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 Processed meat has been linked to an increased risk of developing dementia. So what foods should you eat and what should you avoid? By Peta BeeA bacon sandwich may be off the menu after researchers suggested this week  eating as little as 25g of processed meat a day — equivalent to a single rasher — is associated with a 44 per cent increased risk of developing dementia.It’s not the first time that meat has been associated with an increased risk of age-related cognitive decline but previous...

Looks ominous on the surface, but there may be a very simple explanation.

We're already losing this one.More geostrategic blunders like Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Iran were not enough. But this present one dwarfs them all even put together.Imperial hubris.The Scrum“Our cold, two-front war.” James W. Carden and Patrick LawrenceSee alsoChiefly about information war against Russia but it is also applicable to China in Xinjiang, HK, Tibet,  "CCP," etc.The "woozle" is "information laundering" by 5 Eyes spooks aided by corporate media in...

If you saw this at Project Syndicate, it was a shorter version of this post.EconbrowserGuest Contribution: “Biden Avoids Mistake of Insufficient Fiscal Stimulus”Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

 The game just changed. Following Putin's scolding in response to intemperate remarks by Biden, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson goes for the jugular.Summary: Russia perceives itself as being under attack and will respond accordingly.The Chinese have switched tone also. Cold War 2.0 heats up, and sparks are flying. Cui bono? US MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex)Who loses? Europe, geopolitically and economically. Also, the...

A Scottish Delicacy Invented in Edinburgh Ingredients: One Mars BarFor the batter:120g plain flour, 100g rice flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp sugar Eating a Deep Fried Mars Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland[embedded content]

Juan Brown with a review of the current situation with the container ship athwart the Suez....[embedded content]

Bill Totten's Weblog (China acted, the West dithered)A Tale of Two LockdownsGodfree Roberts, publisher of HereComesChina newsletterBracing Views (budgetary priorities)Is China Winning? It’s Our Own FaultW. J. AstoreTASSRussia, China oppose Washington’s imposition of its view of democracy — Kremlin‘Lies’: Diplomat blasts NATO chief’s remark Russia refuses dialogue with allianceCaitlinJohnstone.comThe Entire World Should Be Laughing At America For Pretending To Care About Muslims In...

A bit sweeping, but interesting. Michael Hudson paints with a broad brush, but he wants to cover a lot of ground in the small space of an interview.Michael Hudson: "It’s a fight of economic systems. It’s a systemic fight. You can’t fix it at the margin. The problem goes deep to the core."The Vineyard of the SakerIn Quest of a Multipolar Economic World OrderMichael Hudson and Pepe EscobarSee alsoNorther passage.The Unz ReviewBroke: Suez. Woke: NSR.Anatoly KarlinAlsoTASSSuez Canal blocking...

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