Organ transplant drug may slow Alzheimer's disease progression (Rapamycin (Rapamune) helped regulate neurons)
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Medical Xpress / Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Brain ^
| May 1, 2024 | Aaron J Barbour et al
Protein imbalances that increase brain cell excitability may explain why individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who also experience seizures demonstrate more rapid cognitive decline than those who do not experience seizures. These
imbalances may be present in the brains of individuals before the onset of AD symptoms. The team found that an existing drug called rapamycin, initially developed as an immunosuppressant for organ transplant patients that suppresses signaling between neurons, was able to regulate the over-excited neurons in mouse models of AD and seizures, and preserve cognitive function, like memory and the ability to learn new things. "Experts used to...
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Regulate International Student Enrollment: North Carolina campuses should exclude foreign students who hate America.
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James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^
| April 15, 2024 | Neetu Arnold
In the aftermath of Hamas’s attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, campuses across the country erupted with intense, heated protests. Except
the protests weren’t against the brutality of Hamas’s massacre of innocent civilians. No, students had come to the conclusion that such actions were justified, and it was Israel’s military response to the attacks that needed to be stopped. In one of many such instances, pro-Palestinian student groups at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill used a paraglider, one of Hamas’s modes of attack, in fliers promoting the event. As UNC provost Chris Clemens said: “There is no doubt...
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Brazil is moving to regulate X after Elon Musk refused to comply with their anti-free speech demands
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X ^
Brazil is moving to regulate X after Elon Musk refused to comply with their anti-free speech demands. Brazil
Attorney-General Jorge Messias is lashing out after Musk refused to bend the knee. “We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, failing to comply with court orders and threatening our authorities.” “It is urgent to regulate social networks.”
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San Francisco supervisor wants to regulate grocery store closures
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Axios ^
(1/31/24 story) On the heels of Safeway's decision to keep its Fillmore grocery store open until January 2025, one San Francisco supervisor wants to regulate grocery store closures in the city to ensure local communities are not blindsided. Why
it matters: The proposal is an effort to ensure food security throughout the city and is a direct response to Safeway's announcement and subsequent reversal of its decision to close its Fillmore supermarket, the only full-service grocery store in the neighborhood, in March. What's happening: Supervisor Dean Preston plans to officially introduce an ordinance, dubbed the Neighborhood Grocery Protection Act, that...
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ATF Preparing Rule To Regulate Private Gun Sales, Requiring Background Check
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msn ^
| 6 feb 2924 | Andrew Sanders •
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is reportedly preparing a new rule to regulate private gun sales, requiring background checks via the FBI. Empower Oversight, representing IRS agents in the Hunter Biden case, has raised concerns about the move, calling it an “unconstitutional” power grab. The
group argues that only Congress has the authority to enact such changes due to a 1986 law prohibiting background checks for private firearm sales. “Such an expansive rule that treats all private citizens the same as federal firearms licensees would circumvent the separation of powers in the Constitution, which grants ‘all...
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ATF preparing to regulate private gun sales with background check, whistleblower group alleges
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Just the News ^
| 31 Jan, 2024 | John Solomon
Empower Oversight says power grab would be unconstitutional, usurping powers on Congress and infringing 2nd Amendment. The whistleblower group that represented the IRS agents in the Hunter Biden case is warning that the Biden administration is preparing an “unconstitutional“ power grab to regulate private gun sales by requiring a background check. In
a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Empower Oversight said it had learned from two sources that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was directed by the White House to make the change and “has drafted a 1,300-page document in support of a rule that...
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Eating beans found to improve gut health, regulate immune and inflammatory processes in colorectal cancer survivors (Navy beans)
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Medical Xpress / University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center / eBioMedicine ^
| Nov. 30, 2023 | Xiaotao Zhang et al
Incorporating navy beans into the diet of colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors has the potential to positively impact both gut and host health by modulating markers linked to obesity and disease, according to research. The
findings revealed BE GONE trial participants who added a cup of navy beans daily to their regular meals saw positive changes in their gut microbiome, which is associated with cancer prevention and improved treatment outcomes. Changes included an increase of alpha diversity, or beneficial bacteria (Faecalibacterium, Eubacterium, and Bifidobacterium) and decreased pathogenic, or opportunistic, bacteria. "Observing a shift in microbiome diversity with diet intervention alone is...
