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Covid finally got me. I'm in my 60s and never received the jab. I felt lousy the first 24 hours but feel pretty good now. I live on aspirin to keep the fever down, my dry cough is breaking up, and I can breathe OK. Any other suggestions anyone can give me would be appreciated because I still am a little frightened. I knew someone unjabbed who got it, felt great then died! Also, what are your thoughts on Paxlovid?

In my last post I noted that Joe Biden has two masters; Zelenskyy and China. Today we'll have a look at ESG. ESG is short for Environmental, Social and Governance. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. First coined in 2005, ESG covers a wide range of issues that may have a direct or indirect impact on financial relevance. Some of these issues that come under the purview of ESG reporting include resource management, supply chain management, organizational health, safety policies, and building trust through transparency. It's a kind of Social Credit Report CardMajor financial institutions and global organizations are...

The National Park Service's official Twitter account warned park visitors to not push their slower friends down in a bear encounter. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service March 2 (UPI) -- The National Park Service offered some sage advice for park visitors who encounter bears: "Never push a slower friend down." The NPS said on its official Twitter account that feeding another human to a bear is never the answer. "If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down...even if you feel the friendship has run its course⁣," the NPS tweeted. A reply to the tweet...

It’s apparent when you look at cold, hard facts that we’ve gone a bit…overboard…with our warmongering. It appears the sky’s the limit to our largesse, there have been no (and I mean zero) attempts at peacemaking, and now everyone’s talking about WWIII and nuclear annihilation.When you look at reality, none of it makes sense! Think about this:The continental US spans about 3,536,000 square miles, while Ukraine covers 230,000 square miles. It’s less than half the size of Alaska, which comes in at 586,000 square miles, and smaller than Texas’s 261,000. ###Our US military budget for 2021 was $800.67 Billion. Our...

Air Mobility Command has directed its refueling and cargo planes to obscure the majority of identifying information painted on the aircraft, citing national security concerns -- an unusual move that is alarming to government watchdogs. Air Mobility Command did not disclose other details in its statement, such as how many markings would be hidden on its planes and which ones it will apply to.

President Joe Biden’s aides have reportedly begun to assemble a 2024 “national advisory board” to temper the Democrat Party’s division regarding his prospective reelection launch and to dislodge any potential serious primary threat. Biden’s lieutenants are collecting prominent Democrats to serve on the board — intended to serve as a means to extend party alliances to reelection doubters — that will present a united Democrat Party to block any serious opposition, the Washington Post reported Friday. “They hope to tamp down internal divisions during what could be a turbulent election, especially as many in the group are former or future...

Dish Network is working to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted its internal servers and customer-service operations — and said the hack may have resulted in the theft of personal information. On Feb. 23, Dish execs announced on the operator’s earnings call that the company had experienced a network outage. After an investigation by cyber-security experts and outside advisers, Dish determined that the outage was due to “a cyber-security incident and notified appropriate law enforcement authorities,” the company disclosed in an SEC filing Tuesday. On Monday, Feb. 27, Dish said, it “became aware that certain data was extracted from the...

Severely Underwater on Their Car Loans Buyers owe an average amount of $5,500 on vehicle trade-ins, close to the levels they were before the pandemic. The amount people are underwater is concerning everyone, from the drivers of the cars to the dealers who are financing these people. Bloomberg says dealers are reporting more buyers than ever rolling up to lots with $10,000 and more in negative equity looking to trade their vehicle and roll that debt into another loan. Take one owner Bloomberg spoke with. After he realized his family needed a bigger vehicle, they did something unusual: they traded...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have spent months promising to use their majority to uncover an insidious bias against conservatives on the part of the federal government, vowing to produce a roster of brave whistleblowers who would come forward to provide damning evidence of abuses aimed at the right. But the first three witnesses to testify privately before the new Republican-led House committee investigating the “weaponization” of the federal government have offered little firsthand knowledge of any wrongdoing or violation of the law, according to Democrats on the panel who have listened to their accounts. Instead, the trio appears to be...

