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  • (( BLOG 6/6/2025 )) đŸżđŸ‡źđŸ‡±đŸ‡ș🇾🍿 China & Iran nukes

    06/06/2025 1:29:18 AM PDT · by FRinCanada2
    https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/55986 ^ | 6/6/2025 | Amir Tsarfati
    Report: Iran ordered materials from China to produce hundreds of ballistic missiles Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile components from China, with the aim of rebuilding its military power, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the details of the deal between the two countries. The same sources said that in the coming months, shipments of the compound ammonium perchlorate are expected to arrive in Iran, which, when combined with fuel, can propel hundreds of ballistic missiles. According to one source, some of the materials may even be sent to pro-Iranian militias, including the Houthi...
  • Today's Toons 6/6/25

    06/06/2025 1:09:03 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 1 replies
    The Briefing Room ^ | 6/6/25 | pookie18
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  • Levin: Iran’s nuclear warheads are intended for you and me (VIDEO - 19:00)

    06/06/2025 1:03:36 AM PDT · by SaveFerris · 4 replies
    fo ^ | Jun 2, 2025 | Fox News
    Fox News host Mark Levin gives his take on the America First Committee and Iran’s nuclear enrichment on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’ #foxnews #news #fox #levin #iran #politics
  • A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

    06/06/2025 12:59:36 AM PDT · by Morgana
    404 Media ^ | may 29 2025 | Joseph Cox , Jason Koebler
    Earlier this month authorities in Texas performed a nationwide search of more than 83,000 automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras while looking for a woman who they said had a self-administered abortion, including cameras in states where abortion is legal such as Washington and Illinois, according to multiple datasets obtained by 404 Media. The news shows in stark terms how police in one state are able to take the ALPR technology, made by a company called Flock and usually marketed to individual communities to stop carjackings or find missing people, and turn it into a tool for finding people who...
  • “We are no longer allies": Trump's entourage sent a "black mark" to Zelensky. The United States will not forgive this.

    06/05/2025 11:44:48 PM PDT · by doc maverick · 16 replies
    Pravda ^ | 06/06/2925
    “ The strike on Russian airfields was a tactical victory for Ukraine, but a strategic failure - at least in the eyes of the closest circle of the American leader Donald Trump. The rhetoric has changed dramatically. Kiev is no longer an ally, but a potential threat to global security. One of those who is sure that Kiev screwed up and at the same time exposed not only itself, is retired US Air Force General Blaine Holt. On the air of the Newsmax TV channel, he stressed that the attack of Ukrainian drones on airfields in Russia had affected a...
  • "When The Saints Go Marching In" - cover, by Yours Truly

    06/05/2025 10:59:18 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 4 replies
    Rumble ^ | 6/6/2025 | me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg" (performance); traditional song
    My latest song. Let there be rockabilly!
  • ICC slams US sanctions on its judges, vows continued justice pursuit

    06/05/2025 10:47:34 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 11 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/6/25 | Elad Benari
    The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday blasted the decision by the Trump administration to sanction four of its judges. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions in a statement, saying they target Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibåñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin and Beti Hohler of Slovenia. Two of the sanctioned judges authorized the arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant which the court issued last November. The others authorized an ICC investigation into abuses by US personnel in Afghanistan. The ICC said...
  • Exports up, imports down

    06/05/2025 10:10:52 PM PDT · by lasereye · 5 replies
    Powerlineblog ^ | June 5, 2025 | Bill Glahn
    Are the tariffs working? The headline from the BBC, Tariffs prompt record plunge in US imports.The details, Goods brought into the US plunged by 20% in April, recording their largest ever monthly drop in the face of a wave of tariffs unleashed by US President Donald Trump. You literally have to go down to the final two sentences to learn the bottom line of the report, Exports so far this year are up about 5% compared with 2024. The overall goods and services deficit in April was $61.6bn, down from $138.3bn in March. Wut? Exports are up? How can that...
  • Vietnam scraps 2-child policy as aging threatens economic growth

    06/05/2025 9:59:05 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    AP ^ | June 4, 2025 | ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam abolished its long-standing two-child limit Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population. The National Assembly passed amendments scrapping rules that limit families to having one or two children, state media Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The rules were usually stricter for Communist Party members, who could miss out on promotions or bonuses if they had a third child. Vietnamese families are having fewer children than ever before. The birth rate in 2021 was 2.11 children per woman, just over the replacement rate required for a population...
  • Love Island star reveals heartbreaking reason she decided to have an abortion - seven months after giving birth to her first child

    06/05/2025 9:46:28 PM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 12, 2025 | laura Fox
    Love Island star Liana Isadora Van Riel has shared the heartbreaking reason she decided to have an abortion. The reality star, who appeared in the 2016 series of the ITV2 show, revealed that she fell pregnant seven months after giving birth to her baby daughter. In a video posted on TikTok, Liana told her followers that she wanted to share her story for 'awareness and transparency.' The reality star, who worked as a stripper in both Cardiff and Magaluf, welcomed a baby daughter with her boyfriend last year. Liana told her followers that she learned she was pregnant while seven...
  • Telangana: Pregnant tribal woman dies after superstitious husband forces miscarriage

    06/05/2025 9:31:47 PM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    The Siasat Daily ^ | June 2, 2025 | staff
    Hyderabad: A six-month pregnant tribal woman passed away in Hyderabad after her husband allegedly forced her to unknowingly consume abortion pills. Pravalika, 23, and Sepurwar Prashanth, both natives of Adilabad, had been married for three years with a two-year-old son. She was in the sixth month of her second pregnancy. The couple were constructing a new house in Maharashtra. According to a police complaint registered by Pravalika’s brother, V Rajesh, the husband and his family held superstitions, believing it was misfortune for a woman to undertake part in the rituals of a new house while pregnant. On May 30, Prashanth...
  • Firmicutes gut bacteria boost metabolism and bone health, study finds

