Year: 2015

RT

With the right expertise in molecular biology, one could start a basic laboratory to modify human embryos using a genome-editing computer technique all for a couple thousand dollars, according to a new report.

Genetic modification has received heightened scrutiny recently following last week’s announcement that Chinese researchers had, for the first time, successfully edited human embryos’ genomes. The team at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, used CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats), a technique that relies on “cellular machinery” used by bacteria in defense against viruses.   Continue reading “Lab for genetic modification of human embryos just $2,000 away – report”

I’d like to share with you a life-changing experience that happened to me when I was in the worst shape physically (and psychologically) that I had ever been in.

My troubles began on Christmas morning in ’95, as I was driving a friend to her son’s house in San Pedro. We were sitting at a red light behind a Toyota Forerunner for at least a half a minute, when a car (a Cadillac with a drunk driver, no less) hit us from behind. Unfortunately, I happened to be talking to Lee at that moment, and I was facing her. I never saw it coming. We were slammed into the truck in front of us, and my head was snapped sideways. The impact tore the custom bumper most of the way off the truck, but didn’t do much damage to my car.   Continue reading “The ‘other’ MSM”

Natural Society – by Robert Harrington

Survivalist communities and preppers all over America have learned that properly tilled land can produce tremendous amounts of food. Well-balanced soil is quite generous and will give back much more than it receives. A few organic seeds, adequate watering, and some rich compost can provide even a novice farmer with a bountiful harvest.

Ever since Big Agra took over the farming of America’s vast farmlands, most people are disconnected from the process of food production from seed to table. Agribusiness has so thoroughly monopolized farming and husbandry that many children in the cities think that the food comes from supermarkets and grocery stores, not grainfields and orchard groves.   Continue reading “How to Produce 6,000 Pounds of Food in Small Spaces”

High Country News – by Sarah Gilman

In October of 2013, a helicopter sprayed a cocktail of herbicides over four clearcuts in a valley north of Gold Beach, Oregon, a coastal community at the mouth of the Rogue River. Logging companies rely on the practice to keep weeds and shrubs from outcompeting tree seedlings. The chemicals, though – including 2,4-D, an ingredient in Agent Orange – spread beyond their intended targets. As Rebecca Clarren reported in a cover story for High Country News last November, 35 nearby residents fell ill on the same day, reporting diarrhea, rashes, nosebleeds, bleeding lungs, and sickened animals.   Continue reading “For rural Oregonians, protections from herbicides come up short”

Charlotte Observer – by Franco Ordoñez

North Carolina’s Republican senators have joined Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to file legislation prohibiting people with gang ties from gaining immigration benefits.

The bill comes after federal immigration officials admitted that, in 2013, they stopped the deportation of a gang member who is now the suspect in the February slayings of four people in Charlotte.

Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez was granted special immigration status two years ago, despite being listed in a federal database as a gang member.   Continue reading “NC Senators: Don’t let gang members get immigration benefits”

Indefinitely Wild

A medium-sized commercial weed grow with around 50 lights stands to save about $13,500 in electricity costs a year with the use of two Tesla Batteries. Those will also protect the plants in case of power outages while making the operation less visible to law enforcement. Elon Musk just made growing weed easier.    Continue reading “How The Tesla Battery Will Benefit Marijuana Growers”

Chicago Tribune

Blues legend B.B. King was in hospice care Friday at his home in Las Vegas, according to a longtime business associate with legal control over his affairs.

The 89-year-old musician posted thanks on his official website for fans’ well-wishes and prayers after he returned home from a brief hospitalization, said Laverne Toney, King’s longtime business manager and current power-of-attorney.   Continue reading “Blues legend B.B. King tells fans he’s in hospice care”

KHON 2 – by JOE YBARRA

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KGPE) — A high-tech community called “Quay Valley” could be popping up in California soon. It would be a self-sustained, solar powered community with a unique high speed transportation system.

On the outskirts of Kings County, along the I-5, there is a field of dreams. 7,500 acres of farmland, destined for development, as far as Quay Hays is concerned.   Continue reading “High-tech town with ‘Hyperloop’ proposed in California”

The Lincoln County Dispatch

NEWPORT – Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and Washington, appears to be erupting.

Continue reading “Undersea Volcano Appears to be Erupting off the Coast of Oregon and Washington”

NY Post – by Amanda Lozada, Leonica Valentine and Melkorka Licea

It was a May Day for Freddie Gray.

Over a thousand protesters marched from Union Square to Foley Square Friday, demanding “disarm the NYPD” just hours after Gray’s death was ruled a homicide at the hands of police.

Worker’s rights activists took to the streets alongside New Yorkers demonstrating against police brutality.   Continue reading “‘Disarm the NYPD!’: Protesters respond to Gray homicide ruling”

Northville Patch – by Beth Dalbey

A Northville man may owe his life to New Hampshire rescue teams after he dislocated his hip while hiking in the White Mountain National Forest in 2012, but now he owes the state $9,300.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling that Edward Bacon was negligent when he set off on the five-day solo hike, the Associated Press reports.   Continue reading “Court: Injured Michigan Hiker Must Pay $9,300 for Rescue”

LA Times – by August Brown

Ben E. King, the R&B singer known for generation-defining classics like “Stand By Me” and “Spanish Harlem,” has died. He was 76.

King’s publicist Phil Brown earlier confirmed the singer’s death to the Associated Press, but did not immediately return messages seeking a cause of death.   Continue reading “‘Stand By Me’ singer Ben E. King dies; ‘there is another soldier gone’”

My Fox DC

WASHINGTON – Emergency crews are at the scene of what D.C. Fire and EMS is calling a “catastrophic collapse” of a four-story parking garage at The Watergate.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Tim Wilson says the structure collapsed around 10 a.m. The collapse may be construction-related, according to Wilson.    Continue reading “Parking garage collapses at Watergate in DC”

Eagle Rising – by Onan Coca

Kudos to MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough for being willing to talk about the many crimes and scandals of Hillary Clinton, even on a network as liberal as MSNBC. He did so again on Wednesday when he threw a little bit of a hissy fit over what he perceives as a tremendous double standard among Democrat pundits.

But I worked with guys in Congress that went golfing like one or two times in Ireland, and then six months later put a bill on the floor of the House, and they went to jail, and we’re sitting here going, wait a second, wait, now maybe he just got paid three times the amount. Maybe Belarus or telecom companies or maybe this — come on. We’re not naive babes in the woods.    Continue reading “Hillary Clinton’s Crimes are Worse than Bob Menendez’s, but He’s the Only One Facing Prison Time”