Carlo Acutis, whose body now rests in a glass-sided tomb in a corner of Santa Maria Maggiore, is set to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.
The bare facts of his life go like this: he was born at the Portland Hospital in London on May 3, 1991, an only child to an Italian mother, Antonia, now 58, and a half-English, half-Italian father, Andrea, now 60, whose work as a merchant banker had brought them to the capital temporarily.
Carlo was baptised at the Church of Our Lady of Dolours in Chelsea, West London.
When he was three months old, his family returned to Milan, where over the years Carlo became a deeply religious child — despite neither of his parents being especially pious. He made his first Holy Communion aged seven (not unusual for Italian children) and tried to attend Mass every day (which is).
Despite a privileged background, Carlo preferred to live a simple life, donating pocket money to the poor and volunteering in a soup kitchen. He loved animals, owning two cats, four dogs and many goldfish.
Pro-Palestine protestors and Philly Pride Parade clash
Why Isn’t There a Cure for Insomnia?
•Proper sleep is one of the most important things for our health, and when it is disrupted, many severe issues consistently emerge (e.g., heart attacks, psychiatric illnesses, car accidents, fatigue, diabetes, cognitive impairment, or dementia).
•Unfortunately, poor sleep is an epidemic throughout our society. This is in part due to the importance of sleep not being understood (e.g., sleep is essential for learning yet educational programs like medical training sleep deprive students) and in part due to the fact the existing sleeping pills are sedatives which block the brain’s ability to have healthy sleep.
•In 1964, a sleeping medication hit the market that was remarkably effective for a variety of conditions (including insomnia) and hence profoundly improved the health of its recipients. Because it threatened so many different drug markets, once it reached America in 1990, the FDA in collusion with the media launched a ten-year take down of it, which in many regards was almost identical to what they did to ivermectin. It was successful, and very few people are even aware that this drug exists or that the many of sleeping disorders we face are easily treatable.
•In this article, we will review the data that illustrates the harms of poor sleep, the common causes of poor sleep, and the most effective treatments we have found for sleeping disorders that are still available to the public.
Article has some interesting info but is a bit of a tease since the last part where remedies are recommended is behind a paywall. There is supposedly a way to gain access for free but it did not work for me. ABN
Minnesota becomes sixth state to legalize lane filtering
Minnesota became the latest state to legalize motorcycle lane filtering when Governor Tim Walz signed bill HF 5247 into law on May 24.
The Gopher State joins California, Utah, Arizona, Montana, and Colorado as the only states to adopt such legislation. That doesn’t mean the laws are identical, though. If U.S. lane filtering regulations share anything, it’s their different conditions. Minnesota’s bill follows that pattern.
Section 61 of Minnesota Statutes 2022 previously prohibited motorcyclists from riding alongside or passing “another vehicle within the same traffic lane” or “between lanes of moving or stationary vehicles.” The recently adopted amendment now enables riders to overtake a vehicle in the same lane, as long as the motorcycle doesn’t exceed 25 mph. Filtering is also restricted to 15 mph over the speed of traffic.
California was the only state to permit lane filtering prior to 2019. That means that five states have passed lane-filtering legislation in the last five years. Minnesota may not be the last one, either. Similar bills were previously presented in Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington. Of course, each proposal comes with its own provisions, but it’s an encouraging development for motorcycle riders and advocates alike.
These are good laws. They are safer for bikers and better for traffic. California has allowed lane filtering for years with great success; and it is a very common practice in most of the world. Some people for one reason or another literally hate motorcycles. If you feel that way, next time you are in a bad traffic jam, image half the cars are motorcycles–voila, no more traffic jam! Ninety percent of all motorcyclists are very pleasant people, especially if they’ve just been out riding. The sport clears superfluous action and stress-related hormones from the bloodstream, using them for what nature designed them for. This is why people that ride motorcycles tend to be calmer and often more respectful of others. ABN
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Transgender Spanish Actor Sues French Politician For Calling Him A ‘Man’
Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón, a trans-identified male previously known as Carlos, has filed a legal complaint against French politician Marion Maréchal, alleging she committed hate speech by calling him a “man.” Maréchal could face one year in prison and a €300,000 fine (£255,300) if found guilty.
