China grants more trademark approvals for Ivanka Trump firm - including voting machines

Via: PJ  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  6 years ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China last month granted initial approval for 16 new trademarks for the fashion brand of U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka, including voting machines, a search of official records on Tuesday showed. Ivanka announced in July she was shutting her...

The science behind breast-feeding is lacking

Via: PJ  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  46 Comments  •  6 years ago

By now, you’ve likely heard that breast-feeding is good. Women hear the mantra “breast is best” practically from the moment they conceive — both the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend exclusively breast-feeding babies for six months. With this kind of...

Breakthrough neurotechnology for treating paralysis

Via: PJ  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  62 Comments  •  6 years ago

Three paraplegics who sustained cervical spinal cord injuries many years ago are now able to walk with the aid of crutches or a walker thanks to new rehabilitation protocols that combine targeted electrical stimulation of the lumbar spinal cord and weight-assisted therapy. This latest study,...

Veterans slam Trump for border 'stunt'

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“"There are laws, there are regulations about how the military can and should be used,"”

With his decision to deploy more than 5,000 troops to the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump has ordered more military personnel to the US southwest than he has serving in some of the world's most contentious combat zones. Senior military officers have defended the deployment on national...

The ‘Saturday Halloween Movement': A petition beseeches Trump to reschedule the spooky celebration

Via: PJ  •  Other  •  18 Comments  •  6 years ago

Leave it to the calendar to put a major cramp in trick-or-treating. Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year. Hump day, smack in the middle of the workweek. Hoping to help a child put the finishing touches on a Super Mario outfit? Better not get caught at the office. Planning to turn in early...

Music Video: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

By: PJ  •  Entertainment  •  18 Comments  •  6 years ago

“Wha????”

Okay ...... so I'm sitting around this evening surfing the internet when I come across some music videos.  I recognize the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" so I click on it.  As the video continues I become puzzled then alarmed.  I'm like .....Wha?  What in the heck is the video about.......

A Replica of the Titanic Will Make Its Maiden Voyage in 2022

Via: PJ  •  Other  •  7 Comments  •  6 years ago

Never let go, Jack: A replica of the Titanic is going to make its maiden voyage in 2022. The Titanic II will set sail from Dubai on a two-week maiden voyage and will ultimately make regular trips between Southhampton and New York during the summer and world cruises during the rest of the year....

Ryan Zinke Has Fired the DOI Inspector General

Via: PJ  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  6 years ago

At last count, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was the subject of 14 separate government investigations. (A new record!) But that number could soon be zero. That’s because Zinke just fired the Department of the Interior’s acting inspector general.  The news doesn’t stop there. Not only did Mary...

Trump Revokes Security Clearance of John Brennan, Former C.I.A. Director

Via: PJ  •  News & Politics  •  75 Comments  •  6 years ago  •  LOCKED

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR 27 mins agoThe White House had threatened last month to strip Mr. Brennan and two other Obama administration officials — Susan E. Rice, the former national security adviser; and James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence — of their security clearances....

"You're making a veteran suffer": Veteran's wife addresses Trump as she heads back to Mexico

Via: PJ  •  News & Politics  •  58 Comments  •  6 years ago  •  LOCKED

Juarez was ordered to deport to Mexico under President Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. On Friday, she spoke directly to the president in Spanish. "He thinks he's punishing me, and maybe I deserve it for having come the way I did," she said. "You're not making me suffer more, you're...