2024: The Greatest Year of Media/Government Disinformation

At the Federalist: The top 10 hoaxes of a hoax-filled year.

Here are 8 through 10:

8. Trump's Liz Cheney Comments
One of the biggest media-driven hoaxes concocted this year was the manipulation of Trump's remarks about Liz Cheney.
While speaking at an event days before the Nov. 5 election, Trump critiqued Cheney's obsession with overseas military adventurism. The former president referred to Cheney as a "radical war hawk" and defended the troops forced to fight in the never-ending conflicts neocons like Cheney would never personally partake in.
"Let's put her with a rifle, standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it ... when the guns are trained on her face. You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, 'Gee, let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,'" Trump said.
In the wake of Biden's "garbage" smear, the media rushed to distort Trump's comments to make it appear as if he was calling for Cheney to be executed via firing squad. The disinformation operation represented a clear attempt to smear Trump ahead of the election and boost Harris' prospects.
9. What Assassination Attempts?
If you watched and read nothing but legacy media, there's a good chance you'd know little to nothing about the two assassination attempts against Trump this year.
After a longtime Democrat donor allegedly tried to kill the incoming president on his Palm Beach golf course in September, left-wing propagandists at NBC News and The Washington Post downplayed the attempted murder as nothing more than an "incident." Outlets like Time magazine whitewashed the suspect's history of donating to Democrats, characterizing him in a tweet as a "58-year-old with unclear political ideology."
Such dishonest propaganda isn't surprising, however. It's the same playbook these media hacks -- who spent years leading an "assassination prep" campaign with horrific smears and lies directed at Trump -- deployed when initially "covering" the first assassination attempt against Trump in July.
10. The Atlantic's Hitler Hysteria
In a last-ditch attempt to salvage Kamala Harris' flailing presidential bid, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg -- who ran the debunked 2020 "suckers" and losers" smear -- published an anonymously sourced October hit piece with claims that Trump said he wanted "the kind of generals that Hitler had." It also contained accusations that Trump expressed anger about paying for the funeral services of a murdered Army soldier.
To the media, it didn't matter that the soldier's sister blasted Goldberg for his anti-Trump fabrications, or that numerous former Trump administration officials debunked the bogus claims. What mattered was regurgitating The Atlantic's slanderous hatchet job, which they did with no questions asked.

Update: CNN's Abby Phillips is a disinformation All-Star.

Possibly the biggest disinformation concerned the fact that the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ESSENTIALLY A VEGETABLE.

This was officially "cheapfake disinformation" until they could hide it no more.

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
In which Matt Yglesias admits he was incapable of assessing and investigating Biden’s condition on his own and needed "insiders" to feed him talking points so he could function as a "journalist."

What a thing to say out loud.

They will confess anything rather than admit the truth that they are disgusting lying propangandists.

Biden and his aides are pushing the story that this shiftless grifter-vegetable should have remained in the race.

"Biden and some of his aides still believe he should have stayed in the race, despite the rocky debate performance and low poll numbers that prompted Democrats to pressure him to drop out," the Post reported. "Biden and these aides have told people in recent days that he could have defeated Trump, according to people familiar with their comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity."
Biden might earnestly believe that the confused, slow, dead-eyed, mouth-breathing performance he delivered at the June debate against Trump was because he "was sick" -- a one-off night that he could recover from before election day.
People suffering from dementia oftentimes lack self-awareness. Also, it's what he was being told. That Washington Post story led with an anecdote from Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who, you might remember, was the man who saved Biden's foundering primary campaign in 2020. Clyburn "made a confession" to the Post about his "belief that substance is more important than style in politics."
"I have come to the conclusion in recent days that I'm wrong about that," Clyburn told Biden after the debate. "The new environment that we currently live in -- style seems to carry the day more than substance," and "Your style does not lend itself well to the environment we're currently in."
"Style" was Biden's problem on June 27 -- yeah, that's the ticket. Yet it's the theme threaded throughout WaPo's excuse-mongering report on a failed president, with reporter Tyler Pager going deep to sell the fiction that Biden was a success on substance but doomed to a single term by a country obsessed with mere style.

Biden had "substance"?

Jan Crawford: Most under-reported story “would be, to me, Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable.”

Duck chasing meme: WHY WAS IT UNDER-REPORTED?

pic.twitter.com/nkgu6lcEzN
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) December 29, 2024

Incredible montage of the regime telling us Biden is sharper than ever. Literally North Korea.

pic.twitter.com/geHe0Q3dvm
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 30, 2024

Scott Jennings on Biden: "He's going to leave office in disgrace."pic.twitter.com/r4LobZ1byU
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) December 30, 2024

"You can't call a question you don't like misinformation."

One of our favorite Peter Doocy vs KJP moments of 2024! pic.twitter.com/4kgaVqW0s0
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) December 27, 2024

Each and every single one of these people should have already been fired (for this and all of their other commentary). Have literally *any* of them been fired and replaced with more competent pundits and journalists?

No industry is less merit-based than journalism. Not a one. https://t.co/DCREpHTZ5i
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 30, 2024

Doctor_Zero
@Doctor_Zer0
I love how the media is treating the lack of coverage of Biden's mental decline like some sort of inexplicable natural disaster.
"It's amazing there weren't more headlines about this," the people who write headlines murmured, now that it was politically cost-free to do so.

Posted by: Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2024 06:31 PM (TYewF)

2 And a meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2024 06:32 PM (TYewF)

3 “Journalism is about covering important stories.
With a pillow, until they stop moving.”

- Iowahawk

Posted by: None Dare Call It Treason at December 31, 2024 06:33 PM (FC8SQ)

4 That's not how you do a proper Top 10 List.

Too bad Ace quit that game.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 06:33 PM (UE/EX)

5 I had no idea he was retarded.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2024 06:34 PM (v0R5T)

6 It's as though journalists have a humiliation fetish. The next four years should be fun.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2024 06:34 PM (lXCUP)

7 But. He Stutters!

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 06:35 PM (UE/EX)

8 Omission not commission maybe, but the lack of info re 2024's would be assassins seems significant.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 31, 2024 06:36 PM (aCsV6)

9 Willowed:

Sentencing document from one of the immigrant-gang-child-rape cases in the UK (and yes, there's been more than one).

Warning: nasty stuff. You may want to monitor your blood pressure if that's a issue for you. Think thoughts of cold fury rather than incandescent rage, if you can.

https://tinyurl.com/mw42f5n8

On-topic: "Biden and some of his aides still believe he should have stayed in the race"

I tend to agree with them. I mean, how much worse could he have done than Commie Lay?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2024 06:37 PM (W5ArC)

10 I can wait for the Bribe'em eulogy of Carter. The fantasy and self aggrandizement are going to be epic if you can decipher it in the slurring speech.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2024 06:37 PM (XTmTf)

11
The same cocksuckers who gaslighted us about biden's Senility, STILL label Every thing President Trump says as "rambling."

