Good morning one and all to another marvelous day!
Trump defies odds, achieves economic triple play with rate cuts, tariffs and cooling inflation
Trump’s USCIS Seeks to Strip Naturalized Citizenship from Immigration Fraudsters
US Halts Green Card Lottery Program After Brown University, MIT Shootings
Haitians Allegedly Bilked Taxpayers Out Of Millions In SNAP Scam
Indicted Defendant In Somali Fraud Scandal Still Getting Millions From Minnesota, Says GOP Lawmaker
Employment Commission Makes Direct Appeal To White Males Facing Workplace Discrimination
Trump calls for US to “return” to moon in 2028 as part of ambitious new space agenda
Wisconsin Judge Found Guilty of Obstruction for Aiding Illegal Immigrant to Evade ICE Agents
TikTok reaches agreements on new US joint venture with closing set for 2026
That’s all I for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
The Brown U case is all reading like a mediocre Hollywood script at this point…down to the homeless alumni sleeping in the engineering dept. basement.
Stealing from Real Genius?
Minus the cool cast…
The Keystone Kops are more efficient than this.
Famous But Incompetent seems more apt than ever.
Now now, the FBI is good at its core function of engaging in political dirty tricks and lawfare.
Hell, it’s about time.
Now do it.
Can Ilhan still have her seat from Somalia? This should be good.
I’m getting kinda worn out on this administration announcing “we’re going to do awesome thing X” and then awesome thing X never fucking happens.
How again do the wheels of justice grind?
They don’t. We took them off years ago.
Replacing them with the polygons of equity locked the machine up.
200 a month?
Add a couple zeros and then we’ll talk.
Throw the book at her.
Her fellow judge will sentence her to probation with no fine.
Obstruction as a judge should be an exacerbating factor which doubles the manditory minimum. It’s the exact opposite of the behavior required of the job.
But it hasn’t been put in the law.
Nope. That’s no longer an option in federal court. But if her conviction is upheld on appeal she’ll do easy time in a “club fed” minimum security facility.
Dear, dear Tonio…A leftist judge will simply declare her conviction unconstitutional, or just overturn on appeal because “reasons”.
Morning, Banjos.
Hope today goes well.
How about, instead of encouraging white men to join the lawsuit lottery game, we do away with the whole concept of employment discrimination lawsuits?
It’s OUR TURN!!! /tards shouting
and the pendulum swings on
And restore freedom of association?
That’s crazy talk!
Is this workplace restricted?
You mean I shouldn’t submit a report about an employer ~15 years ago where I was told that the delay in me being offered a permanent role was because I was a straight white guy?
[ sends Nephilium coupon for $5 off resumé services ]
“It says here that you’re a disabled, trans-black, two-spirit otherkin. Sir, being bald is not a disability.”
“HOW DARE YOU MISGENDER ME!”
Never
apologizeadvertise your sexual proclivities.The heterosexuality just oozes off of Neph. It’s impossible to conceal.
slumbrew:
See I’m not queer, I’m too ugly
Rhy for the win.
Hey Wang, this is a restricted club, don’t tell them you’re Jewish.
Trump defies odds, achieves economic triple play with rate cuts, tariffs and cooling inflation
Bullshit. Get back to me when spending is actually cut and FedGov is running a surplus.
“Deficits don’t matter”
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/six-years-after-cheney-said-deficits-dont-matter-the-national-debt-hits-a-50-year-high-40193bdadd2e/
The party out of power always frets about our tenuous fiscal state; the party in power parties on!
The deficit spending was all part of the plan to extract as much wealth as possible from the private sector to fuel and enrich a cabal of low life losers working in government and government connected shit. There is and never will be any will to fix that, because it is part of the agenda. To actually get spending cuts, we will need to do some cutting of our own.
Trump wants to rush back to the moon – what, at warp speed?
We need to set uo the automated laser turrets to shoot down anyone else trying to take our Lunar territory.
The military that holds the high ground wins.. And in space, the moon is the high ground for this globe.
Unless you’re lobbing weapons of mass destruction, the distance makes it out of range, since the time from firing to impact means the target will have moved. It is only useful if you are willing to destroy whole cities, though denying it to those who are willing to destroy whole cities is a good idea.
Energy weapons…. Speed of light is less than 3 seconds to the planet..
We have no energy weapons which maintain cohesion across that distance. Spead and attenuation make them ineffective long before they reach the other end.
