The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man’s head onto a donor’s body has said that he could do much of the procedure in less than an hour.
The procedure — which Canavero has admitted is just a first step towards his ultimate aim of creating immortality — will see a man’s head removed and placed on a donor’s body [and] get cooled down — as it is when doctors operate on some parts of the brain — and switched onto the different body. Doctors will then have a few minutes to attach the blood vessels . . .
After that, the full joining process could take up to 24 hours. Canavero said that it would be carried out by a team of doctors to ensure that none of them got tired, and that doctors and surgeons from around the world had inquired about joining that team.
Canavero said that he will explain the procedure in depth at a neurosurgeons’ conference on June 12. “I’ll prove it is totally possible to all the skeptics there,” he told Mail Online. . .
As well as casting doubt on the scientific likelihood of the procedure, doctors have said that if successful it could cause huge problems for Canavero. One expert warned that Spidonov could suffer something “a lot worse than death”. (Read more from “You’ll Never Guess How Fast This Italian Doctor Thinks He Can Perform a Head Transplant” HERE)
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Dashcam footage has revealed the startling moment a Texas trooper ran toward a motorcyclist following a high-speed chase, leaped into the air and karate kicked him to the ground.
The unconventional maneuver led to a three-day, unpaid suspension for Trooper Abraham Martinez last year but the footage only emerged this week as the Austin American Statesman investigated outdated tactics used in Department of Public Safety pursuits.
The incident unfolded in December 2012 after Martinez, a 10-year veteran trooper, took chase when 25-year-old Steven Gaydos ran a stop sign near Houston . . .
Troopers followed Gaydos for nearly 40 miles at speeds of 130 mph before Martinez pulled alongside him and fired four times through the window of his moving car, striking the man once in the thigh.
The motorcyclist then raised his hand and pulled over and, as he tried to put down his kickstand, Martinez suddenly leaped out at him, kicked him and knocked him to the ground. (Read more from “Watch: Texas Trooper KARATE KICKS Suspect off His Motorcycle Following High-Speed Chase” HERE)
The number of people using food banks has reached a record one million, despite signs that the economy is improving, new figures reveal.
The Trussell Trust, which runs 445 food banks across the UK, said 1,084,604 people received supplies in the last financial year – an increase of 19 per cent on the previous years – and that 400,000 of them were children.
Everyone who receives food from Trussell Trust food banks is referred by a professional, such as a social worker or school liaison officer.
Delays in receiving benefits were the main reason for referrals to food banks, but the Trussell Trust said there was an increase in referrals of workers on low income . . .
People in work who use food banks were reported to be struggling with insecure income, low wages and high living costs. (Read more from “Food Banks: Over One Million Seek Emergency Help” HERE)
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On the very day that the Brown family announced their intent to file charges in a civil lawsuit against the City of Ferguson, Missouri, Louis Head, the stepfather of Michael Brown, had another idea. Pictured below is Louis Head crossing the street on his way to the City of St. Louis Circuit Court Building wearing a jacket emblazoned with what appears to be a side-by-side image of Barrack Obama and Michael Brown, with a lower image of an individual throwing a flaming Molotov cocktail.
Louis Head, the boyfriend of Michael Brown’s mother Lesile McSpadden, has been subject to media scrutiny after a video emerged depicting him of saying multiple times to, “Burn this bit** [Town of Ferguson] down” following the grand jury decision to not formally indict Officer Darren Wilson of any crime in the shooting death of Michael Brown. The night following the grand jury’s “no true bill”, looting and burning of local businesses occurred similar to the days immediately following Brown’s death. These destructive acts happened amid the presence of Al Sharpton whom spoke at times of a peaceful protest. At other times, he suggested that the looters were actually liberators.
In the days following the second spat of burnings and lootings, the State of Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor, Pete Kinder suggested that Louis Head should be indicted for inciting a riot. Prior to those comments, Missouri Governor, Democrat Jay Nixon released a statement suggesting that that the video footage of the alleged strong-arm robbery of the convenient store, where Brown stole a box of cigars, was put forward to discredit the character of Michael Brown.
Although Nixon’s opinion on that issue never wavered in light of the contrary evidence, he did order in the days leading up to the grand jury announcement that the National Guard be called into service. After the first night of looting and rioting following the grand jury decision, ostensibly egged on by Louis Head, Nixon called in the Missouri National Guard to aid in restoring order to the local community.
