Demolition has begun...

 ...on my porch, not Venezuela. Finally. It is being dismantled, piece by piece, and will be repurposed, somewhere, somehow, by somebody.

On black Friday I bought the roofing steel beams and metal roof, around $200. 30% off.

Yesterday the concrete panels and posts were delivered, around $700.

I figure labor will be around $700, supplies around $300, más o menos.

I am so eager for the finished product, my studio.

So much is going on that I will post my next edition on Sunday, December 14th which is the 25th anniversary of being online. Wow, 25 years, I can barely believe it. 25 years.

The panels and posts arrived late yesterday, ahead of schedule.

Goodbye termite ridden porch!

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Now that Trump has seized Venezuela's oil tanker, I am afraid to imagine what he will do next. He is unhinged with the most powerful military at his disposal.

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia all dressed up for Christmas. One of my favorite historical cities.

Peace.

Judge Orders Release of Epstein Case Grand Jury Transcripts

Judge Orders Release of Epstein Case Grand Jury Transcripts

Judge Richard M. Berman granted a Justice Department motion on Wednesday to release secret grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case.

Anyone blocking the Epstein files is protecting billionaires who flew to Rape Island. - Rep. Robert Massie R-Ky

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Laughing Trump Drops Stunning Admission to Screaming Fans — ‘Sh*thole Countries’ Rant He Denied Was Real
• Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
• Laura Loomer Hits at Defense Department Over Drug Boat Strikes
• ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
• ICE-Held Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew Says ‘Trusting’ Her Was ‘a Mistake’
• Human Rights Groups Urge ICE to End Immigration Detention at Fort Bliss Military Base, Halt Abusive Third-Country Deportations
• Detained Georgia veteran deserves to stay in US after serving country, fiancee says
• Authorities monitor online criticism of New Orleans immigration crackdown
• Nebraska lawmaker was twice denied entry to McCook ICE jail, calls it law violation
• White House manipulate clip of Sabrina Carpenter for new ICE video
• DHS inks Boeing contract to create fleet of planes for deportations
• Iceland joins boycott of 2026 Eurovision over Israel's participation
• Zelenskyy ‘ready for elections’ after Trump questions Ukrainian democracy

Trump Boasts He Has Brought Down Price of Buying a President. - Andy Borowitz

Trying To Sweep The Boat Strikes Under The Rug BUT...

The Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee said he doesn’t see the need to further investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack on an alleged drug running vessel in September.

But committee members are still set to hear from the commander who ordered the strike and see the unedited video of the incident in the coming days.

Hegseth wrote a book in which he bragged about ignoring war crimes. I for one am shocked that Hegseth wrote a book. - Andy Borowitz

Never forget those days when our enemies attacked our nation: December 7, September 11 and January 6

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises ‘money to the people’
• GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick: Doing nothing on health care ‘not an option’
• Trump’s Latest Rant, Analyzed by AI: ‘Profound Narcissistic Vulnerability’
• Trump Jokes About Dying in a Plane Crash During Rough Ride on Air Force One
• Trump Wanders Through Bizarre Riff About Not Buying Pencils or ’37 Dolls’ Amid Affordability Crisis
• Trump Basks When Rally Fans Start Screaming ‘You Saved Us!’ — ‘I Love You!’
• Bill Maher Defends Bashing Jimmy Kimmel’s Wife for Trump Ultimatum to Her Family

I said this 8 years ago and I stand by it: Sarah Palin was the gateway idiot who led to Donald Trump. She lowered the bar flush to the ground and he oozed right under it.- Andy Borowitz

The Searches Alone Would Take Weeks, If Not Months, And Just WHO Is Going To Do This? Oh, AI?
The Trump administration has proposed a sweeping change that would require all foreign tourists to disclose up to five years of their social media history before they can travel to the United States, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.

We are living through the worst trifecta in U.S. history.

1. A corrupt President.

2. A corrupt Congress.

3. A corrupt Supreme Court. - Gramps

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Rock The Voter News

• Miami Elects Eileen Higgins, First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years, in Shocking Rejection of Trump-Backed Rival
• New Poll Reveals Clear Democratic Favorite in 2028 White House Race
• Zohran Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE
• Democrats, advocates slam Johnson after IVF expansion stripped from defense policy bill

DID YOU KNOW? Trump will be the first U.S. president to be buried in Moscow’s Red Square. - Andy Borowitz

RFK Jr. Is More Popular Than Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Trump administration’s controversial secretary of health and human services, has a surprisingly high approval rating among voters participating in a new poll...43% of those polled viewed him favorably, while just 40% viewed him unfavorably for a gap of 3% toward favorable.

Vance’s numbers were tied with 40% favorable and 40% unfavorable.

Trump, on the other hand, had a favorability rating of 45% and unfavorable rating of 49%.

White House Staff Startled to Find Trump Briefly Awake. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Americans expect medical costs to surge by more than 10% next year
• Trump: Netflix deal to acquire Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’
• Paramount Pictures X Account Hacked with ‘Fascist Regime’ Message
• Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
• Conservatives Who Called Al Jazeera ‘Terror TV’ Now Silent as Qatar Eyes CNN

Let me explain affordability to Trump: the country can’t afford another three years of you - Andy Borowitz

 

A Military Coup Is Unnecessary When There's A Media Coup!
Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery includes billions of dollars in funding from Middle East investors and Jared Kushner’s private equity firm, according to reports on Monday.

No matter how old you are, an empty Christmas paper wrapping tube is still fun to bonk someone on the head with.

