Stock Market dropped like a rock yesterday after minutes of last Fed meeting were released … If the drop frustrates you, compare with same date a year ago … Been a good run … Retirement funds, savings, so much is dependent on the stock market … Hopefully, will return to previous high, soon.
One winner each in Wisconsin and California will share in the proceeds of the latest PowerBall drawing … The announced total was $632 million … 2 other winners, one in Florida and another in Georgia, won $1 million each … before Uncle Sam gets his share … Still, big bucks.
A year ago today was one of the darkest moments in the history of the United States … Many have been charged, many more will be and others may go ‘scott free’. We are a nation of rules … Hope all who participated at any level are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law … and that we never see that type activity again.
Overnight, a list of ‘most popular’ social networks was released, as of October 2021. Rankings were by numbers of active users (in millions)
Facebook 2,895
YouTube 2,291
What’s App 2,000
Instagram 1,393
Facebook Messenger 1,300 … Google the site for more results…
Sad note, country songwriter and entertainer Tom T. Hall died last year, according to recent published reports his death has been ruled a suicide … He wrote and recorded some great country songs. He was a storyteller … He wrote “‘Harper Valley PTA”, “Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine” and many more, like ‘”The Year Clayton Delaney Died” and “Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet)” He was 85 years old at the time of his death.
The virus is credited with taking the lives of 99 Bladen County citizens over the past year … and still going strong.
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” Vietnamese Proverb
“Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” Charles Dickens
“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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