Canada is evidently having a maple syrup shortage. Luckily, they planned ahead.

CNN:

Amid shortages, Canada is tapping into its strategic reserves. This time, for maple syrup.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, a leading trade group, said it is releasing roughly 50 million pounds from its strategic maple syrup reserves, almost half of the stockpile, Bloomberg first reported.

The government-supported organization, which is often called the OPEC of maple syrup, uses its reserves to control syrup prices and supply. As of 2020, Quebec produced 73% of all maple syrup in the world, and its biggest customer by far is the United States, which accounts for around 60% of Canada's export volume.

This Republican reenforces vaccine hesitance on FOX, yet claims to be a huge proponent of vaccination on CNN.

Scum.

Knocked into a Sarlacc by a blinded guy, the further adventures of Boba Fett should be awesome. Disney+ will be streaming the retcon'd Boba on December 29th.

Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to a morning news program about what we do and don't know about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.

While we don't know much, and we need to give doctors and scientists time to analyze Omicron, it is extremely likely that our current set of vaccines will dull whatever impact it has.

"Our fate is in our own hands…it is absolutely essential that unvaccinated people get vaccinated and that the vaccinated people get boosters." — Dr. Fauci

Lauren Boebert screams "remove me from all my committees" without ever saying "remove me from all my committees."

Pretzel may be snoring away, but her fauxhawk is a-flowin'!

Pretzel's hair is growing out from her late-summer cut. The boss gets too warm with a full cut here in SoCal, so she demands a buzz on most of her body by June/July and generally gets a repeat in September.

We preserve the fauxhawk at all costs! She is a snuggly nonconformist.

I had no idea this was ever a thing, but my slightly younger brother was probably totally into it.

SNL provides this selection of their finest Thanksgiving work.

Wednesday Addams makes a school play tolerable.

Happy Thanksgiving, folks!

I do not know why adding Smashmouth's All-Star to a dude getting brutally smacked by a cattle gate is so enthralling, but I've watched it over and over and can't stop laughing.

I hope the gentleman was fine.

Shang-Chi was the most fun standalone Marvel movie I can recall. I was surprised and enjoyed it. Marvel character introductions have mostly fallen flat, but this was a good time.

Awkwafina is the real hero.

After collectively giving thanks as a nation, the United States citizenry then ritualistically launches into assaulting one another in the aisles of Walmarts for that exciting Cabbage Patch Kid.

Additionally:

10 minutes to cook a pizza is pretty reasonable in most places. If Little Caesars got the oven up to 650-700 they'd pop that pie out in 5-6 minutes.

I have never been that big a fan of Little Caesars.

WVLT:

A Knoxville man is in custody after threatening the workers of the Cedar Bluff Little Caesars with an AK-47 after he was told it would take ten minutes to make his pepperoni pizza, a report from the Knoxville Police Department states.

Officers responded to the restaurant just after 9 p.m. Friday where they were told that the suspect, identified as Charles Doty Jr., 53, became upset when he was told that his peperoni pizza would take ten minutes to make. According to the report, "he got upset and demanded a free bread stick order and went outside the business to wait for the pizza."

When Doty Jr. returned, he had the rifle in hand and was pointing it at employees, demanding his pizza immediately, the report reads. Doty Jr. reportedly stopped an employee who was trying to leave the Little Caesars, asking "where in the hell he thought he as going," and a woman waiting in line ended up giving him her pizza in an attempt to get him to leave.

I hope Texas has the resources to perform a wellness check this Holiday season.

What is he suggesting here? Eat the vaccinated?

Luke's hoofty X-34 Landspeeder is now in lovely LEGO.

With Threepio, Luke, and a Jawa minifig, this small set is a perfect gift for the young Star Wars fan in your life, or anyone else for that matter. Luke has his cool binoculars.

LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder 75271 Building Kit, Collectible Star Wars Set (236 Pieces) via Amazon

I love Doug DeMuro's reviews. I love my F150 and I really, really hope the electric one is the replacement we are looking for.

Gritty may not be the hero we expected, but Gritty is the hero we need.

Is this confirmation that Gritty has been cast as Ezra in the upcoming Ahsoka series?

Boba Fett better hope he doesn't run into Gritty.

The ConstitutionDAO group did not win its bid to buy a copy of the US Constitution, however, amassing the $40 million USD in Etherium cost them $1 million in transaction fees, and assumedly will cost similar to return the, now-lesser valued, coin.

THE FUTURE IS NOW, SHEEPLE!

Axios:

The 17,000+ cryptocurrency enthusiasts who collectively funded a losing $40 million bid to purchase a copy of the U.S. Constitution last week face a new hurdle in getting their money back: transaction fees.

How it works: The ConstitutionDAO group used Ethereum to build its war chest, and contributors paid "gas fees" — essentially, network transaction costs — that observers estimated to run about $50 per transaction.

That didn't mean much to big-ticket participants, but took a big bite out of smaller contributors.

The median contribution size was a little over $200, according to the ConstitutionDAO site.

Participants in the bid collectively spent nearly $1 million on the gas fees, according to one estimate.

The catch: Organizers announced over the weekend that they'd be returning contributors' Ether contributions, but each participant would have to pony up another gas fee for this new transaction.

Please enjoy this Anti-vax gentleman's well-reasoned and perfectly logical non-sense.