Rosemary Mariner made history as a Navy pilot, Dead at 65

Mariner died Jan. 24 of ovarian cancer at age 65.


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BettyWhite at 96

The Darn Trump Mexico Wall

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Donald Trump and Trade War with China

David W. Rudlin

political junkie

Trump is used to small contractors terrified of him and his army of lawyers. He tells them he’ll pay half of what he contractually committed, and if they don’t like that they can see him in court. Unable to afford a prolonged court case, the contractors settle.

Countries are different. Not only did China refuse to back down, it responded with tariffs targeting states that are politically important to Trump. Probably their best shot was cutting off purchases of US soybeans, hitting Trump right in the heartland.

Far from getting him the love and adoration of his base, the initial skirmish in the trade war ended with his supporters questioning the fight.

In other words, Trump is learning that trade wars are NOT “very easy to win.”

Also, movement with North Korea means he needs China to keep up pressure on Kim. Plus they invested $500 million in a project in Indonesia that will benefit Trump personally (he’s planning a resort there). Combine the three factors and Trump really had no choice but to put the war on hold.

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State taxation of Social Security benefits

State taxation of Social Security benefits

Kiplinger reports that the following states tax Social Security income in at least some situations:

1. Colorado
2. Connecticut
3. Kansas
4. Minnesota
5. Missouri
6. Montana
7. Nebraska
8. New Mexico
9. North Dakota
10. Rhode Island
11. Utah
12. Vermont
13. West Virginia

American student killed in Netherlands Sarah Papenheim

A young American blues drummer murdered in her Netherlands apartment reached out to a friend in the days leading up to her death with a series of text messages, saying her roommate had expressed a desire to kill people.

Sarah Papenheim, 21, was fatally stabbed Wednesday in her home near Erasmus University in the port city of Rotterdam, where she had been studying psychology since 2016. Less than a week earlier, the Minnesota native texted her friend, Adam Pryor, with concerns about the man she’d been living with.

“I work full time and I have school full time and everything is just so f----d up right now,” she wrote in a message sent on Dec. 6. “My roommate told me he is going to kill three people so I'm gonna to have to go to the police.'"

Pryor, who connected with Papenheim through the Minneapolis music scene, told Good Morning America he knew something was off with his friend, but did not believe her to be in any immediate danger.

“After she told me that I thought he got mad at some people. I didn’t feel like she was in any danger. I never could’ve guess it was her,” he said.

“Just the way she made it seem like, it was some other people he was mad at or something happened. I had trust in her. She was very responsible, that she would go to the police and take care of everything. I didn’t think something like this was going to happen.”

Authorities earlier this week arrested a man in connection with the case at a rail station following an attempt to flee, but have not yet released his name.

Papenheim’s mother, Donee Odegard, in an interview with the Star Tribuneidentified the suspect as her daughter’s 23-year-old roommate, Joel Shelling, who had reportedly been getting “more and more angry” in recent weeks.

Odegard said she urged her daughter to avoid the man, but that she pushed back saying that she was his only friend.

“They’d talk about music all night,” the grieving mother said. “They kinda clicked on that. Then as time went on, he’d get highs and lows.”

Pryor, a 19-year-old keyboardist, remembered Papenheim as a smart and caring woman as well as a naturally gifted drummer and musician.

“Most people my age don’t know what blues music is, much less can play it and much less can play like she did,” he said. “She was just so special in so many ways.”

Schelling made his initial court appearance Friday, when a judge ordered he remain in custody as the investigation unfolds over the next two weeks. Police are still working to determine a motive in the killing.

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Papenheim, a graduate of Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, played drums in the school's jazz and marching bands. She moved to Minnesota after her graduation in 2015. Kritzer described her as a talented musician who always had a smile on her face.

Fire in Paradise California November-3018

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Updated: 03:13 EST

Wildfire which razed Paradise is now the joint deadliest in state history leaving 29 dead and 228 missing as 8,000 firefighters battle the raging infernos across California which have killed 31 in total

Authorities have reported six additional deaths in a Northern California, raising the death toll to 29 and making it the deadliest wildfire on record in California history. Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea said the human remains recovered on Sunday included five bodies found at homes and one in a vehicle in Paradise. Honea said the devastation was so complete in some neighborhoods that 'it's very difficult to determine whether or not there may be human remains there'. Honea said that ‘in some cases, the only remains we are able to recover are bones or bone fragments’. He also announced that 228 people remain unaccounted for since the fire began Thursday and incinerated the foothill town. The statewide total of deaths from wildfires reached 31. Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Sunday, causing flare-ups of a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles, but no additional structures were believed to have been lost, authorities said. Officials said the wildfires may intensify due to the strong winds as more than 8,000 firefighters continue to battle the deadly infernos. Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said Sunday evening that wind gusts up to 50mph are expected to continue through Tuesday.