MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE:  Soros-Backed District Attorney Prosecutes Illinois Boy For Terrorizing Burglars .

TODDLERS THROWING TANTRUMS IN PUBLIC:  Palestinian protestors decide to disrupt Christmas.

YAWN. IDIOTS:  Anti-Israel Radicals Try Hijacking Christmas, Falsely Declare ‘Jesus Was a Palestinian’.

And that goes double with sprinkles for those claiming he was an illegal immigrant. Look, people aren’t immigrants in their own country. Unlike the USSR we don’t have internal passports (yet.)  And no, going to Egypt was also not illegal immigration. It was all the Roman Empire.

Stop trying to turn other people’s religion into woke messages.  You’re not convincing anyone. And you’re annoying the heck out of us.

THEY’RE ALREADY LOSING:  Will The Guardians of The Narrative Win?

THERE ARE NO WORDS:  Israeli Military Discovers ‘Child-Sized’ Suicide Vests in Gaza Medical Clinic.

I DON’T KNOW GUYS. IS IMPEACHMENT ALL WE HAVE?  NO TIED TO THE TAIL OF A DONKEY AND BEING WHIPPED THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE MALL IN DC?  Report: Biden Admin Not Only Knew About Chinese Spy Balloon But Sought To Hide Its Existence From Congress.

HE DIDN’T BECOME A BILLIONAIRE BY BEING BLIND:  Claudine Gay’s resignation won’t fix Harvard’s reputation — only school admitting it ‘made a bad choice of leader’ will, Bill Ackman says.

KNOW OUR ENEMIES – DEFUND ACADEMIA IF THEY CAN’T ABIDE BY TITLE VI:  Professor calls on people to ‘go as hard as possible’ to ‘dismantle’ US at pro-Palestinian event: ‘Lean into scaring them’.

BEFORE OR AFTER OUR AFFLICTIONS FACE A ROMANIAN CHRISTMAS*?  Former CIA agent predicts Russian President Vladimir Putin to be overthrown in ‘Black Swan’ coup.

*In minecraft.

THEY’RE THE ONES SETTING THE RULES:  GOP state lawmakers, in an act of retribution, seek to bar Biden from state ballots.

This falls solidly under “Play stupid games; win stupid prizes.”

NO DOUBT THEY ARE:  FBI looking into threats against Colorado justices following Trump ballot ruling.

Whether the threats happened or not.

ON SUNDAYS, I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE WRITERS. TODAY THERE’S SALES:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

OPEN THREAD: Have yourself a merry little Christmas Eve.

OPEN THREAD: Life is short, but the years are long.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: 55 years after Apollo 8’s Christmas at the moon, a new Artemis crew readies for launch.

HMM: People With Suicidal Thoughts Show a Chemical Pattern in Their Blood.

BLUE STATE UPDATE: Gavin Newsom’s 10-year plan to end San Francisco homelessness marks 20-year anniversary.

ME ON SUBSTACK: Muddling through, somehow.

BILL ACKMAN: CLAUDINE GAY HAS BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN.

I have heard from a source that is reliable but a step or two removed from the situation that the @Harvard Corporation has asked President Gay to resign and she has refused.

Gay has apparently said that if she is fired, she will sue. Gay has retained her own counsel.

I can’t…

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) December 24, 2023

Hoping for a lawsuit with lots of discovery.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Checkout Your Loadout: A pistol malfunction on the range is embarrassing. It’s so much worse in the middle of a gunfight.

AI AND PRODUCTIVITY: The Economic Effects.

COMING SOON!  THE NATION’S 250th ANNIVERSARY!:  Shouldn’t we be getting ready?  The National Association of Scholars promises to prepares us by writing history blurbs about the lead-up to the Declaration of Independence.

My recollection is that there was plenty of planning and pre-game activities in the years leading up to the Bicentennial in 1976.

READER FAVORITE: ThermoPro Lightning 1-Second Instant Read Meat Thermometer. #CommissionEarned

GRABIEN’S TEN MOST MORTIFYING MEDIA MOMENTS OF 2023:  Via Powerline.