THE BABYLON BEE IS DOING TOMORROW’S NEWS TODAY AGAIN:  Uh-Oh: All The Animals From The Live Nativity In Springfield, Ohio Just Went Missing.

WE SHOULD NOT, HOWEVER, MAKE CANADA A STATE: Yes, America should absolutely annex Greenland: The annexation of Greenland would be the first major U.S. acquisition in well over a century, and it would positively shape President-elect Trump’s legacy.

I mean, we don’t want a nation that voted for Justin Trudeau as part of our electorate.

UPDATE: Jim Bennett writes: “Somewhat surprisingly, I think Trump’s interest in Greenland is perfectly reasonable although I think he needs a more sophisticated approach to the problem. The Greenlanders have been wanting independence from Denmark for some time now but. can’t afford it. Trump should offer a Compact of Free Association between the USA and independent Greenland, based on the CFA we have with Micronesia and other Pacific ex-trust territories. They could even remain in the Danish Commonwealth, which would sooth Danish feelings. Although “buying” it from Denmark is crass and 19-century-like, we could offer to compensate Denmark for past infrastructure investments in the island. It could be a win-win-win deal. Yuge!”

He adds: “Elon should be familiar with the CFAs since he launched the Falcon 1 from Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, which is a CFA state.”

Good thought and hadn’t occurred to me.

IN AMERICA WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE SUPER-HEROES:  Vigilantes – and Who They Are.

THEY THINK THE DEATH SENTENCE SHOULD ONLY APPLY TO CONSERVATIVES COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES:  The Progressive Caucus Sure Put Out a Horrific Statement on Biden Commuting Those Death Row Sentences.

WHEN LEFTIST DO IT IT’S A GAFFE, WHEN CONSERVATIVES DO IT IT’S INHERENT BIAS:  Starmer, sausages and gaffe after gaffe after gaffe.

MAKE OUR MILITARY GREAT AGAIN:  Here’s the Message Trump Gave to Pete Hegseth When He Nominated Him for Secretary of Defense.

IT’S HARD TO SIT WELL WHEN YOU ARE ALL BUTT HURT:   Fetterman’s Comments About Trump Aren’t Sitting Well With Progressives.

DEFINITELY WORTH TRYING:  Trump Puts Purchase of Greenland on Task List for His New Ambassador to Denmark.

OF COURSE THEY DIDN’T:  Now, Did CBS News Really Think This Segment on Gun Control Through?

GOOD:  Israel’s Pager Operation Disoriented and Severely Damaged Hezbollah, Here’s How They Did It.

FARAGE, WE’RE HOLDING OUR THUMBS FOR YOU:  How Reform plans to takeover No 10.

THE RUSH TO USE A NEW TECHNOLOGY ALWAYS RUNS AFOUL OF BUGS. WISH BIG CORPS GOT THAT:  Ding-dong.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Post COVID data in the UK: Those who got the jab substantially increased their chances of death.

AND JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS:  “Murder Hornets” are Officially Eradicated in the United States.

OH, GOOD. NOT:  Pfizer SV40 DNA has now been found in the blood of Australians. This is a slap with a wet fish for the TGA…. right after their emails demonstrate they know this DNA is a nuclear targeting sequence. They are up the spout as they have assured the public this can not happen and they just rolled out the green and gold for Moderna to build a few vaccine manufacturing plants down under. A tough bikkie indeed.

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP:  The Daily Chart: Demographics and Red Futures.

THERE’S AN ARGUMENT THAT WE NEED TO REFORM THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY IN GUISE OF A LEGAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND ITS IMPACT IN IMPROPERLY DELAYING EXECUTIONS:   BREAKING: Biden Commutes Federal Death Row Sentences.

HE’S RIGHT, AND YOU SHOULD READ THIS:  The Toxification Gambit is where Leftists use propaganda techniques to influence public opinion against one of their enemies. They present snippets of info, out of context, in complete disregard for exculpatory information. Their intent is to ruin someone without any Due Process.

AND HERE: If you don’t have twittex.

MY NEW YORK POST CHRISTMAS COLUMN: In a Christmas season of renewal, Trump’s boldness is bringing hopeful change.

