Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was estimated to affect about 788 million adults worldwide, more than double the number in 1990, making it one of the most widespread and underrecognized health concerns. A recent systematic analysis published in The Lancet estimated that CKD was the ninth leading cause ... read more
are you ready?Readiness quiz. A fun way to assess how ready you are for an emergency. Supply chains are fragile. The grid is vulnerable. When disaster strikes, you're on your own. Take the quick quiz to get your Ready Score and discover your family's gaps--before it's too late.' readyscore.com UPDATE: On Monday ... read more
New research suggests a common skin disease with no cure could be treated with nutritional supplements. The B vitamin derivative showed encouraging results for reducing psoriasis symptoms in studies with both humans and mice. Psoriasis causes a rash with itchy, scaly patches, most often on the knees ... read more
natural soil bacteria combo completely eradicates tumors across multiple human cancer types in miceA-gyo and UN-gyo achieved 100% complete tumor regression in animal models of human colorectal, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer, with no observable systemic toxicity. A remarkable study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering reports 100% complete tumor regression in mouse models of human colorect ... read more
drones vs helicoptersHearing the helicopter hovering over the nearby freeway this morning makes me wonder if cities/reporters are going to start using drones instead of helicopters for traffic reports/investigations any time soon.COPILOT: Short answer: yes — drones are already being tested and used, but they won’t fully ... read more
fascinating pain relief patchReally amazing how it works. Mike Hammond Interview: Signal Relief's Drug-Free Micro-Antenna Technology for Pain Relief To learn more, click here. ... read more
On Monday, September 28th, 2026 at 9:20 PM, someone wrote: Had a doctor visit today, and they said I have kidney stones. I was afraid it was something worse like kidney disease or cancer. There's really just one stone -- a white spot on the CT scan image -- big enough to cause problems. It's in t ... read more
usmnt routs rivals mexicoDon't look now, but Mauricio Pochettin's new-look USMNT is off to a red-hot start with three wins in three games following a tremendous tres a cero victory over bitter rivals Mexico on Saturday. USA 3-0 MEXICO — Recap, highlights Player ratings Eyebrows were certainly raised when the likes of Christ ... read more
This is a better link: . On Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 10:03 PM, someone wrote: Interesting: . Or, just go to pickax.com. :): pickax.com ... read more
It's pretty fun and informative. Decentralize.TV - Episode 165 -- Oct 13, 2026 - William Bond on Living Soil, Water-Harvesting Swales, Hurricane Helene Lessons and Permaculture Food Independence ... read more
how seniors can build strong financial skills for a secure retirementFor seniors in retirement, money can feel trickier than it did during working years, even after decades of being responsible. The core tension is real: a fixed income has to cover rising costs, surprise repairs, and healthcare, and those financial management challenges can make every decision feel h ... read more
how to build confidence and reach your goals starting todayBusy parents juggling work and wellness, mid-career professionals carrying heavy expectations, and caregivers who keep everyone else on track often hit the same wall: goals stay clear, but follow-through feels inconsistent. The core tension is exhausting, building self-confidence seems to require ex ... read more
I own 0.001% of two fillies through MyRaceHorse. That's one-thousandth of one percent, so even if the horses become millionaires, it doesn't add up to much for me. It's just fun. Elevated, a 2 year-old filly out of Flightline trained by Bill Mott, "flipped" in the paddock in her first start attempt ... read more
usmnt vs mexico match recap highlightsIn the 80th edition of the storied rivalry, the U.S. Men's National Team defeated 10th-ranked Mexico 3-0 in the highly-anticipated Duel in the Desert that brought together the two FIFA World Cup 2026 co-hosts and Concacaf heavyweights for the first time since 2025. To help the U.S. record its third ... read more
if you are looking for a reliable washer and dryerFrom Harper & Knowles. I've Repaired Hundreds of Washers. These Are the Only 4 I'd Actually Buy. And these are the Only 4 Dryers. ... read more
how parents of special needs children can balance life and career successfullyWorking parents raising disabled children often carry two full-time roles at once, and the overlap is where the hardest work-life balance struggles live. Between school calls, therapy schedules, sleepless nights, and the pressure to stay reliable at work, balancing personal and professional life can ... read more
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1 in 4 supermarket meat samples tainted with drugsAnother reason to go vegetarian, although their math isn't right. Forty-seven percent is much worse than '1 in 4.' Maybe we should actually read the article? :): 1 In 4 Supermarket Meat Samples Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria'They took samples of meat and poultry around the country and found th ... read more
eleanor and lionelEleanor's back surgery was a success!"Everyone warned me against back surgery, " she says. "But, I'd be in a wheelchair now if I hadn't had surgery!"O Progresso newsletterPortuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area by Lionel Holmes and Joseph D'AlessandroMini-Bio Graduated from St. Mary's College (in ... read more
we're homeOK, now we're home! I'll try and do a trip summary tomorrow after a good night's sleep ... in my own bed. Tara says she feels like Dorothy, "There's no place like home!" ... read more
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Temporary Insanity:
Long before winning the lottery and running for president, Dobie was living in L.A. working as a word processing temp. He thought this latest assignment was just another gig... until he met Venelia, Elroy and the Dynamos.
