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PLASTIC PERSON?

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Plastic surgery is either a luxury or a necessity in surgical procedures that involve altering the human body. We begin with her.

It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. You decide!

Reconstructive surgery includes craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.

A plastic person is used to describe someone fake, insincere, or unnatural. The word "plastic" can also be used to describe something artificial, superficial, or made of plastic

BLACK HERSTORY & HIS

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Black History Month was created to focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States.

It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today. However, the structural barriers to black economic equality continue. Also, access to education, disparities in the criminal justice system, a lack of opportunity and wage gaps in corporate America, just to name a few.

USA DEMOCRACY NOT TYRANNY

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The lessons on tyranny outlined are crucial reminders of the vigilance and responsibility needed to safeguard democratic values.

Each point reflects a profound understanding of historical contexts and their relevance to contemporary society.

2024 RESOLUTIONS

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When we’re swept up in the cheer of the holiday season, it’s tempting to make overly ambitious resolutions for the new year. 

I’ll learn to play one new instrument every month!’ Okay, I will never become like Mozart. The reality is that most of our New Year’s resolutions don’t even make it past the second week of January. Here are five resolutions that are both worthwhile and realistic.

To read more and learn all about different cultures and the human spirit. Only cowards fear books… 

ATTACK USA

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Americans should commemorate the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by remembering that we’re still under attack.

These attacks  have come from Japan, Saudi Arabia, Russia and will continue as long as We The People stay united as a democratic republic and a beacon of liberty to the free world.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941

DEAR SANTA

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This country was once known for doing the right thing and for its compassion. Then the #MAGA Republicans turned it upside down. USA is a nation of excess and must learn to live in peace and share the planet 🌎 quickly and safely.
Everyone knows Trump tried to overthrow the US government with the help of 150 Republican members of Congress who aren’t serving the people, they’re helping themselves and the wealthy donors they feed off.

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS

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A Michigan forest is transformed into an enchanting, and  illuminated holiday walkthrough featuring more than a half million lights.

GET MADAR NOT MAD

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Machiavellian Advance Detection and Resistance is a set of skills for outwitting master manipulators, especially during the holidays.

If you remain alert for manipulative behavior this holiday season, according to published reports, you’ll probably spot some or all of the following during get-togethers. Here are six common tactics:

IN MEMORY OF DAWN POWELL

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Dawn Powell was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. She is now a perpetual NYC neighbor.

Known for her acid-tongued prose, "her relative obscurity was likely due to a general distaste for her harsh satiric tone." Nonetheless, Stella Adler and author Clifford Odets appeared in one of her plays.

OCTOBER 15

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On this date, the world said good riddance to Margaretha Geertruida Zelle and welcomed Lucille Désirée Ball into their TV homes.

Mata Hari was executed by a firing squad consisting of 12 French soldiers just before dawn on 15 October 1917. She was 41. According to an eyewitness account by British reporter Henry Wales, she was not bound and refused a blindfold. She defiantly blew a kiss to the firing squad.

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