The Wizard of OxyContin – where is he now? That nickname, revealed in leaked documents, belonged to an employee of Abbott Laboratories, which partnered with Purdue Pharmaceuticals to sell the drug. Starting in the late 1990s, he and his colleagues canvassed clinics around the country, hard-selling doctors on their flagship product. Purdue wooed doctors taught to distrust pain medications with steaks, vacations, and a stunning range of swag: Oxy-branded clocks, pens, beach hats, even swing music compilations. They were told that, unlike other opioids, OxyContin was addiction-proof; its time-release coating assured a steady, measured dose and would thwart attempts at abuse. Unmentioned…
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Officials offer no explanation for a mystery drone fleet that has been spotted exploring Colorado’s night skies. Local media reported on Monday that at least 17 drones were seen over the skies of the counties of Yuma and Phillips with an estimated wingspan of six feet. Local police don’t know the aircraft’s origin, but they don’t think they pose a threat. “They do not seem to be aggressive, they do nothing that might suggest criminal activity,” Phillips County Sheriff Thomas Elliott told The Denver Post. “They did a grid scan, a grid pattern, flying one square and flying another square.”…
Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the former chief medical examiner who analyzed forensic evidence in some of the most prominent criminal cases in the state, died at 67 years of age. Carver provided evidence during his trial that led to a conviction in the so-called “wood chipper murder” and explained to jurors how Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old Greenwich High School student, died after being hit with a golf club and then stabbed the broken shaft through her throat. At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012, Carver also participated in investigating the shooting rampage that killed 20 children and…
Death by “Gun Control” book, written by Aaron Zelman and Richard W. Stevens. It works on a level that nobody can dispute: documented world history. Here’s the Formula: Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide What makes the argument so powerful? Two factors. First, it makes common sense: unarmed defenseless people have no hope against armed aggressors. Second, it states the historical truth: evil governments did wipe out 170,000,000 innocent non-military lives in the 20th Century alone. When the gun prohibitionists quote a statistic about how many people are killed by firearms misuse, the discussion sometimes bogs down in…
A whistleblower complaint filed at the Internal Revenue Service in November by a knowledgeable church member alleges that a non-profit supporting organization controlled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints used member tithes to amass more than $100 billion in a set of investment funds and the Church misled members about uses of the money. The complaint may be the most important look at LDS finances in decades, a window into one of the wealthiest religious organizations in the United States and the world. Details of the IRS filing reveal financial assets largely hidden from the church’s membership…
The federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season in an extraordinary response to the historically low numbers of Pacific cod. The decision came as little surprise, reported Friday, but it is the first time that the fishery has closed due to low stock concerns. “We’re on the verge of this overfished status on the knife,” said Nicole Kimball, member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, during talks in Anchorage. To blame for the die-off, it’s not over-fishing, but climate change. According to Steven Barbeaux, a research biologist with the National Oceanic and…
Mexican authorities detained a municipal police chief last month for his alleged connection to the killing of three women and six U.S.-Mexican children in northern Mexico, local media and an official said Friday. On 4 November in Sonora State, suspected drug cartel hitmen shot dead the nine women and children from Mormon families, sparking outrage in Mexico and the United States. Several Mexican media outlets reported law enforcement officers arrested Fidel Alejandro Villegas, Janos Municipality’s police chief, based in Chihuahua’s neighboring state, on suspicion of involvement in the case. A federal official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Villegas ‘…
YouTube has reinstated hundreds of crypto-currency related channels after admitting it had removed them “in error”. A wave of YouTubers received notifications that their videos were in breach of the platform’s terms of service earlier this week. The move appeared to target smaller channels and publishers that focused on Bitcoin and crypto-currency content. The Google-owned video sharing platform has since apologised for the mistake. But some crypto-bloggers have complained that their videos have not been restored after several days. “This is a huge wake up call, and I’m researching decentralised alternatives,” said Chris Dunn, who has more than 200,000 subscribers…
A slew of pro-Second Amendment signs have begun to pop up across Virginia raising awareness of the radical anti-gun agenda Democrats in the state are willing to impose on law-abiding citizens with the backing of Michael Bloomberg. A source sent The Daily Wire on Thursday night a photograph of one of the advertisements paid for by the National Rifle Association (NRA) Institute for Legislative Action, saying: THE NORTHAM / BLOOMBERG GUN CONFISCATION PLAN STARTS JAN. 82 WEEKS The billboards come in response to Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s announcement in November that he was “working” on confiscating guns from law-abiding…
