#News.Gallup.Com

[xtruss]

Support For A Third Political Party In The U.S. Dips To 58%

69% of Political Independents, 53% of Democrats, 48% of Republicans Favor Creation of a Third Party

— By Mary Claire Evan’s

Washington, D.C. — Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults agree that a third major party is needed in the U.S. because the Republican and Democratic parties “do such a poor job” of representing the American people, marking the 12th consecutive majority-level reading in Gallup’s trend that stretches back more than two decades. While down five percentage points from last year’s record high, it is still on par with the average 56% support level over the course of the trend since 2003.

Only once -- in the initial 2003 reading -- have a clear majority of Americans believed a third party is not needed, with 56% saying the two major U.S. parties "do an adequate job of representing the American people.”

Majorities of Independents, Democrats, Less Than Half of Republicans in Favor

Political independents are the most likely party subgroup to favor a third party, as they have been in the past, with 69% expressing support in Gallup’s Sept. 3-15, 2024, Governance poll. Democrats’ support has increased from 46% last year to 53% now, while Republicans’ support has dropped from 58% to 48%.

This shift among Republicans comes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump.

Over the years, majorities of independents, ranging from 56% to 78%, have consistently backed a third party. In contrast, majority-level support from Democrats has been recorded only five out of 21 times Gallup has asked the question, with no more than 54% in favor. For their part, majorities of Republicans have backed the concept of another political party on six occasions, with the broadest support, 63%, registered immediately after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

During Gallup’s trend, partisans have typically been more supportive of third parties when the sitting president is from the opposing party, and less supportive when their own party is in the White House.

Bottom Line

The U.S. has maintained a two-party system through most of its history, with the Democratic and Republican parties serving as the primary rivals since the Republican Party became the second major party in 1854.

Third parties that have been established were either short lived or, like the Libertarian and Green Parties, have had little impact on federal and state elections other than bringing more attention to issues for voters or siphoning votes from major-party candidates, sometimes serving a spoiler role in elections.

With support for a third party reaching a new high last year, low favorable ratings of the two parties, and widespread dissatisfaction with the major-party candidates, 2024 seemed as good a year as any for a significant third-party presidential candidacy to emerge. However, as has been the case for prior third-party candidates, Kennedy’s initially higher levels of support eventually faded. Kennedy also struggled to gain ballot access in many states, with his efforts landing him on the ballot in 21 states, and 13 additional states pending before he suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump.

While 58% of Americans today think a major third party is needed, it is unclear whether they are genuinely expressing a desire for a third option or are simply frustrated with the two existing parties. Kennedy’s struggle to get on state ballots in spite of ample resources, and Americans’ apparent unwillingness to vote for candidates with little chance of winning, underscore why third parties have failed to be a factor in U.S. politics despite the public’s apparent desire for them.

[darkmaga-returns]

Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Video player not working? Use these links to watch it somewhere else!

WATCH ON:  /  /  /  /  /  or DOWNLOAD THE MP4

Story #1: Amazon Goes Nuclear, To Invest More Than $500 Million To Develop Small Modular Reactors https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/16/amazon-goes-nuclear-investing-more-than-500-million-to-develop-small-module-reactors.html

Google Turns To Nuclear To Power AI Data Centres; The Tech Giant Says It Will Use Energy From Small Reactors To Power Its Use Of Artificial Intelligence https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748gn94k95o

Video: Google Turns To Nuclear Energy For AI Electricity Demand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnpBr7RXX3A

“Green” Energy Is a Scam. It Isn’t MEANT to Work. https://corbettreport.com/green-energy-is-a-scam-it-isnt-meant-to-work/

Lack of Task Checking Halted Debris Removal at Fukushima Unit: TEPCO https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240904/p2g/00m/0sc/031000c

TEPCO May Resume Debris Extraction From Fukushima Reactor Next Week https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/eb83b885b460-tepco-may-resume-debris-extraction-from-fukushima-reactor-next-week.html

Japan’s Voters Put Nuclear Energy On Back Burner Despite Safety Worries https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241022/p2g/00m/0na/017000c

Japan Shifting Back to Nuclear to Ditch Coal, Power AI https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-shifting-back-to-nuclear-to-ditch-coal-power-ai

Scientists Create Organic Slave Computers! (What Could Go Wrong?) https://corbettreport.com/scientists-create-organic-slave-computers-what-could-go-wrong/

Story #2: 23andMe Reportedly Faces Bankruptcy — What Will Happen To Everyone’s DNA Samples? https://activistpost.com/2024/10/23andme-reportedly-faces-bankruptcy-what-will-happen-to-everyones-dna-samples.html

