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DDR4 is mostly produced on older equipment than DDR5 and was not profitable - particularly with CXMT dumping DDR4 at below cost - so the plan was to refit the factories and switch them to DDR5.
But that's time-consuming and expensive and suddenly DDR4 is profitable again - very much so - so both companies plan to keep producing it at least through 2026.
The article that kicked off this typhoon in a tea cosy was actually talking about a research project investigating the use of AI in such tasks, not any intent to do so for anything in any fixed time frame. But it made none of that clear.
It uses eye-tracking to create glasses-free 3D images as long as there's a single viewer.
There's also a non-3D model if you don't need all those dimensions, a 5k 180Hz model that can boost up to 360Hz at 1440p, and a 600Hz 1440p model that can boost up to 1040Hz at 1080p.
We're talking about bat hearing levels of frame rates.
The LG 4k monitor I favour is now available in a 144Hz model - up from the standard 60Hz - with no other changes.
I might pick one up once I've paid off all the recent purchases.
The Radeon 780M GPU - found for example in the MinisForum AI X1-255 - loses 30-40% of its performance running in single-channel mode, if, for example, you pulled out half the memory from each of two systems to populate a compatible motherboard.
Even then it is faster than the older Vega 8 found in the Ryzen 7730U.
If you don't read the rest of this rant, I can sum up my advice as just this: if you're making a web project, even a simple one, do your rapid, many-times-a-day iteration loop testing on an older iPhone as your test mule. Yes this is a pain, because none of us are programming on an iPhone soft keyboard. We're sitting at a computer or laptop, and so that's the platform it's most natural to iterate on. Most frontend tools do not make it easy to have a quick edit-and-reload cycle with a real mobile device. So you'll have to either frequently push to a private web server, or use some exotic ssh tunnel contraption, to get it so that your test mule iPhone can view your test web project.
This is not because iPhones are good, it's because they're bad. iPhones are more peculiar and less compliant than any other device I tried. I promise that if you get your web project looking good and working smoothly on a crappy iPhone, your residual costs to test and polish on all other platforms and browsers will be fairly low. (For extra bravery, I recommend Firefox iOS instead of Safari, because it is the most buggy, least compliant browser I was able to find. If it works on Firefox iOS it's going to work anywhere. See below.)
2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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Luminaria is a Christmas Eve tradition in some places. Any among the Horde put out liminaria?
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Spain calls their Nativity-scene buildters Belenistas,
though this one is by an American in Santa Clara
At the conference, Benito learned that in Europe, whole cities have Nativity scene clubs that spend an entire year constructing life-sized dioramas, "For example, Madrid, Sevilla, and Barcelona: their clubs start building detailed buildings, with little exterior little lights, little pots and pans, trees and some of the dioramas have real water running as a little creek or fountain."
One of the few Americans to participate in the international conference, he laughed when he recalled how the European artisans reacted when they discovered his nationality, “A gentleman said to us, "Americans, pay close attention to this diorama because St. Joseph looks like the Hollywood actor, Charlton Heston, Mary is the likeness Ava Gardner, and the Egyptian figurine looks like Yul Brynner." But apart from this playful reference to the Hollywood film The Ten Commandments, Benito was one of equals amongst a handful of 550 international nativity makers in attendance. All were treated to the various creative ways that the nativity clubs and Spanish and Italian artists craft their dioramas to be truly sensory experiences.
Merry Christmas, friends! And garrett, too!
And of course a special thanks to the cobloggers! Give them a hand.
Tomorrow and Friday will be open threads from me, but I've got some good ones in the mix.
We’re honored to partner with the The 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Capt. Bloomfield's Company "Jersey Grays" in sharing the mission of Washington Crossing Historic Park 🤝 
This reel is a powerful reminder of the harsh winter conditions faced by the Continental Army and the… pic.twitter.com/t42BDaOvUU
— Washington Crossing Historic Park (@WashXingPark) December 16, 2025
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, the Fairfax chapter leader for Independent Women, found that Fairfax County spent $44 million on legal fees between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2025.
She revealed to the Washington Examiner that the school district paid the law firm King & Spalding $980,515.14 between August and September alone. In a FOIA request, she found Fairfax County had a contract paying $1,850 an hour for services rendered in August and November.
"Ironically, November is the same month that the district filed Rule 68 in Jane Doe's case to 'save money,'" Lundquist-Arora said.
Fairfax County Public School's newest innovation: Claiming that not only do trans boys have the right to use the girls rooms, but non-trans boys who are just gay have that right too, Bigot.
FCPS will pay Jane Doe, represented by America First Legal, nominal damages of $50 and her attorney fees. The case centered on a complaint from Jane Doe that a biological boy was allowed to use the female locker room in West Springfield High School, even though he identified as gay, not as transgender. When Jane Doe complained, she was told to use a single-use restroom.
When other female students began to complain on social media, court documents showed the boy wrote an Instagram post, saying, "My counselor and principal both said I'm allowed to go in there, I don't even look at any of you, I go in a stall. You go to a public school, not everything is catered to you."
In her latest piece for iWFeatures, Lundquist-Arora wrote, "Cultish trans fervor aside, it doesn't take a legal eagle to know that boys presenting as boys and not even claiming to be transgender are not legally permitted in girls' bathrooms and locker rooms. The male student Jane Doe encountered in the locker room identified as gay, not transgender, according to the lawsuit."
Zorhan Mamdani appointed the new chief of the NY Fire Department.
If you guessed the new fire chief would be yet another fat lesbian linebacker like the incompetents that couldn't control the Palisades fires," congratulations -- homophobes.
Yes, that Uncle Buck looking motherfucker is a woman named Lilian.
Guys did you know Jesus was an illegal alien? Apparently his parents traveled from one town to another in the same country and this made the family illegal aliens. Like whenever you leave your home town, you're an illegal alien too.
This is the real Reason for the Season.
The Patriot Oasis
@ThePatriotOasis
BREAKING: FedEx wins multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract, uses funds to HIRE foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
CEO Rajesh "Raj" Subramaniam, who was born in India, is facing backlash for firing Americans to hire foreigners.
Publicly available immigration data shows a SUBSTANTIAL increase in FedEx’s hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
Some of the listed salaries for these positions being filled by non-Americans range from about $100,000 to $115,000.
Democrat candidate for mayor and alcoholic Karen gives cop grief as the cop attempts to get her to take a field sobriety test. Unfortunately, she was not afforded the opportunity to Ride the Lightning. She did not receive a dose of Zeus Juice.
If you are convinced that torture is taking place at CECOT, El Salvador is ready to cooperate fully.
We are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as “political prisoners”) to any… https://t.co/GKHMUgeZeO
To keep you alive. That’s the point. The point of food stamps is NOT to make you happy and give you whatever you want. It’s to keep you alive and healthy so you don’t cost us even more $$$ when we have to pay for your healthcare. Want other stuff that makes you happy? Get a job. https://t.co/CMsMsYF7yK
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The City of Charlottesville will not move forward with the Flock Safety license plate reader system following the conclusion of a yearlong pilot program, despite reported success in helping police solve crimes.
