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Flying is inherently dangerous. Now we learn there is more risk in military flying and supporting armed forces aviation than maintaining the skills necessary to keep aircraft in the air or engaging an enemy in aerial combat. As a result, the health of the warfighters and the resulting readiness of the force are of concern. A recent Department of Defense (DOD) study reported that certain cancers are more prevalent in military aircrews and support personnel than in the general population. The Pentagon analysis is Phase 1 of an investigation called Study on the Incidence of Cancer Diagnosis and Mortality Among...

With the exchange complete, details can now be revealed that show just how close a swap along similar lines but including Navalny appeared to be back in February... A detailed investigation by the Wall Street Journal into the behind-the-scenes negotiations over the exchange described how its origins lay in a meeting in Geneva between the Russian and US leaders shortly after Joe Biden became president, long before Gershkovich’s arrest. There, Vladimir Putin suggested setting up a special channel to deal with prisoner swaps, an echo of a cold war practice. Biden agreed. Eventually, it led to Russia releasing the basketball...

Unofficial reports of 10 antihelium nuclei smacking into the International Space Station have inspired theoretical physicists to speculate beyond our current models in search of an explanation. While a small handful of cosmic particles might appear trivial, the signature of the antihelium shower is strange enough for researchers to treat the event like a rainstorm in a desert. In their recently published analysis, scientists from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada and Johns Hopkins University in the US make a case for considering physics outside of the currently accepted Standard Model, going as far as suggesting dark matter...

Artist's concept of a ship with the CoFlow system Looking like a set of bridge supports that were accidentally installed on a cargo ship, a new wind-driven system by startup CoFlow Jet promises to reduce ship fuel costs by up to 90% using stationary cylinders with no moving parts. Between rising fuel costs and increasing government mandates requiring shipping companies to go carbon neutral by 2050, there's a strong push to increase the efficiency of cargo ships while reducing their emissions. One way of doing this is to take a page from the history books and readopt sails to harness...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for holding interest rates steady earlier this week after Friday’s jobs report came in weaker than expected. “Fed Chair Powell made a serious mistake not cutting interest rates,” Warren said in a post on social platform X. “He’s been warned over and over again that waiting too long risks driving the economy into a ditch.” “The jobs data is flashing red,” she added. “Powell needs to cancel his summer vacation and cut rates now — not wait 6 weeks.” The central bank opted Wednesday to maintain rates at a range...

Sleepy Joe Biden was filmed wandering onto an airplane that was not Air Force One during a Russian prisoner exchange at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday. First, watch the video below where American prisoners held by Russia exit their jet to be greeted by Biden and Kamala Harris: VIDEO AT LINK................. Now, see Biden bizarrely walk up the steps of the airplane the freed prisoners just exited while Harris stares in bewilderment: “Did he think he was being exchanged to Russia??” joked Jack Posobiec. The senile puppet politician stayed in the jet for nearly two minutes! Harris also...

The chaos we are witnessing now is a result of tearing to pieces the principles and values that used to guide Western civilization. ===================================================================== Democrats have been trying very hard, particularly over the past week, to convince American voters that their candidate, like her predecessor, is something she’s not. Whereas before they tried to convince us Joe Biden had a pulse, now they’re claiming Kamala Harris is a competent, eloquent, and effective leader. The Democrats’ challenge to rebrand Kamala Harris and divert attention away from her slew of failed policies and incoherent word salads is nothing short of monumental. To...

https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-show-bill-gates-has-given-319-million-to-media-outlets/278943/ The Gates Foundation money going towards media programs has been split up into a number of sections, presented in descending numerical order, and includes a link to the relevant grant on the organization’s website. Awards Directly to Media Outlets: NPR- $24,663,066 The Guardian (including TheGuardian.org)- $12,951,391 Cascade Public Media – $10,895,016 Public Radio International (PRI.org/TheWorld.org)- $7,719,113 The Conversation- $6,664,271 Univision- $5,924,043 Der Spiegel (Germany)- $5,437,294 Project Syndicate- $5,280,186 Education Week – $4,898,240 WETA- $4,529,400 NBCUniversal Media- $4,373,500 Nation Media Group (Kenya) – $4,073,194 Le Monde (France)- $4,014,512 Bhekisisa (South Africa) – $3,990,182 El País – $3,968,184 BBC- $3,668,657 CNN-...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said there are plans to roll out major overhauls to the Supreme Court if Democrats win control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. Calls for implementing stricter rules for the Supreme Court from the Left have escalated in recent years, as complaints about alleged corruption and ethical lapses have plagued Republican-appointed justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have been targeted by campaigns calling into question their relationships with GOP megadonors and their wives’ political involvement.“The Supreme Court has become a morass, both ethically and substantively,” Schumer told NBC News. “We’re...

