Bits & Bytes

WORTH WATCHING AGAIN: [6:00] For many years, I engaged in a silent rebellion against my mother who demanded our beds be made first thing every day. Sadly, the only reason given was, “I said so,” which did not inspire me to make it my lifelong habit nor to teach my kids to make it theirs.

But some years ago, this man gave me a reason that made sense to me and ever since, on all but my worst days, I have made my bed before getting dressed and, on almost every one of those days, I have thought about his wise words while I straightened, smoothed and tucked.

2020_01 02 nader

DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION: The DOJ has indicted eight people on charges related to concealing the illegal source of $3.5 million in campaign contributions to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

One of these eight is George Nader, 60, who was a key witness in the Mueller investigation.

2020_01 02 IRAN

MILITARY: U.S. troops have taken out one of the Iranian regimes most powerful figures, Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Quds Force.

He is believed to have been the mastermind behind Iran’s state-sponsored terror.

2020_01 02 CNN

CNN’s NEW YEARS EVE SHOW: I refuse to watch the clips, but Todd Starnes says it was filled with smutty locker room talk … and not the kind I ever heard in any locker room I ever frequented!

Anderson Cooper recounted a conversation he had with his mother about who has the biggest c-word (male sex organ) in Hollywood. Cooper and Andy Cohen giggled like school girls as they dished about whether Alice from The Brady Bunch was a lesbian. A news anchor jumping into a rum bath, another anchor cavorting with a drag queen in a giant shoe, and they showed off a photograph of a naked person tanning their nether regions.

IMPEACHMENT: [2:20] – “Andy and I observed active threats on the House floor that if the Blue Dog Democrats did not go along with the radical left of the Democratic Party and support impeachment that they would not be supported by the DCCC.” – Matt Gaetz

DCCC = Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

2020_01 02 robocall

CONGRESS: They managed to do at least one good thing this year – President Trump just signed a law that will cut down, but not entirely eliminate robocalls.

Experts believe that consumers will see a reduction in spam calls within six months.

2020_01 02 abortion angel.jpg

ABORTION: The condition of 2,411 fetal remains discovered stashed in the car and garage of late abortionist, Doctor Ulrich “George” Klopfer, have been approved for burial. Experts determined they were too decayed to identify.

2020_01 02 choice

ABORTION: In 2019, 42.3 million unborn babies died due to abortions world-wide, nearly matching the number of total deaths due to all other causes, which was 58.6 million.

2010_01 02 California

CALIFORNIA: Besides the costly implications of fleeing consumers and capital, California now also stands to lose an entire congressional seat thanks to slow growth and migration out of the no-longer-Golden State.

2020_01 02 word nerd

WORD NERD: COSMETICIZE v. kahz-MET-uh-syze.

To make something unpleasant or ugly superficially attractive. I did not know this was a word.

WORKING DOG: [2:48] – Piper protects aircraft from bird strikes. This is a fun video.

2020_01 02 DOG steps

2020_01 02 Cat spoiled

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  1. chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated

    The cat graphic above had a funny comment on it at Facebook. “If you were SPOILING your cat, you’d have gotten him a full-sized yurt, instead of that lame toy tipi. He noticed and is judging you.”

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  2. Our totally serious journalist corpse:
    A news anchor jumping into a rum bath, another anchor cavorting with a drag queen in a giant shoe,

    Oh, I’m glad I read this! Elsewhere, I had read about this, and I thought the anchor was in the rum bath with the drag queen. That would have been really tasteless and vulgar. I’m glad to learn they didn’t go that far.

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