Today’s Top 5:
Joe’s head not yet on the chopping block …
1.Prosecutors to Seek Hunter Biden Indictment for Felony Gun Crime
President Joe Biden’s son may be charged with a felony gun crime, according to a new filing from U.S. prosecutors.
Prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury to indict Hunter Biden for the crime soon, special counsel David Weiss’s team said in a Sept. 6 filing.
“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the Government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date,” Mr. Weiss’s team told a federal court in Delaware.
The more the left goes after Trump, the more publicity he gets …
2.All 19 Defendants Plead Not Guilty, Waive Arraignments in Georgia Election Case
All 19 defendants in Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis’s 2020 election probe have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and waived their formal arraignments.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was among the final defendants to enter a plea on Sept. 5, alongside former Trump attorney John Eastman and former Coffee County election official Misty Hampton.
Former Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham entered her plea on Sept. 4, while former Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer and Georgia State Sen. Shawn Still entered theirs on Sept. 3. Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s plea was submitted on Sept. 1.
3.Judge Skeptical as Prosecutors Claim Trump Georgia Trial Could Take Four Months
DA’s office says that 150 witnesses could be called
A Georgia judge handling the trials of former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants appeared to be skeptical of prosecutors’ proposals to bring all the co-defendants together for a trial starting next month.
“It just seems a bit unrealistic to think that we can handle all 19 in forty-something days,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee told the court in a Wednesday hearing in regards to motions to sever that were brought by co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. The judge denied the request to split the two cases.
During the hearing, prosecutors estimated the trial would take four months and that they’d call more than 150 witnesses. “That is our time estimate,” prosecutor Nathan Wade told Judge McAfee during the hearing, which was also broadcast live on television and on the judge’s YouTube channel.
4.Judge Tosses Sidney Powell Motion in Trump Georgia Case
A judge on Wednesday denied motions brought by Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, two co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia case, to sever their cases from one another.
At a hearing Wednesday, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee rendered the decision after hearing arguments from defense attorneys and prosecutors, according to multiple local reports. It means that Mr. Chesebro and Mrs. Powell will be tried at the same time starting on Oct. 23.
“We plan to make that Oct. 23 trial date stand,” Mr. McAfee said during Wednesday’s hearing, adding that “we’re on an expedited timeline.” He added that arguments in favor of severing Mrs. Powell’s and Mr. Chesebro’s cases “really don’t seem to be at play here,” he said.
“Based on what’s been presented today, I am not finding the severance for Mr. Cheseboro or Powell is necessary to achieve a fair determination of the guilt or innocence for either defendant in this case,” the judge added.
Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Washington, revoked an earlier approval of a motion after lawyers representing President Trump said court rules weren’t followed.
On Sept. 5, prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team asked the judge to allow documents to be filed under seal but allow redacted versions of the documents on the public docket. That is routine in cases that may involve classified or otherwise sensitive information.
Judge Chutkan approved the motion.
WORLD NEWS
Manhunt: Suspected Terrorist and Former Soldier Daniel Abed Khalife Escapes From London Prison
A suspected terrorist hung onto the bottom of a delivery truck as it drove out the gates of one of the UK’s largest prisons, sparking an appeal for information and a manhunt by London’s Metropolitan Police.
Daniel Abed Khalife, a British Army soldier who is accused of a terror plot — allegedly harvesting information from a Ministry of Defence database and staging a bomb hoax — is believed to have escaped from His Majesty’s Prison Wandsworth on Wednesday. The 21-year-old is said to have escaped from the London B-category prison by using his role in the facility’s kitchens to sneak under a visiting truck, holding onto the underside as it drove out of the compound.
THe Metropolitan Police said they were “urgently appealing” for information about Khalife, saying he “should not be approached” by members of the public, and that he had links to the London Kingston area. The force’s head of counterterrorism talked down the risk posed by Khalife being at large, though, saying Wednesday: “I also want to reassure the public that we have no information which indicates, nor any reason to believe that Khalife poses a threat to the wider public”.
Facebook Will Ditch News Tab in Europe as Relationship with Media Reaches Low Point
Facebook seems to have concluded that hosting legacy news on its platform is more trouble than its worth.
The company has announced that it will shut down the News Tab for users in the UK, France, and Germany, in what it described as “part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.”
