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The one man who may be responsible for more food related illnesses and deaths than anyone in history, Michael R. Taylor, has just been promoted from US Food Safety Czar to Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of the FDA, a position which would enable the giant biotech…

FDA withdraws approval for breast cancer drug Avastin after declaring it medically useless, but says doctors can still prescribe it

(NaturalNews) Several years after declaring it to be not only medically useless but also dangerous, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially withdrawn approval for the $100,000 breast cancer drug Avastin. In a statement, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said that Avastin has never been proven to be safe or effective, but also in the same breath noted that doctors can still prescribe the drug if they feel like it. “FDA recognizes how hard it is for patients and their families to cope with metastatic breast cancer and how great a need there is for more effective treatments,” Hamburg is quoted as saying by The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . “But patients must have confidence that the drugs they take are both safe and effective for their intended use.” After being rapidly approved for use by the FDA back in 2007, Avastin quickly generated more than $1.7 billion for its producer Genentech within the first year. When the FDA finally got around to actually reviewing the drug after approving it, though, the agency discovered that Avastin does not lengthen the lives of breast cancer patients, and that it carries with it severe side effects that include death (http://www.naturalnews.com/023524_drug_avastin_cancer.html). In her 69-page report on Avastin, Hamburg wrote that Avastin’s side effects include high blood pressure, bleeding, heart attack or heart failure, and the development of perforations in the nose, stomach and intestines. In at least one case, a patient taking Avastin has died from infection. But the way the FDA is handling the situation shows how blatantly biased it is towards the drug industry. Avastin was proven dangerous and ineffective several years ago, but the FDA allowed it to remain on the market. Now, it has decided to withdraw approval for Avastin, but is still allowing it to remain on the market. If Avastin had been a dietary supplement in the same predicament, the agency would have immediately withdrawn its approval (if it would have approved it in the first place), and demanded that it be removed from the market. The agency likely would have also shut down Avastin’s manufacturer, as it has done a lot worse to supplement companies that produce safe and effective natural treatments. Sources for this article include: http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=11921&Section=Disease

Citizens for Health launches initiative to fight Corn Refiners Association fraudulent HFCS campaign

(NaturalNews) The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) has been busy the past few years trying to salvage the reputation of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a heavily-processed chemical sweetener derived from corn starch that a growing number of Americans are now seeking to avoid for health reasons. The industry’s latest marketing stunt involves renaming HFCS to “corn sugar” in order to make the additive sound healthier and more appealing to the public. Many NaturalNews readers will recall CRA’s ridiculous television ad campaign alleging that HFCS is the same as “sugar,” and that consuming it is safe in moderation. Well, the group has now modified the campaign to refer to HFCS as “corn sugar,” and is petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant approval for this deceitful name change. The FDA has not yet made a decision on the matter, but that has not stopped CRA from already using the term “corn sugar” in various marketing materials. In fact, some companies have already begun using the term on ingredient labels, which is a violation of the FDA’s policies concerning false and misleading product labeling. To combat CRA’s assault against truth in labeling, Citizens for Health (CFH), a consumer advocacy group, has launched a campaign called Food Identity Theft to rally its 100,000 subscribers and others to contact the FDA and urge a rejection of CRA’s “corn sugar” petition. CFH says the scheme is misleading and will trick many Americans into thinking that corn sugar is somehow different from HFCS. “Millions of Americans are choosing to avoid products that contain HFCS. But many don’t know the corporations that make it want to change the name high-fructose corn syrup to corn sugar,” said James Gormley, CFH’s vice president and senior policy advisor. “If the FDA were to allow this, we’d never know if it’s in the foods we’re feeding our families.” Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) also recently sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking her to deny CRA’s proposal on the basis that it will confuse and mislead customers. HFCS is not “sugar,” by definition, but rather a chemical concoction that has a sweet flavor. It is processed differently in the body than refined sugar derived from sugar beets or sugar cane. And numerous studies have linked HFCS to obesity, diabetes, liver damage, and various other health problems (http://www.naturalnews.com/029403_high_fructose_corn_syrup_liver_damage.html). To learn more about the CFH Food Identity Theft initiative, visit: http://foodidentitytheft.com/ Sources for this article include: http://www.citizens.org/?p=2767 http://www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com/articles/2011/11/cfh-targets-hfcs.aspx http://foodidentitytheft.com/

