History
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#80 – Not a Good Time to Have a Broken A/C
On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the conference of the U.S. Army’s Medal of Honor. This award would come to be known as the highest military honor in the nation. The first recipients of the medal were six Union soldiers who, during the Civil War in 1862, penetrated deep into Confederate Continue reading
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#74 – Life
BIG BEN RINGSOn May 31, 1859, England’s iconic tower clock, Big Ben, rang out over the city for the very first time. The clock was constructed as part of St. Stephen’s Tower (later renamed Elizabeth Tower) after a fire in 1834 destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster where Parliament was housed. Big Ben is Continue reading
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#62 – December Clear and Cold
$40 MILLIONWith nearly $40 million in donations, Bankman-Fried became the second-largest individual donor this year to the Democratic Party. George Soros gave $128 million to be the number one donor.~~~ FYI $275 MILLIONThe United States has authorized a new $275 million aid package to Ukraine to address “critical security and defense needs,” according to the Continue reading
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Post #54 – Where to Start?
QUOTE:It is so easy to be wrong – and to persist in being wrong – when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.~~~ Thomas Sowell QUOTE:The party of old left-wing progressives has become one of rich regressives. And once country-club Republicans are becoming a party of middle-class populists.~~~ Victor Davis Hanson 66 YEARSThe Continue reading
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Post #52 – It’s the Season for Elections
2.7 MILLIONMore than 2.7 million people have already voted in more than a dozen states that include early voting options, according to data from the University of Florida. 30,000 NONCITIZENS in Colorado received voter registration notices in September 2022. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” Continue reading
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Post #51 – Fall Rain Finally
Our area of the country has gone 21 days without rainfall. The weather has been beautiful and mild. It has been good to be outdoors. But rain has moved in and we need it. However, it doesn’t appear to be hanging around too long. HEADLINE:Hundreds of Florida Dairy Cows Perish in Ian’s Savage Wake. Volunteers Continue reading
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Post #50 – Fall Colors Change
$86 MILLIONThe FBI misled a U.S. magistrate judge in its request for a warrant to seize $86 million in assets from safe deposit boxes at a privately owned business in Beverly Hills, California, court documents show. $119 MILLIONAT&T has won a task order, worth $119 million to modernize U.S. customs and Border Protection’s voice and Continue reading
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Post #49 – More Leaves in the Pile
At Least 21 Dead in Florida After Hurricane Ian as Toll Is Expected to Rise The powerful Category 4 system made landfall near Sanibel Island and Fort Meyers with winds in excess of 150 mph. More than 10 feet of storm surge inundated those areas, leveling entire neighborhoods and even destroying a large causeway bridge Continue reading
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Post #48 – What Else Falls in Fall?
REMINDER:Don’t wait until the temperatures fall sharply to winterize your home. You may be doing this regularly throughout the year. If not, check windows and exterior doors for damaged or missing caulk or weather-stripping. Now is a good time to have your HVAC unit checked. I need to have my rain gutters cleaned soon. QUOTE Continue reading
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Post #47 – More Fall Leaves Fell
QUOTE:“Hannah Arendt, the great political philosopher of the 20th century, said that when a society loses the desire to know the truth, that is a precursor to totalitarianism. And I think that has happened on both the left and the right.”—- Rod Dreher, author of “Live Not By Lies” and a senior editor at The Continue reading
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