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On Saturday, Donald Trump’s lawyers lifted the corner a bit on what will be the Republican strategy for fighting impeachment come Monday. First the Republicans will introduce the same five lies they’ve been spouting all along at the impeachment trial...
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While there are two major ways in which language enables communication among humans, spoken language is the predominate form. In her chapter on the anatomical and physiological basis of language in ...
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Bush the First and Dukakis were pretty much neck and neck until Bush delivered a speech written for him by Peggy Noonan. This speech had a recurring motif of “I’m not going to let them take that away from you.” He was referring to the Reagan economy,...
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I’m an old lady, and I know next to nothing about social media. But I do know how to write, and I think I’m pretty good at putting words into images.
I just don’t know how to share them on ...
by Carolla
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I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in " Cheers & ...
by Ed Tracey
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Things we like on Sunday mornings…..
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by The Marti
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Whatcom Falls Park
Bellingham WA
Pacific Northwest
To mark the Dr. MLK Jr. Day of Service, my granddaughter Ava and I participated with 468 other local Bellingham residents as a work party at ...
by RonK
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More threats from Trump, this time against Schiff. It fits in with the “head on a spike” pattern. Via twitter: @realDonaldTrump · 1h Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he...
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Reading a business site today and someone posted a comment: “As someone said recently, when your worldview starts with ‘How do we limit the amount of rich people?’, you reach for socialism. When your worldview starts with ‘How do we limit the amount of...
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This week, we’re helping a Kentucky school librarian bring coding robots to her elementary students, and a St. Louis science teacher assemble an array of age-appropriate science lab kits. We hope that readers who support quality public school education...
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Last weekend I arrived at Southlands movie theatre a little after 12:00 pm. It did not take very long for me to find Sabrina, my best friend of ten years. Her long, wavy red hair was cascading over the back of the red chair and her skin was cream...
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(PenrosePapers.com) As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread around the world, health officials in the U.S. have expressed frustration at the lack of information coming out of its country of origin, China. With 15 major Chinese cities effectively...
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We had a cold snap recently in the Pacific Northwest. It snowed a foot and the temp was subfreezing for a few days. This is nothing compared to many parts of the world where it’s below freezing ...
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We talk a lot about sustainability on this site. How many of us consider sustainable fashion? Americans have too much stuff in general but fast fashion is a huge problem. Zara, the makers of the ...
by sugarmagnolia
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After reading the arguments of the Trump team in his defense, I have some questions for the defense team. Isn’t a demand for Europe to share more of the burden of aiding Ukraine logically something to pressure Europe about rather than Ukraine? Did...
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Resistance to my entry into the local fishing grounds was fierce. There are multiple ways to screw with another fisherman...some subtle and some dramatic. The first hint that I was unwelcome was the fact that a former close friend who used to be the...
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Biden leads in a new ABC/ Washington post poll abcnews.go.com/… Biden-28, Sanders-24, warren-11, Bloomberg-8, Yang-7 Black voters overwhelmingly favor Biden by a wide margin. Biden-51, Sanders-15, warren-9. Biden also ahead on "candidate best able to...
by doroma
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The recording (above) of Trump’s saying he wanted Marie Yovanovitch fired is making the news (it is at 42 mins. on the 80 minute recording) but not for the reason which stood out when I listened to it. I am a psychotherapist and not an expert in...
by HalBrown
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Hello, all, it’s been a crazy day here and it’s nearly tomorrow already, so today’s diary will be short, but hopefully interesting enough for everyone to chat about! If you haven’t already ...
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Good morning and Happy Sunday to all! This morning we’re jumping right into the fire of the punditry about the Senate impeachment trial. The Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States Charles Pierce at Esquire...
by Chitown Kev
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