12/11/25 Blog: We Took An Oil Tanker, Plus Christmas Movies

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WE JUST NABBED A VENEZUELAN OIL TANKER The United States just seized a Venezuelan oil tanker they say was headed to Iran in violation of international sanctions against the rogue nation. Trump says he's going to keep it. Venezuela says this is an act of piracy and proves that the United States is only after Venezuelan oil. From rough estimates I gathered from the internet, this could be worth anywhere between 50 million or 150 million depending on the size of the tanker and the type of oil. That's a big hit to economy that only generated a GDP of a little over 100 billion last year. What does this mean for what's next? Maduro vows to "break America's teeth" but this is as hollow a threat as there ever has been. He can do nothing and he knows it.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS MOVIES FOR A HOT MINUTE It's that time again when we all watch those movies we only watch one time a year. I did some interesting digging and asked Chat what the highest grossing films, adjusted for inflation are. You won't believe #1.I'm going to make you guess.

I WANT TO KNOW YOUR TRADITIONS I am not a super tradition-adherent person. We didn't have lots of traditions in our house growing up, so I tend to want to change things up and do something different. Not so much my husband. I'd love to know what family traditions you have that you always look forward to, the weirder the better. Here are some weird traditions from around the world. I'm getting a pooping log for sure this year.

CRAZY HOMELESS GUY ATTACKS PEOPLE IN LOVELAND Can you imagine heading to your favorite tanning salon to get sun kissed and then getting attacked by a crazy homeless man with a knife? It happened in Loveland. We'll see if he's immediately returned to the streets.

THIS MICHIGAN COACH STORY GOT NUTS I think we mentioned this for a hot minute yesterday, but after the Coach of the Michigan Football team was fired for having an "inappropriate relationship" with a staff member, HE GOT ARRESTED. For what? I still don't know. There is so much more to this story than we know. And I want to know, even though it's probably gossipy. He's got a wife and three kids, by the way.

GUESS WHAT WALMART DID TO REDUCE CRIME? A Walmart in Shrewsbury, MA was the source of the most police calls of anywhere in the city. Why? Stealing. So Walmart made a decision and theft dropped 64% in five months. What did they do? They did away with self checkout. Amazing what using actual people can do to crime. Sorry this is a slide show, but that's how it came.

DON'T BE AN ASS AT THE COMPANY PARTY Surveys have shown that around 9% to 10% of employees reported receiving a reprimand or being dismissed after an office Christmas party. Alcohol is a major contributing factor to poor judgment and is involved in an estimated 95% of bad behavior incidents at work events. This is a quick reminder of what not to do at Christmas parties, and some stuff TO DO. ALWAYS talk to the higher ups at the Christmas party. ALWAYS. It may be your one chance to put your name and face together for the CEO. Take advantage of such things!

DENMARK IS BANNING SOCIAL FOR UNDER 15 And I expect this to be something that spreads quickly to lots of other places. We can't seem to get on the same page for anything so I'd be shocked if this was done here anytime soon. We're going to make sure our kid's brains are good and rotted, amiright??? Read more here about Denmark's ban.

VINTAGE FOODS MAKING A COMEBACK I don't know about you, but I used to live on many of these, heck The Q is practically made of the Spaghetti-oes I craved when I was pregnant. I still eat beans, Spam, and use a ton of bouillon but the rest I will pass on.

POWERBALL IS A BILLION AGAIN And I'm going to buy a likely losing ticket, will you? Read more about your really really bad odds at winning the prize.

MCDONALDS LEARNS AI ISN'T WHAT PEOPLE WANT McDonalds in the Netherlands thought using and AI spot would be hip and cool! They were So, so wrong. After massive backlash about the ad they've pulled it. Is the backlash really about the AI or the horrible message? You decide, someone on X grabbed it before it was pulled down.

JELLY ROLL CRIED, I CRIED If you don't know the story of Jelly Roll, the country-rock artist who has taken the world by storm, it's pretty incredible. He was in jail for drug charges and decided to change his life. Watch this entire thing and I dare you not to cry too.

GOOD IDEAS TO BRING DOWN PROPERTY INSURANCE IN COLORADO Mark Hillman offers real solutions that could begin to chip away at the ridiculously high rates we pay in Colorado. If only the legislature will listen.

