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Happy holidays & Merry Saturnalia, to every lurker, hate-lurker, banned dickface idiot, regular commenter, & people immersed in Delaware politics who pretend to not read the blog when we meet in public. Except for the hate-lurkers, banned dickface idiots, you are all trying to keep Bedfordfalls from turning into Pottersville in your own way, and that is worthy. We love you all. Cheers to you.

I was reading the FoxNews take on the Tufts University bomb threats and the algorithms naturally assumed I wanted to look like a complete fuckwit.

I'm not a big stock investor, so I don't pay very close attention to the rise and fall of individual stocks, but watching the collapse of Barron VonDickhead's business empire…

“This man did not know cold. Possibly, all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold, of cold 107 degrees below freezing point. But the dog knew; all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge.” ― Jack London, To Build A Fire

This is one of my all time favorite short stories. I think it is written in a more economical, modern style than Jack London's other work. But what I really like is how the dog has a bit part but is really the hero.

How did they miss this? Yesterday I joked — well, maybe half-joked? — that with all we’ve learned about Rep.-Elect George Santos, is he even gay? Being an “openly gay”…

Sorry CNN and all TV weather people.  Your credibility is currently at Trump administration levels.  And making up menacing sounding shit like "bomb cyclone" and "thunder snow" doesn't help.   …

They've done the research: The co-chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party privately told supporters last month that the party’s long-established donors would rather “lose this whole state” than help GOP candidates…

Ed Note: This is a very half-assed (already in holiday mode) Open Thread. Trump’s Tax Returns To Be Released To The Public. After a delay to redact SS #’s and the like: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/20/us/trump-taxes-news We’re looking at the last six years.

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Rep Schiff says the DOJ is moving "way too slow."

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Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job". (eg. the next time he looks in a mirror) The billionaire had promised to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote "yes" to him quitting the role. He says he will still run the software and servers teams after his replacement is found.

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What's the point of having guns if you can't brandish?

An 18-year-old is now a former freshman at the University of Delaware after he was allegedly seen brandishing a gun on campus in a Snapchat video. Michael Hearn, Junior was seen with the gun Friday, UD police said. Possession of firearms, ammunition and other weapons is prohibited on university property under unless campus police OK it, and Hearn, who's now been "separated" from UD and banned from the campus, is charged with possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, along with several drug offenses. He also faces further disciplinary action by UD's Office of Student Conduct, and is currently being held at the Howard Young Prison.

Jan 6 committee refers Donald Trump for criminal prosecution on four counts

Four Republicans referred to House ethics committee for refusing to comply with panel’s subpoenas, including Kevin McCarthy The four counts of the Trump referrals are for “influencing or impeding an official proceeding of the US government”, “conspiring to defraud the US”, “unlawfully, knowingly or willingly making false statements to the federal government”, and “assisting or engaging in insurrection against the United States”. The referrals are largely symbolic, as attorney general Merrick Garland will make his own decision on charges at the conclusion of the justice department’s own investigations, headed by special prosecutor Jack Smith. The panel is also referring four Republican members of Congress to the House ethics committee for refusing to comply with subpoenas, including Kevin McCarthy, the GOP leader who is expected to run for speaker of the House when the party takes control of the chamber next year. The January 6 committee’s full report is expected to be released today.

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On the Mt Rushmore of evil fuckers out to murder our American multicultural democracy, don't forget Tucker Carlson Carlson is a demagogue who sneers at America’s heritage as a multicultural nation bound by shared principles like liberty, equality, and democracy. He instead embraces the blood-and-soil nationalism of European autocracies. This radical and reactionary philosophy is swiftly gaining power on the American right, thanks to adherents such as the fascist billionaire Peter Thiel and his pet philosopher Curtis Yarvin and hand-picked Sen.-elect J.D. Vance. Carlson is that movement’s accelerant; he is using his weekday program on Fox and regular specials on its streaming platform, Fox Nation, as well as his influence over the Republican Party, to bring it into the mainstream.

Water? Pfft...We'll live off tax cuts and bile!   The Colorado River's largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs…

Small Town Titans are a power trio from that rock hotbed of York, Pa., whose members met at Lebanon Valley College in 2011. In 2018 they released this filthy version…