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Fearless and Devout Catholic Christian First, Loving Husband and Father Second, Pissed-Off Patriot Third, Rocket Engineer Dork Last.

Grunt Sets Sights on Christmas 2015 after Shelby Cobra Fails to Materialize Under Tree Yet Again

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The 50th anniversary of the Shelby Cobra 427 marks the 30th anniversary of the first time Grunt asked Gruntessa for this one thing for Christmas, and the 30th anniversary of him giving her yet another chance. Her excuse this year is that she was too busy feeding and caring for the small army at the Grunt Ranch, roofing the out-buildings, slopping the pigs, making the clothes, serving at church, feeding the local poor, curing cancer and staying sexy for her man. I don’t know that she accomplished ALL those things, but since she did the first and last items admirably, I will forgive her one more time. But one of these days, dammit, I want a Cobra to watch lovingly as it deteriorates in the garage!

If you are also hoping for one of the 50 or so Cobras that will be manufactured this year, check out this article or contact Shelby American.

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Grunt Predicts Top Ten Events of 2015

IBR-111318910. The Republican party splits into two after bloody internal warfare. The Tea Party splinter party decides on a Rand Paul / Allen West ticket for 2016. The establishment GOP can’t decide between Jeb Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney, so they pull a Hail Mary move and nominate Hillary Clinton, who is the one they all secretly wanted anyway.

9. After years of scientists’ speculation about the danger of the Yellowstone caldera, it finally erupts into a shield volcano that covers all of the Rocky Mountain and Central Plains states under a half-mile of ash and lava flow, displacing 100 million American citizens. President Obama insists on completing his 315th and 316th rounds of golf in Monaco with King Saud during most of the crisis, and sends Joe Biden to Chicago to give a speech. At MSNBC, Al Sharpton is criticized for commenting about the “hellish devastation in Canada.”

8. Al Franken, Minnesota Senator and former SNL writer is finally named as the rogue Vatican english translator who has been altering Church documents as they were translated into English, causing extensive confusion among Western Catholics for the last two years. The manhunt for the rogue translator didn’t heat up until the conclusion of the recent Vatican Bishop’s Synod, when a final report on marriage, which clearly included language about marriage being between “one man and one woman” in the Italian version was found to say “between mammals, generally, or any consenting vertebrate or invertebrate, really” in the English version.

7. Race relations descend into utter chaos in virtually every American city as black youth, encouraged by President Obama to “stay the course” in their distrust of police, succeed in looting and burning virtually everything until the entire country resembles Detroit. At some point, Washington, DC rioters breach the fence at Andrews AFB while Obama is on the golf course there. Seeing their damage to the 13th green, he responds with shock and outrage, declaring immediate martial law, shooting of all looters on sight, and the arrest and summary execution of Al Sharpton without trial. This, finally, ends the crisis.

6. President Obama is tricked by his staff on April 1st into signing an executive order that outlaws all executive orders.

5. The price of oil hits $40/barrel and U.S. gasoline prices drop below $2/gallon, causing an acute economic crisis in oil producing countries, especially Russia. Vladimir Putin cleverly survives the crisis by sharply raising the price of Russian wives and prostitutes exported to western countries.

4. In acknowledgment of recent global realizations, universities begin to move their Climate Science Departments into the same buildings with the Saudi Feminist Law, Advanced Metaphysics and Astrology Science Departments.

3. Russian troops accidentally invade Latvia disguised as Polish troops while attempting to conquer Belarus. Russian President Putin immediately condemns the incursion. German chancellor Angela Merkel broadly hints that if they would only invade Greece instead, getting them off the hands of the European Union, there could be some money in it for them.

2. North Korea takes credit for a 3-day power outage in Vancouver caused by heavy snowfall. Kim Jong Un informs Canadian Parliament by tweet that all of Canada will be dragged back to the “stone age” if they don’t start respecting North Korean power. Canadian Prime Minister Harper retorts that he certainly respects North Korean knowledge of the stone age.

