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July 06 Corporate food merchants spend billions studying our body's in order to trick us
How the body is tricked
The bad news... Corporate food merchants spend billions studying our body's reactions to various chemicals in order to trick us into eating their garbage and liking it. The great news... No matter how long we've been brainwashed to eat junk, we can put ourselves back on the right track and completely re-wire our taste buds in a matter of just a few weeks. After that, food that's good for you tastes great - and chemicalized corporate junk tastes like what it really is. You don't have to deprive yourself to eat yourself into a state of high health. You just have to outsmart the corporate scam artists - and it's not hard to do. Details: http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/6.html Ken McCarthy, Founder The Real Food Network Help remove CIA lawyers who facilitated torture. =PLEASE SIGN= Dear friends,
 As I was making final preparations to announce complaints against CIA lawyers who facilitated torture, the New Yorker reported that an Iraqi was crucified to death.
He died with his ribs broken, head covered in a bag, and being held up by his two arms. The forensic pathologist who reported the death described it as a homicide. No one has been indicted. It is not even clear if there was any investigation to discover who was responsible for the murder. Human Rights Watch reports that 98 people died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also note that we do not know what happened to many other people in custody. They seem to have disappeared. Monday, at a press conference in Washington, D.C. (video here), we announced complaints against three intelligence agency lawyers who were aggressive advocates of torture, who facilitated torture with their law license. See media coverage here. Two of these lawyers are still working in the Obama administration, CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo and an attorney for the National Director of Intelligence, Jonathan Fredman. Click here to urge Obama to remove these lawyers from office. Rizzo may be known to you because the Department of Justice memos that attempted to legalize torture were written for him. He sought a legal shield from the Justice Department and after a lot of pressure from the White House was given one in these false DOJ memos. Before the DOJ memos, Rizzo had already approved the waterboarding of one suspect 83 times. Rizzo was also the General Counsel for the CIA when the agency destroyed 93 tapes that showed extremely harsh torture interrogations despite a court order to preserve them. Fredman is known for saying, "Torture is subject to perception. If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." He also warned interrogators for the military never to videotape torture interrogations, which he euphemistically called aggressive interrogations, because they will "look ugly." These lawyers behaved like mob lawyers, telling their clients how to break the law and to destroy the evidence or make sure not to provide evidence of their crimes. They are still working for President Obama. Click here to urge Obama to remove them from office. We're staying on the torture accountability issue. The toxicity of torture in the U.S. body politic has only one antidote: apply the rule of law to torturers and their facilitators. How do we get Washington, D.C., which is in gridlock over the torture issue, to act? There is only one way: organized and persistent citizen pressure. Click here to write the president, congressional representatives, and the attorney general to take action: publicly investigate torture and appoint an independent counsel to gather the facts and apply the rule of law. Sincerely, Kevin Zeese Executive Director July 03 MASS VACCINATION DOCUMENTS LEAKED!! 1of2 =video=MASS VACCINATION DOCUMENTS LEAKED!! 1of2
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UPDATE: Yesterday the Israeli Navy "forcibly kidnapped 21 human rights workers"Cynthia McKinney calls WBAIX from Israeli prison. She and 20 others where detained after being seized by Israeli Navy while in international waters.
