The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 12/24/21

Good morning, kids. Friday and the weekend and Christmas Eve are here. Within this sea of insanity, you'll be happy to know that former NY governor Andrew "Angel of Death" Cuomo will not be charged in Nassau County for any of the sexual assault allegations brought against him.

"Our exhaustive investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law," Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith said . . . Nassau County's investigation was limited to Long Island's Belmont Racetrack incident. Other counties like Albany are still investigating sexual misconduct allegations against Cuomo . . .
. . . [Cuomo flunky Rich] Azzopardi claims that James' investigation into Cuomo was politically motivated, evidenced by her short-lived run for New York's governorship. "With each passing day it becomes more and more clear that the Attorney General's report was the intersection of gross prosecutorial misconduct and an abuse of government power for political purposes... It was obviously a political springboard to remove Governor Cuomo so she could run for office, however, it was so poorly done and obviously, it backfired, and James' run for governor lasted only 5 weeks."

Azzopardi may be a stooge for Fredo the elder, but he does make a point. Whatever the Machiavellian intra-party machinations going on behind the scenes, it is almost axiomatic that Democrats do not throw each other in jail. At least not the ones who remain faithful to the cause, unlike, say, Joe Manchin who probably has a major target on his back, figuratively and maybe even literally. But I digress.

Even if Cuomo is charged in another part of the Empire State for slamming his greasy salsicce at some underling or reporterette devotchka, he will never be called to account (at least in this life) for the mass-murder of at least 15,000 elderly nursing home residents by exposing them to the Chinese virus. Ditto for the other Democrat governors in the region. They should all burn in hell for that.

That segues rather nicely into the actions of Cuomo's successor, Kathy Hochul. The farcical nature of her being where she is is obvious since, as Cuomo's lieutenant governor she had direct first hand knowledge of her boss' actions both in playing grab-ass and especially in his slaughter of the elderly. Meanwhile, as the fear is ramped up to eleventy-leven in New York over the Omagawd Omicron!, Hochul was advised that she needed to look all butch and authoritative, especially after getting her sagging ass handed to her over vaccine mandates last week.

Signed into law on Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), the "Truth in Vaccination" law will make "faking a vaccination card a class A misdemeanor and tampering with computer records related to vaccinations a class E felony," according to The Hill. New Yorkers convicted of violating the new law could face up to one year in prison or three years of probation, while class E felonies carry the potential of up to four years in prison in the state. . .
. . . "The 'Truth in Vaccination' law will serve as a strong deterrent to prevent people from lying about their vaccination status, protecting public health, and ensuring our economic recovery can move forward," she added.

"Protecting public health, and ensuring our economic recovery." Don't make me laugh and choke on my own vomitus. Every action that these assholes have take for the past "two weeks" (that's about 91 in non-woke math) has had the exact opposite effect on health, economic and otherwise. What initially was about sabotaging the Trump re-election campaign is now all about amassing and maintaining absolute power and completing the destruction of the American republic - by any and every means necessary.

A bill that would have granted the government of New York State the right to remove and detain unvaccinated individuals indefinitely has been pulled from consideration by the lawmaker responsible for its introduction: Assemblyman Nick Perry. . .
. . . Following Perry's embarrassing climbdown, corporate news outlets are reporting without reference or citation, that Perry introduced A416 in response to concerns over the Ebola virus. Two Americans contracted Ebola, neither of whom died. Perry's response to these two Ebola cases, therefore, was to propose that anyone with any type of contagious disease, or suspected contagious disease, should be held in a government facility, against their will, for an indefinite amount of time.
In January 2021, Perry defended Bill A416, saying "there may be the need for people to be protected from a person or persons carrying a very deadly and transmittable virus, and this bill is designed to ensure that our government could lawfully act to protect all the people."
In response to Perry's bill, the Chair of the New York State Republican Party, Nick Langworthy, said, "the fact this bill was drafted and introduced gives you an incredible insight into the totalitarian, sociality mentality of New York Democrats."

The NY State GOP is a joke, but Langworthy is dead on. While the intent and actions of these fiends is frightening in their own right, what depresses me most is human nature. Psaki-psircling back to Hochul's law imprisoning vaccine ausweiss forgers, the only thing that gives this law any teeth isn't the police; it's our fellow citizens. The sad bitter truth of this is that, while those who pass these "laws" are evil thugs, it is the average business owner that acts as their enforcer and spy. If every business that is required to check "zee papers, bitte," refused to comply, this insanity would end in an un-Johnson & Johnson-blood-clotted heartbeat.

There are a few brave souls who are refusing to comply, and the evil Empire in the Empire State and elsewhere is crushing them like insects. Why? Fear. Firstly, the fear of a virus and its variants that provably are lethal to a small fraction of the population, fueled by power-mad fiends in positions of trust and authority who play upon those credentials to keep people scared. There's also the fear of going against the grain and therefore not only being a target of "law enforcement" but of one's peers, relatives and neighbors. Being an outcast is almost as bad as being physically imprisoned, made even more soul-crushing in this day and age of social(ist) media.

Now, take that and superimpose it on to our men and women in uniform, both military and law enforcement, and a truly terrifying picture emerges. As Mark Twain is thought to have said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Look at Australia and Austria (nudge-nudge-wink-wink). Look at what this Nick Perry cancer was itching to do. Take a look at this great idea out of Sweden. And there are the words emanating between globs of Cream of Wheat and halitosis from the pie-hole of Joey Soft-Serve, blood libeling those of us who refuse the shot - that is, refuse to bow down to the Junta that has overthrown us - as carriers of plague and death. Considering how utterly brainwashed at least a third of the population already is against America, Americanism, Judeo-Christianity and freedom, turn us into a physical threat and you almost guarantee another James Hodgkinson or self-aware self-driving SUV plowing into another Christmas parade of unmasked revelers.

We can talk about elections, rigged or otherwise, out the wazoo, but the truth is, it is going to take individual acts of courage on all our parts if we are ever going to even begin to claw our way out of what day by day is becoming a mass grave. You will lose friends. You will lose family. You could lose your livelihood. Even worse, G-d forbid, you could end up like Ashli Babbit or Roseanne Boyland.

Is it worth it? Is it better to live on your knees than to die on your feet for freedom? Only you can answer that question.

On that note, I wish all of you a blessed Christmas.

The End of America: 100 Days That Shook the World available here.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"If military strategists, corporate elites, and government officials are taking the prospect of implanting humans with biotech seriously, so should we."
Swedes Are Implanting Microchip Vaccine Passports. It Won't Stop There
"The point is to reduce car ownership."
The Hidden Agenda Behind Biden's Insane Gas Mileage Requirements
"I've heard it said that all CRT wants to do is to look at American history through the lens of race. But no, it's much worse than that."
Crackpot Disg-Race Theory Would Have Destroyed My Family
"The woke's vocabulary is a weapon in their culture war."
"Christmas" Lights or "Holiday" Lights?

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

"The events of the past five or six years have demonstrated to America that the FBI is no longer the unbiased law enforcement agency it once was." (if it ever was unbiased - jjs)
What Do We Do with the FBI Now?
Jeffrey Lord: "Says he will refuse to appear before January 6 Committee."
Scott Perry Fights Back
Julie Kelly: "This year's recipients of AG's annual Lump of Coal Awards include several prominent bad boys and girls. . . Please pray for those ensnared in this cruel, un-American prosecution. And pray for karma to catch up with everyone else."
Lump of Coal Awards 2021: January 6 Edition
Trump's lawyers say in their court filing that the House Select Committee's request is "exceedingly broad" and an "unprecedented encroachment on executive privilege."
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block Release of White House Records
"The best thing for Kyle Rittenhouse to do now is to try to build a normal life -- largely out of the media spotlight." (as if they won't hound him to death? - jjs)
Walk Away, Kid
"Evidence suggests there are powerful actors among us whose intentions, capabilities, and disregard for anyone else effectively render them implacable enemies of humanity."
Here There Be Monsters
Hatred and fear of totalitarian tyranny? Yes. Confusion? No. They know what's what.
Boston Mayor Implies Vax Mandate Protesters Chanting "USA" Were Fueled By "Hatred and Fear and Confusion"
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," a United Airlines spokesperson told The [NY] Post. The company said they are reaching out to customers affected by the cancellations before they head to the airport. Delta Air Lines is also facing cancellations on the same two days.
Hundreds of Flights Cancelled for Christmas Eve Amid Phony Omicron Fear Campaign
Lloyd Billingsley: "How Dr. Anthony Fauci and NIH boss Frances Collins smeared the scientists of the Great Barrington Declaration."
Anatomy of a "Quick Decisive Takedown"
"In other words, while the overwhelming majority of mutations triggered by molnupiravir will do their job and kill the virus, its not inconceivable that one of those mutations could be beneficial to [Chinese] COVID-19 and lead to another dangerous variant." (then Merck develops a pill to kill the mutation; lather, rinse, repeat forever - jjs)
Merck's New Chinese COVID-19 Pill Could Accidentally Trigger a New Variant, Experts Warn
"Biden's [Chinese] COVID-19 death count passes 400,000."
LIE OF THE YEAR: "I Will Shut Down the Virus"
"He has clung desperately to a one-size-fits-all vaccine strategy."
Biden Remains Behind the Chinese COVID Curve
I love Trump, but he's wrong.
Trump Pushes Back When Candace Owens Doubts the Vaccine: "People Aren't Dying When They Take" It
"In response to a reporter's question, Biden noting that [Chinese] COVID 'is spreading so rapidly...just happened almost overnight.' He said his administration's response to the surge is 'not a failure, but the alarm bells went off.'"
Biden on Chinese COVID Surge, Test Shortage: "We Have to Do Better"; "What Took So Long Is--It Didn't Take Long at All"
"Biden's excuses for the shortage of rapid at-home [Chinese] Covid tests don't hold up."
Testing Our Patience
"Individuals over the age of 12 are required to have received at least one dose of vaccine to be in compliance with the order. On February 15, the requirement will move to two doses. Additionally, all students in D.C. schools will need to be vaccinated by March 1."
Washington D.C. to Require Proof of Vaccination for Indoor Activities
The sad bitter truth of this is that, while those who pass these "laws" are evil thugs, it is the average business owner that acts as their enforcers and snitches. If every business that is required to check "zee papers, bitte," refused to comply, this insanity would end in an un-blood-clotted heartbeat.
New York: Vaccination Card Forgers Face One Year in Jail