If President Trump coherently answers a question, it's "rambling."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:37 PM (pUpYb)

12 Scott verbally slaps another biotch.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2024 06:38 PM (v0R5T)

13 journalists are like the weather guy on the TV, they can be 100% wrong constantly and never face any consequences for being wrong.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2024 06:38 PM (Rcnd3)

14 I thought the most underreported story of the year was the twenty "Latinos for Trump" injured with what appears to be a directed energy weapon attack while standing right behind Donald Trump at a rally in Tucson, Arizona.

https://tinyurl.com/5958mhur

Happily, we can all rest easy knowing that the FBI is sure to be busy investigating this political attack on racial minorities.

Posted by: Sam Adams at December 31, 2024 06:39 PM (X+xvk)

15
That's Kevin Nealon sitting beside Doocy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 06:39 PM (+4vtO)

16 Coulter put out a great response to Vivek on how Indians cheat on their tests, have slaves ... and more. I'll just quote her ending ...

"Sure, Mexicans, Egyptians and Koreans also get caught bringing slaves to America, but the prevalence of Indian immigrants in the U.S. slavery racket is hard to miss.

2023: "20-year-old Indian student ... held captive for months without access to a bathroom, viciously beaten, and forced to work at three homes by his cousin and two other Indian-origin men."

2020: "Gilroy couple ... charged with enslaving Indian immigrant."

2012: "U.S. judge grants $1.5 million as compensation [from Indian diplomat, Neena Malhotra] to 'enslaved' Indian maid."

2011: "Rockland D.A.: Family ... Kept Indian Woman As Sex Slave."

2008: "Varsha Sabhnani ... from Indonesia, was convicted with her Indian-born husband ... on a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy [and] involuntary servitude."

As part of my heroic resistance to slavery, I will not lie about the H1B program, which is nothing but indentured servitude, outlawed in my new country in 1867 by the Peonage Act. No right to quit means it's serfdom. I will get that as a tattoo."

Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2024 06:39 PM (Cus5s)

17 "substance", lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:39 PM (cY18j)

18 They are not eating our cats.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2024 06:40 PM (v0R5T)

19 "Let's put her with a rifle, standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it ... when the guns are trained on her face. You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, 'Gee, let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,'" Trump said.

This was considered perfectly normal political discourse from 2004-2008 where calling Shrub or Cheney chickenhawks was the most common political argument from the left.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 06:40 PM (oZhjI)

20 No matter how much you hate them it's not enough.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 06:40 PM (39rLK)

21 If Jimmy Carter's Legacy is going to be properly honored in Rhetoric, I can think of none better than Joe Biden to do it.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 06:41 PM (UE/EX)

22 Joe Biden's whole life has been a lie. From his upbringing to his dead wife to his monster children to his whore of a current wife. Guy gets elected to public office in 1970(!) and never left. Had his hand in the till stealing from the taxpayer's ever since. Hopefully he will be dead soon.

Posted by: Just The Facts at December 31, 2024 06:42 PM (R/m4+)

23 What shouldn’t have happened but I’m glad it did was Biden remaking President after he was forced to drop out of the race.

Having Harris as the first Female President would have been beyond embarrassing and she didn’t deserve that place in history. Instead she will go down as one of the worst and most incompetent Vice Presidents in history just ahead of Joe Biden.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:42 PM (D6PGr)

24 I saw Disgusting Lying Propagandists open for Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen at Altimont 69'

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 31, 2024 06:42 PM (wDJaI)

25 And it is funny...

When Trump talked about gold diggers the FNM pretended they've never heard the idea and that he was advocating sexually assaulting women.

When Trump talked about chickenhawks the FNM pretended they've never heard of the idea and he was advocating shooting war hawks.

and on and on

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 06:43 PM (oZhjI)

26 Fire works already starting here. It’s not even 6p!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 06:44 PM (p4NUW)

27 Remaining = remaking

Auto correct was written by a six week tech certificate HB 1 holder from India.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:44 PM (D6PGr)

28 Boy was Matt hoodwinked from day 1.
I have wanted him to stroke out day1

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 06:44 PM (fwDg9)

29 Yglesis looks like he caught some sort of Butter-AIDS type Disease from David Frum.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 06:46 PM (UE/EX)

30 Why does KJP get to wear a suit without a tie? She is a one, too

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 06:46 PM (GxmKP)

31 It’s amazing that there were some still pushing the “oh he was just sick that night “ storyline.

They would have kept it up except Pelosi and Clooney went public with he’s gotta go!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2024 06:46 PM (CT61Q)

32 Everyone should have dismissed anything the MSM had to say about Trump after they made a big deal of him having two scoops of ice cream when everyone else got one.

That’s got to be the most assinine and insane reporting ever.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:47 PM (D6PGr)

33 >>Why does KJP get to wear a suit without a tie?

She's dressed like one of the Weasels from Roger Rabbit.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 06:47 PM (UE/EX)

34 Biden had "substance"?
_____

Biden filled me with "substance" so many times. So many.

Posted by: Biden's pants at December 31, 2024 06:47 PM (fs1hN)

35 It’s astounding to watch Yglesias admit he believes what he is told, not what he sees.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2024 06:47 PM (CT61Q)

36 Just a reminder.
My brother was a moonbat and referred to Trump as "Adolf Trump."
He watched MSNBC and regularly perused the furthest left websites.
He killed himself roughly an hour after the election was called for Trump.
The leftist fear mongers have blood on their hands.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 31, 2024 06:47 PM (elaR+)

37 How long is this damn halftime!!! You're a 2nd tier bowl, flush the toilets, refill the napkin dispensers and let's go!

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 06:48 PM (GxmKP)

38 Scott Jennings must be having a ball. Getting paid to just tool on moronic leftists day after day and they have to sit there and take it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:48 PM (LkLld)

39 > Having Harris as the first Female President would have been beyond embarrassing and she didn’t deserve that place in history.

I still want to live over on the alternate timeline where Thomas Sowell was the first black President of the United States, not That Fucking Guy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2024 06:48 PM (W5ArC)

40
I can wait for the Bribe'em eulogy of Carter. The fantasy and self aggrandizement are going to be epic if you can decipher it in the slurring speech.
Posted by: Ben Had

Joe and Jimmy were arrested together in South Africa.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 06:49 PM (63Dwl)

41 Really? That's kinda hot

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 06:49 PM (GxmKP)

42 Bonchie@bonchieredstate
In which Matt Yglesias admits he was incapable of assessing and investigating Biden's condition on his own and needed "insiders" to feed him talking points so he could function as a "journalist."

-
Hey Matt, if you're no more reliable, and frequently less reliable, than that guy on the bar stool at the bowling alley, what good are you

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 06:49 PM (L/fGl)

43 https://www.frontpagemag.com/the state and the self trafficking of lily phillips/
https://tinyurl.com/mpwpuvu6

Only because this came up before
Reads she didn't like the experience, and if haven't gotten any disease, wants to do 1,000, yet took 14 hours for 100.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 06:49 PM (fwDg9)

44
ol @ "executive president"

What a scam the aclu is. Just like the 20 "executive producers" on every shitty tv/movie production, these days.

