Althouse: Sunrise — 6:58, 7:05, 7:09, 7:32, 7:40.

December 25, 2025

Sunrise — 6:58, 7:05, 7:09, 7:32, 7:40.

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you had a great day.

Write about anything you want in the comments.

ADDED: Can you see the pale disc of the sun to the right of the capitol dome? You have to look quite closely to see what was nicely visible "in person." Meade's video, one post down, shows what was there to be seen and what my photo barely records.

105 comments:

FullMoon said...: Nuance; 12/25/25, 7:27 PM
Jimmy said...: A very Merry Christmas to you and Meade, and to all on this wonderful blog.; 12/25/25, 7:44 PM
narciso said...: Thats a full color palette; 12/25/25, 8:00 PM
narciso said...: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=imeV5ckoO6A&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD; 12/25/25, 8:20 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/25/25, 8:23 PM
narciso said...: Eyal Yakoby on X: "Former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett just registered as a foreign agent for Qatar. He’s being paid $30K/month to convince Americans that Qatari universities don’t support Islamist extremism. https://t.co/78JPWAIw7S" / X https://share.google/Js2xXzqAXMDKq9FZH; 12/25/25, 8:25 PM
narciso said...: Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) / X https://share.google/RRbtMIRswV5lXGYgK; 12/25/25, 8:27 PM
narciso said...: They are relentless in their narrative pushing; 12/25/25, 8:28 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Good grief, Bill Bennett is still alive? He must be 1000 years old. Last time i read about him, he'd lost $millions gambling, after claiming to be some sort of "social conservative".

Maybe that's why he's still working a a lobbyist. The Mob doesn't believe in "Loan forgiveness".; 12/25/25, 8:32 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Was thinking about getting "Sling" for a couple days to watch the bowl games on New Years day. Then decided, I'm not going to give those bastards a cent. They bought up college bowls, put them behind a paywall, and everyone makes zillions. Disney, the College programs, and the advertisers.

And i'm supposed to pay for it. Screw that. I'll listen on the radio.; 12/25/25, 8:35 PM
narciso said...: X https://share.google/KLW2ezW4j1lOowDg4; 12/25/25, 8:36 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: And Merry Christmas. God bless us, everyone one.; 12/25/25, 8:36 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Even the stalkers.; 12/25/25, 8:37 PM
Eva Marie said...: Bennett is 82. Narciso thank you for the links. Especially the Zodiak. We just listened to the Connelly podcasts.; 12/25/25, 8:42 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Netflix, showing the first two NFL games today, is promoting CBS’s NFL coverage on Sunday—even playing CBS theme music.

This is pretty amusing in light of Netflix being in hot competition with CBS parent Paramount for Warner.; 12/25/25, 8:43 PM
narciso said...: You're welcome

One hopes for the incisive Inspiring but there is often too much tritpe like this

City of Minneapolis Says Plans for George Floyd Square Are Moving Forward – Twitchy https://share.google/nz6IvMRL6cRjqZ8Er; 12/25/25, 8:44 PM
narciso said...: Instead of reflecting on the damage they wrought fivd years ago; 12/25/25, 8:47 PM
Jupiter said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/25/25, 9:07 PM
Jupiter said...: I have been watching the progress of the "recycling" psychodrama. We are relatively fortunate, here in Pyongyang on the Willamette, in that we are only forced, by the moronic sub-humans on the City Council, to divide our garbage into two streams, "landfill" and "recycle". I understand some more advanced municipalities require three or four separate containers. Of course, the recycle container is larger than the landfill container, because you are supposed to recycle more than you send to the landfill.

Originally, the recycle container was for cardboard, paper, metal and plastic. All plastic. However, it turns out that the Chikes have stopped buying plastic garbage, and no one else ever bought plastic garbage, so now we are down to just milk jugs. That's the only plastic you can recycle, and if you put any other kind of plastic in the recycle bin, you get a nasty note, or a fine.

