Shred...

Please, place the "Regime Change" right after... Thank you.

Silent...?*

One in every four adults have high blood pressure. But many people are unaware that they have the condition. Untreated hypertension increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. These are the first and third commonest causes of death in the USA.

Hypertension can also damage the kidneys and increase the risk of blindness and dementia. That is why hypertension is referred to as a "silent killer."
 
High blood pressure interacts with other major risk factors such as diabetes and high levels of cholesterol to amplify the risk of heart attack and stroke. Changes in lifestyle can therefore help us achieve blood pressure goals.

Several factors may play a role in its development, including:


• Too much salt in the diet
• Smoking
• Being overweight or obese
• Lack of physical activity
• Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)
• Stress
• Genetics
• Family history of high blood pressure
• Chronic kidney Disease.

So avoid a long life of sickness.                                                                                   

Reckless...?*

Snowboarder Christian Mares survived what few ski resort guests ever imagine having to face, when he was nearly swallowed up by tons of fast moving snow. Now he's facing an avalanche of criticism and potential prosecution for what officials are calling his "reckless decision."
Mares triggered the avalanche at a popular ski destination just northwest of Lake Tahoe.

Resort officials say Mares was riding in a closed area of the mountain that was off limits, and the avalanche put other skiers at risk. "Those closed signs are there for a reason." 

The resort had the disappearance of 23-year-old ski instructor Carson May a week earlier. Rescue crews were unable to locate May at the time.

There are no official charges against Mares and the investigation is now in the hands of the Placer County Sheriff's Department for trespassing into a closed area of a ski resort.
....    Just a thought.

Moving Up...

Allan Lichtman: There are very few people who can say, unimpeachably, that they called this election. Lichtman, a distinguished professor of history at American University, is one of them. Lichtman first came to attention in May when he told The Fix's Peter Stevenson that his model  based on a set of 13 true/false statements predicted a Trump victory.

It was a model that had successfully predicted the winner of the presidential race in every election since 1984. In October ,amid dire poll numbers for Trump, he doubled down, insisting that he trusted in the model. And he was right.




Kellyanne Conway:
Conway was a known commodity in the polling world before this race. But now she's a known commodity across the country and the world. Conway did what  others couldn't; she managed to manage Donald Trump.

She did so by using her own public megaphone a near-constant TV presence and an active Twitter account to encourage Trump's better angels, always pushing him to stay focused on issues and away from personal attacks.   Just a thought.  [Washington Post]

Slogan...

Thousands attended the Women's March on Washington Saturday. Activist, Gloria Steinem took to the stage to rally the crowd.

With the timing and sheer number of people involved, it comes as little surprise that there are various causes attached to the march, which was largely billed as a demonstration in support of women's rights and civil rights but for many has clear political undertones connected to the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Some of the homemade signs at the rally were related to Hillary Clinton, Trump's campaign rival. One read "Still With Her" using a play on Clinton's campaign slogan, and another read "Lock Him Up," playing on a chant that some Trump supporters directed at Clinton during the campaign. Several "Stronger Together" posters from the Clinton campaign were spotted as well.

We have issues. Let us hope we can communicate it to the officials, not accept hollow slogans from politicians.

Steps...

Fox...*

Fox News took time out of four broadcasts to apologize for four separate instances of incorrect information that portrayed Muslims in a negative light.

Several of the cases involved incendiary comments about "no-go zones" in Europe, where Islamic law supposedly supersedes local law and where non-Muslims fear to go.

Other media outlets have accused Fox of exaggerations and falsehoods, and even British Prime Minister David Cameron mocked one of the assertions. Fox apologized morning, noon and night. 

Jeanine Pirro issued the final correction of the day, for something her guest Steve Emerson said a week earlier: that Birmingham, England is a "totally Muslim city where non-Muslims don't go in." Emerson was ridiculed for his comments, and he subsequently apologized.

"Last week on this program, a guest made a serious factual error that we wrongly let stand unchallenged and uncorrected," Pirro said. ................ Also, we could find no credible source that indicates Birmingham is a so-called no-go zone."

Earlier this week, a French comedy television show observed that the map in question was identical to a map, made by the French government in 1996, of poor neighborhoods in need of help.
Welcome to Fake News.  [1/18/2015] ....   Just a thought.

Big Yawn...*

It’s a conventionally accepted notion that any attention is good attention, and that brazen tactics are justified if they’re in the name of a good cause. But new research says that may not be true. 

Aside from all the other negative effects of unrealistic, oversexualized advertising, it is just ineffective when you’re “selling ethics.”

Two new University of Queensland studies on “Using Sexualized Images of Women” have found that when subjects view sexy PETA ads, “Intentions to support the ethical organization were reduced for those exposed to the sexualized advertising” and “that behaviors helpful to the ethical cause diminished after viewing the sexualized advertisements.” In one of the studies, researchers found that men who viewed the ads were likely to report (shocker), but that they were no likelier to support the cause itself.

The lead researcher on both studies, says, ”There’s a negative link between dehumanization and the treatment of others, it reduces concern … If you are using images that are dehumanizing, it’s likely to backfire.” So, bikini girls making out with vegetables doesn’t end slaughterhouse abuse?

It certainly back fired. see the image.

History...

Opinion...

Protesting something ...... not sure what, during the Inauguration of Donald Trump.