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Outrageous. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actual Terrorism: Anti-Israel Protesters Launch Balloons, Try to Shut Down JFK While Endangering Lives Not content with interfering with Black Friday shoppers, or simply shutting down roads and making people miss their flights, the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters have decided to up the ante and engage in actual acts of terrorism at JFK Airport today. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/01/01/actual-terrorism-anti-israel-protesters-launch-balloons-try-to-shut-down-jfk-while-endangering-lives-n2391302

Nice Dinghy: People Mock Iran's Warship Reports that Iran moved their Alborz Alvand class destroyer into the Red Sea raised eyebrows, given the heightened tensions in the region as Israel tries to eliminate the Hamas terrorist threat on their border. [...] The reports of Iran's warship also raised quite a bit of mockery from the Twitter/X crowd, who were not impressed. [...] https://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2024/01/01/nice-dinghy-people-mock-irans-warship-n2391285

This Is Fine: Lithium Ion Batteries Burn for DAYS Off Coast of Alaska The Biden administration is pushing -- hard -- for electric vehicles. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says it's happening with or without us (LOL, okay, Skippy). There are problems with EVs -- from lack of charging stations, to limited resources, to manufacturers and unions opposing EVs -- that cannot be ignored because the government mandates we go all electric. Between Christmas and New Year's, a cargo ship was anchored off the coast of Alaska because the load of lithium-ion batteries it was carrying caught fire. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/01/01/lithium-ion-batteries-burn-alaska-n2391291

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cringe Alert: Biden's NYE Appearance Is Embarrassingly Bad [...] Seacrest asked a very simple and straightforward question: about his favorite memories of 2023. Anyone should be able to answer the question, right? Well, Biden goes off on a tangent. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/01/01/biden-nye-appearance-n2391279

And, according to a native-Greek professor whom I consulted, the plural of "octopus" is "octopodia." Seriously.

Thrilling Monday report, see man: It strikes us that certain African antelopes are having a Happy Gnu Year, si and hee hee hee man. We got to bed after Many a.m., consequent to our party with the rubias, cavort we man. Once caffeinated to the point of functionality, we became somewhat less torpid, si man. We out-cleaned OPIOIDs* from the over-garage gutter, yuck man. *Other People's Infernal Oak leaves Infesting our Driveway, man We replaced the casa's A/C filters, one not bad one disgusting man. Around lunchtime, Mini-B. called, call wee man we man man. "Dad, can you bring my computer/charger and LeBron James jersey, huh man?" quoth wee man man. "We were not considering leaving the casa, no man," reply we man to wee man man. Mini-B. turned on his sales pitch, sell refrigerators to Eskimos wee man. "OK, but only if Mommy has leftover food for us, si man," cave we man to wee man man. Went over to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, unenthusiastic we man. Mini-B. took his stuff, next time remember to take it man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. indeed had leftovers, si man. Ex-she man served us hornado**, ingest we man. **shredded pork, white hominy, potato chunks, traditional Ecu din-din man We consumed this and asked for more pork + mashed potatoes, ingest we man. We were then ready for a siesta, prep to leave we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wanted us to chat, yak yak yak ex-she man man. Ex-she man asked us about Mama T-B., report we man. We and ex-she man agreed that Mini-B. may join Jazz Band, short leash on behavior man. Ex-she man yakked about other stuff, just let us go home to siesta man. At casa, served treats to demanding miu, treat we man demanding miu man man. Wished miu a Happy Miu Year, wish we man to miu man man. Siesta'd for over an hour, highly necessary and never enough man. We balanced our checkbook*** for the first time in Many months, $i man. ***current balance = $Many,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon**** we man ****in Pre-Owned Toilet Seats, buy yours today man Took call from Mama T-B. about Tuesday's chauffeured trip for a blood-draw, aysheep senior she man. (We reconfirm here that Mama T-B. is the world's champion worrier, no one else even close man.) We must arise at semi-o'dark-Many for this purpose, egad man. At 1 p.m. is Mini-B.'s dentist appointment, clean examine caucus man. We hope that Mama T-B.'s blood lab isn't overrun with other patients, Many-hour wait man. Brushed and played with needy miu, accommodate we man needy miu man man. Miu has finally gone off to do other miu-stuff, probably zzz miu man. Din-din was toucans of chicken noodle soup, ingest we man. Trying to think of what else there is to do, groggy we man. Will probably play on VJ and eat junk food, play and ingest we man. Happy New/Gnu/Miu Year, si man!

Does she have 1, 2, or Many sisters, oj huh?

Really cool video! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glass Octopus Captured in Rare Footage By Underwater Robot This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/glass-octopus-captured-rare-footage-010000739.html

Yeah, Ortega is in the middle of a lot of this. Will try to find links that I saw recently.

In time for the occurrence in Central Time, si man! Brushed and flossed thereafter, we presume?

