Study: Immaturity Being Mislabeled as ‘Mental Disorder’

Study: Immaturity Being Mislabeled as ‘Mental Disorder’

"Once upon a time – not so very long ago – a diagnosis of ADHD and its subsequent treatment with prescription drugs was accepted without much question. 

After all, the experts know best, right?
But as the number of ADHD diagnoses have increased, parents, doctors, and even scientific studies seem to be questioning the wisdom of popping a pill in the mouth of any hyperactive child.
Such is the case with a study recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia...Read all!!!

“Among children aged 6–10 years, those born in June (the last month of the recommended school-year intake) were about twice as likely to have received ADHD medication than those born in the first intake month (the previous July)….”

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 27

History for January 27 - On-This-Day.com

Hyman Rickover 1900

• 1870 - Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women's sorority, was founded at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, IN.
• 1880 - Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.
• 1926 - John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.
• 1943 - During World War II, the first all American air raid against Germany took place when about 50 bombers attacked Wilhlemshaven.
• 1945 - Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
• 1967 - At Cape Kennedy, FL, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft.
• 1998 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on NBC's "Today" show. She charged that the allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Train Robberies and the Wild West: What Wyatt Earp Knew | National Review

Train Robberies and the Wild West: What Wyatt Earp Knew | National Review: 

If current conditions are totally different than in the late-19th-century West, the public dereliction is arguably worse — Los Angeles isn’t a boomtown surrounded by vast ungoverned spaces and overrun by drunk cowboys in the warm months. It is a 21st-century city, with all the advantages of a lavishly funded, well-established, completely legitimate system of public order.

It is choosing, however, to create ungoverned places through its own decadence and ideologically driven folly. Or to put it in Old West terms, it is ignoring what Wyatt Earp, that most famous of American lawmen, knew.

The way we were-----The 1908 Sullivan Ordinance

Cuban immigrant gives grim warning to Americans

New rule takes aim at single-use utensils in Denver, statewide plastic bag ban on the way | OutThere Colorado

"...Denver restaurants and third-party delivery services are no longer allowed to provide single-use items, such as utensils or condiments, except upon customer request, according to a new ordinance approved by the Denver City Council.

"...The ordinance, called #SkiptheStuff, aims to reduce waste from restaurant takeout and delivery orders.
“This is a simple and effective way to reduce our collective waste,” said Grace Rink, Denver’s chief climate officer in a press release on Monday.
...According to the City of Denver, the #SkipTheStuff ordinance is expected to reduce plastic waste, also complementing the city's 'Bring Your Own Bag' program. 
Similar legislation was passed at the state level in 2021, banning plastic bags and polystyrene containers statewide by 2024...Read all!

Dershowitz: Jan. 6 Committee similar to McCarthyism witch-hunt | One America News Network

Dershowitz: Jan. 6 Committee similar to McCarthyism witch-hunt | One America News Network

A Harvard Law professor compared the January 6 Committee to a tactic used in the 1950s to oust accused communists who had no actual ties to the party. Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz said the panel is not a valid congressional body and it’s actually in violation of legislative rules.

“It reminds me a little bit of McCarthyism, where you had committees like the House Un-American Activities Committee, which didn’t have an appropriate legislative purpose,” he explained. “They were just trying to subpoena people for political and ideological purposes.”...Read all!

Joe Biden Completes His Historic Failure

Joe Biden Completes His Historic Failure: 

Many Americans are coming to believe that, contrary to the expectations going in, the Biden administration is a rudderless, leaderless, overly ideological mess. Biden did not help himself at his rare press conference Wednesday.

When challenged on America’s declining faith in the competence of his government, Biden denied reality. He said the Afghanistan withdrawal was never going to be easy. This directly contradicts his assurances before the withdrawal when he said we could do it “responsibly, deliberately, and safely.”

BLM chapter slammed by police unions over comment on slain officers

National shortage of "real" (white-on-black) hate-crimes necessitates creation of fake crimes!-----Hate crime hoaxes: Students alleged KKK recruited on campus, vandalized black girl’s door

Hate crime hoaxes: Students alleged KKK recruited on campus, vandalized black girl’s door Reddit Share on Email

• University of Utah reopens an investigation after an Instagram post puts two stories into one

"Administrators at a public university in Utah reopened investigations into several incidents on campus after a student created a social media post that merged two stories into one.
“University of Utah students walked through residence halls in KKK uniforms & smeared poop on a black student’s door,” an Instagram post (pictured) from student Hanna Thandiwe (the campus paper says her last name is Msisaka) said.
...Spokesperson Rebecca Walsh would not tell The Fix how the university planned to proceed with an investigation and if there had been any new evidence submitted after the inquiries were closed this fall semester. 

