Follow the 5-to-1 Rule for Packaged Foods | NutritionFacts.org

Sunday, May 13, 2018

As fiber intake goes up, the risk of metabolic syndrome appears to go down, with less inflammation and an apparent step-wise drop in obesity risk. It’s therefore no surprise that greater dietary fiber intake is associated with a lower risk of heart disease: There is a 9 percent lower risk for every additional 7 grams a day of total fiber consumed, which is just some rice and beans or a few servings of fruits and veggies.

Source: Follow the 5-to-1 Rule for Packaged Foods | NutritionFacts.org

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If everybody ate better, then imagine all the sickness could be avoided?

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INSPIRATIONAL: Seems like it always comes back to the same thing … … …

Sunday, May 13, 2018

http://highexistence.com/self-help-minus-bullshit/

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1)  If you CONTROL YOUR MIND, you CONTROL YOUR LIFE.

This is the foundation of every success theory ever written. It’s the “eat healthier; exercise more” of self-help. It’s also where most people fail, because the mind is a fickle, petulant child that hates discipline. To clarify, “control your mind” means…

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Doesn’t it always?

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An “Audible Gasp” Was Heard When The Chicago Fed Unveiled Its “Solution” To The Pension Problem

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Submitted by Mark Glennon of Wirepoints An audible gasp went out in the breakout room I was in at last month’s pension event cosponsored by The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. That was when a speaker from the Chicago Fed proposed levying, across the state and in addition to current property taxes, a special property assessment they estimate would be about 1% of actual property value each year for 30 years.

Source: An “Audible Gasp” Was Heard When The Chicago Fed Unveiled Its “Solution” To The Pension Problem

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This proposed tax would only address the five state pensions. What about the other 650-plus pensions in Illinois, particularly those for overlapping jurisdictions in Chicago which are grossly underfunded? The Fed was asked that at last month’s seminar and they, without explanation, said they didn’t bother to cover that.

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“Steal” more from property owners to “solve” only a part of a problem that they have no role in creating?

Sounds like a “great” idea.

Wonder who will turn out the lights when the last property owner abandons Illinois?

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What Reactions To A Maryland Sign Tells You About Anti-Gunners

Saturday, May 12, 2018

President Donald Trump may well be the most controversial president in history. Yes, much of that has to do with such a blatantly biased media that wants to make everything into a scandal ( remember when Trump got *gasp* two scoops of ice-cream?

Source: What Reactions To A Maryland Sign Tells You About Anti-Gunners

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The anti-gunners forget that next to the drug gangs, the American gun owners can be, are, would be the finest guerrilla army in world.

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GUN: Will this be a constitutional challenge to NJ gun laws?

Saturday, May 12, 2018

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/gf00x/rutgers-professor-charged-with-illegally-owning-assault-weapon

Rutgers Professor Charged With Illegally Owning Assault Weapon
A Rutgers professor and well-respected melanoma expert who lives in East Brunswick was charged with illegally owning an assault weapon.
By Carly Baldwin, Patch Staff | May 7, 2018 10:45 am ET | Updated May 7, 2018 11:02 am ET

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I hope that this case can be used to overturn the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee’s UNCONSTITUTIONAL gun ban.

Anyone feel treated by this fellow?

Where’s the GOFUNDME page for him?

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Disney Workers Forced to Train Their Foreign Replacements End Legal Battle | Breitbart

Friday, May 11, 2018

American Disney workers who were laid off and forced to train their foreign replacements have ended their legal battle after years of attempting to hold the corporation accountable.

Source: Disney Workers Forced to Train Their Foreign Replacements End Legal Battle | Breitbart

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Can’t trust corporations to have their workers’ interests at heart. There’s only one person watching out for you and that’s you!  You need to be your own boss.

Success for future generations is: (1) ruthless financial discipline — no bad debt; (2) a life long interest in learning — education — a degree — they can’t take it away from you; (3) a NON-OFFSHORABLE white collar job in order to save big bux; (4) a blue collar skill for hard times — never saw a poor plumber; (5) one or more internet based businesses — your store is always open; (6) a free time hobby that generates income; and (7) a large will-maintained network of people who can “help” you.

