Merry Christmas All!

Happy Holidays!

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[BeenThereDoneThat]

Woot!

[Threadkiller]

Merry Christmas to JOM Facebook as well!!

[Frau Erster Weihnachtstag]

Double Woot! here on the Left Coast where the sun is shinning after some days of (California's idea of) rain and cold.

Blessings on the Maguire house for bringing us cheer and good will.

[Frau Erster Weihnachtstag]

heh! Shinning is a new word. It may be what Hit is doing on his hill in Eye-dee-ho when he loses his snowboard.

[Frau Erster Weihnachtstag]

Back to the kitchen for me.

[Threadkiller]

What are you making, Frau?

Rouladen and Knödel for us, tonight!

Merry Christmas!

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Hmmm, I meant to write this in this thread: Merry Christmas to all but the goadvs vermin who deserve to be on top of the flaming Yule log.

[cheerleader]

To their delight, Trump supporters are receiving Christmas cards from Donald Trump. A commenter at TCT said she's going to frame hers. In the card he says, "I love you all!"

[Buford Gooch]

Merry Christmas, all!

[peter]

Ditto Captain HaTE.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Merry Christmas, to everyone! May the New Year bring personal blessings to each and all, and the sweet stirrings of restoration for America the beautiful.

[Beasts of England]

Celestial binoculars are a cool gift, Captain! Here's wishing you clear skies!

[daddy]

Marry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho!

Unfortunately there may be a lump of coal in my stocking:(

[jimmyk]

From sbw in the last thread:

Other Repubs are considering a run, too. Interesting times.

sbw, you should run. Bet you could get a lot of support.

PDinDetroit: It would be great if a NoCal meet-up works out. You know I'm a ex-Detroiter myself, we can compare notes.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/remembering-electric-football-2/

God Bless Jack Cashill.

[Sandy Daze]

One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas weekend is watch
Going My Way
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ecjzal-wlKQ
Seven Oscars, incl
Best pic
Best actor
Best Director
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036872/awards?ref_=m_tt_awd&mode=desktop

[Sandy Daze]

Well if you watch Going My Way, the bookend is of course, "Bells of St Mary's" which came out the following year with Der Bingle and Ingrid Bergman. It may contain the first ever "stupid cat video"!

I enjoy both movies very much, most strongly recommended.

Good Bless All of You, your families, and any friends you may have who are not JOMers!

Merry Christmas !

[daddy]

Can't wait till we start opening presents!

[Sandy Daze]

Here it is, beginning at the 8'30" point :
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lO4WUP-RSWg

!

[Sandy Daze]

"St Mary's has grown old doing good..."

Indeed. That we had more St Mary's today.

PSb and more Fr OMalleys too ! 😇👍

[narciso]

I never got into the Christmas Story, I'm more an it's a wonderful life person, perhaps because it was performed as a school play, then again so was into the woods, which I still flashbacks about,

[narciso]

it's a poser, as Steyn would say,

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/12/california-muslim-threatens-jihad-on-police-makes-bomb-threat-authorities-search-for-motive

[narciso]

Smod dropped by, this week

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4807

[Beasts of England]

Do any of my fellow JOM foodies have a spurtle? It looks like a fine tool...

[lyle]

That's some quality p-shop, daddy! Love the box, too.

[narciso]

forgot about the flux capacitor,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3373459/Man-trying-travel-time-smashes-car-two-Florida-business.html

[Threadkiller]

I do not, BoE. I'm still trying to get my mom's Gilhoolie.

[Threadkiller]

Maybe he was trying to serve time, narciso.

[Beasts of England]

I don't have a Gilhoolie, either, TK. I'm kinda scared to search it on the Internet...

[Threadkiller]

I notice his ambitious plan was curbed by the two sure things. Death and taxes.

[Threadkiller]

BoE, trust me.

[daddy]

From a Japanese Newspaper, a possible Global Warming Science project for Jane, JiB and Frederick in the New Year.

Japanese newspaper tells us that Japanese team cracks crocodile egg mystery of how sex is decided

If crocodiles raise their eggs at 33.5 degrees, they all become male, and at 30 degrees they become female. Most tortoises and some lizards develop in the same way...

and

wild American alligators, a type of crocodile

So all you guys have to do is keep a record of the sex of every alligator you come across in your back yard and pretty soon we'll know if Gaia is warming or not.

