Yes, federal law drives up the cost of food (with tariffs on lower-cost foreign supplies–also with Marketing Orders that limit production) and drives it down (with subsidies). Grok readers want the market to determine prices.

Congress has no opinion on the price of anything, only on how best to please donors and lobbyists. A law in either direction doesn’t evidence intent.

Yes, given the substitution from sucrose to MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE fructose, we would all get fatter, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL. But they never are. Some of us step on the scales and adjust our diet. THINGS don’t cause MISHAPS. Not fructose, not guns, not SUVs. The wide availability of good-tasting, zero-calorie sweeteners should have made us all bony wraiths by now, except that we don’t care.

Tim Worstall at the Adam Smith Institute argues that obesity is a long-term trend fundamentally caused by so few people having to do physical labor (not even washing clothes by hand!) or living in chilly homes. But a short-term aggravator is society’s tendency toward excuse-making. Handicapped parking placards are a big reward for being fat.

Yes, the farm bill is pure racketeering, sometimes playing industry against industry, and should be opposed merely for keeping the government involved in decisions it can’t make well. But federal farm policy doesn’t cause poor health. Anyone who thinks subsidizing corn farmers is unhealthy must believe that the national ethanol boondoggle, which diverts their output to dilute our gasoline, is a health masterpiece!

 

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I’m back with more high-quality left-wing narratives debunking news from the global warming desk. Dateline: Wildfires. If you recall, in the spring of 2023, it seemed like wildfires would be the story of the year, as if that’s not true every year.

What we got instead were a lot of stories about econ-terrorists starting forest fires and, more domestically, a lot of rain. And despite the arson, at least in the US, the result was a record-low burn average, despite the hottest hotness – hot weather the Media advertised all summer.

Reframed: all that global warming resulted in the lowest US burn acreage this century. This can only mean that by (allegedly) emitting all that CO2, you prevented forest fires.

 

 

 

This is about one-third of the ten-year average.

And it was so low that even the manipulated data from the Feds truncated to make it look like the number of acres has been rising in recent years, can’t explain how your comfortable Western lifestyle continues to lower burn acerage.

 

 

 

The 2023 acreage is about one-third of the last year on that graph (2020)—8.7 million acres versus 2.58 million in  2023.

The ‘other’ media isn’t going to plaster that headline everywhere. “Despite Global Warming Concerns Wildfires Set Record Low for Burn Acrerage” or something.

You’ll have to do that.

We’re here to help.

 

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Amid these tumultuous times in the Middle East, I was pleased to learn that legislators in New Hampshire will be forming a new caucus in support of Israel, as described by founder representative James Spillane.

 

“The mission of the Nonpartisan Bicameral USA-Israel Relations Caucus is to provide a united front among like-minded legislators in both chambers of the NH State House to further legislation that enhances the strong alliance between the USA and Israel, supports the state of Israel, and to fight against anti-Israel, antisemitic, and anti-Zionist legislation.

The Caucus is open to members of all political parties, in the House and the Senate, who value our strong alliance with the democratic state of Israel, and who oppose the rising levels of antisemitic, anti-Israel hate speech.”

 

Being a strong advocate for free speech, I am wary of any campaign to eliminate “hate speech” as that is often the horse that censorship rides in on. As a state representative for both Northfield and the City of Franklin, I’m partial to the words of Benjamin Franklin:

 

“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.”an be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” Benjamin Franklin, Letter from Silence Dogood, printed in The New England Courant, July 9, 1722.

 

Given the complexities of the conflict in the Middle East, there have been attempts to leverage historical incidents to impugn Israel’s credibility. This is something I am adamantly opposed to. Indeed, so much so that I put in a bill to create a commission to investigate the USS Liberty incident. This was a tragedy that nearly launched the United States into WWIII. It was only through the intervening hand of God that the Liberty didn’t sink.

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In 1967, during the Six-Day War between Israel and a number of Arab countries, the USS Liberty was ordered into the Mediterranean Sea alone to conduct signals intelligence. Her mission was to listen to everything being said over the airwaves so Washington could keep track of the war. She was only armed with four .50 caliber machine guns meant to repel boarders.

 

From www.USSLibertyVeterans.org:

ON JUNE 8, 1967, while patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was savagely attacked without warning or justification by air and naval forces of the state of Israel. Of a crew of 294 officers and men (including three civilians), the ship suffered thirty four (34) killed in action and one hundred seventy three (173) wounded in action. The ship itself, a Forty Million ($40,000,000) Dollar state of the art signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform, was so badly damaged that it never sailed on an operational mission again and was sold in 1970 for $101,666.66 as scrap.

At 1400 hours, while approximately about 17 nautical miles off the northern Sinai coast and about 25 nautical miles northwest of El Arish, USS Liberty’s crew observed three surface radar contacts closing with their position at high speed. A few moments later, the bridge radar crew observed high speed aircraft passing over the surface returns on the same heading. Within a few short moments, and without any warning, Israeli fighter aircraft launched a rocket attack on USS Liberty. The aircraft made repeated firing passes, attacking USS Liberty with rockets and their internal cannons. After the first flight of fighter aircraft had exhausted their ordnance, subsequent flights of Israeli fighter aircraft continued to prosecute the attack with rockets, cannon fire, and napalm.

During the air attack, USS Liberty’s crew had difficulty contacting Sixth Fleet to request assistance due to intense communications jamming. The initial targets on the ship were the command bridge, communications antennas, and the four .50 caliber machine guns, placed on the ship to repel boarders. After the Israeli fighter aircraft completed their attacks, three Israeli torpedo boats arrived and began a surface attack about 35 minutes after the start of the air attack. The torpedo boats launched a total of five torpedoes, one of which struck the side of USS Liberty, opposite the ship’s research spaces. Twenty-five Americans, in addition to the nine who had been killed in the earlier air attacks, were killed as a result of this explosion.

