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Update 10/26/2025
Real movie fans: This Bollywood classic still captivates Indian movie-goers 30 years on:Fans of Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge or DDLJ still flock to a Mumbai cinema that has shown the film every day for three decades straight. – Dunno know where I saw this. …………………………….. So, a family notified police and they stopped a guy Continue reading
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Update 09/21/2025
Big Oil already extracts about $35 billion dollars a year from the federal budget in direct industry specific tax breaks and subsidies. Trump promised Big Oil even more in return for supporting his 2024 election bid. In their big ugly tax bill, Trump and Republicans handed Big Oil an additional $18 billion in giveaways over Continue reading
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Update 08/03/2025
Most of my life, I have thought that this was a Mark Twain quote: “Put all your eggs in one basket – and watch that basket!” Well, it seemed like bad advice to me, except I knew that Twain lost a fortune investing in a typesetting machine (the Paige Typesetter) . . . and I Continue reading
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Update 07/27/2025
During WWII, American soldiers were known as G.I. Joes (G.I. for “Government Issue”). Because they drank large amounts of coffee, the drink soon earned the popular nickname “a cup of Joe.” Provided by FactRetriever.com – I thought maybe a few younger readers might not know this. And, yes, “joe” is in the Scrabble dictionary! There, Continue reading
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Update 07/20/2025
MSNBC: Trump is carrying out a power grab the likes of which the U.S. has never seen Once the president realized how hard it was to legislate, he turned away from it and has never really come back. He ignores judges, too, except when they agree with him. …………………………………….. If I Understand This: The federal Continue reading
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