Don’t get cocky. The election process is still shaky in many states.
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Red River Valley Campground
Even with WiFi at Madison Campground, once Sparky was settled, there wasn’t much to do, so I went to bed around 9:30. Even though it was 38o F at night, the electric heater kept it warm enough. I woke up around 3:30 am, and didn’t think I’d go back to sleep. On this mission, driving and sleeping were the only productive activities, so I decided to leave for Fargo.
BBC: Bird names will be changed
Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people’s names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.
“Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don’t work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs,” the society’s CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.
How do these people keep sneaking in?
Google says the first leg of the trip is 502 miles and should take less than 8 hours. I’m skeptical.
So if the economy is so good, why are Americans so gloomy? Confidence readings are depressed. Some 69% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal survey in August said the country is headed in the wrong direction. President Biden’s approval ratings are mired around or below 40%, and approval for his handling of the economy is even lower.
When the government and media have been lying to us about everything else, why should we believe them about the economy?
Prison Salad
After agreeing to go to Fargo to get my nephew Horus, Extraction Part 1, there was much that could go wrong.
In recent years, technology has made a host of consumer transactions cheaper—from booking a vacation to buying stocks—but commission rates for selling a home haven’t really budged. That could soon change.
When I started working for real in the 1980’s, brokerage houses charged a minimum fee of $35 to buy or sell stocks. For small purchases, that was a big commission. Now, it’s virtually free to buy or sell. That opened the stock market to almost anyone.
Washington Free Press: State Department Intersex Announcement
Today in celebration and recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm the United States’ commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of Intersex persons globally.
With the war in Ukraine, the war in the Gaza Strip, and the rest of the world feeling shaky, the State Department must have something more important to do.