But the recycle bin is still twice the size of the garbage bin, even though you can't put anything in it. Presumably because, having concocted this absurd carnival of garbage, and having discovered that it is fundamentally dysfunctional, our Clown-Moron-Kings have washed their hands of the matter. They can't be bothered to worry about what we do with our trash. Just keep doing the stupid, pointless, inane things we told you to do before, back when we were interested. We're busy concocting new counter-realities with which to bedevil you.

So. At this point, the idiot criminals who devised this absurd rigamarole, have finally admitted that it is absurd. No one has any intention of "recycling" anything, and no one claims otherwise. But they still insist that we separate our garbage into two or three or four streams, before they toss it all in the landfill. Because it was never about anything except jacking us around, and making their criminals cronies rich. And the fact that the whole scam has been exposed doesn't lessen in the slightest their desire to jack their betters around, or the desire of their criminal friends to grift.; 12/25/25, 9:10 PM
Peachy said...: Jupiter. Yeah. yeah. We have strange recycling rituals. Most of it cannot be sold - because no one wants it. You see - no one washes out the old milk jugs - and the Chikes don't want our smelly un-rinsed science experiments.

(chikes - is that chi coms?) lol

Oh but there is this!; 12/25/25, 9:18 PM
Peachy said...: I sped-watched a few seasons of "Stranger Things' - because even tho a cousin recommended it - I think the show is lame.
lame. I don't find child abduction a form of entertainment.
the NFL/ or broadcaster are really pushing that show.; 12/25/25, 9:20 PM
Jupiter said...: At one point, I had some dealings with my City Councilor, due to an idiotic zoning ordinance that prevented my accessing most of my property. And I came to realize, that although he was obviously well-educated, and had a sizable vocabulary, that he could deploy quite grammatically, he was essentially a low-grade moron. He was appalled at the absurd requirements of the Eugene municipal zoning laws -- which were, in fact drafted by an intern from the University of Oregon Landscape Architecture Department -- but he did not seem to feel that this was in any way his fault, even though he and his fellow Councilors had rubber-stamped the whole three-hundred-page farrago of gibberish without even reading it, and continued to approve the budget of the City's Land Use Department, which adamantly refused to grant the least variance from these pointy-headed regulations.

Of course, like all the Councilors, he had a no-show job with some BS tax-sucking organization, which enabled him to devote forty or fifty hours a week to impersonating a bobble-head doll. He told me that he was continuing a long family tradition of "public service".; 12/25/25, 9:21 PM
Mason G said...: "You see - no one washes out the old milk jugs"

Nothing shows your commitment to the environment quite like washing your trash before throwing it out.; 12/25/25, 9:25 PM
Peachy said...: Mason . Right? and we are kind of low on water here.
the thing is - If they were really recycling the milk jug - I'd be happy to dutifully rinse it.
But as Jupiter states - they've been lying to us. It's all garbage.; 12/25/25, 9:27 PM
Jupiter said...: It occurs to me, that my ability to see right through all this inane hype about AI, which I had attributed to my long experience with computers, may also owe something to that encounter with a useless system glibly feigning intelligence by deploying words in an accepted pattern, without any slightest concept of "truth" or even plausibility. If a computer could be moronically complacent, while emitting grammatically correct but meaningless word-salads, then it could replace my City Councilor. That day may be at hand. Certainly, if that means he can be removed, I am all for it. Landfill or recycle, I am all for tossing that human sponge.; 12/25/25, 9:29 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Merry Christmas to my Christian friends here.; 12/25/25, 9:40 PM
Peachy said...: btw = the "yeah. yeah." was an agreeable yeah yeah. not a sarcastic one.; 12/25/25, 9:41 PM
Kolchak James said...: Today is a grand day wherein Jews can quietly contemplate upon the decisions they have made.

