Closing all the tabs for the year …
Viewed in a bemused spirit, 2024 provided (in Mark Twain’s words) “not merely food for laughter,” but “an entire banquet.” Begin with the Texan who, preparing to run for president, changed his name to Literally Anybody Else. John F. Kerry, the Democrats’ 2004 nominee and, in 2024, the State Department’s designated climate worrier, said people would “feel better” about the war in Ukraine if Russia would “make a greater effort to reduce emissions.” War criminals should minimize their carbon footprints.
A whistleblower charged that a federal supervisor directed workers responding to Hurricanes Helene and Milton to “avoid homes advertising Trump.” Miss Sassy, the Springfield, Ohio, cat who police were told might have tempted hungry Haitian immigrants, was found healthy in her owner’s basement.
