Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry

Simple logic tells us that those atop a societal hierarchy will provide rewards for professionals—be they clergy or psychiatrists—who promote an ideology that maintains the status quo, and that the ruling class will do everything possible to manipulate the public to believe that the social-economic-political status quo is natural.

Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry

6 proven health benefits of magnesium—a critical mineral you’re probably not getting enough of

You may already know that magnesium is one of the top supplements for healthy aging, but its benefits go beyond supporting you in your golden years. “It’s essential for all stages of life,” says Andrea Wong, Ph.D., senior vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).

6 proven health benefits of magnesium—a critical mineral you’re probably not getting enough of (archived)

Council for Responsible Nutrition is a trade association and lobbying group for the dietary supplement industry…lol.

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Dan Crenshaw’s measure greenlighting psychedelics to treat PTSD part of defense bill + More

Ruling classes puts forth drugs & “healing” instead of addressing US imperialism.

The legislation would allow supervised clinical studies with active-duty members.

Dan Crenshaw’s measure greenlighting psychedelics to treat PTSD part of defense bill

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National Defense Authorization Act, pp. 402-406, p. 1817 ($50,311 allocated for R&D)

CIA MKULTRA / Mind Control Collection

FDA Weighs New Application To Approve MDMA As First-Ever Psychedelic Medicine For PTSD + More About MAPS

The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online

Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), have reintroduced it with slight modifications. Though some of these changes were made in response to over 100 civil society organizations and LGBTQ+ rights groups’ criticisms of the bill, its latest version is still troubling. Today’s version of KOSA would still require surveillance of anyone sixteen and under. It would put the tools of censorship in the hands of state attorneys general, and would greatly endanger the rights, and safety, of young people online. And KOSA’s burdens will affect adults, too, who will likely face hurdles to accessing legal content online as a result of the bill.

The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online

FDA Cracks Down on Animal Tranquilizer That Is Sometimes Mixed With Fentanyl

FDA Cracks Down on Animal Tranquilizer That Is Sometimes Mixed With Fentanyl

This is why fentanyl is used in black-market opioids in the first place. Users did not demand a substance that is 40 times more potent than heroin for recreational use; prohibitionist policies made it more challenging to procure pain medication, leading pain patients to seek out heroin. Heroin, however, is a crop drug, which makes it expensive to produce, ship, and buy. Fentanyl is synthetic, making it cheaper to produce, ship, and buy. When the law makes it harder to get legal pain pills, everybody adapts, and you get illegal fentanyl with no quality control.

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The new CDC guidelines aren’t much better.

No, China Isn’t Gobbling Up America’s Farms

Source: US Department of Agriculture

Fears over Chinese purchases of US cropland are vastly overblown. Lawmakers should slow down before imposing damaging new restrictions.

No, China Isn’t Gobbling Up America’s Farms

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Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner

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I’m more worried about ‘Farmer Bill’, who claims that he owns “less than 1/4000 of the farmland”.