FDA warns consumers against ‘young blood’ plasma infusions…
February 20, 2019
"There is no proven clinical benefit of infusion of plasma from young donors to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent these conditions, and there are risks associated with the use of any plasma product," Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Peter Marks, director of the agency's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
"Simply put," they added, "we're concerned that some patients are being preyed upon by unscrupulous actors touting treatments of plasma from young donors as cures and remedies."
Doctors overprescribed fentanyl as FDA looked the other way, study charges…
February 20, 2019
Researchers found that an ‘alarming’ number of patients were prescribed a deadly opioid.
This Deadly Russian Warship Is the Closest Thing to a Battleship Sailing Today…
February 20, 2019
The Kirovs fulfilled, and continue to fulfill, a very real role for Russian seapower. They can threaten U.S. assets, while also providing an impressive, prestigious platform for the display of Russian maritime prowess. They demonstrate that the large surface ship model that went out of style at the end of World War II can nevertheless result in a formidable collection of weapons, depending on the configuration of those systems. Assuming that the refits of Nakhimov and Pyotr Velikiy continue to go forward, we can anticipate continuing to see these ships in Russian service for decades.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Threatens to Retaliate if U.S. Deploys New Missiles in Europe…
February 20, 2019
While the Russian leader didn’t say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his statement further raised the ante in tense relations with Washington.
China Warns New US Tariffs Will Be “Catastrophic” For Global Stocks…
February 20, 2019
"If the US imposes more tariffs on Chinese products while China responds with fiercer countermeasures, it would be a catastrophic strike to global stock markets."
John Oliver Billboard hijacked in L.A. with ORANGE MAN BAD NPC Meme…
February 20, 2019
John Oliver should take himself back to Jolly-old England if he dislikes it here so much here.
#Metoo movement vandalizes sailor kissing nurse statue one day after mans’s death…
February 20, 2019
A day after the sailor seen kissing a woman in the iconic World War II photo died, a statue commemorating the couple was found vandalized early Tuesday, Florida police said. According to the Sarasota Police Department, the vandal used red spray paint to emblazon the phrase "#MeToo," which refers to the movement against sexual assault and harassment.
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George Mendonsa, the ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of WWII, died Monday at the age of 95 – two days before his 96th birthday. He was shown kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945. Known as V-J Day, it was the day Japan surrendered to the United States.
California woman gets maximum prison sentence for human trafficking…
February 20, 2019
Regina Budiao, 44, of Salinas, has been sentenced to the maximum prison term of 12 years for human trafficking on Tuesday.
Prosecutors with the Monterey County District Attorney's Office say in March of 2018, a 16-year-old runaway began living in Budiao’s tent in Salinas' Chinatown.
The victim was reportedly given drugs and alcohol and was encouraged to earn money by prostituting to support her drug habit.
25 MS-13 gang members deported from migrant caravan in Mexico…
February 20, 2019
At least 25 people affiliated with the MS-13 gang were deported from Mexico after they were revealed to be concealed within the caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants just across the U.S. border, immigration officials said Tuesday.
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In addition to the gang members, a total of 70 Central American migrants have been deported to their home countries, while about 1,500 have been granted humanitarian visas to move freely within Mexico.Border Patrol arrests multiple criminal aliens crossing the border during the holiday weekend….
February 20, 2019
On Friday, McAllen agents working in Mission, Texas, apprehended a Salvadoran man after he entered the United States illegally. During processing, record checks revealed an arrest and conviction in the state of Iowa for enticing a minor and 3rd degree sexual abuse. The man received five years confinement.
That same day, agents working near Fronton, Texas, encountered a group of 14 illegal aliens comprised of family units and unaccompanied children. While processing the group, record checks revealed one of the men traveling with his two year old child has a previous arrest and conviction in the state of Pennsylvania for statutory sexual assault.
On Saturday, McAllen agents working in near Mission, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose record checks revealed a warrant of arrest in Mexico for injury causing death/manslaughter/murder in the state of Quintana Roo.
On Monday, Harlingen agents working near San Benito, Texas, assisted the Department of Public Safety with a traffic stop. During the stop, agents determined one of the subjects to be an illegal alien and took him into custody. During processing, record checks revealed previous convictions for domestic violence and kidnapping in the state of South Carolina.
Additionally, over the holiday weekend, Rio Grande Valley agents arrested an MS-13 and a Sureño gang member in separate incidents.
Michigan men accused of wiring $88M overseas claim it was for their families…
February 20, 2019
Omar Alhalmi, 38, was charged last month with funneling $22.3 million to Yemen and other countries, while Fahd Samaha, 45, and Maged Alsabahi, 29, are accused of running an illegal cash delivery operation from 2013 through 2015, the Detroit Free Press.
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According to indictments filed Jan. 22, the three men engaged in secret banking practices by creating multiple fake businesses by using the addresses of vacant buildings, storefronts of residences and used “straw business owners” or “fronts” to help send millions to various countries, including Yemen and China.Prosecutors claim Alhalmi never disclosed where the money came from and where it was going and created at least 13 phony business bank accounts from 2011 to 2016 to access the banking industry’s wiring service, the Free Press reported.
Nick will win, he officially has Trump’s blessing…
February 20, 2019
“The Washington Post ignored basic journalistic standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump.” Covington student suing WAPO. Go get them Nick. Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2019
Kamala Harris’ Jamaican father rips her for pushing pot stereotype ‘in pursuit of identity politics’…
February 20, 2019
“My dear departed grandmother … as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics,” he said.
“Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty,”
OUCH!
Nick Sandmann Sues Washington Post for $250 Million over ‘Defamatory’ Coverage…
February 20, 2019
Here is the Complaint filed today against The Washington Post on behalf of Nick Sandmann. All members of the mainstream & social media mob of bullies who recklessly & viciously attacked Nick would be well-served to read it carefully. https://t.co/P3H4x0srlX
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) February 19, 2019
In a tweet Saturday, Wood announced via Twitter that he would begin filing defamation lawsuits against several news outlets this week. “Nick Sandmann is 16 years old has 2+ years to identify accusers sue them,” he said. “No member of mainstream social media mob who attacked him should take comfort from not being sued in initial round of lawsuits which will commence next week. Time is Nick’s friend, not his enemy.”