Perhaps more significantly, Facebook said it would not enter new deals and had no plans to roll out new features and products for news publishers. The company’s licensing fees are worth billions of dollars to the legacy corporate media.
Greek Shipper Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Iranian Oil to U.S.
A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty to smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine, newly unsealed U.S. court documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press show.
The now-public case against Empire Navigation, which faces three years of probation under the plea agreement, marks the first public acknowledgement by U.S. prosecutors that America seized some 1 million barrels of oil from the tanker Suez Rajan.
The saga surrounding the ship further escalated tensions between Washington and Iran, even as they work toward a trade of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets in South Korea for the release of five Iranian Americans held in Tehran. The court filings also shed light on the covert world of Iranian crude oil smuggling in the face of Western sanctions since the collapse of its 2015 nuclear deal – an operation that has only grown in scale over this year.
The U.S. and its allies have been seizing Iranian oil cargoes since 2019. That’s led to a series of attacks in the Mideast attributed to the Islamic Republic, as well as ship seizures by Iranian military and paramilitary forces that threaten global shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
China wants to ban clothes that ‘hurt nation’s feelings’
A draft law banning speech and dressing “detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people” has sparked debate in China.
If the law comes into force, people found guilty could be fined or jailed but the proposal does not yet spell out what constitutes a violation.
Social media users and legal experts have called for more clarity to avoid excessive enforcement.
China recently released a swathe of proposed changes to its public security laws – the first reforms in decades.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Feds seek prison time for talk-show host for ripping stolen 2020 election
‘Regime wants to treat every Trump supporter like this. They want to jail us all’
Infowars host Owen Shroyer pleaded guilty in June to a single Class A Misdemeanor of Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds on January 6, 2021.
The journalist was initially charged in August 2021 — eight months after remaining outside the US Capitol on January 6.
After nearly two years of fighting charges related to his presence outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 Owen made the decision to plead guilty to a lesser charge.
Montana Passes Genetic Information Privacy Act, Continues to Lead US in Privacy Protection
Montana has passed the Genetic Information Privacy Act with a number of broad definitions that provides wide protections for state residents, according to EFF.
The new law defines data to include genotypic and phenotypic information as well as “self-reported health information,” going beyond raw sequence data. It defines “genetic testing” to include the “interpretation of a consumer’s genetic data,” going beyond the lab work to extract DNA.
It also establishes notice, use, and consent requirements for companies processing consumer genetic data and that companies provide clear information about their practices and privacy protections. Consumers must provide express consent at initial collection and separate and additional express consent for secondary uses of data, the retention of a sample, and data transferred or disclosed to third parties.
A lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from the primary in Colorado, citing Constitution’s insurrection clause
A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an “insurrection.”
The lawsuit, citing the 14th Amendment, is likely the initial step in a legal challenge that seems destined for the U.S. Supreme Court. The complaint was filed on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Prosecutors say they will ask a grand jury to return an indictment against Hunter Biden before Sept. 29, special counsel David Weiss informed a federal judge in Delaware on Wednesday.
The news comes after a tentative plea deal between the government and Hunter Biden’s attorneys over taxes and diversion agreement on a firearms charge fell apart this summer.
The VIDEO you don’t want to miss!
It turns out, according to Larry Sinclair (who partied with Obama when he was an Illinois State Rep.), Obama is not only bisexual, he smoked cocaine as early as 1999. The man who contacted him in order to “vet” his knowledge (multiple times by phone), Donald Young (who also admitted he had long-standing “intimate affairs” with Obama, was shot to death (right before the 2008 presidential election). Hmmmm ….
Judge Rules for E. Jean Carroll in Trump Defamation Case Pretrial
The trial will be about how much Trump needs to pay in damages, the judge wrote
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in a pretrial summary judgment that the upcoming Jan. 15, 2024, trial will only be about how much former President Donald Trump owes writer E. Jean Carroll in her defamation suit.
The partial victory was granted in a Sept. 6 order after the judge denied a request from President Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial in light of his ongoing criminal legal trials.
