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  • I was diagnosed as a psychopath - this is the dark inner monologue I have to wrestle with every day

    05/15/2024 4:45:40 PM PDT · by RummyChick · 31 replies
    dailymail ^ | 5/15/2024 | matthew phelan
    A woman who claims to be a diagnosed psychopath has shared what her internal monologue is like, and how she envisions memories and future events in her mind. 'I close my eyes and I see black,' the TikToker, who goes by the name of victhepath, said, revealing the inky darkness of her purely abstract thoughts. 'It's so hard for me to describe because it's just conceptual,' she continued. 'I can envision things, but I can't actually see the things I'm envisioning.' When it comes to her own 'internal monologue,' as she also told her followers, it's also stripped of vivid...
  • Japan’s most senior cancer doctor: COVID shots are ‘essentially murder’

    05/15/2024 7:57:05 AM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 32 replies
    Life site news ^ | Tue May 14, 2024 - 8:09 pm EDT | Not Provided
    Dr. Masanori Fukushima has called on the World Health Organization to lead an investigation of the harmful outcomes of the COVID shots.
  • NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY - May 15

    05/15/2024 7:47:16 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 7 replies
    National Day Calendar ^ | May 15, 2024 | Staff
    NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY On May 15th, we recognize a morsel of a thing on National Chocolate Chip Day! #ChocolateChipDay Have you ever wondered how a single ingredient would change a recipe? If it weren't for one curious baker, it would be hard to imagine where we would be without the invention of chocolate chips. In 1937, Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman Massachusetts must have been curious about what a little bit of chocolate would add to her cookies. While working at the Toll House Inn, she added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to a cookie recipe....
  • Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted

    05/14/2024 7:01:03 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 38 replies
    The Conversation ^ | May 13, 2024 | Nikki Crowley
    With the new Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” in U.S. theaters as of May 17, 2024, the late singer’s relationship with alcohol and drugs is under scrutiny again. In July 2011, Winehouse was found dead in her flat in north London from “death by misadventure” at the age of 27. That’s the official British term used for accidental death caused by a voluntary risk.Her blood alcohol concentration was 0.416%, more than five times the legal intoxication limit in the U.S. – leading her cause of death to be later adjusted to include “alcohol toxicity” following a second coroner’s inquest....
  • Greek Mountain Tea and Its Healing Properties

    05/14/2024 4:59:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | May 14, 2024 | Nick Kampouris
    Greeks are not known for their love for tea, as are for example the British, Russians, and Turks. However, when it comes to tea, the first variety that a Greek would think of is “Chai tou vounou,” or Greek mountain tea. “Sideritis,” as it is officially known, has been used since ancient times as a medicine, as well as a refreshment. Ancient, medieval, and modern Greeks also used this herb to boost energy and memory, and up to the present day, it continues to be by far the most popular and famous herbal tea in the country. The term “sideritis”...
  • Instant karma: Sex attacker tries to grope female train passenger… and then loses his arm when tram hits him during scuffle with crowd who came to the victim's aid in Germany

    05/14/2024 12:30:37 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 39 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 14, 2024 | Staff
    A sex attacker who tried to grope a female train passenger ended up losing his arm when a locomotive hit him during a scuffle with a crowd that came to the victim's aid. A 22-year-old man from Tunisia tried to kiss and grope a woman, 25, on a tram in the German city of Stuttgart in the early hours of Sunday, according to the federal police. Other passengers rushed to the victim's aid and left the train with her assailant at the next stop at Oesterfeld station in the city's Vaihingen district. A scuffle between the Tunisian, a second man...
  • NATIONAL BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DAY | May 14

    05/14/2024 9:14:25 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    National Day Calendar ^ | May 14, 2024 | Staff
    NATIONAL BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DAY | May 14 May 14th ushers in National Buttermilk Biscuit Day to celebrate this high-rising breakfast staple. #ButtermilkBiscuitDay Biscuits are made using baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent rather than yeast. A typicalbuttermilk biscuit recipe contains flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, butter, and buttermilk. They are often referred to as a “quick bread,” indicating they do not need time to rise before baking. While being made, the dough is beaten and folded to incorporate air, which expands while baking, causing the biscuit to rise. Before the American Civil War, biscuits emerged as...
  • A “Restaurant Apocalypse” Is Starting to Sweep Across America, and That Is Really Bad News for the U.S. Economy

