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An eclipse over America

There is an eclipse over America as you may have heard.  From a celestial standpoint this will occur Aug 21 where the sun gets obscured by the passing moon so as to cover the star completely.  For an observer at the right latitude in America, at the right time of day, there will be what astronomers define as a 'totality'.

It is peculiar in that it appears to be a once in a century event with the last one almost a 100 years ago in 1918 for this part of the world where it was observable by the entire continent from coast to coast.  Coincidentally at the time we were wrapping up the first world war and it was a troubling time for this nation too.

Fast forward to 2017 and one might argue that we are again at some historic cross roads with the goings on in this country.

Have we come full circle  (pun intended)?

Perhaps our strength is eclipsed by our stupidity?  Our compassion is eclipsed by our hate mongering?  Perhaps we just have bad breath?

Maybe it is time for everyone to take a deep breath and chew some gum.  Hey they also make 'Eclipse' gum.  The manufacturer claims -

 Eclipse launched in 1999 and has remained a leader in intense breath freshening ever since.

 The only caveat - your grocer may have already run out of it!

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