An Inconvenient Truth For Al Gore: The Ice Is Still There…
December 20, 2018
Al Gore and the climate alarmists have been consistently wrong in their predictions about the climate...
Psychedelics as anti-inflammatory agents. – PubMed…
December 20, 2018
The recent success of these agonists, also known as psychedelics, like psilocybin for the treatment of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and addiction, has ushered in a renaissance in the way these compounds are perceived in the medical community and populace at large. One emerging therapeutic area that holds significant promise is their use as anti-inflammatory agents. Activation of 5-HT2A receptors produces potent anti-inflammatory effects in animal models of human inflammatory disorders at sub-behavioural levels.
Scientists have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it…
December 20, 2018
If anyone was wondering why;
Small molecules like chloroform, which is present in small amounts in chlorinated water, or benzene, which is a component of gasoline, build up in our homes when we shower or boil water, or when we store cars or lawn mowers in attached garages. These compounds are too small to be captured by even HEPA air filters and exposure to each has been linked to cancer.
House passes stopgap funding bill with $5 billion for Trump’s border wall…
December 20, 2018
The vote comes after the president said Thursday he would not sign a spending measure that does not include money for a border wall.
The vote of 217 to 185 on Thursday night puts the House at odds with the Senate, which on Wednesday night passed a funding bill that does not include border-wall money.
The Senate will now have to consider the House version before midnight Friday to avert a partial government shutdown.
Cell-by-cell DNA science is ‘Breakthrough of 2018’…
December 20, 2018
"Just as a music score indicates when strings, brass, percussion, and woodwinds chime in to create a symphony, a combination of technologies is revealing when genes in individual cells switch on, cueing the cells to play their specialized parts," said the report.
"The result is the ability to track development of organisms and organs in stunning detail, cell by cell and through time."
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'Revolution is just starting'đ´ Watch: House votes on spending bill with $5 billion for border wall
December 20, 2018
Elon Musk provides $423K to buy laptops for all Flint middle schoolers…
December 20, 2018
âWe will begin this winter with our current seventh graders moving into eighth grade and how they use that technology and our current sixth graders and how they use that technology (moving into seventh grade),â said Derrick Lopez, superintendent of Flint schools. âThen they will be able to take them home and use them as an instructional tool so that is power in and of itself.â
Trump stops following Ann Coulter on Twitter after ‘joke presidency’ comments…
December 20, 2018
President Trump is no longer following Ann Coulter on Twitter after the conservative firebrand declared she would no longer support his reelection if no progress has been made on the border wall by 2020.
đ´ Watch: President Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony for H.R. 2, the âAgriculture Improvement Actâ…
December 20, 2018
Optimism among US manufacturers at record high heading into 2019…
December 20, 2018
Nearly 89 percent of the 539 companies polled by the National Association of Manufacturers in the fourth quarter held a positive outlook for their business, bringing the yearly average to 92.4 percent, the highest in the surveyâs 20-year history.
Just 18.5 percent of respondents cited an unfavorable business climate as a key concern, down from 71.2 percent in the final months of former President Barack Obama's tenure in 2016. In the next 12 months, companies expect capital investments to increase 2.6 percent, full-time employment to rise 2.2 percent, and wages to jump 2.3 percent.
Despite the rosy forecast, pitfalls still loom. Just over 68 percent of respondents listed attracting qualified workers as a top concern. Higher raw material cost, spurred by President Trumpâs double-digit tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, was a secondary worry for 65 percent of manufacturers.
Judge refuses to dismiss five felony sex crimes, including rape, against Harvey Weinstein…
December 20, 2018
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to comment but had previously expressed confidence in its case against the 66-year-old Weinstein, who faces two counts of predatory sexual assault, one charge of a first-degree criminal sexual act, and two counts of rape.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office already agreed to drop one charge after it learned a lead police detective in the case instructed a potential witness to keep certain doubts to herself.
The defense has said the conduct of the detective "irreparably tainted" the entire case but prosecutors have said there is "ample evidence" to proceed.
Researchers from Duke University Find THC in Marijuana Changes the Genetic Profile of Sperm Cells…
December 20, 2018
âOur work and others have shown that cannabis use lowers sperm concentration and this study, for the first time, suggests that it may also alter the genetic profile of sperm cells."
