National Insecurity: America's Continuing Reliance On Critical Chinese Materials

"I No Longer Trust Anyone..." Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardian.org, Sad, but true. Since the Covid fiasco, I’ve seen the true nature of people - or at least the nature they were willing to show once the fear got turned up and the herd started moving. Most of them are still firmly under the sheep banner, content to graze wherever they’re told. A small handful stand under the “critical thinker” banner. Those are the ones I still trust. The sheepies? I don’t trust them anymore. Did I ever, really? I thought I did, back...

Cannabis Gummies Harm Driving Performance Hours After Use, Study Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The use of commercially available cannabis edibles impairs people's driving ability, even after several hours of consumption, a study has found. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Aug. 31, the peer-reviewed study looked at simulated driving performance after the consumption of cannabis edibles. Conducted in a Canadian hospital, the study analyzed data of 40 people aged 19-45 years. They received gummies containing delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis that causes...

BP Weighs North Sea Exit Under New CEO Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, BP has started to simplify its portfolio and cut costs, and will make fewer but better choices in which projects to invest, chief executive Meg O’Neill said on Thursday. “We are taking concrete action to grow long-term value for shareholders: simplifying our portfolio, reducing costs, maintaining tight discipline on capex and strengthening the balance sheet,” O’Neill, the first female CEO of a Big Oil company, wrote in a LinkedIn post to reflect on the first 100 days as top executive...