SOME GOOD CLIMATE NEWS:  New climate research debunks CO2’s ability to warm the atmosphere, even as other research shows CO2 greens the Earth.

A GOOD RECAP ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN, AND WHAT IS NOT KNOWN,  BOUT THE AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES SHOOTDOWN  “SPECIAL AIRCRAFT INCIDENT”:   Did Russia Shoot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243?  [Video]

IT’S ONLY AN ACT OF REBELLION WHEN THE RIGHT DOES IT:  Libs Demand Congress Do Something That Was Considered an Act of Armed Rebellion Not So Long Ago.

MOST LEFTIST WESTERNERS BLITHELY WEAR THE SYMBOL OF A MOVEMENT WHO WOULD GLADLY MURDER THEM WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT:  The cult of the keffiyeh.

NATURE IS HEALING:  Migrants traversing Darien Gap plummet 40% as Panama cracks down on major route.

OH ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED?  20 Big Cats at a Washington State Sanctuary Die of Bird Flu.

GOOD:  European Energy Firm Ordered to Remove 84 Wind Turbines from Osage Lands In Oklahoma.

OH, DEAR BOB:  Tufts University’s Latest Course is About ‘Transcestors’.

GOOD:  Israel Conducts Retaliatory Airstrikes in Yemen, Hits Houthi-Held Airports and Ports.

I’M NOT A MAGA NATIONALIST, I’M A LIBERTARIAN NATIONALIST. OTHER THAN THAT, I NORMALLY HAVE AT LEAST ONE QUIBBLE WITH SOMETHING ESR POSTS, BUT THIS ONE I ENDORSE 100%:  Today’s big beef is between tech-success maximizers like  @elonmusk  and MAGA nationalists who think the US job market is being flooded by low-skill immigrants because employers don’t want to pay competitive wages to Americans.

AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE TWITEX:  Here.

FROM SARAH A. HOYT ON SALE FOR 99c:  Odd Magics: Tales for the Lost.

Odd Magics
This is a very strange collection of fairytales, recast for modern life. In it the prize isn’t always to the fairest, the
magic is rarely to the strongest.
But lonely introverts do find love, women who never gave it a thought find themselves at the center of romance.
Doing what’s right will see you to the happily ever after.
And sometimes you have to kiss an accountant to find your prince.

I THINK HE’S SERIOUSLY OVERTHINKING THIS:  The Secret Geopolitics Of The Netflix Christmas Movie Universe.

DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR C-PAP JUST YET:  FDA approves first medication for obstructive sleep apnea — which also promotes weight loss.

TROLL IN CHIEF:  Trump trolls Trudeau by promising Canucks he’ll lower taxes if Canada becomes ‘51st state’ — and backs hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as PM.

THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT:  Of Course NYT Mocks the Virgin Mary.

BYE-BYE BIDEN, BYE-BYE:  Poll Shows Americans Are Hopeful For 2025, and the Reason Why Might Make You Smile.

THAT WAR WAS THE FIRST TRUE FORAY OF INTERNATIONALISM:  Christmas in the trenches.

SOMEWHAT MORE THAN BIDEN/HARRIS RAISED:  Here’s the Final Tally on How Much Money Trump Raised for Hurricane Victims.

THIS IS THE MOST REVOLTING USE OF SUICIDAL VETS:  To quote Devon Eriksen: Despite what Hillary Clinton may have told you, a corpse found with 11 rounds in him did not commit suicide.

THAT’S AN IMAGE: How Trump And The Republicans Became The Party Of George Bailey.

WAIT WHAT?  Bald Eagle Is At Long Last Our National Bird.

OKAY, THEY ARE DUMBER THAN THE AMA:  Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”.

SO IRAN STILL HAS MONEY TO SPEND?  Houthi Terror Offensive Continues Unabated as Israel Intercepts Another Missile and Drone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU DIDN’T SEE THIS YESTERDAY:  The Bork Of Christmas.

POISON IVY L;EAGUE EDUCATION:  Princeton to offer classes on erotic dance, sex work, and ‘queer spaces’.