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Frustrated patrons are annoyed that they can only get cheeseburgers, chips and Pepsi at The Olympia Restaurant. A featured patron (Robert Klein) really wants eggs and argues with the staff including Pete (John Belushi). [Season 3, 1978

Who can make sense of Greta Garbo? She was born Swedish and became a movie star at home before she also found cinematic glory in America? But did she become truly American?

Presidential candidate Donald Trump is promising a federal investigation into the risks of crime from the use of “transgender” drugs and hormones and mind-bending psychiatric drugs. “Upon my inauguration, I will direct the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] to convene — and it’s going to happen quickly — to convene an independent outside panel to investigate whether transgender hormone treatments and ideology increase the risk of extreme depression, aggression, and even violence,” Trump told the annual convention of the National Rifle Association. The comments come as Democrats are mobilizing their urban base by blaming guns for the Nashville shooting of...

A randomized trial assessing whether the oral transfer of gut microbiota from mother to baby can safely restore normal microbiota after cesarean section (C-section) has found that over 42% of healthy mothers tested positive for potentially harmful pathogens and were unable to proceed with the transplant. The new research underscores the importance of screening fecal, perineal and vaginal samples to ensure safety of the transplant process. Birth by C-section is associated with an increased risk of many immune-related diseases, suggesting that the lack of maternal microbes in early life may have long-term health consequences for children. Vaginally born infants receive...

A large clinical trial of more than 8,700 patients concluded that the sex of a donor has no effect on the survival of recipients of red blood cell transfusions. "Some observational studies had suggested female donor blood might be linked with a higher risk of death among recipients compared to male donor blood, but our clinical trial found that isn't the case," said Dr. Dean Fergusson. The possible impact of the sex of a blood donor on recipient survival has been an unanswered question in transfusion medicine since 2015, when the American National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute identified it...

Biden's administration previously came down hard on pro-life activistsPresident Biden's Justice Department offered what critics are calling a sweetheart plea deal to a vandal who admitted to defacing a Catholic church with profane graffiti, destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulting a church worker, and resisting arrest. A plea agreement reviewed by Fox News Digital shows that the DOJ recommends zero jail time for the perp, Maeve Nota, a 31-year-old transgender individual who vandalized the St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Washington, following Roe v. Wade's overturning last June. Nota sharply contrasts with the Biden administration's earlier approach of...

Former President Donald Trump holds a substantial lead in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, holding almost twice the support as his closest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in FiveThirtyEight's national polling average before next year's presidential primaries.Trump received just less than half of the national vote on average, followed by DeSantis with about one-in-four voters:Trump: 49.3%DeSantis: 26.2%Former Vice President Mike Pence: 5.8%Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley: 4.3%FiveThirtyEight notes that although the first primaries start in about nine months, "According to our research, national primary polls conducted the year before the election are reasonably predictive of the eventual...

Praying daily since 2015: AMERICA Prayer Vigil … And this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us.—1 John 5:14 Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is suing two federal agencies for failing to respond to Freedom of Information requests filed over a year ago. The FOIA requests relate to a Biden administration program that allegedly used taxpayer money to purchase crack pipes for drug addicts, she said. In February 2022, Florida sent FOIA requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asking for records about the use of federal grant funds being used to promote drug use through safe smoking kits, some of which reportedly included crack pipes and other drug-related paraphernalia. Over...

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Anheuser-Busch's handling of backlash to its Bud Light brand partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has been branded a historically-bad marketing gaffe by a leading expert. In a Bloomberg Opinion column on Saturday, advertising and brands expert Ben Schott called the Bud Light imbroglio 'a marketing case study for the ages' in 'how not to handle brand collaborations in a dangerously polarized space.' Schott ranked the incident alongside infamous brand 'gaffes' in history, such as the chairman of Barilla pasta's 2013 declaration that he 'would never do a commercial with a homosexual family'. And in 2006, the CEO of Abercrombie...

Update from Ukraine | Wagners cut on the north of Bakhmut | Prygozhyn wants to stop the assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-2I63rmC0E Update from Ukraine | New Battle begins. Ukraine lost Civilian Plane | Wagners are forced to leave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDi4QF_yBII ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 416 – Summary April 15, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). *** Appreciate the viewer controlled magnification tool on each Front map site!

[Catholic Caucus] Irish Catholics pray for Biden’s conversion at Marian apparition site, spread blessed salt after his visit'There was an eerie absence of crowds' at the Knock shrine during and after the pro-abortion U.S. president's visit.KNOCK, Ireland (LifeSiteNews) — A group of Irish Catholics prayed a Rosary of reparation today outside the Marian apparition site of Knock, County Mayo as U.S. President Joe Biden was given a special tour of the shrine.Praying for his conversion from behind a security fence, the group then spread blessed salt throughout the shrine after President Biden’s departure.Organizer Rory O’Beirn told LifeSiteNews that there were...

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse if they learn of the crime during a confessional setting. The ruling was issued April 7 but not released to the public until Tuesday. A lawsuit filed by child sex abuse victims accuses the church, widely known as the Mormon church, two of its bishops, and other church members of conspiracy and negligence in not reporting church member Paul Adams for...

Some energy experts are raising a red flag that Illinois’ transition to clean energy may prompt reliability issues. With more coal and gas plants going offline under Illinois' Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, some lawmakers are concerned of possible brownouts. During a recent Senate Energy Committee hearing, Brian Thiry, external affairs director with Reliability First Corporation, said retirements of old power sources are outpacing new power sources coming online. “As we shrink these margins, it is a reliability risk, so it is just something we need to consider. It is a risk that we are seeing and it's a risk...

Behind the readings for this Sunday lies a Gospel text which is never read, but whose influence is felt and whose concepts and images serves as a link between the texts that are read. That passage is John 19:34: John 19:34-35 “But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness — his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth — that you also may believe.”The blood and water flowing from the side of Christ is the background for...

Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2023 / 14:30 pm The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday, April 18, in Groff v. Dejoy, a case involving a Christian former postal worker that has major implications for religious liberty rights in the U.S. What is the case about? In 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his position with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after years of allegedly being harassed, targeted, and disciplined for refusing to work Sundays so that he could abide by the Third Commandment, to “keep holy the sabbath day.” Groff then sued USPS for violating his religious rights. After...

Demons claim they conspired to create confusion around pope's teachingROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - A prominent exorcist priest, interviewed in a new bestseller on demonic possession and divine deliverance, is claiming that the Devil is terrified of Pope Francis. "I hate Pope Francis because he is the vicar of 'that one' [Jesus], but he scares me because of his power," the Devil, speaking through a possessed man told an exorcist priest from a large diocese in Mexico, the exorcist testifies in the book. Francis' FiascoAccording to the exorcist, the Devil said that "God inspired Francis to proclaim the Holy Year of Mercy...

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Former President Donald Trump ripped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News here after his National Rifle Association (NRA) speech, saying DeSantis should be in Fort Lauderdale helping oversee the response to the flooding of one of his state’s biggest cities instead of touring the nation “campaigning.” “He shouldn’t be campaigning right now,” Trump said of DeSantis. “He should be there.”

Bud Light is facing heavy criticism after it revealed its sponsorship of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a biological man who recently celebrated 365 days of “girlhood.” Kid Rock shot up a bunch of Bud Light cans in a video, country music star Travis Tritt said he was pulling the beermaker from any sponsorships of his concert materials, and Anheuser-Busch, the maker of the beer, recently watched its market value plunge by $5 billion once Mulvaney’s deal became public.