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December 29, 2021

Sunrise — 7:18, 7:20, 7:25, 7:36.

Talk about whatever you like in the comments.

19 comments:

Scot said...: Welcome back Sunrise!

I see Cumulus & Cirrus making nice again.; 12/29/21, 5:35 PM
rcocean said...: The icy fingers of winter.
A bleak December landscape; 12/29/21, 5:56 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Via Insta: Twitter’s censorship axe fell on Dr. Robert Malone today. (mandate critic) “The thought police said ‘looks like you have too much to think.'”

Link to his substak; 12/29/21, 6:08 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I tried to post that to r/censorship - they censored it 😊; 12/29/21, 6:09 PM
gilbar said...: HERE'S my discussion question:

You have to choose one, which would you choose A Scapegoat? Or a Sacrificial Lamb?
If you give it some thought; it's a tough choice

Sure, If you're the Scapegoat... You get to Escape! You LIVE!
BUT! you get to live in the wilderness, with the lions and tigers and bears
And They All LOVE goat!!
So you Live; but kicked out of town, no friends, no flock mates... just Cold sand and predators

If you're the Sacrificial Lamb; Sure, you Are DEAD... But, you died for a good cause
BUT! the Scapegoat is pretty darned important too!

I'm thinking biblical but feel free to use your on concepts of Scapegoats and Sacrificial Lambs

In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of two kid goats. As a pair, one goat was sacrificed (not a scapegoat) and the living “scapegoat” was released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities; 12/29/21, 6:33 PM
gilbar said...: i've always thought being the Scapegoat would be cool!; 12/29/21, 6:35 PM
Gospace said...: A fight almost broke out tonight where my better half and I went out to eat. We were seated at the booth along the wall near the end of the bar- a male Karen was in the next booth. A lady standing at the bar walked over maskless (gasp) to a nearby booth where she recognized a friend. Karen said "You should get your mask on!" For an 8 ft walk. Needless to say- this irritated the woman who told him- loudly - to mind his own business. My better half high fived her as we she walked back to the bar. And the idiot didn't shut his trap. You know, when a gaggle of of women are out drinking together- bad idea to piss them off. Shortly thereafter I paid our check and my wife and I departed. Maskless from the table to the exit. I smiled at Karen as I walked by. He didn't say anything...

Third Karen encounter of the day. First at a specialty store. Asked to put a mask on. I said very loudly- "Sure thing. I'll put on a useless mask to protect all the vaccinated here from getting a disease I don't have. I'll be happy to." Second at a meat market. I walked in maskless and the guy at the counter which held the tenderloin tips I went in to purchase asked me to don a mask. Same reply. And when I got to the checkout Karen was there loudly complaining to the security guard that he wasn't detaining maskless people walking in! Not his job- and he probably wants to go home to see his kids after shift instead of his wife getting a phone call he's in critical condition... Lots of people were walking in maskless.

It didn't work the first time, or the second, but masking edicts are here again. Dictatorial edicts, not laws properly debated and passed. The CDC has now actually admitted cloth masks are useless, and the general attitude of anyone capable of proper risk assessment is "F--- Hochul!" And all the other dictators ordering people around lawlessly. The people mindlessly obeying and demanding security guards detain the maskless would happily turn over Jews to the Gestapo- because the government declared it to be right.; 12/29/21, 7:11 PM
madAsHell said...: Spoiler Alert!!!!

We watched "No Time To Die" on Christmas Eve. Let me make this short.......the DB5 is back, and bad ass as ever.; 12/29/21, 7:24 PM
Big Mike said...: More information has come out about the Karen on the Delta flight who had to be led away from the plane by the FBI after assaulting a man who was eating dinner due to his not wearing a mask (he was, but it was below his chin because he was eating).

What I have read is that she was returning to her seat from a restroom but her way back to the seat was blocked by the flight attendants with a serving cart. The Karen was advised to take an empty seat until the flight attendants had moved far enough to give her a path to her seat. The Karen demanded to know "What am I? Rosa Parks?" Whereupon the man told her "You are not black. This is not Alabama. And we are not on a bus." And that's when she lost it, hitting him and spitting on him and demanding that he mask up (though she herself was wearing her mask below her chin).

