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Christmas Cookies Open Thread
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 04:49 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2025 04:50 PM (aT5K/)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2025 04:50 PM (Ffc+8)
Posted by: Homer S. at December 25, 2025 04:51 PM (2HfbY)
A blind man enters a lesbian bar by mistake. He finds his way to a barstool and orders a drink. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender in a loud voice, "Hey bartender, you wanna hear a dumb blonde joke?"
The bar immediately falls deathly quiet. In a deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is just fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things..
One: The bartender is a blonde woman.
Two: The bouncer is a blonde woman.
Three: The woman sitting next to me is blonde and is a professional boxer.
Four: The lady to your right is a blonde and is a professional wrestler.
Five: I'm a 6-foot, 200 pound blonde woman with a Ph. D., a black belt in karate, and a very bad attitude. Now, think about it seriously, mister.
Do you still want to tell that joke?"
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head and says, "Nah. Not If I'm gonna have to explain it five times."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:52 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: C. Monster at December 25, 2025 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 04:54 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 25, 2025 04:54 PM (IzI84)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 04:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:52 PM (IS8kY)
As a blond- I laughed - And approve
Posted by: LASue at December 25, 2025 04:55 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:52 PM (IS8kY)
*snort
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 04:56 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 04:59 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:59 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 25, 2025 04:59 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 04:54 PM (wzUl9)
"Can you imagine a greater disgrace than a
Away, away with rum, by gum, with rum, by gum.
Away, away with rum, by gum, is the song of the Temperance Union."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yeah, a Chinook would be easier than driving through the snow.
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 25, 2025 05:01 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:01 PM (npFr7)
Miss Linda is going to roast some chicken this evening, so I'd better not snack beforehand.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 05:02 PM (wzUl9)
Then it just CLIX.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 05:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Anti-freeze
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 05:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (q6tQZ)
The highways are mostly clear and dry. If a real thaw sets in, they will rapidly become wet and muddy, and I will go through windshield washer fluid like Hunter Biden goes through a mound of coke.
Looks like I may hit fine weather in southern Montana, or else in Idaho.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:04 PM (npFr7)
I miss the days when we could tell a good Polock, Aggie, or Blonde joke without getting canceled or killed.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 05:05 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2025 05:06 PM (AN2gy)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:06 PM (kP+WN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 05:03 PM (XeU6L)
I'd make a pass with snow blower, then stop and warm my gloved hands in the exhaust stream exiting the muffler. Then put my warmed gloves on my ears. Then another pass. There was a bit of a North wind, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:07 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 04:56 PM
The rotor wash from a Chinook will definitely clear snow.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2025 05:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:01 PM (npFr7)
An Earl Holliman reference?!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:07 PM (kP+WN)
Cavorting. Definitely cavorting. And frolicking.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:06 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Gamboling at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 05:05 PM (a4flb)
I was an instructor at the Army's Intelligence School when the order came down: No More Ethnic jokes. So all the jokes became 2nd Lieutenant jokes. Just as funny.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:07 PM (kP+WN)
Who dat? I guess not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM (npFr7)
I wonder if anybody leaves pot brownies out for Santa. He could stand to chill in a hot tub with a blondie (lesbian or no) and a bottle of Tickled Pink after a hard night of package delivery.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 05:09 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Gamboling at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM (0sNs1)
You can now gambol online with FanDuel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:09 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 04:56 PM (npFr7)
Safe travels Grey Box Friend!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 25, 2025 05:10 PM (AoAME)
The ship was supposedly registered in Panama, but when the Admin contacted Panama about it, they said that the Bella had turned its transponders off and refused all communications for months. Panama disavowed anything to do with it, which means that the Bella was subject to seizure and confiscation by any Navy that wanted to take it.
And we just did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 05:10 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM
Clearly you had no moral compass which to map to.
Posted by: Butter Bars at December 25, 2025 05:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 05:11 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:07 PM (npFr7)
I make passes at snow blowers all the time.
Posted by: Frosty at December 25, 2025 05:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2025 05:12 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: T. Brady at December 25, 2025 05:12 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:12 PM (kP+WN)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (2Ez/1)
Lord of the Rings 1776, featuring Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, George Soros, Sydney Sweeney, Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk.
Quite funny...
https://tinyurl.com/22m48b5y
Posted by: One-Eyed Willy at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (0z2bC)
Well, Merry Christmas to all of you in the Horde. I'm full of prime rib, mashed potatoes, green beans, and carrots.
Miley scored actual USDA Prime rib roast as opposed to Choice ($12.99/lb). It was darned good.
It was a warm one. Yesterday, I topped out at 79.3F, but today, 78.1F. GSP set a daily record yesterday at 75F, beating the old one of 71F set in '61. Christmas day record was 78F, set in '55, but they didn't make that. Looks like the official will 76F. Didn't get quite as much sun today as yesterday.
This warm spell will bump up the avg temp for Dec, which was pretty low up to now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (kP+WN)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 05:08 PM
Clearly you had no moral compass which to map to.
Posted by: Butter Bars at December 25, 2025 05:10 PM (0sNs1)
Used orienting line.
Want to buy some?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (2WIwB)
Just checking in...
Spent much of the afternoon replaying an oldie but a goodie: Neverwinter Nights 2 (Enhanced Edition).
I had forgotten how retarded the AI can be. Makes Tim Walz look like a genius.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2025 05:14 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 05:15 PM (pkeXY)
And we just did."
+++
I voted for this.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 05:15 PM (2Ez/1)
https://youtu.be/DyH9UPRBUQY
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 05:12 PM (kP+WN)
Heh.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:15 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 05:15 PM (2Ez/1)
In spades!
I don't think there is a single thing the President has done that displeases me.
He says a bunch of shit that I don't like, but that is a very different thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 05:21 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 05:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 25, 2025 05:21 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:22 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 05:25 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 05:25 PM (xTuYU)
Still opening presents with extended in-law families in the Inland Empire. I got a copy of Kennedy's 'How to Test Negative for Stupid' book.
Rib roasts cooking away. More families expected later this afternoon.
The torrential storms skipped over Christmas but I guess we'll have a rainy ride back to Orange County tonight.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 25, 2025 05:25 PM (AoAME)
Posted by: Max Power at December 25, 2025 05:26 PM (Qo/XF)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 25, 2025 05:26 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2025 05:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (IS8kY)
This feels right. Jack Straw, can you confirm the trajectory of addiction?
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (1wjle)
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"Can you imagine a greater disgrace than a man monster in the gutter with crumbs on his face?
Away, away with rum, by gum, with rum, by gum.
Away, away with rum, by gum, is the song of the Temperance Union."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:00 PM (npFr7)
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Thanx!
Posted by: Organized Crime at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (IS8kY)
Depends on what you're reheating but a 250 oven might do the trick. Maybe stir every few minutes.
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 05:28 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 05:28 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 05:28 PM (Slgjz)
Depends on what you're reheating but a 250 oven might do the trick. Maybe stir every few minutes.
Posted by: Peaches
Rib Roast
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:29 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Obscure Old SNL Reference at December 25, 2025 05:29 PM (Q+gd/)
thank you, and merry Christmas to you and your family!
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2025 05:29 PM (1wjle)
What is best way to reheat leftovers without cooking it more?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (IS8kY)
Microwave on 50% power for 1.5 to 2 times typical reheat time
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2025 05:29 PM (QMAsf)
youtu.be/twp6_A6vxY4
Posted by: mindful webworker - jelly baby? at December 25, 2025 05:30 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 05:30 PM (IhIKR)
btw, my Rib Roast came out almost perfect. A little too much time in the Instant Pot, exceeded the ideal 135 degrees. But still pink & juicy.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:30 PM (IS8kY)
57 If the Bella is/was registered in Panama, surely there is an owner of record?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 05:22 PM (npFr7)
Yeah, and his mailing address is a post office box at a strip mall in Botswana.
Trump is making everyone aware that there is a large fleet of ships around the world that exist and carry contraband, and yet which are completely off the books. Everyone’s books.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 05:31 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 05:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 05:32 PM (XeU6L)
Quick Food Question:
What is best way to reheat leftovers without cooking it more?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:27 PM (IS8kY)
For steaks and chicken I put them in a baking dish with some beef/chicken stock or broth, then cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil, Put it in a 325 oven for 20 minutes or so.
It will cook some but the stock will help keep it juicy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 25, 2025 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Still, and forever, the GOAT!!! Happy Christmas, Ace. Love you long time.
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 05:32 PM (2HfbY)
oh shit
Fire Engines just zoomed past. Nothing worse than Conflagration on Christmas.
People get stupid this time of year, and play Fast & Loose with Electricity.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:34 PM (IS8kY)
Fry them usually but got Covids late on the 23rd and been working my way through it with Paxlovid. Leaves a vile taste in my mouth so I have to punch up spiciness.
Delayed cooking the ham until after Christmas.
Pan fried Orange Roughy in wine butter olive oil sauce and sliced and small sliced and roasted potatoes for lunch along with some rough cut coleslaw with tossed apple cider vinegar and olive oil plus nuts, cranberries, and dried beet slices.
In some ways I cook better when sick as it takes my mind off of the misery.
Posted by: whig at December 25, 2025 05:36 PM (WDjG6)
People get stupid this time of year, and play Fast & Loose with Electricity.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025
***
That, or during cold weather running space heaters. Or both.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 05:36 PM (wzUl9)
Yeah, I still have some broth leftover, so that will help.
Microwave is just too damn harsh on meats -- it's ALWAYS in "cook" mode, no matter the power or time.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:37 PM (IS8kY)
Our rib roast topped out at 138F. Took it out at 120F. Miley wanted to do on regular bake and not convection the whole time. We seared with convection, but then went with regular bake. It was a smaller, ~6lb-er, and the longer time worked out for the timing with the other stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 05:37 PM (w6EFb)
Sorry for the dis-ease on this day. Hope you will get to enjoy your tasty vittles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:38 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Soothsayer
Depends on what you're reheating but a 250 oven might do the trick. Maybe stir every few minutes.
Posted by: Peaches
Rib Roast
Posted by: Soothsayer
Sous vide it back up to 120. Give those bacteria a fighting chance!
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 05:38 PM (nhCoE)
Fog is rolling back in here in KY. It's supposed to turn bitterly cold again over the weekend. It's 61 right now. Monday night it might get down into the teens.
So... what did everyone get for Christmas that made an impression?
I got a cool little wooden drink/cigar holder made out of wood. Has a drawer for a lighter, a slot for a cigar cutter and ashtray. Nice.
And a leftover ham bone for soup.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 05:39 PM (NwnyJ)
btw, my Rib Roast came out almost perfect. A little too much time in the Instant Pot, exceeded the ideal 135 degrees. But still pink & juicy.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 05:30 PM (IS8kY)
Sounds good.
My brother grilled one last night.
It was quite good. I’ve got some leftovers for tomorrow.
I’m headed back over there here in a bit for some dinner.
Hoping everybody is well and having a good Christmas, especially Ace and the CoBs who keep it all going.
See y’all later.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 25, 2025 05:40 PM (6ydKt)
Safe Travels Open Thread
He's making sure he doesn't miss anything..🐶😅 pic.twitter.com/W0drF6lljh
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 21, 2025
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hawkpilot at December 25, 2025 03:40 PM (oJ9lv)
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Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 03:49 PM (h7ZuX)
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I'll bring it along to our Orphan's Christmas on Saturday. We'll see if they're interested.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 03:51 PM (qbLEp)
Not sure either can take out a soldier much less an M-1 tank...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 03:53 PM (qbLEp)
Haven't seen this crew in a dog's age, probably going to press on till the morning.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 03:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2025 03:55 PM (sAmhv)
I've said it here before:
When I see some dope driving around with those dumb fake reindeer antlers attached to his/her car at Christmas time, I automatically like that person.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 03:57 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 03:53 PM (qbLEp)
Awesome!
*flicks Bic
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 03:58 PM (h7ZuX)
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Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 03:50 PM
‘Honey, do you care if I put my head in your lap?’
-my NOLA girlfriend from way back
‘Not at all, baby. Get comfortable.’
- me from way back
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 04:06 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 04:08 PM (FLiOE)
My mon cherie, Greta T., got me something for Christmas that I've always wanted, a ThighMaster!
I can't wait to show up those other three pretenders to the 2026 Mr. Democrat Modern Masculinity title!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard alumnus at December 25, 2025 04:08 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:08 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 04:10 PM (qbLEp)
You go Dash …
Merry Christmas
Posted by: browndog stuffed but looking for more at December 25, 2025 04:12 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 25, 2025 04:13 PM (CDX35)
Lots of MSNOW ads where suddenly the Socialists and Communists of that network discover patriotism.
(Insert eye roll)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 04:13 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:13 PM (h7ZuX)
Now the cat is begging for chicken scraps.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (kpS4V)
Nice lady at local taco shop gave me a very nice flannel shirt! I even waited for Christmas morning to open it. Mmmmm cozy.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (Kt19C)
And ninety percent of the time, it was all my fault. Probably more.
The regrets and guilt are crippling.
I had so much potential in so many gifts.And I failed so spectacularly.
I let down everyone I let down God.
I'm going to hell and I know that so clearly.
I pray. God kills me clean and sends me to hell and doesn't put me through the hell on earth of dementia.
But I deserve that, and I deserve to be aware of every second of it.
I deserve to rot on earth before I rot in hell.
I'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. Some things, you can repent all you want, but there is no forgiveness. Straight to hell. Since it's forever, I guess it would be reasonable just to get on with it.
I miss you. I was here such a long time. I'm sorry to be a burden. Some days the kitten is the only thing that keeps me from walking into the river. This is one of those days.
I'm sorry.
Posted by: OGCA at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (iZd4T)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 25, 2025 04:13 PM (CDX35)
Ha! Just you try.
Posted by: Kidney stone trapped between the kidney and bladder at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 04:08 PM (FLiOE)
50?
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 04:16 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 04:16 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird
That's the magic of Goreball Warming; hot or cold, rainy or droughty, it's the magic swamp gas to blame.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2025 04:17 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 04:16 PM (kpS4V)
If not, urine trouble.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2025 04:17 PM (AIsYF)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
The panhandle part is a gun barrel, right?
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (qbLEp)
I really like the Little Drummer Boy song.
Even this one, by the black Carribbean band Boney M:
https://is.gd/qg7BRw
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
If not, urine trouble.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
We're sorry, the calls are just flooding in!
Posted by: the urology clinic at December 25, 2025 04:19 PM (nhCoE)
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Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 04:20 PM (U/Byj)
I know what you mean, though. I have some transgressions that I can't ever forgive myself for, either. We can't undo these things, but we have to go forward and do our best to not make those mistakes and cause those pains again.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:21 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 04:22 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 04:22 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
If not, urine trouble.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
We're sorry, the calls are just flooding in!
Posted by: the urology clinic at December 25, 2025 04:19 PM (nhCoE)
You guys are a wizz at this.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 04:23 PM (2WIwB)
And ninety percent of the time, it was all my fault. Probably more.
The regrets and guilt are crippling.
I had so much potential in so many gifts.And I failed so spectacularly.
I let down everyone I let down God.
I'm going to hell and I know that so clearly.
I pray. God kills me clean and sends me to hell and doesn't put me through the hell on earth of dementia.
But I deserve that, and I deserve to be aware of every second of it.
I deserve to rot on earth before I rot in hell.
I'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. Some things, you can repent all you want, but there is no forgiveness. Straight to hell. Since it's forever, I guess it would be reasonable just to get on with it.
I miss you. I was here such a long time. I'm sorry to be a burden. Some days the kitten is the only thing that keeps me from walking into the river. This is one of those days.
I'm sorry.
Posted by: OGCA at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (iZd4T
Bless you, OGCA. I feel the same burden of guilt which can be overwhelming. But there's joy in the unending forgiveness of Christ, who chose to come to earth to suffer for YOU! Believe
Posted by: LASue at December 25, 2025 04:23 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 04:24 PM (Kt19C)
Hey brother, even King David royally (heh) fucked up, and God called him a man after his own heart. Ignore the demon that tries to magnify your sins. God has already buried them. I have to remind myself of this at times...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 04:24 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (JkO4W)
OYSTERS CAN SPELL!!!
Posted by: BC at December 25, 2025 04:25 PM (2WIwB)
i Am sorry you are having such a hard time. The holidays seem to often exacerbate the feelings of depression , extreme guilt and lack of self worth. God loves you and can forgive you: if you have honestly asked for forgiveness, God will forgive. The website " Got Questions" deals with this from a Christian perspective :
https://tinyurl.com/2bbktbhj
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:26 PM (PFs9e)
I'm sorry but I'm gonna throw you some tough love here. The people who could throw themselves a fuckin' pity party today are legion. The survivors either stop giving a shit or find a place of gratitude. I suggest you pull your head out of your ass and pick one. Sorry, I told you this wouldn't be pretty. And, also, if you do decide to off yourself, please don't try to take anyone else with you. Jeez, you are such a buzzkill.
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 04:26 PM (2HfbY)
I don't recognize "OGCA." Who is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:26 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 04:27 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:27 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: LASue at December 25, 2025 04:27 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 04:28 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:29 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 04:29 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:29 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
OYSTERS CAN SPELL!!!
Posted by: BC
* old-school golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:30 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:31 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2025 04:33 PM (OeGHf)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2025 04:33 PM (AIsYF)
Wind gusts picking up...
Frigid Air incoming....
9 degrees tonight.
Baby Jesus will be warm, tho.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:34 PM (IS8kY)
New cigars, a new lighter, new driver for golf, and some balls.
Ahhh...golf balls.
Now when the hell is spring getting here???
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 04:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2025 04:33 PM (OeGHf)
Wishing you Teresa in Fort Worth a very Merry Christmas!!!
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 25, 2025 04:36 PM (bLA4G)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 04:36 PM (pDt9x)
Isn’t that where the famous tattoo comes from,
“No Regerts!!!” ???
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 04:36 PM (xTuYU)
Peaches, 20 or so years ago I sent you some digital Lebanese blonde hash, when you and I hung out here forever. Sorry I killed your buzz. Sorry I came back looking for help. Glad you didn't eat your revolver (fluffy?) when you were in the worst of places.And we tried to help you...
Sorry I suck.
Posted by: OGCA at December 25, 2025 04:38 PM (iZd4T)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:38 PM (IS8kY)
bale out in the net for the group of horses that gets to have free choice hay, burned some weeds, had a beer, hung out here and played phone games. Its supposed to be cold on Sunday so I decided I will cook turkey then and make a bunch of frozen meals from that. Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 04:38 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 04:39 PM (Kt19C)
That was a 3 by 8 foot hay bale.Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 04:39 PM (hhkIi)
https://tinyurl.com/msep3afw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:29 PM (PFs9e)
1 John highly important to remember. I love everything John wrote. His Gospel is my favorite go back to again and again book.
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 04:39 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:42 PM (IS8kY)
But it's still Christmas, and we are grateful for it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:42 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 04:45 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:45 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 04:45 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (pDt9x)
https://youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM
Posted by: mindful webworker - jelly baby? at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 04:45 PM (Slgjz)
Have both!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (pDt9x)
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I think one is now NYC Fire Commissioner.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (qbLEp)
Sorry I suck.
Posted by: OGCA at December 25, 2025 04:38 PM (iZd4T)
No you don't suck and Merry Christmas to you as well.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 25, 2025 04:47 PM (bLA4G)
This does not mean you will not feel the pain, you always will - the necessary consequence of bad decisions. But it will fade slowly, and one can still live the remainder of your life striving to be who you were intended to be.
No denying that it does require a good deal of courage to face the pain and still go forward every day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 04:48 PM (xTuYU)
blonde lesbian joke:
A blind man enters a lesbian bar by mistake. He finds his way to a barstool and orders a drink. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender in a loud voice, "Hey bartender, you wanna hear a dumb blonde joke?"
The bar immediately falls deathly quiet. In a deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is just fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things..
One: The bartender is a blonde woman.
Two: The bouncer is a blonde woman.
Three: The woman sitting next to me is blonde and is a professional boxer.
Four: The lady to your right is a blonde and is a professional wrestler.
Five: I'm a 6-foot, 200 pound blonde woman with a Ph. D., a black belt in karate, and a very bad attitude. Now, think about it seriously, mister.
Do you still want to tell that joke?"
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head and says, "Nah. Not If I'm gonna have to explain it five times."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 04:49 PM (IS8kY)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (pDt9x)
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I think one is now NYC Fire Commissioner.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM
How many lesbian fire commissioners does this country need anyway?
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 04:49 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2025 04:50 PM (Ffc+8)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 04:50 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025
***
OGCA, in late '86 and early '87, when my wife had abruptly left, I'd quit drinking (related), and my mother died, it was pretty much the companionship of my big red tabby cat that kept me going on some days. I know what you mean.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 04:51 PM (wzUl9)
89 Christmas message from the one and only Real Doctor Who
https://youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM
Posted by: mindful webworker - jelly baby? at December 25, 2025 04:46 PM (uPdbI)
Thank you for that, it was marvelous!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 04:53 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 04:54 PM (XeU6L)
He will turn again, He will subdue our iniquities, and Thou will cast all
our sins into the depths of the sea.
Because He delighteth in mercy. Micah 7: 18
The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 25, 2025 04:59 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 04:45 PM
There is no better time than Christmas to embrace the power, the majesty, indeed the magic of and.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2025 05:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2025 05:41 PM (CovfX)
Ghosts of Christmas Past Open Thread
Lost traditions of the Christmas buying and decorating season -- Christmas savers' clubs, Christmas stamps, layaway plans, bubble lights, Humbold statues,
I can't believe I forgot to post these:
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Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 02:35 PM (XMwZJ)
Waiting for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" to start on TCM. One of my annual must watch Christmas movies. Pork loin with cranberry sauce is slow cooking in the crockpot. Smells wonderful.
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 02:35 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh, sure.
You come waltzing in here with your fancy fonts and your store bought underwear.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 02:35 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 02:36 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 02:36 PM (/TlUl)
Waiting for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" to start on TCM. One of my annual must watch Christmas movies. Pork loin with cranberry sauce is slow cooking in the crockpot. Smells wonderful.
Posted by: Tuna
Don't forget the rye bread!
Posted by: Banjo at December 25, 2025 02:37 PM (pkeXY)
https://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/
so-once-upon-time-i-found-this-catalog.html
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 02:37 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2025 02:37 PM (0U5gm)
You bring me joy all year long.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 02:37 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 02:35 PM (2Ez/1)
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Sure Store bought for my two older brothers, not me
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 02:38 PM (93/YK)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 02:38 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 02:38 PM (93/YK)
Posted by: tankdemon
My grandmother collected Hummel figurines. When she died, each grandchild received two of them. Mine still have the 'made in West Germany' labels.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2025 02:40 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Intern of Junior Samples at December 25, 2025 02:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 02:41 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 02:41 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 02:41 PM (2vrAX)
BONUS! Everybody at home.
Very nice. God has been very kind this year.
Merry Christmas Y'all!
Posted by: naturalfake at December 25, 2025 02:41 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: NAOYV at December 25, 2025 02:42 PM (7zbO8)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2025 02:40 PM (0U5gm)
But we never tried real socialasm.
Posted by: Progressives at December 25, 2025 02:43 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2025 02:43 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Savvy Mover And Shaker at December 25, 2025 02:44 PM (oftw2)
Dan Vasc on the Tube does a heavy metal version; not what it actually sounds like but very interesting--and different.
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 25, 2025 02:44 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
I love mincemeat pie! Yum. I've got key lime cheesecake for dessert. Fresh raspberries on the side.
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 02:46 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 02:47 PM (bQ4nt)
Merry Christmas, Horde.
My short review got enstompinated.
So I just finished watching the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol.
*Ahem*
Scrooge was right.
Oh, sure, he was an asshole. No one likes assholes. But he was right. And honest. He told his honest opinions and you knew where he stood. That's not a bad thing. That's a very good thing. Lots of people whisper sweet nothings into your ear before stabbing you in the back. Scrooge never did that. Except for being a blunt asshole Scrooge never did anything wrong. The Ghosts of Christmas were just a bunch of guilt tripping motherfuckers.
Bob Cratchett was okay. Nice guy. Bit of a cuck.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 25, 2025 02:47 PM (1Yy3c)
But with robots doing everything now, why does the video go dark after every chiron?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 02:49 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2025 02:40 PM (0U5gm)
I thought all Hummel figurines looked like characters in a fairy tale. My mother loves them.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 02:50 PM (/TlUl)
The Ghosts of Christmas were just a bunch of guilt tripping motherfuckers.
__________
That scene in the cemetery in Mr. Magoo's Christmas used to scare the hell out of me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2025 02:51 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Peasant (waving a turnip threateningly):
We used to DREAM of underwear! We had to make do with a bit of old sacking tied round the nethers with some string what the lord's horse threw up last Michaelmas! And you had to be grateful! "Thank you, oh mighty string!" we'd cry, while the wind whistled through our unmentionables like the Black Death on horseback!
Peasant 2 (nodding vigorously, face smeared with soot):
Aye! And when we wanted to feel fancy, we'd rub ourselves down with a handful of nettles just to get that warm tingly feeling. Luxury! Proper stinging luxury, that was. None of your soft, silky smallclothes for the likes of us!
Peasant 3 Well... it was only once... and it was more of a loin-rag really... and the rats ate most of it...
Peasant 1: RATS ate it?! You had RATS?! We could only dream of rats! We had to make do with imaginary vermin to keep us company at night! We'd lie there in the freezing muck saying, "Come on, imaginary flea, bite me proper! Make me feel alive!" And you had real rats nibbling your actual underwear. You lucky, lucky sod!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 02:51 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Antiques Roadshow at December 25, 2025 02:51 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 02:52 PM (xTuYU)
BONUS! Everybody at home.
Very nice. God has been very kind this year.
Merry Christmas Y'all!
Posted by: naturalfake at December 25, 2025 02:41 PM (iJfKG)
Sounds yummy. Chinese canceled our Christmas Story dinner (they ran out of duck), so staying in the spirit, we have an amazing takeout Indian and Nepalese coming - lamb, chicken, shrimp, and vegan foods ordered (1/2 for my allergies and half not b/c it's Christmas and I wasn't keeping my kids from butter chicken and lamb kadai or acres of naan)...
Here's hoping order #2, which even gave me 20% off for Christmas, works out. I had offered the kids traditional Italian Christmas (pasta and meat sauce), but they begged for the Indian and who am I to say no to a deal for a restaurant that wants me to buy their food this holiday?
Posted by: Nova Local at December 25, 2025 02:54 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The ghost of Christmas future from the George C. Scott version scared the heck out of my son when he was little.
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 02:55 PM (lJ0H4)
@WilliamYang120
The Chinese military has simulated battles near Mexico and Cuba during a wargaming exercise – a rare insight revealed in a report on state television.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2025 02:56 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2025 02:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 03:02 PM (hhkIi)
But (transliterated) it's "C dnyom rozhdeniya khristovim" today, I think.
New Year's is 7 days away.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (rghSL)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:05 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (abIsI)
Did you listen to Jingle Bells or one of those songs wipipo like while you looked at the tree?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 03:06 PM (rghSL)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Decidedly not!! If they had the red/green/blue/yellow spinning light wheel they were embracing DEI.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 03:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:07 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (abIsI)
Did you listen to Jingle Bells or one of those songs wipipo like while you looked at the tree?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Yes, as well as religious carols.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:07 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 03:02 PM (hhkIi)
Oh, bless your heart and thank you for the hearty guffaw. I'm not Jewish (although I do identify as a Zionist), I've simply outlived my relevance and (mostly) my cats. But, hey, skol!
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 03:07 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:08 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 03:08 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 25, 2025 03:09 PM (EJWxb)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:09 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 03:09 PM (RuTUS)
The Chinese military has simulated battles near Mexico and Cuba during a wargaming exercise – a rare insight revealed in a report on state television.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2025 02:56 PM (mlg/3
Hmmmm
Very interesting.
A leak or misdirection?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 03:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: olddog in mo
Obviously a communist.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:10 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:07 PM (bQ4nt)
Holy fuckballs, olddog, my maternal grandparents had one of those back in the early 60s, it was SO weird and I was just thinking about it the other day for the first time in decades. Yes, they had the spinning light thingy.
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 03:10 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 03:10 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2025 03:11 PM (OeGHf)
Posted by: Ben Had
That sounds like a great show. Thanks!
And Merry Christmas, Ben Had. Thank you for all that you do.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 03:12 PM (rghSL)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:09 PM (sDNVV)
You, too, sweet Ben Had. I can't imagine 125 people at Christmas but isn't it wonderful to have such lovely Christmas memories to savor? xx
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 03:13 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 03:14 PM (hhkIi)
Ten years mummified old women with hair died a dried blood red color and a red plaid jacket that looks like it was looted from a couch. Plus side she drove up in a Jeep that is wrapped in a Wonder Woman comic scheme.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 03:15 PM (oP4FC)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:15 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:16 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2025 03:16 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 03:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 02:51 PM (cYBz/)
Shuts off computer.
No competing with that.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 03:17 PM (2WIwB)
Early 70's neighbors had an aluminum Christmas tree. They shined one of those spinning light color changing thingies on it. I wasn't impressed. Very cold feeling.
Posted by: olddog in mo
Yeah, never cared for those.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 03:17 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 25, 2025 03:10
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Obviously.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:17 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: VULGARIS at December 25, 2025 03:18 PM (cnz0C)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:19 PM (sDNVV)
>>What a frustration to be smelling a turkey cook and realize that there are two more hours before you can eat it.
There's always Scotch to get you through these dark times.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 03:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Her friend, she is wearing a black sweater decorated in Christmas lights while rocking red cowboy boots with long red tassels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 03:21 PM (oP4FC)
There's always Scotch to get you through these dark times.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 03:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Unless you have company. Then go with wine. No since giving visitors any of the good stuff.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 03:21 PM (2WIwB)
Kind of amazing how this has spread to become the common opinion on all media reporting, not just sports hype.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 03:22 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at December 25, 2025 03:23 PM (s54QH)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:24 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:24 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: olddog in mo
You're running up the score now. This is unseemly, ungentlemanly, and egregious. Amazed she stays with you.
Posted by: Give Her A Break, Will you? at December 25, 2025 03:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 03:26 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 03:26 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:27 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:19 PM (sDNVV)
That sounds awesome! You will have to send Ace pics to post.
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 03:29 PM (2HfbY)
@Breaking911 16m
This daredevil hitched a kneeboard to the back of a pickup truck and took a muddy ride along Bear Valley Road through the heart of Hesperia on Christmas Eve.
x.com/Breaking911/status/2004284041743552605
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2025 03:29 PM (mlg/3)
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No breaks. The only year we had the Scotch Pine the needles clogged the vacuum and burned up the motor. The dry needles would pierce your arms. Not to mention lack of the true Christmas Tree smell you only get from a Balsam Fir.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:29 PM (bQ4nt)
52 Early 70's neighbors had an aluminum Christmas tree. They shined one of those spinning light color changing thingies on it. I wasn't impressed. Very cold feeling.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:07 PM (bQ4nt)
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Remove the branches and you have a festivus pole.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 25, 2025 03:29 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:30 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 25, 2025 03:32 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:30 PM (sDNVV)
Well, if you're anything like me, you won't be able to read it anyway!
Posted by: Peaches at December 25, 2025 03:32 PM (2HfbY)
No breaks. The only year we had the Scotch Pine the needles clogged the vacuum and burned up the motor. The dry needles would pierce your arms. Not to mention lack of the true Christmas Tree smell you only get from a Balsam Fir.
Posted by: olddog in mo
If you value your Hoover over the woman who has put up with you since the Truman Administration, it reflects poorly on you.
Posted by: Chivalry Is On Life Support at December 25, 2025 03:33 PM (oftw2)
New Year's is 7 days away.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 03:03 PM (U/Byj)
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Yes but when I was there that greeting was not permitted!
I hope they have moved on from that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 03:33 PM (A6iMD)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 03:34 PM (rghSL)
Posted by: DBCooper at December 25, 2025 03:34 PM (+daAW)
Special thanks to Ben Had for organizing the TXMoMe. What a wonderful time!
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 25, 2025 03:35 PM (WE61Y)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:36 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 03:15 PM (oP4FC)
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Around here that would mean Russian for sure. Add heavy perfume.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 03:36 PM (A6iMD)
Posted by: Peaches
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Hello, Peaches. My favorite is a telephone number that I jotted down...[I wonder whose number this is?]. The corollary is, of course, 'Where the hell is that number that I jotted down?'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 03:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:39 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at December 25, 2025 03:39 PM (l7UGP)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Also, orange cups filled with bird seed. Cut orange in half scoop out inside and string with red ribbon.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 03:43 PM (bQ4nt)
The prime rib mocks me from the oven. It thinks it's safe there. In about an hour, it will learn otherwise. Oh yes, have your fun now, prime rib...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 03:43 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 03:44 PM (rghSL)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:45 PM (sDNVV)
I was never there during holiday season. Only holiday I experienced was Navy Day (early August) up in Leningrad, which was quite interesting with the White Nights and especially the very loud illumination mortars they used in lieu of fireworks, fired from right near our location up over the river. Soviet fireworks = light military artillery systems = a clear example of superiority over the decadent west with its wimpy safety obsession.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 03:47 PM (U/Byj)
Definitely cramps the kids' style when they want to be critical.
Posted by: Wenda at December 25, 2025 03:48 PM (FRS+s)
Posted by: m
There's a LOT of that on Youtube.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
What are they doing, having an AI journalist write an article, then AI narrate it, then a third AI pass adding stock video footage?
All they need now is an AI to choose topics on the front end, another on thetail end to start a YouTube channel, upload, and monatize it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 03:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2025 03:49 PM (U/Byj)
Opening my last bottle here. I only see the 2022 now. Will have audition it for the New Year. That 2019 was special...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 03:50 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2025 03:51 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 03:52 PM (lJ0H4)
Almost time to overeat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 04:02 PM (viF8m)
Christmas Market Open Thread
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at December 25, 2025 01:21 PM (zdQuL)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at December 25, 2025 01:21 PM (zdQuL)
Posted by: Caf at December 25, 2025 01:25 PM (qS/Xm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 01:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:25 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 01:28 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 01:30 PM (AGaAY)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 01:30 PM (AGaAY)
I blame the doorman.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 01:31 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Mary Clogenstien of Brattleboro Vermouth at December 25, 2025 01:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2025 01:33 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: U-Haul at December 25, 2025 01:33 PM (oftw2)
Home Depot ruined so many American stores/businesses.
CVS & Walgreens destroyed the corner drug store and the corner store.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:33 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 01:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Gloomy family portrait.
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 01:34 PM (lJ0H4)
I was in that play when I was in high school, playing the ingenue daughter . It's a fun show.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 01:35 PM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Imam Tucker Carlson at December 25, 2025 01:35 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 01:36 PM (cYBz/)
The Importance of Tradition
No matter if you have big family, or you're all alone, you must have Traditions on Christmas.
The tradition can be a favorite dish or meal, or songs, or movie, or something you do on Christmas day, even if it's strangling a prostitute. Have and practice a Tradition on Christmas.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:38 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:33 PM (RWBvi)
We had a good run.
Posted by: Super X drugstores at December 25, 2025 01:39 PM (R/m4+)
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls & Ice Coffee
That's one of my personal "traditions" on Christmas morning.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:40 PM (RWBvi)
Gloomy family portrait.
Posted by: Tuna
________
Hides the left side of his face. Probably stroke palsied.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2025 01:41 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 01:41 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 01:44 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 01:35 PM (Nx5jP)
Did you get to wear the striped hat and toot the steam whistle?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2025 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:38 PM (RWBvi)
I agree, but as I don't cook (and don't like to cook), and don't decorate, because things never look "good enough", I fall back to music:
Handel's Messiah
Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas
Any Robert Shaw Chorale Christmas albums
As long as I have those playing, Christmas is in the apartment.
Posted by: browndog nosing about at December 25, 2025 01:45 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 25, 2025 01:45 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 25, 2025 01:46 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 01:47 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 01:49 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 01:51 PM (2GIh1)
Do they say “Ya falla?” after each piece?
+++
Funny, I don't think of The Sting as a Christmas movie.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 01:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Christmas dinner was pretty good. I made lasagna. What did you guys have?
Did you get some cool gifts?
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 25, 2025 01:52 PM (t0Out)
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Our traditions: midnight run to Sheetz on Christmas Eve; Mimosas on Christmas morning;
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2025 01:53 PM (Zg4R+)
Back in the day that place was 'da bomb for toys. Even back then it was $$$
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 01:53 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 01:54 PM (2GIh1)
Cinemas are usually busy on Christmas night. I think that's a shitty way to spend Christmas evening.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:54 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 25, 2025 01:55 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:56 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 01:56 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 01:57 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 25, 2025 01:58 PM (FMtrg)
The number of python libraries for data analysis and graphing is astounding.
So, incorporating that into the ERP is the task at hand.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 01:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 01:58 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 01:59 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 01:59 PM (xMGre)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
As my Momma got older, she added zucchini relish.
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 01:59 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 02:00 PM (xMGre)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 02:00 PM (FLiOE)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Eh, sothren are ye?
Posted by: MkY
Indeed.
War Eagle.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 02:02 PM (2Ez/1)
If I did I don't recall it . It was a looooong time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:04 PM (PFs9e)
Just got a bogus SPAM message from "Costco Wholesale" entitled Your Super Colossal Maine Lobster Tail Is Ready
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 02:05 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:05 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Beartooth at December 25, 2025 02:05 PM (GGatE)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 25, 2025 01:46 PM (xTIDn)
Muslims find the solar year to be alarming. They still count Moons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 02:06 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Why are black eyed peas lucky?
( This is not the start of a joke?😉 ) I just don't know.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:07 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Your Rexall Druggist at December 25, 2025 02:07 PM (oftw2)
( This is not the start of a joke?😉 ) I just don't know.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:07 PM (PFs9e)
Because they've already been told once?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 02:08 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2025 02:08 PM (Zg4R+)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 02:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 02:00 PM (FLiOE)
Epiphany! Now I know why the Dems are trying to kill the Coal Industry!
They are angry about coal in stockings, and are trying to bankrupt Santa by making prices go up!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 25, 2025 02:10 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Neilia Hunter Biden at December 25, 2025 02:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: browndog nosing about at December 25, 2025 02:10 PM (3sXRv)
Don't know.
But momma always served them.
And in the Deep South momma is always right.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 02:10 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2025 02:10 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 02:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:12 PM (8Xy/A)
I was told the beans are like coins and the green garnish is folding green.
You'll have good luck all year if you eat them
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 02:12 PM (enw9G)
We still love Germany and hate what is happening to them.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 02:13 PM (2WIwB)
Yeah DEI! - Division, Exclusion, and Inequality
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 02:14 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:14 PM (8Xy/A)
Civil War legend (most popular in the South) — During the Civil War (e.g., Sherman's March or the Siege of Vicksburg), Union troops raided Southern food supplies but often left black-eyed peas behind, considering them fit only for livestock. Southerners (including Confederates and enslaved people) survived on these "humble" peas, viewing them as a symbol of luck and survival. This tied into the saying "Eat poor on New Year's, and eat fat the rest of the year."
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 02:15 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:16 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 25, 2025 01:46 PM (xTIDn)
They can't keep kicking that can down the road. They're going to have to face it. Better sooner than later. Or start saving up to pay the jizya.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 02:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 02:16 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 01:57 PM (cYBz/)
Dollly was a Tranny.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 02:17 PM (xTuYU)
"Know who else hated what happened to Germany?"
but then decides not to hit POST...
Posted by: Person struggling with impulse control at December 25, 2025 02:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 02:17 PM (q6tQZ)
(if you were lucky enough to have a ham to use the bone to cook a week later. Some use ham hocks instead)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 02:19 PM (enw9G)
We got a nice little video of Mr. George (Soyara's Dragon Slayer) enjoying his first snow in New Jersey and doing zoomies. Our young red boy looks so much like his great-uncle Dutch (The Beeg Boy).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2025 02:20 PM (tgvbd)
Sounds familiar.
Posted by: Hawaiians eating Spam at December 25, 2025 02:20 PM (2Ez/1)
and keep drinking!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 02:21 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 02:22 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2025 02:22 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 25, 2025 02:22 PM (1Yy3c)
https://tinyurl.com/2dpj6873
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:23 PM (8Xy/A)
Try to look up why that’s supposed to lucky and nobody really knows why, lotsa stories.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 02:23 PM (xTuYU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 02:24 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 01:57 PM (cYBz/)
Depression.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 02:26 PM (QcxL/)
May Jesus come into your life!!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 25, 2025 02:27 PM (maQAa)
Posted by: Ann at December 25, 2025 02:27 PM (w9jrX)
Discovered a fun new statistic: in Brussels, The Capital of Europe, 10.5% of the school kids are, you know, of Belgian ancestry.
52% are Muslim.
The whole point of the suppression of speech in Europe, abolishment of jury trials in Britain, etc. is to strangle dissent until the demographic changes are irreversible - and that point is not far away.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 25, 2025 02:28 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 02:28 PM (Kt19C)
*Ahem*
Scrooge was right.
Oh, sure, he was an asshole. No one likes assholes. But he was right. And honest. He told his honest opinions and you knew where he stood. That's not a bad thing. That's a very good thing. Lots of people whisper sweet nothings into your ear before stabbing you in the back. Scrooge never did that. Except for being a blunt asshole Scrooge never did anything wrong. The Ghosts of Christmas were just a bunch of guilt tripping motherfuckers.
Bob Cratchett was okay. Nice guy. Bit of a cuck.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 25, 2025 02:28 PM (1Yy3c)
Getting together with sisters, nieces and nephews tomorrow.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 02:29 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Cause you were alive and had food?
Sounds like Thanksgiving to me
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 02:29 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 25, 2025 02:29 PM (maQAa)
Posted by: E. Scrooge at December 25, 2025 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 25, 2025 02:14 PM (2GIh1)
Division Basically Obamas 8 years summed up in a single word. Obamacare was 100% Division of US People that get the Subsidy and those that Pay for the Subsidy.
Exclusion Brown Harvard et al and every major social degree program is designed from the ground up to EXCLUDE. Since about 2005 that would be the White Male that is faulted for taking risk, working hard, being on time, and paying bills. The entire Trans movement is to make men girls (notice I did not say women) and women boys (notice I did not say men).
Inequality Fat Lesbian Fire Queen Chiefs, must BE a Black Woman VP, must BE a Black Woman SCTOUS.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 02:30 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: browndog sitting in the dark at December 25, 2025 02:31 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 02:28 PM (Kt19C)
/punchline
Dammit granny, quit sucking the chocolate off and spitting back the peanuts.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 02:32 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 02:33 PM (lJ0H4)
Don't forget their Republican theatrical partners, Fen, who never fail to fail, as if it's in the script.
Any traditional jobs for Deplorables, such as truck driving, have been deemed elitist white professions.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 02:34 PM (OjdEO)
Europe is truly a beautiful movie set. Loaded with our history and ancestral memories. Don't know what to say about the recent 'settlers', though.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 02:39 PM (OjdEO)
Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2025 03:00 PM (4GQNV)
******
Good news, it's happening in NYC under Mongdammi.
When the dookie hits the rotating device, he won't have anyone to blame but hisself.
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at December 25, 2025 03:32 PM (l7UGP)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at December 25, 2025 03:41 PM (oJ9lv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (Wv0GD)
Hep Jazzy Christmas Yule Log Open Thread
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra sing Christmas songs.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: zombie at December 25, 2025 12:13 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 12:16 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 25, 2025 12:16 PM (nz1sK)
Love Charlie Brown Christmas album
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 12:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:18 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Fiber One at December 25, 2025 12:19 PM (oftw2)
David 'I'm good, she'll have some' French
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:21 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:21 PM (77rzZ)
The part where the grip of perpetual winter in Narnia is beginning to thaw gave me chills as a kid, and then Father Christmas shows up.
"I've come at last," said he. "She has kept me out for a long time, but I have got in at last. Aslan is on the move. The witch's magic is weakening."
And Lucy felt running through her that deep shiver of gladness which you only get if you are being solemn and still.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Somali War Lord at December 25, 2025 12:22 PM (oftw2)
https://tinyurl.com/yf5keeub
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:23 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:23 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 12:23 PM (sjyPY)
Very nice. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:23 PM (PFs9e)
Merry Christmas, all!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 25, 2025 12:24 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:21 PM (wzUl9)
Sounds like shit parents would say to scare you into wearing the crap aunt clara sent you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:24 PM (snZF9)
The part where the grip of perpetual winter in Narnia is beginning to thaw gave me chills as a kid, and then Father Christmas shows up.
"I've come at last," said he. "She has kept me out for a long time, but I have got in at last. Aslan is on the move. The witch's magic is weakening."
And Lucy felt running through her that deep shiver of gladness which you only get if you are being solemn and still.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025
***
I really need to read the entire series. As a kid, when I was the target age for the Narnias, I was reading TV Westerns, James Bond, and Alfred Hitchcock anthology. So I missed out. Lewis's writing style is clearly superb stuff, and his use of myth and symbolism is too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: browndog nosing about at December 25, 2025 12:26 PM (3sXRv)
https://tinyurl.com/yerjehf4+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 12:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 25, 2025 12:27 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 12:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:23 PM (MGYmP)
It's Christmas, so I'm in a generous mood. Not burning.
Unless the target is a Venezuelan drug boat.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 12:27 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:29 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 25, 2025 12:30 PM (kfTpm)
The weather has been so strange this year.
Merry Christmas to all.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025
***
About the same in The Pesthole: 73 now, going up to 80 this weekend.
"Later on, we'll perspire --
('Is that A/C? Turn it higher!')
WE drive and we grump
O'er potholes and bumps,
Sweating in a sticky swampy land!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don't Taze Me, Bro! at December 25, 2025 12:30 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 25, 2025 12:31 PM (MvI35)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:32 PM (77rzZ)
Thanks . I particularly enjoyed "When you buy Christmas wrapping from Temu".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:32 PM (PFs9e)
I had to go look for some Brandon Herrera to get the guns back
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2025 12:32 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 25, 2025 12:31 PM (MvI35)
(furiously stuffs snow into USB port)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 12:33 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025
[ *Bowing *]
Also:
"I'll be stretching this Christmas,
The chiro will handle me;
He'll pop my back,
My neck he'll crack
Between C2 and C3 . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:34 PM (wzUl9)
Oh, and as for the weather here: I don't know, 70-something. Sunny at the moment, some sort of chance of rain.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 25, 2025 12:34 PM (n7rxJ)
Sunny and 65 in piedmont NC.
Posted by: Moonbeam at December 25, 2025 12:34 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:35 PM (MGYmP)
Was playing the Charlie Brown album, put it on my tv on YouTube and my JBL speaker is playing too
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 12:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:36 PM (wzUl9)
And Lucy felt running through her that deep shiver of gladness which you only get if you are being solemn and still.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025
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That scene is great in the movie, with James Cosmo as a tough and buff Father Christmas.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 12:37 PM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:41 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at December 25, 2025 12:41 PM (HcbZb)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025
***
"I'll Be Home for Christmas." The one they use in those endless pitches on TV for LoveShriners.org.
I gotta admit, one girl they use in those spots, the chestnut-haired one in the red plaid pajamas, is cuter than six baby bunny rabbits. She reminds me of girls I knew and admired from afar in junior high.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:41 PM (wzUl9)
The chiro will handle me;
He'll pop my back,
My neck he'll crack
Between C2 and C3 . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:34 PM (wzUl9)
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9.1
Points deducted for scansion in first line. "Stretched" works better.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 12:41 PM (qbLEp)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 12:41 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 12:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Points deducted for scansion in first line. "Stretched" works better.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025
***
Hey, I'm no Tin Pan Alley tunesmith!
(But you're right)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:42 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 12:42 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 12:43 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2025 12:44 PM (E/x0c)
Those are always crowd pleasers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 12:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 12:44 PM (rj6Yv)
I searched for lofi Christmas this morning and the entirety of my YouTube turned into Christmas music.
Posted by: blaster
If you watch just one police-cam video, it'll take a week for Youtube to stop pushing them on you.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:45 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 12:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 12:46 PM (bQ4nt)
A very peaceful Christmas this year, let's enjoy it while it lasts. The New Year may bring an ugly mess.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 12:47 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 12:48 PM (2Ez/1)
("The Grinch was a visionary, man. He was way ahead of his time. A prophet without honor in his own country, man.")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:49 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:49 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:49 PM (RWBvi)
Will report from there
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 12:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 12:51 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 25, 2025 12:52 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:52 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 12:52 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:49 PM (kpS4V
Yeah, Glove. Put on your happy face!
LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/vdceafeu
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 12:52 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:54 PM (kpS4V)
Merry Christmas, everyone. Just finished the wonderful Christmas meal Smash made. Nom nom nom.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 25, 2025 12:54 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 12:55 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (qbLEp)
Is Zero Mostel the same person as Yahoo Serious?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (qbLEp)
https://tinyurl.com/3r8manu2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (RWBvi)
-----------
Not so much.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 12:56 PM (qbLEp)
We're soaking dirty dishes in water from the rain barrel for now. I may have to go to the gym tomorrow to take a shower. So many, many reasons to be thankful that this is a minor blip in my life.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2025 12:57 PM (FEVMW)
Enjoy 'em while they're still around.
Next thing to go is the cousins.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 12:52 PM (RWBvi)
Definitely the truth. My aunts and uncles are gone on my mother's side including my mother, and 2 cousins now too. On my father's side they all live, because Methuselah genes. My father's cousin is 98 and looks 80 if that. Mom's side is totally wiped out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:59 PM (snZF9)
I didn't know Sim was actually Scottish. He is some about his life and movies . Reposted from tech thread:
https://tinyurl.com/3r8manu2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I've seen Green For Danger a couple of times. Liked it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 01:00 PM (pkeXY)
This is a mind-blowing way of looking at the miracle of life.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jary2K
"...so stop looking for all the shit that is wrong with your life and start being grateful for the statistically impossible miracle that is you.
Because just as Einstein said, 'There's only two ways to view your life. One, as if nothing is a miracle and the other as if everything is a miracle.'"
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 01:01 PM (P5BPp)
Looking forward to more duel 48 hour fasts and more sustainable weight loss in 2026! Lost 17 lbs in two months that include thanksgiving!
Posted by: The MewTwix at December 25, 2025 01:03 PM (XodLO)
And her children are fast asleep
It's time for Santa Claus
To make his midnight creep 'cause
Santa Claus wants some lovin'
Santa Claus wants some lovin'...
Posted by: Zombie Albert King at December 25, 2025 01:04 PM (R/m4+)
I have never seen that film. Just "Scrooge" and "Belles of St Trinians" and maybe one other, the name of which escapes me."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 01:05 PM (PFs9e)
that comment had Yosemite Sam written all over it
Merry Christmas everybody
Posted by: DanMan at December 25, 2025 01:06 PM (8uzBS)
Doesn't have to be your face!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:54 PM
A man can wear many faces.
Wiki of Westeros: https://bit.ly/3Yc8nw4
Posted by: Jaqen H'ghar at December 25, 2025 01:07 PM (P5BPp)
Costco bound $400,000 shipment of live lobsters hijacked en route to Midwest Costco locations.
The shipment was picked up in Massachusetts and never arrived at the stores.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 01:07 PM (3ek7K)
Crabcake benny, potatoes and onions.
Pomegranate mimosas.
And hugs.
Very high tide and a stiff north wind bringing some minor flooding. Amd it’s going to rain a bit.
Glad the power is on.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 01:09 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 01:09 PM (PFs9e)
The shipment was picked up in Massachusetts and never arrived at the stores.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 01:07 PM (3ek7K)
Maybe it's a cunning escape attempt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 01:11 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 01:12 PM (3ek7K)
The shipment was picked up in Massachusetts and never arrived at the stores.
So somalis like lobster? I did not know that.
Posted by: Zombie Johnny Carson at December 25, 2025 01:13 PM (R/m4+)
If 18 years old, remaining time will be:
1/3 = sleeping
126 months = school and work
18 months = driving
36 months = cooking and eating
36 months = chores and errands
27 months = bathroom/personal hygiene
Leaves one with 334 months remaining for free time.
Today, the average 18-year-old is on pace to spend 93% of their remaining free time in front of a screen.
X video: https://bit.ly/493ClbX
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 01:13 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 01:14 PM (3ek7K)
You can bet someone is in hot water.
Posted by: Oh, no...crustation punz! at December 25, 2025 01:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Lol
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 01:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 01:16 PM (M9v3V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 01:16 PM (npFr7)
126 months = school and work
18 months = driving
36 months = cooking and eating
36 months = chores and errands
27 months = bathroom/personal hygiene
Leaves one with 334 months remaining for free time.
Today, the average 18-year-old is on pace to spend 93% of their remaining free time in front of a screen.
X video: https://bit.ly/493ClbX
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 01:13 PM (P5BPp)
They're way underestimating the time spent working which is roughly equivalent to eternity.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 01:17 PM (3uBP9)
Now, if the grandkids would stay out of the kitchen while Mamaw is fixing supper.... we'd be set.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 01:19 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: All cracked up at December 25, 2025 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dirty Frank at December 25, 2025 01:19 PM (iZd4T)
Posted by: IYKWIMAITYD at December 25, 2025 01:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 01:21 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Jimmy Savile At The Home For Wayward Girls at December 25, 2025 01:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2025 01:23 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 01:24 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Joshua at December 25, 2025 01:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Save room for the turkey roll.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2025 01:26 PM (5Ne9C)
Affordability Crisis (tm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 01:26 PM (M9v3V)
But no, they could not, in any way shape or form. This unique movie is utterly dependent on each of these three actors and could never be repeated.
Posted by: Dirty Frank at December 25, 2025 01:26 PM (iZd4T)
Yay, noods!
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 01:28 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Dirty Frank
Kiss our shorts!
Posted by: The Three Stooges at December 25, 2025 01:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Google Maps at December 25, 2025 01:31 PM (2Ez/1)
You know what else Einstein said? He said "stay off the twitter on Christmas."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:31 PM (RWBvi)
Posted by: InvaderZim at December 25, 2025 02:05 PM (fFbm6)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 02:13 PM (XMwZJ)
The Morning Rant
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2025 11:02 AM (MRMHw)
Posted by: Dr. T at December 25, 2025 11:02 AM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 11:03 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 11:04 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (ncsOC)
Christmas babe.
http://alturl.com/5hvwv
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Santa gonna get himself some cookies!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cheri at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (FGQ5G)
To which she let me know she's Jewish. But they were still going to get together.
Early Christians decided to put Jesus' birthday where it is on the calendar, not because they knew, but because there were already winter solstice and other celebrations going on. It made it easier for them to get their recent converts on board.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:06 AM (KwCuT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 11:06 AM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 11:04 AM (Slgjz)
It's free online.
https://youtu.be/nud2TQNahaU
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:07 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2025 11:07 AM (u73oe)
Luke 2:16-18
Merry Christmas. May the Lord be with you and bless you this day. Every one of you.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 25, 2025 11:07 AM (c9rBD)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 11:08 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Norman Greenbaum. Maybe not a Christmas classic, but his one hit wonder still hits.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2025 11:08 AM (MRMHw)
As someone who worked at Taco John's, I am forever scarred by "Feliz Navidad." But, how can you miss this holiday classic by one of America's greatest musicians?
https://shorturl.at/Vzkpa
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 25, 2025 11:09 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (ncsOC)
Yeah...no. I'm not talking about popular music; I am talking about the great stuff.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 11:09 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: 1990 In Hindsight at December 25, 2025 11:09 AM (oftw2)
I like her. I hope she runs for President someday day. Link from "Twitchy":
https://tinyurl.com/mjmetnha
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 11:09 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 11:10 AM (2GVsD)
(Ooops. Mixed in a little Halloween and Dracula with Christmas.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 11:10 AM (wzUl9)
For instance, "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"!
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 11:11 AM (OjdEO)
I like her. I hope she runs for President someday day. Link from "Twitchy":
https://tinyurl.com/mjmetnha
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Vance/Sanders .
Rubio as Sec State.
Cuba free.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2025 11:11 AM (MRMHw)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (U/j9n)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Irving Jellydonut at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (ncsOC)
Posted by: Emily Litella at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Mick at December 25, 2025 11:13 AM (HFx9z)
(Ooops. Mixed in a little Halloween and Dracula with Christmas.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 11:10 AM (wzUl9)
One of the greatest Christmas songs:
https://tinyurl.com/mrupkr5p
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:13 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 11:12 AM (/iMjX)
This season's greetings is nice not naughty.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:14 AM (dK+Kv)
Our family's gift to you:
https://tinyurl.com/AdventCalendarDay25
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2025 11:15 AM (XSP3T)
Has to be AI
Posted by: Anna Puma
24 @20 NO WAY!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
Don't you know you're gonna, shock the monkey!
Posted by: Peter Gabriel at December 25, 2025 11:15 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Peter Gabriel at December 25, 2025
***
Monkey done seen *everything*. No way to shock him, man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 11:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 11:17 AM (/iMjX)
Wow. Imagine the pressure of knowing you're performing for the entire world...and nailing it.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 11:17 AM (OjdEO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 11:17 AM (ZeH0U)
- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: t-bird
I was lucky to attend one of his recitals when he was in his prime. Once in a lifetime privilege.
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 11:20 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 11:20 AM (Ia/+0)
- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (L/fGl)
Me too!
Posted by: N. Fuentes at December 25, 2025 11:20 AM (kYF0p)
https://tinyurl.com/22wk24v5
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 11:20 AM (w6EFb)
- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (L/fGl)
The Bidens put out a Christmas photo and Hunter looks like he’s a few bumps short this year. A regular grumpylumkins. And puddin head is hidden way in the back.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 11:21 AM (fIo92)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 11:23 AM (fIo92)
Posted by: Sweets at December 25, 2025 11:24 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:24 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Peter Gabriel at December 25, 2025
***
Monkey done seen *everything*. No way to shock him, man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Normally, I'd accept that challenge, but doesn't seem in keeping with the holiday spirit.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 25, 2025 11:24 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 11:25 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 11:27 AM (sl73Y)
Mama's wearing the lined cap I bought her. She loves it! She had some fancy Italian cookies with her coffee this morning.
