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In the 1980s, when the calendar turned from April to May, Dot Burghard would take out the envelopes and blue pens and start a process that would last seven months or longer. Burghard, a volunteer at the Office of the Vice President in Houston, spent her summers and falls addressing envelopes for a massive undertaking: George H.W. Bush’s Christmas card list. The operation, which had around 30,000 recipients at its peak, required a start date two seasons before the holidays. And when December rolled around, Burghard was joined by a room of volunteers — all women — turning the office...

Update from Ukraine | Putin is Burning his army in Krynky Village | Crazy Ruzzian Losses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQWWir5kJjk Militaryland news: The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time) https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 50 December 18, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-50/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Joe Biden may be known to some by the nickname Middle-Class Joe, but the former vice president and current president is actually a millionaire, many times over. At the start of his 2020 presidential campaign Biden released his financial information - disclosures as well as state and federal tax returns for 2016, 2017, and 2018 - and based on those forms, Forbes estimated that he had a net worth of $9 million. **SNIP** Here, take a look back at how he earned his fortune. Before Biden became Vice President, he served as a Senator from 1973 to 2009. Over the...

Update from Ukraine | The Worst thing for Ruzzia | No Money, no Army | Ukraine Will be saved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKaPYqx9TG4 Militaryland news: The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time) https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 50 December 18, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-50/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian fake Victory in Stepove. Actually they failed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrD4Inv8W8Q Militaryland news: The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time) https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 50 December 18, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-50/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Why is the connection between snow and Christmas so strong? Experts say it’s because songs, stories and images come back year after year and have created the tradition of an idealized white Christmas holiday. Christmas tales and carols have long since invoked images of silver bells, horse-drawn sleighs, and, of course, snow. The association of snow with the holiday and its yuletide charm, for those celebrating across the United States, is not due to a consistent white winter wonderland, however. In fact, nearly half of the contiguous U.S. historically has had a 50% chance or less of actually seeing a...

A savage brawl involving half a dozen people erupted on a Long Island highway after a car crash — with wild footage showing some of the men swinging large wooden sticks. The violent fracas broke out in the middle of the Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst after two trucks crashed Wednesday around 12:35 p.m., officials said. Three people were arrested. All of the men involved “are known to one another,” and two of them are relatives that live together, according to Suffolk County Police.

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Meat Wave Attacks start to Fail | KA-52 Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swwk_1eEGmw Militaryland news: The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time) https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 50 December 18, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-50/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Crushed the Ruzzian forces in Krynky and Kypyansk regions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvdsCln6XbU Militaryland news: Invasion Day 661 – Summary. The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 16th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-661-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 50 December 18, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-50/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

https://www.self.com/story/why-some-couples-can-recover-after-cheating-and-others-cant Comprehensive article on capacity and methods for couples to possibly recover from betrayal.

Who consists of Russia's Vertical Of Power and how negative selection has doomed Russia? Transcript you know what's the best thing I love about tashkin people at tashkin breakfast club 0:09 our community every single person there is intellectually pleasing to speak to I 0:16 call them the cream of the crob of Russia um they are all the process of 0:24 negative selection that's been going on in Russia affecting Russia for a long 0:29 time for over 100 years now perhaps even for centuries in this live stream will 0:36 Zero in the last 25 years as they...

Four armed suspects broke into a Staten Island home Monday morning and pistol-whipped a 5-year-old girl and a woman while demanding jewelry and cash. The home invasion was caught on home security cameras near Livingston Avenue and Queen Street in Manor Heights around 12:45 a.m., according to cops. The suspects, masked men in hooded sweatshirts, were seen entering the home after cops said they kicked in the door.

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Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia is Ready for a Big Strike in Avdiivka | Ukraine will stop them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFbVk-Zb5HQ Militaryland news: Invasion Day 661 – Summary. The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 16th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-661-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

The Black Death’s reign of terror lasted for more than 400 years. By culling up to 50% of the population of Europe, the Great Plague guaranteed its place in the history books. Yet while accounts of the Black Death have focused graphically on those who died, the stories of those who survived have gone untold. Until now. The Riddle of the Plague Survivors focuses on those who walked away unaffected. Could this village be the first example of quarantining to avoid disease? How could anyone survive in the face of what is described as one of the most pathogenic bacterial...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine is Planning the New Big Attack | One more Ruzzian convoy Ambushed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1lmCaduMgk Militaryland news: Invasion Day 661 – Summary. The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 16th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-661-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

New York City suspended an engineer’s inspection authority after determining that a fundamental error may have led to the partial collapse of a Bronx apartment building this week. The state-licensed engineer made a “catastrophic” mistake by labeling a load-bearing column as a decorative part of the structure in June in plans filed with the Department of Buildings, Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement. Adams and Buildings Commissioner Jimmy Oddo said that they suspended the engineer’s authority to inspect buildings’ exterior walls and were looking to revoke the authority permanently.

A “shrewd and devious” Long Island couple failed to pay their mortgage for at least 14 years, dragged out their foreclosure for more than a decade, and refused to leave after a new family bought the house from the bank, court records show. To make matters worse, one of the alleged interlopers was caught on video telling the legal owner to “go back to Pakistan.” The frustrated owners of the Jericho home claim they’ve shelled out $85,000 and counting to keep up with taxes, mortgage payments, and other bills, while alleged squatters Barry J. Pollack and his wife, Barbara, live...

Update from Ukraine | The Worst Army in the World Fails again | Putin wants more blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1V2r9Q8itA Militaryland news: Invasion Day 658 – Summary. The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 9th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-654-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

“There’s a scene at the beginning of The Bourne Identity where the film’s protagonist is sitting in a diner, trying to figure out who he is and why he has a bunch of passports and a gun stashed in a safety deposit box. Bourne also notices that he, well, notices things that other people don’t. “ ”That superhuman ability to observe his surroundings and make detailed assessments about his environment? It’s not just a trait of top secret operatives; it’s a skill known as situational awareness, and you can possess it too. “”As the names implies, situational awareness is simply...