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Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
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National
Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month National
Impaired Driving Prevention Month National
Pear Month Link National
Tie Month National
Write A Business Plan Month Operation
Santa Paws (1-17) Safe
Toys and Gifts Month |
Weekly Observations
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28-12/6 |
Chanukah: |
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1-7 |
Cookie Cutter Week Link |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
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What has 100 ears but can't hear? A
cornfield. |
Trivia
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Under the 70 years of Russian communist rule,
historians estimate anywhere from 12.5 to 20 million or more Russians died from execution, famine,
and imprisonment. Russia is
the 4th largest consumer of alcohol per capita in the world after Moldova,
Czech Republic, and Hungary. Russians drink about 5 gallons of pure alcohol
per year. Russia has
a homicide rate of 9.7 deaths per 100,000 people, which is higher than the
United State's rate of 4.7 deaths per 100,000 people. About
25,000 Russian women per year participate in Mail Order Bride programs in
hope of bettering their situation by marrying a wealthy foreigner. In 2018,
American men spent about US $45 million on the programs alone, and an average
of 10,000 mail order bride marriages occur in the United States each year. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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I headed
out early this nice fall day to pick up some necessities. Gas at Sam’s
was $3.79, 20 cents higher than the last time I filled up. There have
been 58 school shootings in 2021. The latest was in Michigan. Looks like the
parents bought the pistol a couple of days before the shooting. They are not
helping the police as of today. Dr. Oz,
the TV guy and heart specialist is running for the Senate seat in PA. He is a
conservative and has had some legal issues regarding his endorsement of
certain supplements that have little value to health. Time will tell. Several Focus
travelers are posting great pics of the current adventure in Jordan/Egypt.
Looks like a great time. |
Historical Events
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1697
St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren is consecrated for use
(previous building destroyed in the
Great Fire of London) 1763 – Dedication of the Touro
Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in North America. 1823 – President James Monroe
proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine. 1927 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black
announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils
from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus
pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') 1950 "I Robot" collection of
sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov published by Genome Press in the US 1961 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro
declared that he was a Marxist/ Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt
Communism. 1964 – Students stormed Sproul Hall on
the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in a massive ‘sit-in.’ 2014 Stephen Hawking claims that
Artificial Intelligence could be a "threat to mankind" and spell
the end of the human race 2020 The UK becomes the first western
country to authorize a vaccine for COVID-19, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine |
Birthdays Today
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@55 – William Cooper, politician,
founded Cooperstown, New York; father of James Fenimore Cooper (d.1809) @21 – Juice Wrld (Jarad A. Higgins), American rapper
(d. 2019; OD) |
