Face in hand. Now blaming economic health and human advancement as stumbling blocks once more for blocking their enslavement vision.
“https://www.intellinews.com/rich-nations-new-oil-and-gas-approvals-to-breach-1-5-c-paris-threshold-locking-in-irreversible-warming-study-417869/?source=south-africa
ckbro
Morn’n from beautiful Arizona
Mama Pajama
Good Morn’n ckbro and to mrs bro also!
Dee
Merry Christmas Thought Criminal! 🎄
ckbro
Texdeb
Good morning Ckbro – and to all other great CFPers! So very true that is!
ckbro
Morn’n Deb
P D Q
Spike Warbird
Hold my beer…
P D Q
WaPo: Mother discovers an AI chatbot was grooming her sixth-grade daughter.
H was convinced that she must be reading the words of an adult predator, hiding behind anonymous screen names …
A couple of days later, she spoke on the phone with a detective who specializes in cybercrimes and explained … that the words she’d read on her daughter’s screen weren’t written by a human but by a generative AI chatbot.
“They told me the law has not caught up to this … They wanted to do something, but there’s nothing they could do, because there’s not a real person on the other end.”
“It’s like you’re sitting inside the four walls of your home, and someone is victimizing your child in the next room. … And then you find out — it’s nobody?”
Another AI character was encouraging the same girl to commit suicide. So the mother started monitoring her daughter 24-7, even sleeping on the daughter’s bedroom floor. By the end of the article, it seems the girl is in good shape.
(Character AI has since changed its policies. It no longer allows minors to chat with AI characters.)
Thought Criminal
Off to The Salt Mine, keep the fire going!
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Good morning from Missouri!
Dee
Morning all ☕️☕️🎄
MI Girl
Morning, Dee ☕️
Dee
Morning to you MI Girl. Hipe your Dad is doing better.
ckbro
Morn’n MIG. Been praying for you and your dad.
Thought Criminal
At least look up from your phone once in a block while driving
ckbro
Morn’n neighbor
Mama Pajama
RonnyLincoln
Have Yourself A Merry MAGA Christmas, CFP Nation! 🎅🇺🇲🎄
Thought Criminal
Merry Christmas Ronny!
ckbro
Bacatcha Ronny!
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good – Don Williams
ckbro
Morn’n T Bird. The kids start arriving today. Can’t wait!
flyinpiglet
AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon
Yes we are @CivilRights — working tirelessly for ALL Americans, not just the woke few.
[…officially SUING Tim Walz’s Minneapolis MN public schools for anti-white discrimination.] https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2002596210620969230
P D Q
Johnny Cash, Christmas as I Knew It … (in Dyess, Arkansas)
Thunderbird
My dad always played this album when I was a kid. We were poor until he got a job at Chrysler assembly plant. I can identify real well with this song thanks for posting it PDQ.
P D Q
Herb Alpert, The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle, 1968
Thunderbird
Bing Crosby, David Bowie – Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
Thunderbird
Bing passed away one month after making this in the fall of 1977.
Mama Pajama
and they had to mix up the song because Bowie hated it!
Thunderbird
Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses
Thunderbird
Jingle Bells – Brian Setzer
Thunderbird
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) 1999 Remaster
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation Thursday that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence.
The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Donald Trump to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea outside the United States.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.
The NFL has completely abandoned Missouri now so Missourians should abandon the NFL.
Thought Criminal
W.Crane
No💩!
flyinpiglet
DOJ Sues D.C. Over ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban | Cam Edwards, December 22, 2025 [MERRY CHRISTMAS!]
In a press release, Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that the lawsuit “underscores our ironclad commitment to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans,” adding, “Washington, DC’s ban on some of America’s most popular firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment — living in our nation’s capital should not preclude law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms.”
