Smile...

 A column published in Psychopharmacology Today offers some advice.

It turns out that the expiration date on a drug does stand for something, but probably not what you think it does. Since a law was passed in 1979, drug manufacturers are required to stamp an expiration date on their products. This is the date at which the manufacturer can still guarantee the full potency and safety of the drug.

Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration at the request of the military. With a large and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.

So, the expiration date doesn't really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or has become unsafe to use. Medical authorities state if expired medicine is safe to take, even those that expired years ago. A rare exception to this may be tetracycline, but the report on this is controversial among researchers.

Dream...

Canadians have a better shot at the American Dream than Americans do.

Individuals born into poorer families have a better chance of owning a home, getting a good education and experiencing a better life than their parents if they are born in Canada than if they are born in the United States.

That's according to the World Economic Forum's Global Social Mobility Index, which ranks 82 countries on their citizens' ability to fulfill their potential regardless of their socio-economic background.

The index ranks economies across five dimensions: health, education, technology access, work (in terms of opportunities, conditions and fair wages), and protection and institutions.

Nordic countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland, have the best social mobility scores.

The headline finding is that most economies are failing to provide the conditions in which their citizens can thrive, often by a large margin," the World Economic Forum said in a statement Monday.

"As a result, an individual's opportunities in life remain tethered to their socio-economic status at birth, entrenching historical inequalities."

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Officer Stephanie Southard was fired on April 14, 2014 for allegedly having sex 25-30 times while on-duty with another Denver police officer, Nathan Sanchez. Southard was also suspended for 15 days for punching Sanchez after he ended their affair.

Judge Ross Buchanan issued the latest order on June 28. Buchanan affirmed the 15-day suspension, but reversed Southard's termination.

The order states: "The simple question in this case is whether Officer Southard had sex with Officer Sanchez, while on duty, and then lied about it.

While the commission cataloged, several undisputed facts regarding the relationship between Officers Sanchez and Southard … neither individually nor collectively do they amount to having sex while on duty."

The document goes on to say, "the Director's conclusion was clearly erroneous."

The claims were not true and some of the witnesses cleared this decision.

Drama...

Senator Warren claimed that Bernie Sanders told her that women can't win the presidency. Obviously he didn't. She used to claim many things before and many reported to be inaccurate.

She claimed she is a Native American Indian and the DNA proved she is 1/1024. Very close.

So let us give both a lie detector test to get to the bottom of this.

Fast...

We think we didn't  do it the right way. In addition timing is a big problem for us Dems.
 Can we add, change, create another circus in the senate?

Oversight...

Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Democratic members of Congress announcing the House will introduce and vote on a "War Powers Resolution to limit the President's military actions regarding Iran" amid rising tension.

The resolution, "reasserts Congress's long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration's military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days."

The letter comes as the US is deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East following the airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. 

Where was this letter in 2002 as we invaded Iraq?
Where was this letter on 2011, as we started the destruction of Syria?
and where was this letter as we invaded the Country of Libya and created a civil war?

Thank you Ms. Pelosi for resurrecting the congress power twenty years later.

Threatining...

Guests should "ensure their clothing and accessories are respectful to fellow guests," reads Carnival's website FAQ.

That means nothing worn during the cruise should "contain any message that may be considered offensive or contain nudity, profanity, sexual innuendo/suggestions. 

In addition, clothing/accessories should not promote negative ethnic or racial, commentary, or hatred or violence in any form."

While Carnival's crew isn't "the clothing or expression police," spokesman Vance Gulliksen says the change came after some reports in other travel sectors of customers wearing clothing with "very threatening messages."

So enjoy the cruise and please keep your thoughts/hate at land.  Just a thought.

Drop...

Researchers have reported the largest-ever single-year drop in cancer death rates in the United States.

The rate of deaths from cancer fell 2.2 percent from 2016 to 2017. That is the largest drop since record-keeping began in 1930.

The information comes from a new report by the American Cancer Society. The group announced the report’s findings Wednesday.

The Cancer Society says that overall death rates from cancer have fallen about 1.5 percent each year since 1991. Better treatments for lung cancer are part of the reason for the falling numbers, said Rebecca Siegel. She was the lead writer of the report.

“Lung cancer has been the most common cause of cancer death in the United States, and now…we have better therapies for our patients and … patients are living longer and better than ever before.”

Yup...

Bed bugs, usually thought of as an American nuisance, are driving Parisians crazy with their appearance in hotels.

The pests, known as punaises de lit in France, are causing financial losses upwards of millions of euros for business owners in the French capital.

One Paris hotel group conceded that even ritzy hotels are falling victim to the pests — and the problem is worsening.

 “The hotelier is a victim in this kind of case. It’s not that the hotel is dirty, but it has welcomed people who have brought the bedbugs with them.”

The number of reported bedbug cases in the nation has ballooned from 180,000 to 4000,000 in two short years.

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Looking for a reason to fail....