Friday, June 24, 2016
Friday, June 17, 2016
eNgrossed ePistle
Famous First Words: Not like the brazen giant of Greek
fame... Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus
June is
National Candy Month. What is
the chemical formula for the molecules in candy?
Carbon-Holmium-Cobalt-Lanthanum-Tellurium or CHoCoLaTe
..........He's a great big
bundle o'joy.........Red Foley
.....Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
“To replace the old paradigm of war with a new paradigm of
waging peace, we must be pioneers who can push the boundaries of human
understanding. We must be doctors who
can cure the virus of violence. We must
be soldiers of peace who can do more than preach to the choir. And we must be artists who will make the
world our masterpiece.” --Paul Chappell
It is a steamy Friday morning. The 75°F temperature is boosted by a 92% humidity.
The sky is white and has no hint of cloud to shade the rising sun. Birds are up
early complaining and explaining and rabbits, as always, are everywhere. All other wildlife is hold up in whatever cool
spot they can find. A breeze saunters by
now and again. It bears scents of floral
and growth and pollen but no relief. At 92%
humidity I expect it to splash water on my
face, but it doesn't do that either. Puck
and I watch the cute little white dog that has moved in across the street and then
we return to our rooms, the cool, dry air of indoors. I exchange the humidity of Kansas with the steam
of decaf, sweetened and creamed. Ahhhh, coffee and you - a great combination.
Hope your weekend is sweet, ePistliers.
Engross: In panning, to build up layers of sugar
and chocolate coating.
A man found a magic lamp on
the beach. He rubbed it and out popped a genie, who gave the man three wishes.
The man wished for a million dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars.
Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a convertible. And then,
he wished he could be irresistible to all women... Poof! He turned into a box
of chocolates.
..........My home lies deep
within you.........Barry Manilow .....I
Write the Songs
Trivia Questions: Happy Eat Your Vegetables Day
^ How much of your meal should consists of
fruits and vegetables?
^^ About what percentage of a cucumber is
water?
^^^ Washington, Victoria, Santa Rosa and
Bokhara are varieties of which vegetable?
^^^^ Can we count peas and beans as
vegetables?
^^^^^ How many of
the 5 types of lettuce can you name?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
A recent Pew survey found that 78% of patrons are secretly eating &
drinking in the library despite 'No food or drink' policies.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Return of ConTamination 2016 (June 17-19). St. Louis' Horror, Sci-Fi, Pop
Culture Convention... http://www.con-tamination.com/
Moonbeam: An ounce of love is worth a pound of
knowledge. --John Wesley
A study says that chocolate
may lower your chances of a stroke. That is, a swimming stroke, a golf stroke,
a tennis stroke...
..........I gotta move that
tells me what to do.........James Brown .....Super Bad
Something to Think About of the
Week: Keep Calm and Never Stop
Dreaming.
Big Hello: Ola - Extremaduran (Salamanca, Spain)
Week of the Week: Worldwide Knit (and crochet)
in Public Week (June 11-19) -
Quote of the Week: Mass shootings are not uniquely
American. What is uniquely American is
the determination not to do anything to prevent them. --David Frum
Careful, too much candy can
make you thick to your stomach. / Those Russell Stover candies are so good,
Gov. Brownback is trying to outlaw them.
..........Faded feathers in
her hair.........Barry Manilow
.....Copacabana
^ “Make half your plate fruits and
vegetables” is a part of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Almanac: It is Friday, June 17,
2016. The moon will be full (Strawberry)
on Monday and is in Scorpio. The UN
has declared this World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. In addition it is Eat Your Vegetables Day,
Stewarts Root Beer Day, Work@Home Father's Day.
In Iceland it is Republic Day (1944) and in Japan it is the Lily
Festival. Because it is the third Friday
it is also Ugliest Dog Day and National Flip Flop Day ( Shoes).
