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Religion and Congress: onelittlething.micro.blog

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Time to move to TikTok? onelittlething.micro.blog

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The Bible Boom: onelittlething.micro.blog

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The Bible Boom: onelittlething.micro.blog

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The year in homicide: onelittlething.micro.blog

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But…

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Via “Top Links 589 How US arrivistes do it better. Exceptionalism weighed. Sino-Saudi ties. The global cotton boom and slavery in Egypt,” Adam Tooze, Chartbook, Dec. 16, 2024.

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In FY 2023 (October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023), the federal government spent about $6.2 trillion, or about $18,400 per person. This was down 8.5% from the previous fiscal year but up 15.9% from FY 2019.

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“How much does the government spend, really?” USAfacts.com, Dec. 16.

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Lives saved by vaccines: 1974 to ??? onelittlething.micro.blog

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Baker/tarot card reader-turned-Chief of Staff: onelittlething.micro.blog

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A billionare with a dollar fifty? onelittlething.micro.blog

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Living in the Multiverse, less interesting than the fate of bitcoin in El Salvador? onelittlething.micro.blog

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Sad about what's happening to Earth, suspicious of those who want to try to stop it: onelittlething.micro.blog

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Can you bear it? onelittlething.micro.blog

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Did GIs create the canon? onelittlething.micro.blog

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Takeout's triumph: onelittlething.micro.blog

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Flying cars, China's \"low-altitude economy, and its underemployed youth: onelittlething.micro.blog

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China's Manufacturing Advantage: onelittlething.micro.blog

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China's Manufacturing Advantage: onelittlething.micro.blog

","summary":"","url":"https://onelittlething.micro.blog/2024/12/05/in-the-year.html","date_published":"2024-12-05T21:33:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Something Interesting. Every day.","url":"https://johnbuntin.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F74bd105f054931b9d7cfd1c640523246%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"JohnBuntin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-05 21:33","date_timestamp":1733434428,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}