And this bit probably isn’t entirely within the Christmas spirit, but then again naughty boys are supposed to get a lump of coal. “The hysteria led to two assassination attempts — and after a brief pause, lasting about 15 minutes, they started calling him Hitler again. A lesser man would have folded under the pressure. Just imagine how fast Mitt Romney would have tucked his tail between his legs, apologized for existing and Stockholm-Syndromed himself into being a Democratic Party tool. (Well, OK, you don’t really have to imagine that.)”

Plus thoughts on Millei and Bukele.

IF, AS SOME ARE URGING, HE BLANKET-PARDONS ALL ILLEGALS YOU CAN EXPECT THE MENTAL COMPETENCY ISSUE TO BE SERIOUSLY RAISED:

.@POTUS was deemed unfit to be charged in the classified documents case, but is now mentally sound enough to issue pardons and commute sentences? When and where do we draw the line that we don't let them cross?

— Rep. Tim Burchett (@RepTimBurchett) December 23, 2024

Contracts, wills, and other legal actions are null and void if a party is mentally incompetent, as Joe Biden obviously is. The Congress and the Trump Department of Justice should investigate whether these pardons for depraved murderers are binding.

Who is making these decisions…

— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) December 23, 2024

I should note that when Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton’s term was coming to an end, and he was under investigation for pardon-selling, they swore in his successor, Lamar Alexander, three days early to limit the damage and to prevent Blanton from pardoning himself. The Lieutenant Governor, John Wilder, referred to that as “impeachment, Tennessee style.” Ned McWherter, who was Speaker of the state House at the time, and later Governor, told me that they weren’t sure it was constitutional under the state constitution, but that if they were fighting it out in court later, Blanton wouldn’t be able to pardon anyone regardless. I don’t think Blanton every contested his replacement. But that was a bipartisan affair — Wilder and McWherter and Blanton were all Democrats, and Alexander was a Republican — and swearing in Trump early wouldn’t get the same kind of support from Democrats.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: In Range v. US, a win for gun rights. After the case was GVR’d back to the Third Circuit (they Granted certiorari, Vacated the judgment below, and Remanded for further consideration) after Rahimi, the Third Circuit has stuck by its, er, guns, and held that the nonviolent crime of making a false statement on a food stamp application isn’t enough for a lifelong loss of gun rights. Full opinion is here. I’ve only skimmed it briefly (all 165 pages) but I’ll probably have more later, though probably after Christmas. Interestingly, only two judges from the 15 judge en banc panel dissented.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

LET ME JUST GET OUT AHEAD OF THE STORY AND SAY THAT BILL CLINTON DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE: Bill Clinton admitted to hospital for ‘testing and observation’ after falling ill.

Great minds think alike:

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Liechtenstein signs the Artemis Accords. “Liechtenstein is the 52nd country to sign the Artemis Accords and the 19th to do so this year. The country, which is neither a member of the European Union nor European Space Agency, has a modest presence in space, and is perhaps best known as the country that Rivada Space Networks has used for spectrum filings for its proposed broadband constellation. It follows Thailand, which signed Dec. 16, and Panama and Austria, which signed in separate ceremonies Dec. 11.”

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON EXPLAINS WHY HE THINKS TOM HOMAN IS TARGETING MAJOR DEM CITY FIRST FOR DEPORTATIONS:

“So what Homan is doing is thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, who is the Admiral Byng of all of these 600 jurisdictions that I have to encourage you? I know the most obnoxious, the most crazy, the most nullification advocate in one of the second or third largest cities is Chicago, that crazy Mayor Johnson,’” Hanson continued. “‘So we’re going to tell him first, you try to stop the federal government and you think you’re South Carolina 1832 or you think you’re firing on Fort Sumner. You’re going to regret it because you were breaking federal law and we have a lot more federal laws that you would want us to follow in your interest than you do federal laws to break.’”

“That’s going to be interesting because what Homan is basically doing is talking over the mayor’s head to the black constituencies of Chicago and saying, don’t worry, your mayor doesn’t, he’s going to break the law, but I’m going to follow it and I’ll put him in jail for your benefit so that you don’t have to worry about Venezuelans and Colombians shooting you or taking over your social services,” Hanson added.

Glad to see a new sheriff in town, finally.

UPDATE: ICE: Wrong-way driver in crash that killed Las Vegas officer was ordered to leave US.