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Xmas Survival Games

December 1, 2025 Buck Banks

The year-end holidays are meant for cheer, good times and fun,
But the celebrations can make one wish one was a Mohammedan.
It’s a silly season of foolish frivolity,
Interspersed with fake cheer and forced jollity,
And you can only make it worse by playing the survival game Whamageddon.

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Most People Don’t Care

December 12, 2016 Buck Banks

66%

Of U.S. adults polled said it’s appropriate for store employees to say “Merry Christmas” to customers, compared to 8 percent who think it’s inappropriate, according to the latest Morning Consult poll. That’s similar to the 61 percent who said it’s appropriate for staff to wish shoppers “Happy Holidays,” while 13 percent said such well wishes are inappropriate.

Biden and Obama Do Not Exchange Xmas Gifts

December 12, 2013 Buck Banks

We exchange birthday gifts, we don’t exchange Christmas gifts.

— Vice President Joe Biden, telling TMZ that he and President Obama do not exchange Christmas gifts. He quickly added, “He gave me a great birthday gift!”

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Xmas Survival Games

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Most People Don’t Care

66%

Biden and Obama Do Not Exchange Xmas Gifts

We exchange birthday gifts, we don’t exchange Christmas gifts.

— Vice President Joe Biden, telling TMZ that he and President Obama do not exchange Christmas gifts. He quickly added, “He gave me a great birthday gift!”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%