Welcome to the show.

A new year is (FINALLY) upon us. We look forward to giving you our best year ever! You can look forward to your old favorites returning, along with new segments and characters you will love! (Max returns soon-we promise!)

We start the show with Jim discussing some changes he has made in his life. After a brief flirtation with the Republican Party, he has decided that what are derisively referred to as RINOs are still essentially the “real” Republicans. Trump was an anomaly, and far too many Republicans have conceded defeat before all has been said and done. Not to mention most GOP politicians put party above people, and will do and say anything to keep their power over you, just like most Dems. So Bye, Felecia! He has now returned to third-party politics, this time joining the American Independent Party, the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party. (Melanie, of course, stays fiercely independent.)

Jim also talks briefly about his return to God, and we hear an impromptu Gospel According to Melanie.

Special thanks to our superfans and friends Nick (and Majik) Pierce, and The Dave Clark Five Minus Four for their generous and thoughtful Christmas gifts. See below for details.

Welcome to the New Abnormal

CNN Activist-“Reporter” Jim Acosta Admits He Won’t Cover Biden as Aggressively as Trump

Judge Orders Pictures of White Judges Taken Down from Courtroom

Indian actor in trouble for playing Indian character with Indian accent 

Communist Cuban government broadcast urges citizens to feast on rodent meat for Christmas

Even Homer Gets Mobbed. A Massachusetts school has banned The Odyssey

Jimmy Galligan, Moral Monster

National Teacher of the Year Suggests Mitch McConnell’s Neighbors Attack Him

World Health Organization Pledges Not to Find ‘Guilty’ Party in Probe of COVID-19 in China

News of the Weird & Wonderful

Woman blames pooch for car crash into ditch: ‘The dog was driving’

Boy, 12, identifies 39 airlines by their plane tails for Guinness record

When a canal between 2 U.P. towns froze, something magical happened

Bob Dylan’s First Original Song in Years Is a 17-Minute Epic About JFK’s Assassination

Nail thought to have been used in ‘crucifixion of Christ’ is unearthed in secret chamber of Czech monastery

Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes

These dogs are finding feces and saving endangered wildlife

Teen from Wildfire-Hit Town Wins $250k Scholarship for Awesome Explanation of Quantum Tunneling

Meet the Mushrooms That Could Build a House

He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad’s Nightmares

A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire

A Boy Scout troop created a ‘hug booth’ for nursing home residents who couldn’t touch their loved ones

Man, 70, who walked around the Earth without ever leaving Limerick urges others to keep active in pandemic

Beer-holding bloke clears snow on his driveway with a flamethrower

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Connecticut woman busted with scores of neglected animals, including blind owl

Bride who faked cancer to raise $11K for ‘dream’ wedding gets 5 months in prison

Vicious Squirrel Attacks Queens Community: Like ‘an MMA Cage Match.’

Florida Man

Florida man arrested after strapping downed light pole to car roof on highway

Transgender Woman Stabs SW Florida Man in Attempt to Steal His Wife

Florida Man Explains What Started Outrageous 2AM Pants-Off Viral Video Brawl at Wawa

Wine of the Week:

La Garenne 2016 Red Blend…A yummy and mild red with a very slight and pleasant aftertaste that Matched perfectly with the Swiss Colony Brick Cheese and Garlic sausage gifted to us by Mr. and Mr. Pierce. The stopper shown here with our very own logo (and a second one with a Golden Retriever puppy) was gifted to us by Mr. Clark. We love and appreciate you so much!