You are correct. But the qualifier is YET.
Such weapons would also render lunar batteries moot as you can shoot in the other direction with equal effectiveness.
Conceivably yes, but since the moon is not that developed you can harden such facilities better. It will be a game of escalation as all military work is.
I’m not sure I would get on a spaceship designed by the current generation of government apparatchiks.
I’m 100% sure I wouldn’t.
“Thank you for calling NASA customer support. Houston is unavailable right now. My name is Raji, how many I help you?”
They NEVER say their name is Raji. They always use the blandest Anglo-Saxon name possible.
“I said Reggie. Now look at the error message and kindly do the needful.”
I’m just gonna call you Gregory, that name’s a nightmare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUKgLnt3oY
He only made this announcement after Isaacman was confirmed to head NASA. Isaacman will make this happen. He’s not a space industry insider, and his appointment strikes fear into the hearts of the dinosaur, welfare-queen contractors (Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, etc).
NASA because of the influence of stupid fucking marxist shit has become a shitshow. Concerned with all the lefty political shit, replete with DEI idiots, and a massive drain of cash. It is government make-work. They can’t do anything more difficult than PowerPoints on racism from black holes, white dwarfs, and Pluto being a lil dick. Close the doors and privatize space industry.
*subscribes to Alex’s newsletter*
JFC people, warp speed. Like the non-vax. My best guess is that Musk was already planning for this and now Trump wants to get in front of it to lead the parade.
I chose not to respond.
Per WSJ, also he was a legal resident with that status granted in 2017.
Why are we importing crazies? We have enough already.
Walz frowns…
Gee. who was president in 2017 when he was granted permanent residency?
See how unimportant it is who is president – the permanent bureaucracy marches on.
Steam has Fallout 4 for $8. It might be fun.
It’s a competent shooter.
The modding community made it better.
See, I’m not the biggest fan of FPSs. Especially since my favorite FO1 and 2 builds involved the sniper perk. Unless there is some sort of auto-aiming going on that perks influence.
They nerfed VATS in 4 so that it doesn’t pause time anymore, just slows it down.
No auto aim on just shooting, perks influence the damage done.
NA:
FO4 gutted the entire skill and perk system. There are no skills, instead there’s just perks, which you unlock by raising your SPECIAL scores, and then purchase with level ups. Instead of aiming boosts, there’s sway reduction, smaller splash zone, and higher damage.
You can play in 3rd person. I do that mostly. Except in cramped spaces.
The general trend is if your entry point to Fallout is FO3 or later, FO4 is great. If your entry point was earlier, it’s rage inducing.
The truth is – it was just okay, but oldbeards and zoomers got in a spat and polarized.
Ya and that was my entry point. Games are what the person playing them make of it and UnCiv is correct…the modding community made it into the game it almost should be
Do it, but get the GOTY edition for $9.99.
DON’T enable Automatron until later in game.
I will be taking your advice!
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The Automatron questline has some fantastic fights, tough even at high level. The rest of what it adds is annoyance. Annoying voices, sounds, and exploding enemies that wreck your settlements
It’s an ok add on, but it does tend to override a lot of the base game random encounters once you trigger it.
Building murderbots is also entertaining.
Can I get it on disk?
For those who like tactical CRPGs, I would highly recommend W40K: Rogue Trader game on sale. I’m picking up the DLC after playing the main campaign through.
The DLC in Rogue Trader is built into the existing Act structure, you can’t just play it after the main game.
*sigh* I suppose a shutdown was too much to have ever hoped for.
It has what people crave.
I TALK TO PLANTS!
It’s not as though a law was passed with bipartisan support requiring exactly that.
I’m trying to remember the name of a song. It’s old enough that I heard it when I was little. The only line that comes to mind is a potentially misremembered lyric of “the good old days weren’t all that good and tomorrow isn’t as bad as it seems.”
Anyone able to help?
Keep the Faith, UCS
https://genius.com/Billy-joel-keeping-the-faith-lyrics
Thank you.
AI says Billy Joel’s Keeping the Faith
Thank you as well.
You had it exactly right, UCS. If you’d subbed “ain’t” for “isn’t”, any search engine would have found it.
er, “always good”
The opening reads so much like a trip through the orphan mines.
What a mess.
Oh, no! The president might actually have what Article III says he has!!!
Congress is terrified it may need to do its job.
