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One might ask why conservatives have, or are perceived as having, too little empathy. Why do liberals have too much? Home has become the most common place of death among Americans dying of natural causes for the first time since the early 20th century. You'll enjoy the fart-off between champion Englishman Lord Windsmear, and  challenger, Australian Paul Boomer who had stowed aboard a cabbage freighter. According to the author, the U.S. military state overthrows democratically-elected governments that it deems to be a threat to corporate interests.
You might have grown up thinking aluminum foil can only be used in the kitchen to cover up your leftovers, but the miracle foil can be used in many ways. ''Ok boomer'' has become Generation Z’s retort to older people the kids say don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of young people who don't get it themselves. The author of this article does not believe in a God who gets to choose which people suffer. If people suffer, it’s because circumstances of life happen. A 2016 documentary claims the White House had evidence that an attack at Pearl Harbor was imminent, but the commanders in the Pacific were not warned.
 A Confederate engineer designed a steam powered helicopter to rain bombs down on the Union army, but a working model was never built. According to the author, over the last 25 years, closet socialists and closet communists, under the cloak of “progressives”, have been in the forefront of efforts to expand government and the number of government workers in this country. Ben Franklin didn’t conceive all of these witty epigrams himself. Sometimes he took old ones and adapted them to the times and his voice. The plan was to invite my friends to see a movie that seemed perfect for nine year olds, a western starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, and Trigger.
Thanksgiving can mean quite a bit of stress if you’re the one hosting dinner. And, yes, years ago we actually had a fire in our oven ! Even after one of his staff told him that making the sign with his palm facing inwards meant 'up yours' - he still refused to stop using it that way. Decades of survey data show that people’s stated preferences have shifted toward smaller families. When you have a TIA, the flow of blood to part of your brain gets cut off for a short time. It's also called a ministroke.
To be included in the list, a wine must have at least 5 offers spanning at least four vintages (two of which must have been in the last 10 years). OpenTheBooks.com, make it their mission to respond to national events in real time, supporting or destroying media narratives with easy to grasp data, maps, and graphics. Autoland is a new feature of Garmin's G3000 integrated flight deck, which already comes with 3-axis autopilot, auto-throttles, and automatic stability and descent capabilities. With this symptom of dementia (and some other conditions), the approach of sundown can trigger sudden emotional, behavioral or cognitive changes.
Three decades before he railed against the Trump campaign, the future congressman prosecuted an FBI agent who was seduced by a Soviet spy. Unaware that the South surrendered in April, 1865, the captain of the Confederate ship CSS Shenandoah continued to attack and sink Union ships until August. If Eric Ciaramella really is the whistleblower, the whole impeachment narrative is decimated. The reason the 1940 German Blitzkrieg, the invasion of France and other countries, was so successful, moving forward day and night at lightning speed, is that the soldiers were on crystal meth.
Since 2017, the $100 bill has surpassed the $1 note as the most widely circulated U.S. currency. Emmy winner Mo Rocca is a correspondent for ''CBS Sunday Morning'' and a frequent panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show ''Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me! '' We've all experienced it, in one form or another, like a wet highway ahead of us when driving in hot weather. The ''LeBaron Order'' grew after a split from the Mormon Church, as some refused to abandon polygamy, a requirement for Utah statehood in 1886.
If there was ever a signal that some of us have lived too long, this may be it. There are so many gay farmers in England, they have their own helpline. It was one of the biggest secrets of the post-9/11 era: soon after the attacks, President Bush gave the CIA permission to create a top secret assassination unit to find and kill Al Qaeda operatives. In 2011, Paul and Margery Zeller visited the Jefferson Davis home in Biloxi, Mississippi and did a wonderful job telling us all about it. Washington was afflicted with dental troubles through his adult life, but he never wore wooden dentures.
. Roosevelt campaigned on a platform of full support to Great Britain, while at the same time promising that American boys would not have to fight. Almost everyone seems to know who the Kardashians, who really haven't done anything, are, but most don't know who this man is. Forging signatures has become common practice for staffers, who claim lawmakers would be hard-pressed to sign every document that hits their desks. When Joe Biden tried to take credit for helping Elizabeth Warren get Consumer Financial Protection legislation passed, she thanked Obama instead.
