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Dan Simmer

Ukraine: Russian Invasion Causing Widespread Suffering for Civilians

(Kyiv, January 12, 2023) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has wrought a devastating toll on civilians and shattered civilian life in much of the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Russian forces have committed apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, summary executions,

Zinc Is Key for COVID-19 Treatment and Prevention

Your immune system is your first line of defense against all disease, especially infectious disease, and there are many different ways to boost your immune system and improve its function.

What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same

“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” Montesquieu, Enlightenment philosopher For those wondering what to expect from the government in 2023, it looks like we’re going to be in for more of the same

Gullible Again

Sometimes when it is grey and damp and the air is heavy with the taste of a dreary day you can go down to the other side of town where buildings are small and old and cluttered and the cement seems to meld into the houses that crouch along the

Report: Democrat, GOP Lawmakers Beat Terrible Stock Market in 2022

Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers on average beat the stock market again in 2022, according to Unusual Whales’ annual report.

Yet another Covid “variant”: Omicron XBB & the self-driving narrative

There’s yet another Covid variant in the headlines – it’s Omicron XBB 1.5 if you want to know. It honestly doesn’t really matter at this point – but it does provide an interesting lesson in the nature of propaganda narrative construction and how, past a certain point, they

Why Does Your Stomach Growl?

If asked why your stomach growls, many people would answer, “Because I’m hungry!” This is somewhat of a myth, however.

Tolkien Anniversary: A Tribute to the Father of Fantasy

Today – 3rd of January 2023 – marks Professor JRR Tolkien’s one-hundred and thirty-first birthday. This is strangely significant as ‘131’ is the same age that Bilbo Baggins was when he was gifted passage aboard one of the last ships to Valinor, when he, Frodo and Gandalf sailed west to the

What good are psychedelic humanities?

The revival of psychedelic research has been dominated by the biomedical sciences.Yet it raises questions that cannot be answered by laboratory experiments and clinical trials alone.

This Is Why You Have Gray Hair

One you reach the age of 30, you have a 10% to 20% chance of graying hair with each passing decade.1 It's a fact of life that, eventually, virtually everyone will go gray. 1 Your hair color comes from pigment called melanin. Each hair may contain dark melanin (eumelanin)

Why Is Protecting COVID-19's Origin so Important?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Dr.

Harmful instruments, false solutions and private interests dominate at COP15

The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (“UNCBD”) concluded in the early hours on Monday, 19 December, with the adoption of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (“GBF”), known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The UNCBD is a multilateral treaty

South Africa Should Bring Home Grandmother and Other Nationals from Northeast Syria

“I’m an ‘accidental terrorist,’” Khadija, a 54-year-old South African woman, told me with a rueful laugh.

The Year of the Gaslighter

Well, it has been quite a year, 2022.