As much as a quarter of the active US navy is now in the Caribbean
Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro faces his biggest challenge yet after US President Donald Trump announced a blockade of the South American nation’s sanctioned oil exports, but Washington will probably need military action to oust the long-ruling autocrat, experts said.
Trump declared Maduro’s revolutionary socialist government a foreign terrorist organisation on Tuesday and vowed “a total and complete blockade” of oil tankers subject to US sanctions heading to or from Venezuela.
Sanctions rarely work on their own, but here’s hoping.
How much do we normally keep in that theater? I mean it’s our front yard.
We usually keep most of that overseas for force projection purposes, as there are really very few potential threats in our front yard.
Now that I’m following these things, I can say it’s pretty unusual to have a carrier group in the Caribbean, but not in the Middle East. I’m not sure that’s ever happened.
Maduro has announced that Venezuelan navy ships will be escorting oil tankers. Seems kind of stupid as it will provide a great excuse for Trump if they try to stop the USN from intercepting a ship.
Wait – A: does Venezuela actually have any ships? B: do they actually work?
They have some ships, but any confrontation with the USN will likely go about like Operation Praying Mantis in the 1980s.
You should have linked to the Electrician’s video on it
You should have linked to the Electrician’s video on it
*hangs head in shame*
When y’all take the spoils of war, can I have one 25 year old Venezuelan chick? Can be mid, not necessarily hot.
She’s gonna stab you Pie.
A blockade “is typically a prelude to war, this is not a tool of statecraft”.
As if war isn’t the ultimate tool of statecraft?
Diplomacy by other means.
Diplomacy by other means.
I forgot who it was, but some time ago someone pointed out that diplomacy only works if there’s an “or else” if it fails.
+1 big stick
Gulf of America.
It’s ours after all.
Last day of work for the year. Broke my keyboard in frustration yesterday but today everything works and I am ready for a break.
Romania has, I must admit, a ridiculous number of public holidays ever since the 6th and 7th of January became no work days. 24 25 / 1 2 / 6 7 (no meme intended)
I have too many holidays and I only get the 25th and 1st off. I’m working the day before and after each. What happened around the 7th to make Romania turn it into a holiday?
Romania: A legal holiday for the “Synaxis of St. John the Baptist”. As to why its a holiday beats the hell out of me I guess a government wanted to buy votes with free days instead of cash.
Congratulations, you have introduced me to an English word with which I was previously unfamiliar.
My gratuitously bloated vocabulary thanks for you Synaxis.
the Romanian word used is Sobor which is slavic in origin.
Eh I am sure you will forget the new word in a few months unless you have good memory for words 🙂
I do, in fact, have a good memory for words.
My last day was yesterday too. I am now gonna go somewhere tropical to recert my scuba instructor shit, drink exotic drinks, and chase the local females.
Go Alex! You are living my dream.
Enjoy yourself. It sounds great.
Swim-up bar!
Ageless Iraq (1954 Travelogue)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNKgMf6TuM
The conviction of Hannah Dugan (link to non-paywalled version of article) is extremely gratifying to me. She was a judge. She knew better. She thought that the rules that applied to the little people didn’t apply to her robeship.
I’m just hoping she gets a sentence that makes other judges stop and think.
Five years max. But even if she only gets a year it will ruin her career. Not to worry, she’ll be a martyr to her fellow AWFLs.
Even that may not have the deterrent effect we would hope on other AWFLs. Orange is the new black, after all.
I am okay woth impeachment, lose her law license and now has to find a new career and cannot be in civil service anywhere
Will they also finally quit paying her salary? She’s been on paid suspension since April.
According to Wisconsin law she will automatically lose her judgeship once her appeals are exhausted.
Her conviction was in federal court.
So ten years or more?
I don’t think that the typical AWFL has the presence of mind to be deterred by anything that doesn’t happen immediately and directly to them.
Much like cats themselves, cat ladies have a hard time extrapolating from cause to effect.
I’ll hold off on celebrating until seeing what the punishment is. I have a feeling it’ll be much lighter than the punishment for one of lesser clay.
Tonio is right, above. Judges no longer have much discretion to depart from sentencing guidelines on federal crimes.
Also nice that we didn’t have to wait 2 or 3 years for this resolution.
Nor for a Dem president to pardon her right away.
This is where China’s name and shame boards would be useful
*Just for any person who is engaged in any level of government (and NGOs) and has been convicted of breaking the laws they administer or defraud the People.
