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Category Archives: Government
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The Spanish brought so much gold and silver home from the Americas between the 15th and 17th centuries (approximately a span of 150 years) that it caused significant inflation and damage to the European economy.
On This Day in History: 1931: “The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes official
President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States. On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing the massive overnight British bombardment … Continue reading
Posted in Government, On This Day In History, Re-blog, US Constitution
Tagged 1931, 3, anthem, banner, day, history, in, march, national, official, on, spangled, star, this, us
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Fewer bridges need repairs, but task still monumental
Interesting article. Every day we drive over bridges, not giving them a second thought. Many of these are old and historic. WASHINGTON, February 2016 – Nearly 10% of the country’s bridges – 58,495 out of 609,539 – were considered structurally deficient … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Government, Hoosier History, News, Politics, Re-blog, Technology, Transport
Tagged bridge, finance, government, history, news, politics, reblog, repair, report, road, usa
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On this day in history; 1952, Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen
On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king’s two daughters and next in … Continue reading
Posted in British, Government, News, Observations, On This Day In History, Pictures from the Web, Re-blog, UK History
Tagged 1952, 6, 6th, anniversary, britain, british, britsh, day, elizabeth, england, february, government, history, news, on, queen, reblog, this, UK
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Meat Labeling Law Repeal Leaves Buyers in Dark About Product Origins
Do you want to know where the meat you are buying was born, raised and processed? I sure do. I am fed up with having to check food labels, so that we can avoid fish and canned produce from China. … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Food, Government, News, Observations, Politics, Re-blog, thoughts
Tagged congress, fda, food, label, labelling, law, meat, processing, producer, us wto, usda
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The Queen’s Speech 2015
Posted in British, Government, News, Pictures from the Web, Politics, Re-blog, UK History, UK Holidays, Video, You Tube
Tagged 2015, annual, Christmas, elizabeth, london, queen, queens, speech, tradition, UK
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On this day in history, December 6th
1865: Slavery in the United States was officially abolished when the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
AMA Calls for Ban on Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices
This story is re blogged from a press release on the American Medical Association website. My take: This hopefully will help control prices of proprietary prescription drugs. AMA Calls for Ban on Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs and … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Finance, Finances, Government, News, Observations, Politics, Re-blog, thoughts
Tagged ad, advertizing, ama, america, association, ban, citizen, control, drug, drugs, finance, government, health, medical, news, politics, presription, reblog, rx, usa
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Feds seek to ban smoking in public housing
Cigarettes in their package. My take on this news item is this current administration, proving to be the Socialists that they are, are trying to take control, even more. This will, if implemented, hit their core supporters the most, the … Continue reading
Where Were You?
Posted in Government, Memorial, Music, Observations, On This Day In History, Politics, Spiritual, thoughts, US Constitution, You Tube
Tagged 2001, 9-11, aircraft, alan, attack, center, fire, government, jackson, news, politics, terror, terrorist, trade, UK, usa, were, where, world, you
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