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Limbaugh on Trump Campaign Investigation: ‘This Is Going to Be One of the Most Embarrassing Periods in the FBI’s History’ | Breitbart

Friday, May 11, 2018

Thursday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the possibility that the FBI had an “informant” working within the Trump campaign, alerting it to potential wrongdoing, and whose identity is now being protected from a congressional subpoena by the Department of – Limbaugh | Breitbart TV

Source: Limbaugh on Trump Campaign Investigation: ‘This Is Going to Be One of the Most Embarrassing Periods in the FBI’s History’ | Breitbart

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Did the FBI plant an informant in the Trump campaign?

Sure sounds like they did.  And, where is the justification for it?

Were they “playing politics”?

If so, then the Agency has to be closed down.  Is the Praetorian Guard picking our next “Caesar”?

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Are You a Satisfied “Customer” of the Federal Government?

Friday, May 11, 2018

“[A]ccording to the 2016 American Customer Satisfaction Index, the Federal Government ranks among the bottom of all industries in the United States in customer satisfaction;” Calling citizens customers is like calling slaves employees. “ Customer” implies that you could take your business elsewhere.

Source: Are You a Satisfied “Customer” of the Federal Government?

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You have to be kidding me. Argh!

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INTERESTING: And segregation was designed in?

Friday, May 11, 2018

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-build-secret-nuclear-city

How the Manhattan Project’s Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too.
BY JESSICA LEIGH HESTER MAY 03, 2018

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At least for some. While white employees lived in relatively cushy digs, their black counterparts were more likely to be placed in structures known as “hutments,” little more than plywood frames without indoor plumbing. “Segregation was actually designed in from the start,” Moeller says.

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How evil are the politicians and bureaucrats that did this?

I find that it was (a) designed in from the start; and (b) that people accepted it as fait accompli.

Of course, it wouldn’t happen today, but what evil was in these men’s hearts from the get go.

Sigh. So sad.

Is everything that Gooferment does inherently “evil” and “flawed”?

Seems so.

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Unstoppable Copier — freeware that saved my bacon – DonationCoder.com

Thursday, May 10, 2018

These days, looking for “free” software is an utter nightmare.  As most of you know from experience, most “free” software nowadays is basically non-functional trial software whose main job is to trick you and then make you buy the full version after you install a bunch of adware.Imagine my surprise at finding an amazing piece of real freeware: Unstoppable Copier.

Source: Unstoppable Copier — freeware that saved my bacon – DonationCoder.com

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In these days of cloud storage and chromebooks, is the hard disk crash a disaster of the past?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Big Brother raises the cost of buying a house

Thursday, May 10, 2018

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/05/california-expected-to-mandate-solar-panels-for-new-homes.html

California expected to mandate solar panels for new homes
By Amy Lieu | Fox News

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The California Energy Commission will vote on the new solar energy standard Wednesday, Southern California News Group reported.

“California is about to take a quantum leap in energy standards,” Bob Raymer, technical director for the California Building Industry Association, told the newspaper. “No other state in the nation mandates solar, and we are about to take that leap.”

The proposed solar standards would add about $25,000 to $30,000 to the cost of home construction, said C.R. Herro, Meritage Homes’ vice president of environmental affairs, according to the report.

But the cost should result in a savings of $50,000 to $60,000 over 25 years, he said.

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So it sounds like, from the individual buyers pov, it’s a wash.  What’s the time value of money?  And, how much do they “save” by buying versus renting?

The Gooferment puts the house out of reach price wise.  

You can think about it like you have to buy the house with the extra option.  Even if you don’t “need” it to get in the door or can afford it.

The ego of the politicians and bureaucrats is amazing and will keep people “poor” and renting.

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Don’t Eat These

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

By Dr. Mercola If you’re still holding out hope that science will eventually prove artificial sweeteners to be beneficial, or at the very least harmless, you’re likely to be disappointed. Again and again, research shows no-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose cause the same problems as excess sugar, and then some.

Source: Don’t Eat These

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​Seems like the “artificial sweeteners” ​should be considered poison.

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Piers Morgan: Roman Polanski shouldn’t dare brand #MeToo as hysteria | Daily Mail Online

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Sometimes, real life is beyond parody.I was scrolling through Twitter today when my eyes alighted on a post that read: ‘Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski says the #MeToo movement that sheds light on sexual misconduct of powerful men in Hollywood is ‘mass hysteria’ and ‘total hypocrisy’.Sorry, WHAT?For a moment, I thought this had been tweeted by a satirical site like The Onion.Then I saw it had actually been put out by highly respected news wire service, the Associated Press.