City Council decided during its meeting on Monday, citing concerns largely outside the city's control.
"I just think that the concerns are much bigger than us," Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis said.
Over the 12-month pilot period, the Charlottesville Police Department gathered feedback from community members on the use of the Flock camera system.
"Most of the feedback we got was very positive from folks in the community. That being said, there were some concerns," Kochis said.
Among the primary concerns were how data collected by Flock could potentially be accessed or used beyond the city's control, including fears it could be obtained by federal agencies for unintended purposes, such as tracking undocumented immigrants.
"The big concerns continue to come up from mostly policymakers that, you know, are they the federal government or the administration in D.C. could get access to it," Kochis said.
Despite those concerns, Kochis said the system proved effective during the pilot program.
"It's helped us solve our homicide in the city. It has helped us recover a missing child. It has helped us recover missing people. It does help us recover stolen cars in time frames that actually have meaning," he said.
But fuck American citizens, the only ones who matter are foreign criminals.
Related: Cultural Enrichment as far as the eye can see.
BREAKING: Walid Saadaoui, Amar Hussein, and Bilel Saadaoui, CONVICTED in lSlS t*rror plot which police say could’ve become “the deadliest t*rrorist attack in UK history.”
They planned to target the Jewish community and m*rder responding police in a mass casualty event.
Two migrants from Afghanistan have been convicted in London for being part of a prolific burglary and theft campaign targeting gay men on Grindr. Rahmad Khan Mohammadi, 23 and Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 21, met with victims on the gay app to steal their property.
Mousetrap. I tried to make the trap work -- I didn't bother playing, just assembling the trap -- and I was disappointed. I don't remember making the Rube Goldberg contraption actually work.
Scarborough says there's nothing damning on Trump in the new Epstein Files
“One of the great mysteries to me … we've had reporting for some time. Donald Trump is not on Epstein's list. There's nothing in there that's really damning about Donald Trump”pic.twitter.com/SeWRQuXztD
Over 100 Minnesota Mayors Declare That Tim Walz Has Bankrupted the State With Unchecked Fraud and Rampant Spending; Tim Walz Blames "White Supremacy"
—Ace
The article says 98 mayors signed up to this letter, but now more than 100 have signed it.
Fox News
@FoxNews
CITIES REVOLT: A group of 98 Minnesota mayors warned Gov. Tim Walz and state lawmakers that fiscal mismanagement, fraud and unchecked spending are straining city budgets and forcing higher property taxes.
In a letter, the mayors cited the loss of an $18 billion surplus, a projected multibillion-dollar deficit and unfunded state mandates they say are cutting services and pushing costs onto residents and businesses.
Apparently an organization exposed a sudden surge in the school lunch program, suspecting phantom students and, yes, fraud. So then their offices were firebombed.
PATHETIC: Tim Walz rails against ICE raids in MN by accusing the Trump admin of “WHITE SUPREMACY!"
“This is what happens when they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy. When you hear the Vice president of the United States talk about now, white people don't have to… pic.twitter.com/EUZ0iJq6aV
Meanwhile: Somalis, who were let into this country in the 90s, were apparently the heroes of Lexington and Concord.
We owe them everything. Including tens of billions of taxpayer dollars stolen in perfectly justifiable Somali Reparations.
It’s been a while since I took a US History class, but I do recall some events in Boston that took place before any Somalis were there. https://t.co/27U0MSUs4e
Per the Supreme Court, violent anarchists can continue attacking federal agents and ICE offices with the sanction of the state and city governments, and Trump isn't allowed to use the National Guard to protect them.
Note the Guard wouldn't be used to make arrests or anything. He just wanted them to protect federal personnel and assets under attack by leftist street militias operating with the implicit sanction of Pritzker and Brandon Johnson.
And the Supreme Court said: No, you cannot protect federal employees from paramilitary assaults.
We'll keep that in mind next time Trantifa tries to kill judges.
Note that Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the far left wing. As usual.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Trump from federalizing and deploying Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago, dealing a setback to the administration's effort to bolster security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers operating amid violent unrest in the sanctuary city. In a 6--3 decision, the Court declined to lift a lower-court order that had stopped Trump from sending roughly 300 Guardsmen to assist ICE as agents faced repeated attacks near an enforcement facility outside the city. The dispute traces back to October, when Trump moved to federalize the Guard after rioters descended on an ICE site in Broadview, Illinois, chanting "Kill ICE!" and "Shoot ICE!" and confronting officers. A Biden-appointed federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused to pause--prompting the administration to seek emergency relief from the high court.
In its unsigned order, the Court said the government failed, at this early stage, to identify clear statutory authority allowing the military to "execute the laws" in Illinois.
The Supreme Court claimed that using the Guard to protect the physical safety of ICE officers executing the law was not part of "executing the law" in itself. This is an absurdly strained and lawless twisting of words to get the outcome that Roberts and Coney-Barrett wanted.
Again, we'll see what happens when these people threaten to kill them. I say, well, yo know what, we're not allowed to send in the National Guard to execute the law so I guess you'll just have to stock up on ammunition.
The majority emphasized that the administration had not invoked an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act and instead relied on claims of inherent constitutional authority to protect federal personnel and property--an argument the Court found insufficient on the present record. The application for a stay was denied, leaving the lower-court block in place. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the order, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed a concurring opinion. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
Alito's dissent cut sharply against the majority, warning that the Court was standing in the way of basic protection for federal officers under threat. "Whatever one may think about the current administration's enforcement of the immigration laws or the way ICE has conducted its operations, the protection of federal officers from potentially lethal attacks should not be thwarted," he wrote.
Kavanaugh concurred with the ruling. He allows that Trump may send in the military itself -- not the state National Guard, but the actual Army and Marines -- if he invokes the Insurrection Act.
But don't think that this fixes the problem. He's just one vote. Even if Trump does this and Kavanaugh blesses it, it would still be 5-4 against protecting federal agents from attacks by Antifa, with Roberts and Coney Barrett joining their leftwing allies again.
Clandestine
@WarClandestine
Holy shit I think it’s actually happening.
I am reading through the Supreme Court ruling in Trump vs. Illinois, and they ruled that Trump needs to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to send the troops into Chicago.
Kavanaugh in his dissent even says that this ruling "could cause the President to use the US military more than the National Guard".
The Supreme Court just admitted that Trump has the authority to invoke the Insurrection Act to bypass Posse Comitatus and send the troops to Chicago, and any other city he wants.
Trump tried to exhaust every legal avenue possible before resulting to the Insurrection Act, but the Dems resisted and refused to cooperate.
Sounds to me like Trump just got the green light. INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT!
🚨 In an apparent 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has BLOCKED President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Illinois, denying the government's application for a stay.
Justice Alito dissents joined by Thomas. Gorsuch dissents. Kavanaugh concurs. pic.twitter.com/JLfpjbaNxb
Trump Begins Sanctioning EU Officials For Attempting to Impose Communist/Sharia-Compliant Censorship on Americans
—Ace
The EU believes it can sanction everyone in the world -- but may not be sanctioned themselves.
Their beliefs are gay and retarded.