How many other types of "president" does the aclu have? I'll bet my left but the aclu has, At Least, 100 fake "vice president" roles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:14 PM (pUpYb)

You can become an Executive Producer on an episode of the No Agenda Show Podcast ( Noagendashow.net ) by sending Adam and John $333.00.

It is a really good value!
Posted by: Kindltot

No doubt.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:49 PM (pUpYb)

45 Instead she will go down as one of the worst and most incompetent Vice Presidents in history just ahead of Joe Biden.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:42 PM (D6PGr)

And the idea that she will ever be a candidate for anything again is laughable. She still shows up on polls, but that’s just name recognition and the lack of any Dem leaders right now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (CT61Q)

46 To be fair Biden has been off his rocker for at least two decades.

How many times did the press mention his brain surgeries during his Presidency . Even now when they admit he’s not all there it’s not mentioned.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (D6PGr)

47 willowed:

Thanks, Sam!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (cY18j)

48 She's dressed like one of the Weasels from Roger Rabbit.
Posted by: garrett

Her zoot suit presser. Wonder if she's had the nerve to wear it again.

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (oaGWv)

49 36
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale
......

Wow. I'm sorry to hear that.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (v0R5T)

50
This was just getting interesting:

REPORT: British Columbia will impose a new home-flipping tax of up to 20% on people who flip homes within two years of buying them, starting January 1.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 31, 2024 06:20 PM (hovnC)
________________

Why??
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
-------

Because these leftist fucking geniuses want stupid people to believe THAT'S what's causing Inflation and high home prices.

So they impose the Only fake "solution" they know -- Taxes. This is just another form of "price controls." And it will only make things worse.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:50 PM (pUpYb)

51 I predict Michigan will get 5 first downs in the 2nd half.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 06:51 PM (GxmKP)

52 Harris ... will go down

iswydt

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

53 38 Scott Jennings must be having a ball. Getting paid to just tool on moronic leftists day after day and they have to sit there and take it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:48 PM

We Morons generally do that for free!

I can't wait for Ace to figure out a way to monetize the comments section.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (HlyYF)

54 The David Byrne White House Presser

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (LkLld)

55
Nautical twilight just ended here, and there's quite a astronomical show going on for New Year's Eve and morning.

Venus is now in full evening star mode, nearing greatest eastern elongation. Step outside around this time after sunset, and look to the West. You'll see Venus up there shining at -4.3 mag (it will peak in Feb at -4.7), and then you'll see Saturn close by, and then over the east, Jupiter shining brightly. Orion is low to the east, and it's belt stars will be pointing down to where Sirius will soon rise.

So, quite a show of the ecliptic arc across the sky. And then Sirius....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (w6EFb)

56 Biden's substance was in his diapers.
Pull his finger and more would drop out. Then he would pick his nose. Even when he wore a mask.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (DG3IX)

57
The Gaslighting has not relented.

There are a lot of people out there right now who believe, or pretend to believe, President Trump isn't going to be inaugurated.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (pUpYb)

58 Matt Yglesias
Author, Slow Boring
Will suck dick for Cheetos

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (Jz3bo)

59 I really have enjoyed your commentary today, Ace. Thank you very much.

Posted by: ALH at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (+HzbQ)

60 >>We Morons generally do that for free!

Exactly. We are dropping bon mots down here and getting stiffed.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (LkLld)

61 @39, o yeah, me too

maybe Grace Murray Hopper coulda been the first woman?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (cY18j)

62
If those cocksucking cuck Republicans in the House fuck this up...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (pUpYb)

63 There are a lot of people out there right now who believe, or pretend to believe, President Trump isn't going to be inaugurated.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (pUpYb)

Make moar popcorn. This is going to be epic. Homeric even.

Posted by: ALH at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (+HzbQ)

64 I love how the media is treating the lack of coverage of Biden's mental decline like some sort of inexplicable natural disaster.

"It's amazing there weren't more headlines about this," the people who write headlines murmured, now that it was politically cost-free to do so.

Not only do we not hate the media enough, it is metaphysically impossible to hate them enough.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (xCA6C)

65 The Gaslighting has not relented.

There are a lot of people out there right now who believe, or pretend to believe, President Trump isn't going to be inaugurated.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:53 PM (pUpYb)

Now is the time to double the focus on assassination attempt prevention.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (D6PGr)

66 Matt Yglesias
Author, Slow Boring
Makes stools the size of elephant turds

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (Jz3bo)

67 lol, garrett!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (cY18j)

68 Biden giving a eulogy at Carter's service will be one for the ages. The medications he is taking combined with the stimulants could cause a bleb out of epic proportions

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (MLa3L)

69 Omission not commission maybe, but the lack of info re 2024's would be assassins seems significant.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 31, 2024 06:36 PM (aCsV6)

Note the difference between Luigi and all the other shooters.

Makes me think he was not "a known wolf" who slipped his tether.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (D7oie)

70 Her zoot suit presser. Wonder if she's had the nerve to wear it again.
Posted by: Tuna
__________

Waiting for her to bust out the Edward G. Robinson. Yeah, see. Ya mugs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (Dm8we)

71 Thye not only didn't cover the problem regarding Biden's mental decline - they attacked and demonized anyone that pointed it out.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (ARlwA)

72 Reminder: "Thin Man" marathon on TCM tonight.

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (oaGWv)

73 yeah, me too

maybe Grace Murray Hopper coulda been the first woman?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (cY18j)

In a nanosecond.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (D6PGr)

74 Matt Yglesias
Author, Slow Boring
Mom still presses my tighty whities

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (Jz3bo)

75 62 If those cocksucking cuck Republicans in the House fuck this up...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 06:54 PM (pUpYb)

Guess I gotta go make another cigarette run

Posted by: a wet dream at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

76 38 Scott Jennings must be having a ball. Getting paid to just tool on moronic leftists day after day and they have to sit there and take it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:48 PM (LkLld)

Why has Scott Jennings been allowed to go against the previous prevailing narrative?

Who made the call, and why?

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (TTAGa)

77 REPORT: British Columbia will impose a new home-flipping tax of up to 20% on people who flip homes within two years of buying them, starting January 1.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 31, 2024 06:20 PM (hovnC)
________________
Okay. I'm doubling my grift.

Posted by: Joetatoe at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (DG3IX)

78 Good heavens, we have a bomb threat in our tiny town. Downtown closed off for now.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (pZEOD)

79 We Morons generally do that for free!
I can't wait for Ace to figure out a way to monetize the comments section.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 06:52 PM (HlyYF)

Ace, if I send you $333.00 will you give me "executive producer" credit too?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (D7oie)

80 Thye not only didn't cover the problem regarding Biden's mental decline - they attacked and demonized anyone that pointed it out.