Give them room.; 12/25/25, 9:41 PM
Kakistocracy said...: When bombing Nigeria doesn’t change the subject, might as well try whatever the hell this is supposed to be.

Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to “drop him like a dog” when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so. When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife “Republican,” Massie!), and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do, much like there was when it was made public that the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax was a fictitious story - a total Scam - and had nothing to do with “TRUMP.” The Failing New York Times, among many others, was forced to apologize for their bad and faulty Election “Reporting,” even to the point of losing many subscribers due to their highly inaccurate (FAKE!) coverage. Now the same losers are at it again, only this time so many of their friends, mostly innocent, will be badly hurt and reputationally tarnished. But sadly, that’s the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas! ~ President Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump; 12/25/25, 9:47 PM
Bill Crawford said...: Merry Christmas, Jersey; 12/25/25, 9:47 PM
Gospace said...: Bought a prime rib roast for today- and left it at my daughter's place for her and son-in-law to prepare. They did a real good job of it. Youngest son, the two of us, the two of them, and the 1 year old twins for Christmas dinner.

Realized during dinner we've been married 47 years now, and prepared turkey, ham, or Rock Cornish Game Hens for Christmas, never a roast. In fact, our first rib roast not at a restaurant or a wedding reception or some other formal affair.

New Years will be what has been become our family custom- seafood. Many types. Crabcakes- my wife's from Maryland, scallops, shrimp, maybe some other things, and corn fritters. With maple syrup. Corn fritters made from the Fannie Farmer recipe book her mother gave us when we married.; 12/25/25, 9:56 PM
Inga said...: Could Trump get any more weird? On Christmas Day.; 12/25/25, 9:57 PM
Old and slow said...: This might be a good day to stop thinking about Trump and focus on what you could do to improve yourself and the lives of those around you. There are many possibilities,; 12/25/25, 9:58 PM
Original Mike said...: "You see - no one washes out the old milk jugs - and the Chikes don't want our smelly un-rinsed science experiments."

I do. It's not to keep the garbage clean, but rather to keep our recycling bin clean.; 12/25/25, 10:01 PM
Jim at said...: The only thing weirder than Trump on Christmas Day are those who think about Trump on Christmas Day.; 12/25/25, 10:02 PM
Mason G said...: On Christmas night, America's fate hung in the balance

ON CHRISTMAS in 1776, with the Continental Army at its lowest ebb, George Washington stood on the icy banks of the Delaware River and launched a last-ditch effort to keep the American Revolution alive. He ordered his ragged, under-supplied soldiers into a flotilla of shallow freight boats and ferries, and began a hazardous crossing into New Jersey, fighting a severe winter storm and a river clogged with floating ice. About 2,400 men followed him, pushing with aching slowness through the freezing wind and snow.

The plan Washington conceived was audacious: After crossing the river, he and his men would march 9 miles to launch a surprise attack on the enemy garrison at Trenton, which was manned by 1,500 Hessian mercenaries — German troops in the pay of King George.

https://jeffjacoby.com/31170/on-christmas-night-america-fate-hung-in; 12/25/25, 10:03 PM
Inga said...: Old and Slow, I don’t think about Trump if I can help it. If you were an honest person you would admit that anyone who behaves so in such a bizarre manner publicly where millions of people can read it does deserve some attention, medical possibly. I have lived my life with the goal of loving my family and friends daily and doing what I can to make life less difficult for them and myself. I don’t need you to preach to me about self improvement, look at your own life and take your own advice.

Ive never been addicted to drugs, alcohol or Trump, hold up the mirror and face the facts about your own shortcomings.; 12/25/25, 10:19 PM
Achilles said...: We are not that many years before companies are fighting over mining rights at landfills.; 12/25/25, 10:39 PM
LibertarianLeisure said...: Merry Christmas! Beautiful shots, so many vibrant colors. Merry shout- out to commentators, Peachy e.g. l; 12/25/25, 10:45 PM
Achilles said...: narciso said...

