Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Warning: Flu Shots Are Coming to Your Church
Warning: Flu Shots Are Coming to Your Church
By Dr. Mercola
Recently the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, held an invitation-only call.The call was co-sponsored by the U.S. Health and Human Services, the Office of Minority Health, and CDC.Conspicuously, the end of the invitation read:“This call is off the record and is not for press purposes” -- but it became public when it showed up on the HHS website.Fortunately one of our staff was able to get on the call.The focus of the call was on getting faith-based organizations to sponsor flu clinics with Walgreens.Basically, they want to move inside your church, mosque or synagogue, and set up shop, with your pastor, priest, imam and rabbi on hand to convince you to get a flu shot.As an example, they cited a priest who stopped in the middle of mass to roll up his sleeve and get vaccinated, inspiring the rest of his parish to line up behind him.
Talk to God, Get a Shot
The idea of holding out your arm and getting a shot in the middle of a worship service, with your pastoral leader urging you on, really seems to be pushing it. The reason they’re doing this, health officials said on the phone, is that they’ve found that non-traditional settings such as worship services can be highly effective in influencing people’s decisions.Speaking directly to church leaders, Joshua DuBois, executive director of the White House Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership, said:“As trusted messengers, you’re able to spread messages and help get people vaccinated.”Zeroing in on minorities, particularly older adults, blacks and Latinos, health officials said churches, mosques and schools are places where barriers to vaccinations can be taken down, and these minorities can be convinced to get vaccinated. Besides hosting flu shot clinics, churches can also help by putting reminders in their bulletins, and by church members personally reminding others to get their shots, officials said.They even went so far as to encourage the churches to pay people’s insurance co-pays so they’d be more inclined to get the shots. For those who simply can’t pay anything, there’ll be 300,000 free shots given out as part of the flu vaccine crusade.
Who's Funding This?
The original concept of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, developed in 2001, was to help community leaders enhance the 1998 Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.The partnership targets cancer screening, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and vaccinations. It also originally covered complementary and alternative health care options, although that type of care, which would include health measures other than vaccines, was not even listed as an option during this phone conference.For at least 10 years, this collaboration of community-based volunteers, nonprofit organizations and faith-based groups worked at a grassroots level in their respective neighborhoods, funded by Congress through various health care grants.However, in 2010 the initiative took a turn with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which moved the initiative’s management to the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, paving the way for the federal government to fund and run projects like flu clinics right in your church.Interestingly, flu shots were already covered by most insurance plans, Medicare and the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.But for some reason health officials have decided it’s OK to push the government into places of worship, mid-service, to sell and administer vaccines – and this no-press-allowed phone call reiterated that over and over again. I can only wonder which vaccine they’ll move into your church next, all in the name of “community health.”
The Secret's Out – Flu Shots Are Hardly Effective, If at All
In February 2011, new research showed that 76 percent of white seniors get flu vaccines, with 68 percent of English-speaking Hispanic seniors getting them, and 64 percent of Spanish-speaking Hispanic seniors doing so. In the phone conference, officials emphasized that they want to increase flu vaccine coverage beyond those numbers.But unfortunately, they neglected to mention the shocking lack of evidence supporting flu vaccines.The truth is flu vaccines just don’t do what the CDC claims they do. I’ve written about this several times so far this year and the past few years, along with major news media like Time Health. Even the Centers for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)admitted on its website on November 4, 2011 that it’s time to revise public messages regarding this vaccine.Specifically, what happened is that a study published in the prestigious journal The Lancet revealed that flu shots provide only “moderate protection” against the flu, and in some seasons is altogether “reduced or absent.”Specifically, the Lancet said the vaccine is about 59 percent effective. But when you break the numbers down statistically, what it really works out to is that the vaccine prevents flu 1.5 times out of 100.That’s right. Using the Lancet’s own numbers, statistics show that the vaccine only works 1.5 times out of 100.It’s a far cry from the 60 percent the CDC claims on its website, or the 70 to 90 percent it claimed before it changed the numbers this year. Some people call this lying with statistics, but any way you look at it the secret’s out: flu vaccine statistics just don’t add up to warrant pushing them in your church – or anywhere for that matter.
