Month: August 2022

Lawn Pests and Fungus

Question: Lately I’m finding small clumps of lawn grass, roots and all, dug out and laying there. The clumps are only an inch or two across. At first, I thought it was a mole or gopher, but I don’t see any tunnel beyond the removed clump. I read that moles prefer areas that have a…


This is Korea | The Korean War Remembered Episode 1|Documentary

Legendary Hollywood director John Ford directed this documentary chronicling the early part of the Korean War. Using rare color footage from the battlefields of Korea, Ford applies the craft of Hollywood movie-making to inspire American audiences. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook:…


Connecticut Elementary School Administrator Promotes ‘Subtle’ Left-Wing Indoctrination: Project Veritas

An elementary school administrator in Greenwich, Connecticut was captured in an undercover video boasting about how he refuses to hire Catholic or conservative teachers, and how the teachers at his school subtly inject left-wing progressive ideology into their teaching. In a video released by news organization Project Veritas, Jeremy Boland, assistant principal at Cos Cob…


Valuable Tips for Every First-Time Homebuyer

Dear Monty: I live in the Washington, D.C., area, where home prices are always higher than in other parts of the country, and I hope to move closer to the city. I work as a freelancer and have about $150,000 saved up. I think I will have to get a modest condo if I buy…


Here’s California Flooring It to the ‘Clean’ Energy Future—With Its Transmission Slipping Badly

CALIFORNIA CITY—California’s precariously out-of-date hybrid power grid can’t handle the state’s growing amounts of solar and wind energy coming online, with system managers already forcing repeated cutbacks in renewables and a continued reliance on conventional energy to keep the grid stable, according to state data. The shortcomings of the transmission grid, which energy consultants in…


Don’t Throw That Out!

Have you ever walked into the kitchen to get that first cup of coffee only to discover someone left the ice cream on the counter all night? Or the milk? I don’t hate spoiled food as much as I did before. I found many clever ways to use items I used to throw out. Sour…


Home Prices Rising at ‘Robust Clip’ Despite Some Deceleration: Case-Shiller

New data from Standard & Poor’s reveal a subtle deceleration of steadily rising home prices, causing some to speculate that a cooling off in the housing market may be on the horizon, even as the market remains far hotter than pre-pandemic levels. S&P released its monthly Case-Shiller Home Price Index on Aug. 30, which raised…


Bed Bath & Beyond to Close 150 Stores, While Laying Off 20 Percent of Its Employees

The home supply retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond is on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse, as it announces the closure of more of its stores, massive layoffs, and more stock offerings. The retailer announced on Aug. 31, as part of a “strategic update,” that it will lay off approximately 20 percent of its…


Manitoba Offering Money to Some Families, Seniors to Help With Rising Cost of Living

The Manitoba government promised Wednesday to send cheques tosome families and seniors to help them battle inflation. The Progressive Conservative government is also raising benefits for certain people on social assistance, and offering a temporary boost in funding to food banks. “It is beyond clear that many Manitobans are hurting and having a hard time…


Newsom Pours Nearly $700 Million Into New Homeless Housing Units

Gov. Gavin Newsom awarded $694 million in funding toward 2,500 new homeless housing projects statewide for the program called Project Homekey. The governor announced the new projects last week in a news conference with U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Newsom said Aug. 24 the program funded 12,500 new homes in…