And don't get me started on pregnant Japanese eels swimming 1,500 miles to lay their eggs.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.metv.com/stories/did-you-have-a-gilhoolie-in-your-kitchen

[narciso]

well they tried to do that fine line in Jurassic Park twice, and it didn't work out,

[lyle]

I have a spurtle and didn't even know it was called that!

[Beasts of England]

I'm making Ricotta-stuffed shells with a vodka sauce for dinner. Will a Gilhoolie streamline that process? Sampling the vodka is having a detrimental effect. lol

[narciso]

it's a nasty mogwai, this go advs bug is, specially when it hides in the registry,

so the time comes around for the Dr. Who christmas,

[daddy]

I don't have a Gilhoolie, either, TK. I'm kinda scared to search it on the Internet...

I think a Gilhoolie is what Tanya Harding whacked Nancy Kerrigan with:

[Beasts of England]

So, Nancy Kerrigan also had a Gilhoolie! Bet she wishes that she'd been spurtled instead.

[narciso]

now they tell us:

http://overlawyered.com/2015/12/the-most-warningful-time-of-the-year/

[daddy]

Meanwhile in India...
Mumbai gets coldest December day in a decade

Bombay: "The cold spell has been wonderful and Mumbaikars are enjoying the chill,

[narciso]

it's the new fad,

http://www.thelocal.fr/20151224/corsica-becomes-latest-european-territory-to-turn-nationalist

[narciso]

an interesting notion,

http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/50824.html

[narciso]

deja vu:

http://libertyunyielding.com/2015/12/25/the-holiday-classic-its-a-wonderful-life-was-made-to-combat-atheism-2/

[clarice]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[narciso]

as bad an idea, as frank cross's live scrooge christmas special, or that dracula film disowned by wes craven,

http://freebeacon.com/culture/the-hateful-eight-review/

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

Mrs. JiB found Frederick's penny in the Christmas pudding that he put in during our "stir in" last month. Damn good thing she found it before biting into it. The risks you take at Christmas.

Superb roast beef and yorkshire puddings. Lots of great champagne and wine (2000 Vieux Chateau Certan) and now watching The Warriors and Steph Curry handling Lebron and tha Cavs so far. He is just as good without the ball as he is with it.

[Jane]

Yikes Daddy!

I must say the beef bourginone was absolutely spectacular. So much so I scraped the edge of the pan so I could save every speck of the leftovers.

My first Florida Christmas has been a good one - despite the fact that no packages arrived even tho I was told they were coming.

Kiwi was showered with gifts and now has more toys than Carter has pills!

[narciso]

is it real or memorex,

http://twitchy.com/2015/12/24/white-man-in-my-chimney-salon-commences-annual-attempt-to-ruin-christmas/

[Jeff Dobbs]

Jane....let me reverse the order of your comment...

despite the fact that no packages arrived even tho I was told they were coming ... Yikes Daddy!

I thoroughly blame daddy.

[Jeff Dobbs]

So I spent 6 hours outside today in the 15-20 degree temps. 90% of that time was spent working on the sled launch and run.

On my first run on it, I got thrown out of the track. So I messed with it all day trying to get it right.

The kids were able to make runs for about an hour. Once they were done, I kept working on it to make it faster and longer.

It's set up pretty well now. The girls came back and and ran it over and over. Excellent!

The snow here is so dry and powdery that the track isn't packing. Every run just kicks up more powder.

I had a hose to introduce moisture - and used it to great effect to put in the steps up the launch. But I left it in the garage, and now it's got frozen water in it. Grrrr.

Still, all in all a great success. Most notably, I didn't get frostbite after not wearing gloves all day.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Listening to Van Gundy and Fatass Jackson is just sheer torture.

[narciso]

then don't as with ESPN, they have little clue what's going on, they barely understand the scoreboard,

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

CH,

Do you think LeBron has lost a step or two? I know he is older but he seems to be slower and not as confident. But then I only watch one or two NBA games a year, usually at Christmas and during the finals.

The Curry kid is another proof of genetics.

[narciso]

I think he's overrated, mind you, it was truly nauseating the degree he was promoted down in Miami, he was a good draft pick,

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

The clock is ticking on him, JiB; he has learned to play smarter because he can't out jump everybody. He gets blocked a lot more than he used to. That still doesn't mean he can't dominate a game; it just happens in different ways. I think he's still pretty confident, maybe too much so at times.

