Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: A Deadly Fairy Tale « Sons of Liberty Academy Member Site

The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: A Deadly Fairy Tale « Sons of Liberty Academy Member Site





The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: A Deadly Fairy Tale

The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: A Deadly Fairy Tale
By Dr. Doug Henderson and Dr. Gary Null Global Research,
October 21, 2009 Progressive Radio Network -
It has been a particularly bad month for the pharmaceutical industrial complex in its ongoing litigations in American courts. Among the main pharmaceutical headlines, Merck’s Gardasil vaccine for HPV, now being widely administered to pre-teens, was found to be linked to amyltrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease; following a $1.4 billion fine in promoting one of its blockbuster drugs Zyprexa off-label, deceptive correspondence was uncovered by Eli Lilly gaming the system again by promoting another one of its drugs, Cymbalta, off-label for FIBROMYALGIA; AstraZeneca was fined $160 million for scamming the Medicaid system in Kentucky after being fined $215 million for ripping off Alabama; Glaxo lost a Pennsylvania trial for failing to warn doctors and pregnant women of the dangers of its antidepressant drug Paxil related to birth defects; and Pfizer scored a record-breaking fine of $2.3 billion for illegally marketing several drugs over the years: Bextra, Zyvox, Geodon and Lyrica. These kinds of charges, among the many others, have become a habit for drug makers for the past dozen years.
When we speak of the pharmaceutical industry complex, it does not refer solely to private drug manufacturers. The complex, like a Matrix that holds captive the health of the nation in medical slavery by its own design and manipulation, is a consortium, a spiders’ web woven with financial attachments throughout the medical profession. In addition to the pharmaceutical andmedical device firms, this complex includes every government health agency—the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and or course the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—as well as drug lobbying firms now employing a large number of former Congresspersons, insurance and HMO companies, all of the leading professional medical associations such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the majority of MEDICAL SCHOOLS and their research departments who are heavily funded by drug money, many of the most prestigious medical journals, and ultimately all of this filtering downward to the physicians who diagnose our illnesses and prescribe our medications and treatments. America is rightly regarded as having led much of the world in many qualitative innovations in all fields. That reputation is duly deserved. However, there is a new dynamic at work that is causing this reputation to be challenged.
We are a nation that prides itself in our humanity, our sense of fairness, but today there is a growing concern that we are now being monikered as a country held hostage to a national security complex, which includes the largest military complex in the world, an obscenely expensive healthcare system and self-serving bureaucracies and private industries that serve their own financial ends. So it is not surprising that after spending this year $2.6 trillion on healthcare, we have such little health to show for it. There are second world countries where people live longer and healthier lives. And we have the worst healthcare among developed nations. So what have we received for our $2.6 trillion. As the current healthcare debate continues to rage over in sundries—the $200 billion net profit health insurance industry—the entire deliberation over disease prevention and treatment has been overshadowed. And amidst this partisan and ideological anarchy, perpetuated by our elected officials, the media, and fueled by the pharmaceutical complex, two other areas America excels as a leader above all other developed nations is in being the premier breeding ground for the pharmaceutical industrial complex’s greatest profits and, second, as the world’s exemplar in medical fraud and corruption. The fairy tale of America’s health as being best served by drugs is a creation of this complex, a lullaby that brings ill citizens repeatedly to their doctors and hospitals for diagnosis and treatment, or simply to deny healthcare altogether to the uninsured. The country is pacified by a BLIND belief that the drugs being prescribed to them have been proven safe because our government health agencies have our physical health and well-being in their best intentions. This is a lie, an extraordinarily deadly lie. Iatrogenesis, medically induced injury and death, is the number one cause of death in American medicine annually, since only a small percentage of these deaths are actually reported. Each year more Americans die from preventable deaths due to our medical system than all military causalities in the two world wars combined. This is tantamount to medical genocide. One of the major causes of these deaths is the overmedication of Americans in all ages.
The constant need for profits has created an environment that allows the pharmaceutical industrial complex to use their enormous financial and political clout to literally make normal life experiences into new diseases, such as social ANXIETY DISORDER, in order to sell its drugs. The pharmaceutical industry has been given the authority to pathologize life, with the drugging of our children, seniors, etc. For example, the leading cause of AIDS deaths today is a result of liver failure. This is not a condition of HIV infection, but a direct result of the anti-HIV drug AZT. Is it little wonder then that we are being intimidated and frightened into believing that mandatory vaccination is being touted even though the science of efficacy and safety, even the need, for these new swine flu vaccines is patently unproven.
It is perhaps one of the largest falsehoods ever perpetuated on humanity that dwarfs the sleaze on Wall Street. If any one of us committed manslaughter, we would be behind bars instead of walking a crimson carpet into the offices of our elected officials in the Congress and Senate or past the gates guarded by the nation’s Cerberus, Rahm Emmanuel, to lobby the White House. Yet if we are a pharmaceutical executive, or a lobbyist representing a drug company who has collected a litany of charges including medical fraud, criminal salesmanship, gaming the insurance industries, repeated lying to federal officials, and manipulation of data regarding life-threatening adverse effects of drugs that have killed so many people, we can walk away with a fine, a surge in the STOCK MARKET after a settlement, a financial bonus, and the personal satisfaction in not having to apologize so we can continue business as usual. This is the power the pharmaceutical industrial complex possesses and its usurped right to distain every noble principle in the Hippocratic Oath that every physician dedicates her or himself to live by, “That I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my patients, and will give no drug and perform no operation for a criminal purpose.”
