Author: Tom Faranda
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Wordle – RATS – got food poisoning and didn’t to it.
Lost track of time. Ugh. So 56 win streak is gone and I have to start over in my quest to surpass my 77 day streak.
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BB: NATO Begs U.S. For … Funding So They Can Defend Greenland From U.S.
Amid the looming threat of a U.S. military takeover of Greenland, NATO requested emergency aid from the U.S. to help it defend Greenland from the U.S. “This is an emergency, and we need the aid of the United States as soon as possible,” said Secretary General Mark Rutte. “The U.S. could attack Greenland at any…
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Friday cocktail – The Dark & Stormy!
Another ginger beer special, but with rum. At the end of the one minute video, there’s statement that Goslings has trademarked the drink name? We actually have Goslings rum (very good and relatively inexpensive) and make the drink exactly as shown above.
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NYT breaking: “Venezuelan opposition leader gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize”
What’s the sentiment…? “Freedom isn’t Free” I hope he holds onto it for a few days and gives it back. Venezuela: President Trump said that the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave him her Nobel Peace Prize during their meeting at the White House on Thursday. Ms. Machado said she had made the presentation…
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Pope Leo’s important address to Vatican Diplomat Corp.
I love it. “Peter among us.” this is from The Pillar, a Catholic online publication. —Pope Leo XIV gave last week his first annual address to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps — a speech which customarily sets out diplomatic priorities for the year, and is the pope’s “state of the world” address. Edgar Beltran broke down…
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Briarcliff Manor School District #1 in NY State for math achievement
And #3 in English language proficieny. We have a friend who teaches math at the highest levels in Briarcliff HS and she is, in fact, quite brilliant. In December, the New York State Education Department released math and English Language Arts (ELA) assessment results for students in grades three through eight from the 2024–2025 school…