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Get ready for a Manatee County brewhaha … over a rock
Karl Marx May Have Died, But He Still Teaches In Our Schools
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Tales from the Mark Side: Anna Maria Island takeover is a breach of trustTales from the Mark Side:
mark.young@manateeherald.com We’re not going to see U.S. Marines storming Coquina Beach or the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting into Holmes Beach. But it’s still an invasion as far as I’m concerned. You’ll never catch me saying a bad word about our state representative Will Robinson, but on Anna Maria Island I…
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Pressing the start button: A San Diego-based father’s journey to entrepreneurship
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A Cog in the Gates Machine
A battle is shaping up over a proposed battery plant in Weirton, West Virginia. And it’s just the sort of fight that needs to happen.
A startup company called Form Energy is trying to open an iron-a

No Evidence Russian Involved in Nord Stream Blasts So Far: Germany
Quick Bit: No evidence Moscow was involved in the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has been found yet, a German investigator has admitted.

‘Died suddenly’ posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies – on February 4, 2023 at 2:10 pm
Quick Bit: Results from 6-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Get ready for a Manatee County brewhaha … over a rock
Some would call it rock, others a pebble, others a stone and the faux outrage would consume someone to the point of wanting to inflict violence.

Karl Marx May Have Died, But He Still Teaches In Our Schools
Recently, Governor DeSantis exposed an AP African American Studies course that was less about education and more about liberal bias.

Tales from the Mark Side: Anna Maria Island takeover is a breach of trustTales from the Mark Side:
mark.young@manateeherald.com We’re not going to see U.S. Marines storming Coquina Beach or the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting into Holmes Beach. But it’s still an invasion…
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Seattle Sounders vs Al Ahly time, TV channel, live stream, lineups, betting odds for FIFA Club World Cup
Quick Bit: The Seattle Sounders will become the first Major League Soccer side to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup as they take on Egyptian club Al Ahly in Morocco on Saturday in the quarterfinals.

FA Cup 5th round draw in full: Fixtures, dates, kickoff times and more
Quick Bit: The pairings are set for the FA Cup 5th Round (Round of 16) and the Premier League teams were largely kept apart with only one matchup between top-flight clubs. Also, one lower league team

Who won Six Nations 2022? How France enjoyed impressive pre-World Cup triumph
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‘Died suddenly’ posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies – on February 4, 2023 at 2:10 pm
Quick Bit: Results from 6-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine.

Florida weighs mandating menstrual cycle details for female athletes – on February 4, 2023 at 12:04 am
Quick Bit: CLAIM: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is requiring all female student-athletes in the state to provide detailed information about their periods in order to compete in organized sports. AP’S ASS

Carbonated water is as hydrating as still water – on February 3, 2023 at 5:40 pm
Quick Bit: CLAIM: Carbonated water doesn’t hydrate the body. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Carbonated water provides just as much hydration as still water and is acceptable to drink as a substitute, accord
Obituaries
Betty Wellborn
Betty Louise Clark Wellborn (February 20, 1927 – May 26, 2022) On behalf of the Wellborn family, it is with deepest sorrow that I inform…
Joan Bennett Walton
Joan Bennett Walton (nee Cleary) passed away peacefully with family around her at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. She was…
Harold Wallace LaBolt
Harold Wallace LaBolt, age 94, of Bradenton, Florida, died in his sleep Saturday, May 21, 2022. He was born at home on January 26, 1928,…