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People across the UK have been warned not to take part in a growing civil disobedience campaign against the soaring costs of gas and electricity. Tens of thousands of Brits have pledged to take part in Don't Pay, which involves cancelling direct debits and ignoring bills from energy companies from 1 October if the situation hasn't changed by then. The protest was already gaining traction after the energy price cap jump in April, which went from £1277 to £1971. Once again, the cap is predicted to rise this coming October, this time from £1,971 to £2,980.

A clinical trial to test whether three proven smoking cessation treatments could also reduce alcohol intake found no differences between the medications, but the rates of behavior change for alcohol consumption and smoking were high in all treatment groups. Results suggest these medications could play an important role to reduce alcohol use and smoking at the same time. Unexpectedly, nicotine replacement therapy performed as well as the prescription drugs varenicline and cytisine. The study showed that after three months, alcohol consumption decreased regardless of whether participants were given nicotine replacement therapy, varenicline or cytisine. The main outcome was number of...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Psalm 5:11Let All who Take Refuge in You be Glad,Let them Ever Sing for Joy;And May You Shelter them,That those who Love Your Name May Exult in You.

@CitizenFreePress Joe Rogan on the rumors that Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro: "That is wild. Hey bro, you need a 23andMe, right away sir. It's wild how close he looks. If it's not his dad, boy if I was the father I'd be f---ing suspicious as sh*t. * Bad Language *Clip ...

A few years ago, you would have unfolded your newspaper and read opinion and analysis like this. Those days are gone.As Visual Capitalist's Avery Koop details below, most people today - more than 8 in 10 Americans - get their news via digital devices, doing their reading on apps, listening to podcasts, or scrolling through social media feeds.It’s no surprise then that over the last year, only one U.S. newspaper of the top 25 most popular in the country saw positive growth in their daily print circulations.Based on data from Press Gazette, this visual stacks up the amount of daily...

Nearly half of U.S. mortgage payers own at least 50 percent equity, according to ATTOM’s Q2 2022 Home Equity & Underwater Report. This means that the balance of loans taken out against the home is less than half the estimated market value of the property.As Statista's Anna Fleck notes, the share of equity-rich homeowners has been rising continuously for the past nine quarters. While it hit 34.4 percent in Q2 of 2021, it rose to 44.9 percent in Q1 of 2022, and finally to today’s figure of 48.1 percent for Q2 2022.You will find more infographics at StatistaAccording to ATTOM,...

The Select Committee to Investigate January 6 has adjourned for a well-deserved summer break. Misleading the public is exhausting work.A careful review of the official transcripts of its eight long hearings shows the committee repeatedly made connections that weren’t there, took events and quotes out of context, exaggerated the violence of the Capitol rioters, and omitted key exculpatory evidence otherwise absolving former President Donald Trump of guilt. While in some cases it lied by omission, in others it lied outright. It also made a number of unsubstantiated charges based on the secondhand accounts—hearsay testimony—of a young witness with serious credibility...

As we reported earlier, there’s an ongoing “vote-a-rama” happening on the Manchin-Schumer deal, where the Republicans are trying to offer amendments to blunt the harm of the bill and expose the Democratic lies about it. Democrats claimed the additional 87,000 IRS agents were about going after billionaires. But when an amendment was introduced to restrict the application of the bill to those making over $400,000, Democrats voted it down.But now, there was a last-minute roadblock with the bill, and it came from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).Let me try to explain this in short bursts.1. The bill does NOT have 50...

A man who allegedly started multiple fires in Curry County, Oregon, was reportedly stopped by three law-abiding citizens. Sheriff John Ward said his office received reports of an adult man “walking along the gravel road that leads towards Mariel Lodge and Rogue River Ranch, starting fires.” The suspect was later identified as Trennon Smith of Veneta, Oregon. Ward said he directed his employees to contact multiple other Sheriff’s offices, Coos Forest Patrol, the United States Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the Southwest Oregon Department of Forestry. “All mentioned firefighting and law enforcement agencies responded to the...

A gay nightclub in downtown Duluth is hosting an “all ages drag show” this Labor Day.According to an event page posted to Facebook, The Flame Nightclub Duluth is partnering with Duluth Superior Pride to host the drag show on Monday afternoon, Sept. 5.Entry for each adult is just $5, and all children get in free.“Join us for this kid-friendly, sober, and exciting event. Princesses, villains, and many other characters are scheduled to perform,” the event description reads. “Refreshments and kiddie cocktails will be provided at no charge.”The event is taking place as part of the “Duluth-Superior GLBTAQI+ Pride Festival,” a...