Among
those born on this day were Edward I (1239), John Wesley (1703), Jon Sigurdsson
(1811), John Robert Gregg (1867), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Ralph Bellamy (1904),
Red Foley (1910), Stringbean (1915), Crazylegs Hirsch (1923), James Brown
(1928), Barry Manilow (1946), David Concepcion (1948), Joe Piscopo (1951), and
Michael Gross (1964).
On
June seventeenth Drake (Francis, not the rapper) landed in California (1579),
Goodyear obtained his first patent (1837), the Republican Party opened its
first convention (1856), the Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC (1885), the Barney
Google cartoon strip debuted (1909), the first kidney was transplanted
(1950), Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received a stay of execution (1953), Blacks
began boycotting city stores in Tuskegee (1957), Brazil won the 7th World Cup
(1962), Bible reading and prayer in public schools was outlawed (1963), and 5
people were arrested burglarizing Democratic Party Headquarters at Watergate
(1972).
Tonight's Sky:
With the Moon at apex, Mars and Saturn make a wide, flattish triangle at
dusk. A 3-inch telescope will show Saturn's
biggest and brightest moon, Titan.
This Week:
Saturday, June 18 - World Juggling Day and Polar Bear Swim Day
Sunday,
June 19 - Father's Day, Juneteenth, and World Sauntering Day
Tonight's
Sky: The new moon of the
Solstice
Monday,
June 20 - American Eagle Day and Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day
Tuesday,
June 21 - Atheists Solidarity Day and Global Orgasm Day
Wednesday,
June 22 - Let it Go Day and Global Smurfs Day
Thursday, June 23 - Pink Flamingo Day and
Typing Day
Don't eat too much fudge, or
else you will have so much pudge you won't be able to budge. --Daniel Worona
..........I've been trying to
get the funky job done.........James Brown
.....Gravity
^^ 90% of cucumber is water.
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Oh, I can't go back to Kansas; it just up
and blew away. --John Stewart You Can't Go Back to Kansas
Moonbeam: Hollywood made a movie of my life; the
film had me proposing to my wife on the football field...I would never misuse a
football field that way. --Elroy
"Crazylegs" Hirsch
Late Night Snacks: President Barack Obama is here tonight,
which means even he can’t score tickets to “Hamilton.” --Jimmy Fallon / Officials in San Diego
recently discovered a large stash of marijuana hidden in a chemical tanker.
Officials first became suspicious after noticing a chemical tanker in their
15-year-old son's bedroom. --Seth Meyers
/ Police were investigating a crime scene in Vancouver, when a crow flew down,
grabbed a knife in its beak, and flew away with a key piece of evidence. I've
got to say, the marketing for this "Angry Birds" movie is getting out
of control. --James Corden / Last week, a 90-year-old letter to Santa Claus was
found in a chimney. On the bright side, the 96-year-old who wrote the letter is
still alive and finally got that tricycle.
--Conan O'Brien / These high capacity penis substitutes are a shitty for
choice for hunting and for home defense. --Samantha Bee / Canada is changing
the lyrics to its national anthem. Apparently, Canadians felt the original
anthem didn't have enough apologies in it. This is true. A bill to make the
change passed in Canada's congress, or whatever they call it up there —
parliament or "law igloo." I'm not entirely sure. --Stephen Colbert
“Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the
center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action.
Love is the talisman of human weal and woe –the open sesame to every
soul.” --Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Forget love, I'd rather fall
in chocolate. / What country did candy come from? Sweeten
..........No more lame
excuses..........Barry Manilow .....Come
Monday
^^^ Washington, Victoria, Santa Rosa and
Bokhara are varieties of potato.
Worthless Fact of the Week: Flip flops have been around for at least
six thousand years. As a point of comparison, primitive shoes are shown in rock
paintings dating from the late Paleolithic (Stone Age) period some 15,000 years
ago. There are depictions of flip flops in ancient Egyptian murals on tombs and
temples from about 4,000 B.C.
