“Wikipedia has an entire page called ‘list of name changes due to the George Floyd protests.’
It is the longest Wikipedia page I’ve ever seen...
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Brianna Lyman on President Trump’s name being added to the Kennedy Center:
“I personally don’t care that much, but I do find it funny, Paul, that you care and that the Kennedys care because no one in your party cared in 2020 when you guys were changing names of hospitals, parks, schools, streets, everything in the name of George Floyd.” - RedWave Press@RedWave_Press
“Wikipedia has an entire page called ‘list of name changes due to the George Floyd protests.’
“Wikipedia has an entire page called ‘list of name changes due to the George Floyd protests.’
History for December 21
History for December 21 - On-This-Day.com
Benjamin Disraeli 1804 - Author, statesman: "No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition."
- 1620 - The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
- 1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
- 1913 - Arthur Wynne published a new "word-cross" puzzle in the "New York World" in England. The name was later changed to "crossword."
- 1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
- 1998 - A Chinese court sentenced two dissidents to long prison terms for attempting to organize an opposition party. A third man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on December 22, 1998.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021:
Inflation unexpectedly fell in November, providing relief to U.S. consumers and supporting President Trump’s contention that the inflation crisis that began during his predecessor’s administration has been overcome.
I asked Gemini AI "are michigan gas taxes going up soon"
The core change is that the state's 6% sales tax on fuel is being eliminated and replaced with a higher motor fuel excise tax.
Here are the key details:
Here are the key details:
- Effective Date: The new system is set to go into effect at the pump on January 1, 2026.
- Tax Increase: The per-gallon motor fuel tax rate (for gasoline and diesel) is set to increase from the current $0.31 per gallon (as of January 1, 2025) to $0.51 per gallon.
- Sales Tax Removal: The state's 6% sales and use tax on eligible motor fuels will be exempted starting on January 1, 2026.
- Net Effect: This restructuring is primarily designed to ensure that all tax revenue collected at the pump goes directly to road and infrastructure funding, which was not the case with the 6% sales tax. The total tax burden for the consumer is intended to be revenue-neutral or only slightly higher, as the new excise tax is replacing the lost sales tax revenue.
- Would you like to know the estimated total tax rate for gas once the new plan takes effect?...
Much more as I interacted with their questions. Try it!
The Downhill Slope of Reading and Books - Intellectual Takeout
Inspired by author David McCullough’s tribute to Herman Wouk in the former’s book, “History Matters,” I recently picked up a copy of Wouk’s “The Winds of War” and dove into the story. - Jeff Minick
- As I read, Wouk’s book triggered a couple of questions far removed from the storyline.
My copy of “The Winds of War” is 885 pages of small print.
With so many characters, the plot is complicated.
To someone ignorant of the main events of that time, the history might be impossible.
Yet the novel ran on bestseller lists for months.
Sales soared in 1983, following a miniseries based on the book.
- Given its size and its assumptions, I wondered whether young American adults today would read a book like “The Winds of War?”
- Could they even read this 50-year-old novel with any comprehension?
Unfortunately, all evidence points to a negative response to both questions...
Massive fraud: Prosecutors charge Haitian migrants in $7 million SNAP scam * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit
Massive fraud: Prosecutors charge Haitian migrants in $7 million SNAP scam * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit:
Federal prosecutors unsealed a major fraud indictment Wednesday, charging two Haitian migrants with operating a $7 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit trafficking scheme out of two small retail storefronts in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood.
According to a newly filed federal criminal complaint, Antonio Bonheur, 74, and Saul Alisme, 21, are each charged with one count of SNAP fraud for trafficking millions of dollars in SNAP (food stamp) benefits, turning a program meant to feed struggling families into a cash machine for fraudsters.
Assimilate or go home - Don Surber
They want to turn America into theThey want to turn America into the lands they left behind. lands they left behind.
NYT buried in Paragraph 13,
“The Justice Department previously also said it would make denaturalization a priority this year. In a memo distributed in the summer, officials laid out their approach, saying they would target individuals in an array of categories beyond committing fraud in obtaining citizenship. Categories of eligible people include gang members, those who committed financial fraud, individuals connected to drug cartels and violent criminals, according to the department.”
