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  • Prof Patty
  • November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Thanksgiving Stuffing

Make cornbread: 1 cup flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 stick of butter, 2 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1 cup buttermilk OR 1 cup regular milk and no baking soda. Melt butter

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 24, 2020November 5, 2025

What Do You Know About Christmas? and Thanksgiving?

Beside being the day when the birth of Jesus is celebrated, what do you know about Christmas? Here are some resources to find out the REAL deal about the ubiquitous holiday. The History of the Chri

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Sleep is really important, and getting enough sleep is essential for good health. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults age 18 to 64 get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, and sev

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 24, 2020

Can we hold Trump and his allies accountable without further splitting America?

By Samuel Huneke November 16, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EST While there are critical differences between what this administration is suspected of doing and the violence committed by Nazi Germany,

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Stacey Abrams On Finishing the Job In Georgia

By Rebecca Traister It can be undone just as quickly and as effectively as we did it. Stacey Abrams In the flood of post-election analysis of muddied results and still-emerging data, answers c

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020

What America Should Look Like

Obama’s post-election lunch with the former presidents is what America should look like By Annie Reneau 11.19.20 A Facebook post from Sebastian Copeland shared an excerpt from Jean Edwa

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Crayola has “Colors of the World”

I saw an ad for new Crayola crayons called “colors of the world.” Went to Wally-world and bought 2 boxes. Described as “24 new skin tone crayon colors,” the box of 32 crayons actually has a

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020

Honey-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Today’s recipe is from My Recipes and is by Foua Vang from St. Paul, Minn. S. won’t eat Brussels sprouts, but I do on occasion, so here is something we’ll try together. Ingredients

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020

I made some homemade dog treats for Maggie. Here is my version of the recipe.

Homemade Peanut Butter Bacon Dog Treats | Sally’s Baking Addiction 1 cup smooth peanut butter (not chunky) 3/4 cup milk 1 egg 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1/3 cup quick-coo

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

How to Avoid Spending Too Much

Here are some things I’ve learned over the years that helped me get out of debt, avoid spending too much when I did shop, and not be sucked in by the lures of advertising. The examples below are

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Safely

Writing in Well, the NY Times newsletter, Tara Parker-Pope says, “It’s time to double down on your pandemic safety precautions. Our country is entering a dark phase of the coronavirus

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

What Trump’s Refusal To Concede Says About American Democracy

By Perry Bacon Jr. At nearly 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the morning after Election Day 2016, the Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential election. Around

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 21, 2020

CDC recommends against Thanksgiving travel amid surge of coronavirus cases

Brittany Shammas November 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EST With Thanksgiving a week away and coronavirus cases exploding nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday re

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

Kenosha: How two men’s paths crossed in an encounter that has divided the nation

By Joyce Sohyun Lee, Robert O’Harrow Jr., Elyse Samuels NOVEMBER 19, 2020 In a summer roiled by protests for racial justice, Kenosha, Wis., moved into the national spotlight i

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 21, 2020November 5, 2025

When Will We Throw Our Masks Away? I Asked Dr. Fauci

By Elisabeth Rosenthal Nov. 19, 2020 As a health journalist, a physician and a former foreign correspondent who lived through SARS in Beijing, I often get questions from friends, colleagu

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NY Times

  • Europe Wanted a Say on the Iran War, but It’s Still on the Sidelines
  • Trump Dismisses a Merger While Seeking Suitors for Spirit Airlines
  • What Happens When A.I. Runs a Store in San Francisco?
  • Even Without Internet Access, Prisoners Are Trying to Benefit From A.I.
  • Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Stressed Pragmatism, But Politics Hound Her

NPR

  • A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
  • Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
  • How a Japanese poet's diary helps scientists reconstruct solar cycles
  • Animal activists celebrate their first global 'Sanctuary Day'

The Progressive

  • On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
  • Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza
  • Climate Education Makes Economic Sense
  • ICE Agents Hide Behind Masks; Jesse Jackson Remembered As Determined Leader
  • What’s Behind the Push to Make Schools Adopt the Science of Reading?

FactCheck.org

  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

Snopes.com

  • Does FBI classify LGBTQ+ people as terrorists? What we know
  • Facts behind claim CNN reported 62M men visited 'online rape academy'
  • Did Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman convert to Christianity after moon mission?
  • Kash Patel faces claims of excessive drinking, absences. Here's what we know
  • Did Trump cancel $11M grant to Catholic charity to 'punish' Pope Leo XIV? What we know

Tradeoffs

  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom

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