san francisco in 1906Things were a lot more freely-moving back then. And the kids seemed to be having fun. Reminds me of Russian traffic today, only they have slightly newer forms of transportation now. :)"A film taken from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1906, a few days before the earthqua ... read more
My hero!"Rather than learn to live with a smartphone, this engineer designed her own cell phone with a rotary dial — and she is helping others to make their...": rotary dial ... read more
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Lottery President:
For most people, winning $300 million in the lottery would be enough. They would retire, buy a big house and travel the world. Not Dobie. He took the money and ran... for president. The house he had in mind was the White House. He didn't want to travel the world so much as save it from politicians.
employee engagement, why it's important"It doesn't matter if managers are introverted or extroverted, timid or bold, loud or quiet, as long as they are making people feel like they are growing, appreciated, and confident in their future at the company ..." ... read more
and the judge saysShe's ours!It's official! Elizabeth is ours. The court hearing went very smooth. It took about an hour and a half. There was a judge, prosecutor, a rep from the Child protective services, and the Minister of Education. They had a lot of questions about our parenting style, our finances and guardians ... read more
QUESTION: I've got an external drive that works fine if I plug it in (mini usb) after windows 10 has started, but if I reboot with it still connected (I'm not telling windows to boot from any devices), it messes up the windows boot process. it has a "recovery" partition on it and bootmgr and bootmgr ... read more
candwich, sandwich in a can goes on saleNot a bad idea!Candwich: Sandwich in a can goes on sale"The American makers of the Candwich, a sandwich in a can which can be dispensed by vending machines and is opened like a can of Coke, say it's the best thing since sliced bread." ... read more
one of my favorite twain quotesIf you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." — Mark Twain ... read more
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The Lazy Pug Cafe:
The Lazy Pug Café was a dilapidated old farmhouse abandoned years ago. A massive, ancient oak tree, Ol' Lightnin', lurked out back while the house itself served as a sad but charming reminder of days gone by.
scientists find liquid water on marsCool!
"Scientists say they've discovered vast oceans of liquid water below the surface of Mars, which could hold the answer to whether life exists there. It may also make the planet more habitable for humans." ... you know, for when we do like Douglas Adams suggested in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gala ... read more
sleep, what a conceptI slept on the floor most of last night. It's a little after 7 a.m. here. Elizabeth refuses to sleep in her crib, even though we're told that's what she slept in at the orphanage. So, she sleeps with us in our bed. That bed is barely big enough for just me and Tara. Anyway, Elizabeth can go to sleep ... read more
thirtieth anniversary of moving to nashvilleTomorrow, August 26, will be my 30th anniversary of having moved from Los Angeles to Nashville. Here is my old newsletter write-up upon arrival.Here's my route, on Google Maps.Below is the woman anxiously awaiting my arrival in Nashville... not. At bottom is the condo I eventually moved into -- afte ... read more
if you want to help the bees, leave the dandelions alone"If you ever wanted to help dwindling honeybee populations, ecologists are encouraging that you "learn to love weeds" and leave the dandelions alone this coming spring.At the start of her tenure as the new president of the oldest ecological society in the world, Jane Memmott reminded everyone last w ... read more
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Temporary Insanity, Operation Detour, Dobie's Dilemma, Lottery President and Another Way have been stitched together as an episodic saga starring Dobie Pokorny.