Walt Disney World employees who work as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck have filed police complaints accusing tourists of inappropriately touching them. Three female cast members complained to police about incidents at theme parks near Orlando, Florida, this month. The woman wearing the Mickey Mouse costume said she was injured by a grandmother who patted her on the head. The women who play Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck allege they were groped. Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated all three incidents, said the women wearing the Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck suits decided not to press charges. Police…
In one of her first moves as Cook County’s top prosecutor, Kim Foxx is raising the bar for charging shoplifters with a felony. According to her office, Fox expects retail-theft cases to remain misdemeanors unless a suspect stole $1,000 worth of merchandise or has 10 prior felony convictions. The change went into effect Monday, according to a spokeswoman with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Previously, shoplifters could be charged with a felony for stealing $300 to $500 worth of merchandise. “The move clarifies guidelines for how felony retail theft cases will be handled to ensure consistency in charging and to…
U.S. military personnel are warned by the Pentagon not to use DNA test kits, warning that the common genetic testing kits may pose a security risk. Companies like 23andMe and Ancestry allow individuals to receive a rundown of their genetic makeup and regional origins by supplying a sample of saliva. Ancestry has some 15 million users, while 23andMe claims they have 10 million users. But a defense memo department, published by Yahoo News, cautioned that military members could be put at risk by the kits. “The release of confidential genetic information to outside parties presents personal and organizational threats to…
A doctor recently broke the truth behind Burger King’s vegan Impossible Burger, finding that when it comes to calorie or protein intake, it may not be a healthier option, and that it has a whopping 18 million times more estrogen than a regular Whopper. Dr. James Strangle, writing for TSLN.com, describes the chemical process used to make the Impossible Burger of Burger King and points to the possibility that the modified vegan burger may be less nutritious than a traditional Whopper. Strangle begins by noting that “mostly from the added oils” the Impossible Burger clocks in at 630 calories compared…
Tucker Carlson Tonight’s investigation revealed that CNN is paying off more than fifty major airports across the U.S. to promote their broadcast to unsuspecting passengers at airline gates. The network charges around $100,000 each for airlines to play the fake news, adding up to $6 million in bribes. Such use of network resources may potentially be used to support legitimate and newsworthy reporting projects, but the network, under Jeff Zucker’s leadership, then adopts a pay-as-you-go approach to getting its propaganda distributed to non-consent audiences. Those who suffer the often exhausting task of waiting at an airport don’t want to be…
A long-time Catholic exorcist has sounded an alarm about what he called an increase in “violent satanism,” especially among young people, partially due to the rapid growth of cultural secularism and the lack of strong role models. Dominican Father Francois Dermine said, among other things, that exposure to the young demon encourages violence, from bullying to more extreme manifestations. “There are many sects of satanism,” Dermine said, adding that internet visibility has also risen, and references to the occult are increasingly prevalent in videogames and school games such as the “Charlie Charlie Challenge,” where players cross two pencils on a…
A Brazilian spiritual healer known as João de Deus, or John of God, has received his first jail sentence on Thursday following a deluge of allegations of sexual abuse since the end of last year. According to a court statement, a judge in Goias state issued a 19-year and four-month sentence for four violations of different women. Lawyers for 77-year-old João de Deus said they’re going to appeal the decision in a statement. João Teixeira de Faria drew people from all over the world to his small city, Brasilia, two hours west of the capital, with assurances that he could…
The Vatican has found itself in dire straits thanks to a combination of rife corruption and collapsing donations. These are the claims in Universal Judgement, a new book by Gianluigi Nuzzi, the Italian journalist famous for curating documents revealing financial improprieties in the Vatican. In 2006, the Catholic Church took in $112.7 million dollars. Today, donations have plummeted to about half, at $56.9 million. At this rate, the Vatican will be forced to default by 2023, according to Nuzzi. New documents also expose hare-brained mismanagement using money earmarked for charity. 77% of money in the Peter’s Pence charity fund is in the hands of international…
The human body is a great record keeper. The scars of old wounds are tattooed in his skin; the signs of past infections are preserved in the molecules of the immune system. But when that history is translated into medical records written, things can get dicey fast. Any missing sheet of paper or incorrect data can increase a person’s risk of obtaining insufficient treatment — an especially pressing issue in low- and middle-income countries where health care services are often limited or unavailable. Now, a team led by MIT scientists has come up with a groundbreaking idea that could write…