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Tuesday, 04 April
03:00
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 7: Psychosis (Part Three) Mad In America
Editors Note: Over the next several months, Mad in Gtzsches book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. In this blog, he discusses the lack of evidence for benefit, and the evidence of harms, of psychosis drugs used for early intervention/first-episode psychosis. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.
Early intervention? Yes, but not with psychosis drugs
An argument for using psychosis drugs was that it is harmful not to intervene early, and the term duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) was often used. It was claimed that DUP worsens the prognosis for schizophrenia and similar disorders;16:194,17:326,18:79,18:233 19:235,20:416 that it is harmful for the brain to be psychotic;18:98,20:416 and that with early intervention, a chronic course can be prevented for many patients17:326 who can be taught to handle their vulnerability.18:80
These arguments are not correct. When a drug doesnt work for a disease but only pacifies the patients, it cannot be important to use it early in the course of a disease. Furthermore, the researchnone of which was referencedthat claims that the duration of untreated psychosis is related to the prognosis is unreliable. People who are not treated early are not comparable to those treated early and they are in a worse condition, on average, with a host of prognostic factors that bode for a poor long-term outcome, e.g. homelessness and alcoholism.
It is not possible with statistical methods to adjust reliably for such differences. As already noted, the more variables you include in a logistic regression, the further you are likely to get from the truth50 (see Chapter 2, Part Two).
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Monday, 03 April
23:10
Children with Autism Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Psychiatric Comorbidities SafeMinds
Anxiety Disorder Developed in Late Childhood Can Lead to Subsequent Psychiatric Conditions
A longitudinal follow-up study examining the mental health of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has recently been published in Journal of Affective Disorders. The authors used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to analyze records of 13,382 children and adolescents with ASD and 53,528 age- and sex-matched non-ASD controls between 2001 and 2009. The research followed participant records until the end of 2011. At that time, subjects who developed schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (BD), depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were identified. The authors discovered that children and adolescents with ASD were at an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, BD, depressive disorder, and OCD than the control group. Additionally, the results showed that individuals with ASD were more likely to develop BD and depressive disorder at an earlier age. This study also discovered that for children with ASD who develop psychiatric comorbidities, anxiety disorder occurred first, usually in late childhood, with psychotic and affective disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, BD, depressive disorder) proceeding in adolescence. Compared to participants with ASD alone, the diagnosis of anxiety disorder increased the likelihood of subsequent psychiatric comorbidities. According to the authors, the early onset of anxiety disorders in ASD is this researchs most clinically significant finding.
The post Children with Autism Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Psychiatric Comorbidities appeared first on SafeMinds.
23:00
Community Shares | April 3rd 2023 SafeMinds
- According to new research, mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant have an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in their male offspring. The study used electronic health records for 18,355 births since the beginning of the pandemic and discovered a significant uptick in developmental issues among boys, not girls, in their first year of life.
- A new study has found that young children with autism are less likely to receive vision screenings than neurotypical children. This research discovered that only 36.5% of children on the spectrum had completed vision screenings at pediatric well visits versus 59.5% of children without the disorder. The authors point out that early childhood is a critical time for vision development and that children with autism have a high risk for serious eye disorders.
- Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives recently introduced a bill calling for mandatory home and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities through the Medicaid benefit. If passed, the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Act, will eliminate waiting lists for community-based services by increasing funding for the program, providing grants to states to expand their service capacity and taking other steps to strengthen the workforce of caregivers who support people with disabilities.
- The Brain Foundation has recently released its Synchrony 2022 Conference Report, co-written by Richard Frye and Heer Nanda. The conference covered a broad range of topics, including searching for important biomarkers to help with early detection tools and working on basic science that evaluates various drug pathways and effects for treating autism symptoms and improving lives for those with the disorder.
- The ...
23:00
Prenatal Antibiotic Exposure Linked to an Increased Risk of Autism SafeMinds
Higher Risk Observed in First and Second Trimester Exposures and Lasting Longer than 14 Days
Canadian researchers recently assessed whether prenatal exposure to antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring born at term. To investigate this hypothesis, the authors used a population-based retrospective cohort study that included mothers who delivered a live singleton-term infant in British Columbia between April 2000 and December 2014. Exposure was defined by the study as using antibiotic prescriptions during pregnancy. Outcome was recognized as an ASD diagnosis by the British Columbia Autism Assessment Network by December 2016. After analyzing the data, the authors discovered a small to moderate ASD risk associated with gestational antibiotic exposure. Additionally, the team observed that the most significant risk for ASD was associated with antibiotic exposure lasting longer than 14 days. The authors pointed out that previous research revealed an increased risk of ASD when the antibiotic exposure occurred during the second and third trimesters. However, their study identified the highest risk in the first and second trimester exposure. The researchers observed roughly the same ASD risk for both vaginal and cesarean deliveries and a lower risk associated with combined prenatal and labor and delivery antibiotic exposure. They pointed to evidence that exhibits differences between microbial profiles of infants by mode of delivery and exposure to intrapartum antibiotics, with differences in bacterial abundance and diversity. Consequently, the authors suggest that an altered microbial colonization at birth, and its potential impact on infant neurodevelopment, is not a likely contributor to the association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and ASD. They propose that the risk observed in the first and second trimesters could be due to the susceptible periods for metabolic programming by the maternal microbiome. Ultimately, the authors concluded that their findings need more research to be considered clinically significant.