And then act as if the causes of the lack of coverage are more opaque than dark matter. It's a mystery, is what it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (xCA6C)

81 Matt Yglesias
Author, Slow Boring
Mom also still washes my winkie

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (Jz3bo)

82 The posts today show big government is not just way too expensive, it's evil. It's sneaky. It's unaccountable. It has to be cut down in size like Javier Milei did in Argentina, eliminating whole departments.
This is beautiful: https://tinyurl.com/4x346h7d

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (lFpnU)

83 thx, publius, but yuge overcast here, alas ...

when we have one of those crazy clear winter nights I know it for a sign that nothing interesting is on the schedule

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (cY18j)

84 I wonder how Baghdad Bob is doing.

Posted by: Stateless at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (jvJvP)

85
Now, Sirius tonight marks your local New Year's moment. It will mark when the local time ball drops for you at your longitude.

At current epoch, due to a coincidence of the Erf's axial precession cycle, Sirius is almost dead opposite the Sun on New Year's Eve.

It will transit right at local midnight. I just looked up the Equation of Time, and transit splits that almost down the middle, and so it will transit about halfway between local mean midnight and local apparent midnight. A near dead-on local marker within less than 2 minutes.

That time here at my location will be 12:30AM EST. The standard time will vary according to your longitude, but this will mark your exact local midnight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

86 we have a bomb threat in our tiny town. Downtown closed off for now.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (pZEOD)

They advance-screening Ziegler's "Snow White" movie?

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (gKWVE)

87 I can't wait until the word "misinformation" is never heard again.

Which is hopefully soon.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (GG4JB)

88 >>Why has Scott Jennings been allowed to go against the previous prevailing narrative?

>>Who made the call, and why?

All I can come up with is they brought him on to the be the token conservative punching thing and then a funny thing happened on the way to Biden's nomination.

And their ratings are so low he's probably one of the few things keeping eyeballs.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (LkLld)

89 REPORT: British Columbia will impose a new home-flipping tax of up to 20% on people who flip homes within two years of buying them, starting January 1.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 31, 2024 06:20 PM (hovnC)

Let's think about this for a moment.

If it is an individual fixing and selling houses he can't afford to so much money locked up for 2 years. And even ignoring a small time house flipper what about someone that buys a house and then gets laid off 6 months later...

But if it is a larger company of course they can - you need some amount of capital to take the loss over time but since real estate is a good investment why wouldn't you?

So I suspect you'll find supporters of this include the larger real estate firms active in the area.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (oZhjI)

90
Joe Biden had "substance"?

You're damn right I did, pal!

Every day, twice a day!

And always in my pants!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (xG4kz)

91 It would be fitting if there was a double funeral.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (DG3IX)

92 we have a bomb threat in our tiny town. Downtown closed off for now.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 06:56 PM (pZEOD)

They advance-screening Ziegler's "Snow White" movie?
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2024 06:57 PM (gKWVE)

I fully expect the phrase "space to destroy" to come back into favor.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2024 06:59 PM (GG4JB)

93
I just read the other day that it was Grace Hopper who coined the term "compiler" for the program to convert high level language into machine code. She was the one who coined it, did not know that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 06:59 PM (w6EFb)

94 Bravely murmured. My ears roar from their spittle fired whispers .

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 06:59 PM (Hn8lp)

95
Thye not only didn't cover the problem regarding Biden's mental decline - they attacked and demonized anyone that pointed it out.
Posted by: El Mariachi

Cheap fakes and deep fakes indeed!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 06:59 PM (63Dwl)

96 NHL Classic - Blues 4 : Blackhawkes 1

2nd period

Posted by: Ciampino - Puckered pucks at December 31, 2024 06:59 PM (i0xsb)

97 And as with everything the cost of real estate is impacted by supply and demand.

When you bring in more immigrants you increase demand
When you pass environmental regulations you decrease supply

and of course when you inflate the currency the price of everything, including housing goes up.

So if you actually want to bring the cost of housing down:

1) Send the illegals home and end immigration (not just reduce)
2) Roll back environmental regulations
3) Stop spending federal dollars.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (oZhjI)

98 LOL, Sebastian Melmoth, iswydt!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (cY18j)

99 Why has Scott Jennings been allowed to go against the previous prevailing narrative?

Who made the call, and why?

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (TTAGa)

I wondered this the other day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (dR6yv)

100 Why has Scott Jennings been allowed to go against the previous prevailing narrative?

Who made the call, and why?

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (TTAGa)

CNN seems to be on autopilot right now. Anyone on staff can do what they want , there’s no controls on anyone.

It’s adrift.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (7MHHr)

101 All I can come up with is they brought him on to the be the token conservative punching thing and then a funny thing happened on the way to Biden's nomination.

And their ratings are so low he's probably one of the few things keeping eyeballs.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (LkLld)

As reasonable an assumption as any I suppose.

I was trying to come up with something darker, but nothing made sense.

***

Sorry about Shesterkin 🥅

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (TTAGa)

102
I just read the other day that it was Grace Hopper who coined the term "compiler" for the program to convert high level language into machine code. She was the one who coined it, did not know that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

She should have been sent overseas to sort the mail.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (63Dwl)

103 The Canada tax move will convert more homes into rentals.
Which is the point.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (aHqhe)

104 Journalism is about covering important stories.
With a pillow, until they stop moving.”

- Iowahawk
Posted by: None Dare Call It Treason at December 31, 2024
****
I tried to call for help but they were determined.

Posted by: Zombie Justice Antonio Scalia at December 31, 2024 07:00 PM (DG3IX)

105 Also a good time of year for astrophotography. I got a good shot of the Orion Nebula.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (3UP5d)

106 It would be easy to accuse the media of mental decline but the reality is, one: they genuinely are stupid; and two: the information business model has changed. They just haven't realize it yet. Not uncommon when a monopoly crumbles.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (W/lyH)

107 I just read the other day that it was Grace Hopper who coined the term "compiler" for the program to convert high level language into machine code. She was the one who coined it, did not know that.

Yes she certainly did. Right after she stole balloony!

But now behold the full power of my comply-in-ator!

Posted by: Heinz Doofenschmirtz at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (oZhjI)

108 @47 Sock_rat_eez,

My pleasure.

I tend to believe that this story would have received never-ending coverage if twenty racial minority Democrats had been sent to the Emergency Room after a directed energy weapons attack at a Kamala Harris rally...

But, since they were just conservative Latinos, all is well, no story here, they probably deserved it.

Posted by: Sam Adams at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (X+xvk)

109 Years ago I read where Carter was stunned and envious over the number of people at his father's funeral and the outpouring of love towards him.
He stated how he wanted that too.

So all the things he did like Habitat for Humanity were not done to help people, but out of a cynical desire for self aggrandizment.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (elaR+)

110 I can't wait for Ace to figure out a way to monetize the comments section.

Ace had to *de*monetize it probably 10+ years ago now. No advertiser wants to be seen with the language the Horde's known to use.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (OyOhQ)

111 89 REPORT: British Columbia will impose a new home-flipping tax of up to 20% on people who flip homes within two years of buying them, starting January 1.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 31, 2024 06:20 PM (hovnC)

Let's think about this for a moment.