Announcing the DNA Control Grid https://www.corbettreport.com/articles/20090227_dna_control.htm

Episode 118 – Who Owns Your DNA? https://corbettreport.com/episode-118-who-owns-your-dna/

DNA Shaming: Welcome to Orwell’s Nightmare https://corbettreport.com/dna-shaming-welcome-to-orwells-nightmare/

First They Came For Your Fingerprints . . . #PropagandaWatch https://corbettreport.com/first-they-came-for-your-fingerprints-propagandawatch/

The Next Threat: DNA Exploitation https://corbettreport.com/the-next-threat-dna-exploitation/

Video: Baroness Von Sketch On DNA Testing https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dna_dumbass.mp4

Man Sends Lizard Saliva To 23andMe For DNA Testing, Exposing Total Fraud Of Company’s Claims Of Human Ancestry (Jun. 28, 2021) https://naturalnews.com/2021-06-28-lizard-saliva-23andme-dna-testing-fraud-ancestry.html

Story #3: Americans’ Trust In Media Remains At Trend Low https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/09/18/notice-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-persons-who-commit-threaten-to-commit-or-support-terrorism-3/

[unsolicited-opinions]

There's no truth or insight in black-and-white framings. The only truth to be found is in grey areas. I've been thinking about US protestors.

Things I regard as true:

- The plight of Palestinian non-combatants is appalling.

- The current government of Israel is a shameful assemblage of far-right racists, theocrats, and corrupt momzers.

I have detested Netanyahu with increasing intensity over the years, but the way his government has conducted and sought to extend this war is a new low. This, it should be noted, is not an uncommon view among both US Jews and Israeli Jews.

Protesting peacefully in support of a ceasefire, in support of the return of the surviving hostages, or in support of a peace plan makes some sort of sense to me.

However, neither Hamas nor Fatah, nor the Palestinian people (if polls are to be believed) seek a two-state solution. Only 24% of Palestinians polled by Gallup support a two state solution.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/512828/palestinians-lack-faith-biden-two-state-solution.aspx

The other ~76% want Israel to cease to exist.

Jewish Israelis are a little more supportive of a two-state solution than Palestinians...but only a little. (Arab Israelis overwhelmingly favor a two-state solution, which I find heartening.)

I didn't see and still don't see US anti-Israel protestors protesting for peace. I've watched videos of US protesters loudly saying that Israel does not have a right to exist and should not exist. (If that is *your* position, please go ahead and fuck right off - no need to continue reading.)

Israel's existence is a fact. Every war Israel has fought is an existential war against opponents who seek to remove it from all maps. Israel will remain a fact. It isn't going to disappear. Any positions questioning that aren't just unproductive, they're profoundly stupid.

I have watched campus fools (some carrying carrying the Israeli flag and some carrying the Palestinian flag) claim that one side is blameless and the other is evil.

If that's the complexity which *you* embrace as true, regardless of who you support, please go ahead and fuck right off - you don't live in a world of facts or intellectual honesty and nobody has the energy to deal with your bullshit.

Neither the government of Israel nor the governments of the Palestinians have made a good faith effort to build peace for many years. It's nothing but assholes in power on both sides.

A two-state solution is the only conceivable way forward towards peace.

If you're uncritical of the IDF and Netanyahu's government, you're not in favor of peace.

If you're uncritical of Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and Fatah's opposition to anything but the complete obliteration of Israel, you're not in favor of peace either.

And if the only thing you have to say is that Israel and its people should cease to be, you're definitely not protesting for peace. You're protesting in favor of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

TONIGHT (June 20) I'm live onstage in LOS ANGELES for a recording of the GO FACT YOURSELF podcast. TOMORROW (June 21) I'm doing an ONLINE READING for the LOCUS AWARDS at 16hPT. On SATURDAY (June 22) I'll be in OAKLAND, CA for a panel (13hPT) and a keynote (18hPT) at the LOCUS AWARDS.

