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Eating eggs linked to dangerous heart condition that triggers stroke, new study suggests
Daily Mail | July 24, 2026 | Ciaran Foreman

… experts at the Cleveland Clinic in the US have found that those with the life-threatening problem have high levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) – which is produced in the gut in response to certain foods.

TMAO is released during digestion of nutrients like carnitine and choline, which are in foods like beef steak and livers, pork and egg yolks.

Can IMAO sue Science for copyright infringement?  The innocent public might think IMAO is released during digestion.

IMAO is just TMAO without the bar at the top — a barless top.

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Friday Night Open Thread: The SAVE Act

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Apparently Trump’s got an ace, but Antifa has a Joker to play:

If Congress does not find a way to vote that bill [the SAVE Act] out to Mr. Trump’s desk before they recess for the rest of the summer in late July, Mr. Trump will invoke an executive order under the National Emergencies Act (NEA) — Public Law 94-412; codified at 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601–1651 — requiring the fifty states to employ all the same provisions that are in the SAVE America Act for the 2026 midterm elections. Under the NEA, the federal courts cannot be used to fight or strike down the executive order; it can only be stopped by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.

If that is the course that this takes, you can expect Antifa and the Democratic-Socialist foot-soldiers to take to the streets this fall in a violently-amplified episode of “No Kings” demonstrations — because fair and honest elections with citizens-only voting will mean the end of the Democratic Party, and they know it. Last night’s move by President Trump is only the opening bid of a quickening game against the Deep State, and their partners-in-sedition. The game is gonna get rough now.

— “Acceleration”

substack Kunstler.com | 7/17/2026 | James Howard Kuntsler

 

 

 

Straight Line of the Day: Why Would Feral Pigs Overrun a California Neighborhood?

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Feral beasts spark chaos across superrich California neighborhood: ‘Really did a number here’
NY Post | 7-21-26 | Nina Joudeh

A group of feral pigs has sparked chaos in an affluent area of San Jose after tearing up landscaped lawns at a business park in search of food, leaving employees stunned by the destruction.

Video captured along Hellyer Drive showed a sounder of wild pigs rooting through grassy areas and ripping up sections of landscaping, with workers saying the damage unfolded over just a few days.

“It was all a good patch of green grass we used to enjoy in the break time, but now it’s all messy,” employee Bhawani Shankar said.

 

 

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results fro 7/17/2026 : New Matches for 7/24/2026

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            Things disappearring? Are we cursed?          

 

 

Results from 7/17/2026

 

(7) Ursula Andress No Preference (15) Shirley Eaton
103 0 83
(12) Honor Blackman No Preference (14) Tania Mallet
98 1 90

 

New Matches for 7/24/2026

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Nadja Regin (Bonita) vs Aliza Gur (Vida)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Nadja Regin 1 – 6 – 0 357 – 30 – 867
Bonita
Actress: Nadja Regin
Nationality: Serbian
Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

In the exciting pre-title sequence of Goldfinger, Bond foils the plots of a heroin baron and blows up his operations with plastic explosives. Before leaving, Bond takes care of some unfinished business, to have a bath with Bonita. The excursion turns out to be a trap, as Bonita seduces Bond so that a henchman can knock him unconscious. Bond sees the reflection in Bonita’s eyes, and she gets knocked on the head while the henchman is electrocuted in the bath. “Shocking. Positively shocking” Bond remarks before leaving the room.

 

Nadja Regin

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Aliza Gur 2 – 5 – 0 375 – 32 – 763

 

Vida

Actress: Aliza Gur
Nationality: Israeli
Bond Movie: From Russia With Love (1963)

Synopsis:

Vida and Zora engaged in an intense cat fight, scratching, fighting and trying to strangle each other. The fight was broken up when an assassin attacked the camp to try and kill Kerim Bey. Bond saved the life of the camp’s leader in the process, who in turn honoured Bond’s request to end the fighting. Happy to have their leader alive, Vida and Zora warmed to Bond, who got to entertain them for the evening.

ALiza Gur

 

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Margaret Nolan (Dink) vs Martine Beswick (Zora, Paula Caplan)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Margaret Nolan 3 – 4 – 0 718 – 4 – 687
Dink
Actress: Margaret Nolan
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

Margaret Nolan played the Golden Girl in the title sequence and the pre-release advertising for Goldfinger. However, the producers eventually choose Shirley Eaton to play Jill Masterson, and Nolan was given the much smaller role of the pool-side masseuse Dink. Dink is shown massaging Bond, but has to leave when Felix Leiter arrives for some “man’s talk.”

