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Surprise, surprise.

And here we (or they all) go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Big Lots plans to close all stores: See full list of locations around the US America is preparing to say goodbye to another big name retail chain. Big Lots is planning shutter all of its locations following months of store closures and a September filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retail chain is launching "going out of business" sales to "protect the value of its estate," a Thursday press release stated. The company did not offer a timeline for how long the sales will last [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/big-lots-plans-close-stores-201333453.html

Good! ~~~~~~~ MSNBC Reportedly Tells Two More Anchors To Take Pay Cuts Amid Ratings Tank MSNBC is negotiating pay cuts with night anchors Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle as the cable channel nosedives in the ratings after the election, according to a report. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-reportedly-tells-two-more-163309834.html

I'm surprised that the Astros rank as high as 27th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ MLB farm system rankings for every team after winter meetings [...] Failure to maintain your farm system can lead to years of mediocrity and devastation for an MLB franchise. On the flip side, having a great farm system is one of the best positions to be in. Your fanbase knows better days are ahead, and they merely have to wait for the chickens to roost. Teams with great farms in recent years like the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles have taken massive leaps lately and have vaulted themselves into playoff contention. Here is the post-winter meetings farm system ranking for every team in Major League Baseball. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb-farm-system-rankings-every-121622509.html

Good! ~~~~~~~ CNN Sees One of Its Lowest Ratings Ever as Massive Layoffs Loom CNN's ratings woes reached a new low this year, plunging in in a key age group—all as the Warner Bros. Discovery network is set to lay off hundreds. The network managed to score second place between Fox News and MSNBC in a year-end average of the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic, averaging 92,000 total-day viewers, according to Nielsen data obtained by Mediaite. While that beat MSNBC, which averaged 86,000 total-day viewers in the demo this year, it is still CNN's lowest demo average ever—down 1 percent from last year's previous low of 94,000. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-sees-one-lowest-ratings-173926866.html

The Amish, again?

No longer any need to kiss anyone's Fani. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [UPDATE] Fani Willis Is OUT, Trump Responds to the Ruling [...] In a massive victory for President-elect Donald Trump and lovers of freedom everywhere, a Georgia Appeals Court has removed Fani Willis from her prosecution (and persecution) of the once and future president. [...] https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/12/19/breaking-georgia-appeals-court-removes-fani-willis-from-trump-case-n4935266

Thursday ES report, see man: We stumbled upon an ES auction ending on Wednesday, participate we man. We won the following, see the take man: -- medium-length gripper; Many (2+1) pairs dress-slacks* = $Many ($2x2x2 -1), steal man *2 of which fit us perfectly now and one that will after more waist-loss, score we man Total = $Many ($2+2+2+1) We don't expect to visit any in-person ESs, none proximal man.

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: See separate "Thursday ES report," score we man. Lunch was the Costco footlong hot dog + Diet Pepsi, ingest we man. Errands ended precisely at time to de-skool Mini-B., half-day man. A highly necessary siesta was taken afterward, zzz we man. Din-din was weenies-&-beans, ingest Two Guys man. Must arise at o'dark-Many for yet another Band gig, it never ends man. A poopload of Friday errands awaits, oh poop and errand we man. Mini-B. has another half-day of skool before vacation, why even bother man. We shall visit Mama T-B. after skool, Mini-B. traveling on Sunday man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Hence his "Fidelito" nickname.

Elementary School Christmas Performance Going On Tenth Grueling Minute KENNEWICK, WA- The situation at a local elementary school became dire as the Christmas performance entered its punishing tenth minute. The choral and instrumental performance lead several parents to consider drastic measures such as jumping out a nearby window or faking a heart attack. "I don't know how much more I can take," dad Mark Greyson said. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/elementary-school-christmas-performance-going-on-tenth-grueling-minute

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FBI Assures Nation Drones Just U.S. Government Spying On Its Own Citizens U.S. — FBI Director Christopher Wray sought to reassure Americans that the drones being spotted over New Jersey were simply from the United States government spying on its own citizens. While theories mounted that the drones could be Iranian or even extra-terrestrial in origin, Wray assured the nation that they represented nothing more nefarious than the FBI secretly watching and recording American citizens. "There is no cause for alarm," said Wray. "These are nothing but [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-assures-nation-drones-just-us-government-spying-on-its-own-citizens

RFK Jr. Advises Children To Leave Out 8 Strips of Bacon And A Bowl Of Beef Tallow For Santa This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his campaign to make America healthy again by advising kids to leave out a pile of bacon and some beef tallow for Santa this year. According to Kennedy, the change will help Santa lower his intake of carbs and dairy, which ought to stave off any effects of morbid obesity for a few more years. "Kids, are you trying to kill Santa Claus?" Kennedy said at a press conference Wednesday. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/rfk-jr-advises-children-to-leave-out-4-strips-of-bacon-and-a-glass-of-beef-tallow-for-santa-this-year