A study of Federal Grants, Campaign Cash, In 2020, a narrow margin of cancel culture voters changed the name of ''The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations'' to just ''Rhode Island'', removing language that has long been criticized for its slavery connotations. The official website wasted no time in changing the historical information about the State, but the ''Wayback Machine'' saved it. This TV commercial promoting atheism that was rejected by most American television and cable networks when it debuted back in 2014.
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe eavesdropped and recorded CNN President Jeff Zucker's executive daily meetings. O'Keefe, who said an insider gave him access to the calls, attempted to show evidence that Zucker was ''out to get Donald Trump'', ordering his staff to do anything they could to discredit Trump and the Republican party. This did not end well for James O'Keefe, who was eventually discredited and fired.
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A very creative person married a 1999 Chevrolet Tracker automobile and a 2003 Cirrus airplane. In the history of the world few figures have been more envied, more fascinating, or more captivating than the explorer in a boat. The world’s super-rich could soon be forced to slum it on commercial planes due to a shortage of pilots for private jets.
Since only 8% of people sleep naked, most everyone can discover the benefits of sleeping in the buff. The yellow smiley icon was born in 1963 in Worcester, Massachusetts, when the graphic designer Harvey Ball was approached by an insurance company to create a morale booster for employees. Our 2,000 mile trip to Florida from Minnesota got more interesting when we picked up a couple of hitchhikers. One of the biggest selling bumper stickers in Texas says, ''Don’t Californicate Texas''.  Now the folks in Arizona are doing the same.  No sane State wants to be like California.
What is the Harvest Moon and why is it so special? We can joke about this a little, fortunately the pilot and passenger went to the hospital, not the morgue. Oceanography is a common reason drift bottles are thrown overboard, but there are also some romantic and surprising stories of sending messages across the sea throughout history. I still carry my dog-eared Eagle Scout card in my wallet. CAUTION: Some comments on this irreverent blog may be NSFW.
As Americans sink under medical expenses, debt collectors go to great, and strange, lengths to collect. There is a long history of ship owners successfully asserting the protection of this 1851 maritime law, including the owners of the Titanic. A University of Alaska study ‘definitively’ concludes the twin towers fire and fall did not cause building 7 to collapse on 9/11, and the twin towers had a little help as well. Unless you’re seriously injured, consider taking an Uber to the hospital as the bill for an ambulance transport can run into the thousands.
There are thousands of pythons in the Florida wild, and the quest to stop them has become a crusade. Ring doorbell officials and police say this can assist police investigators and protect homes from criminals, intruders and thieves. Homeowners can decline to allow, but what have you got to hide, citizen? Sparkle Spots is a children's book, written by my daughter and illustrated by my wife, about living a balanced, fulfilling and extraordinary life. Even Washington’s most powerful denizens aren’t immune from the signature annoyance purveyed by the multibillion-dollar debt collection industry.
How President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aided Russia's quest for global nuclear dominance. Donations to the Clinton Foundation from those with ties to Uranium One weren't publicly disclosed, even though Hillary had an agreement with the White House that the foundation would do that.  These articles may provide help to move someone toward healing in their unique grief journey. Many attempts have been made to discover the famed aviator's fate, but never with the technological tools at Robert Ballard's disposal. Red Light cameras are a revenue boon for governments across the nation, their intrusion into daily life is disturbing, and their constitutionality is dubious.
Steakhouses looking for the next big thing are hoping to lure diners with dishes made from older cows. Normally, I don't endorse products, but if you want the real truth about what is going on, subscribe to this newspaper.  Only a buck for the first month. Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online, fueled by Epstein's ties to famous and powerful people. When you first look at your DNA results, you might be surprised, particularly if you compare it to a sibling.
The job of caregiving, while a worthwhile and rewarding endeavor, is fraught with stress and requires an incredible amount of patience and understanding. Illinois marijuana growers spent $600,000 bribing state legislators.Who says prostitution isn't legal? Almost all of the tech we used in the 1990s are completely obsolete today. Though natural rivals to ducks, a pair of loons on a lake in northern Wisconsin has adopted a duckling that became separated from its mother.
The CIA was established in 1947 to gather intelligence, but it soon strayed from that purpose, carrying out coups and assassinations around the globe. Caring for an aging, ill, or disabled family member creates a host of responsibilities, some familiar, some not so, while others are very difficult, depending on the circumstances. It is now clear that elements within the FBI, the CIA, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the State Department were actively working against the Trump campaign, and that these elements continued to work against President Donald Trump’s administration following his surprise win. ''This morning, I left my community of Baltimore, a drug-infested area, where a lot of the drugs we are talking about today have already taken the lives of so many children,'' the congressman said during a 1999 congressional hearing.