Every American who is prescribed a drug by a physician has the belief that that pill has undergone rigorous trials to scrutinize its safety. And when there are known potential adverse effects, we blindly assume these are known to the attending physician. However, this is a myth perpetuated not only by drug makers, but by our own federal health agencies. A 2003 investigation published in The Independent in the UK reported that “under pressure from the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA routinely conceals information it considers commercially sensitive, leaving medical specialists unable to assess the true risks [of approved drugs].” One case involved a very popular over-the-counter drug, the painkiller ibuprofen. The investigators’ search uncovered concealed data showing that ibuprofen increased heart attack risks by 25 percent. Even Freedom of Information (FOI) filings to the FDA do not produce all the information being requested. For example, a group of Swiss investigators filed an FOI to procure trial data about the musculoskeletal pain drug CELECOXIB and received back only 16 of the 27 trials conducted on it. A separate FOI concerning a similar drug, Valdecoxib, had pages and paragraphs deleted because sections of the document were marked as “trade secrets.” An even worse case involving a leaked report concerning internal memos and secret FDA reports provided detailed evidence that the FDA approved 9 different antidepressants, representing a total of 22 studies enrolling 4,250 children, while knowing full well that the risk of “suicide-related events” was twice as high as children taking a placebo. These are just several examples among numerous others.
The pharmaceutical industrial complex is perhaps the largest, most influential cartel in the world. This becomes evident after considering the billions of dollars and other CURRENCIES drug companies have been forced to pay for a wide variety of corruption charges. Our analysis of 724 legal settlements from a random sampling among the over one hundred thousand by pharmaceutical corporations totally $87 billion is just a small indication about how pervasive Big Pharma’s criminality since the vast majority of settlements are concluded outside of court and remain confidential. It is extremely difficult to comprehend why the United States principle federal health agencies, particularly the FDA and National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the specific mandate to provide oversight on all pre-approved drug applications and delegated with the task to assure drugs are safe or at least specify clearly their known dangers, are so reprehensible and inept. There is only one rational answer and that is the pharmaceutical industry is the FDA’s largest client, and this relationship goes much deeper than the FDA functioning as an objective regulator investigating pharmaceutical products before being released upon the American population.
It is not to far afield to suggest that as it stands now the US regulatory agencies are an extension of corporate America. As serial offenders of product safety cover-ups for over a decade, drugs have injured and killed millions. In the case Merck’s Vioxx, this one drug has killed 44,000 people and injured 120,000 others. Only in America could you kill 44,000 and not go to jail and get a raise. Should we assume, therefore, that the pharmaceutical complex should be trusted without challenge?
We have also been asked to believe that the manufacturers were guided by a sense of public service. But when examining the top ten drugs sold, the facts reveal otherwise. In one example, manufacturers marked up a drug an astounding 500,000% over its equivalent generic version. Six other drugs were marked up 2000%. Pharmaceutical companies MAKE PROFITS higher than oil companies. Big Pharma’s impact is felt almost everywhere. But nowhere is it felt more than in the legal system. In a recently concluded, short-term study, we found 724 cases involving Big Pharma in which either the case ended in a verdict against the pharmaceutical company or the company settled. The number of cases is staggering, as are the dollar amounts. These cases cover practically every type of civil and criminal case. From products that kill, harm and maim, to false claims, to not paying taxes, to patent infringements, to bribery, to publishing false scientific journals.
Yet, in spite of the tens of thousands of lawsuits won against Big Pharma, it still conducts business as usual. Eli Lilly flooded state Medicaid programs with Zyprexa: its superstar, antipsychotic drug. In 2003, worldwide sales of Zyprexa grossed $4.28 billion, amounting to almost one third of Lilly’s total sales. In the United States, during the same year, Zyprexa grossed $2.63 billion. A whopping 70 percent of these sales were directly related to government agencies—principally Medicaid. Fast-forward six years to 2009, Eli Lilly pleaded guilty for having illegally marketed Zyprexa for an unapproved use to treat dementia, and will pay $1.42 billion to settle civil suits and end the criminal investigation. Lilly agreed to pay $800 million to settle civil suits. It will pay $615 million to resolve the criminal probe, and plead guilty to a misdemeanor in violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for promoting Zyprexa as a dementia treatment. Did Lilly also know of the possibility that Zyprexa could cause diabetes, which was also kept concealed under the protection of the FDA? They most certainly did, which makes their behavior all the more reprehensible. In 2002, British and Japanese regulatory agencies issued a warning that Zyprexa may cause diabetes. In addition, even after the FDA issued a similar warning in 2003, Lilly did not pull Zyprexa from the market. This becomes all the more understandable after it is taken into consideration that Lilly is also the largest maker of DIABETES MEDICATIONS.