 

Margaret Nolan

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Martine Beswick 2 – 5 – 0 550 – 13 – 740

 

Zora

 

Paula Caplan

Actress: Martine Beswick
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: From Russia With Love (1963)

Synopsis:

Head of Station in Istanbul, Kerim Bey, took Bond to a gypsy camp, where the two girls Vida and Zora were to fight to the death over a man. Zora was played by Martine Beswick, who would return 3 years later to play another Bond girl in Thunderball.  

Actress: Martine Beswick
Nationality:  
Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965)

Synopsis:

Paula Caplan was Bond’s liaison in Nassau. She was played by Martine Beswick, who had previously played Bond girl Zora in From Russia With Love. Paula helped Bond to make contact with Domino Derval, but met her end after being captured by SPECTRE agents, taking a cyanide pill to avoid torture.

Martine Beswick

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Straight Line of the Day: Chapter Titles for Upcoming Children’s Book “Oppo the Coppo in the Land of No-Knock Warrants”

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Chapter One: A Study in Scarlett Johansson

Chapter Two: The Mysterious Case of CornPop

Chapter Three: Joe Biden: The Hound of the Baskin-Robbins

Chapter Four: A New Hope

Chapter Five: The Adventure of the Copper Breeches

Chapter Six: The Maltese Millennium Falcon

Chapter Seven: The Big Sheep

 

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Cartoons and Memes

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“Mr. Walrus, we seem to be missing some things!”

“I’m working on it.”

“Getting them back?”

“Being more selective on what comes off.”

 

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Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results From 7/15/2026 : New Matches for 7/22/2026

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The World Cup is over for 4 years. Whatever shall we do?          

 

 

Results from 7/15/2026

 

(5) Ana de Armas No Preference Grace Jones
182 0 16
Monica Bellucci No Preference Mary Stovin
119 1 41

 

New Matches for 7/22/2026

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(10)Lea Seydoux (Madelaine Swann) vs Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova)

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(10) Lea Seydoux 4 – 4 – 0 962 – 10 – 654

 

Madelaine Swann

First appearance Spectre (2015)
Last appearance No Time to Die (2021)
Portrayed by Léa Seydoux
Madeleine Swann is a complex character introduced in the James Bond film Spectre. Madeline Swann is the daughter of Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), a member of the criminal organization SPECTRE. Swann studied at the University of Oxford and at Sorbonne University, and later worked with Doctors Without Borders.[1] By the time of Spectre she is working as a psychiatrist at a private clinic in the Austrian Alps. Dying of thallium poisoning, White tells James Bond (Daniel Craig) to protect his daughter from SPECTRE, so Bond goes to see her at the clinic. Although Swann is initially hesitant to trust Bond, she agrees to share information about SPECTRE and help Bond take the organization down. The two gradually fall in love, and Bond ultimately leaves MI6 to be with her after arresting Blofeld.  
Lea Seydoux


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Contestant Record Total Scores
Fiona Fullerton 3 – 5 – 0 760 – 18 – 1036

   

Actress: Fiona Fullerton
Nationality: Nigerian
Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985)

Synopsis:

Pola Ivanova was a KGB agent working for General Gogol. She recorded incriminating evidence of Max Zorin, and escaped with a tape of it. Bond had followed her, and a struggle ensued, until they both realized that they knew one another from a prior mission. They went to a spa and spent the evening in a hot tub together. While Bond took a shower, Pola snook out with the tape, only to realize later that Bond had switched it for a fake.

Fiona Fullerton

 

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Tonia Sotiropoulou (Bond’s Lover) vs Maryam d’Abo (Kara Milovy)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Tonia Sotiropoulou 2 – 6 – 0 645 – 17 – 905
Bond’s Lover
Actress: Tonia Sotiropoulou
Nationality: Greek
Bond Movie: Skyfall (2012)

Synopsis:

Tonia Sotiropoulou was credited only as “Bond’s lover”, and appeared in a brief scene with no lines or conversation with Bond. They made love, and were then shown lying on a bed, Bond drinking a beer. She is the only girl on this list that didn’t have a speaking role, and is perhaps the least memorable of all Bond girls.[/quote}

 

Tonia Sotiropoulou

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Maryam d’Abo 5 – 3 – 0 854 – 12 – 834

 

Kara Milovy

Actress: Maryam d’Abo
Nationality: Dutch
Bond Movie: The Living Daylights (1987)

Synopsis:

Kara Milovy was the girlfriend of Georgi Koskov, a traitor playing both sides in the cold war. Koskov pretended to defect to the West, and got Milovy to shoot blanks at him to make it look more real. He knew that she would be assassinated by Bond, who was assigned to protect Koskov. However, Bond noticed she wasn’t a professional, and he didn’t kill her. When Koskov was discovered to be a traitor, Bond met Milovy posing as a friend of Koskovs. He gained her trust and revealed his identity, gaining a brave ally for his mission.

Maryam d’Abo

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