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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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Update 05/25/2025
Orthostatic Hypotension I have learned a lot about those two words in the last three weeks. When I ‘splain them to you, you will know why I have been “missing” for the last three weeks. That is a condition wherein you have a sudden blood pressure drop, typically when standing up, and you get dizzy… Continue reading
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Update 04/27/2025
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency fired around 280 staffers and reassigned around 175 others — on Earth Day. How appropriate. …………………………….. Actor Jimmy Stewart was rejected by the military after he was drafted—he was too thin. As a show of patriotism, Stewart went on a weight-gaining diet, hoping to reverse the decision. He was accepted by… Continue reading
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Update 03/05/2025
Useless fact of the day: Canadians eat more donuts per capita than people from any country in the world. …………………………………………….. To put something in perspective: Wages and benefits for the federal workforce equal about $270 billion. That seems like a lot of money, but when one considers that the total federal budget last year was… Continue reading
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Update 02/26/2025
The U.S. is — and should be — the largest donor to help children in the world. Yet, with the latest announced cuts in federal spending, many of the programs that have helped people in need across the globe are at risk, such as the AIDS relief effort credited with saving 25 million lives, mostly… Continue reading
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