A brutal week on Wall Street for tech stocks and others was further upended by new surges in so-called “meme stocks” favored by young app investors. And top of the list, again? GameStop (GME). GameStop led a surge on Wednesday even as the market was generally going south. Shares went up over 100 percent late...
Tag: Mar 2 2021
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DEBUNKING THE FLOURIDE MYTH
By Gary Null, PhD and Richard Gale In the 1964 satirical black comedy film Dr. Strangelove, there is the iconic scene where the rogue general Jack D. Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden, tells Peter Sellers’ character, “Ever hear of the fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous...
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IMMIGRANT CHILDREN CRISIS AT U.S. BORDER
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) reported a jump in arrests of unaccompanied immigrant children at the southern border. The government is anticipating up to 9,000 could be taken into custody, which could strain the system. The Wall Street Journal reported that arrests at the border are on pace to increase by 50 percent in February when...
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CUOMO: THREE SEXUAL STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo was accused of sexual harassment by two former aides, which prompted the embattled leader to call for an independent investigation into the allegations. On Sunday, he was hit with another harassment strike. The New York Times reported on Saturday that Charlotte Bennett, who worked as his executive assistant and health policy advisor,...
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U.S. CAPITOL RIOTS: POLICE BLAME BAD INTEL
America, the “Land of the Free,” the world leader in wars that cost trillions and kill millions which has not won a war since World War II, lost again when it couldn’t stop un-armed rioters from storming the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on 6 January. Steven Sund, the former head of the U.S. Capitol...
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NEW GMO FOODS TARGET CONSUMERS, NOT FARMERS
The first round of genetically modified foods was designed to make life easier for farmers: corn that sported genes to kill bugs or wheat that could survive in dry climates, for example. Now a new generation of genetically altered crops is fashioning products more amenable to consumers’ tastes. The start-up Pairwise has yanked the gene...
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NEW FUSION ENERGY METHOD REVIVES ADVOCATES’ HOPES
For decades, fusion energy has been physicists’ grail of infinite, clean power. Now a completely new approach by engineers at the University of New South Wales has moved fusion power closer to practicality. Fusion scientists have been trying to capture the same kind of energy released by the sun in the same way as the...
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A WEARABLE MEDICAL LAB
Bioscientists at the University of California at San Diego have fashioned a stretchy polymer patch smaller than a business card that will monitor your blood pressure; read your sweat to measure levels of alcohol, caffeine, and lactose in your body; and track glucose levels in the fluid between your cells. At the center of the...
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BIDEN’S CIA PICK: CHINA FOR THE “LONG HAUL”
As we have reported, the Biden administration has vowed to keep a close eye on China after announcing a task force last month fully devoted to countering Beijing, which President Biden has called the U.S.’s most “serious competitor.” Last Wednesday, William J. Burns, Biden’s pick to head the CIA, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that...
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BIDEN BACKTRACKS ON HOLDING SAUDI PRICE ACCOUNTABLE
President Biden, throughout his campaign, promised he would approach Saudi Arabia differently than former President Trump and hold Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for his alleged role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. That has not happened. Back in November 2019, Biden said that if elected, he would make it clear to Saudi Prince...