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Cursive and Reading It

And an opportunity too! We were living in Michigan at the time. My wife being from NYC and I from Chicago have a taste for bagels and cream cheese. Onion cream cheese for myself and she likes the plain. In the Detroit area, there is a Jewish community. My wife worked for the Jewish News. […]

College Costs

The Question? How Much Does College Really Cost? – by Phillip Levine EconoFact The Issue: Media coverage of the skyrocketing cost of college is pervasive. Sticker prices approaching $100,000 are jarring for anyone, but particularly for those with limited financial resources. And the sticker shock is not limited to the most selective private universities. Since the mid 90s, sticker […]

In Quest of Answers

Dear Coalition of Assholes, By hook or by crook, twice now you have elected a despicable bastard president. The first time brought a nightmare of chaotic incompetence. By far the worst American presidency ever. This second is poised to deliver the coup de grace to our democracy, to our once great Nation. What the hell […]

2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in December

– by Bill McBride CalculatedRisk Likely Sales up Year-over-year for 3rd Consecutive Month NOTE: The tables for active listings, new listings and closed sales all include a comparison to December 2019 for each local market (some 2019 data is not available). This is the second look at several early reporting local markets in December. I’m […]

Nothing to Bragg about

Pete Hesgeth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, thinks that Fort Liberty should go back to its previous name, Fr. Bragg. “Fort Bragg, one of the largest Army bases in the US, was named for Braxton Bragg, a general in the Confederacy and slave owner who lost nearly every battle he was involved in during the […]

PFAs Impacting Americans’ Drinking Water

r.j. sigmund:Toxic PFAs impacting Americans’ drinking water via treated wastewater: Study — Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found. These approximately 23 million people may be consuming these toxic compounds, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their […]

40 Broken Promises+3 more

“Forty broken promises” from his 2016 tour of duty as the President plus three more over the next four years which will fall by the wayside too. Already learning about the recent promises which can not be kept or would result in worst conditions. What promises did h make and then backed away from after […]

True Costs of Employee Healthcare

Maggie Mahar would cite Phillip Longman and his book the Best Care Anywhere when she was on her own blog and also at Angry Bear afterwards. Mr. Longman has a history of detailing the healthcare given by the Veterans Administration. His proposal then was commercial healthcare should be replaced by a similar organization such as […]

Perhaps It is Time for a Political Leadership change???

I am reading the most recent The Guardian article about a new Canadian Prime Minister. The present Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, resigned as head of the Liberal party. His resignation set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election. An election which will be held amid political turmoil perhaps triggered by Donald […]