I've never met the gentleman; I don't even know his name. But if I did know him, I'd buy him a drink. As for the Karen, I hope she gets a long sentence. Life without parole would be ideal, but probably outside the sentencing guidelines.; 12/29/21, 7:25 PM
Scot said...: @gilbar

I choose to be Isaac.; 12/29/21, 8:26 PM
gilbar said...: Isaac Would be the best, IF you were given that option; 12/29/21, 8:45 PM
Kay said...: I don’t know what it is, but the posts on this blog have been exceptionally great for the past three months or so. Great way to close out the year imo.; 12/29/21, 9:12 PM
Achilles said...: So if you want to know what is coming next look up NFT's.

Non Fungible Tokens.

The dollar is going to zero. Fiat currency is going to be dead because it is controlled by idiots.

Sidus Heroes for example is an MMO that sells 2 kinds of tokens. One allows you to vote on how the game is run. The other allows you to buy and sell items in the game.; 12/29/21, 9:56 PM
Owen said...: Great pics, esp. #3 with dog in mid-foreground. At least I think it's the dog. The poodle-y mixed breed you've been featuring lately?

It also looks cold. I am guessing 10 F or so?; 12/29/21, 10:26 PM
madAsHell said...: Hey!! Has anyone seen the "Get Back" video on Disney+? The trailers are compelling. What's the financial commitment??; 12/29/21, 10:45 PM
StephenFearby said...: Times of London
December 30 2021

Gender code akin to 1984, Harry Potter creator JK Rowling says

Rowling has faced a backlash from trans activists and former supporters who have labelled her a bigot

Sex, not gender identity, should be at the heart of laws to protect women, JK Rowling has said, denying that her views are motivated by transphobia.

The creator of Harry Potter spoke as it was reported that Scotland’s police watchdog had been asked to investigate a policy of allowing people accused of rape to self-identify as women.

Gary Ritchie, an assistant chief constable at Police Scotland, was criticised this month after he told Kenny MacAskill, the former justice secretary, that a rapist could be recorded as a woman “where a person born male but who identifies as female and does not have a gender recognition certificate”.

Rowling compared the policy to George Orwell’s book 1984. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You is a Woman,” she tweeted.

She clarified her stance yesterday, writing: “Using the words ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ interchangeably obscures the central issue of this debate.”

From the Comments Section:

Posted on Twitter:

@guardian
What’s the funniest thing you saw on the internet in 2021?

Cheryl Kerkin #freelatifa
@CherylKerkin

The funniest thing wld be the @Guardian, in our brave new Orwellian world of Newspeak, cancelling Person of the Year bcos #JKRowling was winning by miles. Thereby making her Unperson of the Year. What dark turns our media are taking. #Istandwithjkrowling

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Good News World
Guardian’s ‘Person of the Year’ poll stopped after JK Rowling took the lead

An online poll conducted by the fierce left Guardian The newspaper seeking nominations for “Person of the Year” was turned off, prompting speculation that it was shutting down when author JK Rowling took the lead.

The poll was launched on December 15 and asked a simple question: “Who would be your Person of the Year 2021, and why?” It can be found here.

It was no longer live on Wednesday, casting conjectures from a number of sources that the fact that author JK Rowling was such a dominant choice that the outlet had no choice but to stop accepting nominations.

It still exists but comes with the caveat This form has been deactivated and is closed to all further submissions.

https://goodwordnews.com/guardians-person-of-the-year-poll-stopped-after-jk-rowling-took-the-lead/; 12/30/21, 4:04 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: What's the likelihood we'll find out who the Epstein/Maxwell clients were?; 12/30/21, 4:43 AM
Big Mike said...: @exhelodrvr1, you have a better chance winning PowerBall and MegaMillion on the same day.; 12/30/21, 7:05 AM
Joe Smith said...: Clouds in number one are very Van Gogh-ish...; 12/30/21, 5:37 PM