Author: Galen

EFF – by Jennifer Lynch

This week we learned that San Francisco Police used a woman’s own DNA—collected years earlier as part of an investigation into her sexual assault—to charge her for an unrelated property crime. What’s worse—it appears the S.F. police routinely search victims’ DNA in criminal investigations.  Continue reading “Not Just San Francisco: Police Across the Country are Retaining and Searching DNA of Victims and Innocent People”

WDRB

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A local activist and columnist has been arrested in connection with firing a shot directly at a Louisville mayoral candidate.

On Monday night, Louisville Metro Police announced Quintez Brown, 21, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly fired shots into Craig Greenberg’s campaign office on Monday morning. He is also facing four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment.  Continue reading “Local activist arrested for attempted shooting of Louisville mayoral candidate”

New Scientist – by Anna Machin

LOVE is unpredictable and complex. After spending many years researching its layers, I remain in awe of how it engages every mechanism in our bodies and infiltrates every aspect of our lives. But for a species like ours that craves certainty, this can cause all sorts of problems.

The first recorded evidence for an “elixir of love” dates back to 4000 years ago. Ready access to love drugs is at most a decade away. Indeed, they are already being used therapeutically to support couples in the US. Continue reading “Love drugs are coming and they bring big ethical problems with them”

Boston Globe – by Dan Adams

Boston researchers say they’ve developed a new, noninvasive technique for detecting marijuana highs that can reliably tell the difference between people who are truly impaired by the drug and those who merely used it recently.

The claimed breakthrough by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital comes amid intensified debate in the state over how to police stoned driving in the wake of cannabis legalization, with Governor Charlie Baker recently calling for a crackdown even as critics question the extent of the problem and warn that existing impairment tests are flawed. 

Continue reading “MGH claims breakthrough in detecting marijuana impairment”

RT

Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel, also known under its Spanish acronym the CJNG, has shared shocking footage which appears to depict one of its hit men eating a human heart straight from the torn-open chest of a fresh corpse. According to media reports, the victim was a member of a rival criminal group.

The video is said to have been shot last month in the state of Zacatecas, which for several years has been a battleground in a brutal turf war between the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels. Continue reading “Mexican drug cartel shares video of hit man eating rival’s heart”

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Holdings of Chinese government bonds rose in January, according to a February 12 report by Reuters citing official data, despite the fact that yield premiums have substantially narrowed between US and Chinese government debt.

These statistics come in the wake of a grim US January inflation report, showing that investors are turning to China to insulate themselves against inflation and ensuing rate hikes. Is this just an anomaly or part of a growing trend that could see China overtake the US as the global financial center?  Continue reading “Why China is on track to replace the US as the world’s financial center”

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Pupils should forget about using “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and refer to staff as “teacher,” according to Dr. Elly Barnes, the chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, The Telegraph reported on Monday.

In a 90-minute lecture organized by the National Education Union (NEU), Barnes, a prominent LGBTQ activist, told teachers they should move to adopt a “gender-free model” which includes dropping established pronouns. Continue reading “Education charity recommends kids drop ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ at school”

Paper Money, Paper Money, and Paper Money! is now, in several of the states, both the bubble and the inequity of the day.  That there are some bad people concerned in schemes of this kind cannot be doubted, but the far greater part are misled.  People are got so bewildered upon the subject that they put and mistake one thing for another.  They say Paper Money has improved the country – Paper Money carried on the war, and Paper Money did a great many other fine things. Continue reading “Except from ‘Common Sense (Attack On Paper Money Laws), Thomas Paine,1786”

Reclaim the Net – by Cindy Harper

On Monday, former American gymnast Jennifer Sey revealed that Levi’s had fired her for speaking out online against Covid restrictions in schools. She revealed her termination in a letter on the Common Sense channel on Substack run by Bari Weiss.

Sey represented the USA as a gymnast in the 1986 Goodwill Games in Russia. Soon after, she got a job at Levi’s, where she has worked for more than two decades. She was fired earlier this year because of being vocal against Covid restrictions in schools. Continue reading “Levi’s brand president Jennifer Sey is ousted over comments against Covid restrictions”

Ammoland – by David Codrea

U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Valentine’s Day can still be fun even if you broke up,” the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives declares in identical Facebook and Twitter social media posts that appear to be backfiring. “Do you have information about a former (or current) partner involved in illegal gun activity? Let us know, and we will make sure it’s a Valentine’s Day to remember!”  Continue reading “ATF’s Arrogant Valentine’s Day Message Could Get People Killed”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Perhaps the expected “imminent” Russian invasion narrative the White House has been pushing will come merely in the form of a cyber-attack?

There are current unconfirmed reports that Ukraine government websites may be experiencing a hack or cybersecurity threat. According to Russia’s TASS news agency, “Ukraine’s cybersecurity center says websites of the Defense Ministry, Privatbank and Oshadbank are under DDOS attack”.  Continue reading “Ukraine Banks & Defense Ministry Websites Down Amid Cyberattack Fears”