Now, the mother of Michael Brown has filed suit, claiming damages of $75,000 plus legal fees in the highly controversial death of her son. Obviously, she is forgetting the physical damage to the community that her boyfriend caused by his actions. What needs to be made clear is on Monday November 24, 2015, the police officer in question was acquitted of any wrong doing in the shooting death of Brown by a grand jury. The jury deliberated and issued a “no true bill” to that affect. Additionally, the U.S. department of Justice, led by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, ran a concurrent investigation to determine if the civil rights of Michael Brown were violated, and similarly found no grounds to pursue federal charges. According to MSNBC contributors Trymaine Lee and Adam Howard, “In an 80-plus page report, the DOJ said that there was no evidence that Wilson had the intent to kill Brown, nor was their any proof that the former officer didn’t fear for his safety.”
Ultimately, serious moral and ethical problems plague Louis Headley, and those who continue to support him after each of his outlandish acts. At present, the mainstream leftist news organizations appear to be giving tacit approval, if not moral support to his radical cause. Meanwhile, the average person working in Ferguson suffers. Media outlets like MSNBC, Huffington Post, and ThinkProgress.org apparently have no issue with Head’s incendiary comments. It will be rather telling if they have enough journalistic integrity to report on Head’s outrageous outerwear, praising violence, Michael Brown and Barack Obama. Perhaps they should also remind Americans that the President – in the wake of the grand jury decision – went to the United Nations and suggested that the United States has its own genocide problem akin to ISIS. Maybe it is time for Obama to put the shoe on the other foot, and publicly condemn the actions of Louis Head. While he’s at it, he shouldn’t forget to condemn the actions of ISIS, as well.
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New Yorkers are used to aggressive advertising. Banners for breast implants. Billboards for condoms. But a federal judge’s ruling has opened the door for far more controversial posters on buses and subways across the city.
“Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah,” reads one such ad next to the image of a young man in a checkered headscarf. “That’s His Jihad. What’s yours?”
The poster is at the center of heated legal debate over public safety and free speech. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl ruled that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) cannot stop the controversial ad from running on scores of subway cars and buses.
The MTA has argued that the ad could incite violence against Jews, but Koeltl rejected that idea.
MTA officials “underestimate the tolerant quality of New Yorkers and overestimate the potential impact of these fleeting advertisements,” he ruled. “Moreover, there is no evidence that seeing one of these advertisements on the back of a bus would be sufficient to trigger a violent reaction. Therefore, these ads — offensive as they may be — are still entitled to First Amendment protection.” (Read more from “‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Posters Will Soon Appear on NYC Subways and Buses” HERE)
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One of the most glaring myths propagated by Washington — especially the two parties’ media loyalists — is that bipartisanship is basically impossible, that the two parties agree on so little, that they are constantly at each other’s throats over everything. As is so often the case for Washington partisan propaganda, the reality is exactly the opposite: from trade deals to Wall Street bailouts to a massive National Security and Penal State, the two parties are in full agreement on the bulk of the most significant D.C. policies (which is why the leading candidates of the two parties (from America’s two ruling royal families) will have the same funding base). But because policies that command the agreement of the two parties’ establishments are largely ignored by the D.C. press in favor of the issues where they have some disagreements, the illusion is created that they agree on nothing.
To illustrate how true this all is, consider the comments today of leading GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush. He appeared on Michael Medved’s conservative talk radio program, and was asked by the host what his favorite part of the Obama administration has been. His answer? As McClatchy’s Lesley Clark noted on Twitter, Bush hailed “Obama’s enhancement of NSA.” The audio was first posted by Ian Hanchett and is embedded below; here is the full transcript of the exchange:
Medved: If you were to look back at the last seven years, almost, what has been the best part of the Obama administration?
Jeb Bush: I would say the best part of the Obama administration would be his continuance of the protections of the homeland using the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced. Advancing this — even though he never defends it, even though he never openly admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation, I think of our national government is to keep us safe. And the technologies that now can be applied to make that so, while protecting civil liberties are there. And he’s not abandoned them, even though there was some indication that he might.