    06/05/2025 9:08:41 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 6 replies
    A recent study involving 684 adults has uncovered a significant connection between gut microbiota, aging, and bone health, particularly in relation to osteoporosis. The study emphasized how gut bacteria may influence bone mineral density (BMD). The study revealed significant associations between microbial pathways related to L-arginine biosynthesis and butyrate production with higher BMD. L-arginine is an amino acid that is essential for nitric oxide (NO) production, which has been shown to inhibit osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, ultimately promoting bone health. These findings suggest that enhancing the production of L-arginine and butyrate through gut bacteria could be an important strategy in maintaining...
  • Enslaved Africans Built Ancient Agricultural System in Southern Iraq

    06/05/2025 9:04:04 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 17 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | June 5, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    The Shatt al-Arab floodplain outside of Basra is marked with thousands of manmade earthen ridges and canals. Archaeologists have long suspected that these may have been part of an ancient agricultural system, but they did not know when or by whom it was built. New research has demonstrated that not only is this theory true, but that the massive infrastructure was dug by a huge labor force of enslaved Africans. The Associated Press reports that researchers identified more than 7,000 features spread across 300 square miles that formed an extensive farming network. Using radiocarbon dating and a technique called optically...
  • President Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting

    06/05/2025 8:51:50 PM PDT · by Cronos · 21 replies
    New York times ^ | 5th June 2025 | Jonathan Swan
    “Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday in an Oval Office news conference. “They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart. They don’t want to be pulled. Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.” “And I gave that analogy to Putin yesterday,”“I said, ‘President, maybe you have to keep fighting and suffering a lot, because both sides are suffering, before you pull them apart, before they’re able to be pulled apart.’” Merz had come to Washington...
  • The Myth of the European “Union”

    06/05/2025 8:51:39 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    Unleash Prosperity ^ | 06/05/2025 | Stephen Moore
    One reason America has become the economic superpower is that the 50 states comprise one giant free trade zone. The Europeans wanted to emulate that model with the creation of the EU, but it hasn’t worked. Here is a stunning fact from the Wall Street Journal’s Joe Sternberg: The International Monetary Fund calculates that Europe’s complex economic regulations impose the same costs as would a 44% tariff on goods traded between EU countries. For services, the costs of complying with different national rules are equivalent to a 110% tariff. By comparison, the regulatory costs associated with trading manufactured goods across...
  • US President Trump and Elon Musk schedule call for Friday to "broker peace."

    06/05/2025 8:50:28 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 25 replies
    BRICS News ^ | 6/5/25 | BRICS News
    US President Trump and Elon Musk schedule call for Friday to "broker peace."
  • Trump and Musk’s Relationship Melts Down in Spectacular Fashion

    06/05/2025 8:48:09 PM PDT · by Cronos · 6 replies
    New York times ^ | 5th June 2025 | Shawn MacReesh
    The moment had finally come, and it was every bit as lowdown, vindictive, personal, petty, operatic, childish, consequential, messy and public as many had always expected it would be. “One thing’s for sure,” Elon Musk posted on X midway through his relentless hourslong attack on Donald Trump, “it ain’t boring!” The clash of the titans was upon us, and the gloves were off. The speed of the fallout was breathtaking. Up until about 14 seconds ago, Mr. Musk was flying on Mr. Trump’s planes, staying at his homes, socializing with his children. On Friday, Mr. Trump celebrated him with an...
  • Win-Win: Give Everyone on Medicaid an HSA

    06/05/2025 8:47:28 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    Unleash Prosperity ^ | 06/04/2025 | Stephen Moore
    Here’s a brilliant idea from our friend, John Goodman, who writes to us: “If you do this the right way, it will (1) save a ton of money, (2) make it easier for enrollees to get health care.”It would also save people on Medicaid from losing a whole day of working instead of waiting in an emergency room for routine care, and provide higher quality care at the same time.Goodman explains:Private companies managing Medicaid (or the state itself) should be able to make deposits to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) that would cover, say, all primary care. Enrollees would be restricted...
  • Probiotic supplementation may help reduce chemotherapy side effects in breast cancer

    06/05/2025 8:43:50 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 1 replies
    Medical Xpress / Pensoft Publishers / Pharmacia ^ | May 9, 2025 | Aguslina Kirtishanti et al
    Chemotherapy is one of the most popular ways to treat breast cancer. Even though it has proven to be effective, it also has downsides, such as a higher risk of side effects, as it doesn't only attack the cancer cells but can also affect normal cells. Chemotherapy-related side effects such as fatigue, weakness, and proneness to infections can influence treatment adherence and undermine the effectiveness of the therapy and the patients' quality of life. Probiotics are among the emerging alternative supplements being studied for their potential benefit in cancer treatment. A new study published in the open-access journal Pharmacia explored...
  • Steve Bannon Says He Told Trump to Investigate Musk as an ‘Illegal Alien

    06/05/2025 8:37:54 PM PDT · by Cronos · 26 replies
    New York times ^ | 5th June 2025 | Tyler Page
    Stephen K. Bannon, one of Elon Musk’s most vocal critics, said he was advising the president to cancel all of the tech billionaire’s contracts and launch several investigations into the world’s richest man. “They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status, because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately,” Mr. Bannon, the former top aide to President Trump who is now an influential ally and informal adviser, said in an interview. ...Mr. Bannon said the Trump administration should also investigate Mr. Musk’s drug use,...