A nice thought, until you realize that the government would be running such boards, just by design.
The thing that scares me Tonio is that there is a whole SLEW of people like her all in positions of power. They can be petty and use said power against those people they look down upon while constantly letting criminals walk. We live in an age where feminized empathy has become so toxic that the empathy is directed at the villain for the crimes they commit while the victim is either vilified or ignored unless the right demographics are involved.
I was pleasantly surprised by that.
Shepherding our tax dollars
In 2022, Canoo Technologies Inc. was contracted to supply three EV vans, listed as “Artemis Crew Transportation Vehicles.”
These fully electric vans were supposed to be environmentally friendly and would not produce emissions as they would take Artemis astronauts to the Space Launch Systems rocket to the moon.
According to the contract, it cost NASA $147,855 for the three vehicles.
Not sure why the vans had to go to the boneyard just because the parent company went tits up. It’s a seven mile round trip.
Phone home licencing chat bricked the vans when the servers shut down?
That would be my guess…cant contact home…no start car
That’s not a bad price, just under $50,000 a van.
Not at all. A new Chevy commuter van or Ram commuter is about that price, for a basic version.
Not if they’re using batteries. And, you know, plastic, metal, and any other manufactured materials.
They just need some big Amish wagons and draft horses if they want the truly environmentally friendly transport.
“three EV vans”
Ooh. That’s the most egregious example, yet. I’m further merging w machinery, apparently.
“How Nick Reiner could use his parents’ money to pay his legal bills — despite California’s ‘Slayer Statute’ ”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/how-nick-reiner-could-use-his-parents-money-to-pay-his-legal-bills-despite-californias-slayer-statute/
Sounds metal.
I am going to bet the only reason this chump will face any kind of legal consequences will be the color of his skin and the fact the guy he killed was an agent of the deep state propaganda machine.
I was dubious about Michelle’s claim about their missed meeting on Sunday night (the first night of Hanukkah?), but less so now.
Great to learn RR is the reason for these ” First 5 ✋” ads clogging the state’s internet for years.
I wanted to link one of Slayer’s songs, but there were just too many good choices based on title alone.
“The Justice Department plans to release “several hundred thousand” pages of records Friday related to the case of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — with more material to follow in the coming days, a top official revealed…..
“Now, the most important thing that the attorney general [Pam Bondi] has talked about, that [FBI] Director [Kash] Patel has talked about is that we protect victims,” Blanche added. “And so what we’re doing is, we are looking at every single piece of paper that we are going to produce, making sure that every victim — their name, their identity, their story, to the extent these are protected — is completely protected.”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/doj-to-release-several-hundred-thousand-jeffrey-epstein-files-today/
Protecting them from what?
Anyone that thinks there is any salacious or incriminating material of any kind that can lead to court and punishment for the people involved is a moron. Anything incriminating has been curated and/or destroyed. You are far more likely to get shit that was later made up for political reasons. This whole thing is nothing but a distraction for low information people and to give democrats ground to suddenly pretend to take the moral high ground and say they do not care if Bill Clinton also has to go down since they already know there is zero chance of that happening.
Ah the old Friday newsdump, so it will be old by Monday.
^^^^THIS^^^^
and it will all be a nothingburger, but idiots will be all over it.
Drives the weekend talking heads conversation to nothing but those documents.
These fully electric vans were supposed to be environmentally friendly and would not produce emissions as they would take Artemis astronauts to the Space Launch Systems rocket to the moon.
*outright prolonged laughter*
They’re going to be riding the world’s biggest Roman Candle into space, propelled by who-knows-what toxic combustion byproducts, but they’re worried about the carbon footprint of a modified airport bus. Follow the SCIENCE!
Is this a great country or what?
Fully electric will only be a thing when you can generate electric power on the fly and avoid storage (batteries).
I guess Gaia doesn’t give a shit about outer space.
Safety first
Boise has implemented a new Slow Zone Pilot Program, reducing the default driving speed to 20 miles per hour citywide unless otherwise posted.
The Ada County Highway District (ACHD) announced that starting in January, roads within the perimeter of Fourth Street to 28th and from State Street to Hill Road will see speed limits lowered from 25 mph to 20 mph. New flags will be placed at marked crossings on Harrison Boulevard, and Slow Zone signs will be installed throughout the neighborhood.
Officials said this initiative is part of broader efforts to enhance safety for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists. The program’s outcomes will be closely monitored to ensure safer neighborhoods across Boise.
