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Tuirse (pronounced TUR-shuh) is an Irish Gaelic noun that means tiredness, weariness, or fatigue

Beyond just physical exhaustion, it is often used to describe a deeper, soul-level weariness—a lingering fatigue of the spirit that comes from emotional weight, sorrow, or being worn down by life.

"Tá tuirse an domhain orm" translates to "The tiredness of the world is upon me," a common expression used to describe feeling completely overwhelmed or world-weary.

... Perfectly appropriate for today

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Alley Baggett

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(via Facebook)

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It is

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The clock is flashing, "HELL"

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Estelle Laurie Cla, AVN Awards 2026.

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What's funny is that this is more conservative than the Grammys , the Met and Cannes.

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True ...

Pasquale Tridico, an Italian MEP and the former head of the country’s national institute for social security said he was “disgusted” by the golden charm offensive, made weeks before Trump decided to slash 39% tariffs on Swiss imports to 15%.

“This is really awful,” he said, claiming that it seemed to be a case of “making foreign policy the policy of individuals”.Lisa Mazzone, the president of the Green party in Switzerland said the gifts appeared to show Trump’s “corrupt logic had poisoned the Swiss elite”.

“It is unacceptable that the federal council is relying on the help of an economic elite that represents private interests and lacks democratic legitimacy in its negotiations with the US president,” she added.

Swiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump arouse ‘disgust’ in Europe

Billionaires gave desk clock and engraved gold bar weeks before Trump slashed tariffs on imports from Switzerland

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[mrorel]

Pride month!!

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This is no longer hyperbole

Among GOP voters surveyed, 42 percent believe Trump was aware of the sexual abuse, compared to 29 percent who say he was not. That plurality of Republicans includes 28 percent who think the president was aware, but did not engage, in the abuse, and 14 percent who believe Trump participated in the scheme.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5611254-voters-trump-awareness-epstein-abuse-survey/

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[mrorel]

This is not true about Trump specifically. We know there were multiple who transferred money totaling $1.1 Billion.

It is also true ...

(March 03,2026) This afternoon on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Republicans blocked a proposal from Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to pass the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act, which would compel the Treasury Department to turn over Epstein-related bank records to Congressional investigators. While Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last year to force the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files in its possession, it made no similar requirement of the Trump administration to disclose the extensive Epstein bank records held at the Treasury Department. The bank records are a road map of Epstein’s financial network and activity, and they could help reveal his enablers, co-conspirators, and financial crimes that have gone unprosecuted. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has refused repeatedly to turn the Epstein records over after multiple requests from Senator Wyden in 2025, downplayed their significance, and falsely claimed the Treasury Department has no investigative role in the Epstein matter. Senator Wyden’s remarks urging the Senate to pass his bill are below:

Senate Republican Blocks Wyden Bill Mandating Treasury Hand Over Epstein Bank Records | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Senate Republican Blocks Wyden Bill Mandating Treasury Hand Over Epstein Bank Records

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[mrorel]

It is important to remember that those are Trump's own words.

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This is truely where we are ...

A majority of GOP voters said they would either stand by Trump or weren't sure, even if he were officially linked to the late sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

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Lead In Protein Powders

Protein supplements are wildly popular, but CR’s tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day.

Much has changed since Consumer Reports first tested protein powders and shakes. Over the past 15 years, Americans’ obsession with protein has transformed what had been a niche product into the centerpiece of a multibillion-dollar wellness craze, driving booming supplement sales and spawning a new crop of protein-fortified foods that now saturate supermarket shelves and social media feeds.Yet for all the industry’s growth and rebranding, one thing hasn’t changed: Protein powders still carry troubling levels of toxic heavy metals, according to a new Consumer Reports investigation. Our latest tests of 23 protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes from popular brands found that heavy metal contamination has become even more common among protein products, raising concerns that the risks are growing right alongside the industry itself.For more than two-thirds of the products we analyzed, a single serving contained more lead than CR’s food safety experts say is safe to consume in a day—some by more than 10 times.

“It’s concerning that these results are even worse than the last time we tested,” said Tunde Akinleye, the CR food safety researcher who led the testing project. This time, in addition to the average level of lead being higher than what we found 15 years ago, there were also fewer products with undetectable amounts of it. The outliers also packed a heavier punch. Naked Nutrition’s Vegan Mass Gainer powder, the product with the highest lead levels, had nearly twice as much lead per serving as the worst product we analyzed in 2010.

https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/

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Organic can include lead

When I picked this up I could figure out what it actually meant ...

Testing of ingredients and finished products for contamination with heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic is not currently required for products to qualify for use of the USDA Organic seal or organic labeling.

However, the USDA does maintain a list of substances that are prohibited (as well as those that are permitted) for use during organic production, which includes certain heavy metals (including arsenic and lead salts). In addition, organic growers must show documentation that they've adhered to this list. In order to be certified organic, produce must have been grown in soil to which none of the prohibited substances has been applied for three years prior to harvest. However, it should be noted that lead can persist in soil for much longer than three years, declining only modestly over a decade or more in some regions (Mielke, PNAS 2019). This is likely why it has not been uncommon for ConsumerLab.com to find relatively high levels of lead in some organic products.

https://www.consumerlab.com/answers/usda-organic-seal-on-supplements-heavy-metals/usda-organic-seal/

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[mrorel]

It really was Flavor Aid and not Kool Aid.

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[mrorel]

Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological discomfort, you feel when holding conflicting beliefs. Values or attitudes or when your actions contradict your beliefs. One way to deal with it is by minimizing the importance of the conflicting information.

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[mrorel]

Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological discomfort, you feel when holding conflicting beliefs. Values or attitudes or when your actions contradict your beliefs. One way to deal with it is by minimizing the importance of the conflicting information.