An article by Mike Adams, the Natural News editor, states that Merck employees had a “hit list” of doctors they sought to “neutralize.” This allegation was confirmed when documents that had been secret were revealed during a Vioxx court case. The Australian revealed that the documents surfaced in the Federal Court in Melbourne and exposed the criminal intent of Merck employees who admitted they were going to “stop funding to institutions” and “interfere with academic appointments.” One Merck employee testified (about the doctors on the hit list), “We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live.” Merck threatened or intimidated at least eight clinical investigators, testimony in court revealed. There are other, similar stories in which Merck deals with dissent by attempting to destroy the lives and careers of academics who don’t review their drugs favorably. Merck is steeped in a well-documented record of criminality. Such actions include, but are not limited to, intentionally hiding the liver-damaging effects of its cholesterol drug, intentionally withholding the release of clinical data that revealed the failures of another cholesterol drug; it has dumped vaccine waste and manufacturing chemicals into water supplies; it opened up OFFSHORE BANKING ACCOUNTS to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, and it was caught in a huge scheme of scientific fraud when it was discovered that the company used in-house writers to secretly write so-called “independent” studies that were published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC enforce, it is illegal to bribe a foreign government official in order to obtain or retain business. Apparently, Bristol-Myers and Schering Plough were unaware of this law. According to the Associated Press, both drug makers were engaged in influencing government officials in Germany and Poland respectively. Earlier this year, an article in the Boston Business Journal reported that a former drug company sales executive pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to telling the roughly 100 representatives she supervised that they should promote a pain drug for uses she knew had been rejected by the FDA. Bextra was the drug she pleaded guilty to inappropriately selling. Pfizer has since pulled it from the market. According to a press release from U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan’s office, “Holloway was aware of the FDA’s safety concerns, but…she nonetheless had her sales staff of approximately 100 employees sells Bextra for precisely the uses that the FDA refused to approve.” The pharmaceutical complex has also infiltrated the majority of American MEDICAL SCHOOLS and medical research departments. A recent survey in the Journal of the American Medical Association discovered that 60% of academic department chairs have personal ties to industry (as consultants, board members, or paid speakers), while 66% of the academic departments had institutional ties to industry. Researchers who receive funding from drug and medical-device manufacturers are up to 3.5 times as likely to state their study drug or medical device works than are researchers without such funding. In America, one can hardly turn on the television or pick up a newspaper without reading about the hot button issue of health care reform.
Why such emotion? Why are, seemingly, rational people so intransigent and unwilling to budge from their positions? Could lobbyists have anything to do with this? According to OpenSecrets.org, there are 3093 lobbyists in the health field and Big Pharma now spends approximately $1.2 million daily to persuade Congress to act according to their script. An investigation conducted by Medical Verdicts & Law Weekly found that 30 key lawmakers are involved in health legislation totaling $11 million in health INVESTMENTS. Three of every four major health firms have at least one lobbyist who worked for a congressman. Startlingly, nine lobbyists employed by Big Pharma are former congressional staffers who are still well-connected to Capitol Hill. The conflicts of interest are everywhere. Judd Gregg (R-NH), the Obama nominee for Commerce Secretary, who withdrew because of opposition to the Administration’s agenda, is a senior member of the Health Committee. He revealed that he has $254,000-$560,000 in health stocks.”
In 2000, Mylan Labs settled a case for $100 million. What the numbers don’t tell you is the story behind the numbers. In 1998, Mylan raised the wholesale price of clorazepate, a generic tranquilizer, to $377.00 (for 500 tablets) from $11.36 in one year. This represents a 3000% increase on a generic drug. It was subsequently revealed that Mylan conspired with the main manufacturer of the active, indispensible ingredient to have an exclusive agreement. The agreement prevented any other manufacturers from producing the drug, for without the active ingredient, the drug could not be made. Mylan’s deception was uncovered and it had to pay $100 million to settle an FTC antitrust case. But Mylan represents only an infinitesimal percentage of such examples. In all likelihood, the vast majority of similar cases remain undetected. The FDA’s under-regulation and erroneous oversight encourages this type of corruption. Another case included in our study states, “TAP [Taketa-Abbott Pharmaceutical] Pharmaceutical Products Inc. — $875,000,000 under the False Claims Act.” TAP agreed to pay $875 million to resolve criminal charges and civil liabilities in connection with its fraudulent drug pricing and marketing conduct regarding the drug Lupron, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Lupron is used by male cancer patients to suppress the production of testosterone. Another drug worked as well, so to make Lupron the drug of choice for this condition, TAP played dirty by giving kickbacks to physicians prescribing the drug, thus ensuring its ridiculously high price would be maintained. Even though criminal indictments were filed against TAP Pharmaceutical officials, Lupron’s price remains overly inflated.
Ever wonder why Big Pharma would engage in all manner of illegal activity? In light of the steady stream of articles detailing how the elderly are oftentimes forced to choose between purchasing their medication and buying food, a good place to begin is to examine what it costs to make a drug and what Big Pharma sells it for. Life Extension magazine conducted an original investigative report in which it compared the actual price of a popular drug and how much the generic version of its active ingredients costs.
Examine these figures: WHAT DRUGS REALLY COST BRAND NAME CONSUMER PRICE (For 100 tabs/caps) COST OF GENERIC ACTIVE INGREDIENT (For 100 tabs/caps) PERCENT MARKUP
Celebrex 100 mg $130.27 $0.60 21,712%
Claritin 10 mg $215.17 $0.71 30,306%
Keflex 250 mg $157.39 $1.88 8,372%
Lipitor 20 mg $272.37 $5.80 4,696%
Norvasc 10 mg $188.29 $0.14 134,493%
Paxil 20 mg $220.27 $7.60 2,898%
Prevacid 30 mg $344.77 $1.01 34,136%
Prilosec 20 mg $360.97 $0.52 69,417%
Prozac 20 mg $247.47 $0.11 224,973%
Tenormin 50 mg $104.47 $0.13 80,362%
Vasotec 10 mg $102.37 $0.20 51,185%
Xanax 1mg $136.79 $0.024 569,958%
Zestril 20 mg $89.89 $3.20 2,809%
Zithromax 600mg $1,482.19 $18.78 7,892%
Zocor 40mg $350.27 $8.63 4,059%
Zoloft 50mg $206.87 $1.75 11,821%