Temp is currently 73. We may break a record today.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 11:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 11:27 AM (w6EFb)
x.com/JewishWarrior13/status/
2004224649488748611
LOL
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 11:23 AM (fIo92)
They shoved the husk in the back, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 11:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 11:28 AM (sl73Y)
The frozen turkey roll is in the slow cooker. About 4 below here, and very very still outside. I might take the snowblower out for a spin.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 11:28 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 11:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 11:27 AM (sl73Y)
Chestnuts?
Don't be bringing no gay stuff into this.
Posted by: N. Fuentes at December 25, 2025 11:29 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: N. Fuentes at December 25, 2025 11:29 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:30 AM (kYF0p)
Johnny Pavarotti
https://youtu.be/n1P9eI1kEK8
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
She was beautiful! She was young, she was innocent. She was the greatest piece of ass I've ever had, and I've had 'em all over the world. And then Johnny Pavarotti comes along with his olive oil voice and guinea charm and she runs off. She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous. And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous.
Posted by: Jack Woltz at December 25, 2025 11:31 AM (ycI94)
I'll be happy to give her some.
Posted by: N. Fuentes at December 25, 2025 11:29 AM (kYF0p)
Emmer not chestnuts. Emmer chestmelons.
And she is seated on a chest. Meta!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 11:32 AM (npFr7)
The fifth president was shot in the chest and nearly died 40 years before his election
Dec 25, 2025
https://shorturl.at/LcfpX
Don Surber (substack) from Instapundit
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 25, 2025 11:33 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: ... at December 25, 2025 11:34 AM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Happy at December 25, 2025 11:34 AM (2kJZi)
I'll be happy to give her some.
Posted by: N. Fuentes
https://is.gd/3fka8k
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Emily Litella
-------
Recalls painting of wolves attacking Russian sleigh:
https://shorturl.at/rTXEw
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 11:35 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 11:36 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 11:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
I saw a video of a real life version of that. The cop was female and cute. She read that part. The perp said "Your tits."
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:38 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 11:38 AM (XMwZJ)
https://tinyurl.com/55snd3j8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 11:38 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 11:37 AM (77rzZ)
No, Nick's not gay. All the men he buggers though, they ghey.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:38 AM (kYF0p)
Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture
https://youtu.be/wp_RHnQ-jgU
Nuggets are up. Gotta go Christmas.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:39 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 11:39 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Bulg
No, he has sex with men, but has relationships with women.
Posted by: Ice-T at December 25, 2025 11:41 AM (OjdEO)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 11:43 AM (3uBP9)
2003914826540896367
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 11:45 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: torabora at December 25, 2025 11:46 AM (TLf58)
well come on down Skip! 71 and climbing today
Posted by: DanMan at December 25, 2025 11:47 AM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 11:49 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at December 25, 2025 11:49 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 11:50 AM (MGYmP)
x.com/equine__dentist/status/
2004175414214656080
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 11:43 AM (3uBP9)
Dilly, dilly!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 11:50 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Thank Goodness! I must have sung that hundreds of times before I actually 'heard' it.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 11:51 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:38 AM
There's an Onion article about that somewhere...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2025 11:52 AM (9iRTe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 11:53 AM (Wv0GD)
http://alturl.com/5hvwv
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (dK+Kv)
Yup, I would weld my doors shut. Not to keep others from getting in, but to keep me from getting out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 11:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 11:55 AM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 11:58 AM (Ia/+0)
She must be some kinda badass.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 11:59 AM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 12:00 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 25, 2025 12:01 PM (R+Qe7)
https://tinyurl.com/2w7she3t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:02 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:04 PM (77rzZ)
- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 11:18 AM (L/
I think his definition of snow might be…different.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 12:04 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eromero
------------
Wife switched to Christmas bags many years ago. Upfront cost higher, but reusability many years over saves in the long run.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 12:07 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2025 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: H.P. Lovecraft at December 25, 2025 12:07 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2025 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 12:08 PM (Wv0GD)
Thanks for asking It was fine. I was very touched that some of the family of one of our members who died three years ago came to the service. She always used to sit in the back with them and we had "Hark the herald angels" which was one of her favorite carols. They came in remembrance of her . She was a lovely woman and who was a public school teacher before schools went all woke.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:08 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 12:09 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 12:09 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:11 PM (77rzZ)
Currently 71 degrees at Schloss Hadrian. Just so's you know.
It was very foggy this morning and driving nearly an hour in the dark for Christmas Mass didn't seem safe. Went instead to the parish (sorry, Catholic community) up the road instead.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2025 12:11 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 12:11 PM (Wv0GD)
pistol season is best duel season
Posted by: aaron burr at December 25, 2025 12:11 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 12:12 PM (pkeXY)
I spoke with my oldest buddy yesterday afternoon. He told me that his sister had sent a Christmas card to one of their long-ago neighbors and playmates, i.e., from when my friend was like 12. The card came back with a note: "We don't need this card. [The neighbor you sent it to] died two years ago." The end.
Talk about classless. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:13 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:13 PM (77rzZ)
Tonight, dinner at Fogo de Chao and a stroll along the Riverwalk to walk off some of the gluttony.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2025 12:14 PM (3lm7v)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 12:14 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:14 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 12:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 12:15 PM (XMwZJ)
Is there fighting between their residences?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:14 PM (MGYmP)
Dual duel?
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 12:15 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 12:15 PM (RuTUS)
When wife swapping goes wrong!
-Eyepatch McCain
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:16 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025 12:17 PM (XMwZJ)
Talk about classless. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:13 PM (wzUl9)
I have been called blunt, but I usually don't go out of my way to be vicious. You know, unless the person really misses me off.
What a fucktard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 12:18 PM (MGYmP)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 12:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2025
***
Given a choice between that kind of rudeness and the utter silence I got this past January when I sent my former mother-in-law a condolence card and note on the death of her daughter, my second wife, I guess I'll take the silence. At least you can tell yourself, "Maybe the card got lost in the mail."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 12:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2025 12:19 PM (3lm7v)
The part where the grip of perpetual winter in Narnia is beginning to thaw gave me chills as a kid, and then Father Christmas shows up.
"I've come at last," said he. "She has kept me out for a long time, but I have got in at last. Aslan is on the move. The witch's magic is weakening."
And Lucy felt running through her that deep shiver of gladness which you only get if you are being solemn and still.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 12:20 PM (kpS4V)
Looking forward to more duel 48 hour fasts and more sustainable weight loss in 2026! Lost 17 lbs in two months that include thanksgiving!
Posted by: The MewTwix at December 25, 2025 01:03 PM (XodLO)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 04:12 PM (FLiOE)
Christians worship a Jew, we read much of the Jewish 'Bible'. We use Jewish names (David, Michael, Luigi, etc)
Like it or not, Jews and Christians are inexorably linked.
Merry Christmas
Posted by: YosemiteSatchmo at December 25, 2025 04:13 PM (NEFaB)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Domenikos Theotokopoulos
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 25, 2025 09:30 AM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 09:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 25, 2025 09:31 AM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:32 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Otto Pen
I don't know at least the artist drew a baby, not a toddler like most renderings.
Posted by: Art Maven at December 25, 2025 09:33 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 25, 2025 09:33 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:33 AM (xMGre)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:34 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 09:35 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Make Colors POP! at December 25, 2025 09:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: George Slopadopoulos, ABC "News" at December 25, 2025 09:36 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:36 AM (xMGre)
Title:
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Artist:
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo)
Date:
ca. 1605–10
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
56 7/8 x 39 7/8 in. (144.5 x 101.3 cm); with added strips 64 1/2 x 42 in. (163.8 x 106.7 cm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: gaf gaf at December 25, 2025 09:36 AM (/w3j2)
Posted by: President Emeritus at December 25, 2025 09:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tuna at December 25, 2025 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 25, 2025 09:37 AM (sJHOI)
Posted by: gaf gaf at December 25, 2025 09:36 AM (/w3j2)
Yup. I'm fixing it...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 09:37 AM (n9ltV)
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:38 AM (gbOdA)
Hmmmmmm. .. Or what date did he use - 12/25/0000?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 09:38 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:38 AM (gbOdA)
Plus a lamb and a donkey (?). Good work getting all that in. I do agree it could be brighter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 09:39 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 09:40 AM (sjyPY)
It is my little way of trying to learn something new.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (sJHOI)
Posted by: GE-We Bring Good Things To Life at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: gp at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: gaf gaf at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (/w3j2)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025
***
The zero was supposed to have been contributed by the Arab world, later on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (wzUl9)
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Lamb. Symbolism.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:43 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025
***
He knows the shepherds are going to sacrifice him!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mr. Pitt at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:43 AM (2GVsD)
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Perhaps it is also new born. Symbolism.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)
Yes, this one is very dark, but keep in mind that the setting is inside a barn at midnight.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
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I appreciate those details they always add context and meaning to the piece.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 09:46 AM (BW4I7)
Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2025
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Unfortunately they forgot to devise the numbers 1 through 9.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2025 09:47 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:47 AM (xMGre)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 25, 2025 09:42 AM (sJHOI)
Would that make him a mini Minotaur?
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 09:48 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 09:49 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2025 09:49 AM (9iRTe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:49 AM (xMGre)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:49 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:51 AM (gbOdA)
Dark, yes, but I like it
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 09:51 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (qbLEp)
Norman Rockwell had an affliction that also contributed to his renditions.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 09:51 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 09:52 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025
***
He knows the shepherds are going to sacrifice him!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (wzUl9)
he vegetarian
alright I make you lamb
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Or a Scorecard at December 25, 2025 09:55 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:55 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 09:55 AM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (KDPiq)
And every time I see this artists name, I understand why the Spanish just called him El Greco.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (7JH4o)
http://tiny.cc/57vw001
Tap between the two miniaturized versions of painting above the article.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 09:58 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (7JH4o)
He signed his paintings with his Greek name which must have been a chore in itself.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 09:59 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 09:59 AM (+HNx/)
And every time I see this artists name, I understand why the Spanish just called him El Greco.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (7JH4o)
True. It should not take fifteen minutes and a tongue as agile as a sugar glider just to say your name.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 10:00 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:01 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)
And it is much appreciated.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 10:01 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 25, 2025 10:02 AM (Riz8t)
Did the other Magus demyrrh?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 25, 2025 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
Wait . . .
Merry Christmas to you all.
Except that one guy. You know who you are.
Posted by: RI Red at December 25, 2025 10:03 AM (UDARB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:01 AM (KDPiq)
Giddy up!
Oh, wait, I didn't see the "w." My bad.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 10:03 AM (sjyPY)
Wait . . .
Merry Christmas to you all.
Except that one guy. You know who you are.
*universal shifty eyes*
Posted by: The Horde at December 25, 2025 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:04 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:55 AM (gbOdA)
Every time I see this verse, the music starts to play in my head! For me, tied with the Hallelujah Chorus as the best piece Handel wrote.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:05 AM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 10:05 AM (+HNx/)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. It's Christmas!!! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Boxing Day to all the Horde. Thanks for being such a great group.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 10:05 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Or a Scorecard at December 25, 2025 09:55 AM (oftw2)
One of the fun things about Art History classes...you learn who the various characters are in classical art by the symbols on them or around them.
For instance, St. Peter wears a key, James has a saw, etc.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 10:05 AM (n9ltV)
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Then there's Saint Andrew.
Poor Saint Andrew.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 10:06 AM (+HNx/)
That name has so much more flair than just calling him "Greg", which would be closer to the Spanish for 'Greek'.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 10:07 AM (OjdEO)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 10:08 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 25, 2025 10:09 AM (Riz8t)
Eve?
/The other Magus
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 10:09 AM (/iMjX)
It’s a delight to do Christmas 2.0 with you all!
The Horde - the gift that keeps on giving.
Posted by: RI Red at December 25, 2025 10:10 AM (fJiXH)
The eyes followed you around the room.
(the ones on the plate)
https://tinyurl.com/bcy4f4mr
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:12 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at December 25, 2025 10:14 AM (qbLEp)
Saw his works in the Prado and they are yuge.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:14 AM (kpS4V)
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Then there's Saint Andrew.
Poor Saint Andrew.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 10:06 AM (+HNx
The months running up to the mid-term elections might be a good time to reread Fox’s Book Of Martyrs.
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 10:15 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 10:15 AM (fIo92)
Posted by: It's in the song at December 25, 2025 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Poor Saint Andrew.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 10:06 AM (+HNx/)
Better than St Bartholomew. He's either carrying a flensing knife or his skin. Or both.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 10:16 AM (xMGre)
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That's nuffink. Ever seen the Mona Ogg? The teeth follow you around the room.
Posted by: Constable "Nobby" Nobbs at December 25, 2025 10:16 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:14 AM (kpS4V)
He has been described as the first impressionist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: From that other song at December 25, 2025 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 10:17 AM (Xu8xw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2025 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
How to win friends and influence others is best in the original Greek.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 10:17 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:18 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 10:15 AM (fIo92)
Looks like Joseph is in the danger zone.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 10:19 AM (wVcYX)
*obligatory Tolkien ref.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:19 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 10:20 AM (Xu8xw)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:20 AM (7JH4o)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,
*********
For once I should have bet the 'over'.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 10:20 AM (/iMjX)
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 10:21 AM (Xu8xw)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:20 AM (7JH4o)
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Fun fact: he survived being shot full of arrows. Later assassins chose the simpler method of clubbing him to death.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:21 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Joseph the accountant at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:18 AM (enw9G)
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It's tiny and behind bulletproof glass. The crowd is five people deep. What a weird experience.
Usually seeing paintings "in the flesh" is a mind-blowing experience. The colors, man! But the Mona Lisa is the one exception where you can get more from a good reproduction in a book.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (kpS4V)
I am so glad they did! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/3x2pfd8z
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:23 AM (kpS4V)
I am expert at changing a diaper.
Posted by: Dr. Jill, Whore and Homewrecker at December 25, 2025 10:23 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (Ia/+0)
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Dunno. I'd wager it's already undergone restoration. Incidentally, there are an excellent series of videos on art restoration by Julian Baumgartner, on YouTube
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:24 AM (qbLEp)
I was shocked it was so small!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:24 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:25 AM (kpS4V)
I count this as Trump’s biggest troll of the Left.
Have to admit though I don’t think he should have done it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:25 AM (KDPiq)
Usually seeing paintings "in the flesh" is a mind-blowing experience. The colors, man! But the Mona Lisa is the one exception where you can get more from a good reproduction in a book.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:22 AM (kpS4V)
I wonder why there’s so much security?
Posted by: Trust Fund Nepo Babies armed with red paint at December 25, 2025 10:26 AM (fIo92)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
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I much prefer his "Lady with an Ermine."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:27 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:27 AM (7JH4o)
It also lists martyrs. At the top of that list is the date 25 December: ‘natus Christus in Betleem Judeae’, the text runs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 10:27 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Trust Fund Nepo Babies armed with red paint at December 25, 2025 10:26 AM (fIo92)
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It was stolen at least once.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:28 AM (qbLEp)
That's just dumb.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 25, 2025 10:28 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
It’s not even close to the best of just Da Vinci paintings.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:28 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Oh, no. Xmas punz at December 25, 2025 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:28 AM (kpS4V)
Let Us Spray - a limerick
Advice from a nursemaid named Ruth
Well renowned for espousing the truth
"When changing a diaper
Employ a windshield wiper
Lest you encounter the Fountain of Youth"
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 10:29 AM (/iMjX)
Have to admit though I don’t think he should have done it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:25 AM (KDPiq)
The Left is already shrieking about it and has filed a lawsuit to make him take it down.
They considered it their High Holy Temple.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (7JH4o)
(while I love to look at those fashionably intricately decorated cookies that smack of fine Rosmaling, having eaten one once, I was appalled at how bland, chalky, and awful they tasted with all that decoration designed for painting instead of eating. Same with the elaborate cakes that look JUST LIKE a seashell next to an umbrella drink--structurally amazing, taste like crap)
Daughter gave me an advent calendar where each little window held a tiny single-serving jar of limited edition Bonne Maman, and I've been having some of the weirder ones on a piece of shortbread with tea. Put them out as dippers with jellies, honey, chocolate!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Bulg
We're sitting right here.
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
WISE MAN #3: It is a valuable balm.
BRIAN'S MUM: A balm? What are you giving him a balm for? It might bite him. That's a dangerous animal. Quick! Throw it in the trough.
WISE MAN #1: No, it isn't.
BRIAN'S MUM: Yes, it is. It's great, big mmm...
WISE MAN #3: No, no, no. It is an ointment.
>>>
BRIAN'S MUM: Er, well, um, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? Heh. Thank you! Good-bye!
Well, weren't they nice? Hmm. Out of their bloody minds, but still.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (4tmpE)
Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 10:31 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:32 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:32 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:32 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Rich Little at December 25, 2025 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025
***
I went to high school with a guy with the last name of "Griego." At the time I had no idea -- despite my Spanish classes -- that it meant "Greek."
(Years later, his son came to work at the undergrad admissions office of the college where I worked.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:34 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: davidt
Some say that one can tell from the brush strokes that the weeny tuck was crushing.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 10:34 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:34 AM (kpS4V)
grandgirl is on the way over to do shapes here, to take to other grandparents for Christmas dinner.
She is NEVER cookied out, but she's seven, so...
Posted by: barbarausa at December 25, 2025 10:34 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (2GVsD)
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"I would travel all the way to Europe to view this if it weren't such a long fur piece..."
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:34 AM (kpS4V)
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You missed his "Topless Lady Bullfighters on Black Velvet" series, then.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (sjyPY)
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I think it's pretty much always Muldoon ftw.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:36 AM (qbLEp)
Sorry you didn't win the Powerball.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:36 AM (kpS4V)
The chiro will handle me:
He'll pop my back
And my neck will crack
Between C2 and C3. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:35 AM (qbLEp)
“If not for them this would be my nation’s flag already, but they stand in the way, they stand in the way!!!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 10:38 AM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Don't go disparaging great artwork like that. Next you'll be telling us that the "Hang in there" kitty is gauche.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 10:38 AM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Neilia Hunter Biden From Beyond at December 25, 2025 10:39 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 25, 2025 10:44 AM (aKFQr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 10:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 10:46 AM (OWovX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 10:47 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at December 25, 2025 10:47 AM (XbNmU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:47 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Earplugs? Nod alot?
Posted by: Endeavour To Persevere at December 25, 2025 10:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 10:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Have you taken it in to your local store's Apple Genius?
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 10:49 AM (OjdEO)
Guess you didn't win the building funds for your secret island base either.
Friend gifted me a kit with the offer, "if you don't like it, I can swap it out for a Luftwaffe bomber."
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg
We're sitting right here.
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at December 25, 2025 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
I saw a video the other day, ranking the Top 50 paintings of all time. No secret which one ended up #1, but the dogs painting was on the list, somewhere in the 20s, I think.
Ranking these things is silly. Personally, I think some of the more famous artists are way overrated.
Oddly, there wasn't a single Picasso on the list.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (Fju+s)
Posted by: Herod at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (Sq0bO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025
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It's set in a stable in Wyoming, with three cowboys and a roped calf around the manger?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Herod at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (XeU6L)
You better stop, Herod, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going round.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 10:52 AM (Fju+s)
Posted by: GWB
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Chiaroscuro
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 10:53 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Three Wise Men at December 25, 2025 10:54 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
Heh. Actually close.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:54 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2025 10:50 AM (Sq0bO)
Sometimes the digital copies that show up online get the color and brightness wrong.
Not sure if that's the case here.
Or if someone got hold of it after it was done, and plopped the lounging cat in there.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 10:54 AM (Fju+s)
Be safe today.
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at December 25, 2025 10:47 AM (XbNmU)
Anyone read any Julian May? I picked up a book and finished only to find out it was a backstory to her main series written towards the end. Lots of time travel so it’s confusing. Is the main Pleistocene part good?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (fIo92)
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The darkening of old paintings over time is generally due to the organic varnish used, not the paint. And there is also dirt and grime.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025
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Heh. Actually close.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025
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The three cowboys are painted to look like the young James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and Audie Murphy, Joseph looks like Van Heflin, and Mary looks like Loretta Young?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (wzUl9)
Those things will drain your savings with the upkeep.
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: I'm a GOAT, dammit at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (m0WlR)
Colonial America.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:57 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Those things will drain your savings with the upkeep.
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (AN2gy)
Cliff Clavin trivia tells me that’s where the term White Elephant originated.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 10:59 AM (KDPiq)
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Christmas at the Eagle's Nest.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 10:59 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:59 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
Might be some smoke involved too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 10:59 AM (/lPRQ)
Luftwaffe nerd, "RLM76!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 11:00 AM (2GVsD)
Joseph's expression and hand gestures are of a man gazing at a miracle not of his making. The clothing is certainly less pretentious than Mary's. He is a working man, Mary is the daughter of a Temple priest.
Hmmm... Chania, Crete had a thriving Jewish community at the time of El Greco's childhood. I wonder if he decided to change the iconography a bit as a nod to a homeland far away.
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 11:00 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (qbLEp)
Wrong!
It was the Dark Ages. Everything was darker.
That's why baseball wasn't invented yet.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:00 AM (KwCuT)
LOUNGING CAT???!!!!
Posted by: I'm a GOAT, dammit at December 25, 2025 10:56 AM (m0WlR)
Next you'll try to tell me that thing closer to the crib isn't a mountain lion.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (KwCuT)
That's why baseball wasn't invented yet.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025
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The origin of the term "twi-night double-header"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (wzUl9)
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In the version CBD first posted, her gown was nearly crimson in color.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 10:59 AM (/lPRQ)
No, smoke was on the water.
The fire was in the sky.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2025 11:02 AM (KwCuT)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2025 11:04 AM (rj6Yv)
Christmas babe.
http://alturl.com/5hvwv
And nood.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Santa gonna get himself some cookies!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2025 11:04 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (2GVsD)
The fire was in the sky.
Posted by: BurtTC
Sorry. My fault entirely.
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at December 25, 2025 11:05 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)
-- They only did that because they needed something to indicate their contributions to civilization.
Posted by: vvivi at December 25, 2025 11:10 AM (cpunl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2025 11:11 AM (XV/Pl)
https://tinyurl.com/5hdx5y4y
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Posted by: Dr_No at December 25, 2025 11:20 AM (ayRl+)
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Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 04:14 PM (FLiOE)
The Morning Report — 12/25/25
President Donald Trump sent Christmas wishes to all Americans on Christmas Eve, singling out the “Radical Left Scum” as recipients.Far be it for me to criticize the President for his language insofar as anyone who has read this column or listened to the podcast know (latest episode linked here and in the sidebar as well as at the usual outlets listed at the end of this post)... that I certainly don't mince words about my feelings for those on the Left end of the spectrum. And considering this is Christmas, though I'm not Christian, I will go so far as to reiterate my wishes for Democrat/Leftists: May the Good Lord in Heaven open their hearts and minds so that they may at long last recognize the evil that has infected them, so they can repent, seek forgiveness and preserve their souls from eternal damnation. Amen. But that said, I give you this radioactive madness to underscore my utter detestation of them:
“How the far right stole Christmas,” authored by Rome correspondent Hannah Roberts. Politico Frames European Christmas Celebrations as ‘Far-Right Spectacle’Translation: We have orgasms when Muslims slaughter Christians anytime anywhere and especially at Christmas markets! These are the same bastards who claim Jesus Christ to have been a some sort of negroid Palestinian mulatto and that every wetback who crosses the Rio Grande is akin to Mary and Joseph fleeing persecution, etc. ad nauseam. And that putting up nativity scenes in schools is a crime against humanity while transsexualism and other perversions in he schools are healthy and wholesome. Meh, I could go on for days but as I said, it's Christmas and better to keep it light. Oh well, I failed. Apologies for micturating in your Christmas morning corn flakes. Mr. President, you are so right, the Left are SCUM. Other than that, quite a good essay from John Stossel that somehow needs to be drummed into the hollow heads of our youth who are all hot and horny for socialism.
If you're hitting the road, safe travels, especially in the norhteast. Again, Merry Christmas and God bless you all. And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- The areas likely to see most snow are southeastern New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Snow, Ice, And Flooding Threaten Christmas Travel Across U.S. - John Stossel: People criticize capitalism. As a recent Axios-Generation poll found, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths: Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.” Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that.
Bless our billionaires — the wealth they create makes us ALL richer
- CHRISTMAS 2025
- As A Charlie Brown Christmas celebrates its 60th anniversary, the increasing secularization of American society means fewer people than ever understand the meaning of the holiday.
Secularized America Needs A Charlie Brown Christmas Now More Than Ever
- But let’s not reduce the real meaning of Christmas to decorations and manger scenes on the lawn. It is far more than that.
The meaning of Christmas is simple — yet so hard for modern minds to grasp - Our signature strength is that we are an optimistic people.
Christmas: The Time for Hope - Reading the Bible not for faith but for understanding revealed a radically humane, subversive story that explains who we are, who we’ve been, and who we still hope to become.
The Good Book Is Great
- No wonder wise men, including many of our Founding Fathers, have affirmed this incredible claim.
The Baby in the Manger Was Divine
- It is a story most of us could tell from memory, shaped as much by hymn and pageant as by Scripture itself. The images are familiar and comforting: a holy family alone in the cold, a quiet night, a humble beginning. It's also not accurate.
The ‘Inn’ That Wasn’t an Inn: Reading the Christmas Story Carefully
- They hate Christianity. So of course they hate Christmas.
Cruel Yule - While Americans are ready to forget the Greatest Generation, in towns across Europe, they cherish the memory of the men who fought to save Europe in December 1944.
In Parts Of Europe, Many Still Remember America’s Greatness, Especially At Christmas
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - "Although she never served as a firefighter, she's confident that won't matter."
Mamdani Appoints NYC’s First Lesbian Fire Commissioner "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS - D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell upheld President Donald Trump’s authority to slap a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, according to court documents. The ruling marks the latest action against a visa program adored by big business, but long accused of displacing American workers, particularly those in the tech industry. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: New Trump Admin Rules To Weed Out Migrants Defrauding Domestic Abuse Benefits)
Obama Judge Hands Trump Victory In Battle Against H-1B Pipeline
- These are some bad hombres.
Here Are The Illegal Immigrants Who Made The Naughty List This Year
- New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday's ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety.
Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Effort To Stop New York From Giving Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses - It’s Americans’ ‘duty to prevent any new citizens from coming in until the health of the Republic can be restored and those new citizens can be properly assimilated,’ Glenn Ellmers told The Federalist.
It’s Your Civic Duty To Reject The ‘Nation Of Immigrants’ Propaganda You Learned In School WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - The mob shouted “Allahu Akbar” and made anti-Christian remarks while police officers and bystanders observed.
Muslim mob blocks Christians from Christmas worship in Indonesia - . . . Then this happened.
Canada’s Security Chief Met with Muslim Leader to Fight ‘Islamophobia’ - Hundreds of demonstrators in New Delhi demanded justice for the slain man, and accused Bangladesh of not doing enough to protect its Hindu minority.
Protests Break Out in New Delhi After Hindu Man Lynched and Burned in Bangladesh - When is the West going to do what is necessary for self-preservation?
Islam And The West: Time For A Divorce (who gets the kids and who pays the alimony? No it's time for Islam to be eradicated - jjs)
BONDI BEACH CHANUKAH BLOODBATH - "Jews have always been scum ... we don’t want them near us or our family."
Bondi beach copycat suspect found in possession of guns, bomb supplies
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Thus, while recovering from the economic crisis of COVID-19 lockdowns and the Biden junta will take time, already progress is significant.
U.S. Economic Growth Strongly Outpaces Other Nations Despite Tariff Hysteria - Victor Davis Hanson: Clinton won in 1992 by selling a recession that was already over; the lesson for 2026 is simple—ignore real economic gains, and a fake downturn can still decide an election.
Pseudo-Recessions
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Delaware State Police Colonel William Crotty commented on the murder of the Trooper, saying, “We lost a brother, a son, a best friend, a coach, a husband and a father… His last actions were that of a hero, a hero who saved lives today while sacrificing his own.”
Delaware State Trooper Shot and Killed While Protecting Others Inside DMV - According to Asher's Real-Time Crime Index (RTCI), the United States is on track for the biggest single-year decline in murders ever recorded — a striking reversal after the COVID-era crime surge.
Trump’s Crime-Busting Policies Spark Historic Murder Plunge Nationwide FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Conservative social media users blasted the left-wing outlet’s Wednesday article, “How the far right stole Christmas,” authored by Rome correspondent Hannah Roberts.
Politico Frames European Christmas Celebrations as ‘Far-Right Spectacle’ (Translation: We have orgasms when Muslims slaughter Christians anytime anywhere and especially at Christmas markets! - jjs) - On Tuesday evening, the U.S. State Department said that it would sanction five Europeans and bar them from travelling to the United States for their role in censoring Americans and American firms.
EU Threatens Retaliation Against U.S. After Ex-Censorship Tsar Breton Sanctioned
- Canada has turned into a cult of death.
Merry Christmas, Canada, while we're still allowed to say it
- The media has become even less credible than the politicians it covers.
Media Escalates CBS News Attacks Into Outright Libel
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - The instructor was removed from teaching duties, the student’s grade was reviewed, and a full-time professor was assigned to the course.
University Fires Trans Instructor for Failing Student Over Biblical Gender Views.
- ACLJ files a federal lawsuit.
Children Forced to View Pornographic ‘Art’ in Class POLITICS - The magnanimous holiday greetings from Trump included a missive directed at those the president said are holding up his agenda.
Trump Wishes Merry Christmas to All, Even ‘Radical Left Scum’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - As a result, Israel and the world are a bit safer today.
IDF Kills Hamas Commander Who Was ‘One of the Architects’ of October 7 THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT" - The proposal marks the clearest indication yet of the compromises the Ukrainian leader would be willing to make on the Donbas region, control of which is a major sticking point in peace negotiations.
Zelensky Says Ukraine Open to Demilitarized Economic Free Zone With Russia FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - “American deployment on Venezuelan soil would almost certainly provoke a prolonged and punishing insurgency.”
The Coming Venezuelan Insurgency - The U.S. military has seized two oil tankers in the week since President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” on shipments of sanctioned oil from Venezuela, approached a third, and is currently shadowing a fourth.
Venezuela Slows Down Loading of Oil Tankers as U.S. Cracks Down on Illegal Shipments
- When a man shouts about robbery as he stands in the wreckage of his own house, he doesn't convince anybody. His shouting fades, but the damage he incurred remains. Venezuela's leadership could end isolation tomorrow by restoring elections, freeing opponents, and opening institutions shut down years ago.Until then, cries of extortion sound less like injustice. Just panic.
Venezuela Blames the U.S. for Its Own Ruin - The election is continuing Latin America’s swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president. Asfura, of the conservative National Party received 40.27% of the vote in the Nov. 30, edging out four-time candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party, who finished with 39.53% of the vote.
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras’ presidential vote DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - It may be a good idea not to repeat Afghanistan.
Time to Bring Our Troops Home From Syria - Commercial satellite imagery revealed in June 2021 that China was building an immense field of missile silos near the northwestern city of Yumen, which is south of the Mongolian border. The field covered hundreds of square miles, and boasted 119 construction sites that were identical to China’s existing nuclear missile silos. (Should've nuked the evil bastards in '53 - jjs)
Pentagon Report: China Loads over 100 ICBMs into Missile Silos near Mongolian Border - ...of the USA’s second largest counter-terrorism unit. How might he misuse that resource?
Soon we’ll have a socialist Soros disciple in charge... FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - Kennedy and his team know that these gender "treatments" will soon have the same reputation as lobotomies.
Poor families and foster children benefit most from the GOP's plan to protect gender-confused kids CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Christian Toto: 'Knocked Up' director in deep denial about Hollywood's aversion to laughter
Film Threat Schools Judd Apatow on Comedy
- In rejecting the classical idiom (balance, proportion, ornament, civic symbolism), modernist architecture severed itself from a millennia-old dialogue between beauty and function.
The Death of Beauty: Urban Aesthetics and the Rupture of Modernism
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 06:40 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2025 06:42 AM (bQ4nt)
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Posted by: callsign claymore at December 25, 2025 06:49 AM (2Vgqv)
By the way, Michelle Wu says we can thank Somalia and Somalians for Christmas. Apparently, their religious tolerance is renowned and all-encompassing!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 06:51 AM (fQarn)
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Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 06:53 AM (fQarn)
JJ - thank you for all you do here.
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Posted by: callsign claymore at December 25, 2025 06:57 AM (2Vgqv)
Good morning, Hordians. Merry Christmas from me, Her Majesty and all the Hounds of Soyara (Diana, Dot, Dutchess, Val, Rosalind, Dan, Sonny, Ruth, Puff, Finn and The Big Dummy).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2025 06:57 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 06:59 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 06:59 AM (gbOdA)
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Yes, a Merry Christmas even to the unhappy scum on the left.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 06:59 AM (W/2in)
Posted by: callsign claymore at December 25, 2025 06:57 AM (2Vgqv)
Sy Sperling! What a guy.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 06:59 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Mick at December 25, 2025 07:01 AM (HFx9z)
POLITICO Europe
@POLITICO Europe
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
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Oh, go suck on a lemon, you unhappy leftist scum.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 07:02 AM (W/2in)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 07:02 AM (W/2in)
Cyanide.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:04 AM (x0n13)
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Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2025 07:12 AM (ze3R+)
The Apollo 8 message was beautiful. Borman, Lovell and Anders. First to orbit the moon. Those men had guts
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 07:12 AM (2vrAX)
1. Social Security - Failed in 86 and revised to fail again in 38 or so. It will now fail in 33.
2. Mediscare - Designed to never cost more than $20 billion. Last year is was $848 B.
3. Obamacare - Designed to penalize non-participants and Cadillac Plans to pay for lower income working people plans. Not really insurance but more of a pay as you go system. Bailed out twice in COVID and Democrats ended that in IRA 2022.
So the smartest, brightest, bestest people in the USA have tried 3 bites at the Socialism Apple and failed miserably 3X.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 07:12 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 07:13 AM (wVcYX)
Thanks JJ for putting up the daily Morning Report
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 07:13 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Werfwerfer What Werfs Werf at December 25, 2025 07:19 AM (VAajM)
Aww. He took his vibraphone and went home.
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 07:20 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2025 07:20 AM (tljrc)
And yet (driven by the intense desire to escape poverty and laser-focused hard work) ... I eventually achieved The American Dream (despite my two brothers becoming drug and alcohol abusers).
My Mother Was A Sadly Innocent Saint, too good for my father and especially This World.
I am retiring next year, and my first bucket-list item (plans already made) is a visit to The Holy Land.
My big question before then is: Do I Want To Be Baptized Anew In The Jordan River (at an age considerably beyond 29) by a Messianic Jewish Rabbi?
I've always felt more Old Testament than New Testament, but have to admit that I cry during every episode of "The Chosen."
I will report back in 10 months ... Merry Christmas!
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 07:21 AM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Werfwerfer What Werfs Werf at December 25, 2025 07:23 AM (VAajM)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"
Neither did I. We will just have to endeavor to persevere. I don't need my life ruined anyway.
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)
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RFK Jr. will henceforth be known as Robert Francis Trump-Kennedy, Jr.
[h/t The Babylon Bee]
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 07:26 AM (LgsNJ)
Dang, ShainS! What a story. You make me all the more thankful. I wish you an especially Merry Christmas.
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Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2025 07:27 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 07:25 AM (A0sqA)
Your dad is cool! We also would play touch football in he middle of the street "From Sewer to Sewer!" two manhole covers were the end zones. Pronounced Soo-uh tuh Soo-uh
Ah yes, those were the days....
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:28 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 07:30 AM (Cjt/F)
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Mazel tov on overcoming your past and not succumbing to it. I think getting baptized would be a fabulous idea but not sure where you might get access to the Jordan river. Maybe go up to Sfat in Galil or just ask Biden's Dog.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 07:30 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 07:30 AM (wVcYX)
/"Hey, we were just playing "Spades" with Killary while the American Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi ...
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 07:32 AM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2025 07:32 AM (2vrAX)
Not deep enough if you're in to the whole "full immersion" thing. But, hey, I don't know, nothing says you couldn't just roll around a bit to get both sides, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2025 07:33 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 07:33 AM (NwnyJ)
Data Sharing Restrictions: The law limits access to DMV records by federal immigration authorities. Information can only be shared with a court order or warrant.
What about Equal Protection? Equal Rights?
So Illegals have more Rights than citizens.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 07:33 AM (gbOdA)
Regarding A Charlie Brown Christmas: The innocence and joy of that one simple show is something to treasure. And I think there was Divine Intervention when Schulz won the argument to keep Linus's speech in the show.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 25, 2025 07:33 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 07:35 AM (Cjt/F)
SHOOT THEM with spit balls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 07:37 AM (2ef5s)
He fired me before spring.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 07:37 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: King Edward the Eight at December 25, 2025 07:38 AM (9oFPr)
There were a lot of “firsts” on 8, notably the first time humans had crewed the Saturn V, and I think it was only the third time the design had flew. Grumman was having a lot of technical problems with the lunar module, it was not ready to fly and so the mission planners decided to turn what was intended to be an earth orbit only shakedown mission into YOLO orbit around the Moon.
They made everything as “safe” as it could humanly be, but there are several points in the long daisy-chain of events where there is no backup plan or redundancy and if something goes wrong they would be dead. Maybe a permanent funereal monument orbiting the Sun, or stranded on the Moon.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 07:38 AM (iKvcM)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 07:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:41 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 07:42 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2025 07:43 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 25, 2025 07:44 AM (RGk3C)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 07:44 AM (eGKtV)
Data Sharing Restrictions: The law limits access to DMV records by federal immigration authorities. Information can only be shared with a court order or warrant.
What about Equal Protection? Equal Rights?
So Illegals have more Rights than citizens.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 07:33 AM (gbOdA)
So the state of NY is directly violating federal law by enabling illegal immigration. Sounds insurrection-y.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 07:47 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 07:44 AM (eGKtV)
Just slightly before my time, as I was born in 1960. I was in grade school during that venue's heyday so no way I could've seen a show by myself.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:47 AM (x0n13)
POLITICO Europe
@POLITICO Europe
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
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Oh, go suck on a lemon, you unhappy leftist scum.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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They sound worried.
Think those Christians in Nigeria found their inner sword and blew up a Mosque.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 07:47 AM (2ef5s)
SHOOT THEM with spit balls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 07:37 AM (2ef5s)
Might I suggest hosing them down with lard. Really, really, hot lard.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)
No Chinese food today, but a friend who was going to host a gathering has been frazzled by family members getting sick and by fatigue, so she said screw it, we're going out for shish kabob!
Fine by me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 07:48 AM (kpS4V)
No Chinese food today, but a friend who was going to host a gathering has been frazzled by family members getting sick and by fatigue, so she said screw it, we're going out for shish kabob!
Fine by me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 25, 2025 07:48 AM (kpS4V)
I took your suggestion from yesterday and went with a blueberry pie for dessert. No sorbet, though. Their palates can stay dirty.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2025 07:51 AM (8CIFn)
IIRC the Fillmore East morphed into a place called the Palladium by the late 70s. And I did see Cheap Trick open for the Cars there in 1978. When both acts were just breaking. Fan of both.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:53 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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bit of a radio interview with the astronaut when he discover the problem the oxygen tank blowing out.
The interviewer asked a leading question about being nervous. Insulted the rocket man calmly responded, No, I went through the check list.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 07:54 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 07:58 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2025 07:58 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 07:59 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Ghosts Of Christmas Past at December 25, 2025 08:00 AM (R/m4+)
Apollo 8.... It's a miracle that the reading of Genesis by the 3 astronauts even happened, and on Christmas Eve.
RIP Christine Laitin- she was the wife of a journalist that the astronauts tapped for any suggestion on what to say when they were to make their broadcast. And in her tern years had been member of the French Resistance in WWII.
Posted by: Rex B at December 25, 2025 08:00 AM (C9oTe)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2025 08:02 AM (5Ne9C)
Great news!
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 07:59 AM (+mUZM)
We walk past there every day.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:03 AM (A0sqA)
In the 1960s, while living in a notorious house on Lombard Street that she would later claim was cursed, Montandon was a familiar face to San Franciscans. The city knew her under several guises: author, gossip columnist, activist, party girl, friend of the stars and TV personality. As CBS host Jack Hanson once told her, “You’re one of those people who just seems to be famous.”
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:06 AM (A0sqA)
NBC News
@NBCNews
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 08:06 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 25, 2025 08:06 AM (iJfKG)
"Not enough!", says my oldest. So in a bit I'll bake some of Betty's dark chocolate fudge brownies.
Good thing sugars and fats don't count today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:06 AM (wVcYX)
"...for unto us a Savior is born..."
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 25, 2025 08:07 AM (gxokI)
A group called the “MFers” demanded he set aside a free night, or they would burn down the Fillmore. He did agree to their demands, briefly. All the bums showed up on the Wednesday “freel night and vandalized the place. No more “free” nights.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 08:08 AM (eGKtV)
NBC News
@NBCNews
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 08:06 AM (L/fGl)
That's a shame.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 25, 2025 08:08 AM (mFz+I)
It's funny, he was the one I worried the most about. Turns out, I didn't need to worry at all.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 08:10 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee Since 1966 at December 25, 2025 08:10 AM (oftw2)
My parents were... concerned. But all ended well.
I ended up seeing quite a few shows in the greater D.C. metro area. I had season tickets at Merriweather Post Pavilion for around 5 concerts a "season" for three years straight. Same two seats. 13th row. Center.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 08:10 AM (NwnyJ)
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
These beautiful words, in this order simply HAD to be divinely inspired.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:12 AM (wVcYX)
The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $834.9 million, the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won, according to the lottery.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Just Wondering at December 25, 2025 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)
My parents were... concerned. But all ended well.
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Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 08:10 AM (NwnyJ)
Ha! Past geographic neighbor! My high school was quite nearby the Capital Center. Largo Sr. High. Go Lions! Next door was the county's high school extension - PG County Community College.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:17 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tie-Dyed Timmy at December 25, 2025 08:17 AM (oftw2)
@NBCNews
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives.
Unfortunately, not int a Road To Damascus sort of way.
Wake me when "changed" becomes "ended" .
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:17 AM (a4flb)
of the trees looked striking against the pink and yellow sky!
I even took a picture of the empty Shop Rite Parking lot, because you never see that except at Christmas!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 08:20 AM (+hwtP)
The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $834.9 million, the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won, according to the lottery.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)
I can just see Billy Joe Bob and Lurlene staring at their winning Powerball ticket in stupefied wonder.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:20 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 25, 2025 08:21 AM (qBdHI)
NEW: Former Rhode Island Democratic mayoral candidate asks cops "you know who I am?" before being arrested for alleged drunk driving
"You guys are gross,' and 'I f***ing can't stand you… "I'm going to get you mother******."
Maria A. Bucci, 51, is former Cranston mayoral candidate and current chair of the city’s Democratic Committee
She was charged with DUI after a traffic stop earlier this month
Bucci told the officers, "What are you going to do, shoot me?"
Court records say officers noted 'severely bloodshot, glassy and watery eyes'
The report stated that Bucci cried out that she had "told her kids if they ever became a cop I'd k*ll them."
She added, "only clowns become cops."
Bucci was charged with a misdemeanor DUI and released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond
https://is.gd/pz08VM
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 25, 2025 08:21 AM (L/fGl)
Anyhoo... car at dealer garage being checked for damage and key codes being changed. Just notified that car is ready for pickup. About $160 to recode the key FOBs.
Day wasted.
So... Horde crowding: what's the best practical way to provide additional protection for your car? Nothing convoluted, as Mrs. BD needs to be able to handle this, too. Thanks.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2025 08:22 AM (rOu8D)
I'm exhausted.
We spent Christmas Eve celebrating Christmas.
Today will be spent going to church in a few hours,
opening some more presents and then chilling and watching Christmas movies.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 25, 2025 08:23 AM (NpAcC)
Hidden kill switch that turns off the fuel pump.
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 08:24 AM (vFG9F)
So Illegals have more Rights than citizens.
Illegals aren't "subject to the jurisdiction" says the 14th Amendment.
That is why they aren't subjected to the inhumane laws, regulations, mandates and abuses of the prevailing authorities as "citizens".
An example is that you are denied a job, income, mobility, the ability to trade, education and medical care if you were an American citizens who didn't receive the Jab or wear a mask.
OTOH, tens of millions of foreigners were allowed to keep their God given civil rights and had no impediments forced upon them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:24 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 08:25 AM (vFG9F)
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
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"Supposedly" hostile, secular left. Why are they supposedly, but the far right doesn't get such a distinction. I'm way past 'up to here' with the vile media.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 25, 2025 08:25 AM (qBdHI)
It's going to be Haydn this morning for present opening, I think....
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Radom question:
Was Haydn Sikh?
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2025 08:26 AM (/iMjX)
Consider a steering wheel stick it is both a visible and physical barrier. Kind of a pain.
We had our Camaro stolen when we lived jn Sacramento and it was found stripped in the ghetto 1 day later.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:27 AM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 25, 2025 08:28 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2025 08:22 AM (rOu8D)
Sorry you went through that and the out of pocket expense.
Own and drive a hoopty instead? I see The Club and a fuel pump switch have already been mentioned.
Time was you could simply pull off and pocket the wire from the ignition coil to the distributor cap. Alas!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:29 AM (wVcYX)
Consider a steering wheel stick it is both a visible and physical barrier. Kind of a pain.
We had our Camaro stolen when we lived jn Sacramento and it was found stripped in the ghetto 1 day later.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:27 AM (9ipOP)
In the ghetto.
Posted by: dead elvis at December 25, 2025 08:30 AM (GGeTC)
It should be a very nice Christmas. I expect some football and boardgame play to fill the rest of the day.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 25, 2025 08:30 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2025 08:31 AM (h7ZuX)
I had a friend who left his home and car unlocked despite a sketchy neighborhood. His strategery? Don't own anything anyone would want to steal.
Everything else is a Cat & Mouse game where people who want to keep their valuables are changing tactics and the criminal element keeps picking up new counter-measures.
Of course, you can spend money, like garaging it, paying for security. etc. Those are just physical impediments that slow a determined thief.
Everything can be stolen. As another friend observed, they will steal it. If you nail it down, they will pry out the nails and steal it.
So the wisdom of the campers in bear country where one sleeps with his track shoes on comes in to play.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:31 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Mad Max at December 25, 2025 08:32 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2025 08:22 AM (rOu8D)
AI had ideas...
To keep your car from being stolen, use a layered approach with products like steering wheel locks (The Club, Tevlaphee) for visual deterrence, Faraday bags (Ticonn) for key fob signal blocking, immobilizers (aftermarket or built-in) to cut fuel/power, and GPS trackers (Vyncs) for recovery, plus common sense habits like locking doors and parking smart. Etching your VIN on windows adds another layer, making parts harder to sell.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 25, 2025 08:32 AM (tOcjL)
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There was a time, long ago, when Christians were feared. They were on something of a holy crusade, you might say.
The hostile, secular left might want to recall that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 08:33 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx
I can just see Billy Joe Bob and Lurlene staring at their winning Powerball ticket in stupefied wonder.
Posted by: Count de Monet
In a few month there will be even more trash in the front yard and on the porch.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 08:34 AM (cYBz/)
Merry Christmas. Santa must have really enjoyed those cookies.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:34 AM (a4flb)
AI has obviously never lived in Atlanta where residents leave their car doors unlocked so the windows don't get broken.
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 08:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FD With No Hoses! at December 25, 2025 08:35 AM (oftw2)
I voted for this! I hope Hallmark is paying attention- this is how it's done.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 08:36 AM (OjdEO)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 08:36 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2025 08:22 AM (rOu8D)
There are relays that have kill switches. So replace the Relay (say starter) with the kill switch relay and run a wire with a switch. Hide the switch under the seat, console, etc.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:37 AM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 08:38 AM (Ia/+0)
A few centuries ago, the Puritans and their spawn for a number of generations banned the spectacle of Christmas under the Regulatory Principle of observing only those things that the Scriptures specified.
That is, the annual celebration of Christ's birth isn't Scriptural so therefore they yeeted that from their society.
Which is just as well, a pedant would observe Christ's incarnation on September 11th.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 25, 2025 08:39 AM (s0JqF)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 08:39 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 08:40 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tonypete
And better quality cars up on cinderblocks.
Posted by: Posting From Sofa On Porch at December 25, 2025 08:42 AM (oftw2)
In my fleet, one of the cars requires biometric confirmation before moving. (yes, there is a valet mode)
The others are cars no one would want to steal, let alone be seen sitting in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:43 AM (a4flb)
One could keep a German Shepherd in the car while its unattended in a parking lot
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 08:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 25, 2025 08:44 AM (UEQyT)
One could keep a German Shepherd in the car while its unattended in a parking lot
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 08:44 AM (Ia/+0)
trunk monkey
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:45 AM (gbOdA)
German Shepherd.
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 08:45 AM (OjdEO)
Merry Christmas!
Dems are considering another shutdown early next year..
I say "Skin it, skin that smokewagon and see what happens..."
The economy is set to explode like it did under sane American policies in 2018/19 rather than government controlled money supply bullshit that followed it.
I would welcome a shutdown as it never affects our middle class.
Posted by: Danimal28 at December 25, 2025 08:45 AM (mNOhh)
Posted by: Tonypete
And better quality cars up on cinderblocks.
Posted by: Posting From Sofa On Porch at December 25, 2025 08:42 AM (oftw2)
The trailer park neighbors will start noticing the signs of sudden affluence.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:46 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
Name brand aluminum foil on the windows
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:46 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: RetSgtRN at December 25, 2025 08:47 AM (704pg)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:47 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (8CIFn)
It was the Three Wise Men dressed up as firemen, wasn't it?
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (OjdEO)
I deadpanned.... it was reported stolen a month ago. You're just now letting me know? Thanks.
And hung up.
The insurance claim and everything else had already been taken care of. The local cops had our original report and she had a new car. Even back then, D.C. was a shithole.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (NwnyJ)
I voted for this! I hope Hallmark is paying attention- this is how it's done.
Hallmark missed out on AutoPen's "...severe illness and death..." White House Christmas Greeting.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 25, 2025 08:49 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 08:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (8CIFn)
She's a chunka-chunka burning love.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2025 08:50 AM (QMAsf)
We should be locking up the crooks. Not the Shampoo. This is Civilization 101
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 08:50 AM (8DbYW)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 08:52 AM (8DbYW)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 08:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Ah yes, those were the days....
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 07:28 AM (x0n13)
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Our endzones were street light poles.
All the cars in the neighborhood hated us because they had to stop and wait for us to finish the current play -- before being allowed to pass.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 08:53 AM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:53 AM (IC093)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (8CIFn)
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Rear Admiral Levine's Nether-Regions!
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 08:55 AM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2025 08:56 AM (77rzZ)
At least she was a firefighter. The NYFD appointee has never fought a fire in her career.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 25, 2025 08:56 AM (Y1sOo)
I once asked one of the therapists how many were amenable. He said, "maybe 15%". I was a carpenter who fixed the damage they caused. Got tired of it after two years.
Posted by: Never Mind The Sex Offender Unit at December 25, 2025 08:57 AM (oftw2)
1. The development of local ordinances that would restrict the purchase of land unless you are a certain minority.
2. The purchase of private land by the state and other non-profits under the guise of agricultural land preservation and only offer leases to certain minority farmers after the purchase.
3. Exclusive leasing of existing state lands to certain minorities.
#3 Sharecroppers and Serfs
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 08:57 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2025 08:48 AM (8CIFn)
The single most competent person in the US who could be lured to become the NYC fire commissioner just happens to be an overweight lesbian. Who'd have thunk?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 25, 2025 08:56 AM (Y1sOo)
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Yes she had worked her way up
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:58 AM (tQ0Wc)
Gavin appointed the first lesbian fire chief 20 years ago.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 08:53 AM (IC093)
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Did the USS Harvey Milk ever get off?
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 08:58 AM (LgsNJ)
2. The purchase of private land by the state and other non-profits under the guise of agricultural land preservation and only offer leases to certain minority farmers after the purchase.
3. Exclusive leasing of existing state lands to certain minorities.
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Each of these are facially unconstitutional
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 09:00 AM (tQ0Wc)
Posted by: Tonypete
And better quality cars up on cinderblocks.
Posted by: Posting From Sofa On Porch
The trailer park neighbors will start noticing the signs of sudden affluence.
Posted by: Count de Monet
In my neck of the woods there are county run trash dropoffs all over the place. Free. One can dispose of almost anything.
And yet. . .
There are families that live right across the street from some of these places whose yards are full of years and years of garbage and refuse.
My Dad used to claim 'Hillbilly is not where you are from, it's a state of mind."
True dat.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2025 09:00 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 25, 2025 08:58 AM (LgsNJ)
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As often as possible
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 09:02 AM (tQ0Wc)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2025 09:04 AM (Epuwl)
https://youtu.be/ahe2r5fB5hU
2005 was a simpler time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2025 09:04 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:04 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: kill 'em all at December 25, 2025 09:05 AM (/w3j2)
My Dad used to claim 'Hillbilly is not where you are from, it's a state of mind."
True dat.
Posted by: Tonypete
It ain't so bad, Tonypete. When it snows, my yard looks as good as your'n.
Posted by: Zeke from down the Holler at December 25, 2025 09:05 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: kill 'em all
Grenades and what-not?
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2025 09:07 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 08:52 AM (Ia/+0)
"Democracy is like a train -- you get off once you reach your destination."
--Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 09:10 AM (9oFPr)
That’s exactly what it is, no question about that.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 09:11 AM (0omqp)
You might be a Redneck if you have ever mowed your yard and found a car...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 25, 2025 09:11 AM (9oFPr)
It is a method to ensure loyalty and compliance. What are they going to do, find another similar job on merit?
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2025 09:12 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 09:13 AM (0omqp)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2025 09:13 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:14 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 09:13 AM (0omqp)
They understand that the electorate gave them power. The electorate is stupid.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 25, 2025 09:15 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at December 25, 2025 09:15 AM (oftw2)
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Oh yea. To some on the left, any thing they can do to piss off the normals. It's petty. But, consider the source.
They'd hire monkeys if we were pissed off about it and laughing our asses off about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2025 09:15 AM (NwnyJ)
That’s exactly what it is, no question about that.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 09:11 AM (0omqp)
They just see the business of those businesses differently. They're like Soviet political officers.
Fighting fires has to be done in a way that embodies Marxist-Leninist principles, comrade.
Posted by: gaf gaf at December 25, 2025 09:18 AM (/w3j2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:18 AM (xMGre)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 25, 2025 09:19 AM (b8J4P)
Mary Christmas, ya filthy animaels!
Posted by: Mary Clogenstien of Brattleboro Vermouth at December 25, 2025 09:20 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 25, 2025 09:21 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:23 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Sucker Born Every Minute at December 25, 2025 09:23 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:24 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2025 09:23 AM (2GVsD)
The classic neck explosive is both stylish and a good deterrent to others.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2025 09:25 AM (xMGre)
Posted by: Priorities at December 25, 2025 09:26 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2025 09:27 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: CEO, DEI Airlines, Inc. at December 25, 2025 09:28 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 09:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Poor, But Proud at December 25, 2025 09:30 AM (oftw2)
ART NOOD
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 25, 2025 09:31 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2025 09:31 AM (T2lRl)
Merry Christmas!!!
Posted by: qmark at December 25, 2025 09:32 AM (R91/8)
That isn't a far right spectacle.
A far right spectacle would be me celebrating while Politico HQ burned down with everyone inside.
I hope they get the distinction some day.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 25, 2025 09:41 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Inogame at December 25, 2025 09:44 AM (fLcJT)
Besides, the Venezuelans need to run the regime out of town so that there can be no doubt that the people there thoroughly reject the current government. No propaganda against a yankee-installed government for the commies to use.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 09:50 AM (Wv0GD)
'The single most competent person in the US who could be lured to become the NYC fire commissioner just happens to be an overweight lesbian. '
No one that little muzzie appoints will be anything but a political commissar.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 25, 2025 09:52 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2025 09:13 AM (0omqp)
That’s a quote from President Erdogan in Turkey.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 25, 2025 09:54 AM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Overweight lesbian fire chiefs everywhere at December 25, 2025 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Flakey Foont at December 25, 2025 10:52 AM (kvDvI)
Translation: We have orgasms when Muslims slaughter Christians anytime anywhere and especially at Christmas markets!
What is it that many have stated? "They don't kill us because we are Nazis, they call us Nazis so they can justify killing us."
I think the same applies here. They don't cancel Christmas and New Year's celebrations because they are "far right spectacle", they call the celebrations "far right spectacle" so they can justify cancelling them. And they cancel them to appease their Muslim conquerers.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 10:53 AM (P5BPp)
In Parts Of Europe, Many Still Remember America’s Greatness, Especially At Christmas
People in parts of Europe remember because many of them lived it. Americans forget, because they didn't live it. Other than 09/11/2001 Islamic terrorist attacks, Americans have not experienced war personally on their doorsteps. So it's easy to forget something that no one has experienced.
Always reminds me of this from "Lord of the Rings":
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it."
As the older generations pass on, there are fewer and fewer people remaining who remember the past. Even worse is the fact that the left has used their Long March Through the Institutions to propagandize to the younger generations to make sure they don't learn about the past.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 11:01 AM (P5BPp)
Mamdani Appoints NYC’s First Lesbian Fire Commissioner
More DEI that will lead to death in NYC, just as it did in Los Angeles with their DEI appointees:
Crowley’s status as the first LGBTQ fire chief appears at the top of her bio on the LAFD site. [. . .] Kristina Kepner, the first lesbian Assistant Chief and a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School for Managing Diverse Organizations, was accused of a domestic violence incident involving her girlfriend. Kristine Larson, who has a degree in Sociology, headed ‘Equity on Fire’, an organization complaining that the LAFD was sexist and racist, was then rewarded with the title of the LAFD’s first lesbian Equity Bureau Chief with a $399,000 salary. Meanwhile, Jamie Brown became the LAFD’s first lesbian Training Commander.
