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HAVE A WONDERFUL LABOR DAY

  The history of Labor Day is too, too boring to detail, but: President Grover Cleveland  in 1894 signed the bill recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day, providing a new holiday for federal workers.  If he looks a bit rotund to you, he had a Body-Mass Index of 34.6, #2 to Howard Taft at 42.3.  Want to know your BMI?  Look to the right, scroll to near the bottom, stop at Calculate Your Body-Mass Index, insert those details, and the odds are high you will be a lot lower than Cleveland.  The NFL always kicks off their season the Thursday after Labor Day, which this year features the Ravens visiting Chiefs in Kansas City on September 5. While there will be picnics, a few parades and the like, this three-day weekend is the official end of the summer, where consumers spend a lot of money, only next to the Christmas season, and travel. 10,000 workers in 24 cities  are striking this weekend  against Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt hotels. President Joe Biden today joined Kamala Harr