In order to understand how we can spend 2.6 trillion this year on healthcare, but not reduce the incidence of cancer, HEART DISEASE, diabetes, obesity, mental conditions, arthritis, etc., we must realize this is a game. With each piece of the puzzle, feeding into a single picture of a massively corrupt, unethical, and frequently illegal system controlled by relatively few corporations within the pharmaceutical complex and the health insurance industry, are the ring leaders. They in turn influence thousands of lobbyists, paid-off scientists and academicians, and policymakers, especially those who rule on important health oversight committees.
Health officials and legislators in turn solicit expert witnesses, preselected by the cartels, to position their drug agendas in the most favorable manner. The pharmaceutical cartel also has direct connections with ITS SUPPORTING scientific advisory boards and key foundations. These foundations, supported by policy think tanks who supply the so-called independent experts, then lobby the upper echelon within the FDA, NIH, CDC, NIMH, HHS. Ideally they hire former health commissioners and legislators previously players in the game to assist those same federal agencies to see their drugs guided through the regulatory process. Public relations and advertizing firms are contracted to give the public impression that these drugs are effective and safe for the sole reason they have received official licensing.
In addition, the cartel creates front organizations with consumer-friendly titles whose representatives appear at national conferences and seminars beholden to special drug interests. Finally, the drug corporations set money aside to be paid out in settlements. With the exception of class action suits, the majority of cases for injury and death are accompanied by confidentiality clauses to prevent public disclosure of data the companies wish to remain secret. This is how the medical system is rigged and it is why we can watch 60 Minutes or read the New York Times serving as pharmaceutical shills to encourage vaccination, yet refusing to air or print the dissenting voices who have the scientific evidence to show it is a massive fraud. Therefore, the public is misled every step of the way. Victims of injury, such as the tens of thousands of children, now at 1 in 91 children, with autism spectrum disorder, are forced to fend for themselves. Parents know far better than the FDA and CDC, when their perfectly normal child after a vaccination or a series of vaccines shortly thereafter is lost, withdrawn into the dark corners of autism. And yet the pediatrician and psychologist will say the child must have had a genetic defect. The CDC, FDA and NIH, with an orchestrated voice, say it is not the vaccine.
Everyone within the pharmaceutical industrial complex denies the truth. Only now, during the healthcare debate, are we seeing clearly the rampant politics of the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. The veils are finally being removed. If it were not for the healthcare debacle, we might still not know how the game is rigged and why our politicians and health officials will not tolerate any real reform and accountability at any level.
If we want to clean up American medicine, the corporate shield must be removed and politicians, health officials and pharmaceutical executives must be held accountable. If they are threatened with jail time for manslaughter by pushing dangerous drugs, then we will see less life-threatening drugs go to market. We are in a perfect storm without a life RAFT.
We much take back our freedoms of choice and demand legal accountability or nothing will change. Doug Henderson, JD is a legal MEDIATOR specializing in civil rights and Director of Gary Null and Associates in New York City. Dr. Gary Null is the host of the nation’s longest running public radio program on nutrition and natural health and a multi-award-winning director of progressive documentary films, including Vaccine Nation and Autism: Made in the USA. Dr. Null is also the plaintiff on a law suit against the FDA to prevent the launch of the swine flu vaccine until safety studies have been thoroughly conducted. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre for Research on Globalization. The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article. To become a Member of Global Research The CRG grants permission to cross-post original Global Research articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified. The source and the author’s copyright must be displayed. For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites, contact: crgeditor@yahoo.com www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner. For media inquiries: crgeditor@yahoo.com © Copyright Doug Henderson , Progressive Radio Network, 2009 The url address of this article is: www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=15758

