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‘Tip of the iceberg’: At least 309 infections and 16 escaped pathogens linked to lab accidents

January 11, 2024 -

(Article by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. republished from ChildrensHealthDefense.org)

A team of researchers surveyed peer-reviewed articles and online reports in English, Chinese and German, looking for all indications that a pathogen accidentally “escaped” from a lab or that an infection was determined to be “laboratory-acquired” during the study period.

In addition to the 16 episodes of pathogenic “escape,” the researchers found 309 instances of lab-acquired infections ...

Israel’s war on Gaza turning Republicans into pro-censorship zealots

February 04, 2024 -

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham stated at a recent hearing that "TikTok is being used to destroy the Jewish state. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said much the same to TikTok CEO Shou Chew, arguing that his platform is promoting "self-harm videos and anti-Israel propaganda."

Ted Cruz to TikTok CEO:

"If you look at what is on TikTok in China, you are promoting to kids: Science and math videos, educational videos ... In the United States, you are promoting to kids: Self-harm ...

TIPFLATION: Workers at first unionized Apple store in Maryland want MANDATORY TIPPING at checkouts

May 17, 2023 -

According to the Daily Mail, workers at the Apple store at Maryland's Towson Town Center want the Cupertino, California-based tech giant to put in place an option for customers using their credit cards to tip staff. It added that the workers want either a custom tip amount or between three percent and five percent of the price of an item a customer buys. In other words, they want mandatory tipping at checkouts.

Putting the gratuity into perspective, a five percent top on ...

After admitting FAILURE of 2014 plastic bag ban, California legislators now want to ban all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026

February 19, 2024 -

While California already has restrictions on thin single-use plastic bags at stores, Senate Bill 1053 seeks to eliminate the use of thicker plastic bags that are usually marketed as reusable and recyclable.

Buyers can purchase these thicker bags for an additional cost. However, according to State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, who introduced the bill along with Sen. Ben Allen, shoppers don't reuse or recycle the thicker plastic bags.

In a press release, Blakenspear ...

N95 masks expose wearers to dangerous levels of toxic cancer- and seizure-causing compounds, study finds

November 29, 2023 -

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea evaluated two different types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several types of reusable cotton masks, of the sort worn during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic." They discovered that the chemicals released by these masks occurred at levels eight times the recommended safety limit for toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

The inhalation of TVOCs is linked to health problems like headache ...

SPY vs SPY: Networks built using government funds are using citizen informants to flag “misinformation” in private messages

February 19, 2024 -

Executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and former State Department official Mike Benz warned on X: “The US gov’t is paying millions of dollars to censorship mercenary firms to build up a snitch network of citizen informants to report private text messages on WhatsApp for ‘misinformation’ – then create a vast database of banned memes & ideas.”

Using government funds, companies are being enlisted to monitor platforms of interest with the aim of getting ...

Leading GOP senator blasts media for ignoring evidence that Hunter Biden paid for trafficked prostitutes

May 15, 2023 -

During an interview on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Republican made a claim that his party possesses conclusive evidence indicating that Hunter paid substantial amounts of money to an international sex trafficking ring, using funds provided by his father, now-President Joe Biden.

“Senator [Charles] Grassley [R-Iowa] and I, in our September 2020 report, laid out as much evidence as anybody would need to lay out that the Biden family is corrupt,” Johnson told Fox News. He went on ...

eBay charged with selling environmentally hazardous products, including illegal pesticides

September 28, 2023 -

According to the complaint, eBay was involved in the sale of hundreds of thousands of environmentally hazardous products, including banned pesticides and vehicle emission evading devices.

For example, they are being accused of the unlawful sale or distribution of more than 23,000 pesticides that were either misbranded, unregistered or designated for restricted use. According to the DoJ, some of these chemicals are restricted-use pesticides that can only be applied ...

Inflation labeled a ‘right-wing talking point’ in response to hit working-class song

August 25, 2023 -

(Article by Jonathan Miltimore republished from TheEpochTimes.com)

Oliver Anthony's blue-collar anthem "Rich Men North of Richmond" has exploded across the internet, racking up 15 million views in its very first week after debuting on Aug. 9.

Mr. Anthony’s mournful ballad has an almost Depression-era feel. Sporting a bushy red beard and a twangy guitar, the Virginia native channels the struggles of working-class Americans while strumming away in the woods in front ...

Blatant corruption: FBI refuses to turn Biden bribery scheme memo over to Congress, Comer to hold Wray in contempt

June 05, 2023 -

The FBI's refusal to follow the law, which is really nothing new, has prompted Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, to launch proceedings to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt.

"Today, the FBI informed the Committee that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the Committee," Comer said. "The FBI's decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable....

Targeted Justice’s Ana Toledo: Targeted Individual Program the most EXTREME example of gov’t weaponization

May 10, 2023 -

"The TIP is the most extreme example of government weaponization, and Congress hasn't looked this way," she said during an appearance on "The Prather Point" hosted by Jeffrey Prather. "I know there is a committee [about it] right now … but they haven't mentioned [this issue] or looked this way. This is just a tragedy that innocent civilians are being attacked."

Toledo, who serves as a board member at Targeted Justice, added that lawmakers ought to look up the TIP and be ...

Survival essentials: 5 Bushcraft skills for preppers

May 02, 2023 -

Prepping and bushcraft

They may seem similar, but prepping and bushcraft are two different things.

A prepper is someone who prepares for a disaster. Your preparation often involves various supplies and modern equipment.

Meanwhile, someone who practices bushcraft spends a lot of time in the wild trying to learn how people survived in the past. It is more of a hobby than a way of life.

Because they both entail skills and familiarity to execute well, they can sometimes ...

Study: Global decline in male fertility linked to common pesticides

November 28, 2023 -

Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the study reviewed findings from 20 studies, 21 study populations, 42 effect sizes and 1,774 adult men. Authors of the study have found sufficient evidence that exposure to two widely used insecticides, namely organophosphates and N-methyl carbamates, lowers sperm concentration in adult men.Pesticides and reproductive health

Multiple studies by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown that pesticides ...

Must-have items for sheltering in the wilderness

20 days ago -

Cutting tools

Choose your survival knives based on tasks they must be able to perform – i.e., building and repair, self-defense, hunting, cooking or wood processing – not just their features. This also applies to axes, multi-tools, saws, shovels and other survival gear. 

A good survival knife has to be thin enough to carve well but strong enough to baton with. It also needs to be comfortable in your hand and must have a full-tang blade about four to six inches long. The handle ...

N95 COVID masks expose wearers to dangerous levels of toxic, cancer-causing chemicals, NIH study finds

August 31, 2023 -

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University evaluated two different types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as numerous reusable cotton masks. They ultimately determined that medical-grade masks are extra dangerous.

It turns out that N95s release eight times the recommended safety limit of highly toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs). TVOC exposure is linked to headaches and nausea in the short term, and cancer and organ damage in the long term.

"It ...

70% of pregnant women in Indiana have herbicide linked to cancer in their urine

2 months ago -

The research, which was published in the journal Agrochemicals, showed that 70% of the pregnant women who were tested in Indiana from 2020 to 2022 had high volumes of dicamba in their urine – a sharp jump from the 28% found in an analysis a decade earlier.

In addition to the higher percentage of women having the chemical in their bodies, the concentrations they contained also went up more than fourfold, going from 0.066 up to 0.271 micrograms of dicamba per liter of urine....

Goldback bills are ideal in post-apocalyptic scenarios as an alternative to power grid-dependent cryptocurrencies or credit cards, Jeremy Cordon tells Mike Adams in interview (sponsored)

January 11, 2024 -

Goldbacks are intricately designed and polymer-laminated "money," which is not a paper currency but commodity money. Their intrinsic value requires no "faith" in any government, institution, or bank. With Adams' recent laboratory tests, it was confirmed that real 24-karat gold is physically present in them. Each "1" in the goldback denominations represents 1/1,000th of a Troy ounce of 24K gold. They are available in denominations of one, five, 10, 25 and 50. (Related: Mike ...

Democrats expect “dictator” Trump to win in 2024 and are already plotting to TOPPLE him

2 months ago -

Foundation for Freedom (FFO) executive director Mike Benz, a former State Department cybersecurity expert, uploaded a video – watch below – to his X account explaining what he knows about this latest round of what he describes as "the dirty trick behind the 'dictator' framing."

What Benz means by this phrase is that, once again, Democrats and other deep staters are already regurgitating the same rhetoric they did prior to the 2020 election, calling Trump a "dictator" and ...

“White hat” hacker dismantles world’s largest pedophile ring, sends child rapists to prison

July 04, 2023 -

Twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Montgomery of Pennsylvania – also known by his nickname "0day" – decided to start helping authorities dismantle child abuse networks after receiving a text message from a distressed friend three years ago. The message spoke of a website for pedophiles "sharing videos of little girls" and " talking about how they raped and abused children."

The website's link was included in the message, alongside a screenshot of three children in bathing suits....

One of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels is using artificial intelligence to expand its operations

a month ago -

In a new report, Interpol has named the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as one of many organized crime groups harnessing AI to expand their illicit operations. According to Interpol, the CJNG and other organized crime groups are pulling off "more sophisticated and professional fraud campaigns" using AI, large language models and cryptocurrencies.

Interpol's Global Financial Fraud Assessment report also found that human trafficking is being expanded across the globe "for ...