The post Prenatal Antibiotic Exposure Linked to an Increased Risk of Autism appeared first on...
22:32
Sad but necessary: Ant researchers pull fossil paper over errant claim Retraction Watch
A group of insectologists is receiving praise on social media for retracting a 2022 paper in which they claimed, erroneously, it turns out, to have discovered a novel ant fossil.
The paper, An Eocene army ant, appeared in November in Biology Letters, a Royal Society title. The authors were led by Christine Sosiak, of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in Newark. The paper has yet to be cited, according to Clarivate Analytics Web of Science.
According to Sosiak and her colleagues:
Here we report the oldest army ant fossil and the first from the Eastern Hemisphere (EH), Dissimulodorylus perseus, preserved in Baltic amber dated to the Eocene. Using a combined morphological and molecular ultra conserved elements dataset spanning doryline lineages, we find that D. perseus is nested among extant EH army ants with affinities to Dorylus. Army ants are characterized by limited extant diversification throughout most of the Cenozoic; the discovery of D. perseus suggests an unexpected diversity of now-extinct army ant lineages in the Cenozoic, some of which were present in Continental Europe.
But not long after the paper appeared, other ant experts informed the researchers that their ant advance was not an emissary from the Eocene Epoch after all.
According to the retraction notice:
Shortly after the publication of this report the authors were contacted independentl...
21:26
Censoring Women's Health Problems Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!
Katie Wright's post (after the
MyCycleStory info) tears into Congress for yet again, gaslighting
women, this time, the Covid vaccine and menstrual problems. We live
in a world where we must agree in an instant that men can have
periods, but we can not believe that a vaccine could impair the
reproductive cycle. There is published, peer reviewed data at a
site called MyCycleStory. Details below, and
Katie's post follows. I know at least one young woman who
needs blood transfusions after her periods became so heavy when she
was forced to get the Covid vaccine to keep her $18.00 an hour job
taking care of autistic adults, some also vaccine injured,
including two that I love dearly. Thanks.
Your Cycle Story is Data - from
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We hear you. We are listening. We want answers too. Clinical Trials Did not Study COVID-19 Vaccine Effects on Womens Reproductive Systems and we are seeing major issues. There have also been reports of reactions from women who have NOT received the COVID-19 Vaccine. We are studying both. Were an independent research group compiled of advocates, doctors, data scientists, researchers and organizations on a mission to learn more about whats going on with Womens Cycles. With this information we will be able bring light to this issue and discover possible causation and potential solutions. All we know right now is that we need more and better information. Whether or not youve been vaccinated for COVID, if youve had menstrual irregularities, please help us by, donating signing up, sharing your story and participating in our research studies and sharing your cycle story.
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By Katie Wright
In 2021 the geniuses at the White House singled out the tweets of eminent liberal feminist scholar, Naomi Wolf, PhD, as a dangerous source of misinformation. She had been tweeting that irregular menstruation was a disturbing side of the Covid vaccine. Wolf is not Conservative or a Republica...
17:01
Peter Gtzsche teams with an antivaxxer to exaggerate the harms of COVID-19 vaccines Science-Based Medicine
Peter Gtzsche, formerly leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center, has teamed with Maryanne Demasi to write a systematic review of the "harms" of COVID-19 vaccination. Besides accepting the highly dubious methodology behind one study, their preprint is yet another example of how EBM can be corrupted to promote antivax ideas.
The post Peter Gtzsche teams with an antivaxxer to exaggerate the harms of COVID-19 vaccines first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.13:32
Cultural Co-dependency | Barry and Janae Weinhold Mad In America
From The Weinholds: When people have a lot of unhealed developmental trauma, this early trauma that happens in the first three years of life, they feel unsafe. And when people feel unsafe, they go into a fear mode: their brains shut down, they cant problem-solve, they lose their ability to strategize, and so they just go into overwhelm. And it makes everything around them feel like theyre in some kind of survival issue. So it brings them out of what we would consider to be higher consciousness or higher performance of thinking down into this real struggle, where everything becomes just like a struggle.
So its this need for safety then that makes people dependent on somebody else. Because they kind of go back in time, they feel like children, and theyre looking for somebody to guide them. Theyre looking for somebody that will take care of all these things, some kind of authority figure. It might be, you know, the government, or it could be anybody that seems to know more than they do. So they look for these authority figures, and that makes them very susceptible to being manipulated . . . People may depend on these experts who seem to know more than they do, who promise to protect them from things like terrorism or, you know, global climate change, but theyre not really able to think for themselves.