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"But... but... but... the masks and social distancing rules were supposed to stop the spread."
Cases Surging in San Francisco and L.A. Despite Having Strict Chinese COVID Controls
"What happens when Dr. Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization (WHO) disagree about vaccines? Maybe it's a sign we can get back to legitimate scientific debate."
WHO Says Chinese COVID Vaccine Boosters Will Likely Prolong the Pandemic
"Don't comply: Numerous major hospital systems across the nation are abandoning the mandates that require employees to get the [Chinese] COVID shots or be fired because they have discovered that almost one third of their workforce are willing to walk away rather than get the shot."
Pushback Against Blacklists: Employee Resistance Force Hospitals Nationwide to Abandon Chinese COVID Shot Mandates
". . . the researchers at the institute said that while the variant appears to be more contagious than the Delta variant, it does not appear to be as strong." (and that was no big deal either, as was Classic Chi-Com Croup - jjs)
Majority of People Who Contract Omagawd Omicron May Never Show Symptoms: Researchers
"Compared to delta infections in South Africa between April and November, omicron infections are associated with a 70 percent lower risk of severe disease," the study, which was submitted to the preprint online medical publication MedRxiv on December 21, found.
Study: South African Omicron Patients 80 Percent Less Likely to Be Hospitalized
"Assemblyman Nick Perry freaked out and rescinded his bill after a National Pulse report exposed his authoritarian bill to indefinitely detain people suspected of having a contagious disease."
SCALP: NY's "Indefinite Detention" Lawmaker Rescinds Authoritarian Bill After National Pulse Expose
"Bio-security police state to become a permanent fixture."
Australia's Chief Pharmacist Says Public Needs to Accept Boosters & Mask Mandates For "Many Years" to Come
"The admission from Dr. Richard Horton came during a grilling from British Members of Parliament on the Science and Technology Select Committee. The stark revelation confirms a lot of early-National Pulse reportage on Daszak, the Wuhan lab, and the interconnected nature of the [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic outbreak."
Lancet Editor Admits Peter Daszak Has "Significant, Regrettable" Conflicts Of Interest
"America has two paths before it -- the path of fear and neuroses versus the path of courage and mental health -- a choice it must make sooner rather than later."
"Pandemania" and the Psychology of Fear
"Keep coomplying."
Paul Joseph Watson Video: What Have They Done to Us?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The pathetic, transparently obvious propaganda is utterly laughable, would it not be for the suffering of millions of us.
Commerce Sec. Raimondo Sez Biden Has Overseen Greatest Economic Resurgence -- "Greater than Any Other President"
"Biden's plan would have exacerbated America's inflation crisis with gargantuan new spending programs and extended pandemic-era tax credits."
Joe Manchin Just Defused Build Back Bankrupt's Catastrophic Inflation Bomb
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The jury's decision comes after roughly 27 hours of deliberation. Deliberation began on Monday after closing arguments from the prosecution and Potter's defense team. Potter's sentencing is scheduled for February 18. The first degree charge carries a potential sentence of up to 15 years. Second degree carries a maximum sentence of 10 years."
Ex-Police Officer Kim Potter Found Guilty in Death of Daunte Wright
"People are celebrating in downtown Minneapolis."
Celebrations Over Kim Potter Convictions: "We Gon' Let That Bitch Rot in Hell"
"Naturally, as woke Minneapolis figured out during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for Floyd's death, job description and skin color have more to do with a jury's decision than the actual facts of the case."
Minneapolis Area Cops May Want to 'Send Out Their Resumes' After Kim Potter Verdict
"There is a growing outrage in Baltimore. People are realizing that the lawlessness, violence and the war on cops that has overwhelmed every major Democrat-run city is no accident. The out-of-control crime and chaos is the result of an organized assault on the police and subversion of the rule of law through pro-criminal, anti-victim/anti-police policies of radical prosecutors. And Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is one of their shining stars."
Marilyn Mosby Has Brought the War on Cops to Baltimore
"Prosecutors in Nassau County, New York will not bring charges against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual misconduct allegations that came out of the state attorney general's investigation."
Angel of Death Cuomo Skates; Won't Be Charged in Nassau County Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
"Hiring more cops won't just reduce crime; done right, it can also improve the quality of policing."
Stretched Thin
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Nobody wants this crap."
DeSantis Champions Bill Allowing Parents, Employees to Sue Over CRT Harm
Music to my ears.
Shrill, Shrieking, Shrewish Teacher's Union President Randi Weingarten Says Anti-CRT Advocates' Efforts Spell "The Demise of Public Schools"
"The school said teachers should respect the girls' preferred pronouns."
Elite Boston Girls School Discourages Calling Girls "Girls"
"We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments."
Joe Biden Caves to the Squad and Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Lloyd Billingsley: "CA police officer, a legal immigrant from Fiji, was gunned down by a criminal illegal."
Remember Ronil "Ron" Singh
"Every county is a border county."
Suspected Illegal Alien With Alleged Mexican Cartel Ties Arrested In Culpeper, Virginia
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
"The only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster. I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster."
"Whatever It Takes:" Biden Says Without Hesitation He'd Axe the Filibuster to Pass Democrats' Voting Overhaul
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Members of Congress have made fortunes selling out the American people."
Insider Trading and Congress, a Love Story
"Any other organization would be subject to intense scrutiny over such a clear conflict of interest."
See a Problem? Bloomberg-Funded Research Finds Bloomberg-Funded Soda Tax Is Successful
POLITICS
"Biden's Christmas message is the most ahistorical and antagonistic message of its kind, for it is without charity or kindness."
With Malice Toward All
"Broadly speaking, the trend of relocating based on ideology signals two diametrically opposed visions of America. . . It is not clear that any compromise can reconcile these two visions, short of a radical return to the federal powers enumerated in the Constitution and an expansion of the Tenth Amendment powers reserved to the states."
The Balkanization of America Continues and Deep Blue States Are Losing the Argument as 2022 Nears
"The lawsuit alleges that the map, passed along party lines by the Democrat supermajority in the General Assembly, violates the Maryland state constitution and Declaration of Rights. State Democrat lawmakers approved a map over Republican objections that solidifies Democratic control of seven of the state's eight Congressional districts, and makes the single Republican district more competitive."
Maryland Democrats Sued Over "Extreme" Gerrymandering Of 2022 Congressional Maps
Translation: Dems fear Florida Republican will win his next election in a landslide.
Florida Republican Under Fire from HOA for "Lets' Go Brandon" Christmas Lights
". . . the coming mass resignations of Biden White House staffers appear to be driven by other factors."
Gloom Sets In at the White House as Aides Head for the Exits
"Hint: Championing illegals isn't the magic charm they thought it was."
Why the Democrats Are Losing Latino Support
"This is just the tip of the Bolshevik iceberg . . . have a MERRY CHRISTMAS. It will make them angry! They can't stop us from enjoying Christmas, though I have a feeling they will try." Santa's List of Naughty Commie Scumbags Who Dare to Call Themselves Americans
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Gutfeld slammed CNN, specifically anchor John Berman, for unfairly framing Watters' language to viewers and seemingly intentionally not airing the clip of Watters so viewers could see for themselves."
Gutfeld Defends Jesse Watters, Torches CNN: Watters 'Could Sue the Shit Out of CNN" if He Was a Private Citizen
"The gentle campaign against [Chinese] COVID guilt won't stick around forever, just long enough to calm the anxiety of the people who keep practicing the [Chinese] COVID-19 panic religion."
Media Says No Shame In Breakthrough Chinese COVID After Guilting the Unvaxxed For Months
"Despite the propaganda, cases like Potter and Wright are not the norm. And tragic mistakes cannot be a justification for making America unsafe. The protesters and pundits light the match with satisfaction -- they are not the ones affected when everything burns."
Leftist Media's Social Arson on Kim Potter
Daniel Greenfield: ". . . While its boss was spreading Chinese disinformation."
WaPo Accused Conservatives of Russian Disinformation
ABORTION
"The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List sponsored a poll in February 2019 that found 77 percent of Americans support legislation that would ensure babies who survive abortion would be administered the same medical treatment as would any infant born prematurely at the same age."
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Signs "Born Alive" Pro-Life Bill
"Agency relies on data submitted by drug's distributors."
FDA Used Incomplete Data To Justify Deregulation of Chemical Abortion Pills, Studies Show
"He freaks out over [Chinese] COVID while his FDA approves abortion pills by mail."
Biden's Perverse Conception of Risk
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Communist officials ordered Xi'an -- a city known for its pre-modern Christian heritage -- into lockdown just two days before Christmas. While Xi'an's modern-day population counts Christians as a minority, the historic metropolis attracted the first recorded Christian missionary to China in the 7th century due to its location along the ancient Silk Road uniting Eastern and Western merchants."
China Locks Down 13 Million in Xi'an, Key Ancient Christian Site
"The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated. Known as the 'Pillar of Shame,' the statue was a key symbol of the wide-ranging freedoms promised to Hong Kong at its 1997 return to Chinese rule, which differentiated the global financial hub from the rest of China."
Citing "Safety" Concerns, China Tears Down Statue Commemorating Tiananmen Massacre Victims
"America can't, and shouldn't, get involved in a war with China unless its own territory or core interest is at stake."
Additional Thoughts on Taiwan
"The Great Replacement and the Great Distraction."
As Communism Spreads, Europeans Are On Guard Against Nazis
"Europe has bought Russia's military."
Europe's "Green Energy" Enables Putin's War Machine
"The moral struggle continues."
The Soviet Union, Thirty Years Later
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
" . . . But only one of these fundamentally different beliefs about Jesus can be true."
CAIR: Love for Jesus Unites Christians and Muslims at Christmas Time
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Capitalism in space? Almost immediately after the FAA last week issued a launch license for the proposed commercial spaceport in Camden, Georgia, a judge in the state courts issued an injunction blocking it."
Local Judge Blocks Camden Spaceport
"This is America today, no longer free. Rather than you making the decision freely, as an American citizen, un-elected federal government officials now decide whether you can do anything, or not."
FAA's Approval of SpaceX's Starship Operations Delayed at Least a Month
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Professor Allyn Walker's advocacy for 'destigmatizing' pedophilia is simply crazy."
Terrifying Nonsense
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Masks are like the Democrats' MAGA hat."
Joe Rogan Reacts to News That Masks Are an Environmental Hazard
"Christ, the Reason for this Season, is also the Logos, the Word, or the Reason of God. The antithesis of Logos is chaos. The spirit of fear is intrinsically irrational, unsound."
Christ, Chinese COVID, and the Spirit of Fear
HITHER & YON
"Davyon Johnson, 11, performed the Heimlich on a choking classmate."
Oklahoma Boy Saves Woman From House Fire on Same Day He Saved a Classmate
"Neo is back, but the energy, chaos and iconic moments are buried in the past."
Matrix Resurrections Can't Even Top Lackluster Loaded, Revolutions
"Didion was one of the country's most trenchant writers and astute observers. Her best-selling works of fiction, commentary, and memoir have received numerous honors and are considered modern classics," Didion's publisher Penguin Random House said in a statement on Wednesday.
Beloved American Writer Joan Didion Passes Away at 87
FINALLY . . .
A prayer that all of us should take to heart right here and right now.
Patton, Dec. 1944: "Most Merciful Father . . . Grant Us Fair Weather for Battle" to Crush Our Enemies

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1 Christmas Eve Gift

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 07:37 AM (yrol0)

2 Morning peeps. Santa's coming to town...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2021 07:38 AM (BFigT)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 24, 2021 07:38 AM (fKl5L)

4 Good morning and Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! Short shift at work today then going home. Off to the mother-in-law's place tomorrow for a few hours and that handles the socializing part of my weekend.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas. May we continue posting here and enjoying life even as the world gets interesting.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 24, 2021 07:39 AM (4olE8)

5 Our exhaustive investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law

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Then it wasn't exhaustive.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - just patriotic enough to do what the gov says, but not enough for a free country. at December 24, 2021 07:39 AM (XSoJN)

6 - The Vaccines Work.
- Biomedical concentration camps are reasonable.
- Implantable Vaccine Passports are necessary.
- Everyone should comply with vaxx mandates, if not for yourselves, do it for the children.

- Denying people medical treatment based on vaxx status is compassionate and comports with the Hippocratic Oath.

- War is peace.
- Freedom is slavery.
- Rush is the greatest band of all time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:39 AM (v+ImO)

7 Good morning morons and thanks JJ

Merry Christmas to all the morons

My HIV status is private you h8ers!, he shrieked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2021 07:41 AM (EZebt)

8
*sits in armchair*
*Moronspreads*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2021 07:41 AM (/U27+)

9 Mornin' and Merry Christmas, all! Ever the procrastinator, I still have wrapping to do and it all will not get done. Giving gifts is not at all my love language.

Thanks for the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 24, 2021 07:42 AM (ZSsrh)

10
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2021 07:42 AM (DUIap)

11 Never thought I would see the day when I agreed with something the WHO said, but here we are, we both agree that boosters will only prolong this mess.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2021 07:43 AM (bVYXr)

12 "Bio-security police state to become a permanent fixture."
Australia's Chief Pharmacist Says Public Needs to Accept Boosters & Mask Mandates For "Many Years" to Come

Like the unsung consultants that had their day in the sun with the Y2K scare twenty years ago, this is pharmacy's day in the spotlight. They will not give up this opportunity any time soon.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2021 07:43 AM (mdjgu)

13 Wow, this is an outstanding observation from the
"The point is to reduce car ownership."
The Hidden Agenda Behind Biden's Insane Gas Mileage Requirements
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"Non-electric cars will get progressively weaker (note the trend toward micro-sized engines, even in $50k-plus luxury cars) while becoming more expensive and complex (hybrid drivetrains, nine-ten speed transmissions, multiple turbos applied to smaller, and smaller engines, rendering them less and less likely to last much longer than the warranty coverage) and so less desirable.

Kind of like electric cars would be... in a free market."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - just patriotic enough to do what the gov says, but not enough for a free country. at December 24, 2021 07:44 AM (XSoJN)

14 - Paper masks can stop the transmission and spread of respiratory viruses in a population of 7 billion people.

- Social distancing is based on science.

- Asymptomatic testing is advisable.

- Lockdowns are prudent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:44 AM (v+ImO)

15 And it is interesting that no one I know who had OG COVID and never consented to the jab has had OMGicron to the extent that they would notice. Funny how that immune system can often take care of things like this. Note: I lost a good friend to COVID this past summer and am NOT saying this can't be serious, Shirley.

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 24, 2021 07:44 AM (ZSsrh)

16 Washington University of St. Louis Medical School has a study out (Epoch Times report) saying covid resistance is for life, once you have the disease and recover from it. Personally I think there are caveats, because I know people who have twice been sick with covid, but it still encouraging to read.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 07:44 AM (XdH0i)

17 Merry Christmas Eve to all my dear hordelings! I'll be scarce today due to festivities and shenanigans, so have a happy happy.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 24, 2021 07:44 AM (45fpk)

18 Apologies for going O/T so soon, but had to relate this: Trouble sleeping again, so was doing on old online Crossword Puzzle by Merle Reagle.

Clue was "Walden Two Novelist" and answer (since beginning with "BF") was obviously BF Skinner. Thought it sounded familiar, and in reading a summary -- do in fact recall having read that back in Jr. High or High School.

Wow, it's like we're living that soulless, commie ~~utopia~~ hell right now -- especially with what's being done to our children! He was prescient (dare I say one of the leading "influencers" of the 20th century?), but not in the ironic and cautionary tale way of Orwell.

Walden 2: Behavioral Engineering Boogaloo

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 24, 2021 07:45 AM (oXIiU)

19 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 07:45 AM (arJlL)

20 "Masks are like the Democrats' MAGA hat."
Joe Rogan Reacts To News That Masks Are An Environmental Hazard

And nothing screams, 'Biden Voter' more than wearing your mask outdoors. Or in your car.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2021 07:45 AM (mdjgu)

21 Merry Christmas no-cuss Catherine !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 07:45 AM (arJlL)

22 - Ivermectin is a horse dewormer.

- The pharmaceutical companies only have mankind's best interest at heart.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:46 AM (v+ImO)

23 I was going to try to be positive today.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 07:46 AM (Tnijr)

24 saying covid resistance is for life, once you have the disease and recover from it. Personally I think there are caveats, because I know people who have twice been sick with covid, but it still encouraging to read.

**

I think the trick is to not mix up immunity and resistance.

Remember, 80% of the population had natural resistance to COVID at the beginning of 2020. It's only gotten better.

We had herd immunity before any of this bullsh*t started. It's why it mostly only killed off 80+ year olds with multiple comorbidities.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - just patriotic enough to do what the gov says, but not enough for a free country. at December 24, 2021 07:47 AM (XSoJN)

25 Merry Christmas Eve you filthy animals!

Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 07:47 AM (mD/uy)

26 I hope Davyon Johnson has a fantastic Christmas and 2022. Saving two people in one day shows a tremendous presence of mind and willingness to act. He deserves to maybe take a few days off to celebrate!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 07:48 AM (XdH0i)

27 @23

>> I was going to try to be positive today.

Everyday above ground is a good day.

After that, everything is sketchy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:48 AM (v+ImO)

28 Merry Christmas, JT!

And Huck Follywood (copy and paste won't work currently on my iPad), I also have one friend that believes she has had the 'vid twice. She never tested either time since she did not require medical care beyond what she could get at home; so she can't be sure. But I have been thoroughly exposed a dozen times since recovering in Feb 2020; so these folks pushing a jab for something I have already survived just fine can put it where the sun don't shine.

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 24, 2021 07:48 AM (ZSsrh)

29 ... it is almost axiomatic that Democrats do not throw each other in jail.

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"Sure they do! Oh, wait, scratch that ..." -- Zombie Jeffrey Epstein, Who Really Can Tell You, Didn't Kill Himself

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 24, 2021 07:48 AM (oXIiU)

30 I suspect that, just like any other cold virus, you can get a cold again, but your body has developed means to fight it.

Don't lose sight of the fact that the COVID is a type of cold virus.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - just patriotic enough to do what the gov says, but not enough for a free country. at December 24, 2021 07:49 AM (XSoJN)

31 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 24, 2021 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

32 "America has two paths before it -- the path of fear and neuroses versus the path of courage and mental health a choice it must make sooner rather than later."

--

At this point, it really comes down to the courts. If mandates are upheld, we will live a dystopian nightmare of unending panic, and become total pawns for totalitarians. If the mandates are shot down, we'll slowly regain our senses as it falls by the wayside. Leaving our bodies' autonomy to this court fills me with dread.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 24, 2021 07:50 AM (sVtYq)

33 Wouldn't "Fredo the Elder" be Sonny?

Posted by: Secret Square at December 24, 2021 07:51 AM (9WuX0)

34 Out of all those links, the only good thing I see is the faintest hint of sanity from Manchin, and of course DeSantis' actions. As Clark Griswold would say about the rest..."we're at the threshold of hell."

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 24, 2021 07:52 AM (sVtYq)

35 From JJ's American Greatness link:

"This Christmas, let us pray that God continues to hold us steady in the midst of this sea of irrational fear that surrounds us. Let us pray that those who have become possessed by the spirit of fear may see the error of their ways, repent of their actions, and become free.

And let us pray as well that God may visit his justice upon the powerful who have corrupted and harmed untold numbers of human beings around the planet.

Let us pray that the truth about this ugly episode in our history may finally be revealed."

AMEN

Posted by: grammie winger at December 24, 2021 07:52 AM (45fpk)

36 Just so we have a PDF version of the source document for the coming New World (if WEF has anything to say about it) - The Global Reset, by Klaus Schwab

https://is.gd/Zny9Kl

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 24, 2021 07:53 AM (mdjgu)

37 Trying to leave grocery store, some items missing I looked for

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 24, 2021 07:53 AM (eOTU1)

38 "Masks are like the Democrats' MAGA hat."
Joe Rogan Reacts To News That Masks Are An Environmental Hazard

I attended a HS reunion party last night at a restaurant one of my classmates owns - lots of hugs and kisses as we haven't seen each other for a time, in some cases for years. No masks at all and none of that other BS. It was like old times - except for the bad knees and grey hair.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 07:53 AM (mD/uy)

39 23 I was going to try to be positive today.
Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 07:46 AM (Tnijr)
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I'll have whatever you're having.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2021 07:54 AM (EZebt)

40 @30

>>Don't lose sight of the fact that the COVID is a type of cold virus.

That's pretty much how you can tell it was more than likely man-made.

The initial virus had the transmissibity profile of a CLI but the virulence of and ILI.

As it's circulated through populations, it's tended towards greater transmisiblity and less virulence.

But this is all new, we're at year one of our understanding of viruses and how this all works.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:54 AM (v+ImO)

41
At this point, it really comes down to the courts. If mandates are upheld, we will live a dystopian nightmare of unending panic, and become total pawns for totalitarians

__________

"Pandemic now, pandemic tomorrow, pandemic forever!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2021 07:54 AM (/U27+)

42 Have y'all seen all of the news articles about how most people can't tell if they've got a slight cold or the Omicron?

And it's reported like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 24, 2021 07:55 AM (tzk3Q)

43

NORAD Santa Tracker is up. Fat bastard already dropping presents in far east Russia.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 24, 2021 07:55 AM (VGwtw)

44 Thank you, JJ.
45/47
FJB
Let's Go Brandon.

Posted by: (jV+aN) President Orange Man Bad (Rheees Be Upon Him) at December 24, 2021 07:55 AM (jV+aN)

45 Mayor Wu:

the message was clear that we dont belong here in their eyes, and shouldnt be trying to take away something that they perceive they have and are losing.

You mean something like Freedom.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 07:56 AM (yrol0)

46 @43

>>NORAD Santa Tracker is up. Fat bastard already dropping presents in far east Russia.

Doesn't Santa know that Russia is mankinds greatest enemy?

That can only mean one thing....

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:56 AM (v+ImO)

47 Shorter Michael Anton article saying "America Shouldn't Get Involved In A War With China": Don't fight a war you cannot win. Our rusting, woke military will lose against China and that's worse than not fighting at all.

Japan has already said it will go to war to protect Taiwan, or at least Abe strongly implied that, as Taiwan is physically close to Japan and also the technological source of many core pieces of the internet. So America will most likely not have this choice Anton hopes for, and if the CCP invades Taiwan, a war with China will come whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 07:57 AM (XdH0i)

48 "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill towards men. "

Luke 2:14

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 07:57 AM (L9/32)

49 TGIF!

>>"Our exhaustive investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law,"

It's a Christmas ~~miracle~~ cover-up!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 07:57 AM (URNdm)

50 43

NORAD Santa Tracker is up. Fat bastard already dropping presents in far east Russia.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 24, 2021 07:55 AM (VGwtw)

"Watch it, boy. I resemble that remark."

- - Major Kong, yeeehah!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 07:57 AM (E+hGB)

51 The courts that ignored the lack of a severability clause in Obamacare and then decided that Pennsylvania was totes fine with what they were doing with their election because Pennsylvania said they were going to do it anyway?

I've got bad news for y'all.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 24, 2021 07:58 AM (tzk3Q)

52 Good morning and merry Christmas Eve! Poor daughter has to work a full day today so I'll have to help make the side dishes she was going to do. Bought a ham and will have mac and cheese and other goodies.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 24, 2021 07:58 AM (nxdel)

53 Posted by: grammie winger at December 24, 2021 07:52 AM (45fpk)

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Amen to that, grammie. I pray that very thing nearly every morning, except I extend it out way past the nightmarish scenes relating to this Chinese virus and its adaptations. I apply it to every single thing the Democrat Left is pushing on America. The division, the pure hatred, the evil pitting of citizen against citizen, the tranny agenda, the debauchery foisted on our kids, the deceit, the lying, everything. I pray people wake up before it's too late. And I pray that those who are responsible pay dearly for what they're consciously doing to humanity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 24, 2021 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

54 @47

>>Don't fight a war you cannot win. Our rusting, woke military will lose against China and that's worse than not fighting at all.

There's also the fact that a not insubstantial part of the electrical and material components that feed America's War machine are manufactured by the Chinese.

So that might put a wrinkle in our fight against Joey CCP's buddies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 07:59 AM (v+ImO)

55 No country can boost its way out of the pandemic.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 07:59 AM (yrol0)

56 Always remember that a tyrant is simply a frustrated idealist who believes the greater good is what he says it is.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 07:59 AM (L9/32)

57 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:01 AM (DU+/6)

58 56 Always remember that a tyrant is simply a frustrated idealist who believes the greater good is what he says it is.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 07:59 AM (L9/32)

CSL

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:01 AM (yrol0)

59 If every business that is required to check "zee papers, bitte," refused to comply, this insanity would end in an un-Johnson & Johnson-blood-clotted heartbeat.

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I cannot believe that, since this insanity of the Branch Covidians began, not a single true and persuasive leader has emerged worldwide -- let alone here in the former USA -- to galvanize what would clearly be the vast majority of people, and unite the clans in peaceful (or violent if necessary) non-compliance against this nightmare.

Where is Trump? Where is Gandhi? Where is MLK, Jr.? Where is Lech Walesa? Where is John Galt? Where is William Wallace? At this point, I'd settle for Where is KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN?

NON-COOPERATION WITH ANYTHING THAT DIMINISHES HUMAN DIGNITY!!! I wish I were an articulate, persuasive, billionaire ... I would have put an end to this shit months, if not years, ago.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 24, 2021 08:01 AM (oXIiU)

60 Thank you, J.J. Good intel.

Are you back in NY, NY?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 24, 2021 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

61 Good reminder - don't let the despair get you:
https://tinyurl.com/2e5benx7

One thing I worry about on the right A LOT is the defeatism.

A trap 2 many of us fall into is to surrender to despair from sheer extent of Lib's mindless barbarism. . . and the pathetic cringing apologetics of certain people who are supposed to be on our side.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:01 AM (URNdm)

62 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

BOO ! (think that did it ?)

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:02 AM (arJlL)

63 What to do with the FBI?

Abolish it.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 24, 2021 08:02 AM (R/m4+)

64 Which reminds me, need to update my nic on this device.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at December 24, 2021 08:02 AM (oXIiU)

65 Bought a ham and will have mac and cheese and other goodies.
Posted by: Jewells45

'Morning Jewells45 - sounds good! We have our big meal tonight. So, I have the roast coming to room temp now, preparing to make the mashed potatoes (lumpy please since that's how Grammie made them), pepperoni bread, clam chowder, and deviled (ironic at Christmas!) eggs. Lots of cookies, sweets and other gainzzzzz producing items.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 08:02 AM (mD/uy)

66 Merry Christmas! It's supposed to snow today and tomorrow here.

Posted by: Eisenhorn at December 24, 2021 08:02 AM (IScnd)

67 Merry Christmas JJ and thanks for ALL you do !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (arJlL)

68 Even if Cuomo is charged in another part of the Empire State for slamming his greasy salsicce at some underling or reporterette devotchka, he will never be called to account (at least in this life) for the mass-murder of at least 15,000 elderly nursing home residents by exposing them to the Chinese virus. Ditto for the other Democrat governors in the region. They should all burn in hell for that.
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This appears to be the playbook and normal sequence of events.
1. Get caught in a major crime.
2. Get accused of a lesser crime
3. Take some form of minor formal or informal punishment
4. Have the lesser crime dropped or decision reversed

In Cuomo's case, he was caught slaughtering the elderly, was accused of sexual misconduct, was made to resign, and then the investigation ended without further action. This perfectly mirrors Clinesmith. He got caught in the coup attempt, was prosecuted for doctoring one E-Mail, got a slap on the wrist, then had the decision reversed and his punishment completely undone.

This is the model, I think. And it's revolting.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (DU+/6)

69 New York Delenda Est

People, corporations and capital are fleeing so fast they're tripping over each other. No sane person would stay for this disaster.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (L9/32)

70 Merry Christmas Tonypete to you and yourn !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (arJlL)

71 @59

>>I cannot believe that, since this insanity of the Branch Covidians began, not a single true and persuasive leader has emerged worldwide

I think DeSantis is doing as well in that regard as can be expected.

But much like Trump faced, DeSantis has to push back against The Uniparty/Globalists/WEF and Party of Davos crowd, pretty much all by himself.

Tall order for any single person.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (v+ImO)

72 >>Good morning and merry Christmas Eve! Poor daughter has to work a full day today so I'll have to help make the side dishes she was going to do. Bought a ham and will have mac and cheese and other goodies.

So. . . what time should we arrive?

I have to get up and make cookies and coffee cake for tomorrow. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:04 AM (URNdm)

73 So college football playoff and national championship games will be canceled because of COVID, but the exact same folks have determined that the little bowl games played by teams like Tulsa School for the Blind vs Eastern Kentucky Kentucky will be rescheduled if they get covid.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 24, 2021 08:04 AM (tzk3Q)

74 And it's reported like it's a bad thing.

It is a bad thing for them.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 24, 2021 08:04 AM (nxdel)

75 Merry Christmas, Hordelings!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (DU+/6)

76 >>This appears to be the playbook and normal sequence of events.
1. Get caught in a major crime.
2. Get accused of a lesser crime
3. Take some form of minor formal or informal punishment
4. Have the lesser crime dropped or decision reversed

Bingo.
"Accountability Theater"

(or. . . The Aristocrats!?"

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (URNdm)

77 Love the PJMedia link entitled "Santa's List Of Commie Scumbags"! Thank you JJ.

The FBI is ... on it! As they deserve to be. So is the Wicked Witch of Michigan and plenty of other serving commie scumbags.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (XdH0i)

78 Thank you JT - same to you!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (mD/uy)

79 #5 Joe Mannix is get gig at lefty organization and maybe even CNN.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (Tnijr)

80 Raimondo returned to Rhode Island in 2000 to co-found the state's first venture capital firm, Point Judith Capital. Point Judith subsequently relocated its offices to Boston, Massachusetts. At Point Judith, Raimondo served as a general partner covering health care investments; she retains some executive duties with the firm.

WTF
Gina is getting paid to be commerce secretary and from he old firm that does health care investments.

This is a big old FUCK YOU CITIZEN we will inside trade and do backroom deals!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (yrol0)

81 Merry Christmas Mannix !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:05 AM (arJlL)

82 Well, chores await. Have a great day, everyone.

Freedom starts from within. I am not complying with insanity. And may you have that wiggle room as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 24, 2021 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

83 >>We have our big meal tonight. So, I have the roast coming to room temp now, preparing to make the mashed potatoes (lumpy please since that's how Grammie made them), pepperoni bread, clam chowder, and deviled (ironic at Christmas!) eggs. Lots of cookies, sweets and other gainzzzzz producing items.

We're doing cheese fondue tonight, a family tradition.
Also going easy because my mom just got a hemi hip replacement.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:07 AM (URNdm)

84 This is the model, I think. And it's revolting.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:03 AM (DU+/6)
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I think of it as Party discipline. Good soldiers do their time and get taken care of.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2021 08:07 AM (EZebt)

85 Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten Says Anti-CRT Advocates Efforts Spell The Demise Of Public Schools

When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:09 AM (yrol0)

86 My Christmas wish is more coffee. King Harv is on notice.

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2021 08:09 AM (88xKn)

87
I'm concerned about how asymptomatic I feel today. Went to the grocery store yesterday that was teeming with asymptomatic people.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:09 AM (dQvv7)

88 Texas A&M backs out of Gator Bowl after Covid outbreak

PURE STUPIDITY

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:10 AM (yrol0)

89 Good morning dear Hordelings, and happy Christmas Eve. Don't let what's going on in the world overwhelm you in this beautiful season. If you need to step back, step back.

I'm sitting here with my son (who needs a haircut, but that's okay) listening to lovely Christmas music and drinking coffee and thinking about the presents I need to wrap today. Tonight we will have a prime rib dinner and then go to "midnight" Mass (which thankfully is at 10 pm). Tomorrow we will open our gifts and celebrate the birth of our Savior.

There is comfort in doing the things that have become tradition for us, and above all, there is comfort in knowing that the precious baby whose birth we are celebrating gave everything for us, that we may be happy with Him in the next world.

Wishing all of you peace, joy, love, and God's blessings this Christmas and all through the new year.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (wyw4S)

90 Walker refers to the book's subjects as "minor-attracted people," or MAPs, to avoid not only the semantic muddle but also the stigma associated with "pedophile" and similar terms. (One of Walker's subjects calls MAP a "euphemism," a more forthright way of putting it.)
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I am always fascinated when cause and effect get so conflated by agenda-driven academics. "Pedophile" doesn't carry a stigma because the word is bad or scary, it carries a stigma because it is abhorrent. If one never acts on it, one need never be tarred with that brush regardless of where his preferences lie. That's an odd superpositional state that is likely irrelevant. The word is applied to those who act, and those who act are rightly hated and punished by civilized people.

The word is not the problem. If they create some new word - like MAP - for the condition, it will not result in destigmatization. The new word will be uttered as a cruse and accompanied by spit just like the old word was. The stigma isn't the word's fault, the stigma is because the act is so awful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (DU+/6)

91 Is it worth it? Is it better to live on your knees than to die on your feet for freedom? Only you can answer that question.

___

Ultimately, yes, but as JJ said, the loss of friends, family, livelihood, and maybe your life is what those of us face who refuse to take a knee to evil.

Not going to lie, this Christmas Eve, with just the hub and I, no family or no friends nearby, it's hard.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (EuFDw)

92 [From the first link -- Swedes implanting microchip passports:] "Right now it is very convenient to have a COVID passport always accessible on your implant," its chief disruption officer, Hannes Sjoblad, told the interviewer.

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WTAF? That's so non-Orwellian it's Orwellian ...

BREAKING: Biden To Appoint George Soros as New Chief Disruption Officer. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (oXIiU)

93 Trump is right and Owens is wrong. Like everything else with COVID it needs context. People who are most vulnerable and have taken the vaccine still have better outcomes when infected. That would be among the population it was really meant to protect, not all the others being forced to take it or whom really don't need it. It was also meant to buy time for that population as we developed better therapeutics and other ways to fight the disease as it mutated to a less deadly virus. We can talk about people with adverse reactions, the waning immunity over time, etc. But the fact is the data currently shows (again for those most vulnerable) the vaccine has been effective. Not perfect, I know, I have a vaccinated friend who died earlier this week of COVID. But overall the outcomes for that specific group have been better with the vaccine.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (L9/32)

94 A friend who, until covid hit, owned a fantastic bakery made us one of her signature coffee cakes for Christmas morning. I hope it survives until then. I am watching it closely, just to make sure it is OK. I should probably make sure it isn't poisonous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:12 AM (XdH0i)

95 Merry Christmas, JT!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:13 AM (DU+/6)

96 Making the scungilli at 0800. Lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2021 08:14 AM (L9/32)

97 I love Trump, but he's wrong.

Trump Pushes Back When Candace Owens Doubts the Vaccine: "People Aren't Dying When They Take" It

I don't love politicians. And outside of their family and friends, I don't think anyone should. Politicians are nothing but a necessary evil. They shouldn't be treated as celebrities or rock stars. They are supposed to be public servants, employees of We, the People.

