Look around - - It's Christmas Eve

Can we avoid thinking too much about these folks on Christmas Eve?

We are led by such preposterous figures, like no one you ever see at home, in life. They insist on inflicting on us such bloated theater & they seem not to know how false it all appears. They bluster & strut among the marble columns, waving, saluting. Honoring the lie.
Walter Kirn

Mouse King (Walmart, out of stock)

One of several interesting replies to Walter Kirn:

The audience watching won't change the channel or get off the couch and look out the window to see what's going on outside.

For contrast, a story about real people

I wanted to highlight a great piece from J.J. Sefton's Morning Report yesterday, A Christmas I'll Never Forget, which is primarily about the relationship of two sisters as one of them neared death.

Anyone who is honest and has a heart knows that families cause pain, and that some families cause more pain than others.

It is a story full of conflicting feelings and remembrances that lead to the intense experiences of two sisters together after a long separation, under trying circumstances. It's not a story about social media influencers or politicians. It's real. Love survives the pain.

It includes this perceptive passage, too, starting with a remembrance of a Christmas Eve service:

Shoulders, elbows, hips collided, and everyone just put up with the jostling. The church was so full some couldn't get beyond the vestibule. There were muffled coughs and vague scents of moist wool, moth balls, and cedar blocks. Old Italian ladies who spoke no English prayed their own prayers under black lace mantillas.

One of our regular church ladies walked up the aisle to receive communion. Her head was always tilted. An injury? A birth defect? I always wondered and I never knew. I found out years later that Mrs. Gilpatrick was a PhD and a published and praised novelist, and yet she gave her life to our blue-collar parish. I found out years later that our high school janitor, Mr. Van Wilpe, who was just about invisible to me, at risk to himself, helped rescue shark-menaced sailors from the sunken USS Indianapolis during World War II. We were surrounded by strong, wounded people who carried their wounds with fortitude and dignity. We took their solidity for granted and only recognized it years later when we inhabited worlds where they were merely a memory.

I missed those old church people so very badly as I traveled the world. When, four continents later, I returned and they hugged me at my mother's funeral, I wanted to grab them and never let them go, to hold them back from the rush of time that was taking them from me, both their aging physical bodies, and their culture, one being rendered superfluous by new attitudes.

One thing that this piece brings into focus for me is that remembrances -- written histories, audible recordings, photos (not just on a phone) etc. -- may mean more in future years than they will mean even in the near future. The holidays are a good time to get people you care about talking or writing about their lives in a way that can be passed on. Think about it.

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Home, Hearth and Neighborhood

This particular Christmas Eve, there are some extra reasons to pay attention to home, family, neighborhood and community as well. Including the weather in much of the country.

It's a good idea to check on your family and your neighbors, and to reach out if you need help.

Are there other preparations you have taken which you might like to share in the comments?

Are you prepared to feed neighbors if a weather emergency takes out utilities?

Do you think you might have someone like this show up needing some help?

Heading home for xmas! Here’s hoping I run into a guy from my childhood who I never liked in the first place but manages to romance me into leaving my job in the city to live happily ever after on his idyllic goat farm in a small town that is surprisingly liberal🤞🏼🐐🎄😀 pic.twitter.com/bzCfsJZzU9
— Sherry Pagoto (@DrSherryPagoto) December 22, 2022

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Computer Tips for Christmas Superpowers?

Can anybody vouch for the websites in this thread? Some of them sound pretty useful:

There are over a billion websites on the internet, yet most people never use more than a dozen.
Here are 10 little-known websites that give you superpowers.

Stuck in one of this weekend's storms? I tried website No. 2 from the link above. Seems okay. Might want to input food items that could go bad quickly if your electricity goes out. They have a checklist.

2. http://Myfridgefood.com
Make the best possible meal with whatever you have.
If you can't decide what to eat, just let MyFridgeFood know what's in your fridge and it will tell you what meals you can make and how you can make them. A great way to discover new recipes.

I didn't apply any filters. My first recipe results were two kinds of baked French toast (no maple syrup mentioned) and holiday pinwheel cookies.

Pinwheel Cookies? Best possible meal from what I have!

Then came empanada dough and pizza loaves. They think I want to bake food items absolutely full of carbs! Bottom of first page: Yorkshire pudding and apple rings. Butterbeer Latte is an "unapproved recipe". Don't know if it is an official Harry Potter recipe or not.

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Hanukkah Persists

h/t Glenn Reynolds

Happy Hanukkah to the Jewish members of The Horde, including co-bloggers, commenters, lurkers and friends! Hanukkah ends Monday night, which means there are still a few opportunities this year to find new ways to prepare Latkes and other fried foods.

From what I have gathered, there are two primary kinds of potato latkes: fluffy and crispy. Do you have a favorite? Here are simple directions with a video and music, plus history. There are also other recipes at the link. Going low carb? Try zucchini.

Oven or stove top? directions for both.

Better Homes and Gardens has tips for crispy (not fluffy) latkes. Plus other Hanukkah recipes. So, no reason to stop having those holiday meals! You might even find Cajun Latkes!

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Music

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Or is your Christmas Eve white enough?

Jonas Kaufmann:

Jonas Kaufmann with kids:

Stuck at home because of the weather?

Gesu Bambino, home version

Missing someone during this holiday season? You're not alone.

The Piano Guys have not been spared grief. Even if you don't have a faith to lean on, you have other people. Including us. But this song may touch some people.

First lyrics in Handel's Messiah:

Accompagnato (Tenor) - "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40, vv.1-3)

Rejoice greatly and quickly.

Air (soprano) - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is the righteous Saviour, and he shall speak peace unto the heathen." (Zechariah 9, vv.9-10)

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Hope you have something nice planned for today. Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy New Year!

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, December 17, When paradise isn't paradise anymore:

Destruction of a law school and the ongoing destruction of the entire field of psychology bt the Woke. Notes on events of the week, caroling, Beethoven and the Ode to Joy. Here's a nice photo of people at the Hotel Del Coronado during the holiday season:

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:18 AM

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1 Merry Christmas Eve, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2022 11:20 AM (ju2Fy)

2 Antiochus Epiphanes is a fink!

Posted by: The Maccabees at December 24, 2022 11:22 AM (Qzn2/)

3 Merry Christmas Eve, olddog!

Posted by: KT at December 24, 2022 11:22 AM (rrtZS)

4 We had something of a thread yesterday evening, about the family conflict and strain that can cause some to have a different type of Christmas experience.

Sometimes it's better to be away from family.

I'm celebrating new beginnings, and will be alone all day tomorrow. Today I'm driving down to see my brother, so it's time to close up this shop and get to that.

Happy Christmas to all who are able, and peace to those who are not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 24, 2022 11:27 AM (QBaJw)

5

Ho, Ho, Ho, sleighbells in the sky

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 11:27 AM (dL4ZH)

6 I kept waiting for her to sing Italian in the Gesu Bambino vid. I thought it was something like Tu scendi dalle stelle.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 11:28 AM (ewvGX)

7 Potato girl I guarantee is homely under that mask.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 11:29 AM (0hOvj)

8 If you change the M for another O in Bomb Cyclone, it becomes a much more interesting way for the news media to engage in hysterics about regular 'ol weather that we've had forever.

Posted by: Weather Watching Wilbur at December 24, 2022 11:29 AM (WcPfR)

9 First Ever Transgender State Rep Resigns After Arrest for Allegedly Stalking Woman

"The story of New Hampshire state Rep. Stacie Laughton (D), the 1st openly transgender person elected to a state legislature in the US is kind of insane. Laughton has a long rap sheet that involved credit card fraud, a bomb threat, fake 911 calls & criminal stalking charges."

https://bit.ly/3C0fWLH
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Transphobia! Just pure simple transphobia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:29 AM (FVME7)

10 Merry Christmas to all

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 11:30 AM (xhxe8)

11 That Sherry tweet, I thought it was a spoof, like she wanted to have a Hallmark channel type Christmas. But no, her profile says she's a feminist. Hmmm, how is it that she is fantasizing a future that women have imagined long before Betty Freidan came on the scene?

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 11:30 AM (ewvGX)

12 Oh and I prefer more fluffy latkes, but I've found if you leave out the flour and don't drain or rinse the potatoes you can make a really great version.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 11:30 AM (0hOvj)

13 I'm not feeding that dingbat if she shows up at my door during the burning times.
"Sorry, lady, try Zod's palace down the road. Maybe he's got some work for you."

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2022 11:31 AM (AI0SL)

14 Sherry has pronouns in her bio.
While I'm single and 29 I don't think I could help her.

Posted by: ptschett at December 24, 2022 11:32 AM (zB+vL)

15 I put two turkeys on the smoker this morning and then drove up to church for the 10 o'clock service, which is apparently an 11 o'clock service.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 24, 2022 11:32 AM (yQpMk)

16 Maricopa County Official Says Printer Settings Changed on Election Day, Linked to Tabulators Rejecting Ballots

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NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:33 AM (FVME7)

17 Portland Is Throwing Out Hundreds of Criminal Cases Due to Shortage of Public Defenders

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Better a 1000 guilty they go free than a single guilty they be convicted!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:33 AM (FVME7)

18 I'm not feeding that dingbat if she shows up at my door during the burning times.
"Sorry, lady, try Zod's palace down the road. Maybe he's got some work for you."
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2022 11:31 AM (AI0SL)

Into the smokehouse with the rest of them.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 24, 2022 11:33 AM (yQpMk)

19 Exceptionally well done KT. Thank you

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at December 24, 2022 11:34 AM (wdCAN)

20 Lindsay Graham Says U.S. Should Be “Completely All In, Without Equivocation” on Ukraine

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Because it is in our vital interest that, uh, whatever!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)

21 Christmas morning service and Easter morning service are my favorites because I worked Sundays for 12 years.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2022 11:35 AM (TkO4P)

22 It's been a while, but we'll have a white Christmas here. It's still only 7 degrees, so the snow that feel when the cold front moved in the other day has not even begun to melt.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at December 24, 2022 11:36 AM (UQUAY)

23 I'm thinking Pagoto spends a lot of Friday nights watching Hallmark movies.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 11:36 AM (anj39)

24 Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to everyone.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at December 24, 2022 11:36 AM (bAerT)

25 You don't fix Potato Girl, Potato Girl fixes you.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 24, 2022 11:37 AM (qH6FZ)

26 Disney Earnings Call: Over 50% Of Disney+ Subscribers Are Adults Without Kids

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That's not to say that they don't likely kids.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:37 AM (FVME7)

27 It's a good idea to check on your family and your neighbors, and to reach out if you need help.

Are you prepared to feed neighbors if a weather emergency takes out utilities?

