And in conclusion

 In no particular order, some items of interest:

Brian Cole, the man arrested for planting bombs at the DNC and RNC offices on January 5, 2021, has not yet entered a plea, but his attorney says he suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder as well as autism spectrum disorder and would like to be released from jail.  Given the HHS obsession with autism and Cole's statement that he planned to take part in the Trump coup the next day, he'll probably get his wish.

In Florida House bill 917 would make it illegal to discriminate against patients based on vaccination status and also make ivermectin (horse dewormer) available without a prescription to "expand parental authority."  As hospitalizations spike due to the A-H3N2 "super flu" variant and measles cases are the highest in thirty years, we need to make it easier for idiots to kill themselves.  And unfortunately, their children.

Trump likes nothing better than pardoning his fellow criminals, so during Netanyahu's visit to the Palm Beach roach motel he assured reporters that the prime minister will soon be as free as any J6 rioter or crypto crook.  "I spoke to the president, he tells me it's on its way," he bragged, even though Bibi's trial has yet to conclude.  Within the hour it was denied:  "There has been no conversation between President Herzog and President Trump since the pardon request was submitted," Herzog's office said.  If it's that easy to refute Trump's lies, why don't American media do it more often?  

A clean water project for Colorado passed unanimously by the House and Senate was vetoed with this elegantly phrased message:

You heard the crazy old man -- FREE TINA PETTERS!  Lauren Boebert will not be happy -- she co-sponsored this bill for her district.

Another day, another million pages of Epstein files.  Since they all need to be reviewed to make sure Bill Clinton is on every other page, it looks like the Bondi Department won't be able to comply with Congress's demand for release this year.  Remind me, did the IRS ever finish with Trump's 2016 tax audit?

The ICEstapo plan to spend a hundred million dollars next year just on "wartime recruitment" at gun shows.  They haven't tried that before now?  What about biker bars?

Two candidates for the Self-Awareness Derby today:

1.  Kellyanne Conway, fresh from her most recent cosmetic procedure, decided to attack Rosie O'Donnell for her appearance.  "Don't you have anybody who loves you?  You need a hug or a husband or a hairy dog...this woman last week, she referred to Trump as a blob.  A slob calling someone else a blob."  Her ex-husband George Conway is running as a Democrat for Jerry Nadler's seat, and she's on Fox wearing more eyeliner than J.D. Vance.  

2.  Tomi Lahren was also on Fox with riveting news about Joe Biden -- he took a vacation!  In the Caribbean!  "He was actually recently spotted flying commercial to the US Virgin Islands, where he later popped up at a church service in St. Croix."  Are we supposed to be shocked because a private citizen who recently completed a round of chemo goes to mass even on vacation?  Was Jill with him?  Did he subsequently eat ice cream?  How was he supposed to get to St. Croix, on a Qatari bribe plane?  Say, isn't Sean Hannity usually on at this hour?  He's on vacation?

Here's some gossip fodder for you girls because it's The Holidays:  The wife of Bill Stevenson was found dead in her Wilmington, Delaware, home after she evidently called 911.  This is only international news because Stevenson was married to Jill Biden between 1970 and 1975.  Go at it!

Caroline Kennedy has not commented on Trump's trashing of the center named for her father because she has far worse things to deal with:  her daughter Tatiana Schlossberg died of leukemia this week at the age of 35.  Of course that has not prevented President Burgerfarts from posting repeatedly on his dime-store platform about how the Kennedy family allowed the place to fall into disrepair and how He Alone saved it.  Jabba the Trump might be too kind a name.

Clearly afraid of being fired, Ric Grenell has started blaming CNN, the New York Times and other outlets of sending emails to performers "encouraging" them to cancel gigs at the former Kennedy Center.  He has produced no evidence for this, of course, but it's an obvious conspiracy to make him and Trump look like fascist philistines.  Ric, reporting on something is different from causing it or celebrating it.  It's called journalism.

Laugh time!  Everyone knows how much Jabba loves eagles, as long as they're stuffed or gold-plated.

Never gets old.  Anyway, he posted a picture of an eagle murdered by an evil wind turbine captioned "Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!"  Except it was a falcon killed in 2017 in Israel, as reported by Haaretz.  And we have three years of this bullshit to look forward to.

It's been a privilege to share this weird time with you and I want to close with a belated Christmas present, national treasure David Sedaris reading "Santaland Diaries."  The whole thing is a joy, especially if you wondered what "Away in a Manger" would sound like if sung by Billie Holiday.  Enjoy, and I'll see you on the other side, I hope.