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JimDuncanRVA
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AMS-CBM Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. 4 decades forecasting the weather on TV and still guessing
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. nbcnews.to/4aEfO6m
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Today's Reliable Sources digest: cnn.it/3MfhCsB
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For every daily crazy news headline there’s an applicable “Twilight Zone” episode. Rod Serling was soothsayer
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“We most humbly beseech him to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed.”

— Washington, First Thanksgiving Proclamation

www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits...
www.mountvernon.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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“.. If you add more and more product to your face and are surrounded by people who do the same, ‘you lose sight of anatomic normalcy.’”

@axios.com #Panem
www.axios.com/local/washin...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Pope Leo:
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“All the President’s Men” on TCM today. Such a great reminder of what true investigative journalism is. The standard that defines the vital role of the Fourth Estate
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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“.. Mattel Inc., one of the world’s biggest toymakers, on Tuesday laid bare the impact of trade levies on its business. .. Retailers have delayed holiday orders because of the uncertainty ..”

@opinion.bloomberg.com $MAT
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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John Denver, gone 28 years ago today.

“.. I was camping up in the mountains. We were in the Rockies … I remember looking straight up and seeing meteor showers and thinking, this is what it is to be alive. And that line ‘I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky’ — that actually came from that night.”
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Reading about things I have absolutely no control over is making me feel insane.
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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I'm not sure anything will ever illustrate the state of The Discourse quite as well as Stephen Moore misreading his own pie chart while opining about the state of our national statistics.
August 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Amazon quietly raised prices on low-cost products in the five months after President Trump first announced sweeping tariffs.
After Pledging to Keep Prices Low, Amazon Hiked Them on Hundreds of Essentials
While Walmart cut prices on low-cost goods, Amazon raised them.
on.wsj.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
June 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Channel surfing network news at 6;30pm. Major media just recanting storylines they’re told. The rare exception - Richard Engel on @NBCNews who as always does superb in-depth reporting from the front lines overseas
June 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Haven’t posted in awhile. The story below seems worth a share.

apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA will revisit Biden-era ban on the last type of asbestos used in US
The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider a Biden administration ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States.
apnews.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM