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And why would this be desirable when humans are inferior primates? Derailing thread -- reported!!! Discriminating against a group on the basis of shared characteristics -- reported!!! Now back to topic, si and see man.

Addendum to Thrilling Monday Report, see additionally man: We curbsided the garbage, jetsamic we man. We noted a wet part of the sidewalk, weird because no rain man. The lawn leading up to it was wet, uh-oh man. We blew through our casa around to the back of our casa, blow we man. The grass there was wet, uh-oh man. Our one outside spigot was dry, relief man. We investigated farther back in the back yard, investigate we man. It was wet all the way to our back fence along the side fence, discover we man. Neighbor in back probably left a hose running or has a leak, have to notify man. Miu was highly interested during garbage and in/out processes, interested miu man. Miu is currently zooming around, aysheep miu man. We are currently finishing Mini-B.'s partially consumed half-gallon of chocolate milk, ingest we man. This and the 'roni 'za box will soon be curbsided, efficient we man.

As a reminder, some of the top stories are here: https://theonion.com/our-annual-year-2024/

Report: Requests To Prove One Is Not A Robot Up 400,000% Over Past 500 Years NEW YORK—In a report released Tuesday that has been hailed as equal parts fascinating and perplexing, researchers at Columbia University found that requests to prove one is not a robot have gone up 400,000% over the past 500 years. "During the Elizabethan era, for example, people were rarely asked to prove they were not a robot," said report author Walter Lockwood, who noted that he and his colleagues were left scratching their heads over the staggering increase in requests that had occurred over the past half millennium. [...] https://theonion.com/report-requests-to-prove-one-is-not-a-robot-up-400-000-1851557038/

We never mentioned this, to my knowledge. South Korea got all the press. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election just days before the second round was due to take place. It means the process will be restarted from scratch, with the government due to decide a date for a new vote. The first round was won by Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin. The court's decision comes after intelligence documents were declassified, suggesting Georgescu benefitted from a mass influence operation – conducted from abroad – to interfere with the result of the vote. Hours after the court's decision, Georgescu told a Romanian TV channel that the country's democracy was "under attack", describing the verdict as a "formalised coup d'etat". [...] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4x2epppego

Name your top several moments of 2024, ranked. ------- Mine are: 1. "Soft landslide" reelection of Trump. 2. Israelis explode Hezbollah pagers ("From the liver to the knee!"). 3. Attempted Trump assassination #1.

Thoughts on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Will a Merger of Honda and Nissan Affect the Auto Industry? Two Japanese automakers are merging and planing to create the third-largest auto manufacturer in the world. It's a move that hopes to rejuvenate the Japanese auto industry. "Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world's third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels," the Associated Press reports. "The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors Corp. also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses." The two companies want to fast-track the merger. They're aiming at drafting a formal merger agreement by the summer and putting the new company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by August 2026. The merger would put the new company just behind Toyota and Volkswagen as the third-largest automaker worldwide. [...] https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/12/23/how-would-a-merger-of-honda-and-nissan-affect-the-auto-industry-n4935379

Great article on an under-discussed subject. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canada, the Panama Canal, and Now Greenland. What's Behind Trump's Expansionist Rhetoric? First, President-elect Donald Trump tweaked Canada's far-left Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about becoming governor of the 51st state of the United States of America. Then he said that the Panama Canal should once again come under American control. Make that the 52nd state. And now, are you ready for a 53rd state? On Sunday, Trump renewed a call he made during his first term: that the United States should buy Greenland from Denmark. Could the man possibly be serious? [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/12/23/canada-the-panama-canal-and-now-greenland-whats-behind-trumps-expansionist-rhetoric-n4935388

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Monday report, see man: Awoke >1 hour before alarm went off again today, man. Was just in time for a text from the JC, junior chica man. Trying to work out meeting up with us on a trip next month, unclear at this writing man. Went out on an errand today, venturous we man. Traffic was awful, never seen anything like it man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was a 'roni 'za from the place with the Monday specials, ingest we man. Have a medical caucus 2 Manyzen miles from the casa on Tuesday, man. Not looking forward to fighting more traffic, no man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

As is anyone who supported Beeto, Beeto [dumb bum dumb bum]

If he gets to sniff the kids' hair!

Dunno about the exemption, but you might contact a Federal judge to learn what the legal implications are. It would be interesting to hear them.

Thus trashing the juries' decisions, the judges' sentences, and the families' closure.

Way to remember this thread, Bill, and thanks for the update.

Thread is moved to the Removing Conditions forum.

