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Cali. AG Kamala Harris Decides Not to Appeal Rogue Judge Ruling to Block a Voter-Approved Law that Restricted Sex-Offender Internet Anonymity

LeeF February 11, 2015 April 8, 2023

A California law requiring registered sex offenders to turn over a wealth of information related to their internet use to police did not go into …

Global study finds the extent of pharmaceutical pollution in the world’s rivers

3 years ago

A new study looking at the presence of pharmaceuticals in the world’s rivers found concentrations at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied. The new study looked at 258 rivers across the globe, including the Thames in London and the Amazon in Brazil, to measure the presence of 61 pharmaceuticals, such as carbamazepine, metformin and caffeine. The researchers studied rivers in over half of the world’s countries—with rivers in 36 of these countries having never previously been monitored for pharmaceuticals. The study forms … Read More

Harvard/Harris Poll: 3-in-4 Voters Favor ‘America First’ Immigration, Trade, War Platform from Candidates

6 years ago

About 3-in-4 American voters favor a populist-nationalist “America First” legal immigration, trade, and foreign policy platform from candidates running for office that prioritizes protecting the way of life and economic security of United States citizens above all else. The latest Harvard/Harris Poll finds near unanimous support for populist-nationalist candidates among Republicans, conservatives, and President Trump supporters, as well as a majority of support from all voters. The findings are the latest evidence that the open borders, globalization, and endless wars ideology of former administrations — such as President … Read More

YouTube Demonitizes Anti-Vax Channels After BuzzFeed Contacts Advertisers

6 years ago

YouTube demonetized channels which promote anti-vax content, after BuzzFeed notified a spate of advertisers that their ads were being run alongside anti-vax videos, reports BuzzFeed. YouTube said that such videos fall under its policy prohibiting videos with “dangerous and harmful” content to be monetized. “We have strict policies that govern what videos we allow ads to appear on, and videos that promote anti-vaccination content are a violation of those policies. We enforce these policies vigorously, and if we find a video that violates them, we immediately take action … Read More

Scientists Create Mind-controlled Rats that can be Directed through a Maze by the Power of Human Thought

6 years ago

Researchers implanted micro-electrodes to the rat’s brain and connected it to the brain of a human volunteer who was hooked up to a computer. Unbelievably, when the human ‘manipulator’ thought about moving their left arm, the rat turned left. The same with the right arm. Blinking sent signals to the rat to move forward and after continuous research with six ‘cyborg rats’ the scientists were able to direct the rodents through incredibly complex mazes. Movement-related thoughts in the mind of the manipulator sent signals to the computer, which … Read More

Child sex abuse case: German police lose suitcase of evidence

6 years ago

Almost a terabyte of evidence in a child pornography case went missing while in police custody in the town of Detmold. Local officers are under investigation, with one official describing the situation as a “disaster.” A scandal in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia erupted on Thursday after it was revealed that a suitcase of evidence in a child sex abuse case disappeared from a police evidence room. The evidence was part of an investigation into widespread sexual abuse that occurred at a campsite in the town of Lügde, … Read More

Pedophile priest Convicted by German Court of 108 Cases of Child Abuse

7 years ago

A German priest has been sent to a psychiatric institution after pleading guilty to a string of child abuse offenses. He was previously defrocked by the Catholic Church but kept abusing with the help of false documents. The 53 year old Thomas Maria B., who was born in Wuppertal, is guilty of having sexually abused five German boys under the age of 14 at least a total of 108 times between 1997 and 2016. A German ex-priest was handed an eight-and-a-half year sentence to be detained in a psychiatric institution, … Read More

The “Kill Donald Trump” Twitter Account Finally Deleted a Day After an Article Exposing Twitter Hypocrisy for Deleting Conservatives

9 years ago

The “Kill Trump” account was suspended MINUTES after this story was published. It only took Twitter a mere 6 months. The article below was written the day before Twitter finally deleted it. As Twitter suspended the account of yet another conservative for the crime of having the wrong politics, an account called ‘Kill Donald Trump’ that advocates assassinating the Republican frontrunner is still active six months later. The social media giant shut down an account belonging to conservative journalist Robert Stacy McCain on Friday night, the latest example … Read More

Arlington, TX Mother Says Pornographic Movie Briefly Replaced Children’s Program on Cartoon Network

13 years ago

A television cable company is investigating an Arlington mother’s complaint that a cartoon her two young boys were watching suddenly changed to a pornographic movie. Rebekah Woodruff said her sons, ages 4 and 7, were watching “Tom and Jerry” on The Cartoon Network at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. “I heard the music change,” she said. “And I heard my oldest say to his little brother, ‘Don’t watch this. I think it’s something bad.’” She said she ran back to the living room and saw graphic images of two … Read More

Study on Sex Reassignment Surgery shows Increases in Mental Difficulties and 20x Higher Suicide Rates

14 years ago

A Karolinska Institute publishes their study in Sweden that followed 324 people for up to 30 years who had sex-reassignment surgery. The study showed that about 10 years after the surgery, transgendered people began to have increased mental difficulties. As they progressed through life, their suicide mortality rose almost 20 times above the comparable nontransgender population. Dr. Paul McHugh, a former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of “Try to Remember: Psychiatry’s Clash over Meaning, Memory, and Mind”, points to the data as evidence that … Read More

Brave Young Siblings, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were Executed after they Distributed Literature Alerting People to the Evil of Nazism

82 years ago

On February 22, 1943—75 years ago today—in Munich, Germany, two siblings made the ultimate sacrifice on the altar of conviction. They risked and lost, fought and failed, but not without leaving a lasting imprint. Their names were Hans and Sophie Scholl. Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and the White Rose movement stood up to the evils of the Nazis. Though they died for their beliefs, their message lives on. Birth of the White Rose The Scholl siblings were atypical in that their father was a virulent anti-Nazi despite being … Read More

The Indian Removal Act of 1830

195 years ago

“Removal” of the Native people east of the Mississippi to lands in the west as a policy of the United States originated with Thomas Jefferson, who was elected President in 1801. Jefferson made a deal with the state of Georgia in 1802, promising to secure the title to all Cherokee land within the state in exchange for Georgia giving up it’s claim on territory that later became the states of Mississippi and Alabama. In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase transferred title of a vast area west of the Mississippi … Read More