Trump That Bitch!

As long the cheap plaster statue is his property, who gives a flying fuck at a rolling dough-nut? Thought the Xians weren't supposed to practice idolatry anyway.

VIDEO: Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary! pic.twitter.com/qhkrfQrtjV

— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 29, 2017

Our source. Good luck after that.

Thor (Not Ragnarok) Sinks!

MON 30 NOV 1942
Pacific
Battle of Tassafaronga: TF 67, comprising four heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and six destroyers (Rear Admiral Carlton H. Wright) surprises Japanese destroyers (Captain Sato Torajiro) off Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal. The enemy presses on to jettison supply containers to sustain Japanese troops on Guadalcanal, while torpedoes launched from destroyers Kagero, Makinami, Kuroshio, Oyashio, Kawakaze and Naganami wreak havoc on Wright's ships, damaging heavy cruisers Pensacola (CA-24), Northampton (CA-26), New Orleans (CA-32), and Minneapolis (CA-36). Japanese destroyer Takanami is damaged by cruiser and destroyer gunfire off Tassafaronga (see 1 December).

USAAF B-24s (India Air Task Force) bomb Japanese torpedo boat Kari off Port Blair, Andaman Island, in a strike that inaugurates attacks on the sea approaches to Burma.

German auxiliary cruiser Thor (Schiffe 10) is sunk by explosion of supply ship Uckermark, moored alongside, Yokohama, Japan. The blast also sinks German prize ship Leuthen and Japanese harbor craft in the vicinity.

Indian Ocean
German auxiliary cruiser Michel (Schiffe 28) rescues four additional Armed Guard sailors who have survived the sinking of U.S. freighter Sawokla the previous day (see 18 February 1943).

A Word From The Mists Of History

When we all die in the impending atomic conflagration, it won't be a "Second" Korean War. The Korean War isn't over, idiots, it's just been on hold since 1953.

Damn thing's older than this reporter, & that's old!

Sex & Kids & ... Jesus Christ?!?

Birds Of A Feather

 Ivana Hrynkiw / al.com:

Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans  —  One of the ministers who serves a Theodore church where Roy Moore spoke Wednesday night was federally convicted of trying to block an investigation involving claims his son molested children in Honduras.

Discussion:

Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Roy Moore-backing Alabama pastor lied to cover son's alleged molestation of orphans

Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:   Roy Moore Names Who's Behind “Malicious” Allegations

RELATED:

 Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Roy Moore Just Blamed His Sexual Misconduct Allegations On Lesbians, Gays, And Socialists

Discussion:

Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:   Moore: Socialists, Liberals, LGBT People Behind Accusations Against Me

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Moore says lesbians, gays, socialists behind sexual misconduct allegations

Xmas Shopping Fully Underway

Help Yourselves!!

Sherman Oaks Macy’s pillaged during armed smash-and-grab job

[mynewsLA.com]

No Jury Would Convict Me. Or You, If You Had Any Guts.

Two Words: Self-defense

Tracey Longo / fa-mag.com:

Rubio: Offset Tax Cuts By Reducing Social Security, Medicare Benefits  —  Tax reform is only one piece of the overall puzzle needed to revitalize the American economy, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told a group of Washington, D.C., lobbyists and policy analysts this morning at a Politico Playbook …

Discussion:

Peter Weber / The Week:   GOP senator says tax cuts must be followed by ‘structural changes to Social Security and Medicare’

Not a question of intestinal fortitude for me; I won't have anything to lose, & will therefore be as free to do anything I fucking want as I've ever been. Senator Rubio & the other elitist Republican pigs who would starve senior citizens & ration their health care ("Death panels!!" Remember?) had better start watching their backs.

UPDATED (1610PST):

Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:   Collins: McConnell Promised Me Medicare Cuts Won't Happen

Daily Kos:   Rubio: Tax bill and resulting deficit is first step for destroying Social Security, Medicare

🎜I'm makin' a list, I'm checking it twice; soon we'll be rid of these parasitic lice ...🎝

Surprise, Surprise!

