Year: 2015

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The Atlantic – by James Hamblin

Thirty-one million IQ points. That’s what Dr. David Bellinger determined Americans have collectively forfeited as a result of exposure to lead, mercury, and organophosphate pesticides. In a 2012 paper published by the National Institutes of Health, Bellinger, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, compared intelligence quotients among children whose mothers had been exposed to these neurotoxins while pregnant to those who had not. Bellinger calculates a total loss of 16.9 million IQ points due to exposure to organophosphates, the most common pesticides used in agriculture.   Continue reading “The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains”

Reuters

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a U.S. television interview that Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, has been gaining recruits since the start of U.S.-led air strikes against the militant group.

Asked how much benefit he was getting from the strikes in Syria that began last September, Assad told CBS’ “60 Minutes: “Sometimes you could have local benefit but in general if you want to talk in terms of ISIS, actually ISIS has expanded since the beginning of the strikes.”   Continue reading “Syria’s Assad says Islamic State has expanded since start of U.S. air strikes”

Common Dreams – by Sarah Lazare

How do you calculate the human costs of the U.S.-led War on Terror?

On the 12th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, groups of physicians attempted to arrive at a partial answer to this question by counting the dead.   Continue reading “Body Count Report Reveals At Least 1.3 Million Lives Lost To US-Led War On Terror”

AL.com – by Kelly Poe

US Steel will lay off 2,080 workers in Illinois as part of the latest in a string of layoffs including more than 1,800 in Alabama.

The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker has announced it will temporarily idle its Granite City Works operations and the layoffs will start May 28.    Continue reading “U.S. Steel laying off 2,000 in Illinois; latest in string of layoffs including 1,800 in Alabama”

Jon Rappoport

“The combined death rate from scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles among children up to fifteen shows that nearly 90 percent of the total decline in mortality between 1860 and 1965 had occurred before the introduction of antibiotics and widespread immunization. In part, this recession may be attributed to improved housing and to a decrease in the virulence of micro-organisms, but by far the most important factor was a higher host-resistance due to better nutrition.” —Ivan Illich, Medical Nemesis, Bantam Books, 1977

Albuquerque Journal, 3/20, “Los Alamos schools top NM in vaccine exemptions”, reports:

2.3% of kids in Los Alamos public schools don’t get vaccinated. Their parents have received exemptions.   Continue reading “Top gov’t. scientists say no to vaccines for their kids”

Poor Richard’s News

This law is much needed.  How many videos have we seen of police threatening citizens who film them and lying about it being illegal?

from ABC 7  Denver:

A package of police oversight bills introduced in the Colorado Legislature includes a measure that would impose up to $15,000 in civil penalties if a law enforcement officer seizes or destroys a citizen’s recording or interferes with someone trying to film them. Continue reading “Colorado bill would impose $15,000 fine on cops who try to stop people from filming them”

Huffington Post – by Nick Wing

North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) signed a bill into law on Friday that lays the groundwork for a commercial hemp industry and explicitly cuts the federal government out of the state’s licensing process.

House Bill 1436 establishes guidelines for the state’s industrial hemp program and allows people to apply to grow the plant for either research or commercial purposes. With its provision for commercial hemp, the law goes beyond the federal Farm Bill, passed by Congress last year, which allowed some states to cultivate the plant, but only for research purposes and in more restricted pilot programs.   Continue reading “North Dakota Takes Bold Step Forward On Commercial Hemp Industry, Tells Feds To Stay Out”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Is this roundup taking place in China, Iran or Russia? As many already know, this recently took place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in which “pretend” dissidents are rounded up as part of the Jade Helm 15 drill. Please note the straight line and the hands on the shoulders of those in front of them, as they were swept away to waiting white vans. We are witnessing the implementation of the Fourth Reich.   Continue reading “Your Pastor Knows When Martial Law Will Be Rolled Out”

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RT

Florida Air Guard is to deploy 12 F-15C jets and about 200 airmen to Europe as part of Washington’s military build-up, which it claims is necessary to protect European NATO members from ‘Russian aggression.’

The fighters and troops from the 125th Fighter Wing of the Florida Air National Guard are to go to Europe in mid-April, the US Air Forces in Europe reported this week. The F-15C Eagles are equipped with advanced air-to-air radar and sniper targeting equipment that allows visual tracking at extremely long ranges.   Continue reading “US National Guard sends 12 F-15 interceptor jets to Europe to guard against Russia”

WTPOTUS – by Miri

Natural born citizen. Our Constitution requires presidents to be natural born citizens. “NO PERSON” can become president unless that person is a natural born citizen. Let’s parse the phrase.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President;

Continue reading “Natural Born Citizenship: What Does It Mean?”

Western Journalism – by James Beattie

An Oregon-based exploding target company is suing NBC News and one of its local affiliates for a report featured on the morning program Today which labeled its feature product “dangerous.”   Continue reading “Rifle Target Company Sues NBC News And Affiliate After Being Called ‘Bomb Makers’ On Today Show”

Reuters

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is moving oil rigs to Alaska ahead of the possible resumption of controversial drilling activities as the oil major awaits the green light from U.S. authorities.

The Anglo-Dutch oil major hopes to revive its Arctic drilling programme two years after the grounding of a rig in Alaska that led to a huge uproar from environmental groups.

But even before getting the go-ahead from the U.S. interior secretary, Shell is moving the drilling rigs Noble Discoverer and Polar Pioneer to the area in anticipation of the short operations window in summer.   Continue reading “Shell moves rigs to Alaska ahead of possible drilling permit”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On March 26, the Tampa Bay Times responded to the numerous pro-Second Amendment bills making their way through the Florida legislature by suggesting that “gun rights are not absolute.”

In other words, “shall not be infringed” does not mean “shall not be infringed.”

According to the Times, the numerous gun rights bills–especially campus carry–show that Republican legislators are controlled by the NRA and do not understand that if certain limits are not placed on Second Amendment rights, public safety is sacrificed.   Continue reading “Tampa Bay Times: ‘Shall Not Be Infringed’ Does Not Mean What It Says”

Ammoland

Springfield, MO -(Ammoland.com)- With the explosion in the popularity of archery and bowhunting, especially among women and youth archers, finding equipment that fits the person using it is critical.

That is where the BlackOut Intrigue Compound Bow Package fits in. Designed for archers with a smaller frame, the BlackOut Intrigue can be set up for a wide range of shooters, with draw lengths from 23 to 30 inches, and draw weights from 20 to 70 pounds.   Continue reading “BlackOut Intrigue Compound Bow Gives Smaller-Framed Bowhunters Performance That Fits”

Al’s Conservative Political View – by Al Ritter

I always thought that international donations to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary was Secretary of State would be the biggest thing that would sink her. Of course there is a huge difference in Hillary Clinton going to jail, and Hillary being denied the office of President. I can already see the cynical, disbelieving look in your face, but humor me for a little bit and I’ll tell you how America can deny her that highest office in the nation!

Hillary’s obvious arrogance over her emailgate has led her to a false sense of security. Her secure feeling of arrogance is based around the idea that Eric Holder, or Loretta Lynch would never try her for her crime of destroying her all her email records. She is probably correct in that assumption, but there are other ways to skin this cat!   Continue reading “Hillary is Ineligible to Run for President”