The Real Way to Good Health this Winter
Only the CDC, HHS and the Faith-Based Partnership Center can say why they’re pushing flu vaccines in churches in the wake of statistics like this. So instead of trying to second-guess them, what I’ll do is offer up some good ways to stay healthy this winter.Ultimately it is the state of your immune system that determines whether or not you will get sick from being exposed to viral or bacterial organisms associated with infectious diseases like the flu.The key to boosting your immune system, then, and making it a "lean, mean, disease-fighting machine" lies in your lifestyle habits --healthy food, stress relief, exercise, sleep, and safe exposure to sunlight, among other things. Artificially manipulating your immune system with a vaccine to try to stay healthy is not the same thing, nor does it produce the same kind of immunity and sought-after, disease-fighting result. It may actually make you less healthy in the long run.Since numerous studies show that vitamin D boosts immunity, particularly vitamin D3, the first thing you want to do is make sure you maintain your vitamin D levels at 50-70 ng/ml year-round. The only way you can be sure of what your levels are is to be tested. For an in-depth explanation of everything you need to know before you get tested, please read my latest updates in Test Values and Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency.While a supplement is OK, the best way to get your vitamin D is with safe exposure to sunshine, or by using a safe tanning bed (one with electronic ballasts rather than magnetic ballasts, to avoid unnecessary exposure to EMF fields). Other things that you can do include eating healthy, avoiding sugars and artificial sweeteners, exercising, and getting enough sleep. I address these issues in myfree nutrition plan here. My free one-hour vitamin D lecture can help you here.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Domestic "Extremist" Is New Buzz Word For American Police State
By Travinyle1
As those with a brain have known for quite sometime the anti terrorism grid in the United States allegedly setup for "Muslim Extremist's" (who also happened to love strip clubs and alcohol) has really been designed for the American people for the purpose of control as the economy is crashed. This has been well documented by the MIAC report and general common sense that there isn't a "Muslim Extremist" hiding behind every rock ready to kill you and your family. Or in recent news an Iranian "extremist".
It is important to note several recent articles pointing clearly to the new phase of this. The system is now being turned inward on our own citizens who may not like losing their most basic rights or speak out against the government for any of their crimes or violations of the Constitution.
One key point in this phase is the use of the word "extremist" rather than "terrorist". A terrorist is someone who is clearly violent or has been violent in the past through the use of explosives or killings. The reason this term is not being used on citizens is because there are not really any true "terrorists" here on our own soil as our government would have you believe. So "extremist" is the new designation. Not to mention what could be considered "terrorism" in the US is routinely referred to as "revolution" or "rebels" in the middle east. This could cover many more people who are simply naturally upset and outspoken about what is happening in this country. It is a grey area of modern pre-crime. Well this person is not happy with the government he or she owns guns, openly speaks out against the government so they are an "extremist" even if the person promotes non violence and peace. The key is they "could" be capable of domestic terrorism.
Here are some examples recently in the media of this term in action and the overall agenda as this system is turned more inward on the American people. These stories all tie together
White House unveils new strategy to combat homegrown terror
Civilian Detainees'
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-army-now-offers-a-prison-guard-specialty-securing-civilian-detainees-2011-12#ixzz1g45dnz6z
As those with a brain have known for quite sometime the anti terrorism grid in the United States allegedly setup for "Muslim Extremist's" (who also happened to love strip clubs and alcohol) has really been designed for the American people for the purpose of control as the economy is crashed. This has been well documented by the MIAC report and general common sense that there isn't a "Muslim Extremist" hiding behind every rock ready to kill you and your family. Or in recent news an Iranian "extremist".
It is important to note several recent articles pointing clearly to the new phase of this. The system is now being turned inward on our own citizens who may not like losing their most basic rights or speak out against the government for any of their crimes or violations of the Constitution.
One key point in this phase is the use of the word "extremist" rather than "terrorist". A terrorist is someone who is clearly violent or has been violent in the past through the use of explosives or killings. The reason this term is not being used on citizens is because there are not really any true "terrorists" here on our own soil as our government would have you believe. So "extremist" is the new designation. Not to mention what could be considered "terrorism" in the US is routinely referred to as "revolution" or "rebels" in the middle east. This could cover many more people who are simply naturally upset and outspoken about what is happening in this country. It is a grey area of modern pre-crime. Well this person is not happy with the government he or she owns guns, openly speaks out against the government so they are an "extremist" even if the person promotes non violence and peace. The key is they "could" be capable of domestic terrorism.
Here are some examples recently in the media of this term in action and the overall agenda as this system is turned more inward on the American people. These stories all tie together
A National Defense Act or how to undermine the US Constitution?
The United States Senate has just passed a resolution that as currently drafted, gives authority to the US military to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil or overseas without charge or trial. In other words, the federal government has the ability to openly detain American citizens, here or overseas, for their entire lives without so much as a single charge -denying US citizens their Article III rights to a jury trial. All it needs to do is declare you a terrorist- no proof needed and due process observed.
White House unveils new strategy to combat homegrown terror
The White House unveiled a strategy Thursday aimed at battling homegrown terrorism that emphasizes better coordination with local authorities.