1. NASA Goddard reissues their global gravity model GEM15 over 5 times before being forced to incorporate a new variable identifying the global position of Kim Kardashian’s ass.

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PoliNation Christmas Review 2014

In Illinois…
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Somewhere in the northern Rockies…
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That’s Auntie Lib and Bob right behind her.

Meanwhile, back in Wisconsin, Bob got something special made for her by Chrissy.
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In New York, Chrissy’s great joy was a visit from Warrior Princess, who took some time off from her usual super-hero duties in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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She almost got to see some grand children, but there were some difficulties that led to a last minute cancellation.
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In Virginia, Ting got a new toy she’d been wanting for a while.
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In Maryland, Zophiel had a little job trouble early in the season when applying with a South Korean firm.
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Then, when heading north for some skiing, she nearly got involved in a snowy road accident.
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But she still had a great Christmas at her own place, decorating the tree just the way she wanted it.
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In Oklahoma, Mindful and his good Lady enjoyed a cowboy Christmas, and as usual, no one “shot their eye out.”
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Here in Colorado, it was also a cowboy Christmas, and in Parker, CO, we had a particular treat in having Michael Martin Murphey perform his “Cowboy Christmas” show in town this year. He’s been doing that show around the West for years, and I fondly remember having him drop by one of the northern New Mexico ranches where I was working back around the summer of 1979 or 1980 to play for free for the staff. Sure, he got some buffalo stew out of it, but it was generous of him, and I’ve always admired this authentic cowboy minstrel.
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New Candidate Sidebar Graphic and Contest

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wine2Some of the PoliNation staff have been talking about changing up a bit of the sidebar art, perhaps as a way to man-up the blog somewhat, since we are a mixed crowd, after all. I haven’t discussed this book room photo with anyone yet; I’m just putting it up for discussion. However, if it turns out that the regulars like it, I will also offer to photoshop someone of your choice in the empty green chair. It occurred to me that it might be fun to have Ronald Reagan or Mark Twain or Claire Boothe Luce sitting in the chair, reading. I have no preference, but anyone who suggests the winning figure (voted on by all) stands to win the grand prize, which I will provide. Probably some kind of booze, like a six-pack of Bluebird Bitter or Pig’s Grunt Ale, but possibly something Chrissy fermented. Who knows?

In general, I find the reading room photo appropriate, since the early days of the Honey Trail blog (one of our predecessors) involved a good bit of book review and reading suggestions. Even today we have occasional reviews of books and movies like the old days. Any other ideas?  Any votes on the reading room photo above?  Of course, blog founders, like Rose or Bob or others may exercise veto power, so don’t be shy.  I’m particularly interested in hearing from Harvey and Hoot and Frankly, since I think they have shown interest in reading lists in the past, but there are many others, of course.

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Ali Agca Lays Two Bunches of White Roses on JP2’s Tomb For Anniversary, One for Each Bullet

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Breitbart – Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who fired two bullets at point blank range into Pope John Paul II’s body in May 1981, paid a visit to the Pope’s grave on Saturday, laying two bunches of white roses at the site. It was Ali Agca’s first visit to the Vatican since the assassination attempt.

Saturday marked the 31st anniversary of the day that the pontiff came to visit Ali Agca in a Rome prison, telling his shooter that he forgave him for the attempted murder.

During that historic prison meeting, Ali Agca surprised the Pope by asking him why he wasn’t dead. According to the memoirs of John Paul’s personal secretary Stanislaw Dziwisz, Ali Aca said: “I know I was aiming right. I know that the bullet was a killer. So why aren’t you dead?”

Dziwisz said it seemed that Ali Agca, an atheist, clearly thought it was miraculous that the Pope was still alive, and “was terrified by the fact that that there were forces bigger than he was.”

