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The Morning Report — 12/26/24

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a blessed Christmas and that the light from the menorah this year, more than ever, serves as a beacon of hope not just for Jews but for all of us who yearn for freedom and for the darkness of evil and tyranny wherever it exists to be vanquished.

On that note, let us commence. The late, lamented and brilliant Andrew Breitbart long ago so eloquently observed that "politics is downstream from culture." I certainly agree with this but then it begs the question, what is culture? I'm not really looking for a Funk & Wagnall's definition of the word, but trying to put into words for me what seems to be a sort of chicken vs egg. situation. I guess culture is sort of a distillation, good and bad, of the shared human experience up to a certain moment in time of customs, traditions and patterns of behavior that taken together define a nation, society or community.

Why ask this question, because for me despite the fact that the human experience over thousands of years dictates that for a given society to thrive, people have to organize themselves and behave in a certain way. To wit The Judeo-Christian Western Model. And yet in a quest for absolute power and control, people have time and again demonstrated the need to abandon rationality, sanity and common decency. And when that happens, you create misery, pain, suffering and waste beyond belief.

Not so very long ago, the notion that anyone would be cheering with near orgasmic glee the gunning down in cold blood of UHC CEO Brian Thompson would've been nearly unthinkable to anyone except someone like David Berkowitz.

Of course, those cheering the loudest would immediately point the finger at me accusing me of cheering what Daniel Penny did that caused the death of a deranged man threatening him and fellow passengers on a NYC subway train. The only thing people were cheering was that Daniel Penny had the bravery and presence of mind to risk his own life in restraining the deviant in question who could've been armed and indeed caused grievous bodily harm to Penny and anyone else at that time without warning. No one cheered the death, which sadly, as I and others noted was the fault of Leftist policy that created a deranged drug-addicted lost soul and unleashed him on society. So that being said, and in the wake of a sleeping woman being immolated on a NYC subway train late last week, we get this comment from a supposed thought-leader in and of the left:

Stalin famously said, “a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic.” This is the statist bean-counter’s view of human life. Humans are sort of like widgets, existing to serve the needs of the state. . . I thought of Stalin’s words when I read what Nate Silver, the statistician, had to say about the fact that an illegal alien allegedly set a woman alight on the New York City subway. Just to get the facts straight, the illegal alien was kicked out of the country on Trump’s watch and sneaked back in on Biden’s watch. He lived for free in a homeless shelter while somehow managing to support a $ 30-a-day drug habit, in addition to drinking heavily.

. . .Bill Ackman points out what most Americans instinctively understand: That poor woman was burned alive in the most horrific fashion because of the Biden administration’s open border. Nate Silver, however, has a different take, which can be summed up thusly: “Hey, it was bad, but crime happens in big cities, so people shouldn’t get their knickers in a twist about the alleged murderer’s immigration status.”
NYC has a considerably lower crime rate than most large American cities. It's also a city of 8+ million where lots of crazy shit happens on a daily basis. I don't blame anyone for being concerned but it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates.
. . . I don’t mean to pick only on Nate Silver because his approach to the issue is typical for Democrats. They love to point out that illegal aliens commit fewer crimes than Americans or legal immigrants, which kind of overlooks the fact that every one of them is a criminal by virtue of being here. I also doubt the continuing validity of those statistics given crimes at the border that don’t go into the database, as well as the increasing aggression and geographic spread of Latin American gangs such as Tren de Aragua.

Well, a single death is a tragedy, but Comrade Stalin's fellow travelers in the Democrat Party of 2024 view it as yet another opportunity to blame the society they have worked so very hard to tear down and fundamentally transform by shifting the blame onto us who point out the conditions that allowed this barbarism to occur.

I do not know Nate Silver, nor his background. But for the life of me I cannot fathom how people that I grew up with, attended the same schools with and have similar backgrounds with, can even begin to rationalize things in so cold a manner so as to preserve their own personal political beliefs. His comments just beggar the imagination. I had quite a few liberal if not hardcore leftist professors in college back in the late 70s and yet here I am.

Then again, my mother of blessed memory and her family went through the same hell on earth courtesy of the Nazis as Anthony Blinken's (step?) father and yet there he and his ilk are, eagerly working to destroy the state of Israel and grease the wheels of Iran's atomic weapons program.

Well, if the death of a million per Stalin is a statistic, those who enthusiastically cheered Mangione for what he did, and were aghast at Daniel Penny's acquittal will one day, be the ones who will volunteer to line us up in front of a ditch and shoot us into it with a smile on their faces. That in the cold light of day is or God-forbid will be the politics that is downstream from today's culture.

Luigi Mangione has killer abs, a broad smile and a vendetta against the U.S. health care system. Progressive politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among several who criticized the killing, only to add “But …” to their statements. . . Chances are a MAGA rally wouldn’t cheer Mangione’s name in any setting, but liberal late-night TV watchers have had a similar reaction to some progressive politicians.Earlier this month, Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” alerted his audience that Mangione had been captured after a brief manhunt.
The crowd’s reaction? Boos. . . Why are late-night TV audiences cheering on Mangione? It’s a complex constellation of reasons, from the Left’s embrace of political violence to our increasingly divided age. One possible culprit? Late-Night TV. These propaganda shows have been dehumanizing their political opponents for years. Trump is Hitler … and his fans are just as bad.

So, chicken and egg. Is the problem the Late Night schtick-meisters and the rest of the media/entertainment complex or is it the audiences cheering on murderers and the dehumanization of Trump and normal Americans. Or is it a self-licking ice cream cone?

Yesterday, we recalled how we marveled at the view of earth from Apollo 8 at Christmastime in 1968. Lest we forget the mindset of some of our fellow citizens at that time, such as one Bill Ayers, among others.

In No Place to Hide, Grathwohl explains that the Weathermen actually believed that they would be successful in overthrowing the U.S. government and that, with the help of the Cubans, Chinese, Russians, and North Vietnamese, they would occupy America. Americans would have to be "re-educated" in camps, similar to what the communists did in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and other countries they had taken over. Here is one of the chilling revelations Larry Grathwohl made in the film:
I asked, "Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?" And the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
I asked, "Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?" And the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers.
And when I say "eliminate," I mean "kill."
Twenty-five million people.
I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people and they were dead serious.

Consider this in light of those cheering on the shooting of Thompson, and the rending of cloth over the acquittal of Daniel Penny, and the passing of laws calling for the arrest of parents who refuse to let their children's genitals be lopped off and for the state to become the parents.

There are signs, the biggest one being the relative landslide victory of Donald Trump last November and a rejection of the more openly avowed Leftist policies of the Democrat party across demographic lines. Let us hope and pray that this trend is indeed a cultural shift reflected in the election and that it continues for years to come, as it must if we and our progeny are to survive and thrive. What cannot go on will not go on. Hopefully it's the evil insanity of Leftist/Progressivism and not our beloved America as we want to restore.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

His tweet about the statistics behind the illegal alien burning up a woman on a subway is just chilling.
Nate Silver shows how leftists think like communists, not like human beings
Prominent figures say they've been kicked out of their banks over politics
What Is Debanking And Why Are People Talking About It?

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

The incoming missile set off sirens over a wide swath of central Israel, sending millions of people scrambling to reach bomb shelters. The sirens were activated as a precaution against falling fragments from the interception. The alerts were issued in a wider area than usual as part of a new policy implemented by the Home Front Command, following delayed alerts in a previous attack. The attack sparked exasperation among Israelis, after a third counterattack by Israel against the Houthis earlier this month apparently failed to deter the rebels or stop them from launching missiles.
Houthis Attack Israel on Christmas; Second Missile in Two Nights
“Today we are lighting the first candle of Chanukah to mark the victory of the Maccabees then, and also the victory of ‘the Maccabees of today’. Like then, we are striking at our enemies, and those who thought they could cut the thread of our lives here then, this will apply to them all. The Houthis will also learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime and others have learned, and this will also take time. This lesson will be learned across the Middle East, I tell you, in those days at this season. A happy holiday to you all.”
Netanyahu Warns Houthis as He Lights First Candle of Hanukkah
Robert Spencer: Arabs began flooding into Palestine in large numbers after Zionists began arriving there.
The Non-Indigenous 'Palestinians'
The “Palestinian refugees” are neither 'Palestinians' nor refugees.
Israel Must End The ‘Palestinian’ Charade
So it can charge a certain country.
Ireland Wants to Redefine ‘Genocide’
Bear Grylls is the latest to push the myth—one Pope Francis has embraced—that Jesus was a ‘Palestinian’ refugee.
Contrary to today’s leftists, early Christians knew Christ was from Judea, not ‘Palestine’
We will hear more such tales of cruelty, each more ghastly than the next.
Misery and Fear Shine Through Freed Hostage’s Account of His Captivity
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The protesters marched down streets yelling, "Anyone who doesn't love Germany should leave Germany," "Migration kills" and "We must take back our cities, our villages and our homeland."
Germans demand mass deportations of migrants after Saudi man killed 5 at Christmas market
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
It's flourishing.
Jew-Hate Cancer in U.S. Schools
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Daniel Greenfield: And invalidate any actions taken during Biden’s mental incapacity.
Congress Must Expose the Senility Coup
UHC CEO MURDER
Heather Mac Donald: The assassination of Brian Thompson does not call for a “conversation” about health care—it calls for a reckoning with Americans’ moral breakdown.
Luigi Mangione and the American Abyss
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Daniel Greenfield: The horrifying new normal.
It’s Not Christmas Eve Without NYC Subway Slashings
Biden, 82, commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row Monday — a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers.
Trump’s Christmas Day message to death-row inmates granted clemency by Biden: ‘GO TO HELL!’ (And take Biden and whoever the evil bastard(s) that ordered him to do this - jjs)
Sen. Dick Durbin says Biden clemency recipients, which include a triple murderer, 'demonstrated a commitment to rehabilitation'
Democrats Block Tom Cotton Resolution To Condemn Biden’s Commutation for ‘Kids for Cash’ Judge
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
The delay was requested by the alleged would-be assassins lawyers, who argued that they needed more time to assess the evidence against Routh as they weigh whether to pursue an insanity defense. (Is agreeing to work for the CIA and Malig-Nancy Pelosi indicators of insanity, or greed and self-preservation? - jjs)
Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh’s trial delayed until September — so his lawyers can weigh insanity defense
"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Earlier in December, the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to expand on a California sanctuary policy that already limits local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The county-wide ordinance now prohibits law enforcement from notifying ICE agents, even in cases when a foreign national has committed severe crimes such as as rape, child abuse, burglary, gang violence or other heinous acts.
Trump’s Border Czar Has Plan For ‘Super’ Sanctuary County Wanting To Shield Its Criminal Migrants From ICE
Behind the boast—which is intended to say that people like living in a decaying leftist-run state—lies an ugly truth.
The dirty little secret of California’s ‘rebounding’ population
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
In a scathing letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger, Carr criticized the network’s conduct as emblematic of the national media’s cratering trustworthiness, with public confidence in mass media hitting a historic low of 31 percent, according to Gallup.Carr’s remarks spotlight ABC’s lack of credibility, particularly in light of its recent legal loss to Trump, where the network admitted regret over statements made by George Stephanopoulos during a high-profile interview. The debacle, Carr argues, epitomizes the arrogance of national media organizations that have eroded public trust while treating accountability as optional.
Trump’s Incoming FCC Chair Rubs Salt Into ABC’s Stephanopoulos Wound in Letter to Bob Iger.
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Reducing immigration would cause wages to rise," one of the study's authors contends.
Native-Born American Labor Participation Slumps As Immigrant Labor Numbers Jump