If it is an individual fixing and selling houses he can't afford to so much money locked up for 2 years. And even ignoring a small time house flipper what about someone that buys a house and then gets laid off 6 months later...

But if it is a larger company of course they can - you need some amount of capital to take the loss over time but since real estate is a good investment why wouldn't you?

So I suspect you'll find supporters of this include the larger real estate firms active in the area.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM

That would definitely help the Blackrocks of the world.

They are buying up residential properties on a long-term plan to make massive money on rents.

Can't have little flippers bidding up the price a little against the Blackrock vulture fund!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM (HlyYF)

112 Biden giving a eulogy at Carter's service will be one for the ages. The medications he is taking combined with the stimulants could cause a bleb out of epic proportions
Posted by: Smell the Glove
--------

Will there be peanut jokes? Stay tuned.
I would suggest as a funeral dirge, 'Eating Goober Peas' as performed by Carl Sandberg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:02 PM (XeU6L)

113 If it is an individual fixing and selling houses he can't afford to so much money locked up for 2 years. And even ignoring a small time house flipper what about someone that buys a house and then gets laid off 6 months later...

But if it is a larger company of course they can - you need some amount of capital to take the loss over time but since real estate is a good investment why wouldn't you?

So I suspect you'll find supporters of this include the larger real estate firms active in the area.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (oZhjI)

I sold my last house less than 2 years after I bought it.

That's because the ex turned out to be a sociopathic lying b-word.

But then, we didn't live in Canada, which of course is a third world shithole.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2024 07:02 PM (GG4JB)

114 Why has Scott Jennings been allowed to go against the previous prevailing narrative?

Who made the call, and why?

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 06:55 PM (TTAGa)

I wondered this the other day.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
_________

Because he stays calm and hasn't said anything yet that they can use as pretext. Dude has rare talent.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2024 07:02 PM (Dm8we)

115 I believe we also have a Meteor Shower to look forward to, starting on Friday night or so.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 07:02 PM (UE/EX)

116 Bruce Driver
John McClean
Scotty Gomez
Ranger immortals

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (aHqhe)

117 I’m staying in for New Years Eve this year. I’m getting too old to put up with what used to me people.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (D6PGr)

118
Mars is about to rise here as well. Wait a little bit, and you may be able to see Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus stretched across from East horizon to West.

Sirius will rise in about 18 minutes here. The Alpha Big Dog rules the sky on New Year's Eve.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (w6EFb)

119 I peanuts in my diaper, fat.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (dR6yv)

120 >>Sorry about Shesterkin 🥅

Thanks. This season is just one giant cluster.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (LkLld)

121 >>Ace had to *de*monetize it probably 10+ years ago now. No advertiser wants to be seen with the language the Horde's known to use.

Well, then...

Fuck them. Fuck them right in their ass.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM (UE/EX)

122
You hear this shit?

The Grifting Gaslighters are telling their internet-jihadi followers the "good news" about carter's death:

On account of the dead Worst President, flags on all federal buildings will be lowered to half-staff for 30 days, so...so that means the nation will be in mourning on Inauguration Day!

Okay, so I don't know if that 30-days thing is even true. But what this is supposed to mean is that, thanks to dead carter, the "visual" of lowered flags while President Trump is getting sworn-in is going to make a GREAT & VIRAL image for the Fake News!! Get it? The Democrats are So Going To Own MAGA on Inauguration Day!!!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 07:04 PM (pUpYb)

123 Then everyone lied out their ass Sundowner was on his top game and sharp as a wit

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:04 PM (fwDg9)

124 I remember when the Haitians eating the wildlife story went big.

The local mayor said it wasn't true and a bunch of the locales said it was and filed police reports.

Some news bimbo interviewed Vance, opined the claims had been disproved because of the mayor's statement, and demanded Vance apologize for Trump talking about it.

And Vance responded by politely telling the bimbo she was a reporter and her job was to actually GO to the town and talk with the locales and try to establish who was telling the truth. And the bimbo looked at him like a dog looks at you when you play whale noises from your phone...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 07:04 PM (oZhjI)

125 Can you imagine the howling and rage coming from the left if a media CEO was gunned down in broad daylight?

I am willing to bet the jubilation would instead be calls for war.

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at December 31, 2024 07:04 PM (XLfSN)

126 My plan is to get to bed close to normal time as will get up at Tech thread time anyway.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:05 PM (fwDg9)

127 They'll just engineer a workaround to get the money in two years to avoid the tax and get the house sold.

Rent for two years and get sale price adjustment then.

See I'm not even that smart and I figured it out in a couple minutes.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (DG3IX)

128 Another "fun" part about house flippers - go ask your local real estate agent what the bobos buying these houses are looking for.

Hint: Its all the stuff that house flippers are putting into older houses.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (oZhjI)

129 I just read the other day that it was Grace Hopper who coined the term "compiler" for the program to convert high level language into machine code. She was the one who coined it, did not know that.

Grace Hopper was fantastic. The exact opposite of the DEI "women who code" hires you see today.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (KLKSV)

130 Correct link for Javier Milei deleting entire departments: https://tinyurl.com/yr5pb8z9

Slashed Argentina's spending. Inflation down from 200% to 3%.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (UKY2z)

131 110 I can't wait for Ace to figure out a way to monetize the comments section.

Ace had to *de*monetize it probably 10+ years ago now. No advertiser wants to be seen with the language the Horde's known to use.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 07:01 PM

But we trick the AI censors with clever words like bewbs?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (HlyYF)

132 Biden giving a eulogy at Carter's service will be one for the ages. The medications he is taking combined with the stimulants could cause a bleb out of epic proportions
Posted by: Smell the Glove
-------

Just saw a compilation of people crying at Carter's inauguration. They were crying for the wrong reason.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (XeU6L)

133 I knew Jimmy when he went on a national blog during the Tet Offensive and calmed the American people.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 31, 2024 07:06 PM (D6PGr)

134 Been saying afueda for thirty years only to discover that it was from faulty hearing.

Afuera!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (+4vtO)

135 Can you imagine the howling and rage coming from the left if a media CEO was gunned down in broad daylight?

Well, after the attempted assassinations by the left/government of Trump the FNM demanded that conservatives shut up because heated rhetoric might lead to an assassination attempt...!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (oZhjI)

136 >>Why does KJP get to wear a suit without a tie? She is a one, too

Posted by: Accomack

Why does she wear a lobster bib to bed?

Posted by: Aviator at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (HQ9Sl)

137 Devils get a goalie and they don't suck anymore.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (aHqhe)

138 King Harv is still riding with us.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (LkLld)

139 Èits raining

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:08 PM (fwDg9)

140 Nobody blames The Obama?

Or does that whole puppet thing been not revealed to reality on the TV yet?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 07:08 PM (Hn8lp)

141 I'm just waiting for it to be formally announced, probably no sooner than six months from now, that Biden has Parkinson's.

