who's standing sedately. In the second frame, the same little girl is getting bucked off a pony.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (dxSpM)

180 Afternoon, ever' body.

I can recall what I received for Christmas every year from the time I was seven until I was thirteen. After that, the specifics are all gone. I mean, I know Mom gave me a labelmaker one year when I was in college (when I would rather have had a fifth of Jim Beam), but I don't recall the exact year. One of my wives, prob. No. 2, gave me a blue-green(ish) Harris Tweed jacket that I no longer have, but I don't recall what year. Et cetera.

When I was twelve, there was the AMT 1/12 scale 1937 Cord roadster model kit; and the next year, the 1/8 scale Monogram Jaguar XKE 2 + 2 model. Which I built using Revell cement. The stuff held up; Mom still had the finished model in a closet twenty years later when she passed away, and only the little chromed door handles had fallen off.

At thirteen, too, I got my first real watch, a Timex electric dress watch. $40 back then was some coin. It was the first watch I'd ever seen with the jerking motion of the second hand. Quartzes do it now, but this was an electric with an easily replaceable battery. Wore it for years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (omVj0)

181 I had an AMF Roadmaster well before Christmas, regular seat and handlebars. I got goose neck handle bars (not called ape hangers then) and a banana seat. They went right on. My friends called it a "Stink Ray." I still let them ride it.
Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 03:27 PM (QSrLX)

182 I have a watch with glow in the dark numerals… what do they use now?? Posted by: tubal

That is how I learned about radiation. USA!
---

Also remember the Electric Football game where the Metal Field would vibrate, and the players would move as a result. You could also have the QB throw a pass with the small football. Posted by: Ferd Berfall

We had one of those. My experience with it formed my thinking about how cats behave.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:27 PM (Q8Bj8)

183 180
At thirteen, too, I got my first real watch, a Timex electric dress watch. $40 back then was some coin. It was the first watch I'd ever seen with the jerking motion of the second hand. Quartzes do it now, but this was an electric with an easily replaceable battery. Wore it for years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (omVj0)

Timex FTW… love my Timex Expedition.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (PCK5/)

184 Hadrian, that is so true. I never recommend a pony for a child.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (XTmTf)

185 lol 174 was supposed to be a text to a friend

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (7MHHr)

186 Johnny Eagle Lieutenant guns.

Man from UNCLE guns.

I had a one track wish list.

Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (IDphi)

187 150 149 I just talked to JT and sent him all your Christmas greetings. He wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks for thinking of him.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)

Thanks, Ben Had. Is he still in the facility, or has he been able to go home?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (OX9vb)

188 Loved slot cars…

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (PCK5/)

189 Later Microware Corp. came out with OS/9 which was a very nice OS.
------

I have a very nice OS/9 coffee cup.

My association with Soutwest Tech was vicarious. Hanging out with Purdue students who were interested in everything.

My first PC was one of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_Sorcerer

Had very nice graphic ability.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (XeU6L)

190 51 Since drunken axe throwing at bars & clubs are ok,
can we bring back Jarts?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM
***
Well said.

Merry Christmas Morons!

Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (9tvFd)

191 I had all those Farrah Fawcett Posters and they all Mysteriously disappeared when I got married????

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (FDlb9)

192 Dash, he is still in the facility.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (XTmTf)

193 Toy guns stereo awesome in the 70s

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

194 Off to eat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (XeU6L)

195 I have a watch with glow in the dark numerals… what do they use now??
Posted by: tubal

If it glows after it's been in your nightstand drawer for a week, it's still radium or tritium or some other radioisotope dumping energy into a phosphorescent chemical.

If it's only good for minutes or maybe a couple hours after the lights go out, it's just the phosphorescent stuff, which soaks up light energy and releases it again slowly.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:31 PM (DgGvY)

196 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (e00aV)

197 I see Hot Wheels sold at grocery store

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (fwDg9)

198 Saw a funny cartoon. In the first frame, a little girl in a riding outfit sitting on a huge draft horse who's standing sedately. In the second frame, the same little girl is getting bucked off a pony.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (dxSpM)

We had a couple of little Shetland ponies for a while. My cousin Becky, a city girl, loved visiting us and was always up for an adventure. She'd get on one of those and it would throw her just as fast. She'd get right back on. We had so much fun.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (OX9vb)

199 Also had a Chemistry Set and you could go down to the Woolworth and by chemicals in a bottle. Bought Potassium Nitrate, Sulfur, and crushed charcoal to make my own gun powder. I did not grow up to be the Unabomber and a Leftwing Anti-Vietnam Protester freak either.

And I did not make any bombs and anything dangerous other than to myself trough the old fashion learning process. Imagine that???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (FDlb9)

200 Hadrian, that is so true. I never recommend a pony for a child. Posted by: Ben Had

It's not like we weren't warned.

https://youtu.be/W6ZlwezKaqg

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:35 PM (Q8Bj8)

201 Johnny Eagle Lieutenant guns.

Man from UNCLE guns.

I had a one track wish list.
Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024

***
I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.
Also the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.

Earlier, during my Westerns phase, I'd had several Mattel versions of the Colt Single Action Army w/ plastic grips painted like carved bone and with the two part bullets that worked just like the real thing. A cap on the flat base banged as the hammer came down, and the plastic "bullet" left the brass cartridge and flew out the barrel. Of course we lost the plastic bullets early, but the guns still loaded and fired.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (omVj0)

202 Only a few minutes to go on Queens College Ancient Music choir edition of Handel's Messiah, 2 hours and 18 minutes long, expecting some of the orchestra to collapse

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (fwDg9)

203 83 Remarkably the football game on Netflix hasn't crashed. I wonder how much Netflix spent on computer hardware since the last time it streamed a game.

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (IKg+A)

204 My dad was the best. I'd give back all presents to have him around for another day.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (LkLld)

This will be our fifth year without him. It's just not the same.
He was the kind of guy who, like when one of the Nephews or someone was bringing a friend would send me out to get them presents. Nobody ever showed up and walked out empty handed.
Or hungry. He and I were the behind the curtain guys who made it work. Now it's just me and I'm a failure as the patriarch.

Now I'm tearing up. I should be better but I'm not.

Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (xcIvR)

205 I also got my first wristwatch at 13. Wind-up, Radium hands and numerals. Wore it for 32 years till it stopped. By then I had my Dad's watch so it wasn't worth fixing. That Ra? I have a band on my wrist that has very little pigment and won't tan. I'm surprised I haven't developed any sort of skin cancer there.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glow at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (i0xsb)

206 >>Now it's just me and I'm a failure as the patriarch.

Your dad sounds like mine. And I doubt you're a failure.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)

207 Fortunate indeed was the boy who's father was an engineer. They had a feel for what would be interesting to a kid, and might steer him towards an understanding of how things work.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:56 PM (XeU6L)

Dog Christmas Open Thread

Merry Christmas to all! And to all, a good boy!

🎄🐾 It�s #SantaPawsDay! 🐾🎁
Magic fills the air as every dog gets to pick their very own #Christmas present! ✨
Thanks to our generous supporters, the dogs in our care are surrounded by a mountain of donated toys 🎉 You've made Christmas very special for these precious pups🐾💛 pic.twitter.com/XCV4p2SxJZ
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 12, 2024

Here's a behind-the-scenes short about filming the dogs choosing their toys.

#SantaPawsDay is here! The day all the dogs get to choose their very own toy for Christmas! 🎅🐾
Thank you so much to everyone who helped Santa Paws out by sending in a toy 💛 A very Merry Christmas to everyone watching, from all of the humans and dogs of Dogs Trust Ireland 🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/plN65i1SRh
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 21, 2022

✨Santa Paws arrived & he�s delivered pure joy to the dogs in our care✨The best day of the year is here - #SantaPawsDay!🎅🐾
Thank you to our wonderful supporters, @PetstopIreland & members of staff who make it possible. You've made some rescue dogs very happy this #Christmas 💛 pic.twitter.com/Ai3nmBi1sI
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 14, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 12:45 PM

Comments

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1 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (+HzbQ)

2 Calling the Corgis!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (VNX3d)

3 Hope Santa was good to you, Ace!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (+HzbQ)

4 Merry Christmas everyone.

The dog Ralphy just had sardines put into his food.

The cats Snowflake and Trumpy have their tuna fish.

They're all happy.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (jvJvP)

5 Woof, Woof!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (WXNFJ)

6 What, no dogs barking Jingle Bells?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (63Dwl)

7 All bark, no bite.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 12:48 PM (Q4IgG)

8 Mery Christmas Ace

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:49 PM (fwDg9)

9 Bertram that reminds me, haven't seen the video with the people from BR Coffee playing Christmas songs with ARs on metal plates. Yeah those guys sort of stumbled and tarnished their rep but those videos were classic.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:49 PM (1m82a)

10 Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:51 PM (JmdRC)

11 Nuts!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 12:51 PM (wDJaI)

12 A couple of days ago we had a great article on India's caste system and other facets:
India: More than 4,800 people arrested for child marriages

https://t.co/N1LHvo9E5t

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente carne di vacca at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (i0xsb)

13
After every win, Her Majesty would take Lacey by the vendors stands so she could pick out a treat for herself. She would carry it back to the setup shining with happiness and pride.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (dxSpM)

14 We object to the white dogcemacy being on display here

Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM (sMwSS)

15
We object to the white dogcemacy being on display here
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM (sMwSS)

_______

That's what you get for not sucking up to us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:55 PM (dxSpM)

16 Ok, I need to get cracking on the baked brie and puff pastry.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (WXNFJ)

17 That wild dog rescue made the room very misty for some reason. God bless the people who made their rescue and adoption possible. Merry Christmas to them all.....and the doggies.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (iODuv)

18 We have our three dogs, my sons two dogs and my daughters Great Dane here today. 7 adults three grandkids and 6 dogs….

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2024 12:57 PM (3Ope8)

19 Bill Mahar wishes you a Merry Christmas:

https://tinyurl.com/kzesy6vh

Do I need to say it's not safe for work? You shouldn't be working today anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (0Wq3v)

20 I don't have any doggos to offer, but here is a lovely Christmas album from 1962 (Philadelphia Orchestra). This is the Christmas soundtrack of my childhood.

https://tinyurl.com/46y552yk

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (w6EFb)

21 Catz Rul Dogs Drool!

We cn haz our rites!

Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (RIvkX)

22 Merry Christmas, Ace, Cobs, and Hordelings. Blessings to all.

Posted by: fly gal at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (6CtMt)

23 giving toys to cats is no fun. They ignore the toys and instead decide that your personal items are toys.

Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (KRtlO)

24
Who has the cats "singing" Christmas carols links?

Who has the dogs "singing" Christmas carols links?

C'mon -- out with them!

My sister may have forgiven me for sending her a CD of cats "singing" Christmas carols about a dozen years ago.

It was HER negligence that let her nieces get hold of it and then play it ceaselessly at the family gathering to which she and my BiL went.

I LOLed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:03 PM (xG4kz)

25 23 giving toys to cats is no fun. They ignore the toys and instead decide that your personal items are toys.
Posted by: ace

Merry Christmas, ace!

Cats prefer the box and the ribbon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 01:04 PM (7U1Wr)

26 Merry Christmas, Ace!

Thank you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:04 PM (cY18j)

27
I don't have any doggos to offer, but here is a lovely Christmas album from 1962 (Philadelphia Orchestra). This is the Christmas soundtrack of my childhood.

_______

Snobs sneer at Ormandy for making albums like that, but it made an incredible amount of money for Columbia and the Philadelphia Orchestra. I don't think it's ever been out of print.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 01:05 PM (dxSpM)

28 ❤️❤️❤️

Posted by: RebeccaH at December 25, 2024 01:07 PM (Nvors)

29 Who has the cats "singing" Christmas carols links?
Who has the dogs "singing" Christmas carols links?

Haitians?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:07 PM (vZbEn)

30 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to Ace and the Horde.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2024 01:08 PM (yifnd)

31 20 I don't have any doggos to offer, but here is a lovely Christmas album from 1962 (Philadelphia Orchestra). This is the Christmas soundtrack of my childhood.

https://tinyurl.com/46y552yk
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (w6EFb)

Some here were saying that all our Christmas songs were from the 30’s and 40’s - no. Look at the playlist on that album , THOSE are the truly classic Christmas songs!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (7MHHr)

32 Give the toy to dog, the wrappings to the cat, they will love it

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (fwDg9)

33 🦜🦜🦜

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (vZbEn)

34 🦦

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (Zso0h)

35
Our gifts' exchanges with immediate family have been postponed for about a week. Son came down with the coof, so no visiting.

Instead I renewed gKids and my registrations with the scouts and also renewed the registration for our boat trailer. All on-line, of course.

We are headed to the dinner gathering at the missus' brother's domicile in about one hour.

Merry Christmas to all us garbage-y moron mutts!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:11 PM (xG4kz)

36 Merry Christmas, Ace! Its your blog

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 01:12 PM (QSrLX)

37

Firestone Christmas albums on Youtube

https://t.ly/ZOOoU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 01:13 PM (63Dwl)

38 King Charles does not renew Cadbury's Royal Charter and going with the great standards of journalism we are privileged to enjoy, the f*^&ing reporter didn't bribe/cajole/threaten anyone for at least a stab at the reason!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/4yrjk4w4

Posted by: Ciampino - regressive journalism at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM (i0xsb)

39 giving toys to cats is no fun. They ignore the toys and instead decide that your personal items are toys.
Posted by: ace
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Cat is going to town on her new toy mouse. And the catnip hasn't been added yet.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM (hoCmQ)

40 Wife got our dog one of those toys with the battery operated ball inside that moves it around. Tore a piece off within five minutes. This is why he can't have nice things.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 01:15 PM (Dm8we)

41 We object to the white dogcemacy being on display here
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM

Be patient. We're coming for you, as well.

Posted by: Big Penguin at December 25, 2024 01:16 PM (a3Q+t)

42
I shall forego wearing my "This Year Instead Of Gifts, I'm Giving Everyone My Opinion" shirt to the familial gathering.

The anti-PDJT faction of the relatives here -- and that is just about everyone except for the missus and me -- have been extremely quiet about anything political ever since Election Day.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (xG4kz)

43 Ok, I need to get cracking on the baked brie and puff pastry.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (WXNFJ)

—————

*Looks at Tonypete*

*Looks at USB port*

*Looks at Tonypete*

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (u73oe)

44 Showing my age but...

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians did an album "The Story of Christmas". It's partly narrated along with carols telling the story.

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (izAv/)

45 Merry Christmas, Ace. Thanks for creating the greatest place on the webz!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (BSDFI)

46 Merry Christmas to the daywalking side of the Horde!

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (DgGvY)

47 Catnip was like crack to our cats

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (fwDg9)

48
King Charles does not renew Cadbury's Royal Charter

Man, oh man, what a huge step down in character and quality King Tampon the Saturated has been in comparison with his mother.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (xG4kz)

49 Speaking of good dogs, check this out:
https://is.gd/3fIg6A
And if you like Sarah Hoyt, please give to her winter fundraising (no connection, I just like her writing - see above - and her blog).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (UXLc2)

50 Something for the doggo's: Lassie Christmas episodes.

https://youtu.be/glGnmgnYAho

https://youtu.be/BEfT2CVnI7U

Apologies to the felines. Apparently you are so difficult to work with that you never got your own TV series. You still have time fix this a New Year's resolution. Just saying.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj8)

51 Imma wait for the ibuprofen to kick in before I try to stand up again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (RIvkX)

52 Elvis and I just got back from the park. There were so many dogs, so many. Not sure which of us had the better time.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (LkLld)

53 The cocoa has been added to the chili and it is simmering!

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (pZEOD)

54 Happy ending story of kitten and Xmas trees

https://tinyurl.com/bdd2xsrm

Posted by: Ciampino - regression, see regression at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (i0xsb)

55 Had some boozy coffee a little while ago. Carolans Irish Cream is amazing! First time trying it. Where has that been all my life?!?

Sipping some Makers Mark Private Selection now. My boys are with me today. Playing Mario Kart and watching football. Not a bad way to spend Christmas!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (BSDFI)

56 One of the dogs in the first video, a white boxer, looked like my niece-dog, Carina, who crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this year. She was a special dog.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 01:24 PM (FEVMW)

57 Merry Christmas Ace and everyone!

Posted by: Bach in Black at December 25, 2024 01:25 PM (+oqUV)

58 The cocoa has been added to the chili and it is simmering!
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Shredded Carrots at December 25, 2024 01:25 PM (a3Q+t)

59 Merry Christmas ace!

And you already know, dogs have owners, cats have staff.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 01:26 PM (1m82a)

60 Merry Christmas to all the Cobs, even the so-called Retired Ones. Thank you all for the interesting columns that I know require a lot of digging and work to prepare.
Ace, a special salute to you for making this possible.

Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:28 PM (i0xsb)

61 Firestone Christmas albums on Youtube

https://t.ly/ZOOoU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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I have one or two of the LP's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:28 PM (XeU6L)

62 Piper you should use a Mexican chocolate for that, given your history. As you know it's basically the same as cocoa (commercial versions) but with some vanilla and/or almond. I put some Ibarra in my veggie chili I make for my crew on range days and it really makes a difference. The porter beer helps too.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 01:29 PM (1m82a)

63 Merry Christmas 'Ron's!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 25, 2024 01:29 PM (8AONa)

64
Well, looks like I'm going to miss Beyoncé's halftime show. I'm not a Netflix subscriber.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (dxSpM)

65 50
Apologies to the felines. Apparently you are so difficult to work with that you never got your own TV series. You still have time fix this a New Year's resolution. Just saying.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj

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No series but movies - "The Cat From Outer Space" is a perennial favorite here. Hmm, haven't seen it on TV for a long time.

Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (i0xsb)

66 The cocoa has been added to the chili and it is simmering!
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (pZEOD)

———————

Ok, but no marshmallows!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (u73oe)

67 No series but movies - "The Cat From Outer Space" is a perennial favorite here. Hmm, haven't seen it on TV for a long time.
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (i0xsb)
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What about "A Talking Cat?" narrated by a clearly intoxicated Eric Roberts. In the pantheon of bad Rifftrax movies, this one is among the worst.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 01:37 PM (Ad8y9)

68 No series but movies - "The Cat From Outer Space" is a perennial favorite here. Hmm, haven't seen it on TV for a long time. Posted by: Ciampino

Plus: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and Milo & Otis.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:38 PM (Q8Bj8)

69 giving toys to cats is no fun. They ignore the toys and instead decide that your personal items are toys.
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (KRtlO)

Sounds like you got them the wrong toys.

Or had the wrong cats.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)

70 But as I always say, you can have cats or you can have nice things. You can't have both.

I prefer the cats.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)

71 Took the allergy pill too late.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (HsOwE)

72 Catnip was like crack to our cats
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (fwDg9)

My current crop only find it mildly interesting.

Best Cat Ever loved it though, he'd go a little nuts, but mostly just got very active and frisky. But sometimes he didn't need catnip. He was his own crack.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (0Wq3v)

73 Warning: too many pictures of Bitch Fonda - you are warned

Richard Perry dead at 82: Jane Fonda's record producer ex dies

https://mol.im/a/14225429

Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Disgust at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (i0xsb)

74 I've been seeing people saying something along the lines of merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. Or happy holidays to those who celebrate it.
When I say merry Christmas I am freely extending my desire for your happiness regardless of your beliefs.
Why would that be offensive?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (kTd/k)

75 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (cY18j)

76 I'd like a cat just to give it a catnippy Christmas.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2024 01:46 PM (kTd/k)

77 Patrick McGoohan in a classic cat movie: the Three Lives of Thomason’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (7MHHr)

78 Apologies to the felines. Apparently you are so difficult to work with that you never got your own TV series. You still have time fix this a New Year's resolution. Just saying.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj

I don't recall any tv series where the family had a pet cat either.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)

79 3 Lives of Thomasina ! Darn autocorrect

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (7MHHr)

80 Richard Perry dead at 82: Jane Fonda's record producer ex dies

https://mol.im/a/14225429
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Disgust at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (i0xsb)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the guy was a sexual predator, who raped women, men, and children.

That's what record producers do... right?

Isn't that how this works?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (0Wq3v)

81 Yay, dogs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (muwun)

82 I don't recall any tv series where the family had a pet cat either.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)

——————-

ALF

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (u73oe)

83 That's what record producers do... right?

Isn't that how this works?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (0Wq3v)

First rule of the music industry is 'Don't trust anyone in the music industry."

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)

84 But as I always say, you can have cats or you can have nice things. You can't have both.

I prefer the cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
----
#MeToo

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (BpYfr)

85
ALF

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (u73oe)

Good one!

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:50 PM (jvJvP)

86 I don't recall any tv series where the family had a pet cat either.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)

On the other hand, the internet is basically pron or cat videos.

And cat videos tend to be more poopular than pron, because the cats aren't faking it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:51 PM (0Wq3v)

87 King Charles does not renew Cadbury's Royal Charter

my lack of respect for the pack of wastrels just grew both deeper and wider.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:52 PM (cY18j)

88 That's what record producers do... right?

Isn't that how this works?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM

THE best record producers don't.

Or at least I didn't. I just produced gold records.

Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (a3Q+t)

89 Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah…

https://t.ly/ZOOoU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Thank you, Good SIr.
Goodyear, 1965 for me …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (qz+gL)

90 First rule of the music industry is 'Don't trust anyone in the music industry."
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)

I don't know. When they say you have to sux record producer cox or you won't make it in the music biz, I think they mean it. You can trust them on that.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (0Wq3v)

91 These I missed the other day when we talked about Rand Paul's government waste. Can we 'kill' someone for this?:

https://tinyurl.com/bddbvefz

Orwellian cat experiments - horrible!

Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (i0xsb)

92 But as I always say, you can have cats or you can have nice things. You can't have both.

I prefer the cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
----
#MeToo
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (BpYfr)

#MeThree

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 01:54 PM (iODuv)

93 Buckley came home from boarding school yesterday. He is noticeably calmer and listens better. I'm sure the e-collar is helping but I really haven't had to use it much except when he starts chasing the cats. Game changer for that. He's still adjusting since we are less structured than the boarding school.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM (UwBs6)

94 THE best record producers don't.

Or at least I didn't. I just produced gold records.
Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (a3Q+t)

Never heard of the guy, had to look him up...

Was a band member for Iron Maiden. Ok.

I'm sure there was no hanky panky in the metal part of the music industrial complex.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM (0Wq3v)

95 Some Boogie Woogie Christmas songs. America is not Europe.

The Dániel Balázs Trio - Boogie Woogie Christmas (Live)
https://youtu.be/DRIRWjoHcp4

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Live)
I was able to catch the bands Christmas tour more than a few times.
https://youtu.be/QXH7SSZFdH4

Joe Bonamassa - Christmas Boogie
With his great early 2010's band.
https://youtu.be/SWpImlU7s74

Boogie Woogie Christmas Time
The Harmony Sisters
https://youtu.be/_A6m9GY_CO4

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:56 PM (Q8Bj8)

96 Why would that be offensive?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

Have a Kewl Yule !!!

Posted by: The Gay Yuletiders . . . at December 25, 2024 01:56 PM (qz+gL)

97 King Charles does not renew Cadbury's Royal Charter and going with the great standards of journalism we are privileged to enjoy, the f*^&ing reporter didn't bribe/cajole/threaten anyone for at least a stab at the reason!!!!!
Posted by: Ciampino - regressive journalism at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM

In fairness, reasons "are not customarily supplied".

That said, will any Cadbury consumer present a digestive byproduct about the lack of a Royal Charter?

Present commenter thinketh not.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (a3Q+t)

98 https://tinyurl.com/mrjvu59r

Someone mentioned cat videos. Here's 74 seconds or so of 'our' cat Snowflake as snowflakes come down.

She's such a fluffy, beautiful cat.

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (jvJvP)

99 These I missed the other day when we talked about Rand Paul's government waste. Can we 'kill' someone for this?:

https://tinyurl.com/bddbvefz

Orwellian cat experiments - horrible!
Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (i0xsb)

I sometimes wonder what it would take to get me to put a bullet in someone's head, or slice their throats open.

This would just about do it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (0Wq3v)

100 range days and it really makes a difference. The porter beer helps too.

BEER? AT A GUN RANGE? WITH GUNS? AND BOOLITS? CAN I SPEAK WITH THE MANAGER?
- gun Karen

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (2vTK0)

101 Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to the Ace, the CoBs, the Horde, and the lurkers.

To the lurkers, who might be thinking about posting: Please do. We don't bite, just choose a nic (avoiding other posters), and post a greeting. It gets easier to join in.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (VNX3d)

102 Haitians?
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Feliz have a cat!
Feliz have a cat!
I wanna wish you a merry breakfast!
I wanna wish you a merry breakfast!
From the bottom of my heart!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 02:00 PM (hovnC)

103 Never heard of the guy, had to look him up...

Was a band member for Iron Maiden. Ok.

I'm sure there was no hanky panky in the metal part of the music industrial complex.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM

Wrong (and less famous, at least around her) Bruce Dickenson:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Cowbell

Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (a3Q+t)

104 https://tinyurl.com/mrjvu59r

Someone mentioned cat videos. Here's 74 seconds or so of 'our' cat Snowflake as snowflakes come down.

She's such a fluffy, beautiful cat.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (jvJvP)

Snowflake sure liked catching snowflakes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (VNX3d)

105 I've been seeing people saying something along the lines of merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. Or happy holidays to those who celebrate it.
When I say merry Christmas I am freely extending my desire for your happiness regardless of your beliefs.
Posted by: Northernlurker

I say Merry Christmas, because I'm Christian.

If someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah, I take that in the spirit it's given. I don't need to correct them, and Jewish people don't need to censor themselves for me.

Why would that be offensive?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Offense can be given, and offense can be taken.

Those situations are often completely unrelated.

There's nothing you can do about the perennial ~~offense-takers~~ offense-seekers.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 02:02 PM (DgGvY)

106 NOOD Toys

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:05 PM (muwun)

107 named after the holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld,

Because we can't mention Michael Richards (Kramer) who delivers the "festivus" line, see, he dropped a N-bomb during his stand up act so must be destroyed.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:06 PM (2vTK0)

108 THE Bruce Dickinson - thanks for blowing the margins.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (ugvYV)

109 To the lurkers, who might be thinking about posting: Please do. We don't bite, just choose a nic (avoiding other posters), and post a greeting. It gets easier to join in.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (VNX3d)

——————

Help yourselves to punch and cookies. Avoid the ones JackStraw brought unless you like reggae music, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (u73oe)

110 Snowflake sure liked catching snowflakes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (VNX3d)

Her and her brother have been here 3 months. Very sweet cats. Very little damage.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (jvJvP)

111 Well old Joe is blind, deaf, and can barely sniff, but he sure keeps finding the fireplace and knocking over the straw goat.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 02:20 PM (W/lyH)

112 THE Bruce Dickinson - thanks for blowing the margins.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (ugvYV)

HEY!! Do you hear us complaining?

Posted by: the margins - now with a permanent smile at December 25, 2024 02:22 PM (iODuv)

113 Some here were saying that all our Christmas songs were from the 30’s and 40’s - no. Look at the playlist on that album , THOSE are the truly classic Christmas songs!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (7MHHr)

And beautifully sung by the Temple University concert choir.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 03:07 PM (w6EFb)

114 I hope everyone had a wonderful and healthy Christmas...
You all are the best!🎅🤶🙏💖🥰!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM (L83z3)

Christmas Day Non-Rant

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Horde. For those of you who observe Hanukkah (which, in an unusual but not too rare congruence, also starts tonight), Happy Hanukkah. For those of you who are in interfaith households, both!

It has been a year of ups and downs, but I hope everyone reading today is having a nice holiday and is in the midst of joy. Please enjoy a Christmas open thread and some nice performances of Christmas music between, I hope, spending time with loved ones, cooking and eating, exchanging gifts and praising G-d as we end the year! I am as always both proud and constantly astonished to be a part of the community we have here at the HQ. For those who are checking in on this holiday, once again, Merry Christmas! For those catching up later, I hope you had a lovely holiday!

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Silent Night

The Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah (from Handel's Messiah)

Mariah Carey - Joy to the World

Christendom College Choir - O Come, All Ye Faithful

BBC's "Carols from King's" - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (xcIvR)

3 Been listening to podcast just on my phone while painting but should go get my new speaker for these videos

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (fwDg9)

4 Merry Christmas to one and all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (8zz6B)

5 Merry Christmas, everyone!

We've had a marvelous morning and I hope everyone else has too.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (tT6L1)

6 No nog to be had in my little town...wife says she has a recipe...we'll see.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (Yj6Os)

7
Too late for the last thread, but someone was asking about stories about the shepherds.

There's a charming poem - too long to put here - about their dog, left to tend the flock while the shepherds visit the Christ Child. The shepherds return, too dazed with wonder at what they've seen to thank the dog. But the Lord tells him, "Well done, good faithful servant."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (dxSpM)

8 *sips coffee*
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (W/lyH)

9 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 15h
NEW: US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism

US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)

10 Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (QSrLX)

11 Great kitty meme for Xmas

https://tinyurl.com/442bb6mz

Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (i0xsb)

12 Can you imagine the "elves" around a Joe Mannix Christmas tree???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (W/lyH)

13 Merry Christmas all!

or as our church would say (according to their projected hymn lyrics) - happy "nowell"

(seriously every appearance of noel was misspelled it was sort of cute actually)

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (Pv3Rg)

14 Wait! Mariah Carey knows two songs?

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:09 AM (Q8Bj8)

15 Has anyone seen or read about the White House Christmas tree or decorations? Seems like every year it a huge story and reported on frequently. I haven’t seen that this year. Maybe I just missed it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:10 AM (D6PGr)

16 When Paul reached Antioch in Pisidia and entered the synagogue,
he stood up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and exalted the people during their sojourn in the
land of Egypt.
With uplifted arm he led them out of it.
Then he removed Saul and raised up David as king;
of him he testified,
‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he will carry out my every wish.’
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold, one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’”

Posted by: Brad at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (oOc/o)

17 Noel spelled backwards is Leon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)

18 A patmesan peppercorn coated rib roast is in the oven, and the house is smelling wonderful.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (9JrK/)

19 Noel spelled backwards is Leon.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)

Who was a professional.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:12 AM (D6PGr)

20 "All I Want for Christmas ... Is You"

1994!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:12 AM (VnUSN)

21 No nog to be had in my little town...wife says she has a recipe...we'll see.

Nog is pretty darn easy. Fiddly at parts, but easy. Eggs (separated), sugar, milk, cream, and alcohol. See link in nic for ideas, but my favorite is still the Southern Eggnog from The Spice Cookbook (available on the Internet Archive):

For every four servings:

1 egg, separated; 4 tsp sugar; 1/6 cup Bourbon or rye whisky, brandy, or other spirits to taste; 3 tsp rum; 1/3 cup milk; ½ cup heavy cream; nutmeg

Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually beat in sugar. Stir in desired spirits and rum. Cover and chill several hours or overnight. Just before serving, stir in milk, whip the cream and fold in, and beat the egg whites to soft peaks and fold in. Garnish with nutmeg.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (EXyHK)

22
The Shepherds' Farewell, from L'enfance du Christ by Hector Berlioz.

https://youtu.be/TGBTNlbRbeM

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (dxSpM)

23 Sounds like Santa brought someone a new pistol.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (Yj6Os)

24 One bacon-cheddar scone followed by one blackberry scone.
/smugly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:14 AM (RIvkX)

25 Opened a sleeve of those exploding biscuits, and have placed them in the oven. Because Moron, I used "butter flavored" cooking oil spray to grease the cookie sheet, because they stick if an ungreased cookie sheet is used. I also slit each biscuit, and stuffed in a hunk of Cheddar cheese. Soon!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:14 AM (8zz6B)

26 A patmesan peppercorn coated rib roast is in the oven, and the house is smelling wonderful.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (9JrK/)

That sounds interesting...I don't think I have ever used Parmesan on beef!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (d9fT1)

27 Still laughing over the new version of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer in the sidebar...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (oZhjI)

28 9
US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
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What's was the name of this agency?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (i0xsb)

29 Posted by: Black Orchid at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (Pv3Rg)

I have seen older versions of that word from Middle English at the time of Chaucer so perhaps they were deliberately trying to be old fashioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:16 AM (7s5Sb)

30
We have settled on lamb shanks, stuffed mushrooms and escalloped potatoes for dinner. Because that's what we got available.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:16 AM (dxSpM)

31 Christmas Day Non-Rant

*************

I thought that for most threads, except maybe the Book Thread rants are required.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (991eG)

32 Should have got a Bluetooth speaker long ago

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (fwDg9)

33 I have seen older versions of that word from Middle English at the time of Chaucer so perhaps they were deliberately trying to be old fashioned.

ah that would actually make sense! thanks Fen!

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (Pv3Rg)

34 Los Peces en el Rio is one of those Spanish Christmas carols that are like the ones in English that every singer seems to record, but never seems to have been done in English.

This one is sort of bluegrassy

youtu.be/lPHF8MVuz_8

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (D7oie)

35 What's was the name of this agency?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (i0xsb)

Liar's club?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:18 AM (8zz6B)

36 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to each as is appropriate. Love all of you and I wish you all the best today and in the new year.

And since you are here, AOP, thanks for the recommendation of the Squirrel Boss bird feeder!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:19 AM (3AwA+)

37 Playing the full version of Handel's Messiah

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (fwDg9)

38 Noel spelled backwards is Leon.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)

How old am I?

Posted by: Leon at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (R/m4+)

39
Liar's club?

Here at Liar's Club I'm not just the director...but a member as well!

Posted by: The Director of Liar's Club at December 25, 2024 11:21 AM (oZhjI)

40 Probably the Disinformation Disinformation Bureau

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:21 AM (fwDg9)

41 US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)

That's what they want you to think.

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (QfvaV)

42 > Noel spelled backwards is Leon.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)

How old am I?
Posted by: Leon at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (R/m4+)
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I dunno, but you're getting smaller...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (Q4IgG)

43 And since you are here, AOP, thanks for the recommendation of the Squirrel Boss bird feeder!
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:19 AM (3AwA+)

I don't think I recommended it, did I? That's the one where you push a remote button to to shock the squirrel? What happens when you are not on-station to work the remote?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (8zz6B)

44 >>What's was the name of this agency?

The Global Engagement Center. CIA cutout.

And they weren't focused on censoring the rest of the world.

They were focused on censoring us.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (LkLld)

45 I used "butter flavored" cooking oil spray to grease the cookie sheet, because they stick if an ungreased cookie sheet is used. I also slit each biscuit, and stuffed in a hunk of Cheddar cheese. Soon!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

*********

Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Do you think one could fit through my USB port?

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (991eG)

46 A Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to one and all.

Posted by: Indiana Lurker at December 25, 2024 11:23 AM (3ZVqj)

47 Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Do you think one could fit through my USB port?
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (991eG)

I'd have to hammer it through mine, first, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (8zz6B)

48 Since it seems to be a food thread:

Missus Muldoon has ham, potatoes and green beans going into the crock pot and I am prepping a couple of sourdough loaves for the oven. Just the two of us today.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (991eG)

49 Merry Christmas, all y'all.

Sons won't be home until Friday, so we'll be doing the Christmas stuff then. But having the entire week off has been nice. Our plan today is eggs benedict for breakfast, followed by a nice drive in the hills.

Just gotta figure out how to make eggs benedict.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (Ad8y9)

50 Merry Christmas, Horde. For those of you who observe Hanukkah (which, in an unusual but not too rare congruence, also starts tonight), Happy Hanukkah. For those of you who are in interfaith households, both!

Doug and I appreciate your thoughts, and inclusive consideration of interfaith homes such as ours, and we look forward to your good wishes tomorrow for the beginning of Kwanzaa, which played a big part in my early life, and is an important part of American culture.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (ycI94)

51 Global Engagement Center
https://tinyurl.com/3e6xp33s

Mission & Vision

The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.

Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.

Vision: To be a data-driven body leading U.S. interagency efforts in proactively addressing foreign adversaries’ attempts to undermine U.S. interests using disinformation and propaganda.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (VnUSN)

52 AOP,

That's what I wondered as well. It actually wouldn't work as it would close for a bird as heavy as a crow.

So I was thinking about a pole feeder but we have tons of trees and keeping those squirrels out will probably be impossible.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (3AwA+)

53 Just gotta figure out how to make eggs benedict.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (Ad8y9)

Just wrap them in Popin' Fresh biscuit dough.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (8zz6B)

54 The family is open to having lunch at our Chinese restaurant. Reck the halls with boughs of rolled ra rah, ra ra ra.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (/UtnQ)

55 Whiskey, hot chocolate, whipped heavy cream. What else?

Posted by: Rudolph at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (8s11j)

56 *Doug and I appreciate your thoughts, and inclusive consideration of interfaith homes such as ours, and we look forward to your good wishes tomorrow for the beginning of Kwanzaa, which played a big part in my early life, and is an important part of American culture.*

Now, damnit, where's the effing nog?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (dg+HA)

57 By the way, the original CR that Speaker Johnson tried to cram through fully funded the GEC that coordinated the massive censorship machine that helped run the color revolution against us.

Thanks again, Spaceman Musk.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (LkLld)

58 Speaking of USB ports why does it almost always take exactly 3 tries to plug one in?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)

59 Merry Christmas, all!

The rib roast is in the oven. Simple. Garlic, salt, pepper, rosemary, butter olive oil.

I'm on pins and needles. That was a singularly expensive piece of meat and I also *really* don't wanna ruin Christmas dinner! The potatoes are already done and it's too early for the vegetables, so nothing to do but chew my knuckles.

Wish me luck!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:29 AM (HnUIn)

60 Speaking of USB ports why does it almost always take exactly 3 tries to plug one in?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)
++++
One of life's mysteries. "USB is always the third way 'round you try."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (HnUIn)

61 Cats don't beg for food. They sit patiently while you ponder doing the right thing.

(That stare is actually a mind thing, telekinesis or such, that's why you always give them tidbits).

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale anche agli gatti at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (i0xsb)

62 Speaking of USB ports why does it almost always take exactly 3 tries to plug one in?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)

The EU has mandated USB-C to make sure that you only have to take two stabs at it, and incidentally making it impossible to find a charger that fits your old equipment.
I think they did this in revenge for the foiling of their attempt to legislate the correct curvature for bananas eligible to be sold in the European Union.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (D7oie)

63 That sounds interesting...I don't think I have ever used Parmesan on beef!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM

Neither have I. This is one of Chef John's. Softened butter, lots of pepper, and Parm. Spread. Roast. So far, it smells great. Now I have to make some horseradish sauce and some mignonette for the oysters.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (9JrK/)

64 I made biscuits last night, using my standard recipe.

They didn't rise nearly as much as usual. They still tasted great though.

Weird.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (d9fT1)

65 The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.

Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state conservative and information efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the Democrat party of the United States , its allies, and partner nations.

FIFT

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (fwDg9)

66 A Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to one and all.
Posted by: Indiana Lurker
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So close!

Narendra Modi @narendramodi 3h
Best wishes to Prime Minister @netanyahu and to all people around the world who are celebrating Hanukkah. May the Zohar of Hanukkah illuminate everyone's lives with hope, peace and strength. Happy Hanukkah!
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Google translate from the Hebrew.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (hovnC)

67 Speaking of USB ports why does it almost always take exactly 3 tries to plug one in?

Try 1: You’re not really sure which way it goes, so you don’t try very hard. It doesn’t go in, so you flip it.
Try 2: No matter how hard you try, it doesn’t go in. It was right the first time.
Try 3: Flip it again, knowing this is the correct way. Confidence makes a difference; this pattern happens in a lot of places where there are two orientations for plugs.

This is why Lightning was popular before USB-C, and why cords are switching to USB-C on both sides of the cable.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)

68 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)

69 MERRY CHRISTMAS, HORDE!!!!!

You magnificent bastards.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)

70 The EU has mandated USB-C to make sure that you only have to take two stabs at it, and incidentally making it impossible to find a charger that fits your old equipment.
I think they did this in revenge for the foiling of their attempt to legislate the correct curvature for bananas eligible to be sold in the European Union.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (D7oie)
++++
Pro tip (seriously): pick up some USB type-C "decoy" boards. They have a Power Delivery (PD) circuit controller and a button to set it to any standard USB-C voltage standard (5v, 9v, 12v, 15v, 20v). USB port on one side, screw terminals or solder pads on the other. You can USB-ify almost anything with a barrel plug unless it uses a weird voltage or needs a ton of juice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (HnUIn)

71 They didn't rise nearly as much as usual. They still tasted great though.

Weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (d9fT1)

Old yeast.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

72 This is why Lightning was popular before USB-C, and why cords are switching to USB-C on both sides of the cable.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)

Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)

73 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (jPdyB)

74 Old yeast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
+++++
:: whistles nonchalantly ::

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (HnUIn)

75 The family is open to having lunch at our Chinese restaurant. Reck the halls with boughs of rolled ra rah, ra ra ra.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (/UtnQ)

The guy that created the Lululemon line of whatever named it that because Chinese people can't say it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

76 Cats don't beg for food. They sit patiently while you ponder doing the right thing.

(That stare is actually a mind thing, telekinesis or such, that's why you always give them tidbits).

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale anche agli gatti at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (i0xsb)

Mine sits on the lamp table beside my recliner and taps me on the elbow....tap,tap tap....stare....tap,tap tap

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (Yj6Os)

77 “So nothing to do but chew my knuckles.”

Is that an appetizer before the roast?

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!🎄 and thanks for your intelligent and thoughtful essays during the past year.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (7s5Sb)

78 :: whistles nonchalantly ::
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (HnUIn)

Ok, I don't care who you are, that's some funny shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

79 Speaking of USB ports why does it almost always take exactly 3 tries to plug one in?

*********

Must be a variation of the 50-50-90 rule.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (991eG)

80 Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
++++
Yup. And non-orientable plugs were a long time coming.

USB-C is the best connector.

USB overall is still a borderline incomprehensible mess, but they finally got the connector seriously right.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (HnUIn)

81 Leftists know their little pet projects are done in 27 days
And probably got their last month checks already.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (fwDg9)

82 51 Global Engagement Center
https://tinyurl.com/3e6xp33s

Mission & Vision

The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (VnUSN)
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Thank you.
Wow I wonder how many on the staff there came/went from/
to Twitter/FB/FBI/CIA.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (i0xsb)

83 Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel is come for Israel.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (LHPAg)

84 Old yeast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

++++
I need an old yeast and a young yeast ...The power of Christ compels you!

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (jPdyB)

85 Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
++++
Yeah, couldn't be misinserted. Just other nasty surprises.

Posted by: Was this thing center-positive or center-negative? at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (HnUIn)

86 Old yeast.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Is this about me?

Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (d9fT1)

87 There's no mopin' when you're in an open sleigh-Hey!

Posted by: Jingle Balls at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (G5+As)

88 Why didn’t the “Global Engagement Center” zero in on the so-called Critical Theory marxist bullshit that has infected Academia for 60 years? What a bunch of Wankers

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (Ul5sO)

89 Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.

They could be misinserted. The concentric connectors I’m familiar with were for power. They looked like universal connectors, but they weren’t: they had polarity. Which meant that while you could use the adaptor for one device for another device, you had to not just make sure the voltage was correct, but also the polarity.

If there was ever a standard for those connectors, neither I nor the manufacturers whose products I bought were aware of it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (EXyHK)

90 A YT blogger (Penguinsix) had a good video on the White House trees. Hes a free lance photographer and has a pass to visit the WH with other reporters, to see somethings. Like the President getting on the helicopter and the usual fires, car accidents, murders, etc. He knows DC inside and out and travels all over the city. Worth following. None political.

Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)

91 I'm optimistic America will be renewed by the election results and I pray every horde member will have a better year in 2025 than in 2024! Health, liberty and prosperity to all!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (yA3yr)

92 You should have included Charlotte Church at Dormition Abbey singing Oh Holy Night in 2000. Absolutely an amazing voice, and it is even more amazing when you know that she was 14 at the time. Give it a listen!

Posted by: SteveF at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (iM6iw)

93 I worked very hard in life so me and mine would not have to deal with the nogs.

Posted by: Lo-Fat Fred at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (G5+As)

94 > Wow I wonder how many on the staff there came/went from/to Twitter/FB/FBI/CIA.
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All of them?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (Q4IgG)

95 75
The guy that created the Lululemon line of whatever named it that because Chinese people can't say it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
----
How about a Chinese with a stutter?

(What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)

96 I made biscuits last night, using my standard recipe.
They didn't rise nearly as much as usual. They still tasted great though.
Weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

You should have turned the oven dial all the way up to leaven-ty!

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (991eG)

97 The rib roast is in the oven.

Aren't you all fancy. Bottom round here cuz that is all that was left at the Sam's Club when I finally got tossed out the bar where I spent Christmas Eve day drinking and started my Christmas Day dinner shopping. And yes, I was in a pissy mood if you really need to know. On the upside I have enough Doritos and tequila to keep a Mexican revolutionary insurgency feed and drunk for a few weeks.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:43 AM (Q8Bj8)

98 Aka “Stare Until You Share”.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 11:43 AM (Ul5sO)

99 (What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)
-------
A dingo??

BBL -- some minor stuff to do.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:44 AM (hovnC)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (VnUSN)

101 Why don't the Chinese celebrate Christmas with a fancy dinner??

A lack of ram.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (hovnC)

102 Merry Christmas, Morons and Moronettes!
Akshually, we aren’t celebrating until New Year's Eve, when Jr. gets home.
Well, we are celebrating, just putting the grand present opening off.
And by celebrating I mean loafing.
Life is good!

Posted by: RI Red at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (/YN3Y)

103 The fella that invented the USB connector passed on in 2024. At his burial, they had to pull his coffin back up, turn it around, then it fit.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (G5+As)

104 They could be misinserted. The concentric connectors I’m familiar with were for power. They looked like universal connectors, but they weren’t: they had polarity. Which meant that while you could use the adaptor for one device for another device, you had to not just make sure the voltage was correct, but also the polarity.

If there was ever a standard for those connectors, neither I nor the manufacturers whose products I bought were aware of it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (EXyHK)

I would call that "mis-applied", not mis-inserted. Like using an HP power brick with an IBM laptop.

I was thinking more of quarter-inch phone jacks, and RCA jacks, and their mating plugs. Both about a hundred years old, or more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (8zz6B)

105 100 100
Posted by: m
----
A small Christmas miracle, m!

OK

See you later.

Honest this time.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:46 AM (hovnC)

106 (What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)

A bullroarer?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:47 AM (8zz6B)

107 Corn pudding just went in the oven.

CBD, I tried that sticky toffee pudding recipe you linked this Sunday. I will find out in a few hours whether my efforts were successful - I hope my discerning Anglophile brother & SIL enjoy it.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, y'all.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)

108 "(What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)"

Ray-Gun?

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (vFG9F)

109 So Chinese restaurants tend to be open on Christmas but...aren't a high percentage of Chinese people in America also Christians?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (oZhjI)

110 Son and spouse are putting together a chair to use with his computer desk because the old one was ten years old and very worn. It reminds me of the old days when son was in bed and spouse was putting together toys late in the evening. I am glad he had help this time because Santa was not terribly helpful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:50 AM (dMPP1)

111 Just checking in to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukah...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 25, 2024 11:50 AM (VE6XX)

112 90 A YT blogger (Penguinsix) had a good video on the White House trees. Hes a free lance photographer and has a pass to visit the WH with other reporters, to see somethings. Like the President getting on the helicopter and the usual fires, car accidents, murders, etc. He knows DC inside and out and travels all over the city. Worth following. None political.
Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)

Thanks, Colin!

https://www.youtube.com/@Penguinsix

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:52 AM (VnUSN)

113 >>Why didn’t the “Global Engagement Center” zero in on the so-called Critical Theory marxist bullshit that has infected Academia for 60 years? What a bunch of Wankers

Who do you think was running it?

There's going to be some amazing stuff coming in the next year.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:53 AM (LkLld)

114 Posted by: It's me donna at December 25, 2024 11:50 AM (VE6XX)

Thank you, Donna. Same to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:54 AM (dMPP1)

115 Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 11:54 AM (1YfKX)

116

Merry Hanukah and Happy Christmas !

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 25, 2024 11:55 AM (kshHC)

117 65 The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.

Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state conservative and information efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the Democrat party of the United States , its allies, and partner nations.

FIFT

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (fwDg9)
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Great job Skip.
The DOGE Duo need to recommend closure and staff firing of any USG department that has worked only for Democrat Party ends. No questions asked and no answers given - just do it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 11:55 AM (i0xsb)

118 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 15h
NEW: US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism

US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
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Or not. Posted several days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3835mzad+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 11:56 AM (BBZa4)

119 Long version of Handel's Messiah is 2 hours and 18 minutes

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:58 AM (fwDg9)

120 (What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)

Pommie invader?

Posted by: goatexchange at December 25, 2024 11:58 AM (hyS0X)

121 48 Since it seems to be a food thread:

Missus Muldoon has ham, potatoes and green beans going into the crock pot and I am prepping a couple of sourdough loaves for the oven. Just the two of us today.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (991eG)

Made Muddy Buddies this morning with cookie butter and salt vs peanut butter (and of course, my chocolate was dark and my butter was non-dairy)...it seems to be a huge winner. Chex, talk to me for the recipe

...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 25, 2024 11:59 AM (exHjb)

122 Or not. Posted several days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3835mzad+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 11:56 AM (BBZa4)

Identify all the employees so moved.
Tell antifa that they are Health Insurance CEO's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:00 PM (8zz6B)

123 Several links were posted here over thee last week about USAID's corruption.

But did you know that AOC and Liz Cheney were in USAID? Are these koinkadinkies?

https://tinyurl.com/2fzjrrv2+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:02 PM (BBZa4)

124 Thank you Joe Mannix. Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to all.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:03 PM (UKUm3)

125 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:00 PM (8zz6B)
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I said days ago that these clandestine rogue gubbernmint agencies are like The Blob.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:03 PM (BBZa4)

126 Grok generated pics are fun!

https://tinyurl.com/wn4pc374+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:06 PM (BBZa4)

127 Mr Senegal parrot enjoying a bunch of pistachios (his favorite).
Soon I'll make a big deal of opening his Chewy shipping package with a large bell (another fav) inside. A large red hot pepper will be devoured after the pistachios.
Merry Christmas to all the Horde!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 12:07 PM (vZbEn)

128 (What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi

Bull roarer.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at December 25, 2024 12:07 PM (8LWEi)

129 Grok generated pics are fun!

https://tinyurl.com/wn4pc374+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:06 PM (BBZa4)
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One more, with new prop added:

https://tinyurl.com/3vex6ksf+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (BBZa4)

130 CBD, I tried that sticky toffee pudding recipe you linked this Sunday.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)

We had a genuine Brit at the Roast, and he approved.

Please keep me posted!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (d9fT1)

131 Mrs D made a quiche for breakfast.
I'm doing T-bones for dinner.
Memosas in between.
Just the two of us this year. But I did good. The package of Buc-ees Nuggets got in just in time for Mrs D's stocking.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 12:09 PM (W/lyH)

132 One more, with new prop added:

https://tinyurl.com/3vex6ksf+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (BBZa4)

That is excellent!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (d9fT1)

133 122
Also move the State Department to Kansas City, Kansas.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (i0xsb)

134 Still laughing over the new version of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer in the sidebar...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (oZhjI)

I tried watching, but I can't stand when overweight women try to look "sexy" in skimpy outfits.

And I didn't care for her voice. Was there something funny I missed by only watching the first 30 seconds?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (z01ek)

135 Roast in the oven at 250 so it can slow cook on a bed of veggies for until half time of the KC-Pittsburgh game to check on the internal temp and pot liquid. Depending on the score I will add some water (Steelers) or beer (MaWins) to it for moisture.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (Q8Bj8)

136 Also move the State Department to Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (i0xsb)

Everything is up to date in Kansas City!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (8zz6B)

137 Okay. time to make eggses benedict. Gonna cheat and just do over-easy. Hollandaise will include Kerrygold butter, which is crazy good.

There's no place like home for the Hollandaise.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (Ad8y9)

138 You don't need to be Christian to loathe this witch. Just WOW!!!

https://tinyurl.com/bdh758dd+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:14 PM (BBZa4)

139
Went down to the kennel to feed the mutts and change their water. Lugging full 5-gallon buckets back and forth. No issues. I sit in a chair before or after and my shoulder is on fire. Go figure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:16 PM (dxSpM)

140 I could have made Scootch Eggs, had all the ingredients on hand

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:16 PM (fwDg9)

141 What is the drunken whore ranting about? Trump and Homan's plans to remove illegal aliens and try to track down all the child sex slaves the perverts smuggled in on her and Biden's watch?

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:17 PM (UKUm3)

142
Compared to store-brand butter, Kerrygold is like trying to cut a brick. Is it the fat content or is the cheap stuff full of air?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:18 PM (dxSpM)

143 Burt TC no nothing later. Saw it the the other day as have PM Jukebox on subscription

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (fwDg9)

144 What is the drunken whore ranting about? Trump and Homan's plans to remove illegal aliens and try to track down all the child sex slaves the perverts smuggled in on her and Biden's watch?
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:17 PM (UKUm3)

Her hair looks greasy, like she shampooed with STP.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

145 That is wild Hadrian. I suppose lugging water might be a traction(?) effect.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (UKUm3)

146
Her hair looks greasy, like she shampooed with STP.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B).
________

Took grooming tips from Gavin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (dxSpM)

147 Burt TC no nothing later. Saw it the the other day as have PM Jukebox on subscription
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (fwDg9)

Then I'll stick with the original.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (5asE/)

148 Identify all the employees so moved.
Tell antifa that they are Health Insurance CEO's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:00 PM (8zz6B)

Tom Homan is using language similar to the BLM et al about the border, except he can actually show damage and causes, and provide actual solutions.
This next year may come down to battling memes, and I suspect Homan will get the upper hand because he is smarter than a bunch of radicalized midwits

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (D7oie)

149 OMG.

Little Women just started on TCM.

I mentioned to the wife that I get confused with Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. She then went on a mini-rant about Hugh Grant, Mr. Darcy, crazy cousins, Fanny, Louisa May Alcott, and about thirteen other things. Oh, and Emma Thompson.

My head is still spinning.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (ufFY8)

150 >>Went down to the kennel to feed the mutts and change their water. Lugging full 5-gallon buckets back and forth. No issues. I sit in a chair before or after and my shoulder is on fire. Go figure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Have you tried Voltaren gel on the shoulder?

Posted by: Aviator at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (HQ9Sl)

151 Then I'll stick with the original.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (5asE/)

Might have to. I don't think Brie Larson can sing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (8zz6B)

152 112 90 A YT blogger (Penguinsix) had a good video on the White House trees. Hes a free lance photographer and has a pass to visit the WH with other reporters, to see somethings. Like the President getting on the helicopter and the usual fires, car accidents, murders, etc. He knows DC inside and out and travels all over the city. Worth following. None political.
Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)

Thanks, Colin!

https://www.youtube.com/@Penguinsix
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:52 AM (VnUSN)

What a great find!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:22 PM (VnUSN)

153 Her hair looks greasy, like she shampooed with STP.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

Was wondering if it's an old video. Who are the sour faced white guys behind her with "122" buttons on their jackets.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:22 PM (bmXEm)

154 11 Great kitty meme for Xmas
https://tinyurl.com/442bb6mz
Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (i0xsb)

SO sending this to my youngest and Sil, who have never had a proper tree b/c catz. They do the garlands on the wall thing instead.

We had a lovely Christmas Eve, each at our respective churches, a nice supper and breakfast and will have a
good dinner sometime this afternoon.

As I unwrapped a new ironing board cover, he said "I told the cashier this was my last present to buy and she said 'CHRISTMAS present?' and I said 'You don't know my wife.'
I'm getting him a weather station, but he has to pick it out.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:23 PM (f+FmA)

155 here's no place like home for the Hollandaise.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

**********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 12:23 PM (991eG)

156 Well I should step away from the computer screeen for a bit before my own neck and shoulders start whining at me. Have a wonderful day everyone.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (UKUm3)

157 Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (xAPJi)

158 Well I should step away from the computer screeen for a bit before my own neck and shoulders start whining at me. Have a wonderful day everyone.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (UKUm3)

You, too!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (8zz6B)

159 Thanks AoP. Hope your chedder biscuits were tasty.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (UKUm3)

160 USB - A: The seam is always on the bottom.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (CHHv1)

161 Thanks AoP. Hope your chedder biscuits were tasty.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (UKUm3)

They were. I probably took them out of the oven about a minute too soon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:27 PM (8zz6B)

162 142
Compared to store-brand butter, Kerrygold is like trying to cut a brick. Is it the fat content or is the cheap stuff full of air?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Not sure, but people don't like it when I cut the cheese.

Posted by: Gary Gouda at December 25, 2024 12:27 PM (G5+As)

163 Penguinsix can be pretty interesting. I like his unvarnished style and he fills in the dead space with lots of DC insider trivia.

https://youtu.be/vUm8HFO0v7A

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 12:28 PM (dg+HA)

164 136

Everything is up to date in Kansas City!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes, Kansas City, Missouri.
Correct me if I'm wrong as I haven't been to KC, Kansas, but if it's like East St. Louis (which is on the Illinois side) then it's a red pile of trash and crime-ridden.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensioni at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (i0xsb)

165 I prefer the nonfat version of Mariah Carey, so appreciate the video selection.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (U/j9n)

166 A high percentage of our problems and concerns are because Republicans were always squishy and/or in reality assistant Democrats. Designated failure theater. Manufactured consent.

America has been Psy-op City since at least the post WWII. It would difficult to over estimate the amount of money and effort gone into gaslighting everyone.

The good news, we really weren’t paranoid all those years.

The bad news, all our worst fears keep coming true.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (GbLWf)

167 Girl F. and SiL just informed they decided not to ski today and have invited themselves to lunch.
/secretly pleased

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 12:30 PM (RIvkX)

168 107 Corn pudding just went in the oven.
CBD, I tried that sticky toffee pudding recipe you linked this Sunday.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)

yum

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:31 PM (VnUSN)

169 Heh, just found out the dump is closed today too, just like Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (G5+As)

170 How does Hunter Biden celebrate Christmas?

Ho ho ho.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (L/fGl)

171 Merry Christmas to the horde.
Happy Hannaka to our Tribe members.

First time both days have fallen together since 2005 if the news is correct.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (E7mWg)

172
Also move the State Department to Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted by: Ciampino

Everything is up to date in Kansas City!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

They got some crazy little women there.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 12:33 PM (63Dwl)

173 How does Hunter Biden celebrate Christmas?

Ho ho ho.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Snort.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (E7mWg)

174 I'm 92 minutes into a 120 minute brunch commitment with the in-laws. Not that I'm counting.

Posted by: Weasel at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (h/bT0)

175 USDA has minimum butterfat standards for Butter. The store brands and similar will meet that standard - and not a molecule more. Kerry butter isn’t even sold by the pound, I think it is 3/4.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (GbLWf)

176 I'll Be Home for Christmas, sung by Bing Crosby, was released in 1943, was a bittersweet song about soldiers and sailors being far from home during WWII. It became a huge hit both with the public and the forces - was the most requested song for the USO events, and was distributed by the military for the forces overseas.

The BBC banned it - the melancholy tone was feared bad for morale - and many veterans found it very depressing and tried to avoid it after the war, as it brought back memories they were trying to shed (such as the Battle of the Bulge, for a large number).

Things I never knew.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (1m82a)

177 I have seen the future and it sucks.

https://is.gd/roS122

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 12:35 PM (L/fGl)

178 I know I for one complain about the overreach of technology, but getting to see your granddaughter wearing a snowflake tiara and all her cheap Christmas 'jewelry' from across the country is priceless.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:36 PM (f+FmA)

179 Yes, Kansas City, Missouri.
Correct me if I'm wrong as I haven't been to KC, Kansas, but if it's like East St. Louis (which is on the Illinois side) then it's a red pile of trash and crime-ridden.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensioni at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (i0xsb)

KC, Kansas is sorta dirty and industrial. I'm sure people live there, but if you're driving east to west, you get to metro Kansas City, Missouri, and it looks like a city. Lots of shopping areas, people milling about, then you get to the sports complex and see where the baseball and football teams play. You go around some curves, and get to downtown.

Then before you know it, you're in Kansas. And after a few miles, you're in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:36 PM (l7SiO)

180 Weasel do you want me to call you for a distraction?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:37 PM (9YFLg)

181 Patience, Weasel-san.

Fortunately our annual Christmas thing at my sister's is a fantastic if simple food event, and is never marred by politix or the like (which it could be, given the .... well).

And it's genuinely good to see the nephews and niece et al, as I don't see them much.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:37 PM (1m82a)

182 Heh, just found out the dump is closed today too, just like Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (G5+As)

Merry Christmas, Arlo.

Posted by: Zombie Officer Obbie at December 25, 2024 12:38 PM (iODuv)

183 Christmas viewing is complete.
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story w/Ralphie
White Christmas

And finally heard Fleas on the Dog in the wild by Jose Feliciano.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:38 PM (E7mWg)

184 Some Silent Nights...

Pentatonix - Silent Night (Live)
Pentatonix is an a cappella quintet. For those of you that don't speak Spanish "a cappella" means they don't use guitars and "quintet" means five.
https://youtu.be/sme8N2pzRx8

The Three Tenors - Silent Night (Live)
Tres tipos gordos also singing without guitars but with an orchestra.
https://youtu.be/WjhVI4Q0Vfc

Gerry Rafferty - Silent Night
This was the last song on his last album. There is something
poignant in that.
https://youtu.be/tHsREPHqzBg

Lady Antebellum - Silent Night (Live)
Finally we have a very American version and it has some guitars. For those of you that only speak Spanish that means Nashville.
https://youtu.be/xx7sLISpkUQ

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (Q8Bj8)

185 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. Wave one in the books. Prime rib in the oven, wife napping, kids at the gym. We are hosting this year, 17 fam members. Fun chaos.

Posted by: scampydog got golf balls for Christmas at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (41CYW)

186 I have a love/hate relationship with I'll Be Home for Christmas. During the 20 years I drove over the road, I think I was able to make it home 2 times. But I can really appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (X6YhY)

187 The good news, we really weren’t paranoid all those years.

The bad news, all our worst fears keep coming true.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (GbLWf)

Well yeah. Not paranoid enough.

I envy those people who believe this country is run by good people who do good things for the people.

It's not, they're not, and they don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:40 PM (vlrwq)

188 Merry Christmas Horde! May you feast to your hearts content!

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (4TAOz)

189 I'm 92 minutes into a 120 minute brunch commitment with the in-laws. Not that I'm counting.
Posted by: Weasel

Any discussion about the Game Show Network yet? That is sort of the peak moment after the pet topic is beat into the ground.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (Q8Bj8)

190 Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all the Horde!

Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (X6YhY)

191 Wartime censors didn’t allow for showing any images of dead Americans. Not till 1944, something like that. I think maybe LIFE magazine, ironically enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (GbLWf)

192 It's not too early to drink is it?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (WXNFJ)

193 I'm 92 minutes into a 120 minute brunch commitment with the in-laws. Not that I'm counting.
Posted by: Weasel

Any discussion about the Game Show Network yet? That is sort of the peak moment after the pet topic is beat into the ground.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (Q8Bj

For discussion: Which was better: Match Game with Gene Rayburn, or The Gong Show with Chuck Barris?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (VNX3d)

194 Old Blue, that's been the reaction to that song since it was released. Especially at the time and especially among the people in the service whose situation was the subject of the song.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (1m82a)

195 Tonypete it's afternoon here so go for it

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (fwDg9)

196 Wartime censors didn’t allow for showing any images of dead Americans. Not till 1944, something like that. I think maybe LIFE magazine, ironically enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (GbLWf)

Gotta admit, having looked at some of those photos, the ones from D-Day, where men are lying in the water, or in the Pacific, washing up onto the beaches... I always wondered if the people who knew them saw those photos.

Did they know their son/husband whatever, had died? Is this how they found out?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (rL1hr)

197 NOOD Doggies!!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (VNX3d)

198 186 I have a love/hate relationship with I'll Be Home for Christmas. During the 20 years I drove over the road, I think I was able to make it home 2 times. But I can really appreciate the sentiment.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (X6YhY)
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The Shriners commercials ruined it for me.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (U/j9n)

199 I envy those people who believe this country is run by good people who do good things for the people.

It's not, they're not, and they don't.
Posted by: BurtTC

You are correct young man but, and this is a big but (and I cannot lie), a higher % are now aware of it than ever before.

We have an opportunity to do something this time around.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (WXNFJ)

200 I was out and about, and one of the Walgreens stores was open. They keep one of our three open for pharmacy but also if someone needs a little something to complete a dinner. Like a six dollar bottle of mustard or a four dollar quart of milk. Proud of their merchandise they are. Didn't go I but the parking lot was packed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (gm9Sb)

201 22
The Shepherds' Farewell, from L'enfance du Christ by Hector Berlioz.
https://youtu.be/TGBTNlbRbeM
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (dxSpM)

Introduced to this by the Benedictines of Mary. A new favorite. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (f+FmA)

202 I was in Whole Foods and looked at rib roasts - YIKES! $150? $200? For a piece of meat?

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)

203 Space Truckers 1996

https://youtu.be/lSm-z6_PHwQ?si=XP3Q4Wbx_wh9RURb

Because I loved Total Recall for all the wrong reasons.

I am addicted to watching recaps of movies I am never ever going to watch. Many recaps have a higher body-horror element than this one, without the campy effects.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (lhenN)

204 I think the dead Marines at Tarawa in November '43 was the first imagery of US KIA allowed to be published. Think FDR himself approved it (unless memory is misfiring). Had a pretty impact on the public.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (1m82a)

205 True story
In England a Sgt wasn't going to have a beer until it was noon but basically was sitting around just waiting for noon.
So I formulated a plan to distracted him, got others in on it and got him out of room and changed his clock back in small amounts so he wouldn't notice. I think it was around 12:45 until he figured it out

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (fwDg9)

206 You are correct young man but, and this is a big but (and I cannot lie), a higher % are now aware of it than ever before.

We have an opportunity to do something this time around.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (WXNFJ)

Agreed, but I do admit I get a little annoyed by people who think the job is done by having elected Trump.

No, now the job begins.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (M6d0F)

207 202 I was in Whole Foods and looked at rib roasts - YIKES! $150? $200? For a piece of meat?
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)

!!!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:48 PM (VnUSN)

208 207 202 I was in Whole Foods and looked at rib roasts - YIKES! $150? $200? For a piece of meat?
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)

!!!
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:48 PM (VnUSN)
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Status roasts cost extra.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (U/j9n)

209 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 12:57 PM (RIvkX)

210 72 This is why Lightning was popular before USB-C, and why cords are switching to USB-C on both sides of the cable.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)

Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)

There will always be massive numbers of Better Mousetrap designers, builders, and marketers. They quickly evolved and rapidly proliferated shortly after humans began using tools.

Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (aBgBM)

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Posted by: victorian at December 25, 2024 01:05 PM (wBMdF)

212 It is absolutely critical that government is staffed with reasonably decent people without control freak issues or hysteria. Genuine Diversity of thought, not simply skin tone or sexual perversions.

Much of what was and is being perpetrated on Americans is also naturally highly fucking illegal six ways to Sunday. Everyone has had quite enough, thank you very much, and the left’s more recent mustering of mindless mobs to target infrastructure along with hordes of foreign nationals bum rushing the border to overwhelm our systems is fucking treason. I don’t know who to hate, but they need to Hang.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 01:07 PM (GbLWf)

213 Whole Foods = whole paycheck.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 01:12 PM (dg+HA)

214 Kindltot - There are very cheap USB-C to every other flavor of USB plug adalters available. Your old USB stuff can still be used.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (ugvYV)

215 Adapters....

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (ugvYV)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Nativity. Birth of Jesus
Giotto di Bondone

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Marry Christmas

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

3 Just like our house. The kid's in our bed and I'm outside on the couch....

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (0eaVi)

4 Giotto!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (dDmld)

5 Or 2
Could be a icon but not sure

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

6 Part of a series in Padua's Scrovegni Chapel, and his first mature work, the cycle is considered to be one of the greatest achievements in Western art. The frescoes fill the chapel, forming a narrative.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

7 Thank you, CBD!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (VnUSN)

8 Scrovegni Chapel

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (dDmld)

9 Very Merry Christmas to all

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (XHxxX)

10 Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

11 Nativity. Birth of Jesus
Giotto
Original Title: Natività. Nascita di Gesù
Date: c.1304 - c.1306
Style: Proto Renaissance
Series: Scenes from the Life of Christ
Genre: religious painting
Media: fresco
Location: Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy
Dimensions: 200 x 185 cm

6'6" X 6'2"

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

12 1 Marry Christmas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

um

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (VnUSN)

13 It was done in fresco, not on wood panels as I thought it might be

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (fwDg9)

14 Would hang.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, CBD!

Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (aBgBM)

15 Dog?

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:35 AM (VnUSN)

16
*Squawwwk!*

"Took over a pagan holiday!"

*Squawwwk!*

"Jesus wasn't born on December 25th!"

*Squawwwk!*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:36 AM (dxSpM)

17 It was done in fresco, not on wood panels as I thought it might be

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (fwDg9)

Embiggen it....looks to be on canvas, to me.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:36 AM (Yj6Os)

18 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

19 Joy to the World!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZnRoRihyc

Posted by: huerfano at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (DKIGo)

20 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

bondo

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (Yj6Os)

21 15 Dog?

We don’t want a dog in the manger.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

22 18 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

bondo would work

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

23 Thanks, CBD.
Happy Hanukkah to you and yours.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (BSDFI)

24 sorry BJ missed your comment

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

25 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

26
Weigh not his crib, his wooden dish,
Nor beasts that by him feed;
Weigh not his mother's poor attire
Nor Joseph's simple weed.
This stable is a prince's court,
This crib his chair of state,
The beasts are parcel of his pomp,
The wooden dish his plate.
The persons in that poor attire
His royal liveries wear;
The prince himself is come from heaven—
This pomp is prizèd there.
With joy approach, O Christian wight,
Do homage to thy king;
And highly prize his humble pomp
Which he from heaven doth bring.

- St. Robert Southwell

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:39 AM (dxSpM)

27 This reminds me of the thousands of icons I saw in Russia. Thousands of them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (RIvkX)

28 No Little Drummer Boy. Not Art.

Posted by: The guy who always says "Not Art!" at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

29 Closest thing to a white Christmas we had in years from light snow a couple days ago and a little refresh yesterday

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (fwDg9)

30 Not only did Giotto revolutionize painting by breaking from the formalistic Byzantine style thus initiating the early Renaissance, but he was also a creative architect. He designed the campanile on the Duomo in Florence.

It was always good to have more than one skill set back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (dDmld)

31 This work was done by Al Fresco?

I'm confused.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:42 AM (WXNFJ)

32 The angels look like kids jumping on the top bunk.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:43 AM (WXNFJ)

33 Linguini swaddling?

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 09:43 AM (Fg0Nr)

34 10 Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

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Give me a paintbrush and an hour. I'll fix it.

Posted by: Cecilia Gimenez at December 25, 2024 09:44 AM (dDmld)

35 Joy to the world
The Lord is come

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:45 AM (LkLld)

36
Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

______

"I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll repaint any fresco, any color for $29.95. No ups, no extras."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (dxSpM)

37 No Little Drummer Boy. Not Art.
Posted by: The guy who always says "Not Art!" at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

This guy gets it!
- Zombies Peart, Bonham, and Moon

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (BSDFI)

38 St. Karen in Bethlehem - a limerick

"I came to your inn as a stranger
From a journey filled with turmoil and danger
Imagine my frustration
That you lost my reservation
So Mister, I DEMAND to see your manger!"

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (991eG)

39 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Do not miss your visitation. The prophesy is fulfilled.

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

Posted by: Vlad at December 25, 2024 09:48 AM (MvBss)

40 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Merry Christmas Hordemates!
Goes looking for coffee.
*checks stocking *
*smiles*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 09:49 AM (W/lyH)

41 Nice.
But where's the kid with the drum?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

42 35 Joy to the world
The Lord is come

Merry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:45 AM (LkLld)

*plugs in 50 strands of 100 imported Italian lights*

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (gbOdA)

43 Would hang if I had a chapel.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Our extended family celebrated both a few weeks ago,
before our elders traveled to warmer climes. The last time they coincided, our Jewish relatives put up a Hanukkah Bush. It looked rather like a Christmas tree.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 25, 2024 09:53 AM (KdWM9)

44 Nice painting.

Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2024 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

45
Who names their kid Giotto?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (dxSpM)

46 I own a wood panel work that has plaster, paint and extensive gold leaf done by a master of gold leaf, Louis Ross, from 1940. It's 8'x9' oak panel and trim. I rescued it from demolition in a building adjacent to Madison Square Garden in 1985. Had to strap it to the roof of my van. Art Deco style has cows, chickens, a farm couple, wheat, cotton plant, spice plants, etc. If I could figure out tinyurl I would share.

Posted by: NC Coast Christmas Greetings at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (G5+As)

47 Who names their kid Giotto?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (dxSpM)

Who names their kid Luigi?

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Yj6Os)

48 38 St. Karen in Bethlehem - a limerick

"I came to your inn as a stranger
From a journey filled with turmoil and danger
Imagine my frustration
That you lost my reservation
So Mister, I DEMAND to see your manger!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (991eG)

Nice

There once was a Saint named St Karen
Whose uterus was intentionally barren
Her disciples hair beige
The Stylish Haircut of Rage
As in unison their griefs they be airin'

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Fg0Nr)

49 Who names their kid Giotto?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

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Is that an Italian variant (along with Giorgio) of "George"? Or maybe of "Joseph"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (omVj0)

50 Merry Christmas, everyone! Christ is born today ♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at December 25, 2024 09:57 AM (IgNPS)

51 Angel comes to visit Mary and Joseph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPPKtaayhM

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:58 AM (gbOdA)

52 Merry Christmas, Teresa.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (v6JzV)

53 First sip of Christmas coffee down the hatch. Fought off the rabble for the last carton of egg nog at the Publix last night.

Now to start the Beef Wellington.

Have a wonderful and holy day, blessed be the Horde.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (orW8n)

54 Teresa in FW. Good to see you this morning Merry Christmas

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (2NHgQ)

55 . . . With joy approach, O Christian wight,
Do homage to thy king;
And highly prize his humble pomp
Which he from heaven doth bring.

- St. Robert Southwell
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

***
There are two serious and very affecting poems about Jesus in Dorothy Parker's work. I don't have time to type them in now, but I'll get to it later today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (omVj0)

56 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (QfvaV)

57 NC Coast - have suggested trying Postimage, I have a account but have not signed in yet can get a picture into a jpg that isn't saved on my file.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (fwDg9)

58 How do they calculate the date of Hanukkah? I know it’s based on the lunar calendar, but what are the specifics?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

59 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024

***
So you're feeling flush?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (omVj0)

60 I gave hubby Black Rifle coffee in his stocking. Hope it isn’t took weak. He loves him some paint thinner disguised as coffee.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (2NHgQ)

61 Joseph is Giuseppe in Italian

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

62 Lurking goat.

Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (i0F8b)

63 Manger cat missed the picture.

Posted by: DaveA at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (FhXTo)

64 Very nice interpretation of the nativity. Well done CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (XsuFr)

65 So you're feeling flush?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (omVj0)

Heh!

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (QfvaV)

66 Joseph is Giuseppe in Italian
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024

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Right, but could "Giotto" be a variant?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (omVj0)

67 It was always good to have more than one skill set back then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (dDmld)
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You bet!

Posted by: Leonardo da Vinci at December 25, 2024 10:03 AM (6K6Eu)

68 Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to everyone.

The simplicity of the setting Giotto used makes the scene even more meaningful. The blue sky and gold of the clothing is reflected in Mary's robe, tying the rich, special aspects of the color scheme together. Mary is the central figure, even more than Jesus, which surprised me. Even resting Joseph (I assume) is central. It seems to emphasize the human aspect in the miraculous birth. Interesting and effective.

Posted by: JTB at December 25, 2024 10:04 AM (yTvNw)

69 Giotto is Italian for Geoffrey or Godfrey. (Because apparently they are the same?)

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:04 AM (QfvaV)

70 Nice selection, CBD. Thanks.

Radio was playing "Morning Has Broken" sung like a carol. Very pretty.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:05 AM (kpS4V)

71 Off to church. Back later, folk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:06 AM (omVj0)

72 Giotto is Italian for Geddy

*electric lute licks.*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (kpS4V)

73 What is dark spot on guy on right side's arm?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (fwDg9)

74 What was done with the umbilical cord of Jesus?

Imagine the stem cells therapies that could have been developed.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (orW8n)

75 Poor Joseph is done tuckered out.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

76 Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah, Horde.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (hoCmQ)

77 What is dark spot on guy on right side's arm?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (fwDg9)

web tat

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 10:09 AM (Yj6Os)

78 God jul, Horden!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (6K6Eu)

79 The ox represents Jews (by analogy to circumcision), and the donkey represents Gentiles (the vice versa analogy).

Giotto has them both lined up at the feed trough, in a way that is reminiscent of communicants lining up at the Communion rail, or the door of a roodscreen. They are not jostling each other, but are at peace.

The ox is making eye contact with Mary, practically, while the donkey's head is bowed.

The shepherds' sheep are also looking at the Child, but the black goat who is with them is turned away. He's the only creature in the entire painting who isn't turned toward Jesus.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (p2GXS)

80 Is that a tat or a spider on that shepherd's left elbow?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (hoCmQ)

81 70 “Morning Has Broken” is more of a springtime hymn to me. A birds and flowers kind of thing.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (v6JzV)

82 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024

That's good, 'cuz the shitter's full.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 10:12 AM (dg+HA)

83 Actually, not all the angels are looking directly at Jesus, but they seem to be doing something official. Bodyguards for Mary, maybe.

And St. Joseph is asleep, poor guy, and he's facing outwards. But he's probably having some kind of prophetic dream again, and he knows the shepherds are temporarily on watch.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:13 AM (p2GXS)

84 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)

85 Okay, some of the sheep are also staring at us.

Man, that would be freaky on a wall.

Re: Giotto, apparently the slanty/slitted human eyes look less weird when you're actually standing in the chapel, because they are painted to have eyes more visible when you are standing underneath the paintings and looking up. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:17 AM (p2GXS)

86
*Or is one a ram?*
Shepherds are pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Ford Motor Company at December 25, 2024 10:17 AM (dg+HA)

87 I counted 3 rams, 2 ewes, lamb, goat, donkey and cow

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:18 AM (fwDg9)

88 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)
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THERE! ARE! SIX! SHEEP!

Posted by: Delirious Picard at December 25, 2024 10:18 AM (6K6Eu)

89 The Shepard dogs were no doubt out watching the flock

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:19 AM (fwDg9)

90 Very nice work, appropriate for the occasion. I have some little Christmas cards, it looks like the artist took inspiration from from the angels atop the stable

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:19 AM (lgKyC)

91
This work was done by Al Fresco?

I'm confused.
Posted by: Tonypete

He was the painter. His cousin, Al Dente, was the dentist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (cWeHZ)

92 Who is the lady who's assisting Mary?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (6K6Eu)

93 3 rams , 1 ewe facing left, ewe and lamb with ghost in back facing right

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (fwDg9)

94 The angels are singing while the one angel is talking to the shepherds. Now I get it.

It's a combination of scenes, with the shepherd announcement right next to the place where the shepherds end up going.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:21 AM (p2GXS)

95 Good Christmas morning, horde!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 10:21 AM (OX9vb)

96 If I could figure out tinyurl I would share.
Posted by: NC Coast Christmas Greetings at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (G5+As)

Oh! I would love to see that!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 10:22 AM (OX9vb)

97 88 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)
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THERE! ARE! SIX! SHEEP!
-_-_-_-_-_-
Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)

98
Merry Christmas and many thanks for the moron comments that bring joy all year long!

Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (jjbtL)

99 92 Who is the lady who's assisting Mary?

I doan know nuthin' bout birthin' no baby!

Posted by: The woman in Gone With The Wind at December 25, 2024 10:24 AM (dg+HA)

100 To the commenter who wants help with tinyurl…
Just send the image directly to to CBD. He can post it for us.
That work sounds amazing! Good job by you salvaging it!

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:24 AM (//uTY)

101 Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)
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None. The rest of the sheep freak out and run off.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:25 AM (6K6Eu)

102 NC Coast Christmas Greetings

Just use the regular URL and I will fix it.

I would love to see that panel!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 10:26 AM (d9fT1)

103 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (J5RCE)

104 101 Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)
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None. The rest of the sheep freak out and run off.
_-_-_-_-_-_
That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)

105 Merry Christmas! Ditto Auspex.

A little late for your Christmas cooking but I’ve just uploaded an 1876 (really 1875, since it’s an almanac) cookbook with some very nice recipes. Cocoanut pie, tomato jam, and molasses gingerbread were the highlights.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:28 AM (EXyHK)

106 That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)
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With cows, it would be more like, "Huh. What happened to Marge? *munch munch munch*"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:29 AM (6K6Eu)

107 Lady assisting Mary -- The "Protoevangelium of James" and some other extra-biblical accounts have Mary assisted by either a midwife, or by various women who were also in the house. These women then provide an extra witness to the miraculous nature of the Virgin Birth.

This would be pretty logical, because if the cave was the stable of a typical Middle Eastern house built onto a cave, and if the guest area (katalyma) were indeed full before the Holy Family got there, that house in Bethlehem would have been chock full of House of David cousins of both sexes. And of course some of the ladies would want to help, and/or poke their noses into whatever was going on.

(The early accounts also include a late-arriving, unbelieving midwife named Salome, who contradicts the other midwife, gets temporarily zotted for being too nosy, and then gets healed.)

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:30 AM (p2GXS)

108 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and winter holiday to the atheists among us. Time to get me festivities arranged…hope everyone has a relaxed and pleasant day!

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:31 AM (LLIWf)

109 Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:30 AM (p2GXS)
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Cool!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:31 AM (6K6Eu)

110 106 That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)
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With cows, it would be more like, "Huh. What happened to Marge? *munch munch munch*"
_-_-_-_-_-_-
Here comes a car. Let's go stand in the road. [Novice driver honks the horn] Time to eat everybody!!! Let's ALL go stand in the road.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (waLMR)

111 But where's the kid with the drum?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

Bobbing for brine shrimp in the Dead Sea, hopefully.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

112 Move aside , kid. And knock it off with the drum.

Posted by: Melchior at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (muwun)

113 Jake Leg Jimmy @JakeLegJimmy1 22m
Rudolph is called a hero again by Santa Claus for safely guiding the team past the trigger happy USD Gettysburg. Merry Christmas everyone!

https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)

114 Unconfirmed reports indicate that in honor of Kwanzaa, First Gentleman Emhoff has smacked Kamala into next Tuesday.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (muwun)

115 https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)
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AI can't seem to put the reindeer on the actual reins.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (6K6Eu)

116 Worst take on Christmas.

[Troon Cambridge Dean] India Willoughby@IndiaWilloughby
And trans. Self impregnating organisms - Mary - give birth to genetic copies of themself, so Jesus must have transitioned to male at some point. Just as Eve was probably XY chromosomes, given she was cloned from Adam’s rib. Which means she would have been banned from athletics by @sebcoe and called a man by my sis. Happy Christmas everybody by @sebcoe and called a man by my sis. Happy Christmas everybody.

J.K. Rowling@jk_rowling
If life has taught me anything, it's that it's a huge mistake to think things can't get any more insane.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (L/fGl)

117 Unconfirmed reports indicate that in honor of Kwanzaa, First Gentleman Emhoff has smacked Kamala into next Tuesday.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (muwun)
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Kwanzaa also features Feats of Strength?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (6K6Eu)

118
"Mary's Little Boy Child" - Jester Hairston

From "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" (Sony)

youtu.be/ncO516UuS0E?si=hk8Rmy1nlLF4tkUU

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

119 Breaking: Man's body discovered in wheel well of commercial jetliner after landing in Maui.

On a positive note -- and to the delight of the passengers who paid for a real seat -- the United Airlines B787-10 crew completed the scheduled 9+ hour flight from Chicago with a 34-minute early arrival, which was nice.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (Y1sOo)

120 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

121 Cuteness Alert:

At Christmas Eve candlelight service last night after every hymn (and we sang lots of them), as the last notes of each hymn died down, the voice of a little girl (maybe 3 or 4 years old) rang out from the back of the church loud enough for everyone to hear, "ALL DONE!"

Like she had finished eating her vegetables or something.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (991eG)

122 113 Jake Leg Jimmy @JakeLegJimmy1 22m
Rudolph is called a hero again by Santa Claus for safely guiding the team past the trigger happy USD Gettysburg. Merry Christmas everyone!

https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)

Yikes!

USD --> USS

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 10:37 AM (VnUSN)

123 We're lucky to have a couple of actual Ital-speakers aboard, so maybe someone can unpack the intricacies. Looks like "Giotto" is the diminutive of "Ambrose," which won't get anybody going much. Little Ambrose, yeah OK.

