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Fellowship of the Minds – by DCG
From Fox News: The Portland City Council approved a $500,000 grant for potential deportees’ legal services, and Multnomah County is matching that amount.
A city official told Fox 12 that the funding, which is being called the “Universal Representation Project,” is for illegal immigrants aliens and refugees who may not be able to afford an attorney during legal proceedings. Continue reading “Oregon taxpayers to provide $1M legal defense fund for illegal aliens”
A team of would-be ghostbusters have developed a device to measure the ‘exposome’ – an invisible and somewhat spooky cloud that orbits every human. It is populated by bacteria and viruses, and may change how we view medicine.
“For years we’ve been sequencing people’s genomes, testing their blood and urine, and analyzing the microbes in their guts to understand how these things impact human health,” geneticist and lead author of the researchMichael Snyder from Stanford University told Wired. “But all of those things have to do with what’s inside your body. The one big thing we’re missing is: What are you exposed to?” Continue reading “Scientists measure creepy, invisible clouds that orbit every human being on Earth”
Campus Reform – by Grace Gottschling
Student ambassadors at Cornell University were given an “orientation packet” ahead of welcoming the incoming freshman class. The packet contains a sheet of categories labeling certain groups as having “privilege” or being “oppressed.”
Campus Reform obtained a copy of the document from a concerned student who felt the content was inappropriate. The sheet outlines social issues and designates certain demographics as privileged or oppressed in a “U.S. Context.” The 15 categories range from gender identity to martial/parental status, education level, and “use of English.” Continue reading “Cornell tells students if they are ‘privileged’ or ‘oppressed’”
Oil Price – by Leonard Hyman & William Tilles
Solar and wind farms, stretched across North Africa’s Saharan desert and relying solely on existing technologies, could produce enough electricity to power the entire world. (That amount of electricity approximates over 21 terawatt hours.) As an added benefit these combined wind and solar arrays would also increase rain fail in the arid Sahel region thereby slowing the steady southern encroachment of the desert.
This was the conclusion arrived at by academic researchers using supercomputers. Teams at the University of Maryland and University of Illinois modeled their results in a study financed in part by a Chinese government agency. Their results were published in the prestigious journal Science (September 7). Continue reading “How The Sahara Could Power The Entire World”
Business Insider – by Naomi Tomky, The New Food Economy
Since 2012, Virginia Moore and Rebecca Martello have farmed a tiny plot of land, just 1/16 th of an acre, 45 minutes from their home in Bremerton, Washington. That worked out for the first five years, when the couple grew only enough to eat themselves. But this season they sold 10 shares in a 16-week CSA branded as Sun Dog Farm — a small step forward that quickly maxed out their cozy plot. Now, with every available inch already planted, their dream of becoming full-time farmers is on hold.
“We can’t expand, can’t go into markets, can’t serve more people,” says Moore. So the pair will continue to work elsewhere — Moore full-time as a mental health clinician, Martello part-time as a dental assistant — until they can find more land. The tiny plot they do have is owned by Martello’s parents. But the hunt for acreage of their own has so far been unsuccessful.
SHANGHAI, CHINA (WCSC) – A former Charleston police officer accused of killing his wife has been captured in China after 13 years on the run.
A source with knowledge of the investigation says Dan Hiers is in custody in Shanghai.
Hiers reportedly was living there under the assumed name David Williams.
Continue reading “Ex-cop accused of killing wife in custody after 13 years on the run”
The Trump administration on Monday repealed a mandate that would have required trains carrying crude oil to use special brakes with new technology.
The Department of Transportation’s Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said it undertook a congressionally mandated analysis of the provision in a 2015 regulation under which oil trains would have had to use electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes. Continue reading “Trump officials roll back Obama oil train safety rule”
Today, September 25th. is Homeland Security’s “National Panic Day.”
What is “National Panic Day”?
Officially, today is known as “National Awareness Day” not “National Panic Day.” For the reasons stated below, I am calling it “National Panic Day” which coincides with DHS reissuing their National Terrorism Bulletins this month. Continue reading “September 25th is “National Panic Day” a day where Americans are encouraged to spy on each other”
If your paycheck hits your bank account through direct deposit, be on the lookout for emails requesting personal information including log-in credentials — they could be a phishing scam by hackers who want to access your bank account.
The FBI warning comes as cyber criminals target the online payroll accounts of employees in a variety of industries, especially those in education, healthcare and commercial aviation. Continue reading “FBI: Hackers Targeting Your Payroll Direct Deposits”
Authorities in Massachusetts have charged an undocumented immigrant with murder after he allegedly stabbed three fellow crew members, one fatally, on a fishing boat 55 miles off the coast.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced the charges on Monday, one day after they say Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez got into a fight on the ship he was working on, the Captain Billy Haver, and three people were injured. One of those members of the crew died. Continue reading “Undocumented immigrant charged with murdering shipmate on fishing boat off Massachusetts”
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — We’re now one week away from seeing Oklahoma’s new alcohol laws take effect.
But many are complaining of empty shelves and barricaded aisles at convenience and grocery stores. Continue reading “Oklahoma stores see beer shortage as Oct. 1 approaches”
(KMSP) – A judge has sided with a Minnesota mom after she argued that her son was unfairly taken from her by child protective services.
Months later, Amanda Weber and her son are back together, but the fight against CPS is far from over. Continue reading “Judge sides with Minnesota mom after months-long battle with CPS”
Green Med Info – by Kelly Brogan, M.D.
With 1 in 5 Americans taking a psychiatric medication, most of whom, long term, we should probably start to learn a bit more about them. In fact, it would have been in the service of true informed consent to have investigated long-term risks before the deluge of these meds seized our population over the past thirty years.
You may be unaware of a literature that suggests long-term treatment with all psychiatric medications is more likely to leave you with a lesser quality of life. Here’s one more reason to reconsider life partnership with your psychiatric medication – it may contribute to your cancer risk. Continue reading “Psych Meds Put 49 Million Americans At Risk For Cancer”
The young woman whose violent arrest on a Wildwood beach went viral earlier this summer has been indicted on charges including two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer.
Emily Weinman was 20 on Memorial Day Weekend when a seasonal police officer tried to write her a municipal citation for underage possession of alcohol while she was sitting on the beach with unopened containers of alcohol she said belonged to her aunt. Continue reading “Woman from viral beach arrest video indicted on 5 counts”