Study Shows Dramatic Benefits from Banning Smartphones in Norwegian Middle School

  A ninth grader places her cellphone in to a phone holder as she enters class at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah.Rick Bowmer/Associated Press By Shannon Larson The long-running debate over whether to ban smartphones in schools has intensified in recent months, fueled by increased warnings about the harms of social media on youth mental health and the distractions…

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USDA Approves Plan to Genetically Modify Soybeans to Produce ‘Plant-Grown’ Pig Protein

  By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this month approved a biotech firm’s plan to genetically engineer soybeans to produce a “plant-grown” meat protein the company calls Piggy Sooy. Luxembourg-based Moolec Science is genetically modifying soybeans to produce porcine myoglobin, a pig protein. The end product is a “blended meat,” which is part plant, part…

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States Move to Reject WHO Treaty, Federal Health Diktats

Protesters gather for a rally the L.A. City Council’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees and contractors in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, 2021. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) By Kevin Stocklin At a time when governments and global organizations are seeking additional powers to deal with pandemics or other catastrophes, a burgeoning effort is rising in opposition to defend local autonomy and…

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“A Victory for Farmers”: Supreme Court Halts Genetically Modifie

  Colin Toddhunter On 19 April 2024, the Philippines Supreme Court issued a cease-and-desist order on the commercial propagation of genetically modified (GM) Golden Rice and GM eggplant in the country. The Stop Golden Rice Network says that the court decision is a victory for farmers and consumers everywhere as the decision goes beyond Golden Rice and insecticidal eggplant and covers “any…

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Doctors Predict Epidemic of Prion Brain Diseases

Story at-a-glance Mounting research suggests a serious side effect of the COVID mRNA jabs could be dementia, and the prions that cause it may be contagious Frameshifting, as we now know occurs in the COVID shots, can induce prion production and lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Sid Belzberg’s prions.rip website, which collected data on…

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Ukraine Can't Use US Top Notch GLSDB Munitions Due to Russian Electronic Warfare Systems

Sputnik International The GLSDB, or Guided Long-Range Surface-to-Surface Delivery Ballistic Bombs, is a joint development of Boeing and Saab, which added a rocket engine to the air bomb and adapted it for launch using multiple rocket launchers. The Ukrainian Army is unable to effectively use GLSDB precision-guided bombs, which the US transferred to Kiev at the beginning of the year, due to…

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How Africa’s National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Portugal

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (Portugal), A Poesia Está Na Rua I [Poetry Is out on the Street I], 1974. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo (‘New State’), formally…

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List of US colleges advocating for divestment from ‘Israel’: Newsweek

By Al Mayadeen English As student movements keep gaining momentum, Newsweek has published a list of some universities that have advocated for the severing of ties with “Israel”. Pro-Palestine protests have swept university campuses across the United States, with calls for the alienation from “Israel” or Israeli-affiliated institutions. As student protests and movements increasingly gained…

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Trump II: How US Allies Are Preparing for a Second Term

By Alexander Ratz, Diego Oré and Gram Slattery BERLIN/MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexican government officials are talking to Camp Trump. And Australia is busy making laws to help Trump-proof its U.S. defense ties. Everywhere, U.S. allies are taking steps to defend or…

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US Plan to To Seize Lithium in Bolivia Revealed

Luis Arce, current Bolivian Socialist President, to the right a Lithium Mine. Illustrative image. | Photo: X/ @Cooperativa Newsletter Lithium would not be the only resource Washington wanted, but also the reserves of iron, uranium and rare earths and weaken the left-wing parties. According to an article published for the Bolivian Information Agency (Agencia Boliviana de Información, ABI),…

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Warrantless spying by banks on Trump supporters after January 6

By Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter In Washington, D.C., For Dailymail.Com and Kelly Laco, Executive Editor Of Politics In Washington D.C. For Dailymail.Com At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after the January 6 protests looking for ‘extremism’ indicators. The House Select…

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US Secret Service preparing to protect Trump in jail

The former president is at risk of being slapped with a short sentence for contempt of court Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing Manhattan Criminal Court © AFP / Getty Images RT The former president is at risk of being slapped with a short sentence for contempt of court The US Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting acting and former US presidents,…

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Bipartisan bill would create "antisemitism monitors" at colleges

Rep. Ritchie Torres. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. Andrew Solender A pro-Israel House Democrat and Republican plan to introduce legislation creating federally sanctioned “antisemitism monitors” for select college campuses. Why it matters: It’s the first bill introduced in Congress as a direct response to the pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked Columbia University…

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Egypt's Dynasty XI: The Middle Kingdom's Gradual Return to Orderly Rule

Montuhotep II Episode 11 Middle Kingdom Dynasty XII The History of Ancient Egypt Professor Robert Brier Film Review After centuries of total anarchy, Egypt’s Middle Kingdom (lasting (2134-1782 BC) gradually restored orderly rule. Its initial princes were all named Inteph, and all focused mainly on reuniting Upper and Lower Egypt. Inteph Seher Towi (“causing peace in two lands”) – Although he…

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Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’

One of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla campaigners . . . “We’re not stupid. We know there’s a risk. But we know that by taking our little risk, there is a chance of waking the rest of the world up to its responsibilities.” Image: AJ screenshop APR Asia Pacific Report The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port…

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Russia To Seize $440 Million From JPMorgan

Zero Hedge Seizing assets? Two can play at that game… Just days after Washington voted to authorize the REPO Act – paving the way for the Biden administration confiscate billions in Russian sovereign assets which sit in US banks – it appears Moscow has a plan of its own (let’s call it the REVERSE REPO Act) as a Russian court has ordered the seizure of $440 million from JPMorgan. The seizure order…

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Handlers Try to Hide Biden Can Barely Walk

Steve Watson Desperate strategy implemented to flank him as he shuffles in front of cameras The Telegraph reports that Biden has a team of “walkers” around him to “disguise his shuffling gait from photographers.” 📸 Pictured: Joe Biden ‘uses team of walkers to hide shuffling gait’ to Marine One Find out more ⬇️https://t.co/nKk63g2bxK pic.twitter.com/d4uu5xnMti — Telegraph US (@TelegraphUS) April…

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