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Img src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Marijuana-Leaf-Cannabis-Buds-Chocolate-Brownies-Edibles-777x518.jpg"> annabis use may secretly quadruple your risk of diabetes. Credit: Shutterstock Cannabis use may come with an unexpected cost: a nearly fourfold rise in diabetes risk. The finding, drawn from millions of health records, challenges assumptions about the drug’s effects and underscores the need for closer medical monitoring. Cannabis Use and Diabetes Risk Cannabis use has been associated with nearly a fourfold increase in the likelihood of developing diabetes, according to an analysis of health data from more than 4 million adults. The findings are being presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of The European Association for the...

Left-wing comedian Bill Maher tried to trap Border Czar Tom Homan this weekend with the standard liberal fantasy: just give amnesty to the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country. Homan shredded that argument piece by piece. His reasoning was so airtight that even Maher’s leftist crowd had no choice but to applaud. It’s not every day you see progressives cheer for enforcement, but logic wins when it’s delivered that well. Maher asked Homan why the agency couldn’t just go easier on those in the country illegally. Homan didn’t mince words: “What I’m saying is, that’s why you have...

Charlie Kirk might be one of history's most misquoted, misunderstood and misrepresented persons. People hate him for what others have said he said and not for what he said. People who do that are intellectually slothful. They watch CNN and MSNBC. They won't make the effort to learn the whole truth or understand the context. Such it is with empathy. Megan Farina is one such person. She found herself causing a great commotion for comments she posted on TikTok She had responded to his death in a TikTok insisting her ‘sympathies don’t lie’ with the conservative activist. Instead, she declared...

Russia Waited for NATO Cargo Planes to Land—Then 3000Kg Warhead Destroyed Ukraine's Air Base….

Ron Capps blows the body off his BMW G29-bodied Funny Car with a Toyota badge during the 4-Wide Carolina Nationals drag show in the nitro eliminations. Scary, but he is safe.

Homeowner Uses AR-15 to Defend Against Black Bear in Home – VIDEO On August 20, 2025, Mrgunsngear posted a video on X. The video appears to show a homeowner moving downstairs with an AR-15 with a weapon light. The homeowner moves away from the camera, wearing only shorts. He goes through two doorways and nears the far wall. At this point, looking through the doorways, a bear appears to be moving toward him from the left to the right.The homeowner fires seven quick shots, and the bear drops. After the video, an image of a dead bear inside a house...

UPDATED: The man arrested for allegedly shooting into the lobby of Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV (ABC10) was released from jail on bond Saturday, then taken back into custody by the FBI on a federal charge, according to Sacramento County Main Jail records. Anibal Hernandezsantana, 64, of Sacramento, was arrested in connection with Friday’s shooting on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm. Sacramento officials confirmed Hernandezsantana had been released from the jail by Saturday afternoon after posting $200,000 bail. He was then arrested later that day on federal charges,...

A Prosecution Memorandum is an internal legal document prepared by prosecutors that summarizes the facts, law, and reasoning supporting (or recommending against) bringing criminal charges. It is not filed in court, rather it’s an internal document the prosecutors use to guide decision-making. Below is a mock Prosecution Memorandum that could easily be used to consider charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. PROSECUTION MEMORANDUM Re: United States v. Letitia James Prepared for: Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York and Special Prosecutor’s Office Date: September 21, 2025 I. Introduction This memorandum addresses potential federal,...

When merit is replaced with ideology, fires rage unchecked, killers walk free, and fragile systems collapse—leaving lives and cities in ruin. America has a lot of built-in safety backups and redundancies. But every once in a while, when tradition, science, time-tested protocols, and common sense are ignored, a fragile system utterly collapses. Usually, an iconic event reveals how vulnerable the entire country has become, and predictably occurs when suicidal ideologies and nihilism, in perfect-storm fashion, wreak havoc. The media, academia, the bureaucracy, and higher education can mask the dangers of their political agendas—at least until their sheer incompetence or toxicity...

A drunk Florida man allegedly mowed down a woman who was riding an "E-bike" and then drove for "approximately eight blocks" with her body on the windshield of his Nissan Altima before she was "dislodged" and left for dead, cops say. Xavier Rugby [sic], 22, is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, vehicular homicide leaving the scene, and DUI manslaughter for the Saturday night slaying of St. Petersburg resident Kjersten Aileen-Hermance Strang, 38, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office press release. Strang was traveling on 49th Street South in Gulfport when she was struck by...