But there are word jokes in other languages, just like we have: "Giacomo" James is close to "Giacoso" laughing, so calling somebody Jokin' Jim is just a given.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (zdLoL)

124 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (J5RCE)

125 Peace on Earth, good will toward men....
- that's the gift, it's not an offer.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (LHPAg)

126 Where's the damn nog?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 25, 2024 10:42 AM (dg+HA)

127 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (J5RCE)
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My thought is that it's because Jesus is here for everybody, not just "the elite." These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)

128 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

Not enough.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (d9fT1)

129 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

Don't they know it's Christmas?

/

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (8zz6B)

130 These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.

Yeah. They were awake and watching. “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:45 AM (EXyHK)

131 Perhaps the shepherds served to foreshadow some upcoming parables.

Posted by: Just spit balling here... at December 25, 2024 10:45 AM (dg+HA)

132 @41 Where's the kid with the drum?

Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum

--Yip Harburg, commie propagandist and Friend of Dorothy, sparing a dime

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (zdLoL)

133 Do angel wings make a flapping sound? If so, it could be pretty noisy there, with an entire flock of them doing circuits over the Manger.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (8zz6B)

134 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.
Posted by: vmom

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There are numerous references to shepherds throughout the Bible, both Old and New Testament. Maybe not those specific shepherds. King David as a youth tended his father's flocks while his older brothers went to war against the Philistines. The 23rd Psalm in particular. Jesus' parable of the sheepfold.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (991eG)

135 Native Patriot @LaNativePatriot 8h
America is supposed to be a Christian nation, start acting like it

https://tinyurl.com/jy9w68e4
meme

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (hovnC)

136 Afternoon feast is prepped or in the oven. Dishes in the washer for the next phase.

Coffee is poured, cat has been brushed into a lather ("Did I tell you you could stop?!"), now it's time to chill.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:50 AM (kpS4V)

137 Like she had finished eating her vegetables or something.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (991eG)
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Love that. So precious. I'm sure her mom was shriveling up beside her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:50 AM (RIvkX)

138 No, angels are like owls.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (D7oie)

139 Use to nap in between the engines on top A-10s and did that often. Glad one never took off or even started the engines while up there.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (fwDg9)

140 Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV 17h
This is a Christmas present they will NEVER forget 😂
The Appalachian Podcast

https://tinyurl.com/f7b8tjpx
34 seconds; surprising gift

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)

141 My thought is that it's because Jesus is here for everybody, not just "the elite." These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar

Blue collar shepards.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

142 There are numerous references to shepherds...

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The Old Testament is full of crooks.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (991eG)

143 Luke a stickler for dates, seems to date the exact time that Jesus was coming into the word, they were astronomers of a sort, or at least observers of the sky,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (dJR17)

144 https://tinyurl.com/f7b8tjpx
34 seconds; surprising gift
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)
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Warning: 'possum abuse.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (6K6Eu)

145 Do angel wings make a flapping sound? If so, it could be pretty noisy there, with an entire flock of them doing circuits over the Manger.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (8zz6B)

I'm not saying it was Aliens, but is was Aliens.

Posted by: Giorgio A Tsoukalos, Weirdo Ancient Alien Guy at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (R/m4+)

146 At least this does not appear to be terror related, more of a case of hurt feelings!
UK: Man arrested for attempted murder as car rams into crowd

https://mol.im/a/14225695

Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (i0xsb)

147 138 No, angels are like owls.
Posted by: Kindltot

So they can swivel their heads all the way around?

Posted by: Is that in the Bible? at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (dg+HA)

148 There are numerous references to shepherds throughout the Bible, both Old and New Testament. Maybe not those specific shepherds. King David as a youth tended his father's flocks while his older brothers went to war against the Philistines. The 23rd Psalm in particular. Jesus' parable of the sheepfold.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (991eG)

Shepherds were the IT engineers of the Biblical era.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

149 Not as bad as Magdeburg for casualties at least if not MFM/police reactions:

Turning Point UK @TPointUK 5h
A 31-year-old man has been arrested.

The Met Police have claimed it's 'not terror related'.

As usual they haven't named the driver.
[four injured on a Shaftsbury Avenue in the UK someplace]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:54 AM (hovnC)

150 The Old Testament is full of crooks.

So is my Christmas tree.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (EXyHK)

151 America is supposed to be a Christian nation, start acting like it

Some People are never more than one burning cross from a pogrom.

That one guy who's always right there to tell you how a real Christian has to act -- he bears a lot of watching.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

152 A little late for your Christmas cooking but I’ve just uploaded an 1876 (really 1875, since it’s an almanac) cookbook with some very nice recipes. Cocoanut pie, tomato jam, and molasses gingerbread were the highlights.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:28 AM (EXyHK)

I adore old cookbooks. I think it is the simplicity of the preparation equipment, and not relying on things like crushed ritz crackers and cream of mushroom soup.

"simmer" "hard simmer" "seeth" "boil" and "over a low bank of coals" are about as complicated as I like, and the instruction that "the meat should stick a little as you fry it to assure the best flavor" is a delightful way to say that you really need a hot pan to sear your meat for a stew.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 10:56 AM (D7oie)

153 Narendra Modi @narendramodi 3h
Best wishes to Prime Minister @netanyahu and to all people around the world who are celebrating Hanukkah. May the Zohar of Hanukkah illuminate everyone's lives with hope, peace and strength. Happy Hanukkah!
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Google translate from the Hebrew.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:57 AM (hovnC)

154 He's a mostly peaceful driver.

Posted by: The Met Police at December 25, 2024 10:57 AM (dg+HA)

155 Love that. So precious. I'm sure her mom was shriveling up beside her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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I don't think she was. It was just such a pure innocent thing for the girl to do. Almost like punctuation. Or a pre-school version of "Amen!"

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:59 AM (991eG)

156 God rest you merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 11:00 AM (gbOdA)

157 I meant those particular shepherds.
I am just curious about who thry were, and what happened to them afterwards.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (J5RCE)

158 WE HAZ A MONKEY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

159 DAvid Morrell, the man behind Rambo, suggested they were spies of a sort, he did it through a character who also was a soy

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (dJR17)

160 Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

I'm not familiar with that man's posts, ( I don't have an X account and don't read much on x unless it's posted on here. But I think it was more of a joke on leftist getting upset because of "Year of Our Lord"
than any suggestion of endorsing pogroms

Happy holidays to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (x+MYT)

161 I think it is the simplicity of the preparation equipment, and not relying on things like crushed ritz crackers and cream of mushroom soup.

I enjoy the puzzle sometimes, too. What did these instructions mean to the person writing the recipe? What were they assuming that we have forgotten?

Like salt. Pre-refrigeration, the problem with salt wasn’t adding it, it was getting rid of it at the time of use. That’s why (I suspect) so many old recipes omit how much salt to add.

And you rarely see the phrase “room temperature” in pre-refrigeration recipes, for the same reason. Room temperature was the standard.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (EXyHK)

162 I typed #149 before having read #146

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (hovnC)

163 I bought a couple of electric heated seed starting mats and wrapped them in blankets for the cats to perch on. The one next to the desk I work at almost always has a cat on it.
They spread out on it to get as much contact as possible, and eventually get too warm and wander off, and another cat takes the spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (D7oie)

164 Heated seed covers for your car??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (hovnC)

165 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 11:00 AM (gbOdA)

Thanks, and I'm glad the site you took it from put the comma in the correct place so that it's "rest merry, gentlemen" and not "rest you, merry Gentlemen."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (7s5Sb)

166 Great kitty meme for Xmas

https://tinyurl.com/442bb6mz

Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (i0xsb)

167 163 I bought a couple of electric heated seed starting mats and wrapped them in blankets for the cats to perch on. The one next to the desk I work at almost always has a cat on it.
They spread out on it to get as much contact as possible, and eventually get too warm and wander off, and another cat takes the spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (D7oie)

Good cats!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (VnUSN)

168 Heated seed covers for your car??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (hovnC)

They are water proof heating pads that don't turn off after 15 minutes, and are preset to 75-80 F

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (D7oie)

169 Sheep make for great metaphors /analogies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (D6PGr)

170 158 WE HAZ A MONKEY NOOD
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (VnUSN)

171 very nice painting and a lot of nice details that other posters noted who know more about art than I do. I appreciate their comments!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (7s5Sb)

172 They are waterproof heating pads that don't turn off after 15 minutes, and are preset to 75-80 F
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My back could use those too and many say that I'm pretty seedy so maybe that makes sense?

See you on the new thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (hovnC)

173 Isaiah portrayed the Messiah as a shepherd:

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

/Isaiah 40:11

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:09 AM (991eG)

174 Bethlehem had a place called Migdal Eder (tower of the flock), which was owned by the Temple, and used to raise lambs for Passover. It also came into Messianic prophecy.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (p2GXS)

The Morning Report — 12/25/24

Good morning kids. Here's wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. Hope you are all surrounded by loving family and hip deep in wrapping paper and enjoying a big mug of cocoa. As per usual, after a glance at the links that cocoa is bound to be topped off with a healthy dollop of gin.

On a more positive note, I've put the Christmas-related links at the top for easy perusal and thankfully they are all in the main generally positive in their outlook. As a Jew, though not-terribly devout, while I do not celebrate Christmas in a religious manner, I nevertheless recognize and respect the life of Christ, its meaning and his words and deeds as truly a man of God, perhaps the greatest to ever walk the earth.

For me personally, there are two historical events that occurred at Christmastime, one that many of us personally experienced which made a lasting impression. From friend and friend of the blog Bob Zimmerman, his thoughts on the iconic image of the Earth as seen from Apollo 8 as it orbited on Christmas of 1968 before heading towards the moon:

When we here are on Earth frame the image with the horizon on the bottom, we immediately reveal our limited planet-bound perspective. We automatically see ourselves on a planet’s surface, watching another planet rise above the distant horizon line.
This difference in perspective is to me the real meaning of this picture. On one hand we see the perspective of the past. On the other we see the perspective the future, for as long humanity can remain alive.
I prefer the future perspective, which is why I framed this image on the cover of Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 the way Bill Anders took it. I prefer to align myself with that space-faring future.
And it was that space-faring future that spoke when they read from Genesis that evening. They had made the first human leap to another world, and they wished to describe and capture the majesty of that leap to the world. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
Yet, they were also still mostly Earth-bound in mind, which is why Frank Borman’s concluding words during that Christmas eve telecast were so heartfelt. He was a spaceman in a delicate vehicle talking to his home of Earth, 240,000 miles away. “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth.” They longed deeply to return, a wish that at that moment, in that vehicle, was quite reasonable.
Someday that desire to return to Earth will be gone. People will live and work and grow up in space, and see the Earth as Bill Anders saw it in his photograph fifty years ago.
And it is for that time that I long. It will be a future of majesty we can only imagine. Merry Christmas to all, all of us still pinned down here on “the good Earth.”

While 18 months later, witnessing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin actually walking on the moon was something else entirely, to this day, that shot of the earth as seen from Apollo 8 is no less mind-blowing when you get right down to it.

The other seminal event that shaped my life, though it occurred 16 years before I was born, that some of our parents and grandparents actually lived through, and sadly perhaps did not because they had a front row seat to history as they became a part of it, was in and around a place called Bastogne, in Belgium.

[80] years ago this Christmas Eve, Gen. Anthony McAuliffe wrote this letter to his troops during the Battle of the Bulge. . . McAuliffe’s letter began with the heading “Merry Christmas”:
What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting — it’s cold, we aren’t home. All true but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion and all the rest? Just this: We have stopped cold everything that has been thrown at us from the North, East, South and West. We have identifications from four German Panzer Divisions, two German Infantry Divisions and one German Parachute Division.

When the Germans pounded our lines and the civilians of the area with artillery and blockbuster bombs demanding our surrender, McAuliffe's one word response is as iconic and historic, and quintessentially American, as that photo of the earth from Apollo 8:

22 December 1944 “To the German Commander: N U T S !
The American Commander”
Allied Troops are counterattacking in force. We continue to hold Bastogne. By holding Bastogne we assure the success of the Allied Armies. We know that our Division Commander, General Taylor, will say: “Well Done!”
We are giving our country and our loved ones at home a worthy Christmas present and being privileged to take part in this gallant feat of arms are truly making for ourselves a Merry Christmas.

And just before Christmas of '44, the weather cleared, Allied fighter-bombers took to the skies and with rocket, cannon and machine-gun fire decimated German armor, artillery and troops, paving the way for Patton's tanks, led by Creighton Abrams to break through the German lines, sweep into Bastogne and relieve the beleaguered 101st holding on for dear life in that freezing hell known as the Bulge.

No, I did not personally live through it, but having been raised by parents and family who directly endured their own hell on earth such as my mother of blessed memory or my father whose beloved brother gave his life in the tropical hell called Saipan six months earlier. And so I was fortunate enough to have been born and raised in a land of liberty and taught the meaning of living in darkness and having an abiding faith that brings us at long last into the light of freedom, love and redemption.

On that note, I reference the estimable Daniel Greenfield and his reflections on Hanukkah this year:

On this Chanukah, menorahs will be lit not only in the land of Israel, from Jerusalem to Gaza, but in Lebanon and on the heights of Mt. Hermon overlooking Syria. Vacationing families will visit the waterfalls of the Hermon Stream in the Golan Heights from which the Syrian Greek armies had descended thousands of years ago to conquer Israel leading to the events of. Chanukah.
The lights of the menorahs over darkness are a reminder that miracles can still happen here. . .
Over two thousand years ago, Judah Maccabee walked among his men, hungry and dressed in rags, and urged them, “O my fellow soldiers, no other time remains more opportune than the present for courage and contempt of dangers; for if you now fight manfully, you may recover your liberty, which, as it is a thing of itself agreeable to all men, so it proves to be to us much more desirable, by its affording us the liberty of worshiping God.”
“You must either recover that liberty, and so regain a happy and blessed way of living, which is that according to our laws, and the customs of our country, or to submit to the most opprobrious sufferings; nor will any seed of your nation remain if ye be defeated in this battle. Fight therefore manfully; and suppose that you must die, though you do not fight; but believe, that besides such glorious rewards as those of the liberty of your country, of your laws, of your religion, you shall then obtain everlasting glory.”
Over two thousand years later the descendants of the Maccabees once again stand watch.
In the days of the Seleucid Empire, Israel existed as a beleaguered encampment surrounded by the Syrian-Greeks, Romans, Edomites and Arabs. That much has not changed. But neither has the will of a small people to keep the light of truth and faith burning against all enemies.

Considering the times in which we live, and what we have seen and endured in a nation that was founded by decent and righteous God-fearing men in response to tyranny, that despite the foibles and failings of men in its relatively 248-year-long microsecond of comparative human history, continues to endure, despite the latest rendition of human evil that seeks to extinguish it, the metaphor of a light among the darkness keeps hope alive that we too shall endure.

We shall overcome this evil that seeks our souls and the destruction of that which we hold dear for their own personal gain and undeserved glory.

The above examples of deliverance from the darkness to the light are a comfort. But as evil indeed never rests, so the struggle to keep it in check if not vanquish it goes on.

May God bless all of you on this Christmas and Hanukkah of 2024 and give us the strength and courage to endure, as well as the faith in ourselves and each other to carry on and make a better world for our loved ones, to restore the promise of America as the last great hope for humanity.

Okay, before I go completely over the top with the schmaltz . . . just a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day! See you tomorrow and for the remainder of the week.

God bless us, everyone!!!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

CHRISTMAS 2024 . . .

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He speaks as a communist, not as a Christian.
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WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
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The USPS has barely begun its ill-advised electric boogaloo, and there is already trouble in paradise. According to a July 2024 report by the inspector general, the agency has already, “experienced nationwide charging infrastructure delays. The 29 [planned charging] sites were delayed by an average 219 days compared to its June 2023 baseline schedule.”
Trump Must Reject USPS’ Electric Boogaloo
SECOND AMENDMENT
The facts are too strange to rule out what might initially sound like fiction.
Why did this gun store disappear from Houston and then turn up on the black market?
ABORTION
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published notice in the Federal Register on Monday that the agency is pulling back its proposed regulations to bar employers from being excused from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive mandate on the grounds of “non-religious moral objections.” The agency said that it chose to withdraw the proposed regulations to “focus their time and resources on matters other than finalizing these rules” as the Biden junta draws to a close.
Biden Junta Quietly Scraps Proposal That Would Force More Employers To Cover Employees’ Birth Control
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS
Former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark has obtained documents linking the Arizona Attorney General’s office with the States United Democracy Center—a far-left non-profit lawfare group associated with attorney Norm Eisen, a key figure in President Donald J. Trump’s first sham impeachment. The documents appear to be a retainer agreement from States United to advise the Arizona Attorney General’s office on lawfare aimed to suppress critics of how the state conducts its elections and those who might question the results.
Documents Reveal AZ AG Colluded with Anti-Trump Attorney’s Non-Profit on Election Lawfare.
Despite the open cases and apparent frequency of double votes, Francisco Aguilar stressed that ‘the 2024 election cycle was more secure than ever.’
Report: Nevada Investigates 180 Cases of Double-Voting, Hundreds More Potential 2024 Election Violations
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“Adams then used those funds to fraudulently obtain public funding”
Eric Adams’ Troubles Deepen: Alleged Corruption Connection Pleads Guilty
The MAGA movement has rallied in unwavering support for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as he faces renewed smears from the corporate media and House Ethics Committee accusations rooted in disproven allegations.It is telling that despite a coordinated campaign to isolate and discredit him, the Trump-aligned grassroots base and key leaders in the America First coalition are standing behind Gaetz, further exposing and fuelling the establishment’s desperation to silence one of the most reliable and vocal critics of the D.C. swamp.
Gaetz Flew the MAGA Flag Even in The Darkest Hours, Now the Base Must Have His Back as the New Hoaxes Roll Out.
Biden cited House GOP leadership’s decision to delay taking up the legislation until after the election and concerns regarding the motivations behind Republican lawmakers’ support for the bill as his rationale for opposing an expansion of the country’s federal judicial branch, according to a veto statement published on Monday.
‘Partisan Politics At Its Worst’: Biden Fuels ‘Judicial Crisis’ By Vetoing Bill That Would Let Trump Tap New Judges
POLITICS
Trump's popular vote win and GOP redistricting gains have reshaped House battlegrounds, challenging Democrats' demographic strategy and midterm advantage.
Could 2024 Trump’s Victory Counter a 2026 ‘Midterm Curse’?
The Republicans apparently talked with Trump weeks before the “shutdown showdown” and shared their worries about how Johnson has handled different issues, per the Hill. The outlet noted that most of the sources spoke on the condition of anonymity and did not share any of the Republicans’ names.
Report: Some House Republicans Want Trump to ‘Dump’ Speaker Mike Johnson
Historic shifts among a broad swath of the Pennsylvania electorate helped deliver victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential race. The Trump campaign’s populist America First agenda saw broad appeal across demographics, with working-class and young voters especially drawn to the President-elect’s message.
These Pennsylvania Trump Numbers Are Sending Democrats Into a Tailspin.
Identity politics at its worst.
What’s Going On With Black and Hispanic Women?
As stories like this prove, Kamala'’s candidacy was a masterclass in how not to run for office. Harris' lack of the most basic political instincts, inability to connect with voters, complete mismanagement of money, and stunning arrogance led to her humiliating defeat. There’s a reason why groups that had traditionally been the backbone of Democratic victories rallied behind Trump in historic numbers in 2024.
What Kamala Told the Teamsters… Yikes!
If this presidential election year taught us anything, it’s that there is no bottom in matters of the politically absurd.
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There they all sit in the gloom, awaiting their checks from Soros...
The boneyard of failed political careers
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the US embassy chanting “Trump, animal, leave the canal alone” and “Get out invading gringo,” as about 20 police officers guarded the compound.
Panamanians protest ‘public enemy’ Trump’s canal threat
Lloyd Billingsley: Canada’s WWII vets can now see, in their own country, the same sort of regime they fought against.
Trudeau’s Nazi Canada
What could possibly go wrong?
Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Developing Long-Range Ballistic Missile Capabilities
The explosives factory, located in the village of Kavakli in Balikesir province, produces munitions and flares for both Turkish and international customers. This would seem to make it a potential target for terrorism or sabotage, but provincial governor Ismail Ustaoglu told state media that foul play has already been ruled out.
Eleven Killed in Turkish Explosives Factory Blast
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
“He has studied and experienced the disastrous effects Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has on our military and he is committed to expunging it from our armed forces.”
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The fighter jets were involved in operations targeting the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist organization.
Second U.S. Fighter Jet Nearly Shot Down In Friendly Fire Incident
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
“We will be embracing a star.”
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to Make Closest Approach to the Sun on Christmas Eve
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“We’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” he promised.
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CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
If Jesus of Nazareth had never been born, what kind of world would it be?
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The demise of “Woke” has been greatly exaggerated. The unfortunate truth is that the Woke Era, under which the great mass of Americans has been harassed since the reelection of Barack Obama, is merely the latest spasm of the puritanism that has periodically plagued the body politic since the English Civil War. The particular issues change, but the insufferable moralization and coercive war on preexisting cultural traditions and symbols are always recognizable.
Old Saint Knick: Washington Irving’s Antidote To Woke
Christian Toto: 17 hours agoNicole Kidman supercharges steamy thriller serving up false empowerment:
‘Babygirl’ Capsized by Woke, Wobbly Ending
HITHER & YON
You sit down for your favorite meal with the best of intentions—and end up eating way too much. You're stuffed, but you still spring for dessert. Suddenly, you're immobile. The pants you started the feast in don't fit anymore. You can't even get off the couch, let alone put one foot in front of the other. If such a sequence of events makes you feel a bit self-loathing, don't let it. Because it turns out that America's premier apex predator sometimes finds itself in the same boat. We're talking about the bald eagle, particularly one from the great state of Missouri, where wildlife officials discovered what they assumed was an injured bird. When they captured it for medical examination, they became confused. They expected to find signs of broken wings or blunt trauma. Instead, they found a perfectly healthy bald eagle—filled to the brim with the remains of a raccoon.
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In October 2023, NBC ran a headline saying “Republicans float a quiet conspiracy theory that Biden won't be on the ballot.”
Three Conspiracy Theories That Came True In 2024
FINALLY . . .
I have seventeen entries in my cell phone directory of people who are dead, and I can’t bear to erase their numbers.
And Then, the Line Went Dead

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1 Merry Christmas

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 25, 2024 07:31 AM (Rcnd3)

3
ESPONJA!!1!!11!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 07:32 AM (tljrc)

4 Good morning horde! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2024 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

5 Merry Christmas, JJ!

And Thank you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 07:34 AM (a1415)

6 Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 07:44 AM (BpYfr)

7 Yonder Horde

Merry Christmas 🎄
Happy Hannukah 🕎

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

8 Concerning the particulars of Jesus's birth. Don’t care about the true details. He was born and He died for our sins. Enough said.
Merry Christmas Horde

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 07:47 AM (2NHgQ)

9
Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to all you Hordians from coast to coast and on ships at sea.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:48 AM (dxSpM)

10 Merry Christmas! I have no idea why we woke up at 4:30 - we don't have little ones in the home. Time to down some coffee. I hope you all have a blessed day.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 07:51 AM (yHP5w)

11 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to ever'body!

From the ONT: Molly K., my condolences on the passing of Mr. K. He had his family with him, and that's important.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 07:53 AM (omVj0)

12 Merry Christmas to all. I hope your day is special.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 25, 2024 07:54 AM (iB0e9)

13 Merry Christmas!

And

Happy Hanukkah!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 07:56 AM (OTdqV)

14 Beautiful essay, JJ. Happy Hanukkah!

God bless us everyone.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)

15 Merry Christmas everyone - Joy to the World!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

16 Now off to look at the links...

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 07:58 AM (SfhV1)

17 Merry Chrismukkah!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 07:58 AM (kpS4V)

18 I've always thought of the 1968 Apollo mission as *more* important in some ways than the actual moon landing. The Apollo 8 guys were the first to leave Earth orbit. If something had gone wrong, there'd have been no rescue. True of all the missions, of course, but they were the first to go "where no man had gone before." And then you had the dramatic reading from Genesis to cap off a chaotic year in American history too.

We truly believed, some of us, then and in July 1969, that men would someday live on the Moon in a "Luna City" and explore the planets.

What happened . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 07:58 AM (omVj0)

19 Why not put some windmills and solar panels on the electric airplane? Leave room for unicorns and a strategic skittle reserve.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 07:59 AM (wZ2Bf)

20
Rain here in Brazoria County that started around 3:00. The heavy stuff cleared out around 5:00 but we're having trailing showers. No ponding in the yard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:59 AM (dxSpM)

21
What happened . . .?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

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We beat the Godless Bolsheviks to the moon, then lost interest. The Nixon administration whacked NASA's budget, later Apollo missions were chopped and we never recovered until Musk showed us that rocket launches could be made routine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:02 AM (dxSpM)

22 Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:04 AM (v6JzV)

23 "We truly believed, some of us, then and in July 1969, that men would someday live on the Moon in a "Luna City" and explore the planets.

What happened . . .?"

Space is dangerous and people can't go there and survive without complicated and very expensive machines to keep them alive.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:04 AM (QB+5g)

24 What happened . . .?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

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We beat the Godless Bolsheviks to the moon, then lost interest. The Nixon administration whacked NASA's budget, later Apollo missions were chopped and we never recovered until Musk showed us that rocket launches could be made routine.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

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That, and the administration and later ones proceeded to build the biggest welfare state the world had ever seen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:06 AM (omVj0)

25 I found it ironic at an early age that the Vietnam war was raging and we were setting foot on the moon in the name of "Peace" at the same time.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:06 AM (QB+5g)

26 Sen. William Proxmire is what happened.

Ironically enough, lunar orbit rendezvous was the best way to get there first, but Apollo was a dead end. It was also risky as hell.

The VAB has 4 bays and 4 huge doors. They planned on over 100 Saturn V launches. The money was front loaded and peaked about 1964

Tourist flights orbiting around the Moon should have been routine and fairly inexpensive by now, had they not thrown their investment away. It is pathetic.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 08:07 AM (pIZjG)

27 Trump's popular vote win and GOP redistricting gains have reshaped House battlegrounds, challenging Democrats' demographic strategy and midterm advantage.

Not to worry, Dems, the GOP Congressional caucus will ensure that voters have no reason to support their party.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2024 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

28 As per usual, after a glance at the links that cocoa is bound to be topped off with a healthy dollop of gin.

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It's like you're in my living room as the chronic insomnia continues.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to you, JJ -- and all the COBs, Ace, and mighty-righty horde!

I got my Christmas presents early on July 13th (witnessing the Hand of God) and November 5th as most of the country (sadly not by much -- but enough) overcame the Margin of Fraud (Kommie-la likely only got 50 million votes, still way too many for that Princess of Darkness [SWIDT?]).

Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:09 AM (z3WOQ)

29 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to the Horde and loved ones. It feels like things are turning so be of good cheer in this holiday season, at the very least to annoy the left

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2024 08:12 AM (DopAq)

30 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:12 AM (fwDg9)

31
Tourist flights orbiting around the Moon should have been routine and fairly inexpensive by now, had they not thrown their investment away. It is pathetic.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024

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It's only been a little over fifty years. In far less time than that we went from the first manned powered plane flight to atomic power. We should have a going colony or two on the Moon and Mars, and have those tourist flights ("honeymoon cruises"!) out to Jupiter by now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:13 AM (omVj0)

32 Somebody outside just set off a firework, and Stirling the big black cat went running away from the door. He hides under the bed during fireworks. Not thunder, but at July 4 and Dec. 31, he freaks out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:17 AM (omVj0)

33 From MSN

"Hanukkah sameach!" meaning "Happy Hanukkah!"
"Chag Urim sameach" means "Happy Festival of Lights."
"Chag sameach!" meaning "Happy holiday!."
"Chag sameach" means "Let the light shine every day of your life!"

I like the last one.
Chag sameach

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

34 Good morning and merry Christmas.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2024 08:18 AM (kTd/k)

35 No presents here, we are all apparently on the naughty list. Most likely level IIII.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 25, 2024 08:18 AM (Rcnd3)

36 No, I did not personally live through it, but having been raised by parents and family who directly endured their own hell on earth such as my mother of blessed memory or my father whose beloved brother gave his life in the tropical hell called Saipan six months earlier. And so I was fortunate enough to have been born and raised in a land of liberty and taught the meaning of living in darkness and having an abiding faith that brings us at long last into the light of freedom, love and redemption.

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Amen.

I remember being stunned and taken aback when someone here pointed out a couple years ago that we were now further removed from the end of WWII (2022 - 1945 = 77 years) than the beginning of WWII (for the USA) was removed from the end of the Civil War (1941 - 1865 = 76 years).

Where does the time go ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:19 AM (z3WOQ)

37 When the Apollo program shut down, the young upcoming engineers had a lot of raw tech they could develop into new stuff. I remember making a choice to stay out of weapons development. There were a lot of jobs going into development of what were called "flying bombs" at the time.

I decided instead to go into solar energy tech which was also beginning to grow.

I later ended up in the space program after Reagan gutted the solar programs that Carter had established.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:20 AM (QB+5g)

38 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone.

Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2024 08:21 AM (Oy/m2)

39 Alec Baldwin was nice?

https://tinyurl.com/mrr7y4h5+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 08:21 AM (BBZa4)

40 Can I get a Hanukkah sameach on rye, with extra pickles?

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 08:21 AM (yHP5w)

41 Had a great-uncle (paternal grandfather's brother), who was a combat engineer at Bastogne. He had a Bronze Star from it. He would NEVER talk about it, so we don't know his story, only that he was there.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 25, 2024 08:22 AM (e/Osv)

42 Traditionally, our family celebrates on Christmas Eve with the big bland Swedish food and presents. Christmas Day we gather again for brunch and then settle in for a cozy afternoon. I guess this year it's football. Could be worse. Could be soccer.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 08:23 AM (SfhV1)

43 Can I get a Hanukkah sameach on rye, with extra pickles?
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 08:21 AM (yHP5w)
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Hold my latke.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 08:23 AM (BBZa4)

44 [80] years ago this Christmas Eve, Gen. Anthony McAuliffe wrote this letter to his troops during the Battle of the Bulge. . .

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Make Generals like McAuliffe and Patton Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:23 AM (z3WOQ)

45 Merry Christmas to all.

It’s a Wonderful Life.

Donna Reed is a living doll.

Posted by: Redenzo at December 25, 2024 08:24 AM (V/pbu)

46 Make Generals like McAuliffe and Patton ~~Great~~ Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:23 AM (z3WOQ)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 08:24 AM (BBZa4)

47 I've wrapped up Linda's presents. What I ordered for myself didn't arrive -- one got sent back to the vendor and they'll reship it, and the second went from the mail center here in town to . . . Massachusetts. The tracking says it's still moving in the system, so maybe I'll see them before I go back to work on 1/2.

In the meantime I have plenty new stuff to read and pipes to choose from, I've worked out and had breakfast, and I have the cats for company.

Next year, I swear, when I have my house, I'm decorating for Christmas. Some outside lights, maybe, and maybe a tree (with unbreakable ornaments to outfox the cats). I miss the decorations and they always cheer me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:24 AM (omVj0)

48 ... paving the way for Patton's tanks, led by Creighton Abrams to break through the German lines ...

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The namesake of the current Governor of Georgia, Stacey "Tank" Abrams!

My, how far we have fallen in a mere 80 years ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:26 AM (z3WOQ)

49 I wonder what the astronauts on the ISS have planned for Christmas? I don't think Santa and his sleigh can dock for a visit. Maybe he left their presents in the airlock.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:27 AM (QB+5g)

50 Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!

Whenever I ponder the Battle of the Bulge, I always make sure that in addition to honoring our soldiers and airmen who suffered during that battle, to also remember Renee Lemaire, the Belgian nurse at Bastogne who did so much to help our wounded and dying soldiers before she was killed on Christmas Eve in a German bombing. She was pretty accurately depicted in Band of Brothers.

I hope everyone has a very blessed day and it is pent with friends and family.

May God bless the Horde, wherever you are.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 25, 2024 08:27 AM (hbrmk)

51 Better chances to to a orbit around the moon then go see a sunken ship a mile down

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:28 AM (fwDg9)

52 Wait-What is this mess? Thought it was figgy pudding.

Posted by: Leader Of The Free World For Three More Weeks at December 25, 2024 08:28 AM (G5+As)

53 For the first time in years we'll have family here for Christmas. With the kids being grown, and up until this summer living far away, we've been on our own.

The "California Refugees" will be here this afternoon.

It'll be a mad house.

*goes off to check booze supply*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 08:28 AM (Q4IgG)

54
Plus the armies of whiners, "How can we spend so much money on space when we have so many problems on Earth???"

So we stopped spending the money on space and have all the same problems on Earth.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:30 AM (dxSpM)

55 Last nights candlelight service of lessons and carols had this quote by C.S. Lewis in the back of the bulletin:

“In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”

From “The Last Battle.”

Merry Christmas !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 08:30 AM (lRvfO)

56 49 I wonder what the astronauts on the ISS have planned for Christmas?
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Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 08:31 AM (dg+HA)

57 “ The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord

- Isaiah 11:2

Posted by: Marcus T at December 25, 2024 08:32 AM (hzUuR)

58 A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the Moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the Moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the Moon)
Ten years from now I'll be paying still.
(while Whitey's on the Moon)...

Posted by: Reasons Why No Moon Base at December 25, 2024 08:32 AM (R/m4+)

59 A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)

Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)

I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)

Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)

The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)

No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)

Posted by: Gil Scott-Heron, still hating from 6 feet under at December 25, 2024 08:32 AM (JFjc9)

60 My late Uncle Joe volunteered to be, and was, in the first of Patton's tanks to roll into Bastonge because his brother was pinned down there. They both survived the War.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 25, 2024 08:33 AM (Da7Vv)

61 Hadrian, do the puppies get anything special on Christmas?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:33 AM (v6JzV)

62 Merry Christmas one and all. Been awake since 0400 because insomnia hates me. Dogs are fed and we're leaving in a few hours to go the mother-in-law's house for a quick meal and present exchange.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 08:34 AM (lXCUP)

63 Thanks, J.J., for reminding me of the meaning of the season. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 25, 2024 08:34 AM (cYpPP)

64 My Grandfather was wounded on the march to the Bulg. He was sent home on the Queen Mary.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

65 Merry Christmas, Fen! How’d the service go last night?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (v6JzV)

66 Whitey may be on the moon, but the man who is leading the way to Mars is an African American.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (dg+HA)

67 Merry Christmas to all morons. I am waiting for my family to awake to begin the festivities.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (/UtnQ)

68
Hadrian, do the puppies get anything special on Christmas?
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:33 AM (v6JzV)

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No, but I will hand out bones today. They'll enjoy that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (dxSpM)

69 I didn't know visiting Bulg was so dangerous.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:36 AM (QB+5g)

70 Responding to Weasels request for lurkers to delurk. Merry Christmas to all of the gray box people. Had spinal surgery in the spring and was unable to travel to the NoVaMoMee in June. Missed seeing everyone. We are surrounded by family including the beloved "outlaws" this year. We are truly blessed. A lovely Christmas Eve dinner last night at son and daughter in laws house. Everyone will gather here for Christmas Day prime rib and too many gifts. Wishing you all a blessed season and fruitful new year!

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at December 25, 2024 08:37 AM (OpLc2)

71 We shall overcome this evil that seeks our souls and the destruction of that which we hold dear for their own personal gain and undeserved glory.

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I read that in the voice of the resurrected (none too subtle) voice of Gandalf the White.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:37 AM (z3WOQ)

72 Thanks, also, for not taking the day off!

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 25, 2024 08:37 AM (cYpPP)

73 - A good man of word and deed? Maybe the greatest man of God?
He was either who He said He was, or He was a lunatic.

Mark 14
60- And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

61- But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

62- And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 08:38 AM (ytKo6)

74 On that note, I reference the estimable Daniel Greenfield and his reflections on Hanukkah this year:

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Pure poetry ...

Mr. Greenfield is one of the greatest thinkers and writers of our time; thank you, JJ, for turning me (and us) on to him lo these many years ago.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:39 AM (z3WOQ)

75 "Thanks, also, for not taking the day off!"

Yes, thanks to all the people who labor on this Holiday whether by choice or not.

Not having any family or responsibilities during the holidays allows me to be of service to those who do.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 08:41 AM (QB+5g)

76 I hope CBD’s in a festive mood today.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)

77 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all y'all!

Posted by: Weasel at December 25, 2024 08:44 AM (1BE4H)

78 Whitey may be on the moon, but the man who is leading the way to Mars is an African American.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (dg+HA)

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"I don't care what the right man say, President-Elect is an Afrikaner."

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:45 AM (z3WOQ)

79 Merry Christmas to you, fellow Hordesters. May God bless each of you.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 08:46 AM (PCK5/)

80 Come on then, lurkers, join in. The AosHQ Empire is welcoming and fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:48 AM (omVj0)

81
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to-

All Morons and Ettes Across the Moronoverse and Beyond!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 25, 2024 08:48 AM (iJfKG)

82
I remember being stunned and taken aback when someone here pointed out a couple years ago that we were now further removed from the end of WWII (2022 - 1945 = 77 years) than the beginning of WWII (for the USA) was removed from the end of the Civil War (1941 - 1865 = 76 years).

Where does the time go ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:19 AM

have you read The Fourth Turning? It takes 400 pages to explain the strong men make good times / good times makes weak men / weak men make hard times / hard times makes strong men cycle

their central point is that about every 80-ish years (roughly), there is some major (often global) event that kinda re-sets society

they make a compelling case: the American Revolution is 80-ish years before our (first) civil war which was 80-ish years before the WWI - WWII thirty years war

and here we are, 80-ish years after WWII...

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 08:49 AM (tljrc)

83 Come on then, lurkers, join in. The AosHQ Empire is welcoming and fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:48 AM (omVj0)
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This! Step outside your comfort zone and say howdy!

Posted by: Weasel at December 25, 2024 08:49 AM (1BE4H)

84 Merry Christmas yall. This is our greatest gift.

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 08:50 AM (vFG9F)

85 The AosHQ Empire is welcoming and fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Quietly hides the buckets of fish oil and paddles.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 08:50 AM (lXCUP)

86 - And lest any think I am being judgemental in that last post, I am not. In the shoes of the priests, I could have done no better.
They were fulfilling a role appointed them by Jesus before he laid the foundations of the world.
Just as Abraham did. And Pharoah, and Nebuchanezzer, and Antiochus Ephanese, and Herod, and...

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 08:51 AM (ytKo6)

87 Cool today and hazy. It'll get to 70 F. by this afternoon, and we have a 60% chance of rain.

I'm off tomorrow. Originally I thought I'd have to bring my car to the tire shop for a TPMS sensor, but that has started working again, and I can take the car in on a Saturday if need be. Perhaps I may drive up U.S. 90 to an outlying town, just for the fun of it. Or I may stroll around a nearby historic district near the river with my pipe. If any Karens give me a hard look, I'll smile back and say, "Happy New Year!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:52 AM (omVj0)

88 I believe God showed us mercy, this election cycle.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

89 It's weird having Christmas in the middle of the week. Who has to go back to work tomorrow?

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 08:52 AM (vFG9F)

90 The AosHQ Empire is welcoming and fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Quietly hides the buckets of fish oil and paddles.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024

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Whatever you do, don't mention The Barrel!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:53 AM (omVj0)

91 Just getting around to making pancakes and sausages
Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:53 AM (fwDg9)

92 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ and Merry Christmas to my observant brothers and sisters and all the nations.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

93 Do you have to go back to work Friday, Wolfus?

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 08:53 AM (vFG9F)

94 Usually we have Christmas eve and Christmas, this year Christmas and Boxing day.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:54 AM (fwDg9)

95 Just pulled the baked eggs out of the oven. Soooo yummy...

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 08:55 AM (yHP5w)

96 Mornin, Horde.

Merry Christmas! Christ is born! Glorify Him!

And a Happy Hanukkah to the Horde MoT!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 08:55 AM (9JrK/)

97 Little Winger read Luke 2 last night before we opened presents. Familiar words that always amaze.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

98 We never spent any money on the Moon.

Every penny was spent on Earth. Idiots.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 08:56 AM (pIZjG)

99 Do you have to go back to work Friday, Wolfus?
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024

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Nope I'm off until 1/2. Friday I hope to get the car's December oil change seen to, so that will use up some of the morning. If they can't get me in that day, then maybe Monday or Tuesday.

My long-time mechanic, who is my age, has decided to let his brother (who has worked with him for years) take over the shop, and to have a grandson handle the office matters. I'm hoping it won't change how they do business too much. The shop is *very* popular, both with German car people and with other cars' owners like me with my Buick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 08:57 AM (omVj0)

100 Better chances to to a orbit around the moon then go see a sunken ship a mile down
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:28 AM (fwDg9)
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That's only because of substandard nautical engineering.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 08:57 AM (BBZa4)

101 [BTW, ICYMI:]

We had a BCochran1981 sighting in the comments yesterday afternoon (Ace's post & thread entitled 'Left's Newest NPC PsyOp: Trying to Get Trump to Turn on His Most Persuasive Ally Elon Musk by Claiming That Elon Musk is the President Now").

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 08:59 AM (z3WOQ)

102 Imagine you're some random shepherd sitting on the side of a hill and suddenly a choir of angels starts singing at you. No wonder angels always say 'Fear Not'.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 08:59 AM (SfhV1)

103
Come on then, lurkers, join in. The AosHQ Empire is welcoming and fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

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Then the Platinum Card members will get together and laugh at you: "Did you see her hash? Gawd!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 08:59 AM (dxSpM)

104 Linda will be here for our venture to church in about an hour. I'd better shave and get dressed, and practice my "indoor" behavior.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:00 AM (omVj0)

105 We shall overcome this evil that seeks our souls and the destruction of that which we hold dear for their own personal gain and undeserved glory.
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b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

106 FSJ and Gertie are having a nice Christmas morning. Santa left them a soft blanky, not one, not two, but three stuffed squirrels, and finally a four pack of plush squeaky toys. Oh, and treats of course. Both are asleep burrowed deep in their nests on the couch. Pretty much a perfect morning.

Posted by: Weasel at December 25, 2024 09:00 AM (1BE4H)

107 It's weird having Christmas in the middle of the week. Who has to go back to work tomorrow?

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 08:52 AM (vFG9F)

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Agreed. And I said that to the wifey and all of my co-workers yesterday ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 09:02 AM (z3WOQ)

108 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 25, 2024 09:02 AM (1VvJB)

109 102 No wonder angels always say 'Fear Not'.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

That and the fact that angels get sent to kill people that God is really annoyed with.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 09:03 AM (lXCUP)

110 We went to our Christmas Eve candlelight service last night . Full… full to overflowing. Our church has grown to the point that I think we need to divide.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 09:03 AM (PCK5/)

111 That and the fact that angels get sent to kill people that God is really annoyed with.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 09:03 AM (lXCUP)

That too.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 09:04 AM (SfhV1)

112 "My long-time mechanic, who is my age, has decided to let his brother (who has worked with him for years) take over the shop, and to have a grandson handle the office matters"

It's hard to find an independent shop that's any good. One that carries a legacy of knowledge and good service like a family operation is a good bet.

I worked for little shop like that at the beginning of my career and learned a lot from the owner that has served me well thru the years. Sometimes you don't realize how well you were mentored until later.

Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 09:04 AM (vFG9F)

113 Imagine you're some random shepherd sitting on the side of a hill and suddenly a choir of angels starts singing at you. No wonder angels always say 'Fear Not'.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 08:59 AM (SfhV1)

"I picked the wrong day to stop drinking".

Posted by: Some random shepard at December 25, 2024 09:04 AM (iODuv)

114 Linda will be here for our venture to church in about an hour. I'd better shave and get dressed, and practice my "indoor" behavior.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:00 AM (omVj0)

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Don't forget the Old Spice (or similar deodorant)!

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 25, 2024 09:04 AM (z3WOQ)

115 The problem with the moon was getting there and confirming it really was just a big, dead, rock. Why set up a colony there - just to say we did? Now if Elon is correct and Mars colonization begins, then a moon base might make sense as a low gravity way station. But we don’t put colonies on the moon for the same reason we don’t build them in Antarctica, or in the middle of the Sahara.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 09:05 AM (7MHHr)

116 Merry Christmas. Its going to be a different one this year. Mr k. Passed away Sunday. Luckily the girls and grandkids were home. He passed at home holding our oldest granddaughters hand.Today will be fun for the 3 "littles' but tough for the rest of us having our first Christmas without him. Tomorrow is the funeral and I'm just dreading it but will do my best to make it the best day possible and be thankful for the real meaning of Christmas.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2024 06:34 AM (0QhHi)
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May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

117 Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (v6JzV)

The service was fine, but small. The family of one of former members always comes and sits in the back rows/ one of which she used to sit in. I think she would have liked Lessons and Carols. She told me how when she was younger she spent a year teaching in England and she loved it. Thanks for asking.

We just had turkey/maple sausage, scrambled eggs and toast with butter and apple butter so, thanks be to God, we are all well fed.

Were you able to go to church or just sat out this year.? Does your son come over or he lives with you?

I am praying for you all everyday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:05 AM (E9NL4)

118 Watched the Alistair Sim Scrooge last night. What a great flick.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:06 AM (v6JzV)

119 A few months ago I got a new(ish) vehicle that was long overdue. I'm still learning how to use Android Auto. Recently I was driving and anticipated the trip to last at least an hour so I asked for it to "play Christmas music from the 1950s." I was pleasantly surprised at the selection it served up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:06 AM (dg+HA)

120 Merry Christmas!!!

Posted by: Dr. T at December 25, 2024 09:09 AM (jGGMD)

121 Merry Christmas. Its going to be a different one this year. Mr k. Passed away Sunday.

Oh no. My sincere condolences to Molly K and family.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 09:09 AM (SfhV1)

122 Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:06 AM (v6JzV)

I saw the one with George C Scott the other night.

Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2024 09:09 AM (Oy/m2)

123 Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:06 AM (v6JzV)

The "Christmas Carol" wars have begun.

That is my favorite version but Alistair Sim was a great actor in everything he did.

I will have to get "A Muppet Christmas" with Michael Caine as Scrooge. I have never seen that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:09 AM (E9NL4)

124 >>>"YOUR president just granted clemency to the man that killed Katie Skeen!”
Daniel Greenfield: Murder Victim’s Daughter Reacts: Biden “And His Supporters, Have Blood on their Hands”

Yesterday I saw a brutal take down of FJB's death sentence commutations, by a former DoJ attorney who prosecuted one of those scumbags. He rhetorically asked why FJB believes his conscience is better, or more important, than the consciences of the jurors in the trials, the trial judges who gave the death sentence to the scumbags, and the Representatives and Senators who voted to re-establish the death penalty option for some Federal crimes. He also asked why FJB did not ask the families of the murdered persons for their comments about a possible death sentence commutation. Excellent questions that neither Joe nor Mop Top will ever answer.

FJB FJB FJB FJB FJB

Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 09:10 AM (aBgBM)

125 Patrick Stewart as Scrooge is my favorite…

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

126 - "Little Winger read Luke 2 last night..."

Did he drop his blanket when he said Fear not

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (ytKo6)

127 Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

Haven't seen that one either

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (E9NL4)

128 Fen, it’s been a long time since I’ve gone to church on Christmas Eve, even when I had church to go to. So I didn’t go last night as well.

Our son still lives with us. We’re waiting for him to wake up so we can open presents. So different from when he was little and would get us up at 4 on Christmas morning.

Thank you for the prayers. Hopefully, gainful employment awaits me in the new year.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (v6JzV)

129 Did he drop his blanket when he said Fear not

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (ytKo6)

He should have! Merry Christmas TeeJ!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (SfhV1)

130 Whitey may be on the moon, but the man who is leading the way to Mars is an African American.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 08:35 AM (dg+HA)
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I've seen Gil Scott-Heron a few times and I'm pretty sure this isn't what he meant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:13 AM (RIvkX)

131
Are there no prisons?
Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: In my best George C. Scott voice at December 25, 2024 09:13 AM (dg+HA)

132 Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (v6JzV)

I hope so too, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:14 AM (E9NL4)

133 Thank you for the prayers. Hopefully, gainful employment awaits me in the new year.
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:12 AM (v6JzV)
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b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:15 AM (RIvkX)

134 Arrrrgh
Little did I know that a : followed by a ? made that emoji.
That was NOT on purpose!!

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 09:16 AM (ytKo6)

135 Good morning Hordelings!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! May that which unites us be greater than that which separates us!

Much love to my Horde family. Y'all are the best people in the world!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:17 AM (BSDFI)

136 133 Thank you, San Fran. A very happy Hanukkah to you and yours.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:17 AM (v6JzV)

137 I was glad to see someone acknowledge that “woke” is just a form of neo-Puritanism, a disease of destructive self righteousness that comes around every 4 - 5 generations. The Victorian era was another, with its Bowdlerized books and piano leg covers. Today’s version, fueled by social media, appears to be one of the most virulent and destructive forms of the disease. But because of that, it will probably burn out quickly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 09:17 AM (7MHHr)

138 On Sunday our pastor preached on the secularization of Christmas in opposition to the true purpose and significance of the day, for believers. While generally aware of what he spoke on, it really impacted me this time.

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 09:17 AM (PCK5/)

139
I before E except after smiley face.

Posted by: The modern grammar handbook at December 25, 2024 09:18 AM (dg+HA)

140 We need a moonbase staffed with hot chicks in silver jumpsuits and purple hair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:18 AM (RIvkX)

141 And Happy Hanukkah to all the other MoT Hordelings as well.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:19 AM (v6JzV)

142 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Getting ready to put the clean dishes away from last night and expect the noise to rouse the child. The kitties have broken into their toys already.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:19 AM (p4NUW)

143 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:19 AM (v6JzV)

144 Off to the Daughter's for Christmas Brunch - Have a Blessed Day. Glory to the Newborn King!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 25, 2024 09:20 AM (SfhV1)

145 Yet somewhere over 100 people live year around in Antarctica

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:20 AM (fwDg9)

146 "...staffed with hot chicks in silver jumpsuits and purple hair."

And machine gun bras.

Posted by: Because boobs at December 25, 2024 09:20 AM (dg+HA)

147 Merry Christmas, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)

148 (dit-dit-dit-dit-dit)

Message begins.

Merry Christmas to all authorized personnel.

Message ends.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 25, 2024 09:21 AM (uxdAC)

149 My new Tom Homan on the Shelf Doll is polishing a set of handcuffs. Cute.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 25, 2024 09:21 AM (gm9Sb)

150 Food!
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:19 AM (v6JzV)

Good morning, Glubster!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:21 AM (BSDFI)

151 Has anyone here had a jewells sighting of late? I wonder how she is doing…

Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 09:21 AM (PCK5/)

152 Bear Grylls crapped all over himself on X. He said Joseph and Mary were refugees and Mary was surely Palestinian.
The general response was that he should stick to drinking his own piss

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2024 09:22 AM (DopAq)

153 Hope everyone has a blessed day with family.

Even the Cousin Eddie's

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 09:22 AM (Fg0Nr)

154 112 It's hard to find an independent shop that's any good. One that carries a legacy of knowledge and good service like a family operation is a good bet.

I got lucky. My mechanic retired after 40+ years and sold the shop to a company that had several other shops. The guy that came in cleaned the hell out of the place (Previous owner was a heavy smoker) and the quality of service is just as good.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2024 09:23 AM (lXCUP)

155 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 25, 2024 09:23 AM (AsU+J)

156 Have we had any updates on JT lately?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:23 AM (v6JzV)

157 Child is up! So much for the plans. 🤣 let’s get this going, starting off with a prayer for all of our blessings and giving all the glory to God, where it belongs.

Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:24 AM (p4NUW)

158 JJ, thank you for your essay. It came when I needed it very much. I'm having trouble getting past my granddaughter's death two weeks ago--she went to sleep Monday night, didn't wake up Tuesday morning. I took out Christmas decorations, looked at the boxes, put them back again.

To be reminded how people felt hope and their strength--thank you. I needed that.

Posted by: Wenda at December 25, 2024 09:24 AM (2EeNt)

159 145 Yet somewhere over 100 people live year around in Antarctica
Posted by: Skip

Cue the Same Kinison bit about trying to feed people who choose to live in the desert.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:25 AM (dg+HA)

160 The Scrooge Wars begun they have.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

161 I will have to get "A Muppet Christmas" with Michael Caine as Scrooge. I have never seen that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:09 AM (E9NL4)

You should! Michael Caine is my second favorite Scrooge after Alistair Sims. It’s the most comedic version of any, and yet they stay very true to the story. Mainly because Michael Caine insisted that regardless of anything else, he was going to play Scrooge completely true to Dickens, and he does.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 09:25 AM (7MHHr)

162 Merry Christmas JJ, Horde!

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 25, 2024 09:26 AM (JcnCJ)

163 Latest I know:
JT still in rehab making progress
jewells was on prayer thread, dealing with a lot of pain

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:26 AM (RIvkX)

164 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah good people.

I mean this sincerely - I love you all - each and every one of you. We each have gifts that our good Lord has given to us. So let us use those gifts to live a full and meaningful life. And, if we unaware of those gifts, let us strive to discover them and put them to good use.

It's not always easy to be an 'Ette or Moron but we are up to the challenge. The rewards in doing so are awesome.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:26 AM (WXNFJ)

165 And Merry Christmas to you grammie!!!

I got to hear some geese keeping track of each other last evening, after dark, when I arrived at church.
So few around last 3 or 4 years when previously there were always hundreds. Reservoir 5 min N of me and another 10 min S.

It's like they veer E or W of me about 45 min N and come back together about 35 min S. And me, with only cut beans to hunt, surrounded by cut corn. The few, very few, here just laugh and wave as they fly by.
But it was nice hearing them last night!

Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2024 09:26 AM (ytKo6)

166 Buddy Hackett
Scrooge

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:27 AM (gbOdA)

167 140 We need a moonbase staffed with hot chicks in silver jumpsuits and purple hair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:18 AM (RIvkX)

And an Earth HQ staffed with hot women in partly-unbuttoned purple blouses

https://tinyurl.com/4a9s2rct

Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 09:28 AM (aBgBM)

168 Pretty good storms down here by the Bay.

Must be the back side of that front that cam thru at 0400.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:28 AM (gbOdA)

169 I’m so sorry, Wenda. May you and your family find comfort in her memory.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:29 AM (v6JzV)

170 Good Christmas morning, good people. One more celebration of the event that forever changed the world is upon us, to be exulted in.

Once more I will attest with perfect comfort and faith that we live in the most exceptional nation on the planet, populated by an extraordinary people who are governed, not ruled by a political system unique in history. Just recently we have met and prevailed over the opening scenario in another part of the struggle of our predecessors that has ensured our Republic will endure. I fully realize this is perhaps only the end of the beginning and the remainder of that struggle lies ahead. I also believe the ultimate conclusion will be the continuance of the record of success in meeting and prevailing over all of them. It has become our heritage.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 25, 2024 09:29 AM (hKoQL)

171 Seems like a more proper term would be Interloper Geese.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:30 AM (dg+HA)

172 "Faith is the core of American freedom and we are losing it". Perhaps this was in the links for today, but I wasn't able to check them all yet. From "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/5n79thue

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (2M+DG)

173 Wenda that must be heart-breaking
May her memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

174
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Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

175 Gonna finish up coffee #2 and take the hellhound for a walk while it's still dark and the Christmas lights are on. Hope you all have a good day.

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (yHP5w)

176 To be reminded how people felt hope and their strength--thank you. I needed that.
Posted by: Wenda at December 25, 2024 09:24 AM (2EeNt)

Prayers up for you and you family, Wenda. Can't imagine the pain from the piece of your heart that is now missing. May the Lord comfort you as only He can - especially on such a day as today.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:32 AM (BSDFI)

177 Dropping in to say Merry Christmas to all the moron horde! And Happy Chanukah to my friends of The Book. And of course, to Ace.
I am well, but tired.
I don't post as much as I used to. Being a caretaker is time consuming and things happen fast.
I shall persevere, I have no choice.
Blessings upon you all!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 25, 2024 09:32 AM (c6hLR)

178 Thanks, Bulg.

Posted by: Wenda at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (2EeNt)

179 88 I believe God showed us mercy, this election cycle.
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

I still have to pinch myself to be sure that Trump really survived assassination and won reelection. But that victory was due to a lot of hard unrelenting work by Trump and organizations that helped him.

To think that a few percentage points kept the Harris mafia out of office! Packed SCOTUS and an end to America.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 25, 2024 09:35 AM (2qS74)

180 172- Oh, sorry. J.J had included this as his first link

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 09:35 AM (Qm3LR)

181 Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 09:28 AM (aBgBM)
====

This guy gets it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:36 AM (RIvkX)

182 159 145 Yet somewhere over 100 people live year around in Antarctica
Posted by: Skip

Reports of disturbing problems in the Antarctica station. Harassment, stalking. https://tinyurl.com/2evz9uhh

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 25, 2024 09:44 AM (v+D84)

183 Merry Christmas JJ. Merry Christmas horde. May God bless you all. Y'all are a blessing in my life.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 25, 2024 09:45 AM (LMxW+)

184 Lord, comfort and give Wenda and her family peace.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 25, 2024 09:48 AM (LMxW+)

185 Merry Christmas One and all! and you Boy go buy me that Goose! Thanks to Ace and all you commentators and Cobloggers for another year of heart lifting banter.

Posted by: Gregg at December 25, 2024 09:54 AM (jxJ0Q)

186 Very good essay by Robert Spenser at "FrontPage" magazine. Thanks, J.J. A happy Hanukkah to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 10:19 AM (2M+DG)

187 Merry Christmas to all, with deep Gratitude.
1st found AOS from a link at NEO, If I recall correctly.

Posted by: OkJohn at December 25, 2024 10:42 AM (NC/it)

188 Happy Hanukkah JJ. I hope and pray it is peaceful.

Posted by: David Amundsen at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (f2aRp)

189 Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Posted by: Catherine at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (JUpL6)

190 Happy Hanukkah from this (((Tribe))) member to everyone, especially President Trump and his Jewish grandchildren.

Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 25, 2024 11:09 AM (kvDvI)

191 I seem to recall the media gushing about Biden's cease-fire between the Houthis and Israel.

Didn't last too long.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 25, 2024 12:14 PM (QNMaY)

192 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!!

Posted by: Jonah at December 25, 2024 12:43 PM (YCxFk)

193 190. Well said

Posted by: Jonah at December 25, 2024 12:43 PM (YCxFk)

194 Merry Christmas, Happy Chaunkah, Ave Solis Invictis to all you 'rons and 'rettes. God bless us, every one!

On another note, for anyone in the Midwest who enjoyed the Mauldin cartoon that J.J. posted here, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library here in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is hosting a show of work by Bill Mauldin. Included are Mauldin's original artwork for a number of his iconic cartoons, including some of his Willy and Joe work from WWII, and his cartoon of a weeping Lincoln (from JFK's assassination). Details here:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4xv8nm

I've seen the show, and it's well worth taking in. (And yes, most of the Pritzkers are liberal POS's, but the military museum is all right.)

Posted by: Nemo at December 25, 2024 04:02 PM (S6ArX)

195 Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could add to my
blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter updates.
I've been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy reading your blog and I
look forward to your new updates.

Posted by: daftar srikandiqq at December 25, 2024 09:17 PM (Bpe3M)

196 Wow, this post is good, my sister is analyzing
such things, therefore I am going to inform her.

Posted by: satta king live at December 26, 2024 02:43 AM (GuHXP)

Daily Tech News 25 December 2024

Top Story

Merry Christmas everybody!
Electric aircraft startup Lilium has ceased operations and laid off 1000 workers after being unable run raise additional funds. (Tech Crunch)

The German company has filed for insolvency - effectively bankrupt - after fundraising attempts fell through. It had been operating for over ten years and laid off 200 workers earlier this year.
Electric aircraft startup Lilium has been bought out of insolvency by a group of American and European investors. (Tech Crunch)

The deal is expected to complete early in January and the new owners plan to rehire former workers.

Sometimes things mostly work out.

Tech News

Though not for the games industry, for whom 2024 was the worst year since 1983 when the industry all but disintegrated, with revenue decreasing by 97%.

2024 was the year the bottom fell out of the games industry. (Wired) (archive site)
In 2023, more than 10,000 developers lost their jobs ... Six months in, this year's layoff tally had already surpassed that of 2023.
How could this happen?
"The explanation is complex and wide-ranging for the same reason the layoffs are so deep and continuous, and sit alongside many studio closures and even more canceled games," Ball says.
How could this happen?
As the industry faltered, games suffered. High-profile releases like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were commercial failures.
Wait.

Apart from the fact that Suicide Squad was very poorly received, this is entirely backwards. Bad games caused the industry to falter. That's the direction of causality here. Warner Bros didn't create an unpopular game because they lost $200 million; they lost $200 million because the game was unpopular. Workers were laid off because the game didn't sell because players didn't like it.
While there were many reasons for this, online right-wing groups reduced it to a single mantra: "go woke, go broke."
Well, yes.

If you look at the big budget catastrophic flops of 2024, there is one thing they all have in common.
Although there have been incredible games released this year - Balatro
Indie.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Japanese.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Japanese.
Astro Bot
Japanese.
Black Myth: Wukong
Chinese
they just couldn't distract from the troubles faced by the people making them. They couldn't make up for the fact that the meta-narrative of video games in 2024 was bleak.
How did this happen?
Ball says that the blame for all of this can't be pinned to a single thing, like capitalism, mismanagement, Covid-19, or even interest rates. It also involves development costs, how studios are staffed, consumers' spending habits, and game pricing. "This storm is so brutal," he says, "because it is all of these things at once, and none have really alleviated since the layoffs began."
We may never know.
Even studios owned by tech juggernauts weren't immune to the industry's contraction. Microsoft shuttered Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks; Sony shut down Firewalk. The latter's shuttering wasn't wholly surprising. Its big 2024 release, Concord, was largely considered a flop.
Largely considered a flop?

Concord cost $400 million to develop.

It earned $1 million in sales.
In other words, it's been a dismal year for morale. When developers gathered in Los Angeles in June for Summer Game Fest, developer New Blood Interactive bought out a billboard solely to memorialize their fellow developers who'd lost jobs: "We love you. We miss you. We hate money."
I begin to see the problem here.
In March, harassment toward a small consultancy company called Sweet Baby Inc. reached new heights as bad actors organized through Discords, Steam forums, and other online spaces.
Sweet Baby Inc, or SBI, is known for its reported standover tactics, threatening bad press if game companies didn't hire them, and then destroying the game under development when they did.

The harassment campaign? That was never towards SBI. It was started by SBI and its allies against those trying to drag its practices into the light.
Branding themselves as Gamergate 2.0, online mobs harassed developers using tweets, DMs, YouTube videos, and Twitch streams.
In other words, people commented on the situation, behaviour which Wired finds completely unacceptable.

Of course, the original Gamergate, just as with its 2.0 edition ten years later, revolved around a scandal of the ethics of games journalists, or would have if they had any.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard, was criticized by far-right trolls for its customization options, which allow players to create characters with top surgery scars or play with a nonbinary companion.
Veilguard, a fantasy role-playing game set in the Dragon Age universe, does indeed have top surgery scars available in its character creator. It has a very specific option for top surgery scars. In a magical universe where players can be seven foot tall minotaurs, it has a delusional cult that slices off healthy breast tissue, just as we do.

I guess we'll never know why the American games industry is dead in a ditch, and being put to shame by actual communists.
Britain is testing a new anti-drone energy weapon that can drop autonomous vehicles from the sky for tenpence. (Tom's Hardware)

Sounds great until someone gets their hands on one.
For $480 the GMK NUCBox11 seems to have two of everything. (Liliputing)

Powered by an AMD 8945HS, it has two DDR5 SODIMM slots for up to 96GB of RAM, two M.2 NVMe slots, two USB4 ports, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, and two regular USB 3.2 ports running at 10Gbps.

And two fans.

It also has an HDMI port, DisplayPort, OCuLink - 60% faster than USB4 and great for external video cars though if you're planning to buy an external video card for a desktop PC maybe you should just buy a larger computer, and an audio jack.

Christmas Carol Musical Interlude

Those last two are Hololive EN Gen 4's Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame. I think someone at Hololive has access to a time machine.

Disclaimer: Zzzzzzz.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:01 AM (NIRg9)

2 Not a moron in the house?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:02 AM (NIRg9)

3 While there were many reasons for this, online right-wing groups reduced it to a single mantra: "go woke, go broke."
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The market decided. Who could imagine!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:04 AM (NIRg9)

4 Not a moron was stirring, except Biden's Dog.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2024 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

5 They couldn't even bring themselves to mention the success of big Korean games. Too much boobs.

Posted by: KLA at December 25, 2024 04:05 AM (Y7ud1)

6 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at December 25, 2024 04:13 AM (JRP2U)

7 Merry Christmas, Pixy!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 04:15 AM (VnUSN)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 04:15 AM (sAmhv)

9 I'm stirring!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 25, 2024 04:19 AM (/HDaX)

10 There is a corollary of Richard Feynman's famous comment about science that would apply perfectly to the gaming industry.

It doesn't matter how beautiful your game is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't attract customers, it's shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 04:21 AM (d9fT1)

11 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2024 04:21 AM (jx3Zf)

12 Merry Christmas, all !

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 04:22 AM (1feMt)

13 Merry Christmas. It's a sick soul that says "I hate money." I mean, don't love it too much, but it is very useful for buying groceries and the necessities of life.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 04:28 AM (ZmEVT)

14 Maybe the dogs don’t like the food …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 04:28 AM (qz+gL)

15 Merry Christmas, Teresa & MLiI …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 04:29 AM (qz+gL)

16 Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 04:30 AM (QSrLX)

17 Merry Hot Christmas, Pixy …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 04:30 AM (qz+gL)

18 Happy Hanukkah, Biden’s dog …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 04:31 AM (qz+gL)

19 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 04:41 AM (fwDg9)

20 Not sure why but was up at 3:30 and couldn't post on the ONT

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 04:42 AM (fwDg9)

21 Happy Hanukkah, Biden’s dog …
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 04:31 AM (qz+gL)
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Thanks. Starts this evening, in about 5 hours time here in Israel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:46 AM (NIRg9)

22 The game industry is in a gigantic bubble. You can't have a bunch of different companies spending half a billion dollars on every title as they vie for a slot among the live service games that will actually survive more than a couple months. The customer base just isn't there.

Instead of "get woke; go broke", I think Razorfist has it correct: "go broke; get woke". A lot of times going woke is a strategy; a Hail Mary pass to try to make money on a game that looks to be a flop. You can get the gaming press fully to support your game for free. And you can get gullible leftists to buy your turd to "own the chuds".

Posted by: Ace's liver at December 25, 2024 04:48 AM (B9Dv5)

23 Not sure why but was up at 3:30 and couldn't post on the ONT
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 04:42 AM (fwDg9)
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Too much egg nog and you couldn't click the mouse on the tiny POST button?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:48 AM (NIRg9)

24 Coffee is on.
Oven is preheating.
Last minute baking this morning!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 04:48 AM (1feMt)

25 Instead of "get woke; go broke", I think Razorfist has it correct: "go broke; get woke". A lot of times going woke is a strategy; a Hail Mary pass to try to make money on a game that looks to be a flop.

Posted by: Ace's liver at December 25, 2024 04:48 AM (B9Dv5)
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Sounds like The Producers.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 04:49 AM (NIRg9)

26 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 25, 2024 04:50 AM (dg+HA)

27 If I had my birdbath in use, it would be frozen. 24 here. No complaints, tho. We've had a mild season...so far

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 05:01 AM (1feMt)

28 Merry Christmas

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at December 25, 2024 05:02 AM (gbOdA)

29 Merry Christmas Tech People

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2024 05:07 AM (ExV1e)

30 Good morning and merry Christmas! Just chillaxin and enjoying a cup of coffee. Gonna have half the tribe and great Dane here later on.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2024 05:09 AM (3Ope8)

31
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 05:12 AM (tljrc)

32 Warner Bros didn't create an unpopular game because they lost $200 million; they lost $200 million because the game was unpopular.

Wet streets cause rain.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Michael SPB Crichton at December 25, 2024 05:20 AM (EXyHK)

33 from the ONT; funny:

532 Tonight at church while wishing sundry people a 'Merry Christmas', there was one woman named Carol, and so I said 'Merry Christmas Carol'. I immediately realized that it seemed a bit out of meaning and I guess it showed on my face. She laughed and said, 'It's my time of the year!'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:46 AM (XeU6L)

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 05:26 AM (VnUSN)

34 Christmas Thunder

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at December 25, 2024 05:28 AM (gbOdA)

35 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 05:28 AM (gbOdA)

36 Good morning, good people, from the quietly frozen Adirondacks, not a breath of wind to disturb us.

On this most auspicious Day may your existence be replete with blessings that extend to the remainder of your lives.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 25, 2024 05:28 AM (hKoQL)

37 Beans spilled?

https://tinyurl.com/4tw5h3cr+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 05:42 AM (NIRg9)

38 There's a bonus giggle at the end of the Hololive "Twelve Days" video!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 05:43 AM (VnUSN)

39 Merrry Christmas, 'rons and 'ettes.

For unto us a child is born...

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 05:46 AM (hoCmQ)

40 Merry Christmas, Pixy

Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2024 05:54 AM (08Ghs)

41 Ok, pineapple upside-down cakes are in the oven!
Merry Christmas to my Dad in heaven. It was his favorite

Can't believe this is already the 9th anniversary of his passing

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 05:59 AM (1feMt)

42 Evening and morning to all the Christmas and Hanukkah revelers and celebrators across the vast AoSHQ Empire. 'Tis Christmas Day at last, a *real* consummation devoutly to be wished. Hallelujah!

Slept about seven hours and I need to wake up, feed the cats, go work out, and feed me, in approximately that order.

I see the ONT had almost 600 comments last night.
Was there something besides Christmas that engaged everybody? Because that would be enough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 06:02 AM (omVj0)

43 Merry Christmas!

My kids woke me up at 5:30.

And they hid a cellphone in the tree to catch Santa...looks like Santa saw their spy gear so no proof of what Santa looks like this year!

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 25, 2024 06:04 AM (EES2L)

44

All I want for Christmas is your best friend's exhaust port...

Posted by: Luke Bungwalker at December 25, 2024 06:06 AM (sJq//)

45
Good morning, Hordians. Woke up to thunder and rain. Got out of bed and instantly determined I wasn't going anywhere today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:06 AM (dxSpM)

46 Merry Christmas, morons.

Posted by: Ogre at December 25, 2024 06:07 AM (Pq1NT)

47 On the 1959 Bret (James Garner) Maverick on H & I right now, Cllint Eastwood has a featured role. This would have been filmed just about the time he began playing Rowdy Yates in Rawhide, which started in January that year.

IMDb tells me Rawhide was a midseason replacement show, and that it ran until December of 1965 -- which I don't remember. I guess I was too focused on spy shows then instead of Westerns.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 06:09 AM (omVj0)

48 Awful parallel between the gaming industry's denial of their rejection and the democratic patry's denial of their rejection.

I wonder what they have in common.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2024 06:10 AM (Pq1NT)

49 G'morning, all...

And Merry Christmas to all y'all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 06:11 AM (a1415)

50 Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2024 06:11 AM (oaGWv)

51 Merry Christmas, Horde!

How goes it this fine morning?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 06:12 AM (BpYfr)

52 Good morning, Hordians. Woke up to thunder and rain. Got out of bed and instantly determined I wasn't going anywhere today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

***
I kind of wish I didn't have to go anyplace, but I agreed to go to church w/ Miss Linda for 9:30. Later I'll catch a nap, and then she's going to heat up the smoked and pre-cooked ham we bought on Monday. It'll take two hours. I think I'm gonna go out and wash the car, and maybe sit on the stoop and smoke a pipe (it's gonna be close to 70 F. today), for part of that time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 06:13 AM (omVj0)

53 A son is given." . A man from North Carolina reflects on Matthew 1:18-25, on the birth of his own son and on Jesus:

https://tinyurl.com/ytkcjp6b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:16 AM (3mwgw)

54 Attended a wonderful candle light service last night at the kitten's original owners church.

Then over to Isle of Palms for the annual family/friends Christmas get-together and White Elephant gift giving.

I am blessed in so many ways to have the people in my life that I do have.

And a Saviour who's birth we can celebrate on this wonderfully.

And Morons...

Did I mention Morons?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 06:17 AM (a1415)

55 Oh, no, wait -- 60% chance of rain this afternoon. So much for car washing and stoop-sitting. One of the things I want in a house is a porch, front or back, I don't care, so that I can sit outside and revel in good weather. Here it's mostly hot and humid, or cold and humid. The dry fresh time is pretty rare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0)

56 Nobody gives a damn about the trannie shit in veilguard. There is not one human who would think that game is good if it didn't have that stuff in there.

People object because it's a bad game with that stuff in there. Yeah our game is boring and derivative and empty and soulless, but that's only because we put literally 99% of our attention and resources into zippertits in the character builder. But hey, at least you can't make your tits too big. No amount of storytelling and works building can make up for a game where you can make your tits too big.

This is why you didn't just fail, people hate you for it. Failures are a dime a dozen, but you fail on purpose just to be a gender non conforming dick about it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2024 06:19 AM (y/ZMQ)

57 'And a Saviour who's birth we can celebrate on this wonderful day'

Edited for completeness.

Fat fingers of forgetfulness strike again.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 06:19 AM (a1415)

58 After many years of husband putting together toys for son, and for years where he didn't have to, he'll be back putting together a chair for the computer which is a Christmas gift. Actually, they'll probably work on it together, but husband's fine motor skills are better than sons.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:20 AM (1br40)

59
I was willing to see if it was possible for me to go to Mass this morning but when I stood up, my shoulder and arm responded with a strong, shooting pain. Got Diana and Dot let out, then returned to bed. Prone, I'm more or less OK.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:20 AM (dxSpM)

60 Merry Christmas, Horde.

Flying solo now for ten years.

The folks here have helped a lot and I am very grateful.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 06:21 AM (QB+5g)

61 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 06:17 AM (a1415)

Very nice post!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:22 AM (1br40)

62 The harassment campaign? That was never towards SBI. It was started by SBI and its allies against those trying to drag its practices into the light.

Branding themselves as Gamergate 2.0, online mobs harassed developers using tweets, DMs, YouTube videos, and Twitch streams.

In other words, people commented on the situation, behaviour which Wired finds completely unacceptable.
---------------

Commenting = harassment. Got it.
Will this shite never end?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 06:22 AM (hoCmQ)

63 And I would like to say that I am so thankful that two men from our church worked hard to put out luminaries - battery operated lights inside sand filled paper bags to go down on either side of our front walkway. It looked so pretty and they kept them up all night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:25 AM (iDAXr)

64 62 The harassment campaign? That was never towards SBI. It was started by SBI and its allies against those trying to drag its practices into the light.

Branding themselves as Gamergate 2.0, online mobs harassed developers using tweets, DMs, YouTube videos, and Twitch streams.

In other words, people commented on the situation, behaviour which Wired finds completely unacceptable.
---------------

Commenting = harassment. Got it.
Will this shite never end?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 06:22 AM (hoCmQ)

Magic h8 ball says: no.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 06:26 AM (VnUSN)

65 Studios put dumb shit in a game on the pretense that it makes the game better and people will like it, and then yolo the character design and story because everyone knows gamers are idiots who will tippy tap their little controller buttons for anything anyway.

"Trolls" point out that there's dumb shit in a game, and nothing to do in it but button mash and wait for it to be over. And then they're considered the bad guys. For pointing out the ostensible "selling points" of the game.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2024 06:26 AM (y/ZMQ)

66 7a Central - EWTN
Solemn Mass of Christmas
Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, AL
Celebrated by Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 06:28 AM (hoCmQ)

67 And I would like to say that I am so thankful that two men from our church worked hard to put out luminaries - battery operated lights inside sand filled paper bags to go down on either side of our front walkway. It looked so pretty and they kept them up all night.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024

***
A traditional decoration in New Mexico -- I've seen photos of them at Christmastime in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Not sure if the custom extends over other parts of the state.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)

68 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 06:21 AM (QB+5g)

I am sorry for your loss, and holidays and other special occasions always bring those losses to mind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:31 AM (MQJVv)

69 Merry Christmas. Its going to be a different one this year. Mr k. Passed away Sunday. Luckily the girls and grandkids were home. He passed at home holding our oldest granddaughters hand.Today will be fun for the 3 "littles' but tough for the rest of us having our first Christmas without him. Tomorrow is the funeral and I'm just dreading it but will do my best to make it the best day possible and be thankful for the real meaning of Christmas.

Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2024 06:34 AM (0QhHi)

70 They're not just infecting* games with current year sociopathy because of shakedown thugs funded by uncle Sam. (*meant injecting, but this time you're actually right, phone. ) They're gutting the very core of the game as a game to do it. The gameplay always sucks, with meaningless progression trees, boring combat loops, press X to win QTEs, dialogue written by people who have never had a conversation with a human before....

It's not about the DEI/woke bullshit. That's just window dressing for the real goal, which is destroying the last successful vestige of popular culture for normal people to escape to.

If it weren't trans shit or girlbossing or whatever, it would be something else. You Will Be Made To Care.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2024 06:34 AM (y/ZMQ)

71 Finacial suicide from the woke gamers who brought it on themselves, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a Cheerful Channuka one and all, you reprobates!

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 25, 2024 06:35 AM (gJNdL)

72 Thanks, Fen.

Mental illness seems to run in families. It's always the normies that end up getting marginalized. Some people would rather set themselves on fire than face reality.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 06:39 AM (QB+5g)

73 Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2024 06:34 AM (0QhHi)

Wow; How very hard! I will keep you and your family in prayer for strength and comfort.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:39 AM (MQJVv)

74 Very sorry, Molly. That's rough.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 06:39 AM (sAmhv)

75 When your 7or8 years old, your parents never get up earlier enough on Christmas morning. My dad went all out one year and bought me a Lionel train set. Except he didn't provide a long enough extension cord for me. Or I'd had it running in no time at 6am. But he had done it on purpose.

Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 06:41 AM (wlQdF)

76 Molly k.

Prayers for you and your family during this time of both sorrow and happiness.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

77 Molly k., May you find strength and peace in the love of family and friends in this difficult time.

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at December 25, 2024 06:43 AM (J8OCH)

78 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 25, 2024 06:39 AM (QB+5g)

Yes., I agree. Mental illness does seem to run in families and some folks just won't go for help or admit the problem. I used to volunteer on a crisis hot line before I entered the ministry and the calls would go up during the holidays, but as least those folks were trying to reach out for help.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:44 AM (MQJVv)

79 Molly k, I'm very sorry for your loss. Prayers up for peace and strength

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 06:45 AM (1feMt)

80 I need cofvefe

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:46 AM (fwDg9)

81 Merry Christmas to the horde!

So grant us all a change of heart,
Rejoice for Mary's son;
Pray, Peace on earth to all mankind,
God bless us everyone!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 06:46 AM (dg+HA)

82 Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:46 AM (fwDg9)

I trust that forward dog doesn't have to go out to work today!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:49 AM (Hw7/J)

83 Molly k, I am so sorry for your loss. May your find peace with your family gathered round you.

Hi, My Life, Merry Christmas to you, I haven't seen you in a long time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 06:52 AM (Sgq8y)

84 Was odd I thought have off today and tomorrow but had to work yesterday though bailed out early

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:53 AM (fwDg9)

85 Condolences, Molly k.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 06:54 AM (hoCmQ)

86 Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:53 AM (fwDg9

I am glad you bailed early yesterday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 06:57 AM (Hw7/J)

87 Merry Christmas!
This is the tenth Christmas since my dad passed. My daughter never met him. Still, it's
Merry Christmas!

Oh, I'm not getting Netflix to watch football. Sorry, not sorry.

Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 06:57 AM (w9ItN)

88 Time prep the turkey

Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 06:58 AM (w9ItN)

89 Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 06:57 AM (w9ItN)

I am sorry for your loss. My father was gone by the time I was nine .My mother died 18 years before our son was born and I think they both would have liked our son. He is a great reader and so were they!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 07:02 AM (Hw7/J)

90 Almost forgot, we have a ten pound standing rib roast to prepare and eat for the evening meal.

Mrs VIA is always intimidated by that particular cut.

But her efforts always bring such a delicious result.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 07:03 AM (a1415)

91 Well, off to bed. Going to work later. Some of you all have had a tough year with health and family stuff. Praying everybody has a calm and peaceful Christmas Day. Yinz deserve it.

I'm just praying I sleep longer than 3 hours today. It's been a bad sleep month for me.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 07:03 AM (sAmhv)

92 Merry Christmas and seasons greetings to all. 34 degrees here in western NC and going up to the mid-50s today and sunny.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 07:06 AM (XsuFr)

93 Losing sleep is so very hard, Puddkeglum. I empathize. I hope you catch up!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 07:07 AM (MQJVv)

94 We had our family Christmas Dinner last night with the early present opening and Christmas Morning is reserved for our particular observation. For us 2, it's baked ham and creamed potatoes. G/B casserole, fresh biscuits and pumpkin pie for dessert.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 25, 2024 07:08 AM (hKoQL)

95 {{{ Molly k.}}} Prayers ascending.

He left for bright horizons surrounded by loved ones, holding the true wealth of a grandchild's hand.

I have seen and helped with the recovery process. May your soul be expanded, and your time become precious water to grow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

96 94 baked ham and creamed potatoes. G/B casserole, fresh biscuits and pumpkin pie for dessert.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 25, 2024 07:08 AM (hKoQL)

yum

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 07:10 AM (VnUSN)

97 This will be a quiet morning. My wife lacks the energy to redo the house with her usual level of decorations. I am focused on classic simplicity to reflect on the meaning of Christmas. And cooking, cleaning, and fetching for her.

As alway, I am thankful for the AOSHQ commenters, CoBs, and ace, as they have been very supportive, funny, and erudite. To open a thread is to open a preset.

Thank you all. And Merry Christmas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

98 I looked at the links concerning this electric aircraft. After 10+ years, they've come up with a 1 or 2 man "air taxi" that uses about a dozen ducted propellers. I suspect this thing may fly, but endurance is low. I further suspect that they're using batteries as the source of power for the motors.

I think that they're runnning into the energy density problem inherent with batteries. Currently existing batteries just don't have the energy density as the hydrocarbon. You just can't add more batteries because then this little toy won't fly. Batteries are a technological dead-end.

If they were really being innovative, they would be trying to develop fuel cells for direct transfer of electricity to the motors. Fuel cells exist, they work great but, so far, they are very expensive.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 25, 2024 07:15 AM (pJWtt)

99 Salty!

Enjoy each other's presence during this special day of celebration.

And stay strong, my friend.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 07:16 AM (VnUSN)

101 Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

Merry Christmas to you and the Mrs. You are a good man!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 07:16 AM (aDusC)

102 I have a mug. It's half full of coffee. The other half is in me.

I've been reading the Coffee Adventures anthology from Raconteur Press the last couple of days - it's fun stuff, I can recommend.

Oh yeah... Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 25, 2024 07:17 AM (O7YUW)

103 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

May you and yours live in harmony with renewed faith in the new year. Glad you ad a chance for a great service. My wife refuses to go to any church. It's complicated.

As cold winds try and find their way indoors, I will think of you on the Isle of Palms.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

104 Meat mixture for baked egg scramble is cooling. Chorizo, red peppers, green onion, green chiles, red pepper flakes and hot sauce.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 07:20 AM (hoCmQ)

105 Now, time to help with preps.

Have a song in your heart, everyone, and a new appreciation for wonders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

106
Electric aircraft startup Lilium has ceased operations and laid off 1000 workers after being unable run raise additional funds.

'Tis the problem of appropriately sizing the extension cord reel and rewinding the cord upon landing which plagues this effort.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 07:20 AM (xG4kz)

107 Sweet Baby Inc/Wired is clearly at Stage 4:

It's great that it's happening, and you're a bigot for noticing.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows the stages by heart now at December 25, 2024 07:21 AM (dtlDP)

108 8 year old boy trades skateboard to save kitten from abuse. "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/mvmj5ks3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 07:22 AM (MQJVv)

109 Merry Christmas, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2024 07:22 AM (AN2gy)

110 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2024 07:24 AM (a1415)

111
Mental illness does seem to run in families

And criminality runs, nay, gallops, in others like, say, the Bidens.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 07:26 AM (xG4kz)

112
JJ is here.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

113 Hydrogen/oxygen fuel cells would be great for camping/RV or cabin. Charge batteries, produce fresh water. Hydrogen is tricky to keep contained unfortunately and needs to be kept at cryogenic temps? Can’t simply fill up a bottle of H like we might with propane. I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:34 AM (pIZjG)

114 G'mornin' everyone!

A Merry Christmas to one and all!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 07:35 AM (cY18j)

115 Dog in lap, coffee and classic Christmas chorals playing. Vigil Mass last evening. Got a hug from our pastor, very unexpected. Quiet morning til Mr nec wakes up, so spending some time with the fabulous Horde. Merry Christmas, He was born 2000 years ago and great things came from His birth and His sacrifice.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 07:35 AM (2NHgQ)

116 107 Sweet Baby Inc/Wired is clearly at Stage 4:

It's great that it's happening, and you're a bigot for noticing.
Posted by: pookysgirl knows the stages by heart now at December 25, 2024 07:21 AM (dtlDP)

She seems nice!

