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Resuming Its Annual PR Mission, NORAD Tracks Santa Claus (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader quotes CNN:
The U.S. military command that is charged with protecting the airspace for North America is on alert this Christmas weekend for a man with a white beard and a red suit. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is tracking a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer around the world as it heads for U.S. airspace Sunday night. The public can access NORAD's official Santa Tracker to watch Santa Claus' voyage... [NOTE: The site will request access to your physical location before revealing Santa's whereabouts...]
The public can also call 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) and speak live with NORAD trackers. People stuck in the car on the way to Grandmother's house, and with an OnStar subscription, can access the tracker by hitting their OnStar button... Marine Col. Bob Brodie of the 601st Air Operations Center said fighter jets will "fly along (Santa's) wing" in a "close escort," and that the center will "monitor him with our satellites and even have infrared trackers to follow Rudolph."
CNN reports NORAD first began tracking Santa in 1955 when a Sears ad misprinted the telephone number for children to call for updates on Mr. Claus's progress. "On December 24, 1955, Air Force Col. Harry Shoup was on duty, and instead of hanging up on countless children that night, Shoup checked the radar and updated the eager children on jolly old Saint Nick's location." But Gizmodo reports a different origin story: that one child had simply dialed the number incorrectly (in November), and weeks later that gave NORAD the idea for "one of the most successful military PR campaigns of the last century."
This year fifteen of the children's calls to NORAD were remotely answered by President Trump and first lady Melania.
The public can also call 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) and speak live with NORAD trackers. People stuck in the car on the way to Grandmother's house, and with an OnStar subscription, can access the tracker by hitting their OnStar button... Marine Col. Bob Brodie of the 601st Air Operations Center said fighter jets will "fly along (Santa's) wing" in a "close escort," and that the center will "monitor him with our satellites and even have infrared trackers to follow Rudolph."
CNN reports NORAD first began tracking Santa in 1955 when a Sears ad misprinted the telephone number for children to call for updates on Mr. Claus's progress. "On December 24, 1955, Air Force Col. Harry Shoup was on duty, and instead of hanging up on countless children that night, Shoup checked the radar and updated the eager children on jolly old Saint Nick's location." But Gizmodo reports a different origin story: that one child had simply dialed the number incorrectly (in November), and weeks later that gave NORAD the idea for "one of the most successful military PR campaigns of the last century."
This year fifteen of the children's calls to NORAD were remotely answered by President Trump and first lady Melania.
Santa is a distraction from the real reason for Christmas. Kids should be focused on the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. None of the other stuff like receiving presenrs matters in the least. I'll pray for all of the atheists here that you will start believing in Jesus Christ and be saved. Jesus is truly the Son of God. Most historians believe the Bible is true, which is why it's the most studied book in history. I'll pray for all of you to have a joyful Christmas. But I'll especially pray for atheists to start believing in Jesus and for children to not be distracted from Jesus by presents. Merry Christmas!
Because not everyone's brain works the way yours does?
The U.S. military command that is charged with protecting the airspace for North America
That should be US and Canadian military command. You'd have a pretty hard time protecting all of North America without Canada's vigilance in the North, you know.
Yaz
Breaking News: North Korea just shot Santa down with a missile.
Table-ized A.I.
I suspect in many cases because they'd otherwise be unemployed and it's a paying gig.
In others, it's people who like kids - which is a perfectly natural and socially beneficial thing except in the rare case of pedophiles where it's sexual.
Actual pedos? They're not hiding behind every corner you know, and pedophile does not equal stupid. You think they're going to seek out momentary non-sexual contact under the gaze of parents? The pedos want to be coaches and priests.
This year fifteen of the children's calls to NORAD were remotely answered by President Trump and first lady Melania.
Granted, I do think Trump has a toddler's mindset, but if we're going to let him deal with a bunch of whiny brats, why isn't he talking to Congress instead?
Santa's progress through cyberspace for all those electronic gift certificates and digital music purchases is being tracked in real-time by the NSA:
Dear Santa,
Hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing well. Please also send my regards to the elves, and you may want to check in a bit on Sugarplum Mary. Some of her recent communications have been a little on the down side, but I may have already said too much.
