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Author: Kintsugi

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  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Chicken – The Gospel Bird

Did you know that Americans eat more chicken than any other kind of meat?I bought a small chicken the other day, stuffed it with onion and apple, and baked it. When I took it out of the oven, the b

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  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Tax Tips for 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, finally, many of us start thinking about taxes. We should have thought about tax-saving strategies at the start of the year, but, you know, we were too busy worrying about

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  • December 30, 2020

How to Stop Robocalls and Spam Calls for Good

Joe McKinley @ Reader’s Digest “The first step in stopping robocalls if you’re in the U.S. is to use the FTC [Federal Trade Commission]’s solution and register your number with th

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  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

How to Make Prime Rib

This is my favorite cut of meat. Treat it well, and it will melt in your mouth. Yum. I also like Yorkshire pudding, either cooked in the same pan or made into popovers. CREDIT: IAMJEKOB Prime rib i

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  • December 30, 2020

Saving Money on Vegetables

When you go to the grocery, or order your veggies, you expect to get perfect-looking fruits and vegetables. There is an alternative! You can pay less for equally nutritious but not-at-all pretty fo

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  • December 30, 2020November 5, 2025

Driving in Snow

Even though more people are moving to the warmer-weather states, there are some of us who still live in places where it snows. This past week has seen record snowfalls from Japan to Pennsylvania. H

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  • December 24, 2020November 5, 2025

Happiness is Good For You

Did you know that happiness is good for your physical, mental and spiritual health? Happiness can increase both the quantity and quality of your days here on earth, in other words help you live lon

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  • December 24, 2020November 5, 2025

The rock-bottom cheapest phone plans you can get today

Dave Johnson May 5, 2020 1:37 p.m. PT (cnet.com) There was a time when the only real options for cellular service in the US were AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. But there was also a t

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

Best of 2020: The Best “Good News” Stories of the Year

By Madeleine Muzdakis on December 3, 2020 Black Astronauts Broke Barriers Centenarians (Especially Women) Eagerly Practiced Their Right to Vote Whales Returned to New York Vulnerable Pand

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

Georgia’s U.S. Senate Run-Off Races in January 2021: List of Links to Donation, Volunteer, and Voting

Good Black News offers sincere thanks to Georgia residents Julie Fishman and Amy Holmes-Chavez for compiling and letting us share the relevant links, resources and informat

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  • December 18, 2020

After Electoral College Votes, More Republicans Warily Accept Trump’s Loss

By Nicholas Fandos Dec. 14, 2020 Support for President Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss began to collapse in the Senate on Monday after the Electoral College certified

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  • December 18, 2020

CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS INDEED INCOMPATIBLE WITH SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION’S ‘FAITH AND MESSAGE’

BY MIGUEL A. DE LA TORRE  DECEMBER 14, 2020 The six white men who lead the seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention released a joint statement on November 30th denouncing C

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NY Times

  • Officials Say They’ve Found the Cause of a Fire That Devastated L.A.
  • Max Miller Shrugs Off Trump’s Warning and Pushes Ahead in Ohio
  • Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers
  • Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
  • After Midtown Building Buckles, Violations Are Found at Many Other Sites
https://youtu.be/PrM5Te05Xmg?si=0u9np_T2c0cLK0L3

NPR

  • How do newborns react to the smell of their fathers?
  • Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold
  • Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations
  • What would it take to get peptides on the shelf?
  • Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
https://youtu.be/EAys2d29EXo?si=91f17xP95m4KfIls

The Progressive

  • The People’s Historian
  • Trump’s Attacks on Transgender Youth Are Having a Ripple Effect in Canada
  • A New Threat to the Seas
  • Editor’s Note: Smoke and Mirrors
  • Youth-Led Homs Film Society Looks to Rebuild a Divided Syria
https://youtu.be/N82Nk7DIlrA?si=ONHe-_8fZiwYSfSS

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Falsehood-Filled CNN Interview
  • Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
  • Paul Distorts Fauci’s Diary Entry About COVID-19 and Wet Market
  • Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines
https://youtu.be/lw037FQ39dg?si=BB5YmOTjtcgXNBjK

Snopes.com

  • Capital One closed hundreds of Trump bank accounts for 'anti-money laundering reasons,' lawsuit says
  • Did chef Joe Gera expose Rand Paul lied about not getting COVID-19 vaccine?
  • Texas deputy used 83K Flock cameras to find woman who had abortion. Was it a welfare check, as he claimed?
  • Is Trump administration ending Medicare Part D subsidy program?
  • Can Fauci plead the Fifth after Biden pardon? Why it's a legal gray area
https://youtu.be/5IdfKPqDoQ8?si=3mvpZ-wUPied3C3J

Tradeoffs

  • Meet the Man Launching Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements Months Early
  • A Wyoming Doctor’s Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Her Deep Red State
  • Call to Mind: Immigration and the Challenge to Belong
  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
https://youtu.be/ZtFJ1NnaJj8?si=X_zFEtGkxkTwMKc8

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