; )

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 07:36 AM (VnUSN)

117 spot-on @ 10, CBD!

Feynman may have been The Last of the Scientists

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 07:37 AM (cY18j)

118 Why not put some windmills and solar panels on the electric airplane? Leave room for unicorns and a strategic skittle reserve.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 07:56 AM (wZ2Bf)

119 Having been subjected to almost 50 years of haranguing on the electric automobile concept, about how I must immediately abandon what I own for a nebulous Vision of The Future, I look forward with amusement to Tom Swift's Electrical Aeroplane.

Like a Fiesta with a washing-machine motor, completely covered in yard-light solar cells, wishing will make it so -- with enough prohibitions and subsidies. And the early adopter shareholders will be here every day.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 08:01 AM (zdLoL)

120 “Britain is testing a new anti-drone energy weapon that can drop autonomous vehicles from the sky for tenpence.”

Decimalization screwed up our colloquialisms for money (at least, those about anything under a quid). I don't know whether it's because we know that 10p is actually 24d, or if the whole thing just threw a rock in the pond and we don't know where we are any more, but nobody talks about “tenpence” these days. It's universally 10p: “ten pee”. I've even come across people puzzled by “a penny”: “You mean 1p?“

Posted by: Sam Duncan at December 25, 2024 08:12 AM (ZBurU)

121 Thanks you, fen,

Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 08:26 AM (GxmKP)

122 >>Hi, My Life, Merry Christmas to you, I haven't seen you in a long time.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 06:52 AM (Sgq8y)

Hi Debby! Merry Christmas to you and yours. I've been so busy with work - 50+ hours a week, and dealing with what is becoming chronic shoulder/neck issues. Add in regular life and oh boy, has time flown by!

Hope you are able to enjoy the grand kids today, and you have recovered from your fall. Ouch!

Spending the afternoon at my brother's with the whole fam-damily. Thanksgiving day dinner repeat with lots more baked goodies in place of pumpkin pie. Can't wait to see my Hailey. She's really the brightest spot in my life. My niece has a daughter the same age, looking forward to see them play together.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2024 09:27 AM (1feMt)

123 "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"

Why does this happen for embedded YouTube videos, and what can one do to make it not ever happen again?

Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 01:21 PM (MSTeU)

124 41 Ok, pineapple upside-down cakes are in the oven!

Weird. That was my dad's favorite, too.

The man did not like chocolate; caramel creams were his favorite candy.

It has been almost 37 years but I don't think I have had one since.

Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 01:28 PM (MSTeU)

125 I do find it extra striking they don't mention the best a D second best Multiplayer games of 2024:

Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2, together which I think I've put over 1,000 hours in combined.

Wonder why...

Posted by: Voyager at December 25, 2024 04:11 PM (joTfK)

Christmas Eve Overnight Open Thread (12/24/24)

*****

The true and correct version of Christmas.

Luke 2:1-20 (King James Version)

2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David

5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

*****

Why not give them entire week off? I think many of us would be quite ecstatic, the ultimate Christmas gift with taxpayers money.(H/T Isophrone Blog)

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, the day before Christmas Day.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2024, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. December 24, 2024, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.

*****

Over the river, through the woods and to a secure detention center. Genius Award Winner.

Woman stopped at LAX for carrying 88 prohibited items

A woman traveling through Los Angeles International Airport was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration last weekend after agents found 88 prohibited items in her luggage.
The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.
The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.

The ONT Musical Interlude & Reflective Emporium

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*****

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Gifts.

Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire, AceCorp, LLC & Santa Claus himself. Batteries and valu-rite not included with any presents. On behalf of staff, management, The Fabulous and myself, a Blessed Christmas to each and everyone.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 09:36 PM

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1 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (HZt/w)

2 I made a pot roast, and it was the best one I ever made.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (lhenN)

3 Fisher Price

The pride of East Aurora, New York

Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:41 PM (TTAGa)

4 How does the bartender kid look like a pug face from a 1940's gangster movie before photoshop? Needs a box of Kaboom cereal on the shelf btw..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)

5 Merry Christmas

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)

6 Sippin' some Bailey's, lookin' at winter outside.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 09:45 PM (gKDq2)

7 No shit!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (QSrLX)

8 Merry Christmas you filthy animals!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:48 PM (WXNFJ)

9 The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.

"And a partridge in a pear tree!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:51 PM (WXNFJ)

10 Gonna be a slowwwww night

Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)

11

YAY!!! MisHum, Merry Christmas to you and yours. So happy to "see" you!

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (3ek7K)

12 Don't try to watch It's A Wonderful Life on Prime.

Filthy infidels shortened it and not in a good way.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)

13 11

YAY!!! MisHum, Merry Christmas to you and yours. So happy to "see" you!
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (3ek7K)

Merry Christmas to you to.
It's nice to be back.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)

14 The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia ….

Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (lPSbt)

15 Good evening

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (HZsmh)

16 Merry Christmas to yourself and The Fabulous, MisHum!

And to the Horde, of course!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (8zz6B)

17 Sorry I'm late, I had to set up some traps on the rooftop. Momma wants venison for Christmas dinner.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (08Ghs)

18 Merry Christmas, morons.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (RKJO3)

19

Prime has teed me off. We pay the no ads fee and the sneaky aholes are now advertising Thursday Night Football and upcoming movies.

What part of NO ADS do they not get?

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)

20 10 Gonna be a slowwwww night
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)

OK with that pull the chairs in closer for a group chat and pretend we're at a Biden/Harris rally

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (wDJaI)

21 A woman traveling through Los Angeles International Airport was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration last weekend after agents found 88 prohibited items in her luggage.

The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.

The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.

All of which are legal to transport just not in your carry on luggage.

I've traveled with guns and ammo multiple times... and don't even get me started on flying to Sword Fighting Competitions.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (QAkQ3)

22 Motorcycle group in CA helps seven families in need. From Brietbart News:

https://tinyurl.com/5xhf62rw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (Ylknx)

23 I made a pot roast, and it was the best one I ever made.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (lhenN)

Did you use free-range pot?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (8zz6B)

24 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

Isn't it interesting, that the historical proof of the circumstances of Jesus' birth are from old Roman IRS records.

Posted by: Miklos, more historian than CPA at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (xesY+)

25 How does the bartender kid look like a pug face from a 1940's gangster movie before photoshop? Needs a box of Kaboom cereal on the shelf btw..
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)
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That's what Kaboom kids moved up to - beer on their Kaboom with a shot of Old Crow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:56 PM (ZOv7s)

26 Thank you as always Mis Hum.

I searched to see if that Fisher Price Bar set was for sale on Amazon. Adam.the.creator is a funny guy.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:56 PM (jvJvP)

27 20 10 Gonna be a slowwwww night
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)

OK with that pull the chairs in closer for a group chat and pretend we're at a Biden/Harris rally
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (wDJaI)

That would qualify as a Comment of The Week nomination. Oh that's when I was a working stiff.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (QXQ4l)

28 Thanks for the ONT, Mis Hum (you just can't quit us, can you?)

Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (08Ghs)

29 Merry Christmas Eve, friends. My gifts are wrapped and under the tree. I have stuffed the stockings, except for the cats because they will pull their presents out in the middle of the night. We had an amazing prime rib, watched Its a Wonderful Life, set cookies out. Only thing missing are my 2 oldest and my grandsons.

Thank you, MissHum, the picture is serene.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (pZEOD)

30 About that TSA story. It's a pretty solid bet that she likely hired to test TSA's effectiveness. The Transportation Dept. hires outside contractors to try and get certain items through screening. NCS Pearson is one. Another is Kroll Govt. Services.

The fact that this story popped up right before the main travel season suggests it was an effort to reassure passengers (and, also temper them in believing the process is valid). I've yet to see any articles saying this woman was arrested, which is a pretty good give away.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (dIske)

31 Gonna be a slowwwww night
Posted by: browndog perseveres

Tomorrow's Standing rib roast must rest.

Quietly.

No complaints from the fridge.

So far

Posted by: Miklos,who is actually a good cook at December 24, 2024 09:58 PM (xesY+)

32 21 A woman traveling through Los Angeles International Airport was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration last weekend after agents found 88 prohibited items in her luggage.

The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.

The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.

All of which are legal to transport just not in your carry on luggage.

I've traveled with guns and ammo multiple times... and don't even get me started on flying to Sword Fighting Competitions.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (QAkQ3)

Must have been Hee Hawnee Willis gettin outa Dodge.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (wDJaI)

33 Prime has teed me off. We pay the no ads fee and the sneaky aholes are now advertising Thursday Night Football and upcoming movies.

What part of NO ADS do they not get?
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)
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Prime streaming is shit. I've done the commercial thing, and what's crazy is that if you are watching an old TV show, they don't put the commercials where they belong, they just happen.

Totally retarded. The only thing Prime video is good for is scoping out a film to see if you want to own it.

If you like it, grab the DVD and then you don't have to deal with any interruptions.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

34 I shouldn't be up still now
Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (fwDg9)

35 https://youtu.be/yZ2sa3tyvkI?si=fTSSnrG-T4SSv73S

Saddest Christmas song ever. The Cat Carol.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (5Gvtc)

36 Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (dIske)

Unless the stuff was in a carry on... there was no reason for this to even be reporter... so... yeah... this is the TSA trying to say they are relevant.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)

37 >>>Woman stopped at LAX for carrying 88 prohibited items

Is that the record? Inquiring minds want to know!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (klJTj)

38 Tomorrow's Standing rib roast must rest.

Quietly.

No complaints from the fridge.

So far
Posted by: Miklos,who is actually a good cook at December 24, 2024 09:58 PM (xesY+)

Wouldn't a Reclining Rib roast rest more easily?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:00 PM (8zz6B)

39 Megthered

Thanks!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:00 PM (5Gvtc)

40 ***Woman stopped at LAX for carrying 88 prohibited items***
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One string of Black Kat firecrackers, three other toys for her grandchildren and a can of pepper spay for self protection.

speculating

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (HZsmh)

41 Unless the stuff was in a carry on... there was no reason for this to even be reporter... so... yeah... this is the TSA trying to say they are relevant.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)

We’ll see …

Posted by: Elon of DOGE at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (TTAGa)

42 Unless the stuff was in a carry on... there was no reason for this to even be reporter... so... yeah... this is the TSA trying to say they are relevant.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)
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DOGE looking over their shoulder. Huge cuts to federal payroll by shifting that to private security run by airports.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (ZOv7s)

43 Wrapping presents, drinking whiskey n coke

Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (8lEQ/)

44 Posted by: Tonypete

Thanks!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (5Gvtc)

45 As a kid it I thought King Herod who cut off John The Baptist head was the same King Herod who was around when Jesus was born. Needless to say I wondered how he did that since he had died.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)

46 It's nice to be back.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)

++++

It's like the opposite of Quiet Quitting. You quit you job but you keep showing up for work.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)

47 Is the picture up top a Hum original or from the Kinkade Kollection?

Posted by: Art Maven at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (G5+As)

48 Isn't it interesting, that the historical proof of the circumstances of Jesus' birth are from old Roman IRS records.
Posted by: Miklos, more historian than CPA at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (xesY+)
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And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)

49 Good evening Horde and thank you MisHum!

Love the painting!

Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (9tvFd)

50 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (JkO4W)

51 Thank you, MissHum, the picture is serene.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (pZEOD)

Thank you

Are you the piper I met in Texas?
No way you are a grandma

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (QXQ4l)

52 88 items , had to be a dare
I got 87 items through
Well I can do 88

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (fwDg9)

53 "Emeritus" — heh. You and Nancy Pelosi.

Happy Christmas, MisHum, and all.

A few seconds of Christmas Zappa on SNL
https://youtu.be/JP32ucWKS9I

Posted by: mindful webworker - silent flight holy might at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (09AS9)

54 Prime streaming is shit. I've done the commercial thing, and what's crazy is that if you are watching an old TV show, they don't put the commercials where they belong, they just happen.

Totally retarded. The only thing Prime video is good for is scoping out a film to see if you want to own it.

If you like it, grab the DVD and then you don't have to deal with any interruptions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

The only reason I have Amazon Prime is for the free shipping. They keep telling me I have unused "Prime benefits". When is a "benefit" not a benefit? When you don't fucking want it. I told them that, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)

55 Thank you for giving us the sacred text of the entry of Jesus unto earth. A humble origin, but a divine future.

I aver that Judeochristianity has the broadest appeal to people that do not want to rule, but to serve. And that societies people by those believers are in some intangible way better to live in than other cultures.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (u82oZ)

56 *hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (JkO4W)
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Tying one on since Bill didn't die.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (ZOv7s)

57 It's like the opposite of Quiet Quitting. You quit you job but you keep showing up for work.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)

It’s OK, we took care of that problem.

He can show up, just doesn’t get his Dental

Posted by: The Bobs at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)

58 45 As a kid it I thought King Herod who cut off John The Baptist head was the same King Herod who was around when Jesus was born. Needless to say I wondered how he did that since he had died.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)

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It's somewhat confusing because Herod the Great was the George Foreman of his age.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (JkO4W)

59 Tomorrow's Standing rib roast must rest.

No Standing!
- Hawaii judge.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (5Gvtc)

60 Merry Christmas Mishum and all ye good little ettes and rons. Love Dr. John Lennox. He has many an atheist scalp on his podium, including his Oxford contemporary, Richard Dawkins.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (LMxW+)

61
Behold the father is his daughter's son,
The bird that built the nest is hatch'd therein,
The old of years an hour hath not outrun,
Eternal life to live doth now begin,
The word is dumb, the mirth of heaven doth weep,
Might feeble is, and force doth faintly creep.

O dying souls! behold your living spring!
O dazzled eyes! behold your sun of grace!
Dull ears attend what word this word doth bring!
Up, heavy hearts, with joy your joy embrace!
From death, from dark, from deafness, from despairs,
This life, this light, this word, this joy repairs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (dxSpM)

62 Merry Christmas everyone!
Lovely to see you Mis.Hum! Just like old times ❣👍...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (L83z3)

63 And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.

Another interesting part of this - the Muslim claim is Mecca was a major religious and trading hub prior to Muhammed but it isn't mentioned in Roman or Persian records and no Roman coins have been found there - note Roman coins have been found in all the major other cities along the Red Sea and all the way out into India

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)

64 Herod
Herod Antipas
Herod Archelaeus
Lester

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (JkO4W)

65 Wow you lot are quick. Over 50 already.

Posted by: Ciampino - no turkey basedrum sticks? at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (i0xsb)

66 Hello Mis Hum. Merry Christmas to you and The Fabulous!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (BSDFI)

67 From my research I think I will get Hulu + for my streaming service initially.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (D6PGr)

68 Are you the piper I met in Texas?
No way you are a grandma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

There are 32 year old grandmas in the hood.

Posted by: Unsocial Worker at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (G5+As)

69 The last time I watched Linus' quoting of Scripture in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," I saw a YouTube commenter point out an obscure detail.

Linus begins the passage still holding onto his famous security blanket. But when he gets to the words, "Fear not," he drops it.

He picks it back up when the scene is over, but that Schulz had the insight to include a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment like that is really cool.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 10:06 PM (jGGMD)

70 Not Lester.

Philip.

My bad.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

71 Misanthropic Humanitarian

May you and your absolutely Fabulous have a heart-warming Christmas, full of family.

Plus that Happy New Year as America climbs on full afterburners out of the abyss.

You have taught me so much, and entertained me and mine extravagantly.

I even share some of your jokes with the kids.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

72 I'm pretty sure my mom bought me that playset when I was 4. Except it had real beer. which she drank

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (89Sog)

73 67 From my research I think I will get Hulu + for my streaming service initially.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (D6PGr)

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The Walt Disney Grooming Syndicate congratulates you on an excellent decision.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (JkO4W)

74 The only reason I have Amazon Prime is for the free shipping. They keep telling me I have unused "Prime benefits". When is a "benefit" not a benefit? When you don't fucking want it. I told them that, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)
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I get my author copies mailed for free, which is nice. I also have a credit card that generates more Prime points in a couple of months than Prime costs, so it's pretty much a self-licking ice cream cone for me.

I have found some good shows, but it's very difficult, and Amazon movies seem to hate their audience. There have been several really good series that just got canceled. Why bother, then? Why advertise a series with a clear story arc, and that's really good with top notch actors only to cancel it because crybabies complain?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (ZOv7s)

75 Thanks so very much for THE Christmas Story, MisHum!

I read it in my Dad's voice.

bbl, gotta cry a bit

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (YoCnN)

76 I opened the front door and the cats Snowflake and Trumpy emerged from hiding and raced in. I combed them today, their erect tails are so fluffy.

Cat nip and Temptations treats so they should be happy the rest of the night.

Almost 3 months they've been 'visiting.' We have come up with routines now, mainly to keep me sane. Not our cats. Which amuses me.

And takes the pressure off.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (jvJvP)

77 Aristobulus. Another Herod son.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (JkO4W)

78 Are you the piper I met in Texas?
No way you are a grandma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Well when you have your first child at 12…🤣 But I am Gigi, not grandma.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (pZEOD)

79 For those tired of Mariah Carey:

https://youtu.be/jf2VErVh4CQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (VNX3d)

80 Another interesting part of this - the Muslim claim is Mecca was a major religious and trading hub prior to Muhammed but it isn't mentioned in Roman or Persian records and no Roman coins have been found there - note Roman coins have been found in all the major other cities along the Red Sea and all the way out into India
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)

I doubt there has been any scientifically valid archaeology ever done in Mecca.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (8zz6B)

81 Happy Christmas Eve …

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (qz+gL)

82 As a kid it I thought King Herod who cut off John The Baptist head was the same King Herod who was around when Jesus was born. Needless to say I wondered how he did that since he had died.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)

Ace's Time Machine is an amazing invention.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (gKDq2)

83 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

May you continue to light up the lives of Morones everywhere.

Merry Christmas.

Have a great Christmas, sunshine.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (u82oZ)

84 I doubt there has been any scientifically valid archaeology ever done in Mecca.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (8zz6B)

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Digging around the Rock is strictly prohibited.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (hY4dx)

85 Another interesting part of this - the Muslim claim is Mecca was a major religious and trading hub prior to Muhammed but it isn't mentioned in Roman or Persian records and no Roman coins have been found there - note Roman coins have been found in all the major other cities along the Red Sea and all the way out into India
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)
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Mohammed's house was demolished because the Saudis said it could lead to "idolatry."

Or archeology, which would show it was built well after Mohammed's alleged lifetime.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (ZOv7s)

86 It's like the opposite of Quiet Quitting. You quit you job but you keep showing up for work.

At a previous company I was friends with a manager peer. She had talked with me about the problems she was having with one employee and told me she was going to let the employee go.

The next day I saw the employee at the office being weird but she was always weird.

I ran into my manager friend and asked her if she decided to not let the employee go...and the manager's eyes got big... "WHERE DID YOU SEE HER?!?" and when I told her she ran off to get HR.

I found out later the employee had been laid off and had just...showed up for work the next day anyway. She followed someone else in when they used their keycard. I don't think the employee was up to mischief...I think she was just off and really wasn't ready to take being laid off.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (oZhjI)

87 Good Christmas Eve all....Stockings stuffed, gifts wrapped and out, kitchen clean, goodies for tomorrow in place...all the while listening to the waves from the Gulf of Mexico...life is good, and hoping everyone else is enjoying the Eve....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)

88 Merry Christmas, y'all. We made it to church this evening, then watched Charlie Brown.

Last 2 Christmases, I was in the middle of moving, from Wyo to SC in 2022 then from Greenville to SiD (Half) Acres last year. Thankful to be staying put this year.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (JRHzL)

89
That would qualify as a Comment of The Week nomination. Oh that's when I was a working stiff.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (QXQ4l)

RAV aired a live rendition of the Christ Child Nativity Story after Charlie Kirks wild Amfest Weekend show on RAV.
While watching it I realized after being on offence and in attack destroy mode since 1988 maybe I need acclimate back to being enriched and edified from honest pure intentioned Powers of the Air! just sayin... Trust but Verify.. Feels good.. Back to the Days of Future Past...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (wDJaI)

90 I,m learning tonight that Elvis had at least one hardcore blues Christmas song.

Santa Is Back In Town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (hY4dx)

91 The Walt Disney Grooming Syndicate congratulates you on an excellent decision.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (JkO4W)

Thank you .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:12 PM (D6PGr)

92 88 Merry Christmas, y'all. We made it to church this evening, then watched Charlie Brown.

Last 2 Christmases, I was in the middle of moving, from Wyo to SC in 2022 then from Greenville to SiD (Half) Acres last year. Thankful to be staying put this year.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (JRHzL)

Yo time to celebrate the Prince of Peace... God Bless

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:12 PM (wDJaI)

93
Merry Christmas to all the Horde from me, Her Majesty and all the Hounds of Soyara.

Dutchess (Soyara's The Last Dance)
Val (GCH Soyara's Vala Rama)
Sonny (CH Soyara's Autumn Sunset)
Dan (GCH Soyara's High Noon)
Finn (CH Soyara's Grand Finale)
Dot (CH Soyara's Crowning Glory)
Ruth (CH Soyara's Notorious at Satara)
Diana (GCH Soyara's Dark Huntress)
George (Soyara's Dragon Slayer)
Puff (Soyara's Magic Dragon)
Fitz (Soyara's Justart Son of Fortune)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (dxSpM)

94 Consummate ONT, Mis Hum. Thank you and Merry Christmas to the Horde. Love the emeritus reference.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (41CYW)

95 Hello Mis Hum. Merry Christmas to you and The Fabulous!
Posted by: Doof

DOOFMAS

*throws confetti like a newly converted Rip Taylor*

Posted by: Miklos is Hungarian for Nicholas, Like Santa Claus at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (xesY+)

96 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (9JrK/)

97 Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas tomorrow
I have no reason to get up early but doesn't mean I won't.
Good night

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (fwDg9)

98 62 Merry Christmas everyone!
Lovely to see you Mis.Hum! Just like old times ❣👍...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (L83z3)

Nice to see you young lady

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (QXQ4l)

99 87 Good Christmas Eve all....Stockings stuffed, gifts wrapped and out, kitchen clean, goodies for tomorrow in place...all the while listening to the waves from the Gulf of Mexico...life is good, and hoping everyone else is enjoying the Eve....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)

Feelin the vibe here Nice... thank you for sharing

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (wDJaI)

100 Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 10:06 PM (jGGMD)

I hadn't noticed that. That is a nice bit you shared. Thx a lot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (dhKg3)

101 Heh!
I have a happy hour playset in my den.

Merry Christmas hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (W/lyH)

102 Hiya Doof

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (QXQ4l)

103 Good Christmas Eve all....Stockings stuffed, gifts wrapped and out, kitchen clean, goodies for tomorrow in place...all the while listening to the waves from the Gulf of Mexico...life is good, and hoping everyone else is enjoying the Eve....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)
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We will do the feast tomorrow, but we went to the Children's Mass at 4, opened presents and had dinner before dispersing. The family will reconvene later tomorrow to check stockings and by then the roast will be done and the fire will be down to the coals.

Very chill Christmas, the best in years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (ZOv7s)

104 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'll see all that

And bet you one Dixie Doodle

Posted by: Miklos is looking at you funny, and yes she only got the one eye at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (xesY+)

105 Great mystery music. My favorite song in Band.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (W/lyH)

106 Posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus)

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (mH6SG)

107 Merry Christmas ya filthy animals

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (+HzbQ)

108 If we're bitching about Prime. I'm in Canada.

I hate things freaking disappearing to 5 other outlets. I watched and enjoyed the 10 'Saw' movies. Bought 3. Wanted to watch the series again and several aren't available anymore.

M3gan, with Violet McGraw, was free. I saw it. Now, have to rent or buy. Bought 'The Black Phone' with Madeleine McGraw, Violet's older sister, but can only see it when I have Prime.

They do have crappy shows like 'The Last Ship' that I like to put on and fall asleep to.

Oh, and I saw that 'Tomorrow War' movie which sounded great but between the plot holes and the diversity, as each minite passed, it was clear Amazon was passing a Yule log.

'Just Add Magic' is an amazing kids show though. Beautifully done. Olivia Sanabia turned into an amazingly beautiful young woman.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (jvJvP)

109 It's like the opposite of Quiet Quitting. You quit you job but you keep showing up for work.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)

It’s OK, we took care of that problem.

He can show up, just doesn’t get his Dental
Posted by: The Bobs at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)

Just make sure you keep your red stapler, MisHum!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (VNX3d)

110 I,m learning tonight that Elvis had at least one hardcore blues Christmas song.

Santa Is Back In Town.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (hY4dx)

Elvis should have done some joint albums with B.B. King, or Muddy Waters. He had the chops for it. Could have made them all some money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (8zz6B)

111 Misanthropic Humanitarian

Very nice painting. I would hang that over my wife's extensive collection of Christmas Hummel figures.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

112 All I want for Christmas is the Panama Canal back.

And maybe Greenland.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (hY4dx)

113 May the ONT Cob Emeritus have a better holiday season than the Speaker Emerita is having. (Avoid marble staircases).

Posted by: Wait, You've Both Had Joint Replacement) at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (G5+As)

114 Merry Christmas eve, all. You too, SiD!

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (t+VLa)

115 Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM

SiD! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Back from church and watching Frosty and other old Christmas cartoons with the RMBS Mom.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (9JrK/)

116 ONT Cob Emeritus

Sounds like somebody got a promotion. Congrats!

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)

117 Luke 2:1-20 (King James Version)
Thank you for that. I mean it. When my parents passed, we divided up their stuff. At the top of my list of what I wanted, was my mom's creche set. Plaster, poorly painted figurines. It's sitting here in my living room now. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, some shepherds, the three kings, and some plaster sheep. You get it, Misanthropic Humanitarian. Some people out there will never understand this, and that is why they lost the last election. They don't get it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

118 Is fireworks on Christmas Eve a thing now?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (D6PGr)

119 Have a wonderful night. May the true spirit of Christas fill your soul.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (u82oZ)

120 Elvis should have done some joint albums with B.B. King, or Muddy Waters. He had the chops for it. Could have made them all some money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

How true. Or teamed with Ike Turner. Good music and a black eye, at least.

Posted by: Black And Blue Christmas at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)

121 Elvis should have done some joint albums with B.B. King, or Muddy Waters. He had the chops for it. Could have made them all some money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (8zz6B)

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True. Elvis was a tragic case of mismanagement.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)

122 Somebody in the neighborhood is shooting off a cannon sounds like. I love being surrounded by rednecks.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (+HzbQ)

123 14 The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia ….

Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (lPSbt)

It's a tragedy. Bitch don't even have a name.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (NehaE)

124 ONT Cob Emeritus

Sounds like somebody got a promotion. Congrats!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)

Promotions are worth the paper they're printed on.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (gKDq2)

125 Merry Christmas, 496!

You have my undying gratitude for your incredible help when I was moving away from Wyo. Bingley says Merry Christmas too!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (JRHzL)

126 KanekoaTheGreat@KanekoaTheGreat 5h

NEW: Sen Rand Paul Breaks Down Yearly Festivus Report of $1 Trillion in Government Waste

- $10 billion on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing mostly empty buildings
- $12 Million on a Las Vegas Pickleball Complex
- $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil
- $10,851,439 on Orwellian cat experiments
- $4,840,082 on Ukrainian influencers
- $20 million on “Ahlan Simsim” a new Sesame Street show in Iraq
- $365,000 to promote circuses in city parks
- $90 billion on ineffective Navy LCS vessels
- $873,584 for movies in Jordan
- $288,563 to Ensure Bird Watching Groups Have Safe Spaces
- $20 million on the Fertilize Right initiative to advance fertilizer use in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil
- $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security
- $10,000 grant for ice-skating drag queens
- $892 billion in fiscal year 2024 on the interest on Uncle Sam’s Credit Card

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:20 PM (HZsmh)

127 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to the best online community ever. Thank you all for the laughs and insight. May 2025 be a year of good changes for our beloved country, and a year of good health and much love for all the Horde.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 24, 2024 10:20 PM (1TzeS)

128 122 Somebody in the neighborhood is shooting off a cannon sounds like. I love being surrounded by rednecks.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM

Get them drones....

Merry Christmas all.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:21 PM (jvJvP)

129 Listening to the Mystery Click. Is there not a Christmas Carol that shares that tune?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:21 PM (8zz6B)

130 Smores: Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal

🚨 $1 TRILLION BLOWN: RAND PAUL SLAMS INSANE GOVERNMENT WASTE

From climate-themed cabarets to breakdancing grants, here are just some of the places U.S tax dollars went, according to his Festivus Report:

$3M for "Girl-Centered Climate Action" in Brazil.
$20M for a new Sesame Street show.
$10K for a "Bearded Ladies Cabaret" on ice.
$365K for circus programs in city parks.
$32.5K for breakdancing.
$330K for censoring conservative media.
$720K for duck conservation in Mexico.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (HZsmh)

131 And a -whatever mood you're supposed to have- Kwaanza!

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (jvJvP)

132 Terry Prachett's Hogfather is available on EweTube. It's kinda a Christmas movie, of a sort....

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (izAv/)

133 aww, I forgot to say Ace has the best COBs online, too. Thank you MisHum for everything you do, and JJ, and CBD, and Joe Mannix and Buck and WeirdDave and Weasel and TRex and now Doof, too. I've probably missed a few, sorry. I am over 29, you know.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (1TzeS)

134 Ahhhh...
The grandkids of Diogenes are scattered from the Florida Keys to Hawaii. I just got the last one to check in and wish me Marry Christmas.
Best gift of all!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (W/lyH)

135
That's my baby brother behind that bar!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (cWeHZ)

136
True. Elvis was a tragic case of mismanagement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)

__________

I'm not holding a brief for Colonel Tom Parker, but Elvis would have blown up anyway. He died too late.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (dxSpM)

137 I've been listening to Christmas music since the beginning of November.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (+HzbQ)

138 Consummate ONT, Mis Hum. Thank you and Merry Christmas to the Horde. Love the emeritus reference.
Posted by: scampydog

Consummate

Cromulent

Compare and contrast

Homework is due on Monday

Posted by: Concerned School Teacher Aunt Miklos at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (xesY+)

139 Here in ETex we are having a Christmas Eve thunderstorm.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (KcwUg)

140 Luke 2:1-20 (King James Version)
Thank you for that. I mean it. When my parents passed, we divided up their stuff. At the top of my list of what I wanted, was my mom's creche set. Plaster, poorly painted figurines. It's sitting here in my living room now. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, some shepherds, the three kings, and some plaster sheep. You get it, Misanthropic Humanitarian. Some people out there will never understand this, and that is why they lost the last election. They don't get it.
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Totally get it...first thing I looked for after my mother died was the creche set, which they bought the year they were married. Not a fancy set, but the only creche set I knew as a child, and I still cherish it.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (9tvFd)

141 ONT Cob Emeritus

Sounds like somebody got a promotion. Congrats!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)
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There's the story of a Fleet Street editor who was called into the owner's office.

"Congratulations, I'm promoting you to Editor E-meritus."

"What's 'emeritus' mean?"

"Well, it's a contraction - the e is for ex-as in ex-editor, and the meritus means you deserve it. Clean out your desk immediately."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)

142 Good evening, 'rons and 'ettes. I'm looking forward to sleeping in just a bit (maybe until 6:30), and then playing with my new toys. It's not like I don't know what's under the tree, since I had to order it for myself (Mrs. Pablo couldn't decipher the website's ordering system). Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2024 10:24 PM (yHP5w)

143 Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 24, 2024 10:20 PM (1TzeS)

Nice to see you, TecumsehTea. I'm usually not here this late. Thanks for your lovely card and message . I do apologize for not writing back yet. Combination of busyness and health issues . I will have to hope I get something to you by Epiphany. Sorry. God bless you and yours and Merry Christmas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (36x37)

144 Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (JRHzL)
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Twarn't nothing. Tsar Bingley is a good dude.

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (t+VLa)

145 SiD! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Back from church and watching Frosty and other old Christmas cartoons with the RMBS Mom.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Merry Christmas to you and your Mom!

My mom and I both love Charlie Brown and I finally got her to watch with me tonight. We have a Charlie Brown tree (3 ft tall) because I don't want to deal with a big tree, but it's perfect.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (JRHzL)

146
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater

The rage of unnamed persons will be the downfall of us all, especially when they join forces with all the unidentified persons!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)

147 Mohammed's house was demolished because the Saudis said it could lead to "idolatry."

Or archeology, which would show it was built well after Mohammed's alleged lifetime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (ZOv7s)

The cable TV outlets would have been a dead giveaway.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (bSUYY)

148 Hello again, my friends inside the screen. It’s almost officially Christmas in the Cochran household.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (Jtz/H)

149 The rage of unnamed persons will be the downfall of us all, especially when they join forces with all the unidentified persons!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)

Occupants and Residents

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)

150 And a -whatever mood you're supposed to have- Kwaanza!
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (jvJvP)
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It's "May You Have A Joyous Kwanzaaaa!" which rolls right off the tongue, don't it?

In one of the early seasons of Magnum p.i., TC celebrates Kwanzaa, and it's never mentioned again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)

151 I went down a rabbit hole today reacquainting myself with the drug running through the airport at Mena, Arkansas back in the 80's. Clinton, the CIA, DOJ, FBI, Sandinistas, Contras, Bush and on and on - none of them look too good in this episode.

By a comparison between Bill Clinton and slime, slime comes out on top.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (WXNFJ)

152 True. Elvis was a tragic case of mismanagement.
Posted by: Cicero

There are stories that Col. Tom Parker was actually Hungarian.

Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (xesY+)

153 >>> 146
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater

The rage of unnamed persons will be the downfall of us all, especially when they join forces with all the unidentified persons!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)

What about those who have names, but keep forgetting them, and have to ask others if they know who they are...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (KcwUg)

154 The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.
SOmeone was prepared for New Year's Eve.
Whoo, hoo!

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (0Htd1)

155

I'm so old I have to check my driver's license every morning to see who I am

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

156
Occupants and Residents
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)

_________

To Whom It May Concern

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)

157 > $20M for a new Sesame Street show.

That one grinds my gears.

Sesame Workshop has over half a billion in assets, and rakes in around $200 million per year in revenue, but it's always "But....but...what about Big Bird?" whenever someone suggests that maybe we shouldn't be paying PBS to produce communist propaganda.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (W5ArC)

158
There are stories that Col. Tom Parker was actually Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (xesY+)

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Dutch. An illegal immigrant to boot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)

159 Occupants and Residents
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)

To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)

Dear Sir

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (+HzbQ)

160 148 Hello again, my friends inside the screen. It’s almost officially Christmas in the Cochran household.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (Jtz/H)

Merry Christmas to you BC ...

Posted by: browndog caroling alone at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (TTAGa)

161 Just popping in and right back out.

Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (W5ArC)

162 111 Misanthropic Humanitarian

Very nice painting. I would hang that over my wife's extensive collection of Christmas Hummel figures.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

Aww
Thanks Salty

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (QXQ4l)

163 There are stories that Col. Tom Parker was actually Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10

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I thought he was Dutch. No?

Hungarian is like Dutch, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (hY4dx)

164
Dear Sir
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (+HzbQ)

________

Greeting

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (dxSpM)

165 Hungarian is like Dutch, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (hY4dx)

Second cousins

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (+HzbQ)

166 155

I'm so old I have to check my driver's license every morning to see who I am
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

Ohhhh, so that's how you do it

Posted by: Rep. Kay Granger at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (TTAGa)

167 Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater

Lawd I got so may chirren

Posted by: Shirley Q Liquor (you can find this) at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (xesY+)

168 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (Jtz/H)
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I knew a BCochran in a prior life. Also his 3 sisters - M, L, and B.

He was, and surely still is, an absolute gem of a man. They were all gems, really.

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (t+VLa)

169 To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
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To Whom It May Concern

Dear Whom,
....

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)

170 I thought it was just horses that were not named.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (+HzbQ)

171 That Fisher Price Play set sounds like something marketed by "Mad Men".

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (0Htd1)

172 {{{NaCly}}}!
My very best to you dear friend. I hope your New Year brings you much happiness and joy!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (L83z3)

173 The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los with ... two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said...
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This woman is an idiot, but the TSA is right up ( actually down) there in IQ points. I saw the picture.Their " replica guns" are a couple of flat metal beer openers in the shape of pistols.
These TSA clowns have to be related to the "educators" who punished the kid who chewed a cookie? bread? into the shape of a gun.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (NE+I8)

174 I thought it was just horses that were not named.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (+HzbQ)
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No, it applies when there ain't no one for to give you no name.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

175
Dear Whom,
....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)

________

The way to respond to memos "From the Desk of So-and-So" is "Dear Desk".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (dxSpM)

176 Merry Christmas MisHum. Hope Santa brings you a new fishing pole or whatever is on your list!

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (+HzbQ)

177 Totally get it...first thing I looked for after my mother died was the creche set, which they bought the year they were married. Not a fancy set, but the only creche set I knew as a child, and I still cherish it.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (9tvFd)

Spent time at Doof-mom's apartment this afternoon with my boys and my sister's husband and daughter. She has a ceramic nativity set on display that her mom made and painted - probably in the 60s. By any measure of objectivity - it's hideously tacky. But my mom cherishes it and puts it out every year. I get it so much more now that Mrs. Doof isn't around anymore, and I cherish the nativity set we got when we bought our first house in 1997. Yeah -- I'm NEVER getting rid of that set.

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (BSDFI)

178 I thought he was Dutch. No?

Hungarian is like Dutch, right?
Posted by: Cicero

Like George Soros, he came to the US under uncertain circumstances.

Maybe lied, Soros did.

Posted by: Miklos can confirm some things at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (xesY+)

179 And to you, browndog!

496….*hat tip*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (Ldgt5)

180 No, it applies when there ain't no one for to give you no name.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

That was a good song.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (+HzbQ)

181 Elon Musk@elonmusk

The Starlink ion thruster is a marvel of engineering

Steve Jurvetson@FutureJurvetson
...
The final EOS thruster design is in the Smithsonian. It was successfully tested twice in space on flights of Air Force Blue Scout missiles in 1964.

Back in 1912, Goddard postulated that high-velocity streams of electrons and positive ions could be “energized” by solar-electric power supplies to provide thrust for an interplanetary spacecraft. He went further to suggest that the source of the ions could come from exposing alkaline atoms, such as mercury or cesium, to hot tungsten surfaces. He was spot on!

more: https://tinyurl.com/2vbxak25

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (HZsmh)

182 To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)

Dear Sir or Madam

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)

183 These TSA clowns have to be related to the "educators" who punished the kid who chewed a cookie? bread? into the shape of a gun.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (NE+I

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During an exercise many years ago, one of the training events was terrorists infiltrating the base. Our office was unarmed, which we thought absurd.

To remedy this, I took a sheet of paper and tore it into a rough handgun shape and wrote "Simulated M-9" on it and give it to our lieutenant, who tucked it into her web gear.

For the duration of the exercise, it was passed around the office to the ranking officer or NCO.

We also learned that nap time began as soon as the fighters took off.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)

184 140 first thing I looked for after my mother died was the creche set, which they bought the year they were married. Not a fancy set, but the only creche set I knew as a child, and I still cherish it.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM
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Cherished, but the creche has all the animals except the dinosaurs. A clear omission.

Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (9tvFd)

185 Spent time at Doof-mom's apartment this afternoon with my boys and my sister's husband and daughter. She has a ceramic nativity set on display that her mom made and painted - probably in the 60s. By any measure of objectivity - it's hideously tacky. But my mom cherishes it and puts it out every year. I get it so much more now that Mrs. Doof isn't around anymore, and I cherish the nativity set we got when we bought our first house in 1997. Yeah -- I'm NEVER getting rid of that set.
Posted by: Doof at December

It’s a little dusty in here suddenly.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (pZEOD)

186 Thank you for quoting Luke.
Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Roland Felix Hirsch at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (Ke8zc)

187 Doof-

How did the international study and service program go with one of your sons?

I was not prepared to help at that time, could do better now, but it takes 6-8 months.

Posted by: Miklos can help sometimes at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (xesY+)

188 180 No, it applies when there ain't no one for to give you no name.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

That was a good song.
Posted by: ALH

It was good to get out of the rain.

Posted by: Wet Willie at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (G5+As)

189 I have a large winking Santa pitcher and 6 matching winking Santa mugs that my mother made in when I was a little girl. I bring it out every year and set it in a special place where it won't get broken. That was back in the day when ladies would go to a ceramic studio and pour slip into a mold and have it fired in a kiln.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (+HzbQ)

190 Merry Christmas morons and to you mh and to the Fabulous

Why not give them entire week off? I think many of us would be quite ecstatic, the ultimate Christmas gift with taxpayers money.(H/T Isophrone Blog)
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Socialists are always generous with other people's property and time.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

191 "The only reason I have Amazon Prime is for the free shipping."

I've had Prime and not had it. I still get the free shipping, as long as order is over ? I think $40. There aren't that many movies I want to see with Prime ... so not worth it.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (Cus5s)

192 Happy Christmas times and wishing all our people a very joyous New Year and Peace for us All.

Thank you Ace and all the COBs for what you do here it's so important for the survival of our unique Constitution. Love y'all!

Posted by: NC Ref at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (oilmB)

193 /hot sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

194 She has a ceramic nativity set on display that her mom made and painted - probably in the 60s. By any measure of objectivity - it's hideously tacky. But my mom cherishes it and puts it out every year. I get it so much more now that Mrs. Doof isn't around anymore, and I cherish the nativity set we got when we bought our first house in 1997. Yeah -- I'm NEVER getting rid of that set.
Posted by: Doof
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We have a clay Christmas tree ornamented with costume jewelry that my grandma made. It wasn't bad back in the day, but has become sadly misshapen and some of the ornaments have been lost to time. (I guess the same could probably be said about me... ) When we were cleaning out Mom's house I probably could've thrown it away, but I just couldn't bear to.

When we were putting out decorations this year I did decide to "display" it on the bureau in Mom's room, instead of the dining room or living room...

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (JRHzL)

195 Hey BTW great job gettin all Chrismassy Spirity with the thread Mis Hum. Very nicely done and great choices. If I may contribute please humor me. Thank you.

Nativity pt1 - from Twas the Night Before Christmas w Beaton Marionettes

https://tinyurl.com/3cbae2p4

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (wDJaI)

196 Merry Christmas, off to bed!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (ZOv7s)

197 Merry Christmas

https://tinyurl.com/ypdmfzbt

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (LkLld)

198 Cherished, but the creche has all the animals except the dinosaurs. A clear omission.
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (9tvFd)

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For years my mom's manger scene featured a Happy Meal Roller Disco Barbie tucked among the Three Wise Men adoring the baby, until one year when she finally noticed it and tossed Barb out on her narrow Barbie ass.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (hY4dx)

199 I'm too cheap to pay for Prime. It's $35 for free shipping so if there's something I want to order from Amazon and it doesn't total $35 I check my grocery list and add one of those items to my cart.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (+HzbQ)

200 Dear Sir or Madam
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)

They're always misgendering.

Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (gKDq2)

201 Cherished, but the creche has all the animals except the dinosaurs. A clear omission.
Posted by: TRex at December

They are behind the stable. You can’t see them because of the angle of the scene, and they are laying down.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:42 PM (p4NUW)

202 182 To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)

Dear Sir or Madam
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)

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Salutations, Person:

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:43 PM (hY4dx)

203 Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (LkLld)

Merry Christmas Jack

Hope the Rangers find their game under the tree

Posted by: browndog reveling in a win at December 24, 2024 10:43 PM (TTAGa)

204 Nativity sets always assume three Wise Men-only because of the three gifts. Might have been 2, 3, or 20. Was probably a large entourage. And the Wise Men did not go to the manger, it was much later. The Bible clearly states the family was in a house. They shepherds were there shortly after the birth.

Posted by: House of Bread at December 24, 2024 10:44 PM (G5+As)

205 Doof-

How did the international study and service program go with one of your sons?

I was not prepared to help at that time, could do better now, but it takes 6-8 months.
Posted by: Miklos can help sometimes at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (xesY+)

It was a great experience for him. Was Sept 2022 through March 2023. He learned a lot, saw 4 different continents, got real world work experience, served needy communities, and made some strong friendships. And he learned to appreciate eating things besides chicken tenders and French fries!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:44 PM (BSDFI)

206 I saw the alleged location of the Nativity in the basement of the Church of the Nativity on the West Bank back in 2010. It was like a little fireplace.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:46 PM (hY4dx)

207 Just finished watching the John Ford "Christmas" Western 3 Godfathers w/ John Wayne. I knew it was from fairly early in Wayne's career, so I didn't expect it to be in color. Good stuff.

I'm hoping Miss Linda got me something nice from the Pipes & Cigars catalog I put directly into her hands back in November while listing the brands I wanted.

About to head off to bed, I guess, but I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a good night!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (omVj0)

208 We have a Charlie Brown tree (3 ft tall) because I don't want to deal with a big tree, but it's perfect.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM

You and me both.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (9JrK/)

209 201 They are behind the stable. You can’t see them because of the angle of the scene, and they are laying down.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:42 PM
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Must be it. Worn out from all the excitement.

Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:48 PM (9tvFd)

210 This one warms the cockles of me heart!

https://tinyurl.com/48ak425j

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:48 PM (wDJaI)

211 176 Merry Christmas MisHum. Hope Santa brings you a new fishing pole or whatever is on your list!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (+HzbQ)

Merry Christmas ALH
I got a new phone
Yuck

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)

212 I have a large winking Santa pitcher and 6 matching winking Santa mugs that my mother made in when I was a little girl. I bring it out every year and set it in a special place where it won't get broken. That was back in the day when ladies would go to a ceramic studio and pour slip into a mold and have it fired in a kiln.
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I so appreciate this comment and the tradition behind it.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (9tvFd)

213 Sorry I'm late. Gingerbread cookies weren't done.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (lUFok)

214 Merry Christmas ALH
I got a new phone
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)

What make and model ?

I'm in the market at the moment ...

Posted by: browndog reveling in a win at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (TTAGa)

215 208 We have a Charlie Brown tree (3 ft tall) because I don't want to deal with a big tree, but it's perfect.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM

You and me both.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Mine is 42" tall, but that includes the bird on top.

Posted by: Genuine Tuscan Plastic at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (G5+As)

216 And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)

I was watching a video on pre-Islamic Arabic religion, and holy cow, Muhammed plagiarized heavily from the Arabs. For example, they were worshipping the meteorite for centuries before he showed up. Of course he pulled the same stunt he did with the Jews and Christians: "Well, ackshully, you've been worshipping Allah the whole time but I can tell you how to do it correctly!" Too bad for him that he didn't get rid of *all* the stone carvings out of the desert that detailed their pre-Islamic religion. Whoops! Whoopsie!

Posted by: pookysgirl, not Arabic at all at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (dtlDP)

217 Trump released a new commercial today "A Christmas to Remember". It's about the time he flew into Afghanistan to see the troops.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (+HzbQ)

218 Merry Christmas browndog.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (LkLld)

219 Judas Priest soundchecking The Sentinel in Denmark in June, no vocal. It sounds great.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkY-SyC37Tg

Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (KAi1n)

220
About to head off to bed, I guess, but I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a good night!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (omVj0)

Merry Christmas! Give the kitties a hug.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:52 PM (p4NUW)

221 3ft tree here, as well. No room for the full-sized.

It has only some mini-lights on it, didn't want to tempt Cat or distract (mild dementia) hubby with ornaments.

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 10:52 PM (YoCnN)

222 We too have resorted to a Charlie Brown tree since returning to the east coast, given that we now travel for 1-3 weeks around Christmas. I do miss my big tree, but appreciate the time saved putting it up and taking it down

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (9tvFd)

223 I got a new phone
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)

iPhone 15 or 16? I got the 15 earlier this year.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (+HzbQ)

224 Happy Hour Playset. Is thst real?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (wZ2Bf)

225 Posted by: House of Bread at December 24, 2024 10:44 PM (G5+As)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 10:54 PM (Sf2cq)

226 I am off to bed, so Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah to all...so very grateful for all of God's blessings.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (9tvFd)

227 216 And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)

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OTOH, Arabs kept pretty much zero written records of their own.

The Greeks were the go-to historians in the region and they paid little attention to goings on in the Arab world.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)

228 Good night, y'all, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, and hugs all around.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:57 PM (JRHzL)

229 Trump vows to pursue executions. A Christmas Miracle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:59 PM (wZ2Bf)

230 OTOH, Arabs kept pretty much zero written records of their own.

The Greeks were the go-to historians in the region and they paid little attention to goings on in the Arab world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)

Nomads don't do literacy. Show me an exception.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:59 PM (8zz6B)

231 The Greeks were the go-to historians in the region and they paid little attention to goings on in the Arab world.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)

The Jews had some dealings with them, but the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians had more. What you learn in Sunday School barely touches on the constantly-shifting alliances and wars of the millennium before Christ.

Posted by: pookysgirl gets lost in her Study Bible sometimes at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (dtlDP)

232 Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland? Don't we already have an air base there? Reminds me of the old joke about buying the whole pig.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)

233 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)

234 233 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)

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SPOILER!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (hY4dx)

235 And he learned to appreciate eating things besides chicken tenders and French fries!
Posted by: Doof

This is in itself a kind of success.

I hear disco is still popular in certain countries.

Gotta learn from the best, and then SHARE

*Disco Doof Jr. All-American Disco Ambassador and general Cultural cool-guy*

Posted by: Foreign Exchange Student Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (xesY+)

236 232 Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland? Don't we already have an air base there? Reminds me of the old joke about buying the whole pig.
Posted by: ALH

Mineral rich, and to keep it out of the hands of the godless Chinese hordes. And to facilitate the relentless northward March of the Penguins.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (G5+As)

237 Hey Doof and Miklos! Santa should be here any minute now...
You guys better have been good little fellas....🧐

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (L83z3)

238 Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland? Don't we already have an air base there? Reminds me of the old joke about buying the whole pig.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)

Greenland is a huge island. Plenty of mineral resources, both metals and coal. Huge supply of fresh water! And petroleum/nat gas, as yet undiscovered, but likely to exist. And fishing rights offshore, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (8zz6B)

239 232: Thule AB

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (sAmhv)

240 First of all a great surprise to find myself in a Mis Hum ONT. Thank you MH and I hope tomorrow will be a great day for you and yours.
Secondly, a heartfelt Merry Christmas to all the Horde of Morons who brighten these comments by .... commenting of course, supplying new knowledge or just reading.
No White Christmas this year.
A special thanks from all the kitties to all those Morons who have been so generous all year. You have no idea how we have treasured your help, even those of us who lost balls.

Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (i0xsb)

241 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)

Damn! My illusions are shattered.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (8zz6B)

242 Merry Christmas!!!

177- I have the nativity that my dad brought back from WWII Germany. The thatch on the inn is gone, it looks a little rough (because I played with it as a toddler) and it is now sitting on the mantle of our fireplace, the center of attention, as it should be. We collected nativities in our travels, but that one is precious to me!

Posted by: Moki at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (wLjpr)

243 The Arab tribes were bribed as mercenaries by both sides in the long-running series of conflicts between Rome (and the later Byzantines) on one hand, and the Parthians and later Sassanian Persians on the other.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (hY4dx)

244 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The initial funding for Fisher-Price was a CIA project contracted to Noam Chomsky through a company owned by Chomsky's wife.

Posted by: Alex Miklos-Jones, who might be right at December 24, 2024 11:07 PM (xesY+)

245 I wonder what they're sneaking through ..... Breaking: President Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve

https://tinyurl.com/ntfcbbjm

Did he sign before or after ice cream?

Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unexpected at December 24, 2024 11:08 PM (i0xsb)

246 I actually spent a month in Greenland, working at a well site on the south shore of the Kuugsuak Peninsula, facing Disko Island, where there once was a coal mine. Awesome scenery there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:08 PM (8zz6B)

247
Merry Christmas! I leave you with this ...

Jessye's Carol (The American Boy Choir)

youtu.be/fOotEV7M6Xo?si=_uE1IL84PQbVomz_

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:09 PM (cWeHZ)

248 And the people of Greenland say, wait, wait, we want to vote on this and the Danes say, you can vote all you want but we've signed the deed over to Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:09 PM (HZsmh)

249 177- I have the nativity that my dad brought back from WWII Germany. The thatch on the inn is gone, it looks a little rough (because I played with it as a toddler) and it is now sitting on the mantle of our fireplace, the center of attention, as it should be. We collected nativities in our travels, but that one is precious to me!
Posted by: Moki

Why not find a rich stand of moss, use a spade to lift out a section, and glue it to the roof. It will dry brown and probably look great.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (G5+As)

250 Merry Christmas everyone.

Bif out.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (MsrgL)

251 15 And I will make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your offspring and her Descendant;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”

Tomorrow we celebrate the keeping and the Keeper of this promise.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (Sf2cq)

252 Hey Doof and Miklos! Santa should be here any minute now...
You guys better have been good little fellas....🧐
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I have been as good or bad as usual.

Bet both you and Doof have better, or at least more expensive whiskeys though.

Best and Merry to you!

Posted by: Miklos has been bribing Santa for years, capisce? at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (xesY+)

253 Merry Christmas, dear Horde!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2024 11:11 PM (OTdqV)

254 241 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)

Damn! My illusions are shattered.
Posted by: Alberta

Photoshop? Can't be I got it on the internet
Illusion shatters should be banned with a lump of coal

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 11:11 PM (QXQ4l)

255 Adult kids wanted to go through all the family Christmas traditions this evening. Was fun. Drove around and looked at Christmas lights, scanned the sky for Rudolph, did the NORAD Santa tracker, wrote a note and put cookies out for Santa. Then went to bed early.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:12 PM (41CYW)

256 old joke about buying the whole pig.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 11:12 PM (GZPuW)

257 244 Really? My first action figures were Fisher Price. Safari Family with a 4x4 truck and a tow behind pop up tent. Animals with cages.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (wZ2Bf)

258 39 Here in ETex we are having a Christmas Eve thunderstorm.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (KcwUg)

Make brownies and all will be fine

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (QXQ4l)

259 US Pardon Attorney for the Biden admin says they take “racial disparities” into consideration when recommending people for clemency and pardons and claims there are racial disparities baked into laws.

https://tinyurl.com/mtmzd3zx

Okay I deem that statement racyss.

So when are the Democrats going to quit with race since that's the only way to stop racism?

Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unjust at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (i0xsb)

260 Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:12 PM (41CYW)

We drove around looking at Christmas lights tonight, also. It's always fun. I am a cheap date.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (+HzbQ)

261
Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland?

He's applying pressure on Canada's left flank as the opening salvo in his campaign to reduce the filthy icebacks to a quivering mass of jello prior to annexing the whole shebang.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)

262 vmom deport deport deport

Thanks!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (GZPuW)

263 Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (wDJaI)

Merry Christmas "gumby" ! You are one of the good ones.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (89Sog)

264 Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland? Don't we already have an air base there? Reminds me of the old joke about buying the whole pig.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)

If the US owns it, we can keep anybody else from setting up a military outpost on it. IIRC, the heathen Chinese have some commercial foot holds in Greenland now.
When Trump last proposed this, the Europeans mocked him. Silly, Orange Man, don't you know the world is at peace? Recent events may have changed their minds.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (bSUYY)

265 If you have prime, you have free shipping. The dollar amount just means that it will get there quicker.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 11:15 PM (lhenN)

266 Has anyone told Trump that there are no penguins on Greenland?

It would be awful if he made a rash decision without knowing all the facts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:16 PM (hY4dx)

267 My treasured nativity set, is one my grandma made during The Depression.

Cardboard cones, with felt for clothing, scraps of rick-rack & metallic cord for embellishments.. The figures' 'heads' were simply scraps of old stockings, stuffed with bits of fabric. Very simple.

The 'manger' and walls/roof are made of scrap wood. Strips of felt for 'hay'

It's buried in boxes in our attic & I haven't been able to get up there to bring it out... so no pics.

This Christmas is sucking pretty hard, but I've got to remember: "It ain't about me, or mine."

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (YoCnN)

268 If the US owns it, we can keep anybody else from setting up a military outpost on it. IIRC, the heathen Chinese have some commercial foot holds in Greenland now.
When Trump last proposed this, the Europeans mocked him. Silly, Orange Man, don't you know the world is at peace? Recent events may have changed their minds.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (bSUYY)

Is Greenland for sale?

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)

269 216 And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s

So someone writing his 'history' thought having him marry a six year old girl and banging her at nine was a bold editorial choice to draw in new recruits? Wow.

I do remember ace's post where Lucas and Spielberg wanted to make Indy edgier by having an unconventional relationship with a 12 year old.

Writers....

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (jvJvP)

270 Wildlife sanctuary loses some big cats to bird flu

https://tinyurl.com/3kffjxsa

Posted by: Ciampino - is this real? at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (i0xsb)

271 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2024 11:18 PM (lCppi)

272 Democrats have leveraged their power by dividing everyone into groups, down to the granular level, and getting everybody at each other’s throats.

These are implicit assumptions, that (for example) “non college educated whites” will vote for so and so, but left handed lesbians who live on the odd side of the street will vote this way.

It’s an obsolete world view. Blacks vote Democrat. The End. Biden acknowledged this by saying “If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black!”

One of the most disgusting things, but again they operate on division

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 11:18 PM (AC6Bk)

273 The Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset is a photoshop.

My cousin Jamey and I took over the Barbie House when the girls were done and turned it into a fort.

After turning Barbie's Malibu House into the best possible American Wild West Fort Ever, then we flipped a coin as to Cowboys or Indians.

We both wanted to be the Indians, but fair is fair.

Posted by: Miklos plays fair most of the time at December 24, 2024 11:19 PM (xesY+)

274 I don't know about Greenland, but the assholes at the CBC had extensive coverage of Trump biying Canada.

They were pretty butthurt.

But screw that. Invade. There's a lot of parasites that need to be eliminated.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:20 PM (jvJvP)

275 Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)

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Are you making an offer?

Posted by: Denmark at December 24, 2024 11:20 PM (hY4dx)

276 Non starbellied sneeches. Credentialism.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (wZ2Bf)

277 Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)

Greenland is currently owned by that economic and military powerhouse, Denmark. I bet they could now be convinced.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (bSUYY)

278 The Butter Cookie business isn't what it used to be.

Posted by: Denmark at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (hY4dx)

279 We drove around looking at Christmas lights tonight, also. It's always fun. I am a cheap date.
Posted by: ALH
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Glad you had fun!. We found a street with 11 houses decorated with lighted candy canes. One of those music, light show houses. Saw several old school lights and decorations too, which is always enjoyable.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:22 PM (41CYW)

280 215 208 We have a Charlie Brown tree (3 ft tall) because I don't want to deal with a big tree, but it's perfect.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM

You and me both.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Mine is 42" tall, but that includes the bird on top.
Posted by: Genuine Tuscan Plastic

Prelit? The prelit ones are great. You take the garbage bags off, carry it up from the basement, plug it in, and you're good to go.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:23 PM (0Htd1)

281 Sad, but not entirely sad.

Found the old Christmas lights that might be older than I am.

No one left to do it but me this year.

Some sadness, but proud that I remembered and did it.

Posted by: Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (xesY+)

282 Good night. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (pZEOD)

283 268
Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM
***
If you buy the Panama Canal, you can throw in Greenland for 50% off the retail price. Seems like a no brainer deal to me.

Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (Do6ft)

284 Glad you had fun!. We found a street with 11 houses decorated with lighted candy canes. One of those music, light show houses. Saw several old school lights and decorations too, which is always enjoyable.
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:22 PM (41CYW)

My favorites are the old Southern mansions with the huge columns in front. Always so beautiful.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (+HzbQ)

285 We'll take Greenland, but you'll have to throw in Kaiser Wilhelm II too.

Posted by: The Art of the Deal at December 24, 2024 11:25 PM (hY4dx)

286 Crap, both cats wanted out.

I have 2 big beers left. I'm going to watch a horror movie.

I just found out Trumpy is the one that likes to go into the green bathroom and turn the faucet on....

They aren't mine but I love those cats.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (jvJvP)

287 Buying Greenland would be like making the Louisiana Purchase or buying Alaska. Truly epic.

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (+HzbQ)

288 Merry Christmas Horde

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (iB0e9)

289 Trump vows to pursue executions. A Christmas Miracle.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Good. That sick bastard who burned the woman in NYC needs to be fried.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (0Htd1)

290 This Christmas is sucking pretty hard, but I've got to remember: "It ain't about me, or mine."
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (YoCnN)

I posted this earlier on another thread. I spent the worst Christmas locked in an insane asylum with good reason, and there upon began a nightmare of psychotropic drugs and the attendant misery. But after a fashion and a lot of detox I realized that Jesus was still born unto me, and He had me in mind at the time. So, embrace the suck, but follow that star anyway.

Merry Christmas even when it ain’t all that Merry. And anyone struggling, know that you are on my rosary tonight and every night. God will bless, but it could take time. Hang in there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (xZ/E3)

291 Merry Christmas "gumby" ! You are one of the good ones.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it.

Yes, Gumby is, but Pokey is an asshole.

Posted by: Feet of Clay at December 24, 2024 11:27 PM (G5+As)

292 Buying Greenland would be like making the Louisiana Purchase or buying Alaska. Truly epic.
Posted by: ALH

Trumpic

Posted by: Miklos (ed) at December 24, 2024 11:27 PM (xesY+)

293 Me: Pie's up.
Dad: umph
Dad: * slice * *walk off
Me: how about mom...
Dad: umph
me: fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (IG4Id)

294 Good. That sick bastard who burned the woman in NYC needs to be fried.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (0Htd1)

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She'll do.

Posted by: District Attorney Trotter at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (hY4dx)

295 It's not as if Denmark hasn't sold off land before. The US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in the early 1900's.

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (izAv/)

296 Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)

Everything is for sale, if enough money is offered.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:29 PM (8zz6B)

297 Yes, Gumby is, but Pokey is an asshole.

When under arrest, I never had difficulty getting their hands behind their backs.

Posted by: 7 year old Deputy Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:30 PM (xesY+)

298 Everything is for sale, if enough money is offered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Everyone has their price, for the Million Dollar Man.

Posted by: Ted Dibiase at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (G5+As)

299 Everything is for sale, if enough money is offered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:29 PM (8zz6B)

True dat

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (+HzbQ)

300 295 It's not as if Denmark hasn't sold off land before. The US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in the early 1900's.
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (izAv/)

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And how many virgins did we actually get out of the deal?

ZERO!

Beware of guild merchants in wooden shoes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (hY4dx)

301 Yes, Gumby is, but Pokey is an asshole.
Posted by: Feet of Clay
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First tree while living on my own had two ornaments. Gumby and Pokey. One strand of multi colored lights and an empty beer bottle upside down as the tree topper. A bit of idiot and a lot of being broke.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (41CYW)

302 I wonder what they're sneaking through ..... Breaking: President Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve

https://tinyurl.com/ntfcbbjm

Did he sign before or after ice cream?
Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unexpected
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I wonder if the Legislature knows about these.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (/lPRQ)

303 It's not as if Denmark hasn't sold off land before. The US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in the early 1900's.
Posted by: Lirio100

In 1917, for fear that the Germans would use it as a U-Boat base.

Which is why they still drive on the left there.

Posted by: Lil' Miklos thought they was drivin' crazy at December 24, 2024 11:32 PM (xesY+)

304 Virgins not included.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:33 PM (wZ2Bf)

305
Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland?

No, just the Greenland canal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:33 PM (63Dwl)

306 Greenland costs Denmark millions and millions of dollars in upkeep. It's a massive drain on their budget.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)

307 Oregon principal resigns and student is arrested in sex abuse scandal

https://mol.im/a/14225083

Posted by: Ciampino - just sweep it under the rug at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (i0xsb)

308 In 1917, for fear that the Germans would use it as a U-Boat base.

Which is why they still drive on the left there.
Posted by: Lil' Miklos thought they was drivin' crazy at December 24, 2024 11:32 PM (xesY+)

What became of the French Caribbean colonies, and the Dutch ones, during WWII? Were they also occupied by the USA or other Allies to preclude German occupation?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (8zz6B)

309 302 I wonder what they're sneaking through ..... Breaking: President Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve

Nobody lets Mildred in the Memory Care Unit sign legal documents. Why allow our vegetable to do so?

Posted by: Non Compos Mentis at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (G5+As)

310 Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland?

He's applying pressure on Canada's left flank as the opening salvo in his campaign to reduce the filthy icebacks to a quivering mass of jello prior to annexing the whole shebang.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)

Wait. Do we even want Canada?

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

311 BCochran!

Hello, and Merry Christmas! So good to "see" you!! Do you ever hear from DC in Towson?

Merriest of Christmases to all you dear Morons. Sure hope 2035vis a better year.

God bless us all.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (Ezs10)

312 In case anyone here may be affected: Urgent recall of eyedrops over potentially deadly fungal contamination

https://mol.im/a/14224379

Posted by: Ciampino - becoming a common occurrence at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (i0xsb)

313 Miklos. Your honoring the old traditions brought a smile to me. I hope your Christmas is filled with joyful memories and some laughter.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (iB0e9)

314 Why didn't Denmark develop Greenland? There's got to be ski slopes and oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

315 306 Greenland costs Denmark millions and millions of dollars in upkeep. It's a massive drain on their budget.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)

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The Eskimo welfare alone must eat up half of Denmark's annual budget.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)

316 I went to Scotland some years ago, rented a car for a very casual itinerary. I still have nightmares about navigating roundabouts in what my brain insisted was the wrong way around.

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:37 PM (izAv/)

317 Wait. Do we even want Canada?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

Not until they fix their gddm highway we don’t.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:37 PM (xZ/E3)

318 Play ball!!!

Posted by: Aunt Bethany at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (mH6SG)

319 Greenland costs Denmark millions and millions of dollars in upkeep. It's a massive drain on their budget.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)

As mentioned above, Greenland has vast resource potential. It could be very wealthy if it did a better job of selling exploration rights. There is mineral exploration going on there, but there could be a lot more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (8zz6B)

320 Did they ever finish the PanAm highway.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (wZ2Bf)

321 The Eskimo welfare alone must eat up half of Denmark's annual budget.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)

Why should they be different? We already do all of that here. Probably not gonna be a big change.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (xZ/E3)

322 318 Play ball!!!
Posted by: Aunt Bethany at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (mH6SG)

I pledge allegiance to the United States of America!

Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (+HzbQ)

323 I get it so much more now that Mrs. Doof isn't around anymore, and I cherish the nativity set we got when we bought our first house in 1997. Yeah -- I'm NEVER getting rid of that set.
Posted by: Doof at December

Never get rid of it, that set is yours. Mrs B has been using the same set since our first house that we got right before we were married. I didn't really appreciate it at first. My focus was always the tree which became more and more elaborate over the years. Somebody had given us a new nativity set. Fancier, bigger, had lights, etc. She viewed it as a cursed object and it never left the box. I said why, and she pointed to the original and said this one is ours. One Christmas I looked at it more carefully than usual. I realized that the entire manger was wood, realistically constructed, from the rough hewn beams, the support columns and framing that looked like they were made from tree branches to simulate the construction made from cut down trees, the tiny rope binding, tiny nails, the roof, the hay, all to the finest detail. The figurines have amazing detail, painted perfectly, and their lifelike poses. She was right, this one can't be improved on. Its perfect.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (VwHCD)

324 They finally admit it after accusing Israel. I bet 3/4 is the real amount being lost.
More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say

https://mol.im/a/14224557

Posted by: Ciampino - let them starve at December 24, 2024 11:40 PM (i0xsb)

325 What became of the French Caribbean colonies, and the Dutch ones, during WWII? Were they also occupied by the USA or other Allies to preclude German occupation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

All Dutch areas rejected German authority, the Dutch Navy joined the Allies. The French Caribbean possessions saw who was who and where, and cooperated.

To this day, the refinery on Dutch Bonaire keeps Venezuela supplied with refined oil products.

Posted by: Miklos is surprised at things that are interesting at December 24, 2024 11:41 PM (xesY+)

326 As mentioned above, Greenland has vast resource potential. It could be very wealthy if it did a better job of selling exploration rights. There is mineral exploration going on there, but there could be a lot more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (8zz6B)

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We can sublet to the Chinese to get gangs of children to work the mines.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (hY4dx)

327 If all else fails, Trump could declare that Greenland is being used as a base by terrorists. We could conduct a huge military invasion and spend the next 20 years trying to set up a lasting democratic government amongst the Eskimos.
The possibilities for Congressional graft would be epic.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (bSUYY)

328 Berserker, Mrs. B is exactly right. And I'm so glad you had an epic party for those who needed it. It's been quite the tear for you, and you're ending it beautifully!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (Ezs10)

329 Greenland costs Denmark millions and millions of dollars in upkeep. It's a massive drain on their budget.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others
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Perhaps if they opened an Indian casino there, with real vikings as the first peoples / indians.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 11:43 PM (/lPRQ)

330 After turning Barbie's Malibu House into the best possible American Wild West Fort Ever, then we flipped a coin as to Cowboys or Indians.

We both wanted to be the Indians, but fair is fair.
Posted by: Miklos plays fair most of the time

Recycling at its best.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:43 PM (0Htd1)

331 The Eskimo welfare alone must eat up half of Denmark's annual budget.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)

Greenlanders are not Eskimos, and to call them that is a grave insult. They do not even look like Eskimos, and some are very tall. Result of interbreeding with the Vikings, I guess. The contrast between the Greenlanders and the Eskimos across the strait on Baffin Island, is like that between night and day. Greenland villages look like Northern Europe villages. Eskimo villages are dumps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:44 PM (8zz6B)

332 Why the fuck does Gaza rely on aid to survive? Either build your own economy or move somewhere that has one. This isn’t rocket surgery.

Oh, yeah, muzzie. Intelligence of a dung beetle. But all cultures are equal…

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (xZ/E3)

333 He's applying pressure on Canada's left flank as the opening salvo in his campaign to reduce the filthy icebacks to a quivering mass of jello prior to annexing the whole shebang.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)

Wait. Do we even want Canada?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

Been sayin for years... Annex Canada, and Mexico, and every Central American country down to our Canal.

THAT would be an easily controlled border.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (QAkQ3)

334 Greenlanders are not Eskimos, and to call them that is a grave insult.

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I believe the Vikings called them Skraelings. They didn't get along.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (hY4dx)

335 Recycling at its best.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Try to tell that to the kids these days.

While also inquiring where the sharpshooters should be.

Posted by: Miklos is unsurprised most days at December 24, 2024 11:47 PM (xesY+)

336 Merry close enough Christmas Horde!

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (4TAOz)

337 I believe the Vikings called them Skraelings. They didn't get along.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (hY4dx)

Those were American Indians. I don’t know what they called the ones on Greenland but towards the end apparently the called some of them Honeypie.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (xZ/E3)

338 Miklos. Your honoring the old traditions brought a smile to me. I hope your Christmas is filled with joyful memories and some laughter.
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Seconded.

Posted by: scampydog add that to my homework at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (41CYW)

339 I wonder if sharpshooter goes back to the Sharps rifle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM (wZ2Bf)

340 TY MH for this ONT, much appreciated.

Merry Christmas to you all.

I can finally say that sincerely, couldn't do that a couple of days ago. It's been a nightmare with both Jules and Dad. I'll just say things are better now.

Even when things seem overwhelming, there is always the future, things will change.

God bless this Moron Horde for being a source of support.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM (55Qr6)

341 Fröhliche Weihnachten! Werner now returns, along with Commander Star Sprinkles, to hiding from Krampus. He is clever and unrelenting, that one. Perhaps all shall be well by Boxing Day. If so, Wife Number Four shall join kitty and Werner in binge-watching "Only Murders in the Building." Maybe the Shogun reboot too, Werner has not decided.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (G6LTi)

342 Do the animals really speak on Christmas Eve? Heh.

Cat has been hanging out very close to hubby, since he came home from hospital. I mean, this cat is *not* a lovey-dovey cuddler, but he's been right there next to hubby for over a week...

Cats *know*. They don't give a damn, but they *know*.

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (YoCnN)

343 Those were American Indians. I don’t know what they called the ones on Greenland but towards the end apparently the called some of them Honeypie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (xZ/E3)

Back then the womenfolk may have been considered war booty (call), not necessarily wife material. Vikings and all.

Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (gKDq2)

344 Skraelings sounds like a brand of beer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (63Dwl)

345 Merry Christmas, y'all!
Out.

Posted by: GWB at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (WlvCt)

346 332 Why the fuck does Gaza rely on aid to survive? Either build your own economy or move somewhere that has one. This isn’t rocket surgery.
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Oh, but it is, it is. Rocket surgeons turn water and sewer pipe into rockets. They need all the supplements they can get.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:52 PM (HZsmh)

347 Skraelings sounds like a brand of beer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (63Dwl)[/i

Or some sci-fi species.

Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 11:53 PM (gKDq2)

348 Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM

Always here for ya. Prayers continue.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 11:53 PM (mH6SG)

349 I'm thinking with a small excavator, trommel, and sluice box, one could find a lot of gold in the creeks in Greenland. Probably a short season, though.

Posted by: Gold Fever at December 24, 2024 11:54 PM (G5+As)

350 Shit. Off sock.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 11:54 PM (gKDq2)

351 Sheeesh! Don't you morons need to get some shuteye???

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2024 11:56 PM (+Z09c)

352 Illulissat, Greenland:

https://tinyurl.com/ydncfmd3

Iqaluit, Baffin Island:

https://tinyurl.com/mumkneuk

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

353 Shuteye? It's only ~9pm!

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (YoCnN)

354 Sheeesh! Don't you morons need to get some shuteye???

Don't even know what that is anymore. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (mH6SG)

355 Skraelings would have been the Beothuk Indians in Newfoundland. Who are extinct.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:58 PM (8zz6B)

356 Merry Christmas

Please feel loved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 11:59 PM (gyhsN)

357 The couple hours after hubby goes to sleep, is my only waking relaxation.

Days are long, here. And stressful.

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:59 PM (YoCnN)

358 Do the animals really speak on Christmas Eve? Heh
Posted by: JQ

It depends - it's a traditional bit of folklore among some Orthodox Christians, but the key thing here is that you've got to turn to the Julian Calendar for the date of Christmas Eve. December 24 under the Gregorian Calendar would be way too early. Saki (Hector Hugh Monro) used that as an element in one of his best comedic vignettes. Werner has just heard a noise, so back into hiding miode,

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 12:00 AM (G6LTi)

359 Trump has a "Trump" card in these northern adventures. Pressure them to sell, if they refuse, designate Elon to divert the Gulf Stream south, wait them out. All of Northern Europe would be uninhabitable is not for the Gulf Stream. For example, 10% of Norway's population lives above the Arctic Circle. This could not happen if we remove the Gulf Stream.

Posted by: Popsicles, One And All at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (G5+As)

360 Werner has consumed may schnapps.

Or shall.

Fate, mein Wernershein, ist als vie Marleen dicht, ist so wie geht wie die Natyty Daddys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2m85l6ksbU

Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein, keine anomie hier at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (xesY+)

361 Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM

So true, Farmer. Glad things are better.

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (YoCnN)

362 Merry Christmas, dear Horde!
I am loving the nativity scenes stories so much.

My grandmother gave me her little 1930 ANRI Nativity when I had my own family. One of those with the two-dimensional figures glued in place.

I decided to reproduce it in a larger size for our creche, so I did the math, scouted the materials and built if at the family warehouse, all by myself.
Only when we set it up at home and stepped back to look at it, did I notice that, embiggened, it looked like the Alamo.
If you put a lot of little artificial trees around it, it helps.

Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (f+FmA)

363 Merry Christmas

Please feel loved.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Yourself as well

Posted by: Miklos was in Seattle once at December 25, 2024 12:02 AM (xesY+)

364 Did they ever finish the PanAm highway.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (wZ2Bf)

The Darrien Gap is the obstacle.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (ufFY8)

365 Hi, Nurse! Merry Christmas!

Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (yHP5w)

366 Why the fuck does Gaza rely on aid to survive? Either build your own economy or move somewhere that has one. This isn’t rocket surgery.
Oh, yeah, muzzie. Intelligence of a dung beetle. But all cultures are equal…
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:45

Thanks for the guffaw tcn. After one TV anchor mentioned "rocket fuel science" we've used that term for yrs.

You know that there is a direct correlation between cousin marriages and low IQ? I think Afghanistan and Iraq were in the top, well the bottom, lol.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (55Qr6)

367 Shuteye? It's only ~9pm!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (YoCnN)
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OK. West coast. You get a pass.

Off to work!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (+Z09c)

368 "I wonder if sharpshooter goes back to the Sharps rifle."

I believe it does.

A few years ago at the range, there was a guy who had an original Civil War Sharps. He said a great-great grand-something had actually used in the Civil War, with a Wisconsin unit. He let me shoot it.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (1m82a)

369 On earth peace to men of good will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2024 12:04 AM (xZ/E3)

370 Skraelings sounds like a brand of beer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Or characters in a movie nobody would watch

Posted by: Miklos from Disney at December 25, 2024 12:05 AM (xesY+)

371 Werner has consumed may schnapps.

Good. How many more until he passes out?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 12:05 AM (mH6SG)

372 Berserker, Mrs. B is exactly right. And I'm so glad you had an epic party for those who needed it. It's been quite the tear for you, and you're ending it beautifully!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (Ezs10)

Thanks! Yeah, its been a hell of a year. Like I have said before though, I had virtually no recovery. I was back to my asshole self in a matter of weeks with what feels like a 20 year old body. The main thing is I got to see this year. Things went bad fast, I don't think I had weeks left. I never had any real serious symptoms until the week I realized something wasn't right. cardiologists were backed up 2 months, but this one guy realized I was in deep shit and got me in fast and scheduled some tests quick. Had I waited for the other asshats I probably wouldn't be here. My first appt with the cardiologist I wanted was feb 7, and I was already in the hospital and had surgery on the 8th. I actually called him from the hospital to cancel the appt. They asked if i wanted to reschedule, and I said uhhh no, I'm getting surgery tomorrow, so suck a dick and thanks for nothing. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:06 AM (VwHCD)

373 Our parish Church had a display of (parishioner- loaned) nativity sets on the first weekend of Advent. Pretty cool,

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 12:08 AM (Wx316)

374 Merry Christmas to The Horde!

Great thread, MisHum!

Posted by: KT at December 25, 2024 12:08 AM (xekrU)

375 You know that there is a direct correlation between cousin marriages and low IQ? I think Afghanistan and Iraq were in the top, well the bottom, lol.
Posted by: Farmer
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Right. Now consider, after 70 or so generations of cousin marriage...

It's really a wonder that certain portions of the world population are even *alive*

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (YoCnN)

376 . Your honoring the old traditions brought a smile to me. I hope your Christmas is filled with joyful memories and some laughter.
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Seconded.
Posted by: scampydog

Thank you

Laughter is constant, because absurdity is amusing.

Posted by: Unworried Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (xesY+)

377 Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (YoCnN)

You're on my prayers. My mama's dementia has increased mightily the last few months, and I'm about to lose my own mind.I cannot imagine navigating this with no help, or a way to get away for a few days.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (Ezs10)

378 Re French West Indies during the Big One, as Miklos noted they basically played ball with the Allies, given the military and geographic realities.

The initial proposal from the UK to Vichy was to move the French fleet to Martinique/etc, there to remain under Allied custody. This offer having been declined, they did it The Hard Way, Royal Navy attacked the fleet, and they lost over 1,000 men in the attack at Mers al-Kebir.

In Aruba there's a sunken German ship, the Antilles, that I think was scuttled in May 1940, presumably because the Dutch would seize it anyway. Snorkled on it once.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:10 AM (1m82a)

379 Fate, mein Wernershein, ist als vie Marleen dicht, ist so wie geht wie die Natyty Daddys
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Let's see... Fate, Natty light, and Dietrich. Sounds good.

Posted by: scampydog add that to my homework at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (41CYW)

380 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:06 AM (VwHCD)

You're a whole miracle by yourself! I'm so glad you're a.ing us!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (Ezs10)

381 https://skitguys.com/videos/missing-jesus

Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (Sf2cq)

382 "On earth peace to men of good will.
Posted by: tcn in AK"

https://youtu.be/aKEUlJRQVbA?si=c6vyKciSZg4cucz6

Posted by: eleven at December 25, 2024 12:12 AM (iziT8)

383 Among us, jeez....

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:12 AM (Ezs10)

384 SonM was working tonight, so we just had a nice dinner at our house, cooked up by Daughter & Son-in-Law. They brought their two dogs, so Daisy had Christmas company.

We had a plain little tree, already losing its needles, but it's amazing how some lights and a couple of ornaments can make a difference.
______
Santa, Dear Friends
A short mindful webwork from Christmas Eve 1988,
for those who may have come to doubt the old elf
http://bit.ly/uPbosF

Posted by: mindful webworker - ho haugh hoot at December 25, 2024 12:13 AM (09AS9)

385 Emmie! Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:13 AM (Ezs10)

386
Oh I'm so glad Werner showed up to join us for Christmas Eve!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 12:14 AM (azvCj)

387 Tourtiere turned out well, as did the persimmon-pomegranate salad, now the Sees is out, red wine continues as it goes well with Sees, the boss put on a good web Christmas music channel (mostly jazz).

Finishing the train set-up will happen in the morning. Would take 10 minutes except screwing the tiny screws in to hold the track at key locations is absurdly difficult. Need to look into different screws and probably a power screwdriver. I mount the track on OSB board, maybe it's drying out? Seems like it's getting more difficult.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:14 AM (1m82a)

388 Mindful, you are such a wonderful soul...

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:15 AM (Ezs10)

389 Very nice, mindful.

Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:16 AM (41CYW)

390 MisHum, I'm really glad you posted tonight. Thank you!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:17 AM (Ezs10)

391 Merry Christmas, Tammy!

Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:17 AM (Sf2cq)

392 Rhomboid, I miss Sees. Found a good place in Kansas City called Laura Littles, but I do miss Sees!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:19 AM (Ezs10)

393 I used to have a nice rack of deer antlers hanging above the fireplace. I would hang a half dozen tree ornaments on it and call it good for decorating.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 12:19 AM (bSUYY)

394 Let's see... Fate, Natty light, and Dietrich. Sounds good.
Posted by: scampydog

Actually, Marleen is working until 6 (Waffle House pays overtime for everybody on Holidays).

But Charleen is giving that look (she wants champagne), and hell I can make it sparkle.

Posted by: Busy Man Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:21 AM (xesY+)

395 A wee bit of ... not horrible news, if only in comparison to the horrible news of the illness, itself.

Spent yesterday at the DeBakey VA Hospital in Houston. They have a dedicated ALS/Gehrig's wing, right on the 1st floor. Was seen there by a parade of no less than seven specialists & disciplines, with two lacking, as they were already out for Christmas.

There are small possibilities to slow the advance of things. I'll take this as good news.

And the Nutritionist included copious amounts of real Ice Cream in my diet. I need calories, and fat, and I need 'em fast.

The "perfect food" for me right now, would be the entire skin from a perfectly roasted chicken. Protein, fat, and FLAVOR.

And Bourbon, to improve the morale.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22 AM (Xo+UM)

396 Merry Christmas, everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 12:24 AM (CHHv1)

397 Tammy you can order online right? And here lately someone said they've expanded again, but I don't know where (OR was mentioned). There's lots of good chocolate outfits around now, but Sees holds the Christmas season place by order of the (my) universe. Big box was in the house weeks earlier but only opened on Christmas Eve (and oldest brother actually knew what the different kinds looked like and was able to pick his favorites).

Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:24 AM (1m82a)

398 Back from Christmas Eve Mass.

Merry Christmas, MisHum!

Merry Christmas, Horde!

Some a-cappella Christmas music, but the opposite of Pentatonix's vibe:

https://youtu.be/BUkY1tPgq94

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 12:26 AM (DgGvY)

399 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December

Eat everything and drink all the booze and LIVE LIFE NOW.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:30 AM (kUm8P)

400 Merry Christmas, Jim SND!

Hope Santa brings ya that entire, perfectly roasted chicken skin and a biiiiig bowl of ice cream!

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:31 AM (YoCnN)

401 Just back from 11:00 candlelight communion.

A very Merry Christmas to you all!
Especially to Christmas Cob, MisHum.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:32 AM (XeU6L)

402 Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Posted by: javems at December 25, 2024 12:33 AM (8I4hW)

403 Hey y'all, I'm back. Did anyone notice I left?

Anyway - Merry Christmas to each and every Hordeling, near and far!

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 12:34 AM (BSDFI)

404 Merry Christmas, javems.

Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:34 AM (41CYW)

405 Jim SND, fill up on that bourbon, ice cream, and chicken. Maybe a brisket with a nice fat cap too. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:36 AM (41CYW)

406 And Bourbon, to improve the morale.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim

The Bourbon will continue until morale improves!

*eyes bottle*

Posted by: Miklos from Corporate Regional KPI Department at December 25, 2024 12:36 AM (xesY+)

407 You're on my prayers. My mama's dementia has increased mightily the last few months, and I'm about to lose my own mind. I cannot imagine navigating this with no help, or a way to get away for a few days.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Thanks, Tammy! Prayers up for you & mama as well.
Hubby wasn't this bad, before his fall a couple of weeks ago. It's related to his liver disease, and maybe will subside. How much? ??? When? ??? Or... maybe not at all.