And yes, he's 100% wrong. And he's lost my support. If he is pushing this nonsense in the face of all facts, I can't trust him ever again. And I don't support or vote for people I cannot trust. To be on the wrong side of the very issue that the WEF is using to usher in The Great Reset and tyranny in every Western nation in the world... unforgivable.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:14 AM (Do5/p)

98
Don't leave your coffee cake out in the rain, because your friend may never have the recipe again

Posted by: Richard Harris at December 24, 2021 08:14 AM (dQvv7)

99 Not going to lie, this Christmas Eve, with just the hub and I, no family or no friends nearby, it's hard.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:11 AM (EuFDw)
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Keep your eye on the prize, dear lady, and I know you know what that is. As for the absent family and friends, pick up the phone and tell them you love them. One of my daughters has Covid and can't be with us, and we will be celebrating with her via Microsoft Teams! There's always a way.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:15 AM (wyw4S)

100 Merry Christmas Bluebell !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:15 AM (arJlL)

101 >>>Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten Says Anti-CRT Advocates Efforts Spell The Demise Of Public Schools
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Of course, she means "the end of teachers unions".

Republicans have a huge opportunity next year: Run every state and local election on this one issue. The unions forced your kids out of school, causing untold damage to children in this country, and we should break the teachers union in response..

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:15 AM (XdH0i)

102 Texas A&M backs out of Gator Bowl after Covid outbreak

PURE STUPIDITY

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:10 AM

Hawai'i backed out of their own bowl game last night. The night before the bowl game was to be played today. So now it's cancelled. Memphis team was obviously already there in Hawai'i. Now they don't get to play.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:16 AM (Do5/p)

103 >>There is comfort in doing the things that have become tradition for us, and above all, there is comfort in knowing that the precious baby whose birth we are celebrating gave everything for us, that we may be happy with Him in the next world.

Wishing all of you peace, joy, love, and God's blessings this Christmas and all through the new year.

Well said, bluebell!
Wishing you and the rest of the horde a very Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:16 AM (URNdm)

104 Tomorrow, we will facetime with the elder daughter in Texas.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:17 AM (EuFDw)

105 Lovely post. Thank you and Merry Christmas blessings to you, Bluebell.

Christmas traditions do bring comfort and joy.

None for me and hubby this year as we are dangerous, meaning unvaccinated.

Posted by: Pony Tail at December 24, 2021 08:17 AM (tzZq2)

106 Morning Horde and and almost Merry Christmas. Eldest step kidlet is here with her significant other. The significant other is growing on me more and more. We discussed herd immunity yesterday which he is all for. These 2 are from CA and still progs with a bit of red pilling. The conversation about not hurting anyone's feelings, which seems to now be a law in CA was very enlightening. They were mocking it. And other kidlet's box after touring the US for 2 weeks was finally delivered to him yesterday.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM (2NHgQ)

107 None for me and hubby this year as we are dangerous, meaning unvaccinated.
Posted by: Pony Tail
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Know the feeling.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM (EuFDw)

108 Facetime? I hate that word for some reason.

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM (88xKn)

109 (as if they won't hound him to death? - jjs)

I think the same thing every time I see someone say Kyle should just back off and try to be normal: have you met Democrats? Kyle might as well stay on offense and claim his co-ownership of the media alongside Nick Sandmann.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM (jbPJz)

110 Media Says No Shame In Breakthrough Chinese COVID After Guilting the Unvaxxed For Months

Goes back Home:

https://tinyurl.com/yv97dme8

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM (yrol0)

111 Not going to lie, this Christmas Eve, with just the hub and I, no family or no friends nearby, it's hard.

Posted by: SMH

You guys are always welcome here - come and stay for a week or so! Camp followers, neer' do wells, card sharps, cheats, scoundrels, and fallen women are welcome as well.

It's as easy to cook for 50 as it is for 10, so might as well.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 08:19 AM (mD/uy)

112 You're sweet, Tonypete, but traveling eats up the money we don't have.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:20 AM (EuFDw)

113 If Facetime is that video phone call its stupid title but real neat, using it tomorrow for sure to talk to aunt and uncle in Alaska.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 08:20 AM (2JoB8)

114 At this very moment, my big balls are warping the space-time continuum in the Matrix, and I haven't even been red-pilled yet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 24, 2021 08:20 AM (r0ADi)

115 It was also meant to buy time for that population as we developed better therapeutics and other ways to fight the disease as it mutated to a less deadly virus.

There is no truth in that statement.

The compassionate doctors had already come up with early treatment protocols in April of 2020. There was HCQ, there is IVM, there is all of the stuff our mothers told us to do when we had a cold.

The Trump government went out of their way to make sure that people would die from lack of early treatment, suppression of protocols, destroying the lives of medical doctors who were trying to save others.

Cuomo has killed his ten thousands, but Trump has killed his hundred-thousands by foisting this Satanic brew on us, catastrophically destroying the economy, utterly destroying the medical community and all that we knew about dealing with viruses and ushering us into a Thousand Years of Darkness.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (+LCoQ)

116 Our children are all over the place, and our daughters both now have little babies, so no one is willing to travel all the way home. My wife was fixing to be heartbroken, because Christmas is her favorite time of year. We have lots of traditions here that we built. So we moved to Plan B, and are moving ourselves to a big rental house convenient in distance to our kids. They are coming to us, after all. Now we just have to find ourselves a church in our temporary "home" that can take us!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (XdH0i)

117 Weingarten's email emphasized the "anti-public education forces will continue to try to divide us" by "stirring up controversy," "lying about what we teach" and "exploiting the frustration everyone feels about the pandemic to try to pit parents and educators against each other."
"Plus, thankfully, we have a White House that is willing to work with us and support us--providing testing and ongoing guidance--rather than make our lives harder," Weingarten wrote.
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Odd. CCP mouthpieces said more or less the same thing about Biden's ... tractability. But that is somewhat beside the point. I love Weingarten's construction here. The teachers and their union *are* public education, so any question of the former is an attack against the latter. Any objection is a lie. Any disagreement is combat. Any pushback is merely real-life shitposting to "stir up controversy."

What a turbo-powered hyper scrunt. But in my case, at least, she is narrowly correct on one thing she said. I *am* opposed to public education. I don't think it can be fixed, and I don't think the system is worth saving even if it could be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (DU+/6)

118 The stigma isn't the word's fault, the stigma is because the act is so awful.

And in their eyes, society needs to change to accommodate their perversions instead of them not engaging in the perversion in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (4olE8)

119
Facetime? I hate that word for some reason.

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2021 08:18 AM

It is my insincere belief that 'Facetime' and 'Interface' are both code words for something naughty between consenting adults.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:22 AM (dQvv7)

120 Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (XdH0i)

Wow, talk about effort. Merry Christmas to your family.

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (88xKn)

121 You missed the biggest story of the week, JJ.

Using ostrich egg antibodies Japanese scientists develop a face mask that glows under UV light when it detects SARS-2 (COVID) virus in the wearer's breath.

Which makes me wonder- what kind of ostriches, African or European?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (m45I2)

122 Boker Tov Patriots

Well my Christmas Letter that I wrote for my Admiral went out to rave reviews. Of course anyone that knows him, knows he did not write it LOL.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

123 [From the first link -- Swedes implanting microchip passports:]

Since the first human-grade RFID implant was patented in 1997, followed by FDA approval in 2004, subdermal microchips have become just another device in a growing cyborg toolkit. Drawing on that cache, the Internet of Bodies paradigm has gained enormous traction among the medical establishment. At the extreme end, the concept of natural-born humanity is to be abolished.

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Not creepy ... at all.

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." -- Locutus of Borg, future permanent and immortal Dear Leader of China and all of its Dominion (formerly known as Earth)

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (oXIiU)

124 Tomorrow, we will facetime with the elder daughter in Texas.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:17 AM (EuFDw)
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Make it all morning long! Have her lean the phone against a book or something and you can be part of the action at your daughter's house. Bless you all!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (XdH0i)

125 Facetime? I hate that word for some reason.

Especially since government and the Karenwaffel are doing all in their power to cover and hide the face.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (+LCoQ)

126 104 Tomorrow, we will facetime with the elder daughter in Texas.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:17 AM (EuFDw)

"Pfft. I have sit on my FaceTime with mine!"

- - Joey SoftServe

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (E+hGB)

127 When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
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Any takers on a bet of what % of teachers' union members recognize the quote?

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (MIKMs)

128 So we moved to Plan B, and are moving ourselves to a big rental house convenient in distance to our kids. They are coming to us, after all. Now we just have to find ourselves a church in our temporary "home" that can take us!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM (XdH0i)
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That's a most excellent solution! I can definitely see my husband and I doing that when the time comes. If ours are more spread out then we will rotate who we haunt each year.

We intend to makes ourselves pains in the rear equally to all our children.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (wyw4S)

129 Rogan added, Masks are like the Democrats MAGA hat. You wear it to make people feel comfortable. I know is illogical, and Im fine wearing it if it relaxes people, and makes them feel better. But if people want to argue that they do something, it just doesnt make any sense man.

It doesnt make any sense.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (yrol0)

130 FYI here in northern NJ there is snow on the ground, maybe 1/2 inch or less but it is white

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (Irn0L)

131 It is my insincere belief that 'Facetime' and 'Interface' are both code words for something naughty between consenting adults.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:22 AM (dQvv7)
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I don't get that lol. "Face time" in my experience is primarily a business term. As in, "this client is unhappy and a phone call won't cut it. I need to put in some face time with him."

And interface is a hugely useful word in many contexts. Maybe it's my IT background, but the notion of "interfacing" with a woman doesn't fill me with randiness. If anything, it makes me think of having to talk to someone from HR, which has the opposite effect...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (DU+/6)

132 Well my Christmas Letter that I wrote for my Admiral went out to rave reviews. Of course anyone that knows him, knows he did not write it LOL.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (Irn0L)
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That's wonderful. You truly are a man for all seasons.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:25 AM (wyw4S)

133 {{SMH}}

That's fantastic Huck, what a fun Plan B!

Posted by: Pony Tail at December 24, 2021 08:25 AM (tzZq2)

134 121 You missed the biggest story of the week, JJ.
121 You missed the biggest story of the week, JJ.

Using ostrich egg antibodies Japanese scientists develop a face mask that glows under UV light when it detects SARS-2 (COVID) virus in the wearer's breath.

Which makes me wonder- what kind of ostriches, African or European?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (m45I2)

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That's a hard one to swallow.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at December 24, 2021 08:25 AM (oXIiU)

135 I cannot believe that, since this insanity of the Branch Covidians began, not a single true and persuasive leader has emerged worldwide -- let alone here in the former USA -- to galvanize what would clearly be the vast majority of people, and unite the clans in peaceful (or violent if necessary) non-compliance against this nightmare."

Culturally, we are in a crisis of leadership worldwide; I suspect it's because the ruling classes, having seized control of everything, have now turned in on themselves rather like the French Aristocracy, pre-revolution. They don't care if anyone follows them, because they think they can force every issue.

But that is also there greatest weakness, because someone *will* rise - leaders always do - and there will be no resistance to him. I can only hope it's someone on our side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2021 08:26 AM (evAgx)

136 My daughter in Texas is alone.

And my other daughter (with the g-babies) does not celebrate Christmas.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:26 AM (EuFDw)

137 "This Christmas, let us pray that God continues to hold us steady in the midst of this sea of irrational fear that surrounds us. Let us pray that those who have become possessed by the spirit of fear may see the error of their ways, repent of their actions, and become free.

And let us pray as well that God may visit his justice upon the powerful who have corrupted and harmed untold numbers of human beings around the planet.

Let us pray that the truth about this ugly episode in our history may finally be revealed."

God has already told us exactly what he will do. Read the Book of Revelation.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 24, 2021 08:26 AM (ZEHVO)

138 122 Boker Tov Patriots

Well my Christmas Letter that I wrote for my Admiral went out to rave reviews. Of course anyone that knows him, knows he did not write it LOL.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

Double rations of rum and only a little sodomy next year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:27 AM (yrol0)

139 Merry Christmas Captain !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2021 08:27 AM (arJlL)

140 Any takers on a bet of what % of teachers' union members recognize the quote?
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (MIKMs)

Less than 5%

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:27 AM (yrol0)

141 I just can't seem to kick this damned Omicron. I woke up asymptomatic again today now heading into my fifth straight week.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:27 AM (m45I2)

142 People wearing a mask makes me uncomfortable.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (Tnijr)

143 Today is an interesting confluence that happens every so often in interfaith households like where I grew up. Today is Christmas Eve and also Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. So this evening I will go to my parents' house for our Shabbat dinner, clean the kitchen, then take my dad to midnight Mass for Christmas.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (DU+/6)

144 The Trump government went out of their way to make sure that people would die from lack of early treatment, suppression of protocols, destroying the lives of medical doctors who were trying to save others.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM

Yep. Recall the CARES Act, which made it such that hospitals were incentivized with taxpayer money to lie about COVID data, to use ventilators, to only use Remdesivir for treatment and ban all other treatments. Trump just sat by and let that happen. Did nothing to fight the narrative that HCQ was "fish tank cleaner" or that Ivermectin was "horse paste". He had a bully pulpit and didn't use it. Didn't follow India's lead in handing out home treatment kits to citizens.

People rightly rip on the Biden Administration for all they've done, but give Trump a complete pass on all his failures regarding COVID which led us here in the first place. Extremely disappointing and discouraging. Not holding politicians accountable is a sign of support changing to cult following.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (Do5/p)

145 I just can't seem to kick this damned Omicron. I woke up asymptomatic again today now heading into my fifth straight week.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:27 AM (m45I2)
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Hang in there Muldoon. Maybe you'll get a sniffle for Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and the missus.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:29 AM (wyw4S)

146 121 You missed the biggest story of the week, JJ.

Using ostrich egg antibodies Japanese scientists develop a face mask that glows under UV light when it detects SARS-2 (COVID) virus in the wearer's breath.

Which makes me wonder- what kind of ostriches, African or European?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:23 AM (m45I2)

Hey Mul

Did you see the lady has a strip test for WhuFlu that worked that way back in March 2020. They would retail for 20 bux.
STILL NOT APPROVED

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:29 AM (yrol0)

147 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 24, 2021 08:29 AM (IUkbB)

148 Christmas Eve is tamale night in the tinfoil family, has been my whole life. The rest of the family all moved to Chicago in July, so I will be just me and my date Rosie Palm tonight.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 24, 2021 08:30 AM (QX4+f)

149 Think I'll go back to bed.

Laters, y'all.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His birth at December 24, 2021 08:30 AM (EuFDw)

150 {{SMH}} Merry Christmas dear.

