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Scrooge aka Murdoch

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How well does FOX Rupert Murdoch compare to Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 A Christmas Carol?

At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is cold-hearted miserable. The tale of his redemption by three spirits has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Scrooge is a mean and miserly person.

SNL Saturday Night Lunacy

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NBC Saturday Night Live has been on the air since 1975 as a popular comedy and is now celebrating 47 seasons of successful TV.

Live from New York it has been @nbcsnl for more than four decades. Celebrity hosts join an award-winning ensemble cast to perform comedic sketches, satirical news and digital shorts, alongside popular musical acts.

Out Prolific Liars

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The truth is finally catching up with liars who are exposed sooner or later regardless of the number of lies they have decided to spread.

Do you give compliments that aren’t genuine? 
Have you said you’re well when you were exhausted? 
Do you tell folks you are busy to avoid having to talk to or e with them?

Then you may not be a dangerous or prolific liar. As someone who has devoted a career to asking questions, I can smell a prolific liar. Liars are cowards

Health, Happiness, Family and Friends

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The way I see it, there are at least eight types of friendship that human beings may wish to classify, understand and characterize.

There’s no doubt that social connections are important to our overall health, happiness and quality of life. There can be eight or many more, depending on our personal point of view. However it is up to us to keep a healthy lifestyle and stay happy.

Coming Out Day

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On this National Coming Out Day 2021, there are many characters who have let it all hang out, including Superman, the man of steel.

According to an announcement made by DC Comics toppers, a new Superman will soon be starting a romantic relationship with a male boyfriend.

From #LGBTQ reality star Jojo Siwa to nonbinary singer Demi Lovato and gay #NFL player Carl Nassib, here are 21 notable coming-out stories so far this year.

I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show

Columbus or Indigenous Peoples Day?

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Columbus or Indigenous Peoples Day? It no longer matters because I was born on October 12, before Nixon changed it to a Monday.

My birthday still comes on the 12th, but it is no longer Columbus, or Indigenous Peoples Day. Meanwhile, a growing number of municipalities have been slowly replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

Mental Health Day

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Prepare for World Mental Health Day, so unplug everything, including your electronic devices. This one is working on battery power.

The social media outages this week was a wake up call that put the world on the edge and it may have been a sign to unplug this entire weekend for World Mental Health Day.

Smashed Face

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Could a long outage, and leaked internal documents indicate a slow and steady demise of a company we may not recognize?

While the whole world wasn’t watching, was the service and connectivity outage affecting Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and few other services owned by the same company a smash and a slap in the face?

Will a tech giant ever return to its former space and save face, or are all Zuckers doomed to drown in a sea of unchecked misinformation and hatred for American family values?

Seven Hundred Thousand Crimes

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Do you remember when COVID arrived in America in the Spring of 2020 and the former GOP guy and his VP lies it would disappear?

Many public safety first responders representing racial minorities began working on the front lines and advocated for more people who looked similar. It eventually became clear that the global pandemic and deadly virus was hurting certain communities of color much harder than some others.