Cynthia McKinney - Prisoner 88794 call Day 2 from Prison
Please listen all the way thru……..there are some rough patches but it clears up……… pass widely. "I cannot imagine that any other former Congressperson or even a group of US citizens or humanitarian aid workers could be treated this way in relation to a blockade thatPresident Obama has already condemned as wrong, saying that humanitarian aid should be allowed to get through. In my experience and that of history, piracy against ships and imprisonment of US citizens has been universally condemned, becoming a national news item and issue, and grounds for immediate expressions of outrage on the part of officials and the Excecutive Office, followed by demands for immediate release of the captives, and restoration of all property, as well as the threat, sometimes mobilized to the area, of military force. The massive silence of both media and officials on this issue speaks volumes." -- John Judge Researcher, Lecturer, Congressional staff July 02 Yesterday the Israeli Navy "forcibly kidnapped 21 human rights workers" =PLEASE HELP=
Dear friends, Yesterday the Israeli Navy forcibly boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat Spirit of Humanity in international waters and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to Gaza. Those abducted by the Israeli Navy include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. "With respect, it is not enough. We are not the story. Since its founding in 1948 the State of Israel has regularly kidnapped and tortured Palestinians, throwing them into forgotten prisons where they can languish for years." According to the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, in May 2009 there were nearly 8,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. As Free Gaza notes, many have been held without benefit of due process, some never even charged. These men, women, and children endure torture and isolation in Israeli jails, outdoor prison camps, and secret black sites. And they come from all walks of life, including doctors, journalists, workers, homemakers, students and others. GO HERE TO HELP: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5123/t/4123/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1818 Sincerely, SOURCE: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5123/t/4123/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1818 Make yourself heart attack proof =video=Make yourself heart attack proof About this video Caldwell Esselstyn MD, chief of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses his 18-year study whereby he reversed severe heart disease in every patient in his program -- who had all been sent home to die by their cardiologists.
Dr. Esselstyn shows you how by changing your diet you can prevent and reverse heart disease. A low-fat plant-based (vegetarian) diet is the key.
June 30 Nutrient density is the key to good health =Video=Nutrient density is the nsity is the About this video
What should we eat?
Trying to follow a "diet" can drive you crazy and study after study show they don't work.
So what to do?
There is a simple answer: focus on eating foods with high nutritional density - and
get your calories from quality foods.
My friends Jeff Nelson produced this video and posted it on YouTube in November of 2008 and already, as of this writing, it's had 4,443,207 views. 9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism =Less the 100 I can think of=
Our chance to get rid of them once and for all!! =nuclear weapons=
Dear friends,
We went to war in Iraq because of the fear of nuclear weapons, and right now we have a chance to get rid of them once and for all.
President Obama and his administration are preparing to set US nuclear weapons policy for the next decade, embodied in a document called the Nuclear Posture Review. The question is, will he go beyond undoing the bad policies of the past by institutionalizing his vision of a world with nuclear weapons?
During his speech in Prague this April, the President stated "clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." [1] But he's up against stiff opposition, as many members of Congress, the Department of Energy, and the Pentagon are sure to fight tooth and nail. [2] That's why we need President Obama to ingrain his vision of a nuclear weapons free world in the Nuclear Posture Review. Ask President Obama and his administration to put his vision in writing today. With more than 20,000 nuclear weapons in existence today, we can't afford to continue the status quo. A failure to act now would allow future leaders to revert to the reckless policies of our recent past, like withdrawing from international arms control agreements and seeking to develop new nuclear weapons. [3] Unless we make a sharp break with outdated Cold War policies, the future is likely to hold more countries with nuclear weapons, and a greater chance of deadly accidents -- or even nuclear war. Send a message right now urging the Obama administration to make the goal of a nuclear weapons free world part of official US policy. June 28 The effect of animal fats on the human bodyThe effect of animal fats About this video In the last 100 years, the North American and European diet has changed radically. The change can be summed up simply: calories from plant foods have been replaced by calories from animal fats.
During the same period, rates of degenerative diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes has sky rocketed.
Is there a connection?
Here's some evidence there might be.
While degenerative diseases have become common in the west, populations that have not yet adopted this "new and improved" diet are failing to get these diseases at anywhere near the same rate.
Is eating animal fat - beef, chicken, milk, cheese etc. - really that big a deal?
The video presents the science that the meat and dairy industries (and their paid agents in the US Department of Agriculture) would prefer you not learn.