Eyal Yakoby on X: "Former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett just registered as a foreign agent for Qatar. He’s being paid $30K/month to convince Americans that Qatari universities don’t support Islamist extremism. https://t.co/78JPWAIw7S" / X https://share.google/Js2xXzqAXMDKq9FZH

My wife deployed to Qatar for 6 months. She had a good time there. Liked the food.

I am curious why people think money from Qatar is particularly bad.

Does someone want us to invade Qatar? We already have military bases there. They are very cooperative with the United States. Who is behind the effort to demonize Qatar?; 12/25/25, 10:47 PM
n.n said...: City of Minneapolis Says Plans for George Floyd Square

The pride of a Fentanyl overdose because black lives and tens of thousands of lives self-aborting annually don't matter to liberals in progressive sects. A wicked solution to relieve "burdens"? Maybe, baby. #HateLovesAbortion

How often do leftists think of the Aztec empire? Cecile? Levine? Obama?; 12/25/25, 11:27 PM
buwaya said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/25/25, 11:37 PM
stunned said...: The show is lame. Yes.; 12/25/25, 11:42 PM
buwaya said...: The excellent Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles Youtube channel points out some interesting history-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFiZcyPLII

NACA (predecessor to NASA) was an important engineering think tank in the 1920s and 30s, profoundly influential globally. A US government body btw., doing research for the good of humanity. This piece is a backgrounder on old NACA. Greg's Youtube regularly refers to NACA reports on engines and airframes, so this NACA explainer is due.; 12/25/25, 11:44 PM
gadfly said...: n.n.: Because of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, “As barriers to facility-based abortion grow, [self-managed abortion] may increasingly become an individual’s only or preferred option to end a pregnancy.”

In Texas, for example, the strict abortion law leaves no legal method to obtain an abortion, so self-management is the only way, even when abortions should be allowed for medical reasons. Wire clothes hangers cost a dollar apiece, and egg whisks will cost about $5.00 - just kidding!; 12/26/25, 2:17 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: “Merry Christmas to everyone!” …including the Radical Leftist Inga that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but is failing badly. ;-); 12/26/25, 4:35 AM
Olson Johnson is right! said...: "In Texas, for example, the strict abortion law leaves no legal method to obtain an abortion, so self-management is the only way, even when abortions should be allowed for medical reasons."

The above statement is false.; 12/26/25, 4:50 AM
rhhardin said...: Sarah Huckabee Sanders scolds
"Christmas isn’t a just a holiday, it’s the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth. Meaning matters, we won’t pretend otherwise."

Son of Mary Christ.; 12/26/25, 4:57 AM
rhhardin said...: Traditionally, Christmas means Lionel trains.; 12/26/25, 5:06 AM
Old and slow said...: Inga, Trump post lots of weird stuff that I do not bother to read, especially on Christmas night. The fact that you would spend your time reading it and letting it bother you says something about you.; 12/26/25, 6:16 AM
Kakistocracy said...: "They are very cooperative with the United States. Who is behind the effort to demonize Qatar?"

If freedom of expression is such a valuable component of US foreign relations, you’d think the Trump administration would be most critical of the countries that oppose it—China, Russia, Gulf States—and not of the European Union.; 12/26/25, 6:17 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: "#ignarants©" Brilliant! Happy Boxing Day (to Canadians I think), whatever that means!; 12/26/25, 6:30 AM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 6:46 AM
Inga said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 6:47 AM
Inga said...: Old and Slow, I don’t spend my precious time reading Trump’s rants on his social media, it was posted here in this thread. We BOTH READ IT HERE. So I am asking you, why are you spending time reading Althouse comments sections on Christmas Day? Same reason I am? Why are you spending time trying to chastise me? Who do you think you are?

