Remarks by Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Endless Frontiers Retreat: “Our Technologies Permit Us to Manipulate Time and Space”
April 17th, 2025Hmm.
Transcript below.
Via: The White House:
Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity.
CDC: Autism Rate for Children Now 1 in 31 (3.22%)
April 17th, 2025Via: The Defender:
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today criticized mainstream media for pushing the narrative that rising autism rates are just a result of better diagnosis.
“One of the things that I think we need to move away from today is this ideology that autism diagnosis, that the autism prevalence increases, are simply artifacts of better diagnosis, better recognition, or changing diagnostic criteria,” Kennedy said at his first press conference since taking office.
HHS called the press conference to share results of the latest study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on autism prevalence, published yesterday.
An estimated 1 in 31 (3.22%) 8-year-old children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis in 2022 — up from 1 in 36 (2.8%) in 2020, the CDC said in its latest report from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM), which is published every two years.
Overall, the prevalence of autism in U.S. children rose approximately 17% between 2020 and 2022, continuing a decades-long trend.
The mainstream media responded in lockstep to yesterday’s report by denying that autism is an epidemic and doubling down on the argument that rising rates are simply the outcome of better diagnosis. The Washington Post called the 17% increase “small,” and The Hill labeled it a “slight” increase.
Kennedy responded today, saying the rate increases “are real,” and that each year there has been “a steady, relentless increase.” Kennedy said that while some people may be genetically predisposed to autism, it takes an environmental exposure to trigger the condition.
‘Homegrowns Are Next’: Trump Suggests Imprisoning Americans to El Salvador
April 16th, 2025Is this in the same category as taking over Canada and Trump Gaza Number 1?
Via: USA Today:
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested his administration could send U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to El Salvador, telling Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that the “homegrowns are next” and urging him to build more prisons to house them.
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“Homegrown criminals are next,” Trump said to Bukele. “I said homegrowns are next, the homegrowns. You’ve gotta build about five more places.”
“Yeah, we’ve got space,” Bukele responded as Trump officials in the room could be heard laughing.
“It’s not big enough,” Trump said.
‘Parkinson’s Is a Man-Made Disease’
April 15th, 2025Via: Politico:
In the summer of 1982, seven heroin users were admitted to a California hospital paralyzed and mute. They were in their 20s, otherwise healthy — until a synthetic drug they had manufactured in makeshift labs left them frozen inside their own bodies. Doctors quickly discovered the cause: MPTP, a neurotoxic contaminant that had destroyed a small but critical part of the brain, the substantia nigra, which controls movement.
The patients had developed symptoms of late-stage Parkinson’s, almost overnight.
The cases shocked neurologists. Until then, Parkinson’s was thought to be a disease of aging, its origins slow and mysterious. But here was proof that a single chemical could reproduce the same devastating outcome. And more disturbing still: MPTP turned out to be chemically similar to paraquat, a widely used weedkiller that, for decades, had been sprayed on farms across the United States and Europe.
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The regulatory tests also isolate individual chemicals, rarely examining how they interact in the real world. But a 2020 study in Japan showed how dangerous that assumption may be. When rodents were exposed to glyphosate and MPTP — the very compound that mimicked Parkinson’s in the California heroin cases — the combination caused dramatically more brain cell loss than either substance alone.
“That’s the nightmare scenario,” Bloem says. “And we’re not testing for it.”
Research Credit: DF
Weldon: “The 9-11 Commission Is a Coverup, 1000% Coverup.”
April 15th, 2025Tucker, the babe in the wood, “They heard explosions?”
Via: Tucker Carlson:
U.S. Passport or RealID Required for Americans to Board Domestic Flights in May
April 15th, 2025So it goes…
Ron Paul gets it.
Real ID is dangerous to liberty. https://t.co/MzsiVOtFYZ— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 15, 2025
This Is Not Just About the Border…
Via: Mirror:
A warning has been issued that every person over the age of 18 wanting to travel by air after May 7 will need to have a specific document – or be turned away. Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have said that people need to have a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver’s license, instruction permit or identification card or another acceptable form of ID to board a U.S. commercial aircraft.
