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Read More: ‘The deployments create fear’: Immigration crackdown hurting restaurant staffing, reservationsNow in its second month, the Operation Midway Blitz immigration crackdown is causing staffing shortages and other problems at Chicago-area restaurants, industry insiders say. This is hitting way close to home, to places where I eat frequently. In addition to employees not reporting for shifts to avoid arrest at workplaces, restaurants are booking fewer reservations…
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Read More: Million v. BillionPeople don’t have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 Billion is than 1 Million. A Million seconds is 11 days. A Billion seconds is 31.5 years.
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Read More: There Won’t Be No Country Music (There Won’t Be No Rock N’ Roll)Song by C W McCall Well it’s only gonna be about a decade friend‘Til they dam your favorite riverSo you can water ski just one more reservoirAnd them supersonic ships is gonna take youCross a sea of pavementTo one more faithless brickyard on the shoreYeah it’s only gonna be about a year or so‘Til they…
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Read More: “You Cannot Make Someone Love You by Loving Them Harder”Medium I used to believe that love was about effort. That if I just gave enough, cared enough, stayed long enough, I could somehow prove my worth. I thought that if I poured everything I had into someone, eventually they would see me, choose me, and love me back in the way I loved them.…
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Read More: My IntentionsI never set out to share political content. That was never the purpose behind what I do. My heart has always been focused on helping people, lifting others up and trying to make the world a little better in any way that I can. But over time, I started to see the damage being done…
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Read More: TruthWhat if the conflict was never real, but carefullyplanted? Triangulation is a tactic to turn you against people who werenever your enemy, because division keeps you easier to control whilethe truth gets buried under manufactured chaos.
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Read More: Delusional PeopleI saw this post on Facebook, by someone that I know, and I realized just how really delusional some people are. The chasm between reality and Republicans is so wide that I can’t imagine it being bridged, ever. Thinking like this just puts me in such a bad place.
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Read More: Line ItemsOriginal post by Atom S. Take my $1.40 I want my PBS Take my $.63 I am all for federal funding of art programs Take my $.48 I love my museums, colleges and libraries Take my $.18 I support developing minority businesses Take my $.68 I am for entrepreneurship and innovation Take my $1.68 I…
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Read More: Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes to His Home and Saves His LifeFor over a decade, his routine was as reliable as the sunrise: every day around 11 a.m, the door to the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida would swing open and one loyal customer would walk in. Donnell Stallworth, a cook at the Shrimp Basket, said the regular visitor is like “everyone’s grandpa”. They liked him…
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Read More: Man is Shocked to Find His Dog Giving a Baby Koala a Piggyback RideThe human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his backyard. While at home…
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