Unionization was one of our Top Trends for 2022, and as we have been reporting each week, across the work spectrum, it’s “on-trend.” Teachers from Minneapolis Public Schools and other workers in the system announced last Tuesday that they will strike over wages and working conditions. The Wall Street Journal reported that one of the demands is...
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IRAN MISSILE ATTACK HITS ISRAELI TARGET
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced Sunday that it was responsible for the ballistic missile attack on an Israeli “strategic center” in Erbil Kurdistan, a region in northern Iraq, which was seen as a clear message to the U.S. and Israel about its military capabilities. The missiles were fired from Iran and hit near a U.S. Consulate...
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SOUTH KOREA NEW GOVERNMENT = ESCALATION OF MILITARY TENSIONS
South Korea last week elected a former prosecutor who will likely push the country closer to Washington but anger China in the process. Political observers said the election was “not an election for the future but an election looking back,” according to The New York Times. “By electing Yoon people wanted to punish Moon’s government they...
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ACTUAL DEFENSE AND COMBAT
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato When the idea of allowing full contact in karate sparring arose (i.e., mid to late 1970’s) it sparked a powerful response from martial arts enthusiasts. “Wow! That will really get you ready to kick ass in the street!”, “Ultimate realism!”, “This will let people prepare for actual combat when...
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COVID SPEEDS SHIFT TO HOME DIAGNOSTICS
In the age of smartphones, personal portable devices give everyone the ability to diagnose an illness, as we’ve reported in articles such as “Doctor in Your Hand” (23 Sep 2015) and “Cough, Cough…Your Doctor is on the Phone” (19 Jul 2017). That trend has been evolving. Now, after COVID, it’s exploding. “All of a sudden,...
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SLOWING AGING BY REPROGRAMMING CELLS
Scientists at the Salk Institute delayed aging in mice by genetically engineering their cells to produce more of four molecules known as “Yamanaka factors,” which control how accurately DNA is copied and also foster the creation of stem cells. Trying the technique with mice, the researchers found it had a rejuvenating effect on kidneys, skin,...
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ARE COWS THE KEY TO RECYCLING PLASTIC?
Nations have laid plans to negotiate a legally binding global treaty to reduce plastic pollution. Cows aren’t at the table for the discussions but they may play a part in making the treaty work. One of the four chambers in a cow’s stomach is the rumen, which incubates the bacteria that break down the coarse...
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A SCIENTIFIC LOOK AT BOTANICAL PLANTS AND SUPPLEMENTS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
By Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD, The Progresive Radio Network During the past two years the coronavirus pandemic has dominated the news at the expense of everything else that is critical and urgent in our lives. As panic decreases and less cases are reported daily, health-minded people are eager or even desperate to know...
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UKRAINE HOSTED ILLEGAL U.S. BIOWARFARE LABORATORIES
By Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed last Tuesday that Ukrainian authorities destroyed inventories of plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly pathogens in illegal U.S. biowarfare laboratories in Ukraine operated and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to prevent them from falling into Russian hands. U.S. Under...
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WAR, PROFIT AND TRANSHUMANISM: THE QUEST FOR THE “SECOND QUANTUM REVOLUTION”
A consistent theme of technocratic pursuit is that while it may crow loudly about widespread benefits to mankind, it is too often tied to more sinister motives. With a new DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) call to work with mega tech companies to speed a “digital arms race” to quantum computing, the dynamic appears...