Being Human
…Yes, ideas do have consequences, and the lousy ideas we have been teaching in our colleges and universities for the past several decades are bearing themselves out daily before our eyes.
But there is an answer to this absurdity. It is found in the historical liberal arts and the premise that there are certain moral and intellectual laws tested by time, defended by reason, validated by experience and endowed to us by our Creator.…
A judge has handed down a 30-year suspended sentence to a Montana man after he pleaded guilty to raping his 12-year-old daughter. District Judge John McKeon sentenced the man to 60 days in jail for incest, including 17 days time served… Prosecutor Dylan Jensen recommended a 100-year jail sentence with 75 years suspended, the recommended sentence under state law, as part of a plea deal that dropped two other incest charges.…
Meanwhile, back in Africa, there's a movement among back [sic - "black"] students to reject all science as racist and colonialism under the rubic #ScienceMustFall.…
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…3. I bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy. pic.twitter.com/zyViu1R4UL
— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) October 14, 2016
@johnpodesta Yes, we get it. The elite eat better than the peasants they abuse.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 14, 2016…
…Seymour Hersh has revealed… that the Obama Administration falsely blamed the government of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad for the sarin gas attack that Obama was trying to use as an excuse to invade Syria. … the sarin that was used didn’t come from Assad’s stockpiles. …a secret agreement in 2012 was reached between the Obama Administration and the leaders of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, to set up a sarin gas attack and blame it on Assad so that the US could invade and overthrow Assad.…
Indonesia has passed severe new laws against sex offenders following the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl.
Paedophiles can now be castrated, microchipped or executed, depending on the severity of their crimes…
A student has requested that his university (The University of Michigan) call him "His Majesty" to protest against a new policy that respects students’ pronouns of choice, including “they” and “ze”.…
…More than 500 school districts around the country have taken a pledge to pronounce each and every student’s name correctly because a host of leftist education groups has decided that mispronouncing students’ names amounts to a “microaggression.”…
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Life mocks art - did they get the idea from the Key & Peele Substitute Teacher sketch?
A man in Australia has successfully patented, and started selling, the Hamdog - a combination of a hotdog and a burger in one bun.…
TRENTON, N.J. (Sept. 19, 2016) – Last Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a measure expanding the state’s medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice.…
…shave with an.old fashioned safety razor and use Cremo, or a drop.of.glycerine.in your soap.mug. world of difference, and cheap.as hell. Clean face with water.and witch hazel after. Clean and.smooth and perfect. Wash your.neck and then clean with.alcohol and witch hazel.before putting on your shirt. No more ring around the collar.
…An FBI source, as part of the Clinton Email scandal investigation, purportedly took to a deep anonymous website to reveal shocking information about the findings of their investigation. The FBI source details the turmoil they faced in the magnitude of what was discovered.
The key breakthrough on the severity of how big this scandal is started from the recovery of files from the Benghazi computer hard drives. It all led back to the Clinton Foundation. …
…The most disturbing part of the FBI analyst’s insider’s knowledge, is the implications of the widespread corruption that could be revealed to Americans in future email leaks. The FBI source stated that it is so egregious that it could spark a civil war within the U.S. and bring down the U.S. government.…
…"With a pure plant-based diet, it is difficult or impossible to attain an adequate supply of some nutrients," states the German Nutrition Society's new position on the vegan diet. "The most critical nutrient is B-12," which is found in eggs and meat. The group says if you follow a vegan diet, you should take supplements to protect against deficiencies.
…other "potentially critical nutrients" that may be a challenge to get in a vegan diet include omega-3s — found in fatty fish — as well as minerals such as calcium, iron, iodine, zinc and selenium. So the group recommends that vegans get advice from a nutrition counselor and be "regularly checked by a physician." In addition, the society recommends against a vegan diet for pregnant women, women who are breast-feeding, children and adolescents.…
shoo-fly pie is a baked molasses or golden syrup pudding…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sept. 8, 2016) – Medical marijuana officially became legal in Ohio today, marking the step forward toward nullifying the unconstitutional federal prohibition on cannabis in practice.…
Tulsa …Lindley was at work operating a saw, and, in an instant, his hand was severed at the wrist.
"Six surgeons and 14 hours - they had it back on and I was home in six days," he said.
The scarring's beginning to fade, but the damage was severe; the wrist had to be re-built, there were skin grafts and all blood vessels and nerves had to be re-attached.