Klay Thompson is also proof of genetics.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

He's still pretty fast, like on that blocked layup from behind. He just has to choose his spots wisely. Even though he has a body that scientists would design for basketball, there's a lot of mileage on it considering the summer international appearances in the past.

[Beasts of England]

'I had a hose to introduce moisture...'

So I've heard.

[Threadkiller]

BoE schlonged the thread.

[Beasts of England]

It's tough to maintain both naughty and nice, TK. Frau put the pressure on me. ;)

[James D.]

Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Heading home from family Christmas. Lots of relatives, lots and lots of expensive booze (mostly wasted on me b/c I only had one drink & don't have the palate to properly appreciate the good stuff anyway), great food. Can't think of a better way to spend the holiday.

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

Pretending I am 15 again and watching Rio Bravo. Do they make movies like that anymore? Sure the first Star Wars replaced the westerns but after The Duke passed how could you ever make a great western again? With Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise or Ben Affleck? LOL.

[narciso]

it's like that hall of mirrors, scene in Golden Gun:

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/24/rendell-any-dem-will-expose-trumps-lack-of-knowledge-in-a-one-on-one-debate/

[narciso]

how about Jeff Bridges in True Grit remake, no none of those fit in the genre, Bruce Willis did take a stab at one in the 90s,

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

narciso,

I met Ed Rendell in London at a Royal Academy lecture and he is complete political tool who has no intellectual consideration of facts or forces. But then he is considered an old master of the moderate class of democrats.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Tarantino is a moral black hole. He's what one gets when a psychically fragile child is bullied on the playground, and it's hard to imagine a dilbert like him not being bullied.

Presumably "The Hateful Eight" is a backhanded reference to "The Magnificent Seven".
I read where he talked about how good the old Bonanza and Gunsmokes were and his formula was to take that setup and "remove the moral center". Of course removing the moral center is kind of the opposite of art and kind of the definition of pornography which essentially is what he makes. He just ladles less sex and more violence in and slaps some pseudo-existentialism in the form of some thoughtless, tetherless deconstructed "morality" whose basis is a seemingly unconscious nihilism.

It's like a twisted, abused child is given a camera and a hundred million dollars to film himself pulling the wings off of flies and setting kittens on fire and millions of people go watch them and film critics address them like they're watching a Howard Hawks or Ernst Lubitsch flick.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Pretending I am 15 again and watching Rio Bravo. Do they make movies like that anymore?--

Heh. Speaking of Howard Hawks.

[narciso]

he was a video store clerk and basically channels D movie schlock with higher production values, high end nihilism, of course he despises the sources of order,

[narciso]

like locusts they sucked out the marrow,

http://www.weaselzippers.us/247421-merry-marxmass-christmas-in-venezuela-is-dead/

[Jeff Dobbs]

Just had the best ribs ever. Papa hit and run ordered a new electric smoker from Amazon that was delivered yesterday. He'd much rather use the traditional smoker - but keeping the heat at the right temperature when it's 15 degrees out is a bit of a challenge.

The electric smoker worked perfectly.

The ribs paired well with Miller Lite.

[narciso]

carlos slims just looks for more ways to lose money,

http://babalublog.com/2015/12/25/the-ny-times-makes-a-new-argument-against-senator-rubio/

[Threadkiller]

I had to take one enduring aspect of the good westerns and look for it in current movies.

Vendettas.

Dwane Johnson seems to get a fair share of vendetta scripts and he makes them enjoyable.
I accidentally came across this one:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_(2010_film)
One big difference. You can watch westerns with you kids.

[narciso]

they run that one on USA networks, a great deal,

there is also the loner, often with a paramilitary background like Bauer, Reese, Weston, up against a corrupt state/corporate cabal, well they aren't always alone, but they operate outside established
organizations,

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

TK,

And when you watch westrerns with your kids they end up talking like Walter Brennan just to piss you off.

[narciso]

you can have too much fosters, amonhs other things

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/monis_conspiracy_exposed/

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

I saw Ricky Nelson last in 1978 in Wisconsin at the Playboy Club at Lake Geneva while I was working up in the UP in Marquette. Went down with a bunch of guys for the hell of it and lo and behold he was the featured performer. Don't remember much about that (of course) but he and his band were there and I was probably smacked out.

Then I read he died in an airplane accident. Forgot the reason but had to do with drugs if I remember correctly.

