[the local rag reprints these two articles annually, and also too it is a solid cocktail fact that Moore's Manhattan estate was called Chelsea, which then gave its name to the neighborhood!]
This picture of Trump taking calls from children about Santa's arrival says a lot about the warmth of family togetherness on this Christmas. Trump told one little girl that she sounded "cute". Given the situation he finds himself in that seems less than wise.
Made eggnog, surviving the “tempering of the eggs.”
Cooling in the fridge now except the sample I poured off before chilling. Add Meyers dark rum and Bob’s yer Uncle. Merry Christmas fellow travelers. I hope you all get your stockings stuffed.
FOTUS brags that it's now safe to say Merry Christmas again since the GQP took over. Here is a video of that heathen Socialist Commie Obama berating Christmas over and over again during his presidency.
According to multiple sources familiar with internal discussions, a proposal is circulating that would rebrand U.S. post offices nationwide under a new name: Trump Delivers. The plan would reportedly leave the Postal Service’s operations, workforce, and infrastructure intact, while overlaying a new identity focused on “strength,” “branding,” and “leadership.”
Dinner has been et. Turkey, roast potatoes, carrots, green beans. Not that big a deal; I microwaved the mess. Didn't even have to cut a slit in the film cover. Now I'm sipping a glass of wine (riesling, made by a friend). Will have a panettone and (lightly) spiked coffee later, and the evening will end with a St. Bernardus Chrismas ale.
BTW, there was a wild turkey hanging around the parking lot behind the apartment bldg when I got home from work this afternoon......
Hooper, the Flying Turkey from Thanksgiving is going to be our Christmas cocktail. We just mixed up a sample batch, and it is very good. We do love a bourbon cocktail, and this one did not disappoint! Thank you, and happy, happy holidays.
NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility...https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-jazz-jam-canceled-e556b53085a483140436cfaa8b6f177f
King County sent me a Christmas bonus! $55 for a day of jury duty. (Never mind that I didn’t actually sit on a jury, I got booted by the prosecution in a peremptory strike, probably because I’m a damn liberal. A good day’s work!)
During the voir dire they kept asking me questions so I answered and said I thought the prosecution could be racist. So I probably put that seed in the mind of the rest of the jury. Public duty served.
Is the meter one two three four or one two three one two three one two three one two three?
reposting from earlier because
A) relevant to the day!
ii - I...got an updoot from 'Trix her own self on this :]
here is my leeeetle holiday contribution from my fucking charming town™
all about that one poem everyone knows, and a second, moar scholarly article investigating old claims of perrrrrrrrjury
https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/12/twas-the-night-before-christmas-and-its-ties-to-newport-ri/
and
https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/12/twas-the-night-before-christmas-helped-make-the-modern-santa-and-led-to-a-literary-whodunit/
[the local rag reprints these two articles annually, and also too it is a solid cocktail fact that Moore's Manhattan estate was called Chelsea, which then gave its name to the neighborhood!]
Yes, she's a republican, alright.
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/602369622_845966138181649_4350962093759460459_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=MppdrMNt5oAQ7kNvwGmKNUX&_nc_oc=Adl6rZ79Rvoli7ZQiNicBTTZBGI_6-kH-SWnh1vrl9Khj4_lkavie_oABOnNXa0zEAc&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&_nc_gid=de-47WncKlgw-aTjJive4g&oh=00_AflZMJm0PTVCyaEr2ArIXfxCh-9dcGBzQrcjiV22AUjK2A&oe=69525514
Too damned entirely accurate.
Until a brutal issue hits a Rethuglicon where it hurts that Rethuglicon will refuse to acknowledge that issue as a problem.
Christmas from Australia via Tim Michin.
White Wine in the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q&pp=ygUUdGltIG1pY2hpbiBjaHJpc3RtYXPSBwkJTQoBhyohjO8%3D
This picture of Trump taking calls from children about Santa's arrival says a lot about the warmth of family togetherness on this Christmas. Trump told one little girl that she sounded "cute". Given the situation he finds himself in that seems less than wise.
https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/u-s-president-donald-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-participate-in-norad-santa-tracker-phone-calls-on-christmas-eve-from.jpg?id=62630871&width=2400&height=1599
I want to know who did the normal Christmas decorations.
The immigrant staff at Mar-A-Lago.
Did he ask her what she was wearing?
Ha!
oof
Made eggnog, surviving the “tempering of the eggs.”
Cooling in the fridge now except the sample I poured off before chilling. Add Meyers dark rum and Bob’s yer Uncle. Merry Christmas fellow travelers. I hope you all get your stockings stuffed.
FOTUS brags that it's now safe to say Merry Christmas again since the GQP took over. Here is a video of that heathen Socialist Commie Obama berating Christmas over and over again during his presidency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y21cD1Yusag&pp=ygUab2JhbWEgc2F5cyBtZXJyeSBjaHJpc3RtYXM%3D
When was it ever not "safe" (whatever that means) to say Merry Christmas?