Federal authorities have taken a Honduran national into custody after he was caught poaching fish at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, underscoring the growing link between unlawful immigration and disregard for U.S. laws. Earlier this week, U.S. Marshals arrested 46-year-old Walter Betancourth following a court appearance in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Betancourt, who was already subject to a final order of removal dating back to 2022, was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody for deportation proceedings. His arrest was the result of close cooperation between ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District...

A wicked leftist from California is not taking the reality of consequence culture very well after mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination. As The Gateway Pundit reported, influencer Megan Farina went on TikTok earlier this week and posted a video poking fun at Kirk’s death by making a sarcastic and evil remark. This is what Farina said about Kirk. Does she sound like someone who deserves any sympathy? “Gather ’round, b****es,” she said, in a vocal fry register that speaks of someone who’s spent too much time with wannabe girlbosses and/or smoking Marlboro Reds. “Join hands and bow our heads in thoughts...

Hepatitis B is transmitted through infected blood and bodily fluids, often through sexual intercourse. Why does the US health system insist that newborns receive a vaccination against an STD at birth? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine panel plans to re-evaluate the mandate. The current recommendation states that newborns should be vaccinated against hepatitis B within the first 24 hours of birth. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, has delayed voting on updated guidelines due to the controversy. The vaccine panel voted to recommend testing for hepatitis B in pregnant women as the disease...

Some people prefer to shower in the morning, others in the evening. Who is doing it the right way? In this increasingly polarised world we live in, there is one question that perhaps divides us more than any other – do you shower first thing in the morning, or last thing at night? Or perhaps you are one of the 34% of the American population who do not shower daily. Whichever camp you belong to, you may wonder what impact your choice has on your health.

Was Jimmy Kimmel Censored?Charlie Kirk was the antithesis of Jimmy Kimmel. Kirk was tremendously influential with the youth while Kimmel’s sanctimony is reserved for a dwindling audience of the blue-state elderly among coastal elites. Kirk sought good-faith debate while Kimmel relied on monologues of smears. Kirk was fundamentally decent, while Kimmel is callous and cruel. This week’s headlines reveal another difference between the men: the reaction to Kirk’s assassination is a grassroots movement, while the fury resulting from Kimmel’s suspension is the result of an entitled bureaucracy accustomed to an unaccountable monopoly on the public’s resources. Corporate media and its...

... Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Donate Share Who killed Charlie and why? Tierney's Real News Sep 21 READ IN APP Some people ask me why I am so tenacious about covering every detail of Charlie's assassination. Honestly, the focus helps me deal with my grief and keeps me from crying all day long. This one hit me hard, as I know it did you. May be an image of 2 people and baby Some 300,000, mostly young people, lined up early this morning for Charlie's worship service and funeral today in Arizona. Praise God! President Trump: “Charlie...

The four years of the Biden presidency were a terrible low point for the protection of freedom of speech in the U.S. A web of government agencies and allied NGOs sprang up with remarkable rapidity to identify and ban disfavored speech, almost always of conservatives. As just a few examples: the White House itself pressured social media platforms to suppress disfavored speech on politically sensitive topics like Covid and climate change; the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency collaborated with universities and NGOs like the Stanford Internet Observatory to get disfavored speech banned or suppressed; the Department of Homeland Security formed...

Conservative actor James Woods decided to share his thoughts on Thursday on X. At first, it looked like he would shock everybody with his take on Kimmel’s misfortune. Woods wrote, ” We’ve all made jokes at Jimmy Kimmel’s expense.” But Mr. Kimmel is a fellow artist, and I am heartbroken to see how he has been treated.” “I believe he is, in his heart of hearts, a good and decent fellow, devoid of malice and hate,” he continued. Then, Woods performed a sudden heel turn, revealing how he felt about Kimmel getting sacked. “Just kidding, Jimbo,” he quipped. “Eat sh*t.”

Caught male Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) showing the [extended/erect] frontal clasper (tenaculum) on the front of the head. Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida ========================================================================== Male ghost sharks use tooth-studded rods on their foreheads for mating. Fossil and genetic evidence prove they are true teeth, showcasing evolutionary flexibility. Male “ghost sharks,” eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras and closely related to sharks and rays, have a strange rod that projects from their foreheads and is covered with sharp, retractable teeth. New research shows these are not simple imitations but actual rows of teeth that develop outside the mouth. The...