On May 26, Maréchal, the head of France’s Reconquête! party for the European elections, made a comment on social media about Gascón after it was announced that he had won an award for “Best Actress” at the Cannes Film Festival. Gascón had won the award for his role in ‘Emilia Pérez,’ wherein he plays the titular role as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who decides to “transition” in order to evade law enforcement.
“So a man has received the prize at Cannes for… female performance. Progress for the left is the erasure of women and mothers,” wrote Maréchal in response to the news of Gascón’s win.
Hate speech laws are fundamentally absurd, except insofar as they function as mind-control boundaries, which is their actual purpose. ABN
Top Japanese Government Official Issues Apology for Mass Vaccine Deaths
A high-profile Japanese government official has issued a public apology to his people over the mass deaths and vaccine injuries caused by Covid mRNA shots.
The apology was made by Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan who currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Haraguchi made a heartfelt statement during a speech at a major protest against the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
“I apologize to all of you,” Haraguchi told the massive crowd.
“So many have died, and they shouldn’t have.”
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President Trump and Elon Musk Collaborating Again?
I’m just going to throw out a bunch of factual datapoints that seemingly mean something, but the larger ‘intent’ picture is still opaque. Many readers may not be familiar with the connective tissue between the names, so I’ll just cut to the chase.
According to media reports, Pershing Square Capital Management founder Bill Ackman is preparing to back Donald Trump in the 2024 election {LINK}. Bill Ackman is the Wall Street money guy backstopping Elon Musk, and Ackman created the financial vehicle to take the X-Platform back to the public market (unused mechanism).
To wit, Elon Musk is reportedly in frequent communication with President Trump {LINK} potentially now as an advisor to the campaign:
“As recently as two years ago, Trump and Musk were publicly trading insults. But in recent months, the two men are developing a friendly rapport and talk on the phone several times a month as the election nears, the people familiar with their talks said. The pair have held discussions on immigration, technology and science, including the U.S. Space Force. Their views and interests have grown more aligned, the people said, with Musk calling Trump directly on his cellphone.” (more)
Elon Musk (Tesla) does not want tariffs against Chinese electric vehicles. Axios is reporting that Musk plans to host an X-Platform townhall event with President Trump {LINK}. As the billionaire classes choose sides, Mark Cuban is aligned with the multinationals and Biden; meanwhile, Musk and Ackman now appear to be aligning with Trump.
JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy were college roommates. Both Vance and Ramaswamy were financially backed by Peter Theil. Theil and Musk (now with Ackman, Vance and Ramaswamy) seemingly run in the same tribal circles.
Curiously, this grouping who seemingly support cryptocurrency, along with a few others who do not openly support the Hamas faction of U.S financial interests, are moving deeper into the America-First Trump orbit. The question of their motive remains. Do they support the MAGA agenda, or are they worming their way into position in order to undermine it?
You decide.
Looks like ‘alt-politics’ is copying ‘alt-media’ by providing a bit more than just the appearance of choice. The best way to control the opposition is to lead it. I do not believe we can expect any more than this and this might even be kinda good. ABN
‘The best way to control the opposition is to lead it’ — Vladimir Lenin
Visualizing the mediated Dzhanibekov Rotation
articles here: https://theethicalskeptic.com/
This is hypothesized to be the cause of massive global flooding in the past and future caused by the earth’s rotational axis shifting from its current magnetic N-S alignment to a gyroscopic alignment based on planetary irregularities of mass placement. ABN
UK: Sam Melia ‘no longer allowed to speak to or even hear about his daughter’
Remember Sam Melia?
The English man convicted of putting up stickers?
Well the state has now decided that Sam is a Person Posing Risk to Children (PPRC) because of Sam’s “racist posters, insignia and literature” and “racist and offensive attitudes”.
He is not allowed any photographs of his children, and his wife Laura is not allowed to mention them to him when they speak.
Child rapists get treated far more leniently.
This is state sponsored torture worse than any other country in the world.
Sam Melia’s wife complained about the prison saying he can no longer speak to or even hear about his daughter and this was their response.
So ‘attitudes assessed as racist and offensive’ means the state can now take children away?
Do people realise just how draconian this is?
Mind-control plus torture. ABN
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