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Daniel Greenfield: So how long until there’s a call for banning them?
Media Claims Christmas Trees are Destroying the Planet
Meanwhile, Association of American Medical Colleges did a survey and found that 55% of medical schools reported that the health effects of climate change were a required topic in their courses.
Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”
Notably, city officials blamed “climate change” for the swell that caused the wharf to collapse — not the 110-year-old structure.
Santa Cruz Wharf Collapses After Environmental Lawsuit Delayed Repairs
China – the world’s worst polluter on several metrics, including carbon emissions – “consumes 30% more coal than the rest of the world put together,” according to the IEA study. Its government approved hundreds of new coal power plants in the past two years, suggesting that it will grow its outsized share of the world’s fossil fuel consumption and production of greenhouse gases despite being a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Study: Global Coal Demand at Record High in 2024 – Driven by China
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The U.S. Marshals Service has ceased a government-funded security detail for Anthony Fauci, marking the end of a $15 million arrangement in place over the past two years. The security detail was funded by taxpayers, coinciding with Fauci’s retirement, during which he received an annual pension approaching $500,000. This decision follows Fauci’s public acknowledgment in a book tour that he harbors concerns about potential threats to his life.Fauci, who became a figure of intense mockery due to his lies during the COVID-19 pandemic, has transitioned to self-funded security measures. He has been frequently accompanied by security, with protection visible outside his residence–a move never needed by public servants who have served the taxpayer well.
Fauci Gets Private Security as Taxpayer-Funded US Marshal Detail Ends.
ABORTION
Killing voiceless, innocent babies does not stir Biden’s conscience, but killing killers does.
‘Catholic’ Biden Supports Death Penalty For Unwanted Unborn But Not For Convicted Murderers
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Robert Spencer: And leftists are ENRAGED.
Fetterman Comes Out for Common Sense Again
POLITICS
"Many of the Democrats who succeeded this cycle — our best over-performers in House races, for instance — are people who ran against the Democrat Party brand," Lis Smith pointed out. "Trump tore down the blue wall in the industrial Midwest, but he also expanded his vote the most in our bluest and most urban areas." That strategy by Democrats in, for the most part, purple districts probably saved the party from total disaster. As it was, they actually picked up one seat in the House. And the three seats the GOP picked up in the Senate could have easily been more if some candidates hadn't run away from Biden/Harris. The Democrat disaster can't be found in the numbers.
It's Even Worse for the Dems Than They Thought And It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
In the unlikely persona of Donald Trump, the American ‘rabble’ have found an unlikely hero who stands up on their behalf to remind the ‘warped, frustrated’ old men inside the Beltway who it is that does most of the living and dying in this country.
How Trump And The Republicans Became The Party Of George Bailey
Donald Trump’s victory, combined with Republicans regaining the Senate majority and keeping control of the House, made 2024 a bad year for Democrats. Signs suggest it could be something even worse: a historic defeat that puts Republicans in the political driver’s seat for a generation or more. That’s because the exit poll showed that more voters said they were Republican than Democrat — for the first time in a presidential election since 1928.
A realignment — if Trump can keep it: 2024 results signal a new political era
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
“Unfortunately, we will have to evacuate one of the city’s hospitals again, where more than a hundred patients are staying."
Massive Russian strike leaves over half a million Ukrainians without heat on Christmas: report
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was on its way to Grozny in Russia but was diverted because of fog.
38 dead after jet crashes in Kazakhstan—passenger films crash from inside cabin as plane goes down
Trump’s renewed interest in our northern neighborhood hints of a new opportunity for a more robust alignment of American, Canadian, and Greenlandic strategic interests.
Making the Arctic Great Again?
Trumpism appears to be catching on in Europe, with key figures in the international populist movement making major gains this year and in some cases entering into government in countries where it would have been unthinkable even just a few years ago. Although the world has broken out into chaos in Trump’s absence, with wars erupting in both Europe and the Middle East, in many respects the global chessboard appears much more favourable to the MAGA position. Here’s a look at some of the key areas of the board and the pieces left standing . . .
2024: The Year Trumpism Triumphed and Put Globalists on the Run in Europe
"Anyone who is discovered to be a member of a house church can be charged with a crime against national security..."
Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Countries For Christians To Celebrate Christmas
The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris is a triumph not just for France, Catholics, and other Christians, but for everyone.
A Christmas Present to the World
Collapsing buildings are a recurring deadly problem for Cubans. The communist Castro regime, which controls housing and all other aspects of Cuban life, appears to have no interest in improving housing for its people nor in maintaining Cuba’s historic buildings, many of which are presently in a precarious state.
Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Did the U.S. Navy mistakenly shoot down an airliner?
After the USS Gettysburg Misfire, Can We Talk About TWA 800?
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The holidays approach following the publication of reports this month that wait times to see doctors in Canada, particularly specialists, are longer than even in the modern history of the country, and thousands of Canadians are dying on waitlists for life-saving medical interventions.
Canada’s Dysfunctional Healthcare System Fears ER Surge During Holidays
"Half of the mice with melanoma tumors became cancer-free after treatment"
Cancer-Fighting Vibrating Molecules: 99% Efficiency Against Lab Cultures Of Melanoma Cells Reported
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: ‘SNL,’ ‘Daily Show’ crowds fawn over alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Late-Night TV Has a Luigi Mangione Problem
Amazon Prime Studios is taking heat on Christmas for censoring a key scene in the classic Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life with many saying the edits make the movie nonsensical and eliminates one of the most important bits of character development in the film.
Amazon Studios Blasted for Censoring Scenes in Christmas Classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
The Thieves of Words: The tyranny of the absurd is the natural progression of political correctness,
How Political Correctness Stole Christmas
Behind Netflix’s cocoa-sipping rom-com frippery must lie the hard Thucydidean realities of diplomacy and war.
The Secret Geopolitics Of The Netflix Christmas Movie Universe
Don’t spend too much time trying to untangle that ball of mental yarn - it’s just another day in the gender-deluded, mentally addled life of Dylan Mulvaney, a skinny little dude who wanted social media fame so bad that he devoted his life to cosplaying as a little girl for clicks on Instagram, eventually spending God-only-knows-how-much money to mutilate himself into looking like a woman while progressive leftists hailed the crossdressing scheme as the ultimate display of courage, right up there with Rosa Parks and the dude facing off with a tank in Tiananmen Square.
Grifter Bro: Dylan Mulvaney, Who Thinks He's a Girl, Dresses Up Like a Dude
HITHER & YON
According to a declassified document, the agency believed that giant beings once inhabited the red planet. The report, titled "Mars Exploration May 22, 1984," details how the CIA used astral projection — the concept that a person’s spirit can traverse different planes of existence — to transport a ‘subject’ to Mars approximately one million years ago.
Did You Have 'CIA Docs Say There Was Life on Mars' on Your Bingo Card?

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 26, 2024 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

2 Tech thread notified.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 26, 2024 07:31 AM (ExV1e)

3 Heard ya were nood, JJ.

Put some damned clothes on!

Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (6Uni8)

4 @Partisangirl
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Hunnikah is a celebration of the start of a Jewish gorilla war against Greece-Syrian empire in the Syrian city of Antioch that has been under illegal Turkish occupation for 100 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (gbOdA)

5 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 07:33 AM (hoCmQ)

6 Happy Hanukkah JJ
and good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (fwDg9)

7 Watching Fox News this early morning - so Gavin Newsom is supposed to be “smart “ and wants to president some day. And he’s decided to do that by becoming the Defender of Illegal Aliens.
Oh that’s a real genius movie right there, I tell ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (7MHHr)

8 26 more days, America and Israel hold on

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:36 AM (fwDg9)

9

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 26, 2024 07:40 AM (OytbU)

10 Experts have found that brains are 60% fat. The other 40% is up for debate.

Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

11 Happy Hanukah JJ and all MOT.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 26, 2024 07:42 AM (2NHgQ)

12 4 @Partisangirl
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Hunnikah is a celebration of the start of a Jewish gorilla war against Greece-Syrian empire in the Syrian city of Antioch that has been under illegal Turkish occupation for 100 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (gbOdA)

That's Purim, where we read the whole MAGILLA!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:43 AM (x0n13)

13 Gorilla War sounds pretty awesome, really.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)

14 Biden Vetoes Bill Adding 66 Needed Federal District Judgeships To Prevent Trump Filling Them

Biden vetoed it to spite

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (75ZAF)

15 10 Experts have found that brains are 60% fat. The other 40% is up for debate.
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

All I know is if a brain cancer cure is developed from the chunk of shit they cut out of my right frontal lobe, I better get some royalties

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (x0n13)

16 13 Gorilla War sounds pretty awesome, really.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)

General Urko>>>> Dr. Zaius

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:45 AM (x0n13)

17 Watching Fox News this early morning - so Gavin Newsom is supposed to be “smart “ and wants to president some day. And he’s decided to do that by becoming the Defender of Illegal Aliens.
Oh that’s a real genius movie right there, I tell ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (7MHHr)
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The result of living in a bubble sealed off from the interests of the majority of the population.

I had an interesting experience yesterday, trying to explain how woke p.c. were crippling and demoralizing to someone who left the labor force in 1999. No, it's nothing like the 1990s. Really. No, it's not made up.

This was one of the reasons I feared a civil war, because one side was completely oblivious to the guardrails they were blowing through.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:45 AM (ZOv7s)

18 Tinyurl is not being cooperative or else if post a link , but third story down st Legal Insurrection says judge in CA rules that feminine pronouns must be used at a trial of.
a man who raped two women in a woman's' prison. It is ludicrous and insane. Go look at the picture . It would still. Be insane if the man actually looked feminine but he looks like he should be in some boxing bout:

https://legalinsurrection.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:46 AM (U403t)

19 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 26, 2024 07:47 AM (M3/7y)

20 Trump trolls Trudeau by promising Canucks he’ll lower taxes if Canada becomes ‘51st state’ — and backs hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as PM

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (75ZAF)

21 Gorilla War sounds pretty awesome, really.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
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Wasn't that a Planet of the Apes film? If not, it should be.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (ZOv7s)

22 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

23 I hope Wayne Gretzky got a chuckle from that. He'd have to be better than Trudeau.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (U403t)

24 Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins

.. if Cuba ever opens up, get the white paint concession

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (75ZAF)

25 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I am glad that JJ you regularly point out the anti-humanism of the left

They are all solipsistic. You are nothing but a bit player, and they are star of their own show, always.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

26 G'morning Horde. Thank you to any of you who saw, and acted upon my mention in the Sunday Morning Book Thread about John Van Stry's Kickstarter for the fifth (and last) book in his "Dan's Inferno" series.

It crossed the finish line (ie, funded fully) yesterday with about 18 hours to go, so now the series will get a proper send-off and conclusion.

Again, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 26, 2024 07:51 AM (O7YUW)

27 Hope you all had a blessed Christmas and that the light from the menorah this year, more than ever, serves as a beacon of hope not just for Jews but for all of us who yearn for freedom and for the darkness of evil and tyranny wherever it exists to be vanquished.

Thank you JJ. I hope you and your family are having a wonderful celebration!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (SfhV1)

28 https://tinyurl.com/2jysdt2e
Yesterday's reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware before attacking the Hessian's in Trenton

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (fwDg9)

29 The collapse of MSNBC and the re-orientation of the LA Times and WaPo will possibly breach this bubble, but I'm convinced that a lot of Boomers effectively live in their own world, voting for the party of JFK, blissfully ignorant of trans mutilation, and that the rise of Christian Nationalism is new and scary.

