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Saturday, 24 January 2015

The most common nutrition myths ever told

With the advent of the internet came a superabundance of available information regarding personal health. However, with this deluge of available information also came a hefty downfall - a massive amount of misguided and unreliable information.

Out of all fields of discussion, it's safe to say that no other topics are more dangerous to have misinformation spread about than diet and nutrition. If a nutrition myth is continually repeated, it can soon become a culturally accepted truth, something that is dangerous to the general public. So for that matter, this article will address some of the most common and misguided nutrition 'facts' out there today.

Eggs Are Bad For Your Heart & Overall Health

Eggs have had a bad rap in recent years, mostly due to the cholesterol myth. But a few recent studies have since debunked this myth.

A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that higher consumption of eggs (up to one egg per day) is not associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease or stroke. In fact, eggs actually raise the 'good' cholesterol (called high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) which works to remove the 'bad' cholesterol.

The health benefits of eggs include:

6 grams of high quality protein (full amino acid profile).

High in lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants in your lens and retina that help prevent eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.

Good source of choline, a member of the vitamin B family.

One of the few food containing naturally occurring Vitamin D.

Contains sulfur- essential for healthy hair and nails.

*The key is to eat organic, pasture-raised eggs.

All Saturated Fats Are Bad For You

This is a myth that stemmed from an unsubstantiated claim made decades ago. The truth of the matter? There is absolutely no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD, according to a meta-analysis which looked at 347,747 subjects.

As mentioned above, saturated fats from things like egg yolks, coconut oil, and avocado work to increase the good cholesterol which works to lower the bad cholesterol.

Saturated fats from proper sources provide the building blocks for your cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances, as well as serve as carriers for the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K and are required for converting carotene into vitamin A.

Good sources of saturated fat: nuts, seeds, coconut oil, organic nut oils, eggs, avocados, grass-fed meat.

Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day

There is new evidence to suggest that intermittent fasting has some major health benefits. By skipping breakfast and not eating until around 11am, you're giving your body an extended break from eating, which has been shown to be as effective as calorie restriction in fat loss.

Fasting has also been shown to increase human growth hormone secretion by up to 1200 percent for women and 2000 percent for men.

Other benefits include reducing inflammation, reducing insulin resistance, improving blood pressure, and increased lean body mass. Intermittent fasting can also improve your brain function by increasing levels of BDNF, a protein that protects your brain cells from the changes associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Eat 6 Small Meals Per Day Instead of 3 Big Ones

The logic behind eating 6 small meals makes sense, (i.e., portion control, stabilizing blood sugar), however, this claim has not been proven to be true. In fact, multiple studies prove that there is no difference in metabolism or fat loss with people eating 6 meals per day compared with people who eat the same amount of food in 3 larger meals.

We know that our ancestors weren't constantly feasting, they also didn't have access to a grocery store 24/7. Our ancestors were more likely to go through periods of fasting and then eating large meals.

Furthermore, when we don't eat for a while, a process called autophagy cleans waste out of our cells.

Omega-6 Fats From Seed and Vegetable Oils Are Good For You

While eating omega-6 fats is crucial to our health, the main issue lies in the fact that most of us are eating too much omega-6 fatty acids, most of which are sourced from processed seed and vegetable oils.

Humans are supposed to receive a well balanced ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 fats, that is 1:1. Most westerners are getting about 20-50 times more omega-6's than omega-3's, which can cause problems.

One study showed that too much omega-6 fats from processed oils is a leading factor to coronary heart disease.

Be sure to eat well sourced omega-3 fats (flax/chia seeds, cod liver oil) and reduce your intake of processed omega-6 fats (vegetable oil, sunflower oil).

Artificial Sweeteners Are Safe Sugar Replacements for Diabetics, and Help Promote Weight Loss

As a child, I remember seeing my grandmother using artificial sweeteners in her tea, which she explained was for her diabetes. If only I knew then what I know now.

A study from 1986, which included nearly 80,000 women, found that those who used artificial sweeteners were significantly more likely than non-users to gain weight over time, regardless of initial weight.

A more recent study found similar results, here's what researchers had to say,

"Several large scale prospective cohort studies found positive correlation between artificial sweetener use and weight gain. When matched for initial body mass index (BMI), gender, ethnicity, and diet, drinkers of artificially sweetened beverages consistently had higher BMIs at the follow-up, with dose dependence on the amount of consumption..."

Another study published in PLoS One found that chronic lifetime exposure to aspartame, commencing in utero, produces changes in blood glucose parameters and adversely impacts spatial learning and memory in mice (a.k.a. messes with the body's insulin response, a danger for type II diabetics).

Low-Fat Foods Help With Weight Loss

In order to compensate for the flavour of low-fat foods, food manufacturers will usually add sugar (corn syrup) or artificial sweeteners. As mentioned above, artificial sweeteners are silent killers.

