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- When did the standard family Christmas photo go from featuring pets and ugly sweaters to showcasing the family armory and ammo? That seems very anti-Christ-like from the people who have bumper stickers promoting putting the “Christ” back in Christmas. Hell, let’s put Christ back in Christianity.
- Republicans are more upset about CRT, which isn’t taught in schools, than active shooter drills, which are.
- The burning Christmas tree in front of the Fox News office was a fittingly appropriate. A cross would’ve been too “on the nose.”
- I endorse Reese’s Big Cup with Pretzels. I am not getting compensated for this endorsement, but I am open to gifts of gratitude from Hershey.
- How do we know Trump’s media company is just a grift? He appointed Devin Nunes to run it. The only qualification Devin Nunes has to run Trump’s nascent company is his willingness to sue people over perceived insults.
- If, as Madison Cawthorn declares, women are simply “earthen vessels” in which zygotes must be incubated according to God’s rules, Cawthorn himself is a cracked pot, also by God’s rule.
- Democrats need to hone their message to address what families go through each day. Instead of talking about how child care costs are cut to just 7% of annual family income, talk about how the monthly checks working parents write for daycare will go from $1,000 per month to $300. They will be reminded of that every time they write that check.
- We know Biden spoke to both Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, and Putin, the dictator of Russia, this week. I’d bet Trump has called the Kremlin many times since he’s resided in Mar-a-Lago to encourage Putin to do things to embarrass Biden. I don’t know if Putin has taken the calls.
- Fox News couch creature Ainsley Earhardt saying of the torched holiday tree, “It represents Jesus. It represents Hanukkah” and claiming a Christmas tree is a symbol “about everything we stand for in this country” completely stomps on the idea of freedom of religion in the US. And it’s a rich commentary coming from the network that ardently fought against building mosques and altered photos of journalists to emphasize their ethnic features. That’s not what this country stands for.
- People who use the plural verb with the words “data” and “media”–as in “the data are..” or “the media cover…”–are necessary evils. Grammar must survive the Internet Age.
- Tucker Carlson spent an entire segment covering the Jussie Smollet verdict. He spent zero seconds on Josh Duggar’s conviction. (I’m not certain because–thankfully–I don’t watch Fox 24/7, but I don’t believe they covered it at all on the cable network.)
- Mike Nesmith–along with Peter Tork, my two favorite Monkees–led a far more interesting life than simply his role with the Prefab Four. His mother invented Liquid Paper, which she sold to Gillette for $48 million in 1979. He was an Air Force vet. He was the executive producer on the cult classic “Repo Man.” A television program he created was the direct antecedent for MTV. His legacy is more than a knit cap.
- Apple needs to put a “polite” function for Siri/Alexa/Google to teach people manners. Turn it on, and you must say “please” and “thank you” when making a request from Siri. If you don’t, Siri gets bitchy. “Hey, Siri, start a five minute timer.” [Siri does nothing.] “HEY, SIRI, start a five minute timer.” [Pause.] “If you want a five minute timer, asshole, be more polite or learn to count to 300 yourself.”
- The most popularly sung Christmas carol has to be Jingle Bells; it’s probably the first Christmas carol every kid learns. But my favorite traditional Christmas carols: The First Noel, Silent Night, and O Come All Ye Faithful. Non-traditional, but still qualifies, is Frosty the Snowman. And if you like your hearing, you will not invite me to go caroling.
- Make sure to get your holiday orders in soon, because Louie DeJoy is determined to ruin everyone’s holiday for as long as he can.
