Walking the Walk
On Sunday, Chick-fil-A stepped up to help fliers who were stranded after a fire knocked out the power at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.
One tweeter who was there said, “Hartsfield looks like a war zone. People sleeping on the floor, fighting mostly civilly over outlets, elderly people and small children struggling with stairs.”
Chick-fil-A is famously closed on Sundays, because its Christian founder felt strongly that he and his employees needed one day a week that was reserved for rest, worship, and time with family and friends.
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For the ladies
Most carnivores, particularly men, are able to meet their iron requirements from food alone. Young children and pregnant, menstruating, and lactating women have higher requirements and vegetarians have more trouble absorbing what they eat, because the iron in plant sources is absorbed only half as well as that from animal sources.
If you or your doctor decide to include an iron supplement in your diet, here are a few tips:
- Taking iron with Vitamin C improves the uptake of the iron.
- Antacids, soy protein, coffee and tea, eggs, whole-grain cereals and breads, and spinach decrease uptake. Separate these foods from your iron supplement by one hour.
- Calcium, zinc, manganese, magnesium or copper supplements decrease uptake. Separate mineral supplements from iron supplements by two hours.
Taking iron on an empty stomach improves uptake, but it also upsets lots of tummies.
- If your iron supplement gives you a tummy ache, take it with a meal and/or switch to a different form. Ferrous bisglycinate, ferrous glycinate, or iron amino acid chelates are supposed to be tolerated better.
- If your iron supplement makes you constipated, try a different form. The type of iron in each supplement is listed on the label.
I suffered internal bleeding in 2016, losing enough blood that it took a year on iron supplements to get back to normal. The first one I tried made me itch. Simply changing brands solved the problem.
Excessive iron intake can be harmful. Don’t take too much!
Upper Limits:
- Ages under 13: 40 mg per day
- Ages over 13: 45 mg per day
The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is the minimum needed to avoid deficiency.
Ages 1-3: 7 mg
Ages 4-8: 10 mg
Ages 9-13: 8 mg
Ages 14-18: Males 11 mg; Females 15 mg
Ages 19 and older: Males 8 mg; Females 15 mg
Ages 19 to 50: Females: 18 mg
Ages 51 and older: Females: 8 mg
Pregnancy: 27 mg
Breast-feeding women younger than age 18: 10 mg
Breast-feeding women ages 19 and older: 9 mg
Following blood donation: 37.5 mg
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Keeping Promises: Cutting Red Tape
The Federal Regulatory Code is currently over 185,000 pages long! Candidate Trump vowed to eliminate two old regulations for every new one enacted.
So far, President Trump has eliminated TWENTY-two old regulations for every new one enacted. His new goal is to get the code back down to the 20,000 pages it was in 1960.
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Hypocrites
Big shock (not). These sexual abusers are also loudly public Catholic bashers.
HOLLYWOOD
Ben Affleck
Woody Allen
Alec Baldwin
Louis C.K.
David Letterman
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
MEDIA
NPR news chief Michael Oreskes
NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney
PBS and CBS host Charlie Rose
Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner
Atlantic magazine’s Leon Wieseltier
POLITICS
U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)
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Filed under Catholic Church, Hollywood, Media Bias, News Media, U.S. Congress
FCC Repeals Net Neutrality
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rules that imposed greater regulation over the internet.
No big surprise, the vote was along party lines, with Democrats favoring the FCC’s 2015 heavy-handed, utility-style regulation of broadband internet access service and Republicans favoring returning to the traditional light-touch framework that was in place until 2015.
The 2015 regulations led to regulatory uncertainty and less investment in broadband, plus hampered innovation among smaller ISPs in rural areas.
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The military’s biggest raise in 8 years
President Donald J. Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, which approves one of the largest defense spending increases since the Reagan presidency to help rebuild America’s Armed Forces.
