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Wednesday, 14 June

17:25

The allure of ethno-nationalism Antony Loewenstein

Progressive International is a major, global organisation dedicated to justice and accountability.

In its weekly magazine, The Internationalist, Ive been interviewed about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where I talk about Israels appeal as an ethno-nationalist state. Plus theres an exclusive, edited book extract that examines the EUs use and abuse of Israeli drones in the Mediterranean.

Read the whole thing here: The Internationalist Issue 31 Antony Loewenstein

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17:12

16:26

Flypast today in the UK to mark retirement of the C130 Hercules. A magnificent aeroplane. Michael Smith News

Those who, like me, have travelled in them will never forget the experience. A grand old warhorse. Lest We Forget. A flypast to mark the forthcoming retirement of the Hercules from RAF service will take place across all four nations of the United Kingdom on Wednesday 14 June. Details of...

16:23

As Nauru refugees are resettled, Albanese government must take responsibility for those abandoned in PNG Media Release Archive | Human Rights Law Centre

Reports that the last people remaining in Nauru under Australia's offshore detention policy would soon leave the island have been welcomed by the Human Rights Law Centre, with a warning that the same must be done for those languishing in Papua New Guinea.   

While the number of people remaining in Nauru continues to fall as a result of transfers to Australia and resettlement in in other countries, more than 80 people previously detained on Manus Island remain trapped in PNG, many with serious health problems caused by years of detention, isolation and medical neglect. Fourteen people have died while subject to offshore detention. More than one hundred people previously detained on Manus Island were abandoned in PNG when the former Coalition government announced the end of Australias involvement in offshore processing in the country at the end of 2021. 

While no new transfers to Nauru or PNG have occurred since 2014, the Albanese government has confirmed that it will maintain facilities for offshore processing in Nauru as a contingency.  

Scott Cosgriff, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre said:     

Across more than a decade in Nauru and PNG, the Australian Government has inflicted untold suffering upon people merely asking for safety. Evacuating Nauru is the right thing to do. Anything less than the same approach in relation to PNG is a profound failure of people whose dire circumstances were caused by this policy and whose lives remain in the Australian Government's hands.  

The Australian Government bears the same responsibility to the people it sent to PNG as to the people it sent to Nauru.
 
Too often, the victims of this policy have been shunted from one agonizing limbo to another. Those now rebuilding their lives in Australia must be allowed to live in freedom, without crippling visa restrictions and with certainty about their future. 

Every person sent to Nauru or PNG has lost years of their lives and been separated from loved ones because of the intentionally punitive policies of successive Australian governments. Uncertain visa status has been weaponised to further punish people who have been transferred, and compel them to accept resettlement in third countries or return home. Its time for the Albanese government to take responsibility and ensure every person can rebuild their lives in safety and freedom. 

Media contact:
Thomas Feng, Media and Communications Manager, 0431 285 275, thomas.feng@hrlc.org.au

15:25

Senator for Pakistan Faruqi uses the Aust Senate to call for Pakistan's debts to be forgiven Michael Smith News

Thank you to Rukshan Fernando for this unbelievable record of Mehreen Faruqi's open display of allegiance to a foreign power.

15:16

14:43

Template Letter to Employers/Clubs Medical Discrimination was Never Justified Vaccination Decisions

Dear , Im writing to you because of the medical discrimination that many experienced in 2021-22 due to the Australian governments directive to exclude people who chose not to have the experimental COVID19 injection. These people were labelled unvaccinated and removed from social environments and workplaces. At the tennis clubs this resulted in people being... [Read more]

The post Template Letter to Employers/Clubs Medical Discrimination was Never Justified appeared first on Vaccination Decisions.

14:22

AFTINET submission on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies AFTINET

June 14, 2023: This agreement was signed at the WTO Ministerial meeting in June 2022 and is now being reviewed by the Joint Standing committee on Treaties (JSCOT) before ratification by Australia. AFTINETs submission supports the recommendations of the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), a network of community organisations in the Pacific Islands.

Our submission notes that the agreement is limited in scope and does not cover the full range of measures that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing. WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies have, more recently, aimed to stop overfishing of all global fish stocks in line with the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.6. This goal states that governments should prohibit and eliminate fisheries subsidies which contribute these issues by 2020.

While the agreement addresses illegal and unregulated fishing it does not address subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing. These are to be addressed in further negotiations over the next four years.  As one of the main environmental and commercial threats comes from large trawling vessels conducting overfishing of fish stocks, including in international waters, this agreement fails to address those most responsible.

The submission also notes overfishing impacts most on small developing and least developed countries including the Pacific Islands which rely on small scale fishing and have the least technical and resource capacity for implementation of the agreement. This process is complicated and requires capacity and resources of developing country states, but the agreement does not provide guaranteed implementation resources for developing countries.

There are also some legal ambiguities which need to be clarified.

The submission re-asks the JSCOT to recommend that the Australian government

  • support speedy resumption of the negotiations for a more comprehensive agreement which will include a more direct rule that would prohibit subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, and regulate the activities of large trawling vessels conducting subsidised overfishing of fish stocks, including in international waters
  • support mandatory assistance to developing and least developed countries for technical and capacity building to implement the more comprehensive agreement.
  • That the more comprehensive agreement include other appropriate provisions for developing countries, including longer implementation times
  • That in...

14:21

'The bravest and most inspiring people' Biden has ever known. Michael Smith News

This is what happened on the White House lawn. These are the "bravest and most inspiring" people Biden has ever known. The country you once knew is gone. pic.twitter.com/uIKTt0EmwQ Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 12, 2023

12:55

Greens deputy leader Dr Mehreen Faruqi launches The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein

Last week in Sydney, I launched my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, at Gleebooks to a packed, overflowing audience.

The atmosphere was electric with a real appetite for hear about the reality of Israels occupation being a major export business.

I was introduced by Deputy Greens Leader, Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi, who gave a powerful and insightful speech.

With her permission, Im posting it here because it deserves a wide readership.

Heres a teaser:

Today, it issuch a privilege to launch another masterpiece by Antony Lowenstein The Palestine Laboratory How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world.

Even just reading out the title sends shivers down my spine. To think that Palestinians are being used as test subjects, as effectively guinea pigs for Israels military weaponry and technology of surveillance, espionage, cyber warfare, phone-hacking, and house demolition gives you a window into the toxic ideology that drives settler-colonisation, oppression, violence and apartheid.

Read the whole thing: The Palestine Laboratory launch

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11:20

Israeli spyware undermines global democracy Antony Loewenstein

A key part of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, revolves around Israeli spyware.

US outlet In These Times has published an edited extract from this section.

Heres a taster:

Griselda Triana is a Mexican journalist, and human rights activist whose husband, Javier Valdez Crdenas, was slain by a drug cartel on May 15, 2017, in Culiacn, the capital of Sinaloa state. Valdez was the cofounder of the media outlet Riodoce, which investigated corruption and crime, and wrote about the bloody drug war. He paid the ultimate pricea grenade was thrown into his office in 2009. He had received death threats in the months before his murder, but he bravely continued his groundbreaking work despite the threats.

Ten days after his killing, Triana started receiving unexpected text messages on her mobile phone. She had no idea that they were suspicious until almost one year later, when it was discovered that there had been attempts to infiltrate her phone with the Pegasus system, a phone-hacking tool sold by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, almost certainly by elements within the Mexican state. Before Javiers murder I did not know that we were being monitored, she told me. Javier had never informed her about the possibility of phone hacking, and she presumed that he was taking precautions for his safety. Javier knew about the risks of reporting criminal activities, but even so he was aware that someone had to document the atrocities of criminal organizations, she said.

Read the whole thing: How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe In These Times

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10:46

Tucker Carlson still hard at it - here's Episode #3 Michael Smith News

Ep. 3 America's principles are at stake pic.twitter.com/eJNSUVvvqY Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 13, 2023

10:29

Discussing the Afghan war with Andrew Quilty Antony Loewenstein

Photojournalist Andrew Quilty spent years reporting in Afghanistan and published a book about his experiences, August in Kabul. I reviewed it for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age in August 2022.

My interview with Quilty, conduced at the Newcastle Writers Festival late March 2023, covers the war itself, the return of the Taliban and the role and responsibility of conflict reporting:

 

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10:29

Wild Imagination time to get your early bird tickets to the Byron Writers Festival National News Echonetdaily

Grace Tame, Richard Fidler, Nakkiah Lui, Pip Williams, Kevin Jared Hosein, Marele Day. Photo supplied

In unprecedented times it takes a bit of Wild Imagination to work out how to make change and create a better world and that is exactly what is happening at this years Byron Writers Festival. This year the Byron Writers Festival will run from 1113 August and it will be held at the Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country. 

This years festival will showcase the theme Wild Imagination and feature 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame; beloved broadcaster and author Richard Fidler; celebrated writer, commentator and actor Nakkiah Lui; and international bestselling author Pip Williams. They are joined by international guest Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad) author of the breakthrough historical novel Hungry Ghosts and acclaimed Northern Rivers based author Marele Day.