 

The only investigation conducted was a rushed one-week inquiry that Senator John McCain’s father, Admiral John McCain Jr., placed Adm. Issac Kidd Jr. to preside over.

“‘That was a shock,’ recalled retired Navy Capt. Ward Boston, the inquiry’s counsel, who said he and Kidd had estimated that a thorough inquiry would take six months.”

“Rear Adm. Merlin Staring, the Navy’s former judge advocate general, was asked to assess the American inquiry’s report before it was sent to Washington. But Staring said it was taken from him when he began to question some aspects of the report. He describes it now as ‘a hasty, superficial, incomplete and totally inadequate inquiry.’

“Staring, who is among those calling for a full congressional investigation on behalf of the Liberty’s survivors, observed in an interview that the inquiry report contained several ‘findings of fact’ unsupported by testimony or evidence.”

In that same Chicago Tribune article cited above are the wise words of Michael Oren:

 

“Though the attack on the Liberty has faded from public memory, Michael Oren, a historian and senior fellow at The Shalem Center in Jerusalem, conceded that ‘the case of the assault on the Liberty has never been closed.’

“If anything, Oren said, ‘the accusations leveled against Israel have grown sharper with time.’ Oren said in an interview that he believed a formal investigation by the U.S., even 40 years later, would be useful if only because it would finally establish Israel’s innocence.”

 

Mr. Oren is much more than just a historian; according to Wikipedia:

 

Michael Bornstein Oren (Hebrew: ןרוא לאכימ; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli diplomat, essayist, historian, novelist, and politician. He is a former Israeli ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office.

 

Where the US government fails, New Hampshire will succeed.

Even though New Hampshire is a small state, she produced a notable figure onboard the Liberty that fateful day: Commander David “Eddie” Lewis. He was born and raised in Colebrook. A Lt. Cmdr at the time, he was in charge of 195 out of the 294 men on board. Lewis died in 2021. His obituary speaks to his character and desire for the truth.

 

“Eddie’s naval career spanned more than 25 years, and he retired in 1979 at the rank of Commander. His career took him all over the world, and he was wounded aboard the U.S.S. Liberty in the Mediterranean Sea when the nation of Israel attacked the ship, claiming a mistaken identification of the ship. For the rest of his life, Eddie bore the scars of that day, and he was deeply involved with the group of survivors, proving that the state of Israel and the Johnson administration deliberately staged the attack to try and draw the U.S. into the Israeli-Egyptian Six-Day War in 1967. In 2018, he was a central figure and collaborator in the book “Blood In the Water” which chronicles this dark episode of American military history.”

 

For Commander Lewis and all of the great men aboard the Liberty that day, it is incumbent upon us to search for the truth, for it will set us free.

God bless.

 

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So there was an actual “attack on our democracy” this week. Some “judge” decided to exercise the power of the purse, which is a power of the political branches NOT of the judiciary. The State Constitution gives the legislature the power to decide how much to spend and how to spend it. The executive has a veto power over spending bills, that the legislature can override. The judiciary has NO power over spending, except when the spending violates a provision of the constitution. For example, a law that says the State will spend $10,000 per student on schools that are majority white-students, but only $2,500 per student on schools that are majority non-white.

Such a law would violate the equal protection clause and therefore would be unconstitutional. Note, however, that the court’s job is limited to declaring such a law unconstitutional. The court has NO power to order the legislature to increase funding at majority non-white schools to $10,000 per student. It is up to the legislature whether to increase funding at majority non-white schools, whether to provide no funding to schools at all, AND any other response … so long as the response does NOT treat white and non-white students differently.

But in New Hampshire we have become desensitized to the judiciary exercising the power of the purse. It’s treated as normal. Even when the judge “orders” the legislature to increase spending by a minimum of half a BILLION. Yes, that is billion with a B … BILLION:

STORY: The Rockingham County Superior Court issued a pair of groundbreaking rulings today that would upend New Hampshire's education funding formula.

The rulings are almost certain to be appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Read: https://t.co/BHpUzHSKlK #NHPolitics pic.twitter.com/smNQoMle5n

— Ethan DeWitt (@edewittNH) November 20, 2023

If you actually believe that the State Constitution empowers judges to set a per-pupil spending floor, you are an IDIOT. If you actually believe that the “proper” response to this actual attack on democracy is a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, you are an IDIOT.

What this judge, and all the others before him, have done is outrageous. Yet all we have gotten from the NHGOP, the Party that supposedly is all about upholding the constitution, is the equivalent of a shrug. The NHGOP is a Party of SHEEP.

 

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Recently, a Los Angeles resident defended himself against would-be home invaders. What happened after the attempted home invasion? The state rescinded his concealed carry permit. How does this make sense?

“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? – Patrick Henry

The Second Amendment is a first-class right. “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  Our government fails to treat it as such; it infringes the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It treats our right to self-defense as a state-issued privilege.

The right to bear arms is recognized primarily as the way free citizens protect themselves against government tyranny. It is the safeguard of our liberties. More often in practice, it is the right of free citizens to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their property from evildoers. The Second Amendment is the right to self-defense.

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In the Los Angeles, California incident, resident Vince Ricci exercised his Second Amendment rights. As he returned from a workout, he was confronted by two armed men outside his house. Fortunately for Ricci, he had a concealed carry weapon (CCW) permit and was carrying.

Ricci quickly turned the tables on the two attackers. He pulled his weapon and fired, sending the two fleeing. No one was hurt in the incident, but Ricci was incensed by the situation. He voiced some of his frustration by yelling at LA Police officers who came to investigate.

Robberies were a growing problem in the Ricci’s gated community. His home was broken into months prior. During that home invasion, his five-month-old child, wife, and nanny were in his house. His frustration over the LAPD’s obvious lack of effective action to address crime is understandable.

Fortunately for Ricci, the entire attack and firefight was filmed on his home security camera. The footage left no question he had responded appropriately. He was well within the bounds of the law in defending himself and his family.