That you chose to focus on my response to his insane rant says way more about you as a human being than it does about me. I suggest that you put your focus on staying off drugs and possibly repairing the damage you’ve done to your own life and family.; 12/26/25, 6:49 AM
Old and slow said...: Actually, I did not read it here because it didn't interest me.; 12/26/25, 6:52 AM
narciso said...: Because they support the taliban hamas and boko haram thats all; 12/26/25, 6:56 AM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 6:57 AM
n.n said...: Aborting a baby's life is allowed up to six weeks under current homicide laws and later in self-defense, as determined by a qualified doctor, not abortionists and Cecile clinicians as in Planned Parenthood umbrella corporation where hunan rites are performed for social, clinical, criminal, political, and climate progress. Elective abortions are committed to keep women affordable, available, reusable, and taxable, and sequester the 'burden" of evidence. Fetus is a technical term-of-art to socially distance abortionists and advocates from their victims. A wicked solution. Deja vu.

The same thing being done with simulants socially distanced from homosexuals in the transgender spectrum under a different flag and rhetoric. The introduction of gender (i.e. sex-correlated attributes) in lieu of sex established from conception in order to push women to the back of the bus and throw girls under.; 12/26/25, 6:59 AM
Inga said...: Well good for you Old and Slow, we should all strive to emulate you. It’s doubtful you didn’t read Kak’s post, yet you chose to address me. I see you are less than honest.; 12/26/25, 6:59 AM
Old and slow said...: Inga, I have never been uncivil toward you. In fact I have commented about how sweet (if a bit misguided) you were back during Covid making masks at home. My comment about Kak's post of Trump's rant wasn't even directed at you. It was simply an observation that fuming about Trump and politics on Christmas night was unhealthy and weird, so why the vitriol and personal attacks?; 12/26/25, 7:12 AM
narciso said...: Shes a vicious liar who never owns up to anything so to be attacked by her is a badge of honor; 12/26/25, 7:16 AM
boatbuilder said...: So, in order to distract the public from "Epstein," Trump authorizes military action in Nigeria and posts a long message on Truth Social about...Epstein. Do I have that right, Kak?; 12/26/25, 7:22 AM
narciso said...: Dont get him started on horshack or barbarino; 12/26/25, 7:24 AM
Quayle said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 7:25 AM
narciso said...: When men with the will to do something like netanyahu or trump or orban act you will always find them being savaged when evil or weak men act yoi will always find them defended by this crew same for strong willed women xi killed 10 million for instance and yet i rarely see denunciation; 12/26/25, 7:32 AM
Quayle said...: Anyone who gets on this blog and criticizes and castigates other commenters would do it to Christ himself if He were here commenting. Christ declared such, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren…, you did it to me.” I used to think this was Christ trying step in front of and defend others, and to get us to see other people in a different light. I now believe that this is Christ’s commentary on the hearts of people. I think what He’s telling us is that the same enmity that we willfully nurture in our hearts is (and would just as readily be) directed against Him, in no different of the way it is directed against others. Some people wake up in the morning and by their own free will already have divided the world into partitions and have already decided that they have enemies. They don’t see, usually because they don’t want to see, that the real enemy lies right within their own heart in the form of enmity - their prideful unwillingness to see everybody as their brother or sister worthy of their love. They don’t really believe in Christ’s power to overcome evil His way, so they flatter themselves that they’ve got to step in and reaist and overcome evil for Him, their way. But Christ told us, His peace He gives to us not as the world gives peace.

Or why did the angel say to the shepherds I bring you good tidings of great joy, for unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior…. One of the things he saves us from is the need and the belief that we have to fight against our neighbor to succeed in life, or for things to go well, or to feel joy and be happy.