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Memories That Still Haunt Us - Do You Remember

Memories That Still Haunt Us - Do You Remember





9/11 was Absolutely frightening 


 Today is the 13th year of the  aftermath of the start of our total civil liberties fall - the over responsive,expensive  9/11 mostly  illegal nonhuman special government war on(of) terror on the people or human beings of the world . It is time to push back the corruption , the ignorance , and the (collective government )" isms" that control our or everyone's life and for the basic re-establishment of natural  freedom of choice  natural right of property  natural right of life to do no harm, the  natural right of happiness   as defined in  the 1776 tradition . 

As a free thought libertarian and human being, I  will not accept the propaganda or thinking of the self important  selfish and flawed new choice or new world order agenda . I will use my skill to provide free will choices and push back  nanny infringements and government inspired criminal organizations and extortion schemes where ever and whenever I can ......I will counter the fear mongers, false flaggers and prophets of doom  with a smile and real solutions for the upcoming age of peaceful abundance .. .  

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Defiance of Government In The Bible « Sons of Liberty Academy Member Site

Defiance of Government In The Bible « Sons of Liberty Academy Member Site



Challenging the existing comfortable pew status quo - this  quid pro quo point of view is disturbing yet compelling



The right of protest to defend basic freedoms and free will choices  and our church -food for thought . Are our churches a bastion of peace and a safe haven for human beings or the government collective's disinformation centers and frustration steam valves?

Saturday, March 08, 2014

Crowding overlooked | Chatham Daily News

Crowding overlooked | Chatham Daily News


Health ministry data on hospital overcrowding riddled with errors 0

Are you safe-a wake up call about your Ministry of Health?


"Many industrialized countries keep occupancy rates at or below 85% so hospitals can safely care for patients when there’s a surge in demand. Studies and experts have linked overcrowded wards to higher death rates and outbreaks of superbugs.
But in Ontario, 87 of 151 hospitals were above 85% capacity the last three months of 2013, including 33 that topped 95% and 12 that were at or above 100". ( Our local hospital  (BGH or Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant was at: 106%. )
The best defense is to protect yourself through a healthy safe lifestyle and good personal  living environment

Friday, March 07, 2014

Have faith.. Flying Through the Flack

Have faith in yourself



Whenever we want to make progress or grow in our personal and spiritual life, or seek to serve God more enthusiastically, chances are we will face opposition and some flack.


On one occasion, I was facing an uncomfortable amount of flack because of a major change of direction I had made in my life, which I believed was right for me to do. But the flack I received came not from "the enemy without" but from opposition within. As the saying goes, "Christians are the only army that shoots its wounded."

When I was feeling the strain, I was also feeling afraid. Then I pictured in my mind's eye that I was a pilot flying through enemy territory with a lot of flack coming at me; but sitting beside me was my co-pilot, Jesus Christ! Immediately, I knew I would be safe and that he would guide me safely through the "storm". And he did.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Pope Francis’s first year: Faith, hope—and how much change? | The Economist

Pope Francis’s first year: Faith, hope—and how much change? | The Economist





Pope Francis’s first year

Faith, hope—and how much change?

How a modest but canny man is approaching the complex task of leading the Roman Catholic church

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running | FAIR

Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running | FAIR





he CRA will enter into a contract with tipsters and pay them between five and 15 per cent of the federal tax collected for quality information leading to tax assessments and collection of more than $100,000 in additional federal taxes.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Pope francis challenge commentary

http://youtu.be/KsGbmAgbkhc  The Catholic borgia challenge

How can we help this man?

Pope Francis Suspends 'Bishop Of Bling' - YouTube

Pope Francis Suspends 'Bishop Of Bling' - YouTube





Francis -the people's pope -a man we can love and be proud of.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Video: Is it time for a career change? - The Globe and Mail

Video: Is it time for a career change? - The Globe and Mail

Skimaire High Tech: Vatican policies allowed priests to rape children,...

