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NEWSMAX: Will Biden Stumble into World War III?

Defense, Newsmax /

If your enemy believes it he at war with you, are you at war?

Americans see our involvement in Ukraine as a “proxy war” and most of us are going about life as normal, attending soccer practices and texting one another memes during staff meetings. 

By contrast, the Russian people believe their nation is under attack from the United States.  So great is this belief that a majority of Russians (54 percent) claim to live “under constant fear” of nuclear attack.

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NEWSMAX: Expect Sen. Tuberville’s Holds on Military Officers to Continue

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Coach needs just one Democrat on the Armed Services committee to swing the vote in his favor. Although staff is signaling Manchin is opposed, take it from this former staffer that anything is possible when the 25 senators of the committee gather in a closed-door session amid the Gilded-Age finery of the Senate Russell Building.

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Morgan Murphy Southern Journal for Southern Living on New York 2001

Southern Journal

Humor, Southern Living /

I grew to love it, though. City time is like dog years: A year in New York equals 7 in Alabama. So when I moved home last April, I had some reentry problems after spending 42 years as a New Yorker. All my black New York clothing had to be discarded. Driving home from the Empire State, I pulled in a rest stop in South Carolina and overheard an old lady ask her friend, “Since when do the Amish drive Cadillacs?” Driving is a big change. Manhattanites use their horns like breathing—it is a natural and constant function, vital to sustaining life. In Birmingham, a horn is a device used as a sort of automotive wave, often blown to get a friend out of his house. My city friends are amazed that in rural areas, one is supposed to raise a two-fingered salute to all passing cars and people. Anything less is rude.

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Tips on Tipping

Southern Living, Travel /

The best tip on tipping doesn’t involve money. Your server is not your servant.  Look up from the menu when they come to the table.  Don’t begin sentences with “Give me the . . .” or “I’ll have the  . . .”  Try, “May I please have the prime rib?” or “I see you’re busy, but could I have some more water when you have a chance?”   Waiters are some of the hardest working people in business—give them the respect, as well as the tip, they deserve.

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