THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE STRESSFUL And I've got a guest on today that has a strategy to help you manage that stress. Dr. Helen McKibben's book Drop: Making Great Decisions is full of strategies based in neuroscience to help you get through the holidays without being buried by the stress of it all. Find the book and more about her by clicking here.
IT'S AN ASK ME ANYTHING SORT OF DAY These have been really fun lately so keep up the good work.
WHY ARE REPUBLICANS LOOKING BACKWARDS IN COLORADO? Jimmy Sengenberger wrote a great column about how the Colorado GOP had a meeting this week to trot out a bunch of people who have been grifting for years on election conspiracies and aren't quite ready to give it up. Dave Williams uses this crap for fundraising because no one will write him a check unless he scares the crap out of them somehow. Read the column here to see how the Colorado GOP is wasting time and energy telling people not to certify the election we just had where Republicans actually made gains in the state. Idiots. What they should be doing instead is finding a really good candidate for Secretary of State so we can get someone competent in that office to insure that elections are run properly in Colorado. But that would be smart and never let anyone accuse this group of having brains. Jimmy joins me at 2pm today to talk about it.
THIS AS DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST THEIR SUPERMAJORITY IN THE HOUSE And didn't come close to picking up enough seats for one in the Senate. And the Republicans who won those seats in the House did so with probably ZERO support from the party. There are still undecided races to be decided, but the GOP candidates picked up enough seats in the House to take away the Dems Super Majority in the House, and the Senate makeup didn't change at all, so we have a functioning opposition party again, which is good. Read about it here. Two house races will come down to overseas and military ballots, while a couple will likely head to an automatic recount because they are so close. Now imagine what could have happened with a functioning Republican party.
WILL THE SUPREME COURT AGREE TO FORCE MEDICATION? The ongoing case of accused Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear (I have to say accused even though there is no doubt he did it because he hasn't been convicted) may lead us down an interesting path when it comes to very mentally ill people. There is no doubt this man is mentally ill and he's been found incompetent to stand trial until a judge ordered he be medicated just SO he could stand trial. His attorneys are fighting this and are now asking the US Supreme Court to hear the appeal. This could have far reaching impacts when it comes to what can happen for and to mentally ill people. Read about it here.
HAS THE LEFT LEARNED ITS LESSON ON WOKE? One has to wonder when the Queen of Woke herself does something she apologized for just two years ago: she removed the pronouns from her X handle. THE HORROR!
I'll take it if it moves away from this divisive madness.
THE ONION BUYS INFOWARS I saw a video yesterday of Alex Jones FREAKING OUT because Infowars, which was to auctioned off to pay the ginormous judgment to Sandy Hook families, was sold to The Onion. It seems there may have been some chicanery though, because now a judge has halted the sale to make sure it was done properly according to bankruptcy laws. This is the most epic troll in the history of trolls even if it falls through now, and clearly the funniest thing The Onion has done in years. I laughed and laughed.
THE BEST PLACES TO CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON There are a whole bunch of things going on, from 92nd Annual Light the Lights event in Denver, to Holiday Pop Up bars around the metro, to some of the best towns to celebrate Christmas in the mountains. Looking to chop down your own Christmas tree? Find a map of places you can do that here. You still have to have a permit for that, by the way.
YOU CAN'T SUE LIME IF YOU GET CLOCKED BY ONE OF THEIR SCOOTERS This case stems from a woman who got run over by someone riding a Lime scooter, who then took off into the night. Because she couldn't track down the woman (which I don't understand because don't you have to have a credit card to make them work?) she sued Lime and the courts said they weren't responsible. I'm actually fine with this ruling even though I am not a fan of the scooters themselves. I find them to be a nuisance mostly.
KRIS BRYANT'S LAMBO BUSTED A CAR THEFT RING But only because it was stolen at the beginning of October here and found in Las Vegas in the possession of a man who ran the ring. It's a cool story and you can read it here.
MAYBE THERE IS HOPE FOR SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Under the "leadership" of Editor Laura Helmuth the esteemed science publication has devolved into a mess of woke and gender BS but things are hopefully looking up. After a hate filled screed against Trump supporters, she has resigned, although it seems to be an open secret that she was told to pack her things. She posted this on X:
And just look at the stories she as most proud of:
Good riddance to bad rubbish and I hope they can drag this publication back from the edge and start writing about real science again.
