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Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKIvanka Tries To Feign Concern For Women And Social Media Takes Her To The Woodshed: "Start With Daddy's Attitude Toward Women First"
I don’t know if I have ever seen someone in all my life that is quite as tone-deaf, self-righteous, self-serving, and just downright ignorant as Donald Trump’s eldest , Ivanka Trump.
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Trump Pinata
Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKIvanka Tries To Feign Concern For Women And Social Media Takes Her To The Woodshed: "Start With Daddy's Attitude Toward Women First"
I don’t know if I have ever seen someone in all my life that is quite as tone-deaf, self-righteous, self-serving, and just downright ignorant as Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump.
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News & Links
Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKAP Fact Check NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
I have heard about this coin shortage, and I admit I am guilty of being a contributor. I have many dollars worth of coins in my purse, and other places in my house. However, there is not a real shortage even with my stash.
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News & Links
Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKTrump will not visit Capitol to pay respects to civil rights icon John Lewis | TheHill
He is so fragile he cannot do the right thing, the decent thing. Why anyone should expect anything else I have no idea.
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News & Links
Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKWhat We Know About the Austin BLM Protest Shooting
On Saturday night in Austin, Texas, a Black Lives Matter protester named Garrett Foster was shot and killed after a chaotic altercation with a motorist who apparently tried to aggressively drive past marching protesters in an downtown intersection. Foster was openly carrying an AK-47 rifle during the protest, which is legal to do in Texas. Austin Police announced on Sunday night that the driver said that he fired on Foster after he pointed his rifle at his car, while some witnesses have said ...
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News & Links
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKDonald Trump's America is Unrecognizable
In the America of now now, we have passed 4 million positive Covid cases—just over 26 percent of the world’s total, while we count for just over four percent of the world’s population—as our President boasted at length about having passed a dementia evaluation. “Person, woman, man, camera, TV,” he crowed over and over, as one in five American workers attempted to access unemployment benefits.
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Politics
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKBarr on the Run by The Founders Sing
Barr on the Run
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Health & Happiness
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKRt: Effective Reproduction Number
At the beginning of the week Nebraska was under 1. Today it is 1.10. This is NOT good. Check out your state, and keep an eye on the numbers. It is updated daily. Be safe, my friends.
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News & Links
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKRep. Ted Yoho removed from board of Christian charity over his comments about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - The Washington Post
I LOVE it that they are using his own words and holding him accountable.
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News & Links
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINK10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts
News about news. This is about 3 years old, but so very timely and up to date. These are reliable news sources, please be aware of where you're getting your "so called" news. Some are hugely biased, and some are purely for entertainment or stirring shit. We've got enough shit stirring, lets get the real facts.
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News & Links
Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKGone With the Wind star Olivia de Havilland dies at 104 | EW.com
She had a good long life, good journey Madam.
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News & Links
Jul 25, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKTexas Man Dies of COVID-19 After Visit by Granddaughter Infected at Party
Ah COVID, the gift that keeps on giving.
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News & Links
Jul 25, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKNational retail CEO says he's willing to lose customers over new mask policy
I am a stitcher, and currently and working on a new quilt. I was using my stash, but for what this is turning out as, I need more fabric. I need to go to the fabric store... I am so thrilled to see that they have now instituted a mask policy! This will be my first stop on Monday.
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News & Links
Jul 25, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKGarmin down: why the outage, is it to do with ransomware and what can you do? | TechRadar
I wear a Garmin Connect fitness watch. It has not been able to sync in two days. Today I checked around for reasons... Looks like they got hit with ransomware. OOPS.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 25, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
Elflocks ELF-lahks Part of speech: plural noun Origin: Old English, late 16th century 1: A tangled mass of hair. Examples of Elflocks in a sentence "She woke from her nap with a head full of elflocks." "When my hair gets long it always looks ...
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Gardeners
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
My harvest today.
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News & Links
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKEx-DHS chief Nielsen claims 'there was no policy to separate families,' despite presiding over it
Kirstjen Nielsen, who presided over the Trump administration’s separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents as secretary of Homeland Security, claimed that a family separation policy did not exist. “The truth is, there was no policy to separate families,” Nielsen told Anthony Scaramucci, another former Trump official, who had asked her to comment on the policy in a conversation streamed live as part of the SALT Conference.
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News & Links
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKAnti-gay politician who decried mask mandate as “draconian” has been hospitalized for COVID / LGBTQ Nation
An anti-LGBTQ Arkansas Republican who called his state’s mask mandate “draconian” has been hospitalized with a coronavirus infection. State Sen. Jason Rapert (R), who proposed defunding PBS over an episode of Sesame Street in which out actor Billy Porter appeared, calling it part of “the radical LGBTQ agenda,” has been hospitalized for pneumonia and tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to an announcement posted to his Facebook account.