Skimaire High Tech: Vatican policies allowed priests to rape children,...: Vatican policies allowed priests to rape children, UN report says - World - CBC News Photo Galleries Vatican policies allowed priests to ...



Brothers what do you think?

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Academics Are Down on MOOCs. Business Schools Aren't - Businessweek

Academics Are Down on MOOCs. Business Schools Aren't - Businessweek

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Pope: No lenience for predator priests | Brantford Expositor

Pope: No lenience for predator priests | Brantford Expositor

Is hand washing the cause of climate change? | Douglass Report - Official Site

Is hand washing the cause of climate change? | Douglass Report - Official Site
Warm water study is full of hot air
They’ve tried to guilt you into driving a dinky electric car… guilt you into being cold in winter (and hot in summer)… and guilt you into eating soy instead of steak.
And now, the climate kooks are trying to guilt you into using cold water to wash your hands. Apparently, every time you use warm water, a little piece of the Earth dies.
They claim warm water for hand washing causes American homes to belch out 6 million metric tons of CO2 per year — or the equivalent of two coal-fired power plants.
The fact that we’d need just two power plants to bring warm water to a nation of more than 300 million souls sounds pretty darned efficient to me — and even that may be a wild exaggeration, because the study wasn’t conducted by experts in medicine, public health, energy or even the environment.
Nope.
The main researchers include a lawyer and two people with a background in psychology.
That explains the guilt angle, anyway.
But that’s all they have — guilt. They don’t have science because the science shows the planet is not only NOT getting warmer, but may in fact be getting cooler.
So much for global warming!


stop eco quilt tripping with common sense and real facts

Religon is good for health

[VIDEO] How doctors protect their own prostates - siegholle@gmail.com - Gmail

Being religious can protect the brain 

Want to beat depression? Go to church! 

The more religious you are, the thicker your cortex, according to a new study of more than 100 adults. 

And in this case, it's good to be a little thick in the head (or at least this part of the head), because the cortex is like a suit of armor for your mood. The thicker it is, the less likely you are to suffer depression. 

But if you're not particularly religious, your cortex could be paper-thin -- putting you at a higher risk of depression and everything that comes along with it. 

No wonder atheists are such downers! 

But don't worry... whether you're an out-and-out unbeliever or just a lost sheep looking for a way back, it's never too late to see the light. 

You'll get something a lot more important than a mood boost -- you'll get benefits that last longer than a lifetime. 

Bringing you the Truth, 

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D. 

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Pope Francis is wrong about capitalism - Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Waterloo Region Record | Fraser Institute

Pope Francis is wrong about capitalism - Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Waterloo Region Record | Fraser Institute

Pope Francis’s capitalism critique is too general but there is indeed a problem with crony capitalism. That, and his deeply concern for the world’s poor, justifiably requires a withering but more focused critique


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A good celebration

Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Miehm and Rev. Father Tim Hingston lead a procession bearing the statue of San Rocco out of St. Pius X Church and along surrounding streets in the annual San Rocco Festival on Sunday. (MICHEAL-ALLAN MARION Brantford Expositor)http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/08/18/italian-community-celebrates-san-rocco

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

A worthy call to Action -please help if you can

Brother Knights:
Our Brothers at Council #7464 Ukrainian Council have requested our help in cleaning up after Friday's storm.
Mount Mary's on 437 Wilson Ancaster.
They will be starting at 8:00 am tomorrow and on Thursday July 25th.
Lunch will be provided.
Grand Knight Eugene Smook is the contact 905 945-1679 genabarton@cogeco.ca 
Please, I encourage all to send out this message to all and participate, so that we can show our unified support.
 
Thank you for all that you do, Dan Lohin D.D.#8


Sieg Holle PGK

Friday, May 10, 2013

Peace has a cost

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/09/83-year-old-nun-gets-20-year-sentence-for-symbolic-nuclear-facility-break-in/

How secure are our nuclear facilities?

People engagement

More pernicious are disengaged employees, who represent over a quarter of the
workforce across the US. They exhibit negative behaviors and undermine the
accomplishments of their coworkers. The effect can be seen in decreased output
and a rise in accidents, absenteeism and staff turnover. With disengagement
having such a detrimental effect on the workplace, some employers may consider
it better just to let disaffected workers go, but these employees can carry their
discontent outside, damaging the organization’s reputation with customers and
potential future hires.

Useful review on People engagement from the Dale Carnegie Training group. Are you engaged?

Are you important as a leader?

Can you create a culture of engagement ?
CREATE A CULTURE THAT ENCOURAGES ENGAGEMENT


The right way to voice a complaint

http://hbr.org/tip?date=051013

The Right Way to Voice Your Complaint
 
 
hbr.org · For any organization to thrive, employees need to be able to question how things are done and express dissent. But no one wants...