This is necessary to reduce the the massive horrible toll of pedestrian deaths every day.
The fines will just be a happy coincidence.
Boise is prog central.
That area is busy but everyone when given the chance does 30-35. Not fun to get stuck there in my work truck.
I’m at a loss. What is this supposed dance? The Hava Nagila?
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/puka-nacua-apology-de3e0fcf?st=2ukKpM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
a dance that included gestures widely regarded as stereotypes of Jewish people.
Counting money? Using the blood of gentile babies?
Inquiring minds.
From what I read and heard, he was said to be emulating the happy merchant.
The what? I must be clueless about Jewish stereotypes.
See WTF below.
The Jew didn’t recognize it as a Jewish stereotype either.
juris imprudent:
But all the dogs heard the whistle!
Who knew that Snidely Whiplash was Jewish? Does that mean that Dudley Doright was antisemitic for trying to arrest him?
Double cavity fill starting soon, bumped up w tremendous timing, ensuring it stays on Medicaid.
Gear Shift of day commences. Glad I haven’t read the news yet.
STEVE SMITH FILL DOUBLE CAVITIES. HIM ALSO BUMP YOU UP.
Hope all goes well and it’s quick and painless.
“Aspartame – found Diet Coke, Pepsi Max and Sprite, as well as products like Extra chewing gum – has long been linked to health concerns including cancer, high blood pressure and stroke.
Now, Spanish researchers say consuming high levels of the additive may also age the brain and stiffen the heart.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15398793/Artificial-sweetener-Diet-Coke-chewing-gum-trigger-heart-brain-damage-study-suggests.html
Artificial sweeteners are the devil.
But see above: “double cavity fill”. Did they poll one dentist, let alone five?
I’ve never had a cavity.
You’re a potato, you don’t have teeth to begin with.
😠
Uh, I meant congratulations. Good genes or good hygiene?
I’m thinking good genes, and not much of a sweet tooth.
Whether they’re bad for you or not, I just think they taste gross. The only two things I ever want are a moderate amount of real sugar or no sugar at all.
“President Donald Trump has delivered a Christmas gift to federal employees with an additional two federal holidays.
Trump announced on Thursday he had signed an order ensuring federal employees would get both Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas off from work.”
How about trying to do fewer things well?
That’s crazy talk.
Well that saves me 17 hours of leave
Serious thinker weighs in
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized President Trump on Thursday for prolonging the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting the president was seeking to protect “very influential people.”
“I think that exists on both sides of the aisle, where there are some notable people that may have been aware of the transgressions of Epstein and did and were complicit by doing nothing, and let’s hope they wouldn’t participate either,” Smith said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Cuomo.”
“But clearly by doing nothing, not calling him to the cop, and not holding him accountable or anything like that, and I think those are the names that folks are trying to protect because they’re very influential people within our government of the United States,” he added.
This sounds more like that preschool debbil worship story every day.
Good grief!
Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday.
That’s a lot of Snoopy “Joe Cool” t-shirts.
I haven’t thought about that property in so long… I’m surprised anyone thinks it’s that valuable.
I’mma cut anyone who disrespects Snoopy.
An impression that it was fading from the public consciousness isn’t a sign of disrespect.
UCS, the market is old ladies buying things from Hallmark.
The man is dead. Peanuts should be public domain.
But then how are five generations of his heirs supposed to be millionaires off his work?
Pretty sure his heirs got bupkis. The syndicate owned it.
A: It was sarcasm.
B: Wouldn’t that make the Syndicate the heirs to his intellectual property?
No, because it was transferred to them prior to his death, so inheritance doesn’t come into it.
My boy saw one of the characters a few years ago and asked me what it was from.
“New research suggests that letting loose with a string of expletives can give your body a surprising edge, helping you tap into hidden reserves of strength and endurance when the pressure is on.
“Swearing is literally a calorie neutral, drug free, low cost, readily available tool at our disposal for when we need a boost in performance,” Dr. Richard Stephens, the study’s lead author, said in a statement.”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/health/heres-how-swearing-can-make-you-physically-stronger/
FUCKING SCIENCE!!
So is deep breathing.
Mythbusters tested that years ago.
People could keep their hands in ice water longer if they swore than if they didn’t.
This was clearly demonstrated in the Southpark movie.
he performed a dance that included an antisemitic trope.
