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Leid Stories - 05.04.22

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today -- Living well(ish) on a tight budget.

 

SAVING MONEY IN A WAR ECONOMY: SUGGESTIONS

 

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

 

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

 

︎Set up your own network of family and friends also trying to cut expenses and save money.

 

︎ Cut your utility bills.

 

︎Cut your drycleaning bill.

 

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

 

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

 

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

 

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

 

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

 

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

Leid Stories - 05.03.22

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today -- Living well(ish) on a tight budget.

 

SAVING $$$: A START

 

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

 

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

 

︎Set up your own network of family and friends also trying to cut expenses and save money.

 

︎ Cut your utility bills.

 

︎Cut your drycleaning bill.

 

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

 

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

 

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

 

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

 

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

 

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

Leid Stories - 05.02.22

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

︎House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of high-level U.S. officials should be back home today after unannounced whirlwind visits to Ukraine and Poland to assure both countries of U.S. support in the face of heightened Russian aggression.

What is significant about the legislators' trip?

Leid Stories - 04.29.22

Free Your Mind Friday!

Leid Stories - 04.28.22

Picking up from where we left off yesterday, here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

 

FINISHING

 

︎In your view, how real is the risk of nuclear war in the Russia-Ukraine conflict? What do you think could  provoke a nuclear war?

What could deter it?

What factors are you weighing?

 

NEW TOPIC: SAVING MONEY

 

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

 

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

 

︎Set up your own network of family and friends.

 

︎ Cut your utility bill.

 

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

 

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

 

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

 

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

 

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

 

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

Leid Stories - 04.27.22

Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today.

Are you preparing/have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are making? What plans should we consider making right now?

Leid Stories - 04.26.22

Is the United States, by virtue of its massive -- and, presumably, continuing  military aid to Ukraine -- at war with Russia, too?

︎With the Biden administration's secretary of defense,  Ret. Gen. Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visiting Ukraine President Volodymir Zelenskyy over  the weekend, does it signal that the U.S. has chosen "sides" position on the Russia-Ukraine war? When was that vote taken?

︎Why hasn't Congress yet held an open debate and vote on U.S policy on the war -- inasmuch as billions of dollars are already being allocated and spent on the Russia-Ukraine war?

 

Leid Stories - 04.22.22

Here's what's happening on Leid Stories today. 

 

It's "Free Your Mind Friday," a free-form opinion fest. Give your take on issues that matter! 

Leid Stories - 04.20.22

Here's what we're talking about today on Leid Stories:

 

President Biden has opened the gates to the nation's coffers -- to check the threat of economic and social woes that loom large nationwide. A grateful nation--and a normally adversarial Congress--considered it a good move.

That program just getting off the ground and showing encouraging results, Biden is urgently beseeched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine to help repel Russia's declared its intention to reclaim territories it had lost to Ukraine in previous battles.

The Russia-Ukraine war is ongoing, with both sides suffering significant losses and setbacks.

Should Biden, without making his case to the nation, be allowed to commit the United States to billions of taxpayer dollars in military support to Ukrain -- and without conditions?

Is Biden skirting the War Powers Act? Why hasn't Biden presented his case openly to Congress and the people?

Leid Stories - 04.18.22

Continuing our ongoing series of special presentations by Leid Stories listeners, Gardis Henry Watts explains what violence is--and isn't--in his hometown, Chicago.