Hear! Hear! Yes, we are - also, are neighbors are prepared. It's much of the reason we selected this community to live out our years.

Most everyone has staples put up in case of supply disruptions. Fuel for heat is very close and free - (just have to be mindful of the game wardens). Clean water is available if you are willing to carry it up the ravine.

Defense from outside threats is comparatively easy - One way in and out and reasonably secure due to land features surrounding the neighborhood. I don't know of one neighbor that isn't armed to the teeth.

The biggest plus - tough, but loving, down to earth folks.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2022 11:37 AM (qoGsy)

28 I don't know if what I make qualify as latkes, but I make potato pancakes this time of year with 4 grated potatoes, 1 onion, 1 beaten egg, and about 2 tsp of flour, some herb seasoning.
Get that olive oil nice and hot, 3 minutes per side.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 24, 2022 11:38 AM (jTmQV)

29 Dang. That 1931 photo is a powerful picture!

Happy Hanukkah everyone!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 11:38 AM (anj39)

30 Lindsay Graham Says U.S. Should Be “Completely All In, Without Equivocation” on Ukraine

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)

Saw the ahole calling for 'regime change' in Russia. Just how well has that worked out elsewhere?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 11:39 AM (AwYPR)

31 A little bit of cold weather can't dampen my Schwanza spirits.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver at December 24, 2022 11:39 AM (WcPfR)

32 While I'm single and 29 I don't think I could help her.

These bints don't realize what they've done. they've wholeheartedly endorsed an agenda that is anti-straight male. So antii-hetero that they are convincing men that it's better for them to be anything *but* a hetero male.

And Sherry wonders why she's still single at Christmas.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 11:40 AM (ewvGX)

33 Surprisingly liberal might possibly mean that these people I've been indoctrinated to hate aren't as bad as I expected.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 24, 2022 11:40 AM (eGTCV)

34 One early gift we got this year was making the final payment on our house. We are already looking into a bug-out place out of state. My wife knows a guy whose family owns a lot of land and they also buy land with homes on them, and subdivide a parcel around the home area, an acre or two, and keep the rest as farm/grazing land. They do that in Colorado too, but here it's so they can turn the rest of the parcel into a subdivision.

To say the least, we are very interested.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at December 24, 2022 11:42 AM (UQUAY)

35 There's a boob cyclone? Where?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2022 11:43 AM (DhOHl)

36 There's a boob cyclone? Where?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

at the Titty Twister. Cheech said they even have Naugahyde Poontang!

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at December 24, 2022 11:45 AM (bAerT)

37 Love potato pancakes, but won't make them just for myself usually.
Will try some oven ones- the problem is the frying smell.
Thanks for the tip!.

My old Saladmaster is the greatest for grating anything.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 24, 2022 11:47 AM (wE246)

38 There's a boob cyclone? Where?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2022 11:43 AM (DhOHl)

Y'all know the rules.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 11:47 AM (anj39)

39 AW - American Thinker article on this said they are trying to brush away this as some machine setting and writer of article says it's BS

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 11:47 AM (xhxe8)

40 We're getting a freezing rain/mist. The luge run that is the hill up to my house is going to be fun . The sledding on the other hand is going to be awesome . Terminal velocity just went up a few notches

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at December 24, 2022 11:48 AM (wdCAN)

41 I mentioned that seasonal ice rink in back of the Del in last week's thread. Nice photo of it.

If you take a walk on the beach just to the right of the picture, heading that same direction (south), not far past where the Del's property ends, and just past the condo towers you can barely see in the background, you'll want to stop right there. Beyond that is the base that is home of the SEALs.

If you're lucky in the timing of your visit, you can see the boys during hell week, carrying telephone poles or running in/out of the surf in their fatigues and boots.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 11:48 AM (OTzUX)

42 Trying to decide if woman saying "surprisingly liberal " means like her and didn't expect some farmer to be as woke as her

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 11:49 AM (xhxe8)

43 > 34 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well
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Our little modular is on 5 acres that was part of a larger farm back in 60's. At some point a barn went up nearby, then a brick house and that was more or less sectioned off into someone's property... you can see the fencing on old aerial photos (before Google Earth.) Our tract is a "flag lot." There's a narrow right of way to the road, about a quarter mile away that joins our acreage set behind this other property. The barn is just on the other side of a field fence in what passes for our front yard... 100yds or so away. Everything around is is either cropland or pasture save for this property and one other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2022 11:51 AM (Q4IgG)

44 We should think about "these folks" very little, if ever. They are facially preposterous. In a comic way, but more importantly in a "they aren't real" way. I refuse to believe things that are preposterous. There is no way that Pelosi or Mitch etc etc are legitimate representatives of their districts or States. I refuse to participate in the preposterous sham. They will do what they do but I won't try and create some Rube Goldberg logic chain as to how democtratic politics produced them or their actions. I am interested solely in how to transfer political legitimacy back to the populace from wherever it allegedly now resides. And I accept that I can't know wtf is going on wrt who gets installed and why. That information is occulted and innaccesible.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 11:51 AM (1ais2)

45 So Ms. Pagoto gets wet for the Hallmark Movie fantasy, eh? She left out the part where he's 6'2", chiseled, and the beneficiary of the billion-dollar trust his parents set up for him.

Posted by: And they say men have runaway imaginations at December 24, 2022 11:52 AM (II3Gr)

46 Merry Christmas! Christ is King! The battle is already won! We need only joyfully and gratefully do our own little parts. Take heart friends. Christ has won! Spread the Good News!

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 11:54 AM (1ais2)

47 Antiochus Epiphanes is a fink!
Posted by: The Maccabees at December 24, 2022 11:22 AM (Qzn2/)

I...snorted.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 11:54 AM (anj39)

48 So Ms. Pagoto gets wet for the Hallmark Movie fantasy, eh? She left out the part where he's 6'2", chiseled, and the beneficiary of the billion-dollar trust his parents set up for him.
Posted by: And they say men have runaway imaginations at December 24, 2022 11:52 AM (II3Gr)

I assume she was snarking and did a pretty good job doing it.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (KLWiP)

49 My middle son, his wife, and the youngest Sabin are coming by this afternoon. Tomorrow, we are going to dinner with the rest of the Sabin horde. Daughter promises rib roast.(If the rest of us were providing the main course, we'd be eating peanut butter sandwiches or hot dogs.) SiL's family does their Christmas thing on Christmas Eve.

A long time friend of the family lost her father this past summer. Her mother passed a few years back, leaving her with no one. Hopefully, she will come to dinner with us. Her parents were practically grandparents to our kids, and she an aunt.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (z7W9M)

50 "Nice sentiment, but kinda hard not to when they're destroying lives and livelihoods." - SMH

Exactly.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (OTzUX)

51 Where can I go to become occulted and inaccessible? I'd pay good money for that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (DhOHl)

52 They serve really good mexican hot cocoa at Hotel Del Coronado around this time. But when I taste it I'm hard pressed to point out what the specific difference is. There's salt and vanilla and something else. I definitely notice it though. Very pretty walking around inside the hotel this time of year. And probably a good 40-50 degrees warmer than here.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (0fVbu)

53 Letsee...

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 11:56 AM (lQECi)

54 Nice mask, Sherry.

Posted by: Hydrogen at December 24, 2022 11:56 AM (Qzn2/)

55 Why is stupid twat Sherry wearing a mask? Oh, wait, I guess that question answers itself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2022 11:57 AM (tkR6S)

56 What are the odds that DOCTOR Sherry Pagato has a PhD in Education?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 11:57 AM (Qzn2/)

57 ^
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Posted by: Frosty at December 24, 2022 11:58 AM (WcPfR)

58 banana Dream, they probably just use Ibarra or Abuelita brand Mexican chocolate. Vanilla, and cinnamon, are the key additives. It is believe chocolate was first consumed as a beverage - reserved for the priestly elite - in ancient Mexico. But they added hot chile of course. Not common today, but a good mole poblano combines several kinds of dried chiles and Mexican chocolate and it can be amazing.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 11:58 AM (OTzUX)

59 Well. That got mutilated.

Posted by: Frosty at December 24, 2022 11:58 AM (WcPfR)

60 And forecast is for 79 tomorrow, though Coronado's always the coolest place in the county (ocean influence), so probably more like 75 down there.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 11:59 AM (OTzUX)

61 Thesokorus @ 44-
Well said! The only real effort exerted by politicians is that subterfuge of public monies theft and insider trading. Old saying goes 'If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life'.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2022 11:59 AM (TkO4P)

62 50 "Nice sentiment, but kinda hard not to when they're destroying lives and livelihoods." - SMH

Exactly.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 11:55 AM (OTzUX)

Don't waste effort. The reasons for why bad things are happening are not accessible right now. Work toward and think about how to make them accesible. Lamentation is fine. But not productive. Using logic to justify how things got to this point on the basis that the world works how we were taught is counter-productive.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 11:59 AM (1ais2)

63 Merry Christmas Horde.

One thing that this piece brings into focus for me is that remembrances -- written histories, audible recordings, photos (not just on a phone) etc. -- may mean more in future years than they will mean even in the near future. The holidays are a good time to get people you care about talking or writing about their lives in a way that can be passed on. Think about it.

This is so true. Once they are gone, the memories are gone forever. I regret so much not having my mom & grandma write family history down.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 24, 2022 12:00 PM (9uCBG)

64 42 Trying to decide if woman saying "surprisingly liberal " means like her and didn't expect some farmer to be as woke as her
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 11:49 AM (xhxe

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Her chiseled small-town guy is so surprisingly liberal he goes by "Nancy."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 12:00 PM (Qzn2/)

65 Frosty got hit with a sabot round.

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (AI0SL)

66 "All in, without equivocation"

Well OK. If you say so.

We're not breaking any new ground here Senator.

Why don't you fuckers vote on it? You know, like the Constitution requires. How about a Declaration of War?