Since anything else was allowed to exist. These asshats made all that shit up.
When the GQP said that it wasn't safe, those poor victims.
Merry Xmas (eve) from Connecticut
https://substack.com/profile/157157200-aktlib101/note/c-191429178?r=2lkf9s&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
I saw one of those with a couple of giant inflated chickens in Santa suits.
Wow. That's...a lot.
The shitification of America continues.
According to multiple sources familiar with internal discussions, a proposal is circulating that would rebrand U.S. post offices nationwide under a new name: Trump Delivers. The plan would reportedly leave the Postal Service’s operations, workforce, and infrastructure intact, while overlaying a new identity focused on “strength,” “branding,” and “leadership.”
what a pitiful shithead.
He's gonna piss on everything, isn't he?
This is from The Onion, right?
No, it's real.
Please let it be The Onion.
This is fucking pathological polticization of an historical service.
Three more years of this self-obsessed, national integrity dismissed insanity is NOT remotely sustainable.
Gonna get really, really ugly when it implodes.
Is he going to read all our mail now? Monitoring text, voice and social media not enough?
We can look forward to coal-powered delivery trucks, no doubt.
Does this mean better service?
LOL.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/11/usps-black-middle-class-trump
The storm knocked my power out. I just hooked up the fridge to my battery.
shocking!
Please just keep yourself safe, comrade.
If it's cold enough outside just put perishables out on the back porch and preserve your battery power, comrade.
Having lived in the too often bitterly cold Pacific northwest I've learned a few tricks along the way.
Oh crimony! Yipes!
Hope it is not hurt and its health improves.
Dinner has been et. Turkey, roast potatoes, carrots, green beans. Not that big a deal; I microwaved the mess. Didn't even have to cut a slit in the film cover. Now I'm sipping a glass of wine (riesling, made by a friend). Will have a panettone and (lightly) spiked coffee later, and the evening will end with a St. Bernardus Chrismas ale.
BTW, there was a wild turkey hanging around the parking lot behind the apartment bldg when I got home from work this afternoon......
Henlo!
Bird had Beyond Steak for dinner. It's made out of beans. So I guess I had beans. :)
At 6:00, I'm going to take a short bike ride. At 7:00, I'm going to church.
Peace, respect, and joy to everyone this year. Whether you are a nonbeliever or not.
I have a lot of friends here, and I enjoy everyone's company. :)
How is the beyond steak?
I am a nonbeliever, but I have no problem wishing you a Merry Christmas.
Remember: Axial tilt is the reason for the season!
Hooper, the Flying Turkey from Thanksgiving is going to be our Christmas cocktail. We just mixed up a sample batch, and it is very good. We do love a bourbon cocktail, and this one did not disappoint! Thank you, and happy, happy holidays.
No jazz at the K̶e̶n̶n̶C̶e̶n̶ Diminished Capacity Center tonight...
𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility...https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-jazz-jam-canceled-e556b53085a483140436cfaa8b6f177f
Merry Christmas you kids!
Aaaaand he was summarily named a terrorist
Oh no! And Donald Trump LOVES jazz! RaDiCaL LeFt LuNaTiCs strike again!
Radical Conflicted Leftist Marxist Commie Antifa Cancel Culture!!!111!!!1!!!
This is awesome.
The country needs WAY more actions like this!
Thank you Chuck.
chuck redd, i applaud you for your goddamn fucking decency and courage to do the right thing.
i'm still clapping...
No sweat, they'll get a DJ.
Maybe Dear Leader will DJ himself!
As well it should have been, respected artistic committee.
Thanks Chuck!
(much respect!)
I'm tired. Taking a quick break.
Still need to bake one last batch of cookies tonight and make a pot roast tomorrow.
Somehow my mother turned a relaxing Xmas day into a part family/friends dinner at my place.
She's still sly as a fox at 97 that woman.
King County sent me a Christmas bonus! $55 for a day of jury duty. (Never mind that I didn’t actually sit on a jury, I got booted by the prosecution in a peremptory strike, probably because I’m a damn liberal. A good day’s work!)
They give us cash money when we show up, which is nice.
Were you wearing your WONKETTE T-Shirt?
As a Washingtonian, you are welcome for your pittance. I figure I contributed a penny for your big pay-out.
Ahem; that is "...to", not "...for".
I’ll cherish that penny, Paul!
Take the $$$ and run.
During the voir dire they kept asking me questions so I answered and said I thought the prosecution could be racist. So I probably put that seed in the mind of the rest of the jury. Public duty served.
You earned EVERY damned dime of your remittance, respected comrade.
You did your duty and set an example for us all.
Woo Hoo Hoo