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For those interested in Democratic Party primary elections, NewsNation held a forum debate last night where you can now watch in full here.

The drinks come in four flavors — black cherry cranberry, mango passionfruit, peach orange blossom and lime yuzu — and are designed to replicate the taste of the original White Claw Hard Seltzers. User Alex Jewell took issue with the tagline of "a new wave in drinking," sarcastically calling it a "clever reinvention" of seltzer water. "Oh…. what if we used it as a mixer…. I bet it would go good with vodka ….," user Cleo Night wrote. "So, it's flavored water?" another user asked. Some users online took issue with the cost of the new seltzers, which has a suggested retailer price range of $17.49-$19.99 for a 12-pack or $10.99-$11.49 for a 6-pack. "Seltzer water at beer prices," one user wrote. "There's literally seltzer water right behind it for probably half the price," another chimed in. A majority of alcohol drinkers, about 80% of Millennials and Gen Zers, are interested in exploring a "sober-curious" or "damp" lifestyle, a new survey from the company revealed. Source

NHLC statement:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/greenland-startup-shipping-glacier-ice-cocktail-bars-uae-arctic-ice

Plant-based and vegetarian diets may play a significant role in reducing the risk of Covid-19, a study has found. Research, published in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health,concluded that the incidence of Covid was 39 per cent lower among people who ate a plant-based diet than among those who ate meat. The findings highlight the importance of dietary habits in influencing the incidence of infectious diseases. A team led by Julio Cesar Acosta-Navarro, a professor in the school of medicine at Sao Paulo University, studied a group of 702 volunteers. "The higher the consumption of plant-based foods, the greater the protection," Dr Acosta-Navarro told The National. Participants were divided based on their diets between omnivorous and predominantly plant-based. The latter category consumed more vegetables, legumes, and nuts, and less or no dairy and meat products. They included vegans (who eat no animal products), vegetarians (who consume eggs and dairy products) and flexitarians (who ate meat less than three times a week.) There were no significant differences in sex, age, or vaccination uptake between the two groups. However, the plant-based group generally had higher education levels and lower rates of medical conditions and physical inactivity. Of the total participants, 47 per cent reported having had a Covid-19 infection. The incidence was notably higher among omnivores (52 per cent) compared to those with plant-based diets (40 per cent). The duration of symptoms didn't differ significantly between the groups, but omnivores were more likely to experience moderate to severe infections. After adjusting for factors including weight, pre-existing medical conditions, and physical activity levels, researchers noted no overall difference in symptom severity. But those following a predominantly plant-based or vegetarian/vegan diet were 39 per cent less likely to become infected than the omnivores, researchers concluded. "The immune system utilises a range of defense mechanisms to combat infections," Dr Acosta-Navarro said. "Therefore, it is necessary to have an adequate amount of antioxidant enzymes, vitamins and peptides. Without them the capability of the immune system will be jeopardised. "Plant-based dietary patterns are rich in antioxidants, phytosterols and polyphenols, which positively affect several cell types implicated in immune function and exhibit direct antiviral properties. "Vegetarians and those on plant-based diets are at reduced risk of chronic diseases of high morbidity and mortality, including ischemic heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity, the same conditions that were proved to be risk factor for Covid-19," Dr Acosta-Navarro said. Shane McAuliffe, senior visiting academic associate at NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health – who was not involved in the study – acknowledged the findings but cautioned that is was an area “that warrants more rigorous and high-quality investigation.” Read more: https://www.thenationalnews.com/health/2024/01/09/plant-based-diets-slash-covid-19-infection-risk-study-finds/

Video was linked here and has been since privated/deleted: https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-teams-up-with-spotify-to-unveil-new-hifi-listening-experience-2886855 Discord embed: Pretty sure this most likely confirms that HI-FI has been cancelled. Thoughts?

When asked about Biden condemning her re: her civil war gaffe. Nikki said Biden better hope Nikki does not win that nomination - she is ready to annihilate him in a general election

In a landmark decision, an Australian widow has been granted legal permission to retrieve her late husband’s sperm. The Supreme Court of Western Australia allowed the 62-year-old woman – whose identity remains confidential due to legal reasons – to remove the sperm from her husband, who died on Dec 17, 2023, ABC News reported. He was 61, and his sperm has been preserved in a morgue in Perth. The widow’s desire to conceive a child via a surrogate faced a significant legal hurdle, as the posthumous use of reproductive tissue is prohibited in Western Australia. She will now have to seek approval from the Reproductive Technology Council to use the sperm in a jurisdiction where the procedure is legal. The couple had previously endured the death of their two children – a 29-year-old daughter who drowned during a fishing trip in 2013, and a 30-year-old son who died in a car accident in 2019. The documents revealed that they had discussed having another child to rebuild their family. Read More: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-widow-granted-rights-to-harvest-sperm-from-dead-husband

Link: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355835/giuffre-v-maxwell/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc Link #2 (backup): https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6250471-Epstein-Docs Update: Notable people who've been named in the filings include Bill Clinton and Donald Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-queen-mtg-humiliated-no-124230900.html Too bad so sad

Trumpsters and white soccer mom democrats are having meltdowns on X right now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/world/middleeast/us-isis-iran-general-suleimani.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/C12l5JbSQqs

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/sony-honda-mobility-afeela-powered-by-gaming-tech/

The end of an era