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On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that people have negative views of the economy “because they remember” how things were about a year ago under President Joe Biden. Schumer said, “We had the greatest two years that we’ve had in a very long time, in terms of production for middle-class people, for American values.” Later, co-host Joe Scarborough asked, “Let’s talk about the economy. … [W]e just got a new report in, breaking news, once again, job hiring blew past expectations…275,000 new jobs over the past month. You look at all...

Remember the fallen. Honor those who serve. Teach the next generation the value of freedom. It’s the mission of Wreaths Across America. You can join us by sponsoring a wreath, volunteering or partnering with us on National Wreaths Across America Day and every day.

Do you feel old? The TV show Bonanza premiered 60 yrs. ago. The Beatles split 50 yrs ago. The TV show Laugh In premiered nearly 52 yrs ago. The movie Wizard of Oz is 80 yrs old. Elvis is dead 42 yrs. He’d be 84 today. Michael Jackson’s Thriller video is 36 yrs old. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin dead 49 yrs. John Lennon dead 39 yrs . Mickey Mantle retired 51 yrs ago. The movie Back To The Future is 35 yrs old. The movie Saturday Night Fever is 42 yrs old. The Ed Sullivan show ended 47 yrs...

The Mariner's Church of Detroit rang their bell 30 times in memory of Gordon Lightfoot — once for every man lost in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and once for Lightfoot.

The American presidency is one of the strangest jobs in the world. Politicians aspire to it. The media focuses obsessively on the person who holds it and those who want to win it. Millions of books and articles have been written about it. And yet, most of the people who’ve held the job really weren’t that good. There are a few truly great presidents, some pretty good ones and a handful of complete disasters. But most can be summed up, as the Simpsons famously once did, as the “adequate, forgettable, occasionally regrettable, caretaker presidents of the U.S.A.” In fairness, the...

FACT SHEET: STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE HOSPITALIZATION1. PRINT copy of TFH COVID EARLY TREATMENT GUIDEhttps://www.truthforhealth.org/patientguide/patient-treatment-guide/2. PLAN early out-patient treatment options.Arrange to have medications and supplies in place before you get sick.3. PREPARE Covid-specific Healthcare Power of Attorney(HCPOA) for each family member. Make it effective immediately when patient is ill, not just if patient is incapacitated. Examples:Decide on whether to allow use of remdesivir Decide on whether to allow intubation/ventilator CHECK your state law rights of family if there is no HCPOA.4. DEMAND ACCESS to PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS andHospital's COVID treatment protocol. POA or family member sign HIPAA form to access...

How did John Rutledge know Reaganomics would be such a smashing success? In December 1981 the Journal ran a contrarian op-ed by Mr. Rutledge, then president of Claremont Economics Institute. It was the most prescient prediction by an economist I have ever read. Mr. Rutledge predicted that inflation would decline faster than expected; that interest rates would fall, not rise, despite the growing deficit; and the economy and financial markets wouldn’t slump, but soar. It all happened.

Rolling to Remember has announced the official route for its motorcycle rally through Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day weekend. An estimated 50,000 motorcycles will stage and disperse from parking lot 8 of RFK Stadium at 12 p.m. on May 30 and make their way through D.C., and circle the National Mall. The second annual Rolling to Remember Demonstration Ride follows a three-decade-long ride hosted by Rolling Thunder. The ride, which calls for furthered efforts to recover American POW/MIAs as well as awareness for veteran suicide, will round the border of the District by way of Interstate 395 en route to...

Could be a rerun, but still humorous! The following questions were set in last year's GED examination. These are genuine answers from 16 year olds. Q. Name the four seasons A.. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar Q. How is dew formed A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election Q....

THIS WAS Russia's Khrushchev's ENTIRE QUOTE : "Your children's children will live under communism, You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright; but we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism. We will not have to fight you; We will so weaken your economy, until you will fall like overripe fruit into our hands." "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Do you remember what Russia's Khrushchev...

I remember part of a Nativity story I heard as a kid. If anyone remembers it please relate the whole story. What I remember is that during a Sunday School pageant about the Nativity the kid playing the inn keeper didn't follow the script and invited Mary and Joseph to take his room. There was more to the story and if anyone has it I would be grateful.

Every year, the approach of Memorial Day is heralded by advertisements for weekend appliance sales, vehicle discounts, and mattress price drops. Many Americans celebrate it with backyard barbecues, family road trips, or by opening their swimming pools. For most, it has become little more than an unofficial signal of summer’s arrival. But for me, the last Monday of May is one of the most important dates on America’s calendar. A few years ago, I was traveling in Pennsylvania with my parents when we stopped to have breakfast at one of our favorite places, Cracker Barrel. When Daddy briefly excused himself...

Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, And notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put...

Remember these names: – Senator Lamar Alexander – Senator Susan Collins – Senator Corey Gardner – Senator Johnny Isakson – Senator Lisa Murkowski – Senator Mitt Romney They voted today to end the government shutdown without funding the Great Wall. Romney leads the way… While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) stated that he believes border security should include “a barrier on our southern border.” He added that both parties need to negotiate, and he’ll “vote to open our government and get people back to work.” Romney said, “I believe that a border security program should include,...

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Senior wedding Steve, age 92, and Sally age 89, living in Estero, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Steve suggests they go in. Steve addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?" The pharmacist answers, "Yes." Steve: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?" Pharmacist: "Of course we do." Steve: "How about medicine for circulation?" Pharmacist: "All kinds." Steve: "Medicine for rheumatism?" Pharmacist: "Definitely." Steve: "How about suppositories and medicine for impotence?" Pharmacist: "You bet!"...

Mr. Trump. who has made bluntness a hallmark of his presidential bid, said that the Redskins moniker was yet another issue of unnecessary political correctness. The name has been that way for years, he said, and not everyone considers it to be a slur. “I know Indians that are extremely proud of that name,” he said. “They think it’s a positive.” Areas of agreement between Mr. Trump and Mr. Bush have been few since they became presidential candidates, often ridiculing each other on policy and personality. Asked if their shared view on the Redskins might help them turn over a...

I grew up with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen before they had a name for it. A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things....

Sen. John McCain offered an explanation Friday for why he joined Democrats and two of his Republican colleagues in voting against the “skinny” repeal of Obamacare, saying he did not believe it would “actually reform our health care system.”"While the amendment would have repealed some of Obamacare’s most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable, quality health care to our citizens,” McCain said in a statement."The Speaker's statement that the House would be ‘willing’ to go to conference does not ease my concern that this shell of a bill could be...

NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 17, 1944 – In the preceding column we told about the D-day wreckage among our machines of war that were expended in taking one of the Normandy beaches. But there is another and more human litter. It extends in a thin little line, just like a high-water mark, for miles along the beach. This is the strewn personal gear, gear that will never be needed again, of those who fought and died to give us our entrance into Europe. Here in a jumbled row for mile on mile are soldiers’ packs. Here are socks and shoe polish,...