It is highly unlikely that anyone in that room needs this, and viewers at home have closed captioning, but the Americans with Disabilites Act requires it. After 50 years of decline, more young women are being called into religious life. No iPhone, no Twitter, no sex, who could ask for anything more? A troop transport that can't carry troops, a quasi-tank that has less armor than a snowblower, and a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance. Liberal media and politicians are accusing President Trump of racism for calling Baltimore ''very dangerous and filthy'' and a ''rat and rodent infested mess.'' Somebody can't handle the truth.
Clinton said this is 1995 and got a standing ovation, Trump said it in 2016 and he's a racist? What if marriage is not the social good that so many believe and want it to be? The majority of goods sold on Amazon are not sold by Amazon itself, but by more than 2 million merchants who use the company’s platform as their storefront and infrastructure. The Ringmaster urged calm, but the 7000 spectators stampeded, adding to the death and casualty toll.
Somebody thought it was a good idea to build the largest embassy in the world in a war zone using slave labor from Asia, and for what purpose? Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the so-called Greatest Show on Earth, was started in 1919 when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Circus. Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel conjures a theocratic dystopia version of the United States taken over by fundamentalist Christians after a terrorist attack. Rep. Ilhan Omar has created a significant amount of controversy and has said things that offended many Americans, embarrassing the Democratic Party.
F-35s become unpredictable to handle when executing the kind of extreme maneuvers a pilot would use in a dogfight or while avoiding a missile. If you don't mow your lawn in Dunedin, Florida, if you leave your mower out in your yard, or any number of infractions, you can be fined thousands of dollars. The Mueller Report denies the notion that a DNC staffer named Seth Rich was the source of leaked DNC documents later published by WikiLeaks. On July 10, 2016, shortly before the DNC emails were released on WikiLeaks, Seth Rich was shot to death about a block from his home in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, DC, in what police believe to be a botched robbery attempt. This was no boating accident. All communications satellites sit up above the equator and their orbital slots are described by what longitude they are positioned. DirecTV birds are centered to cover North America, Dish birds are West and East.
Six diverse and unique national park sites can be found in Minnesota, preserving and highlighting some of our most distinctive natural, historical and cultural resources. Between the 1820s and 1880s, a two-block section of New Orleans was considered the most violent place in the country, a place where men simply disappeared in the night, never to be seen again. 8 Items You Need To Bring if You Need To Leave In 10 Minutes: Bug-out bag experts recommend a backpack with food, tools, weapons, even fishing and hunting equipment. In some cases, what you might really need are passports, burner phones, weapons, and a lot of cash. Members of Congress don’t like to think of themselves as on vacation, so  they call recesses ''work breaks'' or ''home-district periods'' rather than ''time off.''
While it’s normal to be nervous about encountering a bear while in the wilderness, the first thing you need to know is that bear attacks are extremely rare Other than the ''assassin'' part of Jason Bourne’s profile, everything else can be done legally. Running through a public space fully or partially nude has a long history with motivations to match the era. In 2014, Malaysian flight MH370 vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials know more about why than they dare to say.
Had Custer and his troops brought sabres they could have mounted a counter-attack by horseback. And, that Gatling gun would have come in handy. 263 men of the 7th Cavalry engaged an overwhelming number of Lakota and Cheyenne, in one of the Indian's last armed efforts to preserve their way of life Frontotemporal dementia affects the parts of the brain that control social skills, decision-making, and judgment. It tends to affect people between the ages of 45 and 60. I called to my men: ''This is a good day to die: follow me ...''
In 1938, the Civil Aviation Administration created the rating of flight instructor, Bob took the 10 hour test, becoming the nation's first certified flight instructor. Aircraft in the the Strait of Hormuz area  are in danger of being shot down by Iranians firing Russian S-200 SAM missiles, known to lock on to wrong targets. According to the author,  people just don't have any respect for anyone else's time, and what's worse - they just DON'T CARE! A site for people afraid to fly. Information on recent plane crashes, as well as about security issues such as what is allowed in your checked and carry-on bags.
