A Silly Thing

Wait for it.

Wait for it... pic.twitter.com/hg68cx390d

— Joe Bloggs (@joebloggs8040) December 24, 2016

Today's Tweet

Just in case you still think Assange is some kind of truth-teller... https://t.co/OP3eCWnIr8 pic.twitter.com/MBdjhAqicJ

— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) December 25, 2016

It seems it's never what it seems. 

Snow Play

Equal Rights Now

hat tip = @rmurwin

Winning At A Very Steep Price

He says near the end of the interview that the best thing the Bushies did was to split and give him the room to get his thing going, so I don't see him doing it, but I'd dig the fuck outa Obama becoming the Troll In Chief, making life miserable for Trump.

Lost Another Good One

I was never a big fan - except for Kissing A Fool (that's one of the all-time great tunes) - but George Michael died yesterday and there just has to be a place on the short list for this one great album from way back in 1990.

PS) The Boomer Death Wave is underway now - we can expect 2 million of us to die every year for the next 10-20 years.

Fuck your bucket list - get out there and do shit.

On Swamps And Alligators

It's hard to miss Gingrich's deft use of the passive voice. He is a master at getting the listener to think he's just talking about stuff in very general non-threatening terms, and that he's far above any of the mundane power-grubbing shenanigans that go on down there in the swamp.

And that's what Trump needs him for - Newt's role is to teach the Trumpkinites all the Media Relations tricks they need to normalize the shit storm.

The point that really stands out for me: Gingrich saying Trump can use a very broad application of the Presidential Pardon in order to get around the fact that he plans on ordering people to do things that're obviously illegal.

Let that one percolate for just a bit.

The bearer has done what was done in the name of the king and for the good of the state. --Richelieu

I guess when Newton Leroy Gingrich read The Three Musketeers, he concluded that Cardinal Richelieu was the good guy(?)

We are so fucked.

Today's GIF

@StreetArt360

Today's Tweet

Playing with my Christmas present. pic.twitter.com/7YcS4WvfD4

— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) December 25, 2016

Today's Quote

Carl Paladino's 2017 Wish List (partial)

1. Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford. He dies before his trial and is buried in a cow pasture next to Valerie Jarret, who died weeks prior, after being convicted of sedition and treason, when a jihady cell mate mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her.

2. Michelle Obama. I’d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.

So, I guess that's another shining example of Middle Class Economic Angst that Hillary failed so miserably to address(?)

Yeah But It's Christmas

Today is a very special day for me, but that doesn't mean I stop thinking.

When your theism is outwardly silent, my atheism will be as well. Merry Christmas.

Today's Tweet

Pushing Back

THE SG UPDATED CONFIRMED LIST: https://t.co/4TYRUOj9sv
THE SG FAQ: https://t.co/wfSUQBjOgj
REMOVE ADS YOURSELF: https://t.co/V4V8qWyyv3 pic.twitter.com/JszlNFryKY

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 16, 2016

On Christmas Day In The Mornin'

Cat Lord does not suffer fools. Maintain proper feline decorum or be punished.

This Cat does not have time for your bullshit pic.twitter.com/A26BeQ8Gnr

— Aaron Vallely (@Vallmeister) December 24, 2016

Christmas Pix

Celebrity Apprentice - White House Edition

The Professional Left

Today's Tweet

If 'Happy Holidays' makes you angry it's time to explore the difference between 'Christian' and 'Christian Supremacist.'

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 23, 2016

Rachel

Maddow: The president making policy happens whenever the president speaks on a national security matter. https://t.co/Dd7sd2TZnc

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 23, 2016

So, Conway tries mightily to gloss it over but ends - as she always does - by saying, "Oops, Mr Trump didn't really mean that..."  Which I'm sure will come as a great relief to all of us as we try to dig out from under the steaming pile of Trump's awesomeness.

For Christmas

This Time Of Year --Etta James

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas --Brooklyn Duo

Silent Night / Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis --Tom Waits

Such A Night --Aaron Neville
Waltz Of The Flowers --Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Winter Song --Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson

Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy --Pentatonix

Waiting --Calum Graham

White Winter Hymnal --Pentatonix

I'll Be Home For Christmas --Rascal Flats
O Come O Come Emmanuel --The Piano Guys

Questions --Tommy Emmanual

The Christmas Song --Pentatonix

Thanksgiving --George Winston
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring --Leo Kottke
O Holy Night --Dublin Gospel Choir

People Get Ready --Eva Cassidy

Arabian Dance --Adam Kossler

The Atheist Christmas Carol --Vienna Teng

This Is My Wish / Let There Be Peace On Earth --Voctave

Today's Quote

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing. 

--Sylvia Plath

Hope's Fading Glimmer

From The Independent:

Donald Trump’s inauguration line-up has become a joke, with no big-name stars accepting his invitation to play the esteemed gig (tickets for which cost $350).

Previously, it was revealed Elton John, country star Garth Brooks, and opera singer Andrea Bocelli had all turned down the President-elect’s celebratory bash.
We can now add Celine Dion of decliners. According to The Wrap, Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn promised Trump the "Power of Love” singer would make an appearance, but failed to deliver.

So far, it has been confirmed that 16-year-old Jackie Evancho, an America’s Got Talent contest, will play the “Make America Great! Welcome Celebration”.

I've always tho't there must surely be something redeeming about Celine Dion, but I could never find it - but hey, maybe that's it.