New York Post,
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Theo Wayt
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A wave of startups are using slick TikTok ads and loosened drug regulations to sell prescription medications for ADHD like Adderall and Vyvanse, raising ethical and legal questions from doctors.(Snip) However, the DEA changed its implementation of the act in 2020 due to the coronavirus, allowing doctors to prescribe “schedule II through V” drugs — a category that includes narcotics like Adderall and Vicodin but excludes marijuana — through the internet. The measure will remain in place until the public health emergency of the coronavirus is over, according to the DEA.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Jo Macfarlane
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It has been one of the most enduring Covid conspiracy theories: that the 'gold standard' PCR tests used to diagnose the virus were picking up people who weren't actually infected.
Some even suggested the swabs, which have been carried out more than 200 million times in the UK alone, may mistake common colds and flu for corona.(Snip)Last month a report by the research charity Collateral Global and academics at Oxford University concluded as much, stating that as many as one third of all positive cases may not have been infectious.
If they are right, that's a potentially staggering number – roughly six million cases.
New York Post,
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Michael Goodwin
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Some stories make so little sense that all you can do is scratch your head. Others are so infuriating that you want to pull your hair out. Then there are those that are so outrageous your head feels as if it will explode.
This story provokes all three reactions.
It starts with a strange, little-known fact: Russia is acting as a go-between for the United States in nuclear talks with Iran.(Snip)Unfortunately, the story was true, and even more alarming, Russia continues to direct the nuclear talks with America’s approval while its army simultaneously turns Ukraine’s cities into rubble, mercilessly killing civilians
New York Post,
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Alex Mitchell
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She’s not gonna miss her shot at a long and happy life.
Meet Lily Bullen, a spirited grandmother to five and great-grandmother to four, who recently celebrated her 102nd birthday by downing shots of tequila around family and friends last month in Worcestershire, England, according to the Mirror.
Bullen credits her spunk to the Mexican liquor, affinity toward Domino’s pizza, Greggs sausage rolls and cream cakes as the things that keep her love of live so vibrant, according to the outlet.(Snip)Beyond her beloved booze, Bullen also loves spending as much time as possible with family, particularly her great-grandchildren.
New York Post,
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Thomas Barrabi
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Russia is reportedly weighing moves to scrap trademark protections for companies tied to “unfriendly” countries — measures that could clear the way to reopen Russia’s McDonald’s stores without permission.
Russian state-owned media outlet TASS recently published a report noting officials from the Ministry of Economic Development were considering lifting restrictions on intellectual property, including some trademarks. The report mentioned products and goods from “Western companies” following a mass exodus from Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.(Snip)The Washington Post was first to report on the subject — noting Russia has essentially legalized patent theft through its actions.
WAND-TV (Decatur, IL),
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Olivianna Calmes
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Decatur, Ill.(WAND) - Everyone is feeling pain at the pump right now, but farmers are facing steep prices ahead of planting season.
"We really seen what the cost to our farmer customers is really doubled," said Mark Bauman, general manager of Central Commodity FS. They distribute fuel to farmers and they are seeing the rise in prices firsthand.
"[It's] about as high a level as we've ever seen, at least in the last, you know, few decades," (Snip) "If we're looking at the price of a bolt fertilizer commodity last year, it's been about $500 ... a lot of those were about $1,000 a ton now,"
PJ Media,
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Rick Moran
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More than a thousand big-rig trucks, pick-ups, SUVs, passenger cars, and motorcycles circled the 64-mile Capital Beltway on Monday to demonstrate their opposition to vaccine mandates and the government’s pandemic policies. There were no traffic jams. The convoy was orderly, almost precision-like in its discipline. The protesters gave the right of way to other vehicles using the highway, staying in the right-hand lane for the entire circuit. It was peaceful. (Snip) the convoy was a success despite the virtual media blackout.
The Federalist,
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Jason Rantz
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A resurfaced blackface photo wasn’t enough to get Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam fired, but a medical researcher was forced out of her senior vice president position last month after dressing up as Michael Jackson for Halloween in 2009.
Dr. Julie Overbaugh was an award-winning senior vice president at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“Fred Hutch”) and a faculty member at the University of Washington Medical Center. She’s known for her research on HIV in Kenya. But her career is being ruined over a costume. (Snip) The photo immediately triggered an internal investigation at Fred Hutch, where she was placed on administrative leave.
New York Post,
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Kelly Jane Torrance
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America is still buying Russian oil, thereby funding, in part, President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked, unjustified and uncivilized invasion of Ukraine. Yet at the same time, American organizations are canceling Russian musicians who do not directly denounce Putin, the man who wields power over not just their livelihoods but their lives.
It’s easy to make smug, self-congratulatory grand gestures. It’s harder to consider the complications of music-making in a time of war — and the danger of putting political prohibitions on art and artists.
Conductor Valery Gergiev and soprano Anna Netrebko are arguably the two greatest Russian classical musicians of our time. New York cultural powerhouses showed both the door
The Federalist,
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Spencer Lindquist
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Although critical race theory has only come to the forefront of American politics in the last year, an email obtained by The Federalist dating back to 2016 proves the divisive ideology has been entrenched in American K-12 schools for much longer, sometimes where some least expect it.
An email from Elizabeth Denevi, who at the time was the director of studies and professional development at the Latin School of Chicago, shows the private school injected CRT into its ninth-grade physics curriculum and even tracked students’ changing beliefs on race and politics afterward.(Snip) Denevi co-founded Teaching While White, a far-left organization that defends political violence and demonizes white people.
PJ Media,
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Megan Fox
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Western film icon Sam Elliot might be next on the regressive left’s list of “people to cancel this month” because he expressed some wrongthink about the American Wild West and gays. I know this sounds confusing. Let me explain. On a recent episode of Marc Maron’s podcast, Elliot made some scathing remarks about the film The Power of the Dog,(Snip) Elliot is of course trending on Twitter, with the usual woke suspects calling for his head because no one is allowed to say “Hey, not everything is gay,” or criticize a woman for trying to force gay stuff into a western.
New York Post,
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Ryan Glasspiegel
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And just like that, it’s gone.
ESPN’s “SportsCenter” account deleted a cringe tweet featuring a meme from HBO’s “Euphoria.”
If you wish to avoid spoilers about the show’s second season finale, do not proceed.
Twitter user @LukeZim snagged a screenshot of the now-deleted tweet, in which “SportsCenter” posted a photo of 13-year-old character Ashtray, who has lived a life replete with drugs and violence, with the caption, “Name an athlete as fearless as this guy.”(Snip) “The content posted was not in alignment with ESPN’s brand and we removed it.”