Churchill 2.0 just addressed Congress. Can Pearl Harbor 2.0 be just around the corner?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (DOrlJ)

67 I assume she was snarking and did a pretty good job doing it.

I looked at her timeline, it appears she's serious and there's guys flirting with her and even gay guys who want to be part of the story.

She likes a "flannel bro". So if some moron here wants to have a good time for a week or so, just don your flannel shirt, jump in your pck-up and track her down. Then next week tell her you made a New Year's resolution to embrace your inner fegela, too bad so sad for her.

She does have the crazy eyes though.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (ewvGX)

68 On a random segue...anyone else have their Waze app start using a tranny voice instead of the normal female one?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2022 12:02 PM (lc5cP)

69 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:03 PM (T4tVD)

70 30 Lindsay Graham Says U.S. Should Be “Completely All In, Without Equivocation” on Ukraine
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Still waiting for one Republican to say we need to be "completely all in, without equivocation" on our Constitution.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 24, 2022 12:03 PM (H8QX8)

71 Awwright! It's hit 19 and my heat pump is beginning to catch up.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (AwYPR)

72 The reasons for why bad things are happening are not accessible right now.
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The Bible is very much accessible.

Want to know why bad things are happening?
Pick one up.

That is the message that should be put out.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (lQECi)

73 68 On a random segue...anyone else have their Waze app start using a tranny voice instead of the normal female one?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2022 12:02 PM (lc5cP)

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I noticed that in the past few weeks.

BTW, the word is that Google is in the process of phasing out Waze. It wants you on Goole Maps.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (Qzn2/)

74 Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (ewvGX)

Oh well would be excellent snark from a non woke lady since it follows almost every terrible impossible Rom Com movie script.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (KLWiP)

75 Churchill 2.0 just addressed Congress. Can Pearl Harbor 2.0 be just around the corner?

Well he already hit Poland with a missile we gave him and claimed it was Russia...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2022 12:05 PM (lc5cP)

76 Not common today, but a good mole poblano combines several kinds of dried chiles and Mexican chocolate and it can be amazing.

I've only had the Mexican hot chocolate with chiles added, and I do enjoy the flavor.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:05 PM (ewvGX)

77 "^
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Posted by: Frosty "

Frosty got run over by a reindeer.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2022 12:05 PM (iayUP)

78 The idiot Graham couldn't discuss Ukraine intelligently for 2 minutes with anyone who knows anything about the situation.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 12:06 PM (OTzUX)

79 Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (ewvGX)

Seems she wants to be conservative but just can't bring herself to accept it.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:06 PM (KLWiP)

80 What are the odds that DOCTOR Sherry Pagato has a PhD in Education?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 11:57 AM (Qzn2/)

They'd be high, but an actual search of the web reveals the following:

Sherry Pagoto, PhD

Professor
Director, UConn Center for mHealth & Social Media

Koons Hall, Room 326
sherry.pagoto@uconn.edu

Dr. Pagoto is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and social media researcher.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 24, 2022 12:07 PM (ZSK0i)

81 >>> Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:01 PM (ewvGX)

Oh well would be excellent snark from a non woke lady since it follows almost every terrible impossible Rom Com movie script.
Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (KLWiP)

A great movie would be something where they follow the Hallmark script, but it's a slasher horror movie and the main female is oblivious to it all, not noticing all the people dying around her. Have the Tucker & Dale people direct it. It would be fun and hilarious. Hallmark would never allow it.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (0fVbu)

82 >>> Hmmm, how is it that she is fantasizing a future that women have imagined long before Betty Freidan came on the scene?
Posted by: kallisto
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I read it as, she wants to get laid but on her terms
an impossible dream between a jungle maiden romance and a domineering shrew. She will live her life in dreams.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (dL4ZH)

83 Cocoa - there is dutch process and ordinary cocoa. Both different, some prefer one or the other for hot cocoa. A blend of both is nice too. Cane sugar. Don't forget a healthy pinch of salt, and use whole milk or half and half.

I bought a five pound bag of dutch process Ghidarli or whatever. Cost a fortune relatively. For the price I really wanted to like it better than ordinary cocoa. Maybe for baking it is suoerior, for hot chocolate it wasn't all that and a bag of chips.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (DOrlJ)

84 You can find us on Ghoul Maps.

Posted by: Transylvania Chamber of Commerce at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (DhOHl)

85 SNL Hallmark game show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoZHUDB3GU

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (wE246)

86 Transphobia! Just pure simple transphobia!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:29 AM (FVME7)

If he had been allowed to eat lead paint chips, like a normal child, his brain would not be broken. Now, he will need expensive lead replacement therapy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2022 12:09 PM (tkR6S)

87 Ghiradelli

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 12:09 PM (OTzUX)

88 72 The reasons for why bad things are happening are not accessible right now.
___

The Bible is very much accessible.

Want to know why bad things are happening?
Pick one up.

That is the message that should be put out.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:04 PM (lQECi)

Yes. Right. Augustine noted the same things occurring in his time. We have been here before. We will win again. Wickedness in High Places etc etc.

The Bible does not appear to have a description of the mechanical process currently generating bad outcomes. It's that we can't know right now. And what we have to accept. We have to work towards getting access to occulted information and stop seeking to justify preposterous things on the basis of the incomplete data at our disposal.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:09 PM (1ais2)

89 Gonna get up to a balmy 22 today.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:10 PM (lQECi)

90 "Licensed psychologist"

We just call 'em wacked out bitches here.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2022 12:10 PM (DOrlJ)

91 >>> Dr. Pagoto is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and social media researcher.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
-----------------------------------

A licensed fantasy salesman.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:10 PM (dL4ZH)

92 A PhD in Clinical Psychology is roughly on a par with a PhD in Education.

FIGHT ME

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 12:11 PM (Qzn2/)

93 Dreaming of a white Christmas? Or is your Christmas Eve white enough?
___

*glances outside*

Definitely white enough.

Racist.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:12 PM (lQECi)

94 A PhD in Clinical Psychology is roughly on a par with a PhD in Education.

FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2022 12:11 PM (Qzn2/)

No fight here. The degree of suckatude is extremely high in both cases.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 24, 2022 12:12 PM (ZSK0i)

95 Because it is in our vital interest that, uh, whatever!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 24, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)

The lavender Mafia really, really hates Putin since he banned to export of Russian orphans to countries that allow ghey couples to adopt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2022 12:12 PM (tkR6S)

96 Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2022 12:08 PM (0fVbu)

Heh yes it would be. The movie Ready or Not does it somewhat but they get into the killing fairly quickly where the woman is no longer oblivious.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:12 PM (KLWiP)

97 Gonna get up to a balmy 22 today.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Are you at the Equator ?

Merry Christmas to you and Ex-Ex !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:13 PM (T4tVD)

98 Every Christmas I read and forward to friends the brief essay In Hoc Anno Domini by Vermont Royster. It is a short, wonderful read, and definitely takes one's mind off of the crapthat is going on now.

https://tinyurl.com/2p97czwh

Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2022 12:13 PM (kSuAr)

99 Ghiradelli
Posted by: rhomboid

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (T4tVD)

100 The church was so full some couldn't get beyond the vestibule.

I'm stuck in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre!

https://bit.ly/3I1l5Hc

Posted by: Chandler Bing at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (Do5/p)

101 The Walter Kirn piece:

I think I have simply given up. These people make a lot of sound and fury, meaning nothing. There are a few genuine fighters in Congress, but the rest are nothing more than squishes, members in good standing in the Uniparty. Every time I hope there might be some meaningful pushback from the GOPe, they cave like sand castles on a beach in the face of the oncoming tide. Elon Musk has provided so much evidence of governmental wrong doing, and they don't even pretend to ignore it; it simply doesn't exist for them. They don't deny it; they simply don't see or hear anything that doesn't match the current narrative. And their districts keep voting them back in.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (z7W9M)

102 Frosty the Snowman

(*.*)
>--(__:__)--
(___:___)

Posted by: Pablo Picasso at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (dTFZY)

103 @Miss Lindsay Graham, how deeply 'invested' are you in Ukraine?

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (SYTee)

104 89 Gonna get up to a balmy 22 today.
Posted by: SMH
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Hope it's toasty inside for you and ExEx.

My HVAC is working much better now that that two day, forty mile and hour breeze has ceased.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:15 PM (dL4ZH)

105 7 Potato girl I guarantee is homely under that mask.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 11:29 AM (0hOvj)

Potato Girl in Attack on Titan, on the other hand, is quite cute. Also capable and gutsy.

Posted by: Anime aficionado of sorts at December 24, 2022 12:15 PM (s2na+)

106 "And their districts keep voting them back in."

The key point.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (OTzUX)

107 My birdbath is still frozen solid (if you're keeping score at home)

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (T4tVD)

108 Are you at the Equator ?

Merry Christmas to you and Ex-Ex !
Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:13 PM (T4tVD)
___

StL AO, but close enough.

Thanks. : )
Same to you and yours.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (lQECi)

109 Merry Christmas Eve afternoon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (XGZoL)

110 Lindsay Graham Says U.S. Should Be “Completely All In, Without Equivocation” on Ukraine

You first Lindsay.
Get out there and jump in with the 82nd!
Show us how tough you are with your blood.
And explain why Ukraine is so vital to American interests.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (anj39)

111 BTUs for all the horde and horde-affiliated that need them.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 12:17 PM (4I/2K)

112 Hope it's toasty inside for you and ExEx.

My HVAC is working much better now that that two day, forty mile and hour breeze has ceased.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:15 PM (dL4ZH)
___

It's a sweltering 65.

Currently 16 outside, but the sun is shining.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:18 PM (lQECi)

113 I am making caramel corn now and the house smells so good.

Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2022 12:18 PM (dTFZY)

114 Wind chill is a balmy -17F. Better than yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 12:18 PM (XGZoL)

115 Merry Christmas Eve Hordlings.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 24, 2022 12:18 PM (eGTCV)

116 107 "And their districts keep voting them back in."