Jim (typecast as "Gomer Pyle" for all eternity) Nabors dead at 87.

Death From Above & The Surface

SUN 29 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF B-17s damage Japanese destroyers Shiratsuyu and Makigumo in Vitiaz Strait off New Britain.

Aircraft from Henderson Field sink Japanese cargo ships Azusa Maru and Kiku Maru, Wickham Anchorage, New Georgia.

Indian Ocean
U.S. freighter Sawokla is sunk by torpedo and gunfire of German auxiliary cruiser Michel (Schiffe 28) at approximately 28°00'S, 54°00'E, about 400 miles southeast of Madagascar, while en route from Colombo, Ceylon, to Cape Town, South Africa; 16 of the 41-man crew are killed in the attack, as are four of the 13 Armed Guard sailors. Michel rescues 25 crewmen, five Armed Guard sailors and the five passengers (see 30 November).

Unhinged!

Lying son-of-a-bitch? Deluded idiot? Pathetic fuckhead? Decompensating?

Stephen Collinson / CNN:

Trump's behavior raises questions of competency  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Trump potentially has millions of lives in his hands as the threat of a devastating war with North Korea  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump potentially has millions of lives in his hands as the threat of a devastating war with North Korea swiftly escalates.

Discussion:

Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:   Quick Takes: Is Trump Incompetent, Delusional or Unhinged?

New York Times:   Trump Once Said the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Was Real. Now He's Not Sure.

Jessica Taylor / NPR:   Sen. Jeff Flake Plans Series Of Speeches Targeting Trump On Facts And Truth

Jason Easley / Politicus USA:   Trump Just Made A Comment That Revealed Why He Should Be Removed From Office Right Now

Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:   Yet more proof: Donald Trump is a fascist sympathiser

German Lopez / Vox:   Trump is still reportedly pushing his racist “birther” conspiracy theory about Obama

Media Matters for America:   I never thought Fox & Friends might actually kill me, but here we are

Richard Cohen / Washington Post:   Trump clings to conspiracy theories — and strengthens the case for his removal

more at Mediagazer »

It's an Angry Samoans world now; you just exist (barely) in it.

Quite A Day In "News", Even Better For Schadenfreude

St. Nick on a gawd-damn stick. I knew that bastard Trump would destroy this nation of sheep, & he's doing it!

Good for him; couldn't happen to a nicer or more deserving country. Rot in hell, every last one of you Yankee pigs.

A prescient artist.

Apocalypse Now!

I'm nostalgic for World War II. And unlike Ray Davies, I do want to die in a nuclear war.

North Korea Successfully Tests Missile That Could Hit Mar-a-Lago

Kim Jong Un’s nuclear-weapons program took a leap forward Tuesday when an ICBM flew high enough to theoretically strike the entire United States.

Do it!! Do it!! Do it!!Please, Please, Please, Please!!

Navy Involved In Beantown Fire

SAT 28 NOV 1942
United States
"Cocoanut Grove" nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts, catches fire; Ensigns George W. Carlson and Mac A. Cason, SC-V(P), USNR, driving through the city at that hour, respond immediately when they see flames issuing from the burning building. Exhibiting courage, leadership and resourcefulness, these two Supply Corps officers, who organize rescue parties from enlisted men they see in the gathering crowd, are later deemed "the cause of saving more lives than any other single agency." Despite rescuers' efforts, however, 492 people perish in the tragedy.

Pacific
Cargo ship Alchiba (AK-23) is damaged by Japanese midget submarine Ha.10 (from submarine I-16) 3,000 yards northeast of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal (see 7 December).

USAAF B-17s attack Japanese convoy en route from Munda, New Georgia, to Guadalcanal, and damage cargo vessel Chihaya Maru.

Caribbean
Gunboat Erie (PG-50), torpedoed by German submarine U-163 on 12 November, is moved into the inner harbor at Willemstad, Curacao, N.W.I., to prevent her from sinking and to facilitate salvage (see 12 November and 5 December).