IRANIAN LIES LEAD TO DEVASTATING ATTACKS I LOVE THIS STORY. So, so much. Remember when Biden asked Israel to not attack any of Iran's nuclear sites and Israel was like "no problem"? Well they attacked a nuclear site, but they got away with it because Iran kept telling the world it was NOT doing nuclear research there when they clearly were. Heh. Read this for the whole sordid story and I hope you enjoy it as much as I am. Taking out this undeclared facility was a massive blow to Iran's ability to produce nuclear weapons. Once again Israel is doing the jobs Americans won't do.
CREDIT CARD DEBT HITS RECORD HIGHS Americans owe about $1.17 TRILLION dollars in credit card debt right now, which is a new record. Right now, credit card delinquencies aren't too bad, which is good and shows that most people can manage the rising debt. I wonder how long that lasts?
ANGRY LEFT WING WOMEN ARE THINKING OF KILLING THEIR HUSBANDS NOW And hooboy I feel sorry for the dudes married to these lunatics. I may seem like I'm exaggerating but there is a movement called MATGA where women say they want to make Aqua Tofana Great again. What is Aqua Tofana? It's the poison used in olden times when women wanted out of a miserable marriage. Read it here but these dames are cray cray. If you're actually going to kill your husband or Trump supporters you probably shouldn't join a group like this first, just saying.
HEY CRAZY LADIES, THIS IS WHAT REAL OPPRESSION LOOKS LIKE The Iranian government has created the "hijab removal treatment clinic" where they can send women who dare to be outside without their hair covered. Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer “scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”. This sounds nice. This is what actual gender based oppression looks like.
DOES CANNABIS CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND CANCER? That is what a new study purports to show. We need to continue to do studies to make sure we know the negative side effects so adults can make informed decisions about what they put in their bodies. I'm just gonna say this for the ladies, do NOT consume cannabis or any other drug when you are pregnant. Trust me, if ANYTHING happens to your baby you will forever wonder what you did wrong. I did NOT smoke cannabis during pregnancy but after my daughter's dramatic and almost fatal birth I am still revisiting everything I ate and did that could have made that happen.
WHEN THE FLIGHT IS 99% FULL These days are about to be over once Southwest starts selling seats like everyone else. Watch below or click here.
THE NEW JAMES BOND WILL BE MALE AND IN HIS 30S And will be required to commit to a decade of filmmaking. His race is completely negotiable, which is fine with me, I'm just glad we've moved on from the Bond as a women idiocy. Read about what's coming here.
WHOOPIE SAYS SHE WAS OPPRESSED BY A BAKERY This story is so dumb. Whoopi Goldberg called a bakery on Staten Island to order 60 of their specialty Charlotte Russe deserts for her birthday, only to be told their boiler was out and couldn't commit to her order because of that. So what did Whoopi do? She said it was because of her politics. Of course she did. She also raised eyebrows this week by saying she was "struggling" like everyone else. Mmkay, Whoop. The delusion is strong in this one.
THE SACRAMENTO KINGS MASCOT NEED A WORD Because he is legit the stuff nightmares are made of. I've never seen a more subtly threatening mascot in my life.
I'VE GOT YOUR FULL LIST OF CHRISTMAS MOVIES FOR YOU In one handy sheet that I have NOT fact checked because I shamelessly stole it from someone else. Hulu clearly wins the Christmas movie game this year.
MAYBE THE RAYS CAN FILL THIS STADIUM The Tampa Bay Rays are going to play next season in the very small Steinbrenner Field which is the Yankees Spring Training home. It's a nice little stadium but outside baseball in Florida in July SUCKS. It sucks BAD.
SOME SUPER CRAZY RED FLAGS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES It never ceases to amaze me how some people live. Read some gross things here.
LISTEN TO ME ON MY BROTHER'S PODCAST THIS WEEKEND You got the time and I need this to be his highest listened to podcasts and some of his have a LOT of downloads. Help a sister out and listen, k? Find it on Spotify or find it on Apple here.