[narciso]

not apparently,

http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-28/news/mn-3328_1_nelson-crash

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

narc,

Pretty inconclusive if you ask me.

[henry]

Jeff, I know you requested no Star Wars spoilers... but here is one anyway:

Big Screen + Beer + Star Wars = great fun!

[GUS]

Henry, was it the MAJESTIC?

[henry]

GUS, yes. The Majestic bistro room or whatever the call it. Beer nachos and movie.

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!]

Frederick' Kyo Ren Starship from his Lego Christmas.

[narciso]

Cool, JiB, looks better than the Tyderium shuttle from Jedi

[Neo]

Merry Christmas

[narciso]

the novelization, which they won't publish till January, explains some details, and raises others,

[Miss Marple]

Good evening, all!

Dinner at my sister's, nothing fancy, steak and potatoes, but good company. We also watched "White Christmas."

We watched "Going My Way" the other night, also one of my favorites.

Jack, One of my most favorite sales was 2 menus from the Lake Geneva Playboy club which I found in a mixed box of junk at the auction. They were not even what I bought the box for, so they were a bonus.

I thought that young guys setting up bars would like to have them for framing, so I put them up for auction starting at 99 cents.

They got bid up to almost $75!

Turned out the buyer was a woman MY age who had worked her way through college as a bunny at the Lake Geneva club!! She wanted them to show her kids what it was like! HA!

I sent her a note and told her I never knew ANYONE who was a Playboy Bunny so was excited to meet her on eBay. Very funny!

[Momto2]

Merry Christmas everyone! We're all full of turkey & fixings - had a fun day of gifts and board games. So extravagant I know but we had to turn on the AC so we could tolerate the fireplace....it wouldn't be Christmas without a fire! (72 degrees here in Ga. will be 75 tomorrow)

I hope everyone had a blessed day with those you hold dear. I don't say much but appreciate each and every one of you and the things I learn from you.

[Miss Marple]

Look here! The New York Times tsk-tsks about Trump not spending money on advertising and direct mail:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/us/politics/donald-trump-scraps-the-usual-campaign-playbook-including-tv-ads.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Some of the experts cited are political consultants, who no doubt want to squash a new method of campaigning. The Times wants to create doubt about Trump plus encourage the influence of the loser GOP consultants, hence the article.

[narciso]

I think this fellow should watch out for polonium cocktails,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3374231/Did-Putin-plant-holiday-jet-bomb-killed-224-Russians-s-outrageous-theory-ex-KGB-agent-claims-dossier-proves-Kremlin-orchestrated-atrocity-justify-waging-war-Syria-decide-yourself.html

why exactly would he need to spend money, if he
all the press he needs?

[narciso]

this was just four days ago,

http://theiowarepublican.com/2015/iowa-caucus-perspective-ground-game-edition/

[narciso]

before you get out the violins,

https://twitter.com/rory_yeomans/status/680438093028155392

[narciso]

the chemical weapon attack back in September 2013, was in his territory,

[Miss Marple]

narciso,

That article tells me that Trump probably knows at least as much about Iowa as the NewYork Times, and I would guess more.

Also, I noted that in the New York Times article he is looking at companies that make non-political ads.

That means he wants ads which do not look like a typical political ad. (Lord knows he shouldn't run with a Jeb! type ad, which have only made me detest Jeb more).

Iowa could be full of surprises.

[narciso]

well the Medici has used up the state's supply of exclamation point, but Robinson making exactly the opposite statement that he did in his own blog,

[narciso]

two ex Journolisters from Politico, Haberman and Martin, set off my spider senses,

[Miss Marple]

The question is, did Robinson say two different things or did the New York Times make up the quote.

I vote door #2, Monty.

[narciso]

bingo, was his name o, he does represent something different from Bob Dole's sou chef, bob dole everyone!! found a spare punctuation,

[Miss Marple]

Tom Giovanetti ‏@tgiovanetti 14m14 minutes ago

In SC for Christmas, a key primary state. Everyone I've talked to here got a Christmas card from Donald Trump.
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[Miss Marple]

Regarding my 11:01, THAT is direct mailing that works! How many of the recipeints showed off that card as proof of Donald Trump appreciating their vote. I bet a good number will be framed.

[Miss Marple]

Megan Ritter ‏@MeganRitter 10m10 minutes ago

At this moment 239 years ago, Washington's army began crossing the ice-choked Delaware River to march on Trenton, barefoot in snow and sleet
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