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News & Links
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKTheodore McCarrick: Lawsuit alleges ex-cardinal ran NJ sex ring
Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick ran sex ring for clerics at New Jersey beach home, lawsuit alleges A lawsuit filed Tuesday night accuses former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of taking his pick of boys to abuse sexually and assigning others to adult clerics at a New Jersey beach home that's been central to previous allegations against the former prelate.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
Sustainability sə-stayn-ə-BIL-ə-dee Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, 1970s 1:The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. 2:Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance. Examples of...
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News & Links
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKMaxwell - YouTube
US vs Ghislaine Maxwell
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Politics
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKFailure - YouTube
Total and absolute failure.
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General & Hellos
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
My desire to be well informed....
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Feline Fanatics
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
It is so hot here...
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News & Links
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKKansas school board blocks governor's order to delay start of schools
I am so glad I no longer live in Kansas.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
WHETSTONE hWET-stohn Part of speech: noun Origin: Old English, 12th century 1: A fine-grained stone used for sharpening cutting tools. Examples of Whetstone in a sentence "'A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its...
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News & Links
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKVideo Of AOC On Yoho's Insults: 'I Could Not Allow That To Stand' : NPR
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to the House floor Thursday morning to admonish the insults hurled at her by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., earlier this week. Yoho confronted Ocasio-Cortez on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, Ocasio-Cortez said, calling her "disgusting" for linking poverty to crime rates in New York City.
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News & Links
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKTrump Will Eventually Disappear – AlFranken.com
Al Franken is still around and still relevant.
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Bookwurmz
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
I belong to a book club with my local American Humanists Association, and we have just started HUMANKIND A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. It is really good, very readable, well researched. I stayed up way to late reading it, and read more ...
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News & Links
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKBill Nye Says ‘We’re All One Species’ As He Simplifies Race In Viral Video | ETCanada.com
Bill Nye is done with skirting around a topic. From sharing the importance of wearing a mask to racism, Nye is tackling everything via his new TikTok platform. Nye explained why we have different skin colours but are really all the same. He started off sharing a map that showed the intensity of UV light across the globe.
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News & Links
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKThings in Portland were getting better, until Trump made them worse ... deliberately
In the last two weeks, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that there are “many, many people in jail right now—many, many people in jail, all over the country” for attempting to topple Confederate statues. And then there was the sequence from Trump’s appearance on Thursday, in which he promised, “many exciting things … Things that nobody has even contemplated, thought about, thought possible, and things that we’re going to get done … we can honestly say nobody has ever going to ...
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News & Links
Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKNuremberg Trial Prosecutor’s Warning About Trump’s War on the Rule of Law – BillMoyers.com
NOTE FROM BILL MOYERS: The author of this article is over 100 years old. He is the last living American prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials where Nazi perpetrators were brought to justice for their atrocities against humanity. Read his warning and read my interview with the legal scholar, James Whitman, on his book, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. Think upon the fragility of the rule of law and the importance of America standing firmly behind it.
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General & Hellos
Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKReasons to not wear a face mask - youtube
There are reasons not to wear a face mask.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
TRIPTYCH TRIP-tik Part of speech: noun Origin: Greek, mid-18th century 1: A picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece. 2: A set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical ...
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News & Links
Jul 21, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINK80% Of Voters Think The Country Is Out Of Control, And Most See Biden As The One To Fix It, Poll Finds
TOPLINE A new poll found that the vast majority of voters see the country as out of control amid a pandemic and nationwide protests against police brutality, while former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats hold a strong lead.
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News & Links
Jul 21, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKWalmart ends Black Friday tradition by closing stores on Thanksgiving - mlive.com
This is good news. I still won't shop at WM.
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Posts
Jul 21, 2020Jul 2020

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PERGOLA pər-ɡə-lə Part of speech: noun Origin: Italian, mid-th century 1: An archway in a garden or park consisting of a framework covered with trained climbing or trailing plants. Examples of Pergola in a sentence "The wedding took place ...
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News & Links
Jul 21, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKOPP shoot man dead hours after mask dispute leads to alleged assault
Even Canada has the wackos.
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKSuspect in shooting death of federal judge's son is found dead, believed to be attorney
S--t is getting deeper... The man's body was found in the Sullivan County town of Rockland, near Liberty, which is in the New York Catskills. Authorities believe an attorney found dead in New York on Monday was the shooter who killed a New Jersey federal judge's son and wounded her husband, law enforcement sources with knowledge told NBC New York.