In devising this years theme I was inspired by the wildness of the Northern Rivers landscape, in particular our rainforests. We are so lucky to have the opportunity to connect deeply with nature every day here in our beautiful region, said CEO & Artistic Director Zoe Pollock.

I believe we are at a pivotal moment in human history. We need to reconnect with our inner wild, and rediscover our place in the world. This years program will feature a brilliant line up of authors who do just that through their writing. It is a program of writers and thinkers who dare to imagine wildly and are at the peak of their creativity.

This first announcement of celebrated guests gives a taste of things to come with the full program of more than 120 writers, thinkers and commentators to be revealed on 28 June. Discounted Early Bird 3-day passes are on sale now...

09:38

TRT World interview on Assange and prospects of freedom Antony Loewenstein

Talking on global broadcaster TRT Worlds The Newsmakers program on the case of Wikileaks Julian Assange, the prospects of his freedom and the vital role of Declassified Australias contributor writer, Kellie Tranter, and her FOI work around the case.

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09:34

The Irony Excess Deaths v Horror Bus Crash Gumshoe News

Hunter Valley disaster

10 Deaths Horror Bus Crash

An epic tragedy unfolded late Saturday night after a wedding. 10 people were killed and 25 were taken to hospital. As the ABC reported:

Australian bus driver released on bail after being charged over 10 passengers deaths

CESSNOCK, Australia A bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled...

09:23

Message from our website host & archiver of our - 25K posts, 750K comments & a wealth of evidence of serious criminality Michael Smith News

From August 2012 we've been posting and building up a huge library of evidence, investigation and commentary. The AWU Scandal - I'll share all the documents I have That's all been stored and archived with Typepad - it's a hugely valuable resource and we pay to keep it online and...

08:32

Closed caption Biden is the best Biden. Michael Smith News

Thank you Newbposter! Biden with closed caption is the best Biden pic.twitter.com/QSXnWqtVnl Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) June 13, 2023

08:19

The problem with PWC and the Big 4 : Treason is the business model The Pen

Investigative journalist Michael West writes (Michael West Media 1 June 2023) about how the scandal surrounding PwC is not one off, but part of systemic problem involving al the 4 big American finance advisory multinationals. All have been acting as the middleman between the Australian government and big corporations. All have been advising their clients how to avoid paying tax, while securing generous government contracts. They stand above the law, betray Australia, and pose the challenge on how o deal with them. Michael West is a former journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, and columnist for News Corp.

Its all in plain sight. You can find this on the internet. Lets talk it says at the end of the missive, displaying the contact details of PwCs International Tax Partners in the US and Australia, including Peter Collins, the man at the centre of the scandal, the man the other partners tried to scapegoat as the rogue culprit who was entirely at fault for the whole caper.

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It has been fascinating to watch the PwC scandal evolve. It began with a leak from an obscure little industry body most people had never heard of, the Tax Practitioners Board, which disclosed PwC partner Peter Collins had copped a 2-year ban for acting as a tax practitioner. That went public, and snowballed spectacularly.

PwC chief executive Tom Seymour was the next casualty, shot by the partnership after declaring at a conference that the leaks were the work of just one rogue partner Peter Collins. The problem with Seymours PR strategy was that a trove of emails shortly emerged showing dozens of partners were in on the rort. 

The cover-up proved more deadly than the crime; it was fuel to the fire of suspicions over Big 4 conflicts of interest which had been smoking for years. And now the rolling revelations from the Senate Inquiry into Consultants.

Forest for the trees

Peeling back these trees to behold the forest of Big 4 conflicts however and the problems are deeper, more systemic, more shocking than this inquiry alone can plumb....

00:45

Mr. Roger Waters Neighborhood vs. Bellwethers of Political Correctness Run Amuck "IndyWatch Feed Asia"

Mr. Roger Waters Neighborhood

Recently, I watched Roger Waters This is Not a Drill a live worldwide broadcast from Prague.   He had a lot to say in this particular concert, beginning with a statement that he won the pending court case against him where people in Frankfurt, Germany, were accusing him of being an anti-Semite. The court ruled he is not anti-Semitic and invited him back to Frankfurt.

Part of the show includes a satirical performance where he pretends to be a Hitler-like Nazi leader, with flags and a symbol resembling the Swastika but made with hammers. He wears a black costume with a black cape and black boots, and then shoots a fake rifle around the audience. In this excerpt, he stops the show, removes the scary black costume, and reads an answer to the critics. I hope the Nazis dont come knocking on my door for posting it

The language of the UK Guardian newspaper also writes of his court victory allowing for his May 28, 2023, concert to go on as planned, with some interesting phrasing: Court rules in favour of former Pink Floyd frontman despite tasteless use of Nazi-inspired symbolism.

As Mr. Waters explains, My depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a feature of my shows since Pink Floyds The Wall in 1980. What is or is not tasteless should left to the audience to decide.

A flying pig (balloon) is a feature of the show, with slogans on the side. This one says Steal from the Poor. Give to the Rich. Songs are inspired by the writings of George Orwells Animal Farm plus sayings from 1984 are occasionally shown on screen. People are more afraid of the scary black uniforms of make-believe than they are the truth.

...

00:08

This is why administrators dont teach "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Academics get constant training it seems like every week or two the university trots out a new module and duns our email with notifications that we are REQUIRED to take it, and if we defer the training to a more convenient time the notifications dont stop. Its a lousy system, but necessary. Its just that the methods are so poor. For example, this article on sexual harassment in science offers up a few criticisms.

Sexual harassment includes forcing people into sexual activity, giving unwanted sexual attention to someone and making unwanted comments or threats to someone based on their gender. The negative effects of sexual harassment also apply to the people who witness it and the organizations involved. The first thing that experts say needs to be overhauled is traditional sexual harassment training.

The computer-based format of some training modules is familiar to anyone starting a new job, including us. We remember laughable scenarios that were, at best, out of touch with how real people behave, or showed only the most extreme examples of harassment. The training was unrealistic, unmemorable and something to click through as fast as we could. Such passive, simplistic training typically fails, as sociologists Frank Dobbin of Harvard University and Alexandra Kalev of Tel Aviv University found in a Harvard Business Review analysis in 2020.

Training needs to be more in-person, according to experts. People can interact with a live instructor who has specialized knowledge of awkward topics and how to talk effectively about them. The trainers can take the backgrounds and ages of people in the group into account, answer questions in real time, and tailor their program to the organization; what people at a nonprofit might need could be different from workers at a big-box store or in an academic setting. And even in academia, training for scientists who work in the field could be different than for those who work in a lab.

This past weekend, after a week of emails telling me I am REQUIRED to take training in Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design, I did it. It was fundamentally terrible. I am 100% in agreement with the importance of the topic, and I took it very seriously and cleared my calendar and went through this self-paced online program in about an hour and a half. It consisted of a series of simple web pages emphasizing specific points, interspersed with 2-5 minute videos of faculty and students talking about how they solv...

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Tuesday, 13 June

22:48

The Espionage Act Is Not The Answer To Donald Trump "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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While the United States Justice Department has increasingly wielded the Espionage Act to make an example out of government employees or contractors, federal prosecutors have been reluctant to charge current and former high-ranking officials. That makes the thirty-one Espionage Act charges against former President Donald Trump stunning.

On June 8, 2023, Trump was accused by prosecutors of unauthorized possession of documents relating to the national defense. He was additionally accused of willfully retaining those documents and failing to turn them over to an officer or employee entitled to receive them.

The alleged offenses fall under 793(e) of the Espionage Act, which has featured in a number of leak prosecutions against whistleblowers and media sources. Of course, Trump is neither. He kept the documents in boxes at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Back on August 10, 2022, days after the FBI raided Trumps estate, I published an analysis of prior cases where the Justice Department had investigated lower-level government employees or contractors for unauthorized possession of information. In big bold letters, I shared it under the headline, Justice Department Unlikely To Charge Trump With Violating The Espionage Act.

I was fairly certain, given the example of General David Petraeus, that Trumps legal team would be able to negotiate with the Justice Department behind closed doors to ensure that he was not charged with violating the Espionage Act. But I was wrong, and now I realize that would have required Trump to concede that he had done something wrong by possessing the classified documents.

Numerous Republicans have lashed out at the Justice Department for indicting Trump, who has a commanding lead in polls for the partys 2024 presidential primary. Republicans contend that the Justice Department has been weaponized against Trump.

Such a response would be easy to flat-out dismiss if it werent for the fact that the Justice Department has been, in one way or another, investigating Trump since 2016.

As Jeff Gerth exhaustively documented for the Columbia Journalism Review, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign secretly sponsored and publicly promoted an unsubstantiated consp...

21:11

Board member Yat Siu answers community concerns on ApeCoin DAO salary payouts "IndyWatch Feed Crypto"

One community member described the salaries as insanely out of touch, while another Twitter user accused those who established the rates of being disconnected from reality.

19:38

Albanese still crapping on about cheaper power bills because of his 'renewables'. Bullshit. Michael Smith News

Our strong climate targets are giving businesses the certainty they need to invest in renewable energy. And it's working - investment in large scale solar and wind projects is up nearly 50% in the last year. It's good for the environment, good for jobs, and for the economy too. pic.twitter.com/iRmKj2nIqJ...