For these folks, overpopulation is still a major concern, and we're running out of oil, etc. Only demographics will reduce their influence, and happily the younger people are open to this.

Cleaning up elections will accelerate this shift, and might even make California competitive.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (ZOv7s)

30 21 Gorilla War sounds pretty awesome, really.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
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Wasn't that a Planet of the Apes film? If not, it should be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (ZOv7s)

See me at #16

Zaius be your lucky day!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (x0n13)

31 When I was a kid, I remember hearing of “guerrillas” fighting at a railway station in the Congo. I had this vision of gorillas with Thompson sub-machine guns attacking a railway station. I wonder if French author Pierre Boulle (Planet of the Apes) had the same vision.

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (75ZAF)

32 Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins

.. if Cuba ever opens up, get the white paint concession
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (75ZAF)

Reading the entries from Babalu Blog, it makes me wonder how much longer the Castroites can hold out before everything collapses.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (0eaVi)

33
I want a presidential pardon for Christmas
Only a presidential pardon will do
No death throes
After switch throws
I'll thank Joe Biden
And probably outlive him too

Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

34 Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (fwDg9)

I wanted to go see that. I haven't for many years and they have a great museum there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:55 AM (z9UrO)

35
As we used to butcher the lyrics as kids:

"Oh dreidl dreidl dreidl, I made it out of Matzoh,
And when it's dry and ready, I'll give it to a Schvar..."

Now I denounce myself

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (x0n13)

36 Cubans live like pauper but at least their health care are all equal, except those who are above equal

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (fwDg9)

37
Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins

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Leftists will whine that the US boycott of Cuba is the reason. Because we can't stand seeing a successful socialist country. No, really.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (dxSpM)

38 Did Joe Biden make a Christmas address? Or is the Queen/King the only one who does that?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)

39 Fen me too, every year I think next year to go see the reenactment

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (fwDg9)

40 See me at #16

Zaius be your lucky day!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (x0n13)
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I actually missed the reference. I dimly recall the originals and have skipped the remakes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (ZOv7s)

41 Or is the Queen/King the only one who does that?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)

Do you know something about Charles we don't know, grammie?

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (0eaVi)

42 I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people and they were dead serious.
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The scary part is that only one of them needs to even bother figuring it out and the other 24 will go along with it.

The funny part is that all 25 are in the queue and are to fucking stupid to know it.

Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (EV8Eb)

43 27 Thank you JJ. I hope you and your family are having a wonderful celebration!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (SfhV1)

Well, as the chairman and sole member of my towns "VFJ" (very few Jews), it was on the small side!

God bless you and family. Hope you're well, dear friend. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (x0n13)

44 I saw Donald and Melania made a Christmas message

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (fwDg9)

45 Leftists will whine that the US boycott of Cuba is the reason.

… but the Europeans aren’t boycotting

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (75ZAF)

46 Do you know something about Charles we don't know, grammie?

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (0eaVi)

The only way to tell is to watch the pronouns.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (SfhV1)

47 Good morning!

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (1VvJB)

48 Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.

Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (EV8Eb)

49 Thanks JJ. I've been meaning to tell you, you write the best essays.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (SfhV1)

50 44 I saw Donald and Melania made a Christmas message
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (fwDg9)

Gevalt, I read Melania as "Malia!" I now condemn myself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:00 AM (x0n13)

51 48 Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (EV8Eb)

The next 5-year plan will do the trick!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:00 AM (x0n13)

52 Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.
Posted by: ...

Let them live in their '57 Chevys.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (xAPJi)

53 "Oh dreidl dreidl dreidl, I made it out of Matzoh,
And when it's dry and ready, I'll give it to a Schvar..."

Now I denounce myself
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (x0n13)
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For a couple of years in the 80s, I lived in Bloomfield Hills, which was 1/3 Jewish, and rather than do the anodyne "Winter Holiday crap, we did a little of everything, making Christmas ornaments, singing the carols but also building dreidls and singing those songs.

Nobody thought anything of the Jewish families throwing Halloween parties, either.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (ZOv7s)

54 If you wouldnt mind a few prayers or good thoughts today would be appreciated. Mr. K. Passed on Sunday and today is the funeral. Had family here for the holidays so had a bit of a distraction but today things start to get real. Thanks

Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)

55 Leftists will whine that the US boycott of Cuba is the reason.
… but the Europeans aren’t boycotting
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (75ZAF)

The nice thing about Cuba is most of the population is riddled with STD's as most of the women and shemales there have to sell their holes to Dirty Euros and canadians to survive. Better to keep the place under communist lock down and let the Dirty Euros and canadians have their sex vacations on the cheap instead of Thailand or washington dc.

Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)

56 If you wouldnt mind a few prayers or good thoughts today would be appreciated. Mr. K. Passed on Sunday and today is the funeral. Had family here for the holidays so had a bit of a distraction but today things start to get real. Thanks

Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)

Oh Molly, my heart aches for you. I will certainly pray.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:03 AM (SfhV1)

57 Morning again, all.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (H9VzD)

58 This is unrelated to current news stories but the town over from me has a guy with an incredible light show. And festive display He has life size animatronic Santa and Mrs Claus, inflatables iof various Christmas related folks and what amused me- a train going around a track// not life size but not tiny and it's a Trump train with Trump as the driver. I think it also says "Go Maga" He lives near a congregation member of mine. Apparently the guy's kids are grown and out of the house, but people enjoy it so he keeps up with it and has added things every year. Of course, he doesn't charge any money but he kindly left a box to give non perishables to the local food bank. It was fun to see that last night!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (cpNmX)

59 Not so very long ago, the notion that anyone would be cheering with near orgasmic glee the gunning down in cold blood of UHC CEO Brian Thompson would've been nearly unthinkable to anyone except someone like David Berkowitz.

I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be. If I'm being honest, I differ in my assessment of desserts, not means. There are plenty of people whose death I would greet with a polite golf clap. Want a different result? Stop plotting against me like a Bond supervillain.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (cl15i)

60 The nice thing about Cuba is most of the population is riddled with STD's as most of the women and shemales there have to sell their holes to Dirty Euros and canadians to survive. Better to keep the place under communist lock down and let the Dirty Euros and canadians have their sex vacations on the cheap instead of Thailand or washington dc.
Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)
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Quite ironic, given that their solution to AIDS was to put everyone who had it into camps.

I seem to recall a bunch of infected troops in Angola were told to make themselves home, because they weren't going back to Cuba.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (ZOv7s)

61 Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)

Will be praying for you and your family, Molly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (cpNmX)

62 > Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
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Apparently their power grid isn't too spiffy either.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (Q4IgG)

63 The nice thing about Cuba is most of the population is riddled with STD's as most of the women and shemales there have to sell their holes to Dirty Euros and canadians to survive. Better to keep the place under communist lock down and let the Dirty Euros and canadians have their sex vacations on the cheap instead of Thailand or washington dc.
Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)
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Come to Havana to dip your banana.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:06 AM (xAPJi)

64 Happy Boxing Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

65 Prayers being said for Molly k, her family and her husband's friends as they grieve the earthly loss of Mr k.

Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (gxokI)

66 14
'Biden vetoed it to spite'

That's why I'd like to see a DOJ investigation of this "president", his policies and sources of income.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (3wi/L)

67 Today is also the first day of Kwanzaa.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

68 Got a hold of the blueprints, well underway building a Higgins Boat in my backyard. Want to do my part when the time comes for the "incursion" into Greenland. Room for 36 "troops" and their equipment. Now taking names for volunteers. NO FATTIES!

Posted by: Make Greenland Great Again at December 26, 2024 08:09 AM (G5+As)

69 Reading the entries from Babalu Blog, it makes me wonder how much longer the Castroites can hold out before everything collapses.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (0eaVi)

Cuba is demonstrating that there are worse things than revolution or invasion - if a place is run badly enough long enough, it can collapse to the point where organized, civilized life becomes impossible. The electrical grid in Cuba is shut down most of the time now; food distribution systems are collapsing; garbage pickup has stopped for months so cities are becoming mountains of refuse dumped in the streets; and overall, Cuba is sinking back to what it was before Columbus discovered it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (7MHHr)

70 I don't get the whole thing about Greenland ? I assume this is joke, but why would we want to take it over?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (cpNmX)

71
Leftists don't want to kill "billionaires" to take their money and use it for the poor. That's just the false nose they wear. They'd be just as happy putting all that money in a big pile and burning it. The important thing for them is killing people they hate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (dxSpM)

72 Morning Horde, thx for the report JJ. Reading over at X that the labor department is again revising numbers over the last year downward. A bureaucracy trying to help the incumbent. This is an assignment for DOGE.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (URPU1)

73 Morning all. I will say my Christmas was marred by the white coat project dossier that Rand Paul put out the other day. I’m so beyond pissed at the research they are doing in cats that doesn’t have a distinct purpose. By the DARPA no less. Not even Fauci.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 26, 2024 08:11 AM (BCuCF)

74 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

75 From the tech thread...

>>Copilot is pretty good for giving you recipes if you throw a list of ingredients at it.

It's good for more than that, there is nothing better at summarizing and creating a task list of a meeting of 25-30 people and allowing you to get out meeting notes, summary's and task lists during the garbage time at the end of a typical meeting. I spend probably half of my day now on project calls so anything that can help me with retaining what's left of my mind is a G-d Send.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:12 AM (XV/Pl)

76 Morning, everyone. Hope your holiday celebrations were merry and bright with good food, great friends and happy families.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

77 Leftists don't want to kill "billionaires" to take their money and use it for the poor. That's just the false nose they wear. They'd be just as happy putting all that money in a big pile and burning it. The important thing for them is killing people they hate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (dxSpM)
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Once you stop looking at Marxism as an economic or political theory and instead see it as a demonic heresy, it makes a lot more sense. The slogans and claims of "scientific socialism" are just attempts to obscure that it is built on channeling envy into wrath. As the cool kids say: it's purpose is what it does, and what it does is destroy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (ZOv7s)

78 "I don't get the whole thing about Greenland ? I assume this is joke, but why would we want to take it over?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

Trump likes to keep things even. With the addition of Canada as the 51st state, Greenland will make it a big beautiful even number 52.

Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

79 Did You Have 'CIA Docs Say There Was Life on Mars' on Your Bingo Card?

No, but I did have CIA is psychotic and full of shit.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 26, 2024 08:14 AM (4XwPj)

80 Morning again, all, esp. to JJ for his hard work yesterday and today during the holidays.

I'm fed and cleaned up, and the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space have had their chow too. Watching the only two-part Have Gun -- Will Travel episode on H & I now, before I decide to head out somewhere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:14 AM (omVj0)

81 So it’s looking like the plane in Azerbaijan did not suffer a “bird strike “ but rather lost engine power due to a Russian SAM missile. In the video, it’s clear that the plane is dropping like a rock. You can see that the plane broke in half on landing; presumably the survivors were in the back section which wasn’t burned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (7MHHr)

82 > I don't get the whole thing about Greenland ? I assume this is joke, but why would we want to take it over?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Some speculate it has to do with the abundance of rare earth minerals thought to be there. And the fact that currently China holds the market on them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (Q4IgG)

83 Greenland can't suck more than Puerto Rico.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (cl15i)

84 "why would we want to take it over?"

I assume mineral resources, and possibly geostrategic reasons (e.g., we have, or had, radar early-warning systems there.) We had a nuclear reactor there for awhile.

Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (1VvJB)

85 I wonder if Mr. Peebles ever got Magilla sold off. He would not have been a low-maintenance pet. Even if he was handsome and elegant.

Posted by: He's Really Ideal at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (G5+As)

86 Some speculate it has to do with the abundance of rare earth minerals thought to be there. And the fact that currently China holds the market on them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (Q4IgG)
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Also: stray voltage. Keep the media chatting about it while you do other, more meaningful, stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:17 AM (ZOv7s)

87 Greenland is a miners dream for rare metals.

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:17 AM (fwDg9)

88 59
'I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be.'

It's about the left giving themselves permission to murder people they don't like. They start with the grossly unpopular people and move their way towards you.
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)

89 mrcTV gets the Dylan story all wrong.
He was a girl. Not a woman. His first posts were about being a girl. His game was getting girls to watch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

90 Stalin famously said, “a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic.”

"Kill one, you're a murderer. Kill many, you're a conqueror. Kill 'em all, you're a god."

- - - - - Dave Mustaine

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

91 I wonder if Mr. Peebles ever got Magilla sold off. He would not have been a low-maintenance pet. Even if he was handsome and elegant.
Posted by: He's Really Ideal at December 26, 2024

***
I remember that cartoon! Magilla the Gorilla holding up a sign saying "For Sale -- Cheep!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (omVj0)

92 NYC has a considerably lower crime rate than most large American cities. It's also a city of 8+ million where lots of crazy shit happens on a daily basis. I don't blame anyone for being concerned but it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates.

This is the epitome of the liberal 'end justifies the means' communist mentality. You need to just accept murder and horrific death as commonplace because we want you to die by any means necessary so they can retain eternal power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

93 It's about the left giving themselves permission to murder people they don't like. They start with the grossly unpopular people and move their way towards you.
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)
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Yep. The one thing Communists never run out of is class enemies.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (ZOv7s)

94 720 and thru da links

thanks for the memories JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

95 Trump trolls Trudeau by promising Canucks he’ll lower taxes if Canada becomes ‘51st state’

No tariffs between states, Governor, I'm jus' sayin'...

Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (RwzGD)

96 Trump likes to keep things even. With the addition of Canada as the 51st state, Greenland will make it a big beautiful even number 52.
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator

Dump Hawaii, add Canaduh and you don't even have to change the flag.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (H9VzD)

97 Mornin'!

So sorry for your loss, Molly! Prayers up.

Posted by: Catherine at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (ZSsrh)

98 Dagny La Siberienne came to sit on the bathroom sink counter while I shaved. Now she's sprawled on the end table under my reading lamp, and rolls on her back for belly rubs. I mention this because she is still rather aloof compared to most cats I've known well. Maybe she'll grow out of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (omVj0)

99 Today is also the first day of Kwanzaa.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

Kumswala's most favorite celebrated holiday of all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

100 I think the justification and excusing of crime is a way to get police nationalized.
Think TSA.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

101 88 59
'I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be.'

It's about the left giving themselves permission to murder people they don't like. They start with the grossly unpopular people and move their way towards you.
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)

That trajectory already exists.

They're telling normal people they want to kill them all the time. Normal people just seem content not to hear them.

What I'm saying is: the feeling is mutual.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (cl15i)

102 Greenland has no chance against China and Russia without the U.S.

https://tinyurl.com/4sku52s5

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

103 Greenland is important for all of the mineral wealth below the surface. Denmark, which owned the place, hasn't done anything productive in hundreds of years except surrender to the Germans in 1940 and all home rule has accomplished since 1979 is doodly squat. Shit or get off the pot Greenlanders!

Posted by: President Donald Trump, The Comeback Kid at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (rqga2)

104 I think the sensationalism ginned up about CEO Brian Thompson's murder can be traced back to the social media commenters who first dreamt up the whole "evil CEO is withholding medical claims" story.

Not unlike the situation with regards to the medical community's response and actions during covid.

Thompson is the left's Fauci.

I fully understand the difference between those two situations, but I doubt the left does.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

105 12 days of Kwanxa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGBK1E0_uQ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

106 - Fen, regarding Greenland.

Martini Farmer may have hit part of it @82.
Also, grab a globe if you have one, look at what the route is from northern Russia to the north Atlantic and the US.
Think planes, subs and ships.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (kjZOX)

107 *Today is also the first day of Kwanzaa.*

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (dg+HA)

108 The Left wants to change culture to kill those people that stand in their way.

If I accept those terms, they are symmetrical. Be careful what you wish for.

The Left are un-American barbarians, unfit for a high trust, high progress society.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

109 I do not know Nate Silver, nor his background. But for the life of me I cannot fathom how people that I grew up with, attended the same schools with and have similar backgrounds with, can even begin to rationalize things in so cold a manner so as to preserve their own personal political beliefs. His comments just beggar the imagination. I had quite a few liberal if not hardcore leftist professors in college back in the late 70s and yet here I am.

I think it's really no more difficult than, people like Nate Silver don't know any of these people. Not does anyone Nate Silver knows. Nor will they ever have any effect on Nate Silver's every day life.

These people have no more meaning to Nate Silver or influence on his life than an ant on the sidewalk.

It's a stretch to even call them human. Much like an aborted baby they are nothing.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (iJfKG)

110 Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)

Oh Molly I am so so sorry. There is nothing I feel equipped to say but I will pray for you and yours.

Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (EV8Eb)

111 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

112 I fully understand the difference between those two situations, but I doubt the left does.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)
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Health care CEOs were created by the government, and operate under its strict supervision. But since the government never makes mistakes, they scapegoat the CEOs.

Useful idiots and all that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (ZOv7s)

113 What we have seen is no one cares about made up Cultural Marxist holidays

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (fwDg9)

114 Take Greenland.

Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.

Seems a fair trade.

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

115 Good morning, J.J. Thank you for a comprehensive tour d'horizon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

116 That's Purim, where we read the whole MAGILLA!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:43 AM (x0n13)
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I hope you're just kidding.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (Hbs7G)

117 Mr. K. Passed on Sunday and today is the funeral. Had family here for the holidays so had a bit of a distraction but today things start to get real. Thanks
Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)

Most sincere condolences and prayers to you an yours in this time of great sorrow. May The Lord's hands heal you and grant you peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

118 Don't understand the cover pic. And this is AFTER coffee!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:27 AM (Hbs7G)

119 If any leftist begins cheering the murder of the CEO and blaming him for healthcare costs just look at them and say "yup Obamacare sucks" . Watch them start twitching

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:28 AM (URPU1)

120 *Also, grab a globe if you have one, look at what the route is from northern Russia to the north Atlantic and the US.
Think planes, subs and ships.*

Also known as "The G-I-UK gap."

Posted by: But you didn't hear it from me at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (dg+HA)

121 Wow JJ! Your commentary is very deep and spot on. I have seen Bill Ayers walking the streets of Chicago and is a little troll. Had a friend who attended Northwestern Law York, and said that Bernie Dohrn did not shower

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

122 {{{Molly k.}}}

May your family comfort you. Prayers ascending for a eventual acceptance and recovery.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

123 Mangione murdered the healthcare company CEO because Owebamacare FIXED healthcare, you guys.

Now that it's been passed for a while and violent, murderous libtards are seeing what's in it, they're killing about it.

Seems their rage is directed incorrectly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

124 Kumswala's most favorite celebrated holiday of all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
*****
She remembers fondly that after finishing her shift at McDonald's she would come home and light the kinara while smoking weed and listening to Tupac.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

125 {molly k.}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

126 121. Sorry Northwestern Law School

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

127 Greenland has no chance against China and Russia without the U.S.

Greenland has 50,000 people and it's about the size of the US, East of the Mississippi. They couldn't even defend themselves against Denmark.

Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 08:30 AM (RwzGD)

128 Healthcare CEOs were created by the IRS. Wage freeze laws forced companies to find benefits that were outside of wages and healthcare then became a game.

It has been a game ever since then to hide wages and/or increase benefits.

It was never about health. Ocare is the same. It has noting to do with health and was designed to crash the system so that we got Medicaid for all.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

129 {{{Molly k.}}}

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

130 “Hey, it was bad, but crime happens in big cities, so people shouldn’t get their knickers in a twist about the alleged murderer’s immigration status.”

.. I'm sure they were thinking the same thing when Hitler overran Poland

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:32 AM (RHGPo)

131 Molly k I am so sorry for your loss. Sending prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

132 Remember a movie once, where a guy in his 30's bragged to a woman saying, that he never left NYC limits his whole life, not even for a minute. And was proud of that

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

133 In scrolling through my Teams contacts, I'm the only one online right now. Seems I'm missing something.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

134 112
'Health care CEOs were created by the government, and operate under its strict supervision. '

Health care CEOs are the condom. Government is the schlong.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (3wi/L)

135
We've got a gorilla for sale
Magilla Gorilla for sale
Won't you
Buy him
Take him home and try him
Gorilla for sale

Posted by: From the days of my misspent yute at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (dg+HA)

136 Remember a movie once, where a guy in his 30's bragged to a woman saying, that he never left NYC limits his whole life, not even for a minute. And was proud of that
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

Once we get to our ranchland, I'm fine with at some point saying this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

137 Silver has blown 2 prez elections now. He is irrelevant

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

138 @120 - yep
Something I learned about reading Red Storm Rising, a bit over 20 years ago. I figure the SOSUS system through there that Clancy mentioned is a thing too.
One of our salty ones would know better.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (kjZOX)

139 Silver has blown 2 prez elections now. He is irrelevant
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

I'm quite sure he's blown more than that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

140 Morning Sponge. How is the Mrs?

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

141 54
'If you wouldnt mind a few prayers or good thoughts today would be appreciated.'

God bless you. I'll be thinking of you.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (3wi/L)

142 Morning Sponge. How is the Mrs?
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

She's doing ok. Another attempt at the 2nd round of chemo today. White count was too low last week, so we go in for a quick test and try again. She's not liking this new round all that much. It really kicks her butt. SOOOO tired all the time and just overall miserable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

143 I am very sorry Molly

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (YCxFk)

144 https://x.com/search?q=gorilla%20war&src=typeahead_click

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:37 AM (gbOdA)

145 137 Silver has blown 2 prez elections now. He is irrelevant
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

Silver has blown 2 prez
that 2x Monica

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:38 AM (gbOdA)

146 "why would we want to take it over?"

If you believe in Global Warming™ think of all that beach front property, just like all the investors who bought up the land just on the east side of the San Andreas fault.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:38 AM (rHxhM)

147 38 Did Joe Biden make a Christmas address? Or is the Queen/King the only one who does that?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)

No Christmas address by FJB. DOCTOR Jill must have told him and the Ruling Cabal NO. She is at least smart enough to know it would make even more people h@te Joe if he made a typical FJB address for Christmas this year. A scolding of the nation by FJB about raycissm, equity, global warming, and not living up to who Joe thinks we are as a nation. Plus a sentence or two about Christmas. And a sentence about Beau.

Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (aBgBM)

148 I hate gorilla warfare.

Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)

149 https://x.com/search?
q=gorilla%20war&src=typeahead_click
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:37 AM (gbOdA)
-

lulz but I think you broke the margin, which mean you'll make a cob go apesh*t.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (Hbs7G)

150 My Christmas list. I'm still waiting ....

A Truth Commission focused on J6 and its tentacles. I'm looking at you Nancy.

Severe cuts to foreign aid especially anything that funds NGOs. What's not stolen is used to pay the salaries of Lefties who hate us.

