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Smith & Wessons slammed politicians and the media for supporting policies that have led to a rise in crime like defunding the policeSmith & Wesson took to Twitter to hit back at politicians and the media for suggesting that the gun manufacturer – and not the policies they support – were responsible for rising crime rates nationwide.The company said politicians and the media have "vilified and undermined" law enforcement, supported prosecutors with policies some label soft on crime, and have generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, yet have the "audacity" to blame Smith & Wesson and other firearm manufacturers "for...

A diet high in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) is associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer among women in China, according to a study published online July 26 in Menopause. Zhuo-Lin Zhang, M.D., from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and colleagues examined the associations between breast cancer risk and intake of n-3 PUFAs in Chinese women in a case-control study, including 1,589 cases and 1,621 age-frequency-matched controls. A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to assess dietary data. The researchers observed an association for higher intake of marine n-3 PUFAs and total n-3 PUFAs with a lower...

Nearly three in 10 Medicare beneficiaries have at least one actinic keratosis diagnosis encounter over five years of follow-up, according to a research letter published online July 27 in JAMA Dermatology. Lucy J. Navsaria, M.B.B.Ch., from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues used Medicare claims data (2009 to 2018) to identify beneficiaries without Medicare Advantage coverage (fee-for-service only) but with continuous Parts A, B, and D coverage. The authors sought to examine incidences and treatment patterns associated with actinic keratosis. The researchers found that 29.3 percent of beneficiaries had one or more actinic keratosis diagnosis...

Wyoming is a very conservative state. Forty-six percent of its adults self-identify as conservative, as opposed to moderate or liberal; only Mississippi claims a higher percentage. But in sending incumbent Liz Cheney to her premature retirement in Tuesday’s primary, Wyoming struck a blow against conservatism. Cheney’s defeat is just the latest demonstration that Trumpism now eclipses conservatism as the reigning faith of the Republican party. Compare the 46 percent of Wyoming’s adults who self-identify as conservative to the 57 percent of its adults who are Republican or lean Republican, according to Pew. That makes Wyoming more Republican than conservative; indeed,...

On this date in 1942, 39-year-old French/Ukrainian novelist Irene Nemirovsky was gassed at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. She was a victim of the Nazis’ racial laws: anyone with even one Jewish grandparent, even if they themselves did not practice the Jewish religion, could be considered a Jew. Nemirovsky, born to a wealthy Russian-Jewish family in what is now the Ukraine, had converted to Catholicism in 1939 — sincerely, insofar as anyone can discern. Irene Nemirovsky fled Russian territory after the Bolshevik Revolution and spent a short time in exile in Finland and Sweden before eventually settling in France....

"They said she was delusional for running again after betraying most of the Republican voters of her ‘home state’ of Wyoming, and she was even sanctioned by the state’s Republican Party to stop calling herself a Republican. But just as with joining the illegal ‘J6’ committee (the first committee in history to have no members appointed by Minority Party leadership) the alt-far-left MSM rooted her on anyway. ..."

“Their defenses are just literally absurd. I mean, absurd. Like ‘he can declassify anything he wants,’

The ONLY two Republicans (so-called) on the January 6th committee will soon be gone from the Congress. Cheney has been crushed in today's primary and Kinzinger isn't seeking re-election because he knows he doesn't stand a chance of winning. These two Trump haters have seen their political careers come to a well-deserved end.

Now there's a growing sense that Europe might not only meet its gas targets but also exceed them... Injections to Europe’s gas storage are running about nine weeks ahead of last year... European gas storage levels are above 70%, and have even surpassed the 5-year average. By November 1st, the EU will likely hit 80% natural gas storage capacity (its goal) – in time for peak winter demand. Germany is even aiming for 95% capacity, and is already at 75%... Indeed, analysts at Standard Chartered Plc are saying that President Vladimir Putin’s gas weapon will be effectively blunted by the...

