Just as the incidence of Autism-Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) has risen alarmingly in children over the last half century, there is evidence that similar behavioral disorders have been observed in pets, most widely reported among pet dogs. It is too early for mainstream veterinary authorities to confidently confirm that dogs can develop autism, but there are numerous reports of behavior patterns in pets that mirror autism behavior in children. Studies are underway to evaluate the possibility that animals can become autistic. [1]

Though the appearance of autism-like behaviors has been observed in
dogs since the mid-1960s, the first researcher to specifically relate
some of those behaviors to autism was Nicholas Dodman, DVM, who
initially set out in 2011 to look for a genetic cause of obsessive tail
chasing in bull terriers. This behavioral characteristic has been
observed in as many as 85 percent of a bull terrier litter and often
results in self-maiming.

Presenting the evidence from his study at the 2015 American College
of Veterinary Behaviorists, Dr. Dodman reported an autism-like
condition, noting that “the vast majority of affected dogs were males,
and many had other strange behaviors or physical conditions that
accompanied the tail chasing, such as explosive aggression, partial
seizures, phobias, skin conditions, gastrointestinal issues, object
fixation and a tendency to shy away from people and other dogs.” [2] He
and his associates were further able to establish that two biomarkers
common to children with autism were also present in the affected dogs.
[3]

Referencing diagnostic criteria from the American Academy of
Pediatrics, some of the most commonly recognized features of autism
spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children include challenges associated with
social interactions and communication, and “restrictive and repetitive
interests and activities;” [4] boys are five times more likely than
girls to have ASDs; and autism in humans also is frequently associated
with aggression, gastrointestinal and skin disorders, and object
fixation. [5, 6]

Solid research is lacking in the field of canine autism, but a collaborative study called “Canines,
Kids, and Autism: Decoding Obsessive Behaviors in Canines and Autism in
Children” is currently underway in hopes of shedding light on the
condition as it occurs in children and pets. [7] Funded by The American
Humane Association, researchers from the Translational Genomics Research
Institute (TGen), Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center,
Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and the
University of Massachusetts Medical School are hoping to develop a
genetic test for autism that will benefit both humans and animals. [8]

“Canine Dysfunctional Behavior” May Be Autism

Though most animal behaviorists still prefer to categorize animals
with these traits as having “canine dysfunctional behavior” rather than
“autism,” [9] those who concede the condition may in fact be autism
describe the condition as both “idiopathic,” meaning the cause is
unknown, and congenital,” meaning the puppies are born with autism
behaviors rather than developing autism sometime after birth. Theorizing
that the syndrome may be caused by a “lack of mirroring neurons in the
brain,” studies also suggest that autism may appear in puppies as a
result of parental exposure to toxins or unnecessary vaccines. [10]

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The Green New Deal blueprint introduced by Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez was crafted by three far-left organizations and is being
pushed by a coalition of well-funded professional progressive groups and
known leftist agitators.

Some of the organizations helping to promote the Green New Deal have
ties to financing from billionaire George Soros and trace their roots to
such radical groups as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter.

Earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez posted an 11-page Google document in the form of a nonbinding legislative resolution that has become the most authoritative version of the Green New Deal, a broad outline for the current conception of the socialist-style plan.

Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal resolution, introduced along with Sen.
Ed Markey (D-MA), has already been endorsed by more than 45 Democratic
representatives. The deal received high-profile endorsements from
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders.

The Green New Deal seeks, as the New Yorker recently put it, “nothing less than a total overhaul of our national infrastructure.”

The utopian deal demands 100 percent of all buildings in the U.S.
convert to clean energy, calls for the removal of all greenhouse gases
from the entire atmosphere, and includes such non-“green” clauses as a
federal jobs guarantee while protecting the right of all workers to
organize and unionize.

It also pledges “affordable, safe and adequate housing” for “all people of the United States.”

The wealth-spreading deal aims to “virtually eliminate poverty in the
United States and to make prosperity, wealth and economic security
available to everyone participating in the transformation.”

Radical groups, Soros ties

The Green New Deal was crafted by Ocasio-Cortez along with three
groups — the Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats and a group calling
itself New Consensus.

