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Bill Pascrell, Jr. @BillPascrell
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Every Fourth of July is a celebration. When you make it to your 242nd birthday, it's a special thing. Ours is an experiment that was meant to last, forged on charity, ingenuity, fierce independence, and plain hard work...
Our Founders understood that this brand of freedom and democracy takes diligence and meticulous maintenance. Liberty has many enemies, and its preservation is hard work. July 4th is an occasion to mark that work, and dream of the promise yet unfulfilled...
Despite our differences, we all share those dreams. Today, let's be united by that common dedication. Happy Fourth!
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On #WorldRefugeeDay, I am reminded of the refugees I have met after being resettled in New Jersey. They all sought a better, safer life for their families.
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In #Teaneck, the student band played at the #MemorialDay Observance.
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Today is the 218-th #birthday of the great #German #composer and #organist Eduard Grell (1800-1886). He is mostly remembered as a master composer of vocal music, in particular #churchmusic, and was noted outside #Germany. I reproduce an #obituary from..
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Special counsel’s office spokesperson Peter Carr: “When we learned last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims about the Special Counsel, we immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation.” (confirming his comment, reported elsewhere)
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Shall I eat these fancy hospital biscuits?

[science thread]
Important vote 🍪🍪🍪
The packet tells me that each biscuit has 300kJ = kilo joules
Or 72kcal = kilo calories, ie 72,000 calories

But the box says "72 calories per biscuit"

So what's that about?
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it says on the warning sheet that very few folks have had #depressive #sideeffects, and maybe I'm just a rarity.

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I only need it sporadically, but yeah.
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@BlackSocialists - thoughts on this resource?

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