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Some agencies, like in New York City, have staff, or even hire private companies, to figure out which kids to sign up for that revenue, then cash the checks, often without telling the child in foster care or their family. Child welfare agencies justify the practice as a way to reimburse themselves for the food, shelter and other things that foster care provides. But other children in foster care are not expected to pay for this service–which is required by state and federal laws–with their own resources. Children get Social Security checks because they are entitled to them, by law,...

When I lived in Russia in 1994, the only two places that sold affordable food to go in the entire metropolis were McDonalds and a sandwich chain called ‘Combis’. I learned to say “a BigMac and fries, please” in Russian just as fast as I learned to understand “Attention, the doors are closing” on the long metro journey from the burbs where I lived so get some hot food. McDonalds had opened in Moscow on 31 January 1990, before the USSR was dissolved, and the enormous crowds it drew were taken as emblematic of the power of Western capitalism and...

Stacey Abrams is officially running for Governor… VIDEO AT LINK....................... Stacey Abrams makes gubernatorial run official ABC News has this biased piece https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/stacey-abrams-qualifies-2022-run-governor-georgia-83325512

Nw research has found that those who have received a third dose of their covid-19 vaccine regimen of either Pfizer or Moderna are experiencing milder symptoms than after the original two-dose schedule. This could be down to the body either becoming accustomed to the virus through an infection or the protein that triggers the immune response in the vaccine previously received.... Nearly three quarters of the side effects, that were reported by a patient’s health professional or individually, were experienced by women, with 87 percent of all instances occurring in people between the ages of 18 and 65..... According to...

A McDonald's in Moscow was swamped last night with customers desperate to get one last Big Mac before the American giant shutters its restaurants across Russia. Hundreds of cars were seen queuing in the snow outside the fast food joint, with one witness saying the line stretched for almost 'half a mile'. The scenes came after McDonald's said it will close its 850 locations in Russia as western companies continue to pull out of the country following Vladimir Putin's devastating invasion in Ukraine that has sparked global outrage. Russians have been finding it increasingly difficult to get their hands on...

Russia will soon be unable to pay its debts, according to a leading credit ratings agency. Fitch Ratings downgraded its view of the country's government debt, warning a default is "imminent". The move comes amid increasing international sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. A credit rating is intended to help investors understand the level of risk they face in buying a country's debt - or bonds. A low rating means the chances of not getting repaid is considered to be high - and so an investor will charge more to lend to that country. This week, Moscow itself...

During the 1960s, the University of California, Berkeley was ground zero in the battle for free speech. Long-haired freaky people marched and fought for their Bill of Rights. The mantra was, “I may not agree with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.”Fifty-seven years and two generations later, the grandchildren of those freedom-loving hippies are now fighting against free speech, because words hurt and their parents never said “no” to them. Today, Berkeley’s participation-trophy-winning, pink-haired, spoon-fed hipster girls/boys/she-dudes get their panty liners in a bundle every time Ann Coulter drops in...

Washington — The House is moving closer to a vote Wednesday on a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to keep the federal government open and provide $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine and Eastern European countries, as well as $15.6 billion to assist with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation, which is 2,741 pages, is the culmination of months of bicameral and bipartisan negotiations between top Democratic and Republican appropriators. The details of the package, which funds federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year, were released early Wednesday, ahead of the Friday deadline for Congress to...

The updated group order works by having one person choose a restaurant and send out a link to the people they want in their order. Everyone just picks and pays for what they want and then it's delivered as a single order...Uber Eats will also set deadlines for group orders and auto-reminders for people to place their orders...the feature is meant to end the annoying challenge of splitting the bill.

Because nothing else of importance needed their attention, Congress was finally able to pass the anti-lynching act we have all been clamoring for and desperately in need of. At long last, the act has finally been sent to President Biden’s desk, and once he signs it, everything will finally be fixed! I bet you thought the biggest issue right now was the sky-high inflation that’s been impoverishing you, or maybe the stratospheric cost of filling your tank or heating your home. Maybe you were concerned about the millions of illegal aliens who are walking across our border and being given...