Atlantic
Aircraft escort vessel Chenango (ACV-28) is damaged by heavy seas, North Atlantic.

U.S. freighter Alaskan is torpedoed, shelled and sunk by German submarine U-172 about 400 miles north of St. Paul's Rocks, 03°58'N, 26°19'W; six merchant seamen and one Armed Guard sailor are killed in the attack (see 13 and 15 December 1942, and 5 January 1943).

Comment Of The Day

Made at Wonkette, where there's yet another "Gimme Money" post:

Fuck you!

I live on less than US$17,000.00/yr. (in Los Angeles) & I am sick to my fucking stomach of you gawd-damned parasites, here & at every other fucking piece of shit web-log across the iNternet, begging for money. I never pan-handled even when I was homeless. Have you neither pride nor shame?

P.S.: I'm "indebted" too. Big deal!!

And if I may add: FUCK CHRISTMAS!!

The Blart Of The Deal

For what it's worth (not that much really) one cannot go anywhere on the real news iNternet w/o encountering mockery of the Chump-in-Chief's chumpery.On the telly, unintentional (perhaps) mockery. Is it "Trumpy" Bear because they think they might be sued if they called it Trump Bear?

Three Worlds, One Star

From one of those useless tumblr acc'ts., via yet another.

Traitor General Flynn To Squeal On Traitor Douchebag Trump?

Fingers crossed while knocking on wood, he will. But let's hope the only thing Flynn gets for telling the truth is a reduced sentence, not a complete skate on his whoring treason on behalf of Russia & Turkey. Treason's punishable by death, innit? Yes:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death ...

18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason

Sounds about right to me. Off w/ both their heads!

Froggie Fleet Scuttled

FRI 27 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF B-26s sink Japanese army cargo ship Kachosan Maru off Attu.

Mediterranean
French Fleet at Toulon is scuttled to prevent it from falling into German hands. French naval vessels immobilized in this manner include 3 battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, an aircraft depot ship, 30 destroyers, 3 torpedo boats, 16 submarines and 11 gunboats and auxiliaries.

Atlantic
U.S. freighter Jeremiah Wadsworth is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-178 approximately 270 miles south of Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 39°25'S, 22°23'E; there are no casualties among the 43-man merchant crew and the 14-man Armed Guard (see 5 and 6 December).

Added poop:

On this day in 1942, French Admiral Jean de Laborde sinks the French fleet anchored in Toulon harbor, off the southern coast of France, in order to keep it out of German hands.

In June 1940, after the German invasion of France and the establishment of an unoccupied zone in the southeast, led by Gen. Philippe Petain, Adm. Jean Darlan was committed to keeping the French fleet out of German control. At the same time, as a minister in the government that had signed an armistice with the Germans, one that promised a relative “autonomy” to Vichy France, Darlan was prohibited from sailing that fleet to British or neutral waters. But a German-commandeered fleet in southern France, so close to British-controlled regions in North Africa, could prove disastrous to the Brits, who decided to take matters into their own hands by launching Operation Catapult: the attempt by a British naval force to persuade the French naval commander at Oran to either break the armistice and sail the French fleet out of the Germans’ grasp—or to scuttle it. And if the French wouldn’t, the Brits would.

And the British tried. In a five-minute missile bombardment, they managed to sink one French cruiser and two old battleships. They also killed 1,250 French sailors. This would be the genesis of much bad blood between France and England throughout the war. General Petain broke off diplomatic relations with Great Britain.

But two years later, with the Germans now in Vichy and the armistice already violated, Admiral Laborde finished the job the British had started. As the Germans launched Operation Lila, the attempt to commandeer the French fleet, Laborde ordered the sinking of 2 battle cruisers, 4 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 1 aircraft transport, 30 destroyers, and 16 submarines. Three French subs managed to escape the Germans and make it to Algiers, Allied territory. Only one sub fell into German hands. The marine equivalent of a scorched-earth policy had succeeded.

Can You Spot The Fake News?

Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:

A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore.  She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.  —  A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears …

Discussion:

Erica Pandey / Axios:   Washington Post identifies false accusation against Roy Moore

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Right Wing Extremist James O'Keefe Fails To Sting Washington Post With Fake Roy Moore Accuser [VIDEO]

Joshua Caplan / The Gateway Pundit:   Panicked Reporters Stalk Project Veritas HQ As Rumors Swirl O'Keefe Is Set To Expose Washington Post

Bill Britt / Alabama Political Reporter:   Court records may point to timeline of Moore's alleged assault

more at Mediagazer »

"Rumors swirl" in the idiot-o-sphere.

Kill, Kill, Kill For Peace!

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Morrissey: I would kill Trump ‘for the safety of humanity’  —  British singer Morrissey said in a new interview he would kill President Trump if given the option.  —  During an interview with Der Spiegel, Morrissey, the former The Smiths frontman, was asked: “If there was a button …

Discussion:

Susan Wright / RedState:   British Singer, Morrissey, Should Probably Expect a Secret Service Visit

Conor Beck / Washington Free Beacon:   Morrissey: I Would Kill Trump ‘For the Safety of Humanity’

Joshua Caplan / The Gateway Pundit:   WOW! British Singer Morrissey Says He Would Assassinate POTUS Trump If Given The Chance

Aleutian Action!

THU 26 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF B-26s damage Japanese merchant cargo ship Cheribon Maru off Attu, Aleutians.

... But Never Better Late

What the hell?

If this is who we are or who we are becoming, I have wasted 40 years of my life. Until now it was not possible for me to conceive of an American President capable of such an outrageous assault on truth, a free press or the first amendment.

— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) November 26, 2017

Ignorance (of the law, or of reality) is no excuse. Where was Gen. Hayden when Reagan was Prez, or when Bush was lying us into never-ending war 17 yrs. ago? Has the general been living under a rock for these "last 40 yrs."?

Left Beached And Abandoned

WED 25 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF B-25s and P-40s damage Japanese merchant cargo ship Ryokusei Maru at Canton, China.

Japanese submarine I-17 lands 11 tons of supplies at Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal. Submarine missions to supply the beleaguered Japanese garrison on Guadalcanal will continue through the end of November.

Mediterranean
Transport Thomas Stone (AP-59), damaged by grounding, North African area, is left beached and abandoned, 36°49'N, 03°07'E.

Today In Moore Sex Perversion

grimmy.com

Totally unfair & mean images from The Moderate Voice. (Moderation is for sissies & losers, by the way.)

Oh No, Not Going Anywhere. "Here To Stay" & "Charging Forward".

Blindly into the fucking abyss, chump.

“We’re here to stay,” Kushner told The Washington Post. “At the current moment, we’re charging forward.”

At a future moment, when he & Ivanka "Piece of Ass" Trumpette-Kushner are convicted (like Jared's creepy father) they'll be in prison "to stay" too.

Filthy degenerate scum is too kind a description for these truly horrid (Trumps & Kushners alike) humanoids.

Today's Big Attempted Lie

Trump changes tune again:

New York Times:

Why Trump Stands by Roy Moore, Even as It Fractures His Party  —  By the time Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, made the last of his repeated pleas to President Trump to keep his distance from the Senate candidacy of Roy S. Moore, it was too late.

Discussion:

Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:   NYT: Trump Expressed Disbelief At Ivanka's Criticism Of Roy Moore

Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:   Trump was reportedly annoyed that Ivanka Trump criticized Roy Moore

Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:   President Trump Now Says That Wasn't Him on Access Hollywood Tape

David Ferguson / Raw Story:   Trump is telling people the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape was faked — even after he admitted it was real in 2016

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Trump Recently Claimed #Pussygate Tape Is Fake

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Huh? Trump Reportedly Suggested Access Hollywood Tape ‘Was Not Authentic’

Suddenly it's "fake news"? After he admitted it? Trump's testimony at his various trials should be highly amusing.

They Hunted The Mammoth

Here's a musical number that whines right along w/ today's evangelical Republican male/potential dater of 14-yr. olds. America really used to be great until the bitches got ideas, didn't it?
Nice Hollywood Sign typeface, too.

