United States health authorities are struggling to identify the source of a foodborne illness that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration. At least 145 people across 17 states have tested positive for the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite. “Local, state, and federal (CDC, FDA) public health authorities are investigating several clusters of cases in more than one state. Investigations to identify potential sources are ongoing,” according to officials. The outbreak started back in May and has continued to spread. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has acknowledged that there are likely far more cases that are going undiagnosed. Cyclosporiasis is…
Author: Tommy Grant
For one U.S. Army soldier-turned-contractor, the lure of a processed lemon poppy seed poundcake seemingly proved too tempting to resist.Joseph Lavar Davis, 47, was convicted of stealing over $1.1 million worth of the military’s pre-packaged Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, in El Paso, Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, said Tuesday, in a scheme involving three other co-defendants and more than 200 pallets of the shelf-stable rations. MREs, typically sealed in distinctive brown branding, are used to feed troops basic nutrients in austere situations and training exercises. Known for their energy content as opposed to their taste, the emergency…
Scientists at the University of Minnesota have taken humanity one step closer to creating “artificial life.” The new lab-created “SpudCell” has replicated several key functions of living organisms, according to researchers. Can Artificial Intelligence Cure “Incurable” Diseases? The researchers at the University of Minnesota unveiled their work on artificial life on Wednesday. Kate Adamala, a synthetic biologist and professor at the university, called the synthetic cell “an incredibly wimpy organism” that currently does little more than “eat and occasionally make a daughter cell.” The team built the cells from non-living chemical components rather than altering existing organisms. According to the project page,…
Vietnam War veterans are pushing back against the use of an “Honor and Remember” flag because of its resemblance to the Bolshevik Communist flag and the flag flown by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.Vietnam Veterans of America, a national veterans service organization, argued Thursday that the flag “cannot serve as a positive symbol” for veterans who fought against communism. The flag shows a gold star on a red background — imagery reminiscent of multiple communist movements, VVA said in a public statement.“For Vietnam veterans especially, the striking resemblance to the flag flown by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the…
Ask any experienced prepper, sailor, or search and rescue volunteer which single knot they would keep if they could only know one, and the bowline comes up more than any other answer. It has earned the nickname king of the knots for good reason. It forms a fixed loop that will not slip under load, it retains roughly two-thirds of the rope’s original strength, which is considerably better than the fifty percent loss common to many other knots, and it can still be untied easily even after being loaded heavily for hours. This article focuses specifically on where and how…
This article was originally published by Vincent Cook at The Mises Institute. In his 6/23 Truth Social post (figure 1), President Trump noted that the prices paid by major American oil companies for foreign crude are falling much faster than the prices of their retail products, and suggested that there is something criminal about this that the Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to look into: Figure 1: Trump Denounces Oil Price “Gouging” Source: Truth Social The political motivations for Trump’s grandstanding about oil prices are obvious—the financial interests of the vast majority of voters are much more strongly affected by the retail…
Looking for a new iron or piece of kit to enhance the one you already own? Check out these 7 new bits of guns and gear to grow your firearms wish list.The New Guns And Gear:MAC LMF-Series MP5 HandguardOne of the most iconic configurations of the MP5 is that of the SureFire flashlight foregrip, but old-school models are hard to find and very pricy, and SureFire’s contemporary version is expensive too and doesn’t quite look like the original. Solution? Military Armament Corporation’s new Light Mounted Foregrip (LMF). It’s compatible with the MAC 5, POF MP5, MKE AP5, Zenith ZF-5 and…
Eggs are one of those ingredients you do not think about until they are gone. A supply chain hiccup, an avian flu outbreak that wipes out regional flocks, a grid-down situation, or simply a homestead flock that stops laying through the short days of winter, and suddenly a recipe that calls for three eggs is dead in the water. The good news is that eggs are not magic. Every job an egg does in a recipe, binding ingredients, adding moisture, or lifting a batter, can be replicated with something you likely already have on the shelf, once you understand which…
New range, new dates, all the suppressed shooting you know and love! CANCON is coming to Las Vegas this OCTOBER 22nd – 24th at the Boulder Rifle & Pistol Club!General admission tickets are available now, and VIP tickets go on sale JULY 4th!Not only are there two complete days of fully-suppressed shooting (plus a third early access day exclusively for VIP ticket holders), but we’ve added events and opportunities within the larger CANCON weekend for attendees and sponsors alike!UNLIMITED ACCESSHUNDREDS of suppressors from dozens of manufacturers for you to shoot ALL DAY! From Hollywood quiet .22 LR guns to big…
In 1928, a researcher named Frances Densmore published a 122-page report, titled Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, through the Smithsonian’s Bureau of American Ethnology. She had spent three decades collecting it – traveling to White Earth, Red Lake, Cass Lake, and Mille Lacs, recording nearly 200 plants and their uses from people who still knew them firsthand. The Bureau understood what was happening. The generation that carried this knowledge was dying, and once it was gone, it was gone. The US Army’s FM 21-76, first published in 1957, drew on exactly this kind of ethnobotanical record when it…