#10yrsago How Hachette made the rope that Amazon is hanging it with https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/20/how-amazon-holding-hachette-hostage

#10yrsago Public opinion of Congress reaches a new low https://news.gallup.com/poll/163052/americans-confidence-congress-falls-lowest-record.aspx

#10yrsago Congress passes anti-mass surveillance amendment with overwhelming support https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/eff-statement-massie-lofgren-amendment-passing-house

#10yrsago UK bans teaching Creationism as science in schools https://humanists.uk/2014/06/18/victory-government-bans-existing-future-academies-free-schools-teaching-creationism-science/

#10yrsago NSA helps foreign governments conduct mass surveillance at home https://web.archive.org/web/20140619092447/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/06/18/nsa-surveillance-secret-cable-partners-revealed-rampart-a/

#5yrsago Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCnQ3iRkys

#5yrsago Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/19/18679678/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-frequency-interview-history-story

#5yrsago The “ghost networks” of mental health professionals that US health insurers rely on to deny care to their patients https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/17/ghost-networks-psychiatrists-hinder-patient-care/

#5yrsago UK government quietly cancels “age verification” system that would have compiled a database of every Briton’s sexual fantasies https://memex.craphound.com/2019/06/20/uk-government-quietly-cancels-age-verification-system-that-would-have-compiled-a-database-of-every-britons-sexual-fantasies/

[sbahour]

Very telling of today's American mindset. And some still expect Members of Congress to lead the change...ahhh.Maybe it's time to design a Keffiyeh Nurse Cap (THINK: #KeffiyehThursday).https://news.gallup.com/poll/467804/nurses-retain-top-ethics-rating-below-2020-high.aspx#Palestine #Israel #USA

[salamandersofftheclock]

Statistics under the cut:

Regret rate for having children: 1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353371832_How_many_parents_regret_having_children_and_how_it_is_linked_to_their_personality_and_health_Two_studies_with_national_samples_in_Poland 2. https://news.gallup.com/poll/164618/desire-children-norm.aspx

Regret rate for knee surgery: 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34838410/ 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961288/ Regret rate for gender transition surgeries: 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9049036/

2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36149983/

[xtruss]

Steady 54% of Americans Identify As Middle Class! More Republicans, Fewer Democrats Identify As Working Class And Lower Class

— By Megan Brenan | News.Gallup.Com | May 23, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Fifty-four percent of Americans identify as part of the middle class, including 39% who say they are “middle class” and 15% “upper-middle class.” Another 31% consider themselves “working class” and 12% “lower class.” Just 2% of U.S. adults characterize themselves as “upper class.”

These readings are generally in line with those since the Great Recession. Before then, Americans were typically more likely to self-identify as members of the middle or upper-middle class and less likely to say they belonged to the working or lower class.

The latest findings are from Gallup’s annual Economy and Personal Finance poll, conducted April 1-22. This is the 11th reading on this measure from the annual survey since 2002.

From 2002 through 2006, an average of 61% of Americans considered themselves middle or upper-middle class; however, that dropped to 56% in 2008, at the start of the Great Recession -- and since then, the figure has averaged 53%. Meanwhile, the combined percentage of U.S. adults identifying as working or lower class has increased from an average of 37% pre-recession to 45% since.

Social class identification has generally been stable since 2019, even as Americans' ratings of the U.S. economy have grown significantly worse.

Education and Income Influence Social Class Identification

Historically, Americans’ self-identified social class has been largely influenced by their income and education levels. U.S. adults with higher annual household incomes and those with college and postgraduate degrees are most likely to say they belong to the upper or upper-middle class. Americans with lower incomes and those with only a high school education are most likely to identify as working or lower class.

Older Americans, White adults and Democrats are also more likely than their counterparts to identify as members of the middle class.

Although Americans’ social class identification has been consistently related to their education and income levels, the relationship with other characteristics, particularly party, has changed over time.

Partisans’ Class Identification Has Shifted in Recent Years

Until 2022, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to identify as upper-middle or middle class and less likely to identify as working or lower class. However, in the past two readings, the trend has been reversed, with Democrats more likely than Republicans to identify as upper-middle or middle class. Meanwhile, Republicans now lead in combined identification as working or lower class.

Still, a slim majority of Republicans (53%) consider themselves upper-middle or middle class and 46% as working or lower class.

Bottom Line

The Great Recession appears to have caused Americans to reevaluate their social class. Still, despite persistently high inflation and weak economic confidence over the past few years, a slim majority of Americans continue to identify as members of the middle class. Educational attainment and income level have consistently been closely linked to U.S. adults’ social class identification. In recent years, Republicans have become more likely to identify as working and lower class, while Democrats have shifted to characterize themselves more as upper-middle and middle class.

— View Complete Question Responses and Trends:

[holisticwellnessus]

The Role of Yoga and Meditation in Managing Chronic Stress

As per a Gallup poll in December 2023, 49% of US adults reported frequently feeling stress. Stress isn’t a single symptom; it’s an umbrella term that can pave the way for other mental health issues and insomnia. In fact, according to surveys, insomnia affects about 10-15% of the general population, and it can be caused by stress, illness, and other factors. Especially chronic stress can lead to continuous fatigue of the hippocampus-related memory system and cause a vicious cycle of stress-induced insomnia.