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKFlorida Education Association files lawsuit against state to stop reopening of in-person classes
The Florida Education Association has filed a lawsuit to prohibit Gov. DeSantis and state education officials from forcing all school districts to open brick and mortar schools this fall. The lawsuit was filed Monday in state circuit court in Miami against Gov. DeSantis, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, the Florida Board of Education and Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez.
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKThe Lincoln Project is out with a stark new ad on Portland, Trump's 'shadowy' thugs, and your city
A dystopia is an imagined place, and the latest Lincoln Project ad, released Sunday night, rolls out like the trailer for a film about such a dark state. But, of course, Portland, Oregon, is a very real place, and the ad is based on a very real story unfurling right now, rendered in black and white and red with a pulp-noir sensibility.
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKPortland protests: Navy veteran speaks out after video of federal officers beating him goes viral | The Independent
‘They just started whaling on me’: Veteran speaks out after video of federal officers beating him at Portland protests goes viral ‘I stood my ground at that point and just stayed there,’ Christopher David, 53, told The Independent
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKCrackdown in Portland – BillMoyers.com
It is not just officials who are objecting to the administration’s authoritarian demonstrations. There was a new force on the Portland streets this weekend: moms. Dressed in yellow shirts, wearing helmets and masks, several hundred women are forming chains between the officers and the protesters. They call themselves the Wall of Moms, and are chanting: “I don’t see no riot here; take off your riot gear,” and “Feds stay clear, moms are here!” Officers tear gassed them last night, but ...
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News & Links
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKNew Jersey federal judge's son killed, husband critical after being shot at home
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' son was killed Sunday and her husband was in critical condition after they were shot at their home in New Jersey, senior law enforcement officials told NBC New York. The shooting occurred in North Brunswick Township early in the evening, the FBI said in a statement, adding that it was searching for one suspect.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
EPOCH Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, early 17th century 1: A period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics. 2:The beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone ...
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News & Links
Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKThe Essence of Evil: Sex with Children Has Become Big Business in America
“Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day.”—John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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News & Links
Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKDuring Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?
Hospitals in several countries saw dips in premature births, which could be a starting point for future research.
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News & Links
Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKFlorida Virus ‘Out of Control,’ Los Angeles Is on the Brink
Donna Shalala was Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. Florida’s Covid-19 outbreak is “totally out of control,” according to a Democratic representative, and the mayor of Los Angeles said his city is “on the brink” of new restrictions, comments that suggest the country’s months of trade-offs between the health of the community and the economy are far from over. Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Donna Shalala called for...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
BAROQUE bə-ROHK Part of speech: adjective Origin: French, mid-18th century 1: Relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. ...
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News & Links
Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKDr. Fauci built a truce. Trump is destroying it. - The Washington Post
“All you really need to know about Tony Fauci,” one of his acquaintances told The Post’s Molly Roberts, “is that, at five-foot, seven-inches, he was the captain of his high school basketball team.”
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKPlease Don’t Make Me Risk Getting Covid-19 to Teach Your Child
If I’m asked to return, I’ll have to walk away. By Rebecca Martinson Ms. Martinson is a public-school teacher.
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINK‘He’s a coward’: MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch predicts Trump will quit to avoid ‘stunning loss’ to Biden
MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch believes President Donald Trump will quit the presidential race rather than suffer an ignominious defeat, but “Morning Joe” co-host thinks he’ll stay in and crank up the crazy. Deutsch, who’s known Trump for years, said the president had no accomplishments to run on, and his slogans sounded empty in the face of a devastating pandemic and economic wreckage.
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKWill Universities Be the Next COVID-19 Tinderboxes? | Time
BY KATIE MACK AND GAVIN YAMEY JULY 16, 2020 7:00 AM EDT Mack is a theoretical cosmologist, author, and assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University. Yamey is a physician and professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, where he directs the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. The fall semester has yet to begin, but student athletes training for the season can already be found on college campuses across the U.S. And so can COVID-19.
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKFace Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing. - WSJ
I am not a subscriber so I can't see the full article, however the headline says all I need to know. WSJ is a well respected news source and pretty centrist, in fact more right leaning than I like. But it says it all!
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINK85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county
Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one county in Texas -- with local officials imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots. Since January, health authorities have identified more than 3.6 million COVID-19 cases throughout the United States. Nearly 140,000 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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News & Links
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKThe US loses two icons of the civil rights movement in one day - CNN
Two towering figures of the American civil rights movement died Friday, a major loss for a nation still grappling with protests and demands for racial equality decades later. John Robert Lewis died at age 80 after a battle with cancer. Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian died at age 95 of natural causes. They died a day before the birthday of the late Nelson Mandela -- another renown champion of racial equality.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 18, 2020Jul 2020

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Forenoon Part of speech: noun Origin: Old English, 15th century 1: the morning. Examples of Forenoon in a sentence "'Some of my pleasantest hours were during the long rain-storms in the spring or fall, which confined me to the house for the ...