Bluebell sounds like a wonderful day planned. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 24, 2021 08:31 AM (nxdel)

151 People wearing a mask makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (Tnijr)
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Me, too. I have tried to study my reaction and think I found the answer for me. I have lots of sensible, rational reasons for why I don't like masks, but those go right out the window and the reaction of abhorrence and aggressive dislike if not hatred is purely instinctual. The reasons came later. The reaction is uncontrollable. In my case, I find it happens only with a certain mass of people. If there are 20 people and one or two of them are masked, I don't care. If 15 or 18 are masked, it makes me want to scream and fight or run away.

I think it's the "uncanny valley" problem that robotics and animation faces. The effect is that they aren't real people - they're imposters, impersonators, counterfeit, ersatz people invading my society and trying to deceive me about their nature.

I dunno if it's right, but it's the explanation I've come up with.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

152
My old smartphone bricked and was going to be made obsolete by 3G going away so I got a new one from Consumer Cellular for all of $45.00 as a Christmas present to myself. They gave me a $35.00 credit off full price and I could have paid for it on the installment plan of $2.00 a month for 22 months, but I can only be so cheap, you know?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:32 AM (dQvv7)

153 We intend to makes ourselves pains in the rear equally to all our children.
Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:24 AM (wyw4S)
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A very worthy goal!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (XdH0i)

154 From JJ's first link:

"If military strategists, corporate elites, and government officials are all jumping off tall bridges, so should we."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (evAgx)

155 "The point is to reduce car ownership."

The point is to reduce all ownership. The point is to reduce all autonomy, individuality, aspiration, joy, humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (H8QX8)

156 Merry Christmas to you all! I'm praying for blessings abound for each and every one of you.
And thank you JJ for your hard work each and every day.

Posted by: Spypeach at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (cj82h)

157 We're doing cheese fondue tonight, a family tradition.
Also going easy because my mom just got a hemi hip replacement.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:07 AM (URNdm)

Love fondue (even though I can't have cheese fondue now) - this is our Valentine's dessert tradition with amaretto-infused dark chocolate with tons of fruit (and marshmallows and pretzels) for dipping...

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (exHjb)

158 So this evening I will go to my parents' house for our Shabbat dinner, clean the kitchen, then take my dad to midnight Mass for Christmas.
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I think I remember an old Mitch Miller rendition of 'Me Father, he was Orange and Me Mother, she was Green.'

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 24, 2021 08:34 AM (MIKMs)

159 I think it's the "uncanny valley" problem that robotics and animation faces. The effect is that they aren't real people - they're imposters, impersonators, counterfeit, ersatz people invading my society and trying to deceive me about their nature.

I dunno if it's right, but it's the explanation I've come up with.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

We should remember that for the past few centuries, wearing a mask out in public was the unmistakable sign of a Criminal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2021 08:34 AM (evAgx)

160 151 People wearing a mask makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (Tnijr)

Note to self - remember to not meet Horde members without warning them. PS - maybe wear the leukemia shirt, too...

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 08:34 AM (exHjb)

161 143 Today is an interesting confluence that happens every so often in interfaith households like where I grew up. Today is Christmas Eve and also Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. So this evening I will go to my parents' house for our Shabbat dinner, clean the kitchen, then take my dad to midnight Mass for Christmas.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (DU+/6)

Talk about double vaxxed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM (yrol0)

162 I spoke to an acquaintance I hadn't seen in a while the other night and her mask kept slipping below her nose while she was talking and she would yank it back up without missing a beat. I wanted to tell her she could take it off but I don't think she would have gone for that.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM (Tnijr)

163 So we moved to Plan B, and are moving ourselves to a big rental house convenient in distance to our kids. They are coming to us, after all. Now we just have to find ourselves a church in our temporary "home" that can take us!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:21 AM

With me in SE Michigan, my youngest brother stationed in Hawai'i and my middle brother still back in Chicago, my mom moved to retire in AZ. Not sure if that is convenient in distance to any of us. Not sure there is anywhere that would be a convenient distance for all of us. That said, we boys were all extremely glad she moved out of our southside Chicago home and to much safer area to retire.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM (Do5/p)

164 The point is to reduce all ownership. The point is to reduce all autonomy, individuality, aspiration, joy, humanity.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM (H8QX

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Yup. Ownership is independence, and independence is bad. If you own something, you set the terms. If I want to listen to an album and own the CD and a player, I can do that anytime I want regardless of what anyone else thinks. If I stream music someone else controls, they can decide what I can listen to and when.

That's a small and fairly trite example, of course, but the comparison applies at every level and in every context. To own nothing is to be beholden in everything.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM (DU+/6)

165 160 151 People wearing a mask makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (Tnijr)

Note to self - remember to not meet Horde members without warning them. PS - maybe wear the leukemia shirt, too...
Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 08:34 AM (exHjb)

Edit to add - This is why my spouse and kids are all getting funny leukemia shirts, too...

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 08:36 AM (exHjb)

166 SMH and Ex-ex, after the decorations are put away and all the Merry Christmases have been said, You both are the true gift that lasts forever.

Merry Christmas

Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2021 08:37 AM (3VhNN)

167 The point is to reduce all ownership. The point is to reduce all autonomy, individuality, aspiration, joy, humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 08:33 AM

You will own nothing and be happy.

Posted by: WEF elites at December 24, 2021 08:38 AM (Do5/p)

168 I think I remember an old Mitch Miller rendition of 'Me Father, he was Orange and Me Mother, she was Green.'

*****

Cute song. I know the Irish Rovers version. As a kid I had no clue what the significance of Orange and Green was.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:38 AM (m45I2)

169 On Christmas Day, Patton wrote in his journal that the day "dawned clear and cold; lovely weather for killing Germans, although the thought seemed somewhat at variance with the spirit of the day."

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:39 AM (yrol0)

170 Hurrah for Joe Mannix, a full service religious celebrator. Honor thy mother and thy father, brought to life.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:39 AM (XdH0i)

171

🎄🎁

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 08:39 AM (V13WU)

172 Fiona Apple - Please Come Home for Christmas:
https://youtu.be/ugZx2NizkVY?t=13

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (DU+/6)

173 143 Today is an interesting confluence that happens every so often in interfaith households like where I grew up. Today is Christmas Eve and also Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. So this evening I will go to my parents' house for our Shabbat dinner, clean the kitchen, then take my dad to midnight Mass for Christmas.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:28 AM (DU+/6)

Married to a shiksa goddess. Bad enough to endure endless Christmas tunes but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (E+hGB)

174 And last thing on masks...

Masks have never worked as well as their side wants - they can't...but they've never been as useless as our side wants, either.

Mask mandates - yes, useless, b/c any benefit they have in use is ruined by the lack of care in the use (and almost anti-care) and the type used to get past the mandates...

But, there's a reason kids (and now adults) with leukemia have worn masks for all time...it doesn't do a lot, but any help against illness spread is always a help for them. So, not all leukemia patients look sick - I don't - so, maybe a little grace this Christmas and for future ones for those of us who do have to wear masks indoors in viral spread winters...

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (exHjb)

175 I cannot believe that, since this insanity of the Branch Covidians began, not a single true and persuasive leader has emerged worldwide

I think there's a guy who fits this description...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (BFigT)

176 Just discovered my surprise yesterday, truck tail gate got clipped, wrecked corne. Going to need angle grinder to cut and clean it up..

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (2JoB8)

177 >>>"You will own nothing and be happy."
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Thank you Junta, we have considered your proposal and decided to adopt Gen. Patton's views instead.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (XdH0i)

178 That's a small and fairly trite example, of course, but the comparison applies at every level and in every context. To own nothing is to be beholden in everything.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM (DU+/6)

Like This:

https://accordingtohoyt.com/2021/12/20/lavish/

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM (yrol0)

179 Married to a shiksa goddess. Bad enough to endure endless Christmas tunes but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (E+hGB)
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Oh dear. Did he actually make a Christmas album? If so, I must posses it just for the oddity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

180 Yup. Ownership is independence, and independence is bad. If you own something, you set the terms.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:35 AM

Which is why the Left hates small businesses and small business owners. Owners set the terms of their businesses, whereas the Left, through government, can set the terms for all large businesses/corporations. Of course this is why the Left joyously has destroyed small businesses through the alphabet soup mafia movement (pizza places, wedding cake places, wedding photography places, etc) and the courts.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM (Do5/p)

181 179 Oh dear. Did he actually make a Christmas album? If so, I must posses it just for the oddity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

Actually listening to it right now on, of all things, an ancient hi-fi!

Ugh, and Merry Christmas!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (E+hGB)

182 Married to a shiksa goddess. Bad enough to endure endless Christmas tunes but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (E+hGB)

Wait till she breaks out Christmas with Slim Whitman.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (yrol0)

183 Bad enough to endure endless Christmas tunes but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:40 AM (E+hGB)

Would you rather hear ME singing them?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (Irn0L)

184
🦌 🛷🔔

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (V13WU)

185 "Merry Christmas to you all! I'm praying for blessings abounding for each and every one of you.
And thank you JJ for your hard work each and every day."

Spypeach, you said it better than I could have, so I'm stealing that !

Thank all of you for everything !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (IJMH4)

186 Happy Merry Everything.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (6pXMl)

187 "Bad enough to endure endless Christmas tunes but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.

Sounds like our Christmases at the grandparents house with Mama B's Slim Whitman tapes.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (Tnijr)

188 JJ, you could always counter with Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song.

Posted by: bluebell at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (wyw4S)

189 Merry Christmas Eve, Everyone!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

190 🎅 🍷

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (V13WU)

191 Americans are explorers not cubicle fags.

Here.....Drink this coffee.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 24, 2021 08:44 AM (+frZ/)

192 Which is why the Left hates small businesses and small business owners. Owners set the terms of their businesses, whereas the Left, through government, can set the terms for all large businesses/corporations. Of course this is why the Left joyously has destroyed small businesses through the alphabet soup mafia movement (pizza places, wedding cake places, wedding photography places, etc) and the courts.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM (Do5/p)
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Even within that category of danger there is a hierarchy. The only thing more dangerous than a small business is a family business. A productive, self-supporting, internally loyal family is the most dangerous thing imaginable to the state.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:45 AM (DU+/6)

193 Time for Blueberry pancakes and sausages to start my holiday

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 08:45 AM (2JoB8)

194 >> [From the first link -- Swedes implanting microchip passports:] "Right now it is very convenient to have a COVID passport always accessible on your implant," its chief disruption officer, Hannes Sjoblad, told the interviewer.

Oh, hey, remember when this was a cray-cray nutter cOnsPiRaCy ThEoRy?!

They won't stop at vax status. https://id2020.org/

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:45 AM (URNdm)

195 Actually listening to it right now on, of all things, an ancient hi-fi!

Ugh, and Merry Christmas!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 08:42 AM (E+hGB)
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Heh. I'll get a copy. And depending on what's in the stack, an ancient hi-fi is often a very great thing!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:46 AM (DU+/6)

196 "Wait till she breaks out Christmas with Slim Whitman.
Posted by: rhennigantx"

Did you have a Mama B too??

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:46 AM (Tnijr)

197 t - so, maybe a little grace this Christmas and for future ones for those of us who do have to wear masks indoors in viral spread winters...
Posted by: Nova local

*****

Well said. I think your point about the reality of masks being less than either extreme polar viewpoint is spot on. It is the mandate that my wife and I object to, not the individual choice to determine whether the mask has utility for your unique situation. Same holds true for vaccines. Bless you.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:46 AM (m45I2)

198 Time for Blueberry pancakes and sausages to start my holiday
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 08:45 AM (2JoB

*extends plate

Yes ! Thank you !

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 08:46 AM (V13WU)

199 Left: support local business

Also left: create so many onerous regulations that it is impossible for a small business to survive

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:47 AM (6pXMl)

200 File under "Too good to check"
But I heard US park service has to remove a bunch of signs that tell the reader that the glacier they are looking at will be gone by 2020.

Posted by: Coquettish Haberdasher at December 24, 2021 08:47 AM (buTO7)

201
Of course this is why the Left joyously has destroyed small businesses through the alphabet soup mafia movement (pizza places, wedding cake places, wedding photography places, etc) and the courts.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:41 AM

You know how we always accuse the left of projection? Remember them accusing (R)'s of having a 'war on women'?

Now consider that 60% of small businesses are owned by women.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:47 AM (dQvv7)

202 The well known antipathy of the Junta to Elon Musk is spread to SpaceX now. The launch of Starship in Boca Chica is being held up by a couple of federal agency "reviews" and, unless the WH is willing to get involved to rein in these scumbags, American space competitiveness risks being destroyed.

Based on this story, it looks like Starship's first orbital flight will not happen until the latter half of '22, if then. Nor can we expect any help from the Biden administration. Unlike Trump, the Democrats now running the executive branch of government do not like private enterprise and business, and generally look for excuses to regulate and even block it, especially if they think there is the slightest chance it might harm some formerly unknown species somewhere.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:47 AM (XdH0i)

203 "A Woman Is A Woman, Man Is A Man": Putin Vows To Protect Russia From West's "Gender Obscurantism"

"Just like with the coronavirus pandemic one can't escape [non-traditional values coming from abroad]. We need to look for an antidote."

https://bit.ly/3mysrGn

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (Do5/p)

204 I hear that after 8 mos. of marriage, Congressman Madison Cawthorn is getting a divorce.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

205 NYU parents and graduate students collectively borrowed $3.4 billion in federal Plus loans over the past decade, more than at any other university in the U.S., public or private, a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal Education Department data found.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (yrol0)

206 Left: support local business

Also left: create so many onerous regulations that it is impossible for a small business to survive
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:47 AM (6pXMl)
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They have convinced themselves that they like the idea of small businesses. They just hate the reality, and so their fugue state manifests. This happens everywhere.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (DU+/6)

207 Good morning y'all!

Posted by: tbodie at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (7T5tR)

208 Did you have a Mama B too??
Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:46 AM (Tnijr)

No I was just screwing with JJ.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:48 AM (yrol0)

209 I got Mrs's f'd a new Victrola for Christmas, and a remastered Herb Alpert Christmas album to go with it. Couldn't find a remastered Mexicali Brass Christmas album though.

Posted by: f'd at December 24, 2021 08:49 AM (Tnijr)

210 ...but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.

******

Johnny Mathis? The kid from Leave it to Beaver?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:49 AM (m45I2)

211 Masks have never worked as well as their side wants - they can't...but they've never been as useless as our side wants, either.

Did you pull that study out of your ass?

There are 72 studies performed in all kinds of scenarios in the past forty years. It was even adjudicated in courts that masks have no significant health benefit.

So why do you just lie and say "never been as useless as our side wants"?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:50 AM (+LCoQ)

212 210 ...but Johnny Mathis singing them is torture.

******

Johnny Mathis? The kid from Leave it to Beaver?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:49 AM (m45I2)

Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.

Posted by: Mrs Cleaver at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (yrol0)

213 Manic,

The CD example is not as trite as you think. Hbo started editing movies that he bathink scenes. If you own the movie you see those scenes. If you rely on hbo you dont. And it does make a difference.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (6pXMl)

214 " ... but they've never been as useless as our side wants, either. "

I'm'a give you credit for maybe just expressing that poorly ... no one WANTS masks to be ineffective; I wish that they were worth using, I wish they could be 100% effective prevention, but pretending that a leaky-around-the-edges not-even-N95-rated mask is anything other than face decoration is actual, real science denial.