19:11

Swimming Pool Safety What You Need to Know The Situation

Installing a new swimming pool in your backyard is a very exciting moment indeed. But before you start inviting everyone for a dip, you need to first make sure that your pool is safe to swim in.

As a responsible pool owner, its essential that you dont cut corners when it comes to pool safety. In Victoria, if you dont adhere to local safety regulations, you could get a fine that can go all the way up to $1,600. More importantly, failing to comply with safety regulations also puts you and your loved ones at a higher risk of getting hurt. Common pool injuries include drowning, slip and falls, poisoning via pool chemicals, and electrical injuries.

From your choice of pool pavers to the chlorine content of your water, there are a lot of things that you need to consider to make sure that your swimming pool and pool area is safe.

In this blog, were going to go over five things that you can do to keep your backyard pool safe.

Work with Reliable Pool Builders

The first thing that you need to do is to find a reliable pool builder. Experienced pool builders will have a comprehensive understanding of all relevant safety regulations in your area. They will make sure that your pool is built according to local government guidelines and acquire all the necessary building permits for you. If youre having trouble choosing the right paver or the right pool pump, a good builder should be able to provide you with sound advice about that as well.

In Victoria, some aspects of your pool will need to be inspected by registered building surveyors or inspectors before they can be approved for use. A reputable builder will be able to help pass any safety inspections that are required by your local council.

Build a Proper Pool Fence

According to the Victorian Building Authority, all swimming pools or spas that are more than 30cm deep must have a safety barrier that is compliant with AS1926.1-1993.If youre building a pool barrier fence, it must meet the following criteria:

  • Must be at least 1.2m high
  • Have a gap under the fence that does not exceed 100mm
  • Horizontals must be at least 0.9m apart if the verticals are between 10mm and 100m
  • Verticals must not be further apart than 10mm in all other cases
  • If it meets existing fencing, it must be protected to a distance of 1.2m on the outside of the pool fence and 300mm on the inside

For the full criteria, please refer to the pool barrier fact sheet provided by the Victorian Government.

Have Rescue Equipment and a First Aid Kit Readily Available

If you have a swimming pool in your backyard, its important to have rescue equipment like life rings, life hooks, and rescue tubes. Suc...

18:10

Explore Altcoins with MEXC: A Comprehensive Review "IndyWatch Feed Crypto"

The world of cryptocurrencies is constantly growing, with more and more altcoins emerging every day. For experienced and novice traders alike, finding the right platform for trading these digital assets is crucial. One such platform is MEXC, a popular altcoins exchange that has gained traction in recent years. In this comprehensive review, we delve into the ins and outs of this powerful platform, examining its features, pros, and cons, as well as comparing it to some alternatives.

MEXC: An Overview

MEXC is a Singapore-based altcoins exchange that was established in 2018. Over the years, it has rapidly expanded its offerings, now boasting over 1,600 cryptocurrencies and a global user base of more than 10 million. The platform provides users with a wide array of trading options, including spot, margin, and futures trading, as well as various staking services. Furthermore, MEXC has obtained key licenses in several countries, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and Estonia, enabling it to operate in strict jurisdictions.

Review of MEXC altcoin exchange

Key Features of MEXC

MEXC prides itself on offering a multitude of features to cater to the diverse needs of its users. Some of the standout aspects of this altcoins exchange include:

  • A vast selection of over 1,600 cryptocurrencies, providing ample trading opportunities for users
  • Multiple trading options, including spot, margin, and futures trading, as well as leveraged ETFs
  • High liquidity and trading volume, ensuring smooth and efficient transactions
  • No mandatory KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements for basic trading, allowing users to maintain their privacy
  • A user-friendly mobile app for Android and iOS devices, enabling seamless trading on-the-go
  • Staking services for numerous cryptocurrencies, letting users earn passive income
  • An affiliate program, offering lucrative rewards for referring new users to the platform

Pros and Cons of MEXC

As with any exchange, MEXC has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Heres a quick look at the key pros and cons:

Pros

  • A large assortment of over 1,600 cryptocurrencies, catering to diverse trading interests
  • Several trading options, such as spot, margin, and futures tr...

17:29

You Think Trump Cant Win in 2024? Less Than 22,000 Votes Stand Between Him And The White House New Matilda

They say when America sneezes, Australia gets a cold. Well, Americas poised to suffer another migraine, and his name is Donald Trump. Chris Graham outlines the path back to the White House for the worlds most dangerous leader, and explains just how short and wide it really is.

Theres no way Donald Trump could ever return to the White House, right? In just the course of the last few months alone hes been criminally indicted on charges of falsifying electoral documents over his payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels; hes been found to have sexually abused writer E. Jean Carrol, in the 1990s; and this week hell be indicted again, this time on federal crimes related to the theft of top secret and classified documents.

And none of that even factors in the reality that hes also facing investigation in Georgia over his conduct around the 2020 election, nor the Congressional and other investigations into the January 6 assault on the US Capitol building, an attempt led by Trump to prevent the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

So even if Trump somehow manages to escape jail over the next 18 months, theres no way Americans would vote him back in, right? Well think again. Not only has Trump time and again proved his critics wrong, but his path back to the US presidency is a lot easier than you might think. And by a lot, I mean an American shit-tonne.

Based on voting in the 2020 election, there are six US swing states which were won by Biden, but if won back by Trump in 2024 would more than deliver him enough electoral college votes to win back the presidency: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The margins in four of those states are the definition of razor thin theyre less than one per cent, and in the case of Georgia its a margin of just 0.12 per cent, or to be even more precise, 5,230 votes. In Arizona, the margin is 0.16 per cent (5,819 votes); and Wisconsin is 0.32 per cent (10,342 votes). Thats a total of just 21,462 votes, from more than 11 million voters.

Flipping just those three states in 2024 would deliver the 37 electoral college votes he needs to force a tie with Biden. An electoral college tie is then broken by the House of Representatives, which is currently controlled by the Republicans.

In other words, its not a big ask.

14:09

The Rule of Law Trump is Finished? "IndyWatch Feed World"

QUESTION: Marty; This seems that the onslaught against Trump is a desperate attempt fearing that he would stop the war and reverse climate change. I have been reading you for years. You have great sources but also a great insight into what is happening in this corrupt world. I used to question your warnings that the United States would end up in a civil war. Im at the point I cannot see how it is not possible.

Are they really this stupid to go after Trump if he could still become president even if convicted?

FS

ANSWER: This is an absolutely desperate attempt to make sure Trump does not ever get back to the White House. Even if he does, the talk in DC is that they will use this conviction for impeachment. But that would not really pass the test since it would be before taking office unless they stretch it out until January after he is sworn in. Nevertheless, there is far too much on the line for the Neocons. They will assassinate him as a last resort. These people assume the public is stupid and it will all blow over in 30 days anyhow when football season begins. They really do believe like the Romans, give us sports and they can do as they like.

If we look at the indictment, 31 of the 37 counts brought against Trump allege he willfully retained national defense information, which is a violation of the Espionage Act. This is really a stretch for the intent of that act was espionage and nobody is making a case that Trump was handing it to an enemy. Nevertheless, the indictment was extremely dangerous and far more serious than what Nixon faced. They are not playing games.

They are desperately staging this to put him in prison. Still, there is no actual smoking gun as they say. Trump has spoken about the classified documents acknowledging that they were classified. This is a serious risk and only a jury with common sense would find him not guilty. They use conspiracy so they do not have to prove everything beyond a reasonable doubt. It will be a case arguing what they think was in his mind at the time. Even this is selective prosecution after Biden had classified documents thrown in his car.

...

11:16

Scrying the Wind: New Research Will Revolutionize Biodiversity Tracking "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Much of the world around us is dying. Were in the midst of a mass extinction event, driven by human activity, and at this point its unclear exactly how this event will compare to its predecessors. We dont need an answer to that to know that its in our own interest to stop it, but I think that the effort to do so would be aided by a more accurate understanding of exactly what is going on. We measure the mass extinctions of the past by the fossil record- each event was discovered because a huge number of species simply stopped appearing, because there were no more of them to leave remains. We cant do that for our present crisis, because itll be a while before our era has something that could be called a fossil record.

No, if we want to understand the full horror of what were doing to our world, we have to find a way to figure out whats alive now, and track declines or disappearances, species by species. Once Upon A Time, the only way to do that was to go out and literally count individual organisms. A while back I posted about the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to determine the presence of alligator snapping turtles, simply by testing the water. Obviously, its a bit ridiculous to call the process simple, but its safer for scientists, less invasive for the turtles, and this technology means that instead of the time and effort spent laying hands on the organism in question, someone can collect water sample, label it, and send it to a lab. This might be bad news for those of us who like doing that kind of field work (certainly more than I like lab work or data analysis), but its great news for our overall ability to understand whats happening in the ecosystems of which were a part. I called that process scrying for turtles, because while DNA testing isnt magic, it sure as hell resembles some forms of it. You use powerful energies, dangerous potions, and complicated rituals, and you gain knowledge of what that water has touched, if you know the right questions to ask.