Here is a quick list of what the NDAA does for America’s military:
- Increases rather than shrinks the size of our forces for the first time in 7 years
- Ensures that our military remains the world’s preeminent fighting force, which is vital to the Administration’s peace-through-strength strategy
- Authorizes funding to allow for the continued defeat of ISIS and cover critical missile defense capabilities to confront the threat posed by North Korea
- Takes concrete steps to rebuild U.S. military readiness
- Approves a 2.4 percent pay raise for our troops—the largest in 8 years
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‘Internet Service Providers Should Not Be Able to Decide What People Can See Online,’ Says Man Who Decides What People Can See Online
From The Babylon Bee.
MENLO PARK, CA—Tech titan Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, came out strongly against the repeal of net neutrality Friday, calling the rollback of the Obama-era regulation an “injustice.”
“Internet Service Providers should not be able to decide what people can see online,” the man who decides what two billion people can see online every day said in a Facebook video that was placed in front of the precise amount of people he wished. “It’s a violation of a free and open internet.”
“Furthermore, ISPs should not be able to charge more for certain content,” Zuckerberg intoned, though part of his $523 billion company’s revenue comes from throttling the reach of publishers’ content unless the publisher pays Facebook to show their content to people who signed up to see it anyway.
The boss of the largest social network in the world, which is widely known to smother or close down conservative pages for violating what it calls its community guidelines, stressed that the fight for net neutrality is not over. “We’re ready to work with members of Congress and others to help make the internet free and open for everyone.”
“All content should be treated equally,” he added, the slightest hint of a grin curling up the side of his mouth as the video ended.
More stories of questionable veracity from The Babylon Bee:
Jesus Criticized for Culturally Appropriating Human Nature
GOP Announces Sweeping New Plan to Lose All Senate Seats by 2022
Amy Grant Releases 200th Christmas Album
Half of Congregation Dies of Starvation As Sermon Goes 15 Minutes Over Time
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And I Alone Survived
Throwing caution to the wind, I put concern for my personal safety aside and accompanied my beloved child bride into the maelstrom known as the shopping mall during the holiday season. Our plan had some success, given our early arrival in an effort to complete the mission and retreat before the assault reached a fever pitch. Winding our way through the JC Penney store, we emerged onto the main battlefield and took evasive action, ducking into a Zales Jewelers. Always wanting to have my betrothed awash in finery, she picked out a nice sterling silver and topaz ring. It had to be sized, so she won’t get it until the first week of January. She pointed out our anniversary is in February so she rationalized it could commemorate our long ago nuptials. She has a mind like a steel trap.
After a trek into Bed Bath and Beyond for some smelly concoctions, we were off to the grown man’s Chuck E Cheese, Victoria’s Secret. One would have thought purchasing gift cards would be a rather simple process. As we neared the counter, much to my chagrin, there were two long lines at the checkout. It was reminiscent of a WalMart the day the welfare class get their food stamps. I gave her my bank card to pay with and found a bench outside the store. The longer I stood there, watching women peruse stacks of panties and demi bras, the dirtier I felt.
Our final mission was a lunch at the food court. We dined on mango chicken with fried rice, bang bang shrimp, and spring rolls. Billy club and mace at the ready, we elbowed our way through the frenzied throng back through the Penney store and emerged, bruised but unbroken, in the parking lot to beat a strategic retreat to the sanctity of our home territory. I don’t think I want to go through that hell again.
GOP senators hold back support for tax bill over child tax credit
THE SENATE HAS TO PASS A TAX CUT BILL BEFORE RECESS AND THEY KNOW IT… SO DO THE DEMOCRATS.
TRUE TO THE OLD CANARD ABOUT HERDING CATS, ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE PLAYING HARD TO GET WITH THEIR VOTE FOR THIS BILL. MURKOWSKI, FLAKE, McCAIN, COLLINS, AND RUBIO HAVE ALL SET CONDITIONS FOR THEIR APPROVAL. TO HELL WITH THE PEOPLE, WE WANT WHAT WE WANT.