Former President Donald Trump said Friday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria Bartiromo” that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt and apologized for Facebook and Instagram censoring photos of him with his fist raised. Trump said, “Mark Zuckerberg called me. First off he called me a few times after the event and said that was amazing and brave and actual he announced he is not going to support a Democrat because he can’t because he respected me for what I did that day.” He added, “To me it was a normal response but I was...

Vice President Kamala Harris got enough delegate votes Friday in the virtual roll call process to become the official Democratic nominee. The deadline for DNC delegates to turn in their electronic ballot is on Monday, but by Friday afternoon, Harris already had the majority of delegate support secured. “I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” DNC chair Jaime Harrison said in a call. “The outpouring of support we have...

Polling and data guru Nate Silver updated his prediction to “toss up” two days after he said former President Trump was electorally favored to win the White House in November. Silver, a prominent elections analyst and statistician, released his first election model since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee on Tuesday. He predicted Harris would win the popular vote, but called her “a modest underdog to Trump in the Electoral College.” Silver wrote on Substack that this posed a risk of a “repeat of the popular vote-Electoral College split that cost Democrats the 2000 and 2016 elections.”...

In the two or so weeks since becoming the anointed and appointed one, Kamala Harris has all but erased Donald Trump’s national lead. She’s also enjoying real momentum in the swing states. Last week, I said we would have to wait until this week before we could begin to understand the impact Joe Biden’s decision to drop out would have on the 2024 presidential race. Further, we would see how the Democrat Party (and corporate media, but I repeat myself) all but crowning Kamala the nominee impacted the polls. Well, now we know, and what we know is that former...

EXPOSED: Kyle Rittenhouse has been working with Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a gun lobby ran by serial Trump hater Dudley Brown. Rocky Mountain Gun is the Colorado affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights. The national organization helped fund Rittenhouse amid his legal case when he “was in trouble.”b Rittenhouse announcement for not voting for Trump was actually posted by Dudley Browm first. That post is still on Kyle’s page. This company has a history of spending tens of thousands of dollars against Pro Trump candidates. Rittenhouse has spoke for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners at multiple venues and events,...

Lin Yu‑ting, a boxer who failed a gender eligibility test and was disqualified from an international competition last year, participated in the Olympics on Thursday. Lin easily defeated female athlete Sitora Turdibekova, from Uzbekistan.According to the New York Post, Lin is not “transgender” and Lin’s passport claims that she is a female. However, Lin did not meet the qualifications to compete against women at the World Boxing Championships in 2023. This was confirmed by the International Boxing Association (IBA) this week after another incident involving a suspected “transgender” athlete in women’s boxing.Day two of a boxer with XY Chromosomes beating...

The expedition was carried out in regions of drifting ice in West Antarctica in 2022. On the return visit in 2024, Ran disappeared without a trace under the ice. Credit: Filip Stedt Using the unmanned submarine Ran, researchers mapped the underside of West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, uncovering complex ice formations and significant melt areas driven by underwater currents, crucial for enhancing sea level rise predictions. An international research team from the University of Gothenburg deployed the unmanned submarine ‘Ran’ beneath the thick ice of Antarctica. They received the first-ever detailed maps of the underside of a glacier, providing valuable...

There's been a ton of buzz since Donald Trump's Q&A session with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at their annual convention on Wednesday, particularly the part when ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott took issue with Republicans dubbing Kamala Harris a "DEI hire." "Some of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill have labeled Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the first black and Asian woman to serve as Vice President and be on a major party ticket, as a DEI hire," Scott began. "Is that acceptable language to you? And will you tell those Republicans and...

At the moment, it looks like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is favored to be selected as Kamala Harris's running mate. Shapiro has been the target of some damaging leaks in the past week, including the fact that he allegedly covered up sexual harassment in his office. There is also a lot of pushback coming from progressives in the party who don't like his position on school vouchers or his stance on the Israel-Hamas war. So far, none of these issues seem to be hurting his chances. According to reports, Harris will appear at a rally with her running mate on...

Members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been given the “green light” to attack and open fire on cops in Denver, a federal memo obtained by The Post reveals. The gang is already tied to hundreds of crimes, including the shootings of two NYPD cops who were trying to arrest one of its members in June. “Credible human sources from Colorado provided information on TdA [Tren de Aragua] giving a ‘green light’ to fire on or attack law enforcement,” said the memo, from the Homeland Security Investigations office in Chicago “As you may know, we have a...

Since certain Seventh Day Adventists claim they uphold the "Law". And following accusations against Evangelist Christian leaders as being "Law breakers". What say you?