Just got to ride it out & embrace the suck for now.
Changing diapers is the worst.

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:37 AM (YoCnN)

408 Past midnight here on the east coast.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:38 AM (sAmhv)

409 Jim, I know you know about diets so no advice just prayers and sending thoughts of good food your way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 12:39 AM (6ZHNK)

410 Merry Christmas, Puddleglum!

youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:39 AM (YoCnN)

411 Merry Christmas Horde!!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 12:40 AM (Sgq8y)

412 youtu.be/p9Z-4H39BCM

The Franz Family

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:41 AM (sAmhv)

413 Every Christmas Eve I have been on the search for the best rendition of "Oh Holy Night".

Can't decide.

But Kings Return , an acapella group, might be number one. These guys FEEL it.
Pavarotti and Domingo seem too forced..
Groban is ok..
the divas Houston Celine Carey...clearly in it for the $$.

Ave María sung in the stairwell by Kings Return is simply astounding in its gracefulness.

Oh, and I inherited my mother's Hummel crèche.
Cannot be a sweeter depiction of the holiest night ever. It is amongst my most prized possessions.

Thx MisHum. For being with this motley crew tonight. Just love this place. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:41 AM (w93IV)

414 My mama's dementia has increased mightily the last few months, and I'm about to lose my own mind. I cannot imagine navigating this with no help, or a way to get away for a few days.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor

Best friends are best.

Publius and Miley know about these things, and gave me the away for a day or two option.

I praise and thank them, and hope you know some such Good People.

It really helps.

Posted by: Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:42 AM (xesY+)

415 *eyes bottle*
Posted by: Miklos
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Stooges eye poke.

Posted by: Moe at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (41CYW)

416 I did happen to shock one of the psych types in the diagnostic parade. Neuropsychologist, M.D. Not kidding about the title.

She goes into the counseling about depression, end of life choices, booze, guns in the home, and etc. She used the phrase "a tragic death". I countered with "but how 'bout a hugely comedic death?" With barely suppressed glee at the torment I was about to offer up.

The LOOK on her face.

When I told her that no one need worry, until I order the Wylie E. Coyote Signature Catalogue from ACME industries.

'Cause if I'm gonna "go", it'll be on ACME Rocket Skates, holding a flimsy umbrella to protect me from the 10 ton rock coming in from above.

To quote the old dictator Stalin meme.
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (Xo+UM)

417 Oh, and run out to the barn if you've got some critters. They're supposed to be talking up a storm right now!!

Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (w93IV)

418 And you hear me exclaim,
As I fly out of sight,
Merry Christmas to all
and to y'all a G'nite.

https://youtu.be/qJkiYNeDsw4

Posted by: mindful webworker - 50% chance of rain, dear at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (09AS9)

419 Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:41 AM (w93IV)

The Cambridge Singers have a beautiful rendition.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (Ezs10)

420 Some a-cappella Christmas music, but the opposite of Pentatonix's vibe:

https://youtu.be/BUkY1tPgq94
Posted by: mikeski
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Okayyyy... 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuOIYCERc4

Baylor

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (XeU6L)

421 I wants to wish Presdent Obama a Happy Holidays.

We love you and miss you......

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (7uGna)

422 The Franz Family
Posted by: Puddleglum

Nice, but I was expecting more Lawrence Welk

Posted by: Miklos anna Sissy anna Bobby at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (xesY+)

423 A Muppet Christmas Carol. I read a compelling argument that this version of A Christmas Carol is the best one. It's my favorite anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)

424 Jim.

You are a man amongst men.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (aiBxL)

425 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,

Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 12:47 AM (XeU6L)

426 Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (Xo+UM)

You made ne literallyOL!! 😂😂😂

Don't forget bacon, glorious bacon! Wright thick cut is the actual Bomb Diggity. And all your B vitamins, and probably plenty of taurine.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:47 AM (Ezs10)

427 MARY, SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE BELEIVER!!!!!

421 I wants to wish Presdent Obama a Happy Holidays.

We love you and miss you......
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt

Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 25, 2024 12:48 AM (cBi2+)

428
[thumbs through his Tallis singers collection]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:49 AM (XeU6L)

429 'Cause if I'm gonna "go", it'll be on ACME Rocket Skates, holding a flimsy umbrella to protect me from the 10 ton rock coming in from above.
........................
Nah, go for the cliff.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:50 AM (sAmhv)

430 When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.

Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 12:50 AM (XeU6L)

431 Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all Morons on this here smart military blog.
Blessings for all and may we remember in our prayers those less fortunate and those who are ill and hurting.

Posted by: RetsgtRN at December 25, 2024 12:51 AM (VfgCo)

432 Jim Sunk New Dawn Tx.,

I wanna go with your plan when I go.

These docs by and large are humorless scolds with little imagination or soul.

They need a good shock to their psyche.
Good on ya.

Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (w93IV)

433 411 Merry Christmas Horde!!!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 12:40 AM (Sgq8y)

Merry Christmas, DDS!

Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (Sf2cq)

434 MARY IS SO RIGHT!!!!

And Mary, President and Mr. Obama want you to be their next Executive Chef on Martha's Vineyard!

So Exciting!

Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (xesY+)

435
Are there no prisons?
Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: Earlier this evening at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (dg+HA)

436 A Muppet Christmas Carol. I read a compelling argument that this version of A Christmas Carol is the best one. It's my favorite anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)

I have to admit, Bill Murray's 'Scrooged' is not bad, either.

And George C. Scott made a good Scrooge, too.

Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (gKDq2)

437
Neuropsychologist, M.D. Not kidding about the title.

She goes into the counseling about depression, end of life choices, booze, guns in the home, and etc. She used the phrase "a tragic death".

Sounds like she makes things worse, not better.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (azvCj)

438 A Muppet Christmas Carol. I read a compelling argument that this version of A Christmas Carol is the best one. It's my favorite anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)

The Rich Little, Christmas Carol, where he plays all the parts imitating celebrities is a fun one too for those that are older than 29.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (3Ev2O)

439 Posted by: Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:42 AM (xesY+)

They are amazing friends, and no one deserves them more than you.

There is no one nearby, but I do have a cousin in California who seems to sense when I'm on the edge, and flies out to help. Thor helps tremendously, but he can only do so much, as she's very modest.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (Ezs10)

440 youtu.be/ISqjyIdmZQs&t=25

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:54 AM (YoCnN)

441 Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (Ezs10)

Ooooh! Another one! My OCD has kicked in. I'm on rendition 14!

Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (w93IV)

442 And Bourbon, to improve the morale.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22 AM (Xo+UM)

way ahead of you. I'm on glass 3, and I usually never do more than one. This time last year to the day my blood pressure was 205 over 120. Now its 120 over 70. I earned glass 3.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (VwHCD)

443 Werner has consumed may schnapps.

Or shall.

Fate, mein Wernershein, ist als vie Marleen dicht, ist so wie geht wie die Natyty Daddys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2m85l6ksbU
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein, keine anomie hier

Truer words have never been expressed. Vielen Dank, friend Miklos, and may all go well with you. Oh, and Notorious BFD, you cannot outdrink a Kraut. The French, Canadians, and Italians come close, but the last man standing is always a man named Klaus, Werner, Lukas, Karl, or Dieter. And a word of advice - the one thing that a truly Notorious BFD never needs to do is to insist on that in the arena of public communication. if you have to tell everyone that you're the Notorious BFD, then that's exactly what you aren't.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (G6LTi)

444 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:49 AM (XeU6L

I knew I loved you for a reason! Spen in alium is one of ny all time favorites!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (Ezs10)

445 My Christmas wish is that God protects the USA until Inauguration Day when Trump becomes the 47th POTUS..

We are rudderless right now and any National Emergency Could be dramatic with unthinkable consequences.......

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 12:56 AM (FDlb9)

446 Stooges eye poke.
Posted by: Moe

Whoop whoop woop

Laddy dee laddy da

Posted by: Miklos has Man Card because likes Stooges at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (xesY+)

447 403 Hey y'all, I'm back. Did anyone notice I left?
--------
You missed the Christmas pickleball tournament.

Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (41CYW)

448 She goes into the counseling about depression, end of life choices, booze, guns in the home, and etc. She used the phrase "a tragic death". I countered with "but how 'bout a hugely comedic death?" With barely suppressed glee at the torment I was about to offer up.

The LOOK on her face.

When I told her that no one need worry, until I order the Wylie E. Coyote Signature Catalogue from ACME industries.

'Cause if I'm gonna "go", it'll be on ACME Rocket Skates, holding a flimsy umbrella to protect me from the 10 ton rock coming in from above.

To quote the old dictator Stalin meme.
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (Xo+UM)

Woah, woah, what the fuck did I miss??

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (VwHCD)

449 ...*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22

Good to hear Jim. You know there are many here rooting for you, praying for you. You know you are not allowed to leave us until I get to meet Jim Sunk New Dawn in person. Even then you must stick around a while.

I do think prayer has helped Jules. She was given a 50/50 chance on Nov 8. Today we argued on the phone, she's mostly back and wants some things her way, lol.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (55Qr6)

450 Jim, SND: the Tourtiere that Rhomboid spoke of would be ideal for your dietary needs. Fat, flaky pastry, carbs, and meat and fat. Also, yummy!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (8zz6B)

451 These docs by and large are humorless scolds with little imagination or soul.
----------

Add in plenty of "blame the patient whenever they can" because somehow, it allows them to slough the hard work of determining any other possible cause...

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (YoCnN)

452 earned glass 3.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (VwHCD)

Yes, yes you did!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (Ezs10)

453 she's mostly back and wants some things her way, lol.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (55Qr6)

My Christmas has just gotten merrier. Thank you for sharing this!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:00 AM (Ezs10)

454 I'm on glass 3, and I usually never do more than one. This time last year to the day my blood pressure was 205 over 120. Now its 120 over 70. I earned glass 3.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yep

I always do a few shots before I get my blood pressure taken.

And my liver?

Hard as a rock

Posted by: Miklos recalls Marine Corps jokes at December 25, 2024 01:00 AM (xesY+)

455 Man they are treating tonight like New Years Eve. The grand finale is going off now. I don’t like this tradition. Christmas Eve should be Silent Night.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (D6PGr)

456 Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (Idisy)

457 Every Christmas Eve I have been on the search for the best rendition of "Oh Holy Night".
Posted by: Derak

Not the best, but different:

https://youtu.be/4AbjhyBav0s

Apocalyptica. A 4-man metal band, but they all play the cello.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (DgGvY)

458 Bers, after the ride you just rode, you EARNED the High Octane Exhilaration!

I did befuddle the "experts" yesterday, too. 122/80 BP.

PERFECT blood numbers, across the board.

I'm not giving 'em anything to bitch me out for! LOL

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (Xo+UM)

459 Spen in alium is one of ny all time favorites!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Well, I am flattered, but Allegri Miserere is my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWZIPri38Q

Merry Christmas to Arkansas!

You've missed a couple of interesting months in the Appalachians. Still going on.

Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 01:03 AM (XeU6L)

460 you cannot outdrink a Kraut. The French, Canadians, and Italians come close, but the last man standing is always a man named Klaus, Werner, Lukas, Karl, or Dieter.

Come on down to the missile silo, comrade. We'll strain a couple of gallons of rocket fuel through a loaf of bread and have a real party. There's reason we won the great Patriotic War.

Posted by: The Russians at December 25, 2024 01:05 AM (bSUYY)

461 ...Woah, woah, what the fuck did I miss??
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (VwHCD)

ALS. Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Makes me want to dig THAT S.O.B. up and shoot 'im daid for loosing such a thing on the unknowing masses!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (Xo+UM)

462 Merry Christmas

That KJV is off. Linus had it right in "A charlie Brown Christmas. "Peace to men of goodwill."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (ZmEVT)

463 These docs by and large are humorless scolds with little imagination or soul.
----------

Add in plenty of "blame the patient whenever they can" because somehow, it allows them to slough the hard work of determining any other possible cause...

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (YoCnN)

When my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer she was moved from one hospital to another that specializes in cancer treatment. This fucking doctor who came into the room she was waiting in started giving me an attitude. He goes on a rant and asks why am I here, I don't know this woman, who is her doctor, she has stage 4 cancer, she's terminal, what do you want me to do, etc etc. My mom, who didn't know how bad she was, looked up at me and said "end of the line huh". This fucking doctor then lets out a small chuckle, covers his mouth and says I guess I said more than I should have". I thought in the back of my mind, "you sure did, because if colander face mask world arrives you're going to have a date with a roof and a tall building and motherfucking galileo is going to be proud".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:08 AM (VwHCD)

464
Yeah, and that Hodgkin's joker needs to be slapped around, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (azvCj)

465 To quote the old dictator Stalin meme.
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43

Now I recall why I appreciate you so much, you sick f*cker.
My goal now that Dad is in hospice is to make him laugh at least once during our conversation. The other night it was a 3fer.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (55Qr6)

466 PERFECT blood numbers, across the board.

I'm not giving 'em anything to bitch me out for! LOL

Jim

So

You are the father

Posted by: Miklos, Esq. for Jane Does Conchita, Miguelita, y Mesquita et alia at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (xesY+)

467 Well, in a shocking display of lack of willpower, I opened my Christmas present to me, a bottle of 12 year old Flor de Cana rum. They probably ran this batch through the still when I was there.

Cheers!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:11 AM (8zz6B)

468 Are there no prisons?
Are there no workhouses?
Posted by: Earlier this evening
-----------------

“You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell me why?”

“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”

Scrooge trembled more and more.

“Or would you know,” pursued the Ghost, “the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!”

Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:11 AM (XeU6L)

469 mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (DgGvY)

That's a really sweet arrangement. The cellos are muscular.

I think I really prefer the male voice for oh holy night because it is so forceful and convincing.

Oh my. I must go dream of sugarplums now.

Best to all of you ,especially those facing the most trying of times. You'll see the face of God. He will cradle you in His hands.
No fear, no despair, no anxiety. Peace.

Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 01:13 AM (w93IV)

470 Come on down to the missile silo, comrade. We'll strain a couple of gallons of rocket fuel through a loaf of bread and have a real party. There's reason we won the great Patriotic War.
Posted by: The Russians

Werner gives major props to Russian imbibing skills. But there is a difference - you drink on a professional level. We Krauts treat it as an athletic competition.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 01:13 AM (G6LTi)

471 My goal now that Dad is in hospice is to make him laugh at least once during our conversation. The other night it was a 3fer.
Posted by: Farmer

When Old Papa was in his last days in hospice, morphine and all, The best I could do was to get him to come around a bit, drink coffee and cuss.

Which was easier, because there was a Duke basketball game on.

Posted by: Miklos so recalls at December 25, 2024 01:15 AM (xesY+)

472 >>A Muppet Christmas Carol. I read a compelling argument that this version of A Christmas Carol is the best one. It's my favorite anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)

>>I have to admit, Bill Murray's 'Scrooged' is not bad, either.

I think those are 2 of the best 'Modern' renditions. Both essential christmas viewing, imo.

Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2024 01:16 AM (j6KoD)

473 ...You are the father. Posted by: Miklos, Esq. for Jane Does Conchita, Miguelita, y Mesquita et alia at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (xesY+)

A single man, living seven years aboard a sloop in the Houston/Galveston area; I seldom lacked for company from this or that comely lass of negotiable morals.

I guess telling 'em all my name was Berserker threw 'em off my trail?

Ooops.... Sorry, Bro!

*runs serpentine*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:17 AM (Xo+UM)

474 My Christmas wish is that God protects the USA until Inauguration Day when Trump becomes the 47th POTUS..

We are rudderless right now and any National Emergency Could be dramatic with unthinkable consequences.......
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 12:56 AM (FDlb9)

Saw a meme: Alien speaks to human girl, 'Take me to your leader'. Girl replies, 'Can you come back in about a month?'

But, yeah, I fear something bad is going to happen before the inauguration.

Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (gKDq2)

475
I just watched the Family Ties Christmas episode from 1983. It was "A Christmas Carol" themed. Kinda funny.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (azvCj)

476
It's on Youtube, btw.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (azvCj)

477 Muppet Christmas Carol was hubs favorite, although he had the mind of a five year old at the time.

Nice to see old friends here tonight, for all of you who have lost someone or are caring for someone or are suffering your own private hell, keep on fighting the good fight and know that as a member of the Horde you are surrounded by love and caring.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 01:20 AM (Sgq8y)

478 ALS. Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Makes me want to dig THAT S.O.B. up and shoot 'im daid for loosing such a thing on the unknowing masses!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (Xo+UM)

I'll go with you, crack the lid on the casket, and you can roll in a grenade. Then we'll drink and watch the fireworks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:20 AM (VwHCD)

479 I guess telling 'em all my name was Berserker threw 'em off my trail?

Pete Buttgig

Posted by: retroactive legal advice form Miklos at December 25, 2024 01:21 AM (xesY+)

480 ALS existed before Lou Gehrig became afflicted by it. Was it known as ALS then, or simply not understood as a specific disease?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:22 AM (8zz6B)

481 My Christmas has just gotten merrier. Thank you for sharing this!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:00

Glad to help Tammy.

They described Jules as feisty. I said, yeah, we started "dating" 48 yrs ago to the day when she went in the hospital, I think I know that.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:23 AM (55Qr6)

482 They described Jules as feisty. I said, yeah, we started "dating" 48 yrs ago to the day when she went in the hospital, I think I know that.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:23 AM (55Qr6)

Farmer, I am pleased to hear that Jules is making progress, and sad to hear that your father is now in hospice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (8zz6B)

483 ...ALS existed before Lou Gehrig became afflicted by it. Was it known as ALS then, or simply not understood as a specific disease? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:22 AM (8zz6B)

SHUT UP, WESLEY! he explained.

/s

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (Xo+UM)

484 I'll go with you, crack the lid on the casket, and you can roll in a grenade. Then we'll drink and watch the fireworks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

H. L. Mencken, a quote from whom graces every Ace Post, used to piss on the grave of Edgar Allen Poe.

Mencken had himself cremated to avoid the same possibility.

Posted by: Miklos, who once lived in Mencken's house at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (xesY+)

485 480 ALS existed before Lou Gehrig became afflicted by it. Was it known as ALS then, or simply not understood as a specific disease?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
.........................
Probably the second part. Lou got named for it. First diagnosis I guess.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 01:26 AM (sAmhv)

486 ALS existed before Lou Gehrig became afflicted by it. Was it known as ALS then, or simply not understood as a specific disease?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:22 AM (8zz6B)

Probably because Gehrig was a big celebrity and it's easier to remember 'Lou Gehrig's Disease' than ALS, 'Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis'.

Like Lyme Disease instead of Deer Tick Fever.

Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:28 AM (gKDq2)

487 Stopped by the Dollar Store yesterday and got a couple of packages of Coconut Macaroons. Cost me a buck and a half per package. Pretty sure they're baked in China and the coconut is actually sawdust soaked in an artificial chemical flavoring, but I'm washing them down with Crackhead Slammers, so what the Hell.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:30 AM (bSUYY)

488 G'night, all. Merry Christmas to you!

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 01:32 AM (YoCnN)

489
A single man, living seven years aboard a sloop in the Houston/Galveston area; I seldom lacked for company from this or that comely lass of negotiable morals.

I guess telling 'em all my name was Berserker threw 'em off my trail?

Ooops.... Sorry, Bro!

*runs serpentine*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:17 AM (Xo+UM)

Yeah that could have worked a few different ways. You could have scored some nice poon, or they might have decided to viking funeral your ass and made you the charred sunk new dawn. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:33 AM (VwHCD)

490 Ahh. Just poured myself a rum-laced eggnog.

Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:33 AM (XeU6L)

491 Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 01:03 AM (XeU6L

Was supposed to be there from mid September til November. Had a strong urge to come home. Glad I listened!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:34 AM (Ezs10)

492 ALS existed before Lou Gehrig became afflicted by it. Was it known as ALS then, or simply not understood as a specific disease?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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ALS was named in the late 1800s by a French doctor. Fuzzy on the details, researched it decades ago. It was known before Gehrig.

Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)

493 Stopped by the Dollar Store yesterday and got a couple of packages of Coconut Macaroons. Cost me a buck and a half per package. Pretty sure they're baked in China and the coconut is actually sawdust soaked in an artificial chemical flavoring, but I'm washing them down with Crackhead Slammers, so what the Hell.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:30 AM (bSUYY)

Made in hut 43 by a dude sitting on the jungle floor with a diaper on his head and holding them with his feet to package them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (VwHCD)

494 Saw a meme: Alien speaks to human girl, 'Take me to your leader'. Girl replies, 'Can you come back in about a month?'
Posted by: RickZ

Powerline's latest "week in pictures" has a political cartoon like that.

Except it's on the steps of the White House, the "girl" is Jill Biden, and she answers "He lives at Mar-A-Lago."

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:36 AM (DgGvY)

495 Michael Caine proving why he didn't do musicals. Well, other than Muppet Christmas Carol.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 01:36 AM (sAmhv)

496 When Old Papa was in his last days in hospice, morphine and all, The best I could do was to get him to come around a bit, drink coffee and cuss.
Which was easier, because there was a Duke basketball game on.
Posted by: Miklos so recalls at December 25, 2024 01:15

Sweet, whatever works to keep them engaged. They just started Dad on morphine yesterday. I wish I could be there but with Jules' situation I can't.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:38 AM (55Qr6)

497 Probably because Gehrig was a big celebrity and it's easier to remember 'Lou Gehrig's Disease' than ALS, 'Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis'.

Like Lyme Disease instead of Deer Tick Fever.
Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:28 AM (gKDq2)

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Puts me in mind of a bit from an episode of Bob's Burgers. A scammy baseball camp instructor is telling the kids of a ball-player, whose name he can't remember, who had Lou Gehrig's Disease. Makes me chuckle every time.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 25, 2024 01:38 AM (OGOaV)

498 ALS was named in the late 1800s by a French doctor. Fuzzy on the details, researched it decades ago. It was known before Gehrig.
Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)

Yeah, on searching, I learned the same thing. Gehrig may have been the first well-known American to die of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:39 AM (8zz6B)

499 Made in hut 43 by a dude sitting on the jungle floor with a diaper on his head and holding them with his feet to package them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (VwHCD)

I'm just happy he has feet. I hear Hut 39 is where they keep the lepers.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:39 AM (bSUYY)

500 I'm waiting for one of you perverts to make a "Hut 69" joke.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:42 AM (bSUYY)

501 Was supposed to be there from mid September til November. Had a strong urge to come home. Glad I listened!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Still quite a mess here. Thousands are spending Christmas in very sad circumstances.

But through it all, the natives have displayed incredible spirit. This has been mentioned to me by out-of-town work crews to whom I have spoken. Typically, 'I've never seen a community come together and pitch in like this.'

Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:46 AM (XeU6L)

502 Oops /Charles

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:47 AM (XeU6L)

503 G'night, Horde. Each year on Christmas Eve we go around the table and say what we are thankful for. I mentioned one year that I was thankful that Hillary would never be the President. Mixed results (one fork drop). Tonight I mixed in the Horde - confused looks at that part of my rambling. Some difficult times for many here, but it is a place of great people, and which i am thankful for. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 01:50 AM (41CYW)

504 But through it all, the natives have displayed incredible spirit. This has been mentioned to me by out-of-town work crews to whom I have spoken.
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I have traveled up as far north as Erwin,TN surveying damage, haven't bumped into a FEMA person yet, but volunteers are very busy distributing supplies, and doing muck/mud/debris removal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:53 AM (XeU6L)

505

Six minutes until Christmas Day here on Mountain Time

Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 01:54 AM (3ek7K)

506 People make jokes, but Appalachian folks are made of stern stuff. Grit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:55 AM (XeU6L)

507 Six minutes until Christmas Day here on Mountain Time
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 01:54 AM (3ek7K)

I think Santa pastures out the reindeer at Flagstaff, and hitches up eight javelinas for southern Arizona.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:56 AM (8zz6B)

508 The story behind the hymn, "Silent Night":

https://tinyurl.com/2s49jutv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 01:58 AM (lZDOL)

509 I think Santa pastures out the reindeer at Flagstaff, and hitches up eight javelinas for southern Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Makes sense. The reindeer would be overdressed.

Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:59 AM (DgGvY)

510 I think Santa pastures out the reindeer at Flagstaff, and hitches up eight javelinas for southern Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

May … be …

But “Grandma got mauled by a javelina …” doesn’t quite have the same jingle feel to it.

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 01:59 AM (qz+gL)

511

Yay! It's Christmas day here in Wyoming and right on time the snow is falling.

Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 02:00 AM (3ek7K)

512 Well, Merry Christmas to all 'Rons and 'Ettes!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:02 AM (8zz6B)

513
Merry Christmas AOP!

Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (3ek7K)

514 Well, Merry Christmas to all 'Rons and 'Ettes!
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And the same to you. Say..is the Christmas cactus decorated?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (XeU6L)

515 Merry Christmas to AOP and to ALL !!!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 02:04 AM (Xo+UM)

516 Roses are red,
Lilies are white,
Christmas Eve no more.
A the stroke of midnight !

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 02:05 AM (qz+gL)

517 And the same to you. Say..is the Christmas cactus decorated?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (XeU6L)

I have Christmas lights on the front of the house, and they are lit. The palm trees are not decorated. I had a big old recumbent barrel cactus in the side yard that survived for years, but the past summer's drought killed it, and it has collapsed to a husk. But a baseball-size green baby cactus has sprung up in the middle of the wreck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:07 AM (8zz6B)

518 Farmer it is good to see you here, I was asking about you the other night, very happy that your Jules is coming around and sad about your Dad. If he is getting morphine he is untroubled by the past or the future, he is very much enjoying the now. You have been a good son, he knows you love him, he will depart this place in peace. As Kamala would say "Unburdened by what has been".

Bers, nice to see you here tonight, how were your brother's in-laws??? Meery Christmas to you and Mrs. B.

Jim, Charred New Dawn, LOL Bers, Merry Christmas to you and Herself. I keep praying.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:11 AM (Sgq8y)

519 Winston Churchill's Christmas message 1941

That man could write!! I don't think- unlike Biden- he had ghost writers:

https://tinyurl.com/5dapvba3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:12 AM (lZDOL)

520 Walked down the beach to see the lights.

Very pretty. Christmas Ships are on the other side, can't hear them.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 02:15 AM (H3AP2)

521 MisHum has long gone to bed, but I wanted to thank him for the ONT, for posting the biblical passage and for the lovely painting up top which he did. I would like to go to that church 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:16 AM (lZDOL)

522 But a baseball-size green baby cactus has sprung up in the middle of the wreck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Name it 'Mary Ellen Carter'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (XeU6L)

523 Merry Christmas AOP, I took a hard fall on my bum today when taking the doggie out to do his business, we got a half inch coating of snow on top of ice. I am not a youngster anymore, the doggie really needed to go and he tugged me right along with him, I am moving mighty slow tonight.

Santa fix my ass please!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (Sgq8y)

524 Well, it's officially Christmas here in Mountain time, so I'm going to bed, so Santa eill show up with my presents.
Merry Christmas to all, etc.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 25, 2024 02:20 AM (NE+I8)

525 Name it 'Mary Ellen Carter'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (XeU6L)

Heh. That is a worthy idea. I am thinking to take a spade, and dig out a soccer-ball sized lump of dead cactus and soil, and transplant the pup (which they are called) to a soil bed at the front of the house. I could then arrange for some sort of drip irrigation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:22 AM (8zz6B)

526 Santa fix my ass please!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (Sgq8y)

Oh, I hear you! Last week, I went to a bar with friends to hear the band, which was not very good. Coming out, it was very dark, and I was gawking at the stars, and planet Mars in the eastern sky above Superstition Mountain, and I tripped over a concrete barrier in the parking lot, and did a lip stand in the gravel parking lot. Luckily, only injuries were lightly skinned knuckles, and a skinned patch on one knee the size of a dime. No aches and pains resulted. Dirt is good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:27 AM (8zz6B)

527 Winston Churchill's Christmas message 1941

That man could write!! I don't think- unlike Biden- he had ghost writers:

https://tinyurl.com/5dapvba3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you have never seen it, this is worth a watch. Tribute to Churchill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:31 AM (XeU6L)

528 Four Seasons

Merry Christmas neighbor. No snow in our forecast. Not even that cold.

Oops I just called down the weather gods.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 25, 2024 02:32 AM (iB0e9)

529 Merry Christmas, nurse, to you and yours I hope that the Marine is patching up nicely.

AOP, I wish that I had dirt today, ouch!!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:38 AM (Sgq8y)

530 Well, I am going to go to bed. It is very quiet here. Road traffic almost zero, and my place is on a normally-busy arterial road. Thermometer in the front room reads 61 degrees. I don't have any heat on, and don't feel the need of it. I have an electric throw on the bed.

Time to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and Good Night!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:39 AM (8zz6B)

531 You people MUST stop falling down. I'm damned sick and tired of friends being injured that way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:41 AM (XeU6L)

532 I'm out now, but I'll leave you a little Christmas humor. Tonight at church while wishingsundry people a 'Merry Christmas', ther ewas one woman named Carol, and so I said 'Merry Christmas Carol'. I immediately realized that it seemed a bit out of

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:44 AM (XeU6L)

533 Oops.. cont'd

meaning and I guess it showed on my face. She laughed and said, 'It's my time of the year!'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:46 AM (XeU6L)

534 I think the eggnog and rum are working.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:49 AM (XeU6L)

535 Happy Kwanzaa everyone

Posted by: raimondo at December 25, 2024 03:03 AM (ep9VE)

536 'Night Horde, I shall dream that all is in order, but I shall wake up to reality. I am kind of chaotic this Christmas. I do wish you all nothing but good things in life or thereafter.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 03:07 AM (Sgq8y)

537
Pete Bog,

Merry Christmas!

We're supposed to have snow for a few days. I don't think there will be much accumulation. It's good timing, the grandkids are out of school so they will have fun with the snow.

Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 03:18 AM (3ek7K)

538 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 04:16 AM (VnUSN)

Christmas Eve Cafe

Here's a fun popular historian explaining how Christmas traditions came to be. The Christmas tree comes from the pre-Christian practice of putting up a tall tree in the town square and... hanging apples from it, which people could take from the boughs and eat. So that's what ornaments are symbolizing.

Another cool fact he brings up is that the "yule log" was an actual log, or trunk, of six to ten feet long. One corner of the log was put on the fireplace, the rest was outside of the fireplace, laying on the floor. The idea was to burn the yule log for all twelve days of Yule (and then, the twelve days of Christmas). One log can't last that long, so the family would just put it in the fire for a certain amount of time every night, so that the end of the log would be burned on the twelfth night.

Interestingly, Hanukah also features the tradition of extending a fuel source for a number of days (eight in the case of Hanukah). I have no idea if these ideas are related or it's just a case of great minds thinking a light.

Everyone don our festive sweaters.

The cat pled "not guilty," saying he was carried away by Christmas cheer.

Very civilized penguin queues up and waits in line.

Deer chewing bubble gum.

Enough with the TikTok!

Like Daniel in the lion's den.

These pretty dogs have the Christmas Spirit.

Sea lion employs Trumpian negotiation tactics.

Cat says bah, humbug because of course he does.

Shelter dogs getting to pick out their own Christmas toys.. 😊

🎥 IG: heschatt pic.twitter.com/d6dzUKItay
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 23, 2024

Feliz Navidad! 😊 pic.twitter.com/Fpn5fdjPLv
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 23, 2024

😂 pic.twitter.com/89EWdqOkyi
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 21, 2024

Out of control!

Baby bear catching snowflakes.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/X77EK27jhk
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 21, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 07:42 PM

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1 First!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)

2 Merry Christmas Eve everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (fwDg9)

3 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (1AMwL)

4 Wow, and I actually read the content!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)

5 This is not “breaking news”. It is over a year old and was done during the campaign.
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This is a great example of what I mentioned earlier. The media is trying to gaslight and drive their own followers as insane as possible. They did this before from 2017-2020. We don't know it's happening really, we just sense it when we hear from them.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 07:47 PM (lX8VI)

6
Okay, so this is when I complain "No Waitresses?"

And Ace says "tomorrow, but I'll do it now."

And then I complain, "Where's Our Annual HQ Yule Log?"

And Ace says, "tomorrow."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:47 PM (azvCj)

7 The lovely Mrs. has returned home after a 1000 mile 7 days. She said the traffic on I75 and I40 was surprisingly light today. Damn few trucks.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:48 PM (WXNFJ)

8 Deck the harrs with boughs of horry!
Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:48 PM (VNX3d)

9 >>>Deer chewing bubble gum.

He came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. But he still has lots of bubblegum.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (klJTj)

10 At our Gay Pride Christmas Party we will all be giving each other Decorated FART Tubes as presents and they also
help stop Globil Warming.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (A2iSa)

11 I thought most of our Christmas traditions came from Germany.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (D6PGr)

12
Father Christmas

https://is.gd/GyRVe4

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (azvCj)

13 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Ace at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (KRtlO)

14 The Children's Mass earlier today was wonderful. The children's choir was angelic - love to hear those young voices praising God.

The pews were packed with all the extended family and everyone was just happy.

Truly a blessed Christmas Eve.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)

15 I thought most of our Christmas traditions came from Germany.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (D6PGr)
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Most of our culture comes from Germany as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

16

Merry Christmas Ace!

Your site is a gift all year long.

Thanks to you and all the COBs.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

17 Merry Christmas, Ace! And all of the rest of youse.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (OX9vb)

18 I thought most of our Christmas traditions came from Germany.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

The Feast of The Seven Fishes definitely did not. Hell, I don't think it came from Italy either quite frankly. Probably New Jersey.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (WXNFJ)

19
Have a holly, jolly Christmas.

Posted by: Burl Ives at December 24, 2024 07:52 PM (w6EFb)

20 * ANOTHER PENGUIN *

How long has it been since we've had a bat? Or even a yak?

Clearly Big Penguin has taken over as Café Talent Booking Manager.

Perhaps President Trump will give this pressing issue the attention it deserves once he retakes office.

What a fine Christmas present that would be to the chiroptophiles here at the HQ!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 07:53 PM (a3Q+t)

21
lololololol...

this truly is a wonderful Christmas

In the previous thread I completely forget george w bush existed. He could die, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:53 PM (azvCj)

22 Deck the harrs with boughs of horry!
Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:48 PM (VNX3d)

Enjoy Peking Duck!

https://youtu.be/xTq20prt0K8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (VNX3d)

23 >>>Like Daniel in the lion's den.

Sure! Androcles meets the King James Bible.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (klJTj)

24 I got yer yule log right heyah!
-Zombie Yule Brenner

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (wDJaI)

25 That cat with the tree, everyone can see that the tree attacked the cat! It lunged at the cat and fell over, which is the want of trees.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, l'albero di Natale ha attaccato il gatto at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (i0xsb)

26 Thanks ace and a Merry Christmas to you.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (mH6SG)

27 The Feast of The Seven Fishes definitely did not. Hell, I don't think it came from Italy either quite frankly. Probably New Jersey.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (WXNFJ)

That's one thing I miss about living in NY . My Italian friend would invite me to her Feast. She owned a restaurant and catering business so she knew what she was doing . Never heard of it when I was in Louisiana.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (D6PGr)

28
To add to Weasel's request, Lurkers should lurk less and talk more. They put up with me around here, so you know the standards are extremely low.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (dxSpM)

29 Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Ace at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (KRtlO)
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Merry Christmas, Ace.

Maybe 2025 is the year where we finally abduct you and drag you to the Mitten where you'll breath lake-fresh air and be force-fed Better Made potato chips and Vernors Ginger Ale.

Oh and Faygo. So much Faygo.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)

30 Merry Christmas morons!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (RIvkX)

31 My cat doesn't get in the Christmas tree, thank goodness. She does like to get back in the corner behind it, but doesn't play with the sparklies.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (OX9vb)

32
The Feast of The Seven Fishes definitely did not. Hell, I don't think it came from Italy either quite frankly. Probably New Jersey.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (WXNFJ)

Uh yeah here and Sicily. But mmmm sooo good!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:56 PM (wDJaI)

33 Most of our culture comes from Germany as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

Largest immigrant population until our borders were opened up,

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:56 PM (D6PGr)

34 I have no idea if these ideas are related or it's just a case of great minds thinking a light.

Let us not forget to recognize Ace's pun. This should shame those of you who insist that Ace doesn't read the comments. He's joining in!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 07:57 PM (a3Q+t)

35 >>>Cat says bah, humbug because of course he does.

Calvin put him up to it.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 07:57 PM (klJTj)

36 Deck the harrs with boughs of horry!
Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!
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[CHOP!]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:57 PM (hovnC)

37 Bought a JBL Bluetooth speaker finally, everyone at work has them. I got it for outside here, I think.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 07:58 PM (fwDg9)

38 JBL Century Series speakers were the bomb!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 07:58 PM (a3Q+t)

39 10 At our Gay Pride Christmas Party we will all be giving each other Decorated FART Tubes as presents and they also
help stop Globil Warming.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (A2iSa)
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They don't know this but I snuck in some vuvuzelas amongst the farts tubes - expect great, noisy merriment.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, le vuvuzeles sono rumorose at December 24, 2024 07:58 PM (i0xsb)

40 31 My cat doesn't get in the Christmas tree, thank goodness. She does like to get back in the corner behind it, but doesn't play with the sparklies.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (OX9vb)

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Our cat growing up loved to climb in the Christmas tree. I have a fond memory of seeing her face poking out from between the branches.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 24, 2024 07:59 PM (OGOaV)

41 Bought a JBL Bluetooth speaker finally, everyone at work has them. I got it for outside here, I think.
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 07:58 PM (fwDg9)

I got a small one for Christmas a year ago. Should have bought one myself long before that .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:59 PM (D6PGr)

42 My grandson has been learning to play the trombone this past year. Thanks to Zoom I heard him play with a small group of musicians during the Prelude. He did very well!

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 07:59 PM (izAv/)

43 They don't know this but I snuck in some vuvuzelas amongst the farts tubes
Posted by: Ciampino

I don't think gay guys are interested in vuvuzelas at all.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 08:00 PM (WXNFJ)

44 To add to Weasel's request, Lurkers should lurk less and talk more. They put up with me around here, so you know the standards are extremely low.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:55 PM (dxSpM)

I'll add to that as well. I'm still posting here, even with stuffing my foot in my mouth a few times. It's a little scary the first few times, but we don't bite!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 08:01 PM (VNX3d)

45 Merry Christmas everyone.

Have about 2 hours before I have to leave for MM. Was originally planning on taking a nap. Drinking coffee instead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:02 PM (bss/y)

46 Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 07:59 PM (izAv/)

Turn him on to the Glenn Miller story movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:02 PM (D6PGr)

47
Well, shoot, the Equation of Time just zeroed at about 4:30PM EST. I missed it. This being a leap year pushed it to the 24th, rather than Christmas Day.

Christmas Day is (usually) one of the four days per year when you can set your clock by the sun exactly without correction. The other three days are Tax Day, April 15th, June 13th, and Sept 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

48
I think it's unlikely I'm getting to Mass tomorrow. It's just too uncomfortable and I don't think it'll do to be seen squirming around trying to accommodate the pain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (dxSpM)

49 They don't know this but I snuck in some vuvuzelas amongst the farts tubes - expect great, noisy merriment.
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Remember when ace banned/auto-censored the vuvuzela "Rickroll" page link??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (hovnC)

50 18 I thought most of our Christmas traditions came from Germany.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

The Feast of The Seven Fishes definitely did not. Hell, I don't think it came from Italy either quite frankly. Probably New Jersey.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:51 PM (WXNFJ)
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Is that the one where we have to swim with the fishes?
(asking for a friend)

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, nuota con i pesci at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (i0xsb)

51 One more clip, for Weasel and the gun thread regulars.

https://youtu.be/JmtCcLpoSe8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (VNX3d)

52 I'll add to that as well. I'm still posting here, even with stuffing my foot in my mouth a few times. It's a little scary the first few times, but we don't bite!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Agreed. Someone with epic googlefoo skills could dig up LadyL's question years ago inquiring about the rules here. An thread for the ages.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (WXNFJ)

53 Our dogs were all ball crazy anymore thought the Christmas ball ornaments were balls to play with. We were always taking ornaments away from them until we decided to hang them higher.

Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (HZt/w)

54 I hope Santa and Rudolf give US Navy ships a wide berth tonight. They haven't run out of ammo yet.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (LbnIB)

55

We were supposed to get snow tonight here in SW Wyoming. Instead we have dense fog. We can't see across the street.

We're praying for travelers tonight. It is really bad.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (3ek7K)

56 Ready for exciting gridiron action form the Hawaii Bowl!

Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (/7KEl)

57 My grandson has been learning to play the trombone this past year. Thanks to Zoom I heard him play with a small group of musicians during the Prelude. He did very well!
Posted by: Lirio100

Trombone can be very fun and very beautiful. Such a cool instrument.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (ftFVW)

58 LOL Ace!

Best.
Pic.
EVAH!

so gonna try to make a snowsnoopy next time we get enough to work with!

O such a very very Merry Christmas to all of the Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (cY18j)

59 I think Queen Victoria's husband Albert was responsible for introducing some of our Christmas traditions.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (NQtI0)

60
The most "living presidents" at the same time is 6, occurred several times. We have six right now.

Presidential Trivia: Who was last "sole" "living president?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (azvCj)

61 Tommy Dorsey was the other Big Band leader who played trombone.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:05 PM (D6PGr)

62 I have no idea if these ideas are related or it's just a case of great minds thinking a light.

* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 08:05 PM (DgGvY)

63 Merry merry Christmas, beloved Horde!

May God's love shine bright on your New Year!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 08:05 PM (Sf2cq)

64
Presidential Trivia: Who was last "sole" "living president?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (azvCj)

_________

Hoover, no?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:05 PM (dxSpM)

65 Merry Christmas to 'rons and 'ettes one and all!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:05 PM (e+vJ2)

66 We already did the gift exchange, an my wife got me some single barrel Bulleit bourbon, 104 proof. I'm having some rye at the moment, listening to Jo Stafford's Happy Holidays, which includes both her Christmas album and Ski Trails, which my grandmother used to play on vinyl. Cool album - the A side is up tempo but the B side is for snuggling by the fire.

Great vintage sound, my kids love it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

67 The South Texas Environmental Justice Network, in partnership with the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, has filed a lawsuit in a state district court of Travis County against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) over the agency’s approval of the water “deluge” system used to cool the SpaceX Starship rocket at takeoff.
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Could it be Soros or NGO money behind this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 08:06 PM (k0kKs)

68 I think Queen Victoria's husband Albert was responsible for introducing some of our Christmas traditions.
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Germanic Christmas trees.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (hovnC)

69 Safe trip, Aetius!

for driving, coffee is the True Faith!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (cY18j)

70 Thanks Emmie!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (e+vJ2)

71
Hoover died in 1964, which was later than I thought.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

72 Has anyone mentioned the 'sexy' sidebar song.

She seems less sexy, more psycho to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (bss/y)

73 Police nabbed my dad.

Posted by: Zombie Jose Feliciano at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (mH6SG)

74
Could it be Soros or NGO money behind this?
Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 08:06 PM (k0kKs)

________

With "Environmental Justice" in its name? Naaaah!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (dxSpM)

75 I think it's unlikely I'm getting to Mass tomorrow. It's just too uncomfortable and I don't think it'll do to be seen squirming around trying to accommodate the pain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:03 PM (dxSpM)
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Counterpoint: given the amount of kids squirming, no one will notice.

Glad to see you back, did they figure out what was wrong?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

76 JBL Century Series speakers were the bomb!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 07:58 PM (a3Q+t)

I have a pair of JBL Studio Monitor speakers I liberated from our old audio room at our former studio facilities. I rebuilt the woofers in both enclosures. They are now the front speakers of my 5.1 system. Monster enclosures.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (iODuv)

77 think Queen Victoria's husband Albert was responsible for introducing some of our Christmas traditions.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 08:04 PM (NQtI0)

And he was German or what is Germany now.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (D6PGr)

78
You hear about this really stupid "Frosty" rom-com chick flick?

It's about some broad who puts a "magical" scarf on a snowman and you'll never guess what happens next.

The Snowman turns into a real man. A "hunk." With no shirt on. And, get this, he's already melting. So, he must, get this, go shirtless.

She takes him home, and he's a big hit in the neighborhood -- fixing stuff for all the ladies. Shirtless.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (azvCj)

79 The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee
Hate Speech Against African Americans Up 10,000% On Twitter
https://buff.ly/3V9wbg4

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (hovnC)

80 Police nabbed my dad.
Posted by: Zombie Jose Feliciano

I thought the fleas ate your dog.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (ftFVW)

81 69 Safe trip, Aetius!

for driving, coffee is the True Faith!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (cY18j)

Thanks. I have been doing this bit for about 20 years. I 'surprise' Mom and Dad at Midnight Mass. You start a bit...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (bss/y)

82 Everyday here is a treat, Ace. Thanks and Merry Christmas!! 🌲

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster another - cellphone at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (NFX2v)

83 Santa is currently over Brazil.

Posted by: Zombie Jose Feliciano at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (mH6SG)

84 67, could it be anything else?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (cY18j)

85 Hoover died in 1964, which was later than I thought.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (w6EFb)
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Hoover was asked how he dealt with being blamed for the Great Depression by so many people. "I outlived the bastards."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)

86
Hoover, no?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Correct. Hoover, no.

Hoover was, indeed, a sole surviving living president. But not the last.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:10 PM (azvCj)

87 She takes him home, and he's a big hit in the neighborhood -- fixing stuff for all the ladies. Shirtless.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (azvCj)

Wait, is that that 'Hot Frosty' thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:10 PM (bss/y)

88 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxK1HiUAOI

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:10 PM (e+vJ2)

89 66 We already did the gift exchange, an my wife got me some single barrel Bulleit bourbon, 104 proof. I'm having some rye at the moment, listening to Jo Stafford's Happy Holidays, which includes both her Christmas album and Ski Trails, which my grandmother used to play on vinyl. Cool album - the A side is up tempo but the B side is for snuggling by the fire.

Great vintage sound, my kids love it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:06 PM (ZOv7s
Our neighbor gave us Gentleman Jack and Drambuie. What's a Drambuie?

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (LHPAg)

90 Freaking people are shooting off fireworks. It's Christmas Eve not New Year's Eve.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (D6PGr)

91 73 Police nabbed my dad.

Posted by: Zombie Jose Feliciano at December 24, 2024 08:07 PM (mH6SG)
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or posted by many an illegal alien.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, distorzioni di anzone at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (i0xsb)

92 >> Hoover was, indeed, a sole surviving living president. But not the last.

I cheated and looked it up. I'm not going to spoil it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

93 Tonypete, your family cookie recipe was a yuge hit as always ... made about 400 this year.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (cY18j)

94
Glad to see you back, did they figure out what was wrong?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

_______

Calcific tendinitis

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (dxSpM)

95 Fact: great minds thinking a light caused a vicious Christmas dinner argument when Tesla wouldn't shut up about AC current at the Edison residence

Posted by: The rest is history at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (CYd1+)

96 Merry Christmas Eve everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (fwDg9)

Seconded!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (8zz6B)

97 Trouble with my C key.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, distorzioni di canzone at December 24, 2024 08:12 PM (i0xsb)

98
Wait, is that that 'Hot Frosty' thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I believe so.
I was hoping LizLem would be here to give us her thoughts.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:12 PM (azvCj)

99 The Snowman turns into a real man. A "hunk." With no shirt on. And, get this, he's already melting. So, he must, get this, go shirtless.

She takes him home, and he's a big hit in the neighborhood -- fixing stuff for all the ladies. Shirtless.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (azvCj)
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Derivativo.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 24, 2024 08:12 PM (RIvkX)

100 "We will keep fighting back against SpaceX because the Esto’k Gna Nation are Protectors of water, air, land, and our traditional way of protecting our rights in South Texas,”
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This must be Elizabeth Warren's tribe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 08:12 PM (k0kKs)

101 And he was German or what is Germany now.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (D6PGr)
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Had to change the family name during World War I. What was it, Saxe-Gotha-Colburg? Battenberg?

Windsor! Mountbatten!

Totally English.

The irony was that the King of Bavaria was also the Stuart heir.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

102 Wait, is that that 'Hot Frosty' thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Men should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.

Posted by: Mrs. White at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (ftFVW)

103

Protect your rights with firearms!!

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (3ek7K)

104
I cheated and looked it up. I'm not going to spoil it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

______

Reckon it was LBJ. And then nobody until Nixon resigned.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (dxSpM)

105 Had a large fuzzy black cat show up today for eats. Was too scared to come over while I was out. I have a feral cathouse on order, but they seem to get under the house when it's cold.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (NQtI0)

106 Got the Scotch eggs in the oven, roast beast, potatoes, and veggies in the crockpot. Came back from church a bit ago. Hope everybody is having a pleasant evening!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 08:14 PM (sAmhv)

107 Our neighbor gave us Gentleman Jack and Drambuie. What's a Drambuie?
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (LHPAg)
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Isn't that were Ted and Elaine were stationed before the raid on Macho Grande?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

108
Reckon it was LBJ. And then nobody until Nixon resigned.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

So close...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:14 PM (azvCj)

109 I saw a post on X tonight that said Obama's maternal grandfather was cousin to George HW Bush. Don't know if it's true.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (NQtI0)

110

We have three gun safes that are full.

Sure hope hubby doesn't shoot Santa tonight. The grandkids will be so disappointed, lol. It's so foggy here Santa might crash into the house.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (3ek7K)

111 Miss Rush's and Chuck Cecil's Swinging Years Christmas music programs.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (iini1)

112 >>> The Christmas tree comes from the pre-Christian practice of putting up a tall tree in the town square and... hanging apples from it, which people could take from the boughs and eat. So that's what ornaments are symbolizing.

Hogwash.
The orniments were skulls of the vanquished, or small animals in times of peace (it wasn't all war all the time), and their entrails as garlands. When the symbols were appropriated skulls were replaced by gold and silver baubles, the garlands with popcorn strings.*

*Some of the proceeding may have been embellished.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)

113 I disremember Drambuie... orange maybe?

always liked Benedictine myself ... or Jagermeister ...

*edges unobtrusively toward the exit, keeping a close eye on the fire extinguishers ... *

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:16 PM (cY18j)

114 Santa is now on the way to French Guiana. They have already surrendered.

Posted by: Zombie Jose Feliciano at December 24, 2024 08:16 PM (mH6SG)

115 Men should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.
Posted by: Mrs. White at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (ftFVW)

Clue. Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:17 PM (bss/y)

116
So close...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:14 PM (azvCj)

________

*slaps forehead*

Idiot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:17 PM (dxSpM)

117 Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (NQtI0)

You can buy the large styrofoam ice chests with tops and cut a hole in the middle of the side and fill it with straw up to that hole.

I have done that a few times.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:17 PM (D6PGr)

118 hope hubby doesn't shoot Santa

Like the guy who went outside Christmas Eve, fired one shot, and told his kids Santa committed suicide?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:17 PM (iini1)

119
LOL Commissar

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (3ek7K)

120
Yeah, Truman & LBJ died a month apart.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (azvCj)

121 Tonypete, your family cookie recipe was a yuge hit as always ... made about 400 this year.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Thanks. So glad you and your kin enjoy them.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (WXNFJ)

122 IIRC, Drambuie is scotch with honey and herbs. A favorite of my Aunt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (bss/y)

123 @ 103, endorsed!

Always Be Carrying (something!) in These Troubled Times!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (cY18j)

124 Calcific tendinitis
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (dxSpM)
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Huh. I'd suggest an Anointing of the Sick if you haven't already.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

125 The patient, polite penguin is just showing our nature. There are only a couple anti-penguite cranks in here, but I forgive them because they were probably locked up in the bunkhouse as a child. They can't hep it.

Posted by: Penguin Pete at December 24, 2024 08:19 PM (G5+As)

126 Carpe diem.

Death is coming.

Posted by: The Fugs at December 24, 2024 08:20 PM (G5+As)

127 Thanks Puddleglum!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (aO/oh)

128 The Snowman turns into a real man. A "hunk." With no shirt on. And, get this, he's already melting. So, he must, get this, go shirtless.

She takes him home, and he's a big hit in the neighborhood -- fixing stuff for all the ladies. Shirtless.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:08 PM (azvCj)
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Objectifying humans for sexual gratification is morally repugnant, unless women like it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (ZOv7s)

129 Unborn Babies Disguise Selves As Death Row Inmates So Liberals Will Defend Their Right To Live

https://buff.ly/344MSBC

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, una pretenza at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (i0xsb)

130 Carpe diem.

Death is coming.
Posted by: The Fugs at December 24, 2024 08:20 PM (G5+As)
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Memento Mori.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (ZOv7s)

131 Posted by: Penguin Pete at December 24, 2024 08:19 PM (G5+As)

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Take your pro-penguin propaganda elsewhere. We don't want your kind in here.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (JkO4W)

132
I think Queen Victoria's husband Albert was responsible for introducing some of our Christmas traditions.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

The butter wouldn't melt so he put it in the pie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 08:22 PM (63Dwl)

133

If you like the song "Danny Boy", the group Celtic Woman does a beautiful rendition.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:23 PM (3ek7K)

134 I cheated and looked it up. I'm not going to spoil it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

I am guessing Nixon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:23 PM (8zz6B)

135 This just came over the wires. US Navy has mistakenly fired missiles at a large red sleigh. Outcome unknown so far.

Posted by: Zombie Admiral Boorda at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (G5+As)

136 The butter wouldn't melt so he put it in the pie.

As is proper.

Posted by: Zombie Admiral Halsey at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (mH6SG)

137 must be Elizabeth Warren's tribe.

Injun name Squats To Pee.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (t8YNY)

138
That surprised me it was Nixon. I wouldn't have thought that for some reason, but yep, Truman and LBJ died, and that was last previous ones.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

139 Kill for Peace!

Posted by: Tuli Kupferberg at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (G5+As)

140 You hear about this really stupid "Frosty" rom-com chick flick?

A pr0n-com?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ufFY8)

141 This just came over the wires. US Navy has mistakenly fired missiles at a large red sleigh. Outcome unknown so far.
Posted by: Zombie Admiral Boorda at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (G5+As)
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Jack Skellington hardest hit....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (BpYfr)

142 "We will keep fighting back against SpaceX because the Esto’k Gna Nation are Protectors of water, air, land, and our traditional way of protecting our rights in South Texas,”
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This must be Elizabeth Warren's tribe.

Posted by: Braenyard

They're lucky Spacy Daddy doesn't play cowboys and indians like some of our ancestors did.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (MsrgL)

143 122 IIRC, Drambuie is scotch with honey and herbs. A favorite of my Aunt.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:18 PM (bss/y)
How did it affect her, I mean, she get out of hand, so to speak?

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

144 Hogwash.
The orniments were skulls of the vanquished, or small animals in times of peace (it wasn't all war all the time), and their entrails as garlands. When the symbols were appropriated skulls were replaced by gold and silver baubles, the garlands with popcorn strings.*

*Some of the proceeding may have been embellished.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)
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I'm so dreadfully bored with all the "Christianity is really pagan at its roots" article written by people who do not understand even bare basics of the Christian faith.

Remember when the NYT couldn't even accurately describe Easter?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

145 They missed!

Posted by: Santa at December 24, 2024 08:26 PM (mH6SG)

146 Anyone up for a hearty chorus of Do They Know It's Christmas?

They say it's Pope Frankie's fave!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:26 PM (JkO4W)

147

Noooooooooo!!! It should be banned.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:27 PM (3ek7K)

148 Take your pro-penguin propaganda elsewhere. We don't want your kind in here.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at December 24, 2024 08:21 PM (JkO4W)

Burly redneck at bar:"We don't want your king here."

Sonic the Hedgehog:"What kind is that?"

Burly redneck:"Hipsters."

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 08:27 PM (ufFY8)

149

Starbucks strike at 300 stores.

Too bad, their coffee sucks.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (3ek7K)

150 135 This just came over the wires. US Navy has mistakenly fired missiles at a large red sleigh. Outcome unknown so far.
Posted by: Zombie Admiral Boorda
............................
Another grim milestone for the Biden administration.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (sAmhv)

151 Kind, dammit

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (ufFY8)

152 Remember when the NYT couldn't even accurately describe Easter?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Christians just wanted a holiday during Passover.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (D6PGr)

153 Jack Skellington hardest hit....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Luckily he's a skeleton and magical Pumpkin King. Fat man may not have faired so well.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (ftFVW)

154 How did it affect her, I mean, she get out of hand, so to speak?
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

It is probably about the same proof as normal scotch. *checks bottle* Yep. 80 proof. So drink normally and you should be all right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (bss/y)

155 Anyone up for a hearty chorus of Do They Know It's Christmas?

They say it's Pope Frankie's fave!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:26 PM (JkO4W)
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Communist government creates famine to punish political enemies, British artists rally to raise money to stop the famine, which ends up going to the communist government that caused it.

Beyond parody.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

156
And even worse, Lacey "Chipmunk Cheeks" Chabert is the female lead in "Hot Frosty".

Miley loves Hallmark, and I know all the queens of Hallmark.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 08:29 PM (w6EFb)

157 152 Remember when the NYT couldn't even accurately describe Easter?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Christians just wanted a holiday during Passover.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (D6PGr)

Yeah, the entire point of Christianity... no big deal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:29 PM (bss/y)

158 They're lucky Spacy Daddy doesn't play cowboys and indians like some of our ancestors did.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (MsrgL)

They are going to have to do a metric fuckton of environmentin' to atone for the wagons they burned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:29 PM (8zz6B)

159 Protect your rights with firearms!!
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:13 PM (3ek7K)

F**K YOUR RIGHTS!!!

Posted by: Ahnold the Bavarian brain surgeon at December 24, 2024 08:30 PM (iODuv)

160 Christians just wanted a holiday during Passover.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (D6PGr)
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"Peaceful teacher meets grisly end" - actual headline for a review of Gibson's Passion of the Christ.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

161 oboy, 139 a real obscure blast from the past, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (cY18j)

162 Ben Hur is a Christmas movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (D6PGr)

163 Had to look it up Hadrian. It sounds quite painful. Web says NSAIDS, and ice/heat for home care. I would add tumeric pills, it boosts the NSAID effect for me and arnica gel. The arnica won't provide any instant relief but it reduces inflammation.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (UKUm3)

164 I love drambuie and benedictine.
Anyone having that elusive Scotch Mist?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, un travestimento at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (i0xsb)

165 160 Christians just wanted a holiday during Passover.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (D6PGr)
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"Peaceful teacher meets grisly end" - actual headline for a review of Gibson's Passion of the Christ.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

SO many people missed the point of that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (bss/y)

166 Ben Hur is a Christmas movie.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (D6PGr)
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Yep. Also amazing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

167 152 Remember when the NYT couldn't even accurately describe Easter?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

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It's kind of funny now, but believe or not, one of the major reasons behind the schism between English Catholics and Irish Catholics is they couldn't agree on how the date of Easter should be calculated.

That and the Irish wanted to kill all the Jews.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (JkO4W)

168 Ha, Mrs. DIG is checking out the trailer for Hot Frosty.
Laughing her ass off.

She says, "and he is stupid. Nice body but ugly."

LOL.

She days it is on Netflix.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 08:33 PM (ufFY8)

169 Ben Hur is a Christmas movie.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (D6PGr)
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Yep. Also amazing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

That one chokes me up.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:34 PM (D6PGr)

170 It's kind of funny now, but believe or not, one of the major reasons behind the schism between English Catholics and Irish Catholics is they couldn't agree on how the date of Easter should be calculated.

That and the Irish wanted to kill all the Jews.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (JkO4W)
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Funny how the Easter calculation seems to be such a sticking point.

No worries, though, next year everyone will celebrate it at the same time. Maybe Great Schism finally healed?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

171 F**K YOUR RIGHTS!!!
Posted by: Ahnold the Bavarian brain surgeon
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I remember that BS, what fell out of Ahhhnold's mouf during the kungflu freakout...

"Screw your freedoms" he said.

Lib sis was trying to convince me to get the dethsh0t, and I told her that Arnie could f*k right off back to f*king Austria with his sh1t.

LOL! What a convo we had!

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 08:34 PM (YoCnN)

172 163 Had to look it up Hadrian. It sounds quite painful. Web says NSAIDS, and ice/heat for home care. I would add tumeric pills, it boosts the NSAID effect for me and arnica gel. The arnica won't provide any instant relief but it reduces inflammation.
Posted by: PaleRider
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And a cup of codeine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 08:34 PM (HZsmh)

173 That one chokes me up.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:34 PM (D6PGr)
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The opening is epic.

ANNO DOMINI

Chills.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

174 149

Starbucks strike at 300 stores.

Too bad, their coffee sucks.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:28 PM (3ek7K)
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Well Amazon wasn't delivering the beans anyway ... just saying.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, un travestimento at December 24, 2024 08:35 PM (i0xsb)

175
Yep. Also amazing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

The opening Nativity scene, with the music, is probably the most beautiful Christmas scene ever filmed. Notable that there are no words in that entire scene - none are needed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2024 08:35 PM (7MHHr)

176 That and the Irish wanted to kill all the Jews.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (JkO4W)
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The Irish are the 13th Lost Tribe of Israel. They got drunk and wandered off...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)

177

Memory of a Christmas fail.

One year my Dad bought a huge Christmas tree. It was so big he had to tie a rope around the top and he ran the rope around the wall and fastened it to a wall in the bathroom. All during the season he would yell "don't close the bathroom door. You'll cut the rope and the tree will fall over."

Yep, guess who forgot the rule, lmao. We didn't dare say a word to him.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:37 PM (3ek7K)

178 Okay this is OT but does anyone have recommendations on best streaming service. I will no longer have cable service ( which is good as it forced my hand) but limited to a fiber optic internet service. I should save quite a bit depending on the cost of the streaming services.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:37 PM (D6PGr)

179 155 Anyone up for a hearty chorus of Do They Know It's Christmas?

They say it's Pope Frankie's fave!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:26 PM (JkO4W)
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Communist government creates famine to punish political enemies, British artists rally to raise money to stop the famine, which ends up going to the communist government that caused it.

Beyond parody.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
....................................
And every single western intelligence and diplomatic agency told Bobby Geldof to NOT DO THIS!!! But he knew better and was a good person who did good things. He's now Sir Bob Geldof. Failing upwards indeed.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 08:37 PM (sAmhv)

180 Just confirmed that the Missile Frigate USS Joe Bribum forgot that it was Christmas Eve and fired Patriot Missiles at the Ghost Rider approaching North America from a Northly Direction. The ship's Captain who is a gay, Lesbian, Trigender Person of Color told CNN that a White officer ordered them to fire and that it was this racist person's fault.

.141 This just came over the wires. US Navy has mistakenly fired missiles at a large red sleigh. Outcome unknown so far.
Posted by: Zombie Admiral Boorda at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (G5+As)
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Posted by: Franklin Stein at December 24, 2024 08:37 PM (7uGna)

181
You know, you'd think the Hot Frosty trailer would've made Ace's "Is This Something" list. That, and the ridiculous Netflix show about the all-Afro WWII Letter-Sorters.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:38 PM (azvCj)

182 It's kind of funny now, but believe or not, one of the major reasons behind the schism between English Catholics and Irish Catholics is they couldn't agree on how the date of Easter should be calculated.

That and the Irish wanted to kill all the Jews.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:32 PM (JkO4W)

But, then, a group of Jewish guys opened a bunch of pubs, and the rest is history. So, the lesson is, Ireland needs more pubs!

Posted by: Benjamin O'Schwartz the Irish philosopher at December 24, 2024 08:38 PM (iODuv)

183 The opening Nativity scene, with the music, is probably the most beautiful Christmas scene ever filmed. Notable that there are no words in that entire scene - none are needed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2024 08:35 PM (7MHHr)
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I watched it over Easter not long ago, and wrote a column for Bleeding Fool about how Hollywood used to understand that you could print money by making great religiously-themed movies. The box offices from that stuff was insane.

And talk about a built-in audience. Ben Hur was second only to the Bible in terms of copies in American households.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

184 5 Anyone up for a hearty chorus of Do They Know It's Christmas?

They say it's Pope Frankie's fave!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 08:26 PM (JkO4W)
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Communist government creates famine to punish political enemies, British artists rally to raise money to stop the famine, which ends up going to the communist government that caused it.

Beyond parody.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

Sam Kinison Its Sand!
https://tinyurl.com/4mftvdxp

Moar Crazy Sammy...
https://tinyurl.com/3scfdpz5

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (wDJaI)

185 Good evening Horde. Thanks Ace.

Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (9tvFd)

186
Miklos is admittedly lazy and late

https://tinyurl.com/fccfr2bs

Posted by: Miklos still got Marleen to deal with somehow at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (xesY+)

187 Ist year with two kittens was last Christmas tree ever, cars are gone but that sad tradition continues

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (fwDg9)

188 Had to look it up Hadrian. It sounds quite painful. Web says NSAIDS, and ice/heat for home care. I would add tumeric pills, it boosts the NSAID effect for me and arnica gel. The arnica won't provide any instant relief but it reduces inflammation.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 08:31 PM (UKUm3)

Big discussion here yesterday about use of DMSO for treating muscle and joint pain. As a chemist, Hadrian ought to be able to whomp some up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (8zz6B)

189 And don't think they destroyed anything, just loved to climb into it

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (fwDg9)

190 Tincture of opium solves, or at least covers up, a multitude of maladies.

Posted by: Papaver Somniferum at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (G5+As)

191 You know, you'd think the Hot Frosty trailer would've made Ace's "Is This Something" list. That, and the ridiculous Netflix show about the all-Afro WWII Letter-Sorters.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:38 PM (azvCj)
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Not gay enough.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (ZOv7s)

192 Talking of Amazon, excuse given by Amazon driver who abandoned 80 packages in the woods

https://mol.im/a/14225225

Check your packages for dead leaves and/or creepy-crawlies.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, un travestimento at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (i0xsb)

193 144 Hogwash.
The orniments were skulls of the vanquished, or small animals in times of peace (it wasn't all war all the time), and their entrails as garlands. When the symbols were appropriated skulls were replaced by gold and silver baubles, the garlands with popcorn strings.*

*Some of the proceeding may have been embellished.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)
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I'm so dreadfully bored with all the "Christianity is really pagan at its roots" article written by people who do not understand even bare basics of the Christian faith.

Remember when the NYT couldn't even accurately describe Easter?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)
When Mrs. E and I sat down to eat Christmas eve sushi, the 'history' channel was on tv, speculating on the 'relation' between Jesus and a young man, that crap got switched pdq. What godless heathens they are.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (LHPAg)

194 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

Mel Gibson took your advice and made a bundle.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (D6PGr)

195 Gotta hand it to Netflix, those bastards know how to make money. That is why I own five shares, lol.

Seriously, during their earnings calls, it is clear their focus is on "if we make this, will it generate a positive return?"

Unlike Groomer DEIsney.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 08:41 PM (ufFY8)

196 " Benjamin O'Schwartz ", LOL, it's likea name out of an H. Beam Piper story.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:41 PM (cY18j)

197 Tincture of opium solves...It's also the bomb on vanilla ice cream.

Posted by: Rings the Blue Bell! at December 24, 2024 08:42 PM (G5+As)

198 "Large Cross Kills Itinerant Rabble Rouser"

Posted by: The New York Daily News at December 24, 2024 08:42 PM (JkO4W)

199 Memory of a Christmas fail.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:37 PM (3ek7K)

That's hilarious! Could be straight out of a heartwarming family Christmas movie.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 08:42 PM (OX9vb)

200 Communist government creates famine to punish political enemies, British artists rally to raise money to stop the famine, which ends up going to the communist government that caused it.

Beyond parody.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Actual historical fact.

Posted by: A Merry Ceaucescu Christmas at December 24, 2024 08:43 PM (xesY+)

201 This just came over the wires. US Navy has mistakenly fired missiles at a large red sleigh. Outcome unknown so far.
Posted by: Zombie Admiral Boorda at December 24, 2024 08:24 PM (G5+As)
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I loved Rush doing his Tom Lantos impersonation.

"Admiral BOOOOORDA, killed himself for far less."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

202
What's this?

the supposed "governoress" of NY is finally feeling heat from one of her diverse pals torching a New Yorker -- calls for her to resign are increasing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:43 PM (azvCj)

203 Glad I missed the thread a couple of floors down.

One of the reasons I could never be a cop. I would have turned those monsters into a frothy pink pile of goo. And I would have said, "arrest me. I don't care."

I fucking hate pederasts.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (Ad8y9)

204
Piano Guys broke a Guiness World Record for their video of Angels From The Realm of Glory.

It is a gorgeous video.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (3ek7K)

205 188
Big discussion here yesterday about use of DMSO for treating muscle and joint pain. As a chemist, Hadrian ought to be able to whomp some up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:39 PM (8zz6B)
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DMSO causes serious kidney damage. Also not liver-friendly. Not worth it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e veleno per gli reni at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)

206 190, this is known

though often denied

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (cY18j)

207

Dash,

It was hilarious, lmao. None of the five of us kids dared to laugh. It's such a great memory of my wonderful Dad.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 08:45 PM (3ek7K)

208 Cat decapitating the snowman. I laughed.

And I am happy to say that I have never had a cat knock down a Christmas Tree. I don't even think I have had one climb up it. Just batted around a few non breakable ornaments at the bottom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 08:45 PM (SfO5n)

209 See the blazing yule before us!
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Strike the harp and join the chorus!
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Follow me in merry measure,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la
While I sing of Yuletide treasure!
Fa la la la la, la la la la

Posted by: Bombadil at December 24, 2024 08:45 PM (MX0bI)

210 Mel Gibson took your advice and made a bundle.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (D6PGr)
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I think Angel Studios is the most profitable movie outfit at the moment. Lower budget stuff, but every one gets eyeballs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

211
What's this?

Marvel picks Hailey Atwell's boobs to be next "big star" of their stupid movies?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (azvCj)

212 I bought a bottle of Port for the first time in a long time.

Perhaps this makes me a Bad Person with Tawny Privilege.

Posted by: Unrepentant Miklos at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (xesY+)

213 DMSO causes serious kidney damage. Also not liver-friendly. Not worth it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e veleno per gli reni at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)

Everything I read says it does not cause kidney damage, unlike NSAIDs. Do you have a source?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (OX9vb)

214 & g'night everyone

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:49 PM (cY18j)

215 https://tinyurl.com/bdzfftje
Piano Guys
Angels from the Realms of Glory

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2024 08:49 PM (2NHgQ)

216 When Mrs. E and I sat down to eat Christmas eve sushi, the 'history' channel was on tv, speculating on the 'relation' between Jesus and a young man, that crap got switched pdq. What godless heathens they are.
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:40 PM (LHPAg)
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Tomorrow we will serve the formal Christmas Dinner, featuring the Roast Beast.

But tonight, we went with popular sentiment: Chicken stir fry with dumplings and egg rolls. Fa ra ra ra ra!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

217 Well, we had a very nice, small service of lessons and carols and of course lit the little candles, and the church looked lovely. I am going to have a small drink and wait for husband and son to get home. FenSpouse was taking home a congregation member who doesn't like to drive at night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 08:50 PM (7XyEZ)

218 "Large Cross Kills Itinerant Rabble Rouser"
Posted by: The New York Daily News

DO IT RITE

Posted by: Mindless Miklos in Topless Bar at December 24, 2024 08:50 PM (xesY+)

219 I bought a bottle of Port for the first time in a long time.

Perhaps this makes me a Bad Person with Tawny Privilege.
Posted by: Unrepentant Miklos at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (xesY+)
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I bought a bottle a while back on the recommendation of Evelyn Waugh and countless other Brits.

It was not for me.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

220 Marvel picks Hailey Atwell's boobs to be next "big star" of their stupid movies?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (azvCj)

Sydney Sweeny rack >> Hayley Atwell rack

Wait, no:

Sydney Sweeny rack AND Hayley Atwell rack

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 08:52 PM (ufFY8)

221 One of the reasons I could never be a cop. I would have turned those monsters into a frothy pink pile of goo. And I would have said, "arrest me. I don't care."

I fucking hate pederasts.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

The one time Officer Jim Reed got in trouble was after chasing down a pedo who kidnapped and killed an 8 year old girl, he "used excessive force".

Posted by: One Adam-12, see The Man.... at December 24, 2024 08:53 PM (G5+As)

222 And tomorrow we will watch a BBC version of " A child's Christmas in Wales" from the work by Dylan Thomas. It's really a lovely version from the BBC

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 08:53 PM (7XyEZ)

223 Starbucks on strike holy crikey! The premier bastion and blessed sanctuary of wokeness along with Amazon on strike and me sporting a shaved head already having told my family to fuck off for the holidays?? There is only one option left and that's for a group to hike out in the woods for a lesbian wine infused scream fest. If we can get fat Lola she is a Cali licensed screamologist we can get a crowd.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 08:54 PM (wDJaI)

224
I bought a bottle a while back on the recommendation of Evelyn Waugh and countless other Brits.

_________

They also have Spotted Dick and Bangers and Mash. Like the Brits have any standing about this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 08:54 PM (dxSpM)

225 Well, we had a very nice, small service of lessons and carols and of course lit the little candles, and the church looked lovely. I am going to have a small drink and wait for husband and son to get home. FenSpouse was taking home a congregation member who doesn't like to drive at night.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 08:50 PM (7XyEZ)
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Back when I was doing the Lutheran thing, they had a candlelight Christmas service with carols that was just outstanding.

If the grandkids were older, we would have done the Midnight Mass, which is always awesome. One of the best features was that the kids in peak "Santa range" crashed right out upon returning home. Some didn't even make it out of the car awake.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

226 I bought a bottle a while back on the recommendation of Evelyn Waugh and countless other Brits.

It was not for me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

As may be.

Have you ever tried an Evelyn Waugh Noonday Refresher, as explained by Kingsley Amis?

Quite...refershing.

Posted by: Miklos considers Waught to be the best writer in the Englisk language of the 20th century at December 24, 2024 08:56 PM (xesY+)

227 Sydney Sweeny had s smoking body but I don't find her attractive. To be fair I thought the same thing about Lynda Carter.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:56 PM (D6PGr)

228 I bought a bottle a while back on the recommendation of Evelyn Waugh and countless other Brits.

It was not for me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM (8zz6B)

229 This is the weirdest Christmas for us. Sons won't be home until Friday, so that will be our Christmas. It will be fun, but it just seems weird that we are just doing the regular Tuesday night thing.

I am also not sure how much longer I'll be at my job, come next year.

Uncertainty makes me urpy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 08:58 PM (Ad8y9)

230 Sydney Sweeny had s smoking body but I don't find her attractive. To be fair I thought the same thing about Lynda Carter.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:56 PM (D6PGr)
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Have you considered that you might be gay?

What are your thoughts on Erin Grey circa 1981?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Do the marionette presentations of Nativity Story and Peter and the Wolf with Santa with his reindeer still air on TV?
Peter looked cool but the Wolf always looked like he could use a shampoo.. just sayin

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (wDJaI)

232 Adeste Fideles

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (LMxW+)

233 212 I bought a bottle of Port for the first time in a long time.

Perhaps this makes me a Bad Person with Tawny Privilege.
Posted by: Unrepentant Miklos at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (xesY+)
I was invited by the CPO Mess onbd HMS Boxer F92 for chow back in the 90s. They toasted every swinging dcik in the British and US Navy and ended up with port. That stuff is powerful, use with care and have a soft spot to fall into.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (LHPAg)

234 Linda Carter was like cardboard. Have only seen one set of pics out of Daily Mail, haven't seen her on screen but she looks feminine in those pics.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (HZsmh)

235
Rush Limbaugh...

Charlie Kirk posted a nice little tribute video for Rush.
What a great loss.

Rush taught us that we could mock the Democrats and win hearts & minds. And he taught us how to do it. Rush showed us The Way.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (azvCj)

236 I was cleaning out my liquor cabinet yesterday and found an unopened bottle of Crown that is at least 20 years old. It was in a gift can with four Crown Royal glasses.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 08:59 PM (D6PGr)

237 Sébastian I get what you mean about Sydney but to me Lynda is all there

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 09:00 PM (fwDg9)

238 Merry Christmas, Ace!!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:00 PM (v6JzV)

239 DMSO makes everything transdermal so everything you touched ends up in your blood. That's pretty freaky. But, no word of kidney harm.

Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2024 09:00 PM (w9ItN)

240 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM (8zz6B)
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My middle daughter showed off her E-4 chops and snagged a bottle of Eagle Rare, which is all but unobtainable in Michigan for some stupid reason. Oh wait, the state is the only wholesaler, and can't manage inventory.

Anyhow, that's the good stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)

241 Last sole living president: George Washington.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2024 09:01 PM (ugvYV)

242 And Merry Christmas to all fellow members of the Horde!!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:01 PM (v6JzV)

243 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

Erin Grey is a babe. And my standards are high because I can. Or at least I could.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:02 PM (D6PGr)

244
To ALL Who we've lost, this year:

Our dear loved ones, Family & Friends,

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 09:02 PM (azvCj)

245 That stuff is powerful, use with care and have a soft spot to fall into.
Posted by: Eromero

The Rule back in the day, was before any Port get right comfortable.

Posted by: Miklos, formerly at USN Base Charleston in the Reagan 80s at December 24, 2024 09:03 PM (xesY+)

246 @208/FenelonSpoke: Yeah, I laughed at the orange tabby going after the mini-snowman too.

Trees and cats: I've always thought it would be good to use wall anchors and string to anchor the top of the tree if one has a cat. And yes, non-breakable ornaments are the way to go.

Because most cats:
https://tinyurl.com/rend4yzz

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 24, 2024 09:03 PM (O7YUW)

247 And Merry Christmas to all fellow members of the Horde!!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:01 PM (v6JzV)

Merry Christmas to you, Bulg, and all the Hordians, past and present.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:03 PM (8zz6B)

248 Erin Grey is a babe. And my standards are high because I can. Or at least I could.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:02 PM (D6PGr)
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The most alluring thing about Sweeney is that she seems to have a genuinely fun personality. She's actually behaving like a movie star - being nice to fans, smiling in public, and not writing scolding tweets every ten minutes.

So yeah, grading on a curve, I guess, but personality counts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

249 MLB lost Pete Rose, Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson this year. That's a lot of talent.

Posted by: All the Good Times Are Past And Gone... at December 24, 2024 09:05 PM (G5+As)

250 235
Rush Limbaugh...

Charlie Kirk posted a nice little tribute video for Rush.
What a great loss.

Rush taught us that we could mock the Democrats and win hearts & minds. And he taught us how to do it. Rush showed us The Way.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Rush threw open the door and came in before the internet and before anything but CNN on the TV. If you wanted information about what was going on and a clarification of it there was one place, one man and that was Rush; clarifying the complex.
Sired many Rush babies later on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (HZsmh)

251 When I had hair, I always went to a barber shop that had hunting and fishing magazines and Rush on the air.

Posted by: Rush Room Baby Miklos at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (xesY+)

252 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM

* gives AOP a stern look *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (a3Q+t)

253 I have one cat that doesn't climb trees at all and the other would climb every tree she sees if I'd let her. I only let her climb trees that I know she can climb down. I have some large oaks that she desperately wants to climb that the ascent is easy. The descent not so much.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (D6PGr)

254 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* gives AOP a stern look *
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Take a bow, AOP!

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 09:07 PM (DgGvY)

255 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM

* gives AOP a stern look *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (a3Q+t)
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*tries to work out a pun involving catharpins*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 09:08 PM (6K6Eu)

256 245 That stuff is powerful, use with care and have a soft spot to fall into.
Posted by: Eromero

The Rule back in the day, was before any Port get right comfortable.
Posted by: Miklos, formerly at USN Base Charleston in the Reagan 80s at December 24, 2024 09:03 PM (xesY+)
Used to be careful in the Brass Mule but the Gold Bug was ok in the 70s.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 09:08 PM (LHPAg)

257 252 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM

* gives AOP a stern look *
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I bow to your nautical minds.

Posted by: Boaty McBoatface at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (G5+As)

258 Next time, go to the other side of the store, and buy a bottle of Starboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 08:57 PM

* gives AOP a stern look *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:06 PM (a3Q+t)
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I'll pick some up the next time I'm on base. Along with 100 feet of flight line.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)

259 Santa is on his way to Canada!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (p4NUW)

260 Merry Christmas Eve,

God bless the Chinese guy selling wrapping paper on Amazon who saw a need for men like me to have wrapping paper the jaws of life couldn’t cut through

Now that’s a MANS Christmas wrapping paper

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (HYKHz)

261 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

Read her back story. IIRC she was obsessed with being an actress since she was a kid and that ambition drove her parents to divorce and she didn't seem to be too upset about it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (D6PGr)

262 259 Santa is on his way to Canada!
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (p4NUW)

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Ugh. That's a mistake.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (JkO4W)

263 Santa is on his way to Canada!
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (p4NUW)
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Big load of coal getting dropped off in Ottawa this year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

264 *tries to work out a pun involving catharpins*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 09:08 PM

Don't let it athwart you from success.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (a3Q+t)

265 Rush taught us that we could mock the Democrats and win hearts & minds. And he taught us how to do it. Rush showed us The Way.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Mockery is a good thing.

Especially for that and those who WILL NOT BE MOCKED

Posted by: Jonathan Miklos Swift, with a few Modest Proposals at December 24, 2024 09:11 PM (xesY+)

266 Hard to believe it's been exactly 2 years since my little cat Hexie came into my life on a very cold Christmas Eve night.

She's been a constant delight ever since and seems quite happy and content. Though she has taken over half my house and relegated the rest of my kitties to my office and library.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 09:12 PM (BpYfr)

267 Merry Xmas one and all, from our house to yours.

Posted by: sven at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (X0I7i)

268 Rush Limbaugh...

Charlie Kirk posted a nice little tribute video for Rush.
What a great loss.

Rush taught us that we could mock the Democrats and win hearts & minds. And he taught us how to do it. Rush showed us The Way.

Just found that and watched. Very cool. Merry Christmas, Rush. We miss you bigly.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (mH6SG)

269 I'll pick some up the next time I'm on base. Along with 100 feet of flight line.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM

Perhaps some prop wash, as well?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (a3Q+t)

270 Read her back story. IIRC she was obsessed with being an actress since she was a kid and that ambition drove her parents to divorce and she didn't seem to be too upset about it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:10 PM (D6PGr)
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Kids can't force parents to divorce. The marriage obviously had other problems, and they likely materialized in the kid.

Kids are great reflectors of parental faults.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

271 *tries to work out a pun involving catharpins*
Posted by: Captain Obvious

My family is from the Carpathians, if that helps

Posted by: Mere Magyar Miklos at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (xesY+)

272 Thanks bulg!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:14 PM (sptJg)

273 Perhaps some prop wash, as well?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (a3Q+t)
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Thanks for reminding me! I'm almost out. Here, help me with a suspension test on this Abrams.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

274 Nope, better read up on DMSO:

https://tinyurl.com/y5hsvb89

They tested by dipping animals into it for a period of time. No issues. I have arthritis in my big toe. (Have it in many other spots, but this has affected my walking. Stops the pain and unlocks the joints instantly. It is supposed to be very useful dealing with strokes.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 09:15 PM (NQtI0)

275
The one time Officer Jim Reed got in trouble was after chasing down a pedo who kidnapped and killed an 8 year old girl, he "used excessive force".
Posted by: One Adam-12, see The Man

It was Malloy.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0505265

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (63Dwl)

276 Now that’s a MANS Christmas wrapping paper
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Range
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Butcher paper works well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (HZsmh)

277 before any Port get right comfortable.

Any Port in a storm.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (sptJg)

278 My TV broke last night . Weird that they are almost disposable these days because of the cost to repair isn't much less than the cost to just buy another one. My back light stopped working and I just get a dark screen. It was 12 years old so I guess I got my money's worth.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (D6PGr)

279 259 Santa is on his way to Canada!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:09 PM (p4NUW)

To kill our elites and their entire bloodlines?!

It's off brand, but please Santa please!

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (jvJvP)

280 The mlb site says there are 8 free games you can watch now to celebrate Rickey Henderson.

Great player.....

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)

281 Butcher paper works well.

Used to use free Arabic newspapers with squiggly writing.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:18 PM (sptJg)

282 Kids can't force parents to divorce. The marriage obviously had other problems, and they likely materialized in the kid.

Kids are great reflectors of parental faults.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

Again read the back story. You may change your mind or at least accept there are exceptions.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:18 PM (D6PGr)

283 We used DMSO to deliver some medication to horses. The vet and the instructions insisted that gloves were to be worn. I know the USAF experimented and then discontinued the use of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (HZsmh)

284 My TV broke last night . Weird that they are almost disposable these days because of the cost to repair isn't much less than the cost to just buy another one. My back light stopped working and I just get a dark screen. It was 12 years old so I guess I got my money's worth.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:16 PM (D6PGr)

Take the back off it, and duct-tape the LCD panel to a window.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (8zz6B)

285
Big load of coal getting dropped off in Ottawa this year.

Generate electricity!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (63Dwl)

286 66 Hard to believe it's been exactly 2 years since my little cat Hexie came into my life on a very cold Christmas Eve night.

