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一 | The IRS deleted a job listing seeking “new special agents” who are “willing to use deadly force, if necessary” from their website, following a fierce backlash on social media Wednesday–only to reupload it within a day with the offending portion removed.,The IRS has removed the line "Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary" from their IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent listing following the fiasco yesterday.Archived here: https://t.co/vBy6lB841RActive link: https://t.co/uvwbrAkIit pic.twitter.com/vNmcSXuD7w— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 11, 2022,Per the now-updated page on the IRS website, “IRS Special Agents are considered the premier financial investigators for the Federal government.”,“Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to ‘follow the money,’” the listing says, warning that “no matter what the source, all income earned, both legal and illegal, has the potential of becoming involved in crimes which fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the IRS Criminal Investigation.”,The posting sparked a wave of condemnation from ordinary citizens and influential politicians alike, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who took to Twitter to express his opposition to the proposed new IRS jobs:,“HELL NO. Every Republican should pledge we WILL NOT FUND these 87k armed new IRS agents who will target the American people.”,HELL NO.Every Republican should pledge we WILL NOT FUND these 87k armed new IRS agents who will target the American people. https://t.co/BmKZVjVdNx— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 10, 2022,Funding for the special agents in question is likely to be drawn from a huge budget boost the IRS anticipates, with Democrats in the House set to approve the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.”,Along with around $430 billion the Biden administration says will address climate change and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, the new spending bill promises to pump $80 billion into the IRS over the next ten years - more than doubling the size of the agency with over 87,000 new positions. According to the now-updated job listing, many of them will be armed; one of the “key requirements” is that applicants “be legally allowed to carry a firearm.”,The ad in question was first noticed by documentarian Ford Fischer, who pointed out in a subsequent post on Twitter that, by June, the criminal division of the IRS had spent more on ammunition in the previous three months than they typically spent in an entire year in the recent past.,Fischer told Sputnik News he finds it “fascinating” that “following the attention [he] brought to this job listing, the page went down for a while, and now with it back online, the ‘willingness to engage in deadly force' line has been removed.”,“The reality is that while perhaps finding some renewed relevance in today's news cycle about the IRS, this listing isn't particularly unusual,” Fischer notes. “The agency has been spending more than $600,000 annually on ammunition, which has been charted out for at least the past three administrations.”,“What's new is that while the left (to be clear, I mean real leftists - not Democrats) have been fairly adamant in their opposition to law enforcement at all levels, the Republicans seem to find opposition when the politics line up. For example, they currently are deeply critical of the FBI, and IRS.”,Opposition to the spending bill authorizing the IRS expansion has come almost entirely from the GOP. A recent analysis by House Republicans found that 60% of new audits expected to be unleashed by the doubling in IRS personnel will fall on those making $75,000 or less a year. But Democrats claim those making less than $400,000 will not be targeted by the new IRS agents.,The IRS reportedly did not respond to inquiries by Fox News or the National Review about its removal of the job posting.。 The same technology that may power the next generation of mobile networks has been shown to increase the growth of brain cells in mice, according to a new study from Xian Jiaotong University in Beijing.,Radio waves in the terahertz frequency can transmit data at speeds up to 1 terabit (or 125 gigabytes) per second, it is a prime candidate for the next generation of mobile cell phone networks if it can be proven safe. By contrast, current 5G networks use millimeter waves that top out at 20 gigabits (2.5 gigabytes) per second.,But there may be another use for terahertz radio waves: treatment of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and Parkinson’s disease.,Science & Tech'Vicious Cycle' Between Alzheimer's Dementia and Daytime Napping Found by Scientists17 March, 19:05 GMT,The researchers exposed mice neurons in a petri dish to 100-microwatt pulse radiation, ranging from 0.3 terahertz to 3 terahertz. The result was that the exposed neurons grew at a rate of 150% compared to the control group. The length of connections also doubled in three days. Despite the accelerated growth, the brain cells appeared healthy.,The accelerated brain growth was not permanent; it slowed two days after exposure.,However, a 2009 study by the Russian Academy of Sciences showed that prolonged exposure to strong terahertz radiation had an adverse effect, increasing the temperature of brain cells, disturbing their development and causing dehydration of the cells which reduces their size and causes other damage.,But Li Xiaoli, the lead scientist of the new Beijing study, thinks that the negative effects of terahertz radiation could be avoided by limiting the strength and duration of exposure.,“The safety of terahertz radiation protocol is a top concern,” Li said. And while the health concerns of terahertz radiation remain, it could, Li believes, be used to treat neurological disorders.,“Abnormal neuron development and the resulting abnormal neural network structure can lead to the occurrence of various psychiatric and neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism and Parkinson’s disease,” the study’s authors said.,The authors believe that a lower dose of terahertz radiation could increase the production and the activity of certain proteins responsible for brain cell growth, namely GluA1, GluN1, and SY-38. The researchers theorize that is because they contain hydrogen bonds that constantly vibrate at a frequency that falls in the terahertz range. The radio waves combine with the proteins and cause them to resonate in a “non-linear manner,” according to Li, which could “affect the shape of the proteins, and therefore the structure and function of neurons.”However, because proteins vary significantly from each other, only certain proteins are affected by the terahertz radiation at low frequencies. Li says more investigation is needed to learn how proteins react to different exposure intensities.,The study backs up another done at the Institute of Brain Science at Xian Jiaotong University that was published in June. That study found that terahertz exposure could make young mice more intelligent. There, scientists exposed mice to 90-milliwatt terahertz radiation for 20 minutes a day for three weeks. They observed that the exposed mice had more brain cells and were quicker at escaping mazes. However, for reasons that remain unclear, the same effect was not observed in older mice.。
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