The New Yorker reported:

The document was written over a single December weekend
by the staff of the freshman representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and
three like-minded progressive groups, none of which existed two years
ago: the Sunrise Movement, a grassroots climate organization; the
Justice Democrats, which recruits and supports progressive candidates;
and an upstart policy shop called the New Consensus.

Besides helping to write the deal text, the Sunrise Movement has been
the central progressive organization lobbying the Democratic Party to
implement the Green New Deal.

Sunrise markets
itself as an “army of young people” seeking to “make climate change an
urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil
fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the
health and wellbeing of all people.”

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The State of California and fifteen other states sued President
Donald Trump on Monday over his declaration Friday of a national
emergency and his plans to redirect federal funds to the construction of
a wall on the southern border.

The lawsuit, as expected,
was filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and was joined
by attorneys general from “Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,
Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia — all of which have Democratic
attorneys general and all but one of which are led by Democratic
governors,” the Wall Street Journal noted Monday.

However, ten of the 26 Democrat attorneys general have not joined the lawsuit — at least not yet, as of Tuesday.

The complaint,
filed in federal court in the Northern District of California, decries
what it calls “President Donald J. Trump’s flagrant disregard of
fundamental separation of powers principles engrained in the United
States Constitution.” It adds:

Contrary to the will of Congress, the President has used
the pretext of a manufactured “crisis” of unlawful immigration to
declare a national emergency and redirect federal dollars appropriated
for drug interdiction, military construction, and law enforcement
initiatives toward building a wall on the United States-Mexico border.
This includes the diversion of funding that each of the Plaintiff States
receive.

The complaint continues through several familiar talking points from the Democratic Party:

The federal government’s own data prove there is no
national emergency at the southern border that warrants construction of a
wall. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) data show that unlawful
entries are near 45-year lows. The State Department recognizes there is a
lack of credible evidence that terrorists are using the southern border
to enter the United States. Federal data confirm that immigrants are
less likely to commit crimes than are native-born Americans. CBP data
demonstrate that dangerous drugs are much more likely to be smuggled
through, not between, official ports of entry—rendering a border wall
ineffectual at preventing their entry into this country.

Later in the complaint, the states claim that the border wall is not
only unnecessary, but that it will also cause environmental damage. The
complaint also claims a border barrier will not block “drug smuggling
corridors.”

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News sources
from Mexico are reporting that a researcher from National Polytecnic
Institute has developed a cure for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

Using photodynamic therapy,
Dr. Eva Ramón Gallegos has been able to completely eradicate HPV in 29
patients. She has studied the effects of photodynamic therapy for 20
years, and has reportedly treated 420 patients with the therapy.

As a non-invasive procedure, it is said to be an effective method to
prevent malignant neoplasm, which is the second leading cause of death
among Mexican women.

Dr. Gallegos also explained that:

besides eradicating HPV, the main cause behind cervical
cancer, photodynamic therapy is also used to eliminate premalignant
lesions of cervical cancer in its first stages.

The results of her work show that she was able to eradicate HPV in
100% of the patients who had the virus but had no premalignant lesions,
64.3% in women with HPV and lesions, and 57.2% in women who had lesions
but don’t have HPV. (Source)

Good News for HPV Sufferers – Bad News for Merck and the Gardasil Vaccine

While this is good news for those suffering from HPV, the chances
that this therapy will become available in the U.S. are slim to none.
More than likely, this will become another therapy that is effective in
treatment, but banned by the FDA.

The FDA, funded in great part by licensing fees from pharmaceutical
companies, does not have a good track record in allowing any kind of
natural cures that threaten pharmaceutical products, particularly
natural cancer cures.

If anything, this discovery may increase the amount of “medical
tourism” to Mexico, where many people flock to receive non-FDA approved
treatments every year, especially for cancer.

Dr. Gallegos and her photodynamic therapy to eradicate HPV will, of
course, become a huge financial threat to Merck, the pharmaceutical
giant that manufactures the Gardasil vaccine, the world’s #1 HPV
vaccine.

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