An end to "birthright citizenship." An Executive Order followed by legislation and SCOTUS upholding.

College loan reform.

Peace in Ukraine. Stop the madness. Deep State hardest hit.

A Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle.

A boy can still dream ....

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (Gqoy+)

151 The experiment's 'subject' was transported to the planet during the specified year, reporting an 'oblique view of a pyramid' and a 'very large road' with a monument similar to those known among ancient Egyptians on Earth, the report claims.

The vision then shifted to a population of 'very large people' searching for 'a new place to live because their environment was corrupted.'

... this would support the view that life began elsewhere and then moved to the Earth

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

152 I'd say time for a recall on those San Diego County Supervisors that voted to protect illegal felons, but San Diego is no longer a Red county. Karma would be those supervisors who voted for this atrocity being victims of violent illegals.
Fire burns, water wets.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (ynpvh)

153 Ahh Scandanavia.

1. Finland hated Stalin more than Hitler, and even fought side by side with Germans.
2. Swedes gave Germans their Iron Ore for the Panzers, and hid
3. Danes let Germans invade without a single shot.

Norwegians only ones who fought

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)

154 TeeJ

Not so sure how well that system has been maintained or upgraded.

The controls seem to be in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Moved from Newfoundland. But don't really know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

155 Joe's brain is figgy pudding. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come done retired.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (vFG9F)

156 *Norwegians only ones who fought*

But we were the ones with cool little red pocket knives.

Posted by: The Swiss Army at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (dg+HA)

157 Molly K condolences to you and your family . Prayers sent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (URPU1)

158 The insanity of the lame duck session has to be changed. Obama's scum was able to use Joe's dementia to confirm a lot of awful left judges to district courts. Many GOP senators too busy partying to block them

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (YCxFk)

159 Something's flying:

All four Moscow airports closed temporarily, Russia's aviation watchdog says

By REUTERS
DECEMBER 26, 2024 15:25

Russia's aviation watchdog said on Thursday that all four Moscow airports and the airport in Kaluga, 160km (100 miles) southwest of Moscow, were closed temporarily, without giving the reason.

"Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services are taking all necessary measures to ensure flight safety," the statement from Rosaviatsia said.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (Hbs7G)

160 >>Something I learned about reading Red Storm Rising, a bit over 20 years ago. I figure the SOSUS system through there that Clancy mentioned is a thing too.
One of our salty ones would know better.

Yes. And the follow-on would be P-3C Orions deployed out of Brunswick, ME or Jacksonville, FL dropping LOFAR buoys in a 5-6-5 distributive field based upon a SOSUS-generated ellipse to localize and eventually track a target.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (Y1sOo)

161 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J04wUKZUCI
any avaition incident or crash watch Blanco....
aircraft hit by Sam rear and side...all hydraulic fluid gone no control of the aircraft except through both engines used to control the aircraft....

Posted by: qmark at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (+t9Oi)

162 Mornin’, All. Happy Boxing Day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)

163 Ignoramus

Fauci sent to Hungary or Italy for interrogation.

Soros deported to Hungary.

Releasing the Biden files.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

164

On the twelfth day of Kwanza all my baby daddies gave to me 17 aborted babies, syphilliticgonococalchankeritis and herpes!

Posted by: Kamala's Pesky Rundown at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (VLH5c)

165 A dog and cat meat restaurant owner in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam succumbed to rabies on Thursday after a brief illness, a local hospital where he was given treatment confirmed the same day.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (gbOdA)

166
... this would support the view that life began elsewhere and then moved to the Earth
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

It actually supports the view that the CIA has been overrun by drug addicted grifters for a long time now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (7MHHr)

167 She's doing ok. Another attempt at the 2nd round of chemo today. White count was too low last week, so we go in for a quick test and try again. She's not liking this new round all that much. It really kicks her butt. SOOOO tired all the time and just overall miserable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
I am waiting and praying for the day that you announce she is cancer free.
F Cancer!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

168 Happy Boxing Day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)

Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)

169 In scrolling through my Teams contacts, I'm the only one online right now. Seems I'm missing something.........
Posted by: Sponge

Join the club. We are switching our entire operation from SAP to SAP S4Hana on Jan 6th. All hands on deck for Customer Service & IT.

Everyone else? Nah, that's ok. Don't bother.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (H9VzD)

170 I am so sorry, Molly K. I pray you find comfort and strength in the coming minutes, hours and days.

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (p4NUW)

171 Ahh Scandanavia.
1. Finland hated Stalin more than Hitler, and even fought side by side with Germans.
2. Swedes gave Germans their Iron Ore for the Panzers, and hid
3. Danes let Germans invade without a single shot.
Norwegians only ones who fought
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)

There is a documentary of BoobYou about a group of marxist swedes who supported Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the late 60's and early 70's with money and moral support who cheered then denied the genocide in Cambodia. They are still alive and in positions of power in Sweden and Europe. They should be arrested for promoting genocide and crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Zombie Prince Norodom Sihanouk at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (rqga2)

172
*"Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services are taking all necessary measures to ensure flight safety," the statement from Rosaviatsia said.*

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: 99 luftballons at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (dg+HA)

173 Speaking of Nanzi, is she still in a hospital in Germany?

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (fwDg9)

174 *******
I am waiting and praying for the day that you announce she is cancer free.
F Cancer!
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

Meeee tooooo.

Thank you, and I agree 10000%

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

175 The Swiss Army

When threatened by the Kaiser's Army in WWI, the Swiss commander was asked what he would do. He was outnumbered two to one.

Knowing of the high marksmanship standard in the Swiss forces, he said "Fire twice and celebrate."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

176 I hate gorilla warfare.
Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024

***
Orangutan snipers are the worst!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (omVj0)

177 To be fair, Denmark fought for a day at least.

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (fwDg9)

178 148 I hate gorilla warfare.
Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

179 Greenland has no chance against China and Russia without the U.S.

The world would probably be better served with Greenland under China's control since at this point there is no material difference between the current Deep State and China's bureaucracy - both are profoundly dysfunctional and anti-human.

The key difference is China would exploit Greenland's resources and the world would benefit from the bounty whereas the USG would go ahead and lock the land up for eternity in the name of keeping it "pristine".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (rHxhM)

180
Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)

Nah, that's the day the Royal help get's to actually celebrate Christmas and open gifts with loved ones instead of wiping Royal ass on the actual Christmas Day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

181 On the twelfth day of Kwanza all my baby daddies gave to me 17 aborted babies, syphilliticgonococalchankeritis and herpes!
Posted by: Kamala's Pesky Rundown at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (VLH5c)

Ten Horse Hair Wiiiiigs!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:49 AM (xAPJi)

182 What's this about gorilla glue? Did I miss something?

Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2024 08:49 AM (Oy/m2)

183 "NYC has a considerably lower crime rate than most large American cities. ... it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates."

"This is the epitome of the liberal 'end justifies the means' communist mentality"

I grew up and currently live in The Bronx. Many here want to rag on NYC but their real argument is with most of Manhattan and hipster Brookklyn. We are the still the safest large US city. And we've had an ability to work our way out of our fuck-ups to survive and thrive.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (Gqoy+)

184 @173

>>Copilot is pretty good for giving you recipes if you throw a list of ingredients at it.

I doubt it, she's probably convalescing at one of her myriad of Chateau's the Pelosi's have purchased with their ill-gotten gains.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (XV/Pl)

185 - Red Ryders are nice.
I'll go with the 1894 Spittin' Image I got for Christmas 60 years ago. Taught myself how to shoot from the manual that came with it. No dad you see.
Turned out okay. First real firearm used, M16 in basic.
Highest record fire score in all 5 or 6 companies at basic graduation ceremony,,, late Dec '72'.
And then the army, in its thoughtful wisdom, put me in a 155mm howitzer unit.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (kjZOX)

186 Skip

The Danes got all of their Jews out of Denmark to Sweden in 1943. Very few were exterminated by the Nazis.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

187 aircraft hit by Sam rear and side...all hydraulic fluid gone no control of the aircraft except through both engines used to control the aircraft....
Posted by: qmark at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (+t9Oi)

Yes that video looks definitive - explains why the plane flew into the ground a mile or two short of the runway. I’ve seen Russian SAM missiles as basically being a core of high explosive surrounded by a couple hundred large ball bearings. The damage on the plains tail looks like that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (7MHHr)

188 But Chimps just want to have fun, and sling poo

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

189 Big Horn Armory Inc. touts its AR500 as the world’s most powerful AR-style rifle. The semi-automatic weapon is chambered in the company’s own .500 Auto Max cartridge and can thump out half-inch diameter bullets just as fast as a shooter can stand to pull the trigger.

Cause they dont make a 51

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (gbOdA)

190 A simple definition of "culture" that I've often used in training is "the things we do when no one is watching".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (a3Q+t)

191 Fed agents and organizations prodding banks to "debank" individuals over conservative beliefs is a terrible problem. I hope President Trump can attack this Nazi-like behavior from the top. I'm very surprised it hasn't been attacked from the bottom yet. Would be a shame if a couple branches a week burned overnight. Not advocating it here, of course, but this is downright evil and like most evil, it continues until the oppressors suffer real loss for it.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (G5+As)

192 - "But really don't know."

Which means you know a lot more about it than I do, NaCly.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (kjZOX)

193 I was talking how the Danes fought a day then surrendered

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (fwDg9)

194 Let's try this again....

@173

>>Speaking of Nanzi, is she still in a hospital in Germany?

I doubt it, she's probably convalescing at one of her myriad of Chateau's the Pelosi's have purchased with their ill-gotten gains.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (XV/Pl)

195
Sorry, I've always disliked the Swedes. Lefty moralizers who made bank out of selling iron ore to the Nazis. Producers of pornographic filth. Abortion pioneers. Supporters of every anti-American cause. I'm enjoying seeing the Muzzies destroy them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (dxSpM)

196 Did Joe Biden make a Christmas address?

I think the last Christmas Address that FJB gave was post C19 Plandemic when he wished America a Winter of Severe Illness and Death.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (rHxhM)

197 Have a great day, everyone.

May your path be serene.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

198 Happy Boxing Day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)

Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?
Posted by: grammie winger

Returns Day at Wal Mart.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (H9VzD)

199 But Chimps just want to have fun, and sling poo

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

*Lyrics in Cindi Lauper's trash can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

200 188 But Chimps just want to have fun, and sling poo
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

Scientist #1
Your smart ass monkeys still throw shit
Scientist #2 points to whiteboard
yes, but now they keep score

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (gbOdA)

201 Returns Day at Wal Mart.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (H9VzD)

Rent is due Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:54 AM (gbOdA)

202 Molly K., prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:54 AM (v6JzV)

203 Sweeeeden, Jerry!! Sweeeeden!

Posted by: Kramer and his hot tub at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (dg+HA)

204 Sorry, I've always disliked the Swedes. Lefty moralizers who made bank out of selling iron ore to the Nazis. Producers of pornographic filth. Abortion pioneers. Supporters of every anti-American cause. I'm enjoying seeing the Muzzies destroy them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (dxSpM)

But I think they DID create the "Manamana" song.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

205 The worst, most far left Scandi government in the world is in Minnesota.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (7MHHr)

206 Not so very long ago, the notion that anyone would be cheering with near orgasmic glee the gunning down in cold blood of UHC CEO Brian Thompson would've been nearly unthinkable to anyone except someone like David Berkowitz.

Almost every "core belief" of the left currently is something they would have denied anyone would want a few years ago.

