Merry Christmas! Hope you had a good one.....
Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, declared defeat late Monday as it became clear that his weeklong campaign to force Harvard president Claudine Gay to resign had failed. Harvard’s governing board announced on Tuesday morning that it stood firmly behind its leader, though it added that her response to the Hamas terror attacks on Israel had fallen short. https://nymag.com/
One Friday morning in November, a handful of Joe Biden’s top aides gathered in a Sheraton conference room in Chicago. Alumni of Barack Obama’s first presidential bid had descended on the city to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his 2008 victory, and now, after a night of partying, more than 100 of them had rolled out of bed to hear the Biden campaign’s leaders detail the effort to get the president a second term.
And why shouldn’t the rule of law apply to everybody?
Yes, the courts are doing what the Democrats refuse to do, hold Trump accountable. Not that I expect the Supreme Court to take the side of Colorado, not after what happened back in 2000, when the election was handed to Bush.
Then again, Gore conceded. Isn’t that the issue, that Trump never conceded, that he refused to accept the results of the election?
How does that work in regular life? Do you lose the World Series and say you won? Do you get fired from your job and say you still work there? Talk about topsy-turvy, just because someone says something that does not make it true. Then again, that’s how much the MAGA people hate the liberals. But the liberals are told not to hate the MAGAs.
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it is time for the Biden administration to give Israel more than just gentle nudges about how it would be kind of, sort of nice if Israel could fight this war in Gaza without killing thousands of civilians.
It’s time for the U.S. to stop wasting time searching for the perfect U.N. cease-fire resolution on Gaza.
It’s time for the U.S. to tell Israel that its war’s aim of wiping Hamas off the face of the earth is not going to be achieved — at least not at a cost that the U.S. or the world will tolerate, or that Israel should want.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/
Herewith, then, some of the unpleasant, brutal truths we need to face in 2024.
Donald Trump is likely to be the next president of the United States.
If the presidential election were held today, Donald Trump could very well win it. Polling from several organizations shows him gaining ground on Joe Biden, winning five of six swing states and drawing the support of about 20 percent of Black and roughly 40 percent of Hispanic voters in those states.
For some liberal observers, Mr. Trump’s resilience confirms that many Americans aren’t wedded to democracy and are tempted by extreme ideologies. Hillary Clinton has described Mr. Trump as a “threat” to democracy, and Mr. Biden has called him “one of the most racist presidents we’ve had in modern history.”
"I can’t talk for the Republicans, but as a former democrat and a now independent I think It’s not Trump’s appeal that put him in the White House . It is that the democrats keep trying to choose the candidate themselves and not allow the people to choose. The DNP engineered a way for Hilary to become the candidate while most people wanted Bernie and started this whole mess to begin with. Now despite no one wanting Biden to run again and numerous polls showing he will lose and lose badly against Trump they insist on letting him run. Trump will win and will win easily because many people will stay home in November. Only the rich have done better under a Biden presidency. His weak or rather non existent leadership on Israel has turned off young and minority voters. People are hurting in this country and all he can talk about is Ukraine and Israel. Say what you will about the Republicans but they let everyone battle it out and support the candidate their voters choose."
Before he began receiving expensive gifts and luxury vacations from Harlan Crow and other conservative benefactors, Clarence Thomas reportedly expressed significant concerns about his financial situation—even prompting concerns from a Republican lawmaker more than 20 years ago that he might resign from the Supreme Court if he could not boost his salary.
If this was in English, it would be the talk of the town, one of, if not the biggest show of the holiday season. As it is, it’s number 5 on Netflix right now, and I recommend it.
“The Golden Hour” is a Dutch show and you won’t know what is going on at first, then it will become clear, and then you’ll think it’s just another genre piece, a well-done imitation of an American production, but at the end you’ll think it’s better than that.
Netflix is killing its competitors. And it’s down to one thing and one thing only, product. The rest of the services don’t have enough. Disney thought its brand was sufficient, that if you added new “Star Wars” productions to children’s fare it’d be must-see TV.
https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/A woman goes into Bass Pro Shop to buy a rod and reel for her grandson's
birthday. She doesn't know which one to get so she just grabs one and goes over to the counter.
A Bass Pro Shop associate is standing there wearing dark shades. She says, "Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?"
He says, "Ma'am, I'm completely blind; but if you'll drop it on the counter, I can tell you everything from the sound it makes."
She doesn't believe him but drops it on the counter anyway.
He says, "That's a six-foot Shakespeare graphite rod with a Zebco 404 reel and 10-LB. test line. It's a good all around combination and it's on sale this week for only $20.00."
She says, "It's amazing that you can tell all that just by the sound of it dropping on the counter. I'll take it!" As she opens her purse, her credit card drops on the floor.
"Oh, that sounds like a Master Card," he says.
She bends down to pick it up and accidentally farts. At first she is really embarrassed, but then realizes there is no way the blind clerk could tell it was she who tooted. Being blind, he wouldn't know that she was the only person around.
The man rings up the sale and says, "That'll be $34.50 please."
The woman is totally confused by this and asks, "Didn't you tell me the rod and reel were on sale for $20.00? How did you get $34.50?"
He replies, "Yes, Ma'am. The rod and reel is $20.00, but the Duck Call is $11.00 and the Bear Repellent is $3.50."
Today's compilation jokes This says it all…. Pythagoras’ Theorem.…………………………24 words. The Lord’s Prayer……………………………………66 words. Archimedes’ Principle…………………………………67 words. The Ten Commandments……………………………….179 words. The Gettysburg Address………………………………………286 words. The US Declaration of Independence………………………..1,300 words. The US Constitution with all 27 Amendments……………………7,818 words. EU Regulations on the sale of Cabbages……………………………………26,911 words Impossibilities in the world. 1. You can’t count your hair. 2. You can’t wash your eyes with soap. 3. You can’t breathe when your tongue is out. Put your tongue back in your mouth you silly person. Ten (10) things I know about you. 1. You are reading this 2. You are human. 3. You can’t say the letter ”P” without separating your lips. 4. You just attempted to do it. 6. You are laughing at yourself 7. You have a smile on your face and you skipped No. 5. 8. You just checked to see if there is a No. 5. 9. You are laughing at this because you are a fun loving person & everyone does it too. 10. You are probably going to send this on to see who else falls for it. You have received this e-mail because I did not want to be alone in the ‘idiot’ category. |