If it had not been caught on camera, would Ricci have found himself in legal hot water with LA’s leftist District Attorney George Gascon? Today, proving our innocence is mandatory. How wrong is that?

Despite the video proof that Ricci properly used his Second Amendment rights, despite demonstrating the CCW permit he had spent months seeking to obtain was fully justified, Ricci was notified by the LAPD that his CCW permit had been “temporarily” rescinded.

Ricci believes the LAPD revoked his permit because he yelled at them when it took three days for officers to respond. Three days to initiate an investigation of the attempted assault and burglary. He accused them of sloppy policing for failing even to pick up shell casings at the scene.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department response was,  “We recognize that this incident was extremely traumatic and startling for the Ricci family, and we hope the individuals responsible for this crime are arrested and held accountable… The CCW permit may be immediately reinstated as long as the permit holder has also followed all required CCW policies (i.e. proper notifications, use of properly documented weapon, etc.). The DOJ has been notified, and there are avenues for Mr. Ricci to re-apply for his permit. We have been in contact with the Ricci family and have been providing information to them about CCW protocols and guidelines in an effort to ensure their Second Amendment rights are protected.”

This is an example of California law enforcement viewing Ricci’s Second Amendment rights as a privilege, not a right. California makes it extremely difficult for residents to obtain CCW permits. Apparently, when a resident actually needs to use his permit in a clear and unequivocal example of justified self-defense, the state quickly and needlessly rescinds the permit and restarts the hoop-jumping process.

There may yet be some undisclosed information providing a justifiable rationale to rescind Ricci’s CCW permit, but nothing caught on his security camera, nor any other reported information justifies the state’s actions.

 

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Since October 7, when Hamas breached the Israeli perimeter wall, slaughtered over 1,200 innocent Israelis, and took 250 hostages, there have been 70 attacks on American installations in the Middle East.

Iranian satellite operators in Lebanon and Syria have carried out these attacks. There have been American casualties, but by the Grace of God, no casualties. Though the American military has incredibly mighty assets on the seas of the Middle East, we have seen little in the form of retaliation for these attacks. Why are we putting our carrier fleets and submarines in harm’s way if not to support our treasured troops and allies? Maybe Joe, Kirby, or KJP can answer that question.

We have had some minor attacks on Syrian or Lebanese infrastructure but nothing against the source of the missiles that have hit our bases. We are losing our image as the most powerful military machine on the planet and are now considered a Woke Administration that is afraid to use our assets. Maybe this is why recruitment numbers are at an all-time low. Who would want to volunteer to serve in some of the most volatile regions in the world, knowing that nobody has your back? This is not our parents’ armed services but a weak, hollowed-out version.

Our Commander in Chief, another reason recruitment is down is vacationing on Nantucket Island. He and the First Lady stepped out today for lunch and spoke to the press for the first time in days. He had little to offer when asked why none of the American hostages were released today or whether he was pressuring Netanyahu to extend the cease-fire. Let’s face it. He has little to say because he is not calling the shots. All he is doing is looking and reacting to the polls and the extreme pressure from the Radical Left wing of the Party. Joe Biden is not in charge, and those who need him reelected maintain their grip on the direction of our country’s continued demise. Those who can see through the smoke and mirrors are unnerved by what we see.

The Biden Administration has no problem injecting themselves into the battles of other countries, i.e., Ukraine and Israel. Yet, we fail to show strength to support our own country, assets, or sovereignty. Our military machine is still reeling from the Afghanistan debacle, and we must remember that Biden advised against the Bin Laden raid. We are showing no effort to secure our Border, and now we appear to take a passive role in securing American hostages held by Hamas. Biden sent every possible team member, including Pete Buttigieg and Randi Weingarten, to Ukraine and many to Israel. Under Biden, we talk a good game, but the world knows we are unprepared to back our talk. Under Reagan and Trump, we showed strength and a willingness to use our power to defend ourselves and our allies. We enjoyed peace under these Administrations. Under Obama and Biden, we have seen the opposite. We need to look no further than Russia, China, NOKO, and Iran to see our foes take advantage of our Paper Tiger, Joe Biden. We don’t know what it will take to push Biden to act, but obviously, 70 is not it.

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If you find yourself confronted with a headline, comment, or climate cultist claiming that the fall of 2023 was the warmest autumn on record, well – we are here to help. Not only was it not, and you knew that was coming, but there were 11 years since 1895 with equal or hotter autumn temperatures.

So, it can’t be global warming.

 

 

The warmest “autumn” was sixty years ago, in 1963. The general trend since then has been one of decline.

Keep that nugget handy. You never know when one of those climate goons is going to leap out of the internet and ape the latest climate lie.

 

 

HT | Tony Heller

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It is truly an injustice that Johns Hopkins Medicine responded to the anti-Semitic, terror-linked, and Hamas-linked Council On American Islamic Relations by taking such action against an esteemed physician.

Tens of millions of Americans strongly believe in the statements expressed by Dr. Darren Klugman regarding the Hamas-led Palestinians. Millions of people have exercised their First Amendment Rights since October 7, 2023, by expressing similar sentiments.

CAIR has a long history of links to terrorists and Hamas. Nihad Awad, CAIR Executive Director, said, “I am in support of the Hamas” movement. In 2007, the United States Department of Justice named CAIR as “unindicted co-conspirators and/or joint venturers” in a criminal conspiracy to financially support Hamas in the United States vs Holy Land Foundation. FBI severed ties with CAIR in 2009 because of the organization’s links to Hamas. CAIR chapters demonstrated in the streets across America in 2014 to show their support for Hamas, even declaring, “We are Hamas.” The United Arab Emirates’ ministerial cabinet listed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as one of 83 banned terrorist organizations on November 15, 2014. Numerous Council on American Islamic Relations officials have been sentenced to prison and/or deported for supporting terrorism.