If you’re still scratching your head trying to figure it out, the turbo encabulator was an inside joke between engineers in the 1940s that used technobabble to confuse those not in on the foolery. Pilots began noticing the objects after their 1980s-era radar was upgraded to a more advanced system. Included: Roundtrip flights to Cairo from the USA, Domestic flights between Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and back to Cairo, 4 nights in Cairo at the Hilton, 4 nights on a Nile aboard a luxury cruise ship, all meals. On June 17, 1876 Sioux and Cheyenne Indians score a victory over General Crook’s forces, foreshadowing the disaster of the Battle of Little Big Horn eight days later.
Oh, and in case you actually did forget the launch code, it was handily written down on a checklist handed out to the launch officers. Kim Jong-un has become a real-life Bond villain after executing one of his generals by throwing him into a piranha-filled fish tank. Tornadoes can strike without warning while you are asleep, unaware of what is about to happen. But, when that radio goes off, should you be hitting ''snooze''? Just like regular cars and homes, motorhomes are often damaged by accidents, fires, and even severe weather like floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.
The footage, a minute long, captures the Final Jeopardy segment as the contestants reveal their responses. After making what host Alex Trebek described as a ''modest'' wager, Holzhauer is bested by Emma Boettcher, who was leading by $3,200. If the reporter had bothered to check, she would have learned that Copeland and his wife's two Cessna Citation X jets are worth $20 million apiece. The battle for Pointe du Hoc became one of the most heroic moments of the D-Day invasion, but, was it necessary? This historian says no. Bill Millin, the personal piper to Commander Lord Lovat, of 4 Commando, piped his men onto Sword beach against military regulations which banned musicians from travelling to the front. Millin’s role in the D-Day landings is well documented, with it said Germans chose not to shoot the piper simply because they thought he had gone mad.
An Ohio meteorologist unloaded on viewers who were complaining that the station’s tornado alerts were cutting into ''The Bachelorette'' program. A group chaired by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon accomplished over the weekend what the Nancy Pelosi-led House has all but refused to do — build a wall on the southern border. A long read, but worth it. In a textbook example of denial and projection, Trump foes wove a sinister yarn meant to take him down. New York has always been forced to coexist with rats, but the infestation has expanded in recent years, spreading to just about every corner of the city.
When an engine ripped off a DC-10 in 1979 at O’Hare it killed 273 people, and changed air travel forever. No matter how a storm chasing vehicle is equipped, nothing can stand up to the raw fury of Mother Nature in a bad mood. The massive El Reno Tornado took the lives of pro storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young in 2013, leaving the twisted wreck of his storm chasing vehicle in its wake, serving as a stark reminder that storm chasing is an extreme pursuit fraught with danger. The Times’s At War editor digs through the archives, looking at Memorial Day coverage dating back to World War I. On December 7, 1941, the California Clipper’s war had begun. And she was a long, long way from home.
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. ''One giant leak for mankind ... '' Critics say Disney's 1946 Academy Award winning film ''Song of the South'' made black people seem too happy working on a plantation. Racism would be news to the millions of fans. My favorite childhood movie. Many smart-speaker owners don't realize it, but Amazon keeps a copy of everything Alexa records after it hears its name.
Most people who use Worcestershire Sauce have no idea what is in it, or how it is made. If they did, some might stop using it. The main ingredient is anchovies. How a big crime in a small town produced a whodunit as gripping and colorful as ''The Wizard of Oz'' itself. If you're considering camping here, remember, God created clothes to keep other people from getting sick. These aren't movie stars we're talking about. Tiny URL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier.
There are now as many Americans who claim no religion as there are evangelicals and Catholics. If prospective customers aren't willing to pay for the phone call, how will they feel about the bill for your services? And, most can call on their unlimited cell. China is raising tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation for the Trump decision to increase duties on Chinese products. Check these products that should be available now!
Unlike many of the movie cowboy stars of the time, Colonel Tim McCoy possessed genuine western skills. Bestattungsmuseum, the Funeral Museum in Vienna’s famous central cemetery, helps younger visitors to better understand difficult issues by introducing LEGO kits based on somber funeral scenes. The Skyrider stand up seat is being marketed to carriers looking to cram even more seats into economy-class cabins. At least you get to ride inside. The two-time failed presidential candidate thinks she’s funny, and tries to impersonate President Trump in a bit plugging a new show on Comedy Central.
