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February 08, 2024 -

(Article by James Howard Kunstler republished from Kunstler.com)

Do you realize the danger of exposing Americans to what this Putin might say? Hearing him express his thoughts about the world situation in a leisurely format — which Putin does regularly among his own people (I’ve seen him do it!) — is liable to inform Americans that their own political leadership is a party of mental illness.

Even without this new provocation of a Carlson / Putin colloquy, folks ...

Study shows refined carbs NEGATIVELY impact cognitive function

June 08, 2023 -

A group of French researchers looked at this prospect through a study published May 2023 in Personality and Individual Differences. They looked at the relationship between refined carb consumption and cognitive performance in a group of 95 healthy young adults between the ages of 20 and 30. Of the 95 participants, 48 were women and 47 were men.

The study authors found that across both genders, eating food made from refined carbs had a negative impact on cognitive function....

Heat-related deaths are mounting each summer in Europe

July 19, 2023 -

Heat-related deaths continue to pile up as scorching temperatures continue to hit Europe.

In the Italian city of Lodi, southeast of Milan, a 44-year-old road sign worker collapsed and died due to extreme heat. In another incident, two brothers aged six and seven drowned in an irrigation basin near the town of Manfredonia, Italy, as they attempted to find relief from the intense heat by swimming.

"Heat is a silent killer. So this is the main concern that ...

Mayo Clinic study reveals disturbing impact of puberty blockers on testicular development

2 days ago -

The study, published as a preprint and pending peer review, used the Mayo Clinic's Pediatric Testicular Biobank for Fertility Preservation to collect testicular specimens from 87 minor individuals undergoing fertility preservation surgery for various health reasons.

Among these, 16 were gender dysphoric boys aged 10 to 16, transitioning to transgender girls between the ages of two and 15. At the time of surgery, nine patients (56 percent) were already on puberty blockers, ...

Government halts further research on cellphone radiation’s health impact despite previous findings?

January 23, 2024 -

(Article republished from YourNews.com)

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) has decided to discontinue further studies on the effects of cellphone radiofrequency radiation (RFR) on human health. This decision comes despite their own comprehensive 10-year, $30 million study completed in 2018, which found evidence of cancer and DNA damage linked to RFR. The NTP, in a recent January 2024 fact sheet, cited the research’s technical challenges and resource intensity as reasons ...

Supreme Court ruling on use of abortion pill could impact November elections

January 18, 2024 -

Controversial regulations against the use of mifepristone were relaxed in 2016 and again in 2021. So-called "pro-choice" advocates argue that the existing system is secure, while pro-life opponents warn that expanded access to mifepristone exposes women to risks by neglecting safety measures against its liberal use.

These arguments boiled into the judiciary, and two cases – FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) and Danco Laboratories LLC v. AHM – have made their ...

Texas enforces BAN on gender-related medical procedures for teens

September 08, 2023 -

Last June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 14 that enshrines prohibitions on medical interventions to "validate transgender identities." Parents of gender-confused children and LGBT advocacy groups challenged SB 14 in court, with a state district judge ruling that it violated the rights of transgender children and their families to seek appropriate medical care.

However, the Texas Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling and allowed ...

Florida braces for impact: Hurricane Haiti is about to crash the Sunshine State

a month ago -

(Article republished from Revolver.news)

Haiti is on the brink of collapse. The jails have been emptied, bloodthirsty gangs patrol the streets and the now-resigned Prime Minister fled for his life to Puerto Rico. We spent $6 billion in Haiti – what happened? All Primetime can find is a "gender inclusive" police force...… pic.twitter.com/a8NS0EGOnb

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) March 14, 2024

Joe Biden helped install this weak, feckless prime minister, by the way. This ...

Supreme Court ruling could upend 300 J6 convictions and impact case against Trump

December 20, 2023 -

The case, Fischer v. United States, involves the prosecution of January 6 defendant Joseph Fischer. The former police officer was accused of inflaming a mob that tried to enter the Capitol and pushing against police, and he was charged with multiple federal crimes. His case challenges the Justice Department’s interpretation of the charge of “obstruction of an official proceeding,” section 1512(c)(2), which was also used against hundreds of other defendants who took part in ...

Hunter Biden INDICTED by Delaware federal court on GUN-RELATED CHARGES

September 19, 2023 -

Two of those three counts accuse Hunter of knowingly putting false information on a form to claim that he was not using illegal drugs when he purchased a Colt Cobra .38 Special revolver from a gun dealer in Delaware in October 2018. The third count alleges that the presidential son possessed a firearm while being a person struggling with a drug addiction. (Related: REPORT: Hunter Biden hired PR firm to clean up his Wikipedia page and make him look good.)

