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'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years ago

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exceptional-drilled-tooth-reveals-neanderthals-180000494.html

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Around 60,000 years ago in Siberia, a Neanderthal opened their mouth so that a rotten tooth could be drilled — and the case is the oldest evidence of an intentional dental treatment to date, a new study finds.

A lower molar tooth belonging to a Neanderthal adult was originally unearthed in 2016, but it was not clear what had caused the deep hole in its surface. Now, experimental evidence indicates the hole was made with a small stone drill used to clean out bits of severely rotten tooth tissue, according to a study published Wednesday (May 13) in the journal PLOS One.

This intricate procedure shows Neanderthals — our closest human relatives who lived from around 400,000 to 40,000 years ago — had the brains to recognize this painful tooth cavity could be treated and possessed the fine motor skills to successfully execute the procedure.

"The fact that this invasive treatment took place and the person survived lends me to believe that this is another example of the really very sophisticated Neanderthal understanding of human biology and when you need to intervene," study co-author John W. Olsen, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Arizona, told Live Science.

[Sarc] It's amazing how much smarter Neanderthals have grown since I was learning about the in elementary school. It's almost as if they were human. [/Sarc]
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The DUmpster / Re: I was just informed by a Verizon insider
« Last post by CC27 on May 14, 2026, 01:41:45 PM »
I wish pcidiot would eliminate his 411 service...

LMAO
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The DUmpster / Re: I was just informed by a Verizon insider
« Last post by CollectivismMustDie on May 14, 2026, 01:34:09 PM »
I wish pcidiot would eliminate his 411 service...
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General Discussion / Re: E. Jean Carroll sham
« Last post by SVPete on May 14, 2026, 01:29:44 PM »
Her scam was a classic, Place the claimed event so far in the past that the accused would have no records of where he was and what he did at that time, scam-tactic. Kind of like Blah-Blah--Ford ... except Kavanaugh was one of those uncommon individuals who actually had journals from the pertinent timeframe.

I could put it more crudely, but basically Trump's preferences at the alleged time in women were, ummm, hotter.
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General Discussion / Re: E. Jean Carroll sham
« Last post by SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 14, 2026, 01:23:05 PM »
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I just want to remind everyone that in addition to once saying on CNN that "rape is sexy," E. Jean Carroll's accusation against Trump is an exact plot line from a 2012 Law & Order SVU episode.

She claimed that this was a complete coincidence when asked about it.

Her lawyers also tried to get the judge to instruct jurors that there's no evidence in the record that the episode "actually exists."


https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1750606491382317239
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 5/14
« Last post by enslaved1 on May 14, 2026, 12:56:08 PM »


Not sure if here or Mind Numbing Stupidity is the best place for this. 
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Politics / Re: CIA Went Rogue, Raided Tulsi’s Office to Seize Papers
« Last post by SVPete on May 14, 2026, 12:47:25 PM »
Looks like Anna Paulina Luna shot off her mouth about something she did not understand:

DNI denies reports CIA 'raided' Tulsi Gabbard's office to seize documents related to JFK, MK Ultra

https://justthenews.com/government/security/dni-denies-reports-cia-raided-tulsi-gabbards-office-seize-documents-related-jfk

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence denied reports Wednesday night that the CIA "raided" National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's office and seized documents related to MK-Ultra and the John F. Kennedy assassination.

Fox News reported the alleged raid, which came from Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who heads a special House Oversight taskforce related to declassifying government secrets.
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"This is false - the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office," DNI spokeswoman Olivia Coleman said on X in a rare rebuke of Fox News.

Luna clarified that the incident did not occur on Wednesday, was not a raid and that the ODNI has jurisdiction over the seized documents.

"Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over," Luna posted on X. "Also, this did not happen today & was not a 'raid' however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc."

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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 5/14
« Last post by SVPete on May 14, 2026, 12:35:15 PM »
Here's More From Xavier Becerra's Embarrassing Interview With KTLA

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/13/ktla-xavier-becerra-missing-kids-interview-n2676004

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Last week, former Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra participated in a debate for the California governor's race with his fellow Democrats. During that debate, Becerra said there were no lost kids under the Biden administration, despite the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General saying that more than 448,000 unaccompanied minors were handed to Becerra's department, with hundreds of thousands being unmonitored with bad addresses, no court notices, and other problems.

The Trump administration has found thousands of those children, many of them sex trafficked or otherwise abused.

Becerra also sat down with KTLA, and they may have just ended his campaign for governor over the issue. The interview didn't go well for Becerra at all, but one exchange about missing children was particularly bad.

