A Christmas logic puzzle
The Situation…
- Three wise men and their two servants appear in Bethlehem to worship the newborn king.
- They each brought a different gift, and each arrived riding on a different animal, each wore a different colored robe, and each had a unique name and unique nationality.
- They stood in a single line, left to right, to present their gifts.
Solution: Determine Who it was who rode the Camel
Clues…
• The Egyptian wore a white robe.
• The mule was ridden by Phoebus.
• The one to the left of Gaspar gave a stone gift.
• Balthazar was next to the Persian.
• The one who wore a grey robe was to the right of the Indian.
• The one who rode the horse was to the right of the one who gave gold.
• The Indian had the Assyrian on his left and the Babylonian on his right.
• Melchior did not ride the elephant.
• The one in the center wore a red robe.
• The Persian was all the way to the right.
• One of the servants wore a tan robe.
• The three wise men brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh and stood together.
• The one who gave myrrh was to the left of Melchior.
• Nemo and Phoebus were the servants and stood side by side.
• The donkey was ridden by the one who gave wood.
• The one who gave frankincense wore a purple robe.
One clue is already filled in to get you started:
| Name | |||||
| Nationality | Persian | ||||
| Gift | |||||
| Robe color | |||||
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The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
37 responses to “Who Rode the Camel?”
Can I copy the answers from Walt, the only eye witness?
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Trump votes in Utah…..
Votes 883,818
Percentage 59.38%
Looks like Curtis outperformed my guy Big Orange. That’s pretty solid, imo.
Chicon”
Does that mean Tina considers Trump an even bigger loser?
I tell you, nobody is safe…
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There was no camel. GFY
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So there was a horse, an elephant, a donkey and a llama?
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Some liberal sites are reporting the illegal that set the woman on fire in the NYC subway came here “under Trump”.
This is true but not the whole story or even a small part of the whole story.
“Per DHS sources, the suspect accused of burning a woman to death on a NYC subway is a Guatemalan illegal alien who was previously deported by the Trump administration and re-entered the U.S. illegally as a gotaway at an unknown time & location. I’m told he was arrested by Border Patrol on 6/1/2018 after he crossed illegally into Arizona, and he was deported just days later on 6/7/2018. DHS has no record of him entering the U.S. after that, meaning he snuck back into the U.S. without any encounter with Border Patrol or CBP – but it’s unknown where and when that happened.”
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We also get the return to incandescent light bulbs. That will trigger the free passers”
This is very cool.
I hope they bring back vacuum tubes and Victrolas too
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My point about a big influx of new people coming into an area is that they do not, make no effort, to become part of the community fabric. They don’t join local groups. They don’t pay attention to local politics, candidates, they do not become active in politics or political clubs at all, they rarely join a local church or any civic clubs. They do not understand nor make any effort to understand the taxes, fees and governmental structure for local government and schools nor understand how they are funded–which is usually QUITE different from how they were funding where they came from.
They make little effort to know the history, character and culture of their new community, nor to become active members of their new community.
They really do not have much of a social network of friends in their new community and don’t do much to grow a circle of new friends here.
Growing up, we helped our neighbors, friends and relatives, and wife and I still do that. Take meals to the sick and shut-ins, provide them transportation when needed, shovel driveways and sidewalks, help out in many ways…
It sure is not Andy GRiffith’s Mayberry any more.
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Texas
No. of counties: 254
No of counties Biden won: 12
Best Trump county: King. Trump 129 votes 96% Biden 6 votes 4%
Biggest county (1.5 million voters) Biden won: 52% Harris
Biggest county (825k voters) Trump won: 52% Tarrant
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My point about a big influx of new people coming into an area is that they do not, make no effort……”
I got it.
But I tried to answer the “why” of that.
And I think it has to do with how people communicate nowadays, making the things you mention, once important to communication, now obsolete.
You helped neighbors because you knew them, or knew of them. Today most people probably don’t know the names of people 2 house doors down or on their apt floor.
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Don’t get me wrong, I prefer Mayberry, but that is wishful thinking.
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I am back from the abyss. full report upcoming later today.. Came home after nightmare trip (delays, cancellations, return to origin after door seal broke midflight (scary), capital catching on fire, etc etc) to both boys with 103 temps and the Flu A…which they have quickly passed on to me!
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Even though he has not yet (physically) left office, Biden has surged to the lead of rankings of who is the worst president ever:
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–94 executive orders to undo what Trump put in place
–other EOs by Joe Biden to put in place “crazy town” ideas
–fully 1/3 of all hired to work at White House were LBGTQ+
–Big federal push for all sorts of pro Trans, pro LBGTQ+ nonsense
–4 years of wide open borders which saw 10.7 MM immigrant encounters at border, PLUS all the illegal crossing GOTAWAYS (hundreds of thousands more) who evaded authorities PLUS probably does not include the hundreds of thousands flow in by the U.S .on special flights that bypass the border. Lets round off and say 12 MM illegal aliens ONE PRESIDENT DID THIS!
–big crime spike
–massive govt spending, BILLIONS to provide for illegals, solar energy and green energy crap, subsidies to car makers to produce electric cars, etc.
–19% inflation
–disastrous pullout of Afghanistan (U.S. deaths, $billions in weapons left behind, Tallyban back in power, lost of Bagram AFB, etc.)