The idea that fat is bad for us came out of the 1970's when the American dietary guidelines were first published. They demonized saturated fats (which we've just explained are crucial to our health) while giving sugar and refined carbs a free pass. It's interesting to note that the obesity epidemic began around the same time...

Carbs & Grains Should Be Your Highest Source Of Calories

Currently, as war exists between people who eat a high-fat/low-carb diet and those who consume a high-carb/low-fat diet.

While the mainstream states that your biggest source of calories should come from complex carbs (50-60%), many nutritionists are now coming forward and refuting this statement. Carbs, particularly organic whole grain bread, cereal, and pasta (although not as applicable for fruit and vegetables), spike insulin and leptin levels in the blood, which is a leading factor to many chronic illnesses.

The low-fat, high-carb diet simply isn't working for North Americans, as obesity rates are at an all time high. While this diet may be okay for people who are lean, people who are obese or who have metabolic syndrome should stay far away from this type of diet, according to these studies.

As explained above, properly sourced, high-fat diets are crucial to our overall health. Here are 23 gold standard studies which support the benefits of a high-fat/low-carb diet.

Soy Is A Health Food

Clever marketing has denoted soy beans as a 'health food', when in fact there is much more to the story than this simple claim.

Over 90% of soy produced in the U.S. is genetically modified and the crops are sprayed with the herbicide Roundup, which may be associated with adverse effects on health.

Most of the soy consumed in the western diet is processed, in the form of soy bean oil. In fact, in 1999, 7% percent of Americans' total diet was derived from soy bean oil, which is derived from a process that uses hexane to extract it.

While whole soy beans do contain nutrients, they also contain phytates, a substance which inhibits nutrient absorption in the body.

Soy also contains large amounts of biologically active compounds called isoflavones, which function as phytoestrogens... that is, plant-based compounds that can activate estrogen receptors in the human body, a.k.a., soy acts as a hormone disruptor.

When is soy okay for you? When it is fermented. Tempeh, natto, and miso are fermented forms of soy which contain lowered levels of phytic acid and other anti-nutrients, as well as beneficial bacteria for our gut.The key here is to consume in small amounts.

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As more parents have become aware of the risks and side effects of vaccines, many vaccination rates have been declining. Pharmaceutical companies and doctors alike are concerned about this awakening, so they have created training materials to help vaccine providers handle what one manual refers to as "vaccine-hesitant parents."

When you take your child to their health care provider for a visit, you may have a list of questions to ask them about vaccines. You might be wondering about the risk of autism, the side effects of a vaccine, or the damaging effect dozens of vaccines will have on your child's immune system.

And, your child's doctor will have answers: the ones they are trained to give you. Organizations such as the World Health Organization and the National Academy of Pediatrics, two names you might trust but should not, have created brief manuals for doctors, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, and even pharmacists, teaching them how to successfully deal with parents who question or refuse vaccines. ^{[1] [2]}

Who Is Really Training Your Child's Doctor?

Let's find out who wrote these training materials.

A online publication of the journal instructs doctors and other health care providers how to respond to parents who question vaccination. One of the authors of that paper, Dr. C. Mary Healy, served on an advisory board for Novartis vaccines. She also received a research grant from Sanofi Pastuer. Your child's doctor will tell you what Dr. Healy said to say, but your child's doctor won't tell you that Dr. Healy was under the influence of Big Pharma when she wrote the script. ^[3]

Another author of the training material, Dr. Larry Pickering, worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University, both of which have strong ties to vaccine manufactures. Emory University owns a significant amount of stock in a vaccine company called GeoVax. If you want to learn more about why Emory University is a suspicious organization that should not be trusted, read this informative article. ^[4]

Another easy-to-read training publication, perfect for busy, overworked doctors who don't have time to research vaccines in depth, was created by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO receives more funding from organizations than it does from its member nations, including the Rockefeller Foundation, which has ties to many large vaccine companies and owns more than half of pharmaceutical interests in the US. ^{[5, 6]}

What's Inside These Vaccine-Funded Training Guides?

Your child's doctor may have already read these publications, as they are concise and provide exact scripts, depending how you as the parent may question a vaccine. These materials also train nurses, emphasizing the important role a nurse plays in maintaining practice-wide commitment to high vaccination rates.

Both training manuals outline several similar misgivings parents may have about vaccines, including the following common objections addressed in the WHO publication, which refers to concerned parents as and :

... and these questions parents might ask, as published by : As you know, these concerns are valid and real, yet the guidelines written by vaccine-influenced doctors downplay parents' unease by reducing real conversations to repartee, with answers that lack any scientific evidence.

What Is Your Child's Doctor Trained To Tell You?

