Archive for February, 2019
Britain: Dementia Patients to be Tracked by Smart Meters
February 4th, 2019Just dementia patients… *wink* Via: DailyMail: The NHS is to use energy smart meters to monitor dementia patients in their homes. The devices will track patients’ daily routines, such as when they boil the kettle, cook dinner or turn the washing machine on. They will flag up any sudden change in behaviour which could indicate […]
Faith Healer with Millions of Followers Ran a “Sex Slave Farm and Sold Babies to Highest Bidder”
February 3rd, 2019Update/Confirmed: Sabrina Bittencourt Dead Via: Daily Mail: A woman who helped to bring down a Brazilian faith healer accused of sex abuse has taken her own life in Spain. Sabrina Bittencourt, 38, died at her home in Barcelona just days after accusing John of God – real name Joao Teixeira de Faria – of running […]
Attempts to Dance Around the Kafkaesque Nightmare in California
February 3rd, 2019This is very difficult to watch. I only made it about a third of the way through this. “There’s no law against having a garden hose in your backyard… yet. We’re waiting for them to catch on.” Anyway, one more for your herniating California-Is-Hell file folder. Via: Exploring Alternatives: Related: L.A. Coliving: PodShare
Here’s the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run
February 3rd, 2019Via: Green Entrepreneur: It was all over the news on Tuesday: CBS rejected a public service announcement highlighting the benefits of medical cannabis, which was intended to be aired during the 2019 Super Bowl. Long story short, what happened was Acreage Holdings, one of the largest U.S. based cannabis companies, which counts former House Speaker […]
The One About Screen Time Not Harming Children
February 3rd, 2019And now, tobacco industry grade nonsense is being used to justify the insanity around screen time and children. “…little or no support for harmful links between digital screen use and young people’s psychological well-being.” Well-being. *snort* See what they did there? Try looking at language acquisition or physical development and screen time. The Actual Effects […]
Orlando: TSA Agent Dies After Jump from Balcony
February 3rd, 2019Via: Miami Herald: A TSA agent committed suicide by jumping from the balcony of a Hyatt Regency Hotel near the Orlando International Airport on Saturday morning, sparking confusion and delays at the busy airport. The man landed at the airport’s atrium, near some security checkpoints. Gates 70-129 were closed for a few hours after the […]
San Francisco, Where Drug Addicts Outnumber High School Students
February 3rd, 2019Via: San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco has more drug addicts than it has students enrolled in its public high schools, the city Health Department’s latest estimates conclude. There are about 24,500 injection drug users in San Francisco — that’s about 8,500 more people than the nearly 16,000 students enrolled in San Francisco Unified School District’s […]
Welcome to the Literal Nanny State
February 2nd, 2019Via: Truthstream Media:
Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America
February 2nd, 2019Via: TruthDig: On Friday, The New York Times continued its long, predictable tradition of backing U.S. coups in Latin America by publishing an editorial praising Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This will be the 10th such coup the paper has backed since the creation of the CIA over 70 years ago.
Germany Drops F-35 from Fighter Tender
February 2nd, 2019Via: Reuters: Germany will pick either the Eurofighter or Boeing’s F/A-18 fighter jet to replace its Tornado warplanes, knocking Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighter out of a tender worth billions of euros, Defence Ministry sources said on Thursday.
