Sick days

I have bronchitis. The doc wants me to rest through this 2nd round of antibiotics for 7 days. I agree as I feel lousy. At least I don't have COVID.

Watched the World Cup yesterday and afterwards checked Twitter and found that Elon Musk posted a photo of himself at the World Cup surrounded by Jared Kushner and many Saudis.

That inspired me...

 Here's hoping the Jan 6 committee throws the book at Trump!

See you later.

Peace.

TGIF

Federal investigators have accessed emails of Rep. Scott Perry, John Eastman and other Trump allies in 2020 efforts

Federal investigators have obtained access to several email accounts, a draft autobiography and other writings in which Republican Rep. Scott Perry, Donald Trump elections attorney John Eastman, and former Justice Department officials Jeffrey Clark and Ken Klukowski discussed the 2020 election, according to a newly released order in the DC District Court.

You know what would be a nice distraction from Elon?

Indictments. - KD tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• QAnon follower who chased officer on Jan. 6 gets 5 years
• 'I Can't Believe I'm Going to Jail for an NFT Salesman': Jan. 6 Rioter Seemingly Done with Trump After Announcement Flop
• US judge blocks Biden bid to end 'Remain in Mexico' policy

If George Soros bought Twitter and then promptly banned a bunch of Fox News reporters who were critical of him, I’m fairly certain Republicans would stop the rotation of the earth. - Jesse Coleman tweet

Aw, The Defense Dept. Only Gets $858 Billion This Year.

The Senate on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the $858 billion measure to President Biden’s desk for signature just before the year-end deadline.

The measure, formally known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, 83-11. 

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s plummeting poll numbers: “He’s looking like such a loser right now, we may have to start calling him Don Jr.”

Republican Shenanigans

• 'I Can't Do This Anymore': Steve Bannon Ridicules Trump's NFT Announcement, Says Those Involved 'Oughta Be Fired Today'
• Jimmy Kimmel Blasts Trump NFT Announcement: ‘It’s Like QAnon Meets QVC’
• Trump’s digital cards sell out within a day
• GOP Congressman Shrugs Off Trump’s ‘Major Announcement’ Disappointment: 'He Has a Huge Sense of Humor'
• Trump blasts polling that shows DeSantis surging: ‘Leading by a lot’ in ‘REAL POLLING’
• Inside the ugly fight to become the next Republican chair
• Tucker Carlson Claims Source Told Him CIA Was 'Involved' In JFK Assassination
• ‘Twitter Files’ fuel House GOP probes, censorship claims
• Elon Musk Ditches Interview When Reporter He Suspended from Twitter Asks Him About It
• ‘We Shelter the Ignorant, the Racist – Who Only Stoke Anger’: Kinzinger Torches His Own Party in Final Floor Speech

I liked twitter a lot better when people were suspended for inciting violent coups. - Liam Nissan

What Is Madison Cawthorn Doing? His Lawyers Want Their Money.

The lawyers that represented U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn during a legal challenge to his candidacy in the 2022 North Carolina Primary are now suing the congressman themselves.

The Bopp Law Firm filed a lawsuit on December 1, alleging Cawthorn has failed to pay $193,296.85 in legal fees and costs.

Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn are making fun of Trump’s trading cards. And it’s glorious. - ImSpeaking13 tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Pelosi Tells CNN Reporter at Lunch, ‘I Don’t Think We Should Talk About Him While We’re Eating’ When Asked About Trump
• Griner thanks Biden, says she’ll do ‘whatever I can’ to help bring Whelan and other Americans home
• House Democrats introduce legislation to bar Trump from office under 14th Amendment

Gee, I don’t remember President Obama selling Black Panther digital trading cards. - Captain Obvious tweet

Passing Sane Guns Laws Won't Work Without Sane Judges
An Oregon judge has blocked a gun control measure banning high-capacity magazines from taking effect while court battles over its constitutionality play out...“That the large capacity magazine bans promote public safety is mere speculation,” Raschio said in the ruling. “The court cannot sustain restraint on constitutional right on mere speculation that the restriction could promote public safety.” 

When the billionaire who founded and owned Little Caesars passed away, his family found out he was helping Rosa Parks pay her rent for years. He never told anyone, just did it.

I wish more billionaires would do that. - Tony Posnanski tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Trump fans who buy a $99 NFT of him as a superhero will be entered to win a 'priceless' meeting at Mar-a-Lago — but they'll have to cover their own travel and lodging expenses
• Mysterious company behind Trump's $99 trading cards has same address as his West Palm Beach golf club
• 'Impulsive and Unjustified': CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O’Sullivan
• Fox News Poll Shows 15-Point Swing in Unfavorability Rating of Twitter

All I want for Christmas is Donald Trump is prison and Elon Musk on Mars. - Mayo tweet

IMHO Childhood Vaccines Should Be Mandatory

A growing number of parents oppose requirements for routine vaccinations against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in order for children to attend school, according to a new survey released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The survey found 35 percent of parents of children under age 18 oppose school vaccine requirements, up from 23 percent in 2019.

From PBS, "In 1918, Henry Ford purchased his hometown newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. A year and a half later, he began publishing a series of articles that claimed a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America."

