Banana...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham conducted an experiment to determine the link between potassium and healthy arteries. 

They examined mice and gave them high-fat diets, where the critters were given either small, average and large amounts of potassium. 

Mice consumed the least amount of potassium had harder arteries, while mice that had a large amount of potassium had more flexible arteries.

As people get older, the heart arteries stiffen, which can cause heart attacks and strokes. 

However, there are nutrients that can loosen them, such as potassium in Banana or Avocado..
The  study finds the benefit of adequate potassium supplementation on prevention of vascular calcification in atherosclerosis-prone mice, and the adverse effect of low potassium intake."  

Hike...

Move...

Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who has built a business empire in New York City over the past three decades, is moving his office -- including at least half of his staff and himself to Florida early next year, reportedly to dodge high taxes.

The 83-year-old investor, worth a staggering $17.7 billion, told employees at his publicly traded company Icahn Enterprises that he will close the Manhattan office at the end of March 2020 and open a new office near Miami one month later.

Icahn joins a slew of other powerful financial companies in fleeing New York for lower-tax destinations like Florida, Tennessee and Texas in the wake of President Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul, which placed a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.

Gas...

Author Peter Schweizer addressed Hunter Biden’s involvement with a Ukrainian natural gas company while his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, oversaw America’s Ukraine policy.

"The underlying story here involves Hunter Biden going around the world really collecting large payments from foreign governments and foreign oligarchs in the case of Ukraine," Schweizer, the author of "Secret Empires," said on Fox News' 

Joe Biden faced scrutiny for months over accusations that he pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, who at that time was leading a corruption investigation into a natural gas company that had ties to Biden's son.

"He is supposed to be advising them on natural gas regulatory issues. He has no background in Ukraine, no background in energy or natural gas. So, What is he being paid for? He's not being paid for his expertise, he has none," Schweizer said. "His father at this time is the point person on U.S. policy to Ukraine."

Hell no...

A Colorado woman confronted Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on his controversial proposal to go after high-powered weapons through a mandatory buyback program.

"I am here to say: Hell, no, you’re not," Lauren Boebert told O'Rourke during a town hall event in Aurora, Colo., passionately defending her rights under the Second Amendment.

"I have four children, I am 5-foot-0, 100 pounds, I cannot really defend myself with a fist. ... I want to know how you're going to legislate that because a criminal breaks the law, so all you're going to do is restrict law-abiding citizens, like myself."

According to the Denver Post, 32-year-old Boebert drove three hours from the town of Rifle to the event and is the owner of a restaurant where the staff carries firearms. As she spoke, a handgun was holstered at her side.

In New York, the criminals are running free shooting everywhere. Just a thought.

Tricle...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said his plan to provide "Medicare for All" would raise taxes across the board. "Look, people are used to Washington politicians not giving straight answers to simple questions."

Elizabeth Warren said healthcare Cost  will go up for wealthiest Americans and for big corporations, when asked how she would recommend financing the Medicare for all. 

She noted that taxes for the wealthy would go up. "Hardworking middle class families will see their costs go down.

But the downside of this equation is the trickle down taxation on the most vulnerable, less jobs would be available for the Middle Class.

Just a thought.

Grabber...

Buckling under public pressure, Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday dropped his much-contested plan to require car owners to pay $25 for a new license plate if their current one is more than 10 years old.

The governor pitched the requirement when his administration launched an online poll that let residents vote on the state’s next plate design, but has since backtracked on the idea. Cuomo said some older plates are undetectable by automatic tolling technology, which could cost the state bundles of

 Many New Yorkers and lawmakers bemoaned the plan and called it a cash-grab by the Cuomo Administration.

It's Fake

 the Times ran a “news analysis” piece adapted from a forthcoming book, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.”

It included a seemingly new allegation  that a Kavanaugh classmate at Yale, nonprofit CEO Max Stier, “saw Kavanaugh with his pants down at a drunken dorm party, where ........”

On Sunday, the New York Times walked back and significantly revised the latest incendiary allegation.

The Times updated the Kavanaugh story  acknowledging that the alleged victim of the incident had declined to be interviewed and several friends had said she did not recall the alleged misconduct.

The unusual correction of the bombshell story seemed to mean little to the field of 2020 Democratic presidential as they all giving an angry opinion...... 

They fell for it.

Precautionary...

The maker of the popular heartburn medication Zantac said  it has stopped distributing the drug worldwide pending investigations. 

The Sandoz division of the Swiss pharmaceutical corporation Novartis said it made a "precautionary distribution stop" of Zantac and all medicines containing ranitidine, the generic treatment for stomach acid and ulcers. 

The decision follows an announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the drug contained a "probable" carcinogenic chemical in a type of nitrosamine called N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA.

 For now, U.S. health officials said patients can continue taking Zantac and similar heartburn medications, but prescription patients can consult their doctors if they want to switch to other treatments

 The recalled drugs, which were manufactured in China, had higher levels of the NDMA chemical than U.S. health officials deemed acceptable. 

Afloat...

Will take away your gun.
Will take away your private Health Insurance.
Will take additional taxes to give you less services.
Will take away your National Security by starting wars everywhere in the Middle East.
The poor will stay poor, and the middle Class will join them by the time we tax everyone.