I'm having visions where the noob shills are scrambling to find the bread in the lagging catalog and so the fearful queries to the dri hired supervision whom is just as clueless trying to find where in their book of crt theorems how to find their way in
Imagine them stampeding to get to the coloring books in the safe room
"Call IT, call IT!"
"They don't work weekends"
"Nooooooooooooo!"
Ooops, invented a new acronym
DRI now DEI is for older stuff
Kinda like the night anons invented the "jigglier vein" but not as much fun
Most excellent
Your old ones were mostly waist band, the type that seems more suited on a basketball hoop
Never really left, mostly made from vinyl these days
I had a feeling you'd like that
Exists
Seinfeld Festivus Pop-up Advent Calendar Paperback – August 26, 2025
by Editors of Thunder Bay Press (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (14)
Celebrate and count down to Festivus with this advent calendar chock-full of 23 Seinfeld-inspired gifts!
Grab your aluminum pole and gather your loved ones! It’s time to count down to a Festivus for the rest of us. This Seinfeld-inspired book includes a 10-inch pop-up of Frank Costanza and the Festivus pole, along with 23 compartments that each contain a special gift to open on the days leading up to Festivus, celebrated on December 23. Day 1 reveals a 30-page booklet detailing the history of the holiday and the backstory of each trinket, with references to specific episodes of the hit TV show. Among the gifts included are a Seinfeld trivia deck, an Airing of Grievances notepad, a Feats of Strength card game, and a variety of party decorations to host your own Festivus celebration! This reusable advent calendar makes for a great display in your home during the holiday season!
(amazon, but the asshoe server won't allow me to post the link because of some "url shortener" bullshit)
Or end up in a gyro
Billions in Limbo: Offshore Wind Industry Reels as Trump Administration Halts Major Projects
Mike Schuler December 26, 2025
The Trump administration’s abrupt decision this week to suspend construction on five major offshore wind projects has sent shockwaves through the energy sector, leaving billions of dollars in investments hanging in the balance and thousands of workers facing an uncertain holiday season.
On December 22, the Department of the Interior issued immediate stop-work orders for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast, citing national security concerns identified in classified reports from the Department of War. The directive affects Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind 1—projects representing a combined investment exceeding $10 billion and collectively capable of powering more than 2 million homes.
“The prime duty of the United States government is to protect the American people,” said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. “Today’s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of the relevant adversary technologies, and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers.”
The administration’s justification centers on radar interference—or “clutter”—created by massive turbine blades and reflective towers, which officials say can obscure legitimate targets and generate false readings. A 2024 Department of Energy report acknowledged that while detection thresholds can be adjusted to reduce clutter, doing so could cause radars to “miss actual targets.”
Industry Pushback Intensifies
The orders have drawn fierce criticism from energy companies, labor unions, and industry groups who note that all affected projects underwent extensive national security reviews during previous administrations.
“All the projects suspended today underwent rigorous national security reviews during the first Trump and Biden Administrations,” said Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association. “[This week’s] decision creates needless uncertainty for any company that seeks to build an energy project in the United States. In America today, the greatest threat to a reliable energy system is an unreliable political system.”
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler condemned the administration’s action as “irresponsible policy that threatens to take America backward,” noting that the orders left “thousands of workers in limbo during the holiday season.” She added: “Destroying good union jobs on projects that are poised to meet demand and deliver electricity to the grid makes no sense.”
Dominion Energy emphasized that CVOW has been coordinating with military authorities for over a decade and is located 27 to 44 miles offshore. The company noted that two pilot turbines have operated for five years “without causing any impacts to national security.”
Equinor stated that Empire Wind “has coordinated closely with federal officials on national security reviews since it executed its lease for the project in 2017, including with the Department of War,” and is complying with all relevant national security requirements identified during years of regulatory review.
Economic and Grid Reliability Concerns
The suspensions threaten significant job losses and economic disruption. Revolution Wind alone has generated approximately 2 million labor union hours, while Empire Wind’s construction phase has employed nearly 4,000 workers. Ørsted’s U.S. offshore wind projects have totaled approximately 4 million labor union hours to date.
Energy companies warn that prolonged delays could jeopardize grid reliability during a period of surging electricity demand. Dominion Energy stated bluntly: “Stopping CVOW for any length of time will threaten grid reliability for some of the nation’s most important war fighting, AI, and civilian assets. It will also lead to energy inflation and threaten thousands of jobs.”
The industry also points to successful operations of existing projects. Revolution Wind noted that the adjacent South Fork Wind facility “delivered reliable energy to New York at a capacity factor of 53% for the first half of 2025, on par with the state’s baseload power sources.”
More:
https://gcaptain.com/billions-in-limbo-offshore-wind-industry-reels-as-trump-administration-halts-major-projects/
Global Trade Braces for the Hangover After Trump’s Tariff Year
Bloomberg December 26, 2025
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The global trading system, which is finishing up one of its most transformational years of the past century, heads into another facing more challenges to stability and growth.
Merchandise trade across the world held up relatively well through 2025, even as US President Donald Trump started erecting a tariff wall around the world’s largest economy. Data cited this week by shipping industry veteran John McCown show global container volumes grew 2.1% in October from a year earlier.
Yet beneath the overall resilience are shifting undercurrents: The US saw a 8% contraction in inbound volumes, while imports into Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and India all showed robust growth.
“World container supply chains have already begun to adapt and reconfigure trading patterns,” McCown wrote in a research note on Monday. After the US in 2024 saw a 15.2% gain in container imports for the full year, “to say that the annual total for 2025 will be in diametric contrast is an understatement.”
Trump’s trade threats were among the chief reasons for the rewiring of shipments, according to McCown. If 2025 was the year of the tariff, he wrote in a LinkedIn post, then 2026 will be the year of tariff consequences.
Revisiting USMCA
The US, Canada and Mexico are about to start reviewing the North American free-trade deal that took effect in 2020. The negotiations will take the three nations into “new territory” given the novelty of the provision allowing for an update after just six years, according to comments by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to lawmakers this month.
Greer said the government received more than 1,500 responses during the public comment period ahead of the coming review.
“Many stakeholders expressed support for the USMCA and many explicitly called for the agreement to be extended,” Greer said. “At the same time, virtually all stakeholders also called for some sort of improvement to the agreement.”
But any “improvement” for one of the three members of the trade bloc risks coming at the expense of another. And that sets the stage for a tough round of talks for the largest US trading partners, whose industries are strugging amid American import taxes. Ties are already strained between the US and Canada, after Trump terminated trade talks with the northern neighbor in October — in response to anti-tariff ads featuring Ronald Reagan.
The Supreme Court
Among the biggest unknowns in trade circles heading into 2026 is a pending US Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs — the broad levies he imposed on most major trading partners.
If Trump does lose the case, one of the most consequential questions for the economy and the country’s fiscal outlook will be whether the government will have to refund the money that American importers paid in tariffs. It’s not clear cut that’ll happen in a timely or organized way.
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, told CBS’s Face the Nation that even if the high court doesn’t rule in the administration’s favor, it would be “pretty unlikely that they’re going to call for widespread refunds, because it would be an administrative problem” to distribute those.
Betting markets have put about a 75% chance on a Trump loss, which means the administration will have to use other authorities at the president’s disposal to impose tariffs.
Asked at the Atlantic Council earlier this month whether 2026 will be quieter on the tariff front than this year, Greer declined to offer a forecast. “That’s a question for President Trump,” he said.
More:
https://gcaptain.com/global-trade-braces-for-the-hangover-after-trumps-tariff-year/
“Many stakeholders expressed support for the USMCA and many explicitly called for the agreement to be extended,” Oh, I'll bet they did. I have my guesses who they are but want to see if they expose themselves in the First Quarter
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Dominion Energy Sues BOEM as Governors Demand Briefing and End of Stop Work
Published Dec 26, 2025 3:14 PM by The Maritime Executive
Dominion Energy, the developer of one of the five offshore wind energy projects that received a stop-work order from the Trump administration, filed suit in District Court seeking an immediate injunction against the order. At the same time, the governors of the four states impacted by the order sent a strongly worded letter to the Department of the Interior, saying they rejected the “transparent pretext” of new information impacting national security and demanded a classified briefing and retraction of the order.
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Monday ordered the five offshore wind projects currently under construction to immediately stop all offshore work, citing “national security concerns.” The brief statement and order to the companies cited concerns raised by the Pentagon, saying wind turbine blades and towers cause radar interference known as clutter. The statements cited “recently completed classified reports.” Work was to be suspended for at least 90 days while BOEM conducted a review and sought possible mitigation steps before canceling the projects.
Dominion Energy, in its civil action filed the following day, calls the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s order “arbitrary and capricious.” They called for an immediate injunction against the order and its enforcement, saying that the order “sets forth no rational basis, cannot be reconciled with BOEM’s own regulations and prior issued lease terms and approvals.” Further, they contend the order is unconstitutional as it infringes upon constitutional principles that limit actions by the Executive Branch, as well as violating the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, they highlight has been under construction since early 2024 after years of review and gaining all its permits. The company reports it has spent approximately $8.9 billion to develop the project, which is projected at a total cost of $11.2 billion and was expected to start generating power early in 2026.
The court filing says BOEM’s arbitrary and illegal order is fundamentally inconsistent with the legal framework. They assert the action is “sudden and baseless.”
Dominion Energy asserts the illegal order is causing serious, irreparable harm to the company and its customers. U.S. District Court Judge Jamar Walker set a hearing for Monday, December 29, regarding the request for a temporary restraining order.
At the same time, the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island sent a letter to Secretary Bugum calling the order an “irrational and erratic action.” They rejected the assertions of national security concerns as a “transparent pretext,” demanding a briefing on the purported information and an immediate rescission of the suspension.
“The sudden emergence of a new ‘national security threat’ appears to be less a legitimate, rational finding of fact and more a pretextual excuse to justify a predetermined outcome consistent with the President’s frequently stated personal opposition to offshore wind,” the governors write in their letter.
They highlight that the states were not informed of any “purportedly news risks prior to these suspensions,” and that the action did not account for the states' “substantial reliance interest.” They say the states’ economies depend on these approvals and reject the national security claims, saying the action risks a “national security and economic disaster.” They highlight the vital need for more electricity generation, the Trump administration’s policy of energy independence, and assert the order risks grid failure.
“Administrative actions, such as those you have taken here, cannot be based on undisclosed, secret rationales – especially not when thousands of jobs and vital energy projects are at stake,” the governors write. They demand a classified briefing for personnel to review this evidence and all information related to the rationale of the order.
Dominion Energy notes that this action is specific to its project but that there are four other projects that have related interests. Ørsted said on Tuesday that it would evaluate potential legal proceedings, while all of the companies said they were willing to work with BOEM and the Department of the Interior to address concerns and take further mitigation steps.
https://maritime-executive.com/article/dominion-energy-sues-boem-as-governors-demand-briefing-and-end-of-stop-work
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