Maine officials violate local food freedom ordinance by suing man for selling raw milk from farm

(NaturalNews) In response to the escalating food tyranny against American farmers by state and federal officials, the town of Blue Hill, Maine, passed a local ordinance back in April that asserted the right of its citizens to grow, sell, buy, and consume the food of their choice (http://naturalnews.com/032142_food_freedom_Maine.html). But state officials in Maine apparently have no regard for Blue Hill’s sovereignty law, and are now suing a local Blue Hill resident for selling food and raw milk from his farm without an official state license. The State of Maine and Walter Whitcomb, Maine’s Agricultural Commissioner, recently filed a lawsuit against Blue Hill farmer Dan Brown of Gravelwood Farm for allegedly violating state laws concerning the sale of food. The three-count civil summons claims that selling raw milk and other farm food items directly to customers violates state laws. But Brown’s actions are in full compliance with the Blue Hill’s Local Food and Self-Governance Ordinance, which protects small farmers from having to jump through the laborious and excessive regulatory hoops designed for large-scale factory farms. And the vast majority of Blue Hill’s residents have expressed support for the type of food freedom that Brown has embraced with the sale of fresh food from his farm. A Selectmen’s meeting is set to be held in Blue Hill on Friday, Nov. 18, to enforce the local ordinance over the state’s demands. Brown and his supporters are petitioning town officials to send a letter to the Maine Department of Agriculture requesting that the state withdraw its lawsuit and recognize the authority and validity of the local ordinance. There will also be a rally and press conference at Blue Hill Town Hall in his defense. Both Sedgwick and Penobscot, two other Maine towns, have also passed similar food sovereignty laws within the past year. And according to CBS News, Brown is the first farmer in any of them to be targeted by state officials for complying with these ordinances, which fly in the face of highly-restrictive state and federal laws concerning food. “I think if Dan loses this suit and the state is able to require licenses from him, then anybody in our ordinance towns will be forced to comply,” said Bob St. Peter, a farmer in Sedgwick who heads a group called Food for Maine’s Future, to CBS News. “That’s a concern to people.” Farmer Dan Brown has released a short video on YouTube explaining the situation, which you can view here: http://www.facebook.com/wearefarmerbrown You can also support Farmer Brown by contacting those that are suing him and expressing your thoughts. Remember to be polite but firm in your discourse: Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Commissioner’s Office 28 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0028 Walter E. Whitcomb, Commissioner (207) 287-3871

NaturalNews publishes names of government agents who masterminded Rawesome Foods raid

