On May 30, Nebraska DHHS director of Public Health, Charity Menefee, signed a petition to amend Title 179 NAC 1 rules and regulations governing fluoridation of water supplies. Until further federal or state action is taken, amending the 1983 regulation will lessen the harms of over-fluoridation by lowering treatment levels in Nebraska’s community water supplies […]
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70 Days Project 2024: Context
Struggling this year to maintain focus on a single impact or concept, I am changing direction and taking a different approach to the 70 Days Project. My goal will be to maintain continuity through the years. This will be a place of context where I will combine my love of learning and research with continuous […]
This year’s project, dedicated to families impacted by 9/11, will focus on the rules of the game and how we came to the place where a college student in Lincoln, Nebraska would be expelled for not accepting an experimental injection. I will be questioning the impact of community participation and the concept of a “parallel […]
A portion of CyncHealth’s December Health Information Technology (HIT) Board meeting focused on social care standards and terminology in development and recommending terminology be mapped to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) standards. Two real-world examples for social determinants of health (SDOH or SDH) were reviewed. The next meeting is March […]
Analysis of local coverage In coverage of LB1387 DHHS Hearing on Feburary 15, 2024, WOWT 6 News, Joe Harris reports, “Senator Ben Hansen cited a recent review from the National Toxicology Program. It says 18 out of 19 studies linked lower IQ to fluoride.” Harris continues by playing hearing testimony similar to a Dallas City […]
Hearing on LB1387 on Thursday, February 15 2/8/24 Update – A hearing will be held on Thursday, February 15, at 1:30 p.m. to hear testimony on LB1387, introduced by Nebraska State Sen. Ben Hansen, Blair. The bill removes the 2008 fluoride mandate for cities and villages with populations over 1,000 and limits the public water […]
During July and August of 2023 the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, continued to treat the public water supply to a calculated fluoride value of 0.88 – 0.9 ppm which is 0.18 – 0.2 ppm above the nationally recommended value of 0.7 ppm and 0.59 – 0.61 ppm above the 0.29 ppm maternal urinary […]
These resources are offered in memory of the 22nd anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Consider the theory that words can dictate thought and Dr. MacQueen’s focus on the power of the story told by mainstream media.
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The Fed’s seiniorage monopoly
Coverage of U.S. Rep. Mike Flood’s Flyover Fintech conference and why it matters Among the prominent articles covering the conference, from the Nebraska Examiner, Silicon Prairie News and the blockchain tipsheet, none mentioned some of the key issues discussed surrounding fintech‘s current focus. These are the issues that may have led U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson […]
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Further federalizing wireless broadband
If passed, congressional bill H.R. 3557, the American Broadband Act of 2023, would further streamline installation of wireless equipment while further restricting local government’s authority to manage the public rights-of-way, health and safety. It is important to oppose further federalization because there are no federal guideline for, or monitoring of, current wireless technology addressing radio […]