Have you asked your child's healthcare provider questions about the risks of vaccines? Here are some of the scripts in the guide published by the World Health Organization, offering answers doctors can memorize when parents question vaccines:

Parent:

Health care provider:

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Did you notice how the doctor or nurse does not really address the parents' concerns about vaccination?

Additional Techniques Doctors are Trained to Use With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents

Doctors are also trained to use the following strategy with parents who have concerns about vaccines. The training materials identify the four key parts of conversation with a hesitant parent:

patient and empathetic reassurance that you understand that their infant's health is their top priority, and it also is your top priority, so putting children at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases without scientific evidence of a link between vaccines and autism is a risk you are not willing to take

your knowledge that the onset of regressive autism symptoms often coincides with the timing of vaccines but is not caused by vaccines

your personal and professional opinion that vaccines are safe

your reminder that vaccine-preventable diseases, which may cause serious complications and even death, remain a threat

The training materials list several other ways doctors should engage in conversation with parents and convince them to vaccinate their child. Here are more techniques your doctor may use to convince you to ignore the facts about vaccines and vaccinate your child:

Take time to listen.

Solicit and welcome questions.

Keep the conversation going.

Acknowledge benefits and risks.

Respect parents' authority.

Reduce the stress of shots.

Additionally, doctors are instructed to share with parents that all of their own children have been vaccinated and are healthy, or to share that they have rarely or never seen a serious reaction to a vaccine in their practice, as a way to mix anecdotal stories with science.

Another tactic instructs doctors to tell parents that I would imagine that most families with a vaccine-injured child would strongly disagree with this statement.

None of the communication techniques in the training materials include the sharing of scientific facts or studies that are not affiliated with vaccine companies or their funding.

Which Resources are Doctors Trained to Recommend to Parents?

There are some websites named in the training guides that doctors are instructed to share with parents if parents have questions about research they can do on their own. Sadly, most of these sites or their parent organizations receive funding from pharmaceutical companies.

One guideline directs health care providers to share a link to the WHO website with parents. Despite its well-known status, this organization is not to be trusted, as you noted earlier in this article.

The website for the American Medical Assocation is also on the list of recommended resources for parents. This group promotes vaccination and receives funding from vaccine manufacturers.

The National Network for Immunization Information (NNii), also on the list as a trustworthy resource, is funded by affiliate organizations like the American Medical Association and other groups who receive funding and influence from vaccine manufacturers.

Another recommendation, the American Academy of Pediatrics, has received funding from Merck and Sanofi Pastuer, widely recognized and powerful vaccine companies.

The Allied Vaccine Group is another recommended website. This is a group of several pro-vaccine organizations claiming they are "dedicated to presenting valid scientific information about vaccines." One of the members, PATH, has a highly profitable partnership with Merck and Sanofi, two huge pharmaceutical companies. ^[7]

Do you think these websites, or any of the others on the recommended list, will present unbiased information when they receive enormous amounts of funding from vaccine companies?

What Will You Say to Your Pharma-Trained Doctor?

Now that you know your child's doctor is using a script when you have a conversation about vaccines, you know that you, too, will need your own script when they remind you that it's time to vaccinate your child.

Intimidation, uncertainty, and worry are very common feelings for parents as they are thinking about how to tell their child's doctor that they are questioning, delaying, or avoiding vaccines. These sentiments subside with time and research. As you become more educated in your decision, you will feel confident, empowered, and self-assured.

At your child's appointment, you can let their doctor know that you will not be getting any vaccines at this visit, or say that you are still doing research about a specific vaccine, or explain that your child was recently ill and you will not be vaccinating today for that reason. Remember, different kinds of vaccine exemptions are available in all fifty states.

In addition, please know that well-baby and well-child visits are primarily scheduled for vaccination purposes. These visits are especially comforting to first time parents, but if your child is in good health, they may not be necessary if you are not vaccinating your child.

Conclusion

Have you had conversations with your child's health care provider similar to the ones mentioned above? Do you recognize that doctors and nurses have been trained to recommend vaccination by other doctors and organizations who profit immensely from the sale of vaccines? Do you see that these tactics fail to disclose unbiased, scientific information about the dangers of vaccination?

If you want to delay or refuse vaccines, remember to practice your own script in advance of appointments with your child's doctor.

If you want information about vaccine injuries and adverse events that have been reported to the government, you can visit the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website and search specific vaccines. However, you must know that adverse events are highly underreported in this passive system, as admitted by the CDC, and the statistics for adverse events represent only one to ten percent of actual adverse events that occur after vaccination. ^[8]

If you want to learn real facts about vaccination that are not influenced by profit, you must discover the truth from sources that have no ties to pharmaceutical companies. You can access free, unbiased information and a list of vaccine ingredients here.

