While the West worries about transgender toilets, the Chinese military seem to have moved beyond a bullet-fired rifle to technology right out of Star Wars:
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/china-has-new-laser-powered-rifle-that-can-literally-set-you-on-fire_07022018

“If you tick off the Chinese government, they just might send soldiers armed with “non-lethal” laser-powered rifles that will set you to fire to correct your behavior.   According to South China Morning Post, the new high-tech weapon is dubbed the ZKZM-500 and the “laser assault rifle” has similar dimensions to that of the AK-47. The weapon allegedly weighs about 3 kilograms (6.6lbs) with a “caliber of 15 millimeters” and it is powered by rechargeable lithium batteries that allow for 1,000 “zaps” that last 2 seconds long each. From 800 meters (about half a mile) away or less, the rifle can burn through a target’s clothes and skin and, if their clothes are flammable, set them on fire, according to reporting done by The South China Morning Post. ZKZM-500 is reportedly now ready for mass production and to be used by China’s military and police only (not a big surprise there since we all know that the slaves don’t get any form of protection against the ruling class). But maker ZKZM Laser hasn’t found a licensed partner yet. So it may be some time still before the Chinese police and military start setting those who irritate them by living freely on fire.”

     I just love plastic, and collect all sorts of plastic objects, such as broken toys, pieces of random junk, and of course bottles, which I sell to keep this vast journalistic operation afloat. Now I have been told by the UN, personally, of all people, that soon there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish, probably because of my white privilege:
http://www.collapse.news/2018-07-03-by-2050-our-oceans-will-have-more-plastic-than-fish.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/world-environment-day-un-plastic-pollution-waste-ban-bags-recycling-a8384311.html

“Plastic has been highlighted as one of the biggest environmental threats facing the world by the UN in a call to action issued to mark World Environment Day. While emphasising the success of many international efforts to tackle plastic waste, the organisation described how the “scourge of plastic” has reached every corner of the Earth. In a report billed as the most comprehensive yet to examine global government strategies against the “scourge”, UN experts called for concerted action to “beat plastic pollution”. Levies and bans – of the kind already being rolled out for some plastic products in the UK – were found to be among the most effective strategies for dealing with the problem. Presenting case studies from more than 60 countries, the UN analysis explored the different strategies being implemented and suggested measures that policymakers can take to curb the problem.”

     Here is another interesting development regarding prostate cancer, and I know that much of our ageing male population will be worrying about this issue every time that they go to the little boys’ room:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-06-25-fucoidan-is-an-ideal-polysaccharide-to-treat-prostate-cancer-new-science.html

“Fucoidan, a bioactive polysaccharide extracted mainly from algae, has been discovered to have significant potential as an anticancer treatment. This study, published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, looked into fucoidan’s anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic effects and determined the role of JAK-STAT3 pathways in the protection.

     Evolutionary biologist and Marxist, Richard Lewontin, was credited for conceptually undermining the notion of human races, for a time:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewontin%27s_Fallacy
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewontin

     The argument, employed by this Marxist, was that the majority of genetic diversity is found between populations, not races, so no justification could be made for continual use of racial categories. As such the argument was incoherent in the face of it, since, it assumed the existence of races to begin the analysis. It found that 85.4 percent of genetic variation is between populations, while 8.3 percent of the variance is between races. All that shows is that there is more genetic variance between individuals that between races, which if true is nothing much to write home about, since individuals are extremely diverse. The argument was criticised by A.  Edwards:
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.10315

     I suspect that most of our readers have back pain, probably lower back pain. Many writers here have chronic neck pain from endless hours spent on the computer to dig out the news that is important. Now, apart from suffering and soldiering on, it seems that vitamin D3 could help with back pain:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-07-05-supplementing-with-vitamin-d-shown-to-reduce-chronic-lower-back-pain.html

“A study published in Pain Physician suggests that adequate vitamin D supplementation can help reduce and relieve chronic lower back pain. To prove the connection between this nutrient and back pain, researchers invited 68 adults to participate in the study. All of them reported suffering from lower back pain for at least three months, and are not getting any better even with medication and physical therapy. Before the experiment, researchers found that the volunteers’ average level of vitamin D was only at 12.8 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter). This number was much lower than the 40 ng/mL recommended amount of vitamin D to boost optimal health. So, for the next eight weeks, participants were given 60,000 IU of vitamin D three times a week, increasing their average levels to 36.07 ng/mL. Meanwhile, to measure their level of pain and disability, a pain visual analog scale was used before, during, and at the end of the study. Results showed that after the subjects received higher doses of vitamin D, their pain and disability levels significantly decreased. Dr. Babita Ghai, M.D., D.N.B, lead author of the study, commented, “Our findings provide a reasonable justification for advising dietary supplementation as well as therapeutic medication to achieve normal vitamin D levels in patients with musculoskeletal pain.”

