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This magical, monosyllabic exclamation applies to a whole slew of circumstances: Accidentally pulling on a push door; trying to flag down a waiter; realizing you were served the wrong dish; hearing a mildly juicy piece of gossip; realizing a car is coming when you’re about to cross the street; thanking someone for opening a door for you; feeling the first drops of rain. “Ope!” works for all of ‘em. It’s a way to announce your presence in the most passive, non-intrusive way possible. We’re too kind to say “Excuse me”—that can come off as pushy, right? Plus, given our near-sociopathic tendency to chat up strangers, any word longer than “ope” might get us unintentionally roped into conversation.

Source: ‘Ope!’: The All-Purpose Expression of Midwestern Politeness | Chicago magazine | Politics & City Life May 2018

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Seems dumb to me, but to each their own.

Ope!

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Insurance or extended warranties aren’t required purchases for all iPhone owners. You may already have a good idea about whether your phone might get broken or be stolen before you’re ready to upgrade to a new phone. If you need the extra coverage, make sure you know all the details before you make your purchase or, when the time comes to use your insurance, you may be sorry.

Source: Why You Should Never Buy iPhone Insurance: 6 Reasons

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I always thought almost any kind of “product insurance” was a scam.

Especially on any item that costs less than 200$.

You really have to self-insure anything below where it would hurt to have to replace on your own (i.e., home, auto, an “unbrella”).

Argh!

As for poor “customer service” or “tech support”, that’s the norm today.  Disgraceful, but no one seems to care.

Argh!

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Women are having fewer babies than ever before — except, surprisingly, those in their 40s.The number of births in the US last year to women of any age was roughly 3.8 million, down 2 percent from

Source: How women over 40 can save the human race

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We need more children to pay my Social Security.

Come on gals; get to work.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — High school students hiding from the gunman in Parkland, Florida, were forced to whisper in calls to 911 for fear of tipping off their location. Others texted friends and family who

Source: 911 is struggling to keep up with the times

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Gooferment technology and understand lags behind the real world.

Argh!

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Back in 2012, I started a column with this line: “The US Postal Service deserves to go broke.”What bothered me was the fact that enterprising crooks were making counterfeit postage stamps and

Source: I tried to warn USPS about this counterfeit operation

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I wonder if FedEx or UPS has these problems.

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Around San Diego County, a hot, salty, buttered controversy has popped up. Should hardware stores offer free bags of freshly-popped popcorn? While that may look like a warm, welcoming treat, free popcorn is a threat to public health — or so argue county officials.

Source: Pop goes a tradition: county cracks down on free popcorn in hardware stores – The San Diego Union-Tribune

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The tyranny of the “individual complaint”?   How can residents of the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah ever survive without the benevolent over watching everything police state?   Guess that ecoli outbreak of romaine lettuce didn’t happen?  Argh!  What’s next regulation of kid’s lemonade stands?  Oh yeah, the “health police” already do that.  Argh!

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The California Rifle and Pistol Association can, of course, appeal both cases. But everyone paying even the slightest bit of attention already knows what the outcome will be before the largely anti-gun 9th Circuit. And the Supreme Court will likely ignore the warnings from Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch and refuse to take the cases.This is how the courts, quietly, one case at a time, without a vote, are making sure the Second Amendment simply will not apply within the state of California.

Source: 2 New Court Decisions Are Quietly Eliminating Californians’ Second Amendment Rights – Reason.com

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So do these types of infringements apply to the First Amendment?

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Fired FBI director James Comey has told two congressional committees that agents didn’t believe Mr. Flynn purposely misled them when he denied talking about two topics with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak––Obama-ordered sanctions and a pending United Nations vote. He had in fact discussed those two issues.

Source: Senate demands transcript of Russian wiretaps, FBI interview that nabbed Michael Flynn – Washington Times

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How about a Federal law that requires all law enforcement “interviews” are video and audio recorded?  It seems that the FBI in untrustworthy.

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Sci Hub has really stuck a proverbial thumb in the eye of paywall providers. If “We, The Sheeple” pay for the research by Gooferment grants, then why shouldn’t it be in the public domain?

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After confirming he has a problem with that, he says, “I don’t like it, that’s why. I don’t like your religion, it says to kill me.”

Source: Coffee shop refuses to serve man after racist rant

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No place in America for a religious bigot like this fool. Other countries have have religious wars. We don’t need that here. If a woman wants to cover, then that’s her choice. It doesn’t matter what I think of the practice. I want religious freedom for her just like I want it for myself and every individual. If I was a patron, I hope I would have spoke up for all of us. Argh!

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Jarvis responded by denouncing any commercialization of Mother’s Day, thinking any attempt to make money off of Mother’s Day – even if it was for a good cause – was wrong and not in the spirit of the thing. After all, something like a hand written note expressing your personal feelings is far superior, in her opinion, than some store bought card.