"Just as we engage and raise awareness to prevent gang violence, sexual offenses, school shootings and other acts of violence, so, too, must we ensure that our communities are empowered to recognize threats of violent extremism and understand the range of government and non-government resources that can help keep their families, friends and neighbors safe," the report says.The US Army Now Offers A Prison Guard Specialty Securing '
Civilian Detainees'
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-army-now-offers-a-prison-guard-specialty-securing-civilian-detainees-2011-12#ixzz1g45dnz6z
Every soldier that enlists in the Army chooses a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Designated by a number and a letter, the 31E MOS now includes advanced responsibilities including command and control of prisoner of war and civilian internee camps.
Battlefield US: Pentagon arms police departments with free heavy weaponry
Police in City see occupiers as 'terror' risk
You Know Your Broke When....
By Travinyle1
--when your company has a Christmas party but since its when your not on the clock, you cant afford the gas to drive to your job to eat a meal.
(we have our party at 3:30 today at work, I dont have the money to use on gas to drive up there and back net loss)
--breakfast is grits and toast, lunch is tuna and crackers, dinner is soup
--someone asks you for your cell and you say well I have a skype number
--you dont have to talk to bill collectors because they cant call you
--your idea of treating yourself to a drink involves scanning the 24 oz aisle with a $1.19 Icehouse and going to far is buying 2
--rotating water between sierra mist for drinks at home
--Foldgers Instant Coffee replaces Monster drinks
--your wife's friend leaving 2 Bud Lights in the fridge is a lottery win
--your wearing pink sony headphones that are your daughters because your last pair broke and you dont have $10 for some new ones.
--finding out your only one month behind on a bill rather than 2 is cause for celebration
--refreshing your online unemployment portal status 9-10 times per day
-- your cleaning with vinegar
--counting down the days until you go BACK to work from a temporary layoff
--your TV consists of streaming online video sites
--paying for gas in dimes
--paying for gas twice in one day in dimes
--sitting on your porch is a field trip
--someone offering a free meal is = to free concert tickets
--counting down the days until you go BACK to work from a temporary layoff
--your TV consists of streaming online video sites
--paying for gas in dimes
--paying for gas twice in one day in dimes
--sitting on your porch is a field trip
--someone offering a free meal is = to free concert tickets
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
9/11 Who is John O'Neil?
From The Youtuber http://www.youtube.com/user/Irancontrascumdid911
Special Agent John O'Neill was Deputy Director of the FBI under Louis Freeh from 1997 to 1999. His specialty: Tracking al-Qaeda. In the months prior to 9/11 he sent evidence of the impending attacks, along with important information about the suspects who were planning on carrying it out, up through the chain of command and was met with nothing but resistance and attempts to ruin his credibility. Frustrated with this, O'Neill had gone public, stating that he was ordered not to investigate Saudi/al-Qaeda connections because of the Enron pipeline deal.
O'Neill then left the FBI and began working as head of security at the World Trade Center, which reportedly offered him double [some reports say triple] his current FBI salary. His first day was September 11th, 2001. He was the man taking over for the complex's then security-head, Marvin Bush [the President's brother] whose company, Securacom [a.k.a. Stratesec], happened to be in charge of security for United Airlines, as well as the security detail at Dulles International Airport, from which American Airlines Flight 77 that allegedly hit the Pentagon had originated that morning.
O'Neill was on the 34th floor of the North Tower when the first plane hit. He had evacuated the building and was last seen alive by fellow FBI agent Wesley Wong outside the South Tower about 15 minutes before it collapsed. His uncharred body would be found weeks later under a stairwell of that same building. John O'Neill --the Man who Knew--was dead at age 49.
Special Agent John O'Neill was Deputy Director of the FBI under Louis Freeh from 1997 to 1999. His specialty: Tracking al-Qaeda. In the months prior to 9/11 he sent evidence of the impending attacks, along with important information about the suspects who were planning on carrying it out, up through the chain of command and was met with nothing but resistance and attempts to ruin his credibility. Frustrated with this, O'Neill had gone public, stating that he was ordered not to investigate Saudi/al-Qaeda connections because of the Enron pipeline deal.
O'Neill then left the FBI and began working as head of security at the World Trade Center, which reportedly offered him double [some reports say triple] his current FBI salary. His first day was September 11th, 2001. He was the man taking over for the complex's then security-head, Marvin Bush [the President's brother] whose company, Securacom [a.k.a. Stratesec], happened to be in charge of security for United Airlines, as well as the security detail at Dulles International Airport, from which American Airlines Flight 77 that allegedly hit the Pentagon had originated that morning.
O'Neill was on the 34th floor of the North Tower when the first plane hit. He had evacuated the building and was last seen alive by fellow FBI agent Wesley Wong outside the South Tower about 15 minutes before it collapsed. His uncharred body would be found weeks later under a stairwell of that same building. John O'Neill --the Man who Knew--was dead at age 49.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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