Heard earlier today on Bill Gardner's "Rhapsody in Black".

The Man Who Mistook His Neighbor For A Deer: And Other American "Hunting" Tales

Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
He thought he saw a deer and fired his pistol. Now his neighbor is dead.

Discussion:

Beth Baumann / Townhall.com:   Hunter Accidentally Kills a Woman Walking Her Two Dogs

Tom Tillison / bizpacreview.com:   A woman was killed by a hunter while walking her dogs. Responsible hunters speak out on tragedy

RT:   Woman ‘mistaken for deer’ shot to death by NY hunter

The Guardian:   New York woman shot dead with pistol by hunter who thought she was a deer

Not to be cynical or anything, but here's another one, from a couple of wks. ago.

The 34-year-old victim was hunting for gemstones on her property when she was shot. In an affidavit, Trundy said he thought he was firing at a deer but he acknowledged he never saw the deer's outline. Wardens say he fired from 200 feet away.

Why are these pin-dicked murderers "mistaking" women for deer?

"First I pray to Jesus ..."

WTVR-TV:

Youth pastor arrested for allegedly murdering family on Thanksgiving … CHESTER, Va. - Police have arrested a youth pastor for allegedly murdering his family at a home in Chester on Thanksgiving night.  —  Officers discovered two women and a man shot to death at a home on Dogwood Ridge Court …

Discussion:

Gabrielle Okun / The Daily Caller:   Pastor In Custody After Allegedly Shooting Three People On Thanksgiving

Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Virginia youth pastor accused of murdering his family on Thanksgiving

Tracybloomktla / KTLA:   Youth Pastor Accused of Killing Wife, 2 Others at Virginia Home on Thanksgiving

Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:   Virginia Youth Pastor Suspected of Murdering Family on Thanksgiving

WCMH-TV:   Youth pastor arrested for allegedly murdering family on Thanksgiving

"Youth Pastor", of course, is Jesus talk for "church-approved child molesting sicko". Maybe his family wised up to him.

Jesus Wants You Dead: More seriously sick Xian shit.

Submarine Snapper

TUE 24 NOV 1942
Pacific
Japanese forces land at Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomons.

Submarine Snapper (SS-185) is damaged by aerial bombs and depth charges off northern Solomons, 07°58'S, 156°12'E, but remains on patrol.

USAAF B-17s and B-25s and RAAF Beaufighters sink Japanese destroyer Hayashio in Huon Gulf between Lae and Finschafen, New Guinea, 07°00'S, 147°30'E, and damage torpedo boats Otori and Hiyodori east of Lae.

USAAF B-17s also damage Japanese seaplane carrier Sanuki Maru in Shortland Harbor, Solomons.

Mediterranean
Transport Thomas Stone (AP-59) is damaged by horizontal bomber off North Africa, 36°48'N, 03°10'E.

It Would Be Irresponsible Not To Speculate

Since it's a mall in Alabama, you don't suppose they were fighting over teen-aged girls, do you?

Carol Robinson / al.com:

Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Alabama's largest mall 40 minutes early  —  Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Riverchase Galleria mall early  —  Shoppers getting an early start on Black Friday deals had their Thanksgiving trek to the Riverchase Galleria cut short when fights broke out in the mall.

Discussion:

WKRG-TV:   Mall Brawl: Alabama's Riverchase Galleria closes early after Black Friday Fights

Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:   WATCH: Wild Brawl Between Shoppers Forces Alabama Mall to Close

Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:   Black Friday Brawl At Alabama Mall Results In Multiple Arrests (VIDEO)

Jeffrey Caplan / AOL:   Early start to Black Friday ended with fight night that shut down this Alabama mall

David Boddiger / Splinter:   Thanksgiving Brawl Shuts Down Alabama's Biggest Mall

Victoria Taft / IJR:   Black Friday Brawl Forces Alabama Mall to Close Early

No Smokes, Danke Schön

MON 23 November 1942
Atlantic
Aircraft escort vessels Sangamon (ACV-26) and Chenango (ACV-28) are damaged by heavy seas, North Atlantic.

