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Mojtaba Khamenei and his children. Photograph Source: Tasnim News Agency – CC BY 4.0 The United States has agreed with Iran to cease hostilities for two weeks. The illegal US and Israeli imposed war has not ended but has a break, although not in Lebanon which was supposed to be part of the deal. Just before the ceasefire was announced, the Iranian authorities released a ten-point peace plan that promises far more than a cessation of hostilities; it is, in fact, a grand bargain for peace across West Asia (US President Donald Trump initially said of this plan that he believes “it is…
A ceasefire to the Iran War entered its fourth day Saturday as Iranian and U.S. delegations met in Islamabad, Pakistan, to try negotiating a settlement to the conflict. These are the highest-level face-to-face talks between the two nations since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Talks between the U.S. delegation — led by Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner — and Iran’s negotiating team, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, shifted into technical discussions in certain areas, Tasnim News Agency reported. Iranian media said another round of face-to-face talks…
President Donald Trump expressed support for the Iranian people while also threatening to wipe them out. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump posted April 7 on Truth Social, 12 hours before his deadline for Iran to make a deal or face a massive attack on civilian infrastructure. Trump concluded his post: “God Bless the Great People of Iran!” His statement was one of many examples of times he has contradicted himself on the objectives and strategy for the war the U.S. and Israel launched Feb. 28. Here are five contradictions. War won or…
Home distilling. (NA) Yesterday, in McNutt v. US Department of Justice, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down an 1868 federal law banning home alcohol distilleries. The court ruled that the law exceeded Congress’ authority under the taxing power, and also under the Necessary and Proper Clause. It’s an important win for constitutional federalism – as well as for home alcohol distillers! But it’s significance is limited by the fact that the court did not consider the possibility that the law is authorized by Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce. The decision was written by prominent…
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The fate of the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US hangs in the balance after Israel continues to attack Lebanon in complete violation of the terms of negotiations. Abdul Rahman Peoples Dispatch Millions of Iranians took to the streets to mark the 40th day of the mourning of the deaths of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, various other…
I added light to the screenshot to make the UFO more clear.Date of sighting: April 7, 2026Location of sighting: Ninole, Hawaii, USASource: NUFORC site This video just came into NUFORC today. The reaction of the eyewitness says it all. Honestly, he is confronted by two unidentified flying objects and what can a person say? Because when it happens, you are 100% in disbelief and yet, it’s right in front of you. I guess I don’t have to say it’s aliens, but…it’s aliens. Scott C. Waring – UFO Sightings DailyEyewitness states: No sound, very high up, bean shaped. It was 5:43am, there were 2…
I have a love-hate relationship with TikTok, as I do social media in general. It is a great communication tool and allows scientists and science communicators to get their content out to a larger audience cheaply and easily. If you know how to use the internet and social media as a resource, you can find a video about almost any topic. I particularly love the “how to” videos. And yet these applications are also used (mostly used) to spread nonsense and misinformation, or at least inaccurate, misleading, or overly generalized information. The low bar of entry cuts both ways. As…
Damn this modern era in which a rocket heading to the freaking Moon is not the top news of the day… but it’s not, and it shouldn’t be. Artemis II launches on historic mission. Scientists discover mirror of our solar system in 2 exoplanets forming around a star. Sperm in Spaaaaace… may get lost. Maybe we’ve been searching for alien signals in all the wrong places. Trump UFO speech claim collapses as alleged insider source denies contact. The Six Degrees of John Keel podcast is looking for Indrid Cold with Ashley Hilt. Imaginary friends, childhood imagination or something else? My…
Contemporary medicine is not failing for lack of knowledge. It is failing under the weight of its own complexity. The present era is defined by unprecedented access to data, advanced technologies, an ever-expanding network of subspecialties, and a dense architecture of protocols and performance metrics. Nearly every aspect of patient care can now be measured, quantified, and standardized. Interventions that were unimaginable only decades ago are now routine. Yet despite these advances, a fundamental element has been eroded. This erosion is philosophical. Medicine has accumulated extraordinary capability, but it has lost clarity of purpose. Increasingly, it functions as a system…
Public opinion driven by fear has immense influence in our society, especially on science and health topics. A poorly conducted study becomes a clickbait media article that misrepresents the data, the study’s flaws, and the real-world implications, and it goes viral when other outlets pick it up. The claims circulate among the public and eventually become cultural belief. When those beliefs are repeated enough, they shape consumer behavior, corporate decisions, and medical practice—even as scientists and skeptics try to correct the record. The paraben story is a case study in how the irrational fear of chemicals undermines science and public…