Sources:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/642704/americans-sleeping-less-stressed.aspx

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526136/

Chronic stress can impact your physical health, mental clarity, and emotional well-being, but owing to the lifestyle we lead and the repercussions of our fast-paced lifestyle, how do we tackle stress effectively? The answer is through “yoga and meditation classes near me.” Yoga and meditation classes can prove quite powerful in combating stress at its core, and this blog talks about how these techniques can help you lead a healthier and more balanced life.

Understanding Chronic Stress and Its Impact

Unlike conventional day-to-day stress that causes small impacts like headaches, chronic stress occurs when you are exposed to stressors over a prolonged period, leading to a constant stress of alertness. Acute stress might fade after the situation passes, but chronic stress can linger and negatively impact different systems in your body.

It can lead to issues like high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, digestive problems, weakened immune responses, and mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and more. Although there are medications for chronic stress, they do come with side effects. However, with yoga, you can manage chronic stress and have a long-term impact on your overall well-being.  

How Can Yoga and Meditation Help with Stress Management?

Doing yoga is so much more than doing a form of physical exercise, and the impact of meditation exceeds way beyond mindfulness. Here’s how these two techniques can help in stress management.

Reduces Stress Hormones: Yoga and meditation help lower cortisol levels, the hormone responsible for stress, leading to a calmer mind and reduced physical tension.

Promotes Relaxation: Through deep breathing techniques and gentle yoga poses, these practices activate the parasympathetic nervous system, inducing a state of relaxation and easing muscle tension.

Enhances Mindfulness: Both yoga and meditation encourage staying present and mindful, helping to reduce racing thoughts and anxiety that often accompany stress.

Improves Emotional Resilience: Regular practice builds emotional strength, enabling you to cope with stress more effectively and respond to challenges with a balanced mindset.

Boosts Mental Clarity: Meditation clears the mind of distractions, enhancing focus and concentration, which helps in better decision-making under stress.

Strengthens Mind-Body Connection: These practices foster awareness of your body’s signals, helping you recognize early stress indicators and manage them proactively.

Looking for professionals who can help you combat the issue of chronic stress? Contact our team at Holistic Wellness & Psychiatry and gift yourself and your family the gift of better mental, physical, and holistic health.

This content was originally published on: Holistic Wellness & Psychiatry PLLC

This has been republished with permission.

Original Source: https://holisticwellness.clinic/the-role-of-yoga-and-meditation-in-managing-chronic-stress/

[marxistlesbianist]

It’s important to understand that class consciousness—like ideology—is a material force, rather than simply what people think. For example, a great number of people in the US know that the state is undemocratic,* and yet no movement against bourgeois rule has emerged with such numbers here. Though the correct thought may be seen by so many, the working class behaves as though the state is democratic, and so the class is still unconscious of this fact.

By engaging in class struggle, the vanguard party shows the proletariat not only to see the state as undemocratic, but also to treat it so. Only when thought meets action, and the working class is able behave in is own interest, is class consciousness risen.

Bourgeois class dominance is not just something that can be known, it’s something that can be touched, grasped, and broken. It doesn’t matter how much of it is thought, the working class cannot understand a thing until they touch it.

*https://news.gallup.com/poll/548120/record-low-satisfied-democracy-working.aspx, https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/initiatives/the-copenhagen-democracy-summit/dpi-2023/ (in 2022 only 49% said that the US was democratic lol.)

[adarede]

The average american house price is $349,800 (https://www.zillow.com/home-values/102001/united-states/)

Here's what that looks like:

61% of americans eat at restaurants once a week or more (https://news.gallup.com/poll/201710/americans-dining-frequency-little-changed-2008.aspx)

The average annual wage in america for full time workers is $59,400 (https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/average-salary-by-state/)

Fact is, "americans have it sooooo much better than all those people in third world countries, everybody there would kill to have the privileges you have" is a fundamental key part of the propaganda, and the purpose is to make Americans, especially poor Americans, think they're fundamentally different than working class people in other countries.

Things can be both propaganda and true.

I literally don't care when people are like "haha americans are so annoying/dumb/whatever" cuz I can take a joke, but I've been seeing tags on posts of mine from people who like. Deeply, Viscerally, Venomously Hate USAmericans.

They see us as the privileged oppressor class of the world who willfully and gleefully fuck everyone else over so "we" can enjoy luxuries. Our big cars, our extravagant restaurants, our Disney World and McMansions, right?

And it makes something inside me die a little bit, because the USA distributes TV shows, movies, magazines, newspapers and advertisements that tell you what America is like and what luxuries Americans enjoy...

