Of course, you already sense that the 2024 election will be a freaky event, if it happens at all. If it’s not America’s last election altogether, it may be the last one that follows the traditional format that has signified stability in our country’s high tide as a great power: that is, a contest between Republicans and Democrats. Both parties are likely to crash and burn in the year ahead, along with a whole lot of other things on the tottering scaffold of normal life. Continue reading →

…and 128 years later – nothing seems to EVER change! ~ Editor

Vaccines on the Ballot

A QUARTER of Americans now say Covid-19 shots are unsafe and that they know someone who died from one, as 2024 wannabes DeSantis and RFK Jr. take skepticism on the campaign trail.

Americans are growing more skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines — and politicians from left and right are echoing these fears in their campaigns to win the White House.

Growing numbers now distrust health-protecting, life-saving vaccines… (Continue to full article)

                             ‘Nuff said on this subject’

Medicare will negotiate drug prices with Big Pharma for the first time
The Inflation Reduction Act will let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices with manufacturers to combat soaring medication costs, which it’s never been allowed to do. So, the obvious question: If you’re on Medicare, will your drug costs come down?

The not-so-obvious answer: possibly, though not imminently.

The negotiation program, I think, is designed more to save Medicare money on what it spends on these medications so it can invest in other improvements in prescription drug coverage for people with Medicare… (Continue to full article)

Florida school district is transformed after banning students from using phones for ENTIRE DAY
Bullying drops, student engagement in class rises – and kids saying they’re enjoying face-to-face interaction.

Florida school district faculty are praising a new cellphone ban on its nearly 200,000 students – one markedly more severe than what’s required by the state.

The ban went into effect in September, and has prohibited pupils in Orlando’s Orange County public schools system from using their devices since.

The guidance from Orange County Public Schools, however, took that a step further, disallowing students from using their phones during breaks, while requiring them to keep them in their backpacks instead of pockets.

In a series of interviews, teachers, parents, and even students spoke about how the new stipulation has already brought about benefits. Citing drops in bullying and a rise in student engagement, one principal lauded the new law… (Continue to full article)

God Rewards Only Team That Doesn’t Have a Pride Night With World Series Win

The Lord has granted a World Series championship to the Texas Rangers, the one and only Major League Baseball team to not host a Pride Night.

“We’re so grateful to be champions, and also to not have to be involved in all that weird gay stuff,” said manager Bruce Bochy. “Pride Night cometh before the fall, as they say.”

After over fifty years of championship futility, the Texas Rangers finally captured the World Series title in the same year the team became the final Major League holdout on hosting Pride Night. Despite mounting pressure as the remaining 29 MLB teams honored satanic drag queens, the Texas Rangers held firm. Now, after being counted out as a playoff afterthought, the Rangers are hoisting the championship trophy… (Continue to full article)

ABSOLUTELY Dee-licious – to Look at AND to Listen to!

Newsom signs $25 minimum wage law for all hospital workers, finds out afterward it will cost California $4 billion
Governor Hairspray doesn’t pay attention much to California’s budget numbers when he signs off on a bill. It’s as if putting on a green visor would mess up his costly coif.

So, in no surprise to the rest of us, Gavin Newsom was in for a surprise.

Now, three weeks after Newsom signed SB 525 into law — giving medical employees at least $25 an hour, including support staff such as cleaners and security guards — his administration has an estimated price tag: $4 billion in the 2024-25 fiscal year alone.

Half of that will come directly from the state’s general fund, while the other half will be paid for by federal funds…

WE the PEOPLE??? (Continue to full article)

Coins found buried in Welsh field turn out to be 2,000-year-old Roman treasure
A cache of old coins found in a Welsh field were determined to be about 2,000 years old, according to the experts who analyzed them and believe the treasure was buried during the Roman Empire.

David Moss and Tom Taylor were using metal detectors in December 2018 when they found two hoards of ancient coins in Caerhun Community, Conwy, north of Wales. Four years later, Kate Robertson, Assistant Coroner for North Wales, declared the two hoards of coins as treasure, according to a news release from Cymru Museum.

The first hoard found consisted of 2,733 coins composed of silver denarii and stamped between 32 BC and AD 235, as well as silver and copper-alloy coins made between AD 215 and 270. The second hoard contained 37 silver coins that date back between 32 BC and AD 221, according to the museum… (Continue to full article)

I sure do miss the days of my youth. America wasn’t perfect then, but She was sure as hell a damned sight more free than She is today, and everybody wasn’t up everyone else’s ass trying to meddle in their affairs and something that didn’t concern them, or crying about how they were victimized. Continue reading →