The horror that Hamas imposed on thousands of unsuspecting Israelis on October 7, 2023, opened the eyes and hearts of many people to see the unacceptable dangers of tolerating anti-Semitism.

Please don’t give more power to anti-Semitism in America by siding with the malcontent, anti-Semitic, terror-linked, and Hamas-linked CAIR.
Please restore Dr. Darren Klugman to his rightful position and status at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Sincerely,

Amil Imani

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Democrats would never allow just anyone to have access to firearms under the pretense that those inclined to commit suicide would instead ask for help. Nor would they presume that the manic or psychotic would call a helpline instead of shooting up the nearest gun-free zone. But when it comes to drugs?

In 2021, Oregon passed measure 110, with the publicly stated objective that removing the stigma of drugs like heroin and fentanyl would encourage users to seek treatment. By making them legal, users would feel unburdened by any negative connotations about addictions and get clean.

At least, that’s how they sold it. And the voters in Oregon bought it until they didn’t.

As expected, things quickly went sideways. In the first year, overdose deaths rose 200 percent. The character of the homeless population promptly evolved from “older drunks” to the “young and belligerent.” Human nature had, once again, taken progressive policy to the mat and beaten its scrawny little ass.

As I observed back in 2022, when news of the overdose death numbers hit the streets,

 

The obvious question is, who, if anyone, thought this would go some other way? And was that even the intention? The political left is obsessed with unraveling society like a ball of string. Their utopia is impossible until they’ve wrecked everything. Add to that their not-so-recent obsession with eugenics, social engineering, depopulation dogma, and a 216% rise in drug overdose deaths, says a feature, not a bug.

 

If it comes from the party of death, death follows, but there are those among them – useful idiots perhaps – who imagined a different outcome.

 

Under Measure 110, addicts are given “tickets” for drug offenses that result in $100 fines, The Telegraph reported. However, the penalty would be waived if the addict rang a self-help line and sought treatment.

Around 6,000 people were ticketed in Oregon, but fewer than 125 rang the self-help line, Eugene’s Police Chief, Chris Skinner, told The Telegraph.

“We don’t have even really one successful example of somebody that went from a citation issued on the street to self-assessment to addiction services to a place of wellness,” Skinner told the Eugene City Council.

Skinner warned that Oregon was “on pace to shatter the record for overdose calls for service and shatter the record for overdose deaths. Police officers and firefighters are administering Narcan, life-saving Narcan at an alarming rate,” according to The Telegraph.

 

Any guess as to whether the makers of NARCAN lobbied in favor of Measure 110? I didn’t look, but it feels right. I’ll also remind you that in 2023, Oregon expanded medically assisted suicide for every one from anywhere: drug tourism and Death tourism.

Given the predictable transition in other places that adopted state-sponsored death and empathy, mission creep is inevitable. It starts with the chorus of “Feelings” for the terminally ill with chronic pain, then makes a Swftian leap to include the poor, the homeless, mental health patients, addicts, and even the autistic. Killing people becomes not just a plank in the Democrat party platform but a public good.

Everyone becomes a fetus. A lump of cells in the women of society without which it might be a better place. Government counselors are standing by to help you with the consent forms.

I’ve always thought that Measure 110 was meant to break off another corner of the culture. Create dependents. End lives. And if I’m right, it has been a resounding success, wherein the problem lies. While most Oregonians supported Measure 110 before it passed, a majority want it repealed. But so much damage has already been done, and Oregon is not just one more Narcan vending machine away from “recovery.” Oregon broke the fourth wall, and other states with party-of-death majorities will want to be cool like them.

Besides, who cares what the voters think? They don’t know what’s good for the government.

Blue States, not Oregon, will consider the program. If they can normalize the culture around drug use, it will be easier for users to seek the help they need. And why not? They’ll convince themselves that this time, in that state, it will work, which (again) depends on what you mean by “work.”

If the goal is to create dependency and ruin once-productive people, families, and lives, then this might be the thing you’re looking for, but it’s not going to reduce drug abuse. Even Oregon can see that.

 

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Liberals keep excusing Hamas terrorism, so what’s new about that? Leftist professors at all but a few of our universities keep the anti-Semitic hate flowing into the minds of half-educated and gullible kids while politicians looking for votes send millions $$$$ in aid to the wrong side and have been doing it for decades.

Mainstream media joins right in the hate fest promoting the “River to the sea, Palestine will be free” nonsense.

In case anyone didn’t know Palestine is a region, not a country, look it up, and it is free. But that catchy phrase sounds good to the aforementioned gullible who believe the Islamic terrorists whose intent is to kill every Jew in Israel and wipe that democracy off the map. After that, all the rest of the world’s Jews, again look it up, read the Koran.

Just in case, it’s worth mentioning that the Palestinian Authority uses those many millions $$$$ of humanitarian aid first to buy more guns and bombs and then to give lifetime pensions to the families of terrorists who successfully kill Israeli Jews. Not only does the power of that religion promise rewards in heaven, but they get earthly rewards, too; what a deal!

But trying to convince any liberal of these facts is an exercise in futility. They believe they know everything they need to know and will tell you, so then walk off in a huff. I would like to present the following reasoning for consideration. If a person finds the KKK racist and despicable because they promoted hatred, terrorism, and murder of blacks, how can someone then excuse Islamism’s promotion of hatred, terrorism, and murder of Jews? If they condemn the one, must they not condemn the other?

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What do you get when twenty illegal aliens cross the border into Maine? You get arrested, but short of that result, there’s no punchline to the joke that is Joe Biden’s America and whatever passes for border security. Or did I mean border insecurity?

Biden’s Border Insecurity Complex.

We’ve got people from all over sneaking in while unwashed millions walk in to distract the individuals tasked with identifying and processing them. Or is Border Industrial Complex a better turn of phrase? It’s all very deliberate. Cloward-Piven. Overload the system (ask Mayor Eric Adams or closer to home – Boston’s Michelle Wu). Beant Town took a page from The Windy City and started storing the extras at the airport. Since they are there, maybe put them on the next plane to wherever they came from.