“Senator Rubio has consistently communicated to the Senate tax negotiators that his vote on final passage would depend on whether the refundability of the child tax credit was increased in a meaningful way,” said Rubio spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas.
Conn Carroll, a spokesman for Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee, also said Lee is “undecided” on the bill in its current form.
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the only Republican to vote against the original version of the tax bill passed by the Senate, also told Fox News he is undecided on whether he will vote for the final version of the bill
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/14/gop-senators-hold-back-support-for-tax-bill-over-child-tax-credit.html
Illness sidelines McCain, Cochran as tax vote nears
HERE WE HAVE THE COUNTRY’S LONGEST LIVING RINO AND THAT CADAVER WITH A PULSE WHO ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO PASS THE TAX CUTS. MCCAIN WILL SURELY ENJOY SOMEBODY BEGGING HIM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE HE CLAIMS TO REPRESENT FOR ONCE, AND COCHRAN WILL HAVE TO BE STRAPPED TO A FURNITURE DOLLY AND WHEELED IN. REMEMBER, THIS WAS THE CORPSE THAT McCONNELL’S HIT SQUAD PAID VOTERS IN MISSISSIPPI TO VOTE FOR TO KEEP THE SEAT AWAY FROM A CONSERVATIVE.
I RECALL WHEN THE DEMOCRATS NEEDED A VOTE FROM KKK BYRD, THEY WHEELED HIM ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TO VOTE… ONE SNOT BUBBLE FOR YEA, TWO BUBBLES FOR NAY.
Both men missed all Senate votes this week, but their presence will be crucial early next week as the GOP tries to pass the tax bill in the Senate with a razor-thin Republican majority of 52-48 — and all Democrats opposed to the legislation. Adding to the uncertainty on Thursday was Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who said he would vote against the bill if negotiators failed to expand the child tax credit.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/illness-sidelines-mccain-cochran-as-tax-vote-nears/
When Reporter Asked What Trump Is Doing To Combat Gun Violence Sanders Flips The Script
She responded, “I don’t think there is any one thing that you could do that could have prevented both of those horrible, horrible tragedies.” The press secretary then flipped the script on the reporter, asking her to name “a single thing” that would have prevented the tragedies.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/when-reporter-asked-what-trump-is-doing-to-combat-gun-violence-sanders-flips-the-script/
“I’m Not Taking Another Question From You”
“You’re Vying To Replace Jerry Springer”: CNN’s Jim Acosta Roasted For Spreading #FakeNews About Gun Control
CNN‘s Jim Acosta is at it again. The White House correspondent spread fake news about gun control to his nearly 500,000 Twitter followers on Thursday.
Acosta was widely mocked for his tweet, as per usual.
“This is a lie. If a politician said this, Jim Acosta would interrupt the press conference to live-fact-check him with readily available FBI statistics,” pointed out National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke.
Mike Huckabee Tells Mika Brzezinski To ‘Go Pound Sand’ After She Attacks His Daughter
Mike Huckabee told Mika Brzezinski to “go pound sand” after the “Morning Joe” co-host attacked his daughter, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Wednesday.
“My daughter stands strong and tough and walks into that lion’s den of a press room every day and represents women and represents the president and represents strength in an incredible way.”
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” Brzezinski expressed disbelief that Sanders could stand by President Donald Trump’s tweet that suggested Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would “do anything” for political donations. Some thought that Trump’s tweet implied Gillibrand exchanged sexual favors for political donations.
NO MATTER HOW OLD A WOMAN GETS, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE HER DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL. I EXPECT IT’S THAT WAY ALL OVER THE CIVILIZED WORLD.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/mike-huckabee-tells-mika-brzezinski-to-go-pound-sand-after-she-attacks-his-daughter-video/
Eric Trump: Kirsten Gillibrand visited my dad’s office ‘every three days’ to ask for campaign money
“I remember Kirsten Gillibrand when she came into his office every three days to ask him for money and asking for major campaign contributions,” Eric Trump, 33, told WABC radio host Rita Cosby in an interview Wednesday. “There is no one who wanted to get into his office more than Kirsten Gillibrand.
