One way to improve Veteran health care is to end ‘reefer madness’
There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to medical marijuana. Confusion is fine when it breeds curiosity, research, and progress. With medical marijuana, however, the confusion is resulting in a fallback to stigmas, to “reefer madness” where scientific findings are replaced with “drugs are bad,” “marijuana is a gateway drug,” and “all drug users are criminal.”
North Korea says it will continue preparing ‘pre-emptive attacks with nuclear force’
North Korea promised on Saturday to continue preparing “pre-emptive attacks with nuclear force” in the face of U.S. “blackmail,” according to The Associated Press.
Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses in his case
Attorney Jared Beck recently took to Twitter where he explained on the record that Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were witnesses in his year-long class-action legal battle with the Democratic National Committee over the organization’s mishandling of the 2016 Primary before both Rich and Lucas mysteriously turned up dead.
Ripple overtakes bitcoin as third-largest cryptocurrency
In a relatively calm day for cryptocurrencies, most of the largest are down by a few percentage points. Bitcoin, Ethereum, bitcoin cash, and Litecoin are all down, but banking-oriented cryptocurrency Ripple is up by double digits, catapulting it into the No. 3 spot in terms of market capitalization.
President Trump Cuts Off $255 Million in Military Aid to Pakistan
The Trump administration announced on Friday it will not be sending military aid totaling $255 million to Pakistan.
Lindsey Graham: We need new special counsel — just for Trump dossier
Last June, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham joined Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley to ask the Justice Department to turn over documents showing whether the FBI used the Trump dossier as a basis to secure warrants to spy on Americans. Noting “media reports claiming the FBI submitted and received approval of a [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] application in the investigation that was based on the political opposition research dossier,” Graham and Grassley asked to inspect all warrant applications related to the broadly-defined Trump-Russia affair.
Jihadist Group Blows Up Oil Pipeline In Iran, In Midst Of Protests
Overnight Friday a well-known Sunni jihadist group which operates in Iran posted a video to its media accounts purporting to show an attack on an oil pipeline in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, which has historically been a restive area in which Sunni Arab separatists have been active.
Dr. Phil outed for allegedly providing drugs and alcohol to addiction victims to make his shows more entertaining
When it comes to Hollywood, it seems that no bridge is too far — and no amount of exploitation is too much. The list of wealthy businessmen and celebrities coming under fire for bad behavior just continues to grow. Whether it’s abusing women, exploiting children or taking advantage of sick people, there is no shortage of reasons to be concerned about the direction this world is headed.
Swedish church pushes for neutral gender reference to Jesus
A church in a Swedish city has defended its choice of gender-neutral pronoun ‘hen’ in reference to Jesus in an advertisement. The church insists the word gives “new perspective.”
Ayatollah Khamenei: By God’s Grace we will defeat U.S. in all arenas
Our main enemy, the US regime, rules one of the most corrupt and most oppressive countries. It [U.S. Regime] supports terrorists. According to reports, it’s still supporting DAESH and others like them. USA government supports the cruel Saudi king in his crimes against Yemen, and it supports the Zionist regime in their crimes against Palestine.
Want Self-Healing Robots and Tires? Elastomers May Hold the Key
Whether the cause of your scar was a push-bike accident, a lack of concentration while cutting onions, or simply the byproduct of an active lifestyle, the experience was likely extremely painful and distressing. Not to mention the long and vexatious recovery period, stretching out for weeks and months after the actual event!
The ‘Swamp’ Trump Is Trying To Drain Isn’t Really A Swamp — It’s An Ocean
Bureaucracy: President Trump’s reigning metaphor of “draining the swamp” is very descriptive. And yet, a new report suggests it may not go far enough. The government Swamp’s a lot bigger and deeper than you know.
DHS Announces Program to ILLEGALLY Scan Our Faces—And They’re Forcing Us to Pay For It
As TSA agents continue to prove their incompetence in the “War on Terror,” the Department of Homeland Security is now allocating $1 billion in taxpayer funding to create a facial recognition program that will illegally scan Americans’ faces.
30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depression
Some 2,000 years ago, the Ancient Greek scholar Hippocrates argued that all ailments, including mental illnesses such as melancholia, could be explained by imbalances in the four bodily fluids, or “humors.” Today, most of us like to think we know better: Depression—our term for melancholia—is caused by an imbalance, sure, but a chemical imbalance, in the brain.
Texas imam: ‘Fight the Jews in Palestine’
Amid criticism of his remarks Dec. 8 at the Tajweed Institute in Houston, Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan declared in a Facebook post he is “absolutely and completely opposed to and disgusted by all forms of terrorism, all terrorists, and I oppose anyone who would commit, call for, or threaten violence against civilians.”
Unsealed Court Docs Show How Prosecutors Tried To Rig Bundy Trial
Unsealed court documents detail how the team of prosecutors tasked with convicting Cliven Bundy and his sons of crimes relating to a 2014 armed standoff failed to turn over potential exculpatory evidence to the court, The Oregonian reports.
What Alcohol Consumption Does To Your Brain
With more and more awareness being raised about this important issue and a rise in health conscious consumers, people are beginning to take a look at their alcohol consumption and adjust accordingly. Finally it is becoming understood that alcohol is a carcinogen and should be treated as one.