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Monday, September 14, 2026
This is what happens when everybody gets a trophy...
California high school students are scoring more straight A’s than ever – but it’s not necessarily because they’re getting smarter, according to data and education experts.
The number of college applicants reporting flawless GPAs of 4.0 or higher has doubled over the past decade even as state testing shows a post-pandemic plunge in reading and math comprehension - revealing a grade-inflation crisis that’s sending students who can’t even do fractions into top universities.
Over the past decade, the number of students applying to the University of California system with straight A’s skyrocketed from 52,989 in 2015 to 103,138 for the class of 2025, with a notable jump during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2022, according to UC data reviewed by The Post.
It's what happens when schools try so hard to level the playing fiels for everone. They always pander to the weakest, lowering standards punishing the high acheivers. Helluva way to educate our kids, huh? They better learn to sub tract, at the ver least, 'cause that's what they'll be doing to their wallets when the student loan bills come due...
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Have you ever tried one of these?
Use that water for your coffee or tea or whatever you need boiling water for.
Juss' sayin' - I like it. Click on the picture and get one for yourself.
This one is under$ 24.00, but the one Barb bought last year cost over $ 40.00,
and they both do the same exact thing.
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The surfin's gone to the dogs. So did the weather...
Nearly 100 dogs splashed into the surf at Del Mar Dog Beach for the 21st annual Helen Woodward Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon, captivating a crowd of hundreds who gathered in the upscale seaside town to cheer on the four-legged wave riders.
Dogs of all shapes and sizes balanced on surfboards, some sporting goggles and life vests as their owners helped guide them into the surf. Others competed side by side, with dogs sharing boards or catching waves alongside their humans during the tandem portion of the event.
But the competition took a turn when the tide rose and the surf grew rougher. Judges ultimately canceled the Best-In-Surf final after determining the conditions were no longer safe enough for the dogs to continue competing.
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How much hatred do they live with?
A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The statue was found with red spray-paint. A nearby poster memorial in front of the statue was vandalized with red paint as well.
“We will restore the statue and replace the signs, but we are also reviewing the footage of the incident and are working with law enforcement to identify who did this and hold them accountable,” Turning Point USA said in a statement. The 8ft statue was installed on 10 September to mark the one-year anniversary of Kirk’s killing.
It's impossible for me to get my head around how fuckin' twisted someone has to be to do shit like this. This isn't some misguided kid's idea of graffiti - it's more a sign of rage and hatred in someone, someone who would never understand the clarity and reason behind what Charlie was trying to tell them - and us.
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Hunter Biden went on a WABC radio interview in New York Sunday and announced that he may run for President of the United States in 2028.
We've all had the chance to take the measure of this man. It'll be the first time Hunter Biden has run since his stash was discovered in the White House.
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PS - My Mom and Dad's first three children? Robert, Thomas and Joseph. Juss' sayin'...
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Someone must have a birthday
or anniversary coming up.
Here's a great new gift idea...
Click on the picture for more information on this cute bracelet
It's only $ 25.00 - and comes to you with free shipping!
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Reflecting...
However good you think your listening skills are, the only person who can tell you if you have understood correctly or not is the speaker. Therefore, as an extension of good listening skills, you need to develop the ability to reflect words and feelings and to clarify that you have understood them correctly. It is often important that you and the speaker agree that what you understand is a true representation of what was meant to be said.
As well as understanding and reflecting the verbal messages of the speaker it is important to try to understand the emotions - this page explains how to use reflection effectively to help you build greater understanding of not only what is being said but the content, feeling and meaning of messages.
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Someone must have a birthday
or anniversary coming up.
Here's a great new gift idea...
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They're only $ 18.00 - and come to you with free shipping!
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Sunday, September 13, 2026
Lowering standards...
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Someone must have a birthday
or anniversary coming up.
Here's a great new gift idea...
Click on the picture for more information on these cute earrings.
They're only $ 18.00 - and come to you with free shipping!
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The man who invented Florida built one helluva hotel...
Henry Flagler's Ponce de Leon Hotel didn't just open a new hotel in St. Augustine, it essentially launched Florida's entire tourism industry. Completed in 1888, it was one of the first buildings in the world constructed using poured concrete, an engineering choice ahead of its time.
The hotel drew wealthy Northern travelers south for the winter season, offering a level of luxury previously unheard of in the state, and its success convinced Flagler to expand his railroad and hotel empire down Florida's entire east coast. What started as a single ambitious building in a sleepy colonial city ultimately reshaped how Americans thought about traveling to Florida for generations to come.
It's incredible to think one hotel essentially set the entire trajectory of Florida's tourism industry into motion.
Whiskey just got a break...
I'm happy to see his trip to Ireland has finally reaped a benefit for us here.
Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 15% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including some of the golfers.
“Everybody’s been bugging me” to do it, the Republican president said. “And I said, ‘On behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off’” Irish whiskey.
I prefer Irish single malts, but in an emergency a wee Jameson'll suit me just fine thank. I had bought a bottle just before we left, and when we werereturning from Dublin I passed through the Duty Free justto see prices. A fifth of Jamie was $ 3.00 more there than what I had paid at ABC. So, I ask ya, is that Duty Free shit a scam, or what?
You can have the data centers - we don't want 'em here...
Florida is proving that not every coastline, wetland, forest, spring, farm, or wildlife habitat should be sacrificed for massive AI data centers.
From the Everglades and Florida Keys to the Gulf Coast, Atlantic beaches, inland springs, pine forests, wetlands, and freshwater lakes, Florida’s natural landscapes are part of what makes the Sunshine State so special.
People aren’t against technology. They just don’t want endless industrial expansion replacing wetlands, forests, wildlife habitat, farmland, open space, and the communities that generations of Floridians have worked hard to preserve. Once natural land disappears, it rarely comes back.
Progress matters. But so do clean springs, healthy wetlands, wildlife, beautiful beaches, working farms, clean water, and the coastal communities that make Florida unique.
From Jacksonville and Orlando to Tampa, Miami, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Tallahassee, the Everglades, and the Florida Keys — many residents believe growth should never come at the cost of everything that made people fall in love with the Sunshine State in the first place. Sometimes saying “no” isn’t about rejecting the future. It’s about protecting the future generations deserve to inherit.
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Thanks to Life in Florida for the inspiration.
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You can find great gift ideas for her - and
you don't need a reason to buy one...
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They're all simple, yet elegant - and come to you with free shipping!
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He may be liberal, but...
Comedian and talk-show host Bill Maher tore into media groups Friday night over efforts to restrict use of the word “terrorism” - even for brazen attacks designed to kill and maim people.
“There was a war on terror, and we won. And yet, so much has changed since 9/11. For example, back then, we were against the terrorists,” he said on his “Real Time With Bill Maher” show on HBO, which aired Sept. 11.
That opened up a series of comments mocking the media for how it sets language ground rules on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks that took the lives of 2,977 people.
“Now a lot of media outlets don’t even want you to say the ‘T-word’ on the 25th anniversary,” Maher said, pointing to journalism associations that he said wanted writers to put the word terrorism in quotes “because it’s emotionally and politically loaded.”
Thing about this guy is, he's a self-proclaimed Dimocrat, but he's very, very moderate and level-headed on a lot of issues. I enjoy watching his show when I can, and he can be spot-on on subjects that would have other liberals heads spinning. If you're on FB, he has a page where he posts excerpts.
It's here: https://www.facebook.com/Maher
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