Civil Rights Division chief and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says the Second Amendment Section “filed this lawsuit to ensure that the very rights D.C. resident Mr. Heller secured 17 years ago are enforced today — and that all law-abiding citizens seeking to own protected firearms for lawful purposes may do so.” https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/12/22/doj-sues-dc-over-assault-weapon-ban-n1231012
flyinpiglet
With several “assault weapon” cases close to Supreme Court review (and a challenge to Cook County, Illinois’s ban already up for consideration in conference), it’s quite possible that SCOTUS will address this issue before the DOJ’s lawsuit is resolved. Today’s action is an important signal to the Court that the Trump administration believes its time to settle this debate once and for all, and to rightfully conclude that bans on commonly-owned firearms like the AR-15 and other modern sporting rifles are a clear violation of our right to keep and bear arms.
Thunderbird
ChesterMcCloud
Making some money or delirious for dairy?
Winds up for sale online.
“NZFS deputy-director general Vincent Arbuckle said there were “serious concerns” about the safety of the product “given the company determined it was not suitable for sale and rightly disposed of it”. https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/22/cheese-dumped-in-landfill-resold-in-waikato-mpi-warns/
A HARD RAIN
Re: Major weather event
Christmas Eve and Christmas day in California, Southern California. Heavy rain coming 6″-8″.
Students in Kentucky attending All State Chorus in the Louisville Hyatt, they sing the Star Spangled Banner every night they are there (Feb 5)
https://x.com/Ducnghia16/status/2001993164714897531?s=20
The Wexford Carol
Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma
❤️❤️❤️
“China delays plans for mass production of self-driving cars after accident”
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-delays-plans-for-mass-production-of-self-driving-cars-after-accident
Where Is a clip of Maximum Overdrive?
Face in hand. Now blaming economic health and human advancement as stumbling blocks once more for blocking their enslavement vision.
“https://www.intellinews.com/rich-nations-new-oil-and-gas-approvals-to-breach-1-5-c-paris-threshold-locking-in-irreversible-warming-study-417869/?source=south-africa
Morn’n from beautiful Arizona
Good Morn’n ckbro and to mrs bro also!
Merry Christmas Thought Criminal! 🎄
Good morning Ckbro – and to all other great CFPers! So very true that is!
Morn’n Deb
Hold my beer…
WaPo: Mother discovers an AI chatbot was grooming her sixth-grade daughter.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/she-thought-a-predator-was-grooming-her-daughter-it-was-an-ai-chatbot/ar-AA1STa9t
H was convinced that she must be reading the words of an adult predator, hiding behind anonymous screen names …
A couple of days later, she spoke on the phone with a detective who specializes in cybercrimes and explained … that the words she’d read on her daughter’s screen weren’t written by a human but by a generative AI chatbot.
“They told me the law has not caught up to this … They wanted to do something, but there’s nothing they could do, because there’s not a real person on the other end.”
“It’s like you’re sitting inside the four walls of your home, and someone is victimizing your child in the next room. … And then you find out — it’s nobody?”
Another AI character was encouraging the same girl to commit suicide. So the mother started monitoring her daughter 24-7, even sleeping on the daughter’s bedroom floor. By the end of the article, it seems the girl is in good shape.
(Character AI has since changed its policies. It no longer allows minors to chat with AI characters.)
Off to The Salt Mine, keep the fire going!
Good morning from Missouri!
Morning all ☕️☕️🎄
Morning, Dee ☕️
Morning to you MI Girl. Hipe your Dad is doing better.
Morn’n MIG. Been praying for you and your dad.
At least look up from your phone once in a block while driving
Morn’n neighbor
Have Yourself A Merry MAGA Christmas, CFP Nation! 🎅🇺🇲🎄
Merry Christmas Ronny!
Bacatcha Ronny!
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good – Don Williams
Morn’n T Bird. The kids start arriving today. Can’t wait!
AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon
Yes we are @CivilRights — working tirelessly for ALL Americans, not just the woke few.
[…officially SUING Tim Walz’s Minneapolis MN public schools for anti-white discrimination.]
https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2002596210620969230
Johnny Cash, Christmas as I Knew It … (in Dyess, Arkansas)
My dad always played this album when I was a kid. We were poor until he got a job at Chrysler assembly plant. I can identify real well with this song thanks for posting it PDQ.
