Strips gun rights from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor "hate crime" (HB1015) >Making it illegal to shoot a firearm on lot sizes less than 5 acres (HB926) >Expands "gun-free zones" (HB626) >Shrinks concealed-carry reciprocity with other states (HB24) >Holds firearm manufacturers liable for gun deaths (HB21 & SB27) >Imposes an 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition (HB1094) >Imposes a $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors (HB207) >Drastically raises the physical requirements to operate a firearms store (HB907) >Makes it harder to obtain a concealed carry permit (HB916) >Creates a new taxpayer-funded state propaganda "center" for the sole purpose of promoting gun control (HB969) >Ends qualified immunity for police (HB 1314) >Targets ICE by banning the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers (HB7) >Makes ICE agents liable for civil lawsuits filed by illegal aliens (HB1314) >Prohibits ICE from arresting illegal migrants outside of courthouses (HB1265) >Establishes a state propaganda commission to publicize the supposed negative impacts of ICE raids in Virginia (HB1264) >Creates a state-mandated playbook for how schools must respond to ICE showing up on their campus and bans school employees from assisting ICE (HB1260) >Unionizes government employees and gives them collective bargaining rights (HB1263) >Unlimited taxpayer-funded home purchases for government employees (HB164) >Preferential hiring in State government for Federal employees laid off by DOGE (HB494) >Defers property taxes for Federal employees during shutdowns (HB915) >Hikes Minimum Wage to $15/Hour (HB1) >Eliminates the minimum wage exemption for farm workers (HB20) >Mandates the hiring of a new bureaucratic position ("Career Coach") in every single public school (HB138) >Mandates "mental health screenings" for all public school students between 6th and 12th grade (HB355) >Drastically curtails home school and private school independence from the Virginia Department of Education (HB359) >Raises the salaries of school board chairs and vice-chairs (HB382) >Free public school education for illegal aliens (HB912) >Allows out-of-state Indian tribe members to receive in-state tuition (HB287) >Lets students graduate high school despite failing grades (SB147) >Eliminates nearly all academic benchmarks for college students to continue receiving financial aid (SB167) >Somali daycare fraud pilot program (HB259) >Expands the eminent domain powers of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (HB446) >Reclassifies Solar farms as an "agricultural operation", thus granting it protections under the Right to Farm law (HB1091) >More than triples financial penalties from the Department of Environmental Quality to comply with environmental regulations (HB1350) >Mandates all localities adopt an "environmental justice plan" (HB256) >Allocates $100 million in taxpayer funding for the production of "sustainable aviation fuel" (HB1230) >Eliminates the ability of a health insurance provider to charge a premium for smokers (HB220) >Adds a new insurance mandate to cover over-the-counter condoms (HB1182) >Mandates "unconscious racial bias" trainings for nurses to retain their license (SB22) 📎 Christian Heiens">
>Imposes a 3.8% investment tax on top of state income taxes (HB378)
>Allows every locality to raise the state sales tax by 1% (HB334 & SB66)
>Raises the sales tax for Stafford County (HB1000)
>Rounds up all state and local taxes by the nearest 5-cent increment (HB954)
>Allows localities to outlaw gas-powered leaf blowers (HB881)
>Imposes a new personal property tax on electric-powered lawn equipment (HB557)
>Limits the ability to use self-driving or autonomous vehicles (HB1124)
>Allows state and local government to implement traffic and speed cameras (HB1330 & HB994)
>Puts speed cameras on state highways (HB1220)
>Requiring a license to buy a firearm (HB1359)
>"Assault weapons" ban (HB217)
>Strips gun rights from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor "hate crime" (HB1015)
>Making it illegal to shoot a firearm on lot sizes less than 5 acres (HB926)
>Expands "gun-free zones" (HB626)
>Shrinks concealed-carry reciprocity with other states (HB24)
>Holds firearm manufacturers liable for gun deaths (HB21 & SB27)
>Imposes an 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition (HB1094)
>Imposes a $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors (HB207)
>Drastically raises the physical requirements to operate a firearms store (HB907)
>Makes it harder to obtain a concealed carry permit (HB916)
>Creates a new taxpayer-funded state propaganda "center" for the sole purpose of promoting gun control (HB969)
>Ends qualified immunity for police (HB 1314)
>Targets ICE by banning the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers (HB7)
>Makes ICE agents liable for civil lawsuits filed by illegal aliens (HB1314)
>Prohibits ICE from arresting illegal migrants outside of courthouses (HB1265)
>Establishes a state propaganda commission to publicize the supposed negative impacts of ICE raids in Virginia (HB1264)
>Creates a state-mandated playbook for how schools must respond to ICE showing up on their campus and bans school employees from assisting ICE (HB1260)
>Unionizes government employees and gives them collective bargaining rights (HB1263)
>Unlimited taxpayer-funded home purchases for government employees (HB164)
>Preferential hiring in State government for Federal employees laid off by DOGE (HB494)
>Defers property taxes for Federal employees during shutdowns (HB915)
>Hikes Minimum Wage to $15/Hour (HB1)
>Eliminates the minimum wage exemption for farm workers (HB20)
>Mandates the hiring of a new bureaucratic position ("Career Coach" ) in every single public school (HB138)
>Mandates "mental health screenings" for all public school students between 6th and 12th grade (HB355)
>Drastically curtails home school and private school independence from the Virginia Department of Education (HB359)
>Raises the salaries of school board chairs and vice-chairs (HB382)
>Free public school education for illegal aliens (HB912)
>Allows out-of-state Indian tribe members to receive in-state tuition (HB287)
>Lets students graduate high school despite failing grades (SB147)
>Eliminates nearly all academic benchmarks for college students to continue receiving financial aid (SB167)
>Somali daycare fraud pilot program (HB259)
>Expands the eminent domain powers of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (HB446)
>Reclassifies Solar farms as an "agricultural operation", thus granting it protections under the Right to Farm law (HB1091)
>More than triples financial penalties from the Department of Environmental Quality to comply with environmental regulations (HB1350)
>Mandates all localities adopt an "environmental justice plan" (HB256)
>Allocates $100 million in taxpayer funding for the production of "sustainable aviation fuel" (HB1230)
>Eliminates the ability of a health insurance provider to charge a premium for smokers (HB220)
>Adds a new insurance mandate to cover over-the-counter condoms (HB1182)
>Mandates "unconscious racial bias" trainings for nurses to retain their license (SB22)
📎 Christian Heiens
IN 2006, RESEARCHER CLEVE BACKSTER — THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE CIA'S LIE DETECTOR PROTOCOLS — PUBLISHED 36 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTS PROVING THAT PLANTS, BACTERIA, AND HUMAN CELLS IN PETRI DISHES RESPOND INSTANTANEOUSLY TO HUMAN THOUGHT AND EMOTION — EVEN AT DISTANCES OF HUNDREDS OF MILES. THE SIGNAL IS FASTER THAN LIGHT. IT DOES NOT DIMINISH WITH DISTANCE. IT IS NOT ELECTROMAGNETIC.
In 1966, Cleve Backster was the world's foremost expert on polygraph technology. He had developed the interrogation techniques used by the CIA, FBI, and U.S. military. He understood galvanic skin response — the electrical conductance of biological tissue — better than anyone alive.
One morning, on a whim, he attached polygraph electrodes to a Dracaena plant in his office. He watered it and watched the tracing. Then he thought: "I wonder what would happen if I threatened this plant." He decided to burn a leaf with a match.
The instant he formed the intention — before he moved, before he lit the match, before any ...
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