‘This is a retaliation case,’ US lawyer who sued Chevron says, after landing six-month sentence despite UN’s call for his release
Steven Donziger, who sought compensation for Ecuadorian victims of pollution from the energy giant, said his sentencing for contempt was “totally unfair,” and accused the judge of pushing for him to serve time before his appeal.
Kamala Harris validates student’s ‘ethnic genocide’ claim against Israel
Iran state-affiliated media recently promoted a video of Kamala Harris applauding a student who accused Israel of "ethnic genocide" against Palestinians. On Thursday, Press TV tweeted a dialogue between Harris and a female student at Virginia's George Mason University earlier this week.
Sen. Johnson says COVID-19 peaked before vaccine rollout, resurged after mass vaccinations
According to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), COVID-19 vaccines are not working as advertised by the Biden administration. During a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, the senator said coronavirus cases and deaths had dropped before the vaccines were introduced earlier this year.
EPA officials outed scientists who blew whistle on alleged corruption & altered chemical hazard assessments at agency – reports
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials reportedly exposed whistleblowers who raised corruption allegations after apparently uncovering proof that senior agency staffers had tampered with risk assessments for chemicals.
Wikipedia Co-Founder Criticizes Site, Says It Has Slid Into "Leftist Propaganda"
“Wikipedia made a real effort at neutrality for, I would say, its first five years or so... And then … it began a long, slow slide into what I would call leftist propaganda.”
Frontiers | Ivermectin has New Application in Inhibiting Colorectal Cancer Cell Growth | Pharmacology
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and still lacks effective therapy. Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, has been shown to possess anti-inflammation, anti-virus, and antitumor properties. However, whether ivermectin affects CRC is still unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of ivermectin on CRC using CRC cell lines SW480 and SW1116. We used CCK-8 assay to determine the cell viability, used an optical microscope to measure cell morphology, used Annexin V-FITC/7-AAD kit to determine cell apoptosis, used Caspase 3/7 Activity Apoptosis Assay Kit to evaluate Caspase 3/7 activity, used Western blot to determine apoptosis-associated protein expression, and used flow cytometry and fluorescence microscope to determine the reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and cell cycle. The results demonstrated that ivermectin dose-dependently inhibited colorectal cancer SW480 and SW1116 cell growth, followed by promoting cell apoptosis and increasing Caspase-3/7 activity. Besides, ivermectin upregulated the expression of proapoptotic proteins Bax and cleaved PARP and downregulated antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2. Mechanism analysis showed that ivermectin promoted both total and mitochondrial ROS production in a dose-dependent manner, which could be eliminated by administering N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) in CRC cells. Following NAC treatment, the inhibition of cell growth induced by ivermectin was reversed. Finally, ivermectin at low doses (...
Biden's Vax Mandate To Be Enforced By Fining Companies $70,000 To $700,000?
Buried on page 168 of the House Democrats’ 2,465-page mega bill is a tenfold increase in fines for employers that “willfully,” “repeatedly,” or even seriously violate a section of labor law that deals with hazards, death, or serious physical harm to their employees.
Navy SEALs Told They're Undeployable If They Don't Get A COVID-19 Vaccine: Lawyers
“These guys are not anti-vax, they just - given the extraordinarily low risk of COVID to them and the substantial risk of unknown long-term effects of the vaccine - they aren’t comfortable with it right now,”