Ms. Carroll had brought two lawsuits against President Trump, one for defamation and the second for sexual battery and defamation in 2022 remarks, and won the second case earlier this year. The cases center around Ms. Carroll’s public accusation in 2019 that he raped her in the mid-1990s at a department store. When he was in office, President Trump publicly refuted the accusation and claimed that he had never met her. Ms. Carroll claimed that these high-profile public statements were defamatory. President Trump also claimed defamation in a countersuit, which was thrown out.
Watchdog Group Ranks Harvard as America’s Worst School for Free Speech
Despite being considered one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world, Harvard University has been ranked as the worst school in the country for free speech, according to a new survey, which described students’ First Amendment rights at the Ivy League school as “abysmal.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)—a nonprofit organization that focuses on civil liberties in the education sector—released its annual report on Sept. 6. The rankings are based on the voices of over 55,000 students currently enrolled in more than 250 colleges and universities across the United States.
Each institution was given an overall score and either a “green light,” “yellow light,” or “red light,” depending on how much its written policies could limit students’ open expression.
Rob Reiner Fact Checked After Spreading Lie About January 6 Prisoner Enrique Tarrio
Actor Rob Reiner was fact checked by “Community Notes” on X, formerly known as Twitter, after spreading a lie about January 6 prisoner and Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday. The actor falsely claimed that Tarrio had “violently stormed” the U.S. Capitol on January 6, when the fact is that the Proud Boys leader wasn’t in Washington, D.C. that day.
“The leader of the Proud Boys was sentenced to 22 years in Federal Prison for violently storming the US Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the Government,” Reiner falsely stated. “He never would have been at the Capitol had it not been for Donald Trump. You do the math.”
The leader of the Proud Boys was sentenced to 22 years in Federal Prison for violently storming the US Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the Government. He never would have been at the Capitol had it not been for Donald Trump. You do the math.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) September 5, 2023
The All in the Family star, however, was spreading false information in his X post, and was swiftly fact checked via the platform’s “Community Notes” feature, in which other social media users add context to a post that might contain falsehoods.
“This tweet contains a factual error,” the fact check reads. “While Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison it was not for ‘violently storming the U.S. Capitol.’”
The Community Notes then goes on to cite an article by ABC News, which correctly states that Tarrio was was not present during the riots on Capitol Hill.
“As ABC correctly reports ‘Tarrio wasn’t present in Washington the day of the attack.’”
As Breitbart News reported, Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Tuesday, was not in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, due to his arrest in the city two days prior for allegedly defacing a Black Lives Matter banner. Instead, the Proud Boys leader spent most of that day in a Baltimore hotel.
Prosecutors, however, argued that Tarrio’s absence from the city that day “does nothing to detract from the severity of his conduct,” claiming he “was a general rather than a soldier.”
Federal prosecutors added that Tarrio is a “gifted communicator who excels at attracting followers” who “used those talents to inflame and radicalize untold numbers of followers, promoting political violence in general and orchestrating the charged conspiracies in particular.”
Thousands of Burning Man festival attendees are still trapped in the doomed venue in the middle of the Nevada desert, but while some have finally gotten out to head home, it is taking others up to nine hours to drive six miles to finally reach a paved road.
The popular festival in Black Rock, Nevada, turned into a sea of mud after heavy rainfall caused unprecedented flooding, closed roads and left attendees stranded in the muddy desert over the weekend.
Spending our tax dollars like a drunken sailor in a strip club …
US Senate races ahead of House on spending in bid to avoid shutdown
Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate, on their return from summer recess on Tuesday, sought to gain the upper hand over House Republicans in talks over government funding as the threat of an embarrassing October government shutdown looms.
A bipartisan group of senators in the Democratic-controlled chamber collaborated on President Joe Biden’s request for a stopgap spending bill to keep agencies funded until deals can be brokered on the full fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
Remember, every time a bill gets passed, our tax dollars get spent!
Alabama Appeals to US Supreme Court in Battle Over Congressional District Map
Alabama lawmakers have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) over the state’s congressional redistricting fight.
This comes hours after a federal court struck down the latest map on Sept. 5, months after allegedly ignoring a similar court order requiring that the state lawmakers adhere to the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen immediately filed an appeal to the Supreme Court and a stay on the latest ruling until the state’s case is heard.