. . . The biggest problem that weve been able to identify is that our culture really doesnt support people having feelings and we cant connect what were feeling to what it is that we need. And without this kind of cultural support, its very difficult to break free of codependency.
Yeah, in our culture its really not cool to ask directly for what you want and need. And unfortunately then when people dont ask, they dont get those needs met. And they get resentful and they feel resentful. So the culture really says, you know, play it cool, dont let them see you sweat the John Wayne persona and the more modern versions of that that we see. But basically there is a kind of a cultural taboo against being direct about your needs and your feelings. And that really is a big barrier to breaking free of codependency.
Its also been really clear to us that when people dont feel safe to feel their feelings, when theyre not able to identify what their needs are, that it keeps people feeling disconnected and it makes them feel lonely. And between feeling lonely and feeling angry and resentful, people build up a lot of steam. They start to kind of, you know, wait for some event where they just blow it all off, because theyre feeling like they have to keep it all inside, and at some point thats just not possible so theres this kind of explosion. And you know we have terms for that in our culture, we talk about going postal, you know, we have a whole set of terms th...
11:27
WARNING: Faith in Artificial Intelligence is About to Destroy America A Total System Collapse May be Imminent Vaccine Impact
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
As we now enter the first week of the second quarter here in 2023, the United States stands on the brink of a total financial collapse.
There are many ways to view the current economic crisis we all face, and the economic factors that have brought us to this point today, such as the steps that were taken in 2008 during the last economic crisis which never solved the problem, but only kicked the can down the road until the crisis grew bigger, or the role that COVID policies played starting in 2020, or the myriad of other factors that have led us to the place where we all stand today.
But the view that I choose to write about and explain, since so few others are writing about it, is the Big Tech collapse that began in 2022, with the blowup of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, and the massive layoffs that began in the worlds largest technology companies.
While it is hard to put a number on the total financial loss in the U.S. economy due to the FTX collapse, over $30 billion alone was lost just due to bankruptcies of some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. (Source.)
And that does not include the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, which today are in serious trouble and could also be facing failures and potential bankruptcy.
This crisis spread to the banking industry at the end of the first quarter this year, with banks heavily invested in the cryptocurrency market experiencing bank runs and collapse, including Silicon Valley Bank, which at the time was the 15th largest bank in the U.S.
And more banks face failure today, as the bank runs have not stopped. See:
Second Wave of Bank Runs Start Demise of the U.S. Dollar as the Worlds Reserve Currency Accelerates
Of course it wasnt just investments lost from cryptocurrencies that led to these bank collapses, there are many other factors involved such as the Feds aggressive interest rate hikes, and the banks failures to have enough money on deposit to cover accounts above the FDIC insurance limits, for example.
In years past, this much loss of liquidity in the economy would have crashed the entire system, including the stock markets.
But the mark...
11:27
WARNING: Faith in Artificial Intelligence is About to Destroy America A Total System Collapse May be Imminent Medical Kidnap
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
As we now enter the first week of the second quarter here in 2023, the United States stands on the brink of a total financial collapse.
There are many ways to view the current economic crisis we all face, and the economic factors that have brought us to this point today, such as the steps that were taken in 2008 during the last economic crisis which never solved the problem, but only kicked the can down the road until the crisis grew bigger, or the role that COVID policies played starting in 2020, or the myriad of other factors that have led us to the place where we all stand today.
But the view that I choose to write about and explain, since so few others are writing about it, is the Big Tech collapse that began in 2022, with the blowup of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, and the massive layoffs that began in the worlds largest technology companies.
While it is hard to put a number on the total financial loss in the U.S. economy due to the FTX collapse, over $30 billion alone was lost just due to bankruptcies of some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. (Source.)
And that does not include the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, which today are in serious trouble and could also be facing failures and potential bankruptcy.
This crisis spread to the banking industry at the end of the first quarter this year, with banks heavily invested in the cryptocurrency market experiencing bank runs and collapse, including Silicon Valley Bank, which at the time was the 15th largest bank in the U.S.
And more banks face failure today, as the bank runs have not stopped. See:
Second Wave of Bank Runs Start Demise of the U.S. Dollar as the Worlds Reserve Currency Accelerates
Of course it wasnt just investments lost from cryptocurrencies that led to these bank collapses, there are many other factors involved such as the Feds aggressive interest rate hikes, and the banks failures to have enough money on deposit to cover accounts above the FDIC insurance limits, for example.
In years past, this much loss of liquidity in the economy would have crashed the entire system, including the stock markets.
But the mark...
10:28
WARNING: Faith in Artificial Intelligence is About to Destroy America A Total System Collapse May be Imminent Health Impact News
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
As we now enter the first week of the second quarter here in 2023, the United States stands on the brink of a total financial collapse.
There are many ways to view the current economic crisis we all face, and the economic factors that have brought us to this point today, such as the steps that were taken in 2008 during the last economic crisis which never solved the problem, but only kicked the can down the road until the crisis grew bigger, or the role that COVID policies played starting in 2020, or the myriad of other factors that have led us to the place where we all stand today.