The key point.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (OTzUX)

Yes. It is a ridiculous statement. A thought requiring mega kilowatts of Rube Goldbergian energy to justify. A preposterous thing to say or believe. An obvious non-truth. A waste. Counter-productive. Nonsense on Stilts.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:19 PM (1ais2)

117 Forget it Jake. It's liberal goat town.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2022 12:20 PM (63Dwl)

118 Hey Horde.
(I know...there is a risk in asking for advice here)
I received a couple pounds of frozen cooked crab from Florida. I'm wanting to add it to me porterhouse for tomorrow's dinner.
My 2 part question: how soon should I thaw it, and do I need to heat it before serving?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 12:20 PM (anj39)

119 The goats in liberal town all have the monkeypox.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 12:21 PM (XGZoL)

120 And their districts keep voting them back in.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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And their districts are herded into a worthless choice.
We need a thumb drive to stick in those machines with a little bitty code that will wipe out all the votes.

DON'T CHEAT, NULLIFY.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:21 PM (dL4ZH)

121 fd - you need something in spaces, took me many tryst to get birthday cakes not jumbled

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 12:21 PM (xhxe8)

122 Every male neighbor left and right to the end of the block were in WW2. I live in the house of a Pearl Harbor and Battle of Saipan survivor who carried shrapnel to his grave. They didn't take much shit from smart ass kids.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:22 PM (9X/y4)

123 If you want to become a millionaire, victims of illegal alien crime must start suing the government.

It's the only language they will understand.

The pattern has already begun in Greece of all places.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Paros_beating_and_rape

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at December 24, 2022 12:22 PM (0SrVS)

124 @Miss Lindsay Graham, how deeply 'invested' are you in Ukraine?
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (SYTee)

To the last penny of your money, and the last drop of everyone else's blood.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:23 PM (xhaym)

125 I was booming on shrooms in 93 when I saw The Butthole Suffers cover Steve Miller's Swing Town as Goat Town at the 9:30 Club.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:23 PM (1ais2)

126 Suebtye judge who let them out, aur ethe police who failed to arrest them. Sue the corporation that employed him under the table. Sue every ducking dirt bag.

This time next year some of you will be rich!

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at December 24, 2022 12:24 PM (0SrVS)

127 If voting mattered they wouldn't let us do it.

Posted by: Wrongly attributed to Mark Twain at December 24, 2022 12:24 PM (DhOHl)

128 Back above freezing until 7pm.

Many reports of frozen and/or busted pipes on NextDoor in the area. Am very grateful that my preps and vigilance seem to have worked.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 12:24 PM (4I/2K)

129 thank you for the Latke recipe links. A decent Latke is my current grail quest.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:24 PM (xhaym)

130 Morning everyone. Finally awake here in balmy SF. Soon i will get off the couch and get working out. Going to fetch my ex and her cat to hang out here this afternoon. We remain on good terms and i am her lawyer in a lawsuit. Also, her cat is the coolest cat in the world, he loves me, and he only gets outdoors time when he visits.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2022 12:24 PM (KAi1n)

131 My mother's latkes had crispy edges but were generally semi-crispy and moist in the middle. I loved them.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2022 12:26 PM (KAi1n)

132 Not common today, but a good mole poblano combines several kinds of dried chiles and Mexican chocolate and it can be amazing.
Posted by: rhomboid
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grrrrrrrrrrrr

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:26 PM (dL4ZH)

133 The Bible does not appear to have a description of the mechanical process currently generating bad outcomes. It's that we can't know right now. And what we have to accept. We have to work towards getting access to occulted information and stop seeking to justify preposterous things on the basis of the incomplete data at our disposal.
Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:09 PM (1ais2)

Well, you have stated the problem, now figure out the mechanism to get around the gate-keepers.
"how does one develop a resistance against Color revolutions?"

Good project, your turn.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:26 PM (xhaym)

134 Happy Christmas Eve!

Quiet morning here. It's pouring rain and 44. Ice is melted. About to head to son #1 house to start cooking the dinner feast for 10.

Try to be happy. Try to be positive. Please, no wallowing in your past today. It's about Christ, for He has come to save the world. Be present and rejoice.

Posted by: nurse ratched, I wanna cookie, dammit! at December 24, 2022 12:27 PM (U2p+3)

135 The holidays are a good time to get people you care about talking or writing about their lives in a way that can be passed on. Think about it.

I have been thinking a lot about this lately. Specifically with regards to things we all talk/write about online. On blogs, websites, etc. I think of how over the past 15 years or so of saving bookmarks to websites and specific articles/essays, I sometimes will come across an old bookmark and decide to click on it to read it again and... the site is no longer active.

I think of all the thoughts and essays and knowledge, etc that has been put online over the past 20-30 years after the invention of the internet and the various blogging and personal website sites, and how so much of it is just now gone, if people can't keep their site active. Much different than if written in a journal or a diary or published in a book. If one day someone decides to just 'turn off' the internet, how much information would be lost forever, never to be seen by future generations looking back on this time, as we look back on past generations through written word in books and art and all the different ancient markings on stone, etc.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 12:27 PM (Do5/p)

136 I'm going to make a Latke today, it will be the best Latke I've ever eaten.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:28 PM (dL4ZH)

137
Ow! Ow! Ow!

Posted by: Brass Monkey at December 24, 2022 12:28 PM (YWLil)

138 My birdbath is still frozen solid (if you're keeping score at home)
Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (T4tVD)

My husband left a six pack of diet Pepsi bottles in his truck this week. He brought them in yesterday around 2:30 in the afternoon. They still haven't thawed all the way.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 24, 2022 12:28 PM (PUlo3)

139 My 2 part question: how soon should I thaw it, and do I need to heat it before serving?
----
Bake it with garlic butter to dip in.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxs5f7u

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:29 PM (9X/y4)

140 We just discovered the only frozen drain pipe in the house. The drain for the washer is not good. Now we have a washer full of water and clothes and no drain. Swell.
Fuck drafty old farmhouse with no insulation or even solid walls around the crawl space.

Barbra Streisand should not sing Jingle Bells.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 12:29 PM (Wy1BU)

141 My elder friend with busted pipe over the kitchen and major water damage yesterday just emailed me to say that a water damage remediation company has been out this morning and assessed her situation.

She needs to find a temporary place to stay for the next two months while they fix her place up.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 12:29 PM (4I/2K)

142 Trying to decide if woman saying "surprisingly liberal " means like her and didn't expect some farmer to be as woke as her
Posted by: Skip

Nah. She's just tired of being mugged in broad daylight next to the pile of reeking trash bags on the sidewalk while her fellow urbanites bitch about how she blocks their path to the closest Starbucks. Rural life is the life for me! But make sure it's somewhere those icky Trumpys have been purged and being Republican has been made illegal.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 24, 2022 12:30 PM (pi2uC)

143 125 @Miss Lindsay Graham, how deeply 'invested' are you in Ukraine?
Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2022 12:14 PM (SYTee)

To the last penny of your money, and the last drop of everyone else's blood.
Posted by: Kindltot
-----------------------

On a comparative scale of them sticking it to us the Ukraine is rather insignificant.

Would you rather stop all Ukraine business or totally seal the border?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:30 PM (dL4ZH)

144 My mother's latkes had crispy edges but were generally semi-crispy and moist in the middle. I loved them.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2022 12:26 PM (KAi1n)

Same texture as my mom's scrapple. Mmm!! Done right.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 12:31 PM (4I/2K)

145 My birdbath is still frozen solid (if you're keeping score at home)
Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 12:16 PM (T4tVD)

One winter I tipped the frozen block of water out of the outside cat's watering dish each morning, and watched as I made a small pile of blocks.
Some places could make a decent hillock, but it doesn't freeze much here.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:31 PM (xhaym)

146 My why not watch this movie of the day: The Dalton Girls - 1957. 71 minutes.

Poster text: They made men crawl before their guns by day...and snared them in their love traps at night!

https://tinyurl.com/yck5wtss

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 24, 2022 12:32 PM (c7ca9)

147 I finally got the surgery I wanted and now I feel like a real woman! No, sorry, it was my hernia repair (Mk. 5) and it went well, thanks! One of the effects is that I lost track of what day it is. In the hospital someone comes in about every 90 minutes, and is it a.m. or p.m.?

So I load AoS this morning and am reading the post, and thinking, wow, this is great. It's like one of K.T.'s Saturday morning posts, and how cool that they found another coblogger with a similar style!

Yeah, okay, I am on a very minimal dose of painkillers. And I have this weird drain that involves a vacuum bulb, and man, a lot of stuff comes out of you. And I'm Feeling Much Better, thanks!

Posted by: Gordon Scott at December 24, 2022 12:32 PM (v9KcC)

148 Up to -7 deg. now. Balmy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:33 PM (BqFOC)

149 dartist,
Great recipe! Thanxs.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 12:33 PM (anj39)

150 135 The Bible does not appear to have a description of the mechanical process currently generating bad outcomes. It's that we can't know right now. And what we have to accept. We have to work towards getting access to occulted information and stop seeking to justify preposterous things on the basis of the incomplete data at our disposal.
Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:09 PM (1ais2)

Well, you have stated the problem, now figure out the mechanism to get around the gate-keepers.
"how does one develop a resistance against Color revolutions?"

Good project, your turn.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:26 PM (xhaym)

Our turn. Unless you favor the status quo?

This is a Law Enforcement issue. These are criminal natures. They want to commit crimes. It is what they like doing. It's always been a Law Enforcement issue. Not a constitutional one.

The first step is making elections real. The second is electing Governors and AGs who will prosecute. This has been done in KS with Kobach.

Then the process is repeated on the Fed Level.

We have a new Mafia to bust.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 24, 2022 12:34 PM (1ais2)

151 Up to -7 deg. now. Balmy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
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Belay that...
Up to +7 deg.

I shouldn't be so negative.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:34 PM (BqFOC)

152 Up to -7 deg. now. Balmy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:33 PM (BqFOC)

Altitude affects ~~attitude~~ temperature.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 12:35 PM (AwYPR)

153 My birdbath is still frozen solid

Its Woodstock's skating rink

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 12:36 PM (0hOvj)

154 And I have this weird drain that involves a vacuum bulb, and man, a lot of stuff comes out of you. And I'm Feeling Much Better, thanks!
Posted by: Gordon Scott at December 24, 2022 12:32 PM (v9KcC)

I had those when I had my breast reduction. So gross. Glad you're feeling better!

