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It is Wednesday, and time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================================== THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY I wish that Santa would publish his "naughty" list. What a great way to meet people. My "check engine" light came on. I looked, and the engine was still there. I guess I need to replace that light. Threw out my back sleeping and tweaked my neck sneezing... I'm probably one strong fart away from complete paralysis. Being popular on Facebook is like sitting at the "cool table" in the cafeteria of a mental hospital. Dear paranoid people who check behind their shower curtains for murderers: If you do find one, what's your plan? The older I get, the more I understand why roosters scream to start their day. You know you're over 50 when you have "upstairs ibuprofen" and "downstairs ibuprofen." When a kid says, "Daddy, I want Mommy," that's the kid version of "I'd like to speak to your supervisor." Last night, the Internet stopped working, so I spent a few hours with my family. They seem like good people.

'OK, Who Got Me The MAGA Hat?' Asks Kamala Harris As Jill Biden Stifles Laughter WASHINGTON, D.C. — The traditional unwrapping of presents at the White House took an awkward turn this morning when Jill Biden started snickering uncontrollably after Kamala Harris opened up a gift containing a brand new MAGA hat. According to sources, the morning started off peacefully with chocolate chip pancakes for everyone and a bottle of red wine for Harris before the officials gathered to open presents. "It's nice and round... is it another Pinot?" Harris asked while [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/ok-who-got-me-the-maga-hat-asks-kamala-harris-as-jill-biden-stifles-laughter

Tips For Preventing Package Theft An estimated 120 million packages are stolen every year. With holiday shopping in full swing, The Onion shares tips for preventing package theft. [...] https://theonion.com/tips-for-preventing-package-theft/

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hilaria Baldwin Deported NEW YORK—In a stunning end to the 40-year-old media personality's rise to fame, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Monday that Hilaria Baldwin had been deported to Spain. Baldwin, who is set to star in a new reality series about her family's home life, was reportedly handcuffed [...] https://theonion.com/hilaria-baldwin-deported/

Interesting points here, contrasting current Papal views with historical views. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pope Francis continues his war on Israel What most people don't know is that, for around 1,600 years, the papacy, while it hasn't embraced the Jews (obviously), has been the Jews' protector. The papacy recognized that Jews and Christians are family, bound together by the God of the Old and New Testaments. More recently, the papacy has recognized that leftism, which seeks to destroy a Biblical world, is the Jews' and Christians' common enemy. Pope Francis' increasingly openly expressed enmity toward Israel, the world's only Jewish state, marks a profound break with this tradition and speaks to my personal belief that his values are informed more by Marx than by Jesus. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/pope_francis_continues_his_war_on_israel.html

What do you see as the pros & cons? Comment, please. I like the first commenter: "Let the Israelis do this... at cost plus 20%." --------------------------- 'Hope Trump makes this hell less hot': Trump's threats to take out Mexico's cartels has Mexicans cheering Over the weekend, President-elect Trump stated that he intended to declare Mexico's drug cartels 'terrorist' organizations and come after them. As Reuters reported: [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/hope_trump_makes_this_hell_less_hot_trump_s_threats_to_take_out_mexico_s_cartels_has_mexicans_cheering.html

Sabotaging Trump's presidency With only a month to go in his term as president, Joe Biden is making sure that he is known as a nasty, vindictive loser who cares nothing about the country or the people in it. Biden is "solely focused on sabotaging the incoming Trump administration" during his final weeks in office, said Fox News host Sean Hannity. Reflecting a desire for vengeance rather than constructive governance, Biden's actions don't "seem to make any sense at all to anybody. All vengeance." [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/sabotaging_trump_s_presidency.html

Guess Who's Having an Energy Crisis? [...] Iran sits on some of the most expansive energy reserves in the world, both in oil and natural gas. Had they spent the last two decades developing those fields rather than nuclear weapons, perhaps Iranians would be able to turn on the lights and the heat this winter. Instead, the teetering mullahcracy faces a potentially destabilizing energy crisis, right when they face other pressures related to their decisions in their conflict with Israel: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/12/24/guess-whos-having-an-energy-crisis-n3798195

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Bombshell Photos Reveal Joe and Hunter Biden's Ties to Chinese Officials It's hardly news that Joe Biden is a liar. And lately, he's actually being called out for it. After repeatedly denying he would pardon his son Hunter, he went ahead and did it anyway—as anyone could have predicted. Another lie he repeated often was that he never discussed business deals with Hunter. The evidence proving he was lying has been out there for a long time now, but new photos released this week further undermine Joe's claims. The National Archives released a series of photos showing Joe Biden, during his vice presidency, meeting with Chinese officials and Hunter Biden's business associates. This release came after mounting pressure from the conservative group America First Legal and raises serious questions about Joe Biden's repeated denials of involvement in his son's business dealings. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/24/bombshell-photos-reveal-joe-and-hunter-bidens-ties-to-chinese-officials-n4935413

Somebody is setting off fireworks on Christmas Eve, why man?!

Other neighbor (retired mechanical engineer) doesn't think it's our leak, no D ma'am. He looked at our street meter and saw no needle moving, confirmed by we man man. It's not our neighbor on the flooded side, just checked she man. It might be a neighbor across back fence who's had recent tree work done, tentatively conclude we man man. If this is correct, it's merely a soggy mess (inhibiting mow-lawning) until resolved, shrug we man. We were not looking forward to paying a plumber, NO man!

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: We had an Occupational Therapy caucus (hands/wrists) set for 1 p.m., long drive man. They had cancellations and asked if we could come earlier, agree to noon we man. We ate nothing and blew out of the casa, fearing bad traffic man. We arrived at half-an-hour-till-noon, traffic not that fierce man. We were seen precisely at noon, see they man we man man. Nice OT-ess took careful history, functional readings, and measurements, thorough she man. Gave us exercises, names of equipment & where to get it, and encouragement, si man. After the full hour, we left feeling encouraged, amazing man. This was perhaps the best medical hour that we've ever experienced, conclude we man. Traffic worse on return, fiercer man. We stopped at Costco Business Center for 2 soon-to-be-needed items, don't run out man. We left with Many (2+2+1) items, all pleasant finds man. One was a pack of Many (2+2+1) Subway gift cards for the price of Many (2+2), financially savvy we man. We were very well pleased, pleased we man. Returned to casa at half-of-half till Many p.m., return we man. Miu was interested in miu-lunch, lobby miu we man man. We dealt with miu and purchases, si man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was the remaining Many (2+1) slices of 'roni 'za, ingest we man. A wonderful siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Side yard is flooding, uh-oh man. The outside spigot is bone-dry, that part good man. We suspect an underground leak, we man. Plumber will be expen$ive, and man. Party with the rubias this eve, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

No rob-cradling here, no man. It would be worse for longer if hurricane season started later, consider man. Gracias and the same, si man. We have quite enough Pre-Owned Toilet Seats of our own, gracias anyway man. If you want that seat to be revived fashionably, you underpaid, man!

And why would this be desirable when humans are inferior primates? Derailing thread -- reported!!! Discriminating against a group on the basis of shared characteristics -- reported!!! Now back to topic, si and see man.