Thank you for the additional data center you brought our data services division last year. This year, all I want is for my extended family to hate me a little less and not spit on me so much when we get together for the holidays, if it's not too much to ask.
Thanks,
J. Michael McConnell
Director of National Intelligence, NSA
And one of the shepherds spoke to the others, why are you afraid? And the shepherd said, science can explain this, it is not an angel, there is no God. And as soon as the shepherd finished those words, he was smitten by the Almighty God. And the shepherds trembled at the sight of this.
Where did this come from? That's not in Luke.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Do not militarize the Merry Christmas!!!
Lonley widowers who don't get to spend nearly enough time with the grand kids?
Wus da night afo’ Crizzmus, and all thru da hood,
everybody be sleepin’ and da sleepin’ be good.
We hunged up our stockins, an hoped like all heck,
dat Obama gunna brang us our checks.
All of da family, was layin’ on da flo’,
my sister wif her gurlfriend, my brother wif some snow ho.
Ashtrays was all full, empty beer cans and all
when I heared such a fuss, I thunk.”Sh’eet, must be da law”.
I pulled the sheet off da window and what I’ze could see,
I was spectin’ the sherrif, wif a warrent fo’ me.
But what did I see, made me say, “Lawd look ‘a dat!”
Dere was a huge watermelon, pulled by eight big-ass rats.
Now ovah da years, Santy Claws he be white,
but it looks like us brotha’s, got a black un’ tonight.
Faster than a poe’lice car, my homeboy he came,
and whupped up on dem rats, as he called dem by name.
On Biden, On Jessie, On Pelosi and Hillary Who,
On Fannie, On Freddie, On Ayers, and Slick Willy too.
Obama landed dat melon, right there in da street,
I knowed it fo’ sho’, - can you believe that Sheet?
Dat Santy didn’t need no chimley, he picked da lock on my do’,
an I sez to myself, “Son o’ bitch..he don did dis befo!”
He had a big bag, full of presents - at first I suspeck?
Wif “Air Jordans” and fake gold, to wear roun’ my neck.
But he left me no presents, just started stealin my shit.
He got my guns and my crack, and my new burglers kit.
Den, wif my sh*t in his bag, out da windo’ he flew,
I sho’ woulda shanked him, but he snagged my blade too!
He jumped back on dat melon, wif out even a hitch,
and waz gone in two seconds, da democrat sonofabitch.
So nex year I be hopin’, a white Santy we git,
’cause a black Santy Claws, just ain’t worf a shit!
It came from an idiot who obviously believes that God doesn't want us to use our brains to figure out the universe
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Nice Easter egg.
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere. - Mark Twain
This is magnificent.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Are you Santa? https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
http://www.der-postillon.com/2... (German)
Translation (by google, I was lazy)
Hamburg (dpo) - Is the DHL million extortionist finally caught? The Hamburg police today arrested an elderly bearded man carrying thousands of suspicious parcels in a sled. To be on the safe side, the entire sled was blown up by specialists following an evacuation of the environment.
According to police, the suspect had penetrated the airspace over Hamburg on Sunday morning with a flying sled. In the subsequent landing in front of a block of flats, he was stopped by a large contingent of police and at the last second overwhelmed, before he could throw several suspicious packages with suspicious packaging in a chimney.
"Apparently, the man was about to commit a series of attacks," said a spokesman for the Hamburg police. "At the moment he is being interrogated, so we can not give any information on his motives at the moment."
Various media speculate now, whether it is the man to the DHL extortionist, which has caused several times in recent weeks, a stir. Sources within the Hamburg police report that the suspect has so far answered corresponding questions only with a scornful laugh ("Ho! Ho! Ho!").
Also curious: At his arrest, the shaggy senior was accompanied by nine reindeer. Since the animals had no papers at all and the introduction of diseases could not be excluded, they were now euthanized.
Does NORAD have Santa's permission to track his movements? Or is this yet another unsanctioned invasion of personal privacy by a government body?