Did he stomp on a wine glass? Would that be antisemitic?
This country has gone nuts.
Apparently it was “rubbing his hands together”.
Seriously.
I guess refraining in general from looking like an r-tard in front of millions of people is out of the question.
We have met the enemy…
and we don’t want to talk about it anymore.
That’s hilarious. Because if the answer was “racism”, “sexism”, “toxic masculinity”, or “cheating” we’d hear all about it.
Thank Frau Doktor Jill for wanting to stay at the apex of the D.C. social scene for another four years.
By the time that Joe was exposed as senile in a way that couldn’t be swept under the rug, campaign finance laws meant that only Harris could use the billion-dollar war chest for the campaign.
And as soon as Harris opened her mouth, people grokked that she was a moron, even by politician standards.
Couple that with the disastrous effects of letting progressives run amok in the West Wing for four years, and it’s remarkable that the race was as close as it turned out to be (well, letting California stuff ballots for a month to bring up her totals made it seem close, too).
Careful, Icarus.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the conclusion is, “Sexually mutilating children and dumping repeat violent criminals back on the street is costing us votes?” That might cause a lot of shrieking from their base…
I called Trump’s win the day that they got their precious mugshot of him in Georgia many months before the election. The failed attempt at taking him out in Butler pretty much sealed the win. But the coup de grace was the best political ad I’ve ever seen playing during an NFL game. “Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you”. Whoever was responsible for that should be chilling on a beach somewhere counting their money.
You probably did, here. 🍻
Cheers Tox, indeed here as well. Your perceptive recognition of my prognosticative powers will propel me through my Friday.
“A high-profile Zohran Mamdani appointee resigned Thursday after newly unearthed posts revealed a series of antisemitic comments online — including rants about “money hungry Jews” and defunding NYPD “piggies.”
The short-lived appointment fell apart once the Anti-Defamation League of New York and New Jersey demanded answers Thursday from Mayor-elect Mamdani’s team about whether its members knew about Catherine Almonte Da Costa’s past antisemitic posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
I thought antisemitic posts were a job requirement?
They are, but you’re supposed to have the skillz to keep them out of the wider media.
They’re not supposed to be so open about it.
To quote AbFab: “Is your hair on purpose?”
I’m actually surprised they didn’t keep him and the entire Dem party go to bat for him.
The pickings must be slim. Are they any radical leftists in NYC who aren’t rabid antisemites?!
Good ol’ Charlie Brown…
Signature is the same, at least.
25 years until that’s public domain, I guess.
Related to links, Fanni Willis provides entertainment:
https://youtu.be/C9on2w9ctyU?t=95
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
“Did you tell President Lincoln I’m an idiot?”
“No. I thought he knew.”
Buh-bye
A death row inmate who as a teenager killed five people and terrorized a community has been executed.
Walls is the 19th inmate to be executed in Florida this year, obliterating the state’s previous annual high of eight executions. He’s also the 47th inmate executed in the nation, a number not seen since 2009.
SLD about capital punishment, but I’m not losing any sleep about that guy not sharing oxygen with us anymore. Damn shame that it took the better part of forty years, though.
At the pace that Florida is killing its most heinous murderers it’ll still take thirteen years to clear the backlog.
I’m not a fan of it myself, but it’s telling that in this case (and others like it) I do not feel even a twinge of sadness.
There is no question in my mind that there are people that deserve to be removed from society – with extreme prejudice. He appears to have been one such.
Anti-Christ-in-Chief
So why is Trump pushing vice? Probably because it both fits his worldview and is viewed as smart politics. As Manhattan Institute scholar Charles Fain Lehman recently noted, “Trump, in a second term, looks likely to go further than in his first in dumping many traditional Republican policies. In particular, Mr. Trump seems willing, even eager, to embrace vice.”
Lehman added that Trump’s positions appear to be “part of a calculated effort to turn out young men, who, surveys suggest, helped propel him to victory.”
Still, if you’re a Trump-voting dad, or a traditional or social conservative worried about what kind of world your kids are inheriting, it’s fair to ask: What, exactly, did we win if winning the White House translates to losing our kids?
Trump is the Great Corruptor. Or something.
“Meanwhile, Trump reportedly has plans to issue an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug. Among other things, this move would ease federal restrictions and give Big Weed a massive tax break.”
We were wondering how the left would spin this as bad. Wonder no more.