U.S. tanker Caddo, en route from Baytown, Texas, to Iceland, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-518 at 42°25'N, 48°27'E, and abandoned, with the 58 men on board (42-man merchant complement and 17-man Armed Guard) [Check the math. — M.B.] taking to three lifeboats. U-518 briefly interrogates survivors, taking ship's master and another officer as prisoners, and departs after the German offer of cigarettes is refused (see 7 and 8 December).

Thanksgiving Thursday: Turkey Time W/ Trumpy

Another rambling "speech", this one involving invisible aircraft.

Saint Nick on a stick, could Lumpy pass the test for Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Stuck At The Airport

 Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:

Here's What Trump Told The Coast Guard When He Visited Them On Thanksgiving  —  “I said, how good is this plane?  They said, well, sir, you can't see it.  I said but in a fight.  You know, in a fight, like I watch on the movies.”  —  President Trump visited and addressed the Coast Guard in Riviera Beach …

Discussion:

Josh Billinson / IJR:   For Some Reason, Donald Trump Still Thinks the F-35 Fighter Jet Is Invisible

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   'Someday you'll explain it': Trump praises Coast Guard ‘brand’ in rambling Thanksgiving address

No doubt a © violation. Sue us, D.C./Warner Bros.!               

 Brett Samuels / The Hill:

Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’

Discussion:

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:   Trump hails ‘invisible’ plane in remarks to coast guard: ‘The enemy cannot see it’

Katie Paris / Shareblue Media:   On Thanksgiving Day, Trump gives thanks — to himself

 Akela Lacy / Politico:
Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'

Discussion:

Dave Lawler / Axios:   Trump tells Coast Guard its “brand” is flying high

CNBC:   Trump pays tribute to the military, and himself, on Thanksgiving

AOL:   Trump touts achievements and promises to build the wall in Thanksgiving tweet

One Meal of 1,095, One Day of 365

Once a yr., for one of the 1,095 meals the average American eats annually, the homeless are offered free slop. The rest of the yr. they can go fuck themselves. Thank you. I'm sooooo grateful!

“We haven’t seen numbers like this since the Great Depression,” Georgia Berkovich, director of public affairs for the Midnight Mission, said as she described the need for donations and volunteers throughout the entire year.

If homelessness isn't stopped by next yr. when this bullshit holiday comes around I guarantee there will be many fewer houses, & many more vacant lots w/ piles of smoking ash & rubble on them.

But We Repeat Ourself

Annual bugger everything but esp. "Thanks"-"Giving" submission. Don't work too hard, America's editorial cartoonists.

If we ran these two 'toons together in 2012 or whenever (Probably did; they were both in the Holiday & Seasonal folder.) & you remember (we don't) tough shit for you, huh?

Not A Damn Thing!

More Rowing, Then Walking

SUN 22 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF planes (14th Air Force) on shipping strike sink Vichy French ship Khai Dinh east of Haiphong harbor, French Indochina, 20°58'N, 106°40'E.

Atlantic
Damaged U.S. tanker Brilliant arrives at St. John's, Newfoundland, completing a 300-mile voyage under the command of the ship's junior third officer (see 18 December).

Indian Ocean
Survivors from U.S. freighter Alcoa Pathfinder, sunk the previous day by German submarine U-181, row ashore, reaching land about 12 miles north of Oro Point, whence they walk to lighthouse and to airfield. Entire 15-man Armed Guard unit survives, as do 55 of the 61-man crew and the solitary passenger.

Today In Branding, Real Estate & Deal-Making

Need we remind you that property is theft?

New York Times:

Trump Organization Will Walk Away From Its Struggling SoHo Hotel in New York  —  The announcement came on his television show, “The Apprentice.”  Donald J. Trump would open his second luxury hotel in New York, a “work of art” in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan that would become “an awe-inspiring masterpiece.”

