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 Also, the 250th Birthday for America doesn't look like it's attracting "the best of the best:"

 

 

 

 

 

 

  From CNN : Everybody knows it’s not Halloween without candy, but trick-or-treaters might find less chocolate filling their buckets this year. That’s because cocoa prices have more than doubled since the start of the year and have remained at record highs, according to Wells Fargo data shared with CNN. The surging prices have caused grief for confectioners during prime chocolate sales seasons like Valentine’s Day and Easter. And with Halloween as the next major candy-centric holiday, companies are getting creative with their ways of coping with the lack of cocoa. This means consumers might see smaller chocolate bars in different flavors and more non-chocolate treats on grocery aisle shelves. “Cocoa is not like a normal agriculture crop where you have it grown everywhere, like other commodities. It takes a very specific site and temperature range to grow,” said David Branch, sector manager at Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food Institute. But for the past three years, a series of adverse weath...

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 Back in 2018, there was a story about how then-President Trump wanted the Pentagon and the White House to plan " a military parade in Washington similar to the Bastille Day parade he witnessed in Paris in July ." Now things like COVID-19 and the national and worldwide response to the Pandemic put this on hold, but the truth is the parade was more from Trump than the military. And if we're being honest, America celebrates the military a lot . Even knowing that, we still apparently have events like SALUTEFEST : Actual Promotional Picture Now if that wasn't a sight, check out the overview : Basically What You See At Sporting Events is the Military Being Restrained If it wasn't for the imperialism American leaders uses the military for, the Air Events from the schedule would make a for positive recruiting drive: Wonder How They Knew Drones Were Good For Taking Pictures? As for the Sponsors (this time I'm sharing screenshots because of what happened with the Ame...

 It will be closed and it will stay closed during Thanksgiving for the foreseeable future.

While Valentine's Day -like any other holiday involving showing non-family members affection- usually means doom for me, I'd be a heartless bastard to let that stop me from wishing others happiness and joy on this holiday. Even if it's been pretty much reduced to commercialized peer pressure forcing couples to re-declare something they should be doing both overtly and covertly on a regular basis. But I digress.

Lay off the chocolate bunnies , OK?

Here's fifty sayings and proverbs to use . I would've posted this on St. Patrick's Day, but odds are you would have been either drinking, sleeping or praying (is is technically on Sunday).

Santa about to get it on with his wife. More here .