So for those who believe in Christ, but want to fight with each other on this blog, do you not think that Christ could now call down legions of angels and fix all the problems you think exist? The fact that he doesn’t might tell us something about how he views things. As he said, “the kingdom of God is within you”. So that’s where the “building” needs to occur, within you. Not here in the tearing down of others.   That’s my current view anyway. That’s what I aspire to, even though I am still having to patiently learn how to do it. Merry Christmas to all of you. And peace, good will toward all men and women.; 12/26/25, 7:35 AM
narciso said...: You dont let the liars win, one tries to be civil about it, but when others succor to speak lies one must challenge them; 12/26/25, 7:39 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Old and slow said...
“Inga, Trump post lots of weird stuff that I do not bother to read, especially on Christmas night. The fact that you would spend your time reading it and letting it bother you says something about you.“

Ahem, I don’t know who gets to judge on how people spend their Christmas but as you admit, the president says “weird stuff”. You imply you’d rather not see it. Obviously that weirdness would be a negative that would question loyalty. Don’t want to hear it anytime but certainly not on Christmas.

Any chastisement or critiques of Trump’s “weird stuff” should be normalized, not just on Christmas Day but everyday- lest one suffers TDS.

Classic.; 12/26/25, 7:47 AM
narciso said...: AG on X: "This is factually false. Unlawful entry is a criminal offense under 8 U.S.C. 1325." / X https://share.google/QfVDE7Ox49NWQNck1; 12/26/25, 7:47 AM
Beasts of England said...: One Friendsmas down, one to go, plus family Christmas this afternoon back in town and then girlfriend Christmas this evening. Maybe I’ll drink less red wine tonight!! Okay, that’s not happening… lol and ugh; 12/26/25, 7:49 AM
Inga said...: “My comment about Kak's post of Trump's rant wasn't even directed at you. It was simply an observation that fuming about Trump and politics on Christmas night was unhealthy and weird…”

You said you didn’t even read Kak’s post about Trump’s insane rant, now you claim you were not responding to me, but to Kak? As, I thought you are dishonest, but thought you should chastise me. Maybe stop trying to give unsolicited advice to other commenters here. As I said, it appears from your own postings that you have enough baggage to work on. Focus on that, not others.; 12/26/25, 8:03 AM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 8:08 AM
Old and slow said...: I used to think Inga was well meaning but a bit slow. I'm starting to revise that. You carry on doing whatever you like. This sort of back and forth just isn't worth the effort.; 12/26/25, 8:22 AM
Inga said...: Old and Slow, good, now I will presume that YOU are done with the back and forth. I certainly hadn’t planned on having to defend myself from your “observations”, but it was worth my time. I don’t take well to busybodies such as yourself who presume to be in a position to chastise or guide others when they could be improving themselves instead.

My last word on the matter.; 12/26/25, 8:31 AM
Old and slow said...: All the best to you too sweetie!; 12/26/25, 8:38 AM
Peachy said...: I'll admit Trump says strange stuff.
I also do not care.
After what Burisma Joe Biden and his mob-big donor- handlers did to this nation - and you leftists are all OK with it? Y'all can f right off.; 12/26/25, 8:44 AM
Achilles said...: Kakistocracy said...

"They are very cooperative with the United States. Who is behind the effort to demonize Qatar?"

If freedom of expression is such a valuable component of US foreign relations, you’d think the Trump administration would be most critical of the countries that oppose it—China, Russia, Gulf States—and not of the European Union.

The European Union has individual countries that arrest more people for speech crimes than Russia.

The Gulf States have to manage Muslims. We have seen what the European Union wants Muslims to do.; 12/26/25, 9:08 AM
Achilles said...: Inga said...

Old and Slow, good, now I will presume that YOU are done with the back and forth. I certainly hadn’t planned on having to defend myself from your “observations”, but it was worth my time. I don’t take well to busybodies such as yourself who presume to be in a position to chastise or guide others when they could be improving themselves instead.

Fine I will help you out.

You cheer when your political opponents are imprisoned and murdered. You were angry that Trump was not killed.

You support importing foreign soldiers into the country.

You set American flags on fire dance with them while our country burns.

You call for violence against ICE agents and National Guard Soldiers.

