"He taught us to persevere, to look for the hope running beneath the surface of terrible events...even when hope seemed preposterous."
"Lessons Rod Serling Taught Us"
~Steve Trimm
Last Friday, βan average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heightsβ named Joseph Zobel was at work when he saw a viral video from the nearby South Jersey town of Lindenwold that shocked the nation, & shocked him.
The clip from a Ring doorbell camera showed a gaggle [β¦]
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James Talarico: βThis is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they are trying to control what we watch, what we say, and what we read.
This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture β the kind that comes from the top."
To be resumed when we can celebrate decency in the presidencyβ¦
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"Dedication and commitment must be yours. You have to have a point of view about things. You have to take a stance, believe in something strongly enough to raise a voice about it..."
~Rod Serling
Binghamton Central High School
1968
"There you stand, all covered up and huddled together. You're real heroes, aren't ya?"
~Rod Serling - "The Loner" 1965
Happy Birthday!
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Who in their right mind believes statements from the Department of Homeland Security?
Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis?
They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now.
They lie like they breathe.
"Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past."
~ Rod Serling
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
24.01.2026 00:38 β π 50086 π 14423 π¬ 970 π 853Two men in an old Western town. On-screen credit that reads "Created by Rod Serling."
Sat 1/24: βRod Serlingβs Existential TV Western: The Lonerβ
After βTwilight Zone,β six-time Emmy winner Rod Serling returned to primetime with βThe Lonerβ (CBS, 1965β66). Join us for three Serling-penned episodes starring Lloyd Bridges, Tony Bill, Brock Peters and Dan Duryea. Free! ucla.in/3NqEoyj
Tom Adelsbach from Fakebook
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"Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake."
~ Rod Serling
Gov Walz vows justice
07.01.2026 19:38 β π 6951 π 2035 π¬ 260 π 103Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): βYou can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.β
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"Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man... that state is obsolete. A case to be filed under "M" for "Mankind" β in The Twilight Zone."
~ Rod Serling
βJudge a human being by his compassion and his sincerity.β
~ Rod Serling
"Christmas is more than barging up and down department store aisles and pushing people out of the way. Christmas is another thing finer than that. Richer, finer, truer, and it should come with patience and love, charity, compassion." ~Rod Serling
13.12.2025 03:40 β π 124 π 39 π¬ 10 π 4"...No matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. Our potential for tenacity and optimism continues..." ~ Rod Serling
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Tucker 4/01/2007 - 11/29/2021
Four years ago today: "There we sat, together, one last time, as all that sweetness slowly disappeared..." Goodnight sweet prince. You will be forever missed.
"Dogs and angels are not very far apart."
~Charles Bukowski
John F. Kennedy
May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963
βMore than a man has diedβ¦ What is to be mourned now is an ideal. What has been murdered is a belief in our own decencyβ¦"
~Rod Serling
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a βchildβand she would like a wordβ¦
My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity.
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling