A hallucinogenic drug derived from magic mushrooms could be useful in treating depression, the first safety study of this approach has concluded.
MEDICAL RESEARCH: “Magic Mushrooms Lift Severe Depression” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
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Daily Archives: 05.18.2016
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “DNC Chair Embarrasses Herself on National Television—Won’t Say She’ll Debate Tim Canova” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
The DNC Chair, Debbie do-anything-for-Hillary Wasserman Schultz was on MSNBC and made an absolute fool of herself. She refused to say whether she would debate her opponent, Tim Canova, and was being incredibly rude and condescending to the host.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Will the Millennial Generation’s Current Political Activism be Permanent?” / Robert Scheer ☮
A lot of people have talked about how much the millennial generation has been mobilized during this election. Do you think this political activism is going to be permanent – especially into the next mid-term election?
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Robert Scheer Examines the Potential Impact of a Hillary Clinton Versus Donald Trump Presidency” ☮
Truthdig went live with Editor in Chief Robert Scheer as he examined the potential impact of a Hillary Clinton presidency versus a Donald Trump one and how each would affect progressives.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Hillary Clinton May be the Most Hypocritical Candidate in Politics Today” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
Hillary Clinton is calling for Donald Trump to release his tax returns – and he should. But she completely misses the irony and hypocrisy of calling on Trump to release information when she still hasn’t released the transcripts of her Wall Street speeches. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “The Biggest Difference Between Hillary Supporters, and Bernie Supporters” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
Democrats who back Hillary Clinton differ from those who support Bernie Sanders in their views of many foreign policy issues, with some of the starkest divisions on fundamental questions relating to the U.S.’s role in the world, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in March and April.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “The Ghosts of 1968 are Still Haunting Elections”/ The Big Picture RT / Thom Hartmann ☮
Michael Winship, Writers Guild of America East/BillMoyers.com joins Thom. A lot of people haven’t seen a candidate like Donald Trump in their lifetimes. But if you’re old enough to remember the election of 1968 – you probably remember one third party candidate who sounded eerily like Donald Trump.
AWARENESS: “Sadhguru: The Only Goal of Human Life” ☮
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE: “Good News in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer” / Ted Talks / Laura Indolfi ☮
Anyone who has lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer knows the devastating speed with which it can affect an otherwise healthy person. TED Fellow and biomedical entrepreneur Laura Indolfi is developing a revolutionary way to treat this complex and lethal disease: a drug delivery device that acts as a cage at the site of a tumor, preventing it from spreading and delivering medicine only where it’s needed. “We are hoping that one day we can make pancreatic cancer a curable disease,” she says.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — May 18, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
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