Alex Jones Mic Drop..

Jemele Hill continues to do what Jemele Hill does: blame her failures on everyone else. It’s usually racism, but occasionally it’s misogyny and this week it’s her political leanings. In a puff piece written by USA Today, Hill claims she failed at ESPN because of the company’s “conservative culture” that didn’t allow her to be herself. The quotes came from an appearance Hill made on former ESPN’er Kenny Mayne’s podcast, “Hey Mayne.” Some of you may know, but for those who don’t, I used to work at ESPN. I detailed what it was like having non-liberal beliefs at that company....

Former President Trump laid into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday after Senate Democrats passed their long-awaited health care, tax and climate package. “Mitch McConnell got played like a fiddle with the vote today by the Senate Democrats,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “First he gave them the fake Infrastructure Bill, then Guns, never used the Debt Ceiling for negotiating purposes (gave it away for NOTHING!), and now this,” Trump said. “Mitch doesn’t have a clue – he is sooo bad for the Republican Party!”

Thought I would share this commentary I have had on my profile page for a few years. My profile page has been a 24 year work in progress. If anyone truly wants an idea of how useful a profile page can be, check mine out. When created right, it can serve as your own personal blog, and anyone reading an article you post never has to leave FReeRepublic. I do have my own blog, but even when I post from I always post the full article here. Let me know what you think of my page.Return to Christian Apologetical, &...

The Ministry of Defence's statement said a slew of commanders have been dismissed as Putin rages at their failures. Specifically, the report claims: "The poor performance of Russia’s armed forces during its invasion of Ukraine has been costly for Russia’s military leadership, highly likely resulting in the dismissal of at least six Russian commanders since the start of hostilities in February 2022. "The commanders of Russia’s Eastern and Western Military Districts have highly likely lost their commands. General-Colonel Aleksandr Chayko was dismissed as Commander of the Eastern Military District in May 2022. "General-Colonel Aleksandr Zhuravlev, who has commanded the Western...

Former President Trump outlined steps for Republicans to take if they win back control of Congress in November during his speech Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump said the midterms need to be a “national referendum” on President Biden and Democratic control of Congress, and Republicans must ensure Democrats are dealt a “crippling” defeat. His speech at the convention in Dallas, Texas, concluded its third day. Trump pointed to candidates he backed in primaries like Tudor Dixon, the Republican nominee for governor of Michigan, and Kari Lake, who won the GOP nomination for governor of Arizona. He said...

In recent weeks, mainstream Japanese media, echoing their foreign counterparts, have begun reporting second thoughts about the wisdom of investments and corporate policies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. This appears to be laying the groundwork for a revisionist pivot away from ESG and its close cousin, sustainable development goals (SDG), roughly five years after the twin utopian projects were launched. The religious overtones of woke capitalism never attracted true believers in Japan, in contrast to countries with a Christian heritage of sin, repentance, redemption and salvation. Nevertheless, Japanese executives dutifully donned SDG lapel pins and piously declared...

Read the full article by Ian Schwartz with Real Clear Politics here.

Dana Nessel’s office is attempting to accuse Constitutional Attorney Matt DePerno of gaining illegal and unauthorized access to a MI voting tabulator. The investigation, in which Nessel falsely attempts to tie to DePerno, involves a tabulator that was given by the Roscommon clerk to another MI attorney to be reviewed after the clerk became suspicious of the 2020 election results. The tabulator was taken to Oakland County, where an examination was allegedly performed, and the results were shared with Matt DePerno, who used the report to bolster his case in Antrim County. On December 14, 2020, Matt DePerno shared the...

Politics is downstream from culture. As the Biden administration and Democrats mainstream gender dysmorphia, the normalization of pedophilia and public displays of lewd behavior is becoming rampant across the United States. An 80-year-old woman was banned from using the YMCA community pool after complaining about a man dressed in a woman’s swimsuit watching little girls undress in the locker room of a YMCA in Washington state. The cross-dressing man also reportedly walked around the locker room naked while surrounded by the young girls. After swimming at the YMCA’s Mountain View pool on July 26, as she has regularly for 35...