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Economist Michael Hudson Points Out Greece's Debt Is Odious And Illegal

By trkingmomoe on Sun, 07/12/2015 - 10:14pm |

Michael Hudson is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He has been an advisor in helping with this debt crises in Europe. He wrote a very good article for Counterpunch a few days ago and there is a follow up video interview that I think will help explain some missing information that is not being talked about right now concerning the Troika and Greece. 

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Allen Grayson Announces For US Senate.

By trkingmomoe on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 3:34pm |

He will be running against Patrick Murphy an other House Rep from Florida in the Democratic Primary. He announced this week with this video. 

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Florida Supreme Court Orders Congressional Districts Redrawn

By trkingmomoe on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 3:01pm |

The League of Women Voters filed this case 5 years ago after the GOP held Legislators failed to follow the Fair Districting state constitutional amendment. Instead they held secrete meetings and sent emails to political operatives and pretending to comply with the law. The results was gerrymandered districts.   It has been fought all the way up the court system and now 8 congressional districts have been ordered to be redrawn and submitted to the court for approval.  

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This Will Help You Fall Asleep

By trkingmomoe on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 12:04am |

All you have to do is stick your feet out from under the covers. There is a scientific reason for this. Many people do like to stick a foot out from under the covers. 

Now you can bore your self to sleep counting sheep or arguing with ducks on TV.  This might just do the trick and send you off to dream land. 

Well I am headed to bed.  Good night. 

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What Is Next For Greece After The "No" Vote Landslide?

By trkingmomoe on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 2:44am |

According to MSM, Europe is in shock following the Greek "No" vote on Sunday. Euro has taken a fall in trading.  Summits are being called to discus what is next. 

To deal with the liquidly problems in the Greek banks;

“If necessary, we will issue parallel liquidity and California-style IOU’s, in an electronic form. We should have done it a week ago,” was the quote attributed to FinMin Yanis Varoufakis on Sunday, after the victorious “no” vote.

http://www.infobalkans.com/2015/07/05/varoufakis-hints-parallel-currency-cites-california-s-past-iou-scheme 

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Bernie Sanders Is Sending A Wake Up Call With A Record Breaking Crowd

By trkingmomoe on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 11:08pm |

Tonight in Madison, Wisconsin, 10,000 to 13,000 people turned out to hear Bernie Sanders give his stump speech. So far this is the largest crowd that has turned out for any current presidential candidate. He has been packing them in and his campaign people have been changing venues to largest ones that is available on scheduled stops. They had to broadcast his speech outside of the building to the crowd out side that could not get in. 

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More Orchids In Bloom

By trkingmomoe on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 7:38pm |

 

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This little beauty is a Digbyana Orchid.  This one dates back the the 17th century and originally came from Central America. It's name is Brassavoa nodosa Lady of the Night after a Italian Doctor, Antonio Musa Brassavoa. This is an original species but there are hybridized variations now.  This one is one of the easiest orchids to grow. At night it has a lovely citrus smell almost like lime.  That is why it's nick name is Lady of the Night.  This plant is around 15 years old. 

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Hillary Clinton Call Out The GOP By Name For Voter Suppression

By trkingmomoe on Fri, 06/05/2015 - 9:53am |

In her acceptance speech for the Barbara Jordan Gold Medallion For Leadership, given to her at Texas Southern University in Houston, Hillary Clinton doesn't mince words about the systematic suppression of voter rights in this country.  She points out in detail the abuses in North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin and Florida. But she doesn't stop there, she calls out GOP candidates by name that as governors signed laws that made voting more difficult for citizens. As she names them, she makes it know just what they did sign into law that will hurt voters. 

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Peach Pie Recipe From Canned Peaches

By trkingmomoe on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 5:22pm |

Romona and I had a discussion about old cookbooks on face book recently.  This recipe was adapted from the cookbook that we were fondly remembering.  I still have my worn out copy and one day my kids will get to throw it away. It the Better Homes and Garden Cookbook.  This edition was first published in 1953 until the late 1950's. I was a very popular cookbooks because it was full of step by step pictures on how to cook. I have owned other copies of this cookbook over the years but gave one each to my 2 oldest grandkids. I have a current copy but still love the one from the 1950's.

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APPLESAUCE RAISIN SQUARES WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

By trkingmomoe on Mon, 05/25/2015 - 11:56pm |

I have had this recipe since high school and it came from McCall’s magazine.  For a long time I used the clipping from the magazine until I started transferring my recipes to 4″ x 6″ cards and I added that it came from McCall’s.  The magazine has been out of publication now for over a decade.  But in its hay day it offered great recipes that anyone could make.

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