How do we fix the medical-industrial complex? [video]How to fix the health care system The bottom line! Jeff Novick used to use his scientific training in the service of the processed food industry. Then as he began to learn more about health and the effect of food on health he did a rapid about face.
How do we fix the medical-industrial complex?
How do we keep it from ruining so many lives and bankrupting the nation? How do we stop it from causing so much needless suffering? How to stop it from prematurely ending so many lives and crippling many others?
I'm inclined to agree with Novick.
The level of institutionally entrenched waste, incompetence, corruption and in some cases malevolence has reached such a level, it may be unfixable.
But that doesn't me you and the people you love have to go down with the ship.
Take advantage of the videos on TheRealFoodChannel.com and share them with your friends, neighbors and loved ones.
There's a positive revolution going on and you can not only become part of it, but also be one the the beneficiaries.
Your health is in your hands and is not dependent on the good will of the government of the medical-industrial complex.
June 27 The Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs That Have Affiliate RelationshipsThe Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs That Have Affiliate RelationshipsJune 22nd, 2009
What has happened is that bloggers have blown the support columns out from underneath traditional media and the people who run the show don’t like that. The fact that some of us are able to survive by maintaining blogs must have come as an incredible shock to fat bastards in boardrooms across the land. That we are not “regulated” is unthinkable in the Soviet hive mind that governs the political economy of the United States. Wall Street firms have made off with an unknown sum of taxpayer money and the mom who makes $800 per month from her blogs (see the article below) is going to have comply with FTC regulations? Of course, comrade. People who read blogs can’t be trusted to think for themselves. And those swarthy bloggers, why… There ought to be a law! This is what states do that are well down the path to collapse. Why should I care about being regulated since I already overtly disclose my financial situation? How much of my day will I have to spend on complying with this? How many forms will I have to fill out? Will I have to pay a fee to government regulators so that I can continue to make less than minimum wage to run this site? All of that is unknown at this point. Go ahead, Uncle $cam. Try it. Not only do I need a good laugh, but this will do more to erode what remains of your power than any of your enemies could have hoped to accomplish by other means. Via: AP: If the guidelines are approved, bloggers would have to back up claims and disclose if they’re being compensated — the FTC doesn’t currently plan to specify how. The FTC could order violators to stop and pay restitution to customers, and it could ask the Justice Department to sue for civil penalties. Any type of blog could be scrutinized, not just ones that specialize in reviews. So parents keeping blogs to update family members on their child’s first steps technically would fall under the FTC guidelines, though they likely would have little to worry about unless they accept payments or free products and write about them. But they would need to think twice if, for instance, they praise parenting books they’ve just read and include links to buy them at a retailer like Amazon.com Inc. That’s because the guidelines also would cover the broader and common practice of affiliate marketing, in which bloggers and other sites get a commission when someone clicks on a link that leads to a purchase at a retailer. In such cases, merchants also would be responsible for actions by their sales agents — including a network of bloggers. Amazon declined to comment. SOURCE: http://cryptogon.com/?p=9367 June 26 More fighter jets in the midst of a budget crunch?Dear Ron,
In an effort to trim the substantial fat in the military budget, the Obama administration decided to cut back on its order of new F-22s. These fighter planes were designed to fight planes from the Soviet Union, and are now obsolete. In spite of all this, the House Armed Services Committee added $369 million as a down payment on twelve F-22s, with a long-term cost of $2 billion. Where did they find this money in the midst of a budget crunch? They took it from a fund to clean up hazardous nuclear waste. There's no excuse for this irresponsible behavior. The House could vote on an amendment to put the money back into environmental cleanup as soon as tomorrow. Urge your representative to vote yes. Click here. This isn't about making Americans safer - it's all about the money. The weapons lobby is incredibly powerful, and they spend millions to influence Congress. They put suppliers and plants in 44 different states, making it a favorite for lawmakers trying to bring money back to their districts. While members of Congress are saying they can't pay for things like health care that would actually improve the quality of life for millions of people, they have no problem throwing money at a program the President, Secretary of Defense and American people don't want. Now is the time to show that the American people want smart policies that meet real needs. Because thousands of you spoke out earlier this year, we cut $1 billion in the stimulus bill for the nuclear weapons complex. Let's work together for another victory. Take action today. Thank you for doing your part to hold Congress accountable. Ron G. June 24 M.O.N.E.Y TALKS!! Pushing drugs by distorting the data =MUST WATCH=Pushing drugs by New Web Search Tool Shows What Pesticides are on Your FoodAlert of the Week
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Refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks
Well-reasoned foreign policy results in more housing and jobs, better health care and education. When that policy consists of applying a military solution to a political problem, however, it results in death, destruction, and suffering. I witnessed the latter during my recent trip to Afghanistan--the devastating consequences of U.S. airstrikes on thousands of innocent civilians.