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 24, 2022 12:36 PM (PUlo3)

155 Last night read again Frederick Forsyth's "The Sheppard" and the anime OVA "Sorcery in the Big City."

Both are set on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2022 12:36 PM (1nfzE)

156 Trying to decide if woman saying "surprisingly liberal " means like her and didn't expect some farmer to be as woke as her
Posted by: Skip

It means she is joshing on the plot of most of the Hallmark Christmas Movies.

I used to hate Christmas season because a) I worked in the Post Office as a seasonal causual, b) It was a huge disruption in my life as I had set it up to avoid everyone, and c) it was never as happy making as I had hyped myself how it would be if it were perfect

Ms Mask on the airplane is cruising to a miserable yuletide that will never be as wonderful as it would be if she just decided to enjoy it without being the best and most life changing evar.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 12:36 PM (xhaym)

157 Saw the ahole calling for 'regime change' in Russia. Just how well has that worked out elsewhere?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 11:39 AM

So why was regime change in Iraq bad, but regime change in Russia is good? I could see logical rationale made in support of both, but the people who were dead set against regime change in Iraq are now gung-ho for regime change in Russia. Would be nice if someone called them on out their hypocrisy.

But, yeah, I will not be holding my breath on that. No one called out the Democrats on their hypocrisy of being anti-Saddam and anti-Iraq during the Clinton Administration and then doing a complete 180 and being against any action in Iraq during the Bush Administration.

Nor has the Left explained how they were anti-war from 2002 through 2016, and then pro-war from Jan 2017 to now. No one praised President Trump for his policies to keep USA out of foreign wars and no one rips Biden for the Deep State's proxy war in Ukraine.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 12:37 PM (Do5/p)

158 I shouldn't be so negative.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:34 PM (BqFOC)

Still negative 19 degrees Centigrade.

Stay warm, Mike!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2022 12:38 PM (tkR6S)

159 Last night read again Frederick Forsyth's "The Sheppard"

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2022 12:36 PM (1nfzE)

good story

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 12:38 PM (AwYPR)

160 11 degrees now here. Still not warm but warmer than yesterday.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 12:38 PM (Wy1BU)

161 Isn't the goat-farm thing just a bad take on moving to a Christian community so you can organize BLM riots, defund the police movements, and transgender fairs in a safe clean environment...???

Posted by: Tom at December 24, 2022 12:40 PM (bjV9z)

162 Nah. She's just tired of being mugged in broad daylight next to the pile of reeking trash bags on the sidewalk while her fellow urbanites bitch about how she blocks their path to the closest Starbucks. Rural life is the life for me! But make sure it's somewhere those icky Trumpys have been purged and being Republican has been made illegal.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 24, 2022 12:30 PM (pi2uC)

This.
She is a political bigot and liberal snob.
The entire post, down to the coquettish little pose on her selfie speaks volumes about her. I'm pretty sure the guy she didn't like in high school wouldn't give her the time of day.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 12:40 PM (anj39)

163 dartist,
Great recipe! Thanxs.
----
Very welcome, I can vouch for it. Leave the pan somewhere warm, you'll eat the whole thing and drink the juice.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:41 PM (9X/y4)

164 Merry Christmas morons and moronettes.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at December 24, 2022 12:41 PM (xcxpd)

165 Yeah, okay, I am on a very minimal dose of painkillers. And I have this weird drain that involves a vacuum bulb, and man, a lot of stuff comes out of you. And I'm Feeling Much Better, thanks!
Posted by: Gordon Scott
==================

Glad things are going OK
Get well soon and take time for those stitches to knit.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 12:41 PM (dL4ZH)

166 "Here’s hoping I run into a guy from my childhood who I never liked in the first place but manages to romance me into leaving my job in the city to live happily ever after on his idyllic goat farm in a small town that is surprisingly liberal"

ha ... sounds like Sherry is making light fun of the Hallmark Movie repeated scenario. The "surprisingly liberal" part ... not sure what she means, but in the movies it does seem to romanticize the notion that small towns have a lot of good (liberal?) people, not all are racist supremacists that vote Trump. heh (only 70% vote Trump, some are "liberal")

Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2022 12:42 PM (Cus5s)

167 Last night read again Frederick Forsyth's "The Sheppard" and the anime OVA "Sorcery in the Big City."
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Yesterday finished my annual re-read of 'A Christmas Carol'. I extract something new from it each year, if only some nuance of Dickens' prose.

At this time of the year, I pepper the threads with a recommendation of FBC Radio for traditional Carols/Hymns. Upper right corner click for MP3.
https://www.fbcradio.org/listen/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:42 PM (S5jV/)

168 2022 marks the lowest number of Merry Christmases I've ever gotten, outside of friends and family. Even the decorations seemed sparse too. I thought I was imagining it but a neighbor noticed it as well.

Fitting end to the worst year of my life. 2023 will be better right?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 12:43 PM (VTu1l)

169 How old old is too old to post on a thread?

Posted by: Goatweed at December 24, 2022 12:43 PM (0Q/6W)

170 It's +3 here. Almost Harley road trip weather. Nah...never mind.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2022 12:44 PM (Xrfse)

171 anyone got a 10 pin fisher controller ?

for cheap

Posted by: REDACTED at December 24, 2022 12:44 PM (us2H3)

172 171 How old old is too old to post on a thread?

Posted by: Goatweed

29

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2022 12:44 PM (SYTee)

173 2022 marks the lowest number of Merry Christmases I've ever gotten, outside of friends and family. Even the decorations seemed sparse too. I thought I was imagining it but a neighbor noticed it as well.
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Sadly, true. I have certainly been aware of it also. Far fewer decorations. Normally receive a shelf-full of Christmas cards, this year *three*. Three.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:46 PM (S5jV/)

174 2022 marks the lowest number of Merry Christmases I've ever gotten, outside of friends and family. Even the decorations seemed sparse too. I thought I was imagining it but a neighbor noticed it as well.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 12:43 PM (VTu1l)

We decorated inside but not outside, because the snow started early and never let up. The only people in our neighborhood with outside decorations are the ones who put them up in early November.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 24, 2022 12:46 PM (PUlo3)

175 How old old is too old to post on a thread?

Posted by: Goatweed

29
Posted by: davidt
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Oh...I though it was 30.
Damn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:47 PM (j2XJk)

176 Holiday Traditions on Sirius XM is doing a top 25 singers as decided by voters. Judy Garland is#10 and is higher ranked than Dean Martin. This is so wrong on so many levels. Wrong on levels that haven't even been invented yet.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 12:47 PM (Wy1BU)

177 At 30 you Renew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2022 12:48 PM (1nfzE)

178 Fvck it I'm staying home tonight. I'll have to fight the whole family, cold as hell, my car died and I don't give a shit. I'll sing Christmas Carols to myself.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:48 PM (9X/y4)

179 At 30 you Renew.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Not sure I have the keyboard skills for that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (j2XJk)

180 Even a dummy like myself can hit tilt and say no effing maś to the endless whining and gnashing of teeth over the pathetic corrupt leaders of the USA and their massive Praetorian Guard by the bloggers on this website led by Ace, who casually drops that they (could be non-binary, I had a girlfriend I called Ace) had a “friendly relationship” with Jim Geraghty in the past, which is code for Ace sucked Jim’s massive cuck.

And what is Ace’s and his fellow bloggers New Year’s resolution? To Blog Harder in 2023.

After getting that massive terd off my chest, best wishes to a Merry Christmas and joyful and Happy New Year to the horde of morons and bloggers of this unique and very special website and community.

Posted by: Dummy #43 at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (1OEHD)

181 We decorated inside but not outside, because the snow started early and never let up. The only people in our neighborhood with outside decorations are the ones who put them up in early November.

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I have Christmas lights that I put up around my inside windows and then, never take down, because they're too pretty.

Generally I take down the most Christmasy stuff and leave the rest up to give me a little bit of cheer until next Christmas. Neighbors must think I'm weird, but funny enough another neighbor started keeping lights in their windows year round as well. At least I'm a positive influence on somebody!

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (VTu1l)

182 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Luke 2:14

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2022 12:50 PM (ij5RJ)

183 Since the planned Christmas dinner has been frozen out, looks like it's now moved up to next Sunday, New Year's Day.

So that will be fun. And warm! projected to go all the way up to 60! woo hoo

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:51 PM (ewvGX)

184 I'd like to ask Ms Lindsey what supporting Ukraine completely means and on what basis that we do it without equivocation. That stuttering queen would only reply with the same political mumble jumble that wouldn't answer the questions.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:51 PM (KLWiP)

185 "Judy Garland is#10 and is higher ranked than Dean Martin."

Judy gets the gay vote and that's 25% of the electorate, didn't you know.

The Stonewall riot was the day after Judy's funeral. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 24, 2022 12:51 PM (SJsWC)

186 Sadly, true. I have certainly been aware of it also. Far fewer decorations. Normally receive a shelf-full of Christmas cards, this year *three*. Three.

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Yeah, I wonder if inflation is part of it. Them christmas cards aren't as cheap as they used to be

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 12:52 PM (VTu1l)

187 We have Christmas lights up around the front room year round, up by the ceiling. One year it was too much work to take them down for a couple weeks and Joel liked them up so they stayed. They give a nice soft light at night and look cheery so why not.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 12:52 PM (0hOvj)

188 Posted by: Dummy #43 at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (1OEHD)

You seem nice. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 24, 2022 12:53 PM (PUlo3)

189 You know how the Feds use "The Waffle House" index to determine how bad an area has suffered in a natural disaster situation.

Well, there's an addition to that index:

Did your Wegman's close due to dire weather conditions. Weggy's never closes...not ever!

People here in Erie County are looking at less than sumptuous dining this holiday as Wegman's closed their stores, prior to the County edicts, Friday morning, and haven't re-opened since...and won't until perhaps Monday at best.

Merry Christmas Horde!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 24, 2022 12:54 PM (CCSxw)

190 Amy Grant, "Breath of Heaven":

https://youtu.be/L8_475FKJWQ

Spending today and tomorrow working 8 am to 11 pm at the group home. The guys need me there. Family time for me will be Monday the 26th.