The real problem with immigration—both legal and illegal—is a determined resistance to assimilation, which is the key successful immigration.
- Being a gang member terrorizing the people of Aurora, Colorado, is not an honest mistake on citizenship paperwork.
- Distributing fentanyl that turns Americans into corpses or zombies is not an honest mistake on citizenship paperwork.
- Ripping off $8 billion—$8,000,000,000—from the government in Minnesota is not an honest mistake on citizenship paperwork.
- Marrying your brother to dodge immigration law is not an honest mistake on citizenship paperwork...
'Staggering, industrial-scale fraud': More than $9B looted from Minnesota medicaid programs * WorldNetDaily * by Daily Caller News Foundation
'Staggering, industrial-scale fraud': More than $9B looted from Minnesota medicaid programs * WorldNetDaily * by Daily Caller News Foundation:
As much as half of the roughly $18 billion Minnesota has spent since 2018 on 14 Medicaid programs particularly vulnerable to abuse may have been siphoned off by fraudsters, according to U.S. Assistant Attorney Joe Thompson. Thompson made the remarks as prosecutors announced additional charges in the ongoing investigation of the "staggering, industrial-scale" fraud engulfing the state.
"The fraud is not small. It isn't isolated. The magnitude cannot be overstated," Thompson said.
That Thing We Were Told Didn't Happen During the 2020 Election Happened After All
Some Republicans have argued for years that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. - Amy Curtis
- The truth is, we'll never get a clear answer on everything that went on during that year, but there was undoubtedly some questionable and shady stuff, and anyone who believes in democracy and election integrity should work tirelessly to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
It shows that one county in Georgia didn't bother following the rules in 2020, and it means the state's electoral votes — as well as the Senate race — could have gone in a different direction.
- Officials in Fulton County, Georgia — home of the state's capital, Atlanta — admitted they "violated" election rules in 2020 and accepted more than 300,000 early ballots that lacked poll worker signatures...
The West keeps praying for something that doesn’t exist. Moderate Muslims exist — but a “moderate Islam” does not.
Until leaders understand the difference between individuals and doctrine, we’ll keep sleepwalking into decisions we can’t undo. - Nation of Sleepers
- If we’re going to have an honest conversation about the future of Europe and the West, we have to start by telling the truth — not comforting fantasies.
PURE HAPPINESS!
This 16-year-old girl was disappointed that she had to miss a Jonas Brothers concert because she's undergoing chemotherapy treatment. - Restoring Your Faith in Humanity@HumanityChad
- But then, she got a surprise right in her hospital room
Thank you@jonasbrothers
Person of interest ID'd in deadly Brown U. shooting; warrant issued: Multiple reports | Blaze Media
Person of interest ID'd in deadly Brown U. shooting; warrant issued: Multiple reports | Blaze Media:
A person of interest has been identified in connection with the deadly Brown University shooting Saturday, a warrant has been issued, and authorities are investigating possible ties between the Brown shooting and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later, according to multiple reports.
Total baloney! Ukraine will never pay it back. And Russia will get it's frozens back!-----EU Leaders Agree on $105 Billion Loan to Fund Ukraine Without Using Russian Frozen Assets | The Epoch Times
The European Union will borrow money for a 90 billion euro ($105 billion) loan to Ukraine to fund the country’s defense over the next two years, rather than use frozen Russian assets, the 27-nation bloc said on Dec. 19.“As a matter of urgency, we will provide a loan backed by the EU budget.
This will address the urgent financial needs of Ukraine.
And Ukraine will only repay this loan once Russia pays reparations.”
- Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic agreed to let the scheme go ahead as long as it was agreed that they would not be held financially liable for the loan...
- “This plan would have dragged Europe into war and imposed a financial burden of 1000 billion [Hungarian forints] ($3 billion) on Hungary. We succeeded in protecting Hungarian families from this,” he said...
- “If Ukraine is unable to repay the loan, those European countries will have to cover the repayment,” Orban said...
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