(NaturalNews) The Rawesome Foods raid that took place August 3, 2011, is being publicly described by many as an act of “government terrorism” against innocents (http://www.naturalnews.com/033258_Rawesome_Foods_videos.html). And yet there has been very little information published about the names of the government instigators who masterminded these armed raids and oversaw the pillaging of Rawesome Foods and the destruction of tens of thousands of dollars worth of food. Today, NaturalNews is publishing the names of five government agents who masterminded this raid and / or took part in the raid. This is all part of a campaign to protest these acts of government tyranny by sending emails, making phone calls, sending letters and otherwise making it very clear to these agents that We the People will not tolerate this kind of treatment. As always, if you send emails to these people, keep the following important points in mind: • Keep your emails civil. Be firm in your complaints but DO NOT make any threats or engage in illegal of threatening behavior against these individuals. NaturalNews does not condone acts or threats of violence. • Remember that if you send them emails, they will have your email address , so in order to protect your privacy, it’s always better to send emails from anonymous email sources such as Hotmail, Gmail, etc. Absolutely DO NOT send emails from your work or office email account. • If you send emails or faxes, be sure to clearly state WHY you oppose these government actions against Rawesome Foods. Be clear in your message: Do you think the government has gone too far? Are you opposed to the government destruction of valuable food? Are you offended by the use of gun-toting, SWAT-style police officers as part of these raids? What specifically do you oppose in all this? Why these individuals represent truly BAD government Here are the top government agents involved in this raid. It’s also worth noting that most of them have been waging a long-term WAR against raw milk over the past several years. Many of these government agents are the very same people responsible for campaigns of threats and intimidation against other raw dairy operations, both in California and around the country. These people, in my opinion, represent the worst of runaway Big Government. They perfectly depict how government becomes an institution of evil that destroys private property, disrupts important resources in the food supply, denies infants and children important nutrition (raw goat’s milk) and operates with extreme arrogance as if they are untouchable. Your job is the help remind these people that we know who they are , and we’re going to be keeping an eye on them from this point forward to make sure that they respect their role as servants of the People, not rulers over them. It is crucial that government workers realize that when they are granted power by the People, they must exercise that power with discretion with the intention of serving the People, not conducting their own personal vendettas against individuals or small businesses they don’t like. Government agent #1: Scarlett Treviso Helped mastermind the first raid on Rawesome Foods, and has been heavily involved in intimidation tactics against raw dairy farmers across California for years. Scarlett Treviso, Senior Special Investigator, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture Milk and Dairy Food Safety division Office phone: 949-716-8913 Email: streviso@cdfa.ca.gov See the first Rawesome Foods raid warrant, signed by Scarlett Treviso: http://uncheeseparty.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/rawesrchwarrinventory025.pdf Milk and Dairy Food Safety offices around California (with phone numbers): http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/AHFSS_Offices.html#office4 General contact info for California Dept of Food and Agriculture: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Contact_Us.html Google search on Scarlett Treviso: http://www.google.com/search?q=Scarlett+Treviso Government agent #2: Terrence Powell Terrance Powell, Bureau Director, Specialized Surveillance and Enforcement Bureau of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Email: tpowell@ph.lacounty.gov Workplace: 5050 Commerce Drive, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Phone: (626) 430-5150 Fax: (626) 851-3758 General website: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ Government agent #3: Kelly Sakir Kelly Sakir is the assistant DA of Los Angeles County. http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/90012-ca-kelly-sakir-281432.html Phone: 213-582-3394 Kelly Sakir’s boss is Steve Cooley : Phone: 213-974-3512 Government website: http://da.co.la.ca.us/ Read the LA County’s collection of lies about raw milk — and their gloating over their armed raid on Rawesome Foods — at: http://da.co.la.ca.us/mr/080311a.htm Sandi Gibbons is the Public Information Officer for the LA County District Attorney’s Office. She would also be another good person to call with your protest: Phone: 213-974-3525 Government agent #4: Siobhan DeLancey FDA Press Officer, participated in the investigation of Rawesome, covers Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, including food recalls. DeLancey has been caught spreading grossly misleading information about raw milk to the New York Times, including the fear-mongering claim that drinking raw milk causes children to become “paraplegics.” (Notice how she doesn’t say that taking FDA-approved medications can cause you to DIE?) Phone: 301-796-4668 Email: siobhan.delancey@fda.hhs.gov Government agent #5: Michelle LeCavalier Michelle is an Environmental Health Specialist III at the Department Of Health Services: 1501 Capitol Avenue, Suite 6001 Sacramento, CA 95814-5005 We could not locate an email for LeCavalier. If you can find one, let us know and we’ll update this article with it. Her boss is Jesus Urrutia , Chief EHS 6851 Lennox Ave. # 310 Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 902-4470 From this listing of district offices: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/DSE/districtOffices.htm The Director of Environmental Health for the County of Los Angeles is: Angelo J. Bellomo abellomo@ph.lacounty.gov 5050 Commerce Drive, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Phone: (626) 430-5100 Fax: (626) 813-3000 You can also leave a message on the Environmental Health Emergency Hotline at (888) 700-9995 Or use their complaint form at: http://admin.publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/complaints/phcomp.cfm (You can use this form to complain about Dept. of Public Health!) Government mob boss: FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg The real mastermind behind all this is, of course, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a rogue government agency that’s widely engaged in acts of domestic terrorism against the American people (http://www.naturalnews.com/033280_FDA_raids_timeline.html). The mastermind who plots the FDA’s war against innocents is none other than Margaret Hamburg , the FDA Commissioner. Phone number for her office: 301-796-5000 Main FDA number: 888-463-6332 Email address #1: margaretahamburg@aol.com Email address #2: Margaret.Hamburg@fda.hhs.gov Be sure to send to both! Thanks go to this website for providing the emails: http://tekgnosis.typepad.com/tekgnosis/2011/08/fda-raid-on-rawesom-food-buyers-club-call-to-flood-eugenicist-gestapo-magaret-hamburg-with-callsemai.html Take action now: Send emails and call these numbers to voices your complaints! Previous protests organized by NaturalNews have been hugely effective at challenging tyrants and reminding them that they actions are completely unacceptable to freedom-loving Americans. Your phone calls and emails to officials of Oak Park, Michigan helped Julie Bass win her freedom from the tyrants operating there (http://www.naturalnews.com/033186_Julie_Bass_guerilla_gardening.html). Your complaints have also been heard loudly in Detroit Michigan where Maryanne Godboldo is facing multiple felony charges for refusing to medicate her daughter with psychiatric drugs: http://www.naturalnews.com/033295_parental_neglect_psychiatric_drugs.html Now, your voice can make a measurable impact against the government agents involved in these outrageous actions against Rawesome Foods. Join us in sending emails and making phone calls to voice your complaints against these out-of-control government bureaucrats — people who I consider to be parasites on society who believe they rule by force (at the end of a gun) and run a totalitarianism dictatorship right here in America. It’s time to put these people in their place and make sure they know we are watching and paying attention — and we will take action to protect our lives, our liberties and our pursuit of happiness, even in the face of total government oppression and intimidation.

