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No doubt many of you cried near the end of the movie Awakenings. The movie, based on Oliver Sacks' bestselling book of the same name, struck an emotional chord with many people for the same reason that Flowers for Algernon did, and it turns out to be about as based on real life as that depressing work was. (X) Sacks, who is among the most celebrated and influential medical practitioners and nonfiction authors in the world—he wrote 18 books, including two autobiographies—and Awakenings has been listed as a top-20 most important nonfiction work in history. He is also famous for his work,

I'm pretty sure that not wanting to face the consequences of breaking the law is not an excuse to trap federal agents in your car and transport them against their will, despite orders to stop, including with a weapon deployed. But then again, this is Minnesota, and two illegal aliens refused to be detained by Homeland Security agents, trapped them in their car, and...I kid you not...drove them to the New Hope, Minnesota police station in hopes that the police in this sanctuary state would protect them from arrest. Given how Minnesota politicians speak about fighting the federal government, they likely assumed

There have been reports recently that SpaceX was planning to go public next year as a way to raise billions in new funding. That now seems to have been confirmed in several ways. Wednesday a writer at Ars Technica confirmed it and explained why he thinks it's happening now. SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking from the world’s leading space company and its founder, Elon Musk... The decision is surprising because Musk has, for so long, resisted going public with SpaceX.

Another day, another Rep Al Green impeachment attempt on Donald Trump. Now, the delightful, erudite Mr Green has to get in what cracks at Trump that he can, because the Texas State Legislature, in that redistricting plan that just got the official blessing from the courts? Well, they drew his Green butt right out of a seat next year. So time's a' wastin' for Al to make his mark and shake his cane as a U.S. Congressman. The countdown to 'gone' is on. Last night, Green demanded a vote to impeach Trump as an 'abuser of presidential power.' (X) The general reaction seemed to be,' Yeah, yeah, yeah' as he got himself all spooled up.

There was news this week: the administration seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean, the Ukraine war continued, Minnesota taxpayers were bilked out of millions more, and so on. But in truth, things are slowing down. The holidays are just around the corner: hence this week’s theme. So we will start with some Christmas memes, and then on to the news and more. One quick note, however: despite the suggestion of one or two of this week’s memes, “Die Hard” is not a Christmas movie! The action could just as easily have taken place on the eve of Valentine’s Day, or anything else. Got that, Steve?

A whistleblower claims that the Somali migrant community in Ohio is also involved in the same sort of massive social services funding fraud being uncovered day-by-day in Minnesota. Ohio attorney Mehek Cooke says that the same sort of theft of public funding seen in Minnesota has been occurring in the Buckeye State for more than a decade, Fox News reports. Cooke also accuses Ohio doctors of “rubber stamping” the fraud by failing to do any due diligence on those who are filing for aid. “They’re just rubberstamping a lot of these. And then that same individual, a week later, that’s supposed to be bedridden, is all over social media,

Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was arraigned in court Friday on stalking and home invasion charges days after his shocking dismissal from the Wolverines program over allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. The Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office announced the charges shortly before Moore was due to be arraigned in court. According to prosecutors, he faces a felony charge of home invasion in the third degree and two misdemeanor charges of stalking and breaking and entering without the owner’s permission. Both misdemeanor charges are classified as relating to a "domestic relationship." During Moore’s hearing, the former football coach appeared via video conference.

In a Friday morning appearance on Fox News' Fox & Friends, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard said the Biden administration had let more than 2,000 Afghan nationals with terrorism ties into the United States in the wake of the 2021 botched Afghanistan withdrawal. The startling number was revealed just weeks after two members of the West Virginia National Guard guarding the streets of Washington, D.C., were ambushed – one died of her injuries and the other is still in the hospital recovering – by an Afghan man who was brought to the U.S. as part of Biden's Operation Allies Welcome program. According to DNI Gabbard, however, many

With all due respect to William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater, the modern age of American conservatism began with the presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan, a.k.a. Ronaldus Magnus. From 1980 through the end of the decade, Reaganism and conservatism were one and the same. But the first age of conservative broadcast media didn’t begin until 1987, with the formal abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine (one of the government’s most absurdly oxymoronic titles). Finally freed of “equal time” inequality, conservative voices suddenly found a home on the airwaves, reaching — and influencing — millions of Americans. And its flagship format was talk radio.

In hindsight, Black Lives Matter was simply a race hustling shakedown to fatten the pockets of its leadership. BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors resigned in 2021 over accusations of misspending the group’s donations on multimillion dollar properties including a mansion in Toronto, Canada as the New York Post reported. Cullors is now joined by another prominent name from BLM Oklahoma City, 52-year-old Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson. The executive director of BLMOKC has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering as reported by KWTV-DT. The United States Attorney’s office for the western district of Oklahoma put out a news release on the charges. “Beginning in late spring 2020, BLMOKC raised funds to support

Rachel Maddow has a hilarious excuse for why Kamala Harris comes across as so vapid in public: she's actually sharp and incisive behind closed doors—we just don't get to see it when the cameras are rolling. Sure, Rachel. Sure. Maddow, now hosting on MS NOW (the rebranded MSNBC), recently appeared on the At Our Table podcast with former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison. At one point during the interview, the conversation turned to Kamala and her nationwide book tour promoting 107 Days. What followed was Maddow's attempt to explain away Kamala’s consistently horrible public appearances by insisting there's a secret, superior version of the former vice president that only a select few

It's been interesting to watch how the intensifying throes of Trump Derangement Syndrome manifest themselves in various Democrats. Even more interesting is the fact that they see these symptoms as features, not bugs. Sad, sad little creatures. The Democrats and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media have made it clear that their plan to win back voters who abandoned them last year involves only resistance to President Trump. No policy. No coherent sales pitches. Just tantrums. I should clarify: The Democrats aren't offering any policy ideas to attract American citizens who vote. They're working overtime crafting policy designed to make the lives of