References

pediatrics.aappublications.org

www.euro.who.int

pediatrics.aappublications.org.

vactruth.com

vactruth.com

sourcewatch.org

path.org

nvic.org

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With this last service for Israel, Nisman helped destroy Cristina Kirchner's government. Her government was too Pro-Palestinian, Pro Iran, and pro Russia and China. Sound like France's recognition of the Palestinians and Charlie Hebdo?

Latest: Cristina Kirchner claims that Alberto Nisman did not commit suicide, but was instead killed in an 'operation' against her government.

I live in Argentina ( Buenos Aires) and I know about the two car bomb attacks in Buenos Aires. The first was against the Israel embassy in 1992 which killed 29 and injured 242. The second in March 1994 was against AMIA, a Jewish Community organization.

The embassy bombing looks like a MOSSAD false flag. MOSSAD agents were Johnny on the spot immediately after ( this seemed too quick). The Israeli theory was that a bomb car was involved.

But a later investigation by four expert in explosives determined that the explosives were inside of the building. There was no suicide bomb car driven by a Muslim driver ( as Israel said) and no crater in the street. So no one talks about the Embassy bombing.

At the time of the explosion, the ambassador and all high-level people were not present; there were only low level employers. So as the Embassy bombing was not success in incriminating Hezbolla and Iran, they needed a new terrorist attack against AMIA. Again, only low level employees were killed or harmed.

Alberto Nisman

In my opinion, Nisman's "suicide" was instigated by Israel.

Alberto Nisman is Argentinian jew. Isn't it strange that a Jew was given the responsibility of investigating the AMIA bombing? My theory is that Nisman's death is a false flag piled on a another false flag. His "suicide" was Nisman's last service to Israel. It was something else Israel can blame on Iran. They did not find gun powder on his right hand. Could be killed or helped suicide by others ( MOSSAD?).

With this service, Israel Nisman helped:

1) Destroy Cristina Kirchner's government . Her government was too Pro Palestinian, Pro Iran, and pro Russia and China. People have been mislead to think the government is responsible, and they are very angry.

2) It makes people think Iran is guilty in the AMIA case.

Qui bono? Israel of course

This is NOT a good for government. So why would they do it?

But it is is good for Israel. Now Nisman is a hero and people think he has great information about " secret pact" with Iran to escape culpability. I think that Nisman was a liar for Israel without any real probe or important information.

I am anti Kirchner. But Cristina believed in Iran's innocence and was courageous in this matter. Israel wanted to stop more investigations because they have not real proof against Iran.

First Comment from Dan

"News of Nisman's death came just hours before he was to present evidence to Argentina's congress that he said implicated his country's president and foreign minister in a nefarious cover-up scheme."

Okay, so what is it? What is this evidence?

Listen; a Special Prosecutor isn't like a witness with testimony that evaporates with their death.

Any evidence he would have presented in court is documented in the case brief and office files. Prosecutors have assistants, research staff, secretaries, private detectives - people that know what he knew.

If he had evidence implicating Kirchner's government we can be damn sure that the AMIA and Israeli Embassy wouldn't let a little thing like the death of the prosecutor stop that evidence from being presented in Federal court - and yelled from roof tops all over the world - especially now, when Israel is desperate to recover ownership the 'victim' narrative.

Since all the media buzz on this event is about anything but NIsman's case file and the evidence he had, and not a mention much less a statement from the Assistant Prosecutor who would have that file, we know there IS NO EVIDENCE.

There's nothing to debate. Nisman's dead. Let's see them go ahead with their case against Iran - if they have one. if Iran didn't do it, there wasn't anything for Kirchner to cover up.

Either they have the case they say Nisman was about to present, or they don't.

These bombings in Buenos Aires were underreported in the United States. That's how it goes with how news is presented to us. The July 19, 1994 bombing in downtown Buenos Aires was as visually dramatic as our Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing on April 19, 1995, but the news handlers merely mentioned it one and let it go.

"Western Europe is undergoing a wave of Islamization, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. It is awash in this, and we would like to ensure that the State of Israel will have varied markets around the world."

Speaking ahead of a meeting with the prime minister of Japan on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed Israel's need to reduce its dependence on European trade. The arrival of the delegation marked the first time since 2006 that a Japanese prime minister has visited Israel, and highlights the extent to which ties have been strengthening between the two countries since Netanyahu was welcomed in Japan in May of last year.

On the surface, this statement from the Israeli prime minister makes perfect sense. It immediately calls to mind the insanity radiating out across the planet from Europe. I mean really, who would want to do business in such a hostile environment? Not this guy. But of course, as with anything spewing forth from a politician's mouth, you're only getting a piece of the truth - if any at all.

As I explained in a previous article, the West is in trouble. Its banking system is failing and it can no longer con the awakening masses into the wars it needs to right the ship. The European Union in particular is flatlining. Juxtaposed to this is the emerging strength of the BRICS nations and their New Development Bank. If you see it as a competition, as you should, then the tide is clearly turning.