Lenka White
@white_lenka
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🇺🇸 🇪🇺 US sanctions Europe for censoring Americans.
EU's @ThierryBreton, behind the Digital Services Act, is sanctioned for threatening @elonmusk before his interview with President Trump.
"Before the interview, Breton ominously reminded Musk of @X
's legal obligations and ongoing "formal proceedings" for alleged noncompliance with "illegal content" and "disinformation" requirements under the DSA," Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers wrote.
Others on the sanctions list:
-Imran Ahmed, Center for Countering Digital Hate
-Clare Melford, Global Disinformation Index
-Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, HateAid
-Josephine Ballon, HateAid
Announcing the sanctions, Marco Rubio said:
Are we gonna live in a world where some American puts up a social media posts and then gets to some airport somewhere and is arrested? Um, we're also concerned about the impact that some of their policies are having on our social media platforms. As you recently saw, you know, X. Is facing this massive multimillion dollar fine that they're gonna have to pay, I guess, if they want to continue to operate. But I think more importantly, I think it, it, it, it touches on the broader question that was asked a little bit earlier. We all talk about how these alliances, in many cases, our alliances with our European partners are built on our, on our common principles are common values as much as anything else. These aren't just a geopolitical arrangement. It is an alliance with like-minded countries with whom we share values and principles. And one of those values and principles, we hope is freedom and the freedom of expression, and we're concerned that that is eroding.
I think we fought a war to vindicate the proposition that we should be free to make our own laws, instead of having laws imposed upon us without our consent by foreign tyrants. Yes, that rings a bell.
Chuck Ross wrote about this Censorship Mafia in November.
The left-wing philanthropy funded by George Soros, Open Society Foundations (OSF), bankrolls a British nonprofit that works to censor conservative news websites and social media companies, including through a plot to "kill" Elon Musk's X by pressuring advertisers and investors to boycott the company.
OSF gave $250,000 last year to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for "general support," according to the Soros charity's grant database. The CCDH, under the guise of stopping "the spread of online hate and disinformation," has pressured social media companies' investors and advertisers to censor supposed "disinformation" or other content it deems to be offensive.
The organization, founded by former Labour Party operative Imran Ahmed in 2018, has also pressured tech companies to pull advertisements from the conservative websites the Federalist and the Daily Wire over allegedly racist content.
The grant, which has not been reported, could resurrect a longstanding battle that Musk has waged with both the CCDH and Soros. Musk has accused Soros of "crimes against humanity" and funding groups involved in violent protests across the country this year. And he has called the CCDH a "criminal organization" and said he was "going after" the group's donors over its efforts to harm X's finances.
Last year, the CCDH quietly organized a campaign to "kill Musk's Twitter" by pressuring advertisers to cut ties with the company, according to memos published by Racket News. The CCDH, which the watchdog group Capital Research Center calls a "UK-based censorship advocacy group," met with 16 congressional offices to discuss Musk's lawsuit against the organization, and held "policy engagement" meetings with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.). The nonprofit also lobbied American policymakers toward the creation of an "independent digital regulator," according to Racket News.
These sanctions are visa-related. We aren't invoking severe Magnitsky-style financial measures, but our message is clear: if you spend your career fomenting censorship of American speech, you're unwelcome on American soil. https://t.co/CYvR1HFnhR
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE'VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. In August 2024, while serving as European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Digital Services, he published a letter using the DSA to threaten @elonmusk ahead of his livestream interview with President...
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
You sent a letter to @elonmusk threatening him with legal action if he dare host an interview with a candidate for President of the United States. How dare you engage in such belligerence against our democratic elections and then claim *you* are now the victim.
I remember thinking last year that this was one of the most chilling letters I'd ever read. It treats freedom of speech as merely one factor to be weighed in the balance against "detrimental effects on civic discourse and public security." And the letter was targeted specifically at a conversation on this very platform between @elonmusk, an American, and @realDonaldTrump, also an American then running for the US Presidency. When the letter talks about "content that may incite violence, hate and racism in conjunction with major political--or societal--events around the world" in this context, it's talking about core political speech. More than any other document I've ever read, this letter bares the fangs of the global censorship-industrial complex and underscores that unelected bureaucrats in the EU are ready, willing, and able to use their regulatory reach to try to influence elections and nullify the First Amendment in the US. When I wrote earlier this month about the glaring inconsistency between US relations with the EU and NATO, this is exactly what I had in mind. If the sovereign nations of Europe allow the EU to attack fundamental freedoms in the US, those same nations cannot expect the US to defend fundamental freedoms in Europe.
This is how the blob weaponizes government agencies for censorship. First, they spread disinfo. They then use it to demand censorship. They use fake NGOs like "Hate Aid" is to deceive public into thinking their illegal censorship is legal. "Trusted flaggers" = government agents. https://t.co/0cZyAOfXfM
It is very rare for modern presidents to ever have majority support. Even Obama, who the media told me was a transformational figure that everyone loved (Except Racists (TM)) spent his entire presidency at 43-45% approval.
President Trump is sitting at an even 50 percent approval rating nationally, placing him nine points above water nearly a year into his second term, according to a new survey from InsiderAdvantage. The poll, conducted Saturday among 800 likely voters, found 50 percent approve of Trump's job performance, while 41 percent disapprove and 9 percent remain undecided -- a solid net-positive showing at a stage when many modern presidents have already slipped underwater.
The numbers show familiar but politically important divides. Trump continues to post strong margins with men, nearly six in ten of whom approve of his performance, compared to just over a third who disapprove. Women remain more skeptical, with approval and disapproval nearly evenly split but tilted slightly negative. Age breakdowns, however, may raise alarms for Democrats heading toward the 2026 midterms. Trump runs even among voters under 40 and posts clear net-positive approval among voters 40 and older, including a +5 margin with seniors -- a bloc that often turns out heavily in midterm elections.
Among voters aged 18 to 39, Trump's approval and disapproval are deadlocked, while voters between 40 and 64 give him a comfortable edge.
Gen X represent.
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The InsiderAdvantage results are more favorable to Trump than the broader national picture reflected in RealClearPolling, which currently shows the president below water overall. Still, a net-positive approval rating at this point in a presidency is a rare commodity in modern politics[.]
Does this matter? Eh, probably not. I continue to think Trump wins or loses based on how the economy looks by July 2026. If it's not more in the Ace range than the garret range, Trump loses Congress and spends his last two years dodging subpoenas. If it looks good, he keeps Congress and locks in Trumpism as the dominant alternative to AOC/Mamdani communism.
I know you guys don't like poll posts but can I reply that days before a holiday are very slow news days and I have had a case of Senioritis since before Thanksgiving?
Also: I had another post ready to go, but it's a Bad News post, and I didn't want to use a Bad News post to say:
Merry Christmas! Okay It's not Christmas yet. Merry Christmas Eve!
What are your plans? I'm mostly going to be nestling.
"I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings. "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"
Whoop and Hallo to thee!
(Looking it up: Laocoön was a Trojan seer punished by the gods. He was attacked by great serpents. I don't know what Dickens means but my guess is that, by hiking up his stockings high, he resembles Laocoön being devoured, one leg at a time, by serpents. The stockings being likened to snakes. If it's not that, I'm stumped.)
