Reading Heather Cox Richardson's latest on whether we have no heroes left and wondering if Renee Good, in hindsight, will be the hero who led us to end and abolish ICE. We seem to only recognize our heroes in history, not in the moment. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18...

I can't root for the Rams. Matthew Stafford looks like Elon's younger brother. Yeah, I said it.

For weeks, I've been waiting for the K-drama "Can This Love Be Translated," since it stars one of my favorites, Go Youn-Jung ("Alchemy of Souls"). It came out on Netflix on Friday, 12 episodes all available. I've binged up to episode 6, but my Instagram feed is full of spoilers already. AARRGH!

AI is less than helpful when it gets basic questions wrong. Search phrase "U.S. senators from Pennsylvania" brought up an AI summary citing John Fetterman (correct) and Bob Casey, Jr. (lost to David McCormick). Cited Wikipedia, too, but Wikipedia gets it right.

The Buffalo Bills got bounced from the playoffs this year in the divisional round. As an Eagles fan, I'm curious: is there already talk of firing either offensive or defensive coordinator or even the head coach? Or doesn't Buffalo go that route?

SE PA: Had to scrape up 1 1/2" of heavy wet glop yesterday. In a cruel joke, we got another 1" overnight. Makes me fondly remember a recent winter in which we had no measurable snow at all. Good times.

The idea of buying - or, even worse, militarily taking - Greenland is nutso. Bonkers. Unthinkable just last year. Watch how many Republicans jump on board.

CBS News interviewed PA's two Republican senators on Minneapolis. Both got it wrong. McCormick blames the protesters for being there. Fetterman blames "both sides." If anybody got it wrong, it was Pennsylvania in electing these two bozos. www.facebook.com/dmunroe/post...

All these ICE goons in Democratic cities kinda makes you with the National Guard was back, amirite?

Amazon is forever asking me to rate shippers and transactions and I get it - content is king. But now I'm being asked "how did we do?" by my oil delivery company. Every time. That's weak. So. Please rate my post. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Stephen Miller casts protesters are "insurrectionists." (His boss knows a little something about insurrection.) Fox News picks that up and runs with it. ICE goons good; protesters bad. Now Miller is pushing the Insurrection Act. It will happen.

Since EGGS became a campaign issue, I've been keeping half an eye on the price. In SE PA, a dozen generic AA large eggs has gone up over $5.00 at one point (blame bird flu) and has now come down to an "acceptable" $2.49/dozen. It really wasn't that long ago that eggs were selling for $1.09.

Nice image of Trump in the Oval Office yesterday with a group of people behind him, including a young girl to his left. Okay, nice optics as the nation asks, WHERE ARE THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES. Second, no way I'm letting my young daughter stand that close to him.

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC): "I'm sick of stupid." It's been 10 years now, Thom. And after ALL THIS, it's Trump's threat to invade Greenland that got you going? Welcome to the party. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White men are becoming further entrenched. Sure, they hate Black people and people of color, but now that hate extends to... white women?!? White men. Always on the wrong side of every issue since... Well, it's been my entire lifetime.

That's it, Trump. NOW you've lost me. My entire diet is ultra-processed foods.

2022 Eagles went to the Super Bowl. The OC Shane Steichen is now head coach of the Colts. 2024 Eagles won the Super Bowl. The OC Kellen Moore is now head coach of the Saints. 2025 Eagles struggled all year, bounced out of the playoffs in the 1st round. OC Kevin Patullo will get another job.

3:00, 3rd and goal, even I knew the ball was going to McCaffrey. Damn, he's good.

So far, I have to think the Eagles are having their way. Because they turned it over on downs, the score doesn't really reflect that.

TUSH PUSH

Philly's playoff crowd is dominating my headphones.

Healthy doses of Saquon. We have a game! Now, defense, do your thing.

Robinson is turning Mitchell into toast. But he'll shut it down. Right?

Sideline reporters are just a waste of microphones. I said it. #49ersveagles

MS NOW, you know I love you but... SINCE WHEN did Donald Trump have credibility? Or J.D. Vance? Or Pam Bondi? Or Kristi Noem? You can't question credibility where none exists. Don't you know this BY NOW?!? We cannot take anything coming out of this administration without question.

