You guys are lucky I needed to drop a deuce before I ran to the gym. I may have a half day at work, but this is keeping me from power cleans so enough of the intro.
¡enlaces!
This seems bad for an economy where oil is the second largest industry—behind remittances, of course.
I eagerly await all the internet economists telling Mexico this is a terrible idea.
Sorry, CNN. Either the Constitution allows Trump from levying tariffs or failed to prevent it.
You might even say they’re practicing VooDoo Economics.
If the canal is not for sale, can we just buy Panama?
Oh sure. Blame the Jews.
Since its back in the news….Don’t you know she’s coming home to me? You’ll lose her in the turn; I’ll get her, ah! PANAMA
Mexico’s production of liquid hydrocarbon and natural gas in November fell to the lowest levels recorded all year and was well below last year’s averages, official numbers published by the regulator showed.
November was also the second month the country missed the 1.8 million barrel-per-day production target for crude oil and condensate, which President Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to maintain during her six-year term.
Is Mexico cutting production to force the price per barrel up? Not easy to do in a globally-produced and traded commodity.
I’m hoping they haven’t pulled a Venezuela and run out of other peoples’ money (and the know-how to keep their wells pumping).
Is Mexico lowering production to get Sheinbaum out?
Mexico cutting production to force the price per barrel up?
Gas is subsidized by the Mexican government, so that might be a bad idea if they do it on purpose.
How does Trump have the power to impose tariffs without any input from Congress? It’s pretty much the opposite of what’s in the Constitution, and it didn’t happen right away.
I love it when these guys suddenly become strict Constitutionalists.
NAZIONAL SECURITY assholes. But you’ve never questioned that!
Panama’s overpriced. Used to be able to get it for a couple of bushels of Bananas.
President José Raúl Mulino added that Panama’s sovereignty and independence were non-negotiable.
Can the U.S. pull and anti-Roosevelt and give the place back to Colombia?
Don’t be silly, we dig a new canal through the Darien gap so we can fortify that border.
Yeah, we will jump right on that….after we finish the California bullet train.
What are the odds Panama hasn’t already placed explosives in the lock mechanisms just in case the Yanquis invade?
Good, that will divert traffic to our Darien Canal.
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I’m sure he said exactly that to Xi too. 🙄
“Just do what we want and you will have full independence and soverignty”
Titty Tuesday asks: if they both appeared today, who would get more pussy; Jesus or Santa?
https://archive.is/YXkEs
Which is more likely to have a second coming?
Well you know how Rudolph earned his red
wingsnose?I must resist…..no, I wont say it…..
Santa Lost a Ho?
Suthen,
Were you going to speculate that Jesus is more of a rent boy? Famous for his Holey Handjobs?
Because that would be bad.
Yes, it would be bad, that is why I did not point it out. Santa just seems kinda more the Ho Ho Ho type of guy, but then there is that reindeer thing. I am not sure what to make of that.
““We cannot pretend that nothing happened” said María Isabel Salvador, the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative in Haiti.”
The UN springs into action doing the two things it does best! 1) send a strongly worded letter, 2) send in blue helmets to rape everyone.
I’m waiting for the call for the U.S. to take in a few hundred thousand more of them because that’s what we’re here for.
Send them to Panama.
One last ditch try, then I give up. I imagine I’ll be on ~9ish
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
Might be able to join for a bit. Depends if I get done wrapping presents before the Ralphiethon starts up.
I’ll have Ralphie & Scut Farcas on in the background
I’ll try to pop in.
I have an unopened bottle of Crown Royal blackberry
This is the correct state for fruit infused spirits.
What about Dr. Pepper & Tennessee Honey?
Alternate version of “he was just getting his life together.”
I seem to remember homeless shelters having rules against drinking and drugging but maybe that’s too much to ask for these days.
But was he “thinking of going to college?”
It’s why they are all empty.