Well, it turns out we can scry the wind, as well as the water. More than that, it seems that we may even be able to ask questions of wind that was trapped in bottles, long ago:

In their new study, researchers including Clare, Allerton, and Brown along with Nina Garrett, York University Toronto, and first author Joanne Littlefair, Queen Mary University of London, tested w...

11:02

Billionaires are still paying no tax The Pen

Contributed by Jim Hayes

Something is wrong when billionaires go about paying no income tax, while everyone else is being denied the right to enjoy the same luxury. They can do this because the law provides them with loopholes and hey can pay for experts who will work it for them. Then they can claim this money back from paying taxpayers as a taxation expense. The yare rewarded for paying no tax.

Defenders of this obvious inequality are quick to brand anyone who questions it as engaging in the politics of envy. Perhaps this makes sese to those who believe self I the only value work thinking about. News flash. There are those who dont look at the world through the same lens.

This is why so many are incensed about hearing that analysis by the Australia Institute of information from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), which shows that 66 individuals pocketing an average of 14.5 million paid no tax. Analysis by the Australia Institute showed that they were aid $219,000 for help to avoid paying tax in 2020-21. This shows that they were tax receivers. Not just avoiders of paying tax.

Photo by David Maguire/ABC News

And the Australian government continues to be on track to deliver a major cut to the nominal rate next year. Estimates ae that this will mean at least $313 billion taken from Australian citizens by 2033.

Angst against this is not envy. It is standing up for justice. After all, we live in a society where we are dependent on each other. Even billionaires. This dependency exists at and outside work. None of us could eat without those who produce the food, deliver the services, provide our transport and so on.

Working together harmoniously, is how society grows and every individual withi...

11:00

Aussie Academics: Scaring School Children Improves their Climate Behaviour "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Apparently its OK to step up climate education, because the kids are scared anyway, and scaring them more "engages them with positive actions".

The post Aussie Academics: Scaring School Children Improves their Climate Behaviour first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

10:44

John Howard on the perils of Albanese's Vanity Voice Michael Smith News

Dear Michael, Recently, you might have received an e-mail from Peter Dutton about the Voice. I am concerned that enshrining in the Constitution a Voice that covers all areas of executive government presents a real risk. Like most people, I am in favour of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. However,...

10:32

Declassified Australia talk on Israeli mass surveillance Antony Loewenstein

My recent conversation at the Addi Road Writers Festival in Sydney, Australia about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, with my Declassified Australia friend, co-founder and co-editor, Peter Cronau.

We discussed surveillance capitalism and Israels leading role in its global proliferation (including in Australia via the Israeli company Cellebrite, a fact explained in a book extract that we published recently at Declassified Australia.)

The post Declassified Australia talk on Israeli mass surveillance appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

09:02

Leaked Lisa Wilkinson audio. Michael Smith News

You be the judge. pic.twitter.com/nuv6GriEZs Jay M 8th Generation Australian. (@8thGenAust) June 12, 2023

06:00

Major overhaul of national security law needed to protect open justice Media Release Archive | Human Rights Law Centre

A national security law used to shroud court cases in secrecy is undemocratic, possibly unconstitutional and in urgent need of comprehensive reform.

In a submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Grant Donaldson SC, the Human Rights Law Centre has recommended a range of reforms to improve the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (NSI Act).

In 2022, the INSLM recommended initial reforms to the NSI Act following a targeted review into Witness Js fully-secret criminal prosecution. The entire NSI Act is now under review to determine how a better balance can be struck between open justice and the protection of national security. 

In its submission, Open Justice, Closed Courts, the Human Rights Law Centre called for practical safeguards to mitigate the impact of the NSI Act on democracy and open justice in cases where a degree of secrecy may be necessary. The submission also proposed:

  • The repeal of a mandatory requirement for some hearings to be held in closed court

  • The removal of a provision that forces judges to give greatest weight to the view of the Attorney-General in determining the level of secrecy to apply in NSI Act cases

  • The appointment of independent expert to advocate for transparency in cases where secrecy is sought; and

  • The retention and periodic review of secret judgments and other closed court materials, with appropriate access.

Human Rights Law Centre Senior Lawyer, Kieran Pender said:

Open justice is a critical democratic principle, protecting the human rights of all Australians. Yet in recent years we have seen the NSI Act used to shroud the prosecution of whistleblowers like Bernard Collaery, Witness J and David McBride in secrecy, and the fully-secret prosecution of Witness J. These cases undermine public confidence in our legal system.

Comprehensive reforms are required to put open justice at the heart of the NSI Act. Appropriate checks and balances are needed to ensure the NSI Act upholds open justice without compromising national security. If adopted, our recommendations would help ensure the sweeping secrecy in cases like Collaery and Witness J can never happen again.

Read the Human Rights Law Centre submission Open Justice, Closed Courts

Media contact:
Thomas Feng
Human Rights Law Centre
Media and Communications Manager
0431 285 275
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03:43

Whats with all the naked Greek men? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Sarah Murray, an assistant professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto in Canada who is a cultural historian and archaeologist specializing in the material culture and institutions of early Greece, ponders an intriguing question: Why are so many of the Greek men found in depictions of ancient Greek art not wearing any clothes, even when they are engaged in everyday activities such as working in a foundry where basic safety should suggest that clothing was essential?

Scholars struggle to answer these questions with certainty. The truth is that male nudity, as both an aesthetic and a real practice in the ancient Greek context, was many-faceted. Men in Greek art seem to do pretty much everything without their pants on, ranging from the obvious (having sex), to the sensible (bathing and swimming), to the painful (riding horses), to the seemingly suicidal (fighting battles). The convention of nudity in Greek art cuts across apparent class differences as well as a wide range of activities: working-class nude men harvest olives and dig clay for pottery production, while heroes and gods from Greek myths and legends fight battles, pursue paramours and mourn lost friends, all while clad in armour that curiously leaves their most sensitive bits exposed.


The Classics scholar Eva Keuls entitled her book on Greek culture The Reign of the Phallus (1985), an apt turn of phrase to describe the heavily and kaleidoscopically phallic visual culture that people wandering around ancient Athens would have encountered. Overall, it is clear from the Greek case that the undressed human body can and did convey many things, depending on the context. Most of the nudity in Greek art probably does not actually represent life. We are fairly confident that Greek soldiers did not go to battle naked, that craftspeople did not in fact operate their kilns without protective clothing, and that farmers did not follow the ploughshare and oxen through cloddy fields in their birthday suits. That is to say, ancient Greece was definitively not a nudist society.

While depictions of male nudity were common in many areas of the Eastern Mediterranean society, there was one aspect that was peculiar to Greeks.

However, there is one form of nudity in Greek art that is quintessentially Greek and that does reflect a real and distinctive real-life practice. This is what the great, late art historian and Etruscologist Larissa Bonfante termed civic nudity, in what remains a key paper on the topic from 1989. Bonfante described civic nudity as informal, nude athletic activity that took place on a regular basis in gymnasia.

Understanding the institution of civic nudity is crucial for reconstructing the central place of the naked, young, athle...

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Github soll ihren "KI"-Copiloten den Code mutieren ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Github soll ihren "KI"-Copiloten den Code mutieren lassen, damit er nicht mehr wie eine direkte Kopie aussieht und automatisiert sofort als Copyright-Verletzung erkannt wird.

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21:57

What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Pharmacy Uniforms Perth? "IndyWatch Feed War"

Pharmacy Uniforms Perth help chemists to gain confidence in their patients by giving them a stylish
and professional look. They also keep them comfortable during their work shifts and maintain safety
norms. They are made of high-quality fabric and personalizing to add an element of professionalism. They are available in different sizes and washing daily. They are durable and do not crease easily. They are available at reasonable prices and come with a discount for first-time customers.

Pharmacy Uniforms Perth

A pharmacy uniforms perth is the perfect way to make your employees look professional and trustworthy. It can also help your customers feel comfortable visiting your pharmacy and trusting you with their health needs. Pharmacy uniforms are designing to be durable and comfortable. They are made from breathable fabrics and are constructing with precise tailoring. This allows them to be worn during long shifts without feeling restrictive. They also allow for easy cleaning and maintenance.

The best way to ensure a quality pharmacy uniform is to work with a reputable supplier. You can find
many suppliers online, but you should consider their customer service and reputation. A reputable
provider will have years of experience in designing and producing medical uniforms. They will also be
familiar with the Australian health sectors requiring specifications.

Pharmacy scrubs are a style of uniform that worn in the workplace and at home. They ar
crafting from flexible fabric blends to help pharmacists bend, squat, and stretch throughout the day.
Improving airflow creating through precise tailoring keeps them cool and dry, even during busy shifts.

Benefits Of Pharmacy Uniforms Perth

There are many benefits to wearing a uniform. It allows customers or clients to easily recognize
employees and it can also make people feel more confident in the staff. It also helps to promote a
company or organization. In addition, it can give a sense of community and teamwork. For example, if
you work at a school that is known for its high standards, requiring students to wear the same uniform
can create a sense of unity and pride in the school.