God bless all the Horde, you and yours, infinitely.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 24, 2022 12:54 PM (y+By8)

191 Sherry, there's a guy with a goat farm nearby, and he has ckickens too. Wants to meet you. Name's Achmed.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2022 12:54 PM (TkO4P)

192 Elon is dropping a large Christmas present right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2022 12:55 PM (ZLI7S)

193 Posted by: Dummy #43 at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (1OEHD)

You know where you can put those best wishes?

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 12:56 PM (KLWiP)

194 Does anyone care about the actual Ukrainian people?

They're getting a bombed out shell of a country with many civilian dead. Were it up to them I'm sure they'd have given up the Eastern provinces in exchange for what they had, and all that American money getting pissed away in their defense.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 24, 2022 12:57 PM (SJsWC)

195 On a random segue...anyone else have their Waze app start using a tranny voice instead of the normal female one?

After the last update, it started doing this thing where it will start and instruction in the higher pitched voice it always had and then switch to a less tinny, lower pitched voice in the middle of a sentence. Cracks me up every time.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2022 12:57 PM (nfrXX)

196 I have a chimney next to the fridge that I tape Christmas cards to so when I get a beer I visit them without dealing with them. I like living alone.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:58 PM (9X/y4)

197 I can give you two examples of missing blogs: Steven Den Beste and Ol' Remus's Woodpile Report. Yes, I know that some of it did get saved and there is archive.org. Blogs are much better at information than social media.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2022 12:58 PM (uz3Px)

198
TVA is doing rolling blackouts in Tennessee, also some in NC.

This is what happens when you replace actual reliable energy with green unicorn farts. Demand shot the Moon with the cold blast.

We used to have systems designed by me who knew what they were doing, and anticipated what would be needed to meet demand in the projected future. No more. It's all unicorn farts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 12:58 PM (Mzdiz)

199 How the hell does rosemary Clooney or Johnny Mathis rank above Dean Martin? What is wrong with people who voted on this? Wayne Newton at #5

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (Wy1BU)

200 I went out to the garage fridge. Garage isn't insulated. It was -5 in there this morning. The beer is frozen. The bottled waters are frozen. The Champaign for tomorrow is slushy.

Inside the fridge...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (Q4IgG)

201 Amen, MarcusT!

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (lQECi)

202 After the last update, it started doing this thing where it will start and instruction in the higher pitched voice it always had and then switch to a less tinny, lower pitched voice in the middle of a sentence. Cracks me up every time.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2022 12:57 PM (nfrXX)

Teenager in the middle of puberty?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (AwYPR)

203 Neighbors must think I'm weird, but funny enough another neighbor started keeping lights in their windows year round as well.

My area has seen an influx of immigrants from India. They do like the colorful outdoor lights. I don't know if they use them to mark special celebrations like Diwali, or just like to glow them whenever they feel like it. It's a nice touch.

The Roman Catholic churches in India's Kerala state are festooned with lights all year round, just beautiful:'

https://tinyurl.com/yud2yy6n

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (ewvGX)

204 The Stonewall riot was the day after Judy's funeral. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 24, 2022 12:51 PM (SJsWC)

Mafia owned faggit club with no liquor license (while selling liquor) and violent fascist faggit pigs who forgot to stay bought are a volatile combination.

Posted by: Pretty much everyone involved was a piece of shit at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (s2na+)

205 Most of these kids went through Little's school's music program.

I shared it on the ONT one night, but will share it again, because I think it is so beautiful and it's wonderful to see a younger generation so in love with our Lord.

I hope that maybe one or two of you may enjoy it as much as I have. It gave me a wonderful sense of peace and contentment as I listened to Little's ensemble perform it for the Christmas program.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7HOImrXJDg

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2022 12:59 PM (TsIX3)

206 Fvck it I'm staying home tonight. I'll have to fight the whole family, cold as hell, my car died and I don't give a shit. I'll sing Christmas Carols to myself.
Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:48 PM (9X/y4)

I'll sing with you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 01:00 PM (4I/2K)

207 Yeah, I wonder if inflation is part of it. Them christmas cards aren't as cheap as they used to be
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 12:52 PM (VTu1l)

I have about 500 new Christmas cards that were accumulated through the past 4 or 5 years from all the charities my mom used to donate small amounts to.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (KLWiP)

208 TVA is doing rolling blackouts in Tennessee, also some in NC.

**************

Why is this bullshit happening in a red state?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (VTu1l)

209 >194 Elon is dropping a large Christmas present right now.

via Matt Taibbi?
Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (DB16e)

210 Fvck it I'm staying home tonight. I'll have to fight the whole family, cold as hell, my car died and I don't give a shit. I'll sing Christmas Carols to myself.
Posted by: dartist
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Ex-Ex and I will sing with ya.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (lQECi)

211 Goatweed assuming you mean time
Day before, any on day of is certainly safe. Like right now ONT should be fine.

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 24, 2022 01:02 PM (xhxe8)

212 No more. It's all unicorn farts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 12:58 PM (Mzdiz)

It's not just delivery of heating, it's also the water infrastructure at risk. I work at an industrial concerned with providing infrastructure support. I overheard bigwigs talking the other day. Critical decisions are being made by Chinese embeds at DoE.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 01:02 PM (ewvGX)

213 Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!
Posted by: Fool Otto
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And water is wet.

Some of us were called conspiracy theorists for pointing this out a while ago.

Nice to be proven right.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:02 PM (lQECi)

214 Just an old fashioned Christmas Carol
Coming down in three part harmony

and the 9 year old's version of lyrics to
We Three Kings
Rudolph

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 01:03 PM (4I/2K)

215 Why is this bullshit happening in a red state?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (VTu1l)

TVA is a FED agency.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 01:03 PM (AwYPR)

216
And now Georgia is going to rolling blackouts. Pleas to turn thermostats down at least 2F, don't use hot water, and don't run any major appliances.

This is a taste of your green, WEF future.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:03 PM (Mzdiz)

217 I asked Santa what list I was on.
He said based on my posts at Ace, very likely the FBI, the DHS, and it's a no brainer for Bob at the NSA. So to all of them, Merry Christmas!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (anj39)

218 Some of us were called conspiracy theorists for pointing this out a while ago.

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The best thing about being a conspiracy theorist is that I don't get myocarditis or blood clots.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (VTu1l)

219 thank you for the Latke recipe links. A decent Latke is my current grail quest.

Posted by: Kindltot

I've been using the one that CBS:NY website has posted. Pretty simple and damn good. I will try this one some time, though.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (h3tqt)

220 Wife is pre-cooking tomorrow's meal.
I'm sous-cheffing where needed. Eating where I can.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (9uCBG)

221 Latkes are a lie.

They sound like they should be good, but they're not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (EZebt)

222 TVA is a FED agency.

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O_O well shit

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (VTu1l)

223 Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!

That's a conspiracy theory! Also, it's just business as usual.

-- Your Betters

Posted by: Oddbob at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (nfrXX)

224 And now Georgia is going to rolling blackouts. Pleas to turn thermostats down at least 2F, don't use hot water, and don't run any major appliances.

This is a taste of your green, WEF future.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:03 PM (Mzdiz)

What a difference a few centuries makes. There was a time where the founders were stacking bodies on christmas eve.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (VwHCD)

225 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:03 PM (Mzdiz)

I assume Abbott focused like a laser to make sure we didn't have a repeat of the last big freeze. So far so good.

Posted by: polynikes at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (KLWiP)

226 The best thing about being a conspiracy theorist is that I don't get myocarditis or blood clots.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:04 PM (VTu1l)
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*fistbump*

I have mitral valve prolapse (MVP)...no ways was I getting the jab.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (lQECi)

227 Just announced on NFL RedZone... TEN Titans game has been ordered delayed by 1 hour by the Nashville Mayor, because it's so cold out and the energy grid so strained, that there is a risk of rolling blackouts.

Why not just post-pone the game to tomorrow or Monday. I guess millionaires playing sports is more important than Nashville residents having power.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 01:06 PM (Do5/p)

228 What a blessing Sharkman. May your Christmas day be filled with many small moments of joy

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at December 24, 2022 01:06 PM (wdCAN)

229 And now Georgia is going to rolling blackouts. Pleas to turn thermostats down at least 2F, don't use hot water, and don't run any major appliances.

This is a taste of your green, WEF future.
Posted by: publius

Propane tank is full. Fireplace is going. Tankless water heater runs on propane too. Same with stove. Hank Hill would be proud.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 24, 2022 01:06 PM (9uCBG)

230 I'll sing with you.
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Ex-Ex and I will sing with ya.
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Good, I hope you guys know more songs than me.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (9X/y4)

231 TVA is doing rolling blackouts in Tennessee, also some in NC.

**************

Why is this bullshit happening in a red state?
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That's just life these days, can't be helped.

Posted by: Abbott's Wind Farms at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (kOpft)

232 I have about 500 new Christmas cards that were accumulated through the past 4 or 5 years from all the charities my mom used to donate small amounts to.

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I have a bunch saved as well that I use for decorations, though i don't keep the cards from people showcasing their families. Like, gee, thanks for making a point of showing me, a single man, how awesome and beautiful your huge family is. Dweebs

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (VTu1l)

233 Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM (DB16e)

The Patriot Act gave them that power.

That they could profit personally from it had little influence, other than speed up the rot.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (xhaym)

234 Why not just post-pone the game to tomorrow or Monday. I guess millionaires playing sports is more important than Nashville residents having power.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

The NFL is beholden to tv contracts and degenerate gamblers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 01:08 PM (h3tqt)

235 Georgia under electrical critical load condition

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - As temperatures have dropped all over Georgia, the increase in electrical usage has put the entire state under a Critical Load Condition.

If loads continue to climb or if the city loses a section of the transmission line anywhere in Georgia, we will begin experiencing rolling blackouts.

This is not just impacting Albany Utilities. The extreme weather conditions are putting a strain on the entire electric grid. To prevent potential electrical issues, we are asking our customers to minimize all nonessential electrical usage.

https://tinyurl.com/mr9m2wp8

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:08 PM (lQECi)

236 Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 24, 2022 01:01 PM

Emerald Robinson @EmeraldRobinson

What a great year for America's national security state!

RFK Jr. confirms that CIA killed JFK.

Elon Musk confirms that Twitter was a FBI intel op.

Dr. Robert Malone confirms COVID vaccines were DARPA op.