(Read more from “Jeb Bush Praises Expansion of Surveillance State” HERE)
A Catholic priest from Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently encouraged his flock to arm themselves against worldly dangers via concealed carry because, “We’re not in Mayberry anymore, Toto.”
The Rev. Edward Fride announced during a sermon at Christ the King church last month that the parish would be sponsoring classes to help parishioners earn concealed carry permits in response to an uptick in crime in the area.
Fride sent a letter to parishioners using “a bad mix of two entertainment references” to explain why the church is encouraging concealed carry after some churchgoers questioned the religious merit of holding the classes.
From the letter:
Mayberry was a fictitious, idyllic rural American city in which the public safety needs were met by a kind-hearted sheriff and a clueless but well-intentioned deputy. The only “threat” to public safety was a bumbling, genial ne’er-do-well who was so accustomed to staying in jail that he had his own cell, which was never locked. The show, The Andy Griffith Show, was so popular that it had two spin offs, Mayberry RFD and Gomer Pyle, USMC. It was popular because it showed a kind of life that everybody wished were true, no threats, everything is fine, everybody’s perfectly safe, etc. There is no crisis that cannot be solved by hugs and Aunt Bea’s cooking. The “Toto” reference is to a famous line from The Wizard of Oz in which Dorothy, who comes from a rural Kansas version of Mayberry, but suddenly finds herself in a dangerous environment of witches, deadly flying monkeys, (I still have nightmares about those wretched and heinous beasts!) and real threats to her life. She begins to comprehend this and says to her cute dog: “We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto!” It is very common for Christians to simply assume that they live in Mayberry, trusting that because they know the Lord Jesus, everything will always be fine and nothing bad can happen to them and their families. Those who have followed the Lord Jesus for more than 20 minutes, however, have often experienced first-hand that the reality of living in a fallen universe can be very different. How to balance faith, reality, prudence, and trust is one of those critical questions that we struggle with all our lives. Pretending we are in Mayberry, while we are clearly not, can have very negative consequences for ourselves and those we love, especially those we have a responsibility to protect. If we are not in Mayberry, is there a real threat?
(Read more from “Michigan Priest Urges Parishioners to Arm Themselves Against a Dangerous Society” HERE)
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Yesterday, I cited a Congressional Quarterly analysis showing that Senate Republicans have voted with Obama more than 50% since the beginning of the new Congress – more than they did while serving in the minority. But there’s more to the story. It’s not just the fact that Republicans are voting with Obama, it’s that they have deliberately ceded structural control of the chamber to Democrats.
Typically, the majority party will manipulate the floor process to block initiatives from the minority party and vote on wedge issues favorable to their side – ones that embarrass those in the minority. As such, even if the majority party lacks the votes to overcome a filibuster and pass the legislation, they can use the amendment process on the bill to shame the minority and draw sharp contrasts in the hopes of winning the next election. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was the ultimate master at pursuing Obama’s agenda while blocking all Republican amendments.
Now that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is in control of the floor process, nothing has changed. They are pursuing Obama’s agenda – while blocking many Republican amendments!
McConnell and right-hand man at the negotiation table, Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), made it clear from day one that they would not block the nomination of Loretta Lynch as Attorney General as a means of leveraging against Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty. Not only does Lynch support Obama’s illegal amnesty, she expressed her belief that all residents of the world have the right to come here and work, irrespective of how they arrived. She is going to be our chief law enforcement officer.
Ironically, the only thing that prompted Republicans to block Lynch from a floor vote was Democrat intransigence against a pet bill of Sen. John Cornyn on human trafficking. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178), among other things, strengthens law enforcement tools for prosecuting human trafficking violations and requires those convicted of trafficking to pay a $5,000 penalty in addition to criminal charges. The funds would be used to set up programs supporting victims of sex offenses and human trafficking. Yet, Democrats held it up for over a month because it didn’t sufficiently fund abortion.
Now that the much-vaunted bipartisan bargain on the trafficking bill was struck, Republicans have set up a floor vote on Lynch. But the payment of Democrat ransom runs much deeper than just the vote to confirm Lynch.