I’m sort of on topic!
https://imgur.com/RErGoHb
Excellent
I told my wife I like it here more than Turks and she looked at me like I was crazy.
The kids agreed.
Looks kinda like Hawaii but it is not. Where is it?
Nayarit, MX
I make a list of songs. Somebody decides to WeLl AcKsHuAlLy me. He takes exception. His buddy rides in on a white charger. Who gets this pissy over “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”? Normally I would ignore this, but now I’m entertained.
Is this on X or FB?
X
Couldn’t locate the exchange. Would you mind linking it?
This is where it starts. It jumps around a little. https://x.com/uncle_deluge/status/1871362974734295479?s=61&t=h5BOKTRU9mc6OIfm7REElw
Pedants gonna pedant. 🙄
It’s in our nature.
Anyone have Christmas movie family traditions? I’ve watched Ralphie and company so many times that I have the dialogue memorized. Same with John McCane, and Martin and Riggs.
I’ll be watching Footloose over and over again this season, I reckon.
I love Scrooged. It’s far and away my favorite.
It’s also free on Prime. Get after it.
I second Scrooged. It reminds me of how much better the 80’s was.
No tradition. But both Violent Night and Red One are adorable. You may not like adorable. Also rec Neph’s A Christmas Horror Story.
No particular feature-length movie I can think of (looks as if I missed Meet Me in St. Louis on TCM, durn it,) but I’ll have you know I have THE ULTIMATE EDITION of the one true dramatization of How the Grinch Stole Christmas – the 1966 animated version. (We do not speak of the live action film) on DVD AND Blu-Ray!!! I’m thinking that gets fired up sometime tonight (especially since there’s no new episode of Oak Island.)
Yeah, we have the original Grinch. It’s ridiculously good.
We named our sheepdog Max because of it.
The Who’s Christmas song is one of my two favorite Christmas songs. The other is one we sang in my high school choir that I’ve never found performed on video anywhere on the entire Internet. 😞 Bought the sheet music, so maybe someday I’ll learn to play the accompaniment (a trick, since it’s written for four hands.)
UK Who’s or Whoville Who’s?
Whoville Who’s!
(Most important lesson from all of Doctor Who: never, ever spend Christmas in London! 😳)
Cindy Lou Who
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHBxJCq99jA
Don’t forget Go and Trading Places for Christmas movies. This year, the gift for my sister’s family is a DVD copy of Hogfather.
Huh. I just read that again. Every year.
Trading Places, Scrooged, and The Hebrew Hammer are our go to movies for Christmas.
Futarama’s Xmas episode is a winner as well.
dbleagle:
For TV shows, I love the American Dad! Christmas episode story arc, and the Community Christmas episodes are also classics.
Robot Santa is one of the great comedic creations.
I watch Polar Express the day after Thanksgiving. In the following weeks, I’ll watch Bad Santa, a couple Rankin & Bass, Christmas Vacation, and Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker. Then Christmas Eve is It’s A Wonderful Life and Ralphie on repeat.
Oh yeah – and George C. Scott’s Christmas Carol
AYFKM?
I’m a traditionalist. A Wonderful Life is watched every year. I don’t make anyone in the family watch with me, but I love that movie.
The existence of bulldozers implies the existence of cowdozers.
How do you turn a bulldozer into a steerdozer? 🤔
Remove its ball bearings?
Call it a skid steer
Would you accept corriedozers?
Why isn’t anyone just whelmed?
I, for one, am quite gruntled. 😁
Better yet, why is nobody every ruthful?
Alternatively:
That’s inactly right!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L4b9QoEXHDg
Still the GOAT.
Baker > Tennant > Ecclestone
One can’t forget this 2m40s Xmas wish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uVUSBi3u0E
Flying Through the snow
Can you hear him ho ho ho
He’s so full of cheer
Only has to work one day a year
I have to listen to this at least once every Christmas.
Dave Portnoy. I may have chopped some onions or gotten some beach sand in my eye…
https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1871329945487569018/