Today is the anniversary of D-Day, when tens of thousands of allied troops landed in France. They were supported by naval, coast guard, and merchant sailors; airmen; spies; strategists; planners; logisticians; factory workers; farmers; home defense troops; and their families. For every single person on the front line, there were thousands supporting his or her actions.
Make up a new pharmaceutical product: name, what it does, what the side effects might be.
Make up a new pharmaceutical product: name, what it does, what the side effects might be.
How much of what you consider good in the world is supported, promulgated, or endorsed by Christian teaching and doctrine? Or by the person of Jesus Christ?
[insert trite encouraging message here- I know you can do it!]
Maybe today I'll greet people with, "Good, thanks. And you?" instead of, "How are you?"
Trump's pardons in this term (https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-donald-trump-pardons-second-term-2077874) include 4 on money laundering, 2 embezzlers, 23 protestors, 3 bad cops, 3 corrupt pols, 1 gun violator, 4 fraudsters and tax evaders, and the hundreds of January 6 folks. Variations on a theme?
One thing the X-Files got wrong was the idea of the shadowy government cabal. Cabals don't have to be shadowy!
Remembering those who gave their lives in service to our nation in war and peacetime.
We do not always need to be proud of what these people fought and died for, but their willingness to stand for their families, their neighbors, and their countrymen is honorable.
I often strive for Platonic ideals, but I didn't think it would make me such a square.
"Everybody delightfully profited, except the very poor, the common workmen, the skilled workmen, the small business men, the professional men, and old couples living on annuities or their savings." -Sinclair Lewis, "It Can't Happen Here," 1935
How do you build good character?
I expect the US economy to worsen in the short and medium terms (and long term if the "big beautiful bill" passes). Check in on this prediction in 6 months or a year or two years and see- I'd love to be surprised.
What measures should we consider? Inflation, economic growth, and DJIA?
In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, here are some good things the second Trump administration has done:
-pushed for the removal of petroleum-based food dyes
-advocated for the release of an American hostage in Gaza
"When you hear a prominent American called a 'Fascist,' you can usually make up your mind that the man is simply a LOYAL CITIZEN WHO STANDS FOR AMERICANISM." -William Randolph Hearst, 1935
I hope you showed your mom some appreciation this weekend.
everything is psyops
How would things change if Trump were and J. D. Vance were the other's age instead?
Words that rhyme but really shouldn't go together in real life:
zucchini bikini
They tried to make me not bomb Kiev, and Trump said, "No, no, no"
Yes, I've been bad, but when I get mad, you'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time and if Trumpy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me leave the Ukraine, but I won't go, go, go
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