Merry Christmas, Horde! As they all do, this year has had its ups and downs but this is not the time to dwell on them. As I work on my preparations for tonight's meal and tomorrow's gatherings, I hope all of you are able to celebrate the holiday joyously!
I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas! Please enjoy a Christmas open thread and some Christmas music as you hopefully juggle your preparations, spend time with family, enjoy a feast and praise G-d as we wind down the year. The HQ is a unique place and I am, as always, grateful to be a part of it. For those of you dropping in today, once again, Merry Christmas. For anyone checking in later, I hope you had a wonderful and joyous holiday!
Berlin Philharmonic and Choir - Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah This embed may not work, but it is an excellent version and worth a click-through if needed
Ricardo Montalban & Esther Williams/Red Skelton & Betty Garrett - Baby, It's Cold Outside Not exactly a Christmas song, but synonymous with the season nonetheless
Good morning kids. It's Christmas EVE and here's wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas. I'll try to keep it as brief as I can today. First we have reports of some kind of gas explosion at a nursing home just outside of Philadelphia in Bucks County. There are two confirmed fatalities as well as numerous injuries from the explosion and subsequent partial collapse of the structure that has left many elderly residents trapped. And with another major cold front set to sock in the northeast, the timing is perfect. Prayers for all those affected, and for those involved in rescue, recovery and emergency services.
The Supreme Court refused to issue a stay requested by President Donald Trump after lower courts blocked him from sending the National Guard to Illinois.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued the restraining orders.
Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not join the majority’s explanation. .. Alito, with Thomas, in his dissent, slammed the Court for “unnecessarily” and “unwisely” departing from standard practice.
It is high time that President Trump drove a stake through the heart of the undead vampire that is Marbury v. Madison. Deploy the damned Guard and do what the Left have always done and instead of seeking redress in the courts, let the Democrat insurrectionist treasonous traitors waste their time with that and for once just do what needs to be done and declare "Catch Me If You Can" while axing the question "How many divisions do you have?!" And that would put the issue of that video of Mark Kelly, Abigail Spamburger et al sowing mutiny in the ranks front and center in a very glaring spotlight.
Do the safety and security of America's citizenry take precedence over respecting a completely corrupt justice system that in its behavior represents as much of an existential threat to America's citizenry as that of gang bangers, illegal aliens and drug dealers, if not more of a threat in that the lack of faith and trust in the rule of law results in total societal collapse and subsequent chaos followed shortly thereafter by tyranny. And that tyranny will be a combination hardcore Marxist/Maoist variety with more than a soupçon of Islamic influence.
Of course the latter will ultimately gain the upper hand when their useful idiot hosts/cohorts are no longer of use to them.
Minnesota Dem Tearfully Apologizes To Somalians After They Were Busted Stealing Billions — Organizer Asad Aliwed put together the event Dec. 12 at the Irshad Islamic Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Eden Prairie Local News reported. Democratic state Sens. Ann Johnson Stewart and Steve Cwodzinski tearfully shared their apology and offered support to a mosque full of Somalians on Friday. They were accompanied by Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case, who ran in a nonpartisan election.
Describing British society as “low trust, highly fractured, and highly politically factionalized,” Betz warned that “civil conflict” is “increasingly inevitable.” Then Betz directly accused U.K. authorities of hiding the true intentions behind their overhaul of domestic security forces: “What they’re concerned about is domestic conflict ... but that’s completely politically toxic for them to say so publicly, hence the convenience of saying, ‘We need to develop ... a citizen’s militia for the protection of critical infrastructure.’ To say that we’re doing this against the potential of Russian attack ... is convenient as a pretext.”
. . . Fast-forward to this week, and Lane has written another piece that sharply articulates the disconnect between the government officials preparing Britain for war and the ordinary Britons who will be expected to do the fighting. With talk of military conscription filling the airwaves and a glut of hyperventilating government officials assuring citizens that war with Russia has already begun, Lane notes “the reality that many young Britons feel the government has actively sabotaged their interests and are wondering why they ought to risk their lives for such a state.”
. . . Lane highlights the argument from another op-ed in The Times in which that author correctly observes that “defending one’s homeland is a question of societal mass mobilization ... in the sense of a shared belief in the nation and the culture that is at stake, an awareness that it is at risk and a commitment to defend it. Without a united population it is difficult to make the trade-offs necessary to transform Britain and its European allies into thoroughly indigestible military targets for our enemies.”
It is as if corporate news institutions are finally awakening to this reality: When you actively destroy national unity, shared history, tradition, and cultural heritage by importing foreigners on an industrial scale, you also destroy national identity. Young British lads have no interest in fighting and dying for “multiculturalism.” British parents have no interest in sacrificing their children for “diversity.” No sane country is interested in sacrificing everything in order to preserve costly “climate change” regulations and safeguard the criminalization of so-called “hate speech.” No patriot charges up a hill to raise an Antifa or LGBT flag in defense of censorship, government bullying, demographic replacement, and mass surveillance.
Apologies for hitting you with these stories of woe, especially on Christmas eve and at the close of Chanukah, the festival of light and a celebration of the victory over both literal and figurative darkness. Let's remember the meaning of both of these holidays and resolve to continue to live our lives fully and with hope for a better future and a renewed determination to do what we must to make it a reality.
God bless each and every one of you and let me wish you and yours a very MERRY and BLESSED CHRISTMAS.