Just a thought.

In the case of the ‘Canadian’ Gypsies from Romania Eh, what happened to Canada? It was going to do a better job of not letting foreigners leak into the lower forty-eight? I seem to recall someone suggesting that South Americans, Africans, Arabs, and now Romanians traveling to Canada to enter the United States is so deliberate that you’d have to be in on it to allow it to happen.

I said that. And since I can’t get into Canada without paperwork, how are they getting there without Dudly Dooright noticing before they had to “acquire” four vehicles?

 

Border patrol agents in Maine say they discovered 20 Romanian nationals illegally trying to enter into the country in far northern Maine Tuesday morning.

They say among them were at least two on a watch list linked to organized crime.

Four vehicles were seen illegally crossing the Canadian border into the U.S. near the Houlton sector in Aroostook County.

Border Patrol pulled over the vehicles in Hodgdon, and all 20 people were taken to the Fort Fairfield station for processing.

 

Four UBERs?

So, what’s the plan? We fly to Canada, buy four cars, and drive into Maine.

Does anyone else think there might be a handful or more of illegals who also entered not far from there on foot that have not yet been apprehended?

 

 

HT | WGME

 

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Have you checked to see if your local public school taught the students about Thanksgiving? Did they learn about the first Thanksgiving?  Did they learn what happened on the first Thanksgiving? Public schools were closed to celebrate Thanksgiving. Shouldn’t students learn about the first Thanksgiving?

According to NPS.gov (National Park Service) :

On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and 800 Spanish settlers founded the city of St. Augustine in Spanish La Florida. As soon as they were ashore, the landing party celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving. Afterward, Menéndez laid out a meal to which he invited as guests the native Seloy tribe who occupied the site. The celebrant of the Mass was St. Augustine’s first pastor, Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, and the feast day in the church calendar was that of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. What exactly the Seloy natives thought of those strange liturgical proceedings we do not know, except that, in his personal chronicle, Father Lopez wrote that “the Indians imitated all they saw done.”

What was the meal that followed? From our knowledge of what the Spaniards had on board their five ships, we can surmise that it was cocido, a stew made from salted pork and garbanzo beans, laced with garlic seasoning, and accompanied by hard sea biscuits and red wine. If the Seloy contributed to the meal from their own food stores, then the menu could have included turkey, venison, gopher tortoise, mullet, drum, sea catfish, maize (corn), beans, and squash.

This was the first community act of religion and thanksgiving in the first permanent European settlement in North America. It took place just 300 yards north of the Castillo de San Marcos, at what is now the Mission of Nombre de Dios. This event is commemorated today by a 250 foot cross which stands on the original landing site.

Today’s Holiday
The thanksgiving at St. Augustine was celebrated 56 years before the Puritan Pilgrim thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts), but it did not become the origin of a national annual tradition. During the 18th century, British forces won out over those of Spain and France for mastery over the continent. Thus, British observances, such as the annual reenactment of the Pilgrims’ harvest festival in 1621, became a national practice. After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26.

In 1863, during the bitter struggle of America’s Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln established the last Thursday in November as a National Day of Thanksgiving, making it truly a national holiday. The President urged prayers in churches and in homes calling on the “whole American people” wherever they lived to unite “with one heart and one voice” in observing a special day of thanksgiving, and to “implore the interposition of the almighty to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it…to full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and union.”

Check to see if your local school is teaching children authentic history. If not, take this information to the school board and ask them to make sure that the students are learning factual information about the first Thanksgiving.

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No word yet on how the State has taken the news, but the town of Holton, Michigan, has declared itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary and authorizes a voluntary citizen militia to protect and defend that right and that of its citizens.

 

Similar to Livingston County, which last April passed a resolution naming it what’s been dubbed a Second Amendment Sanctuary, Holton’s resolution declares the township will not enforce red-flag laws restricting gun and ammunition possession.

 

From the Muskegon County Republican Party on Facebook. (Related: A State That Exists Because of a Militia Just Banned Them.)

Holton Township just passed a Second Amendment Resolution with an addendum for a militia.

