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  • Ozempic Maker Sued After Woman Died From Stomach Paralysis

    03/14/2026 10:12:25 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 49 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 3/12/2026 | Kate Plummer
    The maker of Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has been hit with a lawsuit over allegations of wrongful death after a woman using the drug died from gastroparesis, a condition also known as stomach paralysis. Novo Nordisk denied the allegations. Marsha Ettinghoff, 76, who had been taking the weight loss drug for six months, died from stomach paralysis, a condition where food passes through the stomach slower than it should, in August 2024 after feeling ill on holiday, attorneys representing her husband, Tracy Ettinghoff said. The attorneys, from the law firm Motley Rice, said the couple believed she had food poisoning after...
  • Updating the Memorial Wall (Vanity)

    03/14/2026 7:28:19 AM PDT · by silent_jonny · 29 replies
    Dear FRiends, As you may have noticed, FR's Memorial Wall hasn't been updated in quite a while, since 2022. In that time, we've lost at least fifteen Freepers (probably more). These are friends who not only deserve a place of honor on the Wall but need a place where they can be "found" and remembered. To that end, we suggest the following update to the Wall (posted in the comments below). The tedious html work is already finished!All a moderator--or anyone with access--would have to do is copy-n-paste the updated html into the existing Wall's code, somewhere after the most...
  • Man accused of attacking TSA officers, seriously injuring Dallas cop at airport

    03/14/2026 6:37:43 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 25 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | March 13, 2026 | Michael Sinkewicz Fox News
    A California man was federally charged after allegedly attacking two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and seriously injuring a Dallas police officer at Dallas Love Field Airport, officials said. Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California, faces up to 20 years in prison after being accused of assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury. According to a federal complaint filed Wednesday, Solomon had a ticket for a Southwest Airlines flight to Oakland International Airport March 10. Prosecutors said Solomon approached the airport security checkpoint without identification and was directed by a TSA officer to a different lane to be...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    03/14/2026 4:12:25 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 7 replies
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  • Dear Annie: Our son doesn’t see it, but he is about to marry an awful woman

    03/13/2026 1:01:23 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 79 replies
    MLive.com ^ | 3/6/2026 | Annie Lane
    Dear Annie: My son is getting married in July, and I’m dreading it. The woman he plans to marry is, in my view, a lying, conniving, lazy master manipulator who has worn him down so much he barely seems to care about life anymore. He doesn’t see it, but my husband and I do. He thinks she hung the moon. She’s a complete narcissist. She’s on her phone every waking minute, and doesn’t cook, clean or care for their daughter. My son works all day, then takes care of their home and my granddaughter while she makes excuses. She believes...
  • Soldiers, yes, but that IS war. The leftist, communist, muslim psychos have lost FAR more and THEY DON'T GIVE UP!

    03/13/2026 10:07:11 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 26 replies
    News of war deaths and media reaction | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
    We lost a few men. That IS combat. The Iranians have lost thousands and are STILL taunting us. We lose a very SMALL percentage and the communists want us to abandon the conflict. LOOK at the enemy within's tactics: Trying to discourage Americans from necessary conflicts in a needed war in which we must prevail. The leftists here who violently protest ICE lost two "foot soldiers" and more injured and I DO NOT HEAR THE MEDIA, DEMOCRATS OR ANY OF THAT SIDE SECOND-GUESSING THE ACTIONS OF THOSE KILLED OR SUGGESTING THEY SHOULD STOP!!! They are TOTALLY committed to what they...
  • Sen. Mike Lee calls on the VP to come to the Senate and take charge during SAVE America Act vote

    03/13/2026 10:02:38 AM PDT · by RandFan · 27 replies
    X ^ | March 13 | Sen. Mike Lee / Glenn Beck
    @TheNatPulse Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) (@BasedMikeLee) calls on Vice President @JDVance to take charge in the Senate during the SAVE America Act vote.
  • Iran live updates: 2,200 Marines headed to Middle East

    03/13/2026 9:08:51 AM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 73 replies
    ABC ^ | Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Jon Haworth, and Nadine El-Bawab
    President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen on Sunday to succeed him. Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
  • Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all 9 charges in tax evasion case before trial in Los Angeles

    03/13/2026 9:01:24 AM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 38 replies
    CBS ^ | September 5, 2024
    Us Hunter Biden now the sacrifiacl lamb for the Democrats to use?
  • TEXAS AD: John Cornyn has spent years trying to destroy President Trump

    03/13/2026 7:43:36 AM PDT · by RandFan · 15 replies
    X ^ | March 13 | Ken Paxton
    NEW AD: John Cornyn has spent years trying to destroy President Trump
  • You know how they've been trying to get us to eat bugs instead of meat? Yeah, about that...

