Tag: Health

Nicaragua: Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Jill Clark-Gollub

Hybrid warfare tactics, including information warfare and the co-opting of human rights groups, make it hard to tell the good guys from the bad in the US-backed coup attempt in Nicaragua in 2018. But it is important to note the telltale signs of class oppression and terrorist tactics to understand the truth about the 222 people recently released to the US who were convicted of treason in Nicaragua for savage acts of violence against their people. They had benefited from an amnesty in 2019, but violated its terms by participating in a new coup plot in 2020 and 2021. In releasing the 222 over to the US, the Nicaraguan authorities effectively pardoned them a second time in order to bring further reconciliation to society. But for the sake of historical memory and non-repetition, it is important to remember their crimes.

Nicaragua: Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting

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

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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.

Animals reported sickened as more details come out on toxic Norfolk Southern tanker derailment in eastern Ohio

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Following the all clear for residents of East Palestine, Ohio to return home given by government and company officials in the wake of the catastrophic derailment last week of a train carrying deadly vinyl chloride, there are more reports of health concerns by residents.

Animals reported sickened as more details come out on toxic Norfolk Southern tanker derailment in eastern Ohio

The US Navy said ‘traces’ of jet fuel were found in the water on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. A sailor says the problem was way worse.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The US Navy acknowledged recently that the water the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz uses to bathe and drink was contaminated by what it described as “traces” of jet fuel, but a sailor on the ship said the situation was worse than the service first let on.

The US Navy said ‘traces’ of jet fuel were found in the water on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. A sailor says the problem was way worse.

Biden to remark on Social Security, Medicare; strategy to end hunger in US includes more benefits

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is laying out its plan to meet an ambitious goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030, including expanding monthly benefits that help low-income Americans buy food.

Biden remarks on Social Security, Medicare; strategy to end hunger in US includes more benefits

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Biden admin to propose nutrition labels on front of food packaging in push to improve health

Because people don’t know how to turn the product around to read labels?!