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“If a horse can talk, why not a car?” -- Academy Award nominee, and five time Primetime Emmy nominee, and Golden Globe winner, Ann Sothern, "My Mother The Car".
By driftglass — September 14, 2026

Opinions are divided over when Western Civilization began to go off the rails. Some contend it was when the Trojans accepting the horse. Others believe it as when the Romans deciding Caligula was worth giving a chance. Still others swear it was the day that the televised political panel was invented. But all modern historians agree that
the day the corrosion of Western Civilization became impossible to ignore was September 14, 1965 -- the day that "My Mother The Car" premiered on NBC television. And today you lucky kids get the full first episode video.

Was this event so traumatizing to a generation of young people that a then-17-year-old Stephen King would manifest his version of this horrifying idea 20 years later with the novel "Christine"?

The question is an open one, and Stephen King is cordially invited to settle the matter in the comments.

Digby's Hullabaloo: Lutnick’s Crusade.

Bleeding Heartland: A way to resurrect childhood friendships in the battle against Trump.

Blog For Iowa: Protecting The Midterm Vote.

Attention space nerds! A star is exploding 45 million light-years away — here's how you can see it.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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