Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

1951: The Daily Worker newspaper was not really into Bowman's FIGHT THE RED MENACE trading cards..."proper hatred of Reds."




Jan 12, 1953: "The Senate Internal Security subcommittee said today that Communist infiltration of the teaching profession is a "Nationwide problem."
Sen Pat McCarran (D-NV): "The weeding out of these subversives is no easy problem but it can and must be done."




Jan 12, 1962: The Drive For Mass Shelters (Life Jan 12, 1962)




A.I. thinks the Fallout Shelter Beatnik is Jack Kerouac.



Public Shelter Living: The Story of Shelter 104 (1964)




Jan 12, 1966: on ABC...




The Beatnik bandit girls...


That’s Ed himself wondering what those women are doing in his car.
The Beatnik Bandit was designed and built by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.


Shortly after the Tony Kiritsis hostage standoff in Indianapolis in February of 1977, there was interest in adapting the story for a made-for-TV movie for NBC. 48 years later, Gus Van Sant's feature film DEAD MAN'S WIRE is in theaters Jan 16, 2026.


On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck. His revolution was televised.

Nicolas Cage was set to play Tony Kristis and Werner Herzog was directing, shooting was scheduled to take place in August 2024 but for production reasons it was delayed to early 2025 then Cage couldn't do it due to his commitment with Amazon Studios and Herzog was not interested in directing the film without Cage, both filmmakers were replaced.


It's A Weird, Weird, Weird, Weird World
"Contemprary scientific method is a mother. It has the disturbing habit of disregarding its own rules of objectivity, especially when it runs into inexplicable events like UFOs..."




Countdown for Deterrence - Minuteman ICBM missile defense
ICBM Test Launch Operations - Outlines activities involved in a Minuteman missile operational test launch. Activities include transporting missile from home base to Vandenberg Air Force Base, where the tests occur, installation of the missile in the launch tube, training of the launch crews and countdown team, launch and data analysis. This video includes crew assembling MIRVs.




Skynet legion of bots to conquer the world...