Weird Word of the Week: Macilent - excessively thin, shriveled,
or lean. From the Latin macilentus,
lean. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mac2.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Shine leather shoes or boots. Rub a block of Spam over leather shoes or
boots and then buff. The animal oils in
Spam polish leather, as demonstrated by Leeza Gibbons on Extra. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/spam.html
Chocolate is cheaper than
therapy and you don't need an appointment. / What do you get when you eat
sweets on the beach? Sandy candy.
...........I feel nice, like
sugar and spice.........James Brown
...., I Feel Good
^^^^ Technically, peapods and beans are
fruits, however, they can be counted as vegetable in a nutrition chart. ~~Strawberries are berries either...I've
never trusted biologists.
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Assassination - to murder a usually
important person by a surprise of secret attack. Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 --Macbeth
'Nother Science Fiction Convention
of the Week: Indy PopCon
2016. (June 17-19) Indianapolis' Check out the Bloody PopCon Drive and the
Geeky Spelling Bee... https://indypopcon.com/speaker/ronald-wimberly/
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck watching the
Tower of Power prevail against Paraguay in the 2016 Copa America Centenario.
I've never met a candy bar I didn't like. / The Zombie died choking on a life saver.
..........a lots of kisses on
the bottom..........Barry Manilow
.....I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
^^^^^ The 5 types of lettuce are
loose-leaf, Cos or romaine, crisphead, butterhead, and stem.
Month of the Week: June is Georgia Blueberry
Month - What's the difference between a Georgia blueberry and an elephant? They're both blue except the elephant.
Famous Kansans: Hilda Clark, the first woman to appear in
a Coca-Cola advertisement was born in Leavenworth in 1872.
Today's Peace of History June 17, 1972: In the early morning five men were arrested
for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the
Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. They had been hired by President Richard
Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) to install bugging devices
and copy documents.
The Kansas legislature just
passed a bill declaring candy corn a vegetable. / I have pills in my medicine
cabinet that are bigger than these "fun-size" candy bars.
..........Come here mama and
dig this crazy scene.........James Brown
.....Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Masthead of the Week:
fRiday ePistle June 17, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ None
of the news that fit to read. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: Diphthongs are indicated by combinations
of hooks and circles. -- John
Robert Gregg ~~Much like Gallifrayan
Cost of War: Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/16/16: $739,704,076,299.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/9/16: $739,032,071,776.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/16/16: $819,550,830,407.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/9/16: $819,531,190,337.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/16/16: $10,068,199,271.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/9/16: $9,964,910,056.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/16/16: $122,215,725,038.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/9/16: $121,640,998,212.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/16/16: $1,694,552,984,907.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/9/16: $1,693,149,531,407.
“To forgive is the highest,
most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and
happiness” --Robert Muller
..........Oh, well, the bear
will be gentle and the wolf will be tame.........Red Foley .....Peace in the Valley
A company is now selling
"Breaking Bad" rock candy that looks just like crystal meth. The company says the candy is a fun way for
kids to pretend they're a terminally ill chemistry teacher who's gone
insane. --Conan O'Brien
Famous Last Words: with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes. --Spike Jones
Barney Google
May your Peace taste spicy
And your Joy taste sweet
prairie mama
christine
Friday, June 10, 2016
iCed ePisTle
Famous First Words: Westwards
the gaze wanders... Tristan & Isolde
Politics: poly = many plus
ticks = blood sucking parasites.
..........From early in the
morning she makes me jump and shout..........Howlin' Wolf .....Howlin' For My Darling
Peace is costly but it is
worth the expense. --African proverb
It is a beautiful Friday morning. The 71°F temperature is exactly right for being
out and breathing in pollen laden air. There
is no cloud or jet trail in the off white sky; no texture or flaw disturbs it. The birds have long ago ended their morning hymns
and are on to business and gossip. Our morning
walk explores blocks and blocks of manicured lawns and late spring flowers. Floral scents come and go as we walk by. Rabbits are ubiquitous. They stand alert on the sidewalk ahead and dart
under cars or across streets when we fail to veer off. Sometimes Puck notices and barks; but there are
so many. Squirrels, on the other hand, must
be growled at, no matter what. We walk an
extra block in the clean morning air and Puck lies down in the cool grass to rest
before we make it back to our rooms and sweet Moose Munch and you. Wow!
Hope your weekend is full of laughs,
ePistliers.
Phillip Morris said today
that the tobacco settlement is costing so much money that they may have to lay
off two Republican senators.
..........Where troubles melt
like lemon drops..........Judy Garland
.....Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Trivia Questions: Happy National Iced Tea Day
^ Can you name the 4 types of teas?
^^ About when did people begin icing tea?
^^^About what percentage of the tea served
in the US today is iced?
^^^^ What is the world's most expensive tea?
^^^^ What is the world's most expensive tea?
^^^^^ Any idea what
Sherpa tea is?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
99% of the stories librarians tell family and friends sound like articles from The Onion https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
Science Fiction Convention of the
Week: YetiCon - June 10-12 in
Ontario's Blue Mountain Resort. ##Party
at the mountain, with geeks and wild yetis!
Opinionated
Rant of the Week: In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run
for president. She ran on the Equal
Rights Party ticket with a platform of free love. Since then at least 35 women have run
including Gracie Allen (the Surprise Party, 1940) and Rosanne Barr and Cindy
Sheehan (Peace & Freedom Party, 2012).
Hillary is not the first. If we
assume that she is the first who "has a chance" then we admit to
ignoring large voting populations like socialists. I wish Hillary all the luck in the world, but
she is far from breaking new ground.
Moonbeam: Fine art is knowledge made visible. --Gustave Courbet
Why did Donald Trump wear
earmuffs? To avoid the draft.
..........and when you get in
trouble..........Howlin' Wolf .....I'm
the Wolf
Thing to Think about of the Week: I prefer to meditate with a ballpoint
pen.
Big Hello: Tere - Estonian
Week of the Week: Pet Appreciation Week (June
5-11) --Notice: The dishes
with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine
and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate
and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I
find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
Quote of the Week: The man who views the world at 50 the
same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. --Muhammad Ali ~~Here is a very young George Carlin talking
about Muhammad Ali. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9kTAz-cc0Q
The
real reason you can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is that you
cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit
Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of
politicians… It creates a hostile work environment.
..........You better chase
all your cares away..........Judy Garland
.....Get Happy
^ The 4 teas are Black, Green, White, and
Oolong. The all come from one plant,
Camellia sinensis; it's how they are treated that creates the type.
Almanac: It is Friday, June 10,
2016. The moon will be first quarter on
Sunday and is in Virgo. It is Alcoholics
Anonymous (Founders) Day, Ball Point Pen Day, Iced Tea Day, and Poultry Day. Because it is the Second Weekend in June it
is also Banana Split Days, National Lemonade Days, and Poultry Festival. In Argentina it is Affirmation of Argentina's
Rights over the Malvinas and in the Azores it is Camoes Day (1580). Portugal celebrate Day of Portugal
(1580).
Among
those born on the day were Gustave Courbet (1819), Immanuel Velikovsky (1895),
Frederick Loewe (1904), Howlin' Wolf (1910), Terence Rattigan (1911), Saul
Bellow (1914), Judy Garland (Frances Gumm, 1922), Earl Hamner, Jr. (1923), Nat Hentoff
(1925), June Haver (1926), Maurice Sendak (1928), F. Lee Bailey (1933), Ron
Glass (1945), Matthew Fisher (1946), and Timothy Van Patten (1959).
