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Lungs from pack-a-day smokers safe for transplant, study finds JoNel Aleccia, Staff Writer, NBC News Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:35 AM ET About 13 percent of double-lung transplants in the U.S. came from donors who were heavy smokers, a new study finds. Using lung transplants from heavy smokers may sound like a cruel joke, but a new study finds that organs taken from people who puffed a pack a day for more than 20 years are likely safe. What’s more, the analysis of lung transplant data from the U.S. between 2005 and 2011 confirms what transplant experts say they already...

EVERYBODY LIED TO YOU, INCLUDING ME AND YOU! OK, IÂ’ll stop lying, if you will, just this once.. Deal? I know you hate to read stuff, especially, long stuff.. I know how busy we all are, and how you havenÂ’t got time to waste, but it may be time to set aside a few moments to.. SAVE YOUR CHILDREN! Since I promise to be brief, IÂ’ll get to the point.. There are so many people are lying to you, IÂ’ll start with just one lie, a big one, the latest one, and leave it to you to decide how much...

Isn't this about time to START RECALL ELECTIONS?In all elected offices, national, state, local, where Dems, and Rinos open their mouths, or have a national voice..

WHAT’S THIS WORLD COMING TO? Words like OUTRAGEOUS, ABSURD, DISGUSTING, seem petty, when you consider the gravity of the crimes being committed, in the light of day, under our very noses.. This is happening, not just to us as citizens of this great Nation, but to the Nation itself.. When you ponder on the list of offenses being perpetrated, at rate is so mind-bogglingly that one hasn't the time to respond, let alone recover, before another has reared its ugly head.. For the sake of brevity, I’ll spare you the litany of the assaults that our Constitution has absorbed.. Dating...

I GUESS IT’S OVER.. I wanted to say goodbye until…? On Monday morning Oct 1 2013, a day that will be recalled in history as one of those moments, that will be etched in our conscience for an eternity.. When I opened my eyes Monday morning, my first reaction was that it was unremarkable, as in, a freaky calmness.. I was once again grateful that I was still alive, pain free, and with a dim sunlight illuminating my bedroom windows everything was at it should be.. Thank you Lord.. I then noticed that the television was still glaring, low volume...

Disabled man's life is turned around by a blanket... Really.. :)

REMEMBER, and NEVER FORGET! Hit Remember 9/11, on my home page..

... In a tearful on-air announcement on Friday, Summer Reese, the interim executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, which owns WBAI, said that after talks with SAG-Aftra, the union that represents broadcasting talent, “we will be laying off virtually everyone whose voice you recognize on the air,” effective Monday.

Longshore Union Quits the AFL-CIO In a surprise move, the 40,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced its disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO yesterday. The news comes just a week before the federation is set to hold its national convention in Los Angeles, the nation’s biggest port and an ILWU stronghold.. The ILWU, known for its militant traditions and progressive politics, has been drawn into turf wars with other unions in recent years—particularly in the grain export terminals of the Pacific Northwest, where longshore workers have been locked in a high-stakes battle over master contract standards since 2011. - See more...

In a time when the Supreme Court is dissembling of the mechanisms that 50 years of forced segregation were established to insure fairness, the administration has raised the bar to include forced AFFIRMATIVE re-Action to the body politic.. If the Democrat constituency feel that they perceive an injustice in their own terms then the full weight of the federal Government should interfere...

I'm Sick and Tired, and you should care.. REALLY! Why you should care, is that I am a member of that generation of folks that remembers what our Country was before the 60's radicals began destroying our country, culture, and future.. I am indeed sick, but still strong enough to muster the revolting reaction to the state of our National decline..I can't say I haven't warned everyone that would listen to me, to react to the changes that have taken us down this road, sadly without much reaction from those that had to suffer my diatribes.. There aren't many of...

