Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise

High-fat foods may have detrimental effects on muscle power and the brain
Eating fatty food appears to take an almost immediate toll on both short-term memory and exercise performance, according to new research on rats and people.
Other studies have suggested that that long-term consumption of a high-fat diet is associated with weight gain, heart disease and declines in cognitive function. But the new research shows how indulging in fatty foods over the course of a few days canSource: Vox Verax RSS Feed

Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 Xbox 360 Gaming Headset

Turtle Beach has launched their latest gaming headset for the Xbox 360, the Turtle Beach Ear Force X41, which is the third generation of the X41 headset. The Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 headset features a digital RF wireless CD quality sound, and 3D positional audio with an advanced chat booster. As well being compatible with the Xbox 360, the Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 Xbox 360 Gaming Headset can be used with other games consoles, and even your home cinema equipment. The Turtle Beach EarSource: British Blogs RSS Feed

Of Sleeping Giants

I saw this live on MSNBC Tuesday morning. Katy Abram, a 35 year-old stay-at-home mom reading from a list of inane talking points, angrily berated Senator Arlen Specter at a town hall meeting at Lebanon, Pennsylvania in Sarah Palin “word salad” style. “We don’t want this country to turn into Russia,” Abram said, apropos of nothing. Also: “You have awakened a sleeping giant.” Then she tossed up some more word salad as she made the rounds on Faux News, CNN, Glenn Beck’s radioSource: One Utah RSS Feed

AP: Who (The Hell) Are These Protesters?

From Associated Press:

A man tries to prevent another man from shouting at the beginning of a town hall meeting on healthcare reform sponsored by Congressman Adam Schiff in Alhambra, California, August 11, 2009. Just who are these health care protesters?

By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 13

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Nancy Snyder says she kept quiet when abortion was legalized and prayer in schools was eliminated. Not thisSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

The Silky Pony Behind Bars?!

Say it ain't so...he's too pretty to go to jail (maybe that could be his legal defense...it's been used before)!
"...John Edwards has secretly undergone a DNA test - and it proves he's the father of his mistress' love child, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
Multiple sources confirm the bombshell development, and reveal lawyers for the disgraced presidential candidate are privately hammering out child support payments with his former lover Rielle Hunter.
Edwards - whoSource: Blonde sagacity RSS Feed

ThinkFast: August 13, 2009

In “informal conversations” with authors, diplomats, policy experts and past colleagues as he prepares his memoir, former Vice President Dick Cheney has “opened a second front” against his “White House partner of eight years, George W. Bush.” Cheney felt “that Bush had gone soft on him” in the second term, one participant said. “Or rather Bush had hardened against Cheney’s advice.”

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin doubled down yesterday on herSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

USS Georgia Headed Out

The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia transits the St. Marys River on her first operational deployment as a converted Guided-missile submarine. Georgia will deploy for approximately one year to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility before returning to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Clifford Date: 08.05.2009

The first four Ohio-class ballistic missile subs have been converted to cruise missile boatsSource: Murdoc Online RSS Feed