/rant, nothing personal, the wording just got under my skin a bit ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (IJMH4)

215
I have an eight hour playlist of relaxing Christmas music streaming from YouTube. It's been on for over an hour without one commercial interruption. It's a Christmas miracle!

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (dQvv7)

216 Trump Pushes Back When Candace Owens Doubts the Vaccine: "People Aren't Dying When They Take" It
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That is false.

Some people very much ARE dying when they get the vaccine. There have been thousands of deaths in the U.S. alone, caused by the vaccines.

Is everyone dying from the vaccines? No, of course not. It's a relatively small percentage. But a small percentage of hundreds of millions of people is still a significant number.

Trump needs to stop pretending that there is no risk in getting vaccinated. There IS a risk, and people should be aware of it.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 24, 2021 08:52 AM (k4dH2)

217 Minnesota Department of Health (MDH): Ethical Framework for Allocation of Monoclonal Antibodies during the COVID-19 Pandemic that race and ethnicity alone, apart from other underlying health conditions, may be considered in determining eligibility for mAbs [monoclonal antibodies].

Posted by: Mrs Cleaver at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (yrol0)

218 Since most everybody's in a Christmas spirit, here's one from the aarchives:

He Knows. So Bright! - a limerick

A Communist named Rudolph, I hear
Gave his weather reports without fear
His wife one clear morning
Asked, "Why a storm warning?"
"'Cause Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (m45I2)

219 off Beavers mom sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (yrol0)

220 Mask in feezing temps shows how good masks stop droplets.

Posted by: Coquettish Haberdasher at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (buTO7)

221 216 Trump Pushes Back When Candace Owens Doubts the Vaccine: "People Aren't Dying When They Take" It
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Check out the Treehouse. Trump is being raked over the coals for this. And that is the bastion of Trumpism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (H8QX8)

222 Masks obviously do something otherwise surgeons wouldnt have been using them for the past 100 years in the OR. To say they are 100% useless is ridiculous.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (6pXMl)

223 The "Commie Scumbag" article has a couple of outstanding parts, one of which is very definitely a video clip of Chris Rufo opening his debate on TV against Joy Reid. Loved that bit especially.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (XdH0i)

224 The CD example is not as trite as you think. Hbo started editing movies that he bathink scenes. If you own the movie you see those scenes. If you rely on hbo you dont. And it does make a difference.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (6pXMl)
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Right, I know it and I dig it. It's why I have CDs and DVDs and books for as much stuff as possible that I like. If you don't, some faceless bureaucrat - public or private - dictates what you watch, listen to and read. And the worse problem is what you describe: that they leave stuff as available, but doctor it to make it "non-problematic." That is incredibly sinister.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:54 AM (DU+/6)

225 Samuel Bravo at_bravojourno

Sep 12

Fauci from 2 years ago sounding like at_joerogan today

2:32 PM - Sep 13, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3Fqueox

Talks about what to do to prevent getting an infectious disease. Laughs off wearing of masks.

"You ignore all the paranoid aspects and do something positive."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 08:54 AM (Do5/p)

226 >>he point is to reduce all ownership. The point is to reduce all autonomy, individuality, aspiration, joy, humanity.

Not reduce, *end* all ownership, even clothes. And privacy, too, That part gets forgotten when quoting that WEF article:

"It's 2030, you will own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better."

OK, enough of the doom and gloom, have an excellent day, all!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2021 08:55 AM (URNdm)

227 Trump needs to stop pretending that there is no risk in getting vaccinated. There IS a risk, and people should be aware of it.

It is his ego that prevents him from acknowledging that the "vaccine" that he put his reputation on is the most deadly "vaccine" in all of human history.

It may well be the least effective too (mostly because you really can't vaccinate well against a respiratory virus with animal reservoirs). It sure as hell is the most expensive.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:55 AM (+LCoQ)

228 Right, I know it and I dig it. It's why I have CDs and DVDs and books for as much stuff as possible that I like. If you don't, some faceless bureaucrat - public or private - dictates what you watch, listen to and read. And the worse problem is what you describe: that they leave stuff as available, but doctor it to make it "non-problematic." That is incredibly sinister.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:54 AM (DU+/6)

F 451 was cause not be the Big Govt but by people that did NOT want you to know or see things they DID NOT want to know or see.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:56 AM (yrol0)

229 I am happy to report that we won the award for the best Christmas lights this year.
The HOA gave us a sign and Christmas cookies.
When Trump was president we won it and got a $50 gift card.
Thanks Biden.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

230 Most of the scenes in 16 Candles with Dong are gone from most TV cuts.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:57 AM (6pXMl)

231 Check out the Treehouse. Trump is being raked over the coals for this. And that is the bastion of Trumpism.
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He deserves to be called out for spreading this misinformation. It's dangerous pretending there is no risk from the vaccines.

People have the right to know the truth, and to decide for themselves if the risk of the vaccines is worth taking.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 24, 2021 08:58 AM (k4dH2)

232
This past summer and fall the inside second (white cotton) layer of my mask turned yellow around my nose and mouth from all the pollen in the air. That doesn't sound like something that is 100% useless.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:58 AM (dQvv7)

233 I am happy to report that we won the award for the best Christmas lights this year.

==

congrats ! 🎶 🎶

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (V13WU)

234 Trump created the biggest, the best, the most incredible vaccine. And if you say otherwise he will tear into you like a junkyard dog.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (6pXMl)

235 I am fairly sure it was Jonny Mathis who had a racketball partner who was my sister's co'-worker many many years ago, and a woman to add too.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (2JoB8)

236 Masks obviously do something otherwise surgeons wouldnt have been using them for the past 100 years in the OR. To say they are 100% useless is ridiculous.

You clearly don't know the first thing about viruses or masks if you sincerely believe that a surgeon's mask is effective against the transmission of viruses.

Why do you think that there are respirators used in paint shops where the VOCs are larger than a corona virus? Do you actually believe that a piece of paper loosely strapped to your face is good enough in a Level 3 biolab?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (+LCoQ)

237 This past summer and fall the inside second (white cotton) layer of my mask turned yellow around my nose and mouth from all the pollen in the air. That doesn't sound like something that is 100% useless.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 08:58 AM (dQvv7)
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Pollen is big. Mold spores are big. Some particulate pollution is big. Big stuff is much more easily trapped and filtered.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (DU+/6)

238 >>>Some people very much ARE dying when they get the vaccine. There have been thousands of deaths in the U.S. alone, caused by the vaccines.
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"caused" might be too strong, but we simply do not know. The powers that be have both refused to research this question and also are trying to mask the data. VAERS is overwhelmed with incident reports, as we know, and we also know more than 10,000 people have died in close proximity in time to getting a vaccine shot. Ask zombie Hank Aaron about that, for one example.

Trump is all excited that Biden "thanked" him for getting Warp Speed to deliver the goods last year, but I myself am highly suspicious of any olive branch Biden extends. That aside, though, an honest assessment of hte vaccine's dangers and benefits would be welcome. In the old America, where science wasn't corrupted by ideological people, that would happen. Let's get radical and go back to honest science in 2022!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (XdH0i)

239 Rutgers accepts invite as replacement for A and M team for Gator Bowl, to play Wake Forest

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)

240 214 " ... but they've never been as useless as our side wants, either. "
I'm'a give you credit for maybe just expressing that poorly ... no one WANTS masks to be ineffective; I wish that they were worth using, I wish they could be 100% effective prevention, but pretending that a leaky-around-the-edges not-even-N95-rated mask is anything other than face decoration is actual, real science denial.
/rant, nothing personal, the wording just got under my skin a bit ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 08:51 AM (IJMH4)

Mask mandates are what have been studied - they are useless b/c of what I already said. I have never supported mask mandates b/c I know how people are - I have kids, and I know myself before I got leukemia. Tell someone to do something and they tend to slack - make someone do something, and they purposely look to avoid it or make it fail anyway possible. Which is the American way, & a good thing.

But properly used, quality masks (aka - not cloth masks, gaiters, pointless sewn pieces of garbage with gaps) have use...the higher the quality of the masks and the more care and concern in the use, the more value they have.

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 09:01 AM (exHjb)

241 Nothing nova local said in that comment warrants a vitriolic attack. Read it in context. For certain circumstances (e.g. a trip to the hospital for chemotherapy where the potential exposure is longer than fleeting, such as passing by in the canned foods section) a face mask can have appreciable benefit for an immunocompromised person.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 09:02 AM (m45I2)

242 Masks obviously do something otherwise surgeons wouldnt have been using them for the past 100 years in the OR. To say they are 100% useless is ridiculous.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:53

Surgeons do not use cloth masks. Which is what 99% of Americans are wearing. 99% of people also do not wear their masks properly, even when wearing surgical masks. Touching them constantly, pulling them down, putting them back up, etc... all improper usage and does more harm than good (i.e. once you touch your mask, your bacteria from the mask is all over your hands. How many people do you know who after touching their masks immediately go wash their hands? People pull their mask down to eat, touch their food with their bacteria-filled hands, shove it in their mouths, then pull their mask back up.)

Anthony Fauci's own research paper into the 1918 influenza concluded that more people died from bacterial pneumonia than flu, due to the widespread wearing of masks.

WHO mask-wearing do's/don'ts: https://bit.ly/3DJo8yM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:02 AM (Do5/p)

243 " Let's get radical and go back to honest science in 2022!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM (XdH0i) "

Not sure how we get there from here, but I like the concept !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 09:02 AM (IJMH4)

244 United and Delta are canceling flights due to staff shortages.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

245 I suggested at beginning of mask or not 2 years ago almost that if you were a allergy suffer a mask probably would help you.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (2JoB8)

246 David Bowie and Bing Crosby singing one of my favorites presently, "Little Drummer Boy"

Thank you internet.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (XdH0i)

247
Pollen is big. Mold spores are big. Some particulate pollution is big. Big stuff is much more easily trapped and filtered.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 08:59 AM

I compared the micron size of pollen against the coronavirus and yes, pollen is bigger by a factor of about four. But are you saying that the mask did not capture and contain ONE single virus particle? I'd have a hard time believing that.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (dQvv7)

248 I say masks may have some value. And someone jumps down my throat about mask mandates, which I absolutely oppose. It isnt all black and white my peeps.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (6pXMl)

249 Let's get radical and go back to honest science in 2022!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I like the idea but as if that is even possible.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 09:04 AM (mD/uy)

250 Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

So, people are spending Christmas at the airport?

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2021 09:04 AM (88xKn)

251 Did you know that American Hillbillies are the most powerful hillbillies in the World?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 24, 2021 09:05 AM (+frZ/)

252 Rutgers accepts invite as replacement for A and M team for Gator Bowl, to play Wake Forest
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)
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Great news... I'm a Longhorn married to an aggie.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

253 "United and Delta are canceling flights due to staff shortages"

And so Merry Christmas
I hope you have fun
While stuck at the airport
Asleep next to a bum

Posted by: Delta is not ready when you are at December 24, 2021 09:06 AM (Tnijr)

254 G'morning, all.

So if we make the wearing of masks completely voluntary in public, and recognize a businesses right to require the wearing of a mask by those desiring to enter their business, then we're all good....

right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:06 AM (3D/fK)

255 Airlines got billions in govt money and then bent over for Biden with vax mandates. So my sympathy meter is pegged at zero. Hope they all go bankrupt.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 09:06 AM (6pXMl)

256 Masks obviously do something otherwise surgeons wouldnt have been using them for the past 100 years in the OR. To say they are 100% useless is ridiculous.
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I don't think concern for the spread of virus is why surgeons wear them.

It is a simple scientific fact that the masks being popularly used, either those provided by stores or homemade, cannot stop virus transmission. Their ubiquitous use mocks us as a people.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 09:07 AM (H8QX8)

257 No snow

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:07 AM (V13WU)

258 Did you see the lady has a strip test for WhuFlu that worked that way back in March 2020. They would retail for 20 bux.
STILL NOT APPROVED

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 08:29 AM (yrol0)

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Untested and potentially (and in some casees, apparently) dangerous and lethal "vaccines" and miracle cure "pills" from Big Pharma approved by the FDA in months if not weeks -- while one of my startup biotech stock investments (SESN), which has a drug (Vicineum) which will save more lives and is far superior in effectiveness, safety, and cost to one Merck presently uses and profits from for non-invasive bladder cancer treatment (Keytruda) -- was denied approval by the FDA.

MOAR TESTING PLEASE!!! (So that Merck can continue raking in the dough ... and your stock price has crashed so low (from $6 to $0.75 on the day approval rejected) that they can buy you out for pennies on the dollar. Corruption -- same as it ever was.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at December 24, 2021 09:07 AM (oXIiU)

259 If a store wants me to wear a mask I have two options. Wear one or go next door to the store that does not require it. As long as the decision is the store owner, I have no issue with it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 09:08 AM (6pXMl)

260 251 Did you know that American Hillbillies are the most powerful hillbillies in the World?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 24, 2021 09:05 AM (+frZ/)

Most Americans have no fucking clue that the working poor in the US are better off than the middle class of most EU countries. An upper middle class family in the US probably lives better than the landed gentry of the old world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:08 AM (yrol0)

261 I compared the micron size of pollen against the coronavirus and yes, pollen is bigger by a factor of about four. But are you saying that the mask did not capture and contain ONE single virus particle? I'd have a hard time believing that.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:03 AM (dQvv7)
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No. Does it catch some stuff? Yeah. Lightning does strike and lotteries are won. Some viruses will get caught in the mask. A lot more will make it through. Unsealed respirators are not that effective against really small stuff and a virus that gets caught does not negate the many more that do not.

And then there's the problem of practices and hygiene. Assume masks are nominally effective. N95s, properly fitted and worn without facial hair, are. But without good practices and hygiene, the effects are negated.

The purpose of widespread masking was in the other direction - to prevent *your* germs from escaping, and there is some benefit there. A lot of the water vapor you exhale that has a bunch of virus in it gets broken up or caught by the mask. But the "carriers are asymptomatic for up to two weeks" stuff never panned out - it was an unfounded fear.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:08 AM (DU+/6)

262 I can't imagine being in the military or civil service right now. 24/7 mask mandates including while sleeping in the barracks.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2021 09:08 AM (bVYXr)

263 David Bowie and Bing Crosby singing one of my favorites presently, "Little Drummer Boy"

Posted by: Huck Follywood

I'm glad it brings you joy but I want to kill them both after listening to it.