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21:08

BEST OF THE WEB: King Tutankhamun's 'longer than normal skull, exceedingly large brain' revealed in vivid new facial approximation "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The pharaoh Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, is arguably the best-known ruler in ancient Egyptian history. And while much has been written about the royal youth, who held the throne from about the age of 9 until his death a decade later around 1323 B.C., his actual appearance is still a matter of debate. But now, a new facial approximation provides a glimpse of what the historical figure may have looked like, revealing new insight into some of the former king's more peculiar facial characteristics. "Tutankhamun is of archaeological interest not only because of his world-famous burial treasure, but because he ruled for a decade at an important phase in Egyptian history," Michael Habicht, a senior research fellow at Flinders University in Australia and co-author of the new research, told Live Science in an email. Tut's father, the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten, had discouraged worship of all gods except Aten, the sun disc. But Tut did not follow his father's ways.

20:44

Lisa Wilkinson is only being criticised because she's a progressive woman - no BS. Michael Smith News

Colourful-leftist-identity & attention-seeker Dee Madigan thinks Lisa's dishonesty is just a gender/politics issue.

20:43

Lisa Wilkinson is only being criticised because she's a progressive woman - no BS. Michael Smith News

Colourful-leftist-identity & attention-seeker Dee Madigan thinks Lisa's dishonesty is just a gender/politics issue.

20:00

Data sleuth flags 30 randomized clinical trials from researcher in Egypt "IndyWatch Feed Health"

Ben Mol

Thirty randomized clinical trials involving a researcher in Egypt who has already had six papers retracted show signs of research misconduct and data fabrication, according to the authors of a recent preprint

Ben Mol, one of the authors of the preprint and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Monash University in Australia, has spent several years investigating the work of Sherief Abd-Elsalam, a hepatologist and gastroenterologist at Tanta University in Egypt. Abd-Elsalam denies that his research is false or fabricated. 

Mol has been exposing research misconduct in his own field for years. His work revealed dozens of dodgy obstetrics papers by Ahmed Badawy and Hatem Abu Hashim of Mansoura University, in Egypt, as well as serious problems with clinical trials led by Ahmed Maged at Cairo University, research about c-sections also from Cairo University, and urology research by Iranian researcher Mohammad Reza Safarinejad. 

Abd-Elsalam said in an email that he disagrees with the allegations in the preprint. Where is the problem? We dont know, he wrote. 

Mol began to question the integrity of Abd-Elsalams work after noticing a number of suspicious randomized controlled trials (RCTs) he helped conduct on controversial COVID-19 treatments incl...

19:54

Voir Dire, Part 5: How Many Lies Can the AFP Tell, Using Only Consonants? Gumshoe News


A yacht in Freemantle, WA, Photo: AFP

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

Dear Gumshoe Readers, When the AFP arrested Russell Pridgeon and Patrick ODea and Mrs Cling Peaches on 17 October 2018, the number of officers in tow was 20, plus an equal number of media people.  I assume the journos (not including, say, Dee McLachlan) were given the script before the arrest.

I mean, why not? Are there any rules about that sort of thing? More importantly, are there any rules about whether the media can state false facts? And if they were given those false facts by the AFP (Australian Federal Police, sort of like FBI), is the AFP accountable? What if the lies did real harm?

I gather from the 2023 book by Russell Pridgeon, that he was told he couldnt speak out in his own defense (such as by saying Hey, Pants on Fire, Everybody). I d...

19:06

Parliament Must Act Now to Free Julian Assange - an Open Letter to the Assange Parliamentary Support Group "IndyWatch Feed World"

I emailed the following to Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie and to a number of other members of the Bring Julian Assange Parliamentary Support Group on the evening of Monday 12 June, the day before the 13 June resumption of the sitting of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. How you can help : Contact your local Member of Parliament, your state Senators or members of the and ask them to vote for my proposed motion, included below or, at least, to vote for the procedural motion to allow Standing Orders to be suspended so that motion can be put. Please let us know here on candobetter of your efforts, any responses or lack thereof.

Dear Andrew Wilkie,

This is further to my previous email of 9 May, which I include below as Appendix 2

I again write to you as the convenor of the (Assange Support Group).

As you are aware, UK Justice Jonathan Swift has rejected the grounds for Julian Assange's appeal against the 17 June 2022 ruling by previous UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, that he be extradited to the United States.

Should Swift's ruling stand, Julian Assange, who has broken no British law and, as, admitted by the US military, has never endangered the life of one US soldier through his Wikileaks news service, will be extradited to the United States to face a closed kangaroo court trial. Upon conviction, he will face 175 years imprisonment in conditions even worse than the 23 hours-per-day solitary confinement he has already endured at Belmarsh Prison for the last 4 years.

How this has not outraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the other members of his government is beyond me. Yet, as revealed through that Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the PM has made no approaches to President Joe Biden on behalf of Julian Assange in the first 6 months since he was inaugurated in May 2022. Since then, Albanese has claimed to be pursuing 'quiet diplomacy' for Julian Assange. Given Swift's recent ruling, which allows Assange to be extradited, it's clear that the PM's 'quiet diplomacy' has achieved nothing for Julian Assange.

In a functioning Parliamentary democracy, this illegal and despicable conduct by both the US and the UK towards Australia's most famous and most revered citizen, and the abject failure b...

19:02

Family history research worksheets The Tigers Mouth

Family history charts and worksheets can help you plan and organise your research process, and record and visualise the information you uncover about your ancestors. They can be used instead of, or alongside, genealogy software or websites to document your research. Charts and worksheets are particularly useful to use as a working copy, where you

18:40

Solana Community Discusses Fork Due To SEC As Price Tanks "IndyWatch Feed Crypto"

The Solana (SOL) token is one of the biggest losers on the crypto market with a price drop of around 30% in the last seven days. After the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared the Solana token as well as numerous other altcoins as securities in its lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance US, the SOL price plummeted.

In a worst-case scenario, the SEC could sue Solana Foundation in the same way it did Ripple Labs in December 2020. Thus, the bottom of the SOL prices slump might not be reached yet, if the SEC really takes this step and thus causes more investors to panic sell.

Solana Community And Developers Oppose The SEC

The Solana Foundation has now responded to the SECs classification of its SOL token as an unregistered security. In a statement, it said, The Solana Foundation strongly believes that SOL is not a security, adding SOL is the native token to the Solana blockchain, a robust, open-source, community-based software project that relies on decentralized user and developer engagement to expand and evolve.

While one developer at a recent event dismissed the SECs legal action, stating that developers give a shit about what the SEC thinks, there is a part of the community that is already thinking about possible ways to solve the SEC issue.

The founder of Degen Picks launched a poll within the Solana community on whether the blockchain should fork to avoid the regulatory issues with the SEC. A total of 2,050 people participated in the poll, 39.9% answered yup while 24.2% answered stfu (shut the fuck up).

Surprisingly, the idea is supported by Abracadabra founder @HGEABC. Via Twitter, he responded to the poll, writing, Bold but not a bad idea actually. C...

18:23

Novak Djokovic: Always More than Tennis "IndyWatch Feed War"

The victory of Novak Djokovic in the latest French Open had the usual mixed reception in Australia. While Australians pretend to like radicals, larrikins and the occasional deviant, the contrary is true. Tight buttoned, properly behaved and conformist to the point of invisibility, the boringly predictable are always preferred. You can rely on them.

Even in Melbourne, a town where his following is strong (he has won 10 Australian Opens), the call back circuit on the local ABC radio station qualified, ignored, even denigrated the Serbs latest achievement. At best, 23 grand slams, making him the most accomplished player in the open era, had to be seen alongside other caveats. He did not, one caller churlishly insisted, do the grand slam in one year, twice! Another, showing the sort of maturity demanded in some spectators, insisted that a French Open without Rafael Nadal was not a tournament worth seeing. Even the radio host joined in, regretting that it had to be Novak getting his nose in front.

Of the big three who have dominated tennis for almost two decades Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic the Serbian has tended to be seen as one playing catch-up, his talent formidable, colossal, yet limping behind the anointed ones. But the views of him as a player have rarely remained technical or specific to his craft. There is always something else about him that irritates and enrages, necessitating his diminishing. He does not play the role of what might be termed the nice person.

Cathal Kelly, writing for The Globe and Mail, wistfully recalls that other villain of tennis: the young Andre Agassi. Young Andre Agassi was insufferable. He was so easily detestable that Esquire magazine named its yearly razzy sports awards after him. But the insufferable became palatable: Agassi lost the wig, became a nice person. It was a real disappointment. He also found himself a wife of unquestioned goodness: another stellar tennis performer, Steffi Graf.

Djokovic, however, presents so...

