Russia sending ‘suicidal missions’ to win foothold over Dnipro River, says Ukraine
Moscow trying to improve its claim to entire Kherson region in time for peace negotiations, says governor
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Trump’s tariffs to cause food prices to rise “over next couple of days,” Target CEO says
New tariffs are expected to cause food prices to rise in the coming days, especially on produce from Mexico, Target CEO Brian Cornell warned Tuesday.
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Trump is coming for the universities, and they are failing to fight back
The vast majority of college and university presidents have retreated into silence or vague abstractions in the face of the Trump administration’s edicts. This is the wrong lesson for educators to impart.
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This was tRumps plan all the time even before the meeting with Zelensky. tRump must please his owner Putin and created that scene in the Oval Office to claim justification. Hugs
Ukrainians voice shock and dismay after U.S. pauses military aid
One Ukrainian politician urged Trump “not to play with these dangerous issues because we’re talking about lives”.
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Other countries are not the MAGA cult, they don’t have to bow to tRumps pretend fake grandness. These are leaders of their own countries and economies. Most countries the US import more from them than they do from the US. This will go on until tRump declares he won and cancels the entire thing. Hugs.
China and Canada swiftly retaliate against U.S. after tariffs take effect
China will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods, its government said, while Canada vowed tariffs of up to 25% after new U.S. tariffs on both countries took effect.
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| March 4, 1917 Montana elected Republican Jeannette Rankin as the first woman to sit in the U.S. House of Representatives three years before American women nationwide could legally vote.  Rep. Jeannette Rankin with her colleagues in the 61st Congress. A persistent advocate for women’s rights, particularly suffrage, Rankin voted in Congress against American entry into both world wars, and late in life led marches against the Vietnam war.  More about Jeanette Rankin Visit the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center |
| March 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as president in the midst of the Great Depression. From his inaugural address: “This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure, as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.”  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivering his first inaugural address Audio and video of the speech |
| March 4, 1965 Moved to action by President Lyndon Johnson’s sustained bombing of North Vietnam beginning two months before, Vietnam Day was declared by the Universities Committee, led by Wayne State University Professor Otto Feinstein. At about 100 college campuses nationwide, faculty, students and others gathered for lectures and meetings about the war. This occurred just three weeks before the first “teach-in” at the University of Michigan. |
March 4, 1969 The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) was founded. From its founding document: “Misuse of scientific and technical knowledge presents a major threat to the existence of mankind. Through its actions in Vietnam our government has shaken our confidence in its ability to make wise and humane decisions. There is also disquieting evidence of an intention to enlarge further our immense destructive capability…”. . . continued here The UCS today |
| March 4, 1978 40,000 demonstrated against the enlargement of the uranium enrichment plants in Almelo, Holland. Enrichment is the processing of uranium with gas cetrifuges to the level required for use as fuel in nuclear reactors.  |
| March 4, 2011 A new Egyptian prime minister called on thousands of cheering protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to rebuild their country. Essam Sharaf, appointed by the military, told the crowd:  Egypt’s new prime minister, Essam Sharaf, is greeted by supporters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photo: Amr Nabil/AP “I salute the martyrs. Glory and respect to the families of the victims and a special salute to everyone who took part and gave for this white revolution. I am here to draw my legitimacy from you. You are the ones to whom legitimacy belongs.” He ws appointed to replace deposed President Hosni Mubarak who had forced out of office by the widespread unrest that had spread from Tunisia, Egypt’s neighbor to the west. Sharaf was cheered and carried to and from the podium on the shoulders of protesters, escorted by military police. |
| March 4, 2011 In cities across Iraq demonstrators gathered for the second consecutive Friday to demand jobs, effective government services and an end to corruption. Inspired by movements elsewhere in the Arab world, 500 convereged in Liberation Square in the capital Baghdad, 1000 in Basra. Those in Baghdad were surrounded by at least as many security forces and overcame official resistance to the gathering including a citywide ban on vehicles. One protester had walked from Sadr City and had to pass through eight checkpoints. |
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Yup seems Putin is Trump’s owner. Hugs
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia
Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and private sector reports.
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One of the least comfortable things that having older parents is that I have to deal with the fact that they are not as quick with their memory as they once were. I may hear the same jokes I’ve heard before, the same stories I’ve already been told about this cousin or that things just weren’t like that in their day.
And, as I’m coming to get older, I’m finding a level of adaptation and a willingness to forgive those lapses. I’m telling myself that I have to be thankful that I can share in the many memories and the great times.
For instance: This year I bought myself a Brita water filter. I really like it, and feel very congratulatory for myself because I got it at a great 50% off sale price. At the same time, I bought some replacement filters – got those at a 40% off sale.
I liked it so much, I bought my parents one as well, but got them the better filter so they wouldn’t have to replace the filter so often. And they really seem to like it as well. They are down in Florida where the tap water is ~ uhm, chewy? ~ Yeah, we’ll go with that. They really like the filtered water. So, back to the whole memory thing….
Can someone remind me where I put my extra filters???
By the way: I’m 23 of 24 on the list. Never had a MySpace. How did you do?
Opinion | Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead
Forget about inflation. Now it’s all about cutting ‘waste’ in the form of jobs and our already paltry social safety net
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