Source: Piers Morgan: Roman Polanski shouldn’t dare brand #MeToo as hysteria | Daily Mail Online

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Never been a big Piers fan, he stance on guns is all wrong imho, but this time and the last few times I’ve read about him or his comments, he’s been spot on. 

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Shocking video reveals how alcohol wrecks your liver | Daily Mail Online

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

To minimise liver damage people should limit their alcohol intake – the NHS recommend no more than 14 units per week and maintain a healthy weight.

Source: Shocking video reveals how alcohol wrecks your liver | Daily Mail Online

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This will scare any drinker.

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Maybe I shouldn’t smash critics, but I can’t help it

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

But the crazier and more irrational it is, the more the state thrives on it — because the more coercion, propaganda, and state-sponsored groupthink it will take to engineer people’s agreement.Incidentally, this is why the state loves “equality” — a concept so compendiously broad that its definition can be endlessly expanded. The state grows ever more powerful and intrusive in pursuit of equality’s ceaseless demands.Equality can never be attained, for the very moment after we achieve it, when someone first voluntarily transacts with someone else, resources will have been shifted around and “equality” will already have been disturbed.That’s why the state loves it.And that’s why the state loves LGGBDTTTIQQAAPP. The more letters, the more bizarre to bourgeois sensibilities, the better. That means that in order to impose it, the state will get to flex — and bulk up — its muscles.

Source: Maybe I shouldn’t smash critics, but I can’t help it

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The Gooferment, and its monopolies, is the problem.  “They” are not here to help.  Just attempting to control and manipulate “We, The Sheeple” to maintain their power positions that feather their nests at everyone else’s expense.

Argh!

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Hating Betsy DeVos

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The department she inherited is a good example of that. K-12 schools are controlled and funded locally, but taxpayers are forced to ship education money to Washington, D.C., where bureaucrats there grab some, and then ship the rest back – with strings attached.

Source: Hating Betsy DeVos

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Why do we have a Federal Gooferment “Department of Education”?

It needs to be shut down!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Defy Mueller, Mr. Trump – LewRockwell

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

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If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions.Should Mueller subpoena him, as he has threatened to do, Trump should ignore the subpoena, and frame it for viewing in Trump Tower.If Mueller goes to the Supreme Court and wins an order for Trump to comply and testify to a grand jury, Trump should defy the court. The only institution that is empowered to prosecute a president is Congress. If charges against Trump are to be brought, this is the arena, this is the forum, where the battle should be fought and the fate and future of the Trump presidency decided.

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Source: Defy Mueller, Mr. Trump – LewRockwell

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“The only institution that is empowered to prosecute a president is Congress.”

Isn’t this the essential Constitutional check ‘n’ balance?

The Dead Old White Guys were fearful of a “tyrant” but knew the essential qualities of “politicians”.  Untrustworthy.

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The civilization wreckers’ next target

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Connecticut just became the tenth blue state to pledge to cast its electoral votes for whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationally.

Why?

Because according to the measure’s proponents, the electoral college — along with everything else that’s more than 10 minutes old — is backward and stupid.

Source: The civilization wreckers’ next target

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Why we shouldn’t subvert the Dead Old White Guys’ “Electoral College”!

Take a look at the post Dead Old White Guys’ First Ten and see how they screwed up the country. Some are confused and confusing (i.e., the 14th) — subject to misinterpretation; at least one was stupidly wrong (i.e., the 18th) — lead to organized crime that even the 21st couldn’t fix; and the biggest disaster (i.e., the 17th) — direct election of Senators — that deprived the States from preventing the Federal Gooferment from unfunded mandates and “buying” States cooperation with “Other People’s Money”.

Now we complain about “too much money in politics”, just repeal the 17th! Put the State Legislators back on the hot seat. Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Comey contradicted himself on secret Flynn testimony 

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Fired FBI Director James Comey has repeatedly denied during his book tour that he ever testified that FBI agents concluded that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn didn’t intentionally mislead them. B

Source: Mueller witness Comey contradicted himself on secret Flynn testimony – Washington Times

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Fired FBI Director James Comey has repeatedly denied during his book tour that he ever testified that FBI agents concluded that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn didn’t intentionally mislead them.

That adamant assertion came into question Friday night when the Republican majority on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released portions of Mr. Comey’s closed-door testimony. The section had been classified when the panel’s Russia report was first released last month.

