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Pete Hegseth pushes around the big brass.

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military top brass to show up for a meeting at Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday.  The generals and admirals aren’t used to traveling on short notice for a reason they don’t understand.  They don’t mind issuing orders like that to the people under their command, but probably don’t like taking orders.

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Science says that chocolate is good for you.

Effect of cocoa flavanol supplementation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease events,

I’ve been buying this nutritional supplement from Aldi for years.

Cocoa extract supplementation did not significantly reduce total cardiovascular events among older adults but reduced CVD death by 27%.

Finally, nutritional science has some good news.  The study looks legit.

The study was conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  There were 12,666 women over 65 years old, and 8776 men over 60 years old in a double-blind, placebo controlled study.  A 27% reduction in death by cardiovascular disease is substantial.

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Nobody cares about Alyssa’s decision.

Alyssa Milano removes her breast implants: ‘Letting go of the body that was sexualized and abused’

This is dumb, but her sanctimony is so irritating.  Alyssa Milano got a boob job and it paid off when she starred on Charmed for eight years.  The show was about witches, romance and female empowerment featuring three sisters with ample charms that were generously displayed.  It had something for everyone.

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“Failure Is Not an Option”: An Oral History of ‘Apollo 13’

Failure Is Not an Option”: An Oral History of Apollo 13

In April 1970, the crew of the Apollo 13 became the most talked-about people on Earth after a malfunction en route to the moon left three astronauts stranded 200,000 miles from home. It was one of the biggest media stories of the decade, with audiences around the world glued to their TV sets and radios.

That’s not how I remember it.

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