But the view that I choose to write about and explain, since so few others are writing about it, is the Big Tech collapse that began in 2022, with the blowup of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, and the massive layoffs that began in the worlds largest technology companies.
While it is hard to put a number on the total financial loss in the U.S. economy due to the FTX collapse, over $30 billion alone was lost just due to bankruptcies of some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. (Source.)
And that does not include the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, which today are in serious trouble and could also be facing failures and potential bankruptcy.
This crisis spread to the banking industry at the end of the first quarter this year, with banks heavily invested in the cryptocurrency market experiencing bank runs and collapse, including Silicon Valley Bank, which at the time was the 15th largest bank in the U.S.
And more banks face failure today, as the bank runs have not stopped. See:
Second Wave of...
10:00
More Reasons Why Splenda Isnt so Splendid Articles
Consuming artificial sweeteners may seem like the perfect way to have your cake and eat it too a sweet taste to satisfy your cravings without the health risks of sugar. But artificial sweeteners like sucralose, marketed as Splenda, arent a safe sugar alternative.
There have been many red flag safety signals in the past from increased heart risks1 to interfering with your livers detoxification process.2 Now a research team from the Francis Crick Institute in London revealed another reason to stay away from Splenda it may dampen your immune system at high doses.
Sucralose Suppresses Immune Response
In a study on mice, published in the journal Nature,3 the team found sucralose consumption had immunomodulatory effects.4 Mice with either a bacterial infection or a tumor were fed sucralose at levels equivalent to the acceptable daily intake (ADI) recommended by the European and American food safety authorities.5
This lowered the activation of T cells, which play an important role in immune function, in response to either the bacterial infection or cancer.6 The dampened T-cell function was related to the way sucralose affected the release of intracellular calcium.
Previous studies also suggested the artificial sweetener may influence cell membrane fluidity, possibly interfering with T-cell communication.7 When the mice no longer consumed sucralose, their T cells began to work normally again.8 According to the study:9
[T]he intake of high doses of sucralose in mice results in immunomodulatory effects by limiting T cell proliferation and T cell differentiation. Mechanistically, sucralose affects the membrane order of T cells, accompanied by a reduced efficiency of T cell receptor signaling and intracellular calcium mobilization.
While stating that humans would be unlikely to consume the levels of sucralose used in this study with normal or moderately elevated intake, the researchers attempted to spin the immune system suppression as a good thing.
They largely brushed off the concerning finding that mice eating sucralose were less able to fight off infection and cancer and noted, instead, that the artificial sweeten...
Bird Flu Scare Narrative Ramps Up Articles
Bird flu has always been a fraud, which is why I wrote my New York Times best-selling book "The Great Bird Flu Hoax," nearly 15 years ago. President George Bush spent over $7 billion dollars and warned that more than 2 million Americans could die.1 The reality is that no one in the U.S. died from bird flu.
Fast forward 15 years, and now global biosecurity is one of the primary tactics chosen to usher in a totalitarian One World Government, so more pandemics are undoubtedly in our future. In the spring of 2022, Bill Gates warned that another pandemic will emerge, and that this yet-to-come pandemic "will get attention this time."2
Based on the news chatter emerging right now, a weaponized bird flu seems likely. In a March 30, 2022, CenterPoint interview, former director for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, more than hinted at this possibility, saying:3
"I believe the great pandemic is still in the future, and that's going to be a bird flu pandemic for man. It's going to have significant mortality in the 10-50% range. It's gonna be trouble."
Avian Flu Posed No Threat Until Scientists Weaponized It
Historically, natural avian influenza (H5N1) never posed a threat to mankind, but then scientists started tinkering with it, creating a hybrid with human pandemic potential.4 Some of that research has been undertaken in Pentagon-funded biolabs in Ukraine.5,6,7
Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have also funded gain-of-function research on H5N1.8 One scientist whose work on H5N1 has been funded by both Fauci and Gates is Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka.9
In one experiment, Kawaoka mixed bird flu virus with the Spanish flu virus, resulting in a highly lethal respiratory virus with human transmission capability. Kawaoka has also played around with mixtures of H5N1 and the 2...
Gut Microbiome May Be a Game Changer for Tumor Prevention Articles
Editors Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 11, 2018.
In recent years, it's become increasingly apparent that the composition of microbes in your gut which is as distinct to you as your fingerprint plays an enormous role in health and disease prevention. Your gut flora influences the function of various internal organs, such as your skin, lungs, breasts and liver.1
For example, recent research2 by the National Institute of Health shows gut microbes control antitumor immune responses in the liver, and that antibiotics by depleting your gut of valuable bacteria can alter the composition of immune cells in your liver and trigger tumor growth.
Aside from cancer, dozens of other health conditions have been traced back to the influence of gut microbes as well, including obesity, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's and allergies,3 just to name a few. One of the reasons for this is because your gut is the main residence of your immune system.4
Disrupt your gut microbiome and you automatically disrupt your immune function, which can have far-reaching consequences. As noted in a paper published in Clinical and Experimental Immunology:5
"The crucial position of the gastrointestinal system is testified by the huge amount of immune cells that reside within it. Indeed, gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) is the prominent part of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue and represents almost 70 percent of the entire immune system; moreover, about 80 percent of plasma cells ... reside in GALT."
How Your Microbiome Influences Your Cancer Risk
Previous studies have shown certain gut bacteria quell inflammation, which is an underlying factor in virtually all cancers, whereas others promote it. As noted in a recent article in Nature,6 "bacteria have been associated with cancer initiation and progression. Some of these microbes activate inflammatory responses and disrupt the mucus layers that protect the body from outside invaders, creating an environment that supports tumor growth."
Certain cancers have also been found to have infectious underpinnings. For example, Heliobacter pylori (H. pylori) has been linked to gastric cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer actually defines this microbe as a carcinogen.7...
06:44
Viagra may reduce the risk of Alzheimers disease no, not a joke Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
New observational research shows that taking Viagra (sildenafil) may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
06:32
Gluten-free diets, another food fad that is overhyped Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
Gluten-free diets are a new fad diet, yet there is little evidence that it bring benefits to anyone except those with celiac disease.
06:16
Scientific facts vs personal opinion about vaccines, evolution, climate change Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
Scientific facts are different than personal opinions. Science is always based on objective data almost always published for all to read.
06:13
GMO and vaccine DNA theyre not going to change your genes Skeptical Raptor
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.
DNA in GMO foods and every vaccine will not cause harm and it cannot and will not change your genes. This DNA will not change you.
04:20
What Are The Akashic Records? GreenMedInfo
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"Akasha (a-ka 'ska) is a Sanskrit word meaning "ether": all-pervasive space. Originally signifying "radiation" or "brilliance," in Indian philosophy akasha was considered the first and most fundamental of the five elements - the others being vata (air), agni (fire), ap (water), and prithivi (earth). Akasha embraces the properties of all five elements: it is the womb from which everything we perceive with our senses has emerged and into which everything will ultimately re-descend. The Akashic Record (also called The Akashic Chronicle,) is the enduring record of all that happens, and has ever happened, in space and time." ~ Ervin Lazlo
03:21
How to Sprout and Grow Passion Fruit Seeds into a Food-Producing Vine The Healthy Home Economist
How to prepare, sprout and grow passion fruit seeds to cultivate a prolific fruit-producing vine for your yard. If you are looking to add a highly productive fruit edible to your yard, passion fruit is one of the best options to choose. Best grown in tropical or subtropical climes, passion fruit vines also grow well
The post How to Sprout and Grow Passion Fruit Seeds into a Food-Producing Vine appeared first on The Healthy Home Economist.
Sunday, 02 April
10:45
Dominator vs. Partnership Cultures: A Profound Re-Telling of Human History Mad In America
From Jordan Bates: Riane Eisler, a world-renowned Austrian-born American systems scientist, writer, and social activist, has proposed that we ought to understand human cultures and societies in terms of two fundamental categories: dominator and partnership. In her landmark work, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, our Future, she suggests that our conventional social categoriesreligious vs. secular, right vs. left, capitalist vs. communist, Eastern vs. Western, and industrial vs. pre- or post-industrial, etc.are insufficient to describe the whole of a societys values, beliefs, and institutions.
Eisler argues that these categories overlook the fact that, historically, many societies in all of the aforementioned categories have been unequal and violent, whereas some societiesthe majority of which existed millennia agohave been much more equalitarian and peaceful. Eisler points out that we lack a frame of analysis that encompasses the differences between these latter societies/cultures and the vast majority of societies/cultures that are prevalent today. Thus Eisler turns to the historical and archaeological record to argue that throughout human history, sociocultural systems have existed on a continuum between the extremes of dominator and partnership systems. A couple of passages from her website seem a worthy starting point for understanding the definitions and profound implications of these categories:
In the domination system, somebody has to be on top and somebody has to be on the bottom. People learn, starting in early childhood, to obey orders without question. They learn to carry a harsh voice in their heads telling them theyre no good, they dont deserve love, they need to be punished. Families and societies are based on control that is explicitly or implicitly backed up by guilt, fear, and force. The world is divided into in-groups and out-groups, with those who are different seen as enemies to be conquered or destroyed.
In contrast, the partnership system supports mutually respectful and caring relations. Because there is no need to maintain rigid rankings of control, there is also no built-in need for abuse and violence. Partnership relations free our innate capacity to feel joy, to play. They enable us to grow mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This is true for individuals, families, and whole societies. Conflict is an opportunity to learn and to be creative, and power is exercised in ways th...
10:00
Between Pathogens and Chemical Contaminants, Avoid Chicken Articles
Editors Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published August 15, 2018.