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We have intersectionality to thank for the widespread rot in higher education, as it works to “dismantle the persistent colonial structures and Eurocentric biases” of academia. Worse, intersectionality has become the ideology of terror — the next logical step for a worldview that pits people against each other based on group identity. Toxic ideas fueling far-left terrorists came straight from our college campuses
Statistics from media, academia, and law suggest meritocracy has given way to ideology—reshaping institutions, sidelining men, and raising hard questions about the West’s long-term viability. (this right alongside Islam - jjs) Feminism, Anti-racism, and the Unraveling of Western Civilization
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
On Tuesday, SCOTUS ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Trump administration “has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” and therefore the administration’s application for a stay was denied:
Bastards, time to burn Marbury - jjs SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Sending National Guard to Sanctuary Chicago
. . .Saadaoui, 38, and Hussein, 52, have just been found guilty of plotting a jihad massacre with the Jews of Manchester, England as its target. The plot had gone well beyond the talking stage: “They had bought assault rifles, handguns and ammunition for the suicide attack they planned on Jewish targets. They saw any Christian victims ‘as a bonus.’” Cops Avert the ‘Deadliest Terrorist Attack in UK History’ — Guess Who the Target Was
An FBI raid of a Secret Service agent tied to JD Vance’s detail spotlights an alleged charity fraud scheme that could deepen scrutiny of an agency already struggling to restore trust. FBI Raided Secret Service Agent’s Home in Tax Fraud Probe
Organizer Asad Aliwed put together the event Dec. 12 at the Irshad Islamic Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Eden Prairie Local News reported. Democratic state Sens. Ann Johnson Stewart and Steve Cwodzinski tearfully shared their apology and offered support to a mosque full of Somalians on Friday. They were accompanied by Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case, who ran in a nonpartisan election. (Filthy scumbag needs to be horsewhipped in public -jjs) Minnesota Dem Tearfully Apologizes To Somalians After They Were Busted Stealing Billions
As millions of dollars in more fraud and theft of state and federal welfare funding are uncovered in Ohio, Minnesota, and other places committed at the hands of Somali migrants, democrats are falling all over themselves to show their unmitigated support for the fraudsters. Democrats from Minnesota, Ohio, Maine, and Boston Embrace Somalians
The Commerce Department said U.S. gross domestic product—the government’s official economic scorecard—rose at a seasonally and inflation-adjusted 4.3 percent annual rate in the third quarter. The report on the July through September period was delayed due to the shutdown. Trump Boom: U.S. Economy Grows 4.3%, Fastest in Two Years, Smashing Expectations
In that case, his bond was set at $15,000 but a nonprofit group called The Bail Project reportedly paid some of the bond a few days later and he was released. However, Allen was charged with murder in the shooting death of Ben McComas on December 14 at a different transit station, the Puritas and West 150th Street Rapid station, and his bond has been set at $1 million. ‘Bail Project’ Leftist Org Freed Career Criminal in Ohio, Days Before He Allegedly Shot & Killed a Stranger
The Trump administration is preparing to crack down on student loan defaulters starting next year. This will be interesting because you can bet Democrats are going to flip out about this. The Education Department confirmed it will begin withholding wages from borrowers who fail to pay their debts. Trump Makes Huge Move on Student Loan Debt, and Democrats Are Gonna Flip
“The United States of America brings this lawsuit to protect the rights that have been guaranteed for 234 years and which the Supreme Court has explicitly reaffirmed several times over the last two decades” Trump Administration Suing D.C. Over Restrictive Gun Control Laws
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
It’s worth noting just how well Trump has fared, even if you consider yourself a traditional liberal. A word of caution if you count yourself in this group: By the end of this piece, you’re going to realize you’re a Trumpist. The Liberal Case for President Donald Trump
Hageman also highlighted her success in securing $15 million in federal infrastructure funds for Wyoming projects, her opposition to federal land management policies, and her work with President Trump to secure border funding and deliver tax relief. She also committed to further immigration enforcement, saying, “We work together to secure the border and fund efforts to remove and deport those in the country illegally.” President Trump’s endorsement on Truth Social came swiftly thereafter: WY Rep. Hageman Launches Senate Bid Backed by Trump, GOP Senators
Israel’s “Ministry of Tourism is preparing to welcome an estimated 130,000 visitors this December, including about 40,000 Christian pilgrims expected to celebrate Christmas at holy sites across the country.” Israel Welcomes 40,000 Christian Pilgrims This Christmas
For decades, the Cuban regime and its allies around the world have incessantly presented a false narrative that the United States’ “embargo” on Cuba is the one and only cause of all of Cuba’s shortcomings — and not the decades’ worth of failed communist policies, brutal repression, and gross mismanagement of the country’s infrastructure that has pushed the island-nation to the brink of complete ruin. Report: Cuba Has Purchased over $8 Billion Worth of Food from the U.S. Since 2001
…The impressive height of these features wasn’t the only thing that captured the attention of scientists. The new images revealed that vertically imposing filament-like features appear on just one side of the disk, while the other side appears to have a sharp edge and no visible filaments. This peculiar, lopsided structure suggests that dynamic processes, like the recent infall of dust and gas, or interactions with its surroundings, are shaping the disk. Hubble images gigantic protoplanetary disk
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Alex Baber — a 50-year-old West Virginian with autism — used AI programs and his codebreaking prowess to whittle down the Zodiac killer’s infamous 1970 clue he sent to newspapers and identify a single suspect with an overwhelming connection across all the murders: a late Chicagoan named Marvin Margolis. “It’s my autism. Once I start on something, I have to see it through. The deeper I go, the harder I push. My mind’s wired differently,” Baber told the LA Times, explaining he’d spent up to 20 hours a day on the code for months at a time. Zodiac and Black Dahlia killer may have been same man, amateur codebreaking whiz claims: ‘Irrefutable’
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When all you have is an LLM, everything looks like a chat room.
This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn't do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon's generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time I ask.
It's 2025, and AI still can't reliably control my smart home. I'm beginning to wonder if it ever will.
You know what this reminds me of?
Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is Bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via Alexa! I love the future!
Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
And a second gun to shoot the first one if worse comes to worst.
The airline has confirmed it will no longer automatically reimburse “customers of size” who need to buy an extra seat for space.
The benefit had previously been in place for more than 20 years at Southwest Airlines.
Under the original policy, passengers who “encroached upon any part of the neighboring seat” were eligible for a complimentary adjacent seat, with the airline clearly stating that armrests were the “definitive boundary” between seats.
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Starting January 27, 2026, any customer flying on Southwest who needs additional space will be required to purchase a second seat, with fewer guarantees they’ll get their money back.
In a statement, the airline urged travelers to buy both seats at the time of booking to avoid “last-minute purchases or rebooking at the airport.”
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Media bias shows up in a multitude of ways. See if you can spot the bias here.
Two months after releasing a song in honor of Charlie Kirk, Journey keyboardist and guitarist Jonathan Cain is opening up about his relationship with the late conservative activist.
“Charlie’s one of a kind,” he said during an appearance on “The 700 Club,” a Christian talk show hosted by Wendy Griffith on the Christian Broadcasting Network. “He was irreplaceable.”
Cain spoke about his single, “No One Else,” dedicated to Kirk, on the show released Tuesday, Dec. 16, and recalled first meeting Kirk at the Republican National Convention in 2016.
OK so far, I'd say. Let's keep reading.
“He was all excited telling us about how he was going to go to campuses and just change everybody’s mind and give conservative kids the good news, a voice,” Cain said, adding that Kirk inspired him to openly speak of his conservative and religious values.
“He brought a lot of people to Jesus,” Cain went on. “He was unafraid. … You can’t silence us.”
Kirk was a polarizing figure in American politics, known for his incendiary rhetoric about gender identity, race, gun rights and religion. In 2012, he founded Turning Point USA to mobilize conservative students on college campuses against what he deemed “woke” ideology. The organization was widely criticized for spreading misinformation.
On Sept. 10, while speaking at Utah Valley University, he was shot and killed. A recent report by the Washington Post revealed that the man accused of the murder, Tyler Robinson, allegedly sent messages about the shooting on Discord about 80 minutes after it happened.
The musician explained that he was writing a pastor appreciation song at the time of Kirk’s death, set to be part of a larger EP. Upon revisiting the music, he instead decided to dedicate the track to his slain friend as a standalone single.
Cain performed “No One Else” at the end of the televised interview while a series of clips of Kirk flashed across the screen.
I'm sure you noticed that completely unnecessary paragraph in there. It did nothing to improve the point of article, but it sure did signal the author's liberal bona fides. Complete garbage in an otherwise decent factual article.
On Saturday, Dolly Parton’s beloved Dollywood theme park announced an “unscheduled” indefinite closure.