external news feedstrump cancels budapest summit: five reasons why trump is once again escalating against russia
Trump does whatever the warmongers tell him to do.
trump suggests he wants regime change in iran
Almost everyone now wants regime change in this country, thanks to him.
us removes london embassy staffer amid abuse images probe media
Another case of the "elites" protecting a fellow pedophile?
trump declares he will personally appoint the next leader of iran
Trump is now openly doing what the CIA secretly did/does.
poll: most voters say trump hasn't been successful in cleaning up deep state
I'm with the "34% Not at all successful" crowd.
biden regime labeled anyone opposed to covid mandates as domestic violent extremists
The ones injecting people with experimental concoctions were the violent extremists.
ex-fifa prez backs call to 'stay away' from wc
The ridiculously high ticket prices are accomplishing that.
the likeliest way that world war three will result
We're in the middle of World War 3 already.
'stop antisemitism' founder says antisemites will be hunted down and destroyed for the rest of your life
She can start with the world's worst anti-Semites, the Israeli government and military.
nfl announces each quarter of playoff game will be broadcast on different streaming service
It is getting harder and harder to be a sports fan.
google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject ai
That's not much of a threat since Google hasn't been the best search engine for quite a while now.
our first amendment stands as a major block to the ability to hammer disinformation out of existence
Poor guy can't shut people up fast enough.
trump says ai doesn't need guardrails, calls growing concerns 'a hoax'
Trump wants there to be no doubt that he's a complete moron.
'the movie stunk! it was stupid!': chris 'mad dog' russo erupts over oscar's best picture winner
The trailer looked stupid, but the word is "stank," not "stunk." :)
hackers hit hundreds of french supermarkets, destroying food by taking control of refrigeration systems
Simple solution: don't connect your AC, heat or refrigeration systems to the Internet.
trump invites netanyahu to his fifth white house meeting
Netanyahu is calling the shots, so it only makes sense.
will donald trump be removed from office after january, 2027?
Yes, please, along with Kushner, Lutnick and Hegseth.
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culture
cracking up over lottery president
Here's one of my brothers reading my book, Lottery President. He seems to be enjoying it. I swear I didn't pay him to do this. New book out! Here's my Amazon Author's Page, where you can find both the paperback and Kindle versions of Lottery President and Operation Detour of your own. :)The Kindle b ... read more
writers need followers?
Publishers and writing "gurus" preach that writers need followers. The problem is that emotionally-stable people don't want followers. They want friends, compatriots, people who listen, not followers. Especially zombie followers. They're the worst! :) But seriously, I don't trust anyone who active ... read more
[from 1994] The first Saturday in May. What does this date mean to you? Probably nothing, except that Spring has arrived, unless you live in California where it's been Spring for two months at least -- real Spring, not calendar Spring. Ask any horse racing buff, though, and they'll tell you the f ... read more
how to copy a music cd to your phone
Question: Is there a way to put a CD onto my phone so I can play them from my phone in my car through the radio? Answer: You would have to put your CD into a PC, have the PC convert those songs to files on its hard drive (C:) somewhere, then connect your phone to that PC and copy them from the PC to ... read more
natalia holmes photography and videos
travel photography and videography on YouTube, InstaGram and Pinterest. ... read more
brakes are important
I emailed this to my siblings, and the following conversation ensued... On Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 03:22:31 PM PST: Stumbled across this great old photo of our dog Stein "attacking" a strange man in the back yard of the Edison house Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:33 PM yes, my attempt to mak ... read more
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education
fix those facebook-mangled links to your site
"I was unaware that Facebook recently had started to add a unique click identifier to all outbound links on facebook.com. Coincidentally, one of the security measures of this server is to disallow query strings as part of the URL. Thus, any visitors coming over from Facebook were suddenly blocked an ... read more
on the subject of pandemics and mask mandates
"Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution states: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." In other words, NOT the president and his or her "executive orders" and "mandates." Se ... read more
This is a better link: Watch on Bitchute. On Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 10:03 PM, someone wrote: Interesting: Watch on Bitchute. Or, just go to pickax.com. :): pickax.com ... read more
baby formula shortage affects new parents with increasing prices and lack of availability
Intentional, manufactured shortage.
