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December 8, 2021

Trump's criteria for supporting candidates (per Mark Meadows book)

No link. Peter Baker of The NY Times talked about this in Morning Joe.

Meadows says in his book that Trump’s criteria for supporting candidates going forward is

1. Never convicted of a felony
2. Never dragged Trump or his name through the mud (loyalty - subservience)

That’s it. That’s where his bar is.

December 7, 2021

Woman reportedly breastfed her (hairless) cat on flight to Atlanta

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/12/06/woman-reportedly-breastfed-her-cat-flight-atlanta/

ATLANTA (WGCL/CBS46) - A woman flying from Syracuse, N.Y., to Atlanta startled fellow passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight when she began breastfeeding her hairless cat mid-flight, according to a report by Newsweek.

The incident happened onboard Delta Flight 1360. According to what appears to be an image of an Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System posted on social media, the passenger seated in 13A was approached by a flight attendant who asked her to put the cat back in its carrier. The woman reportedly refused.

The ACAR, which communicates to ground transportation, read “Passenger in 13A is breastfeeding a cat and will not put cat back in its carrier when flight attendant requested.”

CBS46 reached out to Delta Airlines, which is based in Atlanta, for comment regarding the incident. At this time, the station is still waiting for a statement.
December 6, 2021

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapses, dies in California

https://news.lee.net/tncms/asset/editorial/ee16462c-56bc-11ec-94a2-d37837194804/

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout Monday at the Santa Anita racetrack in California.

The 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert had just completed five furlongs in his second workout since finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Classic a month ago at Del Mar, according to Craig Robertson, Baffert's attorney.

Baffert said in a statement that the horse suffered a heart attack.
December 6, 2021

Sidney Powell group raised more than $14 million spreading election falsehoods

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/sidney-powell-defending-republic-donations/2021/12/06/61bdb004-53ef-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

In the months after President Donald Trump lost the November election, lawyer Sidney Powell raised large sums from donors inspired by her fight to reverse the outcome of the vote. But by April, questions about where the money was going — and how much there was — were helping to sow division between Powell and other leaders of her new nonprofit, Defending the Republic.

On April 9, many members of the staff and board resigned, documents show. Among those who departed after just days on the job was Chief Financial Officer Robert Weaver, who in a memo at the time wrote that he had “no way of knowing the true financial position” of Defending the Republic because some of its bank accounts were off limits even to him.

Records reviewed by The Washington Post show that Defending the Republic raised more than $14 million, a sum that reveals the reach and resonance of one of the most visible efforts to fundraise using baseless claims about the 2020 election. Previously unreported records also detail acrimony between Powell and her top lieutenants over how the money — now a focus of inquiries by federal prosecutors and Congress — was being handled.

The split has left Powell, who once had Trump’s ear, isolated from other key figures in the election-denier movement. Even so, as head of Defending the Republic, she controlled $9 million as recently as this summer, according to an audited financial statement from the group. The mistrust of U.S. elections that she and her former allies stoked endures. Polls show that one-third of Americans — including a majority of Republicans — believe that Trump lost because of fraud.
December 4, 2021

If you need a good laugh: Sharon Weiss Marie Callendar pie (it's on Facebook)

You can just google the meme too.

Here’s one of the sites on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/194814282760164/?ref=share


This article has some of the hilarious comments and memes.
I am howling laughing reading through these.

Facebook Hilariously Roasts A Woman Who Blamed Marie Callender’s For Ruining Thanksgiving After She Burnt A Pumpkin Pie
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2021/12/01/facebook-hilariously-roasts-a-woman-who-blamed-marie-callenders-for-ruining-thanksgiving-after-she-burnt-a-pumpkin-pie/

But some days, a woman burns a pumpkin pie so bad that it looks like she tossed it in a volcano and then tries to blame the pie company before getting hilariously roasted in the Facebook comments section.


Ma’am where in the recipe says you gotta bake it in the actual SUN?”

“I get it, Sharon. I didn’t put enough coffee grounds in the coffee maker this morning, and the coffee came out weak. Thanks Marie Callender’s!”

“Just a side note, I think it’s time to change the batteries in your smoke detector, Sharon.”

Pretty sure the instructions don’t say “yeet pie into sun”, so 🤷🏼?♀️“

“You do know the fire alarm isn’t a timer right?”

“Someone had a little too much thanksgiving wine and turned the broiler on instead of the oven.”

“Marie died in 1995. Did she put it in your oven and you just now took it out? The audacity.”

“Thanks to Marie Callender, my wife left, took the kids, the house and even the dog and all I have left is the credit card debt she put us in”

“The hole in the top tells me you really tried to see if this is edible. I admire the optimism.”

“Sharon, the smoke alarm wasn’t cheering you on. It was having a f***ing panic attack”

“Were you waiting on Marie to come and take it out of the oven for you??!!”

“If you didn’t smell that while it was bursting into flame in your oven, you need a COVID test, STAT.”




December 3, 2021

It's no pipe dream: Entrepreneurs launch bong cleaning service

https://richmondbizsense.com/2021/11/24/its-no-pipe-dream-entrepreneurs-launch-bong-cleaning-service/

Bong Butler, a cleaning service for bongs and other items related to smoking marijuana, launched last week in the Richmond area.

The company cleans bongs, pipes and grinders. Prices range from $5 to $25 based on the item. The company also offers a $20 monthly membership that provides discounts on cleanings.

Bong Butler is currently based out of Hinton’s Midlothian-area home, where the cleaning takes place. Customers order the service through the company’s website. Bong Butler picks up items from customers’ homes and returns the items after they are cleaned.

Eventually, Bong Butler hopes to become a mobile operation based out of a van. Hinton said less than $10,000 was invested to launch the company.
December 3, 2021

Parents of Michigan high school shooting suspect charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughte

Parents of Michigan high school shooting suspect charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/03/oxford-high-school-shooting-suspect-parents-charged/

Prosecutors said Friday they would file charges against the parents of the student accused of fatally shooting classmates at a Michigan high school.

James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of 15-year-old Ethan, will be charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. Authorities say the teenager killed four students and wounded seven people at his high school Tuesday, using a semi-automatic handgun purchased by his father in the deadliest school shooting in more than three years.

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