Dr. Andrew Huff confirms COVID-19 was a DoD op.

Great job, everybody.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (Do5/p)

237 Just checking in to say Happy Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas.. try to forget politics and enjoy what is best in your life..... Donna

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (bs+z0)

238 What a difference a few centuries makes. There was a time where the founders were stacking bodies on christmas eve.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (VwHCD)

The day's only half over.

Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (kOpft)

239 I have a bunch saved as well that I use for decorations, though i don't keep the cards from people showcasing their families. Like, gee, thanks for making a point of showing me, a single man, how awesome and beautiful your huge family is. Dweebs

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (VTu1l)

I noticed an uptick in those types of cards. I got way more than normal this year.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (VwHCD)

240 Posted by: Dummy #43 at December 24, 2022 12:49 PM (1OEHD)

You seem nice. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Jordan61

writes like chemjeff, i.e., newmike from yesterday.

what a dick

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (3CCua)

241 I'll sing with you.
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Ex-Ex and I will sing with ya.
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Good, I hope you guys know more songs than me.
Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 01:07 PM (9X/y4)

I need a song sheet. But my loud volume and atonal off-key pitch make up for the mumbling lyrics.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (4I/2K)

242 No. Just no. Karen Carpenter does NOT rank higher than Dean. This list is shit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (Wy1BU)

243 Just checked thermometer on deck, 13 degrees

One of the most awesome football games was in -0 weather .

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 24, 2022 01:10 PM (xhxe8)

244 And we're the fascists.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 24, 2022 01:10 PM (h3tqt)

245 TVA is doing rolling blackouts in Tennessee, also some in NC.

**************

Why is this bullshit happening in a red state?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger

'bama as well. fooking federal government public utility.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2022 01:11 PM (3CCua)

246 Just checking in to say Happy Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas.. try to forget politics and enjoy what is best in your life..... Donna
Posted by: It's me donna

Backatcha you Donna !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 01:11 PM (T4tVD)

247 One of the most awesome football games was in -0 weather .

*************

One big plus to football, especially when played in the snow, then it's epic. Not like baseball, where a game is cancelled after one drop of rain.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:11 PM (VTu1l)

248 Speaking of the state of Tennessee...

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok - https://bit.ly/3hQA7EQ

GRAPHIC

Mayor of Knoxville, TN attended "Drag Queen Christmas" which was open for "all-ages."

The show is by a group on tour throughout the US. Their shows feature exposed buttholes, simulated sex acts, & oversized fake exposed breasts.

Elected officials are promoting this.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 01:12 PM (Do5/p)

249 Skip's phone

Merry Christmas !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2022 01:12 PM (T4tVD)

250 NOOD

go play in the dirt

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2022 01:13 PM (llON8)

251 Mannheim Steamroller, Stille Nacht, is my all-time favorite version of one of my favorite Christmas carols. Gives me goose bumps, and I mist up a wee bit.

Rush turned me on to that group. I like a lot of their Christmas stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at December 24, 2022 01:13 PM (UQUAY)

252 240 What a difference a few centuries makes. There was a time where the founders were stacking bodies on christmas eve.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2022 01:05 PM (VwHCD)

The day's only half over.
Posted by: Methos at December 24, 2022 01:09 PM (kOpft)

Ah...an optimist. I knew I liked you!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 24, 2022 01:14 PM (CCSxw)

253 Outside decorations this year seem the same - of course a perfectly anecdotal, limited sample, but definitely on par based on the recent past. Christmas cards, pretty much normal. One couple we know even re-started their traditional Christmas party after a 2 year hiatus due to The Great Idiocy (we didn't go, but for boring reasons).

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 01:14 PM (OTzUX)

254 Me: I think I'll move to South Dakota

**reads ace's post on Noem**

well shit forget that then

Me: I'm thinking of moving to Tennessee

**Mayor of Knoxville, TN attended "Drag Queen Christmas" which was open for "all-ages."***

FML

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at December 24, 2022 01:14 PM (VTu1l)

255 Bing Crosby is at number 2
Doris Day is number one on the greatest Christmas vocalist list.

Whoever voted in this poll.... Those people are profoundly retarded.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 01:14 PM (Wy1BU)

256 One good thing about the internet is how easy my nieces can get cards printed up to send out for bdays and such. I don't get to see the kids very often.

Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 01:14 PM (9X/y4)

257 Georgia under electrical critical load condition

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:08 PM

Speaking of the state of Georgia...

Emerald Robinson @EmeraldRobinson

Source tells me @GovKemp has turned over Georgia's K-12 English standards to left-wing teachers who have emptied out all standards: no literary history, no authors, no serious reading, nothing.

https://bit.ly/3WKSNVt

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2022 01:15 PM (Do5/p)

258 go play in the dirt
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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*glances outside*

Snow, not dirt.

So, no.

{{{Helena}}}

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:15 PM (lQECi)

259 Duke Energy ( Carolinas ) starting rolling blackouts.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2022 01:16 PM (AwYPR)

260 Mayor of Knoxville, TN attended "Drag Queen Christmas" which was open for "all-ages."

The show is by a group on tour throughout the US. Their shows feature exposed buttholes, simulated sex acts, & oversized fake exposed breasts.

Elected officials are promoting this.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

That shit won't fly in the outlying counties.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2022 01:18 PM (qoGsy)

261 Got a notice from the TVA that the rolling blackouts are done for the day. We didn't experience any but the electric did cycle off and then back on right away about once an hour this morning.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2022 01:19 PM (qoGsy)

262 Power outages by region/state:

https://poweroutage.us/area/regions

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 01:19 PM (lQECi)

263 Knew about the Steamroller and got to see one of their Christmas concerts at the Indiana University music hall about ten years ago. They were amazing live. I have a couple of their Christmas records.
Dean Martin
Bing Crosby
Nat King Cole
Luciano Pavarotti
Mannheim Steamroller
Raul Mall

My favorite Christmas music performers

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 24, 2022 01:21 PM (Wy1BU)

264 Got a notice from the TVA that the rolling blackouts are done for the day. We didn't experience any but the electric did cycle off and then back on right away about once an hour this morning.
Posted by: Tonypete
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264 Power outages by region/state:
https://poweroutage.us/area/regions
Posted by: SMH

i do believe that i need an lpg 10kw house genny for these bs troubled times.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2022 01:23 PM (3CCua)

265 Well poop. Christmas at my SIL is canceled. They have covid. I was really looking forward to seeing everyone.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 24, 2022 01:25 PM (nxdel)

266 If loads continue to climb or if the city loses a section of the transmission line anywhere in Georgia, we will begin experiencing rolling blackouts.

This is not just impacting Albany Utilities. The extreme weather conditions are putting a strain on the entire electric grid. To prevent potential electrical issues, we are asking our customers to minimize all nonessential electrical usage.

CHARGE THOSE CARS!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 24, 2022 01:27 PM (9uCBG)

267 180 Fvck it I'm staying home tonight. I'll have to fight the whole family, cold as hell, my car died and I don't give a shit. I'll sing Christmas Carols to myself.
Posted by: dartist at December 24, 2022 12:48 PM (9X/y4)

Ho, ho, ho!

Posted by: m at December 24, 2022 01:27 PM (RuTUS)

268 Written remembrances:

My dad's diary 1943

Dec 24
Rain finally shut off except for light showers. Still cloudy. SSF started toward hill 730 &580 on Sammucro ridge. 1-77 [FA Bn] in position.

Dec 25
Cloudy. SSF took hill 730 & 580 early in morning. Consolidating.
Missed the Chaplain’s service. He had a big crowd. Van came over for dinner - the cooks outdid themselves to make it really good.

SSF is the "DDevil's Brigadde" 1st Special Services Force, Monte Sammucro is east and a little south of Monte Cassino.

More on SSF, including this operation here: https://tinyurl.com/yskhrudm

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:28 PM (ykeLU)

269 i do believe that i need an lpg 10kw house genny for these bs troubled times.
Posted by: BifBewalski

Wanted one on the new house build, but was already up against the top side of the budget and just had no place to squeeze another $12,000 in.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 24, 2022 01:28 PM (9uCBG)

270 Holy smokes, every intel agency was working against the American people!

Of course they were, they don't exist to protect the US from foreign threats, they exist to attack enemies of the left and protect the nation from domestic dissent

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 24, 2022 01:29 PM (0hOvj)

271 Yuletide greetings and salutations, fellow Patriots!

Does anyone know of any pre-Christmas sales on khakis and tiki torches?

Toodles, everyone!

Posted by: Dummy #44 at December 24, 2022 01:31 PM (a3Q+t)

272 @56 You lose. She's a behavioral psychologist (president of the society, even!) at UConn. But her undergrad alma mater was Oakland, home of the "Hot for Teacher" affair. You know what they say about behavioral psychologists. On a goat farm.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 24, 2022 01:32 PM (jYCXf)

273 Map says 100,000+ w/o power in Maine. That's pretty much the entire state.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2022 01:35 PM (KAi1n)

274 Muldoon! Thanks for the diary entry. Always like candy, for some of us.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 01:35 PM (OTzUX)

275 What a difference a few centuries makes. There was a time where the founders were stacking bodies on Christmas eve.
Posted by: Berserker
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A lost tradition. Causes one to long for the good old days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 01:36 PM (vILiQ)

276 Will repeat my reco of "Italy's Sorrow" by James Holland. Unless I'm confusing this with another book (becoming a real problem reading so many books on same/overlapping WWII topics), he has some interesting/new to me stuff about the Allied forces in the Monte Cassino/related operations. Polish forces were there, and unless I'm again confusing things, New Zealand units with a lot of Maoris. Pretty exotic cast of characters for a fight in central Italy.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 24, 2022 01:38 PM (OTzUX)

277 Oklahoma's power came through with flying colors. No grid problems here.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 24, 2022 01:39 PM (BdMk6)

278 Well poop. Christmas at my SIL is canceled. They have covid. I was really looking forward to seeing everyone.
Posted by: jewells45
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Sorry to hear that. Know what you mean.