18:20

New digital tool maps blue carbon ecosystems in high resolution "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

When Hurricane Dorian blazed its trail of destruction through the Bahamas in 2019, it ravaged the countrys mangroves. Almost overnight, coastal communities were deprived of a natural barrier that protected them from high tides and storm surges. Since then, several nonprofits and local organizations have taken up restoration projects to revive mangroves in the island nation. But given the scale of destruction, where do you begin? How do you determine which areas to prioritize? Florida-based nonprofit Perry Institute for Marine Sciences used a recently developed online tool to answer these questions. The Blue Carbon Explorer mapped out mangroves in the Bahamas, including a color-coded depiction of how their health had changed over time: red for mangrove loss, black for no change and green for mangrove growth. With the help of this data, the Perry team was able to pinpoint areas where mangroves had degraded and were not likely to recover naturally and used this information to prioritize sites for restoration. The team is currently working with local groups to try out a suite of methods to restore mangroves in the worst-affected areas, including direct planting, letting waves disperse propagules naturally and dropping propagules from drones in hard-to-reach areas. The data in the tool found degraded mangroves that are more isolated from the healthier ones, Valerie Pietsch McNulty, conservation scientist at the nonprofit Nature Conservancy, told Mongabay in a video interview. Those areas are less likely to recover naturally because they arent close to a seed source. The Blue CarbonThis article was originally published on Mongabay

17:46

Cureganics Customer Reviews: Real Feedback from Consumers "IndyWatch Feed World"

In just a few short years, CBD products have proliferated all over the place and can now be purchased in the form of oral oils, edibles like gummies, candies, foods, pills, or beverages, topically applied ointments, creams, or lotions applied to the skin, and inhaled via vaping or smoking. A devoted client base that is very pleased with Cureganics goods has been developed. The firm makes some of the best CBD products due to its transparency, quality, and price. These satisfied consumers willingness to provide positive reviews of Cureganics goods on many platforms testifies to the brands success and customer service.

Is CBD Considered A Drug?

Source: nm.org/healthbeat

THC, CBDs cousin, does not cause the high associated with marijuana. Due of its association with cannabis, CBDs legal status and narcotic status are unclear. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp-derived CBD in the US. Hemp-derived CBD products are no longer Schedule I pharmaceuticals. CBD from cannabis plants with more than 0.3% THC is still illegal and classified as a Schedule I drug by the federal government. CBD products should be used cautiously, even though THC is a narcotic. Some CBD products include harmful contaminants. CBDs drug interactions may also cause harm. CBD is typically harmless, although it might cause fatigue, diarrhea, and appetite changes. CBD, like any supplement or medication, should be checked by a doctor before use.

How Does CBD Impact Brain Function?

Source: analyticalcannabis.com

CBD affects the brain through the ECS. The ECS controls pain, mood, and appetite via a complex network of receptors and chemicals. CBD interacts with ECS receptors CB1 and CB2, which may affect the brain and body. CBD reduces anxiety. CBD may reduce cortisol, a stress hormone associated with anxiety and tension. CBD may increase brain levels of serotonin and anandamide, which promote relaxation and well-being. CBD may be neur...

16:15

Minnesota Man Gets Less Than 180 Days In Jail For Raping Girls Aged 4 And 9 "IndyWatch Feed War"

Mary Rooke The Daily Caller Jan 31, 2023

A 20-year-old man from Rochester, Minnesota, will spend less than six months in jail for raping two girls aged four and nine.

Mohamed Bakari Shei was sentenced to 176 days in the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center on Monday for two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with someone under 13, reported KIMT. Shei entered an Alford plea in Dec. 2022, pleading guilty while maintaining his innocence but acknowledging the evidence against him would cause a jury to convict him.

In addition to the jail sentence, District Judge Jacob Allen gave Shei 30 years of supervised probation and 200 hours of community work service, according to the report. Shei pled guilty to raping a nine-year-old girl several times beginning on Mothers Day 2018 and another girl around four or five years old in 2021, reported the Post Bulletin.

Olmsted County Senior Attorney Thomas Gort said Sheis plea deal included a stay of adjudication and no prison time to prevent him from prolonging his prosecution, according to the report. Shei could have challenged his status of being tried in adult court since he was around 16 years old when he committed the rapes.

With good behavior, Shei will serve, at most, 116 days in Olmsted County Adult Detention Center, the report stated. His jail sentence will begin Feb. 13, 2023. Shei was also ordered to undergo a sex offender program and complete 200 hours of community service.

At Sheis sentencing hearing, one of his victims gave a statement about her experience dealing with the sexual assaults. There is no moving on or getting over it. Ive tried, she said, according to the outlet.

A family member of one of Sheis victims told him he would answer for the sexual assaults that caused the child to become detached and introverted, the report stated.

Some day you will have to answer for his egregious act against a child, they told Shei in court.

Sheis plea deal does not require that he register as a sex offender.

 

Source

16:06

When The Conditions of Life Go South, You Get All Kinds of Poseurs Playing God. You Can Expect The Usual Results. "IndyWatch Feed War"

Smoking Mirrors June 9, 2023

God Poet Transmitting.

If you ask your search engine; why does the smoke from Quebec blow South? You find that both the NY and LA Times have a spin on it, AND so do all kinds of other mass media cloacas. Its called getting ahead of the story cutting the truth off at the pass seizing the narrative until its in George Floyd Country.

The bottom feeders who ironically appear to be resident at the top of the food chain are well aware of the changes in patterns and trends as the new age comes into its measured sector in the endless cycle of Nature in transformation responding to the way The Light is precipitated into form through the particular constellation it will be shining through. We can only hope you read that sentence with some degree of patient attentiveness.

So they have latched on to certain areas of change with the idea that we can collectively do something about them; Climate Change, for instance. They want to be out in front of the traffic caused by humanitys latest passage through Time and Space.

I wonder how many people think about how the story about The Tower of Babel happened to make an appearance? Who was behind all those Greek and Roman myths? How about Noah and The Ark? Its patently absurd on the face of it, but are there deeper implications concerning God and Natures reactions to the decay of culture at that time?

Dont you get the feeling sometimes that someone several someones or something is behind the curtain that cuts off the view of backstage from the audience in the theater? Is life itself a Punch and Judy Show? I mean of course there are those bottom feeders who like to give the impression that they are in charge of conditions and events, and you could surmise that The Dark Lord is behind them, but surely The Dark Lord answers to someone too. Doesnt he?

Is he responsible for turning existence into The Buggerers Banquet? Is it humanity causing it through its collective resistance to The Light, or are these the things that happen automatically when Materialism reaches a certain level of density and intensity?

Consider The Fetal Position. Please note how as life advances toward death how the body seems to curl back into a similar position. I imagine if it kept going and Nature was accommodating then Humanity would likely disappear up its own waste canal?

It seems to me that you have either a circular awareness if you are one who thinks that what you see is all there is or a spiraling consciousness that by stages progresses to states of being beyond the bandwidth of the senses, w...

14:42

Still unanswered: Trumps motive for withholding classified documents "IndyWatch Feed War"

THE 49-PAGE GRAND JURY indictment, filed last week in Florida by the United States Department of Justice, contains 37 criminal charges against former president Donald Trump. The charges can be summarized into a two-fold accusation: Trump is alleged to have stolen more than 300 classified documents upon leaving the White House in January 2021. Moreover, he allegedly schemed with a group of advisors and aides in order to obstruct efforts by the government to retrieve the stolen documents. Both accusations are spelled out in stark detail in the pages of the indictment. What remains unanswered, however, is the motive.

14:09

The True Story of Hyperinflation "IndyWatch Feed World"

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong,
could you please explain what happens in technical terms from a capital flow perspective, when confidence is lost and hyperinflation starts to begin?
For example Turkey. When Erdogan was elected i think you wrote that ever since the lira started dropping. So confidence in politics is key. Do you think one day we will see hyperinflation in Turkey?
And another example, is Yugoslavia: what caused the hyperinflation (in technical terms/capital flow perspective)? Are foreign investors getting rid of the dinars? Too many dinars than suddenly rushed back into Yugoslavia causing hyperinflation?
Regards,
Magdalena .

ANSWER: The misnomer about hyperinflation is that it is caused by printing money. It is a RESPONSE to the collapse in the confidence of the government.  If we look at the 3rd century, this is where we find the greatest number of hoards of ancient coins. What began this was the capture of...

12:23

Looking after our elders every day National News Echonetdaily

Dr Vnia de la Fuente-Nez, says elder abuse was one of the most hidden forms of abuse in society. Photo supplied.

Ahead of Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, The Fred Hollows Foundation is calling for more community safeguards to protect older people with vision impairment from neglect and mistreatment.

Around one in six people aged 60 years or older have experienced some form of abuse over the past year, according to the World Health Organiaztion (WHO). 

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Day.

Two in three staff have committed abuse

The rates of abuse of older people are even higher in institutions, including nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where two in three staff report that they have committed abuse in the past year. 

The Foundations Senior Adviser for Healthy Ageing, Dr Vnia de la Fuente-Nez, said elder abuse was one of the most hidden forms of abuse in society and older people with sight issues were most at risk of being harmed.  

People with vision impairment have increased vulnerability

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12:05

THE SMEKALKA VIDEO Ronald's space

Richard Boyle is being prosecuted for trying to prevent more of these murders

SMEKALKA can mean that a person is technically very competent (savvy), or has a lot of common sense.

Posting short link: https://wp.me/p1n8TZ-3kn 

However, its reverse meaning is freaking cracy idiot.

Smekalka is therefore my description of choice to describe both the illegal invasion of Ukraine AND the unlawful attempt by the Federal Parliament to undermine the Public Interest Disclosure Act by prosecuting Richard Boyle for doing what urgently needed to done, i.e., blow the whistle on the endemic corruption (process corruption) within...