Mexico is importing Cuban doctors to fill some local needs. But why is Mexico doing this? The real reason is money or hard currency desperately needed by the Castro regime. In the last month, we have seen critical reports like this in the Mexican media: According to journalist Pablo Hiriart, the underlying issue in this state visit is the negotiation of cash resources for the Cuban regime, recalling that Mexico has imported medical services from that country and that this agreement will be maintained in the future. through the IMSS. President Andres Lopez-Obrador's political opposition in Mexico is angry. They...

Former influential South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh received life prison sentences Friday for murdering his wife and 22-year-old son. Alex Murdaugh was convicted Thursday of killing 55-year-old Maggie and Paul, 22, in a June 2021 incident outside their Islandton, South Carolina family home. He vocally maintained his innocence at the Friday sentencing hearing, claiming he would never hurt his wife and son. “This has been perhaps one of the most troubling cases, not just for me as a judge, for the state, the defense team, but for all of the citizens in this community, all of the citizens in this...

Naturally, dogs are protective of things they consider theirs such as their food, toys, and shelter. Once they get adopted by a human they consider them family and become protective of them and their children. That's where the saying "dogs are family" comes in, and the three videos in this article just prove that.

A Ukrainian commander said the situation in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, is "critical" and that there are more Russian troops surrounding the city than there is ammunition to kill them all.Volodymyr Nazarenko, a deputy commander in the National Guard of Ukraine, told Ukrainian NV Radio that the fighting is currently going on "round the clock" as Russians relentlessly push to capture the city, according to a translation from Reuters."They take no account of their losses in trying to take the city by assault," Nazarenko said, adding that Ukrainian troops are trying to "inflict as many losses on the...

"For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them." "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things." Mark, Chapter 1 1...

3 March 2023Friday of the 1st week of Lent The Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, Frederick, Maryland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingEzekiel 18:21-28 ©I prefer to see the wicked man renounce his wickedness and liveThus says the Lord: ‘If the wicked man renounces all the sins he has committed, respects my laws and is law-abiding and honest, he will certainly live; he will not die. All the sins he committed will be forgotten from then on; he shall live because of the integrity he has practised. What! Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of...

There are certain nuances to insuring electric vehicles that car shoppers might want to know before they commit. Electric cars have a lot of similarities to gas-powered cars, but they also bring some distinct differences. Right now, new EVs cost more on average. They have powerful batteries. And they're more electronic than ever. All of those factors could play a role in an EV owner's insurance policy. The latest estimate from NerdWallet said the national average cost of car insurance stands at about $2,148 per year. Meanwhile, the same for EVs is $2,280 annually, according to a Forbes Advisor analysis....

Bahrain International CircuitFirst Grand Prix2004Number of Laps57Circuit Length5.412kmRace Distance308.238 kmLap Record1:31.447 Pedro de la Rosa (2005)

(Last Updated On: February 28, 2023) NATIONAL COLD CUTS DAY Dagwood will eat his heart out on March 3rd because it’s National Cold Cuts Day. Call them lunch meats, deli meats, sandwich meats, or cold cuts. Some like them thick, while others stack them a mile high. Others still just like them with cheese and crackers. However you like them, National Cold Cuts Day was made for sandwich and snack makers. #NationalColdCutsDay There are the deli staples like the humble turkey and ham. Then there are the culinary delights like salami and prosciutto and flavors that require a more acquired...

While former President Jimmy Carter, 98, was being celebrated for his storied humanitarian efforts, amid his decision to enter hospice care at his home, secret service agents who served the Carter administration blasted the 39th president as a "phony," RadarOnline.com has learned. According toRonald Kessler, former investigative reporter for the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, Carter was allegedly not highly favored by some members of his security detail. Kessler revealed former agents claimed Carter was "very short and rude most of the time."

Way to exploit survivors to play the victim, Gisele. Seriously, ACES. Last week, after her husband John Fetterman, was admitted to the hospital for depression (???), Gisele Fetterman tweeted about taking her children to Canada and having fun. Now, a lot of people questioned the timing of her trip and tweets, and with good reason; how many wives take off to another COUNTRY right after their husband has been hospitalized for who knows how long? Welp, after she went on a blocking spree (she blocked this editor even) she played the victim. And equated being dragged for ditching her husband...