The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy. It came from a combination of filmmakers: Nazir, a man who tracked me down through Facebook, met me at the Kabul airport, and showed me segments of his exclusive look inside Afghan refugee camps; a stringer we hired who was arrested by the Taliban in filming a bombing victim in Kandahar; and my own interviews while in Kabul. Together, we bring you Rethink Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties.
Clearly we must help the refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks. Here's how you can take action:
- Digg this video. Just one click can help this video land on the Digg homepage, where it can reach tens of thousands of new people!
- Provide aid through The Afghan Women's Mission to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), which is directly helping the refugees in these camps. We have partnered with these groups, and RAWA will go to the camps in this video to help those most in need. On their website, you can provide emergency relief to refugees, enable Afghans to visit the doctor, and help educate women and children to ensure women's rights are respected.
- Become a Peacemaker: Receive up-to-the-minute information through our new mobile alert system whenever there are Afghan civilian casualties from this war. Then take immediate action by calling our government and posting on social networking sites.
Yours,
Senior military interrogator for the "task force" =Video=
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Dick Cheney says that torturing detainees has saved American lives. That claim is patently false. Cheney's torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women.
Matthew Alexander was the senior military interrogator for the task force that tracked down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq and, at the time, a higher priority target than Osama bin Laden. Mr. Alexander has personally conducted hundreds of interrogations and supervised over a thousand of them.
"Torture does not save lives. Torture costs us lives," Mr. Alexander said in an exclusive interview at Brave New Studios. "And the reason why is that our enemies use it, number one, as a recruiting tool...These same foreign fighters who came to Iraq to fight because of torture and abuse....literally cost us hundreds if not thousands of American lives."
Watch our exclusive interview with Matthew Alexander.
As Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post reported, "Alexander easily takes down Cheney's arguments...The video is at once an effective rebuke of the former vice president and a sign of how the changing media landscape can flatten the field of political debate."
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As you read this, Iranians are voting in one of their most highly anticipated elections in decades. Whatever the outcome of the election, both the US and Iranian governments will need to catch up to their citizens-we are ready for peace.
This isn't just something I've read or heard -- I documented it in both countries to break through the fear propagated by politicians and pundits. Click here to watch our video of peace messages from Iranians and Americans. Then join thousands of Citizen Diplomats who are fighting fear with the truth.
18253 people have signed this petition "Healthcare Not Warfare" =PLEASE SIGN=
18253 people have signed this petition – see totals by state and Congressional District.
We cannot afford expanded warfare and expanded health care at the same time.
I urge you to oppose the $95 billion Supplemental Appropriations which will keep U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely and expand the senseless war in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
I urge you to use those funds instead to provide health care to the 45 million Americans who cannot afford it, either through an immediate Single Payer system like Rep. Conyers' H.R. 676, or a "Public Option" that leads directly to Single Payer.
PLEASE SIGN HERE > http://www.democrats.com/healthcare-not-warfare?source=rgoodman999%40msn.com
Vote "no" on the war supplemental. Call 202-224-3121.
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