Posted by: Bert G at December 31, 2024 07:08 PM (VARTN)

142 Mars is about to rise here as well. Wait a little bit, and you may be able to see Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus stretched across from East horizon to West.

This unrelenting downpour here in my AO is gonna make that difficult, at best.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (mH6SG)

143 9
'I tend to agree with them. I mean, how much worse could he have done than Commie Lay?'

Much worse. The electoral margin would have been wider and we would have had commanding majorities i the House and Senate. This was a big might-have-been.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (3wi/L)

144 116 Bruce Driver
John McClean
Scotty Gomez
Ranger immortals

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 07:03 PM

Hard to believe that John McClean was able to take time off during the hockey season to save all of those people at Nakatomi Plaza!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (HlyYF)

145 End of 2nd Blues 5 --- Chicago 1
GO BLUES

Posted by: Ciampino - Puckered pucks at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (i0xsb)

146 But we trick the AI censors with clever words like bewbs?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
---------

AI could probably produce some pretty amusing stuff, stumbling over content like 'otter', 'penguin', 'toaster', ottoman', 'sofa'...what am I forgetting?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (XeU6L)

147 137 Devils get a goalie and they don't suck anymore.
Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (aHqhe)

Yeah, they’re gonna be a handful come playoffs if they stay healthy

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 07:10 PM (TTAGa)

148 the bimbo looked at him like a dog looks at you when you play whale noises from your phone...

Then she farted.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 31, 2024 07:10 PM (G6lJl)

149 Sundowner will blame Trump for Jkmmy's desth

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:11 PM (fwDg9)

150 They literally moved Biden’s brain around. Whatever innate brain ‘defect’ he had I believe was exacerbated by his surgery.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 31, 2024 07:11 PM (D6PGr)

151 what am I forgetting?

Puthy.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 31, 2024 07:12 PM (G6lJl)

152 BTW, when is the funeral?

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 07:12 PM (oaGWv)

153 I’m surprised they haven’t listed Carter’s cause of death as COVID,

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 07:13 PM (D6PGr)

154 Hard to believe that John McClean was able to take time off during the hockey season to save all of those people at Nakatomi Plaza!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:09 PM (HlyYF)

First thing I thought as I read the list, because I’ve forgotten who Driver was.

But then I saw Gomez … but got thrown off by “Rangers” due to forgetting who Driver was.

I was still at Nakitomi Plaza 🤦‍♂️

Posted by: browndog looking for a bone at December 31, 2024 07:13 PM (TTAGa)

155 ]i]Been saying afueda for thirty years only to discover that it was from faulty hearing.
Afuera!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:07 PM (+4vtO)

It is actually pronounced as "afueda".

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 07:13 PM (D7oie)

156 I really thought Raggity Karine wouldn't make it until the end, thought for sure the lies would crush her with in a year

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:13 PM (fwDg9)

157
Joe and Jimmy were arrested together in South Africa.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Yes, but JEJj was tunneling in to see Nelson, and that was the morally superior way!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 07:15 PM (xG4kz)

158 152 BTW, when is the funeral?
Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 07:12 PM (oaGWv)

When mine is over …

Posted by: zombie John McCain at December 31, 2024 07:15 PM (TTAGa)

159 152 BTW, when is the funeral?

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 07:12 PM (oaGWv)

Over the next four years. They'll probably mummify carter and then he'll go on a road tour.

A solemn dignified affair, like that memorial service during Obama's term with native healing ceremonies, etc.

Posted by: Stateless at December 31, 2024 07:15 PM (jvJvP)

160
If you want Sirius transit time for your location, go here:

https://tinyurl.com/2a8ahcay

and set your location. Stellarium, if you have it installed, will show this as well (but careful of the day, which starts at midnight. The transit time it will show is for *last night*, make sure it is set to Jan 1 after midnight).

Whether this occurs before or after standard time midnight depends if you're east or west of your time zone meridian.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:15 PM (w6EFb)

161 browndog,

How did the Sabres manage to go winless for 14 straight games and then score 7 goals in the next game?

Don't they know that you don't squander all of your wealth in one spot?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:16 PM (HlyYF)

162 I realized today that Whoopit Goldberg has her hair styled as a dred-mullet.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 07:16 PM (D7oie)

163 Hot tip sheet for Media:

Edan Alexander- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas
Itay Chen- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas
Saqui Dekel-Chen- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas
Gadi Haggai- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas
Judith Weinstein Haggai- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas.
Omer Neutra- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas
Keith Siegel- US Citizen still held hostage by Hamas

Jenna Howell- FBI employee in the Research Identity Office who commented publicly after Trump assassination attempt saying, "Awww so close." Follow up required to determine why she wasn't fired.

You're welcome....I have more.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2024 07:16 PM (dIske)

164
what am I forgetting?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc

hoboes
and
Valu-Rite

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 07:17 PM (xG4kz)

165 156 I really thought Raggity Karine wouldn't make it until the end, thought for sure the lies would crush her with in a year

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:13 PM

I think the mop top hair protects her brain from inconvenient facts even better than a hundred layers of tin foil does.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:18 PM (HlyYF)

166 I realized today that Whoopit Goldberg has her hair styled as a dred-mullet.
Posted by: Kindltot

Stapled on like Joe Dirt's?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 31, 2024 07:19 PM (w2RCf)

167 162 I realized today that Whoopit Goldberg has her hair styled as a dred-mullet.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 07:16 PM

What did the mommy anchovy say to her children?

Always beware of the dred-mullet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:20 PM (HlyYF)

168 Went by the treatment plant earlier this week. A lot of the solids floating by had "substance".

Posted by: Lumpy Rutherford at December 31, 2024 07:22 PM (G5+As)

169 Even in death, Jimmy Carter still has more functioning brain cells than Joe Biden.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2024 07:22 PM (lUFok)

170
That is why astronomers used to begin the day at noon, not midnight, so as not to split a night into two calendar dates. This is still reflected in the Julian date system where the day begins at noon.

Splitting the night has messed me up looking at tables many times.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:22 PM (w6EFb)

171 Carter was a milder, white, version of Obama.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM (elaR+)

172 By the way, what goes with oysters, other than oyster crackers and hot sauce?

I have a lot of oysters.

Posted by: Miklos has about 20 minutes to figure this out at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM (xesY+)

173 >>I'm just waiting for it to be formally announced, probably no sooner than six months from now, that Biden has Parkinson's.

Probably doesn't have Parkinson's, but another neuro degenerative disorder.

Posted by: Aviator at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM (HQ9Sl)

174 >> Carter was a milder, white, version of Obama.

Carter was the fermented product. Obama was Carterism distilled down to high proof.

And Bidenism is what happens to your brain after drinking that high proof stuff for years on end.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:25 PM (w6EFb)

175 Robert Spencer at Frontpage has a article on how bad Jimmy was

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:25 PM (fwDg9)

176 Carter was a milder, white, version of Obama.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM (elaR+)

I don’t think Carter actually hated the United States. I could be wrong though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 07:25 PM (D6PGr)

177 Splitting the night has messed me up looking at tables many times.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I have spent some nights with my head resting on a table.

