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On May 24, 2001, Republican Senator Jim Jeffords (R-VT) switched from the GOP to independent and announced he would caucus with the Democrats. At the time the Senate was a 50-50 tie with Republicans controlling it due to Vice President Dick Cheney’s tie-breaking vote. The...
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Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they did. Like, a whole lot worse.
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We're almost there. It's nearly over.
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I’ve just finished reading the book “The Biology of Belief,” by Bruce Lipton Ph.D. As a Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist, I am delighted and yet not surprised by the findings of both the book as published ten years ago and now in the 10-year anniversary...
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Averaged out across all 19.75 million Australians aged over 18 (based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data), this is more than $12,000 per person! $25.8 billion was spent on racing ($1,340 per capita) $181.4 billion was spent on gaming, like casinos and the pokies ($9,419 per capita) $11.6 billion on sports betting ($603 per capita)
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So, for awhile, we rest, we recuperate, we recover… eventually, hopefully, we heal. But we do not forget the true nature of those who would support the most corrupt, morally bankrupt individual who ever stepped foot in the White House. The cycle of domestic violence — of democratic violence — doesn’t stop until we make it stop. That begins with remembering what happened and resolving to never allow it to happen again.
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One night, as I reached to turn off the bedside lamp I thought, You need to pack, to be ready to leave. Why haven’t you done it already? I told myself there was no sense getting started on it then, I could do it in the morning. But I lay awake for hours, making lists in my head -- what to pack for me, for the kids, for the cats.
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Remember when the USA was a country people could rely on for help? World crises brought an immediate response. I remember seeing cargo planes full of medical supplies, food, and shelter delivered to people in trouble. Now? Not so much. In fact, as far as I can tell, not at all unless the orange pustule can use it as a bargaining chip.
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