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Cookie's Bliss

Moves

Check this out. If you’ve ever seen me dance, you’ve seen these moves before. Laurel and Hardy, yup. That’s what I was bottle fed on. Invite me to your wedding and you’ll see.

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Food Happiness Travel

Breadfruit and Chestnuts

Bob and I once swore we would never live in a place where breadfruit didn’t grow.  We kept good to this promise for eight years and then re-entered the world of winter.  A place where breadfruit doesn’t grow.  A place where 99% of the population has no idea what breadfruit even is. But, as I […]

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War and Peace

Ten Years Later

Ahhh… Today is the ten year anniversary of 9-11, the day The United States received a wake-up call and chose to ignore it. For a couple of days, many of us held our breath, at least those of us who knew why others might see us as a target. Maybe, our leaders would wake up […]

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Politics

Not That Simple

Okay so it’s not that simple.  Fixing the U S economy won’t be easy after years of outsourcing jobs, funding an obscene military budget and sliding into unimaginable debt. Until we stop over-spending and under-earning the debt ceiling will increase.  Money is going to have to be shuffled around.  But I can’t believe the talk […]

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Politics The USA

Ponzi Unlimited

It appears there’s no stopping this runaway train!  Our economy is a giant ponzi scheme and the word from the top is “It’s unstoppable, there’s no turning back and we’re gonna ride it to the end.” This morning I read the following statement in the New York Times: The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, […]