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 You might want to learn Spanish if you want to read the Clarion-Ledger.

 What would a Pelahatchie Board of Aldermen meeting be without a food fight?  

 Starship crash-landed today after making a pretty badass flight. Although the landing will make the SpaceX bloopers reel, the mission was still 95% successful.  Watch it all from start to finish below.

2,746 new cases

First Consul Tate Reeves announced a new round of Covid-19 restrictions at a press conference he is holding right now.  It is streamed below.

 Attorney Generalissimo Evelyn Fitch issued the following statement. 

This week's recipe: Italian Cream Cake

Two days ago, a friend made a Facebook post that referenced the Christmas section of the old Sears Catalogue that used to come out once a year. The release of the Sears Christmas Wish Book was a momentous event every fall. I couldn’t tell you what any of my first-grade readers looked like, but I can still recall almost every page and item of the toy section of the Sears Catalogue.

 MDOC issued the following statement. 

Our family, like most, is nearing the end of our collective ropes in COVID-19 fatigue and pandemic uncertainty. Enough, already.

 Angelique Lee will be the new Councilwoman for Ward 2 in Jackson.  The Ridgeland resident clobbered former Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis 60-40.  She received 1,672 votes while Mr. Lewis got 1,110 votes.  

 Here is something for the Ole Miss fans to enjoy.  Baton Rouge sports radio talk show host Matt Mascona had a complete meltdown yesterday about the LSU football team's, well, meltdown this season.  Everything he said is true and the Rebel readers are going to enjoy watching his misery. ;-) 

Bar reject threatened to "beat y'all's asses unconscious" in filing addressed to Supreme Court

 It's a safe bet Zundria Crawford will not become a lawyer anytime soon.  She failed the bar exam in 2015 but instead of re-taking the test, she sued the Mississippi Bar.  The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected her "appeal" yesterday. 

 Senator Roger Wicker issued the following statement. 

 George Bell was moved to the 1A section at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl.  George Bell is serving a prison sentence of life without parole after he brutally murdered his girlfriend and kidnapped her best friend on September 10, 2007.  1A is a medium security section at the Pearl prison.

 It appears some dirty tricks are taking place in the runoff to replace Jackson Ward 2 City Councilman Melvin Priester, Jr.  Someone is apparently trying to "Tom" Angelique Lee.   This flyer was dropped all over Ward 2 last weekend. 

 Hops & Habanas announced yesterday on Facebook that it will close at the end of the year : 

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement. 

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Has the media been tipping the scales a bit when covering the Covid-19 pandemic? A team of really smart folks at the National Bureau of Economic Research asked that question and found the American media engages in a bit of fear-mongering with its Covid-19 coverage.  NBER compared American and foreign media coverage of the virus and found 91% of American article were negative while only 54% of foreign media was.  The abstract says it all: 

 SEC Shorts gave LSU a nice send off before it went off to do battle with the Alabama Crimson Tide:

 The Metropolitan Opera is streaming a real treat until tomorrow night: Pavarotti in Tosca.  The Met has been streaming a different opera every night for free since it cancelled all performances earlier this year. 

 Campbell's Bakery in Madison is shutting it's doors.  The business announced on Facebook yesterday: 

SpaceX launched the first un-manned resupply mission to the International Space Station this morning. A Falcon 9 first-stage rocket booster launched the flight and safely returned to Earth.  Watch the exciting liftoff and return below.

 The late Dr. Frank Pollard preached on the Sabbath about the Sabbath in this 1991 sermon. If you played hookey this morning, enjoy this sermon about playing hookey on Sunday morning.  ;-)

Move over Grinch. It’s no childish matter Dr. Seuss. The new holiday story this season is “How the COVID stole Christmas” by Drs. Robert Redfield and Thomas Dobbs.

Jackson's use of private Ring cameras to fight crime is raising eyebrows and drawing national attention.   NBC and former Clarion-Ledger reporter Bracey Harris reported:

 Just a case of more Hollywood hypocrisy when it comes to Covid-19 shutdowns.

 They definitely don't make 'em like this anymore.  You're welcome.

 It's not a homicide but close enough for the poor victim: 

Questioning shutdowns will apparently earn a shutdown. Watch what happens when someone attempts to debate restaurant shutdowns this morning. 

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 The city of Clinton issued the following statement. 

The greatest Christmas story ever told returns to the big screen Friday for a week long run at several local theatres. 

 Madison-Rankin District Attorney John Bramlett issued the following statement. 

 Ward 2 City Council Candidate Angelique Lee tried to dispel questions over her voting record and residency on JSU-TV Sunday.  Ms. Lee won the special election primary and faces former Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis in a runoff election on December 8.  

Update: WLBT posted audio of the shooting.

 The home of former U.S. Attorney Greg Davis was shot up on Thanksgiving night.  

 The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 2,168 cases of Wuhan virus and 28 deaths today.   However, 27 of the deaths took place between November 26 and December 2.  The total number of cases is 159,036. The virus has caused 3,879 deaths.  Nursing home deaths comprise 40% of overall Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi. There are 128,746 recoveries. 

It's that time of year and you know what it means: It's time for my award-winning egg nog recipe:

 JPD tweeted the following statements. 

 It is never, ever a good idea to tick off a judge, much less one of the federal variety.  However, Jackson attorney Abby Robinson is managed to do so in federal court.  U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III had enough and chewed her out but the lawyer was determined to have the last word, forgetting the Court always has the last word.

Over the course of my 38-year restaurant career I have been a part of 21 restaurant/bar openings. Three of those openings— the first three— were while working in other people’s restaurants. The remaining 18 openings were restaurants that were my concepts.

Grouper w/black bean, salsa, & corn. Recipe posted below.

 The Electoral College, as confusing and messy as it often becomes in presidential politics, remains the only safeguard against having our national leadership chosen by the citizens of a few densely populated states on the east and west coasts of our country rather than the voters of all 50 states.

 Attorney Rob McDuff of the Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following statement.

Talk about brave.  Michael J. Fox makes fun of his Parkinson's Disease in this old sketch.  Enjoy.

 When history is written about the Covid-19 pandemic in the distant future, Operation Warp Speed will hopefully receive the credit it deserves.  The vaccine breakthroughs that were announced a few weeks ago are simply unprecedented in human history.  The New York Times dived into the weeds last week and published a pretty good article about Operation Warp Speed.  The newspaper reported:

 Governor Tate Reeves is giving a Covid-19 briefing.  It is streamed below.

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 The Clinton Police Department issued the following statement. 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Eastover and other Northeast Jackson neighborhoods lead Jackson in Covid-19 infections. 

The Bill of Rights was key to getting all of the original states to sign and ratify the U.S. Constitution. Our Founders had fought for freedom against the strongest military of that day, and they were still in a fighting mood if the new government threatened to act like the one they had just defeated. The First Amendment listed basic freedoms Americans had not had under England’s rule.