Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas to you and your families. May you find some spot of brightness in these choppy times.

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  2. RMD De Plume says:

    Very best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Merry Christmas to you, Marcy and Rayne….and all the contributors and readers.
    Thank you for all your efforts throughout the year!

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  3. bevbuddy says:

    Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice to you too!

    But, as for a Happy New Year…no, en garde:

    https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-plan-to-carve-up-the-world-is
    Jim Stewartson

    The Plan To Carve Up the World Is Underway
    Dugin’s “multipolar” strategy plus the “Dark Enlightenment” equals the coup-de-grace for the post-WWII world order

    There are three major ideological strains involved in this plan, in my view:
    • Putin’s goal is to capture Europe and create a new Russian Empire with Moscow as the Third Rome that stretches across Asia and Europe. This is best expressed by Dugin’s “Eurasianism.”

    • The PayPal Mafia’s goal is to destroy liberal democracy and create a North American Empire ruled by a technocratic, eugenicist monarchy with Elon Musk as emperor. Curtis Yarvin and the “Dark Enlightenment” is the effective guru of this movement.

    • Anti-communists like Flynn and much of the real “deep state” in the government that prevented any accountability for J6, want to pull Putin away from Xi and create a theocracy to wage holy war on Islam and China. That’s why Catholic cults like Opus Dei and Knights of Malta are involved.


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  8. Benji-am-Groot says:

    Happy Holidays to all and thank you for this site.

    Best gift evah this year? A huge wild/feral? male cat started showing up here in March – badly damaged from constant fighting. He learned my morning routine and I started feeding him, it took 3 months and he learned where the pet door was and began coming in at night, sleeping on the dog bed and eating kibble.

    After 4-5 months I was finally able to touch him with minimal blood loss and by October he would jump up in my lap. His name is Ginormous Gorky Head and the name fits. Vet estimates his birthdate as April of 2023 – he was possibly dumped in the neighborhood.

    Got him fixed, and he is a huge sweetheart. But the gift from him? He has learned to play. Seriously – a 2 year old, 15 pound kitten that has learned that play is good. Pouncing from 2 feet out and 2 feet up is a joy to behold as he throws his bird up in the air and bats it about.

    I am happy for this development, as small as it may seem.

    The best to all of you and hang in there – looks like a rocky 2025 coming up.

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    • bgThenNow says:

      That’s awesome. Thank you for your efforts. I have lived with feral cats who came into my life as kittens, and while they slept on the bed, I was never able to touch them until age and illness made them too weak. As a long time participant in TNR (trap, neuter, release) programs, I have been feeding a colony for many years. Feral cats don’t talk, as a rule. Recently the last of a colony has become highly vocal, but remains untouchable. New cats have come for the food I leave, I think there are 4 or 5 off and on now.

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      • Benji-am-Groot says:

        Yeah – all good all-in-all. I don’t wonder if it is pheromones or some other mechanism that makes the kittehs come around but this has been happening here since 2017. That or I have a ‘kick me’ sign taped to my back…

        This is a safe place for them. They all seem to like cod baked with butter.

        We have 2 old biddy cats (17 and 16 now), a grey tux who was abandoned by mama and now Gorky – and regularly detect strays, wild and feral babies – there is always fresh water daily and if a brave/curious one shows interest we will feed them. No questions.

        Recently a tall, grey with bengal spots has learned the routine – limping badly – looks like a dislocated right rear leg and would like to get him in to the vet. Time will tell.

        But you are correct about vocalization – no purring or talking from the wild and feral ones except for the males crying for a mate and the hissing and spitting when angered.

        Gorky does not purr but has begun making small mews occasionally. A large kitten indeed.

        Thanks.

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        • RipNoLonger says:

          I like cod baked with butter too. No real claws, limited vocalization (so I’m told). A bit grumpy as us old “cats” can be. Also know how to open my own cans of food. Have a spot for me?

          Seasons greetings, and hopes-and-prayers for the new year!

  9. Peterr says:

    In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered.

    Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

    While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

    On this Christmas morning, my thoughts are with those on the margins . . . refugees on the road, those at the mercy of governing powers, women who give birth in stables, and workers in the fields who are looked down on by society.

    Peace to them, and peace to you all on this Christmas morning.

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  10. Error Prone says:

    To all: Make it to next year unhampered. I hope to. Enjoy the season, indoors or out. I looked it up, the solstice was days ago so daylength is on the rise. That’s bright news for us all.

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  11. bgThenNow says:

    Wishing everyone here and everywhere love, community, and solidarity now and forever. Thank you Marcy and all who contribute so much to informed resistance. Together we rise.

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  12. wetzel-rhymes-with says:

    Some music and video friends and I have been working a Santa origin movie about Cristóbal, a rodeo clown in El Paso, so I thought I would share a recent worktape of the title song. People with the country music pipe dream are always trying to write Christmas songs. I appreciate you all very much here at emptywheel. Merry Christmas! There’s another guitar and bass part. Production will be kind of Roy Rogers era Sons of the Pioneers.

    Cowboy Santa

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  16. Honeybee says:

    Here’s a thought sent to me by my sister today, a quote from Clarissa Pinkola Estes:

    “One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these – to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.”

    That’s you, EW and friends. Gracias.

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  21. rosalind says:

    Happy happy, merry merry all! Thankful for everyone. Gathering strength for the new year and what’s to come…

    Just back fm an early screening of the new Bob Dylan pic “A Complete Unknown”. Still taking it all in, but the actors all play and sing live on film and they are quite remarkable, especially the actor who plays Joan Baez. Also just saw an amazing animated film called “Flow” by Latvian filmmakers. It is not a kids’ movie, very melancholy. The visuals are stunning, especially a sequence at the end. Hard to describe the plot adequately. Kind of an apocalyptic future where water has risen and there are no more people. Various animals come together on a small boat and travel through the remains. No dialogue. See it on a big screen if able.

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  22. Chris papageorgiou says:

    Optimistic by nature and having to taste dictatorship as a teenager, I am ready to face the next four years without fear or favor.
    We will become stronger.
    Happy Holidays to all !!!

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