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R. Riddle's avatar

It's the co-conspirators we meet along the way that help us appreciate the Epstein files.

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Randy Bender's avatar

Now including the FBI & DOJ : )

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

Good morning!

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The Wanderer's avatar

Morning, Birb!

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The Wanderer's avatar

Saw a headline from Fox 'News,' so I didn't bother to read the article. However, the teaser said that VP Couchfucker joined in some training with the Navy SEALs yesterday. No idea how long he 'participated' before tapping out, but the SEALs remarked that they "went easy" on him.

One wonders just how far they dumbed down their training to fit the stupid bastard's level.

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TerseNurse friend: laptop in the shop and awaiting delivery of new phone also; replying here as I can’t retrieve DMs on half-broke-ass phone. Things have been better, but not as wretched as they were last month. Thanks for checking, dear good human. ♥️

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Holly - Yep it's me's avatar

Happy Christmas Eve Wonks.

Now that I have that outta my system....What the absolute fuck?!?! Our fantastically brilliant most awesome brainiac's at the DOJ have no idea how Adobe Acrobat works? The intertubes is screaming at me this morning the redactions can be un-redacted with a simple copy/paste? These chucklefucks are either the dumbest fucks to ever walk the earth...OR...there is NO OR!

I have to believe The Universe is handing us one hell of an early Christmas present. Keep bein' stupid you stupid fucking fucks. It's a real hoot now ain't it?

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jltympanum's avatar

And this is not the first time un-redactable redactions have been in the news. I would say these chuckleheads should have learned their lesson from that, but they are incapable of learning anything so I won't.

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

I was wondering if this would be the case. I was too lazy to look into it.

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Noma Larkey's avatar

Karma works in mysterious ways.

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The Wanderer's avatar

"For the stupidity of our enemies, Allah make us truly thankful, amen."

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WasX's avatar

🦌🐈‍⬛🦄🐻🐾🐾

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Shocktreatment's avatar

It's Christmas Eve? 𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?

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The Wanderer's avatar

I know, right?

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Holly - Yep it's me's avatar

NO!! My mistake. It's still weeks away. Now go back to sleep and I'll wake you back up in time to open your presents.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Thank you. I thought that I might have to get moving...

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Garbageman's avatar

Good morning!

Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic

"I would like a December

with Christmas lights off

and people's lights on."

-Bukowski

https://xcancel.com/OutlawsPoetic/status/2003607209306194123

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

And the curtains open! (I am nosy.)

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The Wanderer's avatar

Well, I'll have had my tea, so some cereal for breakfast, I wot.

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴.

𝗖𝗧, 𝗡𝗬, 𝗥𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗔 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱

https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/government/ct-ny-ri-and-ma-governors-issue-statement-on-offshore-wind-242111/

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Baseless, reckless and erratic action is the 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥...

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Bobathonic's avatar

How dare you defy the king!

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VaselineHabits's avatar

Mommy and Daddy need a divorce because mom is sane and dad's not.

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PrimerGray's avatar

Come on, NYT Spelling Bee. “Raping” is not in your word list? It’s an ugly word, but it’s still a word and a moderately common one at that. On the other hand, “dildo” you have no problem with and I commend you. I even get mild amusement at the “Nice!” which appears briefly when you spell that one.

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The Wanderer's avatar

There's a medieval fig spread called rape (pronounced 'rah-pay' or 'ray-pee'). I had thought about making it for NYE to go with some Brie.

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jltympanum's avatar

Fun fact: "canola" oil (which you buy at the supermarket) is a renaming (for marketing purposes) of rapeseed oil.

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JCfromNC's avatar

I've seen that word blocked on other word games as well.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Reading the word or any of its variations is a well known cause of the crime...

SCIENCE! strikes again.

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tek's avatar

How about "appeasement" ...

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Shaving with a hangover, possibly before even being adequately sober...

Definitely not the voice of experience, just a thought...

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The Estivating Hibernian's avatar

Ah, the mismatched sideburns at the easter egg roll.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Don't tell anyone, but God he is handsome. Too bad everything else about him makes my insides curdle.

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Ya like that 50's greasy kid stuffs in the hair look?

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tek's avatar

I dunno, he looks like a douchebro insurance salesman to me..

But I'm a guy, so..

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The Wanderer's avatar

He looks like what I imagine the asshole who texts me wanting to know if I'm interested in selling my house.

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3hEdited

Used car lot salesperson.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

My type...

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

Not mine, but I've got more embarrassing similar examples.

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JCfromNC's avatar

I won't hold it against you. If I knew nothing about him and someone showed me a photo and asked me to rate his looks, I'd probably have to admit he's fairly handsome.

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tek's avatar

Hey, we don't kink shame here ;)

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Craig Nixon's avatar

But if anyone starts talking about how hot Guilfoyle is, we will have found the line.

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Another "Pay to Play" move by Orangini

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗛-𝟭𝗕 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visas-trump-amazon-application-immigration-tech-f32f3f07b286181c0e37b34ab04005fc

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tek's avatar

He's trying really really hard to fuck EVERYTHING up.

