Part 3

It sounds callous, but I am going to write about the personalities. Jens Stoltenberg is in the center. President Biden, Johnson, Erdogen. Macron is kind of a hanger-on. Trudeau on the left, Fiala, Czech Republic. Orban, Hungary, is in the orange tie

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Ukraine, Part 2

http://mgoblogging.blogspot.com/2022/02/ukraine.html The first week was kind of cool–all this all this teaming-up of the mostly Western allies, the huge payments, the generous humanitarian efforts, and even the protests. This is what I still check as a measure of the defense. The news

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Walmart

Scott is the rush hour until closing manager at the local Safeway. He is now probably around fifty but he has been at it for at least twenty years. Outwardly, from what I see in the store, he is the definition of

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Joy Division

Frente!? I am just about to settle on that. Bizarre Love Triangle is my current favorite song and the Bernard Sumner acoustic version may turn-out to be the winner, but it–or rather he–has flaws. It all leads to and from Joy Division.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/02/jeff-bezos-says-this-is-how-you-earn-trust-and-build-reputation-it-really-is-that-simple.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/warren-buffett-best-protection-against-inflation.html

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The DNL

65 DNL is the administrative construct the FAA uses as a general indicator of excessive noise. More specifically: “The FAA uses the DNL metric and the 65dB noise threshold to make policy assessments.” (https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/noise/history/) These things are incredibly complicated at first glance.

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