Another one bites the dust: Alabama’s most highly populated county hires bankruptcy lawyers in advance of financial meltdown

(NaturalNews) In what is shaping up to become the nation’s largest-ever municipal insolvency, Jefferson County, Ala., officials recently hired a major law firm to tackle the county’s approaching Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing. A federally-mandated sewer upgrade project plunged the county into severe debt back in the 1990s from which it has since been unable to recover. And since none of their alternative efforts have been successful, county officials say bankruptcy may become the final, and only, option. “Everything we’ve been trying to do to avoid bankruptcy has failed,” said County Commissioner Sandra Little Brown to FOX Business in a recent interview. “So now, we have to get an agreement or we go bankrupt.” Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff and Stern, LLP, the same law firm that handled the massive 1994 bankruptcy of Orange County, Calif. — which, to this day, remains the most expensive municipal bankruptcy in history — has been tasked with overseeing Jefferson County’s bankruptcy filing. If county officials decide there is no choice but to go through with the filing, then Jefferson County will assume Orange County’s spot as top bankruptcy. Jefferson County is continuing talks with creditors to try to negotiate a settlement, but so far none have offered an “acceptable” solution, according to County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens. Jefferson county’s general fund remains at a major shortfall, and its bond debts represent tens of millions of dollars. According to FOX Business, the county’s overall debt clocks in at more than $3 billion. “We’re ready for a negotiated settlement. Or we’re ready to file bankruptcy,” added Commissioner Brown. “One or the other.” The filing will indeed be major, but it will likely not be the last. A 2010 report on cities nearing default and bankruptcy indicates that in addition to Jefferson County, both Harrisburg, Penn. and Detroit, Mich. are assuming the same financial fate (http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/28/news/economy/american_cities_broke.fortune/index.htm). Sources for this story include: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-usa-alabama-jeffersoncounty-idUSTRE76P5DK20110726 http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/07/29/can-alabama-county-avoid-being-countrys-largest-bankruptcy-deal-possibly-within/

Readers stunned to learn that conventional scientists don’t believe in mind, spirit, free will or consciousness