She's been a constant delight ever since and seems quite happy and content. Though she has taken over half my house and relegated the rest of my kitties to my office and library.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 09:12 PM (BpYfr)

That's very sweet.

Time to go check on Trumpy and Snowflake.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (jvJvP)

287 263 Santa is on his way to Canada!
Posted by: Piper

Is that the NORAD Santa tracker? I used to love looking at that with my son when he was little

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 09:20 PM (HU/Hr)

288 Again read the back story. You may change your mind or at least accept there are exceptions.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:18 PM (D6PGr)
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I don't care enough to bother. It's just a discussion topic. Haven't seen any of her films, not motivated to do so. Just interesting how a broad would have been a B-lister in the 80s is an "It girl" by our jaded standards because everyone else is a pinch-faced lesbian or pushing 60.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

289 Take the back off it, and duct-tape the LCD panel to a window.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (8zz6B)

Limits me to daytime soap operas 😀

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:20 PM (D6PGr)

290 Santa is on his way to Canada!
Posted by: Piper

So it's too late for my letter? Well in that case I'll send it to Vivek and Elon.

Dear sirs, all I want for Christmas is for you folks, when you are finished in DC, to pay a visit to the State of Washington.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 09:21 PM (LMxW+)

291 I don't care enough to bother. It's just a discussion topic. Haven't seen any of her films, not motivated to do so. Just interesting how a broad would have been a B-lister in the 80s is an "It girl" by our jaded standards because everyone else is a pinch-faced lesbian or pushing 60.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

Sydney Sweeney apparently loves getting her hands dirty working on old cars. I would let her mess with mine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:22 PM (8zz6B)

292 A murderer on an episode of Quincy, M.E. applied a mixture of snake venom and DMSO to a car's steering wheel.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 09:23 PM (63Dwl)

293 213 DMSO causes serious kidney damage. Also not liver-friendly. Not worth it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e veleno per gli reni at December 24, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)

Everything I read says it does not cause kidney damage, unlike NSAIDs. Do you have a source?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 08:48 PM (OX9vb)
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I quoted that from memory from when it appeared to be the magic cure for everything. All I can find are rat experiments (some not even in vivo) that claim no damage based on excretion of markers. I don't have access to medical lit.
It's a liquid absorbed readily through the skin. It dissolves both hydrophobic compounds and hydrophilic compounds and carries them through membranes (skin too). It's going to change the filtration properties of the glomeruli. Whether this is permanent or not I can't find anything at the moment. Any medics shed any more light?
Go ahead and use it if you want, it's not my skin (pun).

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e veleno per gli reni at December 24, 2024 09:23 PM (i0xsb)

294 DMSO was treated like ivermectin. That link is from Midwestern Doctor's Substack, giving the history of what they did. And they had hoped it would drliver insulin to the bloodstream. That doesn't work. They caution that you wash your hands and the area before applying.

Funny isn't it. We're scared out of using DMSO, but they were more than willing to put me on statins because my LDL was a bit high. I told them I'd change my diet. Statins are a major health risk.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 09:23 PM (NQtI0)

295 I met Linda Carter once back in the early 80's. She was stunning in person. Oozed charisma. She got her start in a friend's dad's band in her youth. The Garfin Gathering. Was over for a visit around Christmas.

Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 09:24 PM (xcIvR)

296 "Anyone up for a hearty chorus of Do They Know It's Christmas?"
*************
In Africa? Just talked to my daughter who's currently deployed as an army nurse in Djibouti. So, yes, some people know it's Christmas there.

Posted by: Cosda at December 24, 2024 09:24 PM (EHxnB)

297 Limits me to daytime soap operas 😀
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:20 PM (D6PGr)

Some of those soap honeys have nice racks, according to one of our Day Walkers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:24 PM (8zz6B)

298 Some of those soap honeys have nice racks, according to one of our Day Walkers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:24 PM (8zz6B)

Yup.

Nice Bod Brooke, Stuffy Steffy, and Big Tit Donna.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 09:26 PM (ufFY8)

299 Nice Bod Brooke, Stuffy Steffy, and Big Tit Donna.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 09:26 PM (ufFY

Sorry I forget your nic. Brain cramp, it was.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:27 PM (8zz6B)

300 One thing about our litigious society, you can't research anything. Mum's the word or worse, stupid answers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:28 PM (HZsmh)

301 murderer on an episode of Quincy, M.E. applied a mixture of snake venom and DMSO to a car's steering wheel.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 09:23 PM (63Dwl)

Hah . Smart writers.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:29 PM (D6PGr)

302 Butcher paper works well.
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Yes, it does!

Years ago, when hubby first got his Harley... and HD had teevee ads with Santa throwing presents under the tree...

I couldn't find black wrapping paper anywhere! So, spray painted a bunch of butcher paper flat black, and wrapped hub's presents with that. (Tools, saddle bags, etc.) Had some black curling ribbon leftover from a previous, uh, gift-giving LOL but that's another story.

Hubs was *thrilled* and LHAO as I tumbled his gifts toward the tree.

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 09:30 PM (YoCnN)

303 From the link, part 1 of 2

Due to its safety and dramatically better performance than the existing treatment options, DMSO rapidly took off around the country. Numerous pharmaceutical companies clamored for it (and invested millions in bringing it to market), and before long, many doctors were using it on thousands of patients with unbelievable results—results that were particularly unbelievable given how poorly the existing therapies worked.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 09:30 PM (NQtI0)

304 Deidre Hall was a nurse on Emergency! before she became a soap star. She was lovely in the 70s.

Posted by: Can Pick'em at December 24, 2024 09:30 PM (G5+As)

305 Lynda Carter...mmmm

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 09:30 PM (ufFY8)

306 Part 2
Sadly however, as both the public and professional interest in DMSO was skyrocketing, the FDA decided it was unacceptable a drug they could not control was taking off around the country, and on November 10, 1965, issued a global research ban on it, causing almost every doctor who had been using it to stop out of fear of prosecution. This immediately created an underground market for DMSO, a flurry of complaints to and by elected officials over it (which eventually resulted in Congressional hearings) and an end to almost all DMSO research.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 09:31 PM (NQtI0)

307 Lynda Carter in Battle of the Network Stars.

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (i0F8b)

308 Hah . Smart writers.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:29 PM (D6PGr)

And it would not surprise me to learn that that is one piece of the "data" cited by anti-DMSO authorities.

I don't really have a dog in this hunt, but it seems pretty clear the stuff is mostly safe, if used responsibly. Not sudden death in a bottle, but like any other drug, can cause problems if taken in massive doses for a prolonged period.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (8zz6B)

309
Diedre Hall has an identical twin sister, Andrea.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (w6EFb)

310 Unfortunately, I must disregard most Official Medical Informations.

I can do Prob and Stat, and things do not add up.

Posted by: Miklos, attempt no Maths here at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (xesY+)

311 Unfortunately, I must disregard most Official Medical Informations.

I can do Prob and Stat, and things do not add up.

Posted by: Miklos, attempt no Maths here at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (xesY+)

312 Revocation on my play-list right now. Standard-issue thrash metal. But, it fits my mood.

Might go find the Charlie Brown/Tom Sawyer mix-up.

Immona cook eggs benedict and bacon tomorrow, then me and the missus will drive around. Gonna be warm and sunny.

French toast and bacon for when the boys are home this weekend. And yes, there will be maple syrup all up in them French toasteses. The good stuff, aged in bourbon casks. Sorry, CDB.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 09:33 PM (Ad8y9)

313 Sit down

No, get me a beer first

Posted by: Miklos, addressing his other brother Miklos at December 24, 2024 09:33 PM (xesY+)

314 304 Deidre Hall was a nurse on Emergency! before she became a soap star. She was lovely in the 70s.
Posted by: Can Pick'em
..................................
I read that she was an accomplished jazz singer before her role in Emergency.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 09:35 PM (sAmhv)

315 Merry Christmas Horde!

We've been slow in getting ready for Christmas this year. I finally got all the candles put up in the windows. A tradition that I brought with me from my years in New Hampshire.

It was an amazing sight taking walks at night during the Christmas season in the more "colonial" looking areas with deep snow and the warm candle glow.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 24, 2024 09:36 PM (3Ev2O)

316 >> I read that she was an accomplished jazz singer before her role in Emergency.

You're thinking of Julie London.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

317 Sydney Sweeney apparently loves getting her hands dirty working on old cars. I would let her mess with mine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:22 PM (8zz6B)
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I assume all celebrity news is fake, so this is great work by her publicist.

It's also why "she broke up her parents' marriage with her ruthless ambition" is equally likely to be fake, because she appears to be operating outside the established hierarchy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

318 Lynda Carter in Battle of the Network Stars.
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 09:32 PM (i0F8b)

Or perhaps one of the Landers sisters might tickle your fancy...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 24, 2024 09:37 PM (5AVMW)

319 Personally, I rely on Scientific Advice, Interferon, and whatever came from Fauci torturing the beagles.

Posted by: Judge Miklos, with some ideas about Fauci and fleas at December 24, 2024 09:37 PM (xesY+)

320 316: oops. Julie London.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 09:38 PM (sAmhv)

321 >>>FDA ..., and on November 10, 1965, issued a global research ban on it,
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There it is. This is something for the HHS (Kennedy) to know that there is an interest in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:38 PM (HZsmh)

322 Lynda Carter in Battle of the Network Stars.
Posted by: davidt

My favorite TV viewing from that period was Battle of the Network T & A.

Rock solid entertainment.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:38 PM (WXNFJ)

323 Personally, I rely on Scientific Advice, Interferon, and whatever came from Fauci torturing the beagles.
Posted by: Judge Miklos, with some ideas about Fauci and fleas at December 24, 2024 09:37 PM (xesY+)
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Isn't it amazing what kind of evil you can do merely by wearing a white lab coat and carrying a clip board?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

324 https://youtu.be/yZ2sa3tyvkI?
The cat wanted in to the warm warm house,
but no one would let the cat in
It was cold outside on Christmas Eve,
She meowed and meowed by the door.
The cat was not let in the warm warm house,
And her tiny cries were ignored.
'twas a blizzard now, the worst of the year,
There was no place for her to hide.
Just then a poor little mouse crept by,
He had lost his way in the snow.
He was on his last legs and was almost froze,
The cat lifted him with her paw.
She said "Poor mouse do not be afraid,
because this is Christmas Eve.
"On this freezing night we both need a friend,
"I won't hurt you - stay by my side."
They found the cat lying there in the snow,
and they could see that she had died.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (dOnec)

325 deployed as an army nurse in Djibouti.
Posted by: Cosda

Shake your Djibouti was my favorite Zappa album.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (WXNFJ)

326 202
'calls for her to resign are increasing.'

Good. Her and Alvin Bragg.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (3wi/L)

327 Watching the Grinch plotting his revenge against Whoville. They hunted his species to near extinction. It's payback time!

(The never shown 80s era sequel.)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 09:41 PM (sAmhv)

328 >>>You're thinking of Julie London.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

https://youtu.be/DfANFQOLGKA?t=15

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:41 PM (HZsmh)

329 You're thinking of Julie London.
Posted by: publius, Rascally

Now I'm thinking of Julie London.

Who is not here.

Unkind.

Posted by: Miklos reverts to thinking of Luciana Paluzzi (in love since the age of 9) at December 24, 2024 09:42 PM (xesY+)

330 I got that link from Dr Pierre Kory, who I follow because of his fight for ivermectin. In looking for it tonight, I was surprised at the number of substacks about DMSO. I can remember using it when it was popular. I got some but hadn't tried it until reading this Substack. It has a lot of detail about using it

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 09:42 PM (NQtI0)

331 Just then a poor little mouse crept by,
He had lost his way in the snow.
He was on his last legs and was almost froze,
The cat lifted him with her paw.
koism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (dOnec)
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And ate him, and thus fortified, survived by burrowing deeper into the insulative snow.

Because cats are pets and mice are vermin.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

332 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (dOnec)

Thanks. Literally the saddest thing I have ever heard, makes me cry every time, and you had to post that now?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 24, 2024 09:42 PM (5AVMW)

333 Shake your Djibouti was my favorite Zappa album.
Posted by: Tonypete

I thought that was KC and the Sunshine Band

Posted by: Miklos survived the 70s at December 24, 2024 09:43 PM (xesY+)

334 Logan's Run is on Hoopla free.

Do I want to ruin a childhood memory?

And I found 'V' too.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (jvJvP)

335 Shake your Djibouti was my favorite Zappa album.
Posted by: Tonypete

I thought that was KC and the Sunshine Band
Posted by: Miklos survived the 70s at December 24, 2024 09:43 PM (xesY+)
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I prefer it rendering in the original Arabic: "Sheik Djibouti."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)

336 Julie London was married to both Bobby Troup and Jack Webb. Troup also played one of the Drs. on Emergency! and wrote 'Get your kicks on Route 66'.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:45 PM (WXNFJ)

337 Logan's Run is on Hoopla free.

Do I want to ruin a childhood memory?

And I found 'V' too.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (jvJvP)
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I've seen it a few times over the years. Funny how Roger Ebert said it was an "out of body experience" when it came out. Later he would compare "Star Wars" to it.

"It's just like Logan's Run only better" is a heck of a take.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

338
Jack Webb broke Julie's heart.

Also, see Julie doing "Cry Me a River". Some say that was about Jack Webb.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

339 What I remember from Bobby Troup was in the movie MASH.

"Gawdamn Army" was his line.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 09:49 PM (Ad8y9)

340 ONT is early

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 09:49 PM (D6PGr)

341 Also, see Julie doing "Cry Me a River". Some say that was about Jack Webb.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

The original recording, with her backup band, the Light Brigade, is the shiznit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:49 PM (8zz6B)

342 I prefer it rendering in the original Arabic: "Sheik Djibouti."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Done and done.

Posted by: Weird Al Miklos-Jankovik at December 24, 2024 09:49 PM (xesY+)

343
"It's just like Logan's Run only better" is a heck of a take.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

I'll see if I watch after the cats get in.

There's some things I can never watch again. 'Superfriends' and 'Lost in Space.'

Happy memories. Adulthood would ruin them.

Thank you Penny......

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:51 PM (jvJvP)

344 Currently watching the greatest Ebenezer Scrooge, Alistair Sim.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (v6JzV)

345 Brother and I watched Logan's Run on the drive-in screen. We lived behind the drive-in, and Dad told us not to watch the movie in our backyard. We chose to see a wink and a nod. Mom would have been more stridently opposed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (Ad8y9)

346 LAST!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'll hang up and listen... at December 24, 2024 09:56 PM (Ad8y9)

347 Interestingly, Hanukah also features the tradition of extending a fuel source for a number of days (eight in the case of Hanukah). I have no idea if these ideas are related or it's just a case of great minds thinking a light.

For those who don't know, Hannuka predates Christmas, and is strictly a Jewish holyday conceived in Israel and has no roots in paganism. What happened in Hannuka is that when the 1st Temple was finally cleaned from the Selucid Greek influence by the Jews, they only had enough pure oil to keep the great Menorah lit for one day. G-d then allowed this oil to burn for 8 days so more pure oil could be made, thus the miracle of the 8 days

That being said, however, the main idea behind Hannukah is one of religious freedom and the right to worship one's religion free from tyranny and oppression.

Posted by: Moshe Ben Avram at December 25, 2024 07:25 AM (NcQ8Y)

348 Very cute, Ace.
Thanks for the awesome Christmas posts!

Posted by: Bach in Black at December 25, 2024 03:07 PM (+oqUV)

Trump Announces He Will Withdraw the US from the UN's Fake Health Organization WHO, Stating, Correctly, That It Is a Corrupt Group Owing Cash-Money Loyalty to China

Jim Ferguson
@JimFergusonUK
BREAKING: President Trump Announces Immediate Withdrawal from WHO
In a fiery statement today, President Donald J. Trump declared the United States would withdraw immediately from the World Health Organization (WHO), calling it a "corrupt Globalist SCAM" dominated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and global elites like Bill Gates.

The WHO has become nothing more than a tool for the CCP and the Globalists to strip away medical autonomy, silence dissent, and control your lives. They want to crush your freedom of speech, dictate your health choices, and enslave you to their agenda. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT! - President Trump
Trump's defiant stance against the WHO's overreach marks a bold escalation in the fight against globalist agendas. He pledged to defund and abolish the organization, vowing to create an alternative alliance that prioritizes sovereignty, freedom, and truth over corruption and coercion.
We will no longer allow the CCP or their billionaire puppets to dictate the future of our great nation. This is a fight for freedom, and America will LEAD THE CHARGE!
The fightback has begun. With this move, Trump draws a line in the sand: It's Globalists vs. Patriots, and the battle for the soul of America AND THE WORLD is here.

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump Announces Immediate Withdrawal from WHO 🚨

In a fiery statement today, President Donald J. Trump declared the United States would withdraw immediately from the World Health Organization (WHO), calling it a "corrupt Globalist SCAM" dominated by the� pic.twitter.com/lEgcUcN3dl
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) December 23, 2024

Some quick hits:

Via Hot Air, a government stooge demands that his fellow #Resistance bureaucrats stay at their government jobs so that they'll be in a position to undermine the democratically-elected president.

Again.

O ver the next few weeks, U.S. civil servants will spend the holidays wrestling with a tough choice: Stay in your jobs and work for a president who openly disdains you and might try to fire you -- or quit. I have already heard from many of you who would rather try your luck on the job market than wait for President-elect Donald Trump's promised purge.
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: Is it an apolitical source of expertise and professionalism, or is it a partisan weapon for presidents to use for their own political or economic ends? Now, with Trump and his allies setting civil servants in their sights, we risk backsliding to an earlier time, when cronyism reigned -- and Americans suffered. By staying in your position as long as you can, you can defend the work of our democracy.

The New York Times got a Christmas present for you. Surprise, it's leftwing atheist propaganda:

In Gavin Newsom's People's Republic of California:

Two hoodrats handcuffed in the back of a California police car commiserate about the "bitch new laws" that make stealing a felony again.

"Wait, stealing is a felony now?" - Prop. 36 is the best thing CA voters ever did pic.twitter.com/Im3RuMik4z
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 23, 2024

Gavin Newsom 2004: Here�s my plan to solve homelessness in 10 years.

Gavin Newsom 2010: California is going to get it right with this new high speed rail.

California 2024: pic.twitter.com/I5KiehMWdm
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) December 24, 2024

Thanks to @comradearthur.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU!!!🎅🎄🎄🎄 pic.twitter.com/uiUwZ0lNhG
— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) December 24, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 06:42 PM

Comments

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1 Merry Christmas to all a y'all.

Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2024 06:45 PM (DKIGo)

2 After Moon died, WHO should have disbanded.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (aCsV6)

3 Off topic but one of the greatest things about being a man is that the expectations for your giftwrapping is; some sort of decorative outer cover is used, and the gift is mostly concealed. No matter how terrible I do it's always "oh honey you did such a good job!"

And I'm all, I did! I did! I'm a good boy!

It's the adult version of bringing home your macaroni art of a horse that actually look like Cthulhu enjoying a salad but your mom is all like, "It's so wonderful!" and hangs it on the refrigerator.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (Y6IkP)

4 It is a Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (QzINz)

5 I'm not going to burn my Who albums.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 06:48 PM (63Dwl)

6 Somewhat paraphrased Lazarus Long:

"Civil servant" is semantically equivalent to "civil master."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 06:48 PM (6K6Eu)

7 8Th!!!!

Posted by: That should do it at December 24, 2024 06:48 PM (iziT8)

8 2 After Moon died, WHO should have disbanded.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (aCsV6)

You Better You Bet is one of my favorite Who songs, from the post-Moon Face Dances.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 06:48 PM (PiwSw)

9 Eleventh?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:50 PM (WXNFJ)

10 "Bitch, new laws."

This jailhouse lawyer missed her calling.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 06:51 PM (cl15i)

11 me!!!

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:51 PM (iziT8)

12

Under Proposition 36, the primary aspects addressing felony charges concern how theft of property with values of $950 or less can be regarded as felonies only when a suspect has two or more previous convictions regarding selected theft-type offenses. These scenarios involve repeat offenders, who would have usually been treated simply as misdemeanors.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 06:51 PM (63Dwl)

13 Trump is Santa AND Krampus.

"You! In the bag!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 06:51 PM (kpS4V)

14 What media hoors will announce as 'the worst thing ever' (today) I will celebrate as one more reason I voted for the man.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:51 PM (WXNFJ)

15 It's so wonderful!" and hangs it on the refrigerator.
Posted by: banana Dream at December

I still have a macaroni necklace in my jewelry case. Every time little opens it she laughs I still have it.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:52 PM (pZEOD)

16 "President Trump Announces Immediate Withdrawal from WHO"

Coming to A Theater Near You: Covids 20 through 50

because the WHO can't have a liberator threatening their gold mine.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:52 PM (aXxgO)

17 It's a Christmas miracle!!

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:52 PM (iziT8)

18 Oy, you don't know dysfunctional families.

Posted by: King Herod at December 24, 2024 06:52 PM (sDWtc)

19 Trump is Santa AND Krampus.
---------
Who is Hans Gruber, then?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 06:52 PM (6K6Eu)

20 Please give. It's only $19 a month. Get your adowable Love To The Rescue blanket.

Posted by: Kaleb For Shriner's Hospital at December 24, 2024 06:53 PM (G5+As)

21 Trumpus.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:53 PM (iziT8)

22 I've been expecting a Waitresses vid but I guess I've missed those posts.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:53 PM (D6PGr)

23 Glad to see all those fellow Californians living under the bridge down by the railroad. Low rent and clean fresh air.
Vote for me and I will set you free!

Posted by: Gavin Newsome, Faggot at December 24, 2024 06:54 PM (R/m4+)

24 Who is Hans Gruber, then?
----

Gorka?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 06:54 PM (kpS4V)

25 It's run by the Chinese anyway

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:54 PM (fwDg9)

26 “Bitch - New laws. San Diego county don’t play”

That’s way, way better than any Ad Council PSA. Twould make a good billboard.

Bitch! New Laws! LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 06:55 PM (nC+3t)

27 Jesus is an illegal immigrant from a dysfunctional family who supports government control annd socialized medicine and would condemn Republicans.

The Left has been saying some version of this for decades.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (D6PGr)

28 MaxStier: "...Is it an apolitical source of expertise and professionalism, or is it a partisan weapon for presidents to use for their own political or economic ends?"

The chutzpah to blurt that out is beyond words.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (aXxgO)

29 On this Christmas eve I’m thankful I don’t live in Caligufornia.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (LHPAg)

30 Did anyone else notice the X reader context?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (dQfJF)

31 I'm starting to become concerned that I won't be able to acquire my Chinese Shit-Dipped Garlic.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 06:57 PM (dIske)

32 @8...I like Athena and Eminence Front too. But they're "Peter Townshend, with Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle" songs. They're not the bleedin' 'oo.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 24, 2024 06:58 PM (aCsV6)

33 Did anyone else notice the X reader context?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (dQfJF)

Yep. Hope Trump sees it again to remind himself.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:58 PM (D6PGr)

34
Oh, FFS. "Bitch, new laws."

How can you litigate against people who think theft is negotiable, contingent upon which Party is in power?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 06:59 PM (BI5O2)

35 I see there's a community note on the Trump announcement regarding WHO. It's a campaign promise.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 06:59 PM (YwPAo)

36 Christyne Campbell @TXRealtorDallas 57m
So interesting information on @DanCrenshawTX
FEC fines Rep. Dan Crenshaw for taking over $220,000 in illegal campaign contributions
This isn’t the first time the Texas Republican has run afoul of federal ethics laws.
americanjournalnews.com

Cynthia Holt @Ghostofcynthia 54m
Well, what do we have here? @DanCrenshawTX

FEC fines Rep. Dan Crenshaw for taking over $220,000 in illegal campaign contributions

This isn’t the first time the Texas Republican has run afoul of federal ethics laws.

https://tinyurl.com/349szwz5

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (hovnC)

37 How can you litigate against people who think theft is negotiable, contingent upon which Party is in power?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 06:59 PM (BI5O2)

People who think theft is negotiable .... you mean, like Congress?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (cl15i)

38 33 Did anyone else notice the X reader context?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 24, 2024 06:56 PM (dQfJF)

Yep. Hope Trump sees it again to remind himself.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:58 PM (D6PGr)
----'
Hehe, good one.

Posted by: Brick Tamlan at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (YwPAo)

39 How can you litigate against people who think theft is negotiable, contingent upon which Party is in power?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 06:59 PM (BI5O2)

People who think theft is negotiable .... you mean, like Congress?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (cl15i)

Send them someplace where it's better the police catch you than the store staff, because you're more likely to survive the police?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:01 PM (VNX3d)

40 BREAKING 🅱️

Democrats are DEMANDING for John Fetterman to leave the party.

Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 07:02 PM (/7KEl)

41 People who think theft is negotiable .... you mean, like Congress?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (cl15i)

Yeah, that's another group who can't be integrated into a polite society with laws and fancy shit like that. Little Miss Larceny and Senator Graham aren't so far apart.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 07:02 PM (BI5O2)

42 Watching Christmas movies with Junior-ette and Smash.

Merry Christmas, horde.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 07:03 PM (MsrgL)

43 Merry Christmas Horde
Happy Hanukkah for all of our Jewish brothers and sisters.
God bless us and America!

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 24, 2024 07:03 PM (4JgFY)

44 This isn’t the first time the Texas Republican has run afoul of federal ethics laws.

https://tinyurl.com/349szwz5
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:00 PM (hovnC)

Evidently that's not a problem. Take illegal bribes, get fined for it. Keep doing it.

Something tells me the real racket here is pretending their fines are something that will stop people from doing it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 07:04 PM (JLU16)

45 Self-Help Instructions:
How to wrap a gift in 2 minutes.

(if you have a cat)
How to wrap a gift in 22 minutes.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era il gatto at December 24, 2024 07:04 PM (i0xsb)

46 I don't mean to nitpick, but doesn't President-Elect Trump have to wait until January 20 before doing *anything*?

Or is the world simply acknowledging the Trump is the *actual* President now?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 07:04 PM (BpYfr)

47 2 After Moon died, WHO should have disbanded.
Posted by: occam's brassiere

But I do like Trump's 2024 remake of "Won't Get Fooled Again!"

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:05 PM (pMi6S)

48 Self-Help Instructions:
How to wrap a gift in 2 minutes.

(if you have a cat)
How to wrap a gift in 22 minutes.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era il gatto at December 24, 2024 07:04 PM (i0xsb)

Isn't there one on how to wrap a cat? I think I've seen one or two....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:05 PM (VNX3d)

49 Y'all check out Rare Export on streaming channel for Peacock. Good Norwegian Santa Clause quasi horror movie. Krampus-esque.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 07:05 PM (MsrgL)

50
Trick or Treat for UNICEF!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:06 PM (dxSpM)

51 46 I don't mean to nitpick, but doesn't President-Elect Trump have to wait until January 20 before doing *anything*?

Or is the world simply acknowledging the Trump is the *actual* President now?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Through perumbras and emanations, and the sheer power of WILL, Trump is not only already President, but he's already been President continuously since 2016.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:06 PM (pMi6S)

52 perumbras = penumbras

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (pMi6S)

53 BREAKING 🅱️

Democrats are DEMANDING for John Fetterman to leave the party.
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 07:02 PM (/7KEl)

Reminds me of when the Cardinals traded Steve Carlton to the Phillies in exchange for Rick Wise. Due to Carlton asking for a raise.

The paper had a illustration showing the GM and the owner on a tree branch, cutting it off while Carlton was sitting safely on the tree.

The caption read "that'll show him!"

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (Kh1uM)

54 I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (D6PGr)

55 I hope RFK Jr, brings up the jabs.

People need to know they've been poisoned. And exact revenge.

But mostly revenge.....

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (jvJvP)

56 They want to crush your freedom of speech, dictate your health choices, and enslave you to their agenda. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT! - President Trump
+++
I really wish that I could vote for the man again.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (/2io2)

57 Anybody remember 2020-2024?

Me neither.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:08 PM (pMi6S)

58 The easiest way to wrap a present is to buy a gift bag.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:08 PM (D6PGr)

59 @53 How quickly they went from, "let's keep him around so his wife can cast votes for him" to, "get out!"

Posted by: Brick Tamlan at December 24, 2024 07:08 PM (YwPAo)

60 /sock

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (YwPAo)

61 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (D6PGr)

I always figured James Caan and Newhart were the stars of that one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (BI5O2)

62
Under Proposition 36, the primary aspects addressing felony charges concern how theft of property with values of $950 or less can be regarded as felonies only when a suspect has two or more previous convictions regarding selected theft-type offenses.

_________

Bag of chips: $951
Bottle of water: $951
Tube of toothpaste: $951

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (dxSpM)

63 "I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth"

It was ok. A one-watcher. Zooey was cute.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (iziT8)

64 54 I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Mostly they just want to bone Zooey Deschanel.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:10 PM (pMi6S)

65 How to wrap a cat:

tinyurl.com/yc38e4c9+

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 07:10 PM (YoCnN)

66 63 "I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth"

It was ok. A one-watcher. Zooey was cute.
Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (iziT

The scene with Peter Dinklage was a hoot.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 07:10 PM (PiwSw)

67 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 07:09 PM (BI5O2)

Zooey was cute as usual.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:10 PM (D6PGr)

68 Stephen Moore @StephenMoore 11h
🚨 Another half-million jobs reported under Biden turn out to be phantom! 🚨

The Philly Fed's recent findings reveal that Q2 job growth was actually negative, with all reported gains set for revision in 2025. This follows an alarming downward revision of 800,000 jobs from last year.

Stay tuned for January’s nonfarm payrolls—more adjustments on the way! 📉

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (hovnC)

69 Tubi has 'Inside' on. A french movie.

Technically a Christmas movie. A pregnant woman loses her husband 4 months earlier and will be induced on Christmas. A woman shows up at her house with a knife.

Quiet first 20 minutes. Brutal hour afterwards.

For anyone in that kind of mood.....or that likes those types of movies.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (jvJvP)

70 Is Babs still silent?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (4pGuH)

71 That time when Fauci's drum kit exploded on the Smothers Brothers show was epic.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (pMi6S)

72 "The easiest way to wrap a present is to buy a gift bag."
--------

Yes! And then the cat would even wrap itself!

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (YoCnN)

73 In a fiery statement today, President Donald J. Trump declared:
"Shoot this bitches"!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (wDJaI)

74 actually it's worse than that, in not so many words, they suggest Mary was raped by a Roman soldier, in a different era he would be boiled in oil (actually too many words)

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (dJR17)

75 I don't mean to nitpick, but doesn't President-Elect Trump have to wait until January 20 before doing *anything*?

Or is the world simply acknowledging the Trump is the *actual* President now?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
++++
Well, it does appear that no one is currently occupying the office.
So, he might as well go ahead and start fixing things.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (/2io2)

76 Please to remember that sick farce of a "Human Rights" Council

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (RIvkX)

77
Reminds me of when the Cardinals traded Steve Carlton to the Phillies in exchange for Rick Wise. Due to Carlton asking for a raise.

_________

Among the worst trades in baseball history. How many years did it take for the Cardinals to get back to the World Series?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (dxSpM)

78 zombie, I remember every miserable minute of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (XTmTf)

79 Hell, the little kid in Elf acted better than Farrell. If you put my hillbilly ass in green pajamas and told me to act like an 8yo, I could play his role.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (BI5O2)

80 Heh...just keep pushing Fetterman's buttons. He end up voting in favor of Hegseth.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (dIske)

81 54 I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (D6PGr)
----
Same. There are only so many times one can laugh at Buddy recognizing Peter Dinklage as one of Santa's elves.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (YwPAo)

82 All of Biden's jobs are either govt jobs or phantom jobs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (7qi4l)

83 >>> I don't get the love for the movie Elf.

I don't hate Will Ferrell but I thought it was just okay .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (D6PGr)

=====

*fist bump*

Zooey Deschanel singing the shower is its only redeeming quality. YMMV

Posted by: Turn 2 at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (JfxgE)

84 Well, it does appear that no one is currently occupying the office.
So, he might as well go ahead and start fixing things.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 24, 2024 07:12 PM (/2io2)
---
I have no problem with that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (BpYfr)

85 The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee Dec 23
Post-Menopausal Lesbians Flee America Over Concerns About Forced Pregnancies #BestOfTheBee2024
buff.ly/3B1vxgr

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (hovnC)

86 Another half-million jobs reported under Biden turn out to be phantom! 🚨

The Philly Fed's recent findings reveal that Q2 job growth was actually negative, with all reported gains set for revision in 2025. This follows an alarming downward revision of 800,000 jobs from last year.

Stay tuned for January’s nonfarm payrolls—more adjustments on the way! 📉

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM

Just wait until the second quarter jobs report is released in April after Trump is sworn in. From that point forward everything is going to be negative and it will be reported endlessly that Trump is heading the country into a recession.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (Rcnd3)

87 The Democrat party thinks Gavin Newsom has a winning track record of brilliant success.

And is greasier than Chris Christie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

88 "The easiest way to wrap a present is to buy a gift bag."
--------

Yes! And then the cat would even wrap itself!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 07:11 PM (YoCnN)

Somewhere recently, I saw a cartoon with a dog and a cat.

Cat: Did you get me an empty bag?
Dog: Yes.
Cat, now inside the bag: It's perfect!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:14 PM (VNX3d)

89 >>>Or is the world simply acknowledging the Trump is the *actual* President now?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
---

Yes. Yes the world is simply acknowledging the Trump is the *actual* President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:14 PM (7qi4l)

90 Gaylord gave us the Office of the President Elect.

And Trump is running with it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 07:15 PM (4pGuH)

91 Anything purporting to be a "world organization" with the words; "world," "global." "humanitarian," "societal," and so on... is unmitigated horseshit.

Make a note. Pin it. Refer to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 07:15 PM (Q4IgG)

92 87 The Democrat party thinks Gavin Newsom has a winning track record of brilliant success.

And is greasier than Chris Christie.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

The debate between Gavin and Kamala will be Must Watch TV.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 07:15 PM (PiwSw)

93 How To Make a Burrito

https://youtube.com/shorts/HWnBuDprpiE

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (Ly6Ax)

94 I've been watching all the Bob Burgers Christmas episodes. All of them are great.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (D6PGr)

95 That Newsom fellow is sure a visionary. Yes , yes he is

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (DopAq)

96 Major department store in Big City had a gift wrapping section.
You would pay through the snoot but that package would look beautiful.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (7qi4l)

97 Newsome vs Christie

0-20W vs Olestra

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (4pGuH)

98 Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree Dec 22
Biden only held 9 cabinet meetings in 4 years and during those meeting members of his cabinet had to submit written questions in advance so he could write out the answers in advance.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (hovnC)

99 just keep pushing Fetterman's buttons.

The big one on his shoulder. Wearing a festive little hat.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (tsszd)

100
Anything purporting to be a "world organization" with the words; "world," "global." "humanitarian," "societal," and so on... is unmitigated horseshit.

_________

"People's"
"Concerned"
"In the Public Interest"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (dxSpM)

101
The caption read "that'll show him!"
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 07:07 PM (Kh1uM)

But but Fettermonster is stinky and wears a hoodie and would prolly switch to Republican to negate Collins and Murkowski .
Please don't vote him out!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (wDJaI)

102 65 How to wrap a cat:

tinyurl.com/yc38e4c9+

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 07:10 PM (YoCnN)
----
Thanks JQ, none of my current ones would probably stand for that. In the past I can think of two long-gone precious kitties that would have cooperated.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era il gatto at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (i0xsb)

103 think of the confab with sam jackson in geneva, thats the WHO and WEF and everything else,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 24, 2024 07:17 PM (dJR17)

104 32 @8...I like Athena and Eminence Front too. But they're "Peter Townshend, with Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle" songs. They're not the bleedin' 'oo.
Posted by: occam's brassiere

Eh, all this post-'67 stuff is not real Who.

1. Can't Explain
2. Magic Bus
3. I'm a Boy
4. Legal Matter
5. Happy Jack.

THAT's the Who.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:18 PM (pMi6S)

105 Regarding Newsome, back when he was advocating for his Care Not Cash program for homelessness in S.F (modelled after Giuliani in NYC), a relatively sensible proposal centered around targeted, accountable spending to directly address needs, he was pilloried in the local rags as a right wing fascist by all those who dipped their beaks in those $$$ thrown at the problem. There were privacy concerns as well, but those were far secondary

Posted by: Dr. Faustie - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 07:18 PM (hf5PR)

106 83

Zooey Deschanel singing the shower is its only redeeming quality. YMMV
Posted by: Turn 2 at December 24, 2024 07:13 PM (JfxgE)

---
Yes. https://youtu.be/tTcPypp_W9g?t=16

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 07:18 PM (YwPAo)

107 Fetterman is to Trump what Luca Brasi was to Don Corleone .

Capice goombah ?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:19 PM (wDJaI)

108 Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2024 07:19 PM (IDphi)

109 90 Gaylord gave us the Office of the President Elect.

And Trump is running with it.
Posted by: Anna Puma
---

Yes, it was Bush's cr@p deal with Paulson and he brought O'fstick in early to bring him up to speed and he took the bit and ran with it. One might say he stuck it to Bush; however, the truth is Bush bent over and gave it to him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:20 PM (7qi4l)

110 How To Make a Burrito
===
The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee 22h
Trump To Round Up Illegals With Taco Trap #BestOfTheBee2024
buff.ly/3YVZCGj

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:20 PM (hovnC)

111 93 How To Make a Burrito

https://youtube.com/shorts/HWnBuDprpiE

Posted by: Common Tater

This isn't a two donkey, donkey show is it?
Asking for a friend.

*my friend doesn't need that in his search history

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 07:20 PM (MsrgL)

112 Regarding Newsome, back when he was advocating for his Care Not Cash program for homelessness in S.F (modelled after Giuliani in NYC), a relatively sensible proposal centered around targeted, accountable spending to directly address needs, he was pilloried in the local rags as a right wing fascist by all those who dipped their beaks in those $$$ thrown at the problem. There were privacy concerns as well, but those were far secondary
Posted by: Dr. Faustie - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 07:18 PM (hf5PR)
====

That devolved very quickly into monthly free-for-all giveaways of anything and everything at the Civic Auditorium that was totally unsustainable and ultimately pointless.

Always Encourage Dependency

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

113 >>Zooey Deschanel singing the shower

That would be a nice thing to find under the Tree tomorrow.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 07:23 PM (j6KoD)

114 97 Newsome vs Christie

0-20W vs Olestra

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (4pGuH)
----
That's funny. Is Olestra still around?
That should be 0-W20 right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i'olio grasso at December 24, 2024 07:24 PM (i0xsb)

115 40 BREAKING 🅱️

Democrats are DEMANDING for John Fetterman to leave the party.
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 07:02 PM (/7KEl)
Heck, if he voted R at least he'd cancel one of the gOPEers.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 07:24 PM (LHPAg)

116 Major department store in Big City had a gift wrapping section.
You would pay through the snoot but that package would look beautiful.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (7qi4l)

In the good old days, Macy's, Fortunoff, Bambergers, and many others had the same service. Guys would lined up at the counters. LOL!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 07:24 PM (iODuv)

117 Musk, sign language.

https://tinyurl.com/msr3tycd

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:25 PM (7qi4l)

118 Fwiw, pretty much all the Who songs are Pete Townshend songs. Pete damn near quit the band around Who By Numbers because he grew to hate touring. With his publishing royalties, he did not need it. The other three needed the money from shows to live their lifestyles.

Posted by: whig's phone at December 24, 2024 07:25 PM (ctrM5)

119 The Who's best song Substitute

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 07:26 PM (DopAq)

120 'stooge demands that his fellow #Resistance bureaucrats stay at their government jobs so that they'll be in a position to undermine the democratically-elected president'

ID these termites through their inevitably leftist social media posts and then fire them anyway.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2024 07:26 PM (3wi/L)

121

At church for the four thirty pm service.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (rLydL)

122 >>The Who's best song Substitute

Their best accredited song.

The Best Who Song is Young Man Blues

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (j6KoD)

123 Daughter made lasagna tonight. Son queried where the garlic bread was.

Thinking quickly I opened package of hamburger buns, split them, buttered and seasoned w garlic salt. Under broiler.

Voila! Garlic bread.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (hoCmQ)

124 Cali 2024 vid would be funny but it IS!!1
Ding Ding Ding!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (wDJaI)

125 @113 I wonder is Ms Deschanel wears Crocs in the shower.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (YwPAo)

126 119 The Who's best song Substitute
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Top ten at least, I agree.

For me, if they had only ever released "Can't Explain," that alone would have made them one of the defining bands of the '60s.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:28 PM (pMi6S)

127 >The Who's best song Substitute

BaBa Orielly

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:28 PM (wDJaI)

128 Newsome vs Christie

0-20W vs Olestra

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 07:16 PM (4pGuH)
----
That's funny. Is Olestra still around?
That should be 0-W20 right?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i'olio grasso at December 24, 2024 07:24 PM (i0xsb)

From what I've read, Olestra isn't used in the US anymore. But that's based on a cursory search.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:30 PM (VNX3d)

129 117 Musk, sign language.

https://tinyurl.com/msr3tycd
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 07:25 PM (7qi4l)
Real life StarLord.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 07:31 PM (LHPAg)

130 With all the talk of banning cars, I am wondering when it will come out that Bill Gates has been cornering the market on horses ....

Posted by: SouthCentralPA at December 24, 2024 07:31 PM (muRIc)

131 Who fans probably hate but I like Who Are You because it's their hit song when I was a Senior in HS.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:32 PM (D6PGr)

132 That devolved very quickly into monthly free-for-all giveaways of anything and everything at the Civic Auditorium that was totally unsustainable and ultimately pointless.

Always Encourage Dependency
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah, I honestly couldn't remember how it ended up or even if it got implemented even in part. I just remember the uproar in the Bay Guardian, SF Weekly etc, how he was this evil right winger lol. It was a proposal when he was running, was it not? had moved to the East Bay by the time he became mayor.

Posted by: Dr. Faustie - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 07:32 PM (hf5PR)

133 Breaking911 @Breaking911 6h
TWICE?! The same night a U.S. Navy jet was shot down by friendly fire, an F/A-18 Super Hornet narrowly avoided a surface-to-air missile fired from USS Gettysburg. The missile missed by just 100 feet as the jet prepared to land on the Harry S. Truman.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:33 PM (hovnC)

134 Seaver for Flynn, Henderson, Zachry, Norman was a crap trade for Mets, all over about a 25 K raise Tom wanted.

Posted by: Bad Trades at December 24, 2024 07:33 PM (G5+As)

135
Kinda wished he did this AFTER Bobby Kennedy was confirmed. This might complicate things.

UNLESS, the confirmation is already a done deal.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:33 PM (azvCj)

136 Donald, this is great.

Then do the UN.

And RICO the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:33 PM (YqDXo)

137 2 After Moon died, WHO should have disbanded.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (aCsV6)

You Better You Bet is one of my favorite Who songs, from the post-Moon Face Dances.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
==

Eminence Front for me.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 07:34 PM (17s+e)

138 what the federal government can and should be: Is it an apolitical source of expertise and professionalism, or is it a partisan weapon for presidents to use for their own political or economic ends?
_______________

I believe the Democrats already answered this question in the latter option.

Apolitical source of expertise and professionalism? Oh please.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:34 PM (YqDXo)

139 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
JUST IN - Former President Clinton discharged from the hospital earlier today after being treated for the flu.
===
Bill and 'discharge'. No thanks.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 07:35 PM (hovnC)

140
The same night a U.S. Navy jet was shot down by friendly fire, an F/A-18 Super Hornet narrowly avoided a surface-to-air missile fired from USS Gettysburg. The missile missed by just 100 feet as the jet prepared to land on the Harry S. Truman.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC)

__________

Commander Mohammmad M. Mohammad is in big trouble!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:35 PM (dxSpM)

141 Thought it was a leaf or lips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 07:36 PM (Of5dT)

142 For me, it’s not Christmas until Willie vomits in the alleyway in Bad Santa.

Posted by: Blutarski at December 24, 2024 07:37 PM (b294k)

143 For the boys who don't have large enough toys....

https://youtu.be/DLQiUe3HMRs

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:37 PM (VNX3d)

144 TWICE?! The same night a U.S. Navy jet was shot down by friendly fire, an F/A-18 Super Hornet narrowly avoided a surface-to-air missile fired from USS Gettysburg. The missile missed by just 100 feet as the jet prepared to land on the Harry S. Truman.
__________________

Will there be a USS Joseph R. Biden?

Nah, I didn't think so either.

Same thing with a USS Barack H. Obama. We already had faggots covered with the USS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:37 PM (YqDXo)

145 Anybody knows what Presdent Obama will be doing for Christmas ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 24, 2024 07:39 PM (A2iSa)

146 The friendly fire discussion reminded me of a currently little known WW2 movie that's in my top five war movies.

Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:39 PM (D6PGr)

147 The NYT is all in favor of alternative lifestyles, except for the Holy Family's one.

Or, you know, anything that's wholesome and sweet, betters human life, and so forth.

I'm starting to think that the NYT is just one big money laundering outlet, like most of the media today.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 24, 2024 07:39 PM (p2GXS)

148 Cali 2024 vid would be funny but it IS!!1
Ding Ding Ding!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 07:27 PM (wDJaI)
________________

The train should've roared through that underpass at 90 mph with the horn blaring.

The worst that could've happened is it didn't take out a few vagrants.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:40 PM (YqDXo)

149 Need to remind the Gettysburg we're not fighting each other anymore.

Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 07:41 PM (epFyj)

150 Anybody knows ~~what~~ who Presdent Obama will be doing for Christmas ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 24, 2024 07:39 PM (A2iSa)
________________

I know who we WON'T be doing, and that's Moochelle.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:41 PM (YqDXo)

151 145 -

Some twink, I’m sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 07:41 PM (EOu+L)

152 Hey Ace. Could use a global map with a bunch of red yarn. List 52 globalist who you think are the main actors.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 24, 2024 07:42 PM (dIrYu)

153 145 Anybody knows what Presdent Obama will be doing for Christmas ???
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein

Eating Christmas Dog with all the trimmings.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:42 PM (pMi6S)

154 Commander Mohammmad M. Mohammad is in big trouble!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:35 PM (dxSpM)
________________

Or Captain Louise Carpetmuncher.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:42 PM (YqDXo)

155 Anything purporting to be a "world organization" with the words; "world," "global." "humanitarian," "societal," and so on... is unmitigated horseshit.

Make a note. Pin it. Refer to it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 07:15 PM

But Intragalactic is still good, right?

Posted by: Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistries Appreciation Association, AoSHQ Chapter at December 24, 2024 07:42 PM (a3Q+t)

156 145 Anybody knows what Presdent Obama will be doing for Christmas ???
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein

Eating Christmas Dog with all the trimmings.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 07:42 PM (pMi6S)
_______________

Complete with dog biscuit stuffing?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:43 PM (YqDXo)

157 Will there be a USS Joseph R. Biden?

Yes . It will claim to be an Aircraft Carrier but it actually will be the name used to describe any ship in dry dock for repairs.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:43 PM (D6PGr)

158 i'll wait for my greetings till sunset tomorrow but good wishes for christmas for all who celebrate

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2024 07:43 PM (CWTWj)

159 Rename a decommissioned ship "USS VERY BARRY" then use it for target practice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some best friends are more important than others at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (epFyj)

160 Just came back from Candlelight service, and I notice the more times I become 29, the more I enjoy hearing the cooing and fussing from the wee lads and lassies. Nothing more amazing than growing families celebrating and worshiping our Lord and Savior!

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (EES2L)

161
You know, it's possible that we'll have 4 "presidential" funerals within President Trump's term: biden, carter, clinton, and obama.

But, we'll have at least 2.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (azvCj)

162 NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (ZOv7s)

163 Will there be a USS Joseph R. Biden?

Yes . It will claim to be an Aircraft Carrier but it actually will be the name used to describe any ship in dry dock for repairs.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 07:43 PM (D6PGr)

I was thinking it would be a garbage scow.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (VNX3d)

164 From what I've read, Olestra isn't used in the US anymore. But that's based on a cursory search.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:30 PM (VNX3d)
________________

Did they check Newscum's hair?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (YqDXo)

165
I mean, I'd say there's a legit 50/50 probability that President Trump literally BURIES all 4 of these Shits, biden, obama, clinton, and carter.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (azvCj)

166 We already had faggots covered with the USS Harvey Milk.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Minor quibble - it's the USNS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (WXNFJ)

167 Carter looked like a cadaver in the election photo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2024 07:46 PM (7MHHr)

168 You know, it's possible that we'll have 4 "presidential" funerals within President Trump's term: biden, carter, clinton, and obama.

But, we'll have at least 2.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 07:44 PM (azvCj)
_________________

We can but dream.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:46 PM (YqDXo)

169 if bill clinton shows up tomorrow with a bright red nose we'll know that hillary gave him her holiday punch.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2024 07:46 PM (CWTWj)

170 Minor quibble - it's the USNS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (WXNFJ)
________________

I know. I just wanted to maintain symmetry.

Should be the USFS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:47 PM (YqDXo)

171 Open Source Intel
@Osint613
WATCH⚡️

UN Is a total Joke.

REPORTER: "Who are the 'armed actors' that seized the UNRWA facility in Jenin?"

UN: "I'll have to get back to you."

REPORTER: "Why did it take the UN four days to put out a statement about it, whereas you reflexively condemn Israel within 30 seconds of any incident?"

UN: "I’ll refer you to UNRWA."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 07:47 PM (RIvkX)

172 Nood cafe

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 07:48 PM (jvJvP)

173
Looking forward to:

USS John Wayne
USS Joseph McCarthy
USS Whittaker Chambers
USS Walter Judd

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 07:48 PM (dxSpM)

174 21 Trumpus.
Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:53 PM (iziT

This one caught my funny bone XD

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (EES2L)

175 Splendid. Merry Christmas Horde. I wish all of us a year of so many good flaming skulls that we are up to our necks in pudding.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 24, 2024 07:49 PM (jPdyB)

176 Minor quibble - it's the USNS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (WXNFJ)
________________

I know. I just wanted to maintain symmetry.

Should be the USFS Harvey Milk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:47 PM (YqDXo)
______________

Out: Flag ship
In: Fag ship

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 07:52 PM (YqDXo)

177 You know, it's possible that we'll have 4 "presidential" funerals within President Trump's term: biden, carter, clinton, and obama.

But, we'll have at least 2.
Posted by: Soothsayer

What's one better than a Trifecta?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 07:54 PM (/lPRQ)

178 Big no on Elf. This may be an unpopular opinion but I think an early Emily is the cuter of the Deschanel sisters.

Posted by: cheztrainor at December 24, 2024 07:56 PM (y1P/6)

179 175, endorsed!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 08:00 PM (cY18j)

180 If we withdraw from the WHO, who will we turn to to lie to us about the next pandemic? I wish he'd think things through.

Posted by: MLCross at December 24, 2024 08:09 PM (Q2MxE)

181 >>From what I've read, Olestra isn't used in the US anymore. But that's based on a cursory search.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 07:30 PM

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

Yep. Too many problems with anal leakage.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 24, 2024 08:23 PM (1Au9i)

182 Is it an apolitical source of expertise and professionalism, or is it a partisan weapon for presidents to use for their own political or economic ends?

They unironically said...

I mean, C'mon guys. You don't like a President's politics or agenda, so you sabotage it and try to bring said President down.
Then again, some of these are probably the same that think using Fascist tactics to silence political enemies (e.g. AntiFA) is A-OKAY...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 08:52 PM (ynpvh)

183 Hopefully, Trump will refuse to be part of Davos as well.

Posted by: Just saying at December 24, 2024 09:50 PM (rzwGB)

184 Here's a relevant tidbit from Friedrich Hayek, in his excellent book The Fatal Conceit. After dissecting the warped world-view of various prominent leftists, he writes:

"Sentiments similar to [biologist Jacques] Monod and Keynes come from a less distinguished yet still influential scientist: the psychoanalyst who became the first Secretary General of the World Health Organization, G. B. Chisholm. Chisholm advocated no less than 'the eradication of the concept of right and wrong' and maintained that it was the task of the psychiatrist to free the human race from 'the crippling burden of good and evil' -- advice which at the time received praise from high American legal authority."

Posted by: AWOL Civilization at December 25, 2024 07:17 AM (ZQ3a+)

Study: Liberals/Democrats More Likely to Avoid Their Family Members During Holidays

So many studies telling us things that are perfectly obvy!

Survey: Democrats more likely to cut off family time during the holidays
Quick Hit:
A recent survey revealed that Democrat voters are nearly five times as likely as Republicans to reduce time with family over political differences, highlighting tensions during the holiday season.
Key Details:
23% of Democrat voters compared to 5% of Republican voters reported spending less holiday time with certain family members due to political views.
Conducted online with 5,772 adults nationwide between November 8 and December 2, 2024; margin of error �1.72%.
Other surveys show Americans generally prefer to avoid political discussions during gatherings, regardless of party affiliation.
Diving Deeper:
As families prepare for holiday gatherings, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) highlights a sharp divide between Democrat and Republican voters in their willingness to share the season with family members who hold opposing political views. According to PRRI's findings, 23% of Democrats said they would spend less time with family over such differences, compared to just 5% of Republicans.
PRRI President Robert P. Jones noted the growing impact of identity and worldview on personal relationships, telling Axios, "It may be tense around the Hanukkah and Christmas table. ... It's not just that we're disagreeing about abortion or taxes, but we're disagreeing about a fundamental worldview."
Jones also mentioned that some families are preemptively agreeing to avoid political discussions during their gatherings to maintain peace.
The survey, conducted online with 5,772 adults from all 50 states, found that political alignment heavily influences holiday dynamics. Previous polling reinforces this trend, with a CBS News/YouGov survey showing that while more Trump voters (38%) than Harris voters (28%) are open to discussing politics at Thanksgiving, the majority of Americans prefer to skip the subject entirely.

TBH I'm not super-psyched at "being open to discussing politics at Thanksgiving," when you know others present disagree with you. It probably should be skipped as a topic in the interest of familial unity.

I have a feeling that leftists would usually say that they are more "open" to sharing their insane evil politics with their family members on the holidays, except for this one year, because they're feeling humiliated and broken.

Next year, 60% of leftwingers will find their zeal again and inflict their politics on other family members.

Below, a video from the sidebar of leftwing cope. First up, a "trans" woman (a girl pretending to be a boy) who is trans and proud to have had two abortions and is even prouder that she blocked her father on social media.

But we needed a study to show that these cultists practiced disconnecting from your family, right?

Here's another cope round-up. First up, a POC of genius-level IQ who demands to know why we haven't told Elon Musk to "go back to Africa."

They're really obsessing over Elon Musk. That's another benefit of having Musk on Trump's side -- he draws fire that otherwise would go to Trump.

And I mean that literally. These lunatics will try to kill Trump and Musk and Vance as well.

The third clip he reviews is from a trans lunatic, who announces the way to protest your parents "misgendering" (correctly gendering) you is.... well, insane and anti-social and deranged and evil. As you would expect.

Posted by: Ace at 05:25 PM

Comments

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1 Don’t jump!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (eWt0+)

2 It is the Lord who is unchanging.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:27 PM (eWt0+)

3 Tis the season!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (eWt0+)

4 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (eWt0+)

5 Victory lap

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (eWt0+)

6 The odd chance that a lefty will be exposed as the sick communist pedo skidmark on the shorts of the world tends to keep them out of family situations.

Also the fear that Cranky Uncle will finally snap and beat give them the beating they deserve.

Posted by: Sifty boones at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (2bh1b)

7 End zone dance

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (eWt0+)

8 Out buying quick picks

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (eWt0+)

9 Inflict an awkward silence today!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:30 PM (eWt0+)

10 Repeat after me: Hail Mary…

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:31 PM (eWt0+)

11 Hey new threads!!

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:31 PM (PCK5/)

12 It’s been fun!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (eWt0+)

13 Avoid? Why do they not want to proselytize their secular religion? Seems like they'd want to spread the word on climate change.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (Dm8we)

14 I usually have Christmas dinner at Denny's.

Posted by: ADMIRAL (soon to be just another loon) LEVINE at December 24, 2024 05:34 PM (oOc/o)

15 I have some gatherings with prog relations attending... I just don't engage with their bullshit... frustrates the hell out of them.

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:35 PM (PCK5/)

16 I liked it when my liberal cousins brought dates to Christmas parties when I was in my 20's.

I had a 90%+ closure rate with their women, 9 years running.

Posted by: Sifty boones at December 24, 2024 05:37 PM (2bh1b)

17 MORAL: Don't be the jive turkey at your family Christmas dinner.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 05:38 PM (TcVeV)

18 Saw some comments today of a rather large contingency that believes that Kamala Harris will refuse to certify the election.

I think that's about as likely as someone successfully suing General Mills because at no point in the manufacturing of Lucky Charms to they use magic. So, stating that they are "magical delicious" is false advertising.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 05:40 PM (dIske)

19
There’s the whole being a gimp chained up to consider as well.

Posted by: Auspex at December 24, 2024 05:40 PM (jjbtL)

20 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 24, 2024 05:41 PM (3hfUj)

21 I don't have any progressive family members.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 24, 2024 05:41 PM (kTd/k)

22 No reason to talk about politics at a family get together. Especially if you know some of them don't agree with you.
Why stir things up?
I just try to get through it without getting into an argument.
I doubt if I would change their mind by arguing with them.
And I know they won't change mine.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (/2io2)

23 The meat thermometer died. I have to go to Target. Yikes.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (pZEOD)

24
I certainly hope this thread is better run than the last one!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:43 PM (dxSpM)

25 Leftists like vegans think everyone should and wants to hear their opinions.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 05:43 PM (17s+e)

26 Liberals/Democrats More Likely to Avoid Their Family Members During Holidays

That's a Christmas present right there !

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:43 PM (Fg0Nr)

27 Gonna be Home Alone again this Christmas, so I guess I don't need to be too concerned. What remains of my family is of a predominantly leftist bent. My BiL was the last of the sane but we lost him recently. RIP, bro.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 05:44 PM (mH6SG)

28 Democrats giving up on their families during the holidays? I can't thing of anything else so sad.

How marvelous.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 24, 2024 05:44 PM (wBaIH)

29 I find it much easier to avoid my relatives during the holidays since most of them died.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:44 PM (wZ2Bf)

30
Leftists aren't surprised that others may hold different views. They're surprised different views even exist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:45 PM (dxSpM)

31 My lefty daughter seems to be waking up. I mentioned the Bible is not sexist and she agreed. (she's been getting into reading the Bible) We went on to discuss how roles are clearly defined and what a treasure a good wife is, etc.

I was shocked, to say the least.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:45 PM (tT6L1)

32 24
I certainly hope this thread is better run than the last one!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:43 PM (dxSpM)

We have standards and a reputation to uphold, after all!

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:45 PM (PCK5/)

33 They probably avoid their families because family has been deemed to be not important in socialism. The state is all you need. You don't need, family or religion to be a good socialist, all you need is the state.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2024 05:46 PM (Rcnd3)

34 I bet the tranny abortion thing will speak to its dad when it needs her dad.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 05:46 PM (17s+e)

35
lulz:

even the Germans & Brits took a moment during WWI to wish each other Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:46 PM (azvCj)

36 For the Right, politics is the means of governance. It's one thing among many that are of interest.

For the Left, politics is their religion, the thing that defines them in totality.

Discussing politics is only enjoyable when you're talking to people who somewhat agree with you. Because otherwise you're an apostate offending their belief system. That typically makes most religious fanatics pretty angry.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (CHHv1)

37 I'm not complaining, just wondering if my 29+ year old memory cells (MBytes) are just old and not refreshing, but didn't Ace cover this recently? Or did I read it somewhere else?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la storia sembra recente at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (i0xsb)

38
Or was that WWII?

Or is it just "legend?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (azvCj)

39 That Bubly guy sounds a bit like Barry Manilow.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (wZ2Bf)

40
Because otherwise you're an apostate offending their belief system. That typically makes most religious fanatics pretty angry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (CHHv1)

_________

*balls fists*

Only a rat bastard would say something like that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:48 PM (dxSpM)

41 Cult-like behavior.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 24, 2024 05:49 PM (w6EFb)

42 Why is that Fibonacci guy trying to credit for Pascal's stuff in that last thread?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2024 05:49 PM (ugvYV)

43 @37 it usually comes up around both Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I've seen it more around Thanksgiving time (since elections just happened recently).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (CHHv1)

44
1917: Germans & British soldiers pause WWI to wish each other Merry Christmas

2024: malaka harris & Democrats say to other Americans: "How dare you say 'Merry Christmas?! How day you 'Merry Christmas!'"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (azvCj)

45 Or was that WWII?

Or is it just "legend?"
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (azvCj)

WW1 truce:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (iODuv)

46 We never discuss politics at home. My family is a mix but this year they were all Trump voters, except for my 2 sisters in law. They weren't Kammie lovers but better than Trump. Our son still hasn't spoken to any of us since 2016. He is a brain dead dem.

Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (HZt/w)

47 OT, but I watched that Norm MacDonald video linked in the sidebar. It's hard to remember last time I laughed so heartily.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 05:51 PM (CHHv1)

48 Aren't there stories from WW1 about impromptu truces along some areas and soldiers entering no mans land to wish their opponents Merry Christmas or some such?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:51 PM (tT6L1)

49 The idiot libtards need to be educated; the godless commies need to fuck off and have a prayer sent their way.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (ufFY8)

50
Yeah, I'll just say it: Nazis were better, more decent people than today's leftist Democrats.

Same for the KKK a hundred years ago -- they were better people than the sandy cortezes, cuck schumers, bidens, obamas, clintons, cnn, msnbc, pelosi, all the rest.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (azvCj)

51 Our son still hasn't spoken to any of us since 2016. He is a brain dead dem.

So sorry. That really sucks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (mH6SG)

52 Robert P. Jones is a big-time warrior in the fight against *cue scary music *WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM!

https://is.gd/d2gc70

Just another "Progressive" Christian whose idea of Christianity just happens to exactly match his Leftist ideology.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (PiwSw)

53 When somebody says ‘Happy Holidaze’ to me I always reply ‘And Merry Christmas to you!’

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (LHPAg)

54
Aren't there stories from WW1 about impromptu truces along some areas and soldiers entering no mans land to wish their opponents Merry Christmas or some such?
Posted by: blake

You People....

Posted by: Soothsayer on his last nerve at December 24, 2024 05:52 PM (azvCj)

55 The only lefty relation lives in another hemisphere, and my lib neighbors have been strangely quiet since the election, so it's a peaceable kingdom here.

Also they sense a national mood shift and know their leftist callithumping will no longer be tolerated.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:53 PM (kpS4V)

56 I find it much easier to avoid my relatives during the holidays since most of them died.
Posted by: Boss Moss
+++
Same for me. We spend most Christmas's with my wife's family.
If I argue with them, I'll have no peace with her.
So, I've learned to keep my mouth shut.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 24, 2024 05:53 PM (/2io2)

57 I stay quiet as until the inevitable snide comment from my brother happens. Never fails. Then it's on. Biden has been an easy one to shut him up about so I've had that going for me these last 4 years.
Now I'm back to defending Trump. A little harder.

Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 05:53 PM (xcIvR)

58
If NO ONE reads the posts NOR the comments, this blog thing ain't gonna work.

Posted by: Soothsayer on his last nerve at December 24, 2024 05:53 PM (azvCj)

59 I'm not big on family in general. (If you knew my family, you'd understand.) So, for me, the idea of being avoided by politically looney family on holidays sounds like a "your terms are acceptable" kinda thing. The little family I associate with just avoids things like politics at meals, like normal people with normal interests do. Behold our amazing social skills.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 05:54 PM (cl15i)

60 I'm still laughing over the kid correcting Jill Biden when she said "Happy Holidays". The child responded with "Merry Christmas", so Jill had to respond in kind.

I don't have a link to it anymore.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:54 PM (VNX3d)

61 Our son still hasn't spoken to any of us since 2016. He is a brain dead dem.
Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (HZt/w)
-------------

That's terrible. My lefty daughter still speaks to me on a regular basis even though she's pretty far left. Though, that may change with her digging into the Bible.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:54 PM (tT6L1)

62
Even at other times, there were sectors along the Western Front where a live-and-let-live attitude existed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:54 PM (dxSpM)

63 I'm sure most non liberals shrug their shoulders and say "their loss"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 05:54 PM (DopAq)

64 23 The meat thermometer died. I have to go to Target. Yikes.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (pZEOD)
----
Try one made of stainless steel.

Feed the meat one to possums.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il termometro e rotto at December 24, 2024 05:55 PM (i0xsb)

65 So the toxic members will un-invite *themselves* for family gatherings? I'll easily trade the flounce-quit over actually interacting those idjits.

Y'know, you kool-aid haired piercing display case, this isn't the airport. You don't need to announce departures. Just leave.

Posted by: bittergeek at December 24, 2024 05:55 PM (3SsGZ)

66 And your teen daughter's fake caninophobia. That's a great reason to avoid your disabled brother-in-law with his extremely well-trained service dog.

(This is gotten so bad that my own mother-in-law, the mildest person you'll ever meet, is threatening to give my family a talking-to.)

Posted by: pookysgirl is a bit bitter at December 24, 2024 05:55 PM (dtlDP)

67 It's a cult and they will shun you if you talk to someone outside the cult.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 05:55 PM (NQtI0)

68 Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 05:44 PM (mH6SG)

Right there with ya BFD …

#athomewiththehorde

Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (TTAGa)

69 what a treasure a good wife is, etc.

The Paolo agrees.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (dg8Uu)

70 To be honest... I'd avoid my liberal family members too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (Q4IgG)

71
Meat Thermometer??

That's Matt Gaezt's nickname!

Posted by: Democrats' Matt Gaetz Fake Dossier at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (azvCj)

72 Sick of these abortion cultists. It's mostly about wanting to kill.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (2NXcZ)

73 Even at other times, there were sectors along the Western Front where a live-and-let-live attitude existed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
_________

The British, in particular, would try to break that up by ordering trench raids.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (Dm8we)

74 'That's another benefit of having Musk on Trump's side -- he draws fire that otherwise would go to Trump.'

Ah yes keen observation Ace. I like it.
Wow to think in 2017 Trump went to the White House cold turkey. That virtually turned into a suicide mission. Just WOW
I'm starting to believe his own assessment of himself as high IQ is not just a braggarts rant

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (wDJaI)

75 Aren't there stories from WW1 about impromptu truces along some areas and soldiers entering no mans land to wish their opponents Merry Christmas or some such?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:51 PM (tT6L1)

See my comment at 45.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (iODuv)

76 Two topics to be avoided in polite company.

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

77 I found it an interesting experience to show up at a TXMOME and find myself more at home there than I am with my own family.

I don't see or interact with my immediate family.

Nothing political, we just drifted apart over the past few decades.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (BpYfr)

78 The meat thermometer

Is that what the kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (dg8Uu)

79 My brother and his wife are here, but so far politics hasn’t come up. I have to contact my daughter, because her brother wants to see her, but she wants nothing to do with me or the rest of my family.

Happy holidays indeed.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (EOu+L)

80 48 Aren't there stories from WW1 about impromptu truces along some areas and soldiers entering no mans land to wish their opponents Merry Christmas or some such?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:51 PM (tT6L1)

The English and German troops had a truce, and played soccer

Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (TTAGa)

81 It's like a giant size Heaven"s Gate.

The appeal of Jim Jones.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (4ys8a)

82
Two topics to be avoided in polite company.
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

_________

1) Hemorrhoids
2) The Yankees

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (dxSpM)

83 They played Christmas Music together in no mans land.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:59 PM (wZ2Bf)

84 70 To be honest... I'd avoid my liberal family members too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 05:56 PM (Q4IgG

Hmm you know come to think of it so does everyone else. Woksters and Liberals spinning the story kind of a reverse projection ...
Who the hell wants to look at the goofy bastids sitting across the table...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 06:00 PM (wDJaI)

85 Aren't there stories from WW1 about impromptu truces along some areas and soldiers entering no mans land to wish their opponents Merry Christmas or some such?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:51 PM (tT6L1)

The English and German troops had a truce, and played soccer
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM

My comment at 45 with a link.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 06:00 PM (iODuv)

86
Did the WWI soldiers also share FIGGY PUDDING?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:00 PM (azvCj)

87 I don't even worry about our son. His wife is worse than he is, think Dr Jill on steroids. He has missed so much family happiness and tragedies, we know he will regret it later. We just keep loving each other, no matter what happens to the outside world.

Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 06:01 PM (HZt/w)

88 We're more worried about the transfer portal than politics at our house.

Posted by: BoomerSooner at December 24, 2024 06:01 PM (N2oAm)

89 77 - Perfesser, I have similar issues with some family members, but my mother refuses to let the whole thing collapse. My daughter’s unwillingness to have anything to do with her grandmother is particularly galling and unforgivable.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:01 PM (EOu+L)

90 Or was that WWII?

Or is it just "legend?"
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (azvCj)

Can you sing Silent Night in German?

The Germans dispensed with that "sliver of humanity" shit after WWI. In WWII, it was bomb, invade, rape, and murder, without any Hallmark Channel frills.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 06:01 PM (TcVeV)

91 In my family, we all know better than screwing up a nice gathering with political arguments. We'll talk about anything but.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 06:02 PM (OX9vb)

92
So the Krauts in WWI weren't nazis?

But weren't they kinda sorta quasi nazis, or prototype nazis?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:02 PM (azvCj)

93 Two topics to be avoided in polite company.
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

1) immigration
2) P-Diddy

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 06:02 PM (wDJaI)

94 They played Christmas Music together in no mans land.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:59 PM (wZ2Bf)

PRO TIP: Never be the guy in the front trench with the accordion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 06:03 PM (TcVeV)

95 I've eaten all of the Christmas candy I was able to find in the house. WW must've come up with some new hiding places.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:03 PM (1BE4H)

96 The first half of this video is for all the mothers out there...

https://youtube.com/shorts/LTMYXpOchJI

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 06:03 PM (VNX3d)

97 >>I've eaten all of the Christmas candy I was able to find in the house.

There is a box of See's Candy here, for the neighbor.

Only. I think the neighbor is out of town.

I think.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 06:04 PM (j6KoD)

98 So the Krauts in WWI weren't nazis?

But weren't they kinda sorta quasi nazis, or prototype nazis?
Posted by: Soothsayer
________

No worse than anyone else. Social Darwinism was all the rage. And the French were probably worse antisemites at the time.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (Dm8we)

99 I've eaten all of the Christmas candy I was able to find in the house. WW must've come up with some new hiding places.

It waz the dogs.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (mH6SG)

100 I've eaten all of the Christmas candy I was able to find in the house. WW must've come up with some new hiding places.
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:03 PM (1BE4H)
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It's probably called, "a car" and it's most likely the one belonging to WW.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (tT6L1)

101 I hope Vivek isn't feeling left out.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (1bNHn)

102 No worse than anyone else. Social Darwinism was all the rage. And the French were probably worse antisemites at the time.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (Dm8we)

Hold our Guiness.

Posted by: The Irish at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (TcVeV)

103
It's probably called, "a car" and it's most likely the one belonging to WW.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (tT6L1)
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I was thinking the same thing!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (1BE4H)

104 I'm trying hard not to feel sorry for myself these next few days.

I should be thankful. Both my boys love me, I get to see my oldest regularly because he lives in town. I have a roof over my head and a short walk to the beach.

My boys and my DiL all voted Trump.

No elderly parents to care for or worry about.

I will pray for all y'all. Please remember JT in your prayers. I hope he can be back with us soon. A stroke is a hard thing to recover from.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 06:07 PM (n9Tky)

105 101 I hope Vivek isn't feeling left out.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (1bNHn)

I know Trump called Musk the head of DOGE..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 06:07 PM (wDJaI)

106 82
Two topics to be avoided in polite company.
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

_________

1) Hemorrhoids
2) The Yankees
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM (dxSpM
Y’all done said a mouthful there, H7.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 06:07 PM (LHPAg)

107 I was thinking the same thing!
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (1BE4H)
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Great, I'm going to be responsible for "the candy incident" and be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (tT6L1)

108 I should email my deep state family to call me. We can debate why they lost.

But no calls or updates.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (u82oZ)

109 Merry Christmas, nurse.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (mH6SG)

110 75% of atheists are Democrat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (a3Q+t)

111 Afternoon shading into evening, Christmas Folken! I don't have any relatives nearby, so the issue of politics doesn't come up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (omVj0)

112 It waz the dogs.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:05 PM (mH6SG)
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I tried to stop them!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (1BE4H)

113 Had frozen manicotti for dinner, now a glass of cognac

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (fwDg9)

114 75% of atheists are Democrat.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (a3Q+t)

Where do the Zoroastrians fall on the political spectrum?

Posted by: The Irish at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (TcVeV)

115 2) The Yankees
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM

MLB or Northerners?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (a3Q+t)

116
You could've at least defrosted the manicotti, Skip.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (azvCj)

117 106 82
Two topics to be avoided in polite company.
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

_________

1) Hemorrhoids
2) The Yankees

Actually, depending on the age and health status of the participants, a lively discussion of effective hemorrhoid treatments can be both educational and festive.

Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (PiwSw)

118 Had frozen manicotti for dinner, now a glass of cognac
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (fwDg9)

*adds microwave oven to Skip's 2025 Christmas list*

Posted by: Santa Claus at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (TcVeV)

119 You could've at least defrosted the manicotti, Skip.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (azvCj)
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Swizzle sticks for the Cognac.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (tT6L1)

120 I tried to stop them!
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM

I'm sure you did your...uh...best. Merry Christmas, bro.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (mH6SG)

121 Posted by: Notorious BFD

Merry Christmas to you too.
Hey, Eris! Let the kitty climb the tree!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (n9Tky)

122 How do you cook frozen manicotti? Wouldn't it melt?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (wZ2Bf)

123
You bake it.

Right?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:12 PM (azvCj)

124 Actually, depending on the age and health status of the participants, a lively discussion of effective hemorrhoid treatments can be both educational and festive.
Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM

You don't have to be in a nursing home to be interested in that subject, you know.

Posted by: Pete B. at December 24, 2024 06:12 PM (a3Q+t)

125 In my family, we all know better than screwing up a nice gathering with political arguments. We'll talk about anything but.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 06:02 PM (OX9vb)

My sister is making salmon. I'd rather have political arguments.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:13 PM (UzzuJ)

126 According to NORAD, Santa is about to arrive in Ghana. WTF?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (mH6SG)

127 "Democrat voters are nearly five times as likely as Republicans..."

That's an insane discrepancy. That's not slight variability or just significant difference between two ideologically unique populations. That's a really, really huge significant difference.

Maybe behaviorists - real ones, not academia/media tokens - should research this social phenomenon. Clearly a bit of (psycho)pathology has entered American culture.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (aXxgO)

128 117
Actually, depending on the age and health status of the participants, a lively discussion of effective hemorrhoid treatments can be both educational and festive.

Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (PiwSw)
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Does it involve visual comparisons?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il termometro era rotto at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (i0xsb)

129 According to NORAD, Santa is about to arrive in Ghana. WTF?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (mH6SG)

Damn. Still out of range.

Posted by: The Crew of the USS Gettysburg at December 24, 2024 06:16 PM (TcVeV)

130 My sister lives in Delaware by choice. Bitches about everything.

Divorced. Husband fucked around on her for years.

I know what the issue is. She doesn't. Won't. Ever.

You simply cannot change someone's mind who's been conditioned for decades that X=Y.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 06:16 PM (Q4IgG)

131 2) The Yankees
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:58 PM

MLB or Northerners?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:09 PM (a3Q+t)

I heard some Yankee fans talking recently how Juan Soto isn't all that.

Eh... yeah, he is. I may not watch the games, but I know what the data shows. He'd be the best player on any team that doesn't have Aaron Judge on it.

And now he is.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:16 PM (wivH/)

132 According to NORAD, Santa is about to arrive in Ghana. WTF?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (mH6SG)

What are the odds that it's actually one of the drones that were pestering the east coast or military bases recently?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 06:16 PM (VNX3d)

133 Hey, Eris! Let the kitty climb the tree!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (n9Tky)
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No tree this year. She started climbing the tree within minutes of bringing her home.

Literally, minutes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 06:17 PM (kpS4V)

134 Have been meaning to ask, why are news outlets and specifically DM going on and on about someone chick named Blake Lively? She's been getting more lines of print then the Christmas Market murders and Amelia Carter.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2024 06:17 PM (2NHgQ)

135 {{{ nurse ratched }}}

I think of how you are doing, and marvel at what you survived. You are a delightful bundle of skills, knowledge, experience, talent and beauty that would thrill an above average guy, or a moral millionaire, to his marrow. Alas you live and work near the Seattle population.

Please take heart. It sounds like you are a climber going up a ridge line, only to see the apparent summit was false. The real peak is still ahead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:18 PM (u82oZ)

136 @neverenoughcaffeine, Blake Lively is the wife of Ryan Reynolds. They're weird for a Hollywood couple, in that they have several of their own kids.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 06:18 PM (tT6L1)

137 What are the odds that it's actually one of the drones that were pestering the east coast or military bases recently?

All your reindeer and presents are belong to us!

Posted by: The Drones at December 24, 2024 06:19 PM (mH6SG)

138 The Crew of the USS Gettysburg

They fired at two USN aircraft trying to land on the USS Harry Truman. Which side are they on?

Two SM-6 missiles are expensive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:20 PM (u82oZ)

139 Maybe behaviorists - real ones, not academia/media tokens - should research this social phenomenon. Clearly a bit of (psycho)pathology has entered American culture.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:15 PM (aXxgO)

I suspect the data being quoted in this kind of article is bullshit, but I don't doubt there's something going on here.

The correlation between voting patterns and any number of other factors are huge. It used to be obvious, when you talked about religious groups or racial groups, but those things are more murky these days.

If I had to guess... and it's just a guess, I'd say mental illness is associated highly with people who are strictly on the D side of the voting ledger. Other than that, I wouldn't want to guess what data is able to be gleaned.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:21 PM (UQqiU)

140 Also the fear that Cranky Uncle will finally snap and beat give them the beating they deserve.

Posted by: Sifty boones at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (2bh1b)

Al Pacino nearly choking Bradley Whitford to death in the Thanksgiving dinner scene was one of my favorite parts of Scent of a Woman

Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2024 06:21 PM (zBOzm)

141 Actually, depending on the age and health status of the participants, a lively discussion of effective hemorrhoid treatments can be both educational and festive.

Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home

Yesterday, two of ladies around the table had a rousing discussion of the benefits of Estradiol for their, um, 'intimacy' issues.

"GIRLS!! I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE!!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:22 PM (WXNFJ)

142 Damn, Santa is hauling some ass.

Posted by: The Drones at December 24, 2024 06:22 PM (mH6SG)

143 've eaten all of the Christmas candy I was able to find in the house. WW must've come up with some new hiding places.
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:03 PM

Oh, no, I'm next!!!!

Posted by: The Fruitcake at December 24, 2024 06:24 PM (a3Q+t)

144 Are Democrats really avoiding family? They see the government as their mothers and fathers

Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2024 06:24 PM (zBOzm)

145 Have been meaning to ask, why are news outlets and specifically DM going on and on about someone chick named Blake Lively? She's been getting more lines of print then the Christmas Market murders and Amelia Carter.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2024 06:17 PM (2NHgQ)

Not sure I've seen her in anything, but she's generically good looking.

Unless she's killed somebody, I'm not sure why she'd be in the nooz.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:25 PM (3+1KK)

146 kbdabear

good point.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:25 PM (u82oZ)

147 Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 06:11 PM (mH6SG)
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Merry Christmas, Amigo!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (1BE4H)

148 Gettin' dark here. Stirling the big black cat was on my lap, another of those sessions where he looks like he's saying, "Tell me the story again of how you adopted me?" Dagny is off somewhere doing Dagny things. Linda just arrived, and we'll cobble together some dinner. We bought a ham at the grocery yesterday along with some stuffing mix; that's for tomorrow. Church tomorrow morning too, as she did not want to go tonight.

Linda is about to disturb the cats again by putting that Santa suit on them. Actually Stirling looks great in red and white against his black fur, and he doesn't seem to mind the thing being on him. We'll try to send a pic or two to the Pet Thread, if we can get some good shots of him standing or sitting still.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (omVj0)

149 "Jones also mentioned that some families are preemptively agreeing to avoid political discussions during their gatherings to maintain peace."

I'm beginning to wonder about this. Yes, avoidance is nice to keep things peaceful, but many families (beyond the most intimate relations) do not gather but for the holiday season. That's when you feel out "your family's perspective about life and everything". If not during these occasional get-togethers, when does one discuss tangibly important thoughts and philosophies? If you never get into these discussions, then what do you really know about what should be the closest people in your lives? They might as well be strangers.

And I guess that might be the point now. Everyone outside your own household really are strangers. Yeah, superficially you're closely related WRT the local sports team and the weather because you can openly discuss the harmless, but what relationship do you really have?

So avoiding politics and the "controversial":
Short-term - a safe plan
Long-term - a divisive plan

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (aXxgO)

150 Tonypete

You could have stood up, scratched your nuts, and left. Right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (u82oZ)

151 > The Crew of the USS Gettysburg

They fired at two USN aircraft trying to land on the USS Harry Truman. Which side are they on?
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Landing while refueling. 2X bad.

But... apparently the carrier or supporting ships were under missile attack at that time and in the confusion...

"Mistakes were made."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (Q4IgG)

152 Actually, Santa delivering packages to every child on the planet is physically impossible.

Actually.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (iziT8)

153 Oh, no, I'm next!!!!
Posted by: The Fruitcake at December 24, 2024 06:24 PM (a3Q+t)
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You better believe it! Love fruitcake.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (1BE4H)

154 The about mentioned survey fits neatly within my fam. I'm the oldest of eight. We are all still here. But, two of my sisters are raging libs. They have gone out of their way to be sh*tty to my parents when they were still alive and now the two never attend any gathering announced by us other sibs (to which they are always still invited).

They are unhappy in the extreme.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (WXNFJ)

155 152 Actually, Santa delivering packages to every child on the planet is physically impossible.

Actually.
Posted by: eleven at December

You don’t hear the bell, do you?

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (p4NUW)

156 142 Damn, Santa is hauling some ass.
Posted by: The Drones at December 24, 2024 06:22 PM (mH6SG)

Dude does get around, I will give him that. But then how long does it take to deliver just one lump of coal per liberal household? And he skips the Jews and muzzles, so that saves a bit of time too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (xZ/E3)

157 Have been meaning to ask, why are news outlets and specifically DM going on and on about someone chick named Blake Lively? She's been getting more lines of print then the Christmas Market murders and Amelia Carter.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2024 06:17 PM (2NHgQ)
*
Not sure I've seen her in anything, but she's generically good looking.

Unless she's killed somebody, I'm not sure why she'd be in the nooz.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024

***
Wasn't she in that WB series Gossip Girl years ago? And I thought she's done something notable lately, gotten involved with somebody with notoriety and/or money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (omVj0)

158 Actually, Santa delivering packages to every child on the planet is physically impossible.

Actually.
Posted by: eleven

He doesn't need to visit any non-believers or naughty kids.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (WXNFJ)

159 The Crew of the USS Gettysburg

They fired at two USN aircraft trying to land on the USS Harry Truman. Which side are they on?
---------
Landing while refueling. 2X bad.

But... apparently the carrier or supporting ships were under missile attack at that time and in the confusion...

"Mistakes were made."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (Q4IgG)

I don't know what to think. Saying "friendly fire" this early in the game, I'm wondering what really happened.

If the Hooties shot down some fancy aircraft, would they want to admit it?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (LPnHz)

160 Martini Farmer

Sigh.

SWOdog told a key part of the backstory. The Gettysburg crew had to manually override the IFF protections to fire. This is real trouble.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (u82oZ)

161
He doesn't need to visit any non-believers or naughty kids.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (WXNFJ)

______

Or the Irish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (dxSpM)

162 Bake it in sauce silly

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (fwDg9)

163 This thread should be going for a while, why don't some of you lurkers speak up?

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (1BE4H)

164 They are unhappy in the extreme.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (WXNFJ)

And they don’t know why they are miserable. But be those awful people, amiriite?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (xZ/E3)

165 @neverenoughcaffeine, Blake Lively is the wife of Ryan Reynolds. They're weird for a Hollywood couple, in that they have several of their own kids.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024

***
That's it, what I thought I recalled.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (omVj0)

166 Just checked in, Rudolph is hanging in there with his nose so bright!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:30 PM (p4NUW)

167 Just checked in, Rudolph is hanging in there with his nose so bright!
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:30 PM (p4NUW)

Isn't he stopping by Weasel's house to get his red dot sight set up correctly?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 06:31 PM (VNX3d)

168 Wasn't she in that WB series Gossip Girl years ago? And I thought she's done something notable lately, gotten involved with somebody with notoriety and/or money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (omVj0)

Ok, I looked it up, because I have nothing else to do right now.

