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UK to allow quarantine-free travel with nearly 60 countries — but not the U.S.

Senate Republicans cool to 2nd round of stimulus checks, direct deposits

U.s. Attorney says there are 150 federal cases tied to riots

National parks are latest target of systemic racism claim in America

Judiciary Committee to interview Manhattan federal prosecutor ousted by Barr

Surgeon general stops short of warning people to avoid crowds on Fourth of July

Protesters to storm D.C. over Independence Day weekend

Poll: 7 in 10 ‘angry’ about ‘state of the country’

Florida hits new COVID-19 record ahead of Pence visit

Experts fear the end of eviction moratoriums could plunge thousands of people into homelessness

Texas Gov. Abbott establishes mask mandate for entire state

Poll: Most Liberals say Americans are too lazy to work

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Trump administration tells states to step up as governors plea for aid

Bill Gates calls coronavirus a ‘nightmare scenerio,’ but predicts lower death toll than Trump

USA records 1,497 deaths in 24 hours ...

Larry David says Bernie Sanders should drop out

Surgeon General warns this week ‘Is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment’

Coronavirus live updates: Bullard says economy’s not in ‘free fall,’

NYC subway cars remain packed ...

Trump thinking of second coronavirus task force on reopening country

Biden: ‘I will wear a mask in public’

New Yorkers salute front-line workers

Barr orders release of more federal inmates ...

Indian official: Mosque urged mob to manhandle health workers

Yes, We Cannabis

Every generation seems to have its own cherished vices. For my parents it was booze and cigarettes. For my generation, we added cigars, marijuana, LSD, and free love. For our children, it is still marijuana and free love ... only they have also added cocaine, methamphetamines, designer drugs, and even freer and more bizarre sex.

And, just to prove that they are open-minded toward their elders, they are dissing alcohol and destroying tobacco use. They want us to put our alcohol instead in our gas tanks so we can drive to some remote, unpopulated location to smoke our cigars and cigarettes. They have done this with extremely effective public relations campaigns that demonize our sins while lauding theirs ... marijuana, cocaine, etc. are drugs that inspire creativity and cause no harm (except, maybe, to Charlie Sheen.)

Well, surprise, surprise. This may not be the case. I have long suspected that designer drugs, cocaine, LSD, etc. may be the source of much of our grandchildren's myriad learning disabilities. Now we are also finding out that legalized marijuana is becoming a major source of greenhouse gasses and is an electricity hog. See: Bad Marijuana.  I just hope that I live long enough to witness our great-grandchildren performing the same form of rabid social ostracism on their parents and grandparents for their vices as are being foisted on us today for some of ours.

"The Surgeon General has determined that Acapulco Gold causes serious damage to the environment and grave injury to your genetic material."