Merry Christmas Eve, everyone.
If you’re traveling to be with family and friends, please be safe.
“Silent Night” (German: “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht”) is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song “Stille Nacht” were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. In 1859, John Freeman Young (second Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida) published the English translation that is most frequently sung today.[1] The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from Gruber’s original, which was a sprightly, dance-like tune in 6/8 time, as opposed to the slow, meditative lullaby version generally sung today. Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain.
https://twitter.com/DamnJazAgain/status/1077000964178149376
Anyone remember this 1985 Bob Geldof (Band Aid) version of We are the world …little retro Christmas do-good song … it was redone in 2014 with younger music acts and a much older Bono..
Original Band Aid 1985..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxFK9mRBRA
Reboot Band Aid 2014..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gifrd7ljNL4
Sorry, here’s the 2014 Band Aid reboot ..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1jeiC-JEsI
Thanks for both of these.
My cornbread, turkey necks,potato salad, pasta, fruit salad are done. Broccoli is done but still have to cook the rice. Turkey is in the oven. Greens still need to be washed. Banana pudding still need to be made. Daughter is making green beans when she gets here. Sis in law will make mac and cheese and candied yams.
Brother has ribs and brisket on the pit. I think ribs are about ready to come off the pit. I bought Pecan pie and Red Velvet cake.
I forgot, coolers are iced down with drinks.
Sounds delicious 😋
😂😂👏👏
https://twitter.com/reeldeel03/status/1077204490086944769
Merry Christmas Eve, y’all. I hope everyone is enjoying tonight, I’ve always liked Christmas Eve better than Christmas day.
Same to you, Liza! Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are big in my family… We’ve kept the same family traditions for the two, all my life.. And even with the ominous clouds and the misery cast over this country and the world by a certain traitorous Individual 1, his owners, puppeteers and enablers, we intend to shut them all out for the next week, and celebrate life as it ought to be.. care-free and wonderful ..
Here’s hoping everyone has a safe and peaceful time this holy season..
Many blessings to you both 🤗🤗🌲🤶🎅
Merry Christmas eve, Eliihass. I hope you and family have the most wonderful time celebrating. Enjoy and stay safe. 😘😘😘
Merry Christmas, dear SG..
Merry Christmas eve, Liza! We opened our stockings and gifts this morning. Had so fun. I’m still cooking and will be into late tonight. I hope you’re having a blast. I love you to pieces. 😘😘😘
Merry Christmas Eve to you, SG2. Sounds like y’all are having a great time.
Did Carson like his gifts?
I don’t know how you manage to get everything done. It would take me a month to do what you do in a day.
I love you back.
😒😒😒
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1077107742425432064
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1077108346912759813
The truth is that they’re all doing it, actually.. Not just the Bernie bros.. but all the potential 2020 candidates ..
Their hired hands (veterans and newbies alike) who hope to get choice gigs if their preferred candidate manages to pull it off, and their supporters too.. They’re all playing their various versions of influencer/take-down the other guy shenanigans on and off social media … And any and everyone who isn’t their preferred candidate is to be taken down… including those like my Historic FLOTUS who is not running but is very popular …they’re all taking their knives to her.. (incredibly shortsighted because they will all in the end, absolutely need her …not just to endorse their person, but ultimately because she’s one of the most compelling surrogates the Dems have.. She goes silent on your a*se, or does a lukewarm acknowledgment, you’re toast..)
The Bernie folks are the worst (I’ve had to tell some of them that their horrid tactics has and will lose Bernie not just support, but goodwill and respect – as it’s already lost him mine, sadly) .. They’ve managed to reel in a few black folks who co-sign their bullshit.. And they assume that fake-touting Nina Turner as their ‘girl’ (Cynthia McKinney too) somehow provides cover for their entitled and abrasive white supremacy ..and completely absolves them of their racist hijinks… they think name-dropping Nina Turner is somehow evidence that they aren’t in fact no better than the Alt-Right.. And the truth is that in reality, none of them will ever vote for Nina Turner.. she’s just their useful idiot now, sadly.. in much the same way Omarosa was to the treasonous buffoon..
ALL OF THIS.
I’m no fan of Kirsten Gilibrand, but this was a hit piece and warning shot from that awful pal of Hillary’s in San Francisco – Susie Tompkins Buell who’s now trying to clear the field for Kamala Harris.. Susie and co. are trying to exploit the displeasure of so many Dems re: the ousting of Al Franken …forgetting that their preferred candidate was also part of the choir that forced Al Franken out.. but notice how Susie is trying to conveniently absolve her preferred candidate …Susie doesn’t in fact give a rats patootie about Al Franken..
I’ve shared about Susie here a few times… She fancies herself a Dem king maker because of her wealth (she co-founded Esprit clothing and North Face) … hated the Obamas, and like Lynn Forester de Rothschild, was vicious to them and did almost as much to undermine them …She’s also the one who co-hosted that San Francisco book dinner party and funded some of David Brock’s work on behalf of Hillary (2016)..
“..A top Democratic fundraiser is slamming Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) for her role in Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) resignation from the Senate over sexual harassment allegations.
The donor, Susie Tompkins Buell, told Politico that Gillibrand’s push for Franken to leave after allegations emerged of his sexual misconduct, including a photo of him pretending to grope a sleeping woman, “stained [Gillibrand’s] reputation as a fair player.”
“I do hear people refer to Kirsten Gillibrand as ‘opportunistic’ and shrewd at the expense of others to advance herself and it seems to have been demonstrated in her rapid treatment of her colleague Al Franken,” she said.
“I heard her referred to as ‘she would eat her own’ and she seems to have demonstrated that. I know [Gillibrand] thought she was doing the right thing but I think she will be remembered by this rush to judgment,” Buell said. “I have heard some of her women colleagues regret joining her…”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/418207-top-dem-donor-slams-gillibrand-over-franken-ouster-stained-her-reputation
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1077106797842960385
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uiqRCW6I8
Hey fam, compliments of the season … we’ve all been so caught up in and distracted by the shocking mayhem of unaddressed treason .. and all of Individual 1’s shenanigans …(Except for our always on it energizer bunny, multi-tasker extraordinaire Mama-Glamma S.G who absolutely refuses to be distracted)..
And before Christmas is over, please enjoy a few versions of one of my favorite carols..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFG_nvreoI
Oh oh..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-8jYpa1-o
Happy New Year’s Eve, eliihass.
O Holy Night is my favorite church song for Christmas. Reminds me of singing in the choir at midnight mass in 7th and 8th grades.
Thank you, Eliihass. I’ve been at it since this morning. Not even close to being finished. My kids will be here later and my brother’s daughters and grandbabies are coming tonight. One of my brother’s daughters will spend the night. More people will drop in tomorrow.
We need to bottle you’re energy SG, patent it and sell it.. we’d be so, so rich.. I don’t know where you get all this energy, Glamma.. but you sure put the rest of us to shame…
I have help too, Eliihass. My sis cuts up the onions, bell peppers and celery, washes dishes as I go and my sis in law is cooking too. I still be tired tho.
Mueller Is Telling Us: He’s Got Trump on Collusion
The special counsel is connecting the dots and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture for the president.
Max Bergmann,
Sam Berger
12.07.18 10:38 PM ET
For nearly two years, since the U.S. intelligence community released its report on the Russian campaign to assist Donald Trump in the 2016 election, the American people have been seeking an answer as to whether the Trump campaign colluded with its Russian counterpart. In the endless speculation about the direction of the investigation, a common view was that maybe the investigation would never implicate President Trump or find any collusion.
But a flurry of recent activity this past week all points in the same direction: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation will likely implicate the president, his campaign, and his close associates in aiding and abetting a Russian conspiracy against the United States to undermine the 2016 election.
First, Mueller has clearly identified collusion in the efforts of Trump aides and associates to contact WikiLeaks. In a draft plea agreement provided to conservative operative Jerome Corsi, Mueller details how Roger Stone, who the special counsel notes was in frequent contact with Donald Trump and senior campaign officials, directed Corsi to connect with WikiLeaks about the trove of stolen materials it received from Russia. Corsi subsequently communicated WikiLeaks’ release plan back to Stone, and the Trump campaign built its final message around the email release. That is collusion.
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You must watch this
https://youtu.be/PaFJT-LU8lU
Short trading day for the Holidays.
At the close
DOWN 653!!
Can’t take all this winning.
It appears to be in free fall, can’t find a bottom.
Dow down 456 points.
So much winning.
Word of the Day : December 24, 2018
Grinch : noun GRINCH
Definition: one who spoils the pleasure of others : killjoy, spoilsport
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/grinch-2018-12-24?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=g&file=grinch01&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
How about this to terrify you……
Sydney Opal Tower: Thousands evacuated after ‘crack’
As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing “cracking noises”.
Police confirmed they had found a crack in the 33-storey Opal Tower, in Sydney Olympic Park, following reports of the noise on the 10th floor.
Engineers said the high-rise tower has moved up to 2mm, local media reported.
A 1km (0.6 mile) evacuation zone, which also affected other buildings, was put in place amid safety fears.
An email to residents of a nearby apartment block said the evacuation had been ordered because “there is a potential for the tower to collapse”, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Hirono: Trump only wants an A.G. who will do his bidding
Senator Mazie Hirono talks with Rachel Maddow about a new report from CNN that Donald Trump berated acting-Attorney General Matt Whitaker for how the SDNY case against Michael Cohen made him look.
Reminder that Steve Mnuchin is one of few people to profit massively off the Madoff Ponzi scheme.
They will crash the economy to make money off it. It’s what they do. It’s what Trump did and what his idol Carl Icahn did. Loot and redistribute. https://t.co/vtkiTTTJlk
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 24, 2018
Maddow did a segment on this.
This muthaphucka here!!!
All against government, except for when it can help them.
Now, what if someone in 44’s Administration had tried this?
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A Top Aide’s Exit Plan Raises Eyebrows in the White House
By Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos
Dec. 20, 2018
AKA ZEGK, also TOO!
Normal corruption scandal highlights distorted news climate
Rachel Maddow shares the details of an old-fashioned example of political self-dealing corruption reported in the New York Times that is almost refreshing in the era of globe-shaking Trump scandals.
Dec. 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/theGrio/status/1077213557052198913
The referee need to be banned from any matches and charges filed against him for assault on a child. The coach who cut off his hair included.
https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/1077210772286173184
Ima get me a cup of coffee and a bite to eat and then I’ll start cooking. Busy day! Merry Christmas eve, everyone!
Merry Christmas Eve to you too, SG2.
https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1077207565237448704
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA H HA HA HA HA
‘Twas The Night Before Mueller
Good morning, everyone!
🎶🎤Chestnuts roastin’ on an open fire
Singin’ my jingle, where is Kris Kringle
Santa Claus…woooo…is coming straight to the ghetto…🎶🎤
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https://twitter.com/ParisZarcilla/status/1076512800510484480
https://twitter.com/DalaiLama/status/1077149507492622336
https://twitter.com/MichaelHargrov1/status/1077145041498456064
What would have happened if 44 and Forever FLOTUS 😍 😍 had done this?😒😒🙄🙄
https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1077114000897437696
https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/941763448798695424
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1077017255181991941
Good Morning, Everyone 😄 😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.