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  • Vegans Are Hated by Meat-Eaters, and Scientists Claim to Know the Reason Behind the ‘Highly Charged’ Debate

    04/17/2025 12:30:03 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 87 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 11, 2025 | Brooke Steinberg
    People seem to always have beef with vegans — and scientists say they’ve figured out why. A new study published in the journal Food Quality and Preference found that your typical carnivore’s hatred of vegans might simply be due to envy. Researchers from University of Vaasa in Finland wanted to understand why a plant-based diet and the use of meat substitutes are still so frowned upon in Europe. “The consumption of meat and meat substitutes is a highly charged social phenomenon,” Roosa-Maaria Malila, an author of the study, said in a statement. “According to our research, consumers who prefer plant-based...
  • Sanity Returns To The Appliance Aisle

    04/17/2025 5:57:50 AM PDT · by CFW · 37 replies
    IssuesInInsights ^ | 4/16/25 | EB
    Acting to please a constituency that prefers scarcity over abundance, Joe Biden ordered up a list of federal rules that restricted consumer choice. Given the exhaustive White House agenda that began when Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, it would have been unsurprising had he waited to unwind the Biden regulatory knot. But to his credit, Trump has been moving on that, too. Ignoring the left’s constant “we’re running out of everything” screeching, Trump restored “shower freedom” earlier this month with an executive order “to end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure.” The new rule rescinds “the overly complicated...
  • California losing another refinery, impacting AZ and NV; fuel shortages possible

    With Valero announcing the pending closure of one of its two remaining California refineries, the state will lose at least 18% of its current refining capacity by the end of 2026. Because California is an “energy island,” meeting demand for California and the parts of Nevada and Arizona that rely on its refineries will require costly imports of volatile fuel by emissions-heavy tanker ships. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has long blamed rising gas prices on refiners’ “price gouging,” but even though his own administration has said that it has no found no evidence of such, he called a special legislative...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 17 April 2025

    04/16/2025 5:59:34 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 30 replies
    April 16, 2025 | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Prepare For Everything!! The ability to respond to a mass casualty event is a core mission of the 31st MEU that requires rapid response to effectively recover and triage military or civilian casualties by supplementing the medical resources at the scene. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), compromising amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are underway conducting routine integrated operations in...
  • Economic Outlook--Chair Jerome H. Powell At the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    04/16/2025 11:25:31 AM PDT · by EBH · 10 replies
    Fed.gov ^ | 4/16/25 | Jerome Powell
    Thank you for the introduction. I am looking forward to our conversation, Professor Rajan. First, I will briefly discuss the outlook for the economy and monetary policy. At the Fed, we are always focused on the dual-mandate goals given to us by Congress: maximum employment and stable prices. Despite heightened uncertainty and downside risks, the U.S. economy is still in a solid position. The labor market is at or near maximum employment. Inflation has come down a great deal but is running a bit above our 2 percent objective. Recent Economic Data Turning to the incoming data, we will get...
  • US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated, say officials

    04/16/2025 7:43:02 AM PDT · by cgbg · 16 replies
    MIT Technology Review ^ | April 16, 2025 | Eileen Guo
    Conservative critics have long accused the department of helping to censor the American right... The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is about to be eliminated, two State Department officials have told MIT Technology Review. The Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) Hub is a small office in the State Department’s Office of Public Diplomacy that tracks and counters foreign disinformation campaigns.
  • Judge tosses Biden-era credit card late fee rule

    04/16/2025 4:53:30 AM PDT · by CFW · 46 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/16/25 | Daniella Genovese
    A federal judge threw out a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule Tuesday that capped all credit card late fees at $8. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas approved a joint motion from a coalition of six business and banking groups, including the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the CFPB to scrap the rule, which was established last year. The ABA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were among the plaintiffs that challenged the rule in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas, arguing the bureau exceeded its statutory authority....
  • CREEPY: Fears Growing That New England Towns Are Being Hunted by a Serial Killer

    04/15/2025 8:27:14 PM PDT · by bitt · 40 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | Apr. 15, 2025 | Mike LaChance
    Is there a serial killer hunting in small towns across New England? A growing number of people believe this is happening. Human remains have been discovered in various places in the region and there is enough evidence to suggest that the crimes are connected. It’s creepy to think that there is some evil person out there stalking and killing people for no reason but studies have shown that there are serial killers operating in the country at any given time. Every once in a while, law enforcement connects the dots on certain cases and speculation grows. The Daily Mail reports:...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Easter Word Partners Trivia Quiz - Wednesday, April 16, 2025

    04/15/2025 6:00:08 PM PDT · by luvie · 46 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the whole world...& their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Easter Bunnies
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~--Canteen Mission Statement--Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies' military and family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. Today We Want You To Take The.....Easter Word Partners Trivia Quiz Click HERE to take the quiz! Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
  • A criminal referral has been sent to the DOJ accusing New York AG Letitia James of mortgage fraud. She’s accused of falsifying records for better loan terms, including falsely claiming a Virginia property as her primary residence.