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News & Links
Jul 17, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKArtists install anti-Trump living statues around DC | TheHill
Awesome!! Living statues were installed around Washington, D.C. on Friday depicting President Trump as a "destroyer of civil rights and liberties." A group of artists known as the Trump Statue Initiative is behind the installations, including one that depicts Trump holding up a Bible while Black Lives Matters protesters are beaten and another showing him telling a masked child to "go back to school" while holding a golf club.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 17, 2020Jul 2020

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Oscillate AH-sə-leit Part of speech: verb Origin: Latin, early 18th century 1: Move or swing back and forth at a regular speed. 2: (Physics) Vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner around a central point. Examples of Oscillate in a ...
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Trump Pinata
Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKThe best political ad ever made. - YouTube
Lindsay Graham praising Biden and dismissing Drumpf.
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News & Links
Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKSold For Sex: Trafficking in Nebraska - YouTube
So if you need something else to obsess over today, here is a concern. This is Nebraska, but the information would be true for all states. It hurts my heart to watch it.
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News & Links
Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKGame show host retweeted by Trump deletes his account after announcing his son has coronavirus | TheHill
Former game show host Chuck Woolery announced Wednesday his son has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after Woolery accused medical professionals and Democrats of lying about the virus in an effort to hurt the economy and President Trump's reelection chances. I feel sorry for him, but KARMA
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

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AUREATE OR-ee-eit Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, 15th century 1: Denoting, made of, or having the color of gold. 2: (of language) highly ornamented or elaborate. Examples of Aureate in a sentence "The aureate exterior of her jewelry ...
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News & Links
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKPediatricians walk back school-reopening stance as WHO gives dire warning
WHO expert warns school reopening shouldn’t become a “political football.” The American Academy of Pediatrics has clarified its stance on school reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic after the Trump administration repeatedly used the academy’s previous statement to pressure school systems to resume in-person learning in the fall.
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News & Links
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKThe Return of Jane Elliott
Before anti-racist reading lists and Instagram allyship, white people were presented with the “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” exercise. Its 86-year-old creator can’t believe she’s still being asked about it. I love Jane Elliott
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Family & Parenting
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKHonest About His Scam
Parenting FAIL!
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News & Links
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKFahim Saleh, 33-year-old CEO of Gokada, found dismembered in a New York apartment - CNN
When you wish the headlines were wrong....
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News & Links
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKFloyd video: Gun pulled without explanation - StarTribune.com
Bodycam video in George Floyd killing shows officer pulled gun, swore and touched Floyd multiple times without explanation Medics who arrived at the scene took Floyd's pulse and did not appear rushed. CPR began about three minutes after their arrival.
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News & Links
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKGOP congressman faces felony charges over alleged voter fraud
It's not every day that a sitting congressman faces multiple felony counts, especially for voter fraud.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

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MAVEN MAY-vən Part of speech: noun Origin: Yiddish, 1960s 1: An expert or connoisseur. Examples of Maven in a sentence "I consider myself a maven on all things French." "The chef was a maven when it came to preparing fish."
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKRuth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection - CNNPolitics
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection, according to a court spokeswoman. Get well soon, Ruth! We don't want to have a court without you!
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKThe administration orders hospitals to bypass the C.D.C. with key virus data, alarming health experts.
This can't be a good thing.
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKAnd the Littlest State Shall Lead the Way on Covid-19
Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island shows how effective competence during a crisis can be.
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKGrant Imahara of Mythbusters and the White Rabbit Project has died at 49. RIP
This is a sad loss :(
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKCDC Director Robert Redfield: If Everyone Wore a Mask for Next 6 Weeks We Could Drive Pandemic 'Into the Ground'
During a press conference on Monday afternoon the Director for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, continued with the theme of pleading with Americans to put on a mask to stymie the spread of COVID-19. He said that, if everyone complied with said pleading, then "over the next six weeks we could drive into the ground."
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKPressley hits DeVos over reopening schools: 'I wouldn't trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child' | TheHill
Ouch BURN!! But I'm sure Betsy is as qualified to care for house plants as she is qualified to care for children or much less teach.
