The Frankish Reich

So why have treasury yields spiked since the election?

I'm afraid Trump never allowed that to be asked as he "weaved" [read: rambled] his way into something Hezbollah ... Glad to see you gave my pre-November posts your quality seal of approval.

Mortgage rates spike up to 6.93%, highest since July. Explanation: inflationary fears due to expected Trump policies.

Dampen the forests!

Exactly. Brush fires, not forest fires.

Q. Mr. President, two questions related to each other. First, you said on your first day of office you're going to pardon January 6th defendants. Are you planning to pardon those who were charged with violent offenses? A. Well, we're looking at it and we have other people in there. And as you see, I guess 24 or 28 people came now from the FBI. That came out very quietly. Nobody reported it, but they had people in some form related to the FBI. They had four or five people that were strongly related to the FBI. We have to find out about that. We have to find out about Hezbollah. We have to find out about who exactly was in that whole thing, because people that did some bad things were not prosecuted.

We're going to be ending the electric car mandate quickly, by the way. This guy loves electric and he -- we don't have enough electricity. And then we have AI where we need more, and he wants to get -- he wants everybody to have an electric heater instead of a gas heater. A gas heater is much less expensive, the heat is much better. It's a much better heat. As the expression goes, you don't itch. Does anybody have a heater where you go and you're scratching? And that's what they want you to have As the expression goes: Perfectly sane. Sane and fit.

I thought you used to say thrice. And whatever. No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American electorate.

What a wonderful thing for the United States to do, to let Denmark off the hook and to take on a basket case like Greenland. $17,500 per Greenland resident last year. Instead of buying or "taking over" Greenland, why not fund their independence (from Denmark) movement, and then promise to double the subsidy if they do it and allow us to do whatever it is Trump contemplates doing with that vast wasteland? NOTE: Greenland's economic output is just a little lower than microstate Andorra's.

Right now, knowing what we know about both Biden and Trump: Biden. Because even if he is not sentient, he is not insane.

California is 1.5 times larger than Colorado, and a much larger percentage of Colorado is devoted to short grass prairie or irrigated farmland. You are so proud of your ignorance. But of course the main issue isn't forest fires or brush fires; it's development of residential land in areas prone to forest/brush fires. The Palisades fire would be a minor forest fire if it had occurred farther east into the Santa Monica mountains, where there is little development. Dampen the forests!

Biden's eulogy vs. Trump's last press conference. Tell me who is less "fit."

Colorado here strenuously disagrees. (So do Arizona and New Mexico)

If only they'd "dampened the forest"

As a fellow Colorado Bills fan ... well said.

and the first time vs. the Chiefs, when they had it won (blocked FG) Agreed. I don't think we've seen Nix in wind yet, so we'll see how it is on Sunday.

I doubt they're overconfident. Payton is a taskmaster. They'll be ready, but I just don't think they're good enough to beat us yet when we bring our best playoff game, and at home. If they continue to progress, maybe in a year or two ...

Speed ages poorly. It was fun to watch while it lasted. The Dolphins window has already closed.

The Broncos are finally a likable team too. Young guys who are obviously having fun getting better playing together, with obnoxious Payton kind of keeping out of the way this season (unlike last season). Dare I say they kind of remind me of the ascendant Bills?

And that's huge. Why we are much more explosive in the playoffs!

Bengals scared me a whole lot more. But I will agree: for the teams that actually made the playoffs, I'd much rather see Pittsburgh.

Broncos are ahead of schedule on their rebuild despite making a huge mistake on Russell Wilson. Proof that anything short of the Deshaun Watson contract isn't insurmountable. Nix: I was a skeptic. Payton wouldn't let him do anything in the first few games. He now looks in control, which doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me is that he can make all the throws. Take a look at that 67 air yards TD to Mims, but also the throws over the middle, outs, etc. I thought the best case scenario was a Brock Purdy type. Now I think it's a lot higher. But he's still a rookie. WRs: again, much better than expected. Sutton is an A- type guy. Mims is fast and improved a lot this year. Vele has been a real find. No TE threat is probably their biggest weakness. Running game: O Line is finally solid, maybe better than solid. Javonte Williams and Jaleel McLaughlin are a good power/speed combo. Payton seems to love Audric Estime; I don't, so I hope he overuses him against us. Pass rush is for real. Bonitto gets attention as he should, but Franklin-Meyers was a huge addition and Zach Allen is all over the place. Riley Moss was hurt at the CB opposite Surtain; if he's healthy, they're much better than they were when he was out. I do think we can run on them, and I do think they think they can run on us. Good matchup of an up and coming team against an established winner looking to go the next step. Bills by 9.

A cell phone by the pool with drinks sounds like a truly horrible experience.

Commonality: Perhaps Trump shouldn't be focused on the lie that the recent terrorist attacks have something to do with immigration (they don't). Perhaps he - and the rest of us - should be asking about what's going on with the military that would inspire two middle-aged career military men to turn against their country. Is it a mental health issue? Something about the nature of the men we recruit and retain? As Trump said in 2016 with his proposed Muslim ban: we should find out "what the hell is going on."

That's how we get something like Trump ignorantly saying that the New Orleans truck massacre was perpetrated by an immigrant. And then when it becomes obvious he's wrong, he doubles down on it. This admits of the following possibilities: - Trump is stupid - Trump is not stupid, but he assumes that his followers are stupid - Trump and his followers are both stupid - Trump simply does not care what the truth is, and follows the maxim that if you repeat a lie often enough it will be as if the lie is true