    05/14/2024 8:40:24 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 88 replies
    Discern Report ^ | May 14, 2024 | Michael Snyder
    (The Economic Collapse Blog)—You can get a really good idea how the U.S. economy is doing by watching restaurants in your area. When the economy is booming, restaurant parking lots are full and chains are feverishly establishing new locations. But when the economy is struggling, restaurants get a lot less traffic and poor performing locations get shut down. Sadly, in 2024 it appears that a “restaurant apocalypse” has started to sweep across America. Most people have very little discretionary income to spend as a result of our cost of living crisis, and that is particularly true for our young adults....
  • Find a Red Lobster Auction Near You

    05/14/2024 8:22:38 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 45 replies
    www.tagexbrands.com ^ | May 13, 2024 | Staff
    As of today, select Red Lobster locations are CLOSED. On our Restaurant Equipment marketplace, we are auctioning off 50+ locations across the country. These auctions are WINNER TAKES ALL – meaning, each winner will receive the ENTIRE contents of the Red Lobster location they bid on. Auctions are live and will end periodically on Thursday, May 16, 2024. LIST AT LINK....................
  • Texas murder suspect runs victim over twice before kissing, stabbing his limp body: VIDEO

    05/14/2024 7:31:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    YouTube ^ | May 13, 2024 | ABC TV- 7
    Texas murder suspect Karon Fisher was seen running over victim Steven Anderson twice before kissing and stabbing him on Woodridge Square Drive. https://abc7chicago.com/post/houston-... VIDEO AT LINK...................
  • "The significance of life is exaggerated,"

    05/13/2024 4:21:47 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 56 replies
    X ^ | 13 May 2024 | Anton Gerashchenko
    Russia's First Channel openly urges Russian servicemen "not to wait for the drone" but to commit suicide themselves! "The significance of life is exaggerated," the propagandist argues. And he says that killing yourself on the battlefield is not suicide, but sacrifice.
  • Are weight-loss meds the next wonder drugs?

    05/13/2024 12:18:35 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    FreeThink ^ | May 13, 2024 | Kristin Houser
    GLP-1 agonists may be able to treat addiction, prevent Alzheimer’s, and more. This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox by subscribing here. If the COVID-19 vaccines were the most significant FDA approvals of the 2020s so far, GLP-1 agonists to treat obesity are a strong runner up. Though these drugs have been used to treat type 2 diabetes for nearly two decades, it wasn’t until 2021 that the FDA approved one of them — Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) — as a treatment...
  • GOING VIRAL: Father Accuses School of Holding Son “Hostage,” Claims Principal Denied Him Access and Information About His Son’s Condition [MD]

    05/13/2024 8:13:52 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 28 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May 12, 2024 | Staff
    VIDEO LINKS AT SITE................. A local father’s distressing ordeal has captured the attention of thousands online after he posted a video alleging that the principal at White Oak School in Parkville, Maryland, held his 11-year-old son “hostage” and refused to disclose his whereabouts or condition. The father, with a TikTok username of theprototype88, also known as King B., detailed the incident in a video that has since gone viral with almost 8 million views. In his emotional account, he claims that he rushed to the school after being informed by the vice principal that his son might have ingested a...
  • NATIONAL APPLE PIE DAY | May 13

    05/13/2024 6:21:43 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 28 replies
    National Day Calendar ^ | May 13, 2024 | Staff
    NATIONAL APPLE PIE DAY National Apple Pie Day, America’s favorite dessert, is observed annually on May 13th. #NationalApplePieDay The first apple pie recipe printed was in England in 1381. The list of ingredients included good apples, good spices, figs, raisins, pears, saffron, and cofyn (a type of pastry crust). While the apple pie existed well before the Pilgrims landed on the eastern shores of what is now The United States, Americans wax poetic about how American apple pie is. The phrase "as American as apple pie" has been around for more than 100 years. During the turn of the 20th...
  • BRIAN WILSON PLACED IN CONSERVATORSHIP