I saw Big Weed at the Joshua Tree Music festival back in ’09.
“And then there are even more dangerous drugs, such as fentanyl, which some anti-drug activists worry could be affected by Trump blocking states from enforcing their own AI regulations.
The problem? Social media platforms currently use AI. Unfortunately, these same platforms (think TikTok, Snapchat, etc.) are sometimes used for illicit drug distribution. The concern is that these companies could avoid oversight by labeling themselves “AI companies” — talk about unintended consequences.”
That’s a stretch.
That’s not a stretch, that’s a ruptured tendon.
A big stretch, given that Trump is ordering attacks on drug boats and is listing fentanyl as a reason to attack Venezuela.
How about take care of your own fucking kids instead of demanding the president do it.
-1 Great White Father in DC
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
I’m familiar with the phenomena, but not having it called this.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/jetway-jesus-wheelchair-passengers-miracle-flights-0eaccfb3?st=mu1amR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
My coach sent us this on a group chat. Hilarity ensued.
I thought of you immediately when I read it.
Disney drastically changed their policies due to this sort of thing. None of us had heard “Jetway Jesus” though, we all thought that was genius.
The Disney stuff really made me lose some faith in humanity.
They were so accommodating for so long especially for severely disabled children and that kindness was completely taken advantage of.
For sure. Part of why I liked the Disney parks so much is that I’ve been going for over 40 years, and the entire time they have been the gold standard for accommodation. But even in the 80’s we saw people putting their kids in wheelchairs instead of strollers to take advantage of that.
Recently they made major changes that mean you can’t get any of those accommodations unless you have autism or PTSD or something like that. One of my teammates goes often and he’s not at all happy about it either.
I can’t seem to find what Puka Nacua actually did.
Brace yourself https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y_9KE0dqxT8
YT blocked me.
Have you seen the Ana Kasparian meme where she is rubbing her hands together?
No.
“Have you seen the Ana Kasparian meme where she is rubbing her hands together?”
No. Is she wearing a short dress?
I can’t help you people.
Here it is:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/ana-kasparian-larry-ellison-happy-merchant-clip
Apparently tried to engineer a trade to either the Jets or Giants.
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add Trump to Venue’s Name
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-add-trump-to-venues-name-414160f6?st=kQYQjC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
And the minute the board changes this is done. But it’s still funny. Nobody will learn the lesson that FedGov shouldn’t be involved here, of course.
My favorite headline for that was:
“JFK’s family erupts over “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming plan
Why should I give a shit what a Kennedy thinks?
*last of the Boomers clutches chest, falls over*
Tax money should not be funding monuments to living people. It’s disgusting.
I saw another “Obama Elementary School” the other day and threw up in my mouth a little.
Barack Hussein Obama Mmm, Mmm, Mmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8HEPZGfmYs
+1 Gulf of Trump/America
“Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules, the Guardian can reveal.
Through an internal platform called Toyota Policy Drivers, employees can play games with names such as Star Quest, Adventure Quest and Dragon Quest, earning prizes by engaging with company messaging about policy and by contacting federal lawmakers using company-provided talking points.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/toyota-employee-lobbying
What?
Gamification. It’s the new hotness in reporting.
I hate it.
It works for adult learning, though.
I’m convinced that the ‘gamified’ aspects of practical shooting competition, are a big part of the reason why competitive shooters generally wipe their asses with even professional ‘tactical’ shooters.
EvilSheldon:
True. For personal things, gamification can work quite well. I know there’s quite a few gamification apps out there specifically designed around building good habits. The flip side is people learning the ways to cheat the systems, thinking they’re getting better at the underlying details, when they’re really getting better at navigating the gaming systems put in place.
Most will not survive an encounter with a deep crunchy board gamer.
I want my Toyota Hilux with the optional machine gun mount and a Landcruiser 80 please.
I’ve decided I need a basic truck for hauling lumber here in town (so not a vehicle to take the whole family on a cross-country road trip with a full infotainment system and all that BS).
I’m kind of torn between a Toyota Tacoma or Nissan Frontier.
But yea, too bad the smaller, basic, fuel-efficient trucks aren’t allowed into the country.
Damn check out this awesomeness Toyota sells for 13 grand outside the US.
https://supercarblondie.com/new-13000-toyota-hilux-champ-cheapest-truck-not-available-in-america/
It’s like the Mexican beetle. We need to end the stupid import restrictions.
