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Mass Media & Snopes Implosion: Vanessa Beeley & Jay Dyer on Sunday Wire

Patrick Henningsen of 21stCenturyWire.com invited me on the last segment of the Sunday Wire to discuss the faux “skeptic” racket of Snopes and how the supposed neutral “fact-checkers,” as well as the rest of the Michael Shermer crowd, are propagandists.  Before that, Vanessa Beeley joins Patrick to discuss the liberation and celebration of Christmas in Syria.

If You’re a Heavy Drinker, This Study Might Make You Cut Back

Does alcohol cause cancer, or does it prevent it? Scientists have given us mixed messages; so it’s confusing, to say the least. It has always seemed to depend on the type of cancer, the kind of alcohol, and the amount of alcohol consumed.
For example, red wine consumption has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer. In that study, participants drank 8 ounces of red wine each evening.

More California Residents Vote to Ban GMOs

It appears that voters in Sonoma County, California, have banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by a margin of 56-44%, unofficial results show. In 2005, Sonoma County voters shot down a similar measure by 5%. The ban reflects changing attitudes about the biotech industry, and its impact on the environment and human health. [1]
Source: SocialMediaFeed.me
Sonoma joins five other California counties that have already passed GMO bans: Mendocino, Marin, Trinity, Humboldt, and Santa Cruz.