2024: I dunno if anyone cares (I don’t), but I should probably mention that Chris Christie has dropped out of the race. Not the Bee suggested it was possibly because he had learned there’s no buffet at the Iowa caucuses. ::snork::
Flashback: In 2017, the corpulent, then-Governor of New Jersey closed down all the state’s beaches because of a government shutdown. On July 2, when reporters asked if he had gotten to enjoy the beautiful summer day, he said, “I didn’t get any sun today.”
Later, photos emerged of him lounging in the sun at empty Island Beach State Park. When asked about his alleged lack of sun, his spokesman told reporters that, “He did not get any sun. He had a baseball hat on.”
When asked to apologize for his beach time that nobody else in New Jersey had been permitted to enjoy, he said no. “I think I’ve proven over the last eight years, if I have a choice to make between my family and political optics, then I’m going to pick my family.”
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpvNk6UPUJk to see a compilation of the political cartoons that followed.
- https://notthebee.com/article/chris-christie-suspends-presidential-campaign
- https://nypost.com/2017/07/02/christie-caught-lounging-on-closed-beach-during-budget-standoff/
ECONOMICS: CLICK https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1744876943382905066 [1:30] to hear a Gen Zer complain (rightfully) about the crappy economy. However, I would like to point out to her that (a) working 40 hours/week is not “working your tail off” and (b) par for the course for young people who are new to the work force. I graduated from college in 1976 and had my first full-time job by the end of summer. I earned minimum wage, shared a one bedroom apartment with another woman, and needed a second, part-time job to pay off school loans. I worked 7 days/wk. Of course, there was a Democrat in the White House then too, so there’s that.
FIDUCIA SUPPLICANS: Cardinal José Cobo of Madrid has moved to quash opposition to Fiducia Supplicans, warning his priests that “we are going to fully apply the Pope’s doctrine” on same-sex blessings.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest, a Russian Orthodox bishop, who has called Fiducia Supplicans both “dangerous” and “misleading” also says it has virtually eliminated any hope for a reunion between Catholic and Orthodox.
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/spanish-cardinal-vows-to-fully-apply-fiducia-supplicans-cracks-down-on-priestly-opposition/
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/russian-orthodox-fiducia-supplicans/
HUNTER’S STUNT: As the House Oversight Committee was debating whether to hold #1 son in contempt for ignoring their subpoenas, Hunter made a grandstanding surprise appearance that apparently had more to do with distracting the media from the contempt issue than anything else.
As soon as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene got the floor, the cowardly little weasel ran out of the room. CLICK https://rumble.com/v468cj3-youre-afraid-of-my-words-hunter-biden-storms-out-in-response-to-mtg.html [:21].
Meanwhile, at the nearby Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Pramila Jayapal [R-WA-7] attempted to deflect debate about Hunter’s contempt of Congress by claiming that it was way more important for them to talk about how Donald Trump had “incited an erection.”
Rep. Byron Donalds [R-FL] noted, “Donald Trump Jr. showed up for five congressional subpoenas. There was never this circus.”
- https://nypost.com/2024/01/10/news/hunter-biden-shows-up-to-house-contempt-hearing-after-defying-subpoena/
- https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/10/dem-rep-pramila-jayapal-trump-incited-erection-dan-bishop/
IOWA: Republicans in Iowa will be the first to cast their votes in support of a presidential candidate in the 2024 election when they attend public gatherings on Monday, January 15, known as caucuses. Trump, who won 39 out of 40 delegates in 2020, has a yuge lead, which is giving leftie jerknalists the sadz. I saw a lot of, “But Iowa often has surprises!!“
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iowa-caucus-2024-how-does-it-work-why-is-it-important-2023-12-19/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Iowa_Republican_presidential_caucuses
GRAMMY NOTES: After enjoying a day in #4 Happy Land over my pretty boxes, I am now mired somewhere between #2 and #3 as I pick through all the memorabilia I tossed into boxes labeled “Miscellaneous: Scrapbook” and “Miscellaneous: Genealogy.”
I am hoping to make “Heartwarming Graphic” a regular feature here, right before my final “LOL Graphic.” ❤
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