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On December 20, Dollywood posted a press release to its official Instagram story, explaining that the Dollywood Express attraction had indefinitely closed due to “unscheduled” but necessary maintenance work.
What a misleading headline! It sure did make it seem as though the whole park was closing. Anyway, garbage "journalism" once again.
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Epstein Files Bombshell! Trump Was an Acquaintance of Jeffrey Epstein During the Period We Already Knew They Were Acquaintances and Trump Once Flew on an Epstein Plane With a 20-Year-Old Adult Woman On Board
—Ace
An adult woman? Wow.
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.
Note their is no allegation that Trump had sex with the adult woman, hit on the adult woman, received a massage from the adult woman, or even spoke to the adult woman.
The big disclosure being pushed is that there was a plane, and Trump was on it, and also, as if that's not enough, there was a 20-year-old adult woman aboard too!
Justice Department officials said Tuesday the latest publicized Epstein files contain "false" accusations against President Trump.
The department released 30,000 additional documents related to its investigation and prosecution of sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The material includes claims that Mr. Trump was involved in the scheme and raped a young woman who was allegedly later found murdered.
Democrats have seized on the unverified accusation as evidence of Mr. Trump's involvement and a motivation for the department's resistance to making all of the files public.
But Justice Department officials said the claims against the president were politically motivated and were lodged against him just before the 2020 presidential election.
"To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already," Justice Department officials said.
SEE ALSO: 30,000 more Epstein files released, a few with Trump's name
The files include a claim by an unnamed limo driver who said an unnamed female told him, "Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein."
The female allegedly told the driver she could not call the police because "they will kill me," but ultimately reported the incident to law enforcement. The limo driver claimed he later found out the woman had been discovered with her head "blown off" in Kiefer, Oklahoma.
It's not the first time Mr. Trump faced unverified claims of rape.
In 2016, an unnamed woman abruptly dropped a lawsuit claiming Mr. Trump and Epstein tied her to a bed and raped her in Epstein's Manhattan home. Her lawyer did not explain dropping the lawsuit, but Mr. Trump and Epstein denied the claim.
Tuesday's document dump also included a handwritten note Epstein wrote shortly before he committed suicide in a New York City jail cell while he awaited prosecution on sex trafficking charges. He wrote to fellow convicted sex offender Larry Nassar that "life is unfair" and that Mr. Trump, whom he described as "our president," "also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
People are such morons. This letter was postmarked August 13, 2019 -- after Epstein was dead -- and was sent from Northern Virginia. Other than that, totally legit https://t.co/oPt2AgVmi7
So that letter, in addition to proving nothing (as it was allegedly written by a known Trump hater who was constantly attacking Trump), turns out to be a hoax.
This is one problem with releasing all the files -- the files include a lot of straight-up bullshit. The DOJ accumulates straight-up bullshit and adds it to the file, as they're required to do. But they don't give it credence.
Then it gets released, and retards all think this must be the straight dope because the DOJ released it!!! It was in their files!!! Anything in a file must be true!!!
‼️🇺🇸: The US DOJ just released what was supposed to be a video of Jeffrey Epstein attempting to commit suic1de. 👀
HOWEVER it is a FAKE that was published on YouTube 5 years ago by user chadchaddington5164.
No, the document shows unverified allegations from a 2020 tip. The Justice Department, in its recent Epstein file releases, describes these claims as "untrue and sensationalist" due to inconsistencies. No evidence of guilt has been confirmed by official sources.
If I had quickly scrawled off a "tip" to the DOJ that Kamala Harris sat on Ghilaine Maxwell's face, that would be "in the files" now, too.
Oh and by the way, Kamala Harris is a decrepit party-girl whore.
🚨NEW: Kamala Harris gives dating advice to single women🍷
"There are different phases in your life ... maybe you're going to choose that you want to have that kind of Friday night relationship — or you want that Sunday morning relationship."
Axios: Insubordinate CBS Liar Sharyn Alfonsi Told Viewers That Trump Officials Had Refused Comment On the Story. In Fact, They Provided Comment -- She Just Refused to Air Their Denials.
—Ace
For those wondering "How can this insubordinate liar not get fired?," I've got great news: I think she will be fired. I thought she would probably be fired before this for insubordination. I'm pretty sure she wrote her "Bari is a Trump censor" email with the knowledge that a confederate would leak it for her (or she leaked it herself).
If I had to guess, I'd guess she already knew she was on the list of candidates for firing and decided on the Jimmy Kimmel strategy of raising a stink among her left-wing allies to create pressure on the network to keep her.
But this new report from Axios means that no amount of pressure from her left-wing allies can save her. The media still pretends that straight-up lying is a fireable offense. Of course it's not; lying is the soul of their soulless profession.
If you lie and the right people notice -- like your boss, who you just tried to #Cancel -- then the pretense that lying is a fireable offense becomes reality.
The other side: The segment ends with Alfonsi saying the Department of Homeland Security "declined our request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador. The government there did not respond to our request."
The segment included previous comments made by President Trump, who said El Salvador's prison system has "very strong facilities, and they don't play games."
It also includes a clip of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously saying, "These are heinous monsters, rapists, murderers, kidnappers, sexual assaulters, predators who have no right to be in this country, and they must be held accountable."
Between the lines: According to a source familiar with "60 Minutes" correspondence with the administration, the "60 Minutes" team reached out to press officials at the White House, State Department and DHS, all of which provided comment to CBS News.
None of those comments, which varied in length and substance, were included in the piece viewed by Axios.
CBS declined to comment.
Axios was able to view it, of course, because despite the piece being held up by Bari Weiss, somehow it wound up airing in communist Canada.
Which is almost certainly another case of gross insubordination.
BREAKING: A significant amount of CBS News employees are considering quitting after they feel like the company has become Pro- Trump.
Most won't. As Chuck Ross noted yesterday, there are fewer and fewer jobs for unskilled, unethical media "reporters." These filthy degenerates will cling to their unearned checks until security drags them out the front doors.
But as for Alfonsi: I think she'll "separate" from CBS days after the New Year.
Ed Morrissey reminds us that Sharyn Alfonsi has played these games before. When she ran her lying hit piece on Ron DeSantis, which even DeSantis' Democrat opponents told her wasn't true and warned her not to run the false defamation, her package neatly clipped out DeSantis' detailed denial of the charges.
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Oh hey, Sharyn Alfonsi. I remember her.
From a failed 2021 "60 Minutes" hit job that went unanswered and unexplained:
"In the 60 Minutes segment that aired this weekend, CBS News's Sharyn Alfonsi tells DeSantis, 'Publix, as you know, donated $100,000 to your campaign, and then you rewarded them with the exclusive rights to distribute the vaccination in Palm Beach.'
The popular grocery store chain donated $25,000 to the Friends of DeSantis political committee on Nov. 13, 2019, and again on Jan. 28, 2020. Later, between Dec. 7-Dec. 31, 2020, it donated a total of $100,000 to the committee. Then, in January 2021, DeSantis announced the state had paired with Publix to make vaccines available to the public.
'How is that not pay for play?' Alfonsi asked the governor this weekend.
'What you're saying is wrong," DeSantis answered. "It's wrong. It's a fake narrative.'