She's suing a costar for sexual harassment. She's the sister of Robin Lively, who was hot, a couple decades ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:31 PM (qXzPa)

169 I lived and grew up mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, a lot of it on the Equator. This is Summer there. The incongruity of Xmas decorations and attire were always amazing.
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- a fir tree with cottonballs representing snow, glitter streamers, etc., in every house. What's snow kids ask?
- everybody in swimsuits by the pool waiting for Santa.
- tall drinks with ice or just really cold beer.
- Father Christmas, in a red coat, big white cottonwool beard, santa hat, boots - sweating as in a sauna.

At sea level on the Equator the heat and humidity was horrendous.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il caldo era terribile at December 24, 2024 06:31 PM (i0xsb)

170 You could have stood up, scratched your nuts, and left. Right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

That's true.

I did offer that their gentlemen visitors perhaps take a running start.

Yes, I am a Moron. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:31 PM (WXNFJ)

171 The Blake Lively is the biggest thing going down in Hollywood with the exception of those stars trying to avoid P Diddy.

She's married to Ryan Reynolds . She was pretty good in The Town.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:31 PM (D6PGr)

172 BurtTC: "If I had to guess... and it's just a guess, I'd say mental illness is associated highly with people who are strictly on the D side of the voting ledger."

I agree with the Venn diagramming there, but that's still a huge difference between political groups. IOW, that's a lot of insanity. Something sociologically damaging that has been buried has been exposed even if this isn't the most decisive, academic poll.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (aXxgO)

173 BurtTC

The SAR effort is completely different in time and in place.

Think of all the carrier strikes off of Vietnam. I do not know of a CV screen friendly fire. Lots going on at the flight decks, but safe off the boat, except on USS Forrestal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (u82oZ)

174 I should think liberals disinviting themselves would be a benefit. Likewise vegans, lesbians, and other useless twats.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (xZ/E3)

175 167
Isn't he stopping by Weasel's house to get his red dot sight set up correctly?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024

I think he may need to do a rein check. (Get it?)

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (p4NUW)

176 Spent day at #2s house decorating cookies, #1 and family there also.
Tomorrow at #1s, cuz that's where the little kid is.
Following day cousin cookie Christmas, meet at Wampatuck
state park, a few of my sibs and cousins, our kids, who are 2nd cousins, I guess, and a couple of their kids, 3rds? Hike and then cookie exchange at the cars. All good.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (4780s)

177 Every single family member who has reduced time with the rest of us is a Democrat. So that tracks.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (Sf2cq)

178 This thread should be going for a while, why don't some of you lurkers speak up?
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM

But people always tell me to shut up for some reason.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (a3Q+t)

179 Michael Savage always referred to Glenn Beck as "The Hem" because Glenn went into detail about his hemorrhoid problem/surgery. Don't be "The Hem".

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (G5+As)

180 Short version of why Blake Lively is in the news: She claims she was sexually harassed on set of recent film she did (some sort of chick flick, I think) and that the writer/director and studio tried to preemptively smear her as difficult to work with. As near as I can tell, she has some decent evidence (e-mails and/or texts coordinating smear campaign).

I don't know why I know this either.

But it's sort of interesting in terms of the Hollywood-is-a-cesspool beat.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (cl15i)

181 Yeah.... guess I'm one of those evil Repubs who don't want to deal with family drama...

Not because I'll start it... but someone always does... so now I'd rather just avoid them.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (QAkQ3)

182 Isn't he stopping by Weasel's house to get his red dot sight set up correctly?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024

I think he may need to do a rein check. (Get it?)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (p4NUW)

You're right. He'll be busy tonight flying. Better to recover and wait a few days.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (VNX3d)

183 Merry Christmas Wesley.

And shut up.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (iziT8)

184 160 Martini Farmer

Sigh.

SWOdog told a key part of the backstory. The Gettysburg crew had to manually override the IFF protections to fire. This is real trouble.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (u82oZ
The Navy used to be better than this. I pray the new Trump administration keeps a rein on the war machine.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (LHPAg)

185 You don’t hear the bell, do you?
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:27 PM (p4NUW)

That is the one part of that movie that makes the room a bit misty for me. Ok, much misty.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (iODuv)

186 Speaking of Hemorrhoids, two words:

Dibucaine.

Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (PiwSw)

187 The Crew of the USS Gettysburg

They fired at two USN aircraft trying to land on the USS Harry Truman. Which side are they on?

Two SM-6 missiles are expensive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:20 PM

One of our pilots phillip comer pickeled off a missile at an Australian Lear Jet that was towing a practice gun target for the Air Wing back in 87. I do not recall what kind of missile it was but the Australians dropped the target and sped away when they saw a missile coming at them. He disabled the radar lock when he realized what he had done and the missile flew harmlessly into the ocean.

He never said a word to anyone and came back to the carrier and landed. He handed off his jet to the plane captain and went to the ready room. When the ordies went to pull weapons off of the plane they noticed the missile was gone.

We did a JAG investigation and it was determined that he "lost situational awareness" in flight and had selected a missile to fire instead of guns.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2024 06:35 PM (Rcnd3)

188 Cat jumped up on the table just to test my mettle.
You can tell she knows it's wrong.

Get down, she-devil!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 06:35 PM (kpS4V)

189 But people always tell me to shut up for some reason.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (a3Q+t)
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I get that a lot too.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:35 PM (1BE4H)

190 Sigh.

SWOdog told a key part of the backstory. The Gettysburg crew had to manually override the IFF protections to fire. This is real trouble.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Big Navy and NCIS will probably try to hang it on some poor FireControlman and NOT the officer that made the call.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:35 PM (WXNFJ)

191 . Please remember JT in your prayers. I hope he can be back with us soon. A stroke is a hard thing to recover from.

Wait... JT in California in hospital? With abdominal issues? Had a *STROKE "? OMG what awaits MY next brutal abdominal surgery in February? Think I'm older than he is. My similar age neighbor who had similar surgery said she had to raise a ruckus in order to be administered proper pain relief. If I have to get my diva hissy fit on to get the Dilaudid I'm going to win an academy award but it won't be an act.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 06:36 PM (tsszd)

192 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (cl15i)

She first tried to work it out with a meeting where her husband Ryan was in attendance. Certain conditions were agreed upon which I guess were later violated according to the suit including retribution alleged.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:36 PM (D6PGr)

193 Salty,
You are sweet. And your little charges are so lucky to have you looking out for them. What a joy it must be for you to meet them every day!

You, sir, are an example of strength and courage and resilience. I look forward to my hug and dance with you in October. If I may be so presumptuous.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 06:36 PM (v4ZRc)

194 I agree with the Venn diagramming there, but that's still a huge difference between political groups. IOW, that's a lot of insanity. Something sociologically damaging that has been buried has been exposed even if this isn't the most decisive, academic poll.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:32 PM (aXxgO)

I think a big group of voters just fill out ballots (or have them filled out for them) without much thought. That's one thing, and I wouldn't speculate too much about those people.

Then there are the rabid "mah bortions" types, or the BLM types or DEI or whatever. I think the percentage of those people who have anxiety, depression, PTSD, personality disorders... it gets close to 100%.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:37 PM (qXzPa)

195 158 Actually, Santa delivering packages to every child on the planet is physically impossible.

Actually.
Posted by: eleven

He doesn't need to visit any non-believers or naughty kids.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (WXNFJ)
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He uses an algorithm using Fibonacci numbers.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era Fibonacci at December 24, 2024 06:37 PM (i0xsb)

196 SWOdog told a key part of the backstory. The Gettysburg crew had to manually override the IFF protections to fire. This is real trouble.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:29 PM (u82oZ
The Navy used to be better than this. I pray the new Trump administration keeps a rein on the war machine.
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM

Enlisted / Officer ratio used to be 10+ / 1 back *mumbledy* years ago. I hear tell it's closer to 5 / 1 now.

Clearly, the answer is we need more, and more diverse, officers.

/ sarc

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (a3Q+t)

197 But... apparently the carrier or supporting ships were under missile attack at that time and in the confusion...

"Mistakes were made."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (Q4IgG)

I don't know what to think. Saying "friendly fire" this early in the game, I'm wondering what really happened.

If the Hooties shot down some fancy aircraft, would they want to admit it?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:28 PM (LPnHz)

Failure of IFF while under attack... With EW Warfare jamming going on, not surprised at all.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (QAkQ3)

198 Wait... JT in California in hospital? With abdominal issues? Had a *STROKE "? OMG what awaits MY next brutal abdominal surgery in February? Think I'm older than he is. My similar age neighbor who had similar surgery said she had to raise a ruckus in order to be administered proper pain relief. If I have to get my diva hissy fit on to get the Dilaudid I'm going to win an academy award but it won't be an act.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in

No no no.

JT, our resident bird bath keeper.

Jim in kalifornia is home and doing well last I saw.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (v4ZRc)

199 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

I was in the Med when an Admiral's son shot down a USAS jet (F-4?)

The answer was deep in the setup of the missile by the ordnance crew. The pilot could not have seen in during pre-flight inspections. He was not charged.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (u82oZ)

200 Fibonacci isn't going to miracle your ass over that obstacle, Private Pyle!

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (iziT8)

201 Some of those *ahem* characters in the first video are clearly overdue for an extended stay at a state psychiatric hospital.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (JNKQd)

202 He uses an algorithm using Fibonacci numbers.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era Fibonacci at December 24, 2024 06:37 PM (i0xsb)

Also, don't forget digital compression.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (TcVeV)

203 But it's sort of interesting in terms of the Hollywood-is-a-cesspool beat.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Hollywood has been a cesspool for over a hundred years.

Posted by: Peggy Entwhistle at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (G5+As)

204 Thanks. Now I know more about Blake Liveley then I needed. And it's a woman. Yep, her dilemma is more traumatic then anything else happening right now. Jeebus.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (2NHgQ)

205 185 That is the one part of that movie that makes the room a bit misty for me. Ok, much misty.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 06:34 PM (iODuv)

Have you watched Klaus?

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (QzINz)

206 Actually, depending on the age and health status of the participants, a lively discussion of effective hemorrhoid treatments can be both educational and festive.
Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:10 PM (PiwSw)

You know my sister, don’t you? Nobody can clear a room faster. She usually tells hilarious tales from the state hospital but she’s just as likely to talk about asshole surgery. And one drink in she’s unstoppable,

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (xZ/E3)

207 I don't know why I know this either.

But it's sort of interesting in terms of the Hollywood-is-a-cesspool beat.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 06:33 PM (cl15i)

I wonder what happens if the lid comes off.

Diddy is just a drop in the bucket. People "know" this stuff, and have for decades, but named names could potentially change the dynamic of the whole rotten industry.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM (qXzPa)

208 This is the first year in many that I haven't made any Christmas cookies. How could I have forgotten such a thing?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM (OX9vb)

209 nurse ratched

You are on the dance card. Under bliss.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

210 Oh well, so much for the Weasel Lurker Outreach Initiative (WLOI)

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM (1BE4H)

211 More military personnel overall were killed in training during the last decade of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan than were killed in combat. By a significant number. Being in the military is a dangerous job war or no war.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM (D6PGr)

212 Why would liberals, democrats and other assorted scum want to visit family or friends for the holidays like Christmas? They are not believers and actually are hostile to Christians and Christianity. So stay home. It's just another day to their way of thinking. Maybe go to Comet Pizza or whatever.

Posted by: FUBAR at December 24, 2024 06:41 PM (R/m4+)

213 This is the first year in many that I haven't made any Christmas cookies. How could I have forgotten such a thing?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

THAT'S IT!! I'm turning around and heading for home!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 06:41 PM (WXNFJ)

214 The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (a3Q+t)

215 Failure of IFF while under attack... With EW Warfare jamming going on, not surprised at all.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 06:38 PM (QAkQ3)

I don't have a clue how the navy works.

I just figure if the Hooties shot down a plane, they'd lie and say "friendly fire."

Or if some chick officer was responsible, they'd want to make whatever excuses they can.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (qXzPa)

216 Romeo13

NAVAIRSYSCOM should be busting their ass to fix this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

217
Today's US Navy & Air Force are the Boeings of military branches.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (azvCj)

218 210 Oh well, so much for the Weasel Lurker Outreach Initiative (WLOI)
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024

They are all watching Santa and playing with the 3D map.

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (QzINz)

219 Weasel: "Oh well, so much for the Weasel Lurker Outreach Initiative (WLOI)"

Should've offered cookies.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:43 PM (aXxgO)

220 Oh well, so much for the Weasel Lurker Outreach Initiative (WLOI)
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:40 PM

How are the residents of the WAHFUAUVSA doing?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:43 PM (a3Q+t)

221
They are all watching Santa and playing with the 3D map.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (QzINz)
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Well that does sound like fun!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:43 PM (1BE4H)

222 The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (a3Q+t)
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They said of Germanicus, "His drills were bloodless battles and his battles, bloody drills.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM (6K6Eu)

223 I'm beginning to wonder about this. Yes, avoidance is nice to keep things peaceful, but many families (beyond the most intimate relations) do not gather but for the holiday season. That's when you feel out "your family's perspective about life and everything". If not during these occasional get-togethers, when does one discuss tangibly important thoughts and philosophies? If you never get into these discussions, then what do you really know about what should be the closest people in your lives? They might as well be strangers.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 06:26 PM (aXxgO)

But, but, ... if people discuss these issues with their family members, it would make it more difficult for teachers to mold young minds and help them form the correct opinions.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM (Sf2cq)

224 I look at my adolescent children, and I think that if I were President , "With one of you, I'd pardon you if you fucked up," because I'd know it was a fuckup. I'd leave the other to twist, because I'd know it wasn't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM (BI5O2)

225 Nood. Now here's some nice Prep-H wipes...

Posted by: Tales from the Nursing Home at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM (PiwSw)

226 Luuuuurrkerrrrrrs.

Come out and playay.

::clink, clink, clink::

Posted by: That should do it at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM (iziT8)

227 Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:43 PM (a3Q+t)
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Need to get down there and check on them! I did get a trail cam pic the other evening of a small bear poking around the compound.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:45 PM (1BE4H)

228 We need a new Thanksgiving Day tradition (or we can apply it at any family gathering featuring turkey): first obnoxious relative to start mouthing leftist talking points gets the turkey's a$$hole slipped surreptitiously onto his (or her, as the case may be) plate.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 06:45 PM (mADJX)

229 *lurking*

Not much to say.

Merry Christmas Eve, all

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (YoCnN)

230 There is a lovely movie called "Joyeux Noel" about the Christmas truce of WW1.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (XTmTf)

231 They said of Germanicus, "His drills were bloodless battles and his battles, bloody drills.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 06:44 PM

To be fair, he did have to clean up after Varus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (a3Q+t)

232 Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 06:46 PM (YoCnN)
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Howdy and welcome!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (1BE4H)

233 Avoidance is made too easy in every thing we do these days. You could literally lock yourself in your house and never leave and proceed with living a full but lonely life.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (D6PGr)

234 Have you watched Klaus?
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (QzINz)

No, I haven't. Ya gonna make me cry, aren't you?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 06:48 PM (iODuv)

235 "Liberals/Democrats More Likely to Avoid Their Family Members During Holidays"

Your terms are acceptable. I don't want to be around your sorry asses, either. GFY.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at December 24, 2024 07:14 PM (Qt4kF)

236 At holidays, I interact mostly with the kids (and the bourbon). The "adults" are all solid lefties, since I imported many of them from Canuckalonia, and they sought out kindred twits!

Yes, I'm part of the immigrant problem!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 24, 2024 07:59 PM (gfztU)

237 202 He uses an algorithm using Fibonacci numbers.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il colpevole era Fibonacci at December 24, 2024 06:37 PM (i0xsb)

Also, don't forget digital compression.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 06:39 PM (TcVeV)

Time dilation would explain it.

Posted by: Farquad at December 24, 2024 08:27 PM (CFMhl)

238 To be fair, Democrats are hanging out with their Marxist Lesbian Transgenders friends. They go their godless pagan worship parties, while some pretend they are witches.

Posted by: wferrin at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (f0vvR)

Trump Gives Surprise Press Conference

Good excuse to get that last story off the top of the page.

Posted by: Ace at 04:39 PM

Comments

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1 First!

Posted by: JD-NW Ohio at December 24, 2024 04:41 PM (d9roH)

2 Thank you, Ace.

Posted by: EveR at December 24, 2024 04:41 PM (MUpk6)

3 Stuck in the middle with you.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 04:42 PM (mH6SG)

4 Thanks.

There's somethin happenin here. What it is ain't exactly clear.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:42 PM (iziT8)

5 We are really centered on this!

Posted by: Ciampino - lined up & ready to hit the margins at December 24, 2024 04:43 PM (i0xsb)

6
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 04:43 PM (dxSpM)

7 Merry Centermas!

Posted by: Czech Chick at December 24, 2024 04:43 PM (fpVC1)

8 I've actually completely ignored the drone thing. Is it still a thing?

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:43 PM (iziT8)

9 Getting centered for Christmas.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 24, 2024 04:43 PM (TdCYS)

10 Symmetry is the death of art!

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (iziT8)

11 Ace brings balance to the Force.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (a3Q+t)

12 Make America central again.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (iziT8)

13 How about a [/center] ?
[left]

Posted by: Ciampino - lined up & ready to hit the margins at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (i0xsb)

14 Look at the comments above, like shelves on the wall.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (a3Q+t)

15 My President!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (ufFY8)

16 We all thinks that the mountain that Alaska place shoolds be renamed to honor are furst Black Presdent.

We calls on Presdent Trump to remane it's to Mt. Obama

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (k5/aw)

17 Willowed:

Going off topic here, but figured some people would like to see Trump's Amazon shopping cart:

https://tinyurl.com/54y7yzcb

Not sure how shipping might work out for these items, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (VNX3d)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 04:46 PM (VNX3d)

18 Trumpmas. Yuge.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:46 PM (iziT8)

19 Wilt Chamberlain Thread

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 04:47 PM (Fg0Nr)

20
Central Zone is a good, patriotic, Christian zone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 04:48 PM (dxSpM)

21 The counterflooding has corrected the blog's list.

Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2024 04:48 PM (kycfo)

22 Thanks for bumping the nightmare off the top ACE.......

Merry Christmas!!! to all the on's and ette's..........

Posted by: zooomzooom at December 24, 2024 04:48 PM (txL5g)

23
I would not be astonished if this wasn't corrected until Thursday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 04:48 PM (dxSpM)

24 Good afternoon!

Hope everybody is having a nice Christmas Eve/Hanukah. Years ago, while stationed in the UK, I visited my sister, who was stationed in Germany. I went to visit her and off we went to the Alps. She went skiing, I got drunk. We had Christmas Eve at a friend of hers. He was Catholic, wife was Jewish. They had a combination of decorations. The Christmas tree had dreidels, Stars of David, and little menorahs on it, along with Christmas ornaments. The food was kosher and the drinks plentiful. A very memorable time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 04:50 PM (sAmhv)

25 I would not be astonished if this wasn't corrected until Thursday.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 04:48 PM

Such cynicism ill-becomes one of such tender years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 04:50 PM (a3Q+t)

26 Orange is the New Palate Cleanser.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 04:50 PM (j6KoD)

27 Fastball right down the middle.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 24, 2024 04:52 PM (qisoe)

28 Prime rib is headed into the oven!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 04:52 PM (p4NUW)

29 We calls on Presdent Trump to remane it's to Mt. Obama

Wouldn't it be Mt Clinton if its to be named for our first Black president?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Da7Vv)

30 Took me long enough to find the damned youtube channel. Youtube trying to hide Trump, probably.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:52 PM (ufFY8)

31 I feel like this is just to smack the retarded hornets nest on Christmas Eve. Rousting the turds.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (iziT8)

32 Reporter : Can you tell us if you're going to pre-emptively strike Iran ?

Trump : You rode the short bus, didn't you ?

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (Fg0Nr)

33 Is he going to name Rosé as Secretary of Korean Drinking Games?

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (pMi6S)

34 Wait. Is this thing from 7d ago?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (ufFY8)

35
Confusion reigns as NBA commercials run with LeBron in them even though he's sitting out being butt hurt.

Posted by: Auspex at December 24, 2024 04:54 PM (q5rNo)

36 Nobody answered the question I asked at the end of the last thread. Is Fani Willis' office involved in the prosecution?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 24, 2024 04:54 PM (Da7Vv)

37 Good excuse to get that last story off the top of the page.

Yep.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 04:54 PM (dg8Uu)

38 This isn't today is it? I remember seeing him get the pre-emptive strike question week ago or so.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2024 04:54 PM (hoCmQ)

39
I believe the Youtube channel showing this "live" video is actually a confederate.

This is the presser from last week.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 04:55 PM (azvCj)

40
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Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 04:55 PM (MsrgL)

41 Started streaming on Dec 16, 2024

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 04:55 PM (Fg0Nr)

42 Satisfying punishment for University of Oregon worker who told Trump voters to kill themselves

https://mol.im/a/14224765

Posted by: Ciampino - lined up & ready to hit the margins at December 24, 2024 04:55 PM (i0xsb)

43
Prime Rib resting. Had a long day in the Traeger.

Posted by: Auspex at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (q5rNo)

44 "Wait. Is this thing from 7d ago?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt"

You are correct.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (iziT8)

45 8 I've actually completely ignored the drone thing. Is it still a thing?
Posted by: eleven a

(Checks live-stream from drone hovering outside your window.) Yes, it's still a thing. Nice pajamas, by the way!

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (pMi6S)

46 Previous thread.

Ugh! Bury them to their necks and pour ...

Just shoot them, grind up their bodies, and sprinkle in a landfill.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (4pGuH)

47 Mt. Obama

Dumped a Mt. Obama out of a colostomy bag this morning.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (dg8Uu)

48 1
11
121
1331
14641

Posted by: Fibonacci at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (sDWtc)

49 40
1
11
111
1111
11111

Posted by: BifBewalski

Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (pMi6S)

50 Ace thanks for showing this. He looks and sounds great..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (PCK5/)

51
I also believe this youtube channel is most certainly foreign-owned. Probably some guy in viet nam, or something.

What's funny is he or whoever managed to accumulate 8 million subs by Stealing content and often using outrageous clickbait titles.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (azvCj)

52 1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (tA1/w)

53 Yeah. The "CNN-18" channel replays shit continuously and calls it "live".

Devious fuckers.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (ufFY8)

54 A welcome relief from FagRape

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 04:58 PM (Fg0Nr)

55 "(Checks live-stream from drone hovering outside your window.) Yes, it's still a thing. Nice pajamas, by the way!
Posted by: zombie"

Excuse me but these are Bermuda shorts. In December.

Texas bishes.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:58 PM (iziT8)

56 Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM

zombie, while you were away, leopard-print onesies became the fashionable lounge/bedroom wear here at the HQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 04:58 PM (a3Q+t)

57
*
/\
//\\
///\\\
////\\\\

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2024 04:58 PM (tA1/w)

58
Loose shit, Ace.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 04:59 PM (azvCj)

59
Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling.

Posted by: zombie

I added spaces to try and see if it would still be a tree shape when a COB gets around to fixing the centering tag.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 04:59 PM (MsrgL)

60

Ace already drunk on Egg Nog??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 04:59 PM (azvCj)

61 48 1
11
121
1331
14641

Posted by: Fibonacci at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (sDWtc)
----
Are all Fibonacci numbers divisible by 11 ?

Posted by: Ciampino - lined up & ready to hit the margins at December 24, 2024 04:59 PM (i0xsb)

62 Waiting for Ace to fix the formatting

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 04:59 PM (4pGuH)

63
Did anyone ever come up with a good Ace Nog recipe for Acemas?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:00 PM (azvCj)

64 Prime Rib resting. Had a long day in the Traeger.

Tenderloins tied up, salted and peppered, and drying the surface in prep for tomorrow's reverse sear. It has been a busy day.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 05:00 PM (xCA6C)

65 Watch the conference turn out to be about wiping out pedo pervs...
In the spirit of Christmas of course.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 05:00 PM (/lPRQ)

66 I thought it would come in right justified, but it didn't. Maybe Pixy removed the extra spaces?

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 05:00 PM (MsrgL)

67 Roast beef and veggies are in the crockpot. Go back to work tomorrow night so this will feed me for the next 5 nights. Going to make Scotch Eggs when I get back from church tonight. Binge on Christmas specials, some on DVD, others on YTube, for the rest of the night.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (sAmhv)

68 Seems like we could go either direction....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (3Ope8)

69 I am cooking a flock of game hens tomorrow…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (PCK5/)

70 I feel centered.

Ace dropped this and ran off to his Christmas Eve celebrations.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (ZmEVT)

71 Previous thread.

Ugh! Bury them to their necks and pour ...

Just shoot them, grind up their bodies, and sprinkle in a landfill.

Give them to the Chinese to use for growing garlic.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (xCA6C)

72 Personally, I'd like to have the NYC 'spark of humanity' reprise on "Dr." F. and the pair below before being sent on his way.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (a3Q+t)

73
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...1

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (xG4kz)

74 67 Roast beef and veggies are in the crockpot. Go back to work tomorrow night so this will feed me for the next 5 nights. Going to make Scotch Eggs when I get back from church tonight. Binge on Christmas specials, some on DVD, others on YTube, for the rest of the night.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (sAmhv)

What kind of Scotch do you use??

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (PCK5/)

75
1) Arm and shoulder hurt.
2) Lie down for a nap.
3) Arm and shoulder don't hurt.
4) Get up.
5) Arm and shoulder hurt.

Conclusion: do not get out of bed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:02 PM (dxSpM)

76 It takes a lot of tape to wrap a Scotch Egg.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:02 PM (a3Q+t)

77 Hadrian, it was a mistake to leave the trees.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (4pGuH)

78 Mr Senegal parrot enjoying his Christmas Eve gift, a wood box designed to be destroyed. Crunch!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (dg8Uu)

79 tape = ground sausage, in this case.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (sAmhv)

80 Garlic?

Give them to Pfizer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (4pGuH)

81 Conclusion: do not get out of bed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:02 PM (dxSpM)

Works for so many things....

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (Fg0Nr)

82 I always picture Pixy in my minds eye as a mad scientist with a hamster running non-stop on a wheel. Diabolical!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (xGalg)

83 Got to get ready for church. Later!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 05:04 PM (sAmhv)

84 Just washed down the evening cholesterol and diabetes meds with egg nog. Can't let the 'merican heart association intimidate ya.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 05:04 PM (3Ope8)

85 78 Mr Senegal parrot enjoying his Christmas Eve gift, a wood box designed to be destroyed. Crunch!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:03 PM (dg8Uu)

Outstanding… used to give mine sections of dowel rod… he was in parrot heaven..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:04 PM (PCK5/)

86 will feed me for the next 5 nights.

Kwanzaa roast!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:04 PM (dg8Uu)

87 Pixy is the Final Boss from Tron.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (iziT8)

88 How about a [/center] ?
[left]
Posted by: Ciampino

Your tags have no power here!

Posted by: Theoden the Server Hamster at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (DgGvY)

89 tubal,
What kinda parrot?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (dg8Uu)

90 Pixy-misa is a slightly confused but earnest magical girl in the finest of anime traditions.

Nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (4pGuH)

91 89 tubal,
What kinda parrot?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (dg8Uu)

Yellow naped Amazon…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:06 PM (PCK5/)

92 0
)
0
(
0

BOOM!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 05:06 PM (RIvkX)

93 Nice try, Fib-o-nacci.

Posted by: Blaise Pascal at December 24, 2024 05:06 PM (sDWtc)

94 Sorry I was referring to palindromic numbers.

Posted by: Ciampino - lined up & ready to hit the margins at December 24, 2024 05:07 PM (i0xsb)

95 Are all Fibonacci numbers divisible by 11 ?
Posted by: Ciampin

I recently read an intersting re-analysis of important hsitortical figures, and this one author claimed that the most important individual person in human history was Lionardo Fibonacci, who single-handedly convinced the Western World to abandon Roman numerals in preference to the base-10 "Indo–Arabic numeral system," the consequence of which was the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the modern world. We owe all that to Fibonacci.

"I am not a just a number, I am a freeing man!"

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 05:07 PM (pMi6S)

96 100?

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (MsrgL)

97 It feels so organized in here.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (wDJaI)

98 Fail

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (MsrgL)

99 BOOM!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 05:06 PM (RIvkX)

… goes the dynamite!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (xGalg)

100 Previous thread.

Ugh! Bury them to their necks and pour ...
Just shoot them, grind up their bodies, and sprinkle in a landfill.
Posted by: Anna Puma

==
An Idea
Ever seen the vids of the guy melting down beer cans and pouring the molten aluminum into anthills. Then digs up the cooled aluminium which the antnest 'form' made into intricate castings...

Bury them to their necks and pour ...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (/lPRQ)

101 An 8 hour uninterrupted night of sleep would be a great present.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (Fg0Nr)

102 Fibonacci Schmibonacci.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (iziT8)

103 Compare and contrast POTUS Trump in a news conference compare to Joe Potatus Biden.

1000 times night and day.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 05:09 PM (17s+e)

104 A dog a plan a canal: pagoda

Posted by: Rex B at December 24, 2024 05:09 PM (PT7Bh)

105 How about "Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio"? If I do say so meself, laddie.

Posted by: John Napier at December 24, 2024 05:09 PM (sDWtc)

106 What happened to the fucking margins?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:09 PM (wZ2Bf)

107 And one Tolkien ring to rule them all.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 05:09 PM (4pGuH)

108 An 8 hour uninterrupted night of sleep would be a great present.

Posted by: jsg

I asked for that once. Once.

My bladder just laughed and laughed.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (MsrgL)

109 A couple of things you likely didn't know about Greenland:

The USA has a military base in northern Greenland. It used to be called Thule Air Force Base, but is now Pituffik Space Base. There are about 150 Space Force personnel there, plus a few hundred contract workers. The new name is often misread as "Pity F*ck Space Base".

Greenland is the largest non-continental island on the planet. It's total population is only about 56,900. Why? Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (a3Q+t)

110 This is helping me get the murder out of my blood pressure after the previous.

Thanks, Mr. Spades and Co.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. God Bless you.

Happy Hannuka (sp?) as well. I never root against God's Home Team. Have a peaceful and blessed one.

Morons,
Prayers to the lonely, the sick, the struggling, and the lost. This goofball loves you and wishes you well.

Posted by: Sifty boones at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (OrjFy)

111 Mt. Obama

Dumped a Mt. Obama out of a colostomy bag this morning.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (dg8Uu)

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

Old Carnac The Magnificent joke (heard it live while attending a school near the base of this mountain):

[Carnac, holding envelope up to forehead:] "Mount Baldy."

[Ed McMahon:] "Mount Baldy."

[Carnac, after staring annoyingly at Ed ... rips top off & blows into envelope, and pulls out question:] "What Yul Brenner's wife did on their wedding night?"

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (SK2fc)

112 Looking to buy a golf cart. I had no idea they were so expensive. Even the used lead acid battery powered carts are $4000 at least.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (D6PGr)

113 Sigh...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:11 PM (d9fT1)

114 What was the movie where Greenland had the end of the world shelter for the selected few?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:12 PM (D6PGr)

115 I thought it would come in right justified, but it didn't. Maybe Pixy removed the extra spaces?
Posted by: BifBewalski

Yes, the software here is always "one space only, Vasily."

I think it's related to not being able to type "img". It keeps the ASCII art to one-liners.

o_O

(.)(.)

=^_^=

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 05:12 PM (DgGvY)

116 Hi Hordelings.

Glad Greenland is still on the menu. I want to see Donny and Melania sitting on narwhal tusk thrones.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:13 PM (kpS4V)

117 Lol, I pulled up the youtube and this 'live' conference started Dec 16. Still a very nice palate cleanser.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 05:13 PM (UKUm3)

118 Sigh...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:11 PM

You get extra pay for this, right?

Right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:13 PM (a3Q+t)

119 What was the movie where Greenland had the end of the world shelter for the selected few?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:12 PM (D6PGr)

Shockingly, it was titled, "Greenland".

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (iJfKG)

120 Hah. Looked it up. The name of the movie is Greenland.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (D6PGr)

121 114 What was the movie where Greenland had the end of the world shelter for the selected few?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:12 PM (D6PGr)
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"Iceland"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (kpS4V)

122 I thought it would come in right justified, but it didn't. Maybe Pixy removed the extra spaces?
Posted by: BifBewalski

Yes, the software here is always "one space only, Vasily."

I think it's related to not being able to type "___". It keeps the ASCII art to one-liners.

o_O

(.)(.)

=^_^=
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 05:12 PM (DgGvY)

Unless you use non-breaking spaces, most browsers collapse multiple spaces into one. It's part of the HTML standard (at least HTML4 - the last version I read).

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (VNX3d)

123 Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (iJfKG)

Thanks. Lol.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:14 PM (D6PGr)

124 Yellow naped Amazon…

Big bird! May I ask...
Did he...
Oh, you know.
Shit happens.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (dg8Uu)

125 Each year on Christmas Eve I read the old WSJ editorial 'In Hoc Anno Domini' by Vermont Royster. They have published it annually since the '40s. It is harder to find a non-paywalled copy on the web these days, but I did just find one.

It is very short, but I recommend it to all.

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (eV8tG)

126 ""Iceland"
Posted by: All Hail Eris"

That's what they WANT you to think.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (iziT8)

127 Looking to buy a golf cart. I had no idea they were so expensive. Even the used lead acid battery powered carts are $4000 at least.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

With Gators going for $12k+, $4 looks cheap.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)

128 You get extra pay for this, right?

Right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:13 PM (a3Q+t)

No, but I get a ration of shit from some commenters.

Which is almost as good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (d9fT1)

129 Pro Tip: You're going to need more than your leopard-print onesie if you move to Greenland.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (a3Q+t)

130 Russian cargo ships are sinking all over the place.

Ursa Major just sank in the Med.

What's Going On With Shipping? channel is covering this.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (ufFY8)

131
Yes, the software here is always "one space only, Vasily."

I think it's related to not being able to type "___". It keeps the ASCII art to one-liners.

o_O

(.)(.)

=^_^=

Posted by: mikeski

How did i not realize this? I mean, i get skandi ice back hate, and vespas, messenger bags, and garrett's on afain off again affsir witht the ewok. But this...this flew over my head like a west bound Soviet Flogger at tree top.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (MsrgL)

132 Merry Christmas all… especially Ace and the COBs.

I’ve had a non-ideal Christmas Eve. I noticed floaters (significant) in my eyes last night. Sudden onset… so off to ER. Then opthamologist this AM… then retinal specialist to repair a large horseshoe tear in my retina with a laser treatment which was judged by doc to be a success. Perspective and gratitude are everything; it was unpleasant but I still have eyesight and it’s not invasive so no cutting. Always something to be thankful for….my eyesight is ratty and the floaters are here for a few weeks as you have to wait for them to be naturally re-absorbed by the body…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (xmxw0)

133 Donaldus Magnus has been speakifying since December 16th?

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (1FWWQ)

134 "Greenland"

That's what they WANT you to think.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (ufFY8)

135 Anyone remember Sundowner giving a surprise press conference?

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 05:17 PM (fwDg9)

136 $4000 at least.

You can get a Chinaman and a rickshaw for less.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:17 PM (dg8Uu)

137 63 Did anyone ever come up with a good Ace Nog recipe for Acemas?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:00 PM

1.) Cruise by the egg nog fridge at the grocery store. Observe the price, and then swear under your breath.

2.) Go to your favorite liquor store. Add the money you saved on NOT buying egg nog to the price of the size of valu-rite vodka that you usually purchase.

3.) Grab the even larger bottle that you can now afford to purchase.

4.) Go back home and greatly enjoy drinking your entire bottle of valu-rite vodka while contemplating how the nation dodged a bullet when Kamala lost in ignominious fashion!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 05:17 PM (HlyYF)

138 Then opthamologist this AM… then retinal specialist to repair a large horseshoe tear in my retina with a laser treatment which was judged by doc to be a success. Perspective and gratitude are everything; it was unpleasant but I still have eyesight and it’s not invasive so no cutting.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (xmxw0)

We live in wondrous times! Sometimes we forget...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:18 PM (d9fT1)

139 Pro Tip: You're going to need more than your leopard-print onesie if you move to Greenland.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (a3Q+t)

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

Seems a bit excessive to put on that much clothing for such a balmy climate.

Posted by: Green Bay Packer Fans at December 24, 2024 05:18 PM (tT6L1)

140 >>Russian cargo ships are sinking all over the place.

>>Ursa Major just sank in the Med.

Ukrania is going all out in their last months.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 05:18 PM (j6KoD)

141 Now I want to start golfing so I can get a Chinaman and a rickshaw.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:18 PM (dg8Uu)

142 124 Yellow naped Amazon…

Big bird! May I ask...
Did he...
Oh, you know.
Shit happens.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (dg8Uu)

Hmmm… still going strong…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:19 PM (PCK5/)

143 https://tinyurl.com/8ahksxee

Go Rudolph, go!

Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 05:19 PM (pZEOD)

144 >>You can get a Chinaman and a rickshaw for less.

Just get the Rickshaw.

There's tons of homeless that you can get to pull it for you.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 05:19 PM (j6KoD)

145 88 How about a [/center] ?
[left]
Posted by: Ciampino

Your tags have no power here!

Posted by: Theoden the Server Hamster at December 24, 2024 05:05 PM (DgGvY)
----
Shit ! Foiled again!

Posted by: Ciampino - system removes all double spaces at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (i0xsb)

146 Always something to be thankful for….my eyesight is ratty and the floaters are here for a few weeks as you have to wait for them to be naturally re-absorbed by the body…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (xmxw0)

Sheesh, not a great day. At least things are looking up.

Did they let you out of the hospital? Hopefully, they did.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (VNX3d)

147 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (xmxw0)

Glad the treatment was successful. Do you know how you would have torn it?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (D6PGr)

148 My wife had over a dozen small retinal tears in both eyes… they welded them closed .. pretty amazing tech.

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (PCK5/)

149 opthamologist this AM…

But it's so much fun swatting at flies that aren't there.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (dg8Uu)

150 >>Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:16 PM (xmxw0)

You know you ruined someone's gift of a Christmas Eyepatch, right?
Tragic.
Like an O'Henry Short Story.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 05:21 PM (j6KoD)

151 Floaters… I have named a few of the most prominent…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:21 PM (PCK5/)

152
On the other hand, Her Majesty had three surgeries for vision correction and they all failed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:21 PM (dxSpM)

153 Greenland is the largest non-continental island on the planet. It's total population is only about 56,900. Why? Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (a3Q+t)

Say what?

Posted by: Big Penguin, from his Antarctic Ice Sheet Castle at December 24, 2024 05:22 PM (aBgBM)

154 Shit ! Foiled again!
Posted by: Ciampino - system removes all double spaces at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM

Nice try, but you will be awarded no points to offset the negative Permanent Record mark you picked up yesterday.

That's just how Ace rolls.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:22 PM (a3Q+t)

155 they welded them closed ..

HER EYES?!

if I was a carpenter
And you were a lady
I'd nail your fucking lips shut.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:22 PM (dg8Uu)

156 Laser technology is great and all...

but, I will stick with the time tested Hot Iron.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 05:23 PM (j6KoD)

157 Compare and contrast POTUS Trump in a news conference compare to Joe Potatus Biden.

1000 times night and day.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

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

Composed vs. Decomposing (or Composting?).

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:23 PM (0SYSw)

158 Ukrania is going all out in their last months.

Why won't they retaliate or escalate?! It's always worked before...

Posted by: The CIA at December 24, 2024 05:24 PM (9SBJU)

159 10 Symmetry is the death of art!
Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (iziT

Don't be such a square.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2024 05:24 PM (08Ghs)

160 Composed vs. Decomposing (or Composting?).
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:23 PM (0SYSw)
-----------

Def Composed verses Composted

Posted by: Green Bay Packer Fans at December 24, 2024 05:25 PM (tT6L1)

161 There's tons of homeless that you can get to pull it for you.

Naw, they just go around in circles.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 05:25 PM (dg8Uu)

162 /off best football fans in the League sock

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:25 PM (tT6L1)

163 WTF? He's been talking for 12 hours?

Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (Dnobf)

164 113 Sigh...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:11 PM (d9fT1)
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I thought it was Le Sigh .....

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (i0xsb)

165 Did they let you out of the hospital? Hopefully, they did.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (VNX3d)

Amazingly it was an outpatient procedure at the office. In and out in 90 minutes

Glad the treatment was successful. Do you know how you would have torn it?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 05:20 PM (D6PGr)

I asked and the answer was (sadly): normal aging process… 29 you know

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (xGalg)

166 I learned a great new word today: Callithumpian.

Callithumpian is an adjective that means riotous, or relating to, or resembling a callithump. A callithump is a noisy parade or burlesque serenade, often accompanied by the playing of tin horns and other discordant instruments.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (kpS4V)

167 130 Russian cargo ships are sinking all over the place.

Ursa Major just sank in the Med.

What's Going On With Shipping? channel is covering this.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:15 PM (ufFY

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing kids

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (Fg0Nr)

168 Greenland is the largest non-continental island on the planet. It's total population is only about 56,900. Why? Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM

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Say what?
Posted by: Big Penguin, from his Antarctic Ice Sheet Castle at December 24, 2024 05:22 PM

Well, I guess it's out now. People has speculated wildly (and not-so-wildly) about Donaldus Magnus' interest in Greenland. The truth is he's trying to prevent Big Penguin from establishing a Forward Operating base in the Northern Hemisphere.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

169 Greenland is the largest non-continental island on the planet. It's total population is only about 56,900. Why? Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (a3Q+t)

Say what?
Posted by: Big Penguin, from his Antarctic Ice Sheet Castle at December 24, 2024 05:22 PM (aBgBM)

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Greenland was excluded from the plans for F. Joe Mugabe's Memorial Intercontinental Bridge & Railway.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:27 PM (0SYSw)

170 President Trump gets up and chats with the press for an hour or more, no big deal.

Joe is prepped days in advance and can barely do 10 minutes.

Yet, the press prefers Joe.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:27 PM (tT6L1)

171 he's trying to prevent Big Penguin from establishing a Forward Operating base in the Northern Hemisphere.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

We can counter with a few dozen polar bears.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 05:27 PM (d9fT1)

172 Maybe I could borrow Dan Crenshaw’s eyepatch? Honestly I didn’t need one… I can even get on an airplane safely in a few days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (xGalg)

173 Has the WNBA folded yet ?

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Fg0Nr)

174 173 Has the WNBA folded yet ?
Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Fg0Nr)

I would say scissored but that would be bad, yes??

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (PCK5/)

175 Well, I guess it's out now. People has speculated wildly (and not-so-wildly) about Donaldus Magnus' interest in Greenland. The truth is he's trying to prevent Big Penguin from establishing a Forward Operating base in the Northern Hemisphere.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

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Big Penguin is colluding with Putin to develop hypersonic torpedo technology.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:29 PM (rNG1c)

176 170 President Trump gets up and chats with the press for an hour or more, no big deal.

Joe is prepped days in advance and can barely do 10 minutes.

Yet, the press prefers Joe.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:27 PM

Of course the press prefers Joe!

His press secretaries will distribute hand-outs to the "journalists", where their story is already written for them.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 05:30 PM (HlyYF)

177 Ukrania is going all out in their last months.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 05:18 PM (j6KoD)

Nah. Three river ships over 50yo sank in bad weather in the Black Sea. A crane ship, and now this cargo ship in the Med, because...???. Not war related.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:30 PM (ufFY8)

178
Yet, the press prefers Joe.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1)

_________

Trump doesn't respect them and makes them feel stupid. Of course, they are, they know it, and they resent him for it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 05:30 PM (dxSpM)

179 Has the WNBA folded yet ?

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Fg0Nr)

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They were just saved by A Great White Hope.

Who apologized for being white, natch ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 05:31 PM (rNG1c)

180 Callipygian >> Callithumpian

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:31 PM (ufFY8)

181 Not all Russian ships are crewed by hand-picked competent officers like Red October was.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (a3Q+t)

182 This man is a master at these things.

Posted by: Gentlemen, time for a reckoning at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (RNWqa)

183 Nah. Three river ships over 50yo sank in bad weather in the Black Sea. A crane ship, and now this cargo ship in the Med, because...???. Not war related.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:30 PM

River ships?

So perhaps war related due to desperate times? River ships should not be operating on the open sea.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (HlyYF)

184 109
Greenland is the largest non-continental island on the planet. It's total population is only about 56,900. Why? Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:10 PM (a3Q+t)
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Bigger than Antarctica?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso era sporca at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (i0xsb)

185 Be kind to each other.

And send out a hug to folks you know are alone.
Merry Christmas.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (k0Wyd)

186 Great press conference by the boss.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2024 05:33 PM (UseAb)

187 Did the media audience applaud at the end?

Holy cow.

And Merry Christmas to Ace and his co-bloggers, and to all the commenters.

Posted by: PJ at December 24, 2024 05:34 PM (RRCAT)

188 Merry Christmas to you and yours, Nurse!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:34 PM (kpS4V)

189 Bigger than Antarctica?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso era sporca at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM

Antartica is a continent. Greenland is the largest non-continental island.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2024 05:34 PM (a3Q+t)

190 i watched the seinfeld rickshaw episode yesterday.

still great

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 24, 2024 05:35 PM (VDqpU)

191 Maybe I could borrow Dan Crenshaw’s eyepatch? Honestly I didn’t need one… I can even get on an airplane safely in a few days
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2024 05:28 PM (xGalg)

Do we have an official AoS eyepatch?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (VNX3d)

192 River ships should not be operating on the open sea.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 05:32 PM (HlyYF)

Tell that to the Russians. They modified them to be able to do Black Sea shit, but were still not hardy enough for the shit storms they encountered. They broke in the middle. Carried oil.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (ufFY8)

193 166 I learned a great new word today: Callithumpian.

Callithumpian is an adjective that means riotous, or relating to, or resembling a callithump. A callithump is a noisy parade or burlesque serenade, often accompanied by the playing of tin horns and other discordant instruments.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:26 PM (kpS4V)
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Ah the vuvuzela !

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina era sporca at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (i0xsb)

194 WNBA should be folding shirts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

195 Merry Christmas Eve to all y'all!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (1BE4H)

196 Ah the vuvuzela !
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina era sporca at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (i0xsb)
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No, just no.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:37 PM (tT6L1)

197 WNBA should be folding shirts.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

Norm MacDonald had a great joke about the WNBA. He said they could make the league better by hiring men.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:38 PM (ufFY8)

198 Thanks, same to you, Weasel!

By the way, I scored 1,000 large rifle primers, CCI, from Midway. I couldn't believe they were in stock.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:38 PM (tT6L1)

199 Sal Macagliano said the Russians are not maintaining their ships , yet are working the piss out of them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:39 PM (wZ2Bf)

200 What's cookin' at Chez Weasel?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:39 PM (kpS4V)

201 WNBA should be folding shirts.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

Norm MacDonald had a great joke about the WNBA. He said they could make the league better by hiring men.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 05:38 PM (ufFY

Time to add LeBronza Janes (LeBron James) with blonde hair to the league.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 05:39 PM (VNX3d)

202 Merry Christmas Eve to all y'all!
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:36 PM

Merry Christmas, Weasel! May WW, FSJ, Gertie, WC2 and you all get your fondest wish, and the katana its tsuba!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 05:39 PM (a3Q+t)

203 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:38 PM (tT6L1)
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Congrats! Back in the olden days I would purchase components about 18-24 months in advance to ride out market disruptions and supply issues.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:40 PM (1BE4H)

204 Dennis Rodman and Ru Paul could be huge WNBA stars.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 05:40 PM (wZ2Bf)

205

noood

noododododododooood

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (azvCj)

206 I'm trying to give this nurse a Christmas present.

Syphilis.

Posted by: Billy Jeff at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (Fg0Nr)

207 Congrats! Back in the olden days I would purchase components about 18-24 months in advance to ride out market disruptions and supply issues.
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:40 PM (1BE4H)
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I'm set for brass right now. But, you make a good point. I will have to stock up on primers, powder and bullets.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (tT6L1)

208 200 What's cookin' at Chez Weasel?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 05:39 PM (kpS4V)
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Quiet nite at home with the pups and getting a little work done. WW is doing Christmas stuff with her family.

You?,

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (1BE4H)

209 189
Antartica is a continent. Greenland is the largest non-continental island.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2024 05:34 PM (a3Q+t)
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I was referring to the 'Because it's covered with the largest ice sheet on land on Earth. ' which has no relation to the island/continent argument.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina era sporca at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (i0xsb)

210 I must say Trump with his energy level , work ethic, business savvy and leadership skills is going to do some special things. Trump go it goin on..heh heh/
Seriously I'm trying to gear up my remodeling company up for the golden age and make a little success for myself. I'm a believer. After Bidenomics Im in bad shape financially. Sale were non existent since 5/24 I had to take work I usually do not do for much less money..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 05:47 PM (wDJaI)

211
You?,
Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 05:42 PM (1BE4H)

Sippin a craft beer waiting for Chinese food to get here.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 05:50 PM (wDJaI)

212 Greenland gets blown out of proportion on flat maps

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:01 PM (fwDg9)

213 Had frozen manicotti for dinner, now a glass of cognac

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 06:06 PM (fwDg9)

214 There's a lot of guano being spurted around here. President Trump is VERY penguin-centric and will welcome all aquatic birds to our new Greenland Territory. He has vowed to place the Emperor Penguin on the flag when Greenland becomes our 51st state.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at December 24, 2024 06:08 PM (G5+As)

215 Hi there everyone, it's my first pay a quick visit at this web site,
and post is in fact fruitful in favor of me, keep up posting such articles or reviews.

Posted by: https://www.southsidesox.com/users/interiordesignersinGurgaon1 at December 24, 2024 09:19 PM (9g+HX)

Gay Adoptive "Parents" Who Serially Raped Their Adopted Young Sons and Pimped Them Out to Other Predators Sentenced to 100 Years In Prison

Good thing these aren't federal charges or Jill Biden would pardon them.

This is a story so horrific that I've largely avoided it. It is just so stomach-churningly acidic.

A gay Georgia couple convicted of sickening sexually abuse of their two adopted sons will spend the rest of the lives behind bars.
William and Zachary Zulock, 34 and 36, were each sentenced last week to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole, the Walton County District Attorney's office announced.
"These two Defendants truly created a house of horrors and put their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone else," said District Attorney Randy McGinley, according to WSB-TV.
"However, the depth of the Defendants' depravity, which is as deep as it gets, is not greater than the resolve of those that fought for justice and the strength of the victims in this case. The resolve I have seen from these two young victims over the last two years is truly inspiring," he added.
The boys -- two brothers who are now 12 and 10 years-old -- were adopted from a Christian special-needs agency by the Zulocks.

So when these serial rapes took place, they were like 10 and 8 or younger.

The couple raised them under the guise of a happy home in an affluent Atlanta suburb.
But their supposedly picture-perfect life -- Zachary worked in banking and William was a government employee -- held a dark secret.
The couple were regularly forcing the boys to have sex with them, and would film the abuse to make pedophilic pornography.
Evidence showed they even bragged about the abuse to twisted friends, with one telling police Zachary once sent a Snapchat message reading "I'm going to f--k my son tonight. Stand by," along with images of the boy being abused.
And they allegedly used social media to pimp the boys out to at least two men in a depraved local pedophile sex ring.

Obviously these depraved child predators made themselves -- and the children they abused -- into a social media spectacle.

I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM

Comments

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1 they got off easy

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (cY18j)

2 I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.
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Is that wrong?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

3 No. Fucking. Words.

Burn in Hell, assholes!

Posted by: Al Shabbah at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (S+FTR)

4 "Sentenced to 100 Years In Prison"

Hangin's too good fer 'em.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (vFG9F)

5 They deserve two weeks in the NYC subway.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (tA1/w)

6 >>> The couple raised them under the guise of a happy home in an affluent Atlanta suburb.

One of the articles noted that the two pedos suddenly became very affluent after 'adopting' the two boys.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)

7 Wow. Great topic for Christmas Eve.

I'm out for the duration of this one. I think the Hot Air art thread beckons.

See y'all later, probably.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (v6JzV)

8 I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.
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Is that wrong?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

Depending on the prison population, that could easily happen. Jeffrey Dahmer ended up that way.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:54 PM (VNX3d)

9 That monsters like these are not struck down by some supreme being, makes me question the idea of a supreme being

Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 03:54 PM (/7KEl)

10 7 Wow. Great topic for Christmas Eve.

I'm out for the duration of this one. I think the Hot Air art thread beckons.

See y'all later, probably.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (v6JzV)

Yeah this harshes my Christmas vibe… pass.

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:54 PM (PCK5/)

11 What’s just, no more no less. We know in our hearts what that is. Those two freaks know it too.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 03:55 PM (MHGlo)

12 Alex Jones did this story in todays second half. There are no charges against the men they pimped them to.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:55 PM (wZ2Bf)

13 " ... Zachary worked in banking and William was a government employee."

everyone is shocked, right?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:55 PM (cY18j)

14

They should have been given the death penalty, right in the front of the courtroom.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (3ek7K)

15 Evil bastards.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (2NXcZ)

16 Who could've seen that coming?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (L/fGl)

17 There are some really bad thoughts I could have about what to do with these monsters, perhaps involving 55 gallon drums, slow burning coal, and a rotisserie.

But I won't go there.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (Fg0Nr)

18 I'm out for the duration of this one. I think the Hot Air art thread beckons.

See y'all later, probably.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (v6JzV)

I bet you hate the part of the Christmas story where they slaughter kids up to two years old.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 03:57 PM (D6PGr)

19 Those poor kids are going to be as messed up as the kids who John Money experimented on. Extra cigarettes at the prison commissary for who ever teaches the two scumbags about prison rules

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 03:57 PM (DopAq)

20 Alex Jones did this story in todays second half. There are no charges against the men they pimped them to.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Seems to be a pattern of pedo pimps with no known customers getting rich.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 03:57 PM (/lPRQ)

21 >>>Southwest Airlines grounds all flights due to a technical glitch, then resumes flights -- but almost every flight features serious delays

Sidebar headline says Southwest Airlines, but the linked article says American Airlines.

Posted by: No Name Today at December 24, 2024 03:57 PM (vlXMQ)

22 They should be in GP instead of PC where I’m sure they’re going.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 03:58 PM (D6PGr)

23 Zulock. That’s from some other dimension, right?

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 03:58 PM (MHGlo)

24 And I expect they got special delight from adopting them from a Christian special needs agency ) those awful Christian's, right? ) knowing that they ( the adopters) would them abuse the boys. It took a long time for this verdict to come down, didn't it.? This horrible story had been around for a while.

I hope that they boys ended up with a loving, straight family .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 03:58 PM (zv61x)

25 I remember reading something about this a while back. At the time, I thought the electric chair should be dragged out of mothballs for these freaks. Now, after reading that one sentence about "f*ck my son", I would prefer they get locked in a crow's cage.
They should suffer more and longer than what they inflicted on those kids.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 03:58 PM (4XwPj)

26 "14

They should have been given the death penalty, right in the front of the courtroom.

Posted by: four seasons "

in H. Beam Piper's Terran Federation it was out in the yard behind the courtroom, with a 10mm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:59 PM (cY18j)

27 I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.

You left out "tortured."

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:59 PM (pMi6S)

28 Christian special-needs agency

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I guess the Zulocks' needs were special.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (L/fGl)

29 "I want them to be raped and murdered in prison."

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Posted by: Bones at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (sW5jf)

30 I suggest these two be used to test a new cross between a guillotine and a plinko machine. When the head is chopped off, it falls into a plinko machine. People can bet on which bucket the head falls into, to recover some of the cost of the imprisonment.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (VNX3d)

31 Ace: "I want them to be raped and murdered in prison."

Unless they declare themselves "women" and escape with the last vestiges of the woke wave, you can pretty much guarantee that. Maybe Trump could deport them to a Latin country. Kinda expedite the ultimate sentence.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (aXxgO)

32 My theory is that's how gheyness is propagated mostly

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (fwDg9)

33
Lol Hour of the Wolf

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (3ek7K)

34 I think a wonderful way to ring in Festivus is to fire up the WoodChipper of Justice and process these fags into mulch.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (j6KoD)

35 Welp, small price to pay for an exciting social experiment, right boys?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (TcVeV)

36 Atlanta is full of these types. It's well known as a child trafficking hub. Just drive around and see the freak show.

God forbid you leave a mark on one of their rainbow crosswalks or cover up the graffiti they call "art". I guess it's art compared to shit smeared all over everything.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (vFG9F)

37 GASSSSS THEM

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (YSM/8)

38 30, LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (cY18j)

39 I am still convinced that the reason MonkeyPox fell off the Radar is that it was showing up in young children and pets.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (j6KoD)

40 The only differenc between this couple and mainstream queer activists is that they did the quiet part out loud.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:01 PM (pMi6S)

41 But...but...love is love, right?

Posted by: That Karen who always asks... at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (mH6SG)

42 Murdered in prison yes.. raped ? They'd enjoy it so no

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (VE6XX)

43 Speaking of harshing your Christmas mellow until you realize that it’s”what it was all about I watched Passion of the Christ for the first time last night.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (D6PGr)

44 "I want them to be raped and murdered in prison."

Is it too late to hire that plucky Guatemalan guy with the lighter to torch them up?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (TcVeV)

45 This is what we are all about. We want the young, the children, the naive young minds and bodies to abuse and use for our own deviant sexual purposes. Who wants pizza?

Posted by: Big Homo, Hollywood and The democrat party at December 24, 2024 04:03 PM (R/m4+)

46 Hangin's too good fer 'em.
Posted by: fd

I'm willing to show mercy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 04:03 PM (L/fGl)

47 And they seemed so nice!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 24, 2024 04:03 PM (TcVeV)

48 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (VNX3d)

Pachinko but I knew what you meant and lol.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:03 PM (D6PGr)

49 I don’t want them to be murdered. Keep them alive.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 24, 2024 04:03 PM (Cfzq/)

50

I have a real problem with "Christian" organizations letting queers adopt children.

God has a special place in Hell for all of them.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (3ek7K)

51 Zulock to Judge:
Aint Skeert!
Judge:
https://tinyurl.com/ykcbjm3n

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (wDJaI)

52 That is the way their kind reproduce.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (wZ2Bf)

53 One of the articles noted that the two pedos suddenly became very affluent after 'adopting' the two boys.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butche

As Jeffrey Epstein could tell you, the inner circle of the top pedophile rings are often quite wealthy, and will happily pay mucho $$$ for an hour with a trafficked little kid. These "parents" were pimping out their "sons" to the elite for big bucks.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (pMi6S)

54 Gabe Malor assured me that gay marriage would be ok, then he banned me.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (vFG9F)

55 43 Speaking of harshing your Christmas mellow until you realize that it’s”what it was all about I watched Passion of the Christ for the first time last night.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (D6PGr
Did you cry? I sure did.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:04 PM (MHGlo)

56 Can't post on this about what I think because I'd rather not get banned.

Suffice to say ace's hopes are certainly not enough.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (kAFFE)

57 To be fair, I was being kind of annoying.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (vFG9F)

58 These two are beyond "gay" and beyond pedophile. They are psychopaths.

And, yes, execution should've been on the table.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (aXxgO)

59 100 years in prison. Clearly the state of Georgia is protecting these particular criminals from the vigilante justice they'd likely get.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (UKUm3)

60 General pop ftw.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 04:06 PM (wZ2Bf)

61 59 100 years in prison. Clearly the state of Georgia is protecting these particular criminals from the vigilante justice they'd likely get.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (UKUm3)

Put them in with the general population.. Your wish will be granted

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2024 04:06 PM (VE6XX)

62 So when these serial rapes took place, they were like 10 and 8 or younger.

Love is love h8ters!

Posted by: The left at December 24, 2024 04:06 PM (oZhjI)

63 100 f*cking years behind bars.

I hope it was worth it, you disgusting pieces of shit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 04:06 PM (TcVeV)

64 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (D6PGr

All what is about? Jesus torture and death was cruel and horrible? Gee; I didnt know that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (zv61x)

65 Is this a new Marvel movie?

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (dIske)

66 59 100 years in prison. Clearly the state of Georgia is protecting these particular criminals from the vigilante justice they'd likely get.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 04:05 PM (UKUm3)

Hmmmm...once they get into genpop, all bets are off.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (W/lyH)

67 In better and brighter news, the apple pie is done! And it is beautiful! I know, don't judge a pie by its looks, it's all about how it tastes! Just like with people. But this pie is like a perfect picture in a magazine!

And the cheesecake is in the fridge. I will put the cherry topping on tomorrow before it gets served. Never made one of those before. I hope it turns out right.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (4XwPj)

68 I have a real problem with "Christian" organizations letting queers adopt children.

Vlad stopped gay adoptions and went from "our friend" to literal Hitler overnight.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (oZhjI)

69 Has anyone they 'sold' their kids to been charged?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (3Ope8)

70 During the Middle Ages they had fitting punishments for this.

Posted by: Allen at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (d2p0K)

71 I never had the stomach to follow this story, but shouldn't all the people who received images be charged as well.

The ones who they pimped them too might be harder to prove or prosecute, but the images sent to an email address should be enough for conviction and that is a good place to start.

Posted by: PFC Obvious at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (RNWqa)

72 If you want an adoption cleanser after reading this disgusting story , watch the movie Instant Family.

It’s become one of my favorites.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (D6PGr)

73 OT

For those of you who are business owners, you may not be aware of a new filing requirement from the Treasury Dept. The filing deadline has been extended to January 13 2025. They're imposing stiff penalties for non-filers. Please visit the link below and see if you're required to complete this form.

https://fincen.gov/boi

Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (kycfo)

74 Is this a new Marvel movie?

Getting dorked in the squeekhole brings out your X-gene and superpowers. The earlier you get your x-gene turned on the more powerful your superpowers become

Posted by: I suspect this is the current lore at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (oZhjI)

75 I'm thinking Festivus Feats of strength involving a Percheron, a Clydesdale and one of theses guys tied between them.

Though, the contest needs to be best two out of three...

...oops, looks like it's a draw...

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (tT6L1)

76 Love is love h8ters!
Posted by: The left at December 24, 2024 04:06 PM (oZhjI)

But was it rape rape ?

Posted by: Also the Left at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (Fg0Nr)

77 I have a real problem with "Christian" organizations letting queers adopt children.

God has a special place in Hell for all of them.
Posted by: four seasons
====

Do I recollect that RUSSIA!!! put a halt on foreign adoptions which caused some tension?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

78 I never had the stomach to follow this story, but shouldn't all the people who received images be charged as well.

And also the people that placed the children with them.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (oZhjI)

79 32 My theory is that's how gheyness is propagated mostly
Posted by: Skip

That's not just your theory -- that hypothesis was openly discussed in gay-liberation academic journals in the '70s through the '90s.

The whole book "Queer 13" -- promoted as a national textbook for 6th-graders by Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings -- was based on this concept - -a series of memoirs/memories by gay male writers, all of whom said they were turned gay by being molested as pubescents - -and how great that was.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:09 PM (pMi6S)

80 Government: We are going to outsource this task of finding homes for kids to private charities because they are more caring and better able to do the job properly.

Government: Now we are going to tell them exactly how to do it so that they can not vet anyone properly.

Posted by: PFC Obvious at December 24, 2024 04:10 PM (RNWqa)

81 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (zv61x)

I think everyone else got what I was saying.

Merry Christmas to you.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:10 PM (D6PGr)

82

Yep, Russia stopped the adoptions by gays. They made the right decision.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:10 PM (3ek7K)

83 And the cheesecake is in the fridge. I will put the cherry topping on tomorrow before it gets served. Never made one of those before. I hope it turns out right.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (4XwPj)
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We're going with the traditional Egg Foo Yung for Christmas eve. Tomorrow is a standing rib roast.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:10 PM (tT6L1)

84 ......

Nope. I'm out.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 04:11 PM (jGGMD)

85 Depravity, once condoned, grows and spreads.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 04:11 PM (CHHv1)

86 Hoist. Wood Chipper. Some Disassembly Required ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 04:11 PM (PFjde)

87
NAMBLA makes a sadz.

Posted by: Evil at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (+oR7L)

88 I think the general prison population of thugs does NOT approve of those particular crimes.

I cannot imagine these perps being spared from retribution abuse in prison unless they are housed in solitary for the full 100 years.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (HlyYF)

89 Remember the nice lesbian adoptive moms that got...6?... kids then literally drove them off a cliff?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (oZhjI)

90 Hangin's too good fer 'em.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (vFG9F)

STEEERRRRN?!

Posted by: Hanover Fiste at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (sDWtc)

91 64 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (D6PGr

All what is about? Jesus torture and death was cruel and horrible? Gee; I didnt know that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:07 PM (zv61
I know what S.Melmoth meant. I have listened to a lot of good preachers preach the Crucifixion, but the Gibson’s movie brought it home to me. Christ went thorough that for me .

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (MHGlo)

92 Just murdered. They might enjoy the raping.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (MZ+PY)

93 Last night, two people were stabbed (one dead), and a third person assaulted on a southbound 7-train in Queens, NY. Police arrested 3 suspects. All illegal aliens.
This comes just hours after the NYPD apprehended the illegal who set the woman on fire on the F train in Brooklyn.

https://tinyurl.com/3y3mz4zn

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we can be hard players too at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (i0xsb)

94 This story makes "Violent Night" a wholesome Christmas tale suitable for the whole family.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (tT6L1)

95
Those poor boys are going to need a ton of prayer, counseling,therapy, and healing.

Eternal damnation to the dads. Millstones, necks, ocean. etc.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (+oR7L)

96 Fortunately, their time in prison will be short.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (ufFY8)

97 I see that Mangione, the UHC CEO shooter, has pled 'Not Guilty'. Expected, of course. I see also that there may be Federal charges levied. Wonder if Joe Biden will issue a protective pardon?

Ugh. It's Christmas eve. I'll no longer discus the disgusting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (XeU6L)

98 I know what S.Melmoth meant. I have listened to a lot of good preachers preach the Crucifixion, but the Gibson’s movie brought it home to me. Christ went thorough that for me .
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (MHGlo)

That's how I read what he said also

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (VE6XX)

99 I think the general prison population of thugs does NOT approve of those particular crimes.
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Emphatically not. Pedos are known as "short eyes" (don't ask me what that means) and are the lowest of the low in the prison hierarchy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 04:13 PM (6K6Eu)

100 Was this the same 'couple' who was outed a number of, IIRC, months ago? Like... quite a while ago. And just now being sentenced?

WTF

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 04:14 PM (Q4IgG)

101 Last night, two people were stabbed (one dead), and a third person assaulted on a southbound 7-train in Queens, NY. Police arrested 3 suspects. All illegal aliens.
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Someone alert Gov. Hochstetter.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 04:15 PM (6K6Eu)

102 Breaking911@Breaking911
INSANITY: California judge rules a man who allegedly raped women in prison must be referred to as ‘she/her’ during trial because he 'deserves dignity'

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She /her is all about dignity.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 04:15 PM (L/fGl)

103 Huge hands. Just even more weird.

Posted by: CapeFear at December 24, 2024 04:15 PM (IMg5s)

104 We have over 300 K "missing" children in the US. Huh?

Homan is on a mission. I'm expecting open street warfare to break out to some degree when sanctuary cities/states mayors/governors resist.....

Homan was tearing up during an interview that showed vid on murdered girls.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 04:15 PM (wDJaI)

105 There's lots of evil in this world, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. I bet you'll find worse depravities than this in the halls of Congress and in the streets of every capitol city in the country, especially DC.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 04:16 PM (ynpvh)

106 Depravity, once condoned, grows and spreads.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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Why, it's almost as if societal decay promotes sociatal decay.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

107 Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (MHGlo

Thanks; I was a little unclear about what that had to do with not wanting to harsh our Christmas mellow or " I bet you didn't like the story of the slaughter of the innocents either."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:16 PM (MQJVv)

108 But their supposedly picture-perfect life -- Zachary worked in banking and William was a government employee -- held a dark secret.

So I guess William doesn't have to worry about losing his job then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 04:17 PM (TcVeV)

109 My attorney wife was guardian ad litem on a case where one of her abused clients had a heavy drug using mother. At one point the drug dealer said she could pay off her debt by letting a few guys have access to her daughter.

The mom and dealer became wealthy very quickly after that, because there is a functional network for pedophiles whereby they all somehow find out if there are children available for sexual abuse.

I believe they only got caught because they got too greedy.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:17 PM (HlyYF)

110 Well gen pop with the run of the mill felons hating them or solitary far from each other and no interaction other than being handed food the prison kitchen staff probably spit in. Either way works for me and either way it is still the state protecting them from likely worse fates they'd get if the state just turned them over to a group of dads.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 04:17 PM (UKUm3)

111 Hmm, I think I've found a useful service Tren de Aragua can provide.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:17 PM (tT6L1)

112 Depravity, once condoned, grows and spreads.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 04:11 PM (CHHv1)

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

It doesn't seem possible to define deviency, depravity, or evil down any further now in The West. And yet ... each passing new day proves that contention wrong.

[Appropriately:] Make Christianity Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 04:18 PM (Vi/lX)

113 No on the murder. They should be hobbled like Kathy Bates did to James Caan. Aw, heck, take out their knees, elbows, and hips too. Make dust out of them.

They deserve pain every time they so much as move a finger for the rest of their lives. They should constantly suffer, and that suffering should remind them why they deserve it.

However, apart from destroying every aspect of every future waking minute, I say go easy on them.

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 04:18 PM (eV8tG)

114 Dare I guess how much coverage this sentencing received besides the NYP?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 24, 2024 04:18 PM (wzAuc)

115 For those of you who are business owners, you may not be aware of a new filing requirement from the Treasury Dept. The filing deadline has been extended to January 13 2025. They're imposing stiff penalties for non-filers. Please visit the link below and see if you're required to complete this form.

https://fincen.gov/boi
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2024 04:08
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So the injunction issued earlier this month was overruled?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2024 04:19 PM (hoCmQ)

116 9 That monsters like these are not struck down by some supreme being, makes me question the idea of a supreme being

Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2024 03:54 PM

"Beware the wrath of a patient man."

Be even more wary of the wrath of a patient God!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:19 PM (HlyYF)

117 Gen pop and let the fun begin! I know it is verboten to speak, but can we talk about the h0m0sexual p3d0 lonk yet?

Posted by: Steve at December 24, 2024 04:20 PM (nkVKy)

118 There are a million illegal stories in the Big Apple

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 04:20 PM (fwDg9)

119 31
Maybe Trump could deport them to a Latin country. Kinda expedite the ultimate sentence.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 04:00 PM (aXxgO)
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Options:
- Turkish prison.
- Stash heroin on them and then release them into Singapore.

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we can be tough players too at December 24, 2024 04:20 PM (i0xsb)

120 But their supposedly picture-perfect life -- Zachary worked in banking and William was a government employee -- held a dark secret.

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Maybe they can add a Z and W to LGBTQIA+PEDO in their honor.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (Vi/lX)

121 We have over 300 K "missing" children in the US. Huh?

There was a small scandal in my AO a few years ago. The head of Child Protective Services had apparently lost too many children. Not lost as in they were murdered or died due to poor care...they no longer knew where these children were.

He got a day of bad news and fired. Never answered was what happened to those missing kids or what, apparently, an acceptable number of missing children would be. And of course there was no police investigation or even media one.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (oZhjI)

122
I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.

Posted by: Ace

...and a partridge in a pear tree.

Ah, Christmas at the ol' HQ.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (azvCj)

123 Be even more wary of the wrath of a patient God!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:19 PM (HlyYF)
---------------
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 10:31

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (tT6L1)

124 It's Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve!

Posted by: Rev. Billy Ray Collins, The Sword Of Joshua Independent Full Gospel Pentecostal Assembly at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (R/m4+)

125 The poor kids were special needs on top of everything else?! Most reports leave that bit out. These are truly monsters, and it's a shame the people of their state are forced to house and feed them for life. May their victim's find a loving home and healing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 24, 2024 04:22 PM (lFFaq)

126 Maybe they can add a Z and W to LGBTQIA+PEDO in their honor.

If Trump and co don't succeed in 20 years we'll have navy warships named after these two.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:22 PM (oZhjI)

127 @115 So the injunction issued earlier this month was overruled?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2024 04:19 PM (hoCmQ)

Yes, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the preliminary nationwide injunction.

Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (kycfo)

128 There's lots of evil in this world, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. I bet you'll find worse depravities than this in the halls of Congress and in the streets of every capitol city in the country, especially DC.
Posted by: jim

Yep. I feel that a corner has started to be turned to take back our culture and to reinvigorate the path of advancement of morality. Additionally, the stifling of shame will start to fall away and will be restored to it's proper place in the toolbox of building character. It won't be a sea change overnight, but I think many, in their gut, know it is now or never and so, even many of those previously on the fence will speak up and demand the proper things.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (WXNFJ)

129 107 Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:12 PM (MHGlo

Thanks; I was a little unclear about what that had to do with not wanting to harsh our Christmas mellow or " I bet you didn't like the story of the slaughter of the innocents either."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:16 PM (MQJVvMy
And I deserved to be on a cross, not Christ wo never sinned. Like the song says ‘Amazing love, how can it be that thou my GOD should die for me.’

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (MHGlo)

130 From a couple of threads back that ended with this comment.

Has there ever been a white person that got genuinely upset about being called cracker?
Posted by: blkemoji at December 24, 2024 03:42 PM (7a4RG

Made me think that some black guy had to call red headed white guys Ritz.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (D6PGr)

131 More reasons to stay as far away from the North American Man/Boy Love Association as possible treat them like the Plague

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (FLiOE)

132 Snapchat knew and did nothing. They know the hashtags used by gay sexual predators and their policy (like Twitter before Musk) was strictly hands off. Because this is the "good" kind of sexual abuse. The kind that makes more gays.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 24, 2024 04:24 PM (TdCYS)

133
In the Urban Dictionary 'curb stomping' means place a person face down with mouth open on a curb then stomp his head to knock out most of his teeth which makes the person a great christmas gift to the Black Gorilla Gang in cell block K to be passed around and skull fucked. Have a Holly Jolly holiday Zurloks..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 04:24 PM (wDJaI)

134 It doesn't seem possible to define deviency, depravity, or evil down any further now in The West.

There's more to it than that. Most straight, normal people recoil from being informed of the existence of such things. They simply refuse to acknowledge that something like NAMBLA exists.

Posted by: Call It at December 24, 2024 04:24 PM (fpCyA)

135 I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.
Posted by: Ace

Implement.

Vlad had his 12 ft poles.
Prison has 5 ft mop handles.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 04:25 PM (/lPRQ)

136 Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (MHGlo)

Yes; I understand that part about all of us.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:25 PM (MQJVv)

137 A gay Georgia couple --> a pair of Georgia faggots.

A "couple" refers to a man and a woman, not to two perverts.

And these two perverts should be executed.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:26 PM (YqDXo)

138 Also - if authorities know they sent their nasty stuff to other adults, can't that be used to track down other nasty adults? It seems like there ought to be a way to nab anyone they ever sent stuff to pretty quickly. Look in the damn "sent items" folder! There may just be a clue or two in there!

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 04:26 PM (eV8tG)

139 He got a day of bad news and fired. Never answered was what happened to those missing kids or what, apparently, an acceptable number of missing children would be. And of course there was no police investigation or even media one.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (oZhjI

I remember that. The story lasted 1.5 news cycles..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 04:26 PM (wDJaI)

140 But ... but ... I was reliably informed that faggots do not like to molest young boys.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:27 PM (YqDXo)

141 One guy was a bank teller, other, low-level state employee, yet, shortly after adoption they were able to purchase a relatively expensive home. Why didn’t ppl ask questions immediately?

Posted by: EveR at December 24, 2024 04:27 PM (MUpk6)

142 Anyone that thinks Tom Homan will be stopped by mayors or governors needs to watch some of his interviews. He takes this very seriously, especially child trafficking.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 04:27 PM (NQtI0)

143 We had nothing to do with this!!

Posted by: North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes at December 24, 2024 04:27 PM (CC1vn)

144 gay Georgia couple --> a pair of Georgia faggots.

A "couple" refers to a man and a woman, not to two perverts.

And these two perverts should be executed.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:26 PM (YqDXo)

And in the report they referred to one of them by his ‘married’ last name.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:28 PM (D6PGr)

145 Zachary worked in banking

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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE HAS STRANGE INTEREST.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 24, 2024 04:28 PM (L/fGl)

146 More reasons to stay as far away from the North American Man/Boy Love Association as possible treat them like the Plague

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (FLiOE)
_______________

Refer them to zombie Albert Pierrepoint.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:28 PM (YqDXo)

147 I saw a story some time ago that one of them, who was already incarcerated, was not being treated kindly by his fellow inmates.

Again, like the pager stories, I suppose I should not be pleased but I am.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (1bNHn)

148 I want them to be raped and murdered in prison.

In today's news another grim milestone for Donald Trump's America as two gay parents, of disabled children no less, are causally murdered by a rightwing terrorist. And we've collected quotes from a number of rightwing websites cheering on the carnage.

Posted by: Headlines from the future at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (oZhjI)

149 I hate to see this, doubly so at Xmas:
Early this morning, Illinois State Police (ISP) Director Brendan F. Kelly announced the death of Trooper Clay M. Carns.
Clearing debris off the highway and gets run over.
RIP

https://www.facebook.com/share/p
/15TKjBMC3q/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Posted by: Ciampino - that poor family at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (i0xsb)

150 I hope that Tom Homan gets some good security. So many people Trump wants will have people gunning for them, I'm afraid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (MQJVv)

151 Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2024 04:23
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Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (hoCmQ)

152 Government: We are going to outsource this task of finding homes for kids to private charities because they are more caring and better able to do the job properly.

Government: Now we are going to tell them exactly how to do it so that they can not vet anyone properly.
Posted by: PFC Obvious at December 24, 2024 04:10 PM (RNWqa)

Ain't fascism just great?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (lFFaq)

153 And one of the faggots was a government worker.

Imagine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (YqDXo)

154 Anyone that thinks Tom Homan will be stopped by mayors or governors needs to watch some of his interviews. He takes this very seriously, especially child trafficking.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 04:27 PM (NQtI0)
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I wonder if Tim Ballard will be an adviser to Homan?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 04:29 PM (tT6L1)

155 Also - if authorities know they sent their nasty stuff to other adults, can't that be used to track down other nasty adults? It seems like there ought to be a way to nab anyone they ever sent stuff to pretty quickly. Look in the damn "sent items" folder! There may just be a clue or two in there!

Compare what the FNM/government did to track down J6 protestors...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:30 PM (oZhjI)

156 The funny thing is that, like Mayor Buttplug, these two LOOK like faggots.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:30 PM (YqDXo)

157 Magdaberg truck of peace driver was a saudi human trafficker.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (wZ2Bf)

158 Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:21 PM (oZhjI)

Do you live in Santa Clara?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (D6PGr)

159 William and Zachary Zulock, 34 and 36, were each sentenced last week to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole

If it's any consolation to their Democrat enablers (incl. the church infiltrators), they won't serve 100 years.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (zMQny)

160 Kansas City faggots >> Georgia faggots

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (ufFY8)

161 Vladimir Putin is saying, "See? THIS is the shit I was talking about!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (YqDXo)

162 Magdaberg truck of peace driver was a saudi human trafficker.

If you only listen to the German FNM he's a Musk supporting AfD member...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (oZhjI)

163 Do you live in Santa Clara?

No - east coast. Which makes me concerned the same story played out on the west coast

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:32 PM (oZhjI)

164 Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM

Mostly because they dance better.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 24, 2024 04:32 PM (TdCYS)

165 Put these two lovebirds in genpop and await developments.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:33 PM (YqDXo)

166 Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (ufFY

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I didn't figure anything about this would make me laugh, but Blazing Saddles never fails.

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 04:33 PM (eV8tG)

167 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Rep Ayanna Pressley praises Biden for pardoning and commuting r*pists, p*dos, and k*llers’ sentences and taking 37 of the worst monsters off death row. She claims the death penalty is racist and is weaponized against the Black community.

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Well, they're crackers so it'd be OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 04:34 PM (L/fGl)

168 Big Stone Candy Mountain.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 04:34 PM (pMi6S)

169 I understand they have information implicating Hillary Clinton in Epstein's death.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 04:34 PM (1bNHn)

170 Most straight, normal people recoil from being informed of the existence of such things.
Posted by: Call It

Talking about ugly crimes committed against children even on Christmas Eve when normal people have the comfort of family, friends, etc is important if even one person somewhere becomes determined to do something other than talk about it. or, it can be left until another day and another horror story comes to light.
I imagine only those as equally strong as the monsters are wicked can make the difference. Where does one strong person start?

Posted by: friends in low places at December 24, 2024 04:35 PM (WD60c)

171 163 Do you live in Santa Clara?

No - east coast. Which makes me concerned the same story played out on the west coast
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:32 PM (oZhjI)

I shouldn’t try to make a joke on that serious story. Regretting it now even more since I assume no one got it. ( Santa Clara was the Lost Boys city where kids kept coming up missing) .

Again sorry.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 04:35 PM (D6PGr)

172

If anyone tried or did anything to my grandkids, I would kill the asshole. Yes, I would give my life for the grandkids.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:35 PM (3ek7K)

173 Also - if authorities know they sent their nasty stuff to other adults, can't that be used to track down other nasty adults? It seems like there ought to be a way to nab anyone they ever sent stuff to pretty quickly. Look in the damn "sent items" folder! There may just be a clue or two in there!

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 04:26 PM (eV8tG)
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Yep. You'd think the authorities could roll up a whole ring of pedophiles.

If they wanted to.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:36 PM (YqDXo)

174 I have no forgiveness in my heart for people who hurt children.

Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2024 04:36 PM (DKIGo)

175 They deserve GP.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 04:36 PM (LrUMM)

176 > We have over 300 K "missing" children in the US. Huh?
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A lot of people who have it "bad" in South and Central America get conned into joining a caravan to the US. The whole family... especially if there's young children involved. Our own government sponsors this through various NGO's, various charities, the State Department, etc.

Local traffickers shepherd the family(s) to the US border where the kids are taken as payment for the trip. Some of the illegals go along with this, others have no idea, but surrender the kids or face... repercussions.

Those NGO's take the kids. What happens next is pretty clear. It's been going on for decades. There's literally hundreds of billions of dollars involved.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 04:37 PM (Q4IgG)

177 Yep. You'd think the authorities could roll up a whole ring of pedophiles.

If they wanted to.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:36 PM

I read an article some years ago that claimed the fib was the largest supplier of child pron. Not sure if that is true but from what we have seen lately I am going to bet the article was accurate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2024 04:37 PM (Rcnd3)

178 92 Just murdered. They might enjoy the raping.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2024 04:1

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A loooooong time ago I thought (as a dude) getting raped wouldn't be so terrible. Then I came to the realization that if it ever happened, it wouldn't be Sydney Sweeney. It would be more like Rosie Odonnel.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 24, 2024 04:38 PM (QW1/v)

179 The Lost Boys town was called Santa Carla, not Santa Clara.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 24, 2024 04:38 PM (TdCYS)

180 I volunteer to arrange the meeting with Stan for these Georgia Faggots

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 24, 2024 04:39 PM (1FWWQ)

181 The boys -- two brothers who are now 12 and 10 years-old -- were adopted from a Christian special-needs agency by the Zulocks.

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Any Christian adoption agency that places children with gays will need to be named and shamed since they don't seem to fear God.

Posted by: Decaf at December 24, 2024 04:39 PM (unUNN)

182 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Rep Ayanna Pressley praises Biden for pardoning and commuting r*pists, p*dos, and k*llers’ sentences and taking 37 of the worst monsters off death row. She claims the death penalty is racist and is weaponized against the Black community.
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Now maybe if the black community wasn't wildly disproportionately perpetrating murders, they wouldn't have to worry about the death penalty.

Just a thought.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

183
Decaf,

Amen! It's all about the money, no caring about the children.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:40 PM (3ek7K)

184 The boys -- two brothers who are now 12 and 10 years-old -- were adopted from a Christian special-needs agency by the Zulocks.
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Those poor kids couldn't catch a break.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:40 PM (YqDXo)

185 This is why I suspect every gay couple who adopt children of being pedophiles. This goes for Buttigieg, even Guy Benson and Dave Rubin.

Posted by: Decaf at December 24, 2024 04:41 PM (unUNN)

186 A loooooong time ago I thought (as a dude) getting raped wouldn't be so terrible. Then I came to the realization that if it ever happened, it wouldn't be Sydney Sweeney. It would be more like Rosie Odonnel.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 24, 2024 04:38 PM (QW1/v)
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Sydney Sweeney >> Rosie O'Donnell >>>>> Bubba and the Kingfish

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:42 PM (YqDXo)

187 Those NGO's take the kids. What happens next is pretty clear. It's been going on for decades. There's literally hundreds of billions of dollars involved.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I'm thinking there may a heightened level of anxiety amongst the DC elite and their masters regarding the shining of a bright light into the dark corners.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 04:42 PM (LrUMM)

188 This is why I suspect every gay couple who adopt children of being pedophiles. This goes for Buttigieg, even Guy Benson and Dave Rubin.

