145 - Team Meat Loaf

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Health:

• Red Meat Raises Dementia Risk, but Nuts and Beans May Have a Protective Effect
• Butterbur: The Herb that Relieves Allergies, Migraines & More
• Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and risk of heart disease, study finds
• How a legal loophole allows unsafe ingredients in US foods

Happiness:

• Brad Paisley Wants to Open Another Free Grocery Store in Nashville After 5 Years of Dedicated Service
• Mom calls daughter to celebrate $3,000 lottery win. Daughter informs her it’s much more

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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• The Dirty Keto Documentary by Vinnie Tortorich

Higher Consciousness:

• Bay Area dispensary owner receives $40,000 grant through equity program he called ‘anti-white’
• Indica vs. sativa: Science suggests there’s not actually a difference

Back of the Napkin:

• BangBros unzipped: 12 million records laid bare, users exposed
• Windows Update downgrade attack 'unpatches' fully-updated systems

The Junk Drawer:

• In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
• A firefighter-turned-farmer’s foresight and quick thinking saved lives and property Aug. 8

Last Call:

• Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Acknowledge Failure To Collect More Than $500,000 In Licensing Fees
• United Discontinuing Hemispheres Magazine: End Of An Era

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Mama T
• Sharky

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