Category: Aggregated

Palestinians hold sit-in in al-Quds to support hunger-striking prisoners

Spanish MPs vote to exhume remains of dictator Franco

US Senate’s security hearing focuses on Russia, FBI probe

Pakistani teen ‘has hand chopped off’ for demanding salary

Israeli forces, Palestinians clash in Ramallah solidarity march

Sri Lanka rejects China sub visit after India protest

Turkey test-fires first domestically-manufactured ballistic missile

Three shot dead, including deputy in Arkansas

Russia-initiated safe zones in Syria a real chance for reconciliation – Assad

Why do ISIS Videos All come from Israeli Intelligence?

Syria’s De-Escalation Zones Explained

No, the ‘New’ CNN Video of the Chemical Incident Does Not Prove that the Syrian Government Did It

Justin’s note: Yesterday, Casey Research founder Doug Casey and I discussed the opioid crisis that’s spreading across the country like a virus. Today, Doug and I pick up that conversation. But this time, Doug shares his thoughts on the militarization of US police departments. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Justin: Doug, yesterday you called out anti-drug lawmakers, or what you called “drug warriors,” for their immense hypocrisy and stupidity. But what about the growing number of “warrior cops” who seem to view the United States as their own personal battleground? Time to buy old … Continue reading →

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Researchers have come up with an unusual proposal to slow, or even reverse, the cognitive decline that comes with old age: small, daily doses of cannabis extract. The idea emerged from tests on mice which found that regular, low doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis – impaired memory and learning in young animals, but boosted the performance of old ones. The discovery has raised hopes for a treatment that improves brain function in old age without inducing the behavioural effects well known to recreational users of the drug. To investigate whether it works in humans, … Continue reading →

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For the World War II generation there was clarity. The attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941, united the nation as it had never been before — in the conviction that Japan must be smashed, no matter how long it took or how many lives it cost. After the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945, however, Americans divided. Only with the Berlin Blockade of 1948, the fall of China to Mao and Russia’s explosion of an atom bomb in 1949, and North Korea’s invasion of the South in 1950, did we unite around the proposition that, for our own … Continue reading →

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