Posted by: Miklos has done that, but not recently at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM (xesY+)

178 I did not ever for a minute want to give Biden the "benefit of the Doubt."

There were too many verbal stumbles, physical stumbles, and the like. I won't waste my 500-word limit documenting them all.

Wanting to have Jill Biden reported to DHS for "Elder Abuse" did not seem to far fetched a possibility for some heavy money and a team of law dogs at one point.

Trump with his team will right the Ship of State on Jan 20th, 2025 and not a day sooner.

And I will go out on a limb and state "If the Democraps try to squeeze the peanut farmer's funeral anywhere NEAR the Inauguration of Trump...a special place in hell and at least 4 terms in the desert.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM (TDvv2)

179 161 browndog,

How did the Sabres manage to go winless for 14 straight games and then score 7 goals in the next game?

Don't they know that you don't squander all of your wealth in one spot?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:16 PM (HlyYF)

Unfortunately they do this every year for the past three years.

It will cost them a chance at the playoffs once again.

As to being profligate with their scoring … they can fill the net when they’re on their game.

They’re a very young squad: average age is somewhere around 25 y/o

Posted by: browndog likes the kids at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM (TTAGa)

180 Publius, I am currently stationed on a mesa top in the desert at 6300 feet. Stars are pretty decent.

Part of the problem, it’s also about 25 deg. F. at night so for some reason, even though I have a telescope my enthusiasm seems to be limited.

Venus in the West is super bright, I can see that, and maybe I should train the Orion on Jupiter or Saturn?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM (ebWKH)

181 Lowes and NASCAR deliver over 100 tiny homes to victims of hurricane in NC:

https://tinyurl.com/4nry7zym

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM (IrU9o)

182 Think about that. Everyone in Obama’s circle growing up out right hated the United States and made no secret about it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (D6PGr)

183 172 By the way, what goes with oysters, other than oyster crackers and hot sauce?

I have a lot of oysters.

Posted by: Miklos has about 20 minutes to figure this out at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM (xesY+)

I did a quick search. Too tired to tinyurl.

But a lot of things go with oysters...

Posted by: Stateless at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (jvJvP)

184 172 By the way, what goes with oysters, other than oyster crackers and hot sauce?

I have a lot of oysters.

Posted by: Miklos has about 20

Oyster stew?

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (pZEOD)

185 Carter was a milder, white, version of Obama.

Carter was the fermented product. Obama was Carterism distilled down to high proof.

And Bidenism is what happens to your brain after drinking that high proof stuff for years on end.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

So who is the Billy Beer of politicians?

Posted by: Miklos probably had one of those for some reason at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (xesY+)

186 172 By the way, what goes with oysters, other than oyster crackers and hot sauce?

I have a lot of oysters.

Posted by: Miklos has about 20 minutes to figure this out at December 31, 2024 07:24 PM

Some hungry good friends?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (HlyYF)

187 176

He sure as shit HATED the NAVY!

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:27 PM (TDvv2)

188 Oyster stew?
Posted by: Piper

That is for any remaining oysters tomorrow.

I am thinking RIGHT NAOW

Posted by: Miklos, happily, deals with pressure and stress by refusing to have any at December 31, 2024 07:29 PM (xesY+)

189 >> Venus in the West is super bright, I can see that, and maybe I should train the Orion on Jupiter or Saturn?

Saturn is just a bit to the east of Venus, getting dim and low.

Get Stellarium or similar if you don't have it, and you can see where and when everything is at your exact coordinates.

The phone version, where you just point at the sky is very nice. Desktop version is much better for more precision stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:29 PM (w6EFb)

190 By the way, what goes with oysters, other than oyster crackers and hot sauce?

Ketchup? Nah, never mind...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (mH6SG)

191 BTW, when is the funeral?

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 07:12 PM (oaGWv)

Over the next four years. They'll probably mummify carter and then he'll go on a road tour.

A solemn dignified affair, like that memorial service during Obama's term with native healing ceremonies, etc.
Posted by: Stateless
===

Last pic of him I saw he looked like a mummy already.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

192 They’re a very young squad: average age is somewhere around 25 y/o

Posted by: browndog likes the kids at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM

Don't follow enough to realize they were that young. That explains quite a bit!

(My uncle in Orchard Park recently passed away, so I have lost my favorite Sabres superfan.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (HlyYF)

193 >> So who is the Billy Beer of politicians?

Bill Clinton?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (w6EFb)

194
Is there anything more disgusting than Clam Chowder?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (pUpYb)

195 184

Well my lad...that's easy.

Kippers and Horse Radish. A fine Scotch, an equally fine Stout.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (TDvv2)

196 >I have a lot of oysters.
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deep fry them

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2 Y Banana at December 31, 2024 07:31 PM (/7KEl)

197 Some hungry good friends?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

That part is OK

And lots of fireworks (legal, mostly).

And it is warm enough to do everything and drink beer without having to pee every 5 minutes.

Posted by: Miklos, rejoicing on the banks of the Saluda at December 31, 2024 07:31 PM (xesY+)

198
Soups sucks. That's just a fact.
Soup is not a meal. That's another fact. Soup is...a beverage, perhaps. Something you drink *with* a meal.

Clam Chowder is a terrible version of a soup.

Q.E.D.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 07:32 PM (pUpYb)

199 If you want Sirius transit time for your location, go here:
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My AO:

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:23 | Tran: 0:31 | Set: 5:40
Alt: 1.79° Az: 112.14° Direction: East-South-East

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:32 PM (XeU6L)

200 Carter funeral is Sun Jan 9

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2 Y Banana at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (/7KEl)

201 deep fry them
Posted by: Don Black

That is still oysters

Posted by: Miklos, brain wracked at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (xesY+)

202 181 Lowes and NASCAR deliver over 100 tiny homes to victims of hurricane in NC:

https://tinyurl.com/4nry7zym

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 07:26 PM

Is FEMA going to toss them for "code violations"?

Gotta keep those Deplorables in tents during the winter for as long as possible to teach them some manners regarding Presidential elections!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (HlyYF)

203 90
Joe Biden had "substance"?

You're damn right I did, pal!

Every day, twice a day!

And always in my pants!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 06:58 PM (xG4kz)

Hunter also knows about substance too, but mostly for abuse.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (ynpvh)

204 >>Is there anything more disgusting than Clam Chowder?

Posted by: Soothsayer

Yes. Manhattan Clam Chowder.

Posted by: Aviator at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (HQ9Sl)

205
Cafe

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (3ek7K)

206 Snails go with oysters!

Posted by: Zombie Tony Curtis at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (DG3IX)

207
Do you know what a good Beef Stew is?

A good beef stew is one you need to eat with a fork & knife.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (pUpYb)

208 138 King Harv is still riding with us.
Posted by: JackStraw
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mmm, coffee

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (+4vtO)

209 So that's 9 days the Dems have to capitalize on the corpse

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2 Y Banana at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (/7KEl)

210 194

Clam Chowder is not "Disgusting".

