Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Here's an idea for future Twitter Files - this one a three parter. When you sign up for a Twitter account you need a working email address. In the first Part expose any email address that ends in ".gov" who posted or shared child porn on the platform. In Part 2 do any email addresses that ends in ".edu." Release all the remaining names in Part 3. (If there’s enough email addresses maybe do a separate one just for the names of people who work at the NYT, Washington Post, or CNN.) That should send the cockroaches scurrying...  The saddest part of the New England Patriots season is that coach Belichick has used up 23-years worth of "In Bill We Trust" capital. If he sticks with Matt Patricia in charge of the offense nobody would blame owner Robert Kraft for parting ways with the greatest NFL coach in history... For the next few weeks think I'm going to add the question "In this economy?" into random conversations. Do you want another beer? "In this economy?" Do you want to go to Midnight Mass? "In this economy?" Should be fun... So we learned that 60-years ago the CIA was involved in the assassination of JFK. Will it take another 60-years to find out they were behind the bombing of the Nord Stream II pipeline as well?... I'm an awful person for laughing at this... .If drinking beer and watching sports was a job - I'd qualify for benefits... Growing up the drink a Tom Collins was popular among the adults. Now nobody ever orders them and I doubt most bars still carry Tom Collins mix. I feel bad for Tom Collins. He probably died thinking his name would live on forever because he had a popular drink named after him... How long before eco-nuts try to ban  Hot Wheels toys unless they're models of EV cars? Can definitely see Gavin Newsome pushing for this in California... Wow - forgot this happened. Doubt Russia invades Ukraine if we still had this sort of backbone in the White House... The historian Niall Ferguson once wrote, "Outlandish ideas stand a better chance of success if they come with royal approval." Today's "outlandish ideas" seem to come from Big Pharma, Big Tech, and the Deep State. Are they the new "royals?" If so we need another revolution (and guillotines)... Merry Christmas to all. And as tiny Tim said, "God bless us! Every one (except Roger Goodell)"... As always, if anything here made you think or smile please subscribe (it's free!), hit the Like button, or share the link with others (the best way for others to read my efforts). Thanks in advance...