The fact that Russia was able to persuade Ukrainian leaders to walk away from the EU is the most glaring evidence of this, but there's no shortage of other events to cite.

In June of 2014 Vladimir Putin signed an energy cooperation deal with the president of Argentina to build two nuclear power plants in the Latin American country. Argentina needed foreign investors so it could begin to seriously develop its vast shale fields, but few were willing due to the debt crisis the country was facing. Essentially, Russia stepped in where the West wouldn't.

China, the other true powerhouse of BRICS, signed a $12 billion agreement with Nigeria last November to build a railway along its coast. The project promised 200,000 Nigerian jobs during the construction phase and 30,000 positions once the operation went live. This came four years after China inked a $23 billion oil contract with that country, part of a campaign to up the Chinese presence in resource-rich Africa.

The other BRICS nations and their allies are following suit. Deals, not bombs, seems to be the strategy. And it's working. But the offers aren't confined strictly to outlying nations.

Back in 2008, as NATO member Iceland was experiencing a crushing financial crisis, it was Russia that ponied up with a $5.4 billion bailout. The benefits for Russia were twofold. It was a boon to its reputation on the diplomatic stage, sure, but it also moved the energy powerhouse one step closer to laying claim to the Arctic shelf's untapped energy resources. At the time, BRIC (South Africa didn't sign on until 2010) was simply a loose association of nations with a hunger to be more. But the bailout of Iceland marked the beginning of a pattern.

Fast forward to today, and behold the sheer audacity that BRICS - and Russia, in particular - feels comfortable with displaying to the world.

Greece, who will hold elections on January 25 that will almost certainly see a new party come to power, is hurting, and hurting bad. The likely incoming Syriza Party has indicated a willingness to write off much of Greece's gargantuan debt, which naturally has European Union leaders sweating bullets. After all, in the philosophy of the central banking scheme, debt is sacrosanct.

In the midst of this chaos, Russia tendered Greece a positively mind-blowing offer: leave the EU, pledge to work with the budding Eurasian Economic Union, and the Russian food embargo currently imposed upon Greece would be lifted.

Indeed, the BRICS message is impossible to misinterpret. They're willing to work with any nation that is willing to work with them. Come one, come all, as it were.

But there are always exceptions. At the moment, for instance, it's difficult to imagine any scenario, ever, in which Russia and the United States could productively collaborate. If we - as in the human race - are lucky, then cooler heads will prevail and the tensions escalating now will ease without incident. You're welcome to hold your breath on that one if you'd like. I'll pass.

And it's at this point that Israel comes back into the picture. Because all the Islamization, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism aside, Netanyahu sees the writing on the wall.

As far as top dog status goes, the West may very well be done. What's left of its planetary stranglehold weakens by the day. Crippled by debt and overextended militarily, the United States and its Western allies have fallen victim to their own predatory system. By contrast, those nations begrudgingly forced to accept Western rule have, until recently, been quietly executing a counter-offensive. Now, sensing Western fragility, they have no reason to hold back (hence, the power play for Greece).

Momentum has shifted, and Israel must adjust accordingly. That's what the pivot toward the East is really all about. Israel wants to be - by its very nature, absolutely has to be - on the winning side. Its survival depends upon it. Up until now, the only thing keeping the Middle Eastern wolves at bay has been the threat of the American military. So if the Western regime falls, Israel will be left alone, surrounded by enemies.

Some may point to Iran as a reason why Israel would never align itself with a Eurasian superpower. It was only days ago that Iran and Russia signed a military agreement, after all, and Iran is the country Netanyahu has consistently pointed to as the true enemy of mankind. But that obsession with toppling Iran has always been part of a Western agenda, and it stands to reason that Israel would be willing to shrug off old grudges in order to secure its continued existence.

Because that's precisely what's at stake for Israel right now. It's continued existence.

The perception of Israel as history's great victim is dying. Dead, in my opinion. As dead as the perception of America as the world's shining beacon of liberty and free expression. For anyone with open eyes, last summer's conflict in Gaza exposed the State of Israel for what it ultimately is - a bully. The numbers don't, can't lie. Over 2,000 Palestinians dead, the vast majority of them civilians. And out of those civilian deaths, nearly 600 were children. And it continues. As we speak, IDF soldiers are razing Palestinian villages, stealing the land upon which they were built, and radioing the all clear to start erecting Jewish settlements.

The difference this time around is that the State of Israel is being called on its brutality. The International Criminal Court has made the decision to open a preliminary probe into Israel's war crimes in Gaza, and it might just be that no amount of sabotage can stop it. Even if Israel or its enabler the United States could somehow scuttle the probe, world opinion is already shifting toward something more closely resembling the truth. And the truth is that Israel is fast becoming the pariah of the global community.