Remember how much the left made fun of bible thumping reich wingers for claiming gay marriage would lead to anything else or have any effect on them? Hell, Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (oZhjI)

207 Nanzi is back in the US unfortunately. There were pictures the other day of her arriving someplace in a black SUV. These people never go away

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (URPU1)

208 Swedes pay something like 70 percent in taxes. Cradle to grave.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

209

Momma calledKwanzaa "Scvhvanza."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)

210 But for the life of me I cannot fathom how people that I grew up with, attended the same schools with and have similar backgrounds with, can even begin to rationalize things in so cold a manner so as to preserve their own personal political beliefs.

Many people, especially those of weak morality, are willing to rationalize anything as long as it allows them to still get a paycheck.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (oZhjI)

211 A passenger plane possibly hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile?

And today Russia is grounding all their commercial aircraft "for unknown reasons."

I have one, potential reason...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (Q4IgG)

212 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Reportedly Hit By Russian Missile On Christmas Day

Azerbaijani government sources told Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile hit Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J28243, ultimately causing the plane to crash during an emergency landing attempt in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau shortly thereafter.

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

213 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
SCOTT JENNINGS: Yes, we need Greenland. I want Trump to do it. I am personally applying to be the military governor of Greenland if we take control of it.

https://tinyurl.com/2p98s7wc

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

214 Swedes pay something like 70 percent in taxes. Cradle to grave.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

But will rag your ear endlessly about how they have free healthcare, education, blah blah blah..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

215 I'm so sorry Molly. Praying for your peace and comfort.

Posted by: Mike Oxlong at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (zhAIW)

216
Oh, I forgot. ABBA. Who provided the music for that most loathsome of shows, "Mamma Mia!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (dxSpM)

217 Momma calledKwanzaa "Scvhvanza."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)

*fistbump to JJ's mom*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

218 A Russian SAM was fired at the Embraer ERJ-190 during a drone swarm above Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The SAM detonated near the commercial jet and unleashed a spray formation of shrapnel that damaged the plane's rear fuselage and flight controls.

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

219 Whoopsie! I am wrong. FJB did make a Christmas 'message' video.

https://youtu.be/Sdry0CfypSk

It's not as terrible as I predicted. But I don't find it happy, uplifting, or joyous. Reflect on how you can be less ungood, serfs!

No people or any living creatures are seen. Only White House Christmas decorations videoed by a drone flying through the White House. Ending with a shot of a miniature White House. Of course. FJB has to remind everyone he is still President.

Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (aBgBM)

220 Fed agents and organizations prodding banks to "debank" individuals over conservative beliefs is a terrible problem

Being in the banking industry (currently retail, formerly investment), the "debanking" has everything to do with risk management.

The regulators have created a structure of tests and thresholds for the accounts held. † It is in the bank's own financial interest to avoid audits, penalties and other ill-will from the regulators and the insurance organizations to thin out accounts that are considered "risky". See also Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

† Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (rHxhM)

221 My oldest uncle died in 1940 fighting the Germans in the invasion of Norway. Both my Mom and Dad's side lived under the occupation 1940-45. They didn't get treated as bad as Poles or Russians, but it stunk on ice.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (G5+As)

222 Late-Night TV. These propaganda shows have been dehumanizing their political opponents for years. Trump is Hitler … and his fans are just as bad.

My favorite moment was when Colbert announced on his show that Trump had fired Comey. Now remember up until that point the left had argued that Comey was a terrible person and part of the Trump inner circle because he admitted that Hillary had committed multiple felonies when he gave his speech on how he would not prosecute her.

So when Colbert announced his audience started cheering - they were supposed to hate Comey right? But then Colbert vox-plained to them why it was a bad thing and sure enough within a couple of minutes they were now booing the action they had been cheering...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)

223 These people never go away
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (URPU1)

The blood of fetus' has amazing life giving power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

224 If we're going for Greenland I'd ask Denmark to throw in Iceland.

The Brits occupied Iceland during WWII without permission to deny the Nazis a strategic asset. The USA later joined in.

During WWII you could have been ordered to fight the Japanese in the jungles of Burma like one of my uncles, or caught malaria with the Royal Navy like another of my uncles, or you could have been sent to Iceland where nubile ladies collectively decided to expand Iceland's limited gene pool.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (Gqoy+)

225 I think we all knew this, but Kwanzaa is. Fake holiday started by radical who tortured at least one Black woman:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzdpdu8

This is from 2016. I bet this reporter got fired and no longer works for the past

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vLImv)

226 On Boxing Day
When in England, it was explained as I understood it, the day after Christmas the nobility and well off boxed leftovers from Christmas feast and gave to servants and employees.
I stick by this

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (fwDg9)

227 Boxing Day is Sydney - Hobart Race day.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (LkLld)

228 Only White House Christmas decorations videoed by a drone flying through the White House.

So the Chinese/Iranians are now flying their drones in the White House, not just the greater New Jersey MSA.

Is the Mother Ship™ anchored in the Potomac?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (rHxhM)

229 "Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.
Posted by: 18-1 "

He did.

*displays badge of honor*

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vFG9F)

230 If we're going for Greenland I'd ask Denmark to throw in Iceland.

Meh, I'll pass on a bunch of in-bred socialists...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (oZhjI)

231 So when Colbert announced his audience started cheering - they were supposed to hate Comey right? But then Colbert vox-plained to them why it was a bad thing and sure enough within a couple of minutes they were now booing the action they had been cheering...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)

Lemmings led off the cliff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

232 Thoughts and prayers with you, Molly, to help you get through this day.

Posted by: Wenda at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (2EeNt)

233 Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII rocked. Sweden hasn’t been worth crap since they left the scene.

Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (v6JzV)

234 "Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.
Posted by: 18-1 "

He acts like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

235 232 Thoughts and prayers with you, Molly, to help you get through this day.
Posted by: Wenda at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (2EeNt)

Prayers from me as well

Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (VE6XX)

236 "... nubile ladies..."

*Perks up*

Posted by: Most guys at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (dg+HA)

237 Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII rocked. Sweden hasn’t been worth crap since they left the scene.

Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…

Don't forget Britt Ekland

Posted by: Some Wickerman at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (oZhjI)

238 Take Greenland.

Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.

Seems a fair trade.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (omVj0)

Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (0eaVi)

239 So when Colbert announced his audience started cheering - they were supposed to hate Comey right? But then Colbert vox-plained to them why it was a bad thing and sure enough within a couple of minutes they were now booing the action they had been cheering...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)

Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd. Oceania was at war with Eastasia! The next moment there was a tremendous commotion. The banners and posters with which the square was decorated were all wrong! Quite half of them had the wrong faces on them. It was sabotage! The agents of Goldstein had been at work! The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in midsentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax.

Posted by: 1984 at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (rqga2)

240 > Boxing Day is Sydney - Hobart Race day.
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It even has a YouTube stream.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)

241
Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (0eaVi)

Japan would fight them for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

242 The US had a protectorate over Greenland during WWII.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (v6JzV)

243 *Lyrics in Cindi Lauper's trash can.
Posted by: Sponge

What makes this comment even funnier is her "Money Changes Everything" video.

Posted by: Ozone Park at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (G5+As)

244 Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?

Sell it to Japan?

Yes all our ancestors from the 40s would role over in their graves but...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (oZhjI)

245 Nate Silver can make his Stalin-esque pontifications from afar because nothing has ever happened to him. I suspect he'll change his tune if he ever experiences it himself like Ana Kasparian did.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)

246 lots of crazy shit happens on a daily basis. I don't blame anyone for being concerned but it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates.
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I might not agree with that take, though I could accept it at face value if people on the Left were consistent about that.

They are not.

Go ahead and ask this scruffy little ass spelunker about George Floyd. He wouldn't start lecturing about the statistical likelihood of an unarmed black man being killed by police officers. He'd just give you a rousing chorus of Black Lives Matter.

All rhetoric and reasoning is totally situational for them. Don't bother trying to suss out some kind of consistent worldview they might have. It doesn't exist beyond the next morning's media message.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (lRinz)

247 > Take Greenland.

Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.
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Hawaii might be the only thing currently keeping the ChiComs from setting up shop in California, Oregon and Washington state.

More specifically, Pearl Harbor is. And maybe Guam. If it doesn't tip over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (Q4IgG)

248 3. Danes let Germans invade without a single shot.

Norwegians only ones who fought
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)
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Not true. There's a movie about it (9 April 1940, I think) and there was some resistance (they knocked out a panzer), but were ordered to surrender because there was no possible way to win. Denmark had sat out WW I, and figured (like the Dutch), that they could do the same in WW II. A bunch of Danish troops fled to Sweden, where they were "interned" and then converted into "police" to assist defending Sweden. They were issued M40 pistols and took them back to Denmark after the war, and these were sold into the US as surplus.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

249 The silent film version of Nosferatu 1922 is available on YT.

https://tinyurl.com/4ftn43us

Posted by: Grump928(C) notes at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (aD39U)

250 >>It even has a YouTube stream.

It do.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (LkLld)

251 Remember how much the left made fun of bible thumping reich wingers for claiming gay marriage would lead to anything else or have any effect on them? Hell, Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (oZhjI)

Seeing you mentioned that fool on- he had stayed on X, posting and reposting his hatred for Trump and all of Trump’s supporters.
But since the election, he deleted his No X account and all of his posts, ever, and fled to the far left comfort of Bluesky, where he and his bulwark friends can censor each other into oblivion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (7MHHr)

252 Communism is always for the other people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (xAPJi)

253 205. Spot on Tom. Minnesota only state that never voted for Reagan

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (YCxFk)

254 I suspect he'll change his tune if he ever experiences it himself like Ana Kasparian did.
Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)

The red-pilling of her has been moderately entertaining. I mean, you can literally see her head smoke as she realizes the batshit craziness of what she's been supporting all these years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

255 Ireland was the worst though. Only neutral or wimpy nation that actually supported the Nazi's

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:09 AM (YCxFk)

256 "Hunnikah" half-assedly supports the assertion that "Happy Holidays" started off with somebody trying to say Happy Hannukah, but people who say yarr-mull-kee couldn't goy it and needed an escape route.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 09:10 AM (zdLoL)

257 Ireland was the worst though. Only neutral or wimpy nation that actually supported the Nazi's
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:09 AM (YCxFk)

They're only happy when their warring with themselves.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

258 The Danes made an arrangement to keep their own government and then saved almost every Jewish Dane. The Norwegians bought in.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (RIvkX)

259 The New Yorker
@NewYorker
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.f

https://tinyurl.com/2n9bhzje

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

260 Communism is only for the Communists

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (fwDg9)

261 I'm fine. What day is it?

Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)

262 @NewYorker
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.

All they have is lies. Period.

There's soooo much bullshit in that one statement, it makes actual bulls jealous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

263 J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.

I love to see their receipts for this libel.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (rHxhM)

264 I'm fine. What day is it?
Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)

Those living in Ft. Worth should be really pissed off about now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

265 Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd. Oceania was at war with Eastasia! The next moment there was a tremendous commotion. The banners and posters with which the square was decorated were all wrong! Quite half of them had the wrong faces on them. It was sabotage! The agents of Goldstein had been at work! The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in midsentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax.
Posted by: 1984 at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (rqga2)
====

Gleichschaltung without end.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (RIvkX)

266 Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?

Sell it to Japan?

