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TMI 09/04/2020 – The Red Mirage, Social Security in Peril, the Woman who Changed a War, and the Cosmic Year

Looking forward to November 3rd, we are so used to thinking about Election Night as this huge decisive moment – but what if it wasn’t? We explore how, this year, things are almost certainly going to look very different, and the politicization of the pandemic will likely make the electoral map of November 3rd look very misleading – and much “redder” – than the final outcome when all mail in ballots are counted.

Then, we examine the timeline for Social Security under the current Executive Order, which robs the fund of the tax base that sustains it. The services many people you know depend on are in much more rapid jeopardy than you might think.

We give due recognition to a woman who changed the face of war, and occasionally the face of the weather forecast – but you’ve probably never heard of her.

Finally, we take a look NOT the solar year we call 2020, but the “cosmic year” – or how long it takes us to orbit around the center of our galaxy, and how things weren’t all that different the last time we were in this position, galactically. All this and MORE on this episode of TMI for Friday, September 4th, 2020 – get your dose of the Cure for the Common Media!

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