She shared instead a link to the diversity office’s statement.
Thandiwe created a story out of the Klan accusation and the poop vandalism...Read all!

Lunch video------Why Study History?

"Is it important to study history? 

Why do we need to know what’s come before us? 

Isn’t it enough to just “live in the moment?” 

Renowned historian Victor Davis Hanson explores these important questions."

Noon-toon

 

Sam Nunberg: Biden Abandoned Ukraine for Cutting Off Hunter

Sam Nunberg: Biden Abandoned Ukraine for Cutting Off Hunter: 

“Hunter Biden was paid by Burisma $80,000 a month to simply sit on the board,” Nunberg told Boyle. “Fortune 500 companies don’t pay $80,000 a month to board members. They were under an investigation by an investigator who was really someone non-corruptible about all these bribery deals that Burisma was doing.”

“And you know Joe Biden says and takes credit for getting, as VP, that investigator fired in return for a loan from the U.S. government,” he continued. “Now, what happens when Donald Trump wins the election in 2016? — they cut Hunter Biden’s fee per month in half and then, eventually, they cut him off.”

All borders are equal. Some borders are more equal than others.

 

90% of Everything Is (mostly crap!) . . . Take a Guess - WSJ

90% of Everything Is . . . Take a Guess - WSJ
"...Mr. Andreessen starts with the replication crisis in scientific studies, especially in psychology—over half of studies can’t be replicated. 

I suggest “studies show” are the two most dangerous words in the English language. 

Mr. Andreessen quickly adds, “The corollary is ‘experts say.’ ”
Mr. Andreessen’s friend in the scientific research world told him about a historical study of heart and lung drugs that were approved but were not effective. 

Mr. Andreessen learned that “one of the things you do to counter a replication crisis is a ‘preregistration of hypothesis’—instead of pretending after the fact that you have a hypothesis, that you’re cherry-picking data to prove.” 

The result of this preregistration? 

There were fewer new drugs approved because researchers could no longer fudge the data. 

“Of course, what this implies is that most drugs that are already on the market today probably don’t work.” 

His friend agreed and said forget 50%, it’s 90% of research that is bad to begin with...Read all!!!

Presidential comments.

 

It's money for the rich, political power for the morons. Pain for the people!-----Ottawa’s Climate Plan a Cautionary Tale for Governments Everywhere

Ottawa’s Climate Plan a Cautionary Tale for Governments Everywhere
"City of Ottawa politicians have done us all a great favour with their

climate change plan. 

It is not that, at 0.014 percent of world emissions, anything Ottawa does will make any difference to world climate, of course. 

It is that, by enabling a plan forecast to cost over $57 billion, Ottawa has set itself up to be a cautionary tale of what inevitably happens when fiscal policy and hard-nosed science and engineering are subordinated to ideology and special-interest pressure politics.
For that is exactly what Ottawa’s leaders have done. 

• To appease loud, uninformed activists, the city has brought in a hopelessly naive strategy that is impossible to successfully implement but 
• will cause great financial pain to residents and businesses of the region 
• for no environmental benefit.
• As if that wasn’t bad enough, the City of Ottawa’s climate policies will contribute to a growing ecological and humanitarian disaster—the abhorrent work conditions and pollution in countries where the raw materials for “green” energy components are sourced...Read all!!!

#1 This day 1974-----Ringo Starr- You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful, and You're Mine)

We, as a free people, can't allow universities to use this false-flag to shut down free speech!-----Dartmouth shut down my campus event featuring Andy Ngo — then blamed me for it

Dartmouth shut down my campus event featuring Andy Ngo — then blamed me for it 

• OPINION: Meanwhile, students who threatened our event with violence face no repercussions

"...Oddly, nowhere in the administrators’ list of excuses for effectively canceling the “Extremism in America” panel discussion two hours before it was slated to begin is blame for those who threatened violence against our event.
Instead, campus leaders said that me and my co-organizer had poor communication skills which, coupled with safety concerns, forced them to call it off.
Dartmouth College capitulated to threats of domestic terrorism and have given leftists a blueprint for derailing and canceling future conservative events with zero accountability....Read all.

Putin's stooge!

 

Liz Cheney ally says primary challenge by Trump-backed candidate will be the 'bloodiest' race in Wyoming history - TheBlaze

Liz Cheney ally says primary challenge by Trump-backed candidate will be the 'bloodiest' race in Wyoming history - TheBlaze: 

The comments were made by Wyoming state Rep. Landon Brown (R) in reference to Cheney's controversial presence on the congressional committee investigating the rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. 2021.

“I certainly think that’s gonna hurt her, especially here in Wyoming where you've got an extremely conservative base,” said Brown.

WATCH: Biden Admin Caught Allegedly Releasing Large Number Of Single Adult Illegal Aliens Into U.S. | The Daily Wire

WATCH: Biden Admin Caught Allegedly Releasing Large Number Of Single Adult Illegal Aliens Into U.S. | The Daily Wire
"Fox News reporter Bill Melugin caught Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration allegedly releasing a large group of single adult illegal aliens into the United States in Texas.

“Fox witnessed men go into a small, unmarked office, then re-emerge moments later as multiple taxi cabs then showed up to collect the migrants — who were then shuttled off to nearby Harlingen Airport. 

There were no children or migrant families among the groups,” Fox News reported. 

“Several of the migrants told Fox that they had crossed illegally that morning, paying approximately $2,000 per person to cartel smugglers. They also said they were flying to destinations including Miami, Houston and Atlanta.”...Read all.

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History for January 26

History for January 26 - On-This-Day.com

Bob Uecker 1935

• 1784 - In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey.
• 1788 - The first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became known as Sydney. The group had first settled at Botany Bay eight days before. This day is celebrated as Australia Day.
• 1837 - Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States.
• 1875 - George F. Green patented the electric dental drill...
• 1992 - Russian president Boris Yeltsin announced that his country would stop targeting U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.
• 1998 - U.S. President Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
• 2009 - The Icelandic government and banking system collapsed. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned.

OSHA cancels business vaccine mandate after Supreme Court loss - Washington Times

OSHA cancels business vaccine mandate after Supreme Court loss - Washington Times: 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it was canceling its emergency policy mandating large businesses require employees to be vaccinated or face masking and testing, after the Supreme Court put the policy on ice this month.

In its notice announcing the retreat, OSHA said the court’s ruling dealt a death blow to the mandate, which was issued as an emergency temporary standard, or ETS.

Monoclonal Antibody: Florida Closes Covid Treatment Sites after FDA Revokes Authorization | National Review

Monoclonal Antibody: Florida Closes Covid Treatment Sites after FDA Revokes Authorization | National Review: 

“Unfortunately, as a result of this abrupt decision made by the federal government, all monoclonal antibody state sites will be closed until further notice,” it continued.

The development comes after Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo accused the Biden administration of intentionally restricting the circulation of Covid-19 therapeutics. Governor Ron DeSantis had launched dozens of antibody-treatment sites as part of the state’s strategy to defeat the disease.

The federal government is “actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments,” Ladapo wrote in a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra in December.

Whoopi and 'The View' co-hosts spew outrage over Bill Maher's jokes about left's 'masked, paranoid world' of COVID restrictions: 'How dare you!' - TheBlaze

Whoopi and 'The View' co-hosts spew outrage over Bill Maher's jokes about left's 'masked, paranoid world' of COVID restrictions: 'How dare you!' - TheBlaze: 

Goldberg just got over a bout with COVID-19 — despite having been triple-vaxxed and keeping herself home-bound so as to avoid the coronavirus gribblies — and is still very scared of the disease and very determined to make sure everyone else is scared, too.

Bill Maher, who has his own show on HBO, is over it — all of it. He's tired of the protocols, the vaccines and boosters, liberals pushing ideas that have "nothing to do with science," disinformation from the pro-lockdown crowd, and, well, you name it.

S.S. Ohio and the Siege of Malta

Moscow accuses West of hysteria ahead of possible Ukraine invasion