Crowley, Kepner, and Brown were all paramedics, not firefighters. Diversity mandates led to paramedics being referred to as ‘firefighters’ and being promoted to fire captains and battalion chiefs and then to the top echelons of the LAFD.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 11:15 AM (P5BPp)
Venezuela is the only Country in Human History to have voluntarily, freely and without pressure, guns or violence of any kind to vote communism into Office through free and fair elections.
They haven't suffered nearly enough, AFAIC.
But I do support violence against the Government. Violence against communists and communism is doing God's work.
Posted by: YosemiteSatchmo at December 25, 2025 12:18 PM (NEFaB)
Bless our billionaires — the wealth they create makes us ALL richer
CHRISTMAS 2025
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At best billionaires are a mixed "blessing", but on average I think they are a net negative on society.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 25, 2025 12:40 PM (Vh9CX)
I also drive a hoopty as was mentioned earlier and am lucky enough to own a garage to park it at night.
Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at December 25, 2025 12:55 PM (mx+cg)
Islam And The West: Time For A Divorce (who gets the kids and who pays the alimony? No it's time for Islam to be eradicated - jjs)
Yep. Islam is incompatible with western civilization. With all civilization.
The only place for anyone who wants to practice Islam is in a Muslim country.
Until all non-Muslim nations wake up to that fact, Islam will continue to conquer western civilization.
This is why I do not get excited about anything going on right now. All of it is simply managing the decline of western civilization, including the United States, unless all Muslims are deported from every non-Muslim nation. Unless/until that happens, nothing matters.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 25, 2025 01:41 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 02:27 PM (FLiOE)
Posted by: Dagny Taggart at December 25, 2025 02:40 PM (Ywa9B)
Christmas Day Tech News 2025
Top Story
- Merry Christmas everyone!
- Samsung and SK Hynix wish you a Merry Christmas too and announce they have cancelled plans to stop making DDR4 memory. (Notebook Check)
DDR4 is mostly produced on older equipment than DDR5 and was not profitable - particularly with CXMT dumping DDR4 at below cost - so the plan was to refit the factories and switch them to DDR5.
But that's time-consuming and expensive and suddenly DDR4 is profitable again - very much so - so both companies plan to keep producing it at least through 2026.
That won't end the drought, but it helps.
- In other rare positive news, Microsoft says it has no plans to rewrite its codebase in Rust, not Windows or anything else. (Windows Latest)
The article that kicked off this typhoon in a tea cosy was actually talking about a research project investigating the use of AI in such tasks, not any intent to do so for anything in any fixed time frame. But it made none of that clear.
Tech News
- If your video card has been having too easy a time of it Samsung has announced a 6k 165Hz 3D monitor. (Tom's Hardware)
That'll slow the fish down.
It uses eye-tracking to create glasses-free 3D images as long as there's a single viewer.
There's also a non-3D model if you don't need all those dimensions, a 5k 180Hz model that can boost up to 360Hz at 1440p, and a 600Hz 1440p model that can boost up to 1040Hz at 1080p.
We're talking about bat hearing levels of frame rates.
- The LG 4k monitor I favour is now available in a 144Hz model - up from the standard 60Hz - with no other changes.
I might pick one up once I've paid off all the recent purchases.
- The Radeon 780M GPU - found for example in the MinisForum AI X1-255 - loses 30-40% of its performance running in single-channel mode, if, for example, you pulled out half the memory from each of two systems to populate a compatible motherboard.
Even then it is faster than the older Vega 8 found in the Ryzen 7730U.
No reason.
- I was annoyed at datacenters, and then I met the people who oppose them. (Tech Crunch)
They're the usual Black Bloc communist imbeciles.
- How to develop web apps: Test on something that sucks. (Zero Trick Pony)
Specifically an iPhone:If you don't read the rest of this rant, I can sum up my advice as just this: if you're making a web project, even a simple one, do your rapid, many-times-a-day iteration loop testing on an older iPhone as your test mule. Yes this is a pain, because none of us are programming on an iPhone soft keyboard. We're sitting at a computer or laptop, and so that's the platform it's most natural to iterate on. Most frontend tools do not make it easy to have a quick edit-and-reload cycle with a real mobile device. So you'll have to either frequently push to a private web server, or use some exotic ssh tunnel contraption, to get it so that your test mule iPhone can view your test web project.
He then goes on to name names.
This is not because iPhones are good, it's because they're bad. iPhones are more peculiar and less compliant than any other device I tried. I promise that if you get your web project looking good and working smoothly on a crappy iPhone, your residual costs to test and polish on all other platforms and browsers will be fairly low. (For extra bravery, I recommend Firefox iOS instead of Safari, because it is the most buggy, least compliant browser I was able to find. If it works on Firefox iOS it's going to work anywhere. See below.)
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That tape of Unix V4 has been successfully restored by the archivists at the Computer History Museum. (The Register)
And it works. You can download it and run it on your PDP-11 today.
Okay, or a PDP-11 emulator.
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Why did Waymo robotaxis get stuck during the San Francisco blackout? (Tech Crunch)
With all the street lights out, they phoned home to check if it was safe to proceed.
All of them.
All at once.
- Meanwhile Zoox - owned by Amazon - has issued a recall for 323 of its robotaxis, which is to say all of them, because they drive like illegal immigrants on a CDL issued by California. (Tech Crunch)
Well, not quite that badly. They haven't killed anyone yet.
- How we reduced a 1.5GB database by 99%. (Cardog)
They deleted 99% of the data,
Though to be fair they did realise that 50% of the data was just pre-computed values that could easily be derived from the other data.
The rest they literally just deleted.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: This post is made of 99% post-deleted data.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2025 04:03 AM (BLOW1)
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Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:06 AM (RuTUS)
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Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 04:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:11 AM (RuTUS)
and Merry Christmas!
Yes, I'm at work in the wee hours of Christmas Morning.
Bah Humbug!! (I need an early 1840s top hat).
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2025 04:13 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2025 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 04:14 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:15 AM (nhCoE)
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2025 04:15 AM (WE0m7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 25, 2025 04:14 AM (dK+Kv)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: mikeski's pet bat at December 25, 2025 04:15 AM (nhCoE)
163 1. How many reindeer does Santa have?
2. Can you name them all?
Posted by: Soothsayer
Ten.
Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Olive.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:44 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:17 AM (RuTUS)
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Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:36 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Fen
22,600% is a pretty good 10-year return, innit?
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2025 04:36 AM (nhCoE)
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his name Immanuuel.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 25, 2025 04:39 AM (ehY6c)
Anyone watch Salem Techsperts on You Tube? He's pretty entertaining.
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
I was able to use an 11" 2011 Macbook Air the other day to read and post on the blog. 2gb of RAM and running AntiX. It works pretty well and it's nicer to use than my iPad. Cost me $37 on Ebay. When I get past the holiday, I plan to start putting thermal paste on these and whatever upgrades I can.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 04:41 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:43 AM (7RYym)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2025 04:44 AM (tljrc)
Thanks for what you do to help keep us safer. I seem to recall you work for the Pentagon?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:45 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at December 25, 2025 04:46 AM (caMfM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:50 AM (7RYym)
Have an iPhone because everything else is alphabet.
Don't have firefox because Brave
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 04:50 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:52 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Fen
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INTC has entered the chat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 04:54 AM (2ef5s)
https://tinyurl.com/3r8manu2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 04:58 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:59 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 05:02 AM (RuTUS)
Insomnia has it's benefits.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 05:05 AM (2ef5s)
And speaking of Alistair Sim, let me refer you to a film, Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It," in which Sim has a hilarious comic turn playing a Scotsman. It's available on the Internet Archive.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at December 25, 2025 05:05 AM (caMfM)
Anyone watch Salem Techsperts on You Tube? He's pretty entertaining.
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
I was able to use an 11" 2011 Macbook Air the other day to read and post on the blog. 2gb of RAM and running AntiX. It works pretty well and it's nicer to use than my iPad. Cost me $37 on Ebay. When I get past the holiday, I plan to start putting thermal paste on these and whatever upgrades I can.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Merry Christmas.
On what are you going to paste and what are the things may I ask?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 05:07 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 05:08 AM (Cjt/F)
Thanks; I'll have to look for that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 05:08 AM (7RYym)
Border Patrol shoots down Cartel drone.
https://tinyurl.com/3uxcbhuu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 05:12 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 05:14 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 05:15 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2025 05:17 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2025 05:18 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2025 05:21 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 04:41 AM (+mUZM)
Above my level of techitude, but he seems very engaging:
The $15 Solution to the DDR5 Price Crisis?
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 05:21 AM (RuTUS)
and ace (who gets up at the crack of noon) the most joyous Christmas possible. May it linger in your mind as a golden memory.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2025 05:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2025 05:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 25, 2025 05:26 AM (G+z4C)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 05:27 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 05:28 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 05:34 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 04:41 AM (+mUZM)
Above my level of techitude, but he seems very engaging:
The $15 Solution to the DDR5 Price Crisis?
Posted by: m
I'll check that out. I just bought a motherboard that takes laptop memory because those adapters are reported to have problems with DDR5. Let's see how it worked for him...
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2025 05:38 AM (BLOW1)
Just make sure you leave the switch on the cabinet in the "More Magic" position.
https://tinyurl.com/More-Magic
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 25, 2025 05:49 AM (O7YUW)
"Those jokey cryptic filenames in cryptic folders are now enshrined as holy writ, and the people maintaining the systems have forgotten their origins."
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 05:49 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 25, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2025 05:53 AM (Cjt/F)
and so it begins...gotta start the repair project on my daughter's bath tub
in theory, I should be done by lunch time (in theory)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2025 06:01 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
Mel & Kim were an 80s British pop duo - sisters, I think. (Second video.)
The first video is Mel Smith and Kim Wilde, but they got it on Mel & Kim's YouTube channel.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2025 06:02 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2025 06:04 AM (8Cor4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2025 06:06 AM (ESVrU)
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 04:41 AM (+mUZM)
Above my level of techitude, but he seems very engaging:
The $15 Solution to the DDR5 Price Crisis?
Posted by: m
Watched the video. He used SODIMM to DIMM adapters to put 128GB of laptop RAM in a desktop motherboard.
And it worked. At 4400MHz rather than the rated 5600MHz, but it worked.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2025 06:06 AM (BLOW1)
Or at least, never put up as a musical interlude, that I've seen anyway.
And a very blessed Christmas to all!!!
Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2025 06:15 AM (T08Hw)
I got Miss Linda a wooden little jewelry box. She literally handed it to me when we visited a thrift store after T-giving, so buying it was a foregone conclusion. Also two 12-oz. bags of flavored coffee from the local grocery chain -- she likes the stuff with "praline" or other flavors, while I find them cloying after two sips, but okay. No doubt she will pick out some item of jewelry on the 'Net that I can order today or tomorrow.
For me, I still might order that vintage pipe I like. Though that money would be better spent on a second pair of boots, perhaps from Tecovas.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wally at December 25, 2025 06:17 AM (XaT2C)
Anyone watch Salem Techsperts on You Tube? He's pretty entertaining.
https://tinyurl.com/5drhnhjv
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 04:41 AM (+mUZM)
I watched that video the other day when it turned up on my YT recommendations.
That was the same day Pixy mentioned using those adapters for laptop to desktop RAM.
It seems they can work but you have to dial down the speed.
And yeah, he was very entertaining about it.
Linus did a similar video and he had to downclock the RAM, too. That seems to be the only drawback.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Hope yours is wonderful wherever you are.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 25, 2025 06:17 AM (6ydKt)
You can count on me --
Please have blow, and cameltoe,
And big boobs just for me. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
"I'll be stretching for Christmas,
The chiro will handle me,
My back will crack,
And my neck will crack
Between C2 and C3 . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
"Later on, we'll perspire --
('Is that A/C? Turn it higher!')
We drive and we grump
O'er potholes and bumps,
Sweating in a sticky swampy land!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:21 AM (wzUl9)
You can count on me --
Please have blow. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
... Pixy Misa ... (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 06:24 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 06:26 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025
***
There's nothing like having one's priorities in order!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
But geez, 6K (3456p) is a lot of pixels to push.
You’d need a 5090 to run games at native resolution and even that $3000 card would be huffing and wheezing trying to fill the screen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 25, 2025 06:27 AM (6ydKt)
For some reason, at some point in the past I became no longer able to play a couple of songs the trio recorded in a studio that are in my downloads file.
Used to be I just went to downloads, tapped on em and they'd play. Now I get asked if I want to play em on Spotify or utube. Both say no permission.
I figure it happened when I got the new phone and the files didn't transfer (because not signed in to giggle?) or on one of those things when samsung takes over your phone for a bit to upgrade software or whatever it is.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2025 06:28 AM (T08Hw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
Somewhere in there I need to wrap her jewelry box gift. If I still have those little stick-on bows, I'll put them on the coffee; they will be tough to wrap even for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2025 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
I am the only one up and quite pleased with that.
Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2025 06:34 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2025 06:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2025 06:41 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2025 06:42 AM (Slgjz)
https://youtu.be/SDpvDi3rA8s
That should get you started, though you might want to look up a disassembly video for your exact model and year of Macbook pro.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 25, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 06:45 AM (+mUZM)
I want to set one up with the correct version of the Mac OS and try that Open Core patch that lets you put the new unsupported OS on.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2025 06:54 AM (+mUZM)
2 large coffees haven't helped
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 06:55 AM (Ia/+0)
Or at least, never put up as a musical interlude, that I've seen anyway.
And a very blessed Christmas to all!!!
Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2025 06:15 AM (T08Hw)
Dunno, TeeJ.
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 06:58 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2025 07:03 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 25, 2025 07:18 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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One of the first things I did after buying my laptop in 2010 was to build a box for a ~4" cooling fan and power it with a wall transformer.
It didn't go on the road but 90% of my usage was at home. If I traveled a lot I would have made a folding box.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 07:26 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:59 AM (RuTUS)
Imagine the looks you'd get if it was.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 25, 2025 07:43 AM (RGk3C)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:59 AM (RuTUS)
Imagine the looks you'd get if it was.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 25, 2025 07:43 AM (RGk3C)
I could maybe ... trade them out....
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 07:58 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2025 04:18 PM (FLiOE)
Christmas Eve Open Thread - December 24, 2025 [Nativity Adjacent Rex]
Good evening Horde. Fa la la la la.
On behalf of the Ace Media Empire, the staff and management and contributors, Der Weihnachtsmann, The Grateful and myself, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)https://bit.ly/the-innkeeper
Posted by: mindful webworker - let it shine, let it shine, let it shine at December 24, 2025 10:00 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 24, 2025 10:00 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 24, 2025 10:01 PM (XSP3T)
Going to look for it.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 24, 2025 10:02 PM (rghSL)
Customers are so persistent and stupid.
Calling over the PA saying registers close at 6pm, 5:52pm guy whining because all the cheap bicycles are sold out, and at 6:05 there is a guy with his two daughters in soft-lines getting clothes, and finally at 6:40pm a woman comes in the door and is shocked we are already closed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 24, 2025 10:03 PM (FlRtG)
If you're solo this holiday season, please check in. If you know someone that is solo, please check on them
colin said he would be alone tonight for the first time
nec is in a hotel room to take her sik doggeh to the vet
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:04 PM (WGeqj)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 10:04 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2025 10:04 PM (A62KL)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 24, 2025 10:04 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
Not even the Moose Out Front
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
If you want something a little different, Mark Steyn always posts a one hour “Lessons and Carols” on Christmas Eve. It’s up at steynonline.com. I’m listening to it now.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:05 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 10:06 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:06 PM (yreN9)
One can never be solo when the Horde is at hand.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at December 24, 2025 10:06 PM (jYat7)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)
You gonna dress him up for Christmas?
Little hat?
Sweater?
Posted by: Soothsayer
No way! Dude Cat still has all his claws, and they are *razor sharp* as in: you don't know you've been sliced until you notice all the blood...
He's not "cuddly" although he is generally well-behaved. I don't push him. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (S/Y4j)
https://bit.ly/trex-star
Posted by: mindful webworker - jolly hollydaze at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (uPdbI)
And I still remember our family going to the come-and-go Christmas Eve prayer service at our church, and INSISTING that we pray for our astronauts who were up in space that night (I was all of 8 years old).
My dad - a NASA engineer - was embarrassed, but I didn't care. I wanted to be sure that God was watching over them while they were so far away from home and their loved ones.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 24, 2025 10:08 PM (XSP3T)
Annual Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump’s name installed on Kennedy Center
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:08 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:08 PM (2GVsD)
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.
- St. Robert Southwell
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - jolly hollydaze at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM
***
Ha! We're a little skiddish with anything that looks like an approaching meteor.
Posted by: TRex - duck and cover dino at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Joyenz at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: tankdemon
*********
Best.Excuse.Ever.
Merry Merry my very creative friend!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)
I fondly remember midnight Mass when I was very young. They stopped doing it at some point, I don’t remember why. I remember a retired priest performed that Mass, so it may be that he died and was the only one willing to. (Our parish priest was shared among several communities.)
My current church does a midnight Mass (and at midnight) and will be singing carols before Mass. Always nice.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:10 PM (EXyHK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO7Hs6nzAuE
Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2025 10:10 PM (98kQX)
https://bit.ly/trex-star
Posted by: mindful webworker - jolly hollydaze at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (uPdbI)
That's cruel, man. Just plain cruel.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2025 10:10 PM (A62KL)
Posted by: tankdemon
Heh. Good one.
Wouldn't want the fat man missing the runway.
Posted by: mindful webworker - incandescent, halogen, or LED? at December 24, 2025 10:10 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 10:10 PM (sjyPY)
Annual Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump’s name installed on Kennedy Center
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice!
Should put his name on Congress, the SCROTUS bldg and all lessor courts.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Tomorrow is lamb shops, a nice Cabernet and some NFL.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 24, 2025 10:11 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:12 PM (nWPIJ)
"This isn't a basketball game. We aren't playing 'til the final buzzer. Get out!"
Posted by: Last Night's Comedy Piece at December 24, 2025 10:12 PM (gCsmq)
Posted by: tankdemon
*********
Best.Excuse.Ever.
Merry Merry my very creative friend!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)
When lights fail you can always try the Die Hard 2 method. It's FAA compliant if you're a certified action hero.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 10:12 PM (3uBP9)
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Shawn Farash
@Shawn_Farash
TRUMP SINGS: "TIS THE SEASON TO DEPORT 'EM"
https://is.gd/LnXCuk
'Tis the season to deport 'em, FLLLLLLLL
We love ICE and we support 'em, FLLLLLLLL
Send 'em on one-way vacations, FLLLLLLLL
Ramp up those mass deportations, FLLLLLLLL
We've deported millions so far, FLLLLLLLL
Next we'll deport Ilhan Omar, FLLLLLLLL
Look at how those thugs are acting, FLLLLLLLL
Let's send those bad hombres packing, FLLLLLLLL
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
OOooo, she's cute.
Isn't that the gal Oregon Muse regularly featured in his fashion posts?
Posted by: mindful webworker - I miss the chess puzzles at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (uPdbI)
Merry Christmas to all the Horde from me, Her Majesty and all the Hounds of Soyara.
(Diana, Dot, Dutchess, Val, Rosalind, Dan, Sonny, Puff, Ruth, Finn and The Big Dummy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (tgvbd)
So did they. Or some of them did. I read Robert Zimmerman’s Apollo 8 a few weeks ago. That was the Christmas flight around the moon. Most if not all of the families were churchgoers and integrated prayer into their hopes for the safe return of their fathers/husbands.
That was also the famous flight where the astronauts read from Genesis.
Well worth a read.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (EXyHK)
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Liminaria has nearly gone extinct since penicillin was discovered.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (nWPIJ)
https://tinyurl.com/NightBeforeXmas
AdventCalendar
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 24, 2025 10:13 PM (XSP3T)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 10:14 PM (LNeRu)
From the Grandfathers, the Grandmothers, and the Youngs
We are now drink the October wine, for this is time of Happy and Celebrationings
Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at December 24, 2025 10:14 PM (f/3mU)
They say you're never really gone if someone remembers you.
Merry Christmas to our not-forgotten friends in 2025: Vic, Jim (SND), Deplorable Jay, Ciampino, WitchDoktor...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM (pkeXY)
A very very merry merry Christmas… to you!
And mele kalikimaka to all morons!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM (EXyHK)
https://youtu.be/mKScvzJ7CkE?t=377
There are a lot of funny ones here.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM (S/Y4j)
Merry Merry my very creative friend!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)
Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 10:16 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:16 PM (tgvbd)
To all of the Horse who have graduated to the Choir Triumphant, slainte!
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 10:17 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2025 10:07 PM (S/Y4j)
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Shoot Greedo first and it will be official.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:17 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Hans Gruber, Jr. at December 24, 2025 10:17 PM (XaT2C)
Merry Christmas to our not-forgotten friends in 2025: Vic, Jim (SND), Deplorable Jay, Ciampino, WitchDoktor...
Posted by: Soothsayer
Amen.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 10:18 PM (c115l)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 10:12 PM (3uBP9)
Then you have to replace the shingles in the new year. Not really in the budget.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 10:18 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:18 PM (2GVsD)
Is it Kwanzaa yet?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:16 PM (tgvbd)
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Not until you've beat the living shit out of your pregnant girlfriend and jacked a liquor store.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:18 PM (nWPIJ)
Apollo 8 also gave us the seminal Earthrise photo. Taken by Bill Anders.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 10:12 PM (3uBP9)
Saw a meme sayin Die Hard was NOT a Christmas movie... since it was Alan Rickman chasing a guy through a building, it was a Harry Potter movie...
But... that means its also Alan Rickman getting killed by the protagonist, thus Quigley down Under...
And Alan Rickman chasing a guy at Christmas? Costner's Robin Hood? and call off Christmas!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 10:19 PM (mP0Kj)
I don’t know. I thought “To all of the Horse” had a nice ring to it. Especially ending in “Slainte”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:19 PM (EXyHK)
Woot! I just got an antique farm radio to play for the first time in probably 70 years or more. It has a nasty hum, because my cobbled-together "A" supply is not filtered well enough, but I heard two stations with just 2 feet of wire for an antenna. So I know the tubes are good, and I didn't make a major screw-up with the wiring.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 10:19 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Beavis at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (nWPIJ)
Still probably the most-used photo of the Earth.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (EXyHK)
When I was a kid somehow the line "that went out a decree from Caesar Augustus" really impressed upon me. Wow, this Caesar Augustus dude is a really big deal. Decreein' the whole world do stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM
***
Stay tuned. A proper 2025 remembrance post is planned.
Posted by: TRex - lookback dino at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZ1Fe1rsug
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:16 PM (tgvbd)
Amazing how fake bullshit sells.
At least when P.T. Barnum charged you a dime to see "The Great Egress," there was an actual exit.
Posted by: RickZ, Club ONT VIP at December 24, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
He was a big deal. That’s why only Brian Blessed could play him.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:21 PM (XV/Pl)
Wow, this Caesar Augustus dude is a really big deal. Decreein' the whole world do stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
_____________
Clean up your room, you little bastard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 10:22 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2025 10:23 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Mista, they a lot o' them over here
All them folding chairs I put out is full
Posted by: Beloved 101 year old Custodian at December 24, 2025 10:23 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Don't I know it!
https://tinyurl.com/yfkmk248
Posted by: Ea-nasir at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (A62KL)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at December 24, 2025 10:25 PM (oftw2)
For the Hobby Thread may want to look at this guy's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZ5KPDpvBk
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:25 PM (2GVsD)
Zimmerman captioned the photo (correctly displayed) with the note:
If you turn the book sideways so that the moon’s horizon is on the bottom, the picture will probably then look familiar, as this is how every publisher since 1968 has presented it. At Bill Anders’s home, however, it is framed with the moon’s horizon on the right. “That’s how I took it,” he says. To Anders, floating in zero gravity, the earth wasn’t rising from behind an horizon line (which is how a human living on a planet’s surface would perceive it). Instead, floating in a space capsule seventy miles above the moon, Anders saw himself circling the moon’s equator. The lunar horizon therefore appeared vertical to him, and the earth moved right to left as it came out from behind the moon.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I decreed MORE, fat!
I think
Jill, don't look at me like that
Posted by: Joey B. at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:15 PM (yreN9)
Yes! Thank you for the reminder. I am alone tonight, be with the Horde in spirit. Speaking of spirits, it's rum time at Peon Manor!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
The story is a real head-scratcher and is still unfolding. smh.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (rdVOm)
https://shorturl.at/r2hAQ
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (ULPxl)
that reminds me...
T-Rex, an idea for a hobby thread for you:
Military Surplus stuff. You know, like those steel Ammo boxes, etc.
I don't have any mil-surplus stuff, but maybe the morons do.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:28 PM (yreN9)
Don't I know it!
https://tinyurl.com/yfkmk248
Posted by: Ea-nasir
Works for us
We basically own Iraq
Posted by: The descdants of Ea-Nasir's lawyer at December 24, 2025 10:28 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:29 PM (KDPiq)
For the Hobby Thread may want to look at this guy's channel:
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:25 PM
***
Thank you!
Posted by: TRex - milk and cookies dino at December 24, 2025 10:29 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:29 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Of course. I was joking. Looks a lot like her, though.😉
Posted by: mindful webworker - did Tensor read Muse posts? at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM (uPdbI)
I am very blessed that I made it through a year cancer free.
My heart is praying (for what it's worth) for my wonderful Horde friends going through tough times.
I love you all, with all my heart!
I'd like to say thanx so much to our stand-in CoBs❣❣
My prayers so much for TiFW, pookiesgirl, and all Morons having struggles today. Please try and give it your all, and Merry Christmas.
"May the peace of Christ calm every storm in your heart.”
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2025 10:23 PM (98kQX)
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There's about 10 taquerias in the Mission called El Faro
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Weather Or Not at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM (oftw2)
At least not in the general zeitgeist.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Raimondo was quacking about it the other night. But he is more of a poltergeist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM (npFr7)
25 Luke is my favorite telling of the Christmas story.”
Luke is marvelous. When you read it closely it is obvious that Luke, like a good reporter, interviewed Mary late in her life, as his Gospel is the only one that contains a lot of information that only Mary could have personally known. (Such as the Magnificat and most of the Nativity details) Luke’s Gospel could almost be subtitled “Mary’s Story.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM
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Outstanding. Thank you! Added to the content inventory for next year.
Posted by: TRex - inflatable dino at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (cCn4/)
JAXA's moon orbiter took some spectacular "Earthrise" videos as well back in 2008.
First, whipping around the lunar south pole, which makes the earth's south pole be on top:
https://is.gd/XxQgkB
And a few months later, from the lunar north pole, with earth thus "right side up":
https://is.gd/evJbXE
The narration there is pretty annoying to me somehow.
Among many other things, that Kaguya probe mapped out the Moon's lumpy, non-spherical gravitational field to high resolution.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: The descdent of Ancestors, unaborted at December 24, 2025 10:32 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 10:26 PM (rdVOm)
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The last report I read was he was stuck on a road trip and was calling you for a rescue.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:28 PM (yreN9)
You could do a Hobby Thread on mil-surp gubs alone. Or vehicles alone. I have examples of both.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (npFr7)
ME🥰
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (ULPxl)
Note the phases of the earth as seen from the Moon are 180 degrees out of phase. When it's a full Moon, it's a "new Earth" and vice versa. To get a full Earthrise like that, it has to be during a new Moon, with the Sun right behind the camera looking at Erf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (w6EFb)
All of you commenters are a gift that keeps giving. Well, except for trolls, lol.
Thank all ya'll, Ace and all the COBs who keep this wonderful place going.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)
My ex-wife and I put out luminaria a couple of times when we lived in Virginia. Most of our neighborhood did, as well. It was. Pretty and pleasing to see streets and driveways outlined in candlelight.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (xG4kz)
"May the peace of Christ calm every storm in your heart.”
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 10:30 PM
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Amen. Well said.
Posted by: TRex - little drummer dino at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (BI5O2)
I don't do it, misanthropic nonhumanitarian as I am. But nice if you do.
I really should start an NGO to fund it and pay myself a salary.
Just kidding. God bless us, everyone. The Savior is born!
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 24, 2025 10:34 PM (W4R97)
I’m assuming he’s the lower-right circle that is unattributed.
A meme isn’t a true meme unless it has a serious error somewhere.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:35 PM (EXyHK)
At least not in the general zeitgeist.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Kwaanza people
People who understand the term "Zeitgeist"
A Venn diagram even Kummala could draw
Posted by: Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury at December 24, 2025 10:35 PM (f/3mU)
For the Hobby Thread may want to look at this guy's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZ5KPDpvBk
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:25 PM (2GVsD)
I love these advanced models have you put together multiple parts that will never be seen once the model is complete. It's more than just having something to display.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:35 PM (KDPiq)
Dec. is a very volatile pressure month (all of winter usually is). Put that in monthly mode and look at the graph of the pressure there.
Still haven't beat Dec of 2024. And GSP set a daily high record for Dec. 24th of 75F, beating the old record in 1961 of 71F. Christmas Day record is 78F, set in 1955. It will get close to that.
Of course, I beat all that locally at 79F today. We'll see what it does tomorrow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Nobody will have what he's having
Posted by: Liability aware bartender at December 24, 2025 10:37 PM (f/3mU)
Military Surplus stuff. You know, like those steel Ammo boxes, etc.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:28 PM
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Could be fun. Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by: TRex - surplus destroyer dino at December 24, 2025 10:38 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 10:38 PM (7JH4o)
Their 1/32 He 219 Uhu has 63 parts for each engine. There are wing spars. The mechanic's jump seat in the aft fuselage is included, though the chances are maybe 1% anyone will ever see it or the wooden floor back there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM
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Mark has no nativity story.
Posted by: TRex - venn diagram dino at December 24, 2025 10:40 PM (cCn4/)
https://shorturl.at/tpS2m
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:40 PM (ULPxl)
But, that means I don't know people alone on Christmas. Everyone knows someone and goes somewhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:40 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:41 PM (KDPiq)
ME🥰
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Now see?
We CAN have nice things!
Posted by: banned commenter Imklos at December 24, 2025 10:41 PM (f/3mU)
This Fellow Jesus, Louis Cassels, 1973 — a great small book by a one-time religion editor for UPI. My well-thumbed copy is much yellowed and falling apart, front cover missing. I greatly appreciated his simple reportage of what is known about Jesus.
I see a good-condition copy on ebay for (gulp) $75. I think I'll just do my best to keep my copy together as long and best as I can.
Posted by: mindful webworker - did Tensor read Muse posts? at December 24, 2025 10:41 PM (uPdbI)
=
You should stick around for the 2am brawls?
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 10:41 PM (vSvIl)
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Posted by: mindful webworker - did Tensor read Muse posts? at December 24, 2025 10:41 PM (uPdbI)
Correct, Jesus was born in a plastic stable!
Posted by: Snopes at December 24, 2025 10:42 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:33 PM (ULPxl)
His Gospel should be added, immediately.
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 10:43 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: TRex - venn diagram dino at December 24, 2025 10:40 PM (cCn4/)
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Also, the earliest versions of Mark end at the discovery of the empty tomb. There are no post-crucifixion appearances of Jesus.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:44 PM (nWPIJ)
It ain't
Big City boys on their Vespas got no idea
Posted by: Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen, smothered and covered at December 24, 2025 10:44 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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He was 150 miles further away than he originally said-- too far for me to help in-person. Said he'd disconnect the trailer & drive into town for a spare tire. Uhhh... he needed the *whole wheel/tire assembly* as it had come off!
Said he would fix it and continue from ~Twin Falls to Tucson.
That was 2 weeks ago.
Oh, it gets
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 10:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at December 24, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)
Watching It's a Wonderful Life for the hundredth time and it continues to amaze and entertain. It rolls from comedy to pathos and back again.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (y171U)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 24, 2025 10:46 PM (5Ne9C)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
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Nice.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:46 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:47 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Timeline of History at December 24, 2025 10:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper
Was it open?
Posted by: Context required at December 24, 2025 10:47 PM (f/3mU)
Walked through or walked into the front door?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:47
She open my door and walked through. She is here. I had no idea. J flew her in without telling me. I can’t believe it.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:48 PM (p4NUW)
It was in the basement ant it looked like a fireplace.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:48 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:49 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
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Nice. Have you performed a hunger and nutrition assessment?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (aKh6S)
We did Christmas different this year.
We live four blocks from our son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren, ages 3 to 11.
They all came here today and we cooked them a huge brunch, opened presents and had a great time.
We have a very long hall in the middle of our house and the grandkids bring their roller skates and skate most of the time they're here.
This worked out because we wanted them all to enjoy Christmas day, staying in their pjs all day, not having to cook a big meal tomorrow.
Hubby and I actually enjoy Christmas Eve more than the big day.
Tomorrow they can enjoy their day without having to have the stress of cooking a huge meal. We sent them home with lots of already prepared food.
Enjoy your day and do whatever makes you happy, even if doesn't conform to the norm that people expect.
We watched/listened to beautiful music and it was great.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (aKh6S)
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Weird.
Posted by: George Foreman at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (nWPIJ)
Watching It's a Wonderful Life for the hundredth time and it continues to amaze and entertain. It rolls from comedy to pathos and back again.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (y171
My favorite part is when they show the newspaper headline ,
HARRY BAILEY WINS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
The reason is back in the day the horde would always complain when the news or someone would say win or Congressional. The admonition was that you are awarded . You do not win it and that it's just the Medal of Honor not Congressional MoH.
So every time I watch It's a Wonderful Life I think of aos and its personality.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
My big black cat is her cat. He is losing his kitty mind that she is here. He came RUNNING when he heard her voice.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (p4NUW)
Going to look for it.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Ah, nothing like Jews pretending to be Nazis while singing a Christian song.
Only in America.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TRex - venn diagram dino at December 24, 2025 10:40 PM (cCn4/)
Biblical scholars believe Mark was the first written (probably by John Mark, mentioned in Acts) and it was very simple and brief. (And the original ending is missing, which is why it ends abruptly). Mark contains much which appears to have come from Peter personally.
Matthew took this framework and built on it, adding much of importance to Jewish Christians, many references to older scriptures, also accounts from Joseph.
Luke takes Marks framework and adds a very personal account from Mary, as well as saying more about Jesus’ relationship to women than any others.
And John is just …. John. Marches to his own cosmic drummer.
Luke
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Timeline of History at December 24, 2025 10:47 PM (oftw2)
They were temporally confused back then. None of the calendars had BC or AD on them. And don't get me started about the clocks...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 10:51 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Piper
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Awwww! That is SO AWESOME!
Merry Christmas, indeed!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
I'll catch y'all on the flip side.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:52 PM (BI5O2)
We had too much wind and rain for luminaria, but there seem to be gunshots or fireworks nearby tonight.
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 10:52 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 24, 2025 10:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 10:53 PM (pkeXY)
His sons Herod Antipas, Herod Archelaus and Daryl were nepo-baby hacks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:54 PM (nWPIJ)
After seeing a 47lb Maine Coon, big black cat though needs further elaboration.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:54 PM (2GVsD)
Often the MoH is confused with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, yeah, a completely different thing (for one thing, the CGM is a civilian award, and can be given for any meritorious conduct, not just military valor).
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the rough equivalent from the executive branch.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 10:54 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Piper
Oh, no! Was it your favorite door?
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 10:54 PM (gCsmq)
Piper,
What a wonderful gift for you. I know you will enjoy every moment of your daughter's visit.
Merry Christmas to you all!!
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 10:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
Nice!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 10:55 PM (IG3/x)
I am listening to Tears For Fears, Songs from the Big Chair. This album is nearly flawless. I am on side 2 now (that's a reference to LP or cassette for those under 29). Broken, Head Over Heels and Listen.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (aKh6S)
Herod The Great was responsible for the slaughter of the innocents.
Herod Antipater was around when Jesus was crucified. Jesus refused to speak to him.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (yreN9)
Kwanzaa doesn't have nukes, yet.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (LNeRu)
Theories about just what the Star of Bethlehem was are also interesting. Kepler himself worked out there was a rare triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 7 BC.
There was also a very close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in 2 BC, never been that close since. But that would've been seen in the West at sunset, not the east.
Chinese astrologers recorded something, either a nova or comet in 5BC. It's thought very unlikely that a comet could be it, since they were considered very bad omens, not good ones, at the time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper
Good thing you weren't doing anything freaky...
... right ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/5n933xpv
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 10:57 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:57 PM (2GVsD)
Merry Christmas to all.
And to all, a good night.
Posted by: GWB at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (97Tsy)
Time Title Duration
22:56:26 Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne 4:02
22:55:07 To Us a Child of Hope Is Born 1:19
22:52:19 Hark! the Herald Angels Sing 2:48
22:48:32 Silent Night 3:48
https://www.fbcradio.org/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (XeU6L)
There is some dispute over Herod's death occurring in 4BC. That has become "generally accepted", but there is still doubt. Could have been as late as 1 BC.
I remember a good hypothesis, involving that conjunction of Venus and Jupiter that would put the birth in spring of 2 BC.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
I loved the guest appearance of Curt Smith on the TV show Psych .
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Otto Pen at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Piper
Good thing you weren't doing anything freaky...
... right ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 10:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Queue up the Horde jokes about kale dishes...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 24, 2025 10:59 PM (xSYff)
The country Pakistan is as fake as Kwanzaa.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 10:31 PM (yreN9)
I always snickered when Barky called it "PockyStohn".
Somehow he never called Afghanistan "OffGonnyStohn".
Fake intellectual muddafugga, that Barky.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 10:59 PM (IG3/x)
Just finished watching 3 Godfathers, a 1948 John Ford Western with John Wayne: very much an unusual Western, as three bank robbers find themselves promising a dying woman that they will care for her newborn baby -- in the middle of the AZ desert while a posse is hunting them. Nice stuff.
We had some homemade shortbread cookies and store-bought non-alco eggnog this evening. I walked Miss Linda back to her condo, and now I'm checking in with all of you as the "love light gleams."
I can't help but think back to Christmas Eves when I was young, as I guess we all do at this time of year. It's funny: I can recall what I received as gifts each year from the time I was about seven until I was thirteen. After that? The exact memory is gone. Oh, there are random items -- a topcoat Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 bought for me in about 1978, and a Harris Tweed sport coat No. 2 gave me ca. 1984 -- but most of them are gone. I wonder why that should be. . . .
What are you up to tomorrow?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Found out days later, that BIL had *left the trailer at that rest area* instead of fixing it!!! Said he didn't mind losing it, was too expensive to fix and had more problems than last time I saw it (and it was pretty bad then), took his stuff out & went back to AZ without it.
So now-- 2 weeks later-- he's driving back to the rest area, because he forgot something, and thinks his trailer will still be there.
I told him to call State Patrol, that trailer was likely impounded by now & he's gonna have major problems.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 10:50 PM (aKh6S)
Herod The Great was responsible for the slaughter of the innocents.
Herod Antipater was around when Jesus was crucified. Jesus refused to speak to him.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 24, 2025
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Which younger Herod was it who knew the future emperor Claudius? I seem to recall it might have been Antipater's son.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (wzUl9)
Although that event isn’t corroborated by any other contemporarneous sources, it’s very believable, because it’s known that Herod personally murdered his oldest son and heir, and also murdered his favorite wife. (Which caused him to go pretty mad by the end, wondering why he couldn’t get her back). He set up a secret police force that Stalin could have used as an example.
He was one hell of a murderous bastard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (7JH4o)
Wolfus,
Hubby and had our big day today with the grandkids.
Tomorrow we are going to relax and we are going to grill sausages, burgers and hotdogs.
Merry Christmas to you and Miss Linda and the furry beasts!!
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10:57 PM (2GVsD)
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You must have read Arthur C. Clarke's short story about a visit to the burned out planet that was all that was left of the system of a star that went supernova that was seen on Earth as the Star of Bethlehem.
I'm too seized with ennui to look up the title.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:03 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
A One Hit Album wonder. (At least IMO.) There are worse things in life.
Posted by: RickZ, Club ONT VIP at December 24, 2025 11:03 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Your friends are not pulling your leg. A "normal" winter here has just enough snow and ice on the ground now to make getting around miserable. Oh, well:
"Climate is what you expect and weather is what you get."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (A62KL)
Herod Agrippa.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: mindful webworker
We are having no room at this location
Posted by: Innkeeper Patel at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (7JH
Died with dogs and full of maggots or maybe that was just wishful thinking.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:05 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
The cross stitch chart I bought on eBay arrived today, so I lugged all of my beading stuff back to the walk in closet in the back bedroom and dragged out my fiber bin to pull out what I needed. I haven't gone through whatever I tossed into the bin when we moved here three years ago and I got many happy surprises. There was all sorts of stuff I thought might have gotten lost in the process of moving. There was also a lot of stuff I'd totally forgotten about. So that was my Christmas present. (We don't give each other presents any more or just something small. We don't have room, not to mention it's too easy to order from Amazon when either of us wants something.)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2025 11:05 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)
Saw a vidya of him and his daughter playing (I think) Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Kid has talent.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)
HARRY BAILEY WINS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
The reason is back in the day the horde would always complain when the news or someone would say win or Congressional. The admonition was that you are awarded . You do not win it and that it's just the Medal of Honor not Congressional MoH.
So every time I watch It's a Wonderful Life I think of aos and its personality.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025
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Conclusion: The media was no more on the ball in 1946 than they are now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:05 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (XeU6L)
We are having no room at this location
Posted by: Innkeeper Patel at December 24, 2025 11:04 PM (f/3mU)
Have Ramanujan contact Cantor. He has a solution for that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (nWPIJ)
I'm too seized with ennui to look up the title.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025
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"The Star"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: browndog sitting in the dark at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (nWPIJ)
Nope, different guy.
Herod Agrippa was Herod the Great's grandson.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Inmklos recalls a story by O. Henry at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (f/3mU)
You must have read Arthur C. Clarke's short story about a visit to the burned out planet that was all that was left of the system of a star that went supernova that was seen on Earth as the Star of Bethlehem.
I'm too seized with ennui to look up the title.
Posted by: Cicero
It was also a Twilight Zone story in 1985 called The Star.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0734723
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (2GVsD)
“The Star”. I read it in Isaac Asimov’s Twelve Frights of Christmas. It was probably the worst of a bad bunch. Clarke seemed to think he was presenting a wholly new and frightful view of the Christmas story, but he made no mention of the story of the Holy Innocents, which is a far more immediate frightful and unsettling part of Christmas. Both by its immediacy and the innocence of its victims it dwarfs Clarke’s more natural and more all-encompassing catastrophe.
That his narrator was a Jesuit made his ignorance of Herod’s massacre even more inexcusable, as it made the man’s crisis of faith inexplicable.
“The Nine Billion Names of God” was a far better story.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 10:43 PM (vSvIl)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 24, 2025 11:09 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 11:11 PM (f5220)
Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2025 11:11 PM (EMg+d)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:11 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Timeline of History
Well, I wouldn't want to argue with a Fact!
The year 7BC is right, "some say." I've seen arguments for the month being either in the Spring, or late Summer to early Autumn. Cassels (op cit) reasons from the presence of the shepherds and their flocks: "to this day, Judean shepherds and sheep do [remain outside in the fields overnight], during the warm nights near the end of summer. So… September or early October seems the best guess…."
Posted by: mindful webworker - conjunction of planets in August 7BC at December 24, 2025 11:12 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Great
Now what are we supposed to do with these hair combs and this watch fob?
Posted by: Soft hearted but practical Imklos at December 24, 2025 11:12 PM (f/3mU)
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They couldn't have been Achaemenids since Alexander the Great put paid to that empire in the 4th century BC. Parthians maybe?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)
Just looked that up. It's a theory from astronomer named Craig Chester.
Starting in Sept of 3 BC, there was a rare triple conjunction of Jupiter and the star Regulus -- "king" planet and "king star". 9 months later, June of 2BC, Jupiter then moved into conjunction with Venus. This conjunction was so close they would've appeared as a single bright object in the sky. Now, Jupiter is the king planet, and Venus is love and fertility.
To the astrologers of the time, that would've screamed "birth of a new king"...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Benito Is Right Out, Too at December 24, 2025 11:14 PM (oftw2)
I know some are having a rough time this holiday, missing people, a bad year, lonely. You are in my prayers as God knows you, your heart and loves you.
Never feel loney here as there is always someone who understands and cares.
My back is killing me, I am exhausted, but know I am blessed beyond all measure. Tomorrow we go see our beloved grands an hour or two after a visit from Santa, so am going to bed (again in the guest room as the south wind blows 50mph gusts). Grab those memories tomorrow and relive the good ones.
By dinner tomorrow, after we return here and bake more cookies, I may need a full body cast and be wheeled in, but I'll be there. Can rest on Boxing Day. Advil and a heating pad R Me. Love y'all.
It takes special people to make me snort laugh, and y'all do nearly every night. XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 24, 2025 11:14 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 24, 2025 11:15 PM (31p00)
It's not too big a stretch to think the headline or article writer was ignorant. Nothing new about that in the media!
Posted by: mindful webworker - did Tensor read Muse posts? at December 24, 2025 11:15 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025
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Brushing and combing, and if necessary scissors to cut the mats out. Most of my cats have not been happy to be brushed, though combing if done right was okay. So at least once in their lives the longhairs have had to be shaved -- the "lion cut" where only their heads, tails, and legs still have fur. They look funny as hell.
You could apply some cornstarch preemptively, to keep the grease down -- the oils that accumulate on the fur from your hands.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Beverly at December 24, 2025 11:16 PM (reMys)
Little got his first taste of blue crab marinara. Will never forget the look on his face. I told him it's even better when you catch the crabs yourself. We'll make that happen in '26 I'm certain, fresh from the Gulf of America!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 24, 2025 11:16 PM (nbLIj)
In the ‘36 version, these three are bad hombres - they’re cold blooded killers. But they find a dying woman, and a baby, and their humanity comes back. They each do penance for their wrongs, and find redemption, but ONLY by willingly sacrificing their lives for an innocent, each one in turn. The last one makes it into town by drinking poisoned water, which lets him survive just long enough to take the baby into town and give it to the people there.
The John Wayne version goes soft on the point that true Redemption demands sacrifice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:17 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Benito Is Right Out, Too at December 24, 2025 11:14 PM (oftw2)
No British Kings named Richard after Richard "Dick" III. None named Henry after Henry VIII.
It would not surprise me if the name Benedict took a dive in popularity post-American Revolution.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (7JH4o)
If you are interested in the Magi, Antiochus, Nimrut Dag, the conjunction of Regulus and the Moon in Leo, the emblem of the crescent moon and a star, and other speculations on the star that guided the magi, you could look at this article by Ethical Skeptic.
He does have his own agenda, but his actual facts are pretty interesting even short of making any conclusions from them
https://tinyurl.com/4ujsevdz
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Beverly at December 24, 2025
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The most dramatic space flight of them all. Taking everything together, Eight topped Eleven, even with the latter's actual landing on the moon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 24, 2025 11:15 PM (31p00)
So its true. That permanent record continues to follow us for ever.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (2WIwB)
BIL is *already* 1/3 of the way back to the rest area. Didn't reply after I asked what he's gonna do if his trailer is no longer there.
Dumbass.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:19 PM (rdVOm)
Santa and his crazy critters just landed on my roof!
I don't even have kids...
Now I have a fat guy stuck in my chimney (oh my! is that guy cussin')!
Now I'm going to have to explain my roof damage to insurance...
Jeez....this fat red guy and his 8 (why 8!) damn wanna-be elk...
This will be a pain in my insurance ass...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 11:20 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Beverly at December 24, 2025 11:16 PM (reMys)
I was a wee lad then, but I guarantee my Dad and Grandpa heard that. Grandpa was a NASA engineer during the Appollo missions.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 11:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Benito Is Right Out, Too
Ahem
Adolph Hitler Uunona rose to international attention in 2020 when news media reported that his full name was Adolf Hitler Uunona, after election to national office in Namibia, formerly German Southwest Africa
Posted by: Fun Facts with Imiklos at December 24, 2025 11:20 PM (f/3mU)
The John Wayne version goes soft on the point that true Redemption demands sacrifice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025
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Yes; I found it unsatisfying on some level, and you've put your finger on it.
I looked the 1936 version up. Chester Morris, Walter Brennan -- and Sidney ("Charlie Chan") Toler as a character called Professor Snape!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:21 PM (wzUl9)
Adolph Hitler Uunona rose to international attention in 2020 when news media reported that his full name was Adolf Hitler Uunona, after election to national office in Namibia, formerly German Southwest Africa
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Well, Africa.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:22 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
Thank you, his fur is very fine. I trimmed the top off the dreds yesterday and mostly combed them out. He was not amused.
I have to turn it into a gentle roughhouse for him afterwards to be OK with it.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tankascribe at December 24, 2025 11:22 PM (NtoJk)
Diogenes,
We were talking about permanent records today with our kids.
They believe, as we do, don't post anything on the internet about your children. They don't "do" facebook and other social media.
Son said with AI children's lives from their first newborn picture and forward there will always be a record on line about their lives.
The world has changed and it's scary.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Didn't reply after I asked what he's gonna do if his trailer is no longer there.
Dumbass.
Posted by: JQ
Some people are oblivious and wish to remain so.
Some times I wish I was more like that, for the "bliss," and all that.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 11:23 PM (yreN9)
Have a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow so will mostly lurk tonight.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 11:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
I cannot rest until a problem is solved, or, at the very least, I formulate a Plan to resolve the issue.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 11:24 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 11:24 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: tankascribe at December 24, 2025 11:24 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Because neat and exciting kid's toys were replaced with boring and practical items such as socks, underwear, sweaters, etc.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025 11:25 PM (y171U)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025
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I know, right? The guy's BMI is off the charts. He's a coronary looking for a place to happen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tankdemon
Try Viagra
Posted by: Mrs. Santa at December 24, 2025 11:26 PM (f/3mU)
GRIT likes to air lots of Randolph Scott.
Once I heard ol' Randolph was a pickle smoocher, I couldn't un-see it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 11:26 PM (yreN9)
And yet, he was perfect for Slayer. One of my favorites. Best Slayer was Lombardo Slayer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 10:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Why would anybody need that many Dec 2nd's?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025
Because neat and exciting kid's toys were replaced with boring and practical items such as socks, underwear, sweaters, etc.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025
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I do believe you've hit on it. At least since I left home it's been like that. Generally, if I wanted something "exciting," I bought it for myself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:27 PM (wzUl9)
Some times I wish I was more like that, for the "bliss," and all that.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Yeah. I understand.
This guy is 70yrs old. You'd think he'd have a clue, but no: he's been *chronically dependent* all his adult life.
I'm in no position to be his surrogate mommy and refuse to do so.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (QVmho)
On one of the President’s NORAD calls, the kid asked him if Santa would take it personally if they didn’t leave out cookies. Trump recommended definitely leaving out the cookies. Don’t know if the kid asked it randomly or if he saw the MAHA video about Santa going with the carrots for Rudolph instead and was worried. It was funny.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Santa Imklos, or else at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (f/3mU)
I had a link to an online article by a fellow who used computer modeling to verify the conjunction three times in 7BC. Alas the link is dead now. The Internet is not really always Forever as they say.
Oh, wait, wait. Thanks to the wonder of websearch I found it.
https://bit.ly/star-of-wonder
"I have modelled them on a computer, and the one which I favour is a triple conjunction (ie three successive
conjunctions) of Jupiter and Saturn, in 7 BC. At the end of May that year they approached within a degree of
each other – equivalent to about two widths of the moon. This was visible in the east, in the couple of hours
before sunrise. They then separated and joined up again at the beginning of October, again within a degree, this
time visible all night, moving with the stars from east to west. Finally, at the beginning of December, the two
planets approached again just a degree apart, in the south, moving south-west and west during the evening."
Posted by: mindful webworker - did Tensor read Muse posts? at December 24, 2025 11:28 PM (uPdbI)
Exact birthdate doesn't really matter to me
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
Yes, and he called himself divine in the NT. No doubt about that. He called himself both the Son of David, and the Father of David.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025 11:30 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 11:11 PM (f5220)
Augustus was mentioned upthread - it’s really fascinating to think about how Rome was involved in this story. Rome had been in a civil war with itself for a century, before that was the war with Carthage, war with the Greeks, wars all over, culminating in the great play for control by Antony and Cleopatra.
Finally, Octavian wins all. For the first time in centuries (maybe ever) there’s peace all around the Mediterranean, there’s a culture with a common language where ideas can spread easily, there’s safety and security where commerce and ideas can grow rapidly.
So Octavian changes his name to Augustus, and what is one of the very first orders he gives? He makes a decree sending Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, and the Christmas story - and the Christian era - begins. As if all that had come before was a preparation for this Advent.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:30 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: JQ
If "surrogate mommy" means Dr. DOCTOR Jill,
count me out
Posted by: independently living Imklos at December 24, 2025 11:30 PM (f/3mU)
we did not have to have The Talk.
Hell, I had it figured out when I was five. Just play along, get the loot.
I was way more upset to learn what my parents did to get more kids. *shudders*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 11:31 PM (0aYVJ)
What to I want for Christmas? Peach on Earth Goodwill toward Man.
What will I accept for Christmas?
Venezuela, Cuba, peace and Independence for the Western Hemisphere.
God Bless and let's get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:31 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:06 PM (nWPIJ)
Nope, different guy.
Herod Agrippa was Herod the Great's grandson.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Agrippa was a whole other kind of asshole.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:32 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
We raised you
And it worked
Posted by: Ma and Pa at December 24, 2025 11:33 PM (f/3mU)
As for me, I have a new pipe tobacco to try, called Old Joe Kranz Blue Label. (Yes, they give pipe tobaccos odd names like that. There is a blend called "Corn Cob Pipe and a Button Nose," and another called "Awakened Elder.") I'm tempted to order an estate (read: "used") pipe on one of the vendor sites, but of course I wouldn't receive it until close to New Year's.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:33 PM (wzUl9)
(grumble, grumble... get banninated to get out of working... grumble, grumble) Neat trick, buddy.
Merry Christmas anyway & good to see you again!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
If you're interested, Stellarium can easily run the sky back to the sky circa Year Zero (1 BC). Download the desktop version to do it. Online and mobile, while nice, don't have the full capability to do this so easily.
Also for full accuracy, download the JPL DE430 or DE440 high precision ephemerides files for Stellarium.
With that you can run the sky back and see all those conjunctions mentioned above.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 11:33 PM (w6EFb)
And there is one other big source of cash for those generals - all of those blue barrel’s in all of those drug boats.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (7JH4o)
dealing with the money is usually the easy route. Someone is bankrolling Maduro, someone is bankrolling the cartels and someone is bankrolling the ELN. It sure as Hell isn't Cuba and Russia anymore.
Also since there is a lot of money in that oil and in the cocaine being captured and blowed up in the Gulf, some banks are starting to feel the pinch from not having their cut from laundering it, and some governments are starting to really wonder where the money to cover the losses from graft is comin from.
we have been killing people for all my life and it hasn't worked, besides make a lot of people who aren't related to me really rich. I don't think that approach is going to work this time either.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
I will never put milk and cookies on my mantel for the fat red one again...
Maybe out in the meadow.
That guy's wrecked my roof too many times...
Is there actually a Santa trap?!
I could do so much with that...money to be made$$$....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 11:34 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Poleese dat moostash!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tcn in AK
GI Joe with Kung Fu Grip>>>Agrippa
Posted by: Imklosius at December 24, 2025 11:34 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:35 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I can do that with grade school. I can remember every teacher and class except 5th grade. Not one memory.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:35 PM (c115l)
Posted by: JQ
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You married his brother not his family.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:35 PM (2ef5s)
Chy na.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:36 PM (c115l)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ
I'm waiting for the No Tax on Tips or Overtime to kick in January 1st
The CoB who banned me (again) had no idea how much PTO I had accumulated.
Posted by: Imklos needs some Personal Days at December 24, 2025 11:38 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:08 PM (7JH4o)
Read an interesting piece once suggesting that Daniel taught some members of the Magi of his time about the prophecies of the coming of the Messiah when he was given authority over the king's magicians during his Persian captivity.
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 11:38 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:38 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:38 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: tankascribe at December 24, 2025 11:39 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:30 PM (7JH4o)
Go farther. God tells Eve she will crush the serpent. She did, when Mary said yes to Gabriel.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:39 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025
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Grade and junior high school, not too bad a problem; not really tough in high school either. Remembering which class was in which period is tougher. After that, college? Fuhgeddaboutit. I can remember certain classes clearly, usually ones with a good-looking graduate student teaching it, but I may or may not recall her name.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 24, 2025 11:39 PM (nbLIj)
It's almost Christmas Day on eastern time.
Since we moved from eastern time out here to Mountain Time I still get discombulated about the time difference.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (wzUl9)
Yes, and no rescue LEM like Apollo 13. It took big balls to do that.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025 11:40 PM (y171U)
What is the possibility we could bomb the living shit out of China?
Posted by: four seasons
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Peking is about 700 miles from the coast of Korea.
It's within cruise missile range. If we wanted to we could mess up Xi's day, incredibly so.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:41 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 11:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 24, 2025 11:42 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:42 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
***
Also funny is that I have neither of those items still. They would still fit me and were good quality; but they both vanished at some point over the ensuing decades.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:43 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025
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True. But they were the first humans to leave Earth orbit, the first to orbit another body of the Solar System, and went farther from Earth -- 250K miles or so -- than anyone had ever gone in history.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:30 PM (7JH4o)
Go farther. God tells Eve she will crush the serpent. She did, when Mary said yes to Gabriel.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:39 PM (6Bc8
That conversation between Mary and Gabriel is why I get upset when I see people on social media referring to Jesus' birth as an "unplanned pregnancy."
