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[DKG]

There are real long-term health consequences to hormone replacement, including but not limited to infertility and a vastly elevated risk of testicular cancer.

[Herman]

It is day twenty five of the Canada Post strike. We do not even notice it. But, I heard UPS and Purolator are pausing some shipments because of the backlog the strike has caused.

[Brent]

Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty has a rare blood disease and the beginning stage of Alzheimer's disease.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty has a rare blood disease and the beginning stage of Alzheimer's disease.

He's 78.

[Herman]

He's 78.

He is a good man. Compared to most celebrities.

[DKG]

New York Attorney General Letitia James is refusing to drop a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against President-elect Donald Trump despite his victory.

The day after Trump decisively beat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, James turned quite a few heads with a bizarre and cryptic speech vowing to "fight back" against the president-elect.

One prominent Trump legal ally was having none of James' tough talk — and gave it right back to her.

Attorney Mike Davis — founder of the Article III Project, which "defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law" — blasted James during an appearance on "The Benny Show" podcast Thursday.

"Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York attorney general," Davis said. "I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here, sweetheart: We're not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that."

Davis also warned James to "think long and hard before you want to violate President Trump's constitutional rights or any other American's constitutional rights. ... It's not gonna happen again."

[Herman]

New York Attorney General Letitia James is refusing to drop a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against President-elect Donald Trump despite his victory.

The day after Trump decisively beat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, James turned quite a few heads with a bizarre and cryptic speech vowing to "fight back" against the president-elect.

One prominent Trump legal ally was having none of James' tough talk — and gave it right back to her.

Attorney Mike Davis — founder of the Article III Project, which "defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law" — blasted James during an appearance on "The Benny Show" podcast Thursday.

"Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York attorney general," Davis said. "I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here, sweetheart: We're not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that."

Davis also warned James to "think long and hard before you want to violate President Trump's constitutional rights or any other American's constitutional rights. ... It's not gonna happen again."

Ya, good luck with that cunt.

[DKG]

The U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was recommended for termination in 2001 for abandoning his post in the Speaker's Office for a card game in a nearby cloakroom, then lying about it to Internal Affairs Division investigators.

The 2001 investigation of Michael L. Byrd, 56, was the first known disciplinary case brought against the lieutenant who crept from his blind near the doors to the Speaker's Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021, and shot Babbitt to death. The 2001 incident is the fourth such disciplinary case disclosed since Nov. 20.

A source with detailed knowledge of the Internal Affairs Division case told Blaze News that Byrd was charged with abandoning his post, eating and drinking at his post, and lying to investigators — a terminable offense. It is one of three Byrd disciplinary cases for which records could not be found when a House oversight subcommittee requested them in early 2024, the source said.

The USCP disciplinary officer recommended that Byrd be fired.

"So they charge him with eating, drinking on post, abandoning post," the source said. "They charge him with untruthful statements with the recommendation to terminate."

Even with the evidence and firing recommendation, Capitol Police administration did not part ways with Byrd.

"He ends up getting into some trouble, but they won't terminate him," the source said. "So therefore they didn't want to move forward with the untruthful statements [charge], but that was still a sustained charge against him."

The source questioned how records of the 2001 case and two other disciplinary cases brought against Byrd could be "missing," as congressional investigators were told by the USCP in early 2024. There are too many intersecting emails and memos outside Byrd's internal-affairs jacket for the record to be fully missing, the source said.

"That would've been documented so many different ways that it'd be impossible for them not to have it," the source said.

Concerns about promotion
As more details of Byrd's work history emerge, a key Republican lawmaker expressed reservations about Byrd's 2023 promotion to captain.

"I have concerns about this decision, given Byrd's lengthy disciplinary history and the apparent political influence of internal operational decisions related to Byrd following January 6, 2021," U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) wrote in a Nov. 20 letter to Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger.

Revelation of Byrd's 2001 disciplinary case comes as congressional investigators disclosed the lengths Democrat lawmakers and Capitol Police went to after Jan. 6 to provide Byrd with income, security upgrades at his Maryland home, and months of free lodging at a secure military hotel at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Md.

[DKG]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that hundreds of National Guard members have been deployed to patrol the New York City subway system this holiday season.

Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Hochul confirmed that 750 National Guard members and 250 members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police were recently sent to guard New York City train stations.

The decision comes as New York City officials continue to fight violent crime in the Big Apple. Earlier in December, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report found that, in New York City alone, there are 58,000 illegal migrants who are convicted of or facing criminal charges.

Of the 58,626 criminal migrants, 1,153 are "suspected or known gang members," the report added.

[formosan]

A lot of people are off for Christmas after tomorrow.....this weekend will be so hectic.

[Oliver the Second]

 Christmas Riddles...

Q. If athletes get athlete's foot, what do astronauts get?
A. Missile toe!

Q. Where do polar bears vote?
A. The North Poll.

Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A. Frostbite.

Q. What do you call a bunch of grandmasters of chess bragging about their games in a hotel lobby?
A. Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!

Q. What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas time?
A. Sandy Claus!

Q. What nationality is Santa Claus?
A. North Polish.

Q. What did Santa shout to his toys on Christmas Eve?
A. Okay everyone, sack time!

Q. What goes Ho, Ho, Swoosh, Ho, Ho, Swoosh?
A. Santa caught in a revolving door!

Q. If Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus had a child, what would he be called?
A. A subordinate claus.

Q. How come you never hear anything about the 10th reindeer, "Olive"?
A. Yeah, you know, "Olive the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names..."

Q. What was so good about the neurotic doll the girl was given for Christmas?
A. It was already wound up.

[formosan]

It's a mild day......I'm looking forward to working the Salvation Army kettle.