–Russia invades Ukraine and now we have to spend tens of billions to prop up the Ukes
U.S. UN-freezes $4 BB in Iranian assets and sends that money back to Iran
–Hamas attacks Israel, kills many innocents and takes hundreds captive, including a dozen or so Israelis who were also American citizens
–Biden crime family stuff–peddling govt; influence–8 or 10 Bidens including Joe’s brother, son, daughter and Joe himself benefiting financially (40 different shell companies and many dozens of bank accounts throughout the world that sent money all over before it went into a Biden pocket
–all in what is just above brought to light with investigation of Hunter Biden laptop info during previous presidential campaign and laptop was true and NOT a Russian hoax
–Biden failure to respond to the train wreck of hazardous material in Ohio
–Biden’s inadequate response to the hurricane caused flooding and devastation in NC, etc.
–pardoning his son Hunter Biden, AND NOT JUST PARDONING, but giving him a get out jail free card for anything he did or might have done during a TEN year period!
–co.caine found in White House
–illegal and unconstitutional attempts by Biden to issue EOPs to cancel MASSIVE student debt (and courts made him unwind that)
–Biden claiming he was physically and mentally fit as a fiddle which turns out to be one big lie.
–Biden refusing to drop out and not run for reelection in 2024; has a DISASTER of a candidate debate showing how MENTALLY decrepit he is and is FORCED to drop out, giving us Kamala who was dumb as a rock, and ran a horrid campaign and even lost the popular vote.
–Biden admin in cahoots with MSM to cover up the many flaws.
–Biden issues massive amount of pardons for all kinds of people who were not victims of any miscarriage of justice.
–Biden cancels out the death penalty for the big majority of criminals on death row and facing execution for their heinous murders.
–Biden considering issuing blank pardons to dozens of people for any crime which they might be accused during the last 10 years PREEMPTIVE PARDONS? THE FOUNDING FATHERS ARE ROLLING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.
–Biden for 50 years has been sniffing and inappropriately touching children.
–Biden for 50 years has NEVER been right on any foreign affairs issue.
–Biden’s coordinated lawfare against Trump and weaponizing the DOJ, FBI, raid on Mara Lago etc.
–Biden and others raising the political rhetoric to dangerous levels by saying Trump is Hitler, his supporters are Nazi, Trump the biggest threat to democracy…etc. possibly resulting in two attempts to assassinate Trump during the campaign.
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Please add other things that have slipped my mind.
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Which brings to mind toe QUESTION:
WHO THE F___ IS (and has been) RUNNING THE SHOW AND CALLING THE SHOTS and RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT?
SURE IS NOT JOE…4 hour work days, off to Delaware and the beach, etc.
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hasnt been Joe for years. Look towards the Susan Rice crowd to find your answers…plus Jill
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Merry Xmas, Vic…..
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Well, now we know Cenk is not a lurker at HHR and that he never met Tina or Chicon…..
Cenk Uygur applauds Republicans for being more accepting than Democrats: “You’re more welcoming. If you agree with MAGA 5%, ‘Welcome, come join us.’ On the left if you disagree 5%, they go, ‘Get out of here. You’re a right winger, you’re a fascist.”
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no one working the logic puzzle? Par is 15 minutes
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One small incident to add to Walt’s list that is more of an insult —-> When the bodies of those unnecessarily killed during the Afghan departure came home, Biden kept the families waiting on the tarmac for 3 hours while he was napping. Then when he woke up and was present, he was looking at his watch – very disrespectful all the way around to the grieving families.
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Vic, hope you and sons get well soon to enjoy the rest of the holidays together.
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I guess my answer was wrong? GFY
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no there was a camel
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Melchior the Egyptian.
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merry Christmas to you to Jason
Jan – Thank you. Im hoping they get well enough to enjoy Christmas, its rampant here in SA. I have them till the 28th then i go back to Africa again
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Bitter wins!
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Vic, merry Christmas. I don’t go on planes anymore after my 3 hour through homeland stupidity in Orlando a few years ago. My knees were aching and I almost missed the flight. The flight itself was nice, first class.
I stocked up on limoncello and advi, when I returned.
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welcome back Vic
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Tina – I am sorry to hear that as I know it limits your travel. Can you handle long train rides?
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Jan- How is your husband doing? How are you doing?
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Bl, I am fine when sitting. It was 3 hours of standing, just to clear the security check point.
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DW – didn’t all 3 wise men ride camels?
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You should ask Walt. He was there.
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It is ironic that many of our ideas of the historical Jesus are based on European artists who lived many centuries after the figures they painted or sculpted. Jesus was most likely not the tall, light haired blue eyed Swede imagined. Almost certainly a swarthy Jewish man of average height.
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I would have liked to have been the president who followed Biden in office.
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Other than having to go around d and do cleanups on aisle 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., BY COMPARISON, whoever follows Bad News, Major Screw-up Biden is bound to look very good by comparison.
Trump should look good by comparison.
But of course we all know that Trump can be Trump…
Still I hope he is successful in checking off the boxes of things that need to be done.
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Cenk was right; Maga peeps are definitely the most tolerant you’ll run across.
I may be back before Christmas, but just in case I’m not…..
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all here. Especially Bitter and Jason, both of whom I appreciate, despite their vast intellectual deficits. Just busting your balls, boys (or grinding your gears, as they say in Canada)….
(Do you have to give points back for that?)
Chicon
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This is NOT a Trump v. Reagan post. This is a clip of Ronnie with Johnny Carson. He was just awesome….
https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1870952461680222706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1870952461680222706%7Ctwgr%5E8332b80830e54f0870b700917cbb002a427e6c6c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Famy-curtis%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fronald-reagan-on-taxes-gov-inflation-n2405616
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https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/19/spider-monkey-San-Antonio-Texas/6251734628295/
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Cenk was right; Maga peeps are definitely the most tolerant you’ll run across.
Unless you are 95% of the Republicans on the RINO list
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“I think the answer to curing inflation is a balanced budget… Balancing the budget is like protecting your virtue – you have to learn to say No” ~ Ronald Reagan
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