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After studying the actual vaccine studies from 4 countries, I've volunteered for 4 clinical trials. You should try doing some real research before spreading opinions that might induce people to make really bad decisions.
Does your physician still ask if you want a Covid jab? My physician ask me today if I wanted a flu shot …. To which I replied, “absolutely not”!
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At the far end of my walk on a 7-mile stretch of the Via, I happened on this old church. It was cared for by a kindly neighbor in the little community. I love the big cathedrals, but I love these holy places even more.
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This is great! Kind of pointless, however, when the administration is blowing hundreds of billions on wars and buy-the-vote giveaways. yahoo.com/news/politics/arti…
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OK. He's been dead a long time. But if he were on the ballot today, how many of you would vote for him anyway?
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Measles are back because people believe non-credible things they read online. I don't get vaccinated to protect myself, I get it to protect the people who can't get vaccinated and who can die from the diseases my unvaccinated self could pass to them. foxnews.com/health/measles-s…
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Today's view from the Via. Road signs in the country can be quite different from signs in the city.
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Sadly, higher education has become a bloated, liberal swamp in the US, and they are losing their support. It's a tragedy of their own making. wsj.com/us-news/education/co…
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Trump's controlling the border was a bold and badly needed first step. We're past due for Step 2: putting in place a generous, controlled, LEGAL immigration and temporary work program. msn.com/en-us/news/other/stu…
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For today's #thicktrunkTuesday, how about this beauty. Was in a garden in Italy, if I remember correctly.
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Trump had the chance to be this century's transformational leader--then his ego got in the way. wsj.com/politics/policy/the-…
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Conservatives to Trump: You started off well, but you're losing us when you pardon criminals, coddle dictators, spend like a liberal, get us into useless wars, and engage in self-engrandizement. You can't afford to lose any more of us.
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We went to France recently. It was fun driving around the country, but the roadsigns were different from ours. I think I have them figured out now, tho.
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Americans think there are no consequences to government overspending. But when govt prints money to buy votes, there is no value created, so our currency just devalues. Every dollar in our pockets becomes worth less. It's the most insidious form of taxation.
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Grades in US high schools and colleges are now a farce. In some colleges nearly 80% of grades are A's. We not only need Real IDs. We need Real Grades, too.
📝 California high schoolers are graduating with straight A's—and getting placed into middle school math when they arrive at college.
The number of applicants reporting flawless 4.0 GPAs to the University of California system has nearly doubled over the past decade. But according to UC professors, those straight A's are masking a massive educational crisis: a soaring number of incoming freshmen can’t handle basic high school algebra or fractions.
The breakdown of the California grade-inflation trap:
📊 The 4.0 Illusion: Over 100,000 students applied to the UC system with a 4.0 or higher. Yet, at elite campuses like UC San Diego, over 12% of the incoming freshman class was placed directly into remedial math—with roughly 70% of those students testing below middle school math standards.
🅰️ Perfect Grades, Zero Mastery: More than 25% of the students placed into basic remedial math carried a straight-A math average in high school. Continuous retakes, "no-zero" policies, and pressure on high school teachers to keep passing rates high have turned grades into a participation trophy.
❌ The Test-Optional Blind Spot: When UC schools scrapped standardized testing requirements like the SAT/ACT, they lost the one cross-check that exposed inflated grades. Without entrance exams, universities have been admitting students based on GPAs that don't reflect actual academic readiness.
💸 The Financial Penalty: Remedial college math courses carry zero college credit toward a degree. Families are paying full university tuition rates for their kids to repeat 8th-grade pre-algebra, dragging out graduation timelines and burning thousands of dollars.
High schools get to boast about record graduation rates and 4.0 GPAs, while parents and students swallow the financial bill when reality catches up in college.
Why pay $30,000 a year to retake middle school algebra when you can test your actual knowledge beforehand and fix the gaps for free?
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