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- On Christmas Eve, we celebrate the misdated birth of a displaced impoverished liberal Palestinian Jew who was wrongly executed by a dictatorship at the behest of corrupt religious leaders–and whose most ardent modern-day followers believe would endorse a thrice-married adulterer who stole money from charities and continues to slander and lie to amass personal political power–by cheering on a dead Turkish Catholic bishop who commands a workforce of enslaved elves to make gifts for children he creepily spies on all year and then morphs into a psychic magical globetrotter with superpowered reindeer.
- The “Trump was never convicted of insurrection, lib!” arguments are easily dismissed by pointing out that no one–not even Jefferson Davis–was tried for insurrection or treason after the Civil War, but no one would argue people like Davis or Col. Robert E. Lee was not covered by XIV.3.
- Let’s erect a statue honoring the conquests of Mexican General Santa Anna in San Antonio outside the Alamo and see how Texans like it.
- We knew Trump talked to Republican Michigan county elections officials; that was divulged in the January 6th commission. The tape is new, and it begs the question: how many state-level GOP officials in Michigan did Trump and Romney-McDaniel try to coerce before having to reach out to county-level officials to fuck up the election?
- Sadly, I don’t think Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss will see life-changing money from Rudy Giuliani–not because he declared bankruptcy, but because he’s likely legitimately broke. But Rudy is just the first domino.
- The next phase of Jack Smith investigation has to be into how much the RNC pressured state, county and local officials to support Trump’s false election claims. Like the Trump Org, the RNC could see itself named a corrupt criminal enterprise under RICO.
- Thank you, Colorado Supreme Court, for prepping the showcase for the hypocrisy of originalists on the Supreme Court who have already opined that the 14th Amendment is a valid qualification for office.
- Before Santa rides his sleigh, he must ride a multitude of fire engines to map out his route… still, even with Google Maps.
- Living in the DC metro area, I can’t tell if the anti-Hamas commercials we’re seeing are being broadcast nationally or if they’re just targeting the policymakers in DC. Not to be crass, they’re getting to be as annoying as the Lume commercials or the one asking you to donate your car to a kid’s charity.
- Nothing about The Dukes of Hazard aged well: the flag on the car, the misogyny, Bo’s political views. But the theme song is one of the best in television history.
- Sure MTG’s LB² Lauren Boebert embarrassed the House, but her buddied Marge and Matty Gaetz are the most damage to the institution.
- The next wild card that I believe has a non-zero possibility: Trump will claim he issued himself a pardon before leaving office. With his mind. Or he’ll claim the ability to proactively pardon himself now based on him leading in the polls and Corrupt Joe Biden is sleepy and Don’ll be in the White House anyway in 2024, so it’s completely legit.
- The continuing hypocrisy of Moms for Libertines should put an end to all the “Moms for X” astroturf groups the GOP funds every four years.
- Sorry, but Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. A movie being set in the holiday period doesn’t make it a Christmas movie. There’s nothing unique about that movie to the holiday. Now Home Alone, that’s a Christmas movie.
- The Road Runner never deserved co-billing with Bugs. He was a C-lister at best.
- Most head-scratching Christmas gift received as a child: The “spring shoes,” a set of two shoe-like things, three springs between two metal plates that added about a foot to a kid’s height, intended to have you jump like a kangaroo, but in reality, you were just a kid with heavy, squeaky springs on your feet.
- Last minute gift idea: a banned book. You can get them delivered immediately via Kindle or Nook. No need for gift wrapping.
- While the ham was always the centerpiece of our family holiday dinner with traditional sides of scalloped potatoes and beans, the famed holiday meal will always be breakfast, made after the kids opened the gifts and the adults had coffee. French toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, occasionally creamed chipped beef, mimosas and nog. The menu for Christmas breakfast was the original brunch.
- May the spirit of the season–the one about holiday cheer and goodwill toward all, not the gross consumerism–find you this holiday and bring happiness to you and yours.