(NaturalNews) The response to the release of our new mini-documentary, The God Within , has been extraordinary. In just the first 16 hours after its release, we have received an inflow of positive comments from people who are elated that we have helped pull back the veil of secrecy and expose the mindless, soulless core philosophies of the conventional scientific community. People were shocked, they wrote, to discover that most conventional scientists believe human beings are mere “biological robots” with no mind, no soul, no free will and no consciousness. “Now it makes sense,” one reader told us, “that the GMOs and vaccines are done in the name of science, because scientists have no respect for conscious living creatures.” See it for yourself! Watch part one of this mini-documentary at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLywJd5x3AE or NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E3B38227225F9FC62BAEA9CC81BE1D12 In it, you’ll see the disturbing truth of how conventional scientists not only disavow the existence of God and spirit, but they also claim that human beings have no minds, no free will and no consciousness. In fact, the core philosophy of “science” is a Godless, mindless, soulless, empty chasm of pointless despair utterly lacking in ethics and empathy. This is why so much destruction is unleashed upon our world in the name of “science” — pesticides, vaccines, mercury fillings, GMOs, nuclear weapons and much more. Because it is all based on a system of belief that is devoid of meaning. The father of the atomic bomb: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Even J Robert Oppenheimer, the “father” of the atomic bomb, ultimately realized the destruction that science had unleashed upon the world. After the dropping of the science-based atomic bomb on innocent civilians in Japan, Oppenheimer said: We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘ Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds .’ I suppose we all thought that one way or another. Watch Oppenheimer yourself at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94j9WIWPQQ Oppenhiemer was right: Science has become the destroyer of our world . Through its runaway genetic pollution of our planet (GMOs), the chemical contamination of our world (pharmaceuticals), the destruction of our soils (pesticides) and the very denials of our own conscious existence, science has become a diabolical, wicked mechanism of destruction that has delivered suffering, despair and death to our world. Father of DNA says free will is just a delusion This denial of our consciousness, free will and even our humanity is a thread that permeates the thinking of modern science. As another example of this, Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, is on the record saying: “You, your joys and sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.” – The Astonishing Hypothesis (book) Yet Francis Crick is the “god” of the conventional scientific community which says DNA and evolution explain how life came to be on our world — without a higher power, without spirit, without conscious intention and without even a creative force in the universe. It all just randomly assembled itself, including the random assembly of mindless, soulless human beings who only suffer under the illusion of being truly “alive” with free will and consciousness, they claim. It is this kind of mindless, soulless belief that probably allowed another intellectual giant of the scientific community to commit crimes against children. Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine has been exposed as someone who can only be called a criminal-minded doctor who conducted illicit medical experiments on children (http://www.naturalnews.com/031564_Jonas_Salk_medical_experiments.html). In one of his diabolical experiments, Dr. Salk “injected experimental flu vaccine in male patients at a state insane asylum in Ypsilanti, Mich., then exposed them to flu several months later.” The victims of this medical experiment were described as “senile and debilitated.” The history of “science” is replete with accounts of insanely evil madmen who carried out crimes against humanity as part of their “scientific” advancement. For example, the former Chairman of the drug company Bayer (yes, the aspirin company) was a Nazi war criminal who was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg trials . As reported on NaturalNews.com: Dr. Fritz ter Meer, a director of IG Farben who was directly involved in developing the nerve gas, Zyklon-B, which killed millions of Jews, was sentenced to seven years in prison but was released after four years through the intervention of Rockefeller and J.J. McCloy, then U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. An unrepentant Fritz ter Meer, guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, returned to work in Bayer where he served as Chairman for more than 10 years, until 1961. In fact, here’s a quick summary of just a few of the “scientific” medical experiments carried out on innocent human beings over the last 150 years or so: http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_medical_experiments_Guatemala.html The psychopathic insanity of science All of these evil, even downright demonic medical experiments were done in the name of “science.” And it was all made possible because science believes there is no such thing as a real, conscious human being. Therefore, murdering them (or using them for medical experiments) is of no ethical consequence. But this belief that human beings do not have a mind, a soul, or even free will stands at odds with the core beliefs of the vast majority of human beings. Most people believe either in God or in some higher creative force that permeates our universe. Most people believe they are, themselves, conscious beings with free will. But scientists do not! They insist that there is no such thing as a “mind” and only the human BRAIN controls your actions, thoughts and words. The brain is a deterministic biochemical machine, they proclaim, and YOU do not even exist as a soul, or spirit, or reflection of God or anything resembling a conscious being. Do you now understand how these