Which brings us back to BRICS. The expanding Eurasian bloc has made it clear that it's willing and eager to partner, yes, but not out of some humanitarian impulse. They want something in return. So the question becomes...What does Israel bring to the table in a de-Americanized, post-Western world?

It's here that some would undoubtedly argue that BRICS would, in fact, shelter Israel after a Western collapse. That BRICS is somehow different than all the superstates of the past. That its devotion to peace is evidenced by the very links I've included in this article. These are the same people who think Vladimir Putin is a swell guy.

Wake up. There's one reason, and one reason only, that the Eurasian bloc has thus far refused to turn to war - it doesn't need to.

There's a very real possibility the Western world will implode on its own. In that case, Russia and the BRICS nations can safely watch from a distance. And if the worst happens and it comes to world war - and, as my title suggests, we're not all incinerated in the process - I can't help feeling like America and its allies wouldn't be all that difficult to put down.

And that's when you'd start to see it. Once the West was under heel, the new Eurasian state would begin - admittedly, very slowly at first (you know, so as not to alarm anyone) - to show its true colors. Until, eventually, a more sophisticated but no less oppressing system of enslavement would be cemented into place. There's no question about this. Such is the nature of the state.

We're fighting back, and we're doing real damage. I truly believe this. And there's something else I believe...they're afraid. They're genuinely terrified of our power. But until we, as a species, awaken to the truth that the state - not Russia or North Korea or even Iran as a little man in Israel would have us believe - is the true enemy of mankind, a body such as the ICC will forever have atrocities to investigate.

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A new Hungarian-developed concert piano developed under the inspiration of acclaimed classical pianist Gergely Bogányi.

So many of life's familiar objects are constantly redesigned according to the whims of fashion and the latest trends. But the curves of a classical music instrument seem almost sacred, inviting design changes that tend to be of the nip-and-tuck variety, preserving familiar forms and ageless appeal. Even Liberace's piano, after all, is really only a tarted-up version of a classical shape.

But this week Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi unveiled a radical redesign of the grand piano, a project he initiated in order to make it sound the way he heard it in his head. Produced by Louis Renner, a world-renowned German company that specializes in making piano actions and hammerheads, Bogányi and a team of designers and engineers spent more than a decade rethinking the piano's 18,000 parts from the inside out.

Bogányi writes on the piano's promotional website that he is following in the footsteps of the great Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt, who worked with 19th-century piano manufactures to improve the

instrument's sound to match the expectations he had in his mind. The new piano, Bogányi says, "is born out of deep love, and humble respect for classical piano tradition, built upon a lifetime desire to improve upon it with fresh innovation in sound and design."

Bogányi's piano incorporates a weather-resistant composite soundboard within a modified traditional iron-and-wood piano frame that creates a stable, clear sound in all climates and allows the instrument to stay in tune longer than a traditional piano. Bogányi says he was inspired by traveling the world with his piano tuner, who was constantly trying to create a consistent, quality sound in every piano. "It was always so difficult with each concert hall having such different conditions that affected the piano," Bogányi says. "Dryness, dust, humidity were always a factor. Could we find a way to keep this quality consistent?" It's difficult to get a sense of how the redesign affects sound quality by watching the brief promotional video below, in which the human playing the piano is strangely absent.

But it doesn't take a classical music expert to see that this looks nothing like a traditional piano. A commenter on Dezeen called it "the love child of Verner Panton and a Steinway." Another said: "I want to drive this piano on the [Autobahn]." The manufacturers say that the design is based on the movements and flows of classical music, with curves and clean lines that make it a contemporary piece of functional art that keeps pace with the world's new performing art spaces. It notes that the piano only has two legs instead of the traditional three "to allow an additional bottom passage for the sound to reach the audience."

But why redesign the piano, invented around 1700, for the 21st century?

In an essay included in the piano's brochure, music historian and piano technician János Mácsai notes that in the second half of the 18th century, the fortepiano was in constant development, with new models becoming obsolete after five years until the 1880s. These changes were a dynamic force in the compositions and playing styles of classical greats including Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin, each of whom had his preferences. Mácsai adds that the piano had evolved by the end of the 19th century to be able to fill large concert halls with sound and stand up to orchestras, at which point the development of the instrument stalled. He points out that 98 percent of the world's concert halls use a Steinway Model D.

"If today someone starts to develop a piano, he does so not to make one better than before," Mácsai writes, also noting that classical repertoires favored by audiences are "not exactly fresh either." Musicians and designers such as Bogányi do so, he writes, "because they want something different. A different sonority, a different weighting of inner parts, a different resonance, the different manifestation of physical and intellectual energies, in short, different possibilities."

ABC 7 News in Los Angeles is reporting that federal health officials want to force a 26-year-old grad student, whose younger sister was one of the confirmed cases of measles caught recently at Disneyland, into a quarantine. Ylsa Tellez does not have the measles, and is not sick.

