Thursday, October 3, 2024

BREAKING: Federal judge rules the Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, meaning relief could be coming for millions of Americans

LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE AVERTED: The longshoremen have agreed to a tentative agreement. Although the complete contract is not yet finalized, one source stated that both sides have agreed to extend the expired contract until January 15

Ah, they're not striking because they got bought off and discovered altruism? 

BREAKING: Tina Peters, the gold star mom and former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, has just been sentenced to 9 years in prison by a corrupt judge for preserving records on the Dominion voting machines before they could delete everything

Thank you to Sasha Latypova

ROMAN BYSTRIANYK: Are you enjoying your Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, or McDonald's hot drink? You might want to think twice—because along with your coffee or tea, you could be sipping on something you didn’t bargain for: plastic particles and toxic metals!

Thank you to Wejolyn.  

the Journal of Hazardous Materials revealed that the plastic linings of these cups leach harmful ions like fluoride, chloride, sulfate, and nitrate when exposed to hot liquids. Still more alarming, the study found that each cup released around 25,000 microplastic particles—microscopic bits of plastic that you can unknowingly ingest. To top it off, toxic heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium were detected in the cup linings, posing serious health risks as these metals can transfer into your drink. --Roman Bystrianyk
Are you enjoying your Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, or McDonald's hot drink? You might want to think twice—because along with your coffee or tea, you could be sipping on something you didn’t bargain for: plastic particles and toxic metals! A 2021 study published in the Journal of… pic.twitter.com/t0y95Nz4SZ
 Are you enjoying your Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, or McDonald's hot drink? You might want to think twice—because along with your coffee or tea, you could be sipping on something you didn’t bargain for: plastic particles and toxic metals! A 2021 study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials revealed that the plastic linings of these cups leach harmful ions like fluoride, chloride, sulfate, and nitrate when exposed to hot liquids. Still more alarming, the study found that each cup released around 25,000 microplastic particles—microscopic bits of plastic that you can unknowingly ingest. To top it off, toxic heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium were detected in the cup linings, posing serious health risks as these metals can transfer into your drink. Your daily coffee could deliver more than just a caffeine boost—it may be serving up a toxic cocktail of chemicals. [Ved Prakash Ranjan et al., “Microplastics and other harmful substances released from disposable paper cups into hot water,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, February 15, 2021.

IDO GAL RAZON, FORMER IDF SOLDIER: The whole building crumbles in front of you. Your friends get dismembered. You get hit. You yourself get injured! Your body is broken but you get out by some miracle

WARNING: This testimony is almost 9 years old, published on November 29, 2015, testifying on his own behalf of injuries and war horror he witnessed and experienced in Israel's 1996 campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.  It is compelling.   

The soldier's name is Ido Gal Razon, a Former IDF Soldier.  Ido was injured in the 1996 assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1996, an operation called "Operation Clear As Wine," or "Operation Grapes of Wrath."  His house was under siege, attacked by "a suicide bomber, four RPG teams, six terrorists under the window lobbying grenades at us.  They shoot us with 0.5 afar."

Here is his full testimony.

My transcripts that follow are from the X post above.

I shout!  I pee at night from post-trauma!  He comes to me and asks" Why did you kill me?" 

The whole building crumbles in front of you.  Your friends get dismembered.  You get hit.  You yourself get injured!  Your body is broken but you get out by some miracle.

So I get a grip and evacuate my team to the tank under fire.  After all this, you don't file an injury report for me?  Who is my casualty officer?  Where is the committee?  Where are they?  Who was supposed to take me to the shell shock unit?  And this is after combat . . .

You used me for battle, fighting alone.  Moshe Tzim, you were the Golani Brigade Commander, right?  

I was the Golani Brigade Commander.

I was also a Golani fighter.  Why won't you treat me?  I killed for you with these hands!  You say, "Terrorists with blood on their hands?"  I killed more than 40 people for you!

I murdered!  So what are you doing here today?  It's been 9 years, and I haven't received even 1% disability status!  Does my mother need to pay everything for me?  Tens of thousands of shekels!  Hundreds of thousands!  What do you think?!  Is that where things stand?  My mother paid the hospital bills for my Gaza injury!  You sued my mother.  I have no injury report.  Who is my casualty officer?  A day later, I find myself out of Golani!  Assigned to MAZI!  I went to MAZI and told them everything.  Mortars, RPGs, suicide bombers, people falling apart . . .  What do they tell me?  You got injured in Golani.  Go to Golani, dear.  Why are you here? Just move on . . . What do you want from us? They send me to another and another unit.  They screw me around, and no one takes responsibility.  No one gives me therapy!  And I complain!  I shout!  I pee at night from post-trauma.  He comes to me and asks, "Why did you kill me?"  Can you function a day after something like this?  Can you eat?  Can you at all succeed in life?  And I was a candidate to be a pilot.  I was selected for Havatzalot intelligence.  I had the highest motivation.  From Golani after basic training, I went to the Naval Commando selections only to contribute, only to give.  Our whole family contributed to the Army.  You are here thanks to us!  Have you got anything else to say?  Because the data you present is rubbish!  You know it and I know it!  And you also know it!  All of you here, the whole system had failed!