While health agencies make a big stink about unsterilized foods such as raw organic milk, the food associated with the greatest number of foodborne illnesses is factory farmed chicken.
According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics,1 there were 5,760 reported foodborne outbreaks between 2009 and 2015, resulting in 100,939 illnesses, 5,699 hospitalizations and 145 deaths. Of these, chicken was responsible for the most outbreak-associated illnesses 3,114 illnesses in total (12%), followed by pork and seeded vegetables, each of which was responsible for 10% of illnesses. As noted by CBS News:2
"'No other food, it turns out, is quite as problematic as chicken the heart-healthy alternative to red meat. Though fish and dairy technically caused more 'outbreaks,' chicken sickened the most people ...
'Chicken is a reservoir for salmonella,' explains Thomas Gremillion, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America.
Though proper cooking can kill most salmonella strains, normal food preparation techniques like using a sponge to clean up spills or rinsing your chicken in the sink tend to spread the bug around your kitchen, he says. That can 'cross-contaminate' your sink, cutting boards and vegetables.
'This CDC report shows that government inspectors and industry need to do more to protect consumers from unsafe chicken,' says Gremillion.
'Rather than focusing on schemes to boost industry profits such as eliminating slaughterhouse line speed limits we should be talking about why the U.S. lags so far behind other countries on issues like addressing salmonella contamination in poultry, and what can be done to avoid some of these illnesses and the havoc they wreak on families.'"
Chicken Is Notoriously Prone to Bacterial Contamination
Over the years, food testing has shown that chicken is particularly prone to contamination with dangerous pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Consumer report testing in 2007 found 80% of whole chicken broilers harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter,3 two of the leading causes of foodborne illness.
Retesting in 2010 revealed a modest improveme...
How Jimmy Dore Broke Out of the Propaganda Matrix Articles
In this interview, one of my favorite comedians, Jimmy Dore, and I discuss the propaganda machine surrounding all things COVID. Ive posted many of his videos on this site, as I enjoy his direct and incisive commentary. Like me, Dore grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He packed up his belongings and drove to Los Angeles, California, in 1995, and never looked back.
Everything worked out in Los Angeles for me when I got to town, he says. It was a real refuge being around all the other comedians and actors and artists. I got lucky, I got an agent right away and I was able to get on television right away. So everything worked out.
Exiting the Matrix
I'm impressed with Dores critical thinking skills because, like most people, he got caught up in the propaganda and believed the COVID jab would be a good strategy. He took the shot, suffered side effects from it, and had to find a holistic physician who was able to guide him back to health.
Unlike most people, however, Dore was able to put two and two together after that, and realized hed been duped. The shot was nowhere near as safe (or effective) as they claimed. After that realization, he started seeing through other propaganda narratives as well.
I was completely propagandized, he says. I have a bone condition that I have to treat every day, so I was afraid. They made it sound like if you got COVID, it's going to go find the most vulnerable part of your body, it's going to infect it and kill you. So, I was convinced that if I got it, it was going to go right to my bones and kill me.
I was scared to death. So, I knew I was going to take the vaccine and I was afraid to look into it. This is true, right? Because I knew I was going to take it anyway, and because both of my doctors had told me to take it, because they didn't know any better. None of us knew at the time that they were suppressing accurate information. I didn't know that. Neither did my doctors.
At that time, we didn't know there were other doctors out there with another narrative. I didn't know about the Great Barrington Declaration. I didn't know there were leading scientists and doctors who had a different idea. I didn't know what a criminal Dr. Fauci was. I didn't know that he did the same thing in the AIDS crisis.
So, I took the vaccine, I got sick, and never got better. It was just horrible side effects. I had 180/120 blood pressure. I could have had a stroke at any moment. I had nerve pain, nerve damage. I was diagnosed with occipital neuralgia, which if you know what that is, it's the most wicked stiff neck you've ever had in your life....
Strategies to Optimize Mitochondrial Health in Long COVID Articles
The video above features a recent lecture I gave to the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) on how to optimize your mitochondrial health and function.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is at the root of most all chronic diseases, and it also plays a crucial role in conditions such as long COVID, which is becoming quite common. Its also a root factor that must be addressed in COVID jab injuries, regardless of symptoms or severity.
Features of the post-jab injuries we see point to severe mitochondrial dysfunction, which in turn causes energy failure. The same goes for long COVID in people who struggle with unrelenting fatigue and other symptoms for months after theyve recovered from COVID-19 infection.
If you can improve your mitochondrial function and restore energy supply to your cells, youre going to massively increase your odds of reversing the problems caused by the jab or the virus.
US Life Expectancy Falls in Historic Decline
Allopathic medicine has been a leading cause of death in the U.S. for over two decades. In 1998, researchers concluded that properly prescribed and correctly taken pharmaceutical drugs were the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.
Two years later, in 2000, Dr. Barbara Starfield published her groundbreaking paper, "Is US Health Really the Best in the World?"1 in which she provided data showing that medical errors by doctors were the third leading cause of death. Little has changed since then.
