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An Australian minister called Donald Trump Jr. a “big baby” after he postponed his tour to the country on Wednesday, according to the tour’s promoter. Australian Home Minister Clare O’Neil called the former president’s son a “big baby” in now-deleted tweets after Turning Point Australia announced his three-day tour was being postponed. In a series of posts reported Thursday by Reuters, she blasted Trump Jr. by saying he had been granted a visa. “Geez, Donald Trump Jr is a bit of sore loser,” she said in the tweets. “Donald Trump Jr has been given a visa to come to Australia....

In a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting—and published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology—researchers will unveil findings that suggest pregnant people who do not have diabetes but deliver a large-for-gestational age baby are at an increased risk of developing prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes 10-14 years later. Studies show that diabetes in pregnancy—also known as gestational diabetes—puts a pregnant person at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life. Gestational diabetes is also a common cause of babies who are large-for-gestational age (LGA)....

NEW CANAAN — A member of the Democratic Town Committee said he is facing backlash because the name “Trump,” has been spray-painted on a fence next door. Meanwhile, Bob Cerretani — the owner of the fence — said he does not know who painted the president’s name, but said, “I like it.” Benjamin Markus said he noticed the name, spray-painted in red, last Tuesday at the corner of Locust Avenue and Summer Street. “I came in (that day) and pulled in the garbage cans and that was there,” he said. The angle of the fence, Markus said, makes people assume...

......Enter The New York Times’ former executive editor Jill Abramson, who wrote that she carries an Obama doll in her purse as a symbol of hope in the Trump era. It’s easy to look at what’s happening in Washington DC and despair. That’s why I carry a little plastic Obama doll in my purse. I pull him out every now and then to remind myself that the United States had a progressive, African American president until very recently. Some people find this strange, but you have to take comfort where you can find it in Donald Trump’s America.

This was kind of weird. Jeb Bush, who is 6 foot 3 inches, stood on his tip-toes for the group shot at the CNN GOP Debate at the Reagan Library. Was this really necessary, Jeb?

A woman gives birth to 16-pound, 4-ounce baby in Texas. VIDEO ON LINKY.........................

Yesterday, I decided to call Rep. John Garamendi’s (CA-10) office in Washington, D.C. He’s my representative and I wanted to voice my opposition to the Senate Health Care Bill. I spoke with a female staffer and politely told her that, while I support health care reform, I oppose the Senate Bill because it wasn’t true “reform.” She said the Congressman thinks it’s a good bill and that he campaigned on health care reform. I told her I knew that. I also mentioned that I voted for him. When I tried to give her specific reasons why the Senate Bill would...

Magic fan angry at 'raging' Davis Posted by Chad Finn, Globe Staff May 11, 2009 02:35 PM Orlando Magic fan Ernest Provetti, whose son, 12-year-old Nicholas, was nearly run over by Glen Davis after his buzzer-beating, game-winning shot last night, is demanding an apology from the Celtics forward.The Video

About me: Lurker - since 1998 Member - since 1999 In self-imposed exile - since April 2007 The tone of the debate and the attacks on long-time fellow Freepers for the cardinal sin of daring to support Rudy Giuliani in early 2007 around here have really saddened me. Instead of fighting the enemy FR is now imposing an 'ideological purity' test on FR members. The well-oiled train has gone off the rails and Mr. Robinson risks becoming the next Joe Farah - a fellow who started a great website for conservative news and opinions, but who gradually drifted off to...

MILWAUKEE - Weighing in at 13 pounds, 12 ounces, Delaney Jessica Buzzell isn't your average newborn. Her parents have even dubbed her the "Big Enchilada." The baby headed home Tuesday after being delivered by Caesarean section on June 23 — a surprising three weeks early. Her family isn't quite sure what to make of her weight. The father is 6-foot-2 and the mother is 5-foot-7, and nurse Judy Nadolski described them as "regular-sized." "We're pretty normal," 34-year-old Paul Buzzell said. Nadolski said carrying the baby in her arms was like holding a 4- or 5-month-old infant. The diapers and baby...

THIS is not so little Charlie Stokes, who was born weighing 15lb 2oz... Britain's biggest baby for 13 years. And not content with breaking one record, the tot is also believed to be the country's tallest newborn at 27 inches. Mum Joanne gave birth to Charlie naturally after an eight-hour labour. She said: "It was pretty horrific to say the least. "I knew he would be large but not 15lb. It was a shock when he came out. I hadn't braced myself." Healthy 15-day-old Charlie, of Caine, Wilts, is two and a half times the normal birth size and is...

A woman from Merseyside has given birth to what is reportedly the biggest British baby born since 1997. Joseph Griffin - nicknamed "The Mighty Joe" by his family - weighed in at 13lb 13oz when he was born two weeks ago in Wirral, Merseyside. The massive newborn was delivered by Caesarean section after mother Sara Griffin, 25, underwent a gruelling 40-hour attempt at a natural birth. Ms Griffin attributes Joseph's size to the seafood she craved while pregnant. She said: "I used to eat a lot of meat but I went off it. Instead I was eating a lot of...

PRINEVILLE — Swaddled in a baby-blue blanket, Jacob Aaron Ryon, with a round face, squinty eyes and a slight dust of hair, looked every bit a newborn baby as he slept in his mother's arms at home. But his mom, 24-year-old Wendy Bullock, needed two arms to steady her new bundle. Jacob's feet reached the crook of her elbow and his body engulfed her embrace. Born one week and two days ago on Jan. 25 at Prineville Memorial Hospital, Jacob is already the size of a 3-month-old baby. He came into the world healthy, weighing 14 pounds, 1 ounce and...

<p>In the last three months the obsessed minority of freepers but very vocal who hate President Bush have been bombarding us with every illegal immigration thread under the sun so they have their "BASH BUSH ORGY".</p> <p>Pick up your phone and report to the INS about an illegal immigrant and his employer. I am sure you know at least one illegal immigrant who works in a convenient store, on a gas station, clean the garbage in your office, clean the bathroom at your work place... And I am sure you know one of these employers who hire illegal immigrants. Go ahead Mucho Guys, do your duty and report them to the INS. Let us see how courageous you are and let us see your action following your rhetoric.</p>

No Name Calling Week?     1/12/2005By Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D.Yes, name-calling is wrong. But this event’s sponsors reveal the agenda behind banning it. “There is a special place in hell for people like you!” These words were directed at me by a teacher during this past summer’s National Education Association (NEA) convention in Washington, D.C. This delegate to the NEA convention made his prediction in response to my presence at the NEA’s Ex-Gay Educators’ Caucus booth in the convention exhibit hall. His cheery salutation caught me off-guard given the message of tolerance and acceptance I had been hearing around the exhibit hall....