11:11

Kings Birthday, but is there a King of Australia? Corporate Australia


On the 12 of June most of Australia, except for Queensland and Western Australia celebrates the UKs monarchs birthday.

Before, it was known for most peoples lives as the Queens birthday, where there was also a Queen of Australia which the legal system works under.

Was this figure put in lawfully into the colonys legislature?

Short answer, no.

So now the motherland has a new monarch, but does that make him automatically a King of the colony?

Of course not, as always there is a procedure that must be adhered to.

So lets see if the rascals and outlaws in the colony have done their paperwork correctly?

Does Australias Constitution allow for the creation of a King of Australia?

Remembering that the Constitution is Australias fundamental legal document, describing how the people in government must act, including their oath for appointments.

Is there an enumerated head of power within the Constitution to create a title for the King of Australia?

Lets not buy into a conspiracy theories, and go straight to the government, after all isnt their word final?

A FOI (Freedom of Information) request was sent to the Australian Government to provide the necessary paperwork.

On the 20th of October 2020 a response was given.

See document FOI22/234; CM22/43725, below:


Source:

https://constitutionwatch.com.au/is-there-a-power-within-the-constitution-to-create-a-king-of-australia/

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09:29

Civil War-I Will Rule The Universe donaldelley

Pastor Brian Houston, the self-proclaimed greatest pastor on earth meets his Waterloo at court in Sydney, Australia.

Why was Waterloo so significant?

Waterloo ended the wars that had convulsed Europe since the French Revolution (1789-99). It also ended Frances attempts, whether under Louis XIV or Napoleon, to dominate the continent. Waterloo inaugurated a general European peace that, apart from the brief interruption of the Crimean War (1854-56), lasted until 1914. National Army Museum UK

09:13

US radio KPFK on The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein

My interview on US radio station KPFKs program, Middle East in Focus, on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, including a discussion about how the US and Israel relationship has contributed to backing the worst regimes in the world since the 1970s:

The post US radio KPFK on The Palestine Laboratory appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

08:42

Tulsi Gabbard on Biden and his phoney Trump indictments Michael Smith News

Trump indictment undermines democracy because if a law is going to be enforced, it should be enforced equally and fairly across the board. The selective use of govt institutions and law enforcement to go after political or personal opponents, undermines the very essence of the pic.twitter.com/Hw3w36Zfq8 Tulsi Gabbard ...

08:42

Why is there a global revolt against United States economic domination? The Pen

Contributed by Joe Montero

The number of international agreements aimed at abandoning the US dollar in trade has been growing lately. This movement has been pushed along by Washingtons aggressive foreign policy. Buts its roots lie in a history of colonialism and neocolonialism, and the attempts of subjugated nations to break free.

We are witnessing today, a monumental shift from a global economy dominated by the United States towards one it no longer dominates, and the associated decline in Washingtons capacity to impose its political will on the world.

Paradoxically, it is this decline that is driving Washingtons use of trade sanctions and the weaponizing of the dollar like never before, as stools to both export domestic economic problems to other nations and achieve its own political ends. These actions are further undermining both and pushing dozens of countries to look elsewhere.

A legacy of revealed military weakness is another factor. From Korea, through to Vietnam, Iraq , Afghanistan, and Syria, they have all brought about defeat. Now the proxy war in Ukraine shows signs it is heading in the same direction. The military posture against China of recent years threatens a war that the United States cant win.

The difference toady is that all of this is combining and has become entrenched enough to create an opportunity for nations to assert greater independence.

Here are a few salient facts.

The United States accounts for around 20 percent of global economic output. At the same time, it has possession of more than half of the worlds currency reserves, and the bulk of international transactions are carried out with the US dollar. The discrepancy between the share of output and control over the global financial system reveals the extent of dependency on financial transactions as the engine of the economy.

It also reveals a parasitic aspect. This is because financial transactions in excess to the needs of economic output, means that money is invested and then drawn out again in a bigger volume and leaving little behind, except a web of debt and dependency.

...

08:20

Assange's extradition go-ahead signals gloves off in the west "IndyWatch Feed World"

As Australia agrees to host a second US military base among the 800 to 1000 US bases and installations round the world, it also stands almost silently by as the US pursues Julian Assange's extradition to the bowels of the bent and fractured US legal system. This appalling system is now poised to outlaw free speech indefinitely in the United States and wherever its tentacles reach around the globe. Ironically, its prosecution of free speech won't affect Russia or China, which have cut themselves loose from its so-called 'democratic' chains.

No-one holds any hope that the 'trial' Julian will undergo in the US will give him justice.  Julian realised years before that extradition was just a prelude to torture and indefinite imprisonment, a pretense at fair legal process, in order to silence him and bring despair to those who support human rights.

What Julian is facing personally is truly demonic, but all journalists, including any bloggers, now potentially face the same, should anything they produce displease the billionaire oligarchs who now command the highest offices in the United States and destabilise and loot countries all over the world.  For that is the point of the US pursuit of Assange: it is to prevent criticism of modern corporate capitalism's real basis, which is the old-fashioned one of looting and violence.  Those who dominate our western governments have no love for self-determination and fairness, but they don't want the masses to understand this. Widespread comprehension of how dishonest and malign they really are would actually undermine their power stucture.

Was it always so?

Post-WW2 western democracy and human rights

After WW2, with vast amounts of cheap fossil fuel available, and an apparently viable alternative political system possible in the USSR, western countries seemed to become generous, humane and truly democratic.  Education, health and housing were made accessible, often free, as human rights.  Politicians were also accessible, with offices at ground level and no guards positioned outside.  Mere indignation seemed to spur them to action. Unemployment was something that only happened to the truly incompetent and indigent, inflation was low and wages easily caught up with it.

After the oil shocks of the early 1970s, when the governments of oil-producing states, including Australia's Whitlam Government, attempted to take control of their assets away from foreign corporations and prioritise them for their own peoples, nationally representative leaders were toppled, western populations were reeducated to endure scarcity and, gradually, education, health, and housing became more expensive, banking was dereg...

07:55

Trump Indictment: FBI Veteran Raises Red Flags Over Abnormal Mar-a-Lago Raid "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Ekaterina Blinova Sputnik 11.06.2023

A senior FBI official charged with executing the raid on former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago last year has raised a red flag about abnormalities and apparent violations in the Justice Departments handling of the case.

Former Assistant Director of the FBIs Washington Field Office (WFO) Steven DAntuono has reached out to the US Congress citing concerns and frustration with the manner President Joe Bidens Department of Justice arranged the August 2022 raid of former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago home.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan unveiled the damning testimony earlier this week and sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers.

First, DAntuono, who had two decades of FBI experience, drew attention to the fact that the bureaus headquarters made the decision to assign the execution of the search warrant in Trumps Miami residence to the Washington Field Office. As per DAntuono, it looked strange given that the search occurred in the territory of the Miami Field Office, which should have been assigned with the task under the bureaus rules.

Second, the DoJ failed to assign a US Attorneys Office to the investigative matter of that magnitude which was unusual as per the FBI veteran. This triggered DAntuonos deep concerns as it was out of the ordinary. He noted that he never got a good answer from DoJ with regard to this decision.

Third, the FBI did not first seek consent to effectuate the search. DAntuono recalled that at the meeting between FBI and DoJ officials, the Department of Justice pushed the bureau to execute the search warrant as quickly as possible. Referring to his experience, the FBI veteran underscored that the agency should have sought consent to search the premises prior to the raid. DAntuono suggested that either AG Garland or FBI Director Christopher Wray made the decision to seek a search warrant despite opposition from the agents working on the case in the WFO. DAntuono pointed out that there was a good likelihood that [Trumps legal team] could have given consent.

Fourth, the FBI refused to wait for Trumps attorney to be present before the raid, as per DAntuono. The bureau veteran claimed that the FBI sought to exclude Trumps lawyers from the search, which again sounded an alarm for the senior officer.

The FBI veterans testimony has prompted US Republican lawmakers to make a repeated request for bureau documents and information concerning the raid. In his latest let...

06:24

The meanest of the mean girls goes feral. Michael Smith News

The Australian Newspapers Liam Mendes tried to get the mean girl Minister Katy Gallagher to answer a crucial question about Higgins. She demonstrates what a piece of work she really is. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher was defiant and all but silent as she flew into a Canberra firestorm over her...

06:21

Are Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) Causing Gender Dysphoria? Lets Look At The Evidence "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
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(86) Stephen Horn on Twitter: "@CollinRugg When this video was first leaked in March, here's the thread I put together with the history of what we know about these Metropolitan Police Officers https://t.co/TH8aJ9kXFL" / Twitter
JANUARY 6 CARE PACKAGE
Plainclothes cops at Capitol during Jan. 6 riot, one on video exhorting crowd, key lawmaker says | Just The News
The British Imperial Hand Behind Russiagate and Global Governance Exposed Again
John F Kennedy Broke the Rules of the Zero Sum Game. Will his nephew learn how this was done?
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(57) Vincent Kennedy on Twitter: "Kennedy laying it all out there. https://t.co/nWLOT4CufO" / Twitter
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) | Endocrine Society
Endocrine Disruptors
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04:36

Plants Can Clean Toxic Chemicals From The Air in Hours, Study Shows "IndyWatch Feed Health"

In the face of increasing global environmental concerns, air quality remains a paramount issue, both outdoors and inside our homes and offices. Recent studies by the Environmental Protection Agency suggest that indoor air pollutants are often two to five times higher than outdoor levels. These indoor air contaminants can lead to a host of health issues, including allergies, respiratory problems, and even chronic diseases such as cancer. Thankfully, research shows that nature might offer a solution to this mounting problem.