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Liz Cheney compares herself to Abraham Lincoln 9:27 PM · Aug 16, 2022

Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, hosted the third event run by the controversial, Saudi-backed LIV Golf series. If some state legislators have their way, however, it may never be back. Two state senators, Andrew Zwicker and Richard Codey, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would effectively ban LIV Golf events from taking place inside the Garden State’s borders.

Update (2130ET): Add Toyota Motor Corp. and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., the world's largest battery maker, to the growing list of companies shutting down factories in China's Sichuan province as a drought-induced power crisis worsens, according to Bloomberg. Toyota closed its plant in the provincial capital of Chengdu until Saturday, a company spokesperson said, while Contemporary Amperex halted operations at its lithium battery factory in Yibin. Sichuan is one of China's most populated provinces, with 80 million inhabitants, and is home to a major manufacturing hub heavily reliant on hydropower. However, a heatwave and drought have caused reservoir levels to...

AWendy's employee in Arizona was charged with second-degree murder after the customer he punched succumbed to his injuries. The victim, a 67-year-old man, was attacked by Antoine Kendrick after he allegedly complained about his meal order.

Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany’s decision to shut down its three remaining nuclear plants made no sense. But since the invasion Germany has very gradually been coming around to the idea that it might be time to reconsider those decisions. That’s especially true ever since Russia cut off most of the natural gas it was supplying to Russia in June.Today, it appears Germany has finally turned a corner. The Wall Street Journal reports plans to close the remaining nuclear plants are likely to be postponed.The decision has yet to be formally adopted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet and...

I saw this on Twitter today. Apparently this clip is circulating in the Chinese internet right now. Buy more property, comrades!If this is real, the Chinese are screwed.This has gone viral on Chinese internet. Hao HONG 洪灝, CFA @HAOHONG_CFA “买了三套买四套” “I call on every comrade to take the lead to buy a property. If you are on your 1st property, then buy a 2nd one; if on 2nd, then buy a 3rd; already on 3rd? There’s always room for the 4th.”Now let the buying begin.https://t.co/gj8PmvkJVs— Robert Tracinski (@Tracinski) August 17, 2022This is a response to the real estate crisis that...

In the aftermath of the raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Department of Homeland Security issued a Joint Intelligence Bulletin warning of increased “threats and acts of violence, including armed encounters, against law enforcement, judiciary, and government personnel, in reaction to the FBI’s recent execution of a court-authorized search warrant in Palm Beach, Florida.”Whatever could they be referencing?The Bulletin, dated August 12, was leaked by a DHS whistleblower to Project Veritas, which published it in its entirety.DHS Joint Intelligence Bulletin by Jennifer Van Laar on ScribdIn a stunning display of bureaucratic efficiency, the Bulletin covers the August 8 incident in which an...

According to the New York Times, the FBI interviewed Trump’s White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy counsel Patrick Philbin about the so-called ‘classified documents’ stored at Mar-a-Lago. ..... Snip..... According to the Times, Cipollone and Philbin were interviewed by the FBI over the documents retrieved by the National Archives. “Mr. Cipollone and Mr. Philbin are the most senior people who worked for Mr. Trump who are known to have been interviewed by investigators after the National Archives referred the matter to the Justice Department this year.” the New York Times reported. “Mr. Philbin was interviewed in the spring, according...

Democrats appeared to mourn the projected loss of Never Trump Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to the Donald Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. The Cook Political Report and Decision Desk HQ found that Hageman will unseat Cheney in the battle for Wyoming’s at-large congressional district. Many Democrats did not take the news well. Jon Cooper, a former finance chair for the Draft Biden 2016 campaign, wrote, “The GOP is going to pay at the polls for what they’ve done to Liz Cheney:”

Decision Desk called the race for Harriet Hageman at 9:27 pm…

5 Best Guns of World War II: Literally tens of millions of firearms were produced during the Second World War. Some of the designs performed better than others, while a mere few stood out as masterpieces. Of those, five truly were the best of the best