Yes all our ancestors from the 40s would role over in their graves but...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (oZhjI)

Well, even if the natives don't like people who look like me, I get the feeling their numbers of the population is going down. They won't be a threat, but having a hostile nation half way between us and Asia seems to call for us to keep it.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (0eaVi)

267 > I suspect he'll change his tune if he ever experiences it himself like Ana Kasparian did.
Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)

The red-pilling of her has been moderately entertaining. I mean, you can literally see her head smoke as she realizes the batshit craziness of what she's been supporting all these years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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I wonder how much of this going around is real "red-pilling" and not just more method acting to keep the clicks (revenue) coming in.

I'm dubious about most of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)

268 >>J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus

I don't know if anyone has noticed but our elites are really stupid and dishonest.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (LkLld)

269 Momma calledKwanzaa "Scvhvanza."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)

“They darker than us! Woof!”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

270 Had a professor in college ( early 80s) who grew up in Norway. He was 10 - 11 yrs old when the Germans invaded. His contribution to the resistance was getting blown out of bed when guns in the fort on Oslo fjord opened up and sank the Blucher . His family later escaped to Sweden

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (URPU1)

271 I give Finland a pass for WW2 - they were fighting their own private war against the Soviets, and nobody was willing or able to send them any help (which they needed) except Germany. Our side sold Finland out because of our deal with Stalin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (7MHHr)

272 All rhetoric and reasoning is totally situational for them. Don't bother trying to suss out some kind of consistent worldview they might have. It doesn't exist beyond the next morning's media message.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (lRinz)
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The consistent world view is that whatever they want is justified and that they are unbound by any moral constraints because they are just better than everyone else.

Yard Sign Calvinism and Justification By Rage Alone pretty much define their mentality, which seems erratic, but only because people are using secular materialist measures of it.

This is also why reason and logic will not work on them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)

273 Kash Patel wants to weaponize the FBI to protect Trump. You mean like the Biden administration weaponized it to attack parents, Christians and patriotic Americans?

EABOD, asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

274 I can't say I'm surprised by Nate Silver's reaction to that poor woman being burned alive by a savage illegal migrant. Since Communists are focused on material things, human beings are simply "things" to used be used to achieve Communist Utopia(tm). Thus, this woman is merely a "thing" in the view of Communists: her life had no intrinsic value, and focusing on her death at the hands of migrant is an obstacle to building Communist Utopia(tm).

I've prayed the Rosary for her soul.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (pJWtt)

275 261 I'm fine. What day is it?
Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)

Judges would have accepted YEAR.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (gbOdA)

276 Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII rocked. Sweden hasn’t been worth crap since they left the scene.

Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…
Posted by: Bulg
+++
My best memory of Sweden was the Swedish bikini team.
That was before woke took over.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (Lo97M)

277
Screw Ireland. And the Irish. They whined they were a bunghole because they were controlled by the British. They got their independence, had a civil war, then remained a bunghole for a century until they became a money-laundering center. They produce nothing useful. They're like the Palestinians of Europe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (dxSpM)

278 There's soooo much bullshit in that one statement, it makes actual bulls jealous.

I was trying to parse that sentence into where it wouldn't be a lie and the only conclusion I came up with is that New Yorker is admitting that the "Administration's" enemies are indeed guilty of federal crimes that merit vigorous prosecution.

The key here is the word "vengeance" where the definition is seeking retribution or punishment against someone in response to wrong or injury. It is driven by a desire for justice.

I don't have a problem with that motivation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (rHxhM)

279 Gary Varvel conservative cartoon on "Presidential portraits":

https://tinyurl.com/bddjv8pv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (MDgRg)

280 I wonder how much of this going around is real "red-pilling" and not just more method acting to keep the clicks (revenue) coming in.

I'm dubious about most of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)

I agree. Now that Chunk Weegur is starting to spew against the left, I'm VERY suspect. He's a high plains grifter of order.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

281 I wonder how much of this going around is real "red-pilling" and not just more method acting to keep the clicks (revenue) coming in.

I'm dubious about most of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)

Remember Milton Friedman - good government is about giving bad people the incentives to do good things.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (7MHHr)

282 Socialism is for the people
Not the Socialist

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

283 Our side sold Finland out because of our deal with Stalin.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (7MHHr)
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How was Finland sold out? They got a great deal - stay non-aligned and you don't get occupied like the rest of Eastern Europe. Helsinki went from a backwater to a place of drama and intrigue, a major world city where East and West came to negotiate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)

284 Why does Creepy Joe get 25 more days in office?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (dg+HA)

285 @255 the Swiss were neutral but were very happy making bank with the Nazis. After the war they admitted this and returned $100m . How much they actually got is anybody's guess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (URPU1)

286 I think I just saw an ad for Meta virtual 3d old people porn.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

287 What I appreciate now about Cenk and Kasparian is that they’re showing an ability to think independently, which is a huge rarity for those on the left.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (7MHHr)

288 The Young Turks are neither.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (dg+HA)

289 J. Edgar Hoover wore a dress. No wonder Dems like him.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:20 AM (vFG9F)

290 the Swiss were neutral but were very happy making bank with the Nazis. After the war they admitted this and returned $100m . How much they actually got is anybody's guess
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (URPU1)
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They were very helpful as a conduit for Red Cross parcels. Sweden as well. Lots of Allied troops lived because of those packets.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)

291 What I appreciate now about Cenk and Kasparian is that they’re showing an ability to think independently, which is a huge rarity for those on the left.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (7MHHr)

But, thinking they're just pandering to bide time (and continue to make money) until the next leftist uprising when they can return to spewing leftist donkey dung is not out of bounds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

292 How was Finland sold out?

Stalin attacked Finland, they didn’t invade Russia. The allies ignored it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (7MHHr)

293 " I think I just saw an ad for Meta virtual 3d old people porn.
Posted by: rhennigantx"

Life-like wrinkles?

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (vFG9F)

294 Chunk sputters and screams and is emotionally , a hyperhormonal 12 year girl.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (RIvkX)

295
Finland got about the best deal they could because they fought back. Stalin wanted to take over the whole place but the Red Army got beaten so badly in the Winter War that he decided it wasn't worth it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (dxSpM)

296 I think I just saw an ad for Meta virtual 3d old people porn.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

Nursing home residents need love too.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

297 Chunk sputters and screams and is emotionally , a hyperhormonal 12 year girl.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (RIvkX)

"There's strength in numbers."

- - - - - Dylan Mulvaney

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

298 Yard Sign Calvinism and Justification By Rage Alone

I get the "Justification By Rage Alone", but how do you get "Yard Sign Calvinism"?

"Calvinism" is the slur used by Free Will Enthusiasts to characterize the Doctrines of Grace.

There is no grace in the Left. There is no mercy. There is no atonement. There is no Elect. Their view is more Pharisitical under an increasing strict and dogmatic ad hoc laws and traditions.

I would characterize their colorful signs as Yard Phylactery.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (rHxhM)

299 I hate to think of the processing power expended on rendering wrinkles.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (vFG9F)

300 > Why does Creepy Joe get 25 more days in office?
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I'd really like someone to tally up the days *biden was actually at the White House "working."

Hell.... just count the days he was there. Bet it's barely 50% of the time. Because he wasn't running anything but his mouth most of the time. His staff is, and has been the nominal "president" since he sat at that desk on day one, and as the EO's were shoved in his face asked; "what am I signing?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (Q4IgG)

301 Centuries old paintings of angels uncovered at the church Paul Revere attended:

https://tinyurl.com/4vp8cs93

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (MQJVv)

302 What's the best thing about Finland?

Jean Sibelius.

Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)

303 Remember Milton Friedman - good government is about giving bad people the incentives to do good things.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (7MHHr)
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You should always welcome defectors. The "no prisoners" attitude can be self-defeating as you end up creating your own resistance.

Timely reminder that while the Reds were still executing 'fascists,' Franco figured out that decent treatment caused captured troops to enlist in his armies. He added 70,000 men to his ranks when he conquered northern Spain.

You don't have to trust them with your life, but welcoming them further thins their ranks, leaving only the nutjobs, who will drive their party off an electoral cliff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

304 Still causes me to SMH that someone with the last name Kasparian, which is Armenian, would appear on a show called The Young Turks. Is apparently willing to overlook that genocide thingy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (URPU1)

305 Couldn't they find any real old people willing to do the deed?

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (vFG9F)

306 Still causes me to SMH that someone with the last name Kasparian, which is Armenian, would appear on a show called The Young Turks. Is apparently willing to overlook that genocide thingy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (URPU1)

They celebrate that shit. Because they are inherently evil.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

307 I see a lot of excuses for these neutral countries, and how they did some minor positive things. But by staying on the sidelines, it only made it easier for the Nazi's to go unabated, and secure the Concentration camps

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (YCxFk)

308
Jean Sibelius.

Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)

She's hideous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

309 Norwegian Resistance got more than 900 Jews to safety in Sweden or England. About 750 Jews died after being arrested by German authorities and deported to camps. Quisling and his installed government was hated by most Norwegians. He was dealt with in 1945.

Posted by: Norseman at December 26, 2024 09:26 AM (G5+As)

310 https://tinyurl.com/4vp8cs93
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (MQJVv)

Neat

Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 09:26 AM (VE6XX)

311 There is no grace in the Left. There is no mercy. There is no atonement. There is no Elect. Their view is more Pharisitical under an increasing strict and dogmatic ad hoc laws and traditions.

I would characterize their colorful signs as Yard Phylactery.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (rHxhM)
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They are the Elect and they very much believe this. See also Thomas Sowell's Visions of the Anointed.

Its the cheap knock-off version of Calvinism, and the label works because they hate it. They imagine themselves as the witches at Salem, but they're the ones holding the torches.

This is also why they use the term "deplorables" because everyone not of the Elect was damned before time began, and therefore they do not convert, only destroy.

And it's all wrapped up in yard signs telling you how good they are. "By these yard signs they are saved."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)

312 The New Yorker
@NewYorker
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.f

https://tinyurl.com/2n9bhzje
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

The "strange new respect" for the memory of J.Edgar Hoover is moderately amusing. I have been wondering if the calumnies (e.g., he was a cross-dressing homosexual*) that began to be circulated after his death was just a bunch of Commie propaganda meant to discredit him. Being just 29, I'm old enough to remember that he was held in pretty high regard when Hoover was still alive.

I've recently come across a couple of books written by Hoover, and discovered that he was a dedicated anti-Communist and was warning Americans of the dangers posed by that ideology. I have begun to suspect that Hoover stuck around until he died because he knew that Communists had buried themselves like ticks into the body-politic.

*G. Gordon Liddy has claimed to have found heterosexual pornography at Hoover's apartment, after his death.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (pJWtt)

313 But, thinking they're just pandering to bide time (and continue to make money) until the next leftist uprising when they can return to spewing leftist donkey dung is not out of bounds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

Joe Biden is shitting the bad so completely on his way out that this won’t happen for decades now.

The Dem party now has no leadership, no core able to stop them from continue to splinter into radical factions. Romney era Republicans were moribund; it took a leader like Trump to unify the core and drive the troublemakers and quislings like Kristol out of the party. The Dems will be out of power until someone like that rises up on their side.
Right now, they have no one who even has a chance of doing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (7MHHr)

314 I think I just saw an ad for Meta virtual 3d old people porn.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM

I need a post-Congressional career, you know.

Posted by: Nanci P. at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (a3Q+t)

315 23 I hope Wayne Gretzky got a chuckle from that. He'd have to be better than Trudeau.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (U403t)

******

Gilmore Tuttle, Ogie Oglethorpe, Clarence "Screeming Buffalo" Swamptown, Ross "Mad Dog" Madison, and Andre "Poodle" Lussier would all be better PMs than Trudeau.