In 2016, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts calculated that more than 250,000 patients died each year from medical errors, again pegging it as the third leading cause of death.2
In July 2022, the National Institutes of Health concluded the annual death toll from medical errors could be as high as 440,000 and possibly even more because of lack of reporting making it, still, the third leading cause of death.3
In future years, I believe the medical intervention sold as "COVID vaccines" will prove to be the No. 1 killer of Americans, and were already seeing that trend. Something extraordinarily odd happened in 2020 and 2021, something that shaved nearly three years off the life expectancy in the U.S.4
Even a tenth or two-tenths of a year mean decline in life expectancy on a population level is a big deal, as it means a lot more people are dying prematurely than they really should be. A three-year drop is simply unheard of.
While media blame thi...
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Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, April 1, 2023, #399 Geoengineering Watch
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Record
snow, record rain, record hail and record tornadoes,
geoengineered spring is here. Climate chaos is hammering
populations and decimating food production. Scripted political
theater continues to distract and divide populations even as near
term planetary omnicide looms on the horizon. The equation we face
is unimaginably non-linear, the remainder of 2023 will likely
bring converging
07:33
Google Co-Founder Among Billionaires Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Case Medical Kidnap
Top row: Thomas Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, Sergy Brin, co-founder of Google, Michael Ovitz, venture capitalist and co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency, Mort Zuckerman, a real-estate billionaire who owns US News & World Report. Bottom row: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, picture of Jeffrey Epstein.
Billionaires Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz were issued subpoenas this week by the US Virgin Islands as part of its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the banks relationship with now-deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas seek any communications or documents related to JPMorgan and Epstein.
The four men are some of the wealthiest people in the U.S., and it couldnt be determined why they were being asked for the communications and documents. In civil cases, lawyers can use subpoenas during the discovery process to get information from people who arent a party to a lawsuit but could provide evidence related to the case. -WSJ
JPMorgan is being sued by the US Virgin Islands along with several Epstein accusers in a combined case over Epsteins sex trafficking operation. The plaintiffs claim that the bank facilitated abuse by allowing Epstein to remain a client while helping send money to his victims. The lawsuit also alleges that JPMorgan turned a blind eye to Epsteins activities after receiving referrals for high-value business opportunities.
Brin is a co-founder of Google and sits on the board of parent company Alphabet. Pritzker is executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels. Ovitz is a venture capitalist and co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Zuckerman is a real-estate bi...
07:33
Google Co-Founder Among Billionaires Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Case Vaccine Impact
Top row: Thomas Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, Sergy Brin, co-founder of Google, Michael Ovitz, venture capitalist and co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency, Mort Zuckerman, a real-estate billionaire who owns US News & World Report. Bottom row: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, picture of Jeffrey Epstein.
Billionaires Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz were issued subpoenas this week by the US Virgin Islands as part of its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the banks relationship with now-deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas seek any communications or documents related to JPMorgan and Epstein.
The four men are some of the wealthiest people in the U.S., and it couldnt be determined why they were being asked for the communications and documents. In civil cases, lawyers can use subpoenas during the discovery process to get information from people who arent a party to a lawsuit but could provide evidence related to the case. -WSJ
JPMorgan is being sued by the US Virgin Islands along with several Epstein accusers in a combined case over Epsteins sex trafficking operation. The plaintiffs claim that the bank facilitated abuse by allowing Epstein to remain a client while helping send money to his victims. The lawsuit also alleges that JPMorgan turned a blind eye to Epsteins activities after receiving referrals for high-value business opportunities.
Brin is a co-founder of Google and sits on the board of parent company Alphabet. Pritzker is executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels. Ovitz is a venture capitalist and co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Zuckerman is a real-estate...
07:20
Google Co-Founder Among Billionaires Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Case Health Impact News
Top row: Thomas Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, Sergy Brin, co-founder of Google, Michael Ovitz, venture capitalist and co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency, Mort Zuckerman, a real-estate billionaire who owns US News & World Report. Bottom row: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, picture of Jeffrey Epstein.
Billionaires Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz were issued subpoenas this week by the US Virgin Islands as part of its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the banks relationship with now-deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas seek any communications or documents related to JPMorgan and Epstein.
The four men are some of the wealthiest people in the U.S., and it couldnt be determined why they were being asked for the communications and documents. In civil cases, lawyers can use subpoenas during the discovery process to get information from people who arent a party to a lawsuit but could provide evidence related to the case. -WSJ
JPMorgan is being sued by the US Virgin Islands along with several Epstein accusers in a combined case over Epsteins sex trafficking operation. The plaintiffs claim that the bank facilitated abuse by allowing Epstein to remain a client while helping send money to his victims. The lawsuit also alleges that JPMorgan turned a blind eye to Epsteins activities a...
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National Day of Whatever You Want It to Be Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!
By Cathy
Jameson
Recent months for us have been very full, very busy, and have gone by very quickly. With that, around the 22nd of March I said to myself, Didnt this month just start? It cant be coming to an end already. When I realized just how quickly time was flying by, I had another realization: April is just around the corner. That means April 2nd is coming up also.
