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January 27, 2019

KAMALA! OMG!

She has my vote. Do not ever forget that, Hillary, broke that glass ceiling, for other women to follow. My dream ticket, Kamala and Michelle (ain't gonna happen). How about Kamala and Biden? We need a smart, fair minded, down to earth, strong candidate ... Kamala is it! She is fighter.

January 27, 2019

Do we have a drug addict running the country?

Seriously! trump, sniffs, has dry mouth, has addict like mood swings, makes no sense, doesn't acknowledge reality, lies all the time. Why is the decision to remove trump only a political one? We need a board of M.D.'s to evaluate and report on the Pres's health, both mentally and physically. No more Dr. Feelgood reports. The Commander in Chief needs to be fully fit. I am so sick of the fact that no one is doing anything about trump's clearly poor mental capacity.

January 26, 2019

No! Nancy did not steal trump's lunch

She is not a bully, she is a strong, highly qualified woman who knows her business and acts like an adult. We all love a victory but, this is not a playground. I will not classify this victory in any terms other than she is brilliant stateswoman. A leader the likes of FDR.

January 25, 2019

Can a Vice President get indicted?

... just asking for a friend ...LOL

January 24, 2019

The truth about Dr. Tiller has never been told to Americans

He should be presented as the savior of the unborn ... those born after a necessary abortion


One woman described her elation at being pregnant and how the possibility of motherhood offered a glimmer of hope through several family deaths. Then she found out her fetus had severe spinal and cerebral deformities. "I laid on the table crying and knowing in my heart at that point my son was not going to make it," she wrote. At almost 23 weeks pregnant, she was too far along for an abortion in her own state, and so, like many women in her situation, she made the anguished pilgrimage to Wichita.

Writing five weeks after her abortion, she said, "I hate that my son is gone. I hate that I had to make the decision to end his life. I hate that my womb and my arms are empty. But I am strengthened in the fact that I made my decision by focusing on him and what was best for him. I am eternally grateful to the wonderful people that guided me through this horrible experience with compassion, love, and understanding."


https://prospect.org/article/compassion-dr-tiller
January 23, 2019

Serious climate stuff

Mother Earth, Mother to us all, if we try to undo what we have done, please forgive us.

The biggest number of winter ticks that Peter J. Pekins ever found on a moose was about 100,000. But that moose calf was already dead, most likely the victim of anemia, which develops when that many ticks drain a moose’s blood. So it was probably a lowball estimate, because some of the ticks had already detached.

“It’s about as grody a picture as you can imagine on a dead animal,” said Dr. Pekins, a professor of natural resources and the environment at the University of New Hampshire. (A warning: The pictures below are, indeed, grody.)

Between 2014 and 2016, Dr. Pekins counted ticks on moose calves at two locations in New Hampshire and Maine. He wanted to see how the moose were faring, given that climate change has been delaying snow’s arrival in New England’s winters.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/climate/moose-ticks.html
January 22, 2019

Sandman, AKA, 'Jack Merridew' character from "Lord of the Flies": mommy got him a PR agent?

Baby boy from CovCath, sandman, put out a statement today and boy did he lie like trump. His mommy is a VP Banker and the first thing she must have done was get her baby slug a PR, damage control professional. Does anyone think that this kid could write the statement that was issued to the press? He was reprimanded in Freshman year for trying to use essay papers that he bought. The whole thing will be nothing more then a coverup ... SOS

January 21, 2019

Ready to rumble?

Link Wray’s 1958 song “Rumble” remains the most dangerous-sounding instrumental blues vamp ever recorded, unmatched in its raw, slinky cool until, perhaps, John Lee Hooker’s Endless Boogie or the Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat. But unlike Lou Reed, Wray didn’t need lyrics about heroin addiction and sadomasochism to freak out the parents and turn on the kids. All he needed was his fuzzed-out guitar, soaking in reverb and tremolo, and a rhythm section with the minimalist instincts of Bo Diddley’s band, who were making a similar kind of sound at the same time “Rumble” hit the airwaves. But where Diddley’s songs invited listeners to dance, Wray’s “ragged, ominous chords, overdriven and dragged to a crawl,” wrote Rolling Stone, “sounded like an invitation to a knife fight.”

http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/the-only-instrumental-every-banned-from-the-radio-link-wrays-rumble-1958.html

Who is gonna watch?
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/rumble/

They tried to ban, censor and erase Indian culture from rock and roll history but Native American influence is wrapped into modern music's DNA. RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World is an electric look at Native American influence in popular music, going deep into the Indigenous foundations of rock
January 19, 2019

Why? Walmart and banks picking the pocket of the poorest!

Took a disabled friend shopping at Walmart today. She is in a wheelchair due to stage 4 cancer. She was a business owner and has worked her whole life until she became sick. Thanks to our Gov., she has Medicare disability, to help her. However, she needs to pay bills that have to be paid by credit card, check or money orders. The banks charge monthly fees so it is impossible for her to have a checking account and can't get a credit card. She first had to go to an ATM to draw money deposited from her SSI disability, with a charge. So then, she has to get in line at the Walmart to get a money order. They charge her her again. Why? What happened to the idea of Post Offices acting as Banks? It would really help out the pitiless poor.
Corporations and banks picking the pockets of poor folks (and our tax dollars). Dems, please make this an issue to fight for. Thanks.

Walmart.com Help Center Find Answers In-Store Check Cashing

In-Store Check Cashing
How to Cash a Check at Your Local Walmart

Just present your check for cashing at the Money Center or Service Desk in your local Walmart store.
What types of Checks we can cash
We cash the following:

Payroll checks
Government checks
Tax checks
Cashier's Checks
Insurance settlement checks
401(k), retirement distribution checks
All Pre-Printed Checks*
MoneyGram Money Orders
Two-Party Personal Checks**

We can cash checks and money orders in any amount up to and including $5000.
Pre-Printed Check Cashing Fees*

Cashing your check at your local Walmart is affordable, with fees based on the amount of the check:

For checks up to and including $1000: $4.00*
For checks over $1000 up to and including $5000: $8.00*

Two-Party Personal Check Cashing Fees**

Cashing your check at your local Walmart is affordable, with fees based on the amount of the check:

Two-Party Personal Checks Up to $200: $6 or Less*
*



Providing financial services in post offices “could benefit the 68 million underserved Americans who either do not have a bank account or rely on expensive services like payday lending and check cashing,” says an inspector general report issued in May. “The products also could help the Postal Service generate new revenue to continue providing universal service. Because it has a presence in every neighborhood, including many places where there are no longer any bank branches, the Postal Service is well suited to provide such services. In addition, its well-trained workforce is already experienced at handling complex transactions and watching out for related fraud and other risks.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/10/29/should-the-post-office-also-be-a-bank/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.975e052852f2

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