The indictment ...

The affirmative aftermath: Schools now insist that race had a major impact in admissions

July 04, 2023 -

(Article by Jonathan Turley republished from JonathanTurley.org)

During the Supreme Court oral arguments over affirmative action, Harvard’s counsel Seth Waxman struggled with an argument that race consideration was needed to maintain current admissions for minorities. Yet, he also maintained that it was not a major factor and that the consideration of race with regard to Asian students produced only a “slight disparity” and “had no effect with respect to outcomes.”

It ...

Subsidized Quebec EV battery plant triggers concerns of potential environmental impacts

a month ago -

The agency examines the risk of wetland destruction and fish habitat harm. Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s previous endorsement of the Northvolt plant as "the world’s cleanest," concerns have been raised about the potential environmental impacts of the planned Northvolt project.

In a Dec. 15 note, the DFO indicated that it was waiting for a formal application from Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturing giant, under the Fisheries Act. The department also revealed ...

Google now restricting queries to its AI chatbot Gemini related to elections

a month ago -

This update to Gemini is already live in the United States. Google has also begun rolling it out in India and all other major countries around the world where elections are set to take place in the coming months.

The shift highlights not only the role that generative AI has been playing, and has the potential to play, in the election process, but also Google's concern about how the service might get weaponized, as well as produce inaccurate or misleading responses. (Related: U....

FDA sued for concealing documents related to suppression of ivermectin and HCQ

December 15, 2023 -

The suit was filed by America First Legal (AFL), a nonprofit organization whose stated aim is to “promote the rule of law in the United States, prevent executive overreach, and ensure due process and equal protection for all Americans.”

The group filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request last August with both the FDA and HHS seeking information about hydroxychloroquine from 2020. They filed a similar request a month later with the two agencies seeking information ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads censors COVID-related searches to DISCONNECT people from knowledge

September 18, 2023 -

The social media platform carried out its renovated search engine last week, only for users to be greeted with a blank screen and a pop-up linking to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website when they type terms connected to "covid" or "long covid." Threads also blocked words like "coronavirus," "vaccines" and "vaccination" in its search engine, alongside more explicit search queries.

In a statement, a Meta spokesperson said the platform's recently ...

Summer health 101: A simple guide to address 5 heat-related illnesses

July 26, 2023 -

Healthcare professionals from Northwestern Medicine share this simple guide to address the following heat-related illnesses.Sunburn

Sunburn, although often associated, is not exactly considered a "heat illness" since it is a direct result of excessive sunlight exposure. Heat illness is a result of an increase in body temperature, as indicated in a study published in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association.

But by no means should sunburns be underestimated....

New York lawmakers propose new bills to mitigate the negative impact of social media on minors

October 19, 2023 -

"Our kids are in crisis, and the adults in the room need to step up," stated Hochul, who stressed the urgency of addressing the increasing rates of teen suicide and the surge in anxiety and depression diagnoses among young people. "It's critical we all stand together to address the youth mental health crisis." (Related: Social media use linked to TEENAGE DEPRESSION, warn mental health experts.)

James added that a report by the Surgeon General of the United States noted ...

Media now blaming COVID jab-related heart attacks and strokes on CLIMATE CHANGE

November 12, 2023 -

A new study, we are told, links a surge in cardiovascular deaths to really warm temperatures, which apparently hurt people who are black and old at disproportionately higher rate than other demographics.

Instead of addressing the elephant in the room – Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "vaccines" – the paper instead talks a whole lot about the weather and "greenhouses gas emissions" as being responsible for about 5,500 excess cardiovascular deaths every year.

Even ...

San Francisco dumping massive amounts of sewage in the bay, warn environmental advocates

19 days ago -

San Francisco Baykeeper says it is filing a lawsuit against both the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) and the city itself after learning that raw sewage and trash-filled runoff is flooding the bay every time there is a heavy rainstorm.

The watchdog organization conducted its own investigation to discover that San Francisco and its public utility commission violated hundreds of Clean Water Act provisions over the past five winters, including with the dumping ...

Thailand to RECRIMINALIZE recreational marijuana following spike in cannabis-related hospitalizations and criminal incidents

February 22, 2024 -

The major reversal in government policy regarding cannabis consumption follows a spike in hospital admissions and a rise in crime linked to marijuana, as well as the perception that more and more Thai children are consuming the drug. This comes 18 months after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the consumption of marijuana.

The previously relaxed laws saw Thailand create a lucrative cannabis industry in less than two years. This industry catered both ...