Posted by: Burgermeister Meisterburger at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (ZB7RZ)

316 Salazar in Portugal wanted to join the Allies, but he was afraid that doing so would lead to Franco’s joining the Axis.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (v6JzV)

317 - When you can't even get the most simple of don't do this correct -

Matt 23:9 - And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Man in substitute of God indeed.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (kjZOX)

318 How about this. Finnish troops who fought combat with the SS against Stalin, actually received Iron Crosses.

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (YCxFk)

319 Off sock!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (ZB7RZ)

320 The Dem party now has no leadership, no core able to stop them from continue to splinter into radical factions. Romney era Republicans were moribund; it took a leader like Trump to unify the core and drive the troublemakers and quislings like Kristol out of the party. The Dems will be out of power until someone like that rises up on their side.
Right now, they have no one who even has a chance of doing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM

Have you possibly forgotten our *magical* ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, laddie?

Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (a3Q+t)

321
And it's all wrapped up in yard signs telling you how good they are. "By these yard signs they are saved."

OK, that makes sense. Thank you.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (rHxhM)

322 301 Centuries old paintings of angels uncovered at the church Paul Revere attended:

https://tinyurl.com/4vp8cs93
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December

This is cool. I love an Italian is doing the restoration- 300 years ago is like yesterday in Italy!

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (T6NOp)

323 316. Yes. And Lisbon was the only escape route to America for Ingrid Bergman and Victor Lazlo

Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (YCxFk)

324 The problem is some Puppeteer is running Sundowner's mouth and writing hand.

In my mind it's Grima Wormtounge whispering in Sundowner's ear
" you want to commute all death row inmates"

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (fwDg9)

325
Ireland was neutral because they hated the Brits. And it wasn't just De Valera. Everyone in Ireland wanted neutrality.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (dxSpM)

326 I see a lot of excuses for these neutral countries, and how they did some minor positive things. But by staying on the sidelines, it only made it easier for the Nazi's to go unabated, and secure the Concentration camps
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (YCxFk)
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The safe havens cut both ways. Portugal still has an alliance with the UK, the oldest treaty in the world. In WW II, the Brits said they were more useful on the sidelines.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Director Bob Clark, who brought us A Christmas Story, and his son were killed by an illegal alien drunk driver.

Police determined that the SUV's driver, Héctor Manuel Velázquez-Nava, had a blood alcohol level of three times the legal limit and was driving without a license.[15] Velázquez-Nava was described by federal authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.[16] The driver initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter,[17] but changed his plea … and was sentenced to six years

Posted by: Tmitsss at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (7xhuD)

328 How about this. Finnish troops who fought combat with the SS against Stalin, actually received Iron Crosses.
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (YCxFk)

Lauri Torni.

Posted by: Buried At Arlington National Cemetery at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (rqga2)

329 One side cheers evil and the other side cheers Good. One side is unable to make logical comparisons.

It also is somewhat explained by one of my favorite metaphors.

The world is made up of 90% sheep, 5% wolves and 5% sheepdogs and a significant percentage of those sheep can't tell the difference between a wolf and a sheepdog.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (D6PGr)

330 Good Morning, J.J. Excellent write up contrasting culture and politics. Put me in mind of some of our military customs and how they were derived over time.

Saluting with the right hand showed you were not armed and respected the other person to be unarmed as well. Grew out of Roman service. Became culture that is still in use today.

Formal dining etiquette is an example of how we behave in public with lethal weapons in our hands to preclude misunderstandings.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (MsrgL)

331 Finland got about the best deal they could because they fought back. Stalin wanted to take over the whole place but the Red Army got beaten so badly in the Winter War that he decided it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (dxSpM)

The Finns call their little slice of WWII, the "Continuation War." Their goals were not those of Hitler, and he got frustrated that the Finns wouldn't invade deep into Russia.

During the Winter War (1939-40), the Finns manning the Mannerheim Line were slaughtering so many Russians, the Finnish Army realized that they had to cycle units out of the line to allow them to decompress from the mental strain, rather than from casualties.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (pJWtt)

332 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (v6JzV)

333 Have you possibly forgotten our *magical* ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, laddie?
Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (a3Q+t)

Trump is the antidote. Look at his list of nominees. Sure there’s a couple we can quibble about, but overall it’s the strongest list of nominees I’ve ever seen in my life.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (7MHHr)

334 The driver initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter,[17] but changed his plea … and was sentenced to six years
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (7xhuD)

Deport him. Kick him out of the back of a C-130 with a parachute and see if he figures out how it works before touch down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

335 The world is made up of 90% sheep, 5% wolves and 5% sheepdogs and a significant percentage of those sheep can't tell the difference between a wolf and a sheepdog.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM

Bah.

Posted by: The sheep at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (a3Q+t)

336 Ireland was neutral because they hated the Brits. And it wasn't just De Valera. Everyone in Ireland wanted neutrality.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (dxSpM)
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A lot of Irish crossed into Ulster to enlist with the British, and quite a few Republican troops did so as well, and were only forgiven decades later.

De Valera was far more rabid than his countrymen and remember he also placed the Republic in a state of emergency for the duration of the war.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

337 De Valera was far more rabid than his countrymen and remember he also placed the Republic in a state of emergency for the duration of the war.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

Genius! No elections during war time!

Posted by: Z Manski at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (0eaVi)

338 Cuba is demonstrating that there are worse things than revolution or invasion - if a place is run badly enough long enough, it can collapse to the point where organized, civilized life becomes impossible.
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Cuba is crumbling along in slow motion towards becoming another Haiti. Sad.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM (fs1hN)

339 The U.S. Marshals Service has ceased a government-funded security detail for Anthony Fauci, marking the end of a $15 million arrangement in place over the past two years.
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Kavanaugh should try to get this deal because, unlike Mengele-Fauci, an actual nutjob tried to kill him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (IgeaQ)

340 In my mind it's Grima Wormtounge whispering in Sundowner's ear
" you want to commute all death row inmates"
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (fwDg9)

He commuted everyone because he firmly believes that the death penalty is universally morally abhorrent, except for white racists. They get the needle apparently.

Posted by: Grump928(C) notes at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (aD39U)

341 Condolences Molly

Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (FhXTo)

342 From a piece I wrote many years ago. In two parts.

My thoughts on “Culture”.

Culture:
Is evolutionary.
Is faster than and less permanent than genetic/physical evolution.
Is the transmission through the generations of emotional reactions to ideas, symbols, things.
Is lived, experienced, assimilated from the environment especially during childhood years.

Culture is/can be changed by:
Individual revelation which can be just for the individual or if expressed, as art, as an idea, ideal, can cause a change in the culture.
Immersion in different culture, or just contact which results in cultural trade, blending.
Forced immersion which should be called brainwashing.

What is transmitted through the generations:
Principles of a social organization of human society. What is “good”, and “bad”. What “human” is and does.

Posted by: geoffb at December 26, 2024 10:14 AM (r//c2)

343 Part 2

A “culture” is a complex set of internalized emotional reactions that a cultural group have in common. At the base there are emotional responses that are genetically “hard wired” in. These form the basis of what we call “human nature”. “Culture” is layered on top. It is “learned” for the most part in childhood and adolescence by living in, experiencing the culture of the adults surrounding one.

Emotional reactions can be learned, pathways in the brain formed to associate certain emotions with certain ideas, symbols, actions. That doing this on a group level forms a culture. The bonds of a culture are emotional in nature.

Successful, functional cultures build in concert with human nature’s hard wiring. Dysfunctional cultures build in conflict with human nature. The conflicts make for the dysfunction. They inflict costs on the culture that lower it’s utility to most of the humans living under it. Most, but not all, there will always be some that benefit and will try to keep the even the most dysfunctional culture from changing.

Posted by: geoffb at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (r//c2)

344 Sincere condolences,Molly for the lost of your dear husband. Prayers for strength and comfort for you & your family.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (NFX2v)

345 "Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.
Posted by: 18-1 "

He did.

*displays badge of honor*
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vFG9F)

I, and many others, came here after being bounced off the bicycle seat sniffers blog, L.G. Fartballs. I guess my sense of humor was not amusing over there.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (iODuv)

346 Nate Silver is comparing apples to oranges. He takes the entire cohort of "all immigrants" and compares it to one death, maybe even a few deaths. Not significant!

Yet the true comparison is between two individuals: the illegal alien drug addict/lunatic and the woman he burned alive.

Big difference.

Posted by: PJ at December 26, 2024 10:56 AM (RRCAT)

347 Nate Silver..pffft. Didn't he used to have a contract with ABC?
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>Real Clear Politics, December 25, 2024, Biden Christmas Message: Too Often We See Each Other As Enemies, Not As Fellow Americans

President Biden delivers his 2024 Christmas message over video of the White House Christmas decorations.

Guess what? If I didn't watch it when it was live, I don't need to see reruns of that two-faced bas**rd afterwards.
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Now the real FJB:

>Aljazeera, December 26, 2026, Biden condemns Russia’s ‘outrageous’ Christmas attack on Ukraine
Biden promises surge in weapons deliveries to Ukraine after drone and missile barrage hits its power grid.

I say, prove it wasn't the little Netflix worm & his Azov battalions and mercenaries. Yup, have your own opinions.

But it's undeniable FJB is going to the bitter end - Jan. 19, 2025 - itching for war War after "Russian attacks kill one in Ukraine, damage energy infrastructure."

JFB says, Don't. Don't touch energy infrastructure!?
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Speaking of watching live & Netflix - What a lousy ass thing for NFL to put the game on there & try to draw more audience with Mrs. Carter shaking the goods on Christmas Day. Ho, ho, ho, suckers.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 11:33 AM (NFX2v)

348 Democrats committed the largest mass hanging in the country's history was against Italians in New Orleans. Now, an Italian shoots a rich dude in the back, and the Marxist women remind us all how horny they are for an abortion opportunity.

Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (+eMmJ)

349 A reminder that this was the mindset of Chesa Boudin, who destroyed San Francisco, Rep Jamie Raskin-who is one of the most powerful members of the House Democrats, Barack Obama-who was sponsored by Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrm, and of course, Eric Holder-who worked at Sidley Austin where Bernadine worked. True, the timeline may have been different but the pedigree was the same.

Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (nx6bl)

350 The Circle of Evil is closed. From Charlie Manson to Bernadine Dohrn to Sidley Austin to Michelle&Barack Obama.
"But what also shouldn’t be forgotten was how the murders inspired Bernardine Dohrn, the ’60s militant Marxist who spearheaded the Weather Underground.

That surreal, cruel moment came at the appropriately titled “War Council” held in Flint, Michigan on December 27, 1969, two days after Christmas. It was attended by some 400 student radicals from the SDS-Weathermen cabal, who promoted this political-ideological-sexual gathering as a collective “Wargasm.” For the lovely ’60s hippies, it would be (as usual) a night of radical politics, unrestrained sex, and violence.

Among the ringleaders was the late John Jacobs, who had coined a fitting slogan for the evening and for the entire movement: “We’re against everything that’s good and decent.” That became obvious when the indecent Bernardine Dohrn grabbed the microphone. “We’re about being crazy m——-rs,” Dohrn shouted, “and scaring the s–t out of honky America!' "

Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 05:49 PM (aH9SQ)

351

"It was like a radical revival meeting, with the Rev. Dohrn at the political pulpit. Inspired by the spirit — that is, some sort of spirit — Bernardine fired up her brothers and sisters with her hideous ruminations on the vicious Tate-LaBianca murders."

Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (aH9SQ)

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