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Stardate 11.23.2025.B: Newest Addition - 1994's 'The Pagemaster' Has Been Added To The Daily Archives For November 23rd So many movies ... so little time ... ​ On this day in 1994 (in the U.S.),  The Pagemaster  delivered a bit of magical Fantasy to interested patrons.  Directed by Pixote Hunt and Joe Johnston,...

I rather liked the movie
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U.S. directs its embassies in Western nations to scrutinize 'mass migration' WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of "mass migration" — the Trump administration's latest push to reshape ...

Diplomats were told to report on human rights implications, public safety impacts, crimes by people of a migration background, and concerns about displacement, housing pressures, and a `two-tiered` justice system.

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November 23, 2025 “Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked ...

FINALLY - the real reason MTG picked that date to retire:
"On Friday, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced she is resigning from Congress. Her last day will be January 5, 2026, days after she secures her congressional pension."
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Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.

"After listening to Summers for forty years, the U.S. establishment is enfeebled, disliked and regularly mocked, in no small part because they did listen to him."

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The impact of one man:

"When Larry Summers started his career, in the early 1980s, America was rich, confident and powerful, and the U.S. establishment had influence, wealth, and prestige. "
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It's called "bribery"
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After taking a wrecking ball to USAID, causing chaos at all levels, and harvesting citizen's information from Social Security and the IRS, DOGE vanishes
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...

".. kids ended up in shelters in ways government officials say they never would have in the past: after routine immigration court hearings or appointments, or because they were at a home or a business when immigration authorities showed up to arrest someone else."

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Pentagon threatens to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over illegal orders video | CNN Politics The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...

Pentagon Pete wants to return a 61 year old lawmaker to active military status to court martial him for making a video reminding the military of the oath they took because his boss didn't like it
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So this would automatically enroll newcomers to the Medicare system to one of those "Advantage" programs with all it's limitations - and they think this is a good idea because.....

Follow the mand see who profits
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Conservative justices question the foundation of U.S. colonial rule Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Every year, students across the country learn the bedrock principle that […]

For 125, the US has espoused the legality of colonial rule.
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

Proof that capitalism chooses to create and keep folks impoverished
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NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars That Doesn't Belong There More than five years into its mission, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is still ambling across the surface of the red planet, doing what any five-year-old loves to do – stopping to look at every rock o...

a not-so-surprising find is a first for this little robot
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A Battle with My Blood When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

a poignant story - this one is featured because of famous relaties, but many more live the tragedy without the glare of publicity and lacking many of the resources listed herein
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X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...

Now, imagine if it had shown Democrat supporters as being out of the country..... Would Musk have turned that off saying it was an error?
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#SilentSunday 11.23.2025v

Banking on Tomorrow:
#SilentSunday 11.23.2025v
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Our parents remember Pearl Harbor
Our children remember 9.11
We remember this

November 21, 2025 Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.

Not only does the new "peace plan" sell out Ukraine, it separates US from NATO for the first time
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that's a shame
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For last call at Skateland Putty Hill, nostalgia is playing on a loop Skateland Putty Hill, the beloved, bedraggled rollerskating rink in Nottingham is closing on Dec. 7 after 48 years in business.

Very few of my generation can say they never went to a roller rink....
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Fort McHenry reopens after cannonball discovered by excavators is removed The gates of Fort McHenry National Monument reopened on Saturday after bomb squads safely removed a cannonball that was unearthed on Friday.

This ordinance sat there for at least 211 years - make me wonder how long some of these war-torn countries will be bedeviled by such things
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How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

when myth overtakes actual history

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Disney World Officially Stripping Retro Theming From Pop Century Pop Century's retro vibe has taken a massive hit.

always sad to see redesigning when you really like what is being replaced
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The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.

THIS is the oligarchy
supported by SCOTUS' Citizens United ruling in 2010
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How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA Nicolas Guillou has been sanctioned by the USA as a judge of the International Criminal Court. He notices the effects primarily in the digital realm.

I had no idea that sanctions from one country [yes I am talking about the current regime in the US] could impact the digital realm so disproportionately

oy
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AI Cracks Galaxy Simulation Scientists have achieved a breakthrough that seemed impossible just months ago, they have simulated our entire Milky Way galaxy down to each of its 100 billion individual stars. By combining artificia...

now this was a good use of AI
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posted in a millennials thread: serious question for the millennials... my older cousin said she used to 'burn' cds for her crush. like... with [fire emoji]? was that a ritual? did it work? you guys were literally practicing witchcraft just to get a text back. I'm scared of y'all [skeleton head emoji]

#waytofeeloldtoday

The family is at it again

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin backs US plan for ending Ukraine war as Trump gives Kyiv deadline to accept President Zelensky says Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, as the White House pushes its plan.

Neville Chamberlain taught us all what happens when you try to buy peace with surrender
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