Herb Alpert, The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle, 1968
Bing Crosby, David Bowie – Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
Bing passed away one month after making this in the fall of 1977.
and they had to mix up the song because Bowie hated it!
Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses
Jingle Bells – Brian Setzer
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) 1999 Remaster
Safe deposit no more?
https://thefinancialbrand.com/news/banking-branch-transformation/how-the-end-of-the-safe-deposit-box-is-a-signal-for-bankings-future-192869
Patriotic pirates vs. drug cartels
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation Thursday that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence.
The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Donald Trump to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea outside the United States.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/18/exclusive-patriots-of-the-caribbean-sen-mike-lee-bill-authorizes-privateers-to-combat-cartels-outside-u-s-borders/
The Chipmunks’ TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1958
I always loved them, they’re just goofy. And yes, I can sing the Christmas song, Alvin!!!
Bing Crosby, The Littlest Angel
I “Bear Down” but dadgum.
https://www.kctv5.com/2025/12/22/sad-day-former-kansas-city-chiefs-linebacker-reacts-kansas-move/
https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/12/22/today-is-setback-kansas-citian-lucas-says-chiefs-were-offered-15b-stay-arrowhead/
The NFL has completely abandoned Missouri now so Missourians should abandon the NFL.
No💩!
DOJ Sues D.C. Over ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban | Cam Edwards, December 22, 2025 [MERRY CHRISTMAS!]
In a press release, Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that the lawsuit “underscores our ironclad commitment to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans,” adding, “Washington, DC’s ban on some of America’s most popular firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment — living in our nation’s capital should not preclude law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms.”
Civil Rights Division chief and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says the Second Amendment Section “filed this lawsuit to ensure that the very rights D.C. resident Mr. Heller secured 17 years ago are enforced today — and that all law-abiding citizens seeking to own protected firearms for lawful purposes may do so.”
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/12/22/doj-sues-dc-over-assault-weapon-ban-n1231012
With several “assault weapon” cases close to Supreme Court review (and a challenge to Cook County, Illinois’s ban already up for consideration in conference), it’s quite possible that SCOTUS will address this issue before the DOJ’s lawsuit is resolved. Today’s action is an important signal to the Court that the Trump administration believes its time to settle this debate once and for all, and to rightfully conclude that bans on commonly-owned firearms like the AR-15 and other modern sporting rifles are a clear violation of our right to keep and bear arms.
Making some money or delirious for dairy?
Winds up for sale online.
“NZFS deputy-director general Vincent Arbuckle said there were “serious concerns” about the safety of the product “given the company determined it was not suitable for sale and rightly disposed of it”.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/22/cheese-dumped-in-landfill-resold-in-waikato-mpi-warns/
Re: Major weather event
Christmas Eve and Christmas day in California, Southern California. Heavy rain coming 6″-8″.
Power, strategy, whatever. Does having a body detached running foreign affairs sound reasonable? No. Keep the policy at the WH.
There are more ‘experts’ to sift through. Soggy Bottom needs to be changed.
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/how-the-white-house-makes-policy
Story Time
Olympic Sniper Turned Battleship Commander – Willis “Ching” Lee
The Fat Electrician
Cool ass story
Awesome story about a little known hero. Should be better known!
Ching Lee is a bad ass.
Donald Trump needs a Ching Lee.
4 people.
“A court in Switzerland said on Monday it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim which alleges the company is doing too little to cut carbon emissions and hence contributing to global warming.”
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/swiss-court-admits-indonesian-islanders-climate-case-against-holcim
“The Italian competition authority has imposed a fine of more than 98.6 million euros on the US company Apple. The reason is an alleged violation of competition law in the market for app developers.”
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/apple-to-pay-fine-of-almost-100-million-euros-in-italy-3019595.html
Papers please……and can I get a witness?
“A sign spotted at a national ID card service point caught attention online after it advised that people whose appearance has changed due to surgery or gender transition need to bring a witness when applying.”
https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-id-card-sign-cosmetic-surgery-witness-policy
Slight of slow hand. Video. Curry contest.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3161383/foreigner-cheated-in-winning-eating-challenge-pocketed-b30000-prize#google_vignette