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The Telegraph – by Laura Donnelly
Low-fat diets could raise the risk of early death by almost one quarter, a major study has found.
The Lancet study of 135,000 adults found those who cut back on fats had far shorter lives than those enjoying plenty of butter, cheese and meats.
Researchers said the study was at odds with repeated health advice to cut down on fats. Continue reading “Low-fat diet could kill you, major study shows”
SHTF Plan – by Jeremiah Johnson
At the rate things are going, a full-blown civil war appears to be materializing. Colin Kaepernick began it all with “taking a knee” in protest of the National Anthem. Fast-forward one year later, and read this, released by Yahoo Sports for just how far it has gone:
“The Colin Kaepernick story has gotten seemingly endless attention because its reach goes far beyond football.
Continue reading “A Full-blown Civil War Appears To Be Materializing: “Nobody Will Be Able To Retreat To A Neutral Corner”
In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives’ plans for a Free Speech Week next month to avoid making the city the center of more violent unrest.
“I don’t want Berkeley being used as a punching bag,” said Arreguin, whose city has been the site of several showdowns this year between, on the one hand, the left and its fringe anarchist wing, and on the other, supporters of President Trump who at times have included white nationalists. Continue reading “After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week”
New Jersey’s oldest resident, who once claimed beer and whisky kept her spry, has died at the age of 112.
Agnes Fenton, of Englewood, died Thursday morning, according to The Record.
Fenton was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1905 and owned a restaurant in Tennessee before moving to New Jersey with her second husband. Continue reading “New Jersey’s Oldest Resident, Whose Secret to Longevity Was Alcohol, Dies at 112”
The Daily Caller – by Steve Birr
A bipartisan proposal in the Senate would give border agents the technology to screen for chemicals at U.S. entry points in an effort to target fentanyl shipments.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida proposed the INTERDICT Act earlier this year and are renewing their call for support after a report released Tuesday showed fentanyl deaths are rising. Data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reveals 81 percent of opioid-related deaths over the first quarter of 2017 involved fentanyl, a painkiller roughly 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, reports The Herald News. Continue reading “Border Screenings Proposed For Deadly Painkiller Spreading Death Across US”
Chicago Tribune – by Nereida Moreno
Instead of turning herself over to immigration officials, Francisca Lino is taking sanctuary in the same Chicago church that protected immigration activist Elvira Arellano.
Lino, 50, a Bolingbrook resident and mother of six children — five of them U.S. citizens — was scheduled to meet with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Wednesday. Instead, she held a West Side news conference at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Humboldt Park.
Continue reading “Mother of 6 seeks sanctuary in a Chicago church to avoid deportation”
Rose Alexander just couldn’t get away from the shooting over the weekend.
Friday night, her adult son was shot in the leg near his home in West Garfield Park. She didn’t venture out of her house until Sunday night, and then only to escort her brother home. But the two of them soon ran into a crime scene along a stretch of Madison Street where four people had been wounded in three shooting incidents over two hours.
The brother and sister separated at Central Avenue and she yelled after him, “Call me as soon as you get home. I mean it. As soon as you walk in the door.” Continue reading “Violent weekend worst since July Fourth: ‘It’s so bad out here’”
The Daily Caller – by Eric Owens
Vermont’s Attorney General has settled the state’s claims of fraud against Jonathan Gruber, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who served as a technical consultant for President Barack Obama and as one of the chief architects of Obamacare.
Under the terms of the settlement, Gruber will no longer work as a taxpayer-funded economic consultant for the state’s health care system and he won’t seek to be paid any money he might be owed, reports the Rutland Herald, a Vermont newspaper. Continue reading “Chief Obamacare Architect Sacked After Fraudulent Billing Investigation”
There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London, which used to have a gallows adjacent to it.
Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course!) to be hanged.
The horse-drawn dray, carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard,who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ”ONE LAST DRINK”. Continue reading “English History Lessons (through old sayings)”
Scientific Name(s): Harpagophytum procumbens , subsp. procumbens DC. ex Meisn. Family: Pediliaceae (sesame).
Common Name(s): Devil’s claw , grapple plant , grapple vine , Radix Harpagophyti , wood spider , xwate .
Devil’s claw is a folk remedy used for an extensive range of diseases, including arthritis and rheumatism. Clinical trials are generally supportive of its use as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic in low back pain and osteoarthritis. Continue reading “Devil’s Claw”
American comedian Jerry Lewis has died today at the age of 91, following a lengthy career of entertainment and humanitarian work.
A statement issued by reviewer John Katsilometes confirmed the sad news.
“Very sad to report entertainment legend JerryLewis has died today at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91,” he tweeted. Continue reading “Comedian Jerry Lewis dead aged 91”
YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. – A golden retriever’s owners thought their dog found a time capsule in their backyard when he started digging one day. Instead, he discovered approximately $85,000 worth of black tar heroin, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office said.
“Kenyon” the dog was 18 months old when he started unburying something in his family’s yard in early August.
When his owners found a package underground, they told authorities they thought it was a time capsule and they filmed themselves opening it. Continue reading “Golden retriever discovers $85,000 worth of black tar heroin in backyard”
The Daily Caller – by Amber Randall
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake called for the United States to let in immigrants who work hard, but don’t have any particular skills, in an effort to hit President Donald Trump on his immigration agenda, according to his New York Times’ op-ed Friday.
Flake told the story of Manuel Chaidez, an illegal immigrant with no discernible skills his parents hired, to drive his point home that America should bring people willing to work hard. Continue reading “Flake Calls To Let In Immigrants Whose ‘Only Initial Credentials Are A Strong Back’”
On Monday, The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates passed a resolution demanding that Congress let undocumented immigrants practice law. The bar suggests that lawmakers should add this block of text, written by the ABA’s Law Student Division, to 8 U.S.C. 5 § 1621(d):
A state court vested with exclusive authority to regulate admission to the bar may, by rule, order, or other affirmative act, permit an undocumented alien seeking legal status to obtain a professional license to practice law in that jurisdiction.
Continue reading “American Bar Association Wants to Let Undocumented Immigrants Practice Law”
CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey
The federal government collected record amounts of both individual income taxes and payroll taxes through the first ten months of fiscal 2017 (Oct. 1, 2016 through the end of July), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement.
Through July, the federal government collected approximately $1,312,691,000,000 in individual income taxes.
At the same time, it collected $976,278,000,000 in Social Security and other payroll taxes. Continue reading “Feds Collect Record Income and Payroll Taxes Through July”