Mr. Trump lashed out at the senator on Twitter Tuesday, calling her a “lightweight,” who would “come to my office ‘begging’ for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them).”
Mrs. Gillibrand on Tuesday called the tweet a “sexist smear” and accused the president of trying to silence his accusers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/14/eric-trump-kirsten-gillibrand-visited-my-dads-offi/
Thom Hartmann: Trump’s Tweet Slamming Gillibrand is ‘Impeachable’ Offense
BITCH, PLEASE
The perpetual outrage machine that is the left’s pathological loathing for President Trump keeps reaching new lows in absurdity, albeit only on an hourly basis.
Plenty of liberals have labeled Trump’s tweet slamming Democrat Senator and potential 2020 opponent Kirsten Gillibrand as “sexual harassment.” But liberal radio host Thom Hartmann went beyond that and described it — I’m not making this up — as grounds for impeachment.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jack-coleman/2017/12/14/thom-hartmann-trumps-tweet-slamming-gillibrand-impeachable-offense
USA Today: Trump is ‘not fit to clean the toilets’ at Obama’s presidential library
The paper used this interpretation to argue the President is unfit for office.
NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION HAS A SITTING PRESIDENT BEEN TREATED WITH THE DISRESPECT AND OVERT LOATHING THAT THIS ONE HAS… AND ALL BECAUSE HE DEFEATED THEIR CORRUPT STANDARD BEARER.
“With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office. Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”
They went on to say President Trump would be unworthy to do bathroom duty at the Obama library.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/12/13/usa-today-trump-not-fit-clean-toilets-obamas-presidential-library-575471
‘Merry Christmas from the president and first lady!’
Melania stuns in a glittering black cocktail dress alongside The Donald in their first official holiday portrait
The 2017 Christmas portrait was revealed on Melania’s Twitter page on Thursday
Andrea Hanks photographed the couple standing in front of the White House Blue Room on December 5
The president and first lady are holding hands and smiling for the camera in the festive photo taken in the Cross Hall
Melania opted for a sleeveless Delpozo dress featuring a sparkling applique and a pair of classic black pumps, while Trump wore a tuxedo
Ivanka, who converted to Judaism when she married Jared Kushner in 2009, shared her own festive snap from the White House on Instagram
In the image, she can be seen posing with two friends in front of a Christmas tree; she wished everyone a very ‘Happy Holidays’ in her caption
FROM CURMUDGEON OVER AT PCP:
CNN Christmas Songs
On Tuesday, December 12th, someone started a hashtag #CNNChristmasSongs on Twitter. I thought some of them were pretty clever.
Do You Smear Who I Smear?
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fake News
Let Bias Show, Let Bias Show, Let Bias Show
O Come, All Ye Hateful
Rudolph the Red Nosed Anonymous Source
Deck The Halls With Tons Of Fake News
Rumors We Have Heard on High
I’ll Be Wrong For Christmas
Rockin’ Around The Mistakes We Make
O Holy Cow! Trump Is Tweeting Nightly!
Whose Aborted Child Is This
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Bullshit
Acosty The Snowflake
O Whine All Ye Faithful
Silent The Right
All I Want For Christmas Is Some Russian Collusion
I Saw Daddy Drinking 12 Diet Cokes
Russians We Have Heard On High
Lemon Got Run Over By A Trump Tweet
The Lemon Dumber Boy
Little Tapper Boy
It Came Upon A Source Unclear
Acosta We Have Heard, Was High
Jingles Sell
I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus
http://politicalclownparade.blogspot.com/2017/12/cnn-christmas-songs.html
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