Plant-Powered Air Purification

A team of scientists at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia recently published a fascinating study on the potential of indoor plants to purify the air. The research, funded by plant-scaping company Ambius, discovered that certain plants within a vertical wall system were capable of absorbing harmful compounds found in petrol vapors. These toxins, known as volatile organic compounds or VOCs, are often present in public spaces such as offices, hospitals, and classrooms.

During an average workday, the experimental setup demonstrated that the plants could reduce the concentration of several notorious carcinogenic compounds to less than 20% of their original levels. The implications of this discovery for improving indoor air quality are immense, potentially offering an eco-friendly alternative to energy-intensive ventilation systems.

Assessing the Efficacy of Plant Purifiers

Although similar research has previously been conducted on the ability of plants to absorb VOCs, most studies assessed the removal of single chemical species under controlled conditions. In contrast, the UTS team...

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23:48

The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War "IndyWatch Feed War"

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 11, 2023

For any given war, one can examine the months or years or decades during which one or both sides worked diligently to make it happen, and both sides conspicuously failed to develop peaceful alternatives. Even in the moment of greatest violence, one can consider the unarmed-resistance alternatives that are carefully kept out of consideration.

But even if you can explain away all justification for every side of every particular war yes, even that one, there remains the false claim that war is somehow simply part of humanity. If ants were to stop waging wars, nobody would bat an eye, but such a feat is deemed simply beyond the intelligence of homo sapiens.

There is a problem for this nonsense. It is the problem of peaceful human societies. We know that many, if not most, hunter-gatherer groups of humans engaged for the vast bulk of human existence in nothing resembling low-tech war. Even in recent millennia, much of Australia, the Arctic, Northeast Mexico, the Great Basin of North America, and even Europe before the rise of patriarchic warrior cultures, did largely or entirely without war. Recent examples abound. In 1614 Japan cut itself off from the West and from major warfare until 1853 when the U.S. Navy forced its way in. During such periods of peace, culture flourishes. The colony of Pennsylvania for a time chose to respect the native peoples, at least in comparison with other colonies, and it knew peace and prospered. The notion held by celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that because 17th century Europe invested in science by investing in warfare therefore only through militarism can any culture advance, and therefore conveniently enough astrophysicists are 100% justified in working for the Pentagon, is a view based on an absurd level of blinkered prejudice that few liberals would accept if duplicated in explicitly racist or sexist terms.

But simply to assert, or even indisputably prove, that various societies have liv...

16:33

Leaked Video Shows D.C. Cops Were Rioters And Instigators At J-6 Protest "IndyWatch Feed War"

Cullen McCue Trending Politics News June 10, 2023

U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has sent a letter to law enforcement agencies demanding answers on undercover police activity on January 6. The congressman cited an authenticated GoPro video that shows at least one undercover officer urging protesters to climb barriers and enter the Capitol building.

In an interview with Just The News, Loudermilk confirmed the authenticity of a GoPro video released this past March in which at least one undercover D.C. Metropolitan Police officer can be seen instigating illegal activity. We know that it is one of their officers and at one point he is encouraging, and it appears hes encouraging, hes definitely helping people climb the scaffolding, and hes telling them go, go, go, Loudermilk told the Just the News.

Why is an officer encouraging people to climb the scaffolding and go into the Capitol? And secondly, why did the MPD Metropolitan Police support department decide to put undercover officers in the crowd? Was there intelligence that they had that was or was not passed on to the Capitol Police and what did the Capitol police do with that evidence, if they got it? he added.

The shocking footage shows a plainclothes MPD officer climbing construction scaffolding while encouraging other protesters to do the same. He also yelled go, go, go and keep moving as protesters stood on a ledge outside the Capitol pavilion, urging them to move forward towards the building.

The footage was obtained after January 6 defendant William Pope of Topeka, Kansas filed a motion on February 21. While my descriptions of the undercover MPD officers are accurate, the media and the public should not have to rely on my descriptions alone, Pope wrote.

It is in the interests of justice that this exhibit in support of my motion be seen by all.

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15:00

All the ways AI is going to change (not steal) your job "IndyWatch Feed World"

AI may be threatening some jobs, but its going to improve a lot of others.

We get it: The unknown is a little scary. Although AI has been around for decades, the meteoric rise of ChatGPT has changed the conversation around whether we will lose our jobs to robots. The answer is . . . complicated.

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14:25

Link Roundup: June 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

I guess its just one of those months where I didnt save links for this roundup.  Nonetheless, I will plug the Ace Journal Clubs discussion about why low sexual desire is considered a mental disorder.  And I have a single link:

Why Do You Always Kill Gods in JRPGs? | Moon Channel (video, 1:31 hours) The short answer is that the evil god is capitalism.  This is a great video essay about the history of Japan, and how its interpreted through the metaphors of Japanese mythology.  Through this lens, Japanese history is a sequence of false gods, each rising and fallingfrom the Shogunate to Christianity to state Shinto, and now capitalism.  The game isnt mentioned in the video, but it finally makes sense to me why Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is about a bunch of old immortals feeding on the life force of a populace doomed to die youngalthough I suppose that same story could have been written from an American perspective as well.

10:46

Ameliorative effect of ethanolic Echinacea purpurea against hyperthyroidism-induced oxidative stress. "IndyWatch Feed Health"

PMID:  Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 22 ;24(1). Epub 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 36613632 Abstract Title:  Ameliorative Effect of Ethanolicagainst Hyperthyroidism-Induced Oxidative Stress via AMRK and PPAR Signal Pathway Using Transcriptomics and Network Pharmacology Analysis. Abstract:  (L.) Moench (EP) is a well-known botanical supplement with antioxidant characteristics. However, the effects of EP on oxidative stress induced by hyperthyroidism have not yet been studied. This study was designed to evaluate the antioxidative effect of ethanolic(EEP) on hyperthyroidism-induced oxidative stress mice using an integrated strategy combining transcriptomics with network pharmacology analysis. Firstly, a hyperthyroidism mice model was induced via thyroxine (160 mg/kg) and EEP (1, 2, or 4 g/kg) once daily for 2 weeks. Body weight, thyroid-stimulating hormones, and oxidative stress markers were tested. Secondly, EEP regulating the potential genes at transcript level were analyzed. Thirdly, a network pharmacology based on the constituents of EEP identified using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS analysis was adopted. Finally, a joint analysis was performed to identify the key pathway. The results showed that EEP significantly changed the thyroid-stimulating hormones and oxidative stress markers. Meanwhile, RT-qPCR and Western Blotting demonstrated that the mechanism of the antioxidant effect of EEP reversed the mRNA expression of EHHADH, HMGCR and SLC27A2 and the protein expression of FABP and HMGCR in AMPK and PPAR signaling pathways. This study integrates transcriptomics with network pharmacology to reveal the mechanism of ameliorative effect of EEP on hyperthyroidism-induced oxidative stress.

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07:34

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, June 10, 2023, #409 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The completely unprecedented Canadian wildfire incinerations are creating and feeding a massive solar radiation management "smoke apocalypse" that has covered the majority of the North American continent. Does this scenario serve primary stated objectives of climate engineering operations? The short answer is yes. On the other side of the world record shattering heat is fueling

04:31

Understanding Presidential Records and the National Archives "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

In the coming days and weeks, Americans will likely spend a lot of time discussing and arguing over former President Donald Trumps indictment. Ideally, these should be fact-based conversations. However, it is much more likely that the opinions of a lot of people will be tainted by misinformation and propaganda.

As a service to our readers, WhoWhatWhy will periodically make available primary sources that will help Americans better understand what is happening.

Yesterday, for example, we published the text of the indictment, which every American should read prior to forming an opinion about what Trump may have done or not done and whether those actions likely constituted a crime.

Today, we want to take a closer look at the Presidential Records Act, recent guidance about it that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) published, and the answers to some frequently asked questions that might come up as people discuss the indictment.

The Presidential Records Act (PRA) requires presidents and vice presidents to turn the records they created while in office over to NARA when their term ends.

The law unambiguously states that the US retains complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records.

In addition, the president is expected to turn these records over right away. There is no provision in the law that allows them to sort through them first. Obviously, presidents take a lot of stuff from the White House when they move out. Therefore, it is possible that they discover presidential records among their things at some point in the future.

When that happens, they are expected to quickly notify NARA and turn those records over.

However, it is important to note that there is a difference between presidential records and personal records. The former must be turned over, but the president can hold onto the latter.

Personal records are defined as documentary materials of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President. Th...

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