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CRUISE BARGAINS

From the  New York Times  this morning; The French government will soon require that people show proof of vaccination or a recent negative test to eat at a restaurant, attend a movie or participate in many other activities. After President Emmanuel Macron announced the policy last week, the number of vaccine appointments surged. Italy announced a similar policy yesterday, The Times’s   Marc Santora   explains. It’s true that these mandates often generate intense criticism. In France, more than 100,000 people marched to protest Macron’s policy. In the U.S., critics sued, unsuccessfully so far, to stop Indiana University’s mandate. Some Republican politicians have also tried to stop mandates, including Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio. Now that President Joe Biden has snuck in something called budget reconciliation to pass Democratic money bills, ever wonder how he was going to find a way to neutralize the filibuster?  Well, this could well happen to pass the vot