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Tag: 2021

  • Prof Patty
  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

31 Productive Things to Do in January to Start the New Year Off Right

By Mikey Rox  1 January 2015 Enjoy the Day Off Write Thank-You Notes for Holiday Gifts Edit Your Social Media Profiles Raid Your Pantry for Expired Food Read more HERE.

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

What are Your Goals for 2021?

We see over and over that we make resolutions at the start of the new year. Resolutions that are rarely kept, but sound good when we are struggling with them. I have goals. Here are mine for 2021.

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 14, 2020November 5, 2025

10 Smart Tax Moves to Consider Before Year-End

Take time today to save money on the income tax you will pay in 2021 by Allan Roth, AARP, November 6, 2020 2020 can’t end soon enough for me; maybe you’

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

Social Security COLA Set at 1.3 Percent for 2021

Small boost to monthly benefits starting in January due to low inflation by John Waggoner, AARP, October 13, 2020 The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Oct. 13 that its annual

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NY Times

  • Trump Risks Igniting a Nuclear Wildfire
  • What Does Body Positivity Mean in This New Weight Loss Era?
  • Light Snowfall Coming to New York, New Jersey and Long Island
  • In Xi Jinping’s Purge of the Military, a Search for Absolute Loyalty
  • Cortina’s 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics

NPR

  • Why do humans kiss?
  • Four people on NASA'S Crew-12 arrive at the International Space Station
  • What monogamy in the animal world tells us about ourselves
  • What elephant whiskers can teach us about touch
  • On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station

The Progressive

  • The Human Cost of Unregulated AI Tools
  • The Equity Docket: When Only White Bloodshed Moves the Masses
  • U.S. Imperialism Was Built In from the Beginning
  • The Imperialist King Must Return His ‘FIFA Peace Prize’
  • The Voice That Answered Hind Rajab

FactCheck.org

  • Trump and Musk Amplify Long-Ago Debunked Mail-In Vote Fraud Claim
  • Trump Oversells Recent U.S. Economic Growth
  • WHO Didn’t Recommend Lockdowns, Contrary to Health Officials’ Suggestions
  • Manufacturing Construction Spending Declines Under Trump
  • ICE Officers and Bonuses

Snopes.com

  • Is 'every morning's a Smirnoff morning' vodka ad real or spoof?
  • Debunking chart that falsely suggests transgender people are more likely to commit mass shootings
  • 19 false or misleading Pam Bondi rumors, investigated
  • Watch out for alleged video of Trump, Epstein with young girls at party
  • What to know about rumor ICE agents aren't being paid

Tradeoffs

  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 1
  • Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?

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