JON CALDARA RIPS THE PUC GREEN ENERGY PLAN And he rips it to SHREDS. He's 100% right about everything in this column but please don't tell him I said that.

ELBERT COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY BEING VICTIMIZED BY GREEN ENERGY If a power company wanted to slap giant transmission lines through your property that would not provide you or any of your neighbors with ANY energy, what would you do? I bet you'd fight, and that is exactly what little Elbert County is doing. The residents, who are being bullied by Xcel, are fighting those power lines and I'm afraid their goose is already cooked. I see very little chance that the PUC will stop Xcel, or that eminent domain claims will not be granted. Governor Polis doesn't give a rat's ass about massive power lines going through OTHER people's property. You'd think he'd be more understanding since he was SUPER mad about a NEIGHBORING property at his vacation property being used for oil and gas.

It only matters when it's HIS property I guess.

WHAT FOOD DID WE GET DELIVERED THIS YEAR? I sort of love all these end of year lists about the shopping habits of Americans. This one from GrubHub confirms an earlier story on the blog, we love beans. We also love chicken tenders and tinned fish so there's that. We are weird.

LOOKING FOR FREE CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAYS? I've got a list for you right here.

AN ERIE SCUMBAG SHOWS HOW SCUMBAGGY HE IS This story is so unnecessary but shows just how perfectly okay horrible behavior is for some on the Left. A man in Erie thought it would be super funny or something to send letters to prominent conservatives with "condolence" cards that contained empty Gushers candy wrappers and some glittery substance he probably got from his makeup drawer. The were filled with messages like

Sorry for the loss of your savior. Please enjoy some of Charlie's favorite candy for your necks Circle Kirk. Sorry some of the candy leaked out before we could get it in the ambulance...errr envelope.

A large investigation was launched and we know scumbag Skylar Weitzel is to blame. No charges were filed but now we know just how big of a scumbag this loser is.

OUR PAL RICH GUGGENHEIM IS CAUSING GOOD TROUBLE At his state job. When being forced to sit through training that clearly was about DEI, he made a comment that lead to an investigation. Not to be outfoxed, he is now seeking whistleblower status as he sounds the alarm on the ways that his department is violating a federal order on DEI. Read it here, we'll get him on next week to discuss.

CSU LOVES TO PICK ON CHRISTIANS When quietly protesting a different protest by using chalk to draw on sidewalks, a member of that college's Turning Point USA chapter was spat on my an unhinged left wing lunatic. The drawings were defaced. Why? Because Christianity and Judaism are okay to attack at CSU. Isn't that the real message? I'd love to see this student react to a Muslim student. Just saying.

THE FED CUTS RATES A QUARTER POINT And this could spur the economy a bit TOO much but we'll have to wait and see. Read more here about what this might mean for you.

DIRECT PRIMARY CARE IS GOOD FOR PATIENTS AND DOCTORS This is a great column about why this physician left traditional medicine and started a Direct Primary Care practice. Read it here, but this could have been written by any of the docs at Pinnacle Advanced Primary Care.

SHE HAS NO CLUE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. Watch below or click here.

THIS COULD BE ME I'm bad at bowling. Watch below or click here.

THE EVOLUTION OF NETFLIX I wish this weren't true but it's still funny. Watch below or click here.

LIFE COACH JAMEIS Watch below or click here, but he's not wrong.

LET'S ALL CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF PHILLIP RIVERS For stuff like this.

And this.

THIS KID EATS Watch below or click here.

WHY MEN DIE YOUNGER THAN WOMEN, PART #48385 Watch below or click here.

CONTINUOUS FLOW INTERSECTIONS MAY TAKE A MINUTE And one has come to Colorado, but the first try hit a snag. Watch below or click here.

BOEBERT USES CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR CONCERT TICKETS She really is trying to get unelected, isn't she? When you're known as a firebrand (although she has been very quiet on that front as of late, which I appreciate) you best believe everything you do is going to be examined under a microscope. Now she's being accused of using campaign funds for concert tickets. This story speculates that she is dating Kid Rock and that's why she bought the tickets but if she was dating him she would have gotten freebies. Just saying.

THE DIFFERENCE WITH GEN Z This is a great interview about the ways Gen Z is different. Some of them are good, some are super annoying, but we made these people the way they are so we have no one to blame but ourselves.

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