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Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/2/24) - Doof

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to this week’s Monday ONT. Step inside and see what is on the docket tonight.

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Hunter Gets His Pardon
Yesterday’s ONT was overshadowed by the non-surprise news of Hunter Biden receiving a full pardon for any crimes he may have committed over the last decade. Somehow there was also a good bit of discussion about anal creases. Hey, if that’s the kind of stuff you all want on the ONT, I shall not deny you
I flipped a coin to determine which of those would get additional coverage here tonight. Probably best for all of us that the Hunter pardon won out.

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The Joy Of Gift Giving

Black Friday shopping has changed quite a bit over the recent years. The rapid shift to online shopping has resulted in a near extinction of early morning campouts at malls and big box stores to save money on door-busters and have a chance to land each year’s hard-to-get toys and games. The move away from in-person shopping also has lessened the well-publicized fits and fights.
Readers remember Black Friday fights, limo rides, early morning mimosas

Cynthia Monroe Miller hasn’t been back to Black Friday since the time she saw two women fighting over a pair of boots at a shoe store.
“Well you can imagine the scene,” she wrote. “It sickened me to see that people thought this was what the season was all about.”
Not all the memories were of discount wrestling. Himy Susie missed seeing people camping out for Black Friday deals. “Lost joy,” Susie said.
The riotous reaction to Cabbage Patch Kids in the 1980s prompted several memories. Amy Apperson Gamble remembered going with her sister to buy one for her niece.
Paul M. Wilson said “watching people assault each other” over the dolls was “true reality TV.”

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Some traditions will hopefully never fade away. Such as the annual run of the Santa Train through Appalachian mountain towns.
Annual Santa Train Makes Special Stop to Deliver Joy to Hurricane Survivors

The 82nd annual run of the Santa Train through Appalachian mountain towns kicked off this year with a special stop to bring holiday cheer to a community ravaged by Hurricane Helene in the Eastern United States.
Santa Claus kicked off the celebration in Erwin, Tennessee, giving out gift bags, chicken dinners, and a close-up view of the heritage 1902 Clinchfield steam locomotive chosen this year to pull train cars full of presents, and decorated with festive lights, along the 110-mile whistlestop tour in late November.
One of the nation’s oldest and most cherished holiday traditions, the CSX Santa Train distributed more than 15 tons of gifts to families along the route, making this year’s event another huge success.
Spreading holiday cheer across Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, and Tennessee, thousands of families lined the route as the train brought an abundance of toys, backpacks, winter clothes, and holiday joy to Appalachian communities that have gathered to share in the holiday spirit.
It’s a Christmas tradition that started in 1943.

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Lefty Lunatics Leaving X
By now you’ve probably heard that super important folks like Rob Reiner, Alyssa Milano, Richard Gere, Don Lemon, and many others have decided they can’t handle the uncensored world of X now that Elon Musk has turned the place into a true bastion of free speech. Which of course makes it a “Right Wing” platform. To them and their ilk, being challenged on their regurgitated talking points is just too much to handle. So they are leaving X in droves.

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— Marie Isabella (@MarieIsabellaB) December 1, 2024

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However, they can’t just stop spouting their leftist bilge in feeble attempts to gain attention, so they are moving over to “safe” platforms such as Instagram’s Threads or the new lefty favorite BlueSky.

Good riddance to them all. Elon is the gift that keeps giving!

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DJ Doof – Sounds of the Season (Part 1)


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Short but outstanding one from The Whirling Dervishes. Mr. Grinch

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer rock out! The Nutrocker Live 1970.

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Tonight’s ONT brought to you by close calls

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