Great news for Pennsylvania Republicans: it appears that Doug Mastriano will not run for governor this year. Less great news for Republicans: State Treasurer Stacy Garrity WILL run for governor this year. Great news for Governor Josh Shapiro: Stacy Garrity WILL run for governor this year.

Just bought my third #Trekbike, the FX 2 Gen4. Significant improvements over my 10 year old ride, including hydraulic brakes, interior cable routing, and other nice touches. First test ride on this 53 degree day was wonderful... if only I had summer legs. (Black: FX 7.2, Blue: FX 2 Gen4)

Giants are playing for draft picks. Cowboys are playing for a non-losing season record. And I'm watching this crap, waiting for a meaningless game between Commanders and the Eagles 2nd team. Meanwhile, back in Venezuela...

Surprising that Trump hasn't accused Maduro of pedophilia.

"We will be treated as liberators and the oil will more than pay for this." -- Previous Dumbass

I'm sick that this country is going to war again over oil. This is a Republican thing. Democrats don't do this. Republicans seems to believe that if there's oil anywhere in the world, we can go take it on any TRUMPED-UP excuse.

The United States is now a rogue nation.

I can tell everyone's having a nice holiday. I've had very few app updates on my phone this week and I don't think Adobe Photoshop was updated once. Very unusual. Wishing all of us a 2026 that is far better than 2025.

The last time I looked FORWARD to the coming year was at the end of 2020. In 2021, I saw the failure of our leading national newspapers.

Trump burped up something something Venezuela and the news ran with it. Constant refrain. Now there's questions about whether a strike actually happened, the extent of the alleged strike, what was struck, and whether or not Venezuela even exists. The dangers of taking Trump at mouth value.

I'm just not buying this 4.3% number in growth in the GDP for the third quarter. Of course, I don't believe anything coming out of the federal government without a second, trusted source.

Must be midterms coming up; Republicans passed another tax cut. The 2017 tax cuts (made at the extortion by GOP donors) were designed to fool Americans until the 2022 midterms. After that, tax rates rose every other year. Now they're doing it again.

Troy Aikman is doing the Monday Night Football game. Aikman is 59 years old. He retired from the NFL with three rings after the 2000 season. He'd had too many concussions. Aikman was the last winning quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. That's just... wow.

Watching Miami vs. Texas A&M. Texas just kicked a field goal to tie the game at 3-3 with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Do either the Bears or the Niners have a defense?

Checking the predictions for Week 17 and noting just how many "experts" were wrong about Eagles v. Bills. Admittedly, this could have gone either way. This includes the betting sites, for you degenerate gamblers. It's like how many experts were wrong when we used to get monthly jobs reports.

Barely into the 2nd quarter and the score is 21-14. This is the opposite of an Eagles v. Bills game built around defense. #49ersvbears

Eventually, even MAGA types that go to the Kennedy Center are going to get tired of an alternating line-up of Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.

Had the Bills gone for the tie, I have to believe the Eagles offense would have continued to struggle. So happy they decided to go for two. #eaglesvbills

Been watching football for 50 years. I have no idea what pass interference is at this point.

Happy to see the Eagles represented in the Pro Bowl. But, really, who gives a damn at this point? It hasn't been a game since 2022.

Ohforgodssake.. Please please stop telling me how great Dak Prescott is. He's won 6 games. He's won 2 playoff games in 9 seasons with an allegedly "elite" team. There's plenty of other QBs I'd rather have. Some even win.

Every day. Every damn day some representative in the House could introduce papers to impeach Donald John Trump. Every day. And now our Department of Justice is in violation of law. 77,000,000 Americans couldn't conceive of a 2nd Trump administration's criminality. Or didn't care.

I often start a new game of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, catch a horse and take it to the stable only to find that I already have a horse registered - from the previous game. Even worse, I'll start Tears of the Kingdom and find that I've already got a horse in the stable - from Breath of the Wild.

Watching a football game on CBS yesterday, my eyebrows were raised when I saw their promo spot for "Kennedy Center Honors." Ummm... This is CBS?