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10 Ways to Quit Drinking and the Benefits of Giving Up Alcohol

I’m not the poster child for alcohol abstention. Trying new breweries (and returning to old favorites) is a pastime of mine, and I’ve enthusiastically brewed my own beer at home on multiple occasions. I enjoy wine with dinner and the occasional cocktail or two out on the town.

But I know lots of folks, including close friends, who’ve temporarily or permanently given up alcohol use for various…

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The Worst Men’s Fashion Trends Of All Time

Men’s Fashion Trends The Worst Men’s Fashion Trends Of All Time

It’s time to round up menswear’s biggest sins and give your wardrobe a sartorial exorcism

Fashion can be a fickle mistress. She can also be straight-up sadistic. Three-quarter-length trousers, straw hats, Uggs for men, what was she thinking? And what were we thinking for listening to her?

To make matters worse, designers like…

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Trump Touts 'Beautiful, Clean Coal' And Fails To Link Disasters To Climate Change

Trump Touts ‘Beautiful, Clean Coal’ And Fails To Link Disasters To Climate Change

In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump nodded to the catastrophic storms and wildfires that killed more than 300 Americans and caused a record $306 billion in damages.

Yet he made no mention of the planetary warming ― 2017 was the second-hottest year on record ― that worsened the disasters, instead bolstering his administration’s aggressive fossil fuel push.

“We…

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Democrats Ignore Climate Change In State Of The Union Rebuttal

The Democratic Party omitted any mention of climate change in its rebuttal Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address.

In his speech, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) didn’t bring up global warming, sea-level rise or the surge in global greenhouse gas emissions, which threaten to become worse as the Republican White House ramps up fossil fuel production to unprecedented…

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Secret Australian Government Documents Found In Cabinets From Secondhand Store

Australia’s national broadcasterhas obtained secret government documents relating to national security, immigration, welfare, communications and controversial racial discrimination laws after someone purchasedtwo government filing cabinets at a secondhand store.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. made the revelation on Wednesday after reporting for several days on secret government decisions…

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Hillary Clinton Addresses Campaign Employee's Alleged Sexual Harassment In Lengthy Facebook Post

Hillary Clinton Addresses Campaign Employee’s Alleged Sexual Harassment In Lengthy Facebook Post

Just minutes before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Hillary Clinton wrote a lengthy post on Facebook addressing the “inappropriate behavior” of an employee for her 2008 campaign and her response to it at the time.

“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior,”

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Trump Is Obsessed With The Size Of His Tax Cut, Can't Admit It's Not The Biggest

Trump Is Obsessed With The Size Of His Tax Cut, Can’t Admit It’s Not The Biggest

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has repeatedly said, falsely, that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act he signed into law last month is the biggest tax cut in American history.

Fact-checkers have repeatedly said he’s wrong, and yet, in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump persisted.

“Just as I promised the American People from this podium 11 months ago, we enacted the biggest tax…

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The Congressional Black Caucus Wasn't Having It When Trump Mentioned Black Unemployment

The Congressional Black Caucus Wasn’t Having It When Trump Mentioned Black Unemployment

WASHINGTON ― During his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump took credit for the achievements of the black president who preceded him.

“And something I’m very proud of, African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded,” Trump said as the crowd packed into the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night went wild. Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan…

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Trump Calls On Congress To Empower Agencies To Oust Federal Workers

WASHINGTON — In a speech that repeatedly touched on the importance of job creation, President Donald Trump also called on Congress to give government agencies the power to oust federal workers.

“All Americans deserve accountability and respect ― and that is what we are giving them,” Trump said during his first State of the Union Address. “I call on the Congress to empower every Cabinet…

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Van Jones Tears Apart Trump's Speech: 'Sweet-Tasting Candy With Poison In It'

Van Jones Tears Apart Trump’s Speech: ‘Sweet-Tasting Candy With Poison In It’

President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech was largely missing his usual combative bluster, but CNN’s Van Jones wasn’t buying the gentler tone.

“He was selling sweet-tasting candy with poison in it,” Jones said Tuesday night.

He then criticized the president for implying that immigrant children are gang members, calling it “completely unacceptable.”

See the full exchange…

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Trump’s First SOTU Includes The Typical Falsehoods, Avoids The Typical Insanity

WASHINGTON ― It took 10 minutes and 25 seconds into his first State of the Union address Tuesday night for President Donald Trump to do what’s became his defining signature in office: saying something demonstrably false.

“We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history,” Trump said from the dais of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol.

The boast is not close to…

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In Era Of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders Sees ‘The Beginning Of A Political Revolution’

In a speech indicting President Donald Trump’s vision and policies on Tuesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lauded an upswell of progressive activism, dubbing it “the beginning of a political revolution.”

Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) had the honor of delivering the Democratic Party’s official response to Trump’ State of the Union address; Virginia Del. Elizabeth Guzman(D) offered…

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How to Identify & Deal With Bad Customers in Your Business

One of your worst customers has just walked through the door. Instantly, you see your employees’ smiles disappear. This customer is always angry and demanding, and frequently berates your staff for mistakes that aren’t their fault. You give him great customer service, and he’s still not satisfied.

You’d love to show him the door, but, he’s a customer. And the customer is always right. Right?

Tox…

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22 College Towns That You Can Live in Forever

Looking for a place to settle down after you graduate?

Big coastal cities like Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco have jobs galore for well-qualified grads. If you like energy and excitement, they’re also undeniably fun places to live. You don’t have to go far to take in world-class culture, try exciting new cuisines, or be a tourist in your own town for a day.

Problem is, big-city life is…

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6 Major Street Style Trends For 2018

Men’s Fashion Trends 6 Major Street Style Trends For 2018

The men from the world’s most stylish cities show us how it’s done

You may look at the boldly-dressed attendees of London, Paris and Milan fashion weeks, and scoff. It can border on the absurd at first scan. Look a little closer, however, and you’ll often find that the folk of the front row don’t dress a world away from the rest of…

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Here's The 'Urgent Wish List' Trophy Hunters Sent To Ryan Zinke

Here’s The ‘Urgent Wish List’ Trophy Hunters Sent To Ryan Zinke

WASHINGTON — Most trophy hunters consider displaying the head, hide or tusks of a kill just as important as bagging the big one. And advocates of this controversial sport wasted little time asking Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to change some policies that would ensure hunters could bring exotic wildlife killed in other countries into the United States.

In a July letter, which HuffPost…

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Satanists Adopted A Highway So You May As Well Start Playing Some AC/DC Now

The road to hell may or may not be paved with good intentions, but a stretch of highway in Arizona is being maintained with the best of intentions by Satanists.

The Satanic Temple of Arizona adopted a stretch of I-10 near Casa Grande, and sent volunteers armed with pitchforks to pick up trash on the highway to… well… actually it’s to Phoenix or Tucson, depending on which direction you’re…