‘Occupied by the US’: wildfires renew Native Hawaiian call for sovereignty
As disaster capitalists descend on Lahaina, Indigenous Hawaiians fight for self-governance
At a time of climate crisis, dwindling resources and unfettered capitalism, the decades-long Native Hawaiian struggle for sovereignty has gained a renewed sense of urgency following the August wildfires that incinerated west Maui.
Indigenous activists say restoring Hawaiʻi as a self-sufficient island nation is the only way to preserve it for their children and grandchildren.
“When we talk about sovereignty, it’s about literally, physically and spiritually taking up space that we were forcibly removed from,” said Noelani Ahia, an Indigenous activist and healer in Lahaina who has been organizing mutual aid initiatives for fire victims. “The people in this movement have been fighting for our community, our land, our ocean for decades. It’s woven into the fabric of who we are and who we stand for.”
2ND AMENDMENT
This is a jackbooted fascist type of scary outlook! The gun grab has started with FFLs!
IN-DEPTH: ATF Agents Carrying Rifles Raid Oklahoma Gun Dealer’s Home, Confiscate Guns
As ATF agents left Russell Fincher’s house with 50 legally-owned firearms and his freshly-relinquished Federal Firearms License, they offered him a tip. As Mr. Fincher put it: “They said, “Tell all your FFL friends we’re coming for them next.”
The ATF, of course, had no comment. State legislators are outraged and are demanding officials investigate the matter. No comment from the State either.
It turns out that getting his FFL is what subjected him to the ATF’s jurisdiction. Strangely, the ATF told Fincher to get the license … then they used it to trap him.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached deal as contracts end next week
The head of the United Auto Workers warned Wednesday that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week.
“That’s the plan,” President Shawn Fain responded when asked if the union would strike any of the companies that haven’t reached a tentative deal by the time their national contracts end.
A strike against all three major automakers — General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — could cause damage not only to the industry as a whole but also to the Midwest and even national economy, depending on how long it lasted. The auto industry accounts for about 3% of the nation’s economic output. A prolonged strike could also lead eventually to higher vehicle prices.
Bill Gates Backs Bud Light With $95 Million Bet
Bill Gates purchased tens of millions of dollars worth of Bud Light’s parent company in recent days in the midst of a lengthy boycott targeting the beleaguered beer brand, according to a filing.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust purchased 1.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, worth around $95 million, according to a recent regulatory filing and TipRanks. Reports indicate that Mr. Gates purchased the shares in August, or months after a boycott was initiated against Bud Light after it decided to engage in a promotional campaign with a transgender activist.
For his part, Mr. Gates has not made any public statements about Bud Light, the boycott, or Anheuser-Busch. Neither has the beer giant.
Biden Launches Nationwide Workforce Initiative — for Illegal Aliens
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a nationwide workforce initiative that seeks to funnel millions of border crossers and illegal aliens into United States jobs — even as the labor force participation rate for Americans continues to decline.
On Wednesday, Biden’s DHS announced “a first-of-its-kind national campaign” to make millions of border crossers and illegal aliens, who have been released into the U.S. interior, aware that they are eligible for work permits to take American jobs.
The bigger picture in all this commentary: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is gone!
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Surveillance,” co-hosts Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz said that the White House lacks a clear strategy for dealing with gas prices in the wake of Saudi Arabia and Russia extending oil production cuts and that we’re heading towards a position where the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) “has been drawn down significantly and it’s unclear what levers you can pull, other than to hope for a bigger downturn somewhere.”
The segment began with a clip of White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan responding to the cuts by saying that “the most important thing that the President is focused on is just trying to do everything within his toolkit to be able to get lower prices for consumers at the gas pump in the United States. It’s really the price of a gallon of gas for the American consumer, not the question of which country’s doing what, here or there, that is going to be his ultimate metric for whether we’re succeeding or not.”
Ferro responded, “I have no idea what all of that meant. Isn’t the [price of gas] higher in this country right now?”
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Google Reaches Tentative Settlement with States in App Store Antitrust Case
Google has tentatively settled a contentious antitrust lawsuit concerning its Google Play Store, potentially resolving complaints from consumers and multiple state attorneys general that the internet giant used its massive power to dominate the market for Android apps.
Bloomberg reports that in a significant development that could reshape the landscape of mobile app marketplaces, Google has tentatively agreed to a settlement over allegations that its Google Play Store abused its market power. The settlement, disclosed in a recent court filing, could put an end to a lawsuit that had the potential to involve as many as 21 million users seeking damages for being overcharged on app purchases.