“This affordable truck does not meet the stringent safety standards in the US, and importing it would require costly modifications and testing.”
MAKE AUTOMOBILES DANGEROUS AGAIN
High crimes
First, by law, federal agencies that “originate (plans) for proposed developments and projects” that “affect the plan and development of the National Capital” must consult with the National Capital Planning Commission “before” preparing construction plans. Trump did not. By law, agencies intending to undertake development of construction projects in the capital district are also required to seek the advice of the Commission on Fine Arts. Again, Trump did not. Nor did Trump, as required by the National Environmental Protection Act, prepare and release an environmental impact statement on the proposed ballroom, with opportunity for public comment.
Over and above that, the brief notes that Trump’s ballroom project violates the Constitution, which, in its Property Clause, places exclusive authority over federal property with Congress. The law is clear. Only Congress can authorize the construction or destruction of federal buildings. Yet when it comes to Trump’s ballroom, Congress was never consulted. Members found out about it the same way all the rest of us did: by seeing images of the demolished East Wing on television. “In usurping the role ascribed to Congress via the Property Clause,” concludes the Historical Trust’s brief, “he has violated the separation of powers.”
Off with his head.
Ironically, of the hundreds of lawsuits filed this year to challenge executive actions taken by Trump, none may gain more support from the American public at large, because this one strikes home.
Wrong, you DNC lackey!
I wrote an article not too long ago about Spart DEKA (their version of a CrossFit competition). We’re hosting our first one in February. Half of our business is cardo/HIIT classes, and we’ve been encouraging those members to sign up. They all say it’s “too hard”. But two weeks ago our oldest member, who is almost 70, told us she wants to try. Our coaches have been helping her train. For her age group, there are lighter weights and some modifications, so she should be slow but she’ll make it. It’s been funny to point out to those other members that our oldest is going to do it. What exactly is your excuse again? LOL
And speaking of no excuses, Scott Adams did his livestream from a hospital bed again this morning. Just in time for the new year, I’m seeing a little theme.
My excuse is that I’m indolent and lazy.
(I did just buy a heavier kettlebell, which I’m not enjoying much yet. I still need a decent pull-up bar that I can install in my living room without making the place look even more like a pigsty…)
Those ones that fit in doorways are OK. Not great, but they are easy to put up and take down.
I want/need something I can install and leave up. I find that the discipline to work out in the mornings is easier, if I make the setup as easy as possible.
You can leave it up and take it down when guests come over.
So I’m assuming that, much like the Las Vegas shooting, the Brown shooting has been solved and there’s no need to investigate anything further or speak of it ever again.
Alrighty then. Good work everyone.
It’s like everyone is incompetent since the pandemic.
Police are very good at finding the perpetrators of a crime when there is a dead body to blame.
“COURTROOM CHAOS: Purple-haired Seattle female attorney DEMANDS judge sanction opposing male counsel for ‘gender misconduct’ during CHOP trial
Chaos erupted in a King County courtroom on Thursday during the high-profile Mays v. City of Seattle wrongful death trial, as city attorney Alexandra Nica launched into a furious tirade, accusing opposing counsel Evan Oshan of “gender discrimination and harassment.” The outburst came on the heels of devastating expert testimony that painted Seattle’s handling of the infamous 2020 CHAZ/CHOP zone as liable for the June 2020 “agonizing” death of Antonio Mays Jr., a black teenager from California shot several times in the protest zone.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/courtroom-chaos-purple-haired-seattle-female-attorney-demands-judge-sanction-opposing-male-counsel-for-gender-misconduct-during-chop-trial
OFFS!!
I despise everyone involved – the rat of an attorney suing the city and the harpy defending the city.
Props to the WSJ
TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of Japan’s benchmark interest rate was as high as 0.75%.
This courtroom sketch is spectacular!
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/wisconsin-news/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugans-defense-argues-top-levels-of-government-pushed-to-bring-charges/article_17876335-e522-561f-b0c9-2103bcc48669.html
You know what they say about “sunk costs”?
Energy analyst Robert Bryce calculates that nixing Ivanpah could save ratepayers about $100 million a year. No matter, say the energy regulators who work for Gov. Gavin Newsom. The state Public Utilities Commission rejected PG&E’s plan this month because it “risks stranding sunk infrastructure costs,” namely in transmission systems.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-ivanpah-solar-project-pge-climate-energy-3484a0d2?st=grAbeu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink