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  [JAN 1, 2025 (MIDNIGHT EST)] Frank Sinatra's "New York NY" has Played as the Ball Dropped, One of the last fireworks from around the world--besides Honolulu--happens in less than 3-hours. Foreigner taking stage: KRON 4 NEWS LIVE COVERAGE Drinking on the TV CBS 2 NEW YORK

  [DECEMBER 29, 2024 (14:45 PST) It blows my mind to think that I was in Rio Americano High School during the Carter Presidency, Of course, this moment is not about me; undoubtedly, Carter has always commandeered tremendous respect--largely even among those who differed with him on policy or from across-the-isle--due to his demonstrated character and post-presidency altruistic charity-driven endeavors. Democrat presidential nominee Jimmy Carter raises hands with vice presidential nominee Walter Mondale (D) at the Democratic National Convention in New York City on July 15, 1976. Carter's wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter Amy, wave beside them. Hulton Archive/Getty Images As an aside, I would break with trying to be tasteful and channel Richard Nixon after his 1962 CA Gubernatorial loss in which he proclaimed, "You won't have Richard Nixon to kick-around anymore." In other words, long proclaimed to be the worst president of the post-war era--or even 20th Century by som...

  [December 28, 2024 (11:00 AM PST)] Hey there everybody, I understand the first-day of Hanukkah fell on Christmas and we are still in Kwanzaa, so if you practice either--or just have a more secular observation of the holidays--I hope everyone enjoyed the season. Unfortunately, I am cruising the usual aggregate and other news sites and see a lot of divisive things going on across the country. We start out with what appears to be a gay-bashing incident in Illinois. NBC NEWS:  11 TEENS LURED MEN USING DATING APP BEAT AND CHASED CARS DAMAGED The article does not characterize as a hate crime, and while having never used a dating app, my understanding is that many are nothing more than a site to hook-up for an anonymous tryst. Disturbing Instance of Racism CNN:  CO MAN ACCUSSED OF ATTACKING REPORTER "THIS IS TRUMP's AMERICA NOW " Here is a weird one: MIRROR: BOY FOUND FLOATING IN BUBBLE OFF BRAZILIAN COAST NBC GETS THE SCOOP ON THIS ONE DISTURBING BODYCAM VIDEO OF 11 CORR...

  [December 25, 2024 (11:15 PST)] Street Rodding Santa: Cruising Every Pad with a Little Surprise He'll Whop a Toboggin with a 4-speed stick Folsom Lake Summer 1986   Baby: All I Want for Christmas is You Here is Your Picture Perfect Postcard from Baker's Beach, Critical Thinkers See ya soon, DD

  [Christmas Eve 2024 (19:00 PST)] Last night, no fewer than 9 Alameda County Business were hit by stolen vehicle back-into store thefts, Next PlannedDemic Bird Flu Underway: Thieves Now Targeting Eggs KTVU: 3 San Leandro Smash & Grabs Kick off Christmas Eve Crime Spree KRON: HISTORIC SANTA CRUZ PIER COLLAPSE 3 RESCUED An Oldie But a Goodie [Oct 31, 2024] Catch & Release  CA Not Following Through on Retail Thefts Schubert is the co-chair of the Yes on Proposition 36 campaign, a ballot measure that would strengthen penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. She has been critical of the state's attempt to crack down on retail crime and points to the CHP data, which show  more than 60% of people  arrested by the retail crime task force were cited and released.  "When they're given a ticket, 50-75% of them never even show up [to court]," Schubert said. She pointed to statistics cited by the Sacramento County Sheriff and District Attorney's offices, which...

  [DECEMBER 21, 2024 (11:00 AM PST] BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE ON WAY OUT I am in a state of disbelief following some close to 1500 criminals receiving a get-out-of-jail card days-ago, critical thinkers, Image Credit: The Truth About Guns.com DAILY MAIL:  CHILD MURDERERS RAPIST MASS KILLING TERRORISTS TO BE UNLEASHED ON US As you read the article, scroll through the who's-who of mass shootings, terrorists, of some of the most heinous criminal acts committed in the last twenty-years.  Why Would Anyone Do This Locally, just as we have seen recalled DA's Chessa Boudin & Pamela Price--release violent criminals time-and-again, now some of the most egregious mass-murderers & domestic terrorist of the last 20-years are being considered for release. You know, I have said it before and really think in light of all of this we should not only consider, but open an investigation into how many of these school shooters have been somehow influenced, brainwashed, or otherwise compell...

  [December 16, 2024 (22:00 PST)] Female Student Shooter in Madison DD [December 17, 2024 (Noon)] BackJack, A quick login last night; obviously, the timing of the identity of the shooter being a teenage female having been released for minimum impact at 8:00 PM. Image Credit: shootingnewsweekly.com Can you believe we now have a website with that name? What is encouraging is that many media pundits, streamers, talkers, have observed and commented on the continuing pattern of media hyping and resulting speedy release of a suspects identity if a white man is the perpetrator. Let me put my media pundit hat on: . . .one more thing many of you will notice--if you have not been aware of another way MSM practices censorship-by-omission--is the practice of rarely revealing if the suspect is here legally; another good one is not posting or broadcasting a mugshot if the suspect is black. I know racial discussion is a touchy topic, but I think if you will keep an open mind and observe whether t...

  [DECEMBER 14, 2024 (15:45)] Welcome back to a crazy weather day, critical thinkers, All things considered, nothing like this year's hurricane disasters in the Southeast, yet, it is akin to the several most impactful storms I experienced for 20-year's in the PDX/Vancouver region; freezing rain and the resulting several days of black-ice kept us locked-down long before Fauci & Gates! Added 12/17/2024       Image Credit: USA TODAY Currently, the only outlet reporting on this touchdown is 740 AM/106.5 FM KCBS; honestly, the television news in this--5th largest market--has become a bit of a joke waiting for many hours to report on Pelosi's fall and is extremely cautious with breaking news or waiting for clearance on how to "Frame the Narrative."  I will be back when we know more, Knock Knock: HELLO. . .Is anybody in there? Okay, KRON 4 posted this about 10-min-ago. 11 minutes ago Tornado rips through Scotts Valley Jordan Baker The National Weather has issu...

  [DECEMBER 13, 2024 (12:45 PM PST)] Good Lord, critical thinkers, Why do our politicians cling to power well past when no longer healthy to continue to do so?  Nancy Pelosi is seen in a portrait taken hours before she fell down a marble staircase Credit: Instagram / royalsofluxembourg Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) is a year older than my mother when she passed, 84-years-old; surprisingly, The US Sun was thought of as a tabloid in years past; however, oftentimes, it has published some solid news on these wars and defense related stories. Nancy Pelosi [around here Nanny Bologna ] clings to Lawmaker Before Falling Down Stairs Broken Hip Locally, there is scant reporting on this incident which happened in Luxembourg prior to a scheduled event on Saturday celebrating the 80th anniversary of The Battle of the Bulge. The above link references another Octogenarian, US Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-Kentucky) recent struggles with falls and brain freeze-up. Image: Drudge Repo...

  [December 12, 2024 (18:30)] Just wanted to park this here for the next post, critical thinkers, CT&Reasoning posted a week-or-so-ago about MSNBC now having half the viewers since the election. HITLER HITLER HITLER: How Did That Workout For Ya? Alternative media overtook MSM around 2015/'16 and the only way they could compete was to use the FBI, Homeland Security, and a slew of other agencies and NGOs to coordinate with Twitter, Instagram, FB, & streaming legacy media to take down 10's-of-thousands of sites and reposting--Alex Jones being the most powerful & test case beginning in February of 2017. Musk buying Twitter & rebranding as 'X was the beginning of the end, lawsuits & freedom-of-information-act [FOIA] requests have prevailed and those platforms [YouTube still slow to respond,] have fallen into line and largely reformed. MEDIAITE: VAN JONES CLAIMS 'FRINGE' NEW MAINSTREAM MEDIA “The mainstream has become fringe and the fringe has become m...

  [December 11, 2024 (12:30 PST)] Another one of those busy days for the critical thinking & reasoning newsroom, CNN: FBI DIRECTOR WRAY ANNOUNCES PLAN TO RESIGN (photo credit: Canva, IRANIAN ARMY/WANA/REUTERS, SHUTTERSTOCK) We have these drone swarms--many concentrated in skies over New Jersey--sparking all kinds of speculation on their origins and intentions. CITIZEN FREE PRESS/FOX: CONGRESSMAN JEFF VAN DREW (R-NJ) "'Iranian mothership' off the coast right is launching the drones."  (3:18m) Over the last few weeks, most of the chatter from law enforcement, government officials, and politicians have been expressing a collective, "We do not know where they are coming from or what they are doing here." THE GUARDIAN: DRONES A CALL FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY Some speculate a false flag alien invasion may be the next development We Know Nothing. . .NOTHING & "If They Were Ours   the Government Would Tell Us" Cue: Collective Laughter! Jerusalem Post...

  [December 9, 2024 (11:45 AM PST)] Lots of breaking news this morning, critical thinkers, NY POST:  SUSPECT IN UHC CEO BRIAN THOMPSON ID'd as LUIGI MANGIONE Ex-IVY LEAGUE Image Credit: Luigi Mangione/Facebook    (2nd) AP NBC NEWS: STRONG PERSON OF INTREST ARRESTED ON WEAPONS CHARGE FLYNN:  WE ARE WALKING INTO TRAP 200+ US AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA According to Flynn (6:15m,) he has just talked to incoming Border Czar, Tom Homan, the incoming administration will be prosecuting people for the trafficking of the hundreds-of-thousands of children trafficked from the border; moreover, getting our domestic energy production dramatically resurrected, and China moving at break-neck speed to position itself as the new Global superpower also a concern. INFOWARS GEN FLYNN INTERVIEW DEC 9, 2024  (22:58m) This broke first thing this morning: CNN: DANIEL PENNY ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES Be back as news warrants, and thanks for making CT&Reasoning viewership explode, Drake

  [DECEMBER 7, 2024 (22:00 PST)] ZEROHEDGE: ASSAD REPORTEDLY HAS FLED CAPITAL More tomorrow, Drake [DECEMBER 8, 2024 (14:00 PST) All hell is breaking loose to try to widen the war in Europe, critical thinkers, Assad Head Reminds Me of All of the Statue Toppling in 2020's Marxist Uprising in the US Here is the latest from what I like to call state-run media AP on where things stand in Syria: OUSTED SYRIAN LEADER FLEES TO MOSCOW AS SYRIA IS CONQUERED WW III Expands I am just going to put the infowars.com link up as he is reporting a NY TIMES story on election results in Romania being called into question; apparently, Alex Jones has intel that Romania is to be the catalyst to accelerate towards full-on war with Russia by January 20th. Well, is not that convenient Apparently, Jones' is reporting the election has--actually--been postponed: Russia Russia Russia INFOWARS 12.8.2024 I am having trouble isolating today's feed, but there will be so much news Jones' is ahead of r...

  [December 3, 2024 (20:30 PST)] Welcome back, critical thinkers, after a long and confusing day in S Korea and Syria, I have been trying to get an idea of what is exactly going on in S Korea: AP NEWS: S KOREA LIFTS MARTIAL LAW AFTER PARLIMENTRY UNANIMOUS VOTE EPOCH TIMES:  S KOREA MARTIAL LAW HIGHLIGHTS CLAIMS OF COMMUNIST INFILTRATION From reports I am getting, no change in N Korean military force posture is occurring. Here is the Latest NEWA.COM.AU:  STRIKE BY LARGEST S KOREA UNION MAY FORCE PRESIDENTIAL RESIGNATION Meanwhile, it is plausible that another Republican safe-seat or position could once again be pulled from Florida or elsewhere to fill a Trump cabinet pick. No Image Credit: Drudge Report WSJ: Trump Mulling DeSantis for Secretary of Defense NBC NEWS:  Hegseth Drinking Worried Colleagues at Fox News Gonna be a busy 48-days or so if they do not assassinate Trump on a fourth attempt or shoot-down his plane with one of the shoulder-fired stinger missiles s...

  [DECEMBER 1, 2024 (15:15 PST)] After a couple of light news days, all hell has broke loose--in a good way--critical thinkers, According to reports, an executive branch appointment, FBI Director, will not require congressional approval; meanwhile, incoming Border Czar, Tom Homan, vows to not only go-after the Cartels & NGO's who have facilitated the trafficking of over 325,000 children into illegal under-the-table work and sex-slavery, holding elected or appointed officials accountable--vowing to criminally prosecute them. . . . some of my sources say Homeland Security Kingpin, Mayorkas, currently is searching for a way to get immunity; remember, CT&Reasoning has had extensive posts explaining Mayorkas background of overseeing an NGO which has been deeply involved in child trafficking at the NGO smuggling operations located at the Darien Gap, Panama, prior to moving into the Homeland Security position. Mainstream Media in Complete Meltdown Gay couples rush to marry before...