Google: Political adverts must disclose use of AI
Google will soon require that political ads on its platforms let people know when images and audio have been created using artificial intelligence (AI).
The rules have been created as a response to the “growing prevalence of tools that produce synthetic content”, a Google spokesperson told the BBC.
The change is scheduled for November, about a year ahead of the next US presidential election.
There are fears AI will supercharge disinformation around the campaigns.
Scientists Have Created A Human “Entity” That Has No Mother Or Father
Scientists all over the world continue to “play God”, and we are all going to have to live with the consequences. Every single day, incredibly bizarre experiments are being conducted in secret laboratories all over the planet. I have frequently warned my readers about the very deadly diseases that are being developed in such laboratories, but other types of extremely sick experiments are happening as well. For example, it is being reported that one team of researchers has now been able to create a human “entity” that does not have a mother or a father. In fact, it was created “without using sperm, an egg or a womb”…
Scientists report they have grown the early stages of a human embryo-like entity without using sperm, an egg or a womb.
The ’embryo model’ even releases hormones that triggered a positive pregnancy test.
This is like something out of a science fiction novel.
SURVEILLANCE STATE
‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen
A new study from the Mozilla Foundation found that all 25 of the car brands it reviewed had glaring privacy concerns, even compared to the makers of sex toys and mental health apps.
If you’re wondering which gadgets have the worst user privacy practices, it turns out the answer may be parked outside. According to a report published by the Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday, cars are “the official worst category of products for privacy” that it’s ever reviewed. The global nonprofit found that 92 percent of the reviewed automakers provide drivers with little (if any) control over their personal data, with 84 percent sharing user data with outside parties.
Best known for its open-source Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation claims to “stand up for the health of the internet.” It’s produced several reports and guides under its “Privacy Not Included” series over the years that detail how products and services like mental health apps and app stores handle user data, with advice on how to better protect ourselves.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels
Study shows resilience workers, mostly refugees and immigrants, poorly protected as top firms ‘pad their pockets by cutting costs’
Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency, new research has found.
The demand for skilled disaster restoration or resilience workers, who are mostly immigrants and refugees from Latin America and Asia, is soaring as greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels heat the planet, provoking more destructive storms, floods and wildfires.
Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
Environmental and community groups have filed lawsuit as the water body shrinks from overuse, hastening its demise
Environmental and community groups have sued Utah officials over failures to save its iconic Great Salt Lake from irreversible collapse.
The largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere has been steadily shrinking, as more and more water has been diverted away from the lake to irrigate farmland, feed industry and water lawns. A megadrought across the US south-west, accelerated by global heating, has hastened the lake’s demise.
GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING
With the congressional debate over a new farm bill on the horizon, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) held a conference today to examine farm policies. The speakers included both environmentalists and fiscal conservatives who share views that some farm programs are anti‐green and benefit wealthy landowners who do not need the money. The EWG has been a leader in calling for farm subsidy reform.
Foraging Secrets: How to Spot Edible Wild Onions Without Confusing Them with Their Poisonous Twins
Living off the land is a great feeling, and the zenith of this experience is foraging through the wilderness for your own food. No matter what you are cooking, onions add aromatic flavour to a meal and there are upwards of one hundred wild onions you can find and eat.
But are you certain you have a wild onion, or is it another plant that looks similar? There are several plants that can easily be confused with wild onions, especially when the plants are still small.
If you are lucky to find wild onions, all parts of the plant are edible. However, if you stumble across a plant that looks like a wild onion but isn’t, then it is very likely that the plant is poisonous. Ingestion of these lookalikes can often be fatal so it is very important to know what you are looking for.
HEALTH
CDC Warns RSV Cases Are Rising Among Infants, Babies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning physicians and caregivers about an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases across some parts of the Southeastern United States in recent weeks.
In a Sept. 5 health advisory, the health agency said the rise in cases suggests a “continued shift toward seasonal RSV trends observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Historically, such regional increases have predicted the beginning of RSV season nationally, with increased RSV activity spreading north and west over the following 2–3 months,” the CDC said.