    03/13/2026 7:13:03 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 74 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Mar 13, 2026 | Wolfgang Ramsay
    Yes, it's true, the "globalist elites" have been literally trying to force larva down our throats. They love the idea of us feasting on crickets and cockroach milk instead of normal, healthy food. Alas, even the influence of Big Bug hasn't been enough to convince people to buy mealworm meatballs. Now all the bug factories are closing up! As Vox exclusively reported, "plans to build a large insect farm in Nebraska — a joint project between Tyson Foods, America's largest meat company, and Protix, now the world's second largest insect farming company — are indefinitely on hold."
  • Today's Cryptogram

    03/13/2026 2:49:12 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 11 replies
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  • Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them—here’s what they say needs to change

    03/12/2026 6:14:19 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 247 replies
    Fortune ^ | 3/10/2026 | Orianna Rosa Royle
    After complaining for years that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with, bosses are no longer all talk, no action: Now they’re rapidly firing young workers who aren’t up to scratch just months after hiring them. The numbers are stark. According to a survey, six in 10 employers admitted they had already sacked the Gen Z workers they had hired fresh out of college. Intelligent.com, a platform dedicated to helping young professionals navigate the future of work, surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. business leaders. It found that the class of 2024’s shortcomings are shaping how bosses hire next—and it’s not...
  • Teen girls seen laughing in back of police car after alleged attempt to murder classmate, drink his blood

    03/12/2026 5:50:20 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 45 replies
    WFTV vis CNN Newsource ^ | 3/12/2026 | Valerie Boey
    SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WFTV) — Two high school girls in central Florida are charged with attempted murder of another student. Video from the back seat of a police cruiser caught them laughing about their plan. Isabelle Valdez, 15, and Lois Lippert, 14, were seen laughing and smiling as if they were heading to a party. In reality, they were on their way to jail. “This is such a bonding experience. I love this,” Lippert laughed. “I was going to do my makeup this morning for the mug shot, but I couldn’t find anything,” Valdez said. Prosecutors played the video...
  • Corpus Christi woman who sued marine pilot over miscarriage now faces $1.1 billion countersuit

    03/12/2026 5:43:07 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 17 replies
    KRIS TV ^ | 3/10/2026 | Clara Benitez-Cortez
    A Corpus Christi woman who sued a local Marine pilot, claiming he spiked her hot chocolate with abortion pills and killed their unborn child, is now facing a $1.1 billion counter suit. The original lawsuit was filed Aug. 11, 2025, at the federal courthouse in downtown Corpus Christi and made national headlines. It named NAS-Corpus Christi Marine pilot Christopher Cooprider, accusing him of secretly dissolving abortion pills into his pregnant neighbor's hot cocoa, ending the life of their unborn child. Cooprider is being represented by high-profile attorney Mikal Watts, who is taking on the case for free and seeking over...
  • Jill Biden to release memoir, ‘View From the East Wing’

    03/12/2026 5:26:43 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 32 replies
    The Hill ^ | 3/11/2026 | Judy Kurtz
    Jill Biden is giving her perspective from a since-demolished part of the White House, with the former first lady penning a memoir called “View From the East Wing.” In the book, announced Wednesday, Biden will share “her White House experiences for the first time, in her own words,” publisher Gallery Books said. “She reflects on the Biden presidency and its impact on her family. She brings you behind the scenes, from Camp David to Air Force One, from grading papers in the Rose Garden to witnessing the abrupt end of her husband’s bid for reelection,” the publisher said in promotional...
  • EXPOSED: Taxpayer-Funded Mizzou Lab Caught Harvesting Blood from Former Pets in Cruel Program – Fauci-Era NIH Grant Still Funding Deadly Cat Tests

    03/12/2026 4:20:24 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 12 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 3-12-26 | Cassandra MacDonald
    The non-profit White Coat Waste (WCW) has uncovered disturbing evidence of animal abuse at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC), where taxpayer dollars are funding barbaric procedures on cats, including former pets sourced from local shelters. According to records obtained by WCW, UMC maintained a colony of homeless cats acquired from Jefferson City, Missouri’s public animal shelter, using them as blood donors in ways that risked anemia and dangerously low blood levels. These cats, many likely lost or abandoned pets because they had microchips, could be confined for up to two years before potentially being euthanized if deemed “medically necessary” rather...
  • FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026 Live Thread.

    03/12/2026 2:15:50 PM PDT · by Carriage Hill · 21 replies
    F-1 ^ | 3.12.2026 | Carriage Hill
    Circuit: Shanghai International, First Grand Prix: 2004, Number of Laps: 56, Circuit Length: 5.451 km, Race Distance: 305.066 km, Lap Record: 1:32.238, Michael Schumacher (2004) Track.
  • Had to Kill Someone to Save His Family": Driver Allegedly Opens Fire on Parents, Toddler

    03/12/2026 11:11:57 AM PDT · by Pontiac · 40 replies
    Oxygen True Crime ^ | February 18, 2026 | Elise Sole
    A man allegedly drove his car into a family on an evening walk, then opened fire, killing a 3-year-old child in the process. On Feb. 17, Alexander Lamar Banks, 21, was arraigned on one count of first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of assault with intent to murder, four counts of felony firearm, one count of possession of a dangerous weapon w/unlawful intent and one charge of possession of loaded firearm in vehicle, according to a press release from the Eaton County authorities in Michigan. A couple and their 3-year-old daughter, whom they pulled along in a pink wagon, were walking...
  • Dem Rep. Deluzio: People Haven’t Decided on Iran, That’s ‘Core’ of Disobeying Orders Video

    03/12/2026 9:35:11 AM PDT · by Pete Dovgan · 23 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | 12 Mar 2026 | Ian Hanchett
    On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said that “the core of that message” Host Jen Psaki asked, “[Y]ou took part in a video message to members of the military…kind of reminding them that they can refuse to obey illegal orders. As you’re watching what is happening now, how does that message apply to what you think the men and women who are being asked to serve — people from the best military in the world are being asked to serve for a war that this administration really hasn’t explained, how does it apply to...