A Kansas Republican Party official apologized for posting a cartoon to his newspaper’s Facebook page that compared Governor Laura Kelly’s (D) recent order requiring public face masks to the Holocaust. The cartoon, which was shared on Friday by Anderson County Review, a small Kansas newspaper, showed a woman wearing a …
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Mosquitoes: vampires in the garden
By Published July 5, 2020 07:05 am It is not halloween; This is not Transylvania, but every time I go out into the garden I end up with less blood. To add insult to injury, itchy welts last for days. Mosquitoes are to blame, of course, and they seem to …
Read More »What mask should I use? New Study Shows Homemade Masks May Be More Effective
BOCA RATON, FL – Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have turned to homemade means of personal protective equipment, which researchers say may be more effective in preventing drops from coughing or sneezing. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott issued a mask mandate to help curb the spread …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan say the UK must take into account its colonial past and “correct those mistakes”
Speaking at a Queen’s Commonwealth Trust session on Wednesday, Harry said that people should “acknowledge the past” even when doing so is uncomfortable. “When you look through the Commonwealth, there is no way we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past,” he said. “Many people have done an amazing …
Read More »When the coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell
Paris (AFP) – “What I miss the most is the smell of my son when I kiss him, the smell of my wife’s body,” says Jean-Michel Maillard. Anosmia, loss of the sense of smell, may be an invisible handicap, but it is psychologically difficult to live with and has no …
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