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 11:46 PM (sjyPY)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 11:46 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:45 PM (wzUl9)
As I recall, it was rather scary and way cool. Pretty much any huge box eventually became a space module. We didn't have live tv yet in AK but we listened on the radio.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:47 PM (6Bc88)
Book of Revelations was written, when, 50 years after Jesus?
Those people, back then, probably thought Jesus would Return in their lifetime, yes?
And that became the case for every generation since -- people believing Jesus will return in their lifetime.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 11:47 PM (yreN9)
Apollo 8 did enter lunar orbit, completing 10 lunar orbits.
The forthcoming Artemis II mission, which may launch in Feb. will basically be a repeat of Apollo 8, however it will not enter lunar orbit, just take a far figure 8 free return trajectory. They'll get farther from the Moon than Apollo, and will set the record for greatest distance of humans from earht.
Returning, they will also break the speed record,coming in hotter than any Apollo mission did. Apollo 13, which did use free return, set the previous distance record, and Apollo 10 set the speed record.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 11:24 PM (sjyPY)
I left out some venison jerky and a compound bow and Ted Nugent left me a new rifle.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025
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Yes, and no rescue LEM like Apollo 13. It took big balls to do that.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 24, 2025
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True. No chance of rescue if something had gone wrong.
Plus the flight happened at the end of a particularly tumultuous year in American and world history. In '88, I recall one of the local radio stations running a special series on "1968: A Year Like No Other." Up to that point anyway, '68 really was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2025 11:46 PM (sjyPY)
She said yes. She didn't say, "Grab a condom."
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 11:49 PM (LNeRu)
🎄Heap o' Christmas Videos 2025
https://bit.ly/heap-o-xmas-vids-2025
🎄Heap o' Commercial Christmas Links 2025 (in case you missed the link before)
https://bit.ly/heap-o-xmas-ads-2025
🎄Twelve Days of Madness (as serialized on AOS last year)
https://bit.ly/12-crazy-days
🎄Santa, Dear Friends
For those who may have come to doubt the old elf (text, ill.)
https://bit.ly/santa-dear-friends
🎄Journey to Bethlehem
A simple trip to pay the taxes becomes a life-or-death nightmare for a new family
A cartoon-illustrated take on the Nativity story
https://bit.ly/bethlehem-journey
🎄Mindful Webworkshop Episode #16 - Christmas
A politically incorrect and culturally inappropriate Christmas show - pop song parodies and original tunes sure to put coal in my stocking. From back in 2016. (vid 11:02)
https://bit.ly/webworkshop-016
That should hold you for twelve days.
Posted by: mindful webworker - jingle them bells at December 24, 2025 11:49 PM (uPdbI)
After seeing a 47lb Maine Coon, big black cat though needs further elaboration.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 10
He is a Savannah, he is very big. He weighs 25 pounds. But is tall and thin. A 47 pound Maine Coon is a fat Maine Coon!
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2025 11:49 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Ephemerides? For Stellarium?
They musta learnt you good at the Cow Kollidge
Posted by: Imklos will Just Trust at December 24, 2025 11:51 PM (f/3mU)
Book of Revelations was written, when, 50 years after Jesus?
Those people, back then, probably thought Jesus would Return in their lifetime, yes?
And that became the case for every generation since -- people believing Jesus will return in their lifetime.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 11:47 PM (yreN9)
Letters of Paul were in the '50s. Revelations probably by about 110 or so. Paul believed it would happen in his lifetime but of course that was cut short.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:51 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: tankdemon
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"unplanned" by who ?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
God is talking to the serpent, though Eve probably overheard it, about Christ, not Eve ('his' specifies a masculine descendant).
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 11:52 PM (vSvIl)
She should reach the GOLA, USA in about six days time
GOLA
Galveston Offshore Lightering Area
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:53 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:36 PM (c115l)
China is buying the oil, but China is not terribly good at force projection. I think the support was coming from USAID, NED, and the EU. There is noise that Iran is also involved in the chain, and that means it is tied into Hamas and other militias. There have been accusations that Hamas was training in Venezuela.
It is either a rope of sand trying to tie them all together, or it is a house of cards because none of the players have enough money to survive without the cocaine shipments and the oil, and still force some sort of fight.
It is important to identify the problem before trying to solve it. You wind up pushing on doors marked "pull" and figure you have to push harder.
Dry up the funding and half the problem is solved.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:54 PM (2ef5s)
They were all, during TLI (trans-lunar injection) placed on a free return trajectory in case the SM engine didn't fire. Once they entered lunar orbit, however, they needed that engine to get out and come back.
Looking it up, the free return trajectory was used up to Apollo 11. This limited the range of landing sites, and for Apollo 12 and later, they used a different trajectory. Apollo 13 had to fire the lunar model descent engine to get back on a good free return path.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 11:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I ain't even started on the Christmas Punch yet.
It needs to ferment a bit overnight
Posted by: Merry Imklos, trying to figure out what an Elf Dance would even look like, but trying at December 24, 2025 11:54 PM (f/3mU)
I kept it, replacing the battery each year and putting it on a Speidel Twist-o-Flex bracelet (remember those?) after several leather straps, for many years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:54 PM (wzUl9)
Ephemerides is the sister of Clitorides.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025
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Tell that to the stranded Chinamen.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:55 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Thank you for that, Braenyard. I've helped as much as I'm able, already: physical work on repairs, parts, clothes, food, money...
Still, it's difficult to not feel like a Grinch, especially this time of year, but the man has had many more years *and* many more resources than me, to get his life sorted.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:56 PM (rdVOm)
We will keep the ship
_Trump
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Braenyard
All seized tankers should be immediately be renamed "WD-40"
Posted by: Merry Cap'm Imklos, thinking of Cap'n New Dawn Jim at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (f/3mU)
Merry Christmas, all, and to all a good night!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (wzUl9)
Krampus stopped by to rest up before he goes on his annual Yuletide spree. Also, he wanted to catch up on the latest fNCAA football. He is fixed upon Ole Miss, delighting in their defeat of Mississippi State and their victories in the play-offs. He is also deeply infuriated with Laine Kiffin. The last few days have been a near-endless chants of Hotty Toddy. Someday I must tell you the story of how he rescued me from Ayn Rand's ongoing Stockholm Sydrome. I will say this much: he engineered a pimp slapping contest between her and Cthulhu. Once more, Werner sends all his best Yuletide wishes to the Horde. At this moment Krampus is high overhead, complaining endless about how this frigid air is freeze drying his....wedding tackle, shall we say, Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (VqnfR)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 11:48 PM (6Bc8
The other variant I've seen is trying to pretend they were kind of illegal alien, when the Bible SPECIFICALLY says that they went to Bethlehem because that was Joseph's NATIVE TOWN.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
We say the Left can't meme.
The Left can't Bible either.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:58 PM (c115l)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
The point of occlusion is called the G-Spot
Posted by: Imklos, pre-med at December 24, 2025 11:58 PM (f/3mU)
It is important to identify the problem before trying to solve it. You wind up pushing on doors marked "pull" and figure you have to push harder.
Dry up the funding and half the problem is solved.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Or you point a shotgun at the handle and blow the fucker open.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:58 PM (2ef5s)
It's bizarre.
Posted by: four seasons
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Had high temp of 59 here in the middle of Idaho today. Raining lightly & steadily now & still not quite 50F. Yeah, pretty warm for Christmas.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 11:59 PM (rdVOm)
JQ,
There is no reason for you to feel any guilt about him.
You have enough stuff to contend with right now.
We can't be saviors for people who have wrecked their lives. So many people try to guilt us into helping them to solve their problems.
Stay strong and let him deal with the mess he's made of his life.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2025 11:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2025 11:59 PM (snZF9)
"And to all a good night".
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2025 12:00 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Imklos with traditional Austro-Hungarian style at December 25, 2025 12:00 AM (f/3mU)
OK, you made me look it up.
Lightering
Lightering is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft so it can enter port facilities that cannot accept large, fully loaded, ocean-going vessels.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 12:00 AM (pkeXY)
This times 1000.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2025 12:01 AM (lUFok)
Stay strong and let him deal with the mess he's made of his life.
Posted by: four seasons
+1 and Amen.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 12:01 AM (rghSL)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:03 AM (3ek7K)
I hope you all have a lovely and magical Christmas Day. I love you all to pieces. I will continue to pray and send my best to you all for this wonderful day!
Thanks Mr. Rex and all of you CoBs, wherever you are🥰!
Peace and good night 💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2025 12:03 AM (LNeRu)
That is probably a Maine Coon mixed with a Bombay. He has the same head and face as my black tom, and the same look of offense.
Bombays can run 20 lbs
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2025 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:04 AM (3ek7K)
It is either a rope of sand trying to tie them all together, or it is a house of cards because none of the players have enough money to survive without the cocaine shipments and the oil, and still force some sort of fight.
It is important to identify the problem before trying to solve it. You wind up pushing on doors marked "pull" and figure you have to push harder.
Dry up the funding and half the problem is solved.
Posted by: Kin
cocaine is a hell of a drug,
rick james
Posted by: n at December 25, 2025 12:04 AM (1/MxA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 12:05 AM (rghSL)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Is also Merry Christmasings!
We are wait kind help for local bike shop of Novdu. We are having helmets with spikes, from old Grandfathers, but Youngs say need for speed and why always leaking the oilings of Big American Davidson-Harlyings?
Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at December 25, 2025 12:05 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 12:06 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 25, 2025 12:06 AM (R4u51)
Posted by: Hunter Biden, Esq - artist at December 25, 2025 12:06 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 12:08 AM (viF8m)
I had to look it up. From Apollo 12 and onwards, the initial trajectory to the Moon was just a highly elliptical orbit that would fall short of the Moon, and come back to earth. So, they were still okay if the SM engine didn't fire.
After docking with the LM and all that, they did a systems check, and then fired the SM engine to put them on the desired trajectory to reach the Moon, but it was not free return.
Apollo 13 had already done that maneuver. They were counting on using the LM engine if there was problem, which there was. If the LM engine hadn't fired properly, they would've been fucked.
Coming back, they also did another burn to speed up the return to earth. With the power constraints, they probably would've been fucked without that speed-up as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 12:08 AM (w6EFb)
Lightering is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft so it can enter port facilities that cannot accept large, fully loaded, ocean-going vessels.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
That is how I Darleen in the front door sometimes
Pee and try again
Posted by: Imkos tries. And pushes. And lubricates the door frame at December 25, 2025 12:08 AM (f/3mU)
Merry Christmas, Horde-- I'd be bonkers without all of you.
Ugh. Think I'll mix a drink...
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 12:06 AM (nbLIj)
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Someone needs to invest in a calendar.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 12:09 AM (nWPIJ)
I'm drinking a lot of wine to night, so just put up with me, lol.
My favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night. Last night we watched/listened to Jenniffer Nettles, of Sugarland, sing the song. Her rendition is so powerful. It brought tears to our eyes.
The only accompaniment she had was a guy playing the guitar.
It was so moving and I recommend watching it on the boob tube.
It was the video that was on Sirius.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:10 AM (3ek7K)
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That cat is not 47lbs. It's a big cat but no way it's 47lbs. Probably 25 at most. I have a Maine Coon mix kitten that's almost 11lbs at 9 months. He looks full Maine coon.
I'm ready to kill the dog. I made an apple pie today. It turned out great, looked great. Had it on the counter to cool... I no longer have anything to bring to the in-laws house tomorrow...😱🤯🤨😡
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 25, 2025 12:11 AM (VCgbV)
And I will put enmity between thee (the serpent) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (her seed - Jesus) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
It was our Lord's crucifixion that defeated satan, bruised his head. The Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world.
Thank you Father for sending your Only Begotten Son! That through your gift of faith in Him we have life eternal.
Thank you Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, for being obedient, even unto death. Help me to be obedient unto you.
In Jesus name above all names I ask!
Posted by: TeeJ at December 25, 2025 12:11 AM (T08Hw)
Posted by: H1-Z Imklos at December 25, 2025 12:12 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 12:12 AM (rghSL)
Just got here, going to read the comments, nice ONT, thanks!
I've put out luminaries before. They are beautiful and easy: brown paper bags, sand, and tea light candles.
Thanks for the note about checking in on loved ones who may be struggling.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 25, 2025 12:12 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 12:13 AM (nWPIJ)
youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_y3nVUmGk
Posted by: gp at December 25, 2025 12:13 AM (GHIyr)
OK, you made me look it up.
Lightering
Lightering is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft so it can enter port facilities that cannot accept large, fully loaded, ocean-going vessels.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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And what's up the street from GOLA?
Exxon, one of the only refineries capable of mass reduction to Venezuelan tar.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:13 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2025 11:57 PM (IG3/x)
I usually take that "illegal alien" bit to be about their running to Egypt, which, if I understand it correctly, in modern parlance, would have been like moving from Puerto Rico to Guam.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 25, 2025 12:14 AM (sjyPY)
There was a group in the MA town I used to live in that would spend days lining the roads with luminaries, candles in white bags. The tradition was on Christmas Eve people would turn their car headlights off and drive around by the light of the luminaries and Christmas decorations. It was really pretty.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 12:15 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cicero
I think it's in there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3kQlsW3JxY
Posted by: Swingin' it Imklos at December 25, 2025 12:15 AM (f/3mU)
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There is a great danger that our sympathy and heartfelt caring can become enabling.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
The only difference is only one of them was an intentional idiot.
Posted by: JB1000 at December 25, 2025 12:18 AM (/gRa9)
Posted by: gp at December 25, 2025 12:18 AM (GHIyr)
JQ,
Have your drink and try to relax.
You are having tough times now. The main thing is not to feel responsible about your b-i-law.
Hubby and I have been in that position with a couple of family members and, you know what? Everything we did to help them did no good. They are still in the shitholes they have made of their lives.
Good people try to help others and most of the time it doesn't do anything for them and makes our lives worse.
I'm not trying to be bossy, lol, well sometimes I am.
Take care of your husband and you and that is all that matters.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
It's when the ululations start
Posted by: Imlos notices that the drums have also stopped at December 25, 2025 12:20 AM (f/3mU)
Mike Hammer,
You are correct!
Merry Christmas to you and I hope the bears up there leave you alone, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:21 AM (3ek7K)
Heard some celebratory gunfire a little while ago. No fireworks.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Thugs shooting at Santa.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 12:21 AM (pkeXY)
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Worth the watch, Nettles, Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel
https://shorturl.at/v7rO3
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 12:21 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 11:58 PM (2ef5s)
It doesn;t matter how much force you use if you don't understand the problem. You missed where I said "we have been killing people for all my life and it hasn't worked, besides make a lot of people who aren't related to me really rich."
Your blood, their wealth.
Your addiction, their wealth.
Your children sacrificed, their wealth.
This isn't winning.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2025 12:22 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 12:09 AM (nWPIJ)
It's Florida. Fireworks stores are open all year round here...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2025 12:22 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: four seasons
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Yes. That IS all that really matters.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:23 AM (3ek7K)
They've got the Artemis II SLS rocket boosters all decked out with an "America 250" logo. I think Trump is going to make a big deal out of this as part of the 250 year festivities.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 12:24 AM (w6EFb)
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Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:25 AM (2ef5s)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your wonderful wife.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:04 AM (3ek7K)
Thanks, and to you as well!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Mick at December 25, 2025 12:27 AM (HFx9z)
JQ,
The only thing that matters now is you and your husband.
I'm almost 80 y/o and I speak from experience. We cannot let guilt rule our lives. I wished I had learned that many years ago.
You are a wonderful person.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:28 AM (3ek7K)
Just an educated guess on my part.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 12:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at December 25, 2025 12:05 AM (f/3mU)
They haven't leaked since 1984. You sure you're not wearing the helmet spike on the inside? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:29 AM (2ef5s)
And there's a significant chance that they won't survive.
Posted by: pawn at December 25, 2025 12:30 AM (EMg+d)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Wolfus beat me to it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2025 12:30 AM (XeU6L)
I'm so old, I remember this
https://twitter.com/i/status/2003157180179186013
God Bless us, every one
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim at December 25, 2025 12:30 AM (f/3mU)
They haven't leaked since 1984. You sure you're not wearing the helmet spike on the inside? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Glad they figured it out.
But you know
my Kohler has been leaking since the middle of 2000 and it's still leaking. Just add oil up to the fill line and crank it up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:33 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:33 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Says here...Mike Hammer...one (1) figgy pudding
*adjusts monocle, and glances over in a kindly way*
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim, keeping records like his Dad at December 25, 2025 12:33 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:35 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons
Dittos
You also have Dixie doggie tail wags.
Which has got to be good for something
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim, thankful and prayerful at December 25, 2025 12:35 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2025 12:36 AM (Epuwl)
Posted by: four seasons
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*blushes*
Don't know about wonderful, but I *do* wonder a lot... heh.
Merry Christmas, 4s. And thank you.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
God Bless us, every one
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim
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Merry Christmas, Miklos.
_ . - > MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL !!!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:36 AM (2ef5s)
Son #1 just left. We co hosted my brother and his family plus my SiL 89 yo dad. He’s a lovely gentleman. Parkinson’s. He’s Jami g in there though and, if you take the time, has lovely comments to add to conversation.
Son stayed to help with initial cleanup. Dishwasher running. I will leave my
Depression era glassware for tomorrow morning when I am more coordinated.
Love to you all. Just me and Lucy now. son will be here in the morning for crab cakes and presents.
I am so very blessed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 12:37 AM (IhIKR)
*mixes one more*
Posted by: JQ
Dammit
No
Gosh darn it
*checks Amazon for one of those automatic drink maker machines*
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim, starting gift list for 2026 at December 25, 2025 12:38 AM (f/3mU)
Hubby and I are retired.
He does his thing and I do my thing, perks of being retired.
He amazed me last when I told him I know I read AOS most of the day. He told me it's your community.
He is right, geez, I hate to admit he's right about something, lol.
We are a community here, not the commie type of community.
We are all blessed by Ace.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:39 AM (3ek7K)
Ahhhhh... that feels pretty good.
*mixes one more*
Posted by: JQ
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Hey ho, I'm having extras too.
--- is it sleigh bells or tinnitus? only your dr knows for sure
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:39 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:40 AM (3ek7K)
I watched "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" a few weeks ago and I have to say, your use of "GatorCam" was sheer genius.
I guess you didn't finish your Hallmark Christmas movie in time to show it this year. Hopefully, next year we get to see Nick Cage as the cocaine-crazed small town guy who shows the city girl the True Meaning of Christmas.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2025 12:41 AM (A62KL)
MiladyJo fed these three dogs and our cat, then went down to the old house near the gate to feed the various feral kitties down there, then went to feed and check on Son's two dogs and cat since he's working late, then went by Daughter's to check on their two cats. That's five dogs, four house cats, and a pack of ferals. I just sat here and hung out with the feral Morons on the ONT.
About 40 minutes until Midnight here in God's best time zone, so it's time to leave and go do some final Christmasy things.
Silent Night (Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht)
Edison Male Quartette (1905)
https://youtu.be/yA7dj7wBONY
Sweet dreams of sugar plum fairies, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - keep it simple, keep it sweet at December 25, 2025 12:42 AM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Sobek at December 25, 2025 12:42 AM (sazW1)
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim,
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Pony up 20k, Tesla Optimus not only makes your drink it brings it to you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:42 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2025 12:43 AM (VqnfR)
Posted by: Braenyard
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LOL! My tinnitus gets so loud sometimes, I wonder if *other people* can hear it too!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 12:44 AM (npFr7)
I remember your nic as a frequent commentator.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 25, 2025 12:44 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2025 12:45 AM (viF8m)
Miklos,
Hubby and I were laughing with oldest son tonight about a dog we had a couple of decades named Dixie. She was a cocker spaniel and was the meanest dog we've ever had. We're sure she was an inbreed dog from unscrupulous breeders. We kept her until her old age but it was a trial.
Meanest bitch we've ever had, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:45 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim
Have you considered an IV slow-drip of pure ethanol? No more having to get off the couch. No more messing with those pesky bottles of mixer.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2025 12:46 AM (A62KL)
Is Tigger that (formerly little) kitten what you found in the shop a while back?
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
*invests 20k in Tesla shares*
This might work
Posted by: Tiny Imklos Tim, nickel and dime and lithium investor at December 25, 2025 12:47 AM (f/3mU)
But you know
my Kohler has been leaking since the middle of 2000 and it's still leaking. Just add oil up to the fill line and crank it up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 12:33 AM (2ef5s)
I hate oil leaks. Harley had leaks for a few reasons. The main thing was up until 1965 they had a front primary chain oiler that pumped, or dripped oil directly from the oil pump onto the chain to lube it, and there was no return. There was a small little drain tube that dropped it onto the street. In 1965 they came out with a return system. Great, but then they added an oiler to the rear drive chain, so now that chain got oiled, and dripped onto the street. The big problem is owners never checked the setting of the rear oiler which was adjustable, and they just let it do whatever. They also never checked the return hoses for the primary oiling system. They would get loose, or old and cracked, more leaks. 1984 they came out with a new motor, stuck the primary chain in a sealed wet bath with it's own fluid, and eventually in 1986 went to rear belt drives with the new 5 speed, and poof, no more leaks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:47 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2025 12:47 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 12:48 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Yes, she arrived via the Cat Distribution System. She was friendly right from the get-go, no way she was a feral. Fuzzy, all black save for a small white chest patch, and named Tigger for the stripes she ain't got.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 12:48 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
We done had that for years. Private parties only.
Posted by: Crazy Imklos' Non-Stop Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Somewhat Legal Other Stuff at December 25, 2025 12:49 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Squeee!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 25, 2025 12:51 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 12:52 AM (npFr7)
And to all you cantankerous bastards,
You’re all a bunch of softies and I want to hug you all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2025 12:52 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 12:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2025 12:54 AM (Epuwl)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2025 12:54 AM (VqnfR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
I see dollar signs....
*tries to file patent on Official Holiday*
Posted by: Imklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at December 25, 2025 12:55 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Genial bartender on unpaid leave at December 25, 2025 12:56 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 12:59 AM (w6EFb)
Drink until I'm fucking jolly fa la la la la la la la la
Laugh at those in ghey apparel fa la la la la la la la
Time to tap another barrel fa la la la la la la la la
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 12:59 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (XSP3T)
Merry Christmas back to all of you!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (yreN9)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (rghSL)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
I left Bourbon
Bet it's gone by morning
Posted by: Imklos was a Good Boy, considering at December 25, 2025 01:03 AM (f/3mU)
https://youtu.be/1cZIUstS1wY
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 25, 2025 01:07 AM (rghSL)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
like this? lol
Deck the viking house with holly Valhalla la la la la la la la
Drink the mead until we're jolly Valhalla la la la la la la la
Don we now our war apparel valhalla la la la la la la la
raid some village steal their barrels valhalla la la la la la la la
Merry christmas to you too!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 01:07 AM (snZF9)
Just for fun, I ran Stellarium back to 2BC using DE441 (that's a 2GB data file, too!)
That conjunction of Venus and Jupiter peaked at June 17, 2BC, at 17:50 Z.
Well, "Z" is UT1, based on Stellarium's delta-t model. In ephemeris time, it's exact, but the uncertainties in earth's rotation make it a little bit fuzzy for actual UT1 time.
Anyway, they were so close the disc of Venus touched Jupiter. Venus was closer to Jupiter in the sky than all the Galilean moons. That was some conjunction indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 01:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:10 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Dr_No at December 25, 2025 01:10 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:14 AM (3ek7K)
https://tinyurl.com/4ujsevdz
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:18 PM (rbvCR)
That was fascinating! You’re right he has his own agenda, and by the end you get into the “huh?” territory, but it’s still some great thinking.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 01:15 AM (7JH4o)
Stay strong and let him deal with the mess he's made of his life.
Posted by: four seasons
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I'm a soft touch for someone with dementia and mental illness. Her bad behavior is not entirely her fault, but it's still bad behavior.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 25, 2025 01:17 AM (tESdR)
I got her a basket of goodies - a fuzzy lined cap with earflaps and a brim (she's sleeping in it right now), one of those scarves with a loop so you can feed the other end right through and keep your throat and neck warm without long ends to deal with. Some fancy Italian cookies that my college roommate brought to our wedding that she thought were delicious. Some Andes and cinnamon honey pecans.
And hopefully the best one - a collection of the first three novels in a new detective series for her. She's sucked all of the juice out of Commissar Brunetti and his wife Paola. I hope that Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano is as enjoyable for her, because there are over two dozen novels so far.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Well, not today, it's gonna be in the 70s.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
I've read the Ethical Skeptic stuff for a while. His writing, however, can be like trying to swim through molasses in December.
He's the author of that "ECDO Theory", that the Erf does a crust/mantle pole shit from decoupling with the core. I tell myself that is just impossible. The erf has settled around it's maximum axis of inertia, and nothing like that can happen. Seriously, in his timeline, the last time that supposedly happened was what, 4000 BC or something? No way we could be here now if that happened that recently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
I'm a soft-touch too, for anyone in need. It has been mostly to my own detriment over the years...
Being called "selfish" is like being called "racist"-- no one wants to be called *that* or to be thought of as such!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2025 01:29 AM (JkO4W)
Bet it's gone by morning
Posted by: Imklos was a Good Boy, considering at December 25, 2025 01:03 AM (f/3mU)
I bought some for eggnog, but I haven't made eggnog yet. So maybe two fingers in a crystal glass, to toast Santa, of course.
brb
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:30 AM (w6EFb)
Miley,
I am hooked on a series written by M. C. Beaton.
It's a series about a constable in the Scottish Highlands, Hamish Macbeth.
When Mama runs out of something to read you might want to check out those books.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:31 AM (3ek7K)
There's only so much BS I will take, before shutting off completely. Compassion fatigue...
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
20 minutes here in the Mountain time zone until Christmas Day. Then it will be time to go to bed.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:41 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 01:42 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
Running Stellarium back to August 27th, yep, that 4-planet conjunction happened just like ES described it.
DE441 puts in on August 26, around noon UT1, which is well within the expected uncertainty range of lower precision ephemeris.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 01:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
I love that lady, JQ. It's been a rough 6 months for her, and I'm grateful to have her with us still. Since we don't have kids and the cats are happy with boxes, she's like the kid. Honestly, she's so cute in her warm cap.
I did not manage to get her a Christmas tree this year. I may run some seed lights up a palm tree tomorrow. My bad.
And I haven't baked a single cookie. Yet. But I'm planning to bake an apple pie recipe from 1390.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2025 01:46 AM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2025 01:46 AM (2WIwB)
Being called "selfish" is like being called "racist"-- no one wants to be called *that* or to be thought of as such!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
I have made that mistake often, I certainly sympathize. I always talk a big game like I’m gonna be a hard ass and when its decision time I fold like a cheap lawn chair.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 01:46 AM (7JH4o)
That makes a fellow think about dating a stripper again.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2025 01:47 AM (A62KL)
By "puts it" at a certain time, I'm looking for when everything is the closest.
You had Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter nearly on top of one another, with a thin crescent Venus off to the side, and the thin crescent Moon above, all in Regulus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
Miley,
I am hooked on a series written by M. C. Beaton.
It's a series about a constable in the Scottish Highlands, Hamish Macbeth.
When Mama runs out of something to read you might want to check out those books.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:31 AM (3ek7K)
AWESOME! Will make a note of that right now.
Actually, Grok recommended the Montalbano series.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
I would like to exchange stories of human perfidy with Miss Mama.
The resulting book should be required reading for all Business students, and the exam required for any MBA program.
Posted by: President Imklos J. Trump, noting that Trump has a Masters in Finance at December 25, 2025 01:50 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2025 01:51 AM (3ek7K)
You, my friend, live in the safest city in Sakerlina, and I hope you appreciate that.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:53 AM (w6EFb)
The Ballad of Harley's Hat is only 90% done
Tales of Human Perfidy could be a whole 90 minute set or CD
Posted by: Imklos is as lazy as Life allows at December 25, 2025 01:55 AM (f/3mU)
She rejected the Anne of Green Gables series - she said she didn't like the way she looked on the cover.
*shrugs*
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 01:55 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2025 01:59 AM (7JH4o)
This is all fascinating. 2 BC was indeed a year with some spectacular alignments in the sky. That previous June conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, touching each other, and then this 4 planet thing in late August. That was a very rare thing, indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 25, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
Men's Revenge is more to the point. Usually half an hour or so. The wives are such bitchez! Maya, over 2 hours. Women like to really get into the emotional element. Takes time.
What are AI learning?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
Oh Honey Chile.
If I make it to the coast, well, look up the Black Weeks at the beach.
Some weeks businesses close down, and people hunker down. Virginia Beach, Ft. Lauderdale....
Posted by: Imklos is as careful as Life allows at December 25, 2025 02:00 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 02:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
AI learns everything from me.
I think AI owes me moneys
Posted by: Imklos is as all-knowing as any dildo, maybe moreso sometimes at December 25, 2025 02:03 AM (f/3mU)
Alright,
It is now Christmas Day here in the great state of Wyoming.
Merry Christmas to all and goodnight.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 25, 2025 02:03 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Imklos is as lazy as Life allows
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Say the magic woid and win the tune of life:
youtube.com/watch?v=9wYEfQcU0Ww
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:06 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:07 AM (w6EFb)
They's a "R" onto the end of that
Sakkliner
or
South kackalacky
Posted by: Clempson hampsters at December 25, 2025 02:07 AM (f/3mU)
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2025 02:09 AM (A62KL)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:11 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
There's gonna be a lot of shrieking.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
"Perfidia" was originally performed by the Mexican composer Alberto Domínguez in 1939. It became a hit when recorded by Xavier Cugat in 1940.
But what about Benny?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:17 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:17 AM (w6EFb)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2025 02:18 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2025 02:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Imklos at December 25, 2025 02:19 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 02:20 AM (rdVOm)
I am wrapped and ready, sipping on a scotch and being mighty grateful for so many blessings in my life.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2025 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: pawn at December 25, 2025 02:22 AM (EMg+d)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:24 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2025 02:32 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm
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Good point. I'll have mull that over, include it in my thinking.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 25, 2025 02:33 AM (v71Ni)
Posted by: pawn
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He didn't have any alligators. what else could he do?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:34 AM (2ef5s)
The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) is preparing to sign a ₱34-billion ($585 million) contract to acquire two new frigates for the Philippine Navy
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Everybody's gearing up for Chairman Xi.
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Sanae Takaichi, wants Japanese government to revisit the constitution regarding military restrictions.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:43 AM (2ef5s)
_Sanae Takaichi
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 02:48 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2025 02:49 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: pjungwir at December 25, 2025 02:50 AM (noE7F)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Beware of those who would use the word "selfish" as a cudgel against you! Consider whether they stand to gain from your *supposed* guilt.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 02:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Need to sleep but so wound-up! Grrr.
Lord, please help me overcome anger and resentment! Please help me discern true need from thieving deception.
I'm not worthy. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 03:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 02:55 AM (rdVOm)
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Yes, indeed, their gain from "supposed" guilt. Spot on.Thanks.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 25, 2025 03:09 AM (DwYwN)
I'm not worthy. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2025 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Go with your gut. I found that "usually" thieving deception types are gross repeat offenders, true need types are usually victims of circumstances beyond their control. I have a friend who is an abject fuckup, a 90% worthless human, but is as honest as the day is long, and never really asks for help much. He can't fix anything, and would be late to his own funeral, and is in a semi hell of his own making because he just won't get his shit together. Probably in a class by himself as he'll never screw anybody for his own survival. You want to help, but it just wouldn't produce any lasting results.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2025 03:14 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2025 03:22 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 03:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Time to say good night to all.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 25, 2025 03:37 AM (jRujf)
Repeat.
So good. So very, very GOOD.
Merry Christmas to you all.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2025 03:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Hemispherical
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 03:49 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2025 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
You can stay up
There are bluberry muffins on the kitchen table
Posted by: Affectonate Aunt Imklos, enjoying a Hot Toddy with "Uncle" Raymond at December 25, 2025 03:59 AM (f/3mU)
Israel favors Moscow’s presence over Turkey’s expanding influence, and Washington accepts Russia’s key role given its control on the ground, officials say. - Kan News
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2025 04:00 AM (2ef5s)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Christmas Eve Cafe
Spain calls their Nativity-scene buildters Belenistas,
though this one is by an American in Santa Clara
At the conference, Benito learned that in Europe, whole cities have Nativity scene clubs that spend an entire year constructing life-sized dioramas, "For example, Madrid, Sevilla, and Barcelona: their clubs start building detailed buildings, with little exterior little lights, little pots and pans, trees and some of the dioramas have real water running as a little creek or fountain." One of the few Americans to participate in the international conference, he laughed when he recalled how the European artisans reacted when they discovered his nationality, “A gentleman said to us, "Americans, pay close attention to this diorama because St. Joseph looks like the Hollywood actor, Charlton Heston, Mary is the likeness Ava Gardner, and the Egyptian figurine looks like Yul Brynner." But apart from this playful reference to the Hollywood film The Ten Commandments, Benito was one of equals amongst a handful of 550 international nativity makers in attendance. All were treated to the various creative ways that the nativity clubs and Spanish and Italian artists craft their dioramas to be truly sensory experiences.Merry Christmas, friends! And garrett, too! And of course a special thanks to the cobloggers! Give them a hand. Tomorrow and Friday will be open threads from me, but I've got some good ones in the mix. Cucking a chicken. If you need a last-minute gift recommendation for your cat... This dog wants you to know there's no shame in wearing a garish Christmas sweater. Never challenge a cat in a pouncing contest. On the internet, no one can tell if you're a cat. Scuba Santa delivers toys to all the good underwater boys and girls. Sweet drinks cabinet.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)It's been two-thousand years. When will the Jews admit they're wrong?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 07:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (gbOdA)
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My cat Hexie would *love* that gift.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (ESVrU)
Americans use real people and animals.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (sDNVV)
106 Tucker did not spend the entire speech shilling for Islam.
Just part of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (Vj99u)
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Here's 32 seconds of VDH's introduction to his take down of Carlson.
https://tinyurl.com/b23yhyrs
Here's VDH's takedown of Tucker Carlson;
There is a 1:27second quote of Tucker's idiocy before VDH begins.
Push up to 1:27 if you choose.
https://tinyurl.com/fr7z74b5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (2ef5s)
This is about every angle greeting. Maybe because we are weak and scared, and doubting when G D has a plan for us.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (gbOdA)
But do you think General George Jefferson stood up like a light house on the boat as the famous painting depicts? I doubt it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (c115l)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Ben
How is she doing?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (c115l)
I LOLed; it hurt...(still recovering from abdominal surgery last week)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)
This is about every angle greeting. Maybe because we are weak and scared, and doubting when G D has a plan for us.
Posted by: r hennigantx
Maybe angels don't all look like Glenda the Good Witch?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (c115l)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (yreN9)
Washington wasn't having it and delivered the ultimate punishment. Not taught in most history classes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (c115l)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (c115l)
{{{{Jane D'oh}}}} Merry Christmas!!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (gbOdA)
Wondering if it was acute one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (c115l)
God rest ye, Merry Gentlemorons & ettes
(Per Ann Barnhardt, "Merry," in early modern English meant "mighty" or "great". And "rest" means "keep".)
Posted by: mindful webworker - let nothing you dismay at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)
Ooooooh. A double post.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM
Yah. Pixy was caganeering on me.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (0sNs1)
Monteverdi smiles upon you all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrTsxQgCt0
Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 07:46 PM (NRGJj)
Is it figgy or thiggy pudding?
And what is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (yreN9)
Intertubes say similar to fruit cake, but different.
https://tinyurl.com/4k6ftyt9
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:47 PM (ynpvh)
And what is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer
You have to bring it, and bring it right now, before we can tell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)
I have a friend, a rabbi here in town. He likes to say “When the Messiah comes, first thing I’m gonna ask him - is this your first visit here, or your second?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:48 PM (7JH4o)
I think that's gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)
especially as he's not in the bed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)
I think that's gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (KDPiq)
Sorry. Nowadays we have Karening.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (NRGJj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)
Better call OSHA...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)
Don't know why that gave me a chuckle but it did.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:48 PM (7JH4o)
That's pretty good.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (KDPiq)
"Have you ever been to Utah?"
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:51 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (ynpvh)
Likewise from me, Jane!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:51 PM (npFr7)
God: No dice. They're still talking about my last vacation there and that was over 2,000 years ago!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (wVcYX)
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (B5Sbl)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (ynpvh)
Do not be obtuse
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)
The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)
I went out early this morning to do some last minute shopping. It was early in the day, so I wasn't expecting total chaos, but thought things might be a little hectic. Turns out, not so much. I guess it's due to online shopping, but last minute shopping isn't what it used to be.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 24, 2025 07:56 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (EMg+d)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (f5220)
Krogers was packed so I spent twice as much for a roll of paper towels at the Circle K so I wouldn't have to deal with it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:58 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)
Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (f5220)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM
Darnit, I'm an artist, AOP, not an engineer!
Posted by: The Modeler at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)
The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)
It was a Christmas miracle!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)
I expect most plebian building in Biblical Israel was done with adobe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)
Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)
Ah, yes, an arch enemy.
Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 08:03 PM (NRGJj)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:04 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:04 PM (f5220)
Brian's Mum: Led by a bottle, more like.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)
Reminds me of this one:
Guy is driving in the deep South and sees a creche with the three wise men dressed as firemen. So he stops and asks around and keeps being told it's in the Bible. So finally he asks, "Show me in the Bible where it says that!", and a guy goes, it says, "It's right here. It says they came from afar."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (f5220)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2
I tried to show them how it’s done.
Posted by: Titus at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: mindful webworker - let nothing you dismay
--
So, not pacifist?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (pkeXY)
Still in fear of mine to come!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Kt19C)
My discomfort is much reduced. Coughs don't kill me like they did before (hold my belly for those), still prevent sneezes though, as I figure those will really hurt...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Shit. You can't hide money, I guess.
Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (pkeXY)
Dyslexic DEI...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (ynpvh)
1. How many reindeer does Santa have?
2. Can you name them all?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (yreN9)
3. How many of his reindeer can jump higher than a house?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (ynpvh)
Just reading some more about this Black Dahlia/Zodiac suspect, Marvin Margolis (who used the alias Marvin Merrill in later life).
His son is fully cooperating with all this. He doesn't believe his father could have done it, but he's letting them have everything they want. They're going to do handwriting analysis and all that.
Also, Margolis did do 30 days in jail in CA for some fraud case involving an auto-repair business he was in in the early '70s.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (w6EFb)
Thank you, Amazonian Gods of Delivery!
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (f5220)
lulz...
black people...
Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (yreN9)
Do you know how to drum?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (KDPiq)
but it is We who are in a "cult"
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Javems at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (SBJWI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (f5220)
lulz...
black people...
Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (yreN9)
Those lefties sure like to "whitewash" any man or woman of color they don't like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:10 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 08:10 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Movin' On Up! at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (f5220)
Three Godfathers, with the Duke.
On now, but getting sleeeeepy...
Zzzzz zzzzz Zzzzzz
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (f5220)
Q. How many of his reindeer can jump higher than a house?
A: All of them; houses don't jump.
(Not even the bouncy ones, unless poorly tied down and picked up by the wind, and even then it's not jumping).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (SBJWI)
David McCullough's "1776" isn't bad, either. Covers only the year 1776, including The Battle of Trenton as a windup.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:13 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (KDPiq)
Jim in Kali,
I loved the firemen joke, lol.
Thanks for the laugh.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (3ek7K)
Thx (not my joke, just stole it).
Merry Christmas to you too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (f5220)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:15 PM (f5220)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (ynpvh)
LOL
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (wVcYX)
Who's having a White Christmas?
/raises claw
It snowed enough yesterday to make everything white.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Boss Moss
The Mesopotmanians?
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (f5220)
It was the rage in Britain, at some point, to build ruins to have on one's estate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Movin' On Up! at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (oftw2)
Around 2950 feet, according to a topo map found online.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:19 PM (npFr7)
Who's having a White Christmas?
/raises claw
It snowed enough yesterday to make everything white.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (yreN9)
Rain here. They say it's an atmospheric river...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:19 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
That's right. They also built Church ruins to bury their rich relatives in. It was all the rage.
Posted by: Closer To Heaven at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (oftw2)
Did she learn how to swim?
Posted by: Boss Moss
=====
In a matter of speaking.
Posted by: Soothsayer
=====
Here's to swimmin' with bow legged wimmen.
- Quint
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (f5220)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (rZCVI)
Any Wassailing?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Kinda sad y'all can't dig a hole in the ground to store water. In many other states, they are called reservoirs.
Posted by: French Term, I Believe at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (oftw2)
That's nice, Fenelon. Glad it went well.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (rZCVI)
Back from candlelight service
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:23 PM (f5220)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Kinda sad y'all can't dig a hole in the ground to store water. In many other states, they are called reservoirs.
Posted by: French Term, I Believe at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (oftw2)
In Kali, we blow more dams than we build, and can't blame Kumala for all of the blowing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (f5220)
TC is a self serving fool.
Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Wow, that means it's downhill to Rowley then.
Posted by: Coasting Away. at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (oftw2)
Is that going to be on the test?
Posted by: Florida International University Engineering at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (UYzXg)
I'm not actually sure what "wassailing" is but I think it involves alcoholic beverages and singing . 😉 we can't have alcohol on church property and I'm not about to go to the liquor store right now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (rZCVI)
And of course a special thanks to the cobloggers! Give them a hand.
Posted by: Ace
Merry Christmas, Ace!
Merry Christmas, CoBs! 👏
Merry Christmas, Horde!
We all knew garrett was more than a friend.....
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:26 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: torabora at December 24, 2025 08:26 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:27 PM (YGRGv)
Posted by: Javems at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (f5220)
Will again tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (YGRGv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (f5220)
"You had one job."
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:29 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:31 PM (rdVOm)
It still works.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 08:32 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:33 PM (YGRGv)
Now is that why Dan left?
Is Kash next? How much can he take.
Posted by: torabora a
---
Are they leaving because they have been thwarted in their mission?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Coasting Away. at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (oftw2)
Rowley is at 2130 feet, so a lot lower, 820 feet lower. Doesn't really feel like it, though. Big part of the elevation difference is that one bank of the Red Deer River canyon is lower than the other.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (npFr7)
Brown, muddy Christmas. Bah! Humbug!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (Ia/+0)
It still works.
Posted by: Cicero
Back when we had malls, there were kiosks at Christmas time selling crosses made of olive wood from Israel.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (c115l)
It still works.
Posted by: Cicero
Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. Nothing is the same.
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (oftw2)
hahaha -
He thought he could hide that in the Content, safe in his assumption that nobody would ever read it.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 08:37 PM (grNgC)
Archer, we had water restrictions through the summer and fall. Barely any rain.
Hubby said probably we'll have a blizzard in May, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 08:37 PM
Well, we are approaching the end of the annual Commenter Review period.
He'd have gotten away with it in January.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 08:38 PM (0sNs1)
He had an incentive to make sure it was overbuilt and wasn’t going to collapse.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 08:39 PM (2RHvg)
Having no guest rooms available they may have had to rent a stall that other guests would pay to board their animals in. Maybe same rate?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:43 PM (f5220)
2. Can you name them all?
Posted by: Soothsayer
Ten.
Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Olive.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:44 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Time For Change at December 24, 2025 08:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Could also be a part of a cheese factory. "A Whey in a Manger".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (npFr7)
5 y/o granddaughter asked a couple of weeks ago if it is going to be a brown Christmas.
She's always had a white Christmas.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (MvI35)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (3ek7K)
black people...
Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.
Posted by: Soothsayer
+++++
Meh.
I think she is from Trinidad AND Tobago and would personally not want to be "black American" as many more educated Africans feel.
Granted, she is in entertainment and would be careful not to say that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)
7h
🚨 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard
SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (UYzXg)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
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And the Chinese make our medicine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)
black people...
Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.
Posted by: Soothsayer
But still lesbian right, strong and all that?
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:51 PM (LHPAg)
Thank you for the daily break from the craziness.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 08:51 PM (LNeRu)
Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer
She's in the song. "Olive, the other reindeer."
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:52 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:53 PM (YGRGv)
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor
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I can't find it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:53 PM (2ef5s)
Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (yreN9)
I thought 'Olive' was the new name.
Used to be Ollie.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:55 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:56 PM (3ek7K)
SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor
Ooh-rah!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 08:56 PM (c115l)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (gm9Sb)
If I touch raw meat I will not touch anything else until I wash my hands.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 08:59 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:31 PM (rdVOm)
We went to the Korean restaurant.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (rbvCR)
7h
🚨 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard
SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (UYzXg)
Just wait, the next judge will rule the use of the regular armed forces illegal, trying to put Trump in a zugzwang.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (gKDq2)
Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer
She's in the song. "Olive, the other reindeer."
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:52 PM (nhCoE)
***
How long you been waiting to spring that on us?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (2WIwB)
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor
__________
When it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Diogenes
That joke is old enough to shave, at minimum.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 09:01 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
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And the Chinese make our medicine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)
And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)
Port of Galveston Offshore Lightering Area (GOLA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:03 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (MvI35)
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
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And the Chinese make our medicine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)
And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)
Those yards aren't going to cut themselves.
- - Jose and Diego
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (f5220)
Port of Galveston Offshore Lightering Area (GOLA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:03 PM (2ef5s)
Apparently Maduro pays his generals in oil, which is sold overseas where it is easier to launder the money to evade the US banking sanctions. Should the tankers stop running, the money stops flowing and Maduro doesn't have a military any more. The Generals do.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
-------
And the Chinese make our medicine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)
And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)
Those yards aren't going to cut themselves.
- - Jose and Diego
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2WIwB)
If you guys ever need a place to crash for the night we got you covered.
- The Patels who own every motel in America
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:06 PM (MvI35)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
Do you dislike using the FBI and the Federal reserve for political purposes, too? And if so, where were you bitching about this the last 4 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (rbvCR)
Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) absolutely LOVES her catnip-infused kitty treats.
The rest of my feline brood can't be bothered.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (77rzZ)
SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor
+++++
Who did they deploy to enforce school desegregation on the racist Democrats back in the 50s / 60s ?
82nd or 101st ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (MvI35)
I agree. An absolutely last resort. I don't think the cities have felt enough pain yet. The demand should be from the grassroots...the citizens. Will innocent people be hurt? Yup. But that's on the local government. Not the federal government.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:10 PM (f5220)
Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2025 09:10 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (rbvCR)
Do you dislike using the FBI and the Federal reserve for political purposes, too? And if so, where were you bitching about this the last 4 years.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Right here.
We've been here bitching about it since before Obama was elected. Remember the FBI hounded that poor scientist so hard he committed suicide
over that white powder from Florida?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (2ef5s)
+++
And wasn't the bugaboo about enforcing "state law"?
F-U, they are here to enforce the federal laws against killing federal agents and terrorism which the state refuses to support.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (/lPRQ)
'Who did they deploy to enforce school desegregation on the racist Democrats back in the 50s / 60s ?
82nd or 101st ?'
The 101st.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (f5220)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (rbvCR)
Thank you! I’ve been trying to convince people that’s what this is all about! Getting every general to realize their lives could get a lot easier if Maduro wasn’t around anymore.
And there is one other big source of cash for those generals - all of those blue barrel’s in all of those drug boats.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (7JH4o)
If questioned they reply, 'you know the answers'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:14 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (yreN9)
Something something Sandra Fluke...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2025 09:14 PM (A62KL)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 09:15 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:16 PM (2ef5s)
This is how I know you are not Bobby Flay.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 09:16 PM (grNgC)
And no peeking under the tree
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 09:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 09:19 PM (7vIsy)
Of course it’s a White Christmas.
We only let non-Caucasians in in the Summer.
Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:20 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2025 09:20 PM (Epuwl)
Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) retweeted
🇺🇲 FLEET with 3,000–4,000 assault troops (Marines) spotted TODAY sailing aggressively headed to 🇻🇪
USS Iwo Jima (LHD) + 2 LPDs + AOR can carry ~3,000–4,000 assault troops. AOR, an oiler, fuel.
Add OVEAN TRADER special ops mothership.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:21 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 09:22 PM (mlg/3)
If any of you are handy Costco has 500ft of 12/2 on sale for 250 dollars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 09:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: @nicksortor
__________
When it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Mrs. O'Leary, a lonely city raises it's eyes to you...
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (c115l)
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They are going to do that anyway. They went down that path a long, long, long time ago.
This notion that nobody should do anything because the democrats will do what they are gonna do anyway, or already are, is just not persuasive to me any longer.
Expecting civility or restraint or basic decency much less lawful behaviour from these clowns is a fools’s errand. Always has.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (5dzh4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (f5220)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 09:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (7JH4o)
Tonight I’m sitting by the tree with Christmas music on, enjoying it for a second time.
And the cats are all hung by the fireplace with care.
That took some doing by myself.
Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 09:29 PM (rdVOm)
Tonight I’m sitting by the tree with Christmas music on, enjoying it for a second time.
And the cats are all hung by the fireplace with care.
That took some doing by myself.
Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (30Gj0)
Cats are like kangaroos in a way. Give them a hanging stocking/pouch they can climb into and out of and they'll stay there all day.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:31 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:31 PM (gKDq2)
If cats had opposable thumbs, we’d have been in trouble a long time ago.
Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:34 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: RickZ
Animals are simple that way.
Posted by: some dude in a hammock at December 24, 2025 09:35 PM (nhCoE)
If any of you are handy Costco has 500ft of 12/2 on sale for 250 dollars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Good price.
I wonder if President Trump's policies lowered the price of CU (copper, for those unaware).
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 09:38 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Door Buster Special !
If planning any new projects would definitely look into it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:38 PM (/lPRQ)
We had amazing thick fog yesterday morning and this morning; will probably have more tomorrow. That'll have to do for a "white Christmas" for us. Really not complaining!🌞🤠
MiladyJo fixed "three kinds of fish" for us tonight: salmon and cream cheese on crackers for an appetizer; cod, which wasn't very good, maybe freezer-burnt; and crabcakes, which were great, although not really fish.
Italian-heritage son-in-law and our daughter are in NY with his family for Christmas, so this year we didn't have to suffer through that twenty-seven seafoods or whatever it is Italians like to do.🐟🐠🦈🐡🙂
Posted by: mindful webworker - let it shine, let it shine, let it shine at December 24, 2025 09:39 PM (uPdbI)
This notion that nobody should do anything because the democrats will do what they are gonna do anyway, or already are, is just not persuasive to me any longer.
Expecting civility or restraint or basic decency much less lawful behaviour from these clowns is a fools’s errand. Always has.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (5dzh4)
Political suicidal empathy.
"They went down that path a long, long, long time ago."
Lois Lerner IRS Supervisor extraordinaire. Just one bureaucratic (D) example among many after her. One of those little things that adds up. Pile on cencorship over a laptop and COVID. The FBI going after Catholics, particularly the Latin mass ones. Pile on the FBI going after parents at school board meetings for being 'terrorists'. Pile on the entrapment of J-6. Pile on a whole bunch of crap.
Fuck them. This is war. War for our Country.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:42 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: WIRE at December 24, 2025 09:42 PM (grNgC)
Feel good show where Koreans stoically await SMOD to hit the Korean Peninsula.
Many were able to get visas to other countries. Dirt-bags hanging around, living it up, and LARPing the worst Epstein has been accused of.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: some dude in a hammock at December 24, 2025 09:35 PM (nhCoE)
This is true. Though usually not indoors.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:44 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 09:44 PM (gm9Sb)
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Posted by: Bach In Black at December 24, 2025 09:45 PM (KY9hS)
My cat is outside, doing cat things. He only comes in when it's cold or raining, mr. rough n tough, LOL
Posted by: JQ
You gonna dress him up for Christmas?
Little hat?
Sweater?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 09:46 PM (yreN9)
They do not hesitate to use every tool in the government tool kit. Unlawfully. Meanwhile, “our side” has been too chicken shit to use those tools for what they are designed & intended for, their very Raison Dètre. It is pathetic.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 09:47 PM (5dzh4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2025 09:47 PM (2GVsD)
We know some of you (Eris) bought & wrapped presents for your cats & not-cats. It's okay, you can tell us.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 09:48 PM (yreN9)
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Hey, AOP -- Wifey was wondering if you had any thoughts or opinions about the following (presumably support it)?:
[Is this old news or the first time this has been formally attempted?]
Not the Bee
@Not_the_Bee
Alberta to officially start collecting signatures for referendum to secede from Canada
x.com/Not_the_Bee/status/
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Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 09:49 PM (LgsNJ)
Ace spending his Christmas Eve investigating a serial killer is kinda depressing.
What are we going to do with this boy?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 09:52 PM (yreN9)
Last night I put in the DVD for Miracle on 34th Street. I’ve seen it many times, and noticed that there was a commentary track by Maureen O’Hara. It was a real treat to listen to.
Listening to Mark Steyn’s 2025 “Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols” right now, before midnight Mass. (www.steynonline.com).
Buon Natale!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 09:52 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Jingle Ballz at December 24, 2025 09:57 PM (oftw2)
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, 2025 10:07 PM (tgvbd)
And there is one other big source of cash for those generals - all of those blue barrel’s in all of those drug boats.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (7JH4o)
dealing with the money is usually the easy route. Someone is bankrolling Maduro, someone is bankrolling the cartels and someone is bankrolling the ELN. It sure as Hell isn't Cuba and Russia anymore.
Also since there is a lot of money in that oil and in the cocaine being captured and blowed up in the Gulf, some banks are starting to feel the pinch from not having their cut from laundering it, and some governments are starting to really wonder where the money to cover the losses from graft is comin from.
we have been killing people for all my life and it hasn't worked, besides make a lot of people who aren't related to me really rich. I don't think that approach is going to work this time either.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)
Don't know why that gave me a chuckle but it did.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)
#metoo
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 03:24 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2025 03:53 AM (RuTUS)
The Christmas Week In Woke
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, the Fairfax chapter leader for Independent Women, found that Fairfax County spent $44 million on legal fees between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2025. She revealed to the Washington Examiner that the school district paid the law firm King & Spalding $980,515.14 between August and September alone. In a FOIA request, she found Fairfax County had a contract paying $1,850 an hour for services rendered in August and November. "Ironically, November is the same month that the district filed Rule 68 in Jane Doe's case to 'save money,'" Lundquist-Arora said.Fairfax County Public School's newest innovation: Claiming that not only do trans boys have the right to use the girls rooms, but non-trans boys who are just gay have that right too, Bigot.
FCPS will pay Jane Doe, represented by America First Legal, nominal damages of $50 and her attorney fees. The case centered on a complaint from Jane Doe that a biological boy was allowed to use the female locker room in West Springfield High School, even though he identified as gay, not as transgender. When Jane Doe complained, she was told to use a single-use restroom. When other female students began to complain on social media, court documents showed the boy wrote an Instagram post, saying, "My counselor and principal both said I'm allowed to go in there, I don't even look at any of you, I go in a stall. You go to a public school, not everything is catered to you." In her latest piece for iWFeatures, Lundquist-Arora wrote, "Cultish trans fervor aside, it doesn't take a legal eagle to know that boys presenting as boys and not even claiming to be transgender are not legally permitted in girls' bathrooms and locker rooms. The male student Jane Doe encountered in the locker room identified as gay, not transgender, according to the lawsuit."Zorhan Mamdani appointed the new chief of the NY Fire Department. Can you guess which boxes she fills? Probably as many as she can. If you guessed the new fire chief would be yet another fat lesbian linebacker like the incompetents that couldn't control the Palisades fires," congratulations -- homophobes.
The Patriot OasisDemocrat candidate for mayor and alcoholic Karen gives cop grief as the cop attempts to get her to take a field sobriety test. Unfortunately, she was not afforded the opportunity to Ride the Lightning. She did not receive a dose of Zeus Juice. The real lesson of Bondi Beach...? The Australian government hasn't done enough to combat "Islamophobia." I agree with the first two thirds of "combat Islamophobia, to be honest. That's the compromise I'm offering. Lefties react to Judge Dugan's conviction: The Nazis purged and arrested judges, too, you know. No, that's not a joke. That's what this guy, a "political theorist," said.
@ThePatriotOasis BREAKING: FedEx wins multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract, uses funds to HIRE foreign workers through the H-1B visa program. CEO Rajesh "Raj" Subramaniam, who was born in India, is facing backlash for firing Americans to hire foreigners. Publicly available immigration data shows a SUBSTANTIAL increase in FedEx’s hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program. Some of the listed salaries for these positions being filled by non-Americans range from about $100,000 to $115,000.
This is beyond the pale. https://t.co/l8DLFbnGJX
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 23, 2025
We just passed e-verify in Ohio.
— Rep. Josh Williams (@JoshWilliamsOH) December 23, 2025
If people are hiring illegal aliens, they're breaking state and federal law.
And the media is trying to portray them as the victims. https://t.co/DmUDueeW1w
Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton,
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) December 23, 2025
If you are convinced that torture is taking place at CECOT, El Salvador is ready to cooperate fully.
We are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as “political prisoners”) to any… https://t.co/GKHMUgeZeO
To keep you alive. That’s the point. The point of food stamps is NOT to make you happy and give you whatever you want. It’s to keep you alive and healthy so you don’t cost us even more $$$ when we have to pay for your healthcare. Want other stuff that makes you happy? Get a job. https://t.co/CMsMsYF7yK
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 18, 2025
🚨 BOMBSHELL at AmFest: Dead silence from the TPUSA crowd as Tucker Carlson spends his entire speech shilling for Islam
— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) December 19, 2025
- Calls Muslims “mostly good”
- Says it’s “evil” to be anti-Islam
- Compares being Muslim to being black (as if it’s not a chosen ideology)
Zero cheers.… pic.twitter.com/eLtWfP7ZOm
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That's a lie.
Last I checked people who call themselves "reverend" are supposed to obey the 10 Commandments.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2025 06:34 PM (wGK1C)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 06:38 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 06:41 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 06:42 PM (CNl8/)
Good Lord, she looks like an actual normal woman and human being. What the fuck did the world do to her?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 24, 2025 06:43 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 06:43 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at December 24, 2025 06:43 PM (0sNs1)
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Is this that "law professor" from Richmond that every NPR story cites?
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 06:45 PM (UdiE9)
Posted by: Chappyman66 at December 24, 2025 06:46 PM (yLpt1)
Good Lord, she looks like an actual normal woman and human being. What the fuck did the world do to her?
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Check out what happened to Elton John over the years. He didn't just get older and fatter. Something else happened. I've seen it happen a lot with Alphabet People and I no longer think it is a coincidence.
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 06:47 PM (UdiE9)
And because it's Fairfax County, every member of the 'Independent Women' will vote democrat.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 06:48 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 24, 2025 06:49 PM (O7YUW)
It's not against the law to be stupid but do we have to have shoved down our throats every day? Just because some people get attention does not make them an expert on anything. If they don't make sense I just file it under garbage.
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 06:51 PM (G1OIb)
We need a return to rotten vegetables being thrown.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 24, 2025 06:49 PM
#MeToo?
Too soon?
Posted by: Stocks at December 24, 2025 06:52 PM (0sNs1)
Like it being evil to be anti-Islam.
No, Tucker, Islam is a threat to everyone who isn't Muslim. It's a rejection of Christianity.
If you want to be a stupid, suicidal shit leave God out of it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:52 PM (fd80v)
so you agree it's "hateful" to object to the Islamification of the US?
Boy some of you "America First" types have some strange ideas about what America is.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (grNgC)
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FDNY resignations en masse to follow in 3...2...1...
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (Vj99u)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:54 PM (KDPiq)
“The thing that infuriates me most about Tucker isn’t even the Nick Fuentes interviews or the Gaza takes.
It’s the smug, pompous arrogance of a man who’s never spent a single year in seminary declaring with absolute certainty:
“There are no chosen people.”
Bro, that’s straight-up replacement theology on steroids, and it’s demonic.
God’s covenant with the Jewish people is literally all over Scripture—Genesis 12, Romans 11, forever and ever, amen. Yet Tucker, who can’t even quote a verse correctly, struts around like he’s the final authority on theology while mocking actual pastors who’ve dedicated their entire lives to studying the Word.
He doesn’t just disagree with dispensationalists or Christian Zionists. He acts like he’s smarter than Paul, smarter than Moses, smarter than God Himself.
That level of pride isn’t “edgy” or “based.”
It’s the spirit of Lucifer in a bowtie.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 06:55 PM (7JH4o)
yup. What did Rush call him? Chatsworth something the Third?
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:55 PM (1wjle)
'yup. What did Rush call him? Chatsworth something the Third?'
I thought it was Chatsworth Osbourne IV.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:55 PM (1wjle)
Chatsworth Osborne III.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 06:56 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:57 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2025 06:57 PM (WHfpM)
that's what I thought but I'm getting "jr." on google
then again, google talks like a fag and it's shit's all retarded
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:57 PM (1wjle)
How soon thereafter will the common council pass a bill calling for gun confiscation?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 06:57 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (CNl8/)
Got Fresh Rosemary Focaccia in the oven.
Looking forward to an evening of Jazz LPs and Pinball.
Hope you all have plans for a pleasant Christmas Eve.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (grNgC)
A lot of downer sort of news today. I'm not against reporting it, it is what it is, better to know about it, but man...
Being sort of antisocial, I have trouble following my own advice, but best for people to network, develop parallel resources that do what the government is supposed to do for us, arm yourselves, learn the law...
Including Jewish people. Or maybe especially at this point. The fuckers admit what they're all about.
The diseased communist bastards are coming for us all, including the useful idiots who imagine they're on the winning team.
Holy shit. Some retirement this is turning out to be. I think something awful is coming. Multiple awful things. It's what they do.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (t1fZA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Something went “boom”, and out went the power in my apartment.
Breakers won’t reset, and maintenance won’t be here for a hour.
… and no, I don’t have candles #notaboyscout 🤦♂️
Posted by: browndog sitting in the dark at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (7d7sD)
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Reminds me of the before and after pics of beautiful teenage girls, who after enduring endless brainwashing by the left look like they rolled around in a junkyard until every loose metal object was shoved into their orifices
It’s so evil and horrific
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (HYKHz)
i think Tucker has "alternate revenue streams"
the one I'm hoping to see collapse is Me-Again Kelly
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (2ef5s)
That is definitely where it came from. Rush mentioned it many times.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 06:59 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (1wjle)
My example that guys will still bang someone they really dislike.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (KDPiq)
oof. well, if you have a phone, at least you have something to read.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (1wjle)
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I think this is the basis for his worldview.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (CTokg)
It’s so evil and horrific
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (HYKHz)
Hell, Rachel Madcow was once a pretty young woman. Now she is Harriet Potter.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: GWB at December 24, 2025 07:01 PM (8xNfY)
meh, Me-Again has always been "pretty in theory." If you run the numbers, a computer would tell you she's attractive. But I never actually wanted to throw dick at her.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:01 PM (1wjle)
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Ok. That is the second stupidest thing I've read today.
Look at her eyebrows, eyelashes, ear buds and probably weaves or extensions.
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (MXMX4)
I always keep one of those candles they sell in the Mexican Food Section for just such an emergency.
The tall glass ones with Mary, Jesus or a random Saint on them.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Braenyard -"
so many different kinds of "oh hell yes, spot-on!"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (Cjt/F)
i'm listening to the podcast now.
Posted by: ace
Read it last night. Only thing for me is his age timeline. He was 20 in '47. That makes him 18 when the war ended in 45. 17 in 1943. Yet he supposedly went thru basic & medical training and then saw enough combat that he had PTSD?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (c115l)
i had some of those but I tossed them the last time I moved. I should get more. You never realize how much you need candles until you realize you need candles.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:03 PM (1wjle)
What if you were straight, though?
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:03 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 07:03 PM (YGRGv)
But those Mexican Food Aisle Candles...those I can remember to buy.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (grNgC)
I understand not wanting to put in the effort but if it was offered I don't see you turning it down.
( no pancakes for her though)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (KDPiq)
Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. He was played by Steven Franken, an actor who had the look. He also played the murderer in a Perry Mason episode, with Julia Adams.
That was one were Perry apparently lost the case at trial and his client was sentenced to the gas chamber. Perry was able to find the real killer, ol' Chatsworth at the last minute.
He dressed up like a woman to do the murder.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: The Truth at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (R/m4+)
yeah but that seems like a documented fact, right? And supposedly he got caught in a collapsed Japanese cave. who knows what that would do.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 06:58 PM (1wjle)
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Disappointed with her. She has lost what little credibility she had with me. She blew smoke up Bari Weiss' ass in October and now says she "has no experience in television." True back in October too you know, Megyn.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (CTokg)
Which show is more unfunny, I Love Lucy or Honeymooners?
Honeymooners Christmas episode, colorized:
https://is.gd/FYVemj
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:04 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:00 PM (1wjle)
Thank the heavens for wireless connectivity as I lost my WiFi when the power went
… hey … miracle of miracles, maintenance is here 🎉
Now can they solve the issue
#staytuned
Posted by: browndog sitting in the dark at December 24, 2025 07:05 PM (7d7sD)
'If voter fraud is cleaned up then we'll know, much better, where we stand as a Republic.'
If it is, it will be after a fight. The 'Rat leaders have telegraphed that they'll abuse their power and perpetrate outright violence to hold their territory.
Their voters keep right on rubber stamping that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 07:05 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: garrett
well, as straight men could tell you, straight men like women with womanly bodies
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:05 PM (1wjle)
He was on Okinawa. They saw some serious shit. A fellow around here, I've mentioned here over the years, "Ol' Red" we called him, was at Okinawa.
The stories he could tell about what went on there, well, it was awful.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 07:06 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:06 PM (wVcYX)
Tucker's very fond of the "absolute certainty" shtick. He likes to make a quasi-declarative statement then follow it up with a superlative, almost as an afterthought, as if he's suddenly given it more conscientious thought.
This comedian's impersonation nails him.
https://tinyurl.com/wkemscxh
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2025 07:06 PM (WHfpM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:06 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:03 PM (grN
Damn garrett. One of your best LOL: be prepared for return fire at a later date.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:07 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 07:07 PM (UdiE9)
I will have you know that you just ruined 14 year old Keifer Sutherlands Christmas.
(I always laugh at that old gag)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:07 PM (grNgC)
Garrett's Pimp Hand is Strong, even during Christmas.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:08 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:08 PM (wVcYX)
she's a lefty feminist, always has been. she's really letting women down right now by changing all of her opinions on Bari Weiss-- and defending CBS "news" -- based on a current feud.
It's... very feminine.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 07:08 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Something something blue flame.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 07:09 PM (mlg/3)
'She blew smoke up Bari Weiss' ass in October and now says she "has no experience in television."'
Credibility hinges on smoke in Bari Weiss' ass?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 07:09 PM (fd80v)
With the likelihood of death.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 07:10 PM (NwnyJ)
When you make one of those comments, you have an obligation to put your name at the TOP of the comment, so I know to swallow my wine before I read it.
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 07:10 PM (FRS+s)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 07:10 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 07:07 PM (UdiE9)
*side eyes and silently backs out of the room*
Posted by: Ric Gillespie, CEO TIGHAR at December 24, 2025 07:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:11 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: ace
He was born Oct 15, 1927.
Oct 15, 1945 was when he turned 18.
WWII ended September 2, 1945. He wasn't 18 yet.
When did he enter the military? When was basic and then M.O.S. training as a medic?
I'm not saying he wasn't the killer, but his timeline is tight.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:11 PM (c115l)
It would be like going to bat for Stephen Glass and the NYT.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:11 PM (grNgC)
I was wrong, it's awful
I think I just knew about fifteen seconds of the song from commercial bumpers
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:11 PM (1wjle)
right but i'm saying is that all known as documented facts from his military records? Like, the amateur sleuth isn't making that up or speculating about that. He has his records.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:13 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 07:13 PM (MXMX4)
This Zodiac/Black Dahlia suspect theory sounds pretty good. The guy was trying to solve the Zodiac code, close to brute forcing as I read it, and came up with a name that turned out to be one of the main suspects in the Black Dahlia case, which wasn't released to the public.
The suspect died of cancer back '92, and before he died did this disturbing painting of a woman apparently cut off at the torso. The name "Elizabeth" and also the word "Zodiac" were sort of hidden in the background, they claim.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 07:13 PM (w6EFb)
It is barely behind the Muppet Christmas Movie as far as I am concerned. Two of the best versions of the tale, imo.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:13 PM (grNgC)
btw i actually listened to all of Paul McCartney's Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime
I was wrong, it's awful
Posted by: ace
It's the fuckin worst!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:13 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:14 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 24, 2025 07:15 PM (b4o9z)
Would they have made a 16 year old a medic because that's the age he would have had to be.unless he lied about his age like Audie Murphy
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:15 PM (KDPiq)
He was born Oct 15, 1927.
Oct 15, 1945 was when he turned 18.
WWII ended September 2, 1945. He wasn't 18 yet.
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IIRC the average age of soldiers sent into actual combat in WW2 was a lot higher than in Vietnam. Because we had both a lot of volunteers and a draft that wasn't a joke, there was no need to throw kids into frontline combat.
The fact that the stories involve filmic details like "being trapped in Japanese caves" sounds like total bullshit to me. I haven't looked into this story myself, but I've read a lot of military history. Maybe this is real, but it sounds like it's been written as the plot to a pulp novel.
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 07:15 PM (UdiE9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 07:15 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 07:16 PM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:16 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 24, 2025 07:15 PM (b4o9z)
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Yeah, I tried watching that movie but turned it off after 30 minutes or so.
The television show Millennium did an episode that was clearly inspired by the Zodiac killer. It was somewhat disturbing.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 07:17 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 07:17 PM (IhIKR)
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Do we have his records, or just the "sleuth"? Maybe the sleuth is concealing their evidence where Candance keeps her evidence against Brigitte Macron.
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 07:17 PM (UdiE9)
It is incredibly well done.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:18 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Fist bump!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:18 PM (2ef5s)
Just part of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (Vj99u)
One microsecond spent shilling for islam means an eternity shilling for Satan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:19 PM (npFr7)
literally one of my favorite movies
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:20 PM (1wjle)
My limited opinions on the Beatles.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:20 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 07:20 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Count de Monet
You bought the wrong mop!
Posted by: MkY at December 24, 2025 07:20 PM (q6tQZ)
no, they have the records. They pulled them during the grand jury investigation of the murder, and those are available. They have his psych reports and stuff. Cops were looking at him as a suspect in the Black Dahlia case and could never eliminate him as a suspect. (nor definitely prove he had done it.)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 07:21 PM (aKh6S)
Here's an NY Post article on this:
https://is.gd/mxle5w
The suspect's military records are known, not speculation. He was in the first invasion wave at Okinawa.
He wanted to become a surgeon, but they turned him down to what they call PTSD now. His hands shook, and he had recurring dreams and displayed aggression. Discharged from the Navy on disability because of all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 07:21 PM (w6EFb)
Will, so much for the big tent.
Posted by: Sergeant Major at December 24, 2025 07:21 PM (PbU6T)
Searching through old ads and other period information, this investigator determined the one that was in the most likely location for the black dahlia killer to have used - the Zodiac Motel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:21 PM (7JH4o)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:22 PM (KDPiq)
that's a neat detail
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:22 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2025 07:22 PM (+mUZM)
Power is restored, but I’m without a stove through Monday
Life could be worse, at least I have my meal prep dinners that can be nuked to tide me through
It appears the Apollo spacecraft had more amperage available to run electronics and such than my apartment does
Posted by: browndog sitting in the dark at December 24, 2025 07:22 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:02 PM (c115l)
Some guys lied about their age so they could enlist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:22 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: What the actual fucking fuck? at December 24, 2025 07:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: MkY at December 24, 2025 07:25 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 24, 2025 07:25 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: ace
It's very possible it's him. The other thing that's strange, he killed her in '47 and then nothing for the next 21 years. 1968. Serial killers generally don't wait that long between kills.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:25 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Costner's best film. 'Citizen X' is, IMO, the best serial killer movie. Though, 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' is very disturbing.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 07:26 PM (aKh6S)
That would have been March 1945 . He would have just turned 17 five months earlier.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:26 PM (KDPiq)
Everything Paul McCartney ever touched.......
I liked Mull of Kintyre. It's a good drinking song.
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 07:27 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:28 PM (7JH4o)
oh we don't know that!!!
He claimed he killed 35 people though Zodiac only killed five people (and seriously stabbed two more).
Maybe he did a lot of murders in between.
Also, he fled LA when he was a suspect in the Dahlia case and went to Chicago and Atlanta and Kansas. I betcha cops in those states are now looking at unsolved murders in the late forties and in the fifties.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:28 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 07:29 PM (1wjle)
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That should hold you for twelve days.
Posted by: mindful webworker - jingle them bells at December 24, 2025 07:30 PM (uPdbI)
Posted by: ace
That's true. That's very possible.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:30 PM (c115l)
Posted by: C. Tarlson at December 24, 2025 07:30 PM (maMpM)
On that tangent the percentage of homosexual serial killers is far greater than their overall percentage of the population.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:30 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: What the actual fucking fuck? at December 24, 2025 07:23 PM (TbWk/)
Well, that is asking a lot.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:30 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: What the actual fucking fuck? at December 24, 2025 07:23 PM (TbWk/)
Close.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2025 07:31 PM (WHfpM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 07:31 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:32 PM (KDPiq)
It begs the question: Why don't we have "serial killers" anymore?
Or do we?
I wonder if police work is so inept, so unimaginative, and so callous today that a serial killer would go unnoticed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (yreN9)
CEO Rajesh "Raj" Subramaniam, who was born in India, is facing backlash for firing Americans to hire foreigners.
Publicly available immigration data shows a SUBSTANTIAL increase in FedEx�s hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
Some of the listed salaries for these positions being filled by non-Americans range from about $100,000 to $115,000.
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Unlike everyone else here, I didn't have a problem with Luigi and the United Healthcare CEO. Pretty much due to the shit like the above.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (Vh9CX)
Damn garrett. One of your best LOL: be prepared for return fire at a later date.
Posted by: Opinion fact
A number of years ago, i was fresh out of spine surgery with a brand new titanium disk between L5 and S0. Had maybe 8 or 10 staples in my lower abdomen as theynwent in throught front. Reading the smart military blog between naps and garret was on one his legendary snark rolls. Damned near tore two staples laughing at the shit posts he made that day.
Keep it up, dude. In spite of the harrassment, you're what helps make this place family.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (3uBP9)
Steve Franken played the characters of Chatsworth Osbourne, Jr. and Winthrop von Money VIII.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
He was a murderer on Perry Mason and an arsonist on Barney Miller.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (pkeXY)
You cant
You fucked up and trusted the system that promoted you to failure.
It is called the Peter Principle as you do not have a Peter.
hahaha
It is called the Peter Principle becuase a man named Larry Peter noticed that organization promoted people out of the way so that in the end they were out of the way but were failures.
You failed bitch.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (gbOdA)
Just part of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (Vj99u)
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OK, here's 32 seconds of VDH's introduction to his take down of Carlson.
https://tinyurl.com/b23yhyrs
Here's VDH's takedown of Tucker Carlson;
There is a 1:27second quote of Tucker's idiocy before VDH begins.
Push up to 1:27 if you choose.
https://tinyurl.com/fr7z74b5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:36 PM (2ef5s)
Quick, what's the harshest metal song to slay the McCartney wyrm?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (kpS4V)
She's a Knut BUT a) only a complete fool would consent to field sobriety tests and they are typically not required (breathalyzer might be a different story) and b) declining said field sobriety tests (on its own) is typically not sufficient probable cause for an arrest. But she's still a self-important bitch and I have no pity.
Posted by: Driving While an Idiot at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (grNgC)
Brother and fam are late. Me and -#1 son getting schnockered.
ooops.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Where's my damned cat nip?
-Lucy the fink
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (QVmho)
Quick, what's the harshest metal song to slay the McCartney wyrm?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (kpS4V)
Slayer Raining Blood?
Posted by: You did say slay at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (TbWk/)
BRING BACK THE BOMB :
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=YWPCGoO4620
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (grNgC)
Loved the top comment:
"I am 46, it is not a phase Mom."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 07:51 PM (MvI35)
It begs the question: Why don't we have "serial killers" anymore?
Or do we?
I wonder if police work is so inept, so unimaginative, and so callous today that a serial killer would go unnoticed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:34 PM (yreN9)
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I remember hearing that there are about +200 serial killers around the USA at any point in time.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 24, 2025 07:52 PM (Vh9CX)
The field sobriety test and other observations are what gives him probable cause to measure BAC with a breathalyzer or blood draw. She ain’t gettin out of nothing. You have to submit to a breathalyzer or blood draw. That’s “implied consent” by virtue of you accepting a DL.
A field sobriety test is not required, if you’re not drunk then demand a breathalyzer or blood draw and have an attorney on speed dial. Technically speaking it is entirely possible to fail a field sobriety test even though no alcohol is in your system.
I’d like to know how many of these whack job bitches are on prescription tranquilizers and “mood elevators” and all that bullshit. They should be prohibited from operating heavy machinery, cars, and government.
This Is Your Government On Drugs <—- you are here
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (aZxh/)
That was just some bullshit to quiet the peasants. In reality it’s nothing. Was it even implemented? Even if it was it’s nothing compared to the cost savings. Pay $100k one time to save $50-75k a year for 6 years. Deal of a lifetime.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 07:56 PM (MvI35)
“There are no chosen people.”
Bro, that’s straight-up replacement theology on steroids, and it’s demonic.
Listening to Christians ceaselessly advocate for Jews, who rejected Christ, as the chosen people - still - despite that rejection is pretty tedious. Modern Christians don't believe in much of anything, and it shows. Toleration is a fine thing. But Christians weren't always so casual about the rejection of Christ. Christians from pretty much any other era would not recognize the thin soup that the religion has become. No point in believing if it this kind of intrafaith, ecumenical mush.
Posted by: hard pass at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (aYB33)
Posted by: DanMan at December 24, 2025 08:33 PM (8uzBS)
After the Bruen decision said that states have to actually allow citizens to carry weapons, Hawaii passed laws to allow it but not really. They made it illegal to carry weapons in public places such as grocery stores. Clearly trying to make it impossible to carry except maybe inside your own house.
There's a challenge, Wolford v. Lopez, which has reached the Supreme Court. It basically says Hawaii isn't really complying.
The state of Hawaii is arguing that back when it was a kingdom, and not a part of the United States, it didn't let peasants have weapons; therefore, it is part of Hawaii's culture to forbid the citizens from having weapons, so they shouldn't be forced to grant any Second Amendment rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A86IvqwM4gc
Posted by: mr_jack at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (LNPSJ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 07:09 PM (fd80v)
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Not at all. Credibility depends on being consistent; in approving of Bari's takeover in October but then taking weak ass potshots at her in December.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (m6HS6)
“There are no chosen people.”
Bro, that’s straight-up replacement theology on steroids, and it’s demonic.
God’s covenant with the Jewish people is literally all over Scripture—Genesis 12, Romans 11, forever and ever, amen. Yet Tucker... struts around like he’s the final authority on theology while mocking actual pastors who’ve dedicated their entire lives to studying the Word.
He doesn’t just disagree with dispensationalists or Christian Zionists. He acts like he’s smarter than Paul, smarter than Moses, smarter than God Himself.
That level of pride isn’t “edgy” or “based.”
It’s the spirit of Lucifer in a bowtie.”
You do realize that Dispensationalism didn't even exist until the 19th Century, and Tucker's belief that "Israel" in the Bible means "people who accept Jesus as the Messiah" was the official theology of the Church for 1800 years?! Tucker is just stating the normal Christian belief. It is this nonsense that Jews who reject Christ are "chosen" that is demonic.
Posted by: Exiled2Texas at December 24, 2025 11:38 PM (YINx+)
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Posted by: werewife at December 25, 2025 10:17 AM (5ayY3)
Charlottesville, VA Disables Citywide Crime Cameras to Help Illegal Alien Criminals Evade the Law
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The City of Charlottesville will not move forward with the Flock Safety license plate reader system following the conclusion of a yearlong pilot program, despite reported success in helping police solve crimes. City Council decided during its meeting on Monday, citing concerns largely outside the city's control. "I just think that the concerns are much bigger than us," Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis said. Over the 12-month pilot period, the Charlottesville Police Department gathered feedback from community members on the use of the Flock camera system. "Most of the feedback we got was very positive from folks in the community. That being said, there were some concerns," Kochis said. Among the primary concerns were how data collected by Flock could potentially be accessed or used beyond the city's control, including fears it could be obtained by federal agencies for unintended purposes, such as tracking undocumented immigrants. "The big concerns continue to come up from mostly policymakers that, you know, are they the federal government or the administration in D.C. could get access to it," Kochis said. Despite those concerns, Kochis said the system proved effective during the pilot program. "It's helped us solve our homicide in the city. It has helped us recover a missing child. It has helped us recover missing people. It does help us recover stolen cars in time frames that actually have meaning," he said.But fuck American citizens, the only ones who matter are foreign criminals.
🚨Charlottesville ends use of Flock cameras d/t fear data will be used by @ICEgov to track illegal immigrants
— ((( C-Ville🫧 ))) (@CvilleBubble) December 21, 2025
The tech was instrumental in finding Brown/MIT killer
In one year in C'ville, Flock helped solve a murder, find missing persons, & recover stolen cars, according to… pic.twitter.com/H245cKF6p2
BREAKING: Walid Saadaoui, Amar Hussein, and Bilel Saadaoui, CONVICTED in lSlS t*rror plot which police say could’ve become “the deadliest t*rrorist attack in UK history.”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 24, 2025
They planned to target the Jewish community and m*rder responding police in a mass casualty event.
The UK… pic.twitter.com/m3AkdeYQaA
Two migrants from Afghanistan have been convicted in London for being part of a prolific burglary and theft campaign targeting gay men on Grindr. Rahmad Khan Mohammadi, 23 and Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 21, met with victims on the gay app to steal their property.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 23, 2025
Mohammadi was… pic.twitter.com/QBpp333nDI
This is Judge Joy Kennedy
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 23, 2025
Earlier this month, she lowered the bail for a repeat violent offender to $5k in Cleveland
5 days later, he kiIIed Ben McComas pic.twitter.com/bSDadGElI1
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: neverrenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 05:33 PM (leOJv)
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None of them.
Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (77Bgk)
Meh. I am OK with this, regardless of the impetus.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)
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DOJ announced that I to just recovered another ONE MILLION FILES !
Hard to believe that to believe than number of files could have been overlooked? Until now. So a most Merry Christmas to all
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Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 24, 2025 05:40 PM (3ZUWJ)
Meh. I am OK with this, regardless of the impetus.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)
Yeah. I'm old enough to remember when we thought it was a bad idea for the government to have cameras everywhere, both as a matter of the nefarious purposes they'd use them for, and the expense.
You know, observing how tyrannies like Britain use them.
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 05:41 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 05:42 PM (Kt19C)
You know, observing how tyrannies like Britain use them.
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2025 05:41 PM (vSvIl)
It's one reason for lazy, ineffective policing. Instead of prevention by presence and the occasional hickory shampoos, you get armored car riding, no-knock dog shooting, ass-sitting video-watching, investigation after the bodies are cold "policing."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:44 PM (dK+Kv)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:53 PM (tgvbd)
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They'll start using them again when they find out they can track ICE with them.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 24, 2025 05:54 PM (PWcY+)
Posted by: Nannies, Too at December 24, 2025 05:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 05:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:54 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2025 05:54 PM (CWTWj)
If you don't see illegals committing crimes then those crimes do not exist.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 05:56 PM (0N4FZ)
If you don't see illegals committing crimes then those crimes do not exist.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 05:56 PM (0N4FZ)
And neither do the victims...right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 05:56 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Nannies, Too! at December 24, 2025 05:56 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 05:56 PM (ynpvh)
Sanctuary city?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: SciVo at December 24, 2025 06:00 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)
What this actually means is that they will keep the cameras on, if one of their brownshirts goes wilding, oops! we don't have cameras anymore!, if you do anything, "WE GOT YOU!". But they will say they've "disabled" them.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 06:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 24, 2025 06:03 PM (b4o9z)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 24, 2025 06:03 PM (b4o9z)
Well, it's no blaster.
Posted by: Han Solo at December 24, 2025 06:04 PM (ynpvh)
All of them should be treated as such.
Their Legislatures and Executives should be forcefully disbanded and the members should be jailed.
Their Statehood should be suspended until they have been replaced with properly functioning institutions.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 06:05 PM (grNgC)
Meh. I am OK with this, regardless of the impetus.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You mean you want your privacy back?
Can't have that now, can we?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 06:10 PM (pkeXY)
Just think of the Social Justice we'd have when that happens!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 06:11 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 06:14 PM (COQGW)
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Sounds like an entendre but actually it's a double truth.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:16 PM (2ef5s)
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That has to be the stupidest thing I've read all day.
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 06:16 PM (MXMX4)
'Every single Sanctuary City and State is in active Rebellion against the US Constitutional Republic.'
Thank you. This in insurrection, worthy of implementation of an insurrection act. Treating it as a joke is horseshit.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:16 PM (fd80v)
There's nothing that possibly could go wrong with Charlottesville's camera turn-off plan. Kumbaya, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 06:17 PM (wVcYX)
:sigh: I used to be against the panopticon security state, cameras everywhere, snooping constantly for silly traffic violations and the revenue that generated.
But I realize, that only works in, what do they call it, the "high trust society" like we used to have. The Before Time before we started importing 3rd world shit hole populations willy nilly. When you've got a society where any random lunatic may knock some grandma over the head with 2x4 with nails in it, well, my high trust ideal no longer works.
Damn it all to hell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 06:17 PM (w6EFb)
That bitch Terry McAwful should be in the can along with his redcaps and bullies on the State Police.
Posted by: Travesty of Justice at December 24, 2025 06:18 PM (oftw2)
Do you hate, or do you meta-hate?
Or, put more fully: Do you hatwe the criminal who actually committed the crime -- or do you hate the leftist judges, politicians and citizens who intentionally released this soulles crime-bot into the community to wreak havoc on the fellow citizens?
Personally, I meta-hate, because I do not accord the criminals any shred of humanity, so there's nothing to hate, just like you can't hate a cheetah or a rabid dog.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 06:18 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 06:20 PM (wVcYX)
Heh. A South Carolina Man made the Daily Mail:
https://is.gd/UN2trh
Just over the river in Spartanburg County, this guy stole a police car and went on a joyride, and drunk to boot. He threw a fit before the judge and threatened to call Trump on the judge.
According to his mother, he ain't right in the head.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 06:21 PM (w6EFb)
'Do you hate the criminal who actually committed the crime -- or do you hate the leftist judges, politicians and citizens who intentionally released this soulless crime-bot into the community to wreak havoc?'
I have enough hate for all of them. That's why my punishment for them is identical.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:21 PM (fd80v)
The excuse was intersectionality. Remember? Poor babies, how would they know they can't chase down a grown women for sex? And then it because broader & began to cover awful crimes & more people of certain 'types' - not just those who came illegally over the border but also those with relatives chairing LWVs units in many states.
And don't try to publicly fight back. You'll be next to be charged with a ridiculous summary offense or "almost a hate crime" with substantial fees and affect on jobs.
Pandora's box. They f'ed up and unless you put on the stage show (with mob blessings, Black and White alike) as Frank Rizzo once did in Philly, you're not going to get the towns and cities back to where they once were.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 06:25 PM (NFX2v)
I hate both. I hate bullies and that's what both are but in different ways.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:25 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at December 24, 2025 06:25 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Fairfax County at December 24, 2025 06:26 PM (7vtxe)
They send men into womens prison.
They have drag queens in study hall.
They may not want to bang your children but they will send them to those that will.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 06:27 PM (gbOdA)
Self abuse.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 06:27 PM (NwnyJ)
According to his mother, he ain't right in the head.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 06:21 PM (w6EFb)
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Just a good ol' boy, never meaning no harm...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 06:28 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 06:29 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 06:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:30 PM (KDPiq)
'One would think (and they'd probably be wrong) that people would have enough of this shit.
Self abuse.'
Leftists make it a suicide mission to do anything about it, destroying anyone who tries.
I could see it getting bad enough to want to do it anyway.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:31 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at December 24, 2025 06:31 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:29 PM (Ia/+0)
UVA (Charlottesville) has one of the most-respected law school in the country. I know more than one of their law school grads, from years past. Gives one an indication of the lawyers being loosed on America.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2025 06:32 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:32 PM (KDPiq)
'Squat Guat' is just as descriptive and succinct as well.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2025 06:34 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 24, 2025 06:34 PM (1ah2V)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at December 24, 2025 06:31 PM (IX8iX)
Mine worked great. I could jump stuff, including a cat and a dog, a whole dog house. Also had sparks. It would go a long ways. Worked better without kneival on, but he helped it to pop wheelies.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 06:35 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:35 PM (fd80v)
No, don't make waves, it'll work out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:35 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2025 06:37 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)
'UVA (Charlottesville) has one of the most-respected law school in the country. I know more than one of their law school grads, from years past.'
I'd be more impressed if I regarded officers of the court as anything more than colluders in a scam to keep the leftists and their friends in power.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:39 PM (fd80v)
Heh, one of the weather guys at GSP tries to be literary and cute sometimes with his forecasts. He started it off at noon today with "'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the house, the AC is needed, 'cause we live in the South".
I topped out at 79F today.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 06:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:40 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)
'Hardly a day goes by now some Black guy doesn't kill a older white woman'
Yeah. Those are some brave motherfuckers. I'm surprised they're not going after toddlers.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:41 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 06:43 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 06:41 PM (fd8
That was years ago where someone at the Mall of America threw the toddler off one of the upper balconies.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:43 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 06:44 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 06:45 PM (KDPiq)
Yeah, that.
Posted by: Chappyman66 at December 24, 2025 06:47 PM (yLpt1)
I think most Law Schools turned into Cultural Marxist Seminaries, probably don't even teach the Constitution anymore
Posted by: Skip
Just like the Hippocratic oath.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 06:49 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:54 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: IronDave at December 24, 2025 06:57 PM (K6UoY)
Posted by: Boondocks at December 24, 2025 07:47 PM (retOh)
Do you hate, or do you meta-hate?
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 06:18 PM
It's cool to hate.
YouTube: https://bit.ly/49s3V2s
Posted by: The Offspring at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (P5BPp)
The Games We Used to Play Open Thread
So I did this post as an open thread for Christmas, but then didn't like the reduction of the holiday to its commercialized aspect.
But I think it's okay if I post it on Christmas Eve, maybe? "For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself." -- A Christmas Carol Does that cover me?Board games of the 70s, including the one where you have to escape from the sinking Titanic. I have it cued up to that one but feel free to check out the others. Stay Alive -- the survival game. I never understood the appeal of this one. Mousetrap. I tried to make the trap work -- I didn't bother playing, just assembling the trap -- and I was disappointed. I don't remember making the Rube Goldberg contraption actually work. The classic -- ? -- Connect Four commercial. Bermuda Triangle game commercial. A how-to-play for Bermuda Triangle. Merlin commercial one. Merlin commercial Two. This song continues as an earworm in my head. Simon in the 70s, with Vincent Price as the pitchman. Simon in the 80s and the 90s. You can tell it's the 90s because now Simon is RADICAL! Stop Thief!, after the end of a Norelco commercial. And of course: Mattel's handheld electronic games, including football.
Scarborough says there's nothing damning on Trump in the new Epstein Files
— Martin Walsh (@martinwalsh__) December 23, 2025
“One of the great mysteries to me … we've had reporting for some time. Donald Trump is not on Epstein's list. There's nothing in there that's really damning about Donald Trump”pic.twitter.com/SeWRQuXztD
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:23 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:25 PM (vFG9F)
Does that cover me?
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Works for me.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 04:26 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:27 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2025 04:27 PM (LdBR/)
We were reliably told that we had planted evidence. What has happened to our people on the inside?!
Posted by: Joe "The Intern Hunter" Scarborough at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (mexfo)
https://tinyurl.com/3y26h9ff
with the video here:
https://tinyurl.com/4b6j8rxu
I don't know why it works, but it works.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (pIfcn)
One time we played it (ma and 3 siblings), and got in such a fight, that my mom threw out the game.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (NuV6c)
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Maybe you left out a key step. I was able to get the Rube Goldberg contraption to work OK. It was a bit janky, but it would do the job.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:25 PM (vFG9F)
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Played a lot of Stratego when I was kid. My sisters preferred "The Game of Life". The wheel went "WWwwwwzzzzzzz"
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (rj6Yv)
— Scott Adams, How the Gamesman Began, p. 51
One of these days I need to finish one of his games. They were always fun and there are emulators available
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (zQLjY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 04:31 PM (2vrAX)
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YA FILTHY IDIOT!
Love of course to the Horde this Christmas. I miss this place, but full-time work plus a side gig has its price.
Posted by: Catherine at December 24, 2025 04:31 PM (ZSsrh)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:31 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 04:32 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 04:32 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 04:32 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (zQLjY)
Well that fell flat.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 24, 2025 04:32 PM (zBIzS)
I simply get bored, really quickly, and it turns into a chore for me to pretend to be interested.
Except Pictionary. I am good at that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 04:33 PM (0aYVJ)
Those were really lame, even for the '70's.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie
>>Well that fell flat.
Can we interest you in a Tonka toy, Rachel?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Sandra Bullock looked hot in that movie.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (abIsI)
I liked managing the property deeds, so that was my job.
The rule was Loser Puts Up the Game.
Posted by: sal at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (COQGW)
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Tiny felt footballs.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (abIsI)
That's a gateway game to Russian roulette, you know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (COQGW)
Dayum! It's cold out there. Four below zero, and snowing lightly, and a breeze, too. Too flippin' cold for me to want to fire up the snow blower. Put the #1 Suburban into 4High, and ran back and forth to make tracks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (CNl8/)
I spent more time on that console than any other device in my life. I'd rather play Combat than Fortnite.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:36 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 04:36 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:36 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:36 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Nova Local at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (dGdfE)
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (/xmMU)
Nice. I still have a Playstation I and II.
I sold my Sega Genesis and all its components and games years ago. Big mistake. Apparently that sealed Final Fantasy that I included in the package was worth more than half a dozen of the consoles.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (grNgC)
Then, there was Tic-Tac-Toe, using sticks to mark the dirt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (abIsI)
One time we played it (ma and 3 siblings), and got in such a fight, that my mom threw out the game.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (NuV6c)
A few years back, Target had a version that was labeled "Now, With Crushing Debt!"
Always regretted not buying that--it was a one-season offering.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (dGdfE)
Mumbledy, mumbledy Peg Bundy. Why, yes, I would.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (CNl8/)
I recall either Joe Mannix or YD commenting about how their Monopoly games always ended in violence. This was some years ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Dayum! It's cold out there. Four below zero, and snowing lightly, and a breeze, too. Too flippin' cold for me to want to fire up the snow blower. Put the #1 Suburban into 4High, and ran back and forth to make tracks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (npFr7)
High today in AJ is 71.
I saw you plan to travel after Christmas. Safe journey!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (QGaXH)
Look back now and it looks like a ridiculous football game that no kid would play with in today's world.
Posted by: Jackson at December 24, 2025 04:40 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (abIsI)
He was quite wise no matter his BAC.
Posted by: Catherine at December 24, 2025 04:40 PM (ZSsrh)
Posted by: Zombie Gunnery Sergeant Hartman at December 24, 2025 04:40 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: FollyHerself at December 24, 2025 04:40 PM (dyewR)
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Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:41 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Mark1971
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Are you talking about fun or hours required?
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:41 PM (/xmMU)
Good Memories!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (QGaXH)
It was based on commodities trading and the goal was to corner the market.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (XeU6L)
You had toes? LUXURY!
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: Jackson at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (J9q9v)
-Jim Cramer
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:43 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:41 PM (/xmMU)
LOL. My cousins and I played a game of Axis and Allies that started in early afternoon and went to 6 am the next morning.
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 04:43 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:43 PM (abIsI)
If you all don't have a version of Wits and Wagers, ala the fair Trivial Pursuit game, b/c it's not what you know, it's who you gamble on, you're missing out. And it's done in 7 questions per game...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 24, 2025 04:43 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Probably a good move in general, but now look at your life--spending Christmas even sh*t-posting on the moron site with all of us losers
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (/xmMU)
Posted by: Jackson at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (J9q9v)
I remember being so jealous of kids that had those!
I liked games in phases. Hungry Hungry Hippo was always fun tho.
Posted by: Catherine at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (ZSsrh)
Kenner Girder and Panel Hydro-Dynamic Building Set
I'd kill someone to have one again.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:41 PM (/xmMU)
LOL. My cousins and I played a game of Axis and Allies that started in early afternoon and went to 6 am the next morning.
Posted by: Mark1971
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Respect
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (/xmMU)
It was based on commodities trading and the goal was to corner the market.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (NuV6c)
That one was raucous!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 04:45 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at December 24, 2025 04:45 PM (GSe6k)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Stay Fresh, Cheese Bags at December 24, 2025 04:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Probable Hasboro could have gotten more sales if they had the "Bankruptcy expansion pack"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 04:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Catherine at December 24, 2025 04:40 PM (ZSsrh)
I think it was the Aunt that was drunk.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:46 PM (QGaXH)
Hell, Now the toothpaste is locked up so people will not steal them...
Posted by: Jackson at December 24, 2025 04:46 PM (J9q9v)
I'd kill someone to have one again.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (cYBz/)
Chy-nah scarfed them all up to build the Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:46 PM (npFr7)
Smartest move of the game. Kindling.
What a total scam of a game. Worst. "Game." Ever.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 24, 2025 04:46 PM (gLikB)
I'd kill someone to have one again.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 04:44 PM (cYBz/)\
How did you contain the plasma?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 04:46 PM (rbvCR)
“One of the great mysteries to me … we've had reporting for some time. Donald Trump is not on Epstein's list. There's nothing in there that's really damning about Donald Trump”
___________
What's the mystery? Trump can find his own quiff just fine. He didn't need Epstein.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 04:47 PM (tgvbd)
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Nanci Griffith, 'Love at the Five and Dime'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 04:48 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 04:48 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 04:48 PM (L/fGl)
Well, maybe NERF football.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 24, 2025 04:49 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Who Can Eat the Monopoly Money Fastest? Great game.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 04:49 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 04:48 PM (L/fGl)
How do you appear after the bar?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:50 PM (npFr7)
I think I last pulled it out 15 years ago and played it with my kids, when they were actually still kids.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 24, 2025 04:50 PM (5yDGQ)
I had a nice one. I don”t recall following the instructions. Just mixing stuff at random over the burner and noting which had the most interesting (i.e. explosive) results.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:50 PM (EXyHK)
Hey, I don't even need to de-sock from two threads ago for this one.
Posted by: Squidward at December 24, 2025 04:50 PM (3nLb4)
You do still enjoy a nice glass of Pomeroy's Plonk or Chateau Thames Embankment though, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:50 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:51 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 04:51 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2025 04:51 PM (kTtsV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 04:51 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at December 24, 2025 04:51 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (yreN9)
I'd kill someone to have one again.
Posted by: Tonypete
How did you contain the plasma?
Posted by: Kindltot
It's easy once you map out the laminar flows, boundary layers, and skin friction drag.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (cYBz/)
We also played Mastermind and Uno a lot.
Also Trivial Pursuit was popular when I was a teen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (6ydKt)
Kenner Girder and Panel Hydro-Dynamic Building Set
I'd kill someone to have one again.
Posted by: Tonypete
I had one of those. Spent many an hour pumping and dumping water.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Cicero
Of course.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (L/fGl)
There are some rather strong suggestions that Donald Trump is a heterosexual male. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: L - No nic
Fun for a time but by college, they moved into a whole different realm.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 04:53 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Just seeing them runs my blood cold.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 04:53 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 04:54 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:55 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: RPL at December 24, 2025 04:55 PM (6lCOl)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 24, 2025 04:56 PM (31p00)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Ah. Fluid dynamics have entered the chat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:56 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 04:56 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 04:56 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 04:56 PM (6ydKt)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=R-5L8mZtyMI&list=
PLJkeDBmFGaFCtwYv4dJRDYUBfXHWrXIWq
Might be the best Christmas LP I own.
Posted by: RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO at December 24, 2025 04:58 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I would be kicking everyone's butt and then would hit the popular culture questions and stalled.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 04:58 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2025 04:59 PM (M6VqZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:55 PM (npFr7)
The Pentecostal version of the game had the snakes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:59 PM (COQGW)
I also had a merlin, like most cool hip kids who were down with it.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 04:55 PM (npFr7)
The Milton-Bradley version since 1943 was always Chutes and Ladders, but it’s basically the same game I think.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tonypete
Aha! So I've heard. 🤨
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 05:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:00 PM (npFr7)
I mostly preferred to read. Then came video games, like SNES games and that was it for human interaction.
Oh yeah, we did still play dice games. Not craps. More like Yatzeee and some offshoots like Zilch. Literal hours of each day of everyone sitting around a kitchen table, eating snacks and rolling dice.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 24, 2025 05:00 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 05:01 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2025 05:01 PM (M6VqZ)
No, really.
Ah youth. . .
Posted by: Zombie Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
I recall a few raised eyebrows when I went to the checkout line with a Twister game, a large jar of Crisco Oil and thirty feet of rope.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 05:01 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Beverly at December 24, 2025 05:01 PM (6NOyf)
Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 24, 2025 05:02 PM (UslNH)
Might be the best Christmas LP I own.
Posted by: RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO
Your link is farked.
https://is.gd/4QMuSi
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:02 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 05:02 PM (Cjt/F)
Thanks for fixing it for me...never tried linking an Album in Playlist Format.
Apparently, I fucked that up.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (FRS+s)
The new Mr. Coffee machine just arrived. (An emergency Christmas present to myself.)
The world is a better place already.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (M6VqZ)
Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (UslNH)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (3uBP9)
Who wants to see Our Favorite First Lady?
President answers calls from NORAD.
With Melania looking wonderful & majectic in the background:
https://is.gd/eDNe9D
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (yreN9)
I believe TODAY is the Holiest of Holy days. Tomorrow is after-the-fact.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (yreN9)
Easter.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (E0p3T)
Ever step on jacks?
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (M6VqZ)
__________
Then: Legos
Now: Dog kibble
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:06 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Jill at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (M6VqZ)
Yes, still better than clear plastic Christmas bulb caltrops.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 05:04 PM (FRS+s)
My friend's parents, until the days they died, kept a puzzle on the dining room table, except at holidays. It was always a many hundred-piece puzzle and it would just sit there and those passing by might put a piece or two in. Completing it might take weeks. I have no idea what they did with all those puzzles.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (gKDq2)
Yes, I used to be a 14 year-old boy. Some would argue I still am.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (khVJI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (npFr7)
You see that?
The Pentagon's NORAD took calls from children, and the President talks to the kids.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (yreN9)
I found it utterly impossible, and constantly got shocked, every five seconds.
I later read that the game was basically training to be a dentist, because dentists often have to look at your teeth (and do procedures) reflected in one of the long "dental mirror" rods.
If you do good at Tantalizer, it sends a message to the American Association of Dental Surgeons, and within minutes men in black suits and dark glasses show up at your door and abduct you for training and a lifetime career as an indentured dentist, whether you like it or not.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 05:01 PM (mlg/3)
I generally don't like the remakes but I did enjoy the remake of The Bishop's Wife almost as much as the original. Of course they had to do a race swap but you can't have everything.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (QGaXH)
We had the Atari 2600 and I mostly played Pac-Man, Pitfall, and Frogger.
Then with Nintendo it was Super Mario, Top Gun, and Legend of Zelda.
Played a lot of other games, too, but those were my favs.
I had a Sega Game Gear and Genesis was last, played John Madden Football to death, before moving on to PCs.
Haven’t owned a console since the late 90s.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (yreN9)
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Easter.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (tOcjL)
I agree. Being born is pretty easy. Rising from the dead? Not so much.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:08 PM (gKDq2)
Just love the looks they give each other toward the beginning. Genuinely happy.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 05:09 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 05:09 PM (pkeXY)
How are you Wenda. I hope you are hanging in. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 05:09 PM (E0p3T)
Then we went over to playing Twister and shoving and punching each other.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (NFX2v)
Contra was my jam when I went to a friends house. We didn't have a Nintendo.
Posted by: Jill at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (grNgC)
I got put outside and told to find a stick to play with.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (oraVG)
Aha! We now see revealed the roots of your obsession with conspiracies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (CNl8/)
I believe TODAY is the Holiest of Holy days. Tomorrow is after-the-fact.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 04:52 PM (yreN9)
Easter.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 24, 2025 05:05 PM (tOcjL)
No love for National Donut Day?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 05:11 PM (pkeXY)
Loved that game.
It was also good to get on Mom’s nerves with by intentionally hitting the edges to get it to buzz.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:12 PM (6ydKt)
I never had that one but I had the skyscraper one and the bridge one. It taught me that my path in life was engineering. (Math later convinced me otherwise.)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:12 PM (1wjle)
Who wants to see Our Favorite First Lady?
President answers calls from NORAD.
With Melania looking wonderful & majectic in the background:
https://is.gd/eDNe9D
Posted by: Soothsayer
She's lovely, always.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 05:12 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 05:12 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 05:13 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Did anyone direct you to where they were selling courgettes?
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 05:13 PM (vi3Cj)
Posted by: Granpa Ace at December 24, 2025 05:13 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2025 05:14 PM (FLiOE)
Posted by: Jill at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (grNgC)
Had a friend who owned Contra.
Borrowed that one several times to play it.
Probably the first great military game, at least in my mind it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 05:15 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (CNl8/)
Waders of the Lost Narc. Tragic story of a DEA group fishing vacation to the headwaters of the Missouri River, gone terribly wrong.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:15 PM (npFr7)
sometime in the early 2000s I discovered 3D jigsaw puzzles.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:15 PM (1wjle)
Not a board game, more of a body puncture game - has anyone mentioned Jarts?
My high point with Jarts was when we were visiting an uncle I didn't really like, and it was only my parents and me. (brother and sister got dropped off somewhere, they were lucky) So the adults all talked in the living room, and I got sent out in the yard to play by myself. I found a set of Jarts, and decided to see how high I could throw them. Yeah, the fun is in dodging them. (that's what 12 year old boys do)
But he had trees in his yard, and one got stuck in a branch about 25 feet up. So I said to myself "uh oh I'm gonna be in trouble, better knock it down." Well you know what happened. After Jart #2 joined #1, it wasn't long before #3 and #4 were up there as well.
Luckily about then parents called "time to go!" and I just said goodbye to Uncle I didn't really like anyway and never said anything to anybody. Heh I do wonder about the next time anybody went out to look for those things.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 05:15 PM (uWKK8)
Yes, I used to be a 14 year-old boy. Some would argue I still am.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2025 05:07 PM (MZ+PY)
I liked the S & T games, with the hexagon map grids. Stalingrad, Frigate (War in the Age of Sail), Gettysburg, etc.. Spent hours playing those.
There was this two-book game called, I believe, 'Ace of Aces'; a WWI dogfight game. It was a small flip book and each player had one, calling out pages (for manouvers) until either both planes flew away from each other or one of you got shot up. That was fun. Lots of imagination in picturing the dogfight in your head. Easy to carry around, too.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:16 PM (gKDq2)
it was pretty good! I really liked the pieces and the nineteenth century theming.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:16 PM (1wjle)
But few people around wanted to play it so I rarely got to.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:16 PM (6ydKt)
Unfortunately, I had to have a friend over if I wanted to play Stratego. My sister would never play that one.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 05:17 PM (grNgC)
My granddaughter Maria died two weeks before Christmas last year, so this first anniversary has been tough. But I've sort of had my Christmas reading about all of yours.
And tomorrow night my son arrives with his kids and some of their friends, so for the next month (!!) I will have a houseful.
And since my son is the bossiest man you will ever meet, I'm not even bothering to plan. He'll do it all!
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 05:17 PM (FRS+s)
Gettysburg!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 04:48 PM (tgvbd)
My dad had an awesome Gettysburg game, with the hexaganol movement spaces. He loved wargames - he would always play as Lee, and let my brother and I have the Federal Army. He always kicked our asses.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 05:17 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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I don't know who gave us a Ouija board-- parents did not approve-- but it was there in our game closet.
I remember getting scolded, when caught playing it with my friend. It's an evil thing, Mom said.
Year or so later, Mom hollered at me for "rescuing it" from the trash can. (I had not.)
Then Mom burned it, like she "should've done when it first arrived."
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I only hear Snakes and Ladders on British tv or in British books.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (vi3Cj)
Girder and Panel in general was a great toy. We used to build them for our slot car layouts.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (abIsI)
No Steve Jackson Games Car Wars?
https://carwars.sjgames.com/
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 04:42 PM (COQGW)
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Winter means Basement Jarts! 🩸
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 05:19 PM (kpS4V)
'I'll bet your hair smells good little girl....wanna touch the hair on my leg?'
I will always wonder if it wasn't an unwritten rule around the 'in' crowd to keep your young daughters away from him.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (QGaXH)
Also King Oil, Gambler, and some oldies like Careers, Go To The Head of The Class.
Kinda a golden age before video games killed it and it became niche.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (gKDq2)
Quite a common move in board games.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)
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Loved that!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 05:21 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:18 PM (1wjle)
In the Canada of my yoot, we had toys, books and games of British origin, and also toys, books and games of U.S. origin. Best of both worlds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 05:21 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Lizzy
kind of the same. I think I rquit when I started out with a crappy job.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 05:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Who wants to see Our Favorite First Lady?
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Dated a girl who was much like out First Lady.
Courted her, in retrospect spent more money on her than any other girl. She insisted on being good friends.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 05:21 PM (2ef5s)
Changer in 1943 to make it more Kid friendly
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2025 05:22 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 24, 2025 05:22 PM (KaHlS)
My mom and I were talking about how much things have changed and how people aren't into getting stuff on Xmas so much, but it's because back in the day you got stuff two days out of the year, and now you can get pretty much anything whenever.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:22 PM (asXVI)
The family is suboptimal. Hunter's kid with the stripper is probably going to turn out best.
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 05:23 PM (vi3Cj)
I don't recall playing many home games as a kid. There were a few with the little arrow spinner that you flicked to have it tell you where to start play, but I don't recall actual names. I was more into the plastic assembly kits, Aurora, Revell, AMT, etc.
Oh, and I just got off the phone with my oldest friend. He's doing well in Florida. Like me, he admits he's become something of a hermit now (despite having his wife of many years and his grown sons there with him), and doesn't trust people like we used to. I told him, "A low-trust society? It stinks."
He's a big Trump supporter, and even used the term "The Deep State." Guess he got it from Trump; I don't know if he reads much alternative news on the 'Net.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 05:23 PM (wzUl9)
____________________________
Some marketing genius thought "Lord of the Flies" was a good premise to promote a kid's game. I got a kick out of the winner having a Brooklyn dialect.
Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2025 05:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:24 PM (tgvbd)
My nurses bought me the Grinch christmas version of Operation, and we will be playing it tonight!
Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviara at December 24, 2025 05:24 PM (D836D)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 05:24 PM (EXyHK)
Got the kids thinking about gambling and poker hands. What's not to like?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:24 PM (abIsI)
I remember having fun at that. And the smell of the plastic-soldier/monster/whatever factory. Smelled so toxic and good.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:25 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm watching Car 54, Where Are You's Christmas episode:
click here & enjoy too
https://is.gd/QBIaIJ
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Spock, son of Sarek at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 05:27 PM (kpS4V)
Sorry!
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 24, 2025 05:27 PM (V362x)
Boggle?
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 05:27 PM (grNgC)
Designer Steve Jackson was trying to come up with a "microgame" that could be sold inexpensively ($3). He wanted to make a science fiction wargame. He had a limited budget for pieces, and had a brilliant idea: what if one player only had one piece, but it's a really strong piece?
One player controls the Ogre, a giant cybernetic tank with lots of guns and missiles. The other player has a force of tanks, combat hovercraft, artillery, and infantry.
When I played it back in the day, whoever had the Ogre would win. As an adult I realize the game is balanced and the Ogre can be beaten.
It's still available and still has hardcore fans.
Posted by: mr_jack at December 24, 2025 05:27 PM (LNPSJ)
Winter means Basement Jarts! 🩸
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 05:19 PM (kpS4V)
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Break barrel BB pistol with a set of darts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 05:27 PM (2ef5s)
Got the kids thinking about gambling and poker hands. What's not to like?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:24
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When I was a kid it was the height of hilarity to remove the bottom from the dice cup when the other players weren't looking.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 24, 2025 05:28 PM (1Au9i)
Losing a "Sorry" game to my granddaughter has made my Christmas Eve.
Losing a Cribbage game to my son later will make it a perfect day.
Posted by: Auspex at December 24, 2025 05:28 PM (YAFrp)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:28 PM (gKDq2)
Trouble?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:28 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:29 PM (abIsI)
I'm watching Car 54, Where Are You's Christmas episode:
click here & enjoy too
https://is.gd/QBIaIJ
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (yreN9)
Sung in increasing frantic voice:
There's a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn's broken out in fights
There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights
There's a scout troop short a child, Kruschev's due at Idylwild
CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 05:29 PM (QGaXH)
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"It's A Wonderful Knife" (2023) is absolute trash and woke and obvious.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:29 PM (asXVI)
Hadrian your mothets HS education was probably much better than what the Universities have these days
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)
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I have a general-education book she bought in school in the 1940s. You'd be better educated reading that than most college students today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:30 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: mr_jack at December 24, 2025 05:30 PM (LNPSJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:30 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (abIsI)
Trouble.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:30 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2025 05:31 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 05:31 PM (VMttT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 05:31 PM (VMttT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 05:31 PM (VMttT)
We smeared ours.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)
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I played Mille Bornes as a kid, then I played it with my kids, and with luck, I'll play it with my grandkids.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:32 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 05:33 PM (lJ0H4)
Follow them and it will work.
Just like Ikea shelving.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 05:33 PM (/lPRQ)
(Maybe I should use my non seasonal nic for this - bob (moron incog.)
I have two WWII peeves and one just got triggered at another site.
1. That damn "survivor bias" meme with the image of the plane with bullet holes. You all must know it.
I refuse to believe that the engineers at the time were too stupid to understand the importance of control lines, fuel tanks, and pilots. I will say no more.
2. (The one that got triggered.) Gerry Can v. US fuel cans -- "look how inferior the allies were."
Why do people insist on comparing a disposable can used to ship boatloads of fuel and distribute all over the continent to a utility can designed to be reused? Do they really think the Americans were so stupid they just had no good ideas at all? It's a wonder we won.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 05:33 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (u73oe)
Maybe see everyone on the ONT?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (abIsI)
Trouble.
Posted by: Catherine at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (ZSsrh)
the name of the game is...
Ball Buster
https://is.gd/PvL7XQ
Posted by: Soothsayer
LOL
No mention of wearing eye protection.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (abIsI)
I remembered you had had something happen but I wasn't sure if it was around Christmas or not. Happy to hear there is some good around.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 05:34 PM (E0p3T)
Growing up in Brooklyn, it was kick the can, stickball, box baseball, Ringo-Lee-vee-O , pitching pennies, and so on and so on.
A vanished world I'm afraid. Long ago and oh so far away...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2025 05:35 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 05:35 PM (leOJv)
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I played Mille Bornes as a kid, then I played it with my kids, and with luck, I'll play it with my grandkids.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:32 PM (asXVI)
We played it as teens. "Coup Fourré!", of course, became "Boof! You're gay!"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (kpS4V)
As far as I could tell it was an excuse for old ladies to get together, drink wine, and eat Brie.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (6ydKt)
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I played Mille Bornes as a kid, then I played it with my kids, and with luck, I'll play it with my grandkids.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books)
They call a flat tire a Puncture.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (FRS+s)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (asXVI)
I guess kids were easier to please back in the day.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 05:36 PM (HbU2V)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2025 05:31 PM (DoBxX)
We had those, yes, but we also played cards.
One game we played was just with just paper and pencils.