    05/12/2024 3:48:25 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 33 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | May 9, 2024 | Allison Rapp
    A judge has ruled that Brian Wilson be placed in a conservatorship, which will be run by his longtime publicist and manager, Jean Sievers, and his longtime business manager, LeeAnn Hard. The conservatorship was applied for in February, shortly after the death of his wife and manager, Melinda. It was noted at the time that Wilson, 81, suffers from dementia and is no longer able to care for himself. "Brian and the children living at home will be taken care of and remain in the home where they are cared for by Gloria Ramos and the wonderful team at the...
  • Woman Who Was First to Recover From Rabies Without Vaccine Marks 20th Anniversary

    05/12/2024 2:11:29 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 23 replies
    WIFR ^ | May. 12, 2024 | Tim Elliott and Andrew McMunn
    A woman in Wisconsin who survived a harrowing brush with death is celebrating a major milestone this year. Jeanna Giese became the first person in the world to survive rabies without receiving the life-saving vaccine 20 years ago. “It’s almost surreal to think, ya know, 20 years,” she said. “My life changed completely when I got sick.” In 2004, Giese was 15 years old and living in Fond du Lac. She was attending church one Sunday morning with her mother when a bat was seen flying around during the service. “It flew to the back of the church and one...
  • Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated

    05/12/2024 2:07:45 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 48 replies
    MEDPAGE TODAY ^ | May 7, 2024 | Kristina Fiore
    Sherri Tenpenny, DO, had her license suspended indefinitely last summerSherri Tenpenny, DO, the Ohio physician who claimed COVID vaccines can magnetize people, had her medical license reinstated last month, according to the State Medical Board of Ohio. Tenpenny's license was suspended indefinitelyopens in a new tab or window in August 2023, but was reinstated during the April 10 board meeting, a spokesperson for the board confirmed to MedPage Today. "Sherri Tenpenny has met the Medical Board's conditions for reinstatement, including submission of an application for reinstatement, payment of her fine, and certification of cooperation with the board's investigation to date,"...
  • Violence in liberal state's schools nearly doubled as parents push for more police

    05/11/2024 9:45:13 PM PDT · by Libloather · 14 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/11/24 | Jamie Joseph
    Some Los Angeles parents are putting up a fight against the city's most progressive activist groups, with violence in the school district nearly doubling since police were removed from school campuses following the riots over George Floyd's murder in 2020. Maria Luisa Palma, a member of the Parents Advisory Committee in Los Angeles, organized an independent petition in February calling for the return of police on school campuses as district data revealed that violent incidents rose from 2,315 in the 2018-2019 school year to 4,569 in 2022-2023. "We've seen a huge increase from our kids," Palma told Fox News Digital...
  • Study suggests daily consumption of olive oil reduces chances of developing dementia (Half a teaspoon of olive oil a day reduced dementia risk 28%)

    05/11/2024 9:37:32 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 54 replies
    Medical Xpress / JAMA Network Open ^ | May 8, 2024 | Bob Yirka / Anne-Julie Tessier et al
    A team of researchers has found evidence that daily consumption of olive oil may reduce the chances of developing dementia. In their study, the group analyzed data for thousands of people included in two separate health databases and found that those people who consumed at least 7 g of olive oil daily were less likely to die from dementia-related ailments. Prior research has suggested that following the Mediterranean diet can lead to healthier outcomes for most people. The diet tends to stress consuming legumes, vegetables, nuts, fish, dairy and olive oil. In this new study, the research team found evidence...
  • Azithromycin shows promise for putting asthma into remission (50% of moderate or severe patients had remission)

    05/11/2024 9:24:04 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 13 replies
    Medical Xpress / Newcastle University / Chest ^ | May 6, 2024 | Dennis Thomas et al
    Researchers have evaluated a drug called azithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, to test if it would put moderate to severe asthma into remission. Professor Peter Gibson says the findings were very promising. "Remission in adults with asthma is a relatively new concept and a less researched area but it has recently gained attention. Recent studies have found that remission is possible in severe asthma treated with highly effective biologics therapies, a new class of drugs," Professor Gibson said. "We've taken a different approach by testing another type of drug. We're the only people in the world to have tested this drug...