You support taking money from Americans and giving it to Somali immigrants.

You are the definition of traitor. There is no world where you can pretend to be a decent human being. You should leave our country.; 12/26/25, 9:13 AM
Original Mike said...: Kak said…"If freedom of expression is such a valuable component of US foreign relations, you’d think the Trump administration would be most critical of the countries that oppose it—China, Russia, Gulf States—and not of the European Union."

China, Russia, Gulf States are not our putative allies. It matters what the EU does in this regard. Russia et al., not so much.; 12/26/25, 9:30 AM
Beasts of England said...: Just paid $2.27 for gas. Is the part of the ‘affordability crisis’? lol; 12/26/25, 9:37 AM
Rusty said...: Old and slow said...
"I used to think Inga was well meaning but a bit slow. I'm starting to revise that. You carry on doing whatever you like. This sort of back and forth just isn't worth the effort."

The truth, like the certain knowledge of our own mortality, is bouncing around in the back of Ingas head. She will do anything, say anything, believe any lie, rather than have to face that reality. Rational people see Trump for what he is and accept or reject him for those qualities. The irrational Ingas and Kaks and Wards see Trump as they want him to be. They want him to be evil. Therefore he is evil.
It's why I generally ignore them. To encourage them is to encourage mediocre thinking.; 12/26/25, 10:20 AM
Humperdink said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/26/25, 10:22 AM
Humperdink said...: H/T to old and slow. I gave up the back and forth awhile ago with Inga the Magnificent. It is fruitless endeavor. You will wind up back where you started. No wiser for the effort.; 12/26/25, 10:24 AM
Original Mike said...: I find it amusing that Inga thinks she's not addicted to Trump.; 12/26/25, 10:26 AM
john mosby said...: O Mike: "I find it amusing that Inga thinks she's not addicted to Trump."

The lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another Truth is what it takes
You can't sleep, oh, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another Truth is all you need
Whoa, you like to think that you're
Immune to the stuff, oh, yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it
You're addicted to Trump
You see the signs, but you can't read
You're runnin' at a different speed
Your heart beats in double strokes
Another tweet and you'll be woke
A one-track mind
You can't be saved
Obama is all you crave
If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh, yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it
You're addicted to Trump
Might as well face it
You're addicted to Trump
Might as well face it
You're addicted to Trump
Might as well face it
You're addicted to Trump
&c...
CC, JSM; 12/26/25, 11:10 AM
FullMoon said...: Trump is correct. Men who visited the island will be assumed by their wives to have, at minimum had sex with prostitutes. Many average people already believe every female on the island was underage. Many believe little girls were raped and that every visitor engaged.
Many of the women themselves may have hidden the fact they engaged in sex with strangers, and are now wives and mothers whose lives will change when exposed.
Reality is vast majority of the women were not coerced or forced into having a good time partying with millionaires and billionaires.
And, like the "me too" movement had expected to get a bunch of right leaning people, the end result was leftist being canceled and punished. Some deservedly, some for minor incidents caught up in McMartin type hysteria.
When Trump says last Merry Christmas, he is not predicting or wishing death. He is correctly predicting much family, professional, and public embarrassment for participants.
The wives and children will be humiliated.
While Trump and Clinton have been exposed for having sex outside of marriage, the familial embarrassment has passed.
In the real world, the new revelations will hurt normal families.
Now, commenters will continue to pretend that somehow Trump is a pedophile and they have caught him now.
Long after we have moved on, families still suffer consequences. Especially families of the women with a hidden past who prostituted themselves and are assumed by friends and neighbors to be average wife and mom.; 12/26/25, 11:15 AM
Kakistocracy said...: “China, Russia, Gulf States are not our putative allies. It matters what the EU does in this regard. Russia et al., not so much.“

This is a good point. Of course, that works both ways…; 12/26/25, 11:19 AM
Original Mike said...: "Of course, that works both ways…"

I'm not sure what you mean.; 12/26/25, 11:25 AM
Achilles said...: Original Mike said...

