Will History Repeat itself?

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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." George Bernard Shaw

As my journalism colleagues CD Jaco and Jay Dow point out, history may repeat itself, if we allow it to do so.

"Regardless of your political leaning, I am a firm believer in acknowledging the events of 'yesterday' - that is, history...and how they may (or may not) influence or guide us today.

Middle Class Shrinks

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After more than four decades of serving as the nation’s economic majority, the American middle class is now matched in number by those in the economic tiers above and below it. In early 2015, 120.8 million adults were in middle-income households, compared with 121.3 million in lower- and upper-income households combined, a demographic shift that could signal a tipping point, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

WHVHM Camp Pain

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He started by attacking women, then Hispanics, later veterans, followed by the handicapped and now Muslims?

How is it that all the political BS is constantly being trumped almost daily with another outrageous absurdity? US is on the verge of a political breakdown and some are comparing it with The Trump Tower of BS.

Wary on two day headlines...

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The adjective is used in feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
"dogs that have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers"

Synonyms: cautious, careful, circumspect, on one's guard, chary, alert, on the lookout, on one's toes,

Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Articl…

Informed Delivery?

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USPS is offering e-mail, seriously? If you cant beat them, join them. The post office is making available a new service that lets US SEE WHAT'S COMING. We will be able to see our household mail, even while traveling.

Participate in this new USPS service enhancement test and get images of the mail that will be placed in your mailbox each day. Black and white images of your actual letter-sized mail pieces, processed by USPS sorting equipment, will be provided to you each morning. Flat-sized pieces, such as catalogs or magazines, may be added in the future. Participation is limited to certain ZIP Codes ™ at this time.

Get up to 10 mail piece images in your morning email, which can be viewed on any computer or a smart phone. Get more mail than that? Additional images are available for viewing on your online dashboard - in the same place you track your packages! Don't worry if you are on travel; if you have email or online access, you can see much of the mail that will be delivered to your mailbox. Be the first in your block to block bills before arrival.

USA Holidays

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Dec 6 Hanukkah Jewish Festival of Lights.
Dec 25 Christmas Day National holiday, Christian
Dec 26 Saturday Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) Observance
Dec 26 Saturday Day After Christmas Day Observance
Dec 26 Saturday Day After Christmas Day State holiday KS, KY, NC, NH, SC, TX
Dec 31 Thursday New Year's Eve State holiday LA, MI, WI
Dec 31 Thursday New Year's Eve
Jan 1 Thursday New Year's Day National holiday
Jan 3 Saturday The Prophet's Birthday Muslim
Jan 6 Tuesday Epiphany Christian
Jan 7 Wednesday Orthodox Christmas Day Orthodox

Merry Christmas To All

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"MELE KALIKIMAKA"
"NODLAG SONA DHUIT"
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"С Рождеством Христовым"
"FELIZ NATAL"
"BOAS FESTAS"
"FELIZ NAVIDAD"
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"
"KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
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"FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
"BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
"HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
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"Z ROZHDESTYOM KHRYSTOVYM"
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More About Pluto

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The Planet Pluto orbits from billions of miles away. It is much smaller than any of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet".

Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system's moons the Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan and Triton.

Now, images from the closest approach of the New Horizons spacecraft, offer the highest resolution images we’ll see of the icy surface.

NASA shows the sharpest ever close-up photos of Pluto http://engt.co/1OG6AGA

NASA Releases New Video Showing Higher-Resolution Closeup Of Pluto http://n.pr/1TLCBgt

Antisocial Media Motives

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Social media uses computer-mediated tools allowing people to create, share and exchange information, audio, images and videos. Terrorism has benefited and attempted to monopolize the medium that can not be controlled. Read and learn what experts are saying.

Can social media interrupt online terrorist activity? http://on.msnbc.com/1OMuX3s via @alexwitt

Social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Articl…

Journalisten and Research

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Unless an individual engages an interview without notice, there is a need for research with good background and knowledge.

Learning what you can about the person, or topics will help to put you on the correct footing.

What style do they like to adopt in interviews? And what has been said on these subjects before?

We need factual information when we are trying to hold someone in authority to account and to challenge them on their assertions, to get them to explain clearly what they are talking about and to support any case they want to put to forth.