This guy might win in a landslide, given his excellent speech here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canadian Opposition Leader Poilievre: Government Must Work For The People, Not The Ego Of One Man Canadian Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered this heartfelt speech about the suffering of average Canadians trying to make ends meet. Poilievre appears likely to take power as Justin Trudeau's government teeters in the wake of the Prime Minister's "embarrassing" meeting with Donald Trump. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/18/canadian_opposition_leader_poilievre_government_must_work_for_the_people_not_the_ego_of_one_man.html

The Last Lie? The Drone Paradigm It has become a reflex reaction. Tap the Biden administration on the knee with a rubber hammer and it kicks out a lie. And it has never mattered to the likes of Alejandro Mayorkas and John Kirby and Karen Jean-Pierre that their lies are clearly and obviously are lies. The border is secure. Hunter will never be pardoned. Joe is mentally fit. Dumping trillions of made-up dollars into the economy did not cause inflation. The "vaccines" were completely "safe and effective." There was no government censorship program. Over the past years, they perfected the public injection of ignorance, responding – if questioned – with even more lies or, better yet, even more words and words and words, sound and fury, signifying nothing. And they have gotten away with it, in part because [...] https://thomas699.substack.com/p/the-last-lie

The left-wing media created their own crisis and now have to pay the price for repeatedly attacking Donald Trump Even as defeated Democrats try to decide who they are and what they believe in, their media handmaidens face a crisis of their own. The comeuppance against their politically driven bias has arrived — and it's proving to be expensive in more ways than one. Recent days have reconfirmed that their war against Donald Trump is their most egregious assault on truth and fairness, but it was hardly the first or only. CNN was caught this week [...] https://nypost.com/2024/12/17/opinion/michael-goodwin-the-left-wing-media-created-their-own-crisis-and-now-have-to-pay-the-price-for-repeatedly-attacking-donald-trump/

Biden Seals His Legacy As Worst President In History Since the election, not-soon-enough-to-be-former President Joe Biden has provided a steady stream of reminders as to why the nation will be glad to be rid of him. His unique mixture of incompetence, cluelessness, disdain, arrogance, and sleaziness has been on full display. Consider what Biden managed in a few short weeks. [...] https://issuesinsights.com/2024/12/18/biden-seals-his-legacy-as-worst-president-in-history/

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Mini-B. awoke surprisingly full of pep, pep si man. We were ready for a siesta before we awoke, need zzz we man. After skooling Mini-B., we returned for a siesta, zzz we man. Lunch was a handful of pretzels and a beef stick, ingest we man. Din-din was onebag of nuked corn & nuked breaded chicken strips in honey mustard, ingest Two Guys man. Miu had the zoomies much of the day, zooming miu man. Mini-B. has half-days at skool Thurs. & Fri., thurrowlee edj'muhcated wee man. This cramps ES-ing, obviously man. Nothing nearby was available anyway, man. We therefore participated in an on-line ES, successful we man. Report after item pickup on Thurs., report then we man. We have lobbied ex-Mrs.-T-B. to let us keep Mini-B. on Thurs. eve, no Two Guys eve last week man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B., Mini-B., the Rojo, & the Rojo's daughters are flying to Boston & Nueva York on Sunday, sigh man. This means that we can invite the rubias earlier on Saturday night, whee man. ES pickup + errands are itineraried for Thurs., itinerary we man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

The question is, who will be drunker.

Reaction? Rep. Ramirez needs to lose some weight.

Why -- because you ARE or AREN'T one?

Here is Wednesday's Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE BLONDE AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE A blonde woman came in for a routine physical at the doctor’s office. "Here you go," said the nurse, as she handed the blonde a urine cup. "The bathroom is there on your left. The doctor will see you in a few minutes." Soon, the blonde came out of the bathroom. She handed an empty container back to the nurse. With a relieved look on her face, the blonde said, "Thank you! But they had a toilet in there, so I didn't need this after all."

Drones Turn Out To Be Elaborate Gender Reveal Party U.S. — Recent drone sightings across the eastern United States are apparently nothing more than an elaborate gender reveal, Pentagon officials announced Monday. The revelation came as [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/drones-turn-out-to-be-elaborate-gender-reveal-party

Joe Biden Pardons Wife Jill For Impersonating A Doctor [...] The pardon reportedly covers "any and all instances" of impersonation as far back as 2007, when Jill Biden first began calling herself a doctor. Ancillary clauses in the pardon are said to also cover the various news organizations that have misleadingly referred to Jill as a doctor, especially during the 2016 and 2020 election seasons. "I am very proud to present this award to my wife... whatever her name is," Biden told reporters when announcing the pardon. "My... my wife... the gal over there... she deserves this pardon, and if you don't think she's a real doctor, then you're... then all it means is you're... the idea... who is this, now?" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/joe-biden-pardons-wife-jill-for-impersonating-a-doctor