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Update:

I ordered the concrete panels, delivery tomorrow. 👍

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Odd News

• Swiss researchers challenge assumptions about Neptune and Uranus
• Bundle up, leave the city and put away the phones. Here’s how to watch the Geminids, one of the year’s best meteor showers
• 83,427 cookies baked for world record attempt in Pittsburgh
• San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi
• SHOCK VIDEO: Heart-Stopping Clip Shows Plane Crash Landing on Car

Time To Deflate Photo

Essaouira Harbor, Morocco, on the North Atlantic Ocean.

Peace.

No new edition today. Mea culpa.

 Today was one of those days, topsy turvy.

There is so much going on around here. Fence work, a crazy chihuahua, housekeeper, a crazy chihuahua terrified of the vacuum, discussing plans for my addition, a crazy chihuahua wanting pets from the contractor. SO, my attention is stolen by all that's going on! 

Manana I will be going to Filidelfia to purchase the concrete panels I ordered. No chihuahua. Well, maybe.

At this point, I hope to be back on Wednesday, unless Trump blows up Central America. My neighbors go night fishing quite often and I worry. They don't. lol

10 years ago I did this...

See you asap!

Peace and Tacos!

US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say.

Lawrence O'Donnell: "Donald Trump will continue to talk about waging a Vladimir Putin-style invasion of Venezuela every day that Donald Trump's old friend, the sex trafficker and rapist Jeffrey #Epstein, continues to make life difficult for Donald Trump."

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Boat Attack Commander Says He Had To Kill 2 Survivors Because They Were Still Trying To Smuggle Cocaine
• Trump 'garbage' rhetoric about Somalis draws cheers from administration, silence from Republicans and alarm from critics
• NYC Deportations Ramped Up While Immigration Arrests Slowed, Latest Data Shows
• Trump’s ‘worst of worst’ ICE surge into cities nabbed thousands of migrants — less than 30 percent have criminal convictions
• Minnesota Somalis fearful but defiant after Trump insults, ICE surge
• San Diego’s Clergy Offer Solace to Immigrants—and a Shield Against ICE
• ICE is shattering DC’s promise of sanctuary
• Israel's cabinet approves 2026 budget with a hefty $35 billion for defence
• Unidentified drones breached Ireland's airspace during visit by Ukraine's Zelenskyy

BREAKING: A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he told reporters at the Pentagon. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.” - Andy Borowitz

FIFA Kisses The Trump Rump
Soccer’s biggest event is the Kennedy Center’s top billing Friday, with President Trump attending the final draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Before the draw began, FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded Trump with the world soccer organization’s inaugural peace prize.

I want to know how bankrupt one must be, financially or morally, to take a job hunting human beings like animals for a paycheck. - Rubia Garcia II

Republican Shenanigans

• Speaker Johnson pleads with Republicans to keep concerns private after tumultuous week
• Dan Bongino Stuns With Frank Admission on Fox News: ‘Says He Lied For Money’
• CNN Anchor Scolds Trump Fan ‘Chuckling’ At Mention of Rioters’ Anti-Jew Symbols
• JD Vance responds to rumors about his marriage and wife's missing ring
• ‘I Have Never Met a Faker Human’: Nick Fuentes Suggests ‘F*cking Liar’ Tucker Carlson Might Have Him Killed
• Erika Kirk Worries Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Win Indicates NYC Women Are ‘Relying on the Government’ to Support Them

How long will it take for Erika Kirk to be Dancing With The Stars? - Ellen Barkin

Trump keeps telling us how great he is but all I see is war crimes, grifting, expensive consumer food prices, and attacking his own citizens.

No greatness. - robert john anderson

Will The Files Be Released? Or Nah?

 A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury.

The law known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed last month by President Donald Trump. It compels the Justice Department, FBI and federal prosecutors to release by Dec. 19 the vast troves of material they have amassed during investigations into Epstein.

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Rock The Voter News

• New Democrats call on Hegseth to resign over Signal report
• House Democrats Urge Court to Reinstate DOJ ‘Peacemakers’ Office
• Grand jury declines 2nd attempt to indict Letitia James

The Indiana House has now passed a congressional map that wipes out every single Democratic seat, a full purge of representation, after direct pressure from Donald Trump.

This isn’t “redistricting.”

It’s political erasure.

And if Republicans get away with it in Indiana, Florida is next. - Brian Allen

Trump Is Smiling That His Plan Came To Fruition, Almost.
A January 6 Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump triggered fresh security fears in Washington D.C. after turning up near the home of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), prompting prosecutors to ask a federal judge to jail him immediately.

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Business/Tech News

• Scam robocall targets Walmart shoppers
• Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers
• Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users around world
• New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content

Republican billionaires now control every major social media platform, Fox News, CNN, WaPo, WSJ, CBS, and 200 local news stations in 100 markets.

They are creating a propaganda state that treats their misinformation as fact, and actual facts as conspiracies.

This is by design. - Melanie D'Arrigo

And The Firings Can Continue...

A federal appeals court on Friday found President Trump can fire leaders at two independent agencies without cause, ruling their removal protections unconstitutional. 

Epstein’s island wasn’t just remote — it was engineered to trap. A place built for the powerful’s pleasure, where victims felt they had no way out. Survivor Sarah Ransome even tried to swim for her life against deadly currents. - Tara Palmeri

Republicans’ new bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship would impact Melania and Barron Trump.

They are both citizens of Slovenia. - Brian Tyler Cohen

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Odd News

• Dinosaur highway with 16000 footprints found in Bolivia
• An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede
• Boy, 5, sneaks out alone for Chick-fil-A. His 1st question had police laughing.
• Lifeguards rescue dog swept out to sea by rip current off San Diego coast
• British man's garden shed hits a top speed of 123 mph

Time To Deflate Photo

Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Peace.