JIM THE FRUITCAKE ADVOCATE WAS SUCCESSFULCaller Jim called in to extoll the virtues of the fruitcake from Collins Street Bakery in Texas. They heard and sent us a LOT of fruitcake and cheesecake and all kinds of stuff, and we're going to try some on the air today. I am a bit nervous because I DON'T LIKE FRUIT AT ALL. I could gag. Or it might be delightful. Tune in to see which way it goes. Find the Collins Street Bakery by clicking here!
IS THIS THE MOST ECO FRIENDLY WAY TO DISPOSE OF A BODY? I am fascinated by what happens to our bodies when we die. We've got Ed Gazvoda with Sustainable Funeral on today to talk about Alkaline Hydrolisis. What's that? Well if you've ever wanted to speed along the ashes to ashes, dust to dust process, he can help. And you can even help grow gardens and stuff when you're gone! Find out more by clicking here!
WHAT IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER? And why? I happen to love Christmas movies, with White Christmas sitting at the top of my list. We're talking it up today!
YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS STORY ABOUT THE KIDS FROM IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE And you'll be happy to know everyone in the movie was just super, super nice.
AND NOW A DOG BALANCING A CUP OF WATER ON HIS NOSE Just because, that's why.
AND NOW A DOG BALANCING FIVE CUPS OF WATER WHILE WALKING A BALANCE BEAM Because why not?
WHY DO WHINERS GET ALL THE ATTENTION WHEN DOERS JUST DO? This is an interesting column on Time's Person of the Year Greta Thunberg. It's also about another young man named Boyan Slat who had concerns about the environment as well. While Greta complained and scolded, he create a machine to clean plastic out of the ocean. But she's Person of the Year. Go figure.
THE LEFT IS UPSET THAT TRUMP TAKES A STAND AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISMAnd it's sort of weird to watch the same groups who normally tell us that Trump is a Nazi Anti-Semite contort themselves to criticize an Executive Order against anti-Semitism. The New York Times, in it's zeal to yell "FIRST" published a story based on what they THOUGHT was in the EO andthey were wrong. Again. These are strange times we live in, folks.
NO, YOU CAN'T WEAR LEGGINGS TO THE OFFICEUnless you work in one of those tech firms where they have free yoga classes in the middle of the day or something. This is a LONG article in The Atlantic asking very seriously if it's okay to wear your leggings to a professional workplace. I have long known that if you want to move up in your career you need to dress for the job you want, not the job you have. If your boss isn't wearing leggins, don't wear leggings.
THE FOUR GIFT RULE IS A GOOD ONE And you haven't seen it, it's simple. Each kid gets four gifts. They are defined by Want, Need, Wear, Read. I wish I knew about this years ago, but it's a thing now in our house and you should try it. I credit my daughter-in-law for sharing this with me.
POOR PEOPLE ARE POOR BECAUSE THEY MAKE BAD DECISIONS and though there are ALWAYS exceptions to this, studies this drive that point home really well. When it comes to vices like gambling and smoking, poor people spend WAY more of their income on crap like that than wealthier people. You want to be rich? Do what rich people do, and they don't smoke or gamble much of their earnings away.
HERE'S WHY AIRPLANE WI FI SUCKSI just talked about this yesterday but this is a good explanation of why you should download before you go!
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO BLOCK THE BLM RELOCATION Considering that a VAST majority of the lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management are west of the Mississippi, it makes perfect sense to move the HQ to that region. Senator Cory Gardner was successful in getting the new HQ promised to Grand Junction. Now Democrats are asking for a review of the move because they are worried that all the bureaucrats who manage those lands will quit if they have to move. I say good. If they don't want to be closer to the people directly affected by their decisions they can go pound sand.
I MAKE FUN OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS BUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS NOT FUNNY and I'm not gonna lie, this article is DEPRESSING as hell. But you really should read it, because it contains nuggets like this one:
What are the “white norms” and “culture” that “race talk” seeks to deconstruct? Objectivity, a strong work ethic, individualism, a respect for the written word, perfectionism, and promptness, according to legions of diversity trainers and many humanities, social sciences, and even STEM faculty. Any act of self-discipline or deferred gratification that contributes to individual and generational success is now simply a manifestation of white supremacy. TheNew York Timesrecently singled out parents who had queued up hours early to visit a sought-after public school in New York City. “Why were white parents at the front of the line for the school tour?”asked theTimes headline. The article answered: their white privilege, not their dedication to their children’s schooling.
The test for whether a norm is white and thus illegitimate is whether it has a disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics. Given the behavioral and academic skills gaps, every colorblind standard of achievement will have a disparate impact. The average black 12th-grader currently reads at the level of the average white eighth-grader. Math levels are similarly skewed. Truancy rates for black students are often four times as high as for white students. Inner-city teachers, if they are being honest, will describe the barely controlled anarchy in their classrooms—anarchy exacerbated by the phony conceit that school discipline is racist. In light of such disparities, it is absurd to attribute the absence of proportional representation in the STEM fields, say, to bias. And yet, STEM deans, faculty, and Silicon Valley tech firms claim that only implicit bias explains why 13 percent of engineering professors are not black. The solution to this lack of proportional representation is not greater effort on the part of students, according to social-justice and diversity proponents. Instead, it is watering down meritocratic standards. Professors are now taught about “inclusive grading” and how to assess writing without judging its quality, since such quality judgments maintain white language supremacy.
We are just dumbing down students in the name of equality and that is very, very bad.
HERE ARE THE BEST "FLORIDA MAN" HEADLINES FROM 2019 And as a native Floridian, these seem legit.
HOW ABOUT SOME HOLIDAY NEWS BLOOPERS? Because everyone loves seeing news people do silly things.