FROM RADIO FREE COLORADO, IN EXILE, THIS ONE GOES OUT TO ALL YOU FELLOW COLD WAR CHILDREN OUT THERE: There’s nothing that 2024 can throw at us worse than the ‘mutual assured destruction’ they told us was inevitable before we were adults. Europe – The Final Countdown.
And yet, here we are. Sursum corda!
OPEN THREAD: Last of the year. Try to be worthy.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Second H3 launch planned for February.
OUT NEXT WEEK FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: The Attack. An October 7 style attack in the United States? It could happen. (Bumped).
GOOD NEWS FOR OTTERS: Thriving Otters in North America Linked to Nuclear Weapons Tests. Here’s Why.
REALLY? SO WHY DO PEOPLE SEEM DUMBER NOW THAN WHEN SMOKING WAS COMMON? Alarming Study: Smoking Causes Brain Shrinkage – “It Sounds Bad, and It Is Bad.”
I’m surprised people put those in.
The truth of Hamas’s depravity runs counter to the preferred narrative of many in the West.
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND; SHECKY HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: Comic legend Shecky Greene dies at 97.
READER FAVORITE: DMoose Forearm Exerciser – Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Strengthener. #CommissionEarned
THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE! Report: Chinese Spy Balloon Used U.S. Internet Provider.
The balloon connected to a U.S.-based company, according to the assessment, to send and receive communications from China, primarily related to its navigation. Officials familiar with the assessment said it found that the connection allowed the balloon to send burst transmissions, or high-bandwidth collections of data over short periods of time.
The Biden administration sought a highly secretive court order from the federal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to collect intelligence about it while it was over the U.S., according to multiple current and former U.S. officials. How the court ruled has not been disclosed.
Such a court order would have allowed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct electronic surveillance on the balloon as it flew over the U.S. and as it sent and received messages to and from China, the officials said, including communications sent via the American internet service provider.
That’s in addition to earlier reports that US-made equipment was found inside the balloon’s hardware: Chinese spy balloon used US technology: Report.
In February, Noah Rothman described the spy balloon as being an actual ‘Sputnik Moment,’ but in 1957, Ike was much more concerned about US enemies, in sharp contrast to Sundown Joe and his Obama-era retread handlers in 2023:
DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR AMERICA: Mugshots shared on social media by California law enforcement must use name and pronouns provided by arrestee, new law says.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Out partying on New Year’s Eve? Here’s a safety checklist.
LOOKING FOR A YEAR-END DONATION IN A GOOD CAUSE? Consider donating to FIRE, a campus free speech organization I’ve supported for years. They do excellent work.
I also recommend the New Civil Liberties Alliance. I sit on their board and they’re making major legal inroads against the administrative state.
SO ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S COWBOYS-LIONS GAME: Refs Appear To Steal Win From Detroit On Atrocious Call.
It’s hard to not understand Campbell being so unbelievably upset and frustrated. Instead of leaving Dallas with a 21-20 win and a 12-4 record, the Lions went home with a loss after a truly mind-boggling call.
Everyone on Detroit’s sideline seems to believe Decker reported, and the film appears to confirm that. Instead, the refs claim a different player reported as eligible and flagged the successful conversion.
Either every single person on the Lions is wrong and the tape is wrong or the refs made a massive mistake.
Or, after the ref’s call, Lions coach Dan Campbell could have sent his team out to kick the extra point instead of childishly ordering up three high-risk two point conversions in a row at the end of the game, and sent it into overtime:
The Lions succeeded in creating confusion. Three linemen — 58, 68 and 70 — all walk/run toward the ref. How many Lions does it take to report 1 lineman as eligible? 68 needed a personal escort from 58? 70 ran onto the field making a beeline for the ref as if he's reporting… https://t.co/ZoA3yK9Ovj
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) December 31, 2023
LOL: Navajo Nation president asks NASA to delay Moon launch over possible human remains.
More here. “In other words, though the Navaho have no plans to ever go there, have done nothing to try to explore it, and have no remains of any tribal members on the flight, he wants to claim the Moon as controlled entirely and forever by the Indian tribes of North America because of a law designed solely to protect specific archeological sites on Earth, where Indian remains are discovered.”
I dunno, kinda sounds li