So why do health officials want to force her into quarantine? Because she is not vaccinated against the measles. She could reportedly avoid the quarantine if she gets the vaccine.

"(They were) saying I need to get vaccinated and I need to be quarantined, otherwise I'm going to go to jail or something, or I'm going to get a misdemeanor," said Ylsa.

Ylsa says she refuses to be a prisoner in her own home despite the possible quarantine order. Ylsa's mother is also defending her daughter.

"It's not nice when my daughter is threatened like this because she's not even sick," said Myrna Tellez. (Source.)

Mainstream Media Only Gives One Side of Vaccine Debate

Lost in all the discussions you will read or listen to in the mainstream media regarding measles outbreaks is that there is no clear science proving that the vaccine actually prevents these outbreaks, or that the measles vaccine "wiped out" the disease. Historical data points to a different conclusion on the effectiveness of the measles vaccine, showing that the disease was already on the way out PRIOR to the development of the vaccine:

Could the modern day vaccination program actually be responsible for diseases like measles making a comeback? Some doctors and scientists have actually warned about this for years now, but this concern is a threat to the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical vaccine industry. There are concerns that what was once a common non-lethal childhood disease that offered lifetime immunity, has now been traded for modern "vaccine antibodies" that can wear off over time, and cause the virus to mutate making the vaccine ineffective.

People need to understand that those advocating taking away people's basic human rights over refusing vaccines are working from an assumption that is NOT proven by science: that vaccines are 100% effective and those who do not receive them are a threat to society.

Vaccines are not 100% effective, and they are DO cause harm. Every vaccine carries risk for injury and death, just as the disease being vaccinated for does. Here is the latest report from the U.S. Government listing settlements for vaccine injuries and deaths:

Single Measles Vaccine Not Even Available - Other Vaccines Failing

The other fact that you are not likely to hear in the mainstream media is that a single measles vaccine is not even available! Anyone who is forced to receive the "measles vaccine" is in fact being forced to receive a 3 in 1 combo vaccine that also inoculates for Mumps and Rubella (MMR vaccine). Recent mumps outbreaks have been largely among those already vaccinated, and we are seeing the same failure in other vaccines such as pertussis.

The fact that the pertussis vaccine for whooping cough no longer works, is common knowledge and not even disputed by health authorities anymore.

Conclusion: The Public MUST Resist Medical Tyranny

We applaud Ylsa Tellez and her refusal to give in to "Health Authorities" who have tremendous conflicts of interest in their incestuous relationships with drug manufacturers who distribute vaccines. U.S. law today protects vaccine manufacturers from being sued in civil court, and the U.S. government is the largest purchaser of vaccines, as they could never survive in a free market economy. These same drug companies were being sued so often for vaccine damages that they blackmailed Congress in 1986 and threatened to stop manufacturing vaccines completely if they were not given legal immunity. Congress willingly obliged, and the Supreme Court has upheld that law.

The only recourse left to the public is to resist the removal of our Constitutional and civil rights.

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In Saudi Arabia, bloggers are condemned to 1,000 lashes of the whip and 10 years in prison for 'insulting Islam'. In 'Socialist' France, we arrest children and lock them up before putting them under investigation for 'incitement to terrorism'.

Since the attacks of 7 January, a collective air of madness has descended on France. The Ministry of injustice has opened more than 100 cases into "justifications for terrorism", about 10 per day. 30 people have already been convicted, more than were convicted for anything similar in the last 20 years.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and France's Union of Magistrates have denounced this totalitarian drift. They are the only organizations in the Western hemisphere to have done so.

France's Patriot was voted into existence just before the attacks

The law of November 13, 2014 that allows our great democracy to arrest, and convict, all who have the misfortune of expressing a few dangerous words, starting with children.

In article 421-4-5, the law establishes that a criminal offense of incitement to terrorism is punishable by 5 years imprisonment and a € 75,000 fine. The use of the Internet is considered an aggravating circumstance, punishable by 7 years in prison and a € 100,000 fine.

On January 12, Christiane Taubira sent a memo around calling on prosecutors to "act firmly" for all offenses committed in the wake of the attacks.

For those who had doubts about the independence of the judiciary, they have been confirmed. Prosecutors now represent the armed wing of the ruling Socialist political power, of that there can be no doubt.

Particularly targeted children

In addition to an impressive series of sentences thus far are people who were: intoxicated at the time; have learning difficulties; a reckless driver; a mother; municipal employees; and children, who, judging by the numbers, have become our dear leaders' main target.

In Nantes, a girl takes the tram with her sisters and a friend. Ticket inspectors introduce themselves and ask them for their tickets. After a verbal altercation, the youngest allegedly launches into a tirade, saying "We are the Kouachi sisters, we will come back with Kalashnikovs." The inspectors call the police, the sisters were put under arrest, and then presented to a judge who immediately finds her guilty of 'incitement to terrorism'. She was 14 years old.