Discussion:

Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:   Trump's name is coming off his SoHo hotel as politics weigh on president's brand

Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:   Trump Organization is walking away from its floundering Trump SoHo hotel

Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Organization Reaches Deal To Walk Away From SoHo Property

Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:   Second luxury hotel dumps Trump's name out of sheer embarrassment

Haley Britzky / Axios:   Trump Org. walking away from SoHo hotel

Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:   The Trump Organization Is Bailing on Its Struggling Soho Hotel

Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:   Trump's company reaches deal to cut ties with Trump Soho hotel

Kate Taylor / Business Insider:   The Trumps are cutting ties with the five-star Trump SoHo hotel after business plummeted post-election

Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:   Trump Organization Ditches Struggling SoHo Hotel, Erasing Name From Establishment

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Trump Gives Up On Flagship Manhattan Hotel

Bear in mind that, despite the impression the fake news headlines might give you, Lumpy does not actually own these fucking dumps.

Both properties were examples of the sleight of hand Trump has employed to make himself sound like
a more impressive real estate executive than he was. He owned neither property, but instead managed them and lent his name to the buildings.

A Modest Proposal: Bring A Gun To Thanksgiving Dinner, And Use It!

Joe Berkowitz / GQ:

It's Your Civic Duty to Ruin Thanksgiving by Bringing Up Trump  —  This Turkey Day, consider making life HELL for a few of your relatives.  —  It's late-November 2017, and you know what that means: Every man you've ever seen on TV for any reason has just been unmasked as a woman-hating sewer ghoul.

Discussion:

Fox News Insider:   OUTRAGEOUS GQ: It's Your ‘Civic Duty’ to Ruin Thanksgiving for Your Trump-Supporting Family Members

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   GQ Has Knives Out for Trump - Tells Readers to Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner

Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice:   Convert that Gravy Boat into a Battleship!

William Teach / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:   NPR: Thanksgiving Is A Great Time To Talk About End-Of-Life Care

Sick Nation

There is something very, very wrong w/ a nation that would assassinate John F. Kennedy but has let Donald J(erk). Trump live unthreatened for this long.

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) November 22, 2017

Cornucopia Of Shit (W/ Flies)

"I'm so thankful that bitch Hillary Clinton wasn't selected by the Electoral College," say idiot Americans from beneath tons of Trump mouth-garbage.

Whoops: Another "Accidental" Pervert

Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton apologizes for graphic online photo  —  Texas Congressman Joe Barton released a statement Wednesday apologizing for a graphic nude photo of him that circulated on social media earlier this week.  He announced his re-election bid earlier this month.

Discussion:

TMZ.com:   Texas Congressman Joe Barton Apologizes for Sending Nude Pic to Woman, Not His Wife

Kyle Cheney / Politico:   GOP congressman Barton apologizes for nude selfie

Greg P. / twitchy.com:   WHOA: Rep. Joe Barton contemplating retirement after graphic photo circulates online

Jason Easley / Politicus USA:   Republican Congressman Busted After Naked Picture Of Him Turns Up On Social Media

UPDATE (1320PDT): Oh. My. Fucking. Gawd! "Thanks" to Juanita Jean.

Thanks For Nothin', Asshole!

Kill all the bloated upper-class golfers!!

Minutes after saying he’s hard at work, Trump goes to his golf club for the 50th time

Trump and his White House have repeatedly insisted he will be hard at work during his Thanksgiving vacation in Florida, which of course means he's hitting the links again.

Brad Reed / Raw Story:
White House insists Trump will have a ‘full schedule’ — then he shows up at the golf course

Discussion:

Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Visits His Own Golf Course Amid ‘Full Schedule’ Of Meetings And Calls

Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Trump's team insists he has a ‘full schedule’ an hour before he goes golfing

CBS Miami:   Trumps At Mar-A-Lago; Melania, Barron Get White House Christmas Tree

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Trump Declares Full Day Of Meetings And Phone Calls, Promptly Goes Golfing For 77th Time Since Taking Office

Old numbers; the sentiment remains the same.

UPDATE (1230PDT): What it will cost you, taxpayer.