From May 7 if holidaymakers and other travelers do not have one of the acceptable forms of ID they can expect a minimum of delays when they get to the TSA security checkpoint. Officials say the length of the delay will be determined by the number of other travelers who do not have a REAL ID-compliant credential or another form of identification accepted by TSA for identity verification.
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TSA has a full list of acceptable forms of identification beyond a state-issued driver’s license or identification card that can be presented at the security checkpoint for identity verification. Some examples of alternate forms of acceptable identification are a U.S. passport or passport card; any government-issued passport; Department of Homeland Security Trusted Traveler card including a Global Entry or SENTRI card; active duty and retired military ID including IDs issued to dependents; ID card issued by any federally-recognized tribe; and the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.
CHINA SUSPENDS RARE EARTH EXPORTS
April 15th, 2025Via: New York Post:
China has stopped shipping some heavy rare earth metals and magnets critical to US production of everything from cell phones to fighter jets as Beijing’s trade war with Washington simmers, leaving American industry in a bind.
Effective April 3, China is no longer exporting seven heavy rare earth metals processed exclusively in the Asian power, as well as heavy rare earth magnets — of which about 90% of the world’s supply are also synthesized on Beijing’s territory.
The export halt applies to all countries, but access to elements like dysprosium and yttrium are critical to US industry — especially in the tech, electric vehicle, aircraft and defense sectors, according to Drew Horn, who served as the top US official on strategic minerals and energy supply chain development in President Trump’s first administration.
U.S. Tariffs Spark 64% Drop in Imports, 49% Decline in Container Bookings
April 14th, 2025Via: Word on the Street:
The recent imposition of tariffs by the United States has led to a significant disruption in global trade, particularly affecting the country’s import orders. Following the announcement of tariffs on April 2, there has been a noticeable freeze in trade activities, with a sharp decline in import orders. This trend is evident from the latest high-frequency data on container shipping bookings, which show a sudden halt in shipments from overseas to the United States due to the high tariffs.
The data indicates that while there was a surge in import orders during the first quarter, this trend has since reversed, with a collapse in orders observed. This phenomenon is not isolated but part of a broader trend of trade instability. The data from the cargo data company Vizion highlights that the “pre-order freeze” is widespread, with global trade disruptions becoming more pronounced.
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The data from March 24-31, 2025, compared to the subsequent week (April 1-8, 2025), shows a dramatic decrease in pre-order quantities. The total number of standard container bookings dropped by 49%, overall U.S. imports by 64%, and overall U.S. exports by 30%. This sharp decline coincides with two key events: the U.S. announcement of retaliatory tariffs on China and China’s subsequent countermeasures. These tariff actions have led to a widespread freeze in shipping bookings, with shippers pausing their operations mid-cycle to reassess costs, timelines, and broader trade strategies.
“We Need to Talk About Britain”
April 14th, 2025Via: Sargon of Akkad:
Related: How Sweden’s Multicultural Dream Went Fatally Wrong
Britain: Mother Arrested After Confiscating Daughters’ iPads
April 13th, 2025Via: Daily Mail:
A mother of two was left to stew in a police custody cell for more than seven hours after she confiscated two iPads belonging to her children – and was accused of theft.
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Ms Brown was searched and had custody photographs and fingerprints taken after taking away her daughters’ devices in an attempt to ensure they were not distracted from their studies.
Surrey Police, who also visited the children’s school, pulling one of Ms Brown’s daughters out of class, have since acknowledged their error. The force said they swooped after getting a report of an alleged theft from a man in his 40s.
Ms Brown was apprehended at her mother’s home in Cobham, Surrey. Officers said a tracking device showed the iPads were at the address and she was ‘detained after refusing to cooperate.’
She was eventually returned home, only after a 12-hour ordeal that, due to her bail conditions, threatened to prevent her from seeing her children on Mother’s Day.
The incident, which follows the arrest of a couple in Hertfordshire over complaints they made about their daughter’s primary school, is likely to raise further questions about police priorities.