That's all CBS showed of his response -- a straight denial with no substantive explanation.
However, there's more to the story. DeSantis actually offered a detailed explanation for Publix's involvement in vaccinating Floridians. These exculpatory remarks were left on the cutting room floor. Additional facts regarding Florida's vaccine program were likewise omitted from CBS's report, as were denials of this bogus conspiracy theory by even state Democrats."
Yes, she kept in five word denial -- but without allowing DeSantis to explain why her phony charges were so clearly fake. She denied the audience their right to hear from the Accused.
Even left-wing Politi"Fact" noted that this kind of edit, omitting someone's substantive defense of his actions so that the public may not hear it, can be considered "deceptive editing."
"Deceptive editing" means a clip "has been edited and rearranged," according to the Washington Post's guide to manipulated video. Deceptive editing can include omission ("editing out large portions from a video and presenting it as a complete narrative" to "skew reality") and splicing ("editing together disparate videos (that) fundamentally alters the story that is being told").
By omitting DeSantis' remarks on why the state partnered with Publix to distribute vaccines in Palm Beach County, the "60 Minutes" clip could fall into the former category.
So I don't think she'll be at CBS much longer. But she is attempting to make herself a Victim who is always owed a job at another left-wing media company.
Related: The Washington Post cuts more opinion columnists.
They’re having a really bad day at the Washington Post.
Honestly, this latest news should come as no surprise.
When you fabricate quotes and deceive your readers, it’s no wonder people are canceling their subscriptions.
Hunter Biden: Of Course My Father's Calamitous Bug-Out from Afghanistan Was a "F***ing Failure;" And Of Course We Shouldn't Allow In Immigrants That "Drain Our Resources"
—Ace
Is Hunter Biden now a racist?
Wait a sec, he already was -- "no yellow." (Who doesn't like Asian chicks? Only a Nazi.)
The former president's son admitted this week that his father's handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was an "obvious f**king failure," putting a blunt, unsparing label on what many Americans have long viewed as one of the most humiliating and deadly episodes of Joe Biden's presidency.
Hunter made the remarks during an appearance on the Shawn Ryan Show, where he also broke from Democrat orthodoxy on immigration. While arguing in favor of legal immigration, Hunter criticized policies that elevate illegal entrants over Americans who served the country. "We need vibrant immigration," he said, "but we don't want immigrants that are coming here illegally draining us of resources and also being prioritized above people that are actual literal heroes that are coming home" after decades of war. The comment echoed a core argument advanced repeatedly by Donald Trump, who has framed Biden-era border policy as both reckless and morally inverted.
But it was Afghanistan that drew Hunter's sharpest verdict. Asked directly what his father got wrong in office, he pointed to the August 2021 withdrawal that left Americans and allies scrambling as the Taliban swept back into Kabul. "I think one of the failures was the way in which they executed the withdrawal from Afghanistan," Hunter said. "I think it was an obvious f**king failure." Thirteen U.S. service members were killed in a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate during the evacuation, a loss that became a defining symbol of the administration's collapse overseas.
That assessment stands in stark contrast to Joe Biden himself, who insisted in 2023 that he made no mistakes in the withdrawal despite bipartisan criticism, military testimony, and the visible chaos that unfolded on the world stage. The administration has long resisted accepting responsibility, even as the consequences linger.
So what's going on here? Let's put aside the idea that Hunter Biden has suddenly embraced honesty.
As we've seen, Democrats are now pushing the idea that out-of-control illegal immigration isn't Democrat policy, but was all Biden's fault, and only Biden's fault. The Democrat policy is perfect -- the Real Villain Here is Biden's faulty implementation of that policy, and now that Biden is out of office and will probably be dead within the year, it's time to throw that weight out of the sinking ship.
As to why Hunter Biden would participate in the Democrats' scheme to claim that Biden is the Devil who Deceived them -- I read someone on X stating that Hunter Biden is $15 million in debt. Daddy's not going to be able to get him million dollar checks from Chinese spymasters and Russian oligarchs any longer. He needs a new patron, and that patron will of course be in the Democrat Party.
And the Democrat Party network of bribery is currently shutting its wallets to the Bidens. Joe Biden will almost certainly not be able to fund a Biden presidential library.
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BREAKING: Biden's presidential library fundraising has hit rock bottom, per New York Times reporting.
Key details from IRS filings:
- Zero new donations in 2024, Biden's entire final year in office.
- Foundation seeded with just $4M leftover from his 2021 inauguration.
- Projects only $11.3M total by end of 2027, a tiny fraction of the $200M goal aides have discussed.
- Far below what recent presidents raised for their libraries.
Insiders now say discussions are underway to merge the project with existing Biden institutes at the University of Delaware to make it viable.
BREAKING: Biden's presidential library fundraising has hit rock bottom, per New York Times reporting.
Key details from IRS filings:
- Zero new donations in 2024, Biden's entire final year in office. - Foundation seeded with just $4M leftover from his 2021 inauguration. -… pic.twitter.com/RQ2HgTvfFr
I foresee one Amtrak train sporting a "Cafe Car and Biden Presidential Library Nook." Right next to the sporks and packets of mustard and relish.
Mmm, train hot dogs with train mustard and train relish.
Biden raised zero dollars in 2024. They refuse to say what they raised in 2025.
From @nytimes: 'Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library.' Raised exactly $0 in new donations in all of 2024. https://t.co/5vCi6pCXAt
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million -- not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has raised only a small fraction of the money needed to construct a presidential library, leaving uncertainty about when a library might be built and its viability as a stand-alone project, according to public filings and interviews with his donors.
In filings with the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Biden's library foundation revealed that it had not received any new donations in 2024, the final year of his presidency. The foundation was instead seeded entirely with $4 million left over from his 2021 inauguration.
The library foundation declined to say what it had raised in 2025. It said that Mr. Biden was only now beginning to actively raise money. He is holding the first event for potential library donors on Monday in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.
Still, Mr. Biden's foundation told the I.R.S. this year that it expected to bring in just $11.3 million, total, by the end of 2027. That would be far below the pace set by other recent presidents, and far less than the $200 million that Mr. Biden's aides say they want to raise eventually.
Partly because of that poor fund-raising, discussions are underway about consolidating a potential Biden library with pre-existing Biden institutions at the University of Delaware, according to four people who were granted anonymity to talk about the private planning process. That might allow the library to take advantage of the millions of dollars that the university, the former president's alma mater, has already raised to build a "Biden Hall."
So far, some of Mr. Biden's most loyal contributors said they had not been contacted by anyone about giving to the library. Other Democratic donors have said that even if Mr. Biden asks them, they are unlikely to give money because they are focused on fighting President Trump or are embittered by Mr. Biden's term in office.
John Morgan, a longtime Democratic donor who was one of Mr. Biden's top bundlers, said he would not give "a penny" to the former president's library, citing poor treatment from Mr. Biden's staff.
"The Biden staff, they ruined any type of good library for him," Mr. Morgan said. "He'll be lucky to have a bookmobile."
