The eternal quest to delay or even conquer death has reached new levels of fascination in recent years,
spurred by a growing number of researchers studying the aging process
and major investments in the field from billionaires
including Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Peter Thiel and Sam Altman.
The anti-aging movement has also gotten a boost
— and a fair share of ridicule
— from extreme tales of rich immortality biohackers
such as Los Angeles multimillionaire #Bryan#Johnson, who claims that death is no longer inevitable.
The 46-year-old tech entrepreneur follows an audacious
$2-million-a-year “don’t die” plan
— downing shots of olive oil and protein-packed “nutty pudding”
and obsessively measuring his bodily functions down to the duration of his nighttime erections
— in an attempt to turn back his biological clock.
Schadensersatz in Millionenhöhe wegen asbestverseuchtem Babypuder
Ein Babypuder von Johnson & Johnson soll für Zehntausende Krebsfälle verantwortlich sein. Der Konzern hat bereits Milliarden Dollar an Entschädigungen gezahlt - wurde aber nun erneut verurteilt.
#Conway, #Johnson, #Pope, #Van Buren, #Arkansas: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 8:15 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Little Rock AR
House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that his office notified Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer’s staff the day before that if the Senate leader does not sign the draft invitation for Netanyahu by Tuesday, he will proceed with inviting the Israeli prime minister to address just the House. The Speaker, however, noted that he would invite senators to attend the speech.
Republicans just don't care what damage they cause in their quest for power sadly.
'In his first newspaper interview since leaving the cabinet, the former chancellor says the ex-PM was the ‘most consequential leader since Thatcher’ — and reveals his own biggest mistake in the tax scandal that led to his sacking’
They just don't get it do they? Worth a read to get confirmation of the bat shit stupidity, arrogance and greed that drive them.
Speaker "#Johnson is not just some rising GOP lawmaker – although he may owe #Trump his job after fighting off an attempt to unseat him .... The speaker’s appearance is different, given the constitutional heft of his office...#Trump is hardly a victim. He is fully availing himself of the protections of the legal system he frequently lambasts. ...And his charges in this case were not just dreamed up – they emerged from a grand jury" \
“We don’t want to see anyone turned away from polling stations, we want everyone to be able to vote. Experience from the last local elections was that 99.75% of people were able to cast their vote successfully.”
Only voters who make it as far as the poll clerks desk get counted if no #VoterID.
#Henry, #Johnson, #Pettis, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
The intelligence assessments had to be dire to persuade Mike #Johnson to risk his position as Speaker of the House and at last push through a bill providing essential support to #Ukraine. Chronic shortages in ammunition and air defences had led to limited but potentially significant Russian advances and Ukraine’s cities taking a battering. President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy was warning that Ukraine could lose the war.
#Cass, #Henry, #Johnson, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:15 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Another #Brexit 'benefit' that was entirely predictable that #UK government chose to ignore. Shortages of some medicines IS the new norm. There MUST be a #PublicInquiry and the criminals that forced this country out of the #EU held accountable. #Johnson#Gove#Cummings and cohorts should have faced serious criminal charges rather than rewarded for their wrongdoing. By rights they should all be in jail.
"Did Johnson have a 'Come to Jesus' moment where he put his morality ahead of Trump's need to please Putin? The jury is still out."
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Speaker Mike Johnson said he will "take personal risk" by pushing ahead with his plans for a House vote on foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as fellow Republican representatives continue to call for him to vacate the chair #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#BreakingNews#Breaking
"Did Johnson have a 'Come to Jesus' moment where he put his morality ahead of Trump's need to please Putin?"
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Most certainly not.
Probably #TFG gave him the go-ahead not wanting to be seen as the man who almost singlehandedly had #Ukraine destroyed (with a little help from his comrades, right Товарищ Дональд?)
On a more serious note:
Maybe Putler has told him that the accrued delays are now sufficient for the surely coming spring offensive.
Speaker Mike #Johnson announced Wednesday he is sticking with his plan to put a series of foreign aid bills on the floor, including funding for #Ukraine, after facing significant pressure from hardliners.
House Speaker Mike #Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.
"A voter data expert who was hired by the Trump campaign in 2020 to look for voter fraud criticized claims by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about election integrity Friday."
In 2017, Andrew Intrater donated $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund
and, a few months later, donated $35,000 to Trump’s reelection campaign.
Intrater is a cousin of Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for his connections to Putin.
We know that oligarchs play an integral role in funding Russian influence operations.
One oligarch revealed to special counsel Robert Mueller that Putin held quarterly meetings with his oligarchs to discuss strategic spending.
In 2018, a Texas-based firm donated money to House Speaker #Mike#Johnson.
That firm is 88 percent owned by three Russians.
And last week, we learned that Trump Media received loans from a Russian bank to help the company stay afloat before it went public and at a time when no U.S. bank would lend to Trump.
Any donations that might have been made through anonymous LLCs to PACs
—perhaps with attached quid pro quos
—are likely to remain opaque, due to the Supreme Court’s #CitizensUnited decision.
And we cannot say if the financial transactions we do know about are nefarious.
But the pattern paints a disturbing picture, particularly given many 🔸House Republicans’ rabid opposition to Ukraine aid 🔸and Trump’s reported Ukraine peace plan, which would 🔹cede Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine to Russia. 🔹
A similar plan was floated by Paul #Manafort, Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, and his partner Konstantin #Kilimnik, a Russian intelligence operative, during the 2016 election.
Among the entities promoted by the Voice of Europe propaganda network was Hungary’s Center for Fundamental Rights, which “considers preserving national identity, sovereignty, and Judeo-Christian social traditions as its primary mission.” #CFR is funded by the government of Viktor Orbán and has twice organized a conference in Budapest for the Conservative Political Action Committee, which helps shape policy on the American right.
The #Heritage#Foundation
—which has spearheaded #Project2025, the authoritarian blueprint for a future Republican administration
—has become increasingly cozy with Hungary, and even hosted Orbán privately last month.
It is quite possible, perhaps even likely, that some people who are 🔥on the Russian payroll were at the Heritage event, their role to influence and build support for pro-Russian policies.
We now have overwhelming evidence of 💥vast pro-Russian influence operations throughout Europe 💥that seek to exploit politicians, media personalities, and others—and some of these efforts have been successful.
Here in the United States, while a pattern has emerged, we don’t know the full extent of the influence yet.
👉But it would be foolish, not to mention dangerous, to think we are immune.
“Vowing the U.S. Will ‘Do Our Job,’ #Johnson Searches for a Path on #Ukraine
The Republican speaker, with his job on the line, has privately told people he would make sure the House moves to assist Ukraine, a step that many members of his party oppose.”
Several #House#Democrats are signaling they would vote to save House Speaker Mike #Johnson from #GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust him if he agreed to put a #Ukraine aid package on the House floor for an up or down vote.
Apparently he is not only ‘representing’ Britain in #Venezuela, but he is being paid by a hedge fund. He is laughing at #Sunak and Cameron and showing his arse to the British people.
This sums up the corrupt nature of British politics and the deep shite that the #Conservative (and before them #Labour) parties have ‘led’ the UK into.