How not to alert the world that you just got high. When this op-ed by author Karin McQuillan was released in 2018, supporting President Trump's statement that certain countries were shit-holes, Democrats went nuts, claiming racism. Living off the grid is surviving without any dependence on the government, society or its products. Before you pack your bags and buy your bus tickets, the town of Taft was totally destroyed in the ''Big Burn'' forest fire of 1910.
The Trump-Russia collusion hoax began with Hillary Clinton paying someone to draft a smear disguised as an intelligence report to trigger an FBI investigation. Donald Travis Stewart is a leading figure in the New Vaudeville and Indie Theater movements, an author, journalist, playwright and stage performer. New York shock jock Craig Carton blew through a billion dollars at the black jack table. Then a brazen ticket-resell scheme landed him in the slammer. Beneath the dense and dusky hush of the Superior National Forest in Minnesota is a sprawling fortune of copper and nickel-bearing ores.
Who is next? Should we go after Agatha Christie because her best-selling murder mystery ''10 Little Indians'' was originally titled ''10 Little Ni * * ers''? What goes up must come down. Peter Falk will forever be synonymous with the lovable detective Columbo, a cigar-chomping man in a tattered raincoat who hides his brilliance behind a shabby, scatterbrained facade.
The scent we've come to call ''old person'' smell could be an olfactory advertisement to others indicating superior genetic quality.
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Earth Day activities include planting trees, cleaning up litter, or simply enjoying nature through hiking, gardening, or taking a stroll in a local park. The top 10 costliest Texas hailstorms all occurring since 1995 have done more economic damage than the 500 most expensive Texas tornadoes.
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Texas has had 36 $100 million disasters from severe thunderstorms in the past 25 years. Only five of the disasters were tornadoes, the rest were hail storms.
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Hillary Clinton spent nearly her entire adult life on a desperate quest for power and money. She stood by as her horny husband achieved both, and longed to escaped his crooked shadow, to step into the spotlight on her own, to make history. What if I told you that physical reality is an illusion and we all live in a computer simulation? I don't promote products often, but if you live in a hail area, like Texas, you need this. Texas has had 36 $100 million disasters from severe thunderstorms in the past 25 years. Only five of the disasters were tornadoes, the rest were hail storms. Easter is essentially a pagan festival celebrated with cards, gifts and novelty Easter products, because it's fun and the ancient symbolism still works.
While these airships now invoke visions of fiery disasters, dirigibles once circumnavigated the globe. Tucker Carlson says Julian Assange's ''real sin'' was keeping Hillary Clinton from becoming president. The secret air war over North Vietnam. Lula’s real crime was to champion the interests of Brazil’s working class and oppressed, bringing millions out poverty, and to challenge the US on the world stage. The powerful get rid of people like that.
You can call money from lobbying groups ''campaign contributions'', but let's call them what they really are. My son John on a recent trip to the Caribbean. While JFK came up with the idea for the book, it was actually written by his speech writer Ted Sorensen. Perhaps the only ghost-written book to win a Pulitzer. Caption Generator lets you add your own subtitles to any Youtube video. Imagine the possibilities.
The 1974 movie ''Blazing Saddles'' is a comedy classic that could never be made today. Mel Brooks got away with the racist jokes by hiring black comedian Richard Pryor to write those parts of the script. Located in Lincoln County, Tikaboo Peak is just 26 miles east of the infamous, top-secret Area 51 and is the only legal vantage point to see Area 51.
In 2009, the audience at ''Britain's Got Talent'', and television audiences everywhere, had the big wake-up call, learning not to judge a book by its cover.
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A new study suggests that eating raw garlic as you age may improve gut health and, in turn, improve long and short-term memory alike.
An allegation that Joe Biden inappropriately touched a Nevada state lawmaker is renewing questions about his appeal to women if he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. What are we going to do about Creepy Uncle Joe Biden? One thing this detailed article forgets to tell you is, when you do this you suddenly become a real pain in the ass to friends and family who eat regular food, and must now cater to your ''special diet''. Joe Biden’s inappropriate behavior towards women isn’t recent, nor is it secret. Google any variation of ''Joe Biden,'' ''creepy,'' or ''cringe'' and no shortage of images, videos and articles come up, all the same. Here’s Joe Biden standing behind women and girls of all ages, massaging their shoulders, rubbing their backs, nuzzling their hair, whispering into their ears, sometimes offering clearly unwanted kisses.


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