CDC data shows increases in weekly RSV levels since July but the agency said that nationwide, RSV test positivity had remained below the season onset threshold of 3 percent for two consecutive weeks.
However, more recent data show test positivity has increased in Florida since late July, and the three-week moving average has been greater than 5 percent for the last month.
RSV hospitalizations also increased in Georgia in August, the CDC said.
Who Should Not Use Ibuprofen
Popping an ibuprofen for that pounding headache or twisted ankle can provide quick relief from pain. But while this easily accessible, over-the-counter drug could temporarily mask discomfort and sometimes help a lot, experts say it does little to spur true healing. Furthermore, for certain groups of people, ibuprofen poses serious health risks that outweigh potential benefits.
- People With Liver and Kidney Problems
- People With Asthma
- People With Hypertension or Heart Failure
- Pregnant Women
- People With Stroke History
Protect & Strengthen Your Joints With This Ancient Ayurvedic Herb
If you’ve enjoyed a golden milk latte or Thai yellow curry, then you’re no stranger to the delicious (and colorful!) nature of turmeric. Known for its characteristic golden-orange hue, turmeric is an ancient spice that comes from the Curcuma longa plant, which belongs to the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
While the grounding spice is a wonderful addition to any home-cooked dish or beverage, turmeric’s flavor profile and sunny disposition aren’t all it has going for it. The plant boasts a number of impressive health benefits and has been used in Ayurveda to add flavor to South Asian dishes and promote antioxidant properties and a healthy inflammatory response in the body for thousands of years
Turmeric is especially beneficial for musculoskeletal health–particularly providing our joints with the support they need to move with comfort and ease.* In fact, if we played a word association game, and I asked for “an herb or spice that helps your joints,” many people would say “turmeric” or “curcumin” (the famous curcuminoid in turmeric). That’s just how enduring and well known this relationship is.
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Myths, Causes, and 5 Tips to Relieve Constipation
Health Viewpoints
Constipation seriously affects one’s quality of life and makes one physically and mentally exhausted. Many people have adopted different ways to relieve constipation, including eating probiotic-rich foods or more vegetables and fruits, and even taking laxatives, but these methods are not always effective.
The intestinal tract is considered our “second brain.” The gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the esophagus to the rectum contains more than 100 million nerve cells, with a large variety and amount of intestinal flora, allowing the intestinal tract to communicate with the brain. This phenomenon has also been recorded in ancient TCM classics: For instance, after a mania patient is able to defecate, her or his mind sharpens, and the mood calms.
Top 5 Common Causes of Constipation
There are many causes of constipation. Here are some common ones:
- The diet lacks fiber and oil, and insufficient water intake results in dry, hard stool.
- Lack of exercise reduces intestinal motility.
- Tension and stress make the sympathetic nerves hyperactive, making the bowels tense and not easy to move, resulting in difficulty having a bowel movement.
- Side effects of painkillers, antidepressants, and calcium tablets, among others, can cause constipation.
- If people don’t have a fixed time for a bowel movement, they may hold back their stools.
5 Tips to Relieve Constipation
Here are five methods to help promote bowel movements and thus improve constipation.
- Set aside a period to go to the toilet in the morning so you have enough time to feel the need to defecate.
- Practice “zombie gymnastics.” Start by standing on tiptoes with both feet, trot in place, let your hands hang down naturally, relax your body, and swing from side to side. Zombie gymnastics can also strengthen heart and lung function. When the body is shaking like this, the intestines can wriggle, allowing the stool to sink toward the anus, and there will be a feeling of falling stool.
- Do belly dancing movements. Keep your feet slightly bent and hips retracted, and wriggle your belly back and forth, training the abdominal muscles and tightening the lower abdomen. Through the abdominal muscles, peristalsis can also move the intestines and push the stool toward the anus. This method is very effective.
- Use a small bench to prop up your feet when you defecate, and at the same time, lean your body slightly forward. This angle will help you do the job more smoothly.
- Swing your upper body from side to side. First, raise your left shoulder and lean to the left, then raise your right shoulder and lean to the right. Alternate so the intestines move along with the left and right swing, and your desire to defecate will be particularly strong at this time.
Can Inhaling Menthol Help Your Brain?