But all the work is paying off.
…Slowly re-opening the pathways from his brain to his hand, and it is working. Rhinehart said the progress is miraculous.
…What he's working hardest at is holding a drumstick. Lindley was a drummer with lots of bands over the years. He loved it, and his goal is to play again…
…From bananas to eggplant, here are some of the foods that looked totally different before humans first started growing them for food.…
The school year has started and the “snowflake” rebellion of 2015 is anything but dead. Micro-aggressions, trigger warnings, and demands for “safe spaces” continue to dominate the campus news from coast to coast. As the university president who wrote the viral “This is Not a Day Care” op-ed, I have been called by the media in recent days with essentially this question: “Dr. Piper, okay – your “Not a Day Care” piece identified the problem, but what’s the solution?”
Here’s my answer…
In an astonishing breakthrough, patients left paralysed by severe spinal cord injuries have recovered the ability to move their legs after training with an exoskeleton linked to their brain – with one even able to walk using two crutches.
Scientists developed the Walk Again Project, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, thinking that they could enable paraplegics to move about using the exoskeleton controlled by their thoughts.
But they were surprised to discover that during the training, the eight patients all started to regain the sense of touch and movement below the injury to their spine.… researchers now believe that a few nerves survived and these were reactivated by the training, which may have rewired circuits in the brain.…
The Oklahoma House and Senate leadership dropped the ball repeatedly during the 2015-16 legislative session. They helped maintain the status quo and refused to stand up to Washington D.C. on a variety of fronts. The legislature effectively killed 21 bills that would have blocked the federal enforcement of unconstitutional policies. To make matters worse, the vast majority of the bills did not even receive a vote in their respective chambers.…
It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities.
Except there's little proof that flossing works.…
One study review in 2011 did credit floss with a slight reduction in gum inflammation… However, the reviewers ranked the evidence as "very unreliable.…"
Hillary Clinton has made clear she intends to dramatically raise taxes on the American people if elected. She has proposed an income tax increase, a business tax increase, a death tax increase, a capital gains tax increase, a tax on stock trading, an "Exit Tax" and more (see below). Her planned net tax increase on the American people is at least $1 trillion over ten years, based on her campaign’s own figures.…
(July 25, 2016) – Last week, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed a bill expanding the state’s medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice.
A trio of Democrats, Rep. Scott Slater, Rep. Patricia Serpa and Rep. Joseph Solomon, introduced House Bill 7142 (HB7142) in January. The legislation expands the state’s medical marijuana law by making medicinal cannabis accessible to patients suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.…
The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, alleging that the township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Bensalem Masjid to build a mosque on three adjoining parcels of land in the township.…
…Moore was arrested and charged with killing a man in Oklahoma City, but his attorney says there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. …found guilty and handed 2 life sentences without parole.… spent his 20's locked up in a state penitentiary. "Those years, you know. I've been depressed, you know, I almost gave up. I almost gave up, I tried to take my life once or twice…” During his incarceration, Moore crossed paths with his now Fiancée Lola Gaines and things eventually started to turn around. "Once I started committing my life to God, you know what I mean he started doing things for me, he started doing things through her. I feel he put her in my life for a reason,” said Moore. …private investigators… found a key witness who was willing to come forward with new testimony that would prove Moore's innocence.… July 18, 2016 in an Oklahoma County Court, the state dismisses the case and Moore is cleared of all charges. At 11:00 that night Moore walks out the doors of the jail a free man for the first time in 18 years.…
A Yale University dining services worker who resigned after smashing a stained-glass window depicting slaves has gotten his old job back.…
July 18, 2016 – Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed a bill legalizing the production and processing of industrial hemp for commercial purposes in the state, setting the foundation to nullify federal prohibition in practice.…
…This type of treatment is called “precision medicine” because it uses the patient’s genetic information to help target a precise molecule in cancer cells. … Allison took two pills each day for two months and when she went back for a brain scan, doctors there couldn't find any trace of the cancer.…
A North Georgia newspaper publisher was indicted on a felony charge and jailed overnight last week – for filing an open-records request.
Fannin Focus publisher Mark Thomason, along with his attorney Russell Stookey, were arrested on Friday and charged with attempted identity fraud and identity fraud. Thomason was also accused of making a false statement in his records request.…
…"Even though people who eat more butter generally have worse diets and lifestyles, it seemed to be pretty neutral overall"…
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