Each drew a six by six grid. Starting with one person, they'd name a category, American Rivers for example. Everybody put that as a header. And so on until five across the top are named. Then the next person chooses a letter. Each person puts that letter on the left. Then, using a sand timer from some other game, you'd have to fill in the grid. Duplicates cancelling out, the one with the most points wins. Kind of like Trivial Pursuit, before there was Trvial Pursuit.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (gKDq2)
Much later, this concept was re-invented for much more recent "collectible card games," but no one had ever thought of it before Careers.
Anyway, afer multiple plays, I realized that the winning strategy was to alwasy choose "50 Happiness Points, 0 Money Points and 0 Fame Points as your victory condtion (i.e. go all in on "Happiness"), then SKIP COLLEGE, and then just take the little loop in the board after the college zone, and just go around and around -- the loop allowed yoi to consistently get a few happiness, but almost no Money r Fame points, so everyone just skipped it. But round and round I went, and very quickly I hot 60 Happiness and the game was over, with me winning.
Hacked.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 05:31
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Along the lines of Red Rover, British Bulldog and Smear the Queer.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 05:37 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2025 05:35 PM (x0n13)
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That's so Baby Sharks and Jets!
*snaps fingers*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 05:38 PM (kpS4V)
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The foreign aspects of the game add to it, I think.
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We played it as teens. "Coup Fourré!", of course, became "Boof! You're gay!"
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Heh. Natch.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:38 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at December 24, 2025 05:39 PM (/enuJ)
You had to allocate 60 points amongst various catepgirois to accumulate, in order to win.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 05:39 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:39 PM (3uBP9)
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Ha, I'll have to try that, Zombie. I have four copies of "Careers", through an odd set of circumstances, and they're different versions (because they kept updating it).
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025 05:40 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:39 PM (3uBP9)
We did that, too. Bloody knuckles, etc.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 05:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Do they really think the Americans were so stupid they just had no good ideas at all?
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Yes. It's important always to disparage and minimize any American idea or operation.
- Strategic bombing did nothing.
- The Sherman tank was inferior to the Tiger
- We won only because we threw more metal
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:42 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 05:43 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 05:44 PM (VMttT)
Posted by: Fuzzy Lumpkins at December 24, 2025 05:44 PM (slsCi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 05:45 PM (wzUl9)
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The foreign aspects of the game add to it, I think.
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We played it as teens. "Coup Fourré!", of course, became "Boof! You're gay!"
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Heh. Natch.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 24, 2025
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"The thicket wins"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 05:47 PM (wzUl9)
- Strategic bombing did nothing.
- The Sherman tank was inferior to the Tiger
- We won only because we threw more metal
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 05:42 PM (tgvbd)
I knew a russian guy that said there had to of been some grand secret conspiracy between the axis and the US because it was impossible that the US could have had as many victories and the war ended so soon. And boy did he have all sorts of statistics and anecdotes to prove his point. Crazy, but funny to listen to.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 05:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 05:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian
These are all good examples. I defended the Sherman for years, but now, with the internet, I see people starting to understand that the US needs were very different and so what we designed was very different.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 05:49 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 06:00 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hadrian
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The Chrysler engine could be easily maintained
The transmission on a Sherman could be replaced in a day. A Panzer transmission had to be sent back to Ukraine to be overhauled by Porche.
We didn't have the capability to ship a tank as big as a Panzer.
We could field 6 Sherman's to 1 Panzer, over run it, and go ahead to provide artillery for the infantry.
_recalled VDH monologue
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 06:11 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2025 06:38 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 24, 2025 07:56 PM (SBJWI)
I used to play a game with my dad where you traded and auctioned classic cars. EG Stanly Steamer or Stutz Bearcat. Can't remember the name but he always kicked my ass
I recently had a chance to paly a game from the 80s that I somehow missed called Thunder Road. It was a delight.
never heard of Colditz but I'm intrigued.
Posted by: WaitingForMartel at December 24, 2025 09:29 PM (2Q1nt)
Posted by: Diana Pool at December 25, 2025 08:05 AM (x8S8D)
I'm not going to do a tinyurl to provide a link so I'll just break it up in hopes that people realize what I have done and can figure it out. Annoying, but not my circus.
Posted by: Diana Pool at December 25, 2025 08:07 AM (x8S8D)
Over 100 Minnesota Mayors Declare That Tim Walz Has Bankrupted the State With Unchecked Fraud and Rampant Spending;
Tim Walz Blames "White Supremacy"
The article says 98 mayors signed up to this letter, but now more than 100 have signed it.
Fox NewsApparently an organization exposed a sudden surge in the school lunch program, suspecting phantom students and, yes, fraud. So then their offices were firebombed. Coincidence? We'll see but I doubt it.
@FoxNews CITIES REVOLT: A group of 98 Minnesota mayors warned Gov. Tim Walz and state lawmakers that fiscal mismanagement, fraud and unchecked spending are straining city budgets and forcing higher property taxes. In a letter, the mayors cited the loss of an $18 billion surplus, a projected multibillion-dollar deficit and unfunded state mandates they say are cutting services and pushing costs onto residents and businesses.
PATHETIC: Tim Walz rails against ICE raids in MN by accusing the Trump admin of “WHITE SUPREMACY!"
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 23, 2025
“This is what happens when they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy. When you hear the Vice president of the United States talk about now, white people don't have to… pic.twitter.com/EUZ0iJq6aV
I hate this attitude. People were forced to attend DEI trainings or get fired. They had to do "anti racism" classes to graduate college.
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) December 23, 2025
"No one forced you! You could have just gotten fired." Stop it. This makes you look ridiculous. https://t.co/PGUA0IkJvc
It’s been a while since I took a US History class, but I do recall some events in Boston that took place before any Somalis were there. https://t.co/27U0MSUs4e
— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) December 23, 2025
Kamala: How dare we speak Merry Christmas!
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 24, 2025
Trump: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
We seriously dodged a bullet pic.twitter.com/gn702h3B00
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2025 03:24 PM (G2vez)
christmas cheer is best cheer
Posted by: kamala at December 24, 2025 03:24 PM (edU/H)
Almost.
Posted by: the lower depths at December 24, 2025 03:25 PM (UdiE9)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 03:26 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:26 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 03:26 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 03:27 PM (c+QVv)
@EricLDaugh
19h
HOLY SMOKES. It’s now coming out that Somalis buy homes in Minnesota to use as “home care,” they sit empty, then bill the state for MILLIONS per year
455 homes CONFIRMED.
“Somalis figured out the perfect plan on how to scam MN taxpayers.”
INFURIATING.
Dec 24, 2025 · 1:16 AM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:27 PM (rbvCR)
I'm particularly impressed that he's kept his "newsletter" going with 5 subscribers.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 03:27 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cicero"
And oh, the Polio!
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (PIdvu)
They are in the just say something stupid phase.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (Vpqw1)
It was especially dire before Somalis invented penicillin.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 03:29 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Zombie Mayor James Curley at December 24, 2025 03:30 PM (AWSqF)
This was the SCOTUS ruling that held that state districts must have "roughly equal" population. This is the opposite of how things work at the federal level, with representation being based on each state.
Because of this, cities get all the power and the bulk of the area of a state is underrepresented.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 03:30 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Billy Silly at December 24, 2025 03:31 PM (Vu7A1)
Ace, that's Man's Man Tim Walz, right?
Because he's a man's man.
He says were "they're scared shit of me" because "I can fix a truck."
A true man's man. Amirite?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:31 PM (yreN9)
I'm particularly impressed that he's kept his "newsletter" going with 5 subscribers.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Maintains plausibility for Jonah to go as a panelist on media shows which is his real purpose for his funders.
He should really transition to go all the way to fill his clown shoes.
Poor man's William Krystol without the cruises or the smirk.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:31 PM (WDjG6)
badah-dahdah=dah
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2025 03:32 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 03:32 PM (To7on)
Posted by: Jonah at December 24, 2025 03:32 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:32 PM (PIdvu)
christmas cheer is best cheer
Posted by: kamala
Bottoms up!
Posted by: Pete Buttgig at December 24, 2025 03:32 PM (f/3mU)
A true man's man. Amirite?
Rumor has it he eats carburetors for breakfast!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 03:33 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 03:33 PM (c+QVv)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 24, 2025 03:34 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (Vpqw1)
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Embarrassed for you girl.
But at this point does it really matter?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 03:34 PM (To7on)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2025 03:35 PM (CWTWj)
https://tinyurl.com/49773hwb
Posted by: beckster at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (I7J98)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Zombie Mayor James Curley at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (AWSqF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 03:37 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:38 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2025 03:38 PM (czfTj)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 03:38 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 24, 2025 03:38 PM (Rbvxz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 03:38 PM (COQGW)
Posted by: DanMan at December 24, 2025 03:40 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Florida Bound at December 24, 2025 03:40 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:40 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (PIdvu)
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Ahhh...a palette cleanser after the last distasteful thread, perhaps?
Thank you Ace
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (QGaXH)
It's funny, I am starting to see police body cam footage on U-Tube of Somalis getting pulled over while hauling a dozen cars or campers and telling the State Patrol officers that they don't need commercial driver's licenses, or to stop for truck scales, or carry manifests. And when the State Patrol Officers tell the driver that the trucks are listed as stolen, the Wonder-Somalis insist the State Patrol officer does not understand the law, is lying or is only trying to get a bribe from the Somali.
Almost like the Patrol Officers have been seeing this for a while but now think they won't get in trouble if it gets leaked to the Internet.
Posted by: JB1000 at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (/gRa9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (PIdvu)
THEY really did. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Weaponized nice. Clueless people - by choice.
Easy to see why a Walz could float to the top.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (lliyN)
Keep note, this is just a day after all Democrats claim they "never" tried to force White People to apologize for being White.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:41 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 24, 2025 03:42 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 03:43 PM (Kt19C)
tim walz, a man's man
So manly that only a real man can understand.
So manly, he's "comfortable" with his "sexuality."
So manly, he's "in touch" with his "feminine side."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:43 PM (yreN9)
Remember, it didn't end well for General George Armstrong Custer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 03:44 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at December 24, 2025 03:44 PM (jvxGE)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:44 PM (viF8m)
...who have been onboard with this shit for years, have detected a shift in the wind.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 03:46 PM (mexfo)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 03:33 PM (c+QVv)
Same to you CaliGirl
Hope things are ok in your neck of the woods.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 03:46 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JackStraw
You must be new here.
Seriously, you of all people must understand that they all knew exactly what was going on and their only question was "how do I get some of that."
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 03:46 PM (fsyiM)
Particularly galling from a Taiwanese Commie mayor.
The Somalis didn't make America, and neither did YOU!
You all go home now, regardless of your "documentation," freakin' paperwork Americans.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 03:48 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 03:48 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Harvey Korman at December 24, 2025 03:48 PM (mexfo)
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 03:48 PM (5KYMb)
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 03:49 PM (7vIsy)
Because Minnesota decided to save money and eliminated the State Auditor position.
Seriously. There has been no oversight for years!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 03:50 PM (NuV6c)
Almost.
Posted by: the lower depths
Almost. I have to wonder. Who is his audience now? His sad posts on X are the pathetic mewlings of a has been. The times have passed him by and he still thinks its 2003.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2025 03:51 PM (sAmhv)
Pennywise and clownfoolish.
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 03:51 PM (5KYMb)
It especially hit home with my family -- people believe what they need to believe to justify their own position.
The Somalians really believe this shit.
Likewise, the palestinians believe the British stole Big Ben from them.
Likewise, the Africans believe they really were "kangz and shit"
And worst of all, the muzzies believe that they are superior and their theft is only taking what allah (piss on him) granted them; their raping of white girls is a virtue, and there really are 72 virgins awaiting them.
It's a dog eat dog world and we have to figure out how to get our side to wake up.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 03:51 PM (fsyiM)
Clearly their long game is to demoralize and weaken the fabric of their long-term adversary by attacking our economy, culture, physical and spiritual wellbeing, our values and social cohesion. And they do so by ruthlessly exploiting their foreign nationals either directly or by intimidation. It's possible she's just a home grown commie, but I think this is a legitimate question.
Posted by: Zek at December 24, 2025 03:51 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 03:51 PM (2vrAX)
https://tinyurl.com/49773hwb
Posted by: beckster at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (I7J9
That commie chick seriously creeps me out.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 03:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 03:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 03:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Likewise, the palestinians believe the British stole Big Ben from them.
Likewise, the Africans believe they really were "kangz and shit"
And worst of all, the muzzies believe that they are superior and their theft is only taking what allah (piss on him) granted them; their raping of white girls is a virtue, and there really are 72 virgins awaiting them.
Which is why we should not have been paying NGOs to bring millions of them to settle here.
Totally incompatible w/estern civilization.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 03:53 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Zek at December 24, 2025 03:53 PM (5FPX4)
Because Minnesota decided to save money and eliminated the State Auditor position.
Seriously. There has been no oversight for years!
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Well, I think there were some decent federal prosecutors, but nobody paid attention to them until the NYT wrote that the fraud occurred on Walz' watch.
There was also a group of mostly Democrat federal employees who tried to warm Kamala to steer clear of Walz. They were ignored too.
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 03:54 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: GKWVE
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ISWYDT
We could only hope Pennywise would take up residence in Minnesota.
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 03:54 PM (MXMX4)
IIRC, her grandparents immigrated from China to Taiwan, then her parent immigrated from Taiwan to USA.
CCP is not a longshot.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 03:55 PM (NuV6c)
As in 8% or more. In other news Hakeem's Sombrero is citing this as another example of Trump failing to bring down costs.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 24, 2025 03:55 PM (HTCU3)
It is possible- just possible- that our government has instituted itself to plunder our wealth.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 03:56 PM (mexfo)
Poor man's William Krystol without the cruises or the smirk.
Posted by: whig
>Remember, when you mess with the bull, your wife gets the horns.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 03:56 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 03:43 PM (Kt19C)
and little fishies here in O.C.
At least it's not snowing....
Oh...wait...crap....(kidding)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 03:56 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 03:57 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 03:57 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 03:58 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Particularly galling from a Taiwanese Commie mayor.
The Somalis didn't make America, and neither did YOU!
You all go home now, regardless of your "documentation," freakin' paperwork Americans.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 03:48 PM (NuV6c)
'you been here four hour. You go home now.....'
Obligatory.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 03:58 PM (QGaXH)
He, his wife, and his kids are batshit crazy as well.
A minstrel show for their Somali patrons.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 24, 2025 03:59 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 24, 2025 04:00 PM (Wv0GD)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 04:00 PM (ciXcx)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 03:58 PM (sDNVV)
Sometimes it looks like that. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and all that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 04:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: THE GHOST OF WILLIE BROWN at December 24, 2025 04:00 PM (g4+28)
End of story
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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I never get any credit.
Posted by: Oliver Heaviside at December 24, 2025 04:01 PM (XeU6L)
Recently voted out/failed upward to a County position. Not saying all foreigners are commies but why are so many of the commies foreigners?
Posted by: Zek at December 24, 2025 04:01 PM (5FPX4)
So manly that only a real man can understand.
So manly, he's "comfortable" with his "sexuality."
So manly, he's "in touch" with his "feminine side."
Posted by: Soothsayer
TLDR Edition: he's a seasonal crossdresser so he can show solidarity with the Gay Pride season.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 24, 2025 04:01 PM (HTCU3)
If something happens to Walz (and given the DNC hates him, it seems likely he'll get the Rod Blagovich treatment) then Kamala picking him will be even more hilarious.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 04:02 PM (ciXcx)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2025 04:03 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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I never get any credit.
Posted by: Oliver Heaviside at December 24, 2025 04:01 PM (XeU6L)
Hush! You have a Unit Function named after you.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:03 PM (QGaXH)
The media refuses to cover her daydrinking alcoholism the same way it refused to acknowledge Biden's dementia.
Posted by: Ace at 03:20 PM
Did you see her giving out "dating advice" recently?
tinyurl.com/4pxvukjy
Posted by: pookysgirl, decorating Christmas cookies at December 24, 2025 04:04 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2025 04:04 PM (CWTWj)
I will never forget that speech. Her eyes were bugging out of her head and she had that goofy overbite smile. She looked and sounded seriously deranged.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 04:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 04:06 PM (ciXcx)
Seem to recall she had a 'no whites invited/bureaucrats of color only' holiday party last year. Didn't apologise when it was leaked.
So do go on, Jonah, about how that anti-white stuff has been no bigee.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (NuV6c)
FUN FACT: Orville and Wilber Wright were originally Somali. They were force by the white patriarchy, to go around in White Face just to ship their airplane to Kitty Hawk.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (QVmho)
Did you see her giving out "dating advice" recently?
tinyurl.com/4pxvukjy
Posted by: pookysgirl, decorating Christmas cookies at December 24, 2025 04:04 PM (Wt5PA)
What's with the ancient history wired headphones getup she uses? Where did they come up with that look? From hobos?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: A True Bostonian at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:08 PM (vFG9F)
George Washington recruited heavily from his Somali Special Forces to cross the Delaware River.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 04:09 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: he sucks cock by choice at December 24, 2025 04:09 PM (Zc9aP)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 24, 2025 04:09 PM (CWTWj)
https://tinyurl.com/49773hwb
Posted by: beckster at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (I7J9
That commie chick seriously creeps me out.
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Me too. I'm from MN and know people that know her and they say she's batshit crazy.
Posted by: beckster at December 24, 2025 04:10 PM (I7J98)
Those Marblehead sea merchants were known for their bravery!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:10 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:10 PM (QGaXH)
Louis Pasteur was in fact NOT French. He was Somali. Thise thieving colonialist French made him claim a different nationality.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 04:11 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:11 PM (vFG9F)
tinyurl.com/4pxvukjy
Honest dating advice from her would be "find Willie Brown and start unzipping".
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 04:11 PM (ciXcx)
Is there anything he can't do?
We simply don't deserve him!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:11 PM (QGaXH)
You can have it.
Posted by: Everyone else at December 24, 2025 04:12 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (QVmho)
There was a big stink around about December 17 where Venezuela was entirely shocked to realize that other people thought they were the first to build a powered flying vehicle. See, I guess it's taught there that because of some silly eurogay certifying authority didn't witness the Wright brothers it wasn't official and therefore some Venezuelan joker was actually first because some smelly french dude was watching him. They really believe this. And so they were yelling about it all day.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:12 PM (abIsI)
No wonder Trump is compelled to do what is necessary for the citizens of the state. That glob of canine feces clinging to my boot looked just like him.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 04:12 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2025 04:12 PM (SSHra)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 04:13 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine "
Oh come on. "Common Sense" was great!
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:14 PM (XeU6L)
>>
@Rightanglenews
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37m
>>BREAKING - A 92-page report by the California State Auditor has found that over $70 billion in taxpayer funds have been lost, including $2.5 billion in SNAP fraud, $24 billion on fighting homelessness, and $18 billion for a high-speed rail where not a single track has been laid.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 04:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (vFG9F)
Is there anything he can't do?
We simply don't deserve him!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:11 PM (QGaXH)
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No doubt the Left is going to portray President Trump as mobilizing ICE against Santa Claus, thus denying Somali children their Christmas presents.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (abIsI)
The Wite-out ppl changed it at Ellis Island
Posted by: Henry Foordu at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (f/3mU)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Seriously
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The vaunted SDNY office "found" these documents.
"Sat on" is probably more accurate.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 24, 2025 04:17 PM (2ov6M)
"That's never happened once in my whole damn life!"
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And thus, the Dems just tossed the "reparations" arguments into the dustbin of history. Like they never happened. Thanks, Governor Jazz Hands!
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 04:17 PM (rj6Yv)
Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
You never *had* to.
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"The Conservative Case for not taking the mandatory clot shot and losing your job."
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 04:17 PM (hFCFR)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at December 24, 2025 04:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ann
Biden broke the glass floor on the minimum IQ for a president, so why not nominate another retard.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 24, 2025 04:18 PM (vNO59)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 04:18 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 04:19 PM (2vrAX)
Thank you Tim Walz!
Posted by: Minnesota Voters at December 24, 2025 04:19 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:19 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at December 24, 2025 04:19 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 04:20 PM (nljXp)
Thank you Tim Walz!
Posted by: Minnesota Voters
Some of the dumbest people I've ever met were from Minnesota.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:20 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:14 PM (XeU6L)
IIRC Roebling was a graduate of a little known Somalian engineering school in Troy, Somalia known as RPI.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 04:21 PM (PIdvu)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:16 PM (NuV6c)
She's cool but all the others need to go.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 04:21 PM (c+QVv)
Posted by: Boston NPR at December 24, 2025 04:21 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2025 04:21 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2025 04:21 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 04:22 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 04:22 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 04:22 PM (vFG9F)
Tiny Tim Walz needs a forensic audit on his personal wealth. There is no way someone who allowed 8 billion dollars in fraud didn't wet his beak and end up with some of it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 04:22 PM (IifOV)
I still think we need to get a betting pool going. Where will the Minnesota Somalis go next now that they are under scrutiny. They're tribal, and will move as a group. It's the closest thing the US has to Gypsies.
I'm betting on San Diego....which already has about 15,000 Somalis at present.
Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2025 04:23 PM (dIske)
Cue The Frogman!
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ain't got no home
A no place to roam
Ain't got no home
A no place to roam
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home...
Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at December 24, 2025 04:23 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at December 24, 2025 04:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Only a MAGA white nationalist supremacist would pose such a dispicably suggestive question.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (pkeXY)
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Old & Busted: The 1619 Project -- The Slaves who founded America
New Hotness: The 1776 Project -- The Founding of the USA (United Somalis of America).
Everything Male, Pale, and Stale is New Again ...
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (hFCFR)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 04:24 PM (YlWIZ)
>>"Sat on" is probably more accurate.
The head of the FBI SDNY office was forced to resign for hiding Epstein documents back when all of this was getting started.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 04:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 04:25 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Boss Moss
This one is easy, Rock art!
Just like our native American weird splotches they call petroglyphs and pictographs. Dummy.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 04:27 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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Actually, that would explain why he was always asking about people's shoes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:27 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 24, 2025 04:28 PM (PWcY+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at December 24, 2025 04:23 PM (0aYVJ)
My old man was an engineer at a facility in a far-flung place on another continent, where they had a lot of Somali workers.
This was a very remote facility where most people lived in barracks, but my old man's only demand was that be housed away from the Somalis until his private quarters could be arranged.
He wasn't a fan, and he likes most people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 04:22 PM (IifOV)
I'm starting to think that there is something else being offered people besides money. The walzes honeymooned in commie china. Their marriage celebrated the 5th anniversary of tiananmen square. There is something else going on there.
Being a glorious soldier in mao's revolution? Do people really get off on that? There something else going on beyond obvious money and power. Revenge?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 04:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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I've been thinking about a T-shirt that says 'Christian Nationalist'. They are probably available.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 24, 2025 04:31 PM (Z/jA7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 04:31 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 24, 2025 04:33 PM (PWcY+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (nljXp)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Posted by: Lizzy
She's in Britain, I believe. If she has moved here, she is the exception that proves the rule.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 04:34 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Decaf at December 24, 2025 04:35 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Oliver Heaviside
Retarded-American Walz is a bit on the heavyside
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (uTmUk)
When I point out that the closest other peoples came to civilization is when the Romans took them as slaves, Mussolini says "whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it down a notch piasan!"
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 24, 2025 04:38 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Kamala at December 24, 2025 04:41 PM (C9oTe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2025 04:30 PM (XeU6L)
I'd be fine with "Pink Is a Color, Too"
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2025 04:43 PM (2HfbY)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2025 05:17 PM (FLiOE)
By 6-3 Vote, Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Trump Cannot Send the National Guard to Illinois to Protect Federal Agents and Offices
Per the Supreme Court, violent anarchists can continue attacking federal agents and ICE offices with the sanction of the state and city governments, and Trump isn't allowed to use the National Guard to protect them. Note the Guard wouldn't be used to make arrests or anything. He just wanted them to protect federal personnel and assets under attack by leftist street militias operating with the implicit sanction of Pritzker and Brandon Johnson. And the Supreme Court said: No, you cannot protect federal employees from paramilitary assaults. We'll keep that in mind next time Trantifa tries to kill judges. Note that Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the far left wing. As usual.The Supreme Court claimed that using the Guard to protect the physical safety of ICE officers executing the law was not part of "executing the law" in itself. This is an absurdly strained and lawless twisting of words to get the outcome that Roberts and Coney-Barrett wanted. Again, we'll see what happens when these people threaten to kill them. I say, well, yo know what, we're not allowed to send in the National Guard to execute the law so I guess you'll just have to stock up on ammunition.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Trump from federalizing and deploying Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago, dealing a setback to the administration's effort to bolster security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers operating amid violent unrest in the sanctuary city. In a 6--3 decision, the Court declined to lift a lower-court order that had stopped Trump from sending roughly 300 Guardsmen to assist ICE as agents faced repeated attacks near an enforcement facility outside the city. The dispute traces back to October, when Trump moved to federalize the Guard after rioters descended on an ICE site in Broadview, Illinois, chanting "Kill ICE!" and "Shoot ICE!" and confronting officers. A Biden-appointed federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused to pause--prompting the administration to seek emergency relief from the high court. In its unsigned order, the Court said the government failed, at this early stage, to identify clear statutory authority allowing the military to "execute the laws" in Illinois.
The majority emphasized that the administration had not invoked an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act and instead relied on claims of inherent constitutional authority to protect federal personnel and property--an argument the Court found insufficient on the present record. The application for a stay was denied, leaving the lower-court block in place. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the order, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed a concurring opinion. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented. Alito's dissent cut sharply against the majority, warning that the Court was standing in the way of basic protection for federal officers under threat. "Whatever one may think about the current administration's enforcement of the immigration laws or the way ICE has conducted its operations, the protection of federal officers from potentially lethal attacks should not be thwarted," he wrote.Kavanaugh concurred with the ruling. He allows that Trump may send in the military itself -- not the state National Guard, but the actual Army and Marines -- if he invokes the Insurrection Act. But don't think that this fixes the problem. He's just one vote. Even if Trump does this and Kavanaugh blesses it, it would still be 5-4 against protecting federal agents from attacks by Antifa, with Roberts and Coney Barrett joining their leftwing allies again.
Clandestine
@WarClandestine
Holy shit I think it’s actually happening. I am reading through the Supreme Court ruling in Trump vs. Illinois, and they ruled that Trump needs to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to send the troops into Chicago. Kavanaugh in his dissent even says that this ruling "could cause the President to use the US military more than the National Guard". The Supreme Court just admitted that Trump has the authority to invoke the Insurrection Act to bypass Posse Comitatus and send the troops to Chicago, and any other city he wants. Trump tried to exhaust every legal avenue possible before resulting to the Insurrection Act, but the Dems resisted and refused to cooperate. Sounds to me like Trump just got the green light. INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT!
🚨 In an apparent 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has BLOCKED President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Illinois, denying the government's application for a stay.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) December 23, 2025
Justice Alito dissents joined by Thomas. Gorsuch dissents. Kavanaugh concurs. pic.twitter.com/JLfpjbaNxb
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (IuFEo)
This spot reserved for The Blade
Posted by: RSVP at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 24, 2025 02:24 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (IuFEo)
I took a whole platter full of pigs in a blanket (little smokies wrapped in crescent roll dough baked to a golden brown) to the company party today, and was immediately asked if they were pork or beef smokies. If the dough was gluten free, or fried.
I'm going to put the foil back on them and take them home.
Merry Christmas from Portland Oregon
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 02:26 PM (IifOV)
If so, I know 6 justices who apparently don't need protection.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 02:27 PM (UeBTl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:27 PM (PIdvu)
This is not some kind of loss.
This is just returning to the standard that Eisenhower used.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 02:27 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: brak at December 24, 2025 02:27 PM (SytBa)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (LdBR/)
I took a whole platter full of pigs in a blanket (little smokies wrapped in crescent roll dough baked to a golden brown) to the company party today, and was immediately asked if they were pork or beef smokies. If the dough was gluten free, or fried.
I'm going to put the foil back on them and take them home.
Merry Christmas from Portland Oregon
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 02:26 PM (IifOV)
Your cow-orkers are gay.
Posted by: Also retarded at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Amy Conehead Barrett, Collector Of Trophy Children at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:28 PM (IuFEo)
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Thomas would rather the NG be used than the Marines.
But, I do think he's wrong.
Trump wasn't using these federal forces to enforce law but to protect federal assets. He's using his post as commander in chief of the armed forces to protect federal assets, just like Eisenhower.
The whole National Guard end-run was a post Eisenhower effort to prevent the bad images of Marines up against American citizens, that's all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
So what prevents that now?
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM (ULPxl)
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Bring 'em on in to ClubONT!
We'll say "Thank You!" and devour them!
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: DanMan at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:33 PM (PIdvu)
Trump needs to find more FBI agents or some other branch of Federal law enforcement and send them. Or start hiring a whole lot more.
I've not seen one yet where ACB didn't strictly interpret the law. Maybe I've missed something... but this doesn't appear to be one of those either. Roberts is a different story.
Posted by: Frank Nobody at December 24, 2025 02:33 PM (75cud)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 02:34 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:34 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 02:35 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 02:35 PM (r3wfs)
Yeah.
Posted by: Frank Nobody at December 24, 2025 02:36 PM (75cud)
But, I do think he's wrong.
Trump wasn't using these federal forces to enforce law but to protect federal assets. He's using his post as commander in chief of the armed forces to protect federal assets, just like Eisenhower.
The whole National Guard end-run was a post Eisenhower effort to prevent the bad images of Marines up against American citizens, that's all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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TJM, the 101st was sent first and then Eisenhower federalized the entire Arkansas National Guard to prevent Faubus from using them for mischief. Natl Guard was used inside the schools and 101st had the perimeter outside the school. FIL was federalized Guard from outside of LR and served in LR Central High School escorting black students to and from classes. So did his brother.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:36 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 02:37 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at December 24, 2025 02:37 PM (5IFb9)
Illinois is a state ruled by a city. Just like New York Just like California.
When those cities decide to unleash Hell on those states ? Stop - for the Love of God Stop - insisting on going in and fixing it. Let it happen.
One of Trump's biggest mistakes. Insisting on fixing something for a city that hates him. I'm glad he got shut down.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:38 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 02:38 PM (MXMX4)
Posted by: The_Hoser at December 24, 2025 02:39 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 02:39 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 02:40 PM (2vrAX)
I want Trump to get burnt bad by the SCOTUS,... so that his next picks are so rock ribbed they make Scalia look weak.
He has had it too easy so far and it was making me worry.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:41 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 02:39 PM (abIsI)
I'm telling my Mom! Mom! Mommy!
Posted by: Brett Kavanaugh, Momma's Boy at December 24, 2025 02:41 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM
My understanding of the ruling, after reading John Hinderaker's Power line piece on this, is the SC pretty much affirmed that. Frankly, I think the majority, and Justice Roberts specifically, are being too clever by half with this ruling. The professional plaintiffs will take this win, hammer the arguments on to their next suit, which a lower court will affirm, and another round of cajoling/threatening will hit the desks of Roberts and ACB..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 24, 2025 02:41 PM (nbLIj)
I don't like it and obviously am not calling for it to happen, but the lawless courts are calling for it to happen.
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 02:41 PM (27L5L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:41 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2025 02:43 PM (VE6XX)
I'm going to put the foil back on them and take them home.
Merry Christmas from Portland Oregon
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If they're pork, swing them by your local mosque and label them beef.
Posted by: The_Hoser at December 24, 2025 02:44 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: Party Discipline at December 24, 2025 02:44 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2025 02:44 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 02:45 PM (mcWkK)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 24, 2025 02:45 PM (2ov6M)
Appeal the ruling, of course, but send in a bunch of those armed NOAA, EPA, DEA etc etc types for whom the JEF bought all those guns, to protect ICE. If anyone objects they can be fired for cause, and replaced with a Moron.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM
Or this: gather up as many troops as needed (either NG or Marines) and TDY them to ICE. Whip up some velcro backed "ICE" patches they can slap on their drip; put them under ICE authority
I'm sure ICE has an existing job description what says "Protective Detail" or some siht...make the troops (temporarily) ICE agents
problem solved
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2025 02:45 PM (tljrc)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 02:46 PM (PIdvu)
Or if by overturning R v W she served her purpose?
I may have my timeline a little off...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:46 PM (QGaXH)
John Roberts isn't clever by any margin. He's so damn obvious it hurts.
All he does, day in and day out, is try to figure out what ruling he can make - how he can drag four other of those nine clueless incompetents with him - to keep that court going just a little bit longer.
They're all just arranging deck chairs. While the big piece of ice gets a little bigger and a little bigger.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:46 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 02:46 PM (mcWkK)
Posted by: clarence
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Pretty much crossing the Rubicon which is why Trump will probably use Marines like in Portland to protect the ICE facility.
The reason to federalize ILL Nat Guard is that they have arrest authority without invoking the Insurrection Act where Marines do not unless the Insurrection Act is invoked.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:47 PM (WDjG6)
Illinois is a state ruled by a city. Just like New York Just like California.
Posted by: Howdy
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ANd to fix that, we need SCOTUS to unwind renyolds v. simms, which held that the districts must have "roughly equal" population to satisfy one-man-one-vote.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:47 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 02:47 PM (2vrAX)
What are they going to do, cut off our supply of shitty food and crappy automobiles?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 02:47 PM (abIsI)
Or if by overturning R v W she served her purpose?
I may have my timeline a little off...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Nope, vacancy occurred just before the Nov. 2020 election (Ginsburg death was Sept. 18th). ACB was the only way for Trump to get his appointment on the Court before the election allowed by McConnell. Several of the usual asshole GOP types wanted to wait to fill the office until after the November elections which probably would have meant Biden got the pick.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:49 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 02:49 PM (Slgjz)
They'll start arresting Americans traveling through any connecting airport. They'll start getting New York City, LA and San Fran, Baltimore, Chicago, and Boston to extradite.
That's where we are heading.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:50 PM (Xy8Lb)
If I was in a Federal building in Portland under siege from various whack jobs, the first MFer with a molotov gets shot in the face. I’d be out of ammo before noon.
It is not incumbent for anyone to get killed by these clowns.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 02:51 PM (f8+Yv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 02:51 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Trump has to wait for the permanent injunction to be levied before appealing again. Better to use another means.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:52 PM (WDjG6)
I believe that at least the nation guard would be mostly locals who have a stake in maintaining order.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 02:52 PM (nljXp)
And that is riding on who controls the Senate.
And that (according to Ace) is riding on the economy in July.
I think Trump is acting as if he understands this.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:52 PM (fsyiM)
If Trump were to withdraw all federal law enforcement personnel from Illinois and allow them to experience the full consequences of their lawlessness, would it be possible to keep that rot contained in Illinois and prevent it seeping out into other states who did not ask to be endangered?
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Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 02:53 PM (YlWIZ)
More, how does anyone have standing to sue on this? What DAMAGE has been done? As noted in the Supreme Court decision on the Obama Birth Certificate case, until damage is actually done, you have no power to sue.
The Supremes allowed even MAYORS to stomp on our Rights during Covid... flat out said they would not interfere during an 'emergency'... yet now? constant interfering is what the President has declared as an emergency.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Julie Roginsky
@julieroginsky
If escaped inmates from Dachau had staggered into a newsroom in 1930s Berlin to report what was happening, what would Bari Weiss have done? I think we know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 02:53 PM (L/fGl)
And you would be in jail before the sun sets. With the full force of the city against you. And the state - in California or New York or Maryland or Illinois. All while detained by one of our Angels in Blue and guarded by the same.
The real question is - why work for the Fed in one of these places ? Move. Vote with your feet. Find another job.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:53 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 02:54 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 02:54 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 24, 2025 02:47 PM (abIsI)
Yes and zee Cheese from zee French asshole that zee Americans love! Var! Zis is var!
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt!
Posted by: Klaus Schwab, Weirdo and Closeted Homosexual at December 24, 2025 02:54 PM (R/m4+)
If I was in a Federal building in Portland under siege from various whack jobs, the first MFer with a molotov gets shot in the face. I’d be out of ammo before noon.
It is not incumbent for anyone to get killed by these clowns.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Federalized nat guard from the state can perform arrests if necessary.
Regular military cannot unless Insurrection Act is invoked aka martial law.
Posse Comitatus law passed after Reconstruction ended prevents active duty US troops from enforcing civil law without invocation of the Insurrection Act.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:55 PM (WDjG6)
If I was in a Federal building in Portland under siege from various whack jobs, the first MFer with a molotov gets shot in the face. I’d be out of ammo before noon.
It is not incumbent for anyone to get killed by these clowns.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 02:51 PM (f8+Yv)
I seem to remember a Fed Cop shooting an unarmed 'rioter' on Jan 6, killing her, and getting promoted and a medal for it...
Precedent, set.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 02:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 24, 2025 02:56 PM (edbiH)
How many times are some here going to say "Insurrection Act" ?
If Trump says it now ? It takes less than a day for a Federal Judge to say "he can't do that". And less that a week for the Supremes to convene and say "No He Can't".
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:58 PM (Xy8Lb)
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Dude, it's now MS MAO.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 02:58 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 24, 2025 02:58 PM (YlWIZ)
OTOH, if, under 12406 the "regular forces" (in this case, ICE) can't execute the law, President Trump can probably just flood in additional ICE, Border Patrol, ATF, etc, in support of the ICE teams that are being harrassed.
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at December 24, 2025 03:00 PM (XTURA)
Let me rant.
One of the things you notice in History is that certain moments are... preventable. Some aren't. Roman Republic was going to fall. Constantinople.
This feels more like WWII, where if someone had just done something different, things might have been different (primarily, standing up to Hitler earlier.) Instead, it seems as though everything everyone does is tailor made to force an inevitable event (in this case, removing options from Trump, forcing him to amp things up and going more and more towards a confrontation.)
I am not sure this is a bad thing though. The slow blade favors the left. Look at Britain. They are fucked and I am not sure if they have the stones or even understand how... dire their situation is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:00 PM (bss/y)
If Trump sends them then the Media will talk about an INVASION!!! and call the troops invaders and egg the crazies on to violence against them.
Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2025 03:00 PM (EMg+d)
Posted by: Emmie
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Not necessary. Go after teh funders of mayhem legally which are all big Democrats like Soros. Make them toxic and drag out their shell corps that pay for and encourage these illegal actions.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:01 PM (WDjG6)
PBS News
@NewsHour
The U.S. military has killed more than 100 people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 03:01 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 03:01 PM (nljXp)
Precedent, set.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 02:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Me too, I’ll never forget Babbltt, Boyland, Greeson, and Phillips.
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 03:01 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 03:01 PM (L/fGl)
100 drug dealers and cartel villains? aka A Good Start.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:02 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:02 PM (PIdvu)
"Mr. Roberts has rendered his judgment. Now let Mr. Roberts enforce it."
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 03:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 24, 2025 03:02 PM (biEYB)
What are they going to do, cut off our supply of shitty food and crappy automobiles?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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They could block us from watching the Eurovision song competition.
What else they got? That and fag football.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 03:03 PM (fsyiM)
@EricLDaugh
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2m
>>🚨 BREAKING: A judge just UPHELD President Trump's landmark $100,000 H-1B VISA FEE, a stunning blow to the Democrats who want to replace Americans with endless foreign workers.
>>Huge win.
>>Americans first. 🇺🇸
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Trump should declare sanctuary cities an act of insurrection against the laws of the United States.
It's not any different than Confederate States declaring themselves a sanctuary for slavery.
But Trump is deathly afraid of declaring an insurrection. Whether is J6 or he fears the deadly escalation, is irrelevant:
He's only delaying the inevitable--he will have to declare an insurrection.
Or lose the nation.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2025 03:04 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at December 24, 2025 03:00 PM (XTURA)
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Send in those AutoPen Empire 87,000 new-hire IRS agents armed to the teeth ... to audit the situation.
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Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 03:06 PM (mcWkK)
@EricLDaugh
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2m
>>🚨 BREAKING: A judge just UPHELD President Trump's landmark $100,000 H-1B VISA FEE, a stunning blow to the Democrats who want to replace Americans with endless foreign workers.
>>Huge win.
>>Americans first. 🇺🇸
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Another Trumpmas miracle. If this is not an annual fee, then such should be considered.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 03:02 PM (PIdvu)
Colombian. The Columbian drug boats are run by the City of Portland
The thing here is that the boats in the Gulf and the oil tankers are both part of a financial chain to Maduro's government.
from what I have heard, Maduro pays his generals in oil, which is sold overseas and the profits go into offshore accounts where it is easier to launder. Once the oil revenue goes away, the Army is no long pro-Maduro.
The cartel boats are going to Europe, where the money goes into Maduro's accounts overseas, where it is easier to launder . . .
Petro is being paid off, and his terrorist buddies are being paid off, but the Coca paste processing in Colombia is most likely cartel run, not Colombian run.
Trump needs to turn Colombia, not start a war. I think this is the reason that Trump keeps on returning Colombian and Peruvian nationals he picks up instead of interning them where the ACLU can defend them
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:07 PM (rbvCR)
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On Federal property? Nope. Take another bonghit. We just need to have the right leadership.
Any local clowns try to get cute, shoot them in the face, too. Way past time to get this party started.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 03:08 PM (f8+Yv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I think we get this. It is a loss, so how could it be a win.
But long term, we need the MAGA agenda to stick. That requires a SCOTUS that is solid MAGA, and that depends on the next 2 or 3 picks.
So I am serious when I say that I see it as a win because it reminds Trump of what he has to do for his legacy to last longer than last term.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 03:08 PM (fsyiM)
Fucking insane.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:09 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Zombie James Buchanan at December 24, 2025 03:10 PM (AWSqF)
He's only delaying the inevitable--he will have to declare an insurrection.
Or lose the nation.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2025 03:04 PM (HXT0k)
The most embarrassing thing in the world is to grab the banner and scream, "FOLLOW ME TO TAKE THE CASTLE" and sprint off to the main gate, only to discover it is a one man race.
Trump needs support, and to get that he needs legal standing. And that needs all the T's crossed and I's dotted.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 03:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 03:11 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 03:08 PM (f8+Yv)
This is the problem.
1) We are still in the pre stages of the war. Something we can do can change whether the war will happen.
or
2) The war has already begun and we just refuse to acknowledge that fact- because it is daunting and scary.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:11 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (L/fGl)
And I get called a glowie. Do what you describe ? Local LEO will take you straight to jail. And no Federal employee will stop them.
You've got that problem many have. This fixation with the rules as you perceive them. Rather than the rules as enforced.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (Slgjz)
Because that is the exact Precedent that this sets.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Another Trumpmas miracle. If this is not an annual fee, then such should be considered.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)
What makes this amusing is the judge who made the ruling: Beryl Howell.
She HATES Trump.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (zBIzS)
Posted by: Zombie James Buchanan at December 24, 2025 03:10 PM (AWSqF)
In a bizarre way, that does seem to be the stupid shit Roberts is doing. He is trying to award wins to each side to keep his own side preeminent. If things go weapons free, well the supreme court means exactly dick. He goes from being the robed Master of the Universe to just being a guy who likes watching his wife get plowed by multiple men.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:13 PM (bss/y)
>>Huge win.
>>Americans first. 🇺🇸
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Another Trumpmas miracle. If this is not an annual fee, then such should be considered.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Amortized over three years. Unclear myself whether it applies to extensions to another three years. But suddenly, along with the increase in the minimum pay for such (IIRC 65k, suddenly it becomes an annualized cost of nearly 100k per year cost for such H1B's. Plus Trump has not given out more H1B lottery positions (85k per year which is in a congressional statute). Biden exceeded that number on a regular basis. Amount of the application fee went up to nearly $250 too.
Other reforms include that you cannot submit multiple applications for the same H1B worker to get a lottery chance for teh H1B. Hardest hit are going to be Indian tech worker importing companies.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:11 PM (bss/y)
One side has begun. The other is refusing to accept reality and admonishing its allies that "that's not who we are."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Regular military cannot unless Insurrection Act is invoked aka martial law.
Posse Comitatus law passed after Reconstruction ended prevents active duty US troops from enforcing civil law without invocation of the Insurrection Act.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:55 PM (WDjG6)
I think a good number of Oregon National Guard were nationalized last February -- in part because they needed the assets for things like forest fires on federal land and the Oregon Gov has a history of not acting because "wilderness land" until towns are burning.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Roy at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (BZF07)
Thanks for the Nut Punch post.
Any more Nut Punches, today, Ace?
How about we commence with the Baby Jesus stuff?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (yreN9)
Doesn't make it any better, just something that is, I suppose.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 24, 2025 03:15 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (6Bc88)
Because that is the exact Precedent that this sets.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)
I think what Kav is 'trying' to say is that Trump can, by invoking the insurrection act and sending regular troops in. ace points out that this still means ACB and Roberts will vote with the libs to say that Trump cannot even do that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)
It's not any different than Confederate States declaring themselves a sanctuary for slavery.
It is more like MI and MN declaring themselves Free Soil in defiance of Dred Scott. However it was supposedly solved in 1865
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (rbvCR)
Fed Judge says Trump can't strip a Lawyer of his security Clearance... even though he is no longer working on Federal Classified cases.
Another Fed Judge says Trump can't stop funding to States or Cities that are defying Federal Law... ie, Lincoln must support the Confederate States of America...
Meanwhile, Boasberg continues his quest to hold the DOJ in criminal contempt for not bowing to his usurped authority...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Fucking insane.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Inevitable when dealing with the courts. Often there are alternative ways administratively to achieve the same results. Part of teh problem is that the filibuster has effectively gutted our Congress. If you went back to the old talking filibuster rules prior to the 70's reforms, you would get a lot less of them. There is also a way, although it ties up the floor for a couple of months, that you can effectively get cloture in the Senate by exhaustion of the speaker's list--no senator may speak more than twice on the same item of debate.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:17 PM (WDjG6)
Thanks for the Nut Punch post.
Any more Nut Punches, today, Ace?
How about we commence with the Baby Jesus stuff?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (yreN9)
Silly, the rum goes in the punch. The nuts are the side dish snack.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 03:17 PM (6Bc88)
Whatever the dirt is that the Left has on Roberts, it must be so bad as to approach unholy.
Posted by: Sam Adams at December 24, 2025 03:17 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Roy at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (BZF07)
Yeah. The Steal is the real opening shot of being outside normal limits. Then the J6 shit, all the censorship pushes, forced jab, Blood Red Speech. They were going all in. I EXPECTED them to try to go full on complete control. But they didn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)
Doesn't matter. This ruling is a direct contradiction of every action that every President has used the National Guard for.
Hell, they had the National Guard flat out enforcing law during Katrina, and nothing was deemed illegal...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 03:19 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2025 03:16 PM (6Bc8
Short answer ? Trump.
But longer answer ? Do any of you hear remember how wee-wee'd up we all got when a few states ... Kentucky was one ... passed state legislation that Obama COULD NOT enforce Federal Gun Legislation within their state limits ?
The Supremes at the time let that go. States Rights !!!
Well. Nobody makes the Fed plop their shit down in your state. The Fed can always pick up and move.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 03:19 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: John McClane at December 24, 2025 03:19 PM (0sNs1)
If Trump says it now ? It takes less than a day for a Federal Judge to say "he can't do that". And less that a week for the Supremes to convene and say "No He Can't".
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:58 PM (Xy8Lb)
"How many divisions do you clowns have to enforce it? I AM the CIC. Now, FOAD.
Thank you for your attention to this matter".
Posted by: DJ Trump at December 24, 2025 03:20 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: susan harms at December 24, 2025 03:20 PM (Kkd7F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They will have to overrule precedent to do it. Scotus held in Martin v. Mott (1827) that the president has exclusive authority to determine whether an emergency warrants calling forth the militia, and that determination is deemed conclusive for all other persons.
So for lower courts, the caselaw is clear, Insurrection act cannot be reviewed in district court. Scotus allows later challenges to specific actions under the Insurrection Act but not to the invocation as long as legal formalities (Proclamations) are met.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:20 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (yreN9)
Peter Bernegger
@PeterBernegger
6h
A complaint was filed this morning against US Senator John Thune - the Republican Senate Majority Leader - to the FEC for Smurfing $1,148,902 into his campaign.
[ . . .]
Political Committee C00409581, FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE has accepted 3,996 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $1,148,902 from 714 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 19.5% of the 20,536 available committee transactions and also being 12.3% of the $9,335,059 full committee transaction valuation.
US Senator Tammy Baldwin - FEC complaint filed, lawsuit filed $36,820,755 criminally laundered
US Senator Lindsey Graham - FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed within days $11,090,385 criminally laundered
US Senator Amy Klobuchar - FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed Jan 2nd 2026 $9,633,912 criminally laundered
US Senator Elissa Slotkins - FEC complaint filed $16,126,348 criminally laundered.
US Senator Mark Kelly - FEC complaint filed $41,300,637 criminally laundered. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 03:21 PM (rbvCR)
A celebration of baby Jesus -and grown up Jesus- will be commencing for me in about one hour and forty five minutes. A festival service of nine lessons and carols
Thanks for the prayers, folks for those who prayed. I feel well enough to do the service. Thanks, Lord
Merry Christmas to those that celebrate the holiday!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 03:21 PM (rZCVI)
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Then surrendering is the only rational thing, Dorothy.
Where is it written that I have to get incinerated in my workplace by anarchists?
This is not legitimate “protest” or peaceable assembly.
If I work at the Fucking Dairy Queen and some twink is coming up with a molotov, I’m gonna shoot the SOB.
I’m not a “glowie”, this is just common sense. Shit or get off the pot. These are all mostly wannabe revolutionaries. They’ll find something productive to do once they get a whiff of the grape. Guaranteed.
This is all nonsense and wholly unnecessary because of weak leadership and the usual suspects in government.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 03:22 PM (SSuxC)
Whatever the dirt is that the Left has on Roberts, it must be so bad as to approach unholy.
Posted by: Sam Adams at December 24, 2025 03:17 PM (X+xvk)
You can predict John Roberts actions by understanding his true goal... he is only interested in protecting, and expanding, the Power of the Court system.
Even when they over rule a Judge, it's not because the Judge over reached their authority, but because of some procedural reason...
Never an indictment of a Judge, the Judiciary, or the system...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 03:22 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: DJ Trump at December 24, 2025 03:20 PM (5xuJ/)
Might as well ask the Golden Scalp Weasel to put down his phone. That is simply not who Donald Trump is.
Donald Trump, one way or another, will obey the courts.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 03:22 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Great news, Fen! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 03:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 03:23 PM (c+QVv)
Well. Nobody makes the Fed plop their shit down in your state. The Fed can always pick up and move.
Posted by: Howdy
No, they didn't. See the recent Missouri case involving a state constitutional amendment that forbid local and state leos from cooperating with federales on gun issues. Lower court and 8th Circuit upheld federal supremacy where states and localities cannot be compelled to assist federal officials in enforcing the law, the state and localities lack the power to forbid their employees from doing so.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:23 PM (WDjG6)
I don't think it's dirt. He's just on the other side.
When Norm Eisen was the ambassador to the Czech Republic, Roberts spent a week living in the ambassador's home while he and Eisen worked on a project to, ahem, improve the Czech court system.
Their is no deep stater more involved with trying to take down than Eisen.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 03:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2025 03:25 PM (G2vez)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 03:25 PM (Cjt/F)
And then see this ruling you like, and this one you don't, and this other one over here you're not sure about.
Its not a consistent set of rules. Its Calvin Ball. Seek to force yourself to see some kind of order in it - if that soothes your mind.
But there is no order to it.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 03:26 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: Romeo13
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After Blanco reluctantly agreed to it with Bush. That is in part why emergency response laws on federalization were amended to deal with edge cases like where a local community is overwhelmed by a natural disaster.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:26 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I would agree. The problem would be prosecution. Eisen, like a lot of slimy types, keeps on the edge of the law in most cases and delegates to others outright stupidity like to Jack Smith or Fani Willis to implement his legal strategies.
About like a Mafia Don.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 24, 2025 03:36 PM (3/XaG)
About like a Mafia Don.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 03:28 PM (WDjG6)
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About like the pro-Confederate House and Senate members just before and just after the fall of Fort Sumter.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 04:06 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: msmanners at December 24, 2025 04:54 PM (yv+EB)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2025 05:19 PM (FLiOE)
In that intermediate time before Ruth’s replacement was necessary, that was when reports of ACB’s judicial history started circulating. People started mentioning how her legal judgments were more personal outlook than statute, and her religion informed her judgments. The more I read about what to expect from a future associate Justice Barrett, the more I hoped Trump would pick someone else.
The ACB naysayers were, unfortunately, dead on the money. We need a couple more Alitos, Scalias, or Thomases. Instead, we get Kavanaugh and Barrett. At least Kavanaugh bats a little over .500. Barrett is scarcely better than the Roberts and liberal trio, and will reliably fold on important issues.
Posted by: Advo at December 25, 2025 12:11 PM (jO4mz)
Trump Begins Sanctioning EU Officials For Attempting to Impose Communist/Sharia-Compliant Censorship on Americans
The EU believes it can sanction everyone in the world -- but may not be sanctioned themselves.
Their beliefs are gay and retarded.Lenka WhiteAnnouncing the sanctions, Marco Rubio said:
@white_lenka 17h 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 US sanctions Europe for censoring Americans. EU's @ThierryBreton, behind the Digital Services Act, is sanctioned for threatening @elonmusk before his interview with President Trump. "Before the interview, Breton ominously reminded Musk of @X
's legal obligations and ongoing "formal proceedings" for alleged noncompliance with "illegal content" and "disinformation" requirements under the DSA," Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers wrote. Others on the sanctions list: -Imran Ahmed, Center for Countering Digital Hate -Clare Melford, Global Disinformation Index -Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, HateAid -Josephine Ballon, HateAid
Are we gonna live in a world where some American puts up a social media posts and then gets to some airport somewhere and is arrested? Um, we're also concerned about the impact that some of their policies are having on our social media platforms. As you recently saw, you know, X. Is facing this massive multimillion dollar fine that they're gonna have to pay, I guess, if they want to continue to operate. But I think more importantly, I think it, it, it, it touches on the broader question that was asked a little bit earlier. We all talk about how these alliances, in many cases, our alliances with our European partners are built on our, on our common principles are common values as much as anything else. These aren't just a geopolitical arrangement. It is an alliance with like-minded countries with whom we share values and principles. And one of those values and principles, we hope is freedom and the freedom of expression, and we're concerned that that is eroding.I think we fought a war to vindicate the proposition that we should be free to make our own laws, instead of having laws imposed upon us without our consent by foreign tyrants. Yes, that rings a bell. Chuck Ross wrote about this Censorship Mafia in November. Of course, it's all a George Soros-funded operation against the American citizenry.
The left-wing philanthropy funded by George Soros, Open Society Foundations (OSF), bankrolls a British nonprofit that works to censor conservative news websites and social media companies, including through a plot to "kill" Elon Musk's X by pressuring advertisers and investors to boycott the company. OSF gave $250,000 last year to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for "general support," according to the Soros charity's grant database. The CCDH, under the guise of stopping "the spread of online hate and disinformation," has pressured social media companies' investors and advertisers to censor supposed "disinformation" or other content it deems to be offensive. The organization, founded by former Labour Party operative Imran Ahmed in 2018, has also pressured tech companies to pull advertisements from the conservative websites the Federalist and the Daily Wire over allegedly racist content. The grant, which has not been reported, could resurrect a longstanding battle that Musk has waged with both the CCDH and Soros. Musk has accused Soros of "crimes against humanity" and funding groups involved in violent protests across the country this year. And he has called the CCDH a "criminal organization" and said he was "going after" the group's donors over its efforts to harm X's finances. Last year, the CCDH quietly organized a campaign to "kill Musk's Twitter" by pressuring advertisers to cut ties with the company, according to memos published by Racket News. The CCDH, which the watchdog group Capital Research Center calls a "UK-based censorship advocacy group," met with 16 congressional offices to discuss Musk's lawsuit against the organization, and held "policy engagement" meetings with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.). The nonprofit also lobbied American policymakers toward the creation of an "independent digital regulator," according to Racket News.
These sanctions are visa-related. We aren't invoking severe Magnitsky-style financial measures, but our message is clear: if you spend your career fomenting censorship of American speech, you're unwelcome on American soil. https://t.co/CYvR1HFnhR
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE'VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. In August 2024, while serving as European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Digital Services, he published a letter using the DSA to threaten @elonmusk ahead of his livestream interview with President...
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
You sent a letter to @elonmusk threatening him with legal action if he dare host an interview with a candidate for President of the United States. How dare you engage in such belligerence against our democratic elections and then claim *you* are now the victim.
— Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) December 24, 2025
FAFO. https://t.co/TPkHguEiUN pic.twitter.com/Vc5gB2T7dZ
Christopher Landau
@DeputySecState 4h I remember thinking last year that this was one of the most chilling letters I'd ever read. It treats freedom of speech as merely one factor to be weighed in the balance against "detrimental effects on civic discourse and public security." And the letter was targeted specifically at a conversation on this very platform between @elonmusk, an American, and @realDonaldTrump, also an American then running for the US Presidency. When the letter talks about "content that may incite violence, hate and racism in conjunction with major political--or societal--events around the world" in this context, it's talking about core political speech. More than any other document I've ever read, this letter bares the fangs of the global censorship-industrial complex and underscores that unelected bureaucrats in the EU are ready, willing, and able to use their regulatory reach to try to influence elections and nullify the First Amendment in the US. When I wrote earlier this month about the glaring inconsistency between US relations with the EU and NATO, this is exactly what I had in mind. If the sovereign nations of Europe allow the EU to attack fundamental freedoms in the US, those same nations cannot expect the US to defend fundamental freedoms in Europe.