ABC To Put Running Ticker On All News Shows Saying 'FOR LEGAL PURPOSES DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING WE SAY' U.S. — In response to mounting lawsuits over journalistic malpractice, ABC has decided to add a ticker telling viewers that for legal purposes, no one should ever believe anything said on their news programs. The ticker will run on all ABC News broadcasts, any show where any network journalists open their mouths, and will always be running on the ABC News website. "Nothing we say should ever be taken as having the slightest hint of truth to it whatsoever," said ABC News executive Darryl Ross at a press conference announcing the change. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/abc-to-put-running-ticker-on-all-news-shows-saying-for-legal-purposes-do-not-believe-anything-we-say

This has not been put forth nearly enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump's lawyers are the unsung heroes of his electoral victory I once had the honor to work as a principal at one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. Years before that, I worked on three presidential campaigns. As the 2024 presidential campaign played out between first former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden and then Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, I thought often about those two experiences, because of the unethical and un-American "lawfare" strategies rolled out continuously against Trump. Not only were these seemingly coordinated strategies unprecedented in presidential politics, but they were truly chilling. Almost everyone in the Democratic Party and on the left — be they politicians, the media, academia and certain judicial officials — seemed to be in on this grift to usurp the will of the American people via laughable legal challenges, charges and strategies that would have been universally condemned were they leveled at anyone other than Trump. As these multiple "lawfare" tactics played, my overriding thought was that Trump better have a first-rate legal team behind him. As it turns out, they were better than first rate. In many critically important ways, they saved the campaign — and the candidate. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5051045-trumps-lawyers-are-the-unsung-heroes-of-his-electoral-victory/

This is one of the best-written, most circumspect articles that I've seen on this topic. It blows the leftists' arguments out of the water. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disregarding Military Necessity To Accuse Israel of War Crimes [...] While perhaps well versed in human-rights law, many – including the most vocal and influential – who are quick to condemn Israel's use of force as criminal tend to care much less about military necessity and know little about military history and strategy. In the extreme, they treat humanitarian responsibility as the sole consideration in determining the lawfulness of military action. Routinely, they issue judgments concerning Israel's armed conflicts that demonstrate unfamiliarity with basic matters – threats, battlefield configurations, combatants' rules of engagement, tactics, weapons, and logistics – on which turn a reasonable determination of military necessity. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/22/disregarding_military_necessity_to_accuse_israel_of_war_crimes_152121.html

Her employer absolutely blasted her! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Waiter fired after comments about refusing service to some Trump officials A Washington, D.C.-area restaurant server has been fired after she spoke out about possibly refusing service to incoming Trump administration officials. "I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people," Suzannah Van Rooy, a server at Beuchert's Saloon on Capitol Hill, told the Washingtonian this week. "It's not, 'Oh, we hate Republicans.' It's that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don't feel comfortable serving them." Her remarks were part of a report about whether there would be local "resistance" to certain Trump figures when they were in public settings again after several high-profile incidents during his first term. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/d-c-server-fired-over-refusing-service-to-trump-officials/

I predict that Bidementia will be committed to a memory-care facility within a year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Biden cover-up is fast unraveling President Joe Biden's catch-and-release policies for illegal immigration that caused a historic invasion of the United States was the first scandal of his presidency, but it was his catastrophic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan that destroyed his public standing and pushed him permanently into disapproval. These pages noted at the time that Biden's mental capacity was slipping and that his diminished ability to remember key facts may have cost the lives of many Afghan civilians and 13 American service members. At a White House press conference days before those 13 soldiers were killed, Biden falsely claimed that al-Qaida had been driven out of Afghanistan entirely, and the White House was forced to retract this nonsense just hours later. Biden also falsely claimed that there was "no indication" that Americans stuck in Kabul "haven't been able to get" to the airport, a vacuous statement rebutted by news outlets within minutes. The president was clearly losing his grip on reality. We are now learning that it was not just outside observers such as the Washington Examiner that were worried about Biden drifting off into la la land. The Wall Street Journal has revealed that as early as spring 2021, the start of his presidency, national security officials admitted to each other that Biden "has good days and bad days," often causing key national security meetings to be canceled. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3267230/biden-cover-up-fast-unraveling/

Envious here, LS ma'am. Cat T-B. screams the entire 2.5-mile trip to & from the vet... Aaaaaaarrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh!

Don't they go aysheep in the presence of parakeets, hamsters, and other cats, huh LS ma'am? Don't they tire of being cooped up for so long, huh LS ma'am? Cat T-B. simply wants to get home and out of the carrier, and she screams nonstop until this comes to fruition. Speaking of which, it's past time for another 4-wheel manicure at the vet, and the associated trauma...

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We again awoke Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- hours before the alarm, man. We shall have to discontinue the new "healthier" killpaining medicine, doctor man . No Mini-B., no visit to Mama T-B., and no football, unique Manyfecta of conditions man. We therefore began laundry quite early, industrious we man. We got the first Many (2+1)* done by 1 p.m., amazing man. *including our blanket, extra LL man The Many'th (2+2th) is just about baked now, check progress soon we man. Lunch was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man. Went to Walmart Optical for our eyeglass lenses, only trip out man. Once we were blind, but now we can si, si man! Also got Many (2+2+2) boxes of their house-brand "caramel chocolate nut roll," sugar-free man. The JC texted to say that she appreciates us, appreciative JC she man. A nice siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Miu has vacillated between comatose and aysheep, schizoid miu man. We tried refilling her jug of dry food from the bag that she ripped into, we man. We managed to spill it all over the kitchen counter/floor, man. Of course, miu awakened from far upstairs and started out-pigging on it, porcine-like miu man. We shall fold the last LL imminently, big hurdle surmounted man. We must then dish the warsher, domestic we man. Later comes party with the rubias, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

PetSmart or Petco, too! They're like a free zoo. When Mini-B. was younger, we'd go all the time. We even got to see a little snake shedding its skin. Mini-B. especially enjoyed the playful hamsters.

If you get it on Christmas or Easter, it can be a mini-Holy cow, D ma'am!