THE HISTORY OF LENT.. For our traditional Italian Roman Catholic family, Lent is a very special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter.. I have searched the internet researching the various ways that this wonderfully religious season is celebrated from it's earliest biblical beginnings.. Since the earliest times of the Church, there is evidence of some kind of Lenten preparation for Easter. It starts with Ash Wednesday, when Catholics had their foreheads marked with ash crosses, a symbol of penance signaling the start of Lent. During the 40 days leading up to...

NO! No you won’t.. Not now, not ever.. President Obama, you have taken this country down a road that even your most ardent supporters have had to concede is entirely too far to the left of our National patience would have normally allowed with your entitlement philosophies.. Now you have focused on the second amendment, and this time you have taken on the very heart of this country’s pride, and the answer is NO, JUST NO! This time, Mr. President you have gone too far, and you are on the verge of total rebellion, not just from your detractors, but...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! BYE, BYE, 2012... What happened? HELLO, 2013... What’s new? Our rear view mirror is crystal clear, and by looking through it we can clearly see what went wrong last year... This time of the year is a great time to take inventory and decide what we want to bring with us, and what we should be grateful to leave behind... It’s up to us to decide if we want this to be a better year, if last year wasn’t all that great... The New Year is the last chance to make the changes that can offer us...

Zurich to open drive-in sex boxes Zurich council has approved a plan to build the boxes, which will, it hopes, provide a discreet location for prostitutes and their clients to conduct business when they open in August next year. Located in an industrial area of the city, the row of garage-like boxes will have roofs and walls for privacy, and easy access for cars. The council estimates that around 30 prostitutes will meet clients at the site of the boxes, and use the drive-in slots on a first-come-first-served basis. "The big difference is that until now prostitution has been in...

WHEREÂ’S GOD...? Have you ever wondered where in the world is GOD, when we are witnessing unspeakable horrors throughout the world each and every hour of each and every day? Forget listening to the news, local, national, or heaven forbid international news, there isnÂ’t a momentÂ’s peace in the world if we accept what we are told... Heck, we canÂ’t even turn on the TV, log on to the computer, or flip on the radio at the top of any hour of the day or night, without being reminded of the suffering of our fellow humans, not just in countries...

Remembering Thanksgiving Day The Mayflower 1620- 2002 The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 from Plymouth England, to Plymouth Rock started as a journey to find peace and justice in a new world. It began as a fervent prayer to give freedom a chance, and remains today as the promise each year for a new beginning. Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of hope, and remembrance. Today, we bring our families and friends together to share our tables and our hearts, and give thanks for all that we have to be grateful for in our new and glorious country. From this...

A VETERANS DAY OATH We on FReeRepublic have not forgotten, nor will we ever Forget those that sacrifice their lives and safety so the rest of us can enjoy FREEDOM. We owe our military family still serving, and those that have served their country and it's grateful people, our lives and our unique way of life. Without our service men and women here and in harms way, all over this hostile world, there would be no AMERICA. YOU HAVE OUR DEEPEST LOVE AND RESPECT. On this, your day, we pray for you and your safety, and fall to our unworthy...

JUST HOW FAR ARE WE WILLING TO GO? I SAY, LETS JUMP OFF THE CLIFF! I know, I remember what our Mothers told us about, If your idiot friend jumped off the Cliff, would you follow? As it turned out she was mostly right, but not always, not NOW, not this time.. I'm suggesting that our Mothers are sometimes just flat out wrong.. Most women, Not your Mother of course, but at least 56% of women elected Obama, twice, so they aren't always right.. This is the real truth telling moment in our Nation's present and future.. We were handed...

There are many Americans that thought that you were unacceptable four years ago, and have not been convinced that they were wrong, by the direction you have taken our country.. Today our country chose to reelect you as our President once again, but in a narrow margin.. This election has given you, once again, an opportunity to prove that the half of it's citizens that didn't vote for you can be proven wrong.. For the sake of your place in the history, and with the fate of our Nation in your hands, I pray that they, and I, can and...