core, distorted beliefs of the scientific community are evil in nature? They are diabolical. They deny the value of you and everyone else as a living, conscious being. This is why science offers the perfect pretext for genocidal crimes against humanity . This is why the Nazi war machine and its IG Farben chemical experiments on Jews were all carried out in the name of science. This is why “science” can give us atomic weapons, GMOs, population control vaccines, mass chemical poisoning and the rampant destruction of our world — because science is based on an empty, mindless, soulless philosophy that denies our conscious existence. This is why “scientific medicine” can conduct medical experiments on monkeys, rats and even human children. To the scientists working for Big Pharma, there is no consciousness in a monkey, a rat, or a human baby. Therefore, causing them suffering, pain or death is of no importance. YOU and your children are no more valuable to them than vermin. Many of the greatest evils our world has known were carried out in the name of “science” and its empty, mindless distortions. Why this mindless philosophy is a danger to us all In his recent book, The Grand Design , Physicist Stephen Hawking reiterates that human beings are not conscious beings at all, saying: “It is hard to imagine how free will can operate if our behavior is determined by physical law, so it seems that we are no more than biological machines and that free will is just an illusion .” And yet Hawking is celebrated as one of the brightest and most influential minds in the physics community today. He is the “God” of popular astrophysics and is quite literally worshipped by many of his followers. Yet he denies the existence of not merely God, but also your human soul! To him, you are nothing more than an organized walking bag of skin cells and organs, with biochemical impulses swishing around your head that give you the illusion that you are somehow a real person with a real mind and soul. These people like Hawking are a danger to humanity . They put forth these dehumanizing ideas that claim we are all delusional for recognizing our own consciousness. They disparage those who believe in spirit (or God) and demonize anyone who talks of free will. These scientists are evil soulless people who attempt to strip away our humanity and convince people that life has no value because consciousness doesn’t exist in the first place. Science today has become technology without ethics… …mathematics without understanding… …engineering without empathy. “Science” has become the Godless, mindless, soulless platform from which the darkest evils of our world now fester and attempt to expand their domination. GMOs, chemical pesticides, rampant over-vaccination of children, fluoride chemicals in the water, chemotherapy poisons… the list seems endless. “Science” has found a way to measure the electrical impulses of a heart beat but is incapable of understanding what it means to have a heart in the first place. “Science” says you should abandon any belief in your own God or spirit or creative force in the universe and instead put your faith in them as if they were gods! Believe in science, they insist, but nothing else. And yet it’s not difficult to realize science is not the answer to our questions. Science has no real answers. It only has the mathematics to pretend that it knows something, but underneath the math it is devoid of understanding . We must seek not just technical knowledge but an integrated understanding of our existence The real answers to the questions that matter can only be found through channels that are more advanced than science itself: philosophy , spirituality, consciousness and even meditation — these are all channels through which knowledge and wisdom can be gained. These are the pathways of true understanding where the integration of mind, body and spirit takes place. One person undergoing a spiritual journey in a single afternoon can learn more about life, consciousness and the universe than what would be gained by a scientist with three PhDs and a lifetime of mindless “scientific” research. While “scientists” spend their days blowing things apart in supercolliders, the real knowledge seekers of our world spend their time integrating mind, body and spirit to achieve a holistic and fully-integrated understanding of our existence. As a civilization, we have followed these scientists too far down the path of delusion and destruction. It is time that we changed our course and sought a different path — a path of wisdom that requires, at its outset, the simple and obvious recognition of the existence of consciousness. Even this rudimentary step in the journey toward wisdom cannot be achieved by all the sciences in the world, it seems. Virtually the entire scientific community stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the existence of anything it cannot see, weigh or measure. So ideas of prayer, intuition, precognition, connection with spirit, and even empathy are considered worthless fragments of nonsense that are cast aside by the “scientific” community. This is why science can never enhance our understanding of our existence . It has no tools to explore those things that supersede the physical universe, and it has no interest in opening the door to those spooky questions that invoke anything resembling intention, conscious creation or a higher power in the universe. Only a small fraction of actual scientists operating today are even asking questions about consciousness, mind-matter interactions or “quantum mind” effects. And those few scientists — bless them all — are being widely disparaged by the arrogant conventional scientists who are desperately trying to convince us all that they are our gods and there’s nothing else out there. Well, I say they’re wrong. And I say that as a conscious, free-thinking and fully aware spiritual being inhabiting a human body. Which is more than I can say for any of them. If you’re intrigued by all this, watch The God Within to learn more: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E3B38227225F9FC62BAEA9CC81BE1D12 or on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLywJd5x3AE