     Many good things come from the sea, and sea weed, of various types, may hold the key to holding back dementia:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-07-07-seaweed-prevents-parkinsons-disease-according-to-new-study.html

“Research has shown that certain seaweeds have the potential to prevent the onset of Parkinson’s disease. The study, published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, looked at the ability of antioxidant-rich seaweeds to protect brain cells from the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA, also known as oxidopamine), a chemical used to simulate Parkinson’s disease. In the study, researchers from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria in Portugal tested this theory using the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y, including its associated intracellular signaling pathways, and conducted an MTT assay to determine cell viability. In addition, the group assessed the intracellular signaling pathways hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production, changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential, and Caspase-3 activity. These parameters determine how healthy the SH-SY5Y cells are. Changes in these parameters affect cell viability.

     We did not hear much about this from our local mainstream media, but fortunately the slightly freer alternative press in America picked up this story: that the no jab no pay, is now no jab, you pay:
   https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-07/australia-will-now-fine-parents-twice-month-if-they-dont-vaccinate-their-kids

“Australia’s “No Jab, No Pay” policy just got a little stronger, or at least more insistent. Under the previous policy, parents who did not keep their children up to date on vaccinations would miss out on a one-time, end-of-the-year tax benefit called Family Tax Benefit Part A, valued at AU$737. Under the updated policy, those same parents will instead lose AU$28 every two weeks while their child is not up to date. Australia’s Minister for Social Services, Dan Tehan, said in a statement: Immunization is the safest way to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases. Parents who don’t immunize their children are putting their own kids at risk as well as the children of other people.” The expanded No Jab, No Pay policy went into effect on July 1, 2018. While parents will miss out on approximately the same amount of money in the end, the updated policy serves as a more “constant reminder” that the government of Australia wants all children vaccinated, according to Tehan.

     When I grew up, I never heard about female genital mutilation. Boys were generally circumcised, but the custom was on the way out. Not so today, for female genital mutilation:
  https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/08/england-new-female-genital-mutilation-case-every-two-hours-experts-demand-action/

“Around 4,500 new cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) were recorded in England over the last year, more than one every two hours, official data shows. Between April 2017 and March 2018, around 6,200 women and girls who visited a doctor, midwife, or other public health services in England had been exposed to the form of abuse at some point, the National Health Service (NHS) said on Thursday. Some cases had already been recorded, but 4,495 were being logged for the first time since the government made it compulsory for medical practitioners to report cases of FGM in 2015.”

     The latest wisdom from the psychologists is that old people are racists:
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5921739/Older-people-really-racist-Prejudices-grow-feel-anxious-death.html

“Older people are more racist – but it’s not because they are ‘from a different time’. We become more prejudiced as we age because we feel increasingly insecure and anxious about death, psychologists claim.
Scientists said hating a group can bring a sense of belonging and identity to those facing their own mortality because they are able to share that prejudice with others.

When I have some money left over from my mental disability pension, like most health conscious people I go into McDonalds and buy a big pot of French fries. The “French’ in the “fries,” makes me seem sophisticated and multicultural, which is better than just getting plain old greasy flies, I mean fries. Then, I don’t eat the delicacy, but smear the contents all over my bald head! I did not know why I did this until now:
  http://www.ladbible.com/news/news-food-mcdonalds-fries-could-cure-baldness-according-to-new-study-20180204

“A cure for baldness may have just been found in the most unlikely of places, according to scientists in Japan - who think the answer could lie in your McDonald’s meal. Yep, believe it or not you read that right. According to the Daily Record, there’s a chemical used in McDonald’s fries that could help hair regrowth. The scientists managed to regrow hair on mice using what they’ve referred to as a ‘simple method’ using human stem cells, which generated fresh follicles capable of sprouting new hairs. Within days the mice had furry backs and scalps, and after these preliminary experiments it’s thought that the same technique could work in people. The Japanese team first had a breakthrough after they managed to produce ‘hair follicle germs’ in their lab for the first time. These are the cells that fuel follicle development, and because they’ve never been regenerated before are considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of hair loss research. Turns out the secret was to use dimethylpolysiloxane, the same chemical that’s found in McDonald’s fries - which is added for safety reasons to prevent cooking oil from foaming. Professor Junji Fukuda of Yokohama National University, said: “The key for the mass production of HFGs was a choice of substrate materials for the culture vessel. “We used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of culture vessel, and it worked very well.”