Posted by: Decaf at December 24, 2024 04:41 PM (unUNN)
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Me too. Even if they're not molesting the kids (if, e.g., the kids are girls) the kids are going to need LOTS of therapy to sort them out after being raised in such a weird environment.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (YqDXo)

189 160 Kansas City faggots >> Georgia faggots

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM

Yes, but if you don't give them a shit-load of dimes, then they can't get out of KC!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (HlyYF)

190 I really need to quit this thread...

I'm coming up with some good vengeance ideas where they would beg for death.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 04:44 PM (Fg0Nr)

191 So not so much as a 'soliciting prostitution' charge against the "Customers", how magnanimous of the prosecutors. Say is Fani Willis' office handling the case?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (Da7Vv)

192 Anyone that thinks Tom Homan will be stopped by mayors or governors needs to watch some of his interviews. He takes this very seriously, especially child trafficking.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Obama will be most famous for being the one who put SWAT into every Federal agency when they get used to raid governor's and mayor's mansions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (/lPRQ)

193 Yep. You'd think the authorities could roll up a whole ring of pedophiles.

If they wanted to.

We're still gathering evidence as we act out a gigantic career-long sting operation! Gotta draw them in!

Posted by: FBI at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (hnMW+)

194 I just checked and the Atlanta serial killer Wayne Williams is 66 yo and still alive and in prison.. so there's that..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (wDJaI)

195 Posted by: Decaf at December 24, 2024 04:39 PM (unUNN

In some cases I think there were lawsuits against agencies not wanting to place kids with gays and this is why this came about. Some non Christian agencies wont even place kids with Christians wanting to adopt kids now because they consider them anti LBGT.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (TCgKW)

196 Nood press conference

Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (TdCYS)

197 Going off topic here, but figured some people would like to see Trump's Amazon shopping cart:

https://tinyurl.com/54y7yzcb

Not sure how shipping might work out for these items, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (VNX3d)

198 Homan said he has had many retired ICE and Border Patrol agents contacting him,to see if they can come back to help.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 04:46 PM (NQtI0)

199 Depravity, once condoned, grows and spreads.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 04:11 PM (CHHv1)
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"Love is love."

And "perversion is perversion." What's your point?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:46 PM (YqDXo)

200 re 167 and *Joe's* commutation of those federal death sentences. Are there any cases where the state(s) where the thug did the murdering have also sentenced them to death? I'd be sincerely saying "God bless Texas" if one of the scum thought he was home free and then got a trip to Texas to actually be put to death.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 04:47 PM (UKUm3)

201 In some cases I think there were lawsuits against agencies not wanting to place kids with gays and this is why this came about. Some non Christian agencies wont even place kids with Christians wanting to adopt kids now because they consider them anti LBGT.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:45 PM (TCgKW)
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Hell to the yes!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:47 PM (YqDXo)

202 Me too. Even if they're not molesting the kids (if, e.g., the kids are girls) the kids are going to need LOTS of therapy to sort them out after being raised in such a weird environment.

A woman I know had a father who divorced her mom and came out as gay when she was a teen. He somehow got custody and royally screwed her up.

She was a barely functional alcoholic who couldn't manage to hold down a relationship with a man...so she in turned ended up marrying the bull-iest bull dyke you could imagine...who apparently didn't mind the alcoholism...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

203
Of course the two adult perps in that photogeaph were wearing short shorts.

Give them a year or two in the "pass 'em around" queue then let them chips fall where they may.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 04:49 PM (xG4kz)

204 Hell to the yes!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:47 PM (YqDXo)

I was not arguing for gays adopting children just explaining what the policies are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 04:50 PM (qKlxn)

205 172 If anyone tried or did anything to my grandkids, I would kill the asshole. Yes, I would give my life for the grandkids.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 04:35 PM

We used to provide care for disabled youth in my home when I was a kid.

One of the most innocent girls was found to be pregnant and that was the only way they figured out that she had been serially raped at her special needs school.

They gave her an abortion and sterilized her.

When my father was informed, that was by far the most angry I had ever seen him - by at least an order of magnitude. I am pretty sure if he had the ability to get hands on the rapist at the instant, the guy probably would not have lived.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 24, 2024 04:52 PM (HlyYF)

206 This is why Putin stopped allowing adoptions of Russian babies to America. People say Putin is terrible but a lot of what he says and does makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (17s+e)

207
We're still gathering evidence as we act out a gigantic career-long sting operation! Gotta draw them in!
Posted by: FBI
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"It's part of an ongoing investigation"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 04:53 PM (XeU6L)

208
A woman I know had a father who divorced her mom and came out as gay when she was a teen. He somehow got custody and royally screwed her up.
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Similar case here, but boy. As an adult he was arrested for animal abuse. 33 dogs in an indescribably filthy house.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 04:56 PM (XeU6L)

209 We may never know why these two faggots adopted young boys and raped them as well as pimped the young boys out. It is a total mystery.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 04:57 PM (17s+e)

210 Off to 6:00 candlelight service.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 05:01 PM (XeU6L)

211 "I want them to be raped and murdered in prison."

Seconded.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at December 24, 2024 05:08 PM (Qt4kF)

212 What did Jesus mean to Suffer the Little Children?
When Jesus said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me,” He was reaching out to a segment of society that was thought to be insignificant. Children, in their weakness and vulnerability, have much to teach us as adults. As we grow, the hardness of the world often makes our hearts callous.
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Not God, but William and Zachary Zulock WILL get theirs. Maybe not like we'd like, and not at all enough to erase the damage to those poor children, but they will pay.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 24, 2024 05:13 PM (NFX2v)

213 Grooming by traumatization.

Posted by: Abehawks at December 24, 2024 06:12 PM (PneF7)

214 Death by boola-boola!

Posted by: Advo at December 24, 2024 06:42 PM (jO4mz)

215 George Takei talked about how he was raped in summer camp by some pedophile. Of course, it begs the question, is that why he happens to be gay now. One has to wonder at how many gay people "happen" to be gay because of some childhood abuse.

This is their form of conversion therapy (to be gay, that is), albeit the most extreme. I'm sure it's also pernicious when you through around "love is love" psychobabble daily, or if you encourage them to get into drag like Desmond.

Posted by: P-Dog at December 24, 2024 07:05 PM (7ShWW)

216 This post lacks important context. One of them expressed immense regret at the situation, felt really bad about his role in the mistake, and reached out for forgiveness, specifically saying he does not want to feel like a monster. Seek less condemnation and be forgiving to them.

Posted by: Ed Krassenstein at December 24, 2024 07:34 PM (CUj6T)

217 They’d probably enjoy the rape. The murder not so much.

Posted by: RebeccaH at December 24, 2024 07:45 PM (Nvors)

218 were adopted from a Christian special-needs agency by the Zulocks.
I wonder if that agency is Progressive "Christian" or if they were one of the ones forced to adopt out to homosexuals by the Progressives?

Posted by: GWB at December 24, 2024 07:57 PM (WlvCt)

Some NeverTrumpers Giving Up The Old Grift, Starting Their New Grift

Just before the election that made me proud to be an American for the first time since 2008, Politico wrote about NeverTrump.

They didn't talk about the existential threat facing NeverTrump grifters: Either Trump would lose and their grift would be over, or Trump would win and their grift would be over.

But Politico chose instead to play up all of the great things NeverTrump could do in the future.

NEVER TRUMP FACES THE EVER AFTER -- We're nine days away from the end of the presidential election (and potentially a few days more away from knowing the victor). But within one of the defining political factions of our era, the possibility of a Harris win is already prompting an existential question: Are we in the last gasps of the Never Trump movement?
Never Trumpers are having probing conversations about that very question.
"I would trade anything for me to not have to beat the drum of a Trumpian threat anymore," TIM MILLER, host of The Bulwark Podcast and former adviser to Our Principles PAC, told Playbook.
One of the biggest bets of Harris' hundred-day campaign is that if she can capture even 5 to 10 percent of NIKKI HALEY's protest vote share...

That bet didn't pay out. Whoops.

CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump conservative and former talk radio host, has spent time with Harris for events on the campaign trail, and says he is taken with the "seriousness with which they're trying to create a big tent -- which is not the vibe we had from Democrats in the past."
"Standing there with LIZ CHENEY, we're all really aware of how unusual this alliance is, and I think it just underlines the five-alarm emergency of the campaign," he told Playbook.
If it doesn't work, of course, there is certain to be significant second-guessing of the strategy -- and the time -- the Harris campaign invested into wooing disaffected Republicans.
But even if it does work, it's an open question just how durable this alliance is if Harris wins and Trump recedes from center stage.
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Far from dissolving, Never Trump could "be more energized if it is responsible in some of these states for dealing a knockout blow to Trumpism in places like the Pennsylvania suburbs and Arizona," [Heath] Mayo said.

Whoops.

If that happens, would the movement have the power to extract policy concessions from a potential Harris administration?

It didn't happen and also "no," they could not have extracted policy concessions.

"This is the million-dollar question," Mayo said. "After she wins, how do we use this political leverage -- because we will have delivered her the White House -- how do we use that leverage to communicate what it looks like for a Harris administration to tack in our direction? What does that mean for NATO and our commitments to our allies abroad? What does the foreign policy look like? What does an economic policy look like?"

It's more like two-bit question.

OLIVIA TROYE, a former Trump administration national security official, said Harris has signaled she wants to foster the coalition on more than just a transactional level.
"She's been very receptive on domestic stuff, immigration, and in the homeland security space," Troye said. "I have no reason to believe that she won't fulfill the promises that she's made about commitments. She said she wants to establish a bipartisan advisory council. She's really been committed to this outreach."
Others are more skeptical.
From its earliest days, the Never Trump movement has been an odd duck in American politics, a hodgepodge coalition that exists to achieve a political outcome that would obviate the need for its own existence.
...

And that's one reason to think that this ad hoc coalition has permanently realigned with Democrats -- Cheney, after all, gave $2.5 million to American Bridge 21st Century, the Democratic research shop, as Trumpian Republicans revel in pointing out.

They have permanently realigned with Democrats, who they always agreed with except on the point of American militarism. And yet the media keeps insisting they're Republicans, outside of articles like this.

Even in a world where that happens, there would still be a conceivable use case for the coalition.
"I would like to think that we could kind of close up the stand, have a garage sale and go back to our lives," Sykes told Playbook while driving to Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party. "Then the conservatives in the Never Trump movement would shift into the loyal opposition again. But I don't see that happening."

I can't find a cite now, but just a couple of days after the election, if my memory is correct, Rick Wilson of the National Man-Boy Lincoln Association announced a new grift: Pay him money and he will run ads against Elon Musk and conduct "investigations."

Wilson saw that the NeverTrump grift was hitting its expiration date and so he immediately started up a NeverMusk grift.

Bret Stephens, one of the OG NeverTrumpers who parlayed his party-flip into a well-paid gig writing anti-Trump opinion pieces for the NYT, tries to walk back his Trump derangement.

Eddie Scary for The Federalist:

The media don't get to bounce back into the conversation and be taken seriously just by suggesting they've learned something meaningful.
In hopes of remaining relevant to the political discourse, some big-name people in the media are professing a change of heart or newfound enlightenment that, coincidentally, only arrived after the election, when it no longer matters.

After noting that Joe Scarborough and Steven Smith, the loudmouthed know-noting ESPN gasbag, are saying some supportive things about Trump and offering some criticisms to the Democrats, Scary discusses Bret Stephens' Strange New Respect for MAGA.

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Of greater interest is someone like New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, the self-identified conservative who has rooted against Republicans in virtually every nationwide election since at least 2012. Stephens wrote on Tuesday as a once proud "Biden conservative" that it's "time to drop the heavy moralizing and incessant doomsaying that typified so much of the Never Trump movement." He wrote of a newfound understanding that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."

He's just getting this now?

That's why he works for the NYT and you don't -- the important thing isn't getting it right. The important thing is getting it right at just the right time, when the leftwing lunatics all media caters to finally starts to realize they've been hoodwinked.

The key is to jump out right in front of the parade after the parade has begun marching and pretend that you're leading the parade.

Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."
That's a pleasant sentiment, but it also comes just a few days too late. Which is to say, weeks after a decisive election. Before that election would have been the opportune time for adopting a more charitable view of your fellow citizens who are concerned less with Jan. 6 and more with their dwindling savings and a southern border overrun by destitute foreigners requiring care courtesy of the rundown American taxpayer.
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Their status is diminished. That's the price they have to pay. Their audiences should ensure they pay it for a long time to come.

Cenk Uguyr (or whatever) is a leftist who's suddenly courting MAGA:

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

�The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda." pic.twitter.com/ReJ31Mfs2W
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 21, 2024

Dude, literally right after this the Young Turks showed up. https://t.co/iceUCvpTZD
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 22, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 02:41 PM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:42 PM (E7mWg)

2 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

"The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Cenk, meet mirror. Mirror, meet Cenk.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:44 PM (E7mWg)

3 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 02:45 PM (WXNFJ)

4 I prefer Ana Kasparian to Cenk Uygur… very much so..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:45 PM (PCK5/)

5 Where is Sponge, anyway???

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:46 PM (PCK5/)

6 Rookie mistake. Read the content and watched the videos. Found an empty comments area. Womp womp.

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (RFPHU)

7 Meet the New Grift, Same as the Old Grift

Posted by: (not) The Who at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (D0HYP)

8 You know, the Tea Party had momentum . . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (D7oie)

9 Where is Sponge, anyway???
Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

10 Imagine a world where people had morals and didn't worship money and power to the detriment of others. The shifting morals and ideals all in the name of chasing a buck is repugnant.

I have no idea how these people live with themselves.

Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (4neFu)

11 Maybe they should try to restore the Ming Dynasty. It'd be a better use of their time and money.

And you can have Cenk. I'd rather have Anna.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (1bNHn)

12 Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."

Yeah, nobody cares. You don't matter in the slightest.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (xCA6C)

13 9 Where is Sponge, anyway???

Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

Getting? Or giving?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (fz7Mb)

14 9 Where is Sponge, anyway???
Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

Ah… wanted to wisg them a Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year ( considering the year they had)…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (PCK5/)

15 A fluffy spot in time. Democrats wandering in the wilderness. No one knows who makes the decisions in the White House. Meanwhile, the Philippines army announces it will purchase the US Typhon missile system and the PRC is ticked.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (rj6Yv)

16 Would that be the same Glenn Beck who famously signed on to a NR piece in 2015 claiming Never Trump?

I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (LkLld)

17
I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)

18 You know whose comments are missing? Jen Rubin's. Until we hear from her, we won't know what to think.

And what about Jonah?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (1bNHn)

19 I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.

Smokin!

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (xCA6C)

20 Getting? Or giving?
Posted by: BCochran1981

LOL.

Getting. We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (E7mWg)

21 But Politico chose instead to play up all of the great things NeverTrump could do in the future.
_______________

May I suggest seppuku?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (YqDXo)

22 I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)

Your gloatenboner is still there? Same!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:51 PM (RFPHU)

23 Mayo said. "After she wins, how do we use this political leverage -- because we will have delivered her the White House
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The hubris. They never stop.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 02:51 PM (41CYW)

24 Doof!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

25 I mean, Food!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

26 I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)
_______________

I still watch videos of liberal meltdowns. Anyone who blubs over an election is too emotionally unstable to be allowed to vote.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

27 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks

Hmmm....I'm thinking the not so young Turks.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (W/lyH)

28 Rookie mistake. Read the content and watched the videos. Found an empty comments area. Womp womp.
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM

A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)

29 What would it take to get somebody to find out how in hell anybody named Cheney has 2.5 million to donate to anything ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (9X60i)

30
24 Doof!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

25 I mean, Food!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

Hello Bulgglub!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (RFPHU)

31 Don't trust Cenk one bit , but he's honest on the Young Turks that he is a socialist. Attacking the propaganda ministries is him saying they're not leftist enough. His schtick is that they are corporate shills who are cater to the elite and they shouldn't be listened to. They are corporate shills because they're lying sacks of crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (DopAq)

32 We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Well, with him being a Sponge that is probably wise.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (mH6SG)

33 Impostor are going to pop up

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (fwDg9)

34 I think it is interesting that they acknowledge that 'NeverTrump'(c) is a brand rather than some sort of actual moral movement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 02:54 PM (bss/y)

35 I prefer Ana Kasparian to Cenk Uygur… very much so..
Posted by: tubal

An Armenian and a Turk who get along and work together? WTF?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (v6JzV)

36 >>We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (LkLld)

37 May I suggest seppuku?

Russian roulette with all chambers loaded.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (YSM/8)

38 Glenn Beck is a fat blowhard who likes to give teddy bears to illegals and cries on the air like the fat bitch he is.

Posted by: Bill Kristol, Still In The Closet at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (R/m4+)

39 Impostor are going to pop up
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (fwDg9)

The "high and tights" and the sunglasses will give them away.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (W/lyH)

40 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And fear in the eyes of many shoppers.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (41CYW)

41 A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)

Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (RFPHU)

42 Cenk Uygur has no credibility as a MAGAt, or even MAGAt - curious.

None

Posted by: kallisto, sensing a YUGE business opportunity. at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (tzSAX)

43 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (LkLld)

Pfffft. It’s not even close to late, panicked, frantic shopping clusterfuck. We’re only in the midafternoon delight of dumbassery.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (DX6IT)

44 Chunk Wigger and Blast Hardcheese.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (63Dwl)

45 ...What would it take to get somebody to find out how in hell anybody named Cheney has 2.5 million to donate to anything ? Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (9X60i)

When Hal E. Burton speaks, Grifters listen!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (Xo+UM)

46 A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)
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Great. I just did one for my day job.

Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (BpYfr)

47 Stephens wrote on Tuesday as a once proud "Biden conservative" . . . that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."

Um. Bret. That's you we resent.

When things take off, Bret wants to be the first in line to say he made peace with MAGA.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (JkCto)

48
Their status is diminished. That's the price they have to pay. Their audiences should ensure they pay it for a long time to come.

__________

Everything is forgiven, but everything has to be paid for.

There is in the sea a rock, 100 miles wide, 100 miles deep and 100 miles high. Every 100 years a little bird comes to sharpen its beak. When the rock is completely worn away, the payment is made.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (dxSpM)

49 Mere rich people have "Fuck you money."

Elon Musk has "Rape you money."

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 02:58 PM (pMi6S)

50
Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (RFPHU)

________

You, swaggering around with your ONT. I thought you were a big guy now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (dxSpM)

51 Didn't Glenn Beck himself do the jumping in front of the parade thing in 2016?

Are our memories THAT short?

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (iziT8)

52 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The maximum cubic feet of shelving you can successfully install.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (v6JzV)

53 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.
Posted by: JackStraw

Shop online. Fill the stocking with Due Dates from Amazon.
Pour another glass.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (W/lyH)

54 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Venn diagrams?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (mH6SG)

55 Elon Musk tried to buy The Bulwark buy he couldn't find anyone to break a C-note.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (pMi6S)

56 I screwed up and finally ordered my wife's Christmas present on Sunday night. They promised to deliver by Friday. No excuse, I just, I don't know - screwed up. She wouldn't yell at me but I know she'd be hurt.

It got here a few minutes ago. Saints be praised!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (WXNFJ)

57 He wrote of a newfound understanding that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."
-------------------

In which we find out what they knew all along but pretended not to so they could scream Hitler all day.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (lX8VI)

58 "Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy..."

Bret will flush his pledge down the toilet before sundown on January 1st. Trump won't wish everyone a Happy New Year as Bret thinks he should have, or something. A Never Trumper will always be a Never Trumper. Because their h@tred of Trump goes much much deeper than policy differences. No matter what Trump does or does not do, Never Trumpers will complain that it is Not Who We Are As Americans!

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (aBgBM)

59 "Chunk Wigger and Blast Hardcheese.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

fkn lol

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (iziT8)

60 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

In your case I'm thinking it's sales goals for "These Pants".

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (W/lyH)

61
Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

_______

Weasel's on a PIP, just so's you know. I'd start worrying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (dxSpM)

62 I agree with @38

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (tzSAX)

63 If that happens, would the movement have the power to extract policy concessions from a potential Harris administration?

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

"The Christian and Conservative Cases for An Open Border and Decriminalizing Pedophilia ... but mostly Decriminalizing Pedophilia."

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (Yruuv)

64
Yeah, I read a few days after the election, Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

Give him millions and he's gonna git Space Daddy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (w6EFb)

65 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.

I want to be able to physically inspect the thing I'm buying to give to someone else.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

66 Bret Stephens, went to boarding school, U of Chicago, London School of Economics. No way he wasn't going to be an elitist condescending snot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (DopAq)

67
I can't stop watching videos of Nikki Haley saying that there is NO WAY Trump can win in '24. She is so sure. So overselling it. I think the Bulwark crew mastrubate to these videos.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (+oR7L)

68 When you have a successful big tent political movement and an opposition that is deliberately imploding itself through purity tests, you get a lot of people jumping on board. The key is not ideological consistency, it's whether the person gives you as much as you give them. These legacy media types have nothing to offer and are near the end of their career lifespans. On the other hand, Lindy Lin is a long-time fundraiser, and has a lot to offer even if you think her ideological conversion is half-hearted. https://shorturl.at/Za4QK

Posted by: The Lower Depths at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (+b4rY)

69 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

How many times have you broken the blog? Double posted? Put up a link to lesbian pron? Regaled the commenters with diet and work out stories?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (EABvN)

70 The Never Trumpers are just terrified that their left-wing billionaire money will go away, now that they have failed to stop Trump for a second time.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (uxCna)

71 Back to the kitchen to peel hard boiled eggs.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (E7mWg)

72 Not the kind to talk like this, but*

* really means is the kind to talk like this

F this Gd lying bastards. You f'ing losers need to f off. NOBODY LIKES OR BELIEVES YOU EXCEPT GD CRIMINAL Ds AND Rs. Get out of our republic. Scum, polluting vermin. Vile filth. Frauds, fakes, phonies. They need to be ridiculed til the end of their days. Investigate and expose any and all criminality and perversions they engage in. Hound them from the public square. They deserve nothing but damnatio memoriae. F them and the f@gs they barebacked in on.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (0eaVi)

73 >>I can't stop watching videos of Nikki Haley saying that there is NO WAY Trump can win in '24. She is so sure. So overselling it. I think the Bulwark crew mastrubate to these videos.

Underestimate Her.

I Dare You.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (j6KoD)

74
Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

__________

Rick Wilson couldn't find his own whifferdill even if Kate Upton was holding the mirror.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (dxSpM)

75 Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."

*SNORT*

It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)

76 Never My Musk

by The Association

You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

You wonder if this vote of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

What makes us think the pork will end?
Because we know that the nation depends
On you (on you)

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba)

Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (pMi6S)

77 64
Yeah, I read a few days after the election, Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

Hmmmm....Hey Rick,
Sumpin'...sumpin'...glass house...stones.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (W/lyH)

78 Meet the new Rinos, same as the old Rinos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (wZ2Bf)

79 Phuck Fiddy Cenk. He dangled his large numbers of followers out there hoping LIVs would bite
Ole Cheeto Face has completely redeemed himself in my eyes with his assertation on the chalk board, That was an accurate timeline on the rise of Marxism not only in the US but worldwide. President McKinley was whacked by a commie. That was the start of "progressivism" which was the name given to the advancement of communism in this country... Communists like Muslims hid their true intentions are two faced lying demon possessed shape shifters.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (wDJaI)

80 Again. They don't hate Trump. They hate *you* and always have. They hate him only for giving you a voice and exposing them for the frauds they are. Still happy to take your money though.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (lX8VI)

81 F this Gd lying bastards. You f'ing losers need to f off. NOBODY LIKES OR BELIEVES YOU EXCEPT GD CRIMINAL Ds AND Rs. Get out of our republic. Scum, polluting vermin. Vile filth. Frauds, fakes, phonies. They need to be ridiculed til the end of their days. Investigate and expose any and all criminality and perversions they engage in. Hound them from the public square. They deserve nothing but damnatio memoriae. F them and the f@gs they barebacked in on.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present

Wow, that's almost YD-worthy.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (v6JzV)

82 May I suggest seppuku?

Russian roulette with all chambers loaded.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (YSM/

________________

An automatic with full magazine would be better, in case there is a number of such people wanting to try their luck.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (YqDXo)

83 "Would that be the same Glenn Beck who famously signed on to a NR piece in 2015 claiming Never Trump?

I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.
Posted by: JackStraw "

Ah yes. Jack got to it first. This fucking Glenn Beck guy.

This fucking guy.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (iziT8)

84 A Cenk without armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (wZ2Bf)

85 It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)
_________________

Wrong-footed by history.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

86
That Bulwark election night video is good Schadenfreude porn.

And that reminds me, someone asked the Kraut Substacker Eugyppius what is the German word for Schadenfreude.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (w6EFb)

87 Bret Stephens, went to boarding school, U of Chicago, London School of Economics. No way he wasn't going to be an elitist condescending snot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (DopAq)

So not true.

Bret and I get together at a classy wine bar to yuck it up about the rubes and their fear of exotic sandwich meats about once a month.

Posted by: Rick Wilson at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (guGkK)

88 65 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (2NXcZ)

89 Glenn Beck giving Teddy Bears away at the Border should never be forgotten.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (j6KoD)

90 We're nine days away from the end of the presidential election (and potentially a few days more away from knowing the victor)

America with boring old paper ballots: Of course we know the victor of the presidential election within a day - we aren't some banana republic

America after spending billions on computerized voting equipment: Maybe. The word is maybe we'll know the winner and maybe we won't

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (oZhjI)

91 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

_______

Weasel's on a PIP, just so's you know. I'd start worrying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (dxSpM)

He fell behind on this organic tree farming?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (VNX3d)

92
*SNORT*

It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)

Right?

Are you talkin to me?
Or Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
-Zombie Rodney Dangerfeild

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (wDJaI)

93 Maybe Rick Wilson could get in the merch business selling confederate themed coolers, t-shirts, and poppers?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (oZhjI)

94 89 Glenn Beck giving Teddy Bears away at the Border should never be forgotten.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (j6KoD)

With that Cruz guy

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (2NXcZ)

95 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (2NXcZ)
___________________

This.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

96 Cenk, that fat greaseball, bless his grifting heart.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (sAmhv)

97 Everyone ready to proceed to the Walmart for that last minute shopping?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (wZ2Bf)

98 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

99 "That Bulwark election night video is good Schadenfreude porn."

Hah. Bill Krystal's face. That stupid smile on his face.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (iziT8)

100 The Young Turds are not young.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (wZ2Bf)

101 On the Democratic Party: “They're shrinking their tent. They're basically pushing me to bring my tens of millions of dollars that I've raised and can continue to raise to a different team that treats me better, that treats me with common decency.”

From the Lucy Li link above posted.

The demorats were so confident of their POCs and their cheat machine that they alienated media giants Elon and Joe Rogan.

And now they’re pushing away major fundraisers.

When all the dust settles, who will remain in the ever shrinking demorat tent?

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (LLIWf)

102 I've never understood what it is, exactly, that the NeverTrumpers adhere to that is explicitly conservative. It's as if I, as a conservative Catholic Republican - who, incidentally, has never voted for a Democrat - were to go about swearing that I was a practitioner of the true Bolshevism, or an ardent supporter of anarcho-syndicalism.

I think the big donors who hate Trump have chosen poorly in throwing sacks of gold at people whose credentials as any kind of conservative are so obviously bogus that their effectiveness as "conservative" rebels was never going to be effective.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (mADJX)

103 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

I worked Christmas Eve (and the day after) in retail too many years to visit stores those days. Black Friday, as well.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (VNX3d)

104 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.

I want to be able to physically inspect the thing I'm buying to give to someone else.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

As Mrs.D.and I are over 29, I'm kinda done buying things. Now I am buying experiences. Gift certificate for dinner at her favorite restaurant. A dinner cruise on the Columbia River. A couple days at the Warm Springs in Oregon.
All on line.
All done.
*pours another glass*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (W/lyH)

105

Online shopping is great. We live in a remote area and we have to drive almost 2 hours to shop in an area that has lots of stores.

Besides, who wants to be around disease ridden shifty looking people, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (3ek7K)

106 "'I would like to think that we could kind of close up the stand, have a garage sale and go back to our lives,' Sykes told Playbook..."

Excuse me? Go back to your lives? Your life is now grifting. You grifted from one party and now you're grifting for another. What return to life are you talking about? You et al are zebras with stripes that spell "grift". You are not noble. Your garage is empty.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (aXxgO)

107 102. Yikes! Two forms of the word "effective" in the same sentence. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (mADJX)

108 Considering the history of who the young Turks were, if it wasn't some hard left coterie the FNM would never stop talking about them being genocidal racists...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (oZhjI)

109 >>>I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

i'm in it primarily for the gloating.

Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

110 I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

I wouldn't go that far. But nothing like next day delivery with everything in a box ready for wrapping.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (2NXcZ)

111 Good news. I got an email from the Trump campaign saying they finally got around to sending out my Dark MAGA hat, 6 weeks after I made my donation.

Bad news, it appears it won't arrive in time for me to wear it on Christmas and enrage certain elements.

I'm still gonna do the Trump dance after I open each present.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (LkLld)

112 I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes

She requires at least 8 inches just to get through the vulva region.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (pMi6S)

113 My position on folks like Cenk is, if there's common ground and he's willing to talk to us, let him, and maybe something productive will result. But there's a difference between opening the door to him and giving him a seat at the table. It's not about punishment, it's sheer common sense: or wariness, if you like.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (jGGMD)

114 >>I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

God is like Circuit City that way, He has a No Questions Return Policy.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (j6KoD)

115 I can tell you exactly what's going to happen to the "Never Trump" entities (Bulwark and the lot). They are going to think they've gone to heaven as new sponsors show up and inject a massive amount of capital into their operations. Only, there's going to be a catch. These new sugar daddies are going to insist on more influence on hiring and operations. The reason for this will become apparent in very short order.

Because shortly down the road, they will insist on certain hires. Eventually, they will dispose of the founders and send them packing with the intention of creating their own media outlet to compete with conservative media outlets. They are already half way their thanks to the grifting imbeciles running these outlets now. Days after the election at least 3 Democrat heavy hitter fundraisers commented that they needed to establish social media competitors to the Conservative brands. They're going to basically take operations like the Bulwark right out from under them.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (dIske)

116 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record:

'Ok, Who Got Me The MAGA Hat?' Asks Kamala Harris As Jill Biden Stifles Laughter

Jill's gift in return is as good.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhjhujm

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)

117 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Careful. You might find that you actually enjoy an hour of peace and contemplation, and be tempted to go back.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (xCA6C)

118 Call in an Ozempic airstrike.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (wZ2Bf)

119 Underestimate Her.

I Dare You.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (j6KoD)

"That'll Be Fun"

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (lX8VI)

120 It was on my recent trek through the darkest part of the region of the vulva when I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Captain Spalding at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (guGkK)

121 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (Sf2cq)

122 I actually enjoy going to the mall at Christmas. It’s part of the holiday experience.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (v6JzV)

123 My son and I used to go to the mall every year to Christmas shop. Then, we'd head to the movies to watch a Disney or Pixar flick.

That ended in 2020 with covid restrictions, and then Hubby and I moved down south in 2022 while my son and his wife are still in New York.

Those are fabulous memories though. My son is now 36, so we did it until he was in his early 30s. (Yes, we would go to a "kids movie" while he was in his 20s and 30s.)

Now? Amazon gift lists for the kids are fantastic. Whatever I can't send online, I substitute with a check.

Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (4neFu)

124 Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds.

FDA approves phase 3 trial using LSD to treat anxiety

https://is.gd/PNMNuX

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (L/fGl)

125 Sink Urethra was one of the most rabid New Turks.

He can stand outside the big tent selling snowcones and blowjobs.

No need for him and his ilk inside.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

126 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

St. Paul says that all those who preach the Gospel are welcome to do so, even if they don't always have the holiest of reasons.

I feel the same applies for simply going to church. God works in mysterious ways, after all.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (jGGMD)

127 Besides, who wants to be around disease ridden shifty looking people, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (3ek7K)

Heeeeyyyyy!!!!!
We Hordelings are sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (W/lyH)

128 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.
________________

On Sunday I had an unprecedented brain wave re a Christmas present for my wife. (I'm normally hopeless about thinking up such presents.)

It's supposed to be delivered by Amazon ... by 10 pm tonight.

Now THAT'S cutting it thin!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

129 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

*is sincere for a moment*

Just go. As I told a friend, if I can walk through the doors and not burst into flames, so can you.

I actually take greater solace from reading the Old Testament. So many of the greats that did incredible work for God were awful people. Literally murderers and rapists and adulterers. If God can forgive, restore, and use them, He can do the same for me.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (fz7Mb)

130 I'm feeling anxious.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (wZ2Bf)

131 Gave my neighbor (of Thanksgiving plate fame) a bottle of sparkling wine. She said to expect home made tamales tomorrow. Yum.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (YSM/8)

132 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?
Posted by: Emmie

It's like a jumbo shrimp.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (L/fGl)

133 I don't give a fuck about the bulwark and literally have never thought about them outside seeing them here but they have a video:

"The Night Kamala BECAME the PRESIDENT! Spit Straight FIRE at Trump! | Bulwark Takes"

My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)

134 Christmas time is when the overcrowding here in coastal SoCal really becomes apparent. The traffic, and the crowds, are horrendous.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (YqDXo)

135 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (Sf2cq)

I think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (jGGMD)

136 My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)

Can confirm.

Posted by: Willie Brown at December 24, 2024 03:19 PM (PiwSw)

137 My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)
_______________

Spit fire? Only if she ate a burrito and then held a lighter up to her ass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:19 PM (YqDXo)

138 "Christmas time is when the overcrowding here in coastal SoCal really becomes apparent. The traffic, and the crowds, are horrendous.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara "

Cali is too nice for it's own good.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (iziT8)

139 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn

Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

140 Ace: "He's just getting this now?"

No kidding. The parade has already marched and left town years ago. These pinheads are stumbling into downtown now, reading the tattered and bleached posters, and asking, "Which way did everyone go?".

Yes, this is the Thinking Class alright. Masters of theory and Slaves of reality.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (aXxgO)

141 No need for him and his ilk inside.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

I watched some of his TPUSA interview. The smarm and insincerity oozes out of him.

I hope the only reason Charlie K gave that snake a platform was to troll the left.

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (LLIWf)

142 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

Ace, I really appreciate how you don't insult or belittle Christianity or Christians. Honest doubts and criticisms are fine, but you never express animus. Thank you!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (Sf2cq)

143 Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Learn to DIG!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (VNX3d)

144 I think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (jGGMD)
________________

"Democratic socialist" is an implicit admission that socialists/ communists typically are NOT democratic, and so the current version is trying to stave off that conclusion by explicitly including "democratic" in their name.

They're not democratic, of course, but just trying to suck in the rubes. Kinda like including "American" in the names of everything they do.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

145 New Turks.

-
The Turks load a boat.

https://is.gd/B6dHT5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:22 PM (L/fGl)

146 Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Learn to DIG!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (VNX3d)
_____________

Learn to pick vegetables. I'm seeing a lot of opportunity there after January 20th.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:22 PM (YqDXo)

147 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

God can use anything to reach people. Not being condescending in the least but my point is I doubt it would make Him mad.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (lX8VI)

148 Gave my neighbor (of Thanksgiving plate fame) a bottle of sparkling wine. She said to expect home made tamales tomorrow. Yum.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

Crap. I was going to get a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream and drove right past the liquor store, 34 miles away.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (E7mWg)

149 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (xCA6C)

150 Ace, you got any special plans for tomorrow?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:24 PM (v6JzV)

151 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (fz7Mb)

*blinks*

*does happy Snoopy dance*

So good to see you, BC!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (Sf2cq)

152 I saw Frisky Krauts open for...

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (v6JzV)

153 it’s kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981.

Merry, Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (VDqpU)

154 Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Yes, everything I ordered arrived on time, and once or twice a day early. I used to try to use small retailers but almost got burned by a "staffing issue" and 10 day delay in shipping. I hated being told "you have to expect this in December" Fortunately, Amazon had the same item with free overnight delivery and it arrived on time and far ahead of the smaller business with the crap attitude. Lesson learned.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (2NXcZ)

155 I would rather slide down a 50 foot razor blade into a pool of isopropyl alcohol and crushed glass than to go mall shopping during Christmas rush.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (1FWWQ)

156 What's the worst that could happen? Turn you into a pillar of salt? Who doesn't like salt?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (LkLld)

157 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

God is like Circuit City that way, He has a No Questions Return Policy.
Posted by: garrett

That's a good take.

The OG version is the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Go to church because you love God, go to church because you want to fight Stan, they're both good reasons.

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (DgGvY)

158 Nice try, assholes. BINGO cards fir everyone lacking a Presidential Pardon who Hunter Biden has to testify against. Either that or Hunter is in stir until he speaks. Remember O.J? Better than that.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (QSrLX)

159 O Nevertrump
O Nevertrump
How lowly is your status?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (fs1hN)

160 Ah the Bulwark says on that video that Kamala intends to be "Obama-ish" as president and "move past the division and fighting".

They're not even in Cloud Cuckoo Land. I don't think wherever they purport to dwell even exists in real life. Even asylums would be like nah bro save it.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (lX8VI)

161 It would be hilarious if Elon Musk buried Rick Wilson in bullshit lawsuits. Better double-check your sources, Pissdad.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (JfTEZ)

162 BCochran???

Yay!!!

Your carrot chili is immortal with the Horde.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (QwOvD)

163 It’s good to see yall too!

I mentioned to AtC earlier that a friend from high school had posted an Ace tweet and that made me smile. Then in a previous thread Alex was asked how I was, so I figured I’d swing by and say hello. Hang out for a bit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (Jtz/H)

164 think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.
Posted by: Dr. T

Almost everyone forgets that "socialism" is not just same modified low-key soft version of communism that's easy to accept and live with, just a slight tilt leftward from capitalism -- no. "Socialism" is (according to Marx and Lenin) the necessary transitional step to true communism -- and true communism has ton this date never been implemented in any country.

Socialism is in fact faaaarrrrrrrr to the left of what people assume, and the countries that we tradtionally think of as "communist" are in facta ll "socialist," by their own definition.

Want to know what a real socialist country looks like?

THe USSR was socialist (not communist) -- the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

This form of socialism is known as "international socialism."

Nazi Germany was socialist -- THe National Socialist Party.

This form of socialism is known as "national socialism."

Cuba is socialist. Mainland China is socialist. Neither are communist.

TRUE communism is so far of the charts that people can't even visualize it.

[cont]

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (pMi6S)

165 Yes, everything I ordered arrived on time, and once or twice a day early. I used to try to use small retailers but almost got burned by a "staffing issue" and 10 day delay in shipping. I hated being told "you have to expect this in December" Fortunately, Amazon had the same item with free overnight delivery and it arrived on time and far ahead of the smaller business with the crap attitude. Lesson learned.
Posted by: long night ending

We had to cancel the grandkids gifts. Then scramble to find replacements. Fuck the drivers.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (E7mWg)

166 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

"what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice" Philippians 1:18

Posted by: Josephistan at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (CC1vn)

167 Go to church because you love God, go to church because you want to fight Stan, they're both good reasons.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (DgGvY)

Yeah, fuck Stan!

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (g1h/9)

168 AP!!!!! Holy hell. I was thinking of you not long ago.

The damned carrot chili. *sigh*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (Jtz/H)

169 Deplorable Jay Guevara: "They're not democratic, of course, but just trying to suck in the rubes."

They can have any color Ford they want as long as it's black. They can also vote for whomever they want as long as it's Stalin. Their selections are endless.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (aXxgO)

170 I would rather slide down a 50 foot razor blade into a pool of isopropyl alcohol and crushed glass than to go mall shopping during Christmas rush.
Posted by: Life of Wryly

I liked to go people watch, well after the shopping was done.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (E7mWg)

171 Fuck Kyle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (wZ2Bf)

172 The key is to jump out right in front of the parade after the parade has begun marching and pretend that you're leading the parade.

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

The Rosie Ruiz media.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (2Wq/p)

173 They can have any color Ford they want as long as it's black. They can also vote for whomever they want as long as it's Stalin. Their selections are endless.

I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (oZhjI)

174 Prediction for 2025 The shapeshifters are going to change their tune, do a 180 in an attempt to woo our new MAGA LIV's . Much like the bait and switch artist commercials on late night TV, where the item you order in a micro version of what you thought you were getting. Its like trying to find a television pastor you can trust and many tell half truths.
New MAGAs need to be vetted then shepherded for maximum effect and longevity of the revolution... This place AofSpHQ is waaaayyyy to cray cray for novice politicos. Its kind like the time I was invited to play Raquette ball for the first time. It was a game of four wall partners.. Um the ball was just whizzing around and people were connecting at will while I could hardly keep and eye on it. It took a long time to get it right.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (wDJaI)

175

we live in a very small town in Wyoming. We haven't ever had issues with Amazon deliveries. We order a lot from Walmart also and no issues there. It doesn't make sense. Everything we order has to go through Salt Lake City.

It doesn't make sense just like most stuff these days.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (3ek7K)

176 Glad to see you BCochran. Stay awhile.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (QwOvD)

177 152 I saw Frisky Krauts open for...
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (v6JzV)

Kraftwerk at the Munich Olympiahalle in 2007.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (PiwSw)

178 It would be hilarious if Elon Musk buried Rick Wilson in bullshit lawsuits. Better double-check your sources, Pissdad.
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (JfTEZ)

How anyone could put out an election day video like Wilson did and show his face in public again boggles the mind. Who is listening to these guys at this point?

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (g1h/9)

179 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP
Posted by: Archimedes

Damn Islamophobes!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)

180 no criminals looking for a victim.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January

No porch pirates with in-person shopping.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (v6JzV)

181 I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...
Posted by: 18-1
____

Sanders will always be a filthy hippie.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (fs1hN)

182 We had to cancel the grandkids gifts. Then scramble to find replacements. Fuck the drivers.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (E7mWg)

Sorry for your troubles. My dogs' new harness and leash sets are " four stops away".

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (2NXcZ)

183 Running around finishing Christmas preparations - wanted to stop by and wish Ace, all the COBs, and the Horde a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for keeping my faith in humanity and sharing lots of schadenfreude! :-)

Posted by: Iris at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (bOJ2I)

184 cherries are the best: "it's kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981."

It's a Festivus Miracle!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (aXxgO)

185 Bernie is a filthy rich old hippie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (QwOvD)

186 Yeah, fuck Stan!
Posted by: Vanya

Sorry; saving myself for Joe.

Posted by: Stan at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (sDWtc)

187 I still can't get over the level of self-delusion they have to actually--on the record--say they really believed Harris would work with them.

The "rated most liberal" senator?

The one who told the Teamsters to "f off, I can win without you?"

If delusion was coal, they'd have enough to power China for 100 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (VBpV1)

188 it’s kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981.

Merry, Merry Christmas, everyone!
Posted by: cherries are the best

It's a Christmas Miracle!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Posted by: Tiny Tim

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (E7mWg)

189 Merry Christmas, Iris.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (v6JzV)

190 Harris's attempts at creating a "big tent" included, among other things, refusing to say how she would be voting on the California referendum that finally (too late?) brought back some punishments for retail theft.
She had to walk a fine line in order not to upset either the pro-theft or the anti-theft wings of her party.
The referendum passed with 70% of the vote, for which I'm glad, even though I left California a while ago.
Anyway, this shows her seriousness and moderation.

Posted by: PG at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (uZ2lt)

191 My lovely neighbors had invited me to join their xmas day dinner tomorrow but had to cancel because their daughter has a fever. So I suppose I should get something out of the freezer today to thaw so I can cook it tomorrow. My brother sent me an Omaha Steaks box. Okay but not great steak from my experience with a box a couple years ago but this box has bacon wrapped filets, so probably pretty decent.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (UKUm3)

192 2 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

"The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Cenk, meet mirror. Mirror, meet Cenk.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:44 PM (E7mWg)

He isn't doing anything other than moving in the direction where he sees the $$$

Fuck that loser.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (Fg0Nr)

193 Under actual communism, there is no private property. No private ownership of anything.

No nuclear family. No mariage. Communal raising of children.

No voting. No elections.

No freedom of speech. No freedom of thought.

EVERYTHING is "communally" owned. Shared living spaces. Your job is assigned to you by the state.

Dissent is not allowed. Arguing is not allowed. Protest is not allowed. To speak agains the system is immediate imprisonment or execution.

Etc. etc. etc.

Lenin and Stalin and Mao know that the average person couldn't cope with the extreme transition from the medieval feudal nature of Russian and Chinese society directly all the way to communism, so they developed "socialism" as the transitional stage to get people ready for actual communism.

But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

194 You will own nothing and be happy. You will eat za bugs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

195 No nuclear family. No marriage. Communal raising of children.
Posted by: zombie

When the Bolshies came to power in Russia, the peasants thought that communism meant communal ownership and use of women. The Bolshies had to disabuse them of that notion.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:37 PM (v6JzV)

196 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP
Posted by: Archimedes

No chants, no signs, no costumes, no drama. Just a lot of pissed of Germans walking like they are going to a sermon.

It would scare me to death.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 03:37 PM (D7oie)

197 130 I'm feeling anxious.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (wZ2Bf)

What's a matta Bunky?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (wDJaI)

198 There will be some who should be warmly welcomed - Bill Ackman, Nicole Shanahan, Russell Brand, Glen Greenwald, Joe Rogan, Tulsi, RFK Jr and yes, Elon Musk. They will disagree on many things but agree on many others that are more important. This is key - build the Base by addition. There are those that should be engaged, but not yet and maybe never trusted as they have left a Party that would not even listen or engage faithfully with them - maybe that Ana Kasperian chick is in this group - she was already behaving and speaking as if longing for sanity months before the election. Then there are those like Bret Stephens, Cenk and others that have had miraculous post-election conversions.... they are never to be trusted and should be pariahs forever... or at least a few election cycles.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (xaNfJ)

199 But what's worse is how they still think that Trump is the cause, not the response.

Just how far up your own ass do you have to be to think that conservatives are being tricked into voting for Trump?

That "if we just get rid of Trump, things will go back to 2003?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (VBpV1)

200 >>>cherries are the best: "it's kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981."

It's a Festivus Miracle!

yes it is!…thanks to ace, our own frank costanza.

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (VDqpU)

201
But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.
Posted by: zombie

You might want to do a bit of research on Sweden.
They don't own anything, the State owns everything.
You don't own the work of your hands. Yup, the State owns it.
Etc, etc, etc.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2024 03:39 PM (OQ4/y)

202 Riffing on LSD as a treatment for anxiety.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:39 PM (wZ2Bf)

203 Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

I still think that was the big plan for the West. Import a violent proletariat to squash dissent, lock people into 15 minute cities and control what they buy, and how much they can purchase. The Oxford council even decided on 3-5 article of clothing per year. They thought they had it locked up, then Elon rocked the boat with X and here we are. I don't think people give that decision the dredit it deserves. His face should be on the $20.00.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:40 PM (2NXcZ)

204 The modern world has a central ethos that the absolute bottom line for anything is personal wealth generation. This is what leads to the constant position changing amongst "political thinkers". They aren't learning and evolving, they are tinkering with their brands and observing the competition to see what position brings in the most cash. No different than pro athletes where they try to sell you that they have team loyalty when they are really only loyal to their paycheck.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (3/XaG)

205 But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

That's because there isn't a last step-- or rather, it's impossible. The book to read, IMO, is Lenin's "State and Revolution". He says flat out that yes, they'll nationalize all the housing, but at first, they will have to charge the inhabitants rent to cover things like maintenance and repairs. After a certain amount of time, when the state has withered away due to lack of need, then housing will be free. He never explains in detail just how we go from labor and materials having cost to labor and materials being free while simultaneously removing the government.

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (g1h/9)

206 The Swedes put prisoners in villas nicer than anyplace I have ever lived.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (wZ2Bf)

207 Communism require government to enforce it, an the only thing governments excel at is making dead bodies and black markets.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 03:42 PM (D7oie)

208 Merry Christmas, morons.

Posted by: Ogre at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (dTDAJ)

209 The Swedes put prisoners in villas nicer than anyplace I have ever lived.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Those are only for the muzzies, you'd get an apt in the Malmo.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (OQ4/y)

210 Lenin was, frankly, an idiot. A shrewd political tactician, perhaps, but an idiot in everything else.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (v6JzV)

211 >>> That's right, MAGAts -- Elon Musk is the real president, dummies! (Last thread)

If true Musk would be the first real African American president we have had. The ProgTards are all about that so why try to make this a bad thing. ProgTards should be tooting their horn that this great African American holds so much influence on Trump that it is really the AA that is president and give Trump the support they gave the last/current puppet president.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)

212 *pours emergency Baileys into USB port for rickb*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:44 PM (PiwSw)

213 The siren song of, "Everything for everybody for free."

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 03:44 PM (i0F8b)

214 Just another great thing Trump did was to purge the Republican party of the NeverTrump grifters. Now, instead of getting fat off of Republican donors they are getting fat off of Democrat donors. I say let them keep grifting off the Democrats for as long as they like.

Posted by: JTSmith at December 24, 2024 03:45 PM (Jx3QM)

215 well said garrett (@114) !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (cY18j)

216 Lenin was, frankly, an idiot. A shrewd political tactician, perhaps, but an idiot in everything else.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (v6JzV)

Well, yes. To lay out the example he did and fail to see the Underpants Gnome level fail in it takes a special kind of voluntary blindness.

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (g1h/9)

217 They want to turn America into Venezuela… at least they spare us the Zimbabwe solution..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (PCK5/)

218 It just occurred to me that Javier Milei may be getting a helicopter for Christmas.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (Fg0Nr)

219 >>>He never explains in detail just how we go from labor and materials having cost to labor and materials being free while simultaneously removing the government.
Posted by: Vanya
---

Only masters and servants remain. Seventh century is a bitch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (7qi4l)

220
Sanders will always be a filthy soviet socialist commie hippie.

Posted by: Chuck Martel

Fixed it for me. Trolly should add pinko in there too.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 03:48 PM (MsrgL)

221 Dachas for me but not for thee… the Bernie Plan..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:49 PM (PCK5/)

222 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

“The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Interesting. He uses the 'they' form of 'we'.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 03:49 PM (OkFiN)

223 Sanders even honeymooned in the USSR iirc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (wZ2Bf)

224 218 It just occurred to me that Javier Milei may be getting a helicopter for Christmas.
Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (Fg0Nr)
Yuge! Luxurious! Seats 20. Long range, powerful engines.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (MHGlo)

225 To me, the distinction between socialism and communism is irrelevant. Like the distinction between Islam and Satanism.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

226 Nood. Ick.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (PiwSw)

227 225 To me, the distinction between socialism and communism is irrelevant. Like the distinction between Islam and Satanism.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

The only difference I could ever see was the fascism..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:51 PM (PCK5/)

228 The left:
Kids are so dumb, they think a guy with a beard will give them stuff for free. (A picture of Santa)

Also the left:
(Shows them a picture of Karl Marx):

Reeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (E7mWg)

229 Only masters and servants remain. Seventh century is a bitch.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (7qi4l)

And that was the plan for Maui. No rebuilding of destroyed properties, just apartment complexes for "the workers". Little doubt who the masters were going to be.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (2NXcZ)

230 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (cY18j)

231 Rural King has a line of clothing called Troll Co. I found that funny. The store reaks of chicken shit though.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (wZ2Bf)

232
Red Kammie's campaign toward the end: "Look, black dudes -- WEED!"

Jebus, she was worse than the Duke brothers in "Trading Places".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (cWeHZ)

233 I was livid when this was released.

Glenn Beck Mocks Donald Trump By Covering His Face With Crushed Cheetos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVz92-oHW4Q

Hot awesome sauce.. Trump crashed into Becks speech
Donald Trump crashes Glenn Beck s caucus speech

https://tinyurl.com/24dsburb

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (wDJaI)

234 207 Communism require government to enforce it, an the only thing governments excel at is making dead bodies and black markets.
Posted by: Kindltot

The only country that ALMOST implemented true communism was "Kampuchea" -- i.e. Khmer Rouge-controlled Cambodia. They planned to do so, but they never got past the initial "kill everyone" phase, because the Khmer Rouge were booted out by an invading army -- ironically by the merely-socialist Vietnamese, who didn't want all the refugees that would have fled any attempt to create a long-term truly-communist neighboring Cambodia.

Communism is so insane, even socialists can't tolerate it.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (pMi6S)

235 Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count
Posted by: Doof
-------
I'm only in the band, but at least I get 10 minutes on the field every Saturday.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (NE+I8)

236 "They wave the red flag to oppose the red flag" - Mao.

Posted by: 13times at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (X7TGX)

237 I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (oZhjI)
__________________

Says the man with three houses.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (YqDXo)

238 The Never Trumpers have sailed into the Mines and they have no map

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:25 PM (FLiOE)

239 "CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump conservative and former talk radio host"

should be:
"CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump anti-conservative and former talk radio host"

Posted by: Roland Felix Hirsch at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (Ke8zc)

Left's Newest NPC PsyOp: Trying to Get Trump to Turn on His Most Persuasive Ally Elon Musk by Claiming That Elon Musk is the President Now

Did you know that we had an election but Trump didn't win, MAGAts?

That's right, MAGAts -- Elon Musk is the real president, dummies!

Ha-ha! GOT YA!

Sounds like #ElectionDenialism to me, which I was told was the greatest disinformation threat to our precious Republic.

he corporate media and other Democrat advocacy groups have been desperately casting about for a way to create tension between President-elect Trump and Elon Musk. They know that much of the progressive agenda is in serious danger if the affinity that exists between these two men endures for very long. Beginning well before the election, numerous "news" stories alleged that Musk's support of Trump created horrendous conflicts of interest. No one outside the Beltway paid any attention. Then, the demise of the 1,547 page "continuing resolution" last week inspired a new narrative -- the senior partner in the alliance was Musk rather than Trump.
What actually happened here is that the Dems rolled Speaker Johnson on the CR and counted on the media to conceal its worst provisions.
Wednesday evening, after Musk and countless other critics had denounced the bill as a legislative abomination jam-packed with pork, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to X and thundered, "Are Republicans beholden to the American people? Or President Musk?" Likewise, when it became obvious that the original CR was a goner, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) chimed in, "Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency." Not coincidentally, Democrat operative Julie Roginsky appeared on CNN and parroted the party line: "Elon Musk is puppeteering Donald Trump." Mike Allen at Axios absurdly claimed that Musk was "the most powerful person in politics" and that he had "single-handedly" put paid to the spending bill.
Never mind that Trump, J.D. Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, and three dozen House Republicans collectively declared that a government shutdown was preferable to passing the monstrosity that House Speaker Mike Johnson presented for a vote. The legacy news media, however, was interested in only one facet of the CR story -- that Musk had the temerity to shine a spotlight on the scam and suggest that voters should contact their representatives in Congress and share their feelings about it. In other words, he did what a truly free press corps would have done itself had it not been co-opted by the Democratic National Committee. Thus, Bloomberg's Nia-Malika Henderson portrays Musk in the following portentous terms:

Musk, with his billions and his global reach via X, is unlike anyone else in Trumpworld. Casting off cabinet secretaries and the likes of "Sloppy Steve" Bannon was much easier. Those people didn't have Musk's reach or celebrity -- or his billions. They were sycophants who needed Trump more than he needed them. By contrast, Musk confers status on Trump by being by his side. He broadens Trump's reach and his power. Put simply, Musk makes Trump bigger. Some Republicans have suggested that Musk should be the next speaker of the House, yet this would be a major step down.
The obvious strategy of such claims is to get under Donald Trump's skin and this subtext has permeated the news coverage of the CR, even after the original monstrosity was replaced with a 118-page bill that passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by alleged President Joe Biden. It's an article of faith among the denizens of the corporate media and their Democrat partners that Trump is unable to share the spotlight with anyone who might outshine him in the eyes of the public. They believe Trump's narcissism will eventually cause him to banish Musk to outer darkness once he is ensconced in the White House. But they don't really get how Trump will utilize Musk to achieve his second term goals.

The Financial Times is celebrating the memes showing Trump bowing to Pope Elon.

The media are very serious people, and also, memes are terrible and stupid and brainwashing, except when leftist crank them out in a joint NPC psychological warfare operation.

The left has all the braindead NPCs attempting this weak trolling, including, of course, credibly accused gay sexual assaulter Don LeMon.

Don Lemon continues to prove people didn�t hate him because hes Gay� or because he�s black�

Everyone hates him because he�s a pretentious asshole pic.twitter.com/bP7YPuFflk
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) December 22, 2024

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 indicating no surprise and 10 indicating total cosmic befuddlement, how surprised would you be to learn that the grifters of the North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association began this psyop five days after the election?

What better way to eject Elon Musk from Mar-a-Lago than to congratulate Donald Trump on his new role as Vice President -- which is what the Lincoln Project does in its latest video.
"The Lincoln Project salutes Vice President Trump. As Vice President, Trump will finally have the time to do the things that make him happiest," the mocking voice-over says, listing some of the former president's favorite activities such as "talk about old movies" and "playing on his phone."
Meanwhile, President Musk -- who is "smarter, wealthier, more charismatic...is more successful with women" and even "a better dancer" -- can "get down to the business of running the country," says the narrator. Of course, Musk won't be going it alone -- he'll have his "assistant" JD Vance at his side. And the Lincoln Project "feels certain Trump will play his part," because, as the narrator says as if he's talking to a dog, "he's a good boy. A good boy."

They released this lame add five days ago.

Doesn't that upset you, MAGAts? Elon -- or "Elonia Musk," as one ugly old bag calls him -- wasn't on the ballot but he's the president now. Got you, MAGAts!

Cecil says that the left is getting mad that we're not getting mad about their newest stupid mentally-ill talking point. He says it's like black people getting mad that white people don't get upset when they call them "crackers."

Trump is not taking the trolling bait -- so far.

I hope he maintains his cool, because Elon Musk actually has a cult-like following among young men almost as strong as Taylor Swift's with young women. He doesn't just bring billions of dollars but also millions of otherwise-disengaged voters.

Posted by: Ace at 01:25 PM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (j6KoD)

2 Well, remember their belief is that Trump is a very thin skinned asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (bss/y)

3 This is funny. Low and busted, out of ideas and making fools of themselves.

Posted by: Redenzo at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (V/pbu)

4 I have to admit it’s a very good strategy. Hopefully Trump doesn’t fall for it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:28 PM (D6PGr)

5 This one is like Ukraine to me: wha?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:28 PM (bss/y)

6 You know how to really make this work. Give Musk some successes at DOGE. That’ll really annoy Trump and the MAGAts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (EXyHK)

7 Elon is Trump's real Vice President. He does not resemble in any way a President.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (0ljUU)

8 The Musk Cult isn't limited to young men. For instance, go read Instapundit. They really need to dial back the slobbering Musk worship.

Posted by: tsj017 at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (xakWh)

9 White people eating at Cracker Barrel? *waits for laughter*

Posted by: Stepen Colbert or Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or Seth Myers at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (PiwSw)

10
Really, I'd like to know who's the president right now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (dxSpM)

11 6 You know how to really make this work. Give Musk some successes at DOGE. That’ll really annoy Trump and the MAGAts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (EXyHK)

You know what would REALLY make Trump mad- if the left passes every single thing Musk proposes- even crazy things like abolishing the income tax. That would really make us mad.

Darn that Elon!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (bss/y)

12 Posted by: tsj017 at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (xakWh)

The haters on the Right are no better.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (D6PGr)

13 ***Trump is unable to share the spotlight with anyone who might outshine him in the eyes of the public. ***
---

They have warped little brains. Trump has always enjoyed putting superior people out front. Rick Grenell comes to mind; there are many others.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (7qi4l)

14 Really, I'd like to know who's the president right now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Prolly the tranny intern in the pink dress.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (v6JzV)

15 I knew about, was talking about, and approved of Musk's influence before the election day.
Talk about old news.

Posted by: fb at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (JVEmw)

16 You know what would REALLY make Trump mad- if the left passes every single thing Musk proposes- even crazy things like abolishing the income tax.

Don’t give them ideas. I’d have to completely drop my support for Trump if this happened. I’m already steaming just thinking about it.

Posted by: Stephen B’rer Blair at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (EXyHK)

17
Normally Trump's ego would have probably fallen for this. But Trump has been very disciplined this cycle. I think he really wants to destroy the deepstate and aligning with Musk helps him do that.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (+oR7L)

18 The newest newest Psyop is to create turmoil over the House Speakership stating that if the Speakership is vacant on Jan. 6, House members can't be sworn in, and if House members are not sworn in, then the Electoral College election results cannot be certified. No certification - Trump cannot be president. Hubblebubbletoilandtrouble.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (rj6Yv)

19 11 6 You know how to really make this work. Give Musk some successes at DOGE. That’ll really annoy Trump and the MAGAts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (EXyHK)

You know what would REALLY make Trump mad- if the left passes every single thing Musk proposes- even crazy things like abolishing the income tax. That would really make us mad.

Darn that Elon!
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Trolling the Democrat Underground, eh?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (7qi4l)

20 They have warped little brains. Trump has always enjoyed putting superior people out front. Rick Grenell comes to mind; there are many others.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (7qi4l)

They do not understand us. It's like the Trump/Hope Hicks story. They do not understand that that makes us like him MORE.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (bss/y)

21 Elon got involved out of sheer self interest. He saw the direction things were going and rightly feared imprisonment.

Had the left and government not gone after Elon like they did, he'd have probably stayed out of the political arena.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (tT6L1)

22 Happy Hanukkah!

Posted by: Emmanuel Goldmusk at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (dg+HA)

23 Unrelated, I saw a pic of Bill Bellychick's "24 year old" girlfriend.

Eh.... she looks like she's closer to 34. Or even a well preserved 44.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (+3q7E)

24 If I'm being perfectly honest, Elon as secret president wouldn't bother me. Is that principled or consistent? Nope!

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (jGGMD)

25 Good thing more and more people are ignoring legacy media and its paid shills.

Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (4neFu)

26 Normally Trump's ego would have probably fallen for this. But Trump has been very disciplined this cycle. I think he really wants to destroy the deepstate and aligning with Musk helps him do that.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 01:32 PM (+oR7L)

I agree. I see a totally different Trump from 2016 and I’m liking it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (D6PGr)

27 Lemon was trying to hook up with that guy.

Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (aHqhe)

28 >>They have warped little brains. Trump has always enjoyed putting superior people out front. Rick Grenell comes to mind; there are many others.

They believe the cartoon version of Trump they've created in their minds instead of the real version that is standing right in front of them.

In the blink of an eye we've gone from Trump is a dope who hires terrible people to Trump is a dope because he hires people who are too good.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (LkLld)

29 Sure, because Biden is a paragon of bold leadership.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

30 It's like the Trump/Hope Hicks story.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

What was that story?

Howdy, by the way, Aetius.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (v6JzV)

31 ***Trump is unable to share the spotlight with anyone who might outshine him in the eyes of the public. ***

Something, something… Trump hates strong womyn… Mark Cubano Sandwich

Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (qz+gL)

32 But what does TayTay think?

Posted by: AWFLs everywhere at December 24, 2024 01:35 PM (dg+HA)

33 When all you have is Trump Derangement Syndrome on the shelves in your brain, you make-up crap to troll Trump 24/7. Yawn.

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (aBgBM)

34 Eh. Is this the best the Marxists can do? They can't meme. They can't build anything true, good, and beautiful. All Marxists can do is try to destroy. Try harder Marxists with your dying legacy media platforms that no-one watches.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (TN5A0)

35 Handsome ring in Copium's nose. Sets up the perspective perfectly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (7qi4l)

36 I wonder how much of this is projection, since in fact most Democratic politicians (or any of the old guard/establishment, really) don't make there own decisions, but are controlled by a cabal of fantasy elites who tell them what to say/think/vote.

Are they honest about believing Musk is pulling strings because that is business as usual for them?

Posted by: GuardianB at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (EOY3X)

37 So the party of Soros, Schwab, Gates, Google, and the Tech Oligarchs, want me to get upset about Musk.

Ok.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (sAmhv)

38 Had the left and government not gone after Elon like they did, he'd have probably stayed out of the political arena.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 01:33 PM (tT6L1)

I think having one of his children consumed by the trans cult might have had a wee bit of influence as well.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (jGGMD)

39 What's an NPC?

Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

40 I thought Joe Biden was president.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (vFG9F)

41 What's an NPC?
Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

Video game reference: non-player character. IOW, a gollum.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (rj6Yv)

42 What was that story?

Howdy, by the way, Aetius.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (v6JzV)

Fair warning, it is probably not true, but there was a story during Trump's first term where Hicks- who was in a relationship with... Corey Lewindowsky(?) at the time- comes into a meeting crying. Trump notices and asks her what is wrong. Tearfully she relates some thing or other the doofus has done. Trump nods and then says 'Look, Hope, you are the hottest piece of ass that loser is ever going to get so don't worry about him.' Hicks, horrified, runs out of the room. Trump looks around at everyone and asks 'What did I say?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (bss/y)

43 I don't see how a "shadow president Elon" would be any worse than the current "shadow president."

Or "presidents." Because it sure as shit ain't *biden.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (Q4IgG)

44 Trump is unable to share the spotlight with anyone who might outshine him in the eyes of the public. ***

Something, something… Trump hates strong womyn… Mark Cubano Sandwich
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (qz+gL)

That has never been true. Trump is an equal rights paragon . He has no problem with putting a woman in charge and he won’t hold back on insulting a female the same as he would a male.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (D6PGr)

45 41 What's an NPC?
Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

Video game reference: non-player character. IOW, a gollum.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (rj6Yv)

Renfield for the more classic version (but not by much, to be honest.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (bss/y)

46 This cracker has to go comb the dog and make him handsome.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (jvJvP)

47 I thought Joe Biden was president.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (vFG9F)

I thought Jill Biden was president.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (jGGMD)

48 What's an NPC?
Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

NPC = Non-Player Character. A character that strictly follows a script in a computer or role-playing game.

Also, a live person who follows a script provided to them, and gets really confused when hit with something outside the script.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (VNX3d)

49 Video game reference: non-player character. IOW, a gollum.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (rj6Yv)

What's a gollum?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (Kh1uM)

50 The link to "Meanwhile, President Musk -- who is "smarter, wealthier, more charismatic...is more" results in a web page that reads, in part, "Sorry, you have been blocked. You are unable to access boingboing.net.

This is pretty funny.

I can navigate to the article by searching for the it or going through the boing boing website.

What is up with this?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (Q8Bj8)

51 Now where did Democrats come up with the idea that a president could be a mere figurehead for activist advisors pulling their strings?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 24, 2024 01:40 PM (9yUzE)

52 What's an NPC?
Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

Free Guy was a good movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:40 PM (D6PGr)

53 Why should Trump be upset by Musk being rich and famous?
Trump has little left to prove, becoming president again for a second or third time, in defiance of an almost insurmountable opposition. He didn't even need to commit fraud to get in, unlike Biden.

Posted by: PG at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (uZ2lt)

54 Fair warning, it is probably not true, but there was a story during Trump's first term where Hicks- who was in a relationship with... Corey Lewindowsky(?) at the time- comes into a meeting crying. Trump notices and asks her what is wrong. Tearfully she relates some thing or other the doofus has done. Trump nods and then says 'Look, Hope, you are the hottest piece of ass that loser is ever going to get so don't worry about him.' Hicks, horrified, runs out of the room. Trump looks around at everyone and asks 'What did I say?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

LOL. I had not heard that.

Don't think Trump's quite correct, though. Didn't Leandowski also bang near-peak Kristi Noem? Not sure that Hicks was hotter than her. Maybe it's a draw.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (v6JzV)

55 No but seriously, for anyone who's an adult, and not a hero worshipper, you recognize the different skill sets of the people you work with, and you try to utilize them.

Musk is deeply imaginative and contemplative. I don't think anyone would describe Trump that way... unless they're worshippers.

So you recognize Musk bring something to the table that Trump doesn't. Aaaaaand.... Trump brings something Musk doesn't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (Kh1uM)

56 What's an NPC?
Posted by: Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed at December 24, 2024 01:37 PM (kvDvI)

I trust the science.

Posted by: NPC at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (jGGMD)

57 "What is up with this?"

Schrodinger's Router.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:42 PM (1VvJB)

58 Video game reference: non-player character. IOW, a gollum.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (rj6Yv)

What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (Kh1uM)

JJ is the go-to guy for all things gollumesque.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:42 PM (rj6Yv)

59 Don't think Trump's quite correct, though. Didn't Leandowski also bang near-peak Kristi Noem? Not sure that Hicks was hotter than her. Maybe it's a draw.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (v6JzV)

Are you gay?! Peak Hope Hicks is infinitely more hot than Noem.

I mean, the eyes alone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:42 PM (bss/y)

60 This cracker has to go comb the dog and make him handsome.
Posted by: Stateless

Don't forget to disinfect him.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:42 PM (v6JzV)

61 "What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC'"

$20. Same as in shtetl.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (vFG9F)

62 Don't think Trump's quite correct, though. Didn't Leandowski also bang near-peak Kristi Noem? Not sure that Hicks was hotter than her. Maybe it's a draw.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:41 PM (v6JzV)

Not sure he's not STILL banging the dog killer.

And yeah, I'd take Noem over Hicks.

I don't have a dog.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (wivH/)

63 Fair warning, it is probably not true, but there was a story during Trump's first term where Hicks- who was in a relationship with... Corey Lewindowsky(?) at the time- comes into a meeting crying. Trump notices and asks her what is wrong. Tearfully she relates some thing or other the doofus has done. Trump nods and then says 'Look, Hope, you are the hottest piece of ass that loser is ever going to get so don't worry about him.' Hicks, horrified, runs out of the room. Trump looks around at everyone and asks 'What did I say?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

From the little bit I've read of Hope Hicks, she seems way too professional to behave in such a manner, especially in a meeting, so I'm throwing the BS flag on that. Funny story, though.

Posted by: NPC at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (jGGMD)

64 Off, sock

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (jGGMD)

65 61 "What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC'"

$20. Same as in Minas Morgul.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (vFG9F)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (bss/y)

66 Think it would be difficult for an NPC to be a gollum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (7qi4l)

67 Hicks vs Noem...
It's the crossbow vs 9mm arguement all over again.

Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (xcIvR)

68 $20. Same as in shtetl.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (vFG9F)

Thank you, I hope you're going to be here all week. I'll remember to tip my waitress. I'll try the veal.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (LPnHz)

69 "Well, remember their belief is that Trump is a very thin skinned asshole.
Posted by: Aetius451AD"

They also think he's stupid.

He keeps beating them but he's the stupid one.

They'll go to their graves thinking that.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (iziT8)

70 What ever happened to 'Ofay Honky'? Now, there was truly amusing insult.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a vanity call at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (XeU6L)

71 $20. Same as in shtetl.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (vFG9F)

Anything more is beyond the Pale.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (rj6Yv)

72 Leftists will believe whatever they want to

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (fwDg9)

73 From the little bit I've read of Hope Hicks, she seems way too professional to behave in such a manner, especially in a meeting, so I'm throwing the BS flag on that. Funny story, though.
Posted by: NPC

Didn't she turn on Trump in front of the J6 Committee? Thought I heard something about that here.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (v6JzV)

74 A Tesla Lithium version of those South African Mob Flamethrower car defense systems would really interrupt a press conference.

Posted by: DaveA at December 24, 2024 01:45 PM (FhXTo)

75 Sure, Jan, most wannabe fascist dictators cede power as soon as they have it.

Posted by: the dandy at December 24, 2024 01:45 PM (L+5ng)

76 This is not a stupid psy-op. I also hope Trump not only keeps his cool but that he and Musk have fun with this.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2024 01:45 PM (h/ffs)

77 Hicks vs Noem...
It's the crossbow vs 9mm arguement all over again.
Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 01:44 PM (xcIvR)

They could be sisters .

Mmmmm…sisters

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:45 PM (D6PGr)

78 Hey Meathead, we're on to you. Nobody believes you anymore.
YOUR IRRELEVANT!

Posted by: HEY MEATHEAD! at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (oOc/o)

79 I like Elon, I think he was a big reason Trump won the way he did. But Trump does have thin skin and an ego and the media talking this way probably does rankle him.

Elon should take a step back in terms of publicly being so tied at the hip with Trump.

Posted by: Maroon at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (ysaNs)

80 Noem looks kinda freaky now after all the plastic surgery. So Hicks probably clearly outshines her now.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (v6JzV)

81 Don't think Trump's quite correct, though. Didn't Leandowski also bang near-peak Kristi Noem? Not sure that Hicks was hotter than her. Maybe it's a draw.
Posted by: Bulg

I'll thank you to never mention that man in my presence again!

Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (G5+As)

82 Trump is not taking the trolling bait -- so far.
_________

This is like Livia goading Uncle Junior.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (Dm8we)

83 From the little bit I've read of Hope Hicks, she seems way too professional to behave in such a manner, especially in a meeting, so I'm throwing the BS flag on that. Funny story, though.
Posted by: NPC at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (jGGMD)

The wording doesn't sound right either. Hottest piece of ass? I don't know. Does that sound like Trump?

Eh. Bottom line is, she's not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (CJCTv)

84 They could be sisters .

There were never such devoted sisters.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (EXyHK)

85 Aaaaaand.... Trump brings something Musk doesn't.
Posted by: BurtTC

And J. D. brings something neither of them have. So does RFKjr. I think that could apply to most of Trump's close team. And I think that's exactly what he wanted. Diversity of background, personality, experience, areas of expertise, and ideas.
This is a very different Trump than what we saw in 2016.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (4XwPj)

86
Why does the phrase "last throes" come to mind?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (azvCj)

87 84 They could be sisters .

There were never such devoted sisters.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (EXyHK)

Wow. A White Christmas ref. Timely!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (bss/y)

88 76 This is not a stupid psy-op. I also hope Trump not only keeps his cool but that he and Musk have fun with this.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2024 01:45 PM (h/ffs)

Yeah, I've no idea if this will work in the long term (definitely not in the short), but the target is Trump, not his followers.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (lg881)

89 I'll thank you to never mention that man in my presence again!
Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (G5+As)

Wasn't the rumor at the time that he'd been plowing her fields too?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (R85Dz)

90 The Democrats Propaganda Ministry can go to Hell

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (fwDg9)

91 77 Hicks vs Noem...
It's the crossbow vs 9mm arguement all over again.
Posted by: Reforger
---

You want hot? That's not hot this is hot:

Grazie a Elon Musk, il Pd ha finalmente scoperto il sovranismo.

https://tinyurl.com/4f2rtbaa

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (7qi4l)

92 What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (Kh1uM)

Do I have to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (8zz6B)

93 It's kinda neat how this has played out.
Our conventions dictate that certain high ranking elected officials still be addressed by their titles even after they leave office, such as ambassadors, cabinet secretaries and, of course, presidents.
So in these interim weeks between the election and the inauguration he's naturally referred to as "President Trump" even though he's not actually in the White House yet.
But since he's constantly being addressed that way it just naturally feels like he is indeed the head of state and commander in chief.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (dg+HA)

94 Trump does not have thin skin. Who here could stand up to the onslaught of insults directed at him? I think he handles it pretty well. A "thin skinned" person would crack.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (vFG9F)

95 "What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC'"

$20. Same as in Minas Morgul.
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 01:43 PM (vFG9F)

FIFY.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, my precious.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (ftFVW)

96 So the Left is trying to meme troll the Emperor of meme trolling?

Sure, sure, why not.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (1YfKX)

97 Whenever someone uses the term MAGAt, my go-to reply is "Oh, how clever. That's a play on the term MAGA. Did you come up with that yourself or did someone help you?"

Posted by: Roy at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (z+ik4)

98 They could be sisters .

There were never such devoted sisters.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (EXyHK)

Vera-Ellen or Rosemary Clooney?

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (rj6Yv)

99 You want hot? That's not hot this is hot:

Grazie a Elon Musk, il Pd ha finalmente scoperto il sovranismo.

https://tinyurl.com/4f2rtbaa
Posted by: Braenyard

Georgia's cute, but a little past it at this point.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (v6JzV)

100
Trump adheres to the "dance with the ones that brung ya" philosophy better than anybody.

Elon was one of them what brung him.

Elon buying Twitter, and at a loss, is going to go down as a seminal event, maybe even a sine qua non event in Trump's comeback. And hopefully, the country's comeback from the abyss.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 01:49 PM (w6EFb)

101 And J. D. brings something neither of them have. So does RFKjr. I think that could apply to most of Trump's close team. And I think that's exactly what he wanted. Diversity of background, personality, experience, areas of expertise, and ideas.
This is a very different Trump than what we saw in 2016.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (4XwPj)

And there certainly are a few stinkers among the appointee picks. Hopefully they have little influence.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (bL6WS)

102 Nah Trump knows who the president is, he is not Joe Biden.

Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (KQk9m)

103 I assume that Elon's enterprises are both large vendors to, and large customers of, the federal government. An argument could be made that he has conflicts of interest if helping direct govt budgets. For example, he may propose efficiency measures that hurt this competitors more than him.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (1VvJB)

104 Look at Don Lemons little initialed microphone. How precious.

Posted by: Ktgreat at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (33LJY)

105 This is the best that these retards can come up with?

How old are they? Five.

Both Trump and for that matter, Musk, have pretty much mature, iron-clad egos. I seriously doubt the babbling of little media gerbils prancing around their pants cuff are going to cause a moment of worry.

They are both accomplished. Unlike the Mediatards who have a nice face and voice and/or blew someone with power to get their job.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (iJfKG)

106 Trump is Literally Hitler!

Also, Trump is so weak that Elon is the real President!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (uxCna)

107 The Trump doll in a high chair is slightly funny. ** of 5

Posted by: DaveA at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (FhXTo)

108 Posted by: Braenyard

Might be better if I spoke Eyetalian.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:51 PM (D6PGr)

109
Giorgia is going to be Empress of Mars, aka Space Mama.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 01:51 PM (w6EFb)

110 Vera-Ellen or Rosemary Clooney?
Posted by: mrp

Vera-Ellen. Not even close.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:51 PM (v6JzV)

111 What Trump lacks in skin he more than makes up for with ego.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 01:51 PM (Q4IgG)

112 LMAO...didn't these people watch "The Apprentice"? The whole concept of the show was Trump identifying potential talents to offer positions in his enterprises to make them more effective, efficient and profitable and his goals more achievable.

You can get the wrong impression of Trump based on his Type A personality. But, that's just how he communicates. It's not how he thinks. If you ever read "The Art of the Deal" you would see this truth spelled out in spades. Trump and Musk are an effective team because the "ego" portion of both is a bit of a facade in building their brand. Trump is driven by success. Musk is driven by the same, but he seems to truly have a passion for the process as well.

I'd kill to hear the conversations between those two because I bet it's hilarious and brutal towards what every they are targeting.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 01:51 PM (dIske)

113 Trump won't take the bait. Even if he had that thought, the people around him would discourage it.

Trump fired Bannon because he was dumb enough to get ahead of his skis and talk to Josh Gerstein from Bloomberg and allow himself to be out on the cover of the magazine as 'Trump's Brain'. Elon has been a celebrity for a couple of decades, for very good reasons. Besides, he did more than anyone other than Trump to get the guy elected. He's Trump's enforcer, and happy to take that role.

The media is still living in 1.0 mode. This is a new world order now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2024 01:52 PM (nAQki)

114 Hopefully the Republicans have learned to throw this right back in the he Dems/ propaganda ministries faces . " Hey look everybody it's the narrative of the day . Musk and Trump are at odds. " Call them out and make them look stupid.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 01:52 PM (DopAq)

115 The Democrats Propaganda Ministry can go to Hell
Posted by: Skip
--------

Already here.

Posted by: Stan at December 24, 2024 01:53 PM (XeU6L)

116 What's a gollum?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (Kh1uM)

Do I have to?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:48 PM (8zz6B)

No, I think we beat this one to death already.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:53 PM (Yif/T)

117
In case you're not aware, here are some Facts:

1. Tulsi was VERY close to the Trump campaign, as in, an unofficial chief strategist.

2. Tulsi, RFK did lot of campaign events together under the theme of getting "5 presidents in one." The "Trump Team" was an official theme of the campaign.

3. NONE of this "bothered" President Trump's supposed "ego."

4. The President KNOWS he won WITH all these people and couldn't have done it without them.

5. President Trump NEVERS turns on anyone who doesn't turn on him first.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 01:53 PM (azvCj)

118 They could be sisters .

There were never such devoted sisters.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2024 01:47 PM (EXyHK)

Vera-Ellen or Rosemary Clooney?
Posted by: mrp

When I was a kid it bothered me how similar their singing voices were. When I learned later that Clooney sang both parts it made so much sense. I think I actually put palm to forehead and said "duh."

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (ftFVW)

119 MUSK IS ONLY PREDNSIDNET UNTIL TRUMP GETS SOWRN IN!!!
MUSK IS USPRURPING THE RIGHTFUL POSITION FROM KAMALAAAA!

---Insane people, who you'd best ignore

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (D7oie)

120 Hopefully the Republicans have learned to throw this right back in the he Dems/ propaganda ministries faces . " Hey look everybody it's the narrative of the day . Musk and Trump are at odds. " Call them out and make them look stupid.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 01:52 PM (DopAq)

Man, the Dems are pathetic. Even when they try to gum up the works, all they can do is make Trump even more popular and powerful in the eyes of the public and the world.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (rj6Yv)

121 The media is still living in 1.0 mode. This is a new world order now.

Yes for an elite cohort that prides itself on being so progressive and cutting edge, they really have been making some Boomer moves layely

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2024 01:55 PM (KRr6f)

122 Imagine someone unelected running the country and the president being a mere figurehead. IMAGINE

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 01:55 PM (uZ/9N)

123 119 MUSK IS ONLY PREDNSIDNET UNTIL TRUMP GETS SOWRN IN!!!
MUSK IS USPRURPING THE RIGHTFUL POSITION FROM KAMALAAAA!

---Insane people, who you'd best ignore
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (D7oie)

They are still carrying a doll of Kamala around? I'd assume there would be less nostalgia for her than even Hillary!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:55 PM (bss/y)

124 How have they squared the circle of Trump's giant ego allowing him to let someone else do the thing.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 01:55 PM (uZ/9N)

125 114 Hopefully the Republicans have learned to throw this right back in the he Dems/ propaganda ministries faces . " Hey look everybody it's the narrative of the day . Musk and Trump are at odds. " Call them out and make them look stupid.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 01:52 PM (DopAq)

They're dumb, but they will get it eventually. Tom Steyer was able to parlay his Democratic funding to get to hold court at the House of Representatives; probably the first private citizen to get that privilege. The Dems know all about being owned and run by billionaires.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2024 01:56 PM (nAQki)

126 Musk is POTUS? Cool.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 24, 2024 01:56 PM (aCsV6)

127 "Imagine someone unelected running the country and the president being a mere figurehead. IMAGINE"

Incontheivable.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (iziT8)

128 If you watched The Art of The Surge at Tucker's, you'd see how big a role Tulsi played.

I do wish that we had better Ag nominees as we owe something to the Amish and Mennonites. And MAHA will be more difficult without support there.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (NQtI0)

129 Did you come up with that yourself or did someone help you?"
Posted by: Roy
-----

Rainmandodo's contstant use of 'Rethuglicans', and 'KKKsomething' amuses me constantly. His struggles to convince himself that 'they' are the sick ones is sad.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (XeU6L)

130 Vera-Ellen or Rosemary Clooney?
Posted by: mrp

Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (E7mWg)

131 They are still carrying a doll of Kamala around? I'd assume there would be less nostalgia for her than even Hillary!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It drinks, pees, and cries!

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (ftFVW)

132 When I was a kid it bothered me how similar their singing voices were. When I learned later that Clooney sang both parts it made so much sense. I think I actually put palm to forehead and said "duh."
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (ftFVW)

*straightens tie*

I did not know that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (bss/y)

133 No, I think we beat this one to death already.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:53 PM (Yif/T)

I know I haven't been playing in the comments for awhile, but since when have the Horde stopped beating things down to the quark level.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (1YfKX)

134 103 I assume that Elon's enterprises are both large vendors to, and large customers of, the federal government. An argument could be made that he has conflicts of interest if helping direct govt budgets. For example, he may propose efficiency measures that hurt this competitors more than him.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:50 PM (1VvJB)

Ideally, Elon and Vivek will watch each other on this aspect. Discussing it and if needed, warning the other to not do or recommend something that even looks improper or unethical. Ultimately telling Trump as-needed. Ideally.

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 01:59 PM (aBgBM)

135 We'll still do Mr Paul Anka refs as long as I am alive.

Integrity!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:59 PM (bss/y)

136 Imagine how unintelligent, unworldly, and misinformed you have to be for this nonsense to be expected to have traction with you. Like grocery store gouging being the reality behind inflation. Or that "racism" was any part of the (unbelievably narrow and unimpressive) rejection of the ridiculous candidacy of the bimbo.

This is the anchor around the neck of the country and the western world. A huge portion of the US population.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 01:59 PM (1m82a)

137 They are still carrying a doll of Kamala around? I'd assume there would be less nostalgia for her than even Hillary!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It drinks, pees, and cries!
Posted by: She Hobbit

And perhaps something else...?
-- Willie Brown's aide, drawing up his Christmas wish list

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:59 PM (v6JzV)

138 Look what the cat dragged in.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:00 PM (iziT8)

139
Sad to relate, I'm not fetishizing any of the incoming administration. Not even Trump. Eventually they all disappoint you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:00 PM (dxSpM)

140 AtC - Hope the holidays have been/are good for you.

You know, we could use a little help around here with the sub-atomic level stuff.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:00 PM (XeU6L)

141 gives mean girls a bad name

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 24, 2024 02:00 PM (QSrLX)

142 139 Concur.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (1VvJB)

143 140 AtC - Hope the holidays have been/are good for you.

