To prevent ruinous climate change and stave off an influx of preventable chronic diseases, Americans must reduce their meat intake and switch to a sustainable, plant-based diet, the top U.S. nutritional panel has announced for the first time. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which convenes every five years, released its…
Author: THEJOHNANTONIOBLOG
War on Women Continues With 'Atrocious' New Anti-Choice Law in Kansas
Flanked by anti-choice advocates and large photos of human fetuses, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Tuesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on an abortion procedure often considered the safest termination option for some pregnant women. The new law, which takes effect on July 1, bans the dilation and evacuation (known as D and…
Kansas treasurer wins GOP nomination to fill House seat
Click:室內設計 Kansas state Treasurer Ron Estes clinched the GOP nomination for the House seat left open when former Rep. Mike Pompeo became director of the CIA. At a Thursday night convention in the Wichita-area district, Estes won a majority of the 126 delegates casting votes in the GOP primary. He defeated Alan Cobb, a former…
Two-time state champion Berge to Iowa
Two-time state champion Broc Berge of Mantorville has given a verbal commitment to attend the University of Iowa and wrestle for the Hawkeyes following his upcoming senior season. Berge is a two-time state champion and three-time placer. He won the 195-pound Class AA state championship as a junior and the 189-pound title as a sophomore….
Privacy Advocates Decry UK Parliament Mass Surveillance Report
Privacy and civil liberties advocates are slamming the findings of a U.K. commission’s 18-month investigation into the government’s mass surveillance programs, released Thursday. The report by the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Commission (ISC), launched as a response to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, found that the government’s spying operations need a complete…
Saudi Arabia Launches Airstrikes as Yemen Civil War Ignites Regional Firestorm
Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies launch airstrikes inside Yemen, says Saudi ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, confirmed in a press briefing on Wednesday night that the Saudi military, along with regional allies, has begun airstrikes against targets in Yemen. Reports from the ground in the capital…
In 'Victory for Civilians Killed by Drone Strikes,' Pakistan Court Orders Case Against CIA Officials
In a move heralded as a victory and vindication, a high court in Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the police to file a criminal case against two CIA officials for their role in a 2009 drone attack that killed civilians. The officials are Jonathan Banks, the agency’s former station chief in Pakistan who left the country…
Despite Skepticism, Europe Will Employ Military Response to Migration Crisis
Spurred by this weekend’s migrant tragedy, in which as many as 900 refugees may have died off the Libyan coast, European leaders agreed Monday not only to expand maritime patrols and search-and-rescue operations in the region—as humanitarian organizations have called for—but also to launch dubious military operations against the networks of smugglers in Libya who…
Leaked Video Reveals Omissions in Official Account of Police Shooting
In the predawn hours of January 24, 2013, a police officer in Fayetteville, North Carolina, shot and killed a 22-year-old resident named Nijza Lamar Hagans, who had been pulled over for running a red light and making “several furtive driving maneuvers such as darting onto a neighborhood street and into a driveway,” according to a memo…
'Heartbreaking' Ruling Could Shutter Nearly All Abortion Clinics In Texas
In the state-by-state war on reproductive rights, one of the biggest battlegrounds—Texas—was hit with a crushing court ruling on Tuesday that upholds the harshest measures of a 2013 anti-choice law that, if fully implemented, could shutter almost all abortion facilities in the state. The decision by a three-judge panel of the notoriously conservative U.S. 5th…