On June tenth the
first Dutch settled on Manhattan (1610), NY passed laws regulating the medical
profession (1760), The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence (1776), the
rubber tire was patented (1846), Tristan
& Isolde was first performed (1865), the Elks were formed (1899), the
first forest fire lookout tower was built (1905), Robert Smith and William
Wilson formed Alcoholics Anonymous (1935), the Italian Republic was established
(1946), Janis Joplin gave her first live concert (1966), and Coco Cola returned
to its old formula (1985).
Night Sky, June 10 - This evening's Moon poses partway
between Jupiter to its upper left and fainter Regulus to its right. Dawn Planet: Mercury; Morning Planets: Uranus and Neptune:
Evening Planets Mars and Jupiter: Saturn is visible all night.
This Week: Saturday, June 11
- Missing Mutts Awareness Day and National Making Life Beautiful Day
Sunday, June 12 - Loving Day and Race Unity Sunday
Night Sky,
June 12:
The first-quarter Moon shines fairly close to Jupiter this evening (about 4° to
Jupiter's left). But looks are deceiving! Jupiter is 40 times larger in
diameter than the Moon, and it's currently 2,100 times farther away in the
distance.
Monday, June 13 - Reform Movement Day (Yemen)
Tuesday, June 14 - Flag Day and World Day Against Child
Labor
Wednesday, June 15 - Native American Citizenship Day and
Worldwide Day of Giving
Thursday, June 16
- Bloomsday ##Shut your eyes and
see. --James Joyce Ulysses ~~I was unable to unearth any activities for
Lawrence for this day.
My
grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don't mind that so much but he uses a yellow
highlighter.
.......... In the morning the
rooster crows..........Howlin' Wolf
.....Back Door Man
^^ Some 19th Century cookbooks contain
recipes for iced teas. It became
generally popular after free samples were offered at the St. Louis World Fair
(1904)
Funniest thing I read of the Week: 75% of a Finnish park ranger's job is
rescuing metal bands that get lost shooting album covers.
Moonbeam: Don't be afraid to face the facts, and
never lose your ability to ask the questions: Why? and How? -- Immanuel Velikovsky
Late Night Snacks: Everyone was on vacation last week due to
Memorial Day. Here are some snacks
left-over from 2013**. New Rule: If
seeing Michelle Obama on TV saying she likes the movies or nutrition or
exercise fills you with rage...get help.
--Bill Maher / I must have missed the moment when racism ended. I wonder
when it was. The time Ross dated Aisha Tyler on 'Friends?' Or when Keebler
added a black elf? Oh, I know. It must have been when they made slavery illegal
in Mississippi all the way back ... four weeks ago. --Stephen Colbert /
"Yesterday, Delaware became the most recent state to legalize same-sex
marriage. That marks the 11th state to make same-sex marriage legal and the first
thing I know about Delaware." –Jimmy Fallon / Public Policy Polling asked
a group of 1,200 registered voters, and 13 percent said they believe Obama is
the Antichrist and another 13 percent were not sure. I feel if he were the
Antichrist, he would be getting more legislation passed. –-Jimmy Kimmel /
"Conservative commentator Glenn Beck is suffering from paralyzed vocal
cords that have made him unable to speak. But not to worry – doctors are
working around the clock to make sure this condition continues." –Conan
O'Brien / "I think I finally
figured out where Sarah Palin came from. Someone cast a spell on a YouTube
comment and it came to life." –Jon Stewart
**Joyce has been my friend since high
school. Last month her daughter,
Meredith, died unexpectedly. Among her
effects was a file of 2013 ePistles.
The pursuit of peace and
progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can
never be relaxed and never abandoned.
--Dag Hammarskjold
There
was once a young man who wanted to become a great writer and to write stuff
that millions of people would read and react to on an emotional level, cry,
howl in pain and anger, so now he works for Microsoft writing error messages.
..........Ding ding ding went
the bell..........Judy Garland .....The
Trolley Song
^^^ Approximately 80% of the tea served in
the US is iced.
Worthless Fact of the Week: The modern ballpoint pen was invented and
patented by Ladislas and Georg Biro in Hungary in 1935.