RESOLUTION DECLARING HOLTON TOWNSHIP MICHIGAN A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of our nation; and WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the Constitution states, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”; and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the right of an individual to “keep and bear arms,” as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states; and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed in the District of Columbia vs. Heller 554 U.S. 570 (2008) an individual’s right to possess firearms, unconnected with service in a militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home; and WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court in United States vs. Miller (1939) and District of Columbia vs. Heller (2008) stated that firearms that are part of ordinary military equipment with use that could contribute to the common defense are protected by the Second Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Holton Township Board are concerned about the passages of any bill containing language which could be interpreted as infringing the rights of the citizens of Holton Township to keep and bear arms; and WHEREAS, the Holton Township Board declares and confirms its support of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article 1, section 6 of the Michigan Constitution; and WHEREAS, the Holton Township Board declares and confirms express opposition to any law that would unconstitutionally restrict the rights of the citizens of Holton Township to keep and bear arms; and WHEREAS, the Holton Township Board took an oath to support and defend the United States and Michigan Constitutions; and WHEREAS, the Holton Township Board declares and confirms to express its intent to stand as a Sanctuary Township for Second Amendment rights, and to oppose, within the limits of the Constitution of the United States and the Commonwealth of Michigan, any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict such rights. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT, the people of Holton Township, through their duly elected members of the Holton Township Board, hereby designate Holton Township as a Second Amendment Sanctuary in order to preserve for the people of, on and in Holton Township, the inalienable rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America; furthermore That the Holton Township Board hereby expresses their intent to uphold the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Holton Township, Michigan; furthermore That the Holton Township Board hereby declares its intent to oppose any infringement on the right of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms. We, the people of Holton Township, Michigan through this resolution, hereby declare our inalienable rights, our freedom and our Liberty as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. “AYES”: Supervisor Alan Jager, Trustee Tammy Jager, Trustee Chris Thompsen, and Clerk Malinda Pego. Absent: Treasurer William Halbower RESOLUTION DELCARED ADOPTED. Malinda Pego, Holton Township Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted by the township board of Holton Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, at a regular meeting held on November 14, 2023. HOLTON TOWNSHIP MILITIA PUBLIC SECURITY ACT (Addendum to the Resolution Declaring Holton Township Michigan a Second Amendment Sanctuary) Township of Holton, County of Muskegon, State of Michigan hereby resolves to adopt policies necessary for the security and rights of Holton Township residents. 1.0 All legal residents with primary residency within the Township of Holton have the opportunity to be a member of the Holton Township Militia by stating on open media or to friends and or family or by letter stating their desire to be a member of the Holton Township Militia unless otherwise noted below: 1.1 Any resident under the age of 18 1.2 Any resident that cannot pass a Federal firearms background check 1.3 Any resident whom doesn’t desire to be in the Holton Township Militia 2.0 From this date forward, thereafter, all items listed below are protected from any Federal, Executive, County, or State regulations for the protection of Holton Township residents. 2.1 All firearms in which the stock hits the shoulder that are legal by federal law as of 3/27/2021. This includes all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. 2.2 All pistols or handguns that are legal by Federal law as of 3/27/2021. This includes all semi-automatic handguns or pistols. 2.3 All ammunition that is legal under Federal law as of 3/27/2021. This includes any current Caliber. This includes any ammunition and quantity of ammunition that is intended for self-defense and or hunting. This also protects the rights for the people to reload their own ammunition. 2.4 All accessories that are legal by Federal law as of 3/27/2021. This includes stocks, grips, optics, magazines, clips, and suppressors. 2.5 Any body armor that is legal under Federal law as of 3/27/2021. 3.0 Holton Township will not acknowledge any new laws that are associated with red flag laws, or any other infringement of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Holton Township will not acknowledge any new regulation that prohibits open carry or concealed carry. 4.0 This policy does not give any member the right to take violence into their own hands or act “above the law” in any way. This shall be recorded as the Addendum to the Resolution Declaring Holton Township Michigan a Second Amendment Sanctuary to stop any infringement of our Second Amendment rights as defined in the Bill of Rights, in the United States Constitution as adopted by the Holton Township Board on this 14th day of November 2023.

 

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People from the U.S., Israel, Qatar, and Hamas negotiated the supposed hostage swap between Hamas and Israel. The agreement’s published terms indicate Hamas is in control of the situation, which makes no sense.

Hamas started this conflict with the invasion of Israel on October 7, which Israeli authorities say killed 1,200 people and kidnapped about 240. That may have been the last stage controlled by Hamas, and since that day, Israel has been destroying the Hamas-occupied area of Gaza.

The information from Gaza, and specifically Hamas, has been sketchy from the start, including the actual number of hostages, proof of life, or the conditions they are held in. Hamas dares to insist these are not hostages, but guests. Part of this deal includes a four-day ceasefire that favors Hamas. The break in action allows Hamas to regroup, move their troops, and rearm.

Hamas will release 50 women and children, while the Israelis will, in turn, send 150 male prisoners to Gaza. That is a 3 for 1 swap, and nobody is talking about cash, but you know Hamas will be getting money from the United States. We do not know if any of the first 50 “guests” will be Americans. This is a horrendous deal, but should we expect anything different with Biden’s people involved in the negotiations? We know Biden has been pushing for the ceasefire against Netanyahu’s wishes. Biden satisfies the Radical Left with the break.

Hamas will still hold 150 hostages after this weekend’s swap. They have the bargaining chips to control the future of this conflict. It is imperative for Israel and America to recover our people held by Hamas because we have respect for people and life. Hamas has no such feelings as was evident when they beheaded children and burned the elderly alive. These are not people but savages. You cannot, and should not, negotiate with savages.

The longer this battle goes, the more it will stress the relationship between Netanyahu and Biden. The war and Israel are becoming critical political liabilities for Biden. His poll numbers, which were already dismal, are dropping, especially in the crucial 18-40 age group. Biden had already lost his grip on Blacks, Browns, and even female voters, but he had to hold onto the youth vote, or his re-election was doomed.

Young voters are backing Hamas and “Palestine,” which does not exist, and he is going to have to soften his support of Israel for the sake of any political future he sees. This is the problem with wars involving America and why we have not won a conflict since World War II. American politicians cannot allow the military to do their job and reach their objective. Netanyahu has been clear from the October invasion that Israel will obliterate Hamas. Biden may do all he can to prohibit that Israeli mission.

We can only hope this weekend’s transfer goes without incident, but then we have to wait for Hamas to dictate the fate of the remaining 200, and if they are facing their total demise at the hands of Israel, those remaining hostages may never see freedom.

 

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By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange As markets reopen following the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are feeling thankful that interest rates are no longer rising. Stocks, bonds, and precious metals have all gained ground in recent days as long-term rates have... Tom Bowler

Israeli-owned Elbit Systems is a defense contractor that has a facility in my hometown of Merrimack. Elbit has been the target of pro-Palestinian activists, and this week, they targeted the facility in my town, which earned objections across the political spectrum.

Local Democrats and Republicans denounced the activism with more or less canned unanimity, but US House Rep. Chris Pappas tripped over his own feet.

 

“Peaceful protest and political expression are hallmarks of our civil discourse. Vandalism and violent acts are crimes to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Pappas said.”

 

I think Mr. Pappas has some explaining to do.

