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A team of health and nutrition specialists has found that people on a ketogenic diet may experience an increase in LDL cholesterol levels, higher apolipoprotein B levels and reductions in certain gut bacteria. In their study, volunteers went on a ketogenic diet for a month so the researchers could study its impact on their bodies. A ketogenic diet consists of a drastic reduction in consumption of carbohydrates, replacing them with fats. In this new effort, the research team suspected that the diet may also lead to increases in LDL cholesterol levels and possibly other problems. To find out if that...

A study suggests that cannabis, the most commonly used illicit substance worldwide, is associated with an increased occurrence of head and neck cancer. A large, multicenter study revealed that adults with cannabis dependence, known as cannabis use disorder, are 3.5 to 5 times more likely to develop head and neck cancer than those who do not use the substance. Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the world, includes several cancers, including cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oropharynx (tongue and tonsils and back wall of the throat) and adjacent salivary glands. The researchers discovered that those...

Guess we don't want to cover the DNC but watching Hillary was as funny as it was nauseating. Here was the woman who paid for the Russia Russia Russia lies and repeatedly said Putin had something on Trump, and she was declaring that we can't indulge in wild conspiracy theories. And it's always about Hillary. People making fun of Kamala's laugh is just like the way they mocked Hillary. Do the democrats really want to promote Kamala as "Hillary's revenge"? And do they really want Kamala viewed only as a woman? According to Hillary, this is the time they will...

A controversial linen shroud - regarded by some to be the one Jesus was buried in - has baffled the world for more than centuries. When it was first exhibited in the 1350s, the Shroud of Turin was touted as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the mutilated body of Christ after his crucifixion. Also known as the Holy Shroud, it bears a faint image of the front and back of a bearded man, which many believers is Jesus' body miraculously imprinted onto the fabric. But research in the 1980s appeared to debunk the idea it was real after...

Phil Donahue was more than a trailblazing talk show host, he was also a mainstay of Saturday Night Live. Donahue was one of the few non-political celebrities to be impersonated by three different SNL cast members. The first was Joe Piscopo, who embodied the host during a sketch that aired on Oct. 2, 1982. In the scene, Donahue negotiates peace in the Middle East between Israel’s Menachem Begin (played by Tim Kazurinsky) and Palestine’s Yasser Arafat (played by Gary Kroeger). Though topical, the sketch only generated minor laughs. Still, it established a formula for Donahue as a character, and his...

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who appeared in his personal capacity, responded to a question on if the Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, will ever support a ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel to win votes by stating that Harris is “behind peace. She’s one of the first people to have spoken out in the administration about a ceasefire. It has to be the kind of ceasefire that comes with the hostages coming home,” And has “been very focused on outreach to those who are taking to the streets, because...

A video appeared to capture protesters attacking a man outside the DNC on Monday, which caused an injury under his eye. In the video, which occurred during a broadcast on The Rudy Giuliani Show, the reporter could be heard talking before a fight broke out nearby. “Get an ambulance. We need a doctor over here,” the reporter yelled.

'That's a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man,' said Trayon White D.C. councilmember Trayon White (YouTube) .... Trayon White, the liberal Washington, D.C., council member who said Jews manipulate the weather in a scheme to "own" American cities, was arrested by the FBI on Sunday for taking part in a $156,000 bribery scheme. ... White, who appeared poised to secure a third term on the council this November prior to the arrest, was detained by federal authorities at his "luxury high-rise apartment building" in D.C.'s...

Nearly half the state attorneys general in the U.S. have filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court to back an emergency stay that will allow the State of Arizona to require U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections. The Republican Party of Arizona said on Thursday that it had filed the emergency application pending appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit "in support of HB 2492, our law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections." The Arizona law requires proof of citizenship for ballots even if they are filed by mail. "The Constitution gives states the...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: United States Coast Guard Academy, ConnecticutThe United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the service academy of the United States Coast Guard in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1876, it is the smallest of the five U.S. service academies and provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Unlike the other service academies, the Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination for admission.Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets, and upon graduation receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as...

YouTube link: Eleven-year-old Autumn Fry handling an AR15 rifle

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was introduced as "Command Sergeant Major" despite not retiring with the title from the military at a meeting for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Monday. The improper introduction comes as Walz has faced criticisms of "stolen valor" for using the title repeatedly during his political career. At the event on Monday, a woman spoke introducing Walz, saying, "I am so proud to welcome our vice-presidential candidate, soon to be nominee for vice president, Command Master Sergeant — and I'm going to start with the title that is very important to me — the Command Sergeant...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and eight leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature unanimously approved the settlement during a brief online video conference Thursday. The state attorney general’s office pursued the settlement in defending the Highway Patrol, but any agreement it reaches also must be approved by the governor and top lawmakers. Kelly and the legislators didn’t publicly discuss the settlement, and the amount wasn’t disclosed until the state...

Live coverage outside of the DNC conventioin.

FReeper RedRyder_90 had an idea for a book club style thread on FR after we listened to several of the David Suchet Bible readings. I think it's a great idea. If no one else is interested, she and I will share our comments.I understand that threads discussion religion, or in this case, the version of the Bible read (NIV), can become wild west style bar brawls.So I would preface my comments by suggesting that the thread be a religion thread in which brawls have to be taken outside it.I see James Earl Jones reads the KJV - perhaps that could...

Anyone who has followed our coverage of the Pentagon's UFO investigatory office currently named AARO in its latest incarnation (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) is likely familiar with the name Luis Elizondo. ---SNIP--- Among the revelations is his testimony that his assignments revealed that there is no question about the existence of non-human, extraterrestrial intelligence. He claims that this nonhuman intelligence not only exists but is superior to our own. He describes it as being "at best" a serious national security issue and, at worst, "the possibility of an existential threat to humanity.” If that leaves you with an uncomfortable lump...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (FOX 2) - A volunteer with Citizens on Patrol in Sterling Heights helped rescue a 7-year-old girl from a man who was attempting to abduct her last Tuesday, according to police. Scott Vanluven has been a volunteer with the group, which helps police keep streets safe, for nearly two decades. "Never in the 19 years have I seen anything like this," he said. "At least happen in front of my face." Vanluven was not on patrol when he witnessed an altercation at the entrance of North Clinton River Park in Sterling Heights, he said. He was coming...

During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that when 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris gives her economic plan to Congress and “when she wins, she’s going to have more details around it.” Host Kayna Whitworth asked, “I do want to ask you about what Vice President Harris said yesterday. She was asked how she would pay for her quite ambitious economic plan that was unveiled on Friday, and she said return on investment is how she would plan to pay for that. Can you elaborate for us on what that means?”

Biden’s giving his “farewell” address tonight at the DNC, and NOT staying for Kamala’s addressMeanwhile, there’s a U-Haul truck parked outside the White House ________________ Is Biden totally done? Are they evicting him? pic.twitter.com/pyjnv2N9Rh — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 19, 2024 _________________ Time for Joe and Jill to be hitting the old dusty trail?Is Kamala giving them the eviction?We will find out soon enough, but a U-Haul outside your residence is pretty much universal code for “you’re moving”.

Will Joe Biden resign after his speech at the DNC?