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Odd News

• Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant Leak
• Experimental Shock-Absorbing Material Can Stop Projectiles Traveling Over 3,000 MPH
• 2-year-old boy swallowed by hippo, man stones animal to save boy's life, police say
• iPhone helps save couple after car plunges 300 feet
• Missing U.S. college student located in Spain: "He is alive"
• British couple circle the globe on a tandem bike in 180 days

Time To Deflate Photo

New York City at night captured by the astronauts aboard the ISS. It's all gold and glittery.

Have a wonderful and peaceful weekend everybody.

Jeffrey Epstein Victim Said She Was Forced Into Threesome With Alan Dershowitz

Jeffrey Epstein Victim Said She Was Forced Into Threesome With Alan Dershowitz

A victim of multimillionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein says she was coerced into a threesome with Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz...

Ewww.

Newly unsealed documents from the Epstein files reveal that Alan Dershowitz did not in fact keep his underwear on. - BlackKnight10K tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Trump’s ‘major announcement’ tease is for release of digital card collection
• Washington state man indicted over threatening calls to members of Congress
• Jen Psaki Defends Brittney Griner Trade For ‘Merchant of Death’: He Only Had Six Years Left to Serve Anyway
• White House to resume program sending free COVID tests by mail
• Man opens fire on St. Louis KFC because they ran out of corn: report

If we stuffed Putin, Trump, Murdoch, and Musk in a rocket and launched it to Mars, the world would become an instantly better place. - TheUSASingers tweet

Republicans Want To Kill The Messenger

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) blocked the Press Freedom Act on the Senate floor on Wednesday as Democrats tried to fast-track passage of the bill that has already been approved by the House.

Sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the legislation would prohibit the government from forcing journalists and telecommunications companies to disclose certain information

What kind of sh*thole country allows an insurrectionist mob boss and confessed nuclear spy to run for any office at all. - Jeff Tiedrich tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Kevin McCarthy Dismisses CNN's Manu Raju for 'Inappropriate' Question About Struggling to Get Enough Votes to Become Speaker
• Megyn Kelly Calls Out Media Who Label Her a Conservative: 'I’m Not Political, I’m Independent'
• ‘Republicans Are Emasculated’: Rand Paul Furious Over Bipartisan Spending Deal, Says GOP Isn’t Fiscally Conservative
• Tucker Carlson  - Says 'Nazi Race Science' Is the Only Way California Can Prove Who Gets Reparations
• Giuliani should be disciplined over 2020 election case, ethics panel says
• Build the Wall blocks and Infowars whiskey: what the far right are gifting this Christmas
• ‘I Don't Have a Clue’: Fauci Puzzled By DeSantis Covid-19 Vaccine Investigation, Warns 'Politicizing' Has 'Cost Lives'
• Kevin McCarthy sidelined out of budget negotiations by GOP senators

Don’t forget that Kevin McCarthy ran unopposed for Speaker when John Boehner resigned. And Kevin lost. Unopposed. - Jeff Timmer tweet

McCarthy Is Really Stirring The MAGA Pot...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is taking public shots at Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) plan to pass an omnibus spending package before Christmas, fueling tensions between Senate and House GOP leaders.  

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Rock The Voter News

• US Senate works to pass spending bill to avert government shutdown
• ‘Three amigos’ lead House Democrats calling for Senate immigration bill
• John Boehner Cries While Telling Nancy Pelosi How Much His Daughters 'Admire' Her During Portrait Unveiling

Boehner chokes up while delivering remarks at Pelosi’s portrait unveiling.

“As the younger generation says, game recognizes game.”

More JFK Files To Be Released. No Word On His Missing Brain.
The National Archives will release a trove of formerly classified information about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including a lengthy CIA profile of killer Lee Harvey Oswald.

F*CK YES! Biden's proposed billionaire tax would slap Elon Musk with a tax bill of up to $50 billion dollars, at least 20% of his income including unrealized capital gains.

Who else thinks seriously rich assholes need to pay their fair share? - JoJoFromJerz tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Out-of-pocket health spending rises at highest rate since 1985
• Rachel Maddow’s Podcast ‘Ultra’ is Headed to Hollywood as Steven Spielberg Acquires Film Rights
• Musk Claims ‘Legal Action Is Being Taken’ Against 20-Year-Old Behind Jet-Tracking Account
• Musk cashes out another $3.6 bln in Tesla stock

The Twitter nightmare continues as Musk uses Tesla as his own ATM machine to keep funding the red ink at Twitter. - analyst Daniel Ives 

Most Americans Are On The Edge of Poverty

Sixty-three percent of U.S consumers reported living paycheck-to-paycheck last month, according to a new survey from PYMNTS and LendingClub. 

The findings come amid high inflation and housing costs, as many Americans tighten their purse strings to help make ends meet. 

Trains in  the USA versus Europe

Sandy Hook is so heart-breaking!  In 40 years of teaching, I never once worried about being murdered in my classroom!  My biggest threats were pink-eye and head lice!  Pink-eye 2, head lice 0.

What a world we live in!!!  - Dee

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Odd News

• Soyuz spacecraft docked to International Space Station springs ‘fairly significant’ coolant leak
• The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft
•  Iranian man named world's shortest at 2 feet, 1.6 inches
• Oldest known pair of jeans in the world sold for $114000
• 'He didn't want the salad though': Sneaky bear steals Chick-fil-A feast from front porch in Florida

Time To Deflate Photo

I am very impressed by this bird repurposing a rusted lantern. Life will find a way.

Peace.