Learn how to eliminate cancer on the next NaturalNews Talk Hour

(NaturalNews) The NaturalNews Talk Hour presents Cancer, Fraud and the FDA – Part 3 of its series, “American Heroes – Cancer Experts Speak Out” – with our special guests Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, Ph.D. and Eric Merola, Director of Burzynski – the movie . This show will reveal the untold truth about cancer, the cancer industry, and a revolutionary way to eliminate cancer from the body. “The thing that bugs me is that the people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn’t. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks its doing are as different as night and day.” – Herbert Ley Jr., M.D. (former Commissioner of the FDA) On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour – our first guest, Eric Merola, Director of “Burzynski – the movie” will reveal the shocking (true) story of a medical doctor and Ph.D. (biochemist) named Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski who won the largest, and possibly the most convoluted and intriguing legal battle against the Food and Drug Administration in American history. Get show details, watch our exclusive movie review including crowd reaction of the film. One man is really outspoken! Our show begins this Thursday evening at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern, and registration is FREE. Simply enter your email address in the registration form on the right column of this page and you’ll receive call-in details for the show. Cancer is Serious Business According to Newsweek writer Sharon Begley, “Cancer is on track to kill 565,650 people in the United States this year – more than 1,500 a day, equivalent to three jumbo jets crashing and killing everyone aboard 365 days a year.” Yet, our government-run health agencies like, the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society tell us a cure is “just around the corner”. Not everyone agrees. “Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.” – Linus Pauling – 2-Time Nobel Prize Winner In 1971, Richard Nixon signed the “National Cancer Act” and we started the War on Cancer . Clearly, this war is a failure, western (conventional) medicine has let us down and it’s time for a change. This week’s guest: Stanislaw Burzynski, MD and Eric Merola, Film Director Stanislaw Burzynski, MD and Eric Merola – “Cancer, Fraud and the FDA” – Thu. Aug. 12th Get show details, watch our exclusive movie review including crowd reaction of the film. One man is really outspoken! Dr. Burzynski is an internationally recognized physician and biochemist-researcher who pioneered the development and use of biologically active peptides in diagnosing, preventing and treating cancer. In 1967, at the young age of 24, Dr. Burzynski graduated from the Medical Academy in Lublin, Poland, with a M.D. degree with distinction, finishing first in his class of 250. During the same year he identified naturally occurring peptides in the human body which he concluded control cancer growth. He found that there is a marked deficiency of these peptides in cancer patients. Help Save Lives! Tell your family and friends about this show. There is scientific proof – cancer can be eliminated. Register now using the email form in the right column, and you will be emailed show details. Don’t miss out – Register Now!

