FYI: I wrote this book as an entry point to hockey for new fans.
I've met so many new hockey fans through Heated Rivalry, getting into pucks but finding it all a little overwhelming. If you're one of them or know someone like that, maybe check it out?
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A chilling connection between a US biological weapons program and the Lyme disease epidemic has been detailed by journalist Kris Newby, author of "Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons." The timeline and geography she presents are impossible to ignore.
Prior to the mid-1970s, Lyme disease was not a noticeable public health problem. Then, Newby's research reveals, a mysterious cluster of three previously rare and virulent tick-borne diseases emerged simultaneously in Lyme, Connecticut—directly across the water from Plum Island, the US government's primary animal disease biological weapons research facility.
The diseases were:
• Lyme Arthritis (caused by the Borrelia spirochete)
• A Rickettsia (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
• Babesia, a cattle parasite rarely found in humans
This triple emergence of novel pathogens at the epicenter of America's bioweapons research peak was a red flag. Newby states this is precisely the pattern that would trigger a high-level CDC investigation into a potential unnatural outbreak.
The official story credits NIH researcher Willy Burgdorfer with discovering the Lyme spirochete. However, Newby's investigation suggests the response was atypically secretive. Instead of a call for urgent research, the complex, often chronic illness was minimized—reduced to a simple bite and a short course of antibiotics, a solution that has proven tragically insufficient for millions.
The question posed is stark: Is the coincidence of geography and timing merely a conspiracy theory, or is Lyme disease a "highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon," as Newby has concluded? The evidence she presents suggests we have not been told the whole story of this modern plague.
For @BR_OpenIce had the pleasure to speak with the cast of "Shoresy" to talk about hockey, their own histories in hockey, getting back into arenas with the Shoresy Classic and what the beauty of being beauties on one of the best shows on TV is like
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It's pretty tough to make @SenatorCollins look like a deliberative, responsible Senator but @lisamurkowski has truly blown past Susan with this vote, selling out the entire nation - including family members of her constituents who don't actually live in Alaska. #OBBB
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Never forget that Ronald Reagan tripled the national debt from $738 billion to $2.1 trillion, dropped the income tax rate on the top 1% from 70% to 28%, sold 500 missiles to Iran, let 90,000 Americans die of AIDS, and set into motion the end if mental institutions, creating a