...and it's propaganda. It's propaganda, not reality. These images and mythology of a luxurious, affluent America are so inescapable, constant and penetrating, like radiation, that even Americans believe it even in spite of reality around them.

It hurts that the propaganda is all anyone sees outside the USA as well, is what I mean to say, because inside the USA it's the same. I feel average, not poor, but I have always been demeaned by these depictions that tell me, "This is a normal American" showing financial privileges I would never hope to have and that my mother or her mother would never have been able to even imagine.

Like I looked up "average american neighborhood" on google images

And there are articles from American papers and publications that use these stock photos as images of an "American neighborhood" or "American homes" and it feels like being chipped away bit by bit, because when I was in middle school I went to the house of my friend and my friend's mom asked me condescending questions about whether my family ate instant noodles and "frozen food" (which they were too good for) and that year I was too humiliated to invite any of my wealthier friends over to my house, and yet they did not live in houses as big as the houses in these photos. THIS IS NOT AVERAGE. AVERAGE AMERICANS DO NOT LIVE HERE. WHAT THE HELL. There is a neighborhood in my town that looks like this and in my head I call it the "rich people neighborhood."

I come from the Americans that live here

and mobile homes/trailers are around 12% of houses in my state, so it's not rare, and when my mom was growing up everybody she knew lived in one of these. But this isn't what the world is shown. And even in America when this is shown it's something to be gawked at and pitied.

"Americans buy fast fashion every month and on average only wear it a couple times" I wear my clothes until they're falling apart and many of the clothes i have now are hand-me-downs from my mom or from Goodwill. "Americans eat out at restaurants all the time" Growing up I would eat out at Red Lobster as a treat with my dad about once a year, and sometimes we couldn't afford that. "Americans work so much because they're so obsessed with money" when I was a kid I remember when my dad would sometimes be working until 11pm or later at his construction and remodeling job, coming home exhausted and covered in drywall dust, and we barely got to see him because he was trying to dig us out of our house imminently going into foreclosure.

And I know that I have it so much better than so many people that came before me. Compared with the world my mom grew up in, I grew up in a world of fabulous luxury. My Mamaw's family was sharecroppers and by the time she was highschool age she started working in the cotton mills making gold-toe socks. And being white they've got a position of relative privilege even then. At least they didn't face violence and hatred over the color of their skin.

Why do the articles and writings say "Americans" live in big houses and eat in extravagant restaurants, but they don't say "Americans" live in flimsy, non-permanent structures propped up on cinder blocks and eat whatever cheap processed food is sold at the Dollar General, which is the only store for miles around and doesn't even sell fresh fruits or vegetables?

We're all trained to identify ourselves with the folks in the big houses, not the folks who have to camp out under tarps underneath the bridge, but I would say more of us are closer to the second one than the first. The images of America don't look like people I would talk to and hang out with, they look like the people that used to look down on me and my family like we were less than.

Fact is, "americans have it sooooo much better than all those people in third world countries, everybody there would kill to have the privileges you have" is a fundamental key part of the propaganda, and the purpose is to make Americans, especially poor Americans, think they're fundamentally different than working class people in other countries.

The mythology that the USA is the best place on Earth is a threat. Truth be told, a lot of poor folks are panicky conservative reactionaries in part because they can't afford to travel and see what the cities are like, let alone another country, and they have been told their whole lives that this is the best possible society, and they are scared to death of things getting worse.

Idk where i'm going with this, I just think seeing nation states as discrete categories of people that have more in common with each other than they do with anybody outside their country is a nefarious piece of propaganda

and also I have seen people claiming specifically that Black people in America have it better than the rest of the world by virtue of being American, which is so fucking stupid but i didn't wanna start shit but now i'm sick and in bed and kinda do

we are more alike than we are unalike and the people that say otherwise are mostly trying to get us to identify with a nation state that sees us as lower than garbage