    04/15/2025 5:06:32 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 37 replies
    X ^ | 4/15/25 | Right Angle News
    She’d make a perfect first arrest.
  • EPA Cancels Key Science Advisory Board Meeting

    04/15/2025 8:12:43 AM PDT · by cgbg · 23 replies
    Inside Climate News ^ | April 12, 2025 | Liza Gross
    The cancellation of a meeting of top advisors to the agency’s scientific research arm, with no explanation or plans to reschedule, signals bad news for public health and the environment, say former advisors... In what appears to be the latest attack on the science and regulations that protect public health and the environment, the Trump administration notified top advisors to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific research arm that their first meeting of Trump’s second term was canceled. The advisors received no explanation for why the meeting was canceled or any information about when, or if, it would be rescheduled....
  • Josh Shapiro survives deadly arson attack—now the left must own the culture of political violence it created.

    04/14/2025 6:25:49 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 31 replies
    NYPost ^ | April 14, 2025 | Post Editorial Board
    Sunday’s arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is the latest in an epidemic of political violence that’s been plaguing the nation for half a decade — an epidemic driven by the left. Happily, Shapiro and his family were unharmed, while alleged would-be assassin Cody Balmer is in custody. Balmer is plainly deranged, but he declares himself a “socialist” in social media accounts expressing a range of far-left beliefs.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Stewart, Georgia ~ 15 APR 2025

    04/14/2025 5:55:14 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 33 replies
    Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Stewart, GeorgiaFort Stewart is named for Daniel Stewart (Brigadier General), a Revolutionary War hero and political leader from Liberty County, Georgia. It is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, covering 280,000 acres, which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties. The reservation is about 39 miles across from east to west, and 19 miles from north to south. It is close to the East Coast, and two deep water ports: Savannah, Georgia (42 mi), and Charleston, South Carolina (142 mi). Tank, field artillery, helicopter gunnery, and...
  • Suspect in Pennsylvania governor’s mansion arson planned to assault Gov. Shapiro

    04/14/2025 7:16:13 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 28 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 14/4/25
    New details have emerged about the suspect behind the recent arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, revealing a chilling intent to personally target Governor Josh Shapiro, a Jewish leader who was observing Passover with his family at the time. Authorities say the suspect, identified as 38-year-old Cody Balmer of Harrisburg, told investigators he would have beaten Shapiro with a sledgehammer had he encountered him during the break-in. According to a police affidavit, Balmer admitted to harboring hatred toward Governor Shapiro, though no motive for that hatred was specified. Balmer allegedly scaled a nearly 7-foot iron security fence around the...
  • Top CDC Scientist’s Records Missing, Health Department Says

    04/13/2025 6:53:00 PM PDT · by cgbg · 39 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | April 12, 2025 | Zachery Stieber
    Dr. Tom Shimabukuro heads the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office... Records from a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are missing, the CDC’s parent agency has informed a U.S. senator. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in March that “they are having difficulty locating records,” Johnson said on April 9. More recently, HHS officials said that Dr. Tom Shimabukuro’s records “remain lost and, potentially, removed from HHS’s email system altogether,” Johnson added.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Alonzo Cushing ~ 14 April 2025

    04/13/2025 5:40:02 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 39 replies
    Serving the Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Alonzo Cushing Info from here. Alonzo Hersford Cushing (January 19, 1841 July 3, 1863) was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge. Action was undertaken in 2013, 150 years after Cushing's death, to...
  • FBI says Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents as part of plot to assassinate Trump

    04/13/2025 5:20:35 PM PDT · by bitt · 34 replies
    https://justthenews.com ^ | 4/13/2025 | Nicholas Ballasy
    Donald Mayer, 51, who was his stepfather and his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, were discovered dead in their home on March 1. A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to come up with the financial means to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, according to the Department of Justice and the FBI. In March, police arrested Nikita Casap, 17, on several charges including two counts of first-degree murder as well as two counts of hiding a corpse, according to court documents. Part of his motivation was to allegedly "save the white race," documents showed. Waukesha County authorities...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ PALM SUNDAY ~ 13 April 2025

    04/12/2025 5:37:59 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 54 replies
    Serving the Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    PALM SUNDAY Matthew 21.1 - 11 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the...
  • Trump exempts smartphones, computers and chips from new tariffs

    04/12/2025 8:35:53 AM PDT · by bitt · 79 replies
    https://justthenews.com/ ^ | April 12, 2025 10:54am | Nicholas Ballasy
    The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards from the new tariffs President Trump exempted phones, computers and chips from his new tariffs on Friday. The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards. Trump has imposed 145% tariffs on imports from China. He paused further tariff actions on other countries in favor of a 10% baseline tariff.
  • UH OH: Federal Elections Commission Launches Investigation into Far-Left Rep. Jasmine Crockett (ACTBLUE)

    Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) appears to be in some legal trouble that could actually stick this time. The Daily Signal reported on Thursday that the Federal Elections Commission has launched an investigation into Crockett regarding highly suspicious donations made to her 2024 re-election campaign. According to the outlet, a conservative advocacy group called The Coolidge-Reagan Foundation made the FEC complaint on March 26. FEC assistant general counsel for complaints examination and legal administration then notified Crockett via letter on April 2nd. “The respondents will be notified of this complaint within five business days,” Brown said in the letter. “You will...