     One litmus test of impending social collapse is when core institutions no longer function as they should. When workers begin committing suicide in significant numbers, one knows that there is a problem:
  http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/389999-american-health-care-workers-are-committing-suicide-in-unprecedented 
  http://collapse.news/2018-06-04-us-health-care-system-collapsing-so-rapidly-that-workers-are-now-committing-suicide.html

“As America focuses on one epidemic — the opioid crisis — another goes entirely ignored. American health-care workers are dying by suicide in unprecedented numbers. Earlier this month, a medical student and a resident at NYU medical school completed suicide less than a week apart. My junior colleague took her life just 11 days before her 35th birthday. I had supervised her as she transitioned into practice from fellowship. She said that the way I said her name foretold if the conversation pointed to a weakness or a strength in her patient assessment. My last sight of her was as she drove off to her new job. Less than six months later, she made a life-ending choice. A scan of her suicide note, asking that I be notified, was emailed to me. I did not show it to anyone. The news of her suicide was announced by an email in the department. We all went about our business, as if suicide by a young colleague is usual. And perhaps, in a way it is. After all, physician suicide — and more broadly health-care worker suicide — is a huge issue in the U.S. In my own experience, I have lost six colleagues to suicide — five physicians and one physician assistant. That does not include the suicides that I have heard about through the whisper network at work.”

     More absurdities from our friends, the universities, full of Arts/Farts/Humanities departments where the-to-be described sort of bs is freely cultivated. Unfortunately, normal manure is natural and helps the garden grow, but the manure produced by the modern university is highly toxic and quite dangerous to life and society. I submit to your consideration a prime example of academic research in the Humanities/Social Sciences:
  http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/06/20/academic-journal-publishes-study-on-dog-rape-culture-claims-female-dogs-are-oppressed/

“A women’s studies researcher says she examined the genitals of 10,000 dogs for her study on canine “rape culture” this month. The journal Gender, Place, and Culture, is a monthly peer-reviewed publication that focuses on issues of feminist geography. In 2015, it was ranked the thirteenth most influential women’s studies academic journal in the world. This year, the journal published an unusual piece by researcher Helen Wilson about “rape culture” in “urban dog parks.” The article, titled “Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon,” astonishingly argues that female dogs suffer oppression at the paws of male dogs and that humans are indifferent to violence between dogs. In what must have been an attempt to reach peak academic absurdity, Wilson says that she examined the genitals of almost 10,000 dogs during her observational study into canine “rape culture.” “The usual caveats of observational research also apply here,” Wilson wrote. “While I closely and respectfully examined the genitals of slightly fewer than ten thousand dogs, being careful not to cause alarm and moving away if any dog appeared uncomfortable, there is some relevant margin of error concerning my observations about their gender in some instances.”

     No, this is happening here in Oz, not in the UK or Sweden: nurses are now being forced to announce their “white privilege” when treating indigenous patients:              
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5526907/Nurses-forced-announce-white-privilege-treating-Indigenous.html

     If you don’t believe me, and just don’t see it, look, here is the quote from the source:

     Wow, just, wow, urban decay is proceeding very fast. People are now basically acting like insects, or consuming insect spray:
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/smoking-a-bug-spray-laced-street-drug-transforms-users-into-zombies_03272018 

“One of the newest and deadliest drugs is also one of the cheapest.  Dubbed “KD” or “Katie” or “Zombie”, the drug turns users into strange crazed zombies reminiscent of the effect of the bath salts drug. This drug may contain different ingredients, but the common denominator is always bug spray.  According to Natural News, the users take marijuana, banana leaves, tobacco, or spice and lace it with a bug spray, most often Raid. This concoction is then smoked, giving users a 45-minute high that leaves them virtually unconscious and crazed zombies. While some people choose to make their own drugs, other users simply buy it for around $20 a bag on the black market. Irrespective of where they get it, however, it is incredibly addictive and can be absolutely lethal. In recent weeks, the use of bug spray enhanced drugs has risen dramatically. Since the cost of this drug is so low, expectations that its popularity will fizzle out are also low.

     Here is a good item for the vaccination establishment who see the Gardasil vaccine as necessary as, well, almost every other health measure:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-04-05-court-ruling-confirms-gardasil-vaccine-kills-people-scientific-evidence-beyond-any-doubt.html

“May God bless the Tarsell family, who fought the U.S. government eight long years to validate a medical burden of proof that the Gardasil vaccine killed their daughter. The Tarsell’s 21-year-old daughter Christina Richelle “died from an arrhythmia induced by an autoimmune response” to Gardasil, an HPV vaccine that she received only days before her death. The final ruling has been confirmed by the Department of Health and Human Services: Merck’s Gardasil vaccine causes autoimmune problems that cause sudden debilitation and/or death.

     The tens of thousands of Spanish-speakers, who visit this site, will appreciate the pun in the title, but for English-speakers, don’t worry too much about it. Instead, worry about the health costs of drug side effects:
  http://www.collapse.news/2018-04-09-pharma-drug-side-effects-add-nearly-half-a-trillion-dollars-to-u-s-health-care-costs-each-year.html 

“The never-ending cycle of side effects and adverse reactions that come from pharmaceutical drugs adds nearly half a trillion dollars to U.S. health care costs annually. A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego computed the true costs of pharmaceutical drugs. The real reason health insurance and medical care is so expensive is because most of the “medicines” doled out are actually costly poisons that cause more health problems. The side effects of pharmaceutical drugs only cause more doctor visits, more testing, more medical intervention, and a cycle of drug dependence.

