The Guardian – by Mo Costandi, March 24, 2016

Researchers in the United States have developed a new method for controlling the brain circuits associated with complex animal behaviours, using genetic engineering to create a magnetised protein that activates specific groups of nerve cells from a distance.

Understanding how the brain generates behaviour is one of the ultimate goals of neuroscience – and one of its most difficult questions. In recent years, researchers have developed a number of methods that enable them to remotely control specified groups of neurons and to probe the workings of neuronal circuits. Continue reading “Flashback 2016: Genetically engineered ‘Magneto’ protein remotely controls brain and behaviour”

Daily Mail

Alabama police are searching for  suspects who fired 23 bullets at the home of a Democratic state lawmaker before dawn on Wednesday.

Investigators said it is too early to determine a motive for the shooting at the Mobile home of Alabama State Senator Vivian Davis Figures. Continue reading “Alabama police search for suspects after home of Democratic state senator ‘is shot at 23 times’ before dawn”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The prominent Spanish daily El País is reporting a hugely alarming scenario in which Spain’s central government is mulling a national mobilization and “security law” which would compel citizens to “temporarily” give up their rights in instances of future public health crises or emergencies such as happened with the coronavirus pandemic.

The law is currently at the level of a mere proposal but worrisomely it would elevate matters of public health to the level of ‘national security’ – as El País spells out based on a translation of its reporting: “Any person of legal age shall be obliged to carry out the ‘personal obligations’ required by the competent authorities, following the guidelines of the National Security Council, when a state of crisis is declared in Spain. In this case, all citizens without exception must comply with the orders and instructions issued by the authorities.” Continue reading “Spain’s Proposed ‘National Security Law’ Would Allow Seizure Of Citizens’ Property During Health “Crisis””

Epoch Times – by Beth Brelje

A 5 cent per bullet tax will be proposed in Pennsylvania as part of legislation to be brought forth by two state House Democrats, Rep. Manny Guzman and Rep. Stephen Kinsey.

The tax would fund a state police database of ammunition sold in Pennsylvania.
 Continue reading “Pennsylvania Democrats to Propose Bullet Tax and Encoded Rounds to Track Ammo Owners”

Yahoo News

TULELAKE, Calif. (AP) — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon state line and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust devils whirled around him and birds flitted between empty irrigation pipes.

DuVal’s family has farmed the land for three generations, and this summer, for the first time ever, he and hundreds of others who rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake aren’t getting any water from it at all. Continue reading “Water crisis reaches boiling point on Oregon-California line”

Army Times

The Army has directed commands to prepare to administer mandatory COVID-19 vaccines as early as Sept. 1, pending full Food and Drug Administration licensure, Army Times has learned.

The directive came from an execute order sent to the force by Department of the Army Headquarters. Continue reading “Prepare for mandatory COVID vaccines in September, Army tells commands”

Yahoo News

Recently, Cathy Marsden, a specialist at the UK-based auction house Lyon & Turnbull, told the BBC that she was sifting through piles of old papers in an attic at a home in Edinburgh, Scotland, when she came across a folded document that looked like the Declaration of Independence.

Marsden told the BBC that after some research, she realized she was holding one of 201 copies of the Declaration of Independence made by the printer William Stone. Stone was commissioned by John Quincy Adams, then-secretary of state, in 1820 to make official copies of the document in an effort to preserve its history, according to the National Archives.  Continue reading “A woman found a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence in a Scotland attic, and it sold for more than $4 million at auction”

Mail.com

WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An hourslong standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said. The standoff shut down a portion of I-95 for much of the morning, causing major traffic problems during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Authorities said the interstate is now reopened and the shelter-in-place orders for Wakefield and Reading were lifted.

The standoff began around 2 a.m. when police noticed two cars pulled over on I-95 with hazard lights on after they had apparently run out of fuel, authorities said at a Saturday press briefing. At least some of the suspects were clad in military-style gear with long guns and pistols, Mass State Police Col. Christopher Mason said. He added that they were headed to Maine from Rhode Island for “training.”  Continue reading “11 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95”

RT

The French Senate is considering implementing obligatory vaccinations for those aged 24-59 to help the country weather the anticipated next spike of coronavirus infections in what would be a fourth wave of cases.

The body published a report from its Common Mission of Information on Thursday, advocating for mandatory vaccinations of young to middle-aged adults on the grounds it could significantly lower hospitalization rates and deaths. The report issued a stern warning: “act now to limit impact”.
 Continue reading “French Senate considers mandatory Covid vaccines for adults aged 24-59 in effort to curb potential fourth wave”

Homeland Security Today – by Ricardo Vazquez Garcia

The Biden administration’s new domestic terrorism strategy creates a roadmap for state and local governments, the private sector, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations and foreign partners to collaborate in battling an escalating problem, said DHS counterterrorism chief John Cohen while discussing the new plan. Continue reading “Domestic Terror Landscape Is a ‘Much More Individualized Threat,’ Says DHS CT Coordinator”

The Liberty Beacon

Connecticut Attorney, Simeon E. Baldwin, invited a group of 100 Attorneys from 21 states and the District of Columbia to meet on the 21st day of August of 1878, at Saratoga Springs, New York, to organize the American B.A.R. Association.  Most of the men were elite corporate lawyers.  Author Jethro K. Lieberman described early ABA membership: “You could become an invitee to membership if you were white, Protestant and native born, preferably with a British surname, and attended the elite law schools such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia; only then did you have a chance of prospering. Catholics, Jews, women and blacks were automatically excluded from membership. This exclusion was necessary to the elite bar’s sense of identity. Any fraternity is defined not only by whom it accepts but also by whom it excludes. The Association also pinned the stigma of immorality on the lower class of lawyers as shysters who talked, dressed and acted differently.” Continue reading “B.A.R. ATTORNEYS – NO LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IN COURTROOMS”

Christians for Truth

Joe Biden’s mental deterioration is progressing rapidly — and the mainstream media is under a gag order not to talk about it, no matter how outlandish, inappropriate, and humiliating his behavior:

President Joe Biden made an unusual gesture of respect for the chief of staff of his Israeli counterpart earlier this week. Continue reading “Senescent Joe Biden Drops To His Knees During Meeting With Israel’s President To Show His Respect”