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As Christmas quickly approaches and our ears fill with the sounds of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” it is impossible to ignore the festive spirit surrounding the year-end.

And one Twitter user, Cat Reynolds, has given us even more reason to celebrate.

She posted that all of Santa’s reindeer – Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph – are female, an observation that immediately went viral.

According to experts, Reynolds’ tweet is likely accurate – because male reindeer shed their antlers at the end of the mating season in early December, while females sport their thinner antlers throughout the winter.

Well. There it is. Cue proglodyte calls on Santa Claus to resign in disgrace.

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On Thursday’s New Day, CNN host Alisyn Camerota presented a group of six Donald Trump voters to discuss, in part, the Alabama Senate special election, and the group somehow managed to exclude voters who actually supported Republican candidate Roy Moore.

Even though the Republican nominee received almost half the vote in a state where Trump won 62 percent — meaning an overwhelming percentage of Trump voters must have supported Moore — all three of the Alabama voters included on the panel voiced their opposition to him.

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Left-stream media are so willing to use anyone to bash Republicans that it doesn’t matter a wit to them if their source has an arrest record and a disturbing past. Charles Barkley, a former NBA player and current TNT basketball commentator, bashed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore and the conservatives in his home state of Alabama, but media lapped up his disdain for the Right without questioning his criminal past.

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Dramatic advances in powerful, high-intensity lasers are making it viable for scientists to pursue what was once thought impossible: creating fusion energy based on hydrogen-boron reactions. And an Australian physicist is in the lead, armed with a patented design and working with international collaborators on the remaining scientific challenges.

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In November 2015, Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar at The View rudely shut down then-presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, insisting that she was lying when she stated that Planned Parenthood had admitted to harvesting baby parts from aborted fetuses.

On Friday, in a development which is predictably failing to get the media visibility it deserves, Orange County’s district attorney announced a $7.8 million settlement with two California companies accused of “selling fetal-derived cells and tissues” obtained from fetal body parts acquired from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. When will ABC demand that Whoopi and Joy apologize to Fiorina — and to the nation?

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The ‘wildlife refuge’ in question is ANWR, which covers 19 million acres, of which only 1.5 million (about 8%) is being made available for drilling. The pictures I’ve seen of ANWR show the most desolate area of nothing I’ve ever seen; it’s not as if it’s crawling with endangered species.

Roy Moore loses to Doug Jones in humiliating Senate result for Donald Trump  Uh, ‘humiliating’? How? Moore lost by a razor-thin margin after serving as a Crustian piñata since his primary win. Trump’s only involvement was to endorse Moore because he was — wait for it — the Republican candidate. If anyone was humiliated it was the Washington establishment, who almost got their asses handed to them. If Trump had not been President, they would have won it walking away.

Trump ‘isn’t fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library’, says USA Today in searing editorial  Don’t hold it in, tell us how you really feel.

Roy Moore’s defeat is the biggest sign of hope for Americans wanting to stop Trump  Grasping at straws.

Trump poll: ‘Idiot’ most common word used by voters to describe US President  And yet he keeps winning. How about that.

CNN’s Chris Cillizza: Is Trump ‘Unaware Of How Words Mean Things?’  Is Chris Cillizza unaware that Trump is living rent-free in his head?

Past Three Months Of Trump Coverage 91 Percent Negative  It sure seems like more.

Anderson Cooper says his tweets calling Trump a ‘pathetic loser’ were posted by hacker What makes it effective is that everybody is prepared to believe it.

Meryl Streep: ‘I Don’t Want To Be’ A Political Leader Under Trump  Good thing that that’s not likely to happen.

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Of course not. He doesn’t want to get shot.

Personally, I can’t think of anything in my life that would be improved by going anywhere near Chicago.

Scott Adams thinks they’re no longer useful.

The DemLegHump Media take great comfort in any poll anywhere that says Trump has a low approval rating. For an ordinary politician, this would be significant. For Trump, it’s not, because the available evidence indicates that Trump doesn’t give a shit about polls. The whole point of ‘approval polls’ is to put pressure on elected officials between elections, and if the elected official in question is pressure-proof (as Trump has demonstrated himself to be), then it’s really just a waste of money.

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My black brother who lives in Baltimore said something that has stuck with me. He said, “I am tired of having to show people (whites) that I am not like them (black thugs).” His comment was made to convince me that NFL players have valid reasons for protesting our country.

I told my brother it is not white America’s fault that blacks commit more crimes than any other race except whites. Blacks are only 13% of the population.

White Americans did not burden my brother with constantly having to show he is not a thug, blacks did. Like our dad, Dr. Rev. Lloyd E. Marcus, my brother is highly respected in his community; awarded for his service as commissioner of his county’s youth football league. However, my brother does dress urban style — the causal attire typical of inner city blacks. No, he does not wear his pants below his butt.

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The president sought to bolster his base with a speech from the White House Wednesday afternoon. In the speech, Trump touted the merits of the tax plan, bringing forward families who would benefit from it.  Trump brought forward pastor Leon and wife Marie Benjamin along with their children as an example of a family who will get a larger tax refund under the plan. The president invited the pastor to speak, and what he said next was amazing.  

“To God be the glory!” Benjamin said loudly into the microphone.

How politically incorrect.

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What peace talks? Every time somebody organizes ‘peace talks’ the Muslim side wrecks it.

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Apparently, after his ‘humiliating’ defeat in Alabama (where he wasn’t on the ticket), Trump has decided to put another nail in the coffin of the Obama Legacy.

That sure looks like winning to me.

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Ever notice that Democrats think that they run things, even when they don’t?

Steven Hayward totes it up.

I might as well get into the “hot take” game. Democrats and their media echo chamber will openly celebrate Doug Jones’s narrow win in Alabama, but inside I’ll bet they are actually disappointed. There is little chance they can hold this seat in 2020 (unless Republicans nominate Roy Moore again). Meanwhile, Jones deprives them of their favorite talking point that Republicans are all drooling knuckle-dragging morons. Worse, it means Al Franken will likely have to go through with his resignation after all. I’d bet money that a polygraph examination would reveal that Franken was secretly hoping for a Moore victory. It was his only chance of hanging on.

CNN Doubles Down On Trump Diet Advice  Damn, I’m glad they don’t have anything more important to do.

New York bomber blamed Donald Trump for terrorism before attack: ‘Trump, you failed to protect your nation’

Vanity Fair: ‘Will Donald Trump Take Facebook and Twitter Down With Him?’  Uh, no.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hate Trump so much they might reunite  Who says Trump never accomplished anything?

59 female Democrats call for Trump to be investigated over sexual harassment allegations  A fairly obvious political ploy that might work on anybody but Trump.

Pelosi: ‘I Don’t Think’ Trump ‘Should Have Ever Been President’  Yeah, that’s news.

Trump Wins Defamation Court Case Over His Twitter Account

Donald Trump Is Slut-Shaming Everyone, According To Liz Warren  Everybody but Elizabeth Warren, obviously.

WashPost’s Marcus Admits ‘Democratic Tilt’ to Mueller Investigative Team  Oh, ya think?

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What a shock.

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We have the technology.

I’d want to see this thing go under an overpass safely first.

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Another blow against wealth inequality. Democrats ought to be jubilant. Bernie Sanders ought to be ecstatic.

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The largest was, of course, Sister Mary Elephant.

They would, however, make a great Disney movie.

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We have the technology … Real Soon Now.

(Sorry, but Tiny Tumors sounds like a kid’s book written by a feminist.)

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How come the anti-fascist crowd keeps acting like, well, fascists?

The German term for ‘anti-semitism’ is judenhasse, jew-hatred. There ought to be a corresponding term for America-hatred.

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Plus you can shave them and use the hair to knit socks. Win-win!

And you won’t EVER have to worry about coyotes on campus, unless they’re smuggling illegal immigrants to take advantage of special in-state tuition rates. Such a deal!

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Florida state Rep. Wengay Newton (D–St. Petersburg) is so tough on auto theft that he wants to punish the crime’s victims as well.

Newton has introduced a bill that would make it a criminal offense to have your car stolen if you leave it unlocked with the keys inside. His legislation would make this a second-degree misdemeanor; violators would face fines of up to $500 and jail time of up to 60 days.

Democrats — they never cease to amaze.

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The left has found itself stuck between a rock and a hard place. Bullying is bad, on the one hand, but on the other hand, isn’t it important to stick to the narrative of racism?

When a video of middle school student Keaton Jones addressing his bullies went viral, everyone was sympathetic. It wasn’t until two photos of Keaton’s mother holding a confederate flag was discovered that celebrities and journalists started to turn their backs to little Keaton’s plight. After all, racism is one of the few mortal sins left in the liberal media.

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This weekend, 25,000 Earth, Sun, and planetary scientists from across the US and abroad flew to New Orleans for the annual American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting. These scientists study the impact global warming is having on Earth. Unfortunately, their air travel to and from the meeting will contribute to that warming by emitting around 30,000 tonnes of CO2.

Hey, some pigs are more equal than others.

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Told ya so. The pressure is off, and I’m sure he’s scrambling for some excuse not to go through with it.

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Things haven’t changed a whole lot.

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If you think you pay too much for your cell phone each month, you shouldn’t necessarily blame your provider. Instead, first look closely at your bill, then your public officials.

The average American family paying for four cell phones and service costing $100 per month will also pay about $221 each year in wireless taxes, fees, and surcharges, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation. This means Americans as a whole will pay $17.1 billion in taxes and fees across all levels of government for wireless service in 2017. These taxes and fees make up 18.5% of the average American’s wireless bill, so a significant chunk of your bill each month goes not to your provider, but to Big Brother.

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Off the coast of South Africa, just below the ocean’s surface, an epic battle is underway as killer whales hunt and kill the world’s most iconic predator, the great white shark.

The phenomenon began in early May when scientists at the shark cage diving company Marine Dynamicsspotted a pair of killer whales cruising along the southwestern coast of South Africa. Days later, great white shark carcasses began washing up in their wake.

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Located off the North-Western seaboard of Europe, Ireland’s geographic situation is conducive to genetic homogeneity and isolation. Indeed, several traits are found to be at high frequencies within the Irish, compared to the mainland European populations, including; cystic fibrosis, lactase persistence, coeliac disease, galactosaemia, and multiple sclerosis. Studies of ancient Irish genomes suggest that the modern Irish genetic landscape was established about 3,500 years ago in the Irish Bronze Age. There have since been a number of significant historical migrations into Ireland; the Norse Vikings in the late first millennium, the Norman invasion of the 12th century, and the Plantations of the 16th and 17th centuries. The impact of these migrations on the modern Irish genome is largely unknown. 

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Yet another crooked politician from the party that gave us Tammany Hall.

Not really news, but a useful reminder.

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Where they will add much-needed diversity, I have no doubt.

How much extra would they charge to take their dad with them?

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I am not making this up.

I’m thinking she was probably a Democrat.

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But it had nothing to do with Islam! Hear? NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM!

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More black and Hispanic Americans are getting jobs on President Donald Trump’s watch, the latest employment numbers show, although critics accuse him of ignoring such minority populations.

But of course you have to remember that Trump has accomplished ABSOLUTELY NOTHING during his first term.

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American Express today announced plans to eliminate signature requirements when customers make credit or debit card purchases, joining both Mastercard and Discover.

All three companies plan to stop asking customers to provide a signature when making a purchase in the United States and Canada starting in April of 2018. The change is designed to allow for a more consistent, streamlined, and speedy checkout experience for both merchants and cardholders.

This will save everybody a lot of time.

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Oh, I doubt it.

If it did, it would be just one more think that rich Crustian proglodytes can indulge in while denying it to the Dirt People. The optics of that would be pretty bad.

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The Luttrell Psalter is one of the most famous relics of medieval illumination.

It is, shall we say, very pretty.

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Archaeologists from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT) working at St Albans Cathedral have discovered the grave of John of Wheathampstead, a former Abbot of national and international renown, who died in 1465, and whose burial site had remained a mystery up until now.

I guess they didn’t have milk cartons back then.

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I have alway considered Garrison Keillor to be an odious proglodyte toad, but many people loved and were entertained by his work for public radio, and his Stalinesque erasure from Minneapolis Public Radio ought to serve as a stark warning of what progs and their front-men in the Democrat party are capable.

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Let that be a lesson to us all.

Not quite a Darwin award, but certainly deserves honorable mention.

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And the pushback begins.

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Every year, more women than men become college-educated. The disparity is already prevalent across North America and Europe, and the trend is beginning to spread across the world more widely. At the University of Texas at Austin where I teach, the sex ratio is 54 percent women to 46 percent men. This imbalance may not seem large at first blush. But when you do the math it translates into a hefty 17 percent more women than men in the local mating pool. Speculations about reasons range widely. They include the gradual removal of gender discrimination barriers and women’s higher levels of conscientiousness (relative to men’s) that translate into better grades and superior college app qualifications. Whatever the causes turn out to be, the disparity is creating a dramatic and unintended mating crisis among educated women.

Stop it, you’re breaking my heart.

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I don’t actually have an awful lot to say about bonding identity, not beyond what’s already been said by others.  Overall I’m not a fan — insofar as you can meaningfully say that you’re “not a fan” of a core feature of human psychology — in a terminal-values kind of way.  The end-point of pumping up your bonding identity is becoming a eusocial hive insect, caring less about your own fate and more about the fate of the group with which you identify, and while that’s a viable form of eudaimonia I tend to react to it with disgust.  It’s also true that one of the major functions of bonding identity is facilitating group action and shared grievance, and that (like revolutionary fervor) this is a crisis technology that becomes less useful and more dangerous as you move towards utopia and things get better.  Also, of course, people who invest strongly in bonding identity are especially prone to ignore concrete truths about themselves, since it’s so easy to play mental sleight-of-hand games that shuffle “traits I possess” and “traits possessed by the average member of My Group” and “traits possessed by the most heroically extraordinary members of My Group.”