This is how the blob weaponizes government agencies for censorship. First, they spread disinfo. They then use it to demand censorship. They use fake NGOs like "Hate Aid" is to deceive public into thinking their illegal censorship is legal. "Trusted flaggers" = government agents. https://t.co/0cZyAOfXfM
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 24, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 24, 2025 01:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2025 01:23 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:23 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:23 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2025 01:24 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (lpWi1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: EU Officials at December 24, 2025 01:26 PM (L7qN0)
I am on the fence, obviously, but giving us back the gift of plain language is probably one of the greatest Trumpmas gifts of all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
I want letters of marque and reprisal directed at the WEFtards, the EUfags, and the UN.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 01:28 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:28 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 01:28 PM (XGYZI)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
He opposes adoption by gays.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (COQGW)
The shrimp, imported from Indonesia and sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands, may have come in contact with Cesium-137, a radioactive substance.
Posted by: Archimedes
I don't understand - the shrimp had glowing reports.
(I'm invoking my Christmas Eve Dad joke license)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (cYBz/)
. . .
>>>We all talk about how these alliances, in many cases, our alliances with our European partners are built on our, on our common principles are common values as much as anything else. These aren't just a geopolitical arrangement. It is an alliance with like-minded countries with whom we share values and principles. And one of those values and principles, we hope is freedom and the freedom of expression, and we�re concerned that that is eroding.
Dude is en fuego here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)
Remember that.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Alex and his bride Huma are running OSF nowadays probably with CIA assistance on the down low. Time for both to be sent to Hungary on extradition for crimes against the Hungarian state.
Papa Soros is supposedly a senile old man by now.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Bulg
It would be bad for Putin because he would own Europe.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (XGYZI)
Posted by: Oglebay at December 24, 2025 01:30 PM (2ap+5)
Because Russian winters on the Mediterranean coast would be awful.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 01:30 PM (3nLb4)
Remember that.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (rbvCR)
See also, never disarm, never get on the train.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:31 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg
It would be bad for Putin because he would own Europe.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (XGYZI)
LOL
Could he maybe ignore France (and the former Warsaw Pact countries)?. And we should have the UK, as it should be our colony.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 01:32 PM (ULPxl)
I bought you all boxes of Buc-ee's Beaver Buddies.
Merry Christmas you filthy animals.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:28 PM (3uBP9)
Meh. This, as a first step, is a long way from our government working overtly and covertly to censor our own citizens. It's been less than a year. I'll take it as a win.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tonypete
They were an ionic brand.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (77rzZ)
I watch Don't Trust the Rabbit but still not picking up much German
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:34 PM (IuFEo)
Putin pointed out that Starmer can't protect his own country from invaders arriving on his beaches in rubber rafts and then raping British women.
Europe lacks basic self-preservation skills, and is therefore doomed.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 24, 2025 01:34 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:34 PM (IuFEo)
Always was.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at December 24, 2025 01:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
I have nothing.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:35 PM (IuFEo)
The irony meter broke, the historical knowledge index went negative, and many former Soviet immigrants in Europe pinched themselves.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2025 01:35 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:35 PM (dK+Kv)
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"Give me a nuke, Vasily. One nuke only, please."
🎵
When will you realize ...
That Brussels waits for you
🎶
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (rbvCR)
Wait a sec while I fire up a Tor browser to google that.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (3nLb4)
-- Euro ruling class
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:23 PM (ExV1e)
Could be the stupid Illinois civil war insurrection thumbs up from the supreme court idiots.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:37 PM (3uBP9)
I watch Don't Trust the Rabbit but still not picking up much German
Posted by: Skip
Something like Counseling Center for Those Affected by Internet Hate.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 01:37 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: Tonypete
They were an ionic brand.
Prawndo - it's got electrolytes!
Posted by: Vance '28 at December 24, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (rbvCR)
Wow. There's a nic I've not seen before. Or maybe just a sock fail?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (77rzZ)
And all the best in the new year, pal. I mean that.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (IuFEo)
*important to note*
That above EU Commission letter to Elon Musk threaten/warning about "platforming" President Trump, pretending it will "incite" "violence" and "racism," was issued a month after the Democrats shot President Trump in the head in a failed assassination attempt.
But the EU was fake "worried" about President "inciting" "violence."
FUCK YOU.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Ia/+0)
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Concur. And Australia isn't far behind on the censor front.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 01:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:36 PM (rbvCR)
To where? Her ass? They're gonna need a bigger boat.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:39 PM (IuFEo)
He'll be lucky if he doesn't end up like Benito Mussolini.
Posted by: Vance '28 at December 24, 2025 01:39 PM (Riz8t)
Well, he only comes one night a year.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 24, 2025 01:39 PM (MNCvZ)
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What, Nina "Stanky Janky" Jankowicz wasn't available?
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (EAgl+)
And all the best in the new year, pal. I mean that.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (IuFEo)
That hits me right in the place in my chest where my heart would be. Oh, wait, that's just indigestion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Archimedes
I don't understand - the shrimp had glowing reports.
(I'm invoking my Christmas Eve Dad joke license)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Has anyone heard any explanation for how they got contaminated?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (rbvCR)
If *we* are lucky, not to mention if the UK subjects are lucky (or something else), the little twat will be Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (ULPxl)
177 I laugh at the libs for their concern over the loss of the drug boats (29 so far) and the 104 fishermen who have died. At one ton per boat, that's 58,000 pounds of drugs coming here to kill Americans.
The concern of the dems is noted...my ballot will reflect that.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 01:07 PM (2WIwB)
"..that's 58,000 pounds of drugs..."
Shouldn't we be concerned about the effect of dumping 58000 lbs of drugs into the ocean? What about Sponge Boob and his friends? What do you say to them??
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (QGaXH)
The irony meter broke, the historical knowledge index went negative, and many former Soviet immigrants in Europe pinched themselves.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2025 01:35 PM (U/Byj)
When Putin declared the draft, a lot of military aged Russians wound up in Germany and other EU states to dodge it.
Now, personally I would balk at allowing military aged, fairly clannish men from a country I was planning to subjugate and destroy into my country unsupervised, but I guess that along with the Bulgarians, Turks, Moroccans Algerians, Afghans and various Africans, they probably figured it could only improve things.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 01:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 01:41 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: mrp
It seems western europe and the anglo-sphere are trying to outdo each other for the most censorious regime in town. Ozzies are fook'd.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 01:41 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (3uBP9)
I would support sanctions of the Eigerish sort.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 01:41 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 01:42 PM (yreN9)
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Has anybody ever marketed a sports drink called "HaterAde?"
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:42 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2025 01:42 PM (vkIYk)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Slap a hot iron to it.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:42 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: He's A Shrimp. Too at December 24, 2025 01:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2025 01:43 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Archimedes
I don't understand - the shrimp had glowing reports.
(I'm invoking my Christmas Eve Dad joke license)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (cYBz/)
Pity there are no instruments capable of detecting such substances.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 01:43 PM (npFr7)
Has anyone heard any explanation for how they got contaminated?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (fsyiM)
Cesium-137 is a common byproduct of nuclear fission. My guess is Fukushima deposits in the ocean that shrimp have found, either directly, or by consuming ocean floor biomass of other critters who've been exposed, migrated and then died and decomposed.
"Caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30.04 years." - Wikipedia
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)
* uncontrolled giggling *
Posted by: Squidward at December 24, 2025 01:44 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 01:45 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at December 24, 2025 01:45 PM (TbWk/)
— "Islam" is a violent fascist political movement bent on world domination.
— Men are men and women are women, and men pretending to be women are mentally ill perverts.
— "Climate change" is neither man-made nor detrimental to the planet, and the natural increased CO2 cycle is causing a beneficial worldwide "global greening."
— Immigration from the Middle East and Africa to Europe needs to be completely stopped immediately, and all current illegal migrants need to be deported.
— The EU is nothing more than the continuation of the USSR, and needs to be dismantled.
Now sue me.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2025 01:46 PM (oraVG)
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at December 24, 2025 01:46 PM (UE0CA)
I have heard several UK commenters say things like "people without a platform like mine can't say what I say without getting arrested."
They made the system so vague and slippery that maximizes tyranny. To be hate speech, someone has to be offended, or the police have to think someone would be offended. So they can target individuals speaking the truth if anyone claims it is an offensive truth.
It really is even worse than Stalin. It is worse even then East Germany and their Stasi because one class of people (muzzies) are all fully protected -- they can even rape the whites.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:46 PM (fsyiM)
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Eroding? Wake the fuck up, Marco -- in Western Europe, and other English speaking countries (Canada, Australia, and New Zealand ... IT'S DEAD!
Jeebus, stop being a pathetic coward ...
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
The story I linked doesn't say how the Cs-137 got there. However:
Cs-137 (Cesium-137) is a radioactive isotope from nuclear fission, used in cancer therapy and industrial gauges, but also a significant environmental contaminant from accidents like Chernobyl due to its ~30-year half-life and strong gamma radiation, causing health risks like burns and cancer if ingested or inhaled, as it mimics potassium in the body.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (qbLEp)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 01:48 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (QGaXH)
Dude.... shut up.... cause...
It's Party time!
Posted by: SpongeBob at December 24, 2025 01:49 PM (mP0Kj)
Kind of like enjoying savory French toast for once. Try it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 01:50 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 01:50 PM (2vrAX)
Yeah. Erode. As in e took free speech and then erode up out this bitch.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:50 PM (IuFEo)
"Caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30.04 years." - Wikipedia
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
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OK, I know that it is not from Fukushima. The last batch it was reported that it was not. The shrimp are from no where near Japan (I think they were farmed.) And even fish caught off Fukushima is safe. Japan's waters at their worst are lower radioactivity levels than much of China. (This is a sore point in Japan as China keeps bitching about releases.)
So where is it coming from?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:51 PM (fsyiM)
Do you ladies understand?
Sir, yes sir!
I can't hear you!
Sir, yes sir! "
Posted by: Zombie Gunnery Sergeant Hartman at December 24, 2025 01:52 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Can you put carrots in savory French toast?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:52 PM (77rzZ)
White Brits are arrested for silently praying in public.
Moslems block the streets and blast their prayers over loud speakers.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2025 01:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Not the Bee
@Not_the_Bee
Alberta to officially start collecting signatures for referendum to secede from Canada
x.com/Not_the_Bee/status/
2003593963350163634
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:53 PM (EAgl+)
At least that's what I read somewhere.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 24, 2025 01:53 PM (MNCvZ)
Kind of like enjoying savory French toast for once. Try it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 01:50 PM
That sounds really good.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 24, 2025 01:54 PM (c+QVv)
231 I'm a bit late, Ace, but I want to thank you for everything you do and to wish you a very Merry Christmas!!!
Posted by: Moonbeam at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 01:54 PM (RuTUS)
So where is it coming from?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:51 PM (fsyiM)
wild-ass guess? Maybe the Cesium 137 was part of a density meter used to monitor the thickness of the layer of shrimp moving along the conveyor belt, or to measure the thickness of the packaging material? And some dumfuk broke it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 01:55 PM (npFr7)
I bought you all boxes of Buc-ee's Beaver Buddies.
Merry Christmas you filthy animals.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 01:33 PM (cYBz/)
Watching USB port with eager anticipation.....
Merry Christmas to you too from the filthy animals...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:55 PM (QGaXH)
-- Nathan Detroit
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:55 PM (fsyiM)
Wait a sec while I fire up a Tor browser to google that.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 01:36
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I laughed.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 01:55 PM (zGabF)
At least that's what I read somewhere.
Yes, that's it, it's not in any way tied to our nuclear program.
Posted by: Shrimp, anxious for revenge at December 24, 2025 01:56 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 01:56 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at December 24, 2025 01:56 PM (PFs9e)
Most of those are 80-20 issues with the commoners.
It could be a presidential platform, if the candidate could survive the globalists' assassination attempts.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2025 01:56 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Shrimp, anxious for revenge
Pfft. You should see OUR nuclear program!
-- United Penguin Front
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Shrimp, anxious for revenge
Ooops, I mean, the nuclear program we definitely do not have.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 01:57 PM (Riz8t)
. . .
So where is it coming from? The last batch it was reported that it was not.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:51 PM (fsyiM)
Reported. By who? From what data?
Even if farmed, it can be in the stream of products used to feed farmed fish, shrimp. And typically third worlders including China could GAF about US FDA regs.
I am not saying it is ultimately from Fukushima, but that is one likely source and probably the biggest public release that we know of. And that does not discount the possibility of China having Cesium contamination in its soils, waters, and effluents.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 01:59 PM (2WIwB)
It could be a presidential platform, if the candidate could survive the globalists' assassination attempts.
Posted by: illiniwek
I wish, but I'm not so sure.
A lot of people are too far gone. They have been brainwashed by the media/schools/censors to really believe a lot of shit.
I think it will take a war to wake people up.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:00 PM (fsyiM)
Kind of like enjoying savory French toast for once. Try it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 01:50 PM (IhIKR)
I thought it was that sugary, crumbly topping on an an apple crisp or blueberry muffins. Maybe that's strusel. If only I had a machine that would tell me anything I need to know, I could look it up.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 02:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 02:00 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2025 02:00 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (VE6XX)
cf.
These sanctions are visa-related. ... our message is clear: if you spend your career fomenting censorship of American speech, you're unwelcome on American soil. (Rogers)
Same penalty, different target.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (RuTUS)
The English are dicks. Hell - all of Europe between the Atlantic and Poland are dicks. There is a reason some of our ancestors could not leave that place soon enough.
The next time they fight amongst themselves ? And they will. We really, really need to show the good sense to keep our boys - and now girls - at home. Stay out of it.
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (Xy8Lb)
Posted by: Diogenes
The ones with tiki torches and Ray-Bands?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (zGabF)
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If DogEater can drone an American Terrorist and his boy, Trump should send a Hellfire Missile up the Foreign AND Domestic Terrorist Soros' upturned ass.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 02:02 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 02:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: It's me donna
I went to Wegmans earlier. Absolute zoo.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes
Or the ones the size of a Volkswagen.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 24, 2025 02:03 PM (Z59Ry)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 02:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2025 02:04 PM (SSHra)
Posted by: Diogenes
Or the ones the size of a Volkswagen.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
In Walmart that's half of them
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2025 02:04 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: banana Dream
You're only talking about the hot Eastern-European women, right?
Right??
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 24, 2025 02:05 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2025 02:05 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
I don't remember, I do remember the reporting and my own looking into it that it was just not possible that Fukushima contamination ended up in Indonesia. (Other than the very local area downwind of the plant, it never even made it to Japan)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:05 PM (fsyiM)
Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 24, 2025 02:05 PM (xNHSX)
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:01 PM (Xy8Lb)
126 Hell. Just turn the lights off in the store and pick out the glowing ones.
Posted by: Diogenes
Hell is murky.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 02:06 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 24, 2025 02:06 PM (SSHra)
Posted by: illiniwek
"I wish, but I'm not so sure.
A lot of people are too far gone. They have been brainwashed by the media/schools/censors to really believe a lot of shit."
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
yeah, maybe if I redefined "commoner" as those outside the big cities, that work regular jobs, and are not of recent foreign born heritage.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2025 02:06 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:05 PM (fsyiM)
Very good. Thanks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)
Went to my local Publix just before they opened at 6:30. While the lot wasn't full, a rather substantial line had formed outside the door.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 02:06 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
In Walmart that's half of them
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We are talking about seafood not EBT women.
Posted by: clarence at December 24, 2025 02:07 PM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:00 PM (fsyiM)
We're already in one so apparently no
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:07 PM (IuFEo)
https://shorturl.at/4f215
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:08 PM (ULPxl)
Tim Walz suggests JD Vance is racist for saying it's okay to be white
https://is.gd/YBkoGr
Also, looks like the new Avatar movie is not the savior Disney had hoped. (Insty)
Avatar: Fire and Ash is another box office disappointment for Disney, which had hoped the film would provide a short-term boost. The previous sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, opened to more than $134 million domestically in 2022 and went on to earn nearly $685 million in the U.S., while Fire and Ash debuted with just $89 million. Adjusted for inflation, the decline is even more pronounced, signaling a sharp drop in audience interest and raising doubts about the franchise’s once-reliable box office pull.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:08 PM (Riz8t)
The EU is not fit to eat the peanut shards out of a dog turd.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 02:09 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)
https://shorturl.at/4f215
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
People raise freakin' cassowaries? For what, meat?
Those things apparently are ill-tempered and can kill you quickly if you piss 'em off. No thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)
I am at a loss for why I need these, but I want them, especially if they will annoy the piss out of my Karen neighbors. Do they make loud annoying noises by chance?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Gosh Darn it if we don't stand tall then the Russians will spread Communism over them all !!!
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (Xy8Lb)
https://tinyurl.com/5y4uef2e
I am perfectly fine if it arrives sometime in January.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
The EU is not fit to eat the peanut shards out of a dog turd.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 02:09 PM (NwnyJ)
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (QGaXH)
In any case, it would be easy to check. Just send out some teams equipped with scintillometers to do a scan of the packages in stores and warehouses, and collect any that are "hot" and dispose of them properly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 01:51 PM (fsyiM)
wild-ass guess? Maybe the Cesium 137 was part of a density meter used to monitor the thickness of the layer of shrimp moving along the conveyor belt, or to measure the thickness of the packaging material? And some dumfuk broke it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Would not be surprised if it was jackleg attempt at sterilization of the food by irradiation. I recall that a few years ago farmed shrimp from China that was rejected as unsafe to eat in one port had a bunch of antibiotics used to 'fix' the problem and get clearance in another port from health inspectors.
Most of the world has a rather casual approach to food safety compared to the US but as the volume of food imports to teh US from Third World countries surged, we did not hire the food safety inspectors necessary to check the surge of new imports.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (QGaXH)
Free speech -- USA v. EU, China, Russia
Muzzies -- USA, China v. EU, Russia, and growing
China trade -- USA v. China, Russia, EU and growing
CO2 -- USA, China, Russia v EU
We seem to have more in common with a greatest enemy (China) than our greatest ally (EU). We are in a bad place.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (fsyiM)
It will be the Marxists government against the Muslims
The people will be serfs again
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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LOL, that would scare the hell outta shoppers.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (QGaXH)
They might have a reservoir or two that could use a bit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Wouldn't all that freedom of speech and personal liberty make them (heaven forefend!) Uncomfortable?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 24, 2025 02:14 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 02:15 PM (IuFEo)
BOGO sale?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:15 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 02:15 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (npFr7)
equipped with scintillometers
A scintillating idea....
Have you performed your annual migration ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:15 PM (QGaXH)
Best Alternate Post Title of 2025:
President Trump Keeps His Pimp Hand Strong, Even On Christmas
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (77rzZ)
Possibly the billionaire gourmet, Hippolyte D'Orleans McGumbo, would be interested.
Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (2L+MU)
Crush them. See them driven before you. And rejoice when you hear the lamentation of their women!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (fsyiM)
There has been some consideration on the extreme . . . market-centered mumblesphere that the balance of the world is going to shift to "the economies bordering the Pacific" and away from the "countries bordering the Atlantic"
It seems silly, but these are people who track markets and are not impressed by the EU
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/5y4uef2e
I am perfectly fine if it arrives sometime in January.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
Judging by the hollow bolt knob, somebody robbed parts out of a Mk V carbine to build that thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (npFr7)
The same reasons locusts migrate. End of story.
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (Xy8Lb)
https://tinyurl.com/5y4uef2e
I am perfectly fine if it arrives sometime in January.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
Shockingly reasonable price too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Archimedes
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TJM hardest hit. He predicted it would be a modest hit. I think the whole Waterworld era of aiming movies at a global market with dumbass simplified plots fit for subtitles, lots of CGI crap, and explosions has come and gone.
China and India are both rolling their own and the rest of teh world simply pirates whatever they like.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (WDjG6)
They're not so tough.
Posted by: LiMu Emu (and Doug) at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (Y1sOo)
"May have come in contact with"
Could be like covid. All we have is a report of a definite "may" about a test result, and none of the people nor the test are necessarily trustworthy.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 02:18 PM (q1tXs)
Did he change it to throw Ace off the trail of his garbage?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:16 PM (npFr7)
I think it is a demilled parade gun that got a new lease on life.
I WANT a mock deLisle without an integral silencer built out of a clapped out No4, but I have been pricing barrels and I am not eager for the cost.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
Well, they could do it while the stores were closed at night. Or the staff could tote the packages into the rear of the store for a few minutes.
I own an ancient Scintillometer. Uses acorn tubes to amplify. It did work, one time I tried it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:20 PM (npFr7)
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The judges would have also accepted "glowie faggots whose shit is all retarded."
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 02:20 PM (mR6yz)
Critical Drinker said it blew chunks, yet he expected it would make a buttload of money. I think it's a bit early yet, but it certainly won't be the mega hit Disney needs.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:15 PM (QGaXH)
Planned departure date now Friday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:21 PM (npFr7)
https://tinyurl.com/5y4uef2e
I am perfectly fine if it arrives sometime in January.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
Shockingly reasonable price too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edward
I ain't a fan of such abortions. If you want, Rhineland Arms has a kit, think Centerfire Systems in KY is the dealer, where you can convert your old SMLE/No. 4 receiver into a DeLisle replica in 45 ACP. Comes with mag, barrel, and the open face of the bolt for the rimmed 303 cartridge means no bolt alterations needed for teh 45 ACP. I think it may come with an altered ejector for the rimless case too but can't remember. The DeLisle, with a real integral silencer, was used for all sorts of commando and intel ops.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:21 PM (WDjG6)
It doesn't take much to be an "expert" anymore. Maybe it never did. I suspect it never did.
If an "expert" is telling you the balance of profit will be in Asia ? He's lying. Why do I know ?
Because if he knew, he certainly wouldn't tell anyone. He'd go make that money. Without competition.
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (Xy8Lb)
Did he change it to throw Ace off the trail of his garbage?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:19 PM (77rzZ)
It's Marco, not Mario...unless you're doing a bit
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (xcxpd)
That auction house has a reputation of long boring auctions that turn cut-throat at the end.
I am considering buying a Ford Transit Connect in someplace like NC and driving home. Unfortunately there is no way to say if something like that isn't clapped out and will die in Indiana.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (rbvCR)
I've worked around those sorts of instrument, and all the ones I've seen were built like you couldn't break the containment with a 10# sledge ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (Cjt/F)
We're already in one so apparently no
Not yet, the war on Normal People hasn't even finished the end of the beginning.
Left of Launch -- They've finally caught on that the ONLY WAY to defeat LIB Strategic Insanity, is before it happens, before Bill and Hillary commit to their target level the aircraft and tilt the wings to do maximal damage.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-theDayAfterTomorrow
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (CSdNN)
Posted by: Archimedes
What a shame /sarc. Mebbe Cameron will go away with his expensive anti west tripe.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:19 PM (rbvCR)
I own an actual Mk V carbine, made at Fazerkerly in '44. Worth something, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (npFr7)
https://tinyurl.com/5y4uef2e
I am perfectly fine if it arrives sometime in January.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
Shockingly reasonable price too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edward
I ain't a fan of such abortions. If you want, Rhineland Arms has a kit, think Centerfire Systems in KY is the dealer, where you can convert your old SMLE/No. 4 receiver into a DeLisle replica in 45 ACP. Comes with mag, barrel, and the open face of the bolt for the rimmed 303 cartridge means no bolt alterations needed for teh 45 ACP. I think it may come with an altered ejector for the rimless case too but can't remember. The DeLisle, with a real integral silencer, was used for all sorts of commando and intel ops.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:21 PM (WDjG6)
Also want.
I have a .45acp carbine (from Just Right) but a bolt action would be fun. Even more fun suppressed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
In a post, last week I think, Ace referred to him as "Mario Rubio."
So, yes, it was a bit.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes
What a shame /sarc. Mebbe Cameron will go away with his expensive anti west tripe.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (WDjG6)
I'm saving the world!!!
Posted by: James Cameron at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
In a post, last week I think, Ace referred to him as "Mario Rubio."
So, yes, it was a bit.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 02:23 PM (77rzZ)
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And therefore it rises to the annals of AoSHQ lore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 02:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 02:24 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Archimedes
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2nd week is looking like only a drop of 33%.
Just like the previous Avatars that opened soft and then just had legs.
Why is Avatar the only thing that does that these days? The spectacle? I don't know, but it does.
It'll probably hit a billion before January.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: night lifted at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (/YboP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 02:22 PM (Cjt/F)
It's Indonesia, so muslims.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (npFr7)
The same reasons locusts migrate. End of story.
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet
>These cocksuckers will follow the same trajectory as those California transplants who flee from their state's draconian idiocy only to bring and implement the same idiocy somewhere else.
Stay home!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 24, 2025 02:25 PM (nljXp)
The people that piss me off the most. Especially the Loud Normals.
Imagine being on the Titanic, with some loud-mouthed dick telling you "just calm down".
That's a Normal now. Frankly ? The War on Normals isn't going well enough.
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet at December 24, 2025 02:27 PM (Xy8Lb)
The same reasons locusts migrate. End of story.
Posted by: Boomer on the Internet at December 24, 2025 02:17 PM (Xy8Lb)
Or Islamists.
I no longer give a damn what happens to Belgium and most of the EU, and I find it difficult to care about the fate of AMerican judges who let illegals out because "cultural differences" or because they're "immigration ambassadors" If they're hurt by these men, they asked for it
Posted by: night lifted at December 24, 2025 02:29 PM (/YboP)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:12 PM (QGaXH)
They might have a reservoir or two that could use a bit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 02:13 PM (dK+Kv)
blub...blub...blub...blub.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 02:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (2vrAX)
nood
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (yreN9)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (Riz8t)
...
Why is Avatar the only thing that does that these days? The spectacle? I don't know, but it does.
LIBs with more money than talent are willing to shell out the last of their EBT distributions to see a human-traitor in an alien form sell out the rest of his people and their future to a savage and primitive planet.
Remember who did this:
I remember Judas, that was Bill Clinton, before he disgraced his office and betrayed us all.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 24, 2025 02:30 PM (QBhW+)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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When ATF opens back up, might be easier to get a homemade suppressor approved then build it for the DeLisle look alike. Easy to keep it subsonic using 230 grain. Navy Arms also made a conversion of the Lee Enfield into a 45/70 complete with mag. If you stuck with old blackpowder substitute loads like Trailboss, you could probably slap a silencer on that as well if you threaded the barrel. 400+ grain bullets have stopping power even if subsonic.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 02:31 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Howdy at December 24, 2025 02:32 PM (Xy8Lb)
(but with a totally sincere calibration sticker!)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 02:35 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 24, 2025 02:45 PM (upAiA)
PBS News
@NewsHour
The U.S. military has killed more than 100 people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 02:48 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 24, 2025 02:55 PM (tGVts)
The people next door to the church have chickens and roosters. Whenever I go over to the church, the rooster is crowing. I am not over there at break of day, so I guess that he crows whenever he feels like it. I say, "Hello, Mr Rooster. A late wake up call today, eh?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 03:14 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2025 03:24 PM (G2vez)
Posted by: Flakey Foont at December 24, 2025 04:07 PM (kvDvI)
Sarah Rogers represents herself and our country well.
Pleased to see that people in secondary administrative positions are as informed and articulate as their bosses.
Note to Ms. Rogers please take voice lessons and lose the vocal fry and uptick. You mark yourself in a group unbecoming.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 05:10 PM (2ef5s)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2025 05:23 PM (FLiOE)
Trump Reaches the 50% Approval Mark in One Poll
It is very rare for modern presidents to ever have majority support. Even Obama, who the media told me was a transformational figure that everyone loved (Except Racists (TM)) spent his entire presidency at 43-45% approval.
Insider Advantage says that Trump's at 50%.Gen X represent.
President Trump is sitting at an even 50 percent approval rating nationally, placing him nine points above water nearly a year into his second term, according to a new survey from InsiderAdvantage. The poll, conducted Saturday among 800 likely voters, found 50 percent approve of Trump's job performance, while 41 percent disapprove and 9 percent remain undecided -- a solid net-positive showing at a stage when many modern presidents have already slipped underwater. The numbers show familiar but politically important divides. Trump continues to post strong margins with men, nearly six in ten of whom approve of his performance, compared to just over a third who disapprove. Women remain more skeptical, with approval and disapproval nearly evenly split but tilted slightly negative. Age breakdowns, however, may raise alarms for Democrats heading toward the 2026 midterms. Trump runs even among voters under 40 and posts clear net-positive approval among voters 40 and older, including a +5 margin with seniors -- a bloc that often turns out heavily in midterm elections. Among voters aged 18 to 39, Trump's approval and disapproval are deadlocked, while voters between 40 and 64 give him a comfortable edge.
... The InsiderAdvantage results are more favorable to Trump than the broader national picture reflected in RealClearPolling, which currently shows the president below water overall. Still, a net-positive approval rating at this point in a presidency is a rare commodity in modern politics[.]A YouGov poll has Trump at a mere 39% with "adults" and 42% with actually registered voters. Gotta figure "adults" includes a lot of illegals. Does this matter? Eh, probably not. I continue to think Trump wins or loses based on how the economy looks by July 2026. If it's not more in the Ace range than the garret range, Trump loses Congress and spends his last two years dodging subpoenas. If it looks good, he keeps Congress and locks in Trumpism as the dominant alternative to AOC/Mamdani communism. I know you guys don't like poll posts but can I reply that days before a holiday are very slow news days and I have had a case of Senioritis since before Thanksgiving? Also: I had another post ready to go, but it's a Bad News post, and I didn't want to use a Bad News post to say: Merry Christmas! Okay It's not Christmas yet. Merry Christmas Eve! What are your plans? I'm mostly going to be nestling.
"I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings. "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"Whoop and Hallo to thee! (Looking it up: Laocoön was a Trojan seer punished by the gods. He was attacked by great serpents. I don't know what Dickens means but my guess is that, by hiking up his stockings high, he resembles Laocoön being devoured, one leg at a time, by serpents. The stockings being likened to snakes. If it's not that, I'm stumped.)
🚨 HOLY CRAP! SHOCK poll finds President Trump's approval rating at +9 nationwide, a +14 point SURGE since November
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 22, 2025
50% approve, while 41% disapprove - InsiderAdvantage
WOW. Democrats can't believe this! The attacks failed, Trump is entering 2026 in a VERY strong position 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/6OVBvXGkcr
How the totally unbiased ABC News described +2.8% GDP under Biden (1 year ago, Q3 2024) versus +4.3% GDP under Trump https://t.co/SprJ0QYTy4 pic.twitter.com/NJdQltpifC
— Chris (@chriswithans) December 23, 2025
lol pic.twitter.com/xTaE0nVuNS
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) December 24, 2025
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:13 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: No Particular Grievance at December 24, 2025 12:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 12:13 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still here at December 24, 2025 12:14 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 12:14 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:14 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: The Great Poof! at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (YwEeS)
Just slowly getting off work now
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (i+wP0)
I hope they find the way home with their loved ones this year.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (jCHfL)
I think you're mistaken. We like to complain about poll posts but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Wally at December 24, 2025 12:16 PM (DEw/K)
I maintain that the bump in Trump's numbers is due largely to Melania's traditional Christmas decorations vs. the decadent gay burlesque show from Jill Biden.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Media polling is particularly bad as it is always designed on purpose, to fit whatever narrative the media is pushing like Orangeman bad.
Same as 60 minutes stories, fabricated story telling where apply the laws is regarding as cruel because it hurts Dems. Applying the laws by throwing Jan 6 US citizens in horrible conditions for parading is good.
I would end any student loans and grants in going for journalism and communcation majors. Turning them back to teh old days of reporters who learned their craft on the job produced superior news gathering and a well earned cynicism regarding claims by pols and government.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:17 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:14 PM (UJWr0)
Speaking of, amusing to look at other world leaders. Herr Merz has only got 32%% approval; Macron is polling at about 20%, lately, and I think Starmer is down to 14%.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 12:17 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Miss Jane Hathaway at December 24, 2025 12:17 PM (oftw2)
This, after 2 1/2 weeks of unrelenting, bitter cold and snow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (NwnyJ)
Troll caught Alaskan King salmon with raspberry sauce
Asparagus strudel
Salad with toasted nuts, Stilton and blueberries
Rice spiked with saffron
Homemade pie by my niece. Also homemade ice cream.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (IhIKR)
There has to be something wrong with this poll, no way any president gets 50% approval these days.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 12:17 PM (uWKK
Hard to say where Starmer is since they jail anyone who proposes to publish poll results showing him as less than universally beloved.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (pieWX)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 12:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:20 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 12:20 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You'll freeze your ass off by New Years, so enjoy this while it lasts.
Posted by: Tex Antoine at December 24, 2025 12:21 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 12:20 PM (2WIwB)
What about the other 99% of Congressional Republicans on the ballot?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:21 PM (UJWr0)
Channel 5 shows hours of a yule log in a fireplace while Christmas carols play.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:21 PM (pieWX)
It's warm-ish where I am too. No white Christmas, but at least I'll get out for a hike and get some sun and exercise.
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (1wjle)
I think you're mistaken. We like to complain about poll posts but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Too easy to manipulate by a number of unscrupulous tactics. I regard polling on par with Pravda and Izvestia. Pollsters have less scruples in defrauding the readers than most con men do.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (U/j9n)
Up early Christmas morning to play golf with family and friends.
Merry Christmas, ace, cobs and to all the Morons/'ettes.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 24, 2025 12:23 PM (TezPK)
Hope my power stays on!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (pieWX)
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The big blow of 2025 didn't show up last night as predicted...and is now set for tonight. We shall see.
In the meantime, the neighbor is smoking a pork butt and has offered me some in exchange for a plate of cookies and pumpkin bread.
DEAL!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 12:23 PM (2WIwB)
I wouldn't mind the "unexpectedly" crap at 4.3%, if the propaganda ministries weren't "robustly" fellating the Biden administration at 2.8%
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 12:23 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (Kt19C)
At the moment I'm trying to decide what to do about dessert for tomorrow.
We're having prime rib roast, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes, rice, and gravy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
Apparently they're rethinking that position, since there are some leftist politicians who hope to maintain electoral viability once Starmer walks the plank.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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It doesn't work like that statistically. Basically if a polling outfit is garbage and Reuters has been traditionally wrong by double digits, it should be thrown out as an outlier.
You put garbage results and mix it via aggregation, you get garbage aggregation. Look up Meta analysis if you are really interested in doing your own homework on the issue.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: ace
Gonna be 67 and cloudy tomorrow in Nashville land. Warming trend continues until middle of next week.
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (lJ0H4)
There has to be something wrong with this poll, no way any president gets 50% approval these days.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM
It isn't an actual poll, they call it a survey. Not sure what the difference is but I can't find anything that explains the difference on their website.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (0N4FZ)
Nah, the posts are important. I wouldn't know the current narrative being pushed because it's invisible in my day-to-day world.
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (jCHfL)
Gotta admit, for all my beefs about the a-hole, I still don't regret my votes for him. There was no other choice.
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (GHIyr)
Just saw your post in last thread, I AM SO GLAD IT WORKED!!
It really is never fail, and so are you
Merry Christmas everybody! Just out of shower, and off to daughter's house for Christmas Eve.
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 12:25 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:25 PM (UJWr0)
If they weren't, you'd see political campaigns hiring these units for internal polling.
But you don't, because they are fake, and just make numbers on behalf of the party and state.
They're at the other end of the process, 2-3 steps removed from the raw data, and reiterating it's carefully massaged output.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 12:25 PM (BI5O2)
https://tinyurl.com/2emxm75d
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 12:25 PM (kpS4V)
Let's run a poll to see how many people don't like poll posts.
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:26 PM (GHIyr)
Asparagus strudel
Salad with toasted nuts, Stilton and blueberries
Rice spiked with saffron
Homemade pie by my niece. Also homemade ice cream.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (IhIKR)
Nurse, I love you dearly, but the words "asparagus" and "strudel" should never be put together.
Posted by: pookysgirl, somewhat horrified at December 24, 2025 12:26 PM (Wt5PA)
You put garbage results and mix it via aggregation, you get garbage aggregation. Look up Meta analysis if you are really interested in doing your own homework on the issue.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (WDjG6)
I said it clumsily. I mean the average of all other polls is 44,45. So the two outliers, this poll and the AP poll keep the average unchanged.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:26 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
Every reputable pollster, and I actually knew one professionally that used to work for Roper as polling director, admitted that cell phones have killed traditional polling using RDD and non response bias (younger conservatives don't answer polling firms at the same rate as AWFLs or the elderly). So all samples are now bad, the question is how bad.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:27 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
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A berry pie, and maybe a lemon or mango sorbet as a palate cleanser.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 12:27 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 12:27 PM (pkeXY)
You don't hear much about Larry Sabato any more. He used to be on the news constantly, presumably because he was willing to say what the left wanted to hear. He still is, but I think his credibility's shot. Fortunately for him, he'll always be a professor.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 12:27 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Since it's just me, I have a nice pork loin to put in the crockpot tomorrow. Will have Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and cranberries to accompany.
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 12:28 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 24, 2025 12:28 PM (rbMHe)
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:29 PM (GHIyr)
And it sure doesn't hurt that Democrats seem determined to take the 20% position on seemingly every single issue. On top of that I think we are going to see some real fireworks in Florida when the grand jury is seated next month and the corruption by Democrats in place like Minnesota, California, Illinois, etc. is just starting to hit and it's about our money not a dirtbag president using an intern as a humidor.
As of now I like our chances next year, particularly with Orange Hitler whipping the troops like he's coming down the home stretch at Churchill Downs.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 12:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 24, 2025 12:29 PM (rbMHe)
Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at December 24, 2025 12:29 PM (64rer)
Planing A Party?
Try One Of Theese!
I'm sure it got more attention and eyeballs than if it was spelled correctly. After 40 years I still remember it.
Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (oftw2)
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In the world of polling YouGov is particularly useless.
It's not even a poll.
It's an opt-in online panel. There's no effort to make a random sample, or even control for partisan makeup.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
Holy ratio, Batman! Nobody is buying the Epstein thing, in fact, it seems to be pissing people off, angry at the media.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Jasmine Ratchet at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (AHWap)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
the missus is making an Irish stew for tonight. I'll figure out something for tomorrow. Or just go to a Chinese restaurant. Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 24, 2025 12:31 PM (PSEDc)
My dear people, since ancient times, Ukrainians believed that on Christmas night, the heavens open.
And if you tell them your dream, it will surely come true.
Today, we all have one dream. And we have one wish for everyone:
"May he perish," as everyone says to themselves.
It's amazing how many people think that it is self-evident that Putin's successor will be better than Putin.
"Who could be worse than that warmonger Hindenburg?"
"Who could be worse than that tyrant Lenin?"
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2025 12:31 PM (xTIDn)
But yeah finding random samples each time in a world of nobody answering their phones is kinda sus.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:31 PM (UJWr0)
Hanging out at home with man and dogs, AOSHQ, and online poker. Will add bourbon right about 5 p.m.
Polls, meh. On the other hand, they're typically skewed so far left as to be laughable, so that 50% approval might be really meaningful.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 12:32 PM (h7ZuX)
Not my preferred way to spend Christmas Eve, has to be done.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 12:32 PM (rf2Yc)
But they hate him because he is disfavoring them instead for the middle class/normies.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2025 12:32 PM (sKqQm)
Holy ratio, Batman! Nobody is buying the Epstein thing, in fact, it seems to be pissing people off, angry at the media.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (pIfcn)
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Esptein is an online only obsession. In the before times, in the 90s, the networks would carry the water and amplify the story to the point of Congressional hearings, but they can't do it now. They're too distracted by too many other things all while Trump et al simply don't play along narratively.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 12:33 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah, I'm feeling better heading into '26 than heading into '25, and I wouldn't expect many people feel that way, because I'm a naturally apprehensive person who looks for flaws.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 12:33 PM (BI5O2)
Shades of the movie, My Bodyguard. Decent 80's flick.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (WDjG6)
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Ah, yes -- never saw it but remember my stepdaughter watching it -- and that a young Adam Baldwin (whom I loved in Firefly and Chuck, plus he's a great Breithartian conservative) was in it.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:33 PM (EAgl+)
If it is not a scam, then the only people who will participate are the type of people who fall for scams and click random links sent to them. Which means the sample is biased out of the gate.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:34 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 12:34 PM (BI5O2)
Always have.
Manhattan sophisticates have always viewed him as that parvenu from Queens.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2025 12:34 PM (xTIDn)
Asparagus strudel
Salad with toasted nuts, Stilton and blueberries
Rice spiked with saffron
Homemade pie by my niece. Also homemade ice cream.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (IhIKR)
Nurse, I love you dearly, but the words "asparagus" and "strudel" should never be put together.
Posted by: pookysgirl, somewhat horrified at December 24, 2025 12:26 PM (Wt5PA)
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Gotta go with the Pookster on this one. Strudel invokes thoughts of warm apple or cherries and a flaky crust.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 12:35 PM (XJtJW)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 12:35 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 12:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:36 PM (GHIyr)
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"He was a fundamentally transformational figure, h8rs!"
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:37 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: Eric Swallowall at December 24, 2025 12:37 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:37 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 12:38 PM (rf2Yc)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2025 12:39 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 12:40 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 12:40 PM (BI5O2)
huh; maybe more sunshine, more exercise, moar GAINZZZ
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:40 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 12:32 PM (rf2Yc)
I very much hope things turn out OK.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 12:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 12:41 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Chasten Buttigeg at December 24, 2025 12:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: ace at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (1wjle)
Yeah, I'm cool with that. Traveling to have dinner with family will be more pleasant with warmer weather.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 12:42 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: nurse ratched
All of our ice cream is homemade, nothing like it. I just made mint chocolate chip using real creme de menthe. I wanted coconut chocolate chip, but was outvoted.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (2vrAX)
Tell me about it. I've been paying people to come on my lawn so I can yell at them.
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (GHIyr)
Good googley moogley--that sounds disgusting (but I hate asparagus). But to each their own. Hope it turns out well.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2025 12:44 PM (XMwZJ)
Merry Christmas Eve! Having grown up in a religious cult, I feel so fortunate to have Christmas and the Catholic Church in my life!
Posted by: Oglebay at December 24, 2025 12:44 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 12:45 PM (Cjt/F)
Nobody ain't doin' nothin (triple negative!) between the week of Thanksgiving and the Epiphany.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at December 24, 2025 12:45 PM (lpWi1)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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The problem with aggregating polling RCP style is that the polls used have different questions, different sample sizes meaning different error values, and different sampling frames (classic case is using too many NY and CA numbers but it can also be issues with weighting where minorities are oversampled but not MAGA or young white males which accentuates the bias).
Basically, pick a poll and watch the trend line over time rather than worry about the specific numbers. Usually election polls are only accurate just before Election Day in order for people not to exclude them from 538 or RCP as trash. Subnational polls are mostly trash because of small sample sizes and inadequate understanding of a state's peculiarities and thus how to weight the small samples.
Errors are even more magnified when dealing with Congressional districts.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:45 PM (WDjG6)
Good googley moogley--that sounds disgusting (but I hate asparagus). But to each their own. Hope it turns out well.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 24, 2025 12:44 PM (XMwZJ)
Like a pie? Like a quiche?
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Jasmine C. from Dallas at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM (WHfpM)
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM (LCnMA)
I get into ecstatic trances, where I channel Andy Rooney, and that nice man Morley Safer. Fortunately they are brief.
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Semper Paratus at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (GHIyr)
Alec Baldwin says tragic Rust shooting 'took 10 years off my life' as he reveals toll ordeal took on his health
~DM
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2025 12:48 PM (xcxpd)
Insider Advantage says that Trump's at 50%.
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Since Trump's election last November, Larry Elder has been predicting that his approval would eventually reach and likely exceed 50%.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:48 PM (4dxWO)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (0sNs1)
Walzing MaTimDa.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:48 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:48 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: GKWVE at December 24, 2025 12:46 PM
You are too old to be so optimistic.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (0sNs1)
They don't. It's a refusal to grant an injunction, not a ruling. They'll let the lower courts play out until it properly comes up. AtC is threatening to "use the puppets" about people not understanding this, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (G1OIb)
It's a Trumpmas miracle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I think it is fair to say that Trump is now a known quality in American politics and his poll ratings are fairly stable absent some cataclysm--what is revealed by something like RCP is more an artifact of sampling decisions made by polling directors.
You don't gain votes every presidential election as a candidate and have shitty polling much below 50 percent but probably with a cap of about 53-55 percent at the most by likely and registered voters.
Any pollster using all adults is trash as a sample for politics except possible for very young 18-24 who may have never registered to vote and voted yet.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Oglebay
Out of the frying pan, into the.......
Posted by: Martin Luther at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2025 12:50 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:50 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (RuTUS)
I'll regift my 100 to you. 'Tis the season.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 12:50 PM (dK+Kv)
"People were shocked and asked me why, an these were Catholics."
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:52 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 24, 2025 12:52 PM (Bo9Yf)
They don't. It's a refusal to grant an injunction, not a ruling. They'll let the lower courts play out until it properly comes up. AtC is threatening to "use the puppets" about people not understanding this, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S.
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The hint that Gorsuch made in his dissent was that the President has the Insurrection Act and that the case may have come out differently if he invoked it.
Others made the point that active duty is under Trump's direct command already and Scotus has approved using US marines (Portland case I think) to protect and guard ICE facilities if needed.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:52 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: It's a Spring Crop at December 24, 2025 12:52 PM (oftw2)
Oh, the weather outside is fry-t-ful
A fire would just be spiteful
And since there's no where to go
Open the bottle and let it flow
Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 12:53 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Mike Johnson at December 24, 2025 12:53 PM (cHOHf)
Posted by: Case
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Cost more to heat than it does to cool. Should lighten electrical and gas bills this winter for some.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:53 PM (WDjG6)
Plus, it's the only way to get me to stop pitching for a while.
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:54 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Gladys Kravitz at December 24, 2025 12:54 PM (oftw2)
Like blueberries, tariffs and the sweet nectar of Chinese tears mixed with Epstein sex sweat I bet! Enjoy!
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at December 24, 2025 12:54 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (nlneO)
Let's play another round of Ask Newsom.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (Kt19C)
I thought someone was making a joke.
As a side, I'd try it. As a dessert? I'd riot and overthrow a small country's government.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (nlneO)
Posted by: gp
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Hope you get a nose hair, eyebrow, and ear hair trimmer set for Christmas if you are channelling Andy.
He resembled a hairy elf toward the end of Sixty Minutes.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2025 12:47 PM (GHIyr)
Some ham or bacon would be good in it.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:55 PM (RuTUS)
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Between a couple of "soft pillows," amirite?
Merry Christmas Ace & Hordelings!
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:56 PM (4dxWO)
Posted by: Gilligan at December 24, 2025 12:56 PM (Bo9Yf)
Posted by: Mike Johnson at December 24, 2025 12:53 PM
Could you leave us out of it for once?
Posted by: Footballs at December 24, 2025 12:56 PM (0sNs1)
- Floor Exercise, which I think they already do
- Balance Beam, jello involved somehow
- Vault, which would be incredibly awesome
Olympics for full grown women, plus the undressing. It would be super classy. And the guys would be judges. 10! 10! 10!...
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 12:56 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: steevy at December 24, 2025 12:57 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (RuTUS)
I'll regift my 100 to you. 'Tis the season.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 12:50 PM (dK+Kv)
Thank you, Comrade Flounder.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:57 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m
Bacon tends to improve anything, ham is hit or miss unless using bones or fatty ham for seasoning.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (viF8m)
History seems to indicate that unless something happens that makes the current Russian system collapse, his successor will arise from his system and most likely be less skillful and consequently more brutal.
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (3/XaG)
Hollywood is STILL blaming the Wuhan Flu for people not seeing their shitty movies.
Remember all the fake excuses Fake News made for obama & biden? Blaming the weather was a favorite.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (mON3e)
I'm with nurse.
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (FRS+s)
Posted by: Jasmine C. from Dallas
Oh, please, please, please...
Posted by: Vance '28 at December 24, 2025 12:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Just Desserts at December 24, 2025 01:00 PM (oftw2)
That's not even tone deaf, that's flat out gloating that he got away with murder.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:00 PM (QZThv)
Except the liberal political intelligentsia, of course.
Posted by: Simple Reality at December 24, 2025 01:00 PM (HJUJ8)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (Kt19C)
I am starting to believe that we are not going to get off of this island...
Posted by: Gilligan
Heaven Knows, Mister Gilligan
Posted by: Zombie Debra Kerr at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (pkeXY)
Will be leaving work in another hour or so and finish up at home.
The off to one of my brothers where we will have the 7 fishes.
In the past his wife would do it the Italian way but those days are gone so we just do sushi. LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (4q/mG)
Posted by: Mike Johnson
Actually, House and Senate appropriations chairs have come to agreement on the last nine appropriation bills for January, the top line amounts have been released to all committee chairs and ranking members according to news release. The GOP can, if they wish, go reconciliation on spending bills which sidesteps the filibuster in the Senate but puts in play the Byrd rule on spending bill language.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (WDjG6)
The government of Bangladesh was alarmed enough by the demonstrations to summon the Indian ambassador on Tuesday and complain about inadequate security for Bangladeshi consulates in India.
Representatives for zombie Rodney King of "Can't we all just get along?" fame were not available at press time for comment.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at December 24, 2025 01:02 PM (0sNs1)
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.
Posted by: Luke 2 at December 24, 2025 01:03 PM (OUE/9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 12:35 PM (XJtJW
I never really thought about the connection, but it's plain as day. She warned and was ignored, he warned, and got bitten by vipers. Fate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 01:04 PM (BI5O2)
History seems to indicate that unless something happens that makes the current Russian system collapse, his successor will arise from his system and most likely be less skillful and consequently more brutal.
Putin's probably close to a best case given Russia's history. There is no world in which Russia is magically transformed into middle America.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:04 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: fd at December 24, 2025 01:04 PM (vFG9F)
I'm with nurse.
Posted by: Wenda
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Artichokes are underused in cooking but their lemony flavor goes well with white wine based sauces and seafood.
Have used them in red Italian sauces as well if you are aiming at lightening the heavy tomato flavor.
I prefer asparagus as roasted and we have some planted that yield some asparagus every now and then.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:04 PM (WDjG6)
And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 01:04 PM (viF8m)
Merry Christmas to Ace and all this fine group!!!
All the best for 2026!!!
Posted by: jocon307 at December 24, 2025 01:05 PM (EuROc)
History seems to indicate that unless something happens that makes the current Russian system collapse, his successor will arise from his system and most likely be less skillful and consequently more brutal.
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (3/XaG)
It's hard to say if medved is the kind of guy that always pretends to be a bulldog on a leash but when released is reserved. They all project this aura of just being barely constrained by their boss. Maybe that's a russian thing though. I honestly can't read them at all.
Russia, China, mideast, latin america, africa, it sure seems like all of that could have been handled better than it was. I mean, what would really bad statecraft look like if that's not what we've had? Yeah, I guess it could be worse. But there sure were a lot of people in the west in charge who only cared about wetting their own beak.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 01:06 PM (FRS+s)
Did you just deadname Turd Ferguson?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:06 PM (QZThv)
The concern of the dems is noted...my ballot will reflect that.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 01:07 PM (2WIwB)
Representatives for zombie Rodney King of "Can't we all just get along?" fame were not available at press time for comment.
Posted by: AoSHQ
Pakistan is meddling in Bangladesh again with their damn fundamentalists/terrorists. India and Pakistan went to war back in the 70's IIRC over Bangladeshi independence.
That is the problem with Islam, when a Islamic dominated state seems to be leaving medieval practices behind, the fundies come out to drag that country back down into violence, stagnation, and terror.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:07 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 01:07 PM (Ia/+0)
In the past his wife would do it the Italian way but those days are gone so we just do sushi. LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (4q/mG)
7 fishes as sushi is adventurist. I've only had about 4 as sushi. They have to be pretty mild.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)
The concern of the dems is noted...my ballot will reflect that.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Their cocaine and fentanyl prices are going up. And put quotations around fishermen to denote sarcasm.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:08 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 12:58 PM (mON3e)
Best was when they’d blame cold weather in February for bad economic news. Yeah cuz that’s so unusual.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 01:08 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (4dxWO)
Posted by: The Mighty Ferguson at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (oftw2)
I still suspect given how upset the Democrats are about it that they're either using those drugs or somehow skimming money from them. Or both.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 12:49 PM (QZThv)
Really, I love it when she does this, because I don't understand legalize very well, and she makes it make sense for me.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (QGaXH)
It's amazing that Zelensky thinks that the people of Ukraine would be wishing for Putin to perish as opposed to someone closer to home.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (ExV1e)
The same thing is true of broccoli. I've even started peeling celery and fennel.
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (FRS+s)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Gilligan
Heaven Knows, Mister Gilligan
Posted by: Zombie Debra Kerr at December 24, 2025 01:01 PM (pkeXY)
It do be like that, Mistah Gilligan.
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (RuTUS)
Scary thought for the day. If trends continue in Europe it won't be that long until a muslim is running at least one of the countries. A nuclear armed country.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 01:10 PM (viF8m)
Had to go to the WalMark to get a last minute item or two. Walking around and seeing the disgusting sea of humanity as it washed to and fro with their pajama type clothes on and their monster children hopping in and on the shopping carts and the land whales zooming around in their fat sleds...shudder. People walk like they drive, too fast and don't look where they are going and really don't care.
Posted by: Jacob Marley at December 24, 2025 01:10 PM (R/m4+)
SS Dentist: Tell me, do you floss regularly?
Prisoner: ((whimpers)) Sure! Sure I do!
SS Dentist: ((cracks riding crop)) Why must you turn this chamber into a HOUSE OF LIES?!?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 01:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (FRS+s)
Interesting. Thanks. Also thanks to Whig on the artichoke lightening heavy tomato dishes. Generally I am a fan of heavy tomato, but I am always on the lookout to diversify, as I am told that is a strength.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Asparagus strudel
Salad with toasted nuts, Stilton and blueberries
Rice spiked with saffron
Homemade pie by my niece. Also homemade ice cream.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (IhIKR)
You cut up aliassmithsmith and used him for bait? You go, girl!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 01:12 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Kind of out of our hands. US is not up for fighting for NATO when those countries (leaving aside Hungary and Poland) will not fight for themselves.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:12 PM (WDjG6)
Is it safe?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 01:12 PM (viF8m)
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Blacks have the highest rate of fentanyl deaths per capita. You’d think the party of “diversity” would applaud Trump for making an effort to stop fentanyl deaths.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 01:12 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Jonah at December 24, 2025 01:12 PM (YCxFk)
Then someone else pointed out that if you remove all the redactions it also says that Hillary blew up the federal building in Oklahoma.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:13 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 01:13 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:13 PM (IuFEo)
Of course there were SS dentists. It's not like they're British.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2025 01:14 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 24, 2025 01:14 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at December 24, 2025 01:14 PM (2HLsC)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:15 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (IhIKR)
Holy Cow! Nurse caught one of the trolls and put him to work catching fish for her?
I always suspected she had a mean streak but dayuumm.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:15 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 01:15 PM (gm9Sb)
The same thing is true of broccoli. I've even started peeling celery and fennel.
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 01:09 PM (FRS+s)
This country is getting soft. Peel asparagus? Peel broccoli? In my day we served them in an oak box especially made for the meal and you had to gnaw through it to get to the vegetable.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 01:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (G1OIb)
Poll posts always stir memories of my yewt and a young lass named Rose who was very adept at using polls to display her delightful rose.
May our Lord bless you with renewed strength and peace in this coming year.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (55cF/)
New Pope of course has given a Vatican audience to every Hollywood. Marxist and pro abortionist who wants it. Sighhh
Posted by: Jonah at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 01:10 PM (viF8m)
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South Africa set the example for Europe by dismantling their nuclear weapons before handing over power to the ANC.
Posted by: Oglebay at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2025 01:18 PM (rf2Yc)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 01:16 PM (G1OIb)
Me neither, but I am going to have to go to the grocery store. It will be worse than Alec Baldwin surviving a murder.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 01:18 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Jonah at December 24, 2025 01:18 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I find artichokes useful particularly for adding to caprese and arriabiata sauces with clams, shrimp, etc.
Also, I usually use pinot grigio with a tad of butter for a lot of white wine sauces as a base and artichoke hearts go well with items like shrimp or scallop scampi.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:19 PM (WDjG6)
I always suspected she had a mean streak but dayuumm.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:15 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: zombie Woodie Woodpecker XXXIX at December 24, 2025 01:19 PM (0sNs1)
Channel 5 shows hours of a yule log in a fireplace while Christmas carols play.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 12:21 PM (pieWX)
Channel 5 KTLA in Los Angeles
Merry Christmas to you and all our fellow California morons!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 24, 2025 01:19 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 12:43 PM (2vrAX)
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Thanks, had forgotten that (and didn't know who he was when I last saw it in the late 80s); need to watch that again sometime ...
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 01:20 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 01:21 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Jonah
Since Obama's Second term, Fox News polling director Arnon Mishkin, is a hard core Democrat and former Dem staffer.
From wiki,
"Mishkin got his start in politics working in New York under political consultant David Garth. Garth's team first mainly worked for Democratic Party candidates (the party to which Mishkin is a registered member),[9] including the campaigns of Jay Rockefeller for governor and then Senator from West Virginia, as well as the Senate campaign of Mark Dayton in Minnesota.[7] "
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:21 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 01:22 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
The same thing is true of broccoli. I've even started peeling celery and fennel.
Posted by: Wenda
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Thanks. To be honest, our crowns produce irregularly so most of the asparagus I get is store bought. My wife and I both like asparagus so I will pass the tip on to her. She will be thrilled to be my scullery maid peeling vegetables (j/k).
My issue nowadays is a lot of manual prep, I can no longer do because of arthritic and nerve damage to my hands. I tend the minimize prep work nowadays.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (WDjG6)
I don't want to be near a retail store today.