[mediamonarchy]

https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Sloth fever, pawpaw gifts and West Nile Fauci + this day in history w/fluoride IQs and our song of the day by Tennessee Jet on your #MorningMonarchy for August 28, 2024. Notes/Links: Starbucks new boss under fire for 1,000-mile commute https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3e0ljnllo Gas Prices May Cross $3 on Their Way Down; Analysts say oil will be in no hurry to go back up—barring hurricanes, heat, and international complications https://archive.is/8CWOy ⛳ Jackson Hole in one https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/jackson-hole-in-one/ 💊 Healthcare price spikes https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/healthcare-price-spikes/ Image: So you’ve been radicalized by your grocery bill https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/so_youve_been_radicalized_by_your_grocery_bill.jpg Mosquito Born Disease Puts Northeastern Towns Under Lockdown https://www.wideopenspaces.com/mosquito-born-disease-puts-northeastern-towns-under-lockdown/ Video: Insect-transmitted Oropouche virus spreading at “unprecedented scale,” study finds (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiGeXgPwKo Skeeter Davis – “I’m A Lover (Not A Fighter)” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/1789470-Various-The-Best-Of-Country-West-Vol-3 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4F5luTOZ3Y Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00516-4/fulltext #MounseyMinute: Paw Paw (Asimina triloba); Exploring the many gifts offered by Paw Paw trees the in the context of Food Forest Design. This is Installment #6 of the Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet series. https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/paw-paw-asimina-triloba #MounseyMinute: Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/stacking-functions-in-the-garden-199 #MounseyMinute: Episode 8 – Pawpaws Slow to Start But Easy to Grow (Audio) https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MounseyMinute.mp3 #MounseyMinute: Tommy Emmanuel – “Lewis & Clark” (Inst. // Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVI_3lAaE8 Previous #MounseyMinute: Episode 7 – Radio-Protective Foods On The Radio https://mediamonarchy.com/20240724morningmonarchy/ Can You Microwave Plastic? Here’s What Toxicologists Have to Say https://www.foodandwine.com/can-you-microwave-plastic-8700835 Cannabis may be an anti-aging miracle drug for older brains, study suggests https://studyfinds.org/cannabis-anti-aging-drug-brain/ Americans’ Views of Marijuana Effects Worsen; However, U.S. adults view marijuana as less harmful to users than tobacco, nicotine and alcohol https://news.gallup.com/poll/648821/americans-views-marijuana-effects-worsen.aspx Zuckerberg Says He Regrets Demoting COVID-19 Content; ‘I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,’ Mark Zuckerberg wrote. https://archive.is/powgT HPV Vaccination May Trigger Rare and Often Misdiagnosed Autoimmune Brain Disease https://archive.is/Tlpcf Dr. Fauci Hospitalized With Rare Disease; Cue the conspiracy theories. https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-hospitalized-west-nile Video: The Fear mongering PR campaign frontman, Fauci, released from hospital after West Nile virus infection 👌 🙄 https://youtu.be/teZoyc2pTuE Harry Belafonte – “The Midnight Special” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/11685977-Harry-Belafonte-The-Midnight-Special // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song) // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhISQvv1wEc August 2014 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/8/ Flashback: #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode201 – IMF’ed, Losing Libya, Foley Follies (Aug. 28, 2014) https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw201/ #MorningMonarchy: August 28, 2017 – #MacronMakeUp costs $31K ...

[jackabernard]

"Imperfect democracy due to GOP"; The Citizen; 8-9-24

According to Gallup, an amazing 74 percent of Americans are either very or somewhat dissatisfied with their government. But this has been going on for a while, in 2019 (pre-Covid) the figure was 72% in the Trump administration (https://news.gallup.com/poll/469070/americans-dissatisfaction-nation-eases-high.aspx ). But, as recently as 2001, this figure was just 42% percent! So, in recent years…

[mintsworkshop]

The Commodification of Transphobia

New video is (finally) out!

Full bibliography below the cut

Arendt, Hannah, Authority in the Twentieth Century, in: The Review of Politics, 18/4, pp. 403-417, 1956

Balon, Richard, SSRI-associated Sexual Dysfunction, in: American Journal of Psychiatry, 163/9, pp. 1504-1509, 2006; https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.9.1504

Bates, Clive & Rowell, Andy, Tobacco Explained, in: WHO; https://web.archive.org/web/20190204163247/https://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/TobaccoExplained.pdf

Ben-Sheetrit et al., Estimating the risk of irreversible post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) due to serotonergic antidepressants, in: Annals of General Psychiatry, 22, 2023; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122283/

Benson, Craig, Child Poverty Rate Still Higher Than For Older Populations But Declining, 2023; https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/12/poverty-rate-varies-by-age-groups.html

BillTrack50, AL HB1; https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/1247206 And OH HB454; https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1391368

Brandt, Allan M., Inventing Conflicts of Interest: A History of Tobacco Industry Tactics, in: American Journal of Public Health, 102/1, pp. 63-71, 2012; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490543/

Coffeezilla, The Cult of Dan Lok - Brainwashed Student Lost $26,000 Testimonial, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VDiM_PMmZA

Cohen, Deborah & Barnes, Hannah, Evidence for puberty blockers use very low, says NICE, in: BBC Newsnight, 01.04.2021; https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56601386

Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T. et al., Puberty Suppression in a Gender-Dysphoric Adolescent: A 22-Year Follow-Up, in: Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40/4, pp. 843-847, 2011; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114100/

Dunning, D. et al., The overconfidence effect in social prediction, in: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58/4, pp. 568-581, 1990; DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.58.4.568

Graham, Bryan Armen, Unbeatable Simone Biles’s only competition at Olympics is herself, in: The Guardian, 24.07.2021; https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/24/unbeatable-simone-biles-only-competition-olympics-herself-tokyo

Gregory, Liz, What is a Cult?, 17.04.2023; https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz/daily-vale/what-is-a-cult/

GymCastic, Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts, 05.08.2016; https://gymcastic.com/heights-and-ages-of-olympic-gymnasts/

Hassan, Aumyo & Barber, Sarah J., The effects of repetition frequency on the illusory truth effect, in: Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6/1, 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00301-5

Heggie, Vanessa, Testing sex and gender in sports; reinventing, reimagining and reconstructing histories, in: Endeavour, 34/4, pp. 157-163, 2010; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3007680/

Informed Health, Depression: Learn More – How effective are antidepressants?, updated 06/2020; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK361016/

Gallup, LGBTQ+ Rights; https://news.gallup.com/poll/1651/Gay-Lesbian-Rights.aspx

Healy, Melissa, Antidepressants & self-harm: For those under 24, initial dose matters, in: Los Angeles Times, 29.04.2014; https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-antidepressants-selfharm-age-20140429-story.html

Jabkowski, Piotr et al., Exploring COVID-19 conspiracy theories: education, religiosity, trust in scientists, and political orientation in 26 European countries, in: Scientific Reports, 13/1, 2023; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-44752-w

Kearney, Matthew D. et al., The Twitter origins and evolution of the COVID-19 “plandemic” conspiracy theory, in: Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2020; https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/?p=3397

Khan, Arif & Brown, Walter A., Antidepressants versus placebo in major depression: an overview, in: World Psychiatry, 14/3, pp. 294-300, 2015; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592645/

Kirsch, Irving, Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect, in: Zeitschrift Für Psychologie, 222/3, pp. 128-134, 2014; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172306/

Lee, Edmund W. J. et al., From pandemic to Plandemic: Examining the amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 misinformation on social media, in: Social Science & Medicine, 328, 2023; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953623003362

Levine, Amir & McGlinchey, Eleanor, Assessing Sexual Symptoms and Side Effects in Adolescents, in: Pediatrics, 135/4, 2015; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8194463/

Lyons, Benjamin A. et al., Overconfidence in news judgments is associated with false news susceptibility, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118/23, 2021; https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2019527118

Mallett, Adam et al., The age, height, and body mass of Olympic swimmers: A 50-year review and update, in: International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16/1, pp. 210-223, 2021; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747954120971797

Maslej, Marta M. et al., The Mortality and Myocardial Effects of Antidepressants Are Moderated by Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis, in: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 86/5, pp. 268-282, 2017; DOI: 10.1159/000477940

Moura, C. et al., Antidepressant use and 10-year incident fracture risk: the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMoS), in: Osteoporosis International, 25/5, pp. 1473-1481, 2014; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094888/

Murray, Sally, Poverty and health, in: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 174/7, 2006; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1405857/

NICE, Evidence review: Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria, 10/2020; https://web.archive.org/web/20210422130502/https://arms.nice.org.uk/resources/hub/1070905/attachment

Rew, Lynn et a., Review: Puberty blockers for transgender and gender diverse youth-a critical review of the literature, in: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26/1, pp. 3-14, 2021; DOI: 10.1111/camh.12437

Rottenberg, Josh & Perman, Stacy, The strange story behind the most notorious disinformation video of the coronavirus era, in: York Dispatch; https://eu.yorkdispatch.com/story/entertainment/2020/05/14/strange-story-behind-most-notorious-disinformation-video-coronavirus-era/5195098002/

Stein, Adrea, How cult leaders brainwash followers for total control, Aeon Essays, 2017; https://aeon.co/essays/how-cult-leaders-brainwash-followers-for-total-control

Taylor, Jo et al., Interventions to suppress puberty in adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review, in: Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2024; https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2024/04/09/archdischild-2023-326669

The New York Times, Why Is Simone Biles the World’s Best Gymnast?, 10.08.2016; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqds04bRxQM

TIME Magazine, Medicine: Change of Sex, 24.08.1936; https://web.archive.org/web/20110410154717/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756527-1,00.html