Sen. Sessions (R-AL) proposed an amendment to fix a major loophole in the bill. Anyone bestowed with common sense understands that illegal immigration and our porous border is a big driver of human trafficking. Page 48 of this bill conveniently exempted those who traffic family members from paying the $5,000 penalty to the victims fund. It’s well known that many illegal aliens traffic their own family members. Yet, the bill passed without a vote on the Sessions amendment, which would have eliminated this politically-motivated loophole.
Several weeks ago, we reported that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) filed an amendment to this bill fixing the loopholes of birthright citizenship and birth tourism. Not only is this one of the most important magnets for illegal immigration, it is a key factor in encouraging young pregnant women to come here illegally. They are naturally exploited by human traffickers. As with the Sessions amendment, this would have been quite germane to the underlying subject matter in the bill. Yet, it did not receive a vote.
So what did receive a vote?
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) got a vote on his sexual identity amendment, which as Heritage Action points out, would grant the federal government license “to discriminate against faith-based organizations that currently form the backbone of the nation’s social services” if they don’t share the same religious beliefs on sexual identity as the far left. 10 Republicans, including presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) voted for the amendment, but it failed to garner 60 votes.
Let’s put aside the fact that Republicans control the Senate and should always favor their own amendments. Ask yourselves this question: which amendments would more effectively fight human trafficking – the Sessions and Vitter amendments targeting the actual culprits or the Leahy social issue amendment?
But GOP leadership would rather not answer that question. Now Republicans can move on to more important matters like confirming Loretta Lynch.
The perverse cycle of protecting Democrats and blocking conservatives will continue. Next week, they will bring the Corker-Cardin Democrat loincloth bill on Iran to the floor. This entire bill is designed to protect Democrats from their commitment to bring back sanctions on Iran. Yet, leadership will do everything in their power to prevent conservatives from strengthening this bill.
Even George Orwell would be impressed by the faux opposition McConnell and Co. are orchestrating against Obama. (See “Welcome to the New GOP Majority”, originally posted HERE)
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Legal and illegal immigrants will hit a record high of 51 million in just eight years and eventually account for an astounding 82 percent of all population growth in America, according to new U.S. Census figures.
A report from the Center for Immigration Studies that analyzed the statistics said that by 2023, one in seven U.S. residents will be an immigrant, rising to one in five by 2060 when the immigrant population totals 78 million.
The report was provided to Secrets and released Wednesday evening.
The surge in immigrant population, both legal and illegal, threatens to slam into the presidential campaign as GOP candidates move to figure out what their position is and the president tries to use executive powers to exempt some 5 million illegals from deportation.
Photo Credit: Washington Examiner
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker disrupted the debate this week when he said that legal immigration also needs to be reformed to make sure Americans don’t suffer by losing jobs to new citizens. (Read more from “Record 51 Million Immigrants in 8 Years, Will Account for 82% of U.S. Growth” HERE)
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Facebook collects all content that is typed into its website, even if it is not posted, a tech consultant has discovered.
In December 2013, it was reported that Facebook plants code in browsers that returns metadata every time somebody types out a status update or comment but deletes it before posting.
At the time, Facebook maintained that it only received information indicating whether somebody had deleted an update or comment before posting it, and not exactly what the text said.
However, Príomh Ó hÚigínn, a tech consultant based in Ireland, has claimed this is not the case after inspecting Facebook’s network traffic through a developer tool and screencasting software.
‘I realised that any text I put into the status update box was sent to Facebook’s servers, even if I did not click the post button,’ he wrote on his blog yesterday. (Read more from “No Surprise: Facebook DOES Collect the Text You Don’t Post” HERE)
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The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man’s head onto a donor’s body has said that he could do much of the procedure in less than an hour.
One of the most glaring myths propagated by Washington — especially the two parties’ media loyalists — is that bipartisanship is basically impossible, that the two parties agree on so little, that they are constantly at each other’s throats over everything. As is so often the case for Washington partisan propaganda, the reality is exactly the opposite: from trade deals to Wall Street bailouts to a massive National Security and Penal State, the two parties are in full agreement on the bulk of the most significant D.C. policies (which is why the leading candidates of the two parties (from America’s two ruling royal families) will have the same funding base). But because policies that command the agreement of the two parties’ establishments are largely ignored by the D.C. press in favor of the issues where they have some disagreements, the illusion is created that they agree on nothing.