"A baby formula shortage in the US is hurting young parents across the country. How did this ever happen?
Years ago in Hong Kong laws were enforced to prevent Chinese visitors across the border from carrying more than two cans of formula out of Hong Kong ... read more
frequency, spirituality and the paranormal
Includes frequency, spirituality and other paranormal things. I don't agree with all of it, but it's worth watching. See "Mind-Blowing: Hodges & Westall Go Further on Hidden Gold, Zero Point Energy & Portals" On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 12:13 AM, someone wrote: Dave Hodges is a delusional idio ... read more
wind energy company fined $8 million after turbines kill 100+ eagles
All windmills/turbines with blades, no matter what they're made of, need to be replaced by one of these: a new kind of windmill. A company that runs wind farms was fined $8 million this week after its wind turbines killed more than 100 eagles.On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that NextEra ... read more
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family
saturday morning
Tara made a good guess earlier. She thinks the orphanage caretakers are telling Elizabeth that we will be taking her away soon. They think they're doing us a favor, trying to prepare her. But now, every time we come to visit and they leave the room, she freaks out because she thinks it's happening n ... read more
taking elizabeth to skating party
Preparing to take Elizabeth to a skating party, I said, "Here, take some money. Go ask your mom for more." I thought I had at least a $10, but only had $6. When she returned I asked how much she had now. "Forty-six dollars.""What?! Yeah, I'll need most of that back." ... read more
here's your update
Everyone is wanting an update! Well, we're parents of a two-year-old now. No time for updates!
She is keeping us busy. Her favorite things to do are: play in the sink, play in the tub, and play in the toilet. She is a waterbaby! One of the things we were warned about an adopted child from an ... read more
elizabeth skiing for the first time
It was father-daughter day (for me, my brother and nephew, and our daughters) at NorthStar ski resort in Lake Tahoe. See Elizabeth's First Time Skiing ... read more
in the air
28 Sept -- 3:55pm CDT -- We're in the air on our way to Moscow. A little bit of good news is that it's "only" a 10 hour flight instead of 12 as we had thought. ... read more
holmes family newsletter vol 4 no 1
The Leaky Faucet Vol. 4, No. 1, January 4, 1992"Everything you've ever wanted to know about anything." Diane has surgery On December 3, Diane of Hayward, CA had back surgery done on her back (always a good place to have back surgery). And, apparently, everything went well and she is now convalescin ... read more
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life
drones vs helicopters
Hearing the helicopter hovering over the nearby freeway this morning makes me wonder if cities/reporters are going to start using drones instead of helicopters for traffic reports/investigations any time soon.
COPILOT: Short answer: yes — drones are already being tested and used, but they won’t fu ... read more
alternate route
Don't you hate it when you take an alternate route to get away from a slow driver only to have them end up in front of you later? Yeah. That's all I wanted to say. ... read more
health benefits of cinnamon
A powerful spice that can help reduce blood sugar levels.According to research, cinnamon has been used as early as 2800 B.C. for anointing, embalming and treating digestive and respiratory ailments. Cinnamon is also used in traditional medicine in countries like China, India and Iran. In modern medi ... read more
indian railway company using bee sounds to ward off elephants
"Officials with an Indian railway company said they have started using the recorded sound of buzzing bees to keep elephants from wandering onto the tracks. The Northeast Frontier Railway said its Moradabad division installed a "Honey Bee Sound System" in locations known to be frequented by elephant ... read more
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Horse Rescue / Therapy Riding: Tiffany & Jeannie; Classified Ad Placement: Michael; Insults: Bill;Locksmith and alarm: Jayson; Dog Grooming: ... read more
trip to vancouver
Our trip was great. Here's a very short story.We on 8/11 from my work. My boss made me attend a meeting that day which ended at 2:30, whereupon I joined June, Brian and Andy who were in our van, waiting in the parking lot. Boy, did I need a vacation!We arrived at Jeannie's that night, stayed overnig ... read more
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