On some calendars, April 2nd means its World Autism Day. Some people will take today and even all month long, to celebrate autism. Theyll laud it, but I prefer not to celebrate my sons disability. I wont celebrate any disability for that matter. Ill promote appropriate treatment for autism and being able to access it. But I wont ask for anyone to cheer for something thats had devastating effects on my childs health.
I certainly wont ask anyone to revel in the fact that the CDCs new autism rate increased yet again. Called an all-time high and categorized as trending upward, news reports shared the 1 in 36 autism rate last week.
1 in 36!
Do we write praise reports when cancer strikes? Or would we ask the entire nation to celebrate an increase in cancer rates. No! So why expect that for a diagnosis that can have similar effects on families?
What can we do instead?
For starters, ignore the requests to celebrate the day. Call today something else (Today is Sunday, so refer to it simply as that.). Do something else today that has nothing to do what these national calendars are encouraging people to do. Or pick another national day to talk about. The April 2nd date also shows that today is International Childrens Book Day.
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day is listed, too.
Whoever gets the pick the theme of the day must have a fun spirit about them because its also National Love Your Produce Manager Day.
If none of those catch your fancy, fear not.
Its National Ferret Day, and its Geologists Day as well.
Who knew that April 2nd had so many other things to showcase! Of co...
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Is the War in Syria Intensifying? U.S. Carrier Strike Group Deployment Extended as U.S. Troops Suffer Brain Injuries Medical Kidnap
Aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush. Image source.
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
Americas resolve to hang on to oil fields in Syria that former President Donald Trump seized in 2019 seems to be intensifying as the U.S. military has extended the deployment of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, which has been under NATO command since last year, and is currently in the Mediterranean Sea.
The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group to provide options to policymakers after last weeks deadly attacks in Syria by Iran-backed forces, U.S. military officials said on Friday.
The decision likely means the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. forces, which are now in the European Command operational area, will not be returning to home port in the United States on schedule.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino confirmed the carrier groups extension, which was first reported by Reuters.
The extension of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, inclusive of the USS Leyte Gulf, the USS Delbert D. Black, and the USNS Arctic, allows options to potentially bolster the capabilities of CENTCOM to respond to a range of contingencies in the Middle East, Buccino said in a statement.
Buccino also noted a scheduled, expedited deployment of a squadron of A-10 attack aircraft to the region. (Source.)
The George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group includes flagship USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119), USS Truxtun (DDG-103), USS Farragut (DDG-96) and USS Nitze (DDG-94). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is embarked on Bush. (...
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Is the War in Syria Intensifying? U.S. Carrier Strike Group Deployment Extended as U.S. Troops Suffer Brain Injuries Vaccine Impact
Aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush. Image source.
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
Americas resolve to hang on to oil fields in Syria that former President Donald Trump seized in 2019 seems to be intensifying as the U.S. military has extended the deployment of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, which has been under NATO command since last year, and is currently in the Mediterranean Sea.
The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group to provide options to policymakers after last weeks deadly attacks in Syria by Iran-backed forces, U.S. military officials said on Friday.
The decision likely means the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. forces, which are now in the European Command operational area, will not be returning to home port in the United States on schedule.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino confirmed the carrier groups extension, which was first reported by Reuters.
The extension of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, inclusive of the USS Leyte Gulf, the USS Delbert D. Black, and the USNS Arctic, allows options to potentially bolster the capabilities of CENTCOM to respond to a range of contingencies in the Middle East, Buccino said in a statement.
Buccino also noted a scheduled, expedited deployment of a squadron of A-10 attack aircraft to the region. (Source.)
The George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group includes flagship USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119), USS Truxtun (DDG-103), USS Farragut (DDG-96) and USS Nitze (DDG-94). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is embarked on Bush. (...
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Is the War in Syria Intensifying? U.S. Carrier Strike Group Deployment Extended as U.S. Troops Suffer Brain Injuries Health Impact News
Aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush. Image source.
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
Americas resolve to hang on to oil fields in Syria that former President Donald Trump seized in 2019 seems to be intensifying as the U.S. military has extended the deployment of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, which has been under NATO command since last year, and is currently in the Mediterranean Sea.
The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group to provide options to policymakers after last weeks deadly attacks in Syria by Iran-backed forces, U.S. military officials said on Friday.
The decision likely means the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. forces, which are now in the European Command operational area, will not be returning to home port in the United States on schedule.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino confirmed the carrier groups extension, which was first reported by Reuters.
The extension of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, inclusive of the USS Leyte Gulf, the USS Delbert D. Black, and the USNS Arctic, allows options to potentially bolster the capabilities of CENTCOM to respond to a range of contingencies in the Middle East, Buccino said in a statement.
Buccino also noted a scheduled, expedited deployment of a squadron of A-10 attack aircraft to the region. (Source.)
The George HW Bush...