Unless you have some kind of PTSD from something your mother tried to pass off as clam chowder in your youth.

I could see that then...

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (TDvv2)

211 207
Do you know what a good Beef Stew is?

A good beef stew is one you need to eat with a fork & knife.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Dinty Moore?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (+4vtO)

212 >> My AO:

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:23 | Tran: 0:31

We are pretty close here, longitude especially (local sidereal and mean times are very close), and close enough in latitude that rise, set, and transit times are pretty close.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (w6EFb)

213 LOL,publius

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (cY18j)

214 209

And they better only get 9.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:35 PM (TDvv2)

215 Jan Crawford: Most under-reported story "would be, to me, Joe Biden's obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable."

That one guy biting his tongue/inner mouth while the discussion goes on...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 07:36 PM (ynpvh)

216 Remembered the other day from Carter years, he use to make up the tennis schedule at the white house, the article was how he liked to mico- manage things

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

217 We can tour together now!
Road trip!

Posted by: Zombie John McCain at December 31, 2024 07:36 PM (DG3IX)

218 >>>It is actually pronounced as "afueda".
Posted by: Kindltot
--

Thank you

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:36 PM (+4vtO)

219 114

I don't get it. What was CNN supposed to have done with Scott Jennings? Censor him? Why hire him at all if they didn't want him doing what he's doing? This could have been a hiring intended to increase their ratings.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 07:37 PM (3wi/L)

220 I can't be the only one who takes cans of soup and dumps in meat or oatmeal to make it more filling.

I'm really not a fussy eater....

Posted by: Stateless at December 31, 2024 07:37 PM (jvJvP)

221 118
Mars is about to rise here as well. Wait a little bit, and you may be able to see Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus stretched across from East horizon to West.

Sitting in the stands of the sports arena.
Waiting for the show to begin
Red lights, green lights, strawberry wine...

Posted by: That bloke from Liverpool what got in another band at December 31, 2024 07:37 PM (PiwSw)

222 210 194

Clam Chowder is not "Disgusting".

Unless you have some kind of PTSD from something your mother tried to pass off as clam chowder in your youth.

I could see that then...

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:34 PM (TDvv2)

Chowder from Klamydia Harris' clam...disgusting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 07:37 PM (ynpvh)

223 219 114

I don't get it. What was CNN supposed to have done with Scott Jennings? Censor him? Why hire him at all if they didn't want him doing what he's doing? This could have been a hiring intended to increase their ratings.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Or to bolster their position when they are taken before the FCC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (+4vtO)

224 Have fun at your party, Miklos!

I had people that liked Tabasco on oysters. I also know people that liked a little good mustard on theirs.

One time a buddy's girlfriend made something like the hollandaise sauce that you put on eggs benedict. I ate those oysters until they had to cut me off!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (HlyYF)

225 Well my lad...that's easy.

Kippers and Horse Radish. A fine Scotch, an equally fine Stout.
Posted by: Nightwatch

Aye, me laddie

Posted by: Miklos, kiltless at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (xesY+)

226 Is FEMA going to toss them for "code violations"?
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Today I received a flyer from the county, outlining the procedure to have storm debris removed by the county, with FEMA support. It is an incredible exemplar of a bureaucratic tangle. I can hardly believe that anyone could claw their way through the process.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (XeU6L)

227 222 210 194

Clam Chowder is not "Disgusting".
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For thee, not for me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 07:40 PM (+4vtO)

228 One time a buddy's girlfriend made something like the hollandaise sauce that you put on eggs benedict. I ate those oysters until they had to cut me off!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

This.....

Posted by: Miklos, grilled oysters are already on the menu at December 31, 2024 07:40 PM (xesY+)

229 226 Is FEMA going to toss them for "code violations"?
------

Today I received a flyer from the county, outlining the procedure to have storm debris removed by the county, with FEMA support. It is an incredible exemplar of a bureaucratic tangle. I can hardly believe that anyone could claw their way through the process.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (XeU6L)

1) pile debris at local FEMA office
2) Set on fire.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 07:41 PM (ynpvh)

230 >I have a lot of oysters.
----
deep fry them

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2 Y Banana at December 31, 2024 07:31 PM

Then put them on an oblong bun with whatever sandwich fixin's you like. In other words, fried oyster po-boy sammich.

Posted by: Bert G at December 31, 2024 07:41 PM (VARTN)

231 198

Let me correct you...

VICHYSSOISE is not a "soup"...it is a completely contained MEAL!!

Served with fresh baked Sourdough rolls smeared with butter!

But yes, you eat this meal with a spoon.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:41 PM (TDvv2)

232 Nood cafe...

Posted by: Stateless at December 31, 2024 07:42 PM (jvJvP)

233 (My uncle in Orchard Park recently passed away, so I have lost my favorite Sabres superfan.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:30 PM (HlyYF)

My condolences …

There’s always room on the bandwagon ⚔️🥅🚨

Posted by: browndog likes the kids at December 31, 2024 07:43 PM (TTAGa)

234 Manhattan Clam Chowder is the staple of a healthy diet. The snot-like concoction from New England is only fit for dogs you don't like.

Posted by: Soupy Sez at December 31, 2024 07:43 PM (G5+As)

235 222
O_O

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 31, 2024 07:44 PM (TDvv2)

236 171
'Carter was a milder, white, version of Obama.'

and somewhat less faggoty.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 07:44 PM (3wi/L)

237 Clam Chowder is not "Disgusting".

Now Fartclam Chowder, on the other hand...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 31, 2024 07:44 PM (lmXBv)

238 VICHYSSOISE is not a "soup"...it is a completely contained MEAL!!

Served with fresh baked Sourdough rolls smeared with butter!

But yes, you eat this meal with a spoon.
Posted by: Nightwatch
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I'm old enough to remember this:

1971 Bon Vivant Botulism Case - History

" That summer, a man and his wife died after contracting botulism from a can of Bon Vivant vichyssoise. That event led to the demise, not only of the ill-fated Bon Vivant company, ..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

239 Oysters Vanderbilt, Miklos

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 07:50 PM (D7oie)

240 224 Have fun at your party, Miklos!

I had people that liked Tabasco on oysters. I also know people that liked a little good mustard on theirs.

One time a buddy's girlfriend made something like the hollandaise sauce that you put on eggs benedict. I ate those oysters until they had to cut me off!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at December 31, 2024 07:39 PM (HlyYF)
I wish we had a bushel of oysters for tomorrow.

Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2024 08:05 PM (LHPAg)

241 Carter funeral is Sun Jan 9

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2 Y Banana at December 31, 2024 07:33 PM (/7KEl)
_________________

??

Jan 9 is a Thursday.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 31, 2024 08:50 PM (YqDXo)

242 The snot-like concoction from New England is only fit for dogs you don't like.

Posted by: Soupy Sez at December 31, 2024 07:43 PM (G5+As)
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New England clam chowder looks and smells like vomit, IMO.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 31, 2024 08:52 PM (YqDXo)

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