Doug Jones Victory Dog Dance Party! Open Thread for laughing at Roy Moore

Maybe it was linked upthread, but this Bannon piece is good. He’s a very angry and probably drug-addled man.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/bannon-for-president-trump-kushner-ivanka?mbid=social_twitter

Best moment is when he’s presented as some kind of polymath genius but has to pull out the book he’s reading to reference Thermoplyae, fucking 300! and botches the reference anyway.

Happy Hogswatch All

I’m also wondering if Dimmy might be a troll.

Of course, protests are only part of the picture. I do think they can be very effective. It’s a mass show of disapproval, if nothing else. Remember how reticent, at first, the major US television networks were, when it came to reporting on the Occupy protests? I think they were hoping those protests would sink without a trace.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!

Continuing a 62 year Christmas tradition is the NORAD Santa tracker.

Neat, especially when you consider the origins of it as an explanation for a heightened alert state during a higher risk period. It was an assumption that any unsignalled first strike of nuclear weapons would likely occur during a holiday period, to maximise confusion and minimise the effective response.

Google’s animation of Santa could be improved, though. It looks rather like he poops down your chimney, which is not in any version of the story I’ve come across.

I spent a number of years working in the AFSATCOM MCC at Offutt AFB and I can tell you that Santa and the VPOTUS both have their actual whereabouts classified when they’re travelling.

True story.

Merry Christmas Mammotheers!

Happy Holidays, Mammotheers!

Hey, Mammotheers, I hope everyone is enjoying themselves thoroughly. And for those who celebrate the holiday, Merry Christmas!

David F., all best wishes for your good health and your return to WHTM.

fröhliche feliz bom joyeux bon i feliç buon Hogswatch, Mammotheers and David, hoping you are well, that all the wild boar are flourishing and that Cosmo Lavish and his ilk are soon in the Tanty or wherever they can no longer harm everyone else.

(Corbyn voted Remain (giving the EU “7/10”) and says he would do so again to prioritise jobs/the economy/well-being. Personally I very much hope Alan is right and that Parliament with its “meaningful vote” (and/or/with the help of the current legal challenges to the A50 situation and to the validity of the ref???) does indeed manage to scupper the whole bloody mess. Now that would be a great new year! – hopefully ’18 rather than ’19, with all the damage it’s already doing)

@Victorious Parasol,

Excellent choice. Even better than my favourite word from Hogfather: “Glubs,” said the child. Glubs is simply the best word. Say it several times and see if you don’t grin (if you try this, and there’s no grin, don’t tell me, ’cause you’ll ruin it).

@sunnysombrera (and also Alan and opposablethumbs)
Thanks so much for those insights on Corbyn and related matters. Admittedly, I haven’t followed news on Corbyn in great detail, but what I have seen tends to present him in either fanatically glowing terms, or as Socialist Lucifer (pleonasm?).
So some nuance is appreciated!
(spellcheck wants to change Corbyn to corncob – make of that what you will).

@everyone,
I hope you all have a break from stuff, and enjoy some relaxing time. Katie knows, we all need some time out.

@David F., please take care of yourself and hang in there. Lots of good wishes heading your way from the mammotheers.

Looks like Twitter was serious about suspending hate speech accounts.

Assange’s account is gone. Thats some, er, mighty fine aiming they got there.

This post may contain traces of sarcasm.