"Of course, that works both ways…"

I'm not sure what you mean.

He means he supports the fascist EU pseudo government that is arresting opposition leaders in Romania right now even though Europe is far from an ally of anything the United States stands for.; 12/26/25, 11:31 AM
Leland said...: More winning.; 12/26/25, 11:56 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Rusty @ 10:20, I’m not interested in Trump being evil. I’m interested in whether specific actions—fake electors, pressuring state officials, delegitimizing elections in advance, mafia style shakedowns, and snubs to the rule of law are compatible with democratic governance.; 12/26/25, 12:02 PM
Hassayamper said...: I read this morning that Australia's controversial new ban on social media for minors contains an explicit exception for left-wing echo chamber "Blue Sky."

Could the enemy commie scum be any more obvious about their plans? Nina Jankowicz was going to do the same to us if she hadn't been slapped down.

Total war on the Stasi scum, here and abroad. It's time to yank all visas for politicians in the Australian Labour Party, and ban them from American banks and credit cards and airlines too. They are our enemies, not our allies. Let's destroy them.; 12/26/25, 12:16 PM
Leland said...: https://time.com/4607217/electoral-college-faithless-electors-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/; 12/26/25, 12:17 PM
Rusty said...: The flying monkey lies. But then again. All flying monkeys lie.; 12/26/25, 12:49 PM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Weird stuff from the rabid right doesn’t particularly “bother” me in the sense but it’s getting harder to take them serious in any regards.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-lawmaker-brags-beating-santa-160336537.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMmOlh0N_h2ERjbXjb9nTRTu0hUYAb3ddDcCFH1ifvJfH-drfkU-vI1toK8AD8GIpzgErtAuXr_hb1pdD445f4sWPODeh_5EwZrvIr_ZjlzBdxnuuaHmqlQg-az1GawZpCb-Blpk4m2aPvbS4uW3ucYrOtdU8sotwqHEUvuC57bW; 12/26/25, 2:03 PM
john mosby said...: Watching Living Treasure Michael Portillo's Boxing Day Special on GB News. Which is confusingly called "Christmas with Michael Portillo." But hey, there are 12 days of Xmas.

He's interviewing Amy Orr-Ewing, an Oxford and KCL-trained theologian. Portillo asks her devil's-advocate-type questions to draw out information for the general audience. The best thing Prof Orr-Ewing said is that "Our ideas of what is good, and what it means to be British, are inextricably linked to Christianity."

She seemed nice. Too bad she's going to get locked up as soon as she leaves the studio. Can't have that sort of hate speech on British airwaves. CC, JSM; 12/26/25, 2:30 PM
john mosby said...: The Oz Labor Party does not have a "u." The spelling wasn't standardized in Oz at the turn of the 20th century, when the party was founded, so they made essentially a coin-flip choice. Then trade-union orneriness probably made them keep it for most of the rest of the century. Of course, like other Labour parties with or without the u, there's no working men left in there now. CC, JSM; 12/26/25, 2:34 PM
Original Mike said...: The EU Could Be Gone in Four Years "The Soviet Union thought it was eternal in 1988. The French monarchy thought it was secure in 1788. The EU thinks it is safe today. They are wrong."; 12/26/25, 2:46 PM
narciso said...: He would have made a good prime minister heck better than the lot weve had since major; 12/26/25, 3:14 PM
narciso said...: Theyve had; 12/26/25, 3:33 PM
Old and slow said...: It's a shame that Portillo was pushed aside for some youthful gay experience. I once literally bumped into him on the street in London, and he instantly smiled and reached out for a handshake.; 12/26/25, 3:37 PM
Leland said...: https://donalds.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1560; 12/26/25, 3:42 PM
Mr. T. said...: (D)inga saidv

"My last word on the matter.C

Pretty please???; 12/26/25, 9:25 PM