Send your leftovers this way, si Y ma'am!

Oj nie, but Polish Commie-babes tend to make poor rubias even when they try, oj tak, which isn't often, oj nie. Is this what it says or is it a typo of "blecch," term reserved for many non-rubias man?

Sorry for the bad news. --- Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Mexico/Latin/South America regional forum, in hopes of country-specific advice.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Barry's 2023 year in review It was a year of reckoning, a year in which humanity finally began to understand that it faces an existential threat, a threat unlike any we have ever faced before, a threat that will wreak havoc on our fragile planet if we fail to stop it -- and it may already be too late. We are referring, of course, to [...] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/dave-barry-s-2023-year-in-review/ar-AA1mghgi

On the sexual atrocities Hamas committed on Oct. 7 On Thursday, The New York Times recounted in awful detail the sexual atrocities the men of Gaza committed during Hamas's October 7 raid into Israel. I know Jeffrey Gettleman, who had the piece's lead byline. He is a serious reporter who served with distinction for many years in Africa. He doesn't exaggerate. Which is good, because the Times's descriptions of these crimes nearly beggar belief. They go beyond rape, or gang rape, or even the execution of prisoners. [...] https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/on-the-sexual-atrocities-hamas-committed

Newpy Hap Year, LL ma'am. Staying in tonight here, too, on Amateur Night.

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Took Mini-B. to visit Mama T-B., ecstatic senior she man. Mama T-B. looked pretty good and lectured us about topics old and new, si man. We honestly didn't think that Mama T-B. would have lived this long, no and wow man. Gassed the T-B.-mobile, do it every Manycember Many'st*, si man. *to calculate how many miles we drove during the year**, see man **this year, we drove precisely Many miles, elegance of P-math man Lunch for Mini-B. was brought from Mama T-B.'s bistro, ingest most wee man. Lunch for us was what Mini-B. didn't eat***, ingest we man. ***mashed potatoes, potato soup, a couple of green beans, and a din-din roll, ingest we man. Watched football game, positive outcome man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn consumed****, ingest we man. ****not counted in weekly total because Mini-B. had none, stuffed-from-lunch wee man Got a siesta, zzz we man. Miu was dozing next to us on the bed, zzz miu man. We could actually get into the bed without moving miu, strategically positioned miu man. Normally, miu jumps off when anyone else is there, solo-bed miu man. This time, miu stayed right there contiguous to our hand, contiguous miu man. Miu remained there even when we got up, also unusual man. We could get used to regular siestas with a full-time miu, si man. Din-din was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. Laundry conquered and warsher dished, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed up earlyish in cameo appearance, running yet another party ex-she man man. EX-she man collected Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man. Party is ex-Mrs.-T-B., Mini-B., Cousin Mini-B., Cousinette Mini-B., the Rojo, and the Rojo's daughters, party they man. We are quietly in the casa with dozing miu, just Daddy + miu man. Miu is unperturbed by all the illegal fireworks continuously erupting, unperturbed miu man. We are free from the idiots who are out on Amateur Night, fun for police man. We are imbibing the usual Powerade Zero, grape flavor, imbibe we man. Party with the rubias begins imminently, cavort into the New Year we man. Happy New Year***** to all, si and whee man. *****or, depending on amount imbibed, Newpy Hap Year, hic man

But not a rubia*, oj nie, and therefore disqualified, oj tak! *Negligent Asia! Negligent, NEGLIGENT Asia!

I was going to say the same! Keep the faith.

A Shipwreck in Rhode Island Appears to Actually Be Captain Cook's Long-Lost Ship Nearly two years after an Australian research team made the claim that a Rhode Island shipwreck was Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour, the team says they have more evidence to back up their assertion. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shipwreck-rhode-island-appears-actually-160000896.html

Gracias for your continuous intrepid efforts, Y ma'am.

They've probably all been subjected to draconian administrative action already.

Or, depending on the amount imbibed, Newpy Hap Year.

It is Sunday, and we're going to end 2023 with an Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke so good that you'll certainly give it a "like" vote: ========================== REPLACEMENT POLICY Farmer Brown's barn had just gone up in flames, and his insurance agent was trying to explain that Farmer Brown couldn't collect cash for it. "Read the policy," said the agent. "All that our company can do is build you another barn exactly like the one that's been destroyed." The enraged Farmer Brown replied, "If that's the way you do business, cancel the insurance policy on my wife before it's too late!"

The short second video is a thing of beauty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WATCH: IDF Finds Secret Tunnel Under Hamas Leader's 'Safe House,' Blows It to Kingdom Come I'm just guessing the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's "safe house" isn't very safe for him any more after a visit from the IDF. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/30/watch-idf-finds-secret-tunnel-under-hamas-leaders-house-blows-it-to-kingdom-come-n2168097