%%Post image thumbnail below.%%  # Episode Overview > - **Date Aired:** [[09-05-2023]] > - **Title:** The History Books > - **Episode:** 240 > - **Description:** One of the ADL’s stated missions from the start was to influence the American public school curriculum. Let's go back to 1913 to see who they worked with and how it has shaped the current public school system. > - **Link:** https://rumble.com/v3f5hey-big-dig-energy-240-the-history-books.html # Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3ck344/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> # Greetings & Announcements # Segments ## Covid Cope Hall of Fame  Three new inductees! ### Whoopi Goldberg Archive: http://archive.today/vtQ9u  > “As you can see, Whoopi is not here,” Joy Behar, one of the daytime talk show’s co-hosts, told the audience Tuesday. > > “She has COVID,” Behar said. “It’s back!” [Link](https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1699077922311622688?s=20)  > It’s not the first time that Goldberg has missed the return of “The View” after a hiatus due to the coronavirus. > > Last year, the 67-year-old comedian tested positive for COVID-19 just ahead of the show’s return in January after a holiday break. > > “Since [Goldberg’s] vaxxed and boosted, her symptoms are fortunately very, very mild,” Behar said at the time. > > Goldberg reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus a second time in late 2022. ### Jill Biden Archive: http://archive.today/C3BcH  > First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 Monday, the White House announced. > > “This evening, the First Lady tested positive for [[COVID-19]]. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,” the first lady’s spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. > > President [[Joe Biden]] tested negative, according to the White House. > > Last summer, the first lady tested positive for Covid-19 while vacationing in South Carolina in August. President Joe Biden tested positive last July. Both experienced rebound cases shortly after being treated with Paxlovid. ### James Hetfield Archive: https://archive.ph/dkvcV  > Metallica shared on social media on Saturday that their lead vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield tested positive for COVID-19, forcing them to reschedule the second of two concerts at Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium. Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwtVYadyVB1/?hl=en  ### Rosemary Hills Elementary School Archive: https://archive.ph/Oj2Rw  > One week into the 2023–2024 school year, a Maryland elementary school has reinstated mask mandates. Because “three or more” individuals tested positive for Covid, an email sent to parents said, “students and staff in identified classes or activities will be required to mask while in school for the next 10 days, except while eating or drinking.” > > The Rosemary Hills Elementary School principal, Rebecca Irwin Kennedy, sent a letter to parents on Tuesday informing them of the mask policy. Kennedy also said in the email that “at-home rapid test kits will be sent home and made available for students” and that students who develop Covid symptoms should stay home from school and be tested for the virus.  I often worry about the future, which is nothing new. And more often than not, I consider the things that we have normalized over the years by using the excuse, "We did it in school." Look no further than vaccine mandates & required proof. Many have said that it was something they got used to as a kid, why should Covid gene therapy be any different? I'm paraphrasing, of course, with a touch of hyperbolic straw man, but you get the point. And with that comes many other issues: The things we learn in school, despite our best efforts as young children, do stick with us. In so many ways. The things we are taught, the way we are taught them, and the list goes on. I often find myself feeling sympathy for young adults who are newly entering the so-called "Real World," because as a semi-recently young adult, I fell head first into the rhetoric and blind ideological devotion that the system was designed to instill in young people. As of late, the big topic on Twitter has been the influence of the ADL on social media platforms, advertising, and censorship in general. Unlike his predecessors, I have to give credit where it's due: [[Elon Musk]] has not entirely shied away from addressing the enormous problem an organization like the ADL poses in the 21st century. ## Putting the "L" in ADL The [tweet](https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1696908233317769427) that launched a thousand ships:  How it Started:  How it's Going:   Linked Article: http://archive.today/yGdAz  Linked Article: http://archive.today/UCWFC      ### Keith Woods [Link](https://twitter.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1698867716247982381)   ## Back to the Start Newspaper mentions of the [[Anti-Defamation League]]: | Year | Count | | --- | --- | | 2020s | 8,470 | | 2010s | 21,011 | | 2000s | 37,821 | | 1990s | 67,762 | | 1980s | 53,170 | | 1970s | 35,404 | | 1960s | 35,019 | | 1950s | 26,242 | | 1940s | 7,122 | | 1930s | 1,224 | | 1920s | 747 | | 1910s | 357 |  [The St. Louis Star and Times](https://www.newspapers.com/image/203981258/?clipping_id=131131326&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjIwMzk4MTI1OCwiaWF0IjoxNjkzOTY0MTEyLCJleHAiOjE2OTQwNTA1MTJ9.3Z2kzlne5qsS2l2WEyx2mLao3k3p0Is3jVgsz0C9ml8) St. Louis, Missouri · Thursday, September 18, 1913  [The Evening World](https://www.newspapers.com/image/78695621/?terms=%22Anti-Defamation%20League%22&match=1) 18 Sep 1913, Thu · Page 20  %%Footer Starts Here%% ---  --- # Keep Digging %%Space%% ## Tags #Stream/BDE ### Footnotes & References