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As attitudes about marijuana shift around the world, researchers are warning parents that it’s risky to keep it around children, especially those who are too young to know what it is.
The number of children who were admitted to emergency rooms for unintentional marijuana intoxication increased by 133% in France over an 11-year period, according to a new study.
Continue reading “133% leap in children admitted to ER for marijuana, study finds”
Marijuana’s popularity among American adults is on the rise — and use of the recreational drug is expected to continue to increase, according to several surveys.
The increase in popularity, along with more permissive attitudes toward marijuana use, may be due in part to its changing legalization status in many parts of the country, experts say. Continue reading “Marijuana’s Popularity Among US Adults Continues to Grow. Here’s Why”
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The parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP plans to close up to 160 restaurants, vastly boosting the number of eateries from the two comfort-food chains that it plans to shutter.
Some 105 to 135 Applebee’s restaurants will close, up from the 40 to 60 that parent DineEquity said would close in the first quarter. Also on the chopping block are an estimated 20 to 25 IHOP sites, up from about 18.
At the same time, the two chains now will open 125 restaurants globally between them in new locations, DineEquity said. Continue reading “As many as 160 Applebee’s and IHOP locations to close”
A federal prosecutor’s body was discovered on a Hollywood, Florida beach on May 24.
He was shot in the head.
Beranton J. Whisenant, Jr.’s body was found in May by a random individual. The police were investigating at the time to determine if Whisenant’s death was a “homicide, suicide, or something else.” Continue reading “OFFICIALS: Federal Prosecutor Investigating Visa Fraud in Wasserman Schultz’s District Shot Himself in Head – But NO GUN Was Found”
DENVER — Police responded to an explosion at East 28th Avenue and Dahlia Street in Denver Thursday afternoon.
A Denver police spokesperson said there was an explosion in the intersection. It was apparently caused by homemade fireworks in a trash can. No injuries were reported. Continue reading “Homemade fireworks in a trash can explode at 28th and Dahlia in Denver”
The Daily Caller – by Tim Pearce
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke proposed opening and expanding hunting and fishing access on 10 national wildlife refuges Wednesday, according to a Department of the Interior (DOI) press release.
The refuges are located across eight states: Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will take comments on the proposal for 30 days, ending Sept. 8. Continue reading “Interior Secretary Opens More Federal Lands To Hunting And Fishing”
If you think this can’t happen in the U.S., please see the videos at the bottom of this article. A shocking video shows stunned tourists looking on in fear as a boat load of migrants invade a beach before running away to evade police in Cadiz, Spain. Continue reading “STUNNED TOURISTS Watch As Boat Load of Illegal Aliens Storm Beach”
The Guardian – by Sarah Boseley
Public health experts in the UK have spoken out against a new book that claims many of us should be eating more salt, not less – claiming the advice could endanger people’s health.
New York scientist James DiNicolantonio says in his book The Salt Fix that the World Health Organisation and the US and UK advisory bodies on diet have got it wrong with their advice to cut down on salt. Continue reading “A danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more salt”
Steady improvements in American life expectancy have stalled, and more Americans are dying at younger ages. But for companies straining under the burden of their pension obligations, the distressing trend could have a grim upside: If people don’t end up living as long as they were projected to just a few years ago, their employers ultimately won’t have to pay them as much in pension and other lifelong retirement benefits. Continue reading “Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions”
North Korea said on Wednesday it is “carefully examining” a plan to strike the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam with missiles, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with “fire and fury”.
A spokesman for the Korean People’s Army, in a statement carried by the North’s state-run KCNA news agency, said the strike plan will be “put into practice in a multi-current and consecutive way any moment” once leader Kim Jong Un makes a decision. Continue reading “North Korea seriously considering strike on Guam, state media outlet says”
Campus Reform – by Anthony Gockowski
A University of Georgia professor has adopted a “stress reduction policy” that will allow students to select their own grades if they “feel unduly stressed” by the ones they earned.
According to online course syllabi for two of Dr. Richard Watson’s fall business courses, he has introduced the policy because “emotional reactions to stressful situations can have profound consequences for all involved.” Continue reading “Prof lets students choose own grades for ‘stress reduction’”
Concealed Nation – by Brandon Curtis
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — An armed customer at a pharmacy is credited with thwarting an attempted armed robbery Tuesday night. The robber, looking for drugs, didn’t see it coming.
The customer pulled his gun after the robber jumped the counter of the pharmacy and pointed his gun at employees. While demanding opioids and scaring everyone half to death, the armed citizen took the opportunity to step in and shoot the robber. Continue reading “Armed Customer Stops Armed Robber At Pharmacy, Killing Him And Likely Saving Lives”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged on Saturday that the window to repeal and replace Obamacare is rapidly closing. McConnell said a top Republican Lamar Alexander is working with Democrats to bail out insurance companies instead.
Republican lawmakers ran on the promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Not one Republican ran on a plan to bailout the insurance companies. Continue reading “Mitch McConnell Scraps Repeal of Obamacare – Offers Bailout Insurance Companies Instead”
The Daily Caller – by Perry Picket
Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Friday establishing August 4 as “Barack Obama Day.”
The 44th president received the honor from his home state on his 56th birthday. The bill passed through both chambers of the state legislature without any dissenting votes. Continue reading “Illinois Establishes ‘Barack Obama Day’”
Freedom Works – by Adam Brandon
The fix is in. Did you know, Congress only works 33 percent of the year?
The base salary for all rank-and-file members of Congress is $174,000, more than triple the median household income of the United States. In exchange for that generous salary, members of Congress work one out of three days. Continue reading “The Best Part-Time Job in America”
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.. Continue reading “One-half of lawyers graduate in the bottom of their classes”