The answer is $3.37 taxable dollars per each $1,000,000,000.00 of new money circulated in the market place. Yes, three dollars and thirty seven cent, taxable. Converting percentages shown in the demographic image to people: Given a total population of 329,064,917 let’s play with how much each demographic groups get per Read more…
This is an exercise that only takes a moment and puts a lot of perspective on you plate. “I don’t think people fully understand how much 1 billion is. If your salary was $100,000, with no tax, it would take you 10 years to become a millionaire, but 10,000 years Read more…
https://mashable.com/2016/07/14/child-hunger-united-states.amp#referrer=https://www.google.com Everything about the link enclosed is relevant. Source: Mashable / According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the US face hunger every year. The rates of hunger in children are even higher with about 1 in 5 lacking proper access to food at some point during the Read more…
By Caitlin Lowery: When you, as a white person, post statements today that every one should ” move on” , “move forward” , ” stop spreading hate”, “show more love”, or be “united as a country”, you are showing your privilege. Trump’s racism will never affect you. His discrimination will Read more…
Shrimp: 2 tablespoons of butter melted in pan. Full teaspoon of pepper, parsley, thyme and garlic powder. Cook at medium high temperature until shrimp turn pink. Should be a couple of minutes. Squeeze half a lemon or lime of the hot shrimp. Set aside. Potatoes: nuke for about 6 minutes, Read more…
In 1859 Senator William H. Seward sold Tubman a small piece of land on the outskirts of Auburn, New York. The land in Auburn became a haven for Tubman’s family and friends. Tubman spent the years following the Civil War on this property, tending to her family and others who Read more…
The Most Famous Conductor on the Underground Railroad (1820-1913) The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law. This law stated that escaped slaves could be captured in the North and returned to slavery, leading to the abduction of former slaves and free Read more…
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Harriet married twice. In 1844 Harriet married a black man named John Tubman. Little is known about John or his marriage to Harriet, including whether and how long they Read more…
“If you hear the dogs, keep going.” / “If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.” / ” If there’s shouting after you, keep going.” / “Don’t ever stop, Keep going.” / If you want a taste of freedom, keep going”/ Harriet Tubman. Born to slavery, Tubman escaped Read more…
Yesterday’s news reported that now 100,000 children are being held captive in camps. If I may add they are concentration camps. The US government has seen it fit to use state hired lawyers to debate in court that we have no legal obligation to supply these children with their basic Read more…
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Read more…
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Logical thinking, once embraced is a thing of beauty, which deserves our attention and admiration. It’s become common in today’s world for people to confuse facts with fiction or conjecture. Observing and participating in many conversations will demonstrate how fact and conjecture are readily and easily exchanged, as one. During Read more…
The world just got smaller or bigger? You tell me. Capricorn Science has readers from the following countries: United Kingdom / United States / Ireland / Spain / Canada / Thailand / Australia / Germany / France / Netherlands / Italy / Greece / Puerto Rico / Malta / New Read more…
Flowers from my garden. I thought that those of you enduring winter cold would enjoy them a bit. An article I read this morning tells how scientists have discovered that flowers can hear the buzzing of bees and become sweeter as they arrive to pollinate. The eternal dance of reproduction, Read more…
It’s not about you! We often wonder how did our current situation become what it is. How did we get here? What am I talking about? Fascism, Nazism, Oligarchism, Anti-Feminism, Anti-Race, Anti-Poor, Anti-Children, Anti-Women, Anti-Civil-Rights, Anti-Constitution, Anti-Science, Anti-Education, to name a few. After studying each one of these maladies that Read more…
Photographs depicting health professionals from South Korea, Italy, China, and USA. If you have been paying attention, and I hope you have, there is a worldwide pandemic traveling at the speed of death from shore to shore. We are under lifesaving lock down within our homes in an attempt to Read more…
Coconut Sorbet: One can of Coco Lopez mixed with half a bottle of Coconut syrup. Mix, pour in small plastic cups and freeze. Delicious. Vanilla Sorbet: mix one egg yolk with 4 tablespoons of sugar. Add a can of condensed milk, one tablespoon of vanilla, one teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix Read more…
What a pleasant surprise this little recipe has been. Cook the thick cut bacon. Save the pan with the fat to cook stage two. Dip cooked bacon in pancake mix, that should be ready on the side. Place back in pan and cook and turn over. If the pan gets Read more…
Mary Lee Thornton is a Facebook friend. An interior designer by profession. Georgia is her home. Grandmother to multiple bundles of joy. We have been friends for a couple of years. My dear friend was sick, very sick. Our contact was limited to mundane things. Never anything too deep and Read more…
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