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Norway to Track All Supermarket Purchases

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022Pen Drake 0

Statistics Norway wants to receive several million daily receipts from food stores, signalling a new era in state data collection. Privacy advocates and the supermarkets themselves are unhappy. People living in Norway are used to big government. But the latest news coming out of Oslo is a surprising new step down the road of data collection that not everyone is happy with.… Read the rest

CDC: Monkeypox Airborne, Sexual Transmission, Masks and Asymptomatic Infection

June 21, 2022Pen Drake 4

BY ROBYN WHITE – 6/10/22 The sexual transmission of monkeypox, and asymptomatic infection, is still a mystery to scientists, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. Some monkeypox cases so far have occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). From this, experts have suspected that the virus has made its way into the population sexually.… Read the rest

Burger King PRIDE Special: Double Bottom Bun Sandwich

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022Pen Drake 0

Burger King Austria’s new Pride Month campaign is either top-notch or bottom-of-the-barrel, depending on who you ask. Earlier this month, the company’s Austrian franchisees debuted a limited-time Pride Whopper which is essentially the same as a regular Whopper, but sandwiched between two top buns or two bottom buns, rather than a top and a bottom bun, like a traditional Whopper. The idea of using “equal buns” on each Pride Whopper, according to Burger King Austria, is representative of “equal love and equal rights,” the company explained on Instagram “Of course, this doesn’t just mean same-sex love,” BK Austria added on its official Pride Whopper webpage.… Read the rest

CDC Removes Monkeypox Mask Rec From Travel Guidance Amid Telling Circumstances

June 21, 2022Pen Drake 6

— Move comes as global health officials say window to prevent endemicity may be closing by Kristina Fiore | June 10, 2022 The CDC removed a recommendation to wear a mask from its monkeypox guidance for travelers earlier this week, saying it “caused confusion,” according to a statement from the agency. The guidance originally stated: “Wear a mask. Wearing a mask can help protect you from many diseases, including monkeypox.”… Read the rest

CMS Slaps First Hospitals With Fines for Lack of Price Transparency

June 21, 2022Pen Drake 0

— Georgia hospitals fined over $1 million after failing to comply with the price transparency law This week, CMS handed down their first penalties to two hospitals in Georgia for failing to comply with the price transparency law that went into effect Jan. 1, 2021. Northside Hospital Atlanta in Sandy Springs and Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton were both fined for a lack of readily available standard charges for hospital services online, despite warnings.… Read the rest

Social Isolation Tied to Higher Risk of Subsequent Dementia

June 21, 2022Pen Drake 0

— Isolation linked with lower brain volume in areas related to cognition by Judy George | June 9, 2022 Social isolation was linked with lower volume in brain areas related to cognition and associated with a higher risk of subsequent dementia as well, a longitudinal study showed. Among more than 460,000 participants in the U.K. Biobank, social isolation at age 57 was tied to a 26% increased risk of dementia 12 years later, independent of risk factors like loneliness and depression, reported Jianfeng Feng, PhD, of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and co-authors.… Read the rest

Democratic Lawmaker Suggests Mandatory ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ for All K-12 Students

June 21, 2022Pen Drake 0

The Senator posted this picture with #BDSM A California state senator suggested making “drag queen story time” a public school requirement. Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, whose district covers San Francisco, tweeted his comment after Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton announced that he was filing a bill that would prohibit children from attending drag shows, according to Fox News. “This guy just gave me a bill idea: Offering Drag Queen 101 as part of the K-12 curriculum,” Wiener tweeted.… Read the rest

Lia Thomas’ Teammate Says School Pressured Athletes Into Silence: If ‘You Say Anything Negative…Your Life Will Be Over’

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022Pen Drake 2

A former teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas said the University of Pennsylvania relied on threats and bullying to keep the women’s team in line. The female swimmer appeared in The Daily Wire’s “What is a Woman?” documentary, in which commentator Matt Walsh goes on an “often comical, yet deeply disturbing journey, as he fearlessly questions the logic behind a gender ideology movement that has taken aim at women and children,” according to the film’s web page.… Read the rest

Biden Admin. Diluting Gasoline with Ethanol Based on Demand, Analysis

June 17, 2022Pen Drake 1

Tempted by lower priced ethanol? Keep in mind that the corn-based moonshine contains 30% less energy by volume than gasoline. The Biden Administration and the E.P.A. recently decided to require a larger amount of ethanol to be blended into gasoline in an effort to increase domestic fuel supplies and lower gasoline prices. There are a number of claims and counter-claims about ethanol that don’t really matter.… Read the rest