Source: Anna Jarvis’ Big Mistake

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Heard this a few decades ago from a smart lady at Merrill Lynch was positive that “Mothers’ Day” was a giant conspiracy to milk the general public.  After reading this, maybe she was correct!

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Unveiling its fall 2018-2019 schedule, NBC is giving freshman medical drama “New Amsterdam” a big vote of confidence.

Source: NBC 2018-2019 Schedule: ‘New Amsterdam’ Lands Post ‘This Is Us’ Slot – Variety

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New shows? What gets dumped to make room?

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Of 493 people who took the survey, 316 provided enough information to be included in the analysis. For 138 of these participants, the researchers were able to confirm diabetes diagnosis, blood-sugar control measures, metabolic health measures and other outcomes with health care providers or through review of medical records. Forty-two percent of participants were children.

Source: Huge diabetes breakthrough shocks scientists

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Too little to late for my purposes.

We need more accurate medical info sooner.

Get the Gooferment out of medicine!

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A New York City music teacher who went missing about a week ago was found dead Saturday in a wooded area in upstate New York near a hiking trail, police said.

Source: New York City music teacher found dead in Upstate New York a week after going missing | Fox News

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​Exposure cited; seem like unnecessary death. Wonder what he was prepared for?

Requiescat In Pacem.

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As fiber intake goes up, the risk of metabolic syndrome appears to go down, with less inflammation and an apparent step-wise drop in obesity risk. It’s therefore no surprise that greater dietary fiber intake is associated with a lower risk of heart disease: There is a 9 percent lower risk for every additional 7 grams a day of total fiber consumed, which is just some rice and beans or a few servings of fruits and veggies.

Source: Follow the 5-to-1 Rule for Packaged Foods | NutritionFacts.org

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If everybody ate better, then imagine all the sickness could be avoided?

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Submitted by Mark Glennon of Wirepoints An audible gasp went out in the breakout room I was in at last month’s pension event cosponsored by The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. That was when a speaker from the Chicago Fed proposed levying, across the state and in addition to current property taxes, a special property assessment they estimate would be about 1% of actual property value each year for 30 years.

Source: An “Audible Gasp” Was Heard When The Chicago Fed Unveiled Its “Solution” To The Pension Problem

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This proposed tax would only address the five state pensions. What about the other 650-plus pensions in Illinois, particularly those for overlapping jurisdictions in Chicago which are grossly underfunded? The Fed was asked that at last month’s seminar and they, without explanation, said they didn’t bother to cover that.

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“Steal” more from property owners to “solve” only a part of a problem that they have no role in creating?

Sounds like a “great” idea.

Wonder who will turn out the lights when the last property owner abandons Illinois?

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President Donald Trump may well be the most controversial president in history. Yes, much of that has to do with such a blatantly biased media that wants to make everything into a scandal ( remember when Trump got *gasp* two scoops of ice-cream?

Source: What Reactions To A Maryland Sign Tells You About Anti-Gunners

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The anti-gunners forget that next to the drug gangs, the American gun owners can be, are, would be the finest guerrilla army in world.

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American Disney workers who were laid off and forced to train their foreign replacements have ended their legal battle after years of attempting to hold the corporation accountable.

Source: Disney Workers Forced to Train Their Foreign Replacements End Legal Battle | Breitbart

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Can’t trust corporations to have their workers’ interests at heart. There’s only one person watching out for you and that’s you!  You need to be your own boss.

Success for future generations is: (1) ruthless financial discipline — no bad debt; (2) a life long interest in learning — education — a degree — they can’t take it away from you; (3) a NON-OFFSHORABLE white collar job in order to save big bux; (4) a blue collar skill for hard times — never saw a poor plumber; (5) one or more internet based businesses — your store is always open; (6) a free time hobby that generates income; and (7) a large will-maintained network of people who can “help” you.

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Thursday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the possibility that the FBI had an “informant” working within the Trump campaign, alerting it to potential wrongdoing, and whose identity is now being protected from a congressional subpoena by the Department of – Limbaugh | Breitbart TV

Source: Limbaugh on Trump Campaign Investigation: ‘This Is Going to Be One of the Most Embarrassing Periods in the FBI’s History’ | Breitbart

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Did the FBI plant an informant in the Trump campaign?

Sure sounds like they did.  And, where is the justification for it?

Were they “playing politics”?

If so, then the Agency has to be closed down.  Is the Praetorian Guard picking our next “Caesar”?

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“[A]ccording to the 2016 American Customer Satisfaction Index, the Federal Government ranks among the bottom of all industries in the United States in customer satisfaction;” Calling citizens customers is like calling slaves employees. “ Customer” implies that you could take your business elsewhere.

Source: Are You a Satisfied “Customer” of the Federal Government?

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You have to be kidding me. Argh!

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