"During your time as HHS Secretary, a New York Times investigation found the health department couldn't find some 85,000 children it had released," said reporter Annie Rose Ramos.

"That's not accurate," Bercerra interrupted. "What you just read is not accurate. First, that's what I'll say. Because it was never the case that we could not find kids. You're ... I don't know if you got those talking points from Donald Trump."

"It's from a New York Times article," Ramos replied.

"That's not what the New York Times article said," Becerra continued. "The New York Times said that individuals, that the children and their sponsors did not respond to calls they didn't say we couldn't find kids."

KTLA then showed a screenshot from the article that read, "While HHS checks on all minors by calling them a month after they begin living with their sponsors, data obtained by the Times showed that over the last two years, the agency could not reach more than 85,000 children. Overall, the agency lost immediate contact with a third of migrant children."

Becerra was appointed for being a check-off, not for any relevant competence.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 5/14
« Last post by SVPete on May 14, 2026, 12:32:21 PM »
Vance-led task force cuts off $1.4B from home health, hospice providers suspected of fraud

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-led-task-force-cuts-home-health-hospice-providers-suspected-fraud

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EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance's anti-fraud task force has withheld $1.4 billion in federal funding from home health and hospice providers nationwide, following a wave of suspensions enacted by an anti-fraud task force targeting operations in California, Minnesota and several other states.

Approximately 90% of the suspended providers have not reached out to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency tasked with combating fraud, waste and abuse, since payments have been suspended.

Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that they believe a lack of communication between alleged fraudulent providers and CMS indicates that the providers were not legitimate enterprises.

"Silence gives assent," probably would not work as an argument in court, but government programs include means of appealing decisions with which you disagree. ~$1.4B of no appeals is pretty loud silence.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 5/14
« Last post by SVPete on May 14, 2026, 12:26:17 PM »
Biden FBI secretly set up Trump to be indicted after he leaves office, Arctic Frost memos suggest

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/fbi-and-jack-smith-prosecutor-sought-hold-anti-trump-evidence-until-he-left

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In the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency, FBI agents tied to Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation memorialized anew their belief that President Donald Trump broke the law in contesting the 2020 election and secretly arranged to preserve their evidence until 2030 in memos that raise alarm they could revive their prosecution after Trump leaves office.

The FBI memos and emails closing out the controversial Arctic Frost investigation – obtained by Just the News – show the bureau chose not to relinquish the evidence it gathered after Smith went to court to dismiss charges against Trump, even though that is the normal practice for agents. Instead, they created a preservation order keeping the evidence in FBI custody for two years after Trump's second term ends, claiming it was necessary to do so because of ongoing litigation, the memos show.

FBI emails and memos obtained by Just the News dating back to early 2025 show how the FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors who had been working on the criminal prosecutions aimed at Trump and his allies worked to close the 2020 election-related case against the incoming president, while also seemingly leaving open the door for the criminal case to be revived once Trump leaves office and a Democrat again holds the reins at the Justice Department.

“The American people deserve to know how this egregious weaponization of power to target political opponents and President Trump happened inside an institution meant to protect them,” FBI Director Kash Patel told Just the News. “We shut down the weaponized CR-15 squad, and we are going to keep following the facts until there is full accountability. The FBI exists to protect the country, not to preserve political prosecutions for a future administration.”

House Judiciary Chairman urges DOJ to permanently dismiss all Trump cases after bombshell report

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/house-judiciary-chairman-urges-doj-permanently-dismiss-all-trump

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The chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee is urging the Justice Department to ask federal courts to dismiss with prejudice all prior criminal prosecutions against President Donald Trump, putting a permanent end to a 10-year legal assault by the Obama-Biden era FBI against the man twice elected president by the American people.

"It's probably time that this all just ended," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Wednesday night after Just the News reported new documents it obtained revealed the FBI at the end of the Biden presidency secretly took the rare step of preserving evidence from a dismissed January 6 prosecution until 2030, raising alarm the bureau could revive its prosecution after Trump leaves office.

The agents in the controversial Arctic Frost case also wrote a new memo insisting they believed Trump violated laws, creating a fresh roadmap for prosecution after Trump's presidential immunity from prosecution ends in 2029.

Jordan, who played a crucial role in debunking Russia collusion allegations against Trump and chronicling FBI abuses in the targeting of conservative figures since 2016, reacted to the report by saying Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche should declare "this thing is done, over with. A-B see you later."

Well, this should have hissing yowling devil-kittens being birthed on DU.
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