Recalled children’s Tylenol products were knowingly contaminated, says FDA

(NaturalNews) The other day I wrote a story about the massive recall by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, of its infants’ and children’s line of Tylenol products. An FDA inspection report found these drugs to be contaminated with dangerous bacteria (they did not disclose the actual type) as well as “foreign materials” that were visible as “dark or black specks”. But a recent story published by USA Today has revealed that McNeil actually knew about the bacterial contamination and kept shipping the products anyway. Only the drug industry could get away with this type of careless, reckless behavior with nothing more than a slap on the wrist from the FDA. In fact, the FDA did not even require McNeil to issue a recall after discovering the problem; McNeil did so voluntarily over “theoretical concerns” that were expressed by Deborah Autor, an FDA official who was quick to emphasize that the risk to consumers from the tainted products “is remote”. So let me get this straight. An FDA report finds that a pharmaceutical company is knowingly using contaminated raw materials to make children’s and infants’ medicines in a factory that is failing to maintain its equipment, properly train its employees and correctly measure and weigh drug ingredients, and FDA officials consider the problem to be “theoretical”? Can you imagine what would happen if an herbal product manufacturer were found to engage in the same behavior? The FDA would pounce on them, seize their products, issue a public warning and probably fine the company for its reckless behavior. But when Big Pharma pulls the same stunt, it’s just business as usual . To the FDA, it’s all just “theoretical” My favorite part about this is the FDA’s reliance on the word “theoretical” to try to imagine that somehow no actual safety problem existed. According to my thesaurus, some other words for theoretical include unsubstantiated and hypothetical . In other words, the FDA is saying it does not actually believe that a real risk even exists! And yet FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, at the same time as the agency is saying there really is no risk and that the whole thing is just a hypothetical situation, advises parents to “discontinue using any of the name-brand products being recalled.” Overdosing on acetaminophen, especially in children, is a serious issue. The Mayo Clinic website warns parents that overdosing on the drug, even a little bit, can lead to “life-threatening liver problems.” The FDA report specifies that McNeil’s had not been properly formulating the drug dosages in its children’s and infants’ medicines, which is part of the reason for the recall. Improper concentrations of active ingredients in these products potentially puts millions of children at risk. But apparently this is no big deal to the FDA which sees it as nothing more than a “hypothetical” problem. Yet, just prior to its expression of “theoretical” concern in the current recall, FDA officials met with McNeil back in February to express “serious concerns” about the company’s poor manufacturing processes and failures to follow good manufacturing practices. So which is it? This kind of double-speak is typical of the FDA when a case involves a beloved drug company. If this had been a supplement that was “hypothetically” thought to be contaminated (even if conclusive evidence revealed there was no threat at all), health food stores everywhere would be ordered to strip it from their shelves. But when drug company negligence leads to the contamination of children’s medicines with bacteria, unknown particles and improper drug dosage levels, the FDA leaves it to the company to “voluntarily” recall their own products. There will probably be no fine levied against the company, either. The FDA may not even hold McNeil responsible for its gross negligence According to a recent Los Angeles Times article , the FDA has not even decided what corrective action it is going to take. According to the story, “options range from sending a warning letter to seeking criminal penalties.” So in essence, the options include doing nothing or actually holding McNeil responsible for putting the lives of millions of children at risk. To me, only one of these is a really a viable option. But based on the FDA’s track record in dealing with McNeil (and all other drug companies, for that matter), the agency is likely to just sweep the whole thing under the rug. Never mind that a warning letter had already been sent to a McNeil plant in Puerto Rico several months ago over wooden shipping pallet chemicals that had been found in other McNeil drugs, causing 70 people to became ill with digestive problems. When it comes to regulating drug companies, the FDA has a very short memory. Can any children’s medicines be trusted? Johnson and Johnson is one of the world’s largest companies, and is consistently rated by both Harris Interactive’s National Corporate Reputation Survey and Barron’s Magazine as being one of the top, most well respected companies in the world. If the world’s most respected company, a “family company”, is operating a subsidiary that is knowingly manufacturing contaminated children’s medicines in factories that are in violation of numerous safety protocols, what does that say about the entire drug industry? If the safety and quality of children’s medicines from one of the world’s most respected companies cannot be trusted, then what over-the-counter medicines can you really trust? Most children’s medicines are filled with chemical toxins anyway Bacterial contamination and poor manufacturing procedures are not the only problems with popular over-the-counter (OTC) children’s medicines. Even if McNeil had been operating up to proper standards, many of its children’s formulations are still filled with questionable chemical ingredients like aspartame, high-fructose corn syrup, sucralose (Splenda), artificial colors and preservatives, and even parabens, all of which are approved by the FDA for use in children’s and infants’ formulas. (Seriously.) The shocking truth is that, even in their approved and “safe” forms, most OTC children’s medicines are nothing more than dangerous chemical cocktails being peddled as medicine . They’re filled with so much harmful garbage that they can hardly be considered beneficial. Most of them are outright useless. These OTC children’s medicines are the quackery of modern medicine . Back in 2004, I wrote a story about a U.K. study which found that children’s cough syrup is medically ineffective . In tests, it proved to be just as effective as corn syrup at alleviating a cough, so basically it did nothing at all. Most cough syrup is composed primarily of corn syrup anyway, so it is no surprise that the stuff causes the same effect on the body — basically just a sugar overload. Pharmaceutical drugs are almost never a good choice for children. Not only do the active ingredients cause serious side effects and liver problems, but the chemical additives make them even more harmful. I think if more parents became informed about what’s really in children’s medicine, they would never willingly give it to their children. All these things really just illustrate the FDA’s corruption and behind-the-scenes protection of drug company interests. Even when a serious problem arises above and beyond the known risks, the agency acts as if it is no big deal. The health and well-being of millions of children is put at risk but it’s all just make-believe to the FDA. To them, all risks and side effects of pharmaceuticals are merely “theoretical.” But in their (warped) minds, the dangers of herbs and vitamins are all “very real!” It raises a very important question: How many children need to be harmed or even killed by the Big Pharma / FDA conspiracy before the American people will demand real FDA reform?