Researchers seeking a connection between smell and the central nervous system discovered that smelling menthol can improve cognition in healthy animals and those with neurodegenerative disease
This data highlights the potential therapeutic benefit that menthol may have in modulating immune health and central nervous system disease
Menthol is a popular aromatherapy essential oil, as well as peppermint and frankincense
Peppermint oil is often associated with relieving nausea, pain, stomach and respiratory symptoms, and managing stress and mental fatigue
Frankincense essential oil has anti-inflammatory properties, can help reduce symptoms of ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel
COVID RELATED NEWS
Surprise! City in super-liberal state bans mask and vaccine mandates
A city in California voted Wednesday to ban universal COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, according to CBS News.
Huntington Beach City Council Mayor Pro Tempore Gracey Van Der Mark introduced the motion Tuesday night at the meeting to ban the mandates, according to the motion. Huntington Beach, California’s city council voted 4-3 to ban universal mask mandates and vaccine mandates in the city, though the mandate ban excludes those who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to CBS News.
Do you remember what the FDA posted on Twitter, now X, ages ago?
‘FDA Is Not a Physician’: Appeals Court Sides With Doctors on Ivermectin for COVID-19
A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had overstepped its authority in their ruling that three doctors will be able to move forward with their lawsuit over the use of ivermectin off-label to treat COVID-19.
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, one of three doctors who initially filed the charges, trumpeted the ruling as a victory for not only the truth, but patient rights.
“The FDA misled the public into thinking it has more authority than it does,” Dr. Bowden, a practitioner and founder of Coalition of Health Freedom, told The Epoch Times. “This decision confirms that the FDA is not your doctor and has no authority to tell doctors how to practice medicine.”
“You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”
New ‘Pirola’ COVID Variant Emerging: Here’s What We Know
While “Eris” EG.5 is still the dominant variant in the United States, scientists are weighing in on a new strain of the COVID-19 virus, BA.2.86.
Unofficially dubbed “Pirola,” a blend of the Greek letters Pi and Rho, this BA.2.86 variant of omicron was initially detected in Denmark in July and surfaced in the United States in August.
International health officials have not yet classified Pirola as a variant of concern but have been closely monitoring it since Aug. 17. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently tracking three variants of interest and seven variants under monitoring while continuing to call for better surveillance, sequencing, and reporting of COVID-19 as this virus continues to circulate and evolve.
CANCEL CULTURE
Advancing School Choice While Protecting Homeschoolers
In recent years, there has been an explosion of school choice programs that enable parents to use state education dollars for learning options beyond the local district school. Education savings accounts (ESAs) have become particularly popular for the flexibility they provide: parents can use the funds for a variety of education options like tuition, tutoring, curriculum, and services for children with special needs. It seems like homeschoolers would be prime beneficiaries of ESAs since they often tap into multiple resources to educate their children.
While some homeschoolers support ESAs, more traditional homeschoolers and homeschool groups often fight these programs because they want to avoid government entanglement. In the 1960s and 1970s, parents had to wage legal and legislative battles to secure the right to homeschool their children. Homeschoolers who know this history often want to remain completely separate from the government. These traditional homeschool groups are politically active and will fight against programs that they think will encroach on homeschool freedoms.
As my new Cato Briefing Paper, School Choice Programs Need a Firewall for Homeschoolers, explains, there is a solution that can satisfy both groups. ESA programs can be written to exclude students who are officially registered as homeschoolers while creating a separate category for students who use an ESA for home‐based education. Because each state’s education laws are different, there isn’t a cut‐and‐paste solution. But by looking at the compulsory education requirements and homeschool provisions in a particular state, policymakers can craft language that will work.
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Prosecutors May Have to Try Trump Georgia Case Twice, Judge Indicates
It may be unfeasible for prosecutors to try former President Donald Trump and all his 18 co-defendants together in the Georgia case against him, a judge presiding over the case has suggested. The prosecutors may thus be forced to try their case at least twice.
The case was brought on Aug. 14 by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. She alleged that the efforts of President Trump and more than a dozen others to challenge the results of the 2020 elections amounted to a criminal enterprise.
The prosecutors initially asked for the trial to start on March 4, 2024, but moved the date to Oct. 23, 2023, after co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro, former lawyer to President Trump, and Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who challenged the 2020 election, asked for speedy trial.
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