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tehbaddr's avatar

I honestly think it's his incompetence and grifting along with The Heritage Foundation's "Tear It All Down" plan.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

At this point, who would want to come, and to pay so much for the "privilege"?

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

The companies will pay ... since the US education system isn't graduating enough engineers. It's just another opportunity to bribe people. I do wonder what the dipshit is going to do with all this money ... I mean, he's due to drop dead any day now ...

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Companies may be willing to pay, but will they get any takers?

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oblivias's avatar

I think I'm about as organized as can be for Christmas. Dinner tonight is lasagna bolognese. It's all assembled and sitting on the counter ready to be baked whenever we get hungry. For tomorrow, I'm going to make the cherry pie and the batter for Yorkshire pudding today. Also, I'll make the Bordelaise sauce today Don't see much point in killing myself at the last minute making a sauce that doesn't rely on pan drippings. Everything else I can do tomorrow. The rib roast is dry brining now in the fridge. Breakfast tomorrow is simple: smoked salmon, blinis, creme fraiche, shallots and capers with champagne, of course. Cleanup courtesy of Mr. O. I have plenty if anyone wants to stop by.

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

Oh crud, I need broccoli for chicken puffs! (I made and froze lasagna last week, but then my soul mate had a heartburn attack and crossed tomato sauce off the list.)

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

We're having stouffer's lasagna from a box.

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JCfromNC's avatar

I've got my leftover shepard's pie and the fixin's for an instant pot pot roast if I want something slightly different. :-) Plus my local Chinese restaurant sent out an email reminding us that they'll be open over Xmas, so I can always have that instead.

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𝕺𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉's avatar

How about pictures for those of us who may not be able to make it?

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oblivias's avatar

There will be pictures.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Well, at least Dipshit hasn't fucked up NORAD's Santa Tracker this year, but there is always next year.

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tek's avatar

Sherman, set the wayback machine to 2018!

𝑊𝐴𝑆𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑇𝑂𝑁 – 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 7-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟-𝑜𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑠, 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 “𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙” 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙.

"𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎?" 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 "𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟," 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑. "𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑡 7, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?" 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑.

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Saviour of Bread's avatar

Ah Xmas has started. The Mem and her dad are bickering over whether to make mulled cider or Bloody Marys tonight. And no autocorrect, there should not be an apostrophe in Marys.

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𝕺𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉's avatar

Tell them to make both. Silent night, heavenly peace.

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Saviour of Bread's avatar

I have a box of Dutch supermarket pinotage to see me through.

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Saviour of Bread's avatar

Forty years practice.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Well, fuck, today sucks for people like me who HAVE to go to work, but it's only a half day, so not so bad. Still, lots to do. Christmas presents must be opened first, then making lasagna to feed 50 local unhoused people, and then my needle exchange route after that. Are banks open today? I could finally get my name changed on my bank account. That would be a nice present to myself.

I did in fact close on MY condo yesterday, so that's all done. Whew, what a relief. Finally. What will I inundated you with next? Probably grumbles about painting my bathrooms. I hope to get the cutting in done in both on Friday, then the rolling next Tuesday and Wednesday. Then it will just be a matter of the floors which I'll be pressuring my friend to get done ASAP so I can absolve him on the money he owes me. He has no idea I'm planning to do that, but I know owing me stresses him out. It will be a great surprise!

This year I got a birdhouse to put in the white elephant exchange (which I have managed not to call the "white santa" exchange thus far). I'm hoping it will catch someone's eye and get stollen at least once.

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tehbaddr's avatar

I am in till 6 PM! On the eve of one of the most holy days of the year, Saturnalia!

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JCfromNC's avatar

Banks should be open, it's not a federal holiday and they have to be open if the Fed's open.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Going to stop off this AM.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Back in the 80s, when I worked at a bank, banks were open on Christmas Eve, and at our bank, we got Christmas Day and the day after off, which was nice.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I so need to get this done, it's the LAST THING.

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JCfromNC's avatar

I too shall be working every day this week. I took the T-day vacation days plus an extra to go visit with the wife, so my coworker is getting the three Xmas days off. I think I might just take all of next week off, since otherwise I'd only work a single day if I took my 3 Xmas days plus New Year's.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I've got JUST ENOUGH vacation time to keep me off until next Friday. Stinks going back on a Friday, but I'm also glad I'll be able to knock out a few things before what will be a busy Monday.

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Saviour of Bread's avatar

Living the dream.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Basically. I know everyone is just DYING to live in "affordable" condos.

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

I thought all condos were luxury condos. That's the only kind I can find.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Yeah, even though there's a cracked up tennis court here, I don't think these were ever "luxury."

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The Wanderer's avatar

Daily Kaboom is interesting stuff today! We start with this; the question had been "How was Ukraine able to slip a submarine drove into Novorossisk harbor? Well, now we know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BBgHwqyS7o

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