This day in history: ‘Disco Demolition Night’ On this day in 1979, nearly 50,000 people packed Comiskey Park on the southwest side of Chicago to watch local DJ and notorious disco hater Steve Dahl blow up a bunch of disco records in between a White Sox doubleheader. “Disco Demolition Night” remains one of the seminal…
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Read More 7 Tips for Women Traveling SoloIsabel Roy Take the long end of your sheet and flip the two corners inside out, placing your hands inside them at the points. The other half of your sheet will hang down, still right side out. Put your hands together so that the inside-out corners are touching. Pull the right elastic edge over your…
Read More The Easiest Way to Fold a Fitted SheetSift together 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder, a tiny pinch of salt, and 2 tiny pinches of baking soda. Set aside. In a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup, melt 1 stick of unsalted butter. Add 1 cup of milk, 1 large or extra-large egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla paste…
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Read More Book Series (Sheroes/heroes) I’ve EnjoyedThe sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of primarily American litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters, and conspiracy theorists, who claim to be answerable only to their particular interpretations of the common law and to not be subject to any government statutes or proceedings unless they consent to them. The sovereign citizen movement is one of the main contemporary…
Read More Do You Know What the Sovereign Citizen Movement Is?By Harry Bruinius Staff writer, Christian Science Monitor June 24, 2022 In a 6-3 majority ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision giving women the right to abortion. In anticipation of the ruling last week, the Monitor interviewed Geoffrey R. Stone, author of the legal history “Sex and the Constitution.”…
Read More A history of American thought on abortion: It’s not what you thinkby Rachel Nania, AARP, Update June 22, 2022 The ‘ugly duckling’: People who have lots of moles are at increased risk for melanoma. Pay attention to the moles that stand out — those that are darker than the rest, have changed recently or are more oddly shaped. Where the sun doesn’t shine’: Melanoma can develop anywhere on the…
Read More 4 Warning Signs of Melanoma That Are Easy to MissBY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN JULY 1, 2022 4:19 PM EDT While Founding Fathers behind that document like John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are household names, there were many men and women who played an important role in shaping America in its infancy who are not as well known, This is especially the case for women and minorities. Native Americans, furthermore, had their own…
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