Now Is Tomorrow (1958) — Lost Sci-Fi Pilot by Twilight Zone Writer Richa...

It's the educrats, stupid!-----Why Johnny Can't Read

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. - Stephen Moore

The apparent solution among the education establishment is not to challenge kids to stretch their minds and hit the books but rather to dumb down the curriculum so everyone passes. 

• I call this the "make everyone below average" solution.

Some schools are now no longer requiring kids in English class to read cover to cover the classic books that students have been reading for decades...

A case in point is what has happened at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C....

Alice Deal has decided to remove all full-length novels from their eighth-grade English curriculum. 

The educrats behind this strategy claim that moving from full-length books to section readings will better prepare students for high school...

The Great Feminization: an Infographic

The Great Feminization: an Infographic - Doug Ross (more at link!)
Based upon the viral article by Helen Andrews.

Bombshell Claim: Brown University Was Asked to Cut Cameras Earlier in the Year to Protect Palestinian Activists

Bombshell Claim: Brown University Was Asked to Cut Cameras Earlier in the Year to Protect Palestinian Activists: 

After a shooting last weekend at Brown University that left two dead and several others injured, questions are being asked about security lapses that led to those fatal moments.

A new bombshell claim has come out, and if true, it’s completely earth-shattering, not just for the school’s security personnel, but for the entire administration.

Man Spends 10 Years in Prison for Refusing to Answer Questions

Matt Walsh on Charlie Kirk: The Strategy of Assassination Has Proven Effective Again | Video | RealClearPolitics

And the tragic reality is that a lot of the stuff we said right after he was killed turned out not to be true. - Tim Hains

...during an interview with Tucker Carlson:
Stuff that even I said, like, “You killed one Charlie, but you made a million more Charlies.”
I think we said that because we wanted that to be true. And for a brief time, it felt that way. Everybody seemed unified...
But then quickly, reality sets in.
What we realized is that when you kill Charlie, now Charlie is gone.
That's what happens when you kill someone in this life.

• We didn’t go from one Charlie to a million Charlies.
• We went from one Charlie to zero Charlies. 

That’s what happens. 

• That’s why assassinations happen—that's why people do them, because they work...

But on a national level, the tragedy is that the strategy of assassination has been proven effective again, as it has throughout human history...

Lunch video-----The auto industry just quit California!

Noon-toon

 

'Jackpotting': 50 Tren de Aragua gang members imported under Dems indicted in nationwide ATM scheme * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit

'Jackpotting': 50 Tren de Aragua gang members imported under Dems indicted in nationwide ATM scheme * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit: 

Federal prosecutors have charged 54 members and associates of the Venezuelan terrorist gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in a sweeping, multi-state criminal conspiracy that siphoned millions of dollars from American ATMs.

But, but, but they PROMISED catastrophe!

 

"The minute that Nike decided, hey, we're going to focus on an athlete that has nothing to do with excellence on the field, and everything to do with a political perspective...

, ...they basically extended a middle finger to half of America." - The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show - Clay Travis@ClayTravis

In September of 2018, Nike debuted a Colin Kaepernick ad campaign: 

“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.” 

• Nike’s stock price was $85.55. 
• Seven years later the stock price is now $59.49. 

Being woke destroys everything it touches. 

Culture is everything.

"Lottery" is idiocy!

 

Wait til "The View" gals "re-imagine" this!

 

#1 This day 1986-----The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video)

West Coast, Messed Coast™ — 58 Reasons Why Blue Cities Are Circling the Drain

And Oregon leads us off because the City of Roses has just shown the country what it looks like when criminals run the criminal "justice" system. - Victoria Taft
In last week's West Coast, Messed Coast™ report, we heard from the head of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Hoan, who reminded city and county leaders...

• "Consumer confidence, a leading economic indicator for how people are feeling about the economy — we're last in the nation," he told a local TV station holding a televised town hall about how to fix the state's largest city.

Nowhere did he mention the law and order crisis facing the city.

• If you don't feel safe, you don't want to stay in any town.

Enter our 58-time thief.

• Multnomah County prosecutors allowed a man who committed 58 thefts and burglaries (and counting) at the local Plaid Pantry stores to post $25 bond. 

Not a typo. 

The local district attorney also waited until it was too late to charge him on 58 counts of theft and burglary, and his entire case was tossed out.

Also not a typo: The same bad guy resumed his string of thefts in which he walks into the convenience stores and steals hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes, as the Plaid Pantry clerk watches helplessly. In all, one man was responsible for terrifying multiple store clerks and walking off with $38,000 worth of cigs...

 

They've already told us they're gonna do this!

 

'Blood on their hands': Trump admin blames 'sanctuary' Dems after illegal alien with detainer request allegedly murders American | Blaze Media

'Blood on their hands': Trump admin blames 'sanctuary' Dems after illegal alien with detainer request allegedly murders American | Blaze Media: 

"Fairfax County failed the victim by refusing to work with ICE and releasing this criminal alien onto Virginia streets instead of safely into ICE custody," the spokesperson said. "If Fairfax County would have simply worked to uphold our nation's laws, then this tragedy may have never happened." The Department of Homeland Security went further in a statement on social media.

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.’ 

It is the longest Wikipedia page I’ve ever seen...

AM Fruitcake

 

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.

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.

The way we were-----Jamestown 1607: The First Permanent English Colony in America

The Windows 11 Crisis

I asked Gemini AI "are michigan gas taxes going up soon"

• Yes, Michigan's gas taxes are going up soon, as part of a major overhaul to how motor fuel is taxed in the state.
  

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:

• 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.

This package of bills was signed into law in October 2025.

• 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!