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Going fishing. Spam makes excellent bait, according to Ann
Kondo Corum. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/spam.html
Weird Word of the Week: Labretifery - an ornament worn through
the upper or lower lip. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-lab1.htm
I needed
some time off from work so I decided to act crazy. I hung upside down from the
ceiling and when the boss asked me what I was doing, I said, "I'm a light
bulb." "You're going crazy," he said. "Take a few days
off." I left and my officemate followed me. The boss asked where she was
going. She said, "I can't work in the dark."
........... We gonna romp and
stomp till midnight..........Howlin' Wolf
.....Wang Dang Doodle
^^^^ The most expensive tea in the world is a
rare Chinese tea called Tieguanyin, which is priced at £1,700 per kilo (that’s
around $1,500/lb). The tea is named after the Buddhist deity Guan Yin (Iron
Goddess of Mercy).
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the
Week: Arouse - to evoke or awaken. King Henry VI, Part II Act IV Scene I: Captain
Second Funniest Thing I Read of
the Week: Sometimes, when one
door closes, you need to nail a board over it.
Other Science Fiction Convention
of the Week: Sci-Fi Valley Con
- Altoona, PA, June 10-12. ##The Home of
Nostalgia http://www.scifivalleycon.com/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week: Here's
our fearless Puck upside down in the case of Cirque de Soleil's Shar-pei.
The states of Texas and Louisiana have decided to build an airport on the border they share. They wanted to honor Tom Delay of Texas and Huey Long of Louisiana, so they're calling it Long Delay International Airport.
..........I guess you always
knew it..........Judy Garland .....You
Made Me Love You
^^^^^ Sherpa tea is a blend that can be
brewed at high altitudes where water boils at a lower temperature. It is a blend of oolong and Darjeeling.
Month of the Week: June
is Great Outdoors Month --When using a public campground, a tuba placed on your
picnic table will keep the campsites on either side vacant.
Epistlier Feedback of the Week aka Still Reflecting on Reflecting: I agree with you about the Dutch exhibit
at the Nelson. I like the working people best. Those Dutch can
really paint. I saw the exhibit 4 times so you know I loved it. --jp of ks
Famous Kansans: Erin Brockovich was born Erin Pattee in
Lawrence in 1960. http://www.brockovich.com/
Today's Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, June 10, 1963:
The “Equal Pay Act of 1963” was passed and signed into law; it guaranteed women
equal pay for equal work. The legislation was a result of the recommendations
of President John F. Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women.
I
bought these new boots. They are made from possum and deer hide and they feel
great when I wear them. There is just one problem. When I see headlights in the
dark I get this uncontrollable urge to run into the middle of the road and just
stand there
.......... Can't you hear me
call - callin' your name..........Howlin' Wolf
.....Smokestack Lightning
Month of the Week Too: June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month
--And here is the Kingston Trio singing Zombie
Jamboree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4k5XftdTMs
Moonbeam: Can any of you seriously say the Bill of
Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of
committee. --F. Lee Bailey
Cost of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/2/16: $739,032,071,776.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/2/16: $738,355,802,178.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/2/16: $819,531,190,337.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/2/16: $819,511,425,548.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/2/16: $9,964,910,056.
Tax dollars
spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/2/16: $9,860,974,368.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/2/16: $121,640,998,212.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/2/16: $121,062,686,978.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/2/16: $1,693,149,531,407.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/2/16: $1,691,737,333,681.
The real and lasting
victories are those of peace, and not of war.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
..........We will dance the
hoochie koochie..........Judy Garland
.....Meet Me in St. Louis
Deep Thoughts: Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people seem
bright until you hear them talk. --Tonight's jokes are
from Prairie Home Companion Joke Episode, 2013.
Famous Last Words: practice these principles in all our affairs --The Twelfth Step AA
May Peace fill your bowl
And Joy be the cherry on top
prairie mama
christine
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