There's something I've been meaning to ask. Last year I posted a link to a choral group at Baylor. One of us pointed out that they knew one of the members. Was that you? My memory fails...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 01:40 PM (95EcE)

279 Thanks for the diary entry. Always like candy, for some of us.
Posted by: rhomboid

******

My great pleasure as always. The entries from his time on the Italian oeninsula were pretty spare. The good stuff starts next month with the buildup to Anzio. I'll try to post some entries on the Saturday Morning threads if I can get to it,

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:40 PM (ykeLU)

280 Just saw the top sidebar item, O.M.G.

If Peelousy' s husband spent more time servicing her instead of random "intruders", maybe she wouldn't blurt out the Freudian slips that reveal her cokk hunger.

lolol

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 01:40 PM (ewvGX)

281
Duke Energy ( Carolinas ) starting rolling blackouts.
Posted by: BignJames

Duke has been worshipping ESG for some time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2022 01:42 PM (63Dwl)

282 Holding our own with power here, so far. I note on:
Power outages by region/state:
https://poweroutage.us/area/regions
Posted by: SMH

We are Red.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 01:43 PM (95EcE)

283 Number 1 for me is White Christmas by Bing Crosby followed by Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2022 01:43 PM (bs+z0)

284 Duke Energy ( Carolinas ) starting rolling blackouts.
Posted by: BignJames
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Uh, oh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 01:43 PM (O8Vti)

285 Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:40 PM (ykeLU)

Was your dad with the troops who entered Naples after the citizens had kicked out the Germans? It's a remarkable story, the Neapolitans were the only occupied people who successfully removed the Nazis from their midst. In so doing they saved who knows how many Allied lives.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 01:45 PM (ewvGX)

286
SC problem area seems to be Anderson, Florence, Marlboro, and Chesterfield counties.

Anderson is just down the road, relatively speaking. Greenville and Laurens aren't too bad.

Close neighbors, fed off a new substation they put in this are, lost power for a few hours in the wee hours this morning, but that was due to damage, not load shedding.

We held fine here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:46 PM (Mzdiz)

287

Favorite part of Christmas is always been the NORAD Santa tracker.

Big guy's over Tanzania...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 24, 2022 01:47 PM (L4fQH)

288
Low in the wee hours here around Simpsonville was around 6 - 7F. Garage temp dropped to just 30F during that, which was pretty good, I thought.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:48 PM (Mzdiz)

289 Holding our own with power here, so far. I note on:
Power outages by region/state:
https://poweroutage.us/area/regions
Posted by: SMH

We are Red.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

if TVA is lying about the rolling blackouts being done for the day, my next 30 minute outage should be coming up at 1300 central

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2022 01:49 PM (3CCua)

290
All-time record low at GSP airport is -6F, which happened Jan 30, 1966, a little over a year before I was born.

Back in the '80s, it dropped to -4F one time, which I remember. They were wondering if it was going to break the all-time record. Back then, grid was reliable. You only had to worry about damage, wind, ice, etc.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 24, 2022 01:49 PM (Mzdiz)

291 Mannheim Steamroller, Stille Nacht, is my all-time favorite version of one of my favorite Christmas carols. Gives me goose bumps, and I mist up a wee bit.

Rush turned me on to that group. I like a lot of their Christmas stuff.

Ditto.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2022 01:50 PM (Xrfse)

292 Was your dad with the troops who entered Naples after the citizens had kicked out the Germans?

*******

He passed through Naples a number of times, mentions some nights at the Parco Hotel and some local cultural exhibits (folk dances, etc.). Not any mention of particulars regarding the removal of the Nazis.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:50 PM (ykeLU)

293 Dad's unit staged for Anzio in and around Napless.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:52 PM (ykeLU)

294 Beautiful; thank you, K.T.

Some things I cherish the most are the cards, envelops, scraps of paper, an ancient report card or two, inside the cover of a junior Bible - those things having the handwriting of my departed parents, younger sister, grandmothers, friends... as they add a certain richness to my memories.

I wish you all a lovely holiday season. Merry Christmas & Happy Hannakuh.

Posted by: Lola, It's cold in GA, too! at December 24, 2022 01:54 PM (Car33)

295 Not any mention of particulars regarding the removal of the Nazis.

The Neapolitans were royally pissed that the Germans were arresting their men to deport to forced labor camps, so they started picking off German soldiers, as they knew their daily routine. (they had guns from the soldiers of the Italian army who had melted back into the community after Italy surrendered to the Allies)

So the Head Nazi in Charge did their typical thing, posted a curfew with the additional warning of "For each German killed, ten Neapolitans will pay with their lives", And the people said, yeah no, take your reprisall ratio and ba fongool with it.

And then shit went down.

Posted by: kallisto at December 24, 2022 01:58 PM (ewvGX)

296 And then shit went down.
Posted by: kallisto

******

That's interesting. I somehow suppoied that southern Italy was not very welcoming to the Germans

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 02:02 PM (ykeLU)

297

Former President Barack Obama stuck to an annual tradition Friday, releasing a list of his favorites for the year of 2022, including movies and books.

“I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you,” Obama tweeted. “First up, here are some of the books I read and enjoyed this year. Let me know which books I should check out in 2023.”

Among his favorite written works, Obama listed “The School for Good Mothers” by Jessamine Chan and “The Light We Carry” by former first lady Michelle Obama, noting, “I’m a bit biased on this one.”

On his list of favorite movies, the former president included “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Descendant,” which he also noted he was “biased” about since the Netflix documentary was produced by the Obama-founded company Higher Ground Productions.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2022 02:05 PM (63Dwl)

298 Barack Obama stuck to an annual tradition Friday, releasing a list of his favorites

******

Yippee!! I've been eagerly anticipating this all year!!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 02:15 PM (ykeLU)

299 My great pleasure as always. The entries from his time on the Italian oeninsula were pretty spare. The good stuff starts next month with the buildup to Anzio. I'll try to post some entries on the Saturday Morning threads if I can get to it,
Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 01:40 PM (ykeLU)

I hope you can.
It's like crack on this smart military blog!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 02:15 PM (anj39)

300 Yippee!! I've been eagerly anticipating this all year!!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 02:15 PM (ykeLU)

Yo!
Pretty close to Santa time. Not too late to get bumped to the naughty list for telling fibs.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2022 02:16 PM (anj39)

301 Former President Barack Obama stuck to an annual tradition Friday, releasing a list of his favorites for the year of 2022, including movies and books.
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See: Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 02:17 PM (YWLil)

302 I'm the gift that keeps on giving!

Posted by: Baracky O'Cracky at December 24, 2022 02:20 PM (Xrfse)

303 what a wonderful excerpt of remembrances! I had people like that in my church, too, and had no knowledge of how solid and special they were until years after I'd left home for college and adult life. The jolly dad of a good friend was a world famous physicist (who founded some physics institute at CU), several others were part of the 10th Mountain Division and so on. Such interesting, brave, adventurous and worthy people -- and I just knew them through their kids, as the friendly people I saw every Sunday.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 24, 2022 02:22 PM (im7mX)

304 Former President Barack Obama stuck to an annual tradition Friday, releasing a list of his favorites for the year of 2022, including movies and books.
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WFB once commented, 'If the Clintons would just go away, we could forget about them'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 02:23 PM (YWLil)

305 what a wonderful excerpt of remembrances!
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I regularly have coffee with one 91 year-old Vet, and one 93 year-old. Both Korean war.

Their remembrances, in general, are remarkable. First-hand stories of the mid-late 30's onward. I just sit and listen, I'm sorry that I haven't recorded the conversations.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 24, 2022 02:28 PM (MMzVU)

306 I'm sorry that I haven't recorded the conversations.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

******

Just being there in the moment is pretty cool in itself, though.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 24, 2022 02:33 PM (ykeLU)

307 Just being there in the moment is pretty cool in itself, though.

For sure. They're aren't many left.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2022 02:36 PM (Xrfse)

308 ...there

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2022 02:36 PM (Xrfse)

309 An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed Kari Lake’s election lawsuit against Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson found Kari Lake’s lawyers had not proven Maricopa officials committed any kind of misconduct.

https://tinyurl.com/4xxnmw6h

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 02:55 PM (qcn5M)

310 No judge wants to open the can of worms elections are so fraught with fraud they are useless

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 24, 2022 03:04 PM (xhxe8)

311 312 An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed Kari Lake’s election lawsuit against Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson found Kari Lake’s lawyers had not proven Maricopa officials committed any kind of misconduct.
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https://tinyurl.com/4xxnmw6h
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at December 24, 2022 02:55 PM (qcn5M)

Kari Lake@KariLake·1h
My Election Case provided the world with evidence that proves our elections are run outside of the law. This Judge did not rule in our favor.

However, for the sake of restoring faith and honesty in our elections, I will appeal his ruling.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 03:17 PM (dL4ZH)

312 If they can stick a thumb drive and buy an election we can stick a thumb drive and nullify it. It takes one person.

DON'T CHEAT, NULLIFY

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Wishing all the Horde a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah at December 24, 2022 03:19 PM (dL4ZH)

313 This Judge did not rule in our favor.

Either way he rules, it continues to the Supreme Court. He saved his family today and he did us a big favor by admitting evidence into the record.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2022 03:32 PM (yZlY6)

314 Not seeing this anywhere else.
Had a glass of cognac, mailbox is frozen.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 03:52 PM (xhxe8)

315 All the evidence in the world is going to move a judge who fears for his life.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2022 03:54 PM (xhxe8)

316 And of course, because no absolute smoking gun... Kari Lake's lawsuit was just tossed by a Judge.

Interesting that they will overturn voting laws with NO evidence that voter ID impacts Blacks more than other voters, yet even with a totally chaotic election, run by someone IN said election... when all the chaos helped THAT person.... sorry... not enough proof.

Fix was in folks.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2022 04:12 PM (oHd/0)

317 Number 1 for me is White Christmas by Bing Crosby followed by Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2022 01:43 PM (bs+z0)

Number 3 for me is "I Shot Santa In My Underwear".

What?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy Now With Twice The Crazy at December 24, 2022 04:45 PM (Zvtjl)

318 Number 1 for me is White Christmas by Bing Crosby followed by Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland
Posted by: It's me donna at

#3 is I saw daddy kissing Santa clause.

Posted by: This is 2022 at December 24, 2022 04:57 PM (gxhY4)

319 And the Nutcracker pulled out his concealed 45 Automatic and shot the Mouse King

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 25, 2022 01:14 AM (FLiOE)

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