A Christmas Countdown

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It is the most wonderful time of the year, and as Christmas comes near which to me is dear, I'm offering this here if you want to hear.

It’s already beginning to look a little like Christmas, nearly everywhere you go. As Thanksgiving draws near in a few short weeks, many cities and towns are already getting the jump on their Christmas holiday programs, particularly to give potential participants notice to join in the joyous festivities.

Extinction Politics

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Over 100 world leaders of 85 percent of the earth’s forests, pledge to halt deforestation by end of the decade but is it soon enough?

POTUS isin Scotland for the COP26 climate summit Monday to convince world leaders that America is taking action on global warming.

A Horror Story?

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Sometimes a company title spells out the terrors that await. Other times it will tell you how to avoid really dangerous mayhem.

Virginia Isn’t For Haters

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#Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin reportedly suffered a massive political GOP meltdown and Trump isn’t coming to the campaign.

GOP COPOUT

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The ancient proverb “see no evilhear no evilspeak no evil” was popularized in the 17th century as a pictorial Shinto maxim, carved in the famous Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine in Nikkō, Japan.

Three Wise Monkeys illustrated the idea of protecting oneself self from unsavory or challenging behavior, thought, or language.

Kissing Up To Billionaires

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Top Democrats who signaled a deal on POTUS Joe Biden's big domestic bill point out that momentum fizzled and tempers flared as a paid family leave proposal fell out of favor and so did the billionaires' tax appeared scrapped, mostly to satisfy The Demolition Duo, US Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona.

Mourning Commute

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Looking back at the beginnings of NYC’s @MTA subway system, much has changed on this 117th anniversary of its grand opening.

Improved Broadcasting

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Back in the old days, some broadcast stations would boast about their 110,000-watt main transmitter as one of the most powerful FM stations in the wild West. East of the Mississippi. But that was then and this is now.

Severe Weather Abound

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The National Weather Service says a strong Pacific storm continues to bring heavy precipitation and winds across the western U.S. 

Across the east, the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms later today as low pressure tracks eastward. This system could redevelop into a coastal storm for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast corridors into Tuesday.