Thursday, May 09, 2013

New Bishop -Hamilton

Daniel Joseph Miehm is ordained auxiliary bishop of Hamilton diocese on Tuesday afternoon at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King in Hamilton. (Photo by MIKE PERRON)

Saturday, May 04, 2013

Breach of faith

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349450

Every person should be aware that if it is to good to be true .... it normally isn't .


Toronto pastors charged with bilking church members of millions

By Arthur Weinreb
May 4, 2013 - 5 hours ago in Crime
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Toronto - The three pastors, a man and two women, face numerous charges for allegedly defrauding their congregants, family and friends out of $8.6 million in a Ponzi scheme.

Friday, May 03, 2013

Community change agents

http://blog.scoop.it/2013/04/21/effective-community-building-for-social-change/

More importantly, almost none of these people, volunteers or backers, have any influence. When backers who only have one mode of participation cannot even impact where and how their dollars get spent, they will stop being as actively engaged as a strong community requires. The same occurs with volunteers where only the dedicated few (who usually do feel they are making an impact and have influence) actually stick around, while the majority burnout.

What do you think? The need is great 

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

A petition to for improved public accountability

A life is a precious thing  given by god . Are you disturbed by people hanging themselves for no good reason other then a expensive un performing public system that does not work? 

We can do nothing because ( fill in standard cya excuses)   are you tired of those that do not do their job and suck the public system dry?

Monday, April 29, 2013

Useful Tips in self defense on your health

12 tips to stay safe in hospitals

Hospitals can save you, but they can also harm you. So how can you stay safe in hospitals? Follow these 12 life-saving tips:
1. Never go alone. Always bring someone else—a trusted family member or friend—with you. That person will be your primary advocate, and can serve as an extra set of eyes and ears to help make sure you are safe. (This tip applies to routine doctors’ appointments too; always bring your advocate with you.)
2. Determine, in advance, the goals of the hospitalization. Before you go to the hospital, ask your doctor why you need to be hospitalized. Is it necessary, or is outpatient care possible? What is the goal of the hospital stay? How often will that goal be assessed? Can you choose which hospital to go to, and when you should go? Rarely is the need for hospitalization so emergent that you can’t get these answers and discuss them with your doctor in advance.
3. Prepare. Bring all the things you would normally bring with you to a doctor’s appointment, including a list of your medical problems and allergies. Don’t assume that the hospital will have your records. It’s very important to bring all the pill bottles that you take so that there will be no mistake about what dosage and how often you take your medications. Keep your main doctor’s phone number and your advocate’s phone number handy (though your advocate should be going with you to the hospital).
4. Meet your care team. Find out who is in charge of your care: is it your regular doctor or a hospitalist doctor? Introduce yourself to her, and to your primary nurse. Meet the patient care tech, the nursing assistant, and the other members of your healthcare team. Tell them about yourself, and find about them. The more they get to know you as a person now, the more they will help to answer your questions later. Your advocate should also get to know your care team.
5. Know who to call for help and how. Who will be the night-duty doctor and nurse, and how can you reach them? If you are in trouble, or if your advocate sees you’re in trouble, how will you get help? Many hospitals have a “rapid response team” or a “code team” that come to assist in emergency situations. Can your advocate activate this team himself?
6. Ask about every test done. Don’t just consent to tests. They all have risks, so ask about them. Why is your blood drawn every morning—what is the purpose? Why are you getting the CT scan? You should discuss every test with your doctor in advance of doing them, and have a thoughtful discussion about risks, benefits, and alternatives.
7. Ask about every treatment offered. If you’re being started on a new medication, ask about what it is, what the risks are, what the alternatives are, and why you need it. If you’re told you need a procedure, make sure you discuss it with your doctor.
8. Keep a record of your hospital stay. Your advocate may need to help you with keeping a careful record. This includes your tests (make a note of what you get done and ask about the result), medications (write down when each medication is given and double-check it’s correct), and providers who come to see you (write down names of specialists and their recommendations). A detailed record helps to prevent mistakes, coordinate your care, and keep you on track.
9. Attend bedside rounds. Doctors and nurses usually have rounds at least once a day to discuss their patients. Find out when rounds happen and ask if you and your advocate can attend. This is your time to find out what’s going on with your care. Prepare questions to ask during rounds.
10. Know your daily plan. Rounds are a good time to ask about what is happening that day. Are you doing more tests? More treatments? Are you on track, or did something unexpected happen? When can you expect to go home?
11. Keep your eye on infection control. If someone comes into your room, ask him to wash their hands. If someone is doing a procedure on you, ask her to follow an infection control checklist. Hospital-acquired infections kill 100,000 people every year, and you can help prevent them.
12. If something isn’t right, speak up immediately. Remember that it’s your body and you know yourself the best. Get help if you develop new or worsening symptoms. Empower the person you’re with to speak up for you if you can’t.
All of these tips may sound like a lot of work, and you may be wondering why it’s your job to do all of this. After all, aren’t you the patient, the person who is feeling unwell and seeking help? By and large, doctors and nurses are well-meaning, and most of the time, the system is working well and you will get good care. However, mistakes do happen—and you and your advocate can help prevent medical error. Follow the tips above to make sure that you are safe and well during every hospital stay.
Leana Wen is an emergency physician who blogs at The Doctor is Listening. She is the co-author of When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Prevent Misdiagnosis and Unnecessary Tests.  She can also be reached on Twitter @drleanawen.