As a rank-and-file rubber-stamp ‘House’ Democrat, Congressman Pappas can be relied upon to toe the party line. This poses problems. The BLM protests in 2020 were not all peaceful. Most of them were not. Pappas never explicitly endorsed that behavior, but he was quick to ape the approved narrative of mostly peaceful protests. He was repeating verbatim the approved talking points, blaming third parties for the violence, and ignoring the acts of insurrection against public and federal buildings (or at least giving them the same theoretical treatment). He even repeated this gem.

 

” I’ve been deeply concerned with some of the scenes we’ve witnessed across the country where peaceful protests have been disrupted with tools like tear gas. You know, concerned about what we saw happen in front of the White House, where a peaceful crowd of protesters was cleared out for a photo op for the president of the United States. So we’ve got to make sure whatever we do moving forward, that we are living up to our constitutional ideals, including the right for peaceful assembly. And it’s important that we hear these protesters and make sure that they can safely communicate their message and not be disrupted.”

 

The protest he mentioned outside the White House was anything but peaceful, which was why it had to be cleared, and it wasn’t a photo-op (unless you mean the tear gas for the machine press). I also doubt he’s ever read any opinion that would contradict his own. No proper “House” Democrat would. So, while his recent remarks continue a trend of pro-Israel rhetoric to cover early missteps, he should be careful when it comes to using the words peaceful and protest – or acts, crimes, and prosecuted.

His party has a long and messy history of political violence, supported by members high ranked and low, that he has not made time to denounce or who have not been charged or prosecuted for “Vandalism and violent acts… to the fullest extent of the law.

 

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To all those who are sending in memes, thank you!  Keep them coming please, as it helps me gather weaponry to fight the Left.  Please do share this post, and if you share an individual meme, consider mentioning you saw it on the Grok!

Speaking of, from this week, Monday Edition and Wednesday Edition.  Also check out my latest Israel-focused meme & commentary post if this is a subject of interest to you.

 

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

And hoping you and yours had a magnificent Thanksgiving!

 

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Please understand that I’m not advocating violence, nor am I suggesting any particular course of action.  But understand something with crystal clarity: the Globalists are relentlessly advancing, advancing like a lava flow advances slowly but relentlessly consuming everything in its path.  Jab mandates.  CBDC.  Vaxports.  Digital ID.  CO2 credits and allowances on credit cards.  Bugs in food.  On and on the list goes.  And what do we do?  We write letters and hold protests and vote… and with rare exceptions, what happens?  At best they retreat temporarily, or we score a win like just happened in the Netherlands.  But then the flow advances again.  Like Trump, or the new Argentinian President, Geert Wilders will face massive pushback from the entrenched powers to hamper any actual changes… up until they take him out one way or another.

So while I do pray that this is the start of something – a peaceful revolution – I hold only a fool’s hope that Spicy Time can be avoided.  So I opine – in an abstract way of course – that were a few Globalists to get “very visibly messily culled” as they seek to cull us, they might have less enthusiasm for the project?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, sadly they are.  They “trust the science”.  They believe their pediatricians.  They obey whatever they are told to obey.  And the side effects?  That just means the shots are working.

 

 

We all know why…

 

 

 

 

Sic vis pacem, para bellum.  The Romans understood.  This is not just a national imperative, but a personal one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the questions I ask pro-abortion people: “When your mother told your father she was pregnant, did she say ‘I have a clump of cells’ or ‘We’re gonna have a baby'”?

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

The Covid virus was deliberately developed over years and even decades, for the precise purpose of then having The Jab to inject and cull the population.

 

Transparently Hiding…Again

 

 

For reference, all my Covid / Jab related cartoons are here.

CARTOON: We Trusted the Science – Granite Grok

And my latest essay on depopulation, with links to the earlier ones:

Depopulation Speculations

 

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Boy is the Left pissed at this guy’s victory.

 

 

 

 

Said this for a couple of years now.  And I know more than a few who would, if told to do so by “the authorities”, cheerfully pack their bags and get into the cattle cars.

 

 

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Even Islam is a head.  And, really, a second one:

 

 

Politics, not justice.  They don’t want riots again.  Saint Floyd of Fentanyl was a dead man walking.  The autopsy showed that there were no life-threatening injuries and that he had a LETHAL level of fentanyl in his system.  He would have collapsed and died soon regardless.  And so a man who did NOT murder Floyd will rot in jail so the SCOTUS *cough cough* “justices” don’t have to deal with the repercussions.

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

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And don’t forget… come back Monday for another edition.  Same Meme Time.  Same Meme channel.

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I like to sneer and make snide comments when commercials for Electric Vehicles interrupt whatever I happen to be streaming. My wife has learned to ignore them, and I am trying to keep those opinions to myself, but recently, within the past few weeks, I’ve had no need.

There has been no shortage of commercials or ads for cars and trucks. Christmas is coming, and they pepper the breaks more frequently than Pharma or food ads (only barely). But not one of them has been for Electric Vehicles. This is very odd.

In the recent past, it was unlikely for a spate of ads to pass without someone pimping an EV, typically doing things EVs can’t do, like traveling long distances, climbing rocky slopes with a trailer or something heavy in tow. It would be more realistic if they showed drivers looking for a charging station, stranded, or watching from a distance as their car ignited a parking garage full of other people’s cars and trucks.

The past few weeks? Nothing. Zilch. Naught, nix, nil, nada!  No hay coches eléctricos. Not a one. And they aren’t appearing while I sneak off “during the break” to relieve myself or grab a snack. I ask.

My ad experience has been stripped of Electric Vehicle ads, and that’s something I couldn’t help but notice, given recent news. Car companies are losing billions, and EV start-ups can’t find investors or are collapsing. Actual vehicle costs have somehow broken the veil of media silence to penetrate the collective consciousness of our nation, or at least car makers and their advertising agencies. And that might be why some states – by which I mean the political people running them into the ground – are announcing combustion engine bans by [insert meaninglessly random year here].