As he was walking up to Saint Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Ali Agca was recognized and approached by a journalist from Adnkronos International, who asked him the meaning of his visit. The one-time terrorist said: “I am very happy to be in Saint Peter’s Square, in the place of the miracle and of Christianity. Long live Jesus Christ, the only redeemer of humanity.” Read more at Breitbart.

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North Koreans Hack Grunt’s Computer, Leaving it Infected with Viruses & Porn

UvspDDenver, Colorado – The primary work computer of PoliNation blogger GruntOfMonteCristo was found yesterday to be yet another victim of the ruthless hacker army of the rogue state of North Korea. Not long after the U.S. State Department confirmed that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was behind the hacking of Sony Corporation’s emails, it became clear that other smaller targets have been likewise hit.

The “Grunt Hack,” as it’s become known, was discovered by Grunt’s secretary, Gruntessa of MonteCristo, during a routine security check on his workstation while he was away on business to the east coast. “God knows what he’s doing down here in this dark basement office when he’s supposed to be working, but even I can’t see how he could have amassed over 350 Gigabytes of soft porn on this workstation,” mused Gruntessa. “And the 1268 viruses, of the kind commonly infecting “vintage warbird nose art” and “1940’s nudie art” websites, … where those came from is just a mystery to me.”

When reached by phone for comment, Grunt responded: “Those Nork bastards! Is nothing sacred to those animals?” He insisted that he had no knowledge of the mostly very tasteful bikini calendar content, but begged that all 350 GB be preserved until he returned in order to sort through it and look “for clues” to the identities of the hackers.
Ripped off inspired by this Duffel Blog satire piece.

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100% of Communist Dictators Agree: Obama Should Use Executive Action to Bypass Congress Even More

There used to be a time when a Cuban dictator telling an American President to ignore Congress and side with Communism was frowned upon in Washington. Now, not so much. It’s also been revealed that the whole effort is merely a plan to funnel enormous amounts of cash directly to the Castro regime, cheating workers out of 92% of their earnings by foreign (U.S.) companies. Story by the Daily Caller and Breitbart. Graphic by the Earl. Feliz Navidad.

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Obamas have Suffered from Rampant American Racism

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Breitbart – A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine.
Oh yeah. This’ll bring the country together…

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God Messes with Angelina Jolie Right After Granting Miracle

A couple of days ago, Angelina Jolie recorded a video message distributed by Universal Pictures to explain why she would be conspicuously absent from promotional events prior to the release of her movie Unbroken on Christmas Day. She was stricken with Chicken Pox, apparently, during this critical time in the weeks before the release of the movie marking her directorial debut – a time usually filled with numerous high-profile interviews and studio events.

Just days before, stories like this one by Chrissythehyphenated, circulated about a desperate prayer made by Jolie during the final day of filming in Australia. The prayer was made very publicly and on her knees in front of the entire film crew and cast on set. Reportedly, the prayer was answered, because the rain stopped and director Jolie received just the exact amount of sunlight she needed to complete filming, and no more.

Few religious people can count on receiving this kind of spectacular response to a publicly-made prayer, but Jolie is very openly irreligious. Though she has expressed recent willingness to believe in a universal benevolent power, she’s never admitted to belief in a personal God who would be able to hear – or respond to – human prayer. This has resulted in some friction at times with her famous father, actor Jon Voight, who is a devout Catholic and has even played Pope John Paul II on the big screen.

Though once estranged, Jolie is currently close to her father. I wonder how their conversations are going while she convalesces. Are they discussing God’s sense of humor? Or perhaps his capacity to remind us that we are not in control? It seems to me that as we speculate on the nature of God, we should not be surprised when he attempts to explain himself to us, even if he does it by taking away something we want very badly right after he gives us exactly what we need.

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Solving the Enigma of Pope Francis

Never has a pope been called liberal, conservative, radical, Peronist and fascist, all at the same time. A new book by British author Austen Ivereigh attempts to sort out the confusing mystery of this controversial leader. I think he’s done an outstanding job. This Fox News interview of Mr. Ivereigh with Lauren Green is particularly good.
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