     Australians love beetroot on their burgers and steak sandwiches, but beetroot juice has important properties beyond tasting great:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-05-01-beetroot-juice-found-to-decrease-blood-pressure-cardiovascular-disease.html  

     The study referred to is here:
  http://www.the-aps.org/mm/hp/Audiences/Public-Press/2017/28.html
  https://www.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/ajpheart.00163.2017 

     I do not know about you, but working on the computer to bring you the delicious articles I am known for, comes at a cost: neck pain, lower back pain, and that feeling in one’s eyes that they are on stalks, popping out of one’s head. Just imagine having to put in hour after hour as my co-writers do, why, it’s a wonder that they are not blind:
  http://www.collapse.news/2018-05-09-mobile-devices-are-on-track-to-destroy-the-eyesight-of-an-entire-generation.html 

“Some experts say that using cell phones, TVs and tablets isn’t much different from looking at the sun when it comes to the damage it can cause your eyes. The blue light that is emitted from the screens of these devices happens to be precisely in the range where it can cause the most damage: around 430 to 440 nanometers. It may have a short wavelength, but its high energy means it penetrates right through the lens of the eye and the cornea to reach the retina in the back of the eye. This can cause macular degeneration and eventually blindness. Doctors warn that Millennials, who tend to spend lots of hours looking at screens all day, risk starting to go blind once they approach 50. Many people experience frequent headaches as a result of digital eye strain, and it’s not unusual for their vision to become blurry. According to ophthalmologist Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, looking at a screen for more than half an hour a day is risky.”

     An Australian study has revealed that the more women eat fast food rather than fruits and vegetables, the less fertile they become, and the less likely they will get pregnant via the old tried and proven method. The study looked at 5,598 women in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and found that a healthier diet increased fertility:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-05-05-eating-fast-food-has-a-negative-effect-on-pregnancy-rates-by-lowering-fertility-in-women.html  

     Here is a more detailed popular report, and I have included the URL of the scientific report, mainly because I am utterly amazed at how long it is. Why is it necessary to have anything that long? One’s fertility would decline just trying to type it, if one could not cut ‘n’ paste it! And, speaking of that, I tried to lift off the abstract which was loaded with statistical details, and all sorts of signs, but for some reason, my dying computer would not digest the mathematical salad, so you might need to go to the site if you need to indulge in symbolic feasting on this day:
  https://watermark.silverchair.com/dey079.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAdowggHWBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggHHMIIBwwIBADCCAbwGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMV_Ghe36EWCHqDT3HAgEQgIIBjS-d_YXftyo_hA5xi1oiv992tDSd1-dcpjGtxIECS6NfNkMF9mjqyvJVHlyhZl282SxFkmUdN3aTieoGDEylvaUQJFmLtE9LEQuIK5P2S2fPviy9Su9BF_tVRqNoo5bpk3fw6HqgqYELtL6Ahafw54tCZWKPULAUfficd5TtzIL7k4Ckm_TGm7xtMD6MwMNqZi2-pU6zydshW-BKXRFZ79oX599idrWKyOYNLT1qjt7eddw8RvMLvCPi7X0CHctt7sPV2aHAZx1Ku53yLIQC4YwuPXBtsK8cdUtX2TI6aYulwRC9Dlibzq1AzBvLgbrJYIC382q8tkNg5AUx9mVZFR3Er92qfDxNDO-nYUQxW0dfRwItTV-WVsBHtfvYEG6ZkV2ag14VBEZeqEleXtWXkGXgodfk8eCfMByvtyRzOuPWWSJkCM9a7Ft8O7X9Rdk4LoQkbMF7fpCq2K3BUuiOSuv3WAW_SEvgxKSUpJeOevM9EKtJ3HFSZZUniWmfGNZwOTyDMY_Vizrwlg7JoKE

     Another day, yet another challenge to push political correctness to places where no man has gone before. Sorry, genderised person:
  http://www.ithaca.com/news/policy-expert-explains-that-yes-food-can-be-racist/article_9612ae1a-539c-11e8-9733-773e398cfb16.html

“Doctor Milton Mills explained these inequalities of the US Department of Agriculture’s dietary guidelines at length, painting a picture of the historical negligence of the US government when it comes to crafting their food recommendations to the dietary needs of minorities in the country, led most notably by its impact on African-Americans. Mills is an Intensive Care Unit doctor in Washington, D.C., and a noted speaker on the topic of disease prevention through dietary methods, shunning the typical western diet in favor of eating a plant-based diet.