You know, we could use a little help around here with the sub-atomic level stuff.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:00 PM (XeU6L)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (bss/y)

144 Redundant, but anyone observing Elon's political commentary and awakening the last few years could only laugh. He sounded like a smart 14-yr old finally getting a clue. Like so many of his tech bro tycoons, he has been incredibly naive and ignorant as a citizen. Though he lacks the bizarre totalitarian arrogance (wedded to ignorance and often vile and repugnant "values") of many of them.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (1m82a)

145 132 When I was a kid it bothered me how similar their singing voices were. When I learned later that Clooney sang both parts it made so much sense. I think I actually put palm to forehead and said "duh."
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 01:54 PM (ftFVW)

*straightens tie*

I did not know that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (bss/y)

The Fam and I saw White Christmas last night. Yeah, Clooney definitely sang both parts. There were times that Kaye sounded like Bing, to be honest.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (nAQki)

146 >>Integrity!

The Guys Get Shirts!

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (j6KoD)

147 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE IS A TINY PERSON!

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at December 24, 2024 02:01 PM (bss/y)

148 Look what the cat dragged in.
Posted by: eleven
------

Ill advised. If you head for the border now, you might escape the raptors.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

149 Notice in the CNN clip how little real time the R was permitted to speak, and no real rebuttal time given to the long noxious spiel given by the D loser. It's always 2 on 1 in Atlanta.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (KiBMU)

150 104 Look at Don Lemons little initialed microphone. How precious.

Posted by: Ktgreat

With Don Lemon not being on TV anymore (I think), he's no longer the Dumbest Man on TV. Sad.

Dumbest Man on the Internet has some strong competition. Will have to give this some thought. Good Luck, Don!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (sAmhv)

151 Two Sam's rotisserie chickens deboned for the chicken cornbread dressing. Ham going in the oven tomorrow. Green beans started. Whew. Time for a quick break.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (E7mWg)

152 President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House!

And have JD Vance preside full-time over the Senate as it's President -- and refusing to recognize any asshats not with Trump's program, including the Majority Leader and Glitch McConnell.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (20gww)

153 Left-handed, or right-handed, quarks?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 02:03 PM (1m82a)

154 When I was a kid, my mom made quark paste. She'd strain it through cheesecloth to get the fermions out, and I got to lick the spoon! It tingled.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 02:03 PM (1VvJB)

155 " IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE IS A TINY PERSON!
Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger "

She always was a bit quarky.

I'll show myself out.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:03 PM (iziT8)

156 Look what the cat dragged in.
Posted by: eleven

Every time I'm out, they puuuuullll me back in...

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:04 PM (E7mWg)

157 Giorgia Meloni was replying to a senator who claimed her friendship with Elon would result iin favorable treatment for him and put him ahead of the interests of other foreign businessmen.
So Meloni concluded by saying we have Elon Musk to thank for converting that senator to a nationalist.
( i guess the parliamentarian in question was a known NWO tool)

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2024 02:04 PM (/3fas)

158 I do wish that we had better Ag nominees as we owe something to the Amish and Mennonites. And MAHA will be more difficult without support there.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (NQtI0)
_____________________________

The farming "regulations" that riled up the Amish and Mennonites was very much a State driven thing. In Pennsylvania, for example, the regulatory folks went after unpasteurized milk sales using an single incident that occurred in Florida as a basis. Interestingly, most of the Amish in PA live in the district of a State Congressman by the name of Zucker. He is the guy that got Scott Pressler in the door and took him around to individual farms. Zucker has family who is Amish.

I spoke to some Mennonites myself who showed up in horse and buggy and bicycles to vote when I did. They confirmed for me that the milk issue was the catalyst, but they, also, strongly support pacifism and Trump's "No new wars" pledge pushed them over the edge into voting.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 02:04 PM (dIske)

159 I'm not a Musk fanboy. Appreciate what he's done for Twiitter/X/free-speech. But a lot of his business ventures are crazy, but it's his money. Funny, though, that his former fanboys, all libtards, have now turned on him.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2024 02:05 PM (ugvYV)

160 When I was a kid, my mom made quark paste. She'd strain it through cheesecloth to get the fermions out, and I got to lick the spoon! It tingled.
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This

I got to lick the beaters. Some years, mom would even turn the mixer off.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:05 PM (E7mWg)

161 SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE

Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 02:05 PM (1YfKX)

162 When I was a kid, my mom made quark paste. She'd strain it through cheesecloth to get the fermions out, and I got to lick the spoon! It tingled.
Posted by: gp
-----

Pretty sure that they use molecular sieves these days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

163 Left-handed, or right-handed, quarks?
Posted by: rhomboid

The deal-making Ferengi kind.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 02:05 PM (ftFVW)

164 No, I think we beat this one to death already.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 01:53 PM (Yif/T)

I know I haven't been playing in the comments for awhile, but since when have the Horde stopped beating things down to the quark level.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 01:57 PM (1YfKX)

That's an excellent point, but the question was "do I have to," in which case... no. No, you don't have to, but we will anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:07 PM (R85Dz)

165 AtC - I do not always know what is going on around here, so I may be asking a dumb/naive/offensive question. I think of B.C. now and then...do you know if all is well with him?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

166 Merry Christmas, Ace! Happy New Year.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 24, 2024 02:08 PM (QSrLX)

167 The media is pulling more shit while they run cover for co-presidents Garland and Mayorkas

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 02:09 PM (2NXcZ)

168 Any updates on JT?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:09 PM (v6JzV)

169 What's an NPC?

$20, like in town.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:09 PM (YSM/8)

170 Faceless Bitplayer— Mr. President!: Elon Musk is plotting to steal your Presidency...!

Donald Trump— yessss... That's just what they want us to think ...

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 02:10 PM (Akube)

171 AtC - I do not always know what is going on around here, so I may be asking a dumb/naive/offensive question. I think of B.C. now and then...do you know if all is well with him?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

He is doing well, we talk/text/message every day.

He's just SUPER busy with life and family stuff, I'll tell him you were asking after him.

Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (1YfKX)

172 My sister owns farmland in West PA. She's surrounded by Amish farms. When she went and voted this year, the Amish were there before she was and she's an early riser. So, yes. The Amish were upset at the PA Government overreach and acted accordingly.

Oops.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (sAmhv)

173 I'm sooo old I remember Obama saying "I did, I ordered, etc etc for everything DC accomplished when I heard him speak. Then contrast with Trump. "The brilliant folks at dept XZY did, etc etc"

But sure, Trump is going to be crushed at the thought of Elon getting too much of the limelight. Well you all cling to that commies, but in the meantime those of you in the FNM might want to try to learn to code.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (UKUm3)

174 What's an NPC?

$20, like in town.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle

NPCs are free. The $20 is to make them go away.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (ftFVW)

175 I’ve rented space to teach Trump Dance lessons to anyone who wants to improve their skills prior to the Inauguration.

Posted by: kallisto, sensing a YUGE business opportunity. at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (LLIWf)

176 Merry Christmas AtC.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (E7mWg)

177 I was a Musk fan not because of Tesla or Space X but rather for his Boring Company.

Since I was a little kid and saw the bank pneumatic tubes I always imagined intercontinental travel by way of underground pneumatic tubes.

I don’t think Musk has advanced that much farther than when he first launched the company. Plus I think it was intended as another project to advance his Mars dreams.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 02:12 PM (D6PGr)

178 With Don Lemon not being on TV anymore (I think), he's no longer the Dumbest Man on TV. Sad.

Dumbest Man on the Internet has some strong competition. Will have to give this some thought. Good Luck, Don!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 02:02 PM (sAmhv)

I think they did. Like Potato Stelter, they gave him his job back.

CNN is like Disney. They don't know what else to do, so they just remake another old product of theirs, this time with a girlboss.

Don Lemon is that girlboss.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:12 PM (bL6WS)

179 Elon should take a step back in terms of publicly being so tied at the hip with Trump.
Posted by: Maroon at December 24, 2024 01:46 PM (ysaNs)

He's there because Trump wants him there. He makes an excellent spokesman and attracts young people like mad. He, IMO, was the key player in saving the 1A from Garland and company.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 02:12 PM (2NXcZ)

180 Trump has more brain power in his little pinky than all these leftists combined have in their asses.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:13 PM (YqDXo)

181 Remember Elon wanted to but Twitter, then wanted to back out but Leftists practically made him buy it, and now he is their worst enemy?

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:13 PM (fwDg9)

182 >> teach Trump Dance lessons

Do watch that clip of Melania on Fox and Friends from a while back, where they asked her about Trump's dance.

Smiling, she said "It ees a very special and unique dance".

Did you do the dance? "No. "

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 02:14 PM (w6EFb)

183
FDR's Brain Trust: "Oooh, how cool!"

Elon and Vivek: "Eeek! Unelected!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:14 PM (dxSpM)

184 The Container Store, headquartered in Coppell, Tx filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:14 PM (E7mWg)

185 Merry Christmas AtC.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (E7mWg)

Merry merry!

Posted by: alexthechick at December 24, 2024 02:14 PM (1YfKX)

186 "My sister owns farmland in West PA. She's surrounded by Amish farms. When she went and voted this year, the Amish were there before she was and she's an early riser. So, yes. The Amish were upset at the PA Government overreach and acted accordingly.

Oops.
Posted by: Puddleglum"

Whoopsie.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:14 PM (iziT8)

187
If you're going to build a colony on Mars, you're going to need to go underground. So, lots of boring.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (w6EFb)

188
Look at Don Lemons little initialed microphone. How precious.
Posted by: Ktgreat

DL=Designated Loser

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (63Dwl)

189 If we got rid of the income tax we would get rid of the unfairness of the bottom half paying nothing AND the millionaires and billionaires not paying their fair share.

Posted by: torabora at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (9gcdx)

190 The Left's argument makes sense to the Left, because the Left is made up of credulous cretins. The Right is not made up of credulous cretins. That's why their arguments never work on us.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (CHHv1)

191 Heard a clip on a radio show last week of The Hags of The View suggesting that -- and snickering about -- Trump's life
being in danger from the evil plotting pair of Elon & JD (maybe he'd make Vivek his new VP?).

You don't hate these retarded psychopaths enough ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (pasPg)

192 Americans have lost trust in the media . . .

John Harwood@JohnJHarwood
because the media reports reality and most Republicans have disconnected themselves from reality

-
So that's why.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (L/fGl)

193 NPCs are free. The $20 is to make them go away.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 02:11 PM (ftFVW)

My son, who has a severe intellectual disability, loves to shoot or punch or whatever other tool he has, the NPC's in his games, when they react by saying "oww" or "hey, stop doing that" or whatever.

He laughs his head off, and would rather do that than whatever the mission is supposed to be.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:16 PM (LPnHz)

194
FDR's Brain Trust: "Oooh, how cool!"

Elon and Vivek: "Eeek! Unelected!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

JFK had his Camel Lot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:17 PM (63Dwl)

195 "Biden considering pardoning any future assassin of Donald Trump"

Should be a Bee headline.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 24, 2024 02:17 PM (QB+5g)

196 JFK had his Camel Lot.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:17 PM (63Dwl)

I thought it was Came A lot.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (K/T5Q)

197 28 days until the inauguration

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

198 John Harwood@JohnJHarwood
because the media reports reality and most Republicans have disconnected themselves from reality

If that’s not a prime example of how much lack of self awareness these Leftists have then I don’t know what is.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (D6PGr)

199 197 28 days until the inauguration
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

Seems like an eternity

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (2NXcZ)

200
JFK had his Camel Lot.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:17 PM (63Dwl)

_________

Robert McNamara: the most disastrous public official until Anthony Fauci.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:19 PM (dxSpM)

201 195 "Biden considering pardoning any future assassin of Donald Trump"

Should be a Bee headline.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 24, 2024 02:17 PM (QB+5g)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S SO BELIEVABLE.

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at December 24, 2024 02:19 PM (bss/y)

202 197 28 days until the inauguration
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

Hmmm, catchy movie title.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 02:20 PM (bss/y)

203 "Americans have lost trust in the media . . .

John Harwood@JohnJHarwood
because the media reports reality and most Republicans have disconnected themselves from reality

-
So that's why.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks"

Once you commit to the bit you can never stop. Ever.

Gaslighting is for life.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:20 PM (iziT8)

204 Americans have lost trust in the media . . .

John Harwood@JohnJHarwood
because the media reports reality and most Republicans have disconnected themselves from reality

-
So that's why.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (L/fGl)

It's the ol' marching band cliche, where 75 band members turn one way, and you turn the other.

Yeah, all 75 were wrong. Sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:20 PM (UQqiU)

205 Their copium levels are exceeding maximum healthy numbers.

Posted by: setnaffa at December 24, 2024 02:21 PM (nOVGb)

206 Robert McNamara: the most disastrous public official until Anthony Fauci.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

J. Edgar was still around after McNamara left. I'd put him in that slot.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:21 PM (v6JzV)

207 Gaslighting is for life.
Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:20 PM (iziT

But enough about my ex...

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:21 PM (jjQsu)

208 One Tic Toker called Musk "Elonia" Now that is funny and Musk will have a good laugh at it I bet.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 02:22 PM (wDJaI)

209 28 days until the inauguration
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

I thought that one was great, whereas 28 weeks later was meh.

I'm not sure about the new one, 28 years later. We'll see, I guess.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:22 PM (+3q7E)

210 Being a dirty fag, all Don Lemon really wanted for Christmas was that other fella's dick in his mouth and his ass.

Posted by: Ed Buck, killer fag at December 24, 2024 02:23 PM (R/m4+)

211 have then I don’t know what is.

The ones I know will deny and reject any objective, empirical evidence in order to stay married to their preferred narrative.
There’s some primal hook for them…must have to do with dominance of their reptilian brain to the detriment of the rest of that organ.

Posted by: kallisto, sensing a YUGE business opportunity. at December 24, 2024 02:23 PM (LLIWf)

212 "Elonia" could be the name of the new state capital of Greenland.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:23 PM (v6JzV)

213 One Tic Toker called Musk "Elonia" Now that is funny and Musk will have a good laugh at it I bet.
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 02:22 PM (wDJaI)

I always try to promote Kyle Dunnigan whenever I can. His Elon is great, and I'm sure Elon's seen it. If so, I'm sure he loves it.

However, Kyle's Bill Mahar is spot on, and Mahar HAAAAAAATES it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2024 02:24 PM (qXzPa)

214 *stretches*

Afternoon and Merry Christmas to all my favorite degenerates.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:24 PM (+OnsA)

215 I believe Trump is rational and capable of human emotions… one of thm being gratitude… he knows full well that without Musk, Ramaswamy, Vance, RFK, Shanahan, Gabbard and a host of others he would not have won. He understands coalitions, I am convinced.

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (PCK5/)

216 JFK has his Cameltoe lot

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (fwDg9)

217
Elonia should be the name of some region on Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (w6EFb)

218 Their copium levels are exceeding maximum healthy numbers.

What is the conversion ratio between copium and midichlorians?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (xCA6C)

219 During Trumps Amfest speech Sunday he did a little history lecture going back to President Mckinely and his VP Theodore Roosvelt. I'm sure most of todays college grads are like Teddy who?? Commie bastards assassinated Teddy...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 02:27 PM (wDJaI)

220 Afternoon and Merry Christmas to all my favorite degenerates.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:24 PM (+OnsA)

And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 02:27 PM (8zz6B)

221 He's just SUPER busy with life and family stuff, I'll tell him you were asking after him.
Posted by: alexthechick
--------

Thank you, please do, with my regards.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:27 PM (XeU6L)

222

He understands coalitions, I am convinced.
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (PCK5/)

And he's behaving accordingly. Maybe this time he'll steer clear of RINOs

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 02:28 PM (2NXcZ)

223 That poor CNN "news"reader has the worst case of vocal fry that I've heard in awhile. I prescribe some vocal coaching, which ANY talking head should have if they want to communicate effectively.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 02:28 PM (Sf2cq)

224 And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 02:27 PM (8zz6B)

Thank you! Good to see familiar *faces*.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:28 PM (+OnsA)

225 Old and busted: MSM

New hotness: Mean Girl Press

This is so very teen girl behavior.

I heard in 4th period that Elon isn’t allowing Trump to come to his kegger on Saturday night because he told Elon’s crush Courtney that she was the most stunning, just most beautiful girl in the world!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)

226 Mike! Very kind and all the good wishes to you and yours!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:29 PM (+OnsA)

227 Musk in drag photoshop as Elonia... stat!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 02:30 PM (wDJaI)

228
Commie bastards assassinated Teddy...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 02:27 PM (wDJaI)

________

Well, McKinley. His assassin was executed six weeks later. None of that commutation stuff.

It's remarkable how many monarchs, presidents, etc. were assassinated by anarchists about that time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:30 PM (dxSpM)

229 Emmitt, the worst is when young NPR reporters have vocal fry combined with the dramatic, breathy radio talk.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 02:30 PM (Hkcdp)

230 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:24 PM

We have a sighting! Should we call NORAD?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:32 PM (mH6SG)

231 14 the bald chick who stole your luggage is President.

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 02:32 PM (Akube)

232 Ugh, autocorrect again

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 02:33 PM (Hkcdp)

233 We have a sighting! Should we call NORAD?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:32 PM (mH6SG)

I ain’t fat enough or jolly enough to be Santa.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:33 PM (vt7xw)

234 Heh. I woud say 'Up pops the devil', but that would be rather inappropriate.

Merry Christmas B.C.!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

235 Elonia should be the name of some region on Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 02:26 PM (w6EFb)

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

The Red Spot?

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 02:33 PM (pasPg)

236 For those of you who do not know, B.C. was once instrumental in bailing me out of Camp Banhammer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:34 PM (XeU6L)

237 Heh. I woud say 'Up pops the devil', but that would be rather inappropriate.

Merry Christmas B.C.!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

Lololol. Well my former, as of 3 days ago, boss might agree with you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:34 PM (vt7xw)

238 The reason the highly educated left hates Elon is his IQ is higher than all of them combined. Plus he's mastered fields such as manufacturing, which makes things and requires more talent than tapping out shit on a keyboard.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 24, 2024 02:35 PM (wBaIH)

239 f we got rid of the income tax we would get rid of the unfairness of the bottom half paying nothing - and yet still getting to vote on how tax money is spent - AND the millionaires and billionaires not paying their fair share.

Posted by: torabora at December 24, 2024 02:15 PM (9gcdx)
_________________

What is the fair share of the 47% who pay bupkis in taxes? Hmm?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:35 PM (YqDXo)

240
In case you live under a rock...

media cuck john harwood is the 60-yr old fuckboy of D "senator" maria cantwell.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:36 PM (azvCj)

241 They shot Donald Trump in the head. He's President now. His skin can't GET any thicker....

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 02:37 PM (Akube)

242
Lololol. Well my former, as of 3 days ago, boss might agree with you.
Posted by: BCochran1981
----

I hope that proves for the best.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:37 PM (XeU6L)

243 Making good progress on tomorrow's Xmas dinner. The clam chowder is well along, and the scalloped potatoes are cooking as we speak. Tomorrow, it's poached green beans with shallots and toasted, sliced almonds, and tenderloin with jus.

It makes a big difference to do your prep ahead of time.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:37 PM (xCA6C)

244 Emmitt, the worst is when young NPR reporters have vocal fry combined with the dramatic, breathy radio talk.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 02:30 PM (Hkcdp)
________________

I was subjected to that crap in a car pool. The "late night jazz DJ" voice.

Grrrr.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

245
john cocksucker harwood has been pretending to be a "reporter" for NBC for decades

At one point, NBC fake "news" made john cuck harwood their "chief aviation expert" to report on airplane crashes, etc. He knew nothing about aviation.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:38 PM (azvCj)

246 Left's Newest NPC PsyOp: Trying to Get Trump to Turn on His Most Persuasive Ally Elon Musk by Claiming That Elon Musk is the President Now
_______________

I visualize this as the Left being little children outside with their noses pressed to the glass trying to influence the grownups inside.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

247 Elonia sounds like a country in a Marx brothers movie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:39 PM (63Dwl)

248 When I was a kid, my mom made quark paste. She'd strain it through cheesecloth to get the fermions out, and I got to lick the spoon! It tingled.
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 02:03 PM (1VvJB)

That is because the sixth flavor for quarks is Umami

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 02:39 PM (D7oie)

249 231 14 the bald chick who stole your luggage is President.

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 02:32 PM (Akube)

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

Dubbed "Atomic Tranny DogBoy" by Yudhishthira's Dice.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 02:39 PM (Dh304)

250 I was subjected to that crap in a car pool. The "late night jazz DJ" voice.

Grrrr.

Late night DJs, or alternative stations, didn't really do the vocal fry or uptalking, they just sounded like they'd OD'd on valium.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:40 PM (xCA6C)

251 Late night DJs, or alternative stations, didn't really do the vocal fry or uptalking, they just sounded like they'd OD'd on valium.
Posted by: Archimedes

Venus Flytrap.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:40 PM (E7mWg)

252 It's Christmas eve. Maybe Biden has remembered that he's a good Christian and not doing anything insane today or tomorrow. Who am I kidding , he doesn't remember anything and he's not doing anything

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 02:40 PM (DopAq)

253 36 I wonder how much of this is projection, since in fact most Democratic politicians (or any of the old guard/establishment, really) don't make there own decisions, but are controlled by a cabal of fantasy elites who tell them what to say/think/vote.

Are they honest about believing Musk is pulling strings because that is business as usual for them?

Posted by: GuardianB at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (EOY3X)

Yes, projection. Just because Joey is PINO (President in Name Only)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)

254
Are any of you watching Christmas shows now? Or at least have it on in the background?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:41 PM (azvCj)

255 maybe before the doom and gloom bs let him be inaugurated first?

Posted by: pphogg at December 24, 2024 02:41 PM (qwAWq)

256 An hour ago I saw a brutal take down of FJB's death sentence commutations, by a former DoJ attorney who prosecuted one of the worst of those scumbags. He asked why FJB believes his conscience is better or more important than the consciences of the jurors in the trials, the trial judges who gave the death sentence to the scumbags, and the Representatives and Senators who voted to re-establish the death penalty option for some Federal crimes. He also asked why FJB did not ask the families of the murdered persons for their comments about a possible death sentence commutation. Excellent questions that will never be answered.

FJB FJB FJB FJB

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 02:41 PM (aBgBM)

257 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:42 PM (E7mWg)

258 I hope that proves for the best.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 02:37 PM (XeU6L)

Thank you. I think it is. I’m moving on to a place that’s been actively after where I know the folks care about me personally and actively want me to succeed professionally.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:42 PM (fz7Mb)

259 Yosemite National Park’s Bracebridge Dinner has become a true American tradition since its inception in 1927 in the magnificent Yosemite Valley. This spectacular Christmas pageant takes place in the grand Dining Room, which is transformed into the majestic manor hall of American author Washington Irving’s legendary “Squire Bracebridge.”

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:43 PM (YSM/8)

260 Are any of you watching Christmas shows now?

Die Hard!

Posted by: That guy who always says... at December 24, 2024 02:43 PM (mH6SG)

261 I'm watching my neighbor as he tries to get all his inflatable decorations going. The 10 foot Santa is having problems. He fills with air, then deflates. Fills...deflates.
I told him Santa has erectile dysfunction.
We laughed over a beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:44 PM (W/lyH)

262 I’m moving on to a place that’s been actively after where I know the folks care about me personally and actively want me to succeed professionally.

Best of luck to you and Merry Christmas. Good to "see" you here again.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:45 PM (mH6SG)

263 Are any of you watching Christmas shows now?

Die Hard!
Posted by: That guy who always says

Rambo!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:46 PM (E7mWg)

264 not a Musk fanboy. Appreciate what he's done for Twiitter/X/free-speech. But a lot of his business ventures are crazy, but it's his money. Funny, though, that his former fanboys, all libtards, have now turned on him.
Posted by: Angzarr

Funny. Yes.

Predictable. Totally.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (JkCto)

265 A lot of people on the left have Musk Envy, it causes them to be crazy and angry. I know President Trump does not suffer from Musk Envy, even though Elon Musk has more money. They'll make a great team and drive the left crazier, I mean like whoppy gildberg crazy.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (LHPAg)

266 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:34 PM (vt7xw)

Looky look …

Merry Christmas carrot boy 🎄

Posted by: browndog lights the lamp at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (pY+ea)

267 If the Dems are saying Musk is the shadow president, does that mean they basically admit someone else is running things behind Biden? Because...yeah.

Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (OUMaO)

268 " ... beyond the Pale."

LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (cY18j)

269 I was up late one night on YouTube, when the algorithms get weird. I saw a video purporting to be an interview with Musk where he revealed some nefarious plans. It was AI, but it wasn't so obvious that people would catch it unless the content set off their BS meter and they took a closer look.

I really wish YouTube would label AI-enhanced content as scrupulously as they do anything that suggests there was something hinky about the 2020 election or the Covid narrative.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (Sf2cq)

270 Does anyone else think Kamala's laugh sounds just like a scared Daffy Duck?

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 03:22 PM (Akube)

271 Has there ever been a white person that got genuinely upset about being called cracker?

Posted by: blkemoji at December 24, 2024 03:42 PM (7a4RG)

272 Leftists Bottom Feeders not Happy want America to fall apart

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:31 PM (FLiOE)

273 He is Elon! You are like the buzzing of flies to him.

Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at December 24, 2024 04:40 PM (25QY+)

Whoopie Goldberg: Liberals Shouldn't Tear Their Hair Out Over Trump During the Holidays
Ana Navaro: No! We Definitely Should Pull Our Hair Out

Hello, friends. Happy Christmas Eve and also happy Hannukah Eve. (Hannakah starts on Christmas this year, I believe.)

A little early Christmas present:

Via David Strom, Newsbusters brings us this unfriendly fire incident.

Goldberg's lack of urgency to go nowhere triggered Navarro, who immediately started a shouting match and screeched about how people "need to prepare" for Trump and were "right to be in a panic."
In addition to falsely suggesting women in the military had something to fear from a Trump administration, Navarro also invoked the iconic "winter is coming" line from HBO's Game of Thrones to paint a dark picture of the next four years and insisted "they can't be relaxing and enjoying Christmas":

NAVARRO: No! Because we have the luxury of saying that because we're legal, we are successful, we are --
GOLDBERG: Listen --
NAVARRO: If you are an illegal immigrant in this country, you're not going to be not in panic! If you are a woman working for the Department of Defense, you have a right to be in a panic!
GOLDBERG: Ana, you tell people to say fraught and like this! That is not --
NAVARRO: No, I'm telling people to prepare, Whoopi! I'm telling people to prepare!
GOLDBERG: You think they aren't prepared? They are prepared. I'm saying to people --
NAVARRO: So, that means they can't be relaxing and enjoying Christmas when winter is coming!
GOLDBERG: No, it doesn't mean that! You know what? I'm sorry.
NAVARRO: I mean, I disagree!
GOLDBERG: Winter is -- Babe, winter is here! Winter has been with us!
"Yeah, but my point to you is we are in a privileged position that a lot of people are going to be under his attack are not!" Navarro shrieked. "I have a family who is going through the same thing! Ana, calm down!" Goldberg shot back.

The Greatest Mental Health Crisis in American History is, in fact, The Greatest.

Posted by: Ace at 12:17 PM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:17 PM (v6JzV)

2 Yesss! Happy Christmas Eve, Ace!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:18 PM (v6JzV)

3 Leftist women still have hair? I thought they shaved it all off.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 12:18 PM (pMi6S)

4 ===
M ake
A sylums
G reat
A gain

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 12:20 PM (Q4IgG)

5 The Guns of Navarro.

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 12:20 PM (i0F8b)

6
"How dare you 'Merry Christmas!'"
-- malaka harris (hiccup!)

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 12:20 PM (azvCj)

7 When Whoopi is the voice of reason, all is lost.

Posted by: Greystone Psychiatric Center at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (G5+As)

8 Waaay past time to cancel that show and replace it with...well....anything.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (vd6bO)

9 Good morning folks.

Posted by: OkJohn at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (NC/it)

10 So, harpies screeched at each other. In other news, two seagulls bickered over a rotten fish.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (pMi6S)

11 Whoopi knows something.

Wonder what it is.

Posted by: blaster at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (QfvaV)

12 In the spirit of reconcilation, I am willing to help them tear their hair out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:21 PM (wZ2Bf)

13 Wow, a couple of those chicks are actually decent-looking. The brunette on the far right, and the blonde next to Whoopi.

Somebody on the production team screwed up royally.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (v6JzV)

14 Peace on earth
Goodwill to men

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (Sf2cq)

15 multiple abortions and you talk about being with your family. cannot be trusted

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (QSrLX)

16 Holiday felicitations to you too, ace. Thanks for your poetry, cruelty, and creation of a safe space for dangerous insurrectionists.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (1m82a)

17 *slides an eclair towards Navarro*

Calm down, sugar tits.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (3Ope8)

18 Whoopi is on a sex strike.....maybe it's helping

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (EmT/E)

19
They shoulda made this one of those "talking" Christmas cards, this year:

https://is.gd/8CLUKg

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (azvCj)

20 Leftist women still have hair? I thought they shaved it all off.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 12:18 PM (pMi6S)

Good point.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (lFFaq)

21 8 Waaay past time to cancel that show and replace it with...well....anything.
Posted by: Don in SoC

I've been enjoying the Mr. Ed channel recently.

That, or reruns of My Mother the Car.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (pMi6S)

22 The Hutts hardest hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (wZ2Bf)

23 That such a show exists and that more than 78 people actually watch it is fairly dispositive evidence of a collapsed civic culture.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (1m82a)

24 Navarro sounds like Jose Jiménez.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (Yj6Os)

25 > Whoopi knows something.

Wonder what it is.
-----
A reckoning is coming.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (Q4IgG)

26
Ana is such a cholla bitch. She literally cannot control herself.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (+oR7L)

27 *slides an eclair towards Navarro*

Calm down, sugar tits.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 12:22 PM (3Ope

just a wafer thin mint....

Posted by: sturmtodler at December 24, 2024 12:23 PM (nsSpm)

28 Wimmens on The View should just stick with talking about things they know a lot about. Dryness in parts not mentioned, the last decade they needed a tampon, and cooties.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 12:24 PM (gm9Sb)

29 22 The Hutts hardest hit.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Bada-boom!

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 12:24 PM (pMi6S)

30 Sounds like they are afraid that the American people are not fearful enough.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:24 PM (Sf2cq)

31
Pretty hot. Wondering if they have plans tonight?

Posted by: Auspex at December 24, 2024 12:24 PM (q5rNo)

32 A Whoopie Goldberg post?!?

But I was planning on keeping my pants ON today!

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 12:25 PM (jvJvP)

33 What a henhouse.

Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at December 24, 2024 12:25 PM (bsw5R)

34 10 So, harpies screeched at each other. In other news, two seagulls bickered over a rotten fish.

rotten fish is best fish. fight me!

Posted by: seagull at December 24, 2024 12:25 PM (YKE1t)

35 "If you are a woman working for the Department of Defense, you have a right to be in a panic!"

Men that have "gender dysphoria disease" might need treatment instead of advancement. Same goes for actual women that advanced only due to DEI orders.

But they should not panic, and such moves might save us some ships, and maybe recruitment will become better if they drop the destructive DEI crap.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2024 12:25 PM (Cus5s)

36 Sakurajima, a volcanic island right off the city of Kagoshima in far southern Japan, is erupting, bigly. Don't think it's dangerous at this point. It's always smoking. Was there and when you tour the island you're almost guaranteed to get "ashed" with the plume, which gives you a nice sulfurous presence for a few days.

Love Kyushu, highly recommend visiting. Great pork. Interesting WWII sites near Kagoshima.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (1m82a)

37 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 12:24 PM (gm9Sb)

That was some unfortunate imagery. I now need brain bleach.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (lFFaq)

38 I'm so glad Navarro can enlighten us all with the transcendent wisdom of "Game of Thrones."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (sbNZT)

39 Box 'em all up, load them in sticks on c-17s and push them out at 3,000 feet. With used 82nd airborne parachutes of course.

But get them out of my country stat. I want them panicking. I want them not sleeping well.

I especially want the enablers, ngo, and funding streams discovered, published, shutdown, and punished so this shit doesn't ever happen again.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (MsrgL)

40
Wow, a couple of those chicks are actually decent-looking. The brunette on the far right, and the blonde next to Whoopi.

__________

Women watching The View: "You go, girl! Talk truth to power!"

Guys watching The View: "Nice boobs!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (dxSpM)

41 people "need to prepare" for Trump and were "right to be in a panic."

Why the panic? There is no shortage of lawyers for you to call.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 12:26 PM (GCKiK)

42 Rent-Free

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (Fg0Nr)

43 Whoopi knows something.
Wonder what it is.
Posted by: blaster

Her uti/fungal infection is in remission?

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (MsrgL)

44
Ana's GLP1 use is apparent. She's getting Ozempic face.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (+oR7L)

45 Sounds like they are afraid that the American people are not fearful enough.

Yep. Fear and anger are their stock in trade and people just aren't buying enough of it to keep them all in business.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (mWkc6)

46 30
And the reason it matters that Americans aren't fearful enough is because then the bad guys can't use fear to control everyone else. Fear is a pretty effective means of control because you can't reason with fear and so it is difficult to combat.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (Sf2cq)

47 Mollie Hemingway did "the minimally required journalism" (her words) and found out the chief accuser against Gaetz is now in prison for falsely accusing other men of the same things.

The MFM will report this in about 5 nevers.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (QZThv)

48 Build a huge immigrant relocation center in Rwanda.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (wZ2Bf)

49
Isn't Ana the fat chick on the diabetes pill commercial?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (dxSpM)

50 can get it to stop by fiddling with it. I have to lift the floater above full extension more than once and a flush in between. Weird. The shut off valve isn't shutting off.

It's pretty straightforward and it's about $15 at Lowe's I just don't want to go out in the cold and then work on a toilet.
Posted by: blaster at December 24, 2024 12:16 PM (QfvaV)

Feel around at the valve seat at the bottom of the tank to make sure there isn't any crud or fiber, or eroded seal material keeping the flapper from making a good seal. It could be that the flapper may be crumbling too.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (D7oie)

51 42 Rent-Free

head better declare that lack of rent as income!

Posted by: alvin bragg at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (YKE1t)

52 These people have convinced themselves that the world is about to end.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:29 PM (XeU6L)

53 especially want the enablers, ngo, and funding streams discovered, published, shutdown, and punished so this shit doesn't ever happen again.

Steiner will be home for Christmas.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 12:29 PM (YSM/8)

54 49
Isn't Ana the fat chick on the diabetes pill commercial?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (dxSpM)

The Little Pill with a Big Story to tell.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 12:29 PM (Fg0Nr)

55 52 Yep. Goes back to Obama saying sometimes he believes his own bullshit.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 12:30 PM (gm9Sb)

56 I just don't want to go out in the cold and then work on a toilet.
Posted by: blaster

There should be an adjustment knob to lower the float which may solve it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:30 PM (OLdK7)

57 Whoopie Goldberg is starting to channel her inner Redd Fox. Her tone, and rhythm is just right.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (D7oie)

58 You know what Whoopi's up to?
About 350.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (wZ2Bf)

59
These liberal panic buttons have been going off all over the web. I don't know what they're going to do when the Dark Ages fall to appear. Probably credit joe biden with leaving That Strong a legacy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (n7rxJ)

60 These people have convinced themselves that the world is about to end.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:29 PM (XeU6L)

maybe we get lucky and their world ends, as ours improves and advances...

Posted by: sturmtodler at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (nsSpm)

61 >>Isn't Ana the fat chick on the diabetes pill commercial?

She's one of those Cocaine Hippos.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (j6KoD)

62 It can be lunch time because I am home for tje holiday

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (fwDg9)

63
Steiner will be home for Christmas.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle

I should take my own advice. Hold out both hands, now put one behind you and crap in it while wishcasting in the other. Guess which one gets full first.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (MsrgL)

64 The folks going to Ana's house for Christmas dinner better eat beforehand, because that bitch is gonna be rage eating everything on the buffet.

Posted by: Roy at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (z+ik4)

65 Feel around at the valve seat at the bottom of the tank to make sure there isn't any crud or fiber, or eroded seal material keeping the flapper from making a good seal. It could be that the flapper may be crumbling too.
Posted by: Kindltot
-----

This. If the flapper is leaking, the tank will just be leaking down, at one rate or another.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (XeU6L)

66 Fear and anger are their stock in trade and people just aren't buying enough of it to keep them all in business.

Kamala's entire campaign was vague poorly defined fear. It's worked on some people. There was an HR email at work a few weeks ago saying they didn't believe legal immigrants were going to be deported if they left the country for the holidays (which is Madison Cornbread level fan fiction), but it's just ridiculous. What exactly would actual women at DoD have to fear? I mean, besides DOGE?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (QZThv)

67 Good morning!

My sister was worried about Trump. I told her he's not going to do any of the shit she's scared about. However, I did caution her that he IS going to fuck up in ways that she hasn't even thought of yet.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (1VvJB)

68 These liberal panic buttons have been going off all over the web. I don't know what they're going to do when the Dark Ages fall to appear. Probably credit joe biden with leaving That Strong a legacy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (n7rxJ)

i swear, i sludge around on reddit at times, and the commie left over there makes DU look sane, imo.

i just can't imagine what world they're living in.

Posted by: sturmtodler at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM (nsSpm)

69 47 Mollie Hemingway did "the minimally required journalism" (her words) and found out the chief accuser against Gaetz is now in prison for falsely accusing other men of the same things.

The MFM will report this in about 5 nevers.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Totally correct. Where does Gaetz go to get his reputation back?

And now I will spend the rest of the morning pondering "never" as a unit of measure.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 24, 2024 12:33 PM (vd6bO)

70 Whoopi looks like Star Trek's Neelix character now. It's an odd choice.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 12:33 PM (B46kE)

71 > These people have convinced themselves that the world is about to end.
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Suicide is painless....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 12:33 PM (Q4IgG)

72 Ana Navarro. I haven't seen her in a couple years. She looks at least 150lbs lighter. Ozempic, for sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 12:33 PM (BI5O2)

73 56 I just don't want to go out in the cold and then work on a toilet.
Posted by: blaster

There should be an adjustment knob to lower the float which may solve it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

I worked hard in life to live privily and to live rurally. I can pee off my back and front porch without giving it a thought.

Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (G5+As)

74 One of the school districts in the Portland area announced that it would fight Trump's efforts to establish a "Muslim registry".

Huh?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (uxCna)

75 Build a huge immigrant relocation center in Rwanda.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (wZ2Bf)

Pfft. Colombian President Gustavo Petro is threatening to organize thousands of "migrants" to invade the US in retaliation of any move by the US to take back the Panama Canal, a threat he has made openly and in the Colombian papers.

I suggest a "Migrant" relocation camp in the Darien in Panama, on the Colombian border, and not guard the Colombian side of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (D7oie)

76 Isn't Ana the fat chick on the diabetes pill commercial?
Posted by: Hadrian
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The ones dancing in the street?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (XeU6L)

77 Dear Whoopie, don't tear your hair out, just get the fuck out like you promised you would

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (YeN29)

78 70 Whoopi looks like Star Trek's Neelix character now. It's an odd choice.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 12:33 PM (B46kE)

"Captain, we've had a transporter malfunction!"

Posted by: Montgomery Scott fan fiction at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (PiwSw)

79 Why can't Whoopi get Ozempic?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (wZ2Bf)

80 Tip: in a pinch, pastrami and mozzarella can substitute for corned beef and provolone in a Reuben sandwich.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:35 PM (OLdK7)

81 Isn't Ana the fat chick on the diabetes pill commercial?
Posted by: Hadrian
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The ones dancing in the street?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (XeU6L)

wasn't that mick jagger and david bowie?

Posted by: sturmtodler at December 24, 2024 12:35 PM (nsSpm)

82 One of the school districts in the Portland area announced that it would fight Trump's efforts to establish a "Muslim registry".

Huh?
Posted by: The ARC of History!

I assume that Trump has said nothing about a Muslim registry.

It'd be useless, anyway. Actual Muslims would just pull out the ol' taqqiya card and lie about their religion.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:35 PM (v6JzV)

83 75 Build a huge immigrant relocation center in Rwanda.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Tell them, "You found your way to the US, find your way home from here".

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (YeN29)

84 Thanks so much , Ace

For all your hard work over many years in support of liberty and conservative, constitutional values. I will give a donation when I am next paid- and to CJN as well. Thanks to all the co-bloggers for all your fine work as well. I appreciate the political commentary but also appreciate a respite from politics with pets, art , etc as well,

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah as well!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (PEtP3)

85 59
These liberal panic buttons have been going off all over the web. I don't know what they're going to do when the Dark Ages fall to appear. Probably credit joe biden with leaving That Strong a legacy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (n7rxJ)

These people are used to dire predictions fizzling. We were all supposed to be dead from global warming about a dozen times now.

I suppose since they can't just reset their doomsday clock like they can on global warming, they'll just spend the next four years assuring everyone that something nefarious is going on behind the scenes that will explode on us any moment now!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (Sf2cq)

86 Whoopi looks like Star Trek's Neelix character now. It's an odd choice.

Between her and Big Mike being Michael Dorn's stunt double, they could get some real entertainment going in DC.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (QZThv)

87 Colombian President Gustavo Petro is threatening to organize thousands of "migrants" to invade the US in retaliation of any move by the US to take back the Panama Canal, a threat he has made openly and in the Colombian papers.

He wants Panama back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (OLdK7)

88 Why can't Whoopi get Ozempic?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:34 PM (wZ2Bf)

I suspect she is on one of them. However, there is only so much modern medicine can do

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (D7oie)

89 "Women are in danger!"

Yes they are. Of being burned alive on a subway car.

Posted by: fb at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (JVEmw)

90 75 IIRC the whole nation of Panama was taken over quickly by a Ranger BN during the Noriega kerfuffle. Then they had to drive him out of the Papal Nuncio's digs with loud rock music.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (gm9Sb)

91 Where does Gaetz go to get his reputation back?

He can go to the floor of Congress and create a new one: the guy who exposed the Congressional Hush Money Fund and those who have availed themselves of it.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (B46kE)

92 46 30
And the reason it matters that Americans aren't fearful enough is because then the bad guys can't use fear to control everyone else. Fear is a pretty effective means of control because you can't reason with fear and so it is difficult to combat.
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:27 PM (Sf2cq)

Also, Americans might not be fearful enough because they're Americans. Note her repeat of "illegal immigrants". They should be worried. But I don't think they by and large watch The View.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (lg881)

93 "NAVARRO: If you are an illegal immigrant in this country, you're not going to be not in panic!"

OMG! Illegals should be in a panic about deportation!!! They always should be. Anna, what part of illegal do you not understand? Do these people ever listen to themselves?

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (aBgBM)

94 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (rxSe+)

95 58 You know what Whoopi's up to?
About 350.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (wZ2Bf)

The old Stacey Abrams joke.

Sticks her head out of her car window and asks a driver "How do I get to 285 ?"

Driver says "Exercise"

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (Fg0Nr)

96 multiple abortions and you talk about being with your family. cannot be trusted
Posted by: Deplorable Minion

Women who can't remember quite how many abortions they've had need to learn to keep their knees together. And liberals think Whoopee is smart.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (0Htd1)

97 How many aircraft carrier battlegroups does Columbia have?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:37 PM (wZ2Bf)

98 I assume that Trump has said nothing about a Muslim registry.

It'd be useless, anyway. Actual Muslims would just pull out the ol' taqqiya card and lie about their religion.
Posted by: Bulg

Tire one of the Broads from The View to sniff their dicks. If it smells like goat shit, you know they're Muslim.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (YeN29)

99 One of the school districts in the Portland area announced that it would fight Trump's efforts to establish a "Muslim registry".

LOL. Where are these retarded theories coming from? I want to know so we can laugh at them first.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (QZThv)

100 Screeching harpies, get this, screech.
Film at 11.

Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (gxokI)

101 Feel around at the valve seat at the bottom of the tank to make sure there isn't any crud or fiber, or eroded seal material keeping the flapper from making a good seal. It could be that the flapper may be crumbling too.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:28 PM (D7oie)

The water where I am eats flappers. I replace them about once a year.
Don't buy the ones with the hole.

Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (xcIvR)

102 woopsie goldbug as the Voice of Reason?

nope, dint have that on my Bingo card ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (cY18j)

103 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Just took apple cookies out of the oven. Next up, trying the sticky toffee pudding recipe CBD shared on this Sunday's food thread.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 12:38 PM (JRHzL)

104 He wants Panama back.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (OLdK7)

Of course he does, but he has the Colombian army to do it with. With Venezuela backing.

. . . And that is like the Belgians asking the Germans to help them invade Holland

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 12:39 PM (D7oie)

105 The water where I am eats flappers.
Posted by: Reforger

It loves the turned-up noses and turned-down hose.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:40 PM (v6JzV)

106 Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah as well!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I remind, as I do once a day during this period, https://www.fbcradio.org/

Great traditional hymns/carols. Upper R. corner, click MP3 (works for me)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:40 PM (XeU6L)

107 Whoopi is on a sex strike.....maybe it's helping
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals

But the dildo industry is going to suffer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 12:40 PM (0Htd1)

108 Colombian President Gustavo Petro is threatening to organize thousands of "migrants" to invade the US in retaliation of any move by the US to take back the Panama Canal, a threat he has made openly and in the Colombian papers.

Shouldn't Panama have something to say about that first?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:40 PM (QZThv)

109 85 59
These liberal panic buttons have been going off all over the web. I don't know what they're going to do when the Dark Ages fall to appear. Probably credit joe biden with leaving That Strong a legacy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (n7rxJ)

These people are used to dire predictions fizzling. We were all supposed to be dead from global warming about a dozen times now.

I suppose since they can't just reset their doomsday clock like they can on global warming, they'll just spend the next four years assuring everyone that something nefarious is going on behind the scenes that will explode on us any moment now!
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 12:36 PM (Sf2cq)

We might be able to help.

Posted by: The Left, urging on Antifa, BLM, and all the Luigis at December 24, 2024 12:41 PM (lg881)

110 LOL. Where are these retarded theories coming from? I want to know so we can laugh at them first.
Posted by: Ian S.

Most come from DU.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 12:41 PM (YeN29)

111 We should never have given up the canal in the first place. Thanks, Jimmuh, you douche.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:41 PM (v6JzV)

112 Has American Airlines opened up yet ?
It's where I do all my Christmas shopping.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 24, 2024 12:41 PM (Fg0Nr)

113 VJust took apple cookies out of the oven. Next up, trying the sticky toffee pudding recipe CBD shared on this Sunday's food thread.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I hope you made enough for all of us, Ms. Digital.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:42 PM (v6JzV)

114 LOL. Where are these retarded theories coming from? I want to know so we can laugh at them first.
Posted by: Ian S.
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C'mon, man. It's right there in Project 2025, everyone knows it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:42 PM (XeU6L)

115 My sister was worried about Trump. I told her he's not going to do any of the shit she's scared about. However, I did caution her that he IS going to fuck up in ways that she hasn't even thought of yet.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:32 PM

My mother is 100% convinced that rfk is going to outlaw all vaccinations on day one and millions of kids will die as a result. It is impossible to convince her that isn't true.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2024 12:43 PM (Rcnd3)

116 They shoulda made this one of those "talking" Christmas cards, this year:

https://is.gd/8CLUKg
Posted by: Soothsayer

I wonder why people didn't warm up to her.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 12:43 PM (0Htd1)

117 Just before dawn this morning, I worked station T32TTT in East Kiribati on the 40m band. (It's also known as Christmas Island.) 50 watts and wires in trees.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:43 PM (1VvJB)

118 I assume that Trump has said nothing about a Muslim registry.

Of course - they are just playing off Trump's earlier so-called "Muslim ban" on immigration from certain countries.

Of course, that was not a ban on all Muslim countries (91% of the world's Muslims could still immigrate to the United States), but rather a ban on immigration from countries that refused to provide police reports on potential immigrants, or were so disorganized that they didn't have any police reports to provide (i.e. Somalia).

Most, but not all, of those counties were Muslim.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 12:43 PM (uxCna)

119 "GOLDBERG: listen -"

Oh THAT will end well. Did he also request that her tits be calmed?

Posted by: gKWVE at December 24, 2024 12:43 PM (KQSV1)

120 We should never have given up the canal in the first place. Thanks, Jimmuh, you douche.

This emphasis on the canal is clearly Trump's holiday gift to the Bidens for voting for him. He's re-applying the heat to Carter as the worst living President.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:44 PM (QZThv)

121 We should never have given up the canal in the first place. Thanks, Jimmuh, you douche.
Posted by: Bulg

That cements him as the worst president ever. You never cede real estate.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 12:44 PM (YeN29)

122 Is Whoopi starring in that new Netflix WWII series?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 12:44 PM (CW5Z7)

123 117 Just before dawn this morning, I worked station T32TTT in East Kiribati on the 40m band. (It's also known as Christmas Island.) 50 watts and wires in trees.

;_-_-_-_-_-
The very best antennae are homemade.....got a picture around here someplace.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (vd6bO)

124 I don't know what they're going to do when the Dark Ages fail to appear.

We've been ten years away from global warming killing us all for decades now, and that doesn't seem to affect them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (uxCna)

125
These people have convinced themselves that the world is about to end.

Put on your tennis shoes and wait for the comet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (63Dwl)

126 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:40 PM (XeU6L)

Thanks( I was trying to think of the call letters to that station earlier today but my aged brain couldn’t recall), so I appreciate you posting it again, Mike.
May you and those you care about have a blessed Christmas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (U/KVq)

127 Is she playing a Battleship?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (wZ2Bf)

128 Buncha old hags on cable teevee.

Posted by: Yawn at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (dg+HA)

129 Yes. She plays the postmaster general of Aachen.

Posted by: Geoff Tate at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (BMHsU)

130 "My mother is 100% convinced that rfk is going to outlaw all vaccinations on day one"

I'm afraid he's going to ban Twinkies

But seriously, I do think he has a zeal for increased govt regulation that I suspect will raise prices of food and medicine. We'll see.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (1VvJB)

131 Is Whoopi starring in that new Netflix WWII series?
Posted by: Anna Puma

She's playing the title role in "Tsar Bomba: The Movie."

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (v6JzV)

132 LOL. Where are these retarded theories coming from? I want to know so we can laugh at them first.
Posted by: Ian S.

They are all in Project 2025. We begin implementation in January.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (phd5d)

133 Replace the show with my 600 pound life. Was visiting relatives and laughed out loud at that one.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (Nv7RV)

134 Excellent DX, gp!

Congratulations!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 12:45 PM (cY18j)

135 >> Is Whoopi starring in that new Netflix WWII series?

The one about Black Magic Mailmen who are Women?

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (j6KoD)

136 Afternoon Ace. When you realize that The View is just every stupid TV show you've seen in movie dystopias, it all makes sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (DopAq)

137 I hope you made enough for all of us, Ms. Digital.
Posted by: Bulg
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Better hurry before I eat all the cookies...

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (JRHzL)

138 Should have made Panama a state.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (CW5Z7)

139 Lighter.....check.
Sleeping NYC subway passenger....check.
Illegal Guatemalan Nutjob....check.
Feliz Navidad to our loyal viewers!

Posted by: The View's Harridans at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (R/m4+)

140 The very best antennae are homemade.....got a picture around here someplace.
Posted by: Don
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My best ever was an 80M loop, strung high in the trees. Then, the ice storm came...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:46 PM (XeU6L)

141 No one - NO ONE - who needs to be told to calm down has the maturity to do so, or even to receive the advice in a rational manner.

But it's sure fun to watch Whoopi try to deliver it.

Posted by: Pippin at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (v04i8)

142
Is Whoopi starring in that new Netflix WWII series?

She is the Six Star Postmistress General

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (63Dwl)

143 Columbia and Panama were the same country once.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (wZ2Bf)

144 Relatives WITH cable that is

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (Nv7RV)

145 These people have convinced themselves that the world is about to end.

Put on your tennis shoes and wait for the comet.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

True story: There was this super-ditzy girl in my high-school class who tried to join that Heavan's Gate cult.

She was such a flake that even they rejected her.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (v6JzV)

146 We've been ten years away from global warming killing us all for decades now, and that doesn't seem to affect them.

We're almost 40 years in to the UN's most alarmist computer models being completely wrong and the UN continuing to ignore the models that did correctly predict the future. Trump has a shot at blowing up the entire field of climate scientology, but I suspect he'll be busy with more important things.

Still, apostasy is happening: Matt Yglesias got mass-blocked on Bluesky for wondering why rich liberals who believe in climate change keep buying beachfront property. Now nobody can hear him skeet.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (QZThv)

147 Ana Navarro worked for George W Bush which explains a lot.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (9yUzE)

148 , I worked station T32TTT in East Kiribati on the 40m band. (It's also known as Christmas Island.) 50 watts and wires in trees.
Posted by: gp Voted

I like how Kiribati demonstrates the absurdity of the English phonetics. I want to open a fish restaurant there named Ghoti.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (phd5d)

149 Happy Christmas Eve everyone.

Government services in the UK released a new batch of statistics the last few days. By their own figures, over 90% of deaths since 2022, from Covid and other factors, were among those who took the vaccine. For reference, 30% of the British population remained unvaccinated in mid-2022, and the ratios were already in that range.

Among those who were vaccinated, 80% of deaths were from the "vaccinated four times" category.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (jGGMD)

150 143 Columbia and Panama were the same country once.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:47 PM (wZ2Bf)

*Buffs nails*

Posted by: United Froot at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (ujXVj)

151 The country is Colombia

The river is Columbia

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 12:49 PM (CW5Z7)

152 "Then, the ice storm came..."

Showing one of the major advantages of wire antennas: they are cheap and easy to replace. Whatever antenna you choose, Mother Nature will surely destroy it someday, so I go cheap, and it takes only one guy (me) to install/repair them.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:49 PM (1VvJB)

153 >> Ana Navaro: No! We Definitely Should Pull Our Hair Out

How about have the salad and go on a diet. You look like a bowling ball with hair.

Posted by: Truthbomb at December 24, 2024 12:49 PM (9hg+r)

154 This meme with Trump buying Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal got the cbc propagandists all butt hurt this morning.

https://tinyurl.com/2bwdxhve

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 12:49 PM (jvJvP)

155 Make Mass Formation Psychosis Great Again

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 12:49 PM (RIvkX)

156 But they should not panic, and such moves might save us some ships, and maybe recruitment will become better if they drop the destructive DEI crap.
Posted by: illiniwek

Operating ships involves parallel parking? Uh, oh.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (0Htd1)

157 I suspect Trump's interest in the Panama Canal is, in part, because China probably has an interest in it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (Q4IgG)

158 I, for one, welcome RFK jr. if he reduces some of the excess chemical poison ingredients in our food.

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (IDphi)

159 Can I buy a damn vowel?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (wZ2Bf)

160 134 Thanks! I'm chuffed. I'm jacked to the tits.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (1VvJB)

161 Columbia and Panama were the same country once.
Posted by: Boss Moss

And like Argentina, they refuse to accept reality

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (phd5d)

162 >>>"My mother is 100% convinced that rfk is going to outlaw all vaccinations on day one"

So is my mother. Well, maybe "hoping" is a better choice of words.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 12:50 PM (jGGMD)

163 I like how Kiribati demonstrates the absurdity of the English phonetics. I want to open a fish restaurant there named Ghoti.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

It's the phonetics of the local pidgin/creole, the vocabulary of which is based on English, the phonetics of which probably not so much.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (v6JzV)

164 I suspect Trump's interest in the Panama Canal is, in part, because China probably has an interest in it too.

There's no probably. The second Panama took over the canal, they were signed up for China's Belt and Roads thing.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (QZThv)

165 I feel like the sewer departments in cities like LA and NYC have cause for action against Novo Nordisk. When millions of manatees like Navarro are shedding several average humans worth of body weight down their commodes, it's gotta be rough on the works.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (BI5O2)

166
The world is about to end. But you can get a 30-year mortgage with no problem.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (dxSpM)

167 Good one from the BEE..

https://tinyurl.com/mr2jfu3r

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (wDJaI)

168 Among those who were vaccinated, 80% of deaths were from the "vaccinated four times" category.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (jGGMD)

So, the jabs are working.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 12:51 PM (jvJvP)

169 Aren't all the wo....um people on the View bald?

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 12:52 PM (iziT8)

170 I will give a donation when I am next paid- and to CJN as well. Thanks to all the co-bloggers for all your fine work as well. I appreciate the political commentary but also appreciate a respite from politics with pets, art , etc as well,

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah as well!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Look look everyone!

Posted by: Watch me do something good! at December 24, 2024 12:52 PM (6KVV0)

171 The country is Colombia

The river is Columbia
Posted by: Anna Puma

The detective is Columbo.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:52 PM (v6JzV)

172 Among those who were vaccinated, 80% of deaths were from the "vaccinated four times" category.

Or as Taylor Lorenz calls them, "rookies".

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:52 PM (QZThv)

173
Showing one of the major advantages of wire antennas: they are cheap and easy to replace.
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Ha! Sez you. Getting that up through all of the surrounding trees was very difficult. The neighbors probably figured I was nuts, repeatedly firing a slingshot at the sky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

174 Mandatory jabbing for the welfare state.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (wZ2Bf)

175 43 Whoopi knows something.
Wonder what it is.
Posted by: blaster

Her uti/fungal infection is in remission?
Posted by: BifBewalski

Ya know, people might be eating lunch about now. Gag.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (0Htd1)

176 I've worked on several 'antenna parties,' where a half-dozen OFWGs put up a tower or a mast. It's difficult and hella dangerous work, and I ain't doing that no more!

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (1VvJB)

177 Colombia threatening to invade America is all the casus-belli Trump needs.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (ujXVj)

178 I like how Kiribati demonstrates the absurdity of the English phonetics. I want to open a fish restaurant there named Ghoti.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (phd5d)
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Keeping our phonetics an inconsistent mess helps to maintain our language supremacy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 12:53 PM (RIvkX)

179 Safe and effective.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:54 PM (wZ2Bf)

180 123 117 "This is T32TTT, the tower of power. And now we bring you the Beach Boys with 10 minutes of commercial free music". Hey, you, pass me a coconut.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 12:54 PM (gm9Sb)

181 I like how Kiribati demonstrates the absurdity of the English phonetics. I want to open a fish restaurant there named Ghoti.

English is roughly half German-derived and half Latin-derived and never the twain shall meet.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:54 PM (QZThv)

182 Colombia declared war on Brazil a century ago to capture the town of Leticia and secure the headwaters of the Amazon River.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 12:55 PM (CW5Z7)

183
So, the jabs are working.

Posted by: Stateless
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Much, much better than we hoped. We're now playing both ends of this with Paxlovid. It's amazing really, the ultimate win-win!

Posted by: Pfizer at December 24, 2024 12:55 PM (XeU6L)

184 Whoopie with a taint of sanity. What?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 12:55 PM (7qi4l)

185 Look look everyone!
Posted by: Watch me do something good! at December 24, 2024 12:52 PM (6KVV0)

Somebody woke up on the asshole side of the bed today.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 24, 2024 12:55 PM (lg881)

186 Isn't Colombia within sortie range of 3000 combat aircraft? Too much Bolivian marching powder.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (wZ2Bf)

187 If I'm going to drink all day I better get crackin!

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (iziT8)

188
English is the product of a drunken one-night hookup between Latin and German.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (dxSpM)

189 Ever see the comedian, Brian Regan's bit on dogs sitting on the porch barking for no reason?

"Hey...hey...hey.... ...hey, hey."

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (dIske)

190 182 Colombia declared war on Brazil a century ago to capture the town of Leticia and secure the headwaters of the Amazon River.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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And?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (7qi4l)

191 Funny what Whoopi appears to be Rea ting to is what the media does and what I've been talking about for YEARS.

We know how the Democrats and Media drive us crazy. But when they're not in power especially, they really turn on the Disruptors and spin their own people worse than you (on our side) can ever imagine being spun by them.

Whatever they give to us they do to their own ten times worse. I've talked to leftards driven to this point and it the same shit as you see from Whoopi. That's not Trump driving them crazy, it's a targeted operation from their own supposed side.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (uZ/9N)

192 Colombia declared war on Brazil a century ago to capture ...Leticia and secure the headwaters...
Posted by: Anna Puma

All the playas are after my headwaters.
-- Letitia James

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (v6JzV)

193 "Somebody woke up on the asshole side of the bed today."

The airing of Grievances?

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (iziT8)

194 Congrats, gp, on hitting Christmas Island. Santa is bringing me a Chelegance MC-750 and an Arrow yagi for satellite work, although the red-suited cheapskate used my PayPal for both orders!

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (jlHTf)

195 Don't tear your hair out proggy fascists. Burn it off.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (17s+e)

196 I am going with Hunter's Mobile Meth Lab

https://tinyurl.com/5d8648c4

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 12:57 PM (Fg0Nr)

197 English is the product of a drunken one-night hookup between Latin and German.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

More like Norse and French.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:58 PM (v6JzV)

198 Brazil fought Argentina over what is now Uruguay. Nobody won so neither side got it. It became independent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:58 PM (wZ2Bf)

199 English is the product of a drunken one-night hookup between Latin and German.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 12:56 PM (dxSpM)

Don't get me started on Dutch.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (jGGMD)

200 English is roughly half German-derived and half Latin-derived and never the twain shall meet.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 12:54 PM (QZThv)
====

Sacre bleu! You have given my joie de vive a coup de grace!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

201 hm. Maybe if you stop coming to our country illegally, you won't have anything to fear. Just a thought.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (lXCUP)

202 All I see when I look at Ana Navarro's legs are fat juicy chorizo sausages.

Posted by: Chris Christie at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (/U5Yz)

203 Brazil fought Argentina over what is now Uruguay. Nobody won so neither side got it. It became independent.
Posted by: Boss Moss

They should've just split it. Then they would've had a pair o' Guays.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (v6JzV)

204 " I assume that Trump has said nothing about a Muslim registry."

I just assume our NSA and other entities have a full list of which Americans are Christian, and which are MAGA, and who owns guns, etc. ... a "threat" (to the junta) assessment that has surveilled ALL America for a few decades now.

Those people that voice unapproved opinions at PTA meetings are much more of a "threat" than Muslims/Islamists.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (Cus5s)

205 "repeatedly firing a slingshot at the sky."

Last time I used a pressurized-air launcher. It's a kit made and sold by a radio club, JARC. My antennas are pretty low, barely reach HAAT, but they work fine. More DX than I could ever possibly work, especially now.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (1VvJB)

206 200 Sisu! Look that up in your Funk and Wagnal's.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2024 01:00 PM (gm9Sb)

207 Whoopie is the anthropomorphization of that not-so-fresh feeling.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 01:00 PM (iziT8)

208 Brazil fought Argentina over what is now Uruguay. Nobody won so neither side got it. It became independent.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:58 PM (wZ2Bf)
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Paraguay fought all comers and got something like 90% of the male population wiped out.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 24, 2024 01:00 PM (6K6Eu)

209 and an Arrow yagi for satellite work, although the red-suited cheapskate used my PayPal for both orders!
Posted by: PabloD
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If only I had known, would'a sent my now-unused piece as a Christmas present.

Too bad I can't link to pics of my home brew tracking mount.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a vanity call at December 24, 2024 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

210 178 I like how Kiribati demonstrates the absurdity of the English phonetics. I want to open a fish restaurant there named Ghoti.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2024 12:48 PM (phd5d)
====
Keeping our phonetics an inconsistent mess helps to maintain our language supremacy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
-------------

It's a romantic thing preserving a bit of the origin of the new word.
It's very similar to the way we historically labeled the calibers of guns and cartridges.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 01:01 PM (7qi4l)

211 never had an antenna that wasn't wire up in the trees ... best one was the real G5RV - a 102' "dipole" fed with ladder line.

(that was the all-band antenna G5RV actually used, not the thing that commonly bears the name)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:01 PM (cY18j)

212 One of the school districts in the Portland area announced that it would fight Trump's efforts to establish a "Muslim registry".

Huh?
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Maybe they could stop worrying about a Muslim registry, and do something about their homeless junkie problem.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 01:01 PM (0Htd1)

213 Sacre bleu! You have given my joie de vive a coup de grace!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

Slap a hot iron on it.
And Gesundheit.

Posted by: Reforger at December 24, 2024 01:01 PM (xcIvR)

214
Brazil fought Argentina over what is now Uruguay. Nobody won so neither side got it. It became independent.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 12:58 PM (wZ2Bf)

_________

The Eastern Front in WWI. Every side involved - Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey - lost.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 01:02 PM (dxSpM)

215 Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 12:31 PM (n7rxJ)

*fail to appear

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 01:02 PM (n7rxJ)

216 194 Very cool!

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:02 PM (1VvJB)

217 Paraguay fought all comers and got something like 90% of the male population wiped out.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Yep. War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:02 PM (v6JzV)

218 currently I just have a 41' end fed, just a field antenna "permanently" installed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:03 PM (cY18j)

219 “Look look everyone!
Posted by: Watch me do something good!”

Ok I’ll watch you, o new “froward” handle . Do something good. 😊

BTW, I usually encourage people to donate to ASHQ ever year about this time and other times as well. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 01:03 PM (kAsWf)

220 Paraguay fought all comers and got something like 90% of the male population wiped out.

*whistling* - Vladimir Zelensky

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 01:03 PM (QZThv)

221 What was this,box wine withdrawal?

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 01:03 PM (Akube)

222 211 EFHW's here, outside. Inside, ground-plane verticals and a wall-mounted 6m dipole.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:03 PM (1VvJB)

223 The Eastern Front in WWI. Every side involved - Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey - lost.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Not Romania.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:04 PM (v6JzV)

224 211 never had an antenna that wasn't wire up in the trees ... best one was the real G5RV - a 102' "dipole" fed with ladder line.

(that was the all-band antenna G5RV actually used, not the thing that commonly bears the name)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

My home antenna is a doublet cut for 40M. 75ft of 300 ohm window line to a 4:1 transformer and short (8ft) piece of coax that enters the house. It has been up for 10 years and works very well on most bands. Height is at 30 ft.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2024 01:04 PM (/U5Yz)

225 Tards having a tardfight? And here's me, with no popcorn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:04 PM (8zz6B)

226 currently I just have a 41' end fed, just a field antenna "permanently" installed.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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At this point, all that remains for me is a 40M doublet, strung lengthwise in the attic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a vanity call at December 24, 2024 01:04 PM (XeU6L)

227 A box of Franzia and a Snuggie

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (wZ2Bf)

228 BTW, I usually encourage people to donate to ASHQ ever year about this time and other times as well. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You gearing up for a Christmas-Eve service, Fen?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (v6JzV)

229 Christmas Ham Radio

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (j6KoD)

230 218 Two EFHWs, a 10-40 and a 10-80. They work wonderfully. In extra good conditions like these, you could probably work DX with a bowling ball if you got the right balun to match it.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (1VvJB)

231 I had a toilet that would run constantly. Turned out the links of the chain would tangle with each other preventing the proper drop. I squeezed each link with my fingers.

Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (w9ItN)

232
Not Romania.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:04 PM (v6JzV)

_________

Germany kicked their ass. Like, they fell apart almost immediately.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (dxSpM)

233
One of the school districts in the Portland area announced that it would fight Trump's efforts to establish a "Muslim registry".

Huh?
Posted by: The ARC of History!

≈================

Another liberal panic that will fail to pan out. And the school district will credit their efforts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2024 01:06 PM (n7rxJ)

234 I hear lots of good about the Chelegance, Pablo; hope it works well for you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:07 PM (cY18j)

235 Germany kicked their ass. Like, they fell apart almost immediately.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yes, the first time. But then they got back in the war late and were on the winning side at the end.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:07 PM (v6JzV)

236 Arrow >> Elk

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2024 01:07 PM (/U5Yz)

237 Criminals are nervous! It's TERRIBLE.

You know who else is scared sometimes? People being lit on fire.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (uZ/9N)

238 she called on everyone to give their money to rejected former Congresswoman Liz Cheney in case she was investigated and prosecuted by the Department of Justice

What is it the Left is always telling us? If you did nothing wrong, why worry about an investigation?
LOL

Oh, Trump's gonna "politicize" the DOJ? You mean like Obama and Bidens' admins did? LOL, go sit on a Christmas tree, Ann.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (ynpvh)

239 I should take a nap, or feel like a slug the rest of the day.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (fwDg9)

240 HEY PEOPLE!!!!!

Listen, this is awesome! You're going to like this!

So yesterday was stressful. My dad's cousin passed away. Bummer. And the boy spawn reminded me that he and his lady will be here in the morning since her family has "no time management skills at all" her words. They said this last year but I forgot about it. So now I'm planning the Christmas dinner thing and they are going to be here at 0700. Holy shit! What am I gonna do for a big breakfast feast?!?! I was about to get unstacked when my beloved spawn, both of them said coffee and donuts! Now I'm trying to figure out where to get donuts when the girl spawn says the bakery in town. So I just got back from picking up the delicious donuts. Small town is dead as a hammer. No one out on the street, few cars. On the way out of town I spotted the local police officer who is trying to catch speeding cars. He isn't hiding. Just sitting on the side of the road so any oncoming traffic from any direction can see the POLICE written on the vehicle. I check my speed and look over to give a friendly wave and Officer Short Straw is..DRESSED LIKE SANTA!!!! The tactical sunglasses were great!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (4XwPj)

241 The sadder she gets the more she binge eats.

Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (KQk9m)

242 I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 24, 2024 01:09 PM (dg+HA)

243 Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (v6JzV)

Yes; Printing the bulletins now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 01:09 PM (kAsWf)

244 doublet, that was the word I was looking for, not "dipole", thanks!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:09 PM (cY18j)

245 Cleaning the house.

Step 1. Comb the dog.

Step 2. Newly added. Comb the 2 visiting cats. Done. Incredibly fluffy and soft. Like petting a cloud.

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 01:09 PM (jvJvP)

246 86 but would that look like gay porn or not? And who was top? Does Obama still wear the pinafore?

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 01:10 PM (Akube)

247 Yes; Printing the bulletins now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

When I was in Monterey, and attending the Presbyterian Church there, I volunteered to help the old guy who printed up the bulletins. This was before computers. We used an old-fashioned mimeograph machine.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:10 PM (v6JzV)

248 227 A box of Franzia and a Snuggie

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 01:05 PM (wZ2Bf)

Hah!
The other day, looking for a small blanket. Came across a Snuggie wifie bought years ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:10 PM (ynpvh)

249 Thanks, sock. I'm just hoping I won't be dealing with too high of a noise floor in my suburban environment. One day I may turn the attic into an antenna farm, but for now I need a portable solution I can quickly set up and take down.

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2024 01:11 PM (jlHTf)

250 Accidental child named Bob that's spelled Bombe and pronounced bomb. Ghetto names are the direct descendants of the English Vowel Shift.

Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2024 01:11 PM (GxmKP)

251 by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (4XwPj)

Enjoy the delicious donuts and your family, and I think it’s great that the policeman is dressed Santa Claus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 01:11 PM (kAsWf)

252 LOL, MadameMayhem!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:11 PM (cY18j)

253 Didn’t they say the same thing in 2016?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (D6PGr)

254 So the gaetz report was just another bogus peewhore dossier?

The whole seriousness of the accusation is enough to disqualify horseshit again

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (OA79/)

255 Cleaning the house.

Step 1. Comb the dog.

Step 2. Newly added. Comb the 2 visiting cats. Done. Incredibly fluffy and soft. Like petting a cloud.
Posted by: Stateless

I once saw a parody of Martha Stewart about preparing your home for the holidays step-by-step.

One of the steps was:

"Take dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble."

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (v6JzV)

256 It’s a terrible thing that people who have broken our laws to get here, and are likely breaking others to stay here are freaking out.

Just terrible, I tell you!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (Hkcdp)

257 246 86 but would that look like gay porn or not? And who was top? Does Obama still wear the pinafore?

Posted by: Richard McEnror at December 24, 2024 01:10 PM (Akube)

Obama pina-fore guys at once...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (ynpvh)

258 Another take on what kind of movie Die Hard is:

https://is.gd/Vf6XQE

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 01:13 PM (PiwSw)

259
"Take dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble."

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:12 PM (v6JzV)

Pretty accurate.....

Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 01:13 PM (jvJvP)

260 Police Santa, ho ho ho!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (Hkcdp)

261 258 Another take on what kind of movie Die Hard is:

https://is.gd/Vf6XQE

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 01:13 PM (PiwSw)

It is this year...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

262 >> So the gaetz report was just another bogus peewhore dossier?

It's a scathing assertion of Not Facts based in Not Evidence.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (j6KoD)

263 It'd be useless, anyway. Actual Muslims would just pull out the ol' taqqiya card and lie about their religion.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:35 PM (v6JzV)

"Mohammed Hassan Abbas Mohammed?"

"Lutheran, ma'am."

"Riiiight!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (8zz6B)

264 260 Police Santa, ho ho ho!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (Hkcdp)

so vice squad?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

265 Another take on what kind of movie Die Hard is:

https://is.gd/Vf6XQE
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

James Lileks says it isn't a Christmas movie, and I agree with him.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (v6JzV)

266 yeah, Pablo, cheap chinese switching wallwarts are the bane of ham radio; escaping them was what led me into portable operating from parks before I ever heard of POTA / SOTA

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 01:15 PM (cY18j)

267 263 It'd be useless, anyway. Actual Muslims would just pull out the ol' taqqiya card and lie about their religion.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 12:35 PM (v6JzV)

"Mohammed Hassan Abbas Mohammed?"

"Lutheran, ma'am."

"Riiiight!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (8zz6B)

The Lex Lutherans, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:15 PM (ynpvh)

268 https://is.gd/Vf6XQE
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Hah. I don’t care who you are that right there is funny.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (D6PGr)

269 Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:10 PM (v6JzV

Thank was kind of you. The old guy doing
the bulletins is FenSpouse. 😉 He’s using a computer printer but in a previous job he was a typesetter with the old style big printers. I suppose huge churches still have to have bulletins sent out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke- at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (kAsWf)

270 've worked on several 'antenna parties,' where a half-dozen OFWGs put up a tower or a mast. It's difficult and hella dangerous work, and I ain't doing that no more!

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This

I really need to get up off my a$$ and upgrade to the General license. I live on a slope that faces North and could actually install a full wave 40m wire antenna aimed at 0° for over the pole troposphere skip.

Currently using an attic single wire antenna and the USB dongle to listen to everything that one can bring in.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (MsrgL)

271 I'm trying to watch the Tucker interview of Jeffrey Sachs, but this guy is a whack job. So many wild, unsupported, and ahistorical assertions. And Tucker questions none of it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

272 I might actually join the Lex Lutherans if they existed.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 01:17 PM (iziT8)

273 >>I'm trying to watch the Tucker interview of Jeffrey Sachs, but this guy is a whack job. So many wild, unsupported, and ahistorical assertions. And Tucker questions none of it.

Sachs is joke.

Anyone with a hairpiece that bad loses any/all expertise they claim in my estimation.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:17 PM (j6KoD)

274 so vice squad?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2024 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

LoL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (kAsWf)

275 Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

I missed whether you answered my question on Carolla on the Scarmucci interview?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (D6PGr)

276
The Radio Boys on AoSHQ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (dxSpM)

277 I'm trying to watch the Tucker interview of Jeffrey Sachs, but this guy is a whack job. So many wild, unsupported, and ahistorical assertions. And Tucker questions none of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Is that the "Churchill should've made the peace with Hitler" whackjob?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (v6JzV)

278 Anyone with a hairpiece that bad loses any/all expertise they claim in my estimation.
Posted by: garrett

That right there is both funny and true. Nice!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (4XwPj)

279 Sachs is a well developed Polyp that escaped Howard Zinn's bowels.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (j6KoD)

280 NY Post: ‘Squad’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley praises Biden for controversial commutations: ‘Death penalty is racist’

Which means the black monsters that got the death penalty were convicted for crimes committed by racism. The clown world continues unchecked.

In other news Biden commutated the death penalty sentences of all the black monsters plus some others.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj8)

281 Jeffrey Sachs: the Israelis want sovereignty from the Nile to the Euphrates.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:19 PM (RIvkX)

282 The old guy doing the bulletins is FenSpouse. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're paying him union scale, I hope.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:19 PM (v6JzV)

283 I've often wondered if, just out of sight of the cameras on the set of The View, there are a couple of doctors armed with sedatives and EpiPens, and a few large men in white jackets carrying extra-large butterfly nets.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (mADJX)

284 Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 01:16 PM (MsrgL)

I can highly recommend this study website.

https://is.gd/SWRUFM

The cost is about what you would pay for the books, and they keep the questions updated for the current test. You'll be able to crush both the General and Amateur Extra with these guys.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (PiwSw)

285 270 When I'm just listening to stuff, I use RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle receivers, instead of my base-station rig. Those little receivers cost only $30, and they work as good as any other rcvr I've ever used, including my Flex. The guys who reverse-engineered those things and figured out how to turn them into general-purpose rcvrs are Genius-Level Hackers.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (1VvJB)

286 Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:08 PM (4XwPj)

And sorry about the death of a loved one in your family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (kAsWf)

287 Is that the "Churchill should've made the peace with Hitler" whackjob?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (v6JzV)
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Nah that was some other dope.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (RIvkX)

288 I'm trying to watch the Tucker interview of Jeffrey Sachs, but this guy is a whack job. So many wild, unsupported, and ahistorical assertions. And Tucker questions none of it. Posted by: San Franpsycho

Is it just me but I am thinking Trucker is starting to look a lot like Art Bell.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (Q8Bj8)

289 Biden over turns the will of the people and makes a joke out of our justice jury system.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:20 PM (D6PGr)

290 Gotta wonder if that "blue on blue" F18 fighter downing was partly a DEI caused incident .... seems to happen a lot.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2024 01:21 PM (Cus5s)

291 >>Is it just me but I am thinking Trucker is starting to look a lot like Art Bell.

I feel like he wants to be the next Alex Jones.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:21 PM (j6KoD)

292 "The radio Boys on AoSHQ."

Just mentioning an antenna or rare DX contacts is like baiting a nerd trap.

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2024 01:22 PM (jlHTf)

293 Is that the "Churchill should've made the peace with Hitler" whackjob?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (v6JzV)
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Nah that was some other dope.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

So what's this dope's shtick?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 01:22 PM (v6JzV)

294 I feel like he wants to be the next Alex Jones.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 01:21 PM (j6KoD)

Without the lawsuit judgement.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:22 PM (D6PGr)

295 Is it just me but I am thinking Trucker is starting to look a lot like Art Bell.

Tucker will have anyone on now, regardless of position, and allow them unlimited rope with which to hang themselves for the listener. People need to figure out how to decide for themselves if the guest makes any damn sense instead of letting media outlets do it for them.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2024 01:23 PM (QZThv)

296 I really need to get up off my a$$ and upgrade to the General license. I live on a slope that faces North and could actually install a full wave 40m wire antenna aimed at 0° for over the pole troposphere skip.
Posted by: BifBewalski

That is so hot.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 01:23 PM (Q8Bj8)

297 I missed whether you answered my question on Carolla on the Scarmucci interview?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:18 PM (D6PGr)
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Carolla is usually very respectful, and Scaramucci was there to sell his book, so it sounded to me very commercial and transactional. It seemed clear to all involved this was Scaramucci monetizing Trump's resurgence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:23 PM (RIvkX)

298 "I have a family who is going through the same thing! Ana, calm down!" Goldberg shot back.

Yeah, in her basement.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 01:24 PM (0ljUU)

299
I can highly recommend this study website.

https://is.gd/SWRUFM

The cost is about what you would pay for the books, and they keep the questions updated for the current test. You'll be able to crush both the General and Amateur Extra with these guys.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Thank You!

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 01:24 PM (MsrgL)

300 NAVARRO: If you are an illegal immigrant in this country, you're not going to be not in panic!

So criminals should be worried that the government might make them stop committing a crime?

Again there is nothing stopping illegals from going home...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 01:25 PM (oZhjI)

301 nood

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (1VvJB)

302 Whoopi should have tossed a fresh tamale or donut at Ana.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (tT6L1)

303 Then: They are gonna put y'all in chains!

Now: Whoopie Goldberg: Liberals Shouldn't Tear Their Hair Out Over Trump During the Holidays

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 01:26 PM (oZhjI)

304 Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:23 PM (RIvkX)

Thanks . I can see Carolla respecting the guest he had on specifically to sell their book rather than just a regular interview where I would expect respectful push back on things he didn’t agree with.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 01:27 PM (D6PGr)

305 I think it's amusing Navarro got so hysterical she forgot to use the pc term for illegal immigrants. I hope she hears about it from her bosses.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 01:27 PM (tT6L1)

306 Gotta wonder if that "blue on blue" F18 fighter downing was partly a DEI caused incident .... seems to happen a lot.

"You said to fire at Will, so I did!"

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 01:27 PM (0ljUU)

307 Whoopi Goldberg is a vile creature but she has a pleasant voice. It's not shrill or nasal. It's something I noticed when she played the character Guinon on Star Trek:TNG.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2024 01:28 PM (4XwPj)

308
Just to point out the reference, The Radio Boys was one of those Tom Swift-Hardy Boys young adult series about a century ago. In one I read for the hell of it, the boys were harvesting chestnuts from the trees, which should tell you how old the books were.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 01:28 PM (dxSpM)

309 >> My Mother the Car

That show still holds the title of "Worst sitcom ever". It's a cliche for a terrible TV show.

But I watched it a few years ago when one of the MeTV-like stations was running it.

Compared to the dreck they put out now, it's nothing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 01:28 PM (w6EFb)

310 Tucker will have anyone on now, regardless of position, and allow them unlimited rope with which to hang themselves for the listener. People need to figure out how to decide for themselves if the guest makes any damn sense instead of letting media outlets do it for them.

This is a point that should be shouted from the roof tops.

The FNM line is that people are idiots and if they hear a liar will automatically believe those lies so the stupid populace needs someone to curate what they are allowed to hear.

This should make everyone, of any political stripe, furious.

Of course that the FNM are the biggest liars around makes all this worse - and seriously compare say Alex Jones v the FNM in recent years as to who has been more accurate and honest. And no that isn't a high bar but...that's the point.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (oZhjI)

311 Sachs is a long time and rather infamous professor from MIT who is an antisemite, obviously

All nefarious motivations are assigned to a single, unexplained source.Its remarkable. If you have ever conversed with people with dementia, its like that. Weaving a crazy cloth from a single thread.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:29 PM (RIvkX)

312 “You're paying him union scale, I hope. “

No, he’s not in the union, just an around helpful guy who types much better and faster than I do.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (kAsWf)

313 That show still holds the title of "Worst sitcom ever". It's a cliche for a terrible TV show.

But I watched it a few years ago when one of the MeTV-like stations was running it.

Compared to the dreck they put out now, it's nothing.

I turned on "prime time" the other day and there was some show on about a black family with I guess an annoying white neighbor. The show wasn't political or offensive so I give it that but it was like someone took the old standards of 20 years ago, beat all the humor out of it, and repackaged it with current actors.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (oZhjI)

314 He sounds like the Alfred Rosenberg of modern academic anti-semitism.

What is more shocking is Tucker's lack of all skepticism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:30 PM (RIvkX)

315 Yes Tucker as an interviewer lets his guests answer. You decide.

Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2024 01:31 PM (KQk9m)

316 Jeffrey Sachs: the Israelis want sovereignty from the Nile to the Euphrates.

Sure, Jan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 01:19 PM (RIvkX)

The Middle East would be a much safer place were they to exercise that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (8zz6B)

317
Yes; Printing the bulletins now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Heh. No sooner do I offer the link to FBC then the broadcast is a sermon. Always fundamentalist, of course. Every now and then, it will be a Bob Jones recording. 'Intense' is the word I would use.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a vanity call at December 24, 2024 01:34 PM (XeU6L)

318 It's odd how the harridans of The View have this strange mishapprehsion that they're sane.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 24, 2024 01:36 PM (kTd/k)

319 Navarro is legal having been born here, and her wealthy parents are likely legal also.

But maybe there are cousins we can deport.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 24, 2024 01:38 PM (KiBMU)

320 It's odd how the harridans of The View have this strange mishapprehsion that they're sane.
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Self-delusion. And all within the bubble constantly promote/reinforce that mentality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a vanity call at December 24, 2024 01:39 PM (XeU6L)

321 God, who can watch that? Who would want to?

I hope that the Trump renaissance ushers in the dechickification of American culture.

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Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 12:55 PM (CW5Z7)

Which it did, and to this day Leticia is the capital of the Amazonas department.

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323 Totally correct. Where does Gaetz go to get his reputation back?

And now I will spend the rest of the morning pondering "never" as a unit of measure.
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