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Calls Issued to Regulate Basement Apartments in NYC as Latinos are More Exposed During Flooding
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Latino Times ^
| 10/4/2023 | Vanessa Lucero
Floods are becoming a "new normal" in New York City, a recent study by a NASA led research team has found that the metropolitan area is slowly sinking by an average of 0.06 inches per year. The
study comes just as New York City experienced a historic rainfall. Last Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley, calling the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia a "life-threatening rainfall event." A month's worth of rain, more than 4.5 inches of rain fell in just three hours and nearly 8 inches of...
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Is a wave of censorship coming? The Canadian Government will begin to regulate streaming services that broadcast podcasts
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Voz us ^
| 10 02 2023 | EMMANUEL ALEJANDRO RONDóN
On Friday, September 29, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a new “regulatory plan” for streaming services that operate in Canada, that earn $10,000,000 annually or more and offer broadcast content (podcasts). According
to the CRTC, this is a new way to “modernize” media regulation in Canada so that, in the future, streaming platforms, such as Netflix or social media, “make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.” However, critics say this new measure actually seeks to restrict freedom of expression and silence the few remaining dissident voices in Canada. “Governments hide things by announcing them on Friday...
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Home wreckers? All the appliances the Biden administration plans to regulate more aggressively
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Just The News ^
| October 1, 2023 6:49pm Updated: October 1, 2023 9:37pm | By Just the News staff
In December, Energy Secretary Granholm announced that the administration had taken 110 actions on energy efficiency standards in 2022 alone...and are moving forward with rules impacting dozens more appliances. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Joe Biden administration continues to use executive authority to regulate popular household appliances at an unprecedented level, with claims that their
changes will save consumers money and help slow climate change and its alleged effects on the environment. Though the latest set of restrictions the administration is mandating is for gas powered furnaces, that is only the latest and far from the last. “According to the current federal Unified...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 10/01/2023 Canada Moving To Regulate Online Streaming Services, Record Month For Illegals Entering US, Serbian President Contradicts US Claim Of Troop Buildup
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Nextrush Free ^
| 10/1/2023 | Nextrush/Self
Across the US and Canada today Life Chain events witnessing to a Pro-Life position opposing Abortion.... A source telling "Politico" that California Governor Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler to replace Dianne Feinstein in the US Senate. Butler is President of the influential "EMILY's List" that raises huge amounts of money to
support Pro-Abortion... The US Capitol Police say they are investigating "what happened and why" after a fire alarm was pulled by Democrat Congressman Jamal Bowman of New York... On Friday the Canadian Radio Telecommunications Commission announcing that online streaming services must now register... In the UK the "National...
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Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.
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MIT News Office ^
| : November 16, 2022 | Jennifer Chu
The Earth’s climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And
yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating. Now, a study by MIT researchers in Science Advances confirms that the planet harbors a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to pull the climate back from the brink, keeping global temperatures within a steady, habitable range. Just how does it accomplish this? A likely mechanism is “silicate weathering” — a geological process by which the slow and steady weathering of...
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20 Common Functions of American Life the Government Wants to Regulate, Restrict or Outright Ban
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GATEWAYPUNDIT ^
| 9/19/2023 | jim hoft, Leo Hohmann
Looking at the big picture, the two things that corrupt ruling elites want to see TERMINATED are the Constitution and God Himself The U.S. government was never meant to be an all-inclusive entity involved in almost every aspect of our lives, the way it is today. So
how did we get to this point and what areas of our lives need to be taken back from the illegitimate claims of government in order for us to be able to say we live in a truly free country? Watch the brief video below, provided by Hillsdale College, comparing the Founders’ vision...