In the now-declassified pages, Mr. Comey is quoted verbatim as saying agents, in fact, assessed Mr. Flynn as not being deceptive. Agents questioned him about his phone calls during the presidential transition with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

Mr. Comey testified, “The agents …. discerned no physical indications of deception. They didn’t see any change in posture, in tone, in inflection, in eye contact. They saw nothing that indicated to them that he knew he was lying to them.”

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So what is the remedy for Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn; where does he go to get his reputation back?

And, what is the penalty for James Comey; he either lied to Congress or to the American People?  Has he ever been interviewed by an FBI agent and lied? (Remember Martha Stewart?)

So many questions; so few answers. Where’s the “truth”?

Argh!

Am I the only one asking?

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Gun-Free Britain: Four Shootings in 48 Hours in Sadiq Khan’s London

Monday, May 7, 2018

Surgeons at a London hospital which President Trump compared to a “war zone” admitted he was right about knife crime in the British capital, but argued that guns were “no solution” to the problem, and that gunshot wounds were more difficult to repair than knife wounds.The doctors appeared not to understand that President Trump was not advocating for criminals using knives to be given guns instead, but for law-abiding citizens to be allowed to own arms for self-defence.

Source: Gun-Free Britain: Four Shootings in 48 Hours in Sadiq Khan’s London

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But, doesn’t England have strict “gun control” laws?  How could this happen?

Sadly, people have to die to convince politicians and bureaucrats that evil people don’t follow “laws”.

Only things, like “the LAW of gravity” should be called “laws”; what politicians and bureaucrats pronounce should be called “diktats”.

Argh!

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Stossel: Socialist Propaganda – Reason.com

Monday, May 7, 2018

Starving Venezuela funds socialist propaganda for English-speakers.

Source: Stossel: Socialist Propaganda – Reason.com

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Does anyone believe that Venezuelans are NOT starving under yet another version of socialism?

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How Much Longer Can “The Curse of Oak Island” Realistically Go On?

Monday, May 7, 2018

The Curse of Oak Island found nothing in Season 5. This is unsurprising because there is no real evidence for the existence of an Oak Island treasure. Afte

Source: How Much Longer Can “The Curse of Oak Island” Realistically Go On?

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I’m rooting for it to rewrite history!

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IKEA Asks People To Bully This Plant For 30 Days To See What Happens, And Results Are Eyeopening | Bored Panda

Monday, May 7, 2018

Bully a plant, a live experiment with two IKEA plants and with thousands of children, to help to raise awareness around Anti-Bullying Day on 4th May in the Middle East.The live experiment involved IKEA taking two of its very own plants and installing them at the school, where one plant was fed compliments and words of encouragement, while the other was verbally bullied with hateful words. The students were encouraged to record their own voices to share their love with the first plant and give words of criticism to the second, either first hand or via social media interaction.

Source: IKEA Asks People To Bully This Plant For 30 Days To See What Happens, And Results Are Eyeopening | Bored Panda

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Now that is STUNNING!

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Will Greenland Join The Family Of Independent Nations? | Zero Hedge

Monday, May 7, 2018

“Tourist infrastructure and mining can help bring Greenlanders closer to their goal of becoming a self-sufficient country. Rare-earth elements could turn it into a diplomatic flash point. China’s influence is strong and will probably grow, as Greenland badly needs foreign investment.”

Source: Will Greenland Join The Family Of Independent Nations? | Zero Hedge

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Fascinating stuff in this story.  Will Greenland become green again?   Will Greenland become independent?   Did anyone know or care until “rare earths” were mentioned?

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The Washington Post Smashes the Bernie Sanders’ Jobs For Everyone Guarantee Proposal

Monday, May 7, 2018

How nutty is the Bernie Sanders proposal to guarantee everyone in America a job? So nutty that the economic columnist for the interventionist supporting Washington Post, Robert J. Samuelson, is attacking the idea. Samuelson writes: Sen.

Source: The Washington Post Smashes the Bernie Sanders’ Jobs For Everyone Guarantee Proposal

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It seems immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.  On it’s face.

http://tomwoods.com/d/bernie.pdf

I guess he learned economics when he honeymoon in the USSR.

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Bride-to-be loses 60lbs in six months through walking | Daily Mail Online

Monday, May 7, 2018

Kaylene, who weighed 175lbs at the start of her weight loss journey, would trek on her lunch breaks and go for hour-long strolls around her neighborhood each night.

Source: Bride-to-be loses 60lbs in six months through walking | Daily Mail Online

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Here’s a wake up call for me personally.

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