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"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it." -- Thomas Paine, The American Crisis (#1)

We have so much to thank Canada for - maple syrup - moose - hockey things - Insulin - the pacemaker - basketball - Pvt John A Huff of Ontario, who as a member of the 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment shot and killed Confederate General JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864

Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your rest, Won't you lay your head upon your savior's chest, I love you all, but Jesus loves you the best And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.…

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My fave Abraham Lincoln Brigade member has to have been the New Hampshire dude who, when asked by a reporter why he was in Spain, said that he’d heard the Republicans were in trouble and as a lifelong republican came to help. Apparently he accepted his mistake and stayed to fight

Yesterday, President Biden finalized a rule to remove medical debt from the credit reports of millions of Americans. The number of Americans with medical debt on their credit reports will be zero — down from 46 million right before he took office. Why isn’t anybody talking about this?