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Friday cocktail – Five bourbon cocktails in seven minutes!
Our fave's the first one – The Old Fashioned – and the last one – the Boulevardier. Farandaville Boulevardier recipe is below the Anders video. Farandaville boulevardier – As the drink is a riff on the Negroni, subbing bourbon for gin, we usually go with the classic 1:1:1 ratio. 1 oz. Bourbon 1 oz Compari…
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Pope Leo calls for tomorrow, August 22nd as day of Fasting and Prayer for peace
For peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine
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Yesterday’s Yankee game – all nine home runs!
Ties the Yankee record and one short of tying the all time major league record of ten.
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Feast Day: St Bernard, founder of the Cistercians
Here is the story of St. Bernard, who died in 1153. The Cistercians favor Psalm 15 – quite short – and here it is, along with notes from the USCCB. See especially the note about line five. 1 A psalm of David. I LORD, who may abide in your tent?* Who may dwell on…
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“Super-agers” who remember everything at 80 – four things in common
Northwestern Medicine scientists define “super-agers” as adults older than 80, “who have the memory capacity of individuals who are at least three decades younger.” Super-agers are “highly social” and have brains that “resist the buildup of Alzheimer’s-related plaques and tangles.” super-agers share these four traits: Exceptional memory performance: Delayed word recall test results were on…
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“Mamdani’s Bad Ideas, Part 2: Free Buses, $30 Minimum Wage & Rent Freezes”
This is the follow up to John Stossel's previous posting - "Mamdani’s Bad Ideas, Part 1: Seizing the Means of Production, Government-Run Groceries & High Taxes" Perhaps they'll be a Part 3? It's a long ways to the NYC election mayoral day.
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WSJ: “Trump Wants an Export Tax”
This sort of thing – the government controlling industrial policy – used to be anathema to conservatives. But then Trump's not a conservative. He's a populist – champions the "common people" as opposed to the perceived "elites". And a populist can be right wing or left wing – think of Bernie Sanders or the guy…