In the new socialist order, one of us is going to be very unhappy with the choice made for us.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 09:09 AM (mD/uy)

264 Check out the Treehouse. Trump is being raked over the coals for this. And that is the bastion of Trumpism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM

Good. That is actually comforting to know that at least in some areas, supporters are still supporters and have not devolved into cult followers. This is how it is supposed to be. You support politicians' actions when they are doing the right thing and you hold them accountable when they are wrong.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:09 AM (Do5/p)

265 Over the last few days people were talking about favorite and least favorite Xmas tunes. But me, I like old carols, Bach tunes. That sort of thing.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:10 AM (V13WU)

266 I'm glad it brings you joy but I want to kill them both after listening to it.

In the new socialist order, one of us is going to be very unhappy with the choice made for us.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 09:09 AM (mD/uy)

Now do DO they know it Christmas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:10 AM (yrol0)

267 Masks obviously do something otherwise surgeons wouldnt have been using them for the past 100 years in the OR. To say they are 100% useless is ridiculous.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 08:53 AM (6pXMl)
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No, in a clinical setting (which also good hygiene and practice control), there are several benefits to wearing a mask. The two big ones are to prevent you from breathing into a wound or mucus membrane or accidentally sneezing or drooling on a patient, and to protect you from blood splatter. If you're working on someone and blood hits your face (easy to have happen, especially for dentists), it's much better to have it hit a barrier than enter your nose and mouth. The barrier works the other way, too. The goal isn't virus control.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:11 AM (DU+/6)

268 265 Over the last few days people were talking about favorite and least favorite Xmas tunes. But me, I like old carols, Bach tunes. That sort of thing.
Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:10 AM (V13WU)

Ahh Bach!

Posted by: Radar at December 24, 2021 09:11 AM (yrol0)

269 Over the last few days people were talking about favorite and least favorite Xmas tunes. But me, I like old carols, Bach tunes. That sort of thing.
Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:10 AM (V13WU)
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Handel's Messiah.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:12 AM (DU+/6)

270 Late to the party so it's probably been said but, just think of the endless opportunities the "Truth in (insert whatever) Law" presents to really move America "Forward."

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:12 AM (DB16e)

271 Even if Cuomo is charged in another part of the Empire State for slamming his greasy salsicce at some underling or reporterette devotchka
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Not to be pedantic but one sausage is 'salsiccia' (note it's feminine in gender). The plural is 'salsiccie'. However odd and evil Cuomo may be, I doubt if he has multiple dongs.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 09:12 AM (qfLjt)

272 I pretty much love all Christmas music with exception of The Christmas Shoes.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

273 Six youths [Utes??] arrested in Delaware in Congresswoman's carjacking case. No word on if accompanied by a German Shepherd puppy.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:13 AM (UHVv4)

274 nova, I missed the part about the leukemia - if I was in your shoes I'd be wearing my big 3M P100 mask out in public, just like I did back in the beginning of all this.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (IJMH4)

275
Handel's Messiah

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not exactly a carol

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (V13WU)

276 Hope that everyone who hasn't, purchase JJ's book as a gift to themselves. The Benjamin Braddock foreword is icing on the cake. It also made me an even firmer believer that the RNC had given their blessing for the steal.

Posted by: EveR at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (4dsGu)

277 The airlines are following the administration's earlier "suggestions" to "curtail unnecessary air traffic to limit the spread of Omicron." They don't realize they're going to be put out of business in 2-3 years if the left holds onto power. If the GOP controls the legislative agenda they'll go along with the travel restrictions but then give the airlines X billions of dollars to stay afloat.

Grift, the gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (BFigT)

278 not exactly a carol
Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (V13WU)
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Fair enough. It is certainly seasonal, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (DU+/6)

279 If a store wants me to ~~wear a mask~~ listen to The Little Drummer Boy I have two options. ~~Wear one~~ Listen or go next door to the store that does not require it. As long as the decision is the store owner, I have no issue with it.

*****

Yeah, this works also.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 09:15 AM (m45I2)

280 Six youths [Utes??] arrested in Delaware in Congresswoman's carjacking case. No word on if accompanied by a German Shepherd puppy.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:13 AM (UHVv4)
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Mindboggling how fast cops move to solve generally unsolvable crimes when a Democrat politician is the victim.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:15 AM (XdH0i)

281 "I pretty much love all Christmas music with exception of The Christmas Shoes.
Posted by: redridinghood

SAAAANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!!!

Posted by: Homeless Bruce Springsteen standing on the corner yelling at traffic at December 24, 2021 09:15 AM (Tnijr)

282 Som modern versions of old carols, like the one I linked recently - Annie Lennox' "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2021 09:16 AM (V13WU)

283 The only Christmas song I actually like is the Carol of the Bells.

And it needs to involve bells.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

284 Years ago I bought an industrial strength mask for asbestos remediation (I was cleaning out some friable asbestos in the basement of an old house). I still have it. It would be funny to wear it down to Walmart.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 09:17 AM (H8QX8)

285 "Yeah, this works also. "

Personal choice?

Sorry comrade.
Not allowed in Amerika.

Moose out front should have told ya'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

286 Mindboggling how fast cops move to solve generally unsolvable crimes when a Democrat politician is the victim.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:15 AM (XdH0i)
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Astounding, innit?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (DU+/6)

287
Mindboggling how fast cops move to solve generally unsolvable crimes when a Democrat politician is the victim.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:15 AM

Her purse was in the car, along with her government issued phone. These brainiacs used her credit card in Delaware and they probably 'pinged' her phone to get location within a block or two. Not a tough case to crack under those circumstances.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (dQvv7)

288 Sorry for more bad SA news...

Salvation Army Doubles Down on Promoting Social Justice, Backs Soros-ANTIFA 'Bail Project' Front
The Salvation Army's ties to "woke" social justice organizations is more extensive than once thought, as they are an official "partner" with the Bail Project.

The discovery was made by the Pro Gun News. The Bail Project is a George Soros-ANTIFA front that works to get violent felons released onto the streets in order to commit more crimes. The American Bail Coalition has exposed this organization at length.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (UHVv4)

289 6 Yuutes that were class valedictorians and on their way to Harvard no doubt.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (6pXMl)

290 SAAAANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!!!

Posted by: Homeless Bruce Springsteen standing on the corner yelling at traffic

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Bad carols annoy us for a month. Bruce, on the other hand, is an annoyance year-round.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (XlbBG)

291 287 Her purse was in the car, along with her government issued phone. These brainiacs used her credit card in Delaware and they probably 'pinged' her phone to get location within a block or two. Not a tough case to crack under those circumstances.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (dQvv7)

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I'm sure the police would do all the exact same things if Joe Blow's car and phone got stolen in the same manner.

100%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

292 Sol Invictus!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (OYUie)

293 They will get the car jackers like how the military left Afghanistan and bombed a poor fucker and some terrorists children.

So efficient.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (+frZ/)

294 Salvation Army Doubles Down on Promoting Social Justice, Backs Soros-ANTIFA 'Bail Project' Front
***
Their side always doubles down. Our side... what's the opposite? Halving up?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 09:20 AM (H8QX8)

295 Moose out front should have told ya'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

*****

So not a boot on your face forever.
Rather Pa-rum--pum-pum on an endless loop over public loudspeakers.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 09:20 AM (m45I2)

296 "I'm sure the police would do all the exact same things if Joe Blow's car and phone got stolen in the same manner.

100%."

Well, if Joe Blow were to tell the authorities that his daughter's diary were in the car as well.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:20 AM (3D/fK)

297 "Signed into law on Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), the "Truth in Vaccination" law will make "faking a vaccination card a class A misdemeanor and tampering with computer records related to vaccinations a class E felony," according to The Hill."

Why won't violators be charged with attempted murder? What am I missing, Governor?

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (AMIL/)

298 https://tinyurl.com/5cp2xyus

Kind of deep in the weeds analysis of Fulton County but pretty sure that 1000s of ballots images were copy and pasted and additional ballots. Also it appears that since the scan data were on network storage one was able to open a batch of files (approx 100) and edit the images.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (yrol0)

299 We've just conducted the largest real world, planet spanning mask efficacy study over the last two years.

The verdict is in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (OupRL)

300 Is it too early to start on that peppermint flavored rum concoction abomination that the lovely Mrs. made?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (mD/uy)

301 I'm Dr. Anthony Fauchi, and I approve whatever I've said in the last 5 minutes.

Posted by: Dr. Anthony Fauchi at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (a3Q+t)

302 "So not a boot on your face forever.
Rather Pa-rum--pum-pum on an endless loop over public loudspeakers."

AKKK!!!

*Runs away screaming, with hands over ears*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (3D/fK)

303 I really hate "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus". It's just stupid and has nothing to do with the reason for the season.

Posted by: Iris at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (6lKe4)

304 299 We've just conducted the largest real world, planet spanning mask efficacy study over the last two years.

The verdict is in.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (OupRL)

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"The medical value of negligible, but the virtue signaling is through the roof!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

305 Something like 85% of murders are not solved in Chicago. But I bet 100% of bike thefts victims who are Democrat machine members are solved.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (6pXMl)

306 My favorite Christmas song as a kid was always Little Drummer Boy.

I liked the message that even if I was poor and had no gift to offer Jesus, I could play a song for Him and that would make Him happy and smile at me. I grew up extremely introverted, shy and insecure (something I still suffer from) so I saw myself in the drummer boy. The song made me think that Jesus would be happy with me if I played my best for him in life, even if I did not have much to offer in physical gifts. This comforted me.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (Do5/p)

307 291 287 Her purse was in the car, along with her government issued phone. These brainiacs used her credit card in Delaware and they probably 'pinged' her phone to get location within a block or two. Not a tough case to crack under those circumstances.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (dQvv7)

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I'm sure the police would do all the exact same things if Joe Blow's car and phone got stolen in the same manner.

100%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

Hunter left a gun, a bag of crack, and his DL in a rental car in Phoenix and nothing happened.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (yrol0)

308 Not a tough case to crack under those circumstances.
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That reminds me of the Barney Miller where the 13th had been turned into a specialist Homicide Unit through Inspector Luger that saw Sgt Harris solve a multiple-murder case when the perp left his wallet in one of the garbage-bags with the body [parts??].

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (UHVv4)

309 Good times seem to weed out good management at the airlines.

Bad times just weed out the airlines.

Posted by: klaftern at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (taPSh)

310 Not a tough case to crack under those circumstances.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:18 AM (dQvv7)
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that they even tried is the amazing part.

Reminds me if the time a homeless bum took a dump on Nancy Pelosi's driveway, and the Capital Police were able to locate him in the SF train station, using facial recognition I presume, and alerted the SF cops where to pick him up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:22 AM (XdH0i)

311 I really hate "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus". It's just stupid and has nothing to do with the reason for the season.
Posted by: Iris

Yes. Dumber than that "Baby It's Cold Outside." Slightly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2021 09:23 AM (1t5dY)

312 Their side always doubles down. Our side... what's the opposite? Halving up?
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 09:20 AM (H8QX

Randi Nov 2021 There is no CRT in schools
Randi Dec 2021 Without CRT are schools will fail

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

313 312 Randi Nov 2021 There is no CRT in schools
Randi Dec 2021 Without CRT are schools will fail
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

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That's a deep cut.

Well done.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

314 93 But overall the outcomes for that specific group have been better with the vaccine.
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We'll never know because no proper study was done with a control group. Plus the virus supposedly mutated hence its virulence changed such that over time we end up comparing apples to oranges. Is Omicron as deadly as Delta?

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 09:24 AM (qfLjt)

315 Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO

I have no issue with any person who wants to get the vaccine.
I just will never ever let that vaccine into my body. I believe firmly that Big Pharma is the greatest evil on the face of the planet.
I am healthy, young, in shape and simply unafraid of Covid-19.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

316 So I'm guessing you'd really hate the hiphop version, "I Saw Mommy Banging Santa Claus" parody, I heard at a bar one season??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:25 AM (UHVv4)

317 "Reminds me if the time a homeless bum took a dump on Nancy Pelosi's driveway, and the Capital Police were able to locate him in the SF train station, using facial recognition I presume, and alerted the SF cops where to pick him up."

Culminating in the crime lab matching the rifling marks on the offending turd with the rifling in he bums rectum!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:25 AM (3D/fK)

318 a homeless bum took a dump on Nancy Pelosi's driveway, and the Capital Police were able to locate him in the SF train station, using facial recognition I presume,

*******

Facial recognition? Hmmm...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 09:25 AM (m45I2)

319 Their side always doubles down. Our side... what's the opposite? Halving up?
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2021 09:20 AM (H8QX

Randi Nov 2021 There is no CRT in schools
Randi Dec 2021 Without CRT are schools will fail

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:23 AM

Pretty soon they are going to have to mount the goal posts on a rocket sled to keep up.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2021 09:25 AM (bVYXr)

320 Yes. Dumber than that "Baby It's Cold Outside." Slightly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2021 09:23 AM (1t5dY)
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"Baby It's Cold Outside" isn't a Christmas song. It's just a love song set in winter that gets a free ride because Winter.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (DU+/6)

321 I don't know what Trump should do regarding the so-called vaccines. The fact is that a large amount of the population feels that it protects them and their loved ones from getting sick and does allow for some return to normalcy (depending on blue vs red states, of course) and therefore are grateful that the vaccine is available.
To me however, evidence keeps surfacing, despite Fauci and his big tech and other worldwide allies efforts in squelching it, that the so-called vaccine is a grand experiment that was in the works long before "operation warp-speed" started and does little against the Fauci created virus and does appear to actually be dangerous to some people. (I'll concede that there is evidence it will lessen symptoms and reduce the chance of being hospitalized, therefore more of a treatment rather than a true vaccine, but Ivermectin is likely more effective without the risk that comes with the shot.)
So, what to do? Take the accolades but also say you are against mandates seems to be a logical choice.
But I'll admit that position really reduces my enthusiasm to vote for him.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (fs1hN)

322 98
Don't leave your coffee cake out in the rain, because your friend may never have the recipe again
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Love that song.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (qfLjt)

323 Is "President" Dying Brain getting ever more malevolent as he dives more deeply into dementia? It seems he's constantly angry.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (eGTCV)

324 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:21 AM

I try and stay up to date on this stuff in several States but what's it going to take for action? AG? Governor? Sheriff? Clearly illegal stuff happened.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (DB16e)

325 Happy Christmas eve

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (CqHIp)

326 Nice Chart on Whos Gettin Da Fuck Outta Dodge and Where They Be goin

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ksczd

Please dont Californicate My Texas

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (yrol0)

327 Andrew Bostom, MD, MS at_andrewbostom

Consistent with what has been known from influenza for decades and since outset of SARSCOV2 pandemic: symptomatic transmission drives overall transmission

Kevin Seifert at_SeifertESPN

More than 300 #NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks. But the league's chief medical officer made a significant assertion today: Spread in team facilities is not coming from asymptomatic cases. Only from those with symptoms. https://es.pn/32o7eIr

11:04 PM - Dec 23, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3pqkK73

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (Do5/p)

328 Is "President" Dying Brain getting ever more malevolent as he dives more deeply into dementia? It seems he's constantly angry.
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Or tearing up with a story about parents trying to tell their children they can't make it. Creepy as all get out.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 24, 2021 09:28 AM (MIKMs)

329 320 "Baby It's Cold Outside" isn't a Christmas song. It's just a love song set in winter that gets a free ride because Winter.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (DU+/6)

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Slight tangent:

Joel Silver wanted a bunch of the action movies he made in the late 80s to be set around Christmas after the success of Lethal Weapon because it all but guaranteed that the movies would play on television in December. Hence, stuff like The Last Boy Scout.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

330 274 nova, I missed the part about the leukemia - if I was in your shoes I'd be wearing my big 3M P100 mask out in public, just like I did back in the beginning of all this.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, remembering Tami (IJMH4) at December 24, 2021 09:14 AM (IJMH4)

That's why I have the shirts...and thanks

...

