BLACK FRIDAY

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The tradition of Black Friday may be morphing into Cyber Monday and including the entire weekend of buying online. Shoppers reportedly spent $1.15 billion online, a 13.6% increase over last year.

Online sales may hit $2 billion for the first time, a 15.6% year-over-year growth increase. A record $820 million is expected to come from mobile devices, with $449 million spent before the weekend.

Is Black Friday the best day to shop for the holidays? http://usat.ly/2fOn8Be via @usatoday

Happy Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is the time to show our sincere gratitude for all our blessings. Thanks, for family, friends, mother nature, food, the wind, rains, brother sun, sister moon, for our health and last but certainly not least, for the good earth we must continue to love.

<3 Happy Thanksgiving!

FOUR FREEDOMS

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—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want -- which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants -- everywhere in the world.

LIVING LONGER

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As an educator, I have found that female students are overall smarter than their male counterparts. They are also better classroom participants.

Now we are told that ladies manage to live longer and enjoy life. Why do women live longer than men in almost every country in the world? A similar pattern of sex differences in longevity is also found in many other species; however, it is not clear if there are more species in which females live longer or vice versa.

Thanksgiving Feast

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Nearly 50 million Americans are traveling for Thanksgiving. Many could run into weather trouble, with major storm systems delivering everything from snow and ice to thunderstorms. Once they arrive, the last thing anyone needs is an extra serving of any type of holiday dinner difficulty.

As a result, experts are warning not to allow CampPain or 2016 Election talk to control this year's Thanksgiving. Please eat your fillings and swallow your feelings to avoid all political topics. Love and peace of turkey.

Let Freedom Ring

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Medals of Freedom were awarded to 21 recipients in The White House today.

Those awarded included Robert de Niro, Diana Ross and more.

Obama awards Medal of Freedom to a star-studded list of 21 recipients http://wpo.st/ff9G2

President Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robert de Niro, Diana Ross and more http://ti.me/2fCNnYj

Springsteen, Hanks, DeGeneres honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom http://usat.ly/2fP0dFT via @usatoday

Presidential Assassination

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Historically, on this date shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.

By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of…

The JFK assassination (The actual footage) Rare / Vintage https://youtu.be/NdxRGfTjP18 @YouTube

JFK's Assassination | National Geographic https://youtu.be/rEVfKKjODBg via @YouTube

Loser Winter?

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There is definitely a no win in the fact that one month before the official season begins, part of the nation is blanketed with snow. Winter is not supposed to begin until December 21. That is unless you love long northern winters.

You Have a lot of Gall

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Not me since I had my gall bladder removed earlier this year and lost 30 lbs. Here is my one and only proof, other than the mounting hospital bills.

I wish I had gall, and since the gall bladder contains bile which I'm told is very bitter that gives rise to the use meaning "you've got a lot of bitterness/rancor". And as one of my neighbors like to say "In any event".

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