Joe

This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.

Who here is inclined to agree?

Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking:

TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.

MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.

TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch | CNN The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infec...

Measles, whooping cough or worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch. “He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, public health law prof at Georgetown U. Following in RFK's footsteps: state lawmakers poised to weaken or totally ditch school-entry vax reqirements www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/h...

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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr.

The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Dangerous Memory is the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer.
Available at bookstores everywhere including Type Books in Toronto.

"Dangerous Memory is a fierce, exhilarating corrective to nostalgia— and to despair.”
—Mark Abley, author of Strange Bewildering Time
@houseofanansi.bsky.social

"The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back" Will Rogers

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." –Ellen Perry Berkeley

It’s official…

Adam Schiff and Andy Kim are now U.S. Senators after being sworn in moments ago.

Since both of them are filling vacancies, Schiff and Kim were appointed by their respective governors to serve out the rest of the terms of Dianne Feinstein and Bob Menendez.

Thou shalt not forget that all Americans are united by how much they hate the greed of healthcare insurance companies.

just wanna retire and go live in some quaint seaside town with my cat where i run a little bookstore that sells magical potions and spells that turn idiots into frogs and maybe help solve a local murder every now and then.

a street cat is being caressed on the face, it seems to be in eternal bliss

i wish I could adopt every stray cat

Today was one of those days where I busted my ass and nothing went right, so I am accepting pity donations in the form of your favorite stupid jokes

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

- Isaac Asimov

I don’t think there’s a public institution I love more than the library.

N.J. just struck a blow against banning books It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

NJ law will make it harder to ban books www.nj.com/politics/202...

Leader of Arizona polygamous sect sentenced to 50 years in conspiracy to transport children for sex A polygamist leader in Arizona has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Arizona man who led a polygamous sect is sentenced to 50 years for his role in conspiracy to transport children for sex.

"...claimed more than 20 spiritual 'wives' including 10 underage girls..."

www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...

“In the long run, there are no secrets in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

I’m thinking Mangione blew it when we went to McDonald’s. He goes to a Waffle House and someone hides the gun for him and probably keeps it, he goes to a Popeyes and nobody is talking to the cops, he goes to a Starbucks and people buy him breakfast.

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

You are deserving of everything good this life has to offer. You will achieve every goal you set out. You will be successful. You will be at peace. Don't ever doubt your ability to be great.

Sometimes having fun with your best friend is all the therapy you need.