My spouse makes fun of me, but I have enough shirts (short and long sleeve) that if I go into groups of people multiple days, I don't have to do laundry

...no masks stating leukemia though, b/c as previously established, those are garbage, even if the leukemia and lymphoma society is the one selling them as the fundraiser

...

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 09:28 AM (exHjb)

331 If you're discomforted by how unwoke "Baby It's Cold Outside" is, then don't worry. John Legend has a tamer version of it for you, sung as a duet with Kelly Clarkson (who I wish hadn't done it):
https://youtu.be/DlMP7FGYJmk

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:28 AM (DU+/6)

332 Culminating in the crime lab matching the rifling marks on the offending turd with the rifling in he bums rectum!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 24, 2021 09:25 AM

Does the direction of the rifling correlate with one's political affiliation and/or hemisphere of birth?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2021 09:29 AM (a3Q+t)

333 I also believe the 2020 Census missed at least 3 or 4 seats that should have moved from Blue to Red states. I hope Im alive in 10 years to see if instead of 5 or 6 seats jumping it will be 10 or 12.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:29 AM (yrol0)

334 I saw mom infecting Santa Claus...

Posted by: klaftern at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (taPSh)

335 Time to make my 1st ever Kompat...here goes (mine has no rhubarb, but we're doing dried apricots, dried cherries, jarred sour cherries, granny smith apples, and frozen peaches - I'd have skipped the fresh apples b/c fresh is apparently sacrilege, but I won out) - we'll see how this goes!

Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (exHjb)

336 New talking points are out. I try to avoid the COVID narrative, but I've heard or read the term "vaccine inequality" multiple times in the last few days

fvckers

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (RZgeQ)

337 Is "President" Dying Brain getting ever more malevolent as he dives more deeply into dementia? It seems he's constantly angry.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods

The Left can't help project. It's their nature.

They installed the senile idiot they claimed Reagan was out of delayed spite.

Yes, they are that diseased.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (1t5dY)

338 11:04 PM - Dec 23, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3pqkK73
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (Do5/p)

I thot NFL stopped all asympto testing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (yrol0)

339 333 I also believe the 2020 Census missed at least 3 or 4 seats that should have moved from Blue to Red states. I hope Im alive in 10 years to see if instead of 5 or 6 seats jumping it will be 10 or 12.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:29 AM (yrol0)

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Blue states definitely cheated during the census.

It was a story for about five minutes before people started forgetting about it.

New York was a big offender.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

340 335 Time to make my 1st ever Kompat...here goes (mine has no rhubarb, but we're doing dried apricots, dried cherries, jarred sour cherries, granny smith apples, and frozen peaches - I'd have skipped the fresh apples b/c fresh is apparently sacrilege, but I won out) - we'll see how this goes!
Posted by: Nova local at December 24, 2021 09:30 AM (exHjb)
+++++
Kompat > Kompromat

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:31 AM (DU+/6)

341 But I'll admit that position really reduces my enthusiasm to vote for him.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM

I'm in the same boat. Trump, imo, should claim "Warp Speed" was a good concept but the results have failed. but we will use this concept - the all in approach and reach a solution- to balancing the budget, rooting out waste fraud and abuse and downsizing govt. And he could say "i was right all along about early treatments."

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:31 AM (DB16e)

342 Joe Biden Caves to the Squad and Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments

Prediction: The student loan payment pause will ultimately be extended to at least a date after the 2022 mid-terms. For use as Democrat campaign tool. Those idiots are so predictable.

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:31 AM (AMIL/)

343 Please dont Californicate My Texas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM

Too late.

Posted by: Austin, Dallas, & Houston at December 24, 2021 09:32 AM (a3Q+t)

344 Nice Chart on Whos Gettin Da Fuck Outta Dodge and Where They Be goin

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ksczd

Please dont Californicate My Texas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (yrol0)
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Great chart. My bride wants to move back to Florida. My accountant agrees that would be a good move. Unfortunately, I have to earn a living. I think I'll go buy a lottery ticket!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:32 AM (XdH0i)

345 Great chart. My bride wants to move back to Florida. My accountant agrees that would be a good move. Unfortunately, I have to earn a living. I think I'll go buy a lottery ticket!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:32 AM (XdH0i)

PB is 400 Mil

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

346 Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2021 09:33 AM (Vxu+H)

347 Nice Chart on Whos Gettin Da Fuck Outta Dodge and Where They Be goin

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ksczd

Please dont Californicate My Texas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (yrol0)
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My state is in the top ten. Sigh. I hope it's the right kind of people. Refugees from blue states are probably fine, though colonists are definitely not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:33 AM (DU+/6)

348 Dumb X-mas songs:

Little Drummer Boy
Baby it's cold outside
Jingle bell rock

Songs I don't believe King Henry the Ape wrote:
Greensleeves.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2021 09:33 AM (1t5dY)

349 Please dont Californicate My Texas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:27 AM (yrol0)
***********
I found out my new next door neighbors are from New York. So, yeah I am a little worried.
My former neighbors were Republicans.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

350 Maple French Toast Sandwich
A sandwich with all the comfort. You can cook the bacon in a skillet instead of the oven, if desired. I also sprinkled the sandwich with cinnamon.

https://tinyurl.com/4muysb5b

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:34 AM (UHVv4)

351 Baby signs HELP on Santa lap

https://tinyurl.com/2p8ujaj9

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2021 09:34 AM (yrol0)

352 Merry Christmas Eve grey box friends!

I am thankful for Ace, for the cobs, and for all of you ~ your insights, thoughts and humor.

I am thankful that God revealed Himself to us in such an incredible and yet relatable way.

It is interesting how relevant Patton's prayer is for our times.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2021 09:34 AM (IDhUW)

353 And what was so good about King Wenceslas anyway? Merely the fact that his courtiers kept the snow all deep and crisp and even?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (m45I2)

354 Los Angeles receiving gift of rain over 24 hours so far.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (IUkbB)

355
Don't leave your coffee cake out in the rain, because your friend may never have the recipe again
-----
Love that song.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM

Some of the lyrics are great, but the 'cake out in the rain' part is too deep for me to comprehend, and I'm not going to Urban Dictionary today.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (dQvv7)

356 Prediction: The student loan payment pause will ultimately be extended to at least a date after the 2022 mid-terms. For use as Democrat campaign tool. Those idiots are so predictable.

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:31 AM

My prediction is that biden will sign an EO excusing the first $50,000 of student loans before the mid terms.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (bVYXr)

357 Is "President" Dying Brain getting ever more malevolent as he dives more deeply into dementia? It seems he's constantly angry.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 24, 2021 09:26 AM (eGTCV)
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That's my impression. And his "staff" Junta members seem more imperious, every day. They keep talking about how powerful their "Executive" edicts are. STFU, you tools.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (XdH0i)

358 I don't know what Trump should do regarding the so-called vaccines. The fact is that a large amount of the population feels that it protects them and their loved ones from getting sick and does allow for some return to normalcy (depending on blue vs red states, of course) and therefore are grateful that the vaccine is available.

There is a large amount of the population that feels socialism is a good ideology. There is a large amount of the population who believes in "green energy" and "saving the planet" through "climate change" policies. There is a large amount of the population which supports abortion as "women's healthcare". There is a large amount of the population which holds views on things because they are stupid and ignorant. It is the responsibility of a good leader to stand for what is right, not do what is easy and encourage people to continue holding wrong beliefs.

I think some have argued that modern conservatism started with Barry Goldwater and The Conscience of the Conservative in 1960. Goldwater himself was not successful, but his efforts inspired Ronald Reagan. We need our new Barry Goldwater.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:36 AM (Do5/p)

359 Maple French Toast Sandwich
A sandwich with all the comfort. You can cook the bacon in a skillet instead of the oven, if desired. I also sprinkled the sandwich with cinnamon.

https://tinyurl.com/4muysb5b
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:34 AM (UHVv4)
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YUM!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2021 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

360 My state is in the top ten. Sigh. I hope it's the right kind of people. Refugees from blue states are probably fine, though colonists are definitely not.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 24, 2021 09:33 AM (DU+/6)

NC is #4.

The Orange fans may outnumber the Pack fans at NC State vs Syracuse any game in Raleigh.

*spit

Posted by: Deep State 910 at December 24, 2021 09:36 AM (aX0CW)

361 358
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:36 AM (Do5/p)

Yes, and thus my lack of enthusiasm for Trump's response.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2021 09:37 AM (fs1hN)

362 JJ,
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Every year you sort-of give me a Christmas gift, one I treasure, that lasts a whole year: The Morning Reports. Thank you.

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:37 AM (AMIL/)

363 My prediction is that biden will sign an EO excusing the first $50,000 of student loans before the mid terms.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 24, 2021 09:35 AM (bVYXr)

He might as well sign an EO handing out a trillion dollar coin to all Americans.

Posted by: Deep State 910 at December 24, 2021 09:38 AM (aX0CW)

364 I saw santa claus turning Japanese....by The Archies.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 24, 2021 09:38 AM (+frZ/)

365 "...but the truth is, it is going to take individual acts of courage on all our parts if we are ever going to even begin to claw our way out of what day by day is becoming a mass grave."

You're goddamn right it will. I will NOT give in to the cowards that use govt force, they do not have 'power' unless we give it to them. This DStorm veteran who served in Germany when the Wall was up(and down) and witnessed communism will never give. Ever. Merry Christmas!!

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 24, 2021 09:38 AM (/olov)

366 Merry Christmas Eve all my hordley friends.

Posted by: Infidel at December 24, 2021 09:38 AM (qpolg)

367 Yes, and thus my lack of enthusiasm for Trump's response.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2021 09:37 AM

Yep, and thus my comment at #97.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:39 AM (Do5/p)

368 Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:31 AM

I'm cool with that. I used part of the "stimulus check" to buy some crypto and have been buying crypto with what I'd normally pay on my loan each month. Even with a down market I currently have 3x more than my total loan balance.

*takes shelter from the incoming crypto nay sayers*

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:39 AM (DB16e)

369 NOOD art

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 24, 2021 09:39 AM (CAJOC)

370 I like living in the cold north. My dogs like it too. And their views are decisive.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 24, 2021 09:40 AM (XdH0i)

371 368 I'm cool with that. I used part of the "stimulus check" to buy some crypto and have been buying crypto with what I'd normally pay on my loan each month. Even with a down market I currently have 3x more than my total loan balance.

*takes shelter from the incoming crypto nay sayers*
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:39 AM (DB16e)

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As long as you don't forget your password.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:40 AM (LvTSG)

372 It's beginning to look a lot like genocide:

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

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 24, 2021 12:31 AM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 09:42 AM (Do5/p)

373 Paul Joseph Watson @PrisonPlanet; 3h
New figures out of England show that 65% of people described as 'COVID patients' only tested positive for COVID after being admitted to hospital for something else.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 24, 2021 09:43 AM (UHVv4)

374 358, 97
Well articulated Mr. Shelton, thank you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2021 09:44 AM (fs1hN)

375 As long as you don't forget your password.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 24, 2021 09:40 AM (LvTSG)

True. A bigger concern for me is if something were to happen to me I need my kid to have access. Which is problematic

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2021 09:44 AM (DB16e)

376 A shiksa once asked me if "shiksa" was derogatory. I told her, it depends on who's saying it: grandmother - derogatory, grandfather - maybe derogatory, man involved with the shiksa - RUFKM?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2021 09:45 AM (KAi1n)

377 My prediction is that biden will sign an EO excusing the first $50,000 of student loans before the mid terms.
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This coupled with the SALT increase will be awesome for the top earners in the country. If you're rich, you really should vote Democrat.

They come through every time. They know who their constituents are.

Posted by: MJ at December 24, 2021 09:48 AM (zwDuR)

378 362 JJ,
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Every year you sort-of give me a Christmas gift, one I treasure, that lasts a whole year: The Morning Reports. Thank you.
Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2021 09:37 AM (AMIL/)

Truly appreciated. Keep the faith. Leave the cannoli.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 24, 2021 09:49 AM (NpRAB)

379 Little help- what does WEF stand for?

Posted by: Head puddi at December 24, 2021 10:09 AM (xMh1R)

380 Trump has lost all my support with his doubling down on stupid support of the poison jab. SMH So disappointing.

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at December 24, 2021 10:20 AM (hlxe7)

381 I personally do not care what democrats or RINO's do to each other and get away with it.

Posted by: obsidian at December 24, 2021 10:55 AM (jNt1r)

382 Little help - what does WEF stand for?

Posted by: Head puddi at December 24, 2021 10:09 AM

World Economic Forum. Davos. The same globalists who have been pushing global warming, the great reset and build back better.

https://tinyurl.com/52emya2z

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2021 10:55 AM (Do5/p)

383 259 If a store wants me to wear a mask I have two options. Wear one or go next door to the store that does not require it. As long as the decision is the store owner, I have no issue with it.
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It used to be that any business had 'Right Of Admission Reserved' but since the Civil Rights laws a business cannot refuse service unless someone is being a nuisance. Remember the Bakery/Lesbian wedding?
So I don't think a store can refuse me service for not masking unless there's an actual law mandating it.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 11:27 AM (qfLjt)

384 260 Most Americans have no fucking clue that the working poor in the US are better off than the middle class of most EU countries. An upper middle class family in the US probably lives better than the landed gentry of the old world.
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Have you been to what used to be called Western Europe? Most people live very well there. Taxes are higher than here but they have a shorter working week, free health care (I know, taxes) and long vacation periods. They eat and dress well.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 11:32 AM (qfLjt)

385 That was thoroughly depressing. Try taking action. If there is a next time, maybe more than a couple hundred patriots will show up at planned rallies unlike last year's Stop the Steal and Anti-Covid rallies. There were opportunities to avoid the 'Merica we live in but no one showed up. Truly disgusted.

Posted by: MikeN at December 24, 2021 11:33 AM (0DLg7)

386 So the 11th commandment of Republicans is "never speak ill of a fellow Republican" and the Dem equivalent must read "never indict a guilty Democrat" If only we had half the party discipline the Dems have.

Posted by: Chip off the Old Blockhead at December 24, 2021 11:39 AM (6yBC0)

387 310 Reminds me if the time a homeless bum took a dump on Nancy Pelosi's driveway, and the Capital Police were able to locate him in the SF train station, using facial recognition I presume, and alerted the SF cops where to pick him up.
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Did they match his 'cheeks'?

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 11:44 AM (qfLjt)

388 312 Randi Nov 2021 There is no CRT in schools
Randi Dec 2021 Without CRT are schools will fail
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Without CRT, are belong to us, schools will fail
Don't send me the bomb.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 24, 2021 11:47 AM (qfLjt)

389 Amen.

Posted by: IdahoFred at December 25, 2021 01:56 AM (BXYv0)

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