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SNAP and sunlight
The Dems might have shut down the government to gin up support for their party during the 2025 elections, but I think the law of unintended consequences bit them in the butt. According to the head of the USDA, they found, not completely surprisingly, that there were 5,000 dead people receiving SNAP money and there Continue reading
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How woke destroyed woke
The Sierra Club has lost 60% of its members in the past six years. Instead of staying in its environmental lane, it decided, of course, to embrace mission creep and make issues like Palestine into ‘environmental issues’. The also created their own language guide. It issued an “equity language guide,” which warned employees to be Continue reading
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Our medical system
Wasn’t feeling well last week. Sore throat and tired. Thought it might be strep. Get ahold of Telehealth: Can you take a picture of your throat? After a couple of tries the answer was a definitive ‘no’. So, punt on the Telehealth, head to UrgentCare. UrgentCare: After standing and talking to the girl at the Continue reading
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Time to do the donuts
Yep, you read that right. We had snow that started on Sunday morning. I had to go out and run an errand to another town so figured I get out, get my stuff, and get back before it got really bad. Driving a new car. I upgraded to a Subaru Crosstrek a few weeks ago Continue reading
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Veteran’s Day
Thank you to US Veterans who have served. You have my deepest gratitude. And in Remembrance on Armistice Day… On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month…. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely Continue reading
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A feature, not a bug of SNAP shutdown
On CNN a black woman who apparently has an ‘eyebrow technician’ (whatever TF that is) was complaining because her salon was going to have to fire two technicians because their clients couldn’t afford to come there during the SNAP shutoff. Ashley Allison’s partial bio is here. Check it out, I doubt any of you will Continue reading
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All your children belong to us
An illegal in Indianapolis decided to voluntarily self-deport. He naturally wanted to take his kid with him. I’m not sure where the school district felt they had standing on this, but they told him ‘no’. I guess what happened is the guy was ready to go with the rest of his family and one kid Continue reading
(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)
–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
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