Huntie's other obvious source of money is grifting from the publishing industry, which is always eager to give leftwing tyrants absurd amounts of money for books that will never sell more than a couple of thousand copies. It's all illegal campaign donations and influence-buying.
But they're not going to give Huntie that. They are taking out their anger for their 2024 loss on the Biden Crime Family.
Though... Huntie could maybe get a modest deal if he, get this, showed that he was now ready to be candid and spill the real secrets.
He won't, of course. But he needs to put out the idea that giving him $500,000 for a book would be a defensible decision by a publishing executive.
Trans Teaching Assistant who Flunked a Christian Student for Rejecting Trans Propaganda Has Now Been Fired
—Ace
I would say that the student's essay could be docked some points for relying so heavily on non-academic sources -- the Bible -- but then, the trans TA's rejection of all her arguments was based exclusively on quasi-religious fantasy and myth-making, wasn't it?
And, in addition, the trans bully was attempting to compel a Christian to renounce her faith and accept the trans pseudoreligion as the one true religion. So a bit of citation of the Bible is appropriate. If someone pushes their garbage mental-illness religion on you, you have every right to reject it and defend your own.
A transgender graduate teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma has been removed from instructional duties after failing a conservative student's Bible-based essay on gender -- a grading decision the university later concluded was arbitrary following an internal review.
The controversy erupted in late November when Samantha Fulnecky, a 20-year-old junior, submitted a written response for a psychology course that rejected modern gender ideology through a Christian lens. The assignment asked students to write a 650-word analysis of an academic article examining whether conformity to gender norms was associated with popularity or bullying among middle school students.
Instead of echoing the paper's progressive framing, Fulnecky grounded her response in faith, writing that she does not believe there are more than two genders "because that is how God made us."
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The paper was failed by her instructor, Mel Curth -- a transgender graduate student who uses she/they pronouns -- who told Fulnecky she did not properly address the academic prompt and relied on "personal ideology" rather than empirical evidence. Curth also characterized portions of the essay as offensive, objecting to Fulnecky's use of the word "demonic" and arguing that strict gender norms, by definition, create stereotypes.
"To call an entire group of people 'demonic' is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population," Curth wrote in written feedback, while also pointing out what Curth described as internal contradictions in the essay's reasoning.
"Minoritized"? Like you really weren't a minority, but oppressors forced minority status on to you?
Jesus save us from these heathens and their corrupt gutter language.
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On Monday, the university announced it had completed its investigation and determined that Curth's grading of the paper was not applied fairly. In a statement, the school said the decision was based on a review of Curth's own statements and concluded the graduate teaching assistant would no longer have instructional duties.
As far as applying rigid academic standards to this essay: It was a 650 word essay. This is an assignment we used to give to middle-schoolers. It's basically an opening argument, two paragraphs, and a conclusion that merely restates the opening argument. It's not as if this was a real essay. It's a time waster.
The student was being compelled to accept the framing that we have two sexes merely because of "gender norms." She has every right and duty -- particularly as a believing Christian -- to refute that assumption. A Jewish student cannot be required to write an essay affirming the assumption that Jews deserved the Holocaust.
It's very clear that this tranny is not interested in actual academic work. He's interested in forced prosyletization to a captive audience.
The University of Oklahoma confirms that Mel Curth, the teaching assistant who gave a student a failing grade on a psychology essay, will no longer be teaching. pic.twitter.com/DAF8vFYFLk
This isn't Christmas Eve fare, and I thought about waiting until the 26th to post it, but supposedly an amateur detective has solved the Zodiac killer mystery. And the horrific Black Dahlia killing. He says it's the same person! I always thought of them as very far apart in time but I think Black Dahlia was mid-fifties (nope, 1947) mid and the Zodiac murders began in 1968 so it's possible it's the same killer.
The killer, if it's the same man, would have been in his 20s when he killed the Black Dahlia and his 40s when he did the Zodiac murders. Possible.
A little caveat: I saw someone snark on Reddit, "The Zodiac case gets solved more often than Wordle." There are a ton of coincidences here, supposedly, like a Zodiac cipher being solved by the name "Elizabeth." Elizabeth Short was the name of the so-called Black Dahlia.
If you don't know about the Black Dahlia, don't look it up. Just accept that it's grisly on the level of Jack the Ripper.
Yes, the named suspect resembles the police sketch of Zodiac.
Podcast: Will Ukraine be a flashpoint for a Korean conflict, Trump's intemperate Reiner comments, it's the economy stupid! the Monroe/Trump Doctrine, Bondi, Brown, MIT, and more!
Megyn Kelly finally calls out Candace Owens
Whoops, I meant she bravely attacks Sydney Sweeney for "bending the knee." (Sweeney put out a very empty PR statement saying "I'm against hate." Whoop-de-doo.)
Megyn Kelly claims she doesn't want to call people out on the right when asked about Candace Owens but then has no compunctions at all about calling people out on the right.
As long as they're not Candace Owens. Strangely, she seems blind and deaf to anything Candace Owens says. That's why this woman calls her "Megyn Keller."
She's now asking her pay-pigs in Pakistan how they think she should address the Candace Owens situation, and if they think this is really all about Israel and the Jews.
Podcast: Pete Hegseth is everything the left hates...and we love! Illinois is the next flashpoint for federal supremacy with regard to our borders, Trump's communication leaves something to be desired, and more!
I have happily forgotten what Milo Yiannopoulos sounds like, but I still enjoyed this impression from from Ami Kozak.
Well, bamboo is actually a type of grass, and underground, it's all connected in a sprawling network, just like the parts of this story I never wanted to tell. I wish I hadn't been put in this position, that I didn't have to write about any of this, that I didn't have to subject myself or my loved ones to embarrassment and further loss of privacy.
We're back to the fucking bamboo. Guys, I don't think I can pay for bamboo ruminations.
I think he added that because he was embarrassed about all the bamboo imagery from Part 1. He's justifying his twin obsessions: His ex, and bamboo. Which is not a tree but a kind of grass, he'll have you know.
On Tuesday, the book arrived in stores. At lunchtime, in the Midtown Manhattan nexus of media and publishing, interest in Nuzzi's story seemed more muted. The Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue had seven copies tucked into a "New & Notable" rack next to the escalator, below Malala Yousafzai's "Finding My Way." Not many had sold so far, a store employee said.
A few blocks uptown, at a branch of the local independent chain McNally Jackson Books, a few volumes lay on a table of new and noteworthy nonfiction near the front of the store. No one was lining up to get them, or even browsing. Bookseller Alex Howe told CNN around 3 p.m. that though the store had procured "several dozen" copies, not a single one had yet sold -- a figure he said was surprising, considering how many people in media and publishing work in the area.
"We ordered a lot and so far, people have not been beating down the door," Howe said. "I'm not sure where we're gonna put them because right now, supply is outpacing demand." (A manager at McNally Jackson noted that Howe was speaking only in a personal capacity, not as a representative of the store.)
She trashes Ryan Lizza for his "Revenge Porn" here. Emily Jashinsky says that when the Bulwark's gay grifter Tim Miller asked why she didn't report on the (alleged) use of ketamine by RFKJr., she broke down in tears and asked to end the interview.