Tordoff, Diana M. et al., Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care, in: JAMA Network Open 5/2, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0978

Trajkova, Slavica et al., Use of Antidepressants and Risk of Incident Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, in: Neuroepidemiology, 53/3-4, pp. 142-151, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1159/000500686

Vallone, R. P. et al., Overconfident prediction of future actions and outcomes by self and others, in: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58/4, pp. 582-592, 1990; DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.58.4.582

Vranic, Andrea et al., “I Did My Own Research”: Overconfidence, (Dis)trust in Science, and Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories, in: Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 2022; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330604/

Watson, Stephanie, Angelina Jolie’s prophylactic mastectomy a difficult decision, in: Harvard Health, 15.03.2013; https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/angelina-jolies-prophylactic-mastectomy-a-difficult-decision-201305156255

Wikipedia, Michael Phelps (20.06.2024); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps

Yang, Y. Tony & Haffajee, Rebecca L., When Do Opioid Prescribers Become Criminals?, in: Mayo Clinic proceedings, 91/10, pp. 1331-1335, 2016; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7490802/

Yelehtaz, Habibeh et al., Cardiovascular Considerations in Antidepressant Therapy: An Evidence-Based Review, in: The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 8/4, pp. 169-176, 2013; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434967/

Zenz, Michael, Der Einsatz von Morphium: Zwischen Pflicht und Strafe, in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2011, 108(12); https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/81691/Der-Einsatz-von-Morphium-Zwischen-Pflicht-und-Strafe

bold titles are personal recommendations

[time-being]

Last month's Gallup approval poll (https://news.gallup.com/poll/513305/democrats-ratings-biden-slip-overall-approval.aspx) recorded Biden's approval among Democrats at 75% (down from 86% a month prior).

Polls always have a sampling error, so it would be a mistake to try to draw a strong conclusion.

But we can say that ceasefire is roughly as popular with Democrats as Biden himself is. If Biden's popularity has fallen more over the past month, then ceasefire is probably significantly more popular.

This should alarm people imploring everyone (a year before the election) to Vote Blue No Matter What.

If Biden wants to improve his chances, he should do things that his party's voters want. Please call, write, fax, and email him (as well as Senators and members of Congress) to encourage such.

It's just good politics. It's unrealistic to expect to win with bad policy that remains unpopular.

The current strategy looks like defending the US's position, but people don't oppose it due to ignorance. We know what's happening and do not like it.

Only 32% of Americans agree that “the U.S. should support Israel,” down from 41% last month. They are now fewer than those saying “the U.S. should be a neutral mediator,” which rose from 27% to 39%.

Americans oppose sending weapons to Israel, 43%-31%.

68% agree that “Israel should call a ceasefire and try to negotiate,” including 3/4ths of Democrats and half of Republicans.

Reuters/Ipsos, November 2023

[thelistingteammiami]

Why Real Estate Is Still the Best Long-Term Investment

Why Real Estate Is Still the Best Long-Term Investment

For the 12th year in a row, real estate has been voted the best long-term investment. So, if you’re ready to buy a home and invest in your future, let’s connect.

#realestatenews #homeownership #keepingcurrentmatters

Copy Caption

Data Sources

https://news.gallup.com/poll/645107/stocks-gold-down-americans-best-investment-ratings.aspx

https://www.realtor.com/advice/finance/everyones-talking-about-home-equity-heres-what-yours-means-in-todays-market/

[flannelunderpants]

if gay people didn't exist before modern age why did people talk about them in damn viking sagas

Your reading comprehension needs work. I never said people who suffer from same sex attraction never existed, I questioned the implied claim that there were tons and tons of them who only pretended to be straight because the time in which the lived was heteronormal (which I will refer to as normal from now on for obvious reasons).

According to a recent Gallop poll; "More than one in five Gen Z adults, ranging in age from 18 to 26 in 2023, identify as LGBTQ+, as do nearly one in 10 millennials (aged 27 to 42). The percentage drops to less than 5% of Generation X, 2% of baby boomers and 1% of the Silent Generation." https://news.gallup.com/poll/611864/lgbtq-identification.aspx

We can safely assume by demographic research that populations do not show drastic changes in short periods of time without substantial environmental changes (I won't get into the fact that SSA is not genetically encoded, no one is "born this way") so we should not see a major swing of >15% between the generations in this way. If the modern gay movement was actually organic and not orchestrated, where are all the SSA boomers who are suddenly free to be themselves now that the culture has come to celebrate them? It's because they don't exist. There have always been a vanishky small percentage of the population with SSA, but this is entirely unrelated to the modern flood of alphabet soup individuals.