Free Republic

DNA damage resulting in multiple broken chromosomes. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A multidisciplinary team of Indiana University researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can help facilitate effective repair of DNA damage in the human nucleus—a finding that could lead to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment. Their findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DNA damage happens naturally in human body and most of the damage can be repaired by the cell itself. However, unsuccessful repair could lead to cancer. "DNA in the nucleus is always...

Bill Barr is everywhere, trashing his former boss. But he waited a long time to leave the president he now detests. I regret he has become another virtually unhinged, obsessed, disgruntled former employee. Now he’s even defending the FBI’s raid of Trump’s home. Pathetic.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 2, 2022

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain's efforts to promote diversity amount to racial discrimination. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the National Center for Public Policy Research objected to Starbucks' setting hiring goals for Blacks and other people of color, awarding contracts to "diverse" suppliers and advertisers, and tying executive pay to diversity. The plaintiff, a Starbucks shareholder, said those policies require the company to make race-baced [sic] decisions that benefit minorities, and violate federal and state civil rights laws.

An explosion at a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan killed a high-profile pro-Taliban scholar as well as more than a dozen civilians. Taliban official Abdul Nafi Takor confirmed Friday’s explosion and said there were dead and wounded but said he had no further details. Mujib Rahman Ansari had spoken strongly in defence of the Taliban at a large gathering of thousands of scholars and elders organised by the group in late June, condemning anyone who stood against its administration. Ansari is the second pro-Taliban scholar killed in an explosion in less than a month, after Rahimullah...

Hate to post a link to YouTube but found this is irresistible.

Barstool Sports President Dave Portnoy tore into President Joe Biden in a Friday tweet following the president’s Thursday speech in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Portnoy compared a viral photograph of Biden in front of blood red lights and his fists in the air to a Cold War-era dictator, Dwight Schrute from “The Office” and the book series, “The Hunger Games.” “All these images come out, and my God, the man looks like a Nazi Germany, with a dash of Cold War Soviet Union, with a dash of Dwight Schrute, with a dash of Hunger Games. Just like the...

Must be seen to be appreciated!

Vladimir Putin showed further signs of his allegedly failing health as his legs twitched manically while giving a brainwashing history lesson to Russian children yesterday. The Russian leader squirmed in his chair and looked ill at ease as he gripped an armrest with one hand before gesticulating with a tightly clenched fist, while the other hand clutched firm to the microphone. Such are his health fears, Putin had ordered each of the high-achieving children to quarantine from Covid for two weeks before the meeting in Kaliningrad. The president has been plagued with rumors of his ill health and has been...

Breitbart News contacted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) office Thursday to see if she would disarm the good guys who protect her with guns in the same way that she is forcing average Americans with guns to disarm around New York. Her office could not say whether Hochul will be giving up her good guys with guns.

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said Friday on FNC’s “FOX & Friends” that President Joe Biden’s Thursday night speech was a “very cynical attempt to fill our heads with stupid.” Kennedy said, “President Biden we saw last night was really every inch Joe Biden, the politician. His speech was a very cynical attempt to fill our heads with stupid.”

(Translation) Governor Piedro Pierluisi has just declared a state of emergency due to the increase in monkeypox cases in Puerto Rico. Yesterday, Pierluisi signed Executive Order 2022-044 which orders the Office of Management & Budget, the Department of the Treasury, and the Financial & Fiscal Advisory Authority to make the corresponding arrangements to provide the Department of Health all necessary funding, including access to the Emergency Fund, to address the emergency. The order went into effect today and will be in force for 30 days. Up to the middle of this week, 114 confirmed cases, 39 suspected cases, 36 close...

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday showed that a Republican candidate maintains the five-point lead over a Democrat on the generic congressional ballot for the third week. As Republicans look to retake control of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections — only 64 days away — the most recent Rasmussen Reports survey showed that the GOP held their five-point lead on the generic congressional ballot for the third week in a row.

Welcome to The Bicycle Thread. A monthly PING List for bicycle enthusiasts to share experiences, information and ideas.

Trump v USA Detailed Filing https://www.scribd.com/document/591073109/Trump-v-USA-Detailed-Filing "FBI Reveals Contents Seized from Trump Included 48 ‘Empty Folders With Classified Markings’ " (???)

The White House went to war with the mainstream media after reporters criticized President Joe Biden for delivering his address to the nation Thursday evening with two Marines standing guard behind him. While accusing outlets of political bias against Donald Trump and the GOP, the White House said that Biden's speech was not divisive and his use of Marines as a backdrop was not politicizing the military. In fact, Biden's team says the president carried out his 'duty' by defending democracy.

Steve Bannon on Friday accused the White House of trying to stir up leftwing extremists in an effort to have opponents killed, after armed police descended on his Washington, D.C., home in an apparent 'swatting.' He was not home at the time but blamed President Joe Biden and his administration for whipping up hatred against Donald Trump and his allies. 'I'm never going to stop so they'll have to kill me first,' he told DailyMail.com.

Joe Biden baffled millions of Americans Friday when he backtracked from his fiery rhetoric Thursday night, saying he does NOT consider all Trump supporters a threat to our democracy. “Do you consider all Trump supporters to be a threat to the country?” asked one reporter. “You keep trying to make that case! I don’t consider any Trump supporter to be a threat. I do think anyone who calls for the use of violence and fails to condemn violence when its used, refuse to acknowledge an election has been won… That is a threat to democracy,” explained the President. “The MAGA...

The Otero County Commission has been under the gun ever since they agreed to have an audit performed of their election process and systems used in the 2020 Election. Tonight the final report will be provided by the auditors. TGP has information that some SHOCKING news will be released at this meeting. We reported previously on the courageous members of this commission who voted to get rid of Dominion Voting Machines and systems used in the county elections previously. The Otero Commission also voted to not certify the results of a recent election but the corrupt New Mexico Secretary of...

It does not appear the feds are willing to return these items. The Court or a Special Master should order them returned. The search warrant in the Mar-a-Lago Raid was so overly broad that it allowed the feds to rummage through vast areas of the complex and to seize almost anything in sight. That reading of the warrant is confirmed now that the Judge has unsealed the Investigative Team Status Review And Detailed Inventory that the Court had required under its prior Preliminary Order. The investigative team status report as of August 30, reflects, among other things: As of the...

Biden said that last night in his speech. “Rule” He thinks he rules over us. Like we are serfs or slaves or peons. This speech angers me like no other American speech I have heard in my lifetime. Did Jellyhead Joe descend from the sun god so that he could rule us mere mortals? What will it take to anger the Republican leaders? What will it take to anger the American people? The people of this nation fought a revolution to throw off the yoke of a man who thought he ruled over us. I will not be a serf...