Most of my life, I assumed that we elected serious politicians and appointed competent people to deal with the country’s complex problems -- the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the economy, immigration, terrorism, foreign policy, natural disasters, etc. -- major problems that required competent people, serious about addressing (and fixing) the issues. That was then, this is now. America is no longer a serious country, and the West is not a serious culture. Proof of how far we’ve fallen -- boys claim they’re girls, girls claim they’re boys and we must accept the new biology or...

Vonelle Cook was angry about his service at a Dunkin’ in Tampa last May, so the 77-year-old marched into the store, berated the manager and called him the n-word, according to police. The manager, Corey Pujols, 27, is Black — and he told Cook not to say it again. But Cook did anyway, so Pujols swung a right hook, hit Cook in the jaw and knocked the septuagenarian unconscious, causing him to fall and hit his head on the floor, according to an arrest affidavit. Three days later, Cook was dead, according to court records obtained by WTVT. Pujols was...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. With inflation at a 40-year high, the president has begun to argue that globalization is stoking higher prices. Biden says the federal government can pursue two courses on inflation. It can either pull back on support and cause wages and growth to cool, or it can get rid of the pressure points that can lead to inflation when emergencies and uncertainties occur. “The way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make Americans poorer or have...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency in Klamath County as southern Oregon remains in an ongoing drought that shows no sign of letting up. This week’s declaration directs state agencies, including the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Water Resources Department and the Water Resources Commission, to provide assistance to water users in the region and to seek federal resources to help residents and wildlife, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Snowpack in the Klamath Basin sat at 60% of normal as of Monday, which prompted the declaration. “It is already clear from snowpack and streamflow numbers: this will be...

More than 55 million people currently live with dementia worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. But do non-human animals experience this loss of cognitive function as well? That’s a tricky question. Wild animals probably don’t develop dementia — at least not for very long. “At the first sign of cognitive problems, the animal would no longer be able to survive,” explains bioenterologist Steven Austad, co-director of the Nathan Shock Center for the Biology of Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “If an animal couldn’t remember where to hunt or remember to run from a predator, it would...

As oil prices climb ever higher, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he thought the United States should increase oil and gas production, displaying his surprisingly reasonable understanding of energy markets and the shortcomings of green technologies like wind and solar. Based on his popularity online and his reputation alone, Musk voicing this opinion is pretty significant. When you then remember he is the head of the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, it becomes that much more intriguing. “Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil and gas output immediately. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures,” Musk...

Nadia has asked me to reflect on Ukraine’s experience – and its success – after 25 years. NED was there from the beginning, nurturing the active roots of civil society in the 1980’s. Ukraine is different from Russia, where (as NED’s Nadia Diuk has pointed out) the state has been the concept around which all ideology and values have revolved, whereas in Ukraine, society or “hromada” has been at the center, and NGOs have been called “hromads’ki orhannizatsii” or civic organizations. In 1988-89 NED supported work on the Ukrainian Catholic Church through Keston College, among others; Americans for Human Rights...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE LINKS TO ALL PAST EPISODES(FOR LINKS TO THE 434 EPISODES OF SERIES 1, CLICK HERE) THE OLD TESTAMENT GENESIS CREATING: GOD CREATING HEAVENS & EARTHAND GOD SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT"GOD CREATES ADAMGOD CREATES EVETEMPTING: SATAN TEMPTS EVEEVE TEMPTS ADAM, 1EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 2HIDING FROM GODBANISHED FROM THE GARDENADJUSTING: AFTER THE GARDENFARMER CAIN and SHEPHERD ABELTHE FIRST MURDERTHE FIRST FUNERALPOPULATING: NOAH BUILDS AN ARKTHE GREAT FLOODTHE FLOOD RECEDESGOD'S COVENANT AND ITS SIGN"RIGHTEOUS" NOAH? DRUNK!TOWER OF BABELCALLING: GOD CALLS ABRAMABRAM, LOT, MELCHIZIDEK—and JESUS!“SO SHALL YOUR OFFSPRING BE”ABRAM, SARAI...

VIDEOPerhaps the biggest mystery of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is what does that ubiquitous "Z" on so many Russian military vehicles mean. As a result, the DUmmie FUnnies sent out its crack team of investigators and we believe that mystery of the "Z" has been solved.

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