Posted by: Case
Or Friday. Or Saturday. Or Sunday...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 01:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 01:08 PM (WDjG6)
Coast Guard should board one of those boats, and do an inventory for the cameras: "fishing gasoline, eight barrels, fishing fentanyl, 12 barrels, fishing AK-47, three, fishing Glock, two. fish hook, one"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 01:29 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Moonbeam at December 24, 2025 01:38 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Wenda at December 24, 2025 01:40 PM (FRS+s)
This is all theater
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 24, 2025 01:47 PM (upAiA)
The reference is a humorous classical allusion to the famous ancient sculpture Laocoön and His Sons (also called the Laocoön Group), a marble statue from the Hellenistic period (widely known and displayed in the Vatican since the Renaissance). It depicts the Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons in extreme agony and contortion as they are entangled and attacked by giant sea serpents coiled around their bodies (sent by the gods as punishment, per Virgil's Aeneid and Greek myth).
https://grokipedia.com/page/Laoco%C3%B6n_and_His_Sons
Wikipedia has a photo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n_and_His_Sons
Posted by: mr_jack at December 24, 2025 01:54 PM (LNPSJ)
Posted by: Kamalla Harris, Dick Sucker and Economic Genius at December 24, 2025 02:18 PM (xvV+O)
Wednesday Morning Rant Christmas Greeting
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Joy to the World
Berlin Philharmonic and Choir - Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah
This embed may not work, but it is an excellent version and worth a click-through if needed
Ricardo Montalban & Esther Williams/Red Skelton & Betty Garrett - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Not exactly a Christmas song, but synonymous with the season nonetheless
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:00 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 11:00 AM (c115l)
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Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:01 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: BifBewalski
Non-nooders are equivalent to drivers who don't use their turn signals.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 11:03 AM (NwnyJ)
Omce Junior-ette crawls out of bed and I won't wake her, I'll be back in my office trying to engrave cast acrylic red sheets to finish off my Christmas Ornament run.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:03 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:04 AM (nWPIJ)
Non-nooders are equivalent to drivers who don't use their turn signals.
Posted by: Bulg
We only had a Beemer for maybe 4 months right before we left Germany in '87. PCS car to get us through shipping oir good one home before final outprocessing.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:04 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:04 AM (QVmho)
Ever drive the Autobahn?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
So glad I was able to meet so many of you this year in Texas.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
I assume you will Be providing a photo of a scantily clad buxom blonde wearing a Santa hat later in he day?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (UJWr0)
Merry Christmas, Horde. All things considered, it's been a great year. Praise the Lord, have a great holiday with your families, and prepare to make next year even better!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (BI5O2)
So glad I was able to meet so many of you this year in Texas.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I Was In The Pool! at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (oftw2)
Chris Original Black Navy Vet
@Chris4Perkins2
Warning to maga. I'm not the guy to attack. I'll talk about every member of your family. Not even your kids are off limits. I'm going for the jugular every chance I get. I have white family and friends that I love. But I truly hate you maga fucks with a passion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)
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He sounds nice.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:07 AM (nWPIJ)
Warning to maga. I'm not the guy to attack. I'll talk about every member of your family. Not even your kids are off limits. I'm going for the jugular every chance I get. I have white family and friends that I love. But I truly hate you maga fucks with a passion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)
Me timbers. They be a shiverin...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Reality:
S&P500 up 17% this year
Nasdaq up 22%
If this is 401k destruction I never want it to end.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:07 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Back at ya, YD!
Do you celebrate with Joe Mannix?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:08 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: A scantily clad buxom blonde wearing a Santa hat at December 24, 2025 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:08 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: I Was In The Pool!
Mark Steyn has noted that she looked sexier in normal clothes than in a swimsuit.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (OaZlZ)
Chris Original Black Navy Vet
@Chris4Perkins2
Warning to maga. I'm not the guy to attack. I'll talk about every member of your family. Not even your kids are off limits. I'm going for the jugular every chance I get. I have white family and friends that I love. But I truly hate you maga fucks with a passion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)
Counterpoint : You, Chris Perkins, are exactly the guy to attack. I'm not getting deported to Liberia because you want to Chimp Out online and make certain whites want to deport anyone with any black DNA in them.
Shut the f*** up.
Posted by: XTC at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (UnA8+)
Do you celebrate with Joe Mannix?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Yup, we do Hanukkah for us and Christmas for the gentiles in the family. Christmas trees and menorahs all over the place.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The Experts at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Oh the stories!!! Loved the autobahn!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Cool. Have a great one!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:09 AM (77rzZ)
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So the rubber swim cap didn't do it for him?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (L/fGl)
Left now: who cares about stocks only evil billionaires benefit
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Hessians In Trenton at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (oftw2)
Ever drive the Autobahn?
Posted by: Sponge
Not with the PCS POS. My '82 VW Jetta diesel, yes. 43mpg, and would get up to 100mph. The suspension was squishy above that so i never went any faster. Had to watch for Hansel and Gretle zooming past at nearly 140mph carefully too.
Would lurve to take my Ducati Multistrada over there.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)
There is one page on the site. Easy to check. It's not like there are threads popping up in random secret obscure confusing places.
Plus it's fun to pour all your effort into a comment only to see that it's either been 8 minutes since the last comment, or the thread is slowing to a sudden crawl. Part of the charm. In my day we had no noods and we wore an onion on our belt.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (IuFEo)
Posted by: DanMan at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (8uzBS)
In a previous job I had a Swiss distributor that also covered Germany for me. He had a Mercedes station wagon. One week we did a bunch of meetings with his customers in Germany.
It's pretty wild to cruising along at 110 mph and have cars passing you like you're doing 50.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 11:13 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: DanMan
My brother used to wait to do all his Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. Adrenaline rush, I guess.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 11:13 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: doug at December 24, 2025 11:13 AM (Hy+R4)
There is one page on the site. Easy to check. It's not like there are threads popping up in random secret obscure confusing places.
Plus it's fun to pour all your effort into a comment only to see that it's either been 8 minutes since the last comment, or the thread is slowing to a sudden crawl. Part of the charm. In my day we had no noods and we wore an onion on our belt.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (IuFEo)
Besides, you've got a two thread buffer.
You don't get auto-banned until you post in the 4th thread down.
Posted by: XTC at December 24, 2025 11:13 AM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (EXyHK)
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I would be skeptical of that classification of Comte.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:14 AM (OaZlZ)
KUSC is Christmas music solid now through Christmas Day.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 11:14 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:14 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 11:15 AM (Js0cN)
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Ceramic broccoli on the drug store shelf at midnight at December 24, 2025 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:15 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 11:16 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:14 AM (pkeXY)
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Good thing we're heading to Ceti Alpha VI.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
Abandoned Minneapolis building listed as Somali daycare received $2 million in taxpayer money this year 🤔
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:17 AM (L/fGl)
I would only need one sentence to flip him out.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:17 AM (IuFEo)
Is that what you kids are calling it now?
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at December 24, 2025 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Merry Christmas, MP4! Hope you have a great one.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:17 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at December 24, 2025 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
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You should go to one of our box socials!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (kpS4V)
Room temp all the way.
And as The Paolo noted, let sheets cool between batches.
It will not spoil while you have breakfast, just cover the bowl and let it sit while you eat.
(I know there is a school of thought on all baking doughs/pastries to chill. In my experience, that is a no for a lot of things, and the recipe I gave it is a huge no)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (enw9G)
I chased her into the parking lot and beat her with a chain, too.
You can't be too permissive with these people. They're unpredictable.
Posted by: Brandon at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (mlg/3)
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)
[And I'm pretty sure Mannix & YD are Jewish ... NTTAWWT]
/Seems like every day is Festivus around here with continual airing of grievances ...
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 11:19 AM (Js0cN)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:20 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 11:20 AM (kpS4V)
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I have many times. Spent some time living in Europe. Not in Germany itself but close enough to go there often. I spent a couple of weekends just driving up and down on the a-barn for fun.
It is kinda weird when you’re cruising at 130,135 and a car passes you on the left lane as if you’re stopped. And not talking commie kilometers and hour, 130 mph. 😀. Fastest I ever went was about 155 that was all my car could handle.
The thing I really loved in all W. Europe was people do NOT drive in the left lane. That’s for passing only. Period. If there’s traffic then yeah left lane is used as a travel lane. But out in the open road, there’s no left lane cruising. We could learn from the Euros in that aspect.
Unfortunately the No speed a-bahn is shrinking. Partly cuz “safety” partly cuz enviro bullshit. If you want to experience it you probably don’t have a lot of time left.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:20 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (EXyHK)
All that and his daughter still ended up in Cabaret.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 11:20 AM (7JH4o)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (IuFEo)
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (jCHfL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
I hate those things. I talk to the boxes, but they never talk respond. What a snoozefest.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
No chilling if you did the recipe I posted.
(said in Edna Mode voice)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (enw9G)
Ghanaian man builds arks, says God warned him of flood that will destroy the earth on Christmas
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:20 AM (77rzZ)
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The little one probably does. The older one hasn't for a few years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
Turns out the wound got infected and they had to operate on her again last night and clean it out and now she has to stay in the hospital at least until Friday so they can figure out what caused it.
This has not been my favorite Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 11:22 AM (viF8m)
Yeah I chill some cookie doughs overnight. Deepens the flavor into more caramel notes.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:22 AM (IuFEo)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:11 AM (IuFEo)
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It's a cultural courtesy.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:22 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: JackStraw
Sorry to hear that, Jack.
You keeping warm?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (ZTJjv)
The flood is obviously a metaphor for Mariah Carey's "I Don't Want a Lot for Christmas".
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
“I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND, EXCEPT OUR CLINICALLY ILL FELON PRESIDENT, STEPHEN MILLER, JD VANCE, JD’S COUCH, JD’S FUTON, KASH KANT KATCH ‘EM PATEL, KOSPLAY KRISTI, PARTICIPATION-TROPHY PETE, KAROLYN’ LEAVITT, SECRETARY BRAINWORM, AND MIKE ‘ALWAYS ON HIS KNEES’ JOHNSON. — GCN.”
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (0sNs1)
It's a shame that Kate Bradley, being a widow, never hooked up with Sam Drucker. Coulda saved some money on groceries for the Shady Rest.
Posted by: Newt Kiley at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (oftw2)
The chilled dough melts a little first thing in oven before starting to bake, especially with all that butter.
Burned edges, and blorphing.
Take your time with your yogurt while it comes completely to room temp.
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:24 AM (enw9G)
No one likes a half-assed jingler.
Posted by: Ho ho ho at December 24, 2025 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 11:24 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
What a shock for them all. Ugh.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (rj6Yv)
58 Merry Christmas Eve, Horde.
I'm going to attempt making cookies again.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
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I went with Christmasy snickerdoodles and the classic toll house chocolate chip. Followed up with raspberry thumb prints and mini-pumpkin bread loaves.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (2WIwB)
This has not been my favorite Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw
We'd love to see you but not cross-country the day after you get out of Intensive Care.
tis the season for relative silliness.
Posted by: DaveA at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (FhXTo)
Greta Thunberg and pro-Palestinian activists once again blocked Piccadilly Circus, one of London’s busiest commercial and tourist areas, during the peak Christmas shopping period.
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Doom goblins gotta doom goblin.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Skip
That damn Gruber guy at it again? Throw him off the top of the tower.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:26 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (UJWr0)
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Ben Rothlisberger has taken over his X account.
Or, more probably, whether that wrote is true or not, to imitate Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:28 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 24, 2025 11:28 AM (4q/mG)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg
I thought the gals bathed in the town's water supply - mistakenly as it turns out.
No matter, still hot.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 11:28 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (u73oe)
Kind of bundled up so not too bad, better than I had thought. I'll be fine but thanks for asking.
Kinda bummed my sister has to spend Christmas in the hospital. Both my niece and nephew had their first babies this year and my sister had planned a big Christmas for them.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (viF8m)
Greta Thunberg and pro-Palestinian activists once again blocked Piccadilly Circus, one of London’s busiest commercial and tourist areas, during the peak Christmas shopping period.
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Doom goblins gotta doom goblin.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:25 AM (L/fGl)
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They let you pee in the streets there right?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (2WIwB)
“I don’t even know if I’m a Democrat anymore,” the son of former President Joe Biden said Monday in a wide-ranging interview on “The Shawn Kelly Show.”
Whadda ya say? Time to let Huntie into The Big Tent?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Bulg
Yes Linda Kaye was Paul's daughter. The whole Hooterville universe sprang from Paul's mind because of summering in the Ozarks. Linda was a tomboy who loved and collected critters and was the inspiration for the Ellie May Clampett character.
Posted by: Tales From Hooterville at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (oftw2)
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Obozo had a single ply resume and it didn't stop him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (L/fGl)
May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (dK+Kv)
*shakes my head*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:26 AM (UJWr0)
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Palestine is not free, from the river to the sea.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Texican ette at December 24, 2025 11:32 AM (SNf74)
“I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND, EXCEPT OUR CLINICALLY ILL FELON PRESIDENT, STEPHEN MILLER, JD VANCE, JD’S COUCH, JD’S FUTON, KASH KANT KATCH ‘EM PATEL, KOSPLAY KRISTI, PARTICIPATION-TROPHY PETE, KAROLYN’ LEAVITT, SECRETARY BRAINWORM, AND MIKE ‘ALWAYS ON HIS KNEES’ JOHNSON. — GCN.”
He is really bad at this.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
I’m often reminded of the line “Do you still think you can control them?”
Especially when hearing the news out of Minnesota or New York City.
Also, from a similarly-titled movie, “They’re asleep all over America.”
We learned a lot of lessons from World War II. They seem to be the wrong ones. The lessons that only mattered once, not the timeless lessons that matter throughout history.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 11:33 AM (EXyHK)
I pray for my enemies.
And I also give thanks I live in America where we have the 2nd amendment.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:33 AM (2WIwB)
Whadda ya say? Time to let Huntie into The Big Tent?
As long as it's one of those tents they use to cover a house before they pump it full of insecticide, sure.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
*shakes my head*
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You know. . . . . The Dollar Store around here has Hallmark cards for $1 or less. Nice ones. MUCH more preferable to those $7 ones at other places. Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 11:33 AM (cYBz/)
but a 3x5 card and a sharpie gives it that "made with love" touch!
Posted by: anachronda at December 24, 2025 11:34 AM (v3pYe)
Guess what the DA did. Yep. Went to the Grand Jury, too. They no-billed Dad and he was released. I hope he sues KSU for every last dime.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 11:35 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 24, 2025 11:35 AM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Tonypete
Tonypete is a Cheapskate-even on Christmas!
Posted by: Big Spender at December 24, 2025 11:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 11:23 AM (0sNs1)
I don't think he understands the concept of "the Christmas spirit." Maybe he needs visits from some Christmas ghosts.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 24, 2025 11:35 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Oh the stories!!! Loved the autobahn!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (2WIwB)
Me too. One of the top things I liked about Germany.......coming in third under the women and adult beverages.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 11:36 AM (g8Ew8)
Bless his heart.
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (qFwJc)
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Yeah. He's a black man who "goes for the jugular", which i would take to mean says the most offensive things possible.
So, what makes the N-word off the board (besides that i won't use it)?
But, Trump needs to be more compassionate to violent multi-felons.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:36 AM (OaZlZ)
but a 3x5 card and a sharpie gives it that "made with love" touch!
Posted by: anachronda
Tru dat! Except for Thanksgiving - for Turkey Day one has to draw an outline of their hand and then color the 'feathers' with crayons.
And then eat them if you are a Jarhead.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 11:36 AM (cYBz/)
At the risk of incurring CBD's wrath, a lot of foodies are more concerned with ritual than results.
Their results are often enhanced by their many gadgets and accoutrements, as well.
Most people have not the time, money, space, etc to go through the religious process and trappings; they want a pie, cookies, a meal that looks good and more importantly tastes better.
I made damn near flawless cookies with that recipe with my mom's old wooden rolling pin and heavy foil disposable cookie sheets when my kids were little, and rewashed the sheets.
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:36 AM (enw9G)
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/58s2hutz
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 11:37 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBERGEF at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (u73oe)
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Obozo had a single ply resume and it didn't stop him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:30 AM
obama had no record that could be tied to him, none. He was an enigma that could be presented anyway the democrat machine wanted to.
newsom has a ton of failure tied to him that will be exploited in the primary and if he wins, in the general.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 11:35 AM (rj6Yv)
Be a shame if after the Christmas break,the university prez was found face down, naked, and stoned on the 59 yard line.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (2WIwB)
Universities with a demonstrated inability to ensure the safety of students and the orderliness of campus should be ineligible for any federal funds, including student grants and loans.
That would fix that shit up real fast.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (WWHbJ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:39 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:39 AM (Riz8t)
Seriously.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 24, 2025 11:40 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:41 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBERGEF at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (u73oe)
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They're no match at hand-dancing, though.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:41 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:41 AM (qFwJc)
Too bad they're getting coal...even in Newcastle...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 24, 2025 11:43 AM (OUMaO)
What about nickel-pincher? Where do you land on nickel-pincher?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
"The Oscar-nominated actor, 67, spoke with the podcast Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction on Friday about what he experienced personally in the wake of the traumatic incident.
Alec Baldwin said his health has suffered tremendously in the four years since the tragic fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film Rust, in which the gun was in his hand.
"What it's done to my health, I mean, if I told you what my health conditions have been since October 21st of 2021 - it's taken 10 years off my life - it's taken at least 10 years off my life. I can tell you, it broke every nerve in my body, spiritually, financially, work-wise, my career, my wife, my kids, my friends, my health.
The people I was most concerned about, the people I had the deepest pain for, were my wife and my kids."
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at December 24, 2025 11:43 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (qFwJc)
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Not something you want to write on a card to mom.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 24, 2025 11:31 AM (dK+Kv)
Merry Christmas to you and yours!!
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (IuFEo)
Not surprising to read this part.
“As Law&Crime previously reported, two people were struck by bullets. One of them, 19-year-old De'Jon Fox, died, ”
De’Jon. One of those maga types I bet.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (UJWr0)
This has not been my favorite Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 11:22 AM (viF8m
Well, at least she's alive, and getting care. You can't smoke your devil's weed in the hospital, but you can at least bring in some ham and whiskey.
You can still make it a decent Christmas, Straw.
All jokes aside, prayers for your sister, and Mery Christmas
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (BI5O2)
One of her biggest social media whinges during lockdown was that it prevented her from jaunts to Europe to sign non-disclosures at quaint B&Bs and inns in Tuscany, Sicily, France to cook with first press EVOO right from the source at an antique faily owned facility in the mountains! Which is the ONLY EVOO she EVER uses now, as she also social medias about constantly, whenever anyone mentions using a recipe with olive oil.
She always chills her pie crust, made with only organic unsalted butter, and posts pictures of some of the homeliest pies I've seen. The damn crust is a mess, and always with burnt edges.
I'm sure they taste fine. (cont)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (enw9G)
*stealthily substitutes "nickle" for "nickel"*
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2025 11:45 AM (ZxPkt)
Greta Thunberg and pro-Palestinian activists once again blocked Piccadilly Circus, one of London’s busiest commercial and tourist areas, during the peak Christmas shopping period.
You can never find a soccer hooligan when you need one.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 11:45 AM (pkeXY)
The people I was most concerned about, the people I had the deepest pain for, were my wife and my kids."
-What an asshole.
Posted by: Joey Nichols at December 24, 2025 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Cheapskate is making her drink chicory with her toast for breakfast.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:46 AM (BI5O2)
The people I was most concerned about, the people I had the deepest pain for, were my wife and my kids."
What's that? Halyna? Fuck that bitch. She had it coming. -- Alec Baldwin, probably
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
I believe this is one of those quotes where context is everything.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 11:47 AM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Don Black at December 24, 2025 11:48 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:48 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:22 AM (OaZlZ)
My face is my courtesy.
(that's a play on a line from some movie - my face is my warrant. Nevermind)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:48 AM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Joyeux? No way. at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (TbWk/)
(NewsNation) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded a frozen shrimp recall including more than 83,000 bags of the raw crustaceans for potential radioactive contamination.
The shrimp, imported from Indonesia and sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands, may have come in contact with Cesium-137, a radioactive substance.
https://is.gd/h13s70
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Christmas Goose at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (oftw2)
By weird coincidence, we have a flag for just that occasion.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (3nLb4)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:48 AM (qFwJc)
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The US Treasury makes no more cents.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (OaZlZ)
Back in the days when you had to stoke a woodstove, and produce edible food three times a day from it. Haul water, the works
"Good cook" had a distinct meaning then, far removed from gadgets and rituals, other than a lot of cast iron and how to proof bread, etc.
Her cookies were outstanding--delicious, simple ingredients, perfect. Brought to every Sunday dinner in old Quaker oats boxes lined with wax paper.
When my mom and her sibs were kids in the Depression, Grandma paid the doctor in rye bread if they got sick, at his request.
She was a great cook.
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 11:50 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:50 AM (IuFEo)
The magic miraculously reappears with grandchildren.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tales From Hooterville
The funny thing about the Hooterville universe: The Clampetts knew and interacted with some of the folks back in Hooterville, and the folks in Hooterville knew and interacted with Oliver and Lisa Douglas. But there was an ep of Green Acres where Oliver and Lisa were in the stage version of the Beverly Hillbillies. So, to the Douglases,the Clampetts were just characters in a TV show. But I guess that kinda makes sense given the surreal nature of GA in general.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:50 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 11:51 AM (hZbl2)
Not surprising to read this part.
“As Law&Crime previously reported, two people were struck by bullets. One of them, 19-year-old De'Jon Fox, died, ”
De’Jon. One of those maga types I bet.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:44 AM (UJWr0)
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A dollar to donuts, Kentucky State University receives federal money. If ever a university deserved a Department of Education root-and-branch investigation, KSU should be at the top of the list. DOJ, too. Read it.
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/58s2hutz
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2025 11:51 AM (rj6Yv)
You can be a pauper and spend every penny you have on a woman, and she'll call you cheap for buying crappy stuff.
You can be as rich as Croesus, and buy her exquisite things, and she'll call you cheap for not spending every penny.
Just pinch those pennies. You'll get called cheap no matter what, but you'll have the last laugh, because you have those pennies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:52 AM (BI5O2)
It's an HBCU. Nothing will happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Colombian President Petro is unaware of history. The US didn't take Texas from Mexico. We left on our own.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Joyeux? No way. at December 24, 2025 11:49 AM (TbWk/)
If you focus on the reason for the celebration, it makes it much more lovely. It is a Christian celebration of the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ. The seculars co-opted it to make money and smudge our religious beliefs. Ignore them, make a simple meal your family loves, spend time together and if you are a believer, spend time in prayer and worship. If you are not, then spend time doing something free and fun. It becomes onerous only if you let it!
Posted by: moki at December 24, 2025 11:53 AM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
And the prophet - and the money the people gave him - will ascend to the sky before the dawn of the 26th.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 24, 2025 11:54 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: moki at December 24, 2025 11:54 AM (wLjpr)
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Well, just steal a few billion. It's the Minnesota way!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:54 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 11:55 AM (qFwJc)
Tell me you're a commie who's worried about what Trump's going to do to you so you're trying to gin up some resentment of the US without telling me you're a commie who's worried about what Trump's going to do to you so you're trying to gin up some resentment of the US.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 11:55 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 11:55 AM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
And the prophet - and the money the people gave him - will ascend to the sky before the dawn of the 26th.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 24, 2025 11:54 AM (uQesX)
Did he build arks? The video I saw had him walking around making noise (I had the sound off so I don't know if he was speaking, or chanting, or singing, or grunting) but they never showed any of the five arks he was supposed to have built. Or the animals for them. Or the families to populate them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:56 AM (ExV1e)
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But how can this be? Diversity is our strength. Surely the 100k Somalis on welfare are creating an economic boom that will fill the coffers of every city in the state with tax revenue.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Country Fried Jake at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (PIdvu)
Did the christianists finally surrender?
I miss it
The WAR ON CHRISTMAS had become an American tradition usually starting before Thanksgiving. And sometimes as early as October.
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (8sSRd)
You can be a pauper and spend every penny you have on a woman, and she'll call you cheap for buying crappy stuff.
You can be as rich as Croesus, and buy her exquisite things, and she'll call you cheap for not spending every penny.
Just pinch those pennies. You'll get called cheap no matter what, but you'll have the last laugh, because you have those pennies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The grim reality is that a woman is attracted to you or they are not pretty fast upon knowing a person. Stupid romcoms emphasize grand romantic and expensive gestures--if she digs you, none of that is necessary. If she doesn't, then you are relying on buying her love via presents, etc. which is never worth it.
You can discard the gold diggers pretty fast by giving small thoughtful gifts and time spent listening to your date. They turn up their nose at that, then a relationship is probably not worth pursuing.
If they insist on dinner at the most expensive restaurant in town or demand expensive gifts, then your relationship is and will be transactional.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
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Hope he leaves the mosquitoes behind this time.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2025 11:59 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:59 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 11:59 AM (PIdvu)
I believe this is one of those quotes where context is everything.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Fondling one's own tits as a male is frowned upon by polite society.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:01 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:01 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:01 PM (WDjG6)
And now you understand Windows 11. -- Bill Gates
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (ExV1e)
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But it rebelled from Mexico, before it voluntarily became a state in the US. It would be strangely contra-modern to suggest that ideological rebellions are illegitimate.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (8sSRd)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (WDjG6)
Ugh. Get better soon. Lots of water. And paxlovid if you can handle it.
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 12:03 PM (IuFEo)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:04 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:04 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:01 PM (WDjG6)
And now you understand Windows 11. -- Bill Gates
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Problem with Gates is Windoze 11 is designed to steal every bit of such personal data including photos for teh Microsux Mothership, probably to feed their AI crap models.
Course Gates might be an exhibitionist for all I know. Nasty Gollum like creature.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:04 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Country Fried Jake at December 24, 2025 11:58 AM (oftw2)
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I would prefer the land where Jed was shouting for some food.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:04 PM (OaZlZ)
So, Henning made Bea Cousin Pearl and a year later created Petticoat Junction and Kate Bradley was born.
Posted by: Hooterville World Guardian at December 24, 2025 12:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 12:05 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (IuFEo)
Eye of the tiger?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:05 PM (UJWr0)
Shouldn't you be reading??? (insert smiley here, because they ain't woikin')
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 24, 2025 12:06 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 12:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:07 PM (UJWr0)
That would fix that shit up real fast.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 11:38 AM (ExV1e)
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I was a practical joker in college -- and nearly got for the following:
Among the denizens of our row house was a bright and sweet but effeminate young man whom was the frequent butt of jokes.
[This was out of character for me; every fight I got into before then was defending kids picked on my bullies.]
One night while he was showering in a locked community bathroom, I helped others lower my roommate down by a rope through a slightly open window to abscond with his clothes and towel.
We all had a good laugh waiting outside the bathroom door as he flew into a panic and smashed his fist through the opaque window in the door -- nearly severing a tendon (he was a concert pianist).
I was summoned by the Dean Of Students and told: if anything further happened to this other student through the end of the year -- I would be expelled; I had now become his protector.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:07 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 12:07 PM (PIdvu)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:02 PM (OaZlZ)
Further, if the US were to say, "Gosh, we're super sorry. We'll get rid of Texas." Texas would revert to being an independent country.
I recommend that Mssr. Petro become acquainted with the Treaties of Velasco.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:07 PM (ExV1e)
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Already took first dose a few minutes ago. I aggressively treat any respiratory virus with antivirals as I always end up with either bronchitis or pneumonia if I don't. Thought it was the flu but the tests show teh Vid instead so went to a doc in the box first thing this morning to confirm
diagnosis and get prescription.
Abbvie is actually pretty good about their ambassador program and got a response. The ritonavir component in Paxlovid can create dosage issues with some medications and Rinvoq is one of them. Had to check dosage levels with Abbvie to avoid complications.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:08 PM (WDjG6)
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Ewww gross. Way too old.
- Joe Biden
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 12:08 PM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at December 24, 2025 12:08 PM (looXz)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:07 PM (ExV1e)
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Not to mention: his own business.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:09 PM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
As well as the Fissure of Rolando.
Posted by: Lux Interior at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: ShainS
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Shades of the movie, My Bodyguard. Decent 80's flick.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (PIdvu)
Did the christianists finally surrender?
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No.
It's because their orange god-king now dominates every aspect of your puny life.
Bow to him.
Do it now.
Deus Vult.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Petro is a sniveling pos druggie and former member of a terrorist party. Poor Colombia for having him as president.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:11 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:11 PM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 12:11 PM (2vrAX)
Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at December 24, 2025 12:08 PM (looXz)
I don't know how old Mary was but I do know that she was married so, apparently, she wasn't considered too young at the time. I refuse to judge people from 2000+ years ago by the mores of today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: no one at December 24, 2025 12:11 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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If Maduro goes, cartels won't be able to keep Petro in office. He is pretty much despised in Colombia as a drugged out clown. The winds are changing in Latin America.
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: moki at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Chief Engineer Scotty at December 24, 2025 12:13 PM (2GIh1)
It's always amusing to see if you can figure out WTH they're talking about before they tell you. But as you say, it's not a good enough reason to waste part of my limited time on earth seeing it.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2025 12:13 PM (Riz8t)
Peter could have been in his upper teens when he became a disciple.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 12:14 PM (OaZlZ)
I was being sarcastic . The troll (Aliassmithsmith)
Thinks that nobody knew this before?!!
Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: moki at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (wLjpr)
Woo hoo! Thanks. Hope the editor likes it too.
Ah crap. A nood call, Moki probably won't see me response.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 24, 2025 12:15 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 12:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:18 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:19 PM (EAgl+)
A few years ago I received a copy of two Rose Levy Beranbaum books, one of which was The Baking Bible. It was fascinating to go through it, and I learned a lot. But I will never in real life take that much time and that many steps. At one point she recommends rolling your dough in a wine cellar, because that’s the ideal temperature.
She really made me love the old-school recipes that would give in one or two sentences what she would take three or four pages to do.
One cup stewed pumpkin, one-half cup milk, one-half cup sweet cream, two-thirds cup sugar, salt, two eggs, spice to suit.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (EXyHK)
This is true. See what happens when you let a bunch of foreigners into your country?
Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 12:22 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 11:10 AM (2WIwB)
Me too. One of the top things I liked about Germany.......coming in third under the women and adult beverages.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 11:36 AM (g8Ew
Were I not a married woman, I'd let you know that I am of German descent and therefore like driving fast and hard liquor (but I never ever mix the two).
Posted by: pookysgirl has to wait a few weeks to drink again at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 11:52 AM (BI5O2)
Not so fast my friend …
Posted by: Divorce Court at December 24, 2025 12:24 PM (pY+ea)
The Texas revolution was supported as much by “original” Texans as by newcomers. Santa Anna had just done a Star Wars and taken over/dissolved the Mexican legislature. Most of the northern states of Mexico didn’t like this, and Texas went so far as to rebel. And, with the grace of God, successfully.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 12:26 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: whig at December 24, 2025 12:10 PM (WDjG6)
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Ah, yes -- never saw it but remember my stepdaughter watching it -- and that a young Adam Baldwin was in it.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 12:30 PM (EAgl+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: m at December 24, 2025 12:36 PM (RuTUS)
I dunno why...
XH (see where this is going?) was a cheapskate. A tightwad. He grew up poor but we, as a married couple, were not poor and both had jobs.
To clarify-- what's his was his; what's mine was his too. So, he always got whatever he wanted (stereo equipment, camera, car accessories) and then told me we couldn't afford what I wanted (microwave oven, set of *matching* dishes, basic stuff).
One Christmas, he actually gave me a toothpick holder. With toothpicks!-- it was a cute little wooden wishing-well, with fancy lil picks that looked like they were turned on a lathe... you know those Japanese ones...
But really. A freaking toothpick holder. And that was *it* after he'd unwrapped a nice haul of goodies: things I knew he'd like.
Now, before you all say I was ungrateful-- I thanked him politely, and I really liked the little thing-- it was the callousness of him that hurt me: "You know I hate Christmas." It was such a chore for him to think of anyone other than himself.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 01:17 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2025 05:26 PM (FLiOE)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 24, 2025 09:30 AM (w9Wax)
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ESPONJA!!11!1!!
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That's a double sharp!!!
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But we do get full backal wingery!
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 24, 2025 09:34 AM (w9Wax)
14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
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https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw
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Posted by: Rappin' Rodney at December 24, 2025 09:37 AM (oftw2)
After 9 years of never doing it, our dog has decided that if we don't wake up early enough and let him out, he shits on the floor.
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Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:39 AM (R11M+)
I'm part owner now! Go islham!
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Posted by: Joseph typing into Google Maps at December 24, 2025 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Caravaggio is awesome.
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Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ufSfZ)
One......is the loneliest number.....
Posted by: Leftoid at December 24, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:42 AM (kpS4V)
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Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:43 AM (R11M+)
https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw"
Ozyman, that you?
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 09:43 AM (/iMjX)
Grounds it more as a real tangible scene of a thing that actually happened, and less as standard iconography.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (06Hmj)
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Posted by: Timekeeper At The Bell at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)
She was ecstatic about it, right up till the neighbor music major kid said it was one of the hardest instruments to learn.
She never touched it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:45 AM (R11M+)
Try Lee Ho Fooks
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (XuXeR)
When you hear Bang Ding Ow in the kitchen, it's time to leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)
They were hard to start, and idled rough.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Same reason I've always liked Tanner's The Annunciation, though if you look you see a blue garment off to the side, as if to nod at what is yet to come.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (OUMaO)
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That signifies Angel, Second Class.
Posted by: Clarence, from It's A Wonderful Life at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (ViCCR)
Well, I can tell you haven't met my boss.
Posted by: Politician at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Timekeeper At The Bell at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)
Well crap I guess I'm an atheist now.
Thanks, bro, that would have been awkward if I had went the rest of my life believing a lie, had you not so thoughtfully intervened!
How 'bout you fuck off back to middle school, shitnuts.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Chow Mein
I thought it was Korean on Christmas now.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (77rzZ)
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Posted by: Thought bubble over Joseph at December 24, 2025
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She reminds me of the violin player for Celtic Woman!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: cmeat
Lume! Underwing, pits, underboob, thighfolds, knees, and feet.
Posted by: 72 Hour Protection at December 24, 2025 09:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (R11M+)
Ya gotta be quick around here.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025
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And don't expect her to do "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Chow Mein...
Try Lee Ho Fooks
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:44 AM (XuXeR)
Make sure your hair is perfect before you go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (ufSfZ)
Call up Trudy on the telephone
Send a letter in the mail
Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas
And they won't let me outta this jail
And if she asks you how I'm fairing
Tell her I'm just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind...
Posted by: Trudy at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
What happened last time?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (XuXeR)
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Not a covered benefit of your plan. Your claim will be thrown into denial.
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (/iMjX)
Make sure your hair is perfect before you go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:49 AM (ufSfZ)
And visit a good tailor.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 09:47 AM (06Hmj)
There's a small, teensy weensy chance I may have misread that guy and flew off the handle a bit.... a tiny bit... maybe....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Maybe, try the decaf?
Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (oftw2)
I'm going to attempt making cookies again.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
I'm out at noon. I'm going to have lunch and then read A Christmas Carol.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:51 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
What happened last time?
Posted by: Sponge
Something involving a drill that she used wrong. Oh, wait, maybe that was Ace's shelving project.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joseph, hankering for some bluegrass at December 24, 2025 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (oftw2)
Why that's just crazy talk.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 09:52 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:52 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
The Reginald Owen, Alistair Sim, Albert Finney, George C. Scott, or Michael Caine version?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
East side, right? Fantastic....
Oh, that one.
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:52 AM (XuXeR)
East side meets West side downtown.
*don't tell anyone I said that
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
So, Hokas?
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:55 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Skip
"Be not afraid."
Posted by: The first thing every angel always says at December 24, 2025 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
So, you're still looking for the source of denial?
*ducks*
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:55 AM (XuXeR)
Half-dressed or in a three-piece suit, doesn't matter. People tend to be really scared when angels show up in the Bible, which is why the first thing they say is something like "Calm down; I'm not here to smite you (this time)."
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2025 09:56 AM (Epuwl)
Mary was a virgin........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip
"Be not afraid."
Posted by: The first thing every angel always says at December 24, 2025 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
---
"Be not freaked out!" -- the original Aramaic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 09:56 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Oh, no... at December 24, 2025 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
*ducks*
Posted by: man
You shall not Speke about the source of denial.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
I said, 'read.' This version:
https://tinyurl.com/3x8stj57
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:57 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
I said, 'read.'
Yes, I know. That was the joke.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Madge at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Always booked Caravaggio even though he was a lunatic
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (2vrAX)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 09:59 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 09:59 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 09:59 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
So they discovered that "calm yourself, sugartits" didn't work so well?
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (R11M+)
One day, when the world is a better place, commenters will pay attention to the admonitions of the cobloggers and just f*cking ignore the trolls.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:58 AM (ufSfZ)
He just wanted to remind everyone Mary was 15 or so at the time of conception.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Was it you looking for a good cutout recipe last week?
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:01 AM (enw9G)
The Morons were resting, all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar tits danced in their heads.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)
One day, when the world is a better place, commenters will pay attention to the admonitions of the cobloggers and just f*cking ignore the trolls.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (n9ltV)
Is it OK if Spicoli reminds them of their status?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Hey, it's Christmas. Indulge!
Seriously, MP4, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Keith Green song at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
The cookies came out shapeless blobs. I worked around it by using cookie cutters while the dough was still warm.
They tasted good tho.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025
***
The Alastair Sim version of the film is on Movies! at 7:00 Central tonight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (XuXeR)
Excellent critique of the current vogue in joo-hate from Hillsdale.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Dr_No at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Oh, no
***********
No need to get all bent out of shape...
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (R11M+)
While visions of sugar tits danced in their heads.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)
---
This guy gets it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (XuXeR)
Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm the weakest link in the cookie-baking chain, though.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)
I don't recall from the Bible an angel appearing on the journey and I don't know if there were bowed string instruments at that time. Maybe the angel is to show the family was protected on the journey.
Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2025 10:04 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Skip
***
If it looked like Nicole Kidman (now or when she was young, either way) I would lose the freakout attitude real fast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2025 10:04 AM (wzUl9)
I'm the weakest link in the cookie-baking chain, though.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (kpS4V)
---
Quality control specialist?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Oh, no
***********
No need to get all bent out of shape...
Posted by: muldoon
An adjustment in attitude is needed I see.
Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2025 10:00 AM (n9ltV)
====
I can't help myself. I'm weak.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (enw9G)
I don't remember that from the story. Was that in a film adaptation?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Oh, no
***********
No need to get all bent out of shape...
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM
---
I'll adjust.
Posted by: Groan... at December 24, 2025 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew
No.
"AngelSoft" in Heaven is actually a tech company.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:06 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 10:06 AM (I/KG5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (A0sqA)
Hillsdale is promoting joo-hate?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:07 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM
+++
Could we please answer the dancing on the head of a pin question first please?
Posted by: One thing at a time at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: man at December 24, 2025 10:02 AM (XuXeR)
*cues Beverly Hillbilly theme*
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (g8Ew8)
will be a busy few days even tho we stay mostly local for the 12 days ... lots of old-fashioned type visits on tap
Enjoy and be merry!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2025 10:08 AM (nKjbR)
Speak with bluebell. She's a cookie savant.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 10:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:09 AM (R11M+)
I don't remember that from the story. Was that in a film adaptation?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
At least in the Sim version, there are two men standing by her bedside after Ebenezer leaves the room. One is presumably the doctor, and I always understood the other to be her husband.
Regardless, the absence of the father from Fred's life in preference to Scrooge is never explained (not even in the story, if I recall). It's weird. You'd think if her husband had predeceased Fan, it would've been noted, at least in passing.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:07 AM (R11M+)
"And then Mary wasn't sure if she left the iron plugged in or not and they all had to turn back---"
"Oh, come on man, don't put that part in! What's wrong with you?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:10 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:10 AM (/iMjX)
Regardless, the absence of the father from Fred's life in preference to Scrooge is never explained (not even in the story, if I recall). It's weird. You'd think if her husband had predeceased Fan, it would've been noted, at least in passing.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
Holes in the plot are fine. Nothing to worry about.
Posted by: Steven Seagal at December 24, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:11 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat
It's not really a tiny detail. Scrooge's guardianship of Fred is a major plot point.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: muldoon
Tut, Tut...
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 24, 2025 10:11 AM (w9Wax)
serious never-fail, UNLESS you don't bring back to room temp after freezing it, and I only freeze some if I make a small batch.
Let me go get it and will post.
Put one C butter out to soften now, and an egg to come to room temp.
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:11 AM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ufSfZ)
This is amazing, too. I've never seen it before.
Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (nKjbR)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 24, 2025 10:11 AM (w9Wax)
Moved to Arizona, I hear.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
No. They just explode when they're fifty.
(old MASH reference)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:10 AM
Sigh is nigh.
Posted by: Geography buff at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Just to put one coonass boy in jail
Posted by: Charles at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon
Too bad he died of the Khuf.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Steve Martin at December 24, 2025 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Thanks. As work is slow right now, I checked. All Dickens wrote was:
"Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might have withered," said the Ghost. "But she had a large heart!"
"So she had," cried Scrooge. "You're right, I'll not gainsay it, Spirit. God forbid!"
"She died a woman," said the Ghost, "and had, as I think, children."
"One child," Scrooge returned.
"True," said the Ghost. "Your nephew!"
Scrooge seemed undeasy in his mind; and answered brielly, "Yes."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:14 AM (ufSfZ)
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
*Cue drum circles, bad dancing, and neon blue hair*
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:14 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:15 AM (R11M+)
She asks him to go with her, but warns there’s no going back. Of course he goes. I was like 19 when I wrote this. When youre a horny teenager, and some hot girl with wings asks you to go with her, you GO. Now, I’d be like ‘ummm … where we going? Are we really not coming back? I gotta think about this…”
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 24, 2025 10:15 AM (FL09G)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:15 AM (R11M+)
Where's Ethel in all this?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
_-_
Warai-otoko is my favorite poet today.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 24, 2025 10:16 AM (vd6bO)
https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ufSfZ)
This is amazing, too. I've never seen it before.
Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2025 10:12 AM (nKjbR)
The funny thing is that it hangs in a side corridor among many, many other objects. You could walk right past it without blinking an eye.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:16 AM (ufSfZ)
https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)
Mary is at a Rest Cheops.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:17 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Joseph at December 24, 2025 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 24, 2025 10:15 AM (FL09G)
I thought you only had two guidelines:
TBWB and TBWNB.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)
-
Also, the Loch Ness Monster.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:17 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:18 AM (ufSfZ)
https://tinyurl.com/wxsp9taw
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ufSfZ)
Thank a Somalian!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)
I always think Joseph gets short shrift in the Bible. He accepted God's will, was a provider and protector and should have been honored more. Even in this painting he is keeping watch over his family and assisting the angel. Vigilant and useful.
Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2025 10:18 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:19 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:19 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Steve Martin at December 24, 2025 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
_-_
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But your esophagus is showin'
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:20 AM (ULPxl)
Cream 1 cup butter with 1 cup sugar.
Mix in 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Mix in (mixed) dry ingredients, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder.
Roll out on floured surface (I toss a thick disk of about half of dough on floured surface, and rub flour on pin over disk, to dust the top of dough a bit before rolling)
Cut and transfer to cookie sheets (I use parchment paper) and bake in preheated 400* oven, for 8-10 depending on how thin you roll and how your oven runs--check a little early and remove when edges are barely brown.
Cool on sheet for a couple minutes, then transfer to rack to cool completely.
Been suing this for over 30 years, and it is reliable.
Good luck, Merry Christmas, and I believe in you!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:20 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:20 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Seems Sensible at December 24, 2025 10:21 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:22 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:22 AM (enw9G)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1597 creation
Location: Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Art gallery in Rome, Italy
After having been warned about the wrath of Herod, the Holy Family flees Bethlehem to seek safety in Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15). Depictions of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus at rest in the countryside became a popular image of family intimacy.
AI Overview: Famous depictions by artists like Titian, Merson, and Mola show varied details, from angels bringing fruit to Joseph dozing, emphasizing the tender, domestic side of this biblical flight.
New Daily Compass: When Caravaggio painted the Flight into Egypt on a tablecloth
In part, “Rest on the Flight into Egypt” is an unusual picture that Caravaggio painted in 1597 on a Flanders cloth, a fabric then used to make tablecloths. It was painted during the Roman period of the artist, who lived a short and troubled life due to his quarrelsome temperament.
..Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), known as Caravggio, had a short and tempestuous life. The undisputed leader of the Baroque, he is an artist who can be considered a 'photographer' because of the intense precision of the details in his works.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 10:23 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 24, 2025 10:15 AM (FL09G)
I thought you only had two guidelines:
TBWB and TBWNB.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)
——-
The calculus is more complicated with supernatural girls who can fly.
I’ll have to recreate the lyrics one day. It was a really good song, very Dio-y. He goes with her, experiences supernatural bliss, but then loses her in the shadows. He finds himself back in the real world. He tries to find that bliss again, but can’t. So he realizes the girl was right all along. There was no going back. It just wasn’t in the way he originally thought.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 24, 2025 10:23 AM (FL09G)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:19 AM (cYBz/)
Ahhh, jeez, don't quote me being an unwarranted dickhead, that's just cruel!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:23 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:26 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2025 10:26 AM (pzoNl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:26 AM (kpS4V)
Yuuuuu con DO EET!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2025 10:26 AM (pzoNl)
Geez man. Who pissed in YOUR Cheerios?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Ok, but your order is at the next window, sir.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 10:27 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 10:28 AM (gbOdA)
Y'all are killing me.
Don't quote the trolls. Especially when I'm the troll in question and I deserve it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:29 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:29 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:30 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 10:27 AM (mlg/3)
You know if they're gonna muck up my order five times in a row, shame on me, at that point.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:30 AM (06Hmj)
I'm the weakest link in the cookie-baking chain, though.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 24, 2025 10:03 AM (kpS4V)
---
Quality control specialist?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ESVrU)
Quality Assurance is important in software development; I fail to see how it can be any less so in baking. Especially Christmas baking.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2025 10:30 AM (ULPxl)
They certainly didn't have an oven big enough for it, and even if they did, it would have taken three weeks to thaw.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:31 AM (cYBz/)
Isaiah 7:13-14
Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2025 10:31 AM (B5Sbl)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:31 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:30 AM (R11M+)
*computer animated voice*
Pull up.
Pull up.
Pull up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Someone has to say it at December 24, 2025 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)
They certainly didn't have an oven big enough for it, and even if they did, it would have taken three weeks to thaw.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:31 AM (cYBz/)
That was a YP, sir. I did my part.
Posted by: Scrooge at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bentonville at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 10:27 AM (mlg/3)
You know if they're gonna muck up my order five times in a row, shame on me, at that point.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:30 AM (06Hmj)
Five times?! They ALWAYS fuck you at the drive-through!
Posted by: Leo Getz at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (ULPxl)
He was transported as a convict to Australia for crimes against The Crown, sodomy and running a muslim rape gang in Rotherham. Once transported, all mention of the person was stricken from the public record.
Posted by: The Fatal Shore at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (R/m4+)
@POLITICOEurope
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (2ov6M)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (R11M+)
They certainly didn't have an oven big enough for it, and even if they did, it would have taken three weeks to thaw.
Posted by: Tonypete
Is it Airing of the Grievances already?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (L/fGl)
*computer animated voice*
Pull up.
Pull up.
Pull up.
***
That's the last thing you want to do in a stall.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (06Hmj)
You must have a low threshold for entertainment.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (ufSfZ)
I miss the Old Ways.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: But all the horse men knew her at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
@POLITICOEurope
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat
Can I get a "No shit, Sherlock?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
Correct!
But watch enough Air Disaster shows and you'll see it doesn't appear to be common knowledge.
Push the nose over and allow the aircraft to gain speed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:35 AM (nWPIJ)
Includes toast water!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:36 AM (EXyHK)
Okaloosa County bought the ship and owns it outright. Not sure what interest the leftist hag has in preventing its sinking.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:36 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:37 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (2ov6M
LOL; these are the people who like to shriek about cultural appropriation.
Imagine saying "these dangerous blacks are recasting MLK Day as a black thing."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:37 AM (BI5O2)
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With sparkling clean restrooms!
Posted by: 143 miles. You can hold it. at December 24, 2025 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)
They certainly didn't have an oven big enough for it, and even if they did, it would have taken three weeks to thaw.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2025 10:31 AM (cYBz/)
Well, it wouldn't have been frozen to begin with, since it was 1843. And as the Cratchits live in London, there would have been bakeshops open where, for a fee, you could bring your food to be cooked.
Thus endeth the lesson.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:38 AM (ufSfZ)
Excellent critique of the current vogue in joo-hate from Hillsdale.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Good article. Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:37 AM (BI5O2)
So close to Pride Month....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 24, 2025 10:38 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:38 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat
Can I get a "No shit, Sherlock?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
________
They could have written that 100 years ago and it would have been true. 200 in France.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 24, 2025 10:39 AM (3WkkF)
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 10:40 AM (Js0cN)
If you don't know it, check out
Restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:40 AM (ufSfZ)
Supposedly?
Posted by: Zombie Charlie Kirk at December 24, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
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Oh, I have stories!
Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 24, 2025 10:40 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 10:41 AM (2WIwB)
Let the sheets cool completely between loads of cookies.
I have these weird thick sheets with a central layer supposedly designed for even heating, and first batch always takes a minute longer because they take a bit to heat up. Consequently, they stay hot for a while out of the oven, and can cause some minimal blorph on ANY cookie if I reload immediately (that burned edge you can get on drop cookies sometimes, while the center is still soft?), so I always let them cool before loading again.
Please let me know how it goes.
(been baking all week, and have two bags of cookies, cakes, and muffins to go to daughter's house for this evening. can't wait to do shapes with grandgirl tomorrow when they come here!)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:41 AM (enw9G)
Reducing AOA while advancing the throttle(s) to max to fly out of the stall
Posted by: one hour sober at December 24, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)
They certainly didn't have an oven big enough for it, and even if they did, it would have taken three weeks to thaw.
Posted by: Tonypete
They weren't frozen, as you know. And, two, it would have been probably been wrapped and shoved into the local baker's oven after the morning bake. Or, they could have baked it in the fireplace on a pile of coals.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 10:42 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 10:42 AM (OaZlZ)
I don't know. I "suppose" the millions of churchmen's corpses littering the landscape of history since the French Revolution might be a clue, but then I'm just a hayseed.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:42 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Heracles at December 24, 2025 10:42 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ShainS
*makes fist*
-- Herr Kant
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)
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Just like Trump was supposedly shot in the head and Charlie Kirk was supposedly assassinated.
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 10:43 AM (Js0cN)
A long time ago, Bill Whittle did a wonderful video essay about the Pharaoh coming across a modern 7-Eleven in the desert heat. I don’t recall that he specifically mentioned clean bathrooms as a modern wonder, but he should have if he didn’t. Clean bathrooms appear to be the first thing to go as civilization backslides toward collapse.
Buc-ee’s, Wally’s, and their ilk are the stubborn final outposts of an apocalyptic world.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:43 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: The Paolo at December 24, 2025 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)
The Hill
@thehill
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger cancels Paramount subscription over Bari Weiss, ’60 minutes’ drama
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:44 AM (L/fGl)
Thanks! Looks fun. Lots of cool images at the very least.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:44 AM (EXyHK)
Dickens used disease as a plot point more than any author outside the Bible.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
It is known.
Merry Christmas, Paolo!
Posted by: barbarausa at December 24, 2025 10:45 AM (enw9G)
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Where was this strung when we really needed her?
Posted by: The Imperial Japanese Navy at December 24, 2025 10:46 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 24, 2025 10:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Medical experts at December 24, 2025 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 24, 2025 10:40 AM (nWPIJ)
You promised not to tell!
Posted by: "Wide Stance" Larry Craig at December 24, 2025 10:46 AM (nhzLx)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2025 10:47 AM (/YVdk)
- Candy Cane Owens
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:47 AM (UJWr0)
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The guy could play a fiddle.
Posted by: Johnny Carson at December 24, 2025 10:47 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2025 10:47 AM (viF8m)
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The guy could play a fiddle.
Posted by: Johnny Carson
I thought it was a ukulele.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2025 10:47 AM (/YVdk)
Merry Christmas! Welcome back to Texas. Hope you brought your beach attire. It's going to be a warm one.
Till New Year's, anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 24, 2025 10:33 AM (2ov6M)
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It's amazing when having an opinion is some kind of assault on leftist conformity.
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: House at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Joe From Scranton at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2025 10:48 AM (BI5O2)
Hunter Biden: "We don't want immigrants that are coming here illegally, draining us of resources, and being prioritized above... anybody in our society."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:49 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:49 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Jill not a doctor Biden at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)
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"We"?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Flannery O'Connor at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (nhzLx)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (77rzZ)
SHE IS SO a Doctor!!!!! She should've been Surgeon General!!!
Posted by: Harpies of The View at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)
***********
If he's the kid who rang the church bells every year on New Year's Day I would guess he had tinnitus.
Ringing in the years...
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:50 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2025 10:51 AM (VE6XX)
Because I actually read history, I recall the phrase, "Let us hang the last king with the guts of the last priest."
It should be physically painful to be as stupid as a Politico writer.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2025 10:51 AM (ufSfZ)
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Isn’t Christmas LITERALLY that? lol
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:51 AM (UJWr0)
-- Herr Kant
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)
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"The philosophy of Kant is a systematic rationalization of every major psychological vice. The metaphysical inferiority of this world (as a "phenomenal" world of mere "appearances"), is a rationalization for the hatred of reality. The notion that reason is unable to perceive reality and deals only with "appearances," is a rationalization for the hatred of reason; it is also a rationalization for a profound kind of epistemological egalitarianism which reduces reason to equality with the futile puttering of "idealistic" dreamers. The metaphysical superiority of the "noumenal" world, is a rationalization for the supremacy of emotions, which are thus given the power to know the unknowable by ineffable means."
-- Ayn Rand
Posted by: ShainS -- A DEI Kakistocracy, If You Can Keep It at December 24, 2025 10:52 AM (Js0cN)
Posted by: DaveA at December 24, 2025 10:52 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Why do we never hear about the Pacific slave trade?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:52 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Correction: The hostility of Leftists toward Christianity and Judaism. They're totes cool with Islam, Hinduism, Satanism, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
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Osteogenesis imperfecta. And for your gift of just 19 dollars a month we'll send you this ADOWWABLE bwanket to show how much you care...
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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Jiminy!! Rickets!
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (c115l)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (/iMjX)
LMFAO, but you might be going to Hell for that one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (/iMjX)
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Help support the fight against progeria and you'll get this attractive tote bag!
Posted by: The New Years Day Baby at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (c115l)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Make it stop at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (nWPIJ)
Well Soros didn’t cut off funding did he?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (UJWr0)
-- Ayn Rand
Posted by: ShainS
You mean, like Trigglypuff? Because she's ineffable. As in, nobody would eff her.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Neilia Hunter Biden at December 24, 2025 10:55 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
When was the last time ANY Christmas Market ANYWHERE in the world had to be cancelled because of right wing extremism?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 10:55 AM (c115l)
Buc-ee’s, Wally’s, and their ilk are the stubborn final outposts of an apocalyptic world.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
If there's no Civilization why should I care about other peoples crap?
Posted by: DaveA at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 10:55 AM (c115l)
Britain is dead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge
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My wife's mom leaves a midnight trail of Fudgesicle wrappers through the house.
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (/iMjX)
S&P500 just hit a new all time high.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Sponge
This morning, mine was oatmeal with beef broth, to which I added pieces of sliced ham and black beans. Chopped onion and black pepper for seasoning.
Pretty good. Oatmeal can serve as a good base for a lot of stuff.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: muldoon at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (/iMjX)
"They're sugar free, so it's ok!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
I am in the midst of reading a fascinating overview of the various “humanist” philosophers (Feuerbach, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Comte) from the perspective of a Catholic priest, Vincent Micelli. The Gods of Atheism. I thought it was going to be a more modern book about more trivial modern gods when I got it (I bought it during a sale on SophiaInstitute.com) but it turns out to be much better and deeper than that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (EXyHK)
Q: Which side of politics periodically comes to the other side and announces a new list of replacement phrases?
Q: Which side is waging a culture war?
Posted by: Axeman at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (OaZlZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Out of the mushroom houses and into Kennett Square proper they're going?
Just a hop and skip from Greenville.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Not a joke at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (L/fGl)
Beau Biden died of Osteogenesis imperfecta.
Posted by: Not a joke at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Not a joke at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)
While saving children from burning buildings at Iwo Jima.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:53 AM (UJWr0)
Because the entire plan is to surrender to Islam.
Defending Britain never factored in.
Posted by: XTC at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM (UnA8+)
He made some great movies. So he repented of his faggotry and took holy orders?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 10:59 AM (77rzZ)
https://is.gd/9uZD9Z
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 10:57 AM (L/fGl)
How can he run for governor in a state he doesn't live in?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)
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Erections lasting more than four hours.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2025 10:59 AM (g8Ew8)
Defending Britain never factored in.
Posted by: XTC at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM (UnA8+)
Yay islham!!!
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at December 24, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Just the punchline at December 24, 2025 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
S&P500 just hit a new all time high.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 10:56 AM (UJWr0)
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S&P 500 is up 17.72% YTD. Boy do I miss Joe Biden.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 11:01 AM (nWPIJ)
While saving children from burning buildings at Iwo Jima.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2025 10:58 AM
Baby Jessica would still be stuck in that well if it weren't for Beau Biden
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2025 11:01 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
No, but he did remake many of his movies.
Manger in the Sky
An American in Notre Dame
Trust for Life
The Story of Trinity
The Reluctant Prophet
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 24, 2025 11:02 AM (EXyHK)
And if he’s serious, mass deportations and closing the border can turn things around.
Big if of course.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 11:02 AM (UJWr0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2025 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Defending Britain never factored in.
Posted by: XTC
Still weird how the atheistic sybarites in power think they are going to be spared somehow.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 11:02 AM (mlg/3)
Chris Original Black Navy Vet
@Chris4Perkins2
Warning to maga. I'm not the guy to attack. I'll talk about every member of your family. Not even your kids are off limits. I'm going for the jugular every chance I get. I have white family and friends that I love. But I truly hate you maga fucks with a passion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2025 11:04 AM (L/fGl)
Rand is quite shrewd in some of her reasoning, but quite insistent on her view in others.
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