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Nothing is Safe. Now the Biden Administration Wants to Regulate Your Ceiling Fan
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PJ Media ^
| 08/27/2023 | Rick Moran
If I were a climate change fanatic, I wouldn’t stop at anything to cut carbon. This
explains a lot about the Department of Energy’s proposed rules on energy efficiency for ceiling fans. Yes, ceiling fans. The DOE announced the exciting news this past week that consumers would save between $28 and $39 over the life of a ceiling fan on energy costs. Meanwhile, Republicans on the Small Business Committee are questioning the wisdom of rules that will save consumers pennies a year but very well might cost thousands of jobs as some small ceiling fan manufacturers are likely to go...
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Biden’s attempt to regulate pistol braces dealt blow after appeals court casts doubt on constitutionality
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Fox News ^
| Aug 3 | Bradford betz
The Biden administration’s effort to regulate pistol braces was dealt a blow Tuesday after a ruling by a federal appeals court cast doubt on its constitutionality. The
Biden admin rule required gun owners to register pistol braces, which are accessories that can be attached to the rear of a gun to make it easier to aim and fire with one hand. Second Amendment proponents argued that the braces make handguns safer and more accurate. But gun control advocates argued the braces could be used to lengthen a concealable handgun, making it more dangerous. Two Texas gun owners, a gun rights...
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Alito says Congress has ‘no authority’ to regulate Supreme Court
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The Hill ^
| 07/28/23 3:31 PM ET | BY ZACH SCHONFELD
Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has “no authority” to regulate the Supreme Court in an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s opinion section published Friday, pushing back against Democrats’ attempt to mandate stronger ethics rules. Alito,
one of the high court’s leading conservatives, is just one of multiple justices who have come under recent scrutiny for ethics controversies that have fueled the renewed push. “I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it,” Alito told the Journal. “No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.” Although the Constitution...
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Warren, Graham partner in proposing new agency to regulate tech giants
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The Hill ^
| 07/27/2023 | REBECCA KLAR
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are teaming up on legislation to create a new agency that would have the power to regulate tech giants. The
bipartisan Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act, unveiled Thursday, would create an agency charged with oversight of Meta, Google, Amazon and other large tech companies and seek to promote industry competition and consumer privacy online. The commission would work alongside the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ), the agencies that currently operate as antitrust enforcers, according to the bill.
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The Illusion of China’s AI Prowess; Regulating AI will not set America back in the technology race. (downplaying China in order to regulate US industry)
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Foreign Affairs ^
| June 2, 2023 | Helen Toner, Jenny Xiao, and Jeffrey Ding
The artificial intelligence revolution has reached Congress. The staggering potential of powerful AI systems, such as OpenAI’s text-based ChatGPT, has alarmed legislators, who worry about how advances in this fast-moving technology might remake economic and social life. Recent
months have seen a flurry of hearings and behind-the-scenes negotiations on Capitol Hill as lawmakers and regulators try to determine how best to impose limits on the technology. But some fear that any regulation of the AI industry will incur a geopolitical cost. In a May hearing at the U.S. Senate, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, warned that “a peril” of...
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New electronic pill zaps the stomach to regulate hunger...We now have a way to hack the powerful nerves in the gut-brain axis.
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FreeThink ^
| May 17, 2023 | By Kristin Houser
a close up of a pill with a spiral of wire around it Credit: MIT MIT researchers have developed an electronic pill that allows them to hack the powerful gut-brain axis — and it could one day be used to treat everything from anorexia to obesity to diabetes. Your
second brain: Your gastrointestinal tract is lined with more than 100 million nerves, known as the “enteric nervous system” (ENS). This system is so complex it’s been nicknamed the “second brain.” While the ENS controls digestion autonomously, without input from your real brain, the two can and do communicate with one...
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MSNBC’s Weissmann: Government Should ‘Step In’ to Regulate Fox News
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Breitbart ^
| 04/21/2023 | Pam Key
MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann said Friday on “Morning Joe” that the only way to deter Fox News from “promulgating lies” is for the U.S. government to step in and regulate. Co-host
Eugene Robinson said, “A lot of people in media who were appalled at what Fox did in defaming Dominion and who were rooting for Fox to lose at the same time, who worried that an adverse ruling to Fox if they’ve gone to trial, might have an impact on libel law, might have an impact on the governing, Supreme Court decisions Sullivan v. The New York Times, that...
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