Hal Brown blog for early August 2021

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Interesting (not by me)

This potential is good news: From RawStory:

This could be very, very bad news:

As Covid rages it's time to make sure you have the best the Best N95 And KN95 Face Masks To Wear For The COVID Delta Variant to protect not only others but yourself as well

 On an entirely different subject, what happens if someone takes very large amounts of vitamins and supplements? Here's a 2013 article from the BBC website. Here's a 2016 from Self about going overboard on supplements.  This undated Healthline article has a chart listing the safe upper levels. 

From Harvard Health: Harmful effects of supplements can send you to the emergency department 

Top 10 herbal or complementary products associated with emergency department visits

Weight loss Energy Sexual enhancement Heart health Sleep Laxative Bodybuilding Immunity or infection Pain or arthritis relief Detoxification or cleansing

Meditation with ultrasound, none minute video

Article by Joshua Coleman, psychologist in private practice and senior fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families.

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My Daily Kos story for Weds.

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Pillow Guy's event, click to enlarge:

It's August 1st, which most people consider the day that is the halfway point of the summer. I had nothing particular to write about this morning at   5:00 AM so I went outside and took this photo. (click to enlarge)

Earlier posts

Hal Brown blog July 2021

  "About Me" is here. 

Today's Daily Kos story is about a Joe and a Jimmie

The ongoing travels of my Chomp-A-Chump dog toy (from 2016 still available on Amazon:

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Superimposed to be in my gas fireplace

In the storm drain in front of my house

When I use a photo I've taken to illustrate a story I post to Daily Kos (like two this past week) I don't have to be concerned about who owns the copyright. This dog toy has come in handy for this. The two above haven't been used for a Daily Kos story yet... stay tuned...

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In fact, Trump had privately indicated that he would seek to withdraw from NATO and to blow up the U.S. alliance with South Korea, should he win reelection. When those alliances had come up in meetings with Esper and other top aides, some advisers warned Trump that shredding them before the election would be politically dangerous.

“Yeah, the second term,” Trump had said. “We’ll do it in the second term.”

From The Washington Post except from book "I alone can fix it."

The above story made the Daily Kos trending list and 1,400 people took the poll.

Earlier stories here