Papa D can’t wait for Capitol Hill testimony to be made public…
December 20, 2018
Out of the 6 spies thrown at me during the campaign and transition team, Stefan Halper and Alexander Downer were by far the two biggest idiots.
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) December 20, 2018
FDA approves powerful opioid that is TEN times more potent than pharmaceutical Fentanyl…
December 20, 2018
The opioid is five to 10 times more potent than pharmaceutical fentanyl. A tiny pill that is just three millimeters in diameter, it is likely to worsen the nationâs drug crisis, according to critics and the head of the FDAâs advisory committee on painkillers.
Abortion becomes legal in Ireland for first time after Bill signed by President…
December 20, 2018
The Bill finished its final stage in the Seanad earlier this month after weeks of sometimes heated debate in both the DĂĄil and Seanad. It follows a referendum in May on the removal of the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution, which guaranteed the unborn and mother an equal right to life. Some 67 per cent of the electorate voted to repeal the amendment.
Minister for Health Simon Harris will now have to sign a number of statutory instruments to give effect to the Bill now that it is signed into law by the President.
Defense Secretary James Mattis to retire at the end of February…
Mattis full resignation letter addressed to Trump (PDF link)...
December 20, 2018
Mattis will step down "with distinction" after serving in his role for two years, the president said on Twitter
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A senior U.S. defense official told Fox News that Mattis was not pushed out of his role and this was not a forced resignation.
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In his letter to Trump, Mattis acknowledged that a strong nation relies on a "comprehensive" network of alliances, and must be "resolute and unambiguous" in approaching countries with strategic differences, citing China and Russia."Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position," Mattis wrote.
Democratic operatives created fake Russian bots designed to link Kremlin to Roy Moore in Alabama race…
December 20, 2018
Democratic operatives, backed by a liberal billionaire and facilitated by a former Obama official, created thousands of fake Russian accounts to give an impression the Russian government was supporting Alabama Republican Roy Moore in last yearâs election against now-Sen. Doug Jones.
The secret project, which had a budget of just $100,000 and was carried out on Facebook and Twitter, was revealed after the New York Times obtained an internal report detailing the efforts.
âWe orchestrated an elaborate âfalse flagâ operation that planted the idea that the Moore campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet,â the internal report said. It also took credit for âradicalizing Democrats with a Russian bot scandalâ after experimenting âwith many of the tactics now understood to have influenced the 2016 elections.â
gofundme Wall Fund Already past $12 mil….
December 20, 2018
Started by Brian Kolfage, a Purple Heart Recipient triple amputee veteran. Brian will be on Fox News Laura Ingraham's show tonight at 10pm EST to discuss the border wall Gofundme, and Fox News Business tomorrow on Mornings With Maria.
Like a majority of those American citizens who voted to elect President Donald J Trump, we voted for him to Make America Great Again. President Trumpâs main campaign promise was to BUILD THE WALL. And as heâs followed through on just about every promise so far, this wall project needs to be completed still.
As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today. Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society.
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âIf the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall.â That equates to roughly 5Billion Dollars, even if we get half, that's half the wall. We can do this.Thomas Wictor: Judge Emmet Sullivan is a narcissistic idiot…
December 20, 2018
The entire Flynn-Trump narrative is false. Flynn was a spook. The idea that he was sandbagged by simpering weirdo Peter Strzok is laughable. Flynn knew what he was doing. Itâs also laughable to see allegedly intelligent people warning Trump about traps and soft coups and the âdeep state.â It presumes that Trump is himself an idiot, a notion that stuns me.
Trump and Flynn are providing deadly serious theater. It distracts from what weâre doing worldwide, AND itâs setting up the Democrats for the kill. The hapless Judge Sullivan is the caliber of opponent Trump is facing. Muellerâs people appeared to be drunk today. Or retarded. A very poor show all around. But itâs distracting from the real news. Therefore the endless pratfalls are serving their purpose.
NYTimes: How to Delete Facebook…
December 20, 2018
Lost faith in Facebook after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Hereâs a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good.