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  • Kintsugi
  • September 22, 2021

10 Things You Shouldn’t Buy Used

by Bruce Horovitz, AARP, Updated September 16, 2021 AARP asked the experts. We reached out to three thrift specialists who have each written books about garage sales and savvy spending on used

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

10 Things You Think Are Cheaper at Walmart—But Aren’t

Rachel Sokol  Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 While Walmart is a bargain store in many regards (and some items are cheaper at Walmart than on Amazon), some items are not nearly the deal you may be exp

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 29, 2020

8 Things That Will Get More Expensive (and 3 Things That Will Be Cheaper) Post-Pandemic

Charu Suri Every global pandemic has resulted in a severe economic impact and ripple effects reflected in the prices of items. That’s not to say all pandemics are the same—find out 13 ways

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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
  • May 31, 2020November 5, 2025

Do You Like to Shop?

Over the past few weeks (and months) a number of retailers – including some of my favorites – have filed for bankruptcy. I suspect that some who closed because of coronavirus may fail t

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 19, 2020November 5, 2025

Tips for Safe Grocery Shopping

WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — You’re in lockdown, yet you still have to go grocery shopping, but how do you stay safe and avoid catching the coronavirus? The American Med

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NY Times

  • After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?
  • 2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors
  • Weary U.S. Aircraft Carrier Leaves the Middle East
  • Targeted by an Islamophobic Provocateur, a City’s Muslims Are on Edge
https://youtu.be/Qy0E9Uo7ld8?si=rUAiNh2MT_KD3ErJ

NPR

  • Former Fauci adviser Dr. David Morens pleads guilty to concealing COVID-related records
  • This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy
  • Trump administration moves to open untouched national forests to logging
  • How extreme weather could help predict disease outbreaks
  • A pizza-sized ocean predator and a tribe are trying to protect each other. Here's how
https://youtu.be/HSv3xM9B6s0?si=EjZHefUIoENWUjpv

The Progressive

  • End the Use of AI in Warfare
  • Overriding the Will of the People
  • The SNAP Ripple Effect
  • Playing a Rigged Game
  • Up Against the Theocracy
https://youtu.be/lXzBW-Nl6lE?si=AVkJxt2j3ZxRGcb9

FactCheck.org

  • Americans for Prosperity
  • American Bridge 21st Century/AB PAC
  • Trump’s Misleading Crime Drop Claims
  • RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR Vaccine
  • Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 Shots
https://youtu.be/D-xKAn4qTdo?si=cQEReNDGuCQZrR4m

Snopes.com

  • Natalie Harp's cancer survival story: What we know
  • Letter in Epstein files details unproven sex trafficking allegations against Trump
  • Why State Farm is distributing $5B in cash among its auto insurance customers
  • Iranian woman was involved in 1979 hostage crisis. Her son and his family were detained by ICE for it
  • Claim Italian town cages politicians, dunks them in freezing river blurs fact and fiction
https://youtu.be/67pyIglP79U?si=NmB96XGzmFUd9n8i

Tradeoffs

  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
  • ‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
  • Should I Trust AI to Diagnose Me?
  • 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
https://youtu.be/RTC6p6h_8tg?si=wDU_Zz5IdVSaVPVB

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