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News & Links
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKNew York Gov. Cuomo on reopening schools: ‘We’re not going to use our children as guinea pigs’
Speaking during a news briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo describes how the state plans to determine whether it’s safe enough to reopen schools. “We’re not going to use our children as guinea pigs,” he said.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 14, 2020Jul 2020

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FACTOTUM fak-TOH-dəm Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, mid-16th century 1: An employee who does all kinds of work. Examples of Factotum in a sentence "'I made the ink; I was warehouseman, and every thing, and, in short, quite a ...
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Trump Pinata
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
Great timeline of Bunker Bitch's Covid responses.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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Breviloquent brə-VIL-ə-kwent Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, mid-19th century 1: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words; concise. Examples of Breviloquent in a sentence "Usually he was breviloquent, but he...
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News & Links
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKThe Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic - The Atlantic
The minute we make any decision—I think COVID-19 is serious; no, I’m sure it is a hoax—we begin to justify the wisdom of our choice and find reasons to dismiss the alternative.
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News & Links
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKBetsy DeVos struggles to defend school re-opening gambit
When it comes to re-opening schools, the secretary of Education doesn't appear to have any idea what she's talking about.
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News & Links
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKState of the Race | The Lincoln Project
Great information from The Lincoln Project
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News & Links
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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How Can A Disease With 1% Mortality Shut Down The United States?
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News & Links
Jul 13, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKAttention All Women: Trump Is Coming for Your Health Care
Even with a pandemic raging, the president wants the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act. By Kathleen Sebelius Ms. Sebelius, a former governor of Kansas, was the secretary of health and human services in the Obama administration. July 13, 2020, 6:35 a.m. ET In the middle of America’s most catastrophic public health crisis, the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the entire Affordable Care Act. This is dangerous for many reasons — but for ...
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

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LINK'I thought this was a hoax’: 30-year-old man dies after attending COVID Party
A 30-year-old man died after attending a “COVID Party” in the San Antonio, Texas area. A “COVID Party” is a party held by someone diagnosed with the coronavirus. People attend the gathering to see if anyone gets infected and essentially determine if the virus is real, Methodist Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jane Appleby told KSAT.
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

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Not my research or authorship, but good details. By Thea Page. How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States? There are two problems with this question. It neglects the law of large numbers and it assumes that one of two things ...
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Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKFor first time, U.S. records more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases in single day
The new peak is driven by an explosion of cases in California, Florida and Texas and other states.
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General & Hellos
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
He had one job to do, Bunker Bitch wearing a mask
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Trump Pinata
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
Bunker Bitch showing everyone how to wear a mask.
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKJapan: Anger at coronavirus outbreaks at US Marine bases in Okinawa - Business Insider
Japanese authorities are demanding answers from the US after a large scale coronavirus outbreak among Marines stationed in the country's southern prefecture of Okinawa. 61 Marines have been infected with the virus in recent days, according to the Guardian newspaper, spread across two bases in the archipelago — which has long been a US military stronghold in the eastern Pacific.
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Health & Happiness
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
Stolen from a friend of a friend posted on FB. If you think for a moment that COVID is no big deal, especially for children, READ THIS. IF you think masks won't help, READ THIS Borrowed from a friend who is a teacher in Texas: I am sharing this ...
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKA Presidency At Death’s Door | The Lincoln Project
New from The Lincoln Project
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKPro-Trump Pollsters Keep Bringing The President Bad News
While President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to complain about “fake suppression polls” and laud “real polls,” it seems even pro-Trump pollsters are finding him locked in a difficult race with former Vice President Joe Biden, largely in line with what more mainstream pollsters have found.
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKEuropean diplomats believe Joe Biden will repair the damage done by Trump to America's broken alliance with Europe
I believe he will start, but this may take generations to "undo".
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Posts
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
NOCTAMBULATE nok-TAM-byoo-late Part of speech: verb Origin: Latin, 50s 1: To walk about at night. "After dinner he loved to noctambulate and watch the stars come out." "The best part of living in the city is that you'll never noctambulate ...
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News & Links
Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKFlorida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases, more than most countries
Florida reported a record increase of more than ,000 new cases of COVID- in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri.
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News & Links
Jul 11, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKThe U.S. States Graded on Their Covid-19 Response
We analyzed how all 50 states have responded to the coronavirus crisis, including which states have coronavirus case reductions, to determine which states have done the best job. Michigan has rated an A, the ONLY one to get an A.
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Jul 11, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
LINKCoronavirus: Rising cases, hospitalizations herald surge in US deaths - Business Insider
At this point, the numbers speak for themselves.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Jul 11, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58
AEGIS EE-jis Part of speech: noun Origin: Greek, early 17th century 1: The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization. 2: (in classical art and mythology) an attribute of Zeus and Athena (or their Roman counterparts ...
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