Michael Markellos and his mother own a 10-unit apartment complex in Chicago. He said his tax bill last year for all 10 units combined was $23,674. This year, the bill is $128,282 dollars, up 440 percent. “I was outraged. These are basically simple one-bedroom units for college graduates who work downtown,” said Markellos. “They would have to pay $5,000-$6,000 to pay the bills. No one in their right mind will pay that.” A local TV station asked the tax assessor’s office why the bill had gone up.
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US military ‘downplayed’ the number of soldiers exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ The Guardian US
Kraft personally offered Edmond a ticket to the Patriots’ game against the Bengals on Dec. 24 along with a personalized jersey and pregame passes at Gillette Stadium.
Improvements are underway as the U.S. Army walks out a 15 year-modernization plan. Locally, the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center has received millions of dollars in funding for the plant to continue to create tanks for the United States military and for contracted allied countries around the world.
Travis Adkins, the Senior Responsible Official at JSMC, provided a plant update.
In recent years, demand for the green fuel, produced with electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind, is surging as the world looks for the alternatives to the largest contributors to global climate change, fossil fuels. According to the IEA, Africa has immense potential to produce hydrogen using its rich renewable resources.
TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese government approved a draft budget for the next fiscal year for a record 114,38 trillion yen ($862 billion) with a record-high defense budget in the amount of 6.8 trillion yen, Japanese media reported on Friday.
Visible Origami – Dec 22, 2022
Dog Poet Transmitting…….
Well… here we are the day after Real Christmas. The Other Christmas is having a hard time of it in recent years… as the commercial aspect overwhelms the spiritual intention of it. You should ask yourself; “Why do I celebrate this event?” Right there you should know if it is Christmas for you… or… reruns of The Shopping Network.
Time is a funny thing. It has various stages of weight, so… it involves a lot of the nature of Gravity. The Spirit… by definition… is weightless.
Christmas is a time for joy. A time for gorgeous decorations, surprising gifts, ugly sweaters, and… talking about all of it on Twitter, of course.
To get you into the festive mood, we at Bored Panda, just like in 2020 and 2021, decided to put together the funniest and most relatable Christmas tweets we could find. They range from self-deprecating jokes to clever puns and wordplay, and we think it should get the job done nicely!
So get yourself some cookies and brew a cup of cocoa because we’re scrolling.
Vernon Coleman – The White Rose Dec 19, 2022
Britain has the oldest postal service in the world. The penny black stamp was the first stamp in the world. And, because of this, Britain produces the only stamps in the world which do not bear the name of the country of origin.
The principle behind the Royal Mail has always been that the post would be delivered to every dwelling in the country.