THIS IS URGENTLY NEEDED:  GOP governor lays out plan to ‘purge’ terrorists and terror supporters from state. ‘Any organization that supports terrorism, that harbors people who have provided material support for terrorism, is not allowed to exist in our state,’ said Abbott.

WHAT IS BEING DONE IN OUR SCHOOLS IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING THE KIDS FROM READING:  Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read.

AT LEAST THIS ONE WAS CAUGHT?  Chinese Researcher on US Visa Charged with Smuggling E. Coli Into the Country.

THE FED GIVETH, THE FED TAKETH AWAY:  Trump official freezes millions in SBA aid to Minnesota, slams Walz’s policies as breeding ‘endemic’ fraud.

Which is why you should never ask the fed for anything.

WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE:  For everybody saying that the United States doesn’t have a working railgun we do. “The system works. It stopped because it wasn’t, you know, fieldable in an operational environment. The reliability aspects of it, right? But in terms of the technical challenges, the technical challenges have been solved. It’s pulling it all together and making it so soldiers and sailors can operate it”.

AND FOR THE X-CANCELLED:  

OF COURSE IT IS A PEOPLE PROBLEM:  People Problem, not a Gun Problem.

FOR BOOK LOVERS:  Books for Thought (and Christmas Gifts!)  Know a book lover? Here is one author’s picks of some of his favorite books covering history and science that would make perfect Christmas gifts.

SURELY DREADFULLY ABUSED BUT THANK GOD THEY’RE BACK:  Christmas miracle: Kidnapped Catholic school kids in Nigeria freed.

HIRING FOR ANY REASON THAN COMPETENCE ALWAYS RESULTS IN INCOMPETENCE:  Savage’s ‘Lost Generation’, or: Thoughts on the DEI scam and what happened after 2015.

APPARENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO UK CENSORSHIP, SUBSTACK IS CHOOSING TO BE GOOD GERMANS:   This Torygraph article is good as a piece that points out how bad the UK is, and AIUI, how bad Australia is becoming as they go down a similar path.  But… Not entirely to my surprise, substack appears to be being good germans and going along with the laws instead of actively resisting them.

ON SALE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS:  Lights Out and Cry.

THEOLOGICALLY CORRECT:  DAILY ART FIX: How Asian Artists Picture Jesus’ Birth From 1240 to Today.

WHAT DOESN’T CAUSE DEMS TO MELT DOWN? Here’s the Question That Caused Dems on the Panel to Melt Down on CNN.

IRS? WHERE WERE THE TRUANT OFFICERS IN THIS?  IRS criminal investigators played crucial role in helping FBI track down Brown University shooter: sources.

FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE ACHANGING:  Citizens of western nations are tired of being infantilized. We didn’t put our leaders in power to treat us like children….we put you there to defend the shores.

And for the x-cancelled.

THIS IS INSANE:  Chinese Billionaire Admits He’s Never Met Some of His 100+ U.S.-Born Children. Los Angeles judge denies parental rights to billionaire with over 100 U.S.-born surrogacy children across multiple countries.

ELECTRIC BUSES IN NYC IN WINTER!  Annals of Electric School Buses: Kathy Hochul Loves Little Frozen Fingers and Toes.

Electing democrats is child abuse!

YOU WOULD THINK BRITAIN WOULD EVENTUALLY LEARN THE PERILS OF UNREGULATED IMMIGRATION:  Britain through the ages: The rise of the Normans.

COMMON LANGUAGE CREATES COMMON CULTURE:  School bus driver fired for posting sign banning Spanish said she was not being racist — but trying to stop bullying.

I started learning English at 14, moved here at 22. Yes, I will always have an accent. On the other hand I make my living writing fiction in English. If I can, anyone can.

OBVIOUSLY SOME WRINKLES TO IRON OUT:  Waymo Robotaxis Stall and Snarl San Francisco Traffic After Massive Blackout.

THE APOCALYPSES ARE ALWAYS DELAYED:  First off; Stupid Market Tricks don’t work and never have worked. They can cause temporary shocks which scare everyone, but they also do enormous damage to the people trying to pull them. I can absolutely believe that OAI is trying it anyway, simply because they are run by the kind of nerd who understands neither economics nor history and thinks they are smart enough to have figured out one weird trick that no one has ever thought of before.

And for the x-cancelled.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION, WE NEED TO CONTROL THESE VITAL RESOURCES OURSELVES:  Gunpowder shortage leads Lexington ammo manufacturer to close, lay off workers.

HE’S NOT WRONG:  Quote Of The Day.

THE COLLAPSE OF VENEZUELA’S CURRENT REGIME WOULD BE A NET GOOD:  Third Tanker Targeted as U.S. Intensifies Oil Blockade on Venezuela.

IF YOU GUESSED ‘MOSQUE’ AWARD YOURSELF ONE POINT:  Historic Minneapolis Bar Closes, and Guess What It’ll Be Converted Into Now.