Still in Nantes, a high school student publishes on his Facebook wall a caricature he finds particularly "funny", in his words. In July 2013, Charlie Hebdo published a cover that shows an Egyptian getting riddled with bullets while holding up Quran in front of himself, with the caption "The Quran is crap, it does not stop bullets." The high school student found on the Internet, and shared on his own wall, a parody of the cartoon. It shows a character resembling Stéphane Charbonnier, Hebdo's chief editor, holding up that same issue of the magazine while he is being riddled with bullets, along with the caption: "Charlie Hebdo is crap, it does not stop bullets."

A few days later, the school-kid was arrested by police at his home and detained until the next day. He was found guilty of incitement to terrorism and placed under supervised release. He was 16 years old.

When teachers become police auxiliaries

The palm hysteria undoubtedly return to school head who will recognize. The story is told by a teacher in charge of receiving the miners brought in immediate appearance.

On Thursday, January 8, a schoolteacher held a minute of silence with her class for the victims of the attacks. On Friday, the same teacher suggested to her students that they have a debate about what had happened. Not realizing that this setting was more a trap than a sincere willingness to openly discuss the hard issues, one child raised his hand and said: "They [the gunmen, presumably - Ed.] were right."

Instead of asking for the student to elaborate, then listen and use the opportunity to teach the kid something important, like any good teacher should have done, the student was ordered immediately: "If you think that, then get out of my class."

What happened next is mind-blowing.

The student goes to the Senior Advisor for Education, who explains why it is forbidden to think that terrorists "were right."

On Sunday, the child goes to his regular soccer game, where another moment of silence is held for the victims. "It was good, we all stood around," he says.

Monday morning at school, he was summoned to the principal. Tuesday morning, he is re-summoned. The child apologizes and expresses regret.

On Tuesday, the principal summons him again, this time with his parents. He tells them that their child is to be expelled for a week, "as a precautionary measure". Meanwhile the Disciplinary Board meets, whose decision could mean permanent exclusion.

On Wednesday, the principal brings charges against the child to the police.

On Thursday, the child and his parents go to the police station "to be heard."

The child is then arrested and taken into police custody.

He then spends 24 hours in prison in our great Socialist republic.

Friday morning, handcuffed, he is presented to the judge for an indictment of 'advocating terrorism'.

At 14, most kids think more about girls and sports than politics. However, at 14, this particular child will have known confinement in a cell, being placed under arrest - with handcuffs, sirens blazing and all, and a hearing before a judge... for muttering three words.

Three words that will likely earn him a conviction that will follow him throughout his life. Three words that earned him the privilege of being ranked alongside the perpetrators of terrorist offenses. Three words that have basically ended his life.

What is particularly shocking in this story, besides the totally disproportionate nature of the procedure in view of the age of the alleged 'future terrorist', was the trap set by the school, which is supposed to educate and protect children.

This child did not ask anyone anything. He did not express himself publicly, not even on the Internet. He simply answered a question asked of him by his teacher.

While the school should be a place of education, explanation, and dialogue, our Socialist rulers, though aided by some zealous officials, are in the process of transforming it into a place of denunciation and repression, soon to be a large re-education camp for the country's 12 million children.

The biggest heist in history after the September 11

In the name of preserving freedom of expression, the Socialist government is trying to achieve the biggest heist in the history of our fundamental freedoms. Just as Bush did in the U.S. after September 11, 2001.

The reasoning is this: the terrorists wanted to silence Charlie Hebdo and thus freedom of expression. Those who do not condemn the terrorists are therefore against freedom of expression. They should be judged, imprisoned and deprived of liberty, including their freedom of speech. Does that make sense? No, it is totalitarian, stupid and totally inconsistent - in short, socialist.

Double standards? Yes, precisely, it's exactly that. When a child says three words too many, he is crushed, destroyed, and marked for life with a hot iron. In the meantime, Charlie Hebdo has published a new caricature that caused dozens of deaths, riots in several countries, French flags to be burned throughout the world... this, they tell us, is called "freedom of expression".

They did not kill Charlie

Charlie Hebdo is not dead. With over 7 million copies at € 3 a pop, they are picking up the equivalent of several years of turnover with a single issue.

Liberty died this January 7, 2015. Manuel Valls, future candidate of the Socialist primaries for the next presidential elections, warned the children: "Your generation must learn to live with this danger for a number of years". Taking advantage of the attacks, the socialist government is putting in place the most repressive policies applied in France since the Vichy regime.

Their goal is simple. After having imposed on the country a minute of silence, they will impose two and a half years of silence, the time it will take to reach the next presidential elections. I will not make you any drawings for this article, it has become too dangerous to draw. Either you fall under a hail of terrorists' bullets, or you fall into the jails of the 'secular, socialist republic'.

The dictatorship is now.

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