EV sales are not great, and the cost of the vehicle, despite tax-backed bailouts, is prohibitive. It is, as we’ve noted often, the laundering of money so the rich, and almost rich, can virtue signal. A nice EV in the driveway that no one uses with a bumper sticker on it that says my other “car’ is a Hummer. But it is also the realization that regardless of the drop-dead date for the clownish all-electric vehicle fantasy future, there is no amount of time, money, or resources available to support it.

Oh, and the economy sucks. Inflation, despite the same media hiding it in the basement like a red-headed stepchild, is too real on a day-to-day basis. You can’t not see what everything costs when you shop, especially groceries. Some pet foods have risen nearly 50% in price, and that burden carries across the spectrum from personal care products to furniture to raw materials to energy to motor fuels.

Getting by under Biden is a financial burden you can’t hide behind a perky press secretary. But the black Marxist heart wants what it wants, so automakers, with a lot of help from consumers, will need to find a way to push back. Might I suggest not backing mind-bogglingly daft left-wing lunatics for public office as an excellent place to begin?

 

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The gang at NBC and Macy’s visited us again this year with their latest iteration of a holiday tradition – the Thanksgiving Day Parade.  The tradition of Thanksgiving is one celebrated in many places around the world.

Originally meant as a reminder to be thankful for the many blessings bestowed by the Almighty, it has, like some of the performers, mutated over the years on the streets of New York. Gone are the innocent floats, once simple animals draped in gilded capes hoping to attract holiday shoppers, now replaced by balloons inflated more than Americans and their economy.  However, they made up for it with Big Pharma commercials hoping to attract the lame and afflicted, you know, just like Jesus did.

Thanksgiving morning just isn’t the same for Mrs. Bananas unless she can start it by watching the Macy’s parade. It serves as a pre-game for the long day ahead in the kitchen because what can get you more amped to feast than a bunch of fat-ass floats being anchored to the concrete by a bunch of fatties?  Fat shaming, you say?  Dear Lord of the Flies, no! Thanksgiving is a celebration of girth people, and I’m here for it.

Our hosts were the usual suspects from NBC, Homa Kotb, Al Roker 2.0 (petit et maigre), and Savanna Guthrie, who dressed appropriately for the opening number, a Demi Lovato song about BDSM.  Savanna’s black leather mini-skirt and studded leather gloves were no doubt all the rage with the ladies on the Mayflower, and the crowd of parents and children went wild for it – slay girls!

Our next highly rehearsed moment of spontaneity had little Big Al standing perfectly aside the front of a cathedral with the Pride-Swastika flag hung with care in hopes that diversity soon would be there. By golly, as luck would have it, the former Vice President Joe Biden himself and his second wife Jill must have just gotten up from another long winter’s nap to join the festivities!  Gropey Joe’s potentially pre-recorded comments were dern-near perfect for the holiday – let’s be thankful for all of our blessings. You know, like the fact we aren’t all unemployed and could get a short-term loan to pay for dinner, and for the military we just sent overseas to fight another foreign war, and let’s not forget the first responders we need to defund so the terrorists we let cross our southern border can get some equity man!  God save the, you know, the thing.

(Banana’s Media is happy to report no children’s hair or bodily autonomy were molested during the course of his comments.)

Of course, a massive production like this doesn’t just happen without some advertiser money which is why Lady Gaga appeared on screen ready to hock some migraine meds for our friends at Pfizer.  Loosely paraphrasing it went something like this:

“Being the queen of the freaks isn’t easy, and pounding away on a demonic piano in a skin-tight leather-o-tard night after night can take a toll, especially when the demons are real.  Which is why I take Nurtec ODT for my debilitating migraines. Side effects may include nausea, diarrhea, eye bleeding, vomiting, ruptured ear drums, loss of identity, anti-semitism and Islamophobia. Ask your doctor or exorcist if Nurtec is right for you.

I dare you to find me one person who isn’t thankful for Lady Gaga and Pfizer.  Just one.

After the break, we’re brought back to see the gigantic balloon floats being carried by Lilliputians when pangs of concern shot across my body seeing the Diary of a Wimpy Kid’s hand and the giraffe’s prodigious head and neck both dangerously deflated.  However we were reassured there was nothing to worry about since both of them earlier that morning were given the parade vaccine.  Whew!

Thankfully, someone had the good sense to invite the dancing band from Historical Black College Alabama A & M University to remind us what talent matched with thankfulness actually looks like. With moves and choreography slicker than Gavin Newsom’s hair, these youngsters brought the party to the people, including the white folks who looked to be still waiting for Santa to bring them some rhythm, but who cares because that’s why God gave us the Cher!

What is she still doing in the States, you ask?  I wondered, too, because I thought she vowed to leave if Donald Trump became president.  Looking at the most recent polls, I hope her tickets aren’t expired, but looking at her dance, something tells me her eighty-year-old hips and knees are. That didn’t stop her from belting out her new hit “DJ Play A Christmas Song (I Wanna Dance All Night).”  Of course you do, honey.

It wouldn’t be a Macy’s Day parade without the Rockettes, and this year’s edition of leg swingers was unusually masculine. I noted to Mrs. Bananas, who couldn’t see the five o’clock shadow for the tree trunks swinging to a fro. I’d bet my ripe banana they were sporting more packages than Santa, but the cameraman cautiously pulled out to a wide-angle shot, making my claim seem as spurious as their femininity. Touché media masters.

The grand finale featured the famous gift-toting Ice Man on his sleigh who looks to have cometh down with a serious case of diversity fever as I don’t recall the lovely Mrs. Claus sporting an arctic tan quite so chocolaty.  However, when your food groups are candy, candy cane, candy corn, and maple syrup, who’s to say what kind of skin tone you’ll end up with?  Not this guy.

We can all be thankful our friends at Big Pharma have a drug for that, too.

 

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The Center Square Staff, Just the News: Oregon judge found that state’s gun owner ID law violated the state’s constitution. Recent rulings across the country against gun owner permit laws are fueling hope among Illinois’ gun rights community that the... Tom Bowler