Thursday, March 28, 2013


Gentlemen and brothers I share and support this 3 month challenge with you
.  Please pass it on -you have the power of one   ( AMDG ) S.Holle

From: Carl Anderson <noreply@kofc.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Membership and Program Special Incentive


Worthy Grand Knight:   (and members of the Knights of Columbus )

With the historic election of Pope Francis, the Knights of Columbus has a
unique opportunity to express our solidarity with the Holy Father by
expanding our charitable outreach and growing our membership.

In taking his name from St. Francis of Assisi, "the man of poverty," and
identifying himself so closely with the poor by his public acts and
statements, the Holy Father has shown himself to be dedicated to charity.
Since our Order's guiding principle is charity, there is no better way to
express our solidarity with Pope Francis than to build each council in its
charitable outreach by serving those in need.
With this in mind, I am pleased to introduce a *Membership and Programs
Special Incentive in Honor of Pope
Francis*<http://www.kofc.org/en/membership/pdf/assisi_brochure.pdf>.
During the next three months (April-June), *each time* a council takes part
in a First Degree exemplification that brings at least one member into that
council, it is entered into a competition for one of two all-expense-paid
trips to Italy - including tours of Rome and Assisi -- in early October 2013
for the grand knight and  membership director and their wives. In addition,
*each time* a council conducts a hands-on service program to help those in
need, it has the opportunity to enter into the second part of the incentive
for one of two all-expense-paid October trips to Italy for the grand knight
and program director and their wives. To enter an activity, please use
the *online
form* <http://www.kofc.org/un/en/membership/pdf/2013popeincentive.pdf>
or *print
the form*<http://www.kofc.org/un/en/membership/pdf/pope_francis_membership_incentiv



Membership and Program Special Incentive in Honor of Pope Francis

From April to June 2013, each time a council takes part in a
First Degree exemplification that brings at least one member
into that council, it is entered into a competition for one of
two all-expense-paid trips to Italy — including tours of Rome
and Assisi — in early October 2013 for the grand knight and
membership director and their wives.

In addition, each time a council conducts a hands-on service
program to help those in need, it has the opportunity to
enter into the second part of the incentive for one of two
all-expense-paid October trips to Italy for the grand knight
and program director and their wives.

There is no limit on the number of submissions


The winner prize at Council 9262 will be selected from the council  in a general membership vote.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Pope Francis -the new pilgrim

The new pilgrim-Pope Francis

DeriveFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis (Ecc. LatinFranciscus [franˈtʃiskus]; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio[b] on 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. As such, he is both head of the Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. In 1998 he became theArchbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, on 28 February 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal nameFranciscus in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi.[2] 
He is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Francis is the first pope born outside Europe in 1,272 years, since Syrian-born St. Gregory III.[3] Francis speaks Spanish, Latin, Italian,[4] German,[5]French,[4] and English.[6]  More information 

Pope Francis, then Cardinal Bergoglio, celebrating mass in Buenos Aires, 2008
Pope Francis
style     Holy Father
Motto
With mercy and favour
Miserando atque eligendo
("With mercy and favour")[a]
Papacy began
13 March 2013
Predecessor
Orders
Ordination
13 December 1969
Consecration
27 June 1992
Created Cardinal
21 February 2001
Personal details
Birth name
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born
17 December 1936 (age 76)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
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Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997)
Cardinal-Priest of St. Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013)
Motto
Miserando atque eligendo
("With mercy and favour")[a]

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Welcome to our community Pope Francis

Pope Francis -a man of and for the people he serves
This handout picture released on March 14, 2013 by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis (C) laying a wreath prior a prayer at Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica early on his first full day as the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
A new style on the first day says good things for the future 
The difference in style was a sign of Francis’ belief that the Catholic Church needs to be at one with the people it serves and not imposing its message on a society that often doesn’t want to hear it, Francis’ authorized biographer, Sergio Rubin, said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press.
“It seems to